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Sea Island Coast Guard to get new hovercraftNew rescue craft will replace former passenger vessel

by Bhreandáin ClugstonEditor

The Sea Island Canadian Coast Guard base is getting a $27.3-million hovercraft, the federal government has announced.

The new craft will replace the Penac, a Euro-pean vessel constructed in 1984 which was pur-chased, and converted from a passenger vessel to a search-and-rescue craft by the Canadian Coast Guard in 2004.

Upgrades extended the life of the vessel, but the operational capacity was still limited because of the restrictions associated with the original design.

“This is great news for recreational boaters, commercial mariners, the Vancouver airport and all who rely on the Coast Guard hovercraft should trouble occur,” said Delta-Richmond East Conservative MP John Cummins.

“I have been fi ghting for a new hovercraft for al-most a decade and am delighted by the news.”

The Sea Island base has two hovercrafts, so one is always available in case the other is un-der maintenance or deployed elsewhere. Hover-craft must be available round-the-clock to carry out marine rescues of boats in trouble and most importantly to be available to assist in the res-cue of those aboard passenger jets that might be forced to ditch on the shallows and mudfl ats off the airport runway, Cummins said.

There are no other craft or vessels that can so effectively operate in shallow water or on the mudfl ats when the tide is out, he said.

“When I raised the issue of the limitations of the Penac and the need for replacement with the prime minister in mid-2009, he was very supportive of the need to acquire a new state-of-the-art hovercraft capable of operating in all weather and sea conditions,” said Cummins.

“Both the prime minister and the minister of Fisheries and Oceans deserve credit for fi nding the $27.3 million for the acquisition of a re-placement for the Penac at a time of spending restraint,” said Richmond MP Alice Wong.

John Furlong drops by city hall to offer thanks

by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

Vancouver’s Olympic boss returned to Richmond City Hall Monday to thank the city for being a force behind one of the “great success stories” of the Games.

Speaking fi ve months after the closing ceremonies, Vanoc chief executive offi cer John Furlong told Richmond city council the Games had the “best building of the world” in the Richmond Olympic Oval.

“This was a profoundly great project for the Games. It was without a doubt the sig-nature venue,” said Furlong, speaking di-rectly to council without a script. “It gave the country pure magic, and it took an enor-mous effort to pull that off.”

Furlong presented council with a book of Olympic memories and remembered the genesis of the largest competition venue of the Games.

It started with a city council giving $500,000 of taxpayers’ money to the Olym-pic bid committee, a gift Furlong called “ex-traordinary, unique and unprecedented.” Once the Games were awarded to Vancou-ver, Furlong said he could feel Richmond had an appetite to be involved.

Richmond lost out on hosting the Games’ broadcast centre given an ongo-ing battle for control of the Garden City lands. Meanwhile, a plan to build the long track speed skating oval at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby had collapsed due to rising costs.

But Furlong said fate played an incredible hand. He got stuck in Vancouver traffi c.

He picked up a pad of paper and drew a sketch of the oval. While waiting for traffi c to clear, he called George Duncan, Rich-mond’s chief administrative offi cer, and asked him if he’d be interested in talking about Richmond becoming an Olympic city.

That half-minute telephone call led to a meeting where the idea of building the venue along the banks of the Fraser River was born.

“I was always incredibly grateful that my own community was so willing to participate in a project that was really aimed at doing a great good, not just for the area, but for the whole country.”

City council decided to build the oval, a decision that showed “amazing courage,” said Furlong. It also prompted civic politi-cians and city staff to take trips around the world to view other ovals.

Furlong told council to expect visits from delegations of other Olympic cities embark-ing on venue construction.

The oval, Furlong said, made a statement around the world. One of every two people on the planet with access to a TV watched

Olympic coverage.Mayor Malcolm Brodie

said the Olympics brought a palpable feeling of pride to Richmond.

“It wasn’t just the 100,000 people who came to the oval to see the various events, that was really only the start of it. At the very early stage, we wanted the opportunity to not just be a city with a venue, but we wanted to be a venue city.”

Brodie said the excitement started with a roof raising event, in which 7,000 people signed a section of the oval’s wood roof. The Torch Relay brought over 25,000 people to Minoru Park and thousands more to the streets lining the torch route. During the 17 days of the Games, the city’s O Zone cel-ebration site hosted 500,000 people.

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Matthew Hoekstra photoJohn Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver Organizing Committee, with Mayor Malcolm Brodie. Fur-long said the idea for the Richmond Olympic Oval started in traffi c—with a pad of paper.

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New homes will be solar heat readyBuilders will soon be compelled to design houses to accommodate solar hot water heaters


All single-family homes built in Richmond by later this year will be designed to easily accom-modate a solar water heating system.

City council voted Monday to add Richmond to the list of communities under B.C.’s new “solar hot water ready regulation,” which will require builders to design houses suitable for solar heat systems.

The new regulation will only apply in cities that request inclusion and could be in place by fall.

Adding a rough-in for solar power has minimal cost to builders—up to $300, city staff esti-mate. The regulation, said Coun. Ken Johnston, shows “a great deal of vision” given the cost savings to homeowners.

“That’s an amazing incentive down the road when these start to get installed.”

According to SolarBC, a program administered by the BC Sustainable Energy Association and funded by senior governments, a solar hot water system “easily pays for itself” in its life-time. A system costs, on average, $6,900. The price goes down with a $2,000 point-of-sale rebate, and other discounts are available under the federal ecoEnergy retrofit program.

The cost drops further for a new home roughed-in for a system.

“People are finding as energy prices are start-ing to rise—and they predict a rise in the future—when they put a solar system in, you’re buying energy security,” said Nitya Harris, exec-utive director of SolarBC. “This is looking at the next 20, 30, 40 years and saying that solar is going to happen here in that time and we’re just making it easier for that to happen.”

SolarBC has a goal of seeing 100,000 solar roofs in B.C. by 2020. California has set a goal of one million by 2017.

Heating water uses 30 per cent of the total energy in homes. A solar water heater can sup-plement up to 60 per cent of the water heating needs for a typical family of four, and systems are designed to last 20 to 40 years. In sustained sunny weather, such as this July, solar heat can take care of all water heating needs.

Until late August, SolarBC will cover the entire cost of systems installed at schools, universi-ties and hospitals.

Said Harris: “It’s great for schools to get on board, not only as a demonstration project for kids and the community, but also as a way to teach the kids about future skills. And it’s a great demonstration for the community.”

Forget about using regional ingredients, chef makes his own in Richmond


A local hotel is turning to a million busy Sea Island inhabitants to satisfy the sweet tooth of guests.

The Fairmont Vancouver Airport Hotel is managing 24 honeybee colonies at McDonald Beach Park—a 20 minute bicy-cle ride from the hotel.

The hives were installed in July with help from Surrey-based Honeybee Centre. After just one week, 200 pounds of honey were ready.

By September, the hotel expects to have one tonne of honey on its hands.

Executive chef Kamal Silva said the local sweetener will be used in the kitchen, offered on the breakfast buffet, given away to guests, shared with staff—and maybe even dished out to other Fairmont properties.

“I just want to show the team here that every challenge can be an opportunity,” said the London-trained Silva, who came to the hotel two years ago after working in Dubai and elsewhere in the Middle East.

When Silva landed at YVR, he realized he couldn’t grow his own food on the hotel’s property. So he started thinking.

“I cannot have a plot here, I cannot have a garden here, I cannot have bees on the roof. But you can take the challenge as an opportunity and still do it.”

On his mind were memories of child-hood: stealing the sweet nectar from a

neighbour’s beehives with a stick late at night. (The gig was up when his parents discovered bee stings on his arms.)

Talks began with the Honeybee Centre and Silva discovered no airport in the world made its own honey. After six months of working to get approval, the bees moved in to a fenced area at the Sea Island park.

“We want to showcase to the rest of the world that an airport hotel, and the airport, can do this and support the envi-ronment.”

Silva is big on local ingredients. He buys

local when possible and the hotel grows vegetables at Terra Nova Sharing Farm that are featured for dinner. His staff also assists Ian Lai’s schoolyard society and the Growing Chef Foundation, where Fairmont chefs are dispatched to two Richmond schools to teach students about food and how to grow it.

“I want to show the young generation of cooks how important it is to grow (your own food),” he said. “Because nowadays, you just order it, and it just comes in—you don’t even have to wash it.”

As for the product of the estimated 1.2 million bees at McDonald Beach Park, Silva said honey from one hive tastes like blueberries—another, like cloves.

“That means the bees are going in dif-ferent areas,” he said. “We put it in the cafeteria so everybody got to eat that. It’s awesome.”

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Kamal Silva, executive chef at the Fairmont Vancouver Airport Hotel, and sous chef Marcus Routbard show the busy bees behind the hotel’s honey at McDonald Beach Park.

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“I want to show the young generation of cooks how important it is to grow (your own food).” — Kamal Silva


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Olympics left a legacyFrom Page 1

Pointing to benefi ts in arts and culture, education opportunities, volunteerism and tourism, Brodie said: “Our community as a whole has benefi ted immeasurably from this wonderful opportunity.”

On Monday, Brodie gave Furlong a framed print of the Canadian fl ag by artist Nicoletta Baumeister after city councillors also offered thanks.

Said Coun. Ken Johnston: “As a Ca-nadian, I wanted to say thank you for the sense of pride that you instilled in all of us. The feeling was unreal.”

Said Coun. Derek Dang: “I thank you very much for getting stuck in traffi c.”

Vanoc’s operations have wound down. Furlong’s staff now numbers just 20, down from the force of 50,000 people who mounted the


A man wielding a knife sent a Broadmoor store clerk to hospital Monday afternoon in an attempt-ed robbery.

