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Next stop: Steveston’s washrooms

The need to comply with aWorkSafeBC washroom rule for itsbus drivers has forced TransLink tosublet a former auto parts businessin Steveston.For years, drivers of the busy

410 route (a three-hour roundtrip between Richmond and NewWestminster) that starts andterminates in the village have beenusing local businesses’ facilities,such as Subway on Chatham Street,which were paid a fee by TransLinkto allow its employees washroomaccess.But it’s understood that

agreement has been canned (it’s notclear by which party). The publictransit operator — having kickedthe tires on renting a washroom

trailer and placing it in the parkinglot on Chatham— has now signed adeal to sublet the near-2,000 squarefeet former Lordco office at 3740Chatham, next door to Subway,which has been closed for aroundtwo months.TransLink’s manager of media

relations, Cheryl Ziola, told theNews on Thursday that a subleasehas been signed with Lordco untilthe end ofAugust for a “discounted”$3,612 per month.“Unless we find another

(washroom) solution, we willbe looking into taking on a new,five-year lease at the premisesafter August,” said Ziola, whocouldn’t reveal due to “commercialsensitivity” how much TransLinkwas paying Subway previously.“One of the issues we had with

the previous arrangement was that

local businesses in Steveston tend toclose at around 4 p.m. or 5 p.m., soour options were limited.“We looked at renting a

washroom trailer and placing it onthe parking lot near the terminus,but it was $6,000 per month aloneto rent the trailer and it was doubtfulwe’d be getting permission fromthe city or the parking lot owneranyway.”With 410 buses filing through the

Steveston terminus every five-sixminutes in peak mornings, ZiolacitedWorkSafeBC rules regardingemployees access to washrooms asthe need to set up a more permanentrest-stop for its drivers.WorkSafeBC states that

washroom access needs to be within200 feet of the stop and, if thereare more than nine employees,there needs to be at least one male

and female washroom— and atleast two toilets in each washroomif there are between 10 and 24employees.

The drivers of other routes thatuse the Steveston terminus — the

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Bus drivers on the 410 route used to be able to use Subway’s washroomacross the street from the Chatham Street terminus. That arrangementhas now been shelved and drivers will use the washrooms next door toSubway. Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News

Prime Minister Stephen Harper paid asurprise visit to Aberdeen Centre lateWednesday evening to take part in themall’s Chinese New Year celebrations.Harper greeted the jam-packed audiencein the central courtyard and participatedin a traditional dotting of the eyes andtongue of a Chinese Lion, awakening it togreet the Year of the Sheep. Also there wasRichmond MP Alice Wong, Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam MP and Ministerof Industry James Moore and RichmondCentre MLA Teresa Watt. Joey Kwan, themall’s spokeswoman, said it took abouta month of preparations to secure thePM’s appearance as security officials fromOttawa paid visits to the bustling mall inthe past few weeks. Chinese New Year eventscontinue at Aberdeen Centre today (Friday)and into the weekend with live music anddance performances. Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News! More Chinese New Year photos on page 18

Bus operator forced to rent auto parts premises for drivers’ looAlan CampbellStaff [email protected]

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Steveston’s Ben Baker knows exactly wherehe will be on Sept. 22 and 23 — at his localsynagogue observing Yom Kippur, one of theholiest events on the Jewish calendar.

And while he’s fine with that, he’s upsetthe dates fall on one of the potentially busiestopportunities for his marketing firm — thetrade show attached to the UBCM (Unionof B.C. Municipalities) convention at theVancouver Trade and Convention Centre.

“No one would ever think of scheduling atrade show on Christmas Day or even Dec.24,” said Baker, president of CMYK Solutions,which counts a variety of governmentorganizations as clients.

And losing out on the opportunity tohave in-person contact with those types ofdecision-makers at the UBCM trade show islike bypassing roughly $10,000 to $20,000 inbusiness, he said.

“Is that guaranteed business? No, but itrepresents a significant opportunity I ammissing,” Baker said. “It’s the chance to re-cement relationships with current clients andestablish new ones.”

All it would have taken to avoid the conflictin dates would have been a quick consultationof a religious calendar, he added.

“But they didn’t, and now I will not begoing and I won’t be sending any employees,”Baker said, adding he not only feels for hisbusiness, but also others of the Jewish faithwho would be compelled to attend the trade

show and conference as part of their jobs.“Will my speaking out about this change

the dates? No,” Baker said. “I just wanted theorganizers to understand what they havedone.”

When contacted, officials organizing theUBCM said this is the first time someoneinterested in attending the trade show hasraised the issue of Yom Kippur falling withinthe trade show dates.

“As I understand it, Yom Kippur runs fromthe evening of Tuesday Sept. 22 to the eveningof Sept. 23,” said Paul Taylor, director ofcommunications for UBCM via email.

