FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011 N E W W E S T M I N S T E R INSIDE FEATURE: Top films for the holidays ◗P11 NEWS , SPORTS , OPINION & ENTERTAINMENT www.royalcityrecord.com FOLLOW US ON TWITTER twitter .com/TheRecord JOIN US ON FACEBOOK facebook.com/RoyalCityRecord The final numbers won’t be known until later in January, but organizers with the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society are already bracing for bad news. “Overall, donations are down signifi- cantly, and demand is up,” said Doug Aason, director of community invest- ment for the non-profit organization. The society collects and distributes food to more than 25‚000 people weekly through 15 food depots and more than 100 com- munity agencies in Vancouver‚ Burnaby‚ New Westminster and the North Shore. Aason said preliminary figures for this year as compared to last year for food donations are approximately 38 per cent down, while demand has increased 51 per cent. “It’s a pretty scary situation,” said Aason. “We’re really hoping that our monetary donations will offset what we’re down in food donations.” For every dollar the society receives, it’s able to buy $3 worth of food. “We don’t receive any government funding, and we rely on the generosity of people willing to donate food, money and time,” said Aason. In the Royal City, approximately 600 people visit the New Westminster Food Bank each week. The number of folks accessing the New Westminster depot continues to rise, with as many as 700 people using the depot during the two days it’s open for pickup each week. Two days a week, the food bank dis- tributes food to people in need. It welcomes donations of non-perish- able items such as canned fish, canned meat, peanut butter, whole wheat pasta, pasta sauces, soups, rice, canned fruit and vegetables, baby food and diapers. The society does not accept homemade items, expired baby food, products con- taining alcohol or open packages of food. Aason said the society isn’t alone in feeling the financial pinch, as many other charitable organizations have had a tough year. “This seems to be a tough time for everybody because there’s a general fear with what’s happening in the economy,” said Aason. “There’s a lot of fear out there.” Aason added that when the January numbers come in, the society will then have to figure out how to budget and get through the next nine months. “It’s hard for us in the summer to get the word out that we’re always needing to replenish our food supplies,” said Aason. “People tend to forget about hunger and homelessness in the summer, … so we have to have enough to get us through for the next nine months.” Aason remains hopeful that even if the numbers are down, people will continue to contribute. “Our donors are very supportive,” he said. “If our food (stock) doesn’t get back to the levels we need, we’re hoping mon- etary donations will continue coming in. … We’ll have to wait and see.” Funds donated to the local food bank are forwarded to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society, which then provides food to the local food bank. Donations can be dropped off at the food bank at 1111 SixthAve. Call 604-525-9628 to donate or for more information. www.twitter.com/AlfieLau Demand at food banks on t he rise A helping hand: Mona Forsyth is the local coordinator of the New Westminster Food Bank. The food bank is still tallying its numbers, but with food donations down and the number of people accessing their services on the rise, it looks like the food bank will continue to need financial donations to make up for the shortfall. Food bank is struggling with fewer donations and greater need in the region BY ALFIE LAU REPORTER [email protected]Kevin Hill/THE RECORD ◗ HELPING OUT Buy or Sell with me and use my me and use my truck for FREE! truck for FREE! 604-526-2888 604-526-2888 www.adamlloyd.ca Each Office Independently Owned and Operated Advantage Adam Adam Lloyd Lloyd 604-521-1453 | crystalnails.ca ✁ $ $ 25 25 Columbia Square #101-78 Tenth St., New Westminster PEDICURE PEDICURE Introductory offer With this ad • Expires Jan. 15th, 2012 Not valid with any other offers. ✁ De Breakfast De Breakfast De Brunch De Brunch De Lunch De Lunch De Licious De Licious Columbia Square - 1035 Columbia St., New Westminster www.dedutch.com • 604.521.2288 M-F 7:30AM-3:00PM, S & S 8:00AM-3:00PM
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The final numbers won’t be knownuntil later in January, but organizers withthe Greater Vancouver Food Bank Societyare already bracing for bad news.
“Overall, donations are down signifi-cantly, and demand is up,” said DougAason, director of community invest-ment for the non-profit organization. Thesociety collects and distributes food tomore than 25‚000 people weekly through15 food depots and more than 100 com-munity agencies in Vancouver‚ Burnaby‚New Westminster and the North Shore.
Aason said preliminary figures for thisyear as compared to last year for fooddonations are approximately 38 per centdown, while demand has increased 51per cent.
“It’s a pretty scary situation,” saidAason. “We’re really hoping that ourmonetary donations will offset whatwe’re down in food donations.”
For every dollar the society receives,it’s able to buy $3 worth of food.
“We don’t receive any governmentfunding, and we rely on the generosityof people willing to donate food, moneyand time,” said Aason.
In the Royal City, approximately 600people visit the New Westminster FoodBank each week.
The number of folks accessing the New
Westminster depot continues to rise, withas many as 700 people using the depotduring the two days it’s open for pickupeach week.
Two days a week, the food bank dis-tributes food to people in need.
It welcomes donations of non-perish-able items such as canned fish, cannedmeat, peanut butter, whole wheat pasta,pasta sauces, soups, rice, canned fruit andvegetables, baby food and diapers.
The society does not accept homemadeitems, expired baby food, products con-taining alcohol or open packages of food.
Aason said the society isn’t alone infeeling the financial pinch, as many othercharitable organizations have had a tough
year.“This seems to be a tough time for
everybody because there’s a general fearwith what’s happening in the economy,”said Aason. “There’s a lot of fear outthere.”
Aason added that when the Januarynumbers come in, the society will thenhave to figure out how to budget and getthrough the next nine months.
“It’s hard for us in the summer to getthe word out that we’re always needing toreplenish our food supplies,” said Aason.“People tend to forget about hunger andhomelessness in the summer, … so wehave to have enough to get us through forthe next nine months.”
