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9 NewsJoe Peschisolido was hardlyswamped by supporters at theLiberal nomination meetingwhere he was acclaimed thecandidate for Steveston-Rich-mond East.

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Well, hasn’t this campaign started witha pop!

Calling a federal election smack in themiddle of summer, when our biggest con-cern is going to bed with sand between ourtoes, should make for a lazy, hazy cam-paign launch. But that’s hardly been thecase in Richmond.

The intrigue began Monday when a Wen-dy Yuan supporter phoned to confirm I wassending a reporter to an announcementlater that day. The caller said it would “blowmy mind.” I snickered at the thought. Elec-tions in Richmond are a lot of things, butrarely are they mind-blowing.

However, I have to admit he wasn’t allwrong. Yuan, who was hoping to representthe federal Liberal Party in the new ridingof Steveston-Richmond East, announcedshe recently received a call from the LiberalParty officials, telling her she had beennixed from the ballot and Joe Peschisolidowould be acclaimed.

It was news to us that the Alliance-turned-Liberal was even running.

Yuan was told her application didn’t passthe “green light” stage. Strange, given itwas good enough for the last two elections.She had run as a Liberal candidate in 2008and 2011, in the Vancouver-Kingsway rid-ing, both times losing to NDP Don Davies,but still garnering significant support.

Yuan suspects her rejection has to dowith Richmond’s former MP, RaymondChan, now a party fundraiser. The implica-tion is Chan interfered because Yuan hasquestioned his ethics in regards to fund-raising within the Chinese community.

We don’t know if that’s the case. Whatwe do know is that the practice, and thisis certainly not an isolated example, ofhand-picking candidates and over-ridingthe nomination process is bad news fordemocracy. Parties are quite justified invetting candidates to check for skeletons,but it’s hard to believe that’s what this isabout.

Meanwhile, over at the Conservativecamp, Stephen Harper was in Richmondon Tuesday night speaking to supporters.While the media was invited to attend, re-cord and disseminate his campaign speechabout how his party is fighting terrorismto protect our freedoms, questions (as isoften the case at a Harper event) wouldnot be permitted. If that’s not question-able enough, when a reporter with CKNW980 asked a question, not to Harper butto supporters attending the event, she wasescorted out of the building.

These may be small incidents in them-selves, but they represent a truly concern-ing assault on our democracy — the veryideology we are attempting to uphold byhaving an election in the first place.

Election spellsdemocracy, no?

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Dear Editor,Independent or Mom and Pop retailers,

such as those that make the village ofSteveston so unique and tourist-friendly,are driven out of existence by two factors:A) when malls or big-box retailers drawtoo many customers away, and, B) whendistricts or neighbourhoods become sopopular or attractive to foreign investorsthat landlords begin to increase rentsto a point where long-established smallretailers can no longer afford to stay inbusiness.

In the most egregious cases, rents aresometimes doubled or even tripled whenleases expire.

The former will probably never impactMom and Pop businesses in Steveston toany significant degree, but we should bewary of the latter affecting the businessmakeup of the village to the extent thatonly high-end or chain stores will be ableto afford to rent storefronts on its mainstreets.

If this occurs, then the independent

retailers who have been responsible forimbuing Steveston with its unique charac-ter and shopping experiences and friendlysmall-town atmosphere will be driven outand the area will become as sterile andgeneric in personality as every strip mallin the city.

And with every new building and theiraccompanying high storefront rental rates,the likelihood of this trend transformingSteveston into something very differentthan what it is now is increases exponen-tially.

Unique, personalized businesses, orones that are common to every other partof the city and the Lower Mainland? It’s assimple a question as that.

(Note: for an informative expose of whyMom and Pop businesses are an endan-gered species, watch the documentaryIndependent America: The Two-LaneSearch for Mom & Pop 2005)

Ray ArnoldRichmond

Dear Editor,I don’t have a car and I

was dumbfound to find outthat the Liberal nomination(Steveston-Richmond eastriding) meeting was beingheld in the Hamilton area.

I, for one, could not at-tend as this would havemeant leaving work earlyto get there using public

transit.I am sure many others

found themselves in thesame situation.

Now that I read about thecircus that went on at thatmeeting, I have to wonderif dirty tricks were beingplayed to ensure only acertain clique attended thenomination meeting.

I am very disappointedby the nomination of JoePeschisolido.

Although I am a Liberalmember, I will not vote forthis candidate, and I knowI am not alone in this.

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Flexibility is key to adding property value

Dear Editor,The blocking of Steveston Richmond-East candidate

Wendy Yuan leaves a couple questions. If they didn’twant her as a candidate why didn’t they say so lastMarch? Waiting until the last minute in favour of a can-didate that has a less than stellar relationship with votersdoesn’t make sense.

On the bright side, voters in Richmond now have theopportunity to split their votes in a strategic way. Rich-mond Centre Liberal candidate Lawrence Woo is a retiredaccountant who strongly believes in balanced budgetsand has spent a lifetime volunteering in the community.

NDP candidate Scott Stewart in Steveston Richmond-East spent his career serving the community as a policeofficer and now serves his country as a Canadian ArmedForces reservist.

A minority government that can pick the best policiesof all the parties could be our best option for better gov-ernment. The main reason the Conservatives have wonrecent elections here is because so many people didn’tvote. Before that, Richmond was a strong Liberal riding.

I think people in Richmond like to pick the winner andthis time around that is not going to be Stephen Harper.We can’t afford four more years of Harper’s debts and hisoil-only economic policy.

The province of B.C. and Richmond seniors cannot af-ford his proposed $36 billion in cuts to healthcare fund-ing. The richest generation in Canadian history shouldnot be passing its bills down to future generations.

Stephen Harper does not get that. When we are oldand in need of assistance, do we not want to be respect-ed by our caregivers?

Jeff PowellPolicy Chair Richmond Centre Liberals

Dear Editor,I have been following the city’s de-

bate regarding the early terminationof the Land Use Contracts (LUC) inRichmond.

I currently live in Tiffany Estates inthe Riverdale neighbourhood, whichfalls under the LUC.

Under the current rules, I wouldhave a lot more flexibility if I everdecided to re-build my home interms of scale and style.

Flexibility adds value to a propertyand removing that flexibility wouldhave a direct impact on the value ofmy property.

You only have to look at a lot thatis sub-dividable compared to onethat is not. The price difference issignificant (it is not an exaggera-tion if I say it is in the hundreds ofthousands).

As an LUC property owner, I amconcerned about the proposedearly termination. I know manyRichmond residents who have themajority of their wealth tied to theirhome and are relying on the equityto fund their retirement.

The removal of the LUC willimpact the value of your home asthe pool of potential buyers willdiminish. It means that you will berestricted in what can be built onyour lot and the restrictions arefairly limiting.

I am not a developer and do not

intend to rebuild my house any timesoon, but I might at some point.

Many families have their millen-nials living with them or have toaccommodate their elderly parents.It is a trend that is increasing.

Under the current LUC, I wouldhave another 10 years to rebuild butnow I’m looking at the prospect ofhaving to build in the next year anda half or be restricted to building ahome that is smaller than what wasbuilt back in the 1980s.

Most homes on my size lot(40x100) are around 2,400-2,500square feet.

Under the new regulations, themaximum I would be able to buildis 2,200 square feet. It would notmake economic sense to rebuild a2,200-square-foot house as a housethat size would be hard-pressed toaccommodate a multi-generationalfamily.

Most of the letters I have read orthe discussions that I have heardwere against monster homes anddevelopers looking to cash in on ahot real estate market.