“Our tradeshow is open Sept. 23 until andSept. 24. Local government offices (as well asprovincial and federal offices) generally do notclose for this day in the religious calendar, so itis a regular business day for our membershipand a regular business day for UBCM.”

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Steveston’s Ben Baker says he stands tomiss business opportunities since thisyear’s UBCM trade show is being heldduring Yom Kippur. Photo by PhilipRaphael/Richmond News

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She drove all the way from Richmond to Kamloops, sparking a majorpolice and public search in the process.The 89-year-old woman, who suffered from only mild dementia and

was known to drive long distances without asking for help, eventuallyturned up safe and sound.However, the News looked into how many drivers with dementia are

on the road in B.C. and no authority was able to come up with a figure.Neither ICBC nor the provincial government’s RoadSafetyBC or the

Alzheimer Society of B.C. was able to provide any details.And when you learn that 60 per cent of dementia sufferers in B.C. are

living “normal” lives in the community and many of them are able toget behind the wheel of a car, safety flags are inevitably raised.Just how many are among the 5,400 plus drivers re-examined for

medical reasons by ICBC— at the behest of RoadSafetyBC— in thelast 10 years is also unknown.What is known is that most, if not all, of the responsibility for making

sure dementia sufferers are fit to be on the road lies with the peoplearound them, whether that be family members, friends or their owndoctor — who are asked to notify RoadSafetyBC if they feel the personin question is a risk.And knowing what that denial of independence can do to a loved

one makes filing that report all the tougher for anyone living close tosomeone with dementia.“It is difficult to provide precise numbers of people with dementia in

the province who drive,” said Barbara Lindsay, advocacy and educationdirector at theAlzheimer Society of B.C.“However, everyone with a diagnosis of dementia must stop driving

at one point during their journey with the disease.”That decision, however, is not always taken voluntarily — for

obvious reasons. In such circumstances, relatives or friends are advisedby the society to look out for problematic driving patterns, traffic tickets(for going too slowly, too quickly, improper turns, failing to stop),crashes, fender benders or near-misses, as well as instances where thedriver has been lost.When seniors hit 80, they have to take a medical exam every two

years. But before that milestone, and in between each 80 and overmedical exam, it’s still incumbent on relatives and friends to monitordementia sufferers’ driving abilities.! Full story at Richmond-News.com

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401, 402, 407 and C93— all, said Ziola,are able to access washrooms at theother end of their respective journeys.It wasn’t clear how much the rent

of the former Lordco building mightjump to from its discounted rate, shouldTransLink decide to sign a new five-year lease come Sept. 1.“All we need there is washroom

access,” added Ziola.“So, the plan, should a new lease be

signed (in the fall), would be to subletthe entire premises while maintainingwashroom access for our employees.”Due to the fact it’s only washroom

access that’s needed, Ziola said thereare no plans to put any new furniture orany other home comforts in the building,which has recently been redecorated andhad a new heating system installed bycurrent tenants Lordco.The subletting from Lordco is,

said Ziola, the first time TransLinkhas entered into commercial leasingagreement.“We just got the keys to the building,

so I’m not sure when we’ll be movingin,” she added.Other TransLink driver rest-stops

have simple fixtures and fittings, such asa table, chairs and a microwave.

Ziola: Plan is tosublet premises‹ from page 3

It’s not known how many people suffering from dementia are onRichmond’s roads.

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OPINIONSend your story ideas or photo submissions to Richmond News editor Eve Edmonds at [email protected]

For the third time inthree years, the province(arguably) boasts a

balanced or surplus budget.As expected, there’s give

and take in all directions.Monthly MSP premiums

are going up for the sixth timein five years. At the sametime, a higher tax on thosemaking more than $150,000per year is being rolled backto 2013 levels. Familieson disability or incomeassistance will no longer havetheir payments clawed back,if they received child support.(However, it should

be noted that ending the

clawback for single parents onincome assistance translatesinto a $13 million loss intax revenue. While reducingtaxes for the top two percentof income earners will meanthere’s $227 million less ingovernment coffers.)And though the total dollar

amount going into healthand education is going up,we can say right now that in2015/2016 both sectors willcontinue to feel the strain asdemand on the system grows.It’s important to remember

the human costs here. Newsof a balanced budget will becold comfort for someone

struggling to get access tomental health care. The samegoes for school boards, whichwill have to find $29 millionin “efficiencies” to keep thelights on.But our current government

did not campaign and win onmaking sure it met the needsof every disadvantaged group,or that every public servicewas funded to the liking of itsstaff.All in all, it’s a status quo

budget, which is good forthose benefiting from thegrowing disparity betweenrich and poor. Perhaps not sogreat for the rest of us.

