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Index Fantastic RideThe spectacular RCMPMusical Ride rode into townand wowed a packed-out2,000-strong crowd at TwinOaks equestriancentre. 3

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Mounties’ Musical Ride gallops into town

BY GRAEME WOODSpecial to the News

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Under fair skies, about 2,000 spectators weretreated to the legendary RCMP Musical RideWednesday evening at Twin Oaks EquestrianCentre.

Nearby ships and barges floating by on theFraser River gave the performance a uniquebackdrop as the 32-officer cavalry, riding impres-sive black thoroughbred horses, trotted into thefacility’s riding arena surrounded by onlookers ofall ages.

“It’s the memories of childhood seeing it.Every time you see the show they change themusic so it’s contemporary and ever-evolving butit’s also the military manoeuvres that are still thesame, so there’s a bit of nostalgic history as well,”said Rita Blosmanis, 50, a Richmond resident of13 years who has seen the ride severaltimes across Canada.

Because the Musical Ride onlycomes to B.C. every four years andthis performance was its first everin Richmond the crowd came earlyand by 6 p.m. traffic jammed No. 3Road from Twin Oaks to StevestonHighway.

“We’re excited to be here. It’s one of our bigdetachments in the Lower Mainland and alsothere’s a strong agricultural affiliation,” said Supt.Marty Chesser, head of the Musical Ride.

Atop their horses wearing black saddle blan-kets with yellow trim, the Mounties — them-selves wearing their familiar red coats, brownStetson hats and black pants with a yellow stripe— performed cavalry drills to a mix of traditional

and modern music.Among some of the Billboard Hot 100 songs

they choreographed was Gangnam Style withspectators mimicking the drawn-out YouTube

horse dance sensation. Notably, theride also incorporated popular knee-slapper Cotton-Eyed Joe.

Chesser said that while the modernmusic is meant to keep the perfor-mances engaging for young audiencemembers, the historical significanceof the Musical Ride is most important.

“I think it’s important we stick toour roots,” he said.

Among the timeless British Cavalry-inspiredmanoeuvres on display during the show were:Thread the needle, which sees the horses criss-cross one another in an intricate pattern, TheDome, which has the horses form a circle as theMounties raise their lances in the air, and TheCharge, a simple but effective gallop toward thebriefly frightened audience.

The officers come from all over Canada and

just two are from B.C. this year. They undertake asix-month equestrian training program in Ottawaand typically perform for three years until theyreturn to normal police duties. A Musical Rideprogram takes about four months to choreograph.

The horses have Hanoverian bloodlines fromGermany, Chesser said. They are bred for colour,size and temperament and take about two years totrain, he added.

Prior to the show, Air One, the RCMP’s heli-copter, took flight over the arena and the audiencewas entertained by taiko drumming and a show-case of drills by the RCMP K-9 unit.

GRAEME WOOD/ SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

The RCMP Musical Ride, above, rode into town Wednesday and lit up the 2,000-strong crowd atTwin Oaks equestrian centre. Above, left, spectators got the chance to meet one of the stars of thepopular show.

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Musical Ride by thenumbers! 725 — A horse’s weight in kilograms

! 69 — A horse’s height in inches

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! 96 — Horses in the Musical Ride stables

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He may have blasted all but one electionrival out of the water when it came to spend-ing, but when it came to attracting votes, hefell miserably short.

Gary Law — a Burnaby Mountie who ranin Richmond Centre as an independent afterbeing lined up as the BC Liberal candidate— spent an incredible $100,888 in his bid tobe elected, second only to eventual winnerTeresa Wat, of the BC Liberals, who spentmore than $135,000.

However, Law’s big spending gained littletraction with the Richmond Centre votersback in May’s B.C. election, attracting a mere1,604 votes and trailing in a distant fourth.

An equally surprising detail, revealedfrom last week’s public disclosure of allcandidates’ election finances, was that Lawtook out a $74,000 loan to fund his ill-fatedcampaign.

The entire loan, according to the report,remains outstanding. Law did not returnNews calls by press time.

The Mountie’s cash splash is understoodto be the most spent on a campaign by anindependent provincial candidate seekingelection in Richmond.

He spent more than $31,000 on mediaadvertising before and during the campaign.He spent another $27,000 on newsletters andother promotional material.

