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Elaine Shepherd is one of fi ve nomi-nees for reggae recording of the year.

by Don FennellStaff Reporter

Richmond’s Elaine Shepherd is up for a Juno.

The talented 23-year-old is one of fi ve nominees for reggae recording of the year for “Likkle But Mi Talla-wah.”

Shepherd was invited to Tuesday’s press conference at the Royal York ho-tel in Toronto where the nominations were announced.

“I was very excited, a little surprised but at the same time very pleased,” she said. “A lot has happened in a very short time. Along with my manager, Carrie Mullens, we’ve been working very hard.”

Shepherd said the mass of people at the Royal York reminded her of being at a hotel in Vancouver several years ago, when she was rejected for Cana-dian Idol.

“This (Juno) nomination is not an in-your-face thing, but it defi nitely is satisfying to show someone who doesn’t believe you can do it. I never lost faith, and there are a lot of people who believed in me. It’s proof that if you stay grounded, believe in your-self and work hard, positive things can happen.”

Shepherd, who is just wrapping up work on a new album, said the nomi-nees are all “amazing artists” and she is proud to be considered among them.

Born in Bahrain, singing is all Shep-herd has ever wanted to do. She be-gan performing as a small child and continued to develop her musical tal-ents after immigrating to Richmond with her family in 1997.

In high school she learned to play the guitar and piano and began to ex-tensively write songs. While studying

jazz and contemporary voice in col-lege, she began collaborating with other musicians that would eventu-ally introduce her to hip-hop, R&B and reggae.

She won the inaugural RichCity Idol contest (featuring Richmond second-ary school students).

A graduate of Richmond High, Shep-herd was the 2010 Reggae Music Achievement Awards’ most promis-ing new artist.

The Juno Awards, presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, will be broadcast on CTV March 27 from Toronto’s Air Canada Centre. Winners will also be declared at the Juno Gala Dinner and Awards March 26.

Shepherd released her life-inspired debut album Lady In The Streets in late 2010.

Richmond singer nominated for a Juno Award

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‘We need to look beyond our borders’by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

Behind the stockpiles of long-range missiles and cache of plutonium in North Korea is a starving population.

One in three of its most vul-nerable citizens—babies and children—are chronically un-derfed, and a quarter of preg-nant and breast-feeding wom-en are equally malnourished, according to the World Food

Programme, an international humanitarian agency.

Brenda Goossen, a social worker at Richmond Hospital, believes Richmond can make a difference.

“I have seen fi rsthand how our community, province and coun-try care for their own, and I am grateful. Now I think that as a community we are ready to look beyond our borders.”

Goossen, who travelled to North Korea nearly a decade ago, hopes to encourage locals to join a movement to care for people suffering under the repressive regime of North Korea.

Planned are a bake sale and coin drive. All money raised will be used to get infant formula into the country’s smallest hands.

“If everyone in Richmond gave $1, I think that we could feed thousands of orphans for months.”

Goossen draws inspiration from First Steps, a Vancouver-based humanitarian organiza-tion that provides soy milk and a nutritional supplements to thou-sands of children in orphanages, daycares and kindergartens.

Goossen said “a movement” in the hospital’s oncology de-partment dubbed “Richmond Cares” has raised $5,000 in four previous bake sales. Those proceeds were used to assist in cancer care.

But with recent encourag-ing advancements in cancer research and care, it’s time to help others, she said.

“In the hospital, we’re always responders at heart. We need to look beyond our borders and become responders when we become aware of a need.”

The bake sale will be held in the hospital’s lobby, near the Ralph Fisher Auditorium and Starbucks, on Monday, Feb. 14, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Coin collection tins will be available for pickup at the sale. Goossen encourages people to collect cash at their workplace, place of worship, sports team meetings or arts groups.

She also encourages people to contribute independently to First Steps.

More information can be found at firststepscanada.org.

Matthew Hoekstra photoBrenda Goossen, a social worker in Richmond Hospital’s oncology department, is organizing a bake sale to raise money for infant formula.

Building rebounds to record paceby Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

The City of Richmond issued a record $813 million in building permits in 2010 while other cities continue to recover from a worldwide recession.

City hall granted developers 1,745 permits worth $812,658,333 during the Olympic year, crushing the previous record set in 2006 of $680 million.

While markets elsewhere have been “steady,” the Urban Development Institute’s executive director said Richmond’s case appears to be unique.

“The timing was probably good,” said Maureen Enser. “After the Olympics everyone took a great interest in that area.”

The arrival of the Canada Line, the city’s plans to increase den-sity around stations and intense offshore interest in Richmond have much to do with the growth, Enser suggested.

“I suspect Richmond is doing better than other areas primarily because it’s got the transit in there, and the community has easy access to the airport and Vancouver’s downtown.”

Developers also lined up at city hall this year to beat city council’s 16.5 per cent hike in development cost charges for residential construction, which arrived last fall. September and October were the busiest months for building permits—with 63 per cent of the year’s total value of permits issued in those two months.

Coun. Bill McNulty said Richmond is getting noticed as a desirable place to live. “We have provided more amenities, more opportunities for people to raise families in this kind of community than probably anywhere else,” said McNulty, who chairs council’s planning committee.

McNulty doesn’t believe the city is growing too fast, but said it needs to “continue to watch and preserve single-family neighbourhoods.” “I would like to see the City Centre take more of the brunt of development,” he said. “And I don’t think that that’s growing as fast as it should.”

Major projects granted permits last year include River Green’s towers around the Richmond Olympic Oval, IKEA’s relocation and redevelopment, Onni’s trio of towers near the oval and the fi rst phase of Quintet—a fi ve-tower residential project in City Centre.

In 2009, approved building permits held a value of $205 million.

2010 Building permits issued in 2010January: $23.3 million (131 permits)February: $24.7 (126 permits)March: $30.5 million (149 permits)April: $25.5 million (112 permits)May: $26.4 million (137 permits)June: $40.2 million (175 permits)July: $48.2 million (150 permits)August: $30 million (98 permits)September: $121 million (232 permitsOctober: $390.3 million (194 permits)November: $12.7 million (126 permits)December: $30 million (114 permits)

Hospital worker begins campaign to aid starving infants in North Korea

by Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

The devastating 8.8 earthquake in Chile occurred almost a year ago, but it’s still serving up lessons for people all around the world, includ-ing Richmond.

A team of engineers from Canada descended on Chile in the weeks after the massive temblor on Feb. 27, 2010 to study how that country’s structures fared.

Chile’s building code is essentially the same as B.C.’s, meaning what happened to the office and apart-ment highrises there could foreshad-

ow the Pacific Northwest’s future.The vast majority of buildings in

Chile performed well.But of those which were seri-

ously damaged, most were newer and built to the current earthquake standards, prompting people like University of B.C. engineering pro-fessor Perry Adebar to take a closer look for answers.

And what he found will likely result in major changes to the way tall buildings are built.

“You’d expect the older ones to have more difficulty...Our build-ing codes presumably are always improving.”

The damaged highrises were com-monly built on top of parkades with six-inch concrete walls, Adebar noticed.

It appears that these relatively thin steel-reinforced walls aren’t capable of handling the stresses—specifical-ly the compression experienced dur-ing an earthquake—that engineers have long believed they were.

But many buildings with six-inch walls performed well, he noted, meaning it wasn’t solely the six-inch concrete walls that were problem-atic.

In at least some cases, Adebar believes it was the soft soil condi-

tions that also contributed, and it’s this lesson that might prove help-ful in cities like Richmond, where liquefaction—where the shaking of soft soil transforms it into a liquid-like state—has long been a concern in the event an earthquake strikes the Lower Mainland.

Adebar said he’s already been in contact with the technical committee that helps write Canada’s national building code to inform them of his concerns that six-inch walls aren’t as strong as engineers have long thought they were.

Changes to the code are still a couple of years away, but Adebar

said the engineering community in B.C. is aware of the observations he made.

For highrises, it’s all about how much the top of the building moves compared to the bottom during an earthquake, Adebar said. Soft soil conditions tend to lead to larg-er and less frequent movements, resulting in greater stresses to a building.

“The more it has to move, the more potential you have for problems.”

Fortunately, only one highrise building collapsed in Chile. Fewer than 500 people died, most from a tsunami triggered by the quake.

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The City of Richmond would like the public’s input on which, if any, Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale 2009-2011 artworks should be purchased for the City of Richmond’s permanent public art collection.

