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ike most eight-year-olds, Maya Ahira and her friend Vanessa Singh love animals. Unlike most kids their age, the girls turned their love of all things furry into cold hard cash for the SPCA. The Grade 3 students at Suncrest Elementary collected close to $300 for the Burnaby branch of the B.C. SPCA, by holding a class bake sale. “Since most of the animals at (the SPCA) are strays up for adoption, I thought maybe it would be nice because they need the money. … When I went there, most of them looked like they do need some help,” said Maya, whose own boxer Lex once went missing but was eventually turned in to the shelter. Vanessa said she was

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Simon Fraser professors vote to unionize Cornelia Naylor staff reporter

Professors at Simon Fraser University are boning up on their contract negotiation skills as they prepare to hammer out their first-ever collective agreement with the university. The SFU faculty voted 73 per cent in favour of forming a union during a Labour Relations Board vote last week, becoming the last public university faculty in B.C. to

join the union fold. The vote was the culmination of a process that started last spring at the SFU Faculty Association annual general meeting, when about 30 members unexpectedly put forward a resolution saying the association should explore the question of unionization. It passed, and subsequent forums arranged by the association showed a groundswell of support. “It turned out that there were a whole

lot more than 30 people who were interested,” association president and SFU business professor Neil Abramson told the NOW. It was a big change from about five years ago, when less than 30 per cent of the association’s membership supported unionization, according to then-president and history professor Hilmar Pabel. “It’s gone from a third to 73 per cent,” he said. “And this is historically an important development because it’s typically

been a third for, a third against and a third indifferent.” What caused the shift? One factor has been salary and benefits, according Abramson. After negotiations went to arbitration this year, SFU’s faculty got only a two per cent wage increase, while unionized faculty at the University of British Columbia and the University of Northern British Columbia got 2.5 per cent, and the SFU Page 4

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After more than 50 years of showing films in North Burnaby, Dolphin Cinemas is taking the reels off the projectors for good. The historic theatre, located at 4555 Hastings St., is closing its doors on Tuesday, May 27, to make way for a combined apartment complex and retail centre. According to Rahim Manji, who’s operated the Dolphin since 2010, there isn’t enough financial security to continue running the theatre. “It’s unfortunate that it has to be done,” he said. “It’s hard for independents to last nowadays – we need more support, and coming to that digital age, it becomes very expensive to move over. “It’s come down a little bit in price (over time), but it’s not enough for the independents. But you have to do it – either do it or get out of the business.” While Manji also operates the other Hollywood 3 Cinemas in Surrey and Pitt Meadows – which are fully digitized – he said the impending transition from film to digital has forced many independent theatres to shut down. In all of Burnaby, the Dolphin is the last independent standing, leaving SilverCity Metropolis at Metrotown as the city’s sole movie theatre. “Being one of the last independents, it’s a heartache,” he said. As of this week, many movie posters are already in boxes and the staff are preparing for the last

Last days: Rahim Manji, operator of Dolphin Cinemas, is spending his last week at Dolphin Cinemas

before the historic independent theatre shuts down on Tuesday, May 27. The site is set to be torn down to make way for a four-storey mixed-use development. few screenings before everything is packed away. Despite a year-long search for an alternative location, Manji has been unable to secure an economically realistic spot, though he plans to continue searching for somewhere to reopen the Dolphin if there’s a viable option. “We just can’t find anything that makes sense,” he said. “The city’s been really good about helping us, and they said they’ll rezone almost anywhere for us – it’s just finding something with the proper rent.”

Sometime after Tuesday, the cinema will be torn down and replaced with a four-storey mixed- use development. The building will have at-grade retail stores, 11 accessible rental units on the second floor for the notfor-profit Vancouver Resources Society and 20 units of market housing on the top two floors. Manji credited the Dolphin’s landlords for doing everything they could to keep the theatre running, and he thanked the community for embracing the independent cinema over the last

five decades. “The customers we have are great – we really, really appreciated their support,” he said. “We had our regulars who came on a weekly basis, our Toonie Tuesdays took off, we had lots of people coming out on Tuesdays – it was something affordable for the families. “It was here for about 50 years, and it was a staple in the community. It will definitely be missed.” Follow Jacob Zinn on Twitter, @JacobZinn

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Mounties spent a better part of last Friday night searching North Burnaby for three suspects who forced their way into a home on Oxford Street. According to Burnaby Staff Sgt. Maj. John Buis, the suspects knocked on the door of a home in the 4300 block of Oxford Street

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around 10:30 p.m. on May 16. When the homeowner opened the door, the three men barged into the home. The suspects proceeded to rummage through the home, Buis added. One suspect allegedly struck one of homeowners, a man in his late 30s to early 40s. “We don’t know at what point they struck him, but they struck

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him and broke his arm,” Buis said. The suspects then fled the house, one out the front door and the other two out the back door. When Burnaby RCMP received the call, they dispatched the Air 1 helicopter and canine units to aid in the search for the suspects. Officers in the area were also notified but none of the suspects were located. Last week’s question Will you be attending the Burnaby Farmers’ Market this season? YES 54% NO 46% This week’s question Do you support the teachers’ job action? Vote at: www.burnabynow.com

Burnaby RCMP is reminding residents not to open their doors to strangers late at night. While Mounties continue their investigation into the incident, there is no available description of the suspects at this time. “All were wearing some kind of disguise, so we’ve got no descriptions,” Buis added. Follow Cayley Dobie on Twitter, @cayleydobie

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Bikeway set for facelift Jacob Zinn staff reporter

Part of the Sea to River Bikeway may soon get a facelift. A proposal to enhance the Gilmore Urban Trail – a 3.3-kilometre stretch of the bikeway that follows the Gilmore Diversion over Highway 1 – was expected to be discussed at Thursday’s finance and civic development committee meeting, after press deadlines. The city notes that the diversion and overpass have largely been unimproved since the Trans-Canada Highway was finished in 1964. “It is proposed that a 640-metre long section of urban trail be constructed across the Gilmore overpass, including necessary upgrades to the pedestrian and cycling facilities and transit stops,” reads the

report, which the committee was expected to adopt at the meeting. The report notes that the current route is popular with cyclists and the city anticipates it will similarly be popular with pedestrians if these improvements are made. Additionally, the project provides an opportunity to build a 4.6-kilometre walking loop in close proximity to BCIT, Burnaby Hospital, the Delta Hotel and numerous technology office complexes and homes. “A ‘Still Creek tech walking loop’ would complete a recreational urban trail loop to serve office workers, students and residents in the northwest sector.” The report seeks council’s authorization of up to $250,000 from gaming funds to

