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Picture a young girl on a swing. She slowly sways back and forth as eerie music plays in the background. The camera pans out, revealing a body draped in a plastic sheet below the girl’s dangling feet. That’s the dark picture being painted by police and the provincial government as they rolled out a new anti-gang campaign. Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton joined Sgt. Lindsey Houghton and Chief Supt. Dan Malo of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C. in Burnaby on Dec. 11 to unveil the newest tool in the fight against gangs. According to Houghton, “End gang life” is a multiplatform public service campaign, which aims to educate the public on what gang life is really like. Both the anti-gang police team and the provincial government are optimistic this hardline approached will deter youth from engaging in the dangerous lifestyle. “It’s all in the interest of making B.C. communities safer,” Houghton told media on Wednesday. The campaign aims to deal with two issues: British Columbians have had enough of gangsters and gang activity in their communities, and people need to have conversations with loved ones about the repercussions of joining a gang, Malo said. “It’s Christmas season. We know that families gather during this season, and we hope that this campaign will spark some conversations between families, Gangs Page 8
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Chick wrangling: Evann Yoon and Finn Haraldsson guide newly-hatched Fred the chick in Ms. Ma’s Grade 2 class at Forest Grove Elementary.
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eet Fred, the newest addition to Jane Ma’s Grade 2 class at Forest Grove Elementary. Fred broke out of his shell in an incubator in the classroom as part of a program called Eggucation, which teaches students about life cycles for science. According to Ma, the students like the project, and they are recording observations of the chick’s lifecycle in booklets. “They call it Memoirs of My Eggs. Right now, they are writing Memoirs of My Chicks,” Ma said. When the NOW visited the classroom
on Monday, several students were very excited about the baby chick and lined up to offer their comments to the newspaper. “When the chick comes out, it kind of gets all goopy,” said seven-year-old Molly Pisacreta. “Before they hatch, they eat the yolk inside the eggs,” added Claire Edwards. Zakir Rajan thought it was “really good” having an egg hatch in class – something he said he’s never experienced before. “I learned how the chicks hatch,” he said. “If anyone has a chicken in class, I know what the life cycle is, so I can teach them.”
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If you’re looking for something to put your family in the holiday mood this weekend, head down to the Burnaby Village Museum on Saturday, when all proceeds from carousel ride sales go to the Burnaby Christmas Bureau. “We’ve supported the bureau at least for the last 12 or 13 years in some fashion,” said the museum’s Nancy Stagg. “We’re trying to find that magical combination of collecting money for the bureau and have people experience a heritage Christmas.” The restored 1912 carousel is one of the main draws at the museum, which is decorated for Christmas. Admission at the gate is free, and carousel rides are $2.21 each. Proceeds from any tickets sold on
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Fun for a cause: From left, Kamilah Bradley and Lillian Kong-Waller ride the carousel at the Burnaby Village Museum. All proceeds from carousel rides on Saturday go to the Burnaby Christmas Bureau. Saturday between 4 and 9 p.m. go to the bureau, which provides gifts for children from low-income families and hampers for seniors at Christmas.
The annual “Ride for the Bureau” event garners about $1,200 for the bureau. People can also buy books of carousel tickets to use at a later date.
The museum is open from noon to 9 p.m., from Dec. 14 to Jan. 3, except for Christmas closures on Dec. 24 and 25. For more info, go to burnabyvillagemuseum.ca.
KIRK ROCKWELL TAKES A STAND FOR OLD SAINT NICK, AND WINS
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Coast Mountain Bus Company’s heart seemed to grow three sizes larger on Thursday, because it announced it will allow Kirk Rockwell to wear his Santa Claus outfit on the job. The Burnaby bus driver came forward on Wednesday after his supervisor told him to take off the Santa suit after 16 years of wearing it on the job for the season. TransLink initially defended the supervisor’s decision but changed its mind the next day. “I’ve never had a problem with passengers,” Rockwell told the NOW in a previous interview. “It makes me feel good. I’ve had burly construction guys at six o’clock in the morning all of a sudden want a picture taken with me because they think it’s the coolest thing on earth.” Rockwell said he received a letter from his supervisor on Dec. 2, asking him to take off his Santa Claus suit while he operated the bus. “This is what I do,” he said at the time. “I enjoy it, it makes me feel good. My ideal is that if I do something good, and I make somebody feel happy or better, that person could go do something happy for someone else. It has a
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Merry Christmas: Bus driver Kirk Rockwell will be allowed to continue wearing his Santa suit on the job after all. ripple effect.” Rockwell also decorates his bus before a shift, then takes the decorations down when his shift his over. Nathan Woods, CAW 111 union president, said TransLink had rescinded Rockwell’s ability to wear the suit out of nowhere. “He’s sort of been a rebel without a Claus, that’s his term,” he said. “But he has worn his Santa suit up until today (Dec. 11). I don’t know
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what he’s going to do tomorrow (Dec.12).” What Rockwell did was challenge his employer by showing up to work in his Santa Claus uniform – he expected disciplinary action but was instead allowed to carry on. On Dec. 11, TransLink spokesperson Derek Zabel said the transit authority had changed its policy in regards to what drivers can wear on the job. “All operators need to be identified to the public,” he said. “Over the years, we’ve had a number of requests from operators to wear uniforms and various things. The policy change makes it fair and consistent.” But that tune quickly changed after the news that Santa couldn’t wear his suit broke out. Rockwell’s story was met with a public outcry – calling the decision Scrooge- and Grinch-like. Thursday morning, Stan Sierpina, Coast Mountain Bus Company’s vice-president of operations, said on the Bill Good Show on CKNW that they heard what their customers had to say and would allow Rockwell to wear his Santa suit on the job after all. The NOW was not able to get a comment from Rockwell before press deadline as he was busy being Santa.
