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Seniors Services Society in NewWest-minster is taking funding matters into itsown hands to ensure homeless seniorsaren’t left out in the cold.

The society, which is struggling witha lack of government funding, hosted alaunch party lastThursday for a fundraisingwalk to help homeless seniors.

“The need for services for homeless se-niors is rising, and the amount of funding tomeet those needs is going down,” said Bri-an Dodd, the interim executive director ofSeniors Services Society. “We’ve taken thesteps to look for ways to support and sus-tain our homeless outreach program, andthis initiative just looked like a great way forus to get involved in a national program,where all the funds raised in our communi-ty come back to our initiatives.”

About 15 to 20 people attended thelaunch party to celebrateThe Coldest Nightof theYear, an annual fundraising walk to

Cutbacks force society to reachout with new fundraiser

TOQUEPOWER Mayor Jonathan Cote and MLA Judy Darcy donned toques and scarves to help boost a new fundraiser to help seniors in thecity. The fundraisingwalk is set for Saturday, Feb. 21.PHOTOLARRYWRIGHT

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Upgrades are in theworks for the NewWest-minster SkyTrain station,and residents are invited toan open house to see whatTransLink has planned forthe nearly 30-year-old stop.

Since it opened in De-cember 1985, the NewWestminster SkyTrain sta-tion has undergone mini-

mal upgrades and renova-tions, most recently duringthe construction of the Pla-za 88 towers, which includ-ed the Shops at NewWestdevelopment.

“There were some chang-es that we were able to havethe developer construct toimprove the station access,and this is sort of a secondround of upgrades that arereally about keeping the sta-tion in a state of good repair

and also better integratingthe station with the devel-opment,” Jeff Busby, seniormanager for project devel-opment withTransLink,told the Record.

The project, which is atthe tendering stage rightnow, will include replac-ing the mesh screens on theplatform level with glass forimproved visibility, upgrad-ing the lighting on the plat-form, and installing a better

audio system, Busby said.TransLink will also be re-

placing both escalators aswell as the south elevator,which were all originally in-stalled in 1985.

“We need to replacethem and that’ll help pre-vent some of the break-downs that take them out ofservice from time to time,”Busby said.

The project is not expect-ed to affect service to andfrom the station, but transitusers can expect some mi-nor changes to how they ac-

cess the platform. Informa-tion on those changes willbe made available when the

project begins, likely lat-er this year depending onwhen the chosen contrac-

tor completes the requiredwork plan.The upgradesare expected to be completeby summer 2016, Busbysaid.

“We’re going to be work-ing on different areas of thestation at different times, sopeople can expect the con-struction activity to sort ofmove around during thatperiod,” he added.

TransLink staff will beon handWednesday (today)from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.

SkyTrainstationset forupgrades30-year-old stop will get new escalators and better lighting

NEWS3Shining a light on safety

COMMUNITY11A doggone good idea – or not?

NEWS9School plans stir up debate

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SAFETYCONCERNS:NewWest residentKimSteel is raising concernsabout the safetyof anewly createdbus stoponEighthAvenue,which lacks lighting. In response to the concerns, the city is pledging toadd lightingaround thebus stop. PHOTOLARRYWRIGHT

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A NewWestminster res-ident is sounding alarmsabout the safety of a newlycreated bus stop – and thecity is pledging to take ac-tion.

As part of route changesto the 128 bus that goes toBraid SkyTrain station, thecity recently made changesto a bus stop on Eighth Av-enue, in front of the IHOPrestaurant.

“Unless you are thereat night, you wouldn’t re-ally think there would bea problem,” said long-time transit user Kim Steel.“The problem is they havemoved it farther away fromthe one street light thatit reflects on, they have

moved it close to the alley,they have moved it wherethe bushes are.”

Steel said the bus stop’sprevious location “wasn’tas freaky” because the areahad been cleared of bushes.

“They ended up mov-ing the bus stop fartheraway from the lights,” shesaid. “It’s really dark now atnight to stay there and wait,and there are bushes rightthere behind you.”

While waiting at the busone evening, Steel spoke toa young woman who ex-pressed similar concerns.The young woman toldSteel she had missed herbus one night and had towait in darkness for anhour until the next bus ar-rived.

“It’s right in front of the

IHOP, so when the IHOPparking lot light is on it isperfectly fine.You wouldnever be worried in theleast,” Steel said. “Afterabout 10 o’clock or 10:15when that light gets turnedoff, it’s dark.”

Steel, who needs to takethe bus up to four nights aweek, said she texts a friendthe entire time she’s at thebus stop to keep in contactwith someone while she’swaiting in the dark.

Steel calledTransLinkabout her concerns andwas told it’s the city’s re-sponsibility to deal withlighting at bus stops. Shesaid she made a couple ofinquiries to city hall be-fore the construction tookplace, but never heard backabout her concerns.

Jim Lowrie, the city’s di-rector of engineering, toldRecord staff he couldn’t finda record of a complaintabout lighting near theEighth Avenue bus stop,but pledged to take actionto address the concerns.

“The passenger embar-kation area for this bus stopwas moved further awayfrom the curb in order toinstall a wheelchair landingpad,” he wrote in an emailto the Record. “We have re-viewed the existing lightingpattern in the area and inorder to enhance lighting atthe bus stop, we will be in-stalling an additional street-light on the utility pole im-mediately across the streetfrom the bus stop.”

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A new child-care centre in Ecole Qayqayt Elementary isgetting $40,000 from the City of NewWestminster.

Council has approved $40,000 from the city’s child-careamenity capital reserve fund to the Lower Mainland Pur-pose Society.The funds will be used to furnish and equipthe child-care facility that’s part of the NeighbourhoodLearning Centre in the school and will provide 36 licensedspaces.

According to a staff report, the Ministry of Educationinvested $546,543 in the new child-care centre, but theNeighbourhoods of Learning funding didn’t cover furnish-ings and equipment.The school district leased the space tothe Purpose Society to operate a child-care facility.

