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KEVIN DIAKIW
Surrey council has refused to approve a permit for a gun show in
Cloverdale until security plans can be completely reviewed by the
RCMP.
Council does not meet again until April 11, meaning the B.C. Rod
and Gun Show scheduled for April 15-17 has eff ectively been
disarmed.
Event manager Steve Bednash said hes received no such word from
the city.
JEFF NAGEL
Th e cities of Surrey and New Westminster have formally agreed
the new Pattullo Bridge will be tolled to recover the construction
costs, and that the new span will be four lanes, expandable in the
future to six.
Th e agreement was brokered by TransLink, which ex-pects it will
take six to seven years to build a new bridge to replace the
existing 79-year-old crossing.
Tolls on the new Pattullo had been widely expected and
assumed by Metro Vancouver mayors as the main funding source for
the $1-billion replacement project.
Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner said she and other may-ors also hope
to develop a mobility pricing system that charges drivers by time
of day and distance travelled and replaces the current system of
bridge tolls, such as the ones levied at the Port Mann and Golden
Ears bridges.
Th e agreement predicts a conventional bridge toll will be
necessary when the new Pattullo opens, but commits the parties to
determine how it could later integrate into an eventual road
pricing system.
As an interim measure prior to the full implementation of
mobility pricing, consistent tolling of all the Fraser Riv-er
crossings may be considered, the agreement says, citing the need to
make bridge tolling fairer to south-of-Fraser residents.
New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cot said tolling the new Pattullo
is very important to his city, which has borne the brunt of rising
traffic flows over the Pattullo as Highway 1 drivers divert to
avoid pay-ing tolls at the Port Mann.
Weve seen a tremendous amount of congestion since the existing
Pattullo has become the toll-free alternative, Cot said, adding the
impact on local roads has been significant.
By coordinating the tolls between the Port Mann and the Pattullo
bridges, we feel traffic patterns will actually change and there
will be reduced congestion on the Pattullo Bridge and the
surrounding road networks.
SECURITY PLANS NOT REVIEWED, COUNCIL SAYS
CITIES AGREE FEES MUST RECOVER CONSTRUCTION COSTS; NEW SPAN WILL
BE FOUR LANES, EXPANDABLE TO SIX
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phlebotomist Sonia Saggu, Grade 12 student Saman Brar, 17, donates
blood at Tamanawis Secondarys first blood donor clinic on
Wednesday. Ninety-nine people had signed up for the day-long blood
drive. See full story, page 10. BOAZ JOSEPH
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SURREY SHOOTS DOWN GUN SHOW
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KEVIN DIAKIW
A challenge of a Surrey park bylaw has failed, but the man who
challenged it says the law will be overturned eventually.
On Nov. 13, 2013, Christopher Lewis, now 28, was ticketed in
South Surreys Bakerview Park for being in a park after dark.
Just by being there after nightfall, he was in contravention of
Surrey bylaw 13480 and was fi ned $200.
Lewis took the city to court over the fi ne, saying it was in
con-travention of his Section 7 Constitutional right to life,
liberty and security.
He appeared before Judge Peder Gulbransen in Surrey Provincial
Court four times between Aug. 7, 2015 and Jan. 12, 2016.
Lewis argued a park is a truly open and public space, just like
a highway or a sidewalk.
As it is presently worded, the bylaw treats peaceful law-abiding
citizens as though they were persons committing unlawful acts,
Lewis said. Th e law is both arbitrary and over-broad.
Gulbransen said it was the best legal argument that could be
made by Lewis, who represented himself at court.
However, the judge cited case law as to why the law was not
over-broad.
In fact, he found in a written ruling on Feb. 5 that Surrey
could be placed in a legally tenuous situation if it failed in
protecting citizens in parks at night.
Without setting up artifi cial lighting and making sure there
are no obvious hazards to users who might not see such hazards at
night, the city would be a sitting duck in lawsuits for any
injuries which resulted to persons using the park at night,
Gulbransen found.
He noted that even if benign banned from a park after dark was
in violation of Lewis rights to liberty, it is not in contravention
of the principles of fundamental justice, which is the latter part
of Section 7.
Reached by phone in Alberta where he is currently working,
Lewis, now a White Rock resident, told Th e Leader he was
disappointed with the ruling.
Its annoying that the bylaw is still stand-ing, Lewis said,
describing the challenge as a learning experience.
He will pay the fi ne, but feels Surrey is getting carried away
with fi nes issued in parks. Th e number of fi nes issued tripled
between 2005 and 2014, accord-ing to a Freedom of Information
request from Lewis.
He believes eventually, someone with legal wherewithal is going
to challenge Surreys bylaw and win.
SHEILA REYNOLDS
Th e Surrey RCMP offi cer who was fi rst on scene on the night
Maple Batalia was murdered struggled to maintain his composure as
he recalled what he saw that night four-and-a-half years ago.
Const. Daniel Johnson was testifying at the trial of Gursimar
Singh Bedi, who is charged with man-slaughter with a gun and
accessory after the fact in connection with Batalias shooting on
Sept. 28, 2011.
Johnson said he was patrolling in Whalley alone when he received
the call of shots fi red. Th e loca-tion was vague, but he
eventually headed into the parkade beside SFU Surrey. Two people
directed him toward the mall and SFU entrance.
Johnson got out of his car and walked toward two vehicles one
red and one white.
I noted a body laying between the two vehicles, he said, pausing
to control his emotions.
Johnson was one of two RCMP offi cers to testify in B.C. Supreme
Court in New Westminster Tuesday morning, the fi rst day of Bedis
trial.
