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Mr.Mikes Casual Steakhouse hopes toset up shop in Anvil Centre but fears its be-ing put on the back burner because it isntserving up upscale enough cuisine.Darren Flintoff, president of the Stone-

water Group, said his company has agreed

to terms with the city to enter into a formallease for the restaurant space in Anvil Cen-tre. Flintoff said the goal is to open a Mr.Mikes Casual Steakhouse in NewWest in2017, but the plan is subject to councils ap-proval.The Stonewater Group, owned by New

Westminster residents Darren and Lind-sey Flintoff and Bill and Kelly Ranford, is a

franchisee of numerous Mr.Mikes restau-rants. It also owns OxygenYoga and Fitnessin Columbia Square.It will be our flagship, Flintoff said.

This becomes a base for us to do morein our community.We do lots in our othermarkets, but we have always wanted to domore here.This provides us with a homebase. Its a win-win.

With only about 3,800 square feet towork with in Anvil Centre, the companyhired a designer to develop a plan for thespace, which would include constructionof a mezzanine to provide extra space.Thecompany is willing to sign a long-term leasefor the space and plans to spend $1.75 mil-lion converting the empty space into a Mr.

WillMr.Mikesbeserving itupinAnvil?

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A few hundred people de-scended on NewWestminsterSecondary Sunday afternoonto send a message to the Min-istry of Education that they aretired of waiting for a new highschool they want one now.I think its showing that

people in this community arereally, truly fed up, said Dani-elle Connelly, who organizedthe event, adding she and otherparents wont be satisfied untilshovels are in the ground.Until theres a commit-

ment, weve kind of been con-ditioned to be skeptical.The ministry had initially

told the school district it couldexpect final funding approv-al for the replacement highschool last fall.Then the ap-proval date was pushed back tothe new year, and more recent-ly,Minister Mike Bernier

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Hundreds demand anew high school

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What will the new NewWestminster SecondarySchool look like? Its some-thing many NewWest res-idents want to know, butuntil funding is approved,superintendent Pat Duncansays residents will just haveto wait.While the district has an

idea of what the proposedschool could look like (athree-storey building), offi-cials cant make specific de-tails of the plan public un-til after provincial approval,Duncan told theRecord.What I can say is that

when we build the newschool, we will be only dis-turbing the present build-ing, as it stands, very mini-mally, he said.The vision the district

has for the new high schoolwill require moving the cityskate park, Duncan added.

We will be consultingand going out and talking topeople, but will it be. Letsjust build whatever we like?No.The ministry has clearstandards and expectationsabout square footage andhow big certain classroomscan be. It all has to fit withintheir parameters, he said.Once the province gives

the district the go-ahead,staff will begin the design-build process, and first upwill be a request for pro-posals.The project defini-tion report submitted to theprovince outlines three op-tions, which deal mainlywith the MasseyTheatre option 1: demolish MasseyTheatre; option 2: city re-tains MasseyTheatre; andoption 3: repairing the the-atre.If the board decides to

move forward with option2, it wont lower the cost ofthe high school replacementproject, according to Dun-

can.The district will still beon the hook for the costs ofseparating the theatre fromthe rest of the school.The money that would

have gone into a demolitionof the building would nowgo into, instead, what wouldnow be a separation,Dun-can explained.When asked how long it

would take the district to getstarted on the high school

once its approved, Dun-can said shovels could be inthe ground anywhere be-tween three to six months,and prep work could begin

right away.Because were not tear-

ing down the school as thestudents are in there, werebuilding around the school,were building around thestudents, there should beminimal disruption as theplan stands now, he said.Of course, things could

change, depending on whatthe province approves, headded.

We want to build thevery best secondary schoolin the province of Brit-ish Columbia, with LEEDstandards,Duncan said.This will hopefully be thegreenest project that is inthe province, and (will) cer-tainly meet the needs of ourstudents. Itll look a lot dif-ferent than what the presentbuilding looks like.

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PREVIOUSPLANS: AJune2004conceptionof thenewNWSSsite, includinga residential developmentwith threehighrises(representedas clearblocks). Thiswasoneof twoproposeddesigns for anewhigh school thatwaspresented to the communitymore than10years ago. Theproject failed tomove forward, however, becauseofopposition to theplans. PHOTOSRECORDFILES

Former school boardchair Brent Atkinsonshares his perspective onthemany curves in theroad to a new high school

- Interview by Cayley Dobie

What was the pro-cess like when you were atrustee?Youd have to get the

ministry approval, but youcan go ahead with some de-signs and some other issues,once the money has beenapproved, which we did.Wecame up with two separateproposals, both of whichthe community had turneddown.And then we ran into

the problems with, unfor-tunately,Mr. Puchmayr.Some student at UBC thatwas doing some research forhim, came up with the issueover the cemetery, whichdelayed the process forsome time, unfortunately,until it was finally resolvedto the best of our ability.

So the cemetery wasnever an issue before thedistrict started planningthe new school?No.There was no issue

going into the project be-cause nobody had raisedthe issue.The issue wasntraised until the assistant ofMr. Puchmayr andMr. Pu-chmayr raised it.

