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anada will vie for supremacy in an even weirder broom-based sport than curling this weekend, and two Burnaby natives will be right in the thick of things.

The quidditch Global Games hit the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex Saturday, and Burnaby South grads Rebecca Alley (2010) and Ema ShiromaChao (2009) will be there as assistant coach and “beater” respectively.

In a nod to the sport’s Harry Potterinspired roots, the international competition will feature competitors from seven nations running around with brooms between their legs, vying to grab the snitch (a tennis ball tucked inside a sock and attached to the waist of a nimble and neutral snitch runner) and/or chuck the quaffel (a volleyball) through their opponents’ rings.

Alley and Shiroma-Chao are veterans of the sport, having both recently wrapped up quidditch careers with university club teams in Quebec and Ontario.

They’re no longer fazed by the weirdness of, say, the brooms between the legs.

“Why do you have to dribble a basketball when you’re running with it?

Why can you not touch a soccer ball with your hands?” Alley says. “It’s just an integral part of the sport. … When you stop and think about it, a lot of sports are just kind of like ‘why am I doing this?’ but they’re still a lot of fun.”

And make no mistake, real-life competitive quidditch, which is now played in more than 13 countries, is an athletic endeavour that requires more than

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For the win: Burnaby natives Rebecca Alley and Ema Shiroma-Chao are ready to take on the

Burnaby MP Kennedy Stewart says the National Energy Board’s decision to delay the Kinder Morgan pipeline hearing is the “beginning of the end” for the project.

On Tuesday, the NEB announced the hearing would be delayed by roughly seven months because the board needs more information on Kinder Morgan’s latest plan to drill or tunnel through Burnaby Mountain. That means the final deadline for the board to review the project has moved to Jan. 25, 2016 – after the tentative date for the next federal election, which is Oct. 19, 2015. That leaves the chance for a new party to form government, one that may not be as friendly to pipeline projects.

“A different cabinet would have a different decision on these pipeline projects,” Stewart said. “I don’t think there could be worse news for Kinder Morgan on this. I think it’s the beginning of the end for this pipeline.”

The board announced the extension Tuesday, July 15, stating it needs more information – geotechnical studies, for instance – for the mountain route.

Mayor Derek Corrigan was surprised by the news but felt it supported the city’s early argument.

“They accepted the fact that we were right – the application was incomplete,” he told the NOW.

Quidditch Page 4 world during the quidditch Global Games at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex Saturday.

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Rich Hope, right, and Adrian Mack, left, are bringing their electric rock ‘n’ roll duo Rich Hope and His Evil Doers to Burnaby for the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival on Aug. 9.

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Playing the ungospel truth Rich Hope and His Evil Doers set to take the stage for 15th Burnaby Blues and Roots Fest Jacob Zinn staff reporter

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he Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival is familiar territory for Rich Hope and His Evil Doers, ever since the electric Vancouver rock ‘n’ roll duo took to the Deer Lake Park stage five years back.

Axeman and vocalist Hope, alongside drummer Adrian Mack, are gearing up for the 15th annual edition of the blues show, despite not entirely categorizing themselves under that genre. In fact, it’s unlikely there are many other groups that perform what they call trash-boogie blues ungospel.

“We’ve played lots of festivals, and even though I don’t consider us a completely blues band, we definitely have got one foot in it,” said Hope. “We play with a lot of garage rock bands – we do well with that, but we also do well with a blues crowd too. It’s just a great opportunity to be able to play.”

The festival features a dozen groups and artists from a variety of genres, including Saskatoon alt rock trio Wide Mouth Mason,

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French-Canadian Motown quintet Chic Gamine and Irish rockabilly and jazz singer Imelda May – and Hope and Mack’s style fits right in to the diverse lineup.

Their unique sound is inspired by the gritty, old roots of the music, which is the reason behind keeping the band as a two-piece.

“As much as I like a lot of guys who use a full bass player and band, I love the rawness and simplicity and the spontaneity of just a guitar and drums,” said Hope. “It leaves you a lot of room to do anything, but within a limited framework.

“I think that’s where the trash comes from, and the blues, you obviously have to pay homage to that as your roots.”

While Hope and the Evil Doers are onstage early in the day, they’ll be sticking around for the rest of the show – especially since headliner Big Sugar is getting a little help from reggae legend Willi Williams, one of Hope’s musical icons ever since he heard The Clash cover the Jamaican singer’s hit Armagideon Time as the B-side to London Calling.

“We ended up writing a song called Armagideon Time in an homage to him back in my old band and he came and sang on it,”

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said Hope. “We just thought that was one of the coolest things ever.”

But it’s not just Williams who Hope has worked with – he also has some history with Big Sugar, having toured across Canada with the Toronto band with his old group John Ford (named after the classic film director) about a decade ago.

“We’ve collaborated on a few things as well, and there’s at least one of my songs that I wrote with Gordie that we’ve both recorded,” he said. “It’s fun to hear how he approaches it and how I approach it.”

So, considering their background together, will there be any surprise appearances onstage by Johnson during the duo’s set? Or vice versa?

“I guess if the old man’s not too tired, he might,” said Hope with a laugh. “I don’t know what we can expect, but I’m always down for some collaborations, especially the day of, as spontaneous as can be.

“It’s always great to see your friends and collaborate and have a beer.”

Rich Hope and His Evil Doers take the Westwood Stage at 1:45 p.m. on Aug. 9. For tickets and more information, check out www.burnabybluesfestival.com.

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Walking the walk to help local business Board of trade, city officials talk shop with Henning Drive businesses Jacob Zinn staff reporter

Business is about to pick up in the City of Burnaby.

On Monday, the Burnaby Board of Trade held its first ever Business Walk, touring roughly 120 businesses along Henning Drive. Members of the board and Burnaby council, as well as city officials, went door to door, asking business owners about their experiences in the city and the outlook of working in Burnaby.

“In the meetings I attended, most people there said their business was going pretty well, with very few exceptions,” said Paul Holden, president and CEO of the board of trade. “We asked them what they like about being based in Burnaby, and without having seen all the other results, it seemed like location was a common theme that went through most of the responses.

“The overriding sense that I got was, people really appreciated the initiative that was being taken to reach out face-to-face with businesses.”

The walk was designed to gather feedback – both for the board of trade and the city – on how business in Burnaby could improve. The responses from the Henning Drive walk will be compiled in a public report to help guide business in the area.

Holden said the board plans to conduct business walks in the future, though the next neighbourhood and timeframe have yet to be decided.

