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Police are going on the offensive afterseeing a spike in vehicle-related propertycrime in two of the citys neighbourhoods.In January, 21 vehicles were reported sto-

len in NewWestminster. Of the 21 vehiclesstolen, 60 per cent were reportedly fromthe Brow of the Hill neighbourhood, ac-cording to a media release from the NewWestminster Police Department.Also last month, 40 per cent of the 66

reported thefts from vehicles across NewWestminster were Downtown a notablespike, according to police.While, overall, these numbers indicate a

drop in vehicle thefts and thefts from vehi-cles across NewWestminster, it does indi-cate an unacceptable concentration in the

Police warn residents to keepvaluables out of cars

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AQuayside resident is concerned that ex-plosive goods are sitting for extended timesin a residential neighbourhood.In a letter to Southern Railway of B.C.,

the resident raises concerns about tankerscontaining oil and chlorine parked on thetracks beside residential buildings on Quay-side Drive for extended periods of time. Shequestioned what will be done to nally getthese unsafe living conditions under controland to address the sleep-depriving noiseassociated with coupling of trains that takes

place through the night.Most days, there are tankers parked on

those track for hours at a time, includingthe whole night, said the residents letter.This is very unsafe consider what hap-pened in Quebec last year and very irre-sponsible when all that the rail companieshave to do is park them at the industrialsites to get ready to move to wherever theyneed to go.Singh Biln, director of community re-

lations and chief mechanical ofcer forSouthern Railway, said all railways makeevery effort to minimize the handling andstorage of railcars carrying hazardous prod-

ucts. He said Southern Railway receivescars from CP or CN and stores them in itsyard by the Queensborough Bridge untildelivered to pulp mills via our barge ramponAnnacis Island.While we do carry chlorine, SRY does

not transport any petroleum products, hewrote in an email to the resident. I am notcertain of the products in the tank cars inyour photos but will follow up with CN andCP to verify contents.We typically do notleave DG (dangerous goods) cars stored inthe yard near your building for any length oftime, so I will also follow up on that.According to Biln, all railways have an ex-

tensive dangerous goods safety protocols.He said Southern works closely with NewWestminster Fire ChiefTimArmstrong andthe Delta Fire Department on regular exer-

cises and reviews of its safety programs.You can take comfort in the fact that

since we commenced handling DGs in ear-ly 2009, there has not been a single incidentof accidental or non-accidental release ofhazardous products in this area, he wrote.On occasion, there may be minor ventingof some products, but we enact our emer-gency response protocol with local re de-partments and deal with them.Also, unlikethe incident at Lac-Mgantic in Quebec,our trains with (dangerous goods) are notleft unattended, do not operate at speedsgreater than 10 m.p.h. and do not carry pe-troleum products.The resident sent copies of her letter to

the mayor, the citys railway committee and

Parkedrail tankersraiseconcernsSouthern Railway promises to look into concerns, but says ittypically does not leave dangerous goods on tracks near Quay

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WIRED:Coun.Bill Harper, left, andMayor JonathanCotewith someof the fibre-optic cable thatwill becomepart of the citys newopen-accessbroadbandnetwork. PHOTOLARRYWRIGHT

FillingtheneedforspeedCity embarks on a bre-optic broadband network initiative

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The City of NewWest-minster feels the need forspeed.The city has launched

an initiative to develop anopen-access bre-opticbroadband network to fos-ter connectivity and busi-ness development.This business case is

based on open access, saidRoel Coert, a bre opticnetwork expert who pre-pared a business case forthe city. You can compareit to a road.The municipal-ity lays a road that goes tobusinesses, it goes to hous-es.Trucks can go over thereand bring the goods to thebusiness and the residents.A bre optic network likethis, open access, is ex-actly the same. It is a roadthat goes to different loca-tions and service providers,in this case the telcos andISPs, can provide the ser-vices on top of that.Withspeed they are almost un-limited.Alvin Chok, the citys

chief information ofcer,said the initial focus will beon the uptown and down-town cores, with those areasset to be serviceable withina year or two.It inuences the eco-

nomic development, theinvestors, the people whowant to come and live andwork here.The youngergeneration wants to havehigh-speed Internet accessanywhere in the city, Choksaid. All this is part of theenvironment we are tryingto build.Mayor Jonathan Cote

said NewWestminsterseconomy has changed sig-nicantly in the past twodecades, as a lot of millsand industry have left town.We feel this is New

Westminsters opportuni-ty to reposition ourselves tomake sure we continue tobe a player in MetroVan-couvers growing economy,he said.The city will be provid-

ing the infrastructure thattelecommunications com-panies (telcos) or Internetservice providers (ISPs) canaccess to provide a bre op-tic network to businessesand residents.This is about accelerat-

ing that transition toward aknowledge workforce econ-omy, said Blair Fryer, thecitys communications andeconomic developmentmanager. We have busi-nesses in the city now thatwould be able to take ad-vantage of ready access tothe bre right away.Then

we have businesses that areinterested in NewWestmin-ster that would be encour-aged to come here if theycould have access to that -bre.Cote said the provision of

a bre optic network is ab-solutely critical to makingsure the city is able to at-tract the businesses of thefuture.The citys Intelligent City

advisory committee askeda bre and broadband net-work consultant to consid-er three bre infrastructure

options, ultimately select-ing the bre-to-the-prem-isesmodel it believes willprovide the greatest returnon investment nancial-ly, socially and economical-ly.The initiative will involvethe installation of dark -bre to key business dis-tricts including ColumbiaStreet, uptown, Sapperton,Queensborough and 12thStreet.A city staff report states

that $5.5 million is requiredto nance the network and

its expected to result in anet return of $16.8 millionover a 30-year period.Thecity will generate revenueby leasing the bre strandsto the telcos and ISPs.Thats the entire busi-

ness case.The entire costto the city to do this is re-couped by the leasing outof the bre, the dark bre,to the ISPs and telcos sothey can light it up, Fryersaid. We are doing this instages. Its a self-nancingmodel in the sense the rev-enue we generate from leas-ing out that dark bre toISPs covers our costs.And,in the future, once our costsare completely paid for thisentire network, this be-comes a revenue generatorfor the city.Coun. Bill Harper said

