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Daniel Fontaine isn’t keen about the ideaof taxing toothpaste to pay for transit.

As a transit user for the better part of twodecades, Fontaine said he’s a “huge fan” ofthe SkyTrain and bus system. He has con-cerns, however, aboutTransLink’s propos-al to generate money for transportation andtransit improvements through a 0.5 per centincrease to the provincial sales tax in MetroVancouver.

“My concern relates to the type of tax. Iam not sure that taxing toothpaste to pay fortransit is the right way to go,” he said. “Whenyou tax toothpaste, yes, you are generatingrevenue and you will get income to pay fortransit; I fully acknowledge that.What youare not doing is you are not linking it to

Daniel Fontaine says gas taxmakes more sense than hikingthe provincial sales tax

CONFLICTED NewWest resident Daniel Fontaine is a huge fan of transit but isn’t fond of the plan to hike the property tax to raise funds for the region’stransit and transportation services.He’s leaning towardvotingNo in theupcoming transit referendum. PHOTOLARRYWRIGHT

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Former MayorWayneWright topped allspenders in election spending in the 2014civic election, but newly elected Mayor Jon-athan Cote had a little help on the fundingfront from his friends.

Wright was once again the top spend-er in the NewWestminster civic electionwith $72,102 in expenditures, topping the$61,263 he spent in 2011. Cote, the three-term councillor who dethroned the sittingmayor, spent $63,572 on his campaign.

Along with an $8,500 gap in spending,the top two mayoral campaigns also differedin terms of supporters.

Wright’s campaign included $14,850 in

donations from individuals, $6,100 frombusiness or commercial groups, $500 fromthe Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. (hislone labour union donation) – and a whop-ping $50,650 from corporations.Wright’sbiggest contributions came from:WeigungReal Estate – $7,000; Master Piece Prop-erties Ltd – $5,250; and Gondola Hold-ings Ltd., Plaza 88 Developments Ltd.,Blue Sky Properties, Aragon Developments,Gateway Casinos and Entertainment – eachwith $5,000.

Cote, who was endorsed by the NewWestminster and District Labour Coun-cil, received $16,733 in contributions fromtrade unions – more than many councilcandidates spent on their entire campaigns.His $63,568 in contributions also includ-

ed $36,570 from individuals; $8,700 fromcorporations (including top donations fromWesgroup Properties – $2,500, Bosa Prop-erties – $2,000 and Hyack Interactive –$1,250), and $1,565 from unincorporatedbusiness/commercial organizations.

Cote also partnered with city counciland school board candidates who were en-dorsed by the NewWestminster and Dis-trict Labour Council on some expenses.The group shared election expenses for anumber of things including telephone can-vassing ($4,562 for the group), a large post-er, a leaflet, poll card brochures and a mail-out, a group photo, a newspaper wrap and apoll card in the Punjabi language.

Cote’s portion of these expenses rangedfrom $9 for the poster to $1,943 for a news-

paper wrap.Pamphlets, signs and advertising, includ-

ing newspaper ads, are always among thetop expenses for civic election candidates.Wright and Cote also had expenses for of-fice space and salaries for campaign staff.

The two other candidates running to bemayor of NewWestminster didn’t comeclose toWright and Cote’s donations or ex-penses, with James Crosty spending $5,640on his second mayoral bid andVladimirKrasnogor spending $231.

On the council front, first-time candidatePatrick Johnstone topped all spenders, with$23,352. Johnstone, who was elected tocouncil, received contributions from a rangeof donors including CUPE B.C. (donationsof $1,500 and $1,250) andWesgroup Prop-erties ($1,000).

Whospentthemosttowinyourvote?Financial disclosures:NewWestminster mayoral candidates get big bucks – from different sources

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ANEWBEGINNING: JoeyLe, ownerof Joey’s VideoStopon12thStreet, sayshe’s looking forward tonewendeavours after his shopwas robbed in January. Police recovered someof the thousandsofDVDs stolen, but itwasn’t enough to reopen the store. PHOTOLARRYWRIGHT

TakingtimetogrieveThieves stole store’s contents, but didn’t steal its owner’s [email protected]

Joey Le is grieving theloss of his longtime busi-ness in NewWest – butlooking forward to new en-deavours.

Le is the owner of Joey’sVideo Stop on 12th Street,a business that was hard hitby thieves at the beginningof January. Police recoveredsome of the stolen DVDs,but not enough to allow thebusiness to carry on.

“We lost 8,000 DVDSand the police have got 70,”Le says. “I had hoped theywould have the computersand at least 1,000 or so ofmy DVDs.”

The movie distributorwho supplied merchan-dise to Joey’sVideo Stop in-dicated it could take up to$40,000 to replace the sto-len DVDs, but the store’stwo computers are irre-placeable; they have datadating back to 1982 andshowing all the movies cus-tomers have rented.

“People come in and say,‘Hey, did I see this mov-ie before?’ I just go in andI can tell them,” Le says.“I have every single de-tail there about custom-ers. For that loss, I have noidea how to serve. I don’tknow what the people need.

I have no information left.They stripped me to thebone because I have nomeans of helping others.It’s not about the DVDs –it’s about the service.”