Looking across all three Richmond rid-

ings, however, it appears money can, some-times, make a difference.

The three BC Liberal candidates spent afraction under $400,000 between them, com-pared to the NDP’s $77,800 and the Green’spaltry $3,948.

Candidates are required by Elections B.C.to declare all finances coming in and goingout during a campaign.

Vancouver-based Wat won her RichmondCentre handily with almost 50 per cent of thevote, followed by the NDP’s Frank Huang,who spent a little more than $43,000.

In the same riding, the Green’s MichaelWolfe spent absolutely nothing, yet managedto finish third.

The BC Liberal’s Steveston incumbentJohn Yap — who surprised many by romp-ing to victory despite being embroiled in the“ethnic-gate” scandal — spent the most outof all three Richmond ridings, $155,000.

In the East, Linda Reid, not surpris-ingly, spent the most at $108,918, comparedto nearest rival, the NDP’s Gian Sihota at$15,829.

Law’s big-spending failed

A bus caught fire Thursdaymorning at VancouverInternational Airport, sendingplumes of black smoke into theair, but there were no passengerson board at the time.

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McVicker said the engine of a jetset bus, which is used to trans-port passengers from the parkinglot, was parked on the NorthService Road when it caught fireshortly before 8 a.m.

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When you’ve got a parcel that needsdelivering across town for your favouritenephew’s birthday, you can rely on CanadaPost or a courier company to get it theresafe and sound.

But when you are tasked with movingfour helicopters halfway around the world,who ya gonna call?

For a job that costs about $1 million,Richmond’s Vector Aerospace called inone of the largest civil-ian cargo planes on theplanet on Wednesday toscoop up all four SuperPuma choppers the com-pany’s Langley-basedoverhaul and repair shopfinished working onand airlift them, first toAustralia, and then Afghanistan.

The Russian-built Antonov 124 thattouched down at YVR in the early morninghours is 69 metres (226 feet) long and has awingspan of close to 73 metres (240 feet).

In comparison, the world’s biggest com-mercial jetliner — the double decker AirbusA380 is a shade under 73 metres (238 feet)and has a wingspan of around 80 metres

(261 feet). But as impressive as that is, it’sthe Antonov’s cargo capacity which makesit stand out.

It can haul a hefty 330,000 pounds— more than enough to swallow up the fourhelicopters that, combined, weigh around50,000 pounds said Elvis Moniz, Vice presi-dent of operations at Vector Aerospace whowas airside overseeing the loading process.

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PHILIP RAPHAEL/SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Elvis Moniz, vice president of operationsfor Richmond’s Vector Aerospace stands infront of one of the four Super Puma heli-copters being loaded Wednesday into themassive Antonov 124 cargo plane at YVR.

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There likely will be a few irate motorists who realize theymissed an exit and are forced to drive though the MasseyTunnel into Richmond.

This week, the Highway 17/River Road exit (Exit 28) offHighway 99 northbound was relocated due to construction forthe South Fraser Perimeter Road.

It’s the first of what will be several major traffic patternchanges to occur for the new highway, which is scheduled forcompletion by the end of this year.

Delta’s municipal engineering director Steven Lan saidExit 28 will be closed at its current location near the tunneland will be relocated about two kilometres further south at anew interchange.

Drivers heading north on Highway 99 that want to go toLadner, Tsawwassen, the ferry terminal or River Road east-bound will have to take the new exit, which will take themto a new service road running parallel to Highway 99. Theroad will lead them to the intersection by the Delta Town &Country Inn.

Northbound HOV traffic heading to the tunnel can alsotake Exit 28.

Lan noted the advantage of the relocated exit and newside road is that drivers not wanting to go through the tunnelwon’t be stuck in the usual rush hour traffic jam. Signage willbe in place notifying drivers of the relocation, but Lan notedif anybody misses it, they’d have no choice but to drive intoRichmond.

He added it will take some time for drivers to get used tothis and other upcoming traffic pattern changes.

One of the biggest changes will see traffic coming offthe ferries in Tsawwassen funneled onto SFPR, which isnow officially called Highway 17. Those wanting to get intoLadner or Tsawwassen from the ferries have to take a separateexit to what most people still call Highway 17, but now hasthe new name of Highway 17A.

