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of luxury, com-plete with aneight-foot tallstone fountaincarved with flo-ral and animalartwork andleather couches.

Now the Richmond toilet is inthe running to be crowned “CintasCanada’s Best Restroom.”

A team of judges has narroweddown the top potties in the countryto five, with CHOP and Vancouver’sSteamworks Bew Pub the B.C. con-tenders.

“It’s kinda neat, we’ve got prettynice washrooms here,” said CHOP’sgeneral manager, Eric Rudd.

“All the time, I hear people com-ing back from the washroom andsaying ‘wow.’

“Many customers sit on thecouches in there and work off theirlaptops and stuff and just relax. Ourwashrooms are a talking point forsure.”

CHOP’s lavish loo also boaststhe same ambient lighting as the res-taurant, flower arrangements and a

vaulted wooden ceiling with naturallight peeking in overhead.

The public can get in on the watercloset act also, by casting a ballotfor their favourite washroom onlineat www.bestrestroom.com/canadathrough the end of November.

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a photographic tour of each conve-nience. The winner of the 4th AnnualCintas Canada’s Best RestroomContest will be revealed later this falland both the winner and runner-upwill secure a place in a rather unique“Hall of Fame.”

Other finalists include: a gas sta-tion grocery store in Alberta thathas geo-thermal heating and coolingtechnologies and granite countertopsand a a chocolate boutique in Torontothat has a heart-shaped, silver vanitymirror and a tea set suspended upsidedown from the ceiling.

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Police have raided a familyhome, suspected to have stolentoys, which were being sold toSteveston parents on Facebook.

The house, in the 4700 blockof Steveston Highway, received avisit from Mounties around 8 a.m.last Tuesday (Oct. 1). Boxes of toyswere removed from the property.

Police believe many toys thathave passed through the home weresold to parents via the StevestonKid Swap and Shop Facebook page.

“The mother was part of theFacebook group,” said a neigh-bour who witnessed the raid.“Everything she would sell on thepage would be brand new items, sopeople think they’re stolen items

sold for a discounted price.”Richmond RCMP confirmed the

home (just west of Railway Avenue)had been raided as part of an ongo-ing investigation into charges oftheft under $5,000and possession ofstolen property.

Richmond Fire-Rescue was alsobrought in on thecase, which meansthere may also bea hoarding issueand a violation ofhousing bylaws,said Cpl. Stephanie Ashton, RCMPmedia relations officer.

“This isn’t just a story about a

mom shoplifting to care for herkids,” she said.

Pictures of the raid, which wereposted on the Swap and ShopFacebook page (and shortly after

taken down)lead to a flurryof calls toRCMP fromworried parentsconcerned theybought, and arenow in posses-sion of, stolengoods.

“They’re wor-ried they might lose the Christmaspresents they bought for their kidsand that they can’t afford to buy

new ones,” said Ashton.She assured the parents

Richmond RCMP will not be goingto people’s houses and repossessingthe toys.

“If I had one message to givepeople it would be this, when youbuy online and the deal seemstoo good to be true, you are prob-ably dealing with someone whohas obtained those items throughcrime,” said Ashton.

She has set up an email con-tact for anyone wishing to provideinformation in relation to this inves-tigation at [email protected]

More details cannot be releaseduntil charges are laid.

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The City of Richmond iscurrently accepting applica-tions for its annual GrantPrograms untilFriday, Nov. 22.

The applica-tion process hasbeen streamlinedthrough the cre-ation of a web-based system fornon-profit organizationsseeking grants.

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The next federal elec-tion is still a coupleof years away, but the

Conservatives have alreadyfound their candidate for thenew riding of Delta.

First elected in 2011in Delta-Richmond East,MP Kerry-Lynne Findlayannounced last Thursday shewould be running in Delta in2015.

After making her plansknown to directors at a meet-ing of the Delta-Richmond

East Electoral DistrictAssociation the night before,Findlay, who just purchaseda home in Ladner, held aget together with friendsand supporters at Sharkey’sSeafood Bar & Grille.

The first-term MP wonthe riding of Delta-RichmondEast two years ago by a widemargin, replacing retiredlongtime Conservative MPJohn Cummins, who alsodominated at the polls duringhis years in office.

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Delta and North Delta mergeinto one federal riding.

“While I continue to serveconstituents in all of Delta-Richmond East on both sidesof the Fraser River, in thenext election I can, of course,only run in either Delta orthe new riding of Steveston-Richmond East,” Findlaysaid.

“Working with individu-als and businesses with bothmunicipalities, the provincialgovernment and federal gov-ernment departments on avariety issues continues to bea great honour for me.

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Building bridges — one section at a time.That’s the motto driving Chak Au, as he

continues the journey down the sometimesrocky road of laying communication linesbetween Richmond’s much-vaunted multi-cultural communities.

It appears, however, that Au — a healthdepartment program leader and first seasoncity councillor — has made a breakthroughin his bid to bring Richmondites of differentstripes closer together.

Au recently managed to broker a socialluncheon between two, apparently, distinctlydifferent groups of women.

Only thing was, when the two did comeface to face; they realized they weren’t thatdifferent and had lots to talk about.

The groups — the Vancouver ChineseWomen Association and an informal collec-tion of Muslim women — broke down manybarriers during a lunch at an Islamic restau-rant and swapped ideas of how the two couldwork together in the future.