As much as he loved con-necting with the communi-ty through the video store,Le has decided to closeshop. He’s renting the spaceat 936 12th Street until theend of February and willbe in the store daily to saygoodbye to any customerswho drop by.

“It’s a time for me togrieve as well as say good-bye,” he says. “For oth-ers, something important isgone.”

Le has been touched bythe outpouring of supportfrom community members,some of whom have offeredto donate hundreds – oreven thousands – of DVDsto help him rebuild.

“People want to give theshop a chance,” Le says.“Without the computers, Ican’t do anything.”

Once the initial shock ofthe theft wore off, Le hadto do some soul searchingabout whether to carry onor move on.

“If you came into thestore before and talked tosome of the customers,they were my family,” saysthe NewWestminster resi-

dent. “The shop is so won-derful. I laugh from the be-ginning of the day. I neverhave a minute to be upset.Some days, at the end ofthe night, I’m driving homethinking of all the jokespeople say.You rarely seecustomers walk out of thestore with an angry face. Imake them laugh.We laughwith each other.”

Running a video store

may not offer a huge in-come or carry enormousprivilege in society, says Le,but he loved every minuteof his job.

“I found my purpose. Itell people it’s a blessingwhen you find a job thatyou love to do,” he says.“At the end of the day, Ihad done something for mycommunity, for the peoplearound it. I have childrenafter school nearby that ranup to give me a hug beforethey go home.What kind ofjob gives you that?”

Last summer, a young

girl who attends a nearbyschool told Le she would bewalking home from schoolon her own when hermother returned to work.

“I said, ‘look, don’t youworry. I’m in the middle ofyour school and your home– if anything happens toyou, just walk back to mydoor and I will take care ofyou. I know your mom’swork number, and I willcontact her,’” he says.

A week after school start-ed in September, a teacherfrom the girl’s school visitedJoey’sVideo Stop.

“She said, ‘I want to meetyou Joey.’ I said, ‘why?’She said a student of hershad an assignment to writeabout the safest place onearth. One of the studentswrote about the store, andshe wanted to know why,”Le says. “I stood there andtears were rolling out of myeyes.”

Although Le has beenquick to offer a smile or ajoke to customers, he oncesuffered from severe de-pression and has shared hisstory with customers whoare facing similar mental-health issues.

“When you are at thebottom, you can only go up.I was there,” he says. “We

ArrestmadeinWestEndassault

NEWSINBRIEF

A NewWestminster manhas been arrested for al-legedly assaulting a busi-ness owner on 12th Streetlast fall.

On Sept. 10, 2014, localpolice officers were called tothe 600 block of 12th Streeton reports a fight was un-derway. By the time offi-cers arrived, the suspect wasgone.The victim sustainedserious but non-life threat-ening injuries.

Because of the severity ofthe alleged attack, investiga-tors with the department’smajor crime unit took overthe case.

Thursday, police arrest-ed a 29-year-old NewWest-

minster man in connectionwith this incident, stated amedia release from the po-lice department.

David Faucher is nowfacing several charges, in-cluding one count of rob-bery, one count of aggra-vated assault, one count ofpossession of counterfeitmoney and one count of ut-tering counterfeit money(meaning the accused eitheroffered to or used counter-feit money as if it were gen-uine currency).

Faucher was releasedfrom custody with condi-tions. He is scheduled to ap-pear in court on March 4.

– By Cayley Dobie

The City of NewWest-minster’s towing servicemay not be a huge mon-eymaker, but it offsets theneed to spend money inother ways.

Along with providing gen-eral towing duties, the city’stowing operators are trainedto deal with a variety of af-ter-hours services requestsand emergencies includ-ing water, sewer, streets,sidewalk, parks and otheremergency calls, as well asto respond to poor weath-er conditions, such as snowand floods, that may need tobe tackled by the engineer-ing operations division.

“By having the ability torespond quickly to all of theabove emergency events, theoperation is able to mini-mize potential costs/ dam-ages to both the city andresidents,” stated a staff re-port. “The need to havestaff on for standby cover-age has also been eliminatedwith the implementation ofthe towing service, a savingsof over $85,000 in the pastfive years.”

According to a staff re-port, the towing services op-eration has generated morethan $3.1 million in the lastfive-year period and per-forms an average of 3,000tows each year. Of thesetows, 50 per cent relate toICBC and the ICBC Coun-ter Attack program, 14 percent are impounds, 19 percent relate to the NewWest-minster Police Department

and City of NewWestmin-ster bylaws, eight per centare private tows and nineper cent are tow to vehiclesin the city’s fleet.

The towing operation’sannual revenue is $618,175for the past five years, whileits annual expenses are$627,063. Its best financialyear was 2014, when thetowing operation had netrevenues of $12,121.

Staff reviewing the tow-ing service believes the af-ter-hours service and abilityto respond quickly to a widerange of emergency situa-tions justifies the need forthe service for the city andcitizens.

“While towing servicescurrently operates as a mar-ginal business proposition,it provides added benefitsand services to many,” con-cludes the report.