What was the commu-nity response to the two

designs being proposedby the board of educationat the time?There was a lot of objec-

tion to the three towers be-cause apparently they didntwant the towers built there,although theres other tow-ers two blocks away thatare twice as tall.That didntmake very much sense tome. But for other unknownreasons, when we also want-ed to put some condos upabove and put the schoolboard offices and stuff onthe main floor, the pub-lic didnt think that thereshould be any commer-cial enterprise, such as theschool board offices or any-thing else on the site, be-cause they didnt think thatwas a good idea, I guess.Atleast the public that spoke

up. It wasnt a massiveprotest, but it was enough ofa protest that the council atthe time wouldnt supportit and some of the trusteeswouldnt support it either.

Was council involved inthe decision-making pro-cess?No, it wasnt.The coun-

cil has previously made averbal commitment, at leastin the meeting that I had,to go ahead with the ini-tial project, but then, whenpush came to shove it wasdecided that in actual fact,theyd never passed a mo-tion in writing and there-fore they werent bound byit. So they didnt proceedwith it, and when the com-munity or some of the vo-cal community decided that

they didnt want the proj-ect, then council, of course,wasnt going to get behindit for sure. Its too bad, actu-ally because they were tworeally good projects, andthe school would have longsince built, but thats wa-ter under the bridge at thispoint.

Looking back, do youever think if you haddone some things differ-ently, it would have beenapproved?Well, no it would have

been approved if the coun-cil at the time and the com-munity at the time hadchosen to approve the de-signs that we had put forth.I guess whats frustratingsometimes, because I alsooperated businesses as well

being as a trustee, whatsfrustrating is that it doesnttake that many people, eventhough it might be a minor-ity of the public, to disruptthe process.

The district cant shareany of the proposed

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We are excited to announce that Mr. Mikes Steakhouse Casual is coming toNew Westminster. Our parent company has agreed to terms with the city toenter into a formal Lease for the restaurant space in the Anvil Centre.

We are an award winning company with 3 generations of family in theRoyal City and are the largest Franchisee in the Mr. Mikes chain. We currentlyoperate 9 Mr. Mikes locations and we are the families that brought OxygenYoga and Fitness to New Westminster.

Our families havequietly beengivingback toNewWestminster for generations,and over the last 20 years Stonewater has supported countless fundraisinginitiatives aroundNewWestminster. So it goeswithout saying that as residentsand business owners that truly care about our city, we are very excited to beable to establish a flagship for Mr. Mikes Steakhouse Casual in the citys newlandmark building.

The staff at the city are wonderful to work with, so it has been rewarding tohave worked out a winwin deal that helps the Anvil Centre become moreestablished with our heritage brand, and enables us to provide great diningexperiences to our community.

We look forward to serving you in 2017!


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REVIEWOFCOUNCILREMUNERATION AND POLICY

AnOpportunity for Public Comment on the proposed update toCouncils remuneration will be held in the Council Chamber during aRegular meeting of Council on May 2nd, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.In the past the City has undertaken a review of Councils stipend everythree years with a full public review. In accordance with the change inthe elected term from three years to four years, the stipend review willnow be conducted every four years. A full public review continues to bepart of the process.

Councils base remuneration is determined by a mathematical formulathat uses remuneration data and economic indicators from relevantMetro Vancouver municipalities and provincial statistics. The formulacalculates a minimum, average and maximum increase. Historically,Council has tried to maintain a remuneration rate close to the MetroVancouver average.

The results for the 2016 base remuneration analysis are as follows:

Note: The proposed 2016 remuneration adjustment is the MetroVancouver (Adjusted) Average.

Proposed Council Remuneration and Expense Policy ChangesThe Remuneration Policy has been revised so that assessment takesplace every four years (as opposed to every three years). The Policywill continue to use a mathematical formula that incorporates relevantremuneration and economic data.

The Expense Policy reects a revised allowance for conferences,workshops, etc. Responding to increased costs, the expense allowanceof $3,000 plus GST per Council member has been adjusted to $5,000plus GST.

Copies of the Council Remuneration Report, revised policy documentsand comment sheet are available on the Citys website and for pickup inthe Human Resources Department, City Hall, 511 Royal Avenue, duringregular business hours beginning April 4, 2016. Comments regardingthese matters may be forwarded to Joan Burgess, Director, HumanResources, by mail, fax (604-527-4619) or email ([email protected]),or commenters may appear in person at the Opportunity for PublicComment on Monday, May 2 at 6:00 p.m.

Mailing Address:Corporation of the City of NewWestminster511 Royal Avenue, NewWestminster, BC V3L 1H0ATT: Director of Human Resources

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CITYPAGECALENDAROF EVENTSThursday, April 14

4:00 8:00 pmTransLinks Pattullo BridgeInformation SessionSapperton Pensionners Hall,318 Keary

Saturday, April 16

12:00 3:00 pmNWDRA 2nd Annual SpringIndoor Flea MarketHoly Trinity Church,514 Carnarvon St.

Monday, April 18

6:00 pmRegular CouncilCouncil Chamber

Tuesday, April 19

6:00 8:00 pmShakespeare Movie NightNWPL Main Branch

Saturday, April 23

3:00 4:30 pmShakespeare 400 Years LaterNWPL Main Branch

For more information on anyof these events, please visitwww.newwestcity.ca/events

MOTHERS DAY TEASpoil mom on her special day with tea served in the Grandmothers Roomat Irving House. Enjoy tea and refreshments including scones, sandwiches anddesserts, then join costumed guides for a guided tour of the home of ElizabethIrving, one of the Citys pioneer mothers! Each seating can accommodate sixguests; individuals can sign up for the 3:00 pm sitting on Saturday.

