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Home sweet home? Clayton Heights Secondary student Kayla Wood’s drawing, Earth is Our Home, is one of 50 pieces of B.C. student artwork chosen for an exhibit called Earthwise, now on display at the Newton Cultural Centre, 13530 72 Ave. The juried show, featuring art from Grade 9-12 students, continues until April 30. See story, page 31.

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SFPR activists planning Earth Day protest

A whale of a party An orca (Florence Tsai, 16), chases a salmon (Moses Jeannevol, 7), in an obstacle course illustrating the life cycle of the sockeye salmon at the Party for the Planet on Saturday. The City of Surrey’s twoday event (April 15-16) at Central City Plaza featured live entertainment, family friendly activities and several ecological displays in celebration of Earth Day.

Opponents plan to occupy North Delta site by Jeff Nagel

BOAZ JOSEPH / THE LEADER

Kitchen waste collection a success, City of Surrey says Program may expand across the municipality next year by Kevin Diakiw

Lalonde said as people become used to the program, the diversion rate from the landfill will climb higher than its current 31 per cent. OVER THE past five months, 2,000 Surrey homeowners have dumped food “It’s very promising early results,” Lalonde said. waste and all other organic materials into a container which has been The pilot program will continue through next year, and if council hauled away to a composting facility in Richmond. chooses, the new garbage contract will include Under the pilot program, which involves 400 homes hauling kitchen waste and organics separately. on each of the five garbage pick-up days, homeowners There will be some savings for the city as well. were encouraged to throw all food scraps and kitchen Because Surrey will be reducing its carbon waste into a separate container. Half the homes had the footprint, the city will not have to pay as much in compostables picked up weekly, while the others had it carbon tax charged by the provincial government. hauled away every second week. Whether Surrey will get carbon credits for the The end result was 31-per-cent less waste heading for move has yet to be determined. the landfills and incinerators. Carbon credits can be sold internationally to Instead, the food waste is composted into rich soil. areas that are exceeding government imposed Before the program started, Surrey staff identified limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Vince Lalonde what made up garbage in this city and found out 65 per The city is also considering the possibility of cent of it was organics. requiring a fleet of garbage trucks that would “So that gave us the indication that it’s a worthwhile operate on the methane gas collected from the program to attempt,” said Vincent Lalonde, Surrey’s general manager of composting process. engineering. “Because if you were 100-per-cent successful, you’d reduce Those decisions will ultimately be up to city council. your garbage volume by the equivalent amount.” kdiakiw@surreyleader.com

“Because if you were 100-per-cent successful, you’d reduce your garbage volume by the equivalent amount.”

OPPONENTS OF the South Fraser Perimeter Road are planning an extended occupation of a section of the route in a new bid to defeat the contentious truck freeway project they condemn as a climate crime. The sit-in starts this Friday, Earth Day, along with the planting of trees in an area that’s already been clear cut and prepped for the road in North Delta’s Annieville neighbourhood. It’s being coordinated by activists from multiple groups under the banner of stopthepave.org. “We’re going to go in there and re-forest that area,” organizer Eric Doherty said. “And then some of us are going to stay for at least 48 hours to protect those trees.” He predicts some activists will camp out at the site for several days at least. The groups have a lawyer at Eric Doherty the ready and hope to impede work on the road. Doherty said he believes direct action coupled with a court challenge launched by the Burns Bog Conservation Society can still stop construction of the $1.2-billion perimeter road, which will run 40 kilometres from Deltaport to the Golden Ears Bridge and Highway 1.

“We’re going to go in there and re-forest that area.”

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Surrey orders removal of illegal fill in ditch Business owner’s son says drainage canal ‘a refugee camp for rodents’ by Kevin Diakiw A NORTH SURREY man has 60 days to

remove an estimated 500 truckloads of dirt he dumped into a city ditch. Amrik Sangha, the owner of Gurcharan Enterprises Ltd., at 11678 130 St. in Bridgeview, unlawfully filled a critical drainage ditch in the wetland area. The city wants Sangha to return the ditch to its previous condition. “The owner had made requests to city staff in the past, most recently in 2009, to be allowed to fill the canal and had been denied,” a staff report to council states. Sangha’s son told council Monday the old ditch created so many rodent problems, it

became impossible to run a food handling business. Rats tend to live in man-made slopes and ditches, said John Sangha, CEO of Global Agricultural Transporting. “Our plant was like a refugee camp for rodents,” Sangha said. The company has a full-time employee just to deal with the pest problem, Sangha said. Sangha’s engineer forwarded a plan for a widened channel, with a lined wall on the side toward Sangha’s property. He called Surrey’s request to put it back the way it was a “1997 solution to a 2011 problem.” The city’s engineer said the previous ditch system offers better floodwater protection. He

also said Sangha’s alternate plan would not benefit the city and that he doubted it would solve any of Sangha’s problems. The city’s lawyer told council issuing an order for remedial action is council’s best course. “The infill is a nuisance and presents a potential flooding hazard,” he said. “We want to make sure this doesn’t happen again and that people will think twice before doing this to their property.” Sangha said it cost him $1 million to fill the ditch, and expects it to cost another EVAN SEAL / THE LEADER $500,000 to remediate it. Amrik Sangha at city council He has 60 days from now to complete the Monday. work.

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Protester: Area ‘too beautiful’ to be anything but parkland From page 3 The money can be instead devoted to public transit, he said, and the land already acquired can become a park. “It’s too beautiful a spot and too ecologically important to be anything other than parkland.” If they’re to win, victory will have to come soon. The project is 27 per cent built and slated to finish in two stages by late 2012 and late 2013. More than 560 properties have been

acquired, including 93 homes that have or are being demolished, a dozen of which were expropriated. Construction is underway throughout the route. A transportation ministry spokesperson said peaceful protests are part of the democratic process and didn’t anticipate any work would be held up. The spokesperson added the entire route is a construction site and it will be important to ensure public safety. The province is spending $80 mil-

EVAN SEAL / THE LEADER

One of the houses that must go to make way for the South Fraser Perimeter Road in North Delta’s Annieville neighbourhood.

lion on agricultural improvements, water management protection for Burns Bog, fish habitat upgrades and remediation of old landfills and contaminated sites. That’s all a requirement of the federal and provincial environmental approvals for the project. But critics contend the projects is coming at the expense of large swathes of farmland, some of the best First Nations archeological sites in the region and considerable amounts of wildlife and riparian zones. North Surrey resident Tom Jaugelis thinks the habitat damage will be severe in areas where crews have already begun to cut directly into the bank of the Fraser River. “It’s really hard to imagine how they’re going to be able to fit four lanes of traffic in a lot of those areas,” said Jaugelis, one of the campaigners against the road. Seoul, Korea, recently removed a freeway and restored urban streams and habitat, he noted. “It’s hard to imagine some really forwardlooking cities are doing those kinds of things, while we’re about to literally pave the bank of the Fraser River.” Even if the SFPR can’t be stopped, Doherty said, the fight could help thwart the planned North Fraser Perimeter Road or other highway expansions in future. “It’s got to come to an end or else we’re going to cook the planet,” said Doherty, who expects the perimeter road will encourage more road use, causing it to fill up

while increasing local pollution and carbon emissions. Surrey mom P.J. Lilley said she fears her kids will be exposed to higher emissions because they attend a school in the perimeter road’s “fallout zone.” The province maintains the project will dramatically reduce congestion, particularly on Delta’s River Road, often jammed with trucks, as well as some arterial routes in Surrey. North Delta NDP MLA Guy Gentner said he’ll participate in the protest and said the route may ease traffic over the short term but will ultimately add to congestion. He said if it was up to him, he would halt the project. “This is a road to nowhere,” Gentner said. “It’s a colossal waste of money. It’s going to move toll evaders from the Port Mann to the Alex Fraser and it’s going to be one big parking lot – a mess for North Delta.” Asked if that meant tearing up the contract with the private partner, he said an NDP government would review the contract and carefully study its options. It’s not the first action against the perimeter road. Last fall activists staged a dig-in, hauling away pre-loaded fill from the route that was later used in sandbags placed outside government cabinet offices. They also built what they called the South Fraser Witness Trail along part of the SPFR route to bring attention to the green space being lost. jnagel@surreyleader.com

Green film festival May 20

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ation and Culture department are hosting the city’s fifth annual Environmental Film Festival. The festival takes place Friday, May 20 (from 5-9 p.m.) and Saturday, May 21 (from 2-9 p.m.) at the SFU Surrey campus, 13450 102 Ave., Room 2600. Enjoy screenings of award-winning documentaries featuring key environmental concerns such as sustainability, biodiversity and the world water issue. There will also be refreshments, raffles, door prizes, educational displays and post-film discussions. Space is limited and seating is first come, first served. School groups welcome. For more information call 604-501-512.

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Dumpers: Smile, you’re on camera Several initiatives underway to stop $800,000 problem by Kevin Diakiw SURREY ENGINEERS are slamming

the door on people illegally dumping in this city. The plan involves increasing public education while jacking up penalties for people leaving their trash in public areas. All the while a private firm and TV cameras will record people dumping. Last year, Surrey spent more than $800,000 hauling away trash that had been pitched in ditches, fields, empty lots and at the road side. The cost represented a 22-pecent jump from the year prior, the biggest spike in a decade. Figures provided by the City of Surrey at the request of The Leader showed over the last 10 years, Surrey taxpayers were on the hook for more than $6 million thanks to people dumping large amounts of refuse in neighbourhoods rather than taking it to a waste transfer station or landfill. Last year, the cost went up $147,000 to $800,000, or the equivalent of the annual property taxes for

homes occupying eight square city blocks. Surrey staff have launched an aggressive educational campaign directing people to visit the city’s website at http://www.surrey.ca/cityservices/8235.aspx In addition, the $2,000 fine for dumping will be going up. City staff will be bringing forward a recommendation for increase in the next month. And Surrey will be setting up closedcircuit TV cameras in spots where dumping is occurring, while a private firm will be travelling throughout the city filming people who are leaving trash in public spaces. In short, it’s going to get harder and more expensive to dump illegally, according to Vincent Lalonde, Surrey’s general manager of engineering. Anyone witnessing someone dumping trash illegally is encouraged to call the police non-emergency line at 604-599-0502.

Over the last 10 years, Surrey taxpayers were on the hook for more than $6 million in clean-up costs.

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students, parents, teachers and residents will be walking the walk Thursday – joining tens of thousands of people across the globe to raise awareness of the world’s water crisis. There are one billion people in the world that do not have access to safe water. Wearing blue, people in the Fraser Heights neighbourhood of Surrey will meet at Erma Stephenson Park (15920 110 Ave.) on April 21 at noon. They will walk six kilometres to draw attention to the fact millions of people walk that distance every day just to collect water for their basic needs. Coordinated by Erma Stephenson Elementary, Fraser Heights Secondary leadership students and H2O Canada, the effort will also raise funds to improve access to water in the world’s poorest communities. For more information, call Lisa Warnock or Johane Fortin at 604-5835419.

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EARTH DAY 2011

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A green read

his issue of The Surrey-North Delta Leader marks the third year we have dedicated an entire edition of the newspaper to environmental topics. It’s our way of observing Earth Day – in 2011 falling on Friday, April 22 – when hundreds of millions of people from around the world will celebrate and promote more ecologically friendly practices in order to better preserve the planet. This Friday marks the 41st Earth Day, and it’s clear from the stories in today’s paper that the health of the environment is top of mind for many, if not most. Students, having grown up with annual Earth Days, are particularly keen. They are creating thought-provoking eco-art, taking part in global fundraising efforts for clean water, enhancing salmon streams, turning piles of leftover street banners into colourful tote bags, and educating their elders about the merits of recycling. Cities, including Surrey and Delta, are stepping up by enacting tough new anti-pesticide bylaws and creating innovative organic recycling programs. Non-profit organizations are educating the public about green gardening techniques and farmers are changing their relationship with the land in order to co-exist with wildlife, rather than ridding their acreage of so-called “pests.” And green businesses abound, from those promoting cloth diapers over disposable, to mattress recycling firms, to cleaning companies that use only non-toxic substances. While the newspaper industry could do more to “green” its products (using newsprint with recycled content comes to mind), The Leader is doing its part. All of our print editions can be viewed online (http://www.issuu.com/ surreyleader/docs, which can be accessed via surreyleader.com). So can our flyers (flyerland.ca). And customers wanting newspaper tearsheets can sign up for our e-tearsheet service. But if you do have a copy or two of the The Leader’s print editions, the coldset inks used in the printing process are 10-per-cent soy-based, meaning the newsprint can be recycled in backyard composters. Or just plain recycled. Enjoy the fruits of our collective green deeds this Earth Day. The planet is better off thanks to the efforts of us all.

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be there, and that’s why stable, multi-year proseen as a stable petro-currency in an unstable grams are needed for business plans. world, and it’s international lumber markets Ottawa has implemented its four-year that have led to double-digit unemployment in reduction plan, and Harper noted that B.C. many B.C. towns. isn’t alone in following suit. Most provinces Natural gas, and foreign technology and have cut business taxes, includinvestment in it, have been a key ing Liberal and NDP provincial part of B.C.’s recovery. And in governments, and now their general we’re starting to enjoy federal counterparts campaign on the effects of a commodity promises to roll them back. boom. “And nobody’s doing it,” Harper Then came the NDP leadersaid. “This is what’s ironic. You ship vote on Sunday. Here is a look around the world. Ireland’s party that already has tilted itself bankrupt, and it’s not raising its toward the urban areas with a business tax rates. The United one member-one vote system. States has a deficit three times And it just rejected Mike ours, and President Obama, who’s its most popular Tom Fletcher Farnworth, not on my side of the political candidate and the one with the spectrum, says they need to lower best effort to emphasize rural their tax rates.” and resource development. But let’s not let federal or provincial politiNewly anointed NDP leader Adrian Dix is cians blow smoke that it’s their policies alone going to raise taxes on banks and those evil that have created 500,000 jobs across the coun- corporations, and use the money to subsidize try in two years, or made Canada’s currency post-secondary education for anyone who soar past the U.S. dollar. Canada’s dollar is now wants it.

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y weekend in the big city didn’t lack for variety. It started with Stephen Harper’s defence of business tax cuts, and ended with the election of Adrian Dix as B.C. NDP leader on a Marxism Lite program of reversing this worldwide trend and making the corporations pay. I caught up with Harper on a tour through swing ridings in Vancouver, including Vancouver-South where now-Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh hung on by 20 votes in the last of our semi-annual federal elections. Harper hit B.C. pleading for a majority to stop this merry-go-round of elections and stabilize the country as a player on the global business scene. I was granted a 10-minute interview, and one of my questions was about the multi-year program of business tax cuts being completed by both the federal and B.C. governments. I asked Harper if B.C.’s unemployment and investment performance suggests not all of the savings are being reinvested. That’s because taxes are only one factor, our economist Prime Minister replied. Business confidence has to

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Meanwhile the reality for post-secondary students is that business programs are tough to get into, because students are lining up to pay the supposedly onerous tuition fees. Dix’s rhetoric about state-imposed wealth redistribution seems not so much alarming as quaint. It’s his federal counterpart Jack Layton who blithely promises to double a federal pension program, just as Canada’s population approaches the tipping point in 2015, where there will be more seniors than children for the first time in our history. Where Dix is alarming is when he talks about offering a positive alternative to the B.C. Liberals on the economy, the environment and education. His convention win was presided over by a senior official of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. The NDP’s environment policy is in disarray. And on the economy, he is diametrically opposed to the global consensus.

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LETTERS

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

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Province just full of energy potential B.C. HAS SO MUCH untapped hydroelectric

energy potential that it’s easy to forget the many other untapped green energy sources B.C. has. With massive wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, wave and tidal energy potential, on top of the province’s considerable hydroelectric resources, B.C. really is the energy envy of the world. B.C. now has a couple of operational wind farms, with more due to come on line over the next couple of years. But it was only very

recently that B.C.’s considerable wind energy potential was finally tapped into. Biomass energy is also poised to contribute significantly to B.C.’s green energy supply. And B.C.’s potential for solar, wave and tidal energy are also being explored seriously. But what about geothermal energy? B.C. has Canada’s greatest potential for geothermal energy due to its location along the Pacific Rim ring of fire. Numerous hot springs around the province attest to BC’s geothermal potential.

