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Youth, 18, stabbed to death

Richmond Fire-Rescue battled a mighty blaze Sunday night at River Road and No. 7 Road, near Rusty’s Auto Towingyard. Three dump trucks were already engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene. The fire has been calledsuspicious. For more photos look online at www.richmond-news.com. Photo by Shane MacKichan/Special to the News

An 18 year-old was stabbed todeath Saturday night in the 6500-block of Mang Road, near GranvilleAvenue and Gilbert Road, accordingto police.The incident, labelled by police as

a “dispute,” has sparked the city’sthird homicide investigation for2014.The RCMP Integrated Homicide

Investigation Team (IHIT) saidTuesday it is still seeking a motivefor the death of David Lee, whosefamily has been notified of hisdeath.

Lee was stabbed at around7:30 p.m. and Richmond RCMPresponded to the area, cordoningoff both Mang Road and adjacentComstock Road to the north.Lee was taken to hospital, but

died less than an hour after theattack.

Alan CampbellStaff [email protected]

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INVESTIGATION

Truck blazesparks probe

Police and fire officials in Richmond are investigating asuspicious fire that broke out shortly before midnight Sunday.Fire crews arrived to find three dump trucks ablaze in a

remote corner of a parking lot in the 15000 block of RiverRoad, near No. 7 Road.The crews did their best to contain the blaze, which was

close to Rusty’s Auto Towing yard.The fire was located at the far back of the huge compound

and firefighters had to force the gate open to gain access.Four units and 11 firefighters from Richmond Fire-Rescue

attended the scene. Crews remained on the scene until the firewas struck down after close to two hours.The property where the fire took place is owned by Gary

Tonks Ltd and the three dump trucks were owned by BillPower Inc.An investigation is underway and it’s understood the fire is

currently being treated as suspicious.


Fire near towing yard ‘suspicious’

One man is dead after a stabbing incident on Comstock Roadin central Richmond. Graeme Wood/Richmond News

IHIT believes weekend attack was the result of a ‘dispute’

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City pumps at a premium

Is a 48-year-old bylaw causing gasstations to go the way of the dodobird here in Richmond?The city has 19 gas stations,

ranking ninth among MetroVancouver municipalities, despitehaving the fourth largest population.Richmond, as well as Coquitlam, is

unique to the region for having a bylawthat makes full-serve stations mandatory,with no option for self-serve.In 2003, the issue of self-serve

gas pumps came before city councilafter gas station owners lobbied tointroduce a mix of full- and self-service. City staff supported theamendment but council deniedchanging the law, which was initiallycreated in 1966 out of concerns forsafety. Later on, in the late 1980s, itwas believed the stations promotedyouth employment. Such sentimentswere echoed in 2003.Eleven years ago, the city had

24 gas stations and since then fivefewer stations are now serving closeto 30,000 more residents and about12,000 additional vehicles.The writing was on the wall,

according to real estate consultantTimAnkenman, who helpedspearhead the 2003 Equitas lobbygroup.“We forecasted that when we were

telling council what the industryproblem was,” saidAnkenman.Among the problems is/was that

at full-serve stations, customers areless likely to get out of their vehiclesto purchase convenience items.Combine this with the need to addadditional employees to pump gas,and it means stations become lesscompetitive.Independent gas stations are few

and far between in the city; other thanDomo and Super Save Gas, largemultinational corporations operate allof Richmond’s gas stations.

