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LOOKING BACK/LOOKING AHEAD: SCHOOL DISTRICT’S DEFICIT

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Back to school meant back to the cutting board for New Westminster school trustees in 2012.

When the board of education members headed off for summer holidays after their final meeting in June they were feeling pretty good about the district’s finances. They’d been told it appeared the 2011-12 budget would be balanced and the previous $521,000 deficit that was

carrying over would be covered.

Hopefully they enjoyed their summer vacation, because their first day back they learned appearances were deceiving and the district’s finances had a failing grade in 2011-12. Instead of a balanced budget the district was actually headed for a deficit of more than $2.2 million for 2011-12. Combined with the previous deficit they were looking at a shortfall approaching $2.8

million overall.That’s an F on any report

card.This was nothing new,

however, since it was the district’s third deficit in 11 years. Parents demanded to know what happened. The answers were vague.

The board’s composition wasn’t exactly harmonious to begin with, and they were divided on how to deal with it. Board chair James Janzen and vice chair Michael Ewen, now chair, proposed a consultant be

hired to look into what happened and how to fix it. Other trustees weren’t so sure it was the right way to go since consultants had been hired previously and the problems hadn’t been fixed. It took a while for the board to decide to go ahead, meeting several times behind closed doors to hammer out the consultant’s terms of reference.

At the end of October they finally decided to go ahead and announced

a couple of weeks later former Ministry of Education finance employee Joan Axford had got the gig at a cost of about $15,000.

In late November, her report painted a picture of the district’s financial management tracking procedures leaving a lot to be desired. Axford warned the board if the district kept on operating the way it had it would have an additional $2.2 million deficit for 2012-13, on top

of the one it was already grappling with.

Also in November, the New Westminster parent advisory council passed a motion of non-confidence in the board of education and senior administration for their handling of the district’s finances. The NWSS PAC also called for the provincial auditor-general and the Ministry of Education to intervene. The motions were backed by several other school PACs.

Board ‘surprised’ by $2.8-million deficit

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Two giant construction cranes pierce the sky above Columbia Street at Eighth. Another will soon join them across the road. Hard-hatted construction workers scurry around, through and over the sites of the Anvil Centre and the Trapp + Holbrook condo development like busy ants.

There is life again in Downtown New Westminster.

But will these two high-profile projects, along with the Northbank condo tower at the east end of the Columbia Street strip, be the final pieces in the redevelopment puzzle that has stumped so many planners, schemers and entrepreneurs trying to reinvigorate the city’s historic heart?

For a straight strip of pavement, it’s been a long and winding road from Columbia Street’s glory days as the Golden Mile. Shoppers traveled from Vancouver and as far away as Chilliwack to spend their money at major retailers like Eaton’s, Kresge’s, Woolworth. In the evenings, the street was alive with young people attending its lively nightclub scene, or a movie at the resplendent Paramount theatre.

Malls tarnished the street’s glamour. The showcase retailers left for the swanky new climate-controlled digs, surrounded by acres of free parking. The nightclubs and theatres closed.

A sprawling parkade along Front Street—half built in the late ’50s, the rest in the early ’60s—couldn’t bring the people back. Nor could two stations for the new SkyTrain commuter rail service that easily connected

New Westminster’s Downtown to more than a million potential customers. People used it to get out of town, rather than come to town.

Except for the drug dealers, who exploited the cheap transport and occupied Downtown’s shadows and alcoves.

Over the years there have been any number of hopes and schemes that were to have been the catalyst for redevelopment, the spit that would bring the polish back to the Golden Mile: The parkade; a posh billiards club; a Russian submarine parked along Westminster Quay, followed by a riverboat casino; Antique Alley on Front Street; a giant tin soldier; the refurbishment of the Raymond Burr Theatre; the relocation of the police department into the former post office; Hyack Square; and even recent moves to create angled parking and the licensing of hot dog carts.

Along with each of those ideas came optimistic business people and retailers, each of them buying into the Downtown’s “potential,” its unique blend of reasonable rents, history, interesting spaces, central location and easy access. Most came and went, the potential unrealized. The only ones that stuck and multiplied were the wedding shops.

