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Artist Dan Corson’s Spinners public art will encourage people to engage with each other in Richmond’s City Centre. See story, p. 12.

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City staff urge council to hold off on moving library until review of options for Steveston Community Centre

by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

Talks to move Steveston library to On-ni’s vacant Imperial Landing properties have stalled, city council heard Tuesday, dampening prospects of expanding the cramped Steveston Community Centre into current library space.

In its continued bid to rezone the ground-level floors of its six riverfront buildings—built in 2013—Onni offered to lease the city space for a library one year ago. Elected officials pressed the developer for a better deal, but staff re-ported they “have not received any new information from the developer.”

City staff are now advising elected officials to keep the 4,000-square-foot library at the community centre, in light of an expected review of the Moncton Street centre’s fu-ture—a report on which is due late this year.

The centre is nearing the end of its life, and timing for its replacement needs to be considered, noted Kim Somerville, manager of arts services, in her report.

“Population in the Steveston area has grown significantly over the past 10 years resulting in an increased demand for ser-vices and for space in both the commu-nity centre and the library. Continuing to co-locate the library with the community centre in the future is considered desir-able and beneficial to both parties and to the community,” wrote Somerville.

Last September the Steveston Commu-nity Society told the city it was in “desper-ate need” for more space—particularly for fitness programs.

“Our existing space is very limited and to be able to compete with other pro-grams such as those offered by the Rich-mond Oval and other community cen-tres, we need to expand and improve our facilities,” said Beth Ovenden, president of Steveston Community Society, in a letter to council’s parks committee.

City staff also studied two other short-term solutions for relocating the Ste-veston library, but determined neither were feasible. A portable building in Steveston Park would provide 13,000 square feet of new space, but would cost $4.5 million and occupy park space. Buy-ing or leasing another property was also examined, but finding a space more than 10,000 square feet in the village is a chal-lenge, staff say.

Tuesday’s report still leaves the unre-solved issue of Onni’s Imperial Landing buildings. Despite failing in repeated bids to rezone the land before construction, Onni has insisted the city still rezone the empty ground floors from mixed mari-time use to allow a broader range of uses.

If the city no longer pursues a library for the site, it’s unclear what amenity pack-age would sway civic politicians from ap-proving Onni’s rezoning request.

In its last application, Onni also offered the city $2 million in cash for community amenities.

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Expenses jump 21 per cent in year Richmond Olympic Experience is set to launchby Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

A multimillion-dollar subsidy from taxpayers will again keep the Richmond Olympic Oval in the black this year, according to financial documents presented to council Tuesday.

City coffers will contribute $3,239,700 to the River Road facility in 2015—up $31,700 from last year—to help keep up with expenses that have grown 21 per cent.

Memberships, admission fees and program revenue remain the biggest sources of income for the oval—forecasted to pull in $7.6 million.

Padding the oval’s bottom line is another $2.3 million from the 2010 Games Operating Trust.

Expenses are forecast to total $14 million, up from $11.6 million last year. The growing budget reflects three new lines of business at the oval: the Richmond Olympic Experience, retail and YYoga.

Yyoga opened its yoga studio inside the oval in January, while the Richmond Olym-pic Experience—an Olympic museum in-side the oval—is scheduled to open in June.

A retailer is expected to begin operations around the same time.

Both the city and the Games Operating Trust subsidize the oval’s operating budget each year.

In a brief outlook included in the three-page budget document, the oval corpora-tion says an expansion of programs aimed at high-performance users is planned in disciplines such as goaltending, futsal, volleyball and soccer, along with a tactical training program for first responders.

New fitness programs include a spring launch of the ballet-inspired fitness pro-gram LeBarre and an outdoor summer ad-venture series.

Also planned is a promotion to mark Can-ada’s declaration of 2015 being the Year of Sport in Canada. The oval will provide up to two free child memberships for every young adult, adult or senior membership purchased, along with offering new volun-teer opportunities in sport.

Richmond Olympic Oval budget grows to $14 million

Matthew Hoekstra file photoScheduled to open in June, the Richmond Olympic Experience will have elements on all three floors inside the Richmond Olympic Oval, along with the building’s grounds.

The Crown has approved criminal charges against a local professional soccer coach for two incidents last fall.

Roberto Sciascia, the Metro-Select head coach for Richmond FC, faces two counts of assault.

Sciascia’s lawyer, David Tarnow, ap-peared in Richmond provincial court last week on Sciascia’s behalf. Scias-cia, 54, is charged in connection with putting his hands around the necks of two boys in two separate incidents during practices involving Richmond FC teams.

The first incident took place on Oct. 21, when Sciascia was teaching the players how to choke the defence, and then allegedly put the hands around the neck of a 12-year-old boy to illustrate a point. The boy was unhurt.

On another occasion, Sciascia alleg-edly put his hands around the neck of another boy, a 13-year-old, during a different soccer team’s practice. Once again, he was making a point about choking the defence. But that incident, which also did not result in injury, was never reported to the board.

None of the allegations have been tested in court.

As first reported by The Richmond Review in January, Sciascia was ar-rested by Richmond RCMP on Jan. 6, though he was not charged with any offence. He was initially barred from coaching any sports teams, but Sciascia’s lawyer successfully had his recognizance conditions altered in court so that he could coach under

the supervision of an adult. He was banned from being in contact with the two teams on which the two complainants play.

Sciascia has coached with Rich-mond FC for about seven years and has had a lot success guiding the Metro teams. He’s a former player who once suited up for clubs in Eu-rope, including Académica and Vit-toria.

BC Soccer has indefinitely suspend-ed Sciascia from coaching as a result of the charges

“BC Soccer was made aware of se-rious allegations surrounding Rich-mond FC Coach Roberto Sciascia earlier this year,” the soccer govern-ing body said in a statement.

“Having reviewed the allegations and information available regard-ing Roberto Sciascia, the BC Soccer Judicial Committee implemented an immediate and indefinite suspension in line with the BC Soccer Rules and Regulations – Discipline Rule 10.

“Roberto Sciascia is therefore sus-pended immediately and indefinitely from all soccer related activities.

“BC Soccer’s decision is prompted by the formal charges being pursued against Mr Sciascia as a result of the March 31 court date.

According to a statement from Richmond FC, “Richmond FC re-moved Mr. Sciascia from any soccer related activities once learning that formal charges were made against him. Mr. Sciascia has been suspend-ed by BC Soccer in line with the BC Soccer Rules and Regulations.”