B.C.’s hydroelectric potential is a great and wonderful thing, and there is more of it than can ever be used to meet B.C.’s own needs. But let’s not forget about the rest of B.C.’s massive and equally wonderful green energy potential. South of the border, the Americans are already tapping geothermal energy along their west coast and producing a considerable amount of electricity. Why not B.C., too? Donald Leung Burnaby

Powerful alternatives for B.C. WHEN WILL THE high price of gasoline we’re continuing to see in B.C.

finally motivate a switch to cleaner, eaner, less-expensive alternatives? as, plug-in electric vehicles could In the province’s urban areas, mber of vehicles now powered easily replace a significant number by gasoline. And in rural areas, B.C.’s abundance bundance of low-cost natural gas could potentially make a similar dent. We have the clean energy sources right here in this province to greatly reduce ourr transportation based carbon output and insulate ourselves to a much greater degree than we have from the economic impacts of high oil prices. We’re never going to completely eradicate the need for oil and gasoline, but we have the resources right here in B.C. to greatly reduce our dependence. The only real question is at what point will the price we pay at the pump finally motivate us to make the he switch?

Oil prices doing the job of the carbon tax increase should be axed. I was a big booster of the carbon tax when it was first announced. My theory was that it is a good tax for the environment to fight climate change and for it to change people’s attitudes. They did – but mostly due to the market increase in gas prices. People bought hybrids, cut down on driving by consolidating trips. Also, it was a bad coincidence that fuel prices had hit all time high

(around $1.50/litre) at the time the tax took effect. Any impact of the tax itself was overshadowed by the market increase in gas prices. Over the last couple of years, I have wondered about the impact B.C. is having on climate change. I think it is immeasurable except for perhaps keeping local air cleaner. On a macro basis, major countries continue to dither on real action. I would have supported continuing the carbon tax increases had the

gas price not shot up already. The current run-up may be a blip due to Libya situation, but I submit high gas prices will be the rule. Why? Because the world economies are still in doldrums and thus the world demand for oil is not at a peak. Even before the Libya-related run-up in price, the price was already around $1.30/litre and that is with our loonie flying high at par with the U.S. dollar. As the world economies recover, the price of oil will go up for sure

and thus the cost of gas. I believe the high gas prices will continue and will be the norm. Any further increase in carbon tax will be more salt in the wound for the motoring public. Madam Premier, you have already shown willingness for change by reversing some past government decisions. This too will bode well for the government. Dave Bains, Surrey

Paradise lost at Annieville Slough I HAVEN’T BEEN down to my pleasure

Donald Honeywill’s photo of the clearcut terrain at Annieville Slough.

WHY DO WE continue to sit on our

hands and wait until the eleventh hour before we lower our environmental footprint and take action on renewable energy? Instead of propping up oil cartels and foreign manufacturers, our governments should be supporting Canada’s major research universities with funding to develop alternative energy sources and to find alternatives to petrochemicals in manufacturing processes. Why, for instance, can’t we encourage the use of hemp as a renewable energy source and as an alternative to petrochemicals? Hemp is easily grown here in B.C. and it produces more biomass per acre than any other plant material. We need to start thinking outside of the box and getting ourselves beyond the gas pump. We can have our cake and eat it too, bringing good paying manufacturing jobs back into Canada and sustaining greater employment while also lowering our environmental footprint with renewable energy. The time for action is now. Charles Davis, White Rock

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boat for about two weeks. I keep it down in Annieville Slough, which has been a haven for fishing boats for more than 100 years. It’s a quiet peaceful area with beaver, otters, ducks, cranes, hawks and eagles. I’ve always enjoyed this tranquil little place in the middle of city madness. I went down today to check on the boat and what I saw upset me beyond words.

They had totally clearcut the whole slope right down to the water’s edge, the same place the birds and otters played the summer before. A year ago, fisheries would have fined you for cutting a tree close to the habitat used by fish and game. But this year, the government found it okay to clearcut. It would be so nice if we could only fine them. Donald Honeywill Delta

Vote with a green future in mind I JUST don’t get it. How can the

federal Conservatives be so high in the opinion polls when they are, of all the parties, the most apathetic towards the planet’s and humanity’s eco-systems? These politicians simply do not care, as long as they appease the big corporations and as long as the resource-extracting sector has unimpeded access to all of Canada’s Earthly natural elements. All voters should consider the following pertinent question: What good is creating or preserving businesses and jobs when the planet is deathly polluted and people are getting sick and dying because of mass industrial and vehicular pollution? Frank G. Sterle, White Rock

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St. Osw Oswald Heritage Church Holy Week Services Maundy Thursday, April 21 • 6:30 pm Good Friday, April 22 • 10:30 am Easter Sunday, April 24 • 10:30 am

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Going green as a team Social networking brings environmentalists together by Boaz Joseph

The Lower Mainland Green Team, Salatian explains, was simply the next step. “YOU’RE A machine,” Lyda Salatian tells a newcomer, “It’s not just talking, but doing something.” a volunteer hard at work pulling ivy branches on a She believes that obstacles for people who have trail at Campbell Valley Regional Park. an environmental spirit is that they lack informaThe volunteer is one of more than 20 that will break tion about what to do, lack leadership and don’t see a sweat on a cool Sunday morning, a good 10-minute coordination between environmental groups. walk from the parking lot. Among them are teenagers, People might also not believe that they can make seniors, even families with small children. a difference. Equipped with gloves and shears Salatian thinks they can with the provided by Metro Vancouver Regional Green Team, which organizes events Parks workers, and powered by homein partnership with other groups. made muffins and granola bars, the “Every single event and activity I volunteers will spend the next three hours have planned is in partnership with removing the invasive ivy plants from the a non-profit, a charity or city. I could nutrient-starved trees. not do anything without their coopOne woman from White Rock says eration and active participation. They she’s helping out because she’s a regular provide the tools, the input and direcvisitor to the park. tion about what they need done – and Another says she brought her kids to refreshments.” teach them that it can be fun to volunteer She adds that the success of a group outdoors. like the Green Team – its magic – is It’s this sense of community that’s in the Lyda Salatian dependent on the participants. mind of Salatian, bringing together like“Any success this group garners will minded people who feel the need to help be on account of every single person the environment, but may not know where to start. who attends and participates in the volunteer Until now. activities. They are the ones to be celebrated and It’s called the Lower Mainland Green Team. cheered on.” Salatian has got big ideas, and already has 11 events For more information about upcoming events, organized into September – the ivy pull was just the visit www.meetup.com/The-Lower-Mainlandfirst event. Green-Team/ “I’m surprised somebody else hasn’t done this,” says Salatian, who, just three weeks after its inception, had Lower Mainland Green Team events 97 people join the Green Team on its www.meetup. include: com website. (A month later: Nearly 300 members.) Planting and restoration events have already taken • Pulling invasive plants that are overtaking place in Maple Ridge, South Surrey’s Blackie Spit Park native flora; and Tynehead Regional Park. • Planting of native plants/trees; Salatian, a self-described uber-organizer who hasn’t • Restoring areas along a stream, river, marsh or driven a car since 2003, says the purpose of the Green shoreline; Team is to bring people together outdoors. • Beach/River/lake clean-up; In 2005, she had started the first Canadian chapter • Harvesting organic fruits/vegetables; of Green Drinks in Vancouver, where people gathered • Trail building/maintenance; and to chat about environmental issues. (Green Drinks • Restoration of wildlife sites. now has dozens of chapters across the country, even bjoseph@surreyleader.com one in the Northwest Territories.)

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Geese and farmers: Seeds of cooperation Management of cereal crops is part of a working relationship between growers and bird lovers by Boaz Joseph KEVIN Husband calls it a

quiet day as he looks at the empty, flooded muck, patted down by the snow geese on one of the fields of his 350-acre Westham Island farm. He can hear part of the flock in the distance, but they won’t come back for a while since there’s not much for them anymore – and admittedly, the geese will soon head north to Siberia to their spawning grounds. The field, for the time being, has been stripped of its cover crop of grass that’s supposed to protect the soil in the off-season. Every winter, clouds of the snow geese – as well as trumpeter swans, American wigeons, northern pintails, mallards, green-winged teals and Canada geese – make stopovers along the Pacific Flyway migration route, stripping bare farms of Westham Island and the Ladner area. Last year, Husband lost 37 acres of winter grass to overgrazing by snow geese. He calls their feeding style “systematic.” In three or four hours, he says, 15,000 birds can land and strip clean a 25-acre field. And their numbers are growing each year. But in a redefining of the relationship between farmers and wildlife, the birds are being accepted as part of the business. Part of that acceptance is the financial help that farmers are getting in planting winter cover crops that specifically target birds. It’s called the Winter Cover Crop Stewardship Program, formerly called the Greenfields Project, organized by the Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust (DF&WT). It’s a 20-year-old cost-sharing program that pays farmers $40-55 per acre to plant specific seeds in the off-season. The winter cover crops help protect the

soil from erosion during heavy winter rains and increase organic matter in the soil, particularly beneficial during spring tilling. The farms are seeded with barley, oats or wheat – “the stuff you make beer and bread with,” says David Bradbeer, program coordinator at the DF&WT. Recently, there have also been more use of clover, which the birds eagerly consume, and which brings more nitrogen into the soil than the cereals. Other common forage grasses that are planted are timothy, fescue, orchard grass and ryegrass. Even when some farms are stripped by the birds, there is still organic matter left over, as well as invertebrates, which attract other birds such as sandpipers and plovers. While there are soil-quality benefits to farmers of commonly grown crops such as potatoes, beans and peas, the cover crop program also lures birds away from winter hay and grass farms (often grown for local use by livestock farmers) who find the birds a challenge to their crop-growing. Those farms, if inundated with birds, would be forced to reseed or buy extra feed for their livestock. The redirecting of where the birds graze during the winter also reduces their conflict with local airports. About 30 farms in Delta are taking part in the $144,000 program, which covers about 3,000 acres with winter lure crops. The program is funded by the Delta Agricultural Society, the BC Waterfowl Society (which runs Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary), Ducks Unlimited Canada, The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, Vancity enviroFund and the

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Fourth-generation Delta farmer Kevin Husband is challenged by grazing snow geese on Westham Island during the winter months. Partial compensation for the damage by the migrating waterfowl comes from the Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust’s winter cover crop program. BOAZ JOSEPH / THE LEADER

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cultures together and food to the table. The bounty, produced in three growing seasons, includes a wide variety of leafy greens, onions peas, broccoli, cauliflower, garlic and other crops – some culturally specific to the gardeners. The original concept, an offshoot of the Community Kitchen program, was fairly simple: An organic garden for low-income immigrants. “Many newcomers, whether immigrants

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Society, chamber to Feed the Bees Earthwise Garden is a hive of educational activity this spring by Boaz Joseph IF BEES find food, so

will you. That’s the message of Feed the Bees, an educational initiative and partnership between Delta’s Earthwise Society and the Delta Chamber of Commerce. The two bodies are encouraging individuals, businesses and organizations to get involved in helping to sustain threatened bee populations, which are critical for plant pollination and subsequently, food production. The project, which will roll out this spring, will educate the community about the importance of bee populations for local

agriculture and ecosystems, and encourage people to take action to provide food and habitat for bees and other pollinators. Pollinating insects, essential tools in the growth of crops such as nuts, apples, berries and other fruits and

vegetables, have been in decline over the last several years due to issues such as pesticides, diseases and loss of habitat. “One spoonful out of three put in your mouth is based on bees,” says Feed the Bees co-chair Ian Tait, a volunteer at

the Delta Chamber of Commerce. “The idea of not having those little buzzers around is staggering.” Earthwise Society executive director and project co-chair Patricia Fleming says the Earthwise Garden in Tsawwassen will host a

series of workshops and special events, bringing in experts to teach visitors about pollination and what bee-friendly plants are best for residential yards. The first event will be on Earth Day, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the garden, located at

Life of a Delta bee Museum exhibit THE DELTA Museum and Archives Society’s newest exhibit, Life of a Delta Bee, will open in the museum’s feature exhibit gallery on Tuesday, April 26. Join Beatrice the Honeybee (her friends call her Bea) as she walks visitors through life as a bee in Delta and introduces them to herself, family, friends, enemies and her work around the community. Visitors can participate in activities as they learn about current and historic issues facing Delta’s bee population. Explore the stories of past beekeepers in Delta; the roles of beekeeping and apiaries in agriculture; and the facts about pollination and honey production. Delve into today’s issues challenging the beekeeping community, including commercial agriculture, colony collapse and predators. The Delta Museum is located 4858 Delta St. Exhibit hours Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 604946-9322 or visit www. deltamuseum.ca

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City Centre Hosts Fab Fundraisers Written by Sylvia Taylor The North Surrey Lions and Rotary Clubs make it easy and fun to support our local community and make a difference with two fantastic nights out in April. On April 29th, the North Surrey Lions Club is hosting their annual reverse-draw dinner and silent auction at the Compass Point Inn. Along with the Baron of Beef buffet, the $60 ticket may win a free dinner if it’s one of every 10th ticket pulled from the barrel, with the last ticket winning $1000. The largest portion of this year’s proceeds will go to North Surrey’s Centre for Childhood Development, with amounts going to the Surrey Memorial Hospitals “Mile of Toonies” fund and the Japanese Tsunami Relief.

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CENTRAL CITY RICKY’S WINS FRANCHISE PRIZE Written by Sylvia Taylor

The Bains Family and their staff were honoured at a recent gala dinner by national franchiser, Ricky’s Restaurant. Voted Franchise of the Year in British Columbia, this exceptional local eatery beat out 26 other Ricky’s locations to win the coveted award. “We don’t just serve food, we’re relationship builders and our goal was to create a huge extended family that we love to cook for,” says Avtar Bains. “We also don’t have staff; we’re a family of 35. All the kids

“Last year we purchased a $5,000 Airpack for the local ¿re¿ghters that assists breathing in ¿re victims and reduces recovery dramatically,” says club president, John Moralek. “We are very proud to know what a difference that gift made.” On April 30th, Central City Shopping Centre will be transformed into an uptown hotspot for The Surrey Rotary Wine and Food Celebration, for an intimate evening of the best of local vintners, brewers, and restaurants. For the $40 fee, guests can indulge in offerings from over 20 wineries and breweries along with delicious delicacies, as they mix and mingle. To compliment the evening there will be live musical entertainment and a silent auction, along with a glamorous ‘roaming’ fashion show featuring stylish evening wear, hairstyles, and makeup from Central City retailers. Free return-home taxis will be provided to Surrey residents. “We are thrilled to support the community with this wonderful event,” says Vivian Li, Central City Marketing Coordinator. Both Central City and the Compass Point Inn have been extremely helpful in planning and organizing these events. Many businesses in Downtown Surrey step forward on an ongoing basis to support community endeavors. Tickets: North Surrey Lions Club Reverse-Draw Dinner and Silent Auction: John 604.230.4244 Surrey Rotary Wine and Food Celebration: Central City Customer Service Desk

who work here are like an extension of our own kids. “We could only have achieved this level of success with all these people working together side-be-side, including Central City and Michelle Mackay. We couldn’t have done it without them; they are phenomenal people to work with who make our jobs a lot easier and create an environment to succeed.” Avtar and his wife, Sheila, had no prior experience in the restaurant world before pitching in to help their son Mike when he bought the six-yearold franchise location six years ago. With just a brief foray in the pub industry in the mid 90s, the Bains’ and their extended “family” went on to build the best Ricky’s in BC.

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CREATING YOUR COMMUNITY WORKSHOP COMES TO CITY CENTRE Written by Sylvia Taylor

Surrey Library invites you to take A Stake In Your Community. In preparation for the opening of City Centre’s world class library, world-renowned community builder, Jim Diers, will facilitate a day of exploring what we want in our downtown and how we can contribute to make that vision a reality. This free public event kicks off with a greeting from the City of Surrey that calls us to envision what is possible for downtown Surrey. Diers’ inspiring presentation will help clarify that vision, while group discussions in the afternoon work out doable, every-day steps to success. Author of Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way, Diers has a passion for helping people engage with their communities. He served as Seattle’s ﬁrst director of Department of Neighbourhoods, under three mayors over fourteen years and was instrumental in the development of scores of community-driven plans and 3,000 neighborhood self-help projects. He believes that neighbors can generate change in big and small ways when they mobilize their own assets of passion, knowledge, skills and relationships. “We are so excited about the new library because ﬁnally we will have a facility that can have a real positive impact on the community and be part of the incredible transformation of downtown Surrey,” says Melanie Houlden, Deputy Chief Librarian for City of Surrey.

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Semiahmoo Trail and the rest of South Surrey. “We are very close to completion,” Boan said, adding that bridge should be in service sometime in May. By the end of next month, he also expects crews will finish work on the $5.3-million Tynehead Bridge over Highway 1 at 168 Street.