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peer through the porous shell and watch the embryo in various stages of development. Dykeman started Eggucation to give kids exposure to science and agriculture. “Kids, immediately, they just slow down when they are around chicks, and they start to ask questions,” she said. “That’s where you really develop your love of science. That’s where you develop your love of animals and empathy.”
Eggucation also takes responsibility for the chicks once the class is through with the project. Dykeman said they go back to her farm in Langley to live as “ornamental” chickens or they are part of a 4H program, which teaches youth about agriculture and leadership. The Eggucation egghatching project costs $200, and for Forest Grove, that worked out to about $12 per student. For more information on the project, go to www.eggucation. com.
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New life: Fred the chick coming out of his shell inside the incubator in Ms. Ma’s Grade 2 class at Forest Grove Elementary. So far, only Fred has hatched.
Heights restaurant up for sale Janaya Fuller-Evans
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The Siormanolakis family has served up plenty of pizzas to Burnaby residents for more than 40 years, but that will come to an end this March. The family owns Romana restaurant, which opened in the Heights 41 years ago. This week, they announced on Facebook that there were major changes coming for the business. The restaurant’s lease is up at the end of March, and the Siormanolakis family is putting the business up for sale, according to Jenny Siormanolakis, who manages the restaurant’s public relations. “It’s a little sad, but we kind of knew one day that this day would come. It’s a little bit more emotional than I thought it would be,” Jenny said. “I mean, just writing yesterday on the Facebook page, it was a family thing. We didn’t know who would push send.” The neighbourhood has changed dramatically since the family restaurant first opened, when there were only four or five restaurants between the PNE and Port Moody. Now, they get plenty of foot traffic and are wellknown in the area, Jenny said. But her parents, Poppy and Eugene Siormanolakis, are ready to take time for themselves and their family, she added. “My parents have worked very, very hard, and they’re very tired, and it’s time to move on,” she said. “We know that Romana is an institution, and it couldn’t be there without the support of so many people in Burnaby and the community.” The seven-day-a-week restaurant has been run with the help of everyone in the family, right down to the Siormanolakis’ granddaughters, who sometimes act as weekend hostesses. “I’ve worked there since 1987,” said Jenny, who has another job as well. “I was washing dishes at 11 years old.” While the family may be leaving the business behind, they intend to stay connected to the community they’ve created, she said, adding her parents may have a new
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Mandela’s legacy is immense and complex
diplomacy. It would be impossible to find They coloured his years as a revosomeone as universally revered lutionary fired by a need for justice as former South African president and later as a statesman who pracNelson Mandela. tised the art of compromise. With his death, the bright light Overcoming hatred for of a moral titan has been his oppressors to lead South dimmed. Africa out of apartheid to a Mandela’s legacy is vast Burnaby NOW modern democracy remains and complex. an astonishing triumph. Born into a royal family Hatred, he once said, was not an whose power had been cast aside emotion a leader can afford. by colonial waves, Mandela learned It would be wrong, however, to see early the skills of political tactics and
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Mandela as a saint or a Gandhi. He never renounced violence as a sometimes necessary tool against injustice. He was shrewd, learning Afrikaans in prison and learning about his oppressors before embracing them. Pragmatism drove his policy of reconciliation. While he was later criticized for giving away too much to the economic power brokers, Mandela knew forgiveness was the only way forward for his tortured nation.
He moved from revolutionary to statesman with dignity and grace. For all of his complexity, he towers above most political leaders. He will be remembered and admired for his moral strength, his fearlessness in the face of those who would crush him and his refusal to turn away from wrongs and suffering. They are qualities we should all continue to strive for.