“It’ll take a while to get around the whole city, but in the future, we’ll be making sure we cover the whole city off,” he said. “It’s something which, I think, we’ll be benefiting from.”

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Door-to-door: Burnaby Board of Trade president and CEO Paul Holden and Mayor Derek Corrigan were among

the 30 or so board members, city councillors and Burnaby staff who visited more than 120 businesses along Henning Drive on Monday in the BBOT’s first business walk.

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devotion to the Harry Potter books and movies.

“Every year for the first practice, there’s a few people that show up in jeans expecting it to be a Harry Potter fan club, every year,” Alley said. “They never come back.”

For one thing, real-life quidditch is a co-ed sport with full contact.

That means the five-foot, 110pound Shiroma-Chao could face a tackle from a much heftier male opponent who might be an ex-football or ex-rugby player.

As a beater (a defender of sorts), her best friends in that situation are the game’s three bludgers (dodgeballs); any opponent she hits with those have to drop whatever ball they might be carrying and run back to tag their team’s rings.

“It’s kind of a bit of protection because no matter how big a guy is, if he’s 200 pounds and run-

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years of coaching her university’s ning at me, if I throw a bludger at quidditch team and four years of him, there’s nothing he can do,” coaching paddling.

Shiroma-Chao says. “He has to go Both women are looking forward back to his hoops. So accuracy is to showing off their weird new really important.” sport to friends and If she misses, plan B is to curl up in a “No matter how family in their hometown for the first time. ball and hold onto her big a guy is, if “They totally make bludger as long as she can. he’s 200 pounds fun of me for (quidditch), but it’s OK,” Shiroma-Chao, a and running at Alley says. longtime dragon boater The Global Games, and recent McGill viome, if I throw a featuring from lin-performance grad, bludger at him, Australia,teams Belgium, was picked for the there’s nothing France, Mexico, national team because England and the United she is quick, fit and has he can do.”

States, get underway at fantastic communica9 a.m. Saturday, with tion skills, according to EMA SHIROMA-CHAO quidditch player Canada taking on the Alley. defending champion Alley, a University Americans in the first game. of Ottawa kinesiology grad and Visit usquidditch.org for more former national-level flat-water information. kayaker, was approached about twitter.com/CorNaylor the assistant coach’s role after three

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There will be a new chance for people to apply as intervenors in September, but only in regards to the Burnaby Mountain portion of the route.

KinderMorganisanticipatingtheadditionalstudieswill be complete by Dec. 1. The catch, however, is that the City of Burnaby, which is staunchly opposed to the expansion, is not letting Kinder Morgan anywhere near the mountain to do the work. Apart from the SFU campus, most of the mountain is a conservation area owned by the city.

The NEB may be able to grant Kinder Morgan access to the land, but the company has not yet asked the board to do this.

Kinder Morgan has been quiet about the news so far. No one has been available to comment, and Ian Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Canada, cancelled an upcoming interview with the NOW following the announcement.

The only statement the company has put out so far is two lines on its website: “Trans Mountain has received and is reviewing the National Energy Board’s revised hearing events and steps table, released July 15, 2014. The company will be considering the implications of these changes and will provide further comment in the coming days.”

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Report renews calls for new Burnaby Hospital Cornelia Naylor staff reporter

Problems at Burnaby Hospital highlighted in a recent review of Fraser Health have renewed calls for a new facility.

“We need a new hospital in Burnaby, and nothing is being done about it,” NDP Burnaby-Deer Lake MLA Kathy Corrigan told the NOW last week. “It was promised before the (2001) election, and it has not happened. Now it’s not even in the long-term capital planning.”

The Fraser Health review – ordered by Health Minister Terry Lake last fall and released last week – reported Burnaby Hospital was among the worst in Canada for indicators like hospital-acquired infections and fractures, readmission rates, and treating patients with fractured hips within 48 hours.

Some of the most damning data in the report was two years old, and hospital executive director Cathie Heritage said significant improvements have been made since then.

Fraser Health interim CEO David Ostrow agreed the hospital has done inno-

vative work, like addressing emergency room overcrowding and reducing C. difficile infection rates that have been linked to dozens of deaths in recent years, but he said the facility is limited.

“Certainly from a design perspective, many of the inpatient areas at Burnaby need pretty massive renovation, and I’m sure you and the community know very well that we don’t have the kind of single-bed rooms, good-quality infection control and all of that,” Ostrow told the NOW. “People have done some dramatic things with the facilities the way they are in order to bring down some of the bad infection rates that were present before, but there’s a limit to what you can do.”

Last week, for example, the Hospital Employees’ Union raised concerns that emergency overcrowding could be compromising patient and worker safety.

The shortcomings of the facility are well-documented, dating back to at least 2001, when a master plan recommended replacement of the north and west wings, built in 1952 and 1958 respectively.

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on to say, including $5.5 million in upgrades last fiscal year.

None of those projects, however, has added any space to the hospital, according to Fraser Health director of strategic planning Andre Kroeger.

The next step, he said, is to replace the north and west wings and expand the “technical heart of the campus.”

“The facilities are generally too small for current standards,” he told the NOW. “That’s the main issue.”

This spring, the Fraser Health capital steering committee directed Kroeger to take a closer look at those three parts of the hospital.

“It’s very promising,” he said. “It means somebody’s interested; maybe they want to fund it, maybe they just

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Too old? Problems at Burnaby Hospital have renewed calls for replacement of the aging facility.

he said.

The health ministry, meanwhile, “continues to work with Fraser Health on priorities they identify at this site and other sites, with a focus on building community health-care services to reduce the demand on the hospital,” according to an emailed statement from a communications officer.

The email said Fraser Health’s highest priority is the redevelopment of Royal Columbian Hospital.

Burnaby Hospital has had about $35 million worth of physical improvements since 2001, the email went

high-level master plan for the hospital also called for the replacement of the aging north and west wings.

But that doesn’t mean that work is on the horizon.

Ostrow said overcapacity is a complex issue, and Fraser Health is now focusing on improving the efficiency of admitting patients and moving them through the hospital.

“Probably many people would argue some of the most important things are developing better primarycare mechanisms to prevent people from coming into the hospitals in the first place,”

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Bees – and the planet – deserve protection bees, there is no food.

It’s time to talk about the birds and A number of studies have recently the bees. Unfortunately, the facts of life linked the bee deaths to a neonicotinoid aren’t all sunny these days.