Aason remains hopeful that even if thenumbers are down, people will continueto contribute.
“Our donors are very supportive,” hesaid. “If our food (stock) doesn’t get backto the levels we need, we’re hoping mon-etary donations will continue coming in.… We’ll have to wait and see.”
Funds donated to the local food bankare forwarded to the Greater VancouverFood Bank Society, which then providesfood to the local food bank.
Donations can be dropped off at thefood bank at 1111 Sixth Ave.
Call 604-525-9628 to donate or for moreinformation.
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A helping hand: Mona Forsyth is the local coordinator of the New Westminster Food Bank. The food bank is still tallying itsnumbers, but with food donations down and the number of people accessing their services on the rise, it looks like the foodbank will continue to need financial donations to make up for the shortfall.
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We began our look back atthe headlines of 2011 in theWednesday, Dec. 28 edition of
The Record.Below, we continue our examination
of the top headlines of the year, startingin May:
MAYNew Westminster’s two NDP members
of Parliament are returning to Ottawaafter being re-elected in the May 2 federalelection. Fin Donnelly will represent NewWestminster-Coquitlam, and Peter Julianwins his fourth term as MP for Burnaby-New Westminster.
New Westminster school trustees voteto accept superintendent John Woudzia’sconclusion that the school district shouldkeep its one-week spring break. The deci-sion comes after the district canvassesparents about the concept of having atwo-week break.
The Beedie Group goes to workon a new industrial building inQueensborough that will be a warehouseto be used by Kruger Products. RyanBeedie says the building is like a 12-acrebuilding and will be the largest singlefootprint warehouse ever built in MetroVancouver.
The City of New Westminster decidesthat a single-stream curbside recyclingprogram is the best way to divert morewaste away from landfills and incinera-tors. Instead of separating their recycla-bles, the single-stream system will allowresidents to put all of their recyclables inone cart as the items will be sorted at aprocessing plant.
A former New Westminster priest whopleaded guilty to sexually assaultingtwo young girls in 1992 is now found tobe doing fill-in work at a Catholic par-ish in Ontario. Father John McCann, 83,had been working at an Ottawa churchwhen a victims’ advocate group blew thewhistle on his past. He subsequently lefthis public duties with the church.
Three suspects are accused of cruis-ing the Fraser River at night to stealboats, tools and marine equipment. NewWestminster police charge three suspects,after recovering several thousands of dol-lars worth of allegedly stolen goods.
New Westminster city council sup-ports a local business’s plan to expandits current construction and demolitionwaste operation in the Braid industrialarea but doesn’t endorse its proposedplastics recycling facility that would con-vert ground plastic waste into ultra sweetcrude oil. Harvest Power Inc. is seekingfederal funding to build a $16-million
facility to reclaim, reuse and recycle con-struction and demolition waste adjacentto its current operation.
Police in Alberta arrest and chargea man they say is linked by DNA toan unsolved sexual assault in NewWestminster that dates back to February2010. Leduc RCMP, working with theEdmonton Police Service and VegrevilleRCMP, arrested a man in January aftera reported sexual assault and found hisDNA matched DNA collectedfrom other sexual assaults.
Queensborough youthcreate a legacy in art, by cre-ating murals that will adorna fence that borders thepedestrian walkway up to theQueensborough Bridge.
The on-again off-again plan to replacethe aging Pattullo Bridge with a newcrossing is on again. TransLink indicatesit will be pursuing its original plan tobuild a new $1-billion, six-lane bridge toreplace the aging structure, after an inde-pendent engineer determines the bridgecan’t be safely widened.
Residents cheer when TransLink offi-cials announce there will be no UnitedBoulevard extension in New Westminsterin the foreseeable future. The decisioncomes after New Westminster residentsand council express concern about theoptions being considered and theirimpacts on the community.
Hume Park Elementary School stu-dent Lauren Vanags is crowned as thecity’s 141st May Queen. It’s a big day for
New Westminster’s smallestschool, which has 26 stu-dents.
New Westminster MLADawn Black presses theprovincial government foranswers about expansionplans for Royal ColumbianHospital. She voices concern
that there’s been no action on the hospi-tal’s expansion plan, which was submit-ted to the government nearly a year ago.
JUNECanuck fever hits the Royal City as
the Vancouver Canucks win their way tothe Stanley Cup finals. For local pubs, the
playoff run means big crowds.
A team of city officials do a detailedsite inspection of the Harvest Powerplant after the company’s expansion planhighlights a number of issues related tothe storing and sorting of recycled mate-rials, building permits, business licenseand dust pollution. Neighbouring busi-nesses report that the dust from the planthas created air quality issues for severalyears.
New Westminster Police Serviceresorts to pomp and circumstance whenit holds a rare change of command cer-emony to mark the retirement of outgoingChief Constable Lorne Zapotichny andthe promotion of Dave Jones to the chiefconstable’s position.
New Westminster’s latest condo devel-opment sells out completely in a matterof hours. Developers for Eight West, afour-storey mixed used development atthe former Canadian Tire site, say thedemand for one- and two-bedroom unitsis even greater than expected.
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A year of challenge and change
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A two-year-old child falls to her death from an eight-storey window in an uptown apartment building. Withinan hour of the fatal fall, another child falls out of a third-storey window elsewhere in the city but survives afterlanding on grass.
Hume Park Elementary School families heave bigsighs of relief when school trustees give them untilMarch 2012 to increase their enrolment numbers. Theidea is to give the school community time to develop aneducationally and fiscally sound plan, with support fromdistrict staff, to increase enrolment at the school, with areport to be presented to the board by March 31.
New Westminster city council gets an earful fromresidents who are opposed to the Elizabeth Fry Society’srezoning application. They fear the rezoning, which
would allow for constructionof a four-storey building toaccommodate child-care andoffice space for the society,would pave the way for morecommercial buildings alongSherbrooke Street.
