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Face to Face ❙ P7Elaine Canning supports her hospital

❙ Delta birds of prey at risk The Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society takes in hundreds of injured birds every year, but an increased interest in bird watching is putting a strain on species P.12

A new regional sales tax adding up to 0.5 per cent to the cost of local goods is being proposed by Metro Vancouver mayors as one of the new tools they want to help fund TransLink.

At 0.5 per cent the tax – tacked on top of the seven per cent PST on transactions within Metro Vancou-ver – would raise an estimated $250 million per year from transactions within Metro Vancouver, according to a technical analysis that examined potential new sources. ❙ See story, P4

Opposition to Deltaport’s proposed Terminal 2 expan-sion is growing in Delta, with a new group called Citizens Against Port Expansion hoping to block it from proceeding. Port Metro Vancouver’s Terminal 2 plans include a four-fold expansion of container shipping that’s expected to increase trade. Meanwhile, Metro Vancouver is asking the federal government to ban the port from encroaching on agricultural land as it seeks to amass more industrial land for the expansion. ❙ See story, P3

New Metro sales tax?

Residents rally against port plans

FRIDAY ∙ FEBRUARY 8 ∙ 2013 ❙ southdeltaleader.com

Residents riled ❙ P5Ladnerites upset over density plans

Water woes ❙ P6TFN, Delta unhappy with new federal bill

Logan Schuss of the Delta Islanders was drafted No. 2 overall at the Western Lacrosse Association entry draft this week by the New Westminster Salmonbellies. Logan had 65 points (34 goals and 31 assists) in just nine regular-season games for the junior club. ❙ See story, P29

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Opposition to Deltaport’s proposed Terminal 2 is grow-ing in Delta, with a new group called Citizens Against Port Expansion hoping to block it from proceeding. Port Metro Vancouver’s Terminal 2 plans include a four-fold expansion of container shipping that’s ex-pected to increase trade.

But Cliff Caprani, a Ladner resident and chair of CAPE, says it’s not worth the cost.

“There’s absolutely no ques-tion that the loss of farmland is going to be significant,” he said. “The amount of stuff that will be required to be paved over is just appalling as far as we’re concerned.”

It’s an issue that has grabbed the attention of Metro Van-couver’s regional planning committee, which on Friday called on federal Transporta-tion Minister Denis Lebel to ban PMV from expropriating farmland for the expansion. While the federal govern-ment has the legal authority to override provincial or local government laws, it’s not clear whether those powers flow to PMV’s expansion project and the Agricultural Land Reserve intended to save valuable farmland from being devel-oped.

Caprani said CAPE has been meeting once a month since last April, and began with a concept of responsibility as

Christians.“One of the things we’re in-

terested in is the notion of stewardship, and in very sim-ple terms, God the creator has given us this wonderful planet and has charged us with look-ing after it to the best of our ability.”

He said the loss of habitat for birds species and the Pacific flyways of migratory birds is a big risk with port expansion.

Caprani said CAPE isn’t an-ti-business or anti-trade, but argued the terminal already does enough trade as is.

He said PMV seems to see Terminal 2 as a “done deal” and that sort of arrogance is troubling to residents. But he does think it will be difficult to stop it.

“I was talking to somebody recently and I said I think this is a sort of David versus Goli-ath situation,” said Caprani. “And my friend laughed and said, no it’s not, Cliff. It’s a Da-vid versus many Goliaths situ-ation.”

CAPE is holding a public meeting on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 2-4 p.m. at the Sundance Inn, 6574 Ladner Trunk Road. Local activists and politicians will act as a panel to offer in-formation or share concerns, including Roger Emsley, Ian Robertson, Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington, Mary Taitt, and Delta North MLA Guy Gentner. For more informa-tion, email [email protected].

Residents rally against Deltaport expansion

❙ Cliff Caprani, a Ladner resident and chair of Citizens Against Port Expansion, argues the risk is not worth the reward to Deltaport’s proposed Terminal 2. Adrian MacNair photo

❙ Adrian MacNair reporter [email protected]

Metro Vancouver will ask the federal government to ban the port from encroaching on agricultural land as it seeks to amass more industrial land for port-related expansion.

It’s the latest volley to be fired in a running battle between regional politicians and Port Metro Vancouver over preser-vation of scarce farmland.

The resolution approved by Metro’s regional planning com-mittee Friday calls on federal Transportation Minister Denis Lebel to direct the port, which is drawing up its own land-use plan, not to allow non-agricul-tural uses on port-controlled properties in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR).

As a federal Crown corpo-ration, it’s widely believed the port could – if push came to shove – supercede both the Agricultural Land Commis-sion and Metro’s regional plan and develop farmland it has already acquired or other ALR land it may eventually buy.

“To go around with a heavy stick and say we can overrule all of you and we don’t care what you think – that’s dead wrong,” said Richmond Coun. Harold Steves.

He and other Metro direc-

tors agree the port should put aside those powers and agree to abide by the decisions of the ALC.

“That way, if they wanted to get land out of the Agricultural Land Reserve, they’d have to go through the same process as everybody else,” Steves said.

Deltaport’s proposed Ter-minal 2 includes a planned four-fold expansion of con-tainer shipping capacity that’s expected to put intense pres-sure on for additional land for container handling and ware-housing. The port has already bought up some farmland in east Richmond, although it’s still being leased to farmers.

And developers with an eye to the port’s long-term needs have options to buy large swaths of ALR land in Delta and on Barnston Island, bet-ting it can be profitably indus-trialized.

The mere possibility sends ALR land soaring in price and adds to the expectation it will be used for purposes other than agriculture.

Steves said while the federal government has legal author-ity to override the province or local governments, it’s not clear whether those powers flow to a Crown corporation with an appointed, unelected board.

Richmond has already warned it may take Port Met-ro Vancouver to court to settle the issue, he added.

“If we won, fine,” Steves said. “If we lost, I think it would be such a major public issue that the public would want to know why these authorities have such powers.”

Duncan Wilson, Port Metro Vancouver vice-president for corporate social responsibility, said the port understands the concerns of local cities and also wants to protect farm-land.

“We’re not looking to devel-op the agricultural land, what we’re looking to do is create more industrial land to take pressure off agricultural land,” he said.

Wilson said the port is work-ing with Metro and others to foster the protection and en-hancement of industrial land, which has also been steadily converted to other more lucra-tive purposes.

Encouraging industry to densify and make more effi-cient use of the land it’s on is one strategy.

“The industrial land that’s left in the Lower Mainland is insufficient for the future of our economy,” he said.

Wilson said the farmland the port has already bought is a long-term “emergency relief valve” it hopes won’t need to be used.

“Our strong preference is to develop on non-agricultural land.”

Metro wants port banned from using ALR farmlandFederal powers shouldn’t trump local rules

❙ Jeff Nagel reporter [email protected]

❙ The planned expansion of Deltaport’s Terminal 2 will require at least at least 8.33 hectares of land will be removed from the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) to complete the project. Black Press file photo

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A new regional sales tax adding up to 0.5 per cent to the cost of lo-cal goods is being proposed by Met-ro Vancouver mayors as one of the new tools they want to help fund TransLink.

At 0.5 per cent the tax – tacked on top of the seven per cent PST on transactions within Metro Vancou-ver – would raise an estimated $250 million per year from transactions within Metro Vancouver, according to a technical analysis that exam-ined potential new sources.

But mayors’ council chair Rich-ard Walton said 0.5 per cent is the “absolute limit” of what he thinks might be proposed, adding just 0.1 or 0.2 per cent would generate “very

sizable contributions” of $50 to $100 million.

“We expect opposition to come from everywhere,” Walton said. “We’re not expecting the govern-ment to say yes right away. We’re not naîve.”

The proposals are spelled out in a Jan. 31 letter from the Mayors Coun-cil on Regional Transportation to Transportation Minister Mary Polak and sales tax isn’t the only idea be-ing advanced.

The mayors still want the province to enable an annual vehicle levy – an average of $38 per vehicle would generate $50 million – as a short-term option.

And road pricing, which could include various forms of tolling or per-kilometre charges on motorists, would be pursued as the favoured long-term transit funding revenue source, embraced by all of the re-gion’s mayors.

Other options include either a re-allocation of future carbon tax reve-nue or the implementation of a new regional carbon tax for TransLink.

Existing sources like the 17 cent a litre gas tax and TransLink’s property tax are al-ready maxed out, Wal-ton said.

He said mayors like the idea of reducing the existing gas tax over time and as oth-er sources come on stream. A regional sales tax would have one advantage over the others – it could be in-troduced very quickly.