“These bridges form part of an overall network...” Jaime Boan “Both of these bridges form part of an overall network that will let you travel throughout Surrey,” Boan said. He said the city still has more trail work to work on in the years ahead. But he said the Highway 1 bridge will connect the Green Timbers bike path south of the freeway to the Fraser Heights bike path and other trails on the north side, including routes to Barnston Island, Surrey Bend Regional Park and the Trans Canada Trail. Fraser Heights resi-

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Cost of living, health care and education top-of-mind among voters RIDING PROFILE: Newton-North Delta by Tracy Holmes WHEN IT COMES to the May 2 federal

election, Communist party candidate Sam Hammond holds no illusions of coming away with the Newton-North Delta seat. “I always try to be credible with the media,” Hammond laughed, when asked if he thought he might win. “It won’t be a tough race for me. I’m there to inject program into the debate and use the election to as a vehicle to put our program out.” When it comes time to vote, Hammond said the real race will be between Liberal incumbent Sukh Dhaliwal and NDP candidate Jinny Sims. Sims is “a strong candidate and an able one,” Hammond said. “I think she poses a real threat to the Liberals.” Dhaliwal has held the riding since 2006, taking it for the second time in 2008 with 36.4 per cent of the vote – 2,493 more than runner-up Conservative Sandeep Pandher. This year, Dhaliwal is one of six candidates vying to represent Newton-North Delta constituents. In addition to Sims and Hammond, his contenders are Mani Fallon (Conservative), Liz Walker (Green) and Ravi Gill (Independent). For Sims, this election is her first crack at seeking political office. But the former B.C. Teachers’ Federation president is no stranger to fighting for a cause. And she has no doubt as to the issues that are top-of-mind for voters in the riding. “What I’m hearing more and more, it’s about families being (able to) afford to live a decent life… and be able to look after their children and their seniors.” Factors affecting that include the Harmonized Sales Tax and fees for postsecondary education, Sims said. “Investment in youth seems to be really huge in this community,” she said, noting health care is also a key issue for constituents – including concerns with wait lists and a lack of services. Sims described her campaign as “issuebased,” and said she will win the riding “only if the residents in this riding believe that I can represent them in Ottawa.” “Delta-Newton citizens are looking for a voice that will actually take their concerns to Ottawa,” she said. Walker agreed. “The consistent tone seems to be, ‘are they not hearing us?’ ” she said. For Walker, who won 5.6 per cent of the vote in 2008, the top two issues are the concentration of correctional services in the Newton area, and the South Fraser

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Perimeter Road in North Delta. representative – who apparently the parole The latter needs another environmental office did contact – didn’t see fit to conassessment, Walker said, citing changes nect with the community here to engage to the original plan she says will lead to us before it got to the 11th hour.” increased congestion and air pollution. Walker pledged to be better-connected As for concentration of services, she with constituents on issues should she pointed to a lack of win the riding. But, like community consultaHammond, she is not tion on a decision to holding her breath that locate federal parole she’ll actually succeed at offices in Newton. It will the polls. only add to “numerous” However – unlike issues that exist as a constituents in result of the concenFleetwood-Port Kells, tration of social and whose Green candidate correctional services, resigned last week she said. over a controversial Jinny Sims “To get a federal Facebook comment – at parole office in the same least those who want to area, in an area where we’ve already got vote Green will have that opportunity, she services for troubled youth… troubles said. me,” Walker said. “I’m disappointed that “It’s pretty hard to fight the machinery nobody came to contact us in this part that other parties have,” Walker said. “At of Newton. I’m disappointed a federal least we have representation for the people

“Delta-Newton citizens are looking for a voice that will actually take their concerns to Ottawa.”

that want to make a Green vote.” At the same time, Green candidates on the ballots build the party’s credibility, she said. In contrast, Gill – running for office for the first time – is confident he has a good shot at winning the Newton-North Delta seat. “The people… need to see the power of an independent MP,” he said. “If I say something today, I will stand by it today and I will stand by it tomorrow. I will not change my grounds or my principles.” Gill said the riding’s top issues are health care and schools. Regarding health care, Gill said more doctors and expanded facilities are needed to address waits for services. If elected, Gill said he would petition for more funding to address the issue. Federal assistance is also needed to address the issue of aging and overcrowded schools, Gill said. The use of portables “tends to dwindle the mind of a child,” he said. Gill said the solution is to build more schools, a move he said would also create jobs and stimulate the economy. But for that, federal assistance is needed. “I’ll do everything I can to get everything for the people, fairly,” he said. “The people are my boss. What they need, I will strive to the nail to get for them.” For the Tories’ Fallon, the riding’s top issues are lower taxes and a strong economy. Constituents “want to make sure they’ve got jobs and their children have jobs,” she said. “That families are able to spend their own money versus the government spending it for them.” She noted many people she has spoken with while campaigning are not pleased an election was called – it’s a feeling she can relate to. “It seems silly to go into an election when the economy should be a numberone concern,” Fallon said. “The $350 million could’ve been better-spent.” Fallon said she decided to throw her hat in the ring because she was tired of “sitting around watching what wasn’t being done enough.” Like Gill, she is confident her odds of winning the riding are high. “I think people want to see a fresh face,” she said. “They want their riding represented in Parliament.” While Dhaliwal said he isn’t taking his fourth run at office for granted, he believes his history in the community will serve him well. “The people see me as their neighbour first,” he said. “I’m working hard, trying to earn their trust.”

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Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Operation Save H20 Diabetes Management being hailed as a success 50 Olympic swimming pools of clean water saved by Kevin Diakiw

years ago, the city employed four high school students and four university students to act as team leaders. Each team takes a different quadrant of the city, primarily targeting the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest consumers of water. Residents see savings through reduced utility costs, while the city sees savings through a reduction in the cost of pumping water, and more importantly in a deferral of upgrades to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water main network. The students embark on the three-month program in hopes they can spark some changes in the behaviour of residents. The students point out several notions, such as the fact that indigenous plants can survive on the rainwater they get naturally, and the fact that most North American lawns are overwatered.

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From page 18 Dhaliwal agreed with Gill and Sims that health care is a top issue in the riding; namely, universal access. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something citizens are concerned they will lose under a Conservative government, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re worried about â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if they get the majority government, they might abolish that,â&#x20AC;? he said, noting he has seen no commitment from the Conservatives to renew a health accord that was signed by the Liberal government with the provinces in 2004. It is up for renewal in 2014 and â&#x20AC;&#x153;they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t met with the provincial health minister yet,â&#x20AC;? Dhaliwal said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I personally see that our first priority is to a new health accord.â&#x20AC;? Second to health is the economy, Dhaliwal said. There is a need to invest in jobs, reduce â&#x20AC;&#x153;wastefulâ&#x20AC;? spending and bring down the deficit, he said.

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work, and the salmon habitat would benefit greatly. Carrie Baron, who was a consultant for the city in 1995, was charged with putting the program into action. Now the City of Surrey’s manager of drainage and the environment, she says she’s not surprised that the program is doing so well. “I’ve never seen how it couldn’t be a good program,” Baron said. “I don’t know how people could say it’s not having an effect.” Since its inception, 430 students have tackled riparian areas, bringing them in to a healthier state.

Much of the stream side work would not be in the city’s budget, Baron said, adding it gets done because of the program. She points out it’s a win from every aspect, the kids learn and gain meaningful work experience, the city gets a deal on riparian work and the habitat benefits. The 2011 program will increase from 22 students to 28, if external funds come through. It would consist of six team leaders with post-secondary education and 16 team members with high school education. For more information, visit www.surrey.ca/SHaRP

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Sikh youth bridge green gap Group teaching elders about the environment by Maria Spitale-Leisk A GROUP OF Sikh youths will commemorate Vaisakhi by teaching their elders an important lesson about environmental sustainability. During last year’s Vaisakhi parade, the Sikh Green Team combed 128 Street, collecting hundreds of plastic bottles and cans that had either been dumped as litter or ended up in the garbage. “People just weren’t recycling,” says Sharon Kaur, one of the Sikh Green Team’s organizers. “A lot of people have food stands along the street during the parade where they give out Styrofoam cups, for example. This is an opportunity to educate.” The 15 or so young volunteers from the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple have spent this past year promoting the importance of recycling in the Sikh community. A generation gap exists when it comes to education around recycling, Kaur believes. However, she says there is a tangible way for the youth in the Sikh community to explain these eco-friendly values to their parents and grandparents. “We try to relate the environment to the older generations by talking about the importance of farming in the Punjab, in India,” says Kaur. Fellow Sikh Green Team organizer Sukhminder Singh Virk believes elders have the younger generation beat in other areas of environmental sustainability. Take for example diet, he says. “While the younger generation will live in lowerdensity housing, eat out or purchase food items that produce waste, the older generation will often eat at home, producing large meals, often from scratch, for an extended family living in a single home,” says Virk.

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Parade: Largest outside of India the volunteers or the sangat – which means congregation,” says Singh. The Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar “It is one of the most significant events of began hosting the parade when it first opened our history,” explains Singh. its doors in 1998. At that time, only the Van“The minorities within India were being couver Vaisakhi parade existed. oppressed at that time. The purpose of the The Sikh congregation grew so quickly Khalsa was to fight that oppression.” Singh estimates that approximately 150,000 in Surrey there became interest in hosting a celebration in this area, says Singh. people are expected to attend this year’s VaiPeople will come from all over the world sakhi parade in Surrey. On Saturday, people to celebrate Vaisakhi with the residents of will begin arriving at the gurdwara as early as Surrey, including India and Europe. The cel5 a.m. for scripture and hymn readings. At 8 ebration is very a.m., a prayer far reaching, says is said to start Singh. the event and “It’s the largest the main float Vaisakhi parade is brought out. outside of India “Everyone where millions is in a festive of people particimood,” says pate,” he notes. Singh. Then The Surrey from 9 a.m. Vaisakhi celebrato 4 p.m., tion will last the the parade entire weekend. will weave On the grounds through the of the temple, streets of there will be a Newton to EVAN SEAL / THE LEADER fair with rides the chanting of traditional Cedar Hills Elementary School students welcome for kids, games Vaisakhi with a traditional dance. and plenty of hymns. free, traditional There are Punjabi food. 20 floats that take part in the parade, Usually Eating sweet ladoos and jalebis are part of they are sponsored by other temples and the Vaisakhi experience. other Sikh community groups, says Singh. “It’s pretty much fried sugar,” says Singh Thousands of men and women have been with a grin. cooking for the past few weeks to prepare The day is capped off with a big fireworks for the throngs of people that are expected to display around 10 p.m. off the roof of the gurdescend on the streets around the temple. dwara. The Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar Residents along 128 Street put up stalls in is located at #115 12885 85 Ave. front of their houses to offer free food and For more information on the 2011 Vaisakhi drinks. parade go online to www.dasmeshdarbar.ca “It’s [the parade] all run on the backs of

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ture out to their favourite restaurant. Mahek Restaurant & Lounge, located at 9470 120 St., is bustling most nights of the week. However, owner Harvey Sanghera says Mahek will see the most amount of traffic this month. “The number of larger joint families coming to the restaurant increases in the week prior to Vaisakhi and also the week after,” he says. All of the traditional Punjabi dishes, ranging from Alloo Paratha (stuffed potato bread) to sarson da saag (spinach-based), are served at Mahek. Meanwhile, well-known Indian dishes such as butter chicken and vindaloo are also on the menu. “The atmosphere is of happiness and fulfillment,” describes Sanghera.

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Surrey’s diversity offers the opportunity to experience the traditions and customs of other cultures. City Council works to promote respect and understanding for each cultural group within our city. This support manifests itself in recognizing and supporting important occasions and traditions. Measures, such as printed event notices in local newspapers and the advanced posting of trafﬁc disruption notices, are taken to minimize the impact as much as possible. RCMP and BC Ambulance Service are present at such events to aid the community and ensure the event is as safe and controlled as possible. The annual Vaisakhi Parade is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 23, 2011.

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Fifty artworks chosen from hundreds submitted from B.C. high school students were chosen for the Earthwise exhibit on now in Surrey. Clockwise from top left is work by Linda Dinh, North Surrey Secondary; Helena Maskall, Southridge School; Rebekah Maitland, Maple Ridge Secondary; Ju Young Lee, Langley Fine Arts; Jeejun (Zoey) Ahn, Earl Marriott Secondary; and Stuart Brookes, Fleetwood Secondary.

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Crop tips you can eat â&#x20AC;˘ Lettuce is an easy garden crop for cool seasons (early spring and fall). In high summer, it will produce seed, making it inedible.

â&#x20AC;˘ Carrots like nicely textured soil with a lot of space to grow, since the vegetable we eat is the root of the plant. An organic method of combating the pesky rust fly is by covering the crop with remay cloth. â&#x20AC;˘ Tomatoes are often troublesome because of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called late blight, a disease triggered by moisture. An organic gardenerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defence is to avoid overhead spraying and to keep the tomatoes covered from rain. â&#x20AC;˘ Peas, which are easy to grow, are a gardenerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best friend for crop rotation. These legumes help fix nitrogen into the soil. Growers of nitrogen-

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The City of Surrey is looking for your help in shaping the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cultural landscape. You are invited to attend an Open House near you to learn about the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Cultural Plan and to provide your input. Fleetwood: Wednesday, April 27 Fleetwood Community Centre 15996 - 84 Ave, V4N 0W1 Cloverdale: Thursday, April 28 Surrey Museum 17710 - 56A Ave, V3S 5H8 City Centre: Tuesday, May 3 Chuck Bailey Rec Centre 13458 - 107A Ave, V3T 0G4 etween 5:00 and 8:00 pm The Open Houses will encourage participants to identify arts and heritage strengths, gaps and priorities in your community and Surrey wide. Ideas will also be sought regarding opportunities for public art, the role of new cultural facilities, the Surrey Museum expansion, and effective communication about arts and heritage.

loving spinach (another cool season crop) should plant it in soil where peas recently grew.

Birds and bees A successful garden includes biodiversity. Fleming suggests gardeners plant crops which attract wildlife. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beneficial organisms, like birds and bees for example, are very helpful in maintaining the natural balance of our gardens. While bees are known to pollinate many food crops such as fruits and nuts, birds help keep pest insect populations under control (and hummingbirds, in particular, also aid in pollination.) Gardeners are advised to provide as much variety of plants as possible â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and in multiple layers, from trees to shrubs to ground cover.

Disposal of Unused Pesticides Never dispose of leftover pesticides down the sink, into the toilet or down a sewer or street drain. Pesticides may interfere with the operation of wastewater treatment systems and/or pollute waterways. Pesticides may harm fish, plants and other living things if they reach a waterway. Pesticides are accepted at Scott Road Bottle Depot, #2-12111 86 Ave. Hours of operation are Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The phone number is 604-543-0606. Returned containers must be tightly sealed and clearly labeled with their contents. Pesticide container size cannot exceed 10 litres and must have both the poisonous (skull and crossbones) symbol and Pest Control Product (PCP) number. bjoseph@surreyleader.com

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EVENTS An Easter egg hunt – in the forest? Surrey Nature Centre’s Eco Easter Egg Hunt will take Place April 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 14255 96 Ave. All participants will receive a candy treat, regardless of how many eggs they find. The cost is $5, and don’t forget to bring a basket. For more info, call 604-502-6065.

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13.) • The Earthwise Garden’s Organic Master Gardener course starts on May 11 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. running for 16 weeks. This course, offered in partnership with Gaia College, leads to a certificate in ecological land care. • Earthwise Society will hold a plant sale of “easy plants” for Earth-friendly gardening at May 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The sale will feature native plants, organic vegetable seedlings and insectary plants for bee gardens. • The seven-week course Easy Plants for Earthwise Gardens starts July 10 at 10 a.m. at the Boundary Bay Earthwise Garden. Learn how to plant a sustainable, environmen-

• SEE AN exclusive documentary premiere of the award-winning film “Vanishing of the Bees,” narrated by Ellen Page, on April 21 at 7 p.m. at the Delta Museum and Archives annex building, 4981 Delta St. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance at Earthwise Garden or $10 at the door. For more information, call 604-946-9828. • A bee-friendly event, in partnership with the Delta Chamber of Commerce, will take place on April 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn about the importance of bee populations for local agriculture and ecosystems. (See story, page

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Reifel shots Delta’s bird sanctuary is a great place to celebrate spring – and bring your camera

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t’s an area of crucial importance to the countless thousands of birds who migrate twice a year along the Pacific Flyway. It also offers 850 acres of some of the best bird watching – and bird photography opportunities – in the country. Just a 30-minute drive from Surrey, The Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, maintained by the BC Waterfowl Society, is the protected habitat of hundreds of types of birds, ranging from common mallards and Canada geese to the uncommon black-crowned night heron and gyrfalcon. As the season warms up, as many as 1,500 people will flock to the area each weekend. Sharp-eyed visitors can sometimes spot the colourful but shy wood ducks lurking deep in the bushes along the path. More than 280 avian species have been sighted at Reifel over the years. Through the winter months, it’s possible to see flocks of some of the 75,000 lesser snow geese stopping over on their migration route from their arctic breeding grounds on Wrangel Island north of Siberia. The original acreage for the present sanctuary was leased from George H. Reifel in the 1960s and named in memory of his father, George C. Reifel. Additional acreage was reserved by the provincial government in the 1970s. The sanctuary is open seven days a week, holidays included, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children and $1.50 for seniors. Bird seed is $1 per bag. For more information, call 604-946-6980 or visit www.reifelbirdsanctuary.com

Clockwise from top: A tree swallow lands on a perch, a sandhill crane ambles through a patch of rushes, a sparrow sits on a picket fence and two mallard drakes get into a tangle over a female.

