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Beer label drawscopyright concernsIn ‘awkward situation,’ shipmentsof a new Central City Brewers beer ison hold until a new label is designed

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Back to drawing board for beer labelBusiness

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Anew line of comic-book inspiredbeers by Central City Brewers hasalready hit store shelves, but future

shipments are on hold after concerns over acharacter on the label.

The company is redesigning the labelafter copyright concerns were raised aboutan image on the label, described as being “alittle bit too close” to an existing comic bookcharacter.

The beer is called Detective Saison andit is the first in a new series of beverages bythe Surrey-based brewer. The series takes aunique angle by having each brew representa character in an overarching storylinebased in a fictional Central City universe.

Detective Saison was recently launchedas the debut beer, but the initial design usedfor the female detective character has beencalled into question.

On Thursday (March 4), a Kelowna-based designer tweeted the character designused for Detective Saison bears a strikingsimilarity to Deena Pilgrim, a detectivecharacter used in the Powers Supergroupcomic, published by Image Comics.

“Neat idea w/ Detective Saison butdid you have to completely copy @Brianmbendis?” tweeted Myron Campbell,showing a side-by-side image of DetectiveSaison and Deena Pilgrim.

Campbell, who teaches visual arts at UBCOkanagan, said he did a double take in thestore when he saw the bottle.

“I thought, ‘Wow that kind of lookssimilar to Powers,’ and I did a quick searchand it really is like Powers,” he said.

Also a fan of craft beer and the Powerscomic series, Campbell said for him, thereare too many similarities for it to be acoincidence.

“The pose, the shadows, the fingers. It’sarguably a little bit too close,” he said.

Tim Barnes, VP of sales and marketing forCentral City Brewers, said he was not ableto comment directly on any comparisonsbetween the label and the Powerscharacter, only that the company was “notcomfortable” with the current label. As aresult, the company is redesigning the labeland is not shipping any more of the productuntil that process is complete.

“I can tell you that we’re in a veryawkward situation right now,” he said on

Friday, adding the similarity was broughtto the company’s attention on Thursday(March 4).

As for the bottles already on store shelves,Barnes said they would not be recallingthose at this time, but instead holding therest of the product that’s yet to be shippedout.

“At this point we’re not doing a productrecall, what we are doing is a non-ship andwe’ve taken it off our shelves at our liquorstore and brewery,” said Barnes.

Being in the design industry himself,Campbell said he feels for Central City as itappears to be an honest mistake on its part.

“I’m sure they assumed that they gotoriginal artwork and now a client is at fault

in a situation when it’s a design agency’sintegrity to make sure everything out thedoor is original. That’s what the client ispaying for,” said Campbell.

“I’m sure they didn’t know and the designagency is really the one that should’veknown better.”

After Campbell’s tweet regarding thesimilarities made the rounds on Twitter,Michael Oeming, creator of the PowersSupergroup series tweeted, “Well, looks likeI’m going to own a beer company,” beforefollowing up with, “I’m kidding. But stealingart and copyright isn’t very cool. Just ask.”

And while it may be off to a rocky start,Barnes said the idea of a story-based beerline will continue, with four more beers

planned for 2015.“I want to reinforce the fact that we’re

not going to let any one individual stop anidea that we feel is still a good idea,” saidBarnes. “So what we’re going to do is comeback with another label but we still want topursue the story, we still think it’s a goodidea and we don’t want this very awkwardsituation from stopping us doing what wewant to do.”

Campbell is also a fan of the idea, andhopes to see something good come out ofthe situation.

“It’s a super awesome interesting idea, andit would be great to collaborate with localcomic book artists and in turn showcasetheir work,” he said.

Barnes said the new labels would likely beready to ship in about four weeks and thatthe company is more motivated than ever tomake the beer series work.

“This isn’t going on the back burner,” hesaid. “We don’t want this challenge to stopus from doing what we want to do. The onething I can tell you is that Central City doesnot steal ideas, that’s not how we operate.”

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The original design for the Detective Saison beer (left) and the Powers Supergroup character Deena Pilgrim. (Myron Campbell/Twitter)

So what we’re going to do is come back with another labelbut we still want to pursue the story, we still think it’sa good idea and we don’t want this very awkwardsituation from stopping us doing what we want to do.



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SURREY — Had famously sexistradio host Howard Stern been present atThursday’s Women In Business luncheonat Eaglequest Golf Course to ask awardrecipients their “favourite position,” a likelyanswer from any of the successful femaleswould be “CEO.”

And several of them were, including AnitaHuberman, CEO of the Surrey Board ofTrade, which hosted the event.

Four women took home awards forentrepreneurship to leadership qualities, buteveryone left with a little encouragement ofwomen’s strength in doing business after animpassioned keynote speech by Liberal leaderJustin Trudeau.

“A new generation of educated, hardworking women has joined the workforce,”he told the crowd, which included TamaraVrooman, CEO of Vancity — the first everfinancial institution to allow women a lineof credit without being signed off by a man— acting mayor Barbara Steele, and otherbusiness professionals and their supporters.

“The Surrey Board of Trade gets it whenit comes to small business,” he said,“and themost successful businesses in Surrey are runby women.”

That fact was evident as tables werecrowded by business owners andentrepreneurs, most of them female.

Nominees who attended the luncheoncelebrating women in business includedDiskordanse’s artistic director Nela Hallwas,Leona Winrob of TapSnap, Penny Bradleyof Alexandra Neighbourhood House andNimisha Virani of Nim’s Pharmacy — just toname a few.

And the women who took home theawards? They were well-supported by thosein the room.

