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Still no snacks at Pier ParkMario [email protected]

Visitors to New Westminster’s Pier Park who find themselves with a sudden craving for a hot dog or cold soda will have to wait a little longer to satisfy their hunger.

Since opening last June, the red steel shutters at the park’s concession stand have remained locked down.

Dean Gibson, the city’s director of parks, recreation and culture said they’ll stay closed for a while yet as the city negotiates a lease with a preferred vendor. Part of the negotiations will also have to address equipping the stand as it’s now just an empty shell.

Gibson said when the city first put out a call for interest from potential operators of the stand there was plenty of response. Reviewing those responses and narrowing them down has been a slow process as city staff and council deal with a myriad other issues on their plate.

Meantime, Gibson said he hasn’t heard a huge clamour from people anxious to get a snack in the park.

Local woman says she’s now found her pathGrant [email protected]

Eavesdropping is supposed to be a no-no, not a life changer, but that’s just what happened for Janelle Dobson-Kocsis.

A snippet of conversation she heard during an information session at Douglas College pointed her in the direction she’d been seeking for years and now she’s on the road to becoming a psychiatric nurse with

ambitions of even more.Dobson-Kocsis’ biological father’s

heritage is from the Kwanlin Dün First Nation in the Yukon.

But her mother, older sister and herself moved to New Westminster when she was four years old.

She jumped around a few schools and up until Grade 5 she’d been bullied. Then on her first day at Herbert Spencer elementary she helped another girl with a puzzle and asked her if they could be friends. The pair and two others have been close ever since.

Although she was finally accepted, Dobson-Kocsis observed others getting bullied and developed friendships with them as well.

When she moved on to New Westminster secondary she noticed all the cliques in the hallways—the jocks, the rockers, the punks, the glamour girls.

“There were all these different groups and it’s funny how they all come together. They all want to be different, yet they all want to come together,” she says.

While Dobson-Kocsis had her

own circle of friends, she made a point of making friends with all kinds of kids.

“I didn’t take pleasure in making fun of people who were different than me. I came to learn it comes from a fear of being different so they react in a dominant way.”

Her fascination piqued even more when she took two psychology courses in high school, so when she graduated from NWSS in 2006 she eagerly applied to Douglas for its psychiatric nursing program.

Aboriginal program made the differenceCourtesy sFu

janelle dobson-Kocsis (left) has gone from having a math phobia to helping teach math to kids, thanks to help she received in the aboriginal pre-Health program at sFu.

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Yaletown restaurant to open 5,000 square foot location with big patioGrant [email protected]

A successful Yaletown restaurant is opening a new location in Downtown New Westminster.

The Hub plans to open a 5,000-square-foot restaurant and lounge in the Shops at New Westminster by Dec. 1, according to co-owner Jennifer Marsh. It will be on the same level as the SkyTrain station, above Safeway.

Marsh said the New West restaurant will be twice the size of their Yaletown location, which started out as a Browns

Socialhouse franchise before the Hub concept was developed in 2009. A second location on Denman Street in Vancouver’s West End is set to open this week.

“We’ve been looking at several spaces in New West. We’ve wanted to put a restaurant there for quite some time,” said Marsh.

“I really believe in that neighbourhood.”

Marsh said she has family living in New Westminster, and has noticed a different demographic is starting to live in the city, but the eating options for them are limited.

Hub’s menu concept is West Coast comfort food, said Marsh.

“When you’re talking about comfort food you’re talking about

meat loaf and meat and potatoes.

“The West Coast is so diverse that comfort food can mean a rice bowl to somebody or seafood to somebody else.”

She added the restaurant has a “huge focus” on craft beer and wine from B.C., Washington and Oregon and they hire knowledgeable staff.

The Denman facility will have 24 taps, 16 with

west coast wine and eight for craft beer. “That’s what sets us apart.”

Although the Yaletown location emphasizes eight

television screens for sports fans, Marsh said they will adapt for a different demographic at Denman where, although they might show Canucks games they won’t be showing mixed martial arts like they would in Yaletown.

The New Westminster location, she said, will be big enough to accommodate both the dining and sports bar crowds.

It will also have a large patio looking out toward the Fraser River.

“We believe it’s going to be the best patio in New Westminster when you see the view,” said Marsh.

She said construction is expected to commence in August.

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ChrIs Bryan/newsLeaderThe concession space at Westminster Pier Park has stood empty since the park opened a year ago.

“We’re not getting an overwhelming response from the public that they’re looking for food service,” said Gibson.

And potential providers of that food service are also moving cautiously.

“They recognize the park is a tremendous asset, but all the parts that make a dynamic food service environment aren’t there yet,” said Gibson, who noted the city’s Living Wage Policy (LWP) doesn’t apply to leasing arrangements.

(The LWP requires all firms contracted directly or subcontracted by the city to provide services on city premises to pay employees who perform the services a Living Wage as calculated by the Living Wage for Families Campaign, which currently is $19.62)

One of those parts is access. With only one entrance—at the west end—in and out of the 600-metre-long park, as well as the railroad tracks and busy Front Street isolating it from

Downtown, casual visitors can find getting to the park a bit of a chore.

Gibson said that will be addressed shortly, with construction of a pedestrian overpass to connect the park to the foot of Fourth Street scheduled to begin before the end of the year.

“Things are still in the very early stages” in the park’s development, said Gibson.

“The public is still learning how to use and take advantage of the park.”

To help that process along the city is hosting a series of free events and activities for kids and adults in the park through the summer, including yoga, zumba, kickboxing, nature exploration and music and dance workshops.

• For a full schedule of free events this summer at Pier Park go to http://www.newwestpcr.ca/parks/westminster_pier_park.php


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When the college’s response letter arrived she excitedly opened it only to discover they had turned her down because her math marks weren’t good enough.

Math had been a puzzle she couldn’t solve. One teacher even told her mother don’t bother to get her a tutor because she would never be able to get it.