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• online (English only) at www.richmond.ca/publicart

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Please complete the survey and submit it by Friday, February 18, 2011.

Your input is important to us. Feedback from the survey will be brought forward to Council this spring.

BackgroundThe City of Richmond partnered with the Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale in 2009, resulting in artworks being temporarily installed throughout Richmond for a two year period. The City now has an opportunity to purchase any of the five works as part of the City’s permanent public art collection.

The cost for acquisition could range between $300,000 and $800,000 for any one piece. There is approximately $650,000 unallocated in the Public Art Reserve that could be used for acquisition. Funds in the Reserve may only be used to support public art projects in the City. There are no tax dollars in the fund.

About the BiennaleThe Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale is a non-profit organization with the mandate to exhibit a biannual temporary major outdoor sculpture exhibition featuring world-class international artists. At the completion of the 2009-2011 temporary exhibition, the artworks will go to public auction, tentatively scheduled for spring 2011. The City has the opportunity to purchase any of the artworks currently installed in Richmond prior to the auction.

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Two classes of students at Daniel Woodward Elementary got a chuckle at the expense of their principal and vice principal thanks to a sizable do-nation to the Richmond Food Bank.

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Choices include Wind Waves, Miss Mao, Water #10, Doors of Knowledge and Heads. All sculptures are displayed in various public places around the city.

Each piece is expected to cost between $300,000 and $800,000.

The city will collect opinions until Feb. 18 at richmond.ca/publicart. Printed copies are also available at the Richmond Cultural Centre.

Feedback will be includ-ed in a report to council this spring, according to a city news release.

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25th anniversary of world tour marked

by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

Richmond has been named one of 600 communities that will welcome the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay.

On Tuesday the Richmond-based Rick Hansen Foundation announced early details of the cross-Canada re-lay, which begins in Newfoundland-Labrador on Aug. 24 and ends in Vancouver on May 22, 2012.

“We are honoured to have Rich-mond a part of the 25th Anniver-sary Relay,” said Hansen in a news release. “I received so much en-couragement and support when I wheeled through Richmond 25 years ago, it’s truly inspiring to encourage a new generation to pursue their dreams.”

The relay will retrace Hansen’s Canadian leg of the original Man in Motion world tour, visiting every province and territory and travelling 12,000 kilometres.

Hansen will make appearances at “a number” of cities along the route, but running the relay will be 7,000 participants across the country.

In 1985, Hansen embarked on his world tour, travelling 40,000 kilome-tres through 34 countries over two years. He raised over $26 million for spinal cord injury research.

All Canadians aged 12 and older can apply to participate in the relay through a contest expected to be

launched this spring.Hansen, who is a Richmond resi-

dent, participated in another cross-Canada relay last year: the Olympic Torch Relay. On Feb. 9, 2010, Hansen wheeled down Granville Avenue in Richmond and into Minoru Park, lighting the cauldron to cheers from thousands of people and marking the start of Olympic celebrations here.

Relay relives Rick Hansen’s Man in Motion tour

Rick Hansen Foundation photoRick Hansen wheels through rain in Oregon during the Man in Motion World Tour, which he began in 1985. This year, the Richmond resident is encourag-ing Canadians to relive the journey to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

Man in Motion World Tour numbers•March 21, 1985 to May 23, 1987•34 countries•40,075 kilometres•792 days on road•126 flat tires•94 gloves•$26 million raised


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Rick Hansen puts legacy in motion

Rick Hansen dreamed of creating a world accessible and inclusive for all.

At Oakridge Centre mall in Vancouver in 1985, Hansen set out to live that dream by wheeling around the world in a wheelchair. It was the beginning of his two-year Man in Motion tour.

Now Hansen’s foundation is leading a major effort to remind Canadians of the inspirational story and to again bring awareness to issues surrounding people with disabilities and spinal cord research.

This is a history lesson we should all pay attention to.

Many Richmond residents are newcomers and may not know who Hansen is. He’s a man who captured the hearts of Canadians and people around the world, as he wheeled through 34 countries on four conti-nents, battling the elements and the odds.

The Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay will mark the milestone anniversary of the historic feat that raised $26 million for spinal cord research.

The original tour inspired people around the world to believe in themselves—and their hopes and dreams. It led to worldwide change in perceptions of people with disabilities. Building codes were revamped and legislation was changed. Communities became more accessible and inclusive.

It also led to the establishment of the Rick Hansen Foun-dation, which has raised $200 million for qualify-of-life projects, awareness programs and research.

The anniversary relay will cross Canada, beginning Aug. 24 in Newfoundland-Labrador and ending in Vancouver on May 22, 2012.

The relay will challenge us to consider the words from Hansen: “If you believe in a dream and have the courage to try, great things can be accomplished. Anything is pos-sible.”

Those are words we all can hope to live by—for those who witnessed the original Man in Motion tour to Cana-da’s new immigrants.

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opinion

Guess who said this last week: “We want to

reward good teachers and stop making ex-cuses for bad ones.”

No, it wasn’t B.C. Lib-eral leadership hopeful Kevin Falcon, who has gone quiet on education since he caused a stir with his proposal for merit pay for public school teachers.

And it wasn’t the Fraser Institute, which is about to release its latest rankings based on foundation skills assessment (FSA) tests in B.C. schools.

It was U.S. President Barack Obama, in his state of the union address. He was talking about Race to the Top, a federal bonus program he called “the most meaningful reform of our public schools in a generation.”

“To all 50 states, we said, ‘If you show us the most innovative plans to improve

teacher quality and student achievement, we’ll show you the money.’”

B.C., meanwhile, is going backwards. After years of B.C. Teachers’ Federation sabotage of skills testing, the essential mechanism for any improvement in educa-tion techniques, the B.C. Principals’ and Vice-Princi-pals’ Association abruptly surrendered a couple of weeks ago.

The tests aren’t fl awed, as-sociation president Jameel Aziz admitted, but they have been “successfully undermined” by the BCTF.

Aziz listed three reasons for abandoning FSA tests. Two of them are factually wrong.

He claimed that after years of BCTF disruption tactics, participation has fallen below 50 per cent in some districts.

Ministry records show the lowest participation was 62 per cent, last year in the Vancouver school district. The provincial average was 83 per cent, despite letters sent home by teacher union locals telling parents the tests are bad and suggest-ing they fi nd some excuse for their kids to skip them.

Aziz also blamed the Fraser Institute for its “misuse” of FSA data that “does not refl ect the many unique challenges faced by individual schools, nor does it credit the many unique successes of individual

schools.”Wrong again, says Peter

Cowley, the Fraser Institute’s director of school perfor-mance studies. He notes that the rankings track local factors such as parental income and the proportion of English as a second lan-guage or special needs.

“We’re hunting for schools that have shown that they are actually improving,” as well as those that are slip-ping, Cowley said.

Critics like to set up a straw man by comparing schools in rich urban areas with poor, remote schools. That’s “misuse,” designed to discredit the rankings and the tests.

Parents should start by looking at the performance of their own school over fi ve years. Is it getting better or worse? Rural parents can look at similar regions of

B.C. and see if comparable schools are doing better. All parents can ask what extra help their children are getting to improve their in-dividual areas of weakness.

Aziz claimed that “some in government” have suggest-ed FSA tests be replaced. Well, rookie cabinet minis-ter Moira Stilwell has. For a more informed view, here’s Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid in an open let-ter to parents:

“The push by the BCTF to end the FSAs is political. It’s about hiding information you, as parents, have a right to know about your child’s education and future.”

Leadership candidate George Abbott made vague noises about supplement-ing FSA tests. Here is one change he could consider.

The tests measure read-ing, writing and arithmetic skills at Grades 4 and 7. They track the individual student’s performance, as well as that of the team of teachers he or she has had to that point.

Additional measurements could give a clearer picture of the performance of each teacher. Then Falcon’s merit pay idea could be imple-mented.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for The Richmond Review, Black Press and BCLocalnews.com. He may be reached at tfl [email protected].

B.C. goes backwards on educationCritics like to set up a straw man by comparing schools in rich urban areas with poor, remote schools. That’s “misuse,” designed to discredit the rankings and the tests.B.C. Views

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Editor:I opened the paper

and having just read that the city is raising property taxes by 2.9%, [learned] Richmond has now decided that we need to spend $50,000 on six “decorative pub-lic art-style” benches. It is high time someone got a leash on the spending by city council on things that are outrageous. At $7,500 per bench, where does council think we live, in the land of money grows on trees?

