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MARCH 27 2013 www.burnabynewsleader.com Jason Brezynskie won the 14th annual Healthy Chef Competition, put on by the B.C. Chefs Association.

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Dave Ellenwood, the city of Burnaby’s director of parks, Tony Arcari, the assistant project manager for the new Edmonds Community Centre, and Jim Morrice, the site superintendant for Smith Bros. and Wilson, review some construction details outside the building’s rear entrance.

The city’s new centre of attention Edmonds goes from no pool at all to the best one in Burnaby Wanda Chow

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In a sign that Edmonds Town Centre is in the midst of a major revitalization, the neighbourhood that never had a public swimming pool to begin with will soon have the swankiest one in Burnaby.

“We feel it’s cutting edge,” said Burnaby parks and recreation director Dave Ellenwood during

a tour of the new $32-million Edmonds Community Centre and Pool last week. “It should be really cool for people to experience.”

Expected to open in early June, the Fred Randall Pool, named after the late local city alderman and MLA, will be in the style of Eileen Dailly Pool with its hot tub and leisure component, but with some of the latest bells and whistles.

Along with a six-lane, 25-metrelong pool, the facility boasts two waterslides, an extra-large hot tub, sauna and steam room. The leisure

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pool’s kid-friendly features include a “lazy river,” bubble bench, spray arches, a mini-playground structure and a large dumping bucket.

A two-lane, 15-metre long pool will have a warmer water temperature to accommodate people using it for rehabilitation, aquafit and lessons for young children.

And it’s all fully accessible for people with disabilities, including a water elevator into the swim tank, a ramp with handrail into the whirlpool and zero-depth entry into the leisure pool from deck level.

The pool will be larger than most other facilities in the Lower Mainland, said Ellenwood, who noted the leisure components are very popular. “We’ll get 1,500 to 2,000 visits a day by all ages.”

It will also use the most up-todate water disinfection technology— liquid chlorine, filtering sand and an ultraviolet system.

Most of the tile work was close to being completed during the tour and the pool is set to be filled and tested sometime this week.

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Chevron Canada can no longer count on the support of Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan or Burnaby-Douglas NDP MP Kennedy Stewart at its National Energy Board (NEB) hearings this week.

The hearings are for Chevron’s application for priority destination status on Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline to ensure a steady supply of crude oil for its North Burnaby refinery. The company applied for the status last year in response to ongoing supply shortages due to it having to increasingly share capacity on the pipeline with other users.

But while both the mayor and MP are the only politicians granted intervenor status at the hearings, and both planned to speak on Chevron’s behalf, neither now plan to attend.

That’s because at recent NEB hearings for Kinder Morgan’s commercial tolling application for a proposed expansion of the same pipeline, which runs between Edmonton and Burnaby, a Chevron representative indicated that company supports the pipeline twinning.

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Just across the hall will be another welcome addition to the community, a massive double gym that can be divided into four sections and is designed to receive lots of natural light, particularly from one corner made almost entirely of glass. “This should take a lot of pressure off existing gym facilities,� he said, noting the very high demand seen at Bonsor Rec Centre. “We needed this not only for this community but for all of South Burnaby.�

An adjacent youth lounge comes with its own exterior entrance and door to the gym making it possible to eventually keep the youth centre open later while closing off the rest of the facility, said Ellenwood.

For now, the nearby KRIB youth centre will continue to operate but could eventually be phased out in favour of the new facility, he said.

Ellenwood noted the games room, with foosball, a big TV and a pool table, is not exclusively for use by youth and will be located next to the seniors’ snooker room on the second floor. “Hopefully the youth will integrate with the seniors. They’ll have to co-exist with the seniors, which I think is healthy.�

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Also expected to take the pressure off Bonsor is the new cardio and weight room.

At 650 square metres (7,000 square feet), it is 10 times larger than the similar facility at the old Eastburn Community Centre, and significantly bigger than Bonsor’s which is about 4,500 square feet spread over two levels. “It’s very large but very large for a purpose because of high demand,� he said.