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University of Victoria got two per cent and a $1,000 per-member signing bonus. “We got the least amount, so our members were really pissed off about that,” Abramson said. Average salaries for fullprofessors at SFU already rank among the lowest in Canada because of salary ceilings, according to another past-president, engineering professor Glenn Chapman. But he said what really pushed up interest in unionization during his tenure in 2012/13 was the Learning Outcomes and Assessment Initiative, an attempt by administration to require all academic units at SFU to clearly identify and maintain learning outcomes at both the course and program level. The initiative raised the ire of many members, who felt the increased paperwork would divert time away from research and teaching. “That was certainly an irritant,” Abramson said. “The position seemed to be that that was an aspect of university governance and therefore we couldn’t address it as a faculty association.” Before last week’s vote, the faculty association’s relationship with administration was governed by a framework agreement and was limited to bargaining

related to salary and benefits, not issues of governance. Since Abramson and others who spoke to the NOW don’t think unionization will do much to increase salaries under the current provincial government, more influence on university governance will be the biggest benefit to unionization for faculty. But unionization has not been without its opponents on the faculty. Although debate during forums leading up to union certification wasn’t acrimonious, it was passionate, according to Pabel. He and many of his colleagues were concerned about the potential of strikes in the future. “I do not want to strike against my students,” Pabel told the NOW. “Students pay $5,000 or more every year to come to class, and I do not want to be in the situation where I tell people, who are paying good money, and money that they borrow or work hard for, ‘I’m sorry. The union’s said I can’t teach.’” Pabel also raised concerns about what will happen to the strong academic freedom language in the now-lapsed framework agreement. “Everything in our framework agreement is now up for grabs, so we could lose that,” he said. twitter.com/CorNaylor

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Seniors’ tables funded Jennifer Moreau staff reporter

The Burnaby and New Westminster seniors’ planning tables have been spared cuts made by the United Way – for now. The United Way recently reduced $1.6 million in spending for seniors’ programs, due to a decline in donations from the public. The move leaves more than 30 organizations serving seniors around the Lower Mainland without funding, and there was concern that the local planning tables were in peril, but the United Way will fund them till March 2015. What happens beyond that is anyone’s guess. “Contracts expire all the time; funding

commitments expire all the time,” said Michael McKnight, United Way CEO. “I can never tell you that any organization will be funded indefinitely.” Gerontologist Mariam Larson coordinates both tables in Burnaby and New Westminster. “We bring seniors and service providers (together) to plan programs and activities that directly address the needs of our communities. The power of our planning tables are senior led, so the seniors decide what’s important for their community,” she told the NOW. “We appreciate that we will have an opportunity to plan for sustainability though it is disappointing that the future is so uncertain.” Twitter.com/jennifermoreau

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Market isn’t so free when it comes to oil

taken, Canada donates around $30 bilWhen one Canadian goes to the gas lion to the energy sector each year. station, all 34 million of us help pay the Coal and natural gas have their hands tab. out, but petroleum is the hungriest Other than averting our eyes from caterpillar, gorging itself to Don Cherry’s suits, it’s one of the tune of $20 billion, or the the very few things we do as a Burnaby NOW equivalent of 16 million welcountry. fare cheques for a single parEach and every taxpaying ent with one child. Canuck is in the oil business, accordA stroll down any commercial street ing to a report from the International will reveal For Lease signs in windows, Monetary Fund released last week. and behind most of those signs is the Between money given and taxes not

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story of an entrepreneur who couldn’t make it. We accept their failure as the verdict of the free market, but when it comes to the oil industry, the free market’s silence is deafening. Of course, if we took away the subsidies and levied taxes, the repercussions would be swift and painful as the cost is handed back to the consumer and the rest of the private sector. Petroleum’s proponents note that

without oil we’d be trying to power our infrastructure with oil blubber. It’s true that oil helped build Canada, but with climate change’s ever-worsening effects, pipeline spills and disasters like the Lac-Mégantic train derailment, it’s clear we need to start working on some new ideas. Unfortunately, the oil industry has 20 billion reasons to keep the status quo. – Guest editorial from the North Shore News

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fridge. he government has sent And the choices for huntme a synopsis of the 2014 ers tend to take about as much hunting regulations. imagination as … well … as I have no idea why. I have much as they can muster: regunever been a hunter; I don’t go lar beer, or light (for those who in for that namby pamby stuff. don’t mind a bit of gentle ribI’m a gardener. What’s that, bing from their buddies). Maybe you say? I’ve got it backwards? a bottle of rye for the The gardeners are real adventuresome the wusses and the Bob Groeneveld types. hunters are the tough Then there’s the guys? matter of seasons. Hunters sit If that’s what you think, then around getting fat while they you’ve never been exposed to wait for their opportunity to rain some real get-down-and-dirty bullets a few weeks at a time gardening – the kind of gardenon bears or squirrels or geese or ing where you get to kill things that are way more defenceless whatever else suits their relativethan a mindless grouse or some ly limited taste for destruction. unsuspecting deer. Gardeners kill practically Forget lugging a couple everything in reach. Anything dozen beer into the woods to that shows up in “the wrong tide you through hours of sitplace” falls to the ice-veined ting up high in a blind, hoping gardener. that the moose you want to strap Unlike the forest’s offerings, to the hood of your car doesn’t everything is fair game in the sniff the alcohol before you fall garden. Even the things gardenout of the tree. ers spend all year nurturing get Gardeners make their kills their lives virtually ripped from right in their own backyards them: sometimes thrown into a – sometimes thousands of them pot of boiling water before they in a single day. And whenever have a chance to realize they’re they feel like it, they wander dead; sometimes cut off and over to the kitchen for a cold one stuck in jugs of water and placed – maybe a beer, maybe a cider, like trophies on mantles, winmaybe a chilled white wine, or dow shelves, even dining room a deep-bodied red with a heady tables – anywhere that “needs nose? Or heck, how about a some prettying up.” good ol’ bloody Caesar? Antlers on a wall in the den? There’s no need to figure out Ha! weeks in advance what kind of Hey! And how old are your booze you’re going to be lugging Gardening Page 7 through the thickets. It’s in the

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Heritage homes undervalued Dear Editor:

Re: 114-year-old heritage house to be razed, Burnaby NOW, May 16 If the city of Burnaby isn’t really interested in preserving the few historical houses it has, one can hardly blame the new owners of the Alexander Evans house for wanting to tear it down. Why is it that in B.C. most people, including politicians, just don’t “get” historical preservation and believe that houses have the same short lifespan as humans? The states of Washington and Oregon – not to mention Eastern Canada, Europe, Asia etc. – have lots of buildings, some linked to a famous person thus truly historical, others just old build-

ings much loved and respected. The latter aren’t frozen museum pieces but great homes and businesses that have kept the best from the past while welcoming the 21st century. I had a look at the house of the Seven Gables. There is only one orange tarp on the outside, in a corner that looks quite iffy, with mould on the exterior wall, above the porch roof. Around a back corner it is possible that the thick vegetation growing right up to the top damaged the wall, or not? However most of the siding looks fine, the wood feeling solid when one pushes on it (I didn’t go in the yard, I walked along the two lanes). Even the wood of the unpainted gate by the porch looks good.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Homes not appreciated continued from page 6

