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CarthievestargetBrowoftheHillByCayleyDobiecdobie@newwestrecord.ca
Police are going on the offensive afterseeing a spike in
vehicle-related propertycrime in two of the citys neighbourhoods.In
January, 21 vehicles were reported sto-
len in NewWestminster. Of the 21 vehiclesstolen, 60 per cent
were reportedly fromthe Brow of the Hill neighbourhood, ac-cording
to a media release from the NewWestminster Police Department.Also
last month, 40 per cent of the 66
reported thefts from vehicles across NewWestminster were
Downtown a notablespike, according to police.While, overall, these
numbers indicate a
drop in vehicle thefts and thefts from vehi-cles across
NewWestminster, it does indi-cate an unacceptable concentration in
the
Police warn residents to keepvaluables out of cars
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Centre on Monday. The city had a host of free activities for the
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AQuayside resident is concerned that ex-plosive goods are
sitting for extended timesin a residential neighbourhood.In a
letter to Southern Railway of B.C.,
the resident raises concerns about tankerscontaining oil and
chlorine parked on thetracks beside residential buildings on
Quay-side Drive for extended periods of time. Shequestioned what
will be done to nally getthese unsafe living conditions under
controland to address the sleep-depriving noiseassociated with
coupling of trains that takes
place through the night.Most days, there are tankers parked
on
those track for hours at a time, includingthe whole night, said
the residents letter.This is very unsafe consider what hap-pened in
Quebec last year and very irre-sponsible when all that the rail
companieshave to do is park them at the industrialsites to get
ready to move to wherever theyneed to go.Singh Biln, director of
community re-
lations and chief mechanical ofcer forSouthern Railway, said all
railways makeevery effort to minimize the handling andstorage of
railcars carrying hazardous prod-
ucts. He said Southern Railway receivescars from CP or CN and
stores them in itsyard by the Queensborough Bridge untildelivered
to pulp mills via our barge ramponAnnacis Island.While we do carry
chlorine, SRY does
not transport any petroleum products, hewrote in an email to the
resident. I am notcertain of the products in the tank cars inyour
photos but will follow up with CN andCP to verify contents.We
typically do notleave DG (dangerous goods) cars stored inthe yard
near your building for any length oftime, so I will also follow up
on that.According to Biln, all railways have an ex-
tensive dangerous goods safety protocols.He said Southern works
closely with NewWestminster Fire ChiefTimArmstrong andthe Delta
Fire Department on regular exer-
cises and reviews of its safety programs.You can take comfort in
the fact that
since we commenced handling DGs in ear-ly 2009, there has not
been a single incidentof accidental or non-accidental release
ofhazardous products in this area, he wrote.On occasion, there may
be minor ventingof some products, but we enact our emer-gency
response protocol with local re de-partments and deal with
them.Also, unlikethe incident at Lac-Mgantic in Quebec,our trains
with (dangerous goods) are notleft unattended, do not operate at
speedsgreater than 10 m.p.h. and do not carry pe-troleum
products.The resident sent copies of her letter to
the mayor, the citys railway committee and
Parkedrail tankersraiseconcernsSouthern Railway promises to look
into concerns, but says ittypically does not leave dangerous goods
on tracks near Quay
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the fibre-optic cable thatwill becomepart of the citys
newopen-accessbroadbandnetwork. PHOTOLARRYWRIGHT
FillingtheneedforspeedCity embarks on a bre-optic broadband
network initiative
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The City of NewWest-minster feels the need forspeed.The city has
launched
an initiative to develop anopen-access bre-opticbroadband
network to fos-ter connectivity and busi-ness development.This
business case is
based on open access, saidRoel Coert, a bre opticnetwork expert
who pre-pared a business case forthe city. You can compareit to a
road.The municipal-ity lays a road that goes tobusinesses, it goes
to hous-es.Trucks can go over thereand bring the goods to
thebusiness and the residents.A bre optic network likethis, open
access, is ex-actly the same. It is a roadthat goes to different
loca-tions and service providers,in this case the telcos andISPs,
can provide the ser-vices on top of that.Withspeed they are almost
un-limited.Alvin Chok, the citys
chief information ofcer,said the initial focus will beon the
uptown and down-town cores, with those areasset to be serviceable
withina year or two.It inuences the eco-
nomic development, theinvestors, the people whowant to come and
live andwork here.The youngergeneration wants to havehigh-speed
Internet accessanywhere in the city, Choksaid. All this is part of
theenvironment we are tryingto build.Mayor Jonathan Cote
said NewWestminsterseconomy has changed sig-nicantly in the past
twodecades, as a lot of millsand industry have left town.We feel
this is New
Westminsters opportuni-ty to reposition ourselves tomake sure we
continue tobe a player in MetroVan-couvers growing economy,he
said.The city will be provid-
ing the infrastructure thattelecommunications com-panies
(telcos) or Internetservice providers (ISPs) canaccess to provide a
bre op-tic network to businessesand residents.This is about
accelerat-
ing that transition toward aknowledge workforce econ-omy, said
Blair Fryer, thecitys communications andeconomic
developmentmanager. We have busi-nesses in the city now thatwould
be able to take ad-vantage of ready access tothe bre right
away.Then
we have businesses that areinterested in NewWestmin-ster that
would be encour-aged to come here if theycould have access to that
-bre.Cote said the provision of
a bre optic network is ab-solutely critical to makingsure the
city is able to at-tract the businesses of thefuture.The citys
Intelligent City
advisory committee askeda bre and broadband net-work consultant
to consid-er three bre infrastructure
options, ultimately select-ing the bre-to-the-prem-isesmodel it
believes willprovide the greatest returnon investment nancial-ly,
socially and economical-ly.The initiative will involvethe
installation of dark -bre to key business dis-tricts including
ColumbiaStreet, uptown, Sapperton,Queensborough and 12thStreet.A
city staff report states
that $5.5 million is requiredto nance the network and
its expected to result in anet return of $16.8 millionover a
30-year period.Thecity will generate revenueby leasing the bre
strandsto the telcos and ISPs.Thats the entire busi-
ness case.The entire costto the city to do this is re-couped by
the leasing outof the bre, the dark bre,to the ISPs and telcos
sothey can light it up, Fryersaid. We are doing this instages. Its
a self-nancingmodel in the sense the rev-enue we generate from
leas-ing out that dark bre toISPs covers our costs.And,in the
future, once our costsare completely paid for thisentire network,
this be-comes a revenue generatorfor the city.Coun. Bill Harper
said
Royal Columbian Hospi-tal, Douglas College, theJustice Institute
of B.C.and the NewWestminsterschool district are involvedin the
Intelligent City taskforce, and he anticipatestheyll be among the
busi-nesses and residents access-ing the service.This is going to
become
a health-care hub, so hav-ing this technology is goingto be
absolutely critical,Harper said of Royal
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NewWestminster is tryingto get a handle on plumbingxtures in
garages.Council has directed staff
to prepare amendmentsto zoning that would limitplumbing xtures
in garag-es to one sink and one toilet.A staff report notes
that
the current zoning bylawdoesnt address the issuesof plumbing
xtures in de-tached accessory buildingson residential lots
contain-ing a single-family or duplexdwelling, which has
allowedapplicants to install an un-
limited number of xtures.According to the staff re-
port, the city is experiencinga trend where plans for ga-rages
are showing multipleplug-in xtures and rough-ins that are meant for
a hotwater tank, washer and dry-er, tub/shower, bathroomtoilet and
sink, utility sink or a combination of thesethings.The city is
concernedabout the potential for thesespaces to be converted
todwelling units.Detached accessory
dwelling units are currentlynot permitted in NewWest-minster,
said the report.