New Westminster policeConst. Jeffrey Klassen will not
serve any jail time for a 2009 booze-fuelled assault on alate-night delivery driver. Klassen gets a sentence of one-year probation and 100 hours of community service.
Urban Wood Waste Recyclers, (a division of HarvestPower) works on a plan to address issues about air qual-ity. It’s also addressing issues that need to be resolvedrelating to zoning inspections, plumbing permits andbuilding permits, and the need for a development permitfor uses on the site.
The city takes steps to address cloudy water issuesthat have plagued Moody Park Outdoor Pool since itsopening in 2009. The city hopes that an additional fil-ter in the mechanical room will address water qualityissues, which have required the pool to be closed formaintenance for one hour between the afternoon andevening swims.
A gravel barge collides with the Queensborough railbridge, putting it out of commission. The rail bridge,which has been in operation since 1911, handles eight to10 crossing each day, on average.
Canada Games Pool staff is credited for saving a 28-year-old man who suffers a heart attack while workingout at the facility. While lifeguards began CPR, staffcalled emergency services to Canada Games Pool.
Butterflies are released to symbolize the new life thatan expansion will bring to Queensborough CommunityCentre. Work on the new 13,180 square foot expansion isgetting underway.
B.C. Teachers’ Federation announces that teachersfrom across B.C., including New Westminster, havevoted 90 per cent in favour of strike action in the fall.When school resumes in September, teachers will gointo “teach only” mode, which means they won’t attendmeetings or do administrative work.
JULYThe design of New Westminster’s future civic centre
needs a bit of fine-tuning, but it’s nearly complete. The$35-million facility, which will be built at the corner ofEighth and Columbia streets by December 2013, willinclude a theatre, convention space, art studios, an artgallery, a tourist information centre, the city’s museumand archives, the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame and arestaurant.
A New Westminster police officer is slashed with aknife after approaching a man in Queen’s Park who hadbeen reported to be in distress. After being hit withoutwarning, the officer was able to hit the suspect – possiblybreaking his nose. New Westminster police later releasea composite drawing of the suspect and a photo of afour-inch folding knife used in the slashing incident.
Ballenas Project Management receives the city’sapproval to build a 21-storey building on ColumbiaStreet despite concerns from many nearby residents. In a
four-to-three vote, council approves the rezoning. Manyarea residents voice concerns about the traffic safety onElliott and Clarkson streets, access to the building, park-ing problems, loss of views for neighbouring buildings,potential damage to the neighbouring buildings duringthe construction process and the building’s fit in theneighbourhood.
Honour House, the first facility of its kind in Canada,celebrates its grand opening in New Westminster. It willprovide a home away from home for first responders ormilitary personnel (and their families) who are in townto access medical treatment.
City council reverses its earlier decision to retain theCentre Block tower at the Woodlands site. Councillorssupport its demolition, much to the delight of formerresidents.
The Elizabeth Fry Society asks city council to table itsrezoning application until it gets more information aboutFraser Health’s expansion plans for Royal ColumbianHospital, which is located across the street from the pro-posed building. New Westminster city council rescindsreadings of bylaws that were part of the controversialproposal in Sapperton.
The Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s B.C.Vacation Home Lottery loses money because of slowticket sales. The foundation fulfils all its obligations butneeds to borrow about $3 million from its reserves. Ithad hoped to sell 120,000 tickets at $10 apiece but onlysold 44,000 tickets.
Water gushes out of the ground when a water main
breaks on Sixth Street, where construction is takingplace. The water flooded the basements of some localbusinesses and forced the city to cut water service to thearea until the water main was repaired.
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Not impressed: Many neighbours living around the Elizabeth Fry Society’s head office aren’t pleased about thesociety’s plan to construct a new building on Sherbrooke Street. They collected a petition against the plan inJune. Deb Niewerth, Catherine Cartwright and Jerry Sommers hold the petition.
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British Columbia’s justice system isin crisis.
This year, we saw serious casesdelayed or thrown out because of a lackof judges to hear them orsheriffs to keep the courtroomsafe.
The Liberals have also gut-ted the legal aid system; apenny-wise, pound-foolish policy thatdenies skilled counsel to those in needand bogs down an already groaning sys-tem in the process.
With this in mind, it’s astonishingthat the courts are the only branch ofour provincial government that has anyinterest in Derek Delaurier, a 40-year-old
man whose mental disabilityhas contributed to him com-mitting more than 60 minor,non-violent crimes.
Lacking any other options,a clearly frustrated judge recently tossedDelaurier back on the streets, eventhough everyone in the room knew it’sonly a matter of time before he finds his
way back into a police car, a jail cell, andin front of yet another judge with thesame futile sentencing choices.
Consider the tax dollars spent onarresting, processing, prosecuting andimprisoning someone more than 60times.
Surely that sum would pay for a leastsome measure of help for this man, whois clearly more victim than villain.
Yet Premier Christy Clark’s priorityfor our courts is not to find more judges,or sheriffs, or to fund legal aid, or to
find a better way to handle cases likeDelaurier’s, but to stage televised showtrials of accused rioters – yet anotherwaste of scarce court resources.
As the system unravels, the moneywasted will just continue to add up,while people like Delaurier fall throughthe cracks.
Let’s make sure our courts can do thejob laid out before them. Otherwise, werisk finding ourselves with a brokensystem and not enough money to paythe repair bill.
Problems brewingat B.C. Ferries
The problems and challen-ges facing B.C. Ferries gomuch deeper than figuring
out why some of its fleet keepsslamming into docks at highspeed.
The recent crash of theCoastal Inspiration into the DukePoint ferry berth has refocusedattention on safety issues, butthe most vexing problems aremore about finances.