And has anyone heard how much the concrete monolith the city spent nearly a year erecting at the entrance to Hugh Boyd Park cost? With its

16 concrete orbs scat-tered throughout, the cost of this to taxpayers was staggering. And was there a need for it? Once again, no.

The list of parks department spend-ing this year alone is incredible on projects that makes one wonder what value our council puts on taxpayer dollars: $350,000 to project images on the windows of the oval, a proposed $830,000 on a skateboard park at Thompson Community Centre, $350,000 to give the lawn bowling club artifi cial turf, and of course there is no cost fi gure released for the construction at

the entry to Hugh Boyd Park.

And yet in parts of Richmond they never see a street sweeper, nor can they get the weeds cut down on their walkways and curbs. No money they say. And our property taxes will be going up, again. What a surprise.

But when my wallet is empty, I can always go over and sit hope-fully on one of these new artsy benches and watch the handful of lawn bowlers using their new artifi cial turf. Or perhaps they will place one of those benches where I can see the images being projected at the oval.

Or maybe I will learn to skateboard at the new million-dollar park we are building.

Spending by council has gone completely off the rails and it should be remembered come election time.

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I now look forward to Mayor Brodie stepping up to protect our air quality. The level of pol-lution in our neighbour-hoods continues to give us serious lung diseases and cause distress in those with existing conditions (in Richmond, the numbers are around 30,000).

I look for Mayor Brodie to pursue the following initiatives:

•Bring in regulations to stop burning wood in old fi replaces and old woodstoves—these give out the same pollution all winter as a 10-hectare forest burning non-stop.

•Move out of the centre of our town the Grimm Sausage Factory—pollution from this (and the smell) extends to Lansdowne Plaza, Work-safeBC, Tim Hortons, and the Dinsmore Bridge, as well as smothering the high-rises and residents around the factory.

•Bring in regulations to reduce dramatically the emissions from un-regulated diesel trucks, including the convoy of trucks returning “home” every day at 4 p.m. down No. 1 Road to Steveston.

•Block further applica-tions to install large and small incinerators in Richmond.

•Demolish the wood-belching cob oven on the public farm at Terra Nova.

•Instruct the park warden at Minoru to stop open barbecuing

and sending toxic smoke across the Minoru Oval, affecting all of us doing our daily exercise.

It is past time that Rich-mond City Hall lived up to

its stated commitments to reduce greenhouse gases and improve our air quality.

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ambient air quality for the region to address neighbourhood pollu-tion. Every municipal city hall has the powers to regulate what we burn

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Image from ‘Last

Riot,’ a new exhibition at

Richmond Art Gallery.

Vancouver Biennale show uses graphic images of children to critique culture


A computer generated video installation offering a critique of contemporary culture by

depicting children engaged in vio-lence will make its Canadian debut tomorrow in Richmond.

Last Riot is a montage of images of youth dressed in camoufl age gear wielding baseball bats, golf clubs and swords—some graphic enough for advertising regulators to investigate in New Zealand.

Richmond Art Gallery is hosting the exhibition, created by a quartet of Russian artists, along with the Vancouver Biennale.

The work is said to expose the fantasy visualization of pop culture. Stylized acts of violence are set in a digital landscape forming a critique of contemporary culture.

The show includes a video installation projected on three walls in the gallery, two oversized photo stills and a “contextualizing

display”—computers with information on the work’s references.

Those include the oft-painted scene “Descent From the Cross.” Keen observers will also spot references to video games—where some players have diffi culty separating fantasy from reality—and Abraham sacrifi cing Isaac in Biblical times.

Gallery director Lynn Beavis said the still images are more shocking than the video.

“When you see the video, it’s not as violent as the photographs make it out to be. When you get a chance to look at the moving video, you see how stylized it is, and how referential it is to video gaming. So it’s patently unreal.”

The child actors pose without expression, and despite wielding weapons, make no physical contact.

“People don’t react strongly to the art historical images because they exist within a certain cannon,” said Beavis. “People tend to react very strongly to a photographic image, whereas they don’t to a painted image, because there’s that sense of reality that isn’t necessarily a truth.”

Acting on a complaint in 2008, New Zealand’s Advertising Standards Authority investigated billboard advertisements for the exhibition.

But the regulator dismissed the complaint, and attendance to the show exceeded the gallery’s expectations, according to a 2008 news release.

The artists are Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovitch, Evgeny Svyatsky and Vladimir Fridkes, collectively known since 1987 as AES+F.

The Vancouver Biennale is bringing Arzamasova and Evzovitch to Vancouver later this month, and Richmond Art Gallery is hoping to line up a local talk.

On Saturday, March 5, the gallery will host a discussion with Stuart Poyntz, assistant professor of media, technology and production at Simon Fraser University. The free talk is from 1 to 2 p.m.

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AES+F Artist StatementThe virtual world generated by the real world of the 20th century is growing exponentially, like an organism in a Petri dish.

Crossing its own borders into new zones, it absorbs its founders and mutates into something absolutely new. In this new world real wars look like a game on americasarmy.com. Prison torture appears more like the sadistic exercises of modern-day valkyries. Technologies and materials transform the artificial environment in to a fantasy landscape of a new epoch. This

paradise is a mutated world where time is frozen and the past is neighbour to the future. Its inhabitants are devoid of gender, becoming more like angels. This is a world where the severe, the vague or the erotic imagination appears natural in the artificial unsteadiness of 3D perspective. The heroes of the new epoch have only one identity, that of participants in the last riot. Each fights both self and the other, there’s no longer any difference between victim and aggressor, male and female. This world cel-

ebrates the end of ideology, history and ethics.

Jordan Wessels, 9, plays an orphaned child whose life is profoundly changed


Jordan Wessels is going to face great expectations tomorrow night. None greater perhaps than the

nine-year-old’s own.“I hope that I get lots of other parts and grow up

to be an actor—like the rest of the adult cast,” he says in an interview before an afternoon rehearsal.

Jordan plays the role of young Pip in the Charles Dickens’ classic Great Expectations—his debut on a professional stage.

“I’ve always liked doing shows when I was little—shows for my parents—so I’ve always liked acting,” says Jordan, a Grade 4 student at Westwind Elementary. “Once I got the script, I started reading it. And my mom read the other lines and I started getting it into my head.”

He showed up to Day 1 of rehearsals with his lines memorized—more than experienced director Johnna Wright can say about some

actors she’s guided before. Great Expectations is a story of a poor,

orphaned child whose life is turned upside down when an unknown benefactor makes him wealthy overnight. Gateway’s show puts Errol Durbach’s new adaptation on the stage.

“Anytime you adapt a novel, especially a Dickens novel because they’re so gigantic, you have to pair it down,” said Wright. “I think (Errol Durbach has) done a wonderful job of keeping the heart of the story and including the threads to tell that story.”

Wright also directed Gateway’s last child-fuelled MainStage show Annie. Ensuring every-one in a scene understands what’s happening and speaking lines loudly are things she keys on with young actors.

Gateway’s show, a Blackbird Theatre Company co-production with Persephone

Theatre in Saskatoon, uses a video wall to help set numerous scenes the novel easily takes readers to. It’s a technical challenge, as is effectively pairing it with lighting and music while ensuring costumes still pop.

The story follows Pip, whose life changes when the eccentric Miss Havisham sends for Pip as a companion for her beautiful ward Estella. Pip, who has been training to be a blacksmith, falls for Estella and hopes some-day to become a gentleman and win her love.

That dream grows nearer when a lawyer named Jaggers gives Pip some news: an anony-mous benefactor has given Pip a large fortune. He immediately heads to London to begin his education, and he trains to become a gentle-man. When Pip returns to Estella, he discovers she has plans to marry another man.

Adventure, relationships and, of course, expectations ring loudly in the play, set between 1812 and 1840.

Said Wright: “You have your central charac-ter Pip, who goes on this epic journey, which is what we follow and what we care about—emotionally we invest in Pip’s story—but what is really delightful is all the people he meets along the way that are really unique, fascinat-ing and often very funny.”

•Great Expectations quiz, p. 16.

Expectations great for Dickens classic on stage

Westwind Elementary student Jordan Wessels, 9, stars as young Pip in Gateway Theatre’s Great Expectations.