I am writing this letter to say that itgoes beyond the developer demo-graphic and that these changeswill negatively impact the averageRichmond citizen.

If you are thinking of re-develop-ing your home in the future, are apensioner and have the majority of

your net worth tied into your home,looking to accommodate yourelderly parents/adult children and/or simply wanting to sell and move— you should be concerned aboutthe early termination of the LUCcontracts.

Not all LUC property owners willbuild a monster house and extractevery square inch of their allotment(I know I wouldn’t).

I would like to build a house thatworks with the aesthetics my neigh-bourhood, but also works for myevolving family.

I encourage you to do the math onhow it will affect the value of yourproperty.

Until I did the math, I supportedthe restrictions. (I actually still doas I am also in the camp that newconstruction must take into accounttheir neighbours/neighbourhoodwhen drawing up plans.)

However, that all changed when Isaw the numbers written down onpaper. The maximum house on a4,000-square-foot lot is only 2,200square feet.

Take the size of your lot and timesit by 0.55 — that will give you themaximum house built. I found iteye-opening.

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LETTERSto the Editor

See benefits of immigrationDear Editor,I am a long-time resident of Richmond,

and I would like to write to express my dis-pleasure at some changes I have observedrecently.

There has been much immigration overthe past 25 years or so, and along with thathave come cultural and social changes andan increased presence of people of Chinesedescent in this city which was previouslydominated by the descendents of anothergroup of immigrants, namely Europeans.

This new wave of immigration has broughta new level of diversity to Richmond, whichcan be observed in the variety of shopsand restaurants available, as well as in theemergence of positive additions to the city’sleisure scene, such as the Richmond NightMarket and the Chinese New Year celebra-tions.

As a mother of three children who attendpublic school and participate in numerousout-of-school activities, I witness daily in-teractions between children of more recentimmigrant backgrounds and those withmore distant immigrant roots and see that,in general, there is harmony and good willbetween residents of Richmond.

The disappointing change that I havenoticed, and which causes me to bracemyself every time I open my local paper, isthis new preponderance of negative lettersto the editor in which it seems acceptableto express a general dislike for the “newimmigrants.”

Everybody knows that by “new immi-grants” letter-writers mean “Chinese.” It isalso clear that “long-time resident” means“(probably middle-aged) white person.”

In fact, the same “long-term” residentsseem to be writing letters week after weekto air their views about the way Richmondused to be and how things are just not thesame anymore.

Week after week, I read these letters andfeel anger at the pure ignorance and lackof perspective of these “locals,” descen-dants of immigrants who likely faced similarhurdles in their adaptations to this countrypopulated by immigrants.

But more so, I feel dismay that somepeople of Chinese descent might readthese letters and believe that the hostileand xenophobic attitudes expressed inthem represents my feelings, or those of themajority. They do not.

Richmond is a wonderful place to livebecause of its diversity not in spite of it, andI for one plan to stay here for many years tocome.

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The City of Richmond intends to grant a Statutory Right of Way of approximately 323.1 squaremeters over a portion of Dyke Road legally know as Lot 1 Section 1 Block 4 North Range 4West New Westminster District Plan 46040 to Greater Vancouver Water District for $10 for thepurposes of a water main line.

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City ofRichmond Notice

Board of Variance AppointmentsRichmond City Council wishes to fill positionson the Board of Variance

Persons interested in serving on the City of Richmond’s Board ofVariance are invited to submit an application, along with a resume,to the attention of the City Clerk’s Office.

Candidates for this 3-year volunteer appointment may come froma broad background and have varied experience. Prospective Boardmembers must be able to be objective, exercise sound judgement,and work collectively to render decisions.

The Board of Variance is appointed by Richmond City Council andis responsible to provide an avenue of appeal for those propertyowners seeking a variance from certain provisions of the ZoningBylaw where compliance with the bylaw would create unduehardship. These appeals are usually in connection with the sitingof buildings or additions, the re-construction or alternation ofbuildings as a non-conforming use, and instances of hardshipresulting from the potential early termination of land use contracts.

It is expected that the 5-member Board of Variance will be veryactive in 2016 and possibly in 2017 with a regular schedule ofbi-weekly or weekly meetings. The volunteer time commitment willbe better estimated by the end of 2015.

Application forms can be obtained at the Information Desk,Main Floor, Richmond City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Road, or on theCity website at www.richmond.ca (City Hall > City Council >Boards & Committees > Advisory Bodies).

It was an all-natural feeling of euphoria that filled the airTuesday evening inside a local hotel conference hall,

during a Conservative Party of Canada gathering featuringPrime Minister Stephen Harper — the first federal partyleader to visit Richmond since the 42nd federal election wascalled.

Harper addressed a decidedly partisan crowd of severalhundred supporters, who frequently erupted in cheers,banging their blue thunder sticks and waving signs of localcandidates, including Richmond Centre incumbent Memberof Parliament Alice Wong.

“The world we live in is dangerous and unpredictable. Oureconomy and prosperity are vulnerable to things we don’tcontrol,” said Wong prior to introducing Harper.

The Prime Minister of nine years did not field questionsfrom media during the event, which ended with a CKNWradio reporter being shown the door for asking supportersquestions about marijuana legalization.

Instead, Harper took the opportunity to cater to a numberof points he’s been making early in his campaign.

He first thanked organizers, stating, “We know big eventsjust don’t organize themselves,” and followed that by drillingdown on the differences in economic philosophies betweenhim and Liberal Party of Canada leader Justin Trudeau andNew Democratic Party of Canada leader Thomas Mulcair.

He called upon his own leadership and resume as along-time head of government to get the country through

adversity.He said Canada faces “difficult choices in an unprec-

edented time of economic instability …we don’t control theprice of oil, we don’t control the price of the Chinese stockmarket or the financial mismanagement of other countries.”

Harper said Canada now has the lowest federal tax burdenin more than 50 years and his government has been themost open one ever to international free trade agreements.

He said keeping taxes low is of great importance.“One of the principles of this government is that your

money belongs to you, not the bureaucracy in Ottawa,” said

Harper before being drowned out by cheers from the crowd.Harper defended the one-size-fits-all universal childcare

benefit program, which gives equal, taxable payments to allfamilies with children, regardless of income levels.

“Justin Trudeau cannot explain how he will pay for all hisexpenditures …Do budgets balance themselves in Rich-mond?” asked Harper.

He then attacked Mulcair for promising to raise taxes on“job-creating businesses,” alluding to the country’s lowcorporate tax rates.

On resource development, Harper criticized an OntarioNDP candidate for recently stating “a lot of oil sands mayhave to be left in the ground.”

“This is the position the Mulcair NDP and the federalLiberals take regularly, coming out against projects againand again before the results of scientific environmentalassessments are even completed. When push comes toshove these two parties always, always, always play to theanti-development crowd and they’ve even taken this view tooppose LNG development,” said Harper.

He rounded out his speech stating his continued supportfor the international coalition against ISIS. He said Mulcairand Trudeau are too politically correct on the issue.

“If you cannot bring yourself to call jihadist terrorism forwhat it is, you cannot be trusted to confront it,” said Harper.

He said Mulcair has voted against every security measureproposed by his government.

Harper further defended Bill C-51, which has beenlabelled by critics as “Canada’s Patriot Act,” as it maythreaten civil liberties in attempts to monitor civilian activi-ties in the name of national security.

