JEFF NAGEL

Building a new bridge to replace the George Massey Tunnel is estimated to cost $3.5 billion and Transportation Minister Todd Stone says it will be tolled, with motorists paying a simi-lar amount as they do at the Port Mann Bridge.

Transportation ministry offi cials laid out details of the proj-ect, which will feature the 10-lane bridge over the Fraser River and improvements to 25 kilometres of Highway 99, including three rebuilt interchanges. Two of the bridge lanes will be HOV/transit lanes.

“Wait times today are unacceptable and they are projected to get worse,” Stone said at a briefi ng in Richmond on Wednes-day.

Th e project defi nition report claims commuters will save up to 30 minutes if they pay to cross the new bridge, but it also projects 13 per cent of current traffi c will divert to the Alex Fraser Bridge to avoid tolls.

Offi cials admit that will mean even heavier congestion at the

Alex Fraser Bridge as a result, but Highway 99 motorists will ultimately face the same choice as those on Highway 1 – pay in cash for a quicker crossing or wait at the free one.

Stone said he remains committed to exploring bridge toll reforms if both the new Massey and Pattullo bridges end up being tolled.

“We want to hear from British Columbians on the toll, including any thoughts people have on tolling from a regional perspective,” he said, hinting that it may make sense to toll the Alex Fraser. 

▶ PROVINCE REVEALS MORE DETAILS ABOUT REPLACEMENT FOR GEORGE MASSEY TUNNEL

▲ Jeff Francis calls it a career 25 ▲ Puss in Boots pounces to stage 20

An artist’s rendering of the new Massey Bridge, which at 3.3 kilometres long, will be the longest cable-stayed span in B.C. – 65 per cent longer than the Port Mann and 32 per cent longer than the Alex Fraser. The bridge will run over top of the existing tunnel alignment and tower over Deas Island Regional Park. B.C. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION

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SHEILA REYNOLDS

Surrey school trustees claimed more than $34,000 in expenses during the 2014-15 school year.

Th e fi gures are included in the school district’s recently released State-ment of Financial Information (SOFI), which is made public annually.

Th e fi nancial year-end was somewhat complicated for the board of education, as it encompassed existing trustees, as well as ones who either retired or didn’t get re-elected in 2014.

Th e top-spending elected offi cials were Trustees Shawn Wilson (who’s also chairperson) and Laurae McNally, who fi led expenses of $5,831 and $5,471, respectively, between June 2014 and June 2015.

Th e next highest were Trustee Bob Holmes, elected in the November 2014 civic vote, who expensed $5,372; longtime Trustee Terry Allen ($5,040); and retired Trustee Pam Glass ($4,901).

First-time Trustee Gurpreet (Garry) Th ind’s expenses totalled $3,173; re-elected Trustee Laurie Larsen’s were $2,276; newly elected Trustee Gary Tymoschuk’s were $1,370; and former Trustee Charlene Dobie’s tab was $958. Retired Trustee Reni Masi submitted no expenses. (Dobie’s expenses are for July to November 2014, while Th ind, Tymoschuk and Holmes’ are for December 2014 to June 2015 only).

Th e expenses are on top of the board mem-bers’ annual remuneration, which totalled $220,085 for 2014-15.

Th e pay and expenses of the elected (and out-going) offi cials accounted for a fraction of the multiple millions paid to the school district’s thousands of employees last year.

Th e total of all salaries, including those of management, principals, teachers and support staff , was about $446.5 million for the 2014-15 school year.

Wages for those making more than $75,000 per year came to $153 million, while those making less than $75,000 totalled $293 million. Staff also submitted expenses of approximately $1.3 million in addition to their salaries.

Shawn Silverstone, Surrey’s former assistant manager of internation-al education, had the highest expense claim, submitting $63,886 for reimbursement. District Supt. Jordan Tinney was next up with a $63,110 tab. Other top spenders were Angela Olson, manager of international education ($43,926); deputy superintendent Rick Ryan ($41,442); and secretary-treasurer Wayne Noye ($34,232).

Most of the district’s staff submitted signifi cantly lower expenses, or no expenses.

Th e Surrey School District is the biggest in B.C. and also Surrey’s largest employer, with more than 10,000 employees (including about 5,700 teachers).

Th e full 2015 SOFI can be viewed at http://bit.ly/1T20i3a

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Mark Johnson, who badly injured his left arm on the job seven years ago, shares his experience as part of WorkSafeBC’s Speakers Program. EVAN

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As Mark Johnson stands in front of a classroom of teenage students, he’s reminded of the carelessness of his youth, and hopes that by listening, they won’t make the same mistakes.

When Johnson was 21 years old, he was cleaning scraps of wood from under-neath a conveyor belt when his left arm got stuck in a moving roller. When he was fi nally rescued, his left arm was pulled from its socket – his arm kept together by muscle and skin.

Today, as part of Work-SafeBC’s Speakers Program, Johnson, now 28, shares his experience with high school students and stresses the importance of worker safety. He spoke to students at Burnsview Secondary School on Dec. 4.

“I was the type of the person that said that kind of stuff doesn’t happen to peo-ple like me, and I was very wrong,” said Johnson.

Johnson feels he would have benefi tted from a talk like his when he had been in school. By putting a human face on the risks, Johnson believes it sends a stronger message.

“Th ere’s a little bit of shock and awe from students, but until they actually see some-body and how it’s aff ected them, they don’t really take it seriously,” said Johnson. “I’m a real person and I go in there and show them my arm.”

While doctors were able to save his arm, he has limited shoulder and wrist move-ment.

WorkSafeBC statistics show that although the overall injury rate for young

workers has improved in recent years, 6,650 young workers were injured on the job in 2014.

Personal safety and responsibility are two aspects that Johnson feels don’t get enough attention from young workers, particularly because they don’t ask,

or think about it.“Kids don’t think of

questions if they’re told to do something, they don’t even think of safety, they just do it because they were told to,” said Johnson.

Johnson feels that by turning a negative into a positive, he will help more people.

“I tell everyone that my injury is my fault, and the repercussions of my injury are my fault,” said Johnson. “Now I have a positive attitude, and wanted to share my experience.”

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Transportation Minister Todd Stone is defending the province’s decision to make the replacement of the Massey Tunnel B.C.’s top priority to receive new federal infrastruc-ture grants.

Th e choice of the new bridge over the Fraser River – expect-ed to cost $3.5 billion – isn’t sitting well with some Metro Vancouver mayors, who worry it may eff ectively compete for federal cash against their rapid transit projects, as well as Met-ro Vancouver’s top priority of a new sewage treatment plant on the North Shore.

“It is certainly concerning that that bridge project, still somewhat undefi ned, would be given top billing,” Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie said.

Unlike transit upgrades, Brodie said, there is not broad support behind the bridge, par-ticularly in Richmond, where there are fears it will merely shift the existing bottleneck further up Highway 99.

“We’re concerned about the cost and the business plan for it, the impacts on farmland, how eff ectively it deals with congestion going northbound and southbound, and how it fi ts with our overall transpor-tation system and the regional growth plan.”

Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner said making the bridge top pri-ority causes her “some conster-nation” because the mayors’ plan for transit expansion should take precedence.

Stone told Black Press the choice is “in no way intended to suggest the transit projects in Surrey and on Broadway are

not critically important.”He said new federal Infra-

structure Minister Amarjeet Sohi was already well briefed on both the rapid transit projects, adding he walked him through the case for the George Massey project in detail in a meeting last week.

Ottawa has pledged $60 bil-lion in net new infrastructure grants over 10 years.

Eligible projects are expected to have a strong sustainability element to them and while that might suggest transit upgrades have the inside track, Stone told federal offi cials the new bridge should also qualify to unclog B.C.’s worst traffi c bottleneck.

“Th ere is a very signifi cant sustainability and environmental component to the bridge,” Stone said. “Th at registered with them.”

He said the proj-ect will eliminate a million hours per year of idling vehicles, add HOV lanes and dedicated transit access, as well as pedestrian and cycling options that don’t exist now at the Deas Island crossing.

Th e new bridge will also ease congestion for the 10,000 people a day who take transit through the tunnel, Stone added.

“It’s for all those reasons it represents the priority.”

He said federal offi cials are still determining the specifi c el-igibility rules for the new pro-gram and he is urging them to also include new ferries, which were not previously eligible for federal infrastructure grants.

BC Ferries has planned $2.5 billion in projects over 12 years, including three new LNG-powered ferries as well as

terminal upgrades. Th e premier last week indi-

cated she hopes more generous federal cost-sharing for infra-structure could help Metro transit projects proceed with-out the need to hold another transit tax referendum.

Hepner said she’s “optimistic” both senior governments are prepared to take a new ap-proach.

Th e province has yet to release a detailed business plan with costing for the Massey bridge – including whether or not it will be tolled – but Stone promised again that will come this month.

Asked if the province wants a big federal contribution for the bridge to avoid tolling the

Highway 99 cross-ing, Stone said fed-eral support would help off set the cost, regardless of how it is funded.

Canadian Tax-payers’ Federation spokesman Jordan Bateman said the province has likely demanded the same deal for B.C. drivers as those in suburban Montre-al, where the plan was to toll the new Champlain Bridge being built over the Saint Lawrence Riv-er until the Liberals

made a campaign promise to keep the crossing free.

Bateman noted the federal infrastructure grants are to be back-end loaded in Liber-als’ second term – if they’re re-elected – with much less money available over the fi rst four years than B.C. politicians might think.

He said both the Massey and Pattullo bridges should be irrelevant to the infrastructure grant chase if they’re to be built by tolls.

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“You could perhaps provide a lower toll on more crossings,” he said. “Tell us what you think about that.”

Critics argue the new bridge will sim-ply move a major bot-tleneck up Highway 99 to the Oak Street Bridge.

But traffic counts show more than 60 per cent of north-bound traffic cross-ing the tunnel is headed to and from Richmond, not on to Vancouver.

