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Baby turtles removed as coal cleanup continues Jennifer Moreau staff reporter
CN-hired consultants have removed more than 100 endangered turtles from a Burnaby Lake nesting area, following a coal train derailment in January. The Environment Ministry is keeping the Western painted turtles in a facility in North Vancouver and will release them back into the lake once CN completes restoration efforts at the nesting area, a small beach on the western lakeshore. Aimee Mitchell, a wildlife biologist and the primary lead for the Coastal Painted Turtle Project, said CN’s consultants have been working with her team and the Environment Ministry. According to Mitchell, the Turtles Page 8 To see a video of turtles hatching, scan with Layar
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Wee ones: CN-hired workers have removed more than 100 tiny, endangered Western painted turtles from the Burnaby Lake nesting area. The turtles were removed so CN can continue cleanup efforts, following a January train derailment that spilled coal into nearby Silver Creek, which runs into the lake, close to the nesting area.
City says pipeline proposal ‘incomplete’ Stefania Seccia staff reporter
Burnaby has formally requested the National Energy Board reject the proposed expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline due to a lack of sufficient information. Despite the thousands of pages that make up the application, the City of Burnaby’s legal counsel has sent a letter to the National Energy Board stating it’s incomplete and does not include enough information for the board to make an informed decision, or
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for the public to understand and analyze the project’s impact. On Dec. 16, 2013, Kinder Morgan submitted an application to the National Energy Board to expand the Trans Mountain Pipeline, which would almost triple oil capacity from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels per day in pipelines running from the Alberta oilsands to the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby. As part of the public hearing process, the city applied for intervener status on Feb. 4 to relay its opposition to the $5.4-billion project.
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A new study out of Washington State University suggests the Fraser Surrey Docks coal terminal expansion project would have a major impact on the health of residents living near the facility. And local academics say the study underlines the fact that approval of the project will inevitably lead to increased levels of
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known carcinogens in the air – particularly in the neighbourhoods adjacent to the terminal. “The increases in particles that this study attributed to even current levels of rail traffic were much higher than I would have expected and suggest that the proposed increases in rail traffic will have large impacts on concentrations in areas around rail corridors,” said Professor Michael Brauer of the University of British Columbia’s
School of Population and Public Health. “We have very little data on residential exposure to emissions from rail in general and to coal trains specifically, so this study is important.” The study conducted by Professor Dan Jaffe and published in Atmospheric Pollution Research found that air pollution levels in a Seattle neighborhood spiked when loaded coal trains passed. The
study showed that levels of small particles of airborne pollution from train engines’ diesel exhaust and “larger particles believed to be coal dust” hit levels normally found in heavy industrial areas. An increase of coal trains along the route “may put these residents over the new U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards,” Jaffe wrote in his study. Coal Page 4
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Public pipeline meeting set Kinder Morgan is hosting a meeting for Burnaby residents in early April on corridor “optimization” for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The meeting is to provide information and collect feedback from residents on the corridor, which is a large path of land the company is considering for the new pipeline route. “I think people were expecting
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Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion proposal would nearly triple the line’s capacity, from 300,000 barrels of oil a day to 890,000. The company is looking at new routes through Burnaby, although it’s not clear where, exactly, the pipeline will go. The meeting will be on Thursday, April 3, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Executive Plaza at 405 North Rd., Coquitlam.
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Burnaby’s public libraries are headed for another technological update, in an effort to boost loss prevention and include a self-check feature. The Bob Prittie Metrotown and McGill branches will share a $418,700 council-approved expenditure to spend on a radio frequency identification conversion project, which is in its first phase. The radio frequency identifier is being used by libraries in loss prevention systems, and to perform circulation functions, such as a self-check feature, according to Edel Toner-Rogala,
Burnaby’s chief librarian. “(An identifier) tag is like a barcode but it is read with an electromagnetic field rather than by a laser beam,” she said in her report. “The tag itself consists of a computer chip and an antenna, often printed on paper or some other flexible medium.” The tags have a built-in “security bit,” which can switch a book’s status from checked in to checked out at a staff workstation or a self-check kiosk. “The exit gates at the library read each tag as the user passes out of the
library and sounds an alarm if the bit is not in the ‘checked-out’ state,” she added. The Burnaby Public Library first introduced this system at the Tommy Douglas Library, when it opened in 2009. The Cameron branch also converted to the new system last year. Toner-Rogala said the upgrade will change the remaining two branches by giving them a barrier-free and more open entrance, as well as reduce repetitive tasks and improve efficiency. – Stefania Seccia
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Some of the particles measured during the study were 30 times more slender than a human hair and could easily penetrate deep inside a person’s respiratory system, causing lung and heart disease. Brauer said if an air quality study around Fraser Surrey Docks showed levels similar to those found in Seattle by Jaffe, those levels would exceed Canada-Wide Air Quality Standards set to kick in starting in 2015. And he said exposure to these kinds of airborne particles isn’t just an annoyance – it’s potentially deadly. “Exposure to particulate air pollution is much more than a nuisance – it is strongly linked to increased deaths and reduced life expectancy and is recognized by the WHO (World Health Organization) as a cause of lung cancer,” Brauer said. Jaffe’s study has renewed calls from opponents to the coal terminal project for the Health Ministry to step in and require an independent analysis of the health risks posed by the proposed expansion. “The provincial Health Ministry needs a more comprehensive assessment of the health impacts,” said Burnaby resident Laura Benson, Coal Campaigner for the Dogwood Initiative. “The Health Minister (Terry Lake) has to stand up
and say, ‘there’s overlapping jurisdictions here, we need the facts. Let’s work together and get the full facts.’ There’s an international protocol that’s well recognized and it won’t take three years or anything.” Benson said academics she’s spoken to about the Jaffe study say there is no question the coal dust and diesel emissions from the coal terminal expansion pose a risk to human health. “Their comment was, there’s no question of whether or not there’s a health risk,” she said. “It’s, what is the risk and are we willing to accept it?” Port Metro Vancouver, the federal authority responsible for approving the
proposal, requested Fraser Surrey Docks provide more information on the impacts on human health posed by the project last month. Port Metro wants more information on, among other things “impacts of coal dust and diesel emissions, particularly how they impact vulnerable populations like children, seniors and people with respiratory issues.” Port Metro expects the additional material will take “a few months” to assemble and submit. But Kevin Washbrook of Voters Taking Action on Climate Change said the public will have no chance to comment on the new information being assembled by Fraser Surrey Docks.