Ankenman noted gas companiesare slowly pulling out of the citywhen faced with the prospects ofhaving to renovate.“It’s one thing to continue running

old gas stations, but it’s entirelyanother to invest in a new full-servegas station when there’s not a returnon investment.So when it comesto renewal,companies aresaying ‘forget it,let’s just close,’”saidAnkenman.Gas stations

continue tomaintain self-serve prices inRichmond, further hurting their profitmargins, addedAnkenman.“Despite council’s decision, the

service station companies didn’t wantto punish their customers becauseof the bylaw. So they operate full-service at self-serve prices,” he said.“The bottom line is…it’s far less

popular for a service station to be inRichmond,” he added.Among the 10 most populous

Metro Vancouver municipalities,only Vancouver has a higher car togas station ratio than Richmond,

based on the most recent, annualICBC passenger vehicle statistics andrecorded gas stations on bcgasprices.com.Vancouver has 5,400 vehicles per

gas station while Richmond has 5,263vehicles per station. Meanwhile,Burnaby has 3,225, Surrey, 4,600 and

Delta, 2,080vehicles perstation. MapleRidge takesthe cake forconveniencewith 1,900vehicles perstation.Of course,

various factorscan contribute to different consumerneeds in different regions, such asproximity to workplaces and transit.Ed Citton, manager of real estate

development for Imperial Oil,said various factors can play intonot redeveloping gas stations inRichmond, such as high water tables,land value, storage tank age, as wellas the municipal process.“There are a number of factors and

it does include any bylaws withinplace — whether that’s full-serve orsplit-serve — or whether I can get

a car wash, there’s a whole lot ofreasons,” said Citton.His company operates Esso

stations, two of which have recentlybeen abandoned on No. 3 Road andNo. 1 Road.So is the bylaw contributing to

inconveniences?Not according to at least three city

councillors, who replied to inquiriesfrom the Richmond News.Coun. Linda McPhail noted there

hasn’t been any complaints in herthree years on council and “if it’s notbroken, we may as well not go there.”Coun. Bill McNulty and Coun.

Harold Steves noted Richmond’saging population and the continueddesire for full-serve.Both said there doesn’t appear to

be a need for more stations.Steves said more people will be

taking public transit in the futureand cars are more fuel-efficient thanyesteryear.McNulty noted, “at one time gas

stations provided more services thanthey do now.”In 2003, Vince Miele, a community

champion for disabled rights, pannedthe bylaw amendment proposal andhas not changed his tune.“I feel exactly the same way now.

Richmond and Coquitlam are theonly two places that only have full-serve, so everyone gets treated thesame,” said the chair of the RichmondCentre for Disability.Miele noted Richmond residents

still get full-service at self-serveprices. He also said split-serve gasstations elsewhere purport to offerfull service but the reality is anythingbut.“Try to get service at 10 p.m. You

can’t,” said Miele.

City councillors originally insistedon full-service gas stations forsafety reasons and to help youthemployment. File Photo

Richmond has few gas stations relative to its population and vehicle usage.

Graeme WoodStaff [email protected]

Fifthfisheriesopeningforsockeyecatch

Commercial gillnetfishers were back on theFraser River Tuesday,working a 9 a.m. to 5p.m. shift, catching asmany sockeye salmonas they can fit on theirboats.

It was the fifthopening of the yearfor fishers. A sixthopening will happen onThursday from 10 a.m.to 6 p.m.

So far, as of Monday,an estimated 5.3million fish havepassed by Mission.The Department ofFisheries and Oceansis now estimating asockeye summer runof 8 million fish buthas yet to offer up anestimate of the latesummer run, whichis expected to be thebiggest.

“Extremely highfractions of Frasersockeye continue toemigrating via theJohnstone Strait route,”noted a DFO fisherynotice on Tuesday.

Water temperatureswere 1.8 degrees Celsiusabove average and therivers flow was 21 percent below average.

Various First Nationgroups were affordeda 42-hour commercialopening betweenFriday and Sunday.

When it comes to renewal,companies are saying‘forget it, let’s just close.’- Tim Ankenman

NEWS

Second new slate arrives

Another new political slate hasunearthed on the Richmond municipallandscape.The Renew Richmond Association

announced today (Tuesday) that it willreveal on Thursday four candidates to runin the forthcoming city council and schoolboard elections in November.Details are scarce as to who those four

will be and what they will stand for.However, current school trustee Grace

Tsang is known to be one of the quartetwho will be unveiled at a press conferenceat the Pantry Restaurant on St. Edward’sDrive on Thursday.Earlier this summer, the Richmond

Community Coalition launched with citycouncillors Chak Au and Ken Johnston atthe forefront of the new slate.

