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KEVIN DIAKIW

Surrey council has refused to approve a permit for a gun show in Cloverdale until security plans can be completely reviewed by the RCMP.

Council does not meet again until April 11, meaning the B.C. Rod and Gun Show scheduled for April 15-17 has eff ectively been disarmed.

Event manager Steve Bednash said hes received no such word from the city.

JEFF NAGEL

Th e cities of Surrey and New Westminster have formally agreed the new Pattullo Bridge will be tolled to recover the construction costs, and that the new span will be four lanes, expandable in the future to six.

Th e agreement was brokered by TransLink, which ex-pects it will take six to seven years to build a new bridge to replace the existing 79-year-old crossing.

Tolls on the new Pattullo had been widely expected and

assumed by Metro Vancouver mayors as the main funding source for the $1-billion replacement project.

Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner said she and other may-ors also hope to develop a mobility pricing system that charges drivers by time of day and distance travelled and replaces the current system of bridge tolls, such as the ones levied at the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges.

Th e agreement predicts a conventional bridge toll will be necessary when the new Pattullo opens, but commits the parties to determine how it could later integrate into an eventual road pricing system.

As an interim measure prior to the full implementation of mobility pricing, consistent tolling of all the Fraser Riv-er crossings may be considered, the agreement says, citing the need to make bridge tolling fairer to south-of-Fraser residents.

New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cot said tolling the new Pattullo is very important to his city, which has borne the brunt of rising traffic flows over the Pattullo as Highway 1 drivers divert to avoid pay-ing tolls at the Port Mann.

Weve seen a tremendous amount of congestion since the existing Pattullo has become the toll-free alternative, Cot said, adding the impact on local roads has been significant.

By coordinating the tolls between the Port Mann and the Pattullo bridges, we feel traffic patterns will actually change and there will be reduced congestion on the Pattullo Bridge and the surrounding road networks.

SECURITY PLANS NOT REVIEWED, COUNCIL SAYS

CITIES AGREE FEES MUST RECOVER CONSTRUCTION COSTS; NEW SPAN WILL BE FOUR LANES, EXPANDABLE TO SIX

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A challenge of a Surrey park bylaw has failed, but the man who challenged it says the law will be overturned eventually.

On Nov. 13, 2013, Christopher Lewis, now 28, was ticketed in South Surreys Bakerview Park for being in a park after dark.

Just by being there after nightfall, he was in contravention of Surrey bylaw 13480 and was fi ned $200.

Lewis took the city to court over the fi ne, saying it was in con-travention of his Section 7 Constitutional right to life, liberty and security.

He appeared before Judge Peder Gulbransen in Surrey Provincial Court four times between Aug. 7, 2015 and Jan. 12, 2016.

Lewis argued a park is a truly open and public space, just like a highway or a sidewalk.

As it is presently worded, the bylaw treats peaceful law-abiding citizens as though they were persons committing unlawful acts, Lewis said. Th e law is both arbitrary and over-broad.

Gulbransen said it was the best legal argument that could be made by Lewis, who represented himself at court.

However, the judge cited case law as to why the law was not over-broad.

In fact, he found in a written ruling on Feb. 5 that Surrey could be placed in a legally tenuous situation if it failed in protecting citizens in parks at night.

Without setting up artifi cial lighting and making sure there are no obvious hazards to users who might not see such hazards at night, the city would be a sitting duck in lawsuits for any injuries which resulted to persons using the park at night, Gulbransen found.

He noted that even if benign banned from a park after dark was in violation of Lewis rights to liberty, it is not in contravention of the principles of fundamental justice, which is the latter part of Section 7.

Reached by phone in Alberta where he is currently working, Lewis, now a White Rock resident, told Th e Leader he was disappointed with the ruling.

Its annoying that the bylaw is still stand-ing, Lewis said, describing the challenge as a learning experience.

He will pay the fi ne, but feels Surrey is getting carried away with fi nes issued in parks. Th e number of fi nes issued tripled between 2005 and 2014, accord-ing to a Freedom of Information request from Lewis.

He believes eventually, someone with legal wherewithal is going to challenge Surreys bylaw and win.

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Th e Surrey RCMP offi cer who was fi rst on scene on the night Maple Batalia was murdered struggled to maintain his composure as he recalled what he saw that night four-and-a-half years ago.

Const. Daniel Johnson was testifying at the trial of Gursimar Singh Bedi, who is charged with man-slaughter with a gun and accessory after the fact in connection with Batalias shooting on Sept. 28, 2011.

Johnson said he was patrolling in Whalley alone when he received the call of shots fi red. Th e loca-tion was vague, but he eventually headed into the parkade beside SFU Surrey. Two people directed him toward the mall and SFU entrance.

Johnson got out of his car and walked toward two vehicles one red and one white.

I noted a body laying between the two vehicles, he said, pausing to control his emotions.