Once the new community centre is finished, the fitness and weight-room equipment will be moved in, including new pieces and those from the interim fitness centre on Kingsway, which were purchased second-hand after being used by athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Along with the snooker room, the new seniors centre will include a lounge and access to a number of other multi-purpose rooms for all ages, such as a dance and fitness room with a sprungwood floor and mirrors and a fine arts room. Two music rooms are also set up with acoustic baffling, providing soundproofing to allow for music lessons.

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large new playground will soon be built at the newly named Edmonds Park (formerly Richmond Park) next door, but the centre will also offer a rainy-day option indoors.

A small indoor playground will be located on the main floor next to a “playcare,� where children can be supervised while parents are at activities elsewhere in the building, and a preschool.

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The facility will serve the community while also being built to a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver standard of sustainability.

White roofs will reflect heat away from the building, keeping it cooler in the summer. It features high-efficient water fixtures and lighting, and a heating system that recycles the hot air from the building’s exhaust and uses it to heat water in the pool and plumbing systems. An aerothermal heat pump operates four times more efficiently than traditional highefficiency boilers.

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And in something of an homage, architects at CEI Architecture designed the brick work inside and out to be similar to that of the former Eastburn community centre, although the slender, light-tancoloured bricks are new.

Between the underground parkade, and surface spots onsite and on Humphries Avenue, there are 210 parking stalls.

The facility will have 77 full-timeequivalent staff, of whom 25 used to work at Eastburn and have been at other city facilities in the meantime during construction of the new centre. Of the 53 brand new staff, about 75 per cent have

already been hired.

Once opened, the new Edmonds centre will be open 364 days a year, closing only on Christmas Day, Ellenwood said.

Weekday hours will be from 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., with an earlier closing on weekends.

Ellenwood expects the community centre will be well used by the surrounding community, which has many lower income and immigrant families.

It appears the centre is ready for it.

Pointing out a fireplace located next to the children’s area, he noted the space was designed along the theme of a “community living room.� twitter.com/WandaChow

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A former bookkeeper at Alpha secondary school has been charged with fraud, say Burnaby RCMP. Jodi Fran Fingarsen, 45, of Coquitlam has been charged with two counts of fraud, said Burnaby RCMP Cpl. Dave Reid.

Fingarsen was arrested last July, questioned and released before investigators submitted their recommendations for charges to Crown counsel in October, he said. The Crown has now approved the fraud charges.

Police allege a misappropriation of funds occurred while she was employed at Alpha secondary between July 2008 and July 2010. The money was discovered missing in March 2009 during an audit, Reid said.

“Of course when you find a little bit missing you’ve got to dig a little bit deeper. So it took a little while for them to trace

everything,” he said.

Police allege that during the period in question, “[Fingarsen] was the only bookkeeper and had sole access to the accounting system and financial records,” Reid said. “It is estimated that she defrauded the school of monies in excess of $60,000.”

Last June, Burnaby school district filed a notice of civil claim against Fingarsen, CIBC and Vancity.

In it, the district claims that between April 2007 and April 2010 Fingarsen fraudulently stole more than $100,000 of the district’s money.

It claims she did so by taking cheques issued by the district to other individuals and companies and depositing them into her own personal account at CIBC and writing district cheques payable to herself or to cash. As well, the district claims Fingarsen stole cash received through school fundraising activities, donations, student fees, fees for field trips and the like.

The district’s claims against CIBC are that it should not

have honoured the stolen cheques, “some of which bore a forged endorsement and some of which were not endorsed at all,” and it should have known Fingarsen was not the payee of the fraudulent cheques.

Similarly, Vancity, the district’s financial institution, should not have paid out the fraudulent cheques, the district claims.

None of these claims have been proven in court.

