Richmond News February 17 2016

Mayor Malcolm Brodie addressed con-troversial topics such as port activity, a

proposed 10-lane bridge, mega homes and apolice services review at a Richmond Cham-ber of Commerce hotel luncheon Fridayafternoon, which doubled as the venue forhis 2015 state-of-the-city speech.

Conversely, Brodie chose not to addressother controversial issues in the city, namelyreal estate speculation and vacant homes. Aswell, the city’s handling of Chinese-only signswas left behind at the podium — althoughcouncil’s decision to regulate “sign clutter”with an upcoming bylaw was addressed in

his speech, on paper.Brodie said the City of Richmond’s relation-

ship with Port Metro Vancouver is one of thebiggest challenges his government faces.

He cautioned, off script, that if the port re-mains unaccountable to the city, or even theprovince of B.C., Richmond farmland couldsoon be “wiped out.”

Brodie took to the ballroom’s projectorscreen to point out the scope of the 230-acreGilmore Farms, recently purchased by theport for “future study.”

“If they can do this on one farm, why can’tthey do this to an entire area. Why won’t eastRichmond be wiped out and industrializedby the port?”

Brodie also took issue with the port’s gov-erning structure and transparency.

“Is it right that a (PMV) board, made up of13 unelected, unaccountable representativesof industry, mostly, who meet in a privateroom, are able to come into a city and say,‘We need your agricultural land?’ I don’t thinkanything works that way,” said Brodie, notingthe board has refused to meet with him.

Brodie defended his decision to supportmaintaining the existing George Massey Tun-nel, while questioning the port’s involvement,behind closed doors, with the province.

“I say this knowing the Chamber has takenthe position in favour of the bridge. But ourcity council looks at it through a bit more ofa global point of view and we have a lot ofquestions that need answered,” said Brodie.

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The people of Richmond are getting thefirst glimpse of what their new pool insidethe $80 million Minoru Recreation Com-plex might look like when it’s completed inJune 2017.

Artist’s renderings of the pool, seniors’centre and building exterior were revealedduring Mayor Malcolm Brodie’s annualaddress to the Richmond Chamber ofCommerce on Friday.

Within a few hours of being posted onthe Richmond News’ Facebook page, theimage of the pool sparked great interestamong readers, with many people still ag-grieved over the size of the pool being setat 25 metres-long.

The rendering, however, only showsthe secondary pools, not the intended25-metre pool. When the plans were firstannounced, many residents expressed adesire for a larger, 50-metre pool. However,the extra cost for the bigger pool ($8 mil-lion) was considered prohibitive.

The 110,000 square-foot complex willhouse improved aquatic spaces, morededicated space for seniors, a fitnesscentre, multi-purpose rooms and changerooms for outdoor athletes.

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‘I’m nothing.”Mary Wilson was about as modest as

they come when asked who she was andwhat organization she belonged to.

Having for years traveled to neighbour-ing cities around the Lower Mainland totake part in and celebrate Black HistoryMonth (BHM), Wilson wondered whyRichmond had never marked the occa-sion.

After asking around late last year, theStevestonite quickly realized that no oneappeared to have considered hosting it,so she grabbed BHM by the horns andset about getting it off the ground.

And this Thursday, after receiving agreat deal of help from Donna Wilson atthe West Richmond Community Centreand Beverly Walker and her staff at theRichmond Public Library, Wilson will befront and centre at Richmond’s first everBHM event.

“Everyone is welcome, this is not justfor black people,” said Wilson, who ismainly of American-Caribbean descent— but laughs about how many otherroots may add up to her ethnicity as anAmerican who moved to Steveston more

than 20 years ago.“I noticed over the years all these other

cities were marking and celebrating BlackHistory Month and Richmond was not. Ijust thought, wouldn’t it be nice to haveone of these in Richmond?

“I got talking to the West RichmondCommunity Centre and then they putme in touch with the Richmond PublicLibrary and they loved the idea. Theyagreed to provide the space among otherthings.

“It’s actually the 20th anniversary ofBlack History Month in Canada, whichstarted in Ottawa, so this is great timing.”

Black History Month, also known asAfrican-American History Month in theU.S., is an annual observance in theU.S., Canada, and the UK for remem-brance of important people and eventsin the history of Africans dispersed fromtheir original homeland.

BHM in Richmond actually kicked offlast week with an Ethiopian children’sbook reading, but more events take placeon Feb. 18, 21 and 27.

On Feb 18, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.,there will be a youth film screening anddiscussion, with two films, Speak it: Fromthe heart of Nova Scotia and Joe Fortes,Vancouver Hero, both suggested by youthfrom the library’s Media Lab.

On Feb. 21, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., there

will be a moderated discussion, with fourpanel members from an Ethiopian, Carib-bean and African American backgroundtalking about where they were born, theinfluence of their background on theirfamilies, and discussion about their livesin Canada and the work they do in thecommunity.

On Feb. 27, from 10:30 to 11 a.m.,Julian Wilson, along with his three-year-old daughter, will talk about the stories hetells her about their culture.

“I guess it’s about educating peopleabout the black community, in so muchthat we come from many different places,not just the U.S. and the Caribbean,”said Wilson, when asked what she wouldlike to achieve by helping to host BHM inRichmond.

“We want to share our stories and builda better community.”

Wilson says she’s not sure how big theblack community is in Richmond, butknows it’s much larger than when shefirst arrived in the city two decades ago.

“I think that number has increaseddramatically, especially from Caribbeandescent, all over the city. And even if I’mwrong about that, I still think this is a veryvaluable thing to do.”

According to the 2011 National House-hold Survey, there were 1,245 blackpeople living in Richmond.

" Mayor Malcolm Brodie at his annual address.Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

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The stated reason from the Ministry of Trans-portation for the bridge is to ease congestioncaused by regional growth (Richmond added5,000-10,000 new vehicles to its roads in 2014,according to ICBC).

