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WednesdayMarch 23, 2016 (Vol. 41 No. 23)

Independent Investigation Office releases little information in months since police-involved killing

Victims family waits too long: MLA

Ad-lib measures result in placing concrete highway barricades along scenic waterfront

Crescent weathers quick fix in wake of storm

Melissa Smalley Staff Reporter

A Surrey MLA is speaking out on behalf of the family of Hudson Brooks in their search for answers, eight months after the 20-year-old was killed by police in South Surrey.

NDP MLA Sue Hammell (Surrey-Green Timbers) told Peace Arch News this week that Hudsons family has been waiting much too long for informa-tion about what happened in the early

morning hours of July 18, when he was fatally shot outside of the South Surrey RCMP detachment.

We have a family that doesnt have answers as to what happened, she said Monday. For all of our sense of security and trust, we need to know what hap-pened. Its now March, in (four) months it will be a year. Thats much too long.

Police said the shooting occurred after an altercation during which an officer was also injured, later confirming that

only police-issued weapons were found at the scene. No further details have been disclosed, and the case is in the hands of the Independent Investigation Office, which handles incidents involving police that result in serious injury or death.

Last month, IIO spokesperson Marten Yousseff told PAN the office was still awaiting third-party reports, and did not have a timeline for when the reports would be complete.

Hammell said such delays another

IIO spokesperson told PAN in Decem-ber the office was still waiting for unre-lated ballistics reports from a full year earlier need to be addressed.

If there are backups, then those are indicative that they need more resources, Hammell said.

There should be some kind of best practices or standards around how long it takes to get back to people regarding an incident like this.

Alex BrowneStaff Reporter

A temporary storm wall erected on the Crescent Beach waterfront in anticipation of a serious windstorm that never material-ized has been removed.

The wall of precast concrete highway barri-ers adjacent to Beecher Street and Adams Lane was removed section by section by City of Surrey crews on Monday.

It had been there since March 13, installed in the aftermath of the 90-km/h winds that

whipped the White Rock and South Surrey coastline March 11 and in anticipation of a storm later that evening that was being forecast to reach winds of up to 105 km/h.

The peak tide would have been at 10 p.m. that night, and our crews completed the wall just before that, said City of Surrey opera-tions manager Rob Costanzo.

Murphys Law the wind died down.The wall the first attempt of its kind at

Crescent Beach was only planned as a temporary measure to back up the existing

dike, Costanzo said. The dike had received a pounding from

crashing waves during the previous storm, sending rocks over the top and onto the pathway and sending water into front gar-dens, he added.

Time would have been of the essence had the forecast storm materialized, Costanzo said.

We really did this ad-lib sand bags would have been very labour intensive and would have taken hours, and we would not have been able to place them in time.

Once the structure was built, Costanzo said, it was decided to leave it in place for a week.

There werent any forecasts of any signifi-cance, but we thought wed keep it there, just in case, Costanzo added.

He said that while some residents had con-tacted the city to find out how long the wall would be in place, response from residents and businesses was generally favourable even though the barriers had impeded the view of the beach for the space of a week.

Udo Zirkwitz photoCity crews install temporary concrete barricades along the entrance to Crescent Beach in the aftermath of the March 11 storm, anticipating additional 105 km/h winds that never came.

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There was no negative feedback when we were out building it resi-dents were quite supportive, and the community was very grateful, he said, noting fire department personnel had gone door-to-door to inform residents when the wall was constructed.

Total cost of trucking the blocks in and out of Crescent Beach was around $18,000 relatively small, Costanzo said, in comparison with $3 million budgeted each year to deal with significant weather events.

He acknowledged the city was being very cautious in preparing for the anticipated storm, saying we learned quite a bit from the exercise.

Costanzo noted the city already owned the barriers, donated by the provincial government following construction of Highway 15, and said

the blocks will now be stored much closer to Crescent Beach for a more timely and less-expensive response.

Were also looking at alternative structures, which are prefabricated and much lighter, and which can withstand crashing waves, he said. Thats a whole different problem than wed encounter along a river-bank, where rising water levels would be the concern.

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Hammell said she had brought the matter to the attention of MLA Mike Farnworth, the NDPs justice critic, and was hopeful he would consider rais-ing the issue during question period. Farnworth could not be reached for comment by PAN press time Tuesday.

The political involvement is welcome news to Brooks mother, Jennifer, who told PAN last month she had not been contacted by any elected officials.