“It was actually really easy,” said Au ofarranging the meet. “I simply said, ‘hey,there’s a group out there, would you like tomeet them?’ They were both quite enthusias-tic. I think a lot of stereotypes were brokendown on the day. For example, many of theChinese women were surprised to see thatthe ladies in the Islamic group were fromvarious parts of the world and, on the otherside, I think the Muslim ladies were surprised

to learn the Chinese women were not asreserved as they previously thought.”

It’s not until people meet each other thatthey begin to break down the myths, addedAu. “They talked about sharing resources; forexample the Muslim ladies need more spacefor activities and the Chinese group haveaccess to that space,” said Au.

“They’re even talking about havingjoint activities for Mother’s Day and theInternational Day of Women.”

Au got to know the Chinese womenthrough his community involvement, whilehe is acquainted with the Muslim ladiesthrough his job with the local health depart-ment.

“This was a beautiful way to bring peopletogether; we really should have more of thiskind of thing happening across Richmond.”

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Work matters. Having a job and being compensated for ourskills, time and energy is an important part of life for most ofus.

So there is no doubt Mark Wafer’s efforts to make ourwork force more inclusive and diverse is commendable. Theowner of six Tim Horton’s franchises in Ontario has hired upto 90 people with various disabilities in his operations.

Wafer was in Richmond last week convincing other busi-ness owners to do the same, to create work opportunities forthose with physical and developmental disabilities.

His speech, hosted by Richmond Community Living,marked the launch of Community Living Month. The orga-nization supports people with developmental disabilities andtheir families.

So what’s wrong with this picture?Apart from the irony of holding an event that promotes

inclusion at one of the most exclusive places in Richmond(the Richmond Golf and Country Club), there is somethingunsavory about a pitch to business owners, telling them howthey can increase their profits by hiring people with develop-mental disabilities, knowing very few of those hires will earnmore than minimum wage.

Granted, something is better than nothing. And, in somecases, a low wage, part time, private sector job is just the tick-et. But obviously it’s not enough. The worry is that our gov-ernment thinks it is. People like Wafer are leaders who shouldbe commended. But holding them up as shining examples ofthe private sector delivering social good only further justifiesgovernment cuts to vital social agencies. Having a disabilityis hugely expensive. Inclusion in the workplace is laudable,but it doesn’t excuse the government from its responsibility.

Tunnel replacement plan raises questions

A little goes a little way

CHOICE WORDS

Paralympian passes the torch

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So they’re going toreplace the tunnel! Assomeone who uses it, (whodoesn’t?) I’m ecstatic. Butthen my scepticism startsup. Work is slated to beginin 2017 — isn’t that anelection year? And whatabout those oil tankers thatcan’t get over the existingtunnel?

Actually, I seem toremember hearing chokedtunnel solutions in the past.

In 2006 a local newspa-per reported Kevin Falcon(then Liberal TransportationMinister) as saying, “Theplan is to twin the tunnel— and pay for it in partthrough tolls — after theGateway project and othermajor infrastructure proj-ects, such as the Sea-to-SkyHighway widening andGolden Ears Bridge, arecomplete. That puts the tun-nel at least 15 years away.”

Falcon, to his credit, con-tinued, he’s “willing to sitdown with Richmond coun-cil and discuss the timing ofthe tunnel project.”

At the time, I’m notedas commenting that I was“sceptical of massive roadimprovement plans. A bal-ance needs to be struckbetween new roads andbridges with rapid transitand dedicated truck lanesfor goods movement.”

Not much has changedother than this announce-ment is for a bridge ratherthan a tunnel. To call it aplan is premature as no onehas any information regard-ing design, traffic patternsand corridors, environmen-tal and farmland impacts.

Project Manager GeoffFreer stated, “We’ll be look-ing at every inter-changeand updating the trafficnumbers north and south ofthe tunnel.”

If he’s read his lettershe would know Richmondhas sent dozens telling himexactly what is required forWestminster and Stevestoninterchanges. Also, thisbridge plan seems to ignorethe city’s long-term plans toconstruct a mid-island dikealong the highway corridorto enhance flood protection.

We’ve even sent in sug-gestions for decongestingthe corridor up to the tun-nel. In a letter to Port MetroVancouver, we suggested,“reducing truck trips inpeak periods by encourag-ing truck drivers and com-panies to shift their pickupand delivery to off-peakdelivery times....UtilizeGPS or other trackingtechnology in co-operationwith trucking associations...to anticipate travellingconditions for individualvehicles, thereby creatingbetter arrival and departurestrategies; and providingdesignated sites in the vicin-ity of Deltaport for waitingtrucks.” I think we receiveda “Thanks for your sugges-tions letter.”

TransLink has a regional

plan and states “significantinvestments are needed toexpand the transportationsystem, to keep pace withgrowth, achieve our goalsand meet the diverse needsof all parts of the region....

“Pubic resources arescarce, so we have tomaximize the value of everytransportation investmentfrom fare purchases to newrapid transit projects.”

The premier’s govern-ment is looking at a referen-dum on TransLink.

These huge infrastruc-ture projects need to be inte-grated into a regional plan,not announced as a plum forelection promises.

Do we need a replace-ment for the Massey tunnel?Probably yes, but we alsoneed rapid transit south ofthe Fraser. Do we want abridge that will inevitablybe tall enough for oil tankertraffic in the Fraser may beanother question.

Has Port Metro beenmade to consider otheralternatives to simply anoth-er costly bridge?

I just have this naggingconcern this announcementhas less to do with easinglife for the commuter thanmaking more money for thePort and pipeline people.

I have to question themotives for this announce-ment, which seems devoidof any rapid transit solu-tions, eliminates the barrierto very large oil tankers anddoesn’t appear to be linkedto regional planning.