Brodie began his speech stating 2015 was a“remarkable time of growth” in Richmond.

The construction value of building permitsissued in 2015 was $998 million, or 23 per centmore than the previous annual record, notedBrodie.

Most residential growth came in the multi-family sector, as Richmond added 2,209 of suchunits.

While none of those units were purpose-builtrentals, Brodie stated Richmond has done wellto focus on affordable housing for seniors andvulnerable, low-income residents.

Brodie pledged to “broaden the inventory ofaffordable housing options.”

He reminded his audience of the difficultiesthe city faced with large, new homes in neigh-bourhoods; last year the city lowered the maxi-mum height of all new homes and terminatedland-use contracts, bringing every residentialproperty under city zoning regulations.

To accommodate growth, Brodie noted the cityhas built five new fire halls in the last decade,with a new Brighouse fire hall coming in 2017,next to a new $80 million Minoru pool andseniors centre, also under construction.

Brodie highlighted a number of parks andrecreation initiatives for this year, such as theconstruction of a perimeter trail on the GardenCity Lands, designing the (Fantasy) GardensAgricultural Park and building Tait RiverfrontPark in north Richmond.

In 2015 the city upgraded three new waterpumps, and Brodie noted increased sport-hosting at the Oval, tourism and filming havecontributed to the local economy.

During the event, Brodie asked chambermembers to take an information package ona police services review. Each attendee alsogot two, free passes to the Richmond OlympicExperience, a new $10 million city-run museumat the Oval.

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The first of five open houses on a police services reviewis set to take place Wednesday (Feb.17) at South Arm

Community Centre, from 5-8 p.m.The open houses are a chance for the public to review a

council report that outlines the pros and cons of establish-ing a municipal police force.

Among the basic highlights is the fact a changeover isexpected to cost in the range of $20 million and annualoperations would be about $3 million extra. On the flip side,Mayor Malcolm Brodie has noted the city would have morecontrol of police services without the RCMP making deci-sions from Ottawa headquarters.

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Semple, general manager, Interagency Programs and Ste-veston Waterfront Major Initiatives at the City of Richmond,was the chair of the Britannia Heritage Shipyard Society,when, in fact, he is not.

Semple is chair of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society.Loren Slye is chair of the Britannia Heritage Shipyard Soci-ety. Semple’s duties include acting as a liaison for the city tolocal groups and organizations on Steveston projects.

Apolice officer who shotan armed Richmond

man during a standoff afterthe hostage-taking of hisex-girlfriend, said he shot himbecause he was pointing hisgun at him and moving to-ward him and other officers.

Delta police constable Jor-dan MacWilliams told a coro-ner’s inquest on Thursday heshot Mehrdad Bayrami as headvanced beyond the 20-me-tre limit set by the officer’scommanders.

MacWilliams testifiedhe was wearing a helmetand body armour and wasshielded by one of the twoarmoured vehicles surround-ing Bayrami after he startedpacing in circles during thefour-hour-plus standoff onNov. 8, 2012. MacWilliamswas one of several police of-ficers, including snipers.

The armoured vehicle was21 metres from Bayrami,who was in a standoff withpolice near the Starlight Ca-sino parking where earlier hehad forced Tetiana Peltsinainto her car. He then draggedher to a paved pathway near

the lot before letting her go,but he refused to surrenderto police negotiators or drophis handgun.

Once Bayrami stood up,he was “advancing” on theofficers, MacWilliams said.

“I could see he had low-ered the gun and now he waspointing it straight at us,” hesaid. “As soon as I saw himpointing it at us, I fired.

“It seemed very deliberate.He was walking with a pur-pose toward us. I don’t knowwhat that purpose was.

“My focus was that I keptmy friends and myself safe,”he said, adding the headsand legs of the officers wereexposed behind the ar-moured vehicle.

MacWilliams had also saidhe had heard an officer say“watch out, he’s getting reallyclose” to the 20-metre limit,and that he fired after hear-ing a senior tactical membercommand another officer todeploy the less lethal Arwengun that shoots rubber bul-lets.

New Westminster policeConst. Cliff Kusch, whotestified he shot Bayrami withfour rubber bullets, said hehadn’t heard the commandto shoot the Arwen.

He and other officers saidthe impact of the rubber bul-lets made Bayrami take stepsbackward, but he neitherdropped or let go of the gununtil he was shot by MacWil-liams with a carbine Stag 15rifle.

MacWilliams said he wasconcerned for the safety ofhis immediate emergencyresponse team members inand around the armouredvehicle as well as the detec-tives and negotiators behindthem. “And behind us wasthe Queensborough LandingShopping Centre,” he said.

At the hearing earlier in theweek, Piltsina testified thatBayrami was harassing herafter they broke up in 2012,but Richmond RCMP didn’ttake it seriously, at first.

Piltsina said she wasscared and Bayrami was fol-lowing her everywhere.

She says he even put aGPS tracker in her car, call-ing her 60 to 70 times a day.

Piltsina says finally afemale Richmond Mountiebecame involved and actuallylistened.

The hearing was set toconclude on Tuesday.

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be on tap at the otherwise emptyImperial Landing development onSteveston’s waterfront boardwalk,each Thursday (6-8 p.m.) andSaturday (12-4 p.m.) for the nexttwo weeks.

The mini festivals have beenorganized by developer OnniGroup, as a means to garner publicsupport for its $3 million offer tothe City of Richmond to rezone its60,000 square-foot development.

The completed site will remainempty for a fourth summer, at thevery least, as a “Mexican standoff”between the city and Onni contin-ues, according to Coun. Alexa Loo.

In 2012, Onni constructed the sixexisting buildings, aware that thesite was zoned for mixed-maritimeuse. However, now that the con-struction is completed, Onni wantsthe city to change the zoning so itcan bring in non-maritime ten-ants such as Nester’s Market, TDCanada Trust and Goodlife Fitness,among other retail outlets.

