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The times are a-changing, and thelaw needs to keep up.Thats the consensus fromthose working in the realm of familylaw this week after the provincial gov-ernment released a watershed whitepaper proposing sweeping changes tothe Family Relations Act.

Attorney General Mike de Jongoffered a last-chance opportunity forinterested parties to provide feedbackon legislation that governs the falloutof divorce and separation in B.C.

Family law touches more BritishColumbians than any other type oflaw. Changes to an area of law that hassuch profound impacts on families and

children must not be made lightly, deJong said in a press release.

De Jong is not exaggerating theimpacts of the legislation. Accordingto the white paper, Statistics Canadafound nearly 41 per cent of marriedcouples in Canada will not last to cele-brate their 30th wedding anniversary.

The current rules were also enacteda generation ago: While the DivorceAct is under federal jurisdiction, B.C.sFamily Relations Act was enacted in1978 to build on child custody andmaintenance laws as well as propertydivision. But a lot has changed sincethen.

The scope and scale of socialchange in Canada in the more than 30years since it was introduced has beenenormous. Marriage, for example, isno longer a prerequisite for cohabita-

tion, nor is it limited to opposite-sexunions, the white paper notes.

Grant Morrison, who deals withfamily law through BTM Lawyers LLPin Port Moody, said the white paperattempts to address the inequalitiescommon-law couples have experiencedwhen it comes to property division, ascompared to their married counter-parts.

It recognizes the fact that wehave a lot more common-law livingsituations in todays world, he said.The general social views of the livingtogether [situation] have changed, sothis is great news.

Morrison said in the 1990s, guide-lines were brought in to allow familiesto gauge how much would be paidin child support to custodial parents.The tablesillustratedhow muchthe monthlyamountwould totalgiven a cer-tain numberof children,depending onthe non-cus-todial parentsincome.

Before, itwas dependant on the judge you had.It was really unpredictable, Morrisonsaid. In 2005 and 2008, they broughtin spousal support guidelines for thesame purpose of certainty Nowwhat youre seeing is an amendmentto deal with common laws, which wasseen as the next big area of uncer-tainty.

Morrison said proposed changeswould cover a couple that has variedlevels of assets entering a common-law relationship. The person who putsin the initial amount first gets thatamount back, and then any increase invalue to the asset would be split 50-50.

Theres certainty for people whohave assets going into relationships.Its not like, after two years, I lose halfof my stuff, Morrison said.

And people who put 10 years in anddont have a ring on their finger canstill feel like theyre building some-thing.

While the details of the law willsurely change, the spirit of the FamilyRelations Act is also taking a turn.

Bob Finlay is a principal with FinlayCounselling and Mediation Services,based in Port Coquitlam. A familytherapist for 38 years, Finlay branchedout into family mediation 15 yearsago to help couples that just couldntpatch up and wanted a smoother tran-sition into separation.

He said the proposed changes toprovincial law stress a collaborativelaw approach, requiring families to

embark upon mediation, parentingco-ordinators or other services likedivorce coaches available before theyare able to pursue litigation.

Theres been a whole shift in thefield toward collaborative practice, andits a good thing, Finlay said, estimat-ing that 70 per cent of couples canavoid the court system after a relation-ship breakdown through mediation.

Finlay said people can spend any-where between $30,000 and $100,000in legal fees if they embark upona confrontational battle in court.Collaborative practices can run up to$20,000, and dip down to as low as$2,000 for agreements if the split isamicable.

Such agreements are also morelikely to be followed, he said, because

both partieswere partof the deci-sion ratherthan havingthe verdicthanded downby a judge.

There willalways bebetween fiveand 10 percent of fam-ilies, Finlay

estimates, considered high conflictthat will require the court system,and 20 per cent who will go strictly tolawyers.

Sometimes they come out of a sep-aration and one or the other is reallyangry. Theyre not in a place wherethey can negotiate and they just wantto fight, because theyre dealing withtheir emotions about the break-up.That doesnt mean they cant benefitfrom mediation, but they may be tooinvested in the fight at this point intime to benefit, he said. Thats aminority of people.

The 182-page white paper delvesinto a variety of topics: legal parent-age, childrens best interests, guard-ianship, when orders or agreementsfor child access are not respected,relocation of children, childrens prop-erty, pension division, support, casemanagement and enforcement tools,protection orders, court jurisdictionand procedure and transitions.

The white paper also examines thelanguage used for the law itself.

The Family Relations Act uses termslike custody, guardianship, andaccess to describe parental respon-sibilities, but doesnt define themthoroughly.