Old wood ages well and gets stronger with age. In the U.S., Europe, Japan etc. it is actually a precious commodity. It is likely that under the wood siding there are strong thick planks nailed horizontally or diagonally on the studs, a common practice until the late ‘60s. Nowadays new houses use plywood and OSB, both prone to rotting quickly if some water gets in, often due to improperly installed windows. Much as it bothers me to see such incredible indifference towards a beautiful house that is not really that old (compared to the many houses I have lived in or worked on, some going back to the Middle Ages), I would rather see it torn down, instead of suffering the appalling fate of many big, old houses in Metro Vancouver. They look great from the outside, but the original interior layout had been totally wrecked, in order to cram as many small bland apartments as possible. They are no longer an historical building, just a soulless shell. J-L Brussac, Coquitlam

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Re: New coalition takes aim at school trustees, Burnaby NOW, May 21 The announcement of a new political party to contest the upcoming municipal elections in November is an encouraging sign for many reasons, especially when that party is a coalition which is attempting to bring a more diversified and representative group to govern one of the most multicultural communities in the province, if not in Canada. The Burnaby First Coalition potentially offers the electorate the needed opportunity to replace, enrich or strengthen the present partisan monopoly of administration at both city hall and the district board of education.

One-party monopoly or domination is suppressive and stifles growth in any community. The mayor himself would have to agree that the existing homogeneous composition of his council renders his philosophy ineffective, a philosophy so cogently expressed in his 2012 inaugural speech, when he promised to “incorporate consultation that will involve everyone” and viewed citizens’ “faith in the consultation process as critical.” He has often advocated for an “inclusive and interactive community and public engagement process.” So for the mayor, an opportunity to transform philosophy to action is created by the formation of a coalition, whose expressed purpose is to bring together a broader, more heterogeneous group of people who are more representative of its diverse community. The school district can also benefit from the potential offered by the new party. In the present group of trustees, there is a paucity of people with professional backgrounds in education. This is like having school counsellors without any understanding of kids. Let us not be misled. In spite of these deficiencies, schools can still achieve good results because of the number of stakeholders in education. And I compliment district personnel, staff and students in Burnaby schools for their accomplishments in spite of this handicap. I concede that there are some “nice” people in the present group of trustees, but at what and whose expense? At a few board meetings I attended this year, there was a noticeable lack of discussions both qualitatively and quantitatively on educational issues. My point is that at both the board and city hall, some new faces will advance our community further. Besides, strong and active opposition is needed in any government that is dominated by one party to hold it accountable. The Burnaby First Coalition has the potential to do that.

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happy to help her friend raise money for animals. “We thought that we should do a fundraiser for something, and … (animals) are really cute,” she said. With their parents’ encouragement the girls took their plan to their classroom teacher, Ms. Pankratz, who got the rest of the class involved. The students all brought baked goods for the one-day sale – Vanessa brought chocolate chip and gingerbread cookies, which were hot sellers. The exact amount raised, including donations from both girls’ piggy banks, was $279, money that meant a lot to the staff at the Burnaby SPCA. “We were tickled pink,” said the shelter’s spokesperson, Debbie Austin. “It is nice to see young kids in the community.” When the girls dropped off the money they had their picture taken holding a giant cheque representing the amount they donated. Then, they got to hold one of the

shelter kittens. “They just climbed the walls on that,” said Austin. Maya already has her sights set on her next philanthropic goal. She plans to raise money for B.C. Children’s Hospital, where her younger brother spent some time over Christmas holidays, when he came down with a severe infection that shut down his lungs for a time. Her brother is fine now, but she knows other kids are still at the hospital. “Kids there are sick and I thought sometimes they need a lot of money to have special things done and for research, so I thought that would be a good reason to give money,” Maya said. After donating to the hospital there will be another fundraising goal, but she isn’t sure yet what the charity will be. “I decided maybe every year or two I want to have a charity and raise money in different ways.”

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urnaby students owned the podium at this year’s Canadian Parents for French provincial Concours d’art Oratoire earlier this month. Eight local students came away with awards from the annual public speaking competition held at SFU’s Surrey campus this year. First place winners were Wassim Khelifi (Alpha) and Catherine Zhu (Moscrop). In second place were Chris Zhang (Marlborough) and Leila Khan (Aubrey). And third place winners included Charlotte Peters (Cariboo Hill), Una Rekic (Burnaby South), Amir Shafiee (Burnaby North) and Rachel Nixon (Alpha).

Heritage Fair

Four Burnaby students are off to the 2014 B.C. Heritage Fair in Kamloops this summer after presenting standout projects at the recent Rivers to Sea Regional Heritage Fair at the Burnaby Village Museum. Sylvia Beck (Glenwood Elementary) was recognized for her project on ironworking in Canada; Amber Craig (Stoney Creek Community School) won kudos for her project on George

Stanley, the designer of the Canadian flag; Steven Dai Chuy (Windsor Elementary) wowed judges with his project on Craig Kielburger; and Boya Yang (Marlborough Elem) will move on for his project on TransLink. The Rivers to Sea Regional Heritage Fair brings together the Burnaby, New Westminster and Coquitlam school districts every year to celebrate Canadian history and heritage. Twenty Burnaby students won awards at this year’s event.

Minerva Awards

B.C. women who need financial assistance to upgrade skills or further their education have until early next month to apply to the Minerva Foundation for B.C. Women. The Minerva Education Awards support women – single mothers, immigrants, caregivers, aboriginal women, women with disabilities, mature students and women studying in non-traditional fields – who might otherwise not qualify for traditional financial awards. Applications are due June 1 for four awards: the Suzanne Lee Teacher’s Award for students in the field of Education at SFU; the Nancy Harrison and Paul Buitenhuis Education Award for students at SFU; the Rix Family Foundation Award In Science and Technology for students at any B.C. school; and the Global Relay Award for students

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come up with designs, with the total budget estimated at $2.5 million. The city will front $250,000 for the cost of design, but the cost of the project will be shared with TransLink and possibly the provincial government. “TransLink will fund up to 50 per cent of the cost of design and construction of eligible elements of the Gilmore Urban Trail,”

reads the report, noting the project falls under the transit authority’s bicycle infrastructure capital costsharing program. “The province may also fund up to 33 per cent of a three-way cost share with the city and TransLink for construction of the project.” Council approval will likely be sought in 2015, with the project expected to be completed by 2016.

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Summer sounds: Popular Canadian folk-rockers Spirit of the West headline a new free Canada Day concert event in Burnaby.

