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NWSS students heard mixed reviewsabout the proposed transit tax hike over theweekend.The high schools environment club

held a youth rally at the NewWestminsterSkyTrain station on Sunday in support oftheYes side.We had a lot of transit users who said,

Im planning on votingYes, and were opento us talking to them, but others who wereangry about it, who were kind of dismis-sive, said organizer Sadie DeCoste.The Grade 12 student added a few of the

conversations took her by surprise.I spoke with an older man who was

planning on voting No, and it wasnt be-cause he doesnt like transit, it was becausehe didnt like the wayTransLink was run.After we talked for a while, he said, Yeah,that makes sense and maybe Ill think aboutit, she said. He was really receptive towhat I was asking him as a youth, to think

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SAYYES Rally organizer andGrade 12NWSS student Sadie DeCoste speaks to a passerby about the transit referendumat theNewWestminsterSkyTrain stationonSunday PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

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ANewWestminster resident iswonderingwhypolice are investigatinghim for takingpic-turesnear theBurnabyMountain tank farm.TimTakaro, a health sciences professor at

SFU, was having lunch with his family lastweek, when his daughters cell phone rang,and the man on the other end was lookingforTakaro.He identies himself as the Burnaby

RCMP and he asked me if I was involved in

any incidents, he said. I didnt know any-thing he was talking about.The ofcer toldTakaro there would be no

criminal charges, butTakaro had no idea hewas under investigation in the rst place.He said, theres no criminal charges,

kind of out of the blue,Takaro said.The ofcer also informedTakaro that po-

lice knew he had been on Burnaby Moun-tain protesting the pipeline.OnMarch 6,Takaro was visiting Glob-

alTV to give an interview on the Port Met-roVancouver re. He then drove up the hill

to Kinder Morgans tank farm and walkedalong a nearby trail.I took a picture of my phone with the

trail signs, and behind it is the guard sta-tion (for the Kinder Morgan tank farm),he said. I didnt think anything of it, exceptthe guy came out of the guard booth andsaid, You cant take pictures here. I said,OK, ne, and walked down the trail.Takaro suspects the guard took down his

licence plate number, and thats how policetracked him down.The worst part is they called my daugh-

ter,Takaro said. I nd it really weird, kindof spooky and intimidating.Takaro said his daughter does not pay for

her cell phone, but hes unsure if its regis-

tered in his name or his wifes.Takaro, who is a participant in the NEBs

Kinder Morgan pipeline hearing, also saidhe sees a connection to Bill-C51, the Con-servative governments latest attempt toght terrorism.I do think theres intimidation going

on on the part of access to Kinder Mor-gan, and I think the new bill, C-51, thatthe Harper government is trying to ramthrough, this so called anti-terrorist bill, isvery intimidating for people who are pro-testing these new large infrastructure proj-ects that are destroying the planet.Takaros experience echoes that of New

Westminster resident Lesslie Askin, a

Citymanspics triggerRCMPcallThe worst part is they called my daughter ... I nd it reallyweird,kind of spooky and intimidating, TimTakaro

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ITSWORTHSAVING: From left, Jerry Johnson,RolandGuasparini andDouglasWhicker areamong thoseplanninga rally insupport of thedowntownparkade. Theywant the city to call ahalt todemolitionplans. PHOTOLARRYWRIGHT

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Fans of the Front StreetParkade are planning a ral-ly to encourage the city topretty up the parkade andsave it from the wreckingball.A group of downtown

residents has been urg-ing city council to scrap itsplan to demolish the west-ern portion of the parkade,work thats set to get un-derway this year.The resi-dents, who have launcheda DeferTheDemolitionSaveTheParkade page onFacebook, are planning aninformation rally for Satur-day,March 21 at noon atthe Fourth Street ramp ofthe parkade.I am hoping they will

put a bit of a pause on it,said NewWest residentRoland Guasparini. Youknow, even if they go to atender, which will give usmore information abouttiming, costs all that kindof stuff, the demolition isntscheduled until after theydo some of the rehabilita-tion work on the east side.As far as I am concerned,once people start seeingsome of the things theycan actually do to do someof the prettying up of the

parkade, people may say,Why dont you do that tothe rest of it?Why are youtaking it down?The group believes the

citys plan to demolish aportion of the parkade isunnecessary, saying its inexcellent condition and isworthy of being repurposedto provide an elevated river-walk extension toWestmin-ster Pier Park.In April 2014, city coun-

cil directed staff to proceedwith work needed to de-construct a portion of theFront Street parkade and torestore Front Street front-age road into a pedestrian-friendly area that includesangled parking, a wide side-walk and a landscaped bou-levard with trees.The citys 2015 capital

plan includes $3.5 millionfor demolition of the por-tion of the parkade thatslocated between Sixth andBegbie streets, but severalresidents have appeared be-fore council in recent weeksto urge the city to reconsid-er its plan to tear down theparkade.I appreciate the com-

ments they were mak-ing. I dont want to dis-count the types of itemsthey were bringing for-ward, but the reality is the

decision to move forwardwith the partial deconstruc-tion was made several yearsago,Mayor Jonathan Cotetold the Record. We are atthe phase where this proj-ect is actually moving for-ward and going to tender.We have passed the point ofthe consultation and therewas signicant consulta-tion on this decision for anumber of years. I appreci-ate the comments that were

made, but in my opinionit is not going to stop thisproject frommoving for-ward.Residents have been try-

ing to make the case thatthe parkade provides a con-nection between the down-town and the waterfront- a connection the city be-lieves will be enhancedby knocking down part ofthe parkade. Cote said theparkade is a physical barrierbetween the waterfront andthe downtown, which iswhere the city wants to cre-ate connections.