The white paper notes there is anoverlap between custody and guard-ianship in case law, which confusesthe issue, and often the terms make

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children into commodities or property to bedivided among parents.

But more seriously, the terms of custody andaccess are also inherently adversarial thereare winners and losers following separationor divorce.

This legislation also tries to remove someof the terms that, in practice, can be inflamma-tory terms such as guardianship, access, orcustody, Peter Schmidt, a family lawyer alsofrom BTM Lawyers LLP, said.

It refers to parenting time, which is moreof a common-sense term, rather than puttingon these legal labels that people get worked upabout when they dont know what they mean.

The most important change, Finlay said,

involves providing people information on theiroptions up front, so they can make informeddecisions.

I get a lot of calls from people who say,Were just recently separated, and we dontknow where to start, he said.

There are self-help options developing.People can go to information centres. Thereslots of stuff online.

If people can start off with the right infor-mation and understanding the process, theycan pick from a menu of options for what willwork best for them.

Groups and individuals have until Oct. 8,2010 to give their comments on the proposedlegislation, at www.ag.gov.bc.ca/legislation.Feedback will be considered in finalizing thenew family law.

New legislation removes termsconsidered inflammatory

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Do sister city agreements pay off financially?News

Its three for Coquitlam,two for Port Moody and nonefor Port Coquitlam.

Thats the Tri-Cities tallyfor partnership agreementswith Asian cities.

Coquitlam entered a friend-ship city agreement with PajuCity, Korea, last June, addingto its administrative relation-ship with Metro Manila in thePhilippines and its sister cityarrangement with Laizhou,China.

Similarly, Port Moodyhas created connectionswith its two friendship cities Tianjin suburb Tanggu andBeijing suburb Pinggu.

But Port Coquitlam hasopted out of such partnershiparrangements to date.

Both Coquitlam and PortMoody received $50,000 inprovincial grants throughthe Asia-Pacific Initiative, along-term strategy designedto strengthen B.C.s economicties with China, India, Japan,Korea and Southeast Asia.Port Coquitlam did not applyfor the grant.

But do these agreementsbring any benefits?

Port Moody Mayor JoeTrasolini says they do.

Weve had delegationscome and take a look at ourhospital and senior facilities.Weve had people to comehere to look at wood-fram-ing techniques. We havehad schools come to SchoolDistrict 43 for exchanges,Trasolini said.

Tianjin Tanggu hasadopted our tree-plantingapproach and treed their bigcity. Theyre even approachingthe pesticide-free practicesfor the city. And, of course,people that come here lookfor investment opportunities.

The cities have also forgedcultural connections, broughtto life through Chinese per-formances and artwork ondisplay at last years Festival

of the Arts.Its been exceptionally

worthwhile, Trasolini said.Theres tremendous, tremen-dous connection.

Port Moody still has moneyleft over from the $50,000grant, as does Coquitlam,which plans to spend theremaining $15,500 to senda three-person delegation toKorea and China this fall.

But not everyone believesin the benefits.

Coquitlam Couns. MaeReid, Lou Sekora and SelinaRobinson opposed the trip.Reid and Robinson believeonly two people should travel,not three.

We say that we havemoney for this trip. Theresalways surprises, and I dontthink our taxpayers need to besurprised I think there arebetter options to better spendthese resources, Robinsonsaid. These are still taxpayer

dollars, and Im looking forwhat is the best way for us tomake the most use of thesefunds.

Meanwhile, Sekora saidnothing ever materializesfrom sister city agreements.

The fact is if I thought forone minute that this trip isgoing to bring something for-ward to the city, Id supportit in a minute. But it wont,and I can tell you, well be sit-ting here three years later andnothings going to happen,said Sekora, who would preferto use the provincial funds topay for HST costs.

Besides, Sekora added, thecitys not prepared for bigbusiness investment.

Coquitlams not ready todo anything right now. Wehave no land for sale, so whatare they going to do? .Were slow movers. We dontcut the red tape. We dont doanything to invite big busi-

nesses to Coquitlam.Mayor Richard Stewart

agreed that more can be doneto attract big business, and hehopes the Korea trip will help.

Korea has a large popu-lation here in Coquitlam.That competitive advantagecould translate into somereal economic strength forCoquitlam, Stewart said.

We dont do anything onthis council to invite big busi-ness. Thats one of the things

we want to change I thinkwe can do much better.

Nearby in Port Coquitlam,council recently declined afriendship city invitation fromXing Hua in China, sincePoCo was not willing to com-mit financial and staff resour-ces to the cause.