Royal Columbian Hospi-tal, Douglas College, theJustice Institute of B.C.and the NewWestminsterschool district are involvedin the Intelligent City taskforce, and he anticipatestheyll be among the busi-nesses and residents access-ing the service.This is going to become

a health-care hub, so hav-ing this technology is goingto be absolutely critical,Harper said of Royal

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NewWestminster is tryingto get a handle on plumbingxtures in garages.Council has directed staff

to prepare amendmentsto zoning that would limitplumbing xtures in garag-es to one sink and one toilet.A staff report notes that

the current zoning bylawdoesnt address the issuesof plumbing xtures in de-tached accessory buildingson residential lots contain-ing a single-family or duplexdwelling, which has allowedapplicants to install an un-

limited number of xtures.According to the staff re-

port, the city is experiencinga trend where plans for ga-rages are showing multipleplug-in xtures and rough-ins that are meant for a hotwater tank, washer and dry-er, tub/shower, bathroomtoilet and sink, utility sink or a combination of thesethings.The city is concernedabout the potential for thesespaces to be converted todwelling units.Detached accessory

dwelling units are currentlynot permitted in NewWest-minster, said the report.

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An atrium will soon beinstalled atop the SkyTrainguideway at NewWestmin-ster station.Council has extended an

exemption to the citys con-struction noise bylaw to al-low crews to compete theinstallation of the glass atri-um at the mall attachedto the NewWestminsterSkyTrain station.The exemption allows

work to be done between 11p.m. and 7 a.m.Mondays toSaturdays until March 15.The project involves the

construction of an atriumabove the SkyTrain guide-way that runs through themall.The work can only bedone when the SkyTrainguideway is not operating.

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A 53-year-old NewWest-minster man was treat-ed in hospital after he wasstabbed at a home on Cum-berland Street on Sunday.Ofcers responded to a

home in the 600-block ofCumberland Street around1:37 p.m. on Feb. 8 after re-ceiving reports a man hadbeen stabbed, according toa media release from NewWestminster police.When ofcers arrived,

they found a man suffering

from serious stab wounds.He was taken to hospitalfor treatment and has sincebeen released.A portion of Cumberland

Street between Eighth andSixth avenues was closedfor several hours on Sundaywhile ofcers combed thescene for evidence.A 46-year-old man was arrestedand is currently in custody.He was expected to appearin court onTuesday, afterpress deadlines, accordingto Sgt. Chad Johnson,NewWestminster police spokes-person.

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representatives from theprovincial and federal gov-ernments.In 2013, the city created

a community railway pan-el that includes representa-tives from the city and fourrailways operation in NewWestminster, as well as resi-dents.Its intended to be a place

where the city can exchangeinformation with CanadianPacic, Canadian National,Southern Railway of B.C.and the British Columbia

and Burlington Northernrailways.Brian Allen, chair of

the Quayside CommunityBoards rail noise commit-tee, has previously encour-aged the city to take ac-tion to eliminate the storageand staging of hazardousand explosive goods in theQuayside rail yard.Some Quayside residents

have suggested the workwould be better suited tothe industrial area in Co-quitlam, where its not inclose proximity to homes.

It is unfortunate that somuch residential develop-ment has taken place adja-cent to railways, Biln saidin a Jan. 26 email to resi-dents. Currently, the Rail-way Association of Canadaand the Federation of Mu-nicipalities have developedextensive proximity guide-lines for any future devel-opments. For existing resi-dences, we will have to worktogether to co-exist harmo-niously.

Columbian Hospitals ex-pansion plans.Coert said the service

providers are lined up andwaiting for the go signalthat the infrastructure is inplace.In addition to the bre-

to-the-premises model, theconsultant also considereda bre-to-the-home mod-el and a combined bre-to-the-home and bre-to-the-premises model.This is the model we

are going to build out rightnow, Fryer said of the -bre-to-the premises mod-el. That isnt to say that inthe future if these ISPs andTelcos, through our open-access system, determinethat theres a real market torun these to private residen-tial buildings and homes inNewWestminster that wewont be able to do that.But we wont do that un-til theres a business case tosupport it.For the past couple of

years, the city has beenworking on an IntelligentCity plan, which considersinitiatives related to innova-tion, infrastructure, digital

inclusion, knowledge work-force and marketing and ad-vocacy.For the most part, it has

been conceptual ideas wehave been looking at, butI think we are now gettingdown to the developmentof something in the groundand something very tan-gible, Cote said. I need

to emphasize, this is one ofthat top-strategic prioritiesof the city moving forwardand a big part of our eco-nomic-development plan.Harper said theres a

huge advantage in termsof cities overall economicdevelopment to travel downthis road and become Intel-ligent Cities. He said there

are many examples of citiesaround the world that havebeneted in many ways, in-cluding economically, frombecoming intelligent cities.We expect that to hap-

pen here, he said.U.S. President Barack

Obama recently said high-speed broadband is not aluxury, its a necessity. Hemade the comments whenspeaking in Cedar Falls Iowas rst gigabit city,where the Internet is near-ly 100 times faster than inother parts of the UnitedStates.This isnt just about

making it easier to streamNetix or scroll throughyour Facebook news feed.This is about helping lo-cal businesses grow andprosper and compete in aglobal economy, he said.Its about giving the en-trepreneur, the small busi-nessperson onMain Streeta chance to compete withthe folks out in SiliconVal-ley, or across the globe. Itsabout helping a student ac-cess the online courses andemployment opportunitiesthat can help her pursue herdreams.