Bee colonies across North America are class of insecticides. The insecticides are widely used on some of North dying off in shocking numAmerica’s biggest commercial bers. Commercial beekeepers Burnaby NOW crops, including corn, canola report that one-quarter to oneand soybeans. third of their bees are dying They are also used on many plants every year. sold in commercial nurseries.

That’s alarming. Bees are responsible When bees come into contact with the for pollinating more than 90 per cent of pesticide through the pollen or nectar of the world’s flowering crops. Without

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the plants, they suffer damaging effects.

The chemical has also been linked to declines in bird populations by killing off birds’ food supplies.

The chemicals have already been banned in Europe.

Last week, Ontario became the first province to move towards greater restriction of their use.

Environmental groups in Canada have called on Health Canada to ban the pesticides here, too. Many farmers have

opposed that.

But as one expert pointed out, if the pesticides kill all the pollinators, there won’t be any crops left to protect.

One day, we’ll likely look back on this class of pesticides the same way DDT is considered today.

Meanwhile, the birds and the bees and the rest of the planet deserve better.

It’s time for the government to act.

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– certainly a welcome amount t’s happened to all of us at for households who burned some point. through vacation days or had to You go to a store, prehire unexpected childcare durorder something, pay for the ing the strike. purchase and wait for it to When the Canadian arrive. But what happens when the order never comes in? What Taxpayers Federation first suggested a refund, the BCTF’s if you don’t get what you paid social media horde for? lashed back, claimThe remedy is Jordan Bateman ing that the money simple: you demand “belonged” to educaa refund. tion. But tax dollars actually This summer, British belong to taxpayers – not to Columbians have been put in government, not to “the systhat exact situation, thanks to tem,” and certainly not to the ongoing labour dispute labour unions. between the provincial governRefunding this money would ment and the B.C. Teachers’ be a great way to support local Federation (BCTF). communities. Taxpayers would Taxpayers paid more than have a few extra dollars to $200 million in taxes for educaput into their local economies, tional services which were not delivered in June. Therefore, we rather than seeing it languish in Victoria. should get a refund.

More importantly, it would The teachers’ dispute started also keep up the pressure on with three weeks of rotating the provincial government that strikes, which saved governcomes with fiscal restraint. The ment $18.5 million per week. last thing taxpayers should When they went to a full strike, want to see after this protracted the savings grew to $80 million labour disruption is the governfor each of the last two weeks ment buckling to the BCTF’s of June. More has been saved with the cancellation of summer demands and rewarding teachers for striking by handing school. them the $200 million.

Government has a responThe BCTF believes itself to sibility to refund that money, be a “social movement,” which at least $200 million, to the makes it virtually impossible to people who paid for the educanegotiate a deal with. tional service but didn’t receive While each and every other it. That works out to roughly government union has settled $40 for every man, woman two or three reasonable and child in B.C. For a famTaxpayers Page 7 ily of four, that would be $160

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Caregiver program needs saving Dear Editor:

I began attending family caregiver classes in Burnaby in June.

My mother, a longtime resident of Burnaby (1954), is in excellent health at 92 years of age, but I was interested in seeing if I could obtain more information to help me deal with a few issues that had come up with other family members, legal matters, etc.

The wealth of advice and help I received was immense. I decided to continue on with the group counselling sessions and had just attended what I hoped would be the first of many when I was informed that the United Way was discontinuing

the funding for this worthwhile program.

The facilitator and the other individuals in the class were so welcoming and kind as we all told our diverse, and sometimes similar, stories of where we were at in our lives – sharing our viewpoints and feelings on the issues we faced. We all had a story to tell and the need to have someone to listen.

How many people have benefited in the past from these sessions? Perhaps the United Way could take a closer look at their budget and somehow reconsider the lives they are affecting and realize these courses are a necessity, especially with the aging population and those of us who require guidance.

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The United Way’s motto is “Better At Home,” therefore people attending the sessions while being a caregiver to a mother, father, wife, husband, loved one, have been able to get the tools they require to uphold that motto.

Keeping people in their homes for as long as possible lessens the burden on hospitals, care facilities, Doctors, nurses, the entire medical system and taxpayers.

Surely that is worth the $50,000 per year for this non-profit organization to continue with their valuable work to help all of us who seek them out.

Perhaps anyone who has benefited in the past, present or will in the future, would consider making a contribution through the website. Some of us have nowhere else to turn.

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Pipeline fear mongering Dear Editor:

It continues to amaze me each time I read the NDP position on pipelines. The NDP city council just simply refuses to accept anything but abolishing fuel movement without offering an alternative.

This is just another in a long list of opposition to everything. Now their partners in the fire department have joined the chorus with the very logical approach that they will chose which fires they will fight.

That of course would depend on who owns the property and which side the NDP council stands.

Our MP, Mr. Kennedy Stewart, entered the fray early although his position is different than his NDP boss’s position, which is wait and see.

Fear mongering dressed up as logic is easy to sell. It makes good theatre and gives good reason for public gatherings to ensure the re-election campaign starts as soon as you get elected.

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That’s an easy comment to make when your long-term job is to benefit from tax dollars generated by those hated energy producers. Hopefully, the negativity will end in November when some very needed change takes place at city hall.

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Biker rider says thanks Dear Editor:

I would just like to say a huge thank you to Kirk (the driver behind the bus) and to Rick (a passenger on the bus) that stopped the other afternoon (July 8) to make sure I was OK after I had a very scary moment while cycling through Burnaby on my way home from work.

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Should the city pay for RCMP file storage?

Mayor says move amounts to federal downloading Jacob Zinn staff reporter

The RCMP has a lot of paperwork, but Burnaby council doesn’t want to expand city detachment’s records room, claiming it’s a federal responsibility.

At its July 7 meeting, council tabled a report requesting $314,000 to upgrade the file storage at the Burnaby RCMP building. While part of that cost is to replace existing equipment, the cost also includes

increased storage for older files that would otherwise be stored in Ottawa.

“This appears to be another area in which we are receiving a downloading from the federal government,” said Mayor Derek Corrigan, noting the Library and Archives Canada in Ontario keeps RCMP files from detachments across the country.

“As happens often, there’s now, arbitrarily, a decision by the federal government that they’re not going to do this anymore after June 2015. To say the least, I’m not happy.”

Corrigan noted that, in addition to the

cost of expansion, there would likely be overtime costs for city staff and RCMP officers to move the files.

Coun. Dan Johnston, however, noted that Burnaby RCMP Chief Superintendent Dave Critchley was excited that the records would be more accessible for local detachments.