I think if we didnthave the vision for the ac-tual waterfront, wheth-er that be theWestminsterPier Park or the proposedboardwalk and extensionof the park from the Lar-co site, the parkade couldvery well have played a rolelike Highland Park in NewYork, he said. But the re-ality is, we have made in-vestments to say our con-nection and our pathwayis the waterfront. So howdo we get people from thedowntown to the waterfrontand actually remove thosebarriers.Trucks and trains, say

fans of the Front Streetparkade, are the biggest ob-stacle to connecting thedowntown to the water-front.Cote said the parkade

isnt the only barrier be-tween the downtown andthe waterfront, but until itsremoved its hard for manypeople to imagine the op-portunities that exist in thearea. By daylighting thestreet and using other ur-ban techniques, he thinksFront Street will changedramatically.Right now, underneath

the parkade is the worst airquality in all of Metro

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Three men are in custo-dy after commandeering ataxi during a car chase withNewWestminster police lastThursday morning.Around 9 a.m. onMarch

12, ofcers were called toWal-Mart at Queensbor-ough Landing after reportsthree men had threatenedstaff with a weapon anded the store with an un-disclosed amount of stolenproperty.While police wereenroute, they were informedthe three suspects hadjumped into a nearby taxiand ed the scene, accord-ing to a media release fromNewWestminster police.As ofcers approached

the scene, the taxi was spot-ted still carrying the threesuspects and travelling east-bound in the 1400 blockof StewardsonWay. Policeturned around and attempt-ed a trafc stop, but the taxikept on driving, stated therelease.Concerned for the safe-

ty of the taxi driver, whowas just an unlucky vic-tim in this incident, accord-

ing to Sgt. Chad Johnston,spokesperson for the NewWestminster Police Depart-ment, police initiated a low-speed pursuit and followedthe vehicle over the Pattul-lo Bridge into Surrey.Thetaxi eventually stopped inthe 10400 block of KingGeorge Boulevard, and oneof the suspects ed from thevehicle. Ofcers were ableto apprehend the suspect onfoot as well as the remainingtwo who had stayed in thetaxi, the release added.Teamwork and the care-

ful decision making of ourmembers were key in bring-ing this situation to a saferesolution, said ChiefConst. Dave Jones in the re-lease. The decision to ini-tiate a pursuit is not takenlightly, and, in this situation,the safety of the taxi driverand the general public wasof the utmost importance.All three suspects were

taken into custody and areawaiting their rst court ap-pearance.The investigation is ongo-

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A Surrey man is facing 12charges ranging from break-and-enter to mischief over$5,000 following alleged in-cidents at two NewWest-minster SkyTrain stationsearlier this month.The rst incident hap-

pened around 3:30 p.m.onMarch 1, when two sus-pects broke into the 22ndStreet SkyTrain station.Thesuspects were able to breakinto an ATMmachine andremove the cash box beforeeeing the scene, a mediarelease fromTransit Policeexplained.Two days later, New

Westminster police werecalled to the Braid StreetSkyTrain station following areport someone had brokeninto the station. Once in-

side the station, the suspectattempted to break into aticket vending machine andwhen that failed, he brokeinto an ofce, the releasestated.The suspect ed the sta-

tion by way of the SkyTraintracks and was arrestedby NewWestminster po-lice as he made his way toLougheed station.Following the suspects

arrest,Transit Police identi-ed the individual as one ofthe suspects in the March1 incident. Upon furtherinvestigation, transit of-cers recovered a signicantquantity of cash, accordingto the release.Crown counsel has since

approved charges recom-mended by both NewWest-minster police andTransitPolice.

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Vancouver. I certainlywouldnt even want to bepromoting a retail environ-ment downtown there be-cause from a health per-spective its not the placeto be. But you start to re-move the air-quality issues,you start to bring daylightto those issues, you start torecognize that the beauti-

ful heritage buildings wehave on Columbia Streetare also wonderful heritagebuildings on Front Street,he said. You are starting tore-imagine what that streetcan be. I am not going to sithere and say Front Street isgoing to become like Rob-son Street as soon as theparkade comes down, buthaving said that, its going to

start to take a different formand start to attract differenttype of businesses that willcater to all the new residentsin the downtown. Its stillgoing to be a gritty streetbut not all urban areas areperfect.A parking study of the

downtown commissionedby the city concluded thereis ample parking in the area.

Residents, however, believethe parkade will be neededas development takes placeon the two parking lots oneither side of River Market.Certainly, as the Bosa

site and the Larco site getdeveloped and both ofthose sites will include newpublic parking in there there are going to be somechallenges, just like there

would be with any develop-ment site. I really believe theparkade is actually one ofthe barriers that is stoppingthe Larco site from beingdeveloped and the water-front vision on that portionof the site from ever comingto reality, Cote said. Un-less we are actually able totake that rst step of try-ing to reconnect our histor-

ic downtown with our wa-terfront, all those other stepsarent going to start to hap-pen.Along with organizing a

rally, proponents of keepingthe parkade are acceptingemails from supporters [email protected] never done until

its torn down,Guaspari-ni said.

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A city councillor is con-cerned a subdivision pro-posal making its waythrough city hall could openthe oodgates for in theGlenbrook North neigh-bourhood.Staff recently presented

council with a preliminaryreport about a proposed re-zoning of 201 Durham St.that would allow the site tobe subdivided into two lots.The propertys owners are

proposing to de-molish the existing1942 house on thesite, create two lotswith 10 metre (33foot) frontages andbuild two two-sto-rey plus basementhomes.According to a

staff report, the 33properties in the200 and 300 blocksof Durham Street have di-verse lot and building char-acteristics. Four of the lotshave frontages that are iden-

tical or narrowerthan the proposedfrontage at 210Durham St.Coun. Chuck

Puchmayr said heswilling to keep anopen mind aboutthe application,but has some con-cerns about theproposals impacton the streetscape

and neighbourhood.Hesnot convinced the proposalwill t in with the street andneighbourhood.