“I would be surprised if they show it’s anything but safe and without independent oversight and transparency, I wouldn’t trust the results,” he said. “It’s arrogant for them to say ‘We know better, trust us.’” And Washbrook said there’s no such thing as a “safe” level of coal dust or diesel fume particulate. “There is no safe level. With diesel fumes and coal dust, even the lowest levels have risk. What they’re saying is, we know the risk, we will determine if it’s acceptable,” he said. Fraser Surrey Docks could not be reached for comment. Follow us on Twitter, @BurnabyNOW_news
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City will paint pavement, but not reroute trucks Stefania Seccia staff reporter
After Burnaby crossing guard Kelly Engleson raised the alarm over a near-tragic incident involving a little girl and a semi truck, the city has responded with pavement markings. Last November, Engleson witnessed an incident where a semi truck heading south on Douglas Road was turning right onto Sprott Street, mounted the sidewalk at the northwest corner of the intersection and almost struck an elementary school student. “If it was any other little girl in the school, she would’ve been killed,” Engleson told the NOW at the time. “She’s in Grade 3. I trained her from the beginning, and she listens.” The traffic and safety committee received Engleson’s letter on the incident, urging for action to make the street safer, and referred it to staff for a report on Jan. 7. In the report, staff has recommended that a painted median be installed along Sprott Street west of Douglas Road to shift the eastbound traffic lanes southward by about 1.5 metres. Council approved the change at its March 10 meeting. “This painted median would provide more space for southbound trucks turning right onto Sprott and help to prevent trucks from mounting the sidewalk at the northwest corner of the intersection,” Leon Gous, director of
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concerns with the city about the intersection of Douglas Road and Sprott Street. engineering, said in his report to council. “The paint markings can be completed within existing operating budgets later this year when the weather permits.” Staff reviewed the site and found most trucks should be able to make the turn without mounting the sidewalks, but for very large trucks it’s a tight turn. It happens if the truck driver does not turn wide enough, “despite the space available.” Gous said staff reviewed several other options to
“improve the situation.” “Removal of truck routes and restricting truck turns was considered problematic due to the fact that there would likely be significant violations in the short term and the need for continual enforcement given the fact that existing truck routes have been well established,” he said. “As well, trucks are permitted to use non-truck routes if it is the shortest path between their destination and a truck route.” The Douglas and Sprott intersection is frequently used by both Douglas Road Elementary School children and trucks. Both roads are designated truck routes and many trucks use the intersection to access Highway 1, industrial areas and Canada Way, which is why there’s a crossing guard at the site when school is in session. According to Engleson, who has been the guard there for the last eight years, it’s one of the most dangerous intersections for students in the city. Gous said widening the sidewalk at the northwest corner of the intersection is impossible because it’s currently built right up to the city’s property line, and the existing retaining wall would be too expensive. “The installation of barriers or pipe rails along the edge of the curb is also not recommended because it would pose a barrier to pedestrians accessing the intersection,” he said. Staff will send the report to Engleson and the Burnaby school district, as well as local truck driving schools.
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There’s no need for another study on coal dust finally acknowledged that coal dust kills “New study says coal dust – although it took until 1969 for someunhealthy.” That’s the headline on page thing to be done about it. 3 today, and some readers might think Now black lung disease, or coal minthat it goes without saying that coal dust ers’ lungs, is part of the legacy of our is unhealthy. Coal dust is not something industrial energy system. you want to inhale. So, it should come as no In fact, coal miners were Burnaby NOW surprise that a new study the unfortunate human enviout of Washington State ronmental guinea pigs in this University suggests that dust coming area. After decades of trying to downoff of coal trains could have a major play the detrimental health impacts of impact on the health of residents living coal dust by saying it was actually silica near coal transport facilities. The study dust, the mining unions and companies
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found that air pollution levels of small particles of airborne pollution from train engines’ diesel exhaust and “larger particles believed to be coal dust” hit levels normally found in heavy industrial areas. So it strikes us as strange that Port Metro Vancouver wants more data on the health impacts that a proposed coal facility would have in Surrey. Coal dust is not good to breathe in. How much more science do you need to determine that simple fact? It’s a bit like
asking for a new study on tobacco smoking. Heck, the Fraser Health Authority wants tighter regulations on secondhand smoke in public areas – we think more coal dust would be right up there with smoke as a forbidden pollutant. Port Metro expects the additional material will take “a few months” to assemble and submit. We suggest they read our story, pick up a copy of the study and call the whole project off. That should take about a week at the most and cost a whole lot less money.
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’m not a “shoulding” kind of parent. I’m not the mom who wades into online discussion boards telling other moms what their kids should be eating or espousing the virtues of one particular method of sleep training or taking sides in the neverending debate over breast versus bottle. I just don’t believe there’s one “right” way to parent, and I don’t believe it’s up to me – or anybody else – to tell another parent what to do. Which is why I’ve always stayed out of the vaccination debate. But I’ve come to the conclusion I’ve been wrong to stay silent. Here’s the thing: Vaccination is different than just about any other parenting issue. Because your decision to vaccinate or not vaccinate your child doesn’t just affect the health of your family. It affects all of us. So, as I read yet another headline about measles – well, I just can’t sit back and not comment on the fact that so many parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children for so many questionable reasons.
It’s just plain wrong. Now, before you pounce, I do believe there are a few – a very few – legitimate reasons to not immunize your children. There are people for whom it is a real religious issue. Although I disagree, I believe in respecting decisions made from a genuine position of faith. Then there are those who may simply be too vulnerable to be exposed to a live vaccine such as the one for measles-mumpsrubella (MMR) – those with cancer, HIV or blood disorders, for instance. And, of course, there is the extremely rare but genuine case where someone has a known life-threatening allergy to a vaccine ingredient. Those people have legitimate reasons to delay or refuse vaccination. The rest of us don’t. And it’s incumbent upon us to protect everybody else. Sure, I could say, what do I care? My kid’s protected, I don’t need to care about anyone else’s. But that’s not how society works – not if we want to keep everyone healthy and keep at bay diseases that have no business even existing in today’s society. I’m talking things like measles, polio, diphtheria – diseases that used to cause serious illness and long-term consequences, and that used to claim young lives as a regular occurrence. Part of the problem is, I think, Vaccines Page 7
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Pattullo should have six lanes Dear Editor:
New Westminster’s Jim Lowrie told us that a six-lane Pattullo would cost about twice as much as a four-lane bridge, but the released study reports an entirely different number. Given the actual premium for two extra lanes stands at a more reasonable $200 to $300 million, I am in favour of a six-lane bridge. Before anyone complains, I think it’s important to establish first what exactly the extra lanes will be for, where will they go, and what are the benefits. I have heard some complaints about how McBride would become a “six-lane expressway” and overload New Westminster and Burnaby streets with traffic. But TransLink’s concepts from last year’s
consultations show that the third lane is intended to split off towards Columbia Street north of the bridge – a road leading away from New Westminster. On the Surrey side, Mayor Dianne Watts mandated a direct connection to the new South Fraser Perimeter Road. The third lane would join in an onramp from this road. This means that we will still have four lanes servicing the existing travel pattern from King George Boulevard to McBride. The new lanes would almost exclusively service the southwest (ports) to northeast (industrial) travel pattern currently mostly serviced by the heavily congested Queensborough Bridge and Front Street. A six-lane Pattullo presents a serious opportunity to decongest both of these roads and get goods from the port and transit riders
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Bridge needs six lanes continued from page 6