But Corrigan replied with a laugh, “I’ve found that, often, what excites the RCMP doesn’t excite me.”

Coun. Nick Volkow chimed in, criticizing the feds for passing down the cost to municipalities.

“If these items and these old evidence

files are that important in the pursuit of justice in this country, you would think the federal government would be the last people to say, ‘We’re not looking after them anymore,’” he said.

Before tabling the report, Corrigan suggested that files be stored at the RCMP’s 500,000-square-foot E Division headquarters in Surrey.

“It continues to be a source of frustration, that these unilateral decisions come down the line and the RCMP says, ‘Well, we’re happy to have these boxes closest to us,’ but we’re looking at a $314,000 bill,” he said.

Suspect behind bars after six bank robberies Cayley Dobie staff reporter

A suspect is behind bars after six bank robberies in the space of nine days.

According to Burnaby RCMP, the 38-year-old man is alleged to have robbed a bank in the 7100 block of Kingsway on July 5. The suspect allegedly entered the bank, approached the

counter and informed a teller he had a gun and wanted money.

Police say the suspect committed similar robberies at three other banks in Burnaby, and two in Vancouver and North Vancouver over the course of nine days.

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highlights Fijian culture. his weekend is a There will be singing, busy one. We’ve dancing, soccer tournagot a couple of fun ments, vendors and rides festivals lined up for you, for the kids, and admisalong with some other interesting sion is free. events to keep The stadium you enteris in Central tained.

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The opening ceremony Kingsway. The fair feais at 10:30 a.m., complete tures kids’ rides, food, a classic car and motorcycle with local politicians and a ribbon-cutting. show and a petting zoo.

Burnaby Neighbourhood Check out the Farm House is hosting an Shindig, on Sunday, international village, a July 20, from 4 to 10 p.m. series of booths set up by at Urban Digs Farm. The people showcasing the event will include farm cultures of their hometours, music, food and lands. Entertainment drink. The Urban Digs includes Rainshadow, Farm is a small Burnaby Marilyn Monroe and farm at 4992 Byrne Rd. Elvis Presley impersonthat supplies restauators and a talent show. rants and local families Parking restrictions will with meat and eggs. be in effect, starting at The public will have a 7:30 a.m. and running chance to get acquainted till 8 p.m. Organizers ask with the FarmCity Fresh that people walk, bike or Cart, a new mobile food take transit to the fair. cart that functions like a mini farmers’ marSwing by the Fiji ket. Admission is $10; Festival at Swangard Stadium on Saturday July tickets are available on Eventbrite.ca by search19, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ing “FarmCity Co-op The annual celebration

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Check out the free dementia workshop at the Tian-Jin Temple on Saturday, July 19 from 2 to 3 p.m.

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Farm fresh in the city The Urban Digs Farm is hosting an open house party this weekend, and Burnaby residents are invited for farm tours, food and fun.

Urban Digs is a small south Burnaby farm that supplies eggs, meat and produce.

The event is on Sunday, July 20 from 4 to 10 p.m. at Urban Digs Farm.

Re-Up BBQ will be onsite with a meat-smoker, serving free-range pork ribs and chicken. For the vegetarians, there’s coleslaw and chili. There will also be a cart serving sodas made with organic fruit, and Steel & Oak Brewing will be selling beer.

The public will have a chance to get acquainted with the FarmCity Fresh Cart, a new mobile food cart that functions like a farmers’ market on wheels.

Admission is $10 and includes entertainment, a farm tour and one drink.

Tickets are available on Eventbrite.ca by searching “FarmCity Co-op Summer Shindig.”

Urban Digs Farm is at 4992 Byrne Rd.

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From farm to city: Lindsay Kaisaris, co-owner of Re-Up BBQ in River Market, started the FarmCity Fresh Cart mobile produce stand, which functions like a farmers’ market on wheels. The stand will be featured at the Urban Digs Farm party on Sunday.

Burnaby athletes excel at Special Olympics HERE & NOW

Jennifer Moreau

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ongrats to the Burnaby athletes who represented the city in the Special Olympics Canada 2014 Summer Games, which just took place July 8 to 12.

Burnaby’s athletes were: Jenny Chang (bowl-

ing); Jennifer Wong (bowling); Heather Ma (aquatics); Sammy Langthorne (aquatics); Selena Lepper (aquatics); April Armstrong (athletics); Artisia Wong (gymnastics) and Christina Tomingas (gymnastics).

The games took place mostly at UBC, while the golf events were held at the University Golf Club and a bowling took place at The Zone Bowling Centre in Richmond. Many of the athletes scored medals. Christina won three gold medals and a bronze,

and Artisia won three bronze and one silver.

Special Olympics provides year-round training to athletes with intellectual disabilities and hosts summer and winter sports competitions.

“We do it every year.

It’s become a tradition actually, the kids really love it,” said market manager Lyn Hainstock. “We have a lot of children in Burnaby. We have three markets, and Burnaby is the one that has the most kids.”

The picnic starts around noon. There will be small teddy bears hidden around the market, and the children can hunt for them and keep one for themselves. After that, they gather for juice, cookies and story time.

Teddy bear fun

Looking for something fun to do with the wee ones next weekend?

The Burnaby farmers’ market is hosting a teddy bear picnic on Saturday, July 26, and the yearly event is a big hit with the kids.

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The market, which runs every Saturday, is in the Burnaby city hall parking lot at 4949 Canada Way.

Going greener

Have you seen the 7 Days of Garbage photo series by Gregg Segal that’s making the rounds on social media?

The California artist took portraits of families, surrounded by seven days’ worth of garbage they accumulated, and it’s disgusting enough to make you reduce, reuse and recycle till there’s noth-

ing left. But sometimes it’s difficult to know what to do milk cartons and food scraps. Fortunately, city staff members are presenting a workshop on Burnaby’s expanded recycling program and the newly accepted materials.

The workshop is Tuesday, Aug. 19, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Bob Prittie Metrotown library branch, at 6100 Willingdon Ave. The program is free, and there’s no need to register.

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BLACKBERRY

8 Years 4 Months 3 Weeks, Neutered Male, Domestic Short Hair, Mixed Breed.

5 Years 3 Weeks, Spayed Female, Domestic Medium Hair, Mixed Breed.

Kit Kat found his way to the Burnaby SPCA through the Drive for Lives Program originating in the East Kootenay’s. He’s neutered and up to date on his vaccinations. He’s a big boy, and loves to talk, and is absolutely beautiful! He is currently sharing his space with other cats but he would prefer to be the only cat in his forever home. He wants all the love. Kit Kat has a big personality that will warm your heart with his super easy-going and affectionate temperament.