—staff reporter

Richmond soccer coach charged with assault

Martin van den Hemel photoSoccer coach Roberto Sciascia has been charged with two counts of assault.

‘Steveston is growing in leaps and bounds’

From Page 1But several Steveston busi-

ness owners spoke out against Onni’s bid last year, saying new retailers would adversely affect existing merchants. The Steveston Merchants’ Associa-tion’s solution is to rezone half the space for office use, and split the rest between maritime and general commercial uses.

Coun. Bill McNulty said Onni has yet to respond with new information, adding he’s un-aware whether the file is a pri-ority for the firm.

“All I’m trying to do is get the best possible situation for the citizens of Richmond. It’s up to them to come up with the ideas.”

Relocating the library to Impe-rial Landing is just an idea, he said. An ideal location, he said, is inside a new community centre that would replace the first one ever built in Richmond.

“We’re getting a facilities re-port back from staff, and to me a new community centre has to be on it for the people of Ste-veston. Steveston is growing in leaps and bounds, and the community centre was built in 1957 with add-ons. We need to be building a brand new one—two or three storeys high.”

Onni did not respond to a request for comment by press time.

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Youth (REaDY) Summit. This fun, free event takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, at Hugh Boyd Secondary School, 9200 No. 1 Road.

Listen to inspirational experiences from young environmental

leaders during keynote speeches. Take part in workshops that cover a wide variety of sustainable topics such as vegetable gardening, energy consumption, paper making, eco-marketing and wildlife awareness.

For more information on the 2015 REaDY Summit, please visit www.readysummit.ca, www.facebook.com/readysummit or follow @REaDYSummit on Twitter.

Development Permit Panel MeetingWednesday, April 153:30 p.m. in Council Chambers

Agenda Items:1. 9055 Dayton Avenue (Formerly 9051 and 9055

Dayton Avenue) - DP 14-657872 - Yamamoto Architecture Inc. - To permit the construction of 23 two-storey townhouse units at 9055 Dayton Avenue on a site zoned “Low Density Townhouses (RTL2).”

2. 11380 Steveston Highway - DP 14-657502 - Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd. - To permit the construction of a 558 m2 addition to the building at 11380 Steveston Highway on a site zoned “Industrial Community Commercial (ZC6) – Ironwood Area.”

3. 13600 Smallwood Place - DP 14-677729 - Buttjes Architecture - To permit the construction of a 546.9 m2 (5,887 ft2) addition at 13600 Smallwood Place on a site zoned “Vehicle Sales (CV).”

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Please contact the individual community centres for program information, to register or before visiting to ensure you bring everything needed to register your child.

Heritage Commission calls for nominationsDeadline is April 14

The annual Richmond Heritage Awards recognize the special

accomplishments of individuals and organizations that have contributed to preserving, restoring and promoting Richmond’s heritage.

The City’s Heritage Commissionis encouraging the public to submit nominations for the 2015 Richmond Heritage Awards, to be presented at the Richmond Regional Heritage Fair’s closing awards ceremony, Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

Anyone may submit a one-page summary nomination for an individual or an organization, describing the role of the nominee.

The submission deadline is 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 2015.

Richmond’s rich heritage is one of the things that make the community such a special place. It’s not often, though, that we pause and take special notice of the heritage treasures all around us. The buildings, landscapes, artifacts, and the people and their histories – all of them are rich resources of our collective past.

The awards jury will be composed of members of the Richmond Heritage Commission and guest jurors. All decisions of the jury are fi nal.

For further information, please contact the City’s Policy Planning Department at 604-247-4626 or email [email protected].

Lulu Series: Art in the CityFree guest speaker event

What role do arts festivals play in expressing and

shaping a city’s evolving sense of itself? Find out on April 23 when the PuSh Festival’s artistic and executive director, Norman Armour, presents the second of three talks in the 2015 Lulu Series: Art in the City.

This presentation takes place on Thursday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, Richmond City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Road.

For over ten years, Vancouver’s PuSh International Performing Arts Festival has been presenting and animating contemporary works for the stage and public spaces that explore and refl ect upon civic history and identity. Innovative, trendsetting, provocative, experiential and thought-provoking are words commonly used to describe a “PuSh show.” In this presentation, the festival’s co-founder, Norman Armour, will survey a group of stand-out projects that demonstrate how the arts, and in particular festivals, can be a means of mapping the historical and cultural, the private and public, and the social and political realms of a city and its inhabitants. For more information on the festival, visit pushfestival.ca.

All Lulu Series events are free. Seating is limited so please RSVP at [email protected]. For more information, visit www.richmond.ca/luluseries.

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Planning CommitteeWednesday, April 8, 2015Anderson Room, City Hall4:00 p.m. Regular Council MeetingMonday, April 13, 2015Anderson Room, City Hall4:00 p.m. (closed meeting) Council Chambers, City Hall7:00 p.m. (open meeting) Community Safety CommitteeTuesday, April 14, 2015Anderson Room, City Hall4:00 p.m. Development Permit PanelWednesday, April 15, 2015Council Chambers, City Hall3:30 p.m. General Purposes CommitteeMonday, April 20, 2015Anderson Room, City Hall4:00 p.m. Public HearingMonday, April 20, 2015Council Chambers, City Hall7:00 p.m. Planning CommitteeTuesday, April 21, 2015Anderson Room, City Hall4:00 p.m.

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Court finds Richmond RCMP were negligent in treatment of suspect

by Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

A man who won a new trial after being convicted of killing his girlfriend’s broth-er in their Richmond home six years ago, has successfully had his police confes-sion ruled as inadmissible.

The B.C. Supreme Court ruled late last month that Di Long Feng’s statement to police about what happened on the night of March 11, 2009, can’t be used in his new trial.

The court ruled that it has a reasonable doubt as to whether Feng’s statements were voluntary. Feng had originally been convicted of second degree mur-der in June of 2011, but won a new trial after appealing the decision to the Court of Appeal for B.C.

Last month’s voire dire ruling dealt with a portion of the evidence that the Crown planned to use in Feng’s second trial.

“From the time of the detention of Mr. Feng, the police ignored his most basic physical needs. So obvious was Mr. Feng’s shaking, faintness and un-quenchable thirst that one officer wondered aloud whether he was go-ing into shock, yet no steps were taken to assess him,” B.C. Supreme Court Jus-tice Catherine Wedge ruled. “Despite his ongoing request for food because he was dizzy and faint, Mr. Feng was not given food of any kind until 9 p.m. and when some was offered, it was completely inadequate.”