on some of the region’s fastest-growing routes moving faster and more reliably. However, absolutely nothing and no one considered it. Even the study looking at Pattullo Bridge options has not factored in any of the potential effects that more lanes on the Pattullo would have on Queensborough Bridge traffic levels. I face the Queensborough’s traffic every day on transit. I did so as a former Surrey resident and still do so today as a resident of Burnaby, commuting to Kwantlen University in Richmond. I am displeased by the ignorance and by the fact that the positions being taken and the opinions being conveyed are taking the full range of benefits into account. This is my plea to all stakeholders and decision-makers: stop simply fearing traffic, and start thinking practically. Consider that the Queensborough Bridge is a provincial responsibility. If a six-lane Pattullo could decongest it and get port goods moving faster, then there’s a case for the province to help with some of the funding. I think everyone would love to pay less for the new bridge. Daryl Dela Cruz, Burnaby
‘Silly season’ returns to city Dear Editor:
Once again the election season is on the horizon. Certain media parroting the voice of some elected officials continue to refer to this as the “silly season.” The moniker is an insult to those who have aspirations, legitimate or otherwise to seek public office. That being said, I believe that the reappearance of TEAM Burnaby gives credence to the term. TEAM Burnaby is a blessing to the current NDP mayor and council. This autocratic organization’s sole purpose is to promote the name and hopefully elect one person to council. I participated in the last civic election under the TEAM banner and after the election served briefly as its president. To those who are entering the political arena for the first time, proceed with caution. Again, “caution” is the word, don’t repeat the mistake that I made. I certainly was not a novice and still responded to what seemed like an honest call to participate. In my case, it was “no fool, like an old fool.” Beware of promises made and see if you can count any that are kept. Ray Power, Burnaby
Vaccines: You should be a vaxxer continued from page 6
that those of us who are of middle age or younger have never lived in an era where any of these diseases were real. We just don’t get how scary these diseases are. So it’s far too easy to get caught up in the crusade against vaccination. It makes me crazy. Because there is simply not one shred of credible medical evidence against vaccination, and masses of it in favour. Don’t take my word for it. There’s a wealth of information out there about vaccination. So read away. But please, arm yourself with genuine information. Don’t confuse a well-intentioned blog post from a so-called “natural living” parent with actual scientific fact. Here’s a few things you’ll read in those sorts of blogs. First big argument? “Vaccinated kids are sicker than non-vaccinated kids, and I know because I never vaccinated my kids and they’re never sick.” Big deal. My vaccinated 20-month-old never gets sick, either. It means nothing without an actual scientific study. Second big argument? “What’s the point of vaccinating? Kids are supposed to get measles and chicken pox.” It’s just a ridiculous
ernments and Big Pharma argument. Why should we that suggests that somelet our kids get sick unnechow, every medical orgaessarily? And why should nization in the world full we accept the risks that of highly trained, highly come along with these diseducated, highly skilled eases – some of which are individuals that says vacvery serious indeed? cines are safe and effective Ah, but that’s where the has been brainwashed or third big argument comes bought off by the drug in, of course – which is to companies. say, “Vaccines are worse The thought is so ludithan the diseases they’re crous that it would make supposed to prevent.” me laugh if it weren’t so What makes me nuts sad. is the fact that all the hulI’ll stop trying to conlabaloo over the so-called vince you if you danger of vacdon’t agree with cinations centres me. around things But I’m going that are so easYou can comment to continue ily proven to be on this story at to believe the false. www.burnabynow.com World Health That whole Organization, autism thing? and Health Right. One study Canada, and in 1998 raised the the Canadian Pediatric question of a link between Society, and the U.S. autism and MMR, and Centers for Disease Control that study has since been and Prevention, and the soundly debunked. American Academy of Then there’s the whole Pediatrics, and … mercury scare – which Well, never mind. stems from the fact that If you don’t believe some vaccines contain them, you certainly won’t thiomersal, a preservative believe me. derived from ethyl mercuBut it won’t change the ry. But the fact is, for more than a decade, no Canadian fact that I’m coming out on this one. vaccine used routinely for I’m a vaxxer, and you kids (except the flu shot) should be too. has contained thiomersal. Julie MacLellan is the I could go on, and on, assistant editor of the Burnaby and on. But for any scienNOW. Read more on this issue tific fact or study I quote, (including links to sources there will be someone with of information) on her blog at a theory about a massive www.burnabynow.com. conspiracy involving gov-
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consultants need to use the nesting area to access the lake for the coal spill cleanup. “They’ve had to actually drive over it. That’s been the main reason why they’ve had to do the (turtle) salvaging, not necessarily because the coal impacted the beach directly,” Mitchell said. “They’ve basically ripped up the beach.” Mitchell said they are removing eggs and hatchlings from the nesting area. On Jan. 11, a train derailed in Burnaby, spilling coal into Silver Creek, which runs into Burnaby Lake, home to one of the largest known B.C. populations of the Western painted turtle. CN now estimates there are 76 cubic metres of coal in the lake and 5.5 cubic metres of coal in Silver Creek. According to CN spokesperson Emily Hamer, the company is keeping an eye out for turtles. “We look for turtles every morning before we start working,” she told the NOW. Hamer said recovery efforts with turtles, amphibians and fish is done daily,
before any other work in the water, by provincially and federally certified professionals with licences to recover the species. The Western painted turtle is native to B.C. and is the only indigenous pond turtle left in the province, unlike the invasive red-eared slider, a species of turtle with a distinctive red stripe down the side of its head. (The sliders found in local waters are an introduced species, often abandoned as pets.) According to Mitchell, there are 20 sites in the Lower Mainland with Western painted turtles, but they are non-breeding groups of only five or fewer turtles. Mitchell said the success rate at the Burnaby Lake nesting area is 87 per cent, based on work done last fall, where biologists dug up the nests and counted the hatchlings. (Western painted turtle hatchlings will stay buried underground in the nest after they emerge from the eggs.) The Burnaby Lake turtle population is estimated to be around 200, although no formal counts have ever been conducted. There is also a comparable population in Agassiz, with 200 to 300 turtles.
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Pipeline: City makes case to NEB continued from page 1 told the public, more than 90 per cent of be able to manage these emergencies,” the pipeline route proposed for Burnaby Corrigan said. “In fact, however, the city is new, and does not follow the existing has neither the capacity to nor information right of way,” he said. “If Kinder Morgan on how to respond to such emergencies for doesn’t know yet where it is going, and these new facilities.” hasn’t done the necessary studies, it is The application proposes two simply too soon to go to the NEB, possible routes through Burnaby. and unfair to Burnaby’s citizens In the letter, the city states that to require us to guess.” there is insufficient detail on each If the application is ruled route to allow for any proper analincomplete by the board, the ysis of the disruptions and potenapplication may return to Kinder tial threats to Burnaby. Morgan for amendment and pos“They’re telling our citizens sible resubmission, which would that they have operated the pipedelay the process and any hearline safely for 60 years, in spite of ings until the amendments are the fact that there has been more made. It may be a few weeks than one spill in Burnaby – the Derek Corrigan before the board responds to most recent of which, in 2007, dev- mayor Burnaby’s request. astated a Burnaby neighbourhood “The burden should not be and damaged the Burrard Inlet habitat placed on potential participants in the with a mere 1,500 barrels of oil,” he said. hearing to go through multiple informa“We do not ever want to have to deal with tion requests to supplement the informathe consequences of the kind of spill this tion provided in the application,” he said. new pipeline and the new storage tanks “In light of the deficiencies in information could cause.” in the application, we submit that the The letter also lists the applications NEB should consider the application to be shortfalls regarding the proposed route, incomplete.” infrastructure conflicts, environment Kinder Morgan did not respond to the effects, valued components, safety and Burnaby NOW’s request for comment by security, plans to address accidents and press deadline. malfunctions and consultation. To read the letter from Burnaby’s legal “Contrary to what Kinder Morgan has counsel, visit www.burnaby.ca.