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health benefits. But there’s more. wonderful flavour, eat lots and keep Researchers at Rutgers University eating them because they are one in New Jersey have found a comof the best natural health foods we pound in blueberries that promotes have. urinary tract health and reduces At the United the risk of infection. European and Japanese States Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have documented the relationship Human Nutrition Center, it has been between anthocyanin determined that and improved eyesight when compared to 40 and the easing of eye other fresh fruits and fatigue. The American Chemical Society has vegetables, blueberreleased information ries are number one in antioxidant activabout a substance in blueberries, called ity. In other words, Brian Minter they help neutralize pterostilbene, which has the potential to lower harmful byproducts of metabolism called cholesterol. Further free radicals which can lead to canUSDA research has also found that various compounds in vacciniums cer and many age-related diseases. Anthocyanin, the pigment that are helpful in reducing obesity and creates the blue colour in blueberries, heart disease. is primarily responsible for the major There is a great deal of research

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early, mid or late season classifications. With our ideal growing area, I recommend planting one of each type to prolong the harvest period. Now you can stretch the season ever further by planting the extra early variety called ‘Elliot’ and the extra late one called Spartan tan. If you’re hung up on really b berries, then the largest in big the world are the Darrow and Chandler. Both have great flavour. Birds are the main pest ffecting blueberries in the home aff garden, and netting is really the only solution. Now is a great time to plant blueberries. They are one of the very best health foods in the world. Brian Minter is a master gardener who operates Minter Gardens in Chilliwack.

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LANGLEY BASED COMPANY looking for Super B Experienced Class 1 Driver. Steady work, great benefits. Fax resume and drivers abstract to: 604-513-8004 or email: tridem@telus.net

F/T FARM SUPERVISOR NEEDED Able to speak & write English & Punjabi. Needs past farm exp. Physically able to manage & work alongside up to 30 workers. Jobs incl: pruning, plowing, spraying, and planting. Work is outdoors, during all weather conditions (cold/wet winters). Located in Surrey, B.C. Start July 1st, 2011. Require a min of 12 months commitment (prefer 24 months). $13/hourly for 40 hrs/wk. Fax Mohinder Enterprises Ltd. at: 604-574-5739.

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WHUNDAS!!! Did you graduate from Westsyde Secondary School in Kamloops, BC in 1991? If so, we are looking for you! Please contact Beverly at: potti498@telus.net so we can invite you to the 20 year reunion in July 2011.

DUMP TRUCK DRIVERS wanted with experience. (Pony & Transfer). Fax resumes to: 604-856-9172 or for info call: 604-807-4040.

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MAXXINE WRIGHT EARLY CARE & LEARNING CENTRE. P/T & F/T spaces avail for infant/toddler & 3-5. For registration info contact: Loretta McMillan, ph 604-584-489.

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BE YOUR OWN BOSS with Great Canadian Dollar Store. New franchise opportunities in your area. Call 1-877-388-0123 ext. 229 or visit our website: www.dollarstores.com today.

Apply Before April 30 and Receive $1000 Scholarship

EI Funding Accepted - Student Loans Available & Job Placement Assistance Provided

BC Government approved Curriculum & 8-Week Practicum Morning, Evening and Weekend Classes Available

www. rcit.edu

Royal Canadian Institute of Technology

Surrey Campus

(Across from Surrey Central Sky Train Stn)

Tel: 604-588-7248

#202 - 10252 City Parkway, Surrey

Vancouver Campus

Tel: 604-879-5676 508 Kingsway, Vancouver

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Help Build Homes For The Relief Effort In Japan We are looking for people with construction, manufacturing and production background.

Nail gun and experience with using tools required. Afternoon and day shifts available.

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work? PLEA Community Services is looking for qualified applicants who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or on weekends for respite. Training, support and remuneration are provided. Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door.

To apply call: 604-273-8761 or email: adeccorichmond@gmail.com

MAID SERVICE hiring Mon-Fri. Do you love cleaning? Helping people? Then come join our team. Must have a drivers license - and car an asset. Fax or email to: 604-585-9799, brtcln@aol.com

HELP WANTED

COLLEGE STUDENTS SUMMER WORK Flex. sched. $17 base-appt., conditions apply, training given. Apply now, start after finals! Call 604-595-1040 www.work4students.ca/mv FLAGGERS NEEDED If not certified, training available for a fee. Call 604-575-3944 FRONT DESK person required for a motel. Suitable for retired couple or single. Call Garry for more information 604-312-3537 or 604842-1358. P/T MAINTENANCE PERSON req’d for Surrey Plant. $12.50/hour. Ideal for retired handyman. Fax resume to: 604-572-8720.

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POWDER COATER FULL-TIME CERTIFIED Heavy Duty Mechanic required by Bailey Western Star & Freightliner. Experience in service & repair of trucks, trailers & equipment. Fax resume to 250-286-0753 or email: employment@baileywesternstar.com

GARDENERS req’d F/T in Surrey with exp in garden maint, pruning, lawn & bed work. Must have good English skills & local ref’s. Yearround work avail. Pesticide licence, snow removal & exp driving truck w/trailer an asset. Benefit package avail. Lve msg / fax, 604-599-5503

Surrey metal fabrication shop requires experienced powder coaters. Minimum of 1 year experience required, preferably with Nordson equipment. $15.12 per hour to start, $16.80 per hour after 30 days worked. All positions are full time and include beneﬁt package after 90 days worked. Hours of shift are 7:00am to 3:15pm Monday to Friday. Apply in person at: Unitran Manufacturers Ltd. 5225 192nd Street, Surrey B.C. or by email: unitran_hrdept@yahoo.ca

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

Respite Caregivers

www.plea.bc.ca

THE LEMARE Group is currently seeking a full time highway low bed driver. Fax resume to 250-956-4888 or email: office@lemare.ca.

PORTO FINO Line cook/pizza cook & delivery driver req. for our Cloverdale location. Apply in person with resume after 4 p.m. or call 604-576-2500.

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You want a better life. Job satisfaction. Financial security. Respect. You want to help others.

Change your career today

Canuel Caterers BC’s largest High School Cafeteria Company with over 50 locations is now hiring counter attendants / cashiers / food prep. for a high school near you. During the school year. Fax resume to 604-575-7771. DHALIWAL SWEETS Ltd. in Surrey is hiring 1 F/T Indian Cook and 1 Sweet Maker Cook. Indian cook must have 3 years experience in making Indian dishes like butter chicken, tandoori chicken, shahi paneer, veg curries, rice, naan, etc. Sweet maker must also have 3 years experience in making Indian sweet dishes like burfi, laddoo, gulab jamun, kaju roll etc. Salary for both positions would be $15/hour with 40 hours/week. Knowledge of Hindi or Punjabi is required. Interested applicants may fax resumes to: 604-598-1165.

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Early Childhood Educator According to the 2008 ECE Registry Survey commissioned by the BC Ministry of Children & Family Development, the average wage for Early Childhood Educators in BC is $17.43/hr. Graduates may qualify for a $3000 bursary through the BC Family Child Care Association. Health Care Assistant (formerly Resident Care Attendant) There is huge demand for this program! The starting wage for Health Care Assistants is $17 - $21/hr. Hospital Support Specialist Work in a hospital as a Admitting/ Registration Clerk, Health Records Clerk, Diagnostic Imaging Clerk, Hospital Switchboard Operator, Medical Secretary and much more. Entry level wages from $18.16 - $21/hr. Medical Laboratory Assistant Medical Office Assistant If you’re looking for a rewarding career in healthcare administration, you’ll love being a Medical Office Assistant. Nursing Unit Clerk The average wage for Stenberg grads is $20.77/hr, plus 12.2% in lieu of benefits. Practical Nursing We offer Free Biology 12! Psychiatric Nursing There is an urgent need for more Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPN). Entry-level earnings start at $29/hour. This 23 month program is recognized by the CRPNBC. FREE ESL Training & Support: Free 2 month College English Preparatory program

604-580-2772 • www.stenbergcollege.com Over 94% of our grads are employed in their ﬁeld of study within 6 months of graduation.

LABOURERS GENERAL LABORER Full Time

Fraser River Consulting has immediate job opportunities for a self motivated, reliable and hard working individual. The ideal candidate must be able to work under minimal supervision, have a valid BC Driver’s license, have a reliable vehicle. The ideal candidate should have both groundskeeper and landscaping experience. Please send you resumes to jobs@fraserriver.com or faxed to 604-608-3438

Cardiology Technologist The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has granted this program it highest accreditation status, a 6 year accreditation. Community Support & Outreach Worker Assist individuals with a developmental disability and/or mental health issues by encouraging and supporting them in their daily lives. Starting entry wages range from $18.03 to $19.72/hr.

604-575-5342

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CARRIERS NEEDED in North Delta & Surrey Areas

phone 604-575-5555

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WINTER HARBOUR, BC. Master Mechanic logging. Full time. 10 years experience minimum. Welding, excellent diagnostics, physically fit, all logging equipment. References required. Fax or email your resume to 250-969-4222 or employment@wdmoore.ca.

Live-in-Caregiver Required F/T w/exp to look after kids; supervision of kid’s activities; taking care of general hygiene; preparing and providing meals. Salary: $10/hr. Must have knowledge of English. Punjabi is an asset. Contact: Jagjiwan E-mail: jagjiwanjohal@yahoo.ca Phone: 604-781-2590 Location: Surrey, BC

HELP WANTED

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Up to $20 per hr, 40 hrs per week. Fun promo’s & C.S. 10 positions available for immed. work. No commission. No experience? No problem! Call today, Start tomorrow !

PLEA Community Services Society is looking for individuals and families who can provide respite care in their homes for youth aged 12 to 18, who are attending a recovery program for alcohol and/or drug addiction. Qualified applicants must be available on weekends and have a home that can accommodate one to two youth and meet all safety requirements. Training and support is provided. If interested, please call a member of our Family Recruiting Team at:

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Entry level position available in South Surrey. Will train. Involves lifting and attention to detail. Grade 12 education, team player, fluent in English and have own transportation. Fax resume to 613-226-3728 or email to: carol.petersen@thermoﬁsher. com

The Classifieds: Small Ads, Big Deals!

BUILDING SERVICE Worker/ Housekeeping Staff Needed! F/T positions in a Surrey Health Care Facility. Clinical cleaning experience is an asset. BSW certificate preferred but not required. To apply e-mail resume to jobs.bswjan@gmail.com CANADIAN FARMS PRODUCE Inc., located in Surrey requires F/T general farm workers to start in 2011. Accommodation avail. Wage $9.28/hour. Must be in good physical shape. Training provided. Heavy lifting req’d. Please fax resume to: 604-574-5773

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Now Hiring Langley Apartment Drop Driver The Langley Times has an excellent opportunity for an individual contractor with a suitable van to deliver 2,300 papers to 140 apartment drops in The Langley City area. Drops will be made on Wednesday and Friday between 5:00am and 3:00pm. This contractor must be responsible, organized, and have a clean driving record along with insurance.

Interested applicants can call our circulation department at 604-514-6770.

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PHARMACY TECHNICIAN req’d P/T for Langley pharmacy. No evenings or Sundays. Reply to Box 501 c/o The Langley Times, 20258 Fraser Hwy Langley, V3A 4E6.

142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS ADMIN ASSISTANT/Receptionist for Evangelical Free Church of Canada National Office richp@efccm.ca or 604-513-2183 by May 12. Fraser Valley based Company requires an energetic, hard working individual with several years accounting experience that enjoys a high-paced work environment. This position would be ideal for a recent accounting graduate or a student late in their program of studies. We are looking for candidate with strong interpersonal communication skills, a positive attitude and the ability to meet deadlines. Benefits package accompanies salary which will be negotiated commensurate with experience and education level of the successful candidate. Please email your resume and a covering letter to:

fvacct11@gmail.com MECHANICAL SHOP IN PORT KELLS area of Surrey req’s a P/T secretary. Duties to include payroll, invoicing, and general office duties. Knowledge of Simply and good organizational skills a must. Please forward resume to Box 010 c/o Surrey Leader, #102-5460 152 St., Surrey, V3S 5J9

JOB SEARCH - MADE EASY Premier Bathrooms Canada Ltd., A national company are looking for an Admin Assistant. If you have five years or more experience, possess strong organization, communication and customer service skills and are able to multitask, you are proficient with computers follow direction and deadlines if this is you Email your resume and cover letter to kbull@premierbathrooms.ca before April 21st, No phone calls please; Only selected candidates will be contacted.

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Experienced sales person is required for Furniture retail store in Surrey. Please email your resume info@bedroomshoppe.ca or fax 778-565-4493 with expected salary.

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SALES ASSOCIATES For boutique located in Surrey. Excellent wages. Full time and Part time positions available. Knowledge of Punjabi / Hindi an asset. Call 604-323-3636 or apply in person at: Unit 104 - 8312 - 128 St.

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DISTINCTIVE PAINTING looking for skilled labourers & experienced painters - 3 years minimum. Must have own vehicle. Call Roger 604-314-3256

Heavy Duty / Commercial Mechanic

INSTRUCTOR - PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAM

P & R Western Star & Freightliner Trucks requires qualified full time Heavy Duty / Commercial Mechanic for our Duncan location. Possession of an Authorized Motor Vehicle Inspection ticket would be an asset. Excellent Wage and Beneﬁt Package. Please e-mail resume: michele@prwstar.com or fax: (1)-250-746-8064

Sprott-Shaw Community College is currently seeking an instructor for its Licensed Practical Nursing program. The successful candidate must be a registered nurse (RN). Teaching experience is preferred, but not required. The successful candidate should be available to teach in clinical settings (acute care and long-term care) as well as teaching in a classroom/lab setting. Candidates must possess an excellent work ethic, demonstrate effective communication skills, and be able to work independently and as part of a team. Part-time with potential for full time in 2-3 months for successful candidates. Please fax cover letter and resume to the Director at 604-504-3372 or email to alk@sprott-shaw.com. Closing date: April 29, 2011.

JOURNEYMAN MECHANICS required immediately, NW Alberta. Heavy Duty and Automotive positions, competitive wages, benefit plan. Caterpillar experience. More info: www.ritchiebr.com. Fax 780351-3764. Email: info@ritchiebr.com. JOURNEYMEN Fabricators & CWB Ticketed Welders required. Afternoon shift available. Gloucester Industrial Park. Fax: 604-856-2363 Visit our website: www.lesteel.com PLUMBING & HEATING company seeking experienced trades for local and northern jobs. Great pay. Seeking independent plumbers and sheet metal technicians, knowledge of commercial/residential systems. Email resumes info@hhplumbing.ca or fax 604-514-7872. Questions? 604-787-8972.

Sprott-Shaw Community College is an accredited private post-secondary institution training over 4,000 students each year through 20 campuses. We offer a competitive package & excellent team work environment.

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COMMERCIAL TIRE REPAIRMAN req’d full time, M-F, some after hrs/on call. Must have DL, service truck provided, heavy lifting, outdoor work. $14-22/hr depending on exp. 2230 Hartley Ave, Coquitlam. fax 604-526-9429 or email: tireland-hartley@gmail.com CONCRETE FINISHERS. Edmonton-based company seeks experienced concrete finishers for work in Edmonton and Northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; John@RaidersConcrete.com. Cell 780-660-7130. Fax 780-444-7103.

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Well established Lower Mainland Mechanical Contractor req. a Plumbing and Heating Foreman for all aspects of Commercial Institutional Mechanical work. Applicants to have a MINIMUM 5 years exp. Team Environment. Long Term Opportunity. Competitive Wages, Proﬁt Sharing & Excellent Beneﬁts. Wage Commensurate w/ Exp. Fax Resume: 604.576.4739 or E-mail: info@dualmechanical.com

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BEST HANDS IN TOWN. Hot Oil. 10am - Midnight. 10077 Whalley Blvd. 604-719-5628 SHANGHAI. Spring Special $10 off with ad, 10am-12am 604591-1891, 16055 Fraser Hwy, Sry

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$10 MILLION AVAILABLE for Land Purchase/Development and Joint Ventures. Management Consulting and Business Plan services. Call 1-866-402-6464. AVOID BANKRUPTCY - SAVE UP TO 70% Of Your Debt. One affordable monthly payment, interest free. For debt restructuring on YOUR terms, not your creditors. Call 1-866-690-3328 or see web site: www.4pillars.ca Dial-A-Law offers general information on a variety of topics on law in BC. 604-687-4680 (Lower Mainland) or 1.800.565.5297 (Outside LM); www.dialalaw.org (audio available). GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS will lend you money: It ís That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161. LAWYER REFERRAL Service matches people with legal concerns to a lawyer in their area. Participating lawyers offer a 30 minute consultation for $25 plus tax. Regular fees follow once both parties agree to proceed with services. 604-6873221 (Lower Mainland) or 1.800.663.1919 (Outside LM).