Angela Herd swept up theentrepreneurship award for The FamilyHope Clinic, which provides education andcounselling services to children, youth andadults.

Next up was Kwantlen Polytechnic

University’s Dr. Jane Fee, who got her awardin the professional category.

The win for not-for-profit leader wentto Coreen Windbiel from the SurreyAssociation for Community Living, whichprovides programs and support services forpeople with developmental disabilities andtheir families.

Finally, in the corporate/leadershipcategory, was Hanne Madsen withGroYourBiz, a business initiative “that bringsa tactical and proven approach” to meetingthe needs of women business owners.

As for the future? Trudeau made a pointof saying he’ll put the professional successof women in the forefront if elected primeminister.

“We need to reach out [to women],”Trudeau told the Now in a later media event.

“The Liberal party, even though we hadan open nomination program, we actuallymade specific initiatives to encourage womento step up in politics… there’s a tremendouscontribution that can be made from womenentering the workforce.”

He went on to say that studies have shownthat women’s participation on boards makefor better decision-making, and that he looksforward to presenting a political platformwith a gender balance.

Finally, asked if he was a feminist, hesaid,“Yes, absolutely. I know there are a lotof different definitions of it, but I believe,fundamentally, in equality for women.”

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People in our communities have demonstrated time and again they have a very generous spirit. They aremore than willing to support those in need. However in recent years, the number of people supportingpublic charities has been declining. So what’s happening? People are looking for a more personal givingexperience as well as more transparency on how their donations are being used.

According to the Fraser Institute, the number of people supporting public charities has been in declinesince 2006 and less than 22% of people in our province that file tax returns support public charities.Reports from the BMO Philanthropy Group and Imagine Canada indicate that Canadian donors areconcerned that charities will not use donations wisely and spend excessively on administration.

We need a “do-over”. Many of our public charities spend a significant amount of our donations asking usfor money. Glossy brochures and magazines, full page ads, radio and television promotions, bill boards,lots of staff making calls to prospective donors, we can go on and on. In my view, a charity soliciting fordonations is not engaging the community.

Why does community engagement matter? I believe community engagement is all about inviting people toshare their ideas, their opinions, their life experiences and professional skills. It involves accepting peoplebased on who they are and not how much money they have or how well they’ re educated. Communityengagement is an open and honest discussion between people about what serves the best interests of thecommunity without fear of rejection or ridicule.

I believe many of our charities need to redefine their relationship with supporters if they are to meet theever increasing social needs of their community. An important first step should include an invitation to allvolunteers and financial supporters to join as voting members.

Voting membership should be available to anyone who is prepared to commit themselves to theconstitution and by-laws of the charity they support. The rights of voting members should include the rightto attend the charity’s Annual General Meeting, the right to participate in the board nomination process, theright to make proposals and direct questions to board members and staff at a meeting of the membership.

Voting members are more likely to become volunteers, are more likely to be generous with their donations,more likely to become vocal advocates for the work of the charity in the community. Those in thecommunity that choose not to become members but wish to be supporters would have greater confidencemaking a donation with the knowledge that charity leadership is accountable to an engaged votingmembership.

We need a strong vibrant charity presence in every community. I believe people will respond to charitiesthat adopt community engagement as a core operating principle. If charities begin by embracing thetalents, the experience and passion of those that live in the community, people will not only respond withtheir cheque books, but more importantly with their hearts.

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DELTA — Two young girls from HeathElementary are among many studentshoping to contend in the Delta schooldistrict science fair happening Wednesday,March 11.

Ayela Arif and Sukhmandip Kang, both11 years old and in Grade 6, are vying for aspot in the competition after they presentedtheir experiment on March 2 at theirschool’s science fair.

“It’s about what beverages can stain yourteeth the most and how different beveragescan harm your teeth,” Ayela said about thegirls’ project, in which they dipped eggshellsin three different types of drinks to see theireffect on teeth.

“We hypothesized that Coca-Cola wouldstain teeth the most because it has a pH levelof 2.5,” added Sukhmandip.

The girls used chai tea, Coca-Colaand coffee as their test subjects and usedhollowed-out eggs to steep in the beveragesfor five hours. They explained that coffeehas a pH level of 5.0 while tea has a pH levelof 7.0.

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very scientific answer.“We took eggshells because of the

similarities between teeth and eggshells,”Ayela said.

Sukhmandip added, “because they’reboth made out of calcium.”

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smart. Their teacher, Rachel Stewart, thinkstheir method gives them a shoe-in to getinto the district competition.

“They did a lot of research and having awhole colour meter up, I thought that wasreally cool,” she told the Now.

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the most acidity (Coca-Cola) would havethe most detrimental effect on teeth, whilethe drink with the lowest acidity wouldhave a lesser effect. Turns out that chai tea,with a pH level of seven, showed the moststains.

“Our hypothesis was wrong, actually,”Ayela admitted. “I asked my dentist about itand she said it depends on how much of thebeverage you drink daily. If you drink twoor three servings a day, then it will reallyharm your teeth.”

Coke has 25 teaspoons of sugar,Sukhmandip said.

Although the results weren’t whatthey expected, the girls said doing theexperiment changed how they look at whatthey drink.

Asked if they would opt for water insteadof pop at a restaurant now that they knowthe damage it can cause, the girls bothanswered a resounding, “Yes.”

The 2015 Delta District Science Fair,called “Minds on Discovery” takes placeat Scottsdale Centre in North Delta onWednesday (March 11).

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NORTH DELTA — A charity that makesa difference in the lives of youth left aconsiderable impression on a group ofyoung philanthropists who donated $5,000to their cause.

