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Local schooldance band fromthe ’70s and ’80sreturns to SouthArm Hall forsecond reunionconcertPage 5

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MLA Reid cleared ofany wrongdoing

An expanded police probeinto Speaker and RichmondEast MLA Linda Reid’sexpenses has concludedwithout any evidence ofcriminal wrongdoing.

The RCMP’s federalcriminal operations branchsaid Tuesday it had completedadditional investigative workinto Reid’s constituency officerenovations after receivingadvice on the case from theOntario Provincial Police.

“The RCMP investigationhas been concluded havingfound no evidence tosuggest a criminal act wascommitted,” RCMP Sgt.Laurie White said in a

statement. “Inputfrom the OntarioProvincial Police(OPP) independentreview was receivedand expandeda portion of theinvestigationwithout resultingin the discovery ofany additional evidence.”

The investigation hadcentered upon $79,000 insecurity upgrades to Reid’sconstituency office at GardenCity Shopping Centre in2013, including alarms,cameras, and a bench boltedto the ground to preventagainst vehicle attacks.

Police did not require theupgrades, and internal RCMPdocuments show Mounties

were worried at thetime they mightbe blamed forthe taxpayer-paidwork, which alsoincluded expensiverenovations tothe kitchen andbathroom.

The RCMP saidit conducted an investigationinto the expenses last Juneand then sent the case toOntario Provincial Police foran independent review, whichwas finished late last year. Noinformation was provided onwhat the OPP recommendedand how that resulted in anexpanded probe into Reid’sspending.

The case is now closed, theRCMP said.

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Selfies get photo studio setting

Tired of cramming you and three,maybe four of your friends into an old-school photo booth and having it dispensean overexposed or washed out colour stripof photos?Or do you find yourself wishing for

much longer arms so your smartphonecan capture absolutely everyone in yourgroup?And are you put off by high-priced

“sitting” fees professional photographerscharge?Those are some of the questions Carbo

Ngai asked herself when she was devisinga business plan after seeing a crop of 20or so selfie photo studios during a trip toHong Kong last year.

What she immediately took noticeof was the traffic they drew and theexcitement they generated as customersset up their shots — many draped in allmanner of costumes, sporting outlandishprops and positioned in front of studioquality backdrops.“I thought it was a great idea that I

had to bring back home,” said Ngai whois co-owner of The Selfie Room whichis tucked away in a portion of TrappedVancouver, an interactive, room escapegame business located in a strip mall onAlexandra Rd.Ngai said the service offers customers a

50-minute session in a small studio spacewhere professional lighting and a camerafixed with a wide angle (40mm) lens takesimages using a remote control whichallows everyone to be in the photo.The images are instantly displayed

on a flat screen monitor in the room sodecisions on what to keep or delete can bemade.There’s no limit on how many pictures

can be taken during the session, and all aredownloaded to a USB device customersbring themselves or purchase at the studio.“Then, they can take those photo files to

somewhere else where they can get printsmade, or we can help them downloadthem to their phones or post on socialmedia sites,” Ngai said.Cost of a session depends on how

many people, or even pets, are beingphotographed. For a couple it’s $23 perperson. For eight or more, the fee drops to$15 per person.Since the doors were opened at the

beginning of January there has been asteady stream of clients spanning ages andethnic backgrounds.

Philip RaphaelStaff [email protected]

Carbo Ngai is giving selfies a professional look witha new studio called The Selfie Room. Photo by PhilipRaphael/Richmond News

Forever 21 accused ofcopying designs

The navy-and-white cardigan is adornedwith red spouting whales and sells for$47.90 at Forever 21. And according to aRichmond-based clothing company, it’salso a flagrant ripoff.Brian Hirano of Granted Clothing, a

family owned business on Voyageur Way,recently discovered the familiar-lookingsweater while browsing through photoson Instagram.“I said, ‘Oh that’s weird, it looks

exactly like our design,’” he said.He turned to the Forever 21 website and

discovered the discount, American retailerwas selling a second sweater that lookednearly identical to a Granted Clothingproduct.“I was quite disappointed, to be honest

with you. I’ve calmed down quite abit since then, but it’s definitely not

professional in any industry,” Hirano said.Unlike the hand-knitted, wool sweaters

produced at Granted’s shop, the Forever21 versions are imported and made of anacrylic-wool blend and sell for a fractionof Granted’s $385 price tag.