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LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Guaranteed Record Removal. 100% Free Information Booklet. 1-8-Now-Pardon (1-866-972-7366). Speak with a Specialist- No Obligation. www.PardonServicesCanada.com. A+BBB Rating. 20+ Yrs Experience. Confidential. Fast. Affordable .

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UNIQUE CONCRETE DESIGN

EAGLE EYE DRIVING SCHOOL - Providing driver training Class 5 & 7. Call 778-823-4837

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APPLY NOW: Pennywise Scholarship For Women to attend Journalism certificate course at Langara College in Vancouver. Deadline April 29, 2011. More information: w w w . b c c o m m u n i t y news.com/files/scholarships LEARN SMALL ENGINE REPAIR. Hands-on training on ATV’s, snowmobiles, personal watercraft. Excellent Instructors and shop equipment. On-campus residences. Write apprenticeship exams. GPRC Fairview Campus. 1-888-999-7882; gprc.ab.ca/fairview. MEDICAL OFFICE trainees needed! Hospitals & doctors need medical office & medical admin staff! No experience? Need training? Career training & job placement available. 1-888-748-4126.

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$500 LOAN, NO CREDIT REFUSED. Fast, Easy and Secure. 1877-776-1660 www.moneyprovider.com

.Jim’s Mowing Spring Services - jimsmowing.ca

LAWN CUT (bi-weekly) & RUBBISH REMOVAL Good Work. Low $ Price. Free Est. Call 778-686-2889.

LAWN & GARDEN Maint. Pruning, Trimming, Power Raking, Aeration. Free Est. Jason @ 604-614-5954.

F All types of concrete work F F Re & Re F Forming F Site prep FDriveways FExposed FStamped F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured

778-231-9675, 778-231-9147 FREE ESTIMATES

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PSB DRYWALL ★ All Boarding, Taping, Framing & Texture. Insured work. Call Parm (604) 762-4657

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#1 QUALITY WORK, Big or sm. Exp. Electrician avail. Reas.rates.604-773-0341. Lic#9902 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

Member of BC Landscape and Nursery Association

TOPSOIL Planter mix or turf mix Meets or exceeds BC Landscape Standard Spec. Copy of Certificate for soil test available upon request

BARKMULCH SAND & GRAVEL BOULDERS

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DAerating D Power Raking D Pruning D Lawn Cutting D Power Washing D Fencing D Organic Fertilizing Weekly ~ Bi-Weekly

J. KANG & ASSOCIATES

☛ Bookkeeping & Payroll ☛ Full Cycle Accounting ☛ Personal & Corporate Returns Small Businesses Welcome! Certiﬁed Management Accountant of 20 years.

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COMPLETE RENOVATIONS, DECKS, FINISHING CUSTOM SHOWERS & SAUNAS, HARDWOOD & LAMINATE FLOORS, PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL SUITES, DOORS & WINDOWS

FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

(604)240-1920

POWER RAKING $70 U-RAKE We rake $120; Aeration $55. Reg. size lot. Exc service. 604-818-4142

GARDENING

#1 QUALITY Garden Soil & Turf 3-6 yards delivered. Visa & Mastercard Accepted. Call Loren at (604)834-3090 A CLEAN CUT Lawn Care, Landscape, Mini Excavating, triming 604-220-9097,604-856-1558 Always! Pwr. raking, grass cutting, fertilizing, hedging, pruning, Rubbish rem. Free Est. 604-230-0627

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

1 CALL DOES IT ALL. Reno’s, bathrooms, kitchens, ceramic tiling, hardwood, laminate, granite tops. Call: Carlo (604)818-5919. A-1 CALL DOES IT ALL New bsmt, drywall, texture, paint, kitchen, bath, hardwood, laminate, plumbing, tiles, windows, doors & fencing. Snr’s disc. 604-507-0703. A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, reroofing. Dhillon 604-782-1936. BEAUTIFUL BATH = Plumbing Drywall - Electrical - Tubs & Showers & Sinks -Toilets & Tile - Fans - Windows, crown molding. 17 yrs exp. Senior disc. Work guar, Res/Comm. Nick 604-230-5783, 581-2859

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- Hardwood Floor Specialist -Installation, Sanding, Reﬁnishing Express your unique and individual style with a custom stain. Dust free sanding. 778-995-Wood (9663). View our picture gallery at www.visionexotik.com

AAH ABOVE ALL APPLS REPAIR Quality work. Also appls for sale. Elect & plumb serv 604-588-2828

Furnace & Duct Cleaning

Special pkg $89. Call 604-945-5801

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EXPERT HANDYMAN available for most jobs, big or small. Young, fit and hardworking. Great rates and friendly service! Ask for Dan. Phone 778-319-5713. SAM THE MAN. Renos, Flooring, Painting, Gutter Cleaning, Pressure Washing Call 778-899-2941

(604)531-5935

6828-128 St. (Newton Pizza Unit)

DRIVING SCHOOLS

604-807-4763 SUNNY DAY LANDSCAPING Spring clean-up, seeding. core aeration, power rake, fertilizing, hedge trimming, Fencing, rubbish removal. Jay 778-862-2400.

Free Est & Warranties

Phone (604)543-3811

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Bonniecrete Const Ltd

FARM TRACTORS

Kristy 604.488.9161

ROYAL KING GARDENING

CONCRETE & PLACING

Personal and Corporate tax/Eﬁling. Bookkeeping/ HST Returns/ Payroll

Tax Returns From $20.00 Call Ali

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Unique Taste, Unique Menus... Gourmet, Customized Menus Tailored To Your Function... • Dinner Parties • Executive Meetings • Family Gatherings • Weddings / Banquets • B-B-Ques • Funerals We Come To You! Doing It All, From Set-Up - Clean-Up.

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AKAL CONCRETE. All types of reno’s. Driveways, sidewalks, floors, retaining walls. Call 778-881-0961

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EUROPEAN CLEANING Services Excellent References. $20 per hour. Call (778)858-1878

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WANTED: PART & FULL TIME

If you’re an enthusiastic, energetic, team player who would like to be part of a fast-paced restaurant team, we would love to meet you. Unit H110 (Next to Vancity Bank) Morgan Crossing 15795 Croydon Drive, Surrey (On bus route C53) Please bring a hard copy of your resume and references

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GARDEN TOPSOIL $20 per yard. Delivery available with 5 yard dump trailer. Mushroom manure $10/yard. 604-768-7571 or 604-856-4255 GUTTER, roof, power raking, aeration, siding driveway, deck cleaning. Call Victor 604-589-0356 HARRY’S LAWN CARE. Lawn cut $27.95, P. Raking, Aerating, Fertilizer, Trimming, year round care. Comm. & Res. 604-825-5545

CLEANING SERVICES

BACKHOES

10am – 6pm • Head Line Cooks • Line Cooks • Prep Cooks • Dishwashers

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

www.actioncare.ca

4 X 4 C/W bracker & hoepack

HIRING FAIR • Servers • Bartenders • Bussers • Hosts/Hostesses

CARPET CLEANING

ACTION CARE Carpet CLEANING. Spring special ❖ 604-945-5801❖

175 CATERING/PARTY RENTALS

APRIL 25–MAY 2

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

ABDUL APPLIANCES: Cert’d tech. 20/yrs exp. 1/yr parts & labour warr. 24/7. Buy / Sell. Zeb: 604.596.2626. Dawn Appliance Service. (Sry) Fast in-home repairs, all makes & models Certif’d tech. 1 Yr parts & labour warr. 7 days/24 hrs. 604-512-5936

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HEALTH PRODUCTS

JOIN OUR OPENING TEAM!

FINANCIAL SERVICES

DEBT CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM Helping Canadians repay debts, reduce or eliminate interest, regardless of your credit. Steady Income? You may qualify for instant help. Considering Bankruptcy? Call 1-877-220-3328 FREE Consultation Government Approved, BBB Member

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

POWER RAKING AERATING LIME AND FERTILIZER

LAWN CUTTING

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

Call Mike 604-953-0898

COMPLETE RENOVATIONS, 30 yrs in Cont. Very reliable. Denicon Const. Call Dennis 604-809-0702. DECKS, FENCES, ARBORS, Bsmt Suites, Additions~Renos, Kitchen/ Bath. Cert. Carpenter, General contractor, Concrete, Retaining walls, 20 yrs exp. WCB / Liability. Clayton. 604.591.7687 FULL BATHROOM RENOVATIONS, basement and deck development, painting. Call Les 778-6885739 or 604-930-4956 HANDYMAN with great finishing touch. Very reasonable. Free Est. Call Denis 778-240-2160 Plumb repairs, leaks, plugs, install all appls, garbourator, toilet, sink, dishwasher, etc. 604-314-1865 RenoMan. Kitch & Bath, Drywall, Patching & Taping, Tiling, Ext Painting, Laminate floors. All Big and small Jobs. Call 604-728-3849

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS Exceptional Quality On Time, On Budget, As Promised...

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MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVING Local & Long Distance

$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Insured ~ Licenced ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 338

A Plumber/Gas, h/w tanks, furn. boiler renos/repairs, Our 2nd Opinion - Save you $$$. 604-618-8315

604-537-4140

Quality Renovations

APARTMENT MOVING PROS. We do more to save U money $... Easter Weekend Special & Gov’’t assistance moves welcome

604-957-9361

* BBB * Licensed * Insured * WCB

EZ GO MOVERS

604.230.2217 / 604.999.5890

Quick & Reliable Movers

www.mdmservices.ca Serving Since 1993

From $48/per

Pac-Man Movers 20 years exp ~ Reas rates. Call Kevin: (604)837-2744

The ﬁnest in Outdoor Living... Design to Completion DECKING RAILINGS • Cedar • Glass • Vinyl decking • Aluminum • Trex decking • Wrought iron • Pressure treated • Trex railings • Deck repairs • Cedar • Paving stone • Pressure & Concrete Treated OUTDOOR LIVING • Fireplaces • Kitchens & BBQ’s • Sun Rooms & Patio Covers • Landscaping • Hot Tubs & Pools • Trellis & Gazebos

RYAN’S MOVING 604-782-3610

604-507-4606 604-312-7674 RP Plumbing & Gas EMERGENCY REPAIRS, renovations. New installations, all jobs. Lic. & insured. Rich 604-351-9145.

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PRESSURE WASHING POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE ROOF, gutter, window, siding, deck, driveway cleaning. Call Victor 604-589-0356

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

TOPLINE PRESSURE WASHING Siding, gutters, & tile roofs. We use SOAP. WCB insured 604.861.6060

Call Ian 604-724-6373

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HOME REPAIRS

MOVING SALE

Over 35 Years in Business “ Call Now for Free Estimate” “

604-588-0833 SALES@PATTARGROUP.COM ABOVE THE REST “ Int. & Ext., Unbeatable Prices, Professional Crew. Free Est. Written Guarantee. No Hassle, Quick Work, Insured, WCB. Call (778)997-9582

1 CALL ABOVE all Handyman Serv Elect,. Plumb, Appls, Gen Repairs, No job too small. Sell repair & install major appls. Also do kitchen, baths, bsmt, renos. 604-588-2828.

AJM PAINTING Ticketed Painter BBB accredited Free Estimates Cell 604-837-6699 A-TECH Services 604-230-3539 Running this ad for 7yrs

PAINT SPECIAL

WWW.PATTARGROUP.COM

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing, gates. 604-521-2688 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

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TILING

AN EXPERIENCED TILE SETTER Interior / Exterior Call BRUCE @ 604-583-4090 We always advertise with “THE LEADER” CERAMIC TILE Installations, renovations, repairs, design work. Small jobs welcome. Dave 604-644-8799

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TREE SERVICES A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv. Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping. Insured, WCB Free Est Arborist Reports

Andrew 604-618-8585 $ Best Rates $

Get your trees or tree removal done NOW while they’re dormant

✓ Tree & Stump Removal ✓ Certiﬁed Arborists ✓ 20 yrs exp. 60’ bucket truck ✓ Crown reduction ✓ Spiral pruning ✓ Fully insured. Best Rates

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778 Info: www.treeworksonline.ca

10% OFF with this AD

BEST BUSY BOYS ROOFING LTD.

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1NCOME TAX PREPARATION:

Personal & Sm. Business Returns; GST-HST Filing; year round service; from $45 Call: 604.581.9121 or info@mwfs.ca MACNAUGHTON & WARD FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.

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KITCHEN CABINETS

QUICKWAY Kitchen Cabinets Ltd. ****Mention this ad for 10% Off **** Call Raman @ 604-561-4041.

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LANDSCAPING

BESTWAY PAINTING & Decorating Interior/Exterior. Comm/Res. Crown Moldings. John 778-881-6737 JACK’S HOME IMPROVEMENT. Prof painting & complete renos. Reasonable rates & quality work. Jack 604-716-3653, 604-767-6010

MR. PAINTER’S PAINTING SERVICES Quality, Reliable, and Affordable. Senior’s Discount. Phone 778-847-2468 ~ PRO PAINTERS ~ INTERIOR / EXTERIOR Quality Work, Free Estimates

JUNK REMOVAL EARTH FRIENDLY On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

www.recycle-it-now.com

Best Deal DEMOLITION/RUBBISH Removal *concrete *drywall *stucco *trees *junk *etc. Ph: 604-354-4397

EXTRA

CHEAP

Vincent 543-7776

Call:604-512-3587 A FAST MOVING & CLEANING. Professional movers. *Garbage removal *Big/small. Insured, great rates. Free est. 778-888-9628 POPEYE’S MOVING, Res. Comm. Free est. Surrey, Langley, White Rock. N. Delta. 604-626-6651

PRO TREE SERVICES Quality pruning/shaping/hedge trimming/ removals & stump grinding. John, 604-588-8733/604-318-9270

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PETS

BRUSELLS GRIFFONS pups, (monkey faced pups) $1200, home raised, parents can be viewed. Pedigrees avail. (604)463-5316 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

(778)997-5757, (604)587-5991

GOT JUNK? Rubbish Removal 1-800-468-5865

ABO MOVING Friendly, Reliable Service. Reasonable Rates.

Morris 604-597-2286 Marcus 604-818-2327

RUBBISH REMOVAL Almost for free!

ABE MOVING - $35/Hr. Per Person *Reliable Careful Movers. *Rubbish Removal. *24 Hours. 604-999-6020

Starting from $45.00/hr.

DANGEROUS TREE REMOVAL * Pruning * Retopping * Falling Service Surrey 25 years FULLY INSURED **EMERGENCY CALL OUT** Certiﬁed Arborist Reports

604.587.5865

WCB INSURED

MOVING & STORAGE

All Moves Big & Small

Morris The Arborist

RECYCLE-IT!

Member of Better Business Bureau

PRINCE LANDSCAPING Pressure wash, Airretion, Lawn/Garden care, Hedge & Shrub Trim, Cedar Fence. Junk Removal. Raj 778-991-2054

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Complete Residential & Comm. Brush Chipping, Stump Grinding Land Clearing, Removal Neal 604-541-4608 / 604-230-4608

RUBBISH REMOVAL

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PAVING/SEAL COATING

ALLAN Const. & Asphalt. Brick, conc, drainage, found. & membrane repair. 604-618-2304; 820-2187.

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PLUMBING

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005 $38/HR!Clogged drains,drips,garbs sinks, Reno’s toilets. No job too small! Lic’d/insured. 778-888-9184

Haul Anything... But Dead Bodies!! 604.

220.JUNK(5865)

Serving The Lower Mainland Since 1988

bradsjunkremoval.com Rubbish Removal & more Small Haul Help.

604-202-3363

APPLIANCES

FRIDGE $175; stove $150; washer $150; dryer $125. Good working condition. Call 604-951-4002.