A staff report states that the society had estimated thecost of furnishing and equipping the facility to be $188,213plus tax.The costs of furnishing the space are “larger thananticipated” and the society didn’t get some anticipatedfunding from the Ministry of Children and Family Devel-opment.

The staff report said the child-care amenity provisioncapital reserve fund has about $73,000 so it will have about$33,000 left after providing funds to the Purpose Society.

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TransLink has rejected a request to reroute the 410 busin Queensborough.

The city wrote toTransLink and forwarded it a peti-tion signed by residents seeking a change to the 410 busto better serve the Sukh SagarTemple and Queen Eliza-beth Community School.TransLink assessed the situationand determined it wasn’t physically able to reroute the bustoWood Street without undertaking significant municipalroad work.

“Further, the requested detour to the 410 route, one ofthe busiest bus routes in the region with over 17,000 dailyriders, would impose an unacceptable delay to all of our ex-isting 410 riders,” stated a letter fromTransLink to the city.“Bus service through Queensborough is currently providedwithin walking distance of both the Sukh SagarTemple andthe Queen Elizabeth Elementary School. Each are locat-ed within 400 metres of stops serving route 104, which pro-vides a direct connection to 22nd Street SkyTrain station.”

Last summer, the city received a petition signed by morethan 60 people asking that the bus be rerouted to travelalongWood Street before returning to its regular route.


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One NewWestminsterman is hoping he can en-courage more pedestriansto wear reflective strips inwinter by making the itemsmore accessible.

Every winter,Vic Leachhears of pedestrians being

killed or injured by driv-ers, and when one of hisfriends was almost hit inDecember while crossingin a crosswalk near Roy-al Columbian Hospital, hecouldn’t help but wonderwhy.

After some research,Leach found that whilemost agencies, including

police departments, theCity of NewWestminsterand ICBC, recommend pe-destrians wear reflectivestrips when walking afterdark, especially in winter,getting your hands on thestrips is not as convenientas one would think.

Locally, there are onlyabout two stores that sell

wearable reflector strips –Bosley’s pet store at Co-lumbia Square and Cap’sbike shop in Sapperton.

“They’re not normalplaces you’d really thinkabout,” Leach said.

(Reflective clothing isavailable at Army & Navy

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The mayor’s task force on transportation will offer inputon implementation of the city’s master transportation plan.

The plan, adopted in September 2014, identified fourtargets and 122 actions to meet the city’s short-, medium-and long-term priorities for transportation.The task forcewill include the mayor, two councillors, the directors of en-gineering and development services, the manager of infra-structure planning, the manager of strategic priorities andsustainability, a transportation engineer and a representativefrom the NewWestminster Police Department.

“The mandate of the mayor’s task force is to provide rec-ommendations and strategic advice to city council on re-gional transportation matters and to establish an imple-mentation plan for the goals and objectives contained in themaster transportation plan,” stated a staff report.


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help the hungry and home-less across Canada.

Seniors Services Societyis the only organization thatspecifically helps seniorsacross the Lower Mainlandwho are homeless or at riskof homelessness. Follow-ing changes to the federalgovernment’s homelessnessfunding priorities, SeniorsServices Society has notbeen able to secure enoughfunding to help seniors whoare homeless for the firsttime.

“Unless we get on boardand look for ways to fill inthe gaps, seniors who are ei-

ther first time homeless orat risk of homelessness aregoing to be overlooked,”Dodd said.

On Jan. 1, Seniors Ser-vices Society had to lay offone of its homeless out-reach workers due to fund-ing shortages.

“It’s upsetting because wesee people fall through thecracks.We are already say-ing to people who are call-ing us for support servic-es, we can only take peoplewho are in the most dire po-sitions,” Dodd said. “Luck-ily we are in a communitythat really cares, and we areable to launch this fundrais-er with fairly short notice.”

An Ontario non-profit or-ganizes the annual walk, butthis year is the first for Se-niors Services Society toparticipate.The local orga-nization is hoping to raise$25,000 to help house Met-roVancouver seniors.

The NewWestminsterwalk takes place on Satur-day, Feb. 21 along the wa-terfront, starting and end-ing at River Market. (RiverMarket is one of the spon-sors, and the merchants willbe providing hot drinks,chili and fresh bread forparticipants.)

The walk is two, five or10 kilometres. People col-lect donations on behalf of

their teams, and about 10or 12 teams have alreadysigned up and raised $6,000collectively, which is a thirdof the overall goal.

More than 80 communi-ties across the country areparticipating inThe ColdestNight of theYear in 2015.

NewWestminster’s newmayor Jonathan Cote andMLA Judy Darcy attend-edThursday’s launch event

and donned toques fromthe campaign. Coun. BillHarper also attended.

“They expressed theiroverwhelming support, notonly for the fundraiser butour organization and ourneed right now,” Dodd said.

To sign up for the walkor donate to a team, go tocoldestnightoftheyear.org/newwestminster.

at NewWestminsterSkyTrain station near theticket machines betweenTim Hortons and CIBCto answer questions.There

will also be detailed posterson display and informationavailable during that time.

For those who can’t at-tend the open house,Trans-Link will be posting the in-

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People are also asked tocomplete an online survey,available at the same ad-dress above, before Feb. 11.

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MYVIEWKEITHBALDREY

Here’showtogeta ‘yes’vote

The general consen-sus seems to be that theYesside in the upcoming transitplebiscite is the one fightingfrom behind.

The No side, led by Jor-dan Bateman of the Ca-nadianTaxpayers Federa-tion, has pretty much hadthe floor to itself since theChristmas break. But theYes side can, miracle of mir-acles, pull off an upset vic-tory if it can accomplish anumber of tasks. So, free ofcharge, I offer some adviceon how to get the job done:

1.Turn the channel.As in, stop talking about

TransLink (arguably themost unpopular organiza-tion in B.C.) and start ham-mering home talk aboutspecific transit improve-ments. If people start hear-ing more and more aboutrapid transit lines in Surrey,more buses, and a new Pat-tullo Bridge, that may gettheir aggravated minds offof thinking of ways to pun-ishTransLink and backonto how best to get out oftheir daily traffic nightmare.