But if provincial fundingbecomes available again,Mayor Greg Moore said PoCowould look at sister or friend-ship city agreements.

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A 44-year-old PortCoquitlam man is beingcharged with robbery witha weapon in relation to theSubway incident.

The vehicle that crashed atthe scene was later deemedstolen. The 23-year-oldLangley man who was arrest-ed will face a host of chargesincluding resisting arrest,possession of stolen propertyand dangerous driving.

Both were expected toappear in Port Coquitlamprovincial court onWednesday.

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Scott said food bank staffand volunteers are also pin-ning their hopes on the Tri-Cities food challenge betweenmunicipalities each ofthe cities has been collectingdonations at city halls andmunicipal buildings that areexpected to trickle in after thechallenge ends.

We wont know until Aug.16 how much was raised,because thats when theycome in and do the directweigh-off, Scott said.

But hopefully people aredonating at their local facili-ties, to build on that civicpride.

Donations of food andfunds are also accepted at theSHARE Food Bank located

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The B.C. provincial government struckthe Local Government Elections TaskForce in 2009 to find ways to improve the electoralprocess for municipal elections in B.C. Task forcemembers included three provincial politicians andthree Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) mem-bers. But UBCM is a lobby group that representsthe interests of local politicians and was able to useits position on the panel to support its own recom-mendations. Some, such as campaign contributionlimits and the corporate vote, received a fair bit ofattention. However, the recommendation to increasethe length of the election cycle flew under the radarscreen.

UBCM has lobbied long and hard to give localpoliticians an extra year of job security. In the 1980s,it was UBCM that lobbied to increase the election

term to three years from two. Since 2007, it hasbeen actively lobbying the provincial government toextend the election term by yet another year. So therecommendation for a longer election cycle came asno surprise.

How does a local government lobbygroup justify an extra year of pay, perksand power?

UBCM claims holding elections lessoften will save money. Nice to knowlocal politicians occasionally look forplaces to save taxpayers hard-earneddollars. But who really benefits with

fewer elections? Its the politicians, not the taxpay-ers.

UBCM claims a longer term will give local pol-iticians more time to learn the ropes. Yet, accord-ing to CivicInfo BC, of the 1,195 local governmentofficials elected in 2008 (including mayors, council-lors, trustees and regional district) only 18 per centreported no experience. Frankly, with 82 per centgetting re-elected, this excuse just doesnt holdwater.

UBCM also says that other provinces have four-year terms, so we should too. Since when does theexcuse everyone else is doing it make somethingright?

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For example, in 2008, then-Port Coquitlam MayorScott Young was charged with a criminal offence.He was sentenced to a one-year conditional sentenceand 18 months probation. Port Coquitlam council-lors asked him to resign, but he refused. A longerterm would have kept him in office even longer,leaving local citizens with questionable representa-tion.

Moving from a three- to a four-year term is a bigmistake. It lets politicians hang around in office evenlonger without seeking the approval of voters. Localgovernment is supposed to serve citizens, not itself.To enhance accountability, local politicians need toface voters more often, not less. There is no legitim-ate justification for the provincial government toincrease the election term.

You can make your views known by contactingthe Minister of Community and Rural Development,Ben Stewart, at 250-387-2283 or [email protected].

Civic politicians dont need longer terms

Re: City still accepting public feedback overplanned dog park, Wednesday, July 21.

I applaud Coquitlam Coun. Selina Robinsonsstance on this issue, as portrayed in the article inthe July 21 issue of The NOW: how can Coquitlammake an informed choice without havinga clear idea of how much money can beused to set up the dog park?

Secondly, I firmly prefer that the nextdog park site be an actual dog park.

While I have no objection to an occa-sional dog owner running their leasheddog(s) along the trails by the CoquitlamRiver, if the city designates these trails as an officialdog park I shall then avoid ever using these trailsbecause I feel strongly that this choice for the newdog park site would be unfair to those of us who donot own dogs, for whatever reasons we choose not tobe dog owners.

My daughter, who lives in Victoria, has owneda dog which she walked daily and she has pointedout two further aspects of dog parks which impinge

on this decision: (1) dog owners enjoy coming toa dog park because of the socialization feature forboth them and their dogs and (2) there are a lot ofirresponsible dog owners who do not scoop up thepoop produced by their canine(s). I, for one, would

much rather have such droppings left ina dog park rather than on a public trail.

Lastly, there are going to be hid-den costs associated with any choiceand, while the choice of the CoquitlamRiver trail system looks to be the leastexpensive, there are issues such as fecalcontamination of the river during heavy

rains and we do get them here in Coquitlam which may have very expensive consequences.