Dobson-Kocsis ripped the letter up. “That’s it, I’m not going to college!” she vowed and began crying.

She went to work in restaurants and other jobs. Eventually, to make some money and regroup, she followed her mother and stepfather to Alberta and happened to find a job working in a psychiatric hospital in Ponoka, which is between Red Deer and Edmonton.

She got some on-the-job training and became a care aide.

After a year she became restless. “It wasn’t enough just to be a care aide. I wanted to do more.”

While she loved Alberta, she felt she was too young to settle down and wanted to come back to the city. But when she returned to B.C. she quickly found out, despite her resume, she needed to be certified as a care aide in this province before she could get a job.

Dobson-Kocsis ended up working in a fast-food joint wearing a hat and jacket doing a high school level job.

Two years ago she checked out an information session at Douglas College and happened to hear a questioner ask a Simon Fraser University representative about its eight-month Aboriginal Pre-Health (APH) program. When that person left she stepped up.

“I’m Aboriginal. I want to get into the health field. What is this?” she asked.

It is a program that builds

up the skill sets of Aboriginal students so they are prepared for university, so she enrolled.

One of those skills was math. On the first day at APH they brought out the math book again. Those dreaded equations had come back to haunt her, and she cried.

“I almost wanted to give up,” recalls Dobson-Kocsis. “But I knew for once in my life I wanted to learn it. If others can do it, why can’t I.”

Fortunately, she came under the tutelage of SFU math lecturer Veselin Jungic. He patiently explained concepts and formulas to her in understandable and fun ways. Although it took a while, soon it all started to make sense. As she absorbed what she was being taught it began to click in her head like a synchronized watch.

“That never happened in high school,” says Dobson-Kocsis. “It was a good time in my life because I was mature enough to understand good marks take hard work. They take patience and you’ve got to want to learn.

“I don’t think Veselin knows how appreciative I am of his willingness to have the time and patience to explain math to me.”

Jungic is also co-founder of a program called Math Catchers which goes into schools. He recruited her to come along and tell her story as well as help children with math.

To go from having a phobia for math to teaching it is a little mind boggling and surreal for Dobson-Kocsis.

Her prospects got even better when she got introduced to health sciences professor Elliot Goldner, founder of SFU’s Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction. Dobson-Kocsis became his assistant, gathering research, designing course material and delivering presentations.

“I’m very excited with my

life’s dream job. It’s been an amazing experience for the summer,” says Dobson-Kocsis. “I get to soak up everything he has to offer. It’s a dream for me. I’m very thankful for this experience.”

So with all these new programs behind her, Dobson-Kocsis reapplied to get into Douglas College’s psychiatric nursing program.

“I was so nervous,” she says of the wait for the acceptance letter to arrive in the mailbox of her Downtown apartment. “I cried when I got it because it was something I’ve been trying to do for six, going on seven, years. To finally get it was a reward.”

Although she’s entering the three-year diploma program she intends to end up taking the four-year degree program. And she’s got aspirations beyond that.

Even though she hasn’t taken a class at Douglas she’s already planning on getting a graduate degree. She’s even begun working with Goldner on doing her own mini-thesis on Aboriginal mental health care.

“They have their own traditional ways. There are cultural differences that stop them from seeking some kind of mental health care. What would it take to get them to utilize the support services that are out there?” she says.

Even Dobson-Kocsis is astounded at her transformation.

“This is very life changing,” says Dobson-Kocsis. “I wake up excited to take on the day, where even a year ago I was, ‘Oh, do I have to go to work today?’ I feel it in my desire for learning, my confidence, my energy.”

And it’s all because of a tidbit from a conservation she eavesdropped on.

• For more on SFU’s Aboriginal bridge programs go to www.sfu.ca/continuing-studies.

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Facing even bigger deficit than it did a month agoGrant [email protected]

The budget news continues to get worse for the New Westminster school district.

The expected deficit for the current school year is now projected to grow by almost $500,000 more than it was believed to be just a month ago.

A report from new secretary-treasurer Al Balanuik estimated, with one month to go in the 2012-13 financial year which ends June 30, the district would be left with a deficit of $1.67 million. A month ago, he was projecting a deficit of $1.2 million. But Balanuik reported to the board of education Tuesday that salaries, benefits, services and supplies are exceeding budgeted amounts. In addition, anticipated holdback funds from the provincial government and the district’s business company contributions were less than expected.

That will push New West’s total deficit, including the $2.79 million shortfall from 2011-12, to nearly $4.5 million.

In January, the board began finding ways to reduce what was expected to be a $2.2 million deficit. That took time to fix and while many cost savings were found to eliminate that

shortfall, it was too late to stop a lot of the spending because of practices and contracts that were already in place, said trustee MaryAnn Mortensen on Wednesday.

“There was time lag in between and that’s money that was spent and not adjusted and when you don’t make adjustments early on that makes it more difficult to adjust as you go along,” said Mortensen.

“As you go on [making decisions on cutting costs for the current financial year] money is going out the door, and that has a direct and overall impact on the budget over the year.”

Board vice-chair Jonina Campbell said Wednesday

making staff cuts in the middle of the school year would have been traumatic and wouldn’t have made anyone any happier.

Last month, the board made some difficult decisions in cutting more than 40 full-time positions to balance next year’s (2013-14) budget. They must also begin to find ways to pay back the $4.5 million accumulated deficit from this year and last year.

“We need to work very hard in building back trust with the public,” said Campbell.

She added senior administration has been asked to develop a plan on how they put together the budget with timelines and communication with those in charge of budgets throughout the district.

“It provides a structure around how will the budget be formed, who is going to do what at what point, and how is that information flowing from one part of the organization to another so we have good information on which to make our decisions,” said Campbell.

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VICTORIA – Call it the Beach Blanket Budget.

Despite having to campaign once again to win a seat in a byelection, Premier Christy Clark has ordered the legislature to sit without her through most of July to pass the budget that was tabled before the election.