B.C. Liberals content to stay on cruise controlLast week’s Throne

Speech and thisweek’s provincial

budget make it clear theprovincial government isvery much on cruise control,and I suspect that’s just theway Premier Christy Clark wants it.The Throne Speech was described by

many as “threadbare” and an indication theB.C. Liberals are out of gas, to which Clarkretorted the speech wasn’t about generatingnews headlines but was instead a reiterationof her government’s ongoing plan.The budget was another steady-as-she

goes economic document, which achievesthe B.C. Liberals’ number one priority ofall: balancing the books. But the budgetcontinues to be balanced on the proverbialrazor’s edge, which means there are fewdollars available for many new spendinginitiatives.Things weren’t always like this, of

course. In the run-up to the last provincialelection, the Clark government was runningaround, announcing all kinds of things.

The premier herself tried todominate news coverage andher critics derisively labeledher “Premier photo-op”But the premier is

nowhere near as active inthe media these days, and

her government is not feverishly trying tochange the world. The coming legislaturesession will see only a modest amountof legislation — less than 30 bills in alllikelihood — and I suspect little of it will becontroversial.In conversations with B.C. Liberals, I get

the distinct impression they see no reasonto do anything particularly dramatic. Theysense their voter base seems content withthe state of the province, and so a laissez-faire approach has been adopted by thegovernment.Clark herself seems particularly

confident, if not content in how thingsare going. No one pays attention to pollsanymore (not that there have been any), sothere is no evidence that if an election wereheld today her party would be in trouble

with the electorate.And the premier continues to toy with the

NDPOpposition, which is by no means ascomfortable in its collective skin as the B.C.Liberals. Clark uses the NDP as the butt ofa number of jokes in speeches she makes toparty faithful, and in the legislature (whichshe attends only a couple of days a week)she appears to relish any question periodencounter.The B.C. Liberals are well aware of the

discomfort in NDP circles these days, anduse any opportunity to exploit the situation.For example, NDP leader John Horgan’scontroversial decision (in a year-endinterview with Canadian Press) to singleout five of members of his caucus as “stars”(thus suggesting the rest of the caucus issomething short of chopped liver) has giventhe governing side a delicious opening in theHouse.For example, B.C. Liberal MLAs

occasionally tease any NDPMLAwho is notone of the deemed “Fab Five” about theirapparent lower status, thus keeping alive theongoing narrative that the NDP has yet to

resolve its internal dynamics.Contributing to the lower temperature at

the B.C. legislature these days is the loomingfederal election. It’s not until the fall, but itspresence is already starting to hover over theprovincial scene.The BC NDP, because of its direct ties

to the federal party, will naturally becomemore distracted as the federal campaigndraws nearer. Two members of its caucus—MLAs Jenny Kwan and Mable Elmore— are about to fight it out in a nominationfor a federal riding, and that will likely causesome tension.In the meantime, the provincial political

scene is off to a quiet start in 2015, andthere’s not much to suggest things are goingto really heat up for a while yet.Still, even when a government is content

to travel along on cruise-control, somethingcan come out of nowhere to force it to makea sudden, sharp turn along the way. There’snothing in sight right now, but the year isearly.Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter

for Global BC

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MP is campaigningon my dimeDear Editor,My Chinese wife and Canadian citizen

received a greeting card with “LunarNew Year” greetings from a ProgressiveConservative MP. The card had a pictureon its face page of the M.P. in an attractiveChinese dress. Inside, under a Dominionof Canada symbol, were greetings for a“Happy NewYear” in Chinese, Korean,Vietnamese (I’m guessing that one!) andEnglish, in that order. No French.The envelope had a Richmond return

address on it and, where a stamp is normallyplaced, were the words, “FROMMP,POSTAGE FREE,” obviously made by arubber stamp which anyone could havemade.

We also receive her free newsletter fromtime to time, delivered by Canada Post,extolling things she and her governmenthave done on behalf of Canadian citizens,particularly seniors.One cannot help thinking that the purpose

of both the card and newsletters is primarilyto “campaign” for re-election, presumablyat taxpayers’ expense.It makes me wonder what other MPs are

doing and whether Elections Canada andthe Auditor General should be looking atall current MP practices, regardless of theirparty affiliation.

Merrill MuttartRichmond

Dear Editor,I have disavowed the act of exercising

strong nationalisms and patriotisms,or flogging the esteem of any in-groupidentities. From habitual stigmatisms,cultural and socio-economic assumptions,to violent eruptions of elitism, I haveregarded the strong projection ofassociative identities to be divisive.Yet, I have also caught myself fiercely

proud of being Canadian, without beingable to distill as to why. The passageof National Flag Day represented anopportune time for me to reflect on mysin.Space, place and identity have been

the foundations of purpose in the livesof humans since we transitioned fromhunter-gatherers to settler-farmers, andbegan building social and economic linksleading to the creation of institutions ofgovernance and order.With that, came the need to protect and

to project force, and create social rallyingpoints to successfully propel commercialand technological innovation.Fast forward to the present, and we

are presented with an iteration of ourworld that is much more interconnected,but still experiences mortal conflicts,trade-disputes, atavistic politicking, anddisparate interests.