■ Prime Minister Stephen Harper started the Conservativecampaign in Richmond on a high note. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

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On Tuesday evening, as Steveston-Richmond East Conservative candidate

Kenny Chiu sat behind Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper during a local rally and NDPcandidate Scott Stewart worked the phonelines with constituents, newly acclaimedLiberal candidate Joe Peschisolido stoodin a nearly empty room of the HamiltonCommunity Centre while an upset crowdprotested his appointment outside.

The internal feud within the Liberal Partyof Canada in Richmond is the result of failednominee Wendy Yuan, a past two-timecandidate in Vancouver-Kingsway, accusingparty insiders, namely former MP RaymondChan, of nomination interference.

“All these members who joined the partyto believe in democracy, to believe in theright to vote and today their right was takenaway. It’s as simple as that,” said Yuan asroughly 150 people stuffed a mock ballotbox with her name.

Chan didn’t respond to requests for aninterview via party organizers from theRichmond News but denied the allegationsto the Vancouver Sun.

Outside, members waved Canadian flagsand one man sang in Chinese holding asign stating “Democracy blooms — wehope.”

Meanwhile, Peschisolido, a lawyer andformer Canadian Alliance-turned-Liberal

MP for Richmond from 2000-2004, did notcome out to greet the crowd.

Asked if the turmoil would hurt hischances, he replied:

“Not at all. It’s a 10-week campaign andpeople will be voting on the economy, theenvironment, social policies, tax reform, andlocal issues as well, such as the port author-ity…and looking at why the government hascompletely abdicated its role in the pipelineto the airport — and how a spill would mas-sively impact property values and destroymarine life. That’s what’s going to count,” hesaid, saying he didn’t know anything aboutYuan’s charges of backdoor meddling.

He said he would expect Yuan’s support-ers to vote Liberal. But Yuan wasn’t so sure.

“I don’t know who they are going to bevoting for,” she said.

The “they” is potentially thousands ofChinese-Canadians, many of them seniorsand new immigrants unable to field Englishquestions from the Richmond News.

Peschisolido noted party members don’thave to be residents or the voting age.

After resigning as the president of theriding, Peter Xie estimated of the 3,000members Yuan claims to have signed upover two years, about 90 per cent could votein the general election.

Xie said the party organizers purposefullychose the distant Hamilton Community

Centre to prevent people from coming to theceremony.

Liberal event coordinator Zoe Ferry saidshe couldn’t find a venue in the riding onsuch short notice (one week).

When asked why she didn’t consult withXie, she deferred questions to Shaun Gov-ender, executive director of the party in B.C.

Govender said, according to internal

policy, the party is not mandated to consultwith the riding’s executive on candidatechoices or venue choices. He said after theelection was called on Aug. 2, the party hadjust 48 hours to select a candidate and thensearch for a venue. The 48-hour windowis, again, an internal policy, as ElectionsCanada dictates candidates can file up to21 days before the Oct. 19 election.

! Wendy Yuan supporters gathered outside Joe Peschisolido’s nomination ceremony, protesting herfailed nomination. Graeme Wood/Richmond News.

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But it’s more than just hergood nature and cute looksattracting the attention — itis the special badge sheoften wears in public on herharnesses and vests.

It’s a blind dog badge. Andher owners, Leanne andShaun Bird, are hoping anonline petition they’ve postedwill help earn Peanut andother dogs such as her, anexemption from the City ofRichmond’s breed-specificbylaw labeling her a dan-gerous dog, a classificationwhich forces her to don amuzzle in public.

Like most dogs she’s un-comfortable with it strappedaround her face.

But in Peanut’s case, italso inhibits her spacialsenses, something she relieson heavily because of herblindness.

“It’s especially difficult forher because it blocks thosewhiskers she uses to get

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The Birds’ petition for abylaw change went onlineMonday (Aug. 10) and asof Thursday morning it hadthe support of nearly 1,600people.

The Birds got Peanut asa rescue dog when she wasjust six months old and soonnoticed she would oftenbump into things, but put itdown to clumsiness of youth.But, as she got older, seriousconcerns were raised.

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“She’s really popular inour neighbourhood andhas almost become a breedambassador,” she said. “Wehave commands we use,like ‘say hi Peanut,’ so sheknows she’s going to beintroduced to somebody.”

To view the petition, visitchange.org, click the searchtool and type “Leanne Bird.”

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former accountant is calling it quits onhis volunteer job that he’s had for 29years, working for Canada RevenueAgency (CRA) preparing income taxstatements for seniors, the unem-ployed, and those with low incomes.

“When you can’t do your best any-more, it’s time to stop,” says Starck, aresident at the Ukrainian CommunitySociety Of Ivan Franko retirementhome, a place he’s lived for the past 22years.

Starck says he was semi-retired andliving in Ladner when he spied an ad inthe newspaper calling for CRA volun-teers.

“That was 1987 and I’ve stuck withthem since then,” says the former10-handicap golfer and avid curler whorecently gave up driving because hishealth had taken a downturn — anoth-er reason why he has decided to stopthe number crunching at tax time.

“The doctors, they found some spotson my left lung. It’s cancer,” he saysmatter-of-factly, sitting in the livingroom of his neatly maintained unit hecalls his office, with a big screen TVset to a music channel streaming out1950s classics, and a desktop com-puter used mainly for tax preparation.

When he startedthe tax-filing vol-unteer work it wasall done on paper.Today, it’s mostly oncomputer.

“I had to go backto school to learnall of that so I coulde-file for people,”he says with asmile. “Doing itelectronically, it’s agreat advance. It’s alldone right, and it’sconvenient.”

He started theroad to accountancyin high school inWinnipeg — wherehis family landed from Poland in 1926.He enrolled in a business class andtook night school typing and short-hand classes. Later, he put those skillsto work as an army clerk during theSecond World War — a medical condi-tion kept him from overseas duty.

Nattily attired in a loose-fitting, grey,Ralph Lauren, long-sleeved polo shirtand perfectly creased plaid pants,Starck says during the tax seasonhe’d handle 50 to 60 returns a month.Some were done for people in hisbuilding.

Many became friends.“Oh, yes. I’d get to know them all.

I just was happy to do something forsomeone else.”

With his four children scatteredacross the country, Starck says thevolunteer work gave him purpose.

But did he ever think he’d spendclose to three decades volunteering?

“No, but in those days when I firststarted there weren’t many volunteers.And it helped keep my mind sharp.”

So did the lessons he learned earlyon as a young, articling accountantwith a tough boss who insisted he cal-culate numbers in his head for a yearbefore touching the adding calculator.

“That was the best education I everreceived.”

But now it’s time for him to pushaway the keyboard, albeit reluctantly.“I was hoping to do 30 years. I wish Icould continue working.”

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! Members of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s sustainable agriculture program have taken over the front steps of the community campus with a veg-etable garden. The campus was initially planned to be built on the Garden City Lands. Now KPU may use the lands to research food systems. From left toright: Dr. Michael Bomford, Rebecca Kilford, Grace Augustinowicz and Dr. Kent Mullinix. Below: Richard Bullock. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

Hungry for securityKwantlen Polytechnic University’s sustainable agriculture program isabout to tackle the quagmire of real estate speculation on farmland

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Every Saturday this summer, KarenoHawbolt and Kimi Hendess have set upa small stand outside Nirvana Food Mart

at the south end of No. 2 Road.There, they sell the organic produce har-

vested, largely by hand, from a four-acre plotup the road, behind a new mansion ownedby their landlord.

Slightly further up the road, a 6.2-acre plotin the provincial Agricultural Land Reserveis for sale, listed for $8.2 million. Half of theproperty is designated for residential or busi-ness use.