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Club revives traditional Japanese chess Shogi Club hosts games at Burnaby’s Nikkei Centre and a Vancouver café Rebecca Blissett
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Like chess, shogi is mostly a quiet game. Both players study the board on a table in front of them, a hand often on the face in the thick of concentration. And then, very much unlike chess, there’s a startling “clack” noise as wood hits wood when a player drops in a piece with a quick flick of the fingers. Devon Rowcliffe runs the Vancouver Shogi Club which hosts games one Saturday every month at Moii Café on Cambie Street, both for experienced players and for those who want to learn the basics of Japanese chess. Rowcliffe, who spent many hours as a young boy playing chess with his father, is now familiar enough with the Japanese game to play but admits he’s not an expert by any stretch as he spends much of his spare time promoting the club. “Most of these guys school me,” he said during last Saturday’s open table at Moii, where three boards were set up amid the café’s table decorations of a model sailboat or two. “I balance promoting the club as well as learning myself. When I first learned to play chess, I was not even aware there were chess variants at the time. The fact that you could drop in a piece kinda blew my mind.” Rowcliffe was a teenager when he heard about shogi while watching a television drama called Futarikko about a young girl who became a professional shogi player. The 500-year-old game stuck in his head, especially the part about the dropin rule where, as with chess, pieces can be captured but, unlike chess, captured pieces can be brought back into play by the opposition. So Rowcliffe decided to do some research. “I learned that Vancouver had a club, but it was dormant. Toronto and Montreal had clubs, but they were also dormant. There was a Canadian Shogi Federation, but that also went dormant,” Rowcliffe said. “One by one all the shogi clubs in Canada went dormant and there was nothing. So I decided I wanted to play and, well, the club was dormant, so I decided that I’ll relaunch it.” The Vancouver Shogi Club came back
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Strategy: Keiko Minato, who was taught shogi by her grandfather and father at a young age, plays a friendly game against Nanhee Kim during the Vancouver Shogi Club’s drop-in game at the Moii Café on Cambie Street Saturday afternoon. The club meets regularly at Moii and at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre in Burnaby. to life last month, following Rowcliffe’s game plan of hosting two open games a month — one at Moii and the other at Burnaby’s Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre, where a former North American shogi champion started the morning with a lesson (similar to some martial arts, experienced professionals also go by ranks of kyu while amateurs go by ranks of dan). The game has a strong history in Vancouver. The club was founded in 1968 by player Makoto Kumano and was the first shogi club outside of Japan to be officially recognized by the Japan Shogi Association. Interest was lost over the years mostly
because the players grew old and nothing much was done in the way of recruiting, especially as the game was the domain of men. “One of the downsides to the former shogi club was that it was all Japanese males,” said Rowcliffe. “So I thought I’d like to open it to many different backgrounds, different genders …” The international game has also kept up with the times, as evidenced by the fourth annual Women’s Oza Championship in Tokyo later this year. Japan already has seven title tournaments for men. At Saturday’s open game, there were equal numbers of men and women, including Rowcliffe’s wife, Nanhee Kim, who
was mid-match against Tom Furukawa. “I like the challenge, I like playing so I can get a better idea of the game,” said Kim. “It was frustrating at the beginning, I couldn’t understand how the promotion of the pieces worked, or where to drop them. But I needed to find a new hobby, and I like to use my brain.” Asked about the fun of the game, both players answered in unison: “The patience.” The Vancouver Shogi Club meets again April 12 at the Nikkei Centre and March 22 at Moii Café. All are welcome. For more information, visit shogi vancouver.wordpress.com. – Vancouver Courier
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that bridges the animate and inanimate world,” a press release notes. Writers are free to interpret that theme in any way they wish, in either prose or poetic form. Prizes of $200, $100 and $50, as well as honourable mentions, will be awarded for the best one-page submissions of either prose or poetry – the only stipula-
tion is that the work must be complete on one page. It’s $5 per entry, or $10 for three entries, and the deadline is May 31. Check out www.burnabywriters news.blogspot.com for all the details.
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out an upcoming art show. The Gamma Garage art show is running Saturday and Sunday, April 12 and 13. It features the work of members Dianne Yard, Wilma Cook, Pat Sexsmith and Sheila Chowdhury, along with special guest artist Robin Timms. The show runs noon
to 5 p.m. both days, and everyone is welcome. To check out the show, stop by 232 North Gamma Ave. in Capitol Hill. Do you have an item for Lively City? Do you know an artist who deserves to be featured? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie, jmaclellan@burnabynow. com. You can also find her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.
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Top 5: Our picks for the weekend continued from page 12
Tickets are $7 for children older than two years, which includes carousel rides, crafts and entertainment. Members get free admission. The performance on Friday is KC the Clown, and on March 22 and 23 it is Woody, the Ten Foot Tall Toy. Get raising awareness about epilepsy at the Feelin’ Fine for Epilepsy event on Saturday. March is Epilepsy Awareness Month in Canada, with March 26 being the international Purple Day to
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also raise awareness about epilepsy. The fundraiser is happening at the West Burnaby United Church, 6050 Sussex Ave. from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event features with a build-yourown yogurt parfait bar, a tea sampling session, courtesy of Davids Tea, a hatha yoga session with Angela Ringstead of Fitness 2000 (bring your own mat), and a presentation by the B.C. Epilepsy Society. There will also be refreshments, prize draws and more. Raffle tickets are $2 per ticket, $5 for three tickets,
or $15 for 15 tickets. Get cultured at the Recent Acquisitions of First Nations and Inuit Prints exhibition at the Burnaby Art Gallery, 6344 Deer Lake Ave., from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday. See the significant collection of First Nations and Inuit prints, which were created during the 1970s to early 1980s. Email your Top 5 ideas to calendar@burnabynow.com. You can also check out our full arts and events calendar listings at www.burnabynow. com.
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is an increasingly important consideration in purchasing decisions for many businesses. With a membership of over 1,100 local organizations, the Burnaby Board of Trade (BBOT) has ramped up its efforts to promote buying local (or buying Burnaby), notably through its Pledge for a Sustainable Community program (bbotpledge.ca). Through the program website’s purchasing section, Pledge Members are encouraged to buy local, and are offered various resources including links to information on local procurement. The site’s member directory, along with the BBOT’s full membership and resource directory (bbot.ca), provides a full
complement of local businesses offering products and services across virtually all industry sectors The BBOT also provides its members the opportunity to post hot deals and member to member discounts on its website to encourage local b2b and b2c business, and each year they host the Burnaby Business Day Showcase & Expo to promote businesses here in Burnaby. This year the showcase will include “Green Street,” to place extra emphasis on sustainable businesses. Of course, the main way the BBOT will continue to (and has always) promoted buying Burnaby is through its expansive
Bringing the community together to do business By Tessa Vanderkop tessa@bbot.ca Every year the Burnaby Board of Trade hosts its annual Burnaby Business Day Showcase & Expo. This is a great opportunity for businesses to cost effectively showcase their products and services. However, more importantly than that it’s an opportunity for businesses to do business with one another. As a business organization we recognize the importance of supporting the exchange of commerce amongst our members to strengthen our local economy and to facilitate that we encourage members to develop relationships at our business
networking events, through our Member 2 Member, Hot Deals and Pledge programs. The Business Day Showcase is not only an opportunity to sell services and products but to build lasting business relationships and a vibrant business community. The Burnaby Business Day Showcase & Expo takes place on May 30 from 12:00pm to 4:30pm.
