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erry MacDonald and his wife Gloria have been living in the Brentwood area for more than 45 years – they’ve seen the area’s metamorphosis. But nothing has concerned them more than the potential problems that could arise with Brentwood mall’s redevelopment. MacDonald attended the Feb. 25 public hearing on the first of two major towers proposed for Brentwood mall. He told city For council about the already existmore info, ing problems of rat-runners, scan parking, and the traffic issues with ON MY BEAT where he lives on Brentlawn Layar Stefania Seccia Drive and how he suspects they’ll only get worse if council Larry Wright/burnaby now doesn’t do anything about it. “With all due respect to councillors, I think var- Towering changes: Above, Terry MacDonald has lived on Brentlawn Drive ious city committees have difficulty in effectively behind Brentwood Town Centre for more than 45 years and is worried what the dealing with some of these issues,” he said. “I just consequences will be for his neighbourhood when the proposed 53-storey tower don’t think they have all the tools they need to do (shown in artist’s rendering at right) becomes a reality. A second tower, also shown the work. I think we need to work directly with in the rendering, will be subject to a future public hearing, as well. city staff, not traffic and safety committees or a working group.” input through rezonings and public hearings. which she says has been ignored. Although many of the speakers at the public hearThe majority of speakers were in favour to the tower’s “Even in the Yaletown area, and False Creek, you ing favoured the massive redevelopment happening development at the hearing, as well. Many said it will walk along there and there’s art galleries, theatres, at Brentwood Town Centre, issues brought up by update the area, address housing concerns and some likchurches and synagogues and all this kind of stuff,” MacDonald and others regarded public safety and ameened it to a future Yaletown. she said. “There’s nothing like that in Brentwood mall nities. Burnaby resident Darlene Gering, former CEO and and all it’s got going for it is it’s easy to go out to the Shape Properties, the owner of Brentwood mall, president of the Burnaby Board of Trade, said the city SkyTrain. That’s not much of a community.” attended its fourth public hearing in the last year, this has to do something with its portion of the 40,000 newShe also said the city has not done enough to collect time for the proposed 53-storey tower atop a comers coming to the province every year. public input and effectively use it. three-storey commercial podium at the corner of “We have to make accommodations for the growing “I didn’t feel heard,” Ward said about her Halifax Street and Willingdon Avenue. population,” she said. “I know we need a variety of difpast experiences in speaking to council. You can comment Burnaby resident Helen Ward, who has been However, Lou Pelletier, director of planning ferent housing stock, and I believe rental stock is very on this story at active in raising her issues with the proposed much needed and that is a part of this particular develand building, said there had been at least four www.burnabynow.com changes at Brentwood mall, including the opment.” public hearings regarding different aspects of removal of its bus loop, also spoke at the hearGering noted that it’s been a long time since any purthe massive Brentwood mall redevelopment ing. pose-built rental units were built in the city, as well. over the last year. There were several other “I’m concerned about the infrastructure, gov“We’re very much in need of new affordable or difopen houses and opportunities to address the Brentwood ernment schools, parks, the legion, faith-based groups ferent options for family housing,” she said. “Singleplan since 1996. – there’s zero allotment for that,” Ward told the NOW. “I detached housing many of the people own is simply out “All plans start from a policy perspective,” he said. live in North Burnaby and what makes the community of reach for young families.” Pelletier noted that Brentwood was identified as an stronger is community things … that makes a communiBut when the area’s population spikes, where will area for a high-density, commercial residential develty livable and provides really good bang for your buck.” they go for entertainment, a picnic or a swim? opment. He said the overall concept was developed in Ward said the 1996 Brentwood community plan called 1996, but they can’t envision exactly what happens in the for human-scale development with a village concept, Towers Page 8 future, and that’s why each project goes back for public

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he decisive moment in Ravil Chamgoulov’s mountain climbing career came years ago, on a rock face in Russia, overlooking the Black Sea. The young Chamgoulov was about 40 metres high, climbing with no protection – no ropes, no hooks, nothing – just smooth, steep grey rocks. Below was certain death, and he knew this. Just before Chamgoulov’s ascent, his friend recalled his climbing instructor’s fatal fall from that same rock the year prior – her body bounced from ledge to ledge. And now, Chamgoulov was stuck with nothing to grasp onto, unable to back down. Two metres above, there was a small ledge on which he could stand. “I need to make just one move to get there,” he thought at the time. But when he reached above, his fingers found nothing to grasp. “I was in a position where I can’t move up, and it was very difficult to move down,” he recalled. His mind flooded with fear, and he stopped for several seconds and took a deep breath. “I clearly understood: if I basically give up and go down and not climb up, that would

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be the end of my mountaineering career,” he said. “To climb mountains, you need to control your fear. If you can’t control (this), it’s impossible to climb.” At that moment, Chamgoulov understood he was ready, and he climbed to the top of the rock face. “I don’t believe in any mountain climber who doesn’t feel fear sometimes, but the most important thing is how you control it,” he said. “If it’s rock climbing, … I just focus on one metre in front of me, and it’s easy to climb for one metre.” Chamgoulov, a Russian engineer who moved to Burnaby, has been climbing the world’s tallest peaks since that moment on the rock face. He’s made more than 200 ascents and is now considered an elite high-altitude climber. He was also awarded the “snow leopard” designation for those who have climbed all of the 7,000-metre peaks in the former Soviet Union. Chamgoulov has conquered six of the world’s highest summits on six different continents, but one piece is missing, the biggest one of all – Mount Everest. “I’ve climbed mountains all my life. This is a kind of dream of my lifetime to climb Mount Everest,” he said. Chamgoulov plans to leave this April for a two-month expedition to climb Everest. His

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budget is $62,000, and he’s fundraising and signing sponsors to help finance the trip. So far, he’s raised $40,000, and at the same time, he’s fundraising for a charity called Mining for Miracles, which helps the B.C. Children’s Hospital. (The B.C. mining industry is behind Mining for Miracles, and Chamgoulov works as an engineer at a mining equipment manufacturer in Langley.) According to Chamgoulov, high-altitude climbs are usually a one-month endeavor, but he’ll need two to acclimatize to Everest. Every month, in preparation for the trip, he runs 100 kilometres and climbs the Grouse Grind 10 times. But even the Grind’s paltry 1,231 metres pales in comparison to Everest, which stands at 8,848 metres above sea level. With Everest under his belt, Chamgoulov will have climbed all of the highest points on the planet. “It’s been done before, but it’s not easy,” he said. “I’m very excited. I’m still very busy with all the preparation. I’m looking for funding, I’m looking for equipment to buy.” To cover the cost, Chamgoulov is trying to secure sponsors. He plans to keep in touch with them via satellite communication and will take pictures of their flags on the top of the peak. To help sponsor Chamgoulov’s trip, go to www.8summits.com.

