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B.C.s favourite Sun will soonhave some competition in the fitnessgame, as former Vancouver Canuckcaptain Trevor Linden unveiled plansWednesday to start up a low-costfitness centre in Coquitlam comeJanuary.

The 20,000-square-foot facility,which will boast $15 membershipprices, is set to open up at EagleridgePlace (2635 Barnet Hwy.) underthe name Club 16 Trevor LindenFitness.

The fact that hes entering the sameindustry as revered Phoenix Suns NBApoint guard and Victoria native SteveNash isnt lost on Linden, though hefeels theres enough room in the mar-ket for both companies to exist.

It certainly was something Ithought about. Steves a good friend,a guy I like a lot and someone whoI have a lot of respect for, Lindensaid in an interview with The NOWWednesday. We are in the same busi-ness, but I dont think were directlycompeting because I think we offertwo different products. Its like any-thing out there Im looking outmy window and I see a Blenz and aStarbucks. Theres lots of differentoptions and choices out there forpeople.

Lindens newest foray into businessrepresents a partnership between theex-Canuck and Shes Fit franchiseowner Chuck Lawson, a 23-year vet-eran of the fitness industry who headsup 10 womens-only facilities in MetroVancouver. To that end, each Club 16location will contain a separate ShesFit outlet for womens-only training.

Linden admitted that hes long beententative to lend his name to muchin the way of business opportunities.After hearing about Lawsons pitchthrough a mutual friend five months

ago, Linden thought it would be anopen and shut case of thanks, but nothanks.

I kind of thought OK, well meetfor an hour and Ill do it like I nor-mally do listen, hear it out and

send him an e-mail and say Thanksbut no thanks, Linden said. Butafter we got to talking, it reallyseemed to make sense to me it fitand it worked.

That first meeting we scheduled an

hour to sit down and talk, and closeto three hours later, we were sayinggoodbye to each other, Lawson added.I remember driving away and I calledmy wife and said, Youre not goingto believe this, but this might have achance of actually happening. When Igot it done, you had to pinch me a bitand ask, Is this for real?

Their location search turned to theTri-Cities, he said, specifically the oldEagle Ridge Cinemas.

Coquitlam has a growing popula-tion with a lot of young families, and Ithink its a bit devoid of fitness facili-ties. We found a fantastic locationon the Barnet Highway and kind ofthought this is a good place to start,said Linden.

Its a great, growing area. Whenyou really look around there, in myopinion, its really underserved, saidLawson.

Part of the appeal of the pairs ven-ture is the low price point at whichmemberships are being offered. Gymcosts usually start at roughly $30monthly.

But at half that price, Linden andLawson are focusing on the essentials:free weights, strengthening machines,circuit training and more than 100cardio machines.

As much as youd like to offer allthese different types of things, youhave to be realistic, Lawson said.The more you add to your business,the more complicated your businessbecomes, and it makes it harder to doyour business well. Simplicity allowsyou to do what you do, and do it well.

Above and beyond the weights andmachines, the facility will also containfour suntanning studios, meal plan-ning tips, 260 parking spaces and aretail shop offering Trevor Linden-branded fitness apparel.

A pre-registration membershipbooth will be set up at CoquitlamCentre as of Oct. 4. For information,see www.trevorlindenfitness.com.

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Province calls for public inquiry into Pickton

There will be a full public inquiryinto the police investigation into serialkiller Robert Willie Pickton, BritishColumbias Attorney General Mike deJong announced Thursday after a cab-inet meeting in Victoria.

The inquiry will fall under the pub-lic inquiry act, but a commissionerand terms of reference are not avail-able yet, said de Jong.

He said answers are needed regard-

ing mistakes made during the policeinvestigation of the missing womencases.

Calls for an independent reviewhave increased since Vancouver policeDeputy Chief Doug LePard releaseda 408-page review of the case in lateAugust.

LePards report concluded thatinvestigators had compelling evidencepointing to the Port Coquitlam pigfarmer by August 1999 2.5 yearsbefore his arrest.

Over that period, 14 women wentmissing; their DNA would later

be found at Picktons pig farm onDominion Avenue.