Bethany LindsayVancouver Sun

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back on stage one moretime Jan. 24 at South ArmHall. Tickets — actuallywristbands — go on saleJan. 10 and 11 at thePumphouse Pub and areexpected to go quickly, saidbass player Brad Kilburn,one of Thor’s foundingmembers. He and his pre-teen friends were a garageband that graduated toplay just about every localschool dance over twodecades.In January 2013, the

group — Kilburn andfellow James Whiteside

elementary school friendsJimmy Coletsis (guitar) andMartin Tanaka (drums),reunited with JohnnyFatiaki (guitar), KoriannaTylor (keyboards) and SteveBraithwaite (vocals) — toplay for a sold out audience.Since then, there’s been

calls for an encore.“Pretty much as we were

leaving the stage, and aboutevery day since that show,I’ve been asked when wewere going to get togetheragain,” Kilburn said.The venue — South

Arm Hall — also figuresprominently since it waswhere Thor played many oftheir shows back in the day.“That’s where we used

to hang out when we we’rekids. We’d play the SardineQueen event in the tenniscourts near the hall.”Wristbands for the all-

ages show are $20. Sales atthe Pumphouse Pub (6031Blundell Road) will runboth days from 7-9 p.m.More information about

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Philip RaphaelStaff [email protected]

Thor to reunite once again

Members of Thor at their previous reunion show in January2013 which sold out quickly. Photo file


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

TransLink is anorganization everyoneloves to hate.

This week, the CanadianTaxpayers Federationhighlighted yet anotherreason why when it pointedout that bus drivers presseda “fare not paid” button 2.7million times in 2013.It went on to question

why honest folk should beasked to pay more transittax dollars while TransLinkignores those who aregrabbing a “free ride” fromthe system.Admittedly, TransLink has

done a less than stellar job

on how to make fares fair.Introduction of the Compasscard system— meant tosimplify payment — hasbeen badly botched. Thecards haven’t worked theway they should. The projectis over budget and behindschedule.The issue of fare evasion is

more complicated. Pressingthe “fare not paid” buttonsaves drivers having to bea collection agency/mentalhealth worker/cop at thesame time.People who don’t pay may

be dishonest, or desperate,or both and we can all agree

drivers are too often thetarget for assaults and abuse.And while fare-paying

riders may not likefreeloaders, see how muchthey like an extra 2.7-milliondelays in their commute.How fare evaders’ actions

relate to the upcomingTransLink tax referendum isanything but clear.Yes, there are many

problems with TransLink.But voting no to a taxincrease isn’t likely to makethe operational issues anyeasier. If anything, it’s likelyto make existing problemsworse.

A look ahead at the stories making news in 2015If you’re like me, you areprobably tired of readingor watching all those lists

of the Top 10 news storiesfrom the past year.Yes, yes, I know: the

teachers’ labour dispute wasa big story, but do we need to be told thatagain and again?Instead of looking back, let’s look

forward and try to figure out which storieswe’re all going to be talking about so muchin the coming year.There will be unpredictable events, of

course, that will garner a lot of headlinecoverage: major crimes, politicalcontroversies, spectacular accidents, cuteanimals that go missing (really) and thelike.But some big events in the political arena

are predictable and are sitting right thereon the horizon, just waiting to take over thewater cooler conversation.I can think of several separate, distinct

events or issues that will get a lot of newscoverage in the coming year and all of

which have a direct impacton the lives of most BritishColumbians. Get ready toread and hear a lot aboutthese in 2015:The Transit PlebisciteBy the time you get your

mail-in plebiscite ballot, you won’t be ableto look at so much as a transit bus withoutthinking about expensive transportationprojects and how they should be paidfor. That’s because you are about to beinundated with all kinds of information(from stories in newspapers, radio andtelevision, to pamphlets and advertising)expressing support for both sides of theplebiscite question.Those advocating the “yes” answer to

whether the sales tax should be boosted ahalf point will be just as aggressive — andloud, and non-stop — as those pushing the“no” response to the proposed tax hike.You won’t be able to turn on a television

newscast, radio or open a newspaperwithout running smack into people like PortCoquitlam Mayor Greg Moore (an ardent