On July 26, just before 1:30 p.m., a man with a distinctive limp en-tered House of Cards in Broadmoor Mall on No. 3 Road. He pulled a knife on the clerk and demanded cash from the register.

Instead of doling out dollars, the employee picked up a metal rod and confronted the suspect.

A scuffl e that broke out sent the clerk to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

Richmond RCMP responded within minutes, according to a news release issued Tuesday, and launched a search for the suspect, who fl ed on foot empty-handed. Offi cers scoured the area with a police dog, but couldn’t fi nd the man.

He’s described as dark skinned, fi ve foot fi ve, with shaved black hair and a possible beard, wear-ing a blue vest, blue pants and a

white T-shirt.There was no answer at the

greeting card shop Wednesday morning.

Spokesperson Cpl. Sherrdean Turley did not return a call, but said in the news release that people in similar situations are encouraged to co-operate with a robber’s demands.

“Your lives are worth much more than any amount of money found in a cash register,” she said.

Richmond RCMP is requesting that anyone with information to call Cst. Ellis 604-278-1212 or

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B.C. burned more gas despite carbon taxby Jeff NagelBlack Press

Despite paying North America’s fi rst carbon tax—which climbed another notch July 1—B.C. motorists actually burned up more gas last year.

Per capita gasoline sales leapt almost 10 per cent in 2009, accord-ing to fi gures compiled by the Seattle-based Sightline Institute.

“It was the largest year-over-year increase we’ve seen in British Co-lumbia in at least 30 years,” said senior researcher Eric de Place.

The big drop in gas prices in 2009 from their peak in 2008—when oil hit $145 a barrel—is likely the prime cause for the increased fuel consumption, he said.

But preparations to host the 2010 Olympics likely also boosted economic activity and fuel use, he said, noting B.C.’s recession was also milder than many other jurisdictions.

The carbon tax, which rose 1.12 cents on Canada Day to 4.45 cents per litre, has helped put downward pressure on fuel use.

But de Place said that effect was “overwhelmed” in 2009 by the more than 30-cent plunge in gas prices.

The average B.C. resident burned more than 21 litres of gas per week, the highest level in 10 years.


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kennyphoto1 photo (via fl ickr)This 13-foot gold-plated statue is centerpiece of monastery.

by Jessica TieszenContributor

Hundreds gathered Sunday in front of the large ornate Thrangu Monastery to witness the grand opening of the first traditional-style Tibetan Buddhist Monastery built in Canada.

The blaring of horns, pennants snapping in the breeze and joyful cheers could be heard along No. 5 Road on Richmond’s Highway to Heaven as the 13-foot gold plated Buddha was unveiled.

The Thrangu Monastery will be home to seven monks and seven lamas from Nepal, here to guide local practitioners on the path to peace and enlightenment. Included in the building are a retreat room, library, shrine room

and personal quarters. The shrine room, a large open

space with tall windows, walls lined by thousands of Buddhas tucked into a glass niche, is a place of worship. The room’s focal point is the large Shakyamuni Buddha where practitioners can direct their prayers.

Inside the vast structure on opening day, dignitaries from all levels of government convened to witness Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, the worldwide leader of Thrangu Monastery and his delegation address the crowd. Seated in rows of cushions lining the floor, guests filled the room’s capacity of 500 as they learned the teachings of Buddhism.

“This architecture, when you see it, it helps you have a kind heart

and good mind,” Rinpoche said in his speech. “It helps you feel peaceful. It is something that is very beneficial for people who are practicing Buddhist meditation. It has the power to make people feel peaceful and happy.”

The monastery joins 20 other temples, mosques and churches in Richmond, adding to the com-munity of religion and multicul-turalism.

Resident monks and lamas will host teachings and guide practitioners on short or long-term retreats, which are open to everyone. The Jewel Ornament of Liberation Teaching runs till Aug. 1. The schedule and can be found online at thrangumonastery.org.

The Thrangu Monastery is at 8140 No. 5 Rd. in Richmond.

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Lightning strikes have caused fewer forest fires as B.C. heads into the driest days of summer, but careless people are causing as much dam-age as ever.

The B.C. government is expanding its camp-fire ban to include most of the province effec-tive Thursday, July 29. Heading into its busi-est camping weekend of the year with con-tinued hot and dry weather expected, the Kamloops, Northwest, Cariboo and Prince George regions will join the Lower Mainland and Coast region under a ban on all open fires.

That means burn bar-rels, tiki torches, fire-works and even indus-trial and burning-permit fires are off limits in all regions except the Kootenays. Camp stoves may still be used.

So far this year, 65 per cent of forest fires have been human-caused, compared to 40 per cent last year, despite a size limit imposed for campfires.

Forests Minister Pat Bell said Monday the

current forest fire sea-son has seen 23,000 hectares burned and $27.1 million spent on firefighting. That’s less than half the damage as this time last year, when 47,000 hectares had burned and $64.9 million was spent.

A fire at the base of Mount Seymour in North Vancouver Sunday was the season’s first inter-face fire, but it was contained before any homes were threatened.

Witnesses said a camp-fire got out of control in a remote spot near Northlands golf course.

Another interface fire was contained quickly in West Kelowna on Sunday, after an evacu-ation alert was issued for homes in the area.

Bell said he is encour-aged by the relatively low damage so far this season, despite a hot July and drought condi-tions in some regions.

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change in a very short period of time, and fire bans are now on throughout the prov-ince, with the exception of the Kootenay region,” he said.

Unauthorized camp-fires are subject to a $345 fine, and there are penalties of up to $1 mil-lion fine or three years in prison for causing a wildfire. Enforcement officers will be out full force during the August long weekend.

B.C. campfi re ban takes effect today

Kayla Pepper photo/B.C. Forest ServiceA helicopter works to contain the Jade wildfi re, 100 km west of Kamloops, July 24.

A new cycling competition is coming to Steveston next month.

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Asphalt paving advisoryJuly 12 – August 6

The City of Richmond has contracted Imperial Paving Ltd. to grind and pave the following locations in Richmond from July 12 to August 6, 2010: • Intersection of Garden City Road and Westminster Highway

(Night time work) • 6000 Block Garden City Road • 7000 Block No.1 Road • 8000 Block No.3 Road • 8000 Block No.5 Road • 10000 Block Bridgeport Road (Daytime milling and night time

paving) • 11000 Block Bridgeport Road (Daytime milling and night time

paving) • Intersection of No.3 Road and Steveston Highway, plus

150 metres west of No. 3 Road on Steveston Highway

Hours of work will be: • Day time work: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. • Night time work: 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. Traffi c will be reduced to single-lane alternating at times, and may be subject to temporary lane closures. Delays may occur. The use of an alternate route is strongly encouraged. Residents are asked to please not park vehicles in the immediate area during paving. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

This work is weather dependent and dates are subject to change with-out notice.

Questions may be directed to Wasim Memon, Supervisor, Engineering Inspections, at 604-276-4189, or visit the City’s RoadWorks section on-line at http://www.richmond.ca/services/rdws/projects/2010Paving_Program.htm


Change is coming to the Steveston Village waterfront after city council approved the dismantling of an Esso marine refuelling station.

City council granted approval to Hazco Environmental Services to demolish a small warehouse,

office and series of docks and to raise underground oil stor-age tanks at 3880 Bayview St. Pilings will be retained.

Clearing of the property required special permission given its location in the heritage village.

Imperial Oil is preparing to sell the 25,400-square-foot site, flanked by Correli’s

Mediterranean Grill to the east and Charthouse Restaurant to the west.

The area plan allows for a commercial-industrial develop-ment with the potential for resi-dential or office space above. Any future development could lead to an extension of the boardwalk and open up public access to the river.

City council has approved the dismantling of the old Esso marine refuelling station.

Demolition permit approved for Steveston waterfront

by Bhreandáin ClugstonEditor

More giant hogweed has been found in Rich-mond, this time on private property.

Last week, crews donned protective suits and blocked off an area north of the Flight Path Park to remove the towering plants. Giant hogweed has photosensitive toxins in its sap which could burn or blind humans coming into contact.

The city has now asked the private property own-ers to remove the invasive plants. City spokesper-son Cynthia Lochrey said there’s been no other discoveries of the plant on city property.

If residents suspect they see giant hogweed on

city property, they are urged to call the city’s inva-sive plant hotline at 604-276-4316. When calling, please give the specific location of the plant.

If possible take a picture of the plant and email it to [email protected].

City staff will visit the location, and if it is posi-tively identified as hogweed, the area will be fenced off and marked as a hazardous plant man-agement site.

If residents suspect Giant Hogweed on private property, they can call the Invasive Plant Council of B.C. at 1-800-WEEDSBC. Residents should not remove the plant themselves, rather hire a profes-sional who will take the appropriate precautions needed when exposed to hogweed.

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Fruit, glorious fruit—but don’t let it go to waste

I’m starting to see the piles already and it’s driving me

crazy! Fruit, glorious fruit, lying

on the ground, rotting. Not only is food spoilage heart-breaking, it attracts many pests, including coddling moth, fruit flies and even rats.

My own Gravenstein tree didn’t set well this year and I’m so envious of the trees that are covered in apples right now. Please, if you are the owner of an apple tree and you can’t use or pick all of the apples, don’t let them go to waste.

There are many things you

can do.The Richmond Food Bank

would love your donations. We have an amazing facility at our food bank in the form of a 10-by-10 walk-in cooler that can hold perishables in order to give out to clients.

All kinds of fruit would be much appreciated: cherries, plums, apples, pears or even blueberries.

Located on Cedarbridge Way, next to the Law Courts, the office is even open on Saturdays to accept your donations.