Saturday, May 7: 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pmSunday, May 8: 12:00 pmRegistration Fee: $114.00 for six people

Individual registration: Saturday, May 7: 3:00 pmRegistration Fee: $19.00 per person

Call 604.527.4640 for more details or to register.

PHONE SCAMWARNINGNewWestminster Police Department would like to encourage residentsto educate themselves about phone scams. NewWestminster residentsare still being targeted by people claiming to work with Canada RevenueAgency (CRA) or Citizen and Immigration Canada. Scammers contactpeople by phone, telling them they owe money that must be repaid orthey face getting arrested. The callers are also known to request personalinformation such as a social insurance number, credit card number, bankaccount number, or passport number. If you suspect you may be the victimof fraud or have been tricked into giving personal or nancial information,contact the NewWestminster Police Department at 604-525-5411 or callyour local police.

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ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAWNO. 7827, 2016(805 BOYD STREET)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:A proposal has been submitted to amend the Large FormatCommercial Districts (C-10) zone to allow an automobile repairfacility in any location on theQueensborough LandingShopping Centre site. Currentlyautomobile repairs are onlyallowed in a retail store with acommercial area greater than40,000 square feet (3716.0square metres). The applicantsalso propose to obtain aDevelopment Permit in order toconstruct an oil change facility(the site is outlined in bold onthe map).

WHAT IS ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAWNO. 7827, 2016ABOUT?The Queensborough Landing Shopping Centre is the only site in theCity of NewWestminster that is zoned Large Format CommercialDistricts (C-10). A text amendment to the zone is required to removethe current restriction on automobile repairs on the site so that anautomobile repair facility can be developed.

HOWDO I GETMORE INFORMATION?The bylaw and all pertinent material are available for viewing onlineat www.newwestcity.ca/publicnotices, and also in the PlanningDepartment at City Hall 10 business days prior to the PublicHearing, April 11 to April 25, 2016. City Hall hours are Mondaybetween 8:00 am and 7:00 pm, Tuesday through Friday between8:00 am and 5:00 pm (except statutory holidays).

HOWCAN I BE HEARD?The public is welcome to attend the Public Hearing on April 25, 2016at 6:00 pm, or send a written submission addressed to Mayor andCouncil prior to the closing of the Public Hearing.

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ThismealplanishighlyoverratedLast week The Globe and

Mail did several stories onPremier Christy Clark andher private fundraising din-ners.These are the events

where folks pay $10,000 ormore to break bread and getup close and personal withour premier.Now, perhaps, weve be-

come inured to the ways ofgovernment, but we almostshrugged and said, So tellus something that wouldsurprise us.

The Liberals representbusiness, and business un-derstands that you have topay for everything. Payingfor a chance to whisper inthe Premiers ear seems tobe par for the course.Businesses hire lobbyists

and those lobbyists (usual-ly former politicians) alsounderstand that lobbyingmeans making your caseagain and again. Business-es and organizations donateto political parties to remindthose parties that they not

only have a stake in the gov-ernments policies, but thatthe government has a stakein the businesses and orga-nizations that pay taxes.And, to be clear, the

NDP does not have cleanhands in this type of fund-raising either.NDP leader John Horgan

says he attends his ownfundraisers a recent onebeing a $2,000-a-plate eventwith 30 individuals.Under the current disclo-

sure legislation neither party

has to say what individualswere at which fundraisingdinners.Those donationsare lumped in with the oth-er disclosures.Critics have said this al-

lows people to secretly gainexclusive access to the Pre-mier.Well, yes, it does. But,honestly, do we really thinkthe Premier is not aware ofwho are the very large do-nors to her and her par-ty? Do we think the folkswho turn up for the dinnersarent already on her best

friends list? And do we, asthe media, think those bigdonors have more influenceover a cocktail than theydo writing a big fat chequeand making a phone call af-terwards? Most of the timethese fundraisers are a wayof making the donors feellike theyre important folksposing with the premier fora photo they can put ontheir office desk.Its true, we always want

to know more details.Andwere always for more trans-

parency everywhere.And,yes, we think the new billthat would disclose dinnerdonor names would be in-teresting and much-appreci-ated grist for more stories.But who are we fool-

ing to suggest that disclos-ing whos willing to pay bigbucks to nosh with Clarkor Horgan will reveal muchmore than we already know.

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MYVIEWKEITHBALDREY

TheNDPmaysabotage itselfThe B.C.NDP always

faces a tough, uphill strug-gle to get elected, and somemoves by the federal wing ofthe NDPmay make that hilleven steeper.DumpingThomasMul-

cair as federal leader ne-cessitates a leadership race.The good news for the B.C.NDP is that the vote wonthappen for two years, butthe bad news is that a lead-ership race sucks resourc-es,money and energy outof other party activities. Bynext spring, when the nextprovincial election will oc-cur, the federal race shouldjust be getting into gear.Anyrival for fundraising suchas a leadership race is notwhat the B.C.NDP needs.Still, the actual vote beingsuch a long ways off shouldhelp mitigate much of thedamage.What may have great-

er implications for the B.C.NDP, however, was thefederal NDPs decision tocome closer through aninternal party debate toembracing the controver-sial and radical LeapMan-ifesto, a far-left movementaimed at combating climatechange, blocking trade dealsand raising taxes.I can only imagine the

