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Plans for the $100 millionWalmart-anchored shopping centrein West Cambie have once again hita roadblock after city councils plan-ning committee refused to approvethe project.

With only two of the five coun-cillors on committee in support Evelina Halsey-Brandt and Linda

Barnes were infavour theproposal wasshunted back tocity staff at theend of an occa-sionally heatedtwo-and-half-

hour meeting Tuesday.The primary reason for stalling

this time was planning chair Coun.Bill McNultys demand to know justhow many people are expected toflock to the 14-acre shopping cen-tre between Alderbridge Way andAlexandra Road, near Garden CityRoad.

Its a factor that McNulty, whosemotion to send the proposal back tostaff, believes is critical to be awareof before he can consider sending theproposal to a public hearing.

Im in no rush to push this for-ward, said McNulty of the now 10-year-old plans.

I want to know how many

patrons are going to be going there,and Im surprised we dont have thatinformation from the developer.

The plans will now come back tothe same planning committee nextmonth. And, with or without thecommittees approval, its likely theproposal will then go before the nextfull sitting of council for it to decideif the project sees the light of a pub-

lic hearing.City staff had recommended

sending the project to the publichearing stage, after the proponent,Smartcentres, had agreed to fully-fund an $11 million connector roadon the west side of the site and givethe city up to $3.45 million to buyout two properties, deemed vital forthe connector road to go ahead.

The new road to the west of thesite would not be needed until up to10 years after the shopping centreopened, according to city staff.

But that wasnt nearly enoughto shift councillors Harold Stevesor Chak Au, with the former in nomood to give the green light to aproject he says Richmond has always

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The fate of a 14-acre shopping centre, including a Walmart, was the subject of much debate duringTuesdays planning committee meeting.

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This deservesfor the peopleof Richmond tohave their say.

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said it wouldnt entertain near the city centre.This would be a regional shopping centre

that will be drawing people in from all over,said Steves. (The developer) is trying tohide it with parkscapes and things like thatand (city) staff did a good job of hiding thefact this is a big box store that doesnt belonghere. Weve been saying this for decades.

Au, meanwhile, was concerned with thenet loss of environmentally sensitive area(ESA) land within the site, adding that theESA designation is there for a reason.

We have a responsibility to preserve, pro-tect and restore (the land) and this sends outthe wrong message that, if you allow the landto deteriorate, then you will get permission todevelop the land, Au said of the accusationthat Smartcentres has deliberately decayedthe site over the years theyve owned it.

Questions were alsoasked of the assertionby city staff that the twoGarden City Road hold-outproperty owners on theconnector road path wouldsell to the city when theyverefused the developer.

The developer hasagreed to give the city morethan twice the current appraised value of theproperties. However, ultimately, the commit-tee was told that, if a deal couldnt be struck,the city could wield the expropriation axe tomake the road happen.

Ive had land expropriated and theres noway I will support that, said Steves. Yes, wehave the money (to buy the properties) butwe are now threatening expropriation.

Referring to the citys West Cambie AreaPlan (WCAP), which was set up seven yearsago by the council of the day to guide devel-opment in the area, Halsey-Brandt said itshigh time the matter proceeded to a publichearing.

Were encouraging people to come livein this area and we have to give them some-thing, said Halsey-Brandt. This deservesfor the people of Richmond to have their say.When we do these area plans, we do makeadjustments to what comes forward.

I trust our city staff when they tell meall the technical aspects of this project havebeen met. Im not a Walmart fan but there arelots of people out there who are, and lots ofpeople on low income who might be helpedby the jobs created.

Barnes, also admitting not to be a fan ofWalmart, said this kind of development runspretty close to the intentions of the WCAP.

This is about land use and this will openup that area, she said.

Its time to move this forward to a publichearing and let the public decide.

Local resident, environmentalist andformer provincial Green Party candidateMichael Wolfe lambasted the developer forriding roughshod over the 1.5 acres of ESA-designated land on the site.

(The developers consultant) says theESA land has reduced in environmental valuebecause of invasive species, said Wolfe.

Theres invasive species there because ofthe neglect of the property owner; theyre theones whove diminished the value of the land.

There are 176 trees there right now.Youre never going to get trees that big againon sandy, compact soil.

The plans were last before councillors inDecember, 2012.

At that time,Smartcentres offered topay just 59 per cent of thecost to build the connectorroad. Now, the developeris agreeing to pay the fullcost estimated at $11million but not build itfor another 10 years.

I still think the con-nector road needs to be built before thedevelopment opens up, said McNulty of citystaff forecasts that the road a realignmentof an Alexandra and Leslie connector road doesnt need to be built for 10 years.

As well as paying the city the fullconstruction cost for the connector road,Smartcentres would make a number of majorand minor intersection improvements in thearea if the plan goes ahead.

A new north-south High Street wouldalso run down the middle of the development,linking Alexandra and Alderbridge.