“We’re moving back to the PST anyway,” Walton said. “So this is a logical time to look at it.”

Tourists and other B.C. residents who live outside Metro Vancouver and come into town for entertain-ment don’t contribute as full a share to TransLink’s costs as local resi-dents who pay property tax, he said.

With a regional sales tax in place, he said, Abbotsford hockey fans who fuel up outside the region and drive in to catch a Canucks game

would still pay towards TransLink through the tax on their tickets, he said.

Walton said using sales tax to fund the transit and road sys-tem is defensible.

“The more efficiently people, goods and ser-vices move, the more effectively the econo-my works,” he said.

The mayors have not spelled out how much

money should be raised in total to support TransLink’s expansion plans or which sources should be used in the end.

Walton suggested if 0.5 per cent was added on sales tax, that might allow the region to forego the ve-hicle levy and drop the gas tax by several cents a litre. All cities in the region agree the transit system must expand to meet the needs of the growing population, but exactly how fast and what projects go first are undecided.

“If you wanted to go ahead and build the UBC line tomorrow and roll out ALRT through Surrey, you’re talking billions of dollars,” Walton said. “You’d have to include all of [the sources] at maximum.”

Asked whether a regional sales tax might prompt shoppers in Langley to head east into Abbotsford to save money, Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender suggested the same in-cremental sales tax be added in oth-er regions to fund transit there.

“Abbotsford is facing challenges on their transit system, so is BC Tran-sit,” Fassbender said. “We’re all deal-ing with increased demdand and increased costs.

“If it’s done properly and within the right context, this maybe be-comes something that becomes provincial and helps overcome the funding challenges the other regions are facing as well.”

Fassbender said he supports ana-lyzing the implications of a regional sales tax and its effects on people, but added “we’re not leaping to any conclusions.”

Regional sales tax proposed by TransLinkLevy of 0.5 per cent would raise $250 million, mayors suggest❙ Jeff Nagel reporter [email protected]

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Parents who registered with Deltassist and met the crite-ria were invited to the East Delta Hall toy depot to pick

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Closer to Christmas, many local service clubs fanned out across Delta delivering food hampers to those having trouble putting food on the table.

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Hundreds of residents packed the Ladner Com-munity Centre last Thurs-day to listen to the new plan for the undeveloped northeast portion of Mari-na Garden Estates.

The neighbourhood density has been reduced by 70 units to a total of 1,356, adding 737 units of single-family dwellings, townhomes, stacked townhomes, and condos to the existing 619 units spanning eight neigh-bourhoods.

But Stan Lawson, pres-ident of the Marina Gar-den Homeowners Associ-ation, isn’t happy.

“They haven’t changed anything,” he said. “The proposal they put on the table May 14 is the same as it is today.”

The 87-hectare site was initially slated for 1,426 homes as well as the golf course, a 220-room hotel, a marina, a neighbour-hood pub and limited commercial uses.

At issue is the rezoning application by Polygon Homes to increase the density of the area desig-nated 2A to 49 units per hectare from its current zoning allowance of 42 units/ha.

“They’ve bumped up their density as we’ve gone along here, which to us is just not acceptable,” said Lawson.

But Marina Garden Es-tates has a special desig-nation in Delta’s Official Community Plan (OCP), which allows for higher

densities. According to the OCP, Delta is a “ma-ture community” with “little undeveloped land available for new hous-ing” with the exceptions of Marina Garden Estates in Ladner and the Delsom lands in North Delta.

Polygon Homes has ar-gued the proposed higher density land use in Marina Garden Estates is consis-tent with the density con-templated at the time the land use was approved by Delta council in 1996 and adopted into the OCP in 2005.

Although the townho-mes are slated for higher density, the plan calls for a total density of 16.2 units/ha once the entire subdi-vision is completed in 10 years.

Mary-Lynne Burke, a resident who lives in South Point, the first sub-division built on the west side of River Road, likes the project.

“We need more dwell-ings, we need more peo-ple in Delta and Ladner,” she said. “We need more development and smaller houses, like condos, and we need more rental.”

Burke said the townho-mes will be attractive for young families starting out, particularly being so close to Neilson Grove El-ementary School.

“We need more people who are going to pay taxes because with Ladner and Tsawwassen, I think we’re going backwards. With-out development we start

losing our young people who can’t afford to live here. We don’t want this to become a place just for wealthy retirees.”

Burke said the area was carefully planned by the Corporation and existing roads were built with the expectation of handling higher density and traffic.

But Lawson said resi-dents aren’t getting what they were originally promised. And although parkades are proposed in the plan to avoid a street parking crisis, Lawson doesn’t want them.

“You know what that brings. crime, vagrants, the whole bit.”

Burke scoffed at the idea.

“If we do this right—and Polygon is a quality de-veloper—we could have our own little Côte d’Azur here,” she said, pointing to False Creek in Vancouver as an example of success-ful high density develop-ment.

Marina Gardens project riles Ladner residents

❙ Marina Garden Estates will be built out within a 10-year plan. At issue is the first phase designated 2A, which will set a density of 49 units per hectare. The land is currently designated at 42 units/ha but was always planned as a high density development by previous councils. Submitted drawing.


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A federal bill aimed at improv-ing drinking water in First Na-tions communities has raised serious concerns from both the Corporation of Delta and Tsaw-wassen First Nation.

If passed, Bill S-8, The Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act, could require the munici-pality to be responsible for pro-viding safe drinking water and waste water to Tsawwassen First Nation, Sean McGill, Delta’s di-rector of human resources and planning, told council Monday night.

And although TFN is a Treaty First Nation, they have the ability to opt in as an aboriginal govern-ment.

“We don’t have the ability to recover any costs, bylaw or oth-erwise, on First Nations,” said McGill.

The federal bill unfairly punish-es municipalities located next to First Nations communities, said Coun. Robert Campbell.

“The implications are that this

could be brought about at the expense of the local communi-ty that is adjacent or nearest to a First Na-tions community and that’s just not fair,” he said.

The real concern from Delta’s perspec-tive is the sewer issue, which could be tied in as a responsibility of providing safe drinking water.

TFN currently has two sourc-es of water, one provided by a Metro Vancouver main at 52nd Street, and another Delta main at Highway 17, which is metered and provided under a water ser-vicing agreement.

But neither TFN or Delta have the sewer infrastructure in place to accommodate TFN’s growth needs, and are waiting for Met-ro Vancouver to come up with a plan.

“Metro Vancouver has to come up with the solution, not Delta,” said Delta chief administrative officer George Harvie.

But TFN isn’t exactly thrilled

about the federal bill either.

Tom McCarthy, policy and intergov-ernmental affairs manager at TFN, says there’s a “trojan horse” for First Na-tions groups who join in the Water Act.

“If you choose to opt in to the legisla-tion, the federal gov-

ernment can override your final agreement,” he said.

TFN is a member of the Land Claims Agreements Coalition, a Treaty First Nations organiza-tion which includes the Nisga’a Nation, which made a formal presentation before the Senate last May expressing concerns over the legislation.

The Nisga’a opposed the previ-ous incarnation of the water act, Bill S-11, which died on the order paper when the 2011 election was called. The Harper govern-ment reintroduced the legisla-tion in the Senate as Bill S-8 on Feb. 29, 2012.

The biggest concern among

Treaty First Nations is that they can opt in to the bill but may not be able to withdraw if the federal government modifies a negotiat-ed agreement, which the Nisga’a called an odious example of in-terference into aboriginal gov-ernment’s decision making.

“It mirrors what the municipal-ities are saying, too,” said Doug Raines, chief administrative offi-cer for TFN. “Within the limita-tions of the bill it looks like this could be forced to have to pro-vide services to adjacent First Nations land.”

McDonald said this “one-size-fits-all” approach won’t appeal to Delta or TFN, who have enjoyed good relations and cooperation. He said it’s important to main-tain the good will and respect that’s been shown by both local governments.

TFN’s chief administrative offi-cer Doug Raines said opting into the Act in its present form isn’t being contemplated.

“TFN has always felt that’s the far better way to deal with issues, is to deal neighbour to neigh-bour,” he said.

TFN and Delta concerned over federal water bill❙ Adrian MacNair reporter [email protected]

Bruce McDonald

Ind. MLA not told about smart meter opt out

BC Hydro is finally giving the remaining 55,000 customers without a smart meter installed the chance to opt out.

But until recently, the constituency office of Delta South has been telling people who are opposed to the installation of smart meters that they have no choice at all.

Until, that is, MLA Vicki Huntington found out on TV that BC Liberal MLAs and the Energy Minister have been emailing constituents with the news.