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Havent found that spe-cial someone to spendVal-entines Day with yet?Throw convention to thewind and fall in love withNewWestminster.Thats what one resident

is hoping folks from all overthe Lower Mainland will docome Feb. 14.What started out as a

grassroots initiative to en-courage couples to lockup their love atWestmin-ster Pier Park, has quicklytransformed into an experi-ment in promoting the Roy-

al City.Yosuke Ito is the man be-

hind the Quay de LAmour,an idea inspired by a tripoverseas to Italys famouslove locks. He hopes theidea will entice people tovisit NewWestminster andcheck out its new water-front.The whole point is for

people to come down to theQuay and to NewWestmin-ster and to really rediscoverit. Its changed so much inthe last 10 years, Ito said.Ito, who grew up in the

Tri-Cities area, has lived inNewWestminster for aboutthree years now, and hecontinues to be surprised

by how its changed.Ever since they nished

the urban beach last year, Igo down there with my girl-friend and we hang out, hesaid. I felt like it was ourlittle secret place, but I feellike everyone should be ableto enjoy that space.And its not onlyWest-

minster Pier Park thatshould be attracting visi-tors.The River Market isanother one of Itos favou-rite places to hang out inthe city.River Market has under-

gone a lot of changes overthe past ve, six years aswell, he added.With his love of New

Westminster in mind, Itois encouraging couples andsingles alike, to spendVal-entines Day in the Roy-al City.They can start bylocking up their love lock atWestminster Pier Park andthen stop by River Marketfor a bite to eat or some-thing sweet.This is an idea (Ive

had) since 2013, Ito said.This is a great way to havepeople come down, and have a shared experience atthe Quay.Some of Itos other fa-

vourite places in NewWest-minster include Brick &Mortar on Sixth Street andSteel & Oak Brewing justoff StewardsonWay all ac-cessible by foot, he added.The idea is purely a so-

cial experiment. Ito said hedoesnt stand to gain any-thing except the joy itllbring him to see people vis-iting his beloved city.Its a community proj-

ect much like events suchas Pecha Kucha and QuestNewWest, and he hopes ev-eryone, residents and non-residents, will partake.The city is changing,

and I think itd be great foreveryone inVancouver to

really kind of help put NewWest back on the map, hesaid. I think it could be agreat thing.

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Love this city:Yosuke Itowants NewWest resi-dents to fall inlovewith thecity for Valen-tines Day. Hesthe drivingforce behindtheQuay deLAmour.PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

City resident is hoping his Quay de lAmour project willencourage people to celebrate in NewWest forValentines Day

I felt like itwasour little secretplace, but I feellikeeveryone

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Fassbender defended the adcampaign on the groundsthe Liberals had a responsi-bility to present Clarks sideof things a side apparent-ly inadequately represent-ed on everyTV news show,radio program and news-

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Willemotionwintheday?The transit plebiscite

campaign has now ofcial-ly begun in earnest, and al-ready one can see parallelsto the one about the HST acouple of years back.That is good news for the

No side, and bad news fortheYes side.The HST de-bate saw the pro-Harmo-nized SalesTax folks put for-ward seemingly reasoned,factually based argumentsfor keeping the tax.The an-ti-HST side was led by for-mer premier BillVanderZalm, who relied on emo-tional arguments that wereoften short on facts.The emotion-based cam-

paign won over the fact-based campaign and theHST went crashing down.In the transit debate, the

Yes side is throwing out allkinds of facts and gures,hoping that at least someof them stick in peoplesminds. Raise the sales tax,they say, and life will gener-ally be better all-around.Rather than simply stick-

ing to talking about trans-portation projects, theYesside has gone even furtherto suggest raising the salestax will save lives. It has en-listed the voices ofVancou-ver health ofcers to makethe argument that moretransit services will translateto averting 400 deaths a yearand reduce obesity, sincemore people will walk, cycleand take transit.The health ofcers are re-

lying on aWorld Health Or-ganization measuring toolfor their argument, but Isuspect many voters will

view this as an overreach.The captain of the No side,Jordan Bateman of the Ca-nadianTaxpayers Feder-ation, has dismissed thehealth ofcers commentsas nothing more than scaretactics.For his part, Bateman is

accused of inating the po-tential cost to the averagefamily should the sales taxhike go through, and mak-ing various other mislead-ing comments.He is alsopumping up the risible an-ger and frustration manypeople feel towardsTrans-Link, and some on theYesside think thats unfair.In any event, as both sides

continue to make their pitchto the voters, the campaignwill continue to evolve intoa debate that pits statisticsversus emotions.TheYes sides chief

strength is its own infra-structure, which consists ofmore than 90 organizationsrepresenting more than250,000 people. If it canmobilize those folks to voteyes before May 29, it has agood shot at winning.But, if not, the anger and

frustration that is the base ofso much of the anti-tax atti-tudes out there will prevail.No amount of reasoned ar-gument can deal with thatemotion. Pro-HST folkslearned that the hard way,and the pro-transit salestax folks have to hope theyarent in for a similar lesson.Keith Baldrey is chief po-

litical reporter for Global B.C.See an extended column atwww.newwestrecord.ca.

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TWASSAIDTHISWEEK...This is about accelerating thattransition toward a knowledge

workforce economy.

Blair Fryer,City of NewWestminster

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Trucks are causingbridge troublesDear Editor The signon theSurrey side ofthe crossing reads Trucks and slow traffic useright laneonly.

As adaily user of this bridge I see containertrucks, dump trucks andother large commer-cial vehicles safely cross the spanusing theirdesignated lane, however, there is also a largenumber of identical vehicles that takeup theentire roadway for themselves.

This is clearly amatter of driver compe-tency and skill, andas such they shouldbeticketed for failing to obey a traffic sign, anMVA sec. 160 violation.