Spirit of the West headlines new concert City of Burnaby offers free family event for Canada Day at Swangard Stadium

A favourite Canadian band is coming home for a rest – or at any rate, for a Canada Day performance in Burnaby. Popular folk-rockers Spirit of the West are headlining a free Canada Day concert at Swangard Stadium on July 1. The City of Burnaby has just announced the new free, family-friendly concert –

which will be followed by a display of fireworks in celebration of Canada’s 147th birthday. “As Canadians across our nation unite in celebration of Canada Day on July 1st, we are excited to join them in Burnaby,” said Mayor Derek Corrigan in a press release. “This exciting new event at Swangard Stadium is a chance to celebrate our country and our beautiful city.” Spirit of the West began as a folk trio called Eavesdropper in Vancouver more

than 20 years ago. Twelve albums later, they have a huge international following and a string of hits such as Home For a Rest, And If Venice is Sinking and Save This House. The band’s newest album, Star Trails, is its first studio recording in several years. They’re joined on the Swangard bill by Dear Rouge and Dustin Bentall and the Smokes. Dear Rouge released their debut EP Heads Up! Watch Out! in 2012 and, in the fall of that year, won the PEAK Performance

Project. Bentall is the son of Canadian roots rocker Barney Bentall, raised on the music of such classics as Neil Young, The Band, Bob Dylan and Steve Earle. His third release, Orion, grows from that sound and adds Del Cowsill, Kendall Carson and Rich Knox as band members. Doors will open at 5 p.m. for a 6:30 p.m. show. Admission is free but will be limited to the first 4,200 patrons. – Julie MacLellan

Art explores inner and outer landscapes New exhibition opens at Deer Lake Gallery this weekend

Two painters whose work explores the subjectivity of inner and outer landscapes are the focus of a new exhibition at the Burnaby Arts Council gallery. Internal Whispers, featuring the work of Johanne Galipeau and Jung A. Kwon, is on at the Deer Lake Gallery from May 24 to June 14. Galipeau’s paintings feature “ethereal colours and dreamlike

subject matter,” a press release notes. She uses oil colours and cold wax to make an impasto that is applied in many layers, creating depth and transparencies. “Personal stories and everyday events inspire her work,” the release says. “As an artist, Johanne Galipeau desires to make images that both soothe and compel. At the moment, she is painting inner landscapes that offer viewers a space for their own dreams and perceptions.” Kwon creates collages, using excerpts from newspapers, mag-

azines, photo albums and diaries builds in her paintings evidence hostility and alienand turning them into ation,” the release says. surrealist landscapes. “Her work is autobioThen, inspired by those CHECK IT OUT graphical and speaks to collage sketches, she What: Internal the marginalized posipaints the landscapes Whispers, with art by onto canvas. Johanne Galipeau and tion and experience of immigrants in contem“Kwon’s current Jung A. Kwon porary society.” work investigates the When: May 24 to Kwon was born in relationship between June 14. Opening Seoul, Sough Korea in the ego and the social reception Saturday, 1987 and completed a landscape we inhabit,” May 24, 2 to 4 p.m. at bachelor of fine arts at the release explains. Deer Lake Gallery Kook Min University Her work also in Seoul in 2013. explores the experience Galipeau is originally from of emigrating from South Korea. “The village landscapes Kwon Quebec and studied visual arts

at the University of Ottawa and at Emily Carr University. See more about her at www.johanne galipeau.com and www.johanne galipeauartist.blogspot.ca. An opening reception for Internal Whispers is set for Saturday, May 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. Deer Lake Gallery is at 6584 Deer Lake Ave. Call 604-298-7322 or see www.burnabyartscouncil. org or www.facebook.com/ BurnabyArts for more details about the exhibition. – Julie MacLellan

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parents probably drove to Woodstock? The OpenRoad Auto Group is hosting an “unearthing” event on Tuesday, May 27, at the site of OpenRoad Volkswagen Burnaby on the corner of Boundary and Lougheed. Dignitaries from VW Canada will be on hand for the formal groundbreaking, set to run from 4 to 5:30 p.m., and a small collection of classic Volkswagens will

be on display. As if that wasn’t enough, German-themed food trucks will be dishing out goodies, and plans for a sculpture by worldrenowned artist Gerry Judah will be revealed.

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The Burnaby Board of Trade is hosting its High Tea Sushi networking reception, giving business professionals an oppor-

tunity to rub shoulders with members of the Japan-Canada Chamber of Commerce. In addition to chatting up other businesspeople, the event will feature special guests from Rugby Canada, who will talk about the historic Japan versus Canada rugby match scheduled for June 7 in Burnaby. The reception starts at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28, and runs until 4:30

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Jacob Zinn: Firstly, what prompted you to start BISImpact? Darlene Gering: After conducting extensive research in the social innovation field to find an organization that directly engages businesses in solving social issues, I discovered a gap in the marketplace and decided to create the organization with two other partners. JZ: What are some of the goals of BISImpact? DG: Business Igniting Social Impact (BISImpact) provides opportunities for businesses to directly engage in creating solutions for the social issues affecting the communities in which they operate. We are developing a replicable model for systemic change that taps businesses’ strategic intelligence and core competencies to address the root causes of social issues. JZ: You’re also a member of the B.C. Partners for Social Impact, which promotes social innovation to solve societal issues. What drew you to get involved in social innovation? DG: After creating the triple bottom line vision for the Burnaby Board of Trade, along with the board of

directors during my tenure as CEO, we engaged business in addressing social issues in the areas of immigrant integration, homelessness and early childhood development. After running successful projects in conjunction with business, Al Etmanski, the “father” of social innovation in B.C., met with me and said “These projects are social innovation.” I discovered a passion for engaging business in social innovation.

bottom third of OECD countries with the largest income gap. This growing inequality fuels the rising cost of social issues, crime and health care. JZ: What’s one thing local businesses can do to become more engaged in social issues? DG: I recommend to businesses they should have an employee engagement process to select a societal issue to target and create a process to address the root causes of the issue and find solutions for solving it.