Great Expectations•At Gateway Theatre until Feb. 19•Adapted for the stage by Errol Durbach;

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Richmond is replete with red decora-tions and rabbits as those of Chinese heritage celebrate a fl ipping of the Chi-nese calendar from the Year of the Tiger to the Year of the Rabbit.

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ments building towards the holiday.”

Chinese New Year is also about spring, represented by cherry blossoms, although, Jenny tells me, pussy willows and bamboo have become accept-able representations in the past decade. Small orange trees are popular, because their Chinese name means fortune.

Red banners with Chi-nese letters hang in T&T’s windows and doorways. Jenny tells me these are like poems that extend wishes of prosperity and health. When Jenny was a child, she and her siblings played with fi recrackers, but here in Canada it is faux fi recrackers that hang beside the banners.

Inside, stacks of New Year’s cakes fi ll the tables. A glutinous sa-voury cake is made with grated daikon, rice fl our, and Chinese sausage. The sweet cake is made with sticky rice fl our and brown sugar. These cakes are sliced and pan-fried before being served to guests at New Year’s. Jenny adds a whisked egg to the sweet cake before serving.

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“Most of these items used to be available only in herbal stores,” says Jenny.

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We look at the oranges from Taiwan and apple pears from Korea which are handed out freely to friends and fam-ily during the holiday. These are 1,000-year-old traditions.

How does Jenny celebrate Chinese New Year? On New Year’s Eve the extended family gathers for dinner at her sister-in-law’s home (her sister-in-law is a great cook, says Jenny).

The New Year’s Eve dinner includes many dishes, all with a name that sound like good luck, health, or prosper-ity. (“It doesn’t mean it tastes good, it’s all about the play on words,” says Jenny.) Pork’s tongue, for example, in Cantonese is ya lay and translates to “have money” and black moss sounds like “become prosperous.”

Before they sit down to dinner, the aunties bring out their bags of red envelopes fi lled with crisp new bills and the unmarried nieces and nephews start dancing around, yelling “thank you,” Jenny tells me. “No one knows who

is giving what.” Jenny organizes the envelopes for her mother, who gives out 50 envelopes. (The bills can range from $5 to $100. TD Bank ran out of new bills the week prior to New Year.)

On New Year’s Day, Jenny’s son, daughter-in-law, and two grand-daughters visit and each serve her tea and wish her Gung Hay Fat Choy, basically saying “I wish you a fortune.” In return, she hands each one a red envelope. The old way, she says, was to kneel to serve the tea—a display of respect for the parents.

Many traditions have changed over the years, mostly because of lack of time. In Asia, every-one gets 10 days off, some a full two weeks. In Canada, no one gets a day off to celebrate, so most family reunions occur on a weekend or evenings.

Henry is the youngest in his family. His fam-ily’s tradition, from the Fujian province, means that he and Jenny will visit the next oldest sib-ling on New Year’s Day. The next day, they both visit the next oldest, and so on until they all visit the parents together. However, on the third

day, no one pays anyone a visit. If you do, you will quarrel the rest of the year.

New clothes—bright colours, no black or white—and a clean house are tradition, but Jenny believes the tradition stems from the days when people could only afford to buy clothes once a year. Jenny doesn’t buy new clothes for New Year’s. She has two suits that she wears only at New Year’s. And she doesn’t buy the banners or

fi recrackers. Over the years, she has become “modernized.”

“What it’s really all about,” says Jenny, “is getting the family together at least once during the year.”

P.S.: Don’t forget to enter the Red Envelope Contest. Deadline is Feb. 7. See entry form on p. 11.

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

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• Festivities at the temple: International Buddhist Temple (9160 Steveston Hwy.), the second largest Buddhist temple in North America hosts visitors Feb. 3 for a Chinese New Year celebration and bazaar in the Meditation Hall. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., visitors can view fl ower arrangements and calligraphy demonstrations, and experience traditional snacks and foods and cultural gifts.

•Chinese New Year Flower and Gift Fair: , celebrate Chinese New Year at Aberdeen Centre (4151 Hazelbridge Way) Feb. 3.

•Yaohan Chinese New Year Celebrations: At 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 3 witness a Lion Dance performance, a Chinese New Year tradition, at Yaohan Centre. Learn all about this traditional Chinese dance form as you watch the performance. Info at 604-231-0601.

•Chinese New Year at Ab-erdeen Centre: On Feb. 3 begin-ning at 11 a.m., watch a Golden Dragon and Lion Dance in the mall’s outside courtyard.

•Chinese New Year Tea: The tea room and gift shop of London Heritage Farm (6511 Dyke Rd.) opens Feb. 5 and 6, just in time for Chinese New Year. Enjoy a delicious serving of special tea with homemade goodies. More info at 604-271-5220.

•Richmond Chinese Cultural Society Lunar New Year Celebra-tion: Richmond Chinese Com-munity Society hosts its annual celebration of the Lunar New Year at Richmond Centre (6511

No. 3 Rd.) on Feb. 5 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. The celebration includes a variety of Chinese cultural performances ranging from the Lion Dance, Chinese opera, folk dance and kung fu, along with booths for Chinese calligraphy and crafts. Info at 604-270-7222.

•Parker Place Chinese New Year Sidewalk Sale: Until Feb. 14, Parker Place Mall (4380 No. 3 Rd.) is offering all sorts of good-ies during the mall’s popular sidewalk sale. Info at 604-273-0276.

•God of Fortune and Lion Dance Performance: Dragon and lions dance performance, with special appearances of Cai Shen, the Chinese God of Fortune, at Parker Place Mall, beginning at 11 a.m. Info at 604-273-0276.

•Richmond Chinese Cul-tural Society Lunar New Year Celebration: Richmond Chinese Community Society takes its celebration to Lansdowne Centre mall (5300 No. 3 Rd.) on Feb. 12. From 12:30 to 5 p.m., the celebration includes a variety of Chinese cultural performances ranging from the Lion Dance, Chinese opera, folk dance, hip hop dance and kung fu, along with booths for Chinese calligra-phy and craft exhibitions. Info at 604-270-7222.

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Matthew Hoekstra photoRed lanterns decorate the city for Chinese New Year.


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6. Who is Estella’s birth mother?

7. What colour gloves did Wemmick’s future wife wear all the time?

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10. Who struck Pip’s sis-ter Mrs. Joe?

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Pam Carr in concert Saturday

Folk singer Pam Carr will perform Saturday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. in the Richmond Cultural Centre.

Carr’s songs refl ect her life’s journey from the folk clubs of England, through motherhood and family towards her life view, “embrace change and joy.” The Vancouver-based musician has been writing songs for over 35 years.

The show is a presen-tation of Cherelle Jar-dine’s Musical Expres-sions concert series.

Tickets, $11, at the cultural centre, 7700 Minoru Gate.

Arts & Culture CalendarHere on the Flight Path: Norm Foster’s comedy on stage at Metro Theatre in Marpole. On until Feb. 13. Tickets, $18 to $21, at 604-266-7191.

The Great Bear Rainforest Collection: Artist Daryl Spencer displays work at Richmond City Hall Galleria until Feb. 22. A presentation of Richmond Art Gallery.

Great Expectations: Gateway Theatre pres-ents a new theatrical adaptation of the clas-sic story beginning Feb. 3. Runs until Feb. 19. Tickets, $24.50 to $43, at gatewaythe-atre.com or 604-270-1812.

Bombay Bellywood: Bellydance Superstars presents new show at River Rock Show Theatre Friday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. Tickets, $39.50 to $49.50 at ticketmaster.ca or 604-280-4444.

Petula Clark: The most successful female recording artist from England comes to River Rock Show Theatre Feb. 5 at 8 p.m. Tickets, $49.50 to $59.50, at ticket-master.ca or 604-280-4444.

Winterfest Weekend: This year’s festival will feature main stage entertainment throughout the day, free public skating and ice sport demon-strations, interactive sport activities, special cultural presentations, art displays and sales, children’s activities and more. Admission is free. Feb. 12-13. Location: Richmond Olympic Oval, 6111 River Rd. Info: ww.richmond.ca.

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Kray Van Kirk: Steveston Folk Guild presents singer - song-writer Kray Van Kirk on Feb. 15. Location: The Chinese Bunkhouse in the Britannia Heritage Shipyard site, 5180 Westwater Dr. Phone: 604-272-9294. Fax: 604-275-9246. Email: [email protected].

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You know how sometimes you pick

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Well The Tenth Song by Naomi Ragen is exactly that kind of novel. It’s about the dichotomy between complacency and true happiness, guilt and innocence.

