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JEFF NAGEL

Fraser Health will close 80 hospital beds across the region this spring as it simultaneously opens up hundreds of new residential care beds and em-barks on a long-awaited shift of aging patients out of hospitals and back into local communities.

The strategy has been years in the works and is culminating now as 400 residential beds are set to come on stream across the region.

“This will happen over the next six months,” Fraser Health spokesperson Tasleem Juma said. “As those resi-dential care beds come available, we’ll be able to move people into them and slowly the reductions will happen.”

Beds will be cut at 10 hospitals – all of them except Delta and Fraser Canyon.

The reductions work out to less than three per cent of Fraser’s 3,000 total hospital acute care beds.

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The Municipal Council of The Corpora on of Delta will hold a Public Hearing, in accordance with the Local Government Act, to consider the following proposed projects and related applica ons:

Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Council Chamber Delta Municipal Hall 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent Delta, BC V4K 3E2

A Council mee ng is scheduled to immediately follow this Public Hearing in the event Council wishes to give further considera on to any projects at that me.

Any persons who believe that their interest in property will be a ected by the proposed projects shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing on ma ers contained in the bylaws and/or proposed by the applica ons.

Should you have any concerns or comments you wish to communicate to Council in advance of the Public Hearing, you can write to:

Mayor and Council, The Corpora on of Delta4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, BC V4K 3E2

Fax: 604-946-3390 Email: [email protected]

Correspondence addressed to Mayor and Council will form part of the public record for this Public Hearing.

To be considered, correspondence must be received by the O ce of the Municipal Clerk no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.

Project No. 1: Applica on for Rezoning (File No. LU007434)

Note: The Public Hearing for this item is a con nua on of the Public Hearing held on Monday, August 24, 2015, which was postponed.

Loca on: 9096 Ladner Trunk Road, as shown outlined in bold on MAP NO. 1

Applicant: Surjit G. Gosal

Telephone: 604-551-1956

Proposal: Applica on for Rezoning in order to permit an accessory farm dwelling unit to be located within the exis ng machine storage building on the subject property.

“Delta Zoning BylawNo. 2750, 1977”Amendment Bylaw No. 7447

To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property from A1 Agriculture to Comprehensive Development Zone No. 459 in order to allow an accessory farm dwelling unit with a maximum oor area of 160 m2 in a farm building.

Sta Contact: Susan Elbe – 604-946-3389Web Loca on: August 10, 2015 Regular Council Mee ng Agenda Item E.05August 24, 2015 Public Hearing Project No. 1


Loca on: 11654 90 Avenue, as shown outlined in bold on MAP NO. 2

Applicant: Wing-Kai Fung, 1026299 BC Ltd.

Telephone: 604-375-7123

Proposal: Applica on for Rezoning in order to permit subdivision and development of two single family residen al lots.

Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977Amendment Bylaw No. 7511

To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property from RS1 Single Family Residen al to RS7 Single Family (335 m2) Residen al in order to allow a two-lot subdivision and construc on of a new single family dwelling with an in-ground basement on each lot.

Sta Contact: Stephanie Johnson – 604-946-3269Web Loca on: January 25, 2016 Regular Council Mee ng Agenda Item E.04



Applicant: Joe Muego, Hearth Architectural Inc.

Telephone: 604-266-4677

Proposal: Applica on for Rezoning in order to permit subdivision and development of two single family residen al lots.

Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977Amendment Bylaw No. 7518

To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property from RS1 Single Family Residen al to RS4 Single Family (610 m2) Residen al in order to allow a two-lot subdivision and construc on of a new single family dwelling with an in-ground basement and secondary suite on each lot.

Sta Contact: Jimmy Ho – 604-946-3331Web Loca on: February 1, 2016 Regular Council Mee ng Agenda Item E.06

Project No. 4: Applica on for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit (File No. LU007693)


Applicant: Howard Smid, H. Smid Enterprises Ltd.

Telephone: 604-644-2754

Proposal: Applica on for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit in order to permit subdivision and development of four single family residen al lots.

“Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977”Amendment Bylaw No. 7521

To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property from RS1 Single Family Residen al to RS7 Single Family (335 m2) Residen al in order to allow a four-lot subdivision and construc on of a new single family dwelling on each lot.

Development Variance Permit LU007693

To vary Sec on 305 of “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by reducing the required front yard averaging setback for a principal structure on the proposed lots, as follows:

• Lot 1: from a range of 5.8 m to 16.8 m, depending on which lot is developed rst, to 6.0 m;

• Lot 2: from 27 m to 27.4 m, depending on which lot is developed rst, to 6.0 m;

• Lot 3: from a range of 6.5 m to 7 m, depending on which lot is developed rst, to 6.5 m; and

• Lot 4: from 8.4 m, regardless of which lot is developed rst, to 6.5 m.

Sta Contact: Stephanie Johnson – 604-946-3269Web Loca on: February 1, 2016 Regular Council Mee ng Agenda Item E.08

Project No. 5: Applica on for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit (File No. LU007658)


Applicant: Greg van Tol, Lentel Construc on Co. Ltd.

Telephone: 604-946-9016

Proposal: Applica on for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit in order to permit subdivision and development of four single family residen al lots.

“Delta Zoning BylawNo. 2750, 1977”Amendment BylawNo. 7499

To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property from RS2 Single Family (0.40 ha) Residen al to RS8 Single Family (390 m2) Residen al in order to allow a four-lot subdivision and construc on of a new single family dwelling that may include a secondary suite on each lot.

Development Variance Permit LU007658

To vary Sec on 305 in the “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” for front setback averaging for the principal structures on the four proposed lots, in order to permit a proposed front setback of 7.5 m for all four lots.

Sta Contact: Nancy McLean – 604-952-3814Web Loca on: February 1, 2016 Regular Council Mee ng Agenda Item E.07

Addi onal Informa onAddi onal informa on, copies of the bylaws, suppor ng sta reports, and any relevant documenta on may be inspected un l Tuesday, February 23, 2016.

Municipal Hall: Community Planning and Development DepartmentHours: 8:30 am to 4:45 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday (except statutory holidays) 8:30 am to 8:00 pm Thursday

Website: www.delta.caEmail: [email protected]: 604-946-3380

Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public or interested persons concerning any project a er the Public Hearing has concluded.

MAP NO. 1FILE NO. LU007434

MAP NO. 3FILE NO. LU007602 MAP NO. 5

FILE NO. LU007658

Public Hearing – Tuesday, February 23, 2016

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Wednesday Februar y 17 2016 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader 3 Wednesday Februar y 17 2016 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader 3

KEVIN DIAKIW

Surrey’s taxes are going up by almost $90, as the city has given early endorsement to its fi ve-year fi nancial plan.

City councillors met as the fi nance committee last Wednesday (Feb. 10) to discuss a budget for this year that calls for $88.30 in new taxes and levies.

As Th e Leader reported late last month, the city is planning a 3.9 per cent tax hike, which will be $70.28 for the average home worth $671,000.

In addition, Surrey is in-creasing a road levy by one per cent – an added $18.02 per average household – bringing the levy to $128 for next year.

Th e levy was introduced in 2007 as a temporary fi ve-year measure. It has not only re-mained, but increased by one per cent annually since then.