JZ: What are some of the initiatives of the B.C. Partners for Social Impact? JZ: You’ve also done some DG: B.C. Partners for Social work on other projects in recent Impact are getting ready to years. Can you tell us about host the world during Social them? Innovation Week in B.C. DG: I’ve done some projects May 26 to 30 in Vancouver with Vancity and the City B.C. It’s a connected set of Darlene Gering of Burnaby on innovative gatherings that aim to conBISImpact affordable housing models. nect local and global social The Vancity study was on workforce innovators and engage citizens of all housing, which is housing for firststripes to discuss strategies for tacktime buyers who cannot afford the ling some of the thorniest challenges current market prices. The City of of our times. Social Innovation Week is hosted in collaboration with over 20 Burnaby study was on equity co-op housing. organizations from across sectors and continents. It is also part of a larger national movement, Social Innovation JZ: What do you want to accomplish in 2014? Canada 2014, with parallel events DG: I would like to create the awaretaking place in Toronto, Ottawa and ness and need for business to take Montreal. a direct role in solving our societal issues for the sake of our future genJZ: What do you think are the biggest social issues that communities face today? erations of children. Government and the not-for-profit sector are recognizDG: Over the past 25 years, one of ing the need to engage the power of the drivers for the growth in social business in addressing our growing issues has been growing income societal issues. inequality. Canada now ranks in the

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BBN 3 No sign of tech sector slowdown con’t from cover to look beyond our front door to see the industry thriving at a local level. Regularly appearing in lists of the provinces’ top tech companies are Burnaby headquartered companies such as Alpha Technologies, Ballard Power Systems, Glentel, Webtech Wireless, and more. Recently, the Burnaby Board of Trade hosted a panel discussion with two of the above businesses. The event, called Leading Growth: Insights from the CEOs of Burnaby’s Fastest Growing Companies, featured Alpha

www.bbot.ca Technologies President & CEO Mark Schnarr and Webtech Wireless President & CEO Scott Edmonds. Representing two of the fastest growing tech companies in BC, the men spoke about their experiences leading Burnaby-based businesses through rapid growth and the challenges they encountered along the road to their next levels of success. “People come to me and say we have to do this or that, and I agree, we do. But now we have one hundred priorities, and I ask is this in our top three? Because I’d rather focus on achieving our top three well than focus on doing a hundred things because I know that will have disastrous consequences,” said

Schnarr, whose company Alpha Technologies has become a leader in the design and manufacture of powering solutions for the telecom, cable-broadband, traffic, security, industrial and renewable energy industries. The philosophy has worked well for Schnarr and Alpha Technologies, who have recently seen signiﬁcant growth. “In the last 6 years, we’ve grown from 100 employees to over 700 employees, with most here in Burnaby.” “The Lower Mainland is a fantastic hub for talent. There is a great legacy of good people being produced and new grads coming in.” added Edmonds, whose Webtech Wireless has been providing wireless location-based

and telematics services for vehicles in Burnaby since 1999. “Finding the right people is a challenge wherever you are and in any business, but I think we have an advantage here.” Alpha Technologies and Webtech Wireless were winners of the Business of the Year award and Business Innovation award respectively at the 2013 Burnaby Business Excellence Awards.¾

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Where did the last three years go? Paul Holden, BBOT President & CEO paul@bbot.ca My three year anniversary with the Burnaby Board of Trade was a few days ago and it really has gone by amazingly quickly. Reaching this milestone caused me to reﬂect on what has been a very busy time during which I have met and become friends with some fantastic people, celebrated many achievements with my team and seen the BBOT grow in a number of different ways. When I joined the BBOT the team was very new which provided us with an opportunity to learn the business together and, as most of us are still here, we’re able to provide our members with a consistently high level of service across the board—I often hear from our membership that this has been of real beneﬁt. Over the last three years we have really put a lot of effort into ensuring that

our members receive maximum value for the membership dollars and have introduced initiatives such as new member information sessions, welcome calls from our Ambassadors, regular “checking in” phone calls from BBOT staff, an increase in the number and quality of member beneﬁts, a higher quality of events and many more. Many of you have commented that you also enjoy reading my regular “On your behalf” e-mails that are intended to keep members informed of our ongoing efforts to work on behalf of the Burnaby business community. This work has really contributed to the fact that our membership continues to grow and attendance at our events is up. We have launched two excellent programs in the last couple of years that have really made a positive impact on the community. The Pledge for a Sustainable Community, an initiative that came out of our Environmental Sustainability Committee, is a groundbreaking online platform that helps businesses to improve their sustainability, and so far around 110 organizations have signed up and taken

a “Pledge.” Our Access Program is a career development program aimed at helping students in their ﬁnal year to transition into the workforce, and we are really grateful to SFU, BCIT and Douglas College for their unerring support and to the Access Committee for their encouragement and advice. I think I’m very fortunate to have the support of a really committed Board of Directors and a team at the office that produces so much high quality work with often limited resource. I’d also like to acknowledge all of our volunteers who help our committees to continue to provide such excellent guidance and innovative ideas to our organization. Our relationship with the City of Burnaby is vitally important to our success and the support we receive from Mayor Corrigan and all of the staff and elected officials is greatly appreciated. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the last three years at the BBOT and look forward to many more years of helping our members to achieve their goals.¾

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Mayor Corrigan delivers 2014 State of the City address By Michael Keller michael@bbot.ca Urban development in Burnaby’s four main town centres, along with social and environmental sustainability were once again the key themes of Mayor Derek Corrigan’s speech at his State of the City address last month. The event, which took place at the Delta Burnaby Hotel & Conference Centre, is an annual luncheon organized by the Burnaby Board of Trade for its membership and the business community at large. “Over the last 12 months, our growing town centres have continued to thrive; and our exemplary practice of protecting green space, while developing our walkable, transit-focused, high-density town centres of Metrotown, Edmonds, Lougheed and Brentwood, has been strengthened—setting an internationally respected example of how to plan a sustainable city,” said Corrigan. “Each of our town centres has had its unique identity nurtured over time within an overall framework of growth management. These centres, along with our longestablished single-family neighbourhoods, our urban villages, such as The Heights, and the parks and open spaces that serve everyone, are now interacting just as we hoped they would when we started planning them more than 25 years ago, to form a thriving, diverse, integrated city.” The Mayor described Metrotown as

Burnaby’s downtown and the second largest urban centre in Metro Vancouver. While highlighting the significant development in the area, he stressed the City’s focus on keeping Metrotown pedestrian-friendly, with features such as a new “art walk”, boulevards, street furniture, rain gardens and public art. Also for Metrotown, Corrigan discussed last year’s newest major proposal—redevelopment of the Sears Canada site adjacent to Metropolis. It is anticipated that it would be constructed in multiple phases, and include a new flagship department store for Sears Canada, high-density residential and office towers above a commercial-retail podium, and community enhancements such as public plazas along Kingsway and Nelson Avenue. The Brentwood area also has major development plans, as the area will grow into a high density residential community while maintaining a strong commercial area. The core of Brentwood, historically an industrial and commercial centre, is evolving into another example of sustainable living in Burnaby. In the Edmonds neighbourhood the Mayor focused on the re-emergence of an attractive community anchored by new civic facilities such as the Edmonds Community Centre, which according to Corrigan opened to overwhelmingly positive response last July. Finally, in the Lougheed area, Skytrain expansion with the Evergreen line is helping the neighbourhood to capitalize on their position as a transportation hub. From a financial position and outlook, Burnaby remains strong with an investment portfolio returning an annual yield of 4.64% in 2013 and income of $38.3 million, representing the largest income amount ever earned in a single year for the City. And the mayor expects 2014 to be another solid year. In the arena of sustainability, Corrigan spoke at length about the City’s upcoming