This rare summer session ensures a couple of things. First, there will be less time for real financial results to contradict the rosy predictions made by Finance Minister Mike de Jong in February.

Second, it ensures there will be minimum public attention paid to the deliberations, as people focus on their summer vacations and put the business of running the province aside again.

B.C. Liberal house leader Mike de Jong insists there has been no decision made on whether the legislature will sit again in the fall. The standard schedule, put in place under former premier Gordon Campbell, calls for MLAs to assemble in October and November, to consider legislation, after a spring devoted

to the budget and ministry spending.

This was a serious reform that went along with four-year scheduled elections. But Campbell soon abandoned this noble approach, with fall sessions dwindling to a few days to deal with urgent issues or disappearing altogether.

I expected Clark to reverse that after she led the party to victory in May and consigned the Campbell era to the history books. Open, accountable government and all that.

So why the summer session? I’m inclined to agree with NDP house leader John Horgan, who meets privately with de Jong in his role of government house leader to thrash out schedules. Here’s Horgan’s message to Clark and her government as he

emerged from the latest meeting:“You ran on a platform that

you claimed you were ready to implement. And what we’re getting instead is, ‘let’s jam ’em in here while the media’s on holidays, while people are at the beach thinking about other things. We’ll pass our bogus budget and then we’ll see you in February’.”

Is the budget accurate, or “bogus,” or somewhere in between? They’re always projections, so that can’t be determined until next year. But the proposal to keep the increase in overall spending to less than two per cent, with nearly all the increase going to health and education, is difficult to accept.

During his time, Campbell topped the Fraser Institute’s ranking of most fiscally responsible premiers, limiting spending growth to 4.4 per cent. During those same years, average provincial economic growth was only 4.1 per cent, meaning that under the supposedly tight-fisted, tax-cutting Campbell, government continued to grow to more than 20 per cent of gross

domestic product.Clark has indicated several

times since her surprise election win that she intends to make government smaller. That’s the difference between her “core review” of government programs and the one conducted by Campbell in the painful first years of his mandate.

This is why I mentioned last week that one of the more significant instructions given to Clark’s cabinet ministers was to examine turning the Liquor Distribution Branch into a separate corporation with its own board of directors.

That in itself may slightly increase the size of government. But it could be a preliminary step to selling the whole thing off and reducing the government’s role to taxing and regulating booze sales.

You can imagine how that would go over with the NDP, with former liquor store union boss George Heyman among the loudest opposition MLAs.

This is the kind of change that should be debated in public, not by press release.

Clark resumes Campbell arrogance

This past month Kinder Morgan revealed its tentative plans for where its proposed twinning of the Trans Mountain Pipeline would run.

Kinder Morgan had already responded to concerns about it coming too close to residential areas by proposing it would run it parallel to the Fraser River and the South Fraser Perimeter Road through the Port Kells area of Surrey before crossing on to our side of the river.

While that may have assuaged some of the homeowners in North Surrey where the current line runs, it raised concerns for those who hold the Fraser River dear to their hearts, which is why the Fraser River Discovery Centre issued a press release telling Kinder Morgan it better make sure its environmental i’s are dotted and t’s crossed.

They’ve also altered the route through Burnaby from the present line built in the 1950s. When the company’s intentions were first announced, the plan has caused quite a bit of consternation in that city, especially in the northeast corner. Judging by how many showed up to a community meeting about the subject, Kinder Morgan has its work cut out for it tip-toeing around all the concerns that are being raised.

The provincial election, however, proved many British Columbians support economic projects like Kinder Morgan’s twinning plans because they bring prosperity to the province.

It’s going to be tough for the company and governments to balance all the competing concerns and needs to make it happen—or the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline for that matter.

It would be nice if both sides could keep their emotions and desires—while Kinder Morgan is putting on a cool exterior, don’t forget they have a desire to make money—in check in order for a rational decision to be made.

We’re not holding our breath that will happen, though.

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With the recent headlines of shipping coal and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)—both damaging fossil fuels—to China, I was interested in two news articles this past weekend indicating the Chinese government is ordering heavy polluting industries to cut emissions by a minimum of 30 per cent in four years or face financial penalties.

That’s hopeful news for our environment and mankind’s future.

So if China is planning to cut its emissions, why are the B.C. government and Port Metro Vancouver staking their financial future on selling more fossil fuels to them? I was then reminded of the early 1980s when then-Premier Bill Bennett moved mountains, quite literally, to create the new town of Tumbler Ridge and rail infrastructure to the northeast corner of the province and also quadrupled the size of the coal pile in Tsawwassen.

Our political leaders at the time unwisely gave the Japanese, who said they would buy our Tumbler Ridge coal, a ‘change your mind card’ which they played and left the taxpayers of B.C. a huge bill to pay for a white elephant.

I do hope history is not repeating itself with our current leaders.

Gavin WishartNew Westminster

Where is the rCMP aCtion?

It has been just over a month since Federal Court Judge Richard Mosley ruled on May 27 that electoral fraud occurred during the last federal election.

Today, I received an email from the Council of Canadians, asking me to sign a petition calling on the Canadian government to call for a public inquiry into the Robocall scandal and to get to the bottom of who perpetrated the fraud against Canadian citizens.

I signed the petition, but then I started thinking that if electoral fraud was known to be committed, and that is presumably against the law in Canada, then why isn’t the RCMP investigating said fraud? Why aren’t they trying to find out who perpetrated the fraud?

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tiMe for CyClists to Pay uPRe: Road pricing logic may extend to transit too (NewsLeader, June 21)

I think this is getting most of us a little disgusted.

All homeowners, vehicle owners and transit riders have all paid for this service. Now is the time for all cyclists to start to pay for the surfaces they travel on.

A licence fee to start, either based on age (for example) or cycle type.

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Joan DowneyBurnaby

feWer toWers betterRe: Larco land a key piece in building New Westminster (Column, NewsLeader, June 28)

Nice project, but it will hide the view of some highrises nearby on Columbia Street, Carnavon and Royal Avenue...