Johnson was one of two RCMP offi cers to testify in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster Tuesday morning, the fi rst day of Bedis trial.

Bedis co-accused, Gurjinder (Gary) Dhaliwal, was sentenced the day prior to life in prison with no chance of parole for 21 years after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in Batalia his ex-girlfriends death.

Johnson said upon seeing Batalias body, he called out, but there was no response. Seeing a lot of blood, he donned some gloves and shook the teen. Again, there was no response.

Johnson checked for a pulse, to no avail, and began resusci-tation attempts. He rode in the ambulance to Royal Columbian Hospital, where he accompanied Batalia to the operating room. It was there he heard doctors pronounce her dead.

Th e Crown contends that while Dhaliwal was the one to shoot Batalia three times and slash her numerous times with a knife, it was Bedi who rented the car that laid in wait outside SFU.

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It was also Bedi who tracked Batalia and reported her where-abouts to her killer, claimed Crown prosecutor Brad Kielmann.

In doing so, Mr. Bedi served as the eyes and ears of Mr. Dhaliw-al, Kielmann said, alleging Bedi also cleaned the car at a car wash before returning it to the rental company.

Th e fi rst witness to take the stand at Bedis trial was Sgt. Allison Cameron, a forensic identifi cation offi cer. She testifi ed she found bullet casings and a knife at the crime scene and also examined a white Dodge Charger linked to the murder. Inside the car she found a receipt from a car wash, a blood stain on a headlight control dial and a stain on the drivers side sun visor. Th ere was also a bullet casing lodged under

the hood of the car, Cameron said.Bedi, wearing a grey suit, with

dark short hair and beard, and dark-rimmed glasses, listened to the proceedings from the glass prisoners box. He is not in custody.

Th e trial was expected to continue through the week. Th e Crown planned to call a third police investigator, as well as two cellphone company representa-tives, to testify.

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He also hopes the province becomes part of a broader conversa-tion on road pricing, adding the current method of tolling each new bridge as it opens has unwanted conse-quences.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone was questioned again Monday as to whether he would leave the Alex Fraser Bridge as the only untolled crossing of the Fraser in Metro Vancouver if both the new Pattullo and Massey bridges are tolled.

Th eres at least fi ve to six years here for there to be a thought-ful and considered discussion and debate across the region about the broader tolling pol-icy, Stone responded, referring to how long it will take for the new replacement bridges to open.

Stone has previously said tolls on both the Pattullo and Massey would force an over-haul of the provincial tolling policy, which he said currently requires there to be a non-tolled alternative where thats feasible.

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Westminster had tus-sled before over the de-sign of the bridge, with Surrey pushing for six lanes and some New West residents wishing no new Pattullo would be built at all.

Th e City of Surrey also wants a direct connection from the new Pattullo to the South Fraser Perimeter Road and has warned TransLink it wont support construction of the new bridge without that, because too much traffi c would end up on local roads, including King George Boulevard.

TransLink aims to go accept bids to build the

new Pattullo by fall of 2017.

Meanwhile, TransLink is proceed-ing with a scaled-down rehabilitation of the existing bridge.

Work begins in late April to resurface the deck, resulting in traf-fi c lane closures and some complete bridge closures through Sep-tember.

Th e province has pledged to pay one-third of the capital cost to replace the Pattullo and the project is also on the wish list for federal contributions under the P3 Canada fund.

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As far as hes concerned, the show is still going on next month.

Th e show had applied for a temporary use permit for the sale of fi rearms and ammunition for two three-day events at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, at 17763 62 Ave. Its a continuation of an event that was held at the fairgrounds last year.

Council fi rst considered the application for a per-mit on Feb. 22 at a land use meeting and gave early approval for the show to go ahead, but without the sale of ammunition.

Th e fi rst event this year was scheduled to run at the Agriplex and Show Barn at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds. Th e citys planning and development department had recommended council approve the application for permit.

Th e federal National Weapons Enforcement Sup-port Team expressed no concern and advised that all vendors and participants conform to fi rearms regulations and the Firearms Act.

However, Surrey Coun. Dave Woods, a former career police offi cer who was the district commander for the Cloverdale RCMP, had plenty of concerns.

Th is afternoon, I had an occasion to have a conver-sation with our police chief on this matter, Woods told his council colleagues Monday night. Unfortu-nately, the RCMP advise that they have only received the organizers post-security plan this afternoon, and they need time to review it and assess it.

He moved that the application go back to staff so RCMP can appropriately assess it.

Mayor Linda Hepner, who had previously spoken in favour of the rod and gun show, wanted to know what kind of fi rearms would be at the event.

I thought it was just hunting rifl es, but I now understand its more than that, Hepner told her council colleagues.

Woods said its his understanding handguns were also part of the show, as it was indicated in the security plan.

And thats one of the things the RCMP is going to be looking at, Woods said. And I have some reser-vations about that.