A group of four Grade 12 students atSeaquam Secondary chose the Delta-basedReach Child & Youth Development Societyto receive this year’s grant from the Youthand Philanthropy Initiative (YPI).

Kiva Ford, Danielle Chies, Rasha Syedand Emma Douglas were the winning teamamong dozens of students participating inthe program that sees high school studentsresearch and present on social issues andlocal charities in their community.

When the group began the project, thegirls said they weren’t aware of many of thecharities they were researching or what theirgoals were.

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Seaquam students began the YPI programin January by researching social problemsand creating engaging and persuasivepresentations on a local charity they believeis most deserving of the $5,000 grant.

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The Editor,Re: “War of words heats up in struggle

for transit vote,” the Now, March 5.A “No” vote sends a message not only

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Directors receive salaries of $469,000when the head of the largest and mostcomplicated transit system in the world– New York City – receives $169,000.Companies like Microsoft, IBM andApple operate with one board ofdirectors, not six like TransLink.

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Waste award anotherreason to vote ‘No’The Editor,

Re: “War of words heats up in strugglefor transit vote,” the Now, March 5.

This year’s federal Teddy WasteAwards Lifetime Achievement wasbestowed on Vancouver’s TransLink,

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A ‘Yes’ vote meansmore taxes and tollsThe Editor,

Re: “War of words heats up in strugglefor transit vote,” the Now, March 5.

I passed a large electronic sign inSurrey today admonishing to “Vote yesfor a new Patullo Bridge.”

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Could there be sadder indictment of agovernment-created corporation than for itto try to borrow credibility from the private

sector and then present this as a good news story?We’re talking about TransLink, and in this

scenario local billionaire Jim Pattison is the cavalry.The Jim Pattison Group is Canada’s largest

privately owned company, with some 31,000employees and $7.6 billion in annual sales. When itcomes to money, the man clearly knows what he’sdoing. TransLink, on the other hand, has a deepand troubling history of chronic mismanagment ofthe green stuff. Indeed, when it comes to managingmoney the corporation has a credibility gap as deepand wide as the Grand Canyon.

The Canadian Federation of IndependentBusiness (CFIB) conducted a survey of MetroVancouver business owners and found 91 per centof respondents don’t trust TransLink to spend newcash wisely. Ouch.

So, Mr. Pattison has been appointed to overseeTransLink’s transit spending if the “Yes” sidewins in the upcoming plebiscite on whether theprovincial sales tax should be raised by 0.5 per centto fund new transportation projects.

The mayors of Surrey and Vancouver presentedthis news, which almost smacks of receivership, asa major boon to their cause. But it’s not. It’s sad,because this is not a private company being tosseda lifesaver, but a government-created corporationwanting more tax revenue it doesn’t deserve.

Pattison is cast in the role of the big brotherbrought along as back-up to his little brother’sschoolyard fight. A fine thing for a big brotherto do, but it also speaks volumes about the littlebrother’s inability to fend for himself and stand onhis own two feet.

Remember, the plebiscite is not about whetherwe want better and proper transit. Of course wedo, everyone does. The plebiscite is whether theprovincial sales tax should be increased.

Between 1994 and 2014, Surrey taxpayers“contributed” more than $480 million toTransLink. It has already taken enough of thepublic’s money and should therefore already haveenough cash to fund these transit projects.

Sorry we blew it, but just trust us this oncemore, doesn’t cut it. Even with Jim Pattison in yourcorner.

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The transit plebiscite ballots are set to arrive in homesstarting next week, which means the campaign overwhether or not to hike the sales tax by a half point in

Metro Vancouver is really just beginning.Up until now, much of the “debate” between the “Yes” side

and the “No” side (which largely takes place in media newsstories) has been lost on most voters.

I suspect few people have been paying close attention tothe arguments for and against the tax hike, and won’t reallyfocus on the issue at hand until they have that ballot in theirhands.

But what has become clear, judging from comments onsocial media and media web sites, is that the “No” side hasuncovered a simmering anger directed at the organizationthat is most directly linked to the plebiscite issue: TransLink.

I pointed out several weeks ago that the “Yes” side hadto get voters focused on potential transit improvementsflowing from that tax increase, and away from thinkingabout TransLink when they ponder how to fill out thatballot.

But I see no evidence that the “Yes” side has beensuccessful on that front, at least not yet.

Last week, the Mayors’ Council announced thatbillionaire Jimmy Pattison, who oozes credibility, will chaira committee to oversee the money collected by the tax hike.All well and good, but I doubt Pattison’s appointment willtrump the ill will directed at TransLink over a number ofissues.

For example, TransLink’s decision to change its CEO,while a good one, became a public relations fiasco when itsboard admitted it was actually going to keep the outgoingCEO on full salary while paying the new CEO a full salaryas well.

That was done to avoid a huge severance payment but anyrational explanation was lost in the furor over the bad opticsof paying two huge salaries.

The new CEO, Doug Allen, is a highly regarded formersenior civil servant in the provincial government. In hisfirst few weeks on the job, he has discovered TransLink hasa deeply imbedded “bunker mentality” that will be hard toremove.

“TransLink has no friends,” he told me.The mayors don’t want ownership of the organization

and neither does the provincial government.While most transit experts rank the TransLink system as

one of the best in North America and other jurisdictions,it has earned a reputation (unfairly at times) as a bloated,wasteful and tone-deaf organization with many of thepeople who rely on its services.

Allen should be able to make some much-needed changes.TransLink is also getting a capable new communicationsdirector – Marc Riddell, with whom I worked at Global TV– which should also lead to some improvements.

But to turn TransLink’s public image into a positive onewill take a lot longer than the few weeks voters will havetheir hands on those plebiscite ballots.