If you know of a fruit tree owner who is not able to pick their own fruit, please offer to help. So many of our seniors have produc-tive trees, many of them decades old, but the fruit is too high to pick. A well-placed ladder would come in very handy and would be such a neighbourly thing to do. I’m sure there’ll be more than enough fruit for both of you.

If a local ladder isn’t avail-able and no one in the neighbourhood is able to pick the fruit, please call the Fruit Tree Project at 778-234-0203. Geoff, our amaz-

ing fruit picking co-ordina-tor, will come by to assess the tree and then book a date to gather volunteers for the pick. However, the ladders are only 18 feet high so if your tree is taller and the fruit is in the upper reaches, the volunteers won’t be able to pick it.

Last year, the Fruit Tree Project picked more than 5,000 pounds of fruit for the food bank and community meal programs. Although I’d love to see that amount maintained and even increased, our volunteers can only pick so much.

We had to turn away a number of fruit tree own-ers because we just didn’t have the capacity. That’s why neighbours-helping-neighbours is so important. Share the harvest with each other and make it part of

your local food diet.What to do with all that

fruit? After doing the 10-Mile-Diet for a number of years, I have a new appreciation for things like unsweetened applesauce and dried fruit leather. I invested in a dehydrator a couple of years ago (anoth-er fabulous Craigslist find) and my fingernails are cur-rently stained purple from pitting all the cherries to dry for future school lunches and snacks.

Apples that have hit the ground and aren’t good for storage still make great apple sauce, dried apple rings, or can be frozen for future pies and crumbles. Save the skins and cores!

If you simmer them in water until soft and then strain through a sieve and you get instant pectin for jams and jellies!

Enjoy this year’s harvest and help more local food get eaten locally.

Arzeena Hamir is co-ordi-

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Finally some good news about a hovercraft

The Canadian Coast Guard unit on Sea Is-land is getting a what is being billed as a state-of-the-art $27.3-million hovercraft.

This is great news as in the past the station has had to make do with used boats, falling apart vessels and complete indifference from Ottawa.

In the past, Coast Guard services on Sea Island received outrageous neglect from the federal gov-ernment, mostly under the watch of Jean Chretien’s Liberals earlier this decade.

In 2001, Paul Sandhu drowned after his car plunged into the Middle Arm of the Fraser River.

When the Coast Guard arrived on the scene, it couldn’t dive in the water and attempt a rescue. That’s because two days before the dive team was cancelled by the feds, who neglected to tell other emergency responders or the public. It was left to Richmond Fire-Rescue to swim out and attempt a res-cue.

The dive team was finally reinstated two years later.Then there was the case of the Cap Rouge II. In

2002, the vessel sunk at the mouth of the Fraser River, southwest of Steveston. Five people died in the tragedy.

Back at the Coast Guard station, only the backup hovercraft was available. And it practically broke down en route.

Later that year, the Coast Guard was down to one vessel for a while.

In 2004, the hovercraft Siyay was out of service for several months after its drive shaft “disintegrated” and the pair of propellers used to manoeuvre the ves-sel were “destroyed.”

The Penac, a $7.5 million mothballed British ferry, was converted into a search-and-rescue hovercraft back in 2004. That move was met with scepticism at the time by MP John Cummins. Now, after years of raising safety concerns, the Delta-Richmond East Conservative MP is delighted to see a brand new hov-ercraft designated for Sea Island. He deserves a lot of the credit. After years of raising concerns to the deaf ears of previous governments, his own finally listened and local boaters are that much safer.

It’s about time.

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Re: “Wrecking ball takes another home in Seafair,” Letters, July 24.

I have lived in Richmond for 16 years, but the 25 years before that, I lived from Nova Scotia to Alberta. Before I moved here, I never witnessed one house knocked down, let alone, dozens on an ongoing basis as we see in Richmond.

Just like letter writer Jennifer Gerves-Keen men-tioned, neighbourhoods with these new monster houses have lost all their character and the streets are lined with extremely unaffordable housing for the average Canadian.

Gigantic houses are put up with three-car garages where there used to be a lovely rancher or split-level with perhaps a big weeping willow out the front.

Little by little, Richmond neighborhoods are being ruined and it’s time to put a stop to it before it’s too late. Where are the ranchers for a retired couple, or a starter home for young people? They’ll be moving to Delta or Maple Ridge.

Sandra MonetteRichmond

Development improves cityEditor:

Re: “Wrecking ball takes another home in Seafair,” Letters, July 24.

I have never been so proud to live in Richmond. The new development is exciting to see. People are proud of their houses and are making the area a more desirable place to live.

With this new development, it has increased the property values of all houses, including the “tear downs.”

I feel everyone benefits from the city and subdivi-sions look better. This also brings revenue to the city which goes back into the community.

While some may not be able to afford a new house, they should still be happy that it’s improv-ing the quality of this island and making it the best place in the world to live!

Elaine Louie Richmond

Developing nightmaresEditor:

I have a phobia of nightmares. Anyone who has had a child who has been plagued—I looked up the word plagued and it said “A widespread affl iction or calamity by night-time disturbances”—knows how very upsetting this can be. It wakes up everybody, and sleep is so disturbed and the child suffers from lack of sleep. I guess in a household we all suffer by it.

Well, it seemed to start so very long ago when we fi rst moved to Richmond from West Vancouver. Our children called this place, “Richmond, Ditchmond” and I really dug my heels in over having to leave my security. But in driving here my husband and I saw the most beautiful, rainbow. I had to laugh, to ease my tension and said, “Wow, it can’t be all bad”!

I totally fell in love with Steveston (I guess that’s who I am, never doing anything in half measures). Maybe I’m just a frustrated actress! Coming back to my mares that appear in the night—as I recall it was when Terra Nova lands (when I heard it was the rich-est agricultural land not only in B.C. but in Canada) was sacrifi ced.

Can you tell I was reared on a farm! I wear a jacket with horses on it! Well apparently city council had wax in their ears and they missed the wails and cries of the people, and lo and behold these awesome, sorry, I meant awful megahouses were built right on this sacred land. My God, you would think that we owned the land and the water, since we have tried to sell both. We’re just renters! Now here is where the mare, or horse or something like that, gets out of harness and gallops away.

As I recall the whole council, including the mare, or mayor lost their jobs.

The punch line usually wakes me up. And I wake up in a sweat, thinking, Oh Jesus, there will be no food for my kids.

To shake this I get on my bike and pretend it’s my horse!

Esther McIlveenRichmond

lettersThanks to emergency respondersEditor:

I have never written a letter to a newspaper be-fore, but I feel compelled to do so now, to offer my thanks and gratitude to the Richmond Fire-Rescue, the Ambulance Service and Richmond Hospital.

On July 2, my husband awoke to see me having, what he guessed was a grand mal seizure. As this had never happened before, he was extremely dis-tressed and alarmed. He dialed 911 and within min-utes there was a team of professionals at our home, who were able to offer reassurance to my distraught husband and children, and to provide a quick as-sessment and transfer to Richmond Hospital.

I have no recollection of these events, but when I eventually “came to” in hospital, I was greeted by a variety of very kind and professional staff. My hus-band and I feel so grateful to all those people who helped me that day, and we are very impressed by the professionalism of everyone we came in contact with. To everyone who helped us, thank you!

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Editor:In her July 14 letter, Lorraine Swaile com-

mented that the Richmond Multicultural Concerns Society’s pending tour and panel discussions didn’t seem to include Christianity as part of the program.

Perhaps a tour of a Christian church, with dozens of them supporting as many Christian faiths, would probably not accomplish much other than favouring one of those dozens over the many oth-ers.

In any case, most Canadians, new and old, know all about Christianity, both good and bad, and an interfaith dialogue should include Christians if for no other reason that many of the other groups, most certainly my own, are feeling ner-vous these days about religion’s influence in all aspects of our lives.

In particular as we have acquired by political stealth a Christian fundamentalist Conservative party that now controls our federal government.

I also have an ongoing issue with the Richmond Multicultural Concerns Society’s program in that they do not include those of us from the atheist/Humanist commu-nity. One in five, and in some communities such as Richmond, as many as one in three Canadians are atheists.

We may not have the religious edifices that host the bulk of the faith community, but we do have numerous organizations that represent us at various levels. We don’t believe in deities, or organized religion, and we spend a lot of our time struggling, and perhaps these days failing,

to keep Canada secular and Canadians informed. In religion we tend not to trust, and that alone makes it important for us to be part of any inter-faith discourse.

I attended the last inter-faith panel dis-cussion at city hall and spent two hours out in the parking lot chatting with one of the panelists, an imam, who had never before met an atheist. I was most happy to oblige him with my view of the world, and perhaps he respected my perspec-tive more than most as I’m a veteran of Middle East military conflicts. I’m an atheist in a foxhole if you will, and have seen more than my fair share of violence done in the name of the two major dei-ties.

I also noted with him that some of the Muslim countries he frequents in his travels treat us atheists very harshly, as in terminally harshly, and that discrimination is common elsewhere around the world.

In the West we tend to forget just how important it is to live in a secular country for all of our protection. That Canada seems to be moving away from secular-ism at the federal government level is most disturbing to me and my commu-nity, not to mention those from the mod-erate faith communities as well.

I am speaking for myself in this letter but I am the vice-president of the B.C. Humanist Association, board member of the Humanist Association of Canada and an active member of the Canadian Secular Alliance.

Dale Jackaman Richmond

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Editor:Re: “Ban visors on drivers,” Letters,

July 24.Ms. Wells seems to have a bee in her

bonnet about drivers wearing visors, yet I am at a loss to understand her point. Visors are like oversized sunglasses. They do cover a significant portion of the face, but I don’t see how prevent-ing a facial sunburn, by wearing a visor, causes a driving danger.