Feng’s glasses were shattered and he couldn’t see properly, yet no steps were taken to assess the degree of his inability to see without them.

“Further, the failure of the police to provide timely access to counsel re-sulted in the numerous spontaneous comments of Mr. Feng from which the police derived significant information, and which the police then used to their advantage during Mr. Feng’s interroga-tion.”

And with regard to interrogating Mr. Feng in the middle of the night, the court found that although this may sometimes be necessary, that wasn’t

the case in this particular circumstance.“Mr. Feng was the only suspect,” Wedge

noted. “The crime scene was secure and the witnesses to the crime had been in-terviewed. The only rational inference to be drawn in the circumstances, despite protestations of the interrogators to the contrary, is that they knew there was a better chance of obtaining a statement from Mr. Feng when he was emotionally drained and deprived of sleep.”

Richmond Mounties were unavailable for comment at press time.

In February of 2014, Feng was granted a new trial by the Court of Appeal for B.C., which unanimously found that the “trial judge’s charge to the jury was con-fusing and, when combined with the

manner in which the judge reviewed the evidence with respect to the issue of intent, carried the risk of a miscarriage of justice.”

On the night of the murder of Jeffrey Wong, Feng was at Wong’s residence, helping Feng’s girlfriend—Wong’s sis-ter—install a kennel for a dog she’d re-cently acquired.

When Wong returned home, he was “extremely angry” over the presence of the dog in the house. He then struck her twice in the face. After the first slap, Wong’s sister pleaded for Feng to inter-vene.

Feng ran toward Wong with his arm raised, and inflicted four life-threat-ening stab wounds.

Aunt convicted of putting glue in baby’s ears

by Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

In what police describe as a bizarre tale laced with deceit, jealousy and cultural pressures to pro-duce male offspring, the aunt of a seven-week-old baby has been convicted of aggravated assault.

Wei Wang, a 30-year-old Chinese national, was convicted in December following a lengthy RCMP investigation launched in February of 2013 when the then seven-week old began wailing and his parents rushed the baby to the emergency to discover that both of the child’s ear canals had been super glued.

The baby required surgery to remove the hardened glue, and Rich-mond Mounties then be-gan their investigation to determine how the glue got there.

Wang was convicted in December, though police released a press release regarding the case yes-terday.

“What followed was a lengthy criminal investi-gation,” Richmond RCMP Const. Dennis Hwang said. “As investigators dug deeper, a bizarre tale unfolded of deceit, jealousy and the cultural pressures to conceive male offspring.”

Richmond RCMP Cpl. Chris Tarasoff, of the seri-ous crimes unit, said the case was an emotionally trying time for investiga-tors.

“This was a bizarre yet extremely sad case,” Tarasoff said. “We do have a message though; we have zero tolerance towards any types of crimes against children. These crimes will not be tolerated and we will in-vestigate them to the full extent of the law. Fortu-nately, this young child will most likely make a full recovery and that is the best result we could have hoped for.”

At the time that police announced the inves-tigation, CBC News re-ported that the baby was living in a home with his parents and their extend-ed family.

“Several family mem-bers claimed the sis-ter-in-law Wei Wang was jealous of Baby Y because she had two daughters,” the CBC ar-ticle said at the time. “The victim’s father also claimed he’d found a needle stuck in his son’s car seat a few weeks earlier.”

Convicted killer’s confession tossed

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opinion

The labour situ-ation in B.C. is showing

increased signs of strain, even before a long-promised boom in heavy construction gets set to ramp up this summer.

Jobs Minister Shirley Bond announced last week that B.C. is suspend-ing its “provincial nomina-tion” program for 90 days. This program allows the

province to recommend people for federal immi-gration, based on skills in demand in B.C.

The B.C. provincial nomination program saw its number of applica-tions triple to 1,200 for the month of December, as the federal government cracked down on the temporary foreign worker program. Thousands of temporary foreign workers who have hit the four-year deadline are being sent home, with many of them turning to the provincial nomination track.

Bond has been pleading with Ottawa to raise B.C.’s annual provincial nomina-tion quota from 5,000 to 7,000 or more. The three-month pause is so her ministry can add staff and speed up processing time. Backlogged applicants will still be considered, and exemptions for health care workers and a northeast pilot program are being maintained.

Even with the current slump in energy prices

and before anticipated pipeline and liquefi ed natural gas projects start, the labour shortage in the northeast is near crisis.

The last time I was in Dawson Creek, radio ads were off ering signing bonuses for qualifi ed truck drivers. In Fort St. John, grocery and hardware retailers have come to de-pend on foreign workers to keep going.

While supposedly educated young people work part-time and refuse to leave the comforts of southern city life, this is the reality up north, and it’s only going to get worse.

This summer, work is scheduled to start on the Site C dam on the Peace River, the most costly construction project in B.C. history. And a union vs. non-union battle remi-niscent of the old Expo 86 labour wars is underway.

The B.C. and Yukon Building Trades (BCYT) are demanding a project agreement that requires

all workers on Site C to be paid their rates, and are warning of chaos on the huge project if they don’t get their way.

BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald told me that’s not all they want. They are also seeking quotas for members of their unions on a project that will be a small city of 1,700 people at peak construction.

BCYT executive director Tom Sigurdson says that while all sides acknowl-edge the need for foreign workers for Site C, he wants to control that too, working with their affi li-ated unions in the United States.

There will be non-union construction fi rms, some of them owned by aboriginal communities in the north. There will be contractors affi liated with the Christian Labour Association of Canada. The BCYT hopes to set wages and conditions for them all, and infl uence Ottawa’s temporary foreign worker program to boot.

McDonald and Pre-mier Christy Clark have politely told them to pound sand. Their for-mula would add millions in costs to the project, driving up BC Hydro rates even more than they are already rising. BC Hydro has already done dam upgrade projects using a “managed open site” model and it’s not inclined to return to the era of W.A.C. Bennett as Sigurdson demands.

Sigurdson makes a valid point that when two concrete masons compare paycheques on the Site C project and one sees he’s making $5 an hour less, he won’t be happy. He will want the higher rate, and the BCYT is taking BC Hydro to court to ensure they can recruit new members on the site.

It looks like a hot sum-mer ahead.

Tom Fletcher is legisla-tive reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfl [email protected]

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B.C. ViewsTom Fletcher

B.C.’s Ministry of Trans-portation is hogging the left-hand lane,

speeding toward another misplaced priority.