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Renew Richmond Association to launch Thursday

Victim: No criminal recordAccording to IHIT, a second male was

injured during the incident as a result offalling down.Media had initially reported a second

stabbing.Lee had no criminal record and police

have made no arrests and have nosuspects.

As of Tuesday, IHIT said it wasn’tknown what connection the victim hadwith the suspect.Anyone with information is asked

to call the IHIT tipline at 1-877-551-4448, or, to remain anonymous, callCrimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.With a file from Graeme Wood/

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The City of Richmond is stopping one stepshort of requiring new townhouses to havesolar hot water panels.In a bid to improve energy efficiency, a

proposed bylaw amendment went to a publichearing Tuesday and should it pass throughcity council, new townhouses will need tobe solar hot water panel ready and meet aminimum EnerGuide rating of 82; that’s twosteps higher than the present BC BuildingCode rating of 80, which may soon rise to 81.The bylaw comes amidst a development

onAlberta Road promoting solar panels onsome of its units. It’s believed to be the firstpromotion of its kind in the city.Homes with ratings of 80-90 out of 100

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water, take years to pay off (depending ontheir size) but once they do, they provideenergy cost savings, effectively makingmoney for the homeowner.The report notes “more action” needs to be

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“Stuff.” We all have it; probably morethan we need; especially if we’re living in asinge-family home or large apartment but ourchildren are now adults and living elsewhere.If that’s the case, it may be time to think

about how to make life a bit easier and morestreamlined instead of trippingover all that “stuff” that’s takingup an unoccupied bedroom.Well ponder no more, as

CARP Richmond-Delta ishosting a free seminar on down-sizing for aging baby boomersat Minoru Place Seniors CentreThursday at 1 p.m.“It’s the sequence of life

where you get to the pointwhere the kids leave andyou have to downsize thingsand simplify things,” saidVictor Pauls, chair of CARPRichmond, a volunteer organization thatpromotes healthy and active aging.The seminar — billed as ‘Don’t let your

stuff keep you from moving’— will seepresentations from a real estate agent, apersonal organizer and a senior residenceconsultant.Pauls said the target audience is anyone

who is either considering moving out of theirhome for a smaller place or anyone whowants to de-clutter their home.The ultimate goal is to promote a more

active lifestyle, free of the material objectsthat are no longer needed.“I think it will be a meaningful thing for a

lot of people,” said Pauls.The retired dentist also noted planning for

retirement is much different than it was 20-plus years ago. He said housing affordabilityin Metro Vancouver is a major considerationfor those thinking about downsizing.He also said many people may be like him,

in so much that they still have children andgrandchildren to entertain but require help

in clearing away a few things, instead ofmoving out altogether.“I know my kids have said to us, ‘Hey

mom and dad you gotta clean up yourhouse,’” quipped Pauls, a 77 year-old withfour adult children and nine grandchildren.One guest speaker will be real estate agent

Sabrina Shaw, who sees a trend developingamongst aging people in the city.

“There’s a bulk of peoplewho are beginning to think,‘maybe we want to do moreand have less,’” said Shaw.She said people often

make the mistake of wantingto find a place that fits thedining room set, however, sheand others are there to assistpeople in considering findinga new set that fits their actualneeds.“Younger generations don’t

want the dining room tableor the tea sets. …And we see

people holding on to things for sentimentalreasons,” said Shaw.Shaw said people who have lost a spouse

or those who are in a second marriage areoften in need of organizational help beforeselling their home.“When people get to midlife — and

they’ve amassed a lot of stuff and thosethings have served them well — they come toa point where they need to do away with (thestuff),” noted Shaw.Also speaking at the event will be Susan

Borax, a professional organizer, and GeoffCowman, a senior residence consultant.Among many things, Cowman will be able

to speak specifically to moving into carehomes for older seniors, said Pauls.A second seminar takes place Sep. 18 at