I wanted to put pressure on the poli-ticians, and this is our start, she said

Friday after Hammell reached out. The Surrey-Green Timbers MLA said

she plans to meet with Brooks mother before the house resumes after the Easter break, with a goal of helping the family to get some answers.

My hope is that very soon the fam-ily will know what happened that evening, Hammell said. I may be wrong, but in my opinion, this is very unusual that the family would not know what happened (eight) months later. Nothing. They dont know any-thing. And thats not OK.

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newsSecurity plan approved, but Cloverdale event still needs last-minute city permit

Gun show proponents aim to beat clockNick GreenizanStaff Reporter

Organizers of the 2016 B.C. Rod and Gun Show in Cloverdale are moving forward as though the event will go ahead next month, despite not yet having a permit from the City of Surrey.

Show organizer Steve Bednash told Peace Arch News Monday that he has complied with all the citys requests and eliminated aspects of the event that were of concern to council members since council referred a tempo-rary-use permit application back to staff, rather than approve it, earlier this month.

The permit necessary for the show scheduled for April 15-17 at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, after its premier engagement last year cannot be approved until the citys next council meeting on April 11, just four

days before the shows scheduled opening.City officials including Mayor Linda

Hepner and Coun. Dave Woods, a for-mer district commander for the Clover-dale RCMP had expressed concern at the March 7 council meeting with the shows security plan, as well as with the sale of ammu-nition and the presence of restricted handguns.

Hepner also took issue with the shows name, specifically the word gun in the title.

If its a sportsman show or an outdoors-man show, why dont you call it that? Why do you call it Rod and Gun? she told Black Press earlier this month.

Bednash confirmed ammunition will no longer be sold at the event, and handguns

and other restricted firearms, including antiques, will also not be part of it.

In a news release issued late Monday after-noon, show organizers insisted that, with the security plan approved, council will be able to approve this permit knowing it will

be a safe event for all Surrey residents.

Weve had quite a few conversations, and our security plan has been approved by the

RCMP, and by the (City of Surreys festival) committee, Bednash said. Were alive and well everything is a go.

Surreys manager of parks, Owen Croy, confirmed that security requirements were met on March 17, but reiterated that the temporary-use permit was still necessary.

Bednash said the show lost a few vendors specifically those who sell ammunition but was nonetheless happy to have the show back on the right track with all parties involved.

Weve still got a ton of people signed up as vendors most of them are just retired hunters looking to sell their old firearms, and some of them are quite valuable, he said. Thats always been the whole idea of the show to give people the chance to get rid of unwanted hunting and fishing gear.

Bednash said he is confident the permit would be green-lit with no further complica-tions, and did not have a contingency plan in place, should it be denied for any reason.

Weve satisfied everything they asked us to look at, he said.

There is no Plan B, but itd be pretty hard to just have a rod show.

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Colourful commentaryKitty He, 10, and her grandmother, Xue Gui Ling, paint their hands to leave their marks on a mural at the Hands Up Against Racism event on the White Rock waterfront on Saturday. The racism-awareness event, which took place in five Lower Mainland communities, was presented by Spice Radio.

Melissa SmalleyStaff Reporter

As White Rock city council voted this week to approve a $13-million arsenic and manganese treatment project as part of the 2016-2020 financial plan, city staff are issuing a request for proposals to deter-mine the method of water treat-ment to be used.

Greg St. Louis, the citys direc-tor of engineering and munici-pal operations, told Peace Arch News Monday that staff have been reviewing a 2009 conceptual study conducted by previous utility own-ers Epcor, which highlighted the various methods for reducing arse-

nic and manganese in the water supply.

Since that time there has more than likely been some advances in technology, St. Louis said. So what we want to do is have a con-sultant look at what is currently available and see what the costs are, as well as the ongoing operat-ing costs associated with those, and based on that, well make a selection.

St. Louis said the city is also in the process of applying for federal and provincial infrastructure grants to help pay for the cost of the two treatment plants planned for the city one at the Oxford water reser-

voir and one at the Merk-lin pump station, currently under construction.

Preliminary plans for the treatment facilities expected to be up and run-ning within two to three years were presented at a city-hosted water quality open house this month.

Test results for arsenic and manganese levels over the past year were also on display.

The arsenic levels in two of the citys seven wells tested within 0.002 mg/L of Health Canadas maximum allowable concentration of .010 mg/L, while the manganese

levels in five of the wells tested above the esthetic guideline limit.