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An atrium will soon beinstalled atop the SkyTrainguideway at
NewWestmin-ster station.Council has extended an
exemption to the citys con-struction noise bylaw to al-low crews
to compete theinstallation of the glass atri-um at the mall
attachedto the NewWestminsterSkyTrain station.The exemption
allows
work to be done between 11p.m. and 7 a.m.Mondays toSaturdays
until March 15.The project involves the
construction of an atriumabove the SkyTrain guide-way that runs
through themall.The work can only bedone when the SkyTrainguideway
is not operating.
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A 53-year-old NewWest-minster man was treat-ed in hospital after
he wasstabbed at a home on Cum-berland Street on Sunday.Ofcers
responded to a
home in the 600-block ofCumberland Street around1:37 p.m. on
Feb. 8 after re-ceiving reports a man hadbeen stabbed, according
toa media release from NewWestminster police.When ofcers
arrived,
they found a man suffering
from serious stab wounds.He was taken to hospitalfor treatment
and has sincebeen released.A portion of Cumberland
Street between Eighth andSixth avenues was closedfor several
hours on Sundaywhile ofcers combed thescene for evidence.A
46-year-old man was arrestedand is currently in custody.He was
expected to appearin court onTuesday, afterpress deadlines,
accordingto Sgt. Chad Johnson,NewWestminster police
spokes-person.
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representatives from theprovincial and federal gov-ernments.In
2013, the city created
a community railway pan-el that includes representa-tives from
the city and fourrailways operation in NewWestminster, as well as
resi-dents.Its intended to be a place
where the city can exchangeinformation with CanadianPacic,
Canadian National,Southern Railway of B.C.and the British
Columbia
and Burlington Northernrailways.Brian Allen, chair of
the Quayside CommunityBoards rail noise commit-tee, has
previously encour-aged the city to take ac-tion to eliminate the
storageand staging of hazardousand explosive goods in theQuayside
rail yard.Some Quayside residents
have suggested the workwould be better suited tothe industrial
area in Co-quitlam, where its not inclose proximity to homes.
It is unfortunate that somuch residential develop-ment has taken
place adja-cent to railways, Biln saidin a Jan. 26 email to
resi-dents. Currently, the Rail-way Association of Canadaand the
Federation of Mu-nicipalities have developedextensive proximity
guide-lines for any future devel-opments. For existing resi-dences,
we will have to worktogether to co-exist harmo-niously.
Columbian Hospitals ex-pansion plans.Coert said the service
providers are lined up andwaiting for the go signalthat the
infrastructure is inplace.In addition to the bre-
to-the-premises model, theconsultant also considereda
bre-to-the-home mod-el and a combined bre-to-the-home and
bre-to-the-premises model.This is the model we
are going to build out rightnow, Fryer said of the -bre-to-the
premises mod-el. That isnt to say that inthe future if these ISPs
andTelcos, through our open-access system, determinethat theres a
real market torun these to private residen-tial buildings and homes
inNewWestminster that wewont be able to do that.But we wont do that
un-til theres a business case tosupport it.For the past couple
of
years, the city has beenworking on an IntelligentCity plan,
which considersinitiatives related to innova-tion, infrastructure,
digital
inclusion, knowledge work-force and marketing and ad-vocacy.For
the most part, it has
been conceptual ideas wehave been looking at, butI think we are
now gettingdown to the developmentof something in the groundand
something very tan-gible, Cote said. I need
to emphasize, this is one ofthat top-strategic prioritiesof the
city moving forwardand a big part of our eco-nomic-development
plan.Harper said theres a
huge advantage in termsof cities overall economicdevelopment to
travel downthis road and become Intel-ligent Cities. He said
there
are many examples of citiesaround the world that havebeneted in
many ways, in-cluding economically, frombecoming intelligent
cities.We expect that to hap-
pen here, he said.U.S. President Barack
Obama recently said high-speed broadband is not aluxury, its a
necessity. Hemade the comments whenspeaking in Cedar Falls Iowas
rst gigabit city,where the Internet is near-ly 100 times faster
than inother parts of the UnitedStates.This isnt just about
making it easier to streamNetix or scroll throughyour Facebook
news feed.This is about helping lo-cal businesses grow andprosper
and compete in aglobal economy, he said.Its about giving the
en-trepreneur, the small busi-nessperson onMain Streeta chance to
compete withthe folks out in SiliconVal-ley, or across the globe.
Itsabout helping a student ac-cess the online courses andemployment
opportunitiesthat can help her pursue herdreams.
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Havent found that spe-cial someone to spendVal-entines Day with
yet?Throw convention to thewind and fall in love
withNewWestminster.Thats what one resident
is hoping folks from all overthe Lower Mainland will docome Feb.
14.What started out as a
grassroots initiative to en-courage couples to lockup their love
atWestmin-ster Pier Park, has quicklytransformed into an
experi-ment in promoting the Roy-
al City.Yosuke Ito is the man be-
hind the Quay de LAmour,an idea inspired by a tripoverseas to
Italys famouslove locks. He hopes theidea will entice people
tovisit NewWestminster andcheck out its new water-front.The whole
point is for
people to come down to theQuay and to NewWestmin-ster and to
really rediscoverit. Its changed so much inthe last 10 years, Ito
said.Ito, who grew up in the
Tri-Cities area, has lived inNewWestminster for aboutthree years
now, and hecontinues to be surprised
by how its changed.Ever since they nished
the urban beach last year, Igo down there with my girl-friend
and we hang out, hesaid. I felt like it was ourlittle secret place,
but I feellike everyone should be ableto enjoy that space.And its
not onlyWest-
minster Pier Park thatshould be attracting visi-tors.The River
Market isanother one of Itos favou-rite places to hang out inthe
city.River Market has under-
gone a lot of changes overthe past ve, six years aswell, he
added.With his love of New
Westminster in mind, Itois encouraging couples andsingles alike,
to spendVal-entines Day in the Roy-al City.They can start bylocking
up their love lock atWestminster Pier Park andthen stop by River
Marketfor a bite to eat or some-thing sweet.This is an idea
(Ive
had) since 2013, Ito said.This is a great way to havepeople come
down, and have a shared experience atthe Quay.Some of Itos other
fa-
vourite places in NewWest-minster include Brick &Mortar on
Sixth Street andSteel & Oak Brewing justoff StewardsonWay all
ac-cessible by foot, he added.The idea is purely a so-
cial experiment. Ito said hedoesnt stand to gain any-thing
except the joy itllbring him to see people vis-iting his beloved
city.Its a community proj-
ect much like events suchas Pecha Kucha and QuestNewWest, and he
hopes ev-eryone, residents and non-residents, will partake.The city
is changing,
and I think itd be great foreveryone inVancouver to
really kind of help put NewWest back on the map, hesaid. I think
it could be agreat thing.