Both CIBC and Vancity deny the allegations. CIBC instead claims the district failed to properly supervise its employee, Fingarsen, and Vancity claims that while the district learned of the fraud around April 2010, the credit union was never provided details of the disputed cheques “despite repeated requests,” until it received the district’s notice of civil claim in June 2012.

Fingarsen has not filed a response to the district’s civil claim.

District officials were away on spring break and unavailable for comment on the charges being laid. twitter.com/WandaChow

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So he concocted a ragu comprised of nine vegetables, including eggplant, zucchini, onion, peppers and tomatoes, to accompany the roasted beef tenderloin that would be his dinner’s centerpiece.

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Pierre Elliot Trudeau once famously said, “The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.”

That was in reference to the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968-69, which decriminalized homosexuality, made way for abortion and contraception, regulated lotteries, gun possession and drinking and driving offences – a scenario we take for granted today.

In its latest attempt to poke its nose into our bedrooms, the province’s new Family Law Act will help protect those in common-law relationships if and when the romance dies.

While the new rules clarify the partners’ responsibility for their children, they also make division of assets a little easier, a move the government says will keep more unhappy couples out of court.

As with any change to the law, it’s the lawyers who will see the biggest benefit. People already living common-law and those thinking of shacking up with a romantic partner will now be drawing up cohabitation agreements – planning well beyond who gets the record collection when it’s over.

And while the new rules certainly close a number of loopholes in terms of spousal and child support, there will be unintended consequences, with potentially more at stake financially at the time of a break-up.

It’s only human nature to want what you have coming to you – even if it’s only because the government has said you deserve it. It’s this kind of thinking that might well lead more splitting couples to the courtroom than anticipated.

The new Act gives us all something to think about.

Things like purchasing a new car, investing in real estate or RRSPs might best be done before emptying a drawer in your bureau for a new partner. ~ Black Press

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Ottawa takes lead on training VICTORIA – The B.C. election campaign that’s about to get underway will feature lots of talk about skills training. It will be everyone’s top priority, along with a dozen other top priorities.

But since elections are no time to deal with serious issues, don’t expect much frank discussion about ways to redirect our increasingly soft, urban society toward useful work. Somebody might be offended.

The B.C. Liberals see lots of skilled, technical jobs on the horizon, but they cut their skills training budget and many of their MLAs are also looking at a career change. The B.C. school system, like that of other provinces, still pushes kids to university programs that lead to coffee-serving jobs and the need for another round of training.

This has been going on since the 1970s, and it’s not confined to B.C. The B.C. NDP apparently expects to coast to victory with the same empty rhetoric about “income inequality” and student debt that they’ve been using for years.

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is to return control over how many apprentices can be on a job site to industrial unions, which severely restrict it, squeezing out small business. This team’s ideas are mostly left over from the last industrial revolution.

Fortunately there is a mid-term federal government that has acted. Last week’s federal budget launches new programs the next B.C. government will have to go along with.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government didn’t claw back post-secondary funds from B.C. and other inept provinces, as some had feared. What we got from Ottawa was social engineering, Conservative style.

The centrepiece is the “Canada Job Grant,” a $5,000 grant to employers willing to match it and train an unemployed person.

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To qualify, the province has to match as well, for a total $15,000 commitment to one worker who will have a job to go to.

Delta-Richmond East MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay was one of the Conservatives out to promote the budget. She said when the Canada Job Grant is fully rolled out, it will fund training for 130,000 people a year. Some will be young people, but there will also be older workers whose skills need upgrading.

“If they’re willing to look at the jobs that are available and understand that that’s their best shot at making a living and being able to support their own families some day, we want to be sure that the opportunities are there,” Findlay said.

The difference is it has to be what an employer needs, not what the student might prefer. It’s a public-private partnership, as we have seen with modern public works. Findlay acknowledged even with a big push on training, Canada will still need to import foreign workers.

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unprecedented resource boom, much of it in the B.C. Interior and north. That’s one reason for a $241 million increase over five years to the federal Income Assistance Program for aboriginal reserves.

