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southdeltaleader.com A1 Friday, December 27, 2013 South Delta’s top stories of 2013 Find out who the newsmakers and shakers of the past year were P.8 Although the Sensible BC campaign to decrim- inalize marijuana in the province has gone up in smoke, a local organizer says it was a learning ex- perience. Ralph Howey, who headed up the Delta South challenge to collect the signatures of 10 per cent of registered voters in the riding over a 90-day period, says he wasn’t aggressive enough in his strategy. Pot post-mortem SFPR opens to traffic P.3 B.C.’s newest highway welcomes drivers Tax bill stays low P.4 Muni making small increase to taxes One of the top sports stories of 2013 was the selection of Tsawwassen’s own Tristan Jarry in the June 30 NHL Entry Draft. Jarry went 44th overall to the Pittsburgh Penguins and recently signed a three-year deal with the hockey club. To find out all top five sports stories of 2013, flip to the sports section. A sporting glance Face to face P.5 World’s best Elvis comes to Ladner See story, P.3 See story, P.13 FRIDAY ∙ DECEMBER 27 ∙ 2013 southdeltaleader.com TOP 5 Sports stories of 2013 TOP 5 Photos of 2013 TOP 5 Community News Picks of 2013 TOP 5 Stories of 2013 TOP 5 Newsmakers of 2013 TSAWWASSEN COLLISION ON BOARD FOR ALL WINDOW REPLACEMENT 604.943.6383 17-1835 56th St. Tsawwassen (Behind McDonalds)

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Page 1: South Delta Leader, December 27, 2013

southdeltaleader.com A1Friday, December 27, 2013

❙ South Delta’s top stories of 2013Find out who the newsmakers and shakers of the past year were P.8

Although the Sensible BC campaign to decrim-inalize marijuana in the province has gone up insmoke, a local organizer says it was a learning ex-perience.Ralph Howey, who headed up the Delta South

challenge to collect the signatures of 10 per cent ofregistered voters in the riding over a 90-day period,says he wasn’t aggressive enough in his strategy.

Pot post-mortem

SFPR opens to traffic ❙ P.3B.C.’s newest highway welcomes drivers

Tax bill stays low ❙ P.4Muni making small increase to taxes

One of the top sports stories of 2013was the selectionof Tsawwassen’s own Tristan Jarry in the June 30 NHLEntry Draft. Jarry went 44th overall to the PittsburghPenguins and recently signed a three-year dealwith thehockey club.Tofindout all topfive sports stories of 2013, flip to the

sports section.

A sporting glance

Face to face ❙ P.5World’s best Elvis comes to Ladner

❙ See story, P.3

❙ See story, P.13

FRIDAY ∙ DECEMBER 27 ∙ 2013 ❙ southdeltaleader.com

TOP 5Sports storiesof 2013

TOP 5 Photos of 2013TOP 5

CommunityNews Picks of

2013

TOP 5 Stories of 2013TOP 5Newsmakersof 2013

Tsawwassen

Collision

on Boardfor all window

replaCemenT

604.943.6383 17-1835 56th St. Tsawwassen (Behind McDonalds)

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Although the Sensible BC campaignto decriminalize marijuana in theprovince has gone up in smoke, a localorganizer says it was a learning expe-rience.Ralph Howey, who headed up the

Delta South challenge to collect thesignatures of 10 per cent of registeredvoters in the riding over a 90-day peri-od, says he wasn’t aggressive enough inhis strategy.Although he and other volunteers

collected signatures for the campaignoutside of the South Delta RecreationCentre in Tsawwassen during theSouthlands public hearings, they werebarred from many properties owned byCentury Group.“I made the mistake of asking for per-

mission instead of forgiveness,” saidHowey with a smile.“The support was there but we fell

down in the canvassing, both not beingout there to sign and not having per-manent sign up locations,” he said.The Sensible BC campaign managed

to sign up 210,000 people across the

province, succeeding in surpassing the10 per cent threshold in 20 ridings. Del-ta South, however, was one of 23 rid-ings which managed just over five percent.The campaign would have needed an

estimated 400,000 signatures to havea shot at forcing the issue to a ballotreferendum on decriminalization, sim-ilar to the one that was achieved by theFight HST campaign in reinstating theprovincial sales tax.Howey said another difficulty they

faced was finding volunteers and theunreliability of free labour.“They all fell off because of health is-

sues or parents or what have you,” hesaid.Howey, who smokes marijuana for

pleasure, said many people are fightingagainst the negative stereotypes thathave been built up around the psycho-active drug and those who smoke it.Howey said one fellow canvasser was

furious at media reports portrayingSensible BC supporters as shifty peoplewith unkempt beards smoking stubbymarijuana joints.“Meanwhile, they show people drink-

ing alcohol in crystal glasses and fancyclothes,” he said.Now that the campaign is over, or-

ganizers like Howey are looking to usethe learning experience to make anoth-er attempt at decriminalization in thefuture.

A Supreme Court of Canada ruling to strike downCanada’s prostitution laws is being hailed in B.C.as an irrevocable step toward protecting sex tradeworkers from violent predators.The unanimous 9-0 ruling gives the federal gov-

ernment one year to craft new legislation or else theindustry will legally be able to communicate openly,operate brothels and profit from prostitution.“This is a total victory,” PivotLegal Society staff law-

yer Kat Kinch said after the ruling was announcedFriday. “Sex trade workers’ lives can’t be sacrificed atthe cost of regulating prostitution.”Kinch predicts it will enable a range of practical

safety measures for sex workers, including betterscreening of customers, spotting by friends, hiring ofsecurity guards, and the use of apartments or hotelrooms.She said the rulingmakes it clear Ottawamust put

safety first in considering any further legislation,adding sex workers should be at the forefront ofthose discussions.The court referred to the murders by Port Co-

quitlam serial killer Robert Pickton in striking downthe law as a violation of the constitutional right tolife, liberty and security of the person.“Parliament has the power to regulate against nui-

sances, but not at the cost of the health, safety andlives of prostitutes,” the judgment said.“A law that prevents street prostitutes from resort-

ing to a safe haven… while a suspected serial killerprowls the streets, is a law that has lost sight of itspurpose,” it said. “If screening could have preventedone woman from jumping into Robert Pickton’s car,the severity of the harmful effects [of the law] is es-tablished.”SFU criminology professor John Lowman said the

