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Seeking ways to save heritage homesCity forming group for Queen’s Park neighbourhoodGrant [email protected]

Queen’s Park is a haven for heritage homes and there’s a lot of people that want to keep it that way.

So the city has decided to bring them all together to work on ways to ensure the neighbourhood’s old treasures don’t disappear by forming a working group involving several stakeholders.

The move is in response to the furore sparked when a demolition permit was issued for 221 Third Ave. in June. That prompted delegations from the New Westminster Heritage Preservation Society (NWHPS) and the Queen’s Park Residents Association (QPRA) to appear before council wanting more teeth for preserving heritage homes.

The neighbourhood working group would have a mandate of determining what existing houses are at risk, identifying the legal framework to encourage retention of heritage houses,

Council rejects changes to Plaza 88’s proposal for a fourth towerGrant [email protected]

Changes made by the developer to Plaza 88’s proposed fourth tower have done little to appease New Westminster council.

The Degelder Group wants to build a 40-storey highrise with 500 rental units—235 studios and 265 one bedrooms ranging from 312 to 570 square feet—at 900 Carnarvon

St. The structure would also include six floors of above-ground parking.

“When I saw this I was really upset. I can understand why when Plaza 88 was originally developed and built there were seven floors of above-ground parking, but at the same token I don’t think that is needed here. They’re also asking for 40 floors which is huge,” said Coun. Bill Harper, who also slammed the small size of the units, at the Nov. 4 council meeting.

“The whole thing is problematic

for me. I can’t see myself supporting this. Just because they say they can sell those units today doesn’t mean

they’re going to be what we want 10 to 15 years from now. I have real problems with this whole process.”

Plaza 88 is the three towers above New Westminster SkyTrain Station, which Degelder also developed.

In February, council told Degelder to go back to the drawing board when the proposal for the fourth tower was first brought to

them. Just like then, they asked staff to continue to work with the developer to resolve the outstanding issues, of which there are many.

A staff report to council from senior planner Barry Waitt said Plaza 88 wants to build smaller units because in the first three towers it built those were easier to rent. The report said the Downtown Community Plan calls for a range of housing options, giving flexibility when the market changes and larger units are in demand.

‘Nothing like an iconic building’GRANT GRANGER/NEWSLEADER

Members of city council expressed their dismay with a proposal for a 40-storey rental tower that would include units as small as 312 square feet.

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NEW WESTMINSTER SANTA CLAUS PARADEThe City of New Westminster is pleased to announce that the 2013 Santa Claus Parade will be held in Downtown New Westminster on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 11:00 am.

The parade will celebrate New Westminster and recognize the eff orts of fi rst responders to last month’s fi re on Columbia Street.

Following the parade, spectators are encouraged to take part in a range of family-friendly activities taking place in the Downtown business district. Participants include the Fraser River Discovery Centre, Shops at New West and the River Market. Free parking will be available all day at the Front Street parkade for parade goers.

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The City is inviting all organizations or businesses interested in submitting a parade entry to contact Moody Park Arena at 604-525-5301 or [email protected].

IRVING HOUSE REOPENSIN TIME FOR VICTORIAN CHRISTMASFollowing two months of work, Irving House will be opening again just in time for our annual Victorian Christmas celebrations. A new geothermal heating and cooling system has been installed to care for our City’s oldest home.

Enjoy a warm and comfortable tour of Irving House, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm on Saturdays and Sundays, beginning November 16th. From November 22nd through December 29th the house will be decked out with Christmas grandeur for the whole family to enjoy.

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WEEKLY CURBSIDE COLLECTION OF LEAVES –IN EVERY COLOUR!The City of New Westminster would like to request the assistance of our residents in the collection of leaves surrounding your property and to place them into your green cart for weekly collection. For green material beyond what you can fi t into your cart, please use kraft paper yard bags and place out next to your green bin. Please do not rake leaves onto the roadway.

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Increasing signage, enforcement not solutions to danger at McBride and East ColumbiaGrant [email protected]

A New Westminster resident fears it will take a serious accident before a crosswalk at McBride Boulevard and East Columbia Street is safe.