Pickton was charged with murder-ing 26 women, and convicted on six ofthose counts in 2007.

The DNA of 33 women, mostlysex workers and drug addicts fromVancouvers drug- and violence-plagued Downtown Eastside werefound on his farm. LePard has saidan independent review could lead tosignificant and beneficial changes topolicing in the province.

Families of some of the victimshave said they do not want the B.C.

government to set the terms of refer-ence for any investigation and want anindependent and respected person tolead the inquiry.

First Nations groups have said theywant to participate, and families havesaid social and aboriginal agenciesin Vancouvers Downtown Eastsideshould also play a role.

The B.C. government has said it willconsider LePards report, a review bythe RCMP in 2002 and recommenda-tions from ministry staff as part of anyinquiry.

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would also be the cheap-est garbage rate in MetroVancouver.

This year in PortCoquitlam, residents arepaying a total of $176.30 forpickup of garbage, greenwaste and recycling in 240-litre bins. The same servicescost Port Moody residents$402. Meanwhile, the 2010price is set at $303.82 in NewWestminster and $211 inVancouver.

While other municipalitieswill likely raise fees nextyear due to the tipping feeincrease, PoCos average 2011solid waste levy could be the

same as or less than 2010 lev-els, according to a staff report.

I think people will behappy about it, Moore said.But its because of their hardwork that were able to main-tain those rates.

This year, the city imple-mented changes to its solidwaste program by expandingacceptable kitchen scraps andmoving to alternate-week col-lection. Since then, the cityhas saved $47,727 in landfillcosts.

Were at 63-per-cent diver-sion rate for this year, whichis leading Metro Vancouverfor sure and I would suspectall of B.C., Moore said. Itwould be one of the top ones,

in my knowledge, in all ofCanada.

Although many residentsinitially expressed concernsabout the modified solid wasteprogram, Moore said the cityhasnt received many com-ments lately.

The people that I chatwith have gotten used to thesystem. I know in our house,were going to go to a smallerbin, he said.

Ill be lucky if I put mygarbage bin out once amonth. If you think abouteverything that can go intorecycling and everything thatcan go into the green bin,theres really not much leftover.

PoCo boasts lowest garbage rate CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1.

Society receives $3,700 for Ioco festivalPort Moodys Ioco Ghost Town Days Festival

received close to $4,000 in federal funds lastweek.

Announced by Port Moody-Westwood-PortCoquitlam MP James Moore on Sept. 1, the$3,700 funding boost will assist the Port MoodyHeritage Society in staging the ninth annualinstalment of the festival, which is slated fromSept. 26 to Oct. 3.

Like in years past, this years festival will

celebrate people and events from the past whileincluding historical re-enactments by 28 localmusicians, artisans, and heritage performers.

We are grateful to Canadian Heritage forsupporting our ninth annual Ioco Ghost TownDays Festival, said heritage society presidentWayne Beggs.

These funds help create a fun and engagingheritage event that celebrates the past heritageand traditions of Ioco town.

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Lightning strikes Coquitlam home

Whether it was Mother Nature orhuman error, two separate accidents shutoff natural gas for more than a dozenhomes in Coquitlam Wednesday.

The first incident took place in the areanear Mason Avenue and Coast MeridianRoad, where a construction accidentled to a gas pipe rupture, according toCoquitlam Fire and Rescue Chief Tony

Delmonico.Terasen spokesperson Marcus Wong

said the incident was first reported tothe company shortly after 5 p.m. Elevenhomes were affected and without naturalgas until about midnight.

Normally what happens in gas inci-dents such as this is we send our crewsout to, first of all, make sure the area issafe both for residents and for our crews.And then we turn the gas off and then weproceed with repairs, he said.

The second incident happened at

around 7 p.m. when lightning struck thechimney of a Coquitlam home located onSamuels Court.

The strike sent bricks flying down ontothe gas meter below.

When our crew attended, the residentluckily had shut off the gas, Delmonicosaid.

He added that no injuries were report-ed as a result of the incident.