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And getting them into the mas-sive cargo bay once the Antonov’snose is lifted and its ramp droppeddown takes about eight hours as theaircraft, crates of spare parts andboxed up rotor blades are inchedinto place.

The flight, which was scheduledto depart YVR Thursday morning,was expected to take 37 hours tocomplete.

Moniz said two of the helicop-ters are destined to service offshoredrilling rigs in Australia, while theother two will be tasked with someunspecified work in Afghanistan.

He could not divulge exactlywhat their roles will be there due tosecurity reasons.

But he added they will mostlikely be employed in ferryingpeople and supplies between basesin the war-torn country.

“It’s not every day you see an

aircraft like this (Antonov) fly intoVancouver,” Moniz said.

“It’s quite a sight. And when yousee just how much it can carry, it’spretty amazing.”

Packing away four helicopters onone flight also saves a significantamount of money when it comes todelivery costs.

“Still, bringing in an Antonovlike this costs around $1 million,”Moniz said.

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Step right up. There’s an auction going on for enoughbandwidth on Canada’s wireless infrastructure to intro-duce a whole new carrier to our market of scant few

options.The federal government is looking to relax its rules on

Canadian ownership to allow U.S. telecommunications giantVerizon to bid, while shutting out Canada’s Big Three wire-less companies Bell, Telus and Rogers. It’s gambling that theaddition of a fierce competitor will drive down the price ofwireless service.

Naturally, the Big Three have a hard time with this and youmight have noticed the very slick and expensive advertisingcampaign they’ve launched in order to get Canadians on theirside.

Draping themselves in red and white, they tell us it’llmean layoffs of good Canadian workers while giving pref-erential treatment to foreign profiteers. Opponents of thegovernment’s plan also make the case that, by keeping the BigThree out of the auction house, the selling price will go downby about $1 billion. That’s $1 billion we could sorely use asthe deficit is not yet under control and every month we learnabout more government cutbacks.

The points may be valid, but we’d feel a lot more sympathyfor the Big Three, if it weren’t for the sky-high prices they’vealready been charging us. According to a 2011 OECD study,Canadians pay more for their wireless service than almost anyother nation.

Perhaps if they had been more competitive with each otherand mindful of consumers before, they wouldn’t be facingthis quagmire now.

Carousel does offers a second renewal

Wireless wave of action

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I turned 30 when itwas practically a capitaloffence.

It was the beginningof the end of life — orat least, it was certainlythe end of youth. At 30,you became an old man(or woman), and wereabsorbed into “the estab-lishment.”

“You can’t trust anyoneover 30,” was the mantraamong my peers.

Indeed, just a few yearsearlier, one of the basicpremises of the popu-lar sci-fi movie Logan’sRun was that no one wasallowed to grow older than30.

The day you turned 30,you took part in the “car-ousel,” floating up througha gauntlet of deadlylaser beams, in search of“renewal.”

Of course (spoiler alert,if you’re under 30), no onein Logan’s Run made itpast the lasers to the top ofthe carousel — a realiza-tion that dawned on manyyoung men and womenapproaching their 30thbirthdays.

Logan was one of thespecial forces sent out tohunt down and kill thosewho attempted to escapethe city to avoid enteringthe carousel and takingtheir proscribed chance atrenewal.

Because no one wasallowed to be over 30.

I don’t know if all thathad anything to do with it,but I do recall having hada particularly difficult timeaccepting that I was turn-

ing 30.The day I turned 29, I

slid into a dark corner ofmy brain, and stayed therefor exactly a year.

The world was a darkplace. My work was dark.

My friends were dark.My life was dark. I washeaded for the carousel. Iwas growing old. For allintents and purposes, mylife was over.

From the day I turned29, I was intensely awarethat my 30th birthday wasapproaching.

That was all the moreremarkable because I usu-ally forgot my birthday.

Without remindersfrom friends and family,a birthday could go bycompletely beyond myconsciousness.

The reminders oftencame a day or two after mybirthday, eliciting a minorand decidedly unexcited“oh yeah” moment.

I had been expectantabout a few previous birth-days, of course. As a littlekid, after all, birthdaysmeant presents and cakeand anticipation of goodfeelings all around.