“If it’s going to be a provincial policy you’d hear a press release from BC Hydro or something to that effect, you wouldn’t hear it from a letter to the constituent of

a government MLA,” she said by phone from her Ladner constit-uency office on Friday.

Energy Minister Rich Coleman confirmed to media last Thurs-day that smart meters won’t be forced into homes over the next few months, but he denied re-ports the province has reversed its policy and will let objectors opt out of having the wireless devices.

“We’re going back to talk to our customers,” he said Thurs-day. “We’ll not force any customer to take a meter.”

Although miffed that her office wasn’t informed of the switch, she said it’s fair that those who don’t want their meters switched over shouldn’t be forced.

“What most of us have been saying is, for heaven sakes, give those people a choice,” said Huntington, adding she’s not person-

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prieve for homeowners is likely a temporary move.

“I would say that 55,000 votes and unhappy constituents don’t make a tight election go well, and so they’re trying to smooth the troubled waters,” she said. “But there’s some indication that BC Hydro is just saying we’ll talk to you from the time being but you’ll eventually have to have one installed.”

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For as long as Elaine Canning has

lived in South Delta, she’s devoted her time

and energy to the Delta Hospital.The current spokesperson and

past president of the Delta Hospital Auxiliary is a bundle of energy, and that enthusiasm for the hospital often proves infectious.

She’s part of the reason the hospital auxiliary has close to 500 volunteers, and raises hundreds of thousands of dollars every year for the Delta Hospital.

For Canning, being married to a high-ranking RCMP officer meant having to pick up and move with each new assignment. As a result, Canning, who grew up on Prince Edward Island, has seen much of what Canada has to offer, from Newfoundland to British Colombia.

But when Canning and her husband moved out west to Tsawwassen in 1992, she knew she’d found her home.

Given her family history, it was only natural for her to help out with the hospital.

“There’s doctors and nurses galore in my family,” she says. “I’ve been in-volved in the community and health-care my whole life.”

Thanks to the efforts of Canning and countless other volunteers, the Delta Hospital Auxiliary is one of the most successful in the province.

The Delta Hospital Auxiliary paid for, built, and runs the hospital’s café, and donated $1 million to the hospital’s new ER, as well as $250,000 for up-grades to the residential care centre.

“We are pretty well organized, so we raise a lot of money, a lot more than most hospital auxiliaries,” says Canning.

The Auxiliary owns the property its three thrift shops are located in,

which means it doesn’t have to pay for rent.

That allows the Auxiliary to donate $65,000 to Mountain View Manor residential care facility every year, and contributes training grants to hospital staff who want to upgrade their skills. Then there’s the bursaries available for local students planning to study healthcare.

The auxiliary even helped found the hospital, by starting fundraising efforts in 1969.

For Canning, there’s a very real ben-efit to volunteering with the hospital auxiliary.

“Everyone uses the healthcare system sooner or later,” says Canning. “That’s why we need to care for the hospital that cares for us.”

• To learn more about how you can volunteer with the Delta Hospital Aux-iliary, visit deltahospitalauxiliary.org

Caring for the hospital that cares for youElaine Canning has volunteered with the Delta Hospital Auxiliary for 20 years

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❙ CrimeCoRRECtion: Last week’s Face to Face column featured incorrect information. Veronica Carroll was not involved in the fundraising for a new helicopter pad at Royal inland Hospital in Kamloops. She was, however, instrumental in raising $3 million for the hospital’s new iCU.

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No matter where one turns, there

are residents up in arms about proposed housing developments in Delta.

Perhaps not the small ones (although the townhome development in Ladner be-ing rejected for having a green roof comes to mind), but the larger ones just can’t seem to catch a break.

I have to say, this sort of attitude boggles the mind.

Delta enjoys a unique quality of life in the Lower Mainland, in that it’s low densi-ty, largely rural, and perhaps the last place this close to Vancouver where you can still purchase acreage.

And that’s all well and good for the 1950s, but as Bob Dylan famously sang, The Times They are a-Changin’.

The Southlands development in Tsaw-wassen has offered a rural residential neighoburhood plan with state-of-the-art

green technology, walking neighbour-hoods, and even a rural management plan of the 80 per cent of the land that will be donated to the municipality.

Not good enough.The MK Delta Lands development at

Highway 91 and 72nd Avenue has offered a mixed use development with particular care and concern to Burns Bog and an of-fer to donate all 78 hectares of land west of Highway 91 to the conservancy.

Not good enough.The Marina Garden Estates project of-

fers a high density, affordable neighbour-hood plan for young families and seniors to move into a waterfront area with a golf course.

Not good enough.I’m not sure where existing residents

expect the rest of the population to live. Vancouver? Richmond? Anywhere but in my own backyard.

There’s even some widespread oppo-sition to the Corporation of Delta easing up restrictions on secondary suites and

making the rental situation a little more affordable. These people are concerned about the sort of people who rent, proper-ty crime, drug abuse, and vagrancy.

Well sure, those thing are all scary-sound-ing, but they’re also absurd.

Like most people my age who grew up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, I’ve rented my whole life. I can’t afford to buy a house, and I sure can’t afford it when NIMBYists want to keep it that way.

But I’m no different from any homeown-er. I pay my rent, I work for a living, and my taxes get collected like everybody else.

Residents in South Delta need to consid-er what kind of community they want. Do they want one with seniors who can afford to stay where they grew up, young families who can afford to settle here, and working class people who want to live close to their jobs?

Or do we only want gated communities of low density retirees where a minimum income is required for membership? The choice is literally up to you.

Things are clearly getting desperate for Lower Mainland mayors if they are seri-ously considering a sales tax to help pay

for public transportation in the region.The proposed TransLink sales tax would add

0.5 per cent on to the GST and/or PST on goods and services sold in the Metro Vancouver area.

At five cents on every 10 dollars spent, the tax is very modest, so much so that most consum-ers won’t ever notice it, yet it will generate $250 million in new revenue.

The fact is, cost-efficient public transporta-tion benefits everyone. It facilitates trade, it eases automobile traffic, reduces the need for costly freeways, and unlike roads, it is a user pay system.

In that light, the proposed tax makes a lot of sense. It’s an investment in our own economy.

But any new tax is politically poisonous, espe-cially a sales tax. Just ask Gordon Campbell and Brian Mulroney.

So for Lower Mainland mayors to float this idea, you can be sure of one thing: They are all out of ideas.

There are many reasons for Translink’s fund-ing woes.

One that rarely gets mentioned is that Met-ro Vancouver is largely a victim of its geogra-phy, and what makes it beautiful also makes it a nightmare to get around. Mountains, rivers, and ocean are pretty to look at, but designing transit infrastructure around them is very cost-ly. And those construction costs are higher out west due to earthquake risk.

We’re also nearly 4,500 km away from Cana-da’s seat of power, and as such, we are an after-thought politically. This might be Metro Van-couver’s most tragic geographical shortcoming.

Of the 12 current projects listed on Transport Canada’s website as receiving federal money, seven are for projects located in the Greater Toronto Area, totaling more than $1.6 billion in funding.

For all of B.C., the feds are contributing just $500 million, the bulk of that going to construc-tion of the Evergreen Line.

Metro Vancouver is not getting its fair share of federal transportation funding. We may have half the population of Toronto, but we’re getting one-third the funding, and our need is arguably greater.

It’s time for all levels of government to take responsibility for public transportation in the Lower Mainland.

It’s of� cial: TransLink is out of ideas

NIMBYism turning South Delta grey

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Letters to the editorLibraries well worth the money

It is astonishing to me that one of our council members has publicly denounced Delta’s library system. While it is com-mendable to consider ways to curtail mu-nicipal expenditures, surely our libraries are not the way to go.

Is it not evident that a civilized, literate democracy needs to provide ready access to knowledge and information to citizens of all ages, walks of life and income levels?

Delta libraries are far from obsolete, de-spite recent changes due to the internet and other electronics. They have a read-ily accessible website, computers avail-able for public use, “books” for e-readers, as well as CD’s, DVD’s and an enormous range of books in print and other publica-tions such as newspapers and magazines. All this in addition to a helpful staff and a variety of children’s and other programs.

It is also my strong impression that to withdraw from the Fraser Valley Region-al Library System would seriously cripple Delta’s library services.

In many instances when I have re-quested a book it has come from another branch in the system such as Chilliwack or Abbotsford. (While there is an “in-

ter-library loan” program in existence, it is hopelessly inefficient and takes months to receive a requested item.)

I would like to add that, while I am a frequent and very satisfied library user, I am not a skateboarder. Nevertheless I have no objection to Delta’s skateboard-ing facilities nor to any other Delta Parks and Recreation programs in which I don’t participate.