Th e city has also endorsed a 3.9-per-cent increase in fees and charges, such as business licences, dog licences and recreation centre fees.

In Surrey’s last fi ve-year fi nancial plan, council aimed to hike property taxes by 2.9 per cent this year. Th e current plan bumps that up by one per cent.

Utilities, including garbage, sewer and water, will increase by $27.50 per home – half of which is a result of Metro Vancouver increases.

A $100 recreation and culture levy announced weeks after the election in 2014 will also remain in place this year.

However, council has chosen to rename it a capital levy, which will allow it to be used on any capital project.

Finance committee chair

JEFF NAGEL

Drivers who use the Pattullo Bridge will face five months of delays starting at the end of April as TransLink carries out a scaled-down rehabilitation project to keep the aging bridge open.

The bridge will be closed completely over the April 30-May 1 weekend starting on the Friday evening while crews set up to resur-face the deck.

Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction on weekdays until early October and that’s expected to result in 20- to 40-minute delays in the morning rush and 10 to 30 minutes in the afternoon peak, with higher volumes on all feeder routes in Surrey and New Westminster.

Complete bridge closures are expected two nights each week and one weekend a month.

“People should be planning ahead for this work,” TransLink spokesperson Jennifer Morland said. “Think about alternatives like

transit or car pooling as those might be faster options.”She noted there will also be some overlap with the Pattullo work

and New Westminster’s dismantling of its Front Street parkade, which is sending heavy trucks onto alternate routes through New West until July.

The $10-million project has been dramatically scaled down from what was originally intended to be a $100-million rehabilitation lasting 18 months.

TransLink officials last fall rejected the seismic rehab work as too expensive – if it was even possible – and opted to minimize spend-ing since it intends to replace the Pattullo with a new bridge as quickly as possible.

TransLink says it has identified extra parking locations near New Westminster, Scott Road and Surrey Central stations for motorists opting to park and ride.

For more details see http://www.translink.ca/pattullorehaby

Surrey tax hike given early nod▼ BILLS SET TO RISE ABOUT $90 AND THE RECREATION LEVY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO COVER ANY CAPITAL PROJECTS

Pattullo delays to last fi ve months

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Fraser officials hope the shift into the community will ultimately mean better, more appropriate care for those patients, as well as fewer people clogging hospital beds and less ER congestion.

“What we’re hearing is people want to go home and they want to go back into their communi-ties,” Juma said.

Juma maintained the region will see a net increase in com-bined residential and acute care beds and a net increase in jobs as more support staff are being deployed for community care.

Ten new hospice beds are also being opened.

The 400 new residential complex care beds opening are split between four projects in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Surrey and White Rock at a cost of $34.5 million to Fraser.

Fraser has long pursued a “home is best” long-range strat-egy to decongest hospitals but that took on renewed urgency in 2013 when Health Minister Terry Lake ordered a review af-ter the health region repeatedly failed to stay within its budget.

“Care in the community is certainly less expensive than hospital care,” Juma acknowl-

edged. “The long-term benefit is we will see those gains in the future.”

B.C. Nurses Union president Gayle Duteil opposes the plan to close beds, saying hospitals are already heavily congested before the planned shift in resources.

“Last week we saw a record high number of patients wait-ing for beds in wards,” Duteil said. “Some patients were waiting in the ER for upwards of four hours just to be triaged. That is not safe patient care.”

She questioned whether

enough nurses are working in community care to handle the new patients.

Juma agreed hospital emer-gency departments are busy right now, partly because of higher winter volumes.

“We are going to ensure the support in the community is there before we start reducing those bed numbers.”

Fraser Health’s latest report card shows the region contin-ues to far underperform its targets on how long patients stay in hospital as well as key measures of ER congestion.

▶ NURSES UNION OPPOSES PLAN TO CLOSE HOSPITAL BEDSfrom page 1

Hospitals in the Fraser Health region continue to struggle with high levels of congestion. It’s hoped that a shift of elderly patients out to new residential care beds will help.

▶ BUDGET TO BE ENDORSED MONDAY

Tom Gill has consistently said he’s extremely reluctant to cut back on the city’s ambitious capital program.

Some of the projects in the works are a new North Surrey arena ($45 million), ice rinks in Cloverdale ($30 million), recreation and library facilities in Clayton ($40 million) and about $10 million for the next phase of the museum in Cloverdale.

Cost pressures on the city this year were significant.

It’s the first year Surrey will pay for a full year of newly hired RCMP officers. The cost for that alone will be $15 million.

On Feb. 10, Surrey council committed to hir-ing 16 more police officers this year, which will arrive in October.

In addition, Surrey is hiring four more bylaw officers and another senior position at the Sur-rey Fire Department.

The Surrey Board of Trade said it’s cautious-ly optimistic about the budget endorsed last week.

“As the independent voice of business we do request that the city reduce the new higher, property tax rate at the earliest possible oppor-tunity to maintain Surrey’s competitive status for business attraction in the region,” the SBOT wrote in a letter to council.

Surrey council is expected to endorse the bud-get in full at its regular meeting on Feb. 22.

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RCMP Const. Bonnie Sauve fought back tears as she recalled the after-noon of Jan. 27, 2014 – the day James Burton Weaver rammed his SUV into her police cruiser and forever changed her life.

Reading a victim im-pact statement in Surrey Provincial Court Friday morning (Feb. 12), Sauve said she had waited a long time to express how she has felt since the crash.

“When he deliberately struck me… I thought I was going to die and all I could think of was whether I was going to see my children and hus-band again,” she wept. “I wondered if I would be able to say ‘I love you’ one last time to my kids. He intentionally tried to hurt or even kill me that day.”

Friday was to be the start of a sentencing hearing for Weaver, who

was found guilty last November of two counts each of assault with a weapon and criminal negligence causing bodily harm. However, the full hearing could not proceed due to the recent discovery by lawyers that Weaver is aboriginal. A special pre-sentence report will now be prepared investigating Weaver’s history and circumstanc-es. It’s estimated it will take eight to 10 weeks to prepare.

Normally victim im-pact statements would come after Crown’s sentencing arguments, but were delivered prior because Sauve had travelled from Alberta, where she now lives and works as an RCMP offi cer.

It was just over two years ago that Weav-er, 48, drove his Ford Explorer through the Newton RCMP detach-ment parking lot near 72 Avenue and 137 Street, plowing into a parked police car, which was pushed into a second cruiser.

Sauve was in the driv-er’s seat of one of the ve-hicles, while her partner, Const. Erik McFarlane, was outside the car.

She said she heard a squeal before Weaver’s truck hit her car, pushing it toward the parking stall next to her, where McFarlane was standing.

McFarlane, she said, was able to somehow “slide out” and call for help. He escaped with a leg injury, while Sauve suff ered severe bruising and a shoulder tear that is still healing.

Aside from the physical injuries, Sauve said there has been lasting psycho-logical and emotional harm. She said she lives with fear, hyper-vigi-lance, anger, anxiety, sadness and stress that impacts her daily.

“While I stand before this court alive, I strug-gle with feeling safe at work, and worrying about the next person trying to hurt or kill me,” Sauve said, her father listening from the court gallery.

McFarlane wasn’t in court Friday, but had a victim impact statement read on his behalf.

He said he missed multiple training oppor-tunities and no longer leads the active lifestyle he once did due to the “lifelong injuries” and pain resulting from the crash.