Enforcementmaybe the key to gettingthese lanehogs to find another route andcouldpossibly alleviate someof the conges-tionon thebridge and traffic throughNewWestminster.VinceUnilowski,NewWestminster

Top 10 reasons to voteyes in referendumDear Editor Theres a lot of buzz thesedaysaboutwhether to vote yes or no in theupcom-ingplebiscite on theMayors Council Trans-portation andTransit Plan.Here are the top10 reasonswhy I amgoing to vote yeswhen Ireceivemyballot inmid-March:

1.Workingpeople have to spend toomuchtime commuting towork, and truckdrivershave to spend toomuch time in traffic deliver-ing the goods and servicesweall need.

2.Weneed tomake transit a practicaloption formorepeople so there are fewervehicles on the roads. Looking to the future,weneed todo this because thepopulationofMetro Vancouver is expected to growbyamil-lionover thenext 30 years.

3. If wedont act on transit expansionprojects,morepeoplewill be forced todrivethroughNewWestminsters neighbourhoodson their daily commute.

4.Moneyneeded tomake vital improve-ments to transportation and transit is not inthe current budget. Already inNewWestmin-ster twobus routes havebeen cut.Weneed toensurewehave improved services, not cuts.

5.Weneed improvements tomakeaccessto transitmore equitable throughout the com-munities inMetro Vancouver.

6. Theplan contains accountabilitymea-sures (annual independent audits). Themoneyraised through thePST increase is specificallyearmarked for theprojects listed in themay-ors plan. Thatswhy I amnotworried aboutTransLinkmishandling the funds.

7. The 0.5 per cent increase in thePSTwillamount in amodest cost to households.

8. Theplan is comprehensive. Theressomething in it for everyone.

9. Theprovincial government couldhaveprovided funding for these improvements overthe last decadebut didnt. I dont see howvotingnobecause I have issueswith thingsabout TransLink (for example, high executivesalaries and the fare-gate system)will leadto the government stepping in andmakingthings better. Theprovincial government ismore likely to say that thepeople have spokenanddonothing.

10. Action is needednow. Voting yes is onepositive, tangible action I, as a conscientiouscitizen, can take tohelp solve our transit andtransportationproblems.JanePlayer,NewWestminster

TRENDINGLaneway housing yay or nay?

@breebop #NewWest shouldbedoing all it can to increase affordablehousing. Its time to legalize lanewayhomes!

@ChMacArthur Imnot against coachhomes. But theyre not provenassolution to affordability. Increase landvalue.

@stickers66Alsomore low-risemul-tifamily options. Create smaller-scaledensity nodes.

@breebop increases rental stock tooandoffsetsmortgagepayments

@EricPattison coachhses issuesounds like debatebefore basementsuites finally legalized.

@CaseyCook_NW Lanewayhousingfits fromaffordability, environmental,regl goals perspective.West Endw/ lglots& lanes is ideal

@CaseyCook_NWwecould takeQueens Park as amodel give namesto your alleys,which thenmakes themstreets, voila, build houses

@rickvugBut Id like to seedifferentapproachesdependingonuniqueaspects of hood

Q2Q bridge iswinning fans

@CanSpicemyaunt andgrandmotherliveQuayside. Theywant thebridge sothey canwalk to FrankieGs

@ChMacArthur yes! Thiswill createsuchanicebike trailwithout anyhills!Queensbo is cool.

@stickers66 Itwill alsomake for a vi-able cycling corridor for thoseworkingonAnnacis Is.

So,about thosevaccination rates

HasToBeSaid I dont blameparentsfor not vaccinating theirmost preciousbeings. Even theCDCwebsite says vac-cinations contain the followingunsafeingredients: aluminum, formaldehyde,msg,mercury andmore:

NewWest_Mom I love this commentbelow. Its because they are their mostprecious beings that they SHOULDbevaccinated.Only the ignorantwouldthink that the tiny amounts of theingredients that are in the vaccinationsareworse than the effects ofMeasles,MumpsandRubella. Andwith thenewMeasles outbreaks (due in largepartbecauseof the ignoranceof thesepar-ents)wewill be seeing first handhowdangerous they are unfortunately.


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A NewWestminster resi-dent is safe after being res-cued from a burning build-ing.NewWestminster Fire

and Rescue Services at-tended a re in a three-sto-rey, wood-frame roominghouse in the 1000 block ofSixth Avenue shortly after 6a.m. on Friday.Deputy re chief John

Hatch said ve occupantswere in the home at thetime of the re, includ-ing one resident who hadclimbed from the third oorto a small roof on the sec-ond oor. Fireghters useda ladder to rescue the resi-dent from the roof.We assisted ve peo-

ple out of the building, onefrom the side roof, Hatchsaid. Fortunately, therewere no injuries.Hatch said a resident liv-

ing across the street called911 after spotting the re.Smoke and ames were

coming from the front ofthe building, Hatch said.Smoke and ames were

also seen from the laneside.According to Hatch, re-

ghters from theWest Endre hall quickly arrived atthe scene and found a resi-dent on the roof calling forhelp.The kitchen and living-

room area were fully in-volved when the rst crewsarrived on scene, he said.The crews did an excellentjob suppressing the re.The strong smell of

smoke awoke NanaimoStreet resident RosemaryBell, who woke up her hus-band Christopher think-ing their home was on re.They raced around theirhouse to locate the sourceof the re, which theyfound when Rosemarylooked out the back door.As she was watching

it, it was crackling. Hugeames were coming out ofthe side, Christopher toldthe Record Friday morning.It is a terrible thing.As they were on the

phone with 911, the Bellscould hear sirens in the dis-tance.They could also hearyelling from the burning

house, which they now be-lieve may have been theman who was rescued.Fire was bursting out

of everywhere, on the side.It was just horrid, Chris-topher said. I praise theLord the re guys arrived asquickly as they did.Bell has little doubt the