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BUILDING SUPPLIES

DO-IT-YOURSELF Steel Buildings Priced for Spring Clearance - Ask about Free Delivery to most areas! Call for Quick Quote and Free Brochure - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170. SAWMILLS - Band/Chainsaw SPRING SALE - Cut lumber any dimension, anytime. MAKE MONEY and SAVE MONEY In stock ready to ship. Starting at $1,195.00. www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext.400OT Steel Buildings 30x40, 100x100 Others. Discounted before Inflation (Steel Shortage Looming) Buy Now! www.sunwardsteel.com Source# 1L0 800-964-8335

PANORAMA RIDGE SECONDARY DRY GRAD GARAGE SALE. April 16, 10am- 2pm. 132 & 64

CKC Reg.soft coated Wheaten Terrier pups, hypo-allergenic. Guarntd. Vet ✓ $1200. Call 604-533-8992 HAVANESE X, 4 1/2 yrs. Neut. M. Moving. Affectionate. Loves walks, $100. Phone (604) 574-9266. LAB RETRIEVER PUPS, yellow & black, $650. Vet check, quality lineage, dew claws, 1st shots, dewormed. (604)702-0217 NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

MULTI FAMILY SALE!!! Sat. April 16th, 9-3 Toys, Books, Furniture. Coffee, & Cookies 10960 64A Ave. Delta

630

LOTS

BIG BEAUTIFUL ARIZONA LAND $99/mo. $0 down, $0 interest, Golf Course, Nat’l Parks. 1 hour from Tucson Int’l Airport Guaranteed Financing, No Credit Checks. Pre-recorded msg. 1-800-631-8164 Code 4001 www.sunsiteslandrush.com LAND LIQUIDATION 20 Acres $0 Down, $99/mo. ONLY $12,900 Near Growing El Paso, Texas (2nd safest U.S. City) Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Money Back Guarantee FREE Color Brochure 800-755-8953 www.sunsetranches.com

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS WHOLESALE FACTORY DIRECT. Manufactured, Modular & Park models. Tremendous savings. Luxurious 1512 sq. ft home including delivery and installation only $ 109,950. Many other plans available. The Home Boys 877-976-3737, 509-481-9830 or www.hbmodular.com

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MORTGAGES

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BURIAL PLOTS

FLOORING

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

CAN’T GET UP YOUR Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift. Call 1-866-981-6591.

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MISC. FOR SALE

100% Guaranteed Omaha Steaks SAVE 64% on the Family Value Collection. NOW ONLY $49.99 Plus 3 FREE GIFTS & right-to-the-door delivery in a reusable cooler, ORDER Today. 1-888-702-4489 mention code 45069SVD or www.OmahaSteaks.com/family23 A FREE TELEPHONE SERVICE Get Your First Month Free. Bad Credit, Don’t Sweat It. No Deposits. No Credit Checks. Call Freedom Phone Lines Today Toll-Free 1866-884-7464 BUILDING SALE... Canadian Manufacturer Direct. 25x40 $6320. 30x40 $7370. 35x50 $9980. 40x80 $18,900. 47x100 $31,600. Ends optional. Many others. Pioneer Steel Manufacturers since 1980, 1-800668-5422 Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1866-981-5991 Personalized All-In-One Easter Basket- OVER 50% OFF! Regular Price $32.99 YOU PAY $15.99. Includes Personalization; Plush Bunny, Chocolate; Candy and Peeps® Visit www.PersonalCreations.com/Always or Call 1-888903-0973

TOWNHOUSES

HUNTSFIELD, 2 BEDROOM cozy rancher style townhouse! Large size den could be 3rd bedroom w/closet. Secure, gated complex. Immediate possession. 604-7792549

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.ca

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

RENTALS ACREAGE

FARMLAND FOR LONG-TERM LEASE in DELTA: 23 acres, 5450 104 St.; In Langley: 28 acres, 88 St. & 264 Ave. Land only. For info call 604-683-9641.

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APARTMENT/CONDO

CEDAR COURT & CEDAR LODGE CLEAN 1 & 2 BDRM SUITES (some w/ensuites) in Park-like setting. Cable, heat, & hot water incl. Laundry rest area on each floor.

604-588-8850 604-584-5233 www.rentersweek.com/view-cedars

CLOVERDALE: 17719 58A Ave. Spacious 1 bdrm Aprt. w/ small storage room. Nr bus & racetrack. Refs req’d. Call: 778-888-2497 CLOVERDALE Apts: 1 Bdrm $750; Incl heat, h/w & prkg. N/P. Secure bldg. Lndry facilities. 604-576-8230 CLOVERDALE BENBERG APTS. 17788 57 Ave. Senior building,1 & 2 bdrm suites avail now. Starting at $700 to $850/mo. 604-574-2078 CLOVERDALE. Sherwood Apt. 5875-177A St. 1 bdrm-$750, 2 bdrm-$900. Lndry facility. np/ns. Avail immed. LEASE. Member of Surrey Crime free Multi-Housing Program. Call Lloyd at 604-5751608. ASCENTPM. COM

DELTA WEST 4895 - 55B St, Ladner Spacious 1 bedroom & Bachelor Suites Balconies, rent incl heat & h/w. Prkg avail. Refs req’d, N/P

Call 604.946.1094 Bayside Property Services Ltd. Green Timbers, 100/148th. 610 s.f. 1 bdrm. 4 yr old complex, G/L, priv. patio, 6 appls, F/P, 2 pools, gym, sauna, hot-tub, tennis crt. party rm., NP/NS, $800+utils. 604-576-9954. GUILDFORD - 2 bd top flr cnr, all new, incl appl, u/g prkg, $1000 incl hw. cr@micar.ca 1.250.474.7743 np/s GUILDFORD - 2 bd top flr newly reno’d, new appl, u/g prkg, $900 incl ht/hw lh@micar.ca 1.250.474.7743 np/s GUILDFORD - 2 bd top flr newly reno’d, new appl, u/g prkg, $900 incl ht/hw. lh@micar.ca 1.250.474.7743 np/s

FAMILY FRIENDLY COMPLEX Rental Incentives... 1, 2 & 3 Bdrms available. Close to shopping, bus, school, park. Small pets welcome. Call: 604-585-1966.

EVERGREEN APARTMENTS Crime Free Multi-Housing Certified Spacious Suites, very competitive prices. Extra large 1 & 2 BDRM ste’s, lots of storage. Heat/hot water included. Access to Vancouver via freeway, 1 bus to Skytrain. Clean, quiet bldg’s. No pets. Outdoor Pool!

Phone 604-582-0465 GUILDFORD nice 2 bdrm. 2nd floor, corner, N/S N/P. $990 mo. 5 appl., 1 prkg., avail. now. C.21 Prudential 604-232-3025 LANGLEY

BRIGHTON APARTMENTS

Large 1 Bdrm. Apts $150 Move-In Allowance Please call for details. On-site manager. Suites include fridge, stove, drapes & carpeted throughout. Hot water & parking included. Close to shopping & schools, on bus route. Seasonal swimming pool & tennis court. Some pets welcome.

566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PIANO, Yamaha, 1 owner, $800. Call (604)858-4081

Call 604-533-0209

REAL ESTATE

2 SINGLE Family RF lot 59’w, 6800 sq.ft. Desirable Cloverdale area with view. $425K, (778)689-9649.

APARTMENT/CONDO

Guildford Mall / Public Library

MISC. WANTED

FOR SALE BY OWNER

706

GUILDFORD

703

FREE SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Cash for some complete scrap cars. 604-465-7940 or 580-3439.

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RENTALS

REAL ESTATE

BURIAL PLOT in Valley View Hillside. 72 Ave. Surrey. $4500. Call (604)560-2553

563 Chihuahua, 3.5 yr old, spayed, healthy, shots, vet chk’d. Leaving country. $200. (604)997-8601

Dirt bike, entertainment unit, furniture, household & much more! ‘’Rain or Shine’’

Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refinances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations. Call 1-888-711-8818 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

559 GreenLine Tree Service

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WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

JJ ROOFING. New Roofs/Re-Roofs / Repairs. Summer Special ~ 20% Off. Free Est. Refs. WCB Insured. Member BBB. Jas @ 604-726-6345

Rooﬁng Experts. 778-230-5717 Repairs/Re-Roof/New Roofs. All work Gtd. Free Est. Call Frank.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

WIDE selection of 12mm laminate flooring. From 99¢ per sq.ft. #10214770 - 64th Ave. 604-597-1601.

GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, Asphalt Shingles, Flat roofs BBB, WCB $2m Liability. Clean Gutters $80. 24 hrs. 7dys/wk. 604-240-5362

3 rooms for $269, 2 coats

TOP NOTCH ASSOCIATES We do only Quality work: Repairs/Reno’s and water tight Bathrooms. Electrical, Plumbing, Tile, Sealing, Finishing, Safety and Handicap. Mike 604-594-4791.

Miniature Chinese Sharpei pups M/F’s available. CKC reg. $1200. 604-315-8774 www.wrinklesrus.com PITT BULL, 5 1/5 mo male, blk, wht chest, friendly, needs new home, $450. (604) 852-8837 or 897-5243 PRESA CANARIO puppies, born Feb 14 brindle view/parents on farm great temp $800 604-855-6929. SPANIELS, Field & Cocker X, vet ✔, 1st & 2nd shots incl., 3 M, 1 F, no dewclaws $400. (604)313-6858 VIZSLA PUPS, CKC reg’d, shots, guaranteed. $850. ph, 604-8192115 or email: vizsla@telus.net WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER pups. Born Feb. 26th. 1 M, 1 F. 1st shots. vet ✓, ready April 23. $1100 each. Great with kids. 604-850-6567 Abb

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D Conversion from cedar to Asphalt, Shingles, Fibreglass D 30, 40, 50 years Warranty D WCB, BBB, Liability Ins. Free Estimates. Call Gary 604-599-5611 OR Visit

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

GARAGE SALES

18188 & 18198 66 Ave

#1 Rooﬁng Company in BC

All types of Rooﬁng

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Sat. Apr 23rd, 9am - 2pm.

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

Your Dream Home Care...

(604)861-2689

CLOVERDALE

Gas Fitter ✭ Plumber Furnace Boilers, Hot Water Tanks Hot Water Heat, Plumbing Jobs. Furnace cleaning with truck mounted machine

GARAGE SALES

SUNDECKS

FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATING H/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s. Drain Cleaning. Ins. (604)596-2841

Darryl 604-626-7100 Visit: www.deckexperts.ca

• Bathroom & Kitchen Reno’s • Unfinished Basements • Framing & Drywall • Hardwood / Laminate Inst. • Interior / Exterior Painting • Insurance Claims

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Starting from $29/hour. SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

West BC Xperts

PETS

Reno’s and Repairs

604-580-2171

Specializing in all types of: S Decking Systems S Railing Systems S Outdoor Living

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Always! deliver Top soil, bark mulch, sand & gravel. 7days/wk. Simon 604-230-0627 will spread LITTLE LOAD SPECIALIST. Sand & gravel delivered. Small orders welcome. Topsoil available. Call (604) 532-0662 days/eves.

Furnace, Boilers, Hot Water Heat Plumbing Jobs ~ Reas rates

www.ezgomovers.com MOVERS WILL MOVE you with no minimum. Grnt’d quotes. Local & long distance. Insured & Bonded. 778-549-2726 (24 hr service)

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

PETS

~ Certified Plumber ~ ON CALL 24 HOURS/DAY

Building Customer Conﬁdence • Fencing/Decks • Water Damage • Kitchens • Bathrooms • Finished Basements • 24 hr. Emergency Service • Grow-Op Remediation & Repair Ask about our Referral Program

PLUMBING

ABDUL Plumbing & Drainage. Low rates, same day service, guar’d qual work. 24/7. Zeb 604-596-2626

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

1 BED CONDO avail May 1, like new. 13239 Old Yale Rd. Granite tops & stainless steel appliances. Quiet. 1 year lease required. $850+utilities extra. No pets/no smoking 604-506-2465

NEWTON 135/65 AVE. Bachelor suite, $525/mo, quiet complex, no pets, 604-596-1099. NEWTON. 138/76, 1 bdrm, nr all amens. Sec bldg w/air/prkg. Lndry on prem. $750. Now.(604)597-3555 NEWTON. 2 bdrm + 1 bdrm/den. adult bldg. Heat, h/wtr, sec prkg. Nr amen ns/np. Now. 604-596-9910.

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APARTMENT/CONDO

LANGLEY

CLAYMORE APTS 1 & 2 Bdrm Apts Avail $200 Move-In Bonus!! Close to shopping & schools. Seasonal Swimming pool, and tennis court. 3 Appliances (fridge, stove dishwasher), blinds hot water and parking included. Carpeted throughout. Some pets welcome.

5374 - 203rd St, Langley

Call 604-533-9780 NEW WESTMINSTER

Large newly renovated 1 & 2 bdrm units available in wellkept concrete building. New floors and appl’s. Freshly painted. Patio and large storage room inste. 3 laundries in bldg. Rent incl’s heat & hot water. Sauna & jacuzzi. 5 min. walk to skytrain, Douglas College & New West Quay. Close to all amenities. Please call 604-834-1756 www.aptrentals.net NORTH SURREY -newer 1 bed condo 16th floor -incl all appliances. $850 month. Call 604-857-4714

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RENTALS

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

BOLIVER HTS. Lrg clean 3 bdrm. Appls. Prkg. No temples in area. Avial now. $1350. 604-951-0971. TYNEHEAD, duplex, 3 bdrm up + 1 bdrm down, $1300/mo + utils. Avail now. 604-589-3928 or 782-8436 .

733 MOBILE HOMES & PADS NEWTON MOBILE HOME PARK. Has 3 large lots available for your mobile. Call 604-597-4787.

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CEDAR HILLS,10306/126 St. 2 storey, 3 bdrm up, 1 bdrm dn, h/w flrs, deck, storage, nr all amens, sm pet ok. Avail immed. $1685 + utils. 778-394-8171 or 604-720-2477 FLEETWOOD, 158/80A. 4 Bdrm up, 2 bdrm suite down, dbl garage. new paint, all appls, June 1st. Ref’’s. NS/NP. $2200.604-507-8512 GREEN TIMBERS, 3 Bdrm up & 2 bdrm dwn, 2 kitchens, avail May 1, $1400/mo. TJ @ Sutton Proact, (604)728-5460 GREEN TIMBERS, 89/146. Super clean, 3 bdrm+den split lvl single family home, over 2000 sq.ft., dble grg, NS/NP. $1640. 604-592-9883. GUILDFORD, 151A/93 Ave. Large 3 bdrm up, 1 down, lge. liv. rm. plus fam. rm. 3 full baths, 2 car gar., nr. school, park, groceries, transit. $1750/mo. May 1. N/S, N/P. 604537-4532 GUILDFORD near mall. 3 Bdrm up, 1 bdrm dn, 3 baths, 2 kit’s, 2 lndry, garage. N/P. $1650/mo. May 1st. 778-668-1097 or 604-580-1247. ..

SUNCREEK ESTATES * Large 2 & 3 bdrm Apartments * Insuite w/d, stove, fridge, d/w * 3 floor levels inside suite * Wood burning fireplace * Private roof top patio * Walk to shops. Near park, pool, playground * Elementary school on block * Party room, tennis court * On site security. Sorry no pets

N. Delta, 116/80. 4 bdrms, (5 bdrm house. Nr both schls. Avail immed. $1900 incl utils. 604-507-1439. Own a 3 bedroom townhouse w/$3300 down: Several updated 3 bdrm townhomes in Surrey, Cloverdale & Langley w/fenced yards, laminate floors, PETS OK. $1179/mo. mortgage + $250/mo. for maint. fees & taxes oac. $42,399/yr & 600 beacon score to quality. OR QUICK DATES avail. on some units. Call Jodi Steeves w/ Re/Max Treeland @ 604-833-5634 for more details. Houses available starting at $6375 down with $65,000 comb’d Inc & 680 beacon. Ask for details. SURREY, 124/96 Ave. 3 bdrm, 2 lvl, on cul-de-sac, avail. immed. Cls to amenities. $1800. (604)807-9441 SURREY, 145/76 Ave. 4 yrs. 4/bdrms, 3/baths, dble garage, gas f/p, $1650/mo. May 15. N/P, N/S. TJ @ Sutton Proact: 604-728-5460.

Ofﬁce: 7121 - 133B St. Surrey 604-596-0916 Visit:

SURREY 92/120. 3 Bdrm, 2000 sf PENTHOUSE modern, secure & quiet 2 baths 5 appls, u/g prkg $1595 A/C.No dogs. 604-951-7992

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604-589-5505

Serving White Rock / S. Surrey, Surrey, Langley, Delta, Ladner, New West & Coquitlam

Fabulous, affordable 1 bdrm + den from $800; 2 bdrm + den from $1000. Near SFU at Surrey Central Mall and all amen. Some suites with skylights & f/place. Incl’s. heat & hot water. N/P

SURREY

DONCASTER APARTMENTS Newly Renovated Rent Incentive!! Apply within Family oriented bldg near Guildford Mall. Spacious 1 bdrm from $800/mo; 2 bdrm from $1000/mo. Some with laminate & carpet flooring with tile entrance. F/P, 4 appl’s, in-ste storage, large patio. Secure prkg. avail. Laundry on each floor. Heat & hot water. N/P. Well worth your inspection.