Harper government has a range of choices if it optsfor new legislation.He said the U.S. approach of criminalizing both

the purchase and sale of sex hasn’t worked well, al-though there are variations south of the border.“You could have legalization of prostitution as

you have it in Nevada, which is the state acting asa pimp, controlling and regulating prostitution andusing criminal law to keep it off the street,” he added.The owner of Nevada’s BunnyRanch brothel has al-

ready said he aims to expand into Canada if allowed.Lowman said he thinks federal Conservatives are

more likely to gravitate toward the so-called Nordicmodel used in Sweden that makes it legal to sell sexbut not to buy it, while criminalizing any third partythat profits.

High courtstrikes downprostitution laws❙ Jeff Nagel reporter

[email protected]

Pot campaign organizer fightsagainst marijuana stereotypes

❙ Sensible BC Delta South campaignerRalph Howey wants to change thepublic’s perception of marijuanasmokers. Adrian MacNair photo

❙ Adrian MacNair reporter

[email protected]

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Property taxes andutility rates will seemodest increases in2014, but will remainamong the lowest inthe Lower Mainland,according to a pair offinancial reports pro-duced for Delta Coun-cil.Property taxes will

increase 1.9 per cent,which other than WestVancouver’s zero percent increase, is tiedwith Vancouver for thelowest rate in MetroVancouver. Other juris-dictions are much high-er, such as Richmondwhichwill see a 2.96 percent increase, and PittMeadows with a 3.33per cent increase.Based on an average

2013 assessed value of$567,000 for a single

family home in Delta,that represents a prop-erty tax increase of $70,explained finance di-rector Karl Preuss.The cost breakdown

of the tax increaseamounts to a 0.7 percent increase to main-tain general munici-pal services, an equalamount for road in-frastructure improve-ments, and 0.5 per centto fund the 2014 DeltaPolice staffing plan.“What we’re trying to

embark upon is gettinga bead set for our roadimprovement program,our utility rates, we’readding additional in-frastructure improve-ments, and I think thebiggest one is for policeservices,” said Preuss.The 2014 operat-

ing plan provides forcontractual increaseswhich include operat-

ing costs at the newDelta Community Ani-mal Shelter, North Del-ta senior bus programwhich launched inApril, and the additionof five full-time posi-tions at community po-licing stations in Lad-ner and North Delta.The new positions will

require three police of-ficers to fill the role ofyouth officer, mentalhealth constable, and apatrol constable. Twocivilians will head upthe task of domestic vi-olence caseworker andexhibits storekeeper.As for infrastructure,

the 2014 capital planaims to build a round-about at 112th Streetand 80th Avenue inNorth Delta, ArthurDrive enhancements inLadner, and BoundaryBay Airport improve-ments.

The total increasefrom both plansamounts to $2.2 mil-lion, putting Delta’s an-nual budget at $274.5million.Utility rates will in-

crease by $30 to $960in 2014, the bulk of thatgoing toward region-al costs, while Delta’sshare is going up $12.Water rates for homes

will increase by $13 to$491 annually, whilesewers will increase$15 to 297. Garbageand recycling are rela-tively unchanged witha twoonie representingthe sole increase to sol-id waste disposal.Just like property tax-

es, Delta has a relativelylow utility fee structurecompared with otherjurisdictions in Met-ro Vancouver, comingin $30 lower than PortMoody, $288 lower than

Richmond, and $513lower than the Districtof North Vancouver.“As well, we’ve been

able to maintain theagricultural rates to beconsistent with whatthe GVWD [GreaterVancouver Water Dis-trict] rate is and we’vetransferred just thatcost over,” said Preuss.The agricultural water

metre low rate for thefirst 8,000 cubic metresper quarter is $0.72 percubic metre, with aminimum charge of $25per quarter. Preuss said97 per cent of farmersstay below the com-mercial water rate.The 5.3 per cent in-

crease to sewer ratesprovides for regionalcosts and to cover in-flationary and contractincreases for seweroperations and capitalworks.

Delta to keep taxes andutility rates low for 2014

A joint effort by Fra-ser Health, VancouverCoastal Health, and theUBC Faculty of Medi-cine’s eHealth StrategyOffice hopes to put itsfinger on thepulse of thepublic’s understandingof healthy life choiceswith a new web-basedhealth and wellness sur-vey. Health and well-be-ing are closely linked towhat we eat, where welive, and what we do,says surveyor BeatrizHernandez, who helpeddevelop My Health MyCommunity. The surveyis aimed at helping thepublic understand ex-actly how these factorsimpact one another.“People take the My

Health My CommunitySurvey for many rea-sons, but they all focuson building a healthierfuture,” she said.Over the past few

weeks, Hernandez hasbeen across the FraserRegion, from Delta toChilliwack, helping peo-ple complete the survey,and has been amazed atthe positive response.“Many older people say

that they are doing thesurvey so that their chil-dren and grandchildrencan have a healthier fu-ture,” saysHernandez.

Fraser Health medi-cal officer Dr. MichelleMurti, said the surveyis valuable because itwill enable local healthauthorities to share themost up-to-date com-munity health and life-style information with

local governments,health care planners andcommunity stakehold-ers and help them shapepolicies, programs andcommunity services thatlead to better health.“My Health My Com-

munity is an opportu-

nity for us to learn howour lifestyles, ourneighbourhoods and

our environment allcome together to affectoverall health and well-being,” she said.To take the My Health

My Community survey,

visit www.myhealthmy-community.org.• Associations and

groups who would liketo book a surveyor toassist with filling out thesurvey can contact Se-pia Sharma at 604-507-5445.