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holier-than-thou Christians very year, the same canhave in recent years gone off ard is raised by some about how incorrect it is to say Christians: ‘Put the “Happy Holidays.” Even though Christ back in Christmas’ – as a this is an inclusive way of greetChristian I never thought he left ing people or actually saying – or have a “Merry Christmas” goodbye to them in light of three and not “Happy Holidays.” upcoming U.S.-observed holiShakespeare’s classic line, day of Thanksgiving “methinks thou dost this year on Nov. 28, protest too much” Scott Larsen (actually the line is Christmas on Dec. 25, “The lady doth proin Canada Dec. 26 as test too much, methinks” from Boxing Day – it has nothing to Hamlet, Act 3) comes to mind. do with a boxing ring – and See? Down through the centurNew Year’s Day on Jan. 1. ies we even tinker and tamper Saying “Happy Holidays” is with the classics to fit today’s not, nor has it ever been, a way vernacular. to take Christ out of Christmas. I laugh at my Christian It is the retail sector years and years ago that has probrothers and sisters who say moted the day after the U.S. Christmas is becoming too commercial all the while they plan to Thanksgiving as the beginning of the Christmas season. Ironic string lights outside their home. since some Christians rallying Let alone begin making a list, checking it twice, before heading against the commercialization of their holiday have capitulated to off to Wal-Mart, Kmart or any the commercial season in saying other kind of retail mart to have their hard-earned dollars eagerly “Merry Christmas” too early. But they do this because of the turned over at the checkout lack of knowledge of their own stand. Is that what Christmas or faith’s history. what the birth of Jesus is really Just recently I discovered about? President Franklin D. Roosevelt To wish someone lighted the annual Christmas “Merry Christmas” before tree set-up on the Ellipse Christmas Eve on Dec. 24 is south of the White House on wrong. Christmas season or Christmas Eve back in 1939. (For Christmastide doesn’t actually his personal tree inside he was a begin until Dec. 24 and lasts stickler for tradition: his tree had until Jan. 6. Advent season – the to have candles, which didn’t Christian Church’s new year make the head of the Secret – begins on Sunday, Dec. 1 and lasts until Dec. 23. Christmas Page 7 This why I laugh when
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Pipeline advocate full of gas Dear Editor:
Re: Plenty of pipeline benefits, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Dec. 4. It always amazes me when I read Mr. Ziggy Eckardt’s opinions how he often thinks that anyone who might be opposed to his ideas would be misguided. He might not realize that not everyone shares his neo-con point of view. Doing so does not mean they are misguided. In fact, it may be he who is the most deluded and misguided of all. He speaks of going to so-called information sessions promoted by anti-pipeline advocates yet forgets to mention that Kinder Morgan has also
put on pipeline information sessions. These usually have more Kinder Morgan employees at them than attendees. The info meetings’ sole purpose is to re-educate the populace in favour of their points of view. They think that the population that opposes their ideas is uneducated and with a little help from their experts, all will be well. Unfortunately for them, this is not the case. The opposition is very well informed and has more concern for their environment than the quest for more petro dollars. It is also interesting how easily influenced Mr. Eckardt is by the information given at Mr. Ian Anderson’s presentation, whose sole purpose is to promote his vested interests. Mr.
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Eckardt and his crowd drooling over the opinions of the Kinder Morgan Canada president and CEO are an indication of how far off-base these people really are. They are shills for the corporate advancement of companies such as Kinder Morgan, who care little for anything except their profits and increasing share prices. Mr. Eckardt, you should look at yourself and maybe then you can see who is really misguided. If you have children and grandchildren then you should be concerned about your environment and your planet. Leaving them with jobs, money and a burnt out environment leaves them nothing. However, I don’t believe that you’ll see this as it is contrary to your narrow points of view, which you have been expressing quite freely during the last year in the letters to the editor section of the Burnaby NOW. Lou Kaiser, Burnaby
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Re: What are your Burnaby MLAs worth, Burnaby NOW, Dec. 6. This article took me to an all-new level of amazement and obfuscation. The article publicizes all incomes, assets and liabilities of several MLAs. I was of the understanding that we elect politicians for the purpose of acting on behalf of the welfare of their constituents. We, the public, elect these politicians and give them the mandate to carry on with our political affairs. Therefore, it is our duty to question their ability and loyalty towards that job. Since we employ these people, then yes, we also have the right to ask if they get paid fairly, if they get paid too much, if they give themselves too many and too high of increases, if they spend too much, etc. However, with that said, questioning/
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publicizing how many houses they own, how many RRSPs they have, and what other incomes/liabilities they have, I find it to be the most futile and intrusive act on our part. In my opinion, we need to redirect our priorities. Frank Di Cesare, via email
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Re: Scum: Is it good or bad?, Burnaby NOW, Dec. 4. On page 3 we see a forlorn looking Burnaby resident, with knitted brow and arched eyebrows, having found a “scum” covered puddle in a “ditch” near a drainage area by Burnaby Lake. Apparently he has been assured by environmental experts (likely hired at great expense) to oversee the accumulation of such primordial-like slime (from which Darwinists assure us, we originated), that there is no need to hyperventilate just yet. Some of the best Scotch is made from peat bog supplied water! This all brings to mind a snapshot of me and my brother taken circa 1955 near Calgary (Montgomery) posing before a barrack-like building containing three small apartments, iceboxes on the porch, and frothy puddles in front where slopbuckets had been emptied. There was no sewer system at the time and the outhouses are behind the building, no doubt reeking in the daytime heat. We did have piped-in water, and electricity, which was used to heat dinner on a hot-plate affair, though there was no gas and no oven to speak of. One wonders if Site C on the Peace River isn’t built, what we will do in the future, especially if we refuse to twin the present pipeline that terminates in Burnaby and forbid the construction of others, carrying both crude and natural gas? Still, somehow, I have managed to live another 60 years or so, even considering the environmental hell I experienced in my tender years. Larry Bennett, Burnaby
Christmas: Earlier every year continued from page 6
Service sleep well at night). Clearly, then, someone has been fiddling with making this holiday come sooner and sooner. Just the other night I saw them light the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center in New York City, and it
was only Dec. 4. As for me, I will wait to wish someone “Merry Christmas” until the day of Dec. 24 when I attend midnight mass at my local Anglican parish. If I lived in the U.S., I could say Happy Holidays before Thanksgiving and be cor-
rect and still true to my Christian faith. Since I live in New Westminster, I will greet everyone with a Happy Holidays. New Westminster resident Scott Larsen covered faith and religion in Seattle for a weekly newspaper and is a Roosevelt historian.