St. Louis told PAN the city has set a goal of an 80 per cent reduction rate for arse-nic, which would bring the overall water-supply con-centration below Health Canadas negligible health-risk level of .0003 mg/L.

The current arsenic lev-els have been a source of concern for some residents, who have been critical of the city for not doing enough to inform the community about the health risks associated with arsenic exposure. St. Louis

said information about arsenic and how it can be removed from a households water supply is pro-vided on the citys website. In addi-tion, he said, the city included details about arsenic with the water bills mailed out earlier this year.

With Fraser Healths June 30 deadline for the city to have sec-ondary disinfection in place, St. Louis said staff are still in the process of conducting bench-scale tests on the addition of chlorine. While he didnt know when full chlorination will be implemented, he said the community will be informed when the secondary treatment is in place system-wide.

Water-treatment budget includes $13 million to stay within Health Canada allowable levels

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There is no Plan B, but itd be pretty hard to just have a rod show.

Steve BednashB.C. Rod and Gun Show

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Officials with A Rocha Canada welcomed partners and fellow land stewards to their South Sur-rey property this month to cel-ebrate the $4.1-million gift that gave them a permanent home.

The land at 19353 16 Ave. where A Rocha has been oper-ating on a year-to-year lease since 2010 was donated to the organization in December by the Neufeld family.

Brenda Neufeld was just 16 years old when her parents Arnold and Elizabeth bought the property in 1972. With three heritage buildings, and a portion of the Little Campbell River run-ning through, it was being used as a care facility for people with mental illness and disabilities at the time.

I looked on it sort of like a family adventure, Neufeld said. I was 16 sounded fun to me.

The family fell in love with the river, she said. They worked to ful-fil a dream to have the property used by a non-profit that would honour that work.

Neufeld told attend-ees at the March 11 event that A Rocha seemed like a really good fit for that vision.

I know my parents would be delighted, she said, of the 18-acre gift of A Rochas Brooksdale Envi-ronmental Centre. Truly, never in our wildest dreams could we have imagined Brooksdale.

A Rocha which works in con-servation science, environmental education and sustainable agri-culture had been working with the Neufelds since 2008. Direc-tor David Anderson described the gift as fantastic news for A

Rocha and for com-munities around us.

The land is on Semi-ahmoo First Nation territory. Band coun-cillor Joanne Charles opened the March 11 event with a prayer song, telling Neufeld it was to give thanks for the gift that you have

bestowed on A Rocha.They will look after the land,

the gift, in a good way, Charles said.

For more on A Rocha, visit www.arocha.ca

Six properties in Rosemary Heights could become 21 lots, if development applications get the go-ahead.

Shawn Low, the citys south planning manager, said each application near 36 Avenue and 156 Street proposes amendments to the Official Community Plan. The lots designations would need to change from suburban half-acre lots to transitional single-family to facilitate the development, changes Low acknowledged have raised some concern among residents.

Increased traffic and student safety at nearby schools were among concerns cited in a flyer about a recent public meeting. Low also noted setbacks and a connection to 36 Avenue as among issues.

He described the process as at a very preliminary stage.

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Land donation celebratedA Rocha Canada thanks Neufelds for $4.1-million legacy gift

Tracy Holmes photosTop, David Anderson, director of the Brooksdale Environmental Centre, listens as Semiahmoo First Nation councillor Joanne Charles performs a prayer song. Above, land donor Brenda Neufeld (right) listens with A Rocha founder Lisa Kostamo during March 11 celebrations at the South Surrey property.

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Delta Mayor Lois Jackson has made an interesting suggestion to help break the current gridlock over transit and highway funding in Metro Vancouver or at least restore some forward impetus.

Her idea that users of all Lower Mainland bridges pay a flat $1 toll per use may be the most palatable solution yet with regard to paying the price for transportation, even though such a measure would still likely stick in the craw of many who rely on these important connections for their daily commute.

Some of those bridges were supposedly bought and paid for years ago, and it might be argued that the imposition of any fee for them breaks faith with the electorate, both currently and historically. Others whatever their practicality in the people-moving game stand as costly, politicized monuments for which a $1 toll represents substantially less than anything we have been told is mandatory to recoup the expense of the structures.

Yet Jacksons approach has the simple, populist ring that all canny politicians strive for and which may have more practical chance of finding resonance with the electorate than the recent failed transit levy referendum.

A single dollar may well be what marketers refer to as a sell-through price, that simple magic number at the point where inclination and cash-on-hand coincide.