One day Abigail Samuels has the world by the tail, the next, her world is shattered. Life couldn’t be any better for this rich Jewish American woman who’s married to Adam, a well respected accountant. Their young-est daughter, Kayla, is a law student at Harvard and they’re in the midst of planning her wedding to the perfect guy, Seth. What could be better, right? Well, just when they thought it was safe to go into the water – BAM! – disaster strikes.

Abigail’s husband Adam fi nds himself in extremely hot water and life is never the same for the family.

Questioning everything she thought she knew about her charmed life, Kayla takes off without warning, fi nding herself drawn to an archaeologi-cal dig in Israel, run by a mystic named Rav Natan. When her mother comes to “rescue” her and bring her home, magical things happen for all involved. Not only does Kayla expe-rience revelation, but her mom does too.

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Wanting her daugh-ter to experience real happiness, Abigail fi nally confronts her own ghosts: “Every move she had ever made was cal-culated to win someone’s approval: her friends’ and neighbors’, her children’s, the rabbi’s, her parents’, God’s. When was it going to end? When would she be able to see herself as a fi nished product, some-thing whole and beauti-ful, fashioned in her own image, not someone else’s?”

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•For other popular reading suggestions check out Richmond Public Library’s web site at www.yourlibrary.ca/goodbooks/.

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Richmond Museum is hosting a work-shop this month to explore the challeng-es of creating a diverse workplace.

The workshop coincides with the museum’s ongoing exhibit, The Cut-ting Edge: A History of Technology and Richmond.

Speaking will be Darlene Gering, Burn-aby Board of Trade’s president and chief executive offi cer. She will share success-es and lessons learned from the board’s “Breaking Down the Barriers” project. Her presentation, “Business Embracing Diversity,” will highlight the benefi ts and

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by Don FennellSports Editor

On paper, the game shouldn’t have been close.

But in reality intangibles made Saturday’s senior high school girls’ basketball fi nal at the annual R.A. McMath invitational a nail-biter. And though the favoured Steveston-London Sharks eked out a 53-52 victory, it was the underdog host Wildcats that seemed most pleased.

“It was our best game all year,” said Mc-Math coach Nathan Kishi, whose Wildcats are 4-3 in league play compared to the 6-0 Sharks.

The Sharks, which defeated McMath 53-49 to tip off league play Dec. 13, played anything like the dominant team pundits expected.

“I was disappointed with how we played, but hats off to McMath,” said Steveston-London coach Les Hamaguchi. “Every in-tangible that has to do with character and hard work they demonstrated today.”

Likely only the Sharks’ basketball experi-ence and skill prevented an upset.

“At the end of the day everyone will tell you that character traits will take you further than skill,” said Hamaguchi.“Obviously my pre-game talk that the role was reversed

from the last two years, when we were the underdog that had to outwork a more talented team to compete, didn’t resonate. But this is certainly a game we can refl ect on and hopefully something we can learn and build upon.”

McMath point guard Stephanie Salgato handled the ball with great authority, setting up quality scoring opportunities for teammates while also shooting well herself.

“This defi nitely helps us out and gives us confi dence for the (Richmond) playoffs as we try to get to the Lower Mainlands,” said Kishi.

Kishi said the Wildcats were determined to play well against the Sharks, but admit-ted their success was predicated largely on how the Sharks shot the ball.

“We hoped they wouldn’t shoot the ball very well or get their outside shots, and that we’d get ours,” he said.

McMath celebrated their tournament success by heading down the I-5 Saturday night to take in Sunday’s women’s college hoop game between state rivals University of Washington Huskies and Washington State Cougars.


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Sharks win, but Wildcats gain most from fi nalMcMath pushes Steveston-London to the limit in senior girls’ hoop tilt

Don Fennell photoMcMath’s Amanda Ring dribbles past Steveston-London defenders Lindsay O’Loughlin and Jamie Wheeler during the girls’ fi nal at the annual Wildcat invitational Saturday at McMath.

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Don Fennell photoMcMath point guard Max Pecarsky takes the ball to the basket.

Pecarsky paces ’Catsby Don FennellSports Editor

When the 2010-11 senior high school boys’ basket-ball season tipped off last December, the R.A. McMath Wildcats were counting on three players to share the proverbial load.

That’s still the case, but clearly point guard Max Pecarsky has emerged as the go-to scorer.

No one’s complaining, but it’s not exactly what coach Jason Belonio ex-pected from Pecarsky, who has consistently been one of the top scorers in the Lower Mainland this sea-son. Pecarsky’s leadership and awareness on the fl oor were known qualities, as was his ability to set up the offence.

So if shooting guard Josh Parkes, the team’s best shooter, and small forward Jeff Harrison, an outstanding rebounder, are able to take their play to yet another level in the playoffs, the Wildcats could surprise.

Already, McMath is well-positioned. They’ve won their first six (of eight) league games, which will help them avoid a fi rst- or second-round match-up with the R.C. Palmer Griffins (the province’s top-ranked AAA team) in the upcoming Richmond championships. Victories over Steveston-London Sharks, 78-69 Dec. 13, and Hugh Boyd Trojans, 62-53 on Jan. 4, contrib-uted greatly to McMath’s current league standing.

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League-leading ’Eyes host Kodiaks tonight

With five regular-season games remaining, the Rich-mond Sockeyes continue to hold on to top spot in the Pacifi c International Junior Hockey League’s Tom Shaw Conference.

The Sockeyes, which host the Aldergrove Kodiaks at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Minoru Arena, sport a 31-5-3 record which is good enough for a point better than second-place Delta Ice Hawks. Rich-mond also has a game in hand

on Delta.After winning their annual

alumni game 8-7, the Sock-eyes edged the Kodiaks 4-3 in a shootout in Aldergrove Jan. 26 and then outscored visiting Mission Icebreakers 5-1 last Thursday.

Jeremy Hamaguchi, Jake Roder and Sebastien Pare had a goal and an assist each for Richmond, while Ryan Cooper had two assists. Goalie Aaron Oakley made 36 saves for the victory.

Richmond 31-5-3 going into game

KidSport Richmond will share in the proceeds of the BC Sports Hall of Fame’s Raising the Roof fundraising campaign.

The hall of fame is offering a commemorative piece of the tefl on-coated fi breglass roof that adorned BC Place Stadium. BC Sports Hall of Fame inductees Bobby Lendar-duzzi and Lui Passaglia have personally signed the piece, which is limited to 999 and available for $295 through bcsportshalloffame.com.

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Bradley stands out among lacrosse selectsby Don FennellSports Editor

It was called the Adrena-line Challenge.

And led by six Richmond players, the Burnaby Mountain Selects showed plenty of it at an elite high school boys’ fi eld lacrosse tournament held recently in San Diego.

Quinton Bradley, a graduating senior de-fender, stood particu-larly tall, drawing lots of attention and praise from media and college coaches throughout the NCAA. He was chosen to play, and shone, in the all-star game which was the tournament’s showcase event.

In Grade 12 at Matthew McNair Secondary, Brad-ley is poised to take ad-vantage of his many op-tions. He is an honour roll student as well as being a great leader and talented athlete, noted Burnaby Mountain co-coach Brent Hoskins.

“Quinton has exempli-fi ed the type of student-athlete that the Burnaby Mountain Selects pro-gram is all about during his six seasons with the program,” said Hoskins. “What makes him so im-pressive on the fi eld is the level of focused inten-sity that he brings to every game and practice. He is always going 110 per cent, overwhelming opponents with his speed and athlet-icism and constantly chal-lenging his teammates to elevate their play. Quinton is still weighing out his op-tions. He will undoubtedly be an asset to any college program and remains fo-cused foremost on receiv-ing a great education.”

Wade Galbraith, also a

senior defender, is adept at stick checks and plays with a calm demeanour.

“Then (he) suffocates his check once they get the ball,” said Hoskins of the Grade 12 J.N. Burnett Secondary student.

Tyler Nett, a Grade 12 student at Hugh Boyd Secondary and a mid-fi elder on the Burnaby Mountain senior team, is another player that has college scouts drooling.

“He adds a physical presence in the transi-tion,” said Hoskins. “If lacrosse had a power for-ward position, Tyler would defi nitely (play it). He has the ability to overpower his defender.”