Hepner agreed. Th e mayor said the rod and gun show is going to have to fi nd a new date for its show as council will not have time to approve the permit before the organizers advertised date.

Bednash said the only handguns that were at the show last year were antiques and they were kept under glass.

He said 10,000 people attended last years show, which took place without incident.

Th ose people would have brought hundreds of thousands of dollars in spin-off revenue to Clover-dale, he estimates.

We fully addressed the concerns of Surrey over the gun issue, Bednash told Th e Leader Tuesday. Were hunting and fi shing enthusiasts. Period.

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KEVIN DIAKIW

Surrey RCMP are looking to connect an antique gun with its rightful owner.

Last September, someone turned in the antique pistol to the Surrey RCMPs Guildford office. Police have since deter-mined the pistol is valuable, given its age.

The last person to register the pistol is deceased and its true owner is unknown. The weapon is described as semi-automatic with a weathered black frame

and slide. It is missing the pistol grip.

Special markings that are specific to the firearm have been obscured in a police-re-leased photo so the rightful owner can identify it.

My grandfather obtained several weapons during his time in the Canadian Army and the Second World War, and those guns still have sentimen-tal value to my family, Surrey RCMP Cpl. Scotty Schumann said.

Im sure it would have the same value to the owner.

Anyone with more informa-tion is asked to contact the Sur-rey RCMP at 604-599-0502, quoting file #2016-27178.

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Th e B.C. government should eliminate the new monthly bus pass fee for people with disabilities

Th e 2016 provincial budget was introduced last month. While it detailed some positive eff orts to provide fi nancial support to important areas, there was an opportunity for the budget to have done more to address social issues.

True prosperity only exists when every person in society has opportunities. Only then can innovation and long-term success be achieved. Th e budget could also have experimented with initiatives like a basic income guarantee pilot project.

Many British Columbians who live paycheque to paycheque are not seeing prosperity. Unlike elected offi cials, most British Columbians are not earning six-fi gure salaries or spending taxpayers money on private planes. Th e premier spent more than $500 000 on private

fl ights in the last fi ve years, information obtained by journalist Bob Mackin under the Freedom of Information Act.

According to Canada without Povertys 2015 Poverty Progress Profi le on B.C., 469,000 British Columbians live in pover-ty. Th ousands of British Columbians are homeless. Funding for aff ordable housing units and further fi nancial support to help youth in care, introduced in this years budget, is a step in the right direc-tion. However, our province should also introduce a much-needed and long-over-due poverty reduction plan.

Researcher and economist Iglika Ivanova, of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, notes potential areas where the budget could have been improved. Th ese include an increase in the minimum wage and a better child care plan. She notes while steps in the right direction were taken in the budget,

such as funding for child care centres and a farmers tax credit for food donations, further measures could have been intro-duced, for example, creating a $10-a-day child care program.

Th e minimum wage in B.C. is simply not in step with the high cost of living.

Under the 2016 budget, people with disabilities wishing to use bus service will have to pay a $52 monthly bus pass fee, in addition to a $45 yearly fee, starting in September. Previously, they did not pay any monthly fees, rather just the yearly fee. According to Inclusion B.C., the monthly disability benefi ts are insuffi -cient to meet the high cost of living. Th e costs of rental housing, transportation and food have seen signifi cant increases over the years.

While the government increased dis-ability benefi ts by $77 per month in this budget, the bus pass fee means the in-crease for people using the pass will only add $25 more, leading to a total of $931 per month. Th e organization notes B.C.s monthly benefi t for the disabled lags behind some other provinces, and prior to this small increase, the government had not increased the benefi t amount in nine years.

Th e government should not impose the monthly bus pass fee. Th ere also needs to be an increase in the monthly disability benefi ts, so people with a disability are not facing a fi nancial burden.

Japreet Lehal is a Simon Fraser University graduate pursing a law degree. He writes regu-larly for The Leader.

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In a March 1 meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at city hall, Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner again emphasized the importance of Surreys proposal for two Light Rail Transit (LRT) lines, as well as other green infrastructure.

It was the first visit ever of a sitting prime minister to Surrey city hall, which demonstrates Surreys rising importance nationally. It continues to be one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada. It also suffers from a significant infrastructure deficit, with schools, recreation facil-ities, roads, parks and transit projects all in short supply.

The timing of the LRT line construction will likely be tied to federal infrastructure plans, as TransLink and individual cities do not have enough funds to pay for the local portion of the project. The defeat of a refer-endum to raise the sales tax to give TransLink additional funds effectively put the Surrey LRT lines, as well as the Broadway corridor SkyTrain extension, on hold.