During its presentation to council lastDecember, SmartCentres cited the sig-nificant amount of economic impact andimproved amenities for the West Cambiearea from the development, such as: 975employees; $2.5 million per year in propertytaxes; $7.2 million in one-time developmentcost charges.

The plans involve a 36,000-squaremetredevelopment split into an east and west por-tion, partly on the West Cambie Natural Park.

As well as a 15,000-square-metre, three-storey Walmart anchoring the eastern sec-tion, the likes of London Drugs, Bed Bath &Beyond, Marshalls and The Keg are penciledin for what would be called Central atGarden City.

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Our feet are already wet from thecoming Tsunami, says Carolyn Jack,spokesperson for the Milan IllichArthritis Research Centre, which set upshop last summer on No. 3 Road, acrossfrom Lansdowne Centre.

Its there, on the first few floorsof the building housing ProgressiveConstructions headquarters, where lead-ing scientists in Canada are attempting

to form a beachheadagainst the diseasewhich currentlyaffects 4.6 millionCanadians aged 15and over.

Thats a stagger-ing one in six people who suffer withswollen, painful joints. And one that isin sharp focus in September, which isArthritis Awareness Month in Canada.

But its the prediction of where thedebilitating disease is heading in thefuture that is even more alarming.

According to the Arthritis ResearchCentre of Canada, within a generation (by2040), an estimated 10 million Canadianswill be afflicted a whopping one infour are expected to develop either osteo-arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, the two

leading types of the disease.So, you can see why theres an expect-

ed tidal wave of arthritis cases on thehorizon.

But apart from the physical toll, theresa worrying, projected economic impact,as about 30 per cent of the national work-force will experience difficulty workingbecause of arthritis.

The situation now is already estimated

to cost the Canadian economy $33 billionin healthcare and productivity costs.

Thats expected to double when thearthritis wave crests and crashes down onthe affected population.

Some of the projected increases arefuelled by a glut of Baby Boomers, thoseborn between 1946 and 1965, reachingtheir senior years. Statistics Canadas2011 Census numbers estimate that

includes 9.6 million people or close tothree out of 10 Canadians who fall intothat generational category.

And that is anticipated to put evenmore strain on the already overburdenedhealthcare system.

So, will arthritis be the proverbialstraw that breaks the camels back?

Not if Dr. John Esdaile, the centresscientific director, and other researcherslike him, can help it.

From the new surroundings in centralRichmond, scientists are mapping outways to battle the disease, hopefully turnthe tide and take away its grip on the titleas the most common cause of disabilityin the country.

A start in that direction is early diag-nosis. Esdaile said a recent agreementwith pharmacists at the Shoppers DrugMart chain will allow initial screening forthe disease to be done right in the store.

Plus, a smart phone and tablet-basedapp has also been developed that allowsusers to screen themselves for arthritissymptoms.

Almost all the Shoppers Drug Martpharmacies across the country are goingto have available a pharmacist whowill help the person through the appand review their medications for pain,Esdaile said.

Doctors prepares for arthritis tidal waveRichmond centre is the epicenter for research into disease expected to affect one in four Canadians by 2040

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If caught early, as with many ailments,the chances of treating arthritis improvesgreatly.

And Esdaile said the centre has con-vinced arthritis doctors to see patientsmore readily bringingdown the wait from eightmonths to three weeks.

But its not justdrug therapy the cen-tre is focusing on. Infact, Esdaile said theRichmond facility is nota basic science lab at all.

Were not developingnew drugs in test tubes.Its all very controlledand focused on people.

Part of that meansworking on aspects suchas improved ergonomicsto allow arthritis suffer-ers to operate better.

What the focus hasbeen for the last 30 to 40years has been waiting until people losetheir job because their arthritis is so bad,Esdaile said.

One of the trials for back pain showedthe most effective intervention was asimple improvement in ergonomics in theworkplace, such as raising the platformthey were standing on.

It could be a better chair or an appro-priate height for their computer, Esdailesaid. You can teach people things thatcan actually prevent them losing theirjobs.

So, what is the prognosis for arthritiscases in the future? Can it be beaten, orat least is it likely there will be a signifi-cant drop in cases?

I dont want to lie. Ijust dont know, Esdailesaid. But yes, if wesucceed we will defi-nitely see those numbersaffected. I dont knowif we are going to pre-vent rheumatoid arthri-tis from developing.Obviously, wed like to.But lets not pretend.

What we can do iseliminate the impact ofthe disease, so that wecan have people who arefunctioning normallykeep their jobs, and havea high quality of life.And theres no doubt weare doing that.

With more than 100 types of arthritis,Esdaile said, there is no magic bulletthat will vanquish the disease.

What is more likely is a future whereresearch into new drugs, therapies andways of diagnosing the condition earlierthat will result in limiting the impact thedisease has on people.