Call 604-589-1805

Call Now! 604-536-0220 or email info:

info@rentinfo.ca WANT THE BEST ACCOMMODATION (Langley) Short or long term rental - one week - one year. Kick back & relax in Walnut Grove. Executive 4 bdrm. + 2.5 bath, fully furnished & equipped. Crown mouldings, laminate flooring & stainless steel appli. Jaccuzi tub and Gas F/P. Cable and WiFi. 2 car garage parking. No - Smoking inside, outdoor patio. 604.888.2226

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Large 1 Bedrooms Available Immediately, quiet bldg. in a park-like setting. 3 Full size appl’s, Washer & dryer. Close to Guildford Mall & theatre. Please call 604-589-1167

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748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION

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BOLIVAR HEIGHTS. In deluxe home. $375/mo + utilities. Avail. now. Prefer female, student or prof person. 1 Block to bus. Close to Gateway Station. 604-786-7977 SURREY, 101 AVE. 1 bdrm to rent to in 2 bdrm apt. Cls to skytrain, mall. $475/mth. Call 778-395-6224. WHALLEY. Share house, ladies. No drinking, no drugs. Room furn $375-$400. 778-388-5039.

N.DeltaScottsdale 1BRM bsmt ste rad.ht, inc.cbl,hyd,f/p,ldry May 1st n/sn/p $700/mo 604-726-2492 NEWTON 140/78. 2 bdrm. Nr. bus, schl, shops. No cbl, NS/NP. Lndry. $700 mo. incl. utils. 604-572-7417 NEWTON 14427-68 AVENUE 2 bdrm bsmt suite $700/mo incl hydro & cable. Avail now. N/P, N/S. 604-572-6585 or 604-807-8244. NEWTON, 1 BDRM STE, NS/NP, $600/mo incl utils, cable & net. Avail. now. Phone 604-306-2011. NEWTON, 2 bdrm, nr all amenities, NS/NP, $550 incl utils & cable. Avail May 1st. Call (604)543-0639. NEWTON, 68/121A. 2 bdrm suite. Private entrance. Avail. May 1st. N/S N/P. Call 604-250-2222. NEWTON, 68/146. 1 bdrm suite. N/S, N/P. $550 incl utils/cable. No lndry. Avail now. 604-537-0537. NEWTON, 68/150th. 1 Bdrm suite. N/S. N/P. $550/mo incl utils. Sec system. April 15. 604-502-7098. NEWTON, awesome 1000sf 1 bdrm + den own lndry heat & h/water incl. $750 May 15 NS/NP 604-596-5846 STRAWBERRY HILL, 1 bdrm suite, close to all amen, $550 incl. all util, avail now, np/ns, call 604-790-3933 SULLIVAN 2 bdrm new ste, nr school & bus, incl hydro, elec & ldry. $750. N/P. 604-613-5329 SULLIVAN HEIGHTS 1BR basement suite. All utilities included. Insuite washer & dryer! Close to bus and amenities. No smoking, partying or pets. $725. Available immediatley. Ph. 604-596-7370

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HOMES FOR RENT

MOTELS, HOTELS

LINDA VISTA Motel Luxury Rooms w/cable, a/c & kitchens. 6498 King George Hwy. Mthly, Wkly & Daily Specials. 604-591-1171. Canadian Inn 6528 K.G.Hwy. 604-594-0010

747B SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING SURREY. Avail immed. Beautiful 1 bdrm suite. Affordable, Safe, Secure Supportive Seniors Living. $2100/mo. New carpet/paint, 24/7 reception, housekeeping, laundry, nutritious meals. To view call Barb 604-596-4065.

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION

NEWTON. 6289 KGH. Lrg retail space, 2800 s.f., large prkg lot. $2500/mo + prop tax. 604-590-8123

GUILDFORD/Fleetwood furn/unfurn rooms, new exec home $375-$400 incl cbl utils/ph/lndry. 778-889-8676

RENTALS

SUITES, LOWER

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 2 BEDROOM BSMT. SUITES and 1 BEDROOM COACH HOUSE on 62 and 142 street. $700. each per month, utilities included. Strictly no smoking, no pets. Call Kulveer @ 778-237-7874 BEAR CREEK 2Bdrm newly painted, $675. NP/NS. Near all amens. Immed/Apr 30. (604)599-4652. BOUNDARY Park 61/125A bright 1 bdrm, n/p, $550 incl utils/cbl/lndry. Soundproof. May1. 604-501-4875. CEDAR HILLS. 126/96, Lrg 1 bdrm grd lvl ste. Avail now. N/S. N/P. $625 utils incl 604-786-2437 CEDAR HILLS, 88/128. 2 Bdrm ste. $675 utils/cbl incl. NP/NS. Avail now. (604) 507-6614 or 307-7508. CEDAR HILLS, 97/120. 2 bdrm newer house. Cls to all amen/skytrain. $600. NS/NP. 604-790-8076 CHIMNEY HEIGHTS. 2 bdrm. Laundry & utils. $800/mo. Avail immed. N/S. N/P. 778-320-5737. CHIMNEY HEIGHTS 2 bdrm suite, own w/d., NS/NP. $700/mth. Incl. utils. Avail May 1st. 604-596-6251 CHIMNEY RIDGE. 1 bdrm, new appls lam.flrs thruout. Sat TV & net neg. $575. Apr 15. 604-317-7862 CLOVERDALE, 163A/58. Newer large quiet 2 bdrm, f/bath. Priv entry, back patio. $700 incl util//net. No ldry. Now. Np/ns. 604-809-0369 CLOVERDALE, 189/55, 2 SUITES 2 bdrm. $850 & 1 bdrm, $700. Hydro, cable & laundry incl. Avail. Immed. NS/NP. 778-574-8283. CLOVERDALE. 1/bdrm bsmt suite. Cl to bus. No laundry. $700/mo incl util. Priv entry. Immed. N/S, N/P. (604)574-9246 or 778-908-3424 CLOVERDALE. 1 Bdrm suite. Nice & quiet, close to Univ. $650/mo. Avail immed. NP/NS 604-897-3070 CLOVERDALE 63/168 St: 1 Bdrm ste, $550/mo cbl incl. No lndry, N/S N/P. Avl now 778-319-4262 aft 2pm FLEETWOOD 156/81, newer 2 bdrm g/l, 4 appls, f/bath f/yd, cls to ament, NS/NP, May1 604-507-4807 FLEETWOOD 160/96 Newer 1 bdm very clean, avl May1. $600 incl util. ns/np.604-584-9825; 604-644-5541 FLEETWOOD, 1 BDRM, $575 incl utils & cable. Avail. now. NS/NP. Call 778-578-7296/778-386-6912. FLEETWOOD 1 bdrm lrg g/lvl ste. $600 incl util & full cbl. May 1. N/s. N/p. 604-726-0068 after 5 FLEETWOOD 2 bdrm. bsmnt. suite, N/S N/P. Heat & light incl. $675 mo. Avail. May 1. Phone (604)572-4214 or (604)-318-1853 FLEETWOOD. 2 bdrm g/l priv yard. $700 incl utils. Np/ns. No lndry, no cbl. Avail. End or May. 604-5720982 or 604-488-9247. FLEETWOOD: 2 bdrm gr lvl, 1100 sf ste, huge mstr, 2 bth, lndry, light & heat incl. Pri fncd bkyrd, 2 prkg. $995. Avl now. N/S. (604)543-6547 FLEETWOOD 2 bdrm grnd lvl bsmt full bath, nr all amens, ns/np, May1, $750 incl utils/cbl. 604-599-3674. FLEETWOOD 2 bdrm like new, Incl priv prkg, cbl utils. Clse to bus/schl. $750. NS/NP no ldry. 604-727-4880 FLEETWOOD. 2 bdrm. Nr amenits. $800/mo incl utils/cble. NS/NP. Refs. Avail immed. 604-306-8731. FLEETWOOD, 3 bdrm, F/S, washer, available now, $800 incl utils. Phone (604)583-1353. FLEETWOOD 3bdrm, newer clean G/L. Ensuite ldry.NS/NP. $1095 incl utils & cable, 2 full bath, fncd yard, close to all amens. 604-880-6014 FLEETWOOD 91/159 St. Lrg 2 bdrm ste. Incl cbl/hydro. Nr ament NS/NP. May 1. (604)951-9152 GREEN TIMBERS. Lrg bright 2 bdrm grd lvl ste. Nr park. $675/mo. incl utils. N/S. N/P. 604-583-7615. GUILDFORD, 10287-149 St. Brand new 2 bdrm. $800 incl utils. No lndry. Nr all amens. N/P, N/S. Avail now. 604-584-3050, 778-866-6034. GUILDFORD: 2 bdrm bsmt suite, Avail May 1st. Cls to school, bus & shopping. N/P. N/S $750/mo incl. utils. (604)583-2080 GUILDFORD large clean 2 bdrm. N/P N/S. Available now. $750 mo. 604-951-0245 or 604-808-2397 LANGLEY, nr 82/200 St. 2 Lrg bdrms on 3 acres, liv/rm, kit. N/S, N/P. $750 + utils. (604)773-4680. LANGLEY - Walnut Grove - 1 bdrm. Full bath, grn’d lvl. insuite lndry. pri. location, incls. utils. & cbl. N/P N/S, Avail. May 1 $750mo 604.888.2226

LANGLEY

Want the best landlords in the world??? Then rent me... 167B Street - Beautiful 1,000sf. Newer 1 bdrm. + den, pri. ent. lrg. liv. rm. F/bath, quiet area NP/NS, insuite lndry. $800 - 1 per., $900 - 2 per. incls. utils. cls. to transit & amenities, Avail. Now

SUITES, LOWER

RENTALS 752

TRANSPORTATION 827

TOWNHOUSES

VEHICLES WANTED

NEWTON Townhouse Spacious 3 bedroom corner unit with 5 appliances, in great park-like setting, near shops & bus. No pets. Avail May 1st. $1200/mo.

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TRANSPORTATION 810

Call 604-767-3842 or 778-552-4145

AUTO FINANCING

$0 DOWN & we make your 1st payment at auto credit fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599. www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309.

TRANSPORTATION 851

TRUCKS & VANS

1992 ASTRO VAN, AWD, fully loaded, aircared, $1400 obo. 604615-7408 1997 DODGE CARAVAN, 1 owner, very clean, new transm, runs good. no accid.$1200 firm 604-618-2567 2001 DODGE 1500, ext. cab, black, w/box liner 4X4 318 V8 fuel injected trailer hitch, elec trailer brake. Aircared. $13,500. Joe 604-309-7302 2002 F150. short box, 4x4, 220K, AirCared till 2012. very good condition. $6000. 604-597-3555 2005 GMC SIERRA, 6 cyl. 86K. White. New tires, longbox, alloy wheels. $8750. 778-868-9173. 2005 MONTANA SV6, loaded, Onstar, 7 pass., new front rotors & brakes. Mint. $8500. 604-812-1278

MARINE 912

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RECREATIONAL/SALE

2006 Northshore 30ft Travel trlr, 36” dble slides, bunk units, fully loaded. $24,000. 604-824-8970

2007 Keystone Laredo 26ft travel trailer w/super slide out, clean & shows like new $19,000. See pics Craigs list id# 2305854026. Call 778887-9245

BOATS

1998 BAJA 31 FT Twin GM 502 Mercruiser Bravo One legs; with trailer $39,900.Receivership Sale. Please contact Marty Eakins at 250-748-0386 for Details. SHARED ownership late model 40’ - 60’ cruising yachts moored on Vancouver Island & Lower Mainland. Sail & Power. Professionally maintained. 604-669-2248. www.one4yacht.com

2010 Adventurer 32H NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

Reg. $149,495 NOW $129,995 (stk. 29687) Huge Savings! 4 Day Open House – April 14-17th. Save Thousands, 350 units in stock.

SULLIVAN HTS. 66A/143A. Ground lvl 2bdr ste. $700 incl utils, alarm & driveway prkg. No laundry. NP/NS. Avail immed/May1st. 604-651-2974

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SURREY 107/157 St.2 lrg bdrm,1.5 bath, D/W, NS/NP, N/lndry, $850 incl utils & cable, 604-584-8081.

2011 EVER-LITE 30RLS-5

SURREY.14571 82A Ave. 1 bdrm, near amens. NS/NP $500 incl. utils. No ldry/cbl. May 1. 604-590-9353 SURREY, 14808/71A Ave. NEW cls to school. 1 & 2 bdrms. Avail now. N/S, N/P, $525 & $625/mth. Util, cbl & wireless net included. 778-565-1839, 604-816-6662 shopimpo@aol.com SURREY 148/68 Ave. Spac 3 bdrm g/l. Incl alarm, sep w/d. Ns/np. Avail May 1. Jas 604-599-5036. SURREY, 150/67 Ave. 1 bdrm, avail. May 1. $500 incl utils. Phone (604) 729-0236. SURREY, 150/70. Brand new 2 bdrm bsmt. Avail now. N/S. N/P. $600. 778-227-7049,778-834-9468. SURREY 168/57A Ave. Brand new 2 bdrm ste, ns/np, $750 incl utils/cbl (laundry extra). Now. 778-885-5971 SURREY 68/121A, LRG. 1 bdrm, grnd lvl, cls to Mall. NP/NS. Immed. $550 incl utils/cable. 604-507-3442. SURREY, BRAND NEW 2 suites 1 bdrms, $750 each, incl W/D, F/S, Close to Willowbrook Mall. Avail. Immed. Phone (604)780-1897. SURREY/Panorama area 2 bdrm bsmt ste, NP/NS. Incl cable, hydro, lndry. May 1. $675 604-599-8030 SURREY suites, Avail now: *3Bdrm @ 79/140th & *2Bdrm @ 128/92nd. N/S N/P, utils incl. 604-671-3215.

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Cloverdale 176 St./Hwy.#10 Reno’d Lrg 2 bdrm Wifi & cable ,near shopping $1090mo. w/1/3 acre & shop neg. 778-809-2510 FLEETWOOD. 1 bdrm upper lvl ste. clean, bright. Avail. now. $585/mo. incl. utils. NS/NP. Suit single mature person. 604-861-4700. PANORAMA, 12694-62nd Ave. 2 bdm, lge fcd yard. Pet ok. $925/mo + utils. Shared w/d. 778-888-0200. Surrey-60th&135th Reno’d 3 bdrm. 1.5 bath, wood burning F/P, shr’d lndry. 1/2 garage, Rent nego. Avail. Now 604-657-0993 / 604-506-3825 Surrey. 6289 King George Blvd. Lrg lot. 4 bdrm + 2 lrg l/rms. Avail now. N/S. N/P. $1400/mo. 604-590-8123. WHALLEY: 11171 132 St. 2 bdrm $875/mo incl cable, laundry & utils. Avail now. 604-518-9505

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TOWNHOUSES

CLOVERDALE 174/57 Ave. 2 Bdrm townhouse, $880, quiet family complex, no pets. Call 604-576-9969. LANGLEY

RIVERSIDE GARDENS FAMILY COMPLEX 2 & 3 Bdrm T/Homes Move-In Allowance!!

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CARS - DOMESTIC Reg. $44,495 NOW $34,995 (stk. 29429) Huge Savings! 4 Day Open House – April 14-17th. Save Thousands, 350 units in stock. www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

1995 LE BARON GTC convertible, V6 auto, all power options, like new in/out. $2595 obo (604)538-6986 1997 BUICK RIVIERA - 2 dr. coupe super charged, leather, loaded, sun roof, local, no accid, home link, new tires & more. $4295 (604)328-1883

1998 BUICK PARK AVE fully loaded, like new org price $44,880 sell for $3,488. 604-574-3201 1999 PONTIAC GRAND-AM SE 4-dr. V-6, auto, loaded, no accid. Sry. area Only $1850 604.590.1661

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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2000 BUICK Century Burgundy, 4 dr, beige inside, elec seats. Air cared Sept. 2 years. V6. 54,000 kms. $6500/obo 604-541-8607. 2001 OLDSMOBILE Alero- Must sell, Exc. cond. $4000/obo. 604531-4346.

Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

2001 Oldsmobile Alero, white, auto, very good cond., low kms, 1 owner, $2500 OBO. 604-618-2567. 2004 CAVALIER, 4 dr, std, AirCared, 80,000 km., $2,500 obo. Phone 604-930-4650 2006 Buick Allure CXL, 65,650 kms. V6, fully loaded exc cond. remote starter, onstar, awd heated let seats. $10,500 obo. 604-533-0815. 2006 CHEVROLET COLBALT-2 dr. sport, 5spd. exc. cond. no accid. local, fuel wise. $4995 604-328-1883 2008 SUBARU LEGACY TURBO Very sporty and fun to drive. $15,000. Call 604-841-7921.