And the project ra-tionale also cites pro-jections of dramatic population growth south of the Fraser in the decades ahead.

The combined population of Surrey, Delta, Richmond and White Rock is pro-jected to rise 51 per cent to 1.2 million by 2041, and the number of jobs in the same area are to climb 58 per cent.

The 76-page busi-ness case – 18 months overdue but now released – assumes a $750 million initial injection of capital from private part-ners, to be paid back by government later.

It concludes the project can be paid off with tolls over 35 to 60 years.

Stone said the prov-ince is seeking federal contributions for the new bridge – which is its top priority for infrastructure grants (see story, page four) – and it’s also asking Port Metro Vancouver to make a contribu-tion because elim-inating the tunnel will help open up the Fraser River to more shipping.

A hefty federal grant could be used to reduce the expected toll, Stone said, or shorten the expected repayment period.

The project has not yet got Treasury Board approval on the business case, which would mark the final go/no go decision

point for the govern-ment. The province intends to solicit bids for the project in the spring.

An environmental review is still required as well as Agricultural Land Commission approval to use some protected farmland.

The province is aiming for a 2017 construction start and 2022 completion date for the Massey Bridge.

The province has so far spent about $30 million on the project.

B.C.’s auditor gen-eral is conducting an audit to evaluate the quality of the evi-dence used to support the decision to re-place the tunnel and the Opposition main-tains the province has pushed ahead with little justification.

“The real worry here is that the choice of this government is to build one large megaproject rather than deal with all of the transit needs in the region,” said NDP transit critic George Heyman.

“We haven’t seen

the promised toll-ing review. We’re just seeing another bridge with more tolls added.”

He questioned whether a federal contribution to the bridge might come at the cost of more money for improved transit.

Delta-South inde-pendent MLA Vicki Huntington also said the province should move faster to decide how it would make tolls more fair to all motorists crossing the Fraser River.

“It’s putting the people south of the Fraser at a huge dis-advantage,” she said. “I hope we start eve-ning out these costs to the public.”

Huntington accused the government of ignoring the fact the tunnel has an esti-mated 50 years of life remaining under a rehabilitation sce-nario.

“It needs significant renovation and up-grading, which they did to do the Lions Gate Bridge if you remember,” she said. “But they wanted to ignore that. So they’ve made a delib-erate decision to put a new bridge in.”

A phase 1 seismic upgrade was per-formed on the tunnel about 10 years ago, partially strength-ening it, but not to a full modern standard. The estimated risk of the tunnel failing in an earthquake is one in 275 years, com-pared to one in 2,475 years with a new bridge.

Meanwhile, the new Port Mann has not generated the traffic levels and tolls originally expected and traffic counts on Highway 99 have re-cently been decreas-ing even before a toll is added.

“There has been a trend to drop a little bit,” project execu-tive director Geoff Freer said of tunnel traffic counts. He said traffic over the

Oak Street Bridge has declined about one per cent a year.

Jordan Bateman of the Canadian Taxpay-ers’ Federation said he doubts a 10-lane bridge is needed and is skeptical tolls will fully cover the costs without the govern-ment eating much of the debt. 

Stone dismissed the objections.

“The naysayers did not build British Co-lumbia and they will not build British Co-lumbia,” Stone said. “Visionaries build British Columbia.”

B.C.’s longest bridge, upgrades along Highway 99

At 3.3 kilometres long, the new bridge at the Deas Island crossing will be the longest cable-stayed bridge in B.C. – 65 per cent longer than the Port Mann and 32 per cent longer than the Alex Fraser.

Its 210-metre high towers will be as tall as 60-storey build-ings.

The project includes upgrades along 25 ki-lometres of Highway 99 from the High-way 91 interchange to Bridgeport Road in Richmond, with HOV/transit lanes running the length of the corridor.

It would add a multi-use pathway for cyclists and pedestri-ans.

New interchang-es are planned at Steveston Highway, Westminster Highway and Highway 17A.

The bridge will run over top of the existing alignment and tower over Deas Island Regional Park.

Unlike the Port Mann Bridge, where a buildup of ice once fell and damaged vehicles, the cables will not cross over the roadway, and a similar snow and ice removal system will be installed.

The project also

includes removal of the more than 55-year-old tunnel, which does not meet current earthquake standards. 

The $3.5 billion cost estimate includes interest and tunnel decommissioning.

The Transportation Investment Corp. would run the bridge and tolls would be collected by TReO, us-

ing the same system as for the Port Mann.

The province claims the project will result in fewer idling vehi-cles and will therefore cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Other promised benefits include improved access across Highway 99 in Richmond, and an improved route off Highway 99 to

Bridgeport Station for com muters switching to the Can-ada Line.

A 35-per-cent cut in accidents is projected from wider lanes and shoulders and longer merge lanes.

A third round of public consultation is currently getting underway.

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Molly, 6, and Zoe, 4, looked adorable in their coordinating dresses – heck, even Tucker was one dapper dog.

Next, I posted a photo from our day out at Th e Nutcracker. My darling daughters were perfectly poised in their seats, with their tiny hands folded on their laps.

Again, it appeared to be a Hallmark mo-ment to anyone logged onto Facebook.

What really happened behind the lens of our holiday highlight reel is a whole other Christmas story – one fi lled with meltdowns and a mild hangover.

After a late-night Christmas party with friends, my husband Jason and I were feeling about as green as our undecorated tree the next morning.

But it was time to face a day of festive fun with our little ones. After two Advils

and two strong cups of coff ee, we were good to go. However, our wee early risers had other plans.

“I’m not wearing this dress, I want Molly’s dress – she always gets to wear the prettier one,” declared Zoe, pointing an accusing fi nger at her big sis.

“She always gets whatever she wants, she’s not wearing it this time,” said Molly, running down the hall, glittery garment clutched tightly against her chest.

After settling the issue of wardrobe, we arrived at our destination with just minutes to spare.

“I have to pee.” “I’m hungry.” “I want to go home NOW!”I’m not sure who said what, but my

head was spinning.“Is this candy?” asked Zoe, fi shing a

Tampon out of my purse and fl ailing it around for all to see.

Our tree trimming later that after-

noon wasn’t exactly a Normal Rockwell moment either.

“Give that back!” screamed Molly, chas-ing our pup upstairs. He had “baby’s fi rst Christmas” ornament clenched fi rmly in his mouth.

“Tucker pooped in my room, AGAIN,” yelled Zoe, who joined the chase.

A few tantrums over who got to hang what and shoddy job of duct-taping our angel’s wings back on and we were done.

“Let’s take a family photo in front of the tree,” I said.

Two potty breaks, a change of tights and a dozen clicks later, we fi nally had our photo… well, kinda.

Th ere was a little cropping required to cut out the mess beside the tree that we failed to tidy beforehand.

Sometimes I feel like I live two lives – one online, one off . If one were to show

up at our doorstep unannounced, I’d probably turn off the lights and hide.

Th e day of our tree trimming and ballet left me feeling defeated. I slumped onto the couch to have a pity party for one.

Th en, two tiny dancers pirouetted down the stairs to drag me out of my funk.

“We had the best day mom,” said Zoe.“I love our family days,” chimed Molly.Both of my girls were dancing while

humming the theme tune from Th e Nutcracker. Th ere was no indication I had failed to provide them with the “perfect” day of holiday fun, and I realized life is imperfectly perfect behind the scenes of our clan’s holiday highlight reel.

I was tempted to pull out my iPhone and capture the moment, but I decided to keep that one for myself.

Kristyl Clark is a work-at-home-mom and founder of the family blogazine, ValleyMom.ca

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Canada is among the 195 coun-tries signing on to a worldwide plan to reduce carbon emissions – an attempt to keep global temperatures from rising.

Th e accord, reached in Paris af-ter two weeks of intensive talks, calls for signifi cant reductions in emissions from coal, natural gas and oil. It also calls for preserva-tion and replanting of forests, transparency and regular fi ve-year reviews of how countries are progressing, and an unspecifi ed but signifi cant subsidy from rich-er countries to poorer ones.

Th e new federal Liberal gov-ernment wants to move forward and have an implementation plan in place, together with the provinces, in 90 days.

Th is accord will have a signifi -cant eff ect on the South Fraser region. Here are some likely consequences.

Th e planned coal port at Fraser Surrey Docks will not be built, and there will be no trains haul-ing thermal coal along the BNSF tracks in White Rock, Surrey and Delta within the next few years. China says it wants to reduce its use of thermal coal and the reductions will start with export projects that aren’t past the planning stage.

Th e number of trains hauling coal to Roberts Bank will also gradually diminish. Eventually, no thermal coal will be hauled there. It is also likely there will

be reductions in the amounts of metallurgical coal shipped there – the main type of coal exported from the Delta port.

However, there will likely be a signifi cant increase in train traffi c on all rail lines in the area. Trains use far less fuel per tonne hauled and are the greenest of all transportation options. New  commuter rail services may be off ered on the present BNSF, CN and Southern Railway of B.C. lines.

Th us it would be a mistake to re-route the BNSF tracks off the waterfront near Crescent Beach and White Rock. Th ere will be a need for passenger pick-up loca-tions in White Rock and Crescent Beach. Th e SRY line (the former interurban route) cuts straight across Surrey and there could be a need for stations in Cloverdale, Sullivan, Newton, Kennedy and South Westminster. Tracks and signal systems will also require major upgrades.

Given all the above, there will defi nitely need to be a rail over-pass over the tracks at Crescent Road, and quite possibly at some locations along SRY.

In addition to new commuter rail services, there will need to be more transit in all areas of the South Fraser. Th at includes additional bus routes running over the Port Mann Bridge. Surrey will have to continue its

push for more rapid transit, but for that to happen, TransLink must either be disbanded or changed signifi cantly. Th ere is no way Surrey and TransLink can together come up with one-third of the cost of the two planned rapid transit lines - the line along 104 Avenue and King George Boulevard, and the line along Fraser Highway to Langley City.