Of course, four “hard” land-ings so far this year seems exces-sive. But B.C. Ferries respondsthat its fleet sails more than187,000 times a year and aver-ages about a dozen hard land-ings (of various degrees) a year,which seems to put things inperspective.
The most recent crash will beinvestigated and perhaps lessonswill be learned from it and thatwill be that (until the next ser-ious hard landing or accident).
But more serious and press-ing problems aren’t going awayanytime soon.
Simply put, the costs associ-ated with running the ferrysystem keep increasing but thenumber of people using it keepsgoing down.
Something has to give here.
B.C. Ferries keeps raisingfares but admits it’s gone aboutas far as it can go with thatoption. At some point, high faresdiscourage casual travellers fromusing the service, and the com-pany may have already reachedthat point.
The company is embarking ona cost-cutting exercise, but thelion’s share of its expenses is outof its control.
For example, fuel costs havegone from $50 million a year in2003 to about $120 million thisyear. An extra $1 million a yearin additional operating costs iscourtesy of Transport Canada’sstaffing rules on vessels.
The federal agency’s newsewage treatment rules comeinto effect next summer, andB.C. Ferries has been required tospend more than $60 million tocomply with them.
Labour costs have gone fromjust under $200 million in 2003 toabout $266 million this year. Andinterest and amortization costs(largely resulting from buildingbadly needed new vessels andupgrading terminals) have sky-rocketed, going from $68 millioneight years ago to almost $200million this year.
You can talk all you wantabout cutting executive paylevels at the company, but that’snot going to make even a dentin those expenses. All told, costshave gone up about $300 millionin the last eight years.
Another problem that isn’tgoing away is the delicate issue
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I totally empathize with Josh Bosher (re: Transittough for the ‘invisible disabled’, The Record, Dec.21.)
I have osteoarthritis and experience great dis-comfort standing on the SkyTrain. As my doctor hasput it, the “shock absorbers” in my knees are shot,so the jerky, irregular movements of the train arevery uncomfortable.
I am also 61 years old, but it is both a blessingand a curse that I don’t look my age. I would guessthat it is a 50/50 chance that someone will offer mea seat, as I am not obviously disabled.
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to brace myself against the movement of the train. Idon’t know what the solution is.
Some people are very considerate, and others areoblivious, totally absorbed in their Blackberries ortheir book or pretending to be sleeping.
I guess all I can say is, if in doubt, please offeryour seat. It will be greatly appreciated!
And to Josh – you are definitely not alone!Terri Nicholson, New Westminster
Thanks for the night lightsDear Editor:
I would just like to thank all the people who haveput up Christmas lights this year.
My husband and I go for walks in the eveningand enjoy looking at them very much. Last night,my husband took three of our grandchildren to see
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them. Their sparkling eyes and big beauti-ful smiles belong to all of you wonderfulpeople.It’s nice to enjoy and appreciate the littlethings in life. Merry Christmas
Deborah Cole, New Westminster
Pleased with smart metersDear Editor:
More than $100 million worth of electric-ity is stolen from B.C. Hydro every year,with much of it stolen to power marijuanagrow-ops.
As an honest B.C. Hydro customer, itmakes me more than just a little unhappy toknow that people are stealing electricity.
It makes me even more unhappy toknow that the cost of all that stolen electric-ity gets added to the hydro bills of honestB.C. Hydro customers like you and me.
That’s why I’m glad B.C. Hydro is finallyinstalling smart meters and putting an endto preventable electricity theft.
Smart meters will let B.C. Hydro zero inon electricity theft quickly and accuratelyand shut down the perpetrators.
The old mechanical meters B.C. Hydrohas relied on since the 1940s and 1950s sim-ply can’t do that.
All they can do is measure how muchelectricity has gone through them, and theyonly get checked manually every couple ofmonths (long after the opportunity to catchelectricity thieves has passed).
I doubt that most people are still usingthe same appliances, phones, TVs and radi-os that were around in the 1940s and 1950s.
So why would anyone want to use meter-ing technology from 50 or 60 years ago,especially when smart meters can detectelectricity theft and save B.C. Hydro cus-tomers $100 million per year?
Investing in smart meters is well worththe cost. And preventing the theft of $100million a year will basically pay for themeters in just 10 short years.
Mike Taylor, Port Moody
A heartfelt thanksDear Editor:
On Dec. 7, Rhoena Reutlinger, manager ofthe Paddlewheeler Pub, and Dave Brennan,manager of the New Westminster Chamberof Commerce, hosted their annual pancakebreakfast that benefitted New WestminsterFamily Place and the Purpose Society.
Thanks to their continued dedicationand support, this year’s breakfast was againa wonderful success.
To witness the generosity of those whocome out to support this event is affirmingof the community’s commitment to familieswho may be struggling at this time of year.And they were very generous.
Both Family Place and the PurposeSociety are extremely appreciative for thetoys and donations that they receive as aresult of the hard work of Ms. Reutlingerand Mr. Brennan.
Our staff are witness to immense grati-tude in the form of smiles, tears and thanksfrom families when they receive their ham-pers, toys or food vouchers.
They see first-hand the difference thesegenerous donations can make.
Dawn Embree, the Purpose SocietyMarjorie Staal, the New Westminster Family Place
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of just what kind of ser-vices B.C. Ferries shouldprovide. Only its majorroutes linking Tsawwassento Victoria and HorseshoeBay to Nanaimo turn aprofit while the other runslose money to variousdegrees.
B.C. Ferries is contrac-tually obligated (with theB.C. government) to pro-vide a certain number ofsailings on various routes.But the situation on someof them has become ridicu-lous.
For example, on thelightly used Route 26 inthe Queen Charlottes, thelocal ferry made 259 tripslast year in which therewere absolutely no pas-sengers on board at all.Meanwhile, the ferry car-ried a crew of four and, ofcourse, consumed expen-sive fuel.