B.C. Liberals salivating overthe prospect of tying thefederal NDPs courtship ofthe LeapManifesto to theB.C.NDPs tail and step-ping back to gleefully watchthe provincial partys furi-ous attempts to separate it-self from all that comes withthe positions called for bythe Leap folks.Then again,

its entirely possible the B.C.NDP will be just as inter-ested in bringing the LeapManifesto into the party tostir up a debate.The Leapfolks, for example, want toimmediately halt the build-ing of all oil pipelines andto quickly very quick-ly transition the economyaway from fossil fuels.Thestance seems fairly close tothe one held by B.C.NDP,which opposes both the En-bridge pipeline and the pro-posed twinning of the Kind-er Morgan pipeline.Still, as someone who has

known and covered NDPleader John Horgan for al-most 20 years, I cant imag-ine him leading a politicalparty that wants anything todo with the LeapManifesto.Historically, Horgan is fromthe pro-resource develop-ment side of the NDP.But all this plays to the

B.C. Liberals strategy ofportraying the B.C.NDP asthe party of No, one thatopposes all kinds of indus-trial development and there-fore or so the B.C. Liber-als argue against jobs.Also now in the B.C. Lib-

eral arsenal are the angrycomments from anotherNDP leader:Alberta Pre-mier Rachel Notley, who isfurious about the NDPs defacto support for hurtingher provinces economy.The NDP has always

been good at creating inter-nal divisions.We shall soonsee whether they help sab-otage the partys electionchances here.Keith Baldrey is chief politi-

cal reporter for Global B.C.

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TWASSAIDTHISWEEK...

I think its showing thatpeople in this communityare really, truly fed up.

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A prolific thief confessed in April to breaking intolaundry rooms in 20 NewWest apartment buildings tosteal coins to fund a $100-a-day heroin habit. Policenabbed the man in a building in the 300 block of EighthStreet carrying break-and-enter tools, coins and the coinmechanism from one of the machines. He had previ-ously been charged with 30 laundry-room break-ins inNorthVancouver.

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Start with a privateferry for Q2QDear Editor I thinkweve reached the stage intheQ2Qbridgedebatewhere itsmore aboutegoandpower than it is aboutwhats best forNewWestminster, andplannings presentationof theproject as if itwere a fait accompliwouldseem to support that assumption.LetterwriterMaureenAlbanese (Whynot

try aprivate ferry service for now? theRecord,Inbox, April 7) has it right: take a stepback andstartwith aprivate ferry service. That solutionallowsus to keepourmoney in thebankandentertain alternatives.IanMacNeill, NewWestminster

City councillor payhikes are too highDear Editor I think the councillorswageincreases are toohigh. Councillors positionsare classified as part-time. (Very part-time atour recent neighbourhoodAGM, no councilmembers attended).Why is the city giving a vehicle allowance

whenencouragingpeople to get out of theircars?

I thinkB.C. politicianswage increasesshouldbe tied to theminimumwage in-creases.PhilipWalkinshaw,NewWestminster

TRENDINGEducation ministersays NWSS is toppriority in province

EmmaScott Ill believe itwhen I see it... sounds like a lot of sayingwhat thepeoplewant to hear. Actions speaklouder thanwords.

ChristineBourne This governmentwants nothingbut todestroypubliceducation. Countingdown the timeuntilwe can vote themout...

KathleenSomerville So if thiswas aLiberal ridingwould thehigh schoolhavebeenbuilt already?

Michael TineyHah! I call BS! See youall Sunday!

@Mona_BoucherWish theMasseyBridgeproject had that kindof scru-tiny. Alsoproof that evenwith enrol-ment, no $ for schools

@MikeFolka Andby comingweekshemeans sometimewithin thenext10,000.

@CanSpicewell 2027 is still in thecomingweeks

City considers payhikes for council

JasonLesageNo.Not until councildemonstrates better fiscal responsibil-ity. Our property tax increase is duemostly to the raise in city staff salariesandpensions. Thats unacceptable.

MarthaFlanaganGroenwold so thatexplains theproperty tax increase

HughDraperGet the tar and feathers!

BradCavanagh I dont really see aproblemwith this. TheMayor is es-sentially theCEOof amedium-sizedcompany, puts inmanymorehoursthan just 40 aweek, andpromotes thecity far andwide. Councillors are nomi-nally part-timebut alsodevote a lot ofpersonal time to the job.Not only that,as public figures theyre alwaysmayorand councillor walkingdown thestreet Im sure they get loads of ques-tions and comments from the generalpublic. Its pretty fair to keep theirsalaries in linewith our neighbours.And for thosepeoplewho think theyreoverpaid for the job, go run in thenextelection! All youneed is $100, andthats refundable after you file yourdisclosure statement! After all, if itssuchaneasy andoverpaid job, surelyyoud jumpat the chance tohelp runour city!

