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Martin van den Hemel photoGurman Pangly entered the world at 3:15 a.m. on Jan. 1 to become Richmond’s first baby of 2015, welcomed by proud parents Hardeep and Amanjit, and big brother Sukhman, 4.

Family welcomes New Year’s babyGurman Pangly, born at 3:15 a.m., tipped the scales at nearly 7.5 pounds

by Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

As a bakery worker, Amanjit Pan-gly knows that timing is every-thing, especially when there’s a bun in the oven.

So when she and her husband checked in at Richmond Hospital on New Year’s Eve, and she felt a little off, her mother’s instincts told her something special was about to happen.

Sure enough, Gurman Pangly en-tered the world at 3:15 a.m. on the first day of 2015, and all 7.5 pounds of him were welcomed by proud father Hardeep and big brother Sukhman.

Gurman came precisely on his due date—a few hours before the next Jan. 1 baby—showing a level of punctuality that should serve him well in the future.

The Pangly family has lived in Richmond for 13 years, and Hard-eep works in concrete pumping.

In their culture, being born ear-ly means that day’s going to an eventful one.

Gurman’s arrival will be cele-brated by family from all over the world, who will soon be arriving from India and England.

City shoots down replica gun arenaCouncil rejects airsoft gun proposal near Richmond Olympic Oval

by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

An entrepreneur with hopes of open-ing a business where participants fire plastic pellets at each other from replica guns has run into a roadblock at Rich-mond City Hall.

Eric Lam was aiming to open the first airsoft gun arena in B.C. at 120-6711 Elmbridge Way, a warehouse near the Richmond Olympic Oval. Similar to paintball, airsoft is an activity where players eliminate opponents by hitting them with lightweight pellets launched by replica firearms.

But after a two-and-a-half hour appeal hearing Monday, city council upheld a staff decision rejecting Lam’s business licence application for Sigma AEG Are-na.

“I can’t see a situation where I think that location is appropriate. I just don’t think it’s right, whatever the merits of the activity are,” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie before the 6-2 vote.

Chief licence inspector Glenn McLaughlin told council airsoft guns fall under the category of firearms—even though they’re not mentioned by name in the city’s bylaw—and the arena’s in-dustrial business park location doesn’t permit indoor shooting ranges.

“I just find it boggling that we’re even talking about something that’s not even a permitted use on the premises,” said Coun. Derek Dang.

“On this site, on this location, it can’t be done.”

A similar business of paintball, how-ever, is allowed. Richmond Indoor Paintball is located steps away from the airsoft arena proposed by Lam, who ar-gued the two activities are alike.

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Shots fired on Garden City Roadby Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

Richmond Mounties are looking for a black SUV that was seen leaving the area of a Tuesday morning shooting on Garden City Road.

Police responded to a 911 call around 9:30 a.m. on the 8400 block of Garden City, between Francis Road and Blundell.

Richmond RCMP Acting Cpl. Dennis Hwang said there were no injuries, and police are continuing to in-vestigate.

Some Richmond RCMP cruisers were parked in front of nearby Garden City Elementary School, but administration staff were told that there was no perceived danger to the children.

Police are trying to piece together what happened, and the local RCMP serious crimes unit was on scene investigating while the fo-rensic unit was gathering evidence.

“At this time, no suspect has been identified how-ever this does not appear to be a random act,” Hwang said.

Anyone with information about the shooting, or the vehicle that was seen leav-ing the scene, is asked to call the Richmond RCMP at 604-278-1212 or Crimestop-pers at 1-800-222-8477.

Police investigate road rage caught by dash camby Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

Richmond RCMP are continuing to investigate a road rage incident on Christmas Eve that was captured on video by a dashboard-mounted camera, or dash cam.

The video shows a car tailgating the victim’s vehicle, its high beams flicking on and off, and the driver shout-ing profanities, gesturing with hands and fingers, and driving aggressively, accelerating and then braking to within inches of the victim’s car.

When the victim pulled over to let the other driver pass, the other driver instead pulled over too, and con-tinued to follow closely.

The six-minute video, uploaded to YouTube and titled “Christmas Eve Road Rage in Richmond, BC”, has received more than 48,000 views, and drew the atten-tion of the Richmond RCMP.

RCMP Acting Corp. Dennis Hwang said the incident remains under investigation, and police are looking beyond just the contents of the video, including what circumstances might have precipitated the incident.

The victim did call 911, worried that the other driver was going to assault him or strike his vehicle, but can-celled the call after the driver of the tailing vehicle ceased the pursuit and made a turn.

But the video clearly shows the licence plate of the tailing vehicle, and even shows the agitated driver ges-turing with his hands and then leaning to shout some-thing through the driver’s side window.

Hwang said at least one of the parties has been con-tacted by the investigators.

The popularity of dashcams, which have become much better in terms of quality and come down in price, has provided another investigative avenue for police. Aside from showing what’s happening ahead of a vehicle, some dashcams are pointed toward the back of the car. For people involved in a car accident, it could serve as the difference between being found partly responsible, to being absolved of all blame.

But Hwang said it’s a double-edged sword, as the video footage may also result in scrutiny of the driver, who may not be as good a driver as he or she thinks.

Hwang said a third-party video that recently showed a Lamborghini crashing off the side of Highway 99 in Surrey was “incredibly useful.”

From Page 1Lam added that his proposed fa-

cility “actually increases community safety” by giving participants a place to play and giving video-gamers a reason to put down their controllers.

“This sport is already here. There’s really no fighting it. There’s over 2,000 players in Richmond alone, and right now they have no where to go,” he said.

Lam suggested staff made a “mis-judgment of airsoft gun implications and dangers.” Although airguns are included in the definition of fire-arms, airsoft guns are different. He said airsoft’s 0.2-gram plastic pellets “cannot cause any serious harm”—unlike the heavier metal BBs shot by airguns—and are lighter than paint-ball projectiles.