Bedis co-accused, Gurjinder (Gary) Dhaliwal, was sentenced the
day prior to life in prison with no chance of parole for 21 years
after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in Batalia his
ex-girlfriends death.
Johnson said upon seeing Batalias body, he called out, but there
was no response. Seeing a lot of blood, he donned some gloves and
shook the teen. Again, there was no response.
Johnson checked for a pulse, to no avail, and began
resusci-tation attempts. He rode in the ambulance to Royal
Columbian Hospital, where he accompanied Batalia to the operating
room. It was there he heard doctors pronounce her dead.
Th e Crown contends that while Dhaliwal was the one to shoot
Batalia three times and slash her numerous times with a knife, it
was Bedi who rented the car that laid in wait outside SFU.
No-parks-after-dark rule stands, judge says
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Co-accused in Batalia murder eyes and ears for her killer: Crown
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It was also Bedi who tracked Batalia and reported her
where-abouts to her killer, claimed Crown prosecutor Brad
Kielmann.
In doing so, Mr. Bedi served as the eyes and ears of Mr.
Dhaliw-al, Kielmann said, alleging Bedi also cleaned the car at a
car wash before returning it to the rental company.
Th e fi rst witness to take the stand at Bedis trial was Sgt.
Allison Cameron, a forensic identifi cation offi cer. She testifi
ed she found bullet casings and a knife at the crime scene and also
examined a white Dodge Charger linked to the murder. Inside the car
she found a receipt from a car wash, a blood stain on a headlight
control dial and a stain on the drivers side sun visor. Th ere was
also a bullet casing lodged under
the hood of the car, Cameron said.Bedi, wearing a grey suit,
with
dark short hair and beard, and dark-rimmed glasses, listened to
the proceedings from the glass prisoners box. He is not in
custody.
Th e trial was expected to continue through the week. Th e Crown
planned to call a third police investigator, as well as two
cellphone company representa-tives, to testify.
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He also hopes the province becomes part of a broader
conversa-tion on road pricing, adding the current method of tolling
each new bridge as it opens has unwanted conse-quences.
Transportation Minister Todd Stone was questioned again Monday
as to whether he would leave the Alex Fraser Bridge as the only
untolled crossing of the Fraser in Metro Vancouver if both the new
Pattullo and Massey bridges are tolled.
Th eres at least fi ve to six years here for there to be a
thought-ful and considered discussion and debate across the region
about the broader tolling pol-icy, Stone responded, referring to
how long it will take for the new replacement bridges to open.
Stone has previously said tolls on both the Pattullo and Massey
would force an over-haul of the provincial tolling policy, which he
said currently requires there to be a non-tolled alternative where
thats feasible.
Surrey and New
Westminster had tus-sled before over the de-sign of the bridge,
with Surrey pushing for six lanes and some New West residents
wishing no new Pattullo would be built at all.
Th e City of Surrey also wants a direct connection from the new
Pattullo to the South Fraser Perimeter Road and has warned
TransLink it wont support construction of the new bridge without
that, because too much traffi c would end up on local roads,
including King George Boulevard.
TransLink aims to go accept bids to build the
new Pattullo by fall of 2017.
Meanwhile, TransLink is proceed-ing with a scaled-down
rehabilitation of the existing bridge.
Work begins in late April to resurface the deck, resulting in
traf-fi c lane closures and some complete bridge closures through
Sep-tember.
Th e province has pledged to pay one-third of the capital cost
to replace the Pattullo and the project is also on the wish list
for federal contributions under the P3 Canada fund.
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As far as hes concerned, the show is still going on next
month.
Th e show had applied for a temporary use permit for the sale of
fi rearms and ammunition for two three-day events at the Cloverdale
Fairgrounds, at 17763 62 Ave. Its a continuation of an event that
was held at the fairgrounds last year.
Council fi rst considered the application for a per-mit on Feb.
22 at a land use meeting and gave early approval for the show to go
ahead, but without the sale of ammunition.
Th e fi rst event this year was scheduled to run at the Agriplex
and Show Barn at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds. Th e citys planning
and development department had recommended council approve the
application for permit.
Th e federal National Weapons Enforcement Sup-port Team
expressed no concern and advised that all vendors and participants
conform to fi rearms regulations and the Firearms Act.
However, Surrey Coun. Dave Woods, a former career police offi
cer who was the district commander for the Cloverdale RCMP, had
plenty of concerns.
Th is afternoon, I had an occasion to have a conver-sation with
our police chief on this matter, Woods told his council colleagues
Monday night. Unfortu-nately, the RCMP advise that they have only
received the organizers post-security plan this afternoon, and they
need time to review it and assess it.
He moved that the application go back to staff so RCMP can
appropriately assess it.
Mayor Linda Hepner, who had previously spoken in favour of the
rod and gun show, wanted to know what kind of fi rearms would be at
the event.
I thought it was just hunting rifl es, but I now understand its
more than that, Hepner told her council colleagues.
Woods said its his understanding handguns were also part of the
show, as it was indicated in the security plan.
And thats one of the things the RCMP is going to be looking at,
Woods said. And I have some reser-vations about that.
Hepner agreed. Th e mayor said the rod and gun show is going to
have to fi nd a new date for its show as council will not have time
to approve the permit before the organizers advertised date.
Bednash said the only handguns that were at the show last year
were antiques and they were kept under glass.
He said 10,000 people attended last years show, which took place
without incident.
Th ose people would have brought hundreds of thousands of
dollars in spin-off revenue to Clover-dale, he estimates.
We fully addressed the concerns of Surrey over the gun issue,
Bednash told Th e Leader Tuesday. Were hunting and fi shing
enthusiasts. Period.