News
Showyour loveforNewWestminster
Love this city:Yosuke Itowants NewWest resi-dents to fall
inlovewith thecity for Valen-tines Day. Hesthe drivingforce
behindtheQuay deLAmour.PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER
City resident is hoping his Quay de lAmour project willencourage
people to celebrate in NewWest forValentines Day
I felt like itwasour little secretplace, but I
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Its sneakyandontaxpayers tabWhen the teachers strike
divided the province lastsummer, everyone in B.C.supported the
government nancially, if not philo-sophically.Thats because the
Lib-
eral government shelled out$350,000 for Google adsand sponsored
Facebookposts while classrooms satempty.Except for a few social
media users whove lostdefamation suits, its toughto think of
anyone whos
spent that kind of dough onsocial media.And who got the
taxpay-
ers money?The same mar-keting rm that designedthe Liberal logo
and helpedpush Christy Clark to vic-tory in her bid for the par-tys
leadership.All appar-ently without a contract forthe work ever
having goneto tender.The NDP jumped on the
scandal, admonishing Clarkfor not investing that cashin
education.
Theyre right.The Liberals reached
into our pockets to win ourminds, even as they wereclaiming
there was no moremoney for teachers de-mands.Education Minister
Peter
Fassbender defended the adcampaign on the groundsthe Liberals
had a responsi-bility to present Clarks sideof things a side
apparent-ly inadequately represent-ed on everyTV news show,radio
program and news-
paper article covering thestrike.As evidence of the suc-
cess of the social media on-slaught, Fassbender point-ed to the
huge number ofparents who signed up forthe $40-a-day strike
sti-pend.Apparently we werebought with our own mon-ey not once, but
twice onthat score.What it may also be evi-
dence for is the unfortunategullibility of the public.The
government has real-
ized that sneaking throughthe back door via Face-book into the
homes ofB.C. taxpayers is prettydarn easy.Sponsored Facebook
ads
are advertisements none-theless although to the in-nocent
Facebook user theymay just seem like a friendsposting.Governments
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ing more and more savvy,and, in our opinion, dishon-est in
disguising advertise-ments as news or social me-
dia conversations.And, we suspect, weve
just seen the tip of the ice-berg.If they believe they can
slide one by taxpayers,theyll keep doing it.Clark was elected to
lead,
not to sell.Unfortunately politicians
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pro-Harmo-nized SalesTax folks put for-ward seemingly
reasoned,factually based argumentsfor keeping the tax.The an-ti-HST
side was led by for-mer premier BillVanderZalm, who relied on
emo-tional arguments that wereoften short on facts.The
emotion-based cam-
paign won over the fact-based campaign and theHST went crashing
down.In the transit debate, the
Yes side is throwing out allkinds of facts and gures,hoping that
at least someof them stick in peoplesminds. Raise the sales
tax,they say, and life will gener-ally be better all-around.Rather
than simply stick-
ing to talking about trans-portation projects, theYesside has
gone even furtherto suggest raising the salestax will save lives.
It has en-listed the voices ofVancou-ver health ofcers to makethe
argument that moretransit services will translateto averting 400
deaths a yearand reduce obesity, sincemore people will walk,
cycleand take transit.The health ofcers are re-
lying on aWorld Health Or-ganization measuring toolfor their
argument, but Isuspect many voters will
view this as an overreach.The captain of the No side,Jordan
Bateman of the Ca-nadianTaxpayers Feder-ation, has dismissed
thehealth ofcers commentsas nothing more than scaretactics.For his
part, Bateman is
accused of inating the po-tential cost to the averagefamily
should the sales taxhike go through, and mak-ing various other
mislead-ing comments.He is alsopumping up the risible an-ger and
frustration manypeople feel towardsTrans-Link, and some on
theYesside think thats unfair.In any event, as both sides
continue to make their pitchto the voters, the campaignwill
continue to evolve intoa debate that pits statisticsversus
emotions.TheYes sides chief
strength is its own infra-structure, which consists ofmore than
90 organizationsrepresenting more than250,000 people. If it
canmobilize those folks to voteyes before May 29, it has agood shot
at winning.But, if not, the anger and
frustration that is the base ofso much of the anti-tax
atti-tudes out there will prevail.No amount of reasoned ar-gument
can deal with thatemotion. Pro-HST folkslearned that the hard
way,and the pro-transit salestax folks have to hope theyarent in
for a similar lesson.Keith Baldrey is chief po-
litical reporter for Global B.C.See an extended column
atwww.newwestrecord.ca.
OURVIEW
Opinion
TWASSAIDTHISWEEK...This is about accelerating thattransition
toward a knowledge
workforce economy.
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Trucks are causingbridge troublesDear Editor The signon
theSurrey side ofthe crossing reads Trucks and slow traffic
useright laneonly.
As adaily user of this bridge I see containertrucks, dump trucks
andother large commer-cial vehicles safely cross the spanusing
theirdesignated lane, however, there is also a largenumber of
identical vehicles that takeup theentire roadway for
themselves.
This is clearly amatter of driver compe-tency and skill, andas
such they shouldbeticketed for failing to obey a traffic sign,
anMVA sec. 160 violation.
Enforcementmaybe the key to gettingthese lanehogs to find
another route andcouldpossibly alleviate someof the conges-tionon
thebridge and traffic
throughNewWestminster.VinceUnilowski,NewWestminster
Top 10 reasons to voteyes in referendumDear Editor Theres a lot
of buzz thesedaysaboutwhether to vote yes or no in
theupcom-ingplebiscite on theMayors Council Trans-portation
andTransit Plan.Here are the top10 reasonswhy I amgoing to vote
yeswhen Ireceivemyballot inmid-March:
1.Workingpeople have to spend toomuchtime commuting towork, and
truckdrivershave to spend toomuch time in traffic deliver-ing the
goods and servicesweall need.