I hope I’m wrong.Linda Barnes is a

Richmond City Councillor.

The Editor:Re: “Paralympic medalist inspires young Muslims,” News,

Oct 4.Thank you for your excellent article by Phillip Raphael on

Paralympian Walter Wu. I had the pleasure of meeting Waltera few years back, as well as his father.

One thing that was not mentioned in the article is the factthat families like Wu’s faced some extraordinary costs forschooling while training for the extra time needed to competeat the elite levels. Because of this, Wu’s father, Santos, starteda permanent endowment fund at the Richmond CommunityFoundation that invites people to support future athletes in theRichmond area by providing funds to families that need anextra hand in obtaining books, tuition and educational needs,while training for the Olympics, Special Olympics or otherelite events.

Wu and his family have put in place this permanentendowment from which the interest each year is availablefor this purpose. For more information, please contact theRichmond Community Foundation on the criteria to applyfor funding support. Wu and his father have said many times,education is very important in the future plans for all youngpeople as they train to compete.

Jim WatsonMission, B.C.

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Open letter to Richmond,Re: “Grazing stock sheep-knapped,”

News, Sept. 13.My partner lives next to the farm where

Sandy Chappell permanently kept hissheep. Up until a few weeks ago, in addi-tion to the shy sheep, there was a dog-likegoat that would stand at the barbed wirefence and call to us and our young girls.

He had a distinctive cry, so my daughternicknamed him, “Loudy,” and he becamea pet by proxy. For months, we would visithim. Then the sheep went missing, and sud-denly Loudy was gone, too.

I visited the land owner and he told mesomeone had given him the goat, but afterhe was placed in the field, the neighbourshad complained he was “too loud.”

Chappell sold him to another farm.When I spoke to him, he told me that aman had knocked on his door and offeredto buy Loudy and six sheep.

He never gave Chappell a number, andeven though Chappell acknowledged Loudywas like a dog, he was pretty sure he wasdestined for slaughter.

He had hoped to find a good homefor him, but was under pressure from theSPCA to sell his animals. Chappell wasoften in the field with the sheep and treatedthem very well. He didn’t deserve the back-lash he’s received.

I know this is an impossible task, but Ineed help in locating Loudy. If Loudy isstill alive, I obviously want to prevent himfrom being slaughtered.

We would like to adopt Loudy andwould pay triple whatever this man paid.This has been devastating to our family, andthe girls are bereft.

If anyone knows where Loudy is, pleaseemail me at [email protected].

Louise WalkerRichmond

Quest for lost goat continues

The Editor,Re: “Walmart goes

before council again,” News,Oct. 9.

I live on Alexandra Road,across the street from theproposed Wal-Mart, andhave biked, walked and driv-en past the largest tree in thearea hundreds of times.

Today, I measured thecircumference of the tree,and, five feet from theground, it measures 12 feet,eight inches.

I have no idea of itsheight but think at least 100feet.

My question: Wouldanyone know if this is theoldest tree in Richmond, andif so, should it not somehowbe preserved?

Jack DanylukRichmond

WillWalmartdestroyoldesttree?

The Editor,We wish to thank you,

Richmond, for your supportfor the South Arm UnitedChurch Country Fair.

We thank the membersof our church family, thehigh school students andother friends who donatedtime, energy and expertisein the months of prepara-tion and on the day of theevent.

We thank those whodonated items to be sold;and the public who cameout to snap up treasuresand share a day of fun. Weare glad to provide thisopportunity for neighboursto get together.

Please join us next yearfor our 55th Country Fair.

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The B.C. Court of Appeal released earlier this week reasons for judgment in the case Scott-Polson v. Lupkoski, whose facts are somewhatcomplex. The deceased had six children in her first marriage, and three in her second marriage. She died in 2010, aged 80. Her Estate wasvalued at just under $800,000. In her Will, she bequeathed a one-quarter interest to each of the three children from her second marriage,and divided the remaining quarter among the six children from her first.The first-marriage children sought a variation of the Will, while a son from the second marriage claimed the full interest in the majorasset of the Estate (a B.C. property). At Trial, the Court declined to vary the Will, except for a bequest to one of the six children who wasdisabled. The son appealed for the interest in the property. He claimed that he contributed a lot of work over the years and that his parentstold him they would give him the property.The Court considered the sad plight of the nine children, whose mother endured two unhappy marriages and lived in relative poverty. Butsince her second husband had contributed much more to the accumulation of the Estate, the deceased felt her second-marriage childrenshould have most of her Estate. Meanwhile, the son’s claim was denied, partly because as the Court felt that the benefits he received from hismother outweighed the contributions he made to the property. Moreover, the deceased’s reasons for the distribution under her Will werevalid and rational, and so the Court felt it had to respect her wishes.Although the Estate was accumulated during the second marriage, I suggest that the deceased probably also made some contribution to it.So it may seem somewhat unfair to benefit one set of children over another, given that the Estate value is in no small partthe result of market forces that raised the value of the Estate’s major asset over the time of the second marriage. Thiscase is one where a Court respected the freedom of the deceased, even though one might question whether the sixchildren from her first marriage drew the short end of the stick.

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What came first, the big boxes or the area plan tocontrol their size?

The answer lies somewhere in the middle of asee-sawing, decade-long desire to balance the growth of avibrant, sustainable neighbourhood with a developer’s urge toconstruct a 14-acre, Walmart-anchored shopping centre in theAlexandra portion of West Cambie.