I should like to think that those Delta residents who do not use the library are sufficiently broadminded to allow the rest of us to pursue the knowledge and plea-sure, not to mention the maintenance of our mental health, that we derive from our excellent library system.

Emma MacPhailDelta

Article paints inaccurate picture

After receiving feedback over the last week and a half, I feel compelled to set the record straight on an article published on Jan. 18, 2013.

The very title of the article “Council-lor questions need for libraries in Delta” is not only misleading, it is untrue. Most people read the article with the prem-

ise that I do not support our libraries in Delta. Nothing could be further from the truth.

While I admit that I did not articulate my words very well in the previous coun-cil meeting, my intentions were certainly not to question our “need for libraries” and I apologize to those of you who use our libraries and may have been offended by my thought process.

My motive for questioning was not be-cause I don’t see a “need for libraries in Delta”, it is because this year we were asked for a 2.65 per cent increase in funds from Fraser Valley Regional Library over last year ($82,000) to run our three librar-ies in Delta, to a total of $3.2 million dol-lars per year. I think as a councillor, it is my duty to ask questions and ensure that Deltans are getting the best use of these funds for their allocated purpose.

I appreciate the feedback that I have received and I am happy to hear that our libraries in Delta are being well used.

Ian PatonDelta Council

Editors’ note: The South Delta Leader stands behind the accuracy of the story, “Councillor questions need for libraries,” Jan. 18, 2013.

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Last weeks results Do you agree with the recommendation to create a single federal electoral riding encompassing all of Delta?

Mole or vole? These two native mammals have con-fusingly similar names but

play quite different roles in our local ecosys-tem. February is a good time of year to watch for signs of these small rodents. They are a seldom seen yet vitally important part of the food chain.

A sudden eruption of soil mounds on your lawn indicates the presence of coast moles. The wet winter season is an active time for moles and they will soon give birth to young, deep underground in their burrows. As they dig beneath the surface, you can sometimes see the mole hill moving as fresh earth gets pushed up from below. In early summer, the young moles disperse above ground and are vulnerable to predators such as barn owls and cats. Coast moles have soft black fur, pointed snouts, and strong, paddle-shaped front paws, used for digging. They eat many earthworms, slugs and other invertebrates.

Voles also live in tunnels, but they create intricate runways that meander mostly above ground, burrowing through the thick, matted grass of fields and marshes. These burrows are easy to find, especially in old field habi-tats that can hold up to 800 voles a hectare. Two species of vole are common locally: the Townsend’s vole and the smaller creeping vole. Both lead short lives and breed young, so populations of voles can increase rapidly. When this happens, coyotes and birds of prey will gather to feast on them, causing the vole populations to diminish, in an irregular boom-bust cycle. Townsend’s voles are a key dietary item for many of the resident and wintering raptors for which the Fraser delta is renowned, including northern harrier, short-eared owl, barn owl, rough-legged and red-tailed hawks. Even great blue-herons survive the winter by hunting voles. It is an amazing sight to see one of these stately birds spear and swallow one whole!

The high number of voles contribute to making the Fraser delta the best location in Canada for numbers and diversity of winter-ing birds of prey. Farmland, old fields and marshes are vital habitats for them.

• Anne Murray is a local birdwatcher, blog-ger and author of two books on nature; see www.natureguidesbc.wordpress.com and www.natureguidesbc.com.

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Bring on the casinoNow that Surrey has rejected the proposed casino (“TFN named as possible

site for BCLC casino,” South Delta Leader, Feb. 1, 2013), but the B.C. government seems intent on establishing a casino South of the Fraser River, wouldn’t it make sense for the Corporation of Delta to exhibit leadership, commission a planning study, and reach out to the the provincial government with the declared intent of building a mega complex including gambling within the boundaries of Delta, so we get the huge tax revenues, employment, and goods and services business? And use the developer’s money to build and run it.

Somewhere in that tangle of new intersections involving highway 99 South, the South Perimeter Road, Highway 91 near Burns Bog, Highway 10, the rail line, and the Boundary Bay airport, seems a logical location providing easy access from all directions, without complicating the village based travel for the rest of Delta.

I suggest a magnificent complex with a multitude of state of the art resort and recreational facilities, including hotel, fine dining and all manner of indoor and outdoor leisure and recreational opportunities, including live and cinematic theatres surrounding a real destination casino. Something built for future gener-ations, not those now on the wane.

It would make sense to expand the land fill site at Burns Bog to create a larger hydrocarbon gas collection capability that would provide at least some of the heat and electric power for the mega complex. The resulting higher hill could provide seasonal ice sliding and water sliding capabilities, cycling trails, and walking and birding paths. An indoor swimming and diving pool with compet-itive olympic dimensions makes sense. Competition level ice rinks and sheets, hardwood ball courts, tennis, lawn bowling, beach volleyball, are believable as well as many other possibilities, (not ever excluding golf, baseball, softball or field sports).

There are a multitude of issues to consider, so why not get started in an orga-nized and efficient manner?

Contact your Council and tell them what you think.Tom Griffing

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Film tax credits create jobsOn Jan. 31, Community, Sport, and Cultural Development Minister, Bill Ben-

nett announced the $6.25 million in funding for young people involved in ar-tistic ventures.

He also said during this announcement, “Can we immediately match the tax film credits available in Ontario? The cost to the taxpayer in B.C. would be $100 million to do that, and so, as I’ve said in the many, many meetings that I’m having, and will continue to have with the industry, we can’t do that.”

His statement makes me wonder, is Mr. Bennett capable of properly doing his job?

How can he be so wrong, or is he intentionally misleading the public?The $100 million to which he refers, is not money that the province has. It

is money that the province will never have, unless the film producers actually spend $1 billion dollars here in B.C.

Only then, will the $100 million he refers to, be paid out, and that would be only a portion of the massive taxes collected from the multitude of local companies, and the thousands of workers employed by those film producers.

This is not a grant, not as Mr. Bennett would have you believe, not money taken from the public purse, but a simple rebate of only some of the taxes col-lected, from a significant economic driver in our province.

The many who “would be employed”, won’t be! Without matching the film tax credits, the producers won’t come here, they won’t spend the $1 billion dollars here and many B.C. businesses will suffer, while thousands of workers, many of which are artists, will be unemployed.

Mr. Bennett’s $6.25 million in funding will create more artists that will also have a difficult time finding any meaningful work in their field and thus, be unemployed like the multitude of B.C. film workers (23,500 at last count).

Alan MacKinnonNanaimo

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I have worked at Delta Hospital since 1982, I obviously LOVE Delta Hospital. I am a front line worker, I deal with the staff and patients daily, and while there have been many changes during my 30 years this hospital is still a community minded, caring facility. Over the years my employer has gone from Delta Hospital, to South Fraser Health Authority, to Fraser Health Authority, and in August my department was consolidated and I am now a Providence Health Care employee.

But my heart will always belong to Delta Hospital. There have been many changes along the way, but Delta Hospital

continues to really care about the patients and families that we see. They often become part of our larger "Delta Hospital family" when they come in on a regular basis and for those of us who have worked here a long time, we see them age, their children grow up and have children themselves. We miss them when they are no longer with us and many family members will still stop by to say hello.

We have volunteers second to none, not only do they raise an amazing amount of funds for the Hospital, they greet the patients, escort them to their destination, supply the entire hospital with fresh flower arrangements twice a week as well as numerous other labors of love for "their hospital".

I think I have one of the best jobs in the hospital, I love talking to my patients, making them feel comfortable, and lending an ear when needed. Delta Hospital has given me this opportunity and for that I am grateful, for all these reasons and many more I LOVE Delta Hospital.basis and for those of us who have worked here a long time, we see them age, their children grow up and have children themselves. We miss them when they are no longer with us and many family members will still stop by to say hello.

We have volunteers second to none, not only do they raise an amazing amount of funds for the Hospital, they greet the patients, escort them to their destination, supply the entire hospital with fresh flower arrangements twice a week as well as numerous other labors of love for "their hospital".

I think I have one of the best jobs in the hospital, I love talking to my patients, making them feel comfortable, and lending an ear when needed. Delta Hospital has given me this opportunity and for that I am grateful, for all these reasons and many more I LOVE Delta Hospital.

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The following are community let-ters on their love for Delta Hospi-tal. Between now and Feb. 28 the Delta Hospital Foundation is col-lecting stories and images about why people in the community love their hospital. For every piece sub-mitted, MK Delta Lands Group will donate $100 to the Foundation.