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It is a sad state of affairs when scientists across Canada taketo the streets to bemoan their interaction with the govern-ment. Mondays demonstrations would have been a typical,small foreign news story had it taken place in China, Iran orother countries judged to be undemocratic in Western eyes.

That a day of 17 such demonstrations across Canada was seenas necessary at all would be shameful to most Western govern-ments but apparently not to Stephen Harpers Conservatives.

In May, the federal government made clear that Canadianscience should work in the name of industry and profit. TheNational Research Council would now focus on large-scale,industry related projects. Pure science and, worse, science educa-tion would no longer be a priority.

Of course, the release at the time had a different spin, butits hard not to see it any other way when the popular Centre ofthe Universe in Victoria was closed in August for the sake of$250,000 a year, ending a constant lineup of kids on Saturdaysto marvel at the beauty of space through its powerful telescope.

This, after the Conservatives closed the Experimental LakesArea in northern Ontario and reduced the reach of environmentalprotection legislation as part of a budget omnibus bill.

Monday, the NDPs Kennedy Stewart formally called onParliament to reduce the restrictions placed on federal research-ers speaking with the public a matter currently beinginvestigated by Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault.Government statisticians could probably devise a formula for theprobability of that motion succeeding but they wouldnt beallowed to tell us.

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Gilbert no good for cycling

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Every year, local gov-ernments in Canada spend2.6 billion tax dollars man-aging 34 million tonnes ofgarbage.

For decades, ouremphasis has been onwaste management we accept the problemas unavoidable and do ourbest to reduce its negativeimpacts.

Through activities likerecycling, composting andwaste-to-energy, we extractthe maximum value frommaterials, but these meth-ods dont address the rootcauses of waste.

So, why do we havewaste in the first place?

In a word: design. Thethings we buy and usedaily are designed to bethrown away.

We call this Cradle-to-Grave design becauseproducts are born, usedfor a while, and finallydiscarded to be buried orburned.

But there is a newparadigm on the horizon,Cradle-to-Cradle, wheremanufacturers consciouslydesign their products andpackaging to be easilydisassembled, repaired,reused and recycled.

Cradle-to-Cradle repre-sents a shift from a take,make and throw awaymodel to a CircularEconomy, where end-of-life materials becomeinputs for new products,just like in nature.

Picture a forest floor:

billions of years of col-lective evolution havecreated a system wherenutrients and materialsflow effortlessly and recip-rocally, without any wastewhatsoever. That is thekind of economic systemwe should aspire to, andnature may be our greatestteacher.

According to Cradle-to-Cradle visionaries WilliamMcDonough and MichaelBraungart, we can elimi-nate the concept of waste not reduce, minimize,or avoid it, but eliminatethe very concept, throughmindful design.

Were all in this togeth-er, and there are manyopportunities for positiveaction. Governments canenact laws to support theemergence of a circulareconomy, while creatinga level playing field thatfosters innovation.

Businesses can empow-er their creative designersand engineers to makeproducts whose materialsremain useful at the end,while using reclaimedmaterials in new products.

Businesses can alsoencourage innovative, sus-

tainable packaging withend-of-life solutions.

And municipalities,NGOs and other sustain-ability advocates can workcollaboratively to educateconsumers, while promot-ing zero waste habits.

Thats what Canadasnew National Zero WasteCouncil is all about government, business andNGO leaders joining forc-es to advocate for sustain-able design, to influenceconsumer behavior and tolobby senior governmentsfor better laws, all towardtransforming our relation-ship with waste.

We need to re-thinkwaste on all levels, and byworking together, we willdo it.

Join us at MetroVancouvers third annualZero Waste Conferenceon Oct. 16, where we willofficially launch CanadasNational Zero WasteCouncil.

Malcolm Brodie isthe chair of the NationalZero Waste Council. Heis also the chair of MetroVancouvers Zero WasteCommittee and the mayorof the City of Richmond.

Zero Waste Conference2013: Rethinking Wastewill be held at theVancouver Trade andConvention Centre East.Cost: $75.00 (includescoffee breaks, lunch andnetworking reception). Toregister, visit www.metro-vancouver.org/zwc/.

The Editor,Re: Bikes still lagging behind, News, Sept. 13.I have been an avid cyclist (to and from work) for more than

10 years. I commuted to two different jobs each day. I enjoyedyear-round cycling until recently.

I rode from Gilbert and Granville, south on Gilbert and up toWilliams and down the Williams Road path to No. 5 Road, and Ienjoyed it very much. Then just about two years ago, I was terri-bly frightened cycling south on Gilbert (one too many close callswith cars) and re-routed my trip.

Well, the new route also became a nightmare of sorts as mostpeople did not seem to realize that the painted bike on the roadgave us permission to cycle alongside the cars.

Then my job changed, and I just gave up because most areas Ineeded to travel involved Gilbert Road.

In summary, I need the City of Richmond to know it is greatto have a path on Railway, Granville and part of No. 3 Road,But we need the main north/south arteries to be covered.