“It’s tough when negotiations areafter the fact,” said Loo.

Recently, Onni has been meet-

ing with individual councillors onthe rezoning application. Loo saidcity staff are negotiating and haveasked for a contribution in theballpark of $10 million.

“It’s a matter of me working withboth sides to see if we can come toa resolution,” said Loo.

“The community is unhappy buthow do we activate the area andmove on?” asked Loo.

Coun. Linda McPhail said citystaff told her the rezoning applica-tion was precedent setting, addingthat negotiations are “give andtake.”

When askedif the city would“take” moreto discouragefuture instancesof building prior torezoning, McPhailsaid, “We haven’tlooked at thataspect.”

McPhail said she still wantedto hear more from the commu-nity and was open to the idea ofbusinesses, such as banks, healthoffices and childcare, becauseparking would be more available in

the evenings and on weekends.Coun. Carol Day said she wants

to target specific businesses for thearea.

“To put a bank in thatlocation is irrational. I go toGranville Island and that’swhat I imagine for (theboardwalk) — somethingthat’s special,” said Day,who added she is otherwiseopen to listening to resi-dents’ demands.

Day said she was unwilling totake any amount of money thatwould usher in chain stores.

“I’m not for sale . . . This is abouta promise that was made. I’drather work with (Onni) to see what

they can put in there,” said Day.Coun. Harold Steves said with

Rod’s Building Supplies beingturned into a grocery store, “wedon’t need (the Onni proposal).”

Onni claims it had soughtmaritime-related tenants.

Last year, the Steveston SeafoodHouse restaurant negotiated aspace on the boardwalk with Onni.It argued unsuccessfully to the citythat it was a maritime-related busi-ness because it purchases localseafood.

Nearly two decades ago, Steveshelped devise the maritime zoningas a means to boost Steveston as ahub for boating and fishing in thewake of cannery closures.

Critics and retail proponents havesaid the time for maritime zon-ing has come and gone, however,Steves and others have contendedthe Imperial Landing buildingscould serve a full-service marinaone day.

Steveston Merchants’ Associa-tion has called on the city to limitthe amount of space that can berezoned for retail space to 25 percent.

Local realtor Sean Lawson wrote,in a blog post online, “the Ste-veston Village shopping experiencedoesn’t need to grow to the east.”

Lawson stated a marina wouldcreate additional demand formaritime-related shops.

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Onni hopes fest will garner public supportGRAEMEWOODStaff ReporterGWOODRICHMONDNEWS.COM

" Above is the proposal from Onni for the Steveston boardwalk. Construction on the site finished in 2013, but the build-ings stand mostly empty as Onni and the City of Richmond negotiate over zoning. In the above map, MMU stands formixed maritime use, although no such tenants have been proposed by Onni. Images submitted.

Minister of Transportationand Infrastructure Todd

Stone was in Richmond Fri-day morning to meet with thecity’s mayor, Malcolm Brodie,to discuss an importanttransportation issue.

Bike lanes.Stone made the Railway

Greenway in West Richmondhis pit-stop to announce theprovince will match up to $6million in municipal contribu-tions across the province oncycling-specific projects.

“Applications for thisyear’s BikeBC funding are

now open,” said Stone, whopraised Richmond’s Railwayinitiative in front of Brodie.

Stone added that his min-istry would establish a formalcycling working group for theGeorge Massey Tunnel re-placement bridge, to ensurecycling lanes are connectedto Richmond’s existing net-work of roads.

This was Brodie andStone’s first face-to-facemeeting in public, afterBrodie told the News hewas not invited to attendthe announcement of theproposed $3.5 billion bridgeat the George Massey Tunnelcrossing.

Over the past year, Bro-

die has led a majority onRichmond city council in agrowing chorus of complaintsagainst the ministry, regard-ing the bridge proposal. Laterin the day, at his annual may-or’s speech at a hotel in CityCentre, Brodie was asked ifhe thought the ministry hadbeen open and receptive withits bridge plans.

“Umm, not entirely. I’ll tryto be diplomatic here,” saidBrodie, who went on to statethe ministry’s Project Defini-tion Report “totally lacks anydetails.”

Brodie is concerned abouttolling, farmland preservationand traffic congestion at theOak Street Bridge.

“We respect the City ofRichmond’s views on thetunnel, the desire by many inthe community to retain thetunnel,” said Stone, add-ing, however, that during theprovince’s public consulta-tion, “we heard very clearlyfrom residents of both sidesof the proposed bridge (Deltaand Richmond) that the fa-voured expansion would be abridge and not an expandedtunnel.”

When asked, Stone dis-missed keeping the existingtunnel, even if it were simply

decommissioned.“Our analysis — the techni-

cal analysis we’ve done —said it’s better for the river,it’s better for the environmentoverall to get it out of thewater,” said Stone.

Erin O’Melinn, a spokesper-son for HUB, a cycling advo-cacy group, said that whileher group supports a cyclelane on the proposed bridge,that lane needs to connectwith cycle routes throughoutthe city.

“We want to ensure itdoesn’t become a cyclingbridge to nowhere,” O’Melinnadded." Bike lanes need to beconnected: HUB

Despite concerns about thetunnel, the City of Richmondis hoping to cash in on someof the $6 million of bike-lanefunding.

BikeBC has already helpedfund the soon-to-be-complet-ed crosstown neighbourhoodbike route.

Brodie said by 2041, 10per cent of all commuteswould be by bicycle.

“When completed, thispathway will provide a veryimportant east-west route forcyclists to move efficientlyacross the city while avoid-

ing traffic on major arterials,”said Brodie.

HUB chair Derek Wil-liams said Richmond is wellpositioned to be a cyclingcommunity but a big problemis getting around in the CityCentre area.