The new money is available only if the community leadership commits to a mandatory training component. They didn’t call it Idle No More, but that’s the gist of it.

Of course, no worker or province or band council is required to participate. They have the option to leave the federal money on the table. But the NDP should note the Canada Job Grant applies to union-run apprenticeship schools as well as those in community colleges and technical institutes. Saying no isn’t much of a choice.

Whatever grand promises the B.C. Liberals and NDP have written into their yet-to-be-released election platforms, they will need to find the money to participate.

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Families need to make some sacrifices I have seen the same letter appear in the Letters to the Editor over and over again.

The writer states that Burnaby has accepted the concept of the $10 per day daycare.

I live in Burnaby and I have never seen a referendum or even a survey asking if I was in favour of this.

I am not in favour.

We have paid for our own childcare expenses in the past and should not be asked to pay for this current generation’s.

My childcare expenses were listed as a fixed cost directly below my housing costs.

I did not shortchange the people who cared for my child because I wanted to ensure that she had quality care.

I used my vacation days to cover those days when my child was ill and unable to leave the house.

We drove an older car and did

not enjoy expensive vacations.

We did not go to restaurants often. Even though I worked outside the home, I still prepared meals. We did not eat fast food or preprocessed food.

Our priority was the care of our child and we applied our money accordingly.

I would suggest families forgo their iPhones, PVRs, data plans, entertainment packages, fancy coffees, and put childcare expenses at the top of their budget as a required expense.

I and many of my friends are on fixed incomes that are not indexed. We are faced with increased costs for basic living needs. We cannot afford more increases in either municipal or provincial taxes.

We certainly should not be asked to bear the cost of childcare for the current group of parents.

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Arrest made in 19-yearold cold case murder Man charged in 1994 murder in Bonsor Rec Centre parking lot

before 1994.

Gill is scheduled to appear in court on the first-degree murder charge on Monday, March 25.

The case was solved through a joint effort with the Vancouver Police Department, which last month charged Gill with the second-degree murder of his wife, Gurpreet Gill, in

said, because he has been “involved with the police in other violent investigations Wanda Chow which I cannot speak about at wchow@burnabynewsleader.com this time” in addition to the two Burnaby RCMP charged a murder charges. man Thursday in a cold case Toor said she has spoken in which the victim was shot to personally with Akerman’s death in the Bonsor parking lot father and sister. “It’s a great almost 19 years ago. relief to them that after 19 years Vancouver resident that someone is being Jaswant Singh Gill, 40, held responsible and has been charged with charged with the death Cpl. Sharon Toor, Burnaby RCMP first-degree murder in of their loved one.”

It’s a great relief to them that after 19 years the death of Thomas Burnaby RCMP plan that someone is being held responsible and Eldon Akerman, 26. to contact and speak charged with the death of their loved one.

Akerman was killed again with the original shortly after 2 p.m. on witnesses from the 1994 Dec. 23, 1994 when he was shot 2006. The two cases are not investigation. several times while seated in related, Toor said.

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It was Brezynskie’s second kick at the pan. He’d previously entered the competition—which is put on by the BC Chefs Association and sponsored by the BC Produce Marketing Association—in 2011 but came up short.

This time he wasn’t going to let his short prep time hold him back.

“I didn’t freak out,” says Brezynskie, who’s been tending the burners at Tivoli’s for more than two years after stints at Horizons and the Edgewater Casino. “It makes you focus pretty quickly. You can’t play around too much.”

Mounties in right spot Burnaby Mounties were in the right place at the right time to nab three suspects after a robbery at Metropolis at Metrotown mall on Saturday.

Members of its strike force were at the mall conducting an investigation when they saw three people rob the Apple Store at about 5:30 p.m.

The suspects produced a weapon and threatened employees and customers, say a Burnaby RCMP press release. Before they could get away, the officers intervened.

Three suspects, two adults and a juvenile, were arrested and are awaiting a court appearance.