How much? A buck? However grudgingly, the answer would probably be OK.

Drivers might even rationalize the expense theyre getting a break on this new bridge even if theyre getting dinged for that old one. They might even say, were all going to pay for all of this, one way or another.

Were past the stage, really, where we can even argue for fairness in shouldering the costs of supplying an up-to-date transportation network roads, bridges and transit for the burgeoning Metro Vancouver area. The fact is that successive balls were dropped many years ago, by politicians more interested in taking expedient paths, rather than pioneering new trails for the future. Years of gasoline taxes and demonstrably bloated and wasteful transit authorities also bear their share of the blame and responsibility for current public antipathy to funding transit and transportation improvements.

Any forward movement, such as that which Jackson suggests, may ultimately be better than endlessly rehashing past bitterness.

Were stuck in the past, when we need to be moving as efficiently and rapidly as roads, rails and bridges will allow into the future.

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The BC Liberals are risking a substantial loss of support in the May 2017 election with a continued do-nothing approach to bridge tolling.

Independent Delta MLA Vicki Huntington and Delta Mayor Lois Jackson exposed the BC Liberals weakness on this issue last week, when discussing Jacksons call for a $1 toll on all bridges in the region.

Jacksons news release calling for $1 tolls say they would encourage drivers to use the most convenient crossing, and at the same time collect the revenue needed to pay for bridge financing obligations.

Unlike Transportation Minister Todd Stone, who lives in Kamloops and knows little about Metro Vancouver traffic congestion, or Premier Christy Clark, who represents West Kelowna in the legislature and has never lived south of the Fraser, Jackson knows what she is talking about. Her concern is that the Alex Fraser Bridge is rapidly becoming the most congested bridge in the region, and both Stone and Clark seem oblivious to the problems that creates.

The 2011 traffic counts on the regions bridges had the Alex Fraser second to the Ironworkers Memorial (Second

Narrows), with 117,000 vehicles crossing per day. The Second Narrows had 127,000. The Port Mann Bridge at that time the old five-lane Port Mann had

112,000 crossings per day; the new one attracting significantly less traffic.

Many of those vehicles have migrated to the Alex Fraser and to a lesser extent, the Pattullo, which in 2011 had 68,000 vehicles crossing per day. The Pattullo is hopelessly thick with traffic all day, every day during the work week, and many large trucks use it despite the fact it is falling apart and long past its best-before date.

Stone and Clark have stated that a new bridge taking the

place of the Massey Tunnel will be tolled. The Surrey and New Westminster mayors recently agreed that any replacement for the Pattullo be tolled. If nothing else changes, that means there will be five crossings of the Fraser between Langley and Delta, and four of them will be tolled.

At the same time, there will be no other toll bridges in the province.

That will put enormous pressure on the Alex Fraser, Highway 91, the roads leading to the highway, and on New Westminsters Queensborough Bridge.

When questioned in the legislature by

Huntington (see page 31), Stone said there is no rush to review the provincial tolling policy, as new bridges are at least five or six years away. Clark backed that stance, saying the province doesnt know if it will get federal money for bridge projects and thus cant make policy changes right away.

Both explanations are weak at best. People who cross the tolled bridges are paying substantial amounts to get to work and school. Other commuters, some of whom use new bridges such as the Pitt River Bridge, pay nothing.

Clark likely doesnt want to stir discontent in Liberal-held ridings where most dont pay tolls, such as in Vancouver, North Shore, Burnaby, Richmond and parts of the Tri-Cities area.

However, the natives are restless in those ridings over other issues, such as rapidly rising housing costs. The BC Liberal budgets measure calling for elimination of the property transfer tax on new homes valued up to $750,000 was, for the most part, a dud. Clark is now going after shadow flipping, but the outrage over housing continues to grow.

The BC Liberals are also under pressure to produce tangible results on at least one LNG plant the primary promise of the 2013 election campaign.

Fumbling the bridge tolling issue will drive away BC Liberal support in key Surrey ridings, in North Delta and perhaps in Maple Ridge ridings as well. Planning for the 2017 election is already well underway. The loss of these ridings could mean the difference between a win or a loss.

Frank Bucholtz writes Wednesdays for Peace Arch News.

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Freedom quest no easy taskEditor:Re: Note difference for refugees, March 11 letters.