But what makes this version different isthat it has Canada.Canada allows citizens to retain their

identities with pride (should they choose),affording them dignity and encouragingall Canadians of varying backgrounds toaccept the identities of others, rather thanpolarize them by cornering segments ofsociety into defensive stances.This is sustained because of who we

are: immigrants who have freely chosen tobe Canadian and call this place home byputting our trust in, and participating in, itsinstitutions.I stated that I have long disavowed

allowing myself to live under the shadowof any in-group identities, choosing ratherto follow my own moral code.I do not retain any ancestral identities

in the traditional sense, but see myself aswho I have decided to be.This, at first, seemed to cause a conflict.

But now I realize that it is exactly thisfreedom to be the final arbiter of my ownidentity that makes me so proud to beCanadian.It’s because Canada accepts the idea

of me that I have accepted the idea ofCanada.

Colin ChauRichmond

Letters policyThe editor reserves the

right to edit letters forbrevity, clarity, legalityand good taste. Lettersmust include the author’stelephone number forverification. We do not

publish anonymous letters.Send letters to:The Editor,Richmond News,5731 No. 3 RoadRichmond, V6X 2C9Fax: 604-270-2248 or

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Dear Editor,To our two-legged and four-legged

neighbours from Quilchena elementary.At Quilchena, we are so lucky to have

a beautiful park for our families and allour neighbours to enjoy. We would liketo remind the owners of our four-leggedneighbours to please clean up after yourdogs.

Our students track the poop into theschool and onto our carpets where they sitfor learning. This is unsafe and unsanitary.Please continue to enjoy our schoolgrounds, but be respectful of our studentsand scoop the poop.Thank you.

Janet PowellPrincipal

Dear Editor,The 49th annual Variety

Show of Hearts Telethonwas a resounding success,with generous donors acrossB.C. helping us to raise$5,886,973 for children whohave special needs.At Variety, we see each

child as a champion andwe’re inspired by thecourage and determinationwith which they meet theirchallenges and achieve littlevictories. We believe that,with support, each child iscapable of fulfilling theirunique and full potential.With the support of

our donors, we’re able tohelp children who havespecial needs across ourprovince. But the childrengive us so much more.From their example wehave defined our workthrough three distinct pillarsof excellence: positivity,celebration and teamwork.

Every day we seekto look through a lensof positivity to see theopportunities instead of thechallenges.We believe it’s important,

on our journey with thechildren and their families,to celebrate their littlevictories and share themwith the many peoplewho make those momentspossible. Viewers whotuned in to the Telethon sawthose wonderful stories, andthere are many, many more.These victories are

made possible because of

teamwork.We know that we can’t

do it alone, and appreciatethe support and commitmentof everyone who helps usin whatever way they can.Because we know thattogether we make an evenbigger difference.Thank you Richmond

for showing your hearts andmaking victories happenfor more children who havespecial needs.

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nation tens of billions of dollars each year. And,it’s resulted in Canada being the second largestper-capita consumer of prescription opioids(hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine, codeine) inthe world, according to the International NarcoticsControl Board.“It” is chronic pain; a wide-ranging disorder causedby various factors that experts in the field say isgrossly underfunded and barely recognized by theCanadian medical system.And without a change in how pain is managed, thedisorder is only going to get worse as Canada’spopulation ages; roughly two in three seniorssuffer from chronic pain.But how to heal or at least manage pain is amulti-faceted, multi-disciplinary approach thatneeds to be done on an individual basis. It requirescommitment from the pain sufferer and an open-minded community of health practitioners.Dave Thomson, an education coordinator for theRichmond Centre for Disability (RCD), is on thefrontlines of pain management in Richmond.

Thomson, 48, has fibromyalgia, a disorder thatcauses body pain and usually results in chronicfatigue syndrome.“Sleep is the big thing. I don’t get much sleep. It’sclicking years off my life, I’m certain of that. I getabout four hours of sleep in total,” said Thomson,who is presently running disease self-managementcourses at RCD, an organization that operateslargely thanks to community grants and volunteers.Thomson has, through the years, developed copingmechanisms for his pain. While he used to takeseveral Tylenol and codeine pills daily, he is nowweaning off a less powerful morphine patch.“I can sleep in pain, I can dream in pain, I canfall asleep in a position that no one would dareconsider because my brain will process the painand not wake me up,” said Thomson, almost witha chuckle.

Costs to societyOne of the province’s leading researchers ofchronic pain, Dr. Marc White of the University ofBritish Columbia, defines pain as an unpleasantsensory and emotional experience associated withactual or potential tissue damage.“Chronic pain covers a great realm,” said White,who was a postdoctoral fellow at the Arthritis

Research Centre of Canada.White says academic studies show that arthritis— the most well known form of pain — costsroughly $30 billion a year in Canada when oneadds up medical bills, lost wages, andmissed economic opportunities. Overall,the Canadian Pain Society believes paincosts Canada closer to $40 billion.“We are talking about a multi-billiondollar impact from pain on society,”said White.White said pain is not just a physicalsymptom, it’s also a mental one.“It doesn’t necessarily have to be aphysical injury, which comes back tothis whole notion of body and mind,”said White.

