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MASKED REMEMBRANCE: Tim Armstrong, New Westminster fire chief, (left), Terry Leith, president of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #2 (middle), and Chief Const. Dave Jansen of the New West Police Department (right) prepare to lay wreaths at the Nov. 11 New Westminster Remembrance Day ceremony, which residents were able to watch live online. PHOTO LIEF GARRETT

Cyclist advocates for better local infrastructure Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

A NewWestminster family was able to safely cycle from the Swartz Bay ferry terminal to downtownVictoria – something they’re unable to do on local streets. Sapperton residentWes Kinna said he and his six-

and eight-year-old kids felt safe riding their bikes into downtownVictoria because of its AAA cycling infrastructure. In response to a couple of close calls while cycling to his home, he’s urging the City of NewWestminster to better educate its employees about bike lanes and to improve the cycling

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network for all cyclists. At the end of September, Kinna was riding home from Coquitlam along United Boulevard in the bike lane, which comes to an end just before the Bailey bridge. Rather than use the multi-use path off to the side of the bridge, which can be quite slippery, he chose

to take the lane behind a pickup truck across the Bailey bridge. “Traffic came to a stop, and I went to pass on the right-hand side, which I am allowed to do, and the pickup in front of me swerved to close the space between his truck and the guardrail,” he recalled. “I had to duck to make it un-

der his mirror and was nearly crushed between him and the guardrail. He expressed afterwards that I should stay off the road and use the sidewalk.” Kinna, appearing before council via Zoom on Nov. 9, said he was cycling up Columbia Street on Nov. 6, when a City of New Westminster van passed

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him, pulled into the bike lane and stopped. “I was forced to stop to check and see if the lane of traffic was safe to enter, but it was not.There was a queue of 20 vehicles all proceeding too fast for me to get into it,” he told council.

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Masks now mandatory at all city facilities Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

If you’re planning on visiting a civic facility in New West, be prepared to mask up. In response to the health orders put in place by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Nov. 7, council approved a motion to make masks mandatory in all of the city’s indoor facilities. “The new order, which is a temporary order that limits social interactions, is specific to the Fraser Health and the Vancouver Coastal regions,” said Steve Kellock, the city’s senior manager of recreation. Henry will be giving an update on the order today (Thursday, Nov. 19), and it’s widely anticipated the order will be extended or expanded in response to surging COVID-19 numbers in the region. Kellock said the temporary order addressed a number of issues, including gatherings, group physical activities, workplace safety and travel between different health regions in B.C. He said the city immediately suspended all group fitness, all indoor sport games and any programming that includes social interactions. A Nov. 9 report to council stated the city isn’t anticipating any facility closures at this time but the

situation “continues to be fluid” because of the pandemic. Jackie Teed, the city’s senior manager of development services, said the staff committee that’s responsible for identifying and implementing any responses to new public health orders related to the pandemic met to discuss the new public health orders. The committee recommended: there be no changes to facility hours, except where all programs have been suspended; the city review its remote working protocols for staff to further reduce staff at facilities where operationally feasible; and the city temporarily suspend inspections of occupied buildings. “We will be implementing a daily screening protocol.This is for any staff or members of the public who attend civic facilities.There will be concierges doing the screening at all city sites,” she said. “Those concierges are currently there to assist people with understanding the mask-wearing request, as well as the circulation requirements.Those concierges will now also be walking people through the screening questions.” Staff also recommended the city implement a mandatory mask policy for the city’s indoor civic spaces.

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People who have medical exemptions and children under the age of five are not required to wear masks. Masks will also continue to be optional for city staff when they’re working in a personal office or workstation, when they’re working behind a Plexiglas barrier and physical distancing is maintained, or when they’re working outdoors and physical distancing is maintained. “Requiring face masks indoors in City of New Westminster facilities is a prudent step to continue limiting the spread of COVID-19 in New Westminster,” stated the staff report.

Kellock said the mandatory mask policy for indoor public spaces would last for the duration of the temporary health order that’s now in effect. He said the recommendation aligns with what’s being recommended by Henry and the B.C. Centre for Disease Control. “In terms of enforcement, what we are suggesting is that this is not about staff going out and enforcing, but this is about staff educating; this is about staff being in that concierge role at the front desk – providing a mask for those who don’t have it with them,” he said. “But we are not looking for our staff to become en-

forcement agents in this change.We are looking to follow suit with standards that have been set out by others who have done this, like TransLink.” Coun. Jaimie McEvoy said masks help prevent the transmission of COVID in indoor, enclosed spaces such as buses and SkyTrain. “When you’re the one wearing a mask, you are helping to ensure you don’t get somebody else sick with a disease where you can be infectious for up to 10 days without even knowing it. Nobody wants to get somebody else sick. Nobody wants our employees to be in an unhealthy situation,” he said.

“So, in terms of civic facilities, I think this is a move that’s consistent with what is going on elsewhere.” Coun. Patrick Johnstone said the city has a responsibility to make sure its staff and the people who are coming into city facilities are in as safe an environment as possible. Mayor Jonathan Cote said the city has been trying to reopen its facilities, and do it in a way that is safe and responsible, given the global pandemic. Given the current COVID-19 situation in the province, he thinks it’s a responsible direction for the city to move forward with a mandatory mask policy at this time. He applauded city staff for responding to the public health orders with immediate action. Cote encouraged staff to reach out to see what’s worked with other organizations that have made masks mandatory, such as TransLink. “There has been a lot of really good learnings,” he said. “Number 1, they have realized that by making it mandatory, the compliance levels have gone up significantly from around under 50% to about 90%.”