Lam’s message appeared to have some traction—councillors Alexa Loo and Carol Day voted against upholding the decision rejecting his business licence—but he drew fiery responses from some councillors after showing a violent five-minute video promoting paintball.

“Do you want to provide facility where guns can be shot at people gangster style?” asked Coun. Bill

McNulty. “I’d like you to explain how this is safe in the community. I’m having a little difficulty with this.”

In the dramatized video, a wom-an is held hostage and threatened within a paintball game. Coun. Dang said that’s not something he wants in his community.

“Looking at video game violence, it’s hard to imagine us trying to pro-mote that type of thing in real life versus a game,” he said.

Coun. Ken Johnston said an airsoft arena will bring more replica guns, and players transporting realistic-looking weapons to the arena could present problems of misidentifica-tion.

“My concern is the perception and the kind of traffic you might create in this potential facility, and copies of AR-15s and M16s, I don’t know why we’d want those on the street—coming down the street.”

Coun. Harold Steves added the city’s existing rules are aimed at dis-couraging gun culture in Richmond, and said council shouldn’t promote an activity where people shoot each other—even if for a game.

James Martin, representing paint-ball and airsoft supplier Milsig, told

council airsoft “is a positive force in the community, and it brings to-gether people from all walks of life.”

The proponent expected to draw 10,000 participants each year. Al-though new to B.C., airsoft arenas are located in Hong Kong, Los An-geles and Las Vegas, noted Lam.

Richmond Indoor Paintball has also been offering airsoft games on se-lect nights. But inspector McLaugh-lin told council that’s in contraven-tion of city rules and vowed Monday to “take regulatory action.”

Another entrepreneur pitched the idea of an airsoft arena to the city

last fall. Staff also rejected that busi-ness licence application, and the owner has reapplied for a paintball facility.

Council’s debate Monday mirrored one over a decade ago, when civic politicians were forced to decide whether to allow raves in the city. The question then was whether to allow the all-night parties and maintain some regulatory control, or run the risk of driving them un-derground.

City council hasn’t altogether ruled out airsoft arenas. Accompa-nying Monday’s vote was a request to staff to conduct a broad review of the use of airsoft guns. That review could result in defined areas for the activity or even a formal ban.

Detached homes see biggest jump

by Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

The assessed value of homes in Richmond rose between zero and 10 per cent, according to the B.C. Assessment Authority’s latest numbers released last week.

For local homeowners, the size of increase depended on a num-ber of factors, from the type of home they own (single family de-tached, condo or townhome) to the neighbourhood they live in.

A single family dwelling built

in West Richmond in 1992 was assessed in July of 2013 at $1.456 million, with that same home assessed on July 1, 2014 for the 2015 roll at $1.5 million, a jump of three per cent. A 1972 home in Steveston was assessed at $777,700 last year, but that rose 9.55 per cent to $852,000 this year.

A Shellmont 1969-built house rose 2.88 per cent in assessed value from $973,000 to a little more than $1 million.

The increases among town-houses and condos were more modest, the majority up be-tween one and two per cent.

Brian Smith, acting deputy as-sessor for B.C. Assessment South Fraser Region, said it’s prema-

ture for homeowners to get worried that an increase in as-sessed value means an tax hike.

As a matter of fact, if a home’s value has increased, but at the same rate as the surrounding neighbourhood and the rest of the provoince, the tax rate won’t jump relatively speaking, beyond whatever tax increase local city councillors may have in mind. Smith said it really “de-pends on where you fall around the average” change in the com-munity.

Curious about the value of your neighbour’s home? Or any-body else’s home in Richmond, for that matter?

Just visit bcassessment.ca and type in the address.

Bryce Mullet photo via FlickrAn battery-powered airsoft rifle. Airsoft is a fast-growing activity whose replica guns are readily available.

Airsoft gun proposal draw fiery response from councillors“Looking at video

game violence, it’s hard to imagine us trying to

promote that type of thing in real life versus a game.”

— Coun. Derek Dang

Don Fennell photoRichmond Blues’ forward Ryan Hart skates in alone on Kamloops’ goaltender Spencer Eschyschyn during the Midget Tier 1 Division final last Wednesday in the annual Richmond International Bantam-Midget Hock-ey Tournament at Minoru Arenas. Kamloops won 5-1.

One on one showdown

Assessments are out and local homes rise in value up to 10 %

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Richmond’s mayor supports question, but remains critical of province

by Jeff Nagel and Matthew HoekstraBlack Press

After sending a series of mixed messages, the provincial govern-ment now says it will back the Yes side in the upcoming transit tax referendum.

“We support a ‘Yes’ vote in the spring 2015 plebiscite but the vot-ers of Metro Vancouver will have the final say—this is the commit-ment we made to them in the last provincial election campaign,” said Transportation Minister Todd Stone in a statement.

He reiterated that transit expan-sion is “vital to economic develop-ment in Metro Vancouver and will be a critical component of ensur-ing that the region is able to ac-commodate the million additional people expected over the next 30 years.”

The proposed 0.5 per cent Met-

ro-only sales tax—dubbed the Congestion Improvement Tax—would raise $250 million a year for transit and transportation projects if a majority of regional voters ap-prove it in a mail-in vote sched-uled for March 16 to May 29.

Stone said the province believes the Metro mayors’ vision for ex-panded transportation is one people can get behind.

“We agree that a sales-based tax, dedicated to vital conges-tion improvement projects, is the most equitable funding op-tion available.”

At a council committee meet-ing Monday, Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie said he supports the plebiscite, but is critical of the provincial government’s actions, charging them with abdicating their responsibility in working with the region and finding transit funding sources.

