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3. Richmond City Centre: Integrated Programs
Volunteers
Primary
Partners and
Capacity Inventory
Social Agencies
Secondary and Business, Construction
Primary Infrastructure: Other
Municipality
Secondary
Municipality, Community and Business
working to raise funds, facilitate change

9.  Condo construction keeps builders busy in Richmond
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 Sussex Square residents win round in leaky condo legal battle
 Richmond construction activity far from a record in 2011
 Sales slow, but Richmond house and condo prices steady
 Richmond's population grows 9.2%
 Tourism Richmond names three Richmond Foodie Blogger finalists
 A tale of the tape: How waistlines differ in Richmond, Va. and Richmond, B.C.
 By Matthew Hoekstra - Richmond Review
Published: July 09, 2012 1:00 PM
Updated: July 09, 2012 1:42 PM
 Condominium construction continues to keep builders busy in Richmond, as the value of building permits this year is
outpacing figures from 2011.
 In the first six months of 2012, Richmond City Hall issued 735 building permits with a construction value of $265.2 million—
44 per cent more than the same period the previous year.
 The numbers were boosted by a big month in May, when developers—led by Canada Sunrise Developments (Richmond)
Ltd. for its multi-tower Quintet project in City Centre—lined up for 132 building permits worth $143.5 million.
 Last month, the city issued a total of 154 building permits worth $24.1 million. Setting the pace were builders of single-family
dwellings and a $1.4-million renovation to Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Richmond campus.
 Building permits for required for new construction, change of use, additions or alterations to structures.

13.  Several drops of blood now mark the path that a critically-injured Richmond teen followed before being found
Sunday night lying on the ground near a home at Twintree Place, near Granville and No. 2 Road.
 The boy, who doctors had to operate on, had been repeatedly stabbed in his upper body, and RCMP
investigators are still trying to determine precisely what happened.
 According to Mounties, a resident in the area called police after finding the injured boy.
 On Monday morning, police were still as the scene where the boy was found, going door to door, canvassing the
neighbourhood to see if anyone heard or saw something suspicious.
 A police photographer laid down several numbered markers leading north on Granville Crescent from Granville
Avenue, and onto Drewry Crescent, which then connects with Twintree Place. The markers could be a trail of
blood drops.
 The teen was rushed to B.C. Children's Hospital in critical condition, and had to undergo surgery.
 He's still in hospital in stable condition, despite his serious injuries.
 Meanwhile, investigators are hoping for the public's help in determining what happened.
 Police don't believe the stabbing occurred on Twintree Place, but in another location.
 Anyone who saw anything suspicious Sunday night or with information about this incident is asked to call the
Richmond RCMP's Serious Crimes Unit at 604-278-1212, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

14.  House party fight turns into stabbing
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 Burnaby man stabbed in attack outside mall
 Man stabbed repeatedly following argument
 Richmond police seek information on February stabbing
 Homeowner fights back after houses flipped
 HST protesters crash B.C. Liberal party
 Recovery house holds grand opening
 By Martin van den Hemel - Richmond Review
Published: May 15, 2012 12:00 PM
Updated: May 15, 2012 12:04 PM
 Two young men suffered stab wounds during a violent altercation at an apartment party on the 9000 block of Odlin
Road early on Monday.
 Police were called when a fight broke out at the party, and discovered two men in their 20s suffering non-life
threatening stab wounds.
 Investigators believe there was no motive behind the stabbing, other than the fact it resulted from an argument.
 There was no suspect description provided to investigators.
 Both victims, who are expected to make full recoveries, are known to police. Investigators don't suspect the
stabbing was gang related.