Wong said the necessary repairs wereexpected to be completed at some pointon Thursday, after NOW deadlines.

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A Terasen employee checks the gas line, after a lightning strike blew off the meter. The bolt hit the chimney on thehouses roof (right), which scattered bricks all over the yard.

Roofers fight fire started by torchA team of roofers was both

the cause and the solutionbehind a Port Moody fire lastweek.

PortMoody Fireand Rescuedeputychief RemoFaedo saidthe rooferswere work-ing with apropane-poweredtorch at ahouse onCaithnessCrescentWednesday,when thetorch inadvertently lit parts ofthe roof on fire.

The fire got into the atticspace and caused a significantamount of smoke to comeout of the roof and that wasreported by the neighbours,said Faedo, adding that firecrews first received word ofthe incident at about 2 p.m.

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roof up andapplied justenough waterto knock thefire down.

The roof-ers cut a holein the roof toprevent the firefrom spreadingbefore using thefamilys gardenhose to dousethe flames.

ThoughFaedo saidthe house suf-fered a couple

thousand dollars worth ofdamages, no injuries werereported. Had the roofers notacted quickly, the house couldhave been much worse off.

[The damage] was reallyminimized. There was nostructural damage, it was allsuperficial, he said. Theguys saved the house. By thetime our crews had gotten

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Parents have sent their energetic offspringback to the books this week, many ofus with a mixture of relief and a bit ofsadness. Sadness, because its just hard to seethem growing up so fast and so eager to getout from under our feet.

We hold them close, we read to them, playsilly games and they make us laugh, love andworry.

The kids are, after all, our most preciousgifts, and we want the best for them.

We hope the rest of you want that, too.Its been said before, but those tumbling

youngsters and sometimes brooding, some-times sunny teenagers are the most importantresource we have.

These kids who seem to be of another spe-cies, with their ability to tap into an IPodexpertly at the age of five, who can set upa PowerPoint presentation in a blink for aschool assignment, are our future leaders,thinkers, workers, protectors, creators, heal-ers. When were leaning on our canes, we willbe leaning on their compassion to care for us,and their expertise to steward the globe longafter were gone.

They deserve our best, dont they?So while many of our readers dont need

reminding, we implore you anyway to takeextra care of our progeny as you head out onthe roads.

ICBC tells us this week that every year inB.C., theres an average of 16,655 crashes,5,350 injuries and 36 deaths involving children.Thats way too much heartache.

Lets not add to those terrible numbers especially as our days begin to get darkerearlier and our traditional wet weather arrivesto herald fall.

Leave for work early, slow down, remainpatient with the crosswalk guards and thoselittle skipping children. You were there once.While youre at it, give that tentative little kidon the corner a wave, and be nice to the teensworking at their jobs.

We wish them all well and Godspeed ontheir daily adventures.

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Alex Wang is a Grade 11 student at Port MoodySecondary.

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While my schoolmates were out partying orcramming for frequent summer schoolexams, I went on an expedition to search formy identity.

Nowadays, teenagers, especially high schoolseniors, are constantly struggling withstress.

Where does all the stress come from?Some people point the finger at teachers,parents or even friends who constantlyseem to talk behind their backs.

Its time that we wake up and face thereality: stress is created by no one otherthan us.

Stress is an ugly word that creates a false impres-sion of us working hard, whether it is in our sociallife, school life or family life. Down to its core, stresscomes as an innate response to our uncertainty. Thisuncertainty is in turn fuelled by a lack of under-standing about ourselves.

The shocking reality is that many of us do notknow who we truly are or what we really want in life.That is not to say we do not have dreams and ambi-tions, but there is a big difference between whimsi-cal desires and realistic goals.

When we are uncertain about ourselves, we havea natural tendency to distract ourselves; the moretasks we burden ourselves with, the more stress-filled we become.

Before I went to Shad Valley, a prestigious sum-

mer enrichment program, I was one of those affectedby stress.

Playing sports and completing school assignmentsto the point of perfection was my way of distractingmyself from uncertainty.

Shad Valley at Universit Laval wasthe turning point of my life.