RCMP seek old guns owner
KEVIN DIAKIW
Surrey RCMP are looking to connect an antique gun with its
rightful owner.
Last September, someone turned in the antique pistol to the
Surrey RCMPs Guildford office. Police have since deter-mined the
pistol is valuable, given its age.
The last person to register the pistol is deceased and its true
owner is unknown. The weapon is described as semi-automatic with a
weathered black frame
and slide. It is missing the pistol grip.
Special markings that are specific to the firearm have been
obscured in a police-re-leased photo so the rightful owner can
identify it.
My grandfather obtained several weapons during his time in the
Canadian Army and the Second World War, and those guns still have
sentimen-tal value to my family, Surrey RCMP Cpl. Scotty Schumann
said.
Im sure it would have the same value to the owner.
Anyone with more informa-tion is asked to contact the Sur-rey
RCMP at 604-599-0502, quoting file #2016-27178.
Surrey Mounties are looking for the rightful owner of this
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le on B.C., 469,000 British Columbians live in pover-ty. Th ousands
of British Columbians are homeless. Funding for aff ordable housing
units and further fi nancial support to help youth in care,
introduced in this years budget, is a step in the right direc-tion.
However, our province should also introduce a much-needed and
long-over-due poverty reduction plan.
Researcher and economist Iglika Ivanova, of the Canadian Centre
for Policy Alternatives, notes potential areas where the budget
could have been improved. Th ese include an increase in the minimum
wage and a better child care plan. She notes while steps in the
right direction were taken in the budget,
such as funding for child care centres and a farmers tax credit
for food donations, further measures could have been intro-duced,
for example, creating a $10-a-day child care program.
Th e minimum wage in B.C. is simply not in step with the high
cost of living.
Under the 2016 budget, people with disabilities wishing to use
bus service will have to pay a $52 monthly bus pass fee, in
addition to a $45 yearly fee, starting in September. Previously,
they did not pay any monthly fees, rather just the yearly fee.
According to Inclusion B.C., the monthly disability benefi ts are
insuffi -cient to meet the high cost of living. Th e costs of
rental housing, transportation and food have seen signifi cant
increases over the years.
While the government increased dis-ability benefi ts by $77 per
month in this budget, the bus pass fee means the in-crease for
people using the pass will only add $25 more, leading to a total of
$931 per month. Th e organization notes B.C.s monthly benefi t for
the disabled lags behind some other provinces, and prior to this
small increase, the government had not increased the benefi t
amount in nine years.
Th e government should not impose the monthly bus pass fee. Th
ere also needs to be an increase in the monthly disability benefi
ts, so people with a disability are not facing a fi nancial
burden.
Japreet Lehal is a Simon Fraser University graduate pursing a
law degree. He writes regu-larly for The Leader.
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In a March 1 meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at city
hall, Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner again emphasized the importance of
Surreys proposal for two Light Rail Transit (LRT) lines, as well as
other green infrastructure.
It was the first visit ever of a sitting prime minister to
Surrey city hall, which demonstrates Surreys rising importance
nationally. It continues to be one of the fastest-growing cities in
Canada. It also suffers from a significant infrastructure deficit,
with schools, recreation facil-ities, roads, parks and transit
projects all in short supply.
The timing of the LRT line construction will likely be tied to
federal infrastructure plans, as TransLink and individual cities do
not have enough funds to pay for the local portion of the project.
The defeat of a refer-endum to raise the sales tax to give
TransLink additional funds effectively put the Surrey LRT lines, as
well as the Broadway corridor SkyTrain extension, on hold.
The federal budget is due on March 22 and it may offer some
clues as to whether Surrey will get enough funds for at least the
first phase of the LRT project to proceed. That would be the L-line
at street level along King George Boulevard from Newton to Whalley,
and then east to
Guildford along 104 Avenue.For a short time last week,
Metro Vancouver mayors and councillors thought perhaps they
would have access to more funds without the necessity for a
referendum, as Premier Christy Clark has dictated. Surrey-Fleetwood
MLA Peter Fassbender, minister responsi-ble for TransLink,
suggested a vehicle levy was possible without a referendum.
The levy has been available as a funding option to TransLink
since the regional transit agency was created by the NDP
gov-ernment of Glen Clark in 1998. However, it has been
controver-sial. People living in areas where transit service is
minimal felt they would be subsidizing tran-sit riders and fiercely
opposed the vehicle levy.
Fassbender quickly retracted his remarks, saying, I misspoke
when it came to the vehicle levy, and I do apologize for that.
He said that a vehicle levy would require the province to enable
ICBC to collect an annual vehicle registration fee.
It is also a new tax, therefore it would be subject to a
plebiscite or a referendum with the public.
The challenge facing Surrey LRT, which is now expected to cost
$2.6 billion, is going to be funding. Even if the federal share of
funds is more than
the traditional one-third which usually flows to infrastructure
projects, TransLink and/or Surrey will have to come up with a
substantial amount.
If local taxpayers have to pay for one-quarter of the cost
rath-er than one-third, that would still be $650 million. TransLink
cant come up with that amount based on its current funds. A vehicle
levy would help it get a little bit closer, but that wouldnt likely
be enough, given the other large projects (the Broadway line and
new Pattullo Bridge) which need significant funds from TransLink in
order to proceed.
Surrey badly needs signifi-cant investment in transit. The
existing bus lines are completely inadequate to deal with the
rapidly-growing population. SkyTrain has not been extended further
into Surrey since the final three stations in Whalley opened more
than 20 years ago. There is minimal or no transit service in newly
developed areas such as East Clayton and Grandview.