The sale would work out to about $1.3 mil-lion per acre, effectively pricing out anyonesuch as Kawbolt or Hendess from owningthe land they farm.

Instead, the two are forced to lease at thegoing rate of roughly $250 per acre, permonth.

While Dr. Kent Mullinix, director of theKwantlen Polytechnic University Institute forSustainable Food Systems, may be remissto call the two upstart organic farmers serfs(and he did not), he is very blunt about whatis going on in Richmond, Metro Vancouverand other parts of the province.

“That economic system is called feudal-ism,” he said.

“The issue is the farmers can’t buy land;they can’t afford it. There’s no agriculturestart-up that can service $50,000 an acrecost, let alone $300,000 (the average costof ALR land in Richmond),” said Mullinix,noting “you can’t grow enough broccoli” toservice such debt.

Without a plan to make farming more ac-cessible in the midst of irrefutable scientificevidence of climate change and pollution,the existence of healthy, sustainable andcost-efficient food is in jeopardy, expertsargue.

! Farms continue to be threatenedMullinix recently hosted a public forum

with recently fired Agricultural Land Com-mission chair Richard Bullock as the guestspeaker. Bullock also described the situationbluntly.

“We’ve got to take the speculative valueout of farmland, and my concern is we weremoving down that road but some recentchanges may have given hope to speculatorsagain,” said Bullock.

Those changes are recent reforms to theAgricultural Land Commis-sion, the provincial author-ity that manages the ALR.A loosening of some rulesis allowing more business-related infrastructure on ALRland, noted Coun. HaroldSteves, who has repeatedlyclaimed much of Richmond’sfarmland is being bought byforeign investors — althoughno one has yet proven that.

“The (buyers) don’t evenknow it’s farmland and thatthey can’t develop it,” saidSteves, who has told citycouncil how some in the realestate sector are marketingfarmland for future develop-ment.

Some of that develop-ment is already happening,however, with the building of

mansions along the street front.Not only do the houses ruin the land for

farming in perpetuity (or at least the 100years required to build the soil back up),they also alter the public’s perception offarming in the community, said Hendess.

“The houses block out views and the

public loses the understanding that there’sfarming going on and there’s something toprotect. And so, when they can see farmingthey’re more connected to it, I think,” shesaid.

According to Metro Vancouver researchfrom 2011, roughly 25 percent of the ALR in the regionis not being farmed. Anotherquarter is unusable (parks,golf courses, roads) and thehalf that is farmed accountsfor 27 per cent of B.C.’s farmreceipts.

“You’re on top of some ofthe finest agriculture today inthe province,” said Bullock.

! KPU researching landvalue

Mullinix intends to bring clarity to what hasdriven up ALR land value and who owns theland.

A research project this fall has been madepossible by a federal grant funded by theSocial Science and Humanities ResearchCouncil with the City of Richmond and theCity of Surrey as partners, given both citieshave urban development fronting ALR land.

“We will also calculate what people wouldhave to pay for commonly produced andconsumed foods from farmers in Richmondand Surrey if consumers paid for thesefoods at a rate that would allow farmers topurchase ALR land and service the debt,”added Mullinix.

In the spring of 2016, KPU in Richmondwill graduate its first cohort of students in theBachelors of Applied Science in sustainableagriculture program.

The program is focused on studying foodsystems and their impacts on both local and

global food security. Graduatesmay become anything fromfarmers, teachers, resourcemanagers, and governmentand non-profit employees.

Among the students areGrace Augustinowicz and Re-becca Kilford, who tentativelyplan to become an educatorand policy planner, respec-tively.

“I want to change our foodsystem and create a moreequal balance because thescale is so out of whack from

the farmers to production,” said Kilford.

! Food (in)securityExperts in the field note that there are a

number of reasons why it’s important tomaintain local agricultural, from health andenvironmental benefits to global and nationalsecurity.

“Our potential to have an impact on theenvironment with the way we eat is tre-mendous,” said KPU instructor Dr. MichaelBomford, who said as much as 15 per centof energy consumption is related to the waywe eat.



“ “Our potential to havean impact on theenvironment with theway we eat is tremen-dous.

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! Anita Georgy, the new director of the Richmond Food Security Society, is challenging Richmondites to eat locally in the last week of August. She hopesto raise $10,000 for community gardening and other local food initiatives. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

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And while much attention has been puton “food miles” in one’s diet, Bomfordadds that “we need to look at the wholesystem and that includes the process-ing and packaging of food and how weprepare food in our kitchens.”

Bomford has also studied the foodsystem’s impact on climate change, not-ing livestock contributes to greenhousegases (14.5 per cent of all human-causedGHGs, according to the United Nations in2013).

Those gases are warming the world,causing climate change.

Whether one believes that suchgases are causing California’s repeateddroughts, Steves said the state’s waterproblems are reason enough to keepand ameliorate farmland in B.C. grantedroughly 65-70 per cent of the fruits andvegetables British Columbians eat comefrom there.

State statistics show declining reservoirsand aquifers over the past decade.

“Major producing areas are sufferingfrom drought. They’re also suffering fromelevated temperatures. The fact is bothfactors will render these major productionareas unable to produce in the future,”warned Mullinix.

! Food prices rising three timesfaster than all other costs

Statistics Canada shows overall foodprices rising faster than the ConsumerPrice Index: From June 2014 to June2015, CPI was 1.0 while food rose by 3.4per cent (fresh meat, a water-intensiveproduct, rose 12.7 per cent).

“We can continue to pay more andmore and more for scarce goods or we

can developthe capacityhere to growit,” said Mul-linix.

Thismonth, an-other projectaims totackle localfood securityand examinethe gaps inRichmond’slocal foodsystem.

The Richmond Food Security Societyis hosting the Richmond Eats challenge(Raiseathon.ca/RichmondEats) wherebyparticipants may only eat food grown orraised on Lulu Island from Aug. 24 to 30.

It’s the first major public event for thesociety’s new director Anita Georgy.

“It’s about raising awareness for localfarmers and for us, in the community,to connect with local food and to get intouch with the seasonality of food, anddiscover gaps in the food system.

And it will be an opportunity to look atissues of food security, such as what arethe prices of things in Richmond andwhat is available organically,” she said.

The challenge allows for participants tohave three “cheat” items, such as cook-ing oil, bread or tofu.

A list of local farms will help peoplesource their food.

! Getting more boots on theground

Finding enough farmers such as Haw-bolt and Hendess may not be an issue forthe handful of participants in the chal-lenge but it could be for the community atlarge, according to long-time farmer BillZylmans.

“We’re not seeing the outsiders comingin. And a lot of farmer sons and daugh-ters are leaving the farms because theywant an easier lifestyle,” he said, notingmedium-sized farms are replacing thesmaller operations over time.

Zylmans said the regular stresses offarming have been compounded by thefact it’s only realistic to lease land in theLower Mainland.

At Sweet Digz, Hendess said they werelucky to get a five-year lease as most own-ers will not lease for more than one year,if at all, making small operations difficultto hold on to.

Mullinix said owners like leasing landbecause of the tax breaks but Hawboltsaid on smaller lots the breaks are a“drop in the bucket” compared to nothaving to deal with a lease.

There are things that can be done toprevent land speculation, said Mullinix.For instance, many provinces in Canadaplace restrictions on foreign investment infarmland, as does China and a number ofEuropean countries.

With China feeding one billion people,Bullock notes, “no place else in the worldtreats their land like we do.”