Public urged to take part in health survey

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southdeltaleader.com A5Friday, December 27, 2013

For Ran-dy Frisk-ie, music

was a way oflife growing

up in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Themusician known as “The World’sBest Elvis Tribute Act” owes hismusical roots to his father, whoplayed 14 instruments and was acountry rock staple in SouthernOntario.“I spent most of my time in our

music room,” says Friskie of his for-mative years. There he learned tosing, play drums and guitar along-side his father and his musicianfriends.Friskie was barely five years old

when he first witnessed the phe-nomena known as Elvis Presley,starring in the movie Love me Ten-der.“I was devastated when he died at

the end of the movie,” says Friskie.“So my mom showed me all of hisother movies, so that I knew he wasokay.”That began a lifelong obsession

and appreciation for the King ofRock ‘n’ Roll.“He was just so cool,” says Friskie

of his earliest impressions of Elvis.“And the way he carried himself was

as cool as his music.”Friskie spent his teenage years as

a “long-haired hippie punk,” playingwith his own band and backing uphis father’s band on drums.“I’d jam out to Led Zeppelin with

the guys… but Elvis was my firstlove,” he says.Friskie soon put together a tribute

act, and after years of playing acrossWestern Canada, he got his bigbreak at Expo 86 as part of the Elvis,Elvis, Elvis show. After two weeks ofshows playing at the World’s Fair,organizers asked him to put togeth-er a solo Elvis act of his own.Friskie was originally booked for

another two-week slot, but the re-sponse to the show was so great,festival organizers extended theengagement, for seven weeks in all.“Some nights there were 25,000

people there,” he says.Friskie decided to make the Low-

er Mainland his new home, and theincreased exposure led to steadywork in Las Vegas and Reno, anda role in the 1989 movie It’s OnlyMake Believe, where he played - youguessed it - and Elvis impersonator.However, Friskie is quick to point

out that he is a tribute act, and notan impersonator.“There’s only one Elvis, and he

lived to entertain,” says Friskie.“And that’s all I’ve ever tried to do.Entertain the audience, and sharehis music.”Much like Friskie inherited his

love of music from his father, so toohas Friskie’s daughter Cassandrainherited a love of music from him.Father and daughter Friskie will

both be appearing at the GenesisTheatre on Jan. 3 as part of Ran-dy Elvis Friskie and his Las VegasShow Band’s That’s The Way It IsTour.“She steals the show,” says Frisk-

ie. “She does everyone in this show.Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Cher, LizaMinnelli, Reba McEntire, ShaniaTwain, Taylor Swift, LeAnn Rimes,and even Marilyn Monroe.”Cassandra got her start on stage

close to 15 years ago at age nine,when she performed Patsy Clinenumbers with Friskie’s band at thePNE.“She blew everyone away,” says

the proud father. “I have goose-bumps just thinking about it.”• Randy Elvis Friskie and his Las

Vegas Show Band’s That’s The WayIt Is Tour come to Ladner’s GenesisTheatre on Friday, Jan. 3. For tick-ets, visit ontourtickets.com, or call1-855-411-7500.

Music a family affair“World’s Best Elvis” comes to Genesis Theatre, Jan. 3

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❙ Randy Elvis Friskie and his daughter Cassandra perform atthe Genesis Theatre on Jan. 3. Contributed

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The South Delta Leader’s clairvoyant correspon-dents consulted their crystal ball to presentthe public a peck of pithy prognostications

and predictions for the coming year.• All levels of government will work together to

push through the controversial Enbridge pipelinethrough the northern B.C. wilderness, with premiersChristy Clark and Alison Redford ceremonious-ly sending off the first bitumen-laden supertankerfrom the port of Kitimat, marking a bright economicfuture for the province. However, 15 minutes out ofport, the tanker will strike the rocks in the narrowfjord, spilling millions of litres of black sludge intothe ocean, destroying the local environment, fisher-ies, and economy. Thousands of people will be hiredto help clean up the spill, which the province willspin as part of its “B.C.-First Economic Action Strat-egy Plan.” Most of the jobs will go to temporary Chi-nese labourers, however, after B.C. residents weredeemed to be unqualified at picking up sludge witha shovel. Which is ridiculous, when one considersthe amount of shoveling the average B.C. voter hasto do any time a politician opens their mouth.• The federal and provincial governments will re-

duce income tax to record lows, allowing Canadiansto keep more of their hard-earned money. It’s a goodthing too, as Canadians will need it to pay for theexorbitantly high cost of private health insurancepremiums, private schools, and private universities.• Anti-coal protesters, like those who stormed

Port Metro Vancouver’s offices in December, willtake their opposition to the proposed Fraser SurreyDocks coal terminal up a notch with demonstra-tions of increasing violence, resulting in a symbolicmass self-immolation, using organic compost-de-rived carbon neutral lighter fluid. With oppositionto the project effectively snuffed out, the new coalterminal will move forward, full steam ahead.• A construction worker working on the Marina

Garden Estates project will accidentally cut his in-dex finger on an X-Acto knife, leaving a trail of bloodbehind him as he runs to the first aid truck for aband aid, thus proving true the predictions of oneresident who famously declared the project’s ap-proval would result in “blood in the streets.”• Canada Post will recover from its financial dif-

ficulties and resume door-to-door delivery serviceonce CEO Deepak Chopra and the federal govern-ment decide to stop actively destroying it piece bypiece.• A 40-car pileup will shut down the South Fraser

Perimeter Road for days after an American touristslams on their brakes in the middle of the highway,having never seen a bald eagle before.- Happy new year from all the staff at the South

Delta Leader.