Surrey will also have to change its ways in regards to tree cut-ting. Th e emphasis on preserva-tion of forests in the accord does not just apply to places like Brazil – it also applies to places such as Green Timbers, where thousands of trees will fall under the current rapid transit construction plan, and to Campbell Heights, where expansion of industry will also lead to signifi cant tree losses. Th e city must also change the way it manages trees on private lands set for development.

All new housing will likely be built to new standards requiring much less use of energy for both heating and cooling. Densities will need to increase in all areas near bus, rail and rapid transit lines.

If Surrey, Delta, White Rock, B.C. and Canada are truly com-mitted to making these changes, the sooner they start working on them, the better.

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As a social worker who sees many separated parents in dispute about the care of their children, Christmas is a busy and confl ict-laden time of year.

Referrals are always up and service is most frequent-ly for help determining the residential schedule over Christmas. Th e money that was to go for gift giving is shared between the lawyers and myself or my colleagues as we see parents in confl ict fi gure out how and when the children’s time with them will be divvied up.

Not only are we busy, but so too is the court system as parents fi le what they believe to be emergency motions seeking a judge to order a solution.

For most, a judge’s decree or an agreement reached through mediation will be suffi cient to help parents manage. For others, confl ict will still erupt on the holi-day, very often on Christmas Day itself.

I will return to my offi ce after a few days away to listen to messages and read emails with one parent blasting about the other parent, police involvement, the need for contempt orders and abject hatred about the untrust-worthy other.

Often I will receive emails from both parents saying essentially the same thing, albeit with some nuances as to the details so that all blame is ascribed to the other.

Rarely though, do I hear about the impact of these events on the children. Th at actually comes much later.

Apart from the frequent behavioural, mental and ac-ademic diffi culties that surface for these children along the way, come adulthood I am visited by these then-grown-up children with their new partner in tow.

Th ey come because this now-adult child needs help to explain to the new partner why they don’t want to celebrate Christmas or why they don’t want to visit any parents.

Given their traumatic experiences of Christmas in childhood, who could blame them? Anxiety about Christmas still grips them. From their perspective, Christmas is dangerous and something to be avoided.

Th is, by the way, is not only an outcome for children of high-confl ict separated parents, but it is also seen in intact families where domestic violence or alcoholism is a factor, or in families where there is signifi cant parental confl ict and/or abuse or neglect of the children.

Christmas isn’t the “Hallmark” memory for many and for them, the Christmas season is a frightening – and alongside the positive experiences of others – even a confusing time of year.

Th is year, be mindful that your partner, your friend, your colleague or your neighbour may not be relying on the same memories as you this season.

If someone feels or looks at odds, please appreciate that their recollections at this time of year may be trau-matic. Don’t push and don’t argue. Support and appreci-ate that we all have diff erent childhood experiences that colour our views of the season and our reactions to it. Perhaps off er them a good experience.

Be kind. Be gentle. Be understanding. Be accepting. Be generous of spirit. Help build new memories from hence forward.

Gary Direnfeld

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I would like to commend Sur-rey Mayor Hepner for recogniz-ing Aimee Brennan, a member of Th e War Amps Child Ampu-tee (CHAMP) Program, at the Dec. 14 city council meeting.

Hepner presented Aimee with a certifi cate and fl owers for her long-time involvement with Th e War Amps and for helping to spread important messages in the community.

Aimee has been a Junior Counsellor at our B.C. CHAMP seminars, where she acts as a role model for the younger amputees by off ering advice, sharing her experiences and ex-emplifying a positive approach to challenges.

She has also helped spread our PLAYSAFE message and laid wreaths at local Remem-brance Day ceremonies on behalf of Th e War Amps Opera-tion Legacy.

 We are so pleased with Ai-mee’s well-deserved recognition from the City of Surrey.

 Danita Chisholm,

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Fourteen-year-old Aimee Brennan is an active member of The War Amps Child Amputee Program and was honoured this week for her involvement with the organization. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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North Delta churches are coordi-nating to sponsor a family of Syrian refugees.

Crossroads United Church and Trinity Lutheran Church have band-ed together to begin a fundraising process to collect $32,000 to 40,000 over the next two to four months.

“We haven’t raised any money so far,” said Crossroad’s Rev. Cari Cope-man-Haynes Tuesday. “Th is is brand new thing that we’re just throwing open.”

Two other churches, North Delta Evangelical Free Church and St. Cuthbert Anglican Church, are also in the process of joining the coali-tion and have some members on the newly formed North Delta Refugee Project.

“Our goal is to assist at least one displaced Syrian family,” says Cope-man-Haynes, who adds that the project is a private sponsorship not

directly involved with the federal government’s original plan of bring-ing 25,000 refugees into Canada.

Once a minimum of $28,000 is raised, a party can apply to spon-sor a refugee family – in this case, through the sponsorship agreement holder, the United Church of Cana-da, which has contacts with federal agencies.

Copeman-Haynes said the North Delta Refugee Project has conferred with community groups such as Progressive Intercultural Communi-ty Services and Deltassist, as well as the B.C. Muslim Association, to help in “understanding our neighbours a little more.”

Th e fi rst off erings will be collected at a church service this Sunday, Dec. 20 at 10:30 a.m.

Donations from the public can be dropped off Tuesday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. or mailed to Crossroads United Church, 7655 120 St., V4C 6P6. Cheques should have “North Delta Refugee Project” on the memo line. All donations will be charitably receipted.

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Th e message that gang violence is not welcome in Surrey was clear Monday evening (Dec. 14) as families fi lled Grand Taj Ban-quet Hall to take part in a community forum on gang awareness.

The two-hour forum consisted of presentations by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit – B.C.’s anti-gang police agency – and former gang mem-ber Jordan Buna,

as well as speeches from a variety of local politicians, includ-ing Surrey-Tynehead MLA Amrik Virk, Fleetwood-Port Kells MP Ken Hardie and Surrey-Newton MP Sukh Dhaliwal.

Speaking in Pun-jabi to a largely South Asian crowd, Surrey-Centre MP Randeep Sarai said the community needs to change its attitude towards the gang lifestyle, with families and friends sending a strong message that it’s not acceptable.

“We have to disasso-ciate from those who are involved in gangs, and violence, and drug dealing. Once we disassociate from them, they won’t feel

as accepted,” said Sa-rai. “We have to create a bit of distance.”

Virk, a former member of the RCMP, agreed.

“When the communi-ty steps up and says no to violence, that is the key,” he said. “Th ere’s no magic solution, no magic elixir, no magic number. It’s when you as a community stand together.”

The forum was student-led and or-ganized by members of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE), who are

working towards elim-inating violence by creating community awareness.

“SAVE’s mission is to eliminate all forms of violence in youth and to bring them up in a more positive and healthy environment,” said SAVE member Deepinder Dhot. “We are the youth of today, and the leaders of tomorrow, and we need to eliminate violence.”

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Th e trial for a man accused of kill-ing a 22-year-old student in Surrey last year has been set for next April.

Sukhpreet “Jesse” Shergill is charged with manslaughter in the death of Mandepaak “Deepak” Chahal.

Police were called to the area of 131 Street and 65B Avenue in the

early hours of June 19, 2014 for a reported stabbing. Chahal was taken to hospital, where he later died.

Shergill, 21, was arrested and charged four months later.

After his death, Chahal’s family said he was a younger brother to two sisters, and was in his second year of the electrical program at BCIT.

“He touched the hearts of many with his contagious smile and positivity,” said one sister. “Such a young beautiful soul taken away over nothing.”

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Metro Vancouver mayors are demanding the province give them complete power over TransLink, its budget, policies and transportation planning.

Th e call for legislation to signifi cantly reform TransLink governance comes from the Metro Vancouver regional district, which had a task force draw up recommendations in the wake of the failed plebiscite on transit expansion.

Metro board chair Greg Moore said shifting control to the May-ors’ Council is needed to rebuild public confi dence in TransLink and to ensure transportation and land use planning is coor-dinated and does not work at cross purposes.

“We heard from the plebiscite that people want more account-

ability out of TransLink,” Moore said. “We think an elected body is the way to get that account-ability.”

Port Moody Mayor Mike Clay, who chaired the task force, predicted Metro will only solve its transit challenges “if elected offi cials are responsi-ble for the governance of how the service is delivered, and if there are strong links between the regional growth strategy and transportation planning at TransLink.”

Th e provincial government has tweaked TransLink’s struc-ture a couple of times since it took away elected control of TransLink in 2008 in favour of an appointed board that met in secret up until this year.

Initially, the Mayors’ Council on regional transportation was given virtually no power except to approve or reject requests from the board for tax increases for transit expansion.

Th at led to an ongoing funding impasse between the mayors and the provincial

government, with many mayors refusing to consent to new reve-nue sources unless they also got more control over how money would be spent.

Adjustments in 2014 gave the two mayors who lead the Mayors’ Council seats on the TransLink board, along with two seats for provincial repre-sentatives.

Th e Mayors’ Council also got approving authority over TransLink’s long-term trans-portation strategy and 10-year investment plan, but not direct authority over the budget and other decision making.

Minister for TransLink Peter Fassbender said be doesn’t intend to make further changes to TransLink’s structure, pre-dicting that public confi dence will improve as mayors and provincial directors continue to work together on the board, and a new CEO is hired.

“What we need to do is work hard to work together to fi nd the solutions,” Fassbender told reporters. “It’s not structure.”

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If you’re pulled over for speed-ing, can your car be impounded?

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Why do po-lice ask for your information when you call about a crime in progress?

 If you’d like the answer to these questions – or have some of your own – we’d like to hear from you.

Th e Leader and the Surrey RCMP are launching a new Q&A column where police offi cers from the Surrey detachment will answer questions submitted by Leader readers.

