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THE CHANGING CITY: IT’S ABOUT INCLUSION, NOT EXCLUSION

New vision: Ross Chilton, executive director of Community Living B.C., in the organization’s new offices – the former Westmin-ster Club on Columbia Street. The property was sold by court order in December.

Perhaps the most inclusive and welcom-ing agency in B.C. is transforming an exclu-sive penthouse club into a public forum.

Community Living B.C. is ripping downwalls, tearing down panels and taking upflooring as they begin renovating the formerdigs of the Westminster Club on ColumbiaStreet.

And that has its executive director, RossChilton, feeling on top of the world.

“It’s a beautiful building – the views ofthe river are stunning,” said Chilton.

So is Community Living B.C’s visionfor the 7,400-square-foot premises on thetop floor of the seven-story WestminsterBuilding.

Chilton said his organization plans toopen the doors of what was once the exclu-sive preserve of one of the most exclusive

old boy’s clubs in Canada to the public.“The coolest part is the design – it incor-

porates meeting space that we will makeavailable at low or no cost to other commu-nity organizations,” he said.

“There’s not a lot of meetingspace that’s free or almost freein the city.”

Chilton said the two meet-ing rooms – one a 24-seat space,the other seating 12 – will beavailable for free or minimalcost when Community Livingis not using it.

“We don’t need it all thetime, so it just makes senseto have it available to others. It’s aboutinclusion: inviting the community into yourspace,” Chilton said.

Almost the entire interior will be reno-vated and remodelled. But one room – theclub’s former library – will retain its authen-

tic wood panelling and look.The renovations will be ongoing for the

next several weeks. Chilton said the orga-nization hopes to open its door by latesummer.

The property was soldto Community Living B.C.in early December by courtorder for $1.3 million. TheWestminster Club had winedanddinedmembersandguestsin the building since 1912. Itran into financial trouble asmembership dwindled anddebts mounted. CommunityLiving B.C. was the only bid-

der for the property.The irony of having an open-door organi-

zation take over from a closed-door club isnot lost on Chilton. “We’re not an exclusiveclub – we’re an inclusive organization. Wewant to be a part of the community.”

Closed doors set to open again

Hyackgrantslashed

The City of New Westminsterhas hacked the Hyack FestivalsAssociation’s grant in response toongoing concerns about “dysfunc-tion” within the organization.

In recent years, the city has provid-ed the association with about $150,000plus in-kind services to organizeevents on the city’s behalf. City coun-cil has approved up to $15,000 cashplus in-kind services for the HyackParade, and $10,000 for the CanadaDay fireworks.

The association had requested$185,000 in cash and $30,000 in in-kindfor the Hyack Festival and parade,Canada Day celebrations, summerconcert series, the Christmas paradeand celebration, the Hyack float andassociated expenses, the Miss NewWestminster ambassador program,and staff and administration costs.

“Ican’t imagineaNewWestminsterwithout a Hyack parade. I know myfamily loves going up every May towatch the parade. I know my familyis not alone. Thousands of families inNew Westminster enjoy that parade,”said Coun. Jonathan Cote. “I certainlyhope the organization can take sometime this year to reflect upon whathappened last year and can start todo some work on rebuilding some ofthe relationships.”

While Cote supported the grantfor the association, he said it’s timeto “put this issue to bed” for the yearand deal with more important issues.

“I think what has happened withHyack has been a distraction to our

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Considering the number ofgartered guests that havegraced its grounds, it’s

ironic that the Westminster Clubcame up one knight short when itneeded one the most.

Right up to the last moment,the club’s brass were hoping afinancial saviour would step for-ward and rescue it from a court-ordered sale of their penthousepremises in the WestminsterBuilding on Columbia Street. Buton a dreary December morning,the facilities were sold to theCommunity Living Society, andthe remaining 10 members of theonce-mighty Westminster Clubwere left dreaming of what mighthave been.

Over its century-plus history,many a white knight walkedthrough the doors of the storiedclub. Since moving into theWestminster Building in 1912,the club’s digs had hosted pre-miers, vice-regal representatives,a Soviet fishing minister, a duke,a field marshal, the knighted, themoneyed and the mysterious.Those rumoured to have winedand dined behind its closed doorsinclude the likes of Sir WinstonChurchill and Pierre Trudeau.

Less mysterious were thelocals. The who’s-who of NewWestminster’s political and busi-ness elite oncecalled the clubtheir home awayfrom home. Aglance of the list offormer presidentsreveals nameslike Copp, Legge,Ewen, Clute andMatheson.

First estab-lished in 1889,the WestminsterClub was typicalof its day. A kindof big-boy treehouse with ser-vants (who couldnot be tipped),where gentlemenstuffed into thestarched collarsof Edwardian convention couldrelax, have a drink and play bil-liards or some cards.