Vince Kreiser said a heritage wall honouring the former Woodlands site has to be altered so drivers can see pedestrians and cyclists in the crosswalk. But that solution is being greeted with resistance by some city councillors.

When the crosswalk was added to the intersection as part of the Central Valley Greenway in 2009, drivers were not permitted to turn right off East Columbia onto McBride on a red light, to allow

pedestrians and cyclists to cross safely. But Kreiser, who uses the intersection daily, says drivers frequently disobey the signs and accelerate as they turn the corner to go up the hill when doing so. There have been times he’ll get his wheel onto the road when he’s got the green light to cross and a vehicle will come screaming around the corner and give him the finger when he yells at them.

He added those drivers that do obey the rules and sit at the light when it’s red often get honked at by drivers behind them.

Although he said improved signage has made

the crosswalk less dangerous than it used to be, it’s still not safe.

“Somebody is going to die there,” said Kreiser. “With some of the adjustments they’ve made there has been some improvement. I give them credit for that. But my concern is people sitting at that red light cannot see

around that corner due to that wall and the knoll that’s there … Somebody’s going to get plunked some day.”

At its Nov. 4 meeting, council decided to have its bicycle and pedestrian committee as well as the community heritage

commission look at finding solutions. A report to council presented some options that included moving the crosswalk, partially removing the heritage wall and moving the crosswalk to connect up with the greenway through an opening in the wall.

Couns. Lorrie Williams and Betty McIntosh suggested increased enforcement could be more practical and McIntosh added improved signage might help as well.

“They’ll sit there for a day, catch a few offenders for a few days but then they’ll go away,” said Kreiser of the increased enforcement idea. He pointed out that’s not the only spot that could be improved with more enforcement. “They’d need a hundred cops at rush hour.”

He believes the best solution is angling the heritage wall so when a driver is sitting at the corner pedestrians and cyclists can be seen. “I don’t say take it down, but move part of it … The only way to totally fix that corner is to adjust that heritage wall.”

That’s not something Williams and McIntosh want to see, however. Williams said the city could be creative in finding ways to improve safety without destroying the wall while McIntosh said it would be “disturbing to touch the heritage wall.”


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VINCE KREISER/CONTRIBUTEDA New West resident is concerned about the frequency that drivers ignore a red light at the foot of McBride Boulevard at Columbia Street.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation surveys also show New West needs rental housing for larger households, so Waitt recommended the city stick to its policy.

The report also noted no development cost charges apply for spaces under 312 sq. ft. That’s too close for comfort to the city “The fact that 64 of the units are exactly [312 sq. ft.] is a concern.”

A skeptical Coun. Betty McIntosh said, “It’s just obvious that there’s something in play here to not

be paying the DCCs.”Coun. Jonathan Coté

likes the concept of adding much-needed rental units to the New Westminster market, and he’s also OK with smaller units. However, he is concerned having so many tiny apartments is not the right mix for the neighbourhood. In addition, as a Downtown resident he walks by the site all the time and struggles to envision a 40-storey building there.

“Something about the scale doesn’t seem right,” said Coté.

The proposal is for a 377-foot structure. The staff

report said the architect, to satisfy a council request, changed the design to make the tower an iconic, signature building to greet people as they come into Downtown New Westminster. The proposal included a weave theme with four different elements and alternating colours and shapes.

It didn’t, however, meet Harper’s definition of iconic.

“It’s nothing like an iconic building,” said Harper in an interview.

The report said the developer maintains soil conditions make construction

of underground parking too onerous and require a method that would interfere with and undermine the SkyTrain guideway foundation.

“It’s a disservice to the community to have these large above-ground parking [structures],” said Coun. Jaimie McEvoy.

While 553 parking spaces are required for a 500-unit structure, only 366 are being proposed by Degelder. McIntosh also attacked the lack of accessibility features and handicap parking spots.

“I can’t understand the rationale behind that.”

Artist rendering of the fourth tower. Degelder was the developer that built the three towers above New Westminster SkyTrain Station, as well as the mall at the station, which it later sold.

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Man questions McBride crosswalk safety

Vince Kreiser My concern is people sitting at that red light cannot see around that corner due to that wall and the knoll that’s there … Somebody’s going to get plunked some day.