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From Page 21

Three local players impressed Hoskins with the Burnaby Mountain sophomore team. Defender Brad Hofmann is talented and athletic and “a great on-ball defender with the ability to lead the clear or push the fast-break in transition,” said Hoskins.

Midfi elder Evan Hunt contributes at both ends of

the fi eld and shows a scoring touch, while Jonah Sahota is “an extremely smart player” who Hoskins considers a great prospect.

“He is one of the best all-around players for his age group,” said Hoskins. “Often the unsung hero, he makes great decisions offensively and excels in transition, while also solid in the defensive zone.”

Sophomores also show promise

Richmond’s Quinton Bradley (right) earned plenty of praise for his play at the recent Adrenaline high school lacrosse tournament in San Diego.


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Sunday Service: 8:30 &10:30 amSunday School

St. Albanan Anglican parish in the heart of Richmond

Services at 8:30 and 10:00 amSunday School 10:00 am

The Reverend Margaret Cornish

7260 St. Albans Road, Richmond 604-278-2770 • www.stalbansrichmond.org

St. Anne’s - Steveston Anglican Church4071 Francis Road, Richmond, BC

The Rev. Brian Vickers, Rector • 604-277-9626Sunday 8:30 a.m. - Contemplative Eucharist

10:00 a.m. Family Eucharist with Church SchoolSanctuary open for quiet prayer 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. weekdays

• www.stannessteveston.ca

FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH OF CANADAwww.rcfonline.com

phone: 604-270-65946611 No. 4 Rd., Richmond

10:30 amFriendly, family fellowship.

Pastor George DonovanSermon series – ‘The Power of Spiritual Gifts’

CHRISTIAN REFORMED

To Advertise in the To Advertise in the Community Worship pageCommunity Worship page

Call Geetu Call Geetu 604-575-5304 604-575-5304 or Rita or Rita 604-575-5353604-575-5353

UNITED

Community Worship

SOUTH ARM UNITED CHURCH 11051 No. 3 Road, Richmond 604-277-4020 [email protected] www.southarmunitedchurch.caMinister of the Congregation - Rev. Dr. Gary GaudinChildren & Youth Ministry - Rev. Tracy FairfieldMusic Ministry - Ron StevensonWorship Service & Church School - 10:00 amALL ARE WELCOME!

STEVESTON UNITED CHURCH3720 Broadway Street (at 2nd Ave.)

Rev. Rick TaylorPlease join us at 10am Sunday, February 6 for

Worship Service and Sunday School604-277-0508 • www.stevestonunitedchurch.ca

A caring and friendly village church

Meeting in the Historic Pioneer ChapelNo. 3 Road and Steveston Highway

11:00 am SundayCall (604) 644-5073 for information

Visit our website at www.richmondbiblebaptist.com

Bible Baptist Church

Richmond United Church8711 Cambie Rd. (near Garden City Rd.) 604-278-5622

Minister: Rev. Neill McRae

Come for 10am Sunday Worship and Children’s Sunday School

and after-service coffee and fellowship.Founded 1888. Richmond’s Oldest Church

ADVENTISTRichmond Seventh-Day ADVENTIST Church

Worship Location and Time:Sat. 9:15 a.m.

8711 Cambie Road, Richmondwww.richmondsda.org

778-230-9714

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

www.myecc.org 604-270-4685

Kids Sunday SchoolYouth Activities

Everyone Welcome

BAPTIST

8140 Saunders Road, Richmond, BC604-277-8012 www.bbchurch.ca

Worship Service - 10:30 a.m. Sonshine Adventures for Kids Interim Pastor - Rev. Bob Bahr

Broadmoor Baptist ChurchA safe place to connect with God and fellow

travellers on your spiritual journey

CHRIST-CENTERED CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Filipino Congregation)COME AND JOIN US

IN OUR CELEBRATION OF REDEMPTION!Worship Service 12:20 p.m.Sunday School 2:00 p.m.

8151 Bennett Road, Richmond tel: 604-271-6491

FILIPINO CHRISTIAN CHURCH

EVANGELICAL

REFORMED CHURCH (RCA)Fujian Evangelical Church

welcomes you toSunday Worship Services

• English Services: 9:00 & 10:30 a.m. • Mandarin Service: 9:00 a.m. • Minnanese Service: 10:30 a.m.12200 Blundell Road, Richmond, B.C., V6W 1B3Phone 604-273-2757 • www.fujianevangelical.org

BRIGHOUSE UNITED CHURCHan evangelical congregation

8151 Bennett Road, Richmond, 604-278-7188www.brighouseunitedchurch.org

Sunday, February 6, 201110:00 am Worship

Happy New Year!

GILMORE PARK UNITED CHURCH8060 No. 1 Road (corner of No. 1 & Blundell) 604.277.5377

www.gilmoreparkunited.orgRev. Scott Swanson & Rev. Jennifer Goddard-Sheppard

Worship Service and Children’s Program Sundays 10:30 amSuddenly Separate 12-week program

begins again February 16 @ 7pmEveryone is welcome!

Immanuel Christian Reformed Church

7600 No. 4 Road. Inquiries Rev. David Cheung604-276-8250 [email protected]

Sunday service 11.30am-12.30pm

Richmond Baptist ChurchLove God…Love People

6640 Blundell Road, Richmond BC • 604-277-1939offi [email protected]

Come home to RBC. There are no perfect people here. We’re all in the process, by the grace of God, of becoming all we can be. We’d love to have

you walk with us on our journey towards the heart of God.

Teaching Series: MAKING REAL WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW A JOURNEY THROUGH PHILIPPIANS Worship Service: 10:30am Relevant, biblical preaching that

touches the heart. Uplifting worship. Promise land: 10:30am Come and enjoy our children’s

program for children ages 4-12Youth, Young Adults, Adult Growth Groups, Ignite & Sparks Children’s Club

meeting throughout the week at various times and locations.Call the church offi ce for information about these and any of our other programs.

You are welcome to worship with us at Marpole United Church

Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Sunday Centre for Children

1296 West 67th Avenue (at Hudson St.)Phone: 604-266-8822

Minister: Rev. Diana Sung

PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLIES OF CANADA RICHMOND PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

RPC - A Place To Belong 9300 Westminster Hwy., Phone 604-278-3191 • www.rpchurch.com

MORNING SERVICES — 9:00 am & 11:00 am Dr. C.A. Coats — Lead Pastor

ELEVATE (High School/College) 6:00 pmPastor Joseph Dutko — New Generation Pastor

~ This Week at RPC ~ Wednesday 10:00 am – Seniors Games & Fellowship

7:00 pm – Family Connections

sports

From Page 20

“Our goal is to get to the Mainlands,” said Belonio, whose team is coming off an encouraging 66-60 win Saturday over arch-rival Steveston-London at the Wildcats’ annual invitational. “And who knows, we could

get hot.”Belonio said consistency

will play a big part in deter-mining how far the Wildcats go. He was a bit discouraged following their loss to Lord Byng on Friday, but conceded it was a result that could have gone either way. He said the

Wildcats’ win over the Sharks was an important “bounce-back game.”

Ian Chang, who just re-turned from injury, earned all-star honours for McMath at their tournament. He was given the nod for his relent-less effort on the boards.

McMath takes aim at MainlandsThe fi rst family of karate continue to domi-

nate the provincial scene.Steveston Karate Club members Toshi and

Sumi Uchiage were both honoured at the recent Karate BC tournament held Jan. 22 and 23 at the Burnaby BCIT campus.

Besides topping the advanced division, Toshi Uchiage received the 2010 senior male athlete of the year award. His sister Sumi Uchiage won

the senior women’s black belt kata and kumite and was awarded the senior women’s grand championship.

Ryo Nakagawa won the silver medal for 16-17 black belt male kata, and bronze in senior men’s black belt kata.

Thompson Karate Club member Nicholas Huen won gold in the 11-12-year-old catego-ry.

Local kata B.C. champs again

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Cabo Drilling (Pacifi c) Corp. Website: www.cabo.caCabo Drilling Corporation one of Canada’s larger mineral drilling services companies is searching for a Purchasing Manager for its Surrey B.C. division. Reporting to the General Manager at this location, the Purchasing Manager is responsible for the develop-ment and management of purchasing accounts, and for the management of ordering, ware-housing & inventory management systems.Experience working w/ Microsoft Navision software would be considered an asset. Your ability to ensure purchases are of the best quality and price and that critical inventory is maintained to meet division needs is comple-mented by your purchasing back-ground in a mineral drilling, min-ing, mechanical, or equipment procurement environment.