house would have soonbeen engulfed in ames andgutted without the effortsof NewWestminster re-ghters.With heavy windsgusting at the time of theearly-morning re, he saidreghters did a great jobbeating down the re andpreventing sparks from ig-niting the adjacent three-storey apartment buildingand his own 1905 home.The re caused a heavy

smoke to blow around theresidence, which is locatedin the Moody Park neigh-bourhood.The smoke gotinto the Bells house eventhough all their windowswere closed.We were coughing in-

side our house, Christo-pher said. We are going tocheck for smoke damageonce we calm down. It was

thick on our main oor andvery smelly.The citys Emergency So-

cial Services staff is deal-ing with the tenants, whoare now without homes.Allof the contents of the liv-ing area on the middle oor

of the house have been de-stroyed, and the entirehouse has sustained exten-sive smoke and water dam-age.NewWestminster Fire

and Rescue Services isworking with the New

Westminster Police Depart-ment to conrm the num-ber of tenants who lived inthe home and to determinethe cause of the re.

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Aftermath:Thiswood-frame roominghouse in the1000blockof SixthAvenuewasextensivelydamaged ina fire in theearlymorninghoursof Friday, Feb. 6. Five residentswere rescuedwithout injury, includingonemanwhoescaped to the roof.PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

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two neighbourhoods, ChiefConst. Dave Jones said inthe release.While the results of our

members hard work is evi-dent in the substantial dropin these types of crimes inthe city as a whole, the con-centration of vehicle-relat-ed crime in these two areasis unacceptable, Jones said.We will continue to targetthose individuals responsi-ble.The department will con-

tinue its efforts to reducevehicle thefts and car break-ins in the coming monthsby increasing surveillance ofknown auto theft suspectsin the area; processing sto-len vehicles for ngerprintsand DNA; checking in withprolic offenders to ensuretheyre complying with any

court-ordered conditions;and liaising with the pro-vincial auto theft unit to in-crease enforcement in thecity.Residents are also asked

to do their part in prevent-ing cars or property insideof cars from being stolen,the release stated.The public has the abil-

ity to play a major role in re-ducing auto related crimeby being proactive and tak-ing preventative measures,Sgt. Chad Johnston said inthe release.The following is a list of

tips for protecting vehi-cles from theft, courtesy ofICBC:!Use an anti-theft device orelectronic immobilizer;! Steering wheel locks pro-vide a good visual deterrent;! Park your vehicle in well-

lit areas, near pedestriantrafc, if possible;!Dont keep anythingin your vehicle, includ-ing shopping bags, sparechange, electronics and briefcases;!Dont keep spare keys orvalet keys in your vehicle;!Keep your garage dooropener out of sight or take itinside with you;!Wait for the garage gate toclose behind you so thievesdont a have a chance to getin the parkade.According to the depart-

ments crime analysts, Hon-daAccords and Civics madebetween 1990 and 2000 ap-pear to be the most com-mon targets of car thievesin NewWestminster, but allcar owners should take pre-cautions to prevent theft.

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A 35-year-old NewWest-minster man is facing a rst-degree murder charge forhis alleged participation inthe 2012 killing of a PrinceGeorge man.Following a three-year in-

vestigation into the deathof Jordan Reno, PrinceGeorge RCMP announcedlast week it had arrested vepeople in connection withthe 22-year-olds death.Reno was found dead

June 23, 2012 at a residencein the 4100 block of KnightCrescent in Prince George,according to a media releasefrom Prince George RCMP.Over the course of the in-

vestigation, police began tosuspect Renos death mayhave been a targeted killingconnected to the drug trade.A handful of suspects wereeventually identied and,with the help of multiple po-lice agencies, arrested, ac-cording to the release.

Bradley Douglas Barr ofNewWestminster; LyleWil-liam Baker, 42; Kevin RoyZaporoski, 47, of PrinceGeorge; and Dustin AllenLindgren, 26, of Edmonton,Alta., have all been chargedwith rst-degree murder.They are expected in court

this week.A 29-year-old woman

was also arrested in PrinceGeorge in connection withRenos death.The investi-gation into her involvementis ongoing, according to therelease.

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project and its estimated itwill take about two to threeyears to complete the reg-ulatory review, design andconstruction phases of theproject.

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What was it like to workon (Columbia Streetback then)?

It was interesting; it wascertainly not built up theway it is now. It was most-ly old buildings. ColumbiaStreet had been renovatedabout 10 years before inthe 1950s into the (Golden)Mile.There was not a lotof population east of here.It was pretty much barrenland.

But the people who livedin Coquitlam or theVal-ley, they did come to NewWest to shop?

Yes, there wasnt a giantshopping mall in every com-munity.The downtownmeant something.

Where we you guys locat-ed in the `60s?

We were on the corner ofColumbia and Eighth Street(where the Salvation Armyis now).We were there for20-odd years.

Why did youmove?

Needed more space a jew-elry store that existed formany years was going outof business, into retirement,basically.

When did you take overthe business?

Early 80s, ... Father con-tinued to come in ve daysa week for a good part ofthe `80s and `90s until heslowed down a little afterthe turn of the century. Hewas still coming in two daysa week until his death aboutfour-and-a-half years ago.

By the time the `80s hit,it had gone from beingthe GoldenMile, then itwent to being ...

Drug dealers mile ... wehad drug dealers like every100 feet down the street.The police cleaned it upeventually, and the rede-velopment of the street hascertainly helped in that re-gard.More people living inthe neighbourhood makesmore people on the street,makes for safer streets. Nowwe are on the upswing now.

A lot of times, people talkabout pawnshops beingconnected to the drugtrade.How have you hadto deal with that?

I dont know where theserumours start. I know alot of our poor image hascome fromHollywood inthe `50s and `60s, but thereis absolutely no relation-ship between drug deal-ers and pawnbrokers; theydont own anything, theyvesquandered whatever theyhad.They dont have any-

thing to pawn or borrow on,which is what pawning isabout lending money.