Sure, the shopping centre proposal was first on the scenein 2003, but was ahead of its time in terms of planning forthe area bound by Garden City Road, Alderbridge Way, No. 4Road and Alexandra Road.

Its arrival prompted the city council of the day into actionin terms of propelling a larger area plan into motion.

That grand plan, the West Cambie Area Plan (WCAP), wasadopted in 2006 by council to oversee and control the poten-tial growing pains.

Depending on whom you speak to, the WCAP has doneexactly what it set out to do seven years ago and there’s norabbit being pulled from any hat.

For others, like veteran councillor Harold Steves, the plan,in his mind, was never conceived to allow the birth of anotherbig box shopping centre in Richmond.

“This is a decision we should have taken 10 years ago,”Steves told city council’s planning committee this week,moments before Smartcentres’ proposal was approved to thenext stage.

“If the area plan allows this, then the area plan is in error.We never, ever set this up to have big box stores in there, itwas supposed to be a neighbourhood shopping centre. This iscontrary to our OCP (Official Community Plan) concept. Bigdevelopments are supposed to be transit orientated and thisclearly is not.”

Since the WCAP’s inception, numerous revisions toSmartcentres’ plan have “ended up justifying what we havenow,” said Steves.

Steves said the damage, as he sees it, could have beenundone several times over the years, but said some fellowcouncillors kept “sitting on the fence.” When you do that, hecharged, “everybody eventually gets on side” with the idea.

“In the early days, I was in favour of the idea of a neigh-bourhood shopping centre. But it always had the potential toturn into something big box like this and I told (council mem-bers) at the time.”

Many on that 2006 council were themselves concernedabout what might happen in terms of this turning into a bigbox shopping centre, Steves recalled.

“But I guess, over time, they seem to have forgotten, Idon’t know. It’s against all the planning we’ve done over theyears, in terms of everything you need being within five to10 minutes walking distance. This is totally outside of that, itmakes no sense whatsoever.”

On the contrary, retorted Coun. Evelina Hasley-Brandt.She believes the WCAP and the shopping centre

proposal go hand-in-hand and make near perfectsense, no matter what tenant anchors the development, refer-ring to the vitriol spilled by many at the prospect of welcom-ing Walmart into the city.

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large retail area.“But if we’re going to start getting into which restaurant

can go in this corner and what store can go in that corner,then we’re heading into dangerous territory.

“That’s not what we do; this is a good land use plan.”Did Halsey-Brandt always see big box stores sprouting up

as part of the WCAP?“There’s always been large plate stores planned for this

area, whether that would be a Safeway or a Superstore-typeplace,” she said.

“This was what was expected; build up the residentialcomponent and then the retail would catch up.”

Halsey-Brandt said it’s unreasonable to ask people tocome live in the area — 1,200 of the WCAP’s envisaged3,000 homes have been built in the Alexandra portion of WestCambie — and then tell them they have to go to No. 3 Roadto get what they need.

“That wasn’t the vision of this area plan,” she added.“That whole community should be able to come out to a

public hearing. We cannot always have perfection, but I thinkthis is pretty close to it.”

The assertion that such a major retail development, placedfar from transit hubs, flies in the face of the city’s long-termsustainable community goal, also bemuses Halsey-Brandt.

“The reality is that people drive to get their groceries, Idon’t know anyone who cycles or gets the bus to do that,” shesaid.

“It’s not going to be any bigger than the likes of Ironwood.I know Walmart is not just a Safeway or whatever, it’s a com-bination of a few things. I think it’s quite smart, people mightnot need to drive around so much.”

Mayor Malcolm Brodie, meanwhile, is surprised to hear

so many people are, well, surprised by the possibility of a bigbox shopping centre.

“This has been around for 10 years and I can’t see whyanyone is surprised by it,” Brodie told the News.

“To me, what’s proposed here, in general terms, is what weenvisaged with this (area plan).

“I believe the plan always had the potential to producewhat we have in front of us now; there’s no surprises.”

Despite the planning committee voting 4-1 in favour ofsending the shopping centre proposal to full counciland then a probable public hearing, Steves hasn’t lost

hope of the big boxes being folded down in size.Harking back to when a similarly large shopping centre

was proposed in Terra Nova, Steves said it’s never too late tosay no.

“There was due to be a huge grocery store there and wesaid ‘we don’t want that,’ and we went back to the developerand it was reduced in size.

“We didn’t have to approve it and we didn’t. We can stillhave a neighbourhood shopping centre (in West Cambie),with a grocery store, smaller businesses, but no big boxes; wedon’t need them. It doesn’t need a Walmart or whatever.”

And if and when the public hearing arrives later this fall,city council, said Steves, can “vote this down.”

“There’s still a chance. But with the attitude on council,I’m not holding my breath. We’ll see what happens, there’sgoing to be a lot of people at the public hearing.”

Did area plan box city into a corner?BOXED IN?

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Shopping centre will beautifyneighbourhood: Resident

Shelley Rupert has seen lots of changes in her WestCambie neighbourhood over the years.

And the prospect of yet another change is one theresident welcomes with open arms.

She believes — as opposed to a 14-acre, Walmart-anchored shopping centre bringing the neighbouhood down— it will drag the place up by the scruff of the neck.

“It sure would be nice to be able to walk to a neighbour-hood mall,” she told city council’s planning committee this

week.“The location makes sense, close to connector roads and

bridges; people here need choices.“For those people who want to keep urban forests, West

Cambie Park is nearby. Also nearby are abandoned homeswith junk outside and many homes filled with people ofquestionable character.”