Given this and the wish of many people to walkthese trails without being accosted by dogs, some ofwhich inevitably wont be on leash, it is clear to methat either the Town Centre Park site or the GlenPark site are much better options.

Maggie FankbonerCoquitlam

A cynical attempt to make some money.Thats how Daisy Kler of the Vancouver

Rape Relief and Womens Shelter described anew test designed to let women know wheth-er a drink has been spiked by date rape drugs.Shame on the company for feeding off the

fear that women, reasonably, have of beingraped, Kler is quoted in media reports assaying. By focusing on womens behaviour itgives the message that women can somehowprevent these attacks from happening and ifthey dont its somehow their fault.Technically, shes right. No woman or

man should be blamed for being the targetof a sexual assault. But for those women whoworry about waking up in strange surround-ings after having their drink spiked, the test-ing kits might offer some peace of mind.Already available in Quebec, the Drink

Detective will be rolled out across Canada incoming weeks, at a suggested retail price of$5.99. The disposable kit includes a dropperthat drinkers use to apply samples of theirdrink to a blotting paper designed to detectGHB, ketamine or benzodiazepines thethree drugs most commonly linked to cases ofdate rape. If the drink contains traces of thosedrugs, changes will be visible on the blottingpaper, the company says.Is it sad that a simple outing to a pub for a

few drinks with friends now requires a chem-istry test? Of course, but thats the fault of thepredators who target women with date rapedrugs, not the fault of Drink Detective.The testing kits are no more a cynical

attempt to profit from fear than home secur-ity systems or car immobilizers are.In an ideal world, predators would not slip

drugs into anyones drink, and women wouldnot have to worry about becoming victims.In the real world, if such a testing kit pre-

vents just one rape, its a great product.And speaking of fear, maybe knowing that

women are using the kit will prevent preda-tors from attempting to spike drinks, whichwould be a victory for everyone.What do you think? Vote in our online poll

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Ban on gun shopsdiscrimination

Re: No gun shops in PortMoody now or in the future:council, Wednesday, July 21.

Discrimination is discrimina-tion. So what your mayor has justtold me and about six per cent ofthe population is that gun ownersand the small family-owned busi-nesses that support law-abidingsport shooters are not welcomedin Port Moody. Thank you, mayor,for being blatantly clear aboutyour discrimination. I, and manyothers like me, will be sure notto spend any money at all in yourcity.

So will this bylaw resolve yourgang problems and crime issues?I think not. As far as stores sellingguns and ammo, I would ratherhave them as a neighbour thanyou.

Colin ParkinsonNorth Vancouver

Not everyone plansto use SkyTrain

Re: Burquitlam developmentapproved, Wednesday, July 21.

Once again the eco-terror-ists have given the developers aweapon to thwart the evil motoristand further enhance the bottomline of the builders.

I am never going to take thebus to the SkyTrain. I would takethe SkyTrain regularly if therewas parking at any of the SkyTrain

stations, but its an all-in prop-osition, so I will continue to drivemy car.

Christine ClarkePort Moody

Dont feed wildlifeAnother bear was hauled out of

its backyard on Burke Mountainrecently, a victim of purposefulforaging that led it to garbageleft inconsiderately by humans. Itwas only doing whatcomes naturally and,of course, its nosewould lead it to thescrumptious smell oftasty leftovers droppedon the ground by con-struction workers andunsecured garbage cans.

We have lived for 17 years onBurke mountainside, right againstthe wilderness, with a compostpile, fruit trees and a vegetablegarden, never having had a prob-lem from bears and never havinghad a bear in our garbage. Wevealways joked with our friends atthe bottom of the mountain thatthey see more bears than we do.

Now, with the influx of workersleaving their lunch wrappers onthe ground and new neighboursnot understanding that they areliving right against the wilderness with nothing between them andWhistler our neighbours thebears are being carted off to otherlocations or destroyed becausethey now associate people withfood instead of fearing humans

and moving away, which is normalbear behaviour.

I have come in very close con-tact with black bears many times.Our family has tromped throughthe brushy trails up here for years.We make noise in conversation sothe bears know were around andmove off. On the occasion therehas been closer contact, a simpleloud whoop and a stomping of feetor clapping of hands has sent thebear scurrying into the bush.

I am concerned thatsomething really ser-ious is going to hap-pen up here betweenhumans and bearsbecause the bearsinstincts to fear manare being overridden

by their quest for food that theyfind more abundantly aroundhuman homes and work sites.