What good does it do to cycle the dyke or some of the saferroutes if you cannot reconnect to your home on a secondarypath. Lets cut back on the cars, put a bike lane down Gilbert andNo. 2 Road, and even No. 1 Road. This will force the three-carfamilies to take up cycling and return our community to a green-er environment. After all Richmond is flat and an ideal place tocycle, all year round.

Anne MacdonaldRichmond

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The Editor,Re: Walmart will ruin cityscape, Letters, Sept. 13.I agree 100 per cent with Mary Phillips open letter to

mayor and councillors in the Richmond News.We do not need Walmart in Richmond just as we do

not need any more high-rise buildings.Onnis ugly buildings on the Steveston waterfront is

an insult to residents who bought there after being toldthey would have river views.

The City of Richmond was also given land manyyears ago by Woodwards east of Lansdowne Centre for acommunity park.

Does anybody see a park there? No.This city council has taken family neighbourhoods

and changed them into high-density occupancy, therebycollecting more and more taxes, but not spending apenny on improving badly needed facilities for promisesmade.

Children entering kindergarten this year will notknow what a tree looks like by the time they graduateas every time a new development is built, trees are lostneedlessly.

Lee HaudinRichmond

Richmond doesnt needWalmart

The Editor,Re: Cyclists dangerous too, Letters, Sept. 13.These cyclists need to be educated, they are as danger-

ous as people who drive and text.Really? Being hit by a bicycle is the same as being hit

by a car or truck? Really?Brad Kilburn

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Cyclists dangerous? Really?

The Editor,I had a terrible feeling the Terry Fox Run at Garry

Point scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 15 was going to berained out with just a very few brave souls in attendance.

It was my first year being the Terry Fox Run organiz-er, although I have been with the Terry Fox CommitteeRichmond Chapter as media coordinator for the lastthree years.

I prayed so hard for it not to rain on Sunday morningand, yes indeed, my prayers were heard the Sundaymorning weather was misty and cloudy, but there was ahuge crowd of Richmonites who turned out in droves atabout 9:30 a.m. It was wonderful to see.

This year, on the 33rd anniversary of Terry FoxsMarathon of Hope, the Terry Fox Run Richmond raisedapproximately $ 24,000 or more for cancer researchfrom more than 800 participants and volunteers.

Something new this year at the event was the silentauction, which brought a lot of attention from the par-ticipants and spectators. The proceeds of the silent auc-tion is still being accounted at this point and the finalnumbers have not been given to me.

Mayor Malcolm Brodie also proclaimed Sept. 15 asTerry Fox Day in Richmond.

The Terry Fox Richmond Committee must be con-gratulated for its dedicated work: George Agnew, JohnHopkins, Sarb Sandhu, Jim Munk, Kay Francis, LauraYue, Jeanette Johnson, Maria Medic, David Partridge,Dana Iannone, Shelly Nizar, Mercedes Bautista, RobbieYoung and Tami Young.

A special thank you must be made to the major vol-unteer groups and services that provided support andentertainment for our event: Save-On Foods, Safeway,Natures Path, Steveston Pure Water, Pajos Fish andChips, Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, Richmond AmateurRadio, Janet Betteridge, Lynn Walters, Coast CapitalSavings, McMath Leadership Class, Jim WishLove, St.John First Aid and the Tetsu Taiko Drummers.

A million thank yous to Mayor Brodie, for your con-tinued and endless support to the Annual Terry Fox Runfor Cancer Research and for the attendance of MP AliceWong and MLA John Yap.

Thank you so much Richmond for making the annualTerry Fox Run for Cancer Research a great success.

Susan BernardinoTerry Fox Run organizer

Richmond

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Crammed into a suffocating crawlspace, three feet by three feet, heartpounding, nervous sweat streamingfrom every pore and having little concept ofup or down, I was ready to call it quits.

I was blind, weighted down by fullfirefighters uniform, 30 pounds of breathingapparatus and hampered by trailing wires inthis tight passage from hell.

The walls, in my mind, were closing in.I couldnt go back, I was too far in.Besides, as part of RIT (rapid interven-

tion team), there was a stricken fellow fire-fighter at the end of the hose who neededmy help.

But, having already clambered, sightless,on hands and knees, following a hose for 50feet, I was running close to empty.

The air tank may have been full, but thewells of energy, resolve and composure which I had previously thought to be in goodstanding were now flashing red.

It wasnt quite pitch black. My vision,however, and every sense in my body, wereconfined to the two-inch world between faceand mask.

I turned, shimmied and squirmed nothing, no movement.

In fact, the limited space around me felttighter with every motion as I tried to nego-tiate the 90-degree angle in the crawl.

It was likely less than five minutes. It feltlike 50.

I think, Im not certain, I told our fire-fighter wrangler, Dan McLelland, to get me

out. I was good to go.I assume he didnt hear me.Someone whispered there was only a few

feet to go.And with one last lung-bursting push, I

was free. Or so I thought.Another 20 feet of crawling on hands and

knees, making sure I was still following thehose line, and I was back in another con-fined space.