Rupert questioned how many more loopholes must shop-ping centre plan proponent Smartcentres jump through.

“It’s time to get this going and make this area an actualneighbourhood,” she added.

“For me, this plan is more of a beautification than any-thing else.”


Some say the West Cambie AreaPlan wasn’t conceived for bigbox stores, others beg to differ,

insisting it’s all part of the vision

ALAN CAMPBELL/RICHMOND NEWS

Veteran councillor HaroldSteves stands at the cornerof Garden City Road andAlderbridge Way, with theproposed Walmart-anchoreddevelopment behind the traffic.Steves said he warned othercouncillors many years ago thatbig boxes were on the way.

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West Cambie: Where, what, whyBOXED IN?

After years of pushing, a big box WalmartSupercentre finally set up shop in Vancouverin 2008.

But it wasn’t before the retail giant triedand failed to get a foothold just over the riverfrom Richmond, at Marine Drive and CambieStreet.

An application in 2005 went before theCity of Vancouver council of the day, but wasrejected because it wasn’t the right fit for thearea, recalls Coun. Raymond Louie.

“That area is specific to highway-orien-tated retail, for the likes of furniture stores,automotive sales, large, bulky purchases andis designed to generate less frequent trips,”Louie told the News.

“It was rejected on those grounds; itsimply didn’t meet the criteria.” Walmarteventually located elsewhere in Vancouver,

around 2008, tak-ing position ina former Costcoat GrandviewHighway andBoundary Road.

“That site wasalready approvedfor that use, so itwas no problem,”said Louie.

“Subsequentto that, Walmart hasn’t re-applied for theMarine Drive site. But the thinking is that itstill isn’t a really good use of the site.

“It doesn’t suit the intentions of this coun-cil in terms of Vancouver being a sustainablecity and one of the greenest cities in theworld.

“It simply doesn’t match most basic sus-tainable practices to have something like thatso far away from where most people live.”

West Cambie is located in the northcentral part of Richmond andabuts the east side of the city

centre.According to the WCAP, the area

already has “excellent access to majortransportation connections in all direc-tions and is within walking distance ofRichmond’s City Centre.”

Approximately two-thirds of the area hasdeveloped over thelast 40 years, closeto its full poten-tial, including theneighbourhoodsof The Oaks andOdlinwood.

Alexandra:Approximatelyone-third of WestCambie, called Al-exandra, remainedundeveloped until the adoption in 2006 bycity council of the West Cambie Area Plan(WCAP).

The Alexandra neighbourhood is boundby Cambie Road, Garden City Road,Alderbridge Way and No. 4 Road.

The WCAP envisaged around 3,000townhomes being built.

Latest city figures indicate approximate-ly 1,200 dwelling units in the Alexandraarea, with a couple of other developmentscurrently under construction and a few

more applications in various stages of staffreview.

An Environmentally Sensitive Area(ESA) is located in the south-east portionof the neighbourhood.

WCAP vision:Retain/enhance the “livability of The Oaksand Odlinwood neighbourhoods” and“encourage redevelopment of the Alexandra

neighbourhoodas a completeand balancedcommunity.”

WCAPgoals:

Designateland uses thatare “compatiblewith overall cityobjectives” and

promote “opportunities that improve theoverall quality of life for residents of WestCambie and support practices that create asustainable community.”

The goals also encourage a “range oftransportation modes that provides accessto facilities and services, while minimizingthe impacts of traffic, particularly withinresidential neighbourhoods” and support“opportunities for city parks, open space,natural areas, recreation, environmentalprotection and heritage preservation...”

West Cambie Area Plan: 1.0: Plan over-view: 1.4 Goals: 6. “Promote and supportopportunities for city parks, open space,natural areas, recreation, environmentalprotection and heritage preserva-tion…”

If there’s a sub section of theWCAP that local resident andenvironmentalist Michael Wolfefeels has been ridden roughshodby the Smartcentres’ proposal, it’sthis one.

The shopping centre proposalnegatively affects around 1.5acres of land designated as beingenvironmentally sensitive and, asrecompense, the developer has dedicatedpark space on site and put up $240,000towards extending a nearby ecological areaof West Cambie Park.

It’s not nearly enough to sway Wolfe.“I think you can safely say this (goal)

has been overlooked,” he said.“The developer has been allowed so

many last-minute adjustments each timethat we’ve been left with virtually nothingof any (environmental) value.

“What has been protected by this pro-posal in terms of the heritage?”

From a “green” angle, Wolfecontends that having a shoppingcentre in the Alexandra areawould prevent the thousands ofresidents already living therefrom having to drive long dis-tances to get what they need.

“Do we need big box storesin there, though?” he ques-tioned.

“Something like what theyhave out at Terra Nova is all

that’s needed; something that’s not meant toattract people in from other neighbourhoodsand cities.

“This proposal has enjoyed exemptionafter exemption that it now goes against somany of the city’s principals.”

2006 area plan boasted vision, ‘open space’ goals

The Vancouver question Plan scores own goal: WolfeCity baulked at distance between big box and people


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Van Belle, in plain clothessitting on a white chair,begins by sharing his ownobsession with flight andhis experience watching theChallenger as a 14-year-old.

He then dons a whitesuit and the play takes offwith him assuming the roleof Joseph Kittinger, who in1960, jumped 102,800 feetfrom a high-altitude weatherballoon to test a new para-chute system.

Van Belle also assumesthe role of Vesna Vulovic— a Serbian flight attendantwho was the only survivorof an in-flight bomb and asa result became the worldrecord holder for the high-est fall without a parachute— as well as, a modern-dayDaedalus and Icarus.