“yes” advocate) and Jordan Bateman of theCanadian Taxpayers Federation, makingtheir pitches, over and over again.The Federal Election: The federal

vote may not be until the fall, but thecampaign is now starting in earnest. TheConservatives have begun running new adsfeaturing Prime Minister Stephen Harper,and will continue to run ads that attack andmock federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau(and the federal government will continueto air ads praising its economic policies,with taxpayers footing the bill for them formuch of the year).All parties are well into their riding

nomination processes and candidates shouldstart filling those positions in increasinglylarge numbers in the weeks ahead.The three main party leaders will step up

their travel schedules — look for all three tomake more and more swings through B.C.,which has six extra seats up for grabs thistime around — as their pace will becomefrenetic.Pipeline Protests: You didn’t seriously

think these were over because the one on

Burnaby Mountain ended? Come on, we’rejust getting started here folks.A great divide is beginning to take hold

in this country and it’s going to play out inB.C. like nowhere else in the country. Thatdivide is over energy policies, as a vocalminority wants to end all oil shipments fromAlberta’s vast oil sands project.Site C Dam Construction: B.C. Hydro

says it is aiming to begin construction inJuly. But that seems optimistic at best, givenhow many legal challenges against the damhave been filed, with more on the way.All four of these issues are linked by the

fact that all of them contain some elementof political protesting, which is fitting,given that protesting is almost a BritishColumbian’s birthright.And you’re going to see a lot of it this

year, whether it’s targeted at a transit taxhike, an oil pipeline or a federal politicalparty or a hydroelectric dam.Welcome to 2015!Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter

for Global BC. You can email him at [email protected]

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Actually, fat not as bad as fearedDear Editor,Re: “You are what you eat,” Column,

Jan. 7.In his article, Dr. Wong stated that

“unhealthy and excessive fat intakecan promote heart disease.” Currentthinking about saturated fats has turnedthat warning on its head. Saturated fats

do not promote heart disease or cancerand should form part of a healthy diet.He is correct that sugars should bemuch reduced. Adding fats back inyour diet and reducing carbohydrates,especially sugars, is the updatedadvice that physicians and nutritionistsshould be giving their clients. If your

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Council’s definition of progress not mineDear Editor,Nothing has changed

or will change as a resultof Richmond’s recentelections. Unoccupiedmega-houses will continueto dominate our residentialneighbourhoods, condotowers that will probablyachieve no better than a 50per cent occupancy rate arestill being built at a feverish,illogical rate, and Chinese-only signage remains anunfortunate impediment tothe full realization of a trulyintegrated and respectful

multi-cultural society.But I do predict that if

anything will change overthe next decade it will beSteveston being slowlyoverwhelmed by the kindof generic development thatcharacterizes the rest of thecity. Lot by lot, building bybuilding, this last vestige ofRichmond’s early heritagewill be subsumed by thekinds of structures andbusinesses that are typical ofall strip-mall and main streetdevelopments across NorthAmerica. The philosophy of

development that dictatescommunity planning inRichmond demands thatmoney, not educated,enlightened planning dictatethe design of the community,and we only need to stepback and objectively assesswhat the city looks like ingeneral to understand theextent to which our liveshave already been affectedby this ethos.

Perhaps the only positiveoutcome of the evolutionof a new Steveston will bethat local residents will find

more parking spaces to usebecause fewer tourists willbe interested in visiting theplace.

It seems only thosein power get to define theconcept of ‘progress,” buttheir definition is not thesame as mine.

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Food scraps collectionmay take another fivemonths to become fullyoperational across the city,according to the City ofRichmond.Food scraps have been

banned in garbage binssince Jan. 1, but a six-monthgrace period will allowcity council to formulate acollections plan for multi-family dwellings, suchas apartments, accordingto city spokesperson TedTownsend.“By July 1 all multi-

family complexes willbe given the opportunityto receive city providedorganics service (collectivepickup) or else they canarrange for their own privateservice, subject to it meetingstandards for handling of theorganics disposal,” notedTownsend via email.

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Lifelong resident Kerry Starchuk isn’t exactlythrilled she made $90,000 in 2014 for doingabsolutely nothing.

Her 55 year-old family home was recentlyappraised at $32,000. It’s a nice split-level home,recently painted with double-glazed windows. Ithelped raise five boys and could probably raise fivemore from a new family.But, in all likelihood (and take this bet to LasVegas) no one other than the Starchuks will occupythat home in the future.While the homeis worth lessthan a mid-pricedSUV, it is the landbeneath it, valuedat $1.2 million,which is a magnetfor bulldozersthat will pavethe way as partof a resurgenceof megahomedevelopment inRichmond.Starchuk stirrednational headlines for wanting foreign languageseliminated from business and real estate signs.