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National Energy Board won’t extend deadline

just have to abide by it.” As previously reported in the staff reporter NOW, some Burnaby residents The National Energy Board has were informed, in writing, that decided not to extend the appli- Kinder Morgan now prefers the cation period for people hoping alternate pipeline route in the to participate in the hearings for south of the city, instead of the Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expan- selected study corridor that runs down Lougheed Highway. sion. The board noted Trans The decision was revealed Wednesday morning in a let- Mountain “undertook extenter sent to Burnaby-Douglas MP sive and diligent” steps to notify Kennedy Stewart, who had raised potentially affected landowners, questions about how people can stakeholders and aboriginal communities on both properly particithe selected and pate in the public alternative route. process when it’s While Stewart unclear which route the pipeline arguedthatKinder will take. Morgan’s applica“The board has tion was incomset deadlines to IN BURNABY plete and should ensure a fair and therefore be sent efficient process and is not per- back to the drawing board, the suaded, based on the request, to board stated the company notified grant the broad extension to the “all properties” on the alternative application to participate sought routes, which have not changed. The senior project manager by Mr. Stewart,” the National Energy Board letter states. “For overseeing the pipeline expansion the above reasons, the request is plan thought the board’s decision was fair. denied.” “The decision not to extend the Stewart, however, said the deadline was made at the discreboard was mistaken. “The (board) has got this tion of the NEB. Trans Mountain wrong. I don’t think there was supports a fair, reasonable and adequate notification. There’s a lot efficient review process for our of confusion around this location proposed project and believes that of the pipeline routes,” Stewart anyone who, in the NEB’s opinsaid in a call from Ottawa. “I’m ion, is directly affected should concerned about a lot of commu- have the right to participate,” said nities along the route. … There’s Greg Toth in an emailed stateno appeal of this ruling, so we’ll ment. “That said, our filing has

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No extension:

Kinder Morgan’s two options for running the pipeline through Burnaby as seen on the company’s map. The National Energy Board has decided not to extend the application period to participate for the hearing.

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been public since Dec. 16, and the process to apply to intervene was well publicized and open.” One thing the board didn’t mention was Kinder Morgan was missing some maps from the initial, electronic version of the application filed with the board. Among those maps was an image

of the preferred pipeline route and the alternative in Burnaby. According to the company the maps were not uploaded online because of a technical problem, but “exact duplicates” were included in a different section of the 15,000page application. Stewart estimated his constit-

uency office helped about 1,000 people apply to participate in the hearing. In all, more than 2,000 people have applied as either intervenors or commentators. “We’re moving to the next phase of the project, which is to support people as intervenors,” Stewart said.

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mal to submit an application with a The National Energy Board has said preferred route and an alternative. no to MP Kennedy Stewart’s request But the reality is the general public to extend the application period to parwas not aware that Kinder Morgan ticipate in the Kinder Morgan pipeline switched route preferences in the hearings, but how does this fit the bigsouth of the city till we broke the story ger picture? – hence the request for an Stewart was raising the extension. same question we were askThe company assures us ing the board: what’s the Burnaby NOW and the board that all of the point of having a public hearaffected residents on both routes have ing when Burnaby residents don’t even been notified, but who defines directly know where the pipeline route will be? affected? Thanks to the confusion about To be clear, Kinder Morgan has not where the route will go, it was largely broken any rules. Apparently, it’s nor-

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should be made in B.C. This nvironment Minister Mary recycling policy is generated Polak recently announced that many small businesses by and for a small board of Toronto-based multinational corwill be exempt from onerous porations. new recycling rules set to come 4) The new recycling rules are into effect this May. so complicated that there is masWhile it’s always better to sive confusion regarding who have fewer businesses affected is affected and how to by dumb rules, the comply. Businesses are minister’s announceLaura Jones being advised to check ment doesn’t change with their regulatory the fact that the new affairs and finance departments. recycling plan delivers no demFor most small business owners, onstrated environmental benefit this means checking with themwhile increasing prices to conselves. sumers and costs to the many 5) The new rules never would businesses of all sizes that will have passed the government’s still be affected. own regulatory reform checklist The government’s announcebecause the costs aren’t justified ment is the policy equivalent of and the program is too compliputting lipstick on a pig. cated to be easily understood. The province’s new approach 6) The new rules are not to recycling should be abandoned. Here are 10 reasons why: small-business friendly. Some small businesses are even being 1) The new recycling rules bullied by big businesses to comadd enormous costs to busiply. One supermarket told their nesses and put a hidden tax on small-business suppliers that consumers for no environmenthey have to comply with the tal benefit over our existing new rules and that the super(and very functional) blue-box market will not accept any price programs. The new program is estimated to cost more than $100 increases to make up for the million just to run. This does not additional compliance costs. 7) Community newspapers include the huge cost of compliwill have a very hard time ance. absorbing the additional costs. 2) The new recycling plan Some papers have closed, and grants monopoly taxing and others are sure to follow if the regulating power to an armsprogram goes forward. length group (MultiMaterial 8) The economic viability B.C., www.multimaterialbc.ca) that has no real accountability to of existing recycling depots in small towns across the province anyone. Recycling Page 7 3) B.C. recycling policy

left to Kinder Morgan to determine who should be invited to apply for the hearing. Furthermore, we know the Conservatives changed the energy board’s rules and tightened the criteria of who is allowed to participate. That’s why people are being asked to apply earlier, before the energy board even decides whether the application is complete, which is the first step in the approval process. What’s clear here is this new, streamlined procedure is flawed. Fewer people

can have a say in the process, and the board’s recent decision reflects that. If the Conservatives want to streamline this process, the board should require pipeline companies to consult the general public, make a final decision on the route, and then apply to the board for project approval. When people are lacking proper information to make informed decisions about a massive oil pipeline running through their city, democracy suffers, and we question whether this hearing is just window dressing.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Bullying is a natural part of life