“If you need a referendum on this item instead of letting elected officials do their job with full pub-lic consultation, what about Site C (dam)?” he said. “Don’t you have to have a referendum when clearly that’s a very controversial item, as is the Massey bridge?”

Brodie said he believes if the plebiscite fails, government will

move to extract more funding from property taxes—something Metro Vancouver mayors have op-posed.

It’s still unclear exactly how ac-tive government will be in encour-aging a Yes vote.

Some observers had concluded the province was abandoning the mayors to fight alone after the transportation ministry on Dec. 29 told a Vancouver newspaper “the government will not be support-ing either side—Yes or No.”

That appeared to contradict Stone’s earlier comments to re-porters in mid-December that he was “committed to success” and the province would speak out strongly during the campaign on the need to fight congestion and make more transportation invest-ments.

A subsequent Black Press re-quest for clarification yielded a Dec. 30 ministry statement: “gov-ernment is only funding the refer-endum and will not be financially supporting either the yes or the no side.”

There had been doubts about the province’s support since Pre-mier Christy Clark in 2013 sug-gested government would remain officially neutral.

Planned transportation investments•Bus: Rapid bus stations at Highway 99 and Steveston Highway with Massey Tunnel replacement; off-street bus exchange in Steveston•Canada Line: service increase in Year 1; 12 additional cars and service increase in Year 3; capacity upgrades at stations in years 7-9; 8 addi-tional cars in Year 9.•New B-Line service connecting Richmond-Brighouse to Metrotown•A share in more bus service, road upgrades and cycling infrastructure*Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation vision

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Page Hope-Smith turned a single room and storage closet into a gallery with storied history


Page Hope-Smith, a woman instrumen-tal to the founding of Richmond Art Gallery 35 years ago, is being remembered for her contributions to the arts and her ability to connect with people of all ages.

Hope-Smith died Dec. 31, 2014 follow-ing complications from cancer. She was 81.

A teacher in Ontar-io, Hope-Smith later moved to Vancouver, finding work teaching children’s art classes at the original Rich-mond Arts Centre in the mid-1970s. Her in-fluence grew, and she managed to convince decision-makers that Richmond needed a municipal art gallery.

In 1980, a revamped arts centre opened—and it included a gal-lery.

“That was totally her instigation,” said friend Lin Richardson. “She had to create an art gallery just from hav-ing a room and a large storage closet.”

Richardson was among the volunteers Hope-Smith brought together as “the hang-ing committee”—a group now known as the exhibition commit-tee—responsible for erecting new artwork. Those early exhibi-tions changed every two weeks.

“Looking back on it, it blows my mind. But we really enjoyed it. For me it was like Christ-mas every two weeks,” said Richardson.

Hope-Smith grew the grassroots gallery into something more by se-curing a Canada Coun-cil grant, enabling the gallery to begin pay-ing artists. She served as gallery director for nearly 20 years before retiring in 1998.

Richardson said Hope-Smith felt it was important for people to view art and try

to understand it. Her friendliness, eye for

art and ability to bring people together will be

remembered, she said.“If we ever had a dif-

ficult artist, the exhibi-tion committee would discreetly retreat and leave the difficult per-son for Page to deal with because she could always deal with them,” said Richardson. “She was just a really great person to know.”

Today, the Hope-Smith Art Lounge at Richmond Art Gallery is named in her hon-our. A celebration of life is planned for Jan. 10 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Hope-Smith’s home.

Richmond Art Gallery’s founding director remembered

Page Hope-Smith started teaching children’s art class-es at the original Richmond Arts Centre in the mid-1970s. She pushed for a municipal art gallery, which came to life in 1980.

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gallery just from having a room

and a large storage closet.”

— Lin Richardson

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of Richmond intends to consider adopting Road Closure and Removal of Road Dedication Bylaw 8971 at the Council Meeting on January 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

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The Road Closure and Removal of Road Dedication Bylaw 8971 (West Road) and the accompanying plans may be inspected at the City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday (inclusive), except statutory holidays, commencing Monday, January 5, 2015 until Monday, January 12, 2015 (inclusive).

Prior to the adoption of Bylaw 8971, any person who is affected by this bylaw may make their concerns known by writing to City Council c/o City Clerk, 6911 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC, V6Y 2C1. Any written submissions must be received by the City Clerk no later than 4:00 p.m., January 12, 2015.

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opinion

The U.S. has Cana-da over a barrel on water as well

as oil these days, but the tide is turning.

Last week I mentioned a new book called The Columbia River Treaty – A Primer by members of Simon Fraser University’s climate adaptation team. This slim volume makes the case that B.C. has ended up with a shocking-ly bad deal from this 1964 treaty, which concerned itself entirely with flood control and hydroelectric power.

In those days there was little or no environmental assessment. Agriculture, fish habitat and aborigi-nal impacts were ignored. More than a decade after the disastrous flood year of 1948, once Ottawa stopped its bureaucratic delays, U.S. public and private power utilities paid B.C. $254 million to build three dams on the Columbia system.

Those dams (and one at Libby, Montana that mostly floods B.C. land) hold back the huge spring runoff from the Rockies and then dole out water for power production in B.C. and for the 15 hydro dams previously built

downstream in the U.S.The U.S. payment was

for half the power over 30 years, which B.C. didn’t need at the time. Then our American cousins cut us another cheque for $64 million, an estimate of the value of flood protection from 1968 all the way to 2024.

Boy, did we get taken. The SFU team calculates the value of that flood control to the U.S. at more like $32 billion.

That’s not even the worst of it. The Kootenays were once the leading fruit and vegetable grow-ing area in B.C., bigger than the Okanagan. Now in the Arrow Lakes and other reservoirs, levels rise and fall dramatically to steady the flow south. In addition to the large ar-eas permanently flooded

by the Mica, Duncan and Hugh Keenleyside dams, this renders more of B.C.’s prime bottom land impassable.