The operating room staff, sur-geons and anaesthesiologist’s are extremely appreciative of the donors, Foundation staff and Foundation volunteers which have given many hours of their time to help purchase equipment for the Delta Hospital. In the past several years the OR has been the fortunate recipient of thou-sands of dollars worth of equipment. This state-of- the-art equipment allows the Delta Hospital Operating Room to offer patients their proce-dures with the newest technology.

Delta Hospital has three ORs in which 40 different surgeons are given specific time to perform sur-gery on their patients. In 2012, 5,200 surgeries were performed.

Types of surgeries performed at Delta Hospital include: plastic sur-gery; ear, nose, and throat surgery; ophthalmology and ocular plastic surgery; gynaecological surgery; orthopaedic surgery; urologic sur-gery; oral maxillary surgery; and general surgery.

Equipment purchased for the OR by the Delta Hospital Founda-tion in 2012 included equipment for plastic surgery, anaesthesiol-ogy, ear- nose-and-throat surgery, and orthopaedic surgery. In 2011, equipment purchased for the OR included equipment for ophthalmol-ogy, gynaecology, plastic and general surgery.

Dr. Dan Robibo, Chief of Surgery, can’t thank those who help this hospital enough. The contributions from this community are essential in the provision of high quality care at Delta Hospital.

We would all like to thank the community, Foundation staff, vol-unteers who give unconditionally to make Delta Hospital a “State-of-the-Art” Operating Room.

We heart Delta Hospital!

The Delta Hospital OR team

I support Del ta Hospi ta l because Delta Hospital supports us. Every day I see nurses, doc-tors, cafeteria staff, volunteers who support us by shopping in our store. By supporting Delta Hos-pital the giving back comes from both sides.

Don JarryBudget Foods, Ladner

The caring nature of the staff goes above and beyond, bringing my 18-month-old at 3 a.m. with severe croup, his breathing was much labored. The emergency room staff was kind, caring and very efficient. My son was soon breathing better and giggling at the staff, he left with a teddy bear

from the hospital, the teddy bear he is still has today, many years later. Thank you Delta Hospital!

Aileen NoguerDelta, BC

We love Delta Hospital. We real-ly like the new emergency room but especially like the staff. The other day I was in there and there was a greeter in the emergency room that told us where our friend was it was very helpful, especially when someone is sick. I like hav-ing a hospital close to my home - especially in an emergency. Thank you Delta Hospital!

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Delta Hospital OR team poses in the hospital's recovery bay.


B.C. voters have had enough of bags of cash, instant party memberships, and corporate and union donations influencing their provincial affairs, say three of B.C.’s independent MLAs, in-cluding Delta South MLA Vicki Hun-tington.

Huntington, along with Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson and Abbots-ford South MLA John van Dongen, are calling for reforms to party financing and a meaningful role for backbench MLAs. And they want the changes made in the brief legislative session that begins next week.

“People want MLAs to represent their constituents, not special inter-ests or party leaders,” said Simpson, who was kicked out of the NDP cau-cus in 2010 for criticizing then-leader Carole James.

The MLAs are also calling for B.C.’s scheduled election date to be switched to the fall, so the May 14 vote will be the last one conducted with the pro-

vincial budget an un-audited political document.

Simpson noted that one of the B.C. Liberal members supporting Premier Christy Clark’s leadership bid turned out to be a cat, and NDP leader Adrian Dix won his leadership contest with the help of bulk memberships deliv-ered at the voting deadline along with bags of cash to cover the $10 NDP membership fee.

Huntington, the only MLA elected as an independent in 2009, said B.C. is one of the last places in Canada that still allows political donations from corporate and union sources. She said B.C. should also ban donations from non-residents, to prevent Alberta “oil barons” and other outside sources from influencing the vote.

Van Dongen, who quit the B.C. Lib-erals and later the B.C. Conservatives, said he was able to speak out about the cost to small business from the new Family Day holiday. NDP and B.C. Liberal members didn’t have that free-dom because their leaders supported it, he said.

A four-storey 58-unit apartment de-velopment has gained support from local residents as it passed first and second reading at council Monday eve-ning and will proceed to a public hear-ing.

Two petitions have been delivered to Delta council, a 166-signature petition in support from nearby residents, and a 43-signature petition opposed.

The development, called BRIO, would be located on the southeast corner of 12th Ave. and 54A St. and is currently occupied by a commercial plaza, the former site of Harris Nursery.

Apartments will range in size from one bedroom units at 678 square feet to two bedrooms and dens at 1,862 square feet. There will be 96 under-ground parking spaces, 84 for residents and 12 for visitors.

The exterior will be cement board sid-ing in charcoal and blue colours with

light beige brick accents. Composite panels in green will also used as accent materials.

Some sustainable building features are under consideration, such as using the flat roof as a “green” rain garden.

The apartment will also incorporate a public park—called Rotary Corner—lo-cated on the corner and with access to the nearby Tsawwassen Town Centre area.

A public information meeting held Oct. 3, 2012, generated concerns about the 13.4 metre (44 foot) building height, loss of sunlight and privacy for nearby buildings, additional traffic, and street parking.

The developer is seeking a rezon-ing application to allow a four-storey apartment building where the height is currently limited to 11 metres (36 feet).

If approved, the development would provide $93,000 in annual property tax revenue for Delta, though that would be offset by a loss of $21,000 from the existing commercial revenue.

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I f you ask any avid bird watcher for his or her destination wish list, you can bet South Delta will

be on it.The region is blessed with some of

the most bird-friendly climate and habitat in the country, from the sphagnum moss of Burns Bog to the foreshore marshes surrounding Boundary Bay and Roberts Bank.

In the recent National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count in Ladner, volunteers tallied a re-cord-setting 146 different species, higher than Victoria.

“I don’t think anyone would ques-tion it is the best place in Canada in winter for birds,” says Anne Murray, a local author and naturalist.

Murray has written two books

about Boundary Bay, documenting the landscape changes she’s seen in her 25 years in Delta. Of particular interest are the birds.

“I just like to go out on a regular basis and watch as birds come and go,” she says, adding it’s fun to chal-lenge one’s identification skills.

“A lot of people don’t even notice the little ones. They can be walking along and don’t even see and hear them. But once you’re tuned in you can’t miss them.”

It’s entirely appropriate this re-gion was named Delta. By defini-tion, deltas refers to the deposi-tion of sediment and formed at the mouth of where a river flows into the ocean, in this case the mighty Fraser, which winds 1,375 kilome-tres from the Fraser Pass at Mount Robson to the Pacific Ocean. The South Arm marshes of the Fraser

runs past the George C. Reifel Bird Sanctuary and Roberts Bank, two of the most important ecologically important bird estuaries in North America.

Kathleen Fry, a wildlife biologist since 1977, says the Reifel sanctu-ary is popular for bird watchers in winter looking for evening gros-beaks, common redpolls, and birds of prey.

“Compared to the fall migration, in the wintertime what you have is birds concentrating near the coast-al waterfront because it’s a little milder climate,” she says.

As a result, the bird sanctuary’s busy season is actually the coldest and rainiest months of winter.

“Right now we’ve got a little saw-whet owl along one of the trails who sometimes has a lineup of 20 people waiting their turn to take a

picture,” she says laughing, before adding they ensure visitors do not intrude on their sleep cycles.

Fry says there’s a growing craving from the public for birds, partic-ularly with the advance of digital photography.

However, that public appetite for bird watching is a concern for Bev Day, founder of the Orphaned Wildlife Society (OWL), a bird reha-bilitation centre in Delta. She says human encroachment into bird habitat is part of the reason for an increase in injured birds arriving at OWL.

Northern hawk owls are so rare that when one appeared in the Reif-el sanctuary last year, thousands of people showed up to see it. Day says the stress ultimately killed the bird.

“He never even had time to hunt,” she says bitterly.

OWL took in a record 491 injured and sick birds in 2012, and still have about 200 birds on site that won’t be released back into the wild until the spring.

Day says they manage a 70 per cent survival and release rate by en-suring the wild birds aren’t stressed out by needless handling, and by segregating predators from prey.

Simple things like not allowing an eagle look at a small owl it would rather have for a snack in the wild.

The most common reason for bird injuries are interspecies fighting, but more frequently it’s because they’re being hit by cars.

“We’re teaching the kids about not throwing apple cores or a sandwich out the window of the car because that’s what brings the mice into the side of the road and that’s why the birds get hit,” says Day.