City vehicles are blocking bike lanes, says cyclist

Continued from page 1 “I took a moment to take a picture of the offending vehicle, and when I got home I tweeted the photos to the city and the NWPD and requested that everyone be cognizant of the fact that this manoeuvre put me at risk as a vulnerable road user.” A staff response stated that Kinna’s concerns had been passed on to the city’s meter-collection team for discussion. He said the

city’s response indicated it is a safety issue for staff to walk too far from their vehicles when carrying cash that’s been collected from parking meters, but they will discuss other options because they recognize the importance of keeping bike lanes clear. Kinna said the Nov. 6 incident wasn’t the first time he’s seen city vehicles blocking bike lanes; he suggested it’s “a regular occurrence” on East Colum-

bia Street when employees stop at a deli to get lunch. “My first request is that the city engage in training for all city staff that recognizes that it is never acceptable to park or stop in a bike lane,” he said. “None of us would ever park in a crosswalk, so why is a bike lane OK?” Kinna also urged the city to move quickly on implementation of AAA cycling infrastructure. He said all levels of riders ben-

efit from safer cycling infrastructure and will feel safer knowing they won’t be forced into traffic. “The city has done an OK job of updating pedestrian infrastructure in terms of curb cuts and new crosswalks and signalized crossings,” he said. “But asking kids to ride their bikes on sidewalks, because the road isn’t safe enough, isn’t good enough anymore.” The City of NewWest-

minster’s master transportation plan outlines a hierarchy that will be followed when planning transportation improvements, with walking in the top spot, followed by cycling, transit, commercial vehicles and cars. Kinna said the city is ignoring its own master transportation plan when allocating money for budgets. In a time of a climate crisis, when kids should be riding their bikes more of-

ten, he said they’re not being supported with safe infrastructure. “This infrastructure would benefit children, seniors, people who can’t afford cars or just don’t want them,” he said. “It’s time to move faster on reallocating the space with more than just signage that gets knocked down or driven over.” Council referred Kinna’s concerns to staff for a report.

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NOTICE OF WAIVER OF PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020 AT 6:00 PM NOTICE OF WAIVER FOR ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 8227, 2020 FOR 457 EAST COLUMBIA STREET (REZ00199) Notice is given under s.464 (2) of the Local Government Act that Council waived the holding of a public hearing respecting Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8227, 2020. An application has been received from Capital City Arcade Inc. to rezone the site to allow the use of an amusement arcade that is not within a mall, is larger than currently permitted, and includes a 50 seat Liquor Primary Licence in the arcade (Unit A) that would allow liquor to be sold and served in the games area Monday to Sunday 9:00 am to 1:00 am without restrictions on whether minors may be present. HOW DO I GET MORE INFORMATION? From November 16 to November 30, 2020, read the bylaw and related material online at www.newwestcity.ca/publicnotices. At its Regular Council meeting on Nov. 30, 2020 at 6:00 p.m., Council will consider third reading of Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8227, 2020. The meeting will be broadcast live on the City’s website and can be viewed by going to www.newwestcity.ca/council and clicking on “Watch Event”. Jacque Killawee, City Clerk

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AMEND SIGN BYLAW 7867, 2017 The Council of the City of New Westminster intends to amend Sign Bylaw 7867, 2017. Council will consider changes to election signs as follows: • Limiting election sign sizes to 0.61 m x 0.61 m (2 ft. x 2 ft); • Applying section 7.13 of the Sign Bylaw to election signs to prohibit obstruction of doorways, passageways, etc; • Applying section 10.8 of the Sign Bylaw to election signs, to limit the total area of all signs in windows to 20 percent of the window area on street frontages; • Applying section 7.10 of the Sign Bylaw to election signs, to limit where election signs attached to vehicles can be used during an election period. Copies of the reports considered by Council, and the proposed bylaw amendments are available on the Public Notices page of City’s website at: https://www.newwestcity.ca/publicnotices. Council will deliberate the proposed changes to the bylaw on November 30, 2020. Comments regarding this matter can sent in writing to Legislative Services, by mail, fax (604-527-4594) or email (clerks@newwestcity.ca). Comments received by Legislative Services by Friday, November, 2020, will be included in the report to Council. Mailing Address Corporation of the City of New Westminster 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3L 1H9 Attention: City Clerk

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In response to new Public Health Orders issued on November 7, 2020, the City of New Westminster has implemented a new, temporary mandatory mask requirement for staff and members of the public inside all City facilities. This requirement will be in effect for the duration of the order. Disposable masks are available at all facilities for anyone who does not have one. Individuals who are medically exempt, along with children under the age of five years are not required to wear a mask. Please note, masks remain optional for City staff when they are working in a personal office or workstation, when behind a Plexiglas barrier and physical distancing is maintained, or when working outdoors and physical distancing is maintained. Thank you for your cooperation. Continued on page 12

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New restrictions unlikely to work

As the number of COVID-19 cases in this province dramatically escalates, it is difficult not to envision a return of some of the tighter measures we experienced when this pandemic first began. We have broken through the 700-a-day case threshold and our doubling rate now sits at 13 days. That means we should hit 1,000 cases a day soon (perhaps even this week, as we crossed the 500 threshold on Nov. 6). The number of people in hospital due to having COVID-19 has more than doubled since the last week of October, as has the number of patients in critical care. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has banned social gatherings in Metro Vancouver. We should know this week whether that is having any impact. I will be surprised if the numbers fall off to any great degree.That’s because the virus appears to be running rampant in one particular area of the province – Surrey – and a ban on social gatherings may not be a strongenough measure to stop the spread. Data released by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control last week showed that in October the number of COVID-19 cases in Surrey grew by 2,179.The next highest was Vancouver with 658. Other municipalities had much lower numbers. Burnaby had 287, North Vancouver had 148,West Vancouver had 81, New Westminster had 94 and the Tri-Cities had 363. It will be interesting to see whether this huge spike in cases in November is still centered in Surrey or whether it has become more spread out. Given that Fraser Health (of which Surrey is by far the biggest city of any municipality within