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identify retention options suitable to Queen’s Park, find out how much support from residents for the options there is, and work with the city to implement and develop the options.

A staff report proposes an initial two-year term for the group which could be disbanded once its work is complete.

Suggested representation would include individuals from the QPRA, NWHPS, the community heritage commission, a builder, a real estate agent and a landscaper with experience in the Queen’s Park area.

The report said staff would be willing to develop similar groups in other neighbourhoods that are interested.

QPRA president David Brett

said it was evident from a recent meeting of the organization that there’s a big buy-in from its members. However, he had some doubts about including a realtor and builder on the committee, suggesting they be used as consultants instead.

“Nothing against realtors because my wife is one, but they may find themselves in conflict of interest speaking to zoning that might affect their current or future clients. The same might be said of builders,” said Brett.

NWHPS president Maureen Arvanitidis said she was glad the working plan was going forward and hoped it would be adopted in other areas of the city as well.

“It’s been a while coming, but we’re really pleased we’re seeing something happening. Our group is excited this is happening, and so

are residents of Queen’s Park as well.”

The city’s heritage planner, Julie Schueck, is hopeful the first round of meetings will bring out some great ideas.

“I think it’s going to be wonderful to work with these groups. They’re not the only neighbourhood that has concerns with losses of houses. It may be we can work with other neighbourhoods and I’d be delighted to work with other groups as well,” Schueck said.

“It’s great to start with one neighbourhood and see how that process goes.

“There could be some terrific ideas we haven’t thought of, but at the same time we can educate people on how limited we are on what we can do.”

‘Our group is excited this is happening’

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from the Early Development Instrument, an annual survey that measures development in kindergarten students through a questionnaire given to their teachers across the province every February.

“Our intuition and experience tell us that children are healthy and happy when we pay attention to all aspects of their well-being,” said a report on the New Westminster School District’s Heart-Mind Index that was presented to the school board last Tuesday. “If we want our children to succeed in life and to thrive, we need to pay attention to not only their academic achievements but also

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A Save-On-Foods grocery store will be moving into the Columbia Square Mall to replace the IGA Marketplace outlet that left in July.

In a short letter to tenants, mall manager Roy Hamilton said Save-On would be taking over the space some time in 2014.

The letter also said details about when it would open are still to be determined.

The media relations department for Overwaitea Food Group said in an email no information could be provided at this time about a Save-On-Foods store in the Columbia Square Mall.

The IGA closure was announced in January with six months notice being given to mall management and the store’s union.

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Company, the store’s operator, said the location was no longer financially viable because its costs had been exceeding revenue for about a year.

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Christmas parade to return to Columbia StreetCity seeking volunteers to help run event

New Westminster’s annual Christmas parade is coming out of the dark and into the daylight.

The Parade of Lights through Downtown New Westminster has traditionally been held at dusk the first Saturday in December.

It was put on by the Hyack Festival Association, but the city recently took charge of

running the parade while it investigates the troubled organization’s governance and finances.

The city has changed the event’s name to the 2013 Santa Claus Parade and moved the start time up to 11 a.m. on Dec. 7.

Mayor Wayne Wright said the parade, which will be held on Columbia Street, will recognize the efforts of the first responders to the Oct. 10 fire that destroyed three commercial buildings in Downtown New

Westminster.There will also be a range of

family-friendly activities in the area following the parade as well as free parking at the Front Street parkade.

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VICTORIA – Reaction was swift and scattered after the “framework agreement” on new oil pipelines announced last week by B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford.

First, here’s what it doesn’t mean.

“B.C. blinked,” according to one Toronto commentator, based on the popular notion that B.C. gave up its claim to a share of Alberta’s resource royalties from heavy oil. Clark never made such a claim, so it would be difficult to give it up.

Her often-repeated condition of a “fair share” of revenues from any new oil pipelines is purposely vague, but after repeated protests from Alberta, Clark clarified as far back as last June that provincial royalties are not on the table. There is no constitutional way to make such a demand, a point Redford has made several times.

NDP leader Adrian Dix and the usual chorus of professional protesters claimed that Clark flip-flopped, opposing the Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal before the election and

then embracing it once she was re-elected.