“I’ve had numerous fl ashbacks about the in-

cident and have a fear of cars that I never had be-fore,” wrote McFarlane, adding it has aff ected him professionally, emo-tionally and fi nancially.

“I fear the accused will again commit an act of violence randomly on

the police and/or the public,” he said.

Sauve spoke directly to Weaver in court, telling him he needs to earn back his freedom and urging him to become a better person.

But she said his

criminal actions would not deter her or other offi cers.

“We will move on with serving our community and keeping it safe.”

Weaver’s next court date is Feb. 19, to fi x a date for sentencing.

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Housing Minister Rich Coleman was flabbergasted at the angry response to his solution to the Victoria courthouse “tent city,” the latest tarp-covered camp to spring up in southern B.C.

Coleman announced two temporary shelters with three meals a day and medical supports. One is a former nursing home close to the courthouse squat, conveniently located near panhandling and drug dealing spots as well as taxpayer-funded services. The other offers indoor or outdoor tent space at a former youth custody cen-tre, with a dedicated downtown shut-tle bus so these “victims” of “home-lessness” don’t have to endure B.C.’s most generous transit bus system.

We weren’t consulted, said the indig-nant spokespeople for those bringing new-looking tents to take advantage of food and other handouts, offered in B.C.’s warmest climate by the prov-ince’s most naïve local government.

But this was just a show for the media by our resident professional protesters, some of whom aren’t really “homeless.”

After the reaction, which Coleman described as “bizarre,” the combined 88 housing opportunities are being snapped up. Those on welfare will have to fork over their $375 monthly housing allowance, as the province continues to convert more housing and offer more rent subsidies.

It’s no wonder that southern B.C. is the destination of choice. Coleman said it’s always been a seasonal thing, but this winter has been the highest in a decade, largely due to an exodus of economic migrants from the down-turn in Alberta, naturally heading for B.C.’s most desirable real estate.

I asked him about two other home-less hotspots. In Abbotsford, campers have ignored a city deadline to take down structures in a three-year-old camp, after temporary shelter and costly provincial supports were brought on. A courtroom and street confrontation looms with self-styled “drug war survivors” and their Van-couver legal help.

In Maple Ridge, a tent camp sprang up next to the local Salvation Army

shelter, with people cycling through the shelter’s 15-day limit, camping and being fed until they could go back in.

Mayor Nicole Read, who has worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, said Maple Ridge took on its own outreach, shelter and housing effort because the province’s $1 million-a-year Salvation Army operation isn’t working.

Coleman is not amused. He said he’s had no complaints about Abbotsford’s Salvation Army shelter, and Read is the only one griping. And no mayor is going to tell him how to spend pro-vincial dollars. Maple Ridge now has two shelters with accompanying street drugs, prostitution and crime.

I asked Coleman about the 10-year-study led by Simon Fraser University researcher Julian Somers on the hous-ing, outreach and services in Vancou-ver’s Downtown Eastside. This is the heart of B.C.’s “housing first” strategy, where the province has bought and

renovated 30 “single room occupancy” buildings, built another dozen and poured in every possible support, including the buyout of high-living ex-ecutives at the Portland Hotel Society.

The study found that the hardest cases are worse off than ever, based on court, hospital and other service records, while the influx to the no-torious Vancouver drug ghetto have tripled in 10 years.

“I haven’t had a chance to go over that report yet, but I disagree with the assumption I’ve heard already, be-cause I walk the Downtown Eastside,” Coleman said. “I don’t know if they do every few weeks to a month, but I’ve been doing it for about nine or 10 years and I can tell you it’s a whole lot better down there.”

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We have now celebrated our fourth Family Day in B.C. and some of us are not happy about the timing.

Andrew Johns, for one.He had to work on the

second Monday of the month (Feb. 8) because he’s employed in the fi nancial markets and the rest of the country didn’t take that day off .

Six other Canadian prov-inces have a Family Day hol-iday in February, but they all happen on the third Monday – Feb. 15.

So do our American cous-ins, who marked Presidents’ Day this past Monday.

Johns, who says he would have liked a day off with his wife and children, is petitioning the provincial government to move Family Day to the third Monday of the month.

So far, he’s gathered more than 18,000 signatures online.

The Surrey Board of Trade has also called on the provincial government to move B.C.’s day into line with every one else.

Surrey Board of Trade CEO Anita Huberman says because the B.C. holiday happens when the rest of Canada and the U.S. is working, many people here can’t take the day off because their colleagues elsewhere are working.

So why is B.C. so out of sync? A little recent history is in order.

Back in 2011, when the provincial government decided B.C. residents deserved a break between New Year’s Day and Easter, it conducted an online poll that found a majority of those who participated, preferred the second Mon-day – precisely because it was on a day when the rest

of North America would be working.

Th e reasoning was B.C. residents would have less trouble getting into vacation destinations with the rest of Canada and the U.S. working.

As the Wikipedia entry notes, as a new holiday, “there are no traditional activities that are associated with (Family day).”

Except, perhaps, for com-plaining about the timing of it.

What do you think? Should B.C. move the holiday to match the rest of Canada and the U.S.?

Or is the advantage of time off when everyone else is working worth keeping?

Vote this week on The Leader’s online poll(surreyleader.com). We’ll publish the results onFriday (Feb. 19).

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On a recent afternoon walk, I was dismayed to find a bunch of used batteries strewn on a sidewalk. I put them into my pocket for recycling at Winskill Recreation Centre in Delta.

Batteries should never be sent to the landfill because of the chemicals that can leach into the ground from the charge that remains in the battery.

As we all know, batter-ies come in a variety of shapes and sizes and we are energized by their many uses and applica-tions.

Did you know that the first “true” battery was invented in 1800 by sci-entist Alessandro Volta following a considerable amount of research and experimenting? His in-vention became known as the voltaic pile, which consisted of pairs of copper and zinc discs

piled on top of each oth-er, separated by a layer of cloth or cardboard soaked in brine (i.e. the electrolyte).

Obviously the scope of battery use has greatly expanded since Volta’s era, including the 1997 introduction of the lithi-um polymer battery.

Batteries have elim-inated the need for

carrying around long extension cords and for allowing us to use small-er and smaller portable devices.

Batteries play an inte-gral part in earthquake

preparation as they are used in flashlights, portable radios, etc.

I recently learned that Feb. 18 is National Bat-tery Day. This day has been set aside to under-

stand the importance of batteries and with their widespread use, to also learn about recycling them appropriately.

Call2Recycle (Call-2Recycle.ca) has set up 1,600 locations in B.C. at which any used battery less than five ki-lograms, and cellphones with their recharge-able batteries, can be appropriately recycled without charge.

Most recreation cen-tres, libraries, London Drugs and major hard-ware stores accept used batteries.

Batteries should never be left lying around a home in which young children reside as a child might be tempted to put one into his or her mouth. The conse-quences can be serious.

Take charge and safely recycle your batteries and electronic devices. It is very easy and some-thing we can all do with little effort.

Jean Wightman, Delta

On Oct. 22, 2015, I sent a letter to Delta Mayor Lois Jackson regarding my daughter and her friends’ accident at the intersection of 86 Avenue and 116 Street, reminding her the girls were hit while walking across a lit crosswalk on 116 Street and thrown 13 metres (42 feet).