So if you are looking for a new best friend come in and meet him today!

SPCA ID: 337088

She’s a walking bundle of adorableness! Given her chubby cheeks and sweet, gentle personality, that’s why we’ve named her Blackberry after that sweet summer fruit. This beauty is looking for a loving home and would be an ideal addition to a warm and accepting home. Blackberry is exceptionally easy going and has an affectionate nature and strong streak of independence. Come and meet this darling feline and fall in love as we have!

BELLA

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Bella is a beauty and a lot of dog to handle. The objective in training this girl should be consistency with some rules using positive reinforcement.

She’s eager to please so teaching this dog new tricks will be easy and plenty of fun. Bella gets easily over excited yet remains respectful of humans by not jumping up on them but rather by leaning in to them.

She has a good disposition, she’s charming and affectionate. Her family (children 8+) needs to be active and willing to provide her with plenty of exercise. Bella is very playful but can be possessive of her toys. She has lived with other dogs but we have found that she is not a match for small dogs.

SPCA ID: 338943

It’s hard not to fall in love with such a special guy. Although he is a retired senior sled dog he has so much life left to live. Indoors, near a warm fire and a soft bed would be his dream retirement. Another friendly pooch in the house would be great. He’s a lovely affectionate dog who loves to be scratched and pampered. Goofy will need some patience and time to adjust to living indoors and plenty of positive experiences. A fenced-in yard would be ideal. We are head over heels in love with Goofy and we hope you will be too!

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6. Open windows with a screen – Thumbs up. It’s important to have screened windows open for indooronly pets (unless of course, if you have an air-conditioned house). This helps maintain ventilation and the pet can choose to be by the window or another part of the house based on its comfort 2. Swimming and baths – Thumbs levels. up. Swimming helps cool the body 7. Long runs and intense exercise – just like a bath. Remember to check Thumbs down. If your pet is not used if the lake or stream you visit allows to rigorous activity, this is not the dogs to be in the water. time to start. Wait for cooler days to train your dog. Dogs used to rigorous 3. Trimming the fur – Thumbs up. It activity should be exercised during the is ok to trim the fur of a longhaired cat early mornings or late evenings. or dog to help the skin “breathe” better 8. Pets in parked cars – Thumbs and for them to be more comfortable.

Trained pet groomers best perform down. During summer, our cars can trimming of hair without the risk of heat up to dangerous levels within injuries. Shaving down to the skin minutes even on cloudy days. Smart is not advisable as pets may be more people learn from others’ mistakes prone to skin damage from radiation. and there are enough bad mistakes that have already been made with regards 4. Access to drinking water– to overheated cars and pets (or babies).

Thumbs up. It’s best to replenish the Let us not risk losing a companion to water-bowl a few times during a day to this obvious danger. ensure access to fresh drinking water.

Have a wonderful and safe summer.

This helps a pet maintain hydration.

By Dr Jangi Bajwa, DVM 5. Provide shade in yard for dogs – Dr Bajwa is a Veterinarian at Thumbs up. It’s best to keep your dog Hastings Veterinary Hospital in indoors if you do not have a shaded Burnaby since 2005 and is BC’s first yard. Also, paved or concrete yards will heat up more than grass or soil.

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1. Cold water and ice – Thumbs up.

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Fairy-tale lessons about inner beauty HEALTHWISE

Dr. Davidicus Wong

My beautiful daughter turns 16 this week.

Once upon a time, when we were all much younger, a favourite family ritual was to make up a fresh bedtime story each night.

By capturing the experiences, thoughts and feelings of my children’s day, I engaged their imaginations while providing parental lessons both subtle and obvious. What follows was a favourite inspired by the funny faces my then eight-year-old daughter made. Parents have always warned their children that their faces may freeze that way. Of course, there is some medical truth in this.

In our 30s, we discover that our parents were right after all. Our wrinkles reveal our habitual emotions with lines betraying smiles or frowns.

I trust that my daughter will remember this story for its deeper lessons about real beauty, that inspires us more than a striking physical appearance and real love, the recognition of that beauty within.

To be truly loved is to be accepted and cherished just as we are. As we age, we wrinkle and weaken, shorten and sag, yet authentic love sees a beauty that persists. As Yeats wrote in his poem When You Are Old, “How many loved your moments of glad grace, and loved your beauty with love false or true, but one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, and loved the sorrows of your changing face.”

The Scary-faced Princess

On the day she was born, Princess Michelle

had the most beautiful face ever seen.

She was certainly the most beautiful baby the doctor had ever delivered.

At the moment of her birth, he couldn’t resist pinching her dimpled cheeks.

The newborn princess frowned, wrinkled her brows and scrunched up her nose. So shocked with this scary transformation, the doctor nearly dropped her.

One day, the queen, while feeding the princess, could not resist pinching her precious dimpled cheeks.

The pretty princess frowned, wrinkled her brows and scrunched up her nose. The queen was startled and Princess Michelle spat up her milk into the queen’s eyes.

At the princess’ baptism, everyone in the court, all of the villagers, and each of the forest fairies came to adore her and bring gifts. Each visitor was enchanted by her incredibly sweet face. No one could resist pinching her soft dimpled cheeks.

The royal baby soon grew weary of this. Just at the moment the Pink Fairy approached her crib, raising her wand to grant a spell of eternal beauty, Princess Michelle frowned, wrinkled her brow and scrunched up her nose.

So shocked was the Pink Fairy that she dropped her magic wand into the crib. After an explosion of starry flashes, the Pink Fairy was nowhere to be found.

The king and queen rushed to their daughter’s side, but with one look at her once sweet face, the king fainted. The queen, who could not see quite as clearly because of the milk in her eyes, quickly bundled up the princess in a soft blanket and hid her from the eyes of the court.

The face of the once beautiful princess was frozen with her frown, wrinkled brow and scrunched

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nose. The effect on others was immediate and frightening. One look upon the princess’ face caused a reflex of fear.

Only one person in the kingdom was able to look upon her features and not freeze. The queen whose eyes had been clouded by warm milk could not see the frown, the wrinkles and the scrunch.

Though still loved by her parents the princess grew up in the dark so that even she could not gaze upon her own features in a mirror. No one else would be frozen by her frightening features.

Servants brought Princess Michelle her meals to this darkened room lit only by a single candle in its farthest corner. They would only see the outline of her body, which appeared like a shadow.