The federal budget is due on March 22 and it may offer some clues as to whether Surrey will get enough funds for at least the first phase of the LRT project to proceed. That would be the L-line at street level along King George Boulevard from Newton to Whalley, and then east to

Guildford along 104 Avenue.For a short time last week,

Metro Vancouver mayors and councillors thought perhaps they would have access to more funds without the necessity for a referendum, as Premier Christy Clark has dictated. Surrey-Fleetwood MLA Peter Fassbender, minister responsi-ble for TransLink, suggested a vehicle levy was possible without a referendum.

The levy has been available as a funding option to TransLink since the regional transit agency was created by the NDP gov-ernment of Glen Clark in 1998. However, it has been controver-sial. People living in areas where transit service is minimal felt they would be subsidizing tran-sit riders and fiercely opposed the vehicle levy.

Fassbender quickly retracted his remarks, saying, I misspoke when it came to the vehicle levy, and I do apologize for that.

He said that a vehicle levy would require the province to enable ICBC to collect an annual vehicle registration fee.

It is also a new tax, therefore it would be subject to a plebiscite or a referendum with the public.

The challenge facing Surrey LRT, which is now expected to cost $2.6 billion, is going to be funding. Even if the federal share of funds is more than

the traditional one-third which usually flows to infrastructure projects, TransLink and/or Surrey will have to come up with a substantial amount.

If local taxpayers have to pay for one-quarter of the cost rath-er than one-third, that would still be $650 million. TransLink cant come up with that amount based on its current funds. A vehicle levy would help it get a little bit closer, but that wouldnt likely be enough, given the other large projects (the Broadway line and new Pattullo Bridge) which need significant funds from TransLink in order to proceed.

Surrey badly needs signifi-cant investment in transit. The existing bus lines are completely inadequate to deal with the rapidly-growing population. SkyTrain has not been extended further into Surrey since the final three stations in Whalley opened more than 20 years ago. There is minimal or no transit service in newly developed areas such as East Clayton and Grandview.

This means that people in Surrey need to have vehicles in order to live their day-to-day lives. Until Surreys transit sys-tem is expanded substantially, that wont change.

Frank Bucholtz writes weekly for The Leader.

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Re: LRT for Fraser Highway and King George Boulevard.

Does this plan make any sense at all?

I am a senior who has lived and worked in European cities for 25 years and visited many more as a tourist. To me it is obvious that the only way that two rail lines of Light Rail Tran-sit (LRT) along King George can be accom-plished is by converting the two centre lanes from vehicular traffic to LRT.

King George, for the most part, consists of four lanes of urban vehicular traffic, plus two bike lanes, plus two sidewalks, with left-turn lanes at all (or most) intersections. Without widening the road-way, coupled with the relocation of homes and

businesses away from the existing roadway, vehicular traffic on King George will be reduced from four lanes to two half the current vehicular capacity to accommodate LRT.

Where will these two LRT lanes be located on the outside of the current roadway or on the inside? The only place bike lanes can be placed in accordance with the law (I believe) is on the outside of the roadway adjacent to the sidewalks in the direc-tion of traffic. Thus, the LRT rails will have to be placed in the centre of the existing roadway, meaning the centre lanes will be converted into LRT rails as there is no other space available.

Accordingly, left-turn-lanes at intersections will be converted into

passenger stations, where passengers will wait for their trains to arrive and where they will also disembark, become pedestrians and continue their journey on foot.

For safety reasons, passengers will arrive at these stations in the centre of the King George Boulevard at intersections with the exception of jaywalkers, some of whom will be struck by cars or LRT, resulting in the vehicu-lar roadway being closed to traffic and the LRT out of commission while the police investigate.

Progress? I have yet to see any examination of traffic patterns that determined LRT will ex-pand bus ridership by a percentage sufficient to make LRT worthwhile; i.e. significantly better than the current bus ridership rate.

A recent letter writer identified LRT as being

10 per cent faster than the bus. Wow, my 30-minute bus ride to catch the SkyTrain will now be 27 minutes. Hooray!

Meanwhile, my wife (for example) is driving our sick child (or elderly relative) to see a doctor in the Surrey Memorial Hospital area, but she is delayed in getting to SMH because the line-up of vehicles at each intersection along King George is twice as long as it used to be (i.e. half the number of lanes). Alternative routes will also be blocked, just as we see today with vehicle accidents. Frus-tration and anger will result.

Is this progress for Surrey? Perhaps this is simply more of what downtown Vancouver is doing: getting people out of their cars to save the world.

The same rationale applies to the Fraser

Highway, plus (God forbid), the cutting down of trees in Green Timbers Urban Forest.

If this is the plan it sucks.

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Surrey is the top destination where government-assisted Syrian refugees are finding permanent homes in B.C.

Nearly 300, or close to half, of the just over 600 govern-ment-assisted Syrians that have found permanent accom-modation are in Surrey, said Chris Friesen, settlement ser-vices director of the Immigrant Services Society of B.C.

Coquitlam accounted for about 20 per cent of perma-nent refugee homes, followed by Burnaby, Vancouver and Delta.