I voiced my strong concerns regarding the dire need for a pedestrian-activated light at 86 Avenue and 116 Street.

Since the accident I have noticed a large num-ber of trees have been planted along Nordel Way. Why are trees more important than the safety of our children? I see nothing has been done about the intersection at 86 Avenue and 116 Street. It is still a potentially deadly pedes-trian crossing.

Is Delta waiting for something worse to happen? Was the promise of improvements nothing more than lip service to shut us up?

Th e residents of North Delta want action, not empty talk.

Angie Peterson, North Delta

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Is it just me or has TV news become entertain-ment? It has previews of the news, advertise-ments for the news and newscasters have become pseudo-celebrities.

Televised news presents a little fact with a lot of speculation, banter and the personal views of the newscasters. On at least one channel, the weather forecast comes generously sprinkled with a photo contest and birthday wishes for B.C.’s centenari-ans. As for sportscasts, we get to know far more than we need to, from players’ eating habits to marital status. Sports scores and a few highlights are all we really need.

Have we, as a society, become so hopelessly addicted to being constantly entertained that we must be entertained even by news?

Jon Christensen, Surrey

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Insurance fraudsters are increasingly being tripped up online by their own social media postings.

ICBC says it opened 2,350 cyber cases last year where investiga-tors used social media or other online post-ings to try to uncover suspected fraudulent or exaggerated crash claims.

“Social media is a growing area that’s been highly success-ful for us,” said Chris Fairbridge, manager of ICBC’s Special Investi-gations Unit.

“When you’ve got pictures and you’ve got video and you’ve got posts of what you’ve been doing, it’s pretty hard for anybody to

look at that and say you’re telling the truth when you’ve exagger-ated.”

Fairbridge said the dedicated unit now has 10 investigators dedi-cated to cyber cases, up from two when it was started in 2010.

About 70 per cent of their investigations have some eff ect in re-ducing payout costs or leading to a complete denial.

One 2015 example was a B.C. woman who claimed crash injuries kept her from returning to work as a hairdresser, but posted on Twitter and Facebook about hiking, running and being one of the “hardest hitters” on the roller derby team she’d just joined. She settled for half her original claim after being confronted with her social media posts.

In another case that went to court, a wom-an sought $1 million after being hit by a motorcycle in a cross-walk. A judge awarded

her just $20,000 and ordered her to pay $34,000 in ICBC costs after deciding from social media posts and other evidence that she’d grossly exagger-ated her injuries.

Other phoney claim-ants were undone by their friends’ social media postings.

A Lower Mainland man said he couldn’t go back to his desk

job after a crash but investigators found a friend’s Facebook pho-to of him later running a grueling obstacle race in Whistler, as well as a video of him taking down an opponent in a mixed martial arts bout. Shown the evidence, he quickly settled, citing a mirac-ulous recovery.

ICBC also denied a Kamloops man’s claim

that vandals burned his truck after fi nding evidence the fi re was suspicious and a Craig-slist posting trying to sell the truck because he couldn’t aff ord to pay for its repairs.

Penalties may go be-yond reduced or denied payouts.

Fairbridge said there were 520 successful fraud convictions in the last fi ve years,

some leading to jail time. Th ose convicted may not be able to cross the border again or may have trouble getting a loan or a job, he noted.

Asked if fraudsters are getting wise and going dark on social media after a claim, Fairbridge said no.

“People can’t help themselves.”

An estimated 10 to

20 per cent of auto insurance claims are fraudulent or exagger-ated, costing an extra $600 million a year in B.C. and adding $100 to the insurance pre-miums of the average driver.

“We’re not going to tolerate that, we’re not going to pass those costs along to honest customers,” Fairbridge said.

▶ ICBC INVESTIGATORS SCOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR AMMUNITION

Crash fraudsters busted by own bragging

BLACK PRESS

Surrey RCMP are investigating after two men showed up at the hospital Saturday night suff er-ing from gunshot wounds.

Th e men – both believed to be in their 20s – ar-rived at Surrey Memorial Hospital just before 11 p.m. Saturday seeking treatment for injuries.

One of the men had injuries that were life-threatening, according to a news release.

Police were called to the scene and determined the men had been shot.

Surrey’s major crime unit is now investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call 604-599-0502 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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SHEILA REYNOLDS

A gang associate who shot at an SUV – striking the driver – outside a Surrey strip club in 2009 has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in jail.

Aram Ali, 30, was found guilty last November of aggravated assault and dis-charging a fi rearm with intent to wound in connection to an incident near the T-Barz nightclub in Surrey seven years ago. He was sentenced in December 2015 in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver and the judge’s reasons were recently posted online.

With credit for time already served in pre-trial custody,

there are three-and-a-half years remaining of his sentence.

Ali was a passenger in a Lincoln Navigator driven by Barzan Tilli-Choli, a United Nations gang leader who is currently in prison for off enc-es related to this incident and other off ences, including con-spiring to kill the notorious Bacon brothers – rival Red Scorpions gang members.

Ali and Tilli-Choli had driv-en to T-Barz, near 104 Ave-nue and 137 Street, shortly before closing time and went inside briefl y, before return-ing to the Lincoln. According to court documents, when a Range Rover carrying four people left the area, Tilli-Cho-li directed Ali to shoot, which he did.

Ali fi red eight shots from a semi-automatic pistol. One bullet hit the Range Rover driver’s shoulder and another grazed his ear.

Tilli-Choli and Ali sped from the scene, toward Vancouver, and Ali threw the loaded pis-tol from the SUV’s window, as directed by Tilli-Choli. A passer-by found the gun a few hours later.

During the trial, Ali didn’t deny shooting the gun, but testifi ed he only intended to hit the vehicle, not the occu-pants, as a scare tactic.

While initially charged with attempted murder, the judge found Ali guilty of the lesser off ence of aggravated assault, saying Crown prosecutors failed to prove Ali “specifi cally intended to kill a person.”

In sentencing him, Justice Heather Holmes maintained Ali’s moral culpability in the shooting was very high.

“He behaved like a mer-cenary, prepared to shoot a person for money, and to put other people at very serious risk,” said Holmes. “He did so

in order to support what he knew to be Mr. Tilli-Choli’s criminal lifestyle and there-fore to gain a trickle-down income from that lifestyle.”

She said it was “sheer luck” no one else was seriously injured or killed in either vehicle and said throwing the loaded gun from the win-dow posed an “unthinkable” risk to the community – if a child had found the gun, for example.

Ali had been free on bail since August 2011 and living in Calgary with his parents. Th e court heard he has been work-ing legitimate jobs continuous-ly and held his current job as a sawman since July 2014.

Ali has no criminal record-ing pre-dating the nightclub shooting off ences. Born in Iraq, Ali’s refugee status in Canada is under review in light of his convictions, Holmes said.

▶ ARAM ALI HAS 3.5 MORE YEARS TO SERVE FOR INCIDENT OUTSIDE STRIP CLUB IN 2009

Former gangster jailed for shooting

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Are you wondering how you can work with police to make your neighbourhood safer?

Th ere are many things that residents can do to collectively improve the safety of their neighbourhood.

Surrey RCMP Neighbourhood Safety Meetings planned over the next few weeks will provide residents with information to mobilize their community and enhance the liveability of their neighbourhood.