B.C. is paid precisely zero for this sacrifice, while Washington state has developed a $5 bil-lion-a-year farm economy using our stable irrigation source. That has helped their tree fruit growers push some Okanagan or-chardists out of business.

As U.S. billionaires con-tinue to bankroll envi-ronmental attacks on B.C. and Alberta energy proj-ects, it’s worth noting that long before the treaty, the U.S. military-industrial complex had wiped out the Columbia River salm-on runs. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its private power partners dammed everything they

could find, exterminating a fishery bigger than the Fraser that had sustained aboriginal people on both sides of today’s border for thousands of years.

B.C. Energy Minister Bill Bennett and SFU’s Jon O’Riordan both described to me their experience at the Columbia River Basin conference, held last October in Spokane.

Their main impression was that Americans, in-cluding traditional tribes, want those salmon runs restored. Vast amounts have been spent on hatcheries and habitat to speed recovery below the Grand Coulee dam, which stands like a giant tombstone for migratory fisheries above it.

Should the Americans ever manage to get salmon above their big-

gest dam, it will largely be up to B.C. to provide sufficient cool water to keep them alive.

That service has an increasing value to the U.S. as well as an ongoing cost to B.C.

Bennett surprised some in Spokane when he said the U.S. needs to pay more for the benefits from the Columbia River Treaty.

The flood control agree-ment expires in 2024. The treaty requires 10 years’ notice for either country to exit. Climate shifts are expected to make B.C. water more important than ever.

Your move, Uncle Sam.

Tom Fletcher is legisla-tive reporter and columnist for Black Press. [email protected]

The U.S. is ripping us off on water

B.C. ViewsTom Fletcher

Revelstoke Museum and ArchivesArrowhead circa 1910. The town vanished beneath the waters of Upper Arrow Lake Reservoir by 1968 after the Hugh Keen-lyside Dam was built.

letters

Editor:After reading recent information regarding

the proposed congestion improvement tax, I have a few questions to ask.

First, the tax as proposed is set as an addi-tional 0.5% onto the current sales taxes. What guarantee is there that this proposed 0.5% tax doesn’t eventually increase to 1%, 2% or more in future? Rarely do new taxes ever decrease and we all know what happened to the most recognized “temporary” tax in Canadian history, known as income taxes and implemented in 1917, it became permanent and continued to increase ever since!

Second, according to my calculations, the $250 million to be collected annually works out to about 3% of the $7.5 billion in

planned transportation system capital costs; in other words, what’s collected annually will simply pay interest costs on the bor-rowed $7.5 billion. Who and how will this $7.5 billion of new public debt be paid off in the long term? Unless I’ve missed some-thing here, there is no plan to pay this off and hence why my previous point becomes much more predictive.

Third, with many transportation experts call-ing for road pricing (including road tolls, dis-tance or time based fees, congestion charges and charges designed to discourage use of certain classes of vehicle, fuel sources or more polluting vehicles) as the best means to raise revenue to finance transportation infrastruc-ture improvements while positively influencing

behaviours, I must wonder why local mayors, all just off fresh mandates from voters were not willing to engage in a broader public discus-sion on the pros and cons of various road pric-ing options. Isn’t a broader public consultation necessary and expected?

I certainly give much credit to the Mayor’s Council for looking beyond once again simply increasing property taxes and transit fares. A sales tax is a step in the right direction towards more equitable cost sharing amongst residents of Lower Mainland communities but without answers, it may be a tough sell to the public already facing numerous other fee and cost increases in 2015.

Jerome DickeyRichmond

Rarely do new taxes ever decrease


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Editor:We all live in one home called

“Mother Earth.” Mother Earth has many children in her family. Some of her children respect her and treat her kindly while others give little thought to her well-being and seek only their own welfare and advantage, whatever the cost to other family members.

Many children have formed gangs to give themselves a sense of belonging, power, and some control over their own life styles. Most of the gangs give themselves names like America, France, Russia, Germany, and China. Some become more or less identified by a common language while others by having a common religion, skin color or political style of governance. Some gangs even support other

gangs if they have a perceived common “enemy.”

Clearly these various gangs cause division in the family’s household. The shifting alliances within the family continue to manifest a basic disunity and resolution of differences is still being sought through stealth, physical violence, and murder (some call this “war”).

Is humanity doomed to contin-ue with such disunity and loss of global security and well-being of all members of the household? If not, what is required of us since it is our problem? (Do you remem-ber Pogo’s comment, “We have met the enemy, and he is us”?)

Big changes are clearly required but what can one person do? “There’s no way I can stop a war.” That’s true. But that’s the job of our “gang leaders” on whose

shoulders the well-being of the whole family rests. They have the primary responsibility to develop a better system to manage our household.

Our individual role in making our home a better and safer place is to strive to change ourselves by making a conscious effort to practice the virtues that are unique to the human race. A good resolution for 2015 and onward would be for each of us to learn how to better demonstrate our love for one another, to be kinder to and more compassionate with the members of our family, and to prove we are trustworthy by our words and deeds.

And perhaps a prayer for the increased wisdom of our gang leaders would be helpful!

Merrill MuttartRichmond

Editor:I suppose those of us who

live in detached-home neigh-bourhoods should be thankful that the city doesn’t yet allow developers and off-shore owners to build houses that take up every centimetre of land right up to the property lines, because if they were allowed to they surely would.

Taking into account what has been happening in Richmond over the past 10 years and projecting the continuance of the current drift 20 years down the road, it is not hard to imagine my already over-built neighbour-hood evolving into something that would make its present state seem like an open-spaced para-dise in comparison.