His flight through the the-atre on harness is supportedby projections on a screenbehind him.

Costume changes comein the formof furtherprojec-tions on hiswhite suit,making forwhat looksto be a visually stunningpiece.

“Amy knows these guysfrom Calgary, so when sheshowed me the archivalfootage, I was just knockedout by it,” said Jovanni Sy,Gateway artistic director.

“It’s so different from any-thing we’ve done here andit’s such an engaging story.”

Staging the show wasabout a two-week process,

whichincludedthe instal-lation ofa framehang-ing from

the ceiling to hook up vanBelle’s harness, making itmore technical than the aver-age Gateway play.

“Everything’s hyper-cho-reographed, like where Davidstands for the projects,” saidStrilchuk. “It’s called devised

theatre and strongly inte-grates video with story.”

Both humourous andtragic, as van Belle states,it’s a play about leaping andfalling, reminding us that inthe midst of technologicaladvances, the human bodystays a vulnerable combina-tion of blood, muscle andbone.

The Gateway show is partof the production’s largermovement into bigger stu-dios. This will be the secondtime van Belle and Rose pro-duce the play in a venue thesize of Gateway. For moreinformation, visit www.gate-waytheatre.com

Van Belle: Play about leaping, fallingContinued from page 12

Laura Thomas, organizerof the Junior Authors WritersConference, has announcedthat one more scholarship isstill available, due to the sup-port of conference sponsors.

Applicants have untilMonday, Oct. 14 to apply.

The conference, the firstof its kind, will be held atthe Richmond SandmanSignature Hotel & Resort onSaturday, Oct. 19 from 8:30a.m. to 6 p.m.

It provides a uniqueopportunity for youth, agesnine-21, to hear guest speak-ers, participate in workshopsand be inspired by other like-minded young writers.

Regular tickets are $89,$79 sibling rate. The priceincludes six workshops,a morning and afternoonsnack, lunch, a goody bagand door prizes. Parents willalso have the opportunity toparticipate in a parent work-shop from 4:45-5:15 p.m.

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For the first time threeyears ago, Al decided to pub-licly share his experiences ofliving with HIV within hisown Richmond community.He was absolutely terrified.

“I thought, ‘what wouldthe reaction be?’ But it’s beenextremely positive so far,”said Al ((last name with-held).

He volunteers for the

Heart of Richmond AIDSSociety’s High School 101program, where membersvisit various high schools toeducate students about thevirus and to dispel myths.

And of those, there areplenty.

“Stigma is a major,major challenge,” said Al.“Especially when it comes totransmission. Some peoplestill think you can’t share aplate of food, which is justwrong. And it’s not conta-

gious.“I always think how does

this affect my friends andfamily. If it was any otherillness, we may not have thesame hesitation.

“It’s unfair actually thatwe allow it to happen whilepeople are fighting for theirlives here.”

Raising awareness andgiving people a better under-standing of the virus aresome of the main things thesociety strives towards.

It’ll be part of its 11thAnnual Heart & Soul din-ner and dance fundraisernext Saturday, Oct. 19 atthe Radisson VancouverAirport Hotel. All proceedsgo towards the society’s ini-tiatives such as its SafewayGrocery Voucher program,one-on-one counseling, theweekly support group andHigh School 101.

“I would say some of themain challenges right nowwould be nutrition and get-ting access to quality foodat a reasonable rate,” saidCarl Bailey, president of thesociety. “Mental stability isalso affected because theyspend a lot of time worryingabout health, about expenses,about what people will thinkif they’re open about theirillness.”

Many members live onlong-term disability, as theyare prone to fatigue andvarious side effects from themedications. Al volunteers asmuch as possible, but can get

run down easily, as the virustargets the immune system.

But it’s a far cry fromwhere he was 23 years agowhen he first received hisdiagnosis at the age of 26.

The year was 1990, at theheight of the outbreak, andthe outlook for someone withHIV was dire.

“It significantly changedthe direction of my life,” Alsaid. “Any future plans I hadvanished, I couldn’t thinkthree months down the road.”

Although advances inmedication have extended lifeexpectancy, Bailey has seen achange in demographics.

“We’re seeing more singleparents and seniors,” he said.“With seniors, they thinkit’s a different lifestyle that’saffected and it won’t affectthem.”

The fundraiser will fea-ture MC Fred Lee and adrag queen show. For moreinformation and to enter theWestJet raffle, visit www.heartandsoulfundraiser.com.

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Suffice to say, spending a weekend inVictoria — my first, and long overdue, visitin six years of Canadian life, motivated out of‘you’ve never been there?’ comments — is allabout stepping back in time and immersingyourself in the grandeur of B.C.’s rich past.

Like any great vacation, the journey toyour destination is all part of the road/sea trip fun.

Being able to put the car in park, breathein the clean ocean air, armed only with afresh cup of coffee and a sniper’s eye fororcas is definitely one of B.C.’s most under-rated travel experiences.

For the last few summer seasons, BCFerries also offers up, on its main routes toVancouver Island the “Coastal Naturalists”program.

In conjunction with Parks Canada, theCoastal Naturalists offer an entertaining,30-minute interactive talk on the open deck,beguiling adults and children with all kindsof fascinating marine information of whatlies beneath and in front of them on theislands and ocean.

It certainly breaks up the journey andlends the trip across and back a certain depth,no pun intended.

Another redeeming feature of a weekendaway in Victoria, is the easy half hour-drivefrom the Schwartz Bay terminal into the citycentre.