The “Yes” side seems increasingly desperate, as it flingsout big numbers when it comes to reduced travel times orcosts if the tax hike is approved and suggests an apocalypticoutcome if it is not.

But all of that talk, I suspect, is nothing more thannoise for most folks. What isn’t noise, however, are thoseentrenched negative attitudes towards TransLink.

And that is reason enough to worry the “Yes” side.

PETER DUECK WILL BE MISSEDSad to note the recent passing of former B.C. cabinet

minister Peter Dueck. He was a cabinet minister during thetumultuous years of Bill Vander Zalm’s government and Iremember him as a principled, gentle man who establishedhis own personal honour in an administration composed ofmany people who were challenged on that front.

Dueck is also forever tied to a historical moment in B.C.politics. He resigned his Matsqui seat in 1993, paving theway for Mike de Jong of the upstart BC Liberals to win thebyelection there a few months later.

In the byelection, de Jong narrowly defeated Social Crediticon Grace McCarthy.

There are many who think that if McCarthy had won thatfight, she may have been able to rebuild the Socreds and indoing so may have been able to push the BC Liberals backonto the political margins.

But she lost, the once-powerful Socreds faded out ofexistence and the BC Liberals emerged as the dynastic “freeenterprise coalition” in this province.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.He can reached by email at [email protected]

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‘Yes’ side increasingly desperateB.C. politics Your letters

Election costs eye-openingThe Editor,

It sure amazes me when I see the amount that SurreyFirst (taxpayer last) spent on getting re-elected.

The outstanding item was the donation from theSurrey firefighters’ union, which received a hefty payraise right after the election.

Developers were also prominent in theircontributions amid mega-developments being approvedand the many dollars being given in various ways to theSurrey City Development Corporation.

Walter Kerr, Surrey

Bylaws favour buildersThe Editor,

With Linda Hepner receiving almost 50 per cent ofher campaign contributions from developers, it’s nothard to figure out who she and her people in city hallare going to favour.

Early noise curfew bylaws take a backseat when itcomes to construction noise complaints in residentialneighbourhoods. These chronic violators can breakthe law day after week after month and nothing is doneabout it. The city’s will to enforce the law on them is notthere and I’ve witnessed it firsthand.

Surrey’s bylaws department seems more interestedin getting money out of ordinary folks for things likeparking a car on a street somewhere at 3 a.m. and veryimportant things like harassing pet owners for licences.

Our public servants/officials have become peoplewho want authority but avoid responsibility – especiallywhen it comes to their own pockets.

Jackson Nem, Surrey

Nonsense at city hall is shameThe Editor,

Re: “Taxpayers paying for Hepner’s arrogance,” theNow letters, March 3.

I completely agree with John Houghton. I could notsay it any better myself. Glad that some people standup to expose all the nonsense going on in the newmunicipal Linda Hepner government.

What a shame this is.

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The Editor,Re: “White Rock pier comes up short,”

the Now, March 4.It looks like we may need an “Only in

White Rock” Facebook page to keep tabs ofall of the petty and stupid decisions comingout of city hall in the “City By The Sea.”

Even by White Rock standards, givingaway the title of Canada’s longest pier toa town in Quebec with a rock and asphaltjetty half the length of the Tsawwassen ferryterminal is beyond ludicrous.

Duncan, B.C. has the world’s biggesthockey stick and puck. Hartland, NB has theworld’s longest covered bridge. The RideauCanal in Ottawa, Ont. is the world’s longestskateway. Tourists flock to these attractions.

With property taxes a third higher inWhite Rock than Surrey, it is becomingobvious that residents there are paying extrafor incompetence. I’d suggest we say thatWhite Rock has Canada’s longest “wooden”pier at 470 metres or 1,542 feet.

A simple solution to this lengthy problemsolved free of charge by a guy who lives inSurrey. I hope they remember to invite meto the ribbon cutting ceremony.

Don Pitcairn, Surrey

If Quebec Marina ispier, so is TsawwassenThe Editor,

Re: “White Rock pier comes up short,”the Now, March 4.

If they see the Quebec Portneuf Marinahas a pier, how is it they did not see theTsawwassen causeway as a pier? Because theTsawwassen one is much nearer to WhiteRock, you don’t need to look far to see it.And especially since Tsawwassen’s is so verymuch longer in length!

It would be interesting to see how theycame up with the Quebec Marina in the firstplace.

Tony Roy, White Rock

Editorial about policetransparency bang onThe Editor,

Re: “Transparency key when it comes topolice complaints,” the Now, March 3.

As this editorial points out, B.C.’s police

complaints process lacks transparency andaccountability. That applies not only toinvestigations into police but to the agencythat oversees them. B.C.’s Office of thePolice Complaint Commissioner operates innear secrecy and answers to no one. Unless acase happens to get publicity, we don’t knowhow the OPCC handled it.

Any reforms to the Police Act should startwith police complaint commissioner StanLowe’s office.

Greg Klein, Nanaimo

Pattison appointmentshows board is uselessThe Editor,

Let me try and get my simple mindaround this. The Mayor’s Council has askedJimmy Pattison, together with an advisoryboard he will gather, to oversee how the taxmoney collected will be spent in the event ofa “Yes” vote on the new transit levy?

So Mr. Pattison, one of Canada’s mostastute and respected business leaders, isgoing to be asked to ensure money collected

by the provincial government from ourtaxes actually goes for the purpose it is beingcollected? And then to ensure it is spent in afiscally responsible manner?