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Three people remain in critical conditionafter a tour bus chartered by a Richmond-based company rolled over on the CoquihallaHighway last week.The bus — contracted by Super Vacation

Canada, headquartered onAnderson Road,just northeast of Granville Avenue and No.3 Road — appeared to lose control beforerolling into a ditch on the highway southof Merritt Thursday. All 56 people aboardsustained varying injuries.A spokesman for Super Vacation (which

claims to be the largest Chinese tour operatorin NorthAmerica) said the bus was returningto Vancouver from a trip to the RockyMountains when it rolled over.Most of the passengers on the bus were

tourists from the U.S. and Southeast Asia, saidthe company’s director of services Nick Kam,who noted his company chartered the busfromWestern Bus Lines.“I would like to emphasize this is one of the

most mainstream bus companies,” said Kam,speaking to English and Chinese media fromhis office in Richmond.

He said he had little information on thecondition of the bus driver.“The driver is a Caucasian and very

experienced,” said Kam.He said Super Vacation has since helped

families reunite with one another aspassengers were sent to different hospitals inthe Interior, such as Kamloops and Kelowna.“We try our own best to assist the

customers,” said Kam.He said eight to 10 people were working in

the Richmond offices Thursday night to findthe locations of each customer. He said he hasreceived many calls from families.Health officials have said the victims of

the crash are improving in hospital; however,three people remain in critical condition.Two of the patients were in serious

condition and 22 remained in hospital, as ofMonday. Eight of them are being treated atRoyal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, while14 are at Kelowna Hospital. The rest arescattered across Metro Vancouver hospitals.RCMP Sgt. Brian Nightingale said the

dash-cam footage, captured by a trucktraveling behind the bus, indicates speed waslikely not a factor, leaving human error ormechanical failure as possible causes.

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OPINIONSend your story ideas or photo submissions to Richmond News editor Eve Edmonds at [email protected]

Burger King and Tim Hortonsare merging, making a giant fastfood conglomerate poised totake over the world.And media on both sides

of the 49th parallel have beenmaking much of the fact thatthe HQ for this new mega-corporation will be based inCanada, not the United States.The reason seems to be one

of tax savings. Money frominternational operations thatreturns to head office will nowbe taxed at the Canadian rate,rather than theAmerican one.And the Canadian rate has beenlower for some years.In fact, many western

countries have a lower corporatetax rate than the U.S. Britainis lower, Italy is lower, evenFrance’s highest corporate taxrate is 33 per cent, below themaximum 39 per cent U.S. rate.Several countries in Europe areactually planning to reduce theirrates further in the future.But those other countries

don’t share a border and a long-standing trade pact with the U.S.So if you had to relocate yourcorporate headquarters, wouldyou choose Canada, or…?In the short run, this means

(mostly) good things forCanada. Bringing corporateheadquarters here means more

money for our treasury, and atleast theoretically more jobs forCanadians. The threat is that thiscan easily become a race to thebottom.Our world is structured so that

moving corporations, and goods,and jobs, is relatively easy. Butfor people, flitting around theworld is not so simple.We could see a day, in the

near future, when we are facedwith a choice of cutting taxesagain and again, or watchingcorporations and jobs vanishover the horizon.It won’t be a pleasant choice

for Canada, whichever way wejump.

It’s broken...and it needs fixing

Has our politicalsystem broken downto the point where it

threatens democracy itself?That grim scenario is

raised in a new book thatsuggests the political system,at the federal level at least, has deterioratedinto a cynical, out-of-touch process wherea tiny group of individuals exert control atevery turn and leave everyone else feelingdisillusioned and almost irrelevant.Titled Tragedy in the Commons: Former

Members of Parliament Speak Out AboutCanada’s Failing Democracy, the bookpaints a sobering picture of a federal politicalarena that has increasingly, largely becauseof the actions of those in it, strained itscredibility with the very people it is supposedto serve.While some of the authors’ conclusions