21.  Six-figure club grows at city hall
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Last year 105 Richmond City Hall bureaucrats earned six-figure salaries, according to financial documents. Jennifer Gauthier photo
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 Competitive figure skater gets his size 10.5 skates stolen
 Is Richmond City Hall going to the bees?
 Japan's quake prompts city information session
 City to hire new senior manager
 Richmond's population grows 9.2%
 City hall overdue for change, says candidate Peter Mitchell
 By Matthew Hoekstra - Richmond Review
Published: July 07, 2012 7:00 AM
 Salaries are up but expenses dropped last year at Richmond City Hall, according to recently released financial statements.
 City council claimed $15,970 in expenses in 2011, while membership to the six-figure-salary club among civic bureaucrats continued to climb.
 Former councillor Greg Halsey-Brandt proved to be the biggest spender on council, claiming $3,200 in expenses and $4,779.16 in benefits, in addition to earning $50,589 in salary before
retiring in November.
 Mayor Malcolm Brodie claimed $2,437 in expenses, earned $8,963 in benefits and took home $108,716 in salary.
 Overall, council's expenses are just one-third the amount recorded in 2010. Among the penny-pinchers were Richmond First councillors, including skinflint Coun. Derek Dang, who
charged taxpayers just $315.
 Among city staff, 494 earned over $75,000 last year. Two years ago, just 393 staff met that mark.
 Richmond’s annual public financial report details all wage earners over $75,000. Included in that growing group are 105 senior staffers with six-figure salaries—11 more than last year.
 In all, 1,916 employees earned a total of $100.8 million last year while recording $857,677 in expenses. That's 70 more employees than the previous year, but total staff expenses
dropped by one-third.
 Greg Scott, director of the major projects office, claimed the most expenses among bureaucrats at $11,782. Some other senior staff came close: $9,230 for Carol Hama, manager of
people development; $9,204 for Cecilia Achiam, interim director of sustainability and district energy; $8,861 for Cindy Gilfillan, capital analyst supervisor; $8,631 for human resources
manager Karina Lapalme; and $8,338 for city solicitor Doug Long.
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23.  Mayor backs the community
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 Richmond News July 6, 2012
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 The Editor,
 Just as I am not a big supporter of big fat bonuses for officers hired to do little more than a satisfactory job to begin with,
I am not keen to say "Bravo" to politicians either for representing the views of the majority of their constituents candidly
on ethical, moral and public safety issues.
 However, on June 28, when I heard Mayor Malcolm Brodie speaking on Global TV, against licensing and subsidising a
liquor bar in the new RCMP Headquarters, I felt compelled to salute him for his stand.
 It is both good and right, and complements the new professional behavioural standards the Minister of Public Safety, Vic
Toews, and the new RCMP Commissioner, Bob Paulson, are trying to enforce. The mayor's comments also
inadvertently support MADD.
 Suresh Kurl Richmond
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Read more: http://www.richmond-news.com/business/Mayor+backs+community/6892230/story.html#ixzz20F41JTxb

28.  Issue: BCMJ, Vol. 45, No. 2, March 2003, page(s) 78-81 Articles
Hiram Mok, MA, MB BCh, BAO, FRCPC, Daniel W.L. Lai, PhD, Daniel Lin, BSc, Michelle P. Wong, MD, Soma Ganesan,
MD, FRCPC
 Literature on the use of mental health services by Chinese Canadians is scant. This retrospective chart review adds valuable
new data, suggesting that Chinese Canadians are a far from homogenous group.
 Information on the use of mental health services by Chinese Canadians is very limited. This preliminary study serves to
provide data regarding the use of ethnically sensitive mental health services for Chinese Canadians in Vancouver, British
Columbia. A retrospective chart review explored various factors associated with treatment and outcomes of 370 Chinese-
Canadian patients who attended a cross-cultural psychiatry outpatient clinic in Vancouver. Results indicated that major
depressive episode was the most commonly reported diagnosis. The majority of patients received both pharmacotherapy and
psychotherapy. More younger patients received psychotherapy alone than the older patients. More than one-third of patients
recovered fully. Another one-third was lost in follow-up, with higher rates in females and Mandarin speakers. The findings
illuminate various cultural and systemic barriers for these two subgroups and indicate that Chinese Canadians are a very
culturally diverse group.
 Introduction
 Multiculturalism is an integral component in Canadian society. However, cultural diversity brings with it challenges in
meeting the health care needs of different ethno-cultural groups. Reitz[1] concluded that “recent immigrant groups experience
low rates of utilization of many important social and health services, despite evidence of significant need.” Barriers that may
impede ethno-cultural groups from accessing health services include a lack of awareness of the availability of services,
financial restraints, language barriers, cultural insensitivity by service providers, and cultural patterns of help-seeking
behaviors. Lin and Lin[2] studied help-seeking behaviors of psychiatric patients from different ethnic backgrounds. Chinese
patients tend to deal with psychiatric illness initially through family supports and alternative naturopathic modalities. Only
when extensive family efforts and resources within the Chinese community support network are exhausted would the family
physician be consulted. This arises from traditional Chinese collectivist ideology and pervasive social stigma of mental illness
that may lead to delayed clinical presentation.

43.  He takes over from Greg Halsey-Brandt, who held the position from 2009 to 2011.
 In the role, Duzita will work to raise the public profile of the Christmas Fund, which provides assistance to low-income
families during the holiday season. In addition, he’ll serve as head of the Christmas Fund Round Table, a group of community
and business leaders who plan and organize fundraising activities for the program.
 “I’m incredibly excited to be a part of this,” Duzita said. “The Christmas Fund really is a community effort, from the
hundreds of volunteers who make it all happen, to the individuals and businesses who so generously donate. Together, we’re
going to help brighten the holidays for as many people as possible.”
 For Duzita, who works in the aviation industry, serving as Christmas Fund Community Chair is but the latest in a long list of
charitable endeavours. He co-founded YVR Golf For Kids, which, since 1991, has donated over $3 million to local children’s
charities. He is currently co-chair of the Richmond Trinity Western University advisory board and a board member of the
Richmond Olympic Oval. He’s also served as chair of both the Canuck Place Children’s Hospice and its foundation, and as a
board member of the 2010 Games Operating Trust. In 2010, at the Volunteers Are Stars Awards, he received the Star of
Richmond Award, in recognition of his leadership in the non-profit sector.
 “We’re sad to see Greg go, because he contributed so much to the Christmas Fund,” says Elizabeth Specht, executive director
of Volunteer Richmond Information Services. “But if anybody can fill his shoes, it’s Wayne. He’s dedicated to this
community and passionate about the Christmas Fund. He’s going to have a huge impact on the program.”
 While this year’s edition of the Christmas Fund is still in the planning stages, one date has been set. The Day of Giving,
during which local businesses will donate a portion of their sales to the Christmas Fund, will take place Nov. 29. On the same
day, Lansdowne Centre will host the second annual Christmas Fund Drive-Thru Event.
 The Richmond Christmas Fund mobilizes the community’s spirit of giving to make holiday wishes come true for 2,000 low-
income Richmond residents each year. Each person registered with the program receives a grocery voucher and nearly 1,000
children under 15 years old also receive toys or gift cards donated to the program.
 Volunteer Richmond Information Services is a non-profit agency dedicated to enhancing the lives of Richmond residents by
bringing people and services together through community information and volunteerism.

