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New Metrotown-area development sparks objections at hearing Jacob Zinn staff reporter
The proposed two-tower Gold House development in Metrotown was met with opposition from Burnaby First supporters at the city’s latest public hearing. On Tuesday, former Green Party candidate Rick McGowan and former Parents’ Voice school board candidate Helen Ward questioned the rezoning application for two highrises – one 41 storeys, the other 26 – on Beresford between Cassie and McKay avenues. While the northern half of the rectangular site is designated for high-density land use, the southern half is meant for medium density, prompting McGowan to question how a highrise apartment building could be built on the bottom portion of the site. “My concern is, if you put a second tower behind the first tower, that is going to set a precedent for the existing towers … that they will see this as an opportunity to rezone behind those tall towers and build a secondary tower behind it in a north-south orientation,” he said. Ward asked about the timeframe for a review of the Metrotown town centre plan, Towers Page 9
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Canine companions: Mallory Hoyland, an animal-care attendant with the SPCA, with some of the sled dogs that need homes. The dogs came to the Burnaby SPCA from Pemberton.
Sled dogs need good homes Jennifer Moreau staff reporter
The Burnaby SPCA is trying to find homes for six sled dogs from Pemberton. The dogs, all husky mixes, were given up when the company was no longer able to house the animals. “They lost the property in which the animal were being kept,” said Ryan Voutilainen, branch manager Burnaby SPCA. According to Voutilainen, the dogs were
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t must be hard for record store owners to categorize Imelda May’s music. The Dublin-born songstress has a niche genre all to herself, fusing sultry jazz with upbeat rockabilly and traditional blues into a uniquely modern sound that fits her quirky ’50s look, powerful contralto voice and onstage spunk. Just a few weeks out from the Burnaby Blues & Roots ON MY BEAT Festival, May chatJacob Zinn ted with the NOW about performing as a teenager in pubs and clubs, sharing the stage with her classic rock influences and how she lost a boyfriend to the blues. Jacob Zinn: Tell me about your upbringing. I understand your interest in music came from your older siblings. Imelda May: I’m the youngest of a biggish family – we had a two-bedroom house for all seven of us, including my parents, and one record player. I was brought up listening to everything from Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole to The Carpenters, The Specials, David Bowie, Meat Loaf – a huge amount of different, great music. One of my brothers was into rockabilly – Elvis, Gene Vincent, Wanda Jackson – and I just went crazy for it, but then I also went crazy for what came after. Ian Dury, Adam Ant, the Clash, the Ramones and all these bands that made sense to me in my world. JZ: You started performing in clubs at 16 and were sometimes thrown out for being underage. How was it for you to get gigs in venues that served alcohol? IM: My brothers and sisters used to sneak me in because I was way too young and the owner used to turn a blind eye – I don’t think you could get away with that anymore. That’s where I learned my trade. I’ve never gone to music college - that was my music college. I soaked it all up and I loved it. JZ: After working with some bands for a few years, you decided to go solo. What prompted that decision? IM: I was bored. Not bored with music or the bands, but I needed a challenge – I was writing my own music since I was 14 years old, but kept quiet about it. Like a lot of artists, I just wrote for myself and kept all my songs in a big bag.
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Solo style: Irish songstress Imelda May brings her unique sound to the Burnaby Blues & Roots Festival stage on Aug. 9. It came to a point where I didn’t want to sing other people’s songs anymore. I really, really wanted to do my own stuff. I needed to push myself. That’s when I thought, it’s now or never. JZ: You’ve really carved out a style that is all your own. How long did it take for you to find the sound that you were looking for?