Taller than the first hellhole, the chal-lenge this time was to extricate myself, withzero energy, from an 18-inch wide slot.

Again, there were white-flag momentsbefore I somehow emerged, relativelyunscathed, but physically and mentallyexhausted.

I dare say I shed a few pounds in there.But I gained a new appreciation for our fire-fighters.

Every two years, the British ColumbiaProfessional Firefighters Associationhosts, during the UBCM conferencein Vancouver, the Fire Ops 101 program.

The plan is to give municipal politicians,city top brass and media a first-hand experi-ence of what a firefighter battles on a dailybasis.

Im pretty sure I can speak for Richmondcouncillors Linda McPhail and Chak Au,who were part of our team invited by theRichmond Firefighters Association, that theplan works just fine and then some.

In the briefing room, prior to tacklingsix emergency scenarios, the 40 assembledcity leaders and media were told they wouldsweat today.

They got that right.We were also told that, in real life, fire-

fighters have less than three minutes tomake a call and take action.

It took me three minutes to adjust the sizeof my helmet.

Outside, all suited and booted, our wran-gler (guide), McLelland, a firefighter of 28years, articulated with passion the vital needto maintain a human presence on the ground,as opposed to relying on the latest gadget orlife-saving tool.

You need real people out here to makesplit-second decisions and get around what-

ever obstacle is thrown in your path, thingschange very quickly out there, insistedMcLelland.

Manpower is so important to what wedo, and I hope thats never lost.

After trying to haul a water-laden hoseup a flight of stairs of a burning building,with zero visibility in near 500-degree heat,I cant disagree with McLelland.

And after trying to pry the door off acar with the jaws of life, in a bid to save awould-be crash victim and then sampling theaforementioned crawl space from hell, I canattest, even a little, to the extreme physicaland mental stamina required to pull the joboff at any given minute of every shift.

As volcanic red flames and thick blacksmoke billowed out of the first-floorwindow, it was time for us, the firstteam, to go in.

The mission: put out the fire and checkfor any signs of life. Easy.

With Coun. Au leading the hose, off wetrumped up the stairs, more Keystone Copsthan Chicago Fire, as we struggled to pullthe hose and move forward at the same time.

I couldnt see more than a foot ahead.I couldnt hear what anyone, let alone ourwrangler, was saying. And, above all, it was

Burning up, fromthe inside out

FEELIN THE HEAT

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News reporter Alan Campbell almost loses it in acrawl space while on a Fire Ops 101 rescuemission

BY ALAN [email protected]


News reporter AlanCampbell fights his waythrough the tight crawlspace, above, while actingout an RIT scenario. Leftand below, right, Campbellsets off, blindfolded, onthe course. Below, left, ourreporter finds the goingtough, trying to squeeze outof a tight exit. Bottom, anexhausted Campbell regainshis senses.


News reporter AlanCampbell, right, andCoun. Chak Au emergefrom the burning build-ing. Above, Coun. LindaMcPhail, left, gets apost-fire de-briefing fromwrangler firefighter DanMcLelland, centre.

see Jaws of life page 13

Jaws of life:Needs muscleFEELIN THE HEAT

bloody hot in there nearly 500 degrees Celsius, suppos-edly.

Confusion reigned. Was the fire out? Do we go back, for-ward or what?

A chink of light pierced through the thick curtain of smokeand we shuffled to convene on a balcony.

A body, we were told by McLelland, was back inside andwe had to find it.

Leading the hose this time was me, but as I tried to ven-ture further into the near pitch-black tower, the hose jammedand was not about to budge. Abandon rescue, was the call.

Outside, as we peeled off our masks and regained ourslightly stunned senses, McLelland explained that, if that wasa real emergency, you only go where your hose can go.

You get out of there fast and send in another team withanother hose, he said.

We dont take unnecessary risks, your hose is your life-line in there.

Acar had crashed and a screaming backseat passengerwas trapped and bleeding profusely from multiplewounds.We needed to break the glass and get the door open as

quickly and safely as possible before it was too late.After hollering breaking glass and smashing the window

in a strategic spot, I waded in with the jaws of life, and its10,500 pounds worth of pressure to pry open the door.

With the clock ticking and the victims wails gettinglouder, I realized that, if I didnt get the jaws into the correctspot and have the muscle density to keep them wedged inthere, the door panel merely shreds.

With the help of an actual firefighter, the sweaty andbreathless amateur hero me finally managed to free thedoor. Coun. McPhail then stepped in to cut the door clean offwith the jaws and finish the job.

The victim, a teenage girl, was free to be treated. Just as

well it wasnt for real.

Firefighters are often the butt of jokes, especially whenit comes to emergency service personnel banteringamongst themselves.And theyre even occasionally on the receiving end of

snide comments from the public about how they spend thequieter hours on shift, waiting for a life-saving scenario toemerge.