“It’s wonderful to have(bike lanes) but you need toconnect them. That’s whywith HUB’s ‘un-gap the map,’we work very hard at filling invarious areas, noting places

where a bike lane ends,”said Williams, adding it isimportant for Richmond citycouncil to recognize cyclingas a means of transporta-tion and not just somethingpeople do on the dyke, dur-ing the weekend.

Williams is hoping the cityworks to fix the “dysfunc-tional” bike lanes on No. 3Road.

“It’s a bit of a disasterand needs to be fixed, butgetting there is alright,” saidWilliams.

Richmond’s 2016 capitalbudget proposed to spend$320,000 specifically forcycling infrastructure. Thatmoney will go toward animproved bike lane on GreatCanadian Way and intersec-tion upgrades to the RailwayGreenway.

Other improvements —using general revenues — toroads and paths are plannedas well, including repaving an800-metre pathway on ShellRoad, from Alderbridge Wayto Westminster Highway.

By the end of 2017, No.2 Road, south of StevestonHighway, will have been wid-ened and include a new bikelane, to Dyke Road.

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" Mayor Malcolm Brodie (centre) with B.C.’s transportation min-ister Todd Stone (left) and Richmond-Steveston MLA John Yap.Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

" Cycling advocacy group HUB says it hopes bike lanes, in areassuch as City Centre, will connect with a proposed new bridge.Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

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Hamilton Community CentreWednesday, February 24, 20166:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Course Number: 1348658

Cambie Community CentreThursday, February 25, 20166:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Course Number: 1367908

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WorkSafeBC began its case Mondayto seek another B.C. Supreme Court

contempt order against an asbestos-re-moval company, which works in Rich-mond. The province’s workplace safetyagency argues that Seattle Environmentalhas continued to breach workplace safetyrules.

WorkSafe also alleges that the companyowner, Mike Singh, and his son ShawnSingh — who operates a separate busi-ness that surveys homes for the presenceof asbestos — have breached a 2012court order stipulating they not violateB.C.’s workplace laws and regulations.

Contempt charges can lead to fines orjail time or both.

Seattle Environmental and the Singhsdeny the allegations and say in court fil-ings they are being discriminated againstby WorkSafeBC because they are Indo-Canadians. They have also launchedtheir own court proceeding, asking tohave the 2012 court order set aside.

Both cases are being heard during afive-day hearing before B.C. SupremeCourt Justice George Macintosh in Van-couver.

On Monday, WorkSafeBC lawyer NickBower outlined the agency’s allegationsthat Seattle Environmental and MikeSingh had breached the regulations inspecific instances.

In one instance, he said that at a du-plex in Richmond in 2013, a WorkSafeBCofficer found that Seattle Environmentaldid not mark the boundary of the asbes-tos hazard zone or post warning signs asrequired. “This is a very clear breach of avery clear provision,” said Bower.

He said Seattle Environmental alsofailed to protect work surfaces withplastic sheets or tarps to help control thespread of asbestos-containing materialat the Richmond duplex and failed toremove or contain all asbestos material.

In the Lower Mainland, asbestosremoval work commonly takes placeat older homes slated for demolition orrenovation which can contain materialswith asbestos such as drywall compound,loose insulation and vinyl tiles.

The Singh’s lawyer, Sumandeep Singh,was expected to begin his response onTuesday or Wednesday.

This is WorkSafeBC’s second contemptapplication against these parties.

In 2013, the court held the company,and Mike and Shawn Singh, in contemptof court by breaching the 2012 B.C.Supreme Court order not to break rulesunder the Workers’ Compensation Actand the Occupational, Health and SafetyRegulations of B.C. However, the courtalso dismissed WCB’s 2013 allegationsthat the trio had exposed people to, orput them at risk of exposure to asbestos.The company and the Singhs were fined$15,000.

The City of Richmond will replace the twocentre-of-road speed warning signs that

appeared to be sheered off on purpose by anirritated driver.

Last week, Richmond RCMP told how thesigns had been vandalized outside the ChoiceSchool for the Gifted in a remote section ofWestminster Highway in east Richmond.

Police believed someone — perhaps amotorist unhappy about having to slow downfor the imposing signs — mechanically cutoff the thick rubber and plastic signs from itsbolted-down base in the middle of the street,east of No. 9 Road and west of Graybar Road.

The City of Richmond told the News onFriday how the signs were installed at the sitein order to “address the high rate of speedingthat had been recorded through this schoolzone.”

The city was planning to carry out a speedstudy in the early spring to evaluate the ef-fectiveness of the signs in reducing vehiclespeed in the school zone.

The city also believes the signs were delib-erately removed.

“I have been in contact with the schooland they are of course very disappointed thatsomeone would do this,” said city spokesper-son Ted Townsend.

“The principal (at the school) indicated tome that although the signs did not completelyeliminate vehicle speeding, they were defi-nitely making a difference.”

City staff plan on purchasing and installingtwo more signs.

“We are hoping that with increased aware-ness and vigilance, the vandals will not strikeagain,” added Townsend.

“If that is the case, we will work withstakeholders to consider other traffic calmingoptions for this school zone.”

The signs — the first of which was testednear a central Richmond school two yearsago — are designed to flex if hit by a vehicle.

According to Richmond RCMP, the latestsigns were last seen intact on Jan. 26, afteronly being installed early in December lastyear.

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Company charged in asbestosthreat in Richmond duplex

" Signs, such as the one pictured, fell victim toa vandal along Westminster Highway recently.Photo submitted

Gordon HoekstraVancouver Sun

Alan CampbellStaff [email protected]

City to replace vandalizedroad-based warning signs


One way to respect our Garden Citylegacy is through a settler leader who

strove to make things better for those tofollow. That’s farmer poet Thomas Kidd.In today’s terms, he was also a RichmondMLA, mayor, councillor, school trusteeand good neighbour. We learn from himthrough his History of Lulu Island andpoetry.