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units to the Lower Mainland. The jury also recommended that the Burnaby RCMP include, in the training of its members, “specific instruction on the Cayley Dobie working of their communication equipstaff reporter ment, specifically concentrating on the More advanced life support units and matter of queuing during emergency situfurther communications training – those ations,” a release from the coroner service are the recommendations coming from the read. According to Sgt. Rob Vermeulen, jury in this week’s coroner’s inquest into spokesperson for B.C. RCMP, the RCMP the death of Ryan Jacob. takes recommendations from the For three days, presiding coroB.C. Coroners Service “very seriner Margaret Janzen and a fiveously.” person jury heard testimony from In an email to the NOW, officials regarding the 2013 shootVermeulen said all recommening death of 45-year-old Jacob, dations are reviewed by the son of Squamish First Nation criminal operations branch of the Chief Gilbert “Gibby” Jacob, RCMP and researched in conjuncnear the intersection of Hastings tion with stakeholders. Written Street and MacDonald Avenue in responses for all recommendaBurnaby. tions are then sent to the coroner. Burnaby Cpl. William Wark According to Vermeulen, the was one of the officials who Ryan Jacob RCMP have “to be mindful that testified at the inquest. He told shot by RCMP any recommendation made could Janzen and the jury that at first he thought Jacob was going to comply potentially impact on all RCMP resources with his orders. Jacob instead pulled out in B.C. and may require additional signifitwo knives and began approaching Wark, cant training, infrastructure and finances, despite repeated orders to get down on the or may have complex legal challenges associated to any implementation.” ground, according to Wark’s testimony. “We work very closely with the B.C. Jacob was shot three times in the chest Coroners Service and are committed to iniand died in hospital. On Wednesday, the jury announced two tiatives, recommendations and improved recommendations following the inquest, communication between all stakeholders that would allow us to continue to be the which began on Monday. To the Minister of Health, the jury best policing service that B.C. citizens recommended that the ministry, in part- expect and deserve,” Vermeulen said in nership with B.C. Ambulance Service, con- the email. – with files from The Province sider adding more advanced life support
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Burnaby man accused of joining terrorist group Cayley Dobie staff reporter
Charges have been laid against a 25-yearold Burnaby man who Mounties allege left the country to join Islamist fighters in Syria. In an emailed statement, the RCMP confirmed that on July 17, Burnaby resident Hasibullah Yusufzai was charged for allegedly travelling overseas “to take part in terrorist activity” by B.C.’s division of the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team. “The accused is being sought for leaving Canada on Jan. 21, 2014, to commit an offence for the benefit of, at the direction of or in association with a terrorist group, contrary to section 83.201 of the Criminal Code,” read the statement. This is the first time someone in Canada has been charged under section 83.201 of the Criminal Code – a new tool available to the RCMP to “fight terrorism,”
according to the statement. The criminal charge is part of Canada’s Anti-terrorism Act, known as Bill S-7 or the Combatting Terrorism Act, which was given Royal Assent in April 2013. According to the Department of Justice, the act allows Criminal Code charges to be laid against individuals who leave or attempt to leave Canada to commit a terrorism offence. Police allege Yusufzai left Canada on Jan. 21, but his current whereabouts are unknown at this time. While RCMP say they won’t comment further on the investigation as it is ongoing at
this time, the statement did say officers would be working “actively” with international partners. “This investigation underscores the reality that there are individuals leaving Canada to take part in terrorist activity. Further, it highlights the fact that new legislation introduced under Bill S-7, which came into effect in July 2013, enhances our ability to combat terrorist activity. These charges reaffirm the RCMP’s resolve to aggressively pursue terrorist acts to the fullest extent of the law,” Assistant RCMP Commissioner James Malizia said in the release.
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areas in which the wildfire risk levels The little bits of rain we received this have been “high” will likely join the week might have dampened a few sum“extreme” classification before long. mer spirits in the Lower Mainland, but Don’t let this week’s glitch fool you, they were a godsend in places where the expectations are still for an unusuthey lowered the forest wildfire risk ally dry summer. With that in mind, levels. and the propensity for British Where the risks were Columbians to get out and reduced at all, the respite is Burnaby NOW enjoy the natural beauty that likely to be temporary. surrounds us, the protectors Hot weather – and increasing wildfire risks with it – is expected to of the province’s forests and wilderness are asking everyone to be careful, and return by the weekend. to be vigilant. That’s not a plea only to Indeed, fire officials expect that
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local residents planning to get out into the wilds, but also to the thousands who flock to this province every weekend and through the week. Whether you live here and take advantage of the natural amenities in your own backyard, or if you’re dropping by from elsewhere for some fun and relaxation in the great – and we really mean GREAT – outdoors, take care that it isn’t ruined for future hikers and boaters and nature enthusiasts. It doesn’t take a great deal of carelessness
to spark a huge wildfire. We’re seeing evidence of that in West Kelowna and in other parts of the province, where it’s not just beauty and wildlife that are being destroyed, but thousands of people’s homes are being put in jeopardy, as well. If you see smoke while you’re out there, do not hesitate to call B.C.’s Wildfire Management Branch at 1-800663-5555 (or *5555 from a cellphone). And try not to create any of that smoke yourself. Our nature depends on you.