2.Weneed tomake transit a practicaloption formorepeople so there
are fewervehicles on the roads. Looking to the future,weneed todo
this because thepopulationofMetro Vancouver is expected to
growbyamil-lionover thenext 30 years.
3. If wedont act on transit expansionprojects,morepeoplewill be
forced todrivethroughNewWestminsters neighbourhoodson their daily
commute.
4.Moneyneeded tomake vital improve-ments to transportation and
transit is not inthe current budget. Already inNewWestmin-ster
twobus routes havebeen cut.Weneed toensurewehave improved services,
not cuts.
5.Weneed improvements tomakeaccessto transitmore equitable
throughout the com-munities inMetro Vancouver.
6. Theplan contains accountabilitymea-sures (annual independent
audits). Themoneyraised through thePST increase is
specificallyearmarked for theprojects listed in themay-ors plan.
Thatswhy I amnotworried aboutTransLinkmishandling the funds.
7. The 0.5 per cent increase in thePSTwillamount in amodest cost
to households.
8. Theplan is comprehensive. Theressomething in it for
everyone.
9. Theprovincial government couldhaveprovided funding for these
improvements overthe last decadebut didnt. I dont see
howvotingnobecause I have issueswith thingsabout TransLink (for
example, high executivesalaries and the fare-gate system)will
leadto the government stepping in andmakingthings better.
Theprovincial government ismore likely to say that thepeople have
spokenanddonothing.
10. Action is needednow. Voting yes is onepositive, tangible
action I, as a conscientiouscitizen, can take tohelp solve our
transit andtransportationproblems.JanePlayer,NewWestminster
TRENDINGLaneway housing yay or nay?
@breebop #NewWest shouldbedoing all it can to increase
affordablehousing. Its time to legalize lanewayhomes!
@ChMacArthur Imnot against coachhomes. But theyre not
provenassolution to affordability. Increase landvalue.
@stickers66Alsomore low-risemul-tifamily options. Create
smaller-scaledensity nodes.
@breebop increases rental stock
tooandoffsetsmortgagepayments
@EricPattison coachhses issuesounds like debatebefore
basementsuites finally legalized.
@CaseyCook_NW Lanewayhousingfits fromaffordability,
environmental,regl goals perspective.West Endw/ lglots& lanes
is ideal
@CaseyCook_NWwecould takeQueens Park as amodel give namesto your
alleys,which thenmakes themstreets, voila, build houses
@rickvugBut Id like to
seedifferentapproachesdependingonuniqueaspects of hood
Q2Q bridge iswinning fans
@CanSpicemyaunt andgrandmotherliveQuayside. Theywant thebridge
sothey canwalk to FrankieGs
@ChMacArthur yes! Thiswill createsuchanicebike trailwithout
anyhills!Queensbo is cool.
@stickers66 Itwill alsomake for a vi-able cycling corridor for
thoseworkingonAnnacis Is.
So,about thosevaccination rates
HasToBeSaid I dont blameparentsfor not vaccinating theirmost
preciousbeings. Even theCDCwebsite says vac-cinations contain the
followingunsafeingredients: aluminum, formaldehyde,msg,mercury
andmore:
NewWest_Mom I love this commentbelow. Its because they are their
mostprecious beings that they SHOULDbevaccinated.Only the
ignorantwouldthink that the tiny amounts of theingredients that are
in the vaccinationsareworse than the effects
ofMeasles,MumpsandRubella. Andwith thenewMeasles outbreaks (due in
largepartbecauseof the ignoranceof thesepar-ents)wewill be seeing
first handhowdangerous they are unfortunately.
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[email protected]
A NewWestminster resi-dent is safe after being res-cued from a
burning build-ing.NewWestminster Fire
and Rescue Services at-tended a re in a three-sto-rey,
wood-frame roominghouse in the 1000 block ofSixth Avenue shortly
after 6a.m. on Friday.Deputy re chief John
Hatch said ve occupantswere in the home at thetime of the re,
includ-ing one resident who hadclimbed from the third oorto a small
roof on the sec-ond oor. Fireghters useda ladder to rescue the
resi-dent from the roof.We assisted ve peo-
ple out of the building, onefrom the side roof, Hatchsaid.
Fortunately, therewere no injuries.Hatch said a resident liv-
ing across the street called911 after spotting the re.Smoke and
ames were
coming from the front ofthe building, Hatch said.Smoke and ames
were
also seen from the laneside.According to Hatch, re-
ghters from theWest Endre hall quickly arrived atthe scene and
found a resi-dent on the roof calling forhelp.The kitchen and
living-
room area were fully in-volved when the rst crewsarrived on
scene, he said.The crews did an excellentjob suppressing the re.The
strong smell of
smoke awoke NanaimoStreet resident RosemaryBell, who woke up her
hus-band Christopher think-ing their home was on re.They raced
around theirhouse to locate the sourceof the re, which theyfound
when Rosemarylooked out the back door.As she was watching
it, it was crackling. Hugeames were coming out ofthe side,
Christopher toldthe Record Friday morning.It is a terrible thing.As
they were on the
phone with 911, the Bellscould hear sirens in the dis-tance.They
could also hearyelling from the burning
house, which they now be-lieve may have been theman who was
rescued.Fire was bursting out
of everywhere, on the side.It was just horrid, Chris-topher
said. I praise theLord the re guys arrived asquickly as they
did.Bell has little doubt the
house would have soonbeen engulfed in ames andgutted without the
effortsof NewWestminster re-ghters.With heavy windsgusting at the
time of theearly-morning re, he saidreghters did a great jobbeating
down the re andpreventing sparks from ig-niting the adjacent
three-storey apartment buildingand his own 1905 home.The re caused
a heavy
smoke to blow around theresidence, which is locatedin the Moody
Park neigh-bourhood.The smoke gotinto the Bells house eventhough
all their windowswere closed.We were coughing in-
side our house, Christo-pher said. We are going tocheck for
smoke damageonce we calm down. It was
thick on our main oor andvery smelly.The citys Emergency So-
cial Services staff is deal-ing with the tenants, whoare now
without homes.Allof the contents of the liv-ing area on the middle
oor
of the house have been de-stroyed, and the entirehouse has
sustained exten-sive smoke and water dam-age.NewWestminster
Fire
and Rescue Services isworking with the New
Westminster Police Depart-ment to conrm the num-ber of tenants
who lived inthe home and to determinethe cause of the re.