Working with a team of three other chefs from Executive kitchens around the Lower Mainland, he spent a day brainstorming his menu, which also included a dessert made with fresh fruit. Then he spent two days creating a demi-glaze made from a red pepper reduction for the tenderloin before pulling all the elements of his dinner together for presentation to the panel of judges and more than 500 guests at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver.

The pressure was intense, says Brezynskie. “You can’t drop the ball with 500 people in the room.”

But testing his chefs is good for their development, says Executive’s corporate chef Boban Kovachevich. “It’s good for their soul and good for the team. The executive chef is like the conductor of an orchestra, and everyone needs to do their part.”

Winning the trophy as best healthy chef has Brezynskie thinking about entering more competitions.

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The museum also attracts a Tour and Tea on Wednesday, number of volunteers in their people and everyone is really April 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. The teens and twenties, looking for nice and whether you’ve been event features an opportunity opportunities volunteering for to meet staff and volunteers, to make friends, two years or 20 receive a tour of the site, and learn, and get years, you all get work experience. along because you learn about the many volunteer opportunities at the museum.

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‘Harder to support Chevron’ That was news to both politicians, who have been outspoken critics of the expansion proposal, which is geared towards exporting oil sands crude to overseas markets.

“It’s harder to support [Chevron] now that they’re not neutral,” said Stewart. “I don’t think the community is going to be happy about that [changed stance].”

Corrigan said he had received assurances from Chevron that it was not taking a position on the pipeline expansion.

“I couldn’t have been more disappointed that after having told me they were going to remain neutral they came out in the tolling application and said they were in support of the Kinder Morgan expansion.”

Corrigan stressed that he never asked Chevron to oppose the expansion proposal, but as long as they remained neutral “I thought there was nothing hypocritical about me attending on behalf of the city to say we support their application.”

Calling Chevron’s support of the expansion “gratuitous,” Corrigan said the company “has decided they want to have it both ways … In essence what they’re saying is we don’t care

about the impacts of the pipeline, all we care about is us. And if the solution to us getting what we want is you expanding the pipeline then we’re in favour of that. Well that is not the position the city has taken, the city has taken the position they’re opposed to the [expansion].”

Burnaby’s position is still that Chevron should get priority status for the crude supply that’s brought in by the existing pipeline. As for not speaking at the hearings this week, Corrigan said it would have been a lot of effort to testify in Calgary and be cross-examined by Chevron’s opponents on the issue.

“How far am I going to go out of my way in order to try to help Chevron when they’re working at cross-purposes to the city?”

He pointed out the easiest way for the NEB to give Chevron a priority supply of crude is to approve Kinder Morgan’s expansion.

“If [Chevron has] got the City of Burnaby standing beside them saying the most import thing for us is Chevron gets the supply, then they’re going to say, ‘well Burnaby, you’re talking out of both sides of your mouth.

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Ray Lord, spokesperson for Chevron Canada’s Burnaby refinery, said the company’s position has not changed.

“As we’ve made clear from the start, Chevron supports the safe and efficient, movement of Canadian energy resources to diversified markets and pipeline expansion could certainly play a key role in that opportunity,” Lord said in an emailed statement. “The issue for us at this time is ensuring the Burnaby refinery has a reliable and economic source of crude.

Our application for Priority Destination Designation is the essential element to ensuring cost-effective access, whether on the existing or an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline system.”

Lord said priority access would be “in the best interests” of Burnaby by helping ensure ongoing access to a reliable supply of competitively priced products for its customers, keeping 400 well-paying refinery jobs in the city and providing an economic impact of over $70 million spent annually on local goods and services.

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Health cash flow not unfair to Fraser region: Minister MacDiarmid addresses complaints on low per capita funding

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“The funding formula does make sense, but it’s not a sound bite,” she said.