Minister Todd Stone’s recent announcement that the province is looking at legislation targeting left-lane hogs on the highway is populist pandering, it’s unneces-sary and it’s undesirable.

Stone suggests left-lane huggers are particular to B.C. – coincidentally the province in which he happens to commute to work.

Apparently, everyone who drives slower than our transpor-tation minister is a slowpoke and everyone who drives faster than him is a maniac.

This isn’t a law for which British Columbians have been clamour-ing – it seems to have appeared in our rear-view mirror from out of nowhere. One imagines the minister turned red with road rage recently, stuck behind some driver who failed to ac-celerate.

On the long list of transporta-tion problems faced by residents in this province – especially in the Lower Mainland – slow left-lane drivers wouldn’t likely crack the top 10. It’s a nuisance, sure. But not something our elected officials should be concerning themselves with at this point in time.

Stone says ICBC statistics and RCMP traffic reports show that

failure to keep right causes a lot of collisions, but we suspect that the impatient drivers who surround the cautious ones are every bit as culpable.

Must our roads suit only the fast and the furious? Already the B.C. Liberal government has raised speed limits, conditioning motorists to race at Mach 1. Any crackdown on left-lane hogs is going to empower tailgaters and road-ragers, potentially causing more car crashes. The province has been erecting signs along the highways gently reminding motorists to keep right; that should suffice.

As well, in many parts of the province, the highway speed limits have already been bumped up to 120 km/h —though not on Highway 1 through the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.

While it can be frustrating to drive behind those who plod along in sub-compacts – some of which may have trouble revving up to 120 km/h – most of them are familiar enough with the un-written rules of the road, and will move over to the right lane just as soon as it’s safe to do so.

Yes, the left lane is there to get us where we’re going, faster. But for drivers who are in that much of a rush to get where they’re going, legislation is not the answer. Perhaps they could just leave the house a couple of minutes earlier.

—Peace Arch News

EDITORIAL: Left-lane laws not necessary

New signs are being put up on B.C. highways to encourage people not to block the left lane.

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Editor:This week I will complete

the Healthy Heart Program at Richmond Hospital and I will be personally the healthier for it.

Healthy Heart is a cardiac rehabilitation and cardiovascu-lar disease prevention program which has been in operation for more than 20 years. Participants include adults who are at risk of developing heart disease or who have experienced a cardiac event such as a heart attack, bypass surgery (which was the case with me), angiogram, angioplasty, or other cardiac conditions.

Patients are individually as-sessed and monitored through-out the program. The program consists of education and exercise; the education includes classes on healthy eating, reducing risk factors and stress management. The classes are interactive with lots of sharing among the participants. The exercise includes cardio workout on gym machines and strength training with weights.

For me, the best part of the program was learning from the other participants, all of us

bringing different perspectives, life experiences and knowledge, yet sharing the common bond of being cardiac patients. And I am indebted to the excellent staff who made this program such a great learning, life-changing ex-perience. I want to express much appreciation for the friendly, caring professionalism of Joan Prescesky (RN and program co-ordinator), Karen Tyldesley (reg-istered dietitian), Rishma Dhalla (occupational therapist) and

Emily Chou (PT and physiothera-pist). Kudos also go to Fiona, the program's tireless volunteer and Dr. Andrew Jakubowski, cardiolo-gist, program medical director.

While the program is coming to an end, I know that the lessons learned will help me in my new be-ginning of personally living a "heart healthy" life. For this, I am deeply thankful for the Heart Healthy Pro-gram at Richmond Hospital.

John YapRichmond

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John Yap photo via TwitterJohn Yap with Joan Prescesky and Karen Tyldesley at Richmond’s Healthy Heart program.

Governments are first in line to abuse the elderly

Editor:Mr. Jack Micner included a very interesting column

about elder/senior abuse in your paper recently. He stated “The financial abuse of the elderly is, in my opinion, an epidemic.” No kidding!

The Canada Revenue Agency is authorized with the blessing of our members of Parliament to deny a person over age 71 of having an RRSP and making matters worse—requiring the person to hand over their retirement savings to the annuity industry or convert to a Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) and be subject to increasing annual mandatory minimum withdrawal rates far in excess of reasonable investment returns avail-able today. In other words, the 72 year old is the only sector of society subject to a tax on retire-ment savings capital.

I believe, age discrimination is a prohibited ground of discrimination under Canada’s Human Rights Act and the Charter which allegedly guarantees every-one equal benefit of the law. In reality, the federal and provincial governments are first in line to abuse the elderly. Shame. Class action law suit anyone?

Witness the proposed .5% PST increase for TranL-link, proposed road usage fees, bridge tolls, mu-nicipal tax increases, increased BC Hydro and ICBC rates and of course when hydro rates increase, taxes (federal, provincial and municipal) must increase to pay the increased hydro rates for things such as hospitals and schools to be paid by the homeless, unemployed and elderly on fixed incomes.

Elder abuse – case closed.Good luck everyone.

Ken McLennanRichmond

We were never a bombing nation

Editor:As Stephen Harper ramps up the war drums for an

extended intervention in Syria, it’s important to look back at what has happened.

This was supposed to be a 30-day mission in Syria. Then, it became a six-month mission. Now, we’re looking at a year and more. Just a couple weeks ago, officials from the Department of National Defence said that they expect the mission in Iraq and Syria to last for years. For years?

International law also matters. Per Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, countries are to seek permis-sion to invade another country. The United States already has for it’s intervention in Syria. Canada has not. Canada does not have legal permission to bomb Syria.

And Canada was never a bombing nation. We were a peacekeeping nation for the longest time. We were the ones welcomed with open arms. We were the ones that people associated with peace and freedom. Now, we’re bombing countries that have never attacked us, similar to how in 2003, the United States invaded a country that never attacked it, in Iraq.

There’s an election coming this fall. My fellow Rich-mondites, what questions are you going to ask the candidates? In my view, it’s time for a change. Canada is now entering warfare, with increasing costs to taxpay-ers, no timeline and no legal basis. There is no plan for this war and for Stephen Harper and the Conservatives, there is no end in sight for this war.

Ramesh RanjanRichmond

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2015 Capital Construction Projects Open HouseThursday, April 16, 2015 from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. Richmond City Hall—6911 No. 3 Road (main fl oor galleria)From Hamilton to Steveston, the 2015 capital projects are underway in Richmond. Drop by the open house to talk to City staff, learn more about City services and have your questions answered—all in one place.