Im sorry that letter-writer Stephen Wright was infuriated by Ivan M. Scotts letter (Dont just give, teach refugees, March 9 ) which I happen to agree with encouraging more than just giving to refugees.

Having been a refugee from the U.S.S.R. via Germany after the Second World War, I do know the difference between an immigrant and a refugee.

We did not arrive in heaven. There were no special programs for us. My mother, grandmother and I lived in a garage, then a shack, and later a 280-square-foot house for another six years. Life was not easy, but we were free!

I am all in favour of accepting refugees and hope they will appreciate Canada as much as I still do.Jenny Corenblum, White Rock

Do better with taxpayer fundsEditor: Re: Plea earns budgetary shift, March 16.

Mayor Wayne Baldwins bragging conflicts with facts.

Compared to most other Metro Vancouver member cities such as neighbouring Surrey White Rocks residential and business property tax rates are far, far higher and have been for many years.

Last year, my property tax bill for a strata residence with an assessed value of approximately $185,000 was just over $1,410. This year, if I was paying taxes to Surrey for a residential property of identical value, I would be billed roughly 40 per cent less: only $862.04.

Starkly contrasting with well-maintained nearby South Surrey, for many years White Rocks main business areas and major transport routes have had an almost Third-World appearance of neglect and abandonment: buckled sidewalks; overgrown trees; rusting bus shelters; overflowing oil-drum garbage containers; absence of outdoor way-finding signage and maps; lack of bicycle parking stands; and roadway bicycle-lane markings and symbols that have been allowed to erode.

Even if White Rock council votes to approve reducing what are already extortionately high property taxes by a measly couple of per cent for 2016, this cannot possibly make up for their empty-headedly putting the city many tens of millions of dollars into debt late last year by capriciously voting for the citys purchase of the local water utility from its previous owner/operator, Epcor, a utility on which many millions of dollars of more public monies will have to be spent in the near future building a couple of huge treatment plants to remove arsenic and manganese from the

health-hazard water that the utility currently provides.

Instead of disingenuously lowering property taxes by an amount so small that it will have little to nil meaningful positive consequences for the average taxpayer council should be taking steps to make sure that, for a change, basic maintenance of the citys streets and related infrastructure is carried out annually and on an as-needed basis.Roderick V. Louis, White Rock

Harper praise misplacedEditor:Re: Divergent leadership, Feb. 17 letters.

With regard to the letter from Mary Bruce, I would suggest that Bruce, letter-writer L. Young (Show some respect for past PM, Jan. 20 letters) and columnist Tom Fletcher (Looking back on Harper, Jan. 6 column) obtain a copy of the book, Party of One, by Michael Harris.

A few weeks ago, a letter (Leadership critical, Jan. 29 letters) appeared in answer to the many letters lauding former prime minister Stephen Harper for the wonderful work he did, and referred readers to the aforementioned book. I purchased the book and it really opened my eyes to how Harper

became prime minister, assisted by hiring help from the U.S., a country where dirty politics is the norm.

Bruces letter fails to mention the closure of defence department medical clinics throughout Canada, which assisted servicemen returning from Afghanistan and other hot spots suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and for those who lost limbs, they were paid a lump sum instead of a well-deserved pension.

Harper sent our young men and women to war, but if they returned wounded physically or mentally his attitude appeared to be that they did what they joined up to do and its too bad if they were casualties.

I served in the Second World War and also Korea and had several friends of mine killed or severely wounded. When they returned to Canada, they and other veterans who came home wounded, both mentally and physically, the government of the day showed their appreciation and the appreciation of the Canadian citizens by providing them with the assistance they desperately needed and earned.

Just read the book, which gives a thorough account of how the 2011 election forced Elections Canada to scrap the outdated laws covering federal elections and bringing them up to date so elections could not be won by surreptitious American-assisted means.

Finally, Bruces reference to

Bill C-377 and its attempts to investigate labour unions finances is ludicrous considering it came from former South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale MP Russ Hiebert, who reported $600,000 spent out of taxpayers money on travel and when questioned about it, his comment was purportedly thats the price of democracy. His approach to democracy we can well do without.

He now has a good down payment on a new home wherever it may be and when he turns 55, after serving a few short years as an MP, he will receive a pension far greater than any retiree from the Armed Forces or RCMP will receive having served 20 to 25 years of their lives in the service of Canada.J.R. Marshall, Surrey

No excuse for poor conditionsEditor:

I am having a hard time understanding how there are still people living on the Semiahmoo reserve without water and adequate accommodations.