A picture of life behind theoak doors is painted in Dale andArchie Miller’s Westminster Club.No dogs were allowed (ever)

and no cards on Sunday (exceptfor those games approved bythe executive and at acceptablestakes). Bets were $1 a hand fordraw poker, 25 cents for stud andone cent a point for bridge. Othersteaks, as in the meal, cost $1.35 in

1958. They could bewashed down witha shot of Seagram’swhiskey for 30cents.

Perhaps it’sprophetic that thesame year the clubmoved into theirfancy new digs, anextraordinary meet-ing had to be held todeal with its indebt-edness. The club’sbooks have plentyof references to theproblem of gettingthe members to paytheir fees and bills.But that didn’t stopthe executive frombuying essentialslike Mayfield-pat-

tern porcelain china and “thenecessary types of wine glasses.”

Upkeep was also a problem,but a gallon of calcimine (other-wise known as whitewash) wasused to hide the “deplorable con-

dition” of some of the rooms dur-ing the Great War.

And the knights? PremierSir Richard McBride, then NewWestminster’s most famousscion, was a member until 1916,when he resigned to move toLondon and take up the newly-created post of Agent Generalfor B.C. There is the tantalizing(but unproven) possibility thatChurchill, in town for the 1929Diamond Jubilee celebrations,indulged in a few brandies andcigars as a guest.

What is certain is thatField Marshall (and Viscount)Montgomery dined with theofficers of the Royal WestminsterRegiment at the club in 1961.Another knight (as in KnightCommander, Order of the Bath)has also been entertained in theperson of Major-General GeraldCavendish Grosvenor, 6th Dukeof Westminster.

By the end of the SecondWorld War, Canadian society hadchanged profoundly. The dayswhere the Westminster Clubcould continue to be a sort ofcolonial location set for DowntonAbbey were over. The process ofchange was slow: women werefinally allowed to join as fullmembers in 1991. The first female

club president, Karen Baker-MacGrotty, was elected in 2002.

The rest, as they say, is mod-ern history. Too much debt, notenough revenue. And for thepremises in the WestminsterBuilding, the era of being theplace to be if you wanted to beanyone in New Westminster isover. The club’s premises nowbelong to the Community LivingSociety and they’re throwing thedoors to the digs open wide.

For more on this story, see front-page article.

If these booze cabinets could talk: The wooden cabinets at the Westminster Club for members to storetheir alcohol. The club was recently sold to the Community Living Society.

STORIED GUESTS MIGHT HAVE INCLUDED WINSTON CHURCHILL

Where city’s VIPs sipped brandy

No dogs wereallowed (ever) andno cards on Sunday.Bets were $1 a handfor draw poker.Steaks cost $1.35 in1958. They could bewashed down witha shot of Seagram’swhiskey for 30 cents.From Westminster Clubby Dale and Archie Miller


BY DON HAUKA [email protected]

Sir Winston ChurchillVisited the Westminster Club?

The Record • Wednesday, March 19, 2014 • A03


community, and it’s been adistraction to this council,”he said. “I think festivalsplay an important role inour community, but giventhe significant issues facingour community, whetherthat be (the) Pattullo Bridgeproject or some of the majorinfrastructure projects, weare not putting this issueinto perspective.”

The City ofNew Westminsterwill require theHyack FestivalAssociation tosubmit receiptsto the city andget reimbursedfor the costsincurred to puton these events.It’s also request-ing Hyack and theUptown BusinessAssociation tohold the paradeand Uptown Liveevents on the sameday, asking thatHyack not allocateany city funding tocosts incurred forlegal and settle-ment costs relatedto last year’s dis-missal of executivedirector DouglasSmith and adopt-ing all of the recommenda-tions arising out of an inde-pendent financial review.

In response to the asso-ciation’s internal battles,the city hired KPMG char-tered accounting to reviewthe association’s financialrecords.

A staff report states thatno evidence was foundsuggesting funds wereused inappropriately andthe association’s booksappeared to be in goodorder.

Still, council was divid-ed on its support of theembattled organization,

with councillors ChuckPuchmayr and Bill Harperpreferring to pull the plugon all funding to Hyack.

Puchmayr said he haslost confidence in the orga-nization and doesn’t believeit’s learned anything fromthe mistakes of the pastyear.

He noted the associationrecently threatened to takelegal action against a for-

mer Hyack direc-tor who appearedbefore councilseeking the city’ssupport for a newambassador pro-gram.

“It has lostthe confidence ofthe community,”Harper agreed.“They certainlylost the confidenceof many of theirbig sponsors. Theyhave lost the con-fidence of manyorganizationsin the city. Theyhave lost confi-dence with thecity. I think that’sa huge problem.If they ever wantto get back, theycertainly have todemonstrate, tome at any rate,

they need to have some realchange and have a commu-nity-based board.”

Harper said “internalstrife” within the board andwith past presidents led to“complete dysfunction” atHyack.

He said the troublesbegan when the associa-tion’s executive terminatedSmith “without just cause”and without support of theboard of directors. (Smithhas since received a settle-ment from the association.)