This means that people in Surrey need to have vehicles in order
to live their day-to-day lives. Until Surreys transit sys-tem is
expanded substantially, that wont change.
Frank Bucholtz writes weekly for The Leader.
Better transit still stalled
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Re: LRT for Fraser Highway and King George Boulevard.
Does this plan make any sense at all?
I am a senior who has lived and worked in European cities for 25
years and visited many more as a tourist. To me it is obvious that
the only way that two rail lines of Light Rail Tran-sit (LRT) along
King George can be accom-plished is by converting the two centre
lanes from vehicular traffic to LRT.
King George, for the most part, consists of four lanes of urban
vehicular traffic, plus two bike lanes, plus two sidewalks, with
left-turn lanes at all (or most) intersections. Without widening
the road-way, coupled with the relocation of homes and
businesses away from the existing roadway, vehicular traffic on
King George will be reduced from four lanes to two half the current
vehicular capacity to accommodate LRT.
Where will these two LRT lanes be located on the outside of the
current roadway or on the inside? The only place bike lanes can be
placed in accordance with the law (I believe) is on the outside of
the roadway adjacent to the sidewalks in the direc-tion of traffic.
Thus, the LRT rails will have to be placed in the centre of the
existing roadway, meaning the centre lanes will be converted into
LRT rails as there is no other space available.
Accordingly, left-turn-lanes at intersections will be converted
into
passenger stations, where passengers will wait for their trains
to arrive and where they will also disembark, become pedestrians
and continue their journey on foot.
For safety reasons, passengers will arrive at these stations in
the centre of the King George Boulevard at intersections with the
exception of jaywalkers, some of whom will be struck by cars or
LRT, resulting in the vehicu-lar roadway being closed to traffic
and the LRT out of commission while the police investigate.
Progress? I have yet to see any examination of traffic patterns
that determined LRT will ex-pand bus ridership by a percentage
sufficient to make LRT worthwhile; i.e. significantly better than
the current bus ridership rate.
A recent letter writer identified LRT as being
10 per cent faster than the bus. Wow, my 30-minute bus ride to
catch the SkyTrain will now be 27 minutes. Hooray!
Meanwhile, my wife (for example) is driving our sick child (or
elderly relative) to see a doctor in the Surrey Memorial Hospital
area, but she is delayed in getting to SMH because the line-up of
vehicles at each intersection along King George is twice as long as
it used to be (i.e. half the number of lanes). Alternative routes
will also be blocked, just as we see today with vehicle accidents.
Frus-tration and anger will result.
Is this progress for Surrey? Perhaps this is simply more of what
downtown Vancouver is doing: getting people out of their cars to
save the world.
The same rationale applies to the Fraser
Highway, plus (God forbid), the cutting down of trees in Green
Timbers Urban Forest.
If this is the plan it sucks.
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Surrey is the top destination where government-assisted Syrian
refugees are finding permanent homes in B.C.
Nearly 300, or close to half, of the just over 600
govern-ment-assisted Syrians that have found permanent
accom-modation are in Surrey, said Chris Friesen, settlement
ser-vices director of the Immigrant Services Society of B.C.
Coquitlam accounted for about 20 per cent of perma-nent refugee
homes, followed by Burnaby, Vancouver and Delta.
But more than 900 govern-ment-assisted Syrians were still in
hotels waiting to move into permanent homes, including over 160 in
Abbotsford (as of Feb. 29).
Friesen said some of the refugees have begun to be transferred
to cities outside the Lower Mainland, including Vic-toria and
Nanaimo, with more destined for centres like Prince George,
Kelowna, Vernon and Kamloops starting this week.
The hope is permanent housing will be easier to find in those
centres than the high-priced Metro Vancouver area.
As we predicted, were deal-ing with larger-size families larger
even than we thought, Friesen said, adding that means big suites or
homes are needed.
The ongoing challenge for us remains permanent hous-ing, he
said, adding language training and jobs are the next top
priorities.
The government assistance in place for one year provides a
family of six with a maximum of $885 a month for accommodation much
less than the typical rent for a large home.
Families of three or more also get $649 a month for food and
clothing under the feder-al Resettlement Assistance Program and a
one-time start-up allowance of $1,709.
The food and clothing allowance is fixed whether its a family of
three or 10.
The Syrian men are very anxious to get into employ-ment, but
they dont speak English. So weve got to work through that, Friesen
said.
Weve also got some mental health trauma beginning to surface in
different ways. So thats an ongoing concern.
ISS of B.C. has 14 volunteers working to identify housing and
other assistance and the refugee wave is like nothing theyve seen
in recent years, particularly when it comes to big families.
The number of Syrian fam-ilies arriving over the past 10 weeks
with six or more family members has now surpassed the number of
assisted refugee
families of that size of all nationalities that arrived over the
previous six years since 2010.
A total of 1,541 Syrian govern-ment-assisted refugees in 343
fam-ilies had arrived in B.C. as of the end of February.
Those numbers dont include ad-ditional privately sponsored
refugees.
Canada declared it had met its interim target of resettling
25,000 Syrian ref-ugees by the end of February.
But Friesen noted still more Syrian refugees are expected to
come to B.C. in the months ahead.
He predicted another 1,600 government-assisted Syrian refugees
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to 900 non-Syrians.
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BOAZ JOSEPH
Joban Bal has been giving for more than two years.
Although too young to donate blood until recent-ly donors have
to be at least 17 the Tamanaw-is Secondary student has been
involved with spreading the message of donating to the Canadian
Blood Services (CBS) since Grade 10.
Now in Grade 12, Bal fi gured a good send-off before graduating
was in order, so he organized his schools fi rst blood drive and
DNA match on Wednesday.