Ms. Wells states that in a single inci-dent, a “reckless driver” wearing a visor caused an injury. Perhaps it was the reckless driving, not the visor, that was at fault?

In my almost 40 years of driving, I have seen many silly, stupid, scary, and downright dangerous driving hazards. I’ve seen people make right-hand turns from left lanes, and people eating cereal while talking on the phone and driving.

In fact, during my first week in B.C., a blue-haired Richmond resident took off the back bumper of my car because she was in a rush and was determined to squeeze past my car into the left-turn lane, and miscalculated.

One of my staff took off her seatbelt and leaned over the back seat to com-fort a crying baby—her husband’s dis-traction caused a head-on collision.

But we don’t ban children in cars, and we don’t ban sunglasses, so the rea-soning behind a desired ban on visors seems a little misplaced.

Statistically, I suspect that visor-induced accidents fall way, way below any other cause of vehicular accidents. If Ms. Wells can produce statistics prov-ing otherwise, I would possibly take the claim a little more seriously.

Rahel BailieRichmond

Editors:Re: “Ban visors on

drivers,” Letters, July 24.

I beg to disagree with Ms. Wells in terms of how she titled her let-ter. The title should be aptly named “Power Rangers on the road.”

I drive my scooter everyday to and from work. Just the other day, I nearly got hit by one of these Power Rangers.

As both of us approached the four-way stop intersection at the same time,

based on what I know, whoever is on your right should be the first to pass (I was the one on her right). I was trying to make some form of “eye contact” to the driver to “communicate” my intention to pass. But since she has those visors on, I was on the assumption that she saw me and that she was ready to give way. When I acceler-ated and was probably half way through the intersection, I was surprised to see her

coming right towards my side. She clipped the back part of my scooter with her right side mirror. She then stopped for a bit and sped off.

I have been driv-ing for 20 years now and I have never seen anything like this. Maybe we should pass some kind of a law that would ban these things. They are a total hindrance and its just a matter of time before somebody gets hurt.

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ily and I ventured on taking part in a long-awaited summer tradition: berry picking. Since I was a child growing up in this beautiful city, berry picking (especially strawberries) was synony-mous with summer and a wonderful childhood memory. We’ve taken our kids in the past and they have loved it, and generally, the farmers have been quite welcoming.

So, you can imagine the shock and disappointment we experienced when both the raspberry and blue-berry farms we visited informed us that children 12 and under were not allowed to pick berries. They pointed out that children dropped berries, broke branches and ran in the fields.

As an elementary school teacher, and mother to an 11-year-old, eight-year-old and preschooler, I completely understand that children, in new environments, are not always predict-able and yes, need guidance. I also understand how much work and effort farmers of all different kinds of crops invest. However, given the fact that many of us, as a society are trying to live “greener,” reduce our carbon foot-print, and basically trying to appreci-ate the roots of our food, I was disap-pointed that berry picking is not an activity as readily available as when I was a kid. What better way to foster an appreciation for our local farms, and the environment, than taking kids out to pick their own berries?

Worried about the crops? I get that. In the past, I’ve seen farmers show the children how to properly

pick the berries, how to respectfully move among the berries, etc. In my experience, children (and just about anyone) will rise to the standards if given the opportunity and patient guidance of a mentor.

Our ride home included snippets of ageism, disappointment and dis-cussions about “not even giving us a chance to prove we can do it.” To me, it was about a loss of oppor-tunity. Although we do grow some of our own vegetables and berries in our own backyard, and although my kids are actively involved in that process, it pales in comparison to the quality, variety and vastness I once experienced in the Richmond fields. Farmers out there who still welcome children in their fields, and would like to give the next genera-tion of Richmondites an opportunity to equate summer with berry picking, and thus encourage an appreciation for farming, please advertise on your signs. I guarantee you’ll get more families out there.

Heidi Gonzalez Richmond

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They say if you fi nd a four-leaf clover you’ll have good luck. Well Steveston resident Tara Orr found seven four-leaf clovers in 10 minutes while weeding the other day, then found fi ve more the next day.

The B.C. gov-ernment continues to

innovate. First on the continent with an emission-based carbon tax, first in Western Canada to embrace the European-style value added tax, and now, first to plunge into high-stakes Internet casino gambling.

Housing and Social De-velopment Minister Rich Coleman did the big roll-out for the Vancouver TV cameras last week, but the plan has been known since March. A sleepy little website where people can save a trip to the corner store to buy their Lotto Max tickets is given a sudden dose of corporate steroids: online slots, Texas hold ’em poker later this year, and a betting limit jacked up to $10,000 a week.

Coleman defended this

latest quantum leap in government gambling with a lurid scenario: kids borrowing Mum’s credit card from her purse and logging on for a no-limit spree at a casino site in the Cayman Islands. He claims B.C. gamblers are spending $100 million a year at unregulated sites that siphon profi ts offshore, and might be crooked to boot.

Then there were two more hits to the reputa-tion of B.C. Lottery Corp., already dented by the casual oversight of lottery ticket sales revealed a couple of years ago.

Its high-stakes PlayNow.com site was pulled offl ine a few hours after Coleman’s photo op. The initial explanation was a surge of traffi c. Days later BCLC admitted that registered players’ gambling and banking information had been compromised.

At about the same time, a leaked document revealed that BCLC was facing $670,000 in fi nes for paperwork errors in its reporting of large cash transactions to a federal agency known as FINTRAC.

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But let’s leave that aside. The theory here is that organized criminals will bring their pimp and pusher profi ts into the local B.C. casino to “laun-der” the money.

I’m trying to imagine how this would work. Here’s another “leaked” document to illustrate the situation:

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Hey Luigi, nice woik getting the laundromat running on the West Coast.

Just one problem. Our guys go in there for a week, I give ’em two full hockey bags to wash, they come back with one bag. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice and clean, but let’s not forget these are the competition’s casinos. And these West Coast guys ain’t playing tiddly winks.

I’m gonna take a meet-ing next week with Big Rich. He seems like a rea-sonable guy, says there’s room in the market. We’ll see. At least it’ll give me a chance to tell him off about the freakin’ HST.

Be careful out there.Big Julie

But seriously, one ques-tion really matters here: is this an appropriate role for government?

Coleman’s answer is that B.C. Lottery Corp. is a business. It exists for one reason, to make money for its four million shareholders. The board of directors decided to spend $325 million to upgrade its network and games, and once they get it working it should be fi ne.

This is the same logic that led to lawyers for that other Crown corpora-tion, BC Ferries, grinding out a chintzy settlement of a thousand bucks or so for passengers who fl ed the sinking Queen of the North.

As Big Julie might say, nothing personal. It’s just business.

Tom Fletcher is legisla-tive reporter and colum-nist for The Richmond Review and Black Press. He may be reached at tfl [email protected].


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Evan Seal/Black Press photosSudnya Mulye leads some young students at a recent dance class in North Delta.

Trained in India, Richmond’s Sudnya Mulye spreading classical style in Canada


Justin Bieber could learn a few things from Sudnya Mulye.

Forget about sneaker slides and hel-met hair hops, Mulye has spent years per-fecting the intricate footwork, stylized hand gestures and commanding facial expres-

sions of Bharata Natyam, one of the oldest forms of classical Indian dance.

“My mom had learned a little bit when she was young, and it was kind of her dream passed on to me,” said Mulye in an inter-view.

At age five, mom took her away from play-time with friends and put her in a dance class. She had little initial interest, but once she learned enough to perform on stage, she was hooked.

“I got more attracted to it because it has a lot of costumes, jewelry and makeup involved, and as a girl you like to dress up like a princess,” she said. “It became kind of a passion.”

Mulye quickly realized that Bharata Natyam, one of eight classical Indian dance styles, had a rich history as an art form and her passion blossomed into a profession.

Today she is a professional dancer, chore-ographer and instructor who has performed

widely in India and Canada. She has won many awards and earned an arts degree in dance and a master’s in choreography.

Thirteen years ago she started Sudnya Dance Academy, which offers dance lessons at various levels to students who range from toddlers to seniors.

Unlike other forms of Indian dance, Bharata Natyam is performed mostly solo, where the dancer conveys to the audience

various mythical stories and contemporary themes. The dance is accompanied by Carnatic music, a south Indian music, and punctuated by a mridangam, a two-headed drum of Tamil origin.

Apart from dance moves, her students learn more about the South Asian and Hindu culture.

“People feel it’s a good exercise, a very disciplined exercise, but at the same time very graceful.”

In Richmond, she teaches classes at Gilmore Park United Church. For more information, call 604-303-6564 or e-mail [email protected].

See Mulye perform Saturday, July 31, at 5:30 p.m. at Surrey Arts Centre in a free show. Visit naadarts.com or call 778-883-2627 for more information. Her academy will perform Aug. 21 at 1 p.m. at Aberdeen Centre as part of a cultural showcase called “The Tropical Express.”

Dancer cultivates ancient art“People feel it’s a good exercise, a very disciplined exercise, but at the same time very graceful.” – Sudnya Mulye

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A fundraising concert for the benefi t of the homeless takes place this Friday.

Richmond Baptist Church Outreach Ministries, Kapamilya Multicultural Society, and local band Arvida have decided to team up to put together a production that will not only help raise funds for the homeless, but also raise awareness about the homeless popula-tion in Richmond.

The title of the concert “ROOF” is an acronym for “Remember Our Outdoor Friends.” Fifty percent of the proceeds raised will go to support future projects run by RBC Outreach Ministry for the homeless, and some of the proceeds will be going towards Kapamilya Multicultural Society, which will be helping to instill a wide range of modern as well as traditional arts from music to dance into the youth of the community through classes and projects.