(and solutions for fixing the problem) cancertainly be challenged, the book does raisesome relevant issues for our country’s other

political systems, notablyat the provincial level. Thebook’s authors, Alison Loatand Michael MacMillan,conducted more than 80interviews with former MPsto gauge what they’d learned

from their years spent in the House ofCommons.It is somewhat dispiriting to discover that

many of them left federal politics feelingdisillusioned and even embarrassed by theirexperiences. Many of them cite variousreasons for these feelings: the power wieldedover them by political leaders, “back officeforces” and the political parties themselves,a lack of resources to do their job, and theinsistence they follow the party line.Now, I’ve often found that some rookie

politicians who excitedly enter government(or Opposition) can quickly feel anoverwhelming sense of disappointment whenthey discover their political careers don’t turnout to be quite as they had imagined going in.

A big part of the problem is the harshtraditions and realities of our parliamentarysystem itself. There is little equality in it,for example, as the government side holdsso much more power than the Oppositionparties. As well, there are huge power gapsbetween backbenchers and cabinet ministers.There is also a childish and phony nature

to the system. Our MPs (and MLAs) aresubject to silly forms of discipline (go sit inthe back!) for daring to question the partyline, and question period is often simplypolitical theatre where politicians are moreactors (some worse than others) playing tothe cameras than anything else.Finally, real naked political power resides

in the leader’s office. Always has, and(unless the system undergoes profoundchange) it always will (at least, in a majoritygovernment). How much power oftendepends on the leader in the office.There is widespread evidence of the

strict controlling nature of Prime MinisterStephen Harper when it comes to not only

wielding power in government, but over thepolitical system itself (witness the ongoingcontroversy over big changes to federalvoting laws).But while Harper may have taken the

leader’s office penchant for control to newheights (or lows, depending on your pointof view), he’s hardly the first prime ministerto consolidate power in his office. PierreTrudeau, Brian Mulroney and Jean Chretienwere hardly known for their magnanimousviews towards the Opposition or even theirown caucus (Trudeau once famously labelledMPs as “nobodies”).While many of the assertions of the

ex-MPs interviewed for his book may bedismissed as sour grapes, there’s no questionthat collectively they all point to an alarmingerosion in the health of the country’s mostimportant democratic institution.The steady decline in voter turnout is

further evidence of that.Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for

Global BC. [email protected]

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The Editor,I wasn’t surprised that

Vince Ready walked awayfrom exploratory talksbetween the BCTF andLiberal government.Based on history, I don’t

believe that it was everthe Liberal government’sintention to negotiatein good faith with theBCTF in time for Sept. 2,although there have beenmany PR moves in themedia to give the publicthe impression that it does.Please stop with the “no

money” line already!Shame on the Liberal

government for the chaosthat it has created in publiceducation since 2002.It thinks it is above the

law and acts like a bully inthe school yard.

Janet OakesRichmond

LETTERS

Readers weigh in onteacher debate

The Editor,It does not take an economist to figure out

that teachers are losing more money thanthey would ever gain in a BCTF negotiatedfive-year contract (eight per cent over fiveyears).

How the Premier could continue insistingthat the strike is exclusively a “teacher-money” issue does not wash. It’s just whatshe wants the public to believe.

There is no mistaking that a two-tierededucation system is taking shape in thisprovince with private schools gettingincreased funding every year at the expenseof public schools.

Those facts are readily available.All taxpayers should be red-flagging

this assault on the right for quality publiceducation for all the children in thisprovince, not just those who are in privateschools.

Premier Clark is doing everything in herpower (and using your tax dollars to fund it)to detract from the fact that she has lost twoSupreme Court appeals and is panicking thata third loss is coming.

How is she going to pay for the inevitablebig bill coming her way?

I suspect that keeping the teachers out ofschools is her idea because it will put a wholelot of money into the government coffers.She is sitting in a mess of her own making.