Puchmayr toldcouncil he is wor-ried about the po-tential for set-ting a precedentand opening theoodgates fordevelopers to buysimilarly cong-ured lots and buildhomes that dontsupport the char-acteristics of theneighbourhood.I am certainly concerned

about the direction this de-velopment would go, he

said.With inll hous-

ing set to be ex-plored in theupdate to the of-cial communityplan, Coun.MaryTrentadue askedhow this propos-al would t in withthat plan.Bev Grieve, the

citys director ofdevelopment services, saidthis application is beingdealt with under the cur-rent ofcial community plan

guidelines. She said thatcouncil directed staff not tohold up these types of sub-division applicants while theOCP update is underway.Council received a report

about the application at itsMarch 2 meeting.The next steps in the

process include having theapplicant make presen-tations to the citys advi-sory planning commissionand the Glenbrook NorthResidentsAssociation,and holding a public openhouse.

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be $10.45 an hour comeSeptember.It is the rst hike since

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of the scale can surely notsupport a family, or evenpay for good housing on$10.45 an hour.The other workers who

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be a burden to their fami-lies.Its not that we dont have

empathy for small business-es.We do.But the majority of busi-

nesses who benet vastlyfrom keeping the minimumwage down are large chainoperations, not mom-and-pop stores.Surely, the government

could have at least phasedin a higher minimum wageover a couple of years say $10.50 in September

2015 and $11 in Septem-ber 2016?According to B.C. Fed-

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MYVIEWKEITHBALDREY

Whatwill liquorchangesmean?The biggest part of the

B.C. Liberal governmentsseemingly never-endingoverhaul of the provinces li-quor laws is nally in sight,and its unclear just whatkind of impact it is going tohave on consumers.Im referring, of course,

to the actual price you willbe paying to consume beer,wine or spirits. OnApril1st, the government is mov-ing towards a new wholesalepricing system for alcohol,which puts government-owned stores on the sameequal footing as private dis-pensers.The move to whole-sale pricing also reects anot-so-subtle philosophi-cal shift by the B.C. Liberalswhen it comes to the gov-ernments involvement inselling liquor, and its onethat will have an impact onconsumers.When the B.C. Liber-

als rst came to power in2001, then-premier Gor-don Campbell toyed withthe idea of selling all gov-ernment liquor stores andceding the selling of boozeto the private sector entire-ly.A number of governmentstores were indeed closed,but he was forced to backoff the privatization schemeby members of his ruralcaucus and by an aggressivepush-back by the B.C.Gov-ernment Employees Union.And so for years,most

government stores operat-ed with little reinvestmentin their physical upkeepand with minimal inter-est in customer relations.But the B.C. Liberals have

now come full circle and areletting government storescompete on an equal footingwith private stores.As a result, many govern-

ment stores will soon havelonger operating hours anda number will remain openon Sundays.And many ofthem are having refrigera-tion units installed.This means that two of

the main advantages of pri-vate stores Sunday open-ings and cold beer and winesales will soon disappear.The evolving nature of

the Christy Clark govern-ments approach to the li-quor business appears basedon two principles: custom-er convenience and govern-ment prot.Thats why itsbecoming easier to purchasebeer and wine, and why themoney generated by theLDB is forecast to grow sig-nicantly in the next fewyears.The LDB forecasts itscontribution to governmentcoffers will total a whopping$2.6 billion over the nextthree years, rising annuallyby about $15 million.When the B.C. Liberals

rst promised in their 2013election platform to mod-ernize B.C.s liquor laws, Isuspect few people had anyidea how far-reaching suchan exercise would be.Well know in the next

few weeks whether a key as-pect of that industry howmuch money is actually re-quired to buy its products is going to change much.Keith Baldrey is chief politi-

cal reporter for Global B.C.

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TWASSAIDTHISWEEK...

I nd it really weird,kind of spooky and

intimidating.

TimTakaro,NewWest resident

(this)perpetuatesavirtual socialclass systemof

underpaid femaleworkers ...

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No, they cant havemore of my moneyDear EditorNot only shouldwe sayNo toan increase in provincial sales tax, I sayweshouldbedemanding aoneper cent decreaseandmake them find themoney elsewherebyimproving efficiency, cutting obscenewagesfor their CEOs andmaybe, justmaybe, not cuttaxes for twoper cent of thewealthiest peoplein theprovince and instead raise their taxes.Noneof thoseoptions seem tohavebeenconsidered. I believe taxpayers needanswersas to howwe suddenly got into this cata-strophic transitmess. Theseprovincial leadersandhigh-pricedCEOsappear to havebeenasleepat thewheelwhen studying trends andmakingdecisions onour future transit needs.Instead they tend to focus on their future sal-ary andpension increases.

With all the other taxes by another namewehave imposedonus e.g. levies, tolls, gastaxes, transfer fees, eco fees, health-care pre-miums, ad infinitumweare already far toohighly taxed. Insteadof concedingbillions ofdollars to the LNG industry andbuildingdamswhenalternate sustainable energy sources areavailable,we could actually haveour transit,health-care and school systems fundedap-propriately. After all, it is ourmoney they arespending, andmanywould sayunwisely.

Sowhyencourage thembygiving themevenmoreof our hard-earnedmoney?GavinWishart,NewWestminster

NewWest city councilhas wrong approachDear Editor The streets, avenues andhigh-ways ofNewWest are in theworst shape I canremember. I have livedhere formore than40 years, so thats saying something. I knowmany sections of pavement havenot beentouched in that time, and it shows. Somecanbeattributed to construction, butmost is duetoneglect. This city spends all its infrastruc-ture resources onblocking and slowing trafficdown.Wehave sidewalkswide enough touseas runways andpretty newstreet signs, butheaven forbidweactually spendmoneyon theactual street.