The completion this past summer of the $25-million Westminster Pier Park, the realization of Mark Shieh’s concept for a reimagined River Market, the start of construction of the Anvil Centre and the creative marketing by Robert Fung and Bob Rennie of the new Trapp + Holbrook condo

development have brought the buzz back.

This time, it’s louder than ever.Some of the credit must go to

Fung and Rennie, who built their sales pitch for Trapp + Holbrook around the history of the building and surrounding area. They also used social media to tap into a younger market, eager to be at the vanguard of the Next Big Thing

before prices go beyond their reach, as has occurred in other gentrified areas like Yaletown and Gastown in Vancouver. For the most part, it’s worked. Big City media from Vancouver have taken notice, profiling New West with breathless prose of hope and optimism.

But challenges remain.The Pier Park, for all the

accolades thrown its way, is still isolated from the Downtown, separated by a busy truck route, railroad tracks, the parkade and a vast expanse of privately owned asphalt that make it a challenge for casual visitors to access. It has a festival lawn, but the city has yet to host a festival there.

In 2001, before he was mayor, Wayne Wright pitched a tall ships festival as a way to lure visitors to New Westminster’s Downtown and waterfront. Despite renewed optimism and energy from new businesses like Michael Richardson’s Red Brick Home, the area still has a ways to go. Jason McGill’s Urban Gypsy is the latest casualty that won’t see the realization of the Downtown’s potential.neWsLeADer FILe

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Jon Cornish has had his fair share of breakout years but 2012 was his best yet.

It paled in comparison to previous ones, and was so good he not only blew away Canadian Football League defenders, he blew away the competition in being named New Westminster NewsLeader Newsmaker of the Year.

In 2001, Cornish took B.C. high school football by storm racking up the yards (2,136 yards rushing) and rumbling over his opponents in his senior season with the St. Thomas More Knights, which won two provincial titles with Cornish in the backfield.

His play propelled him to a scholarship with the University of Kansas Jayhawks, where after a redshirt (training) season he saw limited playing time to begin with. But in his final year, 2006, he busted out big time, setting a single-season school rushing record with 1,467 yards. What makes that fact even more impressive is the Jayhawk

running backs that came before him: The list includes two pro football hall of famers, John Riggins and Gale Sayers.

From there he joined the Calgary Stampeders, at first playing on special teams and serving as a backup to American Joffrey Reynolds. Cornish eventually wrestled the starting position from Reynolds, and in 2012 he proved the doubters wrong.

What did they doubt? Well, there has been a long-held belief Canadians aren’t capable of being star running backs in the CFL.

Cornish and B.C. Lions running back Andrew Harris, a native of Winnipeg, blew that myth to smithereens in 2012.

Just like he did in 2006, Cornish rushed for 1,467 yards to set a record for Canadian running backs that former

Edmonton Eskimos rusher Normie Kwong had held for 56 years. It was also the first time a Canadian had been the CFL rushing leader since Orville Lee of the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1988.

Cornish did it by running over and through opposing tacklers. He scored 11 touchdowns in the process as the Stampeders made it all the way to the Grey Cup.

His play made him a big story on the national stage, and he brought his hometown along with him. During every Stampeders game on TSN the broadcasters would note he was a New Westminster native at least once. His on-field exploits earned him the honour of being named the CFL’s Most Outstanding Canadian, and he was a runner-up for the league’s Most Outstanding Player award.

Off the field, Cornish’s personality also captured the country, although not always in a positive way.

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His so-called Moon over Mosaic episode gained him almost as much national notoriety as his power runs through opposing defensive linemen and linebackers. Cornish was having a bad day at the office during a September game at Regina’s Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field. The Saskatchewan Roughriders fans were taunting him unmercifully. Cornish responded by pulling down his pants and mooning them.

The next day, however, he was profusely apologizing for his actions to head coach John Hufnagel, his teammates, the Stampeders organization and the Saskatchewan fans.