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Environmental Sustainability Strategy as the ﬁnal piece of the City’s triple bottom line approach being developed over the past decade. “We remain committed to economic, social and environmental sustainability, as the foundation of everything we do—our Official Community Plan, our award-winning Economic and Social Sustainability strategies, and the Environmental Sustainability Strategy, currently under development.” Development of the new strategy is being led by a steering committee comprised of a cross-section of Burnaby community leaders. More than 1,000 Burnaby citizens have been directly involved in sharing ideas on how the strategy can help build on the City’s many environmental strengths. “Our city has always been a leader in environmental stewardship,” remarked Corrigan.” And we aren’t pausing as we build our strategy.” “With the involvement and participation of Burnaby citizens, Burnaby is again well positioned to build on our plans and achievements, keeping us a city that models social, environmental, and economic sustainability, and is nationally recognized as one of the best run cities in Canada,” concluded the Mayor. Commenting on the State of the City address, Burnaby Board of Trade President & CEO Paul Holden remarked: “Year after year, the number of new projects and initiatives happening throughout Burnaby demonstrates why this city is looked to as a true model of planning, sustainability and management. This is exactly why our business community enjoys working and doing business here so much.” The State of the City address was presented by Simon Fraser University, and sponsored by ABC Recycling, Appia Development, the Burnaby Now, Electronic Arts, Schmidt & Funk, and News1130.¾

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Access students get ﬁrsthand account on what it takes to be an next generation entrepreneur By Michael Keller michael@bbot.ca Participants of the Burnaby Board of Trade’s Access Students Career Development Program recently met at IBM Canada in Burnaby for an informative panel discussion on entrepreneurialism. Students heard a variety of perspectives on the beneﬁts and challenges of starting a business as they explore their options for

which also extends into Surrey, Coquitlam and Vancouver. In recognition of potential implications of the proposed project on both local residents and businesses, the Burnaby Board of Trade organized a roundtable discussion with senior members of the FortisBC team behind the Lower Mainland natural gas system upgrades and several members of the local business community. Discussions surrounded the proposal to build a new natural gas pipeline through north Burnaby as part of the replacement of 20km of old pipeline from Coquitlam to Vancouver. Participants heard details on the potential scope and scale of the project, the construction methods, and the impacts of the proposed construction (slated to begin in mid-2017) on residents. The Board of Trade spoke to the potential disruptions to traffic and vehicle access to businesses during the construction

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phase of the project and urged FortisBC to consider options to minimize these impacts. “As the voice of Burnaby businesses and as a member of the broader Burnaby community, we strive to provide our members with information on important projects that may have an impact on them, their businesses and their neighbourhoods,” said Paul Holden, President & CEO of the Board of Trade. “We appreciate FortisBC taking the time to meet with our members and to provide an avenue for input on the proposal.”

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to receive unsolicited messages. This can be thought of as “business card” consent. Content: All CEMs will need to include information that clearly identiﬁes who the sender is, provide the sender’s contact information (mailing address, and either website, email address or phone number), and allow the recipient to withdraw consent with an unsubscribe function that takes effect as soon as possible. Visit www.bbot.ca for more information on this and other important business news.

This information is intended as basic guidance only and should not be taken as legal advice for determining your compliance with CASL. The Burnaby Board of Trade is interested in hearing how complying with this new legislation impacts your business. Feel free to contact Cory Redekop at cory@bbot.ca.¾

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Being a young entrepreneur… By Jos One admin@bbot.ca With embarrassment and candor I admit that it took me seven years to complete my BBA. However, I would NOT exchange those seven years for the world. Students dread questions about their career plans; I am no exception to this rule. “What are you studying?” “How many years?” “What will you do after?” “When will you graduate?” Questions that raise all the doubts and fears that have plagued me throughout this uncertain phase. But I’m different: in spite of the dread I initially feel, within minutes, I transform these interrogations into fun conversations. How? It’s simple. I say, “Well yes, my degree took quite a while to complete. I took a light course load because I like work-life balance. Oh, I also started a business while I was at it!” So, what is it like to be a young entrepreneur? I can’t tell you how to do it or what it would be like for you, but I can tell you about my experience...

with three partners. It was this company that would become the focus of his business career, as it was the world’s ﬁrst regionally supported business of its kind. Learn more about the Access Student Career Development Program by visiting www.accessprogram.ca.¾

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a garage. Entrepreneurship’s domination in our cultural landscape has also shifted how we look at entrepreneurs; with the prominence and dominance of billion dollar start-ups like Google, Facebook and Twitter, founders of startups have become the new role models for the generation entering the workforce today to aspire to (though I don’t expect to see Zuckerberg on a box of Wheaties anytime soon). With visions of multi-million dollar IPOs and buyouts, new grads are encouraged to follow their passions and try their luck on their own rather than following the faithful mantra of previous generations to get a stable job, settle down, and work on building that nest egg for retirement. What we don’t seem to hear much about or pay attention to however are examples of start-ups that failed to get off the ground. According to an article by the Wall Street Journal, three out of four venture-backed ﬁrms don’t generate a positive return on investment capital. Yet, our love-affair with entrepreneurship continues, and for us Millenials, expectations are increasing for us to offer our employers not only our computer whiz troubleshooting skills, but also to be a driver of innovation and entrepreneurship for the ﬁrm. If you feel daunted by this prospect, fear not, because while it seems like the qualities of being entrepreneurial and innovative are hardcoded into our personalities, it’s actually the opposite. These

qualities are rather skills that, like public speaking or networking, can be trained, practiced, and refined even if it doesn’t come to us intuitively. Some tips to help you become more entrepreneurial at work include: Adopt a Entrepreneurial mindset - Keep asking ‘why?’. Challenge anything and everything until you’ve drilled down to the fundamental assumptions behind everything your company does. Persist even if they tell you “it’s turtles all the way down”. Then look for ways to tweak and update those assumptions. Green it. Hook it up to wi-fi. Make it mobile. Take ownership. Whether it’s a task, project, assignment, or idea, own it from start to finish. Entrepreneurs drive their idea from inception to implementation. If you have an idea for improving the workplace, take it on and own it, don’t simply pass it on to HR’s employee suggestion mailbox. And lastly, network. Idle chat around the water-cooler? That’s networking. Entrepreneurs network like their lives depend on it. At work, by building more connections to your colleagues and other teams, you will expand your pool of people you know with different skillsets, which will come in handy when you take ownership for driving new ideas and projects and need specific people on your team to help deliver.¾