Jeff Nagel “When you think about the Black Press complexity of some of our Health Minister Margaret populations, like the Downtown MacDiarmid says B.C.’s health Eastside, it’s not a matter of one funding formula doesn’t shortsize fits all.” change Fraser Health, even MacDiarmid said Fraser’s though the health authority growth has been recognized and receives the lowest amount of it gets bigger annual funding funding of any region on a per increases – more than seven capita basis. per cent on average over the She spoke out after past six years compared critics seized on a to less than five per cent recent report of B.C.’s elsewhere.

Auditor General that In terms of per capita shows Fraser Health’s spending, MacDiarmid $2.8-billion budget for said comparisons to 2011/12 works out to rural regions aren’t valid. macdiarmid average spending of “If you look at a $1,585 per resident, health authority like much less than other regions.

Vancouver Island or Interior It’s almost twice as high or Northern Health Authority, at $3,000 per person in the there are some communities Vancouver Coastal region, that are incredibly remote and while per capita spending they do require more funding,” ranges from $2,370 to $2,550 she said. “It’s just very difficult in the Interior, Northern to serve them as efficiently as in and Vancouver Island health an urban riding.” regions.

Demographics are also MacDiarmid said in an factored in – Vancouver Island interview the allocations fairly has a larger share of aging reflect the differing needs of seniors who are more likely

to need medical care than relatively young Fraser.

Fraser Health serves by far the most people – 1.77 million compared to a population of about one million in Vancouver Coastal.

But Vancouver’s hospitals get more money – acute care spending there was $1.73 billion in 2011/12 compared to $1.63 billion in Fraser, according to the Auditor General’s report.

Vancouver Coastal also got much higher allocations for mental health and addictions as well as population health and wellness, while Fraser got more for residential care and home and community care.

MacDiarmid said one reason Vancouver Coastal gets more for acute care is its hospitals are the only ones where some specialized procedures are done, including all organ transplants, bone marrow transplants and cochlear implants.

The health ministry has twice hired external consultants to assess the fairness of the funding allocations.

“Each time it has been found to be reasonable and it hasn’t been changed.”

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TAKE NOTICE THAT the City Council proposes to adopt Bylaw No. 13181 cited as “Burnaby Highway Closure Bylaw No. 2, 2013” pursuant to Section 40 of the Community Charter. The purpose of the proposed bylaw is to close a portion of Alpha Avenue (entrance off of Lougheed Highway into Brentwood Mall) and a portion of Beta Avenue (north entrance off of Beta Avenue into Brentwood Mall) adjacent to 4515 and 4567 Lougheed Highway (Brentwood Mall) (all those portions of road in District Lot 124, Group 1, New Westminster District, dedicated as road by Plan 1543 and Plan 26085 containing 266.0 m², and dedicated as road by Plan 26085 containing 302.9 m²) shown outlined and described as Parcel A and Parcel B on Reference Plan prepared by Eugene Wong, B.C.L.S. It is proposed to place this bylaw before City Council for consideration of Final Adoption at the regular Council Meeting scheduled for 2013 May 06.

SFU receiver Robbie Devries manages to hang onto the ball as he’s knocked upside down by defender Bobby Pospischil in the team’s spring intra-squad game, Saturday at Terry Fox Field.

The proposed Bylaw and Plan may be inspected at the Office of the City Clerk, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, British Columbia, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. and Thursdays between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed bylaw is provided an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting the bylaw to Burnaby City Council by submitting a letter addressed to: Mayor and Council, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C. V5G 1M2. All submissions must be received by the City Clerk no later than Noon, Wednesday, 2013 May 01.

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Softball Clan lose pair

The SFU Clan women’s softball team lost both ends of a doubleheader against the Saint Martin’s Saints in Lacey, Wash., on Sunday.

In the first game, the Clan gave up eight runs, three of them unearned,

in the first four innings en route to a 9-0 defeat.

After taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the second game, the Clan again sputtered to a 4-1 defeat.

The losses drop SFU’s record in conference play to 8-3.

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748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION

566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

603 374

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

MISC. FOR SALE

SAWMILLS from only $3997 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable.