On a smaller scale, Hawbolt notes thecity could set special agricultural waterrates to assist local operations.

As well, programs such as KPU’s “farmincubator” lends students half-acre plotsas testing grounds.

The now retired Bullock concluded,“This is something we need three timesa day. We gotta eat and the closer we getthe food, the better.”

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! With the constant evolution of books comes these outdoor bookcupboards. You can take a book, bring a book, and keep the bookalive, despite the e-book. Photo submitted.

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Postwar: Demand, prices roseWorld War II had a

significant effect on bookpublishing — paper ration-ing, air raids that destroyedpublishers’ stock, at thesame time that the public’sappetite for reading grewenormously.

Prices for paper and printrose steeply during post-war years, and paperbacksbecame the most affordableform for books.

In the last decades,we’ve seen another crisisin the book world. E-booksand online vendors suchas Amazon have dealt awounding blow to inde-pendent book stores andtraditional printing.

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Iwill soon be heading back to my home in Dubai. For thelast two months, I have been living here in Richmond,

working as an intern, first for the Richmond Review andnow the Richmond News.

It’s been a treat to be here. The weather alone hasmade it a wonderful experience. Summers in Dubai arehot and humid. Today’s high, for example, is 42 degreesCelsius with 40 per cent humidity.

In just two weeks, I’ll be surrounded by that hot humid-ity, once again. But before I go, I would like to share amemory from my first week living in this pretty city.

So here I go.It was a Tuesday afternoon. I was waiting at the parking

lot outside the car of my friend, Saira Baji, as she gother son out of his carseat into his stroller. As I waited,the sun’s rays sunk into my skin, warm and relaxing.I noticed the silent river humming in its own rhythm,slightly touching the shore before retrieving back. Thewind lightly brushed against my face, which was peekingout of my hijab.

I heard a sweet laughter. Upon turning around, Icaught sight of my friend’s son, Noah, settled in hisstroller. His chubby cheeks pushed to the side, while histiny teeth flashed at me.

His brown, marble eyes set against his soft tan skin.Once he was set in his stroller, we rolled our way towardswhat felt like heaven.

The blue sky cooled my eyes. The air was light andfresh, unlike Dubai’s which is humid and dusty. I selfishlygathered a huge bulk of air into my lungs, and slowly letit free.

There was greenery everywhere, vivid and gorgeous. Isaw many people strolling around. I noticed their faces,vibrant and happy. Our path slightly curved to the left, ina huge semi-circle, the water lapping around it. Finally,a big blue and yellow sign reading “Pajo’s” came intofocus.

“So there it is!” cheered Saira Baji.As we approached, a mouth watering aroma hit me

from the shack. It was classic fish n’ chips.Looking at the menu, Saira Baji suggested I try the spe-

ciality of Canada, the halibut. Anything for fish! I instantlyagreed.

As I turned to walk away from the outlet, the red colourflashed at me. It stood beautifully in the sun. I could notresist staring. My heart bounced with happiness. SairaBaji’s voice distracted me.

“It’s a self service,” she said. Oh right, Dubai’s waiterservices had spoiled me.

After gathering the food, we made our way towards oneof the picnic tables. We sat and nibbled at our food whileenjoying the delicious, tender meat. The halibut wasgolden-brown and crispy, just perfectly made. The friespoked out of the cone-shaped plate as if volunteering tobe eaten next.

Every once in a while, my gaze floated towards it. I keptadmiring the splendid, red metal. It reflected the sunrays as if beckoning me.

The scenery from our table was mesmerizing. It was asif I had stepped into a soft-coloured tapestry. Calm waterat the shore, with the ferozi blue sky sprinkled with whiteclouds, each making the other more resplendent.

The trees and grass added a touch of nature to it. Thesun caressed my face and hands. I will be missing thiswhen I get back to Dubai. I wanted to absorb it all withinme.

As we were about to leave, I wanted one last glance atthe red. I turned to look at it.

Oh no! It was gone.Searching around, I caught sight of it whizzing away on

it’s two wheels. My heart sank, but a brave voice withinme said, “One day I will buy a red bicycle, and I will rideit along Garry Point, racing the wind, to be rewarded withanother bite of Pajo’s.”

! As she prepares to head back to Dubai, News intern FatimaRiaz recalls her first experience in Richmond this summer. FatimaRiaz/Richmond News.

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! Jennifer Dalmir with her youngest daughter Layla Belle McCay.Layla sparkles a joyful laugh when her two sisters (out of scene)count to three to grab her attention. Fatima Riaz/Special to theNews.

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Mom credits Easter Seals as integral part of support system

Having disabilities is not a choice.Neither was it for Layla Belle McCay.

Born with a cleft palate and two of hertoes webbed, her parents knew some-thing was wrong.

It turned out that Layla had delayedkubuki syndrome. Her mother, JenniferDalmir said it’s a “rare genetic switch”when Layla was still in her womb.

Sitting in her cozy home, watchingLayla, now seven years old, giggle andlay on her back paddling her legs in theair, Dalmir recalled an old memory.

She said infant Layla and herself wentto a Parent-Child Mother Goose pro-gram, especially for disabled children.

“Layla was in pink, all dressed up andI was sitting at one corner of the roomholding her,” she said, adding when ev-eryone came inside with their children,she was frightened because all the otherinfants looked different.

“I thought my child is normal, we donot belong here.” But she made herselfstay and come to terms with the fearand uncertainty about having a childwith special needs.

Dalmir and her husband decided toend their marriage. “Identifying ourneeds, the two of us decided to parentseparately.”

Dalmir is now a single mother but stillgets financial help from Layla’s dad. She

is not only Layla’s mother but also hercare provider.

“Her needs predominate my world.Most of my time, I stay home and lookafter her,” said Dalmir.

Layla’s brain did not develop properlywhen she was in the womb, hence hereyes cannot communicate properly withher brain, resultingin impaired vision.Also, Layla’s spinalmuscles don’t workproperly.

“Layla loves her sis-ters,” Dalmir said.

She is attracted tomusic and adoresnature.

Her mother’s wor-ries vanished duringa camping trip when Layla adapted tothe environment really well.

“Gone are the days when I used tomatch her to a development chart.For Layla, it’s like comparing applesto oranges. Her pace of developing isfascinating.”

Unable to speak out her frustration,Layla either hits or bites herself whenshe is hungry, tired or if she needs adiaper change, said Dalmir.

“It’s tricky to identify where pain iscoming from. My biggest challenge ishelping her find ways to best communi-cate with all of us,” said Dalmir.

She added that Layla is well-resourcedby the ministry. She has a custom-builtwheelchair, and a standing chair that

helps her stand in different positions.Now seven, she is still unable to walk,

crawl, or sit on her own, but she doesrespond to people and sounds, saidDalmir. She engages in play with toysand uses the base of her hand to highfive others, she added.

In September, little Layla will soon rideher wheelchair toschool along with hersisters.

After graduatingfrom the two-yearTree House programat Richmond Societyfor Community Living,Layla will have a part-time assistant whowill work with her.

“Even the childrenhave integrated her nicely,” said Dalmir.“I do think she will be able to speak,and walk and take a few steps.

“I am Layla’s legs. I am sure that sheand I will be together for a long, longtime.

“I am so well-supported, and I feelthat I have a strong ground beneath myfeet because I am accessing and utiliz-ing these resources.”

Dalmir hopes other parents will feelcomfortable asking questions as thatcan “bring down walls of fear andshame within society.”