“We know that you have ques-tions about policing – whether it be a question about a specifi c law, how to protect yourself, or how we respond to certain calls.

Together with Th e Leader, we will endeavour to answer your questions so the entire commu-nity can have a better under-

standing of how the police and residents can work together to reduce crime in their neigh-bourhoods,” says Chief Supt. Bill Fordy, Offi cer in Charge of the Surrey RCMP.

Send your law enforcement-re-lated question to newsroom@surreyleader.com.

We ask that you keep your que-ries brief and to the point.

Note that the Surrey RCMP is unable to speak to any ongoing fi les. Questions that are selected will be published online and in an upcoming print edition of Th e Leader.

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Cat food donations to pet food banks that serve clients in Surrey and White Rock have slowed to a stop, and cats in need are not getting any food to eat, say local feline advo-cates.

Th e Surrey Com-munity Cat Coalition (SCCC) learned over the weekend that its partners have no cat food to give to low-in-come residents and

community volunteers who rely on cat food donations to feed the cats in their care.

“Cat food donations were low earlier in the fall, but now our food bank partners have only dog food and nothing for cats,” said SCCC manager

Lubna Ekra-moddoullah. “We are hoping people in our community will think of these hungry cats when they’re doing their holiday shop-ping, and buy dry and canned cat food to donate.”

Th ere are veterinar-ians and pet supply stores in Surrey and White Rock that are collecting cat food donations for the coalition. Visit surrey-cats.ca and click “Feed

a Cat” to fi nd the nearest lo-cation to drop off donated cat food.

The SCCC was formed in 2014 in response to the growing number of free-roam-ing cats in Surrey, which was just too many for any individual organizations

to handle alone. Th e coalition coor-

dinates rescue and education eff orts to address the number of unwanted cats in Sur-rey and the underlying causes.

Th eir mission is to end the overpopulation of cats in Surrey and improve their welfare through spay/neuter, adoption, public educa-tion, and advocacy.

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• Karen Wagner and her family are collecting for the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life at their Christmas display, which is located at 19056 63B Ave. Th ere will be hot chocolate and candy canes at the donation box. Visit www.facebook.com/events/792543307558831/

• Th e Bonneteaus’ annual Christmas display, located at 16951 Jersey Dr. in Cloverdale, is adding more lights and Christ-mas characters this year. Th eir handmade nativity scene, in-cluding a stable crafted by a local woodworking teacher, is back. All donations benefi t Variety – Th e Children’s Charity. Th e lights are on daily until Jan. 5 from 6-11 p.m.

• Th ere is a light display at 18244 57A Ave. from Monday to Th ursday from 5-10 p.m., and weekends until 11 p.m. More than 15,000 lights and a manger

scene. Th e family is collecting food bank donations.

• A house at 11122 90 Ave. in North Delta has a fi ve-metre-tall Olaf with music, Disney’s Mater, a Frozen snow globe and a tall Santa sleigh – among dozens of characters from Disney, Pixar,

Universal studios and other mov-ie titles. Th ere are roughly 15-18,000 lights in total. On display until about 10:30 p.m. nightly.

• At 6369 165A St., Gheor-ghe and Rodica Grigore put up another Christmas lights spec-tacular with more than 50,000

lights, including 200 icicles on top of the house, plus two Santa Clauses. Th ere is also a musical Christmas lights show with 20 diff erent songs. Open 5-11 p.m. (midnight on weekends) and all night on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

• At 16956 60A Ave. is the Kinna family’s display. Th ey are collecting money for Sur-rey Memorial Hospital’s Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit. On display until Jan. 2, Sunday to Th ursday from 5-10 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 5-11 p.m.

• Th ree locations in Clayton Heights include 7311 194 St., 6598 192A St. (with a gin-gerbread house and singing Santas), and 6585 193 St.

• Th e Trepanier home is all aglow for the holiday season. Lights are on until Dec. 31 at 7245 140A St. Th e family is collecting donations of blankets, scarves and gloves for the homeless.

• Ken and Bonnie Fletcher, 15499 22Ave., have once again

put on Rudolph and Friends – a must-see with large displays in the yard, on the roof, on the windows and in the carport. The display has been extend-ed it into a neighbour’s yard. There is a train and animated Santa plus lots more to see. It takes Ken and Bonnie three to four weeks to set up, with much-appreciated help from daughter Leslea and grand-kids Mason and Keyla. The Fletchers are accepting dona-tions for the Sources South Surrey-White Rock Food Bank. Lights on Sunday through Thursday from 5-10 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 5-11 p.m.

• Wish Upon a Star, formerly of 19368 62A Ave., Surrey, has moved to 20681 44 Ave. in Lang-ley. Features 40,000 lights, an interactive musical snowman and Santa’s sleigh. Sip hot chocolate and take a picture with Bumble, Rudolph and friends. Donations accepted for B.C. Children’s Hospital.

• Lights are on at 15837 95 Ave. Video at:  https://youtu.be/5m-vTQe2l4V8

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TRACY HOLMES

South Surrey residents concerned about a proposed galvanizing plant in the 18600-block of 24 Avenue say recent word on estimated emissions is “frightening.”

“It’s a major concern for the community,” said Terry McNeice, spokesperson for the South Surrey Ratepayers’ Association, describing news that the plant is expected to discharge more than six tonnes of emissions annually as “a complete shock.”

Ebco Metal Finishing LP is building the plant at 18699 24 Ave. City council approved a bylaw regulating the site for “light impact industry” in November 2012, following a public hearing, and a devel-opment permit was issued in July 2014.

Residents cited concerns with such a facility being built so close to an elementary school, as well as with the lack of public notice around it.

Last week, McNeice said the concern now is Ebco’s apparent back-tracking on a promise of zero emissions.

“Th e community was advised

that there would be no emis-sions from this plant,” McNe-ice said. “All we’re asking them is to do what they promised to do.”

An Ebco representative said Monday that owner Hugo Eppich is on vacation and not available to speak to media until the new year.

Eppich had said in January that residents need not be concerned about pollution associated with the plant’s operation and that it must adhere to regional emission standards.

“As far as I’m concerned… machine shops or other shops would emit more pollution than we have,” Eppich said at the time.

According to Metro Van-couver’s environmental-pro-tection notice, Ebco plans to control emissions with two baghouse air fi lters, and acid

misting will be controlled by chemical mist suppressants.

McNeice said he and several other residents were advised of the six-tonne emission es-timate on Dec. 4, when Metro Vancouver offi cials notifi ed them of Ebco’s application for an approval under the Air Quality Management Bylaw.

McNeice did not know how the quantity compared to other sources of emissions, but said any amount is too much. (According to the U.S. EPA, a typical passenger vehi-cle emits about 4.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year).

Ebco is asking for short-term authorization to dis-charge air contaminants for up to 15 months, and Metro off ered residents a four-day window to submit concerns this month.

McNeice and others who responded named the un-

known impact of emissions on the environment; an apparent downgrade in the choice of equipment that will clean emissions; that properties in the Agricultural Land Reserve deserve protection; potential impact on organic-farming status; and potential impact on the Brookswood aquifer.

Metro lead senior engineer Kathy Preston said Monday that all of the comments are being considered in Metro’s review of Ebco’s request, which was received Dec. 3 with the hope it could be granted this week.

She would not predict if a decision on the approval would be made this week, but did say Metro would be able to impose conditions. Th ose could include limits on emissions, requirements for additional studies and ongo-ing monitoring.

“Our point of view is that it should help clarify,” Preston said.

“Th ere’s a lot of concerns out there with respect to the po-tential environmental eff ects. It should help all of us, the public as well, better under-stand what some of the eff ects are; help answer some of the questions that we have.”

McNeice said zero emissions is the only acceptable answer.

“If the technology’s available for zero emissions, why not do it right?” he said.

▶ OWNER ASKES FOR TEMPORARY CONSENT TO DISCHARGE AIR CONTAMINANTS

Galvanizing plant emission fears

KEVIN DIAKIW

A Delta woman is dead after being struck by a car last weekend.

On Saturday at 4:25 p.m., an 85-year-old woman was crossing at a marked crosswalk in the 1200-block of 56 Street when she was hit by a vehicle making a left turn.

Th e driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators.

While the incident remains under inves-tigation, heavy rain, darkness and lack of visibility are believed to be factors in the collision.

It marks Delta’s second pedestrian fatali-ty of the year.

Delta Police are reminding the public that poor weather and lighting at this time of year make conditions less than ideal for pedestrians or drivers.

Drivers are reminded to always check crosswalks several times before entering intersections, especially when turning. Use full headlights in inclement weather, slow down and avoid distractions.

Pedestrians should always choose bright clothing and lights – even in daylight – and make eye contact with drivers before enter-ing the roadway.  

▶ POLICE REMIND DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS TO BE CAUTIOUS IN BAD WEATHER AND DARKNESS

Pedestrian crash kills Delta senior

Construction continues on Ebco Metal Finishing LP’s South Surrey galvanizing plant, in the 18600-block of 24 Avenue. TRACY HOLMES

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JEFF NAGEL

An unusually high number of Metro Van-couver home owners are being warned they will get a sharply higher property assessment next month that may trigger an unwelcome property tax increase.

BC Assessment says it has sent out 37,000 early notifi cation letters across B.C., with almost two-thirds of them going to Metro Vancouver home owners. Th at’s signifi cantly more than most years.

“Early notifi cation letters are mailed to property owners who can expect an increase of at least 15 per cent above the average in-crease in their local taxing jurisdiction,” said assessor Jason Grant.

“We want to ensure impacted property own-ers are aware of the signifi cant increases and we welcome them to contact us if they have any questions or concerns.”

Increases of 15 to 25 per cent will be typical for single-family detached houses in Van-couver, the North Shore, Burnaby, Tri Cities, New Westminster, Richmond and Surrey, Grant said.