Themayor, though, is spending $200, 000on task forces. The taxes in our city are set torise, andprevious accomplishments havenotquiteworkedout as planned. TheAnvil Centresits largely vacant after the city spentmillionstobuy andbuild it. Thepark on the river onFront Street that the city spentmulti-millionstobuy andbuild also is, for themost part,leftunused. They are spendingprobably atleast $1million tobuild apedestrianwalkwayoverpass to give access, and to get some sortof returnon investment for buying that park inthe first place.

This councils idea andphilosophyon thePattullo Bridge takes the cake, though. Lets re-place a four-lanebridgewith another four-lanebridge! There is noneed toworry that anotheronemillionor sopeoplewill bemovinghere inthenext decadeor two. I say to thepundits, asfar as transit is concerned, peoplewill alwayswant personal transportation.

This is a free country for us to choosehowweget around, not tobe told how. This coun-cil, inmyopinion,with theway theydealwiththe roads and traffic, clearly demonstratesthat theywill tell youhow itwill bedone, nottheotherwayaround.DevonWebb,NewWestminster

TRENDINGShould NewWestfollowTabers lead andlegislate manners?

@jonathanxcote Article led to aninterestingdiscussion at dinner lastnight, as I foundout howmuch@alixcote dislikes pplwho spit inpublic.

@alixcotewould love it if you couldban it. But dont bangroupsofmorethan3.Wewouldnt be able towalkaround town.

@marcykoop I also hatewhenpeoplespit in the street, but Iwouldnt ban it.Cant legislatemanners.

@alixcote I agree it cant bebanned,but itwouldbenice tonot have toalways sidestep.

@CanSpice Its banned in Vancouver.HealthBy-lawNo. 9535.

@CanSpiceAlso inBurnabyunder theLitter ProhibitionBylaw1968.

NewWest Symphonymarks 100 years

@JeremySPerryWow. Almost packedhouse at theMassey Theatre for the#NewWestOrchestras 100thAnniver-sary show. Showdelayeddue to lineups for tickets

@MaryTrentadueWowmy4yr oldstayed through the entire #newwestSymphony100th year celebrationConcert &didntwant to leave

@jonathanxcote Congratulations to#newwest Symphonyon100 years!What an incredible performance thisafternoon.

So,about that transitreferendum

KarenMelnychukBrack not gettinga yes vote fromme.

GeoffPorteous vote no,,,transit is akid in a candy store

ZarenaAnneNotpaying for 2CEOsplus anover sight person! Poorly run,unelected elephant

Mr.Roderick Louishowwill the rev-enues generated from the 1/2percentsales tax be legitimately targetedattheprojects&deliverables that voterswere assured theywouldbe??Whichof the transit plansmanyprojects &deliverables canorwill bebuilt/delivered if only 1/3 of the alleg-edly required funding endsupbeingavailable??

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about how this plan will af-fect us in the long term.The rally, according to

DeCoste, was also a way ofsending voters a message.Our region is facing a

big decision that will affect

our futures in a really tangi-ble way, she said. We wantto tell our parents, who aregoing to be voting, that de-spite the fact were unableto vote, we do care and itssomething were going toinherit.

Mail-in ballots for the0.5 per cent congestionimprovement tax, whichwould fund 10-years worthof transportation projects,were mailed out onMon-day.Voting packages mustbe returned byMay 29.

retired systems analyst whoreceived a visit from the In-tegrated National SecurityEnforcementTeam, whichincludes CSIS, the Canadi-an Border Services Agencyand the RCMP. Police cameknocking onAskins door af-ter she was taking picturesclose to the BurnabyMoun-tain tank farm.Askin isalso a participant in KinderMorgans NEB hearing.Burnaby RCMP spokes-

person Staff Sgt.Major JohnBuis said he couldnt com-ment on any ongoing inves-tigation and offered no de-tails onTakaros case. Ingeneral, if the RCMP re-ceive a call about someonetaking pictures of criticalinfrastructure, police arerequired to act, he said.Lets say for instance,

this was a terrorist group ona reconnaissance, and wedidnt do anything, Buissaid. When we get com-plaints from people who

own critical infrastructure,or even Joe Public, and wedont act on it, then we areliable.Stephen Hansen, Kinder

Morgans acting director fortheWestern Region, said thecompany has a security pro-

tocol to follow.The reason we have a

protocol is its one of ourtop priorities, security andsafety of our operations toour staff and to the commu-nity,Hansen said. Cer-tainly, if this person hadtalked to us and let us knowwho they were, and whatthey wanted, we would bemore than happy to helpthem out with their con-cerns or their photographs.

It is not illegal to takephotos on public proper-ty. Kinder Morgan does nothave signs around the tankfarm that prohibit photos,but there are signs that saythe property is monitored24 hours.When theRecordexplainedTakaros side ofthe story,Hansen suggest-ed the company should talkwith security staff.I understand his con-

cerns,Hansen said. Itwould have been much bet-ter if this individual hadtalked, and we need tomake some changes there.We hope that our neigh-bours take comfort that weare trying to be diligent hereand monitor the activitiesaround our facility. If peopleare curious about our opera-tions, come in and talk to us.Wed be more than happyto sit down and talk to themand show them whats goingon here.