its boundaries) has routinely accounted for 6575% of the positive cases each day, all this month it is unlikely the geographical breakdown of cases has changed. If the ban on social gatherings does not have the desired effect, will other measures be implemented? Other jurisdictions where the virus is surging have gone that route. Manitoba, which has the worst per-capita showing of COVID-19 cases, has closed all non-essential retail outlets and has banned indoor dining and gatherings. Parts of Toronto have different restrictions and many areas ban indoor dining. Ontario’s public health modelling projects that province could hit 6,500 cases a day by midDecember. Across the border in Washington, a four-week semi-lockdown began this week. Restaurants and bars are closed to on-site activities and retail stores are limited to 25% occupancy (the state is now setting daily records of more than 2,000 cases a day). Henry has already opened the door to region-based restrictions. If our daily case numbers do not start declining soon and by a significant amount, do not be surprised if things like a regionally focused ban on indoor dining and reduced retail activities (perhaps even mandatory masks) are back on the table. The virus is rampaging around the world, and we are now in that “second wave” that we all dreaded when this pandemic began. However, back then we did not know what the second wave would actually look like. Now we know and it is a scary sight. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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A list presented to council of 15 possible names for Queensborough streets weren’t exactly a celebration of diversity.The names put forward by the city’s planning department contained mostly the names of prominent white men, including Henry Ayling, an engineer at Pacific Coast Lumber; R.L. Cliff, president of B.C. Manufacturing; Henry Eckert, founder of B.C. Manufacturing; Edward Heaps, founder of Heaps engineering; Ben Sparks, first president of the Queensborough Ratepayers; and Harvey Spagnol, farmer and storekeeper.

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Here is a positive side of fireworks in our city

Editor: Can we consider a positive side of fireworks at Halloween? For some families this is a longtime tradition; it was definitely part of my childhood. One of our neighbours always had fireworks, hotdogs and hot chocolate for all us kids. And you know what this did? It kept us from roaming the streets and partaking in some of the common Halloween pranks that may have included toilet papering houses, smashing pumpkins and egging houses. Traditions like this build family and neighbourhood bonds, provide great memories, and ensure our kids are where we are and enjoying some fireworks put on by responsible adults. A few hours a year can actually provide a lot of good in the long run. Krista Burrows, New Westminster

brance Day, the City of New Westminster continued to honour our veterans in a very respectful way. I may have been watching with my immediate family from my home, but the ceremony made me feel like I was watching with the community and that we were united as a community in honouring our veterans virtually. This acknowledgement is so important even if we cannot be together in person. Remembrance Day is a special time to recognize and honour those who have given so much to our country, fighting for the liberties we enjoy today. My extended family and I would like to thank the New Westminster Royal Canadian Legion and the Royal Westminster Regiment for offering this well-done ceremony. Matthew Moore and Turner family, New Westminster

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Opening a hookah lounge is still a pipe dream in New Westminster. Earlier this year, the city received a pre-application review from applicants wanting to open an upscale lounge that serves hookah.To make that happen, they would need the city to amend its smoking control bylaw, which prohibits smoking in places like restaurants and retail businesses. The city’s land use and planning committee, which includes three members of council, discussed the proposal at its August meeting and referred the issue to council for feedback. On Monday, council supported staff recommendations that the city stick with its current smoking control bylaw.

Marilyn Bergstra, B.C.’s policy specialist for Action on Smoking and Health, urged the city to reject any applications that will compromise public health and worker safety. “The evidence clearly demonstrates that secondhand smoke resulting from hookah smoking is every bit as harmful and possibly more harmful than tobacco smoke,” she said. “There is no safe level of secondhand smoke, and water pipes do not provide any filtering or dilution of secondhand smoke.The emissions from water pipes often exceed occupational health standards.” Bergstra also addressed the issue of hookah as a cultural activity. “Hookah bar operators often claim that shisha smoking is a cultural activity that trumps public

health and worker safety,” she said. “However, a number of Middle Eastern countries have banned hookah smoking in public places, including Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Kuwait.” Bergstra said the City of New Westminster became one of the first Canadian municipalities to approve a comprehensive smoking ban in workplaces and public establishments, including bars, lounges and restaurants, in 2000. She encouraged the city to strengthen its smoking control bylaw to prohibit any form of smoking and vaping in workplaces and public places. Rob Cunningham, senior policy analyst with the Canadian Cancer Society, also urged council to maintain its existing bylaw regarding hookah smoking, not weaken it.

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“Secondhand smoke is secondhand smoke. It contains toxins; it contains carcinogens,” he said. “People should not be exposed in their workplace, in their public places.” Cunningham, a lawyer, said legal challenges about hookah lounges on the basis of freedom of religion have been dismissed by the courts. He said there is a trend occurring in municipalities across Canada to eliminate all water pipe smoking in public places.

“Often it’s said that these products do not contain tobacco, and, if they did contain tobacco, it would be illegal under the existing bylaw because you can’t smoke tobacco,” he said. “But it’s been found on many occasions … that what they were offering to customers really did include tobacco. It’s pretty hard for an inspector to know this without going to a lab to test. This (ban) makes it clear. It makes enforcement

easy. It provides protection from secondhand smoke. We support the bylaw in its current form.” Staff recommended no changes be made to the smoking control bylaw and that city regulations related to smoking substances (tobacco, cannabis, non-tobacco substances, etc.) and forms of smoking (such as cigarettes, cigars, vaping and water pipes) remain consistent. Council approved the recommendation.