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Water meters are aknee-jerk reactionDear EditorRe:Watermeters pondered, theRecord, Feb. 6.Watermeters? Really?Someoneneeds to explainwhyweneed

watermetering in a rain forest. Did anyoneac-tually think, last August, thatwewouldnt beup toour clavicles inwater comeNovember?The summerdrought notwithstanding,we

had slightlymore rainfall in 2015 thannormal,and this yearwe seem tobeon track for ourusualmetre-plus. At its veryworst, last sum-mer,weweredown to something like 65percent capacity. Sixty-five per cent!Wehad lotsofwater left.Aswell,most climate changeprognostica-

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municipalities that havemandatedmeteringthan theywouldhave collected in the flat ratemodel.If NewWest needsmoremoney toupgrade

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Mikes Casual Steakhouse.We are going to bring in

2,500 people a week, Flint-off said of the restaurantplan that could accommo-date about 100 diners in-side and others on an out-door patio. Ill have a waitlist and Ill be able to say,Go check out the Hall ofFame (in Anvil Centre) andIll text you when your tableis ready.Mayor Jonathan Cote

said the city hasnt made adeal for the space with anyproponent.Anvil Centreopened in September 2014.We have been dealing

with a few interested par-ties in terms of leasing thespace, and we are looking ata variety of different optionsas to what the city wouldlike to do with that space,both from either a restau-rant leasing perspective, oreven a non-restaurant op-tion, all the way to the op-tion of even some kind ofcivic use in the space, hesaid. Council has want-ed to take a pause to makesure, given how importantthat corner is, we are get-ting the right type of usein there, and give somethought to the different typeof options we are looking at.At this point, no decisionshave been made and noagreement has been signedwith the city.Cote said the city defi-

nitely wants the space at thecorner of Eighth and Co-lumbia streets to be a spacethat animates the street. Hesaid the city is also consider-ing how the space interactswith the convention centreand the office tower.Flintoff, who has worked

in the restaurant businessfor 30 years, said the spaceis too small for the bigguys in the premium cas-ual restaurant categorylike Earls, Joey, the Keg andCactus Club, and the $1.5to $2 million cost of out-fitting the space for a res-taurant it too expensive formany independent restau-

rants.We think this is perfect

for the city, he said of Mr.Mikes Casual Steakhouse.While the city may be

holding out for an inno-vative upscale restaurantlike CinCin Ristorante andBar, the BlueWater Caf,Cioppinos Mediterrane-an Grill, Italian Kitchen orBlack+Blue inVancouver,Flintoff said they haventbeen knocking down thecitys door to lease thespace. Hes offered to flycity council to Mr.Mikesflagship restaurant in PrinceGeorge to provide a senseof what the space in AnvilCentre could offer.It outcompetes Earls,

the Keg,Moxies, OriginalJoes, everybody in the mar-ketplace, he said. Its thebusiest restaurant in PrinceGeorge.Lindsey Flintoff said the

Stonewaters plan is to buildan extra sexyMr.MikesCasual Steakhouse in An-vil Centre.A developmentagreement with the fran-chise owner requires thecompany to build a new res-taurant by May 2017.If this doesnt move for-

ward in the next month, wehave to look at somethingelse, she said. It wont bein NewWest.The company first ex-

pressed an interest in theAnvil Centre space twoor three years ago and haslooked at other potential lo-cations in NewWest.We recognize that that

particular group has sometime limitations, Cote said.We are certainly hopefulthey can extend those whilewe go through this process.We want to make sure weare getting this right. Hav-ing said that, given the typeof interest we have had, ex-pressions of interest on thatsite, we are still confident itis a very leasable space if wewant to go down that direc-tion. But we need to under-stand what our full optionsare before we make any finaldecisions.

Cote said the citys initialexpectation had been to at-tract a higher-end restau-rant to Anvil Centre. He

said council will considera few different options andopportunities for the site inthe coming months.

RichPatterson Is this forreals?Wewere just reminisc-ing aboutMr.Mikes theotherday. If youare fromsmalltownBC (likeme) thenMr.Mikeswas the steakhouseback in theday. Cantwait totry thenewversion...

Emil Bosnjak theres like 30locations inWesternCanada.Great food, famous for theirMikeburger andexcellentvalue. Finally a good restau-rant brand is coming toNewWest

BradCavanaghToobadthey couldnt get anythinga littlemoreupscale.MrMikes remindsmeof LawrysSeasonedSalt andWhalleyfor some reason. Givenall ofthe other great restaurants inNewWest, this is a let down.

VanceMcFadyenDidntknow they still existed. Butgoodnews.

MarthaFlanaganGroenwoldAwesome love thatplace

PatDowneyGreatNews!!!Congratulations.

KurtKnoblick Yeah!!!! Andagreat spot for it!

@ReinhartSherriCongrats#NewWest cant thinkof amore community consciousbusiness to landon the city!#NewWestMrMikes

@ACDeniseFlemiggreat toseebusinesses believe in thecommunity! Lets support it!

@kellysladekerr Not so sureabout this - nothing againstMrMikes but the casualdiningniche is alreadywellrepresented in #newwest

@casinojay1725 Id liketo see a restaurant suchasMrMikes come to townandemploy a fun, casual diningexperience for family

@tamitizer Cantwait for agreat place to enjoy a greatsteakdinner onadate orwiththe family! #itsabouttime#longoverdueforthisinNW

@scottyh44 About timeNewWest hadagreat Steakhouseagain!

@christinedafoe NWseriouslymissing SteaksinceKeg. Arent you tiredof Sushi&Pho in tireddirtyspaces? LetMrMikes dowhattheydobest!

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After whirlwind weekendthat saw the NDPs leaderousted at the partys nation-al convention, local MPsin NewWestminster andBurnaby are taking stock ofthe events.For NewWestminster-

Burnaby MP Peter Julian,he has some thinking to dowith a leadership conven-tion on the horizon.The longtimeMP said

hes not ruling out a runfor the partys leadershipbut added he needs time tothink about it and talk to hisconstituents.Ill be talking to folks in

my riding, he told theRe-cord. Ill be listening towhat they have to say.Therewill be a time to considerthe question of leadership,but that time is not rightnow.