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e’ve almost forgotten about the B.C. teachers’ strike, as it’s faded from our minds like a bad smell. But you can only spray on so much odour-masking gunk before it comes back, so let’s talk about ending the darn strike! I have ideas about ways to save the province a little money and help out young teachers at the same time. You say I have no expertise in education or public policy? That is true. On the other hand, I could literally not do worse than the people who are actually negotiating right now. No, really. They’re competing to see who can toss out the stupidest ideas. The government has gone quiet on their most egregious suggestion: “Big classes are good for kids!” Yeah, like back in the 1930s! Having one teacher and a roomful of 50 students is a great formula for success. Let’s scrap all computer classes while we’re at it, who needs modernity? The teachers have been quite reasonable on wage demands, dipping a couple of times. And then they asked for $225 million
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mountain not seismically safe? Dear Editor:
In the end of Jennifer Moreau’s article, “Mayor will reject Kinder Morgan’s land request” (Burnaby NOW, July 18, 2014) Mayor Corrigan provides a interesting quote, saying this in regards to Burnaby Mountain: “The initial assessment we’ve got is the mountain is not particularly stable. It may not be seismically safe …” So, is this a case of the mayor of Burnaby stating that Burnaby Mountain is not seismically safe in general or may become seismically unsafe if drilling is done? Or is this simply just grandstanding by Mayor Corrigan on his crusade against Kinder Morgan?
The mayor has certainly raised some questions with his comments though. If the initial assessment, to which the mayor refers, has shown stability issues with Burnaby Mountain, why have followup assessments not taken place? Surely such assessments would have taken place prior to the City of Burnaby allowing the continued development of an entire subdivision on Burnaby Mountain. It would be greatly appreciated if the mayor fully explained or elaborated on his comments, and I sincerely hope this is not another case of city council playing politics with the public safely over the mayor’s fight with Kinder Morgan. Keith Bemister, Burnaby
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Pipeline delay not good
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Re: Pipeline hearing delayed, Burnaby NOW, July 18 For those opposing the pipeline, the delay is not something to rejoice about. It means that the federal cabinet will not have to give their approval prior to the next federal election. They can avoid taking a position on the pipeline while the hearings are underway and avoid any appearance of support for the project. The reality is that the Harper Conservatives are 100 per cent in favour of the pipeline. They can, as the provincial Liberals did, take the position that they are awaiting the report from the NEB before making any decision. They are so determined that the tar sands oil will get out of Alberta that they have given themselves power to override if necessary decisions of the NEB. The new route for the pipeline through Burnaby Mountain has the appearance of a contrived strategy to delay the hearings so that a final report will not be issued until after the next federal election. The City of Burnaby may be an unwritten accomplice in this delaying tactic by not cooperating with Kinder Morgan to allow access to the mountain for geotechnical studies required for the tunnel. Can politics be this devious? Unfortunately, for those who have no regard for the future human life on the planet, this is a small sin. Patrick Keogh, via email
Mayor’s stance too arrogant Dear Editor:
Re: Pipeline fear mongering, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, July 18 Mr. Corrigan’s arrogance should have
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Teachers: Buyouts an option continued from page 6
B.C. There are 69,400 people with valid teaching certificates in B.C., and just 30,101 full-time equivalent jobs in the school system. About two to three times as many teachers are trained every year as there are jobs. Many teachers, both at the end of their careers and at the beginning, job share or stay on the teacher on-call lists as substitutes. This is not so great for new teachers trying to get a foot in the door – some of them only work four hours a week in classrooms.
So if the province wants to reduce its bills, why not offer the senior teachers buyouts? Offer a full year’s salary and benefits to teachers who are making more than $65,000. Some of them must be thinking of early retirement. Nudge ’em out at 60 instead of 65. Obviously, a buyout like this is an investment. It’ll cost you money in your first year. But this is the government we’re talking about, they borrow in bulk and they have the lowest interest rates around. And a conservative back-of-the-
envelope calculation suggests if you can convince just 100 teachers making $65,000 or up to take the deal, over five years the province saves more than $6 million. As I mentioned, it will go at least partway to dealing with the vast number of expensively educated proto-teachers who are currently using their four or five years of university education to make nice lattes. Matthew Claxton is a reporter with the Langley Advance, a sister paper of the Burnaby NOW.