On route 18, which
connects Powell River toTexada Island, there were176 occasions betweenApril 2010 and Februaryof this year in which threepassengers or fewer wereon board. Meanwhile, theship is staffed with a crewof seven.
Those two routes alonelose $8 million a yearbetween them. All told,the minor routes lost morethan $67 million last year,an increase of more than$3 million the year before.
This raises some funda-mental questions.
For example, does therereally need to be 16 tripsa day between Nanaimoand Gabriola Island? Doesthere need to be almost30 trips a day from SaltSpring Island to variouslocations? For that matter,does Salt Spring Islandreally need three ferry ter-minals?
Now, the very idea of
chopping even one money-losing sailing on theseroutes does, of course,elicit howls of rage fromthose who live on thoseislands.
But either B.C. Ferrieshas to reduce service onthose money-losing routes,or the provincial govern-ment must increase itsannual subsidy to the com-pany. Provincial taxpayersfrom around the provincegive the company morethan $170 million a yearto operate, but clearly it’snot enough to make endsmeet.
It’s a tough spot for thecompany – and the gov-ernment – to be in, but as Isay, something has to givehere. And it’s going to bea tougher problem to solvethan figuring why theoccasional ferry hits a dockway too fast.
Keith Baldrey is chief pol-itical reporter for Global B.C.
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Thousands of peopleturn out to celebrate the12th Street Music Festival,which has expanded frompast years. While it includesfamily-friendly events like apancake breakfast and enter-tainment, it’s the presence ofthe Hells Angels MotorcycleClub that upsets some localresidents, police and city officials. TheHells Angels set up a booth at the event,where it sold merchandise.
New Westminster Police investigatea double stabbing in the 400 block ofColumbia Street that sees two victims sentto the hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries.
The month-long saga of the bustedQueensborough rail bridge ends as railtraffic resumes. The bridge’s protectionpier, span and swing mechanism wereheavily damaged when a gravel bargecrashed into it on June 28.
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Arts come alive in New Westminsterduring the Cultural Crawl. The eventincluded a variety of events, includingEnglish tea parties, poetry recitals andarts activities for kids.
Uptown businesses onSixth Street are increasinglyfrustrated with the lengthof time it’s taking to replacewater and sewer lines. Someare facing costs associatedwith damage from a burstwater main and a slowdownin business.
Local New Democrat Party politiciansgrieve the death of federal NDP leaderJack Layton, who loses his battle withcancer at the age of 61. Local residentspay respect to Jack Layton by signing abook of condolences to be sent to his fam-ily. Layton died of cancer on Aug 22.
Former MP Paul Forseth decides toseek the provincial Conservative nomina-tion for New Westminster, rather thanrunning for TEAM Burnaby’s civic slateas he’d originally planned to do.
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Ah, the holidays. What better timeto curl up in front of your TV witha good movie?
The question is, what to watch?We here in the newsroom put our
heads together and brainstormed ideasabout the best movies for the holidayseason – and, since we don’t particularlytrust ourselves (and we couldn’t stop thearguments that erupted over whetherMichael Caine or Alastair Sim was a bet-ter Ebenezer Scrooge), we also called forideas from readers on our Facebook page.
Putting it all together, here are ourpicks for Top Holiday Movies:
◗ It’s a Wonderful Life (1946): Even themost cynical amongst us has to admit
that our hearts meltjust a little every timewe watch this FrankCapra classic. Starringthe incomparableJimmy Stewart andDonna Reed, themovie journeysthrough the life ofsmall-town business-man George Bailey
and explores what would have happenedif he’d never existed. A warm, engagingand unabashedly sentimental charmer forthe whole family.
◗ White Christmas (1954): If you don’tlove this classic musical, then bah hum-bug to you. Yes, the story is as 1950scheesy as they come, about a song-and-dance pair who become romanticallyinvolved with two singing sisters andteam up to save the failing Vermont innthat’s run by their former command-ing general. But come on – it’s got BingCrosby, it’s got Danny Kaye, it’s gotRosemary Clooney, it’s got some of thebest tunes of all time, and it’s got justabout the most heartwarming ending ofany film ever. Indulge, and enjoy.
◗ Elf (2003): He may not be JimmyStewart, but Will Ferrell brings a charmall his own to the role of Buddy, the
ungainly, overgrownman-raised-as-elfwho leaves the NorthPole to seek out hisreal family. His child-ish enthusiasm forChristmas and zestfor life gradually winover the humans heencounters – and,with plenty of sillyhumour mixed in
among gentle messages about love, toler-ance and the true spirit of Christmas, it’sbound to appeal to kids and adults alike.
◗ A Christmas Carol (also released asScrooge, 1951): Alastair Sim turns in thedefining performance as Charles’ Dickens
famous miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, in thisclassic tale of greed and redemption.You haven’t felt the spirit of Christmasmove you till you’ve heard him say: “Ihaven’t taken leave of my senses. I’vecome to them.” A must-watch for everyChristmas.
◗ The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992):Michael Caine and a bunch of puppets? Itmay not seem like a recipe for a holidayclassic, but the skeptics have been provenwrong, time and again, by the freshnessof this retelling of the Dickens classic.With all the familiar muppet favour-ites on board – most notably Kermitthe Frog as Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy asMrs. Cratchit, and Gonzo as the narra-tor, Charles Dickens himself – it’s full ofmemorable songs and powered by theinspired performance of Caine, and it’skept fun for everyone by an injection ofhumour throughout. (“Light the lamp,not the rat!”)