Pithy predictionsfor 2014

❙ PublisherChrissie [email protected]

Editorial [email protected] ext.122Reporter Adrian MacNair [email protected] ext.126Creative Sarah Kelloway [email protected] (Glacier Media Group) [email protected] (South Delta Leader) Katie [email protected] 604-948-3640 ext. 125

Letters to the editorPort needs to beheld accountableIn light of the refusal by Port Met-

ro Vancouver’s to carry out a full“Independent Comprehensive En-vironmental and Health Impact As-sessment” that would investigate thepotential effects of all current andfuture port expansion in the city andsurrounding cities and municipali-ties, and given they do not think it isnecessary, nor can they be ordered todo so by our elected representativesin Ottawa or Victoria, we need to askthese questions;What purpose do we elect ourMem-

bers of Parliament in Ottawa and ourMembers of the Legislative Assemblyin Victoria if they cannot protect ourhealth, our environment and our nat-ural resources?Instead, our MPs in Ottawa have

delegated our health, our environ-ment and natural resources to portauthorities like Port Metro Vancou-ver, who’s sole purpose is to promotethe success of ports for the purpose ofcontributing to the competitiveness,growth and prosperity of the Canadi-an economy.A port authority elected from in-

dustry involved in port business, notanswerable to elected governmentrepresentation.

The federal government has alsomade the federal departments of en-vironment and fisheries subservientto Port Metro Vancouver, as they toomust abide by the same policies ofPort Metro Vancouver.One has to ask who are we to be

governed by, an nonelected-body ofself interest representatives, or theby the Representative we elected atthe polls to protect our interests andvalues?As our elected representatives in Ot-

tawa established these policies, theycan also reverse them and return de-mocracy to Canada and it’s people.

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Copyright and property rights subsist in all display advertising and other material appearing in the SouthDelta Leader. If, in the Publisher's opinion, an error is made that materially affects the value of the ad tothe advertiser, a corrected advertisement will be inserted upon demand without further charge. Makegood insertions are not granted on minor errors which do not lessen the value of the advertisement.Notice of error is required before second insertion. Opinions expressed in columns and letters to the Editorare not necessarily shared by the Publisher. The South Delta Leader is a member of the British ColumbiaPress Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considerscomplaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediationof complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editoror publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C.Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St.,Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

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❙ Editorial

❙ EditorRobert [email protected]

How many readers are awareof a list aptly named, “TheDirty Dozen?”

I had not until I discovered theEnvironmental Working Group’swebsite which claims that the fol-lowing twelve fruits and vegetablesare the most pesticide-laden ones:Apples, celery, cherry tomatoes,cucumber, grapes, hot peppers,nectarines, peaches, potatoes,spinach, strawberries, and sweetbell peppers.Since publication of “The Dirty

Dozen,” the EWG has added twomore: leafy greens (specificallykale/collards) and summer squash.On testing zucchini and yellow

crookneck squash, some werefound to contain residues of or-ganochlorine, while some of thegreens were contaminated withorganophosphates.These two pesticides were

phased out of agriculture someyears ago but still remain in thefields. Imagine that!

According to an American scien-tist, Dr. Alex Lu, infants and youngchildren are the most vulnerable topesticide residues. Parents are en-couraged to purchase the so called‘dirty’ items with an organic label.For more enlightenment and a

list of ‘clean’ fruits and vegetables(of which there are many) pleasevisit the EWG website.Michael Pollan, well-known au-

thor and environmentalist, fa-mously wrote, “Eat food. Not toomuch. Mostly plants.”Fortunately, in Delta and else-

where in the Lower Mainland,we can access a variety of locallygrown food. Awareness of climatechange and peak oil, both of whichthreaten agriculture, has led to alarge localization of food move-ment with burgeoning farmers’markets and small farms openingtheir doors to customers.It became evident during the

Southlands debate that people onboth the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ side were

passionate about preservation ofland for growing food, with howone gets there being the divisiveissue.I am thankful that we can enjoy

food grown a few steps from ourback door, without pesticides.Yes, the preparation, watering

and weeding take time, but thework is soul satisfying.Especially delicious are our or-

ganic raspberries in early summerand apples in the fall, the latteroften being turned into sauce, or acrumble.Although it is December now,

I have recently harvested somegreens and carrots (still growingunder plastic for frost protection)for dinner.Found a few slugs, by the way—

they like organic veggies too!Here’s to healthy eating in 2014!• Jean Wightman is a longtime

South Delta resident and local envi-ronmentalist.

❙ Go Green

Jean

Wightman

Colum

nist

The dirty dozen lurkingin the produce aisle

[email protected]

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One of Canada’s greatentrepreneurial suc-cess stories in re-

cent years is WestJet, theCalgary-based airline that

is expanding across the country and takingon European routes.Clive Beddoe, the founding CEO of Westjet,

was famous for helping the cabin crew tidyup the plane before getting off a flight. Andthe company is also known for its profit-shar-ing program, with all employees referred to as“owners” who have a stake in the success ofthe operation.I thought of this management approach

when news emerged that the B.C. governmentwas offering public service unions a new kindof contract, with a five-year term and wageincreases tied to improved economic growth.The surprising thing is that unions are ac-

cepting the idea, even though provincialgrowth must exceed the government’s inde-pendent economic forecast council projec-tions before it can take effect in a given year.The generally non-militant Health Sciences

Association was the first to recommend ac-ceptance of a five-year agreement with only5.5 per cent raises guaranteed.Then they were joined by negotiators for