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CITYPAGE THE LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS IN OUR CITY

FINANCIAL LITERACY SERIES

NOTICE OF WAIVER OF PUBLIC HEARING ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 8214, 2020 FOR 805 BOYD STREET (QUEENSBOROUGH LANDING SHOPPING CENTRE) (REZ00202) NOTICE OF WAIVER: Notice is given under s.464 (2) of the Local Government Act that Council waived the holding of a public hearing respecting Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8214, 2020. An amendment to the existing Large Format Commercial Districts (C-10) zoning is being considered by Council to allow a Self-Improvement School as an additional permitted use within the zone. The rezoning is requested to facilitate an independent learning program providing out-of-school based learning opportunities for children. The proposal satisﬁes the Queensborough Community Plan land use designation of (QC) – Queensborough Commercial by providing a complementary use to the child care use which is already permitted within the C-10 zoning district.

NOTICE OF WAIVER OF PUBLIC HEARING MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENT BYLAW FOR ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 8225, 2020 NOTICE OF WAIVER: Notice is given under s. 464(2) of the Local Government Act that Council has waived the holding of a public hearing respecting Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8225, 2020. This Zoning Amendment Bylaw would include identiﬁed minor annual miscellaneous revisions, edits and corrections to the Zoning Bylaw. HOW DO I GET MORE INFORMATION? From November 16 to November 30, 2020, read the bylaw and related material at Legislative Service, City Hall and online at www.newwestcity.ca/publicnotices Council will consider third reading of Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8225, 2020 at its Regular Council meeting on November 30, 2020. The meeting will be broadcast live on the City’s website and can be viewed by going to http://newwestcity.ca and clicking on “Watch Event” on the meeting schedule page.

Jacque Killawee, City Clerk

LET’S TALK

NEW WEST

PUBLIC HEARING Thursday, November 26, 2020 at 6:00 pm Meeting to be held electronically under Ministerial Order No. M192

NOV.

Family Services of Greater Vancouver in conjunction with New Westminster Public Library is hosting a 3-part Financial Literacy series over Zoom during November. To register for one or more of the sessions, please call 604-527-4665 or email a request to register to askus@nwpl.ca. Tuesday, November 24th, 5:00 – 6:30 pm: Investing in Your Future: The importance of planning, saving and investing. For more information, please visit nwpl.ca/nwpl_event/budgets.

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HERITAGE REVITALIZATION AGREEMENT BYLAW NO. 8233, 2020 FOR 709 CUMBERLAND STREET (HER00760)

HOW DO I GET MORE INFORMATION? From November 16 to November 30, 2020, read the bylaw and related material at Legislative Service, City Hall and online at www.newwestcity.ca/publicnotices Council will consider third reading of Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8214, 2020 at its Regular Council meeting on November 30, 2020. The meeting will be broadcast live on the City’s website and can be viewed by going to http://newwestcity.ca and clicking on “Watch Event” on the meeting schedule page. Jacque Killawee, City Clerk

NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF BUSINESS BYLAW AMENDMENT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020 AT 6:00 PM NOTICE OF BUSINESS LICENCE AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 8229, 2020 FOR 457 EAST COLUMBIA STREET Capital City Arcade Inc. has proposed an amendment to the Business Licence Bylaw to permit an increase in the number of arcade machines, extended hours of operation and reduced siting requirements for machines, for the site at 457 East Columbia Street. Send your comments regarding the Business Licence change by November 30, 2020 to clerks@newwestcity.ca or to the Legislative Services Department (511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster). Written comments addressed to Mayor and Council will be published. HOW DO I GET MORE INFORMATION? From November 16 to November 30, 2020, read the bylaw and related material online at www.newwestcity.ca/publicnotices. At its Regular Council meeting on Nov. 30, 2020 at 6:00 p.m., Council will consider adoption of Business Licence Amendment Bylaw No. 8229, 2020. The meeting will be broadcast live on the City’s website and can be viewed by going to www.newwestcity.ca/council and clicking on “Watch Event”.

WHAT IS THIS BYLAW ABOUT? An application has been received to subdivide the property through a Heritage Revitalization Agreement. The previously demolished heritage house (McKenzie House) would be reconstructed in its original location and a heritage house from 112 Royal Avenue (Henderson House) would be relocated to the new parcel. Both properties would include a secondary suite and a laneway house, with the unit for the McKenzie House located in the existing two-storey garage. Zoning Bylaw relaxations would allow smaller lot size, reduced setbacks, increased density and detached accessory building area for both parcels, and the detached accessory building size and siting for the parcel with the McKenzie House. In exchange, the relocated house (Henderson House) would be legally protected through a Heritage Designation Bylaw and restored. HOW DO I GET MORE INFORMATION? From November 12 to November 26, 2020, read the bylaw and related material at Legislative Services, City Hall and online at www.newwestcity.ca/publicnotices. HOW CAN I BE HEARD? • Written submissions by email, post, or dropping oﬀ at the mailbox on the north side of City Hall are welcome and encouraged. • Make an appointment to record a short video to share with Council and on the City’s website. • Participate by computer, smart device or phone via Zoom: 1. Computer: Go to www.zoom.us, click on “Join a meeting”. Enter Meeting ID when prompted, and click “Join”. 2. Smartphone/tablet: Download the Zoom Cloud Meetings app, open it, select “Join a meeting”. Enter meeting ID, and select “Join”. 3. Phone: Call 778-907-2071. Enter the meeting ID followed by #. Contact Legislative Services to register to speak, or with questions about the process: Phone: 604-527-4523 Email: clerks@newwestcity.ca Legislative Services Department, 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3L 1H9 MEETING ID: 672 1776 1251

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New West Record THURSDAY, November 19, 2020