Shortly before the March 9 Young Blood for Life event, 99 people
had already signed up to donate blood. More than two-thirds came
from the school and the rest from the community including drop-ins
to fi ll available spots left by absen-tee donors.
Th e number of donors was expected to exceed CBS goal of 76
donors for the day, said Sarah Jasmins, CBS territory manager for
Surrey.
Our national (blood) inventory is lower than it normally is, so
were trying to top it back up, Jasmins said.
Bal was part of a group of students who advocated for the event
in recent weeks including setting up an information session at a
local Sikh temple.
No one really donates unless theyve been asked to donate, Bal
said. On Wednesday, the schools 35 volunteers assisted with
registrations and in the
waiting and recovery areas in the schools small gym.Although
only CBS specialists drew blood, students took cheek swab samples
in
the second portion of the days event: A stem cell drive for a
CBS program called OneMatch.
Each sample allowed a persons DNA to be stored on a database for
future refer-ral in a stem cell or bone marrow transplants. A
variety of disorders are treated with stem cell transplants,
including blood-related diseases such as leukemia, aplastic anemia
and inherited immune system and metabolic disorders. Anyone aged 17
to 35 can sign up to be on the OneMatch database.
Bal said people often dont think about DNA matches outside of
their own families, but one-in-a-million matches sometimes take
place between strangers over long distances. In fact, less than
one-quarter of patients who need stem cell transplants fi nd a
compatible donor within their own family.
It doesnt cost us anything to donate, said Bal. You get an
opportunity to aff ect someone elses life.
Young Blood for Life is a national campaign by the CBS. Over the
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and recruited 35,000 new donors.
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JEFF NAGEL
WorkSafeBC is ap-pealing a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that has
thrown into question the workplace regu-lators enforcement powers
against asbestos removal contractors that expose employees to
danger.
The court last month rejected WorkSafes request for a contempt
of court finding against Seattle Environmental Consulting Ltd. and
its owners, Mike and Shawn Singh, who had received more than 230
workplace violation or-ders and over $200,000 in fines dating back
to 2007.
Past asbestos handling violations were issued at homes across
the region, including Surrey.
Justice George Macintosh dismissed the application, citing
concern that a previous
WorkSafe order was too broad and the underly-ing safety
regulations too complex and volu-minous.
Observers say the stakes are high if the appeal fails and leaves
bad employers free to ignore the laws designed to protect
workers.
If this ruling were al-lowed to stand, then the protection of
workers from the number-one killer in British Colum-bia would be
null and void, said SFU health sciences professor Tim Takaro.
The decision was described as ludicrous by BC Insulators Union
spokesman Lee Loftus, who suffers from work-place asbestos
exposure.
People have lost their lives, Loftus said. Those regulations and
those laws are literally written in blood.
He said Seattle Environmentals owners were arrogant after the
ruling, telling reporters they dont expose workers to asbestos.
If the lower court ruling isnt overturned, Loftus said, senior
governments will be forced to amend their legislation.
Unions and industry groups have already urged the province to
impose mandatory licensing for all asbestos removal and testing
firms to allow faster action against violators.
Tough enforcement does work when Work-SafeBC brings its full
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The large textile wall art, which was officially unveiled on
Thursday, March 3, was commissioned by Vancity Credit Union for its
branch at 72 Avenue and Scott Road in North Delta.
The inspiration for
the piece made from recycled string and painted foil came from
the bee hives Roys husband keeps in their backyard.
Although most of Roys textile work is sculpture, this
partic-ular seven-by-eight-foot piece of wall art stretched her
creativity
and weaving skills.My husband is a
beekeeper and he has shown me a lot of the frames and
activities, she said. I guess over the years that inspired me.
Originally from Que-bec, Roy finds inspi-ration and motivation
from the natural world around her. Since moving to B.C. in 1986,
her work has been ex-hibited throughout the Lower Mainland and
overseas.
Her favourite medi-um has been textiles, but recently she has
been experimenting with recycled material such as commercial
fishing nets and branches found out-doors.
I often take walks through nature and Ill see things, Roy said.
Often it becomes clear to me that this one thing could become a
sculpture.
Vancitys North Delta branch manager Rup Sumal said its the
financial institutions goal to support local artists, and added
Roys sculpture is a metaphor for North Delta.
Bees work together, just like our communi-ty, Sumal said.
ARTISTS LATEST WORK UNVEILED AT VANCITY
Creating a buzz in DeltaArtist Diane Roy (right) chats with
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SHEILA REYNOLDS
Its billed as being a mix of Scooby-Doo and a less-scary teen
slasher film.
But have no fear, a pair of astute detectives are on the case.
Well, sort of.
Peter n Chris: The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel comes to
the Surrey Arts Centre next week, bringing its comedic send-up of
the horror and mystery genres with it and poking fun at
movie and TV classics like Psycho and The Hardy Boys.
The show features Peter Carlone and Chris Wilson, an
award-winning comedy due from Van-couver. When the pair are
stranded on a spooky highway, their only option is to take shelter
at the Hungry Heart Hotel.
They are greeted by a murderous hotel manager, but are too
preoccupied with the fact they have to share a single bed to notice
the murders taking place around them.
Peter n Chris: The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel runs March
17-19 in the Studio Theatre at Surrey Arts Centre (13750 88 Ave.).
The two-hour show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25-$35, available
at 604-501-5566 or at tickets.surrey.ca
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Family Sunday is March 13 from 12-4 p.m. at the Surrey Art
Gallery, 13750 88 Ave. hands-on art-making activities and a live
animation performance inspired by the exhibition Secret Citadel. At
2 p.m., join artist Robert Leveroos for a visual journey as he uses
handmade materials to create animated scenes and stories right
before your eyes. Free tickets on site seating is limited. For more
information, call 604-501-5566.