She fundraises for the Easter Seal’sDrop Zone program, which has been aninstrumental part of her support system.

FATIMARIAZContributor

■ Richmond Firefighters’ Society donated money to buy three specialized bicycles for youth at Rich-mond Society for Community Living. Fatima Riaz/Special to the News.

COMMUNITY in Focus

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young people involved withRichmond Society for Com-munity Living (RSCL) YouthConnection program.

Richmond Firefighters’Society donated $3,000 toRSCL to buy three special-ized bicycles for the youth.

Steveston Bicycle and Mo-bility donated the fourth bike.

Lisa Cowell, manager ofRSCL, said that summer

meant the youth would be atthe Connection Program forfull days, so it was that muchmore important they hadthe bikes to ride within theenclosed area.

The three-wheel cycles“provide improved stabilityfor participants who havemobility challenges,” addedCowell.

The theft of similar bicyclesin June left the organizationstranded, as they did nothave enough money to pur-chase new ones. The thieves

had cut through the locks.After learning about the

theft, the firefighters wereeager to help and decided todonate money.

Cory Parker, president ofthe firefighters society said,“when we hear of somethinglike this, we try to jump on itright away. Someone thinksthey are in need of us and wecan try and help out.”

RSCL provides servicesto fit the unique needs ofindividuals with developmentdisabilities.

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■ Mark Strong, head pro, lines up tees forputting. Graeme Wood/Richmond News.

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Putting exercises help improve stroke

This week I can report two significantdevelopments from the Richmond

Country Club.First, I shot an 88 (plus-16) in one

round, besting my end-of-Septembergoal by one stroke and shooting betterthan bogey golf for the first time ever ona full course. (Can I only mention my 41(plus-five) on the back nine?)

Second, I have become the quintes-sential whining golfer, full of excusesand contempt for mistakes that are, forall intents and purposes, my own fault.

Over four days, I shot three rounds,with the middle round being the afore-mentioned 88. However, it was the thirdround that came back to bite me in mybutt. I fell apart and shot 100, my firsttriple-digit round in some time. I cameback to the clubhouse as if I had myhead in the sand, when in fact the onlything in the sand that round was myball.

The excuses abounded: The mosqui-toes were biting me; other golfers weredistracting me (my “scouts honour”round of 88 came golfing alone); it waswindy; I hadn’t eaten.

However, associate pro Graham Og-den told me that it was probably fatigue.

Of course! Fatigue. Let me just file thatone in the old cabinet.

To be fair, I probably was a bit run

down. That much golf in such a shortamount of time does test your musclesin ways that players like me — whodon’t play routinely — aren’t used to.

Putting exercises to improveSandwiched in between rounds was

a lesson on putting from head pro MarkStrong. There are two major factors youneed to consider when putting: speedand direction.

In order to reach your target withthe right distance, you want to have con-sistent momentum. Strong told me youdon’t want to let gravity take control ofthe club, but rather you should assumesome control when the putter is comingdown.

Treat your swing like a pendulum;the higher you raise it, the further theball will go when it comes down. But,keep the momentum consistent so you

can better judge your distance as timeprogresses. Meanwhile, keep your eyesheld over the ball and the ball centre toyour feet, if not slightly ahead.

There are some exercises you can doto improve your putting at the local driv-ing range or practice greens.

For one, take three balls and hit themwithout looking where they go. Thentake a guess as to where they are.

When you start guessing right, you’relikely to have a better mental under-standing of your physical movements.

Another fun game is to put four orfive tees in a row from six to 20 feet out,spaced evenly apart. Then try hitting aball into each “zone.”

Strong says a player like me should bemaking two-putts on about 90 per centof my 20-foot shots.

For now, I am relying on my eyes toread greens and how the ball reacts.I’m actually fairly cerebral with my as-sessments, so these lessons should dogood things in improving the technicalaspects of my stroke.

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Try and stump Geoffrey Webb with aproblem and he’ll likely give you a huge

“thank-you” when he provides the solution.That’s because Webb, founder of Rich-

mond’s Daedalus Technologies back in1986, has been developing “fixes” in theform of specialized brackets and mountsfor wheelchairs to support all manner ofequipment to assist the disabled. And whenthere’s a solution, it’s added to the firm’sever-increasing catalogue of parts.

“Years ago I used to say that we couldsolve 80 per cent of the problems 80 percent of the time. I think we’re probably abovethat 80 per cent now,” said Webb with asmile.

The growing repertoire of parts to providenear-custom solutions means the likeli-hood of more satisfiedcustomers who rely on thealuminum and stainlesssteel products to holdexpensive, and sometimesdelicate, communica-tions devices, such as aspeech synthesizer usedby celebrated theoreticalphysicist Stephen Hawkingwho also happens to be acustomer.

It’s support equipmentsuch as that which Dae-dalus will have on displayas one of the exhibitorsat Saturday’s (Aug. 15) Technology FairThrough a Disability Lens event presentedby Richmond Centre for Disability at theExecutive Airport Plaza Hotel and Confer-ence Centre.

Just like the narrow market Daedalusserves, the background and qualificationsrequired to bring the solutions to life werealso specialized. But Webb fit the bill.

“I am both a machinist toolmaker, so Iknow how to make things,” he said, “andI’m also a PhD biological chemist, so I cantalk to scientists and researchers. And if they

wanted something made, I’d makeit.”

Mainly tasked with constructingcomplex machinery for research-ers and educational institutions,Daedalus switched directions afterWebb’s reputation prompted aninquiry requesting a way to attachan electronic voice synthesizer to awheelchair.

“Sunnyhill Hospital (now knownas Sunny Hill Health Centre forChildren) had an order for eight ofthe (voice) devices from the manu-facturer in the U.S., and it wascontingent on them being attachedto a wheelchair,” Webb said. “So,I started designing the system andworked with the therapists at Sun-nyhill for months.”

With a successful solution found,the company pushed the scientificequipment aside and focused oncomponents for the wheelchair

mounting sys-tems.

But there were challeng-es. As much as findinga solution to a bracket-mounting problem wascritical, so was the cost inmanufacturing the “fix.”

“The trick in most metalmanufacturing is beingable to make the part,which performs a function,quickly enough so thatthe cost is not completelyintolerable,” Webb said,

adding that part of the solution he foundwas having a wide variety of standardizedcomponents that can be put together in acombination to provide as near a custom fitas possible.

And that can be critical since some new,communications technologies require exactplacing in front of users in order to work totheir optimum levels.

“A lot of the modern equipment workson what is called Eye Gaze which tracks aperson’s eyes,” Webb said. “So, the com-puter screen has to be mounted very stably,

precisely in front of where the person cansee because, perhaps, they can’t move therest of their body, only their eyes.

“We can achieve that because we have somany bits and pieces.”

Currently, the company’s catalogue hasmore than 600 components, said DawnDrewery, the firm’s business manager.

“That’s enough to solve pretty much anysituation,” she said.

And when a solution is achieved, it canoften be pretty profound.

Webb recalled one from early in the com-pany’s history when sales focused mostly onthe educational system in the U.S.

There, users of wheelchair-mounted voicesynthesizers were only allowed to use thecostly devices in the classroom setting andnot allowed to take them home unless theyhad a proper, wheelchair-mounting system.

After selling the correct mounts to indi-vidual customers for a while, Webb saidhe received a letter from a family who hadbought a Daedalus bracket system.