Examples of the sort of increases coming in the Surrey area include a 1981 detached house in South Surrey that will see its 2016 assessment climb 10 per cent to $790,000 from $716,000, as well as a 1983 house in Fleetwood that’s up 11 per cent from $514,000 to $573,000.

Th e fi nal assessments that go out in early January refl ect the market value as of July 1.

▶ B.C. SENDING WARNINGS TO SOME HOME OWNERS OVER RISING VALUES

Early property assessments

were $536,000 and condos were $435,000. Th ose benchmark prices are much higher in and around Vancouver, and lower in eastern suburbs, such as Maple Ridge.

Th e prices have climbed 22 per cent over the past year in the case of detached houses, and 11 per cent for condos.

Other changes that could aff ect markets may be on the horizon, in response to concerns that foreign buyers are driving up prices.

Th e provincial gov-ernment has suggested it may charge a higher Property Transfer Tax on high end homes.

More reliance on ‘bank of Mom and Dad’

First-time home buy-ers are the ones who are most likely to be aff ected by the down payment change.

And they will likely rely even more heavily on the “bank of Mom and Dad,” according to

the Society of Notaries Public of B.C.

It cited a survey of its members showing about half of fi rst-time buyers in Greater Van-couver get help, usually from parents, with their down payment.

For about 62 per cent of new buyers getting help, Mom and Dad put up less than one-quarter of the down payment, but in more than a quarter of cases parents are paying up to half of the money down, and 11 per cent of the time they’re paying more than half.

In the Fraser Valley, the notaries estimate even more fi rst-time buyers – 75 per cent – rely on parental help. In 56 per cent of those cases, parents covered less than a quarter of the down payment, while one-third cov-ered a quarter to half of the payment, and 11 per cent provided more than half.

Money to buy a home usually is given as a gift, but in a minority of cases, parents go on title or a formal or informal loan is drawn up.

▶ FIRST-TIME BUYERS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTEDfrom page 16

16 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader Fr iday December 18 2015

JEFF NAGEL

New federal rules requiring higher down payments for insured mortgages on homes worth $500,000 to $1 million are unlikely to trigger any dramatic cooling of Lower Mainland real estate markets, according to one analyst.

Central 1 Credit Union chief economist Helmut Pastrick said the practical eff ect of the change from a fi ve- to 10-per-cent down payment require-ment in that band is minimal because it applies only on the portion over $500,000.

It means a $600,000 home will require a $35,000 down payment instead of $30,000 to gain Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. insurance, eff ec-tive Feb. 15. A $900,000 home’s required down payment would rise from $45,000 to $65,000.

“In the higher cost markets such as Vancouver and Toronto it would have some impact,” Pastrick said. “Right now, I would classify it as modest.”

Homes priced over $1 million remain subject to a minimum

20-per-cent down payment and the existing fi ve-per-cent requirement is unchanged at $500,000 and under.

Pastrick said that may give home builders some impetus to try to price Vancouver-area con-dos and suburban townhomes within that threshold.

Th e change limiting the mort-gage exposure of some buyers is one of three adjustments unveiled by federal fi nance minister Bill Morneau that are aimed at reducing the risk of a taxpayer bailout if home prices

implode in Canada’s hottest real estate markets.

Banks will also have to hold more capital to cover residential mortgages, which Pastrick said could put some upward pressure on rates, although that change does not kick in until 2017.

Pastrick said most buyers of homes in the aff ected price range likely don’t require insur-ance because they have enough existing equity.

It’s just the latest in a series of tightenings by the federal government since the 2008 fi nancial crisis.

Pastrick noted that at one point CMHC-insured mort-gages could be amortized over 40 years, but that got chopped back to 35 and then 25 years.

He predicts that for now, markets will continue to grind higher.

“Over time, prices will contin-ue to rise,” he said. “Th is won’t really have much of a dampen-ing eff ect on housing prices in Vancouver.”

Th e Real Estate Board of Great-er Vancouver reported a bench-mark price of detached houses of $1.22 million in November, while attached units like townhouses

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JEFF NAGEL

An unusually high number of Metro Van-couver home owners are being warned they will get a sharply higher property assessment next month that may trigger an unwelcome property tax increase.

BC Assessment says it has sent out 37,000 early notifi cation letters across B.C., with almost two-thirds of them going to Metro Vancouver home owners. Th at’s signifi cantly more than most years.

“Early notifi cation letters are mailed to property owners who can expect an increase of at least 15 per cent above the average in-crease in their local taxing jurisdiction,” said assessor Jason Grant.

“We want to ensure impacted property own-ers are aware of the signifi cant increases and we welcome them to contact us if they have any questions or concerns.”

Increases of 15 to 25 per cent will be typical for single-family detached houses in Van-couver, the North Shore, Burnaby, Tri Cities, New Westminster, Richmond and Surrey, Grant said.

Examples of the sort of increases coming in the Surrey area include a 1981 detached house in South Surrey that will see its 2016 assessment climb 10 per cent to $790,000 from $716,000, as well as a 1983 house in Fleetwood that’s up 11 per cent from $514,000 to $573,000.

Th e fi nal assessments that go out in early January refl ect the market value as of July 1.

▶ B.C. SENDING WARNINGS TO SOME HOME OWNERS OVER RISING VALUES

Early property assessments

were $536,000 and condos were $435,000. Th ose benchmark prices are much higher in and around Vancouver, and lower in eastern suburbs, such as Maple Ridge.

Th e prices have climbed 22 per cent over the past year in the case of detached houses, and 11 per cent for condos.

Other changes that could aff ect markets may be on the horizon, in response to concerns that foreign buyers are driving up prices.

Th e provincial gov-ernment has suggested it may charge a higher Property Transfer Tax on high end homes.

More reliance on ‘bank of Mom and Dad’

First-time home buy-ers are the ones who are most likely to be aff ected by the down payment change.

And they will likely rely even more heavily on the “bank of Mom and Dad,” according to

the Society of Notaries Public of B.C.

It cited a survey of its members showing about half of fi rst-time buyers in Greater Van-couver get help, usually from parents, with their down payment.

For about 62 per cent of new buyers getting help, Mom and Dad put up less than one-quarter of the down payment, but in more than a quarter of cases parents are paying up to half of the money down, and 11 per cent of the time they’re paying more than half.

In the Fraser Valley, the notaries estimate even more fi rst-time buyers – 75 per cent – rely on parental help. In 56 per cent of those cases, parents covered less than a quarter of the down payment, while one-third cov-ered a quarter to half of the payment, and 11 per cent provided more than half.

Money to buy a home usually is given as a gift, but in a minority of cases, parents go on title or a formal or informal loan is drawn up.

▶ FIRST-TIME BUYERS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTEDfrom page 16

16 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader Fr iday December 18 2015

JEFF NAGEL

New federal rules requiring higher down payments for insured mortgages on homes worth $500,000 to $1 million are unlikely to trigger any dramatic cooling of Lower Mainland real estate markets, according to one analyst.

Central 1 Credit Union chief economist Helmut Pastrick said the practical eff ect of the change from a fi ve- to 10-per-cent down payment require-ment in that band is minimal because it applies only on the portion over $500,000.

It means a $600,000 home will require a $35,000 down payment instead of $30,000 to gain Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. insurance, eff ec-tive Feb. 15. A $900,000 home’s required down payment would rise from $45,000 to $65,000.

“In the higher cost markets such as Vancouver and Toronto it would have some impact,” Pastrick said. “Right now, I would classify it as modest.”

Homes priced over $1 million remain subject to a minimum

20-per-cent down payment and the existing fi ve-per-cent requirement is unchanged at $500,000 and under.

Pastrick said that may give home builders some impetus to try to price Vancouver-area con-dos and suburban townhomes within that threshold.

Th e change limiting the mort-gage exposure of some buyers is one of three adjustments unveiled by federal fi nance minister Bill Morneau that are aimed at reducing the risk of a taxpayer bailout if home prices

implode in Canada’s hottest real estate markets.

Banks will also have to hold more capital to cover residential mortgages, which Pastrick said could put some upward pressure on rates, although that change does not kick in until 2017.

Pastrick said most buyers of homes in the aff ected price range likely don’t require insur-ance because they have enough existing equity.

It’s just the latest in a series of tightenings by the federal government since the 2008 fi nancial crisis.

Pastrick noted that at one point CMHC-insured mort-gages could be amortized over 40 years, but that got chopped back to 35 and then 25 years.

He predicts that for now, markets will continue to grind higher.

“Over time, prices will contin-ue to rise,” he said. “Th is won’t really have much of a dampen-ing eff ect on housing prices in Vancouver.”

Th e Real Estate Board of Great-er Vancouver reported a bench-mark price of detached houses of $1.22 million in November, while attached units like townhouses

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The Lands File Number for this application is 2411514. Comments on the application may be submitted in two ways:1) Online via the Application and reasons for the Decision Database website at:

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16 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader Fr iday December 18 2015 Fr iday December 18 2015 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader 17 Fr iday December 18 2015 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader 17

JEFF NAGEL

An unusually high number of Metro Van-couver home owners are being warned they will get a sharply higher property assessment next month that may trigger an unwelcome property tax increase.

BC Assessment says it has sent out 37,000 early notifi cation letters across B.C., with almost two-thirds of them going to Metro Vancouver home owners. Th at’s signifi cantly more than most years.

“Early notifi cation letters are mailed to property owners who can expect an increase of at least 15 per cent above the average in-crease in their local taxing jurisdiction,” said assessor Jason Grant.

“We want to ensure impacted property own-ers are aware of the signifi cant increases and we welcome them to contact us if they have any questions or concerns.”

Increases of 15 to 25 per cent will be typical for single-family detached houses in Van-couver, the North Shore, Burnaby, Tri Cities, New Westminster, Richmond and Surrey, Grant said.