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❙ Volunteers Stuart McLellan and Bruce Thiedeke (left and centre) assist as Rob Hope, head bird care supervisor with OWL, treats an injured red-tailed hawk. Rob Newell photo

OWL takes in hundreds of injured birds every year, but an increased interest in bird watching is putting a strain on species

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Your local elementary school is planning an event for families of preschoolers. This is part of the Ready, Set, Learn initiative sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Children and Family Development. Come and make connections with your school and meet some of the teachers, students and parents.

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Although she’s always had respect for the intelligence of birds, Day’s respect has grown over the 37 years she’s worked with them. She has seen evidence that some bald eagles will show awareness of food scarcity, which is surprising be-cause birds of prey are largely ruled by their stomachs.

“Adults will allow a juvenile to come and take part of the food, and then chase them off of it and eat the rest,” she ex-plains.

Wetlands, bogs, and marshes aren’t the only essential habitat for birds. Murray says Delta’s ample farmland provides migratory birds with a resting spot not available in most other municipalities in the Lower Mainland. The fields are of-ten filled with snow geese or trumpeter swans which appear as dancing, white snowflakes from a distance.

“And they don’t mind if it floods, it’s ac-tually good for birds and so you get lots of water fowl in there, as well as hawks and eagles,” she says.

Boundary Bay is likely the best spot in Canada to see birds of prey, such as the

threatened short-eared owl, and the salt-water marshes provides plenty of food for raptors.

The beautiful black-and-white Arctic snowy owls have appeared in Boundary Bay in each of the past two winters for what bird experts are calling irruption years, irregular migration patterns that are not expected to continue year over year. But as farmland is lost to develop-ment, bird watchers are concerned the birds will be lost as well. An estimated 70 per cent of the Fraser estuary’s orig-inal wetlands have been lost to dyking, dredging, draining, and filling since the land was first settled in the early 1800s.

Southern B.C. is the last refuge for barn owls in Canada, a species that is an un-dervalued part of the food chain, says Day. By removing habitat for barn owls, farms rely more on rodenticide chem-icals which can then get into the grains humans use for flour and bread.

“People just don’t realize what they’re doing,” says Day. “Birds have really learned to adapt to us. But we really have to learn to adapt to them.”

OWL Penny DriveOWL is looking to relocate after repeated floods at their facility have created a safety concern for volunteers and birds. The non-profit wildlife rescue is collecting now-discontinued pennies to help raise funds for a new home. OWL is located at 3800 72nd St., Delta. Pennies can be dropped off anytime between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. (closed on holidays). Anyone interested in making a donation to OWL help them find a new home can call 604-946-3171.

❙ Photos clockwise from top. Volunteers treat a bald eagle at OWL in Delta; Volunteer Dolly Des Rochers collects a snowy owl from the kennel at OWL; A threatened short-eared owl perches atop a fencepost at Boundary Bay. Photos by Adrian MacNair, Dave Ingram (islandnature.ca), and Rob Newell.

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Saturday, Feb. 9• The Seedy Sat & Garden Expo

presented by Ladner Community Garden Society takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 5624 Ladner Trunk Road. Event includes vendors, speak-ers, seed companies, seed swap, and

door prizes. For more information, email [email protected], or visit ladnercommunitygarden.blog-spot.com

Monday, Feb. 11• Delta Nature is hosting an

event at 7:30 p.m. at Cammidge House in Boundary Bay Region-al Park, Tsawwassen. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

Speaker will be Julian Hudson, a bird enthusiast and avian field bi-ologist who has worked in B. C., the U.S., and Ireland. The subject of Julian’s presentation is The Rocky Mountain Trench of B.C, a geological feature running the full length of British Columbia. For more information, call Valerie at 604-946-6127, or email [email protected]

Wednesday, Feb. 13• Go Green Delta Book and Film

group meets to discuss “Surviv-ing the Apocalypse in the Sub-urbs,” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Tsawwassen Library. Take a look at this fascinating book that imagines a future with less ener-gy. Limited copies at library, but not necessary to read book. Just

bring yourself for friendly discus-sion.

• Canadian Mental Health Asso-ciation Delta offers a family sup-port group for individuals sup-porting someone with a mental illness from 7 to 9 p.m. at Delta Hospital, 5800 Mountain View Blvd, Ladner, in the Education Room. For more information, call CMHA Delta at 604-943-1878.


F or 17-year-old Marnie-Lynne (ML) Schneider,

green is a daily part of her life. The Tsawwassenite donned her cleats on the pitch for the Delta Heat U-18 Rep A soccer team last summer., and she’s also been known to dye her hair green—or pink, red, and blonde.

ML is also a member of South Delta Secondary’s Green Team, which works on local sustainability initiatives like re-cycling and horticulture.

Last summer she worked as a student mentor for Delta primary students on Project Pickle, an educational urban farming project which grew cucumbers and other produce in raised vegetables gardens behind Tsawwassen elementary schools.

The project was so successful that it’s now spreading to all Tsawwassen ele-mentary schools, and with the support of the Delta School District, will soon be in Ladner, too.

The more you grow, the more you know. ML wants kids to become independent in the kitchen, and not wind up eating junk food because they don’t know about nutrition.

“A friend of mine came over one time and had to ask me to make her a box of Kraft Dinner,” she said.

But KD isn’t on the menu for ML.Project Pickle planted and harvested

150 heads of spinach from 10 gardens last summer, which provided plenty of opportunities to experiment with reci-pes.

One such treat is spinach salad for four,

which mixes the leafy vegetable with hard boiled eggs and your choice of ba-con or sausage.

“I like that it’s simple and yet what makes it tasty is the sauce.”

The dressing consists of olive oil, bal-samic vinegar, and a little dijon mustard which really adds flavour.

Having fresh spinach is ideal, but ML said it’s not always possible in winter.

The recipe is best served as an appe-tizer at lunch or dinner—but let’s face it, there’s never a bad time for bacon.

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“Hurry up and relax!” we hear ourselves saying.

I see this in clinic all the time. In the midst of our busy stressful lives, we sometimes forget to take care of ourselves. I think most of us know what we need to do to stay healthy. Exercise, don’t smoke, eat a healthy well-balanced colorful diet, drink water, sleep well, and don’t forget to play.

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the leading cause of death in North America. Are we just not listening to our bodies? Do we really not have time? Is stress making us even more prone to heart disease?

Absolutely.Reknowned cardiologist, Dr. Mimi

Guarneri’s recently gave a lecture I attended on “proactive health,” during which she discussed how stress and heart health are related.

The American Institute for Stress has found that at least 75 per cent all visits to health care providers result from stress related disorders. It seems to me reducing stress needs to be seri-ously considered.

The statistics on car-diovascular disease are

always frightening. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in Canada. Women are more likely than men to die of a heart attack or stroke. Heart disease is not a pop-ular topic discussion, I think it hits too close to home for many of us. Most of us know someone who has heart disease or has had a cardiac “event” like a stroke or heart attack.

Dr. Guarneri, defines stress as a state one experiences when there is a mismatch between perceived demands and our perceived abili-ty to cope. Stress can be acute or chronic, and our hearts pay a huge price. It is no coincidence that heart attack rates rose by 25 per cent on the day in 1988 when England lost to Argentina in a penalty shootout during the World Cup.

The warning signs of stress include

loss of focus and mental clarity. You can’t sleep or relax, and suffer a loss of self esteem. You might feel tired and generally in a foul mood, while some feel like an elephant is sitting on their chest.

Sadly, I hear this from patients of all ages, including children.

I think it is time we truly focus not only on being our healthy selves, but let’s really look at turning our stress-es into strengths. I personally know that life can be really messy. The stress can seem unbearable. But I have also learned that stress is al-most always an emotional reaction to a situation.

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“A lot of women will buy the shoe they wore 20 years ago, thinking it will make them look younger,” she says. “But they just look out of style.”

No one wants to see grandma wearing gogo boots, but by be-ing open-minded to changing your style and trying something, you can often find a shoe that presents a more youthful ap-pearance.

“Women are very conscious of what they wear on their feet,” says Miles. “But it’s possible to be comfortable, and still be styl-ish as well.”

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The most important thing for Miles, is that customers leave loving their shoes and love wear-ing them.

“Shoes are an emotional pur-chase,” she says. “We wan’t people to leave here happy.”

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“When someone tells me I’ve save them a drive through the tunnel, I know I’ve done my job,” says Miles.

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With the dreary winter weather hav-ing settled upon South Delta, many local residents take the opportunity to jet off to any number of tropical locales for some much needed sun-shine.

But aside from providing a stunning tan, sunlight holds a host of health benefits as well, and is much needed during this dark time of year.