It was a stunning week-end for political observers,as NDP leaderTomMulcairwas rejected by his party,losing a leadership vote withjust 48 per cent support.It comes six months after

a disappointing third-placefinish in the feder-al election for theNDP and now setsup a leadershipconvention withinthe next two years.Julian, who pub-

licly supportedMulcair, said hewas surprised bythe results.I was sad-

dened, he said,suggesting it wasMulcairs work as the Op-position leader in the Houseof Commons that helpedtopple the Conservativegovernment last election.When asked whether the

party is divided as many po-

litical commentators havesuggested, Julian arguedthats not the case.It resolves the issue,

were going to have a leader-ship convention, he said.Instead, Julian suspects

the party will have someserious debatesabout how to movethe party forwardin the comingyears.I think its ex-

tremely impor-tant we go throughthis process with achance to look atwhere we are nowas a party and howwe can best serveCanadians, he

said.Its a similar sentiment for

Burnaby South MP Kenne-dy Stewart.He acknowledged the

party was divided over

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designs with the public un-til the project receives pro-vincial approval, what doyou think about that?Well, thats kind of unfor-

tunate too, because if we hadsome idea of what it was theywere proposing, we, being thepublic, would be more aggres-sive, I would think, of trying tohelp them proceed with it. Itshard, and I mean I am verysupportive of them proceed-ing with whatever it is theyretrying to proceed with, but asfar as getting a public lobby tosupport it, we came forwardwith two concrete proposalsas to what we were going todo, and the public turned oursdown.

Do you thinkmaybe it wasa case of too many cooks inthe kitchen?Well, what happens when

you come forward with a pro-posal is that everybody be-comes a professional build-er overnight and decides whatthey would do.And if yourenot prepared to do that, they

go against it.Thats the riskyoure at. But the other risk is,the vast majority of the com-munity, who are not active-ly at the school right now, togo out and ask them to sup-port the replacement of theschool when you dont haveanything to see or look at, ispretty difficult. Conceptually,the taxpayers and the seniorcitizens, youre trying to sellthem on a concept when youdont have a proposal. Itsa catch-22 either way, but Idmuch rather have a propos-al to say, Look, this is whatwe need, this why we need it.They may have turned downtwo previous ones, but timegoes on and weve got to geton with it.

If the community and citycouncil had been support-ive back in 2005, would wehave a new high school?Oh sure.The ministry had

looked at the proposals andhad been supportive of re-placement of the high school,but once it lost the communi-ty support, then that killed

it.Youve got to rememberits probably the most expen-sive capital budget item in theprovince for the Ministry ofEducation. It was then, and itstill is.

So once the replacementschool gets the green light,do you think, this time, thecommunity will jump onboard, nomatter what theplan looks like?I think theyll be supportive.

How will you feel once thehigh school gets the go-ahead?Im overjoyed as soon as

somebody puts a shovel inthe ground. If Im in town, Imight even be there to see theshovel put in the ground. LikeI said, Ive got at least threemore grandchildren in the sys-tem who, I hope, are going tobe able to attend it and somepoint in time.That wouldmake me very happy.This interview has been

condensed.To see thefull version go to www.newwestrecord.ca

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has said funding will comein the coming weeks.But thats not good

enough, according to thosegathered at the high schoolSunday.ElizabethWaddingtons

husband graduated fromNewWestminster Second-ary School more than a de-cade ago, and even backthen there was talk aboutreplacing the aging building.Its been about 15 years

in the making, and in 15years (my son will) be there,so I really would like himto have a new school, saidWaddington, who is a moth-er of two kids, ages two-and-a-half years and twomonths.Waddington, like many

parents who turned out tothe rally, doesnt have anykids currently attending theschool. Instead, she stoppedby to show her support forthe parents whose kids areat NewWest Secondary andthe staff, she said.We have a small com-

munity, so we need a largevoice, she added.Also at the rally was New

Westminster MLA Judy

Darcy,Mayor JonathanCote, school board chair Jo-nina Campbell and fellowtrustees, Casey Cook,Mi-chael Ewen, James Janzen,Kelly Slade-Kerr andMarkGifford.

Darcy, Cote and Camp-bell all spoke and sharedtheir frustration with par-ents, promising they wouldcontinue to lobby the prov-ince to move the project for-ward.Residents, meanwhile,

were encouraged to sign apetition calling on the prov-ince to approve fundingnow.Were just going to have

to keep pushing people tosign the petition, write let-ters and hopefully, the trea-sury board will do right byNewWest and our kids,Connelly said.

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May2003Ministry of Education gives SD40 the go-ahead tobuild newmiddle schooland renovate or replaceNWSS, stipulates nomoney forthcoming for purchaseofmiddleschool land. Districts projected completion: September 2006.

April 2004District announcesplans for $34 -millionproject for newmiddle andhighschools onNWSS site, alongwith ahousingdevelopment, and the sale of school districtlands tohelppay for theproject.

Summer 2004District tears down school boardoffices, librarys resource andmediaarea, smoke stack, oldMassey office, 12 classrooms inMasseywing andband rooms, andlays down248parking stalls to prepare for impending construction.

September 2004 Issueof cemetery raisedby residents opposed todistrict selling offpartofNWSS land for housing. District commissions studyby local historianArchieMiller.