The concert will be fea-turing local band Arvida, featuring Alyssia Lopez, Francis Cordero, Rudolf Cagalawan, Ryan Kong and Joshua Magsajo. The band is known for

the unique and melodic style of their originals, as well as their covers of songs from a wide range of bands such as The Eagles to local band Marianas Trench. The concert will also feature special guests; Kapami-lya Multicultural Society Dance Group who will be performing tradition-al Filipino Dances, and Michael Suarezm who was the runner up of singing contest RichCity Idol in 2009.

The concert will be at the Richmond Baptist Church Auditorium, located at 6640 Blundell Rd. The show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15.

Harpoonist and axe murderer hit Steveston

The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer descend on Steveston Friday night, and they hope to attract plenty of victims, er, guests.

The finger-pickin’, foot-stompin’, harp-blowin’ blues duo plays music telling tales of midnight trains, black cat bones, highwaymen and a time when song was a simple expression of the soul.

The “harpoonist” in the Vancouver-based group, Shawn Hall, grew up in Toronto, immers-

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The July 30 concert starts at 6:30 p.m. and admission is by dona-tion ($5 suggested). The cannery is located at 12138 Fourth Ave.

Teresa Teng singing contest

The romantic ballads and folk songs of Teresa Teng will come alive in August.

The Taiwanese singer is hailed as one of the most influential cultural icons in East Asia. She died in 1995 of an asthma attack at age 42. But her memory lives on with the Remembering Teresa Teng Singing Contest.

Auditions Sunday, Aug. 1, at 2 p.m. at K-Mix Karaoke, 112-4751 Garden City Rd. The semi-finals follow on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 1 p.m. at Aberdeen Centre, 4151 Hazelbridge Way. The contest culminates Sept. 6 at the 2010 Telus TaiwanFest in Vancouver.

For more information, visit taiwanfest.ca.

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Nearly Neil and the Solitary Band come to River Rock Casino

Resort this weekend for a pair of shows.

The Neil Diamond trib-ute band will perform at Lulu’s Lounge beginning at 9:30 p.m. on July 30 and 31. The man behind the band, Bobby Bruce, is known for his talent in impersonating the music legend since 1994.

Admission to the lounge, which is inside the casino, is free.

Irving, Roper and Delorme in concert

The Musical Expressions Summer Concert Series con-tinues at Britannia Heritage Shipyard on Aug. 6 with three artists taking to the stage.

Ron Irving, Ray Roper and Gaye Delorme will perform in the show, presented by local tal-ent Cherelle Jardine.

Irving is a singer-songwriter with more than 100 songs recorded worldwide in seven languages. Anne Murray, Michael Buble, Jennifer Rush and Lisa Brokop are a few of the artists who’ve recorded Irving’s songs.

Roper is a veteran of the West Coast music scene has been writing, recording and perform-ing since the early ‘70s. An original member of the Grammy-nominated band Stonebolt, his voice was featured on the top-30 hit, “I Will Still Love You.” He went on to record five albums with the band.

Delorme is known fore his gut-wrenching blues to improvisational jazz-influenced experi-mentation to stunning flamenco styling.

The Friday show begins at 6:15 p.m. at the shipyard, 5180 Westwater Dr. Concert is rain or shine. Tickets, $25, include appetizers from M&M Meat Shops, and are available at the shipyard or by calling 604-276-4300.

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First-time nov-elist Shilpi So-maya Gowda

arrives on the literary scene with her debut novel Secret Daughter, and scores a home run.

Telling parallel sto-ries of two different families—one living in the slums of a small Indian village and one in San Francisco—Gowda opens her novel with the birth and immediate killing of Kavita’s baby girl.

Her husband Jasu, seizes the newborn and disposes of her, all because daughters are viewed as incapa-ble of helping to sup-port their poor fami-lies, and therefore less valuable than sons. On top of that, Kavita and Jasu know that they couldn’t afford a dowry for her, so she would just be a burden to them.

When Kavita gives birth to a second daughter she is dev-astated, but finds a way to take her to an orphanage in Mumbai, where she’ll be safe and hopefully have a better life.

On the other side of the world in San Francisco, live Somer and Krishnan,

both doctors. She’s American and he’s Indian. After suffering a couple of miscar-riages and realizing they can’t have kids, they decide to adopt. They go to Mumbai and adopt one-year old Asha, the “secret daughter” of Kavita. Here the two stories meld together in alternating chapters, following the lives of Asha, who grows up with everything she could ever want, and Kavita, who continues to mourn the loss of her daughters. Even though Kavita and Jasu later have a son, Vijay, he is nothing but a disappointment to them.

Asha’s life is charmed—she goes to the best schools, lives in a beautiful home and has parents who adore her. But something is missing, and that something is her connection to her Indian heritage. Meanwhile, her moth-er Somer is dreading the day Asha decides to seek out her birth parents, which she knows is inevitable. Sure enough, while in college, Asha gets the opportunity to go to India and work as a journalist at the pres-tigious Times of India, where she researches the lives of children living in slums.

While the story is somewhat predict-

able, it’s still a very compelling read for its insights into Indian life, culture and cus-toms. The infanticide of baby girls is a par-ticularly disturbing issue, but one that Gowda handles with

compassion and fear-lessness. Her descrip-tions of the heart-breaking challenges faced by people living in the slums are jux-taposed with the rich traditions and extrav-agant lifestyles of the

privileged class.I found the alternat-

ing chapters featuring the characters’ dif-ferent points of view to be a very effective way of tying the sto-ries together. Gowda is definitely a talent

to follow, and anyone who has an interest in Indian life will enjoy this novel.

Shelley Civkin is

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Jo is an avid rugby fan. How avid? Well, she’s tat-tooed her team’s logo on her arm. She had a ball gown designed in their colours and with their logo. When she first moved into the house where she now lives, and before she’d met any neighbours, Jo answered a knock at the door while watching a game. The police. “Come in, come in,” she said as she ran back to the television. “Are you OK?” they asked. “Of course,” she answered. “Why?” Her neighbours thought her screams meant she was being attacked.

Jo opened her home to Lisa over Christmas last year. The two of them spent more time together than Jo and I ever had. So when her flight arrived the other night, Lisa, Maxine, and I watched the screen, looking for her. Lisa got to her first. And then the girls looked on as these two women hugged and cried and hugged again. Arm in arm we ventured out of the airport. The chilled champagne waited at home.

“There’s a rugby match I have to watch at the end of the week,” she told me. “Do you mind?” Turns out her Wallabies are playing the Springboks. I’ll find a rugby club. I think that will be the safest place for her to watch the game. I’ll be watching her.

Australian Vegetable Pastie(Lisa requested “parsties”)1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 2 potatoes, peeled, cubed 1 large carrot, cubed 1 vegetable stock cube1/3 cup water 1/2 cup frozen baby peas 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley Salt & freshly ground black pepper 5 sheets (25 x 25cm) ready rolled pastry, thawed 1 egg, lightly whisked Tomato sauce, to serve

Preheat oven to 400˚F. Line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.

Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Saute onion for 2 minutes until soft. Reduce heat to medium and stir in potatoes, carrot, stock cube and water. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until vegetables are just tender. Add peas and parsley, and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 4 minutes or until peas are bright green and tender. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a medium bowl and set aside for 15 min-utes to cool.

Meanwhile, use a round pastry cutter to cut 4 discs from each pastry sheet. Cover with a dry tea towel and a damp tea towel to prevent the pastry from drying out.

Spoon a level tablespoonful of vegetable filling on half of each pastry disc leaving a 1/2-inch border. Brush edges of discs with a little of the whisked egg. Fold discs in half to enclose filling. Press the edges together to seal and form a frill. Place pasties, frill-side up, on the lined baking trays in a single layer.

Brush each pasty with remaining whisked egg and bake in preheated oven, swapping trays halfway through cooking, for 12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly. Serve warm with tomato sauce.

Arlene Kroeker writes about food every Thursday in The Richmond Review. She may be reached at [email protected].

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These two industries alone come with high amounts of packaging, often plastic contain-ers, which are dumped in landfills, taking over 500 years to biode-grade. Chemicals in the products themselves are toxic to the body and when flushed through our water system through dish-washers, laundry and showers are toxic to our environment.

Did you know that our skin absorbs more than our gastrointestinal tract? The skin is the largest eliminatory organ in the body. Therefore, chemicals found in common store bought creams, lotions; body products are absorbed through the skin.

Consider transdermal patches for medications such as, a nicotine patch to help with smoking cessation. The patch has a far greater effect on the blood stream than does an oral medication. Chemicals are absorbed through the skin, directly into the bloodstream. This may be a far jump, but if you don’t feel confident eating your deodorant or body lotion it may not be in your best interest to put it on your skin.

A simple solution can be found in the kitchen and is very cost effective, eliminates plastic pack-ages, and free of alumi-num heavy metal toxicity. Many people use baking soda as a natural deodor-ant and antiperspirant. It can be used directly after the shower. Have a small amount of baking soda in a glass jar, add a few drops of essential oils if you wish and apply with an old makeup brush. The correct amount applied will be individual and determined over several trials. However, the baking soda as a deodorant should leave you feeling and smelling fresh all day.

According to Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie, authors of Slow Death by Rubber Duck – How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects our Health, deodorants and almost every other common product in the bathroom can contain phthalates, which have been linked to a number of serious reproductive problems. They report a study conducted, tested urine phthalate levels of men, and was highest in men who claimed to use cologne, aftershave, hair gel, deodorant and lotion.