Examples of the sort of increases coming in the Surrey area include a 1981 detached house in South Surrey that will see its 2016 assessment climb 10 per cent to $790,000 from $716,000, as well as a 1983 house in Fleetwood that’s up 11 per cent from $514,000 to $573,000.

Th e fi nal assessments that go out in early January refl ect the market value as of July 1.

▶ B.C. SENDING WARNINGS TO SOME HOME OWNERS OVER RISING VALUES

Early property assessments

were $536,000 and condos were $435,000. Th ose benchmark prices are much higher in and around Vancouver, and lower in eastern suburbs, such as Maple Ridge.

Th e prices have climbed 22 per cent over the past year in the case of detached houses, and 11 per cent for condos.

Other changes that could aff ect markets may be on the horizon, in response to concerns that foreign buyers are driving up prices.

Th e provincial gov-ernment has suggested it may charge a higher Property Transfer Tax on high end homes.

More reliance on ‘bank of Mom and Dad’

First-time home buy-ers are the ones who are most likely to be aff ected by the down payment change.

And they will likely rely even more heavily on the “bank of Mom and Dad,” according to

the Society of Notaries Public of B.C.

It cited a survey of its members showing about half of fi rst-time buyers in Greater Van-couver get help, usually from parents, with their down payment.

For about 62 per cent of new buyers getting help, Mom and Dad put up less than one-quarter of the down payment, but in more than a quarter of cases parents are paying up to half of the money down, and 11 per cent of the time they’re paying more than half.

In the Fraser Valley, the notaries estimate even more fi rst-time buyers – 75 per cent – rely on parental help. In 56 per cent of those cases, parents covered less than a quarter of the down payment, while one-third cov-ered a quarter to half of the payment, and 11 per cent provided more than half.

Money to buy a home usually is given as a gift, but in a minority of cases, parents go on title or a formal or informal loan is drawn up.

▶ FIRST-TIME BUYERS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTEDfrom page 16

16 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader Fr iday December 18 2015

JEFF NAGEL

New federal rules requiring higher down payments for insured mortgages on homes worth $500,000 to $1 million are unlikely to trigger any dramatic cooling of Lower Mainland real estate markets, according to one analyst.

Central 1 Credit Union chief economist Helmut Pastrick said the practical eff ect of the change from a fi ve- to 10-per-cent down payment require-ment in that band is minimal because it applies only on the portion over $500,000.

It means a $600,000 home will require a $35,000 down payment instead of $30,000 to gain Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. insurance, eff ec-tive Feb. 15. A $900,000 home’s required down payment would rise from $45,000 to $65,000.

“In the higher cost markets such as Vancouver and Toronto it would have some impact,” Pastrick said. “Right now, I would classify it as modest.”

Homes priced over $1 million remain subject to a minimum

20-per-cent down payment and the existing fi ve-per-cent requirement is unchanged at $500,000 and under.

Pastrick said that may give home builders some impetus to try to price Vancouver-area con-dos and suburban townhomes within that threshold.

Th e change limiting the mort-gage exposure of some buyers is one of three adjustments unveiled by federal fi nance minister Bill Morneau that are aimed at reducing the risk of a taxpayer bailout if home prices

implode in Canada’s hottest real estate markets.

Banks will also have to hold more capital to cover residential mortgages, which Pastrick said could put some upward pressure on rates, although that change does not kick in until 2017.

Pastrick said most buyers of homes in the aff ected price range likely don’t require insur-ance because they have enough existing equity.

It’s just the latest in a series of tightenings by the federal government since the 2008 fi nancial crisis.

Pastrick noted that at one point CMHC-insured mort-gages could be amortized over 40 years, but that got chopped back to 35 and then 25 years.

He predicts that for now, markets will continue to grind higher.

“Over time, prices will contin-ue to rise,” he said. “Th is won’t really have much of a dampen-ing eff ect on housing prices in Vancouver.”

Th e Real Estate Board of Great-er Vancouver reported a bench-mark price of detached houses of $1.22 million in November, while attached units like townhouses

▶ MOVE AIMS TO LIMIT TAXPAYER RISK FOR REAL ESTATE MARKET

‘Modest’ impact from down payment change

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The Lands File Number for this application is 2411514. Comments on the application may be submitted in two ways:1) Online via the Application and reasons for the Decision Database website at:

www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp.2) By mail to the Senior Land Offi cer at 200 – 10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1.

Comments will be received by the Ministry of Forests, Land and Natural Resource Operations until January 16, 2016. Comments received after this date will not be considered.

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16 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader Fr iday December 18 2015 Fr iday December 18 2015 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader 17 Fr iday December 18 2015 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader 17

JEFF NAGEL

An unusually high number of Metro Van-couver home owners are being warned they will get a sharply higher property assessment next month that may trigger an unwelcome property tax increase.

BC Assessment says it has sent out 37,000 early notifi cation letters across B.C., with almost two-thirds of them going to Metro Vancouver home owners. Th at’s signifi cantly more than most years.

“Early notifi cation letters are mailed to property owners who can expect an increase of at least 15 per cent above the average in-crease in their local taxing jurisdiction,” said assessor Jason Grant.

“We want to ensure impacted property own-ers are aware of the signifi cant increases and we welcome them to contact us if they have any questions or concerns.”

Increases of 15 to 25 per cent will be typical for single-family detached houses in Van-couver, the North Shore, Burnaby, Tri Cities, New Westminster, Richmond and Surrey, Grant said.

Examples of the sort of increases coming in the Surrey area include a 1981 detached house in South Surrey that will see its 2016 assessment climb 10 per cent to $790,000 from $716,000, as well as a 1983 house in Fleetwood that’s up 11 per cent from $514,000 to $573,000.

Th e fi nal assessments that go out in early January refl ect the market value as of July 1.

▶ B.C. SENDING WARNINGS TO SOME HOME OWNERS OVER RISING VALUES

Early property assessments

were $536,000 and condos were $435,000. Th ose benchmark prices are much higher in and around Vancouver, and lower in eastern suburbs, such as Maple Ridge.

Th e prices have climbed 22 per cent over the past year in the case of detached houses, and 11 per cent for condos.

Other changes that could aff ect markets may be on the horizon, in response to concerns that foreign buyers are driving up prices.

Th e provincial gov-ernment has suggested it may charge a higher Property Transfer Tax on high end homes.

More reliance on ‘bank of Mom and Dad’

First-time home buy-ers are the ones who are most likely to be aff ected by the down payment change.

And they will likely rely even more heavily on the “bank of Mom and Dad,” according to

the Society of Notaries Public of B.C.

It cited a survey of its members showing about half of fi rst-time buyers in Greater Van-couver get help, usually from parents, with their down payment.

For about 62 per cent of new buyers getting help, Mom and Dad put up less than one-quarter of the down payment, but in more than a quarter of cases parents are paying up to half of the money down, and 11 per cent of the time they’re paying more than half.

In the Fraser Valley, the notaries estimate even more fi rst-time buyers – 75 per cent – rely on parental help. In 56 per cent of those cases, parents covered less than a quarter of the down payment, while one-third cov-ered a quarter to half of the payment, and 11 per cent provided more than half.

Money to buy a home usually is given as a gift, but in a minority of cases, parents go on title or a formal or informal loan is drawn up.

▶ FIRST-TIME BUYERS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTEDfrom page 16

16 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader Fr iday December 18 2015

JEFF NAGEL

New federal rules requiring higher down payments for insured mortgages on homes worth $500,000 to $1 million are unlikely to trigger any dramatic cooling of Lower Mainland real estate markets, according to one analyst.

Central 1 Credit Union chief economist Helmut Pastrick said the practical eff ect of the change from a fi ve- to 10-per-cent down payment require-ment in that band is minimal because it applies only on the portion over $500,000.

It means a $600,000 home will require a $35,000 down payment instead of $30,000 to gain Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. insurance, eff ec-tive Feb. 15. A $900,000 home’s required down payment would rise from $45,000 to $65,000.

“In the higher cost markets such as Vancouver and Toronto it would have some impact,” Pastrick said. “Right now, I would classify it as modest.”

Homes priced over $1 million remain subject to a minimum

20-per-cent down payment and the existing fi ve-per-cent requirement is unchanged at $500,000 and under.

Pastrick said that may give home builders some impetus to try to price Vancouver-area con-dos and suburban townhomes within that threshold.

Th e change limiting the mort-gage exposure of some buyers is one of three adjustments unveiled by federal fi nance minister Bill Morneau that are aimed at reducing the risk of a taxpayer bailout if home prices

implode in Canada’s hottest real estate markets.

Banks will also have to hold more capital to cover residential mortgages, which Pastrick said could put some upward pressure on rates, although that change does not kick in until 2017.

Pastrick said most buyers of homes in the aff ected price range likely don’t require insur-ance because they have enough existing equity.

It’s just the latest in a series of tightenings by the federal government since the 2008 fi nancial crisis.

Pastrick noted that at one point CMHC-insured mort-gages could be amortized over 40 years, but that got chopped back to 35 and then 25 years.

He predicts that for now, markets will continue to grind higher.

“Over time, prices will contin-ue to rise,” he said. “Th is won’t really have much of a dampen-ing eff ect on housing prices in Vancouver.”

Th e Real Estate Board of Great-er Vancouver reported a bench-mark price of detached houses of $1.22 million in November, while attached units like townhouses

▶ MOVE AIMS TO LIMIT TAXPAYER RISK FOR REAL ESTATE MARKET

‘Modest’ impact from down payment change

continued on page 17

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The Lands File Number for this application is 2411514. Comments on the application may be submitted in two ways:1) Online via the Application and reasons for the Decision Database website at:

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Tales of a fabled feline

ARTS & LIFE20 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader Fr iday December 18 2015

ALEX BROWNE

One of the favourite regional Christmas panto producers – the Royal Canadian Th eatre Company – is back this month with Ellie King’s Puss In Boots.