“It was from a family with a child who wasjust 12-years-old and was allowed to taketheir communication device home,” Webbsaid. “And for the first time in his life this

The trick in most metalmanufacturing is being ableto make the part, whichperforms a function, quicklyenough so that the cost isnot completely intolerable.– G W

BUSINESSIn Focus

Making theright solution

! Geoffrey Webb, along withDawn Drewery, try out a speechdevice fitted to a wheelchairwith a special bracket designedand made by Daedalus Tech-nologies Inc. Photo by PhilipRaphael/Richmond News

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! An example of the variety of brackets Daedalus Technol-ogies produces for wheelchairs at its manufacturing facilityon Vauxhall Way. Photo submitted

! Part of the 50 water slides at ZhengzhouYinji Kaifeng Waterpark in Henan, China builtby Whitewater West Industries that makeit the country’s largest waterpark. Photosubmitted

! YVR’s Craig Richmond (right) shakeshands with Jing Yiming, president of Shang-hai Airport Authority. Photo submitted

East Richmond’s WhiteWater Westhad made a big splash in China. Thedesigner and builder of water slides isthe sole supplier of attractions in thatcountry’s largest waterpark — Zheng-zhou Yinji Kaifeng Waterpark in Henan.

The $29 million contract for the parkwhich opened July 1, provides enter-tainment on close to 50 watersides,three custom AquaPlay structures,three wave pools, two wave rivers and adouble-sized FlowRider that allows surf-ing on a perfect stream of water.

The park can accommodate as manyas 47,000 visitors — 15,000 indoorsand 32,000 outdoors — at peak capac-ity each day.

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YVR increased its ties with the AsiaPacific air travel market after signing amemorandum of understanding with theShanghai Airport Authority.

The deal is designed to jointly developair services, cultural exchanges andbusiness opportunities.

It’s also meant to encourage YVR andSAA to share knowledge and learn fromone another. It supports working togetheron projects that will benefit both organi-zations’ respective airports including huband cargo development, planning, com-mercial management and service qualityevaluation. In addition, the agreementencourages cross-marketing opportuni-ties.

“We are very excited about this agree-ment with Shanghai Airport Authority,”said Craig Richmond, President & CEO,Vancouver Airport Authority. “YVR is con-tinuing to make strong progress towardsbetter serving the Chinese market andclose partnerships with world class orga-nizations like Shanghai Airport Authorityensure that we grow and strengthenVancouver’s air connections betweenAsia and the Americas.”

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The new MX-5 is a bril-liant little car, nimble, light,quick; all the appeal of theoriginal wrapped up in apackage that meets mod-ern requirements but hasthe soul of the original. Butit doesn’t really matter.

No, as good as the newND-chassis Miata is, it’snot going to save Mazda.It simply doesn’t have theroom to carry the company— and while many havefallen in love with the best-selling roadster ever made,we all have more practicalneeds to consider.

Enter the need for acrossover. Yawn. Cross-overs? Boring.

But wait. What’s this? Isit... fun?

The recipe’s all wrong:front-wheel-drive, four-cyl-inder, automatic transmis-sion, and a needlesslyjacked up suspension. Itshould be dull.

But here’s the thing, thislittle lightly powered cross-over manages to be morefun to drive than severalso-called sports coupes.It’s a Miata-with-a-backpack,and it justmight bethe saviourMazdaneeds.

DesignFirst

impres-sions areexcellent. Mazda’s new de-sign language has alreadyproduced the great-lookingMazda6 sedan, and turnedthe stalwart Mazda3 intoa sort of Japanese Alfa-Romeo.

Here, it gives a compactcrossover the sort of freshand modern look the veryfirst Mazda3 had when ithit showrooms in 2004.

The front is dominated bythe shield-shaped corpo-rate grille, and the juttinglower portion of the fasciagives the little CX-3 a bitof a growly character. LEDdaytime running lightsbleed into the chromesurround of the grille, acue perhaps cribbed fromBMW.

The floating roof out backis a nice touch, and makesthe CX-3 look even smallerthan it is.

The body-lines are twooverlapping swoopingcurves, and give the cara hunchy, just-about-to-

pounce, demeanour.The base CX’s get a

standard 16” alloy, whichcould maybe benefit froma slightly better-lookingpattern.

The GT versions get an18” which looks great, butwill cost you more when itstime to swap tires.

EnvironmentApart from the iPad-

glued-to-the-dash lookof the infotainment, thelook of the CX-3’s inte-rior exceeds pretty muchanything in its class, andcould go toe-to-toe withentry-level luxury like theMercedes-Benz GLA.

Little details, such as thecolour accents throughoutthe cabin and the singlehorizontal air vent, give thislittle crossover an upscale

feel.Slide

behind thewheel andMazda’scrossoverfeels verymuch adriver’scar. Handsautomati-cally graspthe wheel

at the correct 9-and-3position, and the seat feelsnicely bolstered.

Rearward visibility isn’twonderful, but the sidemirrors are large enough tohandle the issue.

Adopting a more relaxedposition, I rest my right el-bow on... nothing. There’sno armrest here, it’s adealer accessory.

Pretty as it is, the littleMazda has a few ergonom-ic quirks.

The cupholders, forinstance, are mountedalmost exactly where yourelbows go.

Here, too, the CX-3 is justlike its droptop cousin; inthat the cupholders are anafterthought as well.

Smartphone storage is abit more of a mixed bag,with a small tray up frontthat’ll work for most folks,but is too small for largerphones.

■ The newMazda CX-3crossover issurprisinglyfun to drive,more so thanseveral so-called sportscoupes.Photosubmitted

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Red light: Small interior, could handle more power for highway

Still, dual USB outlets arehandy.

Cabin space in the rearis quite small — if you’rea young parent, stick withthe CX-5. The trunk has atwo-position floor, so is nar-row but usefully-sized.

PerformanceUnder its long hood,

the CX-3 gets the same2.0L four-cylinder engineas found in the Mazda3.Thanks to some packagingconsiderations, it makes alittle less power: 146hp and146lb.ft of torque.

That’s hardly about toset the world on fire, butpaired with the quick-shifting 6-speed automatictransmission, the CX-3 feelssprightly off the line. Asan urban runabout, it’s gotplenty of scoot. It soundspretty good too.

On the highway, the mainimpression is that Mazda’sreally done a good job incontrolling noise, vibration,and harshness.

The CX-3 is a smoothcruiser, even with its shortwheelbase. As a commuter,it’ll do the job too.

But where this little truck-let really comes alive is atthe weekend on a wrigglymountain backroad. It is ahoot, a dive-in-the-cornersmomentum machine thatabsolutely loves to dance.

Steering assist is electric,so there’s not a ton of feel,but in all other respects, theCX-3 drives like a moderninterpretation of the Pro-tege5.

Remember that useful lit-tle wagon? In the same way,this machine doesn’t havebig power, but it makes themost of it.

So, we’re talking aboutan automatic-equippedcrossover that puts a grin onyour face?

You bet, and with plenty ofgrip and a faithfully com-posed chassis, the CX-3 isactually surprisingly quickthrough the corners.

It eggs you on, a willingco-conspirator for backroadshenanigans.

Frankly, Mazda should im-mediately start figuring outhow to turn this car into thenext Mazdaspeed machine.

Add some turbochargingpep and it could really putthe hurt on higher-dollarmachinery. As it is, it’s asingle-serving-sized barrel-of-laughs.

FeaturesMazda’s infotainment

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There’s a single rotarycontroller, BMW-style, andnavigating through themenus is easy. Navigation isa dealer-installed accessory.