◗ Love Actually (2003): With a cast listthat reads like a Who’s Who of favouriteBritish actors, Love Actually is a romanticcomedy – or, more accurately, severalromantic comedies in one – that just can’thelp stealing hearts. Among the standoutsare Hugh Grant as the prime minister of
England (gotta dig that dance sequence),Colin Firth as a writer betrayed by hiswife who falls in love with a woman whodoesn’t speak his language, Bill Nighy asa washed-up old rockstar on the come-
back trail and LiamNeeson as a grievingwidower coming toterms with life as astepdad. It’s EmmaThompson, however,who steals the showwith perhaps thesingle most heart-wrenching wordlessscene ever filmed in
a movie (no spoilers here; we’ll only tellyou the music of Joni Mitchell is playingin the background). You will laugh. Youwill cry. And you will, despite yourself,come out believing that love actually is allaround us.
◗ The Sound of Music (1965): Purists maypoint out (quite correctly) that this isn’tstrictly a Christmas movie. But since thisclassic musical makes its way repeat-edly onto television screens around thecountry at this time of year – and since itssugar-and-spice messages about love andgoodness are really what Christmas is allabout – we’ll adopt it as one for the sake
of this list. And come on, what’s not tolove? If you don’t adore Julie Andrews inthe role of Maria, the would-be nun whoheads off to serve as nanny to Captainvon Trapp’s seven children, then yourheart is too hard for Christmas. Justwatch, sing along, and enjoy.
◗ A Christmas Story (1983): Seepingnostalgia from every pore and hilariousin almost every scene, A Christmas Storyfollows the iconic Ralphie remember-ing a 1950s “traditional, 100 per cent,red-blooded, two fisted, all-AmericanChristmas” with his happy but somewhat
chaotic family. Themovie covers all thebases of Christmasas seen from the eyesof a child, from alittle brother eagerlyhopping into Santa’slap and burstinginto tears to thedisappointment ofgetting pajamas for
Christmas. The movie has been bringingabout audible belly laughs from viewersyear after year since it quietly debutedin 1983. This is the movie to watch if youwant everyone to go to bed laughing.
Best holiday movies: Our top picks
Best holiday movies: From the classics of the silver screen to some less traditional options, Record newsroom staffers offer up theirtop picks for best holiday movies.
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◗ Miracle on 34th Street: Whether youchoose to watch the original 1947 clas-sic or the 1994 remake, this one’s sim-ply a winner. Is Kris Kringle (playedby Edmund Gwenn in the original andRichard Attenborough in the remake)a crazy old man, or is he really SantaClaus? When a skeptical, precocious childasks that question, the results combinehumour, love and a lot of good old-fashioned shmaltz for a heartwarmingChristmas family film.
◗ National Lampoon’s ChristmasVacation (1989): For everyone of uswho has ever struggled with a string ofChristmas lights, overbearing relativesand ungrateful children, Chevy Chaseas Clark Griswold is here to remind usof why it is all worthwhile. Griswoldhas every intention of having the perfectChristmas for his family, but despite(and occasionally because of) his bestintentions, the holiday swiftly goes awry.From his Sisyphean struggle to adorn hishouse in lights to his fight for a decentChristmas bonus, Griswold represents thebest and worst in all of us at this time ofyear. When you find the holiday stress isgetting to be too much, sit down with theGriswolds and get a good dose of hilari-ous perspective.
For the less traditionalFor those who prefer their Christmas
movies with a little less mistletoe andhappy-ever-after, here are a few alterna-tive suggestions:
◗ The Ref (1994): For many, a familyChristmas feels a bit like being takenhostage. The Ref simply takes that feelingto its logical conclusion. A dysfunctional(of course) family finds itself held atgunpoint by a second-rate cat burglarwho seems to be the only sane one inthe bunch. It stars Denis Leary when hiscareer was just starting to bud and lotsof other familiar actors delivering linespeople only wish they could say to theirin-laws. It’s an early ’90s jocular comedy,and it’s no classic, but it’s the cynic’sChristmas movie, and the cynics deserveto be entertained this time of year too,dammit.
◗ Home Alone (1990): This is the moviethat immortalized one of the most famousfacial expressions of all time – who canforget the wide eyes and dropped jaw ofMacaulay Culkin’s character upon realiz-ing he’d been left behind by his big fam-ily on their Christmas vacation? This flicktapped into the ultimate fear-and-fantasyof almost every kid: the joy of beingable to do whatever you want combinedwith the horror of having no one aroundto protect you. Mix in some bumblingcrooks, panicked parents and plenty ofholiday cheer, and this is one from thevaults to bring back for a re-watch thisholiday season.
◗ Die Hard (1988): Oh, come on, whatsays Christmas more than guns, bloodand Bruce Willis? This action-packed film– set against the backdrop of a Christmasparty in the Nakatomi Plaza highrise– created one of the best movie villains of
all time in the personof Hans Gruber (AlanRickman) and one ofthe best action heroesin Willis’s cynicalNew York City cop,John McClane, whosets out to take downa band of apparentterrorists. Non-stopaction, wisecracking
one-liners and a happy ending (well, ifyou don’t count the bodies) make it a per-fect alternative for those nights you justcan’t handle more holiday shmaltz.
◗ Scrooged (1989): With Bill Murray inthe lead spot of this modern retelling ofthe classic Scrooge tale, can anything lessthan over-the-top behaviour, unconven-tional story lines and plenty of comedy beexpected?
Murray, as cold-hearted TV executiveXavier Cross, is the nightmare boss whohas alienated family, friends and evenhis one true love in his career-focused,self-centred effort to avoid his unpleasantchildhood and make a name for himself.
But when three equally unconvention-al ghosts – heralded by the grisly skeletonof his former TV network boss – come to
visit him, Cross comes to some startlingrealizations about life and love.
It’s impossible to watch his post-ghostrebirth and not smile all the way through– or to join in at the sing-along aimed atthe audience during the closing credits. Acomic heartwarmer in every way.
◗ Gremlins (1984): While the ’80s specialeffects may not impress contemporaryaudiences, this classic Spielberg-producedfilm was freaky enough to make suremany a child and young teen didn’t leavetheir ankles exposed to the underside ofthe bed for a long while.