News
Aftermath:Thiswood-frame roominghouse in the1000blockof
SixthAvenuewasextensivelydamaged ina fire in theearlymorninghoursof
Friday, Feb. 6. Five residentswere rescuedwithout injury,
includingonemanwhoescaped to the roof.PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER
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two neighbourhoods, ChiefConst. Dave Jones said inthe
release.While the results of our
members hard work is evi-dent in the substantial dropin these
types of crimes inthe city as a whole, the con-centration of
vehicle-relat-ed crime in these two areasis unacceptable, Jones
said.We will continue to targetthose individuals responsi-ble.The
department will con-
tinue its efforts to reducevehicle thefts and car break-ins in
the coming monthsby increasing surveillance ofknown auto theft
suspectsin the area; processing sto-len vehicles for ngerprintsand
DNA; checking in withprolic offenders to ensuretheyre complying
with any
court-ordered conditions;and liaising with the pro-vincial auto
theft unit to in-crease enforcement in thecity.Residents are also
asked
to do their part in prevent-ing cars or property insideof cars
from being stolen,the release stated.The public has the abil-
ity to play a major role in re-ducing auto related crimeby being
proactive and tak-ing preventative measures,Sgt. Chad Johnston said
inthe release.The following is a list of
tips for protecting vehi-cles from theft, courtesy ofICBC:!Use
an anti-theft device orelectronic immobilizer;! Steering wheel
locks pro-vide a good visual deterrent;! Park your vehicle in
well-
lit areas, near pedestriantrafc, if possible;!Dont keep
anythingin your vehicle, includ-ing shopping bags, sparechange,
electronics and briefcases;!Dont keep spare keys orvalet keys in
your vehicle;!Keep your garage dooropener out of sight or take
itinside with you;!Wait for the garage gate toclose behind you so
thievesdont a have a chance to getin the parkade.According to the
depart-
ments crime analysts, Hon-daAccords and Civics madebetween 1990
and 2000 ap-pear to be the most com-mon targets of car thievesin
NewWestminster, but allcar owners should take pre-cautions to
prevent theft.
Continued frompage1
Helppreventcarthefts
A 35-year-old NewWest-minster man is facing a rst-degree murder
charge forhis alleged participation inthe 2012 killing of a
PrinceGeorge man.Following a three-year in-
vestigation into the deathof Jordan Reno, PrinceGeorge RCMP
announcedlast week it had arrested vepeople in connection withthe
22-year-olds death.Reno was found dead
June 23, 2012 at a residencein the 4100 block of KnightCrescent
in Prince George,according to a media releasefrom Prince George
RCMP.Over the course of the in-
vestigation, police began tosuspect Renos death mayhave been a
targeted killingconnected to the drug trade.A handful of suspects
wereeventually identied and,with the help of multiple po-lice
agencies, arrested, ac-cording to the release.
Bradley Douglas Barr ofNewWestminster; LyleWil-liam Baker, 42;
Kevin RoyZaporoski, 47, of PrinceGeorge; and Dustin AllenLindgren,
26, of Edmonton,Alta., have all been chargedwith rst-degree
murder.They are expected in court
this week.A 29-year-old woman
was also arrested in PrinceGeorge in connection withRenos
death.The investi-gation into her involvementis ongoing, according
to therelease.
Cayley Dobie
Crimescene: InvestigatorswithPrinceGeorgeRCMPs
forensicidentification sectionoutsidea residenceon
the4100blockofKnightCrescent inPrinceGeorge following thedeathof
22-year-old JordanRenoonJune23, 2012.
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An editing error in an ar-ticle about the Q2Q bridgein the Feb.
6 issue of theRecord incorrectly attribut-ed a statement to a city
staffreport.
The report did not statethat there is no timeline forwhen the
bridge would bebuilt.The staff report statesthat the city has until
2017to use casino funds for this
project and its estimated itwill take about two to threeyears to
complete the reg-ulatory review, design andconstruction phases of
theproject.
The NewWestmin-ster-based Justice Insti-tute of B.C. is set to
receive$300,000 in funding fromthe federal government torun a
web-based emergencymanagement training pro-gram for workers in the
oiland gas industries.Michelle Rempel, fed-
eral Minister ofWesternEconomic DiversicationCanada,made the
an-nouncement from the NewWestminster campus onFriday morning.The
fund-
ing will go directly towardsPraxis a web-based sim-ulation tool
that both theschool and the governmentsay will improve the
deliveryof emergency managementtraining to workers in isolat-ed and
remote locations, ac-cording to a media releasefrom the
ministry.Praxis will be used to de-
velop a wide-range of prob-lem-based scenarios, whichwill help
employees andmanagers develop their crit-ical thinking and
decision-
making skills in emergencysituations, in a safe
learningenvironment, the releasestated.Workers in the oil and
gas industries will have therst crack at the new simu-lation
program to see howeffective the online tool isat training employees
in re-mote locations.In 2012, Praxis received
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What was it like to workon (Columbia Streetback then)?
It was interesting; it wascertainly not built up theway it is
now. It was most-ly old buildings. ColumbiaStreet had been
renovatedabout 10 years before inthe 1950s into the
(Golden)Mile.There was not a lotof population east of here.It was
pretty much barrenland.
But the people who livedin Coquitlam or theVal-ley, they did
come to NewWest to shop?
Yes, there wasnt a giantshopping mall in every com-munity.The
downtownmeant something.
Where we you guys locat-ed in the `60s?
We were on the corner ofColumbia and Eighth Street(where the
Salvation Armyis now).We were there for20-odd years.
Why did youmove?
Needed more space a jew-elry store that existed formany years
was going outof business, into retirement,basically.
When did you take overthe business?
Early 80s, ... Father con-tinued to come in ve daysa week for a
good part ofthe `80s and `90s until heslowed down a little afterthe
turn of the century. Hewas still coming in two daysa week until his
death aboutfour-and-a-half years ago.
By the time the `80s hit,it had gone from beingthe GoldenMile,
then itwent to being ...
Drug dealers mile ... wehad drug dealers like every100 feet down
the street.The police cleaned it upeventually, and the
rede-velopment of the street hascertainly helped in that
re-gard.More people living inthe neighbourhood makesmore people on
the street,makes for safer streets. Nowwe are on the upswing
now.
A lot of times, people talkabout pawnshops beingconnected to the
drugtrade.How have you hadto deal with that?
I dont know where theserumours start. I know alot of our poor
image hascome fromHollywood inthe `50s and `60s, but thereis
absolutely no relation-ship between drug deal-ers and pawnbrokers;
theydont own anything, theyvesquandered whatever theyhad.They dont
have any-
thing to pawn or borrow on,which is what pawning isabout lending
money.
Who are some of yourclients that come in withitems, and why do
theycome in to see you?
We deal with everybodyfrom the working poor upthrough the
middle-middleclass. Generally our custom-ers fall into two
categories:those that have no creditavailable, owing to unem-
ployment history or poorcredit in the past or what-ever.And
those that havecredit available but havereached the limited of it
andstill cant get along or have atemporary problem.
How do you also avoidpurchasing items thatmay have been
stolen?