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The content, which includes images of between friends, between siblings of peo- children burying a parent, is designed to ple that are pulling towards this lifestyle. draw an emotional response from those We hope that this campaign generates that either already in a gang or heading down conversation and at least gets some people that road. The announcements and posters out of going down this bad road,” Malo are somber and disturbing – and that’s the added. intention, Houghton said. While the media cam“There was a campaign “There are paign is not a direct response that was somewhat similar in absolutely no to the romanticized view of Northern Ireland decades ago gang life portrayed on televiwhen they had issues, and a lot positives related sion or in movies, both Malo of violence with the IRA and to gang life. You one of the things that made it and Houghton agreed it does address some of the common will be assaulted. so successful in reducing … misconceptions. terrorism was messages that You will poten“There are absolutely no talked about family, talked positives related to gang life. about the impact on children, tially end up You will be assaulted. You and that resulted in a dramatic being killed will potentially end up being drop in violence, and that’s before you reach something that we want to killed before you reach the age of 30, and as we’ve seen too achieve,” he said. the age of 30.” many times, in fact, almost 25 Anyone wishing to provide per cent of the gang-related SGT. LINDSEY HOUGHTON feedback is encouraged to do murders, the victims had chilso, Houghton added. gang unit spokesperson dren,” Houghton said. “No Police departments are also child should have to grow up without a encouraged to get involved, and “tailorparent because of gangs and organized made” content could be created if that’s crime.” what the departments want. Children and family are an integral part The public can expect to see and hear of the province’s message. the announcements soon. Houghton and The two-year campaign will unveil his team are also encouraging anyone three phases each year with each phase interested in learning more to visit the comprising several television and radio campaign’s website at www.cfseu.bc.ca/ public service announcements as well as en/end-gang-life. posters. twitter.com/CayleyDobie
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Francis Paul is hoping someone can help reunite him with a memory-making moose head. Paul has owned the moose head for more than 30 years, having brought it west after he moved here from the Maritimes. The moose head skull was located in the backyard of his Burnaby home when it was stolen. “It means a great deal to me as a memory of my home,” he said. “It would mean a great deal to me, as a memory of my son, if it was returned. I haven’t seen him in many years. It’s connected to him.” At four-hand-a-half feet in diameter, the bleached white, full-sized moose head skull is hard to miss. Its left antler was covered in moss, and the two prongs at the bottom of the rack are short stumps as they were cut off years ago. Paul recently ventured out for a nightly security walk of the neighbourhood and left the rear gate to his yard unlocked. When he returned about an hour later, the moosehead was gone. A neighbour spotted the moose head propped up a fence in the neighourhood two days later on Dec. 4 but didn’t realize it belonged to Paul. “It sounds to me like it was too heavy for them to carry it once they stole it
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Anyone seen a moose head? Francis Paul in his backyard, where his moose head was stolen from. He’s appealing for its return. and they dumped it there,” he surmised. Paul hopes one of his neighbours may have spotted the moosehead and taken it home, thinking someone had left it out for the taking.
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Caffè Artigiano opens roasting facility in city Coffee beans come to Burnaby from importers and farmers around the world Janaya Fuller-Evans
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Michael Ratcliffe might have the best smelling job in the world, as far as coffee lovers are concerned. The roaster for Artigiano Roasting Company works in a large warehouse space on Underhill Avenue in Burnaby, pouring 45 kilograms of green coffee beans into a red and steel Probat roasting machine. He checks the colour of the beans intermittently and, after 12 or 13 minutes, releases the roasted beans – now a rich brown colour – into a cooling basin. The roasting facility is relatively new – Caffè Artigiano started the program in the summer of 2012, and Ratcliffe was hired on then – but he has been working with specialty coffee for most of his adult life. “I got into roasting because it offers a very unique challenge in the culinary world. There’s not a lot that’s known about it, and you are working with an organic product that’s constantly changing,” Ratcliffe says. “I like to create things for people to enjoy. Coffee’s really important to a lot of people, and I think that’s kind of cool, that I get my hand in that.” His personal favourite is Artigiano’s Kenya Kiungu coffee. “I’m in love with our Kenyan right now,” he says. “I always love Kenyan coffees.” The company, which has cafés in Vancouver, Burnaby, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Victoria and Calgary, opened the roasting facility about 18 months ago, according to Ratcliffe. “We decided that we needed to take control of our own process and roast our own coffee,” he says, adding it is all roasted to order, so it is delivered fresh. Ratcliffe can easily roast about 1,200 kilograms each production day, he says. The coffee goes out to the cafés – either to be served there or in packages for retail
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Dark roast: Michael Ratcliffe, head roaster for Caffè Artigiano, with the new roaster at the company’s Burnaby warehouse. The company brings in beans from around the world to be prepared for use in its cafés.