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offering of networking events. With over 70 events every year, the main benefit of membership is coming out and meeting other business leaders at workshops, grand events like the Burnaby Business Excellence Awards, or even over a cocktail at one of the monthly Member Mixers. Regardless of an organization’s motivation, buying local seems to make sense – whether you’re interested in personal objectives like winning an RFP bid, or more altruistic ones like strengthening your community or meeting CSR goals. Either way (and why not both?!) it’s good for business.¾
GREEN TALKS New this year is the BBOT’s annual environmental forum features “Green Talks!” Nine speakers will present engaging and interesting 5-minute talks on an array of environmental and sustainability topics. We’ve lost the keynotes and ditched the speeches for this event! Presenters will discuss everything from composting and triple bottom lines to urban farming and retrofits. Enjoy amazing food and great networking with business people, professionals and others who have an interest in sustainability at Burnaby’s Electronic Arts Campus – May 13th – 5:30 – 8:00 pm ¾
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By Cynthia Hamilton Kemp Harvey Hamilton Inc., CGAs Canada Revenue Agency (CRA ) (formerly known as Revenue Canada) has a form for everything. They even have forms that really don’t do much other than tell the government you want to do something specific—which is called “making an election”. For those of us of a certain generation, you probably thought when you turned 65 a few years ago that your employer would stop deducting CPP because you began collecting it. But the rules changed in 2012 and you can’t just call and say “Hey, CRA I am too old to keep paying into a system that barely gives me enough money to stay alive which is why I have to keep working”. They will tell you that you can’t call them, you have to fill out a form: namely the CPT30 (not to be confused with C3P0). The CPT30 is a formal way of telling the government that you aren’t going to continue to pay into their pension system. The form should be filed a month before your 65th birthday if you want the deductions to stop as soon as you come of age, or it can be filed any time thereafter until you turn 70. You fill out the form, give one copy to your employer, and send another copy to CRA. And voila, your employer will stop deducting CPP and all will be well. That is, until they get a PIER and you have to prove that you actually filed the return
get Joe Fresh and other Loblaw brands into SDM’s mostly urban locations. That deal still needs federal Competition Bureau approval. “Loblaw’s move is a sign of what’s to come in that once a retailer has exhausted its expansion potential in the markets it’s already in, it looks to new markets to go into,” said James Smerdon, who is Colliers International’s vice-president and director of retail consulting. Loblaw operates Great Canadian Superstore locations mostly in suburbs. It has little presence in urban areas. Smerdon said Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is the most likely suitor for London Drugs or Best Buy because it’s large enough to finance such a large deal and intends to expand in Canada. In late January, Wal-Mart announced that it would spend $500 million in Canada in 2014 on 35 building projects and six new stores. Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) is less likely to be making large acquisitions given its struggle to make profitable its 124, mostly suburban stores in Canada. However, Target, which plans to add another nine stores this year, has used the strategy of bulk-buying leases in the past. Target bought leases for 220 Zellers stores from Hudson’s Bay Co. in 2011 for $1.82 billion. It then sold 39 of those Zellers leases to Wal-Mart . But London Drugs CEO Wynne Powell rejected the idea that his company would sell
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to a larger player. “We’re part of a 112-yearold family company that does not wish to sell,” said Powell. “We’re going to remain an independent, family-owned Canadian company.” Powell said London Drugs is doing well on its own thanks in large part to a doubling of online sales after a substantial investment in e-commerce capacity. Burnaby-based Best Buy Canada could be a more likely retailer to either be swallowed whole or to sell a bundle of its leases. Its U.S. parent, Best Buy Co. (NYSE:BBY), is struggling with shrinking margins, profit and revenue while the Canadian subsidiary, which operates Future Shop and Best Buy stores, announced January 30 that it’s laying off 950 employees. “Best Buy is struggling a lot more than London Drugs is, so it might be prudent as a real estate play for Wal-Mart to buy its leases and enter downtown Vancouver that way,” said Craig Patterson, who operates the Retail Insider retail analysis website. “If Wal-Mart were to buy London Drugs, they would probably want to keep the London Drugs name and introduce their own private label products, which I would argue are stronger than what London Drugs currently has.”¾ This article originally published in Business in Vancouver Magazine
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Putting a positive spin on epilepsy awareness Stefania Seccia staff reporter
Jacquoline Marpin has been suffering from seizures since she was three months old. She’s lived with the stigma of having epilepsy her whole life, which is why she created an event to put a positive spin on it. The 22-year-old is hosting an event for Purple Day, which is the international day for epilepsy awareness, on March 22 in Burnaby. “I was actually denied daycare when I was younger because I had epilepsy,” she said. “A lot of people become unemployed because of epilepsy. Employers don’t want to risk or take chances because someone is epileptic. It’s really not fair. I want to fight for that.” Marpin says she knew a firefighter who lost his job because of a concussion he sustained that resulted in him having eight to 10 major seizures a day. “After being a fireman for 15 years, you can imagine that’s very devastating for him,” she added. “I fight for people like that.” Although Marpin is on the right medication, she still suffers from tonic-clonic seizures, when the body shakes and she loses consciousness, a few times a year, but gets petite mal seizures every day. “My eyes roll back into my head, and it lasts for two to three seconds,” she told the NOW, about her petite mal episodes. “I can be in the middle of a sentence, and I’ll lose my train of thought. Because of all this, I’m not allowed to drive a car, and I might not be allowed to give birth.” Marpin said she tries not to let all the negative aspects of epilepsy take over her
life, and that’s why she lost 150 pounds, became a registered weight trainer, goes to school to become a nutritionist, and is hosting an event to fundraise for epilepsy research. “If you honestly look at all the negatives, you push yourself down,” she said. “You have to keep moving forward. You just keep striving, keep looking at the positive.” Marpin moved to Burnaby from Ontario nearly two years ago, and after selling cupcakes last year for Purple Day, she took a $250 gift card and turned it into a whole event. She won the card in a Metropolis at Metrotown contest. When she was asked what she’d spend the money on, a charity event for epilepsy, the mall hopped on board as the first sponsor. “From there it just grew and grew and grew,” Marpin added. The B.C. Epilepsy Society has since become a partner in the Burnaby event, called Feeling Fine for Epilepsy, according to Elvira Balakshin, program and communications coordinator for the society. “The thing about epilepsy we always stress is it’s not just a medical condition,” she told the NOW. “Unfortunately, epilepsy is often misunderstood and causes problems for people who have it.” Epilepsy is more common than Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, stomach cancer and Down syndrome, with more than 40,000 people in B.C. and 300,000 in Canada living with it. It can develop at any age and in many situations it can last a lifetime. “People with epilepsy and their families could face social isolation or unneces-
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A positive approach: Jacquoline Marpin is hosting an epilepsy fundraiser and awareness event at West Burnaby United Church this Saturday. sary restrictions, exclusions from school and work activities,” Balakshin said. “Luckily, there’s a lot more medications, effective medications that can help control (seizures).” But those who don’t get much help from medication face employment, recreational and transportation issues, to name a few, Balakshin said. “Just because you have epilepsy doesn’t mean you should be limited from typical activities,” she added. There is no cure for epilepsy, which is why fundraising events exist, and March is epilepsy awareness month in Canada.
The event is on March 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the West Burnaby United Church, 6050 Sussex Ave. The event starts with a build-yourown yogurt parfait bar, a tea sampling with David’s Tea and a hatha yoga session with Angela Ringstead of Fitness 2000. There will also be an information presentation by the B.C. Epilepsy Society, refreshments and prize draws. Raffle tickets are $2 a ticket, $5 for three tickets and $15 for 15 tickets. Prize values range from $25 to $100. Follow Stefania on Twitter, @stefania_seccia
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Board of Trade acts on provincial, federal budgets By Cory Redekop cory@bbot.ca In response to the federal and provincial budgets being released in February, the Burnaby Board of Trade (BBOT) both issued a budget statement and organized an exclusive roundtable discussion with the senior regional Minister for BC on behalf of the Burnaby business community. Shortly after the 2014 federal budget was presented in Ottawa, the BBOT organized an executive roundtable with the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Industry and MLA for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam on February 17th to discuss the
Employer benefits of a socially sustainable workplace By Michael Keller michael@bbot.ca Members of the Burnaby Board of Trade know that we regularly send out surveys to ensure that our advocacy efforts accurately represent the interests of the business community. One such survey that we recently sent out from our Social Development Committee provided a mandate to study the broad topic of “socially sustainable workplaces” from the perspective of both employers and employees to determine its effect on issues such as staff attraction, retention, and absenteeism.