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Our lives depend upon our waterways.

Indeed, we cannot live without clean water. And yet the rivers and streams are polluted, dammed, diverted, and the oceans are becoming

more and more acidified. This doesn’t even take into account the amount of trash everywhere... including the oceans. The major life support systems of the Earth are becoming overtaxed: last month the level of heat-trapping CO2 met the 400 parts per million mark, the highest it’s been in three million years or more.

I understand our province is having an economic crisis. It’s not as noticeable here in certain parts of the city, where people go about their days as they normally would, driving their cars, attending their jobs and commitments. For the most part the ecological crisis facing us is as shielded from our daily lives as the impact of true poverty that we would see, say, in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside or in towns like Valemount, where I grew up. That town is more or less a ghost town because the major industry—the mill—shut down several years back and the local businesses can no longer sustain themselves.

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“We’ve kind of been just putting out fires this year and there hasn’t been a structured approach to communicating with the public,” said Campbell.

“We’re at the point where we’re going to have to look at a whole review of our programs and understand the costs of running various things and

make decisions.”Mortensen said the district

doesn’t expect any new revenue will be received in the last month of the financial year to reduce the $1.67 million figure. The final damage won’t be known until August.

“We do own the deficit. This is our mismanagement,” said Mortensen.

Although school boards throughout B.C. are lobbying for increased funding from the province, New Westminster needs to clean up its own house before advocating for more money, she said.

“We have to take, in my opinion, the largest responsibilities for the monies that we were given. It lies with us. The most significant adjustments are our responsibilities,” said Mortensen.

She said no one in the district anticipated layoffs as devastating as the ones it has had to make, but New Westminster may have not been suffering as much if it had created a contingency fund similar to ones held by many other districts in the area.


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New Westminster is compiling its wishlist for when the federal government opens up its wallet for a new round of infrastructure grants.

Ottawa’s new Building Canada plan is $53 billion worth of funding for local and economic infrastructure projects spread out over 10 years starting in 2014-15.

The city has identified five projects to put at the top of that list.

These are proposals that are ‘shelf-ready’ with cost estimates and design work already done to take to the federal government when it starts evaluating applications later this year.

The projects are: the ramp portion of the Fourth Street overpass connection to

Westminster Pier Park (the elevator and stairway portions are already in the works); the Queensborough pedestrian bridge; combined sewer separation; Intelligent Cities infrastructure; and Crosstown Greenway improvements on Seventh Avenue between Fifth and Eighth streets.

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When they met on Monday, some city councillors were anxious to prioritize the Canada Games Pool upgrade.

But parks and recreation director Dean Gibson told them the city first has to decide whether the project will be a renewal, expansion or complete replacement of the 40-year-old facility before it can come up with cost estimates and preliminary designs to show the federal government.

Coun. Lorrie Williams suggested in view of what’s currently happening in southern Alberta, priority should be given to improving the city’s dikes in the Queensborough, Quayside and Braid areas.

Engineering director Jim Lowrie said the project is on the city’s radar but it first must spend a year assessing the seismic weak spots

of the current dikes and upgrade those before making a proposal to upgrade them overall.

Lowrie also said although the site of the second phase of

Westminster Pier Park, to be called Timber Wharf, is fully remediated and in a position to be expanded there is still detailed design work to be done and cost estimates to be made before they can seek federal funds.

Mayor Wayne Wright said the last time Ottawa rolled out infrastructure money, New Westminster was ready with the applications in hand and hit the jackpot on getting funding for several of them, including Westminster Pier Park, and he’d like the city to be in a similar position this time as well.

About $16.6 million of the Pier Park’s $25-millon cost was covered by senior government grants.

New Westminster has agreed to cover the unanticipated cost of a sprinkler system installation for Aunt Leah’s Place being developed in Queensborough.

The non-profit organization had applied to rezone the Boyne Street property so it could convert a home to accommodate “four mothers and their babies in a safe, secure and supportive environment for up to 18 months.”

When reviewing the application, the city’s building division told the organization a sprinkler system would have to be installed to meet the B.C. Building Code. Aunt Leah’s told the city the unanticipated $26,500 upgrade could be a potential impediment to developing the housing.

Since the project supports the city’s official community plan, its affordable housing strategy and homelessness action strategy, city staff recommended the sprinkler installation be paid for out of the city’s affordable housing amenity provision capital reserve fund.

The payment is contingent on the zoning amendment being approved.

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Nurse practitioners have been regulated for primary health care in B.C. since 2005.

But until Jocelyn Reimer-Kent came along, they weren’t allowed to practice acute care for cardiac surgery patients at Royal Columbian Hospital.

A graduate of the Bachelors and Masters nursing program at the University of Manitoba, and a long-time clinical nurse specialist in the cardiac program at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, when Reimer-Kent headed west she knew nurse practitioners in her new province could offer more than had originally been envisioned.

Working in consultation with Dr. Derek Gunning, a cardiac surgeon at RCH and colleague Carol Galte, a seasoned cardiac nurse practitioner, Reimer-Kent developed an intensive six-month post-graduate fellowship program to educate nurse practitioners to expand on their initial nurse practitioner training and complement care provided by nurses and surgeons to patients in the hospital’s cardiac surgery unit.

“Coming into acute care, it’s a specialty,” says Reimer-Kent of the increased demands put upon nurse practitioners in acute care.

“It’s a much deeper breadth of knowledge. If there’s a problem, you’ve got to be able to respond to it right away.”

Nicky Aaronson is the program’s first fellowship graduate and she’s now one of two nurse practitioners working in the cardiac surgery unit at RCH.

Stepping into the high-stakes environment of acute care for very sick people from her background as a patient care coordinator at Vancouver General Hospital and teaching clinical nursing in the classroom wasn’t easy, but “it was like a golden opportunity,”

she says. “It was a new role so we got to carve it out and

champion the role.”One of her biggest challenges when she entered

the program in 2011 was educating her colleagues about her role in the unit and the care of her patients.