Its really easy to tell. If youwere to walk in with a cam-era
and I ask you somequestions about it and youcant answer them, I
knowits not your camera. If youcome in with a guitar andcant play a
chord, I knowits not your guitar.Well in-vite you to try
somewhereelse.We arent just interest-
ed in anything thats not le-git; its a losing proposition.
What do you guys do ifyou believe its stolen?
Unless Ive got absoluteproof of something, theresnot much I can
do.The po-lice dont want to be calledon my suspicion, eventhough
theyre only nextdoor. One of the things wedo rst is ask for
govern-ment-issued photo ID everytime, and the criminal ele-ment
know right away thatthere is going to be a papertrail leading back
to them,and they are just not inter-ested in dealing with us,which
is perfectly ne withus its perfectly mutual, sostolen property is
really notan issue.
Have you ever had stolenitems in the store?
Oh, absolutely, and mosttimes its somebody whobought it six or
eightmonths ago.The time it wasstolen was two years ago,and its
been through nu-merous hands and there isjust no trail to follow,
andthe person bringing it in hasno idea.
What are some of themost valuable pieces thathave come through
yourstore?
Usually our diamonds: larg-er diamonds, two-, three-,four-carat.
I think the mostexpensive item weve had in
here was a painting by Em-ily Carr ... probably sev-en or 10
years ago. It waspawned. It was purchasedlocally at a very famous
auc-tion, and the borrower didwant to sell it, and I even-tually
found another buyerfor (it).
Howmuch did you sellit for?
I think it was $110,000. ...I made a very small broker-age fee
on it.
What are some of themost popular items yousell?
Without question, gold jew-elry and diamonds.Theytend to hold
their val-ue pretty good comparedto everything else. Elec-tronics,
tools ... prices havejust plummeted in the lastve years.You see the
adsfrom Best Buy and FutureShop and everybody else.If youve bought
aTV inthe last ve years you knowwhat I am talking about.Cameras
(are) the same. Infact, cameras are headingfor obsolescence with
cell-phones. No young personowns a watch or a cameraanymore.
So what are some of theother items besides thegold and the
diamondsthat sell or some of theusual collectibles thatyour eyes
light up whenyou see?
From autographed base-balls, to all kinds of oddsand sods that
work on nowand then, but we see almostanything except clothingand
furniture.
What about musical in-struments?
Its still a very minor sta-ple, but bottom line, youngpeople
today dont seemto have the attention spanthey did 20 years
ago.Theydont want to spend six or12 months learning to
playsomething when they canlearn a video game in 20minutes.There it
is, its sadactually.
Its almost like an an-thropologist could comeand study pawn
shops tosee the evolution of cul-ture.
I can tell you better andfaster than any economistwhat the
economy is doing,because Im dealing with itat ground level,
daily.
So, how is the economydoing?
Not well.Weve been in re-cession for seven years, con-trary to
government reports... its been ugly. Retail isvery difcult right
now inall elds, people are scrap-ing by, and theyre not earn-ing
good money and puttingsome away.They are justmaking ends meet. Its
sad.
City Beat
Occupation
Why is he in the news?
ENTREPRENEUR
Michael Isman
Since hewas a teenager,Michael Ismanhasworkedin the pawn shophis
fatherstarted onColumbia Street60 years ago thismonth.
Howard IsmanopenedRoyal City Jewellers andLoans during the
heydayof theGoldenMile, thenicknamegiven to thebusy commercial
stripthat attracted suburbanshoppers. At 14,Michaelwould trek into
the officewith his dad from theirVancouver home for hissummer job
at the familyshop.
Despitemore economicups anddowns in downtownNewWest than
thewaterlevels on the Fraser River, the
shophas endured since themiddle of the last century
offeringmostly loans (forevery 100 loans theymake,about 94 get paid
back,Michael says) to those inneed of quick cashwithout acredit
check.
Over the years, RoyalCity Jewellers has also doneits part in
giving back tothe community by holdingan annual silent
auctionfundraiserwith ties that areautographedby celebrities.The
fundraiser has broughtin approximately $250,000for theGreater
VancouverFoodBank Society, Michaelestimates.
Interview by Niki Hope
PROFILE
PAWNSTAR Michael Isman is a familiar face
indowntownNewWestminster.He runs the60-year-old
familybusinessRoyalCity Jewellers.PHOTOFILE
Mostexpensiveitem?EmilyCarr
painting.
NewWestminster RECORD WEDNESDAY February 11, 2015 11
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Community
A longtime contributor tothe Royal City passed awayon Feb.
2.Terry Featherstone
worked with the NewWest-minster Fire Departmentfor 34 years,
retiring as anassistant chief.Along withworking for the re
depart-ment, Featherstone was ac-tive in many local organi-zations
including Gyro, theCanadian Club and Sons ofNorway.Featherstone was
a long-
time member of the HyackFestival Association, servingas its
president in 1985, andwas a member of the RoyalLancers. He also
served oncity committees, includingemergency advisory.He was very
active, very
supportive of the city, any-thing to do with the city,said
former mayorHelenSparkes, who was a neigh-bour of Featherstones
atdifferent times. He wasvery, very nice, a gentleman-ly guy.A
celebration of life is
taking place at Buchanan
Lodge, 409 Blair Ave., onFriday, Feb. 13 at 11 a.m.In lieu of
owers, the familyrequests donations to Buch-anan Lodge.
KIDSPORTNEWWEST
AIMSTOHELPKIDS
KidSport NewWestwants to spread the wordthat it wants to help
localkids play sports.The group provides
grants to families to helpNewWest kids register andparticipate
in organizedsports, when funding wouldnormally be a barrier
toparticipation. Kids are eligi-ble to receive $300 annual-ly, an
increase from $200 inprevious years.JenArbo, treasurer/regis-
trar of the local chapter, saidthe organization provid-ed
$22,503 to 127 kids in2014, an increase from the114 children and
$20,307distributed in 2013.Volunteers are wanted to
help out at events and dobehind-the-scenes work likegraphic
design,Arbo said.For more information or
to make a donation to Kid-Sport NewWest, visit
kidsport.newwest.ca.
PECHAKUCHA
GOESGLOBAL
PechaKucha NewWest isgoing global.Neal andMelindaMi-
chael,who launched thePechaKucha NewWest inJanuary 2013, are
present-ingVolume 8 on Friday,Feb. 20 at River Market.The event
will coincide withthe second Global Night,which will see hundreds
ofcities hosting an event onFeb. 20.For those who are unfa-
miliar with PechaKucha, 10presenters from a range ofelds will
share their proj-ects, inspiration and pas-sions though 20
imageslasting 20 seconds each, fora six-mintute-and-40-sec-ond
presentation.PechaKucha NewWest
Volume 8 gets underwayat 6:30 p.m. with music byNamoo Nara and
craft beerfrom Steel & Oak. LongtailKitchen and Re-Up BBQwill
stay open a bit later toserve food until the presen-tations start
at 8 p.m.Tickets are $7.50 and
available at www.pechaku-cha.org/cities/new-westmin-ster.