This is also inaccurate. Clark’s five conditions were set out before the May election, demanding approval by a federal environmental review, “world-leading” spill prevention and response capability on land and at sea, meeting legal requirements to consult and share benefits with aboriginal communities, and the undefined “fair share” for B.C.

Clark said numerous times during the campaign that the conditions have not been met, and made pessimistic noises about Northern Gateway, but she very carefully did not campaign against it. The B.C. Liberal platform also endorsed a Kitimat-area oil refinery proposed by this newspaper’s owner, and Clark repeatedly referred to that sort of industrial

expansion as one of the potential “fair share” components for B.C.

The B.C. Liberal government made its opposition to Northern Gateway “as currently proposed” official on May 31, two weeks after the election, in its final submission to the federal review panel. If Clark had wanted to jump on the anti-pipeline bandwagon for political gain, that move could have been made earlier.

NDP environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert said the B.C. government has taken the position that more oil will reach the West Coast, by rail if not by pipeline. I’m not sure if or when that claim was made, but it’s true that rail shipments are already permitted.

Here’s what Redford and Clark agreed on. Redford accepts B.C.’s five conditions, provincial royalties excluded, and Clark endorsed Redford’s proposed “Canadian Energy Strategy,” which B.C. rejected last year.

A draft of the strategy released last summer contains no specifics on how it would facilitate a pipeline project from Alberta to B.C.

It talks about developing Canada’s energy reserves and at the same time somehow reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and promises a final version next spring. Oh, and Quebec refuses to participate.

Ottawa has sole jurisdiction over inter-provincial projects such as Northern Gateway and the proposal by Kinder Morgan Canada to expand the 60-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline to Burnaby and refineries in Washington.

If there is to be some extra revenue for B.C. from oil traffic, it could theoretically take the form of a toll on pipelines. Redford pointed out the problem with that idea in her speech to an energy forum in Vancouver last week. She noted that 42 per cent of B.C. natural gas is piped through Alberta to markets. If B.C. can toll Alberta oil, the same could be done with B.C. gas.

None of B.C.’s five conditions has yet been met. Legally, they don’t have to be, except for the one about accommodating aboriginal title.

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In its continuing drive to modernize liquor laws, the provincial government announced this week it’s exploring the idea that B.C.ers could buy their veggies, milk and booze all under one roof.

Although advocacy groups and the police might shout that this opens the door for easier access to booze for minors and that it might encourage more drinking by adults, previous easing of liquor laws hasn’t promoted the wholesale decay of society.

Naysayers cried doom decades ago when the province allowed the emergence of neighbourhood pubs, and then again when liquor retailing was pried from the government monopoly. In all cases, the heavy hand of regulation and oversight isn’t far off.

In the case of allowing grocery stores to sell alcohol, the idea that it is sweeping progressive change is mostly an illusion.

The government indicates it won’t increase the number of licences to sell beer and wine—it’s about shifting existing liquor retailers into grocery stores, which would use their own staff and registers to regulate sales, and presumably bear the brunt of fines if they sell to minors.

Outlets like Safeway and Wal-Mart have pharmacies, coffee chains and restaurants operating independently within their stores. Hosting a cold beer and wine store wouldn’t be a stretch. And for 221 rural grocery stores across B.C., selling booze and food staples under the same roof isn’t new.

It’s encouraging the government is hinting at other reforms that might bring consistency to liquor laws, but right now we’re still pretty far from rules that make sense. After living for generations under oddball liquor regulations, most people are ready for laws that are consistent, make sense and realistically balance the implications for public health.

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I was still swearing under my breath a bit after reading Ed Linstead’s characterization of the proposed Quayside to Queensborough pedestrian/bike crossing as a waste of money serving no practical purpose benefitting a few seasonal walkers and destined to be a magnet for youth gangs and vandals, when I opened today’s paper and saw Maureen Albanese’s follow-up letter (NewsLeader, Nov. 6) calling it a “Bridge to Nowhere”!

I don’t know if the city officials were excited to see 50 people attend a public meeting on this topic, as Mr. Linstead contends, but I can tell you how excited I am that this project may finally be going ahead—I am one of many who have been waiting several years with bated breath for this earmarked funding to be utilized for the intended purpose.