2. Rotate your spokes-people.

One of Bateman’sstrengths is that he is goodat obtaining media cover-age. But over the courseof the next few months, hemay well turn into a liabil-ity for the No side becausefolks may simply becometired of seeing and hearingfrom him – and only him,on the No side – incessantly.

But theYes side has abunch of mayors who justwon re-election. So why not

rotate folks likeVancouverMayor Gregor Robertson,Surrey Mayor Linda Hep-ner, Port Coquitlam MayorGreg Moore and a few oth-ers as the public face of theYes side?

3. Push past the leadersand get to the masses.

In other words, simplygetting the support of theheads of the 70-plus organi-zations that make up theYesside coalition is not enough.Getting the support of themembers of those organiza-tions is much more a key toany success.

4.Time and organization-al infrastructure may be onyour side.

The plebiscite ballots willstart being mailed out inmid-March, and the ballotscan be mailed back to Elec-tions B.C. as late as May 29.That’s a generous 10-weekperiod.To get the vote out,presumably theYes coalitionwill be able to tap into itsmember organizations forvolunteers to help to par-ticipate in mail-out, phonebanks and the like.

I’m not sure the No sidecan compete when it comesto that kind of organization.

However, it may end upnot even needing much or-ganization.

There is still a feeling ofI-pay-too-much-alreadyout there, and perhaps noamount of planning andreasoned arguments willovercome that.We’ll knowin June, when the results arerevealed.

Keith Baldrey is chief politi-cal reporter for Global B.C.

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Why I’m votingYesDear Editor I was confoundedbyMr. Lundy’sletter (“Why I’mvoting ‘No’ in transit referen-dum”–Record, Jan. 22, 2015),where he stateshe supports transit expansion, and thinks asmall sales tax is the fairestway topay for it,but hewill vote “No,” because “TransLink isbroken.” That sounds like responding to anunderperformingpublic school by cutting itsfunding, punishing ahospitalwith unaccept-ablewait timesby reducing its resources, orcutting off thenose to spite the face.If TransLink governancehas anaccount-

ability problem, it is because aboard appoint-edby theprovincial government replaced theboardof accountable electedofficials (themayors). However, it is thesemayors that arenowasking you to support critical infrastruc-ture improvements. Yes, themayors havealso asked to return to amore accountableTransLink governance structure, but insteadthey got this referendum.Mr. Lundy is right to askwhere “PlanB” is.

Therewere several “PlansB”proposedby themayors, includingportions of gas tax revenue,carbon tax reallocation and roadpricingschemes. Allwere rejectedby theprovince,whichmade it clear this is the only option.After a “No” vote, I have ahard time imaginingtheprovincewould change theirmindandchooseoneof those alternates.People are angry. They are angry about a

lack of actionon this file and (real or per-ceived)wasteful spending, or because theyare stuck in traffic andhate taxes. I’mangrytoo. I’mangry that TransLinkhasbeenpoorlymanagedby consecutive governments. I’mangry thatweneed to go througha referen-dum toget rapid transit in Surreywhen theWidest Bridge in theWorld runs a $3.6-billiondeficit andwedidn’t get to vote on that. I’mangry that twobus routes havebeen cut inNewWestminster in the last two years, and thejourney fromDunwood toRoyal City Centrehasbecome toodifficult for some seniors.I’mangry that SkyTrain is packed to the gillsevery day, yet has tobeg for expansionmoney,while a tunnelwith declining traffic counts getexpandedwith no considerationof the cost.I’mangry that the growingpopulationof

the regionwill havenooptionbut todrivethroughNewWestminster every day, clogupour streets andmakeour neighbourhoods lesslivable becauseour governmentswon’t funda transportation system that suits amodernmetropolitan region.Nothing I’mangry aboutwill be solvedby voting “no”on the referen-dum, but neitherwill anythingMr. Lundy isangry about. So I’mvoting “yes” – for abettertransportation future for our region.Patrick Johnstone,NewWestminster

Save views for allDear Editor In reference to the article in theRecordJan. 21, The view from the top.Council is consideringholding themeeting

at theAnvil Centre tower that has a view, toshowcasewaterfront opportunities ofNewWestminster’s very desirable iconic setting.I amsaddenedanddisturbed to thinkof

howmanymore current, longtime residents,like those in the SappertonBrewery district,will have to sacrifice their sunlight and views inthenameof high-density progress.City planners should revisit buildingbylaws

regardingheights and variances, to preservethe serene river views for all its existingcitizens, before thedisappearance is a ‘faitaccompli’.J.Kirk,NewWestminster

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and other work wear stores,but Leach thinks most peo-ple don’t want to wear anentire reflective coat.)

In NewWestminster therehave been several pedestri-an fatalities this winter, in-cluding an elderly womanwho was struck while cross-ing Sixth Street at FifthAvenue in November. InMarch 2013, Safeway em-ployee Gemma Snowballwas struck and killed as shecrossed in the crosswalkat Sixth Avenue and SixthStreet.

According to theWorldHealth Organization,around the world about1.24 million people die eachyear on the road.

In countries such as Swe-den, Denmark and Norway,there are national reflec-tor days in October to pro-vide people with reflectors.This is the type of initia-tive Leach wants to bring toNewWestminster.

“We should step up to theplate and try and find outif we can get more reflec-tive material, as a preventa-tive measure, so that peo-ple have places to buy it,”he said.

Leach wants to make re-flective strips more acces-sible, starting with sales indrugstores during the win-ter.

“There are very simplethings that could be done,like putting it on to reus-able shopping bags.Why

couldn’t, when you buyyour insurance for your car,you get a reflector?” he said.