Facebook campaignNow, her latest cause celebre is a Facebookpage campaign — Richmond’s ChangingNeighbourhoods — where she and othersare documenting what they call a “bizarre,”“unprecedented” and “out of control” real estatemarket that is eroding the fabric of Richmond’sneighbourhoods.“Near my house I’ve had an illegal hotel, an emptylot, a house that’s five-years-old that’s always beenempty, a gated home with mail bursting from themailbox,” says Starchuk pointing all around herBlundell neighbourhood.“I don’t think it’s fair to compete for empty homesand I don’t think it’s fair for the next generation tobe priced out of the market,” says Starchuk.She says some, including one local politician have

suggested she “cash out” and move elsewhere.“You can flight or fight. I choose to fight,” saysStarchuk.

More rentals demolishedOn Spires Road, one of the last bastions of “OldRichmond” is about to get a major makeover;Yamamoto Architecture Inc. has applied to developseven market rental homes into 60 townhomes forpurchase.The densification of the City Centre neighbourhood(one quarter of a major city block) is planned underthe city’s Official Community Plan.But with a rental crunch in Richmond, renter DonWatters, who has lived on Spires for 25 years,doesn’t see the justification.“Where can we go and it be affordable?”Watters says the landlords of the seven homeshave left the place to rot. Last May he got hisnotice that he would need to leave the home thisJune.Watters’ friend, Roland Hoegler, 56, who grew upon Spires and whose father, 88, still lives next doorto Watters, describes what Richmond is losing:“You walked to school, kids played on the street, itwas a beautiful place to grow up,” says Hoegler ofthe ditch-lined street, one of Richmond’s last.“The question is, who is benefitting from thischange?” asks Hoegler.His answer? The developers and real estateagents, who have incessantly harassed his“holdout” father to sell his home.“Seven down, 60 up, you do the math,” he says.“Who’s benefitting? It’s not the people like Don.”

Plans for 2041Richmond’s OCP states that between 2011 and2041 about 80,000 more people will move here.“That number comes from an expectation of whatportion of the projected growth of the region willgo to Richmond,” notes Peter Hall, associateprofessor of urban studies at Simon FraserUniversity.The decision is inherently political, notes Hall, butRichmond has taken on about seven per cent ofthe 1.2 million more people projected by regionalplanners to live here. Over the last 10 years,roughly nine out of 10 new residents (326,000) of

Metro Vancouver were immigrants, according topopulation data.Richmond plans to accommodate about 55,000of its newcomers in the City Centre and preservesingle-family neighbourhoods by buildingtownhouses along arterial roads.According to Gordon Price, director of the SFU CityProgram, densifying the City Centre is a “reliefmechanism” for single-family neighbourhoods; bybuilding up housing stock, it gives the market moreoptions.On Williams Road (an arterial), across fromSouth Arm Community Centre, Starchuk hasphotographed a 20 year-old megahome, a typicalpink stucco mansion.The home is now flanked by townhouses andslated for demolition despite an assessed buildingvalue of $320,000.Price says when the home was built in 1994, theland wasn’t rezoned for townhouses, so the largehome in question was built. Now, despite being arelatively new home, Price says the value of theland is so great that developers can make money

by tearing it down now that the OCP allows fordensification.

SpeculationPrice and Hall say land speculation and demandare raising the value of land in Metro Vancouver.So, essentially, it becomes a waiting gamebetween the speculators/developers and thehomeowner.“One way or another that land is going to beredeveloped to reflect the value of it,” says Hall.Hall notes the slumlord mentality on Spires is aresult of “planning blight.”“When land is not rezoned for how desirable it is,what sometimes happens is the landlord will say,“I’ll wait out the municipal government and I’m notgoing to fix up this house. I’ll let the municipalityget so upset and frustrated until they allow me torezone it,” says Hall.Starchuk notes many old homes are abandoned.The city has noted there are currently 36.

Megahomes, Part IITHEFRIDAYFEATURE

Absent homeowners, overdevelopment and skyrocketing land value has reached a boiling pointGraeme WoodStaff [email protected]

see CHANGE page 11

Assessments such as Kerry Starchuk’s have prompted some to leave Richmond asdevelopments turn neighbourhoods into construction zones. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News.