Mounties are meeting with residents across the city to address crime issues specifi c to that area and help residents create a safer neighbourhood.

Meetings topics include:• Crime issues in your neighbourhood;• Surrey RCMP initiatives;• Observe it. Report it. – Reporting crime

and suspicious activity;• Engaging with police in crime prevention;• Block Watch.Meeting dates are as follows:• Feb. 17, 6:30 p.m. at Dr. F.D. Sinclair Ele-

mentary (7480 128 St.) in Newton.• Feb. 24, 6:30 p.m. at Berkshire Park Ele-

mentary (15372 94 Ave.) in Guildford.• March 2, 6:30 p.m. at Port Kells Elementa-

ry (19076 88 Ave.).• March 3, 6:30 p.m. at Jessie Lee Elementa-

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Surrey RCMP is asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect in a corner store robbery late last year.

Police say a man and woman entered a store near 100 Avenue and 117 Street on Dec. 23.

Th ey arrived in a dark-coloured Mer-cedes GL350 SUV and are alleged to have threatened store staff with bear spray while stealing cigarettes and lottery tickets.

Th e female suspect was captured on video surveillance cameras and police released images this week.

She is described as Caucasian, wear-ing a grey hooded jacket, grey pants and gloves.

Anyone with information about the suspect(s) or incident is asked to call Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or to remain anonymous, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or www.solve-crime.ca

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Lynn Jensen likes to say that Howie is a typical male – he’s very dependent and his whole world falls apart without a woman around.

Th e truth is, the two rely on each other.Howie doesn’t like to be left alone and

Jensen has had an “incredible” guide dog for the last eight years.

“Loyal is an understatement,” she says. “Th is dog follows me everywhere.”

Jensen, who is blind, relies on Howie for two daily 90-minute commutes by West Coast Express, bus and SkyTrain, from Port Moody to her offi ce in Vancouver.

Jensen he works as a rehabilitation teacher at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).

Howie is constantly at her side and has given her the independence to make work-related trips to Toronto, Chicago and Vancouver Island.

“If Howie had an odometer, it would be interesting to see what it would read,” she says.

Counting Canada, they’ve been to eight countries, including six vacations in Mexico – where both kayaked – and had a fi ve-country tour of Europe in 2011.

“I would not be doing it if I didn’t have Howie.”

He’s been a fi xture at Jensen’s work, too. In the past, a few former clients have phoned asking for Jensen, but couldn’t remember her name. Th ey did, however, recall Howie.

“Hey stinker, I’m talking about you, aren’t I?,” she playfully asks Howie, who perks up from a nap in his cot on the fl oor of her offi ce.

Howie, named for guide dogs supporter and hockey personality Howie Meeker, was raised in the North Delta home of Kristen and Scott Hamilton (Scott is the riding’s MLA).

Th e volunteer foster family continues to raise puppies for the Ladner-based BC and Alberta Guide Dogs (BCAGD), which trains dogs to assist the visually impaired (or depending on the training, those with autism).

At eight weeks old, puppies are placed with volunteer foster families who teach them basic obedience and socialization skills. At that time, they simply wear a puppy vest in public.

At about 15 months of age, the dogs are then given formal training by the BCAGD, in harnesses, as guide dogs to assist the blind – a process of another fi ve to eight months.

Th ey’re then placed with an applicant, where there’s further training as the two get to know each other.

Howie helps Jensen to get around, and at work, she uses a laptop with voice-output software to exchange emails and blog on the CNIB website, and also has an iPhone with customized controls. (While using it, she leaves the screen off to save power).

“Th ere’s no reason you can’t do some-thing. You just do it a diff erent way,” Jen-sen says, smitten with the technology.

“I worked with a rehabilitation teacher at CNIB for a number of years and learned how to function independently and that’s

the role that I have now. I do the same for clients who have experienced a vision loss.”

She teaches independent living skills that include cooking, cleaning, identifying clothes and handling money – “anything within the four walls of the home.”

To learn to get around, she worked with an orientation and mobility instructor before getting her fi rst guide dog, Howie’s predecessor, a yellow lab named Mae.

Applicants for guide dogs must fi rst be able to travel safely and independently using a white cane.

Jensen says the getting around outside with a cane and a dog are completely diff er-ent experiences. Canes are made to feel for obstacles, while dogs are trained to avoid obstacles and to keep a straight line.

Jensen relies heavily on her ears to tell her when it’s safe to cross a street. She listens carefully to the surges of traffi c and other auditory clues.

“When I cross the street, I have to tell Howie when it’s safe to cross.”

She adds: “Dogs are colour blind. A lot of people think the dog tells me when the light turns green, but that’s not true.”

On the street, Jensen is always off ered assistance. She usually politely says no, but gets frustrated when otherwise well-inten-tioned people grab her without warning.

She is put off by sudden changes of direc-tion, which can upset her balance.

Another change of direction is coming

with her guide dog.Howie turned 10 last October and is

about to retire from active guiding.On Feb. 17, Jensen will get her third dog,

a 21-month old black Labrador-retriever cross just like Howie.

Howie will stick around for a while for Jensen’s commutes during the transition.

Th ere’s no doubt he’ll remain her pet.“I do get fi rst choice,” Jensen says, adding

she’s got people at home who are able to look after him when she’s at work.

“If he had to stay by himself, I wouldn’t be able to keep him.”

Jensen lives with her twin sister and her sister’s husband and young twin daughters.

Howie often comes to the door with a stuff ed animal, “Mr. Beaver,” in his mouth.

(He’s got a duplicate Mr. Beaver in the offi ce, too.)

“My house looks like a daycare, between Howie’s toys and the girls’ toys,” Jensen admits.

Jensen is aware of the changes coming with an new dog and the mutual depen-dence between her and Howie.

But she’s grateful to the BCAGD for their work in assisting the blind and optimistic about her new dog Misty.

“She’ll wiggle her way into my heart.”

Th e BC and Alberta Guide Dogs need assis-tance. People can make a donation, sponsor a puppy, pay tribute to a loved one, leave a leg-

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Th e Canadian National Institute for the Blind is a voluntary, non-profi t rehabilitation agency that provides services for people who are blind, visually impaired and deaf-blind. For more infor-mation, visit http://www.cnib.ca

▶ HOWIE IS RETIRING AS LYNN JENSEN’S GUIDE DOG – BUT SHE’S NOT LETTING HIM GO

A guiding light for eight years

Howie, Lynn Jensen’s guide dog for the last eight years, is retiring this month after eight years of service. BOAZ JOSEPH

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Howie introduces himself to The Leader at the age of two in 2008. BOAZ JOSEPH

Howie in Norway in 2011. SUBMITTED

Lynn Jensen (left) and with Howie and her sister Lora on a tandem kayak in Melaque, Mexico, in 2008. SUBMITTED


BLACK PRESS

The South Asian chapter of The Kidney Foundation of Canada, B.C. and Yukon branch, is organizing an educational forum on kidney health and diabetes on March 12 from 1-3 p.m. at Punjab Banquet

hall, 215-8166 128 St. Th e guest speaker will be nephrolo-

gist Dr. M. Kreem. Th e forum is free and open to all. Tea and snacks will be served after

the event. For more information, call Mohan S.

Tatra at 604-594-3262.