Community District puts inclusive education review into action Julie MacLellan

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The New Westminster school district has laid out its plans for putting an inclusive education review into action. Bruce Cunnings, the district’s director of instruction for learning services, provided an update on the ongoing multiyear process at the school board’s Oct. 27 meeting. Throughout the 2019/20 school year, contracted consultants worked with a district advisory group on the review – holding focus groups, seeking public input through the ThoughtExchange crowdsourcing platform, holding one-onone interviews and hosting meetings to gather input from staff, families and students. Their mission was to find out what’s working – and what’s not – for students with identified special needs and Indigenous students. The process led to a re-

port outlining 23 separate recommendations, which was presented to the board in June. Cunnings was then tasked with mapping out how to put those recommendations into action. He told trustees implementation will happen in three phases, beginning this school year and ending in 2022/23. The first phase – which covers items being addressed in 2020/21 – focuses on a number of recommendations around training for staff, including creating a district committee that will help to develop a multi-year professional development plan for the district. Cunnings noted some of the recommended training has already begun through Pro-D Day sessions and in-school training with principals, vice-principals and teachers. Another key area of focus this year will revolve around improving communications and administrative procedures – such

as creating an easy-to-read parent handbook and issuing an updated district manual on inclusive practices for all schools. Cunnings said one change that will be reflected in the handbook stems from feedback from educational assistants (EAs), and that is the importance of having EAs present at school-based team meetings when the students they support are being discussed. The budget for the first phase of the work, happening throughout the current school year, is set at $8,750 – including $3,150 in ABA (applied behavioural analysis) training for staff and $5,600 extra for staffing. The staffing costs include extra pay for educational assistants and curriculum facilitators. Trustee Dee Beattie, one of the school board reps who worked with the inclusive education review team last year, said the relatively low budget shouldn’t be construed as

Opening doors: The New Westminster school district has mapped out a plan for how it will phase in recommendations from a review of inclusive education. PHOTO GETTY IMAGES

a lack of action. She noted that the $5,600 in staffing costs doesn’t highlight the creation of two new district administrator positions – a vice-principal for early learning and a principal for equity and inclusion – but those positions will be an integral part of carrying out the work of the review. She also noted that Pro-D Day training costs aren’t reflected in that budget and that a number of procedural changes

have no costs attached. Beattie also pointed out that the recommendation to ensure education assistants are present at all school-based meetings could carry some extra costs, but those costs aren’t yet known. Trustee Maya Russell, who was also part of the inclusive education review team last year, said the action plan presents some “wonderful, wonderful work.” “I really, really hope

that the staff and families and students who participated in this will see the changes in our classrooms on a day-to-day basis and see their hopes and aspirations for their students reflected.” she said. “I’m sure there’s lots more to do, but I think we really have turned a corner.” School board chair Anita Ansari thanked Cunnings for his work. “You spent a year looking at the problems, and you’re spending this year actually fixing them,” she said. “We recognized early on that this was going to be a multi-year project, and we’re really grateful that you’re carrying it forward through some really peculiar life circumstances, and you’ve kept your momentum up.” Cunnings will return to the board in March and June 2021 with updates on how the implementation of the recommendations is coming along.

Guide to Giving helps local non-proﬁts during the holiday season It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year unlike almost any other – and one we won’t soon forget. Despite the many challenges created by the

COVID-19 pandemic, many local non-profits have continued to serve community members in a variety of ways. Since 1996, the Record has dedicated space in the

newspaper each holiday season to highlight some of the local non-profits that help out on a variety of fronts in the city – and to connect them to community members who may

be able to lend a helping hand.The annual Guide to Giving will return in December – highlighting some of those organizations. To be included in this

year’s Guide to Giving, please describe (briefly): what does your nonprofit do?; what is on your Christmas list?; has your organization had any specific COVID-related im-

pacts or pro-jects?; and what is your organization’s contact information. Email details to reporter Theresa McManus, tmcmanus@ royalcityrecord.com by 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 30.

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Teachers lobby for safer schools Mandatory masks and smaller classes are among teachers’ proposals to help keep COVID-19 at bay

by Julie MacLellan

or anyone who works taken to keep schools safe? in a school, attends a B.C.’s teachers say yes. school or has a child in school, it’s the question FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS that’s always looming:Will today arahWethered has come to be the day the COVID-19 expoexpect that her job this year sure notice comes? includes nights and weekends. COVID-19 numbers are surg- There’s all the ordinary business ing in B.C., and particularly in involved in being president of Fraser Health – the region that the NewWestminster Teachers’ encompasses the territory from Union – and then there’s the exBurnaby to Boston Bar, includtraordinary task of being a leader ing NewWestminster. On Tuesin the midst of a viral pandemic. day, 717 new cases were reShe’s quick to say she’s grateported in B.C., and 484 of those ful to be navigating these unwere in Fraser Health. known waters in a district like Against that backdrop, the NewWestminster. number of school exposure noHere, she says, she has good tices being issued by health offiworking relationships with all the cials is ticking steadily upwards other parties in the school sys– and with it, the number of tem – with CUPE, the union school closures. representing support staff; with This past week has seen four the principals and vice-princiCOVID-related school closures pals’ association; with the district in the Lower Mainland – one parent advisory council. And, of in Delta, one in Surrey, one in course, there’s the open line of Abbotsford and one at an indialogue she has with senior disdependent Islamic school in trict administration. NewWestminster. Al-Hidayah “They are always, always availSchool has closed its doors for able to take my calls if I have two weeks in light of the staffing concerns,” she said. challenges posed by a cluster of She needs that dialogue now cases at the 57-student school. more than ever, as teachers’ anxAs of press time, NewWestiety reaches new heights. minster’s public schools When exposures have seen 14 “early noturn into clusters and tification letters” inschools are closed, forming families of that’s one level of anxCOVID-19 exposures iety.Then there’s the since the beginning of kind of anxiety and the school year – five heartbreak that comes of those at NewWestalong with hearing that minster Secondary. All one of your own – Darthree middle schools lene Lourenco, a muhave had exposures, sic teacher in Surrey – while Queen Elizabeth Sarah Wethered is in the intensive care NWTU president and Lord Tweedsmuir unit with COVID-19. are the only two eleLourenco’s school, Cambridge mentary schools to report cases Elementary, is one of those that so far. has been closed. With six elementary schools “I just can’t imagine what that and the district’s alternate prowhole school community is gograms reporting no exposures, ing through right now,”Weththat means just shy of half of the ered said. district’s schools and programs Locally,Wethered said, health have had at least one case of and safety protocols are teachers’ COVID-19. first line of defence. So far, none of those local ex“We need to trust that the posures has turned into an outprotocols the district has put in break – and school district suplace are working,” she said. “I perintendent Karim Hachlaf think that they are. I trust that said the district is working hard the custodians are doing an exto keep it that way. cellent job cleaning and that the “We’re doing everything we people who came up with the can ... to make sure schools reprotocols are trying their best in main open and a safe place what is a really bad situation. … to be,” he said at the Nov. 17 “The administrators in this school board meeting. district, the principals and But should more action be vice-principals, are working re-