Her voice and her heart remained sweet and kind.

Each visitor would be entranced by her gentle spirit. She had many friends but none ever saw her face.

In her dark room, the princess had learned to listen. When her friends came to visit, she would listen and reflect back what they were truly feeling. She had the gift of compassion. The heart of anyone who came to see her would leave a little lighter and happier for no one else could listen and understand so well.

One true friend, Peter, learned from the princess how to listen. He helped Princess Michelle grow up in the dark. He told her of the outside world – what it was like to play with other children and to see the beauty of nature.

The king and queen too enjoyed their daughter’s kind company and counsel.

It is difficult to rule a kingdom. There is so much to think about and so many decisions to make.

Princess Michelle was able to make their work

easier and their hearts lighter. She had acquired wisdom beyond her years.

They knew that one day she would be a fitting queen.

Yet the king and queen worried that she would never marry. Her frightening face would certainly freeze the heart of even the warmest suitor.

According to tradition, the princes from the surrounding kingdoms were allowed to ask for her hand in marriage when the princess was old enough to make her choice.

The king and queen could not deny the parade of young men who came to meet the princess when that day arrived.

Although they knew that most of these princes only wanted to acquire the riches of the kingdom, the king and queen felt they must warn them of the princess’ secret. None

believed them.

One by one, each prince would enter the princess’ meeting room, where he would try to convince her to accept his hand in marriage.

The princess told each prince that she sought only true love – love that would last regardless of age, illness or appearances.

After each prince promised such love, she would open the curtains of the window revealing her frown, wrinkled brow and scrunched up nose.

One by one, each prince froze in fear and had to be carried out by her servants. The princess was heartbroken. It seemed she would never find true love. No prince would see past her scary face.

At that moment of need, her best friend, Peter came to comfort her. He knew her better than anyone in the whole world

and he knew that she had beauty within.

Peter then revealed his secret. He was also a prince, and he had always loved her.

Before she could stop him, he opened the curtains of the window, gazed into her eyes but instead of fainting or freezing, he smiled and kissed her.

Princess Michelle felt her face transform – her frown melted into a smile, her brow relaxed and her nose unscrunched. The room was filled with a wondrous light, and the kingdom was again enchanted by the princess’ beauty.

Dr. Davidicus Wong is physician lead of the Burnaby Division of Family Practice and works at the PrimeCare Medical Centre. His Healthwise column appears regularly in this paper. You can read more of his writing at davidicuswong.wordpress. com.

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2015 Nissan Micra fits north-of-border market Brendan McAleer contributing writer

W

hile Canadians seem determined to spend simply ridiculous amounts on smartphones and bucketsized fancy coffees, we like our cars cheap and we don’t care if they’re cheerful. Minimalism on wheels, that’s the Canadian way, and it’s why the best-selling car in the U.S. is the Toyota Camry, while the best-selling car in Canada is always something like the Honda Civic.

It’s a different market north of the border, and very occasionally, the manufacturers actually seem to clue in and give us something unique.

Nissan’s done this before, with the excellent and much-missed little X-Trail crossover, and now they’re back with another nameplate from the past.

Say goodbye to the Versa sedan, and hello

to the Micra hatchback.

It costs just $9,998 to start, and its here to put a smile on your face like an unopened box of Timbits in the company lunchroom.

Design:

Equipped with 15” steel wheels as standard or 16” alloys on the top-end SR models, the Micra isn’t just cheaper than the outgoing Versa sedan, its better looking. There’s something about a pugnacious little hatch that just looks right on the city street, and the little Nissan’s happy face and cartoonishly high greenhouse give it a carefree demeanour.

It just looks right, and then there are a few things you can do to make the Micra truly yours. The first is to give it a name and imagine it speaking in a stereotypical Bob and Doug Mackenzie accent – Good Day, eh? – or maybe that’s just me.

The second is stuff like coloured mirror caps, door stripes, and door handles, a bit like the dress-up items you can stick on a Mini Cooper. No, they don’t add any horsepower, except in your imagination.

Environment:

While small in footprint (just 3,827mm by 1,667mm – smaller than the aforementioned Mini), the Micra is actually quite roomy inside. There’s not a surfeit of space, but it feels quite large.

Part of that’s down to the very tall roofline and large greenhouse, allowing for an upright seating position that makes you feel like you’re in a larger car. Rear seat space is big enough, believe it or not, to fit a toddler-sized rearfacing car seat; adults fit just fine, too.

The trunk isn’t very large, much smaller than the old Versa sedan’s capa-

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Good cheap fun: The 2015 Nissan Micra starts with a $9,998 price tag and keeps paying off with solid fuel efficiency in the city and on the highway. cious boot.

However, it’s surprisingly deep, meaning you can pack hiking backpacks

or perhaps even a hockey bag back there (no goalies, please). The seats fold down for a little extra

room, but not flat like a Honda Fit would.

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Performance:

Powered by a 109hp, 1.6L four-cylinder engine, the Micra is all about making do with what you have on hand. A five-speed manual wakes things up a little, but the $1,000 optional automatic transmission is going to be the volume choice.

A four-speed gearbox, it’s one of the few Nissan cars you can get without their fancy-pants fuel-saving CVT technology, and sounds a bit old-fashioned.

Only four speeds? These days you can get a Jeep with nine cogs in the box!

As with other aspects of the Micra, the automatic is just what you need, and no more. Stick it in Drive, and off you go, keeping up with traffic and not getting in anyone’s way.

Start hitting the corners, and the Micra’s short wheelbase and featherlight curbweight impart a nimble sort of feel that’s actually quite fun. It’s worth noting that Nissan plans to campaign a race-prepped Micra at the gruelling Targa Newfoundland, and you can tell from the way the road-going version leapfrogs through the corners, they’ve started off from a good platform.

It’s actually good enough to have you wishing for a sport-tuned version from

Nissan’s NISMO motorsports division.

Hitting the highway reveals a car that has to downshift to get up some of the steeper hills, but is perfectly capable of tootling across the country at the drop of a hat. The tall profile and light weight makes the Micra somewhat susceptible to strong crosswinds, but for the most part it’s planted and comfortable.

Moreover, there’s something really engaging about driving a plucky little car like this. You pat the steering wheel in encouragement as the 1.6L engine spins towards redline, passing a semi-trailer.

You bomb through traffic and zip into a parking space with ease. You crank up the tunes and boot it across town, burning not much in terms of fuel.