sales – and to fill online orders. The facility will also have a café on site, probably in the next six months or so, according to Ratcliffe. The beans are purchased from importers and farmers throughout the world, Ratcliffe says, at above fair-trade pricing. “It’s purchased based on quality, and quality comes at a premium price,” he says. Like choosing grapes for wine, each coffee bean variety has its own profile,
according to Ratcliffe. “You take the insoluble green coffee and through roasting, just like through fermenting the grape, you bring forward the natural intrinsic quality in that coffee,” he says. Currently, Artigiano has a special single origin espresso from Guatemala that came in a very small lot, with only a few bags, Ratcliffe says, and it should be out before Christmas. And what’s the best way to enjoy your
favourite roast? Ratcliffe says the most important thing to keep in mind is, fresh is best. “Buy coffee fresh – buy it like bananas. Don’t buy more than you need,” he says, adding, “Make it in a way that you enjoy it. “Treat it like a luxury,” he adds. “It is something to treat yourself to, and remember that.” Follow Janaya Fuller-Evans at Twitter.com/janayafe
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ilitary families will be out in full force at Brentwood Town Centre this weekend in support of Sears Operation Wish. Sears will be donating a percentage of sales of Nate, Sears’ plush bear for 2013, to the Canadian
Association of Military Family Resource Centres, according to a press release. The funding will go towards youth programs. Darrian Ryce is a 17year-old from Chilliwack whose father is a combat engineer who was deployed three times while she was growing up. Ryce will be on hand with other military family members at the launch of Operation Wish, taking place Sunday at noon at the main floor of Sears in Brentwood Town Centre, the release stated.
The community is invited to send well wishes to the military by signing the lifesize cutout of the Nate bear between Dec. 15 and 20. The cutout will be posted on the Mainland B.C. Military Family Resource Centre Facebook page as a symbol of the community’s support, the release stated. The public is also encouraged to send holiday greetings to mainland B.C. military families on the page, facebook.com/ BCMFRC, until Dec. 20 at 4 p.m.
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The Realtors Care Blanket Drive helped keep more than 20,000 people warm as temperatures dropped in the Lower Mainland recently, according to a press release from the organizers. The drive, which took place between Nov. 18 and 25, collected coats, blankets, sleeping bags and warm clothing, which were given to homeless people in the region, the release stated. “With the cold snap,
your donation of blankets, gloves and warm clothing mean so much to our clients,” Maxine Davis, executive director of the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation, said in the release. “Some of the recipients have shared with us that their living conditions are very cold right now, so these items were put to immediate use.” The Dr. Peter Centre offers health programs and long-term and supportive housing to individuals with HIV/AIDS requiring specialized care, the release stated.
In Burnaby and New Westminster, the drive collected donations for more than 650 people, according to a followup email from Fiona Youatt, communications coordinator for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, which organizes the annual drive. Those donations were delivered to the union Gospel Mission in New Westminster. Do you have a businessrelated item to share with the community? Email details to Janaya Fuller-Evans at jfuller-evans@burnabynow. com.
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Burrows honoured for community service Burrows was “thrilled” to have attended United Way’s event at the Hilton on Thursday night. The United Way awarded Burnaby “There was so many wonderful people resident and SFU master’s graduate there that I’ve known for such a long time. Mae Burrows with a Labour It was a very nice and warm funcCommunity Service Award. tion. United Way does fabulous Burrows was recognized for projects,” she said. “The labour her activist work with the labour council is all about how to particicommunity and her executive pate in the community.” director role with two orgaBurrows has won numernizations: the T. Buck Suzuki ous awards for her work with Environmental Foundation and Toxic Free Canada, which aims Toxic Free Canada, an organizato eliminate toxin exposure from tion she founded. Burrows also everyday surroundings. Burrows helped develop programs dedifounded Toxic Free Canada in 1998 cated to protecting habitat in order Mae Burrows under the name of The Labour to preserve fish stocks. Environmental Alliance Society. award winner “I felt so honoured to be recogBurrows was also honored nized by the New Westminster and District earlier this year as a YWCA Woman of Labour Council, that’s who nominated me,” Distinction, an award given to women who said Burrows. influence social change.
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It comes loaded with apps and a camera all to their own. For older kids the Google Nexus 7 is very cool. It has a 7 inch screen, 16GB and every core feature you need in a tablet. If your teen has a passion for music, then headphones are the way to go. Beats by Dr. Dre produce high-depnition sound, turning listening to music into an experience. The iRig Mix is a mobile mixer for iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, and is great for teens who want to experiment with DJing. Many kids are into gaming and with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One hitting the shelves just before the holiday season, parents should be prepared. These two consoles are hot items this year. A couple of key games for either console are Call of Duty: Ghosts, and Assassins Creed 4: Black Flag. And for those who just want to have fun, the go-to gift is the Fujiplm Instax Mini 8 Camera. They come in a variety of colours and instantly print out photos, capturing fond moments with loved ones. www.newscanada.com
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As the days become shorter and the weather gets colder, we’re reminded of two things: winter is fast approaching and so is the holiday season. While many happy memories are made during this time of year, we are tasked with the challenge of gift-giving, or rather, buying for the ungiftables – the co-worker, relative or friend who seems impossible to pnd the right present for. After spending hours searching online and in stores, frustration can begin to take over. Don’t fret, there is a solution: personalized gifts. Creating a calendar or photo book are great ideas that are customized to your ungiftable. Retailers like Staples have the services available to help you create that perfect gift. “We’ve all experienced the hardships associated with attempting to buy a gift for someone, only to pnd it’s an impossible task,” said Joann Peet, category manager at Staples. “A personalized gift always satispes.