Sunlight, and the UVB spectrum of light it contains, helps the body pro-duce Vitamin D, which plays an im-portant role in bone formation and strength, according to Health Canada. UV light deficiency, meanwhile, can lead to seasonal affective disorder and depression.

For those who can’t afford to soak up the rays on some far flung beach this winter, Hawaiian Beach Tanning Salon in Ladner offers the next best thing.

Owner John Holmes says that in moderation, tanning can help you feel, as well as look, healthier and more beautiful. Tanning has been found promote the activation of Vi-tamin D thanks to the levels of UVB light it provides.

“It’s the same rays as the natural sun,” says Holmes of the UV light tanning provides.

While over exposure to UVA and

UVB light can lead to skin damage, moderate intake brings with it a host of health benefits.

Holmes’ staff has trained in activat-ing Vitamin D at centers across North America.

UV light therapy is commonly used to treat psoriasis, and can reduce the occurrence of a particular type of lymphoma, according to the American Cancer Society, while a recent study by Creighton University found that people rich in Vitamin D have a 77 per cent lower overall cancer risk.

Hawaiian Beach also features non-UV Mystic Spray Tanning, as well as non-UV red light therapy.

Hawaiian Beach Tanning Salon is located at 4814 Haviland St. in Lad-ner Village. For more information, call 604-946-1611, or visit www.del-tatan.com, and sunlightinstitute.org

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Ninety per cent of the population will experi-ence back pain in their lives, and unless it is addressed, it will reoc-cur.

If the original prob-lem is not dealt with, the pain can lead to chronic issues leaving you inactive and fearful of doing the things you enjoy.

Restoring your func-tional movement and freeing you of pain, is our goal. Helping you recover your overall fitness and well-being is the mission of the Tsawwassen Wellness Centre.

The Tsawwassen Well-ness Centre specializes in Pilates to help pa-tients regain a healthy spine and hips, working with a patient’s health care practitioner to en-sure safety in your pro-gram.

“Clients are often in awe at how great they feel after a Pilates ses-sion, or that when they move during a Pilates exercise their back doesn’t hurt,” says owner and Pilates in-structor Linda Mallard. “The reason is simple, the body is now stable where it is designed for stability, and the joints designed for mobility are now free to move. You can feel this too.”

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Curbside pickup of glass jars and bot-tles may be axed, forcing households to take glass to depots instead.

Members of Metro Vancouver’s zero waste committee were dismayed when told by staff Thursday of the proposal by Multi Material BC to eliminate glass col-lection at curbside after the industry-led stewardship agency takes charge of the residential recycling system in mid-2014.

“Whose idea was that?” demanded Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, the committee chair. “That’s going to be a big problem.”

He and other mayors predict residents will just throw glass in the garbage if it’s no longer picked up from homes at curb-side.

“If people have to take their jars to a depot, they’re just going to throw them away.”

Multi Material BC chair Allen Langdon said curbside-collected glass breaks and contaminates other higher value recycla-bles, such as newsprint, paper and plas-tics, degrading their value.

“No decisions have been made, nothing has been finalized,” he said, adding Multi Material BC is taking comment on the proposed change to exclude glass until March 1.

Langdon said most glass – about 71,000 tonnes a year province-wide – already makes its way to processing via depots

because of refundable deposits. Only an estimated 2,500 tonnes of glass now gets picked up through blue boxes, he said.

And he said the curbside-collected glass arrives too contaminated to be recycled into more glass – there is no glass-recy-cling plant in B.C. anyway – and typically is used only for road aggregate or cover at landfills.

“If the glass is taken out, we actually think it will have a positive impact in helping us to recycle more material,” Langdon said.

The Nanaimo and Central Okanagan regional districts already have depot-only glass drop off and don’t want to be forced to add it to curbside pickup programs.

Multi Material BC, which includes re-tailers, grocers, restaurants and newspa-pers, is a non-profit agency charged by the province with formulating a steward-ship plan to collect and recycle all types of packaging and printed materials.

Critics say that because glass is one of the lowest value recyclables, a depot-only system that makes it harder for residents to return it will cut curbside collection costs and save the industry group money – but at a cost to the environment.

“They’re just high grading,” Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said. “They’re just trying to pick out what’s worth the most money out of the box.”

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■ Family Day is the ideal time to bring your family ‘back to the table’. Given the increasingly busy schedule of every member of the family, eating together has been a casualty of our hectic days. Whether you’re together in your home, on a mini-vacation or enjoying a local restaurant, there are numerous bene� ts to eating together. Sharing a table means sharing your day, sharing your undivided attention and sharing conversation. It is a chance to give extra attention to your children and teens. Family meals foster warmth, security and love, as well as a sense of belonging.

� e way that you act at the table becomes a model for your children. � ey learn from your appreciation of the meal and your social skills - especially when outside the home. Table manners are social skills and leading by example makes it easier for parents to teach without lecturing. Using family meals as a way to sample new menus can be both fun and a great learning experience. By giving family members input and the opportunity to choose the menu, it becomes an ideal way to expand their horizons on a wider range of foods and cultures. It also can lead to healthier choices as well as developing an open mind for experiencing new things. A way to get more out of a family meal is to engage

the family in menu selection, shopping and preparation. You can begin this at a very young age giving children age-appropriate tasks like stirring ingredients, washing vegetables, tearing lettuce and setting the table. As your children grow they can take on more key responsibilities and the pride that comes with preparing a special family meal. � is teaches your children cooking skills, nutrition and appreciation for the e� ort of meal preparation. It can also provide a great source of accomplishment and sense of self-su� ciency. Plan to make your Family Day special by including all those who make up your family. Pay tribute by making your meal special and so memorable you’ll want to ensure you do it more often.

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FAMILY DAY 2013Explore together■ � ere is no better province to explore than British Columbia and no better family bonding experi-ence than sharing the thrill of a new discovery or experience. Day trips can create remarkable family memories. � ey o� er a wonderful way to spend time together and learn more about where you live. � e variety of experiences available to families is di� erent in each region of this spectacular province - you might decide to explore close to home or venture to one of the other regions in B.C. over the Family Day weekend. Whether taking SkyTrain, BC Ferries, driving, or hopping a � ight, there are many ways to invest in a day of discovery. Travel is just one aspect. To maximize the experience families should involve everyone in the plan-ning. By planning ahead you and your whole family can experience a worthwhile outing and make every aspect fun. Create a list of activities or venues and assign a rough budget for each. Allow family members to weigh in on their preferences and discuss what they would like to see, do or learn at each. You might decide to stay in

a hotel and be a tourist in your own hometown. Kids or youth can map out the sites and activities, creating a family agenda including selecting the points of interest, lunch and shopping as well as enjoying the amenities your hotel might o� er. It’s the perfect way to free up everyone from everyday tasks and roles. Researching history, attractions, museums, parks and markets can teach valuable lessons and it helps children to plan within a budget. � is way they are part of making impor-tant decisions, appreciate both the e� ort and cost of outings and will be more enthused about an agenda they helped develop. Be sure to capture your family time by taking photos, saving literature or purchasing a memento. � is can lead to great family discussions about what each individual enjoyed or learned and starts you planning for future family explorations.

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From our family to yoursEnjoy thE day!Come celebrate Family appreciation day at your own delta library. join the staff as we offer cake in apprecia-tion of our valued families on Friday, February 8, from 3 to 5 pm.

Library closed: Sunday, February 10 Monday, February 11

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Ladner Pioneer Library4683 51 Street, Delta Tel: 604-946-6215

Delta South Constituency O� ce4805 Delta Street, Delta, BC V4K 1V8Phone: 604-940-7924 Fax: 604-940-7927Email: [email protected]

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My House Design/Build Team is continuing to win awards for its Waterfront Hideway project. They recently added three National Association of Home Builders Best in American Living Awards (BALA) to their list.

“It’s an honour, not only for us and our clients, but for all of the Greater Vancouver home builders as we are now recognized as creating some of the finest homes and projects in all of North America,” says Graeme Huguet, president and managing director of My House Design/Build.

The team at My House Design/Build won a Gold Award for Green Built

Home, a Gold Award for International Single-Family and a Silver Award for Single Family One-of-a-Kind Home up to 4,000 square feet. The BALAs highlights the most creative and innovative builders, renovators, architects, developers, land planners and interior designers.

Waterfront Hideaway is also up for three Georgie Awards. The categories are Custom Home Valued Between $1,500,000 to $3,000,000, Best Interior Design Custom Residence – New or Renovation and Best Outdoor Living Space – New or Renovation.

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Colleen and Rick Denoni had a checklist of things they wanted in a new home when they considered moving to Chilliwack, a town they had always loved. The Summit Residences by Domae Homes checked off every one of those things.