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Editor:I would like to commend The Richmond Review

for identifying the best of Richmond. Sometime, we take a lot of things for granted. As a result, we often have a tendency to overlook some of the lovely people and beautiful places in our own neighbourhoods and the community.

I arrived from Punjab (India) in Vancouver/Richmond in the mid-1960s. At that time Richmond was still a township and had a rural touch to it. Terra Nova, Lansdowne, Dover Crossing and many other landmarks of Richmond were still being farmed. Along No. 5 Road there were a lot of vegetable gardens in the backhands and storefronts selling produce etc. Ditch-es were an integral part of this community’s landscape.

The Richmond of 2015 is very different from the Richmond of mid-1960s. In this context, some changes have been positive whereas some have not been so great.

Your readers have been very articulate about these issues-both positive and negative. Some feel that Richmond is changing too fast. Natu-rally, they are very concerned about the fast changing face of this community. Public input/feedback is crucial for the betterment of a com-munity. It helps the decision makers at city hall to set course for the future.

In my opinion, despite a number of concerns, this community continues to be as one of the

most desirable ones to live in. To its credit, during the past eight years,

through its annual surveys Richmond Review has done an excellent job in highlighting as to what makes this city such a fine place to live.

I am sure this year again we will find out more about the people, places, organizations and

businesses that make this city great. In the meantime, let us remem-

ber that Richmond is considered to be one of the cleanest and

healthiest communities in Canada. Richmond citizens are reported to have the lon-gest lifespan than residents of any other community in Canada.

Our parks, walking trails, community centres, ice arenas, swimming pools and

other recreation facilities are second to none. Where else will you find places

like Stevenson Village, the crown jewel of Richmond, and more than 25

places of worship of different religious de-nominations along a few kilometers of a stretch of road popularly known as our Highway to Heaven?

I think it is a blessing to live in a country like Canada and a city like Richmond.

Balwant SangheraRichmond

Editor’s note: This year’s Best of Richmond edition will be published on May 29. Our readers’ poll is now online at www.richmondreview.com.

Celebrating the best in Richmond Purse reunited with owner

Editor:If I hear one more person claim

the tax is in the $0.35 a day range, I will scream.

It is not the amount, it is the insidious method to extract more rather than budget from what they already have in hand.

If I add a list of 25 worthwhile

projects and each was only $0.35 per day then it would only be an additional $9 a day and the projects would all be essential for the public good.

It is not the added amount that makes the difference, it is the totality of taxes that enslaves tax-payers for six months of the yea.r

There has to be a cutoff when governments budget and that is the task at hand for these politi-cians. Make the tough choices and dump funding for areas the public does not support, if transportation actually needs more funding.

Rick AngusVancouver

Editor:I would like to express my thanks to

the people of Richmond for leaving my purse intact after I inadvertently left it hanging on a railing on No. 3 Road across from the Canada Line station.

When I got home, I found it was missing and I though “Oh no, I don’t want to have to redo all my identifi-cation, cards and photos.

I went back to the area on the bus, not knowing where I had left it. As the bus rounded the corner onto No. 3 Road, there it was.

I am ever so grateful. I got the feeling it had been left there pro-tected.

Many thanks to the people that have reaffirmed my faith in humanity.

Carol SimpsonRichmond

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Authors strut their stuff for Read Local BC

Come and hear local BC authors read from their works and talk about the writ-ing and publishing process at the Brig-house branch of Richmond Public Library, 7700 Minoru Gate.

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·Ya Hsien with Bai Long – Topic is “The Beauty of Chinese Poetry and drama: Dialogue with Ya Hsien”.

Children’s authors will also be strutting their stuff during Read Local BC. The fol-lowing free programs are for families with children age 6 and older, and will take place in the Kids’ Place program room. Free and drop-in. Programs include:

Friday, April 10th from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Registration required.

·Holman Wang, author of the Epic Yarn books. Holman will demonstrate how he uses felting to make Star Wars characters and create his books. To register, visit any branch of Richmond public Library, reg-ister online at www.yourlibrary.ca/events or call 604-231-6413.

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New public artwork will likely form part of future downtown park

by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

On a tour of a site soon to be Rich-mond’s newest park, artist Dan Corson learned of its Christmas

tree plantation past. Visions of radial sym-metry danced in his head.

Inspired by handcrafted pottery and a candle’s flame, the Seattle-based artist has designed two public artworks for the future Cambie Mueller Park that promise to be a sight to behold while offering rest for the weary.

Standing 5.5-metres (18-feet) high and 3.2-metres (10.5-feet) wide, Spinners is part of the redevelop-ment of the northeast corner of Cambie Road and Hazelbridge Way near Aberdeen Centre. Polygon is building Avanti here—three 16-storey residential towers—while also contributing $1.2 million toward the $2.7-million park.

The artwork is expected to first be located next to the Avanti sales centre, and later moved to a perma-nent site inside the 1.6-hectare (four-acre) park, which the city plans to begin developing later this year.

As a potter uses a spinning wheel, Corson used a spinner of his own to apply colour, lending a hand-painted quality to the hollow fibreglass Spinners.

Each is outfitted with two benches and a light-equipped table. Users can turn the artworks to avoid wind and driving rain, or to facilitate conversation between the two installations.

“I thought that’s a really interesting way of engag-ing people and engaging people with each other,” said Corson. “I certainly don’t see them as park benches. I see them more as rooms to inhabit.”

While crafting other painted fibreglass sculp-tures—including a recent quartet of lit sculptures in Edmonton—Corson discovered the dramatic view from inside.

“When I was actually painting them from the out-side, I was able to stick my head in the inside and see these really amazing cool patterns,” he said. “It was like being inside a snow globe or something.”

Corson wondered what it would be like to inhabit one of his artworks, and he landed on the conical form of Spinners.

Much of the drama is in the paint.Since public art often lacks the hand of the artist

simply due to scale, Corson mounted the sculptures on a giant spit to spin them while applying paint. Instead of a perfectly-crisp look, the works show streaks, uneven lines and puddling.

Spinners is one of two art elements expected in the park. Plans for the other involve collections of co-loured solar lights that will pulse along the pathways.

Said Corson: “We’re trying to get people out to explore the park, both in the daytime and the night-time. We’re hoping that this will engage people as they move around the pathways.”