The most important thing is the “Why?” At this stage in my life, the corporate environment doesn’t appeal to me. In spite of the conventional business school brainwashing, I simply don’t feel attracted to that lifestyle. I don’t want to apply to hundreds of jobs through automated HRM systems so that I can anxiously attend interview after interview competing against my peers for an entry level position. I don’t want to trade my hours for dollars and complete micro-tasks like a cog in a machine. Also, I don’t want to have a boss who decides how I spend my time, what’s important, and how things should be done. I want to create, not be creative (creativity is such a buzzword). I face the challenge of creating something new every day and I love it. I seek challenge in everything I do and I gravitate towards the things I am passionate about. Work (even hard work) always has an element of play. I have rejected monotony in favour of exploring diversity. With this mindset I view the world with wonder, my eyes open to the opportunity in everything. I meet people and develop relationships always searching for options for mutual gain. And while nobody is ever really in control of their life (the delusion of control comforts us but also holds us back from realizing our potential) I do believe that

I choose my own responsibilities and the actions I take to fulfill them. For all this, I happily suffer the lack of financial freedom that comes with a steady paycheque because I feel like this life is a good fit for me right now. This is one of the unique factors that my youth brings to the equation. Having lived my whole life either under the care of my parents or in school (or both) I have yet to experience financial freedom and security. Risking financial ‘hardship’ is not so threatening because the worst case scenario looks a lot like the scenario I’ve been living all this time. I haven’t yet had the chance to get comfortable (read complacent) or to acquire obligations (mortgages, children) that increase the risk of starting something so uncertain. If you are curious about entrepreneurship, there is no better time to start than the present. However, your early 20’s is just as good a time. There are many resources available to students through schools and organizations such as the BBOT. I highly recommend getting mentorship. Try it. What better way to apply the theories you learned in school? And what have you got to lose?¾

Kenny Li is an Access Program student. www.accessprogram.com

Jos One is an Access Program student. www.accessprogram.com

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Honda Odyssey features on-board vacuum Brendan McAleer contributing writer

ard to think it, but this vehicle is actually a member of an endangered breed. Just like the colossal station wagons of yore, the humble minivan is now somewhat under threat, outcompeted by legions of crossovers. Part of the deal is the whole “mom” vibe that a van projects. It’s a device for hauling around the soccer team, and as such, it doesn’t get a lot of respect. Well, that’s a darn shame. Minivans are some of the nicest-riding, most feature-packed machines on the road, and they’re absolutely the ideal road trip companion. Load it up with pretty much anything you can think of – the kitchen sink? Why not? – and hit the open highway. A perennial favourite, the Honda Odyssey has always been a nice safe choice for a growing family that doesn’t subscribe to the idea that their family hauler need pretend to be a rugged SUV. Refreshed for 2014, it now includes a world-first feature: a built-in onboard vacuum cleaner. I guess you could say that particular part of this van really sucks. So how’s the rest of it?

Design:

There’s not much you can do, styling-wise, with what’s essentially a box on wheels, but to their credit, Honda’s at least made an attempt. Up front, there’s a new grille, hood and fenders. Thankfully, in an industry strangely obsessed with making their next generation of cars more aggressive, the Odyssey is still a friendly-faced machine, and quite reserved. From the side, the dominant feature is the chrome-surrounded greenhouse that looks like a fat lightning bolt, if we’re being charitable, or like the designer had hiccups, if we’re not. Touring-class Odysseys get 18-inch alloy wheels in a machined-look finish that seem at balance with the immense amount of sheet metal here. The overall appeal of the car is a sort of utilitarian anonymity, even with the extra

chrome of the Touring edition – this isn’t a showoff car.

Environment:

Inside, of course, is where the action is. With a simply tremendous amount of seating and tons of cargo room, the Odyssey has space to spare. Anyone also looking at a three-row crossover should just try sitting in the third row of this van to see how much more room a minivan can have. Stacking it up against the major competitors, the Odyssey doesn’t have the second-row flexibility of the Dodge Caravan, with its stow-and-go seating, and the Sienna’s larger rear seats are better suited to longer-legged passengers. The Odyssey provides plenty of comfort, especially for little kids, but removing the second row of seats for the annual garage clear out is a bit of a pain. Maybe we’ll clean the place out next year. However, with threezone climate control and full leather seating, the Odyssey is easy-to-clean comfort for up to eight. The rear seats flip away to form an entirely flat loading area, or leave them up and load up the deep trunk. Up front, the driver and passenger now have a cleaner interface system to deal with, with a new touchscreen handling most of the audio functions. Fit and finish are very good, although the use of plastics is not quite up to the near-luxury feel you’re starting to get with some modern crossovers. It would also be nice to see a practical innovation here like the Highlander’s midlevel dashboard shelf. I’d also like to see far more USB power outlets, not just the one used for connecting to an iPod, but several more out back to charge mobile devices for the kids.

Performance:

With a six-speed automatic transmission and a 248hp 3.5L V6 standard on all Odysseys, Honda’s minivan is about as fast as it needs to be. Interestingly, they’ve programmed the throttle to be very progressive, which makes it easy to get off the line without spilling sippy

cups and snapping little necks. If you floor it, the sixspeed auto downshifts and the V6 provides enough thrust to get out of the way or make a tricky merge, but the overall driving experience is far

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gripping the curves with maximum Gs, as it is not making anyone carsick. To that end, body roll is relatively controlled in the Odyssey, and it’s easy to set up a smooth rhythm, not slow-pokin’, not hustlin’, but a just-right cruis-

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ing speed. It’s a bit like being the captain of a comfortable cruise-liner. On the highway, the lack of radar-guided cruise-control is missed, and an overactive Odyssey Page 32

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lane-departure-warning system is a bit annoying (you can turn it off). Other than that, this is what the Odyssey seems born to do: middle-lane cruising, eating up the miles. It might be good at the short-run school/soccer/ music-class excursions, but it’s also an ideal vehicle for long-distance touring. You might not get your thrills behind the wheel, but everybody can share in the great view out the windows.

Features:

At the Touring-level, the Odyssey is crammed with everything from Satellite Navigation to 12-speaker audio, to a

push-button smart key, to the aforementioned touchscreen interface system. Honda calls this last HondaLink, and it’s straightforward to use. There’s also a gargantuan 16.2-inch-wide screen out back to pacify rear passengers. Safety ratings for the Odyssey are excellent – the IIHS has awarded it the highest possible rating. There’s a blind-spot monitoring system, and a multiple-angle rearview camera to make parking easier. Fuel economy is quite good, considering the sheer weight of the van, thanks in part to cylinderdeactivation when cruising. Official ratings are 10.9L/100kms in the city and 7.1L/100kms on the

highway. Especially when loaded up with kids, expect 10 to 20 per cent worse than that in city conditions, but it is possible to dip into the sevens on the highway.

Green Light:

Smooth powertrain; composed ride; oodles of space.

Stop Sign:

Not fitted with latest Honda technology; needs more charge points; no radar-guided cruise-control.

The Checkered Flag:

Just like it says on the tailgate, it’s a great vehicle for a family odyssey.