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JZ: Over the years, you’ve worked with some of the biggest names in rock ‘n’ roll, like Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour. What was it like to be onstage with these artists you grew up listening to? IM: It was amazing, but I never actually worked with Eric Clapton – I worked with Jeff on the gig that Jeff was doing with Eric. When Eric Clapton came onto the stage, I left – I wanted to stay so bad! Jeff is a good friend and a great influence. We got on very well together and we’re both really fired up about music. Dave Gilmour’s terrific, he’s a really nice guy, and I loved performing with Lou Reed – he was an amazing man and gave me some really good tips. I’ve been lucky to work with a lot of great, great people, and sometimes I have to pinch myself afterwards. At the same time, I like to take people as I meet them and just
have a good time with music. JZ: You recently released your fourth studio record, Tribal, in the U.K. What was the recording process for it and how does its sound compared to your previous work? IM: Every time before I write an album, I get writer’s block beforehand and then I think, ‘Oh no! It’s all over!’ [laughs] And then I start to write and it’s like the floodgates opened and it slides out. Then I have way too many songs and I go through and I pick the ones that seem to fit the best together as an album. I’m old-fashioned that way – I like an album as opposed to singles. On this album, I wanted to use more of my punk influences and my crazier rockabilly side. I love to mess about, and I know what sound I want and I try to get the best performance out of my band. I’m so lucky to have such a great band, and I
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Native Youth Association, which helped or four years the Burnaby spread the word about his new proVelodrome has been offering gram and offers transportation for kids aboriginal youth a place to socialize in the program coming from outside of and exercise, all because one man found Burnaby. a way to forge Today, the drop-in program runs every together his pasFriday at 4:30 p.m. for both status and sion for cycling non-status aboriginal youth between the and his own ages of 10 and 24. The program is open to aboriginal heriall skill levels, but new riders are asked to tage. come out on the first Friday of the month Since he was for an introduction to the velodrome 15 years old, ON MY BEAT track. Kelyn Akuna Cayley Dobie While some participants have thrown has been cycling themselves into the competitive sport of both competitively and recreationally. cycling – one placed third in the provinThe uprooted Hawaiian-American spent cial championships last year after only most of his formative years competing in one year of riding – Akuna says the true cycling races around the world as part of purpose of the program isn’t high-perthe United States national team. formance training but rather to get youth Akuna eventually made his way north active and excited about for further training and found cycling, both as a means of himself in Burnaby where, as “It’s also meant exercise and transportation. these things usually go, he to bring about “It’s also meant to bring met a woman, fell in love and about some solidarity in the decided to stay. some solidarity group, and (we) use the bike Flash-forward a few years, in the group, and as a vehicle for that,” Akuna Akuna is now the program coordinator at the Burnaby (we) use the bike adds. The program is free for the Velodrome and founder of as a vehicle for first four sessions and after the Aboriginal Youth Cycling that Akuna says he is usuprogram. that.” ally able to find funding to The cycling program came KELYN AKUNA subsidize the cost for particiout of Akuna’s desire to purAboriginal Youth Cycling pants who want to continue sue something that would founder – either through the Burnaby appeal to both his passion for Velodrome or other community partners. cycling and his appreciation for his own In the last four years, the program aboriginal heritage. has continued to grow and evolve but “I was really passionate about these what pleases Akuna the most is the way two areas, and I was trying to find out the program has influenced the Burnaby ways to combine them, and I approached Velodrome community. the track with the idea and they were “(The program) is cultural in the sense really enthusiastic about the idea,” he that we’re working with kids of aborigirecalls. nal descent, but on the other hand, not The velodrome jumped at the idea and everyone at the track shares that same put forward enough funding that there was no cost to any of the youth participat- history and so there’s this completely new perspective that other people get as well, ing – in fact, it continues to be free to this and I find that the positive effect really day – and, in 2010, some 50 youth turned goes both ways,” he says. out for the inaugural session. Any aboriginal youth interested in the “It was really successful, especially program is asked to visit www.aboriginal because it was completely new,” he says. youthcycling.com for more information. “There was a lot of positive response.” Follow Cayley on Twitter, @cayleydobie Akuna partnered with the Urban
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beauty, but in a place so different from home, I’m reminded that I’m a traveller in a land that is strange to me. Along with the adventure of new sights, sounds and experiences, comes a subtle discomfort with the unfamiliar and the potential for danger. It is not unlike the experiences of my own patients, friends and family who have found them selves in another strange place – the hospital.
A big difference between travelling to another country and finding yourself in a hospital is the surprise and misadventure that brings you to the latter. It’s like being a refugee fleeing from disaster rather than a vacationer to the happiest place on earth. As a patient, you might feel like Dorothy being swept to the Land of Oz, and I don’t mean Australia.