Leach has organized a“Reflection for Safety” fo-rum in February to discussstrategies to encourage pe-destrians to wear or carryreflective strips. Represen-tatives from the NewWest-minster police and fire de-partments, City of NewWestminster,Transit Police,B.C. Ambulance Service,ICBC, and the Communi-ty Against Preventable In-juries, will all be on hand toanswer questions from thepublic.

The forum is onTuesday,Feb. 10 from 9 to 11 a.m. atthe Sapperton pensioners’hall, 318 Keary St.

The city is on the lookoutfor a Connaught Heightsresident to serve on its vi-sion advisory group.

Council has appoint-ed a number of communi-ty members and residents’association representatives

to serve on the Our Cityneighbourhood vision pro-cess advisory group, whichwill provide input into theupdate of the official com-munity plan.

Each of the residents’ as-sociations were invited to

nominate representatives tothe advisory group.

The city is hoping to re-cruit a resident of the Con-naught Heights neighbour-hoods to participate in thegroup.

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Fans and foes of a pro-posed expansion of UrbanAcademy are getting a jumpon the public hearing.

Urban Academy wants toexpand its existing locationat 101Third St. by buildingon an adjacent site. Alongwith its existing school inRobson Manor, the newbuilding would allow theschool to accommodate upto 450 students by 2022,which has raised some con-cerns about livability issuessuch as traffic.

“We had about sevenpeople speak – five in fa-vour, two opposed,” saidMayor Jonathan Cote aboutdelegations at the Jan. 12council meeting. “It is kindof building up to a pub-lic hearing that we knowis coming in a couple ofmonths. It’s not unusual tosee people starting to comeout earlier.”

Urban Academy pur-chased an adjacent site onManitoba Street and hopesto expand by building onthat site.

The Manitoba Street siteis currently home to a two-storey rental apartment con-taining eight units.

On Monday, council re-ceived a staff report and atenant relocation plan fromUrban Academy that ad-dresses how tenants of theexisting rental apartmentin the Queen’s Park neigh-bourhood would be accom-

modated if the project pro-ceeds.

Coun. Bill Harper saidit’s “premature” to considera tenant replacement planbecause council has yet toconsider the actual applica-tion.

“It almost looks like thereis some sort of bias in theapproval,” he said of consid-ering the tenant relocationstrategy before dealing withthe application.

Coun. MaryTrentaduesaid the application needs tobe dealt with before coun-cil considers a tenant reloca-tion plan.

Urban Academy Soci-ety is applying for a heri-tage revitalization agree-ment for 101Third St. and228 Manitoba St. and anamendment to the offi-cial community plan for theManitoba Street site to al-low it to expand by con-structing a new building onthose sites.

Julie Schueck, the city’sheritage planner, said thecity’s secured market rentalhousing policy requires ap-plicants to bring forward atenant relocation strategy ifa rental building is to be de-molished as part of a devel-opment application.

“It is not in any way in-tended to be a decision onthe application,” she said.

Coun. Chuck Puch-mayr said some communi-ty members are “anxious”about the proposal. He saidthat dealing with a tenantrelocation strategy at thistime may send out a mes-

sage that council has madeup its mind.

“It’s basically saying, let’swait on the project beforewe start to give the A-OK toanything there,” Cote saidof council’s stance. “It real-ly was a non-decision. It wasjust saying we have a pub-lic hearing coming up in thenext couple of months, let’slet that process go through.”

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NewWestminster fire-fighters will get to workhammering out detailson how to address futurechanges to the fire depart-ment.

Members of Local 256 ofthe International Associa-tion of Firefighters recent-ly ratified a collective agree-ment that includes a 2.5 percent annual wage increasefor each year of the contract,as well as some moves to re-structure the department.

Some of the changescoming to the fire depart-ment include the ability toincrease opportunities forfirefighters to move betweenthe fire prevention and sup-pression divisions and to re-classify assistant chiefs (alsoknown as battalion chiefs)and create a new senior cap-tain’s position.

“What we have agreed todo is eliminate those posi-

tions and eliminate some ofthe administrative duties ofthose positions,” Fire ChiefTim Armstrong said aboutthe assistant chiefs. “Theywill still be doing some ad-ministrative work, but notto the level they had beendoing. Some of that wouldbe picked up by the seniormanagement within the de-partment.”

Armstrong said the seniorcaptains’ duties are goingto be determined by a newcommittee.The committee,made up of union and man-agement, will meet to setup some dates where theywill be able to get togetherand establish the committeestructure and some terms ofreference.

“We have agreed to forma committee to see whatthese senior captains workis going to look like and thelevel of responsibility theyhave,” he said. “For that lev-el of responsibility, there isa pay increase above a cap-

tain’s rate of pay.”According to Armstrong,

the senior captain’s rate isgoing to be eight per centabove a normal captain.He said the departmentwouldn’t expect its employ-ees to do the same work asthe current assistant chiefsand pay them less money.

“Hopefully we will workthrough and create a jobclassification and job dutiesfor that senior captain,” hesaid. “If we fail to come to aconsensus on it, both sideshave agreed we will take itto a third party to medi-ate on.”

Armstrong anticipatesthat some of the day-to-dayadministrative tasks nowdone by assistant chiefs willbe delegated to his two dep-uty chiefs and two assistantdeputy chief.

“Again, that is going to bedetermined by the commit-tee,” he said.

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Moody Park is going tothe dogs – but some resi-dents feel the new off-leasharea bites.

City council has approvedthe creation of an off-leasharea for dogs near the en-trance to Moody Park atSixth Avenue and EighthStreet. Locations near theMoody Park south field (atthe rear of Century House)and next to the outdoor la-crosse box at Eighth Avenueand Eighth Street were alsoconsidered.

“This is a great idea,” saidCoun. Chuck Puchmayrabout the location selected.“It is a nice size, it is a nicearea.”

Puchmayr, a residentof the Moody Park neigh-bourhood, said discussionsabout an off-leash dog areahave been taking place forabout three years.

While this wasn’t a spothe had originally consid-ered, he believes it’s a “greatlocation” for area residents,including seniors, to taketheir dogs.