Body, mind, spiritWhite noted chronic pain sufferers frequentlyexperience mental side effects due to drugs. Theymay also become reclusive, leading to anxietywhen entering society. In the worse cases, peoplebecome depressed and a cycle of pain and mentalillness kicks in.There are several methods of treatment for chronicpain. Drugs are probably the most well-knownand frequently used method (simply takingTylenol or Advil, for instance), but there is also

the likes of physical treatments (acupuncture,massage therapy and chiropractic), psychologicaltreatments (cognitive behavioural therapy andgroup therapy), as well as self-awareness

treatments (energy healing,meditation and yoga), all of which canblend together.Finding the right treatment(s) can takeyears to find, said White.“Each has their place. Part of thechallenge is finding a combination ofthese things that help you cope andmanage pain but may also have somerestorative power,” he noted, addingthat self-management techniques arecrucial as well.

“It can be as simple as a hot bath that can relievepain,” he said..As with Thomson and his ability to sleep throughpain, White said pain may never go away.“For people with chronic pain it’s about getting to aplace where we’re accepting pain, but in a specialway. The pain changes and your experience of painchanges as you refocus,” said White.A big problem, however, is the Canadian medicalsystem’s lack of integrated services, not to mentionfinancial pressures. Thomson said he realizedfamily doctors either don’t understand the truescope of the issue and/or don’t have enough timeto properly address every issue.

The changing face of painTHEFRIDAYFEATURE

Two in three seniors experience chronic pain

Natural healer Sudha Devi teaches that there are seven stages of healing. First comesdenial, followed by anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, rebirth, and finally, thecreation of new life. Photo submitted

Graeme WoodStaff [email protected]

Dr. Marc White

Dave Thomson, education coordinator with Richmond Centre for Disability, has tried allmanner of therapies to help him cope with the pain caused by fibromyalgia disorder.Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News.


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System disjointedNot only are doctors swamped with patients, the system, accordingto White, is disjointed.“The problem the Canadian health care system has is, if you don’thave an extended health care plan, drugs are really the only methodof pain relief that physicians are able to provide you with,” he said.As such, opioid use in Canada has more than doubled since 2000,medical research indicates. According to Industry Canada, from 2001to 2013, total pharmaceutical sales nearly doubled to $22 billionper year. And while there are no national data trends, Global News,citing Ontario Coroner data, reported opioid related deaths hadtripled from 2002 to 2013.Some health experts have reportedly called for a national strategy onprescription medication abuse. White said he wants to see a nationalstrategy for pain management, as well.White doesn’t dismiss the need for medications. Rather, he seespharmacists as a vital process to pain management, especially inensuring safe drug interactions and preventing abuse.B.C.’s Medical Services Plan does not insure costs for the likesof psychologists, counsellors, physical or massage therapists,acupuncturists and natural healers, all of which cost at least $100per session.Vancouver Coastal Health has an insured pain clinic at St.Paul’sHospital, but the wait time is approximately one year.Massage therapy is one of the most popular methods of pain reliefutilized by those with medical insurance.Physical therapies, according to Michael Henniger, a registeredmassage therapist at Steveston’s Turning Point Wellness Centre,have the advantage of treating the root medical cause of the pain asopposed to pharmaceutical interventions that simply mask it.“Massage therapy has many different benefits, both physical andmental. It helps with posture, muscle imbalances, tension, range of

motion, anxiety, depression and much more,” said Henniger.But he also acknowledged that whatever method one chooses, it hasto be the right one for the individual.“I find that a lot people view their pain as part of life. It’s justsomething they deal with on a day-to-day basis. What they need tolearn is that there are many ways to help manage that pain. Gettingthe right treatments can help alleviate the pain and in some caseremove it all together,” he said. Even if you can’t afford frequentvisits, a massage therapist can educate you on home pain relief andprevention methods, such as a stretching routine.

Sedentary life a culpritHenniger said it’s our ever-increasing “sedentary lifestyles” that havecontributed to the chronic pain epidemic.“Driving, sitting at a desk, watching television on the couch; all thesethings are detrimental to the body and over time can lead to chronicpain,” he said.The rush of day-to-day life is also having well-documented adverseaffects on people’s mental health. So, healing the mind may be justas important as healing the body. Depression and anxiety is “part andparcel with a lot of this stuff,” said Thomson.Natural healing and self-awareness exercises are other healingmethods that are becoming increasingly mainstream as societybecomes more aware of the harmful effects of overusingmedications.Natural healer Sudha Devi practices various methods of healing suchas mainstream Western-Eastern practices, which includes breathingtherapy and yoga, as well as more traditional Eastern practicessuch as Marma therapy and Jin Shin Jyutsu, both of which involveopening energy channels in the body through the application of slightpressure on control points of the body.Devi uses such Eastern practices and Western scientific research toheal the mind and body. She conducts one-on-one treatments fromher home office in Steveston and late last year she established theRichmond People in Pain Network Support Group that meets monthlyat the Richmond Caring Place Society.For Devi, also a sufferer of fibromyalgia, managing chronic pain is adeep, emotional, individual experience. But it need not be a lonelyone, which is typically the case.“No one knows your pain,” she said.