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Tips for holiday tablet shopping Holiday season is here, the shopping frenzy has begun and somehow it seems like the number of people on your list has grown in the past year. Technology tops many wish lists and tablets continue to be a hot holiday item this year. However, with so many options this season it’s hard to cut through the clutter and pick the one that’s best. When looking to purchase a tablet this year, keep the following four factors in mind to help you make the right decision. • Browsing and applications – whether you’re browsing the web or playing your favourite web app, look for a tablet that offers lightning-fast browsing so you’re able to enjoy entertainment or be productive while on-the-go. Your tablet should always be able to keep up with you. • Battery life – don’t fear the red, oashing, low battery signal anymore. Choose a tablet that has a long battery life that won’t slow you down and keep
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Dear Tom and Ray: I am Kunaal from Mumbai, India, and I am a big fan of your show and column. I own a 2011 Skoda Fabia diesel hatchback that has covered 38,000 kilometres here, or 23,612 miles in your speak. Now, I know this car might not exist in America, but I quite love it. I am a car enthusiast and love my car and want it to last forever. It’s a turbo diesel three-cylinder engine that makes about 79 horsepower. Now, that’s not a tarmac-tearing output, but in Mumbai, we have crazy, pothole- ridden roads and slow, bumper-to-bumper traffic most times, so the performance is good enough for
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the car hard. When there’s a lot of demand on the turbo, it heats up. And allowing the oil to circulate through it for an extra minute or so allows it to cool down, which is beneficial. TOM: But it sounds like you’re hardly using the turbo, Kunaal. If you’re in bumper-to-bumper traffic, that turbo probably is not kicking in at all. In which case, allowing it to cool off is completely unnecessary. RAY: Turning off the air conditioner is hardly
worth it, either. It does reduce the load on the engine a little bit, which means you use less fuel. But it makes very little to no difference in the life of the engine. TOM: And besides, you have to think of the unintended consequences of what you’re doing. RAY: For instance, if you refuse to use the AC, you’ll sweat more, which could send your dry-cleaning bills through the roof, putting a big dent in your beer budget, Kunaal. So be careful! TOM: The best thing you
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n experienced police officer is always vigilant – on the lookout for suspicious behaviour and able to spot potential felons before they act. Doctors are like this, too. Even out of the hospital or clinic, we remain on alert in public places, noting the facial expressions of passersby, the rate of their breathing, the nature of their gait, the curve of their spines, muscle wasting and tremors. Whenever I board a plane, I check out the other passengers and wonder who is most likely to require in-flight emergency medical assistance. Doctors learn early – as we all do as we age – that anything can happen anytime. Don’t be disappointed, surprised or unprepared.
For this reason, I don’t drink when I fly, and I keep a stethoscope in my carry-on bag. About five years ago, after the passenger seated next to me learned that I was a doctor, she asked, “Are you a GP … or just a specialist?” At the time, that question was surprising. Family doctors had not been so appreciated in the past, but today it’s commonplace. The next question is always, “Are you taking new patients?” To avoid this whole line of questioning, I identify myself as a writer (and father and husband, of course). It’s not that I don’t love what I do. Nothing is more gratifying than earning the trust of my patients, providing good care and making a positive difference. Yet family doctors are in short supply; many of us have full practices and are unable to take on new patients. Primary care – the work of GPs or family doctors – is now recognized
as essential to an effective health-care system. The Canadian studies of Marcus Hollander and the international research of Barbara Starfield demonstrated that having a family doctor improved patient outcomes, reduced mortality, decreased hospitalizations and reduced health-care costs. The key is proactive, whole person care over time as opposed to episodic care. The Ministry of Health and our health authorities recognize the value of primary care. Family doctors are needed to care for our aging population and those with multiple chronic medical conditions. So is there hope for the many who have been unable to find a regular family doctor? The general practice services committee, cosponsored by the Ministry of Health and the B.C. Medical Association, has done much to strengthen primary care. Its triple aim is to Doctors Page 28
The 11th Annual Rotary Coats for Kids campaign is now underway! You can help children and youth in Burnaby by donating: • new or “gently” used waterproof hooded winter coats • cash/cheques ($20 will buy a new coat; tax receipts available for $15+) All coats will be distributed directly to Burnaby children and youth in need by the Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown. For your convenience, coat donations can be dropped off at: SOUTH BURNABY NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE (Sept. 8 - Dec 31): 4845 Imperial Street, Burnaby THE UPS STORE (Edmonds location only) (Sept. 8 - Dec 31): #105-7655 Edmonds Street, Burnaby
Cash/Cheque donations can be dropped off at the South Burnaby Neighbourhood House or mailed to Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown, Box 266, 105 - 7655 Edmonds St, Burnaby, BC, V3H OC2. Arrangements can be made to have your cheque picked up by calling 604-323-6756. Please make cheques payable to “SBNH: Rotary Coats for Kids”.