“It was a bad call on my part. It was an extreme lack of judgment,” Cornish said at the time.

Along with such accountability, his reputation was more than revived during Grey Cup week. Already known for being socially aware, and for

his community work, Cornish talked openly with the national media about how his mother, Margaret, an Anglican priest, had told him on one of his Christmas breaks during his university days that she was a lesbian.

He impressed reporters by telling them it took him mere seconds to accept this fact, and then said he’d like to see more acceptance of gays in society.

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Returning to his roots was a fitting way to close out a spectacular 2012 for the city’s hometown hero.

It would be quite the feat if he could top 2012, because he’s certainly set the bar high.

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For better and for worse, it’s been a busy year in the Royal City. Here’s my take on the good, the bad, the ugly of 2012.

Good: Vancouver condo king Bob Rennie comes to town and says the “Royal City” moniker reminds him of the name on a can of peaches. It’s tired, he says—time to spice things up and get a new brand. Mayor Wright affably says thanks Bob, I’m not touching that with a 10-foot pole. And Vancouver Sun columnist (and Moody Park resident) Shelley Fralic hits the nail on the head with a column (“Keep your mitts off the Royal City, Bob”) in which she writes “we’re all for progress, but it’s somewhat annoying… for you to waltz into town and declare that our much-cherished history is in need of Renniefication.”

The “Royal City” is about a name, to be sure, but it’s also about where we draw the line as this city rapidly develops and changes with the times.

Where will we be in 10 years? Will this little gem of a city lose

its soul? Most folks are happy to see new development begin to re-energize Downtown, for instance, and lord knows it was time for Hyack Festival Society to update its annual slate of events. But when does updating, invigorating and growth lead to throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

In some things—like whether to keep the Royal City name—we get a choice. In others, well, we’ll just have to ride it out, and hope for the best.

Good: More amenities, shops and services. Banks, drug stores and grocery stores are returning to the Royal City. Once the old Blockbuster Video store at Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue is redeveloped into a two-storey, 10,000-square-foot Rexall drugs, Uptown will have three large

drug stores (I’m assuming the new Rexall will replace the little IDA three doors down, owned by the same company). Rona brought a hardware store back to the New West mainland this year. TD Canada Trust now has three branches in New West. And in Uptown, an upscale restaurant is being eyed for the new Queen’s Park West building under construction at Fifth Street and Sixth Avenue. In all, there are a lot more businesses in New West than five or six years ago. According to the city’s licensing manager Keith Coueffin, business licences more than doubled between 2006 and 2011, from 1,762 to 3,805. Licensing of trades and stepped up enforcement has played a part, but Coueffin says much of that growth comes from a lot of vacant space getting filled, and new commercial space at places like Queensborough Landing shopping centre, Plaza 88 and the Brewery District.

Bad: There is always a fair bit of turnover in New West, particularly among the marginal

mom and pop retail, but a lot of businesses have either shut down in recent months or are about to. Some are retirements, at Quay Celebrity Lingerie in Uptown and Copp’s Shoes in Downtown, but many simply failed in a tough economy. Recent closures include Heather’s Boutique, Cone Zone, Modern Home Furnishings, Milli’s Pita Pizza, Kids Closet, Ranch BBQ, Farm Cottage Bakery, Shine Wellness, TINY and Emilio’s deli (at River Market) and Pearl Kitchen. I’m sure you could add a few more.

Good and Bad: Traffic. We should all be tense about the situation right now. Will the Pattullo Bridge replacement be four lanes, six, three with a counterflow, or will it be something different entirely? This was the year New West residents stood up and—after years of being frustrated with the 450,000 or so vehicles that blast through our 15-square-km city each day—said with almost one voice, maybe a bigger bridge isn’t such a good idea.

The good, bad and ugly of 2012

The federal government is bent on pushing medical marijuana grow operations out of residential homes. Crime and safety – home invasions, faulty wiring and mould – are the main reasons, and the plan has the backing of fire chiefs in B.C.