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Megahomes: The sequelA second wave of megahomes has hit non-CityCentre neighbourhoods following the 1990s rush.Near the old Steveston High school Starchuk haspointed out several three-storey megahomes beingbuilt next to existing older homes.The older homes are assessed and sell for about$1 million while the new homes sell in the range of$2.5 million, on average.Betty Deane owns and lives in a one-storey homeon Goldsmith Drive and is now flanked by three-storey megahomes.Her house is now shaded, resulting in higherheating bills, her garden is falling to pieces andshe’s lived with incessant noise for the past fewyears.“I hate it. If I could move I would, but where canyou go?” asks the retiree.When asked how her concerns were addressed atcity hall, she replied:“They weren’t. City Hall doesn’t want to hear. Itried going,” says Deane.Starchuk and others say they no longer feel thedesire to maintain their homes, considering they’lljust be torn down.The new homes on Goldsmith are some of anestimated 650 new residential house permits thathave been approved in the city over the past twoyears, the vast majority believed to be for rebuilds.

Community erodingThe problem, Starchuk sees, is that not only isthe land being heavily speculated on, many ofthe homes sit empty, resulting in the erosion ofcommunity.There is no data to back up her assertions,however Price and Hall support the theory thatforeign homeownership is a big part of it.“There is no doubt huge amounts of land andapartment complexes are turning into safe depositboxes,” says Price.Like so many other problems in Richmond,Starchuk says a discussion on restricting foreignhomeownership — an idea floated in recent civicelections and common in other G8 countries— hasnever taken place.

That discussion should include provincial andfederal politicians, who form immigration laws andaffordable housing strategies.However, Price challenges the likes of Starchukand Hoegler by asking: “Are these peoplewilling to have their land values plummet if thegovernments intervene?Starchuk says she would welcome an adjustmentto the market.“Money is not the whole answer and I think we’reputting greed before need,” says Starchuk.Price also notes that the preservation of single-family neighbourhoods is “classist.”He says it’s the lower income families who arerelegated to the townhouses on the main arterials,buffering the elitists residing behind them fromnoise and air pollution.Preserving single-family homes is “defensiblecode (for classism). It’s the place to raise kids, theCanadian dream. It’s what every society wants.”

What can council do?Coun. Bill McNulty has consistently pledged tomaintain single-family home neighbourhoodsoutside of the City Centre.McNulty disagrees with Price’s “classist”arguement, but he acknowledges there areproblems with housing in the city. He saysprovincial height restrictions via land-use contractshave allowed builders to build higher than whatthe city normally allows. He hopes to fix that.When asked if the city could postponedevelopment in areas like Spires, where marketrental units still exist, he said it’s possible, evenwith the OCP.Coun. Carol Day was recently elected on a platformof slowing the rate of development in the city,often criticizing McNulty and his partners’ recordover the past 20 years.Day has proposed to work with developers to make

rebuilds smaller (floor size) and perhaps allow forlots to be subdivided to discourage megahomes.“Just because we have done this, doesn’t meanwe have to keep on doing it,” Day said at a recentplanning committee meeting where she’s alreadybecome a lone voice of opposition to applications.But as Price noted, “Restrict the square footageand that would result in a drop in land value. Ask(homeowners) how they would feel about that.”Retired trucker Bob Caramamoff is Deane’sneighbor two doors down, and he’s moving back tohis hometown in Michigan after renting an olderhome from a foreign homeowner.Caramamoff jokingly fears the next tenant won’tbe able to have a fire in the fireplace becausethe house’s chimney is two feet away from themegahome’s window. And he voices concern forthe community he will soon leave.“I love the people I know (here), but …boy do youknow what I could get for $1 million in Michigan!”

‹ from page 10

Retired trucker Bob Caramamoff, left, is heading back to his hometown in Michigan. He’s been renting a house in Richmond, which is now dwarfed by itsmegahome neighbour. Roland Hoegler and his friend Don Watters, right, say the city has removed rental property so a 60-unit townhome complex can be built.Their Spires Road neighbourhood, above right, is slated to be densified to accomodate housing demand. Photos by Graeme Wood/Richmond News


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The 20-year-old strikerhad been playing overseaswith German Bundesligaclub FC Augsburg II ona year-long loan, beforereturning to Vancouver lastMay to repair a rupturedquadriceps muscle. Clarkescored eight goals in 26matches last season beforesuffering the injury intraining.

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