51,000 health and social services employees,represented by the B.C. Government Em-ployees’ Union and other unions that havelong been adversaries of the B.C. Liberal Par-ty.John Fryer, negotiator for the BCGEU going

back to the epic battles with Social Creditgovernments and now a professor at Univer-sity of Victoria, wasn’t impressed when heheard the news.“These deals reflect what happens when

public sector unions back the losing partyin a provincial election,” he said. “Union bar-gaining power takes a trip down the pooper.”I think there’s more than that going on. Per-

haps today’s union leadership is beginning toaccept that its wage, benefit and pension ar-rangements look pretty good compared to theharsh reality of private businesses competingin a global economy.I asked Premier Christy Clark if this new

approach is inspired by private-sector profitsharing. She agreed that is the model.“I think that’s a great principle for all of us to

work from,” Clark said. “Until now, the growthof public sector wages has been completelyinsulated from changes in the private sector.And this is the first time we’ve ever been ableto successfully link those two things. At thispoint it’s still a small increment wage growth,but it’s a big change, and I hope we can con-tinue to build on it.”From an employee perspective, it is indeed

modest. If real gross domestic product in-creases one per cent beyond the independentforecast used in the provincial budget, em-ployees get an additional half of one per centraise for that year.Contrast this labour relations development

with what’s happening on the federal scene. Aclassic confrontation is brewing between theHarper government and the Public ServiceAlliance of Canada.A key dispute is over sick days, which the

government estimates are averaging 18 ayear. PSAC currently has 15 “bankable” sickdays a year, which the union president refersto as a “negotiated right.”It takes me back to my first union job, where

I was warned never to take just one sick day.We negotiated for two at a time, so alwaystake two, the union rep told me. Implicit inthis is the mindset that employees shouldgive as little and take as much as possible.Looking through my files each December

for the B.C. story of the year, I consider whatis likely to matter five or 10 years from now.This partnership approach to building the

provincial economy is my pick for 2013.

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Top 5 news stories from 2013

New linksDelta has long been isolated by geogra-

phy, cut off from the rest of Metro Van-couver by the Fraser River. In 2013, thatchanged, with transportation projectsconnecting Delta to the rest of the regionlike never before.The announcement by Premier Christy

Clark in September that the provincialgovernment intends to replace the agingGeorge Massey Tunnel with a new bridgealong Highway 99 came as welcome newsfor the many South Deltans who com-mute across the Fraser River every day.According to Clark, the cost for the

bridge would likely be in the $1 bil-lion-range, similar to the Port MannBridge. She promised construction on thenew span would begin by no later than2017, but wouldn’t say whether tolls willbe required to pay for it.After close to four years of construction,

the long-awaited opening of the 40-km,$1.26 billion South Fraser Perimeter Roadin South Delta took place in December.The new highway will connect the

Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and the Rob-erts Bank superport with Highway 1, pro-viding a direct link through Ladner, Til-bury, North Delta, and Surrey.

Delta growsThis past year saw a number of residen-

tial developments move forward, eachwith the potential to change the commu-nity around them.In November, Delta Council voted 6-1

in favour of approving the controversialSouthlands development in Tsawwas-sen, after more than 40 years of failed at-tempts to develop the 217-hectare parcel.The proposed development, which still

needs approval from Metro Vancouver,will see 950 residential units built on theproperty, with close to 80 per cent of theproperty to be upgraded for agriculturaluse and handed over to the Corporationof Delta.In July, the Marina Garden Estates de-

velopment was approved by Delta Coun-cil on third reading in a narrow 4-2 vote.The development along the Ladner wa-terfront calls for 674 residential units,as well as a waterfront park and publicspace.

In October, MK Delta Lands revisedtheir development proposal for a 36-hect-are site adjacent to the Burns Bog Con-servancy Area.The new plan scrapped a pro-

posed 40,000-square-metreoutlet mall, and includes1,100 residential units in theform of 650 four-storey apart-ments and 450 three-storeytownhouses, as well as 12,000square metres of commercialspace. The neighbourhood plancalls for a walkable town centre, withcommunity space and parks making upclose to half of the property.The proposal will also see $12 million in

Highway 91 upgrades, as well as an ad-ditional 78 hectares of land added to theconservancy area.The revised MK Delta Lands proposal is

set to go to public hearing in early 2014.

Public protestWith change comes protest to that

change, and in 2013, South Deltans madetheir voices heard. In Tsawwassen, con-cerned residents there spoke up aboutthe controversial Southlands develop-

ment, as well as the proposal to install a50,000-watt, 150-foot tall five-tower AMradio array just over the border in Point

Roberts.The proposed Fraser SurreyDocks coal terminal generatedfierce public opposition fromresidents upset with prospectof more coal train rumblingthrough Delta.In September, protesters

blocked Port Metro Vancouverconstruction crews tasked with re-

moving creosote-covered driftwood logsfrom the Boundary Bay salt marsh ina largely symbolic protest against PortMetro Vancouver’s proposed Terminal 2expansion.

Election timeTwo Delta politicians fought and succeed-

ed in retaining their office this past year.In May Delta South MLA Vicki Hunting-

ton became the first independent provincialpolitician in history to win re-election. Hun-tington soundly defeated challengers BruceMcDonald of the BC Liberals and Nic Slaterof the BC NDP.

❙ This past year saw the completion of the South FraserPerimeter Road (above, Adrian MacNair photo), the

announcement of a bridge to replace the George MasseyTunnel (top middle, Jeff Nagel photo), the re-election of

independent Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington (far right,Adrian MacNair photo), and the 125th anniversary of the

Delta Police Department (bottom, Jennifer Gauthier photo).

❙ Robert Mangelsdorf editor

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This past year was one of great change for South Delta, all of which was chronicled in the pages of the South Delta Leader

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Huntington held 48.03 percent of the popular vote, with10,619 in her favour. McDonaldhad 8,114 votes (36.7 per cent),while Slater had 3,375 (15.27 percent).Tsawwassen First Nation Chief

Bryce Williams was re-electedafter the result of the Sept. 2012election were thrown out. ChiefWilliams won by a 106-86 mar-gin in the rematch over formerchief Kim Baird, who served ashead of Tsawwassen First Na-tion for 14 years.