DISCOVERYCENTREHELPS
EDUCATORS
Fraser River DiscoveryCentre wants to help kidsget a better
understandingof the Mighty Fraser.After three years of de-
velopment, the NewWest-minster-based non-protscience museum is
launch-ing a free resource kit foreducators about the
FraserRiver.The resource kit, de-signed with B.C.s schoolcurriculum
in mind, en-courages students to explorethe same issues facing
theFraser River that the Glob-al Rivers Observatory scien-tists are
studying, includinggeography, ecology, industryand climate
change.The kit is the product of
an international partner-ship between Fraser RiverDiscovery
Centre and theWoods Hole Oceanograph-ic Institution in
Massachu-setts, which leads the Glob-al Rivers Observatory in
astudy of water chemistry in18 rivers around the world.You can
download the
My River My Home Re-source Kit for free at
www.fraserriverdiscovery.org/MyRiverMyHome.
City loses gentlemanlyvolunteerTheresaMcManusAROUNDTOWN
[email protected]
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Tickets go on sale March 1st
Sarah, daughter of Kathy Copeman and Rob Stewart, is a
17 yr old student at New Westminster Secondary where
she is a cast member of the upcoming NWSS Drama
production of Footloose.
She enjoys dancing and has completed all Royal
Academy of Dance exams up to and including
Advanced Level 1 and has performed with the Royal City
Youth Ballet for the past 8 years where her proudest
moment was dancing the solo role of Big Arabian.
Sarah also enjoys horseback riding (and was a volunteer
for Pony Pals Therapeutic Riding Program for 3 years),
hiking with her Dad and spending time with friends. After
graduation she plans to take a year off of school and
work to find out who she wants to become in the future.
Who are you most inspired by and why?
Hope Swimmer from the wild life rescue organization in
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Arts & Entertainment
Music may be the foodof love but dont forgetabout art.100 Braid
Street Studios
is hosting a special event onValentines Day a Paintand Sip Love
Birds PaintNight.The evening will give
people a chance to enjoy aglass of wine and light ap-pies while
painting theirown masterpieces.The stu-dio provides all the
paintsupplies, and the instructorwill lead everyone step-by-step
through the painting.
No painting skills are nec-essary just a fun eveningthats almost
more aboutthe party than the paint,the studio promises in
awrite-up.The class begins at 7 p.m
and will wrap up at about9:15 p.m.Registration is $35 per
adult, or $60 per couple (ortwo adult friends).Another fun even
at the
studio is coming up on Fri-day, Feb. 13 a class calledPainting
on Stone Real-ly Rocks, which is open toadults and kids aged
eightand up.Artist (and studio own-
er) Susan L.Greig will
help people try out a varietyof techniques that can beused to
create art for yourgarden, as gifts, as paper-weights or as fridge
mag-nets.Materials are includ-ed, but if you have a specialrock
youd like to try paint-ing on, you can feel free tobring it
along.Doors open at 6:45, and
the class starts at 7 p.m.,winding up around 9:15p.m.The studio
also offers a
host of other camps, class-es and workshops for allages.You can
nd outmore about the studios atwww.100braidststudios.com.
NEWMEDIAGALLERYCELEBRATES LOVEAnd still more love on the
arts front ...Looking for a lovelyVal-
entines evening? Stop into the Anvil Centres NewMedia Gallery to
check outthe opening reception forAmour Fou.The Feb. 14
reception
will include complimentarychocolate (always a bonus!)and a cash
bar, and it runsfrom 7 to 9 p.m.Sarah Joyce, director
and curator of the gallery,describes the exhibition inan email
as a romantic, in-candescent glory of an exhi-bition.
Eleven international art-ists expose love in all itsmessy,
destructive glory ...tied up in a big, stained bowof misbehaviour.
Large-scale projections will bathein the white glow of an
off-kilter neon love note, thegallery website says. Manyof the
works conjure up apotent cocktail of memory,cinematic history and
celeb-rity identity.The gallery willbe stripped back, its
under-belly revealed. Deranged,dark and fertile lledwith
sound.Amour Foucharts an obsessive journeyto love gone wrong.Well,
with a billing like
that, how can you not be in-
trigued?The exhibition, bythe way, represents the workof artists
from seven coun-tries.If you miss the opening
reception, you can stop in tothe NewMedia Gallery onthe third
oor of the AnvilCentre (777 Columbia St.).Its open 10 a.m. to 5
p.m.every day, and 10 a.m. to 8p.m.Thursdays.The exhibi-tion runs
until April 12, andadmission is always free.ToRSVP for the
reception ornd out more, [email protected]. Check out
www.newmediagallery.ca.Find Julie MacLellan on
Twitter,@juliemaclellan.
PaintyourwayintoyourvalentinesheartJulie MacLellanLIVELY
CITY
[email protected]
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Sports Sport to report?Contact Tom Berridge 604.444.3022 or
[email protected]
Thewall:GeorgeThompson, right, hadahuge21-kill outingagainst
Vancouver IslandUniversity inPacWestmens
volleyballatDouglasCollegeonFriday. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER
Douglasclosing inontitleRoyals sweep third-placeVancouver Island
[email protected]
Douglas College hasall but wrapped up thePacWest mens
volleyballregular season title.With just four games left
on the schedule, the Royalsswept two key matchupswith
third-placeVancouverIsland University at homelast
weekend.Second-year outside hit-
ter GeorgeThompson hada monster opening gamefor Douglas,
registering21 kills, four blocks andtwo service aces in a 3-1win
over the visitors fromNanaimo last Friday.The Royal men dropped
the opening set 31-29 tothe Mariners but were onform for the
rest of thetwo-day series.Freshmen hitters Matt
Santema and Carson Hep-pell both contributed dou-ble-digit
offence to Fridayswin.
Santema had 12 kills,while Heppell contributed13 kills, four
digs and twoblocks.AhmadMustafa Haq
and Scott Devlin also con-tributed at the net towardsthe Royals
76 points of to-tal offence that included acombined 57
kills.Douglas nished off the
opening match 25-22, 25-23, 25-16.On Saturday, the Royals
knocked offVancouver Is-land in three straight sets 25-20,
25-21, 25-20.Heppell led the way with
11 kills, three digs, twoblocks and two aces, whileSantema added
10 kills,six digs, two blocks and anace.The wins improved the
colleges record to 17-3, afull six points ahead of cur-rent
second-place schoolCamosun College at 14-6.Vancouver Island
Uni-
versity is two points backat 13-7.