Indeed, on many occasions, Ive sat in the soccer changeroom, having a post-game beer with firefighter teammates,and poked fun about their barbecues, card games and movienights while working.

Never again.

the Friday Feature



News reporter Alan Campbell, above, uses the jawsof life to relieve a car of its door during the rescue of acrash victim. Right, Coun. Chak Au leads the hose intothe burning building.

New breed has more than fires to fightGone are the days of smokers in

the firehall and water rescue capa-bility being a herring skip.

Richmond Fire Rescue, andfirefighting across the board, haschanged dramatically in the last 15to 20 years.

Capt. Rich McMillan has bornewitness to that transformation, hav-ing been a Richmond firefighter for23 years.

In that time, McMillan has seenthe departments water rescue train-ing improve out of sight a wel-come addition given his experienceback in 1996, when he plucked astudent to safety from the watersoff Shady Island. Two of the boysfriends were not so lucky.

Their equipment is more

advanced than ever before, but thesheer magnitude of scenarios fire-fighters find themselves in has alsoescalated.

EquipmentMuch of the equipment (over

the last 10 to 15 years) has to

do with firefighter safety, saidMcMillan.

Our job is inherently danger-ous, we get that. But we always tryto put safety first.

When I started, we didnt havehigh-angle or hazmat capabilities.Now we can do both and havestate-of-the-art equipment to tackleboth.

ExpectationsThe citys expectations of us

have changed dramatically. Theyvegiven us the equipment and they,quite rightly, expect us to use it.

However, I think the averagecitizen still doesnt really knowwhat we actually do.

When we show up for a medi-cal incident, we still get the funnylooks, as if to say, why are you

guys here?This is 2013 and we are first

responders. We cant administerdrugs, but we can keep you alivelong enough for the paramedics toget there.

DemographicsThe population has exploded

since I started in 1990 and I thinkRichmond definitely gambles withthe numbers.

One of these days, theres goingto be multiple major incidents atthe same time. Its coming andwere going to have to rely on othercities to help us.

And at medical calls especially,the language barrier can be anissue. Its a bit like a parent tryingto communicate with a child whodoesnt speak yet.

FitnessThe culture has changed enor-

mously. Maybe its a generationalthing also, but we now have fitnesscentres in most halls and we have ahealth and wellness program.

When I started, so many guyssmoked and you got a funny look ifyou asked to use the exercise bike.

Public commentsWhen firefighters are seen in

public doing anything but fightingfires, theyre sometimes questioned.

I do get the dont you havesomething better to do? and is thiswhat my taxes are going to?

However, the vast majority ofexperiences with the public in non-emergency situations have beenvery, very positive in my career.

BY ALAN [email protected]

Capt. Rich McMillan

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Craft beer enthusiasts rejoice on Oct.5 from 7 to 9:30 p.m., OHares GastroPubwill host the first annual Steveston Beer Festat the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, with net pro-ceeds going towards the Richmond ChristmasFund.

Grant Bryan, event organizer and operatorat OHares, said residents in Steveston havebeen talking about starting something up foryears and for a couple of good reasons.

One, we wanted to arrange a fun event inthe village for people with a passion for craftbeer, said Bryan.

The other factor was that their establish-ment recently joined the Christmas FundRoundtable, a group of 50 community andbusiness members working to drum up sup-port for the cause.

Family-owned and run for 26 years,OHares has slightly shifted its attentiontowards offering the latest and greatest craftbeers from around the world.

In the last five years, we have seen anincreasing focus on craft beer. The craft beermarket in B.C. has been growing exponen-tially, and weve been driving that agenda forthe last few years.

Pop into almost any liquor store inRichmond and you will find the usual beerstaples, such as Molson Canadian and CoorsLight. But thanks to the explosion of smallerbrewing operations all over the province andbeyond, there is a good chance that there willalso be interestingly-named offerings lining

the shelves like the Epic Hop Zombie, an IPAfrom New Zealand, and Fat Tire Amber Alefrom Belgium.

Visitors to the sold-out festival held at thecannery will be able to sample brands likethe above and many more from the 30 beervendors, 10 of which will be local. There

will also be food booths set up by Stevestonbusinesses such as the Blue Canoe WaterfrontRestaurant, Mandalay Lounge & Steakhouseand Pajos Fish and Chips.

This is designed to engage beer aficio-nados, and people already in the craft beercircuit, said Bryan.

But it is also designed to engage non-craft beer drinkers and Stevestonites who willbe exposed to so many different beers in oneroom. When you taste beer side-by-side youget a feel for which ones you like and whichyou dont.

Upon entering the historic site, partici-pants will be given a brochure and souvenirtasting glass, and they can wander from tableto table throughout the main room.

Each booth will have three to five types ofbeer to try, and Bryan said the people pouringthe drinks will be very knowledgeable andcan answer any questions that may arise.