Milestones passedA number local organiza-

tions, groups, and institutionspassed significant milestonesthis past year. Most notable,the Delta Police Departmentcelebrated 125 years of servingand protecting Deltans, whilethe Delta Fire Departmentmarked its 50th anniversary.South Delta’s two public high

schools both celebrated birth-days, with Delta SecondarySchool marking a full centuryof educating Ladner’s teens,while Tsawwassen’s South Del-ta Secondary School turned 40years old.Each of Delta’s pubic librar-

ies also had anniversariesin 2013. The Ladner Pioneer

Library turned 50 years oldthis year, while TsawwassenLibrary celebrated 40 yearssince its founding. The GeorgeMackie Library in North Deltaalso had a birthday, turning 30years old.A number of community or-

ganizations had birthdays oftheir own in 2013. The DeltaHospital Foundation marked25 years of working to improvethe standard of care at the Del-ta Hospital, while the BurnsBog Conservation Society alsocelebrated its 25th anniversa-ry, marking a quarter centuryof work to protect the ecologi-cally-sensitive Burns Bog.

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Laura Dixon, Deltaschool board chairFor Delta school board

chair Laura Dixon the big sto-ry was the provincial Liberalswinning a fourth straightmajority government in mayand everyone involved ineducation took notice. NewMinister of Education PeterFassbender was given a di-rective from Premier ChristieClark to achieve a 10 year contract with teachersin order to try to achieve labour peace and rede-sign the role of school board trustees through theBritish Columbia School Trustees Association.Bargaining at the provincial level with teachers

is ongoing and in Delta our support staff have rat-ified their latest collective agreement at the localtable,” said Dixon, adding these two provincialprojects closely parallel work already underway atthe Delta School District.She said in 2013 the district implemented

a formal teacher mentorship programfor new teachers and are reviewing as-sessment practices as they relate tostudent achievement, which fit wellwith the ministry’s proposed curricu-lum changes.Other initiatives include the areas

of aboriginal studies, technology inno-vation, career training, academics, arts, andathletics.“We are well on our path to achieving our Vision

of being a leading District of innovative teachingand learner success,” said Dixon.

Leslie Abramson,Tsawwassen RotaryTo realize why Leslie

Abramson picked the DeltaHospital’s announcement ofa new medical imaging wingand lab departments, youhave to know a bit about hermedical history.“It makes our hospital look

bad, but it is not,” she said.”It

just does not have the equipment that we need.”Abramson was being treated by the Rapid Ac-

cess Clinic at Delta Hospital for a leg problem thathad been hampering her for three months.As it turned out she had snapped her Achilles

Tendon but the hospital didn’t have the diagnostictools to identify the problem quickly.“If Delta Hospital had had the equipment re-

quired to diagnose this problem it would havebeen a lot faster and accurate,” said Abramson.“So, that is why I think that announcement wasimportant, so no one else has to go through whatI went through.”Abramson said she loves “Our Little Hospital”

and looks forward to the addition of new servicesfor the citizens of Delta.

Orville Nickel, DeltaChamber of CommerceFor business-minded cham-

ber of commerce chair OrvilleNickel, picking one top newsstory is difficult. He points tothe acceptance of the South-lands development by Delta

Council that will injecteconomic value tocommunity as onegood news story.The development of new housing for

South Delta will add jobs, inject newmoney into the economy, increase the

tax base for local government and providepeople with a quality place to live,” he said.

The small businesses in South Delta will bene-fit both during the construction phase of 20 years,as well as afterward when those living in the newhousing will shop locally and add to the economichealth of local businesses.Nickel also pointed to the Fraser Surrey Docks

coal export expansion as a good jobs creator andhelpful to the economy of Delta, Surrey, and B.C.But his top story pick is Fortis BC’s $400 million

expansion of their liquefied natural gas operationson Tilbury Island.“That is an industry investment that will provide

many benefits to Delta over time,” said Nickel. “B.C.natural gas and its LNG derivative is ultimatelyimportant to Delta in terms of moving forward intime as natural gas is the clean fuel now and evenmore for the future.”

What mattered most toSouth Delta in 2013?The South Delta Leader had many top news stories to chosefrom over the past year, but we decided to ask five prominentmembers of the community what was most important to them.

❙ Adrian MacNair REPORTER

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Laura Dixon

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John Savage, EastLadner farmer and formeragriculture minister

Not all the top stories makethe newspapers. For the localfarmers the biggest news is theweather and how that affectscrops.For fourth generation East Del-

ta farmer John Savage, the cropquality this year was “very good.”“Some exceeded the average

by up to 20 per cent or more,” hesaid. “On others, prices droppedconsiderably, such as blueber-ries.”The weather created some

problems for farming, particu-larly with a very wet Septemberthat washed out several hundredhectares of grains and potatoes.“Thankfully, October was a

month with no rain, so most ofthe crops were harvested,” hesaid.Savage said the Corporation

of Delta deserves thanks fromfarmers for working with theprovince to improve drainage inDelta after the announcementin 2005 that the South Fraser Pe-rimeter Road would be built. Hesaid the investment of millionsof dollars toward improvingwater flow capacity and drain-age improvements have helpedfarmers considerably.

Sylvia Bishop, DeltacouncillorFor Coun. Sylvia Bishop, who

ran in North Delta for the NDPin the 2014 May election, thesurprising re-election of the BCLiberals earns top marks.“While everyone expected a

close race I don’t think anyonepredicted the outcome, giventhe unpopularity of BC Liberalpolicies, so many of their MLAschoosing not to run again,” saidBishop.She said Premier Clark strug-

gled to keep her caucus unit-ed in the face of public scan-dals like the ethnic outreachscheme. The story broke in

March that Liberal party of-ficials and government staffplanned to collaborate to usepublic money to drum up votesfor the party in ethnic commu-nities.Despite these woes and poll-

ing that had the NDP riding ahuge margin headed into theelection, the BC Liberals pre-vailed with voters.“Of the many lessons learned,

there are two that stand outfor me: take nothing for grant-ed and those who show up tovote, decide the outcome,” saidBishop. “Happy New Year toyou and your families!”