The proposed crossing brings with it the possibility that in

the next couple of years we will have an alternate access to emergency services, that we will be able to walk or bike (or scooter or stroller) to Downtown shops and events (yes, it is our Downtown—we are part of New West!), to the college and SkyTrain station.

And guess what? Those in Quayside or

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There has been ample opportunity to get everyone’s input, support, questions and concerns—in addition to the public meetings, opinions were sought via questionnaires over several months, and there were opportunities for discussion related to this at the meetings addressing the Queensborough Community Plan.

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I’m not sure if Ms. Albanese is referring to Quayside or Queensborough as the “Nowhere” destination, but I can guess. And I think it is clear where Mr. Linstead imagines the youth gangs and vandals will be coming from.

There are likely others who have a similarly negative perception of our great little community, and therefore who don’t really count the benefits that may accrue to those who live here, or to those who may want to head our way.

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Participants helped raise $3,900 for wild animals in need in B.C., submitting nearly 700 photos.

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Grandmothers for GrandmothersThe Burnaby Gogos is a group of local women who work to help fundraise for grandmothers in Africa. The grandmothers are under great strain due to the devastating effects of AIDS and their orphaned grandchildren. Brighten up the winter days with one of these colourful totes and also the lives of an African grandmother! The Swags and Bags event on Sunday, December 1 at the Deer Lake United Church.

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Marlene Larsen and Sharon Woloschuk admire the handiwork on some of the tote bags the Burnaby branch of the Grandmothers for Grandmothers will be selling at their Swags and Bags event at Deer Lake United Church on Dec. 1

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Marlene Larsen spends three hours every morning working on sewing projects.

She’s not being thrifty, creating her own clothes. But her skill with needle and thread will help improve the lives of women just like herself.

In Africa.Larsen is a member of the

Burnaby Gogos, a group of women working to ease the strain of grandmothers in Africa who are called upon to become caregivers again when their grandchildren have been orphaned by the ravages of AIDS.

For the past year, Larsen has been sewing 500 colourful tote bags that will be sold at the group’s Swags and Bags event on Sunday, Dec. 1 at the Deer

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The money is used to help pay for the kids’ school fees, uniforms, food and other necessities.

It’s a plight Sharon Woloschuk saw first hand when she visited Africa 10 years ago. Her memories of elderly women coping with the renewed challenges of parenting young children stayed with her, so she

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“It makes a difference,” says Woloschuk of her group’s contribution. “But there’s still a long way to go.”

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Find a balance you’re comfortable with so your money continues to grow, but be conservative at the same time.

As you grow older, continue to reduce your risk.

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On the other hand, winter can be a challenging time of year to get out and about. Freezing rain, icy surfaces and piles of hard-packed snow pose a hazard for the innocent pedestrian.

A few simple measures can make it safer to walk outdoors in the winter. Removing snow and ice, putting sand or salt on areas where people walk, and wearing the right footwear all make a big difference.

Just one bad fall on ice can have long-term consequences.

These include: chronic pain in the affected area; a disabling injury that may mean loss of independence; or fear of another fall, which discourages a healthy, active lifestyle.

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The Canada Safety Council offers seniors some practical suggestions to stay active in winter. As winter approaches, outfit yourself for safe walking:

Choose a good pair of winter boots. For warmth and stability look for these features:

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• Thick, non-slip tread sole;• Wide, low heels; and

• Light in weight.Ice grippers on footwear can

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Use a cane to help with balance. Have it fitted to the right height for you. When your cane is held upside down, the end should be at wrist level. Speak to your doctor, pharmacist or local public health department about how to use your cane properly.

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Tips for walking on iceCane picks will

be slippery on hard surfaces so be sure to flip it back as you get indoors. Picks are available at most drug stores. If you need further support use a walker. The cost can be covered by government programs; talk with your doctor.

Wear a hip protector (a lightweight belt or pant with shields to guard the hips). It can help protect the hips against fractures and give added confidence.

Help other road users see you by wearing bright colors or adding reflective material to clothing.

Prevent heat loss by wearing a warm hat, scarf, and mittens or gloves. Dressing in layers may also keep you warmer.