“People didn’t understand what we were doing,” she says. “It did take a bit of time, but I knew that was part of the deal.”

Reimer-Kent says the intent of the acute care nurse practitioners program is to take some of the load off surgeons, to be their daily eyes and ears on the patients so surgeons can do what they do best—correcting the problems that brought the patients into the cardiac unit in the first place. By leading daily rounds, as well as diagnosing and planning treatments for problems or complications, the nurse practitioners provide a continuity of care that’s more responsive to patients, says Reimer-Kent.

And that makes for a more efficient service.“If a patient is in a bed here, it’s because they

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That extra set of highly trained eyes can also be a life saver, as was the case for Donald Soutar, a Burnaby senior who was recovering from a double bypass at RCH when Aaronson suspected

something wasn’t going well a few days after surgery. She discovered a bleeding ulcer.

“It’s been good having Nicky there,” says Soutar, 77.

“She has a well-rounded view of me as a patient that goes beyond my surgery.”

It’s endorsements like that that tell Reimer-Kent she’s on the right track with her acute care nurse practitioners program.

“As nurses we’re not trained to be doctors,” she says.

“We bring something to health care that’s unique and different.”

Nurse practitioners play special roleIn acute care they’re the daily eyes and ears on patients, so surgeons can focus on what they do best

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BC Hydro has fired five workers after an internal investigation into whether staff aided marijuana grow-ops that illegally tapped electricity.

Three more employees remain under investigation, the Crown corporation said Thursday in a statement.

Hydro executive vice-president Greg Reimer said the accusations against the workers include theft of BC Hydro equipment and facilitating the theft of electricity – both violations of the company’s code of conduct.

The workers fired are

in Prince George, Surrey, Coquitlam and Campbell River.

Ten more employees have returned to work after being questioned.

Reimer said information gathered has been forwarded to the RCMP and they’ll determine whether any criminal investigation ensues.

He said Hydro must protect the safety and security of the electrical system.

“We hope that the activities of a very small number of individuals do not overshadow the hard work and dedication of our employees who work every day to safely keep the lights on in British Columbia,”

Reimer said.Union officials previously

confirmed some members had been suspended with pay as part of the investigation into conduct related to marjuana grow-ops.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 258 business manager Doug McKay had cautioned June 20 against a company “witch hunt” against workers who may not have done anything wrong.

“It’s not a lineman’s job to knock on doors and inquire whether a grow-op is inside,” he said at that time. “That’s the job of police.”

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Management pay hikes that violated government policy have been rolled back at the Provincial Health Services Authority. Board chair Wynne Powell said the three-per-cent raises for 187 non-union staff are being rescinded and steps are being taken to prevent any future repeat of the approval.

The move is expected to avert

an increase in payroll costs of $660,115 per year.

Lynda Cranston resigned without severance as PHSA president and CEO June 21, although she is staying on to assist with a transition until her end-of-July retirement.

“I fear the action of PHSA’s former president and CEO may have let our patients

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VICTORIA – Government revenues have fallen $900 million short of February’s budget projections, and teachers and other government workers can expect no new money for wages, Finance Minister Mike de Jong said Thursday.

Bright spots for the B.C. economy include an expected recovery in natural gas prices from historic lows, and $500 million in savings on government operations, de Jong said in a post-election budget update.

B.C. is continuing an effective freeze on public sector wage growth that began in 2010.

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The government’s “core review” of government operations is getting underway with a target of another $50 million in savings by the end of 2014, but no program targets are identified in the budget update.

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Lumber prices are forecast to decline, from a peak of US $348 per 1,000 board feet this year to $308 in 2014 and $300 in 2015.

De Jong said the government’s asset sales plan is about $8 million ahead of projections, with about half of the properties, bonds and other financial holdings sold or in negotiations to sell. The goal is to raise $475 million for next year’s budget.

NDP finance critic Mike Farnworth blasted the B.C. government’s budget update, pointing to deteriorating financial conditions that make it even less likely the promised surplus will materialize by next spring.

“Economic growth is down. It was forecast at 1.6 per cent. Now it’s down to 1.4 per cent,” Farnworth told the legislature.

“Retail sales are down … Housing starts are down 13 per cent. People are leaving B.C. for Alberta and other stronger economies. That’s nine straight quarters where more people have left than arrived.”

Speaking to reporters after the budget speech, Farnworth focused on Wednesday’s throne speech commitment to a 10-year skills training initiative.

“The Business Council of B.C., back in 2002, identified skills training as one of the critical issues facing British Columbia, and here we are, 10 years later, talking about it in the throne speech,” Farnworth said.

“But when you go to the budget, what do you see? A $45 million cut, the same cut that was there before February, and 5,300 fewer spaces for the kids of British Columbia to be able to get into over the next four years.”

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But what drew Sheardown to the site was more than the satisfaction of treasure hunting. Unlike other classifieds sites out there, this was a place where she could look for a new coffee table without stumbling across an ad for a casual NSA encounter at the local park.

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As much as the site is about buying and selling, it’s also about connecting people, building community, on and off-line, with a flesh-and-blood UsedEverywhere community coordinator working locally.

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Anti-coal activists have trained their crosshairs on the cruise ship industry as a way to exert more pressure on Port Metro Vancouver to block expanded coal exports.

The group Voters Taking Action on Climate Change (VTACC) has written to the president of Holland America and other cruise lines asking them to urge the port to delay a decision on a new coal export terminal proposed in Surrey.

Last week the group unfurled a protest banner in front of the Holland America cruise ship Voldendam. It read: “Enjoy your cruise before they make us North America’s biggest coal port.”

VTACC spokesman Kevin Washbrook said port authority officials appear “resolute” in their determination to push through the new Fraser Surrey Docks coal transfer facility despite strong opposition.