“This was just our dream home,” Colleen says. “There was just no other home for us.”

Colleen, a piano teacher at Chilliwack Academy of Music, and Rick, who is in the construction business himself, had spent many weekends looking for their perfect home before finding The Summit Residences, a development of single-family homes in a large variety of open-concept floorplans located in the Promontory Heights community. Built in a Craftsman style, the homes are nestled in a pedestrian-friendly neighbourhood with exposed aggregate or stamped driveways and beautifully

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There are controlled and registered building design guidelines in place to keep that view for the homeowners at The Summit Residences, which is especially important to those buyers like the Denonis who had put a beautiful view on the top of their list of must-haves. The homes feature huge outdoor decks and patios perfect for taking in the scenery.

But it wasn’t just the view that drew the Denonis to the development.

“I can’t say how much I love this house,” Colleen laughs. “I love the look from the outside; the curb appeal is great. I love everything about the kitchen. It’s just perfect.”

The kitchens at The Summit Residences are open-plan and spacious, with hardwood cabinetry complemented by rich granite countertops, a hand-set tiled

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The bathrooms are luxurious and soothing, with a deluxe soaker tub, frameless glass shower stall and floating under-lit hardwood cabinet in the ensuite.

Venturing outside, you will find hiking trails at Mount Thom Park. This was another huge draw for Rick, who loves the outdoors. Other trails, parks and lakes are just minutes away,

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If indoor pursuits are more your speed, The Summit Residences are a few minutes away from shopping centres, supermarkets and restaurants.

For more information, check out www.summitresidences.ca or call 604-824-6473.

Jenna Hauck/Black Press photo above and left, submitted photo top Colleen and Rick Denoni love their home at The Summit Residences in Chilliwack. Among their favourite things is the amazing kitchen and gorgeous views. Located in the Promontory Heights community, The Summit Residences are great for nature-lovers who enjoy spending time outside on one of the trails nearby.

Falling in love with The Summit Residences

‘This was just our dream home’

My House Design/Build Team wins international awards

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Delta’s Logan Schuss was selected second over-all by the New Westmin-ster Salmonbellies at the Western Lacrosse Associ-ation’s 2013 entry draft on Monday

� e local sniper played the 2012 season with the Delta Islanders junior A

squad, where he put up 65 points (34 goals and 31 assists) in just nine regu-lar-season games, as well as 53 points in 10 playo� games to lead the league.

Schuss is heading into his senior season with the Ohio State Buckeyes. He’s also been drafted by Co-lumbus, where Ohio State is based, of the Major La-crosse League, a profes-

sional � eld loop.“He was by far the best

player and we got him in the No. 2 spot,” said New West president Dan Rich-ardson. “Our players are just drooling in the fact he’s going to be on the left side.”

Richardson was im-pressed with Schuss hav-ing a big upper body who can put up points and

compared him to former Salmonbellie great Geord-ie Dean, who scored 1,412 points, including 569 goals, in 503 senior games.

“If he can be half the player Geordie Dean was we’re pretty excited,” said Richardson. “He’s excited to be a Salmonbelly.

However, it may be a few years before Schuss joins the WLA ranks.

“Logan has told us he’d like to try the MLL for the next couple of years,” said Richardson. “We’re willing to wait for him and work for him. You just can’t pass up on a kid that is that talented. I don’t care what people say.”


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❙ Delta’s Lo-gan Schuss, seen here in action last season with the Delat Islanders, was select-ed second overall at the WLA draft on Monday by the New Westminster Salmonbel-lies. South Delta Leader � le photo

� e Ice Hawks continued their pursuit of the Paci� c Junior Hockey League’s regular season title Tues-day night with a 5-1 win over the North Delta Devils, outshooting the visitors 40-17.

� e win puts the Ice Hawks just two points behind the Richmond Sockeyes in the race for the top spot in the Tom Shaw Conference, and the league.

Brent Chreptyk got the Ice Hawks on the board in the � rst period, as the home team welcomed Devils starting goaltender Tyler Read with 20 shots in � rst 20 minutes.

Read did his best to hold o� the Ice Hawks shooters, only allowing them a 1-0 lead heading into the second period, but the dam quickly burst. Delta opened up a 4-1 lead by the midway point of the period, and Read was given the hook in favour of backup Bryson McKinnon.

Grange Gordon added another to make the score 5-1 before the period

was out.Both teams failed to score in the

third, while Delta outshot North Delta 10-4.

Ice Hawks goalie Alexander Ahnert stopped 16 of 17 shots for the win.

Gordon was named the game’s � rst star for his two-point e� ort, while Jeremy Gossard was second star with a goal and an assist as well. Kody Botterill was third star with two assists.

Also scoring for the Ice Hawks were Tanner Gattinger and Alex Martin. Matthew Dawson, Mak Barden, Marc Letourneau, Anthony Brito, Spencer Schoen, and Kolten Grieve each had assists.

� e Ice Hawks return home Tuesday, Feb. 12 to take on the Richmond Sockeyes in a game that may determine who � nishes � rst in the PJHL tho season. Game time is at 7:30 p.m. at the Ladner Leisure Centre.

❙ Bryson McKinnon of the Delta Ice Hawks shoots on net Tuesday night against the North Delta Devils. Jim Kinnear photo

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IBBETSON, Stella Ann(nee Liversedge)

April 4, 1938 - Feb 2, 2013Born on April 4, 1938 in Hessle Yorkshire, U.K. Passed away peacefully Saturday, February2nd, 2013 at Royal Columbian Hospital. Ann is survived by her loving husband Terry, her sons Andrew, Christopher & Mark, daughter in-laws Katy & Jody, grandchildren Sara, Rebecca, Hannah, Mathew, Justice, Preston & Anthony as well as many friends young & old who she considered her extended family.

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CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

CHIHUAHUAS, tiny tea cup pup-pies, blonde & white, M/F, 8 weeks, ready now. $700. 604-794-7347

ENGLISH Bulldogs, 8 weeks, 2 fe-male, 1 male. Not reg. $1800. [email protected], chilliwack

Lab/Shepherd/Rotti x pups, 3M/3F. vet check, dewormed, ready to go, $495. Call 604-864-1004.

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

PITT BULL/American Bull Dog X, 7/mo fem, vet chkd, all shots, needs new home, $425. (604)825-1521

Rescued cats fr overseas, $150. D-sexed, vacc’nted. Fosters welcome. 778.297.4470, [email protected]

SHELTIES 2 SABLE PUPS 1 w/ white body + spots D.O.B Oct 19th Loveable, sweet pups 604-826-6311

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

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Large 1 & 2 bedroom units Rent from $725.00/mo.

Phone: 604-581-8332 & 604-585-0063

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Rent includes heat and hot water. Sorry no pets.

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WINDSOR WOODS1 bdrm penthouse includes: w/d, d/w & f/p. Newly renovated. n/s. $1150/mo. (604)880-9413

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CHILLIWACK WAREHOUSE6,600sf. or 5,400sf. @ $4.50sf.

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Face to Face ❙ P7Elaine Canning supports her hospital

❙ Delta birds of prey at risk The Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society takes in hundreds of injured birds every year, but an increased interest in bird watching is putting a strain on species P.12

A new regional sales tax adding up to 0.5 per cent to the cost of local goods is being proposed by Metro Vancouver mayors as one of the new tools they want to help fund TransLink.

At 0.5 per cent the tax – tacked on top of the seven per cent PST on transactions within Metro Vancou-ver – would raise an estimated $250 million per year from transactions within Metro Vancouver, according to a technical analysis that examined potential new sources. ❙ See story, P4

Opposition to Deltaport’s proposed Terminal 2 expan-sion is growing in Delta, with a new group called Citizens Against Port Expansion hoping to block it from proceeding. Port Metro Vancouver’s Terminal 2 plans include a four-fold expansion of container shipping that’s expected to increase trade. Meanwhile, Metro Vancouver is asking the federal government to ban the port from encroaching on agricultural land as it seeks to amass more industrial land for the expansion. ❙ See story, P3

New Metro sales tax?

Residents rally against port plans

FRIDAY ∙ FEBRUARY 8 ∙ 2013 ❙ southdeltaleader.com

Residents riled ❙ P5Ladnerites upset over density plans

Water woes ❙ P6TFN, Delta unhappy with new federal bill

Logan Schuss of the Delta Islanders was drafted No. 2 overall at the Western Lacrosse Association entry draft this week by the New Westminster Salmonbellies. Logan had 65 points (34 goals and 31 assists) in just nine regular-season games for the junior club. ❙ See story, P29

‘Bellies pick Schuss

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