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confi dence:[email protected] you to all those who send in their resumés. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

KLASSEN, Ruth T. (nee Rempel)

Nov. 27, 1933 – Jan. 21, 2011

Passed away peacefully at age 77 in the arms of her husband Frank and son Frank Jr. in Minoru Residence. Ruth was born in Yarrow, BC, the eldest daughter of Aron and Olga Rempel. Her childhood was not an easy one, caring for her eight siblings and helping on the raspberry farm. Her life was further complicated by excruciating migraines which she suffered daily from her mid-teens until a few years before her passing. Despite the chronic pain, her musical talents and remarkable intelligence were among the many gifts she demonstrated throughout her life. Ruth was an accomplished pianist and music teacher. She was also renowned for an astounding memory - remembering as many as 400 birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions a year to send out thousands of cards, letters and gifts to family, friends and even strangers to lift their spirits. Ruth was a devoted Christian - her favourite Bible chapter was John 14. She married Frank Klassen Sr. On Oct. 31, 1953 in Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church. In the following years, Ruth became a loving mother to Frank, Cynthia, Lorne and Jeff, along with her subsequent daughter-in-laws Karen, Wendy/Rose & Kate; grandchildren Kaila (& Kevin), Kelsey, Philip (& Lian), Elise and Aaron; and great-grand-daughter Ava. During the family’s darkest times, Ruth appreciated the love and support of sisters Edith (& Bob) Simpson, Ollie (& Bob) Peters and Charlotte (& Art) Shier. Her body was donated to UBC for scientifi c research into migraines and Lewy Body Dementia in hopes of fi nding a cure for these brain disorders. The family would like to thank the dedicated caregivers at Minoru Residence, who made her fi nal months comfortable ones. A celebration of life will take place at the Richmond Bethel Church, 10200 No. 5 Road, Richmond on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 2 pm. A reception will follow. Memorial gifts can be made to the Gideons International in Canada or Alzheimer Society of BC.

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

7 OBITUARIES

HIRSCH, Anne(nee Thiessen)

Anne, born in rural Saskatchewan on November 6, 1921 has joined her beloved late husband, Tony, on Saturday, January 29, 2011. She is survived by 2 loving daughters, Pat (Gary) and Donna (Bob) and 4 precious grandsons, Evan (Gwen), Lucas (Chelsea),Josh (Allison) and Kent (Jackie).

Graveside Serviceto be held on Saturday,

February 5, 2011 at 1pm atOcean View Cemetery,

4000 Imperial Street, Burnaby. No fl owers are necessary, donations to your favourite charity would be appreciated.

Lewis, Audrey (Stephenson)

Passed away peacefully at Courtyard Gardens, Rich-mond, B.C. on January 28, 2011 at the age 89.

Audrey is survived by her loving husband, Norman Lewis; sons Bruce and Derek (Catherine) Stephenson; step-daughter Mary-Ellen (Bruce) Nicol; grandchildren, Ryan, Chelsea and Gillian; sisters Kay, Phyllis and Jean; and nieces and nephews, prede-ceased by former husband, Frank Stephenson.

A Celebration of Audrey’s Life will be held on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 1:00 pm. at Gilmore Park United Church, 8060 No. 1 Rd., Richmond, BC. In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to the B.C. Children’s Hospital, 4480 Oak St., Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

21 COMING EVENTS

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33 INFORMATION

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041 PERSONALS

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TRAVEL

74 TIMESHARE

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75 TRAVEL

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CHILDREN

BLUEBERRY FIELD CHILDCARE Licensed Group Daycare, 2 loca-tions, 0 to 36 mo. & 36 mo. 5 yrs. old. Call Susan 778-708-1751

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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115 EDUCATION


108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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JEWELLERY SALES OPPORTU-NITY! NEW to Canada, trendy, af-fordable! Work from home, Earn GREAT money & vacations. Con-tact Curt for catalogue and busi-ness [email protected] 403.909.4302

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGER

ESL school is looking for an inter-national operations manager with experience and potential for sen-ior management. Candidate must possess the fol-lowing attributes:• Minimum 10 years experi-

ence in ESL operations man-agement

• Degree or undergraduate• Experience in multiple inter-

national environments• Excellent written and verbal

communication skills• Proven track record with ref-

erencesPlease forward a cover letter with full reference list, portfolio and/or resume to:

[email protected]

Close Date: February 14th, 2011

MP DRYWALL & INVESTMENTS LTD

Marketing Manager req’d for drywall co. in Richmond; marketing of dry-wall supplies; completion of college level diploma; 3-5 yrs of related exp: $25/hr full time; email resume: [email protected]

115 EDUCATION



QA MANAGERFast paced growing co. in the Fraser Valley requires a QA Manager immediately. Must have experience with; HACCP (a work-ing plan is in place), Food Safety (for multi-line production rooms), managing an active QA Dept., testing products, weekly micros, working w/ 110 employees on a daily basis, and SQF preferred (wiling to train the right person).

Only people w/ QA experience need apply, please send

resume w/ salary requirements to:

[email protected]

114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

770 ALBERTA HAULING need Class 1 drivers to haul logs in north-ern Alberta. Experience needed. Call 780-554-8511 for more infor-mation.

Class 1 Highway Drivers & Owner

Operators WantedRegular work, dedicated units, Benefi ts after 3mos. Minimum 2 years mountain experience req.Fax resume & N print abstract to 1-888-778-3563 or E-mail to

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115 EDUCATIONMEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is rat-ed #2 for at-home jobs. Train from home with the only industry ap-proved school in Canada. Contact CanScribe today! 1-800-466-1535. www.canscribe.com.

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115 EDUCATION

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115 EDUCATION

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130 HELP WANTEDFLAGGERS NEEDED

If not certifi ed, training available for a fee. Call 604-575-3944

115 EDUCATION

7 OBITUARIES

Thursday, February 3, 2011 Richmond Review -

Westeel Fabrication Ltdis looking for Structural Steel

Erectors/ Fabricators with track

record. Please send your resume

to [email protected] or

Contact 604-543-8016PROUD TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL SPCA

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130 HELP WANTED

ABLE TO TRAVEL National Com-pany Hiring Sharp People. Able to Start Today. Transportation & Lodg-ing Furnished. NO EXPERIENCE Necessary. Paid Training. Over 18+ 888-853-8411

HEAVY DUTY Mechanics required for busy Coastal logging company on Northern Vancouver Island. Must have extensive mechanical experience, certifi cation an asset. Above industry average (wages), plus excellent benefi t program. Fax or email resume to: 250-956-4888 or offi [email protected].

Sales Coordinator Bandstra Moving Systems

Richmond, BC

The ideal candidate must:· have excellent communication skills· be organized, a team player with superior customer service skills· be computer literate

Job description- coordinate appointments for sales reps- internal sales and phone quotes- input and maintain quotes in the system- organize and fi le all the paper work for each sales reps.- coordinate letters to be sent to customers- prepare all paperwork for booked moves and liaise with the dispatcher. Previous sales experience in household moves industry would be an asset. Please e-mail your resume to [email protected] or fax (604) 279-1471 - Attn. Carla

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

WE’RE ON THE WEBwww.bcclassified.com


130 HELP WANTED

Star Fleet Trucking HIRING! DRIV-ERS, FARMERS, RANCHERS & RETIREES needed with 3/4 Ton or 1-Ton pickup trucks to deliver new travel trailers & fi fth wheels from US manufacturers to dealers through-out Canada. Free IRP plate for your truck and low insurance rates! Pref. commercial Lic. or 3 yrs towing exp. Top Pay! Call Craig 1-877-890-4523 www.starfl eettrucking.com

131 HOME CARE/SUPPORT

HOMESHARE

Homeshare, Pacifi c Coast Community Resources are recruiting for the Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and North Shore areas. We are looking for families who have experience in the Community Living Sector and would like to open their home to a special needs individual. If interested please forward your re-sume to:PCCR, 1805 Scarborough Cres.,Port Coquitlam, V3C2R2, Fax:604-945-6250, e-mail: [email protected]

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

ENSIGN ENERGY SERVICE INC. is looking for experienced Drilling Rig, & Coring personnel for all po-sition levels. Drillers, Coring Drillers $35. - $40.20.; Derrickhands $34., Motorhands $28.50; Floorhands, Core Hands, Helpers $24. - $26.40. Plus incentives for winter coring! Telephone 1-888-ENSIGN-0 (1-888-367-4460). Fax 780-955-6160.