Board of Trade facilitates transit solution By Cory Redekop cory@bbot.ca After hearing complaints from the business community of a lack of transit service in the Big Bend district of Burnaby, last year the Burnaby Board of Trade (BBOT) undertook an effort to bring together representatives from those businesses, the City of Burnaby, and Translink to pursue a solution. Following several meetings and discussions, a plan was
budget’s implications for the local business community. Joined by two dozen Board of Trade members, Paul Holden, BBOT President & CEO, presented Minister Moore with an overview of the Burnaby business profile, emphasizing the industry clusters which are key to Burnaby’s economic success, before kicking off a lively and frank discussion with the Minister. Roundtable participants discussed a host of issues with the Minister, including the potential impact of the new Canada AntiSpam Law (CASL), the status of the Canada Jobs Grant, and the state of the Canadian housing market. Speaking directly with the participants, Minister Moore emphasized the New Building Canada Plan as an unprecedented infrastructure investment and reiterated the federal government’s plan for a balanced budget in 2015-16. Following the advocacy efforts of the BBOT this past autumn, including issuing a budget submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services and holding the only Lower Mainland stop on the Minister of Finance’s
2014 Budget Conversation Tour, the BBOT was pleased with the provincial budget announced on February 18th. “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 yesterday,” commented Holden in a statement issued by the Board. “We look forward to seeing the provincial government work towards achieving and utilizing the projected future surpluses.” Previously, the BBOT had advocated for the provincial government to prioritize public transportation and the high tech & film/tv industries in future budgets. While the budget did contain modest measures in regards to these sectors, including the Distant Location Tax Credit and the Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Credit, the Burnaby Board of Trade will continue to advocate for these and other matters of importance to its members and to the local business community with all levels of government.¾
The topic of sustainable workplaces takes into consideration a number of factors including HR policy around work-life balance, flexible working conditions, respect for child and elder care responsibilities, fair wages, etc. It also goes beyond working conditions to include client spaces (for example child play areas in a bank lobby), community engagement, and more. The extent to which employers consider these factors can play a large part in determining how an organization is viewed by current and prospective employees, and customers. According to a recent press release from the BC Human Resources Management Association (HRMA) companies that facilitate more flexible working conditions, and recognize the value of work-life balance for employees, have a better chance of creating a more engaged work group and reducing turnover. Of course from an employer perspective, while staff attraction and retention is key to a successful enterprise, managers must also concern themselves with efficiency. Every year most businesses will lose money from lost productivity due to absenteeism. However, typically businesses with
aggressive approaches to sustainable workplaces report fewer absences. Various reasons include employees being more mentally healthy and less stressed. Consider also that employees working from home or telecommuting can help reduce the number of germs in a work environment, preventing further absenteeism. Parents as well can avoid taking sick days to care for their children when flexible work options are available. “Helping employees balance work and family responsibilities and pressures is something that businesses across BC handle every day,” says Christian Codrington, Senior Manager, Professional Practice of HRMA. “Human resources professionals along with those business leaders must strive to create the kind of workplace culture that improves work life balance. It takes commitment, creativity, as well as financial resources. Ultimately though, employers who make the effort and investment generally reap benefits through a committed and focused employee.” The Burnaby Board of Trade, in partnership with BC Hydro, will be hosting an information session on sustainable workplaces on April 4th. Details can be found on the events calendar on bbot.ca.¾
proposed by Translink to address the lack of service in the Big Bend district and was submitted for internal review. This past month, this proposed plan was presented to the public at an Open House on February 4th. The BBOT attended Tranlink’s Open House on behalf of its members and provided its feedback on the proposed bus route extension that will help solve the transit issues in the Big Bend district. During this consultation phase, hundreds of people provided feedback on this and other proposed route changes around Metro Vancouver, which is now under consideration by Translink. The BBOT is pleased to have worked with Translink and the City of Burnaby on
behalf of our members in pursuing a solution to this issue and looks forward to the final implementation by Translink of this new Big Bend transit service.¾ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The Burnaby Board of Trade’s mission is to improve business by providing our membership with insightful leadership, advocacy, education and a platform for collaboration. The Burnaby Board of Trade routinely connects its membership with all levels of government through events and direct advocacy. Find out how to become part of the Burnaby Board of Trade at bbot.ca •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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McDonald’s and BCIT combo up to give business students credit, degrees and next generation experience By Garin Fahlman gfahlman@biv.com For many students at the British Columbia Institute of Technology who lament having to balance work and school, a new partnership with McDonald’s could be good news for those interested in a career in business. McDonald’s managers and team leaders will be eligible to use their work at the fast food chain to count towards work experience and course credit. “Supplementing their training with this program with BCIT, we get employees who are further engaged and further educated in certain things, and it raises the talent level in the whole organization,” said Len Jillard, chief people officer at McDonald’s Canada. “It enables them to do a more efficient job than they do today.” The program will begin in late May and give employees the opportunity to reduce the number of courses required to earn their degree, slash tuition costs and gain priority placement in future courses.
Transitioning from school to work life By Robert Muhumuza admin@bbot.ca It wasn’t until my fourth year that it occurred to me I might soon have to put the value of my degree to the test. Questions about what I could do with the degree crossed my mind every day. I probably would have gone mad but for a few good people that advised me on how to quell these concerns. I started talking to people that had done similar degrees; those that had the jobs that I wanted to have, and slowly those fears were put to rest. However, the four months preceding my first successful interview were nothing short of excruciating torture. Lingering doubts about my degree, my potential and my abilities began to resurface, but I tried to take strength
While a two-year diploma and bachelor of business administration degree can cost students up to $27,200, through the work experience program, students could save approximately $8,000. Jessica Imrie is enrolled in a business diploma bridging program at BCIT, and has worked at McDonald’s for eight years. She is now a restaurant manager, and heard about the program in early December. “I was really excited, because for a couple of months I’ve been wanting to go back to school to get a business degree, and it got me really excited that I could use what I learned at McDonald’s and apply it to the program,” Imrie said. Though similar partnerships have gone forward in Europe, this is the first such initiative in Canada. Jillard put the program together with the help of Dr. Kevin Wainwright, head of the bachelor of business administration program at BCIT. “He and I were on a committee, dealing with transitioning military,” said Jillard. “He did a presentation there about recognizing the skills in training military personnel and how that would be transferable back into the workplace. So I listened to his presentation
and I thought there may be something there with [McDonald’s].” Students will earn credit by completing McDonald’s standard training modules for management and leadership positions. Dr. Wainwright believes that McDonald’s is an appropriate venue for business students to experience training and leadership. “This is a unique partnership between business and academia, which recognizes that real-world experiences are equally valuable in helping students prepare for a successful career.” Jillard said there is also the potential for partnerships with other institutions to materialize in the future. While McDonald’s is hoping that the partnership will produce more experienced employees, for many students, the program may simply be a way to get the most out of their education. “I’m just really excited to gain more business knowledge that I can actually bring back to my job,” said Imrie. “And obviously, I’m really excited about being closer to a degree.” ¾
in the fact that most graduates were in the same boat too. The value of perseverance and hope during this period cannot be overstated, because within six months, almost everybody had found a job. The interview process itself is quite rigorous and preparation is of paramount importance. This is the time to test the worth of all the resources you have available; your research abilities, your mentors, university career advisors, student career oriented clubs (such as the Student Biotechnology Network), and other resources such as the Burnaby Board of Trade (BBOT). As for me, the people I met at the BBOT were a constant tower of strength as I prepared for my interviews. My mentors encouraged me, while friends filled me with hope. When the date of the interview came, I was exuding confidence, not because I expected the process to be easy, or that I guaranteed myself the job, but because I felt I had exhausted all the channels possible. I loved the job I had applied for, I prepared to the best of my abilities and I hoped that
would be enough to allow me express my ability and willingness to do the job. The first few weeks at the job may also bring to mind questions about whether you overstated your abilities during the interview. However letting your mind focus on the tasks at hand and asking as many questions as possible is the best way to keep your mind from questioning whether every interaction you make is a judgment process. Not long after, the benefits of a working life start to manifest: truly free weekends, the value of your time, a biweekly change in monetary standing, and perhaps most importantly, the opportunity to change some one, some people or the world. ¾
Article originally published in Business in Vancouver Magazine
Robert Muhumuza is an Access Program student graduate.