Born in an Asian family, I was alwaysdoing what my parents wanted me todo, not necessarily what I wanted.

At Shad, what had seemed so con-crete the obligation to do well inschool and live up to the expectations of

others quickly faded away.Aside from fostering a unique attitude towards

entrepreneurship and the sciences, Shad Valleyultimately fostered the growth of a single commun-ity.

Before, I have always envisaged Shad Valley asanother one of those academic-oriented summercamps. With rowdy dance parties, movie-nights andmidnight feasts constantly awaiting us, it was any-thing but a stereotypical nerd camp.

I couldnt remember who shed the first tears. Itdidnt matter, because by the end, we were all cryingsilently to ourselves that night we were huddlingaround a campfire, away from the bustling city.

Beginning with Nick, we shared our life storiesand our purposes for coming to Shad.

It seemed as if the entire world blurred away

except for us, only the bunch of us, isolated from thenoise and distraction of the world, turning to eachother for support and sympathy.

At that moment, I finally realized how effectiveShad was in bringing us together, in building a com-munity with 48 complete strangers.

Once scattered in the corners of this country, wecame together, or rather, our souls came togetheron that night.

For the first time in my life, I was truly touchedby the human emotions pouring from those aroundme.

Although the cover of the night was too dark forme to see their faces, I could sense their warmth andcaring hands as we huddled in the dark innocentlittle beings, so fragile and delicate.

It was on that night that we truly opened our-selves up.

We dropped our superficial covers, forgot aboutwho we were trying to be and instead became whowe truly were deep down.

I am glad that my mother handed me an applica-tion eight months ago, for Shad Valley reignited theoptimistic and individualistic spirit that was once apart of me.

Like Dr. Suess wrote, Dont cry because it is over,smile because it happened.

Shad Valley stretches hard work into dreams

My ViewAlex Wang

Re: Paramedics struggle to keep up with grow-ing demands, special section, Friday, Sept. 3.

While CUPE 873 contends that there is a lack offunding for ambulance service, the fact is that B.C.Ambulance Services (BCAS) budget has risen 88per cent the past decade to $279 million in 2010-11. Additionally, the number of full- andpart-time paramedics employed by BCAShas grown by 12 per cent to 3,639 overthe past six years.

Regarding service demand, BCASsemergency and non-emergency pre-hospital call volumes have remainedstable since 2006-07 and inter-facility transfer callshave decreased 25 per cent throughout B.C. BCASreduced the capacity of the transfer fleet in July tobetter reflect the decreased demand for service.

BCAS also provides every paramedic in B.C. withthe opportunity to attend continuing medical edu-cation focused at maintaining and enhancing theirpatient care skills, spending $7.2 million on trainingin 2008-09 (the last year of training that was not

interrupted by job action).The Emergency and Health Services Commission

responsible for BCAS has provided $5 million to theVancouver Foundation to establish the emergencymedical assistants education fund aimed at increas-ing primary care paramedics (PCP) working in rural

and remote communities and advancedcare paramedics (ACP) throughout B.C.In 2008-09, 23 ACP and 82 PCP bursar-ies were awarded totalling $765,000.

BCAS and health authorities areworking together and have been suc-cessful in reducing the amount of time

ambulances spend waiting at emergency depart-ments. Ambulance waits past 30 minutes at emer-gency departments have dropped 38 per cent since2006.

BCAS is committed to continually improving theservice we provide to patients. We are proud of thework our paramedics and dispatchers do.

Les FisherB.C. Ambulance Service CEO


Secure your garbage asbears feed for hibernationOver the past few days there has been a large

increase in sightings of bears in the Tri-Citiesout of their normal berry foraging habitat and they are in your neighbourhoods.

They are on the prowl to fatten themselvesand their offspring upin readiness for thedenning season.

With the berriesnow scarce, they aredriven. They are look-ing for a quick, cal-orie-rich meal beforethey move on to find their next meal. And thenthe next one.

Please, dont let your food waste be that nextmeal. Secure it. Lock it up. Freeze it. Do whatyou have to do to keep the your food wasteaway from the bears. Keep the bears safe andmore importantly your neighbourhood safe.