SAFER SPACES: A mandate for wearing masks in classrooms is one of the ideas teachers are proposing to help keep people safe in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. PHOTO GETTY IMAGES

ally, really hard to make this work.They don’t want to see a COVID exposure in their schools.They don’t want to see a student sick or a staff member sick, and they are working just as hard as teachers to make this all work.” But, despite everyone’s best efforts, COVID-19 is getting in to schools – andWethered pointed out the exposures are coming more frequently than they did at the beginning of the year. That’s taking its toll on teachers,Wethered said – not just here, but across the province. “I’m hearing provincially that all teachers are stressed, that all teachers are exhausted,” she said. “Teaching in a pandemic is exhausting.” A PROVINCIAL PRIORITY ince September, B.C. has been operating at what’s known as Stage 2 of the province’s Education Restart Plan. Stage 1 would be a return to full, normal, in-class instruction – which will only happen when the pandemic is over and/or a vaccine is widely available. Stage 3 would see schools offer full-time, in-class instruction only for those who need it (such as children of essential workers). Most students would learn in-class some of the time, with remote learning the rest of the time. Density targets would be set at 50%, meaning half the students would be in school at any

given time. bringing the virus into schools, Decisions about which stage and that’s led to the outbreaks. the system is at are made at a “We want to stamp that out. provincial level, and Hachlaf We want to work together with said the NewWestminster school trustees, with administrators and district is ready to shift stages others, to stamp that out,” he should the province issue an orsaid. der to that effect. Horgan said provincial health Wethered said teachers are officer Dr. Bonnie Henry will always aware remote learning address the issue of schools could be reintroduced. And, almore in her briefing today though it hasn’t been proposed (Thursday, Nov. 19). at this point, she noted the Henry has repeatedly referred switch could be flipped at any to school as “essential” and has time. continued to focus on reducThe provincial government ing transmission through sohas consistently cial gatherings said it wants to and workplaces Parents want keep schools rather than open. tightening up their kids in “It is imporrestrictions on classrooms to the schools. tant for kids, it is important for At her Nov. greatest extent communities, 12 briefing, possible. that our school Henry pointed system remain out that nine open,” Premier in 10 B.C. John Horgan schools had said last week. yet to report a At a media briefing yesterday, COVID-19 exposure and that Horgan reiterated that stance – there had, at the time, been with some caution. fewer than a dozen transmissions “Parents want their kids in of the virus within schools provclassrooms to the greatest extent incewide. possible,” he said. “We want to “What that tells us is that the make sure we do that safely.” measures that we have in place, Horgan said B.C. has demonand particularly screening out strated it can operate schools people who are ill, catching them safely despite the “isolated outearly, making sure that we’re rebreaks.” He said the evidence is ducing the probability of transclear children are not transmitmissions in schools, is working,” ters of COVID but that adults she said. working within the system are Continued on page 17

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‘It’s an unfortunate numbers game’: BCTF

Continued from page 16 Henry’s comments were based on monthly data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control showing that 261 of B.C.’s 1,942 schools have had COVID-19 exposures (as of Nov. 5). Hachlaf noted 50 of B.C.’s 60 school districts have had no exposures at all but pointed out the story is very different in the Fraser Health andVancouver Coastal regions. BCCDC numbers show the vast majority of exposures – 175 – have taken place in Fraser Health. And it’s the rising number of exposures in this region that has teachers concerned. ‘TIME TO ACT IS NOW’ he B.C.Teachers’ Federation is calling on the government to act on the situation in schools. “The time to act is now,” said BCTF president Teri Mooring in a livestream on Nov. 12. “If we’re seeing more community transmissions, we’re going to see more in schools as well.We’re going to see a lot more school exposures; it’s just a matter of time. And with increased school exposures, we’re going to see an increase in school transmission. It’s an unfortunate numbers game. It’s going to happen.” In a letter posted on social media this past weekend, Mooring called on the premier to respond to the dramatic rise in cases by reducing class sizes to 15 students – specifically in Fraser Health. Wethered is on board with the call for reduced class sizes, noting it’s the only way to maintain physical distance.While some distancing might be possible in a kindergarten classroom with 17 small children, she said, the situation is very different in a high school classroom full of 28 or 30 adult-size students. Wethered said cutting class sizes would be possible in New West only if half the students attended at one time, on alternat-