Coun. Chuck Puchmayrsaid the towing service hasgenerated $3.1 million inrevenues in the past fiveyears, but it has also savedthe city from $400,000 incallout and overtime wag-es and benefits. Overall, hesaid the service has providethe city with a net savingsof $440,136, as the city hasnot had to hire additionalstaff for maintaining parkingmeters and other positions.

“I think this has been areally exciting project,” hesaid. “You could call it con-tracting in.”

– ByTheresa McManus

... it’s a blessingwhen you finda job that you

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behaviour.What you’re do-ing is essentially punishingthe purchase of a consumerproduct – you are not link-ing it back to transit.”

Fontaine supports an in-crease to the gas tax to fundtransit improvements inMetroVancouver.

“The gas tax has success-fully raised a lot of moneyforTransLink for the betterpart of a decade,” he said.“Those dollars go direct-ly into transit.There’s a link

between the amount of fuelyou consume and the dis-tance driven, and how muchyou pay.There’s a directlink: drive more, pay more;drive less, pay less.”

If the Mayors’ Council onregional transportation hadlooked at the gas tax as anoption for raising funds forits transportation plan, Fon-taine would have been moreopen-minded about its deci-sion to go to the provincialsales tax.

“My concern is it starts at

0.5 and there’s nothing say-ing that in five years or 10years it’s not going to be oneor two per cent,” he said.“I have lived on this plan-et long enough to know thattaxes rarely stay stable.Theydo move.They do go up.There will be an increasingpressure to generate morerevenue. It will be easier forthem to tax the toothpastethan to increase bus fares orput the gas tax up.”

With gas prices havingdropped in the past year,

Fontaine believes the May-ors’ Council missed an op-portunity to increase thegas tax as a means of gen-erating revenue for transitand transportation improve-ments.

“I remember when thecarbon tax was put ontofuel, people raised theirhands and were upset. Nowpeople don’t even remem-ber the carbon tax is in thefuel price. It is just paid,” hesaid. “I think we could haveexplored that a bit further.”

Beginning March 16,MetroVancouver residentswill be receiving mail-in bal-lots in the mail and will haveuntil May 29 to vote on theMayors’ Council’s plan.

The proposed 0.5 percent increase to the provin-cial sales tax would be usedto generate funding to ex-pand the regional transitand transportation systemfor services such as morebuses, Pattullo Bridge re-placement, rapid transitalong the Broadway corri-

dor inVancouver and lightrail transit in Surrey andLangley.

Fontaine said he doesn’toften share the same viewon issues as Burnaby MayorDerek Corrigan, but agreeswith him that the Mayors’Council’s plan serves up abig wishlist of mega projects.

“There is a lot of stuffin there,” he said. “I think,perhaps, there should havebeen better priority settingand not so many mega proj-ects.”

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Incumbent Coun. JaimieMcEvoy – who has toppedcouncillor spending in thepast two municipal elec-tions – was close behindJohnstone with a $23,172campaign.That’s less thanthe $28,776 he spent in2011.

McEvoy received $16,735in campaign contributionsfrom individuals – includ-ing his own contributionof $15,735, $2,250 fromcorporations and $4,187from trade unions.

Council incumbent BillHarper spent $19,046in his successful bid forre-election. His contribu-tions came from individu-als – $5,275; corporations– $6,575 (including $1,500fromWesgroup Propertiesand $1,500 from Port RoyalVillage Development) andtrade unions – $7,212.

First-time candidateTejKainth, who placed eighthin the race for six seats oncity council, spent $15,437on her campaign.

Veteran Coun. LorrieWilliams spent $13,181 onher campaign. She received$6,000 in donations fromindividuals (includingher own contribution of$5,000), $1,250 from cor-porations (including $750from Bosa Properties) and$5,637 from trade unions.

David Brett spent $9,423in his attempt to get a seaton city council. He placed10th in the race.

Newly elected Coun.MaryTrentadue spent$8,015 on her first cam-paign for NewWestminstercity council.

Her campaign includednearly $7,000 in uniondonations, as well as someindividual donations andcorporate contributionsfromWesgroup Properties –$1,000 – and Bosa Proper-ties – $750.

Not far behind in electionspending was incumbentCoun. Chuck Puchmayr at$7,557. His campaign in-cluded $3,764 in contribu-tions from unions, $2,058from individuals and $2,000from corporations.

Sapperton residentCatherine Cartwright spent$7,033 and former council-lor Calvin Donnelly spent$6,001 in a bid to reclaim aseat on council.

Queensborough residentGavin Palmer spent $5,197on his councillor campaign.

Scott McIntosh, the sonof longtime city Coun. BettyMcIntosh, spent $4,792on his election campaign.Although he wasn’t en-dorsed by the NewWest-minster and District LabourCouncil, McIntosh did geta $1,500 donation fromCUPE B.C.

Downtown business-man HarmWoldring spent$2,070 on his campaign andlongtime resident Jim Belldoled out $2,039.

Trailing behind in elec-tion spending were: John

Ashdown – $1,714; MikeFolka – $1,661; MargeAshdown – $1,280;TraceyBlock – $719; Raj Gupta– $554; and Gerry Liu –$469.