“Most dog owners arevery responsible,” he said ofconcerns about the locationnear the playground.

Coun. Bill Harper, whoalso lives in the Moody Parkneighbourhood, doesn’tsupport the establishmentof a dog park near the mainentrance to the park. Hedoesn’t like the idea of hav-

ing fencing along a mainpath through the park.

“Some people may thinkthat is OK,” he said. “Idon’t.”

Harper opposed Option

B, a space outside the youthcentre and next to the play-ground that’s set to be reno-vated. He preferred the op-tion that would have seenan off-leash area created

area near Eighth Avenueand Eighth Street.

Coun. MaryTrentaduebelieves a dog park is need-ed in the area but was con-cerned about the optics of

locating it beside the park’sentrance and next to thechildren’s playground.Tren-tadue, who also lives in theneighbourhood, suggest-ed the area near the lacrosse

box is preferable.According to a staff re-

port, the city received 212responses to a survey about

An experienced nan-ny and mom will be shar-ing tips aimed at helpingchildren get a better night’ssleep.

Queens Park Preschool isholding a parent educationsession onTuesday, Feb. 3from 7 to 8 p.m. DawnnWhittaker, founder andsenior consultant withCheekychops, will be pre-senting a child sleep semi-nar that addresses sleep is-sues at a variety of ages.

“Dawnn has worked asa day nanny, live-in nan-ny, baby nanny, overnightnanny and a trouble-shoot-ing nanny for families in theU.K., U.S. Australia andCanada. She also consultedfor nanny agencies.With her

biting British wit, she dish-es out straight talk with aspoonful of sugar and a sideof spunk,” said a press re-lease about the presentation.“For about 20 years, she en-joyed being everybody’s fa-vourite go-to gal for child-care and baby advice.Thenshe had her own babies andthings changed. Even withall her expertise, Dawnndiscovered firsthand what itfelt like to be wracked withthe challenges of being agood mom, a likable partnerand the woman she expect-ed herself to be.”

In 2006Whittaker found-ed Cheekychops, a com-pany that aims to help em-power parents and to get agood night’s sleep.

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FIREFIGHTING FORYOUTHYouth who are consider-

ing a career in firefightingare invited to apply for sev-en days of training.

NewWestminster Fireand Rescue Services is ac-cepting applications for the2015Youth Firefighter pro-gram, which provides train-ing in first aid/CPR, fire in-vestigate techniques, fireprevention, firefighting tech-niques, high angle/confinedspace and auto extrication.On the final day of the pro-gram, youth will put outa real fire – an experiencethey’ll never forget.

Applications are being ac-

cepted until Feb. 16.The12 successful applicants willenjoy two days of fire inves-tigation, education and pre-vention in March and thenfive days of hands-on fire-fighting training in July.

Fire Prevention CaptainDanWilson encourages

NewWest youth in Grade10, 11 and 12 to apply forthe program if they’re con-sidering a career in firefight-ing.

“It’s real-life stuff.Thereis a panel interview, thereis a commitment on theirpart,” he said about the sev-

en days of training. “If theyare thinking about doing thejob … this is a way to testit out.”

The program also helpsyouth assess whether they’recut out for a career in fire-fighting. If youth are claus-trophic, don’t like wear-ing masks or are fearful ofheights, it helps them makedecisions about their futurecareer choices.

NewWestminster Fireand Rescue Services andthe NewWestminster Parks,Culture and Recreation de-partment host the program,in partnership with the Jus-tice Institute of B.C. and theNewWestminster SchoolDistrict.

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To thedogs:KenandCatherineMcEwen, LorenaDourado, Tammy, LiciaDourado, AnitaBaruaareamong the residentswhoencouraged thecity tocreateanoff-leasharea inMoodyPark. Council hasapprovedanoff-leashareanear theEighthStreetmainentrance to thepark.PHOTOFILE

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the preferred location foran off-leash area in MoodyPark: 45.28 per cent sup-ported the chosen locationat Sixth Avenue and EighthStreet; 28.77 per cent chosethe location west of theplayground and south ofCentury House (near theyouth centre); 16.04 percent wanted the locationnext to the lacrosse box; and9.9 per cent didn’t supportany of these options.

Diane Perry, the city’smanager of community de-velopment, said there was alot of opposition to the ideaof creating an off-leash dogarea near the lacrosse box.In addition to concerns thatthe banging of balls wouldscare dogs, she said peo-ple were also concerned itwould eliminate an area forkids to practise while wait-ing for the lacrosse box tobecome available.

Coun. Patrick Johnstonesaid an off-leash dog area isimportant for Moody Parkbecause there’s no place inthe Uptown, Brow of theHill or Moody Park neigh-bourhoods where dogs canrun off leash. He notedthe location closest to theMoody Park entrance wasthe most supported optionduring the consultation pro-cess.

Dean Gibson, the city’sdirector of parks, cultureand recreation, said all threeof the locations consideredfor Moody Park are smallerthan most off-leash areas inthe city. Option A, which isthe largest of the three areasconsidered in Moody Park,would result in the secondsmallest off-leash areas inthe city.

Two Moody Park resi-dents appeared at the Jan.19 meeting and asked coun-cil to defer consideration ofthe staff recommendationpending further consulta-tion.

Christopher Bell, pres-ident of the Moody ParkResidents’ Association, saidthe group voted 15 to zeroin opposition to the propos-al, primarily because of con-cerns about its proximityto the playground. He saidthe city should further con-sult with residents to find amore appropriate space inthe park.

Bell suggested the cityshould fix issues that plaguethe city’s other dog parksbefore creating a new off-leash area with the sameproblems.

Gibson said the off-leashdog area would be separat-ed from the playground by apathway and changes in el-evation.

Moody Park resident anddog owner Debby McKen-zie feels the city can find abetter site for an off leashpark. She said the proposedlocation is too small tothrow a ball for a dog, is lo-cated at the key entrance tothe park and is too close tothe children’s playground.