2004-2006Housingdevelopment shelved. School district and city pursue anambitiousplan, dubbed theNewWestminster Centre for Community Achievement,which includesanewhigh school, a combined community arts and cultural facility,Massey Theatreimprovements, two lit synthetic turf fields, a sports annex anda street skate park.

November 2005Tenders tobuild the combinedproject come innearly $20millionoveranticipated cost.

2006Original project dies after years of debatebetweendistrict, city, public andprovince

July 2007 Educationministry announces newplans formiddle andhigh schoolwillproceedunder tight newcontrols.

June2008Province allows for planning formiddle school at another site because thecemeterywasbigger than expectedandnever properly decommissioned.

October 2008 - February 2009GrimstonPark residents and LordKelvin Elementaryparents rally against placement ofmiddle school at GrimstonPark andKelvin respectively.OtherWest Endparents opposeproposal to place elementary school onhigh school site.

April 2009District announcesplan tobuild anewK-5 school at theold St.MarysHospital site, a newGrade 6-8 school at JohnRobsonElementary/SimcoePark site andanewGrade 9-12high school onNWSS site. (This plan sticks.)

September 2014Newelementary school, coleQayqayt Elementary School, opens.

June3, 2015Ministry of Education informsdistrict it has received its completedprojectdevelopment report andhopes tobe in aposition to request funding from theprovincialtreasury by the summer. District says high school construction should start by summer2016.

September 2016Anticipatedopeningof newmiddle school, cole Fraser RiverMiddleSchool, one year behind schedule.

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A rapidly spreading housefire late lastWednesday hasleft a NewWestminster fam-ily unable to return to theirhome.NewWestminster Fire

and Rescue Services re-ceived the call at around11:30 p.m. and arrived atthe home onThird Streetand Fourth Avenue to findthe entire basement con-sumed by flames.By the time firefighters

got there, flames had brokenthrough the basement win-

dows, said Deputy ChiefJohn Hatch.The fire hadalso spread to the upstairsarea, Hatch added.The family of four was

uninjured after evacuatingthe home when a down-stairs smoke alarm alertedthem to the fire.(The homeowner)

thought about controllingit, but it had expanded (be-yond his control),Hatchsaid. The fire damage wasextensive.The 22 firefighters on site

were able to control and ex-tinguish the blaze, but thefamily had to spend the

night at a neighbours houseand is not expected to getback into the home for quitesome time.Despite the damage,

Hatch said the homes acti-vated smoke detectors pre-vented the situation frombeing much worse.This is proof that fire

alarms do save lives anda good example of four peo-ple who were able to get outsafely thanks to activatedalarms, he said.Fire investigators are

looking into what startedthe fire but dont believe it issuspicious.

Familyescapesmassiveblaze inNewWesthome

NDPvotes tooustMulcairMulcairs leadership, but thevote resolved the issue.Stewart said he took a dif-

ferent approach to theMul-cair leadership vote, notinghe met with party membersin the riding earlier this year

to come up with a consen-sus ahead of the convention.He said it wasnt reached

at the time, but by the week-end, all of the delegates inthe riding were in favour ofa change in leader. Stew-art said he followed their di-

rection.The BurnabyMP also

said hes not interested inrunning for the job, notingthat hes not fully bilingual.Stewart said the next

leader needs to strongly rep-resent B.C.s interest.

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CitydentisthelpssolvetoughcasesDr.Darcy Murphy may be filling your tooth during the day,but at night he moonlights as a forensic [email protected]

After seven years volun-teering with the CoronersService of B.C., NewWest-minster dentist Dr. Dar-cy Murphy has seen somethings but there is still amoment during every callthat gives him pause.When you open the zip-

per of the body bag, thatswhen youre kind of bracingyourself, he says.Most often, that mo-

ment comes at night, in themorgue of eitherVancouverGeneral or Royal Columbi-an Hospital.Earlier in the day, a voice-

mail might have been left onhis phone while he was busywith his day job, drilling andfilling teeth at his NewWestclinic, Queens Park Dental.A form b, faxed or

emailed, will have outlinedsome of the details bodyfound in wooded area bysuch-and-such a trail, policeinvolved.They have a tough job,

says Laurel Clegg,manag-er of the coroners servicesidentification and disasterresponse unit. Were notcalling them when the caseis easy.Were always call-ing them when its tough tough emotionally or itsa tough case to solve. Itsburnt or its been in water.

BOLD INNOVATIONS

Murphy is one of threeLower Mainland dentistswho take turns on call withthe Bureau of Legal Den-tistry (BOLD), a pioneeringforensic ondontology lab atUBC, called in by the coro-ners service to identify hu-man remains.

Murphys connectionwith the lab the first andonly one in North Americadedicated to full-time foren-sic dentistry research, case-work and graduate teaching dates back to before thePrince Edward Island nativeeven entered dentistry orleft the Maritimes.Interested in forensics,

he connected with BOLDfounder Dr. David Sweetduring a trip toVancouverin the late 1990s.He stayed connected and

joined the team after settingup shop in B.C. in 2004.His work and that of

his other BOLD counter-parts is unpaid, with the feescharged for service donat-ed back to the lab to fundresearch in forensic odon-tology.