“When we start talking, there is a diagnostic process which we start.One level is pain but the other levels are mental and emotional,”she said. “When you start sharing (your experience) somethinghappens because you know someone else feels like you do. They’renot judging you. And at our meetings you can lie down if you want,because we know how you may be feeling.”Devi said when a person is injured, say in a car accident, energypathways can be blocked. By taking daily moments for the likesof yoga or breathing exercises, or simply just channeling positivethoughts while resting, she believes people can at least come toterms with their pain. This can also help stop the vicious cycle of painand depression, she said.And when that happens, other healing methods such as drugs orovert physical treatments can become more effective.“Self healing is not a quick fix …you will still have anxiety but itwon’t stop you from participating in things,” she said.White says natural healing methods are not new but ourunderstanding of how they may affect chronic pain is. ‘What isnew is research using brain scans and a new understanding of theneuroplasticity and how pain gets modulated through differentways,” said White.Essentially, scientists are discovering the interplay between emotionsand the brain’s chemistry that affects pain receptors.Thomson, White and Devi noted that there’s another importantaspect to pain management — family support. UBC AssociateProfessor of Psychology Susan Holtzman studies pain and families.She said loved ones often under or over estimate others’ pain, whichcan lead to ignorance of the issue or smothering and a resultant lackof independence for the patient.

Too much informationAnother important social aspect to pain management is tounderstand that as easily as one may find a particular treatment thatworks, one can also become over burdened with different treatmentsand recommendations from others.So, be careful, White warned. “Sometimes one can get over treated,”he said.And, noted Thomson: “You don’t want to go crazy. You don’t want togo to the other edge. If you go on the Internet you can be smotheredwith information.”

Opioid use more than doubled in 15 yearsTHEFRIDAYFEATURE

Jennifer Aniston’s character, left, with co-star Adriana Barraza, in the new movie Cake must deal with how chronic pain,caused by a car accident, has changed her life. One in three people waiting for a spot in a public pain clinic have suicidalthoughts, according to the Canadian Pain Society.

Michael Henniger, RMT, says massage therapy can helpsolve or relieve chronic pain but that a multi-facetedapproach is best. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News.


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Last month, I was asked for inputfor a Richmond Newsarticle suggesting that

our guidelines for the intakeof saturated fats may beincorrect.I have noticed this as a

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coming from, after reading the evidence,I can’t help but think there are someimportant factors we often forget toconsider:1. We don’t eat saturated fats or

unsaturated fats, we eat meat, dairyproducts, fish, nuts, seeds, butter andoils, etc. It is hard to isolate one specificnutrient when these foods are madeup of a variety of nutrients in varyingcompositions. To further complicatethings, not all saturated fats are createdequal. There are many different types ofsaturated fats, some known to be moreharmful to our health and others thought tobe quite neutral.2. It is not just removing something from

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grains, thereby increasing our intake ofsoluble fiber (which is shown to reducecholesterol), this could have significanthealth benefits.3. The answer is not black and white. All

of the studies have limitations and we needmore research to be done. Additionally,every person is unique and we cannot takea one-size fits all approach to nutritionadvice. While we do need generalguidelines, not every person has the samenutrient requirements.The bottom line is this article was not

concluding that we need to eat moresaturated fat, it merely points out that weneed more high quality research to bedone. In the meantime, my advice won’t bechanging — eat more whole unprocessedfoods in their natural state, and everythingin moderation.Katie Huston is a local registered

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Solloway, Jetlines’president, chiefcommercial officerand director, said thebusiness plan is torun the operation verymuch in the same wayEasyjet, Allegiant Airand Ryanair do, wherepassengers pay a lowprice for their seat,and then add on fees

for other services, such as baggage and seatassignments.“The model, of buying a ‘seat and a

seatbelt’ and only paying for goods andservices each passenger may chooseindividually, is known all over the worldand is the fastest growing segment in theairline industry,” he said recently in anemail interview from Toronto.Trouble is, a lot of that passenger growth,

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Council, in 2012 almost five millionCanadians travelled to the USA to takeadvantage of ultra low airfares,” Sollowaysaid.