An apartment fire in Maple Ridge on Dec. 13, which left dozens of people homeless, illustrates their concerns, as investigators found three grow ops on the second floor, where the fire started, and which they believe was electrical in origin.

But Health Canada has said that the proposed legislation, which would regulate medical marijuana grow ops and push them to industrial or agricultural areas, where they would be subject to inspections, will drive up the purchase price.

Would that not fuel illegal grows and trade, similar to what occurs now? Wouldn’t that nullify any changes to eliminate safety risks?

Part of the plan is to let Health Canada medical possession and grow licenses expire in 2014.

What if, under the new regulations, some who do need it for medicinal purposes can’t afford to buy from newly licensed growers? Who benefits then?

Ottawa’s plan seems only to serve those who can afford to establish commercial grow op businesses, and put those who subvert the process into prison.

Why not regulate, license and disclose small grows in homes, window-sill-type operations for personal, medicinal use?

Why not follow Washington and Colorado, and just legalize recreational use? Clearly there is much money to be made in marijuana, and in Canada, we’re wasting way too much money and time trying to curb what is beyond the control of our authorities.

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Now we’ve got the South Fraser Perimeter Road, a tolled Port Mann... Hard to believe, but things could get worse. As a city, and as residents, we must be clear and firm. Now is our chance. This city at the crossroads of Metro Vancouver is at a major crossroads on the issue of traffic. Let’s not screw it up.

Bad: School board (Think: $2.8 million deficit).

Good: Westminster Pier Park. It rocks. If only we could get to it.

Ugly: The controversy around the city’s decision to build the office tower and borrow $59 million. If it’s sold soon, for say $60-$65 million, well, that’d be beautiful.

Just plain frustrating: Waiting to get the new schools built. There’s a plan, a schedule, and the first (the ‘St. Mary’s’ elementary) should break ground in 2013. But as we’ve all seen, things can go awry.

Well, enough pontificating from me. Happy New Year, everyone.

And thank you for reading.

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As I rush to finish holiday preparations, I’m struck by how many people in New West make a special effort to take care of people this time of year. The public employees that we and our families connect with: teachers who collect mittens and gloves so the kids who come to school without any can stay warm. Daycare staff who create a place where—no matter how the morning went—children feel special when they come in the door. Health care workers who arrive to take care of overflowing waiting rooms despite the snow. The police and firefighters who are on the job night and day to keep our

community safe. The volunteers—gathering donations for Christmas hampers overflowing with New West generosity. Serving meals to people without a home. Creating holiday cheer for people isolated and lonely.

And there are our local businesses who contribute to supporting our community—and those most in need—in so many different ways.

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As New Year’s Day 2012 dawned, there was a big hole in the ground at Columbia Street and Eighth Avenue. The pit was gradually filled in as a foundation for a civic centre, parking lot and office complex emerged.

But as the year

progressed there were many who feared taxpayer dollars were being dumped into the pit along with concrete and steel.

It was revealed in early 2012 the tentative agreement the city had with Uptown Property Group to take over the office complex part of the project had fallen through. With no other

private sector company coming forward, the city decided to continue construction without a partner.

Money would be saved on the infrastructure if both projects were built at the same time, council said. Although they couldn’t convince anyone to replace Uptown in assuming

the risk, council decided it was worth taking on themselves. Commercial real estate experts had told them the office space would be highly desirable because it’s so close to a SkyTrain station.

“Our view of the world is by the time that building is about half up we hope to

have the cost covered,” said Coun. Bill Harper at the time.

But to make it happen, the city had to do some financial shuffling to pay for the structures that are expected to cost more than $90 million. The biggest move to make it happen was council authorizing going to

the Municipal Finance Authority (MFA) to borrow up to $59 million. They asked the MFA for the financing for capital projects already planned that were supposed to be paid out of city reserves. That would allow the city to use the reserve money to pay for the construction.

At first, the decision didn’t create much of a fuss, although Coun. Chuck Puchmayr said while the risk wasn’t extremely high, he wasn’t comfortable enough to support the borrowing.