But more than 900 govern-ment-assisted Syrians were still in hotels waiting to move into permanent homes, including over 160 in Abbotsford (as of Feb. 29).

Friesen said some of the refugees have begun to be transferred to cities outside the Lower Mainland, including Vic-toria and Nanaimo, with more destined for centres like Prince George, Kelowna, Vernon and Kamloops starting this week.

The hope is permanent housing will be easier to find in those centres than the high-priced Metro Vancouver area.

As we predicted, were deal-ing with larger-size families larger even than we thought, Friesen said, adding that means big suites or homes are needed.

The ongoing challenge for us remains permanent hous-ing, he said, adding language training and jobs are the next top priorities.

The government assistance in place for one year provides a family of six with a maximum of $885 a month for accommodation much less than the typical rent for a large home.

Families of three or more also get $649 a month for food and clothing under the feder-al Resettlement Assistance Program and a one-time start-up allowance of $1,709.

The food and clothing allowance is fixed whether its a family of three or 10.

The Syrian men are very anxious to get into employ-ment, but they dont speak English. So weve got to work through that, Friesen said.

Weve also got some mental health trauma beginning to surface in different ways. So thats an ongoing concern.

ISS of B.C. has 14 volunteers working to identify housing and other assistance and the refugee wave is like nothing theyve seen in recent years, particularly when it comes to big families.

The number of Syrian fam-ilies arriving over the past 10 weeks with six or more family members has now surpassed the number of assisted refugee

families of that size of all nationalities that arrived over the previous six years since 2010.

A total of 1,541 Syrian govern-ment-assisted refugees in 343 fam-ilies had arrived in B.C. as of the end of February.

Those numbers dont include ad-ditional privately sponsored refugees.

Canada declared it had met its interim target of resettling 25,000 Syrian ref-ugees by the end of February.

But Friesen noted still more Syrian refugees are expected to come to B.C. in the months ahead.

He predicted another 1,600 government-assisted Syrian refugees were likely to enter the province by the end of the year, plus up to 900 non-Syrians.

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Joban Bal has been giving for more than two years.

Although too young to donate blood until recent-ly donors have to be at least 17 the Tamanaw-is Secondary student has been involved with spreading the message of donating to the Canadian Blood Services (CBS) since Grade 10.

Now in Grade 12, Bal fi gured a good send-off before graduating was in order, so he organized his schools fi rst blood drive and DNA match on Wednesday.

Shortly before the March 9 Young Blood for Life event, 99 people had already signed up to donate blood. More than two-thirds came from the school and the rest from the community including drop-ins to fi ll available spots left by absen-tee donors.

Th e number of donors was expected to exceed CBS goal of 76 donors for the day, said Sarah Jasmins, CBS territory manager for Surrey.

Our national (blood) inventory is lower than it normally is, so were trying to top it back up, Jasmins said.

Bal was part of a group of students who advocated for the event in recent weeks including setting up an information session at a local Sikh temple.

No one really donates unless theyve been asked to donate, Bal said. On Wednesday, the schools 35 volunteers assisted with registrations and in the

waiting and recovery areas in the schools small gym.Although only CBS specialists drew blood, students took cheek swab samples in

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Each sample allowed a persons DNA to be stored on a database for future refer-ral in a stem cell or bone marrow transplants. A variety of disorders are treated with stem cell transplants, including blood-related diseases such as leukemia, aplastic anemia and inherited immune system and metabolic disorders. Anyone aged 17 to 35 can sign up to be on the OneMatch database.

Bal said people often dont think about DNA matches outside of their own families, but one-in-a-million matches sometimes take place between strangers over long distances. In fact, less than one-quarter of patients who need stem cell transplants fi nd a compatible donor within their own family.

It doesnt cost us anything to donate, said Bal. You get an opportunity to aff ect someone elses life.

Young Blood for Life is a national campaign by the CBS. Over the last six years, the program has collected almost 99,000 donations and recruited 35,000 new donors.

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The court last month rejected WorkSafes request for a contempt of court finding against Seattle Environmental Consulting Ltd. and its owners, Mike and Shawn Singh, who had received more than 230 workplace violation or-ders and over $200,000 in fines dating back to 2007.

Past asbestos handling violations were issued at homes across the region, including Surrey.

Justice George Macintosh dismissed the application, citing concern that a previous

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Observers say the stakes are high if the appeal fails and leaves bad employers free to ignore the laws designed to protect workers.

If this ruling were al-lowed to stand, then the protection of workers from the number-one killer in British Colum-bia would be null and void, said SFU health sciences professor Tim Takaro.

The decision was described as ludicrous by BC Insulators Union spokesman Lee Loftus, who suffers from work-place asbestos exposure.

People have lost their lives, Loftus said. Those regulations and those laws are literally written in blood.