The park is being considered “the living room” for Capstan Village, and will become the largest of five green spaces envisioned for the area. Other features planned include children’s play structures, an off-leash dog area and a sheltered stage area for performances. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer or fall, and will be competed in phases, according to city spokesperson Ted Townsend.

The neighbouring Avanti towers, designed with a flatiron architecture by IBI Group, are scheduled to be complete by spring 2017, according to Polygon.

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7.3 % of drivers smoked pot prior to crash injury: study

by Jeff NagelBlack Press

Drug-impaired driv-ers who roam the roads mostly undetected are a top traffic safety priority for B.C. police chiefs.

Their association wants the federal government to approve a roadside testing device that would make it easier for officers to arrest stoned and otherwise drugged drivers.

“Whether it’s marijuana or prescription drugs, there are people that are driving high and for a large part it goes un-detected because we don’t have a really good tester and we don’t have many drug recognition experts,” said Transit Po-lice chief Neil Dubord, who chairs the traffic committee of the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police.

Officers can arrest and usually issue a 24-hour suspension to a driver who is seriously drug-impaired.

But in less obvious cas-es, police have little re-course unless an officer is available who is highly trained in observing the signs of drug use.

There’s no device akin to a breathalyzer now in use in Canada to mea-sure levels of cannabis or other drugs.

But Dubord said there are “amazing” mobile testing systems avail-able in the U.S. that can detect 27 different drugs from a saliva swab.

He said federal approv-al of a roadside device is probably a couple of years away.

But he said it could allow not just criminal impairment charges but potentially the addi-tion of drug use to B.C.’s system of automatic roadside suspensions and impoundments for drunk driving.

“With the proper tool, we may be able to get there as well,” Dubord said, adding accuracy of the testing technol-ogy would have to be assured.

The most recent study

by researchers, pub-lished by the B.C. Medi-cal Journal, found 5.4 per cent of drivers randomly checked in roadside sur-veys in 2012 had can-nabis in their systems, followed by 4.1 per cent with cocaine and 1.7 per cent with amphet-amines.

Separate testing of drivers hospitalized with trauma injuries follow-ing crashes found 12.6 per cent were positive for cannabis, with 7.3 per cent showing recent use.

“Cannabis slows reac-tion times, causes weav-ing, creates difficulty maintaining a constant speed, and predisposes to distraction,” Dr. Jeff Brubacher wrote this month in the BCMJ.

Brubacher said re-search so far suggests acute cannabis use roughly doubles the risk of crashing, while more research is needed to un-derstand the crash risk from prescription drugs as well as stimulants like cocaine and amphet-

amines.The ongoing political

debate over potential marijuana reform in Canada is also a factor driving the police chiefs’ agenda.

“If there’s decriminal-ization or legalization or whatever ends up happening, we want to make sure we have the tools as well to be able to manage that success-fully,” Dubord said. “Be-cause at the end of the day we want people on the roads to be safe.”

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B.C. patients are prescribed more anti-psychotic drugs than other provinces.

by Tom FletcherBlack Press

As many as 15 per cent of B.C. se-niors in residential care could have more independence with assisted liv-ing or community care support, B.C.’s Seniors Advocate says.

Seniors Advocate Isobel Macken-zie also compared statistics for B.C. seniors in home and residential care with those in Alberta and Ontario, finding B.C. patients are prescribed more anti-psychotic drugs and re-ceive less physiotherapy and recre-ation therapy than other provinces.

Mackenzie said the potential over-use of residential care is “troubling on a couple of fronts” with the shortage of residential care beds for high-needs seniors.

“Most seniors would prefer to live in-dependently than in residential care and so we want to ensure all supports and alternative living arrangements are exhausted before we move some-one to residential care,” Mackenzie said. “If we are filling even five per cent of these scarce beds with folks who could live independently, that is 1,500 beds that could open up province-wide.”

Health Minister Terry Lake said the ministry is aware of the problems

highlighted by the report, and is put-ting more resources toward home care and community health services, with spending up $1.2 billion to $2.8 billion since 2001.

Lake said B.C. has two programs underway to deal with overprescrip-tion of medications in care facilities. One is a training program for staff to more accurately determine psychi-atric signs, and the other is working with doctors and pharmacists to find behavioural alternatives to anti-psy-chotic drugs.

Mackenzie’s review is based on as-sessment surveys given to B.C.’s 25,000 seniors in residential care and 29,000 home care clients. It found that a third of residential care patients are being prescribed antipsychotic medication, but only four per cent have been di-agnosed with a psychiatric disorder. Antidepressants are administered to almost twice as many patients as have that diagnosis.

The survey found 12 per cent of se-niors in B.C. residential care received physiotherapy, compared to 25 per cent in Alberta and 58 per cent in On-tario. Recreational therapy was also more widely used in Alberta than B.C.

“Getting seniors moving properly and keeping them moving is abso-lutely key to maintaining function and independence,” Mackenzie said.

Seniors Advocate calls for more home care, fewer drugs

Drugged driver crackdown hinges on a testing device

Transit Police chief Neil Dubord wants the federal government to approve a road-side testing device that would make it easier for officers to arrest drugged drivers.

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The workshop is in partnership with the People’s Law School.

The workshop will be in English, with Manda-rin translation.

For more information visit the library’s website at www.yourlibrary.ca/events.

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The picnic takes place on Sunday, April 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Wong fashions love for the linksSuccess at golf affords Richmond’s Stephanie Wong friends for life

by Don FennellSports Editor

From Stephanie Wong’s perspective, golf and friends are

intrinsically linked. So when the University of B.C.

golf season—which will be her last—winds up next month with the Canadian university/college championship May 26 to 29 in Guelph, Ont., the engaging young Richmondite will retain a devo-tion to both.

“My four years of attending UBC, and playing golf, have been very rewarding but it’s 100 per cent because of my teammates. They’ll be like family for the rest of my life,” says Wong, who tied for second with Kat Kennedy of Okotoks, Alta., both at 2-under 142 at the Battle at Primm col-legiate golf tournament in Nipton, Calif. recently.

It was Wong’s immediate family that instilled and nourished her and older sister Christine’s love for golf. While their mom has always offered up unconditional support, it was their dad—himself an avid golfer—who introduced them to the game.

“We both started early, about

eight or nine,” says Wong. “My dad was like ‘Oh, you have a very good swing. You should actually pursue this.’ But I wasn’t person-ally super into it until I was about 12 or 13. Then I started to realize my potential.”