And while on the subject of redeemingqualities, I would thoroughly recommendsplashing out a little bit extra for your basecamp by staying at the Delta Victoria OceanPointe Resort and Spa.

Many of its rooms boast fantastic viewsacross Victoria’s famed inner harbour andeverything about this hotel — from thefriendly and professional staff, to the fixturesand fittings in the Lure restaurant and loungeand in the bedrooms — oozes quality and ateaspoon of class, especially for a hotel chain.

Delta Victoria also has a pretty goodhealth club, spa, of course, an indoor swim-ming pool, squash and tennis courts, if youneed a workout of sorts.

And if you have a four-legged familymember, like we do, the hotel welcomes dogswith open arms, offering a one-time $35 petfee (other hotels charge per night) and a wel-come pack for the pooch.

The hotel is only a 10-minute walk intothe downtown core,but it offers guestsa complimentaryshuttle service ifyou don’t feel likeputting one foot infront of the other.The hotel also hasits own floatingjetty where you canhop on one of themany water taxisthat zip around theharbour.

Victoria real-ly is a citywhere the

old shakes handswith the new, asneighbouring centu-ries fold over eachother inside, around

and above the Inner Harbour.Horse-drawn carriages and sailing ships

share the spotlight with cruise liners andfloatplanes, while ornate, Victorian architec-ture rubs shoulders with 21st century design.

The B.C. Legislature is one of the must-see echoes of the past and present, and does,thankfully — in a city that’s not shy in charg-ing the tourist top dollar for its attractions— offer a free guided tour.

Nearby “The Leg” is Thunderbird Park,home to many spectacular and fascinatingtotem poles and monuments from variousFirst Nations.

Also in the park are St. Anne’sSchoolhouse (built 1844) and HelmckenHouse (built in 1852 by Dr. John Helmcken).

Right next door is the renowned Royal BCMuseum, where the resident exhibition will

carry you through the dinosaur and Ice Agein our province, all the way to Capt. GeorgeVancouver’s ship landing on VancouverIsland in 1792.

The current feature exhibition — runninguntil Oct. 14 — is Race to the End of theEarth, charting, with real artefacts, the gruel-ing and often harrowing race to the SouthPole between Britain’s Robert Scott andNorway’s Roald Amundsen.

Both exhibits were cap-tivating and educational andit’s not too pricey at $61 fora family of five for a one-daypass.

A mere 400 yards away —most attractions in DowntownVictoria are within walkingdistance of each other — isthe famous landmark of theFairmont Empress hotel, withits yawning, sculpted hedgetrims, stretching out to grabyour attention.

According to many, a trip to Victoria isnot complete without an “afternoon tea,” atime honoured English tradition for over acentury, served in the elegant tea lobby of theEmpress.

We never partook of the “tea” — that’sbeen served up to royalty, celebrities anddignitaries alike — but I’m led to believeit’s well worth the effort, despite the $60 perhead tab that awaits you.

If you’re with a young family and don’tfancy splashing out $200 plus for some fancypastries, sandwiches and teas, MiniatureWorld is actually within the Empress’ northentrance and will cost you less than a quarterof the tea.

Billed as “the greatest little show onEarth,” Miniature World is every kid’s andmany adult’s dream of, yes, you guessed it,everything in miniature, from actual WorldWar II battle scenes to the Great Canadian

Railway and fairytale land to outer space.There’s no end to eating options in the

downtown core, but when it is time to breakfrom sightseeing, I’d recommend some fish’n’ chips and a Bellini cocktail or two onMilestone’s upper patio, right behind thetourist information office. Great value, quickservice and serves up fantastic open air viewsof the harbour.

And when you’re done, slip down the fewsteps to the dock and enjoythe boats coming in and outand the buskers and streetentertainment, often on showin the summer months.

They even sell the fin-est Beaver Tales down there,a B.C. delicacy I’ve onlyever been able to sourcein Whistler or up GrouseMountain!

If you still have funds left,one of the more expensive,

yet worthwhile, attractions is the Hippo tour,offering an amphibious 90-minute land andsea tour of the city. Yes, the bus goes on landand into the sea and it is a lot of fun, butsome of you might drown in the $43/adult or

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$125/family-of-four ticket price.Exceptionally lighter on the wallet is the

free summer tours of the CFB Esquimaltnaval base, just 10 minutes’ drive fromVictoria and the by-donation Naval &Military Museum at Naden. Both are defi-nitely worth the effort if you’re interested inmilitary and your history of conflict over thelast century.

So that was Victoria in about a day and a

half. Many firsts for us and you can hit upmany of the main attractions in a couple ofdays without breaking the bank or too muchsweat. I’m looking forward to heading backto fill in the blanks and, just maybe, an after-noon tea.

There was time, however, for one last“first” on the journey home. A pod of orcassurfaced about 500 yards away, while on theferry, much to the awe of our 11-year-old son,who knows the Free Willy script by heart.

Orcas: Nice surprise on returnContinued from page 19

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Created by Ghost River Theatre with video designer Ben Chaisson—one of Canada’s leading innovators invideo projection—the creative team “workshopped [Highest Step] over the course of a year, with three[different] three-week intensives.” Alongside Court Brinsmead (Animator and Motion Graphics Designer),Ben projected images on stage while David van Belle (performer) was flying in the air and Eric Rose(director) was conducting the big picture on stage. Some of the projections are so precise that “[David]has to stand in the right place and hold his arms in just the right way.” To throw one more challengeinto the mix, now that the play is touring across Canada, Ben notes that “the angle of the projector hasto be just right and the imagery must be resized in each venue.”