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You might end up in the hospital for a procedure such as an operation, which many times can be planned and expected. In this case, it’s almost like a pre-booked holiday (perhaps with a very long wait), and the length of your stay is usually predictable. Most patients, however, are unexpectedly admitted to the hospital in response to an accident (e.g. a fall with a fractured hip) or
an illness (e.g. infection, stroke, heart attack or symptoms of an as-yetundiagnosed condition). The goal for most patients admitted to the hospital of course is health – having undergone a successful operation, illuminating investigations or therapies that allow you to leave the hospital not only stable but healthy – or at least healthier than when you came in. The not-so-secret secret
is that hospitals can be dangerous places, and we’ve all heard stories of patients getting sicker due to medical misadventure, mistakes that weren’t picked up, unnecessary delays and hospitalacquired infections. This is the reality when you gather many sick people in a large institution where every patient comes in contact with numerous health-care workers. Healthwise Page 12
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ture of health care. Though patients are not to blame when things go wrong in the hospital, I’ll offer in my next column some key tips in being a more assertive patient or advocate for a friend or family member. In fact, I could write a whole book – or like travel writer, Rick Steves, a whole series of books
on hospitals around the world; maybe the Lonely Patient’s Guides to Surviving Your Medical Adventures. Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician. His Healthwise column appears regularly in this paper. You can read more about achieving your positive potential in health at davidicuswong. wordpress.com.
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no patience to play an instrument. ... I was an apprentice on the railway, and I was able to learn the songs. Having no knowledge of music, I just heard the songs and the music and the singers like Crosby and Como and Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. I used to hear all the songs. Of course I don’t know music, but my sister put down all the music in shorthand and transferred it to running hand and gave it to me. When the song came over again, I just had the words to follow the music. J: So you would sing the old, classic crooners, when you were working on the railway? H: Yes, then they dubbed me as a crooner. Bing Crosby was my favourite. J: Do you sing on your own, a cappella, or do you sing with a band? H: I used to sing with a band, then I came here to Canada, and I sang once or twice with a band, at shows and things like that. J: For this weekend, what are you planning to do? H: I’ve got to sing one song; Lindy (McQueen, from EPIC) told me I’ve got to sing her favourite song. J: What’s that? H: (He starts humming to himself to remember.) You
Belong to Me. J: Can you sing a little bit of it for me? Just a couple of lines? H: See the pyramids along the Nile, watch the sunrise from a tropic isle... J: Oh my, you sound like Frank Sinatra, that’s lovely! H: And I do one of my favourite songs that no one in Canada knows, I think. It’s an old 1939 song by Berlin Irving. (Starts singing.) I poured my heart into a song, and when you hear it, please remember from the start, you won’t be hearing just the words and tune of a song, you will be listening to my heart. J: That’s lovely! (laughter) How did you get connected to the Music in the Park series? How did you meet these people? H: I saw it in the newspaper.
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TOM: Of course it’s not safe to let go of the steering wheel, or to drive with your knees. Why do you think you so rarely hear driving instructors say, “Keep your knees at 10 and 2 on the steering wheel”? RAY: The reason is that stuff happens, and it happens quickly. You’re driving along, and a dog runs into the road. Or a kingsize Sealy Posturepedic mattress goes flying off the roof of the station wagon in front of you. It’s in those
situations – when you need to change the direction of the car instantly – that your hands are far better at moving the steering wheel than your knees are. And two hands do a better job than one hand. TOM: Racing up to a car in front of him before passing it also is highly dumb – for the same reason. You’re going 70 or 80 m.p.h., and the car in front of you is going 15 or 20 m.p.h. slower than that. If that car should suddenly stop, because a car in front
of him stops, or a truck loses a tire, there’s no way Hubby will be able to stop in time. RAY: Can he get away with driving like this for some period of time without having an accident? Obviously, he has. But at some point, his luck will run out. TOM: You say he hasn’t had an accident in 20 years. I wonder how many “Holy crow!” moments he’s had with close calls. Or how many accidents or near-accidents he’s caused
by driving so aggressively. RAY: So here’s the deal: You tell him that until he shapes up and drives more safely, you and the kids will be riding in the back. And wearing crash helmets and football pads. TOM: And screaming in terror. Don’t forget the screaming in terror, Maria. That will provide some crucial negative reinforcement here. RAY: I hope it works, Maria. If not, stop driving with him, and take out a good life-insurance policy.
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ou’re in luck. This weekend calls for sun and highs of 27C on Sunday. Grab your hat and sunscreen, and get outside and enjoy these fun events we’ve picked for you. Every single one is free. Head on down to Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park on Sunday, July 27, for some free vegetarian food, courtesy of the local Hindu
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temple. Every year, the temple hosts a free community picnic, and everyone is invited. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the park. All denominations and faiths are welcome. Don’t miss Music in the Park, the free outdoor music series in the plaza behind the new Edmonds Community Centre. EPIC, an Edmonds residents’
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the Small Animal Rescue Society, which covers the spaying and neutering costs for abandoned pets. The depot is at 6893 East Hastings St. Check out the grand final of the Australian rules football league at Burnaby Lake-East. The West Coast Saints are playing the Vancouver Cougars. Game time is 1 p.m., and admission is free.