The question, of course, is what doesthe board of TransLink do, if not chargedwith the responsibility to oversee how thebusiness is run? It is not bad enough we arealready paying for two CEOs, now we needan advisory board to watch the governmentand also oversee the existing TransLinkboard.

Just vote “No.”

R.W. Davies, Surrey

Why not say White Rock has longest wooden pier?Your letters

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SOUTH FRASER — The “Yes” side maybe gaining momentum if an informalpoll is any indication during Thursdayevening’s South Fraser telephone townhall meeting on the upcoming transitplebiscite.

Callers from Ladner, Tsawwassen, WhiteRock and Surrey were invited to joinhost Bill Good along with White RockMayor Wayne Baldwin, Surrey MayorLinda Hepner and Elizabeth Model of theDowntown Surrey Business ImprovementAssociation for a question and answertelephone meeting.

Of the reportedly thousands of peoplelistening in, 27 per cent said they wouldvote “Yes” in the plebiscite question, 16 percent said they would vote “Yes, but withsome concerns,” 22 per cent said they wereundecided and a further 35 per cent saidthey would vote “No.”

All three guests spoke heavily in favourof the “Yes” vote, which was sponsored bythe Mayors’ Council which is advocatingin favour of the plebiscite question toapprove a 0.5 per cent regional sales tax tofund a 10-year, $7.5 billion capital plan.

Baldwin said a 25-per-centimprovement in day buses and an 80-per-cent improvement in night buses will saveWhite Rock commuters 20 minutes inroundtrips to the Vancouver Airport, 15minutes to Metrotown, 20 minutes to UBCand 40 minutes to North Vancouver.

“A ‘Yes’ vote will mean an extensionof the 96B line from Newton to WhiteRock, frequent buses from South Surreyand White Rock to the Canada Line everyfive minutes during rush hour and newlight rail on the doorsteps of thousands ofresidents South of the Fraser,” Baldwin toldcallers.

Model said the funding is particularlyimportant for Surrey, which is expectedto created 160,000 new jobs in the next 30years and absorb the bulk of one millionnew residents to the region over the sametime span.

“It’s not just the transit riders, it’s alsothe drivers, too, because that will benefitus from the reduced congestion,” shesaid, adding congestion costs the regionaleconomy an estimated $1 billion a year.That number, she said, is expected to riseto $2 billion a year by 2045 without achange to the status quo. “Doing nothingwill cost us far more than the small 35-cent

investment a day for better transit andtransportation.”

Callers asked a number of questionsabout the plebiscite vote, with manyexpressing a lack of confidence inTransLink to handle the money.

“We pay the money and then we have totrust where it’s going to go,” said the firstcaller. “How much of that is going to go toSurrey?”

Hepner reassured the woman thatup to 45 per cent of the plan will go toimprovements in and around Surrey,including 400 new buses, which will beallocated to new routes or where there islittle or no service at all.

Baldwin said a “disproportionate”amount of the funding would go to Southof the Fraser transit services.

“Finally it’s our turn. Right nowVancouver has 90 per cent of theirpopulation within walking distance of aregular bus service at 15-minute intervals.South of the Fraser there’s about 20 percent. So there’s a huge disparity.”

Model said the Mayors’ Council willmonitor the fund and it will be set asidefrom the general revenues of TransLinkin order to ensure the projects designatedfor improvements will receive the fundingthey need. Baldwin reminded the callerthat Jim Pattison has volunteered to act asa “gatekeeper” for the money to ensure it’sspent wisely, as he did for Expo 86.

Another caller said people need sometime to develop confidence in TransLinkbefore they can vote in the plebiscite.

“Why not wait a year and see whetheror not TransLink is worthy of our trust inhow they spend our money,” she asked.

Baldwin said that the Mayors’ Councilhas been discussing TransLink governancefor at least six years and that replacingformer CEO Ian Jarvis with Doug Allen isthe first step.

Jarvis stepped down from his positionlast month, although it has been revealed

he will continue to collect a paychequefrom the organization until June of 2016.

When another caller asked howTransLink ended up paying two CEOs tothe tune of roughly $35,000 a month each,Hepner defended the decision.

“Sometimes people are not particularlygeared for the role that they’ve got butthey’ve got enormous skills,” she said.

“And I can tell you right now that thisman, Mr. Jarvis, has enormous skills andwill be utilized in that way.”

Hepner said firing Jarvis wouldcost much more in severance pay andTransLink wouldn’t be able to draw uponhis expertise in an advisory role.

One caller suggested the plebiscite iscoming too soon after Jarvis steppingdown, saying people need more time todecide. But Baldwin reminded listenersthat the timing of the plebiscite wasdetermined by the provincial government,with the next available option being in2018.

“We told the province to do areferendum properly you need abouttwo years to set it up. We were givenfour months. So our choice was to eithergo with it at the time of the municipalelections or do it before June 1 and wechose the latter.”

The town hall meeting lasted an hourand those who didn’t get a chance to askquestions were allowed to leave a voicemail for the guests afterward.

Ballots will be mailed out on March 16and must be returned by mail-in ballot byMay 29. A simple majority of 50 per centplus one will be considered support forthe following question: “Do you supporta new 0.5% Metro Vancouver CongestionImprovement Tax, to be dedicated to theMayors’ Transportation and Transit Plan?Yes or No.”

For more information, visitMayorscouncil.ca.

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DELTA — A 53-year-old man diedSaturday after he was struck by a falling treeat a work site in Delta, said Delta police.

The man was working for Paul’s TreeService at the time of the incident. Policesaid Saturday they were in the process ofnotifying family members about his death.