Turning 19 meant Icould have an alcoholicdrink (legally) and showmy own ID in the beerparlour.

For some reason, Ifound 22 significant. Itwas the first birthday thatdidn’t mark a major mile-stone (for instance: 13,bona fide teenager; 16,allowed to drive; 20, enter-ing second decade; 21,allowed to watch the dirtymovies in Blaine).

But I had gone throughnothing like the year-longexperience of turning 30.And then there was thebrightness and light thatgreeted me on my 30thbirthday.

I was alive! STILLalive! And virtually noth-ing had changed. I wasn’told — or certainly, notnoticeably older than I hadbeen the day before.

A huge burden liftedfrom me.

I had floated past all thelasers. I had survived thecarousel. I was renewed!And I’m pretty sure I for-got my 31st birthday.

That’s why I suspecttoday is a special day.

It’s my birthday. Andunlike so many before, Iremembered. I didn’t thinkabout it for a whole year.And I’ve definitely notbeen in a funk about it.But I remembered, at leasta few days ahead, and withno need for the remindersprovided by friends.

This time I’m having noworries about my secondtime in the carousel — andI fully expect to beat thelasers again.

I shall be renewed!Bob Groeneveld is

the editor of the LangleyAdvance.

The Editor,Re: “What’s missing from the bully talk?” Column, Aug. 28As a parent who has had both my kids bullied by a child at

my children’s school, I’d like to respond to this article. These aremy observations based on what I’ve been through.

First off, it’s very important to teach your children about bul-lying, not only verbal, but physical as well. Furthermore, I feelthat you also need to teach children who are being bullied thatit’s okay to contact a teacher to make them aware of the bullyingso it can be dealt with.

Teachers do all they can to prevent such negative behaviour,and they are really proactive in this. However, unless you’ve gota vice principal and principal who are willing to deal with thebullying, and the parents of the bully are willing to acknowledgethe negative behaviour, nothing will be done to stop it. It wasn’tuntil I had made arrangements to transfer my children out of thisschool and threatened to call the police was anything done.

Beware that it’s not just the job of the parents to teach aboutbullying, but of the teachers and the principals working togetherto help stop bullying in its tracks. The anti-bullying campaignwas a failure for my children. They were forced to changeschools for their safety.

Patricia BetkerRichmond

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The Editor,On behalf of the Richmond Board of

Education, I am pleased to welcome ourstudents and families to a new and excit-ing school year.

To ensure that our children get safelyto school, we thank Richmond motor-ists for taking special care while drivingthrough school zones and around play-grounds.

School speed zones are in effect on all

school days from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with amaximum speed limit of 30 km/h.

Please watch and be ready to stop forchildren waiting to cross the road and dis-embarking from vehicles.

If we all do our part, our children willarrive at school safely, ready to take onthe exciting challenges of school each day.

Donna Sargent, ChairpersonOn Behalf of the Board of Education

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Ensure road safety for kids

Busy-bodies need to butt outThe Editor,

Re: “Let Bentley live,” Letters, August21.

It is precisely because people want tohave control over their dying days thatthey create “living wills,” also known as“advanced directives.”

The last thing they want is to haveself-righteous busy-bodies, who feelthey, and only they, know what is best foreverybody, interfering with their wishes.

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for weeks and months or lay in bed beingkept alive when they have long passedany consciousness, slowly deterioratingfrom any recognizable person they usedto be.

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ages to enjoy the outdoorsand be active,” added thenominator.

The dyke, he or shepointed out, is also “acces-sible to everyone,” “allowsone to disconnect from thehustle and stress of dailylives,” is a “great naturalenvironment for runningand jogging” and “it’s ahidden gem.

“Downtown Vancouvermay have the seawall, butin Richmond we have theDyke trail!”

Thedeadlinefor entriesis Monday,Sept. 2,while thecut-offfor votingon yourfavouriteplace isSept. 23.

Thewinners in each categorywill be determined by acombination of the numberof public votes each placereceives and the expertopinion of a panel of pro-fessional planners chosenby the CIP.

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Public voting in lastyear’s contest was fierce,according to the CIP’sGary Noble, noting that200,000 votes werereceived from across thecountry.