And it is not only the bears. Lastfall a coyote had to be destroyedbecause it was following a group ofchildren on the way to their schoolbus stop. It actually brushed upagainst an eight-year-old girl.We think it is because it couldsmell the childs lunch in herbackpack, but there is no way acoyote should approach a group ofhumans. It turned out some con-struction workers had been feed-ing coyotes at their lunch breakand the coyotes were showing upwhen the mobile coffee cateringtruck would sound its arrival tothe workers.

Please, people, keep your gar-

bage secured and your trash inyour trucks or machines until youcan properly dispose of it at yourhome or depot at the end of theday. Or designate a place on yourjob site to place it so that it canbe removed every day. The properhandling of trash is the respon-sibility of every individual of ourcommunity, not the developers,not the general contractors, notsomebody else, not the City ofCoquitlam. (And, yes, Ive pickedup off my street more than myshare of fast-food wrappers, ciga-rette boxes, coffee cups and myfavourite, doggie doo bags leftneatly at the base of the telephonepole at the corner of my property.)

Do not purposely feed bears,raccoons, coyotes or deer. Losingtheir fear of humans will costthem their lives because theybecome unhealthy or a nuisance.

Wild animals are beautifulbecause they are wild. We areprivileged to live so close besidethem, and people travel halfwayaround the world to see them. Aswe watch with horror the continu-ing man-made environmentaldisaster caused by the failure ofBritish Petroleums fail safeshut-off valve, I would like toremind everyone that looking afterour Earth needs to begin in ourown corner of the world with ourindividual effort to reduce, recycle,re-use and properly dispose of ourpersonal trash.

Janet KloppCoquitlam

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Arts & Entertainment [email protected] Square exhibits highlight ability

Terry Fox did it. So did Rick Hansen andArt Jonker.Overcoming physical challenges while celebrating those victories through art is the focal point behind two exhibits thatbegin a two-month run out of Port CoquitlamsLeigh Square Community Arts Village startingFriday, July 29.

The Legacy of Terry Fox and Colourwheelsare the products of the Terry Fox Foundationand Rick Hansen Wheels inMotion, respectively, and bothshows feature artwork andmemorabilia highlighting thelives of each Canadian icon andthe effects they had on others.

The Terry Fox exhibit willfeature commemorative T-shirts from the Terry Fox Rundating back to 1988, shirts thatFox wore during his 143-dayrun, interactive stories abouthow Foxs run impacted othersin Canada, and a made-in-Port-Coquitlam quiltlinking those stories and experiences together.

The Colourwheels exhibit consists of mixedmedia, paintings, photography and sculpturesfrom six artists living with spinal cord injuries:Nirmala Hickey, Robin Hodgson, Art Jonker,Olga Kalamkarova, Murray Siple and MarnieSmithies.

Its really to see that people with spinalcord injuries or people with disabilities haveabilities that you maybe wouldnt expect themto its about celebrating the abilities ofpeople with disabilities, said Rick HansenInstitute spokesperson Janice Twiss. Theyrereally creative just like anybody. Some of thethings they create are just amazing.

Each of the six artists featured in theColourwheels exhibit lives with varying degreesof disability: some have full use of their hands,while others have limited use. VancouversArt Jonker is a quadriplegic with no use of hislegs or hands. But hes got a mouth that workswonders and a nose for art, and the 43-year-oldnow creates oil and acrylic paintings using hismouth.

I dont portray anything to do with my dis-abilities in my work. I dont want to wallow inthe mire of darkness. I went through my yearsof struggle back in the first few years after myinjury, he said in an interview.

Jonker was paralyzed from the neck down in1997 after a motorcycle accident. Faced withmonths of recovery and rehab at VancouversGF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, he was firstcoaxed by centre staff to try and write his namewith his mouth in a sketchbook. He didnt likethe results and put his artistic endeavours on

the backburner.I had been very active and done all these

things and enjoyed a number of pursuits athletics, business. And then suddenly Ima quadriplegic and I felt like I couldnt doanything. Whatever I tried made me feel like acomplete failure after all the things I had donebefore. I didnt have any options that lookedbright until I found [art].

It wasnt until a persistent friend challengedJonker to try the process again, that the needto create became insatiable. After dabbling inwatercolours and sketches, Jonker found hisniche in oil and acrylic paintings.

From the point of view ofthe average person, what I dois amazing, he said. So inthat sense, my art is a caseof saying, Yes I can conquerobstacles and overcome myrestrictions. But Id rather nottalk about it at all Id likethe art to stand on its own.But the truth is, people liketo know, they want to knowand, to an extent, they need toknow. So there will hopefully

be a time when my name is just my name, butmaybe there wont be.