He said Seattle Environmentals owners were arrogant after the ruling, telling reporters they dont expose workers to asbestos.

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Local artist Diane Roy is excited to have one of her latest public

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The large textile wall art, which was officially unveiled on Thursday, March 3, was commissioned by Vancity Credit Union for its branch at 72 Avenue and Scott Road in North Delta.

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I often take walks through nature and Ill see things, Roy said. Often it becomes clear to me that this one thing could become a sculpture.

Vancitys North Delta branch manager Rup Sumal said its the financial institutions goal to support local artists, and added Roys sculpture is a metaphor for North Delta.

Bees work together, just like our communi-ty, Sumal said.

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Its billed as being a mix of Scooby-Doo and a less-scary teen slasher film.

But have no fear, a pair of astute detectives are on the case. Well, sort of.

Peter n Chris: The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel comes to the Surrey Arts Centre next week, bringing its comedic send-up of the horror and mystery genres with it and poking fun at

movie and TV classics like Psycho and The Hardy Boys.

The show features Peter Carlone and Chris Wilson, an award-winning comedy due from Van-couver. When the pair are stranded on a spooky highway, their only option is to take shelter at the Hungry Heart Hotel.

They are greeted by a murderous hotel manager, but are too preoccupied with the fact they have to share a single bed to notice the murders taking place around them.

Peter n Chris: The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel runs March 17-19 in the Studio Theatre at Surrey Arts Centre (13750 88 Ave.). The two-hour show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25-$35, available at 604-501-5566 or at tickets.surrey.ca

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Family Sunday is March 13 from 12-4 p.m. at the Surrey Art Gallery, 13750 88 Ave. hands-on art-making activities and a live animation performance inspired by the exhibition Secret Citadel. At 2 p.m., join artist Robert Leveroos for a visual journey as he uses handmade materials to create animated scenes and stories right before your eyes. Free tickets on site seating is limited. For more information, call 604-501-5566.

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny takes place March 12 from 9-11 a.m. at the North Delta Recreation Cen-tre, 11415 84 Ave. Enjoy a pancake breakfast, crafts, an Easter egg hunt and a visit with the Easter Bunny. Tickets must be purchased in advance at any Customer Service Offi ce in Delta. The cost is $7 per person.

The Ta Daa Lady will be a spring break performer on

March 16 from 10:30-11:15 a.m. at the George Mackie Library, 8440 112 Street. The Ta Daa Lady is a gentle, fun-loving soul who will delight families as she clowns, dances and mimes her way through all sorts of crazy antics with her puppet Stumpy.

The Surrey Museum (17710 56A Ave.) is hosting a spring break drop-in: Surrey 911 from March 15-18 (Tuesday to Friday) and March 22-24 (Tuesday to Thursday) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Celebrate the fi refi ghters, police and paramedics who come to our rescue. Make your own ambulance or police cruiser and fl ex your fi refi ghter muscles as you put out a mock fi re. On March 19 from 1-4 p.m., the museum is hosting Discovery Sat-urday: Local Heroes. Bring your future fi rst responders to meet a real fi refi ghter, dress up like a police offi cer and investigate the inside of an ambulance. Both events are for all ages, by donation.

The North Delta Lions

48th-annual Easter Egg Hunt will take place March 27 at 2 p.m. at Sunbury Park, 10409 Dunlop Rd. The event is free for kids up to 11 years old.

Royal Canadian Theatre Company brings the farce Love, Sex, and the I.R.S. to Surrey Arts Centre March 18-19, 8 p.m., with a mat-inee March 19 at 3 p.m. Tickets ($18-28) available at tickets.surrey.ca or 604-501-5566.

The South Asian chapter of The Kidney Foundation of Canada, B.C. and Yukon branch, is organizing an educational forum on kid-ney health and diabetes on March 12 from 1-3 p.m. at Punjab Banquet hall, 215-8166 128 St. The guest speaker will be nephrologist Dr. M. Kreem. The event is free and open to all. Tea and snacks will be served after the event. For more information, call Mohan S. Tatra at 604-594-3262.

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A half dozen mem-bers of the host club won all around gold medals at last week-ends Surrey Classic

Mens Invitational and Carol Lenz Me-morial Invitational, two meets hosted by the Surrey Gymnastic Society (SGS).

More than 625 young gymnasts participated in the three-day event at the Guildford Recreation Centre, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Surrey.

Treyson Cerrato and

Brady Reeleder were the two gymnasts to place first all around in the 29th annual Surrey Classic Mens competition.

Cerrato, 14, of South Surrey was in the Provincial 5 category and won gold medals on vault and high bar, earned silver medals on floor and pommel horse, won bronze on parallel bars and placed fourth in rings.