Dear Editor:

Sometimes I wonder where we would be as a society without bullying! It’s ironic to see popular politicians jump on the bandwagon on anti-bullying campaigns, considering the obvious fact that a politician is a bully by nature. They wouldn’t win an election otherwise. We know what happens to politicians who take the clean image-approach to an election; they usually lose. Bullying is natural, we see it everywhere. It’s in the home, churches, businesses, predatory business practices, offices, in sporting activities, in the schoolyard, among colleagues and friends. It is as natural as nature itself. What we must learn to distinguish the dif-

ference between bullying and criminal activities. Unnecessary harassment, physical assault and defamation of character by pathetic sociopaths by both sexes and all ages are what we must learn to identify and punish accordingly. We forget sometimes that bullying is a learned behaviour, mostly at home by feuding and misguided parents who are overbearing and controlling. They tend to be stage parents; they partake in the activities of their children and or activities surrounding their activities. It becomes part of their upbringing and social DNA. Bullying has always been with us and always will be there. The only difference today versus the past is that it is being more and more exposed by modern technology and the mass media. J.W. Christophersen, Burnaby

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Re: Will teacher take a pay cut to help cover costs?, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Feb. 14. I just finished reading Larry Melnyk’s comedy of comparing Canada to a democracy, and I felt it necessary to respond. In a real democracy a party would have to achieve 50 per cent plus one to claim a majority, and any result less than that should result in either a minority, or a coalition government. This is another one like those words from the Red Rose Tea commercial, that used to say; “Only in Canada.” Even the U.K., which our government is supposed to be based on, is usually a coalition government, because no one party has a majority. In the last federal election the Conservatives claimed a majority government even though only 39.6 per cent of those who voted cast ballots for Conservative candidates, which means under Canada’s flawed electoral system 61.4 per cent of the electorate had their votes virtually voided and are not represented by the Parliament of Canada.. The same scenario happened in B.C. last year with only 44.1 per cent of the electorate supporting the Liberals, while the majority at 55.86 per cent had their ballots voided, and are not represented in the place of government that is supposed to be our house. Stephen Harper, with his so-called majority, dislikes Elections Canada so much for their oversight that they basically gutted the powers of the chief electoral officer to keep things remotely honest by

investigating wrong-doings by those running for office. Democracy? Yeah right, you just keep telling yourself that. But the rest of us know that what our veterans fought and died for, their lives were wasted with what we now have governing this country for their corporate masters, while Canadian workers, seniors and children are worse off every day. Wayne McQueen, Burnaby

Giving up on ‘socialist rag’ Dear Editor:

It is absolutely ludicrous to expect any kind of fairness or balance from the local papers, especially this one, when it comes to political or social awareness hereabouts. It is the same old fawning names, glorifying, through their letters, columns and etc. anything pro-NDP, pro-gay, pro-environment extremism, and anti-liberal or conservative thought of any kind, even expunging some little praise given by a commentator to a contributor or columnist that might agree ever so minutely to choices outside of their particular mandate. While we are aware of the editor’s association with her own particular union, (we few, we happy few) were wont to assume fairness on her part but have been severely disappointed in so doing, to the point of not wasting time with, what has become nothing but a socialist rag, that jumps through the time-honoured hoops of Burnaby city council and various other extremist organizations of the Godless Hordes.

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is threatened. These depots provide local jobs and many have been on the front lines of helping promote environmental objectives in their municipalities for over a decade. 9) The rules are ostensibly about reducing packaging, but there are no direct incentives to reduce packaging in the program. 10) The public and

small businesses were never properly consulted about abandoning the existing blue-box programs and replacing them with a program run by an unaccountable board of big businesses. It’s a bit of a headscratcher as to why a government that has championed the importance of a strong economy based on B.C. priorities would

go forward with wasteful, destructive policy designed by Toronto big business. The only good news is that it’s not too late to reconsider. Laura Jones is executive vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. She can be reached at laura. jones@cfib.ca. Follow her on Twitter @CFIBideas.

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THE BURNABYNOW STORY: “Climate change not part of Kinder Morgan hearing” – Feb. 17

Comment via BurnabyNOW.com I Drianusa: Climate change is what you say when you have absolutely no plausible argument. The climate of earth and everything associated with it, has been changing for over 4 billion years. Scientists know that, but now they jump on the bandwagon, formerly known as the global warming vehicle, to stop anything they do not like. The past three decades it was global warming, because I am driving a car. Now it is Climate Change because I am driving a car. Well my car is not going to sit in the garage, I use it to travel anywhere I need to go. For that and for the billion other users of cars we need fuel, delivery vehicles, such as pipelines and distribution stations. And environmentalists, ecologists, scientists are invited to improve these vehicles of distribution rather than objecting to anything because you don’t like my lifestyle. And if you do not know how to do that, SHUT UP.