Features:

That loss-leader price figure of just under $10K doesn’t get you air-conditioning or an automatic transmission, but it’s not totally bare bones. All the mechanical safety equipment from ABS to airbags is standard, and there’s a basic stereo with an auxiliary jack for your smartphone.

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Fuel economy for the Micra is solid at

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They’re much more realistic – on the Coquihalla, at

speeds of around 120km/h and the air-conditioning on full-blast, the little Micra actually beat its highway score by several tenths of a litre.

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Gardening for wildlife GREEN SCENE Anne Marrison

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he key to a wildlifefriendly garden is avoiding pesticides and herbicides and ideally in dense areas this would be a community effort.

Where gardens are tiny, if some neighbours still spray, their habits drift over and under fences into neighbouring space. Pests die – but so do beneficial insects and pollinators.

Even in tiny gardens some things help create a more wildlife-friendly setting. Container gardens could include one large pot of bee-and butterfly-friendly plants. Where space is tight, you could double the benefit and choose edible herbs such as: parsley, dill and sweet cicely.

If you let these flower, hundreds of hover-flies (like tiny bees) and other pollinators gather to sip nectar.

Increasing food for pollinators has benefits in later years for neighbouring gar-

dens as well as yours.

In somewhat larger gardens, the flowers of kale and cabbages, calendula, butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) and sweet alyssum are especially attractive to bees and butterflies.

So are wild plants like goldenrod, fireweed and chickory. The cover crop buckwheat is also a bee favourite.

White clover deserves a special mention. Bees love it and it flowers for long periods. It’s supplied in some grass seed because (like other legumes) it adds nitrogen to the soil where it’s grown. It can also be a substitute lawn which stays green in drought and doesn’t need frequent mowing. As a cover crop, it’s hugely nourishing but hard to remove (deep roots!).

The news that bee-killing pesticide residue has been found on some beefriendly plants is definitely good reason to ask nursery staff the status of plants you’re considering buying.

But if staff aren’t sure (usually plants are grown elsewhere), there are ways of keeping our gardens safer.

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Some annuals, such as calendula, cosmos and nigella are easy to plant by loosening the soil with a rake, scattering the seed then raking it in.

Besides attractive plants, the thing that draws more wildlife to a garden than anything else is water. Tiny space means having a tiny water supply. Insects need pool margins and they’d enjoy a big saucer of water holding a flat, shallow rock tapering to water level at least on one side.

Shallow birdbaths can be used by insects too but birds get more use out of the deeper ones for drinking as well as splashing.

Birds also drink from container ponds, but they do need a place to perch.

Both water sources need to be renewed frequently so that the water stays clean.

If birds are to use them, they should also be placed near shrubs or trees so that birds have a quick escape from predators.

Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions.

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Buyer price protection program could move some buyers “off the fence”, proponents say.

“Home buyers have been holding off in hope that prices will fall, but vendors are only willing to go so far.

It’s a stalemate.” That’s how Scott Olsen, president of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board explained what is happening now across the Lower Mainland. Eugen Klein, president of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said “sellers are taking their homes off the market rather than settle for a lower price.”

The result is slower housing sales: down 23 per cent in the Fraser Valley last month, year-over-year, and down 14 per cent in Greater Vancouver, though up marginally in Chilliwack. But what if buyers could be guaranteed they would get their money back if the prices dropped 5 per cent or more in the next year?

It could move some buyers “off the fence”, according to Bill Babcock of Vancouver-based Babcock Financial, who is touting a new ‘Buyer Protection Plan’ as a

solution to the deadlock.

Here is how it works, according to Babcock.

Say a home is purchased for $400,000 as a Buyer Protection Plan listing with a 5 per cent price drop protection for 12 months. The 5 per cent, in this case $20,000, is held in escrow with a lawyer. This means the vendor would receive 95 per cent of their sale price at the closing of their property sale.

At the time the listing is purchased, the median (or benchmark) sale price of homes in the MLS area would be noted - based on published local Real Estate Board statistics. Twelve months later, using the exact same local Real Estate Board market statistics, the median (or benchmark) sale price of homes in the MLS area would be noted and compared to the previous year.

If the market statistics showed a price drop of 5 per cent or more, the buyer would be protected and awarded

the $20,000 in escrow.

Let’s say the market only dropped by 2 per cent. The buyer would still be protected from this price decrease, Babcock explains. If the market dropped by 2 per cent, that is equivalent to 40 per cent of the $20,000 held in escrow, or $8,000. The buyer would be protected from this price drop and awarded the $8,000, with the remainder of the $20,000 going to the vendor.

(In the past year, the benchmark price of Fraser Valley home declined 2.4 per cent; in Greater Vancouver, the overall benchmark price is down 2.8 per cent from January 2012).

Babcock claims the Buyer Protection Plan system, developed by Calgary-based 180 Degree Solutions, signed up more than 250 realtors within three weeks of its launch this year. Realtors can sign up for free software at www.BuyerProtectionPlan.ca

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ABA hoop team holding camp in Burnaby and Canadian basketball hall of famer Lars Hansen sports editor was named the team’s first A free agent camp will be head coach. held at BCIT next week for The former Centennial a new American Basketball High School star and twoAssociation senior men’s time provincial MVP went franchise starting up in on to play collegiately at the Burnaby.

University of Washington, The ABA team, to be where he made All-Pac 8 called the Vancouver conference before leading Balloholics, is looking for Canada’s national team local talent to to an eighthcome out to the “The challenge place finish one-day camp at the World right now is on Tuesday, Basketball July 22 at the Championawareness that BCIT gym ships in 1974. we’re here and beginning at 6 Hansen was the people’s per- the first player p.m.

It is the hope ception of what from B.C. to of team owner be drafted into the league is.”

Dave Poon Tip the modernthat the restrucday NBA as DAVE POON TIP tured ABA a third-round Franchise owner league will fill pick of the a gap that curChicago Bulls rently exists in Canada for in 1976. players after their univerHansen also played in sity and college careers are Europe, where he had a over. very successful career, cul“The challenge right minating in a league chamnow is awareness that pionship and player of we’re here and people’s the year honours with FC perception of what the Barcelona of the Spanish league is,” said Poon Tip, first division. who also runs Victory Hansen is also the Sports Camps, a non-profit principal founding memorganization with the goal ber of the Canada One of teaching school-age kids Athletic Foundation, the game of basketball as which launched the HSBC well as the life lessons that Basketball Classic precan be learned from the season tournament, which hard work and dedication provides opportunities for to the sport. players of all ages, genders Players selected from and abilities. the free agent camp will be Local high school coach invited to future sessions Wayne Best will take on leading up to the team’s the game-day operations inaugural exhibition sea- as the team’s first general son. manager.