Gardens, lawns, trees and

shrubs, back yards —who needs them—they’re irrelevant! The idea of living around your home as a complement to living inside it is an outmoded concept, isn’t it?

Back yards for children to play in? Are there no com-puters, are there no XBoxes? Flower gardens? You can buy tulips and roses at the corner grocery store. Trees? You’ll only have to rake-up all those horrible leaves every year and those damn birds keep building nests in them and chirping all the time! Wasting good space with green grass? Only have to mow it, and besides, where would you park all the cars that you can’t put in the garages because they are being used for storage? Socializing with your neighbours over the back

fence? Nah, no need for that because our “neighbourhood” is contained within the walls of our house, not outside it.

Think this scenario or some-thing very close to it would be unlikely to ever unfold here in Canada, in B.C., or in your neigh-bourhood? OK, but keep in mind that your local politicians would probably have no prob-lem with it. In fact they would likely herald such develop-ments as being representative of forward-looking, responsible urban planning. Build it big and they will come! And therein lies the problem for those of us who would like to preserve at least some vestiges of our traditional Canadian lifestyle.

Ray ArnoldRichmond

Editor:My husband and I were in accident on Dec. 19

on Highway 99. We ended up in the ditch. It was pretty scary.

I wanted to thank the fellow who hauled me out the window (and others, who helped) as well as

the wonderful woman who let me sit in her car, with a blanket, for as long as it took.

I don’t know anybody’s name, but thank you very much.

Heather KoschelRichmond

A good resolution for 2015: be kinder to and more compassionate

Columnist is off on climate change

Editor: I am not at all happy

with Tom Fletcher’s columns. He is not a scientist, yet feels free to criticize the efforts that are going on in the world to try to minimize the effects of climate change.

He seems to want to set himself up as some sort of climate expert.

I would rather trust the 97% of climate scientists world-wide who agree that climate change is the most significant challenge of our time.

Please ask him to stick to local topics that perhaps he may know something about, rather than misleading people with his own personal uneducated opinions.

Barbara HuismanRichmond

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Douglas Welbanks remembers

speaking with some young adults about Ujjal Dosan-jh. But there was a problem. They didn’t know who Dosanjh was.

Welbanks, a Rich-mond author, thought Dosanjh deserved a better place in history, so he spent years pull-ing together stories of the man he first met in college in 1971. The result is a biographi-cal tribute: Unbreak-able: The Ujjal Dosanjh Story.

Among the reasons Welbanks wanted to write the book was a

desire to address con-tempt within the B.C. NDP for Dosanjh—a 10-year NDP MLA and one-year premier who later joined the federal Liberals as MP in Van-couver South, rising to the rank of minister of health. Welbanks also wanted to remind people of the social justice work Dosanjh and wife Raminder did in their years preced-ing politics.

Released last year following Welbanks’ 2012 biography on Vancouver social worker May Gutter-idge, Unbreakable chronicles Dosanjh’s life as an immigrant and outspoken critic of sectarian violence—violence that led to the 1985 Air India bombing, the largest mass murder in Canadian history.

Born and raised in India, Dosanjh came to Canada in 1968. Welbanks met him at what is now Langara College, and the two became fast friends.

Dosanjh, a lawyer, would frequently speak out against violence in the South Asian community. Welbanks said the greatest example of his friend’s character came in 1985 when he survived an assassina-tion attempt outside his Vancouver law office. A man wield-ing an iron bar started beating Dosanjh, causing multiple head injuries and a frac-tured hand, before law partner Meb Pirani interrupted the attack.

Dosanjh’s family was

later threatened, and police recommend-ed—after the Air India bombing—that the family leave town for a while. They didn’t.

“The single biggest quality has been Ujjal’s unbreakable stand for his opinion and to stand up for what he believes in, and not to be intimidated by bul-lies,” said Welbanks.

Unbreakable paints a flattering portrait of Dosanjh, but also acknowledges the politician’s detractors and the B.C. NDP’s three greatest sins: casino-gate, the fast ferries and the fudge-it budget.

“I think a lot of left-wingers would try to downplay that, but I tried to put it into perspective. I’m not really carrying a torch for any political party,” said Welbanks.

The book—dedicat-ed to daughter Kate, 9, and all nine-year-olds of the world—is avail-able through local bookstores and online.

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With literally a plethora of recre-

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sports are badminton, table tennis and drop-in basketball.

The basketball drop-in program, hosted Tuesday and Friday afternoons at South Arm Community Centre,

is led by a group of six individuals—mostly women—who enjoy sharing their passion for the roundball game. It’s not surprising to see such an affinity for bas-ketball among the older crowd, especially since the game is deeply rooted in the Richmond community and the local public and private education systems both feature an abundance of teams at the elemen-

tary and high school levels.

A racquet sport first played in the 17th cen-tury, badminton’s roots can be traced to British India, where it was cre-ated by British military officers stationed there. In more recent years, China has become the greatest force in both men’s and women’s competition.

Besides drop-in programs at the various

community centres and at the Oval, Richmond is also home to Rich-mondPro Badminton Centre which is the largest private facility in North America. Every Monday, RichmondPro is literally bursting at the seams as adults 50-plus fill the courts during a special $2.50 drop-in sessions from 1 to 6 p.m.

Perhaps surprisingly, the most popular rec-reation game among those 50 or better just might be table tennis. Seven days a week play-ers congregate at the 16 tables at the Richmond Olympic Oval. With the majority of the play-ers also being Oval members, many also enjoy the facilities’ other amenities including the fitness equipment, badminton and even ice skating.

“By 10 o’clock (each weekday morning) all the tables are full,” says longtime player and well-known table tennis advocate Tony Shaw.

“And I’d guess three quarters of the partici-pants are over 50.”

Shaw is also pleased that at least 35 per cent of the participants are female.