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The second industry, which affects our envi-ronment directly, and is very costly are home cleaning products. Often big box companies and chains have great prices on these products and are purchased in bulk.

Authors Smith and Lourie also report, that plastic containers contain pthalates, and bisphenol A (BPA). They quote Dr. Pete Myers, co-author of Our Stolen Future, who links breast and prostate cancers, learning disabilities, type 2 diabetes and infertil-ity to bisphenol A. It is estimated that about 70 per cent of BPA is used to manufacture poly-carbonate plastic—the hard clear plastic with recycling symbol No. 7. In 2004 industries reportedly pumped out 3 billion kilograms of BPA versus 45 million kg in 1970.

Again, one really sim-ple, cost cutting solution to reduce all of these

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Our new Chair Tony Kwan tells us a little about himself and his role at the Chamber

Q How long have you been a member of Richmond Chamber of Commerce?

A Our rm has been a member of the Chamber for 25 years and I have been on

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Q Why did you become a member of Richmond Chamber of Commerce?

A Our rm has always been active in the Chamber. A former chair, Barbara Tinson,

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Q What book are you reading right now?

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Q Best piece of advice you ever received and who gave it to you?

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Q Favourite Sport and Team?

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Q What are your hobbies?

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Q Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

A Hopefully, alive and still practicing law at my rm. I say that half jokingly

because good health is really the greatest gift and I count myself as very blessed to be a profession where I get paid to do something that I love.

Q What is your favourite Community Event?

A The Chamber has some great events that give back to the community—in particular

the 911 Awards and our annual Christmas Lunch, where partial proceeds go to the Richmond Christmas Fund.

Q What is your favourite part of Richmond?

A Going down to Steveston after a long days work in the summer. Heaven.

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Q What policies and advocacy will the RCC be working on over the next year?

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A number of environmental, business and political leaders, including Iain Black, Minister of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development, commended Novex Delivery Solutions for its environmental leadership

during the launch of the rst two 100 per cent electric-powered trucks licensed in Canada. Novex is continuing to green its eet with the addition of two new zero-emission Smith electric trucks.

“That is how we’ve done business in the past,” said Robert Safrata, CEO, Novex as an old bio-diesel delivery truck drove in. “And this is how we’re doing business today and in the future!” as two shiny new Smith trucks drove noiselessly toward the plaza at Vancouver’s Millennium Water development, designed as the most sustainable community in Canada.

Vancouver-owned and operated Novex is a leader among same-day courier companies as the rst to use hybrid vehicles in Canada in 2003 and becoming carbon-neutral in 2008. Novex has made a commitment – as a transportation company – to reduce its carbon footprint by 70 per cent by 2015.

“Novex has made a commitment to do the right thing and focus on creating a sustainable company,” said Safrata. “We do this by adhering to a triple bottom line that includes a social, environmental and economic focus. We are constantly amazed at the bene ts of managing by the triple bottom line. For example, we have been working for almost three years to add these vehicles to our eet due to the overwhelming emissions reductions. A bene t of using these vehicles for early morning deliveries to hospitals and universities that are located in residential areas is they minimize noise pollution, and thereby signi cantly reduce the impact on the community for a positive social effect.”

These new vehicles will result in Novex saving approximately 58 C02e tonnes per year, equivalent to taking 12 cars off the road each year. Additionally, the fuel savings when using these

two vehicles is expected to be approximately $25,000 per year. Novex already saves 88 C02e tonnes annually by using hybrids cars, natural gas vans and biodiesel freight vehicles in its eet, equivalent to taking 18 cars off the road each year.

Vancouver Assistant City Manager Sadhu Johnston received the rst carbon-neutral, zero-emission delivery during the presentation.

“Novex’s decision to shift to zero-emission vehicles is exactly the kind of business leadership we need to ght climate change,” said Johnston. “By greening its eet with these two electric-powered trucks,

Novex will save money on energy costs and reduce its carbon footprint - proving that going green isn’t just good for the environment, but good for business too. At City Hall our goal is to be the greenest city in the world by 2020, and with a local company like Novex being a leader on the environment, they’re helping us achieve our goal.”

Novex’s environmental business leadership was also commended by Iain Black, Minister of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development.

“It’s a feather in British Columbia’s cap that one of our companies has become the rst in Canada to incorporate

electric delivery trucks into their everyday commercial eet,” said Minister Black. “I commend Novex for being a pioneer in embracing green vehicle technology and for showing the way in reducing B.C.’s carbon footprint.”

The David Suzuki Foundation also supports the direction that Novex is taking by continuing to expand its eet with zero-emissions vehicles. While CEO Peter Robertson was not able to attend the launch, he did provide the following comment.

“Over the past 20 years, the trucks used to move and deliver goods have been one of the fastest growing sources of climate change emissions in Canada,” said Robinson. “Today, it’s exciting to see solutions in action that dramatically slash emissions, improve our quality of life, and build a more innovative economy. This shows the tremendous potential of what can be done when we lead rather than follow.”

For Smith Electric Vehicles, licensing the rst two trucks in Canada is a break-through in supplying the Canadian market with commercial vehicles that are both emission-free and noise-free.

“Novex is delivering more than packages, they are delivering leadership to the next generation of transportation,” said Bryan Hansel, CEO of Smith Electric Vehicles. “It takes more than technology to create change, it takes visionary leaders to take the required steps to action. Novex has played that key leadership role in getting Smith Electric Vehicles on the road in Canada.”

During the presentation, Offsetters, which does carbon offsetting for Novex, presented CEO Safrata with an award.

“We are proud to present Novex with an award recognizing their carbon neutral status and their ongoing leadership role in taking action on climate change,” said Kari Grist, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Client Engagement of Offsetters. “We’ve partnered with Novex since 2008 and as they continue to look for ways to reduce their emissions, they’re demonstrating that businesses can be successful and sustainable.”

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Novex Delivery Solutions launched the fi rst two 100 per cent electric-powered trucks licensed in Canada, recently.

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Men in Kilts (Window Cleaning, Gutter Cleaning and Pressure Washing) had many opportunities open up as a direct result of winning the Richmond Chamber Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. We were able to sit with the past President of Boston Pizza, Mike Cordova and chat about franchising. We met and started working with our CGA, Scott Armstrong, principal at Entrust. We brought on our CEO from 1-800-Got-Junk, Tressa Wood, who ran North American Operations for them.

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spokeswomen for Men in Kilts at the AGM. A highlight was looking into the audience and seeing we had Gloria Macarenko from the CBC in stitches. That speaking engagement led to another speaking engagement for the Campbell River Chamber of Commerce. Men in Kilts had the 2nd highest attended speaking event ever for them — just two short of David Suzuki. So in a way it launched our speaking careers (contact us — we want to do more!)

If someone asked you “What would you consider to be the

biggest benefit in joining the Richmond Chamber of Commerce” What would you tell them? The Chamber is truly the hub of every business connection in Richmond and the people you meet are amazing. The Chamber will support your business and help it grow. Men in Kilts would not be where it is today without the support of Craig and his team at the Chamber.

What do you think are the biggest obstacles facing Richmond businesses today?

Men in Kilts believes one of the big-gest obstacles is how to get everyone in Richmond to wear a kilt! No Peeking.

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sports SPORTS EDITOR: Don FennellPhone: 604 247 3732E-mail: [email protected]


Canadian Olympian Alexa Loo is retiring from snowboarding to focus on a career in accounting.

Fresh off a 12th-place fi nish at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, the Richmond resident feels there is no better way to end her athletic career.

After years of skiing as a little kid, Loo de-cided in 1987 while on Mt. Baker that it was time to try something new—snowboarding. At this point, the idea of representing Can-ada at the Olympics was just a long-shot dream of hers.

“Once I started researching qualifi cation standards, I realized I was going to have to dedicate my life to the sport if I wanted to compete,” says Loo.

“All my time was spent training or on the mountain. I would literally eat, breathe and sweat snowboarding. It’s a tough lifestyle, but fun within itself.”

Loo is a two-time Olympian and seven-time Canadian champion in parallel giant slalom. As well, she has stepped on the FIS World Cup podium three times throughout her ca-reer, all in alpine snowboarding disciplines.

Loo, 37, leaves a legacy of success behind her as she pursues her chartered accoun-tant and chartered fi nancial analyst desig-nations.

Loo and her husband Ari Goosen are ea-ger to move back to Richmond, the place she calls home, and start a family of their own.

Loo has lined up a job with a small Rich-

mond fi rm starting in August. Her husband, a former ski-boot fi tter, is studying to be a diamond appraiser.

“I’m ready to move on to the next step of my life,” says Loo.

“I am going to jump on and grab a bull by the horns.”

Entering into this new phase of her life, Loo also plans to work with youth at the club level developing the foundation and me-chanics of sports through various programs such as the Kajaks’ Track Rascals for ages six to eight.

“I believe that we need to develop athletes from a young age,” says Loo.

“I want to give back to the kids of the com-munity, building skill for the future.”

Loo retires with great support from the community wishing her the best in her fu-ture endeavours.

“Alexa has been a trailblazer for women in snowboarding, leading the path and moti-vating younger alpine snowboarder to strap up and snowboard,” said Robert Joncas, director of high performance at Canada Snowboard.. “Alexa leaves a strong legacy

Loo balanced the board, and now cheque books

by Don FennellSports Editor

“Peanuts. Popcorn. Get your program here.”

If you’ve ever attend-ed a pro sports event, these words may still be ringing in your head. Hawkers have been selling their wares at games for decades, with proceeds often further lining owners’ pockets.

But most amateur sports teams don’t have such a luxury. They rely on fundraising to meet their bottom line. And in times of recession and government cutbacks, the need becomes even more pronounced.