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New Biz Resources on bbot.ca! The Burnaby Board of Trade has expanded and improved the Business Resources section of its website, offering members and the public a wide range of useful links and important information about getting started in the business world. Formerly referred to as “Business Services,” the new Business Resource section features tabs on Starting Your Business, Financing Your Business,
and Registering Your Business, along with a growing Social Resources tab. The section will continue to offer information about BBOT services such as certification of Certificates of Origin and Business Name Approvals. “Often times when someone decides to start a new business—especially young entrepreneurs or those new to the area – it can be difficult to know where to start. Our goal with the new business resources section is to provide all the necessary links and information in one place that’s easy to find and easy to navigate,” commented BBOT President and CEO Paul Holden. The BBOT has also expanded Business Resources to contain valuable information about international trade and over the
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coming months the BBOT will add Burnaby demographics, statistics, and more. “Moving forward, we want the section to be a valuable ongoing resource for everyone in Burnaby as well as those interested in investing and doing business here,” added Holden. The new business resource section can be found at bbot.ca.¾
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Top-notch: BMW’s new 4 Series is the coupe version of its bestselling 3 Series, featuring new styling to go along with the new name.
BMW scores again ing however in this current generation because BMW has decided to designate those models as the 4 Series. Yes, 3 Series is for sedan, the 4 Series for the coupe – in a similar manner to how Audi names its models as A4/A5 and S4/S5. While the new 4 Series may lack the brand equity of a 3 Series badge, it does gain the exclusivity of being a new model with a fresh name and styling.
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he BMW 3 Series is a brilliant car – it has always been a great vehicle and as a result, the 3 Series is BMW’s bestselling car accounting for about a third of the brand’s total sales. The 3 Series is now in its sixth generation and is available in four different body styles for 2014. One previously popular body style, a coupe, is notably miss-
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BMW: New 4 series coupe offers silky smooth, sporty road performance continued from page 29
Design
The new 4 Series is not all-new as it is still based on the 3 Series platform. It has the same engine and transmission options and has a similar looking interior but with an added “passion” inside and out. In particular, BMW has changed the exterior quite a bit to provide it that special design feel. The 4 Series is wider, lower and longer than both the old 3 Series coupe and the new 3 Series sedan. The nose is more aggressive, and the signature BMW double-kidney grille is smaller. Ignoring the side mirrors, the widest part of the car is the rear wheel arches. They’re more prominent than on a 3 Series to give the 4 Series a more muscular stance. As mentioned, the differences are less noticeable inside as they’re limited to just unique trim choices. But that’s not a bad thing as the 3 Series cabin is already sufficiently luxurious and sporty.
Performance
On the road, the 4 Series is a great car to drive from so many different perspectives. You sit nice and low so you feel suitably sporty – the seats are supportive and surprisingly comfortable. The electronic steering
is accurate and sharp, but light enough to not be a burden when you are just cruising around town. It does lack a bit of road feel, but we understand how difficult it is to provide that tactile feel in an electric steering mechanism. Power won’t be an issue, as the 435i comes with a turbocharged 3.0litre straight-six, producing 300 hp and 300 ft.-lbs. of torque. It will propel the car to 100km/h in 5.3 seconds. If that’s not fast enough for you, soon there will be an M version. This will bump the horsepower to 425 and should go from zero to 100km/h in just over four seconds. The economical choice, though, is the 428i with its turbocharged 2.0-litre inline-four, making 241 hp and 258 ft.-lbs. of torque. It is still quick, 0-100km/h in 6.0 seconds, but it should also return 5.4L/100km of highway driving. A six-speed manual transmission is standard. The optional eight-speed Sports automatic allows the driver to shift gears manually using steering wheel mounted paddles.
Features
The 4 Series Coupe has a starting price of $44,900. A 4 Series Gran Coupe will be available later in the year. Standard equipment
includes automatic climate control, heated front seats, dynamic cruise control, start/stop system, brake energy regeneration system, Bi-Xenon headlights, and a glass sunroof. Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include blind spot detection, lane depar-
ture and collision warning, navigation, real-time traffic information, rearview camera, park assist, internet, and a heated steering wheel. Fuel efficiency numbers (L/100km) for the base 428i with the automatic transmission are 8.7 city, 5.4 highway for 7.2 combined.
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Well, lookie here. One minute you have a perfectly good Blue Box recycling program. The next, something new and rather questionable is being put in its place. And they thought they’d get away with it right under your nose, without telling you or asking your opinion. That’s definitely not democracy in action. The BC Government, elected by us to represent our best interests, has decided to offload the costs of recycling to big multi-national corporations. To implement this new plan, they’ve set up an association that doesn’t seem to hold the environment, local jobs, or the municipalities that run the Blue Box program, close to its heart.
Perhaps that’s why some of our elected officials are using the word “scam” to describe how the new program is being set up. It’s also perhaps why several of BC’s municipalities refuse to jump on board. That’s gotta tell you something. Now it’s your turn to let Premier Christy Clark know what you think. Contact her today to say that dismantling an already-working recycling program to replace it with something that few people think will be as good, is a bad idea.
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39 Clan out in 2nd round
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Injunction puts Metro soccer tryouts on hold we have closer links with our partner clubs, particusports editor larly our feeder clubs,” said Boys and girls hop- Berry prior to the injuncing to play soccer in the tion. Metro Select division in The move was made to September are now in the also help forge closer links middle of a battle that has with the high performance wound up in court. Premier League’s Mountain On Wednesday, the FC, which is a joint venBurnaby Metro Selects ture with the Burnaby and club was granted an inter- North Vancouver districts. im injunction against the All but one of the disBurnaby District Youth trict’s five feeder clubs, Soccer Association in B.C. Burnaby Girls, Burnaby Supreme Court. Selects, Cliff Avenue The move threw a United, Royal City Youth, wrench into the ongoing South Burnaby Metro Club Metro team tryand Wesburn outs, preventing soccer asso“All player evalu- ciations, supthe district from implementing ported the ations/tryouts or organizing a confirmation scheduled by program until at the March the BDYSA are 10 meeting. the petition by the Selects club cancelled. Players With the has been heard B u r n a b y and coaches in Surpreme Selects unable Court, accordshould not go to to operate an ing to a stateindependent the fields.” ment on the disprogram in trict’s website. the 2014/15 JOHN BERRY On Wednesseason, player Burnaby District chair day, Burnaby evaluations Selects presiwere to be dent Frank Palmieri con- extended into April by the firmed the soccer club filed district. an injunction against the The district’s decidistrict in B.C. Supreme sion was said to follow a Court. long deliberation with the “All player evalua- Selects group regarding tions/tryouts scheduled by the desire for representathe BDYSA are cancelled. tion for the feeder clubs on Players and coaches should its executive board. This not go to the fields for statement was disputed by evaluations,” read a notice Burnaby Selects president posted Thursday on the Frank Palmieri. district website by associa“The bottom line is the tion chair John Berry. agreement didn’t happen While the injunction and we decided to run temporarily suspends the the teams ourselves,” said district’s hand in running Berry. the Metro program, it is Last week, executive not to be considered a rul- director of B.C. Soccer Paul ing on which group will Mullen said the district ultimately gain control of was well within its constiteams participating in the tutional guidelines to make Select league. such a decision. The district website sug“The district has the gested that a ruling on the right and responsibilaction could be months ity for how Select teams away. are formed and defined,” The trouble came to a Mullen said. head following a March 10 Mullen added that any meeting where the Burnaby appeal of a district deciDistrict Youth Soccer sion must be made to B.C. Association confirmed the Soccer within 10 working board’s earlier decision to days following such a deciaffiliate the Metro Soccer sion, and in this case, no League through the dis- appeal was filed. trict. A call to the district chair “We think player devel- went unreturned before opment is enhanced when NOW deadline.