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Matt MacGrotty helped put Bryant University on the radar in his field lacrosse career at the Rhode Island school. A three-year starting defenseman at long pole and a team captain with the Bulldogs this season, MacGrotty did everything short of helping his team win an NCAA Division I title. MacGrotty was one of seven Bryant players named to the All-New England team this week, earning second team honours, following a recent historic first-ever win at the NCAA nationals, upsetting No. 2-ranked Syracuse 10-9 in the opening round. Last year, the topranked Orange knocked off the upstart No. 16 Bulldogs in their first-ever appearance in the Div. I nationals. “That was one of the biggest wins in our program’s history,” said MacGrotty. A two-time Northeast conference first team choice, MacGrotty, led the Bulldogs with 19 caused turnovers, while also adding 44 ground balls this season. MacGrotty will leave the program as second alltime in caused turnovers per game and fifth overall in caused turnovers in

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Alex Francois won his second big golf title last weekend. The Moscrop Secondary senior followed up a win at the CN Future Links Pacific championship with a comeback victory on the Maple Leaf junior tour, adding the Junior Worlds qualifying tournament to his already bulging golf bag. The 16-year-old Francois came back from a four-stroke deficit to card a tournament-best fourunder-par 68 in the final round to win the juvenile boys’ division by four strokes over Vancouver’s Alex Park at Pagoda Ridge Golf Club in Langley on May 18. After an opening round 74, Francois was nearbogey free in the second round, firing three birdies and 13 pars to go along with his eagle-two in a three-under-par finish on the back nine. “I just never gave up – kept fighting until the end,” said Francois, who

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On and off the field: Third-year starting long pole Matt MacGrotty finished up his NCAA Division I field lacrosse career at Bryant University with two top-five career team records and a spot on the academic allregion team. his career. He also wrote his name among the top single season numbers at Bryant in caused turnovers in 2012 and this season. He will play his final collegiate match in the New England intercollegiate senior all-star game next Friday.

This season, Bryant won its third consecutive NEC conference banner, while improving last season’s 810 record to a program best 16-5 this year. “The fact we came so far as a program and bringing it all the way to the quarter-finals is prob-

ably the most rewarding thing,” said MacGrotty. Another source of pride was Bryant’s defensive numbers, many of which ranked among the top-five in the country, including third in man-down defence and fifth in scoring defence.

MacGrotty was also the only player of the field lacrosse team to earn academic all-region status. “When I chose Bryant, I knew it was for a good reason,” he said. “And what I got out of it was more than I could have dreamed. It’s been amazing.”

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Lakers still working despite third straight defeat Tom Berridge sports editor

Burnaby got New Westminster off to a “Rocky” start before dropping its third game in a row. Ross “Rocky” Bowman gave up five goals on his first 10 shots, but was stellar the rest of the way, leading the junior A Salmonbellies to a 16-8 win over Burnaby at Queen’s Park Arena on Tuesday. The junior Lakers led 5-3 after the opening period, but Bowman found his game, blanking the visitors in an unanswered six-goal middle period as New West took complete control. At the other end of the floor,

Burnaby’s David Mather was arguably the busiest player of the game, facing 66 Salmonbellie shots before being given a welldeserved breather with eight minutes left in the contest. Backup Aiden Yorke came on in relief of Mather and played well, giving up just two goals while stopping a dozen more chances as New West poured a total of 78 shots at the Burnaby goal. The B.C. Junior Lacrosse League’s player of the week, Aidan Milburn, led all scorers with four goals, including Burnaby’s first three goals of the opening period.

Milburn currently leads the league with 21 goals, five hat tricks and three shorthanded markers. But New West was relentless on the attack, finally taking a 6-5 lead midway through the second period on Luke Gillespie’s first of two goals in the game. “We were getting our chances, for sure,” said second-year righthander Jeremy Bosher, who led the ’Bellie attack with three goals and five points. “You have to keep going until the balls start falling in.” And fall they did. After scoring just three times on 22 shots in the opening frame,

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New West tallied six more on 25 chances after 40 minutes. The Fishmen then rained a further 31 shots at the Burnaby goal in the final stanza. “Confident teams find ways to win games, and we’re not at that stage yet,” said Burnaby assistant coach Jason Della Valle. “We want to see improvement after every game. The players are ready to do it. It’s there.” New Westminster got multipoint games from seven other players, including league scoring leader Connor Robinson, who garnered his fourth hat trick of the campaign. Transition defender Alex Bohl

also counted a pair of goals, upping his on-goal shooting average to a whopping 42.86 per cent. While the Laker cagers are fielding a season’s worth of rubber early in the season, the work rate and effort is there, Della Valle said. “We have to outwork teams to be successful – stay focused and loose balls. Overall, we’re trying to improve every aspect of the game,” he added. “They see the commitment in the coaching staff, and we have full commitment from all the guys. We want to keep on building practice after ◗Juniors Page 40

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Field hockey fun: Burnaby Lake, left in blue, took on a coed team from West

Vancouver in the mixed division at the annual Vancouver International field hockey tournament at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West over the Victoria Day long weekend.

Golf: Win earns shot at spot at worlds rounds of 72 before finishing up with a final round 73. shot a two-round, two-under-par 142 on “I knew that if I could fight my way the 6,360-yard Fraser Valley course. The win shortlisted Francois for a pos- through the tough greens, I’d be good and in the second round I made zero sible spot at the Callaway Junior three-putts, and I think that was World golf championships in San the key to my win this week,” he Diego in July. said in a release. Francois’ win was highlighted Francois, and the other top-five by a chip in for an eagle on the competitors in the junior division, 286-yard par-4 13th hole. earned exemptions to the Canadian “I had a five-under in five holes national boys championships to be streak,” said Francois in a MJT held in Niagara Falls, Ont. from press release. “The expectations I July 28 to Aug. 1. had for the final group were very Younger sister Sumie Francois high, therefore I knew I had to finished in a tie for third place in post a good score. This gives me ALEX FRANCOIS the girls’ division with a 147 total the confidence of being able to win “I knew I had to post a good score.” at Pagoda Ridge. from behind.” In Victoria, the 14-year-old A week earlier at the CN Futures event in Victoria, Francois shot a consis- Sumie placed in a tie for 10th place – 11 tent 54-hole total 217 to edge Vancouver’s shots back of 18-year-old champion Valerie Tanguay, who defeated West Vancouver’s Jordan Lu by a single stroke. Francois opened with a pair of one-over Alix Kong in a sudden-death playoff. continued from page 39

Juniors: Lakers in Nanaimo on Sat. continued from page 39

practice.” Burnaby is in Nanaimo this weekend for a return tilt against the Timbermen,

while New West must wait a full week before its next game – a much anticipated matchup with the Coquitlam Adanacs.

“I can’t wait. We have such a good rivalry (with Coquitlam). Both teams will be ready to go – on fire,” said Bosher.

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