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Coroner will hold inquest into shooting death Cayley Dobie staff reporter

B.C. Coroners Service announced last week an inquest into the shooting death of Ryan Jacob has been scheduled for this summer. Forty-five-year-old Jacob was shot three times by a Burnaby RCMP officer last year after allegedly threatening the officer with two knives. On Jan. 31, 2013 police were called to Hastings Street and MacDonald Avenue following a report of a man wielding a knife and uttering threats, stated a report by Richard Rosenthal, chief civilian director of the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. Jacob had been at a friend’s home when he began threaten-

ing her with a knife. According to suspect, Jacob, had died in hospital the report, the friend called 911, after being shot by police. Following the investigaand several Burnaby RCMP offition, the Independent cers were dispatched to Investigations Office the 4100 block of Albert of B.C. determined the Street, where they locatBurnaby RCMP officer ed Jacob. who shot Jacob had not During the confroncommitted an offence and tation, Jacob allegedly didn’t warrant any chargignored Mounties’ warnes by Crown counsel. ings to drop the knives he While no charges were was holding and instead laid against the officer, encroached on one of the the Coroners Service is responding officers. required by law to hold According to the inde- Ryan Jacob pendent investigations’ shot by police officer an inquest into any death “if the deceased was in the report, the officer shot care or control of a police officer Jacob three times in self-defence. Investigators with the or in a police lock-up at the time Wayne Leidenfrost/PNG file photo Independent Investigations Office of their death,” according to the Inquest: A tarp covers evidence after a police-related shooting of B.C. were deployed short- Coroners Act. in Burnaby on Jan. 31, 2013. The shooting will be the subject of a The coroner’s inquest is schedly before 2 a.m., when Burnaby coroner’s inquest in July. RCMP notified the office that a uled for July 28 in Burnaby.

Towers: Amenities needed to deal with expected 30,000 new residents continued from page 1

Addressing the lack of parks, community centres and other public amenities in the immediate Brentwood area to deal with the expected incoming of 30,000 people over the next 20 years, Mayor Derek Corrigan said it’s first on council’s mind. “I’ve got to admit, we’re behind on the Willingdon Park project and developing that one, but we’re feeling it’s a little out of the way for people in that

community,” he said, about building a new community centre. “We’re struggling with whether Willingdon Park is the place, and whether or not we should look at another alternative.” Corrigan said he wants to see a bike and pedestrian path, instead, up Willingdon Avenue where the city has been acquiring land. “We may decide … to instead build a bike and pedestrian path

… to connect the Heights with Brentwood people, then utilize Confederation Park and the pool at Confederation Park,” he said. “We think it would make a really attractive walkway because you could build miniparks along the way.” Corrigan also said the site the city is saving for a school, on High Street along Dawson, could be where the new community centre goes. “The province won’t buy

anything until the kids are actually there, but we’ve saved a site saying we want to put a school in the location,” he said. “Maybe that’s a place we can put a new community centre too.” As for MacDonald, he’s not looking forward to dealing with the consequences of a bigger population and not knowing how long the city’s transportation review will take, or how it will deal with the issues. “The traffic system on resi-

dential streets, the streets in the single-family neighbourhoods, need to be isolated from the traffic system servicing highdensity developments,” he said. “Rat running through our Graveley Street and Brentlawn Drive neighbourhoods has reached annoyingly alarming levels. This is an issue that many North Burnaby neighbourhoods have been dealing with unsuccessfully for the most part.”

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Burnaby Hospital not part of B.C.’s budget staff reporter

A closer look at the province’s surplus budget doesn’t provide much hope for the future of Burnaby Hospital, according to NDP health critic Judy Darcy. Darcy, MLA for New Westminster, said the longawaited update to the status of a Burnaby Hospital upgrade does not appear in the service plan. “That’s very, very concerning,” she told the Burnaby NOW. “This was promised in the last election, and it’s very, very badly needed.” Burnaby Hospital’s overcrowding problems and past infection issues will continue to flourish if funding isn’t put in place, Darcy said. “There’smillionsalready there for this,” she added. “The significant redevelopment promise during the election does not appear in the budget document and does not appear in the service plan.” Last week, B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced a balanced budget, including a 2.7 per cent annual increase over the next three years for provincial health care. “I think it’s pretty disappointing from a health perspective,” Darcy said. “I’m also concerned we have, at Fraser Health, an epidemic of hallway medicine.” Darcy said the budget does not address overcrowding issues, or key recommendations made by B.C.’s ombudsperson to improve seniors’ care. “They say they’re balancing the budget, but they’re doing it by making someone else pay – either through municipal governments or through MSP premiums,” she said. “Hallway medicine and the lack of investment in continuous proper cleaning are conditions for some of those super bugs to thrive. The health authorities said that themselves.” The Burnaby-based Hospital Employees’ Union spokesperson also says the budget is putting off critical investments “that will generate better health outcomes and cost savings in the future.” “As it stands, there is a workload crisis in longterm care that has produced some of the most dangerous working conditions in the province in terms of injuries,” Bonnie Pearson said in a media release.

TAKE NOTICE THAT the City of Burnaby proposes to renew a Business Improvement Area (BIA) for the Hastings Street area. The purpose of the BIA, which has been operated by the Heights Merchants Association since 1994, is to help local business people and property owners to upgrade and promote a local business district to improve its economic viability. The BIA’s services are proposed to include joint marketing, physical improvements, and research studies. It will be designed to benefit the designated commercial area which is generally: 1. Hastings Street between Boundary Road and just east of Gamma Avenue 2. North side of Pender Street between MacDonald Avenue and Ingleton Avenue 3. North side of Pender Street between Rosser Avenue and Willingdon Avenue 4. South side of Albert Street between Boundary Road and Esmond Avenue 5. Parts of the south side of Albert Street between Gilmore Avenue and Carlton Avenue. The BIA is to be funded by a levy on commercial properties.

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The estimated total cost of the proposed business promotion is $2,692,569 to be spread over ten years. The commercial property owners in the BIA will pay 100% of the cost. The estimated levy for 2014 is $0.87606 per $1,000 of assessed value and must be paid in full by the tax due date.

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Council may proceed with the BIA in accordance with this notice unless it receives a sufficient petition against it. Any person who is the owner of land in the designated area may submit such a petition and, in order that a petition is deemed sufficient, it must be signed by the owners of at least 50% of the parcels and representing at least 50% of the assessed value of land and improvements that would be subject to the levy.

Owners who wish to petition against the work may do so by completing the form below and submitting to the City Clerk, City of Burnaby, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2. The final date for acceptance of petitions will be 4:45 pm, Monday, 2014 March 31. It is Council’s intention that tenants of the subject properties also be given an opportunity to register their opposition to the proposed BIA. Persons representing tenant businesses may send a letter expressing their opposition or complete the form below to the City Clerk, City of Burnaby, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby BC, V5G 1M2.