Rates. Different From the Rest.

604-721-4555.

GET the best for your moving 24/7 From $40/hr. Licensed & Insured.

Seniors Discount. 778-773-3737

560

***HOME PHONE RECONNECT*** Toll Free 1-866-287-1348 Cell Phone Accessories Catalogue Everyone Welcome To Shop Online at: www.homephonereconnect.ca

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

SUITES, LOWER 859

COQUITLAM Westwood Plat. 2bdr 1700 s/f, 5 appls, ns/np, avail now. $1100/mo incl utils. 604-944-1177.

E. Burnaby- 2 Brand New Suites, 2 bdrm $1150, 1 bdrm $800, incl. util. & laundry, 9 ft’ ceil, ground lvl, fenced yard, close all amen. & transit, N/P,N/S, Available Now! 604.773.5507

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

PoCo Mary Hill 2 bdrm lrge g/l ste, full bath, sh ldry, NS/NP. $795/mo incl util May 1. 604-306-1701 eves

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

PORT COQUITLAM N.Side 1 bdrm shared laund, 1prk, suits 1. NS/NP. May1, $800 incl utils. 604-942-7000

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

752

1-800-961-7022

TOWNHOUSES

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available.

19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938

• DIFFICULTY SELLING ? •

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

Difficulty Making Payments?

No Equity? Expired Listing? Penalty?

We Take Over Payments! No Fees! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663

TRANSPORTATION 810

AUTO FINANCING

PETS

PAINTING - INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Free Estimates. (604)600-6671 www.maximcoatings.com

FIVE STAR ROOFING All kinds of re-roofing & repairs.

Free est. Reasonable rates.

(604)961-7505, 278-0375

477

PETS

Eastcan Roofing & Siding •New Roofs •Re-Roofs •Repairs Liability Insurance/BBB/10% off with ad

604.562.0957 or 604.961.0324

Mainland Roofing Ltd. 25 yrs in roofing industry

Family owned & operated.

Fully ins. We do Cedar Shakes, conversions, concrete tiles, torchon, fibreglass shingles, restoration & repairs. 20 yr labour warr.

604-427-2626 or 723-2626

AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

Airedale Terrier pups. P/b, ckc reg., micro, health guar, 604-8192115. email: lovethem@telus.net BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS, pure bred at Diesel Kennel, 3 male, $1500. each. Call (604)869-5073 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

• Hvac Gas Fitting • Electrical *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

C & C Electrical Mechanical

604-475-7077

100% Heating & Plumbing 24/7 Certified, Insured & Bonded RELIABLE & AFFORDABLE

RENT TO OWN

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

STOP RENTING! RENT TO OWN! No Qualification Required!

FLEXIBLE TERMS! Cloverdale 60th &176th Spacious 708sf. 1 bdrm. Condo. Only $880/mo.

Option Fee Req. 604-626-9647

APARTMENT/CONDO

Sandy 604 945 5864 sandy@terramanagement.ca

(778)878-2617

FULL PLUMBING SERVICES

845

Large 2 br located in a Central Coq Co-op. $810/mo. No subsidy.

Close to transit, schools, and shopping.

Specializing in Re-Roofs, New Roofs, Repairs.

All kinds of roofing.

ON TIME SERVICE Guaranteed Work - Best Price Free Estimates

PROFESSIONAL Drain System Cleaning & Repairing, Available 7/24, Call: 778-988-8186

RENTALS

Bright 2 bdrm apt.

EXCEL ROOFING LTD.

PLUMBING

700

706

www.mainlandroof.com

338

BURNABY

356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

PATRICK’S RUBBISH REMOVAL *Landscape *Trimming *Yard Clean *Const. Clean. *ANYTHING!!!