“It is not safe,” she toldcouncil about its proximityto the playground. “I wouldhate to hear of somethinghappening.”

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As I’m on the hunt forfamily things to do in ourfair city, I can’t forget aboutthis local family favourite(especially since my oth-er half is of Ukrainian de-scent).

NewWest families are allinvited to dig in at the pop-ular Ukrainian perogy sup-pers offered by the goodfolks of Holy Eucharist

Church.The next supper is on

Friday, Jan. 30, with dinnerfrom 5 to 8 p.m.You canchoose from a variety of de-lightful homemade Ukrai-nian offerings, includingcabbage rolls, perogies andborscht (and take-out op-tions are available, too).

There’s also a perogy salethe same day from 11 a.m.to 3 p.m.

Trust me when I tell youthat you cannot beat home-made perogies (my moth-

er-in-law and my husbandhave made me an expert onthe subject).

It all happens in the hall(downstairs) at Holy Eucha-rist, at the corner of FourthAvenue and Fifth Street.For more info, call 604-526-0988 or 604-522-7711.

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TheVazzy duo offersup traditional French-Ca-nadian music, dance and“joie de vivre” with fid-dle, foot percussion, har-monica, mandolin, spoonsand much more.Young(and not-so-young) audi-

ence members are invited todance along, take part in apercussion orchestra and, ofcourse, sing.

Admission is free.Theperformance runs at 11a.m. and at 1 p.m., and it’s45 minutes long.The showis geared at ages five and up,but everyone is welcome.

Check out artstarts.com/weekend for all the detailsabout the free kids’ pro-

grams, or see www.rivermarket.ca to find out aboutall the other family fun atthe market.There are circuscourses, baking classes anda whole lot more.

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Volunteering Leads the Way with theNew Westminster Youth Ambassador Society

Since September, the Ambassadors have volunteered at:

• Wait for Me Daddy grand opening

• Artism for Autistic Children events

• 100 Braid Street grand opening

• New Westminster Symphony

• Chamber of Commerce PlatinumAwards

• Christmas parties for MLA Judy Darcyand MP Peter Julian

If you like the environment, children, people in general,big events, small groups, or pretty much anything at all,Fraser River Discovery Centre has a volunteer positionfor you.

The Fraser River is a natural wonder running right byNew Westminster. Discover Centre volunteers get tolearn and share the rich history, environment, culture,and industry of the Fraser River.

Volunteer Opportunities Include:

• School Program Leader - Lead educational programsfor school groups.

• Welcome Host - Greet visitors, assist visitors ininterpretation of exhibits, and highlight attractions of thecentre; answer telephone calls and general inquiries.

• Exhibit Assistant - Research and record informationfor Discovery Centre exhibits, programs and specialprojects; assist with exhibit maintenance and repairs.

• Festival Volunteer - Help out with the biggest festival ofthe year - RiverFest!

• Interpreter - Lead birthday parties, give guided tours,assist with crafts, and help out with special events bothat the Discovery Centre and in the community.

Volunteers can’t stop raving about the Centre.Allison has been volunteering for four years: “I LOVEvolunteering at the FRDC. There is always somethingnew to discover and learn. The hours are flexible andeveryone is so open and welcoming!”

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Volunteers in action at theFraser River Discovery Centre

The New Westminster Youth Ambassadors loveto volunteer, and one of the places you’ll seethem volunteering is at the New WestminsterFestival of Volunteers.

The New Westminster Youth AmbassadorSociety provides young men and women thechance to practice leadership skills as theyrepresent their hometown inside and outsideour community.

The Ambassadors were also in the Santa Clausparade and volunteered afterwards helping kidsdecorate cookies at the Anvil Centre.

If it was happening in New Westminster, theNew Westminster Youth Ambassadors wereprobably helping out.

Pictured Standing L to R: Megan Hill (sponsored by Key West Ford); Carli Henssler (sponsoredby Oxygen Yoga & Fitness); Stacy Ashton (Community Volunteer Connections); Raunaq Singh(sponsored by the News Leader); Sandra Basheer (sponsored by Greens & Beans Deli). Seated:Kevin Wang (sponsored by Van Dop Gallery); Alex Zang (sponsored by Royal City Centre).

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Queen’s Park Care Centre is an active, social place that adultsliving with complex health issues call home. Here, a dedicatedteam of 79 volunteers generate a sense of belonging for theresidents, whether it be assisting with baking programs, bingo,crafts, outings or walking programs. Volunteers are vital tomaking this home a success and are very much appreciated fortheir time and energy.

Music is a popular interest a Queen’s Park and many residentsparticipate in the Songbirds Choir, a singing group. One need notbe a singer to join, just have a passion for music. In the wordsof Janet Notter, Coordinator Volunteer Resources, the goalof group is the active engagement of residents for the sheer“delight” of music.

Janet is looking to build her volunteer team, and would love totalk to you about becoming involved! In particular, she is lookingfor volunteers to help as:

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• Musicians - volunteers with musical skills to provide ambientmusic at mealtimes.

• Fitness and Walking volunteers to help residents maintain theirphysical health.

To find out more about how you can make a difference contactJanet Notter at 604-517-8663 [email protected].

One of our regular artists at the New WestminsterFestival of Volunteers passed away suddenly late in2014. Valerie B-Taylor’s passion for writing madeher a key figure in New Westminster’s first writer’scritique and writing support group, New WestWriters. In Valerie’s honour, our feature play thisyear is one of hers: “The Visit”. We honour Valeriein the best way we know how: By sharing herwords and her stories.

“I write on those days that story is so strong, myhigher self escapes and hovers above me like apuppeteer moving my body with invisible strings,rods, and wires. Seat in chair, elbows on desk,fingers on keyboard, a puppet operated by unseenpowers. It is in that moment, that very moment,when my mind, spirit, and body converge that Iknow I am a writer. When story moves throughme; when story translates through text onto paperanother voice unheard.”