At Bellingham International Airport— a 72 km drive south of Richmond —Canadians made up 67 per cent of air trafficon ultra low cost carrier Allegiant Airlinesin 2013, as they headed for destinationssuch as Las Vegas, Hawaii and Arizona.By initially offering flights across

western Canada, then sun-spot destinationsin the U.S. and Mexico, Solloway saidJetlines is hoping to offer not onlycompetitive prices, but the convenienceof travelling through YVR on one of its148-seat Boeing 737-300 aircraft it plans tobegin operating this summer.Plans are to have a single aircraft type

fleet of 16 Boeing aircraft in about 36months after start-up. Plus Jetlines madean announcement recently with Boeingto order up to 21, 737-Max aircraft fordeliveries starting in 2021.In terms of a boost to the local economy,

having a new airline based at YVR meansmore local jobs.Jetlines anticipates hiring 65 employees

for each aircraft it flies out of the mainterminal.“Most counties around the world support

Ultra LowAirfares and Canada is one ofthe few countries which does not have ahome-based low airfare airline alternative,”Solloway said.It’s a $50 million investment Solloway

and his fellow Jetlines executives andinvestors hope will pay off big time.Marketing expert and SFU professor

Lindsay Meredith said it’s a business ideathat has a good chance of taking off, likelywithout the need of having to undercutthose low-cost carriers south of the line toattract attention.The big selling point will be a simple one

— convenience.“This is not moonshot stuff,” Meredith

said. “Nobody wants to go through thatborder hassle. Nobody wants to put thoseextra miles on a car, or stay overnight in ahotel so they can jump on the next flight inthe morning.“So, in a case like this, you don’t even

have to match their prices, you just have toget in the ballpark.”Holloway said Jetlines is planning to be

30 to 40 per cent lower than the currentlowest airfares in the Canadian market.

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Consumer satisfactionSeveral Richmond-based businesses

have been named winners in the 2015Vancouver Consumer ChoiceAwards.Each year across Canada, Consumer

ChoiceAward gathers opinions,perceptions and expectations throughthe responses of thousands ofconsumers and businesses. All winnershave gone through a rigorous selectionprocess conducted by a third partyresearch firm to ensure only the mostoutstanding service providers are thewinners within their respective industry.In the automotive transportation

sector,Westcoast Plastic RecyclingCentre Services was selected.In the home construction category,

Beaver Landscape Contractors,Re/Max Commercial Realty andRichmond Vinyl Siding were chosen.

Blueberry celebrationChinese NewYear celebrations

go much further than red envelopescrammed with lucky money, acountdown at midnight and a fabulousfeast at a Richmond blueberry farm.Canada Berries Enterprises has

organized an event that is a festival thatincludes agricultural products (fruitwines, ice wine and other blueberryproducts), food exhibits, a traditionalcraft show and a fireworks display.All of the activities during “Chinese

NewYear Miaohui” take place at 12791Blundell Rd. on Feb. 20 - 22. Openingceremonies are set for Friday startingat 2 p.m., and activities run until 6 p.m.On Saturday, the events run from 11a.m. - 6 p.m.

New year’s banquetThe Richmond Chamber of

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The art of finding the finest of fairsJohn MastersMeridian Writers’ Group

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The Landau FineArt shop has the perfectlocation for a commercial art gallery: thecorner of Champs Élysées and MadisonAvenue. This ideal juncture — where tasteand marketing meet — really does exist, butfor just 11 days each year.The rest of the year Landau FineArt is on

Sherbrooke Street West in Montreal. But foralmost two weeks annually, in the middleof March, some 90 of its finest pieces areon display at the European FineArt Fair(TEFAF) in Maastricht.TEFAF is the world’s most important

annual art fair. About 275 art dealers from20 countries bring a selection of their stockand set up shop on “streets” with names likeSunset Boulevard, the Faubourg Saint-Honoréand the Königsallee.It’s a mall where you can wander past

Rembrandts and Monets, ancient Greekstatues and modern Italian jewellery, a silversoup tureen owned by Russia’s Catherine theGreat and a prayer book made for Charles V.For art lovers it’s a supercharged day

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most serious art collectors. More than 200institutions send representatives with theircheque books, and the local airport can haveas many as 170 private jets waiting for thereturn of their owners with the latest treasures.This crème-de-la-crème of the art world has

its own Vernissage, or preview day (and some10,000 of them show up for it), but after thatthe fair’s next 10 days are open to the public.(The 2015 dates are 13-22 March.)You don’t have to buy anything, but if you

think you’d like to become a collector at somepoint, or simply want the heady experienceof wandering through an eye-poppingDisneyland of fine art, this is the place.Admission is €55 for a day, but a better

deal is the passe-partout ticket for €115, goodfor all 10 days. Either comes with a copy ofthe fair’s catalogue, which will about doublethe weight of your carry-on bag. For an extra€5 there’s an hour-long orientation tour dailyat noon, or the free Dealers’Choice tour at4:30 p.m., taking in five or six shops whosegallerists will expand on some of their items.Not all are riveting, but if you get a good

one — Robert Hall, say — you can be

brought up to speed on Chinese snuff bottlesin 10 entertaining and educational minutes.Quite a bit of what’s on sale at TEFAF is

out of most people’s range — Robert Landausays that his items start at $400,000 and goto $25 million. A good Van Gogh costs more.It’s not always the case, though. At ThomasHeneageArt Books, from London,I could have put down £70,000 for a

volume of Max Beckmann etchings, but I also

found a book for £14.95.Maastricht, two hours by train south of

Amsterdam, is where the Dutch come to shopand eat when Paris is too much effort. It’s alsothe birthplace of the euro. What better place tospend a few?For more information on the European Fine