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Facing an icy surface can be a paralyzing experience.

First, slow down and think about your next move. Keeping your body as loose as possible, spread your feet to more than a foot apart to provide a base of support. This will help stabilize you as you walk.

Next, keep your knees loose and don’t let them lock. If you can, let them bend a

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Officials say new Highway 1 lanes will cut congestion, justify $3 priceJeff NagelBlack Press

The Port Mann Bridge still won’t have all 10 lanes open when the toll that most drivers pay doubles to $3 per crossing in a few weeks.

Eighty per cent of motorists who use the bridge signed up early enough after it opened in December of 2012 that they’ve been paying $1.50 per crossing thanks to a year-long 50 per cent discount.

That runs out next month but the bridge will still have only eight lanes open to traffic until next summer.

Transportation Investment Corp. spokesman Max Logan said that’s how long it’s expected to take to dismantle the old Port Mann Bridge and complete work to connect the final two outer lanes to the bridge approaches.

Charging full tolls on schedule is justified, he said, because all the extra lanes of the Highway 1 improvement

project other than the bridge itself will be open in December through Coquitlam and Burnaby.

Since that’s where the bottleneck is, Logan said, drivers should notice a huge difference in congestion relief in return for the higher price of using the bridge.

“Drivers sail over the bridge right now,” Logan said. “Where they start to slow down is where they enter Coquitlam. So it’s really about being able to provide the full travel time savings.”

Logan wasn’t able to give an exact date for when the discount will expire and the $3 tolls kick in. He said that will only happen when additional lanes through to the Cassiar Tunnel fully open, adding that’s still expected to be sometime in early December.

The agreement covering the bridge operations allows tolls to be raised for inflation each year, but Logan said the first such increase that won’t happen before December of 2014.

When all the bridge lanes are open next year they will also include dedicated

local connection lanes that allow drivers to go between Coquitlam and Surrey without merging with general Highway 1 traffic.

“It will cut down on weaving and lane changing on the bridge,” Logan added.

The demolition of the old bridge is proceeding as planned, and crews will begin to dismantle the large iconic orange arch over the next couple of months.

Logan said engineers have also redesigned the system of brushes and scrapers that are winched up and down the cables in the event of snow and ice build-up to prevent any repeat of last winter’s notorious incident of ice bombs falling onto cars.

The sweeper system isn’t yet reinstalled, but Logan said it will be in place within a couple of weeks before any risk of snow. ICBC spokesman Adam Grossman said 350 claims were received for vehicle damage from the Dec. 19 falling ice episode and $400,000 was paid out. The cable-clearing system has been paid for by the bridge’s builder, at no cost to taxpayers.

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A new review of policing in B.C. ordered by the province may prod Metro Vancouver’s patchwork of police forces to work together in new ways but observers don’t expect a switch to a full regional police force.

A regional force was one of the top recommendations handed down nearly a year ago

by the Missing Women Inquiry, which probed how serial killer Robert Pickton eluded capture for so long.

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton said the multi-phase review by government will look at new service delivery models.

“Any change, whether it is regional delivery of specialized policing functions or further integration, has to meet the needs of both communities and taxpayers, and our goal is to retain and support community-based

policing,” Anton said in a statement.

She said the reivew will also draw up funding options to finance police costs after work to better define the responsibilities of various levels of government.

Several mayors, including Delta’s Lois Jackson, remain firmly against regional policing on the grounds they may lose community policing control and the ability to deliver no-call-too-small service to their residents.

The two-year review is to be done by the ministry in close consultation with

local cities and with some assistance from the B.C.

Association of Chiefs of Police.

SFU criminologist Rob Gordon said it doesn’t look independent enough to come up with the right solution, even if it’s one that upsets some cities and police forces.

“It’s going to be a self-serving apology for the status quo,” Gordon predicted. “Police chiefs and mayors all have a great deal at stake. It could very well be a waste of time and money.”

Gordon said a separate study is expected to report

back soon on the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), which is one of the regional integrated police teams that doesn’t have full municipal cooperation.

Vancouver, Delta and West Vancouver all run their own homicide squads rather than participate in IHIT, out of concerns over both costs and control.