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In Memorial:Valerie B.-Taylor

Tabatha Visutskie, Artistic Director • Master of Ceremonies, Cal Donnelly

10:00 – Festivities Begin! Our dignitaries say hello and we enjoy the musicalstylings of M.C. Cal Donnelly

11:00 – Magical learning from the Great Smartini

12:00 – Sauce for the Goose

12:30 – The Visit (written by Valerie B.-Taylor, performed by Tabatha Visutskie,Julian Worker, Stacy Ashton)

1:00 – Adrien Essiet

1:30 – Candice James, New Westminster Poet Laureate

2:00 – Shawn Bearman & Company

2:40 – Joanne Arnott, New West Writers

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British Columbia, as with many educationaljurisdictions, recognizes gifted learners as havingspecial needs that require provision of learningopportunities and a flexible environment tailored tostudents who learn at a faster pace, who possessextensive background knowledge, and who areinnovators and creators, problem solvers andcritical thinkers.To do so, class sizes are limited,staff are experienced in working with thesestudents and the curriculum is designed to providefor the opportunities to explore and express theinterests that drive their students. A day spent at

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A Queen’s University Study ‘LearningThrough The Arts’ concluded thatinvolvement in the arts contributed tostudent achievement as much as11 percentile points higher in maththan their peers, as arts experiencehelps develop more complex neuralnetworks in the brain. Beyond simplythe academic achievement, a creativelearning environment can impact the

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ReceiverOhioboundHyack will sign letter of intent onWednesday,Feb.4

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Football has proven goodto NewWestminster’s MattSeymour.

After just four years play-ing competitive football,the talented athlete verbal-ly committed to a full-ridescholarship with the Uni-versity of Ohio Bobcats as areceiver.

“It’s still a bit surreal atthe moment,” said the late-turning 17-year-old. “It’s atough thing, but after tour-ing the campus … I knewthis was the place I wantedto spend my collegiate ca-reer.”

Seymour received a lotof attention from Canadianschools, but mostly as a de-fensive cornerback.

“(Ohio) thought hewas a very dynamic play-er, they liked how he wasable to generate yards af-ter the catch. On either sideof the ball, he was going toget something,” said Hyackhead coach Farhan Lalji.

Seymour is the secondHyack player to commit toan NCAA Division I foot-ball program.

Earlier last year, offensivelineman Harper Shermancommited to Arizona.

Both NewWestminsterproducts will ink their let-ters of intent in a sign-ing ceremony at the B.C.Sports Hall of Fame onFeb. 4.

“I’m glad it worked out.It’s great for (Seymour) toget a full-ride,” said Lalji,

who helped facilitate theconnection. “It’s the leastwe can do. I told the play-ers, if you take care of our

program, we’ll take care ofyou.

“Both (Sherman andSeymour) are very good

athletes, but they workhard.You can’t have onewithout the other and havesuccess,” Lalji said.

Agoldenfinishto junior icedanceseason

Men’s champskates intoworld’s [email protected]

Burnaby skaters drew topassignments for three up-coming International Skat-ing Union championships.

Former Burnaby whizkid Nam Nguyen, just 16,who wowed the crowd atthe Canadian national fig-ure skating championshipsin Kingston, Ont., will com-pete along with BurnabyCentre of Excellence skat-er JeremyTen at the FourContinents championshipsin Seoul, Korea next monthand at the ISU world cham-pionships in Shanghai, Chi-na in March.

At the nationals, Nguyensent shockwaves around theworld following a massive256.88 winning score in themen’s singles competitionon Saturday.

The former national pre-novice, novice, junior andworld junior champion add-ed another national title tohis growing career mantel ofhardware following a whop-ping 175.10 free skate scoreto win his first senior Cana-dian title handily overTen.

Nguyen sported a first-place short-program scoreof 81.78 heading into thelong program.

His energetic program in-cluded a quadruple jumpand flawless triple Salchowand was a huge 24-point

improvement on his previ-ous best result of 232.24,achieved at last year’s SkateAmerica competition.

Nguyen’s 256-plus scoremoved him up to 10th-best all-time, surpassingboth Olympic silver med-alist Kevin Reynold’s bestand Jeffrey Buttle’s 2008world championship scores.The total points were alsojust a fraction shy of thegreat Russian skater EvgeniPlushenko’s best-ever score.

Currently six-time Ca-nadian men’s champi-on Patrick Chan, who didnot compete at the nation-als due to injury, holds thebest-ever men’s score in theworld with a 295.27 total,set at a Grand Prix event in2013.

Also earning an assign-ment at the world juniorchampionships in Estoniaare local ice dancers Made-line Edwards and Burnaby’sZhaoKai Pang, who fin-ished in seventh place in thesenior event at the nationals.

Nicole Orford of Burna-by and partnerThomasWil-liams placed fourth in thesenior ice dance at the na-tionals.

The national junior icedance champions BriannaDelmaestro andTimothyLum of Burnaby are alter-nates for the junior worlds

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2014 has been a podium year for the pairDanOlson/[email protected]

Clean perfection is howobservers and fans de-scribed it.

For ice dancers BriannaDelmaestro andTimothyLum, the end result of theirtoil and delivery at the 2015CanadianTire NationalSkating Championships waswritten in gold.

Delmaestro, of the Co-quitlam Skating Club, andLum from Burnaby domi-nated with first-place scoresin both the short and freeskates to walk off with thejunior ice dance title lastWednesday.

“This whole season we’veskated pretty well and feltconfident in our programand performances,” Del-maestro said. “We knew wecould do it, and it’s real-ly special when it comes to-gether.”

The duo, who train un-der Aaron Lowe and Me-ganWing at theVancouverIce Dance Academy, postedscores of 59.21 and 89.41,first in both sections and aseven-point improvementon the pair’s gold-medalscore at the Skate CanadaChallenge in December.

“It feels good. It’s beena long time hoping,” saidLum, who had seven years

of previous ice dance expe-rience before teaming upwith Delmaestro less thantwo years ago. “We train ev-ery day and practise fivetimes a week.We expect bignumbers. It’s a partnership.