John Savage Sylvia Bishop

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❙ Top 5 photosof 2013

Clockwise from top right:• Jack McDonald of the South Del-ta Sun Devils scores a touchdownagainst the visiting Kelowna Owlsin September. Robert Mangelsdorfphoto• Corporation of Delta Chief Operat-ing Officer George Harvie competesin the Delta Triathlon in April. JimKinnear photo• Liam Patrick Murray, 7, pays hisrespects during the RemembranceDay ceremony in Ladner. Jim Kin-near photo• Billie, the daughter of Billie’s Bar-bershop owner Adina Shore, standsin front of the family businessin Ladner Village in July. AdrianMacNair photo• Delta Police Const. Jason Martenswith his dog PSD Tyson Von Grun-heide in April. Rob Newell photo

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There were many people whomade the news in 2013, but theSouth Delta Leader have recog-nized five individuals whom webelieve were the “newsmakers” ofthe year.• In February, Delta PoliceChief

Const. Jim Cessford boldly re-jected calls to join a regionalpolicing model follow-ing recommendationsmade by Wally Op-pal at the MissingWomen Inquiry.Cessford said Del-ta’s model of polic-ing where “no call istoo small” is the onethat works best for itsresidents and that it assistedin catching the killer of LauraSzendrei. The longest servingchief of any police force in Cana-da, he also celebrated the depart-ment’s 125th anniversary earlierthis year.• Eliza Olson of the Burns Bog

Conservation Society may nothave grabbed headlines herselfthis year, but the conservation-ist was instrumental in raisingthe opposition to developmentswhich she fears will threatenthe largest raised peat bog onthe west coast of the Americas.By sounding the alarm on a pro-posed mixed residential devel-opment by MK Delta Lands inNorth Delta, Olson has managed

to force the company to go backto the drawing board numeroustimes in order to convince thepublic of the merits of the plan.She was also instrumental inbringing attention the FraserSurrey Docks coal trains, whichproposes transporting four mil-

lion metric tonnes of coalthrough North Deltaeach year. Her con-tinued efforts tobring awareness tothis sensitive eco-system earned hera Hats Off to Excel-lence tourism award

nomination from theDelta Chamber of Com-

merce.• In April, Chief Bryce Wil-

liams was elected in a do-overfrom the September 2012 re-sults that were invalidated by ajudicial council last December.Not only did the 23-year-old im-prove his margin of victory thistime around, he put to bed anydoubt that his original win overlong-serving Chief KimBairdwasany fluke. In early October, Wil-liams announced the Treaty FirstNationwould be building its ownsanitary sewer treatment plant,ending years of speculation asto how they would provide theinfrastructure for their ambitiousdevelopment plans in the region.• On Nov. 8, Century Group’s

president Sean Hodgins man-aged to do what no other per-son before him was able: get thecontentious Southlands propertypast third reading in municipalcouncil. Not only was the devel-oper’s revised plan to donate 80per cent of the land to themunic-ipality attractive enough to win a6-1 vote from the council mem-bers, it ended a 42-year historyof failed applications beginningwith the original property own-ers in 1971. Although the battleis far from being won–the issuemust now go before Metro Van-couver for an amendment to theRegional Growth Strategy–it wasa key hurdle in the developmentprocess.• IndependentMLAVickiHun-

tington was re-elected as an in-dependent MLA for Delta Southon May 14, becoming the firstpolitician in B.C. history to wina seat twice without belongingto a political party. The politiciancontinued to use her lone voicein the Victoria legislature to in-troduce legislation pushing forelectoral reform even after fel-low independent MLAs John vanDongen and Bob Simpson failedto be re-elected. In July, Hunting-ton re-introduced legislation tomove fixed election dates to theball so as to prevent the budgetprocess from being unduly influ-enced by the election cycle.

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• The premier vowsa referendum willtake place on any newfunding sources forTransLink. It was anelection promise ofthe BC Liberals butby year end there’sno indication whatthe question will be.Mayors want approv-al to levy a vehiclelevy, a regional salestax, or, eventually, re-gional road pricing.They fear a referen-dum defeat would bea major setback forthe region.• Companies want-

ing to build a newgarbage incineratorfor Metro Vancouverunveil four proposedsites. Two wouldbarge waste to DukePoint near Nanaimoor across Howe Soundto aboriginal landat Port Mellon. Theother two sites arein south Vancouverand at Delta’s LehighCement plant, whichwould burn processedgarbage instead ofcoal.• TransLink delays

the rollout of its new$194-million Compasscard payment system.New faregates wereto block SkyTrainfare evaders by thisfall, but that’s pushedback to late 2014, withmost users to be of-fered the cards nextsummer.• Metro Vancouver

votes to oppose a coalexport terminal thatwould bring coal viatrain through WhiteRock and South Surreyand send it by bargedown the Fraser River.Several cities, includ-ing Surrey, opposethe project or expressconcern. Port MetroVancouver orders anenvironmental assess-ment, which medicalhealth officers rejectas inadequate. A finaldecision by the port isexpected soon.• Metro Vancouver’s

board rejects a pro-posal to bring backstock car racing at the

old Langley Speedwayin Campbell ValleyRegional Park. Parkadvocates and eques-trians were stronglyopposed.

Top 5 in B.C.• Premier Christy

Clark and the B.C.Liberals are re-elect-ed with a 49-seat ma-jority government inthe May provincialelection, despite pollsthat for months gavethe NDP a sizablelead. The NDP take 34seats, while Indepen-dent Vicki Hunting-ton is re-elected inDelta South and An-drew Weaver becomesB.C.’s first electedGreen MLA.• Marijuana peti-

tioners with SensibleBC fall short of thenumber of signaturesneeded to potentiallyforce a referendum onpot decriminalization.Organizers vow to tryagain and seek newways to convince gov-ernment to enact potreforms.• The province

launches reviews ofhighway speed limitsand also liquor policy,promising to exploreways to allow grocerystores to sell beerand wine. More pub-lic concern is voicedabout potentialchanges to the Agri-cultural Land Reservethrough the govern-ment’s core review.• The B.C. govern-

ment orders a five-year freeze on fur-ther increases to theprovince’s carbon tax.Later in the year, thegovernment announc-es BC Hydro rates willclimb 28 per cent overfive years. Significantcuts to BC Ferries ser-vice are also planned.• The province re-

lents and allows anopt-out for smart me-ter resisters – theycan keep their ana-log meters but onlyif they pay a monthlymeter-reading sur-charge. Opponentsaim to fight on with aclass-action lawsuit.