“We’re typically there for two or three hours every day,” says Shaw, adding there are always new faces in the crowd.

For those looking for perhaps a more introspective sport, a masters martial arts class led by a black belt master might fit the bill. Designed with safety in mind, the lower impact moves are taken from karate, tae kwon do, aikido and arnis. All fitness and ability levels are welcome. Classes are held at Minoru Place Activity Centre.

Basic movements form the basis of a beginner’s tai chi class in another popular Minoru Place activity. Sessions are held Tuesdays and Sat-urdays through Dec. 13.

West Richmond Community Centre has set up an entire seniors’ fitness circuit for those 55 and older. Designed to provide a workout to improve flexibility, balance, strength and endurance, this convenient and free outdoor circuit is the first of its kind in the city featuring 14 exercise stations.

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Happy New Year!I expect that in this new year, two of the most signifi cant topics

that will be discussed will be aging and its impacts on people and their families, and Wills Variation. Both are regularly in the news across the country and there is no sign it will change in the coming year. It will likely be the opposite.

Late last month, reasons for judgment were released in the case of Hancock v. Hancock. Th e last living parent in the family passed in 2011, survived by fi ve children. Th ough the deceased did gift much of the family’s land (in the Okanagan) to the children over the years, her residence was owned with one of her children in joint tenancy, and ultimately became the main asset in her Estate.

FactsTh e family lived in the Okanagan. As the children became

adults, some left and others remained in the Okanagan. One of the children left and returned. Th e deceased’s husband died in 1995. In the years before he died, the parents’ properties were transferred to the children (not equally). Th e last transfer was of the deceased’s residence to herself and her daughter as joint tenants. Aft er the deceased moved into a care facility, the residence was sold and the daughter and mother each received approximately $680,000. Th e deceased’s half (or what was left of it at the time of her death) comprised most if not all her Estate.

Th e deceased’s most recent Will, made in 2002, left her Estate to her daughter (the other four children were sons). Two of the children did not participate in the litigation. Th e three who did included the daughter, who defended as she did not want the Will varied.

Court’s decisionIn Wills Variation cases of this kind (where both parents

were now deceased and survived by children), the Court will fi rst examine whether the deceased owed any legal duties to the children. Here there were none. All the children were independent and not disabled.

Th e Court then moved to consider what moral duties were owed to the children. In her Will, the deceased did not explain why some of her children were disinherited. Th e evidence of the Lawyer who prepared the Will did not clarify that issue.

Th e Court also wrestled with existing case authority relating to reasons for disinheritance (in a Will) of a child. Here unfortunately, no reasons exist for why the two Plaintiff s were disinherited. Th e Court did its best to apply existing, though diffi cult, case authority.

Th e Court carefully considered the fi nancial situations of the Plaintiff s, their relationship with their late mother, and concluded that the Will should be varied and gave one Plaintiff $125,000 and the other, $75,000. Th e Court does not always consider a person’s fi nancial situation in these cases, but can where the Estate is large enough. But the result was that the daughter was left with approximately $300,000 from the Estate.

ConclusionsWills Variation litigation is diffi cult. Aside from considerations

of cost, it creates a strain on the family. Relationships change, perhaps irrevocably. It is not clear why the late mother did not make a new Will aft er her residence was transferred to herself and her daughter or aft er that residence was sold. It would probably have helped had she made one. Th e Will created considerable uncertainty because fi rst, given all the transfers of property to children in the last twenty years, with diff ering values, equality (which the late mother probably would have wanted) of distribution was clearly not achieved.

Second, without reasons in the Will for disinheritance of four of the fi ve children, it was impossible for the children (and the Court) to understand what their late mother really wanted. Th ose two factors may have been the main ones in the launching of the litigation. Th erefore, though I have said it before many times, I will repeat myself, that some sort of meeting or careful planning by the late mother might have averted this litigation or might at least have helped the children understand what she really wanted.

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by Don FennellSports Editor

The title of the 1999 drama Any Given Sunday intimates that in the world of pro football any team is capable of victory on any given day. The same can be said of the champion-ship finalists at last week’s annual Richmond Inter-national Bantam-Midget Hockey Tournament.

Perhaps no game illus-trated this more than the final outing of the 2014 tournament in which Penticton-based Okana-gan Hockey Academy outscored Saskatoon AAA Blazers 3-2 on the strength of Tristan Bukovec’s over-time winner in the Ma-jor Midget Division final played New Year’s Eve at Minoru Arenas. Bukovec’s goal, his second of the game, was his seventh in six games and helped to earn the talented forward tournament MVP honours.

While happy his club was able to net the vic-tory, Okanagan Hockey

Academy Prep Red Un-der-18 coach Robert Dirk said more important is the players gaining valuable experience.

“More important than wins or losses is helping the players move forward, and getting them pre-pared to play junior,” said the former Vancouver Ca-nucks’ defenceman.

Dirk, whose team won each of its six games in im-pressive fashion, matched strategies against another former NHL defenceman in the game in the form of Saskatoon bench boss Cur-tis Leschyshyn.

The tournament has proven to be a stepping stone for future NHLers, with at least four catching the eyes of scouts while playing for their Midget teams. But for the vast ma-jority of participants, the tournament often serves as one of the lasting high-lights of their days in minor hockey.

While the majority of players on the Kamloops Lions Midget rep team still

aspire to play at a higher level, their 5-1 win over the host Richmond Blues in the Tier 1 final last Wednesday further illustrated a com-mitment to play for each other this season. Many of the players are close friends and wanted to finish what could be their last year in minor hockey playing to-gether.

A favourite to hoist the

provincial championship in the spring, this was their second tournament win over Richmond this season, having earlier topped the Blues at an invitational in Vernon. That said, coaches of both teams said there is little to choose between the clubs.