“The organization hasnot explained to the citywhere its $150,000 goes

every year,” he said. “Whenwe take a look at some ofthe reports, it looks like ithas just gone into adminis-tration.”

Coun. Betty McIntoshsaid the city has neverdirected Hyack to statewhere the grant money isspent.

“I can’t sit here andnot speak to it when twocouncillors are maligninga group that is doing goodworks in this city. We’vegot to get our act together,”

she said. “The amounts ofmoney that are being sug-gested here are not signifi-cant.”

McIntosh said councilapproved $28,000 cash and$20,000 in in-kind servicesto the Uptown BusinessAssociation for a one-dayUptown Live event but hasgiven Hyack up to $15,000for the Hyack parade.

“You’ve got to give yourhead a shake. We are notgiving them enough moneyto do proper events,” she

said Monday night. “Idon’t know how you thinkthey are going to be able tocarry through. When youhave a festival, who putsthe festival together exceptadministration? That’swhat Douglas Smith waspaid for. He got a reallygood salary when he wasonboard. That’s where themoney went to.”

McIntosh took exceptionto comments that sponsorshave fled from Hyack.

“What a bunch of balo-

ney. It’s just a few council-lors that are promoting this,to continue to be so darnnegative,” she said. “Let’sstart getting a little morepositive about what we cando in this city.”

McIntosh said the rec-ommendations from theKPMG financial reviewshould apply to all groupsgetting city grants, not justHyack.

For an extended version ofthis story, go to www.royalcityrecord.com.

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Turns out a bullet holefound in an apartment onSalter Street last monthisn’t the first time policehave responded to a shoot-ing in the ‘Boro neighbour-hood.

Less than two years ago,New Westminster policewere called to the 200 blockof Salter Street, when shotswere fired into two apart-ments. The shooting, whichhappened on Oct. 29, 2012,was attended by officersof the department’s majorcrime unit who determinedthat while the shootingwas a targeted incident, the

occupants of the two suiteshit were not believed to bethe intended targets.

More recently, on Feb. 27officers were again called tothe 200 block of Salter Streetafter a resident returnedhome to find a bullet holein her patio window.

Much like the inci-dent in 2012, investigatorswere unable to determinea motive and could onlyreport the current residentwas likely not the intendedtarget.

“Basically, we are unableto determine what themotive was, but our inves-

tigation indicates there isnothing the current occu-pants have done to makethemselves targets of suchan incident – not gangmembers or prolific crimi-nals, no enemies, etc. – sowe do not believe they werethe intended targets,” StaffSgt. Paul Hyland wrote inan email to The Record.

According to Hyland,the shootings happenedat two different buildingsin the 200 block of SalterStreet and investigators donot believe the incidentsare connected.

– Cayley Dobie

Bullet holes not connectedThe Record • Wednesday, March 19, 2014 • A05

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Measles thrive on ignorance of parents

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The measles have escaped the ultra-conservative religious community inChilliwack where the most recent out-break of the dangerous disease started.

Fraser Health is dealing with 80 to100 cases in the eastern sectorof the health region, and thespread west has begun – a casehas cropped up at BCIT inBurnaby, and it seems likelymore will follow.

This is not a small thing. Measles isnot a minor ailment like the commoncold. It’s serious.

One in three children who catch thedisease will be hospitalized. About onein 3,000 will die. Somewhere in betweenlies the number of children who willsuffer severe brain trauma, and many of

those will live with the effectsfor the rest of their lives.Permanent hearing loss is arelatively common legacy.

The real tragedy lies in howeasy it is to avoid infection. A simplevaccination confers immunity from thedisease and all of its risks.

Yes, some prominent people have

suggested that vaccinations are danger-ous. Much of that speculation origin-ated with the “research” of AndrewWakefield, which has been thoroughlydebunked and discredited. His infamousarticle in The Lancet was retracted.

But the actors and celebrities prom-ulgating that nonsense haven’t botheredto keep up with developments – the waythey would if they were real scientists,instead of pretending to be scientistsduring a movie shoot.

Don’t listen to celebrities. They haveno expertise, and worse still, they have

little motive to be concerned about theirown ignorance. They have the resourcesto safeguard their kids – to keep themaway from other kids whose parentshaven’t vaccinated them – so they havethe luxury of giving in to their ownignorance without putting their childrenat tremendous risk.

Do your research from reputablesources: ask questions of medicalexperts and avoid talk-show nonsense.

And if you still choose not to vaccin-ate, then keep your kids at home – fortheir safety as well as others’.

How to get in troublewith taxpayers

It’s often the case in politicsthat a politician can spenda relatively small amount of

money, yet reap a heck of a lot oftrouble for it.

Misspend a few milliondollars? Don’t worry about it.Misspend tens of thousands ofdollars? Get ready to be blasted.