Email: [email protected]

FABRICATORSMedium-size CWB manufac-turing plant in Surrey, BC, Local 712 Ironworkers, requires qualifi ed fabricators with experience in structural sheet and plate work.Experience with aluminum fabrication an asset.

Please apply in writing to:Wellons Canada Corp,

19087 - 96th Ave.,Surrey, BC V4N 3P2. Fax: 604-888-2959

Attn: Manufacturing Manager

FLAT ROOFERS WANTED - Expe-rienced roofers. PVC, EPDM, T&G & other fl at roof products. Valid driver’s licence. Skill based pay. Year round full-time. Phone 403-261-6822. Fax 403-261


160 TRADES, TECHNICALRUSKIN CONSTRUCTION LTD. Pile driving and bridge construction; www.ruskinconstruction.com cur-rently looking for: Professional En-gineers; Engineers in Training; Project Managers; Site Superinten-dents; Site Administrators; Jour-neymen/Apprentice Welders; Crane & Equipment Operators; Bridge-men; Pile Drivers; Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanics. Permanent and seasonal work. Competi-tive/Union wages. Fax resume 250-563-6788. Email:

[email protected].

164 WAREHOUSE

PLANT WORKERSRequired by

Fish Processing Plantfor day shifts

Please send resume to:Fax: 604-273-8066

or email:[email protected]

PERSONAL SERVICES

173E HEALTH PRODUCTSATTENTION DIABETICS with Medicare. Get a FREE Talking Me-ter and diabetic supplies at NO COST, plus FREE home delivery! Best of all, this meter eliminates painful fi nger pricking! Call 888-449-1321

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182 FINANCIAL SERVICESDEBT CONSOLIDATION

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PERSONAL SERVICES

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

236 CLEANING SERVICESBest House CLEANERS. Trusted & reliable. Filipino owned & operated, lic. Prof. touch. Cleaning supplies prov’d. Daisy 604-727-2955

CAROLINE’S CLEANINGHonest, bonded, Mother & daughter Non-toxic products. 778-233-7712

242 CONCRETE & PLACING

PLACING & Finishing * Forming* Site Prep, old concrete removal

* Excavation & Reinforcing* Re-Re Specialists

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Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

260 ELECTRICAL#1167 LIC’D, BONDED. BBB Lge & small jobs. Expert trouble shooter, WCB. Low rates 24/7 604-617-1774YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

281 GARDENING

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTSGUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs Free Est, 20 yrs exp, Rain or shine. 7 days/week. Simon 604-230-0627

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS10% OFF when you Mention this ad

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287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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300 LANDSCAPING

FULL LANDSCAPING& YARD WORK

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317 MISC SERVICES

GET RESULTS! Post a classifi ed in a few easy clicks. Choose your province or all across Canada. Best value. Pay a fraction of the cost compared to booking individual are-as. www.communityclassifi eds.ca or 1-866-669-9222.

320 MOVING & STORAGE

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AFFORDABLE MOVINGLocal & Long Distance

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Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539Running this ad for 7yrs

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RICHMOND, LARGE 2 BDRM, 1200 sf, $1050 incl util. Avail. now. Phone (604)241-5884.

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1990 HONDA CIVIC DX h/back, 5 spd, runs great, no rust, $1200/obo.Call 604-836-1280 (Maple Ridge)

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2009 HONDA CIVIC DX. 4 dr, 5 spd manual, options, 14K, blue. $8800 fi rm. 604-538-4883

2011 TOYOTA Camry LE, 7000 kms. auto, factory warranty. No ac-cidents. $22,500. 604-836-5931

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Great Lot Backing onto Park Well maintained 3 bdrm split on quiet street in the “Mores” area. Highly desirable 66x106.5 lot backs onto Gilmore Park and offers fabulous views of Cypress and Grouse Mountains! Short stroll to Seafair Shopping and scenic West dyke. Great opportunity to build now or hold as investment.ASKING $968,800

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The room was packed with 216 people, the highest attendance they have had in the last 12 years, accord-ing to Brian McCalder, the president and CEO of B.C. Athletics and host of the evening.

The night was “an evening to honour athletes, officials, coaches and volun-teers in athletics,” McCalder said.

Awards were given out for contributions to various athletics including track and field, road running and marathon.

Official committees selected the win-ners after reviewing nominees based on a number of things, including rankings in Canada and the world, depending on the category.

Many people were honoured throughout the evening, but the highlight of the awards was the induction of Danny Daniels into the B.C. Athletics Hall of Fame, according to McCalder.

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Those who attended the awards came from all over B.C. and had the opportunity to bid on silent auction items and buy 50/50 tickets, the proceeds from which went to sup-porting B.C. Athletics programs.

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> B.C. Athletics Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Vancouver Airport Hotel

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Samantha Kennedy, a Youth Female of the Year nominee, and Petranella Daviel, a Midget 15 award recipient.

Judy Armstrong, Caitlin Reed and Gary Reed, who received spe-cial recognition at the awards night after retiring in December.

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A huge infl ux of newly minted B.C. Liberals in Surrey has raised suspi-cions that urban elements in the party may yet scut-tle a plan to switch to a new weighted voting sys-tem designed to be more fair to rural regions.

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At least 10,000 have been signed up in just four Surrey ridings.

“I was quite staggered,” he said of the soaring membership tally. “We are certainly trying to follow the growth in the numbers to understand what is going on.”

All candidates have pledged their support of the weighted vote system, which ensures sparsely populated rural ridings have an equal say with urban ones.

But there is discontent about it among some in

the party.Former Surrey MLA Dr.

Gulzar Cheema says the change is unfair to urban ridings that sign up lots of new Liberals, because their votes will be watered down by the points sys-tem that ensures equal weight is given to just a few dozen members in a rural riding.

The reform of the party constitution requires a two-thirds majority to pass.

“I’ve heard from some people who have sug-gested there will be a very small amount of opposi-tion to the changes,” Ab-bott said. “But I just don’t know.”

Political analyst David Schreck said he doesn’t believe the urban candi-dates or their lieutenants are sincere about sup-porting the voting reform.

“It appears between a quarter and a third of all new membership signups for the Liberals are in Sur-rey,” he said. “You’ve got to ask yourself: if you’ve worked to sign up 10,000 new members in Sur-rey, would you support a weighted voting system?”

If the reform passes, Schreck said, the Surrey members – who represent more than 20 per cent of the members province-wide – would control less than fi ve per cent of the votes in selecting a new leader and premier.

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ship campaign will be in jeopardy if the proposed reform is defeated at a special vote Feb. 12.

“The prospects of my election, I think, would be diminished if the new system is not adopted,” he said.

Instead, the one-mem-ber-one-vote system would remain in place and the votes of tens of thousands of new mem-bers recruited mainly by rivals Kevin Falcon, Mike de Jong and Christy Clark may be decisive in elect-ing the new leader Feb. 26. Abbott said he under-stands the party mem-bership has more than doubled to 84,000 so far and while his campaign has signed up some, it’s “nothing in comparison” to the numbers being re-cruited by the other con-tenders.

At least 10,000 have been signed up in just four Surrey ridings.

“I was quite staggered,” he said of the soaring membership tally. “We are certainly trying to follow the growth in the numbers to understand what is going on.”

All candidates have pledged their support of the weighted vote system, which ensures sparsely populated rural ridings have an equal say with urban ones.

But there is discontent about it among some in

the party.Former Surrey MLA Dr.

Gulzar Cheema says the change is unfair to urban ridings that sign up lots of new Liberals, because their votes will be watered down by the points sys-tem that ensures equal weight is given to just a few dozen members in a rural riding.

The reform of the party constitution requires a two-thirds majority to pass.

“I’ve heard from some people who have sug-gested there will be a very small amount of opposi-tion to the changes,” Ab-bott said. “But I just don’t know.”

Political analyst David Schreck said he doesn’t believe the urban candi-dates or their lieutenants are sincere about sup-porting the voting reform.

“It appears between a quarter and a third of all new membership signups for the Liberals are in Sur-rey,” he said. “You’ve got to ask yourself: if you’ve worked to sign up 10,000 new members in Sur-rey, would you support a weighted voting system?”

If the reform passes, Schreck said, the Surrey members – who represent more than 20 per cent of the members province-wide – would control less than fi ve per cent of the votes in selecting a new leader and premier.

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