Scott McCloy, a spokesman forWorkSafeBC, said investigators were onscene at 7927 Huston Street to determinewhat happened. He said they received a callabout the incident at around 10:15 a.m.and sent three officers, one of whom hasextensive forestry experience.

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SURREY — The Surrey RCMP is warningthe public about a North Vancouver manaccused of trying to lure a Surrey girl for sex.

Victor Overfield was arrested on Dec. 19,2014, and charged with one count of luringa child, and one count of invitation to sexualtouching. Overfield had volunteered withthe Royal Canadian Sea Cadets in NorthVancouver from 2007 to 2012 and with theNavy League Cadets in Vancouver from 2012until his arrest.

Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said policeare asking anyone with information aboutOverfield “that would be helpful to thepolice investigation” to call investigators at604-599-0502 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

Overfield has been released from custody,pending his next court appearance, on thecondition he doesn’t contact his allegedvictim or any other youngsters.

“Several other conditions set to ensurethe safety of the public are also part of hisrelease,” Paquet said.

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SURREY — A large grass fire that burnedup to three acres of farm field in Cloverdaleat about noon Wednesday spread close to adog kennel but no people or animals wereinjured.

Deputy Fire Chief Dan Barnscher saidit began as a controlled fire, in the 16200-block of Highway 10. It quickly spread inall directions because of wind. More than20 Surrey firefighters tackled the blaze. Fivefull water tankers were called to the scene asthere are no hydrants in the area.

“It would have looked like a majorincident from the air,” Barnscher said.

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‘Finally, it’s our turn’“Yes” proponents makecase for supporting transitplebiscite during telephonetown hall meeting

From left, Bill Good, Elizabeth Model and White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwinparticipate in a telephone town hall meeting on the upcoming transit plebiscite.

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SURREY — Homicide investigators haverevealed the identity of an Abbotsford manwhose body was found inside an SUV inWhalley.

The Integrated Homicide InvestigationTeam was called to the 9500-block of 139thStreet on Feb. 27 after the body of Michael

Donald Amy, 34, was discovered inside anSUV there that morning. Police have notrevealed how Amy died.

“It is our belief at this time that this wasnot a random act,” Sgt. Stephanie Ashton,spokeswoman for IHIT, said.

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NEW WESTMINSTER — A man whowas to be sentenced for his role in a “bloodyand senseless” party bus brawl in Cloverdalein 2012 has failed to face the music.

Justice Murray Blok ordered a Canada-wide warrant for the arrest of Emmanuel

Dario after he didn’t show up for hissentencing hearing Thursday in B.C.Supreme Court in New Westminster.

“There is some information he may beout of the province now,” Crown prosecutorWinston Sayson told the judge.

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SURREY — An open house was held on Tuesday(March 3) at Surrey Museum to inform the public aboutaerial pesticide treatment planned in Surrey and Delta toeradicate an invasive moth species.

Over the past year, trapping and monitoring has showna growing European gypsy moth population around 64thAvenue and 176th Street in Surrey and between Highways10, 99 and 91 in Delta. Last summer, 197 male moths werefound in the Cloverdale area.

The province considers the moth, also known asLymantria dispar, to be a “threat to B.C.’s ecology andeconomy.” The ministry says the presence of the moths“poses a quarantine threat and potential trade restrictionsfor products like Christmas trees, logs with bark, nurseryplants and challenges for transportation (trucks may needagricultural inspections).”

If left untreated, the moth could spread to new areas ofthe province via vehicles, containers, rail, Deltaport, theSurrey Fraser Docks and Tsawwassen ferry terminal.

Tim Ebata, a forest health officer with the ministry,said the size of the moth’s population found in Surrey is“unusually high.”

He noted the moth being located in Surrey isparticularly concerning because it’s close to many majortrade routes. Western North America is considered gypsymoth free, he explained, which is why the province isaggressive in eradicating any that are found.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural ResourceOperations has been issued a pesticide use permit to aerialspray 4,576 hectares in Surrey and 204 hectares in Deltato exterminate the growing gypsy moth population. Anadditional 26-hectare ground spray will be conducted ona rural property due south of the intersection of 172ndStreet and 56th Avenue.

The ministry plans up to four applications of thepesticide,Foray 48B between April 15 and June 30 this year.Each application will be completed before 7:30 a.m.

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Emergency personnel on the scene of an airplane crashSunday (March 8) on a landing strip in the 4700-block ofKing George Boulevard. (Photo: SHANE MACKICHAN)

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SURREY — A smallairplane crashed in Surreyon Sunday morning (March8) near the Serpentine River,but nobody was hurt.

It happened at 10:30 a.m.,on a private landing stripin the 4700-block of KingGeorge Boulevard. The pilotand passenger, both PortCoquitlam residents, weretaking off when the singleengine airplane crashed.

“The plane dipped to theright,” Surrey RCMP StaffSgt. Murray Hedderson said.“The landing gear caught inbushes at the end of the run,and the plane nosed into theground.”

Neither the pilot orpassenger was injured butthe airplane was damaged.Surrey firefighters and B.C.Ambulance were called tothe scene and Heddersonsaid the TransportationSafety Board has beenadvised of the crash.

There have been severalcrashes in Surrey involving

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crashed nose-first into afarmer’s field after takingoff from a private airstripin the 900-block of 176thStreet. He managed to climbto about 150 feet beforeapparently losing power.He was airlifted to RoyalColumbian Hospital wherehe was treated for leg andother injuries.

In April 2001, a Koreanman died when he crashed15 minutes after his minihelicopter took off fromthe airpark and in 2000two men were injured inseparate crashes, in Marchand August, shortly aftertakeoff from the KingGeorge airstrip.