Alberta Premier AlisonRedford’s leadership is in crisisover her trying to stick the tax-payers with a $45,000 expensebill, and now two B.C. LiberalMLAs have been bruised formaking questionable spendingdecisions themselves.

Justice Minister and Attorney-General Suzanne Anton’s deci-sion to approve a contract worthup to $140,000 for former B.C.Liberal MLA John Les not onlyraised huge questions abouther political judgment but alsothrust her into the awkward pos-ition of being thrown under thebus by her boss, Premier ChristyClark.

A day after Anton defendedthe contract (which was to haveLes co-chair a review of earth-quake preparedness), Clarkannounced it was unacceptablebecause it was too expensive andsaid it had been “withdrawn,”

leaving her minister to explainhow the blatant patronage pay-out had been concocted in thefirst place.

Meanwhile, legislatureSpeaker Linda Reid had someexplaining to do of her own.Once again, this bit of troubledid not involve a huge amountof dollars, but just enough toleave a mark. Reid, it seems,has been on a bit of a spendingspree at the same time the B.C.Liberal government is brag-ging that its tight fiscal restraintpolicy is allowing it to balancethe budget. Reid has spent morethan $100,000 on various projectsaround the legislature and herconstituency office, and some ofthem are questionable at best.

But let’s deal with Anton first.While not all the details havebeen made public, I suspect thedecision to appoint Les to theearthquake preparedness reviewhad the general support of Clark,until it became known what kindof money he was potentially get-ting.

Appointing Les to the reviewpanel was a bit much to beginwith. There’s no question itsmacks of political patronage,but the B.C. Liberals have dem-onstrated on numerous occa-sions they don’t shy away fromhanding out plum patronageposts (Les, in fact, already has a$60,000 position as chair of theFarm Industry Review Board).

No, this was all about themoney. Clark’s political instincts,which are usually pretty keen,

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What’s behind Hyack letters?Dear Editor:

In answer to the Friday, March 14 letter to theeditor from a Paul R. Thompson (Everyone wants apiece of Hyack).

I find it interesting that the letter writing cam-paign for the Hyack Festival is being generated byfriends of James Crosty. Paul is James’ partner andhas been instrumental in structuring and releasingpress releases for the Hyack association. There havebeen letters from John Ashdown, whose wife is onthe board of Hyack, and Ted Eddy, who is now onthe Hyack board, all associated with James. I ask thequestion, is the Hyack office being used as a polit-ical campaign office for the next civic election?

Paul mentioned in his letter that there was a“relentlessly instigated hostile takeover” attempt byfive Hyack board members. These members were

trying to stop a lawsuit and added legal fees froma wrongful dismissal of the executive director. Theexecutive took it upon themselves to initiate thisdismissal. This dismissal was not authorized or rati-fied by the Hyack board as a whole.

A suit was filed and Hyack has to pay out forthe wrongful dismissal and legal fees; these couldbe between $50,000 and $70,000. Hyack has askedthe city for over $180,000 in grants this year, anincrease from the $140,000 Hyack got last year. Dowe want taxpayers’ money to pay for the wrongfuldismissal?

Another question one might ask is, Coun. BettyMcIntosh was the city representative for Hyackuntil shortly before this wrongful dismissal, but forsome reason resigned from this position. After thefiring she took her spot back as the city representa-tive for Hyack. Did she have knowledge of the firing

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ahead of time? Mr. Thompson mentionsin his letter that McIntosh quoted a legalopinion from a lawyer at the presentationLynn Radbourne gave to council on Feb.17. How can one get a legal opinion thatfast when the council didn’t even knowthere was going to be a presentation thatnight?

I have kept out of the argument sur-rounding Hyack, but I think this ongoingslanderous dialogue coming from theHyack group of friends has to stop.

I have been volunteering for differ-ent organizations in New Westminsterfor over 50 years, nearly 30 with Hyack,having received a Service Award of Meritin high school, Hyack Volunteer of theYear, recognition for my volunteering inNew Westminster from the Government ofCanada and received Citizen of the Year in2010. There have been many very satisfy-ing moments throughout the 50 years.

I was trying to stop a wrongful dismiss-al suit against Hyack, along with the fiveother directors, and trying to take Hyackout of the “amateurish events” it had beenholding, into a new era of high impact andfun events initiated by Douglas Smith asexecutive director.

To have my wife, Lynn Radbourne,fired from volunteering as the coordinatorof the Miss New Westminster pageant andto have a letter sent to council and to thenewspapers from the 2014 president ofHyack, threatening a suit against Lynn

and maligning her good name because shewas associated with the “wrong faction,”namely me, shows very little respect forher and the city.

If the priority of the “wrong faction”was to save a man’s livelihood and goodname, as well as bring a higher profile toHyack events and the new Hyack regimethinks that was wrong – then I ask, what isthe new Hyack regime’s priority?

Bill Radbourne, New Westminster

Pattullo too hazardousDear Editor:

An open letter to TransLink:Yesterday, I took my life in my hands to

go across the Pattullo Bridge by bike frommy home to Highway 17 (South PerimeterRoad).