Reeleder won his all around gold medal in the Provincial 3 (under-13) category. He had top scores on pommel horse and parallel bars, won a silver medal on vault, and earned bronze medals on rings and high bar. Teammate Luke Van Harmelen won the all around silver medal in the same category, win-ning gold on floor and rings, and silver on parallel bars and high bar.

SGS just missed a sweep of the all around medals in the Provincial 3 group, as Surrey resident Timofey Azhogin, 13, won a silver medal on floor and rings, placed fourth on floor and fifth on parallel bars to place fourth all around.

Emanuel Gutierrez Sandoval, 12, won an all around bronze medal in the Elite 4 group, winning a gold medal on vault,

silver on floor and rings, and a bronze on pommel hours. he was also fourth on the high bar.

Carter Barker, 11, was third on high bar, fourth on floor and fifth on parallel bars to place fifth all around in the Elite 3 category.

In the Provincial 2, 11-year-old Reggie Quintana of South Surrey earned the all around bronze medal after winning a

bronze medal on floor and rings and placing fourth in high bar.

Lenz Memorial results

In the 31st annual Carol Lenz Memorial Invitational, four SGS gymnasts competed in Junior Olympic (JO) Program categories and won all around gold.

Eight year-old Madelyn Cavasin had top scores on bars, beam and floor to

finish first all around in the JO2 (2008-09) category,

In the JO3 (2006) category, three 10-year-olds fared well. Maya Wilson of Surrey won the all around gold medal with the top scores on vault and bars. She also won a silver medal on floor and a bronze on beam. Teammate Talya Jalbert of Surrey won the all around silver medal, with a gold on floor, silver on bars and fifth on both vault and beam. Melissa Piliotis placed fifth on bars and sixth on floor.

Layla Omar Ali, 10, won the all around gold medal in the JO1 (2007 and older) group with silver medals on vault, beam and floor to go with a bronze on bars. Nine year-old teammate Maryam Chaudhry won the all around silver after earning a gold medal on vault and floor, a bronze medal on beam and a fifth-place score on bars.

Maren Paterson won all around gold in the JO2 (2006-and-old-er). The 10-year-old won gold on bars and silver on both beam and floor. Teammate 11-year-old Mara Tweed won the all around bronze after winning gold on vault,

SURREY CLUB HOSTS INVITATIONAL FOR MALE, FEMALE GYMNASTS

Cerrato, Reeleder among all around winners

Emanuel Gutierrez Sandoval performs on the floor at the 29th annual Surrey Classic Invitational at the Guildford Recreation Centre. The 12-year-old won a silver medal on the floor, and an all around bronze medal. BOAZ JOSEPH

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bronze on floor and placing fourth on beam and fifth on bars.

In the JO5 (2007-08) group, eight-year-old Viktoria Duchesne of South Surrey won gold on bars, silver on beam and floor an deplaned fourth on vault to win the all around silver medal.

Chloe Dickson, 11, won gold on vault and beam and bronze on bars to finish second all around in the JO3 (2005-and-older).

Eight-year-old Han-nah Mahon of Surrey won the all around

bronze medal in the JO3 (2008-09) catego-ry with a silver medal on vault and bars.

Uliana Grich-kovskaia, 12, won the all around bronze medal in the JO6 (2004) group, with a gold medal on bars and beam. Teammate MacKenzie Long, 12, won the bronze medal on floor and placed fourth on bars.

Alexa Cannon, 13, of South Surrey won a bronze medal on floor in the JO8 (2002-and-older). Cannon also placed fourth on vault and fifth on beam.

RayAnne Quinn,

18, placed fourth all around in the JO7 (2002-and-older) group, winning a silver medal on beam. SGS member Eva Woodward, 14, of North Delta won a silver medal on bars.

Alice Bashko, 11, of North Delta won a silver medal on beam and placed fourth on bars in the JO6 (2005) category, while teammate Anna Polunocheva, 11, tied Bashko for the silver on beam and won a bronze medal on bars.

In JO2 (2007), nine-year-old Jasmin Kong placed fourth on floor.

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GOLD FOR DUCHESNE, DICKSON

NICK GREENIZAN

After back-to-back BC Hockey League seasons with fewer than 10 wins, the Surrey Eagles are about to undergo a thorough top to bottom review of the organization in an at-tempt to right the listing ship.

Co-owner and president Chuck Westgard told Black Press this week that the organization is regrouping and taking a look at things, after the Eagles wrapped up a disappointing 7-48-1-2 season (win-loss-overtime loss-tie) the worst record in the league by far.

In the last two BCHL regular seasons under head coach Blaine Neufeld the team has 16 wins in 116 games.

Believe me, after nine wins and seven wins, were exploring all our avenues to make not only the on-ice product better, but management better and the organization better, Westgard said.

Westgard who, along with child-hood friends Gary Nylund and Scott Bradley, bought the team from Ronnie Paterson in 2010 acknowledged the recent record could hurt the teams ability to recruit top players.