Matt Kadioglu ran themost frugal campaign – hedidn’t spend a cent.

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What We Heard: OPEN HOUSEDate: Saturday, February 28Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm (drop-in)

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The City hosted the LOVE OUR CITY Neighbourhood Visioning ProcessWorkshop earlier this month where more than 150 communitymembers shared their ideas about how OUR CITY should grow. Sincethe workshop, City staff, the Advisory Group (volunteer communitymembers appointed by Council) and the consultants have furtherexplored the ideas generated at the workshop.

The Open House will share the outcomes of this visioning processand find out what the community thinks! Staff, the Advisory Groupmembers, and consultants will be there to answer questions andgather feedback.

The explorations of this workshop process and the Open Housefeedback will be used to help the City develop land use plan options andproposed policies which will be brought to the community for furtherinput and discussion.

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MoretransparencyneededinprocessWe are astounded at the

revelation this week that theOffice of the Police Com-plaint Commissioner is in-vestigating alleged mis-conduct by 16 AbbotsfordPolice Department mem-bers.

The case centres aroundone officer who is nowcharged with breach of trustand obstruction of justice,as well as 16 other officersin the force.

At issue is the “integrity

of statements” officers usedwhen applying to judges forsearch warrants in drug-re-lated cases.

Convictions of crimi-nals related to the investiga-tions are already being re-viewed, raising the prospectthat some of them may betossed out.

Even worse is the pros-pect that some of thosebehind bars today werewrongfully convicted. Eitherway, it brings the justice sys-

tem into serious disrepute.By now, police agencies

ought to know judges canand will throw a case outon a technicality if charterrights are abused.

We say the antidote tothis problem is more trans-parency and accountability.

Already, B.C.’s po-lice watchdog legislationis weaker than most otherprovinces.The police com-plaint commissioner doesn’thave the power to compel

testimony and each step ofthe complaints process iscarried out behind closeddoors with scant publicscrutiny.

The RCMP’s process fordealing with complaints andofficer misconduct is evenmore opaque with mattersgoing down a black holein Ottawa and rarely heardabout again.

Officers are suspended,usually with pay, for yearswhen they are under inves-

tigation for everything fromcriminal misconduct to ha-rassment.

Not only does this erodethe public’s confidence inthe police system and thejustice system, but it alsomust irk a lot of good, hard-working officers who haveto keep their mouths shutand toe the line.

When you’re working ina system that is tasked withholding others accountableto the rule of law, it seems

to make sense that that sys-tem is held up to a higherstandard. At this point, thepublic, rightfully, may thinkit’s a lower standard.

We hope our minister ofjustice is paying very closeattention to this and re-membering a fundamen-tal principle of policing in afree society is that author-ity for officers is supposedto be matched by commen-surate accountability to thepublic they police.

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DeJongsteersLiberalship

A prominent B.C. busi-nessman phoned me the oth-er day, wanting to know who,exactly,“ran” the B.C. gov-ernment.

He knew enough of politicsto know the answer wasn’tnecessarily Premier Chris-ty Clark.While her prede-cessor, Gordon Campbell,very much “ran” his govern-ment in that he had his handson all kinds of levers, she hasopted for a more hands-offapproach.

Clark delegates a lot of au-thority and control to keycabinet ministers, deputiesand senior staff.

But there appears to beone key figure who Clark al-lows to steer the B.C. Liberalship more than anyone else,and he was on full public dis-play last week.

I’m talking about FinanceMinister Mike de Jong.

He controls the govern-ment’s purse strings and, asgovernment house leader, itslegislative agenda as well. Hiscautious approach to bud-get-making means he keepsa tight rein on governmentspending, which means fel-low cabinet ministers mustanswer to him for their bud-gets.

While there is no questionthat Clark is very much incontrol of her government, deJong has emerged as a par-ticularly influential mem-ber of her inner circle (whichincludes LNG MinisterRich Coleman, Jobs Minis-ter Shirley Bond, and staffersDan Doyle, Michelle Card-ario, Chris Gardener, NeilSweeney and Ben Chin).

De Jong is in charge of de-livering what is the B.C. Lib-eral government’s numberone priority every spring: abalanced budget.

Everything else takes aback seat to that accomplish-ment, and as a result all gov-ernment programs (i.e. thesize and funding of them)flow from that balanced bud-get.

The veteran politician hasbecome a sort of “Dr. No” ingovernment, as he insists on afrugal approach to managinggovernment finances.Thatmeans a lot of spending re-quests don’t get far with him.

“Bending down the healthcare spending curve” was Job1 when de Jong took over thefinance portfolio a few yearsago. He was well aware that ifthe health-care budget con-tinued to enjoy lofty increas-es such as five or six or sev-en per cent that any hopes ofbalancing the budget wouldbe dashed.

So he has insisted that an-nual increases to the healthbudget had to come in at lessthan three per cent (whichtranslates to roughly $500million a year).There werewidespread doubts this couldbe accomplished, but it hashappened for several yearsnow – and that’s a huge rea-son why the budget can bebalanced at the end of the fis-cal year.