And in 1998, a pilotand passenger died whenthe two-seater ultralightairplane they were flyingcrashed into a farmer’s fieldshortly after taking off fromthe King George airstrip.

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SURREY — Federal Industry MinisterJames Moore sat with local small businessowners Wednesday (March 4) for a roundtablediscussion on everything from the upcomingtransit plebiscite to free-trade agreements.

The discussion was hosted by SurreyBoard of Trade and offered a chance formembers to express any concerns to Moore,as well as learn what the federal governmentwas doing for small business.

“Things went really well, it was a goodroundtable for us to give feedback to thefederal minister in advance of the budgetbeing released,” said SBoT CEO AnitaHuberman. “It was such a diverse industrysector base around the table, anywhere fromhospitality to clean energy to agriculture, so(Moore) received a breadth of knowledgeabout what businesses are facing on theground here and what their priorities are.”

For his part, Moore said taxes were reallythe main concern and he referred to thegovernment’s cutting of the corporate tax ratefrom 22 per cent to 15 per cent since 2007.

“We also talked about rapid transit and the

plan being pushed byMayor (Linda) Hepnerand previously DianneWatts, we talked aboutforeign investmentopportunities,expandingopportunities with AsiaPacific,” said Moore.

Asked what, if any,issues were unique toSurrey businesses, Moore said it was likelyfiguring out how businesses will be affectedby the coming changes in infrastructure.

“I think what’s contemporary for Surreyis the push on infrastructure because theCity Centre that’s really amassed aroundcity hall – the SFU campus, the SkyTrain,that core that’s being established – there’sa unique infrastructure challenge on thehorizon that needs to be planned for, soI think the LRT expansion that the city islooking for is a critical issue.”

Moore also said connecting the city’svarious business sectors would also be keyto future success.

“Guildford is growing and the coreand City Centre is doing well, so I think acorridor along 104th avenue, revitalized with

rapid transit could do just that,” he said.Moore is no stranger to Surrey, either,

as the longtime MP hails from the nearbyriding of Port Moody-Coquitlam-PortCoquitlam. As such, Moore said he’s veryfamiliar with Surrey and its businesses.

“The Surrey Board of Trade is one of themore active boards of trade in the provinceand it was a very good conversation,” he said.

Huberman likewise praised Moorefor being open for dialogue with localbusinesses, given his ministerial positionand rank within the government.

“It’s always good to engage with keyministers like Minister Moore,” she said. “Inaddition to that overall recipe, it’s good toengage with local MPs so they can hear themessage on what local industries are facing.”

Moore’s visit comes as all parties arebeginning to gear up for the comingfederal election this fall. Prime MinisterStephen Harper was also in town recently,having appeared at Kwantlen PolytechnicUniversity’s Cloverdale campus last monthto announce benefits for LNG producers.Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was also inSurrey Thursday (March 5) to speak at theboard of trade’s Women in Business awards.

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The community and compoundpharmacy opened in January, and willcelebrate with a public event on April 29,with prize draws, food and refreshmentsfrom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“We are donating $10,000 to the SurreyMemorial Hospital Foundation” at thegrand-opening event, Sally Mark, thepharmacy’s marketing director, told theNow. “And we are hosting a silent auctionat the event where proceeds from theauction will also be donated towards theSurrey Memorial Hospital Foundation.”

The pharmacy’s parent company, TrueNorth Management Ltd., also operatesNaz’s Pharmacy locations on 72ndAvenue in Surrey and on 120th Street inNorth Delta.

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Students at the school will use themoney to build a “Library Pi” club inorder to better develop coding andcomputer skills.

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CLOVERDALE — The best way to gaugewhether a program is working is judginghow successful it is. If that’s the case, LordTweedsmuir is leading the way.

The Panthers sent a Fraser Valley best sixteams to the provincial championships thisseason, including their senior boys, whohaven’t qualified since 1953.

Mike Mitro, an athletic director at theCloverdale school, said the success comesfrom strong coaching at all levels.

“I think there has been a lot of hard workbeing done, (and) we’ve kind of had moreconsistency from the bottom to top of ourcoaching. That’s helped the higher programsas we’re going through.

“We were after programs that developedstarting in elementary school and push allthe way through,” he added. “Hopefullyyou’re just seeing that now and (it’s) goingto continue.”

One of the big changes the Panthershave made is running the same systemsthroughout the program, so when playersget a new coach, nothing changes.

Mitro said this means the team doesn’thave to alter its playing style as it jumpsfrom junior to senior or goes to newcoaches.

The athletic director was in charge of thesenior girls’ team this season and was onewin away from making the provincials.

Drew Gallacher is the head coach of the

Grade 8 boys’ team that took the Surrey andFraser Valley banners before winning bronzeat last weekend’s provincial championships.

The team was undefeated after gettingplayers back from the provincial-championfootball team, and has won the Surrey andthe Fraser Valley championships.

Gallacher, who won a Grade 8 B.C. titleat Tamanawis in 2004, said this team has nolimit to how far they could go.

“There is no limit to this team becausethere’s a great balance between excellenceand work ethic. When you have that, there’sno ceiling. Not only that, but they’re thirstyfor knowledge,” he said.

This group is a little extra special for thesocial studies teacher as his son, Jacob, andfriend Bill Ruby. The latter, who was at thehospital the day Jacob was born, came outof retirement to coach alongside Gallacherfor a second time.

“There’s nobody better than coach Rubyat individual skill development,” Gallachersaid. “He is the best I’ve ever been around,and I’m just very fortunate to have a manwith that much wisdom and that muchknowledge to be able to give time at his ageto come back out of retirement. It showsyou how special this group of boys is.”