“They’re not listening to us so we need to up our game here and maybe they’ll listen to their customers,” he said.

Cruise ships are expected to bring 820,000 visitors to Vancouver this year and generate nearly half a billion dollars in economic activity.

They’re also one of the port’s biggest customers.

The letters argue cruise lines should support the anti-coal campaign, because global warming from carbon emissions threatens the glaciers, salmon and killer whales that draw tourists to the Alaskan cruise route.

It says both coal barges and the “industrial landscape” of the coal transshipment site on Texada Island will be visible to cruise ship passengers.

“If the port authority approves this coal port it will be bad for the climate, bad for British Columbia and bad for Metro Vancouver,” it says. “We think it will be bad for your business, too.”

Washbrook said the group is urging its supporters to also write the cruise lines.

He said the idea occurred to him at the port’s recent AGM, where beautiful images of cruise ships featured prominently in promotional material.

If cruise lines query the port, he says, officials there may start to rethink the wisdom of the plan to add four to eight million tonnes per year of coal handling capacity at the new Surrey terminal. It would handle U.S. thermal coal, which is rapidly dropping from use in North America but still in demand in Asia. Activists have so far blocked new coal terminals in Washington and Oregon in hopes of keeping the fossil fuel in the ground and out of the air.

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Krista Woodward of New Westminster won the women’s javelin at the Canadian track and field championships in Moncton, N.B., recently.

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EMPLOYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102-198

BUSINESS SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . 203-387

PETS & LIVESTOCK . . . . . . . . . . . 453-483

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE . . . . . . 503-587

REAL ESTATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603-696

RENTALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-757

AUTOMOTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804-862

MARINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903-920

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communitynewspapers and

5 dailies.

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the 18 best-read

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newspapers and

3 dailies.

ON THE WEB:


Become a PLEA Family Caregiver.PLEA provides ongoing training and support.

A young person is waiting for an open door...make it yours.

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A young person is waiting for an open door...make it yours.

[email protected]

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www.benchmarkpainting.homestars.com

CALL 604-595-4970


130 HELP WANTED

R U Enthusiastic?Work with people! Great Income!

Full Training! Positive Atmos-phere! ROOM to GROW! EnjoyTEAM COMPETITION? Does

this sound good to you? 10 FT positions available.

Start work at noon.Call Sara to start today!

604-777-2195

Summer Work HIGH SCHOOL &

Univ/College Students $14.50 base/apt, FT,PT SummerOpenings, customer sales/svc, age 17+, conditions apply, no experience needed, training given. Work in local area.

www.work4students.ca/wkly

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

EXPANDING PIPELINE COMPA-NY in Central Alberta requires Class 1 Winch Truck Operators and Heavy Equipment Technicians experienced in truck, trailer and off road equipment repair. Fax resume to: 403-507-2766. Attention: Phil Dunn.

EXPERIENCED PARTS PERSON required for a progressive auto/ industrial supplier. Hired applicant will receive top wages, full benefi ts and RRSP bonuses plus moving allowances. Our 26,000ft2 store is located 2.5 hours N.E. of Edmon-ton, Alberta. See our community at LacLaBicheRegion.com. Send resume to: Sapphire Auto, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Email: [email protected].

Heavy DutyDiesel Mechanic

Mega Cranes Ltd. an industry leader is seeking an energetic, aggressive self starter for a full time position. Required immedi-ately. Must have inspectors ticket and Red seal. Will have hydraulic experience and must be able to read electrical and hydraulic schematics.

BENEFIT PACKAGE!Please contact Mike e-mail: [email protected] or

fax 604.599.5250

WELDERMega Cranes Ltd. an industry leader is seeking an energetic, aggressive self starter for a full time position. Req. immediately. Fabrication experience, CWB, GMAW, FCAW, SMAW, is preferred.

BENEFIT PACKAGE!Please contact Mike e-mail: [email protected] or

fax 604.599.5250

PERSONAL SERVICES

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

DROWNING IN DEBT? Cut debts more than 50% & DEBT FREE in half the time! AVOID BANKRUPT-CY! Free Consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1-877-556-3500 BBB Rated A+

125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

PERSONAL SERVICES

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad cred-it? Bills? Unemployed? Need Mon-ey? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Accep-tance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

www.pioneerwest.com

If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

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Need CA$H Today?

Own A Vehicle?Borrow Up To $25,000

No Credit Checks!Cash same day, local offi ce.www.PitStopLoans.com

604-777-5046

Top Dog Loans! No Credit Checks Top Dog Loans. Need Cash? Own A Car? Call us 604.553.2275www.topdogloans.com

188 LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, educa-tion, professional, certifi cation, adoption property rental opportu-nities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

242 CONCRETE & PLACING

PLACING & Finishing * Forming* Site Prep, old concrete removal

* Excavation & Reinforcing* Re-Re Specialists

34 Years Exp. Free Estimates.

Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

12th Street ConcreteFor ALL Your Concrete Needs

ALL FINISHES,FORMING & PREP

FREE QUOTES20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Daniel Rosa 778-255-1604

257 DRYWALL

JMYK CONTRACTING LTD.Specializing in steel stud framing, drywall, taping, texture, t-bar, fi re-rating, painting + general reno’s. WCB, Insured. Jay 604-722-6197

260 ELECTRICAL

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

WE’RE ON THE WEBwww.bcclassified.com


263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

DEMOLITIONEXCAVATING - DRAIN TILEOld Garage, Carport, House, Pool, Repair Main Waterline, Break Concrete & Removal

•Licensed •Insured •WCB604-716-8528

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

ALWAYS! GUTTER Cleaning & Roof Blowing, Moss Control,30 yrs exp., Reliable! Simon 604-230-0627

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

. Expert Power Washing. Gutters cleaned & repaired. www.expertpowerwashing. Mike, 604-961-1280MIKE 604-961-1280

MOON CONSTRUCTIONBUILDING SERVICES• Additions • Renovations

• New ConstructionSpecializing in • Concrete

• Forming • Framing • SidingAll your carpentry needs

& handyman requirements.