Thomas Kidd was born in Ireland in1846. He arrived here in 1874 after liv-ing in New Zealand and California. LuluIsland, he found, was the fairest of all.

In his ode to Lulu Island, Kidd speaks toher as “Child of the Fraser River and thesea.” The name captures the nature ofLulu and her smaller siblings, the 17-is-land Garden City.

In that aspect of who we are, we existthrough the interplay of the tidal sea andthe flowing river bearing silt and seed.Always, we depend on their relationship.

Kidd, who built sturdy skiffs from localcedar to row from place to place, knewthe Garden City’s life-giving estuary well.These days, it’s at risk, coveted for anoutsize port.

In B.C. Ministry of Environment words,

“Estuaries, formed where rivers enter theocean and fresh water mixes with the salt-water environment, are among the mostproductive ecosystems on earth.” Ourestuary is vital for the Fraser, the greatestsalmon river. Fortunately, Kidd’s respectfor nature’s legacy is not dead.

It lives on in people like Sandra Bourqueand Otto Langer, a couple who met whiledoing master’s degrees in zoology in Alber-ta. They’ve championed the estuary andits child since arriving in Metro Vancouverin 1969 and making Richmond home in’72. They care about impact, not fame, butyou deserve to know about them.

Otto got results as a federal biologist andmanager for 32 years and then with theDavid Suzuki Foundation. After retiringa decade ago, he remained immersed inconservation of the Fraser, sharing hisexpertise. Otto currently chairs VAPOR,standing up for the estuary.

Sandra was an ecological voice on schoolboard for 18 years. Always, she’s a doerwho gets things done. In 1978, Sandraand others went to court to stop a residen-tial development on Garry Point. To helppay court costs, Sandra and Otto took outa loan with their home as collateral. Theylost, appealed and won. Public supportgrew, and we all got Garry Point Park.

This New Year’s, Otto had a massiveheart attack. After multi-bypass surgery,his heart stopped six more times in sixdays, but he’s on the mend. While the duopause, google the “Natural legacies versuswaste” blog for their inspiring story and myguide to “Lulu Island.”

Poetic justice in a note from Otto: “WhileSandra worked to save Terra Nova farm-land and Gary Point, I attended to our firstchild. That child became a cardiac nurse.Lately, she helped save my life.”

Jim Wright is president of the GardenCity Conservation Society.

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Dear Editor,I had the privilege of spending some

time with Mohammad Sharaz, his son,Salahuddin Sharaz, and friend, HaroonKareem recently.

If you’re from Vancouver, you will rec-ognize them as the British tourists whosephotos were mistakenly leaked as suspi-cious characters for taking photos in amall, which caused a media frenzy.

They turned out to be just regular dudesfrom Manchester, here to seek a very spe-cialized treatment for vision impairment.

The whole fiasco helped me learn twothings:

1. The mix up is a humbling reminderthat we cannot allow this current climate of

fear to make us jump to conclusions basedracial prejudice.

Sharaz and the others handled whatcould have been a traumatizing experiencewith grace, compassion and humility.

Without realizing it, they became a sortof media role model for any minority per-son who has been discriminated againstbecause of their background.

They reclaimed their power by not shyingaway from the spotlight but rather by usingit to educate, inform and pacify the city.

2. I love the power of social media, butif we just use it as a soap box to stand onand shout out praises or criticisms, wearen’t using it (or ourselves) to the fullestpotential.

Lots of people I know asked why andhow I reached out to Sharaz and hisgroup. It was actually quite easy.

So, I just say this: If you feel compelledby a story, don’t just complain or feel bad,do something about it!

Sign a petition, write a letter or reach outa loving hand.

If we use social media as a mechanismto create more action, more love, morechange, isn’t that what it’s all about?

I’m proud to now call these guys myfriends and I hope I helped them see howwelcoming and compassionate Vancou-verites really can be.

Ayako TurnbullRichmond

Don’t just tweet about it, do something

‘Child of the Fraser River and the sea’JIMWRIGHTDigging deep

Open letter to a thief,I am moving. That is clear from the storage

containers in the driveway, and the boxes thatcan be seen piling up though the living roomwindow.

It is an emotional time, selling my parentshome, there are many regrets and memoriesand emotions. (The current debate abouthousing is another topic.)

Several days ago, I came home from work,and stood in the street in front of the housecrying.

It was the day the new recycling containerswere delivered. But that was not the only thingout of place.

There was the storage containers, as alreadymentioned, but one of the plastic patio chairshad been moved to the front of the house andmy heart sank.

Someone had stolen my wind chimes. They

were the large Westminster chimes with adeep musical tone.

I have had them for 18 years. They wereweathered and grimy, but they made beautifulmusic.

They were a birthday gift from my mother,the year my boyfriend passed away (far toosoon). My mother passed away in 2014 andmy father five months after her. And so I stoodthere in the street, crying.

I wrote an angry sign to the thief and putit in the window. With the faint hope that theperson might feel guilty and bring them back.

I kicked myself, because a few days before, Iwas going to pack them.

But the sound of them as I go to sleep atnight was comforting, and I need all the com-fort I can get in a stressful time.

A friend said that this is apparently a com-mon thing, with so many houses being de-

molished, the items on the properties are fairgame. The house is run down but not aban-doned; lights are on and, as I said, boxes andsuch can be seen through the front window.

When I was hanging my angry sign, I noticedanother thing missing, a little fairy decorationfrom one of the plant pots.

She had a broken wing, the piece is packedto be glued back on at a later time. Anothergift from my mother, certainly not somethingthat one would think would have any attractionfor a thief.

I will be gone from here in a few days, andso the hope of these items being returned is allbut non-existent.

But perhaps this will make others think twicebefore randomly stealing something on a dare,or vandalising property.