This has gone on for years, it has to be addressed, we must grow as a community where everyone has a voice and is treated fairly no matter who they are,we are all equal.Kerry Quirk, White Rock

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Contributed photoDerrick Douglas, 9, with whats left of his favourite tree. Derrick says too many trees are being cut in Surrey.

An open letter to the City of Surrey. Havent you had enough?Stop cutting trees down, you are making me sad. You

cut down one of my favourite trees and I am pretty sure that other people are sad.

Please stop cutting trees down. The trees make fresh air and the more trees you cut down, the less fresh air we have. The birds are losing their habitat and if you cut trees for years, we will probably have no fresh air.Derrick Douglas, age 9, Surrey

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Neighbours who spotted smoke coming from an Ocean Park home last week acted quickly to save the sole occupant a dog.

Surrey assistant fire Chief Chris Keon said crews were

alerted to a fire at a home in the 1400-block of 129A Street just before 1:30 p.m. last Wednesday.

On arrival, a bystander advised that no one was home, that he had made access to the front door and got the dog out,

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My recent columns on B.C.s struggle with the growing westward migration of transients have produced responses that fall mainly into two groups.

The largest is people relieved that somebody is questioning the urban media narrative. Thats the one where drifters, drug addicts, welfare shoppers and thieves are the victims, and working people whose hard-earned communities are being degraded are the problem because of their selfish, uncaring attitudes.

Then there are readers so marinated in our nanny-state education, media and political system they object to anything other than a big-government response. They tend to ask, whats your solution, Tom?

As someone who has lost one relative to heroin addiction and almost lost another, I reflect on the history of successful addiction treatment. That is one of detox and abstinence.

Thats why I oppose the failed model of Vancouvers Downtown Eastside, where resources are poured into concentrated housing and harm reduction that perpetuate addiction, handouts and helplessness. Housing Minister Rich Coleman is rolling this out in other

communities, in what I fear is an effort to paper over the problem for an election year.

The Globe and Mailrecently profiled a methamphetamine addict enrolled at Onsite, the belated treatment addition to Vancouvers Insite supervised injection site. It was his fifth try, which may have something to do with the fact that when he walks outside he is in the middle of Canadas biggest street drug bazaar.

Contrast that with a facility called Baldy Hughes, a therapeutic community outside Prince George. Its a working farm, designed to provide a year-long program of abstinence-based therapy and meaningful work.

It uses the traditional 12-step program, with peer support and group therapy.

Theres a greenhouse for winter farming, livestock to tend and the residents have designed and built a new horse stable. Residents can complete their high school education, take first-aid training and learn basic computer skills.

What they cant do is leave unescorted during their treatment program.

Its a costly program, with a small number of spaces available on referral from B.C.s social

development ministry.I mention this not to suggest

it is a solution for every community, buttocompare it with what the B.C. government is spending millions on.

A news event was arranged to greet the first resident moving from Victorias squalid downtown tent camp to a refurbished nursing home. And who was the poster child for this project, hand-picked by the agency that runs the growing network of shelters in the area?

He described himself as a former Edmonton resident who was going from shelter to shelter and ending up camped in the squat.

He was impressed by the tidy room with three meals a day, in a low barrier facility where booze and drugs are brought in, no questions asked.

What he was really looking forward to, in addition to accommodations, was an opportunity to kick back and play his favourite video game. That would be Grand Theft Auto, where your character runs around stealing cars, escaping police and meeting with criminal gangs. Its popular with adolescents, which these days means anyone under 30.

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Mainu Ahmed works his way though dozens of people on a busy weekend morning at the Muslim Food Bank (MFB) in North Surrey.

Its a gong show, he admits, showing a visitor the different activities and sections of the bustling warehouse.

Its like this every second Saturday, with upwards of 120 families going through the process of registering and picking up hampers a similar process seen at many other food banks.

But this one is different.Ahmed estimates that approximately 80

per cent of the clients are refugees, just the latest trend at a food bank that has catered to the Lower Mainlands Muslim community since 2010.

Syrian refugees are not just present in the news, theyre already out helping in the community. One volunteer at the food bank, Osama Alkhamis, arrived in Canada

just three weeks ago. He still lives in transitional housing at a hotel.

Speaking almost no English, Alkhamis gets by, conversing with the food banks other Arabic speakers.

Volunteer Alishia Rajabali says shes seen improvised and usually successful sign language in her year of volunteering at the MFB.