Surveillance:TimTakaro stands in frontof the trailmarkerhephotographedonBurnabyMountain,with theKinderMorgan tank farm in thebackground. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

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What does the MasseyTheatre mean to you?Telling your story on lm

could help you win a newMacBook Pro.TheMasseyTheatre is

calling for participants inActionTake 65! a lm-making competition forworks inspired by and/or

documenting the MasseyTheatre.Anyone who wants some

help can get assistance fromJosh Hite, who teachesphotography and video atEmily Carr University ofArt + Design. He can helpwith both technical and edi-torial/artistic skills, for thosewho want it.The competition is open

to all ages, so why not makeit a family affair? Bring inthe kids and the grandpar-

ents for a multi-generation-al look at this heart of NewWests arts community.Films will be juried by a

panel of experts and includ-ed in a large contribution tothe City of NewWestmin-ster archives, and a screen-ing of top lms will also beheld.The deadline for submis-

sions is March 31. Emailthe theatre team at [email protected] to letthem know if you want to

participate, or check outwww.masseytheatre.com fordetails.

ARTSCOUNCILTAKESON

ARTISAN FAIRS

If youre interested insupporting local artisansand crafters, then dont for-get about the Artisan Fair atRiver Market this weekend.The fairs run regularly in

conjunction with the RoyalCity Farmers Market wintermarkets, the rst and third

Saturdays of the month atRiver Market.The Arts Council of New

Westminster has recentlytaken over running the Arti-san Fair events.Our partnership with

the River Market is one ofthe ways we want to con-tinue to promote the artsin our community, says anemail from the arts councilsEmikoTakeda. This tran-sition will be of great bene-t to local artisans, the arts

council and its members.The fairs run upstairs at

River Market in the Com-munity Square, wheretheres also a play area andchildrens craft table.The next fair is Saturday,

March 21 from 11 a.m. to3 p.m.Anyone whos inter-ested in volunteering or tak-ing part in future events cansend an email to [email protected].

Douglas College is put-ting a modern spin on anancient Greek tragedy for itsnext student performance.The colleges depart-

ments of theatre and stage-craft are putting on TrojanWomen, running March 20to 27 at the Laura C.MuirPerforming ArtsTheatre.The play is written by

Charles Mee, adapted fromthe original work by Greekplaywright Euripides. Itsinfused with fragments oftexts by intellectuals, artists,war survivors and even theKama Sutra and theGeraldoRivera show.TrojanWomen takes place

in the aftermath of themythologicalTrojanWar,when the city ofTroy hasbeen sacked and the womenwho live there face grim fu-tures as captives of the con-quering Greeks.This play is harsh, its in-

tense, and it deals with thesenseless savagery of war,says directorThrasso Pe-

tras in a press release. Ourtheatre students have donea remarkable job of takingthe time to process the dif-cult material in the scriptand turn it into a perfor-mance that will engage andenlighten.Allie Melchert of New

Westminster is among theensemble cast that also in-cludes students JacksonBoudreau, Robyn Craw-ford, Zoe Frank, BenGroberman,Thomas Hal-kes,Mikayla Hart, KaleighSkye AlmondMcDonald,Sarah Mendoza, DanMc-Peake,Morgan Lianne Oe-hlschlager,Ashley Sciglia-no, ClaireTemple and LeviWilliams.The Laura C.Muir Per-

forming ArtsTheatre is onthe fourth oor north atDouglas Colleges 700 Roy-al Ave. campus.Tickets are$8 to $12, available throughwww.ticketsnw.ca or by call-ing 604-521-5050.Modern retelling:DouglasCollege theatre students rehearseTrojanWomen, coming to the stageMarch20 to27. Theproduction is amodernretellingof theoriginalworkbyGreekplaywright Euripides.PHOTOCONTRIBUTED

TragedygetsamodernspinTrojanWomen onstage March 20 to 27

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Its been a symphonicspring in NewWestminsterso far.Hot on the heels of the

NewWestminster Sympho-ny Orchestra celebrating its100th anniversary concertthis past weekend, theWestCoast Symphony is in townfor a concert this weekend.The orchestra returns

to NewWest as part of theMusic at Queens concert

series on Saturday,March21.The 7:30 p.m. concert,

under the baton ofBu-jar Llapaj, takes place atQueens Avenue UnitedChurch.It will feature the world

premiere ofGiorgio Mag-nanensis workWhiteColours,Spectral Orders.Pianist Sarah Hagen will

join the orchestra for Men-delssohns Piano ConcertNo. 1, and the program alsofeatures SibeliussKareliaSuite and Richard Strausss

Don Juan.Admission is by donation,

and you can park in the visi-tor stalls at city hall.Queens Avenue United

Church is at 529 QueensAve. See www.queensavenue.org for more details.

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Two NewWestminsterauthors are among thoseshortlisted for the 2015B.C. Book Prizes.Cecily Nicholson is one

of ve nalists in the run-ning for the Dorothy Live-say Poetry Prize. Shes nom-inated for her work From thePoplars, released byTalon-books.Also a nalist is Eileen

Kernaghan, whos up forthe Sheila A. Egoff Chil-drens Literature Prize,awarded to the best non-il-lustrated book written forchildren. Kernaghan is be-ing recognized for Sophie, inShadow, published byThis-tledown Press.Winners of the B.C. Book

Prizes will be announced ata gala inVancouver on April25.Check out www.bcbook

prizes.ca for the full listof shortlisted authors andmore details about their

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Community

NewWestminsters rechief celebrated his birthdayin style.Fire Chief TimArm-

strong visited Ottawa lastweek on behalf of HonourHouse, a NewWestminster-based facility that providesaccommodations for mili-tary personnel and rst re-sponders and their families,who are in town for medicaltreatment.Happy Birthday 2

#newwest Fire ChiefTimArmstrong, in Ottawa topromote Honour House.Came 2 Parliament 4 BDdinner, tweeted NewWest-minster-Burnaby MP PeterJulian.Armstrong, a direc-

tor with Honour House,was asked to present to thestanding committee on vet-erans affairs to discuss is-sues related to military tran-sitioning back into civilianlife.Along with promoting

Honour House,Armstrongsaid it was an opportunity

to cite the need for federalfunding. Currently, HonourHouse gets no provincial orfederal funding and relieson donations.Our military and rst re-

sponders shouldnt be re-lying on charity to supportthem after they have servedour country,Armstrongtold theRecord after re-turning from Ottawa.Armstrongs quick trip

to the nations capital onMarch 12 also happened tobe his birthday, which in-cluded a special birthdaydinner.I had dinner with Pe-

ter Julian in the Parliamentcafe, he said. He orderedme up a little piece of cake.