Top 5 in Canada

• Toronto mayor RobFord becomes thesubject of internation-al ridicule after admit-ting to crack cocaineuse. Video of the heav-ily intoxicated mayorthat shows him mak-ing violent threatsgoes viral. A string oflies, false accusations,and bizarre behaviourcontinue to hound thefirst-term mayor ofCanada’s largest city.• Ottawa is con-

sumed by a Senatescandal over theclaiming of improperexpenses that trig-gers resignations inthe Prime Minister’soffice, accusationsof a cover-up and acontinuing RCMP in-vestigation. The Sen-ate votes to suspendthe three senators inquestion – Mike Duffy,Pamela Wallin andPatrick Brazeau.• Calgary was on the

receiving end of allmanner of extremeweather this year.In late June, heavyrains caused theworst flooding in CowTown’s history, kill-ing four people anddisplacing more than100,000. Damage formthe flood is estimat-ed at $1.7 billion. Inall, 32 municipal gov-ernments declared astate of emergency insouthern Alberta as aresult of the flooding.Winter brought no re-spite for Calgarians,who were buffeted bya blizzard in early De-cember, closing high-ways and cancellingflights.• New federal Liberal

leader Justin Trudeausparks debate with acall to legalize mar-ijuana and his ad-mission of past potuse – the last timebeing three years agoas MP. Tories high-light Trudeau’s ad-mission in responseto questions on thecrack-smoking anticsof Toronto mayor RobFord. By December,polls put the Liberalsas much as 10 points

ahead of the Conser-vatives as the Senatescandal continues torock Ottawa.• The federal gov-

ernment makes over-tures to build supportfor new oil pipelinesthrough B.C. to Asianmarkets. PremierChristy Clark insistsB.C. will hold fast toits five conditions. Butindustry optimismgrows that more oilcould yet flow westafter Clark promisesAlberta premier Ali-son Redford that B.C.won’t seek to benefitfrom Alberta’s roya-lites.

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one in 18-year-old Tristan Jarry’sbudding hockey career. The Tsaw-wassen goaltender registered an18-7 record in 27 games with theEdmontonOil Kings of theWesternHockey League in 2012/13, postingleague-high totals with a 1.61 goals-against average and a .936 save per-centage. His six shutouts were tiedfor second-most in the WHL. Jarryturned heads at the CHL Top Pros-pects game where he was namedTeam Cherry’s Player of the Gameafter stopping all 16 shots he faced.The Pittsburgh Penguins took no-tice and made Jarry their top draftpick at the 2013 NHL draft in June,selecting him in the second round,44th overall, after the club trad-ed up to acquire him. Earlier thismonth, the Penguins signed Jarryto a three-year entry level contract.

Vancouver GiantsturnaroundThe 2012/13 season was one the

Ladner-based Western HockeyLeague franchise would just assoon forget, as they went 21-49-2,their worst performance since theirinaugural season. However, an add-ed year of experience for the youngteam and some key additions sawthe Giants rebound in the 2013/14season. At the end of the calendaryear, the Giants are third in the B.C.division, playing well above .500and with a firm grip on a playoffberth.

South Delta Rams win twoB.C. titlesTheSouthDelta Rams junior ban-

tam football team took home twoprovincial titles in 2013, winningtheB.C. flag football title inMay, be-fore trouncing the Abbotsford Fal-cons 47-8 towin the B.C. communi-ty football championship. MichaelCalvert was named the team’s topoffensive player, with Ryan Jensenand Eduardo Gonzalez picking upthe top defence and special teamplayer awards, respectively.Calvert was also named most in-

spirational, while AndrewKraftwasnamed most sportsmanlike. Doug-las Jameson was named the team’soutstanding wide receiver, while

BillyMatwichynawon theTrueGritaward.

Sun Devils win secondstraight volleyball titleThe South Delta Sun Devils re-

peated as provincial champions inNovember at the B.C. AAAA girls’volleyball provincials in Pentic-ton, defeating Earl Marriott in thefinal, three sets to one. Nicole Mc-

Namara, Megan McNamara, andcaptain Christine Howlett wereeach named first team all-stars,with Nicole McNamara picking upthe tournament MVP honour. Cas-sidy Pearsonwas also named to thetournament’s second all-star team.

Ladner Pioneers miss outon WCSLA titleThe Ladner Pioneers dominated

their opponents in 2013, falling onewin short of a league title. The Pio-neers fell to the Tri-City Bandits inthe Senior B lacrosse finals, drop-ping the best-of-five playoff seriesthree games to two. The Pioneersfinished the regular season with arecord of 11-3, good for first over-all. Ladner went 7-3 in the playoffs,going undefeated in the first tworounds.

Top 5 sports stories of 2013❙ Robert Mangelsdorf EDITOR

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On July 28, 2011, at the 13600 blockof 100thAvenue, Surrey, B.C., PeaceOfficer(s) of the CFSEU seized,at the time indicated, the subjectproperty, described as: $10,780CAD, on or about 22:30 Hours.The subject property was seizedbecause there was evidence thatthe subject property had beenobtained by the commission of anoffence (or offences) under section354(1) (Possession of propertyobtained by crime) of the CriminalCode of Canada.Notice is hereby given that thesubject property, CFO file Number:2013-1866, is subject to forfeitureunder Part 3.1 of the CFA and willbe forfeited to the Government fordisposal by the Director of CivilForfeiture unless a notice of disputeis filed with the Director within the

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