“Some intense rivalrieswere being played out,with city mayors and entire

com-munitiesgettinginvolvedin thevoting,”saidNoble.

“Lastyear’swinner,CapeFortunein Nova

Scotia, got quite a bit ofattention and I think therewere some spin-offs fromtourism.”

As well as the mate-rial prizes, the mayor ofthe winning city will bepresented with a plaque,marking the accolade.

Noble said the CIP setup the contest in 2011 togive people a chance toexpress what they thoughtwere great places, but alsoto highlight the role of pro-fessional planning in suchlocations.

To vote for the southdyke trail, go to www.cip-icu.ca/greatplaces.

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Monday is Labour Day.To many, that means the end of summer, the

start of a new school year or a welcomed longweekend.

What seems to be missing is much acknowledgement ofthe day’s name sake — labour.

Labour Day was intended to mark the achievements oforganized workers in securing rights for employees.

In Canada, the day is usually traced back to the April15, 1872, when the Toronto Trades Assembly organizedCanada’s first major demonstration for workers’ rights.Demonstrators were demanding the release of 24 leadersof the Toronto Typographical Union who were imprisonedfor striking to campaign for a nine-hour working day. Tradeunions were still illegal and striking was seen as a criminalconspiracy to disrupt trade.

There was enormous public support for the parade anda few months later in July a similar parade was organizedin Ottawa. The parade passed the house of Canada’s firstprime minister, Sir John Macdonald. Later in the day,he appeared before the gathering and promised to repealall Canadian laws against trade unions. A year later, theCanadian Labour Congress was founded.

Today, Canadians have many rights that would havebeen unheard of 141 years ago, but the struggle continues.In fact, right now, Richmond is seeing a myriad of jobaction including the Ikea workers’ lockout, the SheratonAirport Hotel workers one-day strike, and most recently,YVR workers issue of strike notice.

The labour movement has had ups and downs over thedecades. The evolution, and in some cases, devolutionof workers’ rights has much to do with global economicforces as well as fundamental shifts in industry, according

to Coun. Harold Steves.“After going through a recession, people who had their

wages held down are looking to regain what they lost,” saidSteves referring to the recent spell of action in Richmond.“The cost of living has goneup, but their wages haven’t.”

Low wages currentlyplague the service industry —retail, restaurants, accommo-dation — which is one of themain industries in Richmondtoday, Steves added.

But the movement into theservice sector extends beyondRichmond’s natural boundar-ies, travelling across the region and province.

“B.C. used to be big in manufacturing and forestry,”said Iglika Ivanova, economist and public interest research-er at Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) B.C.“But now it’s accommodation, retail and food that peopleare gravitating towards. These are traditionally lower pay-ing jobs.

“The higher paying industries used to hire more people,but now that’s not the case.”

The shift has been the product of an increasingly global-ized economy, according to Jim Sinclair, president of theBC Federation of Labour.

The province in particular, but the country as a whole,is no longer a manufacturing country. Processes are out-sourced to other countries where the cost of labour is less,said Sinclair.

The result is the emerging service sector, which nowneeds to be taken seriously as a viable career option.

“Ikea is a great example of the challenge of the labourmovement,” he said. “It’s an example of a company thatraised $4 billion last year trying to force workers to rollback their wages and benefits and hours, turning theminto low-paying and part-time work. The union is standingstrong and trying to protect their jobs and the disappearingmiddle class.”

From a businessperson’s perspective, it’s generally beenargued that hiring people at lower wages, and less regula-tion of employee rights, allows the company to be moreflexible and costs less. Therefore, it stimulates the economy

and creates more jobs.It’s a viewpoint both

Sinclair and Ivanova insistisn’t true.

The Organisation forEconomic Co-Operation andDevelopment (OECD) — aninternational body of 34countries promoting progressand world trade — recentlyconfirmed there to be no

relation between labour market performance and employ-ment protection legislation.

In fact, in its recent findings, out of 34 countries, Canadaranked near the bottom at 32 for employment protection leg-islation (ahead of New Zealand and the United States).

“The economy requires people to have consumerpower,” said Sinclair. “If everyone works at $10/hr, only afew would keep getting richer, but there’d be no money forsmall businesses, for community, for taxes, these are thingsthat make a civilization. Nobody can buy anything for $10/hr, it phases out the middle class.”