Fuel economy figuresare a claimed 8.2 litresper 100 kilometres cityand 6.7 L/100 km highwayfor the front-wheel-drive,and 8.8 L/100 km city and7.3 L/100km highway forall-wheel-drive. Observedmileage in mixed drivingwas right on the money.

Green LightGreat looks, inside and

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Stop SignSmallish interior; some

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The Checkered FlagMost of the fun of a Miata,

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seven-million-dollar Lulu Island Winerywith its six tasting rooms is on WestminsterHighway, just east of No. 7 Road.

Owner and winemaker John Chang, of-fers visitors a broad range of VQA Okana-gan wines, including elegant ice wine.

To add more of a local angle, he alsoproduces fruit wines from Richmond’sblueberry fields and Abbotsford’s rasp-berry patches.

Chang has used his Taiwanese back-ground to make strong trade connectionswith Asia. He exports 80 per cent of thewines, mainly to China, Japan, and Taiwanand heavily promotes winery tours forAsian visitors.

Chang has won The BC New-CanadianEntrepreneur Award as well as The BestPartner of Tourism Richmond and thereare always tour coaches bringing eagertourists to the winery.

General Manager Gayle Morris recentlyguided me through Lulu Island Winery’sspacious premises and offered me a tast-ing of their wines.

I began with their Riesling Chardonnayice wine, the most elegant of the bunchand a Gold Medal Winner in China.

Morris described the dessert wine as“having a honey-like colour with a hon-eyed aroma and flavour, plus a taste oflychee and apple.”

She added, “It is awesome with soft fruitlike kiwi or soft Brie.”

At $69 for this 375 mL bottle, Mor-ris pointed out one of the reasons for itspremium cost.

“It takes three to five pounds of grapesto make one bottle of white table wine.But it takes 30 to 35 pounds of grapesto make a 375mL bottle of the RieslingChardonnay ice wine!”

Another white I enjoyed was the 2013Pinot Gris ($25.95), which is like a liquidfruit salad with aromas of peach, pear, andhoney.

It’s off-dry, not sweet like a dessert wine,but sweeter than many white table wines.I liked the rich texture in the mouth, theintensity of flavours and the refreshingacidity that toned down some of the sweet-ness.

Switching to reds, I was fond of the LuluIsland Shiraz for $26.95. Smooth withplenty of ripe blue and black fruit flavourand a delicious chocolate mocha charac-ter.

Gayle recommends serving it with acurry. I’ll have Lamb Rogan Josh with myShiraz, if you please.

Among the fruit wines, I was pleasantlysurprised at how much I enjoyed the Blue-berry Wine ($28.95).

I normally expect fruit wines to be sweet,thin and acidic.

But this wine was dry, had good bodylike a Shiraz, and was mellow without anyrough edges.

Produced from Johal’s Blueberry Farmon #6 Road, it was full of dark fruitflavours and had clove accents to addcomplexity.

Gayle recommends making a blueberrybarbecue sauce with it to pour over roastboar or other wild game.

Or for Sunday Brunch, add some LuluIsland Blueberry wine to Prosecco or othersparkling wine.

Lulu Island Winery at 16880 Westmin-ster Highway, is open seven days a weekfrom 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Tastings are complementary and tourscan be purchased through Groupon.

Eric Hanson is a life-long Richmond resi-dent, retired teacher and wine educator

■ Lulu Island Winery offers premium wines, such as, a Riesling Chardonnay ice wine. The dessertwine goes for $69 a bottle. Photo submitted.

■ Used byvoyageurs totransport fursand Westerngoods, an11-metreMontreal canoelike this wouldhave held upto 3,650 kilo-grams of freightand had just 15centimetres offreeboard whenfully loaded.Photo by JohnMasters.

A taste of the Okanagan exists right in our backyard

Canadianmuseumcelebrates the canoe in itsmanyguisesPeterborough’s many rivers and lakes make it perfect for exhibit

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Samuel de Champlain, “father of NewFrance” and founder of Quebec City,

made many discoveries during his early-17th-century explorations of North America.

Among them: that European vessels wereill-suited to the turbulent rivers of the NewWorld, but the birch-bark canoe, “light andelegant as a seagull when it skims the sum-mer waves,” he said, was perfect.

The canoe in its many manifestations iscelebrated at the Canadian Canoe Museumin Peterborough, Ontario.

Peterborough (pop. 80,000), 125 kilome-tres northeast of Toronto, is a good choicefor such an exhibition.

The region is full of just the sort of lakesand rivers the craft is meant for. For acentury, beginning in the 1850s, Peterbor-ough and the surrounding area were hometo numerous canoe factories. A few smallshops continue the tradition.

On two floors and over 3,700 squaremetres, the museum displays 120 canoesand tells their stories, beginning with thosepaddled by indigenous peoples: a 12-metredugout, hollowed from a red cedar trunk,used to hunt whales off Canada’s westcoast; a birch-bark one like those Cham-plain admired; a seal-skinned kayak fromJames Bay.

A panel explains that west-coast canoepaddles served many purposes: as weap-ons (pointed ones), to dig clams, for drink-ing fresh water from, in signalling (a raised

paddle when approaching shore alwaysmeant peace and respect) and, when beatagainst the side of the canoe, to enhancesongs.

First Nations (native) peoples also usedthe canoe for trade, something the Europe-ans expanded on.

The voyageurs, who exchanged furs forWestern goods, built sturdy craft 8-17metres long. An example on display showsan 11-metre-long canot du maître (Montreal

canoe) that would carry up to3,650 kilograms of freight and have just 15centimetres of freeboard when loaded.

As their boats traversed Great Lakes, wildrivers and as far south as the Mississippi,“voyageurs needed 5,000 calories a day towork efficiently,” we learn.

They lived largely on pemmican — driedbuffalo meat. Each man ate 0.7 kilos of theleathery stuff a day, which the display help-fully converts for us: “the equivalent of five

boxes of Kraft Dinner or eleven ‘Big Macs’.”The museum also shows off canoes

designed for speed, pleasure and sailing,prospectors and police. We learn aboutcourting canoes, specially constructedmodels that sometimes had a gramophonebuilt in.

Visitors can see boats being made onboth floors: a Montreal canoe upstairs, anda modern craft in the Living Tradition Work-shop on the main level.

Near the workshop is a glass case withthe yellow buckskin jacket former Canadianprime minister (and avid outdoorsman)Pierre Trudeau famously wore while pad-dling a canoe (also on show).

The museum plans to move to new, largerquarters by the Peterborough Lift Locksin 2017 (although that may be optimis-tic). With luck, the new premises will addinformation for non-locals about historicPeterborough-area canoe factories, and in-clude — how could they have left it out? —the well-known quote by Canadian authorPierre Berton:

“A Canadian is someone who knows howto make love in a canoe.”

For more information, visit the CanadianCanoe Museum at www.canoemuseum.ca, or to read about travel in Ontario, visitOntario Tourism Marketing Partnership atwww.ontariotravel.net. More travel stories atwww.culturelocker.com.

John MastersMeridian Writers’ Group

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3. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to skillet, and stir in the shallots. Cook 1 minute. Addrice, stirring to coat with oil, about 2 minutes. When the rice has taken on a pale,golden color, pour in wine, stirring constantly until the wine is fully absorbed.Add 1/2 cup broth to the rice, and stir until the broth is absorbed. Continueadding broth 1/2 cup at a time, stirring continuously, until the liquid is absorbedand the rice is al dente, about 15 to 20 minutes.

4. Remove from heat, and stir in mushrooms with their liquid, butter, chives, andparmesan. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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