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TheAlzheimers Societyof B.C. is returning to NewWest to help it fulll its mis-sion of becoming a Demen-tia Friendly city.Members of NewWest-

minster City Council re-cently became DementiaFriends after taking a work-shop at city hall.The societyis putting on a Dementia

Friends workshop at NewWestminster MLA JudyDarcys constituency of-ce onThursday,March 19from 5:30 to 7 p.m.The free workshop, which

is open to the public, willhelp people learn how torecognize the signs of mem-ory problems and how tobest support people withdementia they meet in thecommunity.The workshop is being

held at 737 Sixth St. in up-town NewWestminster. Formore information, call theMLAs ofce at 604-775-2101.

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Two local organizationshave been recognized fortheir outstanding achieve-ments during theYellowPages Shop the Neighbour-hood campaign.As part of the campaign,

NewWestminster residentswere encouraged to take ad-vantage of exclusive and lo-cal deals during a specialevent on Nov. 29, 2014.During the campaign, theDowntown NewWestmin-

ster Business ImprovementAssociation hand-deliveredwindow clings and day kitsto local businesses through-out the city.More than 20NewWestminster dealswere loaded onto a specialShopThe Neighbourhoodwebsite and mobile app thatwas created byYellow Pages.Along with the BIA, local

retailer Bunches & BloomsFloral received a chequefromYellow Pages to rec-ognize their outstanding

achievements in the Shopthe Neighbourhood cam-paign.

TURNINGUPTHEHEAT IN

VICTORIA

Two NewWest reght-ers ventured over toVictoriafor a bit of business.Bill Shokar, acting pres-

ident of NewWestminsterFireghters Union Local256, andRandy Stuber,treasurer, recently visitedVictoria and met with local

MLA Judy Darcy as partof an effort to have variousworkplace hazards recog-nized byWorkSafe B.C.Fireghters experience

higher rates of breast can-cer and earlier occurrenc-es of prostate cancer thanthe general public, and of-ten deal with PostTraumat-ic Stress Disorder as a resultof dealing with traumat-ic situations every day onthe job, said an email fromthe MLAs ofce. Our re-ghters put their lives onthe line each and every day,and they need to be lookedafter should they suffer fromthese work-related condi-tions.While inVictoria, Shokar

and Stuber also took partin the fallen reght-er memorial service thatwas organized by the B.C.Professional Fireghters As-sociation, to pay tribute tothe many re ghters whohave died in the line of ser-vice.Do you have an item for

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The NewWestminsterpolice museum has left thebuilding.Artifacts documenting

the history of the NewWest-minster Police Department,including a Harley David-son motorcycle, can nowbe found on display as partof a permanent exhibit atthe NewWestminster Mu-seum andArchives at AnvilCentre.The move was motivated,

in part, by recent renova-tions to the police stationslobby and because no oneat the department had thetime or necessary educa-tion to curate an exhibit onan ongoing basis.The movealso means more people willhave the opportunity to seethe different artifacts in thepolice departments collec-tion.So far only the motorcy-

cle and a few other artifactshave been moved to the An-vil Centre space, Oana Ca-pota, curator of the NewWestminster Museum andArchives, told theRecord.The museum collection

that they (the police depart-ment) had has been trans-ferred over here its just

physically not over here yet,Capota said.We still have a little bit of

construction work to nishup, so its not a good idea toget all the stuff, she added.For the time being, the

artifacts will remain in

Community

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storage at the NewWest-minster police station untilconstruction of its designat-ed storage area is com-plete at Anvil Centre. Onceits completed, the artifactswill be securely packed andmoved to its new home.From there, staff at the mu-seum will go through the ar-tifacts, Capota said.For the police collection,

once we get to know it, Imreally curious to see whattemporary exhibits differentparts of it could be part of,she added.There are two temporary

display spaces in the muse-um where different exhib-

its will be showcased in twoto three times a year.With-in the temporary exhib-its is where Capota said shehopes to nd a place for po-lice department artifacts.If we do something on

dogs, we could have a sec-tion on police dogs and soon, she said.Theres no timeline as to

when the rst artifacts willbe incorporated into a tem-

porary display. Capota saidthe process, from the timethe museum receives theitems to display, can oftenbe a long one.First the artifacts will

need to be unpacked, whichis a delicate process be-cause most items are frag-ile and need to be handledwith care.Then the curatorwill research the artifactshistory.It might actually tell a

story, which is what werereally looking for,Capo-ta said.The NewWestminster

Museum is located at AnvilCentre, 777 Columbia St.