The Balloholics will field “We have high expectaa senior men’s team in the tions of our players characnew ABA, which will play ter-wise,” said Poon Tip in a regular league season a Balloholics’ press release. from November to April.

“The training starts with The team will play its your character, commuleague games at BCIT or nity work, work ethic and the Langley Events Centre, those qualities bring future said Poon Tip. Basketball Page 32 Earlier this month, B.C.

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Gimme that ball: A Simon Fraser University tackler, right, attempts to wrestle the ball away from a Meraloma ball carrier at the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club’s Lighthouse 7s tournament last week. SFU will host the Highland 7s atop Burnaby Mountain this Saturday.

Twin aces for Burnaby golf leaders Michael Belle and Alex Francois have more in common than just being two of Burnaby’s top young golfers.

The local pair also opened the 112th B.C. amateur champions with individual holes in one at the Seymour Golf and Country Club on Tuesday.

Belle, 22, who co-led the field with Spencer Weiss of Sammamish, Washington on the first day of the competition, holed out his thirdever ace on the Par 3, 149-yard 11th hole.

The Simon Fraser University senior fired five birdies en route to a two-under-par 69 to lead the field.

“I was just trying to play conservatively today,” said Belle in a B.C. Golf press release. “The course is in great shape, and the greens are a lot faster than they were in the practice

round, a lot firmer. But you can post game and see how far I get.”

Last week, Francois placed fourth a good number if you play smart.”

Francois collected his hole-in-one at the B.C. junior boys’ championlater in the opening round, acing ships.

No. 8, a Par 3, 159-yard Carrigan and Bell hole, with an eight iron. both finished in the top “There are all The 16-year-old three at last year’s B.C. kinds of accom- amateur.

Moscrop Secondary School student finished Belle is also part of a plished players his round tied for secfour-player zone 4 team in this field. I’m along with Roy Kang, ond place overall with just going to play Matthew Steger and Adam Svensson, Kevin Nicholas Cagne, who Carrigan and Dylan Bell, my own game together combined for all at one-under-par. and see how far I three eagles and four “I feel like it’s a little birdies to lead the team bit of a different expecget.” competition at an even tation that everyone has for me at this event,” par 213 after 18 holes.

ALEX FRANCOIS 16-year-old Burnaby golfer said Francois in the The 72-hole champirelease. “It’s an amateur onship winds up today. event and there are all kinds of (Friday). accomplished players in this field.

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Sports car driver earns third straight podium in Corvette Michael Valiante and co-driver Richard Westbrook reached the podium for a third consecutive race at the IMSA Tudor United Sports Car championship.

The pair placed second in the Spirit of Daytona Racing team’s No. 90 Corvette prototype at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ont. last Sunday.

Two weeks earlier, the team won its first series race of the season at the Six Hours of the Glen in New York. Prior to that, they had a second-place finish in Detroit.

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The final stretch: Adam Dickson, in white, picked up a goal and four assists for the Jr. A Salmonbellies in a 17-12 series-ending win over the Delta Islanders.

Jr. ’Bellies sweep Islanders Tom Berridge

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New Westminster booked its ticket back to the B.C. Junior Lacrosse League championship final.

The junior A Salmonbellies swept the Delta Islanders, winning 17-12 at Queen’s Park Arena on Tuesday to take the best-of-five semifinal playoff series in straight games.

Four New Westminster players put up huge numbers, leading all scorers with eight points apiece in the series clincher.

Johnny Pearson led all scorers with five goals and three assists, while Brett Dobray, who was picked up at the trade deadline from Langley, added four goals and four helpers.

Connor Robinson and Anthony Malcom both collected a goal and a gamehigh seven assists apiece.

Game 3 was similar to

the two earlier games with Delta giving almost as good as it got on the scoresheet.

The Islanders opened the contest with a 2-0 lead and forced the home team to play catchup until Dobray scored his first hat trick of the series in a twominute span late in the first period.

From that point on, New Westminster never trailed, building on leads of five goals in the second period and six goals in the third before settling for the 17-12 outcome.

“It’s (Delta’s) last game and no one is going to go out without a fight and they did for three games,” said Dobray, who gave the ’Bellies a two-goal lead at the end of the first period with pair of goals 26 seconds apart.

Luke Gillespie picked up the mantel in the middle frame, scoring three times in a nine-minute span, before finishing the

game with four goals and five points.

Nick Penney came on in relief of starter Ross Bowman with New West leading 9-8 midway through the second period and allowed just four goals the rest of the way.

Jonathan Phillips led the Islanders with three goals and two assists.

“We gave (Delta) some good looks. They had some good shots,” said New West head coach Dan Perreault.

“The last period was more about ball possession.”

With Coquitlam leading Victoria 2-0 in the other semifinal series, the B.C. final could begin as early as either Tuesday or Wednesday.

Game 3 of the Coquitlam/Victoria series will be played at the Coquitlam Sports Centre on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. If necessary, a Game 4 will be at the Q Centre in Victoria on Sunday at 5 p.m.

BURNABY NOW SPORTS BRIEFS Rage Lacrosse will be holding two more summer camps next month.

The popular all-day lacrosse camps will be held at Burnaby 8Rinks from Aug. 11 to 14 and Aug. 18 to 21.

Both sessions run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Lunch is included. All campers will also receive a free jersey or T-shirt and cap.

For camp registration and information, go to www.ragelacrosse.com

Minor provincial awards

Carly Spagnuolo of Burnaby was named the tournament junior girls’ MVP despite a fourth-place finish at the B.C. Lacrosse provincial championships in Maple Ridge last week.

Fair Play awards were also handed out to Jaime Richards in the girls’ peewee division and Amanda Jackson in the juniors.

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opportunities at higher levels. Paid positions will also be available in our youth programs, which run year round.”

The ABA is a good first step towards moving on to the professional NBA devel-

opment league or playing Europe, the press release stated, adding the new league has currently entered into a contract with ESPN to televise games.

To register for the camp, email info@ balloholic.com.

ly settled the car into second place in a race that went green from start to finish.

“I’m not sure if we could have challenged the 42 car because they had so much pace. Overall, another great weekend and good for the points,” said Valiante, who, along with Westbrook, moved to within 11 points of co-leaders Jordan and Ricky Taylor in the series’ standings.

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