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Curling fate of disgraced Paralympic soon revealed BY ALAN CAMPBELL
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within the Agricultural Land Reserve in an area sandwiched between No. 5 Road and Highway 99. Lingyen Mountain Temple’s architect, James Cheng, has agreed Wednesday to withdraw the rezoning proposal to build a 140-foot high five-storey temple, while the review is completed. Carol Day, a school trustee and spokeswoman for the residential group vehemently opposed to the expansion plans, said on Thursday that she is “very worried” about the city’s
decision to review the policy. “I’m scared. What does that mean?” Day said. “The bylaws are written for a reason and they should be upheld. This worries me that they’re thinking of changing the bylaw. “I believe it’s the city’s and council’s responsibility to uphold the bylaw, not change it every time there’s some pressure.” Cheng, the temple’s architect, however, believes the review will be a “great thing” for the community.
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The contentious plans to expand the Buddhist Lingyen Temple on No. 5 Road have been shelved — for now. The City of Richmond has asked the temple’s architect to temporarily withdraw the application after the city decided this week to launch a comprehensive review of its No. 5 Road Backlands Policy. The policy allows assembly uses, including religious institutions, to locate on property
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Larger than life ... No, your eyes are not deceiving you, 91-year-old Gerald Goveil’s homemade bike is actually more than six feet tall and ten feet long. The retired firefighter and Second World War veteran — who still runs a workshop from his Westminster Highway home in East Richmond and restores vintage Model Ts — made the contraption himself “for fun.”
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Richmond Sockeyes continued their mastery of the Delta Ice Hawks with a 6-3 victory on Tuesday in a showdown of the top teams in the PIJHL.
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“We want to fit into the community and want to fit into the vision of that community, whatever that may be,” he said. Cheng said that he wasn’t at all confident that the review would actually help his application. “I didn’t realize that it’s been 20 years (since the policy was created),” he added. “But the purpose of the temple is to serve the community.” Richmond first adopted its No. 5 Road Backlands Policy in 1990. see Temple opponent page 3
Jim Armstrong — Richmond’s skip of Canada’s gold-winning Paralympic curling team — will find out this weekend if his national playing career is over. The Canadian Curling Association (CCA) has allowed Armstrong to continue representing Canada — including in Richmond last month — despite the 59-year-old gold-medal winner pleading guilty in October to selling and dispensing counterfeit Viagra and Cialis. But the News has learned that the CCA’s committee and its stakeholders have completed their review into Armstrong’s off-ice indiscretions and have finalized a “course of action” on the curling hero’s future on the national stage. Greg Stremlaw, the CCA’s chief executive officer, told the News that Armstrong has been made aware of the committee’s decision. “Mr. Armstrong is still a part of Team Jim Armstrong Canada and the team program,” he said. “The stakeholders have reviewed the details and met over the situation. A formal and comprehensive review of the situation has been taken and we’ve just recently communicated our assessment to the athlete. “He has been made aware of it and we anticipate there will be more discussions with him to follow this week. It would be premature to comment on what that course of action is until the athlete has had a chance to respond.”
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