Philip WarburtonPort Coquitlam

We just had the most exciting morning ever.

Three bears wandered over to our house inPoCo, decided to eat our neighbours plumsand rest in our tree in the backyard. The twobabies came between 6 and 7 a.m., and themother bear came around 8 or 9 a.m. I saw thatthe mother bear had a tag, so I got my dad tocall it in. We gave them our info and a conserv-ation officer called back minutes later. We toldhim what was happening and he said he wouldbe here in 12 minutes.

I was at the back window waiting for theofficer to walk around to the back when themother bear went into the neighbours yardagain. The bear ended up in our yard again, sothe conservation officer got up onto the fence

and shot the mother bear with two tranquilliz-ers. She was able to jump the back fence, butthen fell short once the drugs started working.

Another conservation tranquillized a babybear but it scurried up the tree and restedthere with the other one. The second conserva-tion officer and a co-ordinator grabbed a slingand dragged the mother bear to the bottom ofthe tree, hoping that the babies would comedown to the mom. They backed away from thetree and waited. That bear came back down andwent into the neighbours yard. The baby bearwas in the plum tree, and the officer shot itwith tranquillizer. Then the second conserva-tion officer tranquillized the other baby bear,

got the co-ordinator to help him with a tarpand waited for the bear to fall safely.

Once the bear fell, they brought over theother one from the neighbours and put themall together on the sling. They tagged themand wrote stuff down. Once all this was done,they brought the mother to the truck, then thebabies were put in with the mom.

All that was left was a broken fence, somebear droppings, broken branches and manymemorable pictures. It was a great adventure,but it was not the first time. Please remindpeople to bear-proof their garbage.

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Pile driving has begun toset the steel and concretestructure that will form partof the new Noons CreekBridge in Port Moody.

Engineering staff at theCity of Port Moody are work-ing with contractors GrahamInfrastructure on the 40-year-old structure.

Ioco Road has been reducedto single-lane alternating traf-fic across a temporary bridgethroughout the day, duringconstruction.

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traffic signal. Motorists canexpect delays of between 15and 20 minutes during peaktraffic flows.

City staff is also encour-aging Anmore and Belcarraresidents to use East Roadas an alternate route. PortMoody residents living at thewest end of Ioco Road are alsoencouraged to use East Road.

The City of Port Moody alsorequested all drivers followthe direction of flag person-nel.

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The federal government is working tostreamline the accreditation process for for-eign-trained accountants, Canadas minister ofsmall business and tourism announced.

The other seven industries receiving fundingto make working in Canada easier for foreign-trained workers include engineering and somehealth professions, according to minister RobMoore. The government plans to focus on sixother professions, including teachers and doc-tors, by December 2012.

The government funding is designed tomake it easier to hire foreign-trained profes-sionals, Moore explained. The ministry gaveCertified General Accountants Association of

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Newcomers need to have their credentialsrecognized, he said. I commend those ofyou from CGA for taking the initiative to helpforeign-trained individuals integrate into theworkforce.

Labour shortages in certain professions are achallenge for Canada, he said. Streamlining theaccreditation assessment, he said, is crucial toCanadas long-term economic success.

The other priority industries will beannounced within the year, Moore said.

It is a national online self-assessmenttool that evaluates foreign-trained account-ants education and experience, said AnthonyAriganello, president and CEO of CGA.

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The planning process to rebuild Centennial Secondary School is underway. TheSchool District is considering two options regarding the school site for the rebuiltschool:

1. Current location at 570 Poirier Street; or2. Winslow site at 1100 Winslow Avenue.

We are seeking public feedback on the siting options for the school and will beholding two neighbourhood consultation meetings. To find out more informationand to provide feedback, please attend one of the following meetings:

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Crematorium encouraged to check out PoCo industrial zones

A proposed crematoriumthat sparked reaction in PortCoquitlam residents will likelyhave to find a new home.

Kearney Funeral Servicesapplied to the city to use anexisting building for cre-mation purposes at 2509Kingsway Ave., close to a mixof commercial, residential andindustrial sites.