“In general, we’re seeing that wages have been stalling,which contributes to this race to the bottom,” said Ivanova.

Further, a shift in industry, coupled with more self-employed workers or people working part-time, has meanta decline of the union, one of the trademarks of the earlylabour movement.

“Having an organization like a union causes a trickle-down affect, leading to better wages and conditions for allworkers,” said Sinclair. “Many things people enjoy todaylike CPP, health care, minimum wage, came out of unions.”

The percentage of union workers in the province hasdeclined from 45 per cent at its peak about 30 years ago, to31 per cent today.

Labouring through the agesLABOUR DAY

— GULF OF GEORGIA CANNERY SOCIETY

Seasonal work at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery was a popular job for women in Richmond in the 1940s.

“The economy requires people tohave consumer power. Nobody canbuy anything for $10/hr, it phases

out the middle class.”— Jim Sinclair

FILE PHOTO

Ikea workers are currently involved in job action. TheRichmond outlet is one of only two Ikea stores in Canadathat have a union.

BY YVONNE [email protected]

see Ivanova page 15

the Friday Feature

Although major strides and landmarkdecisions seem to be a thing ofthe past in the labour movement,

Richmond city councilor Harold Stevesremembers the time of action and change,particularly within the city’s prominent fish-ing industry.

“It was quite an exciting time to livein actually,” he said. “There were a lot ofpeople out there campaigning for issues. Thatdoesn’t happen so much now. We’re lackinga large group of people who can mobilizechange and look at large issues like the envi-ronment.”

Such a group was the United Fishermenand Allied Workers Union, enjoying its peakfrom the 1950s through tothe 1970s.

As a major force inSteveston Village, the unionwas a great advocate forenvironmental issues and theclean up of the Fraser River.

“The fishermen were soactive that it led to a sewagetreatment plant in Richmond,” said Steves.“Not only just a sewage treatment plant, butthe first secondary treatment plant in thearea.”

Although not playing a major role with theunion, long-time fisherman Bud Sakamotoremembers that time as the fishing prime,when off the shores of the river sailed 1,500to 2,000 boats, instead of the few hundredseen today.

With his grandfather coming from Japanas a boat builder, Sakamoto also saw the wayracial tensions played out during the begin-ning of the small fishing village.

“In the early years, there was a large pop-ulation of Japanese fishermen, I’d say maybeabout one-third, but they weren’t really part

of the union,” he said. “Then you would havea high Chinese population as well who cameover for the CPR and they’d mostly be incharge of unloading the fish and butchery.The Caucasian or European fishermen wouldbe out in the boats or in charge or cookingand prepping the fish.”

However, after the Second World War,when the Japanese fishermen returned,Sakamoto said there was more effort on thepart of the union to bring everyone togetherin one community.

He joined his father on the boat at a youngage and by the time he was 15 years old, hewas able to get his own license.

“I’d be out on the boat in the summers,which would help pay for my school,” hesaid. “Most of the women worked in the can-neries, which was a separate organization.

My sisters worked thereduring the summers too.”

Since its peak, changesto the fishing industryhave caused fewer boatson the water, resulting inthe eventual extinctionof the once active union,according to Sakamoto.

On top of climate change and the automa-tion of the industry, he points to changes inmanagement from the International SalmonCommission to the DFO and licensing asmain reasons for the decline.

Licenses used to cost less and cover theentire area, as well as, all species of fish.Now fishermen need to apply for differentlicenses depending on the area they fish in,the type of species they fish and type of boat.

To help the industry, he would like to seemore fishermen in management roles.

“Fishermen should be involved in themanagement of the resource,” he said. “Nofisherman wants to catch the last fish, wewant to make sure there’s plenty out there.”

Union tides and ties ebb and flow over decadesLABOUR DAY

With the election of the B.C. Liberals in2002, changes were made to the process offorming a union, according to Ivanova. Ontop of requiring 50 per cent of the workers’signatures, the workers now have to wait amonth, culminating in a vote.

“During this month, the employers cancampaign, encouraging workers not to votefor a union, even threatening the quality oftheir jobs,” she said.

