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Fire blamed on electric overload Cayley Dobie staff reporter
An old electrical system is to blame for a recent fire at an apartment building on Kingsway Avenue on Tuesday afternoon. The fire, which resulted in the evacuation of 7272 Kingsway, was not suspicious but rather caused by an overloaded electrical outlet in a unit on the 12th floor of the Edmonds’ area highrise, according to Acting Capt. Jeff Wilson of the Burnaby Fire Department. “It was probably specific to an outlet that had maybe too many extension cords into power bars,” Wilson told the NOW. “Too many things drawing power on an old electrical system that might not have had the ground to activate, as it would in today’s code.” As previously reported, the threealarm fire started shortly before 2:50 p.m. on May 27. Because of the nature Larry Wright/burnaby now of the fire, 41 Evacuated: fire personHighrise fire in Burnaby nel were dispatched to the scene, including 11 fire companies, two rescue companies and a command unit. Despite the severity of the fire, no one Fire Page 8
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Solidarity: Students demonstrate by Deer Lake Parkway in front of Burnaby City Hall Thursday to support teachers during their one-day walkout. Students say the partial lockout imposed on teachers this week is affecting their education.
Students march for teachers Cornelia Naylor staff reporter
Burnaby teachers got a shot in the arm during a one-day walkout as a handful of concerned students held their own protest at city hall. “Be fair to our teachers,” read one sign held aloft by Margaret Anteros, a Byrne Creek Secondary Grade 11 student, who was in front of city hall demonstrating with a cluster of fellow students Thursday morning. Student organizers expected a higher
turnout since more than 100 students signed on to the planned event on Facebook this week, but in the end less than 10 braved the miserable weather. “We all felt strongly about this,” Burnaby South Grade 11 student Tanbi Bhatia told the NOW. She said the partial teacher lockout imposed by government this week is interfering with her education. “I needed help with chemistry the other day,” she said, “and I tried to go see my teacher at lunch, but it was like, ‘I can’t help you. I’m not allowed.’”
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Fellow Burnaby South Grade 11 student Giselle Dipasupil said she hasn’t been able to make up missed tests because teachers are locked out at recess and lunch, and the 45 minutes they are allowed before and after school isn’t enough time. “I would have to make it up during class time, but that would mean I’m missing more things to do that I was trying to catch up on,” she said. Anteros, meanwhile, is frustrated two fundraising events were cancelled at her school this week because she said teachers
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