The coach added the unity this group of

coaches has is part of the reason the entireprogram was successful this year.

“Because we speak the same language andplay the same systems, we can go and knockon each other’s doors and ask, ‘What wouldyou do in this situation?’” he said. “It’s veryeasy for other coaches within the programto be able to help others. And not only arepeople willing to take help, which is a rarity,people also have the knowledge to give thehelp. It’s a good balance.”

Mitro said the school has 35 teacher-coaches and a goal for next season is forevery team to qualify for provincials.

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NEW WESTMINSTER — A man whowas to be sentenced for his role in a “bloodyand senseless” party bus brawl in Cloverdalein 2012 has failed to face the music.

Justice Murray Blok ordered a Canada-wide warrant for the arrest of EmmanuelDario after he didn’t show up for hissentencing hearing Thursday in B.C.Supreme Court in New Westminster.

“There is some information he may beout of the province now,” Crown prosecutorWinston Sayson told the judge.

It’s believed Dario might be in Alberta.If it is indeed proven that he absconded,

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SURREY — An open house was held on Tuesday (March3) at Surrey Museum to inform the public about aerialpesticide treatment planned in Surrey and Delta to eradicatean invasive moth species.

Over the past year, trapping and monitoring has showna growing European gypsy moth population around 64thAvenue and 176th Street in Surrey and between Highways 10,99 and 91 in Delta. Last summer, 197 male moths were foundin the Cloverdale area.

The province considers the moth, also known as Lymantriadispar, to be a “threat to B.C.’s ecology and economy.” Theministry says the presence of the moths “poses a quarantinethreat and potential trade restrictions for products likeChristmas trees, logs with bark, nursery plants andchallenges for transportation (trucks may need agriculturalinspections).”

If left untreated, the moth could spread to new areas of theprovince via vehicles, containers, rail, Deltaport, the SurreyFraser Docks and Tsawwassen ferry terminal.

Tim Ebata, a forest health officer with the ministry, said thesize of the moth’s population found in Surrey is “unusuallyhigh.”

He noted the moth being located in Surrey is particularlyconcerning because it’s close to many major trade routes.Western North America is considered gypsy moth free,he explained, which is why the province is aggressive ineradicating any that are found.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural ResourceOperations has been issued a pesticide use permit to aerialspray 4,576 hectares in Surrey and 204 hectares in Deltato exterminate the growing gypsy moth population. Anadditional 26-hectare ground spray will be conducted on arural property due south of the intersection of 172nd Streetand 56th Avenue.

The ministry plans up to four applications of thepesticide,Foray 48B between April 15 and June 30 this year.Each application will be completed before 7:30 a.m.

According to a release by the ministry, the spray isapproved for use on organic farms by the Organic MaterialReview Institute and has been approved for the control ofthe insect in Canada since 1961. Foray 48B contains Bacillusthuringiensis var kurstaki (Btk), which the Ministry lists asbeing naturally present in urban, forest and agricultural soilin B.C.

The province notes Btk does not harm humans, mammals,birds, fish, plants, reptiles, amphibians, bees or other insectsand only affects caterpillars after they have ingested it. It isexempt from the city’s pesticide bylaws.

The gypsy moth attacks both natural forests and urbantrees, and in 1999 resulted in the U.S. threatening to refuseshipments of trees and plants from B.C.’s nurseries withoutadditional inspection certificates.

As well as anticipated effects on the province’s ecology andeconomy, an established infestation of the moth could haveimpacts on residents, as the defoliation would kill many trees,leading to a need to increase pesticide use. The fine hairs shedby the caterpillars also cause dermatitis in many people.

This species of moth was first introduced from Europe intoMassachusetts in the U.S. in 1869 in an attempt to breed itwith silk works. The moths escaped, and by 1889 had becomea significant pest in the area, reportedly completely strippingtrees of leaves, caterpillars covering houses and sidewalks, andlarvae and their feces raining down upon passersby.

Permit application and maps are available at Surrey andDelta city halls and online at Gov.bc.ca/gypsymoth.

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Emergency personnel on the scene of an airplane crash Sunday (March 8) on a landingstrip in the 4700-block of King George Boulevard. (Photo: SHANE MACKICHAN)

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SURREY — A small airplane crashedin Surrey on Sunday morning (March 8)near the Serpentine River, but nobodywas hurt.

It happened at 10:30 a.m., on a privatelanding strip in the 4700-block ofKing George Boulevard. The pilot andpassenger, both Port Coquitlam residents,were taking off when the single engineairplane crashed.

“The plane dipped to the right,” SurreyRCMP Staff Sgt. Murray Hedderson said.“The landing gear caught in bushes at theend of the run, and the plane nosed intothe ground.”

Neither the pilot or passenger wasinjured but the airplane was damaged.Surrey firefighters and B.C. Ambulancewere called to the scene and Heddersonsaid the Transportation Safety Board hasbeen advised of the crash.

There have been several crashes inSurrey involving small aircraft.

In 2007, a Delta pilot crashed nose-firstinto a farmer’s field after taking off from aprivate airstrip in the 900-block of 176thStreet. He managed to climb to about 150feet before apparently losing power. He wasairlifted to Royal Columbian Hospital wherehe was treated for leg and other injuries.

In April 2001, a Korean man died whenhe crashed 15 minutes after his minihelicopter took off from the airpark andin 2000 two men were injured in separatecrashes, in March and August, shortly aftertakeoff from the King George airstrip.

And in 1998, a pilot and passenger diedwhen the two-seater ultralight airplanethey were flying crashed into a farmer’sfield shortly after taking off from the KingGeorge airstrip.

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