And it’s another reasonwhy de Jong, more than any-one other than the premierherself, has the most notice-able personal stamp on thisgovernment.

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Why I’m voting ‘No’in the referendumDear EditorWhy is it themayors/TransLinkwantmore,more,more? Every year “they”needmore tax revenue,more employees,morewages/benefits, etc., etc., etc.Butwe, the taxpayer, get less, less, less! Lessmoney in our take-homepay/pension, less inthewayof services, less in thewayof benefits!Themayors need to take lessons onhow tomaintain services – both at TransLink and intheir owncommunity –with lessmoney!Here are a few ideas for you:1.Quitwastingmoneyonnon-binding refer-enda.2.Takenomoreof awage increase for yourselfthanwhat a retiree gets.3.Negotiatewage increases for city employeesthatmatchwhat a retiree gets, and freezehir-ing, instead re-deploying employees intomoreefficient configurations; eliminate empire-building. Howmuchdid that fancy little pickupwith all that fancy equipment costme,Mr.Mayor, for twoNEWpolice officers to policetruck safety (and, by theway, isn’t that apro-vincial responsibility onaprovincial roadway,which iswhat Royal Avenue is deemed tobe, Ibelieve).4.Reduce thenumber of TransLinkCEOs toONE–paid at the same rate as those in com-parable positions!5.Recover ALL themoneywastedonCompass(that alonewouldprobably havebuilt aNewWest/Surrey crossing, (or created) the trains toUBCandLangley).6.Plug the loopholes in the fare collectionsystem–nopay, no ride!7. Insist employees spend timeproductively– 15-minute coffeebreaks only twice aday,no extended lunchhours, nopersonal emails,texts, printingpersonal stuffon supplies (thehardware, the software, the consumableslike paper, ink andpower) I’ve paid for. I’mtiredofwatchingpublic employees take longcoffeebreaks and standing around chattingin little groups (e.g., the $100,000 transit copsall gathered in little cliques at practically everytrain station).8.Turn theheat downa fewdegrees in all city/TransLink facilities – your employees are allwell-enoughpaid to afforda sweater or abit ofexercise to get the fat-cat chubbiness in check.9.Work towardsmoney-optimizing goals –howabout onemunicipality insteadof howmany separatemunicipalitieswe currentlyhave in theGVA (we’donly bepaying for onemayor, onepolice force, one fire department,etc)?10.MakeTransLink accountable to thepeoplewhopay them–not someoverpaid non-elect-edboard (which I’mholdingmy tonguenot tore-name).I could goon, but I think youget the idea.Nowgoout andearn thepay chequewe’veelected you tobe collecting! Quit passing thebuckon tous –weelected you tomanage,managebeing theoperativewordhere, thevast resources in your variousmunicipalitiesandTransLink. Goandmanage them–youhave enoughmoney –wehavenomore togive you (and I bet you’re double dippingbyacceptingpay fromTransLink too, aren’t you).AND, oh ya, do your jobs andQUITWASTINGMONEYONNON-BINDINGREFERENDA–not tomention $20,000bills (inNewWest, that is) topush this stupidity!MaryGagnon,NewWestminster

TRENDINGReaders not sold onreferendum spending

NinaHalinaPeople don’twant thisextra tax, nomatter howhard theCityofNewWest andothers campaignfor it. This is just another example oftaxpayers’ hard-earneddollars beingused topromote anunpopular idea.People aren’t stupid – they’ve hadenough! Sadly, the governmentwilljust likely rama tax increase topay forthis latest TransLinkmoney grabdownour throats anyway.

R.Dot There seems tobea fair amountof controversy and skepticismabouthowwell TransLink is beingmanaged.Would it nowbeprudent to see theseissues addressed (or discredited)before handing themmore cash? Theintended improvements are nodoubtworthwhile, butwhat’s thepoint ofthrowing goodmoneyafter bad?

@PJNewWest If a YES votemeanssafer streets and reduces evena singlefatal accident, #NewWest taxpayerscomeout ahead.

@604Kev@PJNewWest@TheRecord#NewWest needs a YES vote, I’mwor-ried!

@_gumbamaybe#NewWest shouldspend themoneyonmonthly transitpasses for those in need.

Parks! Parks! Parks!#SurveySunday

@TourismNewWest #SurveySunday:#NewWest has anabundanceof parks.Wewant to knowwhichparkdo youlove themost?

@laragerrits Lovebeing able to strollwith a coffeeand look at all elementsofworking Fraser River. #NewWest#SurveySunday

@ScottRitchlingsGlenbrookRavine!I love seeing the little creekbypassthedrain that shamefully swallows it.#NewWest #SurveySunday

Would you like to seelacrosse at NWSS?

EmmaScott I’d love a soccer academyatNWSSby 2016 (whenmy sonwill bethere) or sooner! Canadadesperatelyneeds to improve their standings insoccer on thebig stage and it needs tostart now.

Trimmed tax hike stilla no go for residents

TrishWebster Tax increase regardlessof the ‘yes or no’ vote???

ZarenaAnneNomore.Wealreadypayoneof thehighest property taxes in theLowerMainland!


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can take the journey to-gether – call me, talk to me,laugh with me.”