Janet HenriRichmond

Open letter to Premier Clark,Please bring the funding and resources

to the bargaining table to properly dealwith the learning needs of BC students.Please do not hold bargaining up anylonger just because you don’t like thecourt case rulings.Bargaining means give and take, but

one side cannot do all the giving. Thegovernment’s time to compromise is longoverdue. Please move off your position onclass size and class composition and tellVince Ready that you want him back atthe bargaining table.

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Disney’s latest sensation Frozenwas the ironic last call for summeras part of a free, outdoor movienight on the Richmond OlympicOval Plaza on Sunday. The event,which was a wrap-up for theCity of Richmond’s “SummerPlayDays,” also had games, face-painting and emergency servicedisplays. Photos by Gord Goble/Special to the News.

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That ‘Mato sure is Mighty

Come springtime, thereare hundreds of babiesaround here, and

many of them are varieties oftomatoes.

My husband loves anythingfree, and within the confinesof any tomato there are ... freeseeds!

He dries them, labels them, and plantsthem the following spring. They do their bitwithin the warm earth and voila — we haveendless tomato plants to share with familyand friends.So, when I came up with the idea that I

wanted to try a “Mighty ‘Mato” plant, myhusband was rather reluctant.Why pay $12 for a tomato plant when

we have hundreds of free ones within thegreenhouse?The Mighty ‘Mato is a grafted tomato

which has had rave reviews.It is one variety grafted on to the stalk of

another, and I chose the variety Early Girl.I know it is a medium sized tomato, and avariety my husband is familiar with and Ithought that might win him over.So, I brought home my rather large beauty

and he planted it — not within the confines ofour covered tomato bed, but out in the open.For several years we in the Lower

Mainland have suffered from both early and

late blight, so growingtomatoes has beenrecommended undercover.But the Mighty ‘Mato

is disease resistant. Icrossed my fingers.I am here to report that

the planting of this rather large beast has beenan undeniable success.The bush is more like a small shrub and

without any topical fertlizer (although theydo recommend some) it is heavy laden withloads of red, ripe tomatoes.The flavour is good and the skin is tight

— when you bite into them they almost snap— and very juicy.The advertisement suggests the yield will

be anything from 3 to 4 times your regularyield, and I must agree.We have staked it many times — I mean

this is one huge plant — and the tomatoesjust keep coming. I know this has been anideal season for tomatoes — dry and hot— but this plant has definitely outperformedany plant we have ever had before.If any of you grew Mighty ‘Mato, I would

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San Pedro wins B.C. Juvenile title in playoffRichmond’s Diego San Pedro captured the

B.C. Juvenile Boys Championship in dramaticfashion last week at the Royalwood Golf Course inChilliwack.

The Steveston-London secondary student ralliedto defeat Jaewook Lee in a playoff.

San Pedro’s extra a hole tee shot found the middleof the fairway, while Lee drained his into the waterhazard. His opponent’s error and added strokeleft the 16-year-old some breathing room despiteeventually bogeying the hole.

“I knew I had a good chance (to win) becausegoing into the final Jaewook was 4-under and I was-2, and I felt a little pumped on the first tee so that’salways a good start. It’s good to pull it off in theend,” San Pedro said.

After sitting comfortably in third place andwithin strokes of the lead on both days one and two,the Shaughnessy Golf Club junior made a surge forthe title with just a few holes remaining to play.

He forced the playoff thanks to a final round thatincluded an eagle and two birdies that left him tiedfor first at 6-under. He fired rounds of 69-73-68.

“On hole 14, the par-5, I had a chip and I told

them to take the flag out because I knew I had achance to chip it in and it went in,” he added.

“So I fist pumped a little bit and that got megoing real fast, the adrenaline started coming and Ifinished strong.”

Lee (72-68-70), 15, led after the second roundand remained even at the turn, but applied somepressure with a pair of late-round birdies to holdon to his share of the lead and force the playoff.Other local scores included Richmond CountryClub’s Nicolas Miu (70-79-76) finishing 19th, whileMichael Crisologo of Marine Drive was 20th (82-72-72).