Art Fair (TEFAF), visit its website at www.tefaf.com.More stories at www.culturelocker.com.

TheEuropeanFine Art Fair(TEFAF),held inMarch inMaastricht,attractsserious artcollectorsfrom aroundthe globe.Photoby JohnMasters/MeridianWriters’Group


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A pair of city schools have booked theirtickets into next week’s Lower MainlandAAA Boys Basketball Championship semi-finals at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

The McMath Wildcats and McNairMarlins are now just a win away fromadvancing to to the provincial AAAtournament for the second straight yearafter posting home court quarter-finalvictories on Wednesday night.

The No. 3 seed Wildcats toppled cityrival McRoberts 88-65 and will meet theNo. 2 St. St. Thomas More Knights nextWednesday at 4:30 p.m. The Marlins tookcare of Byrne Creek 83-60 to earn a semi-final match-up with No. 1 Charles Tupper.That game tips off at 2:45 p.m.

McRoberts, Steveston-London and HughBoyd all have consolation games today

as they look to battle their way back intocontention for the four provincial berthsup for grabs. The Sharks fell 83-65 toTupper in another quarter-final game.

Meanwhile, a difficult road got eventougher for newly crowned city championRichmond Colts in the AAAA LowerMainland playoffs.

Their task was large enough to beginwith in a zone that features five top 10ranked teams and only three B.C. berthsavailable.

Now, the Colts are having to play withoutleading scorer and first team city all-starJon Mikhlin who broke his ankle last weekin the Richmond championship game. TheGrade 10 guard averaged over 27 points pergame.

The Colts opened the Mainland tourney

with a 65-62 loss to Killarney on Tuesdayand face a must-win today against 10thranked Kitsilano to keep their season alive.

The Cambie Crusaders are the No. 1 seedat the AA Lower Mainlands which startMonday at the Oval.

No. 3 RC Palmer Griffins and No. 5MacNeill Ravens are also contention at theeight team tournament that will determinetwo B.C. berths. The final is slated for nextThursday at 8 p.m.

Despite just missing out on a berth intothe city championships, the RichmondChristian Eagles have an excellent chanceat advance to the A Provincial tourney forthe first time in recent memory. They havebeen seeded No. 2 with the eight-teamtournament also starting next Monday atthe Olympic Oval.

McNair’s Ryan Angela goes up for two pointsin his team’s win over Byrne Creek.

Sockeyes host Steelers SaturdayRichmond Sockeyes and

the Grandview Steelerscontinue their openinground playoff series onSaturday at Minoru Arenas.

Following game one onThursday, Richmond andGrandview resume battle at5:45 p.m. before the seriesshifts to the Burnaby WinterClub on Sunday at 4 p.m.

The Sockeyes (32-10-0-2) were edged out forfirst place in the Tom ShawConference and best overallrecord in the league by theNorth Vancouver Wolf Pack

(32-9-1-2).The locals dumped the

Wolf Pack 4-1 last Thursdaythen closed out the regularseason with a 4-3 win at

Port Moody on Saturdaynight. However, NorthVancouver managed toclinch top spot by playingGrandview to a 3-3 tie.



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The Steveston-Londonsenior boys’ table tennisteam achieved somethingfew sports teams are everable to do when theyrepeated as provincialchampions this pastweekend.

The Sharks went intochampionships as a highseed, but not the favouredteam; however, as they didlast year, the boys steppedup and played their bestwhen it mattered.

Playing by Olympic rules,each match was a best-of-five format, featuring threesingles and two doublesgames.

Steveston-Londonopened the 18-team drawby defeating Vernon’sKalamalka Secondaryand then followed with aquarter-final victory overCharles Tupper.

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Steveston-Londonsquared off againstChurchill for thechampionship.

The Bulldogs had upsetthe favoured hosts fromBurnaby North in theirsemi-final game.

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Team members includeHenry Kan, Jonathan Li andDavid Lin. The Sharks arecoached by Justin Luk andteacher Katrina Lau.

Steveston-London’sSharks senior boys’ B teamalso turned in a strongshowing by finishing ninth,while the senior girls’ teamplaced sixth.

Team member AmyZhang won the covetedtournament Fair Play award.

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