The tie-in between Terry Fox and RickHansen is a natural one given the circum-stances in their lives and the friendship theyhad together, said Donna White, provincialdirector with the B.C. and Yukon branch of theTerry Fox Foundation.

Its such a great message especially for ouryouth dont ever let anybody tell you thatyou cant do something. People scoffed at Terryand said, You cant undertake something likethis. He tried his very best and look at whathe did.

The Terry Fox aspect of the exhibit will fea-ture a quilt made by about 10 Port Coquitlam-based volunteers, all of whom have spentthe last month amassing a patchwork of oldTerry Fox Run T-shirts and quotes from PortCoquitlams favourite son.

On top of the quilt, members of the publicare invited to join the Terry Fox FoundationsFacebook page to share stories about wherethey were during Foxs run in 1980.

But its not just those stories. Its also aboutpeople who got a chance to see Terry, and howthose people were affected by what took placein 1980, White said. Its really anybody whosgot that kind of memory, were encouragingpeople to share these stories.

Both shows run from July 29 to Sept. 20at the Leigh Square Community Arts Village.An opening reception is slated for Aug. 26 at6 p.m. All artists will be in attendance, along-side reps from both the Terry Fox Foundationand Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion.

I didnt have anyoptions that lookedbright until I found

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Art Jonker, who was paralyzed from the neck down in a motorcycle accident in 1997,uses his mouth to create oil and acrylic paintings, including the ones shown below.His work will form part of an exhibition in PoCos Leigh Square Community ArtsCentre, Colourwheels, which opens on Friday, July 29. Another exhibit opening thesame day, The Legacy of Terry Fox, features a quilt made of old Terry Fox Run T-shirts.

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With summer a populartime to hire landscapers, theBetter Business Bureau ofMainland BC is recommend-ing that consumers weed outshady contractors who areunqualified and have no trackrecord.

Homeowners want a land-scaper who is on time andwithin budget, BBB presidentand CEO Lynda Pasacreta saidin a press release. Due to thehigh demandduring thesummer sea-son, it is oftendifficult tohire qualitycontractors.

The BBBhas received47 lawnmaintenancecomplaintssince April1. Consumers have reportedhaving difficulty cancellingservice contracts, and thereare reports that after yearlycontracts end, they are auto-matically renewed without thehomeowners consent.

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For many of us, meat isan important part of ourdaily diet. Whether it bebeef, lamb, pork or chicken,it is important to know thebasics of creating the mostflavour possible.

Marinades seem to be firstand foremost inpeoples mindswhen it comes tocreating flavourin cooked meats.Although they docreate flavour,they are alsoimportant in mak-ing a cut of meatmore tender.

The bestmarinades aremade from the simplest ofingredients that you have inyour home already. Pleasedont rely on the packages ofpowder you find at the super-markets. Marinades are madeup from a base, an acid andflavourful ingredients.

The base of a marinade isusually oil, as this will aidin the cooking process. Anacid such as vinegar, wine orlemon juice is added to break-down the tougher proteinsfound in the meat.

Red meats and pork,depending on the cut, are thetoughest, and its better tomarinate them for betweenone and 24 hours.

Chicken proteins aremuch more delicate and arepreferably marinated for nolonger than four to six hours.Overmarinated chicken willactually start to becometough.

The same follows throughwith seafood, as its proteincomposition is even morefragile than chicken. Seafoodshould usually be marinatedfor a mere 30 minutes to anhour.

The flavour combinationsthat can be added to a mar-inade are literally endless.Crushed garlic, herbs, spicesand condiments are just a few.Be creative.

Flavour creation does notonly exist by marinating.

Searing meats,marinated or not,is very important.There is virtu-ally no cookingmethod thatshould exemptone from searingmeat first. Thisdevelops a crustthat will carryflavour all the waythrough to the

finished dish one is prepar-ing. Stew, for example, has amore developed beef flavourwhen the stew meat pieces arebrowned prior to the additionof other ingredients.

Many presume searing sealsjuices inside the meat. This,however, is incorrect as noamount of searing can preventthe loss of moisture.

The flavour in crustdevelopment can be enhancedeven further by the additionof seasoning. If the meat hasnot been marinating, you maywant to add salt and pepper tothe meat prior to searing. Thissimple seasoning will thenbecome part of the meatsouter shell.