If you have any questions with regard to the BIA please contact Denise Letkeman in the Finance Department at 604-294-7902 or if you have an inquiry regarding the petitioning process, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 604-294-7290.

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cult time meeting “Clearly we need demand, accordto invest in resiing to Pearson, dential care and including criticommunity health cally needed services now to improvements to take pressure off seniors’ care and our hospitals over mental health serthe long-term.” vices. According to Pearson said the union, B.C. has the government fallen from secwill not be able to ond to ninth place Judy Darcy meet its own staffamong Canadian health critic ing level targets provinces in per capita support for health in residential care facilities. “This budget is a recipe care since 2001. Over the next three for more hallway mediyears, health authorities cine,” she said. Follow Stefania on and front-line health-care Twitter, @stefania_seccia workers will have a diffi-

Persons desiring to petition against the BIA must do so by submitting their petition to the City Clerk within one month after the date of the publication of a Notice of Intention covering this work in the “Burnaby Now” and “Burnaby Newsleader” being February 28, 2014. Final date for the acceptance of petitions is March 31, 2014, 4:45 pm.

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Burnaby NOW • Friday, February 28, 2014 • A11

Green Party sets its sights on civic election

ward to giving the City of Burnaby a choice. staff reporter “It’s about offering that Green party members option,” he told the NOW. considering a run in the “I ran last time (provinupcoming civic election cially), I wasn’t expecting want to bring a “fresh” to win, but giving people voice to Burnaby city poli- that option.” Tessari said he also tics. Carrie McLaren, who wants the learning experihas run both provincially ence, but it’s imperative to give a new, fresh and municipally, voice on council. intends to run on “I think we Nov. 15, and may canmakeadifferbe joined by two ence here, given other candidates that council is all with provincial one party right election experience: now,” he said. Wyatt Tessari and “That one voice Darwin Burns. would make a The Burnaby big difference.” Citizens Association McLaren, members currently Carrie McLaren who’s run five on council, includ- plans to run times before, ing Mayor Derek agreed with Corrigan, intend to run in this year’s election, Tessari. In the 2011 elecas well, to keep their reign tion, she received 4,656 votes – only 14 per cent of on city hall. Tessari ran in the last the vote. She also ran in the provincial election, as last provincial election in well, and said he looks for- the Burnaby-North riding.

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“I think that council has process for selecting people been there for so long but for committees and comdoing a good job, I will missions more open. “Because they give them that, but are chosen by I think they could council, the peruse some more ception is they’re ideas, some fresh all NDP or they’re perspectives and all very good fresh voices,” she friends,” McLaren said. noted about who In the last elecsits on the varition, the Green ous committees party campaigned at city hall. “And on a platform of it’s great to have providing another Wyatt Tessari friends, but you voice on council, as considering run have to open it opposed to taking over council, which is the up to everyone. It doesn’t same attitude they’ll bring matter, your background. If you live in Burnaby, you to the upcoming election. “Aggressive is not my should have the chance to style,” she said. “The Green be on a committee.” McLaren said counstyle is we want ideas to come and flow and be open, cil currently lacks open and be more available. debate, and many issues Accountability gets thrown in Burnaby still need to be around a lot, transparency addressed, such as affordgets thrown around a lot, able housing and homebut I would actually like to lessness. “I would love to have see that.” Both Tessari and the doors open more,” she McLaren want to make the said. “Not everything is

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Theatre companies face future head-on In the first part of our State of the arts special report, Julie MacLellan talked to Footlight Theatre and Align Entertainment about the challenges and successes of staging musical theatre in Burnaby. In part 2, both companies talk about their visions for the future – and what comes next in the quest to create memorable theatre for the people of Burnaby and beyond.

Enter the audience You can have everything going for you as a theatre company, but if no one comes to see your show – well, you’ve got trouble. The question facing both Footlight Theatre and Align Entertainment is whether audiences are ready to support their large-scale musical productions. Before Align Entertainment’s recent run of Shrek the Musical at the Michael J. Fox Theatre, founding partner Chad Matchette was being cautiously optimistic about the turnout for Shrek – it had ON MY BEAT been getting a Julie MacLellan great deal of word-of-mouth publicity, he said, and people were excited about the musical coming to town. But he noted that Vancouver audiences are notorious for last-minute ticket-buying, so he wasn’t certain what to expect of the run. However, to help ensure audiences, the company was doing its best to keep the show accessible to everyone – with reduced matinee prices and special $15 tickets on weekdays and Family Day. By the end of the run, it was evidently paying off. Megan Simpson, one of Align Entertainment’s partners, said the company had found ticket sales were strong out of the gate, with a few early shows even selling out – and, as the run went on, tickets were being sold for later shows. Which, she noted, meant word was getting out that Shrek was worth coming to see. “It’s going really well. We’re really, really excited,” she said, with a week or so left in the show’s run, though she admitted that they’d still like to see ticket sales go even higher. Footlight, likewise, focuses on affordability – Susan Reid, president of the

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Young talent: From left, Kathleen Robertson, Cassidy Stahr and Alannah Piasecki were members of the children’s choir in Align Entertainment’s Shrek the Musical, which ran at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in February, group’s board, pointed out tickets are always priced on a tier system so there will be something for everyone. It also offers school shows during the day so that local youngsters can enjoy the shows. Reid pointed out that its affordability, combined with the accessibility of easy parking and access to SkyTrain, makes it much more appealing to families than venturing to a night out in Vancouver. “For the price of one ticket downtown, you can bring a family of four to our show,” she said. And she’s quick to point out that not only is the theatre affordable, it’s also highquality. “We’re doing the same quality you would see in Arts Club,” she said, and added that the scale of a Footlight production is larger than anything the profes-