There will also be a pumpkin beer com-petition, which will be determined by tasterschoice. Tokens are available and anyone canvote on their favorite one between nine or 10different kinds.

Bryan said he was surprised and elatedthat all 450 tickets were snatched up weeksbefore the event.

Pub gets crafty with brews, hosts first beer festBY BENJAMINYONGSpecial to the News

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OHaresoperatorGrant Bryanholds up acouple of craftbeers insidethe liquor storebeer cooler.

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In the U.K., a neighbourhood pub is often where youwill find community members of all ages and backgroundsgathered, having a pint and discussing the finer points ofdaily life.

This phenomenon is what England-born LennyEntwistle, owner of Lennys Beauty Parlour and LennysVintage Vault, is trying to bring to Steveston by organizing aregular tour of the local taverns.

Tentatively dubbed the Steveston Pub Crawl, the test runactually took place last winter when Entwistle gathered agroup of friends and customers from her salon and walkedto six establishments in one night.

She said frequenting bars in Europe doesnt have thesame stigma attached to it as it does in North America.

Every weekend its a huge social thing to go to the pubin England. Theyre packed, everybodys there and theresalways lots of stuff going on, said Entwistle, who has livedin Canada since 1979, but travels back to her homelandonce a year. Your uncles in one corner, granddads in theother corner. They see you at six oclock at the pub, its notlike here where people dont go out until 9:30. In England,last call is at 10:30, so the soldiers dont get drunk.

The idea for the Steveston version is that people meetat 6 p.m. at the Buck & Ear for drinks, and food for thosewhore hungry. There will be 30 minutes allotted at eachpub for people to sample the menu before moving on.Everyone looks after their own bill and transportation to andfrom the event.

The new route is still to be determined there is talk ofadding the Hog Shack Cook House, that eschews conven-tional beers in favour of craft offerings, to the list.

Ale aficionado John Lim Hing owns the popular eateryon Bayview Street and said he only serves craft becauseyou can get the big brands everywhere else.

We would be happy to participate in the pub crawl andshowcase our stuff. Some of the beers we have, were theonly ones in Richmond that carry it.

There are 50 kinds to choose from with six on tap, thecurrent most popular being a lager from Squamish-based

Howe Sound Brewing Company.Last year, the pilot group visited the Buck, Gudrun

Tasting Room, Shady Island Seafood Bar and Grill,Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant, Mandalay Lounge& Steakhouse and ended the night at the Army & NavyLounge Bar on No. 1 Road.

Its just a good way to mingle. This way you could comewith your partner, it would be good for Steveston. I findoften here once you get married its all over, why is that?You should be going to the pub with your husband or who-ever and meet the couple next door, and the couple downthe street.

Entwistle said she is also toying with some other ideassuch as adding a theme or games like a scavenger hunt.Plans are to hold the free event once per season. If youreinterested in joining, email [email protected].

Pub crawl encourages mingling

I think local Steveston people are embracing the craftbeer movement and are excited to have an event thats notdowntown but in the burbs. We have over 100 beer clubmembers on the liquor store side and I expect almost all ofthem will have bought a ticket, and regular customers fromthe pub will be there.

Although the festival is sold out, Bryan said customers canfind more than 350 different kinds of beer in their store, and17 varieties on tap in the pub. They open a keg of somethingnew and interesting every Friday, with a recent favouritebeing the Hilliards Chrome Satan California Common beerfrom Seattle. He also welcomes new members to join theOHares Beer Club that, in addition to discounts and invitesto exclusive tasting nights, includes a box of beer every sec-ond month containing 10 different types.

OHares is open seven days a week and is located at thecorner of Steveston Highway and Railway Avenue. For moreinformation about Beer Fest, including a complete list of ven-dors, go to the website at www.ohares.ca/beerfest.


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As fall approaches andthe weather turns chillier,theres nothing better thanhaving a nice full-bodiedmerlot cabernet sauvignon towarm you up with dinner.

Making that a habit couldget pricey, unless yourebuying from StevestonWineMakers where the mostexpensive bottle is less than$8. The caveat? You have tomake it yourself, and buy 30bottles at a time.

Located right inside thevillage at 3851 Moncton St.,the store doesnt draw a lotof attention to itself despitebeing open for the last 13

years. Walking inside, how-ever, you are greeted with aspace that is part retail andpart science lab.

Most days you will findowner Sandi Wosk hoveringnear the front surroundedby vino paraphernalia likeracks, books and wine-mak-ing kits, or in the back wherethere are huge jars filled withcolourful liquids as far as theeye can see. She runs whatis referred to as a U-Vin, thewine equivalent of a U-Brew,and says she gets the entiregamut of patrons.

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cially coming in, said Wosk.They prefer to have winemade. As I was saying, theystart at $3.33 a bottle and themost expensive is $7.99.