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Water blasts aphids from treesGarden

I have yellow stuff dropping all over mycar, my tiled deck, my kitchen skylight andmy white siding. It doesnt wipe off and has tobe removed with a scrubbing brush. This hasbeen going on a few months and I cant keepon top of the cleaning. The environmentaldepartment at City Hall reckoned it was beedroppings, but there are hardly any bees here.What I cant understand is that my neighbourhardly has any at all.

Joadey Caldwellvia e-mail

This problem happens whenaphids infest the trees and excretea sticky substance that falls to theground. Theres probably an aphid-filled tree close to your houseand parking spot. Your neighbourdoesnt have the same troublebecause the offending tree is out-side your house, not hers.

Locally, Ive come across this asa problem mainly on birches andlirodendrons (tulip trees) but any tree badlyinfested with aphids creates a similar situation.

If the tree is not enormously tall, you couldtry blasting the aphids with water from a hose.Once theyve fallen out of the tree they dontusually climb back again.

Ladybugs, lacewings and parasitic wasps allfeed on aphids, but sometimes an infestationis too massive for natural predators to makea difference. There are organic sprays againstaphids in garden centres, but spraying even asmall tree would be hugely expensive and youmight have to do it more than once. Im surea jet of water is the best solution if you tacklethis yourself.

We replanted our own raspberry bed lastyear and enjoyed great berries last year. Thisyear the berries are extremely small. I suspect

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Its very likely lack of water is the cause and if you have water restrictions, youll needto make decisions about which plants can waita few days for water and what cant.

The critical time for watering any food cropis when the crop starts to form.With raspberries, this is immedi-ately after little green berries startappearing. Then water either everyday or as often as you can until thecrop is harvested. After that theraspberry plants can be allowed toget somewhat dry, though not tothe point they wilt.

Manure or compost helps toproduce fat berries, but for mois-ture retention Ive found grass

clipping mulch a huge help. Two or threeinches (five to eight cm) each year works forme. Water doesnt evaporate fast because thesoil is covered. Some gardeners dry clippingsfirst before spreading them and pull back themulch slightly from stems aiming to preventfungal disease or rotting. This is helpful forsome plants, but Ive not found it necessary forraspberries. Besides holding in moisture, freshgrass clippings deter weeds. But if you haveweedy grass, youll have a few extra weeds pop-ping up next spring.

Raspberries can get viral diseases that makeberries small. But since you had a good croplast year Id advise you to try mulching first.

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Change has come to the long-lived Toyota4Runner, and its long overdue. Thatsnot a criticism of last years model,which has held up quite well its just thatlast years model came to us in 2003.

Change wasnt so much inevitable as it wasnecessary. After all, when you have a customerbase as loyal as 4Runner owners are, you dontwant to keep them waiting too long.

Now in its fifth generation, the 20104Runner takes everything that was good aboutthe 2009 model and makes it better. Its morerefined, more stylish, more sophisticated, moreeverything. Its a traditional, truck-based SUVwith a tough outer body covering a tougherunderbody.

Toyota offers five different SUVs, reach-ing out to a wide variety of consumers. Thepopular RAV4 competes in the compact seg-ment, while the full-size Sequoia is exactly theopposite. The Highlander is the friendly peoplemover, and the FJ Cruiser harkens back to thesuper-tough FJ40 four-by-four.

For its part, the 4Runner combines the size,passenger and cargo space, and price of theHighlander with the off-roading prowess of theFJ Cruiser. While the Highlander is designedpurely for city use and doesnt fare too well-offthe beaten path, the 4Runner is at home bothon the street and in the wild. Similarly, the4Runner provides space and convenience thatthe FJ Cruiser wasnt designed to offer.

What the 4Runner doesnt bring to the tableare the manners of the car-based Highlander.

Eschewing a unitized body for the classic body-on-frame design, it prizes agility and groundclearance over handling and comfort. Itsintended for people who miss the pre-cross-over SUVs that were essentially pickup truckswith extra seats. Viewed in this light, the new4Runner is exceptionally well-designed, but itsnot for those who are looking for true car-likecrossovers.

That being said, Toyota has made the choicepretty easy. If you want a relaxed and comfort-able mid-size SUV, get a Highlander. If youneed a tougher vehicle that can go off thebeaten path, pick up a 4Runner.

Either way, you really cant go wrong.

DesignThis might be the first 4Runner that could

be described as imposing. The tall SUV has arugged, hard-edged exterior that serves it well,with subtly bulging wheel wells that provide amuscular stance.

Existing 4Runner owners will appreciate theongoing evolution of the styling. The propor-tions are largely the same as previous models,and details such as the roof rails and large C-pillar are all there. You can even still get theoptional hood scoop.