The victory capped a busy competitive seasonfor San Pedro which began by helping Steveston-London finish second at the B.C. Secondary SchoolsGolf Championships. He also placed 13th overall atthe B.C. Junior Boys Championship and played forTeam B.C. at last month’s 42nd annual America’sCup which was held on his home course.

San Pedro fired rounds of 78-74-78 to finishtied for 15th in the 71-player field that includedcompetitors from 12 western states, two Canadianprovinces and Mexico.

Victory caps busy summer for Steveston-London Grade 11 student

Diego San Pedro erased a two shot final round deficit to win last week’sB.C. Juvenile Boys Golf Championship in Chilliwack.

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Seidel signs with BroncosThe Swift Current Broncos have added more Richmond

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The 16-year-old Richmond Minor Hockey graduateis coming off an impressive season in the B.C. MajorMidget Hockey League with Greater Vancouver Canadians,managing 36 points in 40 games.

Seidel was Swift Current’s seventh round pick (144thoverall) in the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft. The Broncos’roster already features 17-year-old Seafair grad GlennGawdin who managed 22 points in his rookie season.


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season game Thursday night when a familiaropponent returns to Minoru Arenas.

The defending Pacific Junior HockeyLeague champion Aldergrove Kodiaks willbe in town for a 7:30 p.m. face-off. It’s thefirst meeting between the two teams since theKodiaks captured the league title with a 5-1game seven victory at Minoru back on March31.

The Sockeyes coaching staff, led by JuddLambert, is busy finalizing its roster inpreparation for the club’s regular seasonopener Sept. 11 when Grandview visitsRichmond.

Some returning players already includeforwards Mathew Bissett, Daniel Oakley,

Mac Colasimone and Troy Kaczynski. Theblueline will be anchored by veterans TrevorLima and Jordan Andrews. Kurt Russell givesthe Sockeyes experience in net.

Expect the club to have another impressiverookie class. Last season John Wesley ledthe team in scoring as a 16-year-old andwas named rookie-of-the-year. He has sincesigned with the Western Hockey League’sVancouver Giants.

Richmond also made a trade last week,sending 18-year-old forward CarsonRose to the Langley Knights for futureconsiderations. Rose had 19 points in 37games last season.

The Knights are the former North DeltaDevils franchise. Head coach Judd Lambert (right) is back behind the Richmond Sockeyes bench this season.

Over 300 competitors from around theglobe will be competing in the first-everTAFISA World Martial Arts Games at theRichmond Olympic Oval this weekend

The competitive portion of the eventstarts Friday and features martial artsranging from the exotic – such as Xtreme,Musical, and Chinese Weapons Forms– to the action-packed grapple and pointsparring forms. Athletes will compete toearn medals designed by 2010 Olympic

Games medal designer Corrine Hunt.Before the competition begins, however,

the games will open with free publicparticipation martial arts demonstrationsfrom 1:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday.Demonstrations will include Taekwondo,Sambo, Hapkido, and Jiu-Jitsu. Hereparticipants can learn the basics of eachsport from trained Masters and try theirhands at activities such as board breaking.

“The City of Richmond is delighted to

host this prestigious international event,”said Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie.“The Richmond Olympic Oval is a world-class venue and we look forward to watchingsome of the world’s best compete andperform here in their chosen martial art.”

Countries competing in the event includeAustria, Azerbaijan, Canada, Great Britain,Germany, India, Pakistan, Poland, SouthAfrica, Uganda and the United States.

Spectators can expect lots of

entertainment options, including a beergarden and barbeque open daily from 11:00a.m. to 6:00 p.m., musical acts including‘Jazz Trio’ and ‘Guilty Pleasure’, and aspectacular Plaza Party on Saturday wherefans can eat dinner and then mingle withtheir favourite athletes.

Tickets to the event are $30 for a 3-daypass or $15 per day. They are availableonline at tickets.richmond2014.com or atthe door.

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