Karen AxfordRichmond

An angry little ode to a heartless thief

LETTERSto the Editor

New bridge is totally necessary

Forget tall ship party, focus on our communitiesDear Editor,Re: “Face-to-face helps seal the deal,” News, Feb. 10.Once again, I have read in the Richmond News of

another councillor, this time Bill McNulty, dipping intothe taxpayers’ wallets for a trip to Japan, via businessclass, for four days in Tokyo — one of the world’s mostexpensive cities — as well as a journey to Wakayama toapparently be given yet another statue for Steveston.

All of this is in aid of securing a three-day visit by aJapanese tall ship.

And to manage a vessel of this size, McNulty’s requestis for the city to spend hundreds of thousands of dollarsto build another dock at Garry Point.

We had some docks built a few years back at great ex-pense that were supposed to be moveable and returnedto this site as required.

They were movable alright. They were moved a fewyears back after a tall ship festival and never seen again.

Here’s an idea, council members, how about we takeall of those hundreds of thousands of dollars you wantto spend on this three-day visit, and its accommodation,and put it into the infrastructure of Steveston?

How about doing something about the aged and under-sized community centre and library — they should bothbe considered an embarrassment to city hall.

In recent months, yet another community centreopened in City Centre.

So let’s see, now we have the jewel in the parks and

recreation crown, the new Minoru civic precinct beingbuilt, the Oval, a brand new “City Centre,”all of whichannually receives thousands upon thousands of taxpayerdollars and all within a mile of each other and city hall.

Then there is South Arm, West Richmond, Thompsonand Watermania; all beautiful complexes and all verywell funded, oh and the new park at Terra Nova, that is abeauty.

Then over in the west corner of Richmond, the oldestcommunity within Richmond, is the Steveston Commu-nity Centre, and it has become the shame of parks andrec.

Nothing has been done to the building in decades,despite the community having grown tremendously.

Even the kids’ water park was funded by donation.Where else has that happened in Richmond?

Every now and again council mumbles about doingsomething with the Steveston Community Centre, but itjust all fades away.

It’s similar to the now, three-year, vacant Onni project.If that array of vacant properties was in the heart of Rich-mond, this civic mess would have been sorted out yearsago, but like most things in Steveston, city hall seems towant to forget we are here.

Stay home Bill (McNulty) and friends and forget spend-ing endless amounts of tax dollars on a tall ship party inthe community of Steveston.

Do something FOR the community with all that money

and get going on building a proper community centreand library, which would not only enhance the quality oflife in Steveston, but provide a lasting legacy, instead ofa three-day spending party to accommodate a few tallships that will sail away leaving nothing but a huge bill.

Less parties, city hall, start doing something significant,and long past due to enhance quality of life and wellnessfor the people of the Steveston community.

R. LambSteveston

Business class bad for city economyDear Editor,Re: “Face-to-face helps seal the

deal,” News, Feb. 10.When did business class have any-

thing to do with biorhythms?

In the private sector, we had to flyeconomy, even to Melbourne.

I think the city’s policy of businessclass travel needs to be reconsidered.

As a token of good faith, the differ-

ence between economy and businessclass air fares should be reimbursedto the city.

D. FlintoffRichmond

Dear Editor,Re: “We know why bridge is being

built,” Letters, Feb. 10.I am amazed by the misinformation

being spread by a previously pub-lished letter.

Let me give it to you straight: theGeorge Massey Bridge is a necessaryinfrastructure project for our commu-nity.

The George Massey Tunnel is on itslast legs. It is seismically unsound andthe cost to bring it up to code wouldbe enormous.

A 1959-engineered solution is not aviable transportation strategy for 2016!

We need to move our communityand city forward. That means support-ing our commuters and their familiesby cutting commute times by 30minutes.

It means improving safety by reduc-ing collisions by at least 35 per cent.

It also means improving transit withdedicated lanes. All of this will beaccomplished with the constructionof a bridge. I also want to tackle themyth that the bridge is going to lead tofurther industrialization of the river.

The height of the bridge will matchthe Alex Fraser Bridge located furtherup the river. Also, there are no plans to

dredge the river after the completionof the bridge and the removal of thetunnel.

Our MLAs — Linda Reid, TeresaWat and John Yap — are doing a solidjob representing and advocating forRichmond in the legislature and withinour government.

The tunnel is a $3.5 billion invest-ment in Richmond and Delta. It is asignal that the provincial governmentis paying attention to our needs as agrowing and economically importantregion.

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The City of Richmond wants to ensure that our residents feel safe in their community and that we continue to have safeneighbourhoods and a safe environment for business.

City Council has extensively reviewed options for the delivery of police services in our community. Based on that review, publicinput is being sought on two options:

1.continuing the RCMP contract for police services; or

2.creating a new, independent Richmond police service, which would contract with other police forces forspecialized services, such as homicide investigation, forensic service and emergency response teams.

City Council wants to hear from you on this important issue. All feedback received will be compiled, summarized andpresented to City Council prior to Council making a decision on a future model for police services.

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To provide your input:

Visit www.LetsTalkRichmond.ca to see the Police ServicesDiscussion Guide and other background materials and fillout the feedback form online.

Attend a public open house:

• Wednesday, February 17, 5–8 p.m.,South Arm Community Centre, 8880 Williams Road;

• Thursday, February 18, 5–8 p.m.,East Richmond Community Hall, 12360 Cambie Road;

• Saturday, February 20, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.,Thompson Community Centre, 5151 Granville Avenue;

• Tuesday, February 23, 5–8 p.m.,Steveston Community Centre, 4111 Moncton Street; or

• Wednesday, February 24, 5–8 p.m.,Richmond City Hall, 6911 No.3 Road.

Send a completed feedback form or a writtensubmission to the City of Richmond via email [email protected], or by mail to Lawand Community Safety Division, 6911 No. 3 Road,Richmond BC V6Y 2C1.

Printed copies of the Discussion Guide and feedbackform are available at Richmond City Hall. You canrequest copies be sent to you at [email protected] or 604-276-4000. Submissions must bereceived by February 29, 2016.