My greatest fear was to fall from theelevated sidewalk, where bikers may ride,into the traffic. This could be caused by asudden gust of wind or the draft from alarge truck. I was deep breathing all theway across the unprotected areas in orderto concentrate on staying on course.

Since you cannot or will not put up asimple barrier to keep cyclists on the side-walk, how about banning large trucks fromthis aging bridge. Who has the authority todo this?

If this bridge becomes obsolete, I hopeit will be retained for the use of pedes-trians and bicyclists going between NewWestminster and Surrey. There are alreadybike paths in these areas.

Helen E. Enns, Burnaby

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told her paying a politicalinsider $140,000 simplywasn’t going to cut it withthe public.

Anton, on the otherhand, demonstrated acomplete lack of politicalacumen. Compoundingher credibility problemwas her nonsensical andmysterious defence of heractions in the first place.

Her office issued astatement two days afterthe contract was cancelledthat Les’ appointment con-stituted an “emergency” sothere was no need to sendthe contract out to publictender. An emergency?Really?

The whole Les debaclegives rise to speculationthat she may not survivein the justice portfoliowhen Clark shuffles hercabinet, which she will doeventually. We shall see.

As for the free-spending

Reid, there’s no questionshe’ll continue in her postas speaker despite the con-troversy she’s created forherself. Still, she’s had herknuckles rapped by herown colleagues, which isunusual.

Reid quietly spent morethan $40,000 to install anew computer console infront of the speaker’s chairin the legislative chamber,more than $13,000 for amembers’ TV lounge inthe legislature library(which has a $733 tablefor muffins and coffee)and $79,000 for securityimprovements to her con-stituency office.

Reid apologized to thelegislature’s managementcommittee (composedof MLAs from both thegovernment and theOpposition), but she’sbasically been servednotice to rein in her spend-ing spree.

When the government’soverall spending is nearing$45 billion annually, thedollars thrown around byAnton and Reid amountto a miniscule part of thatbudget. But while manyvoters can’t really imaginewhat $45 billion amountsto, they can certainly relateto a $140,000 contract or a$13,000 TV lounge.

And Alberta’s Redfordhas discovered people cancertainly relate to expen-sive airplane flights, whichis why she’s had to diginto her own pocket to paythe taxpayers back.

Anton and Reid won’thave to open up their ownwallets, of course, butthey’ve learned a painfulpolitical lesson: it’s oftenthe small spending itemsthat can come back to biteyou, not the big budgetones.

Keith Baldrey is chief pol-itical reporter for Global B.C.

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Re: Get a grip on city con-gestion, Letters to the editor,The Record, March 12.

I quite agree with Mr.Kasper’s concerns regard-ing the actions of New Westcity council doing thingsthat “promote congestion.”Over the last few years “traf-fic calming” measures bestsuited to side streets havebeen put on Sixth, 12th andColumbia streets and RoyalAvenue, resulting in morecongestion. When I recentlysuggested that, at least thecurb extension be removedfrom Sixth Street so carscould turn right onto Royalinstead of waiting with theothers backed up for blocksduring rush hour, I wastold by city engineering,“Removing the curb exten-sions could attract moretraffic onto Sixth Street.”

Where is it supposed togo instead? If every partof Metro did what NewWest is doing, it would be anightmare.

This is a perfect exampleof what the Sauder Schoolof Business at UBC identi-fied as neighbourhood-leveldecision making contribut-ing to regional traffic con-gestion. It’s not only Surreyand Coquitlam that aresteamed with New West.

Has the city even both-ered to check out how muchtraffic there is on Carnarvonand Queens now …through a school zone? It’scalled “rat running” in therelevant literature and waspredictable. When you puttraffic calming measures onmain streets, the side streetsget busier.

You don’t see Vancouver“traffic calming” Oak orCambie.

I quite agree, Mr. Kasper,Mr. Wright needs to get agrip. And, yes, “While weare at it, put in a four-laneBailey bridge and call a trucewith Coquitlam.” I’ll betyou that will be the resultof the binding arbitrationwe’ve now been forced intobecause we couldn’t agreeanyways. The only people

who can’t seem to see thatare on council.

Ross Gibson, New Westminster

Vaccine warningDear Editor:

With the recent measlescases in the Chilliwack area,a mass marketing of immu-nization has been the talkamongst the community. Asa parent and grandparent,I have learned that immu-nization does not preventdiseases. As a child I wasimmunized, and many ofthese diseases are in the gen-eral public again – whoop-ing cough, polio, measles,influenza strain and others.Long-term immunity is notwhat immunization does.

As a parent it is hard toget proper information tomake an informed decision.This, I believe, is due tothe bullying and scare tac-tics of the drug companiesand provincial regulationsand health authorities. It isknown as “mass herding” ofinformation and the think-ing that “everyone should”or “everyone knows.” Well,that is simply not true.