the way contact tracing is conducted. Currently, as soon as a positive COVID-19 test is reported to Fraser Health, health officials take the lead on identifying close contacts of the infectious person and issuing orders to self-monitor or self-isolate as required. “Because of privacy, they’re saying they can’t say whether it’s a student, a parent or a staff THE MASK DEBATE member that’s been exposed. ethered can spell out anYou don’t know whether it’s a other of her safety suggeskid in your class or whether it’s tions in just two words. a colleague or whether it’s a parMask. Mandate. ent,”Wethered said. “Teachers Currently, masks are required are concerned that they could for middle school and high have a case in their class and not school students when in comeven know about it.” mon areas (such as hallways) She said the standard definior when interacting with those tion of close contact – meaning outside of their own cohort. you’re within one metre of the But masks aren’t mandated for person for at least 15 minutes – younger students or for students doesn’t adequately reflect how of any age within their classrooms operate. own cohort. “Students are supWethered said a posed to stay in their global mask policy own chairs, but that’s would give teachers not what’s really hapsome peace of mind. pening in a kinder“They are very anxgarten classroom or a ious about teaching in Grade 2 classroom,” a pandemic,” she said. she said. “Of course they’re worWhich means that ried for their own safety when contact tracers Dr. Bonnie Henry and the safety of the use classroom seating students they’re looking provincial health plans to identify “close officer after.” contacts,”Wethered Hachlaf acknowledged the said, they may miss people. teachers’ call for a mask manBringing teachers in to the date but said any changes to contact tracing process would mask regulations would need to help to better identify those concome from the province. tacts, she said, noting it’s the “It’s not in fact school disteachers who know which kids tricts that change that mandate,” spend time together. he said. Teachers are also concerned Until such time as officials about the provincial health promandate mask use,Wethered is tocols that dictate that even if hoping local parents encourage someone in a household has their children to wear masks. tested positive for COVID-19, “If parents encourage mask a student in that family can still wearing and made it normal that come to school. you wear a mask, it would really “It’s still concerning that help a lot,” she said. there’s this very contagious disease at home, and you’re alOUT OF THE LOOP lowing the student to come to nother huge concern for school,”Wethered said. teachers,Wethered says, is ing days – as laid out in the district’s Stage 3 plans. With everyone there full-time? It’s just not going to happen. “I think a lot of the doctors who created the guidelines have not been inside a classroom for a long time, so they don’t understand that it’s very difficult to socially distance in a classroom,” she said.

WINTER BREAK s there a way to keep students out of classrooms long enough to break the chains of viral transmission without requiring a full school shutdown? That question is being posed across the country as other provinces grapple with similar surges in COVID-19 numbers. One idea that’s been put forward in Ontario and Quebec is the possibility of an extended winter break. Adding a week on both ends of the existing two-week holiday over Christmas and New Year’s would give a full four weeks to help slow the spread of the virus. Wethered said she hasn’t heard the idea floated in New West, but she’s open to it. Perhaps, she suggested, the two extra weeks could be turned into remote learning weeks at either end of the break. Asked about the idea by reporters on Nov. 16, Henry said the idea of an extended winter break is one she’s been discussing with her counterparts across the country. She noted the idea of an extended school break isn’t without its problems – such as what would happen to the children of essential workers. Henry said any changes to school breaks wouldn’t be done hastily. “If we are going to make this change, it will be a thoughtful change that will be done ahead of time, in discussion with the different stakeholder groups,” she said.

MOVING FORWARD hatever the coming months bring,Wethered knows she and her colleagues will continue their efforts to keep schools as safe as possible. She and other teachers’ union local presidents from the Fraser Health region have asked for a meeting with Dr. Elizabeth Brodkin, the region’s chief medical health officer, andWethered is anticipating that meeting to be

The list

These are the New West schools that have seen early notification letters regarding COVID-19 exposures as of press time (with letter date): Queensborough Middle: Sept. 28 Glenbrook Middle: Oct. 26 Fraser River Middle (2): Sept. 21, Oct. 17 Queen Elizabeth Elementary (2): Nov. 10, Nov. 13 Lord Tweedsmuir (3): Sept. 28, Oct. 9, Oct. 10 NWSS (5): Sept. 21, Oct. 26 (2), Nov. 4, Nov. 9 These are the schools where ‘self-monitor’ letters have been sent to classes, asking a larger group to monitor for symptoms because of the potential for more widespread exposure: Queen Elizabeth: Nov. 13 Lord Tweedsmuir (3): Sept. 29, Nov. 9, Nov. 12 NWSS (4): Oct. 26, Nov. 9, Nov. 11 (2) As of press time, no ‘self-isolation’ letters have been sent. – source: New Westminster school district

set up this week. In the meantime, she said, she’ll keep on focusing on the positives. “A positive is that students are in school, and for the most part they’re happy to be in school, and teachers are teaching. Good things are happening; it’s just a little different – a lot different,” Wethered said. She knows the pandemic isn’t going to last forever. She points to the news that vaccines may begin to be available by the early months of 2021 as a reason for even more optimism. And in the short term? Everyone involved in the system – students, parents, staff, administrators – will continue to make it work as they already are: together. “We will get through this,” Wethered said. “We will all get through this working together.”

What can you do to help? Here are a few ideas for parents Sarah Wethered, president of the New Westminster Teachers’ Union, shares some ideas about how parents can help:

HAVE YOUR CHILD WEAR A MASK.

Teachers can’t mandate mask wearing, but parents can help kids get used to wearing masks and set the expectation that they’ll wear

one at school.

KEEP SICK KIDS HOME.

Keeping kids with any symptoms – even minor ones like sniffles – out of schools is the “number 1 protection” for everyone, Wethered said.

DON’T SEND ANYTHING FOR YOUR CHILD TO SHARE.

That includes lunches, treats, snacks, games, toys and supplies.

MINIMIZE YOUR FAMILY’S SOCIAL CONTACTS.

Remember that your family’s life outside of school influences what happens inside the school. That means sticking to provincial health orders and doing everything you can to minimize

your family’s social contacts – even if it means making hard choices for the greater good.

MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD IS AS INDEPENDENT AS POSSIBLE.

Teachers aren’t supposed to touch students, and that includes helping them with zippers, shoelaces and the like. Send your child dressed in clothes they can handle

without help.

DON’T EXPECT EVERYTHING TO LOOK ‘NORMAL.’

All those Christmas concerts and assemblies you’re used to being part of? They won’t be happening, or they’ll be happening in new ways. Don’t pressure your child’s teacher with unrealistic expectations.