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PolicemuseummovesItmight

actually tell astory. Attention parents, its thattime of year again time to

register your kids in the su-per popular NewWestmin-ster Police Departmentssoccer school.For more than 30 years,

the police departmentssoccer school has been amuch-anticipated programfor youngsters in the Roy-al City.The ve-day pro-gram, which runs July 20 to24 this year, takes place atQueens Park stadium and isopen to kids ve to 10 yearsold.On top of learning the ba-

sics of soccer from experi-enced community coaches,the kids get to witness manyother fun police demonstra-tions, including a visit fromthe police dog service, thelocal re department andG.I. Joe Chicken Legs(Const. Bruce Ballingal)successor.The program has space

for about 300 students but,asRecord reporterTheresaMcManus can attest, thosespaces ll up quick. Regis-tration starts at 9 a.m. onApril 25 at the NewWest-minster police station, 555

Columbia St. Be sure to ar-rive early as keen parentsoften line up before 9 a.m.Parents are asked to bringcompleted registration andphoto release forms withthem onApril 25.The department is also

looking for volunteers andcoaching staff; minimumage is 13.For more information and

to download the registrationforms, visit www.nwpolice.org/community-services/nwpd-soccer-school-program.

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KnightboysnisheighthSTM still strong despite 1-3 record on championships side of the the provincial [email protected]

The pollsters got it rightat the B.C. high schoolAAA boys basketballchampionships.There were no surpris-

es to the top-eight nish-ers on the nal day of pro-vincial championship playwith No. 7 seed St.ThomasMore placing eighth over-all following a 65-56 loss toNo. 8 Nanaimo District atthe Langley Events Centreon Saturday.The remaining top-six

schools all fell into place onSaturday, including No. 2Fleetwood Park winning itsrst-ever provincial bannerover top seed Sir CharlesTupper 73-65 in the cham-pionship nal.Clearly, its not how we

anticipated or wanted tonish our season. ... Its notalways about winning pro-vincial titles.A lot of thingshave to fall into place tohave that happen, saidSTM head coach AaronMitchell.STM stumbled out of

the gate on opening day ofthe championships, beforeeking out a 52-50 win overWellington.In the quarter-nals the

indecisiveness continued,with the Knights up by fourpoints with 13 seconds leftto play against FleetwoodPark, but managed to losethe grip on victory in over-

time.On Day 3,Abbotsford

downed STM 86-77 to ad-vance to a berth in the fth-place matchup with RobertBateman, while the Knightsslotted in against Nanaimofor seventh and eighthplace.It showed in our last

two games, said STMs re-turning guard Edward Ju,who had eight points andeight rebounds in the -nal game against Nanaimo.We were a bit off in ourmindset.Terrell Jana led the

Knights with 15 pointsand senior J.J. DesLauri-ers added 13 in the loss toNanaimo.Max Reed andTyus Bar-

foot both netted 23 pointsfor the mid-Island school.But with three starters

returning next season andgraduates from the juniorvarsity team that placedsixth at the recent juniorboys provincials movingup, things remain bright forthe Knights basketball pro-gram.Were still going to be

playing back here for pro-vincials, said Ju.Mitchell agreed.The program was here

before them and itll behere after them. Its allabout leaving the jersey ina better place than it wasbefore.The jersey saysKnights. Its come a longway, he said.

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Simon Fraser Universi-ty freshman wrestler PaytenSmith was named the fe-male high school athlete ofthe year at the Sport B.C.athlete of the year awards.Smith beat out New

Westminsters provincialmulti-events high schoolchampion Nina Schultzfor the award at the annualawards banquet at the Fair-mont HotelVancouver onMarch 13.Smith dominated the

provincial high schoolwrestling championshipsin her weight class, win-ning the senior girls titlefor four consecutive years,while remaining unbeat-en and without a pointscored against her duringthat span. She was also anational juvenile freestyleand Greco-Roman cham-pion and the only B.C. girlto win gold at the CanadaSummer Games.Smith also became the

rst female wrestler fromher school to earn a full-rideathletic scholarship to SFU.Other winners included:

Josh Dueck for para-alpineskiing; Jordan Lu in golffor high school male ath-lete; Naomi Ko for golf infemale junior athlete; Sam-son Reinhart for hockey injunior male; Brody Greigfor college basketball; BradGunter for university vol-leyball;MarielleThomp-son for senior female skicross; DennyMorrison forsenior male speed skating;John Carroll for ofcial ofthe year in gymnastics; Bri-an Ellis in masters orien-teering; Joanne McLeod forfemale gure skating coach;Paul Eberhardt for malebasketball coach; and Can-adas womens pursuit cy-cling team.Brian McCalder of Burn-

aby was the recipient of theDarylThompson award forhis 40 years of service toB.C.Athletics dedicatinghis career to promoting, en-couraging and developingthe widest participation andhighest prociency in thesport of track and eld inthe country.McCalder is also a long-

time senior member of theAthletics Canada branchcouncil and planning com-mittee.

Upanddown:St. ThomasMore senior J.J. DesLauriersdrives to thehoop throughheavy traffic inopeningAAA tournamentwinover theWellingtonWildcats. PHOTOLARRYWRIGHT

SouthfthforsecondtimeJermaine Haley named all-tournament second [email protected]

The Burnaby South Reb-els placed fth at the B.C.high school quadA highschool boys basketballchampionships for a secondstraight year.The Rebels earned their

sixth top-ve nish defeat-ing top tournament seedOak Bay Bays 79-75 in abattle of former provincialNo. 1 schools at the LangleyEvents Centre on Saturday.South dug a signicant

hole for itself after a slow21-6 opening 10 minutes.But the Lower Mainlandrunner-up played the re-maining 30 minutes like adifferent team, transition-ing its way into the lead bythe end of the third quarter

against theVancouver Islandchampion.It wasnt about who we

were playing, it was moreabout winning the last gameand playing together, saidsenior guardTyus Batiste.We came out slow, thatsall it was.Batiste and tournament

second team all-star Jer-maine Haley caught re inthe second quarter, sparkingSouths running game andscoring 10 and seven points,respectively.Haley went on to score

24 more points in the sec-ond half to lead all scorerswith 31 points. NicTrnin-ic and Batiste also made 20-plus-point contributions forSouth.Last year, Burnaby South

also placed fth overall after

a quarter-nal loss on thesecond day to top seedTa-manawis.This year, it was eventual

third-place-nishing Kelow-na that tripped up the Reb-els 96-72 on Day 2.It hurt a lot. But we kept

our heads up and still bat-tled even though we werentplaying for rst anymore,said Batiste, who scored 20points or better in each ofSouths four games played.Its not what we wanted,

but we ended up the tour-nament winning, so Imhappy, Batiste added.The following day, South

bounced back to outscoreSemiahmoo 96-88 to ad-vance to the fth-placegame against the Bays.