Customers select from aseries of pre-assembled kits,that yield 30 750-millilitrebottles of standard reds andwhites as well as ross, icewines, sherries, ports anddessert wines, ranging inprice from a $99 Stevestonhouse blend to a $215Austrian Zwigelt.

They open the box andstart the process right in thestore. And while Wosk andher staff of six can provideassistance, their U-Vinlicence stipulates that thecustomer must do a portionof the work themselves.

The initial process isquite simple and only takesa few minutes. Kits includejuice, grapes and a finingagent called bentonite that isemptied into a container andmixed, along with bits of oakfor flavour if it is a fancierkit. Then, the magic ingredi-ent that makes it all happenis added last.

They must put, by law,the package of yeast into theprimary fermenter thatsa food-grade bucket.Depending on the qualityof the kit they use, it can befour weeks, five weeks, six

weeks or eight weeks. Wetake over from there and doall the processing. Its a lot ofwork, said Wosk.

After the fermentation hastaken place, usually lastingaround 11 to 12 days, thewine is then racked. Thatmeans liquid is siphonedfrom the large bucket intobig clear glass containers called carbois that sep-arates the wine from leftoverleaves and chunks of yeastthat have settled down to thebottom.

The final componentsare mixed in and then wheneverything is ready, a call

is made to the customer tocome in and package theirproduct. Bottles are notincluded and are about 90cents each for first timers,whereas seasoned veteranscan bring in used bottles forsterilization and reuse. Afterfilling, they are put througha corking machine, labelledand are ready to go.

Working in the industrysince 1997 and married toa commercial wine storeowner, Wosk said she hasseen a different attitudedevelop in the way peopleview U-Vins.

Thirteen years ago it

was a way to get cheapwine, but thats not the caseanymore. Our customers areabsolutely educated.

They know what a viog-nier is, which is a grape thatwas never know before theU-Vin industry brought itin.

Wosk added the largefoodie population inSteveston has certainlyhelped the cause.

For more information onSteveston WineMakers andthe different kits they offer,visit their website at www.stevestonwinemakers.com orcall 604-275-WINE (9463).

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This is the first time since 2006 the Richmond Chamberof Commerce has staged the event. And since that time, thecity has experienced plenty of in-fill of businesses, especiallyin the city centre area. And that, along with a selection ofexhibitors from across the other side of the Fraser River, isexpected to make the event one not to miss for the businesscommunity and beyond.

In Richmond, specifically, business has been categorizedas being grown on very fertile ground. Proof of that camethis spring when fDi Magazine named Richmond among thetop 10 American Cities of the Future for the second time ina row. Part of that distinction was attributed to the city plac-ing well in three of eight categories in the evaluation of morethan 400 cities.

Richmond placed third among small cities in the Americas a category representing a combination of foreign directinvestment criteria. Best Business Friendliness and Best FDIPromotion Strategy were the other two individual categoriesin which Richmond placed in the top 10.

At the trade show, a total of 50 vendors have taken allof the available spots and will be displaying everythingfrom business coaches to high-tech operations that call theRichmond or Delta home.

One long-time Richmond business looking forward toattending the event is AA Advertising Ltd.

Company president and owner, George Montgomery, saidthe benefits of being a local chamber member and among thelist of vendors at the show are numerous.

Being a chamber member gives us lots of opportunitiesto meet other members at different functions. And it gets theword out about who we are, Montgomery said, adding thatis especially important since he is in the business of promot-ing other peoples businesses with all manner of promotionalitems, from pens and mugs, to key rings and clothing.

Weve done many trade shows, but this one is an oppor-tunity for us to meet people who maybe are not familiar withour company. And, hopefully, we can forge some bonds to dosome business together.

Admission is by donation and runs from 3 to 7 p.m. Formore information, visit richmondchamber.ca and click on the2013 Richmond Chamber of Commerce Trade Show section.

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Swelling from 33 eventstwo years ago, to 66 lastyear, Culture Days inRichmond now includeswell over 80 performances,workshops, open houses andstudio tours.

Richmond is definitelyin the top 10 cities acrossCanada now when it comesto Culture Days celebra-tions, said Liesl Jauk, Cityof Richmond cultural devel-opment manager.

It really creates somemomentum and celebrateshomegrown Richmondartists. People want to par-

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One such artist, promi-nent in the Richmond culturescene, is Jeanette Jarvillewho has been opening herstudio to the public for the

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Up to 200 people havepass through Jarvilles studiodoors during the event overthe four years.

I think this event is greatfor all of Canada, she said.Its a big push for the gen-eral public to be aware of theart around them.

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On Saturday, the citywill also host the thirdPechaKucha Night at thePerformance Hall of theRichmond Cultural Centre.Ten speakers from a varietyof artistic backgrounds will

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The Richmond Museumkeeps artifacts they cantuse in a secret storage typespace, so the public will havea chance to get a tour of thatplace, as well, said Jauk.Therell be a lot of interest-ing things there.

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