sional Vancouver theatre company would a business – not a non-profit organization stage. “We do way bigger shows than Arts – from the get-go, and Matchette noted Club.” that sponsorship has been key in getting Both Align and Footlight also draw on its production off the ground. experienced professional talent to fill out Companies including G&F Financial their creative and production teams. Group, CEFA Early Learning, the Burnaby “People are blown away when they NOW, the Lindbjerg Academy, Central come to see a show,” Reid said. Forms Print Management and the Michael Matchette was confident audiences J. Fox Theatre have all provided support of would be equally excitvarious kinds. ed about his company’s Matchette noted the first offering – noting company has also partthe talent of the team nered with the Stop a behind it was incredBully Foundation – in ible. keeping with the theme “We’re so lucky to of the musical Shrek. have the people we In-kind partnerships, have working with us,” he said, will be key to A SPECIAL REPORT: Part 2 he said. the company’s future. The issue for At Footlight, meanFootlight, Reid said, has not been one while, the organization is looking for ways of quality or affordability, but of being to bring more of a business focus to its known – since, despite its long history, she operations. said, the community seems unaware of its Reid pointed out that, in the arts, busiexistence. ness is not always first in mind. “People don’t seem to know about us,” “Boards are run primarily on creativshe said. “It’s a matter of getting the word ity,” she said. “You can’t run a company out.” on that.” As a consequence, she said, the board is Enter the businesspeople expanding – there are already three more members lined up with a possible two Ask anyone in the arts, and they’ll tell more in the wings, bringing its total to 10 you it’s not an easy time to be in the maror 12. Each one comes with some kind of ket of producing something that people business background along with their creregard as a “frill.” “You notice that people are cutting back ative side. “What we’ve decided to do is bring in a on the extras,” Reid said. business aspect,” she said. Which means they have to work all the Among the business decisions the harder to get support. board has already had to make was a diffi“One of our challenges going forward is fundraising, corporate sponsorship,” she cult one: to cut out the summer vaudeville shows and Christmas shows it used to do said. Theatre Page 14 Align Entertainment has been set up as

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Theatre: ‘It’s really exciting to keep the company growing’ continued from page 13 noted, since putting on a musical needs “a lot of time, and a lot of people.” at Burnaby Village museum. For a brand-new company, she said, “To let some history go, it is a little melthings are looking good. ancholy,” Reid admitted. “We’re just really, really excited,” she But, in the end, it just didn’t make sense said. to continue with what had become an Things are a little less certain for enormous undertaking. Footlight, but Reid remains undaunted. “It takes a tremendous amount of volAsk her about the future, and her unteers and commitment by the casts,” she answer is phrased as optimism – though noted. there’s a tinge of gauntlet-being-thrownAnd Lindbjerg added that it just wasn’t down about it. proving to be worth it. “We believe that the people of Burnaby “Financially, it was a drain,” she said. will rally,” she said. All the Footlight board members come She’s confident that the community will with various connections in the commurespond to the theatre comnity that they will be working pany’s need, recognizing the to build on this year. good Footlight has done for “We’re all very hopeful,” the community over the years. Reid said. “We’re really excited You can comment There’s the fact that the about the future of Footlight.” on this story at company has provided so www.burnabynow.com Enter the future many opportunities for famiSimpson was understandlies to get involved in the arts. ably bubbly about the future of “The children in the comAlign Entertainment, as its first munity have that opportunity. successful run was wrapping up. Anybody can do it,” she said. “It’s tremenWhat made them particularly happy, dous to have your kids in a cultural event. she said, is that feedback from everyone There’s not a lot of opportunities for amahad been so positive. teur kids to do that.” “The reviews we’re getting are fabuFrom a financial perspective, she pointlous,” she said, noting that as a new ed out that Footlight has been good for the company, the audience reaction and good local economy, as each of its shows means ticket sales are huge pluses. money put into the community for cos“We couldn’t really ask for more than tumes, sets, materials and more. Sponsors that,” she said. get a return on their investment through They’ve already announced their show visibility, she said. for February 2015: The Addams Family. Even more, she said, she’d like to see Simpson, who saw it in New York City the City of Burnaby step up to the plate a couple of years ago, said it’s exactly the and provide more support for theatre kind of show Align wants to stage. – and the arts in general. “It’s really hilarious, it’s family-friend“Burnaby isn’t big on theatre,” she said, ly,” she said. noting that “culture” is a very small part They’ve already begun work on it, she of the city’s “parks, recreation and culture”

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Blast from the past: Performers Robson Baker, Hazel Godley, Kim Bunka, Hannah

Vaartnou and Talar Kalaidjian onstage with Footlight Theatre’s vaudeville show at Burnaby Village Museum in the summer of 2010. The theatre company has made a business decision to discontinue the summer shows. department. “We have such a huge sports program in Burnaby, but we need to back the arts,” she said. “We need to see support from the city, and from each of our communities.” Reid is hopeful that Burnaby’s business and civic leaders will see that having Footlight in town is good for everybody. “We are the only Burnaby theatre company,” Reid said. “We are a Burnaby company, and we need supportive people – not only for financial support, but for support of the shows.” She wasn’t yet ready to confirm wheth-

er Footlight will or will not stage a fullscale musical this fall. But she will say she is happy to have taken on the challenge of the presidency. “It’s really exciting to keep the company growing,” she said. “We’ve struggled, but we’re so excited about the future for us. … It was a challenging year, but we’re really excited about the future for Footlight.” See the first part of the series at www. burnabynow.com. Got a comment? Find Julie on Twitter, @juliemaclellan, or email her at jmaclellan@burnabynow.com.

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he Burnaby Board of Trade is pleased with the provincial budget announcement made on Feb. 18. The provincial budget announced by Finance Minister Mike de Jong claimed to balance the budget with an anticipated $175 million for the current fiscal year. “The Burnaby Board of Trade is happy to see the provincial government’s budget return to balance and was pleased to see that there were no surprises for the business community announced (Feb. 18),” said Paul Holden,

board president and CEO, in a media release. The board had advocated on behalf of transportation and the film industry being prioritized in the budget, and due to the modest changes to these sectors – including the distant location tax credit, and the scientific research and development tax credit – the board will “continue to advocate on these matters.” “We look forward to seeing the provincial government work towards achieving and utilizing the projected future surpluses,” Holden added.