604-218-3064COMPLETE HOME

EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS Guaranteed Work Free estimates. Paul 778-317-0098 Brar 671-3279

320 MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVINGwww.affordablemovers.bc.com

From $45/Hr1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks

Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 MenFree Estimate/Senior DiscountResidential~Commercial~PianosLOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

604-537-41401PRO MOVING & SHIPPING.

Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates.Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

BEST RATE MOVING

EXPERIENCED MOVERS W/ AFFORDABLE RATESStarting $40/hr.

LICENSED & INSURED✶ Local & Long Distance ✶

✶ Seniors Discount ✶

604-787-8061ABE MOVING - $35/Hr. Per Person*Reliable Careful Movers. *RubbishRemoval. *24 Hours. 604-999-6020

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

A1 PAINTING Interior & Exterior painting & Pressure Washing. All kinds of renovations. Excellent prices. Call Inderjit (604)721-0372

Stan’s PaintingExterior / Interior

Good Quality Paint. Member of BBB & WCB

References & guaranteed work Discount for

Seniors - 10%

604-773-7811 or 604-432-1857


604-575-5555 toll-free 1-866-575-5777



A-1 PAINTING CO. 604.723.8434 Top Quality Painting. Floors & Finishing. Insured, WCB, Written Guarantee. Free Est. 20 Years Exp.

“ ABOVE THE REST “Interior & Exterior Unbeatable

Prices & Professional Crew.• Free Est. • Written Guarantee

• No Hassle • Quick Work • Insured • WCB

778-997-9582

www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland

604.996.8128 Fraser ValleyRunning this ad for 8yrs

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299,

2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring &

Maid Services.

332 PAVING/SEAL COATING

ASPHALT PAVINGCommercial & Residential• Parking Lots • Driveways

• Garage Apron • Speed Bumps • Potholes • Patchwork • Tennis Courts • Repair & Resurface

Over 10yrs of exp. Free Estimates

Insured ★ Great Rates ★ WCBwww.jaconbrospaving.com

604-618-2949

338 PLUMBING

LOCAL PLUMBER $45 Service call Plumbing, Heating, plugged drains. Mustang Plumbing 778-714-2441

100% Heating& Plumbing 24/7Certifi ed, Insured & BondedRELIABLE & AFFORDABLE

JourneymanCall 604-345-0899CRESCENT Plumbing & HeatingLicensed Residential 24hr. Service• Hot water tanks • Furnaces • Broilers

• Plugged Drains 778-862-0560

BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fi tter. Aman: 778-895-2005



341 PRESSURE WASHING

Always! Power Washing, Window & Gutter cleaning, all your exterior cleaning needs. 604-230-0627

POWER WASHINGGUTTER CLEANING

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE Call Ian 604-724-6373

IMPACT PRESSURE WASHING - Gutter, Windows, Full Houses. Excellent Rates. (604)780-4604

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

EXCEL ROOFING LTD. All kinds of roofi ng work. Reroof, New, Repairs. Free est. (778)878-2617

PATTAR ROOFING LTD. All types of Roofi ng. Over 35 years in business. 604.588.0833



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

Save-On Roofi ng - Specializing in New Roofs, Re-Roofs & Repairs. 778-892-1266

.

FIVE STAR ROOFINGAll kinds of re-roofi ng & repairs.

Free est. Reasonable rates.(604)961-7505, 278-0375



Mainland Roofi ng Ltd.25 yrs in roofi ng industry

Family owned & operated. Fully ins. We do Cedar Shakes, conversions,

concrete tiles, torchon, fi bre-glass shingles, restoration

& repairs. 20 yr labour warr.604-427-2626 or 723-2626

www.mainlandroof.com

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT!JUNK REMOVAL

• Estate Services • Electronics• Appliances • Old Furniture• Construction • Yard Waste• Concrete • Drywall • Junk

• Rubbish • Mattresses • More

Recycled Earth FriendlyHOT TUBS ARENO PROBLEM!

604.587.5865www.recycleitcanada.ca

FLEETWOOD WASTEBin Rentals 10-30 Yards.Call Ken at 604-294-1393

Sell your home FAST in the highest read community newspapers & largest online sites!

call 604.575-5555

$12ONLY

with the Power Pack… Time

Offer!

3-LINE EXAMPLESize not exactly as shown

Sell your Home!

SURREY: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, hard-wood fl oors throughout and new roof. $549,000. 604-575-5555.

Power Pack Burnaby-New Westminster

PRINT AD: Includes photo and 3-lines for one week.

ONLINE AD: BC-wide reach! For one week!

USEDVancouver.com ONLINE AD: Local reach — until you cancel it!

Wednesday, July 3, 2013 NewsLeader A23


356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

Bulldog Disposal Co.Home & Yard Clean UpsResidential / CommercialNo Job Too Small

Free Estimates ~ 7 Days/Wk

Call Tony 604-834-2597www.bulldogdisposal.ca

bradsjunkremoval.comHauling Anything.. But Dead Bodies!!20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE

We Load or You Load !604.220.JUNK(5865)

Serving MetroVancouver Since 1988

DISPOSAL BINSBy Recycle-it

6 - 50 Yard BinsStarting from $199.00

Delivery & Pick-Up IncludedResidential & Commercial Service• Green Waste • Construction Debris• Renovations • House Clean Outs

604.587.5865www.recycleitcanada.ca

372 SUNDECKS

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-782-9108www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

374 TREE SERVICES

TREE & STUMPremoval done RIGHT!

• Tree Trimming• Fully Insured • Best Rates604-787-5915/604-291-7778 www.treeworksonline.ca

[email protected]

ABC TREE MEN Pruning, Shaping, Tree Removal & Stump Grinding. 604-521-7594 604-817-8899

PETS

477 PETS

Airedale Terrier pups. P/b, ckc reg., micro, health guar, 604-819-2115. email: [email protected]

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

PETS

477 PETS

CAIRN TERRIERS. Shots, dewormed. Ready to go to good homes. $650. 604-807-5204.