“There was definite-ly some pressure becausewe knew we could win it,”Delmaestro said. “After the(Skate Canada) Challengewe knew other teams wereworking hard to improve.

“I felt a bit of pressure,especially before the freeskate, but I just felt verycomfortable and had a goodfeeling.”

The title capped a tre-mendous season for the

pair, who have been togeth-er barely 20 months.

A month ago, it was goldat Skate Canada; prior tothat, they took asilver andbronze at two internationaljunior Grand Prix compe-titions.

“Never, never, I’ve nev-er had a season like this. It’salways been second place,third place, never hitting thetop mark. But this has beena great season,” Lum added.

Lowe said the perfor-mance last week was justwhat you’d imagine.

“They match so well as ateam,” noted Lowe of the

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pair. “Their work together all week was just great.“When you skate a clean skate as they did, it’s just gold-

en.”For Delmaestro, who only shifted from individual skat-

ing to the dance three years ago, the string of successes hascome quickly but through a lot of hard work.

“Honestly, when I first started (ice dance) I had no ideathat one day this could happen,” the Port Moody skater andDouglas College student said. “WhenTim and I came to-gether we had to find that comfort zone, but it’s been sosmooth.

“Our goals at the beginning of the season were to win thenationals, that’s what we wanted. As the season went on werealized that we could possibly reach that goal.”

But their season might not be quite over. Lum believesthe pair could be the first alternate for the junior world icedance championships.

“To finally be on top of that podium and hit that topmark was a great way for me and Brianna to end the sea-son,” said Lum. “It’s cool.”

One spectator could appreciate the journey and the ac-complishment from a different view than most. Bruno Del-maestro, who attended as coach of CSC’s Benjamin Pappand Ashlynne Stairs, was extremely proud of his daughter.

“I got to attend as a coach and a dad and it was fun,”the one-time Italian national figure skating champion said.“When (Delmaestro and Lum) skate a clean skate, it’s mag-ical.They just really get along well and I think that’s thekey.”

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Titleacool feeling

after winning their first Canadian title with a top total scoreof 148.62.

In the junior women’s singles, Burnaby’s SarahTamurafinished in sixth place after a fifth-best free skate at the na-tionals. KelseyWong, who placed second at the recent SkateCanada Challenge, had an uneventful long program, finish-ing 11th overall.

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Bouncingback:DouglasCollege’s JanneineYngresodrives to thebucket in lastweek’s loss toVancouverIslandUniversity. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

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Freshman Rachel Beau-champ proved her worth forthe Douglas College Roy-als women’s basketball teamlast week.

Beauchamp came off thebench to lead all scorerswith 14 points in the Royals’57-50 win over KwantlenPolytechnic on Saturday.The first-year Holy Crossgrad also helped out with 10

points and nine rebounds inlast Friday’s 64-51 victoryover Columbia Bible Col-lege.

Amber Beasley and subLauren Sollero both hada dozen points for Doug-las as the Royals showedtheir depth, outscoringthe Bearcats 42-15 off thebench.

With the wins, Douglasimproved its third-place re-cord in the PacWest to 8-4,just a win behind runner-

upVancouver Island Uni-versity.

On the men’s court,Douglas also racked up apair of wins.

Ethan McKean andGrant Campbell scored 19and 18 points, respectively,to lead the Royals to a 96-75 win over Columbia BibleCollege.

On the following night,Kristian Hildebrandt andMalcolm Mensah claimedthe spotlight, leading the

way with 20 and 17 respec-tive points.

The Royals were partic-ularly successful from be-hind the arc last week, going10 of 26 against Kwantlenand nine of 22 versus theBearcats.

McKean was five of ninein the win over the Abbots-ford bible college.

Douglas men and womenare home to both Capilanoand Quest universities thisweekend.

ThreesburnByrneCk.Justice Steer scored 24 points, including six three-point-

ers, to lead the NewWestminster Hyacks senior girls’ bas-ketball team to a 69-37 win over the Byrne Creek Bulldogsin BNW high school play on Monday.



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For those who are vegetarians, the Royal Tandoori offers a number of choices.Bask in the succulent Jalfrezi Curry, amix of vegetables cooked in his own currymade with fresh tomatoes, onions, ginger, garlic and spices; or try the VeggiKorma, a blend of mixed vegetables cooked in creamy saucemade daily in therestaurant’s kitchen.

Whether it is a quick lunch, an intimate evening for two or to celebrate anyoccasion as a group, RoyalTandoori aims to please. The restaurant seats 70 inside.

The Royal Tandoori is located at 83 - 6th Street, New Westminster. Forreservations phone 604-521-2247 or to find out more visit them online atwww.royaltandoori.ca.

Visit royaltandoori.ca for full menu details.

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441 East Columbia Street, New Westminster 604.521.1871www.chansgarden.ca

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OPEN 11am-9pm Sunday to Friday 4:30-10:00 pm on Saturday232 6th Street, New Westminster 604.525.2611

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810 Quayside Drive(@ River Market)NewWestminster

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INDIAN RESTAURANT

Buy one entréeGet one FREE

$9 value. With the purchase of an appetizer• Dine In Only • Offer valid until February 15, 2015. Mention this ad.

15% OFFFOOD BILL

Minimum total before taxes must be $50• Offer valid until February 15, 2015. Mention this ad. Pickup only.

• FREE DELIVERY! Within 4 kms • FULLY LICENSED!• Open for Lunch and Dinner • Hours of Operation: Mon-Sat. 11:30-10, Sun 4-9

83 Sixth St., New Westminster 604-521-2247For menu visit www.royaltandoori.ca

Voted best IndianRestaurant 9 years in a row!

Royal TandooriOne of the Lower Mainland’s hidden treasures. Famous fortraditional nan bread, mango butter chicken and saag lamb.Vegetarian and curry dishes are a Royal Tandoori speciality.

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