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tionships with other stakeholders in the health of their community. Each division is now addressing the provincewide GP for Me initiative. The board of each division is planning how best to address the needs of their own communities. The Burnaby division of family practice is completing a survey of family physicians, determining their future plans and ability to take on new patients. Our public/community health survey will be completed by Dec. 20. If you live in Burnaby or receive any health care in this city, you can access the online survey at divisionsbc.ca. If you live in any other city, you can check out the activities of your local division of family practice at the same website.
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Looking for a unique gift idea? Or perhaps a new pastime for the new year? Either way, Bravo Dance Company can help. The company is offering gift certificates to its salsa classes as holiday gifts ($154 single or $300 per couple for one course). In Burnaby, the 12week course starts Jan. 7 at Danz Mode Productions, 7209 Curragh Ave. It runs Tuesdays, with beginner lessons at 8 p.m. and intermediate at 9 p.m. People registered in beginner and intermediate classes can also attend at other locations for no extra charge. Other classes are held in North Vancouver, Vancouver, Richmond and Surrey. Bravo Dance Company is led by three-time world champion Alfonso Caldera. Check out www. bravodancecompany.com for more details.
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underway throughout the holiday season. At the Bob Prittie (Metrotown) library branch, you can see the work of Haydn Thomas, whose pencil crayon drawings combine forms and motifs drawn from nature, with patterning inspired by such diverse sources as Ukrainian Easter eggs, Indian and Tibetan mandalas and Moroccan rug designs. The branch is at 6100 Willingdon Ave. At the Tommy Douglas library branch, at 7311 Kingsway, you can take a peek at some rare books from the Burnaby Art Gallery’s collection. At the McGill library branch, it’s The Natural Numeral, featuring works from the gallery’s permanent collection that explore the use of numbers in printmaking. That library is at 4595 Albert St. in North Burnaby. For more on the exhibitions, check out www. burnabyartgallery.ca. Got an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie, jmaclellan@royalcityrecord. com, or find her on Twitter, @ juliemaclellan.
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36 Clan win in comeback
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Club gives everyone a place to play Tom Berridge sports editor
Burnaby Lake Rugby Club is becoming a spawning ground for players of the year. Last week, B.C. Rugby named two Burnaby Lake club members Joe Dolesau and Julia Sugawara as the 2013 premier players of the year – the first time in the association’s history that recipients have come from a single club. For Sugawara, it was her second such player of the year recognition – the first was in 2006 – and the third for a Burnaby Lake woman. For Dolesau, it was his first and second for a club player. Pat Riordan earned player of the year in 2003, while Anna Schnell was the women’s recipient in 2010. “It speaks to the allinclusive nature of our club,” said Burnaby Lake director of rugby Simon Smolden. “I believe we are the only club that has had a women’s team from Day 1.” The results show, with Burnaby Lake women winning the Gordon Harris Memorial Cup six of the last 11 seasons, including last year. Smolden attributes much of the success of the women’s program to Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame coach Walt Brandl and players like Sugawara, who have taken an active part both on and off the pitch. “It speaks volumes for our program. We’re about developing a pathway for young people and club rugby for everybody,” Smolden added. “Julia and Joe realize they couldn’t have done it
Lakers trade for A-S keeper Tom Berridge sports editor
Photo courtesy of Judy Teasdale/Rugby Canada
Two-time winner: Burnaby Lake Rugby Club scrumhalf Julia Sugawara was named B.C. Rugby’s female player of the year for a second time. without people to practise against.” Julia called the honour “a big surprise.” The Burnaby Lake
scrumhalf has earned 25 caps with the national team, which she has represented for much of her playing career, including
10 years on the senior team and at the age-grade level before that. Her goal is to lead Canada to the 2014 World
Cup next year, but there is also a continued focus on building the club women’s Rugby Page 36
Two-time goaltender of the year Tyler Richards is now a Burnaby Laker. The New Westminster Salmonbellies sent their allstar keeper to the Burnaby Lakers for two first-round draft picks in a Western Lacrosse Association trade on Thursday. Richards, who was goalie and rookie of the year in his 2008 WLA debut, was dealt to the senior A Lakers for Burnaby’s firstround draft picks in 2014 and 2015. The 27-year-old Richards has a lifetime 0.827 save percentage in the regular season and 0.833 in 30 playoff games in six seasons in the WLA. “Tyler (Richards) wanted a change and the trade was good for both clubs,” said Lakers president Ed Safarik. “The (Burnaby) team is built of first-round picks, so to pick up a player of Tyler’s stature is a good opportunity for us, and maybe we could afford to do this.” Richards comes to a Laker club that has two solid keepers in former Minto Cup MVP Dan Lewis and veteran Joe Bell already in its stable. “I haven’t seen a team go anywhere without two good goalies,” said Safarik. “Our goaltender depth will resolve itself in training camp.”