Le, who currently lec-tures in communicationsfor small businesses at Si-mon Fraser University, hasa medical degree and a mas-ter’s degree. His varied workbackground includes work-ing inVictims Services fortheVancouver Police De-partment and as a medi-cal doctor – jobs that endedwhen he suffered depres-sion.

“That was also a bless-ing,” he says of his five-year battle with depression.“Now, people come to meand say, ‘I feel so bad rightnow, I can’t handle it.’ Oneof the guys came to me andsaid, ‘Joey, tonight I cometo say goodbye to you be-cause you won’t see me to-morrow.’”

Le closed the store andtook the man out for a cupof coffee, which ultimatelythwarted his plan to commitsuicide at midnight.

“We just laughed. I toldhim what had happened to

me. He couldn’t believe it.I told him what happened,how it happened.We talk-ed about things,” he recalls.“Guess what? Midnightpassed.We didn’t even lookat the clock.”

When the two partedways after their coffee mar-

athon, Le wasn’t sure whatthe man had decided to do.

“I didn’t hear from himfor two weeks. I was keep-ing my eye on the news fortwo weeks, everyday,” hesays of the fear the man mayhave followed through withhis plan. “Two weeks lat-er, guess who showed up atthe door? He walked in – hewas so tanned and happy.”

With connections like

that, the theft may havemade it easier for Le tomove on to new challeng-es and close the shop. Forthe past few years, he’s beenputting some of his savingsinto the city’s last remainingvideo store to keep it afloat.

“Sometimes you lovesomething so much, but youstart to realize it’s holdingyou down,” he says. “It’s aweight.”

While he’s made the de-cision to move on from thestore, Le knows in his heartthat his future will includehelping people and volun-teering in the community.After enjoying a month’s va-cation in March – his first in13 years – Le will spend therest of the year completinghis PhD in international re-lations and then embark ona new adventure.

“I’ll walk away with myhead held high.When onechapter closes, a new onewill open up,” he says. “In2016, the city will see anew Joey come back – big-ger and better. I don’t knowyet what I am going to do.Something will come up.”

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Sing it loud:Gail SudermanofNewWestminster leads theGoodNoiseVancouverGospelChoir,which ispresenting its annual gospelmusicworkshopandconcert Feb. 28andMarch1. LINDSEYBUCHHOLZPHOTO

Cityresidentto leadgospelmusicseminarHallelujah Praise:Motown MeetsGospel promises fun and inspiration

When the Good NoiseVancouver Gospel Choirpresents its highly antici-pated annual gospel mu-sic workshop and concertat the end of the month, aNewWestminster residentwill be at the helm.

Gail Suderman is the ar-tistic director of the choir,which is offering up Halle-lujah Praise: Motown MeetsGospel at Ryerson UnitedChurch inVancouver Feb.28 and March 1.

The event includes a day-long workshop on Saturday,Feb. 28 from 9 a.m. to 4p.m., in which gospel enthu-siasts can join the 90-voiceGood Noise choir and re-nownedVictoria-based sing-er-conductor Louise Rose.

On Sunday, March 1 at3:30 p.m., the workshopculminates in a public con-cert featuring some 140voices joining together insong.

“This year’s musicaltheme for Hallelujah Praiseconnects the smooth R&Bsounds of Motown withgospel music by focusingon songs from artists whosuccessfully integrated thetwo styles,” Suderman saidin a press release. “Sincemany Motown artists of the1960s sang in churches pri-or to launching successfulpop careers, there is plen-ty of natural crossover to be

found.The music also pro-vides a fun-filled energy thatis sure to set a positive andinspiring tone for partici-pants and audience mem-bers alike.”

The event features hitssuch as StevieWonder’sHave aTalkWith God, Mi-chael Jackson’s Heal theWorld, Diana Ross’s ReachOut andTouch Somebody’sHand, and Jackie DeShan-non and David Ruffin’s Puta Little Love inYour Heart.

Along with Rose – who’srenowned as a jazz pia-nist, vocalist and conduc-tor-coach – the workshopparticipants will be joinedby instrumentalists MichaelKalanj, Laurence Molle-rup, Elliot Polsky, IngridStitt and Suderman herselfon piano.

The workshop costs$110, or $80 for studentsand seniors.

Registration forms can bedownloaded from goodnoisevgc.com.

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Arts

Abattle tothedeathCity actor stars in dark send-up of corporate [email protected]

It’s a cutthroat world outthere for ITSAZOO Pro-ductions.

TheVancouver theatrecompany is presenting TheCompetition is Fierce, a newplay by Sebastien Archiba-ld, from March 3 to 22 inthe ShopTheatre at Rene-gade Studios.

Appearing in the showis NewWestminster’s ownMarilyn Norry, a well-known face on theVancou-ver stage.

She’s one of the stars ofthe work set in a dystopi-an corporate future where“climbing the companyladder” entails gladiatorialcombat to the death.

Norry appears as the psy-chopathic CEO Madelinein the play, which followsthe story of two white-col-lar workers – a timid lackeyand a handsome loner – asthey battle to the death fora high-profile job.