But local fans – for whom the tradition-al British-style show is just an important Christmas staple as turkey and pudding – should put their skates on.

Tickets are selling fast for this typically cheeky spectacle, which takes over Surrey Arts Centre’s main stage (13750 88 Ave.) Dec. 18-27, followed by a run at the ACT Centre Maple Ridge Dec. 31-Jan. 3.

A family show in every sense of the word (King wrote the script and produces, son James directs and husband Geoff is musi-cal director – in a show overfl owing with parent, spouse and sibling teams) it follows in a long line of seasonal entertainments off ered by King’s familiar stock troupe.

RCTC regular Jackie Bruce (also choreog-rapher) dons the fabulous footwear of the feline of the title, while other favourites include veteran King panto Dame Alan Cedargreen as Widow Miller and Crystal Weltzin as Anne Miller.

Stephen Elchesen returns as the Demon King (a role forsaken by James King in his graduation to panto director last year) while another favourite RCTC player, Elchesen’s partner-in-life Kerry Norris, plays the comedy role of Princess Sacha-rina, complete with Paris Hilton-esque pooch (“She’s absolutely hilarious,” King said).

Puss

In Boots – based, very loosely, on an old French fairy tale – tells the story of young Colin Miller (Carol Davison) his sister and mom and friend Tom Tom the Piper’s Son (Brad Dewar) and how their fortunes are

transformed thanks – almost entirely – to Colin’s magical cat.

“It’s the only panto I know of in which the hero is an anti-hero,” chuckled King. “Usually the hero or heroine goes on some physical journey or quest and overcomes evil with his or her bravery.

“Here, the hero does nothing – he’s got this magical cat that does all the work for him – and that rather tickled my fancy.

“It’s also the only panto with two princi-pal ‘boys’ – and one of our principals, Carol,

is also a principal of a school in

Delta, so you might say she’s our fi rst prin-cipal principal!”

King said she has taken care to include all the other traditional ingredients, but served up with her own individual touch.

“For me, a panto is like a colouring book – you stay within the lines, but the colours are your own.”

Th e Good Fairy (Lauren Trotzuk) is ready to foil the Demon King’s machinations at every turn (and match his “awful French accent,” King said – that’s our tribute to the show’s origins”).

Th e requisite cuteness factor is more than covered by the company’s tiniest troupers Little Puss (Elchesen and Norris’ daughter Cayleigh) and Teru Widman.

Th ere’s also menace, of course, in the presence of Ogre Bonecruncher (Gareth Dyke), and romance supplied by Princess Marietta (Chantelle Anderson) – with extra humour, King said, in the form of her dad, King Pom Pom of Pomerania (Martin Keith Perrin), his somewhat corrupt prime minister Fiddle (Jeremy Glass), and a mime (Julian Legere).

Tickets in Surrey are available through 604-501-5566 or online at tickets.surrey.ca

For more information on both the Surrey and Maple Ridge shows, visit www.rctheatreco.com

Jackie Bruce (above) plays the title role in Puss In Boots, alongside (left to right) Tom Tom the Piper’s Son (Brad Dewar), Widow Miller (Alan Cedargreen) and Tom’s daughter Anne Miller (Crystal Weltzin). SUBMITTED

▶ “Usually the hero or heroine goes on some physical journey or quest and overcomes evil with his or her bravery. Here, the hero does nothing – he’s got this magical cat that does all the work for him...”ELLIE KING

Fr iday December 18 2015 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader 21

BLACK PRESS

Surrey’s Chanel Kwong used her good grades to hit the high notes for a pitch-per-fect pronunciation performance.

Although she only enrolled in her fi rst-ev-er Mandarin language lesson this Septem-ber, the second-year business student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) re-cently sang her way to a ‘best pronunciation’ win at Western Cana-da’s largest Mandarin singing contest.

“I started doing sing-ing contests and giving speeches when I was in high school, where I discovered a love of being on stage,” said Kwong. “I saw a poster for this opportunity and thought it was something I would be passionate about.

“I liked going to kara-oke when I was young, and have been singing since a young age. Winning ‘best pronun-ciation’ in a totally new language has actually inspired me to consider entering another sing-ing contest next year.”

Kwong rose to the top of more than

20 fi nalists with her performance of a well-known Chinese song for a panel of local pro-fessors and musicians adjudicating the 2015 BC “Chinese Bridge”

Mandarin Singing Contest for University Students.

“Th is year, over 100 university students in B.C. participated in the preliminary and

over 20 were chosen to enter the fi nal compe-tition. I am very proud of Chanel for her stellar performance and for her hard work in learn-ing this fun but chal-

lenging language,” said Yanfeng Qu, Kwong’s Mandarin instructor.

“Th is award not only recognizes Chanel’s achievements, but also showcases the dedica-

tion of KPU faculty to student success in and outside the classroom,” added Olivier Clarinval, chair of the language and cultures depart-ment.

▶ FIRST-TIME MANDARIN STUDENT HONOURED AT SINGING CONTEST

Prize-worthy pitch-perfect pronunciation

Chanel Kwong

Local legends Th e Mud Bay Blues Band – who’ve shared bills with the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughn, James Cotton and Long John Baldrey – are back and ready to rock out with its crowd-pleasing approach to the season, Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. at Blue Frog Studios, 1328 Johnston Rd., White Rock.

A Very Muddy Christ-mas will present some “muddifi ed” Christmas favourites as well as songs from the new album Colebrook Road, currently garnering plays on the CBC and internationally.

Tickets ($37.50) are available from www.bluefrogstudios or 604-542-3055.

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The Cloverdale Arena (6090 176 St.) is now a winter wonderland, com-plete with an old-fashioned pond, at the 18th-annual Winter Ice Palace until Jan. 3. Admission is $4.50 for those over two years old. Skate rentals are $1.75. For the full schedule, visit http://bit.ly/1Yb1UhY

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The annual performance of George Frideric Handel’s immortal oratorio by the Handel Society of Music Choir and Orchestra, returns tonight (Dec. 18) at 7:30 p.m. at a new venue, First United Church, 15385 Semiahmoo Ave. Tickets ($20, $15 seniors and students) are available from 604-531-3396,

www.handelsociety.ca, Tapestry Music in White Rock and Christopher’s Gift Gallery in Ocean Park. The society will also pres-ent the same concert the following night (Dec. 19) at Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church, 5771 Granville Ave., Richmond. For more information, visit www.handelsociety.ca

Singer Gina Williams presents a concert, Christ-mas & Beyond, on Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. at Northwood United Church (8855 156 St.) Tickets are $25.Partial proceeds will benefi ting Syrian refugees through ADRA Canada. Tickets are available at the door and at Amaguru African Hair Salon, 604-438-4550.

The Royal Canadian Theatre Company presents a pantomime production of Puss in Boots on Dec. 18-27 at the Surrey Arts Centre (13750 88 Ave.). Evening and matinee shows. Tickets ($15-25) at tickets.surrey.ca

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ETCETERA The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader Fr iday December 18 2015 23

▶ CHRISTMAS ON THE PENINSULAJoanne Specht (left) sings with the White Rock Lutheran Church Carolers outside the Coast Capital Playhouse during White Rock’s annual Christmas on the Peninsula festival on Nov. 28. At right, 20-month-old Lily Preston eats a cookie on her dad Doug’s shoulder at the White Rock Community Centre. BOAZ JOSEPH

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ALEX BROWNE

A popular outdoor display of the Christ-mas season is back.

A new, stylized, lighted star draws visitors to the

by-donation Jour-ney of Christmas at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 12953 20 Ave. 6-9 p.m. nightly until Christmas Eve.

The nine colourful,

sound-cued dioramas of the journey, telling the biblical story of the first Christ-mas and the birth of the Christ-child, are arranged in the wooded area around the church – ideal for viewing in a guided family walk through the grounds before enjoying hot choco-late and cookies and live entertainment in the hall on selected evenings (this writer will be getting into the act by contrib-uting readings of some well-known Christmas stories and poems on one of the nights).

Built by volunteers in 1999 as St. Mark’s response to preva-lent secular displays and programs, the Journey of Christmas has drawn more than 15,000 people to cel-ebrate the Christian origins of the celebra-tion.

Brian Walks, St. Mark’s publicist and Journey of Christmas volunteer chair, said that while the main draw of the event is sharing the mes-sage of the journey, entertainment adds an extra dimension of warmth and good fellowship.

That’s evident this Christmas, as well, he said – even though circumstances prevent some of the usual entertainers from participating.

Tonight (Dec. 18), the appropriately sea-sonal brass and horns of the Fraser Valley Wind Ensemble will provide entertain-ment, while on Sat-urday (Dec. 19) the ever-popular Gilbert & Sullivan Society singers will add their crowd-pleasing touch to the traditional songs and carols.

On Sunday (Dec. 20) the choirs from Surrey’s St. Cuth-bert’s Anglican Church will bring their impressive blend of voices to the church hall and on Dec. 21 Alex Browne will read (with some informal carol singing by some of the chil-dren of the congrega-tion).

On Christmas Eve, the journey will be open from 3:30 to 9 p.m., complementing the well-attended children’s service at 5 p.m. and two candle-light services, at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.

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Christmas journey returnsA new lighted star hangs above St. Mark’s Anglican

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NICK GREENIZAN

Surrey golfer Adam Svensson has earned a spot on the Web.com Tour after cruising through a qualifi cation tour-nament last weekend in Florida.

Th e 21-year-old Earl Marriott Secondary grad earned his tour card – the Web.com circuit is one rung below the PGA Tour – after a dominant performance at Q-school, capped

by a seven-shot victory at the PGA National Resort and Spa course in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Svensson – who dominated the NCAA Div. II ranks at Barry University before turning pro earlier this year – carded a four-round total of 266 (64-65-65-72), capped by a one-over par 72 on the resort’s Champions Course, which put him 20-under par overall. Second place fi nish-ers Ian Davis and Jason Millard fi nished at 13-under.