Gordon said he fears the IHIT report will result in more “bandaiding” of the existing structure, instead of taking a needed step back to look at how to redesign the entire “totally inefficient” policing system in Metro Vancouver as well as Greater Victoria.

According to a provincial report, there has been improved cooperation between police forces over the years through greater use of integrated police teams and several police-related reforms are being taken in response to Justice Wally Oppal’s inquiry.

Most of Oppal’s 65 recommendations haven’t led to provincial action, or are counted as still in progress.

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Fees to soar, proposed formula change would spread pain\Jeff NagelBlack Press

Metro Vancouver politicians are divided over how to redraw a formula for allocating the huge costs of new sewage treatment projects across the region.

The new projects – the replacement of first the Lions Gate and then the Iona sewage treatment plants at a combined cost of perhaps $1.6 billion – will dramatically drive up Metro sewage fees, particularly for North Shore residents if there’s no change to the allocation system that’s been in place since 1994.

So haggling has been underway for months to revise the cost-sharing formula to spread a bit more of the pain onto other parts of the region.

A tie vote Thursday of the Metro zero waste committee defeated a staff recommendation to proceed with the option most generous

to the North Shore – that 70 per cent of capital costs of all future projects be shared across the region, while the rest falls on the benefitting area.

That would still be a huge hit on the North Shore, pushing annual sewage fees for the typical household up from $267 now to $678 by 2030, but still less than the $834 estimated hit per home by 2030 under the

status quo formula.For cities like Surrey,

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to $323 per home by 2030, based on estimates of future projects to be cost-shared, compared to $300 in 2030 under the existing formula.

Directors then voted 6-4 for a compromise option that takes into account some of the past costs incurred by cities like Surrey on older sewage upgrades, like Annacis.

It would see North Shore homes paying $715 by 2030,

while Fraser-area homes would pay $319.

Homes in most of Richmond that are in the Lulu Island sewerage area would pay $471 by 2030 (up from $247 now) and the Vancouver sewerage area, which includes Vancouver, Sea Island and western fringes of Burnaby, would pay $495 (up from $197 now).

Nobody is predicting which way the vote will go on the issue when it gets to the full Metro board on Nov. 15.

“It’s going to be a battle at the board I think,” Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said.

“The issue has been controversial from the building. The North Shore and Vancouver clearly have an economic interest that’s served by a change. And there’s others who see adverse economic consequences and are not prepared to agree.”

The bite to households could still be less than Metro estimates. The numbers assume no large contributions from senior governments, which regional politicians all hope will materialize.

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Glenbrooke North Residents Association meeting: Topics for discussion include purchasing playground e q u i p m e n t f o r the new Qayqayt elementary school, plans for a two car garage with loft at 901 Second St., volunteer opportunities, c o m m u n i t y b u s shuttles and what hidden issues can affect the value of a home. When: Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m. Where: Plaskett Room, New Westminster Library, 716 Sixth St., New Westminster.

New Westminster Historical Society: Talk on fascinating non-military stories from the history of the Armoury in New Westminster. Free and everyone welcome. When: Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. Where: Auditorium, New Westminster Public Library, 716 – 6th Ave., New Westminster.

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156 SALES

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160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

Civil EngineeringTechnologist II

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160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

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DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLANApplication #: BNSF-NW-2014

Applicant: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), 2600 Lou Menk Drive OOB-3, Ft. Worth Texas 76131. Tel: (817) 352-2732.

Agent: SMC Consulting, 1582 Lawrence Avenue, Penticton BC V2A 3C1 Tel/Fax: (250) 492-6193 e-mail: [email protected]

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736 HOMES FOR RENTNEW WESTMINSTER Queensbo-rough, 2600 sq/ft 4 bdrm 3storey modern house, 3 baths, nr school & bus, ns/np, avail Dec 1. $1500/mo + 2/3 utils. Call 604-349-6364.

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750 SUITES, LOWERBURNABY: Metrotown - Lrg 2 bdrm g/l. full bath, F/P. N/S N/P. $950 inc util. 604-837-5795/604-451-5795

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752 TOWNHOUSESPITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1097/mo - $1199/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

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