Chocolate bar sales and pub nights seem to be two of the more popular methods of fundraising. But the

Hugh Boyd Trojans are venturing outside the norm in their bid to gen-erate support for the Richmond high school’s football program.

The Trojans recently held the inaugural Trim a Trojan in conjunc-tion with the school district’s hairdressing program. You could get a haircut for a donation of $10, the proceeds of which went to Hugh Boyd football.

Now, they’re hoping to cash in on the sports pool craze.

In conjunction with Richmond lacrosse, coaches and parents are selling $20 NFL pool tickets on behalf of their kids who aren’t allowed to participate under provincial gam-ing rules.

Each of the tickets, limited to 4,960, covers

Turf war

Olympian retiring to accounting

Alexa Loo is trading her snowboarding career for one as an accountant.

“All my time was spent train-ing. I would literally eat, breathe and sweat snowboard-ing.”

- Alexa Loo

Craig Hodge photoErin Finlay of the Penticton Pinnacles battles a Richmond TSS Academy player (right) for the ball during the Pacifi c Coast Soccer League Challenge Cup women’s reserve division fi nal Sunday at Coquitlam Town Centre Park. TSS won 2-1.

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Lights Out for boxing club?

by Don FennellSports Editor

Has the fi nal bell sounded for Rich-mond’s Lights Out Boxing Club?

Unless coach and operator Ken McInnis can attract at least another six or so boxers by the end of the summer, it appears so.

As a former amateur boxer himself, McInnis has dedicated much of his life to the combat sport. The thought of pulling the plug now is alarming.

He concedes that mixed martial arts in the form of the Ultimate Fight-ing Championships has overtaken boxing in popularity, but believes there’s still a place for the traditional fi ght game.

“I’ve tried to keep my fi gures low, thinking that’s a way to attract people,” he said. “But since Janu-ary I’ve been throwing out $300 to $400 from my own pocket (to cover expenses).”

While rates at most other clubs in Greater Vancouver range from $100 to $150 per month, Lights Out box-ers currently pay only $40 for three weekly sessions. This is essentially to cover a low rent at the club’s cur-rent home, a warehouse on No. 6 Road.

But, reluctantly, McInnis said he’s going to have to raise that to $75 at end of August.

Ironically, the past year has been one of Lights Out’s most successful

since its days as the Steveston Box-ing Club in the early 1990’s. Lights Out sold out the B.C. Golden Gloves provincial championship and earned 2009 club-of-the-year honours after its boxers won 18 of 22 matches.

The current plight is discouraging for the handful of remaining Lights Out boxers, said McInnis.

McInnis has also helped many peo-ple, including NHL star and current Boston Bruin Milan Lucic, use boxing as as a cross-training tool.

“Often we’d get people coming say-ing it was just for fi tness and they’d end up being the good ones,” he said.

If you’d like to try boxing, contact McInnis at 604-754-8658.

Coach hopes to keep the traditional fight game going Local basketball fans have one more chance to see their national women’s team on home soil when it takes on Sweden Thursday at the Richmond Olym-pic Oval.

Tip-off is 7 p.m.Canada is tuning up

for its appearance in the world champion-ships beginning next month in the Czech Republic.

Canada did not dis-appoint in their fi rst two games of a four-game exhibition se-ries, earning a pair of

lopsided victories over the C h i l e a n national team ear-lier this month.

For Ca-nadian head coach Al-lison McNeill and team captains Teresa Gabri-ele and Kim Smith (all B.C. natives), this is an opportunity of a lifetime to compete in front of friends, fami-lies and fans.

“This summer we have the opportunity to bring in not one but

two national teams,” said Kim Smith at a recent press c o n f e r e n c e . “It really is our dream as a women’s team to get a chance

to compete in our home country. We want the chance to show what we can do.”

Tickets are $5 for children and $12 for adults, with a special student rate of $9 and available at the Rich-mond Olympic Oval, 6111 River Road, or by calling 778-296-1400.

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When the Richmond Islanders ’94A girls’ fastball team steps onto the fi eld in Victoria this weekend at the national Bantam champi-onships, they’ll be ready for adversity.

The Isles had to dig deep at the just-com-pleted provincials in Cloverdale to earn third place and a qualifying berth into the Canadian tournament. They fi nished round-robin play with a 3-1 record which surprisingly left them in seventh place. And their fi rst playoff game was a 7-0 loss to the White Rock Renegades.

But the Isles regrouped and came to the park on Sunday ready to play. Wins over the Fraser Valley Fusion ‘95, Delta Heat ‘94 and the Ren-

egades ’95 put them into a semifi nal game versus Victoria Devils ‘94. In a hard fought game, which could have gone either way, the Devils won 8-7.

The Isles were content with their third-place fi nish, but have loftier goals

Coached by Kelsey Trott, Stephanie Thornton and Tim Culling, the Isles are: Kristen Almjhell, Kathleen Cathcart, Courtney Cruden, Emma Culling, Kendal Derkson, Quinn Dhaliwal, Drew Dhaliwal, Alexis Khoshaba, Amanda Ring, Ra-chelle Sayers, Marga Sison, Hilary Strelau and pick ups Kendel Floberg, Katrina Guenther and Jen Swannell.

Bantam Islanders in search of national crown

From Page 25

Bill Haddow, head coach of the Trojans’ senior football team, said it costs at least $500 to outfi t each player per season. He said the equipment, on average, only lasts or meets safety standards for a couple of seasons. Helmets, at $250 a pop, are good for a maximum of fi ve seasons.

The Trojans also need new jerseys—ideally for all three teams from grade 8 to 12, but players can expect to follow the old hand-me-down route.

“I just got a quote the other day for 35 home and away jerseys at over $8,000,” Haddow said.

Then there are travel costs, which vary by team. Haddow said each of the Hugh Boyd teams will play at least four or fi ve away games this coming season, with an average cost per game of about $400.

“It’s adds up pretty quickly, and that’s not even including referee costs,” he said.

Haddow hopes the public understands the plight of the local sports teams and are willing to show their support by purchas-ing a pool ticket. They can do so in person Mondays from 6 to 7 p.m. at Hugh Boyd Sec-ondary, 9200 No. 1 Rd., (portable 6 which faces No. 1 Road), or by e-mailing Haddow at [email protected].

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The NewsLeader, a twice-weekly publication serving more than 61,500 homes in Burnaby and New Westminster, has an immediate opening for a full-time Circulation Manager.

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332 PAVING/SEAL COATINGALLAN CONST. & Asphalt. Brick, concrete, drainage, foundation & membrane repair. (604)618-2304 ~ 604-820-2187.

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CATS GALORE, TLC has for adop-tion spayed & neutered adult cats. For info 604-309-5388 / 856-4866CHIHUAHUA, tiny teacup female,11mos, $700, Pomeranian toy,male, 4mos, $700. (604)794-7347.KITTENS, 3 black & white, male, 11 weeks old. $20 each. 604-557-1871

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PETS

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sports


White Rock Renegades took home their third consecutive provincial Senior A women’s softball championship Sunday.

But it wasn’t with the ease many ex-pected.

“The competition was really tough this year and there were three or four other teams with equal talent who could’ve tak-en home the gold,” explained Renegade second base Courtney O’Connor.

“We got off to a rough start on Friday, but we finally came together as a team. It was great to see everyone contribute to

our success.”The Renegades, which rolled to 10-3

final-game win over the New Westminster Kaos at Richmond’s London Park, began the tournament with back-to-back losses in the round-robin forcing them to fight from the backdoor bracket to enter the medal round. With at least the bronze medal game on the line, Renegades hit peak intensity with a 6-5 defeat of long-time rival Surrey Storm ‘90.

The Renegades are also the defending national champions, and will get a chance to hold on to that honour at the 2010 Ca-nadian senior national championships Aug. 11-15 in Kitchener, Ont.

Renegades repeat in RichmondOpenOpen HouseHouse Sat. & Sun. Sat. & Sun. 2:30-4:30pm2:30-4:30pm

WELL KEPT 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, SxS double garage, three level townhouse in central location in Richmond, total 1470 sq. ft. living area. Close to shopping centres, Kwantlen College, Lansdowne Mall, bus stops, skytrain and schools. The house is upgraded with new drapes and window coverings, laminated fl oors on main. The roof of this complex is new and the complex is only 19 years old. Easy to show. $468,0006-5611 Arcadia Road, Richmond THE PRICE IS RIGHT — WON’T LAST LONG.

Call Hanson at 604-250-2196for private appointment.

HANSON WAN RE/MAX SELECT PROPERTIES

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845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE

REMOVALASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT

$$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

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AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $100 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

ALL VEHICLES WANTED

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◆ FREE TOW◆ TAX RECEIPT 24 - 48hr. Service

604.408.2277

The Scrapper

903 BOAT ACCESSORIESWANTED TO BUY 2 small o/b mo-tors from 2HP to 1HP. Motor doesn’t need to run 604-319-5720

818 CARS - DOMESTIC

AT A CLICK of a mouse, www.BCLocalBiz.com is your local source to over 300,000 businesses!

RICHMOND STEELRECYCLING LTD.

(604) 324-4656 11760 Mitchell Rd., Richmond

We pay for scrap carsServicing the entire province of B.C. for over 35 years.

COMMODITIES WE PURCHASECar Bodies • Tin • Steel • Industrial Scrap • Other Metals

DRIVE-IN SERVICE FOR SCRAP VEHICLES!