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Rev. Dr. Warren McKinnonFounded 1888. Richmond’s Oldest Church

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Sunday 8:30 a.m. - Contemplative Eucharist10:00 a.m. Family Eucharist with Church SchoolWednesday 10:00am. Eucharist, 11:00am Bible Studywww.stannessteveston.ca • 604-277-9626

APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL CHURCH(J.D. MURDOCH HALL)

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GILMORE PARK UNITED CHURCH8060 No. 1 Road (corner of No. 1 & Blundell)604.277.5377 www.gilmoreparkunited.ca

Rev. Maggie Watts-Hammond, Min. of Word, Sacrament & Pastoral CareRev. Yoko Kihara – Min. of Christian Development & OutreachWorship and Children’s Program Sundays 10:30 am

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More than 200 peoplecrammed into Gilmore

Park United Church onFriday to help raise fundsand awareness of a newrent bank for Richmond’sseniors.

The annual Dream Catch-ers Concert, organizedby the church’s outreachand social justice ministry,brought together a uniquearray of performers.

Each year, the eventtrains its sights on a worthylocal cause, with a newSeniors Rent Bank run byRichmond-based non-profitChimo benefitting this timearound.

And the concert was ahuge success, with around$4,500 — more than twicethe hoped-for total — raisedthrough ticket sales anddonations.

Susan Johnsen, chairof the church’s outreachand social justice ministry,said lots of people stayedfor social time and des-sert after the concert andmade “good connectionswith other caring folks fromRichmond.”

Two weeks ago, the Newshighlighted how the levelsof poverty being experi-enced by Richmond seniorsled to Chimo’s idea to starta rent bank specifically forthat age group.

Some seniors in the city,according to Gilmore Park

United Church’s Rev. Mag-gie Watts-Hammond, aresurviving daily in rentedstorage rooms, cramped ac-commodation with no win-dows or heating and someeven sleep in their cars.

The Seniors Rent Bankwill provide interest-freeloans to help pay for costsassociated with rent in anemergency — such asunpaid rent or utilities — toprevent eviction, or may paya security or pet deposit toenable a senior to securehousing.

" The choral group Re: Sisters were among those performingFriday at the annual Dream Catchers Concert. Photo submitted

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Chilling out with aFrozen yogurt is a

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full of nutrition and has healthbeneets.And when it’s served up

in vibrant surroundings byfriendly and knowledgablestaff, you can see why thedynamic team of Joe Silvaand Bonnie Ng jumped at run-ning a Qoola franchise in CFRichmond Centre, one of 18in the 100 per cent, Canadian-owned company.Already established for a

couple of years as a corpo-rate-owned store, the businesspartners decided to take overthe operation as franchiseowners and have embracedthe healthy lifestyle Qoola

promotes.“Frozen yogurt is a healthy

treat, especially the wayQoola makes it,” said Silva,who linked up with Ng whoalso runs an acupuncturebusiness in nearby AberdeenSquare. “Everything is madewith fresh natural ingredients.No powders for davouringshere.”While yogurt has long been

known to be elled with probi-otics that help with digestion,Ng said Qoola’s yogurt hassome unique attributes thatcan provide even more healthbeneets.“We have Brazilian acai

fruit which is very high inantioxidants and tastes similarto a plum or a blueberry,” Ngsaid, adding she often sug-gests her acupuncture patients

try including a serving of acaiin tandem with their accu-puncture treatments.“That way they get healing

both ways,” she said.But if you are looking for

just a creamy treat Qoola hasa variety of yogurt davoursthat can be topped with alarge variety of fruits, frompeaches and strawberries topineapple and kiwi fruit.Most of the fruit is sourced

from local growers, as are allthe dairy products Qoola uses.“We do as much as we can

to support local producers andgrowers,” Silva said. “And wekeep the impact to the envi-ronment as small as possiblewith all of our plates and evencutlery being biodegradable.

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vours themselves — 10 in allthat are regularly rotated.Try green tea, pistachio,

sweet coconut and even cakebatter.“I like mango,” Ng said

without hesitating.“My favourite is without a

doubt the strawberry lemon-ade,” added Silva.Right now another 10 da-

vours are being added to themenu, such as salted carmel,watermelon sorbet, vanillabean and taro root.Since the yogurt is sweet-

ened with cane sugar, iskosher and has gluten-free se-lections, a visit to Qoola willhave something for everyone.

And when customers docheck out the comfortable,2,000-square-foot locationthat has free wi-e and powerpoint access for electronicdevices they will discoverthere’s much more than justcool, sweet treats to be had.Qoola at CF Richmond

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Silva said. “We train our staffto treat all of our customerslike friends — make themfeel comfortable, have somesuggestions for them and havethem think of Qoola like theirhome.”It’s a recipe that helped

Qoola win the new businessof the year award at the 2015Richmond Chamber of Com-merce Business ExcellenceAwards that were handed outlast November.Both Silva and Ng said they

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Wildcats host Churchill in Crehan Cup semi-finalsThe McMath Wildcats are heavy favourites to win this

week’s Crehan Cup Lower Mainland AAA Girls Basket-ball Championships but they’re not going to get the chancecelebrate the potential triumph on home court.The province’s No. 2 ranked team was slated to host

the final three days of the 16-tournament until learning lastweek the school gym had been inadvertently double bookedwith an outside user group. The Steveston Kendo Club usesMcMath for its invitational tournament that annually beenheld the third week of February.School officials scrambled to find an alternate gym near

by for the girls basketball. In the end, Churchill volunteeredto host, including Saturday’s championship game slated for