I had a public healthnurse tell me what was insome of these vaccinations.The ingredients are nothealthy. Carcinogens andother toxic agents are inject-ed into the body, allowingany toxins to get an expresspass into our systems.

It is the process: the“how” and “what” infor-mation is given to the pub-lic from corporations. Toomany people think, whenthey see a person wearinga laboratory coat, they mustknow what they are talkingabout. This is not the way Imake health decisions.

Let the public know therisks and benefits. Please donot make childhood immu-nization mandatory. Keepthe laws out of our bodies!Kimberly Hayek, New Westminster

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The City of NewWestminster and someof the railways travellingthrough the city are team-ing up to press the federalgovernment to improverailway safety.

In response to last sum-mer’s tragic derailment andexplosion in Lac Mégantic,Que., the TransportationSafety Board of Canada hasraised concerns about thesafety of DOT-111 tank cars.The board believes that allDOT-111 cars that are usedto transport flammable liq-uids should meet enhanced

protection standards andthese changes should bemade as soon as possible inorder to reduce risks.

“There are tens of thou-sands of these DOT-111specification cars used inthe railway industry. Prettywell all of them are ownedby the shippers, by the oilcompanies that produce thechemicals or produce theoil,” said Singh Biln, directorof community relations andchief mechanical officer forSouthern Railway of BritishColumbia. “Of course, weare all concerned about the

safety requirements.”Biln said it will be a

“slow process” to modifyor take all of the DOT-111 rail cars out of servicebecause there aren’t enoughtank cars available and thetransport of oil by rail isgrowing and will continueto grow as crude oil plantsand tar sands plants go on-stream.

“It is going to be a long-standing problem,” hesaid.

The issue of the DOT-111cars was one of the topicsat a city advisory panel’s

March 12 meeting. Thepanel, which includes repre-sentatives from various rail-ways, the community, citycouncil and city staff, meetsquarterly to discuss variousissues relating to railwaysin New Westminster.

The panel approveda motion that would askcity council to propose aresolution for consider-ation at the Union of B.C.Municipalities’ and theFederation of CanadianMunicipalities’ conventions

asking senior governmentto expedite the process inaddressing concerns aboutthe safety of the DOT-111rail cars.

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What if Shakespeare’s greatest tragedieswere actually comedies?

That’s where lovelorn academic ConstanceLedbelly starts her work in Ann-MarieMacDonald’s revisioning of Shakespeare,Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).

The Vagabond Players are bringing theCanadian work to the stage next month, run-ning April 3 to 19 at the Bernie Legge Theatrein Queen’s Park.

The production is directed by Michael Parkerand stars Karryn Ransom as Constance.

“After devastating disappointments in loveand academia, she is transported into theBard’s world of Othello and Romeo and Juliet,where she finds herself sending his storiesin new directions,” a press release explains.“However, although she saves Desdemonaand Juliet from their scripted deaths, their livesshoot off into directions that Constance hadnever envisioned.”

Joining Ransom is a lineup of talentedperformers romping through a variety ofShakespearean roles. Among them are ChrisFofonoff, previously seen in Vagabond’s pro-ductions of Amadeus and The Winslow Boy,along with Boris Bilic and Carly June Friesen,who recently appeared in Alone Together.

Kurtis Maguire, from last season’s Wait UntilDark, is also in the cast, along with Vagabondnewcomers Rose McNeil and Alex Ross.

The production runs Thursdays to Saturdaysat 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.Tickets are $15, or $13 for students and seniors,with two-for-one previous on April 3 and 4.For reservations, call 604-521-0412 or [email protected].

The play will also be the Vagabond Players’entry into the Theatre B.C. Greater VancouverZone Festival at Metro Theatre in May.

The Bernie Legge Theatre is in Queen’sPark. See www.vagabondplayers.ca for all thedetails.

– Julie MacLellan

Shakespeare revisited: The cast of Goodnight Desdemona includes (back, from left) Chris Fofonoff, Rose McNeil, Carly JuneFriesen and Kurtis Maguire, with (front, from left) Alex Ross, Karryn Ransom and Boris Bilic.

When a goddess descends to Earth tolearn about the plight of humanity, herdream-like journey raises the question ofwhether our existence has any meaning.

A Dream Play, an adaptation of AugustStrindberg’s drama by Caryl Churchill, isonstage at Douglas College until March21.

It’s being presented by theatre stu-dents, along with those in the department

of stagecraft and eventtechnology.

It follows the storyof Agnes, a daughterof the Vedic god Indra,who assumes humanform to visit Earth,where she encounters agroup of people whoselives are filled withhardship and disap-pointment.

“At its essence, thisplay takes a deep lookat what it is to be human,” said director

Deborah Neville in apress release. “It’s aboutthe search for meaningin a world filled witha great deal of suffer-ing and conflict. I thinkthat universal theme iswhy Strindberg’s workhas endured for over acentury.”