Who are some of yourclients that come in withitems, and why do theycome in to see you?

We deal with everybodyfrom the working poor upthrough the middle-middleclass. Generally our custom-ers fall into two categories:those that have no creditavailable, owing to unem-

ployment history or poorcredit in the past or what-ever.And those that havecredit available but havereached the limited of it andstill cant get along or have atemporary problem.

How do you also avoidpurchasing items thatmay have been stolen?

Its really easy to tell. If youwere to walk in with a cam-era and I ask you somequestions about it and youcant answer them, I knowits not your camera. If youcome in with a guitar andcant play a chord, I knowits not your guitar.Well in-vite you to try somewhereelse.We arent just interest-

ed in anything thats not le-git; its a losing proposition.

What do you guys do ifyou believe its stolen?

Unless Ive got absoluteproof of something, theresnot much I can do.The po-lice dont want to be calledon my suspicion, eventhough theyre only nextdoor. One of the things wedo rst is ask for govern-ment-issued photo ID everytime, and the criminal ele-ment know right away thatthere is going to be a papertrail leading back to them,and they are just not inter-ested in dealing with us,which is perfectly ne withus its perfectly mutual, sostolen property is really notan issue.

Have you ever had stolenitems in the store?

Oh, absolutely, and mosttimes its somebody whobought it six or eightmonths ago.The time it wasstolen was two years ago,and its been through nu-merous hands and there isjust no trail to follow, andthe person bringing it in hasno idea.

What are some of themost valuable pieces thathave come through yourstore?

Usually our diamonds: larg-er diamonds, two-, three-,four-carat. I think the mostexpensive item weve had in

here was a painting by Em-ily Carr ... probably sev-en or 10 years ago. It waspawned. It was purchasedlocally at a very famous auc-tion, and the borrower didwant to sell it, and I even-tually found another buyerfor (it).

Howmuch did you sellit for?

I think it was $110,000. ...I made a very small broker-age fee on it.

What are some of themost popular items yousell?

Without question, gold jew-elry and diamonds.Theytend to hold their val-ue pretty good comparedto everything else. Elec-tronics, tools ... prices havejust plummeted in the lastve years.You see the adsfrom Best Buy and FutureShop and everybody else.If youve bought aTV inthe last ve years you knowwhat I am talking about.Cameras (are) the same. Infact, cameras are headingfor obsolescence with cell-phones. No young personowns a watch or a cameraanymore.

So what are some of theother items besides thegold and the diamondsthat sell or some of theusual collectibles thatyour eyes light up whenyou see?

From autographed base-balls, to all kinds of oddsand sods that work on nowand then, but we see almostanything except clothingand furniture.

What about musical in-struments?

Its still a very minor sta-ple, but bottom line, youngpeople today dont seemto have the attention spanthey did 20 years ago.Theydont want to spend six or12 months learning to playsomething when they canlearn a video game in 20minutes.There it is, its sadactually.

Its almost like an an-thropologist could comeand study pawn shops tosee the evolution of cul-ture.

I can tell you better andfaster than any economistwhat the economy is doing,because Im dealing with itat ground level, daily.

So, how is the economydoing?

Not well.Weve been in re-cession for seven years, con-trary to government reports... its been ugly. Retail isvery difcult right now inall elds, people are scrap-ing by, and theyre not earn-ing good money and puttingsome away.They are justmaking ends meet. Its sad.

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Why is he in the news?

ENTREPRENEUR

Michael Isman

Since hewas a teenager,Michael Ismanhasworkedin the pawn shophis fatherstarted onColumbia Street60 years ago thismonth.

Howard IsmanopenedRoyal City Jewellers andLoans during the heydayof theGoldenMile, thenicknamegiven to thebusy commercial stripthat attracted suburbanshoppers. At 14,Michaelwould trek into the officewith his dad from theirVancouver home for hissummer job at the familyshop.

Despitemore economicups anddowns in downtownNewWest than thewaterlevels on the Fraser River, the

shophas endured since themiddle of the last century offeringmostly loans (forevery 100 loans theymake,about 94 get paid back,Michael says) to those inneed of quick cashwithout acredit check.

Over the years, RoyalCity Jewellers has also doneits part in giving back tothe community by holdingan annual silent auctionfundraiserwith ties that areautographedby celebrities.The fundraiser has broughtin approximately $250,000for theGreater VancouverFoodBank Society, Michaelestimates.

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Community

A longtime contributor tothe Royal City passed awayon Feb. 2.Terry Featherstone

worked with the NewWest-minster Fire Departmentfor 34 years, retiring as anassistant chief.Along withworking for the re depart-ment, Featherstone was ac-tive in many local organi-zations including Gyro, theCanadian Club and Sons ofNorway.Featherstone was a long-

time member of the HyackFestival Association, servingas its president in 1985, andwas a member of the RoyalLancers. He also served oncity committees, includingemergency advisory.He was very active, very

supportive of the city, any-thing to do with the city,said former mayorHelenSparkes, who was a neigh-bour of Featherstones atdifferent times. He wasvery, very nice, a gentleman-ly guy.A celebration of life is

taking place at Buchanan

Lodge, 409 Blair Ave., onFriday, Feb. 13 at 11 a.m.In lieu of owers, the familyrequests donations to Buch-anan Lodge.

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Fraser River DiscoveryCentre wants to help kidsget a better understandingof the Mighty Fraser.After three years of de-

velopment, the NewWest-minster-based non-protscience museum is launch-ing a free resource kit foreducators about the FraserRiver.The resource kit, de-signed with B.C.s schoolcurriculum in mind, en-courages students to explorethe same issues facing theFraser River that the Glob-al Rivers Observatory scien-tists are studying, includinggeography, ecology, industryand climate change.The kit is the product of

an international partner-ship between Fraser RiverDiscovery Centre and theWoods Hole Oceanograph-ic Institution in Massachu-setts, which leads the Glob-al Rivers Observatory in astudy of water chemistry in18 rivers around the world.You can download the

My River My Home Re-source Kit for free at www.fraserriverdiscovery.org/MyRiverMyHome.