Its a concern. After last season, with nine wins and going with the all-local roster, we thought we should change things up. We had high hopes at the start of the year, but we could never really attract all the players we wanted, he said.

We thought we had players this year but we found out pretty early in the year that we really didnt, and we took a bit of a step back.

Wins and losses aside, the 2015-16 season was also marked by the the mid-season resignation of Nylund as assistant coach, and the December de-partures of Westgards son, Ty who left the team for the Western Hockey Leagues Victoria Royals and fellow forward Darius Davidson, who was traded to the Penticton Vees. (David-son is the son of Bill Davidson, whose Pro 4 Sports company owns a stake in the Eagles.)

Obviously it was a little diff erent this year, with the people involved, and (our) own kids leaving, Westgard said. With Ty, we wouldve liked him to have stayed and fi nished Grade 12 here, but it was his decision. We tried to promote the college route. He had full-ride off ers from (NCAA) Div. 1 schools but wasnt accepting them. So I just asked him what his plans were for next year and he said he was going (to the WHL).

Nylund who sold his minority stake in the team to Westgard a few years ago left due to disagreements over how the team was being run, Westgard said.

Nylund had been an assistant coach with the Eagles in 2013 when Matt Erhart coached the team to a league title, but he left for family reasons. Th is past season under Neufeld who was employed by Pro 4 Sports prior to coaching the Eagles was Nylunds fi rst back behind the bench.

Gary and I are the best of friends, and I know he loved the boys, but there were a few confl icts with how he wanted to run things. Not confl icts between him and I, but between the diff erent ownership groups, myself and Pro 4, Westgard explained.

Coaching philosophies aside, West-gard brushed off the suggestion of internal confl ict at the ownership and management level.

I dont think its unstable at this point its stable enough. Were just in a bit of transition, and obviously Im involved Im hoping to get back to where we were a couple years back, he said.

Th ough a decline in on-ice perfor-mance often correlates to a decline in ticket sales and a teams fi nances, Westgard suggested the team is alive and well, fi nancially.

Last December, in an email to Black Press, the BCHL head offi ce reiterated as much, writing that as far as the league is concerned, the Surrey fran-chise is as committed to their operation in the BCHL as theyve ever been.

Rumours do go around, but as long as Im involved, there will be a team on the ice here, Westgard said. But everything needs to improve. It has to. Th eres not much lower to go, so we need to fi gure out a way to go up from here.

Eagles review will be top to bottom JUNIOR A TEAM HOPES FOR A BETTER ON-ICE PRODUCT NEXT SEASON

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Five business leaders were honoured Tues-day (March 8) at the Surrey Board of Trades seventh-annual Surrey Women in Business

Awards Luncheon.Women entrepre-

neurs and leaders are a dynamic and growing segment of the global ecosystem, said Anita Huberman, CEO Surrey

Board of Trade. Cana-das theme for Interna-tional Womens Day was that womens empower-ment leads to equality.

More than 300 at-tended the luncheon at

the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel.

The winners were: Entrepreneur:

Sara Hodson (LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic)

Hodson is the founder

and current president of LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic in South Surrey, delivering clinically supervised exercise and education to prevent and treat chronic disease. She

and her staff work in the emerging field of Exer-cise is Medicine, to help people live healthier, more active lives while reducing the burden of chronic disease on the health care system.

Professional: Amanjit Lidder (MNP LLP)

Lidder is a partner in the MNPs Surrey office and the Regional Tax Leader for the Lower Mainland Region. Lidder provides specialized tax services to small and medium-sized organi-zations in a variety of industries, helping her clients pursue attractive tax opportunities. She is currently on the British Columbia Tax Confer-ence Program Com-mittee and is a former member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) Income Tax Education Committee. She holds a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Accountant (CA) designation, quali-fying in 2001.

Not-for-Profit Leader: Melanie Houl-den (Surrey Libraries)

Houlden is the Chief Librarian for Surrey Libraries and is responsi-ble for planning, leading and delivering a range of library services to meet the evolving needs of Surrey residents. She works with senior staff at the City of Surrey to deliver aligned and seamless services in accordance with Surrey council priorities.

Corporate/Lead-ership: Janice Comeau (LMS Reinforcing Steel Group)

Comeau has been the Chief Financial Officer of LMS Reinforcing Steel Group since January 2013, and has 33 years of experience as a char-tered accountant. Under her leadership, LMS has achieved greater project profitability, enhanced communication with clients, earlier detection of issues and has greater insight into team perfor-mance.

Social Trailblaz-er: MaryAnne Connor (NightShift Street Minis-tries Society)

Connor is founder and president of NightShift Street Ministries Society, based in downtown Sur-rey. Originally a nightly service to feed the hungry, the ministry is now an all-encompassing centre of caring. In ad-dition to supporting the mission of the ministry, she created a clothing donation program that operates through Sisters Thrift Boutique.

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