Breakfast with the Easter Bunny takes place March 12 from 9-11
a.m. at the North Delta Recreation Cen-tre, 11415 84 Ave. Enjoy a
pancake breakfast, crafts, an Easter egg hunt and a visit with the
Easter Bunny. Tickets must be purchased in advance at any Customer
Service Offi ce in Delta. The cost is $7 per person.
The Ta Daa Lady will be a spring break performer on
March 16 from 10:30-11:15 a.m. at the George Mackie Library,
8440 112 Street. The Ta Daa Lady is a gentle, fun-loving soul who
will delight families as she clowns, dances and mimes her way
through all sorts of crazy antics with her puppet Stumpy.
The Surrey Museum (17710 56A Ave.) is hosting a spring break
drop-in: Surrey 911 from March 15-18 (Tuesday to Friday) and March
22-24 (Tuesday to Thursday) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Celebrate the fi
refi ghters, police and paramedics who come to our rescue. Make
your own ambulance or police cruiser and fl ex your fi refi ghter
muscles as you put out a mock fi re. On March 19 from 1-4 p.m., the
museum is hosting Discovery Sat-urday: Local Heroes. Bring your
future fi rst responders to meet a real fi refi ghter, dress up
like a police offi cer and investigate the inside of an ambulance.
Both events are for all ages, by donation.
The North Delta Lions
48th-annual Easter Egg Hunt will take place March 27 at 2 p.m.
at Sunbury Park, 10409 Dunlop Rd. The event is free for kids up to
11 years old.
Royal Canadian Theatre Company brings the farce Love, Sex, and
the I.R.S. to Surrey Arts Centre March 18-19, 8 p.m., with a
mat-inee March 19 at 3 p.m. Tickets ($18-28) available at
tickets.surrey.ca or 604-501-5566.
The South Asian chapter of The Kidney Foundation of Canada, B.C.
and Yukon branch, is organizing an educational forum on kid-ney
health and diabetes on March 12 from 1-3 p.m. at Punjab Banquet
hall, 215-8166 128 St. The guest speaker will be nephrologist Dr.
M. Kreem. The event is free and open to all. Tea and snacks will be
served after the event. For more information, call Mohan S. Tatra
at 604-594-3262.
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RICK KUPCHUK
A half dozen mem-bers of the host club won all around gold
medals at last week-ends Surrey Classic
Mens Invitational and Carol Lenz Me-morial Invitational, two
meets hosted by the Surrey Gymnastic Society (SGS).
More than 625 young gymnasts participated in the three-day event
at the Guildford Recreation Centre, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz
Surrey.
Treyson Cerrato and
Brady Reeleder were the two gymnasts to place first all around
in the 29th annual Surrey Classic Mens competition.
Cerrato, 14, of South Surrey was in the Provincial 5 category
and won gold medals on vault and high bar, earned silver medals on
floor and pommel horse, won bronze on parallel bars and placed
fourth in rings.
Reeleder won his all around gold medal in the Provincial 3
(under-13) category. He had top scores on pommel horse and parallel
bars, won a silver medal on vault, and earned bronze medals on
rings and high bar. Teammate Luke Van Harmelen won the all around
silver medal in the same category, win-ning gold on floor and
rings, and silver on parallel bars and high bar.
SGS just missed a sweep of the all around medals in the
Provincial 3 group, as Surrey resident Timofey Azhogin, 13, won a
silver medal on floor and rings, placed fourth on floor and fifth
on parallel bars to place fourth all around.
Emanuel Gutierrez Sandoval, 12, won an all around bronze medal
in the Elite 4 group, winning a gold medal on vault,
silver on floor and rings, and a bronze on pommel hours. he was
also fourth on the high bar.
Carter Barker, 11, was third on high bar, fourth on floor and
fifth on parallel bars to place fifth all around in the Elite 3
category.
In the Provincial 2, 11-year-old Reggie Quintana of South Surrey
earned the all around bronze medal after winning a
bronze medal on floor and rings and placing fourth in high
bar.
Lenz Memorial results
In the 31st annual Carol Lenz Memorial Invitational, four SGS
gymnasts competed in Junior Olympic (JO) Program categories and won
all around gold.
Eight year-old Madelyn Cavasin had top scores on bars, beam and
floor to
finish first all around in the JO2 (2008-09) category,
In the JO3 (2006) category, three 10-year-olds fared well. Maya
Wilson of Surrey won the all around gold medal with the top scores
on vault and bars. She also won a silver medal on floor and a
bronze on beam. Teammate Talya Jalbert of Surrey won the all around
silver medal, with a gold on floor, silver on bars and fifth on
both vault and beam. Melissa Piliotis placed fifth on bars and
sixth on floor.
Layla Omar Ali, 10, won the all around gold medal in the JO1
(2007 and older) group with silver medals on vault, beam and floor
to go with a bronze on bars. Nine year-old teammate Maryam Chaudhry
won the all around silver after earning a gold medal on vault and
floor, a bronze medal on beam and a fifth-place score on bars.
Maren Paterson won all around gold in the JO2 (2006-and-old-er).
The 10-year-old won gold on bars and silver on both beam and floor.
Teammate 11-year-old Mara Tweed won the all around bronze after
winning gold on vault,
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around bronze medal. BOAZ JOSEPH
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Alice Bashko, 11, goes airborne during a floor routine at the
31st annual Carol Lenz Memorial competition at the Guildford
Recreation Centre. Bashko won a silver medal on the beam. BOAZ
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bronze on floor and placing fourth on beam and fifth on
bars.