The plot: a young man gets a specialfurry critter for Christmas, which endsup multiplying and turning into evil littlemonsters because he breaks the rules onhow to care for them. The gremlins terror-ize the town of our hapless protagonist,who has to kill them all by exposing themto light.
There are some comedic elements, butthere are also some rather violent scenes– a gremlin getting fried in the microwavecomes to mind, while another meets hismaker after falling into an electric mixer.
Gremlins was a success in its time, andthe storyline is somewhat original, but thefilm is half horror, so bear that in mind ifyou have small children.
Added bonus: This film may serve as acautionary tale for kids who want pets forChristmas.
– compiled by Record reporters
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If your taste is biog-raphy, there’s a newreprint of Howard White’sA Hard Man to Beat - TheStory of Bill White: LabourLeader, Historian, ShipyardWorker, Raconteur. White’sstory is that of a turbulentlabour time in our prov-ince.
Caring and Compassion:A History of the Sistersof St. Ann in Health Carein British Columbia is afascinating account offour sisters from Quebecwho came to early B.C.and established hospitalsand schools that serve ustoday.
West Coast Wrecks &Other Maritime Tales, byRick James, combines thesea, adventure and mys-tery, in great stories.
For nature buffs,there the big and beauti-fully illustrated BritishColumbia’s MagnificentParks: The First 100 Years,by James D. Anderson.
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A14 • Friday, December 30, 2011 • The Record
Another year isnearly past, witha new one lurking
just around the corner. Theperiod of time around theturn of the new year isalways a time to look backas well as to think aboutthe year to come.
The year 2012 will bea year filled with interest-ing anniversaries and weare looking forward to ourparticipation in many ofthese.
In the past, the endingof one year and beginningof the next in this city wasfrequently the cause forparties, balls, performanc-es and other communityevents.
An excellent exampleof this occurred with theturning of 1867 to 1868.Government House, hometo Governor and Mrs.Seymour, was the scene ofa social function that drewthe town’s full attention.
A newspaper commenton the event noted that an
evening party had beenheld at the official resi-dence of the governor andthat things had gone well:“The invitations were, weunderstand, very general,and the attendance waslarge.” For those wonder-ing where GovernmentHouse was situated, a briefexplanation is in order. In2011 terms, it will sufficeto say that this buildingstood near the corner ofEast Columbia Street atRichmond Street in thegeneral location of RoyalCity Manor.
In this same timeframe of early 1868, a“grand musical entertain-ment” was also held atGovernment House in aidof the Royal ColumbianHospital.
The event was a greatsuccess and lasted, if weare to believe the account,very late into the eveningin our little town.
“Owing to the extremecoldness of the night, theattendance was somewhatthinner than it woulddoubtless have beenunder more favourableconditions. The party was,however, a very pleasantand successful one, anddancing was kept up withgreat spirit ‘til 3 o’clock.Much praise is due to the
committee of manage-ment for the really tastefuldecorations and excellentarrangements.”
Perhaps the dancingwith “great spirit” waskept up in order to keepwarm.
That New Year’s edito-rial had a very heavy tonewith the words: “Old eigh-teen hundred and sixty-seven, with hoary headand palsied limb, has justdisappeared in the illimit-able gulf of the eternalpast, and winter once moreencloses the dead summerin its mantle of snow, as ina shroud.”
It then followed thiswith a less than enthusi-astic approach to the newyear: “subject to unfore-seen agencies and influ-ences, everything discern-ible within the compassof 1868 wears in BritishColumbia a hue of prom-ise, and, with less falteringof tone than usual, we maybid one another A HappyNew Year!”
To the readers of OurPast and to those whoenjoy the presentationsof A Sense of History, weextend best wishes for theNew Year and our thanksfor another year of appre-ciation of our history andheritage.
One of my favouritethings about theend of the year
is the “Best Of” lists thatspring up in the media.
Although I read book,music and movie reviewsthroughout the year, itis always fascinating tosee what reviewers thinkwhen they have a full 12months to consider.
Sometimes I agree withthe list, and sometimesI wonder if the reviewerand I read the same bookor saw the same movie!
The best part of lists,however, is that they directme to new books that Imight not have considered.
In no particular order,here are some of the booksthat have made it from a
Best Of list to my readinglist:◗ Silver Sparrow, by TayariJones. James Witherspoonis a man with many secretsto hide and two daughtershe is determined to keepapart.◗ Tides of War, by StellaTillyard. This sweepingdebut novel tells a storyof war and its effects onthe men in battle and thewomen left behind.◗ Killing the Cranes: AReporter’s Journey throughThree Decades of War inAfghanistan, by EdwardGirardet. Part travelogueand part history, Girardet’sexperience in Afghanistanwill help you understandthe history of the area,the people who live there,and why foreign militaryintervention has not beensuccessful.
◗ One Hundred Names forLove, by Diane Ackerman.In this memoir, Ackermanand her husband, writerPaul West, struggle todeal with the devastatingeffects of his stroke.◗ A Death in Summer, byBenjamin Black. Set in1950s Dublin, this tale ofdour pathologist Quirke isnot your ordinary mystery.Black is the pseudonym ofBooker-award winner JohnBanville.◗ The Food of Morocco, byPaula Wolfert. What betterway to spend a cold WestCoast night than enjoy-ing photos, recipes andstories of warm and spicyMorocco.
All of these titlesare owned by the NewWestminster Library and,if out, can be reserved.Happy reading!
◗ IN THE GAMEHappy New YearAll the best in 2012 from The Record sports
March:Tim Portnov made it to the
round of 16 at the under-16Canadian junior boys’ nationaltennis championships in Quebec.
April:Jordan McBride was named
the America East conferenceplayer of the week.
STM linebacker Kyle Maddenwas named to the Football B.C.provincial team camp.