The play also stars Ra-chel Cairns, Chris Co-chrane, Carlo Marks andAndrewWheeler, and it’sdirected by Chelsea Hab-erlin.

Archibald, who’s also theco-artistic producer of IT-SAZOO, said his inspi-ration for the piece was a“volatile” telemarketing jobhe worked in university.

“The job was highly com-petitive, with huge turnover,a contemptuous attitude to-ward employees, and cliché-ridden corporate rhetoricthat was taken far too seri-ously,” he said in a press re-lease. “More recently, I’vebecome deeply interest-ed in psychological studiesshowing the statistic successand prevalence of psycho-paths in the corporate envi-ronment. The Competition isFierce is the filtered productof this new fascination and

decade-old experience.”The Competition is Fierce

is onstage at Renegade Stu-dios, 125 East Second Ave.,Vancouver, from March3 to 22. It’s onTuesdaysthrough Sundays at 8 p.m.

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“I’m troubled by it,”Lar-son said.“I will greatly missthe people I’ve been work-ing with really deeply.Theseniors we have in our com-munity are vibrant and di-verse,determined and cre-ative. I’ve learned so muchfrom them.”

Larson has been workingwith both planning tablesfor more than five years.Shestarted with the New Westtable – Seniors Planning andAction Network (SPAN) – in2008 and Voices of Burna-by Seniors in 2009.She co-ordinated the groups’meet-ings and activities,managedcommunication,took min-utes and applied for grantsfor programs and initiatives

they wanted to pursue.TheUnited Way was providing$25,000 per year for eachplanning table,which cov-ered Larson’s position.

Volunteers sit on bothplanning tables and workwith local organizations andcivic governments to im-prove their respective com-munities for seniors.For ex-ample,the New Westminsterand Burnaby planning ta-bles both spearheaded cam-paigns to make their city-scapes more accessible toeveryone,especially seniors,by changing sidewalks andramps to help people inwalkers and wheelchairs.

The planning table workwill continue but on volun-teer labour,Larson said.

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That may be difficult inNew Westminster,accord-ing to SPAN chair Bill Zander,who’s worked with Larsonfor years.

“Mariam is a wonderfulperson,as a gerontologist,but also as our coordinatorand our mentor,she doesthe organizing,”Zander said.“SPAN is not going to oper-ate like it did,that’s for sure– if we continue to operate– and some people think itmay not,but we’ll have tolook at that in March,which

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The St.Thomas More Knightsmarched into the B.C. high schoolAA girls’ basketball championshipsafter a banner-winning effort at theLower Mainland championships.

Leilani Carney was named theMVP and STM teammates ZionCorrales-Nelson and Nikko Saha-gun were both named all-stars fol-lowing a 56-33 victory over LittleFlower Academy in the Mainlandchampionship final at STM onSaturday.

“As a team we really wanted this.It’s something we wanted from thebeginning of the season,” said Sa-hagun, who had 11 points for theKnights in the final game.

From the opening tip-off, STMcame out with jump, building a15-4 first-quarter lead before giv-ing some of that momentum backto the Angels, who made someground with a strong second-quar-ter rally.

But in the second half, STMshowed little quarter, holding theNo. 5-rankedVancouver indepen-dent to single-digits in both quar-ters, while also dominating at theoffensive end.

“I know my team has a powerfuldefence, and we used it today. I’mreally proud of my team,” said Sa-hagun.

Corrales-Nelson led all scorerswith 14 points, six rebounds andfive steals, while Carney chippedin with 11 points and four of theteam’s 23 total thefts.

Jessica Hanson had a team-best11 points for Little Flower.

STM also controlled the back-boards in the final, hauling down41 rebounds, including 19 off theoffensive glass.

Nadine Stewart had a game-higheight boards for the Knights.

Xenia Dumont came out inthe third quarter with three quickbuckets, while Carney and Saha-gun nailed back-to-back threes todouble the score to 38-19 late inthe frame.

The Knights then opened the fi-nal quarter with a comeback-killing

11-2 start.In the semifinal, STM sur-

vived a scare fromVancouver rivalNotre Dame, coming back from sixpoints down in the final four min-utes of play with a game-changing14-4 run to advance to the champi-onship final with a 63-59 victory.

Corrales-Nelson led the Knightswith 13 points, 11 of them comingin the second half.

The Knights also got past NorthShore No. 4 Bodwell College 69-51 in the quarter-finals on Car-ney’s 22-point contribution. Sa-hagun added 14 points, includingfour treys in the win.

“This is a year I really want tocount,” said Sahagun, a Grade 11guard/forward. “It’s the last yearwith our seniors and it’s special tome to make it a good year and a

big blessing.”The Knights will enter the B.C.

high school AA provincial champi-onships as the No. 1 Lower Main-land seed. Seycove and NotreDame earned the No. 3 and 4seeds, respectively, at the Mainlandchampionships.

The AA provincials will be heldat the Langley Events Centre fromMarch 4 to 7.

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The Lion queens roaredat the Lower MainlandAAA high school girls’ bas-ketball championships.