And without a body protecting the work-ers, employment standards also declines,particularly in lower-paying positions whereworkers are more easily replaced.

“It makes people afraid to organize,” saidIvanova. “If people had complaints, theyused to be able to call Employment Standardsanonymously and have the situation checkedout. Now they have to deal with the matterpersonally. When this changed, complaintsfell over 50 per cent. The government thoughtemployers were being more compliant, butthat obviously wasn’t the case.”

She added a society continuing down theroad of low wages and part time work leadsto further instability and income inequality.

Existing unions should make more ofan effort to communicate with workers as awhole, reaching out to the self-employed, forexample, and the non-union workers.

“Unions do need more organization and tocommunicate better on behalf of non-unionworkers,” she said. “If they can set a bench-mark for others, it will show other workers acredible option when fighting for their ownrights. It puts upward pressure on wages foreveryone.”

It’s something Steves remembers as amajor achievement of the United Fishermenand Allied Workers Union, a prominent influ-ence on the fishing industry in the ’70s.

“The fishermen fought for the environ-ment and made great strides, a larger issuethat applied to more people than themselves,”he said. “You don’t really see that anymorehere. We see most unions negotiating theirlabour contracts rather than campaign onwider issues.”

Recently, two of Canada’s largest unions,the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and theCommunications, Energy and Paperworkers(CEP), announced they would merge to cre-ate Unifor.

The founding convention will be held thisweekend in Toronto. “I think that’s a greatidea,” said Ivanova. “They’ve also announcedthat 10 per cent of all funding will go towards(helping non-union workers organize.) That’simportant.”

Ivanova: Unions must reach out

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“Most of the womenworked in thecanneries...”

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You must register in per-son. Canvases, guidelinesand submission forms will beavailable for pick up. Artistscan paint, draw, collage, do amixed-media piece or mounta photo. The finished artwork MUST be submitted byMonday, Nov. 25. All artworksubmitted will be exhibited atThompson Community Centrefor the months of January andFebruary 2014. The themes forthis year’s challenge are: Activeliving – what does it mean toyou?; Volunteerism - how doyou help and where?; YourNeighbourhood – what makesit special?; Our dyke trail, Ourrich Farming Heritage. Pre-registration required. Barcode:384058

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When to specialize youth in sport

In today’s youth sportworld there are a numberof trends and practices thaton one hand are excitingand on the other are alarm-ing.

On the exciting sidethere are some great thingsgoing on. Provincial sportprograms are being inte-grated into school curricu-lum in secondary schools.

Credited courses inmany sports are beingoffered before, after andduring school hours.

Curriculum is struc-tured by the sport expertsand delivered by quali-fied teachers in over200 schools throughoutB.C. This is a positiveand growing partnershipthat students can opt intoat little or no extra cost.These courses go beyondthe traditional P.E. coursesas they are sport specific.The benefits to the schooland the sport are numerousbut most important is thebenefit to the participants– another example of ath-lete-centred programmingthat works!

There are many other

programs, events andopportunities available forour youth – exciting yetchallenging for parents toselect.

Knowing that coachesare taking certificationcourses, that sport organi-zations are extremely awareand knowledgeable of sportinjuries (particularly con-cussions), that risk man-agement is a priority withall reputable sport groupsand that parent informationis more and more plentiful– all very positive.

But as a parent – howdo I choose?

How much should mychild be involved in? Whento specialize?

How much timeshould be spent in camp?Training?

What should be thegame to practice ratio?

Lots and lots of ques-tions and sometimes theanswers are both difficultto find and contradictory.

There has been tremen-dous research and workdone at the national andprovincial levels result-ing in the Canadian Sportfor Life (CS4L) model ofdeveloping athletes.

National SportOrganizations (NSO’s) andtheir provincial counter-parts (PSO’s) as well as allgovernments’ sport min-istries have adopted thismodel. Some of the most

salient points are:• All sports at the 13

and under level SHOULDsupport a multi-sportapproach.

• Individual sports andteam sports have differentguidelines for specializing.

• Game to practiceration should be at worst1:2 but better if more prac-tices.

• Overtraining (toomuch training in one sport)leads to overuse injuries,burnout, imbalancedmuscle development andsignificant drop out.