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She enjoys dancing and has completed all Royal

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Youth Ballet for the past 8 years where her proudest

moment was dancing the solo role of Big Arabian.

Sarah also enjoys horseback riding (and was a volunteer

for Pony Pals Therapeutic Riding Program for 3 years),

hiking with her Dad and spending time with friends. After

graduation she plans to take a year off of school and

work to find out who she wants to become in the future.

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Music may be the foodof love but dont forgetabout art.100 Braid Street Studios

is hosting a special event onValentines Day a Paintand Sip Love Birds PaintNight.The evening will give

people a chance to enjoy aglass of wine and light ap-pies while painting theirown masterpieces.The stu-dio provides all the paintsupplies, and the instructorwill lead everyone step-by-step through the painting.

No painting skills are nec-essary just a fun eveningthats almost more aboutthe party than the paint,the studio promises in awrite-up.The class begins at 7 p.m

and will wrap up at about9:15 p.m.Registration is $35 per

adult, or $60 per couple (ortwo adult friends).Another fun even at the

studio is coming up on Fri-day, Feb. 13 a class calledPainting on Stone Real-ly Rocks, which is open toadults and kids aged eightand up.Artist (and studio own-

er) Susan L.Greig will

help people try out a varietyof techniques that can beused to create art for yourgarden, as gifts, as paper-weights or as fridge mag-nets.Materials are includ-ed, but if you have a specialrock youd like to try paint-ing on, you can feel free tobring it along.Doors open at 6:45, and

the class starts at 7 p.m.,winding up around 9:15p.m.The studio also offers a

host of other camps, class-es and workshops for allages.You can nd outmore about the studios atwww.100braidststudios.com.

NEWMEDIAGALLERYCELEBRATES LOVEAnd still more love on the

arts front ...Looking for a lovelyVal-

entines evening? Stop into the Anvil Centres NewMedia Gallery to check outthe opening reception forAmour Fou.The Feb. 14 reception

will include complimentarychocolate (always a bonus!)and a cash bar, and it runsfrom 7 to 9 p.m.Sarah Joyce, director

and curator of the gallery,describes the exhibition inan email as a romantic, in-candescent glory of an exhi-bition.

Eleven international art-ists expose love in all itsmessy, destructive glory ...tied up in a big, stained bowof misbehaviour. Large-scale projections will bathein the white glow of an off-kilter neon love note, thegallery website says. Manyof the works conjure up apotent cocktail of memory,cinematic history and celeb-rity identity.The gallery willbe stripped back, its under-belly revealed. Deranged,dark and fertile lledwith sound.Amour Foucharts an obsessive journeyto love gone wrong.Well, with a billing like

that, how can you not be in-

trigued?The exhibition, bythe way, represents the workof artists from seven coun-tries.If you miss the opening

reception, you can stop in tothe NewMedia Gallery onthe third oor of the AnvilCentre (777 Columbia St.).Its open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.every day, and 10 a.m. to 8p.m.Thursdays.The exhibi-tion runs until April 12, andadmission is always free.ToRSVP for the reception ornd out more, [email protected]. Check out www.newmediagallery.ca.Find Julie MacLellan on

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Thewall:GeorgeThompson, right, hadahuge21-kill outingagainst Vancouver IslandUniversity inPacWestmens volleyballatDouglasCollegeonFriday. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

Douglasclosing inontitleRoyals sweep third-placeVancouver Island [email protected]

Douglas College hasall but wrapped up thePacWest mens volleyballregular season title.With just four games left

on the schedule, the Royalsswept two key matchupswith third-placeVancouverIsland University at homelast weekend.Second-year outside hit-

ter GeorgeThompson hada monster opening gamefor Douglas, registering21 kills, four blocks andtwo service aces in a 3-1win over the visitors fromNanaimo last Friday.The Royal men dropped

the opening set 31-29 tothe Mariners but were onform for the rest of thetwo-day series.Freshmen hitters Matt

Santema and Carson Hep-pell both contributed dou-ble-digit offence to Fridayswin.

Santema had 12 kills,while Heppell contributed13 kills, four digs and twoblocks.AhmadMustafa Haq

and Scott Devlin also con-tributed at the net towardsthe Royals 76 points of to-tal offence that included acombined 57 kills.Douglas nished off the

opening match 25-22, 25-23, 25-16.On Saturday, the Royals

knocked offVancouver Is-land in three straight sets 25-20, 25-21, 25-20.Heppell led the way with

11 kills, three digs, twoblocks and two aces, whileSantema added 10 kills,six digs, two blocks and anace.The wins improved the

colleges record to 17-3, afull six points ahead of cur-rent second-place schoolCamosun College at 14-6.Vancouver Island Uni-

versity is two points backat 13-7.

The Royals nish uptheir regular season sched-ule close to home against11-9 Columbia Bible Col-lege at Douglas this weekand last-place CapilanoUniversity the followingweek in a home-and-homeseries.In PacWest womens vol-

leyball, the Royals slippedto 4-16 following a rever-sal of fortunes in their two-match set againstVancou-ver Island.The Royals lost 3-0 and

3-1 to the third-place Mar-iners at home last weekend.In PacWest basketball,

both the Douglas men andwomen split their roadweekend matchups withVancouver Island Universi-ty and Camosun College.The third-place wom-

en lost 60-49 toVIU inNanaimo on the openingleg of theVancouver Islandswing.Rachel Beauchamp led

the Royals with 14 points

and seven rebounds.Douglas fared better in

Victoria, downing Camo-sun 61-38 on Sarah Jorgen-sons game-high 16-point,12-rebound contribution.Beauchamp also chippedin with 13 points and sixboards, including ve offthe offensive glass.The split left the wom-

en at 10-6, six points be-hindVancouver Island and12 points shy of unbeatenQuest University.The Douglas men also

fell toVIU, 91-61.MalcolmMensah and

Kirstian Hildebrandt ledthe Royals with 17 and 13points, respectively.Justin King posted a

game-high 28 points on11-of-16 shooting for theMariners.The following night,

Douglas came back froman 11-point decit to de-feat Camosun 84-74.Men-sah had 24 points and 10boards for the Royals.