Burnaby race car driver signs for full season in 2014 Tom Berridge sports editor
Pro driver Michael Valiante of Burnaby signed with the Spirit of Daytona racing team for a full season on the newly merged Tudor United SportsCar Championship. The 33-year-old Valiante, who drove a partial season with new race team 8Star Motorsports in the Grand Am Rolex Series last season, is expected to co-drive the SDR Corvette Daytona Prototype with GM factory driver Richard
Westbrook for the entire 11-series championship. Valiante drove for Spirit of Daytona in 2012, which included a checkered flag at Mid-Ohio. Last season, Valiante made it to the podium on two occasions, placing runner-up in backto-back races at Mid-Ohio and Watkins Glen. “Michael did a great job for us in 2012, and we are really excited for him to race with us full time next season,” said SDR team owner Troy Flis in a press release. “Having him back, … we
should not only come out of the box much stronger, but we will hopefully be able to develop a championship-contending campaign.” With the merger of the GrandAm and American Le Mans series, Valiante says with car manufacturers fully behind the new series and more drivers allowed on the circuit, sports car racing in North America has never been better. “It makes it a much better series,” said Valiante. “More European drivers are coming
to compete and more cars, and that’s good for everybody.” In fact, 17 racing teams are scheduled to compete in the first stop on the new tour at the Roar before the 24 at Daytona in early January. Valiante had an option to renew his contract with 8Star, but chose to side with Spirit of Daytona when the official offer was made. “I’ve had success (with SDR) and it’s a good program. I have a chance to win a championship next year, so for me, it’s a no-
brainer to begin testing now and working for next year,” Valiante said. Valiante also inked another one-year deal with Honda of America to race in the Continental Tire series. “I’m really fortunate making a living in motorsports. There are very few Canadians, maybe three, who are able to do that. So I consider myself very lucky,” Valiante said. The Tudor series includes a stop in Canada at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in July.
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Rugby: They are at practice all the time continued from page 35
program. “We have a culture of excellence (at Burnaby Lake). It’s not about just winning games, it’s about the process and improving,” said Sugawara. “A lot of it comes from a really supportive coaching staff.” Still more comes from veteran players like Sugawara, who brings the knowledge of what it takes to build a winner to the field. “I guess, I just kind of take the success of our team personally,” Sugawara added. While Sugawara is working her way back to the World Cup, Dolesau is hoping to one day get his first callup to the senior national team. The Fijian-born all-purpose back played for Canada A in last summer’s Americas Rugby Championships against Canada East and the United States after he was recognized in 2011 as the Canadian Rugby Championship co-player of the year. But while the careers of Sugawara and Dolesau differ, their commitment to the game does not, said
Premier men score win on penalty kick
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Running away with it: Joe Dolesau, with ball, was named the B.C. Rugby premier male player of the year.
Smolden. “They are the same. They’re at practice all the time. They are honing their talent all the time. When there is a pickup game, they are there, all the time,” Smolden said.
“(Joe) just wants that one (cap). It’s a reflective honour for the club – that’s the top of the pyramid – but we’re pushing to increase the base and challenge that Rugby Canada team in Victoria.”
EdC Burnaby collected its second straight win in the Vancouver Metro Soccer League in Surrey last week. The premier division men defeated last-place ICST Pegasus 2-1 on Yyla Malek’s game-winning penalty kick midway through the second half to move into sixth place in the 12-team ladder with a record of 5-5-4. Malek also figured in Burnaby’s game-opening goal by Carlos Marquez, who was ably set up by former Burnaby Selects Royals star Admir Salihovic. Burnaby keeper Mike Newton saved the day for the visitors, making a number of key stops, including a stop on a partial break by Jag Gill very late in the contest.
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Clan women stage comeback in hoop conference opener Simon Fraser University came back from an 11-point deficit to win its Great Northwest conference season opener. The Clan women defeated border rival the Western Washington Vikings 62-58 with a second-half rally at home last Saturday. Trailing 46-35 with 11 minutes to play in the game, junior guard Katie Lowen sparked the comeback with a layup, while finishing the game with 12 points, four steals and 10 deflections on defence. Leading scorer Erin Chambers sealed the win,
scoring the Clan’s last four points to finish with a game-high 27 points – on seven-of-12 shooting and 13-of-14 from the freethrow line.
Slow to start
The Clan men dropped their first two conference games of the season, falling 78-62 to Saint Martin’s and 87-83 to Western Oregon. SFU’s Taylor Dunn led the Clan on both nights, scoring 19 points in the conference opener and 25, on 10-of-16 shooting against Western Oregon – Tom Berridge
Locals score for Canada Burnaby Field Hockey Club’s Gabriel Garcia-Ho and Brenden Bissett of New Westminster shared in Canada’s scoring in a 3-2 loss to Spain at the International field hockey junior World Cup in New Dehli, India on Thursday. Garcia-Ho opened the scoring for the junior national team on a break down the left side, faking inside and then beating the Spanish keeper on the backhand. Trailing 3-1, Bissett also scored in the 64th minute. Canada is scheduled to play Egypt for 15th place at the junior worlds.
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