While Stephanie’s game progressed steadily, Christine’s soared. Dedicated to pursuing a career in golf, Christine parlayed a very successful high school and junior career into a scholarship at San Diego State. While enjoying a noteworthy career as an Aztec—which included two victories in her first college starts—she also earned a spot on the Canadian national team before deciding to give the pro game a shot.

“She was always very passionate about golf and much more com-petitive than I was,” Stephanie says of Christine, who has temporarily put her pro career on hold. “Her goals were more toward going on tour, while mine were to use golf as a resource to get a university degree.”

Expecting to graduate next spring with a degree in sociology, Stephanie says golf has opened a lot of doors for both siblings. Christine is currently working at Sport BC, while Stephanie hopes to renew her work at BC Golf where for the past three summers she has assisted with the kids’ pro-gram. She says she enjoys work-ing with kids and it’s something she may pursue more seriously in the future.

Sharing a love for golf has also forged an even stronger bond between Stephanie and Christine,

though they don’t get the chance to play together all that often. Growing up, the pair were fortu-nate to play three years together on the Robert A. McMath high school team, twice qualifying for provincial championships, but back then it was kind of “uncool to play with each other.”

Now, time and cost, are ob-stacles.

Style-wise the siblings are quite similar, and both prefer to play a fairly aggressive game.

“If we’re playing a short par 5 for instance we’ll both 100 per cent go for it,” Stephanie says. “But Christine has always been the longer hitter. And we’re not the kind of players to go out and practise for eight hours. We’ll liter-ally go the range for 30 minutes and be ready to go. It’s quality over quantity.”

Both golfers, who grew up playing a myriad of sports, enjoy the social aspect of golf. But Stephanie says the game needs to be more accessible. That means introducing it to kids through school programs, and at the same time making sure it’s affordable.

“It’s pretty costly, and P.E. pro-grams don’t exactly promote it because of the cost,” she says.

“I think it would be cool too, to modify the game specifically for kids, like a pitch-and-putt after-school program or the new SNAG (Start New At Golf ) program where instead of a traditional golf club or ball you shoot at velcro targets. I think if more schools brought that in, more kids would become interested in golf.”

Richard Lam photoRecently tying for second in the Battle at Primm collegiate golf tournament in Nipton, Calif., Richmond golfer Stephanie Wong will wind up her career as a UBC Thunderbird at next week’s Canadian university championship.

UBC athlete to swim at Pan-Am gamesRichmond swimmer Luke Reilly won gold in

both the 200 and 400 individual medley events at the 2015 Canadian Swimming Trials in Toronto.

He will swim for Canada at the Pan-American Games in Toronto this summer.

Reilly, who swims for the University of B.C., won the 200 individual medley in a time of 2:01.57.

In the 400, he finished in 4:17.21, almost two whole seconds in front of the runner-up.

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Richmond Ringette winds up stellar seasonHailey Takasaki leads Team BC to Western Canadian championship


Following a trend ad-opted by most other winter sports, Richmond Ringette is introducing a spring program.

A 10-session program, Springette kicked off last week and will con-tinue through June 27 at the Richmond Ice Cen-tre. It features two divi-sions—Under-10 com-bined with Under-12, and Under-14 combined with Under-16.

Springette comes on the heels of a successful all-around season for the club, highlighted by its Under-16A team which placed first in the Lower Mainland and third at the provincial championship.

Richmond’s Under-14A team also had a banner season, placing second in the Lower Mainland, while the Under-14B team was first in the Lower Mainland and

second at the provin-cials. The Under-14B team also won all three of the tournaments it participated in.

Richmond’s Under-12 team dropped just one of 33 games it played, while the Under-10 team also topped its division and had the honour of playing at halftime during a Van-couver Canucks’ home game earlier this season.

Finally, Richmond iced two Under-9 teams this past season, and hopes to add an additional squad for the 201-516 campaign.

Board member Laura Takasaki says the club is growing because rin-

gette is fun.“We are on the ice two

to three times a week depending on the age group, and enjoy shar-ing this amazing sport,” she said.

“As well as building skills, it instills confi-dence and builds life-long friendships.”

Four players from Richmond Ringette are just back from the Western Canadian Rin-gette Championships in Calgary, where Hai-ley Takasaki, Tayah Ta-kasaki, Cameron Sihoe and Maggie Campbell helped the Kelowna Under-16A team form Team BC.

The newly-created

provincial team was un-defeated against Alber-ta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, winning the final game over Mani-toba 6-2.

Hailey Takasaki and Sihoe also participated in the skills competition and won the top relay team award.

Hailey was also select-ed to the tournament all-star team after lead-ing her team with seven goals and nine points—third-best in the divi-sion. Sihoe added five points and defender Tayah Takasaki also con-tributed a point. Camp-bell was unfortunately unable to place because of a concussion.

Richmond’s Hailey Takasaki (#14) shows her goal-scoring prowess during the Western Canadian Ringette Championships.

Richmond’s Ario Nishimura (left) has earned one of the 14 spots that will make up Team BC’s judo team at the Western Canadian Summer Games Aug. 7 to 16 in Wood Buffalo, Alta.


Practise, persistence and patience have again paid for Ario Nishimura.

The Steveston Judo Club athlete, who earned a silver medal at the Canada Winter Games in Prince George last February, was award-ed one of the 14 spots that will make up Team BC’s judo team for the Western Canada Games Aug. 7 to 16.

But Nishimura, a 16-yaer-old Hugh Boyd Secondary student, and

his teammates will also be training with their home clubs over the next few months in preparation for the Canadian Judo Championships May 14 to 17 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.

“I am extremely happy to see the whole province represented on our judo team,” said Aline Strasdin, Team BC coach and chair of the Judo BC technical committee.

“The Western Canada Summer Games are a great multi-sport opportunity for our younger ath-letes.“

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CONCRETE FORMING,FRAMING & SIDING.