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Community

Former Richmondmayor, councillor and MLAGreg Halsey-Brandt hasbeen given the Freedom ofthe City, the highest honoura local government canbestow on one of its own.

Halsey-Brandt servedfor 12 years as a Richmondcouncillor and 11 years asmayor, as well as one termas MLA for RichmondCentre.

During his civic service,Halsey-Brandt representedthe city on numerous localand regional boards andwas an active communityvolunteer.

“I very much appreciatethe honour that the city hasbestowed upon me,” he saidupon receiving the award ata special reception Tuesdaynight.

“Thank you to citycouncil for this recognitionand to all the citizens ofRichmond for the privilegeof serving them in electedcapacities for 23 years.

“The city has evolvedfrom the Township ofRichmond of 96,000 peopleat the time I was firstelected in 1981, to a cityof over 200,000 people. Ithas been a truly rewardingexperience to be part of theevolution of Richmond intothe vibrant, multicultural,environmentally responsibleand inclusive city of today.”

Mayor Malcolm Brodieawarded Halsey-Brandtat the city’s annual CivicAppreciation Event onTuesday, which honourscitizens who volunteeron council’s numerousadvisory committees andappointed boards.

“Greg Halsey-Brandtserved his community withdistinction for more thantwo decades as an electedofficial and continues towork for Richmond todayas a volunteer,” said Brodie.

“His vision and lead-ership during a time ofextraordinary growth andevolution in Richmondcontributed greatly to theoutstanding quality of lifeand great civic amenitiesand services we all enjoytoday.”

Halsey-Brandt is thefifth individual to receivethe Freedom of the Cityhonour. Previous honoureesincluded long-time may-ors Gil Blair and HenryAnderson and long-timecouncil members BobMcMath and Archie Blair.

The 12th ServiceBattalion has also receivedFreedom of the City recog-nition.

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Greg Halsey-Brandt(centre) received theFreedom of the City awardat Richmond City Hall.He stands with, from left,Couns. Derek Dang, ChakAu, Linda Barnes, EvelinaHalsey-Brandt, MayorMalcolm Brodie, KenJohnston, Bill McNulty,Linda McPhail and HaroldSteves.

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Change has come slowly to Haiti. ButGladys Thomas has spent more than threedecades helping its chil-dren live through impover-ished conditions and seenmany of them thrive.

“For the past 33 yearsI have been working withfamilies and children, look-ing at what life requires —love, health, shelter, education. It’s a callingI’ve had since I was a child,”said Thomas, president of theFoundation for Children ofHaiti, who was in Richmondthis week to meet with mem-bers of the the Rotary Club ofRichmond, the Rotary Clubof Richmond Sunset andthe Richmond Firefighters’Society, all of which haveagreed to offer support tohelp build a new school in thecapital city of Port-au-Prince.

With room for 300 stu-dents, it will allow the foun-dation’s orphanage to increaseits capacity and include moreroom for special needs chil-dren. Total cost of the project is $500,000.

The Rotary Club of Richmond Sunset has$10,000 in its reserve to fund the project.Plus, there is a $20,000-commitment fromRotary District 3500 (Taiwan) to participateas the sunset club’s international partner.

Thomas said her calling to help was some-thing she was born with. As the seventh of 11children, she remembers growing up in need,but remembers watching her parents whowere always willing to give of themselvesand share what they had to ensure no one wasleft wanting.

It’s a way of life she has adopted and car-ried with her ever since.

“I learned that this is what life is all about— you receive and you give,” Thomas said.“You feel this within yourself, that this is theright thing to do. When you see the successesor the failures, it comes from the heart. Andit’s the most wonderful work anyone can do.And I feel very privileged to have been ableto touch the lives of so many children inHaiti.”

Thomas started her work when she was26, taking over a rundown orphanage where

45 children lived.“My heart broke when I saw how they

were living,” said Thomas, who at the timehad three young children of her own. “Iprayed and said, ‘God, help me to offer tothese children what I wanted for my three.’And I started working towards that.”

She knew the goal was not reachable byherself. Soon, she was able to enlist the helpof friends and then other agencies.

“It’s not my work,” Thomas said humbly.“I am just an instrument in it, just a servant.But so many people have come along towatch these children bloom and grow.”

From that one orphanage,there are now three schools,and a hospital she startedbuilding with donations of$2,000.

Today, it’s a multi-milliondollar facility that has oper-ated for the past 20 years.

“Poverty is all over theworld and Haiti wasn’t get-ting any better. But now wehave reached a level whereeducation really should bethe priority,” Thomas said.“The government is trying,but with corruption, it is verydifficult.”

A catastrophic earthquakein 2010 did not help, either. But through itall, Thomas said she remains very positive.

“I am the last one to say there has beenno change, because every little change canbecome something big for us. We need tohonour that,” she said. “It’s a constant strug-gle. Nobody can say that they’ve made it. Wehave got a long way to go.”

It’s a mission that almost every day bearsfruit as Thomas sees how some of those chil-dren, who were in poverty when she started,have grown up to become successful and freefrom the cycle of hardship.

“I know that if it wasn’t for this work, ifsomeone had not responded to this call, whatwould have happened to this child,” Thomassaid. “So, we have a motto which is ‘makinga difference, one child at a time.’ And thatreally helps us to limit the big picture andallows us to help one child, then one more,and one more after that until there are nomore.”

For more information about the CanadianFoundation for Children of Haiti, an offshootof Thomas’ organization in this country, visitcfchcanada.ca.

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