The facility would be usedexclusively for the cremator-ium and would not be usedfor funerals or gatherings.However, city staff are recom-mending the company seekan alternate location for theirbusiness.

Laura Lee Richard, PortCoquitlams developmentservices director, said councilcould consider a crematoriumwithin the city, as long as itslocated at the right site.

What weve encouragedthe applicant to look forwould be a site which is notso close to residential dwell-ing units, a little further awayfrom where people are living,Richard said Wednesday.

More into our industrialzones would be somethingwed like them to find.

The closest apartmentbuilding, located on Gately

Avenue, is within 50 metres ofthe proposed site, accordingto a staff report.

Residents expressed astrong negative response tothe crematorium proposal ata public information meetingin late July, the report notes.Their reactions focused onthree main concerns: releaseof air emissions during cre-mation, potential negativeimpacts on property values,and the negative emotionalimpact on nearby residentsdue to the nature of a crema-toriums business.

The proposed use caninvoke strong feelings andemotions, the report states.

Many of the attendantsat the meeting based theiropposition to the applicationon their perception of howsiting a crematorium in theirneighbourhood would makethem feel.

Michael Crean, presidentof Kearney Funeral Services,provided a letter stating thatthe company is sensitive tothe needs of the community.

Modern cremation equip-ment available today is clean,environmentally friendly andin no way disruptive to thecommunity. Crematoriumshave proven to be a desirablefeature within communitieswhere they are employed, as

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Despite these reassurances,the city received phone callsand e-mails after the meet-ing from residents who areapprehensive about allowing acrematorium at the proposedKingsway site. Last week,residents submitted a 201-sig-nature petition urging councilto reject the application.

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National recognition for teacherSusan Eisner, Grade 2 teacher at Hope

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Eisner won this years award, which high-lights the service of a Lutheran educator witha commitment to Christian faith who is activein the community. The award recipient mustbe committed to excellence while meetingsocial, emotional, spiritual and cognitive needsof children and families, and be able to teachChristian faith from a Lutheran perspective.

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Central teams up with SFUCentral Community School will

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If youre hurt in an accident, you have a duty tomitigate (take reasonable steps to minimize) yourlosses relating to your injuries. The reason is to pre-vent you from receiving damages (compensation)for any losses caused by your own neglect.

Typically this comes up when the defence (i.e.,ICBC) claims that you ignored medical advice.They might argue that you would be much betterand have recovered more quickly if you had fol-lowed your doctors recommendations. If they provethis, your total damages may be reduced.

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Take the recent case of a plaintiff who sufferedherniated discs in his back when he was rear-ended.The defence argued that he failed to mitigate by notcontinuing to pursue the physiotherapy, massagetherapy, kinesiology or acupuncture three monthsafter the accident, as recommended. They also ar-gued he should have hired a personal trainer or fol-lowed a structured exercise program.

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In a recent case, an active 30-year-old apprenticeplumber suffered moderate soft tissue injuries to

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For 18 months after the accident, he regularly sawa physiotherapist, massage therapist and chiroprac-tor and went to the gym almost daily. He was startingto feel stronger and better. But then ICBC stoppedpaying for his rehabilitation. He only earned about$30,000 a year and couldnt afford treatment on hisown. At trial, ICBC argued he didnt mitigate hislosses and his damages should be reduced.

The BC Supreme Court said, however, that theassessment of whether a plaintiff has taken reason-able steps to minimize their losses depends on allthe circumstances. Financial circumstances are onefactor to consider. This was not a case where theplaintiff refused to follow medical advice.

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The court decided that he didnt act unreasonablyin determining how best to try and pay for the treat-ments that had helped him, but which were no lon-ger going to be paid for by ICBC. His total damagesof over $400,000 werent cut as a result.

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Headed up by conductorLuke Mayba, the choir willbegin rehearsals at the openhouse for its four-voice adultchoirs: soprano, alto, tenorand bass.

That first rehearsal willserve as a launching point forthe choirs many perform-ances, which traditionallyinclude Festival du Bois andLight Up the Square, amongothers.