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Stop by the Tin Can Studio at Deer Lake on Saturday, between noon and 6 p.m. for a free, artistled workshop. The Tin Can Studio is a mobile trailer converted into an arts space, and it will be set up at Deer Lake Park, close to the art gallery and the Shadbolt. For more info, go to tin canstudio.org. Send Top 5 events to jmoreau@burnabynow.com.
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n August, flower gardeners reap rewards from the hard work they did in spring and can relax knowing that most of the ornamental garden work can be left until weather cools in September. Even dead-heading flowers is an option. People who want a second crop of shrub and perennial flow-
ers will get busy shearing back roses, buddleia, phloxes, lavenders, globe thistles, anchusa, penstemons, yarrows and toadflaxes. But people who hope for rose hips or seed for future planting don’t even have to do that. In August, petunias often start to grow long and lanky. It’s fine to shorten them. They’ll be pathetic stumps at first, but before long they’ll be shooting back, budding and flowering. Soon autumn crocus (Colchicum) bulbs will be in nurseries. These aren’t cheap, but they’re such good value because they’re
pest-free and spread and flower reliably in sun with very large pink-purple crocus-type blooms. Gardeners who keep their garden mulched can relax the frequency of watering except for moisture-loving plants such as hellebores or mints. There’s no problem either in abandoning lawn watering for a couple of months. Lawns green up fast when rain arrives. Any water saved from the lawn will be needed in the vegetable garden because moisture is needed to help beans, zucchinis, squash and tomatoes root and leafy crops get larger.
Any crop that’s partly selfpollinated, such as beans, will also benefit from a swoosh of the hose over the plants to get their pollen moving around. Tomatoes grown under cover also need a good shake for pollination. These are greedy feeders and moisture lovers. So are squash. Bush squash need very rich nourishment, especially if they’re in a big container – fish fertilizer, sea soil or a balanced (all numbers the same) organic fertilizer are all suitable. Garlic doesn’t need watering now, nor do shallots because both are in the run-up to harvesting.
August is good timing to harvest these, especially before the stems dry and disappear. Invisible stems mean a few root clusters also vanish. In spring they reappear in inconvenient places. With some crops, harvesting fits nicely with composting unusable plant bits. Every time a broad bean plant is stripped of its last beans, it’s easy to pull the plant and pile it ready for compost. If you’re armed with a pruner, the last crop of summer raspberries can dovetail with cutting fruited stems. It’s not too late to sow seeds of a few things: aru-
gula and corn salad are especially useful because they mature very fast and are fairly slug resistant. Green onions, radishes and spinach can also be sown now. My father, who gardened in South Surrey, used to plant peas in the last two weeks of July, calling it his “silly” crop because whether it ever matured was always dicey. But planting pod pea seed gives you a harvest a week earlier than shelling peas do. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her at amarri son@shaw.ca. It helps if you add your city or region.
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here are tons of fun events happening in the city this summer, so get outside with the kids and revel in the fact that these activities are all free or next to nothing.
Free music show
Edmonds People in Community is hosting a free musical performance series in Edmonds park this summer. The shows are always on the last Sunday of the month, so the next one is scheduled for Sunday, July 27, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The performances take place in the new outdoor
plaza, which is just behind the Edmonds Community Centre on 7433 Edmonds St. The free series showcases local musical talent in a family-friendly atmosphere. Bring a blanket, pack a picnic, stay a while and enjoy the show.
Free pony rides
If you’ve got kids who love horses, don’t miss this event. The Burnaby Horsemen’s Association is hosting a free, open house family-friendly event on Sunday, Aug. 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be free pony rides (lineups start at 10:15 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.), barn tours, info on riding lessons and horse demos. There will be a concession selling food and drinks, and there’s free horse manure for garden-
ers. The event will be at 9080 Avalon Ave., on the east side of Burnaby Lake. For more information, go to www.burnabyhorse mensassociation.com.
New play area
Who doesn’t love splashing around in the water and keeping cool? The City of Burnaby has just reopened the Confederation Park playground, which features a new water play area. The renovated playground now has 700 square metres of rubberized ground cover, a climbing structure with a slide, seesaws, spinner bowls, pint-sized picnic tables, swings and more. The water area, which opened last year, has jets, channels, water pumps and weirs, so kids can manipulate the flow. The playground
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Don’t forget the teddy bear picnic on Saturday, July 26 at the Burnaby farmers’ market. The annual event starts around noon in the city hall parking lot, where the market is held. There will be tiny teddy bears hidden around the vendors’ tables throughout the market, and children are encouraged to hunt for them, keep one, and then join the storytelling circle, which includes juice and cookies. The market is at 4949 Canada Way.