The Burnaby Winter Club wonthe gold medal at the WesternCanada bantam hockey champi-onships with a 3-2 win in over-time over the Winnipeg Hawks.
Ariana Sider was invited to aBasketball B.C. under-17 provin-cial girls’ team selection camp.
Shasta Trampoline Club won10 individual gold medals at theB.C. Gymnastics championshipsin Langley.
Kyle Turris scored his first-
ever NHL playoff goal for thePhoenix Coyotes in a 4-2 loss toDetroit on April 13.
Krista Woodward reclaimedthe Canadian women’s javelinrecord with a throw of 58.64metres.
The Northwest Giants majormidget hockey team placedfourth at the Telus Cup.
Derek Dickson was namedan assistant coach with theNew Westminster junior ASalmonbellies.
May:Stony Brook University’s
Jordan McBride was named theAmerica East conference fieldlacrosse player of the year.
New Westminster SecondarySchool won the combined BNWdistrict track and field title atSwangard Stadium.
The St. Thomas More Knightsqualified for the B.C. High SchoolAA girls’ soccer championshipsfor an eighth consecutive year.
Keegan Bowman was namedto the All-Midwest men’s fieldlacrosse conference first team.
Canada won a third straightworld box lacrosse title.
Kyle Madden made the finalcut for Football B.C.’s under-18team for the Football CanadaCup in Alberta.
B.C. won theCanadian wom-en’s open andunder-23 netballtitles in Montreal.
St. ThomasMore Collegiatewon a fourth con-secutive B.C. highschool AA golf title.
Royal City Track and FieldClub placed third at the SouthFraser Junior Olympics meet.
Defenceman Clinton Atkinsonsigned with the B.C. junior ACoquitlam Express hockey club.
June:STM finished sixth in the boys’
aggregate at the B.C. high schooltrack and field championships.The Knight boys’ won a fourth4x100 metre relay gold.
Carla Santaga committed toplay women’s soccer at TrinityWestern University.
John Pineda placed secondat 60 kilograms at the
Macedonian Pearlfreestyle wrestling
meet.
Ten-year-oldMathew Mullenwon a third con-secutive goldmedal in mixed
martial arts.
Jordan McBride wasnamed the Major League Lacrosserookie of the week, scoring fourgoals and adding two assists inhis pro debut for the RochesterRattlers.
The BGSC Canadians premierwomen’s soccer program affili-ated with Columbus FC.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was
made the first-ever B.C. hockeyplayer to be take first overall inthe NHL entry draft. Nugent-Hopkins was drafted by theEdmonton Oilers.
New Westminster stackedB.C.’s teams for the bantam andmidget girls’ national lacrossechampionships.
BCIT played host to theCanadian kendo championships.
Ahmad Nizamani, MihailoStefanovic, Ethan Strome andBogdan Pavel of the New WestSpartans all surpassed the recordin the 15-year-old midget boys’provincial pentathlon.
Five New Westminster Hyacksgraduated to post-secondary foot-ball programs, including AAAprovincial all-star lineman JamieWandell to St. Mary’s University.
Lord Tweedsmuir won its firstskelly title at the Big Kahuna 7-on-7 Passing Challenge in NewWestminster.
More Year in Review inWednesday, January 4 Record
◗ continued from Wednesday, Dec. 28
Javelin thrower back in history book with record throw
The agonyof defeatin 2011
The New WestminsterSalmonbellies’ hopes for a 2009Mann Cup redemption weredashed by the Langley Thunder inlate August.
The 8-8-2 Thunder camefrom nowhere to upset thedefending three-time WesternLacrosse Association championSalmonbellies in six games with a7-5 victory in Langley in the best-of-seven playoff final.
WLA rookie of the year andLangley goalie Brodie MacDonaldwas named the playoff MVP.
“Of course we wanted to hostthe Mann Cup, but it didn’t turnout the way we wanted it to. We’renot the only team that had thoseaspirations,” said an emotional’Bellies captain Nenad Gajic afterthe game.
New Westminster finished firstin the WLA regular season four ofthe last five seasons but appearedvulnerable in 2011 due to any num-ber of players in and out of thelineup for various reasons all sea-son long.
“It’s obviously very disappoint-ing we lost,” added Gajic. “Wehad high expectations from ourfans. We don’t make injuries andabsences an excuse. It’s part ofthe game, … and we have to livewith it.”
Thunder road: The New Westminster Salmonbellies, in red, could not stop the upstartLangley Thunder from a first-ever berth in the 2011 Mann Cup.
Comeback amemorable2011 moment
Playing for 13th-place at the B.C. AAA highschool girls’ basketball championships doesnot usually inspire greatness.
But in the case of the junior-aged NewWestminster Hyacks that was the definitelynot the case.
Without a senior-aged player in the lineupand trailing by as much as 33 points at onepoint of the second quarter in their matchupwith the Terry Fox Ravens, the never-say-dieHyacks fashioned a jaw-dropping 40-pointsecond-half comeback en route to a 62-57 vic-tory over the Port Coquitlam school team.
Ariana Sider led the Hyack charge, finish-ing with 24 points in the final game and onepoint shy of 110 through the entire tourna-ment.
New Westminster outscored the Ravens 26-5 in the pivotal third quarter. Junior forwardNatasha Lazecki brought the deficit down toa single point with a breakaway bucket at theend of the quarter.
With just three minutes remaining in thegame, Sider put the Hyacks ahead 58-57 witha successful three-point play.
Seconds later, Amanda Zacharuk madegood on a pair of free throws and KelseyLonergan went coast-to-coast for a layup bas-ket to stretch the Hyacks lead to five points.
Hyacks head coach Doug Woodward calledthe comeback program-building.
“It was a big win for us because I think itwill carry over to next season. They’ll remem-ber this one,” Woodward said after the game.
“This could be a very big game for us in thefuture. … They’ll be talking about this one fora lot of years.”
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