Unheralded and un-ranked, Burnaby Mountaindid what many would haveconsidered the impossible,earning the school’s first-ev-er appearance at the B.C.high school AAA champi-onship following an upset

92-85 overtime victory overthe provincial honourablemention Argyle Pipers onSaturday.

Trailing by as many as adozen points in the secondquarter to the North Shorechamps, Mountain seniorguard Alix Gabriel postedback-to-back three-pointersto bring the No. 9 seed towithin five points.

Twin sister Brooke Ga-briel canned a long three tostart the third quarter, and

Alix drained the fourth ofher game-high five treys toput the Lions back on eventerms with seven minutesleft to play in the period. Itwas a dogfight the rest ofthe way.

After a rather unexcep-tional first half by Moun-tain, few would have ex-pected what was to come,despite the Lions’ near-up-set over the same Argyleteam in the quarter-finalearlier in the tournament.

“We worked so hard, butthis is earned,” said Alix,who scored 22 points andadded six rebounds andfour steals in the histo-ry-making final. “Winningsome big games gave ussome confidence.We won itbig with heart. ... I’m so ex-cited, I can’t wait.”

Neither, it appeared,could Grade 11 guard Jac-ey Bailey.

Tourney turner:JaceyBaileywasnamedMVP. PHOTOLARRYWRIGHTContinuedonpage15

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NewWestminster won asilver medal at the B.C. un-der-12Tier 1 youth field la-crosse championships.

Kai George laid a hugeopen-field hit in NewWest’sopening game againstVic-toria that set the tone forthe rest of the tournament,”said u-12 coach Daniel Pat-tison.

“Everyone hopped onboard after that. It was thestory of our tournament,”Pattison said.

Kirk Bothwell went onto post a shutout in the 6-0win overVictoria.

The u-12s won theirgroup following a 6-2 winover Pacific Coast runner-up Ridge Meadows thanksto what Pattison said wasthe “team’s best second halfof the season.”

They then advanced tothe gold-medal final with a5-4 semifinal victory overSurrey, the league’s third-place-finishing club.

Ezrah Glanville led theu-12s with a hat trick in ev-ery tournament game, in-cluding an 8-6 loss to reg-ular season championAdanacs in the provincialfinal.

Big stick Kieran Isbisterwas named the winner ofNewWest’s Fair Play award.

“It was the best coach-ing experience I have had,watching the kids battle andsee how far they could go,”said Pattison.

Pac Coast u-16 leaguerunner-up NewWestmin-ster took home a bronzemedal at the B.C.s, fol-lowing a 10-3 victory overRidge Meadows in theTier

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The Lower Mainland tournament MVPwas nothing short of sensational in the con-solation final, taking charge in the secondhalf and leading the Lions to victory with agame-topping 38 points and 19 rebounds.

Bailey scored 29 points in the secondhalf, including 19 in the final quarter anda backbreaking three in overtime that gavethe Lions a 10-point lead with less than twominutes left in the added fifth period.

“I’m really happy. I don’t think it’s actual-ly set in that we’re going to the provincials,”Bailey said after the game.

Argyle star Sophie Swant, who left thegame in the third quarter, with what ap-peared to be a turned ankle, returned mid-way through the fourth quarter and helpedthe Pipers regain the lead.

With 53 seconds to go, Alix replied witha timely three and Bailey gave Mountain atwo-point lead with less than 20 seconds lefton an end-to-end bucket. But Swant sentthe game into OT, calmly draining a pair offree throws. Swant led the Pipers with 29points.

However, the extra time belonged to Bai-ley and the Mountain Lions.

Bailey scored 10 of the team’s 15 pointsin extra time, stealing the third and finalMainland berth into the provincials.

“I actually don’t know where it comesfrom,” said Bailey after the game. “It justhappens.”

The B.C. AAA girls’ championships willtake place at the Langley Events Centrefrom March 4 to 7.

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Smoothas silk:BurnabyMountain’s JaceyBailey goesup for twoofher team-high21pointsagainstBurnabySouth ina consolationquarter-finalmatchup.Bailey tallied91 total points inher last threegamesat theLowerMainlandAAAchampionships tohelpearnMountain its first-everappearanceat theprovincials.PHOTOLARRYWRIGHT

U-16spickupfieldbronze1 consolation final.

NewWest’s Parker John-son was named the u-16tournament MVP.

Harry Shirley also hadwhat co-coach Mark Ne-grin described as his “bestgame of the year,” scoring agoal in the final, while alsocounting a wrong-handedtally in a 6-4 win over PortCoquitlam in the openinggame.

The u-16s also finishedpool play with an unbeat-en 3-0 record, but lost theirsemifinal matchup 9-4with eventual championand regular season winnerAdanacs.

“We played hard,” Ne-grin added. “They stillwanted to win somethingand they came through atthe end.”

Axel Bernoe was namedNewWest’s Fair Play win-

ner.Adanacs outscored Lan-

gley 10-4 in theTier 1 u-16final.

NewWest’s u-14Tier1 team, league winnerswith an 11-2-0 season re-cord, failed to make it tothe playoff round, finish-ing pool play with a 1-1-1record.

NewWest’s Johnny Edintook home the team’s FairPlay award.

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