In the JO5 (2007-08) group, eight-year-old Viktoria Duchesne of
South Surrey won gold on bars, silver on beam and floor an deplaned
fourth on vault to win the all around silver medal.
Chloe Dickson, 11, won gold on vault and beam and bronze on bars
to finish second all around in the JO3 (2005-and-older).
Eight-year-old Han-nah Mahon of Surrey won the all around
bronze medal in the JO3 (2008-09) catego-ry with a silver medal
on vault and bars.
Uliana Grich-kovskaia, 12, won the all around bronze medal in
the JO6 (2004) group, with a gold medal on bars and beam. Teammate
MacKenzie Long, 12, won the bronze medal on floor and placed fourth
on bars.
Alexa Cannon, 13, of South Surrey won a bronze medal on floor in
the JO8 (2002-and-older). Cannon also placed fourth on vault and
fifth on beam.
RayAnne Quinn,
18, placed fourth all around in the JO7 (2002-and-older) group,
winning a silver medal on beam. SGS member Eva Woodward, 14, of
North Delta won a silver medal on bars.
Alice Bashko, 11, of North Delta won a silver medal on beam and
placed fourth on bars in the JO6 (2005) category, while teammate
Anna Polunocheva, 11, tied Bashko for the silver on beam and won a
bronze medal on bars.
In JO2 (2007), nine-year-old Jasmin Kong placed fourth on
floor.
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GOLD FOR DUCHESNE, DICKSON
NICK GREENIZAN
After back-to-back BC Hockey League seasons with fewer than 10
wins, the Surrey Eagles are about to undergo a thorough top to
bottom review of the organization in an at-tempt to right the
listing ship.
Co-owner and president Chuck Westgard told Black Press this week
that the organization is regrouping and taking a look at things,
after the Eagles wrapped up a disappointing 7-48-1-2 season
(win-loss-overtime loss-tie) the worst record in the league by
far.
In the last two BCHL regular seasons under head coach Blaine
Neufeld the team has 16 wins in 116 games.
Believe me, after nine wins and seven wins, were exploring all
our avenues to make not only the on-ice product better, but
management better and the organization better, Westgard said.
Westgard who, along with child-hood friends Gary Nylund and
Scott Bradley, bought the team from Ronnie Paterson in 2010
acknowledged the recent record could hurt the teams ability to
recruit top players.
Its a concern. After last season, with nine wins and going with
the all-local roster, we thought we should change things up. We had
high hopes at the start of the year, but we could never really
attract all the players we wanted, he said.
We thought we had players this year but we found out pretty
early in the year that we really didnt, and we took a bit of a step
back.
Wins and losses aside, the 2015-16 season was also marked by the
the mid-season resignation of Nylund as assistant coach, and the
December de-partures of Westgards son, Ty who left the team for the
Western Hockey Leagues Victoria Royals and fellow forward Darius
Davidson, who was traded to the Penticton Vees. (David-son is the
son of Bill Davidson, whose Pro 4 Sports company owns a stake in
the Eagles.)
Obviously it was a little diff erent this year, with the people
involved, and (our) own kids leaving, Westgard said. With Ty, we
wouldve liked him to have stayed and fi nished Grade 12 here, but
it was his decision. We tried to promote the college route. He had
full-ride off ers from (NCAA) Div. 1 schools but wasnt accepting
them. So I just asked him what his plans were for next year and he
said he was going (to the WHL).
Nylund who sold his minority stake in the team to Westgard a few
years ago left due to disagreements over how the team was being
run, Westgard said.
Nylund had been an assistant coach with the Eagles in 2013 when
Matt Erhart coached the team to a league title, but he left for
family reasons. Th is past season under Neufeld who was employed by
Pro 4 Sports prior to coaching the Eagles was Nylunds fi rst back
behind the bench.
Gary and I are the best of friends, and I know he loved the
boys, but there were a few confl icts with how he wanted to run
things. Not confl icts between him and I, but between the diff
erent ownership groups, myself and Pro 4, Westgard explained.
Coaching philosophies aside, West-gard brushed off the
suggestion of internal confl ict at the ownership and management
level.
I dont think its unstable at this point its stable enough. Were
just in a bit of transition, and obviously Im involved Im hoping to
get back to where we were a couple years back, he said.
Th ough a decline in on-ice perfor-mance often correlates to a
decline in ticket sales and a teams fi nances, Westgard suggested
the team is alive and well, fi nancially.
Last December, in an email to Black Press, the BCHL head offi ce
reiterated as much, writing that as far as the league is concerned,
the Surrey fran-chise is as committed to their operation in the
BCHL as theyve ever been.
Rumours do go around, but as long as Im involved, there will be
a team on the ice here, Westgard said. But everything needs to
improve. It has to. Th eres not much lower to go, so we need to fi
gure out a way to go up from here.
Eagles review will be top to bottom JUNIOR A TEAM HOPES FOR A
BETTER ON-ICE PRODUCT NEXT SEASON
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Five business leaders were honoured Tues-day (March 8) at the
Surrey Board of Trades seventh-annual Surrey Women in Business
Awards Luncheon.Women entrepre-
neurs and leaders are a dynamic and growing segment of the
global ecosystem, said Anita Huberman, CEO Surrey
Board of Trade. Cana-das theme for Interna-tional Womens Day was
that womens empower-ment leads to equality.
More than 300 at-tended the luncheon at
the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel.