20-point guy:BurnabySouthRebel guardTyusBatiste scored20-pluspoints in four championshipgames. PHOTOLARRYWRIGHTContinuedonpage16



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Haley netted team-highs 36 points, 13rebounds and ve assists in the win overSemiahmoo. Batiste added 24 points anda game-high nine steals, while E.J.Mab-one chipped in with 22 points, four assistsand three thefts.The Rebels carried that effort forward

into their nal game.When we play together, thats when we

play the best basketball, said Haley afterthe nal game.Haley nished the provincial tourna-

ment with 108 total points, placing him-self in the elite B.C. high school champi-onship century club.Overall, this is just the beginning, said

Haley after the game. This is the rst ofthe games Ill be playing for the rest of mylife, so Im happy.In its opening game, South outlasted

No. 11Walnut Grove 83-76 onWednes-day.Haley led all scorers with 33 points and

11 rebounds, while Batiste andMabonechipped in with 23 and 14 points, respec-tively.Second-seededYale defeatedTerry Fox

69-63 in the 4A championship nal onSaturday.Tournament MVP Jauquin Ben-nett-Boire scored a game-high 44 pointsand added 16 rebounds to lead the Ab-botsford school to its third-ever highschool title in the last eight seasons.

ClubmakesrecordsplashHyack Swim Club sixth at short-course AAA [email protected]

NewWestminster Hy-ack swimmers set a heapinghandful of club records atthe recent B.C. short courseAAA age group champion-ships in Surrey.Stella MiYoung Jin, 14,

led the assault on the Hyackrecord book, taking downtwo longstanding butter-y pool marks at the recentmeet.Jin broke a 38-year-old

13/14 girls record in the200-metre y with a sec-ond-place time of 2:20.59.She also won the 100m yin a new record time of 1:03at.Stella has had a great

time with our record board,especially with the oldones, said Hyack coachMark Bottrill, earlier in theyear, she took off another70s record in the 100 free.Jin also won the 50m y

and free, while placing thirdin the 100m free.At theWestern Canadian

Open last month, Jin broke

the clubs long-course re-cords in the 50 and 100my.Zoe Froh also rewrote

an old club record in the200m backstroke, winningthe 12/13 girls B nal in2:26.04. She also set a newlong-course record at theWesterns in the 200m ythat dated back to 1976.Froh won a silver med-

al in the 400m individualmedley.Sergey Chernomorchen-

ko also took a run at three10-and-under records at thechampionships.The nine-year-old Hy-

ack swimmer placed thirdin the 50m y in a club re-cord time of 34.14.He alsowon a bronze medal in the200m y.Chernomorchenko had a

pair of sixth-place nishesin the 400m IM and 800mfree, in respective club re-cord times of 5:52.15 and10:43.17.BrodieYoung, 14, set a

new club age group mark of31.33 with a seventh-placeswim in the 50m breast-stroke.

Sehajvir Singh, 13, pickedup eight individual med-als at the meet, includingrst-place swims in 100 and200m back, 200m free andIM and 400m IM.He alsowas runner-up in the 50my and 50 and 100m free.Singh picked up a team

bronze medal with Drag-osTudosa, Nicholas Leeand GrahamDowdle in the200mmedley.Octavia Lau, 13, was an-

other big Hyack age-groupwinner, placing rst in the50, 100 and 200m free andthird in the 200m back and400m IM.Lau also added a silver

in the 200m free relay withKyraTamagi, Briana Haid-uc andVictoriaTocheva.HuiJunYang was a run-

ner-up in the 11-and-undergirls 50m free.Yang shareda bronze medal with 400mfree relay teammembers Re-gina Rosas-Saenz,VivienTruong andAveryTamagi.The Hyacks placed sixth

at the provincial shortcourse meet. UVic-PacicCoast Swimming won theage-group aggregate.

Continued frompage15

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Its hard to believe thatspring is right around thecorner. Though our springweather might be ideal, ourstudents will continue to bein class learning in a personal-ized style that is both relevantand engaging.

The NewWestminsterSchool District continues towork hard to bring fresh andinnovative opportunities toour classrooms. We strive toensure each of our educatorstries to make a differencein the lives of our students.Although I am still relativelynew to the city, I can saywith assurance that we areextremely fortunate to live ina community that puts sucha strong value on education.I know it takes exceptionalteachers, support staff andadministration, along withinformed parents and aninvolved community, to cre-ate the best possible learningenvironment.

The NewWestminsterSchool District is committedto change. Change by leavingbehind the one-size-fits-allapproach to learning, in order

that we may embrace a differ-entiated approach to ensurethat every students voice isheard. The NewWestminsterSchool District wants to makecertain that each student isable to achieve his or herpotential to the fullest. Wewant our students to expandtheir horizons and receiveinstruction that is both rel-evant and, at all times, engag-ing.

As we head towards thelast three months of ourschool year, we are mindfulthat all of our students mustbe engaged in their educationand experiences. Within ourcurrent and future contextof rapid societal and culturalchanges, it is essential thateach of our pupils is moti-vated to learn by seeing thepersonal relevance in theirstudies. We will continueto strive to show improve-ment for our Aboriginal andnon-Aboriginal students. Weknow how important it

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