The interior is a huge improvement over theprevious generation. The upright dashboardis all truck, with no-nonsense buttons andswitches that reinforce the 4Runners toughdemeanour.

Overall, the new 4Runner feels like a muchhigher-quality vehicle, and it should consider-ing the improvements weve seen in materials

The 2010Toyota4Runner hasbeenmodernizedthroughout,includingfeatures likeelectronic fuelmileagetracking.Photo submitted

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PerformanceThe 4Runners four-litre V-6 produces 270-

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SR5 and Trail Edition 4Runners feature apart-time four-wheel-drive system, while theLimited model gains full-time four-wheel drive.

While it may not be as easy to drive as aHighlander, the 2010 4Runner is dramaticallyimproved over the 2009 version. Its smootherand sportier, with better handling and ridequality. It does what most body-on-framevehicles do, diving forward when you brake andshaking noticeably in turns.

EnvironmentGiven the boxy exterior, its no surprise that

theres lots of room inside the 4Runner, whichboasts excellent headroom in both the frontand rear seats.

Power-adjustable front seats are standardand generally very comfortable, but the lumbarsupport could be a bit firmer. The second-rowbench seat splits 40/20/40 and has seatbacksthat recline up to 16 degrees.

Controls are logically placed, and the TrailEditions overhead console which collectsall of the off-road switches in one location isa nice touch.

FeaturesStarting at $36,800, the 4Runner is sold in

SR5, SR5 Upgrade, Trail Edition and Limitedtrims. It tops out at $49,420 for the Limitedwith navigation. Standard features includeABS, vehicle stability control, traction control,air-conditioning, fog lamps, moonroof, tilt/tele-scope steering, eight-speaker CD stereo, cruisecontrol, keyless entry, power rear hatch andfront/knee/side/side-curtain airbags.

Options, mostly found in the various trimlevels, include the kinetic suspension system,X-Read sport suspension, crawl control, multi-terrain ABS, heated seats, leather interior, airconditioning, 15-speaker JBL sound system,Bluetooth, navigation system with back-upcamera, smart-key with push-button start,third-row seat and the sliding cargo tray. Fuelefficiency is rated at 12.6 L/100 km in the cityand 9.2 L/100km on the highway.

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Each year, BCAAs Road Assist servicerescues close to 300 children and pets fromlocked cars, according to a press release.

Many of the accidental lock-in calls occurwhile children playing with keys lock them-selves inside the vehicle, or when drivers andtheir passengers become distracted while get-ting in and out of their vehicle. Car doors canclose unexpectedly, locking young children ora pet in the car along with the car keys.

During warm sunny weather, the inside of acar can reach extremely high temperatures in amatter of minutes even if its parked in theshade, explains Dave Chapman, BCAAs man-ager for fleet operations. It gets even worse ifthe car is sitting directly under the sun. Thecar acts like a magnifying glass and creates

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To avoid any chance that a child or pet willbe harmed by the heat of a car this summer,BCAA encourages parents, caregivers and petowners to play it safe and take the followingprecautions:

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The Douglas College Foundations new board of directors hasits eye firmly fixed on the future as it celebrates 25 years of rais-ing money for students.

One of those innovative ways is a Renaissance gala that willshowcase music, hospitality and leadership students in a blacktie/costume ball set for October. It features artists, circus per-formers and dancing in a tribute to the 40th anniversary ofDouglas College and the foundations 25th.

New board chair Baj Puri says the new board is focused onensuring the success of the gala, as well as attracting new fund-ing so as to continue to be able to assist more than 1,500 stu-dents annually with bursaries, awards or scholarships.

Puri has been with the foundation since 1988 and is pas-sionate about the opportunities it provides to students in theirhome communities. He is joined on the board by vice-chairDarlene Hyde of Coquitlam, treasurer Neal Nicholson, a coun-cillor for the City of Coquitlam, secretary Gerry Della Mattiaand past-president Bill Payne. Port Coquitlams Nigel Lark andCoquitlams Suzanne Kyra were appointed as directors at theJuly AGM, joining Coquitlam residents Nick Cheng and GeorgeHome, as well as Karen Baker-MacGrotty, Roy Daykin, KimHusband, Karl Maier and Denise McLaren.

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Club Ilia Eatery & Lounge, along with West Coast WineEducation, will host an eco-friendly event called Summerdelish:Taste the Earth, tomorrow (Saturday) at SFU.

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More than two dozen companies will provide food or beveragesamples at the event, set for 7 to 9 p.m. on July 24.

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