7:30 p.mThe Wildcats will get to host Thursday’s semi-final round

and will be playing for one last time on their home courtagainst honourable mention Churchill at 8:15 p.m. Theybegan play Monday at Carson Graham with a 121-34quarter-final win over Eric Hamber. The Vancouver schoolhad defeated Richmond High 54-50 in overtime to advance.The Wildcats cruised to yet another Richmond champion-

ship last week, capping a dominating run with an 82-39 winover McRoberts in Thursday’s final.McMath opened with an 83-23 win against Burnett, then

rolled past McNair 99-31. The Strikers road to the final in-cluded earlier wins over MacNeill (53-30) and a tough 49-45

semi-final triumph over Cambie.The win also capped a perfect five-year run in city play

for Wildcat seniors Jessica Jones, Jessica Zawada, JustineMcCaskill and Hannah Partridge —capturing the Grade 8,Grade 9, Junior and Senior titles along the way.Jones was named the Richmond League MVP.The all-star teams included:First Team: Jessica Zawada (McMath), Bobbi Jo Colburn

(McMath), Tia Tsang (McRoberts), Kirsten Abo (McNair),Amrit Dhaliwal (Cambie).Second Team: Natalie Cook (Richmond High), Mikee

Macpagpal (MacNeill), Maggie Campbell (Steveston-Lon-don), Tonya Basran (McNair), Bianca Kozica (MacNeill).

Sharks feast on first-ever city titleThe Steveston-London Sharks

have capped off a dominatingrun in the Richmond Senior BoysBasketball League with their first-ever city championship.The host Sharks completed a

perfect season (13-0) in the LuluIsland circuit with a 106-77 winover the McMath Wildcats in frontof a capacity crowd on Friday night.They had reached the final oncebefore since the school openedback in 2007, after the merger ofSteveston High and Charles Lon-don. It was also the first Richmondtitle in 15 years of coaching forMike Stoneburgh, including a six-year run at Steveston-London.It may just be the start of a dy-

nasty too.The Sharks’ roster is loaded with

talented Grade 11s. The schoolalso captured city titles at theJunior and Grade 9 levels, while theGrade 8 team was third.“I was fighting back the tears,”

smiled Stoneburgh. “It’s been 15years and I have been 0-5 in ban-ner games too. These playoffs werea first for me. I had never beatenPalmer in a playoff game and neverwon (the whole thing) either. I’vedone both now and this is amazing.“We have a good program here

and this could be the start of some-thing. We have a great coachingfraternity here and we are very tight,talking all the time.”The No. 3 AAA provincially ranked

Sharks won all but one of their 10regular season games by 15 points

or more, including a 94-77 win overMcMath a month ago. However,the No. 8 ranked Wildcats havequietly put together another solidseason and were playing in the cityfinal for the third consecutive year.That experience wasn’t evident in

the early going as the ’Cats cameout timid and the Sharks jumped allover them to the tune of a 16-0 runto start the game.“It was a very poor start and that

was exactly what we talked aboutbefore the game,” sighed Wildcatscoach Bik Chatha. “They are agood team and you just can’t fallbehind like that. You end up chas-ing the game and can’t use yourbench which means you end upwearing down your starters.”Still, Wildcats dug deep to turn a

potential early blowout back into acompetitive game.They took advantage of Shark

foul trouble to outscore them 31-18in the second quarter and cut themargin to just 51-42 at the break.The rally was ignited by five treys,including three from Grade 10Bryce Mason.What had the makings of a tight

second half became a lopsidedaffair again thanks to AhmedMohamud. The Grade 11 guardcaught fire from three point range,hitting five bombs, well beyond thearc. The Sharks lead was back upto 23 and the game was essentiallyover.“He’s had a huge couple of

games for us this year and he canbe a killer,” said Stoneburgh. “Thatwas their comeback in the secondquarter and we needed to go outand finish it off. The kids came

out in the third guns a blazing and(Ahmed) was the catalyst.”

Fardaws Aimaq led the Sharkswith 27 points. Mohamud added24 on eight three-pointers, whileNigel Boyd also had 24. ImpressiveGrade 11 guard Ryan Yeung ledthe Wildcats with 17. Graham Flynnadded 14 and Ido Gortler 13.Both teams now turn their atten-

tion to the Lower Mainland AAAChampionships which start thisweek and conclude Feb. 26 at the

Richmond Olympic Oval. They arejoined by McNair, McRoberts andRichmond High.Palmer, Cambie and Richmond

Christian will be competing at theAA Mainlands which tip-off on Mon-day at the Oval.At the buzzer…This year’s city all-star teams

include:First Team: Ryan Angala (Mc-

Nair), Fardaws Aimaq (Steveston-London), Nigel Boyd (Steveston-

London), David Medina (Palmer),Ryan Yeung (McMath).Second Team: Phillip Gundic

(Richmond High), Bryce Mason(McMath), Riley Paulik (Cambie),Nathan Schroeder (McNair), PierceStrutt (Steveston-London).Third Team: Kevin Dhillon (Cam-

bie), Ido Gorter (McMath), EdmondLin (McRoberts), Marko Stokjanovic(Palmer), Wilson Wong (MacNeill).Richmond MVP: Nigel Boyd

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Hockey League championship startsWednesday night for the Richmond Sock-eyes.After taking over five months to complete

a 44-game regular season schedule, thePJHL playoffs are typically compacted intoa tight time frame. The Sockeyes’ openinground series with the Grandview Steelers isno exception.The best-of-seven affair gets underway at

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ence on their roster with six 20-year-olds,including leading scorer Timothy Chow andgoaltender Cole MacInnes. They also added20-year-old sniper Jake Holland from RidgeMeadows at the league roster deadline.Adam Rota, son of former Vancouver Ca-nuck Darcy Rota, is another key player upfront.In contrast, the Sockeyes have gone with

a youth movement this season with only atrio of 20-year-olds and 14 rookies. Theydo have experience between the pipes inthird-year stopper Kurt Russell who finishedwith a 2.74 goals against average and twoshutouts.

Richmond rugby standout Nathan Hi-rayama helped Canada earn the Bowl

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