REAL ESTATE

603 ACREAGEBEAUTIFUL ARIZONA LAND!$0 down. $0 interest. Starting $89/mo. Guaranteed Financing. No credit check. 1-2.5 acre building lots! Call (800) 631-8164 Code 4001 www.sunsiteslandrush.com

612 BUSINESSES FOR SALEAT A CLICK of a mouse, www.BCLocalBiz.com is your local source to over 300,000 businesses!Restaurant for sale. Owner retiring, established clientele, 20yrs. Serious inq. (604)793-8735, Chilliwack area

625 FOR SALE BY OWNER

Richmond

Price reduced $350,000Emerald Place

304 - 8280 Westminster Hwy1200+ s.f., 2 bdrm, 2 bath, w/i closets, 5 min walk to Canada Line. Immediate possession.To view 9am-9pm.Call Alex owner 604-276-2248

627 HOMES WANTED* SELL YOUR HOME FAST *

Buying Any Price, Cond., Location.NO COMMISSIONS ~ NO FEES ~

No Risk Home Buying Centre (604)435-5555

WE BUY HOUSESOlder Home? Damaged Home?

Need Repairs? Behind on Payments? Quick CASH!

Call Us First! 604.657.9422

636 MORTGAGESBANK ON US! Mortgages for purchases, renos, debt con-solidation, foreclosure. Bank rates. Many alternative lending programs.Let Dave Fitzpatrick, your Mortgage Warrior, simpli-fy the process!1-888-711-8818

[email protected]

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVEHOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.caHomelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

690F NANAIMOREAL ESTATE INVESTINGBUS TOURS TO NANAIMO

August 12 & 24, 2010 $79 per person or $99 per coupleFull-day tour includes bus, ferry

fare, lunch, tour of the city & devel-opments. Learn real estate invest-ing strategies from award-winning

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696 OTHER AREAS

SOUTH CARIBOOBridge Lake & Deka Lake

604-880-2625West Pro Properties Ltd.

[email protected]

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDORICHMOND, 2 bdrm, 2 baths, 2 yrs old, AC/heat incl., full amenities, $1600/mth. N/S N/P. 604-230-4778RICHMOND, 5888 Dover Cres., quite 1 bdrm apt., 2nd fl r, 675 sf, 5 appls, river view from balcony, 1 car prkg, NS/NP, avail. now. $1,200. Phone 604-613-3866RICHMOND. Busell St. 1 & 2 bdrm apts. Close to all amens. Parking included. Call 604-880-8738STEVESTON. Beautiful Waterfront condo, 2 bdrm + den, 2 bath, h/w fl rs, 6 s/s appl., sec parking. Np/ns. Available Aug 15th. 604-657-1788

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

RICHMOND

1 & 2 Bdrms Available Immediately

Located in central Richmond, close to all amenities & Kwantlen

College. Rent includes heat and hot water.Sorry no pets.

Call 604-830-4002 or604-830-8246

Visit our website:www.aptrentals.net

RichmondOcean Residences11671 7th Avenue

Condo-like bldg with great views a must see. Modern living, beaut grounds incl’d ponds & fountains. Close to Steveston and markets; Many stes with ocean views. Indoor/outdoor pkg, lockers, party rm, fi tness rm, sauna, outdoor pool, games rm, social rm, BBQ Area. Bach, 1 & 2 bdrm stes from $800.

For more info & viewing call Irina 778-788-1872

Email: rentoceanresidences

@gmail.com

Professionally managed by Gateway Property Management

RICHMOND

QUEENSGATE GARDENS11020 Williams Rd.

Spacious 2 & 3 bedroom town-houses. 6 Appl’s., balcony, 2 car garage, 2 full bath, gas f/p. 1 Year lease required. No Pets.

Professionally Managed byColliers International

Call 604-841-2665

WOODRIDGE 2br,1ba. 7431Minoru Pool, Gym & Spa. 1000sf SE corne unit, Top fl oor, sundeck, 1300/m. No pet, 1 prkg, 604-771-6596

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

RICHMOND: Offi ce & Warehouse space, avail immed; good location. For more info call (604)244-9103.

715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

Richmond. #1 & Williams. 3 bdrm upper 1.5 bath lrg liv rm/kitchen utils incl Sept.1 $1150. 604-270-2225

RICHMOND 2 bdrm grnd fl r duplex suite. Walk to schools. 4931 McLure Ave. Sh/Lndry. S/F/DW. $1240 inc utils. N/P. N/S. Ref. req. 604-274-2222.

RICHMOND, 3 bdrm, 2 full baths, side split, new appls, avail immed, $1500/mth. N/S N/P 604-230-4778

736 HOMES FOR RENT

#4/FRANCIS. 3 BDRM HOUSE, all appls, sgle garage, avail immed, $1600/mo. N/P. Ph: (604)271-0844

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

Furnished Offi ces from $400. All in-clusive. Short term avail. View at #206-5760 Minoru Blvd. Chris 604 276-2066

ON CANADA LINE 6700 #3 ROAD, RICHMOND

800 sq. ft. Ideal for Travel, Insu-rance etc. Parking available. 604-277-0966 or 604-273-1126

RENTALS

750 SUITES, LOWER#4/Williams. Elegant fully furnished 1 bdrm, n/s, n/p, shrd ldry, Aug 1. $750/mo incl’s util’s, cable, internet. Prefer 1 person only 604-277-7517.ABFD west lge bright new top fl oor 1 bed & den. 6 appl granite kitchen, UG parking & storage. In suite WD- FP balcony, view. $925. Free rent with lease Carol 604-835-3323HUGE 1 BDRM reno’d bsmt suite avail asap. Close to everything. No pets/smoking. Laundry inc. $750/month inc utils. Garden City/Williams area. 778-840-1855/ 604-279-1855IRONWOOD. Bright 2 bd g/l. New carpets. No Pets/Smoking. Shrd lndry. Ref’s. $950. 604-250-9872RICHMOND, 11111 Bird Rd. New 1bdr ste, priv garage, immed, N/P, $750. 604-273-6129/604-603-7936RICHMOND 1Bd g/l $795 New home, sep ent, incl util Avail now refs Suit 1 or 2 ns/np 604-314-1123RICHMOND: 1 Bdrm ste. Incl all utils. No lndry, N/S, N/P. $750/mo. Avail now. Call: (604)808-4297RICHMOND #2/Moncton 1 lrg bdrm & lrg liv/rm. Reno’d. $875+1/3 hydro Incl cbl. Ns/np. Now. (604)270-1010RICHMOND. #5/Cambie. 1 bdrm. np/ns. $650/mo incls utils. Avail Aug. 1. 778-885-8245RICHMOND beautiful 1 bdrm g/lvl newly reno’d kitch, nice lrg b/yard, nr amens/bus, shared w/d, suit 1 person, ns/np, $875 incl utils/cable.Avail Aug1. Call eves 604-272-3033 RICHMOND, BRIGHT 2 bdrm, $950 incl. utils & cable. Avail. now. Phone (604)275-4423RICHMOND. NEW clean & bright, 1 bdrm, new dw, sep. alarm, sep entry, own lndry, utils incl, $850/mo. Immed. NS/NP (778) 858-3607RICHMOND: Steveston & Railway. Lrg 2 bdrm grnd lvl suite, bright & airy, incl utils $885/mo. N/S, N/P. Avail now. Call: 604-271-0739

752 TOWNHOUSES

✰ RENTAL ✰✰ INCENTIVES ✰

Richmond, East / New Westminster: 3 storey

Townhouses with 5/appls, 2/bath, garage, f/p.

From $1440/mo. Call 604-522-1050

RICHMOND

Briargate & PaddockTownhouses

2 Bedrm + Den & 3 Bedrms Available

Private yard, carport or double garage. Located on No. 1 & Steveston, No. 3 & Steveston. Landscape and

maintenance included.

Call 604-830-4002or 604-830-8246

Website www.aptrentals.net

STEVESTON TOWNHOUSE.New - 2 bdrm, 2 bath fur-nished. Rooftop patio, utilities incl. N/S. $2200./mo. Avail Au-gust 1st. Ph. (604) 802-1721

TRANSPORTATION

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Prices in effect Thurs., July 29 - Sun., August 1/2010. While Quantities Last

Langley Farm MarketLangley Farm Market

BAKERYBAKERY GROCERY GROCERY DELIDELI

MEATMEAT PORKSIDE RIBS - WHOLE

($4.39kg)

BEEFANGUS RIB EYE STEAK

($15.41kg)

lb.

BEEF TENDERLOIN

WHOLE UT($11.00kg)

$499lb. lb.

$699

OKANAGANAPRICOTS

(product of BC) $1.94kg

88¢lb.

OKANAGAN

PRODUCE

OKANAGANYELLOW PEACHES


78¢lb.

OKANAGAN LOCALWHITE LO BAK

(Product of BC) $0.84kg

38¢lb.

39¢lb.

LOCAL MEDIUM SNAP TOPCARROTS

((product of BC) $0.86kg

CAL MEDIUM SNAP T HOT HOUSE PERSIAN(MINI) CUCUMBER


99¢lb.

LOCALGREEN BEANS(product of BC) $2.18kg

99¢lb.

Coffee Swiss Roll600 grams... .................... ...$4.50/ea.Pineapple Danish100 grams ......................... .. $0.95/ea.Mango Mousse Cake 395 grams ....................... $7.99/ea.Sugar Cookies 450 grams ....................... $2.00/pkg.

Freybe Roast Beef, plain or or with garlic ....... $1.29/100gFreybe European Wieners $0.99/100g

Mozzarella Cheese.......................................... $1.09/100g

Organic Quinoa (repacked in a tub, from South America.......$0.99/100g Island Farms Vanilla Plus Yogurt, 650g, assorted fl avours........................$2.99/eaBakery On Main Fruits and Nuts Granola 340g (gluten & wheat free) Assorted fl avours.........................................$5.99/ea

$199

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