“At the end of the day we were down a couple of kids, but you have to give

it to them. They came at us hard and were focused.,” said Richmond coach Glenn Wheeler. “A lot of our kids hadn’t played in many big games like this and nerves got the best of them and (Lions) took advantage with two early goals.”

The Lions were paced by tournament MVP—as selected by The Richmond

Review—Ryan Clifford. The smooth-skating defence-man topped all scorers with a goal and 16 assists, including three helpers in the championship game.

Gaining a berth in the final with an inspiring 3-2 win over Prince George Cougars Dec. 30—just over 24 hours after be-ing thrashed 7-1 by the Cougars in round-robin play—seemed to exhaust the Blues. But Wheeler said each of the games provid-ed valuable lessons for the team and its players going forward.

“Our kids’ effort to get to the final pushed my respect level for them through the roof,” he said. “There’s been a couple circumstances this year where our team has had to come together and face some adversity and I think we’re better because of it. When forced to take on roles they weren’t accus-tomed to, our players have grown. I think after the loss to Prince George our team had something to prove. Our team succeeds by committee and we need to have all our players con-tributing in different ways.”

South Delta Storm took top honours in the Midget Tier 2 Division, downing the Golden State Elite Eagles Under-16AA 4-1 in Thursday’s final. Seafair Is-landers went 3-2 overall to finish sixth overall.

Nanaimo proved to be the class of the Bantam Tier 1 Division, compiling a 5-1 record capped by a 3-1 final-game victory over Juan de Fuca. Saan-

ich Braves AA topped the Bantam Tier II Division with a 5-0 mark during which they outscored their op-ponents 30-4. The Braves defeated San Diego 4-0 in the final. Seafair Islanders A2 went 2-2-2 and earned third place with a 5-3 vic-tory over Phoenix Firebirds Dec. 30. The game was tied 2-2 going into the third.

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Richmond Midget team learns much through its resolve

Don Fennell photoRichmond Midget A1 Blues Jovan Jankovic (left) and Evan Yang team up on the forecheck against Kamloops Lion Felix Nachtigal during Wednesday’s Tier 1 final at the Richmond International Bantam-Midget Hockey Tournament at Minoru Arenas.

The way tothe NHL

On his way to be-coming a star centre with New Jersey, Scott Gomez drew the atten-tion of the B.C. Hockey League Surrey Eagles while playing for the Alaska All-Stars at the Richmond Interna-tional Bantam-Midget Hockey Tournament. And another Alaskan, Brandon Dubinsky, parlayed his strong play into a junior ca-reer with the Portland Winter Hawks and ul-timately a top line role with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The tournament also helped propel the ca-reers of Richmond’s own Raymond Sawada (formerly of the Dallas Stars) and Weyburn, Sask. native Derrick Pouliot, a first round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2012, who is now starting on its blueline.

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Sunday, 10 am – Worship & Sunday SchoolMinister: Rev. Stuart W. Appenheimer, B.A., M.Div.

Brighouse Pre-school:604-272-2480 • Brighouse UC Day Care: 604-278-8469

CHRIST-CENTERED CHRISTIAN CHURCHwww.cccc-richmondbc.com

COME AND JOIN US IN OUR CELEBRATION OF REDEMPTION!Worship Service.....12:20 p.m.

Sunday School.....2:00 p.m.8151 Bennett Road, Richmond tel: 604-271-6491

Eastern Catholic Church : Everyone Welcome!

Sunday Service: 11:00 am Храм Успення Пресвятої Богородиці: Божественна Літургія: 9:00am

Se habla español; Bine ați venit, Просимо Ласкаво8700 Railway Ave. (just north Francis)

www.easternchurch.wordpress.com Tel: 604 447 1731

GILMORE PARK UNITED CHURCH8060 No. 1 Road (corner of No. 1 & Blundell)

604.277.5377 www.gilmoreparkunited.caRev. Maggie Watts-Hammond, Min. of Word, Sacrament & Pastoral Care

Rev. Kimiko Karpoff – Min. of Christian Development & OutreachWorship and Children’s Program Sundays 10:30 am

For more information, please check our website or call the offi ce. Everyone is welcome!

Richmond United Church8711 Cambie Rd. (near Garden City Rd.) 604-278-5622

Come for 10am Sunday Worship and Children’sSunday School and after-service coffee and fellowship.

Rev. Dr. Warren McKinnonFounded 1888. Richmond’s Oldest Church

STEVESTON UNITED CHURCH3720 Broadway Street (at 2nd Ave.)

Please join us at 10am Sunday, January 11, 2015for Worship Service and Sunday School

604-277-0508 • www.stevestonunitedchurch.caA caring and friendly village church

Fujian Evangelical Churchwelcomes you to

Sunday Worship Services • English Services: 9:00 & 10:45 a.m. • Mandarin Service: 9:00 a.m. • Minnanese Service: 10:45 a.m.

12200 Blundell Road, Richmond, B.C., V6W 1B3Phone 604-273-2757 • www.fujianevangelical.org

8140 Saunders Road, Richmond, BC604-277-8012 www.bbchurch.caDr. Tim Colborne - Lead Pastor.

Worship Service - 10:30 a.m. Sonshine Adventures for Kids

Broadmoor Baptist ChurchA safe place to connect with God and fellow

travellers on your spiritual journey

ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADASt. Alban

an Anglican parish in the heart of RichmondServices at 8:30 and 10:00 am

Sunday School 10:00 amThe Reverend Margaret Cornish

7260 St. Albans Road, Richmond 604-278-2770 • www.stalbansrichmond.org

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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

6 IN MEMORIAM GIFTS

7 OBITUARIES

HUDSON, Hugh Patrick

With heavy hearts and sadness, we say goodbye to Pat. Husband, father, grand-father and cherished friend. He passed away peacefully, in Grand Forks, B.C. on December 12, 2014 at the age of 67. Pat was a long time Richmond resident and 27 year member of the Vancou-ver Police Department before retiring to the small town life in Grand Forks, B.C. Memorial Service will be held at the Bethany Baptist Church 22680 Westminster Hwy. Richmond, BC on Monday, January 12, 2015 at 2:00 PM.