Kidney health forum March 12

BOAZ JOSEPH

Wet mattresses, derelict sofas, worn chairs, scrap wood and cardboard boxes – just the latest round of garbage dumped at the back of a North Delta thrift store.

“I really have had it with these people,” says a frustrated Shir-ley Evans, store man-ager of Penny Savers Th rift Shop.

Th e store, run vol-unteers on behalf of the Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) Auxil-iary, has seen unsalable items dumped at the doorstep for years, but the heaps are getting larger and coming more often.

“It’s time to get the word out and stop all this,” says Evans, ex-plaining the diffi culty that the store’s volun-teers have in trying to dispose of the often heavy and soiled items left on the doorstep in the overnight hours.

“Th ey just don’t have the energy for all this.”

Evans says she’s lucky she and her husband Steve have a pick-up

truck to help them remove the heavier items, but Penny Savers still has to cover the costs at recycling depots and the landfi ll.

Th e next step, she admits, is to get sur-veillance cameras to catch people in the act – regardless of the cost.

While the store does

take in some large or unique items, there’s no room for most pieces of furniture and no way for staff to test electronic items, in-cluding such things as TVs and DVD players.

Th e best thing for legitimate donors to do is come in during store hours and ask if their items can be taken in to be re-sold, as is the store’s fundraising mandate.

Penny Savers is on task to raise $150,000 for an adolescent drug treatment centre at SMH.

Despite the dump-ings, business at the store is good, but there’s the ongoing need for volunteers.

Most of the volun-teers are in their 60s to

90s – for whom Evans is grateful.

She also thanks the store’s regular donors of sellable goods.

“Th ey enable us to raise money for the hospital.”

Penny Savers Th rift Shop is located at 11961 82 Ave. Store hours are Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Th e phone number is 604-501-2111. Volun-teers are sought for a minimum commitment of four hours per week. Th e process of hiring takes two to three weeks and goes through SMH’s Volunteer Resources. For more information or to apply for a volunteer position, visit the store, call 604-588-3381 or email [email protected]

▶ PENNY SAVERS THRIFT STORE WANTS TO PUT A STOP TO LOADS OF UNSALABLE ITEMS DROPPED OFF AFTER HOURS

Store volunteers tired of being dumped on

A recent dumping of derelict goods at Penny Savers Thrift Store. SUBMITTED

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A fondness for jewelry has translated into a sparkling future for a Surrey woman.

Lisa Marie Page said she played random scratch-and-win tickets occasionally, but bought her latest ticket because of its gem-inspired name.

“I picked this one up be-cause I love jewelry and this ticket is named Diamond Payout,” said Page. “So I

thought I’d grab it and it worked out pretty well for me.”

Indeed, she won $1 mil-lion, which she plans to use to buy a condominium and travel the world.

“I have never been anywhere in my life. I am defi nitely going on a nice vacation. I don’t know where but I’ll fi nd some place nice,” she said.

She purchased the ticket in Williams Lake.

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Hey kids, have you ever wanted to turn a banana into a piano? Join The MakerMobile during a Kids’ Day Off visit on Feb. 19 from 11 a.m. t 1 p.m. at the George Mackie Li-brary, 8440 112 St. Learn all about simple circuits and electricity, play with LED lights and build your own fruity musical master-piece. Drop in anytime and play as little or as much as you want.

TeenFest will take place Feb. 20 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Cloverdale Agriplex, 6050A 176 St. This free event includes entertainment, dance, mu-

sic, a talent contest, free makeovers, skateboarding, free swag, exhibitors and more. For more informa-tion, visit http://teenfest.ca/surrey/

Dr. Kamaljit Sidhu presents a free talk called Anxiety, Panic and Anger: A Beginners Guide on Feb. 18, 7-8:30 p.m. at Strawberry Hill Library, 7399 122 St.

TRIBU Productions proud-ly presents Dreams: A Gala Valentine Concert featuring

Asia’s rising star and one of the fi nalists at the 2015 Asia Got Talent, Gerphil Geraldine Flores. On Feb. 19 at Centre Stage, Surrey city hall (13450 104 Ave.)For tickets, visit http://www.surrey.ca/cul-ture-recreation/1684.aspx.

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While most B.C. drivers are honest when it comes to making insurance claims, there are a few that are hurting things for the rest of us in the province.

Industry studies estimate that about 10 to 20 per cent of all insurance claims contain an element of fraud or exaggeration. Applying those estimates here means fraud is costing us up to $600 million per year, or more than $100 annually on every auto insurance policy.

Fraud cheats everyone and comes in all shapes and sizes.

To learn more about auto insurance fraud, go to icbc.com/fraud

Fraudulent claimstake a toll onB.C. drivers

Some fraud is organized and orchestrated by a group of individuals, namely, staged accidents and stolen vehicle rings.

Other types of fraud are less obvious. Fraud like this includes exaggerating the extent of an injury, misrepresenting a previous medical condition or slanting the situation when reporting a claim. It’s not unheard of for people to embellish their claim by including vehicle damage unrelated to the crash, or to claim they can’t work when they’re actually back on the job. These tactics may not make the news, but the costs add up and come out of all of our pockets – we all end up paying for those who cheat the system.

ICBC combats fraud with their Special Investigation Unit, which last year looked at more than 5,000 claims les. This includes a cyber unit that employs information publicly available on the internet and social media to investigate suspected fraudulent claims. They’re in the process of increasing their focus on investigations, including training and analytics technology that ags patterns and predictors of fraud.

By stepping up efforts to reduce fraudulent and exaggerated claims, along with managing injury claims costs, ICBC is working to take pressure off rising insurance rates.

Fraud. It cheats us all.

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If one were to take a poll of high-school basketball players across the province, you’d been hard-pressed to fi nd three players more familiar with each other that Hunter Hughes, Dominic Clayton and Mathew Andreou.

Th e three players – “Our Big Th ree,” coach Steve Anderson calls them – fi rst played together on Southridge’s Grade 5/6 team, and have been teammates ever since.

In fact, the three of them have been together so long that they remember a time when the six-foot-eight Hughes – now one of the province’s most dominant players – was far from a monster on the court. And though he towers over most other high-school players, and is a half-foot taller now than his two teammates, it wasn’t that long ago that Clayton, not Hughes, was the big man on campus.

“Back then, in Grade 7, I was the big man,” Clayton laughed. “But then he grew.”

Hughes’ growth spurt, as he hit high school, coincided with improved hoops skills – something he said came as a result of practice, and plenty of it.

“I was bad – really bad – probably until about Grade 8,” Hughes said. “But I just really enjoyed playing so I kept at it,

and I improved.”While it’s hard to imagine Hughes as being a poor player,

even his longtime coach admits that, back then,it wasn’t that much of a stretch.

“You know what, I don’t think Hunter was actually over-stating things all that much,” Anderson laughed. “He was very, very mediocre as a player back then, but he’s probably taken one of the biggest leaps of any player I’ve actually ever seen. He’s very athletic and he’s gotten better every single year.”

Hughes has garnered a lot of the headlines this season, and rightfully so, considering some of the numbers he’s put up. For example, in the Storm’s early-season upset win at the Tsumura Invitational – in which the Storm, in their fi rst season at the AAA level, knocked off quad-A competition – Hughes was named tournament MVP after a 42-point, 21-rebound performance in the fi nal game.