Despite his concerns, at first it seemed to be just another bylaw passed by council. But then some residents began to take notice. Emails and Twitter messages expressed concern the money would be going, albeit indirectly, toward paying for a risky private venture that could leave the taxpayers on the hook for big bucks.

“The public has not approved building an office tower on the taxpayers’ backs,” cried James Crosty, a former mayoralty candidate and past president of the Quayside Residents Association.

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“That’s a really low way of approaching taxpayers and borrowing the money for this. The public has the right to know where the money is being spent … Whether it’s right or wrong, the motivation behind that is suspect to me.”

But the only way to force a referendum on council’s borrowing decision was to collect petitions signed by at least 10 per cent of registered voters in the November 2011 municipal election. That meant 4,528 signatures were needed by Aug. 7 just to force a civic referendum on the bylaw—a tall task considering it was summertime in the city.

Crosty spearheaded the campaign that gathered more than 2,000 signatures. Not nearly enough, but a message had been sent.

The controversy didn’t die down either. Freedom of information documents

detailing Uptown’s proposal released late in the year revealed the company had offered to build the civic centre, now officially named Anvil Centre and expected to cost well over $40 million, for $35 million, along with developing the office complex and parking lot.

Although it’s been eight months since council made its decision to go it alone on the project and still no buyer has been announced for the office complex, council remains optimistic the city won’t be on the hook.

“I am aware there are people out there who are apoplectic but if they look at it they will see it makes sense,” said Mayor Wayne Wright recently.

The mayor believes the

building’s location is key for the city’s expectation either a partner will be found or for businesses to lease in the building. That’s why going ahead with the office component made sense to him instead of just building

the civic centre.“When you have the location

you do not build less than the best for that location,” said Wright.

“[Not building the office tower] doesn’t give us the help (economically), the jobs for the area and the tax revenue.”

Despite council’s confidence—in addition to the real estate consultant company looking for a buyer, Avison and Young, saying in August it had two potential large tenants—New Westminster heads into 2013 with no purchaser having been announced for the office complex.

Until that happens, the fear of it being a taxpayer money pit will remain.

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They even received support from the board, sort of, with trustees voting to ask the auditor-general to monitor its handling of resolving the deficit.

Trustees head into the new calendar year still trying to figure out what they can do for the rest of the 2012-13 school year to reduce the deficit.

During December, superintendent John Woudzia came up with a 27-point plan that would cover all but $76,000 of the deficit. The trustees said that wasn’t enough, and told senior administration to go back to the spreadsheets and give them options over and above what would be required to recover the deficit. They wanted to have more choices to decide what could go and what could stay.

In addition, some trustees balked at one of Woudzia’s proposals to sell land the district owns in Queensborough to cover $450,000 of the deficit saying eventually it could serve as the district’s new works yard. Although Ewen supports that sale, he admitted the district

would eventually have to deal with finding a new maintenance yard.

Woudzia also proposed deferring payments of other capital expenditures that are due, but some trustees are worried they’ll only be creating more problems for future school boards.

A week later, Woudzia came up with basically the same plan but threw in another $500,000 in staffing adjustments, which would see a lot of redeployment of staff to cover absences in the district instead of replacing them. He said there will be no layoffs and that the move would affect the classroom as little as possible.

The details of the “adjustments” still need to be

worked out with the board, the teachers union, the support staff union (CUPE), and other stakeholders. NWTU president Grant Osborne said the district has already cut all the fat and it will be difficult avoiding cutting into bone and muscle.

The board is trying to fast track the process of making the final decisions on how to recover the deficit, even soliciting public feedback online instead of at meetings. Both Ewen and trustee Casey Cook say the sooner they decide the more money they can recover.

Trustees may have put sharp knives on their wish list to Santa. They’ll need them as they put Woudzia’s line-by-line options on the chopping block in January.

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The Pattullo Bridge celebrated a milestone in 2012. The big question is how many more will it be around to mark in the future?