The winners were: Entrepreneur:
Sara Hodson (LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic)
Hodson is the founder
and current president of LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic in South
Surrey, delivering clinically supervised exercise and education to
prevent and treat chronic disease. She
and her staff work in the emerging field of Exer-cise is
Medicine, to help people live healthier, more active lives while
reducing the burden of chronic disease on the health care
system.
Professional: Amanjit Lidder (MNP LLP)
Lidder is a partner in the MNPs Surrey office and the Regional
Tax Leader for the Lower Mainland Region. Lidder provides
specialized tax services to small and medium-sized organi-zations
in a variety of industries, helping her clients pursue attractive
tax opportunities. She is currently on the British Columbia Tax
Confer-ence Program Com-mittee and is a former member of the
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) Income Tax
Education Committee. She holds a Chartered Professional Accountant
(CPA) and Chartered Accountant (CA) designation, quali-fying in
2001.
Not-for-Profit Leader: Melanie Houl-den (Surrey Libraries)
Houlden is the Chief Librarian for Surrey Libraries and is
responsi-ble for planning, leading and delivering a range of
library services to meet the evolving needs of Surrey residents.
She works with senior staff at the City of Surrey to deliver
aligned and seamless services in accordance with Surrey council
priorities.
Corporate/Lead-ership: Janice Comeau (LMS Reinforcing Steel
Group)
Comeau has been the Chief Financial Officer of LMS Reinforcing
Steel Group since January 2013, and has 33 years of experience as a
char-tered accountant. Under her leadership, LMS has achieved
greater project profitability, enhanced communication with clients,
earlier detection of issues and has greater insight into team
perfor-mance.
Social Trailblaz-er: MaryAnne Connor (NightShift Street
Minis-tries Society)
Connor is founder and president of NightShift Street Ministries
Society, based in downtown Sur-rey. Originally a nightly service to
feed the hungry, the ministry is now an all-encompassing centre of
caring. In ad-dition to supporting the mission of the ministry, she
created a clothing donation program that operates through Sisters
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gue
// 20
15 Al
tima
, 20
15 Pa
thfin
der,
20
16
Path
finde
r.
2 Mo
nth
ly pa
ymen
ts o
n u
s is
avai
labl
e to
cu
sto
mer
s w
ho le
ase
or fin
ance
a n
ew 2
015
Sen
tra, 20
16 Se
ntra
, 20
15 Al
tima
, 20
16 Al
tima
, 20
16 Ju
ke, 2
016
Mu
ran
o, 20
15 M
icra
, 20
16 Ve
rsa
Note
, 20
16 Ro
gue,
201
5 Pa
thfin
der,
20
16 Pa
thfin
der
thro
ugh
NCF
an
d re
fers
to
th
e fir
st tw
o (2)
mo
nth
ly le
ase
paym
ents
or
first
two
(2) m
on
thly
finan
ce p
aym
ents
. A
cust
om
ers
firs
t tw
o m
on
thly
paym
ents
(in
clu
sive
of a
ll ta
xes)
will
be w
aive
d, u
p to
a
ma
xim
um
of $
375
// $5
00 //
$750
pe
r m
on
th a
nd
does
n
ot in
clu
de d
own
paym
ent o
r se
curit
y de
posi
ts. Af
ter
two
mo
nth
s, th
e cu
sto
mer
w
ill be
re
quire
d to
m
ake
all r
emai
nin
g re
gula
rly s
che
dule
d pa
ymen
ts o
ver
the
rem
ain
ing
term
of t
he c
on
tract
. Cu
sto
mer
s m
ust
be
appr
ove
d to
leas
e or
fin
ance
thro
ugh
NCF
.
Cash
pu
rcha
se bu
yers
or
bu
yers
w
ho fin
ance
ou
tsid
e of
Ni
ssan
Fi
nan
ce a
re a
lso
not
elig
ible
fo
r th
is ch
oic
e.
3 My
Cho
ice
bon
us
cash
$7
50 //
$1,00
0 //
$1,00
0 //
$1,50
0 is
appl
icab
le to
20
16 Se
ntra
, 20
16 Al
tima
, 20
16 Ju
ke, 20
16 M
ura
no,
20
16 Ro
gue
// 20
15 M
icra
, 20
16 Ve
rsa
Note
//
2015
Se
ntra
//
2015
Al
tima
, 20
15 Pa
thfin
der,
2016
Pa
thfin
der
whi
ch w
ill be
de
duct
ed
from
th
e n
egot
iate
d se
lling
pric
e be
fore
ta
xes.
$7
50 //
$1,00
0 //
$1,00
0 //
$1,50
0 co
nsi
sts
of $5
00 //
$ 850
//
$1,00
0 //
$1,20
0 NC
I co
ntri
butio
n an
d $2
50 //
$150
// $0
// $3
00 d
eale
r pa
rtici
patio
n. *Re
pres
enta
tive
mo
nth
ly le
ase
offe
r ba
sed
on a
new
201
6 Ro
gue
S FW
D CV
T (Y
6RG1
6 AA
00). 0
% le
ase
APR
for
a 24
m
on
th te
rm e
qual
s m
on
thly
paym
ents
of
$3
66 w
ith $0
do
wn
paym
ent,
and
$0 se
curit
y de
posi
t. fir
st m
on
thly
paym
ent,
dow
n pa
ymen
t an
d $0
se
curit
y de
posi
t are
du
e at
le
ase
ince
ptio
n. Pa
ymen
ts in
clu
de fre
ight
an
d fe
es. le
ase
base
d on
a
ma
xim
um
of 2
0,00
0 km
/yea
r w
ith ex
cess
ch
arge
d at
$0
.10
/km
. To
tal le
ase
obl
igat
ion
is $8
,778
. $5
00 Au
tosh
ow Se
aso
n Bo
nu