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DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Application #: TMC-FACILITIES- IVMP-2020 Applicant: Trans Mountain Corporation (TMC), 7815 Shellmont Street, Burnaby BC V5A 4S9, Email: info@transmountain.com as well as the toll-free info line 1.866.514.6700 In accordance with the British Columbia’s Pest Management Act and Regulations, TMC is required to develop a Pest Management Plan (PMP) (for TMC the PMP is referred to as the Integrated Vegetation Management Plan (IVMP)). The IVMP manages problem vegetation, including control of noxious weeds and invasive plants within TMC facilities. Facilities include pump stations, valve stations, terminals, tank farms and office/maintenance facilities. All facilities are fenced, secure compounds not accessible to the general public. The facilities are in close proximity to the following communities in British Columbia: Valemount, Albreda, Blue River, Avola, Vavenby, Clearwater, Darfield, McLure, Black Pines, Kamloops, Merritt, Kingsvale, Hope, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Sumas, Langley and Burnaby. This IVMP has been prepared to replace the existing 5-year IVMP which expires in February 2021. The proposed duration of the IVMP is from March 31, 2021 to March 31, 2026. The vegetation management and weed control methods proposed for use include hand pulling, mowing, trimming, pruning, selective slashing, girdling, geotextile fabric, retaining existing low or self-sustaining ground cover, seeding, fertilization where setbacks permit and tree/shrub plantings. The use of pesticides is intended within the area to which the IVMP applies. TMC conducts all work, including pest management, in strict adherence with all applicable Acts and regulations. The active ingredient names and an example of trade names of the pesticides (herbicides) proposed for use under this plan include: aminocyclopyrachlor (Navius VM), aminopyralid (Milestone), chlorsulfuron (Telar), clopyralid (Lontrel 360), dicamba (Vanquish), diflufenzopyr (Overdrive), diuron (Diurex 80 WDG), flumioxazin (Payload), fluroxypyr (Retain B), glyphosate (Vantage XRT), indaziflam (Esplanade SC), MCPA (MCPA Amine 500), mecoprop-P (Mecoprop-P), metsulfuron methyl (Clearview), picloram (Grazon), pyroxasulfone (Torpedo), triclopyr (Garlon XRT), 2,4-D (2,4-D Amine 600), Esterified vegetable oil (Hasten adjuvant) and paraffinic oil and alkoxylated alcohol non-ionic surfactants (Gateway adjuvant). Application methods include: backpack, power hose and nozzle, stem injection, wick/wipe-on applicator, and boom sprayer. A draft copy of the proposed IVMP and maps of the proposed treatment areas may be reviewed online on the Trans Mountain website from using this link https://www.transmountain.com/vegetation-management A person(s) wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant at the address above (Trans Mountain Corporation, info@transmountain.com as well as the toll-free info line 1.866.514.6700) within 30 days of the publication of this notice.

DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Application #: TMC-ROW IVMP-2020 Applicant: Trans Mountain Corporation (TMC), 7815 Shellmont Street, Burnaby BC V5A 4S9, Email: info@transmountain.com as well as the toll-free info line 1.866.514.6700 In accordance with the British Columbia’s Pest Management Act and Regulations, TMC is required to develop a Pest Management Plan (PMP) (for TMC the PMP is referred to as the Integrated Vegetation Management Plan (IVMP)). The IVMP manages problem vegetation, including control of noxious weeds and invasive plants within TMC’s rights-of-way and access roads to its pipeline systems. In British Columbia, TMC operates the Trans Mountain Pipeline transporting crude oil and refined products from Edmonton, AB to Burnaby, BC. The pipelines are located below ground and in the proximity to the following communities in British Columbia: Valemount, Albreda, Blue River, Avola, Vavenby, Clearwater, Darfield, McLure, Heffley Creek, Kamloops, Merritt, Kingsvale, Hope, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Sumas, Langley, Surrey, Coquitlam and Burnaby. This IVMP has been prepared to replace the existing 5-year IVMP which expires in April 2021. The proposed duration of the IVMP is from May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2026. The vegetation management and weed control methods proposed for use include hand pulling, mowing, trimming, pruning, selective slashing, girdling, geotextile fabric, retaining existing low or self-sustaining ground cover, seeding, fertilization where setbacks permit and tree/shrub plantings. The use of pesticides (herbicides) are intended within the geographic area to which the PMP (IVMP) applies. TMC conducts all work, including pest (herbicide) management, in strict adherence with all applicable Acts and regulations. The active ingredient names and an example of trade names of the pesticides (herbicides) proposed for use under this plan include: aminocyclopyrachlor (Navius VM), aminopyralid (Milestone), chlorsulfuron (Telar), clopyralid (Lontrel 360), dicamba (Vanquish), diflufenzopyr (Overdrive), diuron (Diurex 80 WDG), flumioxazin (Payload), fluroxypyr (Retain B), glyphosate (Vantage XRT), indaziflam (Esplanade SC), MCPA (MCPA Amine 500), mecoprop-P (Mecoprop-P), metsulfuron methyl (Clearview), picloram (Grazon), pyroxasulfone (Torpedo), triclopyr (Garlon XRT), 2,4-D (2,4-D Amine 600), esterified vegetable oil (Hasten adjuvant) and paraffinic oil and alkoxylated alcohol non-ionic surfactants (Gateway adjuvant). Application methods include: backpack, power hose and nozzle, stem injection, wick/wipe-on applicator, and boom sprayer. A draft copy of the proposed IVMP and maps of the proposed treatment areas may be reviewed online on the Trans Mountain website from using this link https://www.transmountain.com/vegetation-management A person(s) wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant at the address above (Trans Mountain Corporation, info@transmountain.com as well as the toll-free info line 1.866.514.6700) within 30 days of the publication of this notice.

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