604.218.3064

ABE MOVING - $35/Hr. Per Person*Reliable Careful Movers. *RubbishRemoval. *24 Hours. 604-999-6020

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Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

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2 coats any colour(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

4 FUNERAL HOMES

CHILDREN

86 CHILDCARE WANTED

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

115 EDUCATION

130 HELP WANTED

132 HOME STAY FAMILIES

PERSONAL SERVICES

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

260 ELECTRICAL

280 GARAGE DOOR SERVICES

281 GARDENING

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES


287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

320 MOVING & STORAGE

130 HELP WANTED


329 PAINTING & DECORATING

338 PLUMBING

130 HELP WANTED

INDEX IN BRIEFFAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS ............... 1-8

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS ... 9-57

TRAVEL............................................. 61-76

CHILDREN ........................................ 80-98

EMPLOYMENT ............................. 102-198

BUSINESS SERVICES ................... 203-387

PETS & LIVESTOCK ...................... 453-483

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE........... 503-587

REAL ESTATE ............................... 603-696

RENTALS ...................................... 703-757

AUTOMOTIVE .............................. 804-862

MARINE ....................................... 903-920

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HOME SERVICE GUIDE REVIEW the richmond

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• Residential / Commercial• Residential / Commercial

• Rotary / Reel Cutting• Rotary / Reel Cutting

• Trimming • Trimming

• Edging• Edging

• Aeration / Power Raking• Aeration / Power Raking

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PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

PREMIER AVIATION IS ONE OF CANADA’S LARGEST AND FASTEST GROWING MRO’S.

Premier is currently serving all of Canada’s largest airlines and SEARCHING FOR QUALIFIED AND CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS (M2, S & E) to become an integral part of our maintenance team.Premier`s operations focuses on a range of today`s most modern and sophisticated aircrafts, including the B737NG, in a newly built 143,000 Sq.Ft. facility.Premier remains a step ahead and is committed to continuous learning, with over 20,000 manhours invested in training in the past year. Premier also has two other facilities, a full-service heavy maintenance facility in Rome, New York and a newly expanded facility in Trois- Rivières, Quebec.We Offer: • COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION (SALARY UPTO $36) TO QUALIFIED

AND CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS (M2, S & E); • A benefi t plan that includes: Short & Long term disability, life insurance,

paid sick time, AD&D benefi ts, paid vacation and RRSP; • We believe in strong training, mentoring and ongoing support

mechanisms; • We also offer endorsement courses to eligible candidates; • Excellent Opportunities for career development; • Friendly and exciting working environment.The newly built 143,000 Sq. Ft facility is capable of handling all type of aircrafts including all B737 series. The facility is located in Windsor, Ontario. The following positions are to be fi lled immediately:

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POWER WASHING since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Call Simon for prompt service. 604-230-0627

POWER WASHINGGUTTER CLEANING

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE Call Ian 604-724-6373

Mr. Side Walk Power WashingSidewalks, Driveways, Patios, Curbs Gum removal, Fences, Pool Decks 5 mil. liab. WCB. 604-802-9033

604 - 861 - 6060We do tile roofs, gutters, windows, siding drvwy. WCB insured. Our #1 goal is to satisfy our customers.

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FIVE STAR ROOFINGAll kinds of re-roofi ng & repairs.

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FREE ESTIMATESJoe 604-250-5481

Brads Junk Removal.com. Same Day Service. Affordable Rates! 604.220.JUNK (5865)

JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT!604.587.5865www.recycleitcanada.ca

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

Chihuahua pups, playful, cuddly, family raised, vet check, 1st shots, avail now. $575. 1-604-794-5844

COCKAPOO-POO PUPPIESVet checked. Non-shedding. $600.

604-381-4809 or 604-785-4809

CAR BOOT SALESouth Arm United ChurchSat. April 11th, 9am – 1pm

Clear the clutter!Garden Produce to sell!

Crafts to sell! Shop n swap!Parking Spots $10.

Call Chris at 604-277-4020Everyone welcome!

POSTAGE STAMPS WANTED - TOP $$ PAID Private Collector will buy for CASH [email protected] or 604-506-1372.

BURNABY: 2 bdrm Condo, 2 bth 1029 sf. 306-2138 Madison Ave. $449,000: Call Mehrnaz Kavoosi RE/MAX Masters (604)779-4146

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SURREY: Lot for sale by owner. 9100 sf lot. 70 x 130. Ready to build new home. 12344 - 96 Ave. Surrey. Asking $375,000obo. 778-881-4717

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341 PRESSURE WASHING

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

PETS

477 PETS

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

551 GARAGE SALES

563 MISC. WANTED

REAL ESTATE

625 FOR SALE BY OWNER

477 PETS

627 HOMES WANTED

630 LOTS

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL 845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES REAL ESTATE TRANSPORTATION


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Pacific Autism Family Foundation’s Board chair and co-founder Sergio Cocchia displays a $100,000 presentation cheque from BMO Financial Group’s Henry Donkers, Steve Saccomano Derral Moriyama. “BMO Financial Group strongly believes in making joint commitments with organizations to cre-ate successful community opportunities for individuals with autism. The $100,000 is a commit-ment toward the forward thinking centre - the first of its kind in Canada to bring together state of the art research, information, learning, assessment, treatment and support for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders and related disorders” says Donkers, regional vice president, Van-couver Westside and Richmond Market, BMO Bank of Montreal.“We are thrilled that after six years of planning and collaboration, construction on the facility will begin this month. This would not be possible without the support of our many community partners and of course our donors. We are extremely grateful for the leadership shown by BMO and their commitment to the autism community” said Cocchia. The Pacific Autism Family Centre is located on Sea Island and is slated for completion Spring 2016.

Maria Rodrigues speaks after receiving the Prime Minister’s Award of Excellence for Early Child-hood Education. This prestigious award honours remarkable early childhood educators who help build the foundation our children need, by inspiring children and encouraging them to succeed, to make the best possible start in their lives. Rodrigues started her teaching career at University Hill Preschool in May 1996. The preschool is a licensed, non-profit preschool located on the prem-ises of St. Anselm’s Church in Vancouver.

Richmond Chamber of Commerce chair Gerard Edwards and Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs president Irwin Li, signed a memorandum of understanding at the 2015 ACCE Awards Gala in Markham, Ont. last month. Overseeing the signing was the Honourable Philip S. Lee, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and his Aide-de-Camp. The memorandum of understand-ing establishes an official partnership between these two organizations.

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EXCITEMENT IS BUILDING FOR THE FUTURECowell Auto Group is thrilled to be a part of the expansion of the Richmond Auto Mall.We are excited to build new premium luxury shopping destinations for you.

Follow our progress at www.cowellexpansion.com

Visit us online at www.cowellautogroup.com 5680 Parkwood Way, Richmond Auto Mall | 604.279.9663

Artist rendering of Audi of Richmond and Jaguar Land Rover of Richmond. Completion scheduled for Autumn 2016.

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