But despite leading the team in scoring, Anderson is quick to point out it’s been the play of all three which has helped the Storm to a No. 3 overall ranking in the province.

A good example came late last month, in a game against Vancouver College, he said.

“At the beginning, they were double-teaming Hunter – and when he got the ball, even tripling him. So Dom and Mat scored about 18 or 20 points in that fi rst quarter, and Van-couver couldn’t do that anymore,” he explained.

RICK KUPCHUK

Ten months after his fi rst start in the National Hockey League, Laurent Brossoit played his second game in goal for the Edmonton Oilers on a Hockey Night in Canada telecast Saturday night.

Playing at Rexall Place in Edmonton against the Win-nipeg Jets, the Cloverdale Minor Hockey alum made 32 saves but lost 2-1 in a shootout.

“I felt pretty good for the most part,” said Brossoit. “Th ere’s still some things I want to tidy up at this level. But for the most part, I felt good. It feels good to get a point but shootouts are something I’m pretty confi dent in so it’s kind of frustrating losing a point that way.”

Drafted in the sixth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames, the 22 year-old Brossoit has played 127 games for four teams in the ECHL or Ameri-can Hockey League (AHL) over the past three seasons.

Traded by the Flames to the Oilers early in the 2013-14 season, he played his fi rst NHL game last April 9 in Edmonton, making 49 saves in a 3-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks.

Until he was called up to the NHL club last Wednesday, Brossoit was with the Oilers’ farm team in the AHL. In 26 games with the Bakersfi eld Condors this season, he had a 14-8-3 (win-loss-overtime loss) record, a 2.70 goals against aver-age, a .921 save percentage and three shutouts. He was selected to play in the AHL All-star Game.

Although he was expected to get a start with the Oilers this week, he was a surprise starter Saturday after fi rst-string netminder Cam Talbot missed the morning skate with an illness.

Although he didn’t get the win, he impressed his teammates with his performance.

“LB played great for us in net. Heck of a job coming in,” said Oilers centre Matt Hendricks. “He kind of wasn’t expecting to play tonight, so he did a heck of a job.”

Brossoit admitted the time of his call-up to the NHL team was a minor surprise.

“I wouldn’t say I was down there by the phone waiting. I’d like to think I was patient and I knew my time would come,” he said. “I know circumstance has a lot to do with it. I was just patient and a call came sooner than I thought, which was nice.”

He did see some familiar faces in the Oilers lineup, for-mer teammates from Bakersfi eld and Oklahoma City.

“I’m a big believer in Brossoit,” said Oilers defenceman Brent Davidson. “He’s done a great job. I played with him in the minors and he competes like no other.”

The ‘Big Three’

SPORTS

▼ CLOVERDALE MINOR HOCKEY’S LAURENT BROSSOIT PLAYS HIS SECOND GAME IN THE NHL

▼ LONGTIME TEAMMATES ARE ENJOYING THEIR FINAL SEASON OF HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Getting the call from the Oilers

continued on page 15


Southridge Storm seniors (left to right) Dominic Clayton, Hunter Hughes and Mat Andreou have played together since elementary school. NICK GREENIZAN

Laurent Brossoit of Cloverdale watches the play during Saturday’s NHL game against the Winnipeg Jets. ANDY DEVLIN / EDMONTON OILERS


Blazers complete a sweep over the Giants

RICK KUPCHUK

Their chances of a playoff berth took a huge hit last week-end, as the Vancouver Giants earned just one point from two games against the

Kamloops Blazers.The Giants are now

10 points away from the final wild-card position in the West-ern Conference of the Western Hockey League (WHL) with a 21-29-7 (win-loss-overtime loss) record. In 10th place in the conference, Vancou-ver trails the 28-25-3 Portland Winter-hawks, a team which

earned five points from three games played last week to tighten their hold on the second of two wild-card positions.

The Giants lost twice to the Blazers last weekend, falling 5-0 Friday night at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver and 4-3 in overtime a night later in Kamloops.

The Blazers were on

the attack quickly in the first game, out-shooting the Giants 16-10 in the first period and taking a 2-0 lead with a pow-erplay goal midway through the session then adding another six minutes later.

Vancouver found their legs after the first intermission, and had a 15-9 edge in shots in the second period, but it was the Blazers adding a pair to their goal total to take a comfortable 4-0

lead into the final 20 minutes.

Both teams finished with 34 shots on net. Ryan Kubic started in goal, stopping 24 of 29 shots he faced before leaving the net in favor of Jake Mor-rissey, who stopped all five shots he faced over the final 17 min-utes of play.

The Blazers were one-for-three on the powerplay, while the Giants were scoreless in five extra-man situations.

One night later in Kamloops, the Giants were able to get on the scoreboard and earn a point by taking the game to overtime.

It was Vancouver jumping to a 2-0 lead after 16 minutes of play, with David Brum netting the first goal and Alec Baer scoring on the powerplay 87 second later.

Kamloops replied with a powerplay goal of their own late in the first period, notched the only goal

of the second, then scored again with the man-advantage early in the third to take a 3-2 lead.

The Giants scored their second power-play goal of the game with 13 minutes left in regulation time. Ty Ronning tallied his team-best 29th goal of the season, con-verting a pass from Chase Lang. The as-sist was Lang’s 34th, also a team-best.

Vancouver had sev-en powerplay chances to just three for the Blazers, who were outshot by the Giants 38-36.

The Giants will host the Victoria Royals this afternoon (Wednesday) at noon for their Hooky Day game at the Pacific Coliseum. More than 5,000 school-aged children are expected to attend to partici-pate in the fourth-an-nual Acceptance Flash Mob in recognition of Anti-Bullying Day on Feb. 24.

On the weekend, the Giants will play three times, includ-ing a game Friday in Kelowna against the Rockets. The Rockets will be in Vancouver for a game at 7 p.m. then the Blazers are back in the Pacific Coliseum at 5 p.m. Sunday.

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Chas Lang (left) of the Vancouver Giants keeps the puck from Cameron Reagan of the Kamloops Blazers for the puck. The Giants lost two games to Kamloops last weekend. CJ RELKE / VANCOUVER GIANTS

“Th at’s what having these guys does – it keeps teams from focus-ing on just one guy.

“When they’re all rolling, we’re one of the best teams around.”

Andreou said their familiarity with each other has been a huge help on the court.

“It’s helpful, having played together so long. It’s all about knowing where the other guys are on the court, or what they’re going to do,” he said.

“And it’s not just the three of us. We have a really deep bench, so we have a lot of diff erent guys who can contribute for us.”

In addition to being a talented bunch, they’re also one of the closest-knit teams Anderson has coached. Th at camaraderie comes naturally, by virtue of playing together for so long.

“We consider ourselves one big basketball family, and we look out for each other,’ he said.

“Th at’s what makes it so cool with these three guys – they’ve been together for so long and are now having this kind of success.”

Th e uniqueness of their sit-uation is not lost on the three seniors, either.

“It’s nice just to be going to practice, going to games every day with your best friends,”

Hughes said. “Everything else we get out of it is just a bonus.”

With the season heading into the stretch run, the Storm would love nothing more than to cap their inaugural AAA season with a provincial championship. And beyond that, Hughes, Clayton and Andreou all have college hoops aspirations.