FINALNOTIFICATION

Thats our first stopwhen it comes to trickyidentifications, Clegg says.Dental is always the bestroute.Its less costly than DNA,

she says, and quicker acrucial component as policewait to get on with their in-vestigation and families ag-onize over the possible out-come.They understand that

that final notification to thefamily, theyre the one per-son in between that pro-cess, Clegg says of the fo-rensic dentists.On the days he gets a

call,Murphy might havejust enough time at homefor dinner and to tuck hiskids into bed before headingback out to the morgue.There, he and an assistant

wheel out the body, unzipthe body bag and start with

a physical examination, tak-ing photos of every step.If the death was suspi-

cious, they might be joinedby a police officer keepingwatch.Well do a full exam

as if the person was alive,

where any fillings are, wherecrowns are, where denturesare,Murphy says. Some-times people have missingteeth, and sometimes theteeth could have fallen outand are in the body bag, orthey could have been tak-

en out five years ago, so wehave to discover that.Youhave to look for everything.But even the first step

can be a challenge, depend-ing on the condition of thebody.Somebody thats heav-

ily decomposed, the odourcoming from that, youvegot to deal with that, andyoure dealing with maggotstoo,Murphy says.For X-rays, fire victims

pose the biggest challenge.Everything is burnt,

Murphy says. Theyre jawsare almost burnt shut, sowe have to dissect a little bitwith permission from thecoroners office to actually

get those X-rays in there.

ASERIOUSDOCUMENT

Whether bodies havefour teeth or 28, each getsa full set of dental X-raysto compare with X-raystaken while a suspectedmatch was alive.The more X-rays there

are for comparison, theeasier the identification.Theres an ante-mor-

tem page and a post-mor-tem page, Darcy says ofthe process, and we do allthese short notes of whatsthere.The 1-6 is the upperright molar, so if theres

FINALCHECKUP NewWestdentistDr. DarcyMurphyofQueensParkDental, shownathis practice, has spent sevenyears volunteeringwith the Bureau of Legal Dentistry, a UBC forensic ondontology lab that helps the Coroners Service of B.C. identify bodies using dental records.PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR

Werenotcalling themwhenthecase iseasy.Werealwayscalling themwhen its tough- toughemotionallyor its a

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a large filling in that onethat matches the other one,then thats a good chancethat it might be the sameperson.By the end of the process,

he determines whether thebody is a positive, negativeor possible match with theperson its suspected to be.Even if there is strong cir-

cumstantial evidence to sug-gest a match like identifi-cation or items of clothingfound with the body thecoroner can leave nothing tochance.Out of 8,000 cases of un-

natural, sudden and unex-pected, unexplained andunattended deaths the ser-vice has dealt with over the

last year, BOLD has beencalled in 25 times to con-firm the identity of the bod-ies.When youre doing

something that serious,youre declaring someonedead under the CoronerAct, its a big deal, Cleggsays. Its a serious seriousdocument, and you want tomake sure youre doing itright.

VISUALS

By the timeMurphyleaves the morgue after acall, his wife and kids willoften already be asleep.At home, it takes time to

quieten the images of thebodies, sometimes of chil-dren, he has seen.

You come home, and its12 oclock at night and youhave a lot of visuals in yourhead and you cant go tosleep, he says, so I stay upand maybe watch 15 min-utes ofTV to get my mindoff it or pick up a book orwhatever because I cantjust go to sleep.What keeps him going

back to the morgue, he says,are the families of the peo-ple he sees there.Im a dad, he says. I

just couldnt imagine notknowing where my daugh-ter was. Just not knowingfor years would be so hard.If she passed, then at leastId know. I could put closurethere. I do it for closure.

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Ido it forclosure:dentist

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Youth Centre is easy to re-member, clearly identifiesthe facility and ties into thenew branding and website:

www.newwestyouth.ca,said a staff report. Addi-tionally, it reflects a gener-al movement towards usingNewWest instead of NewWestminster in social mediaand amongst the youngerpopulation in the city.

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POETICJUSTICE

Love poetry? Dont forgetabout the ongoing PoeticJustice reading series.Sundays session features

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Organ, panfluteand voices are join-ing forces for anupcoming concert at NewWestminster Christian Re-formed Church.The Gloria Dei Chorale,

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20 at 7:30 p.m., and admis-sion is by donation.The church is at 8255

13th Ave. in Burnaby.

NATURE INART

Art lovers can explorethe world of nature throughsemi-abstract paintings in

an upcoming exhi-bition at the Ame-lia Douglas Gal-lery.Rhythms and

Energy of Na-ture runs April 21to June 11 at thegallery, featuringwork byMade-lyn Hamilton.Anopening receptionis set forThursday,April 21 from 4:30

to 7:30 p.m., with live mu-sic, refreshments and a no-host bar.In a write-up about the

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2016 SCHOOL DISTRICT (SD40)BY-ELECTION

NOTICE OF NOMINATIONIn accordance with Section 85 of the Local Government Act, public notice is hereby given tothe electors of the City of New Westminster that nominations for the office of:

School Trustee one (1) to be electedwill be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person, as follows:

From: 9:00 am, Tuesday, April 26, 2016To: 4:00 pm, Friday, May 6, 2016

Excluding statutory holidays and weekends

PUBLIC INSPECTION OF THE LIST OF REGISTEREDELECTORSBeginning Tuesday, April 26, 2016 until the close of general voting for the election onJune 11, 2016, a copy of the List of Registered Electors will be available for public inspectionat the Election Office at City Hall. The Election Office is open from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm,Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays).

In order to protect personal privacy or security, an elector has the right to request to havetheir personal information omitted from or obscured on the List of Registered Electors whichis to be available for public inspection.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTORAn objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registeredelectors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 pm onFriday, May 6, 2016. An objec

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