1 Ton Truck. Call Patrick for Prompt Quality Service @ 604-808-1652.

RECYCLE-IT! JUNK REMOVAL

• Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses • More

Recycled Earth Friendly HOT TUBS ARE NO PROBLEM! On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

Journeyman Call 604-345-0899

604.587.5865

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

www.recycleitcanada.ca

CALL

604-595-4970 Rated best painting & moulding company (2010 & 2012) by consumers.

www.benchmarkpainting.homestars.com

2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

COQUITLAM

The Scrapper

372 320

*NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET* Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell $200 ~ 604-484-0379

ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso) P/B blues, ready to go, 1st shots, tails/dew claws done.

Ultimate family guardian $1000 (604)308-5665 NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com PRESA CANARIO P/B UKC, fawn Both parents approx 150 lbs. $950.

Call 604-302-2357 PUG available for stud service. He is a rare silver male, purebred but not registered. Also Golden retriever (not reg.) avail for stud (OFA hips & cert eyes) Mission 604-820-4827 Purebred Bernese Mountain dog pups, not reg. Chilliwack family raised, all shots $900 604-845-2125

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 509

AUCTIONS

LARGE AUCTION of hardwood flooring (finished & unfinished), pallet racking equipment, office furniture. Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m., 9370 - 48 St., Edmonton, Alberta.

Phone 1-888-453-6964.

548

FURNITURE

MATTRESSES starting at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

Park Crest Apts.

1 & 2 Bedroom Reno’d suites located in upgraded blding in cul-du-sac. Next to large green space. Incl’s heat, hot water and basic cable. Walk to Highgate mall. Quiet and clean. Cat okay. Deposit required. For viewing....

Call 604-540-6725

CLEAN SPACIOUS SUITES 1 & 2 Bdrm Suites Centrally Located, 1/2 blk-Metrotown Mall Full time caretaker.

MOVE IN TODAY!!!

CALL ANYTIME TO VIEW

778-323-0237 New West. Crown Manor

430 – 9th Street.

1 bdrm apart, on site laundry, 1 parking spot.

Close to shops, all amens, great loc. Heat & hot water incl. $775/m.

604-451-6676 New West: newly reno’d 2 bdrm lrg l/rm, bal. in-ste w/d. 5 appl Clean safe, quiet $950/m. 604-584-8862

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

UTILITY TRAILERS

A20 NewsLeader Wednesday, March 27, 2013

o r t r C a a C k y e h t l a e H a Try ! r e t s a E s i th

Scan the code for this delicious recipe, or visit www.kinsfarmmarket.com!

Sweet & Juicy, Grown in California

Small Zeal Oranges

10/$1.00 *Reg Price 4/$1.00

Valid with coupon only at

all Kin’s locations Valid March 27th to March 31st, 2013

Limit One Per Family - While Quantities Last - 5522

Prices effective: March 27th to March 31st, 2013 *While *While Quantities Last Fresh & Healthy

Fresh & Nutritious

Broccoli Crowns

99¢/lb

2

Seedless Mini Watermelons

2/$5.00 Mexico Grown

$1.99/lb

Tasty Superfood

Colorful & Delicious

Mexico Grown

Green Kale & Organic Black Kale

2

/$5.00

BUNCHES

California Grown

Royal City Centre

Marine Way Market

Brentwood Town Centre Lougheed Town Centre

103 - 610 6th Street Near Dollarama 604.520.9923

200-7515 Market Crossing Burnaby, Beside PriceSmart

58 - 4567 Lougheed Hwy Beside IHOP 604.298.8299

206 - 9855 Austin Rd Beside Purdy’s 604.420.0788

OPEN same as mall hours

OPEN same as mall hours

OPEN same as mall hours

604.432.6199 OPEN 9am to 7pm

Green Grapes

/$4.00

BUNCHES

California Grown

Sweet & Juicy

Asparagus

Sweet & Juicy

Chile Grown

Mini Sweet Assorted Peppers (1lb)

2 /$5.00

BAGS

Mexico Grown

Now Hiring Shift Leaders at Royal City Centre and other locations. Great benefits and advancement opportunities.

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