The cast includes F.J.van Wyk as Agnes andLucas Bayley as Officer.Playing multiple roles

each are New Westminster actors Faedra

Mirhashemy and Cole Girard, along withJacob Brkopac, Nicole Cochrane, KelseyRobertson and Parker Thompson.

“To prepare for this production, ouractors have put in a lot of hard physi-cal work,” Neville said. “It’s a visuallydynamic play, and we want to bring it tolife with expressive movement like tum-bling and dancing. I think our audiencecan expect an exciting performance.”

A Dream Play opened March 14 and isonstage to March 21 in the Laura C. MuirPerforming Arts Theatre, 700 Royal Ave.Tickets are $10 to $12, available throughthe Massey box office at 604-521-5050.

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Lots of fun for the littles in New West

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Tasty treats:Two-year-oldLevi works withmom BrittanyGroen on his pieduring a recentRiver CrittersBaking Class atthe River Market.The classes runTuesday mor-nings and are ledby Katia Mayo ofPamola Bakery.


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Knight boys win first-ever AAA bannerThe St. Thomas More Knights won their

first B.C. high school boys’ basketball bannerin nearly four decades at the Langley EventsCentre on Saturday.

The No. 2-ranked Knights defeatedupstart honourable mention Charles HayesRainmakers 53-38 in the championship finalof the B.C. AAA boys’ championships to wintheir first provincial title in 38 years.

The Knights played stout defence and rodetwin double-doubles by Andrew Flett – with11 points and 10 rebounds – and tournamentMVP Reese Morris, who had a game-high 16points and 12 boards.

“It means the world to me, to play for mycoach, my teammates, my parents and makeeveryone proud. It feels great,” said Flett, whowas named player of the game in the final.

STM coach Aaron Mitchell was similarlyelated.

“I could tell you of our struggles, but everyteam has them,” he said after the game. “Wehad our struggles, but we fought, we foughtand we fought. We got the shots when it mat-tered. I’m just blown away.”

STM allowed the Rainmakers the open-ing basket by 6-10 first team all-star JustinMcChesney, but the Knights took the lead afterthat and never relinquished it, jumping out toa 15-7 lead.

But unlike STM’s tighter-than-necessary 73-71 win over top seed Abbotsford in the semi-final the night before, the provincial champshad to rely on defence before offence to get thejob done.

“We are a physical, athletic school. What’sgoing to win it for us is defence,” saidMitchell.

J.J. DesLauriers, who led the Knights with25 points in the win over Abby, had no prob-lem scrapping out the win at the other end ofthe court.

“Every practice we do defensive-mindedpractices, he said. “We let defence score ourpoints – boards and transition. Team defencewon it for us. … It’s the greatest feeling ever.”

But the difference maker in all of STM’swins was the consistent play of Morris, whogarnered a total of 88 points in the tourna-ment, including 20-plus games in the first threechampionship contests.

In the provincial tournament final, Morrishad seven points in the opening-quarter runand came up big at key moments of the secondhalf, nailing a three-pointer in the third quarterto give STM a double-digit lead.

Morris also started the final frame with athree and a putback on a subsequent posses-sion to push the lead to 17 points.

“It’s the best moment of my life. The best

basketball moment I’ve ever had,” said Morris.“My shots weren’t dropping, I knew that, but(the team) pulled us through. I’m so proud.”

It was Drew Belgrave’s lone three-pointbucket with two minutes to go that was thedagger in the heart of any Charles Hayescomeback.

Junior guard Terrell Jana earned a spot onthe second all-star team, following a tourna-ment 52 points, 18 assists and 16 steals.

In the semifinal, STM showed the poise ofa champion, leading the No. 1-ranked teamin the province coming into the tournamentfor all but a brief moment in the third quarter.

Leading by just three points heading intothe final stanza, Jana put the Knights ahead bynine points with an early three-point play.

Later, Morris upped the lead to a dozen onan offensive putback.

But Abby made it interesting, raining fivefourth-quarter threes in an attempt to get backin the game.

At the end of the semifinal game overAbbotsford, one Knight player yelled out to histeammates, “It’s our year.”

On Saturday, the Knights marched back intothe LEC and proved it.

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Stepping up:Champion-ship finalplayer ofthe gameAndrewFlett, inwhite inopeningday winover Sam-uel Robert-son, posteda double-doublein titlewin overCharlesHayes atthe B.C.high schoolAAA boys’basketballchampion-ships inLangley onSaturday.

Burnaby South place best fifth at quad-AsBurnaby South had its best fin-

ish at the B.C. high school boys’basketball championships sincethe Rebels last won the provincialbanner in 1979.

The Rebels finished in fifthplace at the B.C. quad-A cham-pionships, following a work-man-like 60-57 victory over thefourth-ranked Gleneagle Talonsat the Langley Events Centre onSaturday.

The final placement was alsothe best finish of any Burnaby dis-trict school since Burnaby Centrallast placed second in 1991.