Apart from the relatively common English and Arabic language skills among clients, there are those who speak Farsi, Urdu, Hindi and Swahili and different dialects of those languages.

Were all from different backgrounds, she says.

The certified general accountant and recruiter for an accounting firm says she began volunteering at the MFB after hearing about it from a woman she was interviewing for a job. That woman got the job, while Rajabali found a place to volunteer every second week.

Like any food bank, the MFB relies on donations of food and cash from businesses and individuals. It has also fostered relationships over the years with organizations such as the Surrey Food Bank, which has always had Muslim clients, but wasnt able to cater to their halal (foods that are permissible under Islamic law) dietary needs.

The halal stuff, we give to them, and the non-halal stuff, they give to us, says Surrey Food Banks Feezah Jaffer, who adds they often donate large batches of flour and cooking oil to the MFB.

Food is just one part of the society. Its a massive organization with hundreds of volunteers, many of them case workers who

provide clients with services including all Muslim refugees with support the minute they arrive in Canada.

The MFB steps in to support its partner, Immigrant Services Society of B.C.

The day they arrive, Syrian refugees are provided with housing (temporary, then permanent) and given hampers that include familiar foods such as chick peas, yogurt and pita. Included are toiletries for an entire family.

Before long, they are provided with translators, baby packs (including cribs and bassinets), school supplies and counselling.

The latter is often extensive. Ahmed, a co-founder of the organization, says many of the refugees have been through traumatic experiences and are given extra support.

Within weeks, they receive more hampers, are accompanied on their first shopping trips and rides on public transit, are taught Canadian cultural norms in workshops, are given medical and dental

support, and receive referrals to available services, schools, jobs and conversational English language classes (some provided at mosques).

One term that pops up in conversation with Ahmed is case workers.

Not only are there currently 106 of these volunteers out in the community, there are several in cubicles set up at the MFB warehouse every second Saturday during hamper pick-up day.

The case workers, part of the MFBs wide-ranging Aspire program, provide one-on-one counselling everything from giving out information about housing, to connecting families with similar backgrounds who reside in the same community.

All you need is a passion that you want to help people, Ahmed says of the case workers.

The role of the MFB is to prepare clients to not need the food bank, he notes.

Our main aim is recovery of the individual.

The food bank also provides choices of donated clothes clothing with dignity, says Ahmed. Its displayed on clothes hangers, not in bags.

My instruction to the team is that if you wont wear it, nobody else will wear it. Its as simple as that.

Ahmed says that even before the Syrian crisis, a majority of the MFBs clients were already refugees.

He says they all deserve respect and wants to dispel the myth that they are uneducated or unskilled.

One recent client was an intern at a Middle Eastern hospital.

Its such a big spectrum of people.The Muslim Food Bank, located at 101-

13085 115 Ave., is open every second Saturday, and client families can register to receive a hamper once a month. For information, call 1-866-824-2525.

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Boaz Joseph photosTop, volunteers at the Muslim Food Bank in North Surrey (left to right) Moona Ali, Yasmin Atick, Osama Alkhamis, Alishia Rajabali and Aladdin Tayeh lend a hand to upwards of 120 families 80 per cent of whom are refugees who use the food bank each week.


Contributed photoWayne Pedersen makes a festive entrance to the White Rock Irish Clubs dinner on March 12.

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Seedy Saturday returns Historic Stewart Farm will host its 14th annual Seedy Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3p.m. April 2.

The by-donation event has something for every variety of gardener a day when the farms gardeners open their treasury of flower, vegetable and herb seeds saved from the Stewart Farms heirloom gardens, dating back to 1890.

You can tour the house and the grounds to get a feel of pioneer life, but to taste what the Stewarts actually ate is a priceless experience, Jerrilin Spence, curator, said in a news release. If we lose these seeds, we lose a connection to the history.

Seedy Saturday also offers gardeners the

opportunity to trade seeds and information with other seed savers and master gardeners to encourage the growth of nearly extinct plants. All varieties from black-eyed Susans and purple coneflowers grown in the farms gardens are considered heirlooms; non-GMO varieties that have been grown for at least 100 years.

While parents shop for seeds and plants, children can get their hands dirty with crafts and fun activities. Guided tours of the 1890s farmhouse and treats baked in the woodstove will also be available.

Historic Stewart Farm is located at 13723 Crescent Rd. For more information call 604-592-6956 or visit www.surrey.ca/heritage

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It was a celebration of all things Irish earlier this month as the White Rock Irish club celebrated St. Patricks Day with a sold-out dinner and dance.

