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Richmond’s Jessica Nicole Han, far left, belied her 15 years of age to pick up a podium place at the River Rock Resort ITM Model contest.
Artist Rita McArthur draws on inspiration from Steveston to help recreate some of her favourite local scenes at the Steveston Museum festival.
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Who said soccer players are a bunch of cry babies?
What’s up Doc? Medical student openings on rise
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Whaaaaa... It seems that Holland’s agonizing 1-0 World Cup Final defeat to Spain was all too much for young Netherlands fan Jakob Seller. His parents sent in this snap of little Jacob, which was taken moments after Spanish star Iniesta had sealed the fate of the Dutch with a glorious goal deep into extra time of Sunday’s big match in South Africa. It was the third time that Holland has made it all the way to the biggest game of soccer on Earth — and the third time they’ve failed at the final hurdle.
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Council OKs Tall Ships deal as clock ticks down BY ALAN CAMPBELL
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Richmond city council agreed this week to sign the contract to host the 2011 Tall Ships Maritime Festival from Friday, June 3 to Tuesday, June 7. But it wasn’t before a whole raft of council concerns about the risks involved were addressed or alleviated by staff. Staff emphasized earlier this year and again on Monday evening how
time was of the essence in terms of Richmond either sticking its neck out to hold the festival or winding it back in and waiting until 2014. Time is a major factor because the American Sail Training Association (ASTA) — which will be bringing the ships to Steveston as part of the Tall Ships Challenge — needs to get to work fast on securing the “money ships” (ones that pull in the big crowds) from around the world. Coun. Greg Halsey-Brandt,
however, was worried there wasn’t an exit clause for the city in the contract with ASTA if, for example, the big attraction ships swerve the festival at the last minute. “Let’s say that we can’t get any of the Class A ships to come or something happens to Garry Point and the ships can’t dock there … if there’s a problem for us, is there a way we can pull the plug?” he asked. “There’s lots of things that can happen or go wrong, and I think we
need (a clause) in there.” Cathryn Volkering Carlile, the city’s community services general manager, told council that the city will be liable for the costs, no matter what woes transpired. After Halsey-Brandt, again, aired concerns over the absence of a getout-of-jail card, Carlile told him, “if you’re not confident about this, I would pull out now, while you still have time. If you are confident, sign it, approve it and we’ll deliver.” see Ships page 3
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The B.C. government plans to increase access to family doctors by giving them more resources, and graduating more medical specialists, says Richmond East MLA Linda Reid. The government is spending $137 million to overhaul the primary health care system. That includes doubling the number of firstyear undergraduate medical school students. “Each year we’ll be graduating 256 positions,” Reid said. “For a high school student today contemplating medicine, the notion that you would have four times as many opportunities to get into medical school, I think that’s a great message for Richmond students.” Family physicians in B.C. will receive extra funding — $5.5 million per year — to hire assistants, like dieticians and nurse practitioners. “It reduces the wait time and frees up the doctor for more complicated procedures,” Reid said. “There’s nothing more alarming - as a patient - than to walk into an office and see 20 people ahead of you.” According to 2007 and 2008 Statistics Canada data, 20,892 Richmond residents do not have a family see Reid page 8
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