As the season has progressed, all three have received interest from university coaches.

“It doesn’t surprise me at all. For all three of them, their skills are very high and their basketball IQs are very high. It’s easy for me to see how they’ll translate to the college level, and I think they all have fantastic upside,” Anderson said.

“I would not be at all surprised if they move on to become all-stars within their conferences, no matter where they end up playing.”

While Hughes is a noted scorer and rebounder, Clayton and Andreou are both lauded for their shooting and passing abilities, Anderson said.

“Th ey all have their assets. One of the biggest things Mat does well is he can shoot the pull-up jump shot from that middle area – not quite taking the ball to he rim, but not from three-point (territory) and that can be very hard to defend.

“And Dom is very strong, very aggressive, and one of the hardest workers I’ve ever coached. I’d say his biggest asset is that he doesn’t have to score a ton of point to dominate a game. Th ere’s very few people who you can say that about. It’s what sets him apart.

“One university coach told me that he hasn’t seen a player at the high-school level enjoy passing and enjoy setting guys up as much as Dom seems to.”

And though it is a possibility that all three could end up at the same university, the three friends are also preparing for the idea that they could be rivals, rather than teammates, a year from now.

“I haven’t really ever gone against these guys, except in prac-tice. Once, I played against Mat in a summer league, but that was it,” said Clayton.

But rather than worry about their college hoops futures now, the trio is instead just trying to enjoy their fi nal season in South-ridge colours, hoping to add one more banner to the gym’s walls.

“Its’ been really awesome just knowing these guys since kinder-garten, and then early on, fi nding something in basketball that we all really love,” Clayton said.

“Now, in our fi nal season, it’s just awesome to still be playing together.”

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Central City Brewers + Distillers has an-nounced their support of the arts in British Columbia with a new multi-year partnership with Vancouver’s Th e-atre Under the Stars in Stanley Park’s historic Malkin Bowl.

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130 HELP WANTED

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131 HOME CARE/SUPPORT

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Wednesday February 17 2016 The Surrey-North Delta Leader 19

On November 30, 2011, at 72nd

Avenue and 152nd Street, Surrey,

B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Surrey

RCMP seized, at the time indicated,

the subject property, described

as: $11.08 CAD, on or about 16:38

Hours, $330 CAD and $50 USD,

both on or about 16:39 Hours, and

$795 CAD and $20 USD, both on or

about 16:45 Hours.

The subject property was seized

because there was evidence that

the subject property had been

obtained by the commission of an

offence (or offences) under section

5(2) (possession for purpose of

trafficking) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada.

Notice is hereby given that the

subject property, CFO file Number:

2016-3415, is subject to forfeiture

under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will

be forfeited to the Government for

disposal by the Director of Civil

Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute

is filed with the Director within the

time period set out in this notice.

A notice of dispute may be filed by

a person who claims to have an

interest in all or part of the subject

property. The notice of dispute

must be filed within 60 days of the

date upon which this notice is first

published.

You may obtain the form of a notice

of dispute, which must meet the

requirements of Section 14.07

of the CFA, from the Director’s

website, accessible online at www.

pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The

notice must be in writing, signed

in the presence of a lawyer or

notary public, and mailed to the

Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234

Station Provincial Government,

Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:

On April 18, 2013, at the 15800

block of North Bluff Road, White

Rock, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the

White Rock RCMP seized, at the

time indicated, the subject property,

described as: $620 CAD, on or

about 21:14 Hours.


because there was a warrant

authorized by the court pursuant

to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada (CDSA)

to seize evidence in respect of an


5(2) (Possession for purpose of

trafficking) of the CDSA.
















published.

You may obtain the form of a

notice of dispute, which must meet

the requirements of Section 14.07












On June 25, 2015, in an alley near 99th Avenue and 159A Street, Surrey, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Surrey RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: $240 CAD, a ZTE cell phone, and an iPhone, all on or about 00:05 Hours, a Samsung cell phone, on or about 00:19 Hours, and a 1998 blue Chevrolet Malibu, BCLP: AN652V, VIN: 1G1NE52M5W6127376, on or about 00:38 Hours. The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property had been used in and/or obtained by the commission of an offence (or offences) under section 5(2) (Possession for purpose of trafficking) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada (CDSA) and was therefore offence-related property pursuant to section 11 (Search, seizure and detention) of the CDSA. Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2015-3346, is subject to forfeiture













published.















On November 8, 2015, at Peace Arch

Provincial Park, Surrey, B.C., Peace

Officer(s) of the Canada Border

Services Agency seized, at the time

indicated, the subject property,

described as: a 1996 brown Toyota

Corolla, BCLP: BX118V, VIN:

2T1BA03E9TC130320, and two

Samsung cell phones, all on or

about 14:40 Hours.



the subject property had been used

in the commission of an offence (or

offences) under section 131 (aiding

or abetting) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act of Canada.
















published.















On August 20, 2015, at the 7600

block of 119A Street, Delta, B.C.,

Peace Officer(s) of the RCMP

CFSEU seized, at the time indicated,

the subject property, described

as: $1,645 CAD and a BlackBerry

cell phone, both on or about 10:59

Hours.


because there was evidence that the

subject property had been used in

and/or obtained by the commission

of an offence (or offences) under

section 5(2) (possession for

purpose of trafficking) of the

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada.
















published.















On February 13, 2015, at the 19100

block of 69A Avenue, Surrey, B.C.,

Peace Officer(s) of the Surrey RCMP

seized, at the time indicated, the

subject property, described as:

$2,020 CAD, on or about 08:45

Hours.



the subject property had been

obtained by the commission of an


5(2) (possession for purpose of

trafficking) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada.
















published.















On October 11, 2015, at 99A Avenue and 122nd Street, Surrey, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Surrey RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: a 2006 white Dodge Charger, BCLP: BG929N, VIN: 2B3KA43G16H326787, $260 CAD, $350 CAD, $510 CAD, a ZTE cell phone, and an iPhone , all on or about 02:00 Hours. The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property had been used in and/or obtained by the commission of an offence (or offences) under section 5(2) (possession for purpose of trafficking) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada (CDSA) and was therefore offence-related property pursuant to section 11 (search, seizure and detention) of the CDSA. Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2016-3386, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will












published.















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WITNESS WANTED. Did you wit-ness a motor vehicle accident on Halloween (OCTOBER 31, 2015) at the intersection of 140th Street and 80th Avenue, Surrey B.C between the hours of 7-8PM. Our client was driving a white Nissan Rogue north-bound on 140th Street and had come to a stop at 80th Avenue when she was rear-ended by a white Toyota Corolla. The Toyota Corolla was hit by a small white ve-hicle (the “Hit and Run Vehicle”) driven by an East Indian woman es-timated to be between 35-40 years of age. The driver of the Hit and Run vehicle initially stopped and got out of her car, but then left the scene. If you have any information about the above motor vehicle acci-dent or know who the driver of the Hit and Run Vehicle might be please call Skands Law Corporation at 604.575.7880. OR email: [email protected]

WITNESS NEEDED: If you wit-nessed or have any information about a Hit & Run accident that oc-curred on December 10, 2015 at 152nd Street & 84th Avenue, Sur-rey BC involving a Honda Civic, could you please call 604-314-7154. Thank you. 15-175186

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