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A22 • Friday, February 28, 2014 • Burnaby NOW

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Dear Tom and Ray: Every time I drive my 1979 Fiat Spider, excessive heat comes from the engine compartment to the area by the pedals. What’s causing this, and can it be corrected? During the colder months, it’s not so bad. But during the summer months, it’s

pretty unbearable. Thanks. – Daniel TOM: Most Fiat Spider owners would kill for heat like that in the winter, Daniel. I had to wear six pairs of Bronko Nagurski long underwear whenever I drove my Fiat in the winter. RAY: Yeah, but it’s like Death Valley on four wheels in the summertime. TOM: The exhaust system happens to run right behind those pedals and continues underneath where you’re sitting, Daniel. So my first guess would be that something’s causing your catalytic converter to run hot.

RAY: When catalytic converters get old, the insides can deteriorate and get in the way of the exhaust flow. When that happens, a constricted converter can get very hot – over 1,000 degrees! TOM: In fact, some time when you’re driving the car at night, wait until you feel your shoes melting to the floor. Then stop, get out and take a look underneath. You might actually see the converter glowing. They literally get redhot when they’re really plugged up. RAY: It’s also possible that the primary problem is not in the converter itself.

Something may be causing it to run hot. For instance, if your ignition timing is very late, you’d have gasoline getting pushed into the exhaust system without first being combusted. Then, what happens is that the gasoline combusts inside the catalytic converter. And where there’s fire, there are hot feet, Daniel. TOM: A bad fuel injector can cause the same problem, by injecting into a cylinder more gas than can be combusted and leaving some to be burned in the converter. RAY: If it’s none of that stuff, then it simply could

be that your heat shield is missing. TOM: Or your floor. Does your Fiat still have a floor, Daniel? Mine didn’t for the last couple of years. RAY: Heat shields are thin pieces of metal that are fitted around the hottest parts of the exhaust system. They’re designed to absorb and dissipate heat so it doesn’t get transferred into the passenger compartment. TOM: Or transferred onto the dry grass or old newspapers you park on top of. RAY: And on a car this old, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if your heat shields are long gone, hav-

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ing rusted away and fallen off years ago. Like most of the car’s other parts. TOM: In either case, if you’re really producing enough heat to make driving the car uncomfortable, it could be a fire hazard. So have it checked out. And until you do, keep some running shoes on the passenger seat just in case you need to make a very hasty escape. Get more Click and Clack in their new book, Ask Click and Clack: Answers from Car Talk. Got a question about cars? Write to Click and Clack – email them through the Car Talk website, www. cartalk.com.

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Sharing cultures: Burnaby residents Luigi and Anne Bassani travelled to Scotland and visited a totem pole at Holm, on the Orkney archipelago. In 2008, local Scots carved the pole, under the supervision of four carvers from the Squamish Nation, as part of a cultural exchange.

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Burnaby NOW • Friday, February 28, 2014 • A33

34 Women in showdown 34 Player of the week

35 Swimmer wins gold

SECTION COORDINATOR Tom Berridge, 604-444-3022 • tberridge@burnabynow.com

Burnaby mines 34 medals at Mission Games Tom Berridge sports editor

Burnaby martial artists won a yeoman’s share of medals at the B.C. Winter Games in Mission last week. The Delta Fraser River karate team garnered a total of 13 medals, more than one-third of the 34 total medals won by zone 4 Burnaby athletes. Mark Wong, Julia McLean and Angie Wakelin all won individual gold medals in their respective sparring weight classes. Matt Bickel, Matthew Chenge, Sara Ng, Gurpartap Hothi and Jacob Mand also picked up gold in the team kumite. The Burnaby team of individual silver medalist Stephanie Zaborniak, Natasha Lam, Kimberly Logan, MacLean and Wakelin also won the girls’ team sparring silver. Both zone girls’ and boys’ teams took bronze in kata or forms. Parris Gill, Adrianna Milkovic, Hothi, Justin Ng, Lam, Michael Plunkett, Ng and Justin Ng also won individual bronze. Amara Jarinen and Stephanie Sulaver both won gold medals in judo. Andy Lin placed first in the standing male individual sprint in cross-country skiing. Vasilisa Matantseva earned a silver medal in juvenile ladies figure skating. Naveena Leong placed third in girls’ barebow match play. Burnaby won the gold and silver medal in netball, solidifying the city’s claim as the home of netball. An all-Burnaby team of Vanessa Agonos, Jasmine Campbell, Kathryn Dawson, Kiersten Hagen, Michelle Kao, Emily Makihara, Alex Montinola, Nasseem Vazinkhoo, Megan Widmer, Katherine Widmer, Emily Chan, Christina Lee, Sophia Chen and Michelle Lelik took gold in netball. The zone’s No. 2 team was also made up entirely of Burnaby players. The team of Cynthia Huang, Sonya Kung, Emma

Binstead, Angela Yu, Manreet Bhullar, Mima Zaki, Hailey Kuntz and Katherine Widmer earned the silver medal. Zone 4s curling rink led by Brayden Carpenter, rounded out by Burnaby third Tyler Proctor and second Breyden Chong, and lead Horace Mak of New Westminster, defeated Team Ueda from the North Shore Winter Club 5-4, scoring a deuce in the eighth and a game-winning steal in the ninth in the gold-medal final. Nikita May of Burnaby also shared in a team gold in girls’ gymnastics. Delta Fraser River zone 4’s ringette team, including Burnaby’s Melissa Wong, Paige Coe-Chow, Emily Chow, Natara Wong and Kelly Tucker, took the silver medal in the final against Thompson/Okanagan. “It’s so much fun to play with other incredible players who were once our enemies,” said 15-year-old Wong in an email. “Now we are all singing together and got to go for the gold. The B.C. Winter Games have been an amazing experience.” Burnaby’s Carina Bi, Jordan Beatty and Trevor Yu also shared in a silver medal in badminton. The zone 4 girls’ hockey team, including Jenna Velji, Megan Lai, Raman Rai, Kiana Tsui and Stephanie Moy also took home the silver medal. Burnaby Special Olympians Mary Armstrong, David Wong and Nicholas Bobak shared a silver medal in mixed basketball. Natasha Leslie of Burnaby also picked up a second-place medal in wheelchair basketball. Burnaby’s 34 total medals was the lion’s share of zone 4’s 59 podium finishes. Fraser River Delta placed fourth overall behind first place Fraser Valley with 106 aggregate medals. Vancouver-Squamish finished runner-up, garnering 87 medals, including a Games-high 35 gold. Thompson-Okanagan placed third with 20 gold and 72 total medals.