The Royals nish uptheir regular season sched-ule close to home
against11-9 Columbia Bible Col-lege at Douglas this weekand
last-place CapilanoUniversity the followingweek in a
home-and-homeseries.In PacWest womens vol-
leyball, the Royals slippedto 4-16 following a rever-sal of
fortunes in their two-match set againstVancou-ver Island.The Royals
lost 3-0 and
3-1 to the third-place Mar-iners at home last weekend.In PacWest
basketball,
both the Douglas men andwomen split their roadweekend matchups
withVancouver Island Universi-ty and Camosun College.The
third-place wom-
en lost 60-49 toVIU inNanaimo on the openingleg of theVancouver
Islandswing.Rachel Beauchamp led
the Royals with 14 points
and seven rebounds.Douglas fared better in
Victoria, downing Camo-sun 61-38 on Sarah Jorgen-sons game-high
16-point,12-rebound contribution.Beauchamp also chippedin with 13
points and sixboards, including ve offthe offensive glass.The split
left the wom-
en at 10-6, six points be-hindVancouver Island and12 points shy
of unbeatenQuest University.The Douglas men also
fell toVIU, 91-61.MalcolmMensah and
Kirstian Hildebrandt ledthe Royals with 17 and 13points,
respectively.Justin King posted a
game-high 28 points on11-of-16 shooting for theMariners.The
following night,
Douglas came back froman 11-point decit to de-feat Camosun
84-74.Men-sah had 24 points and 10boards for the Royals.
FieldgirlscrowdthepodiumatprovincialsTeams nish with silver
medals
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NewWestminster girlsteams both won silver med-als at the B.C.
Lacrosse As-sociation provincial youtheld championships in Lan-gley
over the Family Daylong weekend.The Bellies u-15 ban-
tam girls team was nippedin overtime 7-5 by RidgeMeadows in the
champi-onship nal atWilloughbycommunity park onMon-day.The under-12
Salmo-
nbellie girls also lost asqueaker, falling 4-3 to Sur-rey in the
gold-medal nal.The u-15s were unfor-
tunate to come out on thewrong side of extra timewith the
undefeated regularseason champs in the cham-pionship game.In a nal
game that saw
each team exchanging leads,NewWest led after the rsthalf, but
was forced to playcatchup in the latter half.(The team) worked
so
hard. Im so proud of them.They denitely gave thema run for their
money, said20-year-old coach AlexLund-Murray.Andreea Serbanescu
was
named the player of thegame in the championshipnal and the
overall u-15tournament MVP.Caitlyn Croxen and Na-
ddyMorrison shared thegoalkeeping duties for NewWest.Jessica
Soenen was the
NewWest teams Fair Playaward winner.Ridge Meadows won the
u-15 league with a 14-0-0record, while NewWest wasrunner-up at
10-4-0.The two teams did not
meet up in earlier groupplay.NewWestminster went
through the early roundwith a 2-0-1 record. Itsonly blemish was
a 9-9 tiewith Langley.The u-15s defeated even-
tual bronze medallist PortCoquitlam 7-5 in their
opening game.They alsobeat consolation nalistAdanacs 8-4 in
their nalgame of Day 2.It was a phenomenal last
game and a great way to goout, said Lund-Murray.Burnaby, which
placed
third in league play, failed tomake it to the nal four.Nicole
Kuhn was Burna-
bys Fair Play winner.In u-12 preliminary
round play, Surrey knockedoff the NewWest girls 7-2 inthe
opening game of Day 2Sunday morning.The u-12s were 3-1 in
group play, including a 5-1win over the regular seasonchampions
and eventualthird-place Ridge Meadowsclub.They also chalked
upvictories over Langley andAdanacs #2.Heidi Sweeney, Oliv-
ia Smith andAvery Deanscored goals for NewWestin the gold-medal
nal.Goalie Jenay Rennie
of NewWestminster wasnamed the u-12 tourna-ment MVP.NewWest
coach Doug
Sweeney was awarded theFair Play coach.AshleyVye was New
Wests Fair Play winner.Courtney Lund-Murray
and Nikita Bagg were se-lected the Fair Play ofcialsat the
provincials.The Salmonbellie boys
came away disappointed atthis seasons provincials.The u-19Tier 1
regular
season champions won theleague with a 12-1-1 record,but were a
modest 2-3 atthe B.C.s.The boys opened with an
8-5 loss to the league run-ner-up and eventual goldmedalists
Port Coquitlam.NewWest also went
down to defeat 6-4 to Lang-ley, which placed third witha 7-5-1
record in the regu-lar season.In the bronze nal, Delta,
fourth-place league nish-ers and earlier 11-5 losersat the
provicials, eked out a13-12 victory over the Roy-al City club.
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Sports
Thecountdown:SimonFraserUniversity senior ErinChambers, inwhite,
is just 50points away fromanall-timecareerGreatNorthwest conference
scoring record.PHOTOLISAKING
RCCCrinktoextraendHostVernon skip defends provincial mens
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It took a successful nalshot to the four-foot circleto beat
Royal City CurlingClubs Dean Joanisse.The 2007 provincial
mens champion was nar-rowly nipped by defendingchampion Jim
Cotter ofVer-non 7-6 in extra ends at theB.C.mens curling
champi-onships on Sunday.Tied 5-5 after a deuce
by Joanisse in the eighth,the two teams swapped sin-gle ends,
forcing an 11thend with Cotter holding thehammer.Cotter, who has
won four
of the last ve B.C. titlesand Joanisse lying two, hadonly to
place his nal rocknear the button to return tothe mens Brier.
The Joanisse rink of thirdPaul Cseke, second JayWakeeld and lead
JohnCullen, was also edged 10-9by Cotter in the A eventseminal.The
NewWest foursome
led 6-3 after ve ends, butCotter kept chipping awayat the lead
before eventual-ly taking an 8-7 advantagewith a triple in the
eighth.Joanisse replied with two
in the ninth, but Cotter re-turned the favour in the10th end to
move on to theA nal.In the B event, Joanisse
nipped former RCCCskip Brent Pierce 6-5 inthe quarter-nals and
thenclubmate Sean Geall 7-6 inthe semis before winning aberth into
the playoffs 8-6over KimberleysTom Bu-chy. Buchy also made the
nal in the A event, butdropped that one 5-3 to theeventual B.C.
champion.In the playoffs, Joanisse
beat Cotter 8-5 to earn aspot in the provincial nal.Joanisse
made steals of
one in both the third andfourth ends to take a one-point lead.
He kept the mo-mentum up with a deuce inthe sixth and a single
stealin the ninth to move to thechampionship nal.Cotter then eked
out a
7-6 win in 11 ends overPierce to force the rematchwith
Joanisse.In an exciting seminal
that saw ve lead chang-es, Cotter got back to the -nal with a
single in the -nal end.The mens Brier will be
held in Calgary from Feb.28 to March 8.
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