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summer barbecue series has wrapped up, but there’s still a chance to attend the yearly block party and open house on July 31. The party runs from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 4845 Imperial St. There will be a low-cost barbecue; $1 will buy you a hotdog (veggie or chicken), drink and chips. There will also be entertainment and fun activities the whole family can enjoy. This event is also an occasion for the neighbourhood house to say goodbye to their old location, as they are moving into a new space close to Metrotown in September.
Explore nature
Head outdoors on Saturday, July 26 for Hawk Eyes and Rabbit Ears, a special event to get
kids exploring the sights, sounds, smells and textures of nature. The event runs from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Burnaby Lake Nature House, at 4519 Piper Ave. The fee is $12.23 per child, and the event is for kids aged three to five. Register through the Cameron Recreation Complex, by calling 604421-5225 and quote barcode 344366.
Canoeing at lake
Metro Vancouver is hosting an evening of canoeing on Burnaby Lake, on Friday, Aug. 1 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The session is geared for people 13 and older, who want to practise basic canoe skills. Cost is $21.25 per person. Register online at tinyurl.com/twilightcanoe. (barcode 5734) jmoreau@burnabynow.com
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Champion itching for a fight Tom Berridge sports editor
Evelyn Calado holds the B.C., Western Canadian and Canadian national Golden Gloves women’s super flyweight boxing title belts, but has yet to even raise a glove. The 24-year-old North Burnaby fighter has won all three women’s 48kilogram boxing titles by walkover, which means she has been unchallenged in the championship bouts. But Calado, nicknamed Lil’ ‘e’vl, by her handlers wants all that to change. Next week, Calado travels to Kansas City in the hopes of getting in some real competition at the Ringside World Championships, which start on Monday. “You can’t train that consistently and at that high level and not compete,” she said. “Right now, it’s all about the experience. It’s all about me getting the ring time I want and improving. I want to be the Canadian champion and get on the national team, but I want to fight to get there.” Calado lives in Burnaby and trains with veteran Scotty Jackson at the Queensborough Boxing Club in Queen’s Park. A former roommate took her to an all-women’s boxing class in East Vancouver five years ago and Calado’s been pursuing the “sweet science” ever since. “I fell in love with it. I had never done anything
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Ready to rumble: Burnaby’s Evelyn Calado, left, wants to be Canada’s next super flyweight national
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that was so physically demanding,” said Calado, who stands 5-1 and a shade over 100 pounds. A year later, the former BCIT student stepped into the ring for her first official fight in an exhibition bout against the reigning provincial champion. Calado has had approx-
imately 10 fights, mostly exhibition bouts, and all against boxers bigger and heavier than herself. In fact, she has never fought anyone from her own weight class yet. That is why travelling to Kansas City for the largest amateur boxing tournament in the world is so
important to her. “I want to gauge where I’m at at 106 (pounds),” Calado said. “That’s why it’s so important to go there and find someone to fight.” With a record of 2-4, she is hardly raising any eyebrows, but she believes in her handlers who like
her technical ability and hard punch. “I know that pound for pound I hit extremely hard. You have to be confident in this sport. I’m confident in my skills that I won’t get hit. I’ve never been hurt and never been Boxer Page 28
Burnaby players will be well represented at the upcoming national minor lacrosse championships in a week’s time. Mackenzie Burns was selected to play on Team B.C.’s midget boys’ representative team at the Canadian nationals to be cohosted by New Westminster and Coquitlam lacrosse associatioins from Aug. 4 to 9. Sajjun Shokar of Burnaby made it on to the B.C. boys’ team at the bantam nationals, played in conjunction with the midget championships. The peewee nationals will also be held at New Westminster’s Queen’s Park Arena and at the Coquitlam Sports Centre. Thomas Vela will represent Burnaby on Team B.C.’s peewee squad. The female national championships will be played in Whitby, Ont. from Aug. 6 to 9. Burnaby’s Raffaella Caporale, Amanda Jackson, Orchid Kamron, Monica Mastromonaco and Angela Preissl dominate the junior women’s team, while provincial tournament MVP Carly Sagnuolo will join B.C.’s midget team in Whitby.