South, ranked 10th going intothe championship tournament,also defeated defending cham-pion and former No. 1-rankedWalnut Grove 80-57 to advance tothe fifth-place matchup.

The day before, South lost 74-60 to the top-ranked and even-tual bronze medalists TamanawisWildcats.

“Those two teams we beat

were both ranked No. 1 at somepoint in the year,” said Southhead coach David Smith. “It’snot easy to come back after aloss like that. It showed a lot ofcharacter.”

Second team all-star JermaineHaley led South with a game-high 22 points with four blockedshots and four steals in the final.He also led all scorers in the winover Walnut Grove with 26.

Teammates Martin Bogajevchipped in with 21 and TyusBatiste came away with 16, while

Djordje Obradovic added 13points and nine rebounds againstthe Langley school.

“Obviously we feel great.Losing to the No. 1 team in theprovince was a tough one. In ourWalnut Grove game, we cameout – we were mad. We weremad we lost to the top team,”said Obradovic. “We came out towin those two games and we areproud.”

But the win over Gleneaglewas unlike most Rebel victories.

In the early Saturday morn-

ing matchup, South had to donits collective hard hats and let itspick-pocket defence do much ofthe work.

It resulted in 21 points offturnovers and kept the Talons’shooters below 33 per cent shoot-ing for the first three quarters.

“I think everyone is happywith that win, but unhappy we’renot playing in the final,” saidHaley, who was named player ofthe game on Saturday. “After the

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ZhaoKai Pang andMadeline Edwards won acomeback bronze medalin ice dance at the worldjunior figure skating cham-pionships.

Pang and Edwardsrecorded personal-bestscores in the short andfree programs to post acareer-high 139.65 totalpoints to place third overallbehind Americans KaitlinHawayak and Jean-LucBaker and Anna Yanvskayaand Sergey Mozgov ofRussia at the InternationalSkating Union champion-ships in Sofia, Bulgaria onMarch 14.

The B.C. Centre ofExcellance pair opened infifth-place score of 57.92,but moved onto the podi-um with a third-best freeskate of 81.73, leapfroggingtwo other American pair-ings in the process.

“It was a really emotion-al free dance,” said Pang,who turned 19 at the com-petition. “We didn’t leaveanything out. We put it allon the ice and we werereally happy with the waywe skated. We were gassedat the end.”

Pang and Edwardsplaced 12th at last year’sjunior worlds.

“We could not be moreexcited with our place-ment,” added Edwardsin the Skate Canada pressrelease. “Last year, I remem-ber watching the podiumat junior worlds and justthinking that we want ourflag to be up there, and

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worldsBY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS [email protected]

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(loss), it was a bounce-back game and we wanted to provewe could play better and we showed that against Groveand Gleneagle.”

Against the Talons, Smith started his senior bench ina classy move that is seldom seen on the final day of thechampionship side of the draw.

South led by a point after the opening quarter andtook a 19-17 lead midway through the second stanza onback-to-back dunks by Haley, his first two of three in thequarter.

Nick Trninic came on in the third quarter and playedsome quality minutes, finishing off a three-point play togo up by nine heading into the final quarter.

The final result was closer than it needed to be asSouth made just one of eight free throws down the stretch,allowing Gleneagle to close the deficit to three.

“It probably won’t sink in for a couple of weeks, butwe really did accomplish something here. We did prettygood – really good,” Smith added. “It was a real challengebringing this team together and playing as a team, and it’sa tribute to those kids who really put in the time.”

Senior South point guard Taylor Smith earned a Telusscholarship following the provincials.

In the championship final, Sir Winston Churchill wonits first-ever B.C. high school title 67-64 over Holy Cross.

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how cool would that be to be on the podium. And to seethat come true was just amazing.”

Also at the worlds, former Burnaby resident NamNguyen, who moved to Toronto to train with two-timeCanadian Olympic silver medalist Brian Orser, won goldin the junior men’s program with 217.06 total points, post-ing the top score in both the short and free programs.

“That was the best free skate I have ever had,” saidNguyen, who landed two triple axels in the long pro-gram.

Basketball: SWC wins first-ever B.C. title◗ continued from page 15

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Figures: Gold in men’s singles

Mixed emotionsIt wasn’t supposed to

end like this for Royal CityCurling Club’s Steve Kopfrink.

The A-event winnertook an unbeaten path tothe final of the B.C. mixedcurling championships butwound up in second placeto Kerry Park’s Wes Craigfollowing a 10-6 loss in theprovincial playoff final inDuncan on Sunday.

The Kopf rink of thirdBrandi Tinkler, secondChase Martyn and leadHeather Beatty edged Craigtwice at the provincialswith similar 8-7 decisionsin the A event and playoffquarter-final.

But in the title game andtied 5-5 after seven ends,Kopf gave up a five-enderto Craig in the eighth to fin-ish with a record of 5-1.

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