Jason Lang/burnaby now

Getting the jump: St. Thomas More’s Cam Morris goes up for a shot at an earlier tournament. The Knights dropped their opening game of the B.C. high school junior boys’ provincial basketball championships 59-55 to Kitsilano on Wednesday.

South outhustled in semifinal Tom Berridge

sports editor

There are no second chances for BurWest champions Burnaby South Rebels. The Rebels were beaten to the ball and to the hoop by the No. 7-ranked Vancouver College Fighting Irish in an 86-70 loss in the Lower Mainland quad A high school boys’ basketball championship semifinal at the Richmond Oval on Wednesday. South left too many points on the floor, missing numerous otherwise easy shots under the basket, while creating many unforced errors against a College team that was quick to capitalize on each and every mistake all game long. “It was like we didn’t come out,” said South’s Martin Bogajev, who led all scorers with 25 points. “I don’t think we came out hard enough, and they came out really hard. They played good and we played bad.” The Irish took control of the game from the outset despite giving up inches and size at every position to the No. 10 Rebels. What College lacked in stature they more than made up in hustle and execution, outrebounding the Rebels with quickness and finding the open man with precision and accuracy.

College built a 31-18 lead after the opening first quarter and never really lost that advantage. Bogajev carried South on his shoulders in the second quarter, scoring 13 of the team’s total 15 points, including three long-range threes. South made a run in the third quarter helped out by steals from E.J. Mabone and Bogajev. Mabone finished with 10 points. Djordje Obradovic tied the contest at 50-50 with a transition bucket midway through the quarter, but College replied with a 13-2 run to silence the Rebel rally. Vancouver College guard Joseph Anthony came off the bench to lead the Irish with 21 points, including five treys. Substitute Jack Coady also had a strong game for College with 18 points. South met an old rival in Kitsilano in the back-door semifinal on Thursday (played after NOW deadlines). Last year, Kits defeated Burnaby South 68-58 in the 2013 Lower Mainland championship final. The New Westminster Hyacks threw a third-quarter scare into the St. George’s Saints before succumbing 100-72 at the Richmond Olympic Oval on Wednesday.

Darwin Colita led the Hyacks with 16 points, while fellow senior Peter Szinku chipped in with 15. Trailing 53-41 at halftime, New West went on a 13-2 run to start the third quarter capped by a Szinku layin that shaved the deficit to a single point. But that was a close as the Hyacks got. “They hit a bunch of threes and we didn’t get the stops, and their big guy was outrebounding us,” said Szinku after the game. The loss eliminated New Westminster from further provincial qualifying. In Lower Mainland AAA boys’ play, St. Thomas More qualified for the B.C.s and a shot at the Mainland title, following an 85-70 victory over McNair. Reese Morris led the way with 29 points. Byrne Creek also stayed alive, defeating Lord Byng 77-71. Stanley Ho and Bodi Geoffrey paced the Bulldogs with 15 points apiece. Junior guard Malik Holmes drained four free throws down the stretch that quelled a late Lord Byng rally. “It was a two-point game at one stretch and (Malik) hit those four free throws and we didn’t look back,” said Byrne Creek head coach Bal Dhillon. Medal games will be played at the Richmond Oval on Friday.

A34 • Friday, February 28, 2014 • Burnaby NOW

CIRCLE THE WAGON by Maria Tallarico

For every diner there must be a bistro - well, that’s our new philosophy since trying Bistro Wagon Rouge, sister restaurant of popular East Village breakfast spot Red Wagon. The brightest stars in the standout meal included the steak tartare (made fresh behind the bar, a creative way to squeeze the most out of the small space) and topped with an egg yolk as bright as the sun ($10) and tender beef cheek bourguignon ($19), which is sure to become the staple crowd-pleaser. A taste of France in East Van? C’est bon. 1869 Powell St.,Vancouver Read more on vitamindaily.com Jason Lang/burnaby now

Snow bound: Play was suspended for Burnaby’s under-12 Tier 2 team on the final day of the B.C. Lacrosse provincial field lacrosse championships at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West on Sunday. The Burnaby team finished with a 1-2 record.

SFU women in GNW Saturday showdown Tom Berridge sports editor

Second place is up for grabs in the Great Northwest women’s basketball conference this Saturday. Simon Fraser University will take on co-runner-up Western Washington in the final game of the regular season for both teams on Saturday in Bellingham. The Clan women missed a chance to take of sole possession of second place in the conference following a split with Alaska schools last weekend. SFU dropped an 87-71 decision to fourth-place Alaska Anchorage on Feb. 20. The Clan then came back from a 13-point deficit to best Alaska Fairbanks 69-67 last Saturday. “We let (Fairbanks) post way too easily, and we did a poor job taking away their quarter flashes, which really hurt us,” said SFU head coach Bruce Langford in a prepared release. “We battled through it. We found five kids who wanted to compete.” The win left SFU in a second-place tie with Western Washington, both teams with 12-5 records. SFU’s Erin Chambers led all scorers in both games with an identical 22 points.

Big numbers for junior

SFU’s Sango Niang was named the Great Northwest co-player of the week, following a huge 63-point weekend in men’s basketball.

Niang recorded back-to-back doubledoubles, including 36 points and 11 assists in the Clan’s 112-99 win over Central Washington on Feb. 20. The Clan junior also netted 27 points and 10 helpers in Saturday’s 98-90 loss to Northwest Nazarene. Over the weekend, Niang made 19-of29 field goals, while acing a perfect 20-for20 from the charity stripe.

MIND THE GAP by Alexandra Suhner Isenberg

While we’ve always been a fan of Gap’s reliable basics, it has been awhile since we have been giddy with excitement over one of its collections. But now that Rebekka Bay (known for having launched one of our favourite brands, COS) is in charge, we are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the new spring stock. Scando-American style for spring