In addition to winning tournament exemptions for the entire 2016 season, Svensson’s win netted him a $25,000 winner’s cheque.

RICK KUPCHUK

After 11 seasons as a pitcher in Major League Baseball, North Delta’s Jeff Francis is calling it a career.

Th e 34-year-old announced his retirement earlier this week, 13 years after he was claimed ninth overall by the Colorado Rockies in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft.

He retires with a 72-82 win-loss record and a 4.97 earned run average. He recorded 869 strikeouts over 1,291 innings.

Francis fi nished his career as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays, making 14 relief appearances and posting a 1-2 record. He was also a member of the Canadian team at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, and pitched seven innings in a 7-6 win over the United States in the gold medal game.

A former member of the North Delta Blue Jays of the B.C. Pre-mier Baseball League, Francis was pitching for the University of British Co-lumbia Th un-derbirds when he was drafted by the Rockies.

After two years in Colorado’s minor league system, Francis made his MLB debut in August, 2004 against the Atlanta Braves. His fi rst full season was 2005, when he was 14-12 and fi nished sixth in Rookie of the year voting.

His most successful season was 2007, when he was 17-9 and led the Rockies to their fi rst - and only - appearance in the World Series. He was ninth in voting for the Cy Young Award.

Th e Rockies won 14 of their fi nal 15 games to qualify for the playoff s, then swept both the Philadelphia Phillies and Arizona Diamondbacks to win the National League pennant.

“It was special to be able to be a champion,” Francis told mlb.com. “I know we didn’t win it all, but that was a team that came together, even though I don’t know what was expected of us.

“Looking back, I’m sure there was a lot of pressure, but I don’t think we felt it. We just rode a wave and took it as far as we could.”

Francis pitched the fi rst game of the World Series that season, but the Rockies were swept by the Boston Red Sox.

Francis spent eight seasons in Denver with the Rockies, and one season each with the Blue Jays, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees.

He is among the all-time pitching leaders with the Rock-ies, ranked third in wins (64) , second in innings pitched (1,066) and fourth in strikeouts (742).

“It’s a special place,” Francis said of Denver. “I spent the bulk of my time there. It was at times an up-and-down career, but to have the time in Denver playing in the World Series, and playing for a team that grew up together, that’s pretty satisfying.”

Svensson earns his web.com tour card

SPORTS

Adam Svensson earned his Web.com Tour card after a dominant performance at Q-school on the weekend. The Surrey golfer was seven shots ahead of his nearest rival after four rounds at the PGA National Resort and Spa course in Florida. PGA TOUR PHOTO

▼ FORMER NORTH DELTA BLUE JAY SPENT 11 SEASONS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

▼ SURREY GOLFER CRUISES TO FIRST-PLACE FINISH AT QUALIFYING SCHOOL EVENT

Jeff Franciscalls it a career

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Jeff Francis pitches for the Colorado Rockies in the 2007 MLB playoffs.FILE PHOTO

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RICK KUPCHUK

Mikayla Funk of the Pacifi c Academy Breakers has commit-ted to joining the Th ompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack women’s volleyball team for next season.

“Mikayla is an extremely well rounded person and volleyball player that can contribute in a number of ways and positions to our program,” said WolfPack head coach Chad Grimm. “She is able to remain focused in the big moments and has a long history of winning, which will also help our program move forward and solidify that level of expectation within our group.”

Funk, a fi ve-foot-10 outside hitter, was a fi rst-team all-star two weeks ago at the B.C. Senior AA Girls High School Champion-ships in Vernon, leading Pacifi c Academy to a second-place fi nish. She also was a member of Team BC, which won gold at the U16 Western Elite tournament last summer.

“One of the most important things I was looking for while looking at universities was a good coach,” said Funk about her deciding on Th ompson Rivers.  “I’ve heard nothing but good things about Chad and he was very patient with me and my decision to go to TRU. And the wide variety of programs at TRU

was appealing.”Th e WolfPack play in the

Canada West conference of the CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sports), a level considerably high-er than high school. But Funk notes playing with older players on the U18 Force club team will help her make the adjustment.

“I have played up in club vol-leyball the past fi ve years but the jump to CIS will be a big one,” she said. “It will be a challenge but I am ready for it.”

Friesen makes jump to Briercrest

Eight months after winning a Western Canadian Junior B championship with the Campbell River, Josiah Friesen is enjoying college hockey in Saskatchewan.

Friesen, from Surrey, is playing for the Briercrest College Clippers in Caronport, Saskatchewan. Th e team plays in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC), and Freisen has scored once and add-ed two assists in 18 games.

“I was contacted by (head coach) Jamie (Ramer) in the summer about coming here to play hockey,” Friesen said. “I kept praying about it and it kept kicking around in the back of my mind as a really cool oppor-tunity.”

Friesen is enrolled in the Certif-

icate of Biblical Studies program at Briercrest, and is taking classes in Kinesiology as well. He plans to complete a Kinesiology pro-gram with the goal of working in physiotherapy. 

Friesen, 20, spent last season with the Campbell River Storm of the Vancouver Island Hockey League. He played 17 regular sea-son games, scoring four goals and nine points. He then added 11 goals and 16 points in 13 playoff games.

At the Keystone Cup, the West-ern Canadian Junior B champion-ship tournament, Friesen scored two goals and had four points in six games.

Officials recognized by IIHF

A pair of hockey offi cials from Surrey will be working IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) world championship tournaments this spring.

Michael Campbell, a Level VI offi cial, will work as a referee at the World Junior (Division III) Championship in Mexico City. Nathan Van Ooosten, a Level IV offi cial, was selected to be a linesman at the World U18 Championship in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Both offi cials are calling games in the Western Hockey League this season.

Funk to join TRU WolfPack

▶ GETTING A LEG UPSurrey United’s Marni McMillan gets a kick ahead of Maggie Soares of the North Shore Renegades during a Metro Women’s Soccer League game Sunday at Cloverdale Athletic Park. Surrey won 3-2. BOAZ JOSEPH

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It’s that time of year again: Do you have a sports fan on your last-minute Christmas shop-ping list?

Organizers of the Women’s World Softball Championship are off ering the opportunity to stuff stockings with merchandise and tickets to one of the most anticipated international sport-ing events of 2016.

In July 2016, an array of athleticism and world-class competition will fl ood local dia-monds as the largest women’s softball event in the world comes to town.

In addition to promoting ticket discounts, organizers are accepting donations to help bring international softball players to Surrey.

“Coordinating an international event on this scale is quite the undertaking, but we’re confi -dent our community will assist us to create an exceptional and welcoming softball tournament for women around the world,” said Greg Timm, chairman of the event. “As an organization, we value helping one another to achieve our com-

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“It feels good. I’m extremely happy – to shoot (20) under par was pretty special,” Svensson told Th e Leader Monday from Florida, where he was spending the day relaxing after celebrating his big win the night before.

With the security of knowing where he’ll play for the coming season, Svensson said the next step will be to sit down with his agent and map out his schedule, deciding which events he will play.

Th e fi rst event on the Web.com Tour – the Panama Claro Championship in Panama City – is scheduled for late January.

Svensson had earned his way through to the fi nal stage of the Web.com Q-school by virtue of his ninth-place fi nish on the 2015 Mackenzie Tour, on which he’d played since leaving univer-sity.

In six Mackenzie events this season, Svensson – a former NCAA Div. II Player of the Year – had two runner-up fi nishes, while also carding there top-25 fi nishes in limited action on the Web.com Tour.

After setting numerous school records at Barry University, Svensson said Sunday’s win re-affi rms that he made the right choice to turn pro, though he admits he was “pretty confi dent” in his deci-sion, regardless.

“I never doubted myself. Even if I hadn’t won this weekend, I knew I made the right decision,” he said.

At the four-round Q-school event, Svensson led the fi eld from wire to wire, and was in fi rst place after each of the four rounds.

“On the second day, I was seven-under (par) and feeling pretty good. I knew I had a good shot (to win) at that point,” he said.

On Sunday, he dealt with not only the pressure of being in fi rst place with one round left to play, but also with windy conditions at the Palm Beach Gardens course.

Svensson, however, made several key saves throughout the round in order to shoot par and maintain his lead.

After spending some downtime at home in Surrey over the next couple weeks, Svensson said he was planning to return to Florida at the end of the month so he could further work on his game in advance of the upcoming season.

“My goal is to win out there and get my PGA Tour card next,” he said.

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Tri-City Refrigeration Inc. now has opportunities for permanent, full time work in Terrace, BC.Electrician Requirements:• Red Seal Certifi cation• FSR designation preferred• Experience w/ DDC controlsMechanic Requirements:• Red Seal Certifi cation• B Gas Ticket• Experience w/ building controls

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formerly66. Short prayer67. Venom69. Cut70. Down Under parrot73. Sprightly74. Wide scarf75. Poplar77. Certain promise

78. Teens’ night out79. Irrational numbers80. Servant to

Prospero81. Maize82. Healthy upstairs83. Three-legged

figure85. French painter86. Surveillance

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system34. Go team!35. Churlish ones38. “True --”40. Old Roman

playwright41. Temple42. OT shepherd43. Mutiny45. Corn spike46. Support column48. Fruit-wine plant49. Dividing50. English school52. Peter’s --56. From this time57. Alpine ridge58. Quit60. Letter carriers62. Creature of

folklore64. Trudges65. Waterproof

garments

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leg75. Seed cover76. Start for physics79. Pushchair80. Winglike81. Mil. rank84. Timetable abbr.85. White wine variety87. Eye: Comb. form90. Russian river91. Cravat92. Musical

instrument93. Join95. British cars96. Throw away97. Father of Oedipus98. Notched99. Scandinavians101. Fruits103. Bridge106. Japanese

statesman107. Faithless one108. Past109. Mauna --

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