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

7 OBITUARIES

ASHDOWN, Bruce RichardMay 9, 1935 ~ Dec 21, 2014

Born in Vancouver, B.C. Bruce passed away peacefully at Richmond General Hospital. He will be missed by wife, Patricia, brother Jim (Gwen), nephew Brian, niece Karen (Martin) and her two young children. Bruce graduated from King Edward High School and earned a Bachelor of Physical Education degree from UBC. Bruce’s teaching career began at King Edward High School in 1960. In 1962 Bruce was there to open the doors of Eric Hamber High School where he taught and coached countless students until he retired in 1993. In May of 2013 the Boys Gymnasium at Eric Hamber was dedicated in his honour. Teachers and students alike will remember Bruce for his enthusiasm and commitment to both teaching and coaching. Always an avid athlete, Bruce was an All-Star soccer player for UBC and in the Pacifi c Coast Soccer League. His love of sports was never more evident than on the golf course, at Exhibition Park Racetrack or while watching his beloved New York Yankees and Montreal Canadiens. A celebration of his life will be held at Greena-cres Golf Course, 5040 Num-ber 6 Road in Richmond on Jan. 10 from 1:00pm–3:00pm. If so desired, donations may be made to The Heart & Stroke Foundation.

www.heartandstroke.bc.ca

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

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114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

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115 EDUCATION

BC COLLEGE OF OPTICS - Optician / Contact Lens Fitter. 6 month course. 604.581.0101

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115 EDUCATION

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125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

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160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

CERTIFIED GM TECHNICIAN

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Commercial Trailer Journeyman Mechanic

(Surrey Terminal)

Van-Kam Freightways Ltd. re-quires two (2) full-time Commer-cial Trailer Journeyman Mechan-ics to work out of our Surrey Terminal located at 10155 Grace Road.

Applicants should have an in-spectors ticket, a minimum of 2 years of related experience, a positive attitude and able to work in a team environment. Experi-ence in a freight fl eet environ-ment would be preferred as this is a busy facility providing service to a large fl eet of Company Owned Trucks and Trailers.

Seize this opportunity to work for one of Western Canada’s largest regional freight carriers.

For more information, call Derek,

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Interested candidates should at-tach an updated resume and cov-er letter to:

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Van-Kam thanks you for your interest, however only those be-ing considered will be contacted.

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Commercial Transport Journeyman Mechanic

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Van-Kam Freightways Ltd. requires two (2) full-time Com-mercial Transport Journeyman Mechanics to work out of our Surrey Terminal located at 10155 Grace Road. One (1) position is an afternoon shift starting at 3:30PM and working until midnight and the other position (1) has an 11:30PM start working until 8:00AM.

Applicants should have an in-spectors ticket, a minimum of 2 years of related experience, a positive attitude and able to work in a team environment. Experi-ence in a freight fl eet environ-ment would be preferred as this is a busy facility providing service to a large fl eet of Company Owned Trucks and Trailers.

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Interested candidates should at-tach an updated resume and cov-er letter to:

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Van-Kam thanks you for your interest, however only those be-ing considered will be contacted.

Van-Kam is committed toEmployment Equity and

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242 CONCRETE & PLACING

Placing & Finishing * Forming* Site Prep, old concrete removal

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Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

260 ELECTRICAL

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287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Full Service Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area.1-800-573-2928

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320 MOVING & STORAGE

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559 MEDICAL SUPPLIES

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Trail Appliances Hockey Tournament at Richmond Ice Centre

The annual Trail Appliances Hockey Tournament was held this past weekend at the Richmond Ice Centre for ages four to eight (or levels Hockey 1 to 4, respectively).

Originally named the Odlum Brown Tournament, the goal of the event is more development instead of competition. The teams at every level are made to be fair and balanced within their organizations, and the score is only kept during the Hockey 4 games.

There were 54 teams from all over the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, and Washington State participat-ing in the tournament at the Hockey 2 to Hockey 4 level, as well as more than 100 new skaters at the Hockey 1 level.

The Hockey 1 teams each play one game and the upper levels play four, in an exhibition tournament style.

Richmond Minor Hockey Association’s director of hockey development Milan Dragicevic explained that as the players grow up, their understanding of the game increases.

“The older the kids get, for example from Hockey 2 to Hockey 4, there’s a consider-able difference,” he said. “I think it’s a great develop-ment aspect for these kids to interact with different people, with different associ-ations, and it just shows you how far hockey has come over the years.

“This is a great tourna-ment for everyone to expose hockey at the highest level in their age group.”

Katie Lawrence covers the social scene for The Richmond Review. She may be reached at [email protected].

Young skaters take to the ice

Around TownKatie Lawrence

The Richmond Blues (white) goalie keeps his eye on the puck during a North Delta Storm offensive attack.

In the lobby of the Richmond Ice Centre, a large raffle was set up with some great prizes, including a Montreal Canadiens’ Brendan Gallagher jersey.

The New Westminster Royals played the Seattle Eagles on the opening day of the Trail Appliances tournament Friday night.

Richmond Blues (white) Hockey 4 coach Kirk Darbyshire talks to his team be-fore their game against the North Delta Storm.

A Burnaby Bulldogs player breaks out against Seafair.

The Burnaby Bulldogs try to clear the zone in a losing effort against Seafair on Friday.

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As voted by Canadian Family readers in

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