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are

spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at

fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

ENGLISH BULLDOG P/B pups. CKC reg’d. 3 Beautiful healthy 9/wk old females. 1st Shots, 2 Year Health Guarantee. Micro-chipped. $2800. Call 604-302-941 (Mission).

GOLDEN RETRIEVER purebred pups, born May 2, ready to go. First shots & vet checked. Cute & cud-dly, $700. Contact Sherry at cell # 604-869-6367

ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso)

P/B blue males Ready to go. 1st shots &

tails/dew claws done. ULTIMATE FAMILY GUARDIAN

$1000 604-308-5665

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

542 FRUIT & VEGETABLES

STRAWBERRIESGreenvale Farms

Take 264 St exit off Hwy #1 & follow signs (6030 248 Street)

You Pick or We Pick!OPEN Mon - Sat. 8am-7pm Sun & Holidays 8am-6pm

604-856-3626 / 604-855-9351www.greenvalefarms.ca

560 MISC. FOR SALE

KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS! Buy a Harris Bed Bug Kit, Complete Room Treatment Solution. Odor-less, Non-Staining. Available online homedepot.com (NOT IN STORES)

STEEL BUILDINGS/ METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

REAL ESTATE

627 HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES!Older House • Damaged House

Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments

Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms! CALL US FIRST! 604-626-9647


REAL ESTATE

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES

• DIFFICULTY SELLING ? •Diffi culty Making Payments?

No Equity? Penalty? Expired Listing? We Take Over Payments! No Fees!www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663

696 OTHER AREAS

LARGE Log House +84 acr, Sussex NB, $199,000. 506-653-1374 [email protected]

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

2 bdrm bright apt.

Large 2 br located in a Central Coq Co-op.

$810/mo. No subsidy.Close to transit, schools,

and shopping.

Sandy 604 945 5864 [email protected]

BURNABY

GABLE GARDENSMOVE IN INCENTIVE

• Nice, clean and quiet 1 bdrm, $860.00. 2 bedroom for $960.00 • Walk to Highgate • Close to transit & schools • Upgraded suite • Cat okay • On site manager

Please call 604-521-3448 for viewing.

CLEAN SPACIOUS SUITES1 & 2 Bdrm SuitesCentrally Located,

1/2 blk-Metrotown MallFull time caretaker.

MOVE IN TODAY!!!CALL ANYTIME TO VIEW

778-788-1867COQUITLAM, 1065 Howie Ave. 1bdrm $795; 2bdrm $1025 incl heat&h/water Np/ns 604-936-3556

NEW WEST 11St./6Ave. Avail nowReno’d 1 bdrm, lrg patio, $800 incl heat & h/w. N/P. Call 604-446-3554

NEW WESTMINSTER

RIVIERA MANOR409 Ash St. New Westminster

1 Bed. 2nd fl oor and 2 Bed. Pent-house available. Heat, hot water and T.V. cable included.

Call Manager @ Phone: 604-526-0147

WALKER MANOR6985 Walker Ave

Bright large 1br for rent fully reno, available immediately very clean quite building.

Please Call 604-358-9575

751 SUITES, UPPER

Metrotown, clean 1 bdrm on main fl r incl utils/cable, nr bus & both schl. NS/NP $695/mo. 604-438-9251

RENTALS

752 TOWNHOUSES

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available. 19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

A1 AUTO LOANS. Good, Bad or No Credit - No problem. We help with rebuilding credit & also offer a fi rst time buyer program. Call 1-855-957-7755.

AUTO CREDIT - Guaranteed Auto Loan. Apply at: uapplyudrive.CA or Call toll free 1.877.680.1231

DreamTeam Auto Financing“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVALAAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES! 2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL

ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

604.683.2200

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVALThe Scrapper

Sell your vehicle FAST in the highest read community newspapers & largest online sites!

call 604.575-5555

$12ONLY

with the Power Pack… Time

Offer!

3-LINE EXAMPLESize not exactly as shown

Sell your Car!

2010 VENZA: Like new, only 20,000 kms, fully loaded, automatic, 6 cylinder, dvd sys-tem. $22,800. 604-575-5555.

Power Pack Burnaby-New Westminster

PRINT AD: Includes photo and 3-lines for one week.

ONLINE AD: BC-wide reach! For one week!

USEDVancouver.com ONLINE AD: Local reach — until you cancel it!


Local Berries are in season!

Brentwood Town Centre58 - 4567 Lougheed Hwy Beside IHOP604.298.8299OPEN same as mall hours

Royal City Centre116 - 610 6th StreetAcross from Shoppers 604.520.9923OPEN same as mall hours

Lougheed Town Centre206 - 9855 Austin RdBeside Purdy’s604.420.0788OPEN same as mall hours

Marine Way Market200-7515 Market CrossingBurnaby, Beside PriceSmart604.432.6199OPEN 9am to 8pm

Now Hiring Shift Leadersat Royal City Centre and other locations. Great bene� ts and advancement opportunities.

FAX: (604) 272-8065 EMAIL: [email protected]

Prices e� ective: July 3rd to July 7th, 2013 *While Quantities LastPrices e� ective: July 3rd to July 7th, 2013 *July 3rd to July 7th, 2013 *While Quantities LastJuly 3rd to July 7th, 2013 *Sweet & Flavourful

Large Cantaloupes

2/$3.00California Grown

Fresh & Crisp

Romaine Lettuce

2/$1.00Locally Grown

Sweet & Fresh

Seedless Green Grapes

$1.49/lbCalifornia Grown

Fresh & Tasty

Sweet Kale Salad

$3.99 eaCalifornia Grown

Fresh & Crisp

Green & Red Leaf Lettuce

2/$1.00Locally Grown

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