FieldgirlscrowdthepodiumatprovincialsTeams nish with silver medals

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NewWestminster girlsteams both won silver med-als at the B.C. Lacrosse As-sociation provincial youtheld championships in Lan-gley over the Family Daylong weekend.The Bellies u-15 ban-

tam girls team was nippedin overtime 7-5 by RidgeMeadows in the champi-onship nal atWilloughbycommunity park onMon-day.The under-12 Salmo-

nbellie girls also lost asqueaker, falling 4-3 to Sur-rey in the gold-medal nal.The u-15s were unfor-

tunate to come out on thewrong side of extra timewith the undefeated regularseason champs in the cham-pionship game.In a nal game that saw

each team exchanging leads,NewWest led after the rsthalf, but was forced to playcatchup in the latter half.(The team) worked so

hard. Im so proud of them.They denitely gave thema run for their money, said20-year-old coach AlexLund-Murray.Andreea Serbanescu was

named the player of thegame in the championshipnal and the overall u-15tournament MVP.Caitlyn Croxen and Na-

ddyMorrison shared thegoalkeeping duties for NewWest.Jessica Soenen was the

NewWest teams Fair Playaward winner.Ridge Meadows won the

u-15 league with a 14-0-0record, while NewWest wasrunner-up at 10-4-0.The two teams did not

meet up in earlier groupplay.NewWestminster went

through the early roundwith a 2-0-1 record. Itsonly blemish was a 9-9 tiewith Langley.The u-15s defeated even-

tual bronze medallist PortCoquitlam 7-5 in their

opening game.They alsobeat consolation nalistAdanacs 8-4 in their nalgame of Day 2.It was a phenomenal last

game and a great way to goout, said Lund-Murray.Burnaby, which placed

third in league play, failed tomake it to the nal four.Nicole Kuhn was Burna-

bys Fair Play winner.In u-12 preliminary

round play, Surrey knockedoff the NewWest girls 7-2 inthe opening game of Day 2Sunday morning.The u-12s were 3-1 in

group play, including a 5-1win over the regular seasonchampions and eventualthird-place Ridge Meadowsclub.They also chalked upvictories over Langley andAdanacs #2.Heidi Sweeney, Oliv-

ia Smith andAvery Deanscored goals for NewWestin the gold-medal nal.Goalie Jenay Rennie

of NewWestminster wasnamed the u-12 tourna-ment MVP.NewWest coach Doug

Sweeney was awarded theFair Play coach.AshleyVye was New

Wests Fair Play winner.Courtney Lund-Murray

and Nikita Bagg were se-lected the Fair Play ofcialsat the provincials.The Salmonbellie boys

came away disappointed atthis seasons provincials.The u-19Tier 1 regular

season champions won theleague with a 12-1-1 record,but were a modest 2-3 atthe B.C.s.The boys opened with an

8-5 loss to the league run-ner-up and eventual goldmedalists Port Coquitlam.NewWest also went

down to defeat 6-4 to Lang-ley, which placed third witha 7-5-1 record in the regu-lar season.In the bronze nal, Delta,

fourth-place league nish-ers and earlier 11-5 losersat the provicials, eked out a13-12 victory over the Roy-al City club.

Sports

Thecountdown:SimonFraserUniversity senior ErinChambers, inwhite, is just 50points away fromanall-timecareerGreatNorthwest conference scoring record.PHOTOLISAKING

RCCCrinktoextraendHostVernon skip defends provincial mens [email protected]

It took a successful nalshot to the four-foot circleto beat Royal City CurlingClubs Dean Joanisse.The 2007 provincial

mens champion was nar-rowly nipped by defendingchampion Jim Cotter ofVer-non 7-6 in extra ends at theB.C.mens curling champi-onships on Sunday.Tied 5-5 after a deuce

by Joanisse in the eighth,the two teams swapped sin-gle ends, forcing an 11thend with Cotter holding thehammer.Cotter, who has won four

of the last ve B.C. titlesand Joanisse lying two, hadonly to place his nal rocknear the button to return tothe mens Brier.

The Joanisse rink of thirdPaul Cseke, second JayWakeeld and lead JohnCullen, was also edged 10-9by Cotter in the A eventseminal.The NewWest foursome

led 6-3 after ve ends, butCotter kept chipping awayat the lead before eventual-ly taking an 8-7 advantagewith a triple in the eighth.Joanisse replied with two

in the ninth, but Cotter re-turned the favour in the10th end to move on to theA nal.In the B event, Joanisse

nipped former RCCCskip Brent Pierce 6-5 inthe quarter-nals and thenclubmate Sean Geall 7-6 inthe semis before winning aberth into the playoffs 8-6over KimberleysTom Bu-chy. Buchy also made the

nal in the A event, butdropped that one 5-3 to theeventual B.C. champion.In the playoffs, Joanisse

beat Cotter 8-5 to earn aspot in the provincial nal.Joanisse made steals of

one in both the third andfourth ends to take a one-point lead. He kept the mo-mentum up with a deuce inthe sixth and a single stealin the ninth to move to thechampionship nal.Cotter then eked out a

7-6 win in 11 ends overPierce to force the rematchwith Joanisse.In an exciting seminal

that saw ve lead chang-es, Cotter got back to the -nal with a single in the -nal end.The mens Brier will be

held in Calgary from Feb.28 to March 8.


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