The decaying structure turned 75 on Nov. 15, 2012 amidst a great deal of concern for its health. There were differing opinions

on whether or not to do major surgery on it, replace it with a newer model, or kill the crossing entirely.

The year started with TransLink, which operates the Pattullo for the province, proposing the narrow four-lane bridge be replaced with a six-lane structure.

TransLink presented

the community with several options on where it would cross and where the entrances and exits would be. But they were all minor variations on what’s already there. The transportation authority said the replacement cost would be between $750 million and $1 billion.

While the trucking industry and the Surrey side seemed to be on board with the plans, a couple of workshops in February made it evident New Westminster residents and politicians weren’t.

The fear a six-lane structure would just serve to clog New Westminster’s already gridlocked routes with commuter traffic even further was strong. Mayor Wayne

Wright and several city councillors kept hammering New Westminster’s views with senior levels of government, and even set up a summit with Surrey officials in December to hash the issue out.

It would seem their concerns were heard. Despite its warnings of the bridge being too unsafe to fix, TransLink relented and put the proposed

replacement plans on hold late in the year. Instead, the transit authority announced it was doing a new assessment to see if it was possible to extend the Pattullo’s life by a couple of decades with safety and seismic upgrades which, if done, would reduce the Pattullo to three lanes.

The bridge was also front-and-centre late in 2012 with the new tolled Port Mann

Bridge opening. All year long many in the city feared commuters would flock to the Pattullo Bridge to avoid paying to cross the Port Mann, and anecdotally those fears appeared to be coming true when the new crossing was opened in early December.

The Pattullo made lots of noise in New Westminster in 2012, and the din isn’t likely to die down in 2013.

newsLeader fiLeMany New Westminster residents came out of TransLink’s open houses on the replacement of the Pattullo Bridge early in 2012 shaking their heads, feeling they were not given any real options.

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Looking Back/Looking ahead: city’s renewaL

Challenges remain in Downtown

Save for the occasional special event, Hyack Square has yet to become the Downtown gathering place the city envisioned.

The parkade’s future is a divisive issue. Antique Alley is a shadow of its former self, outnumbered now by empty storefronts.

The River Market has become a jewel for Downtown and Quayside residents but has yet to be discovered by many who live Uptown or elsewhere.

The innovative Shops at New West Station has brought some much-needed mainstream retail energy to the area but at the expense of a huge three-tower concrete edifice that is more sentry to the Downtown than gateway. It’s also turned Carnarvon Street into a disaster zone with too much traffic and too many jaywalking pedestrians for its narrow lanes.

The Paramount’s showpiece marquee still advertises two-for-one table dances on Sundays, hardly the kind of entertainment demanded by sophisticated young urbanites and families. The anchor retailers at each end of Columbia are a thrift shop and Army & Navy, decidedly downmarket. There’s too many wedding shops that are of little interest to residents and visitors beyond one visit. The proliferation of discount dollar stores has become a standing joke in the social media.

And for the next two years, construction activity connected at the Anvil Centre and Trapp + Holbrook will create huge gaps in the streetscape along the Columbia Street strip, and will be difficult for cars and pedestrians to navigate.

Nobody who runs a business in Downtown New West does so to get rich.

Many don’t survive. Jason McGill’s Urban Gypsy is the latest casualty after five years, and venerable Copp’s Shoes is closing due to the retirement of owner Terry McBride. They’ll likely be replaced by new shopkeepers, fueled by the

Downtown’s potential and their own boundless optimism that they’re opening at just the right time to take advantage

With more people living Downtown, and the city and developers investing in its historical character, the odds are beginning to tip in their favour.

Mario Bartel has covered many of the efforts to revitalize New

Westminster’s Downtown in his 21 years as the NewsLeader’s photographer/reporter. He now lives there.

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The investigation of other riot suspects continues, said VPD Insp. Laurence Rankin.

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Police have so far recommended more than 1,000 charges against 315 riot suspects, while prosecutors have so far approved charges against 169 of them. Some have already

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That was just part of what police called their “rampage” through downtown that night “looting businesses, damaging property and assaulting bystanders.”