Istvan Bali, RichardWay, Steve Norris and aplethora of experts in youthsports have developed themodel that can be foundat www.CS4L.ca. It is fullof great information forcoaches, athletes and par-ents!

Just some warnings tothe parent of a young ath-lete:

• Specialization at anearly (pre-13 in team andpre-10 in individual) isNOT likely to enhance theathlete’s ability to get bet-ter. Cross training (enjoy-ing and participating inmany sports) is most likelyto assist.

• Summer camps,year round academies,extra individual coaching– although they have theirplace do not over do these– again they lead to over-

use, over training and dropout. Let summer holidaysbe summer holidays.Letkids be kids. Maybe onecamp but look for campsthat offer something spe-cial i.e. multi sport, deci-sion making in sport, skillimprovement.

Then of course thereis the travel team – in allorganized sport there isthe ‘temptation’ to formteams and travel. Is it reallyall necessary? Ask theone question – why? Theanswer may be to get bet-ter competition – be wary– should it really be allabout winning. Be evenmore wary of what age thisbegins at.

If it is all about winsand loses, statistics, tro-phies, ribbons......then askyourself at what age is thisappropriate......I wouldsuggest that it is MOSTLYinappropriate before age 10and not significant travelbefore 12....again just askwhy?

Hopefully in a futurecolumn we can discusswinning, losing, stats,standings, recruiting andmanaging risks.

Until then – Let ThemHave Fun!

Lawrie Johns is a long-time Richmond resident, aprovincial sports admin-istrator and a parent whohelped raise two worldclass athletes.

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Margo Northey got the surprise of her life.An aerobics instructor at Steve Nash Fitness World in

Richmond, Northey had recently been granted MVP statusfor her LaBlast class, acknowledging that she had the high-est on-going participation in North America.

The creator of LaBlast, Louis Van Amstel fromDancing With the Stars made a guest appearance, surpris-ing Northey and 90 participants in the Friday night class.There were screams and cheers as Van Amstel shouted“hello” and entered the aerobics room.

Northey jumped for joy at first but managed to collectherself enough to continue through the first section of theclass with Van Amstel following along. She then passedon the microphone to the well-known dancer and choreog-rapher who then congratulated Northey for her enormoussuccess with the program he had created.

For the next hour, they co-taught, putting the membersthrough their paces with dances like Jive, Paso Doble,Samba and Lindy Hop. There were red faces, sweaty bod-ies and huge smiles.

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Richmond’s Alisha Lau broke a log-jam at the top ofthe leaderboard to capture the B.C. Girls Bantam GolfChampionship at Qualicum Beach.

The Quilchena Golf and Country Club junior fired anoutstanding final round 69 to finish one stroke ahead ofSurrey’s Hannah Lee with a 139 total (70-69). The 13-year-old handled the title pressure like a seasoned veteran, con-trary to what she stated after her round.

“It was kind of nerve-wracking because I didn’t knowwhere my competitors were in the group behind me,” sheclaimed. “It was a tough battlebut I tried to grind it out the best Icould and I just fought for it.”

Five strokes back of Lau inthird place was Mary Parsons,14 of Delta. Parsons mirroredLee’s consistency (70-70), post-ing rounds of 72-72-144 to finish the championship at+4. Defending champion Kathrine Chan, also a junior atQuilchena, finished in seventh at +12 (76-76).

Lau was coming off a respectable fifth place finish atthe B.C. Juvenile Girls Championship in Courtenay a weekearlier with rounds of 78-76-71.

On the boys side, Justin Yap of Quilchena was eighth(73-74), 10 strokes back of winner Roy Kang of NorthVancouver.

Richmond’s Diego San Pedro finished tied for secondat the B.C. Juvenile Boys Golf Championship. San Pedrofired rounds 73-72-70.

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Richmond’s Alisha Lau was all smiles after winning the B.C. Girls Bantam GolfChampionship at Qualicum Beach thanks to an impressive final round 69.


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■ The proponent has 90 days to collect signatures from at least 10% of the registered votersin each of the province’s 85 electoral districts. The petition must be returned to theChief Electoral Officer by Monday, December 9, 2013.

■ To sign the initiative petition, a person must be a registered voter on September 9, 2013and may sign the petition only for the electoral district in which they are currently registered.

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