48. Richmond in Need?
Shelters
Food bank
2000 Families in Affordable
Need at Housing
Christmas
Municipality
Mental
Municipal
Health
Salaries
Culture and
/concerned Violence
Diversity
citizens

51. Drop-in centre to be haven for homeless in Richmond
 By Michelle Hopkins, Richmond News July 17, 2012 4:22 PM
 Outdoor living can be great. Living on the streets — not so much.
 If Dianne Woodhouse has anything to do with it, Richmond will soon have a place where those who need it have a place to come into from the cold.
 “Over the last few years, we have recognized there is a huge gap in services for people with nowhere to go, other than McDonald’s, the library and other places where they may not be
accepted, but they are none the less tolerated,” said Woodhouse, chair for the Drop-In Centre Action Group and member of the Richmond’s Homelessness Coalition (RHC.)
 “Richmond really needs a drop-in centre, Vancouver has quite a few of them.
 “This drop-in centre will provide people with a warm, safe, dry place to spend some time, where they will be respected and heard,” she added.
 The centre is expected to open in October at its temporary site of St. Alban Anglican Church. It will be open four hours a day, initially.
 “We have no cooking facilities, so we will start off with coffee (a huge draw) and snacks,” she added. “The vision includes much more, but we will start with small manageable steps. It
will be staffed with a mix of experienced volunteers paired with those with not so much experience. We will be putting a training module and safety measures in place for volunteers before
we open for our guests.”
 Once the shelter is open, organizers will look to providing services such as laundry, employment assistance, helping people re-connect with their families “and anything else needed to help
people get back to living a life they can maintain.
 “They also need an address if they want to apply for a job, and with the drop-in centre they can use that address.”
 According to the 2011 Homeless Count, Richmond has 49 homeless, said Seth Klein, a director at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
 “Out of those, 34 are unsheltered and 15 are sheltered,” said Klein of the Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness (RSCH) report. “That indicates to me that
although Richmond’s homeless are few, the city lacks shelters and it has little to nothing in terms of services available to the homeless. The idea of a drop-in centre is probably a good
one.”
 However, Klein believes the bigger issue here is affordable housing, something that both federal and provincial governments have failed to provide.
 “During a 20 year period during the seventies and nineties, 2,000 units of social housing were being built every year,” said Klein. “Contrast that with Campbell’s government, which built
580 units over a five year period... we are not keeping up with the demand.”
 This week, Woodhouse, along with other concerned citizens from the Richmond Food Bank and community social services for the City of Richmond, were going to visit a number of drop-
in centres in Vancouver to see first hand how they operate and what services they offer.
 “The RHC is a grass-roots, community initiated planning table,” said Dena Kae Beno, affordable housing coordinator for the City of Richmond.
 “The city is one of the many stakeholders involved in the RHC planning table. As part of this process, the city is providing staff resources and support to the action groups to research and
address the RHC priorities. At this time, the Drop-In Centre Action Group is conducting a ‘feasibility study’ to assess the need and opportunity of the proposed drop-in centre.”
 Woodhouse has great hopes for the centre, including bringing in hairdressers and nurses for free appointments.
 “We already have some hairdressers willing to cut hair once a week on a volunteer basis,” she said. “We’d like to connect the homeless with outreach services such as the Richmond
Homeless Connect (services such as health care, dental, eye glass repair, haircuts, bike repair, food, clothing and more to help people who are homeless to transition from street to
housing).”
 Woodhouse said they hope to open by Oct. 1 in its temporary site in St. Alban Anglican Church. Ideally, Woodhouse would like a central location, which is close to shopping and is “cart
friendly.”
 Meanwhile, fundraising efforts are underway with plans for a walk to coincide with the 7th Annual Homelessness Action Week (October 7-13), and a concert at Richmond’s Fraserview
Mennonite Church (TBA).
 “We are also looking for corporate sponsorship because we simply won’t have enough funds to cover the monthly rent,” added Woodhouse
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