Surrey and Vancouver each account for 58 of the 315 suspects who are

either already charged or could be, pending approval by Crown, in connection with the June 15, 2011 riot in downtown Vancouver after the Vancouver Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final to Boston.

Large numbers of accused rioters also came from Burnaby (34), Richmond (22), North Vancouver (20), Vancouver Island (15), Langley (14), Coquitlam (13), Maple Ridge (12) and Delta (11).

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fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

Chihuahua pups- males, 6-8 lbs full grown. L/C. 10 wks. Vet checked 1st shots. $550/ea. (778)708-6771

German Shepherd/Lab pups, 4F/1M, 2 blk, 2 wht, 1 mix, Jan 1. (604)316-2757. No Sunday calls

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

PUGS, 2 fawn female, ready now. $400. 2 male/2 females, ready Jan 2. $600. (604)796-2727/799-2911

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

527 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

APPLE Mac Book, iPhone 5 16GB and lot more at wholesales prices. visit our website: www.pvandcos-tore.com for more information.

533 FERTILIZERS

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $160 or Well Rotted 10 yards - $180. 604-856-8877

548 FURNITURE

MATTRESSES starting at $99• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings

100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

*NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET*Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell $200 ~ 604-484-0379

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

551 GARAGE SALES

BRIDGEVIEW FLEA MARKET Every Sunday, Year Round, 80 Vendors 7am-3pm, 11267-125a St. Sry. Info./Book Table 604-625-3208

560 MISC. FOR SALE

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

REAL ESTATE

627 HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES!Older House • Damaged House

Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments

Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms! CALL US FIRST! 604-626-9647

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

COQUITLAM

Welcome Home !

1 Bedrooms available near Lougheed Mall and transit. Rent includes heat & hot water. Sorry No Pets. Refs required.

Call (604) 931-2670

NEW WESTMINSTER

Panorama CourtSpacious & clean 1 & 2 bdrms avail. From $750 - $1020/mo. No pets.

Call 604-540-6732

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

KINGWAY CORPORATE CTR Quality corner offi ce 1480sf 2nd fl r, $1227.16/mo nnn. 604-970-0144

736 HOMES FOR RENT

MAPLE RIDGE, 2 bdrm rancher, Hammond area, well kept, pri bkyrd close to schls & transit. $1195/mo, avail immed. Refs & good credit req 604-462-1673

RENTALS

751 SUITES, UPPERBURNABY S. nr Metrotown, Sus-sex/Victory. Upper lvl 3 bd,1600 s/f, 1.5 baths, 2 car carport, h/wood & carpet fl rs, w/d, avail now. Refs req, n/s, $1750 +2/3utils. 604-322-0180

752 TOWNHOUSES

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available. 19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

TRANSPORTATION

818 CARS - DOMESTIC

LOOKING FOR A DEALON A NEW VEHICLE?

Save up to 40% OFF your next new vehicle...

No games or gimmicks, dealdirect with local dealerships.

www.newcarselloff.com

No qr code reader?

Text info: 778.786.8271

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673The Scrapper

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL

ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

604.683.2200

Notice is Hereby Given that Creditors and Others,

Having claims against the Estate of Ryan Marty Brown, formerly of #1808 - 14 Begbie Street, New Westminster BC, V3M 0C4, deceased, are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the person, Sharon Elizabeth Campbell, (in the process of applying for administration) 7121 129A Street Surrey BC, V3W 6T4 on or before January 7th 2013, after which the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to claims received.

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Harmony Court EstateBurnaby’s Affordable All-Inclusive

Retirement Living Community7197 Canada Way, Burnaby BC • Tel: 604.527.3300

Harmony Court EstateBurnaby’s Affordable All-Inclusive

Retirement Living Community7197 Canada Way, Burnaby BC • Tel: 604.527.3300

Harmony Court Estate

From our house to your house...Warmest Holiday Wishes

Move in for the New Year!Large Newly RenovatedSuites Available Now!

Starting at $1795

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