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1992 Mazda Van - auto, 4 cyl. auto, many new parts. Good cond. Aircared. $1200/obo. 604-531-5094. 1992 TOYOTA COROLLA, 4 door, auto, good cond., AirCared, reliable. $1600. Call 604-889-0593 1994 VOLVO 850 4 dr. sedan, auto, great cond. 178,000km. $4500 obo A/Crd 2012 604- 581-1568 1995 SUZUKI SWIFT - 107K. Exc cond, 5/spd, great gas mileage! Incl both Summer & Winter tires. $2500/obo. Call 604-538-5378.

c/o McQuarrie Hunter LLP, Barristers & Solicitors Attention: Karl A. Maier #1500 — 13450 102nd Avenue Surrey, B.C. V3T 5X3 before the 13th day of May, 2011, after which date the Administatrix will distribute the said estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to claims of which the Adminstratrix then has notice.

1992 Olds 88 Royale LS, exc cond. 73,200K Fully loaded Garage kept. $3900. 604-538-8202, 202-4072

1998 Audi A4 quattro, V6, 5spd, $3300 obo. 250-3071215.

Notice is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the estate of Valerie Hilda Colwell, Deceased, late of 7284 — 111A Street, Delta, British Columbia, are hereby required to send particulars of their claims to the Administratrix at the following address:

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288

SCRAP METAL WANTED

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1997 HONDA CRV, black, fully loaded, auto, new AirCare, 144km, $4,900. Phone (778)246-2020. 2000 BMW 323i, pristine fully loaded, white, 4dr, sports pkg, $7900. 778-294-0407

604-328-1883

Fridge, stove, dishwasher (in most), drapes. Outdoor pool. Some pets welcome. Resident Manager. Close to bus, shopping, schools and parks. #36 - 5210 - 203 Street, Langley

2009 TOYOTA MATRIX 4/dr auto p/w, p/l, AC, cd player, 88K, silver. $9300. Call 604-825-9477.

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

N.DELTA 78/116A. Reno clean 2 bd $700 incl cbl/utils, nr amens, no ldry., avl now NS/NP. (604) 7157262, 591-6737

Call 604-532-2036 NEWTON 135/65 AVE. 3 Bdrm T/H W/D, quiet family complex. $940 + utils, no pets (604)596-1099.

2010 NISSAN VERSA, 4 dr. H/B, auto, red, 20,000 Km, many options, $8800 firm. 604-538-9257.

2004 FORD ESCAPE XLS, 2 L, 5 sp. 131 km, no accid., $5400 obo. Aircrd. 2 yrs. Phone 604-502-9912.

2001 HONDA CIVIC. Blue, 4 door, auto, air, tilt, cruise, p/l, 140 K, asking $4,960. Call 604-836-5931.

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BEST BUILDERS

Proud of Georgie Award win

Todd Best of Best Builders Ltd. won a Georgie Award for Best Renovation with this project on Vancouver’s West Side. ›› p.13

Maggie Calloway

inning a Georgie award is comparable to winning an Academy Award in the building industry. The competition is steep and the criteria very tough but once you win, you are considered a builder of exceptional quality. That is one reason Todd Best, principal of Best Builders Ltd, is justifiably proud of the

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cluding working with a local couple who, among other design needs, had a very large bookcase filled with books representing their many interests. “This current project is a re-design, or make over, of a room which includes four bookcases in a row,” says Hunter. “At first Bill didn’t want us to touch the bookcases; he loves books, has a very high respect for them, and was apprehensive. I understood and offered to put everything back if he wasn’t happy

ou’ve painted or stained the exterior of your home. Your front door is strutting its stuff with a new paint job and sporting gleaming hardware. The new house numbers are now easily seen from the street, and everything looks great. Except, the pathways from Jeremy Miller the street to the house and the walkways on the side of the house are looking shabby. What to do? Jeremy Miller of Houston Landscapes is expert at turning difficult gardens into glorious landscapes, but he also has a few tricks of the trade up his sleeve. “Typically the square footage which needs work isn’t that big so it’s a pretty quick process which has a huge impact on the curb appeal of your home,” says Miller.

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Elle Hunter, principal of Element RE: Design, is helping homeowners who just can’t let go of their treasured books. Martin Knowles photo

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Books on tables. Books piled on the floor. You have to push them out of the way to make a sandwich. Eleanor Hunter, affectionately known as Elle, is the principal of Ellement RE: Design, a company which offers interior and exterior design services from curb appeal, de-cluttering, colour consultations to full-service design of one room or your whole home, and if you need help in advance of selling your home one of their slogans is ‘Style your Space. Sell you place.” Hunter is an expert on how to handle books taking over the home in an attractive way, in-

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“Try to get away from that typical library look – all the books pulled to the front of the shelf. You can add interest with accent pieces like pottery, small statues. Think about using some of the additions as bookends.” ›› from page.1 but as we proceeded Bill was thrilled with the result. Books are so personal and it can be nerve racking to allow someone to handle them and change everything around.” How Hunter handled the project is a great primer for those hesitant to dive in and sort things out. “It makes sense to first, as hard as this is, edit out the books you know you won’t read again or subjects you have lost interest in,” says Hunter. “Take out all the paperbacks and use them in other parts of the home ...Once you are left with your ‘keepers’ and empty space the fun can begin.” Bookcases can hold more than the obvious; they can be almost a blueprint of your life. Books, works of art, family photographs, and mementos of past travels welldisplayed can be an amazing, unique, addition to any room. “Try to get away from that typical library look which is all the books pulled to the front of the shelf,” says

Hunter. “Now you can add interest by adding accent pieces like pottery, small statues. Think about using some of the additions as bookends.” She suggests laying large books horizontally on the shelves and placing art on the top of the stack, which allows it to be displayed to great effect. “If you have books say on Thailand and a pieces of art from your visit to that wonderful country together they would make a wonderful display,” says Hunter. “Change textures by mixing up porcelain, wood, woven art such as ethnic baskets, with photos, this creates contrast. Don’t overdo adding pieces or you are back to a hodgepodge.”

Bookcases like these can be used for more than just books. Homeowners are encouraged to creatively arrange statues and other artifacts of their travels alongside the books to create interest. Martin Knowles photos

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Home reno challenges worth it in the end It started with a roof leak, then turned into much more after running into trouble with city bylaws. A 900 sq.-ft. house became 2,500 sq.-ft. thanks to Basil Restoration Ltd. Basil dug down the basement floor approximately 20” to create a 7’ 800 sq. ft. Can you imagine living fully livable space. Once the in a small bedroom for four city gave the approval to dig months, a couple, three out the basement, they had to children and three cats, then support the old walls before moving down to live in the digging out, then 10 footings basement, while your whole were put in place to support home is torn apart and rebuilt the walls. around you? The basement now has a Weeks and months with no media room, laundry room, heat and no proper cooking bedroom and den. What facilities? Somehow they not only stayed sane but stayed tight Mark and Miles Wittig of Basil Restoration created was a damp, unusable, a house that a family of five can comfortably live in. badly sloping low basement, as a family. MARTIN KNOWLES PHOTOS with bad air quality which The original 900 sq ft house in permeated the whole house, New Westminster came with an became a clean, fresh, fully functioning living space. old story we hear all the time: the family, having lived The new second floor is 900 sq ft with four full-sized in the house since 2002, loved the area and wanted to bedrooms and a family bathroom. stay. Enter Basil Restoration Ltd. ›› more page.6 “We were originally brought into this house because the roof was leaking right through the main floor into the basement,” says general manager Miles Wittig. “We were contracted to tear the roof off and extend the second floor, from what was a half-story, into a fullheight floor. The plan was for us to build a bathroom in the basement so the family could move down there for three or four months while the renovation was going on.” However, the basement was too short, and therefore the city wouldn’t approve the bathroom renovations. Basil Restoration built each member of the family their own bedroom, renovated the kitchen and built a family bathroom, among other Thus, the plan was changed to a renovation of the projects. Martin Knowles photos entire house.

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Basil Restoration turns 900-sq.ft. bungalow into 2,500-sq. ft. home ›› from page.5 After living with only the two original main floor bedrooms, each member of the family now has their own bedroom. The main floor has a new kitchen and new bathroom. The original main bedroom at the front of the house was converted to a music room to hold the

piano and the back deck was updated with a full roof. The whole main floor was changed from a series of cramped small rooms to a more open plan which is much more suitable for the family. When the renovation was complete the original 900 square foot house became a modern, bright 2,500 square foot home.

Basil Restoration built each member of the family their own bedroom, renovated the kitchen and built a family bathroom, among other projects. Martin Knowles photos

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Choosing between paint and stain for your new deck Maggie Calloway Now that your new deck is built you have decide whether to paint or stain it. Rona’s website has a great list of thing you should take into consideration when making your decision, including function, the environment, the surface, use, product composition, appearance, colour and quality. Once you have answered all these questions, you are well on your way to making the right decision. Exterior paint and stain products have a much harder job than their indoor counterparts. They have to handle harsh weather conditions as well as major temperature fluctuations. Outdoor products have to be extremely flexible, and to attain this they contain more resins and more adhesives to better withstand temperature changes and humidity. Outdoor products should also have additives to repel water and mildew. “If you have a new deck the most popular option for new wood is a transparent, semi-transparent, or even a semi-solid stain,” says Jeff Lawrence of Benjamin Moore. “A semi-solid stain is close to an opaque stain; it’s very heavily pigmented stain but still allows you to see

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Best Builders Ltd. worked with the homeowners of this West Side Vancouver proprty to create a beautiful home while saving money, and ended up with a modern home that still ďŹ ts in with the neighbourhood. â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş from page.1 Georgie he won in the Best Renovation between $500,000 - $799,000 category for a renovation on Vancouverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s West Side. He is especially proud of how his company worked in partnership with the homeowners to create a beautiful home by constantly looking for ways to recycle and re-purpose and still get an exceptionally solid home. The 50-year-old house sits in a beautiful neighbourhood of similar homes with a street canopy of mature trees and established gardens. The original plan was to tear down the house and build a new home but a new home would have had to follow all the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new set back guidelines which would mean a smaller home. Conversely, a renovation would have the advantage of being able to grandfather all the set backs, an important point to keep in mind when buying property as a tear down. But the house needed a tune up. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s families want more open space with daylight flooding each room. Gone are the small rooms with dim light and the parlour saved only for tea with the vicar. And so it was with this family of five, including three small children. They loved the neighbourhood and they loved the solid house but needed to create a family home which would work for them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a huge advantage to keeping the existing footprint and a larger square footage but we did have some design issues,â&#x20AC;? Best says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because the style of the home is consistent throughout the neighbourhood, the frontage of the home and the roofline had to conform.

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requirement of each family member, which translates into no wasted spaceâ&#x20AC;? Every detail was thought through including the design of the open riser staircase to give the appearance of the living room being bigger. Stairs often look like dead space but this design allows the eye to pass through. A skylight above the stairs floods the area with light, again creating the feeling of expansive space. All the floors are walnut until you come to the stairs and posts which are actually inexpensive parallam structural beams. Stained to match the walnut floors, they serve two purposes: they are very strong and relatively inexpensive. The solid doors throughout the home were bought from a salvage yard for $1,000, refinished and hung at just a fraction of the price of new. Best Builders, which has huge buying power, helped the homeowners shop around and passed all the savings on, which made a difference to the bottom line. The colour palette of the home is perfect, with rooms flowing naturally into the next with a limited change of tone, which gives a calm feeling mixed with high style.

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Kristy O’Connor has made her new home her own. One custom feature is a room dedicated to the Vancouver Canucks, including signed jerseys and team photos.

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Find a home, and make it your own Kristy O’Connor has transformed her new home into a personalized paradise By Kerry Vital Kristy O’Connor is looking to get ahead in life. “I’m a single prosperous female,” she says, laughing. At 33, O’Connor says she appreciates the true value of working hard to get the finer things in life. One of those nicer things is her own home at Intracorp’s Glenmore at Morgan Heights development in South Surrey that she has been steadily making her own since she purchased three year ago. “I bought it because I liked the location and the promising image of being part of the new Yaletown!” she says. She looked at only two properties before deciding to buy at Glenmore. “Glenmore offered the space I needed and also fit the budget,” O’Connor says. “I bought it from dirt, as it took just over a year to build once she visited the show homes” she says. After the market crashed in 2008, she decided that she needed to personalize and renovate her home so it would have better resale value. “This is a better return on my investment,” O’Connor says. “It will sell quicker, and for better value.” Since moving in, she has changed the original white carpet on the stairs to slate tile and bullnose, installed customized wrought iron railings, replaced the white fireplace mantel with a customized stone face and cedar mantel, painted and installed crown mouldings, sealed her garage floor and has painted the unit with earth tone chocolate browns and slate greys. “A typical cement floor creates dust,” she says. “I own my own catering company, Three’s Company Catering, and my supplies are stored in there, so that wasn’t okay.” She hired Park Place Garage Co.’s Don Robbins to install a polyaspartic seamless coating on the garage floor, which laid down decorative vinyl chips and eliminated the garage dust. O’Connor says I’ts just like an ocean floor. “It’s beautiful,” she says. The slate tile and fireplace was installed by Spencer Northeast at Stepping Stone Landscap-

ing, and the crown moulding was supplied by Westcoast Moulding and Millwork and installed by Gerdon Renovations. She also installed two-inch wood shutters on the windows of the townhouse, which were installed by Brian Cady at Sunburst Shutters. “There was no rush in doing (the renovations),” she says. “I slowly upgraded to customize the renovations that weren’t available in the initial buy.” When she bought the place, there were few choices for her to make. “You could upgrade the carpet or upgrade to stainless steel,” she says. But that wasn’t enough for her. So why buy a new home when she was going to customize it anyway? “It’s more affordable to buy a new home than do high exterior finishings (on an older home),” she says. “As a single person, I couldn’t go out and get a significant loan.” She created the entire design plan herself, truly making her home her own. O’Connor plans to spend one more year in her current home before selling it and moving to a singlefamily residence. “I hope to continue to do this and be mortgage-free by the time I’m 45,” she says. “I want to buy and re-sell houses on a small scale.” However, she may not buy brand-new next time, since buyers must pay HST on new properties. O’Connor used all local businesses to help with her renovations. “I’m a big family person,” she says. “I’ve lived locally since 1993, and I be-

lieve in supporting local trades and communitybased businesses, family-owned companies.” Thus far, she has spent between $15,000 and $20,000 on the renovations. Another customized feature? The recreation room downstairs includes rich brown pine wainscotting and a customized glass door to tie it all in. The room is dedicated to the newly-minted Presidents’ Trophy winners Vancouver Canucks, where she hung signed memorabilia including jerseys from Roberto Luongo and Trevor Linden, and several other team photos.

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Starting down the right path... Resurfacing your outdoor walkways is a good place to start when doing an outdoor landscaping project, especially when you’re on a budget. plan. “A great way to clean this area up is by using your typical 24” x 24” paving slab interspaced with river rock,” Miller says. “It’s an easy do-ityourself project which doesn’t cost much.” However, he points out that the spacing of the slabs and rock is important. “There is nothing more frustrating than paving stones set too close together which hinders your natural walking rhythm,” he says. “If you are using a 24” by 24” you need a 6” space between the slabs which give you

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“There (are) a ton of material choices available to fit any style of house and budget.” Miller says another consideration is the other materials being used in the garden. “If you have an Allen block wall you wouldn’t typically use flagstone for a walkway; it just wouldn’t be pleasing,” he says. “But if you have a natural stone look and feel to your garden you could use flagstone for Jeremy Miller of Houston Landscapes is an expert on turning the walkways and they difficult gardens into beautiful landscapes, and says that a walkway renovation doesn’t have to be a time-consuming would look great.” Miller advises if you process. MARTIN KNOWLES PHOTOS are planning on doing work outside, you should step back and make a plan 30”. for your entire garden even if your current budget only “If you are using smaller 18” x 18” slabs you need a allows you to complete part of the plan for the time 12” space to again make it up to 30.” being. Your outdoor living space is an extension of your “Even if the entire project takes you ten years to home so everything should be considered in relation complete, at least if you are working off a master plan to the rest of your property, both inside and out. This your garden doesn’t end up looking like you picked is much more important these days when people are away at it for years,” he says. investing in our homes and spending more time at “You want to end up with a garden that flows, not a home with both family and friends. patch work quilt.” Spend time looking at websites which have great One of the most neglected outdoor areas is the side photos of completed jobs, and study how and why of the house. This area is usually narrow and sometimes certain materials are used and where. shaded which makes it difficult to plant, but there are You will be living with your decisions for a long time ways of making this area an integral part of the garden so take care and get it right the first time.

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