What better way to prac-tise French than to do so twohours a week in a fun, stress-free social setting? Maybasaid in a release.

Singing in French is doub-ly enriching, since franco-phone cultural traditionsare revealed in the lyrics welearn.

Mayba also stressed thatwhile the rehearsals are con-ducted in French, being fluentin that language is not a pre-requisite to join.

The most important thingis to be able to understandwhen I call out bar numbers.Other than that, a lot ofthings can be learned by dem-onstration.

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Bumblebees dont re-use the oldnests the next season. Neither dowasps.

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The area behind my pond has lots of roots.I have Miss Kim lilac there, a Mexican orangeand a Japanese snowball tree. Are they caus-ing the root problem? Can you suggest someperennials that can fill in the bare patches andcompete with roots? Id like something with amounding habit. Maybe an azalea?

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Your three shrubs are fairly close togetherand this would cause root problems. But theshrubs are also close to the fence, and I wonderif there are trees on the other side with rootswhich also come into your yard.

There are ways of dealing of dealing withroot problems. When you put in a new plant,choose places where roots are fine and cuta hole through the roots with a sharp knife.

The hole should be just a little larger than theplant youre inserting. Fertilize the soil in thehole before you plant.

One or two holes per shrub is quite enoughbecause cutting roots does interfere with nutri-tion available to the shrubs.

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If they are, a very light sprink-ling of compost would be OK. Ifnot, plant feeding will have to beby liquid or granular fertilizer.

An azalea may not establishwell there. If it did, there would be

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have a low, mounding habit. Many flowerprofusely in late spring then bloom sporadic-ally the rest of the summer. Some, suchas Geranium sanguinarium (deep pink orwhite blooms) have a low, mounding form,G. Johnsons blue makes a taller mound andRosanne a smaller one.

G. Macrrorrhizum is a pink-flowered groundcover which is evergreen in mild winters.

Ladies mantle (Alchemilla mollis) is prettyand easily cared for, though it does seedaround if you dont deadhead. It has dense, softclusters of tiny yellow flowers. The leaves arespangled with silver when they catch and holdraindrops and dew.

Another possibility is pulmonaria. Thisgrows densely. Flowers are dark blue, white orpink flowers and leaves usually silver-spottedor pure silver. The greener the leaf, the easierit is to establish.

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1. Structure:The more things like cutlery, time of themeal stays the same the easier it is tolearn. Structure develops a routine for time,place and conduct at the table.

2. Social Modeling:Meals together give childrenopportunities to observe, chew andpositively interact with food.

3. Positive reinforcement:Verbal praise is the best and mostnormal reinforcer.The goal is toensure that any interaction with food isrewarded. Punishment can turn off a childsappetite.

4. Making foods manageable:Foods need to be small, easily chewablebites or in long, thin strips that the childcan easily hold. Present a total of threefoods on the plate at once.With new foodsmake it less new by introducing it to thechild on the table only.The second time thechild sees the food is when it is okay to putthe food put it on their plate.

5. Assessing cognitive skills:Teach children about the physicalproperties of the foods so that they willknow how to make the foods work in theirmouths. For example banging a carrot stickon the table and discussing how hard it isteaches then their mouth and teeth willneed to use hard pressure to break the foodapart.

Mealtimes are an excellent time for families to eat and talk together. Research has shown mealtimeshelp promote family togetherness, decrease behavioral issues in children, increase success at schooland lead to better nutrition (school-wellness.org). Although families aim to have fun relaxed familymealtimes it can be a struggle for many families.

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There havebeen many timesin which I havegone to a winery,only to discoverthat the tastinghours are Tuesday and Fridaybetween 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

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Another section includesnotes on favourite winestasted at each location. Thisprevents having to rememberwhich wines you enjoyedwhen you return home.

This is the only applicationthat is available for B.C. win-eries, although Pennal tellsme the USA has been usingthe technology for a while.

Pennal updates the featuresregularly, as wineries seem toopen up every other week inB.C. There have been manycustomers that have givenPennal valuable feedback andpraise. Some state that theywill never again travel withoutthe Wine Tripper.

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