Festivities took place March 12 at Hazelmere Golf Club and showcased Irish music, dancing and art. White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin and his wife, Jane, were guests of honour, according to a club release, which also noted the group has been rapidly expanding due to an influx of young Irish families to the community.

The club, formed in 2003, focuses on recognizing Irish culture throughout the Semiahmoo Peninsula with plans to co-host events throughout the year with the Fraser Gaels, an Irish soccer organization.

The White Rock Irish Club has also worked closely with the city in planning this years White Rock Irish Festival, a month-long celebration that runs through March 31 and features various arts, culture and dining events.

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A business event aimed at showcasing White Rocks health and wellness practitioners is set for next month.

The Vitality 2016 Health & Wellness Expo takes place at the White Rock Community Centre (15154 Russell Ave.) April 2, and will feature more than a dozen businesses from around the city promoting their products and services.

The expo free to attend is the first of its kind for the White Rock Business Improvement Association, who is sponsoring the event.

Dr. Carlos Lapena, a BIA director and owner of Roper Avenue Chiropractic, said in a news release the event is in response to the growing trend of community members becoming more aware of their health and

well-being. The BIA wanted to launch an

event that provided our thriving health and wellness sector an opportunity to connect with the community and create a greater awareness of the outstanding practitioners we have right here in our own backyard, Lapena said.

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A South Surrey company, and its father-son design team, have been shortlisted for special recognition at the prestigious Lighting Design Awards in London, England described as the Oscars of the lighting industry.

Maurice and Jordan Dery, of Karice Enterprises Ltd., have already won international attention with the innovative Electron, an energy-efficient LED wall sconce, which provides subtle and sophisticated

illumination from both the inner and outer rings of its clean-lined, ultra-modern design.

The Electron has been selected as one of six shortlisted nominees for the awards now in their 40th year due to be announced at a gala event in London on May 5.

We couldnt be more honoured to showcase Canadian design and manufacturing to the world, Maurice said, in a company release.

When youre going up against

Europes best designers the best of the best it feels really good to achieve the recognition we have.

The Electron is the second member of a three-product lighting family, handmade with the assistance of advanced engineering and cutting-edge technology at the companys South Surrey plant. Three more designs are due to debut this spring.

The family-owned company, founded in 1993, specializes in custom lighting and metalwork.

Contributed photoMaurice and Jordan Dery examine one of their Electron LED lighting sconces, now up for international honours at the Lighting Design Awards.

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Mar. 24th - Maundy Thursday Christian Seder and Potluck at 6:30pm.

Mar. 26th - Our Good Friday service is shared with the Surrey-Delta UC cluster of churches and hosted in 2016

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A Peace Arch News reporter is to be honoured for her contribution to the success of community policing initiatives.

Tracy Holmes will be presented with a Frank Adam Memorial Award at an April 13 volunteer appreciation dinner hosted by White Rock RCMP Community Policing, Victim Services and Auxiliary personnel.

Crime prevention co-ordinator Julia Everett says the award commemorates an early volunteer who worked with community policing from 1998 to 2012.

He was involved in all kinds of things, including being passionate about cleaning up graffiti in the community, Everett said.

Wherever we went, people would always gravitate to Frank to tell him their stories. He was such a lovely man that we established the award in his

memory and give it to people who make a real difference in the community.

Holmes definitely fits that category, Everett said, as do two fellow recipients this year, block watch captains Rita and Ted MacDonald, who approached creating a program for their new residential complex with dynamism and initiative.

Tracy has a wonderful way of taking the facts and turning them into a story that sparks interest, she said.

If I phone Tracy and say we need volunteers for something, shell write it and after it comes out, the phone will be ringing off the hook. Shes always willing to

do something to help us along.

Holmes, who has reported crime and community policing stories for much of her almost-20-year career with PAN, said she usually prefers to stay in the background but is honoured by the recognition nonetheless.

Its totally unexpected, and

very humbling, she said. Considering who its coming from, it means a lot, because I respect the work they do.

Holmes said she has always enjoyed writing policing stories, whether they highlight the positives or negatives of dealing with crime, because it has put her in contact with a lot of good people like Everett and her colleagues over the years.

Theyre the only reason I have the stories if they werent doing what they are doing, I wouldnt have them, she said.

And the Peace Arch News has always been positive about supporting good efforts.

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