Burnaby athletes medal well at Nanaimo Summer Games Tom Berridge sports editor
April Armstrong was Burnaby’s big winner at the B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo last weekend. The Special Olympics athlete won three gold medals and one silver in track and field, including wins in the female 100 and 200 metres and long jump. The secondplace medal came in the shot put. Equestrian Kayden Bousfield won the Division D co-ed freestyle vaulting competition. Bousfeld also shared a bronze with
Burnaby teammate Kathleen Maxim in the team event. Claire Hein-Salvi won gold in the Tier 4/5 synchronized swimming figures. She also shared a bronze in the duet. Lianna Dall’Antonia won a bronze in the Tier 2/3 solo. Sean Robertson won the 14/17 boys’ wakeskate in towed water sports. Alex Fediaev placed third in 63-kilogram boys’ wrestling. Ivan Rybkin was a runner-up in boys’ double elimination singles rowing. Rybkin also claimed a gold in double sculls.
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Samantha Loutet was a big winner on the water, placing third in the C1 girls’ 200m Learn to Train canoe race. Loutet also medalled in four other race disciplines, including a gold with Marissa De Sandoli in the C2 girls’ 2,000m open. Samantha earned a silver medal with Katrina Loutet in the C2 girls’ Learn to train 500m. She also went home with a silver and a bronze in the C4 girls 500m canoe and K4 girls’ 500m kayak, respectively, with Katrina Loutet, Ula Langdon, Georgia Langdon and De Sandoli. De Sandoli picked up a fourth medal
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Masters Rowing Championships on Burnaby Lake last weekend.
BURNABY NOW SPORTS BRIEFS The Burnaby Lake Rugby Club will be holding an introduction to the game of rugby for young girls in the region next week. The sessions will be held on Tuesday and Thursday nights, beginning July 29, with the second session on Aug. 5 and 7 at the Burnaby Lake rugby grounds from 7 to 8:30 p.m. “It’s rugby 101, no practices, no skills camps. It going to be a little bit of the history of the game and how it’s played, … with some video and discussion,” said Walt Brandl, head coach of the women’s rugby program at Burnaby Lake.
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Rugby Club were named to the senior women’s provincial team for the National Women’s League finals in Ottawa. Prop forward Carolyn McEwen will captain the B.C. team, while Iona Schamberger, Alicia Noger, Haley Glendenning and Gabrielle Hindley also make up the forward’s roster. Emily Young and Annabel Arnott were named to the team’s back line, along with Simon Fraser University scrum half Christina Burnham. B.C. will play representative teams from the Atlantic provinces, Ontario, Quebec and the Prairies in the six-day competition at Twin Elm Rugby Park. B.C. last won an NWL national title in 2010, following a 34-22 win over Ontario in Scarborough, Ont.
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Zone 4’s boys’ lacrosse team, including Burnaby’s Mackenzie Burns, Joshua DuMont, Tavin Grant and Lucas Greene, took the gold medal with a 5-4 upset win over B.C. Team-laden Fraser Valley. Siaki Vikilani shared a silver medal with the Zone 4 boys’ rugby team. Zachariah Thomas, Simone Masi, Deylen Vellios, Sebastian Pugliese,
Luca Alberti, Damiano Pecile and Zakly Karim of Burnaby also earned a silver medal in under-13 boys’ soccer. Lauren Gomez was the lone Burnaby player on Fraser River Delta’s runner-up girls’ softball team. Jodi Reimer, Jhunam Sidhu and Pavita Sidhu shared a bronze medal in golf. The Fraser River Delta team placed fourth over-
all at the Nanaimo Games, garnering 26 gold medals, 33 silver and 24 bronze. The Zone 3 Fraser River team won the overall aggregate, compiling 207 total points, including a Gamesbest 79 gold medals. Vancouver IslandCentral Coast finished overall runner-up with 183 points, including 75 gold. Vancouver-Squamish placed in third spot. – Tom Berridge
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knocked down.” Calado uses her quick footwork, a persistent jab and combinations to overpower her opponents. But finding the right opponent is costing the student/athlete more money than anticipated. Calado shelled out $1,300 from her own pocket to go to this year’s Golden Gloves. She expects her bill in Kansas City will match that. Calado works out anywhere from six to 10 times per week, combining morning strength or cardio workouts with afternoon sparring sessions. When she’s in school, Calado maintains a 3.90 grade
point average. “It’s a full-time job,” she said. “I work very hard at what I do. I want to get enough credits to get into kinesiology in UBC.” But first, preparations for Boxing Canada gold at the national championships in Toronto await. Calado is one of three Queensborough boxers who are looking forward to the Canadian championships at the end of October. Fellow clubmates River Tucker and Darcy Hinds are the others. To help keep Calado on her boxing journey, go to her blog http://inevscorner. wordpress.com/ or find her on Facebook at BoxerEvelynCalado.
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