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Toe save: A Burnaby Minor C6 forward looks to pounce on a loose puck in the crease in a peewee house matchup against the Surrey Leafs at the Spring Blast hockey tournament at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Monday.
Giants move on to midget final Tom Berridge
sports editor
The Northwest Giants earned a berth in yet another B.C. Major Midget Hockey League playoff championship. The perennial defending regular season champions dispatched the Greater Vancouver Canadians 2-0 in the best-of-three playoff semifinal at the Burnaby Winter Club last Saturday. The Burnaby-based club took the opening game 2-1 on Friday with first-period goals by Quinn Thompson and defenceman Dante Fabbro, who scored the eventual game-winner less than a minute later. On Saturday, Greater Vancouver struck first with a goal by Alex Whitwham late in the first period. But Burnaby’s Keyvan Mokhtari, with his first of two goals on the
night, tied it up in the middle frame. Colton Kerfoot tallied the gamewinning goal, sparking an unanswered three-goal splurge in the final period. Burnaby’s Justin Szeto and Fabbro, with his first of two helpers in the game, drew assists on the Kerfoot goal. Mokhtari and Thompson also scored in the third period. “I was not happy on Friday, we let up a bit,” said Giants head coach Clint Thornton. “But on Saturday, I was very happy. That’s the kind of game we wanted to get into, get up and let our defence dictate the game.” The Okanagan Rockets earned a spot in their second straight playoff final, edging the Valley West Hawks in a wild three-game series that generated 29 total goals, including a 7-6 win by the Kelowna-based club in the final game Sunday.
“We just really want to focus on what we can do. We don’t want to get into a shootout with the Rockets,” said Thornton. “I don’t contemplate Okanagan is going to make that mistake against us. I think they will come ready to play.” Last season, the Giants defeated Okanagan in a closely fought threegame final that was decided on a 1-0 scoreline in the tiebreaker. The Giants will face the Okanagan Rockets, including February’s player of the month Tyson Jost, who scored 15 goals and had 26 points in eight games last month, in a best-of-three final at the Burnaby Winter Club, beginning Friday, March 21. Game 2 is scheduled for Saturday, March 22. Both games are 6:30 p.m. starts. If necessary, a third and deciding game will be played on Sunday at 11 a.m.
BWC product helps Red Wings to win Grand Rapids Griffins callup Landon Ferraro played just under 10 minutes in his NHL debut with the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. Ferraro did not register a point in his first game with the Red Wings – a 3-
2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. In the game, Ferraro, a centre who earned the call up from the American Hockey League champion Griffins the day before, played 9:45 total minutes, including nearly two min-
utes on the penalty kill. Ferraro registered one shot on goal, two hits and one blocked shot in his time on the ice. He centred Cory Emmerton and defenceman Brendan Smith, who played forwards for the first two
periods for the injury-riddled Wings. “I thought he did a good job. He played within himself,” said Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard of Ferraro in an NHL press release. “He blocked some big shots tonight.”
A38 • Friday, March 21, 2014 • Burnaby NOW
TRACK AND FIELD
Runner misses NCAA final Tom Berridge sports editor
Simon Fraser University’s Sarah Sawatzky finished just shy of an appearance in championship 800-metre women’s final, posting the ninth-fastest time in the preliminary heats at the NCAA Division II indoor track and field championships in Salem, North Carolina last weekend. “We all believed Sarah was capable of making the finals and contending for an NCAA Championship,” said SFU head coach Brit Townsend in a school press release. “She was just unlucky today. This is going to make Sarah more determined than ever for the outdoor season.” Sawatzky placed third in her heat in a time of 2:10.98, finishing less than half a second behind Chante Roberts of Adams State in heat one. At the end of the preliminaries, Sawatzky sat in ninth place behind Jaylen Roberts of Angelo State, just five-100th’s of a second behind the final qualifying eighth-place runner. Sawatzky’s senior indoor track season included capturing the 2014 Great Northwest Athletic Conference indoor championship title in the 800metre.
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BASKETBALL
Clan exit NCAAs in second round Tom Berridge sports editor
Simon Fraser University made it to the second round of the NCAA Division II women’s basketball championships. The No. 3 seed Clan got by Great Northwest conference rival Western Washington in the opening round, but could not make it two in a row, falling 76-68 to Montana State Billings in the West region semifinal on March 15. “Offensive boards were crucial for them and they shot the ball well,” said Clan head coach Bruce Langford in a school press release. “They hit some crucial shots consistently, so it’s tough.” Billings jumped out to an early 26-18 lead, but SFU finished on a 17-9 run, including 10 points by junior Erin Chambers to tie the contest 35-35 at halftime. Chambers finished with a game-high 33 points, including 21 in the opening half. “I think, as a team, we weren’t going to give up, no matter what the scoreboard said. We really wanted to keep pushing,” she said. Katie Lowen chipped
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in with 15 points, while senior guard Kia Van Laare added 14 in her final game with the Clan. It was the third loss to Montana State Billings in four matchups for the Clan women this season. Montana State opened the second half with a 12-1 start and extended its lead to 18 points, before SFU made a final belated push with less than four minutes on the clock. A day earlier, SFU
defeated Western Washington 77-70. Chambers led the Clan with 27 points, while Meg Wilson had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Rebecca Langmead finished just short of a double-double, scoring nine points, grabbing 12 boards and making three blocked shots. SFU led by as many as 12 points at one stage of the second half, but the U.S. school rallied to tie 6363 with 6.47 left to play.
The Clan took the lead on a jumper from Lowen. Chambers then potted a three-pointer and was good on four-of-four from the charity stripe down the stretch to help SFU advance. The win avenged an earlier loss to Western Washington in the conference final. “In a week, we’ll probably be pretty pleased with our season,” said Langford in a release.
Gymnasts top podium at B.C. championships Burnaby athletes dominated the podium at the B.C. artistic gymnastics championships. Tamara Kuno and Burnaby Central Secondary student Taylor Oakley helped lead a Flicka Gymnastic Club sweep in the women’s national open category last weekend in Kamloops. Kuno had the high score on the uneven bars and was fifth on the balance beam to place third overall in the all-around. Oakley placed second on the bars and beam, while also posting top-six scores on vault and floor exercises to finish runner-up to Flicka clubmate Clair Kaji, who won the all-around with a 52.000 score. Kuno scored 13.050 on the bars and finished with a total all-around score of 50.200, earning the 17year-old Burnaby resident a spot on Team B.C. for the Western Canadian championships in Saskatoon in April. Kuno and Oakley are also hoping to earn a spot
MWSL soccer league finals on March 30
at the nationals in May. Oakley scored a secondbest 13.700 on beam and 12.200 on bars. Her 13.250 score on the vault was also just a fraction off Kristen Ho’s winning 13.550 score for Vancouver Phoenix. Oakley scored a 51.550 total in the open allaround. Burnaby gymnast Itzia San Roman Santillan of Phoenix placed seventh in the all-around with top-10 scores in the vault, beam and a third-best 12.500 score on floor. Burnaby’sSofiaSavkovic of TAG Sports placed 18th overall. In the senior high performance division, Flicka’s Briannah Tsang of Burnaby posted the high all-around score of 52.550, including a 14.150 score in her specialty the vault. Tsang, who commited to an athletic scholarship to Penn State University this fall, will be attending the nationals. She is also on the long list for the Commonwealth Games.
The Metro Women’s Soccer League playoffs will be held all day Sunday, March 30 at BLSC-West.
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