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The National Energy Board has rejected four requests from the City of Burnaby, including one for Kinder Morgan’s advertising costs for the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Burnaby made the requests in January, and on Friday, March 13, the NEB released its decision saying no to all four items. “Basically, (Burnaby’s requests) are not within the scope of this application (to review the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion),” said NEB spokesperson Tara O’Donovan. “That’s why it was dismissed.” The City of Burnaby’s concerns focus on the ﬁrm service fees Kinder Morgan has been charging on oil headed to the Westridge Marine Terminal, fees that were already approved by the NEB in 2011. Kinder Morgan has been using those fees – about $1.45 per barrel or $28.6 million per year – to help fund the Trans Mountain expansion proposal, which alleviates some of the risk investors face should the project be rejected. Economist Robyn Allan and the City of Burnaby cried foul, arguing those extra fees charged to pipeline users would drive up the price of crude and eventually be passed down to consumers at the gas pump. Kinder Morgan refuted the claim, stating gas prices are determined by global market conditions and local taxes. The NEB already decided in a previous ruling that Kinder Morgan can use the ﬁrm service fees for a project in its development stage, so there’s nothing stopping Kinder Morgan from spending that money on advertising. Burnaby asked for the company’s actual and projected advertising costs and whether these would be passed down to consumers.The

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International tensions landed on the City of Burnaby’s doorstep Wednesday, due to a proposed Central Park statue. Approximately 20 Japanese Canadians showed up at the monthly parks, recreation and culture commission meeting to protest the prospect of a statue commemorating “comfort women.” “Comfort women” is a euphemism for women forced to work in wartime brothels at Imperial Japanese army outposts during the 1930s and ’40s. Many of the women were from Korea, which has led to decades of back-and-forth between Japan and Korea regarding whether or not the women were coerced and forced into being sex slaves for the Japanese military. There is also debate about how many women were taken from Korea, China and other countries where Japan had outposts; and what sort of apology and compensation is appropriate. The group attending the Burnaby meeting was told the commission would not be discussing the statue as it was not on the agenda. “We’ve simply received the proposal,” parks director Dave Ellenwood said, adding the commission could not respond to questions about what had appeared in Korean and Japanese-language newspapers on the subject. “We can’t control what the media says.We haven’t issued statements.” Ellenwood did accept a petition and printed statements from the group, adding correspondence could be sent to the city. Tina Rafferty, a Japanese-

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Burnaby tradesman Keith Pinchin compares a chair he made in high school to a clock his son recently made at Burnaby South. Pinchin said local school shop classes aren’t adequately equipped to get kids interested in the trades.

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Broken tools in a broken system While the provincial government pushes trades training, high school shop classes are seriously under-equipped By Cornelia Naylor

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This is part one in a two-part series about shop classes in the Burnaby school district and the history behind conditions one retired local tech ed teacher calls “deplorable.”

EXCLUSIVE If the B.C. government is serious about trades training, it should do more to fund school shop classes, according to one Burnaby dad. Keith Pinchin is unimpressed by the projects his Grade 11 son is working on in his Burnaby South senior woodworking class. In a recent letter to the editor, Pinchin said the projects compare to work he was doing in junior high in Vancouver in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Last year, his son – who wants to be an architect – made a clock. “It was nice,” Pinchin told the NOW. “He gave it to me as a gift, but I’m thinking, ‘A clock? That’s a Grade 9 project,’ and there aren’t a lot of other projects offered.” A fan of the wood lathe, Pinchin recently asked his son if he enjoyed working on the machine too. Turns out the shop’s only lathe has been

broken for a while. “I don’t think he’s ever seen it work,” Pinchin said. “I’m like, are you kidding me? In my wood shop class in high school, there were two walls that had a row of wood lathes on each wall.” A tradesman, with 25 years experience as an auto mechanic and eight as an elevator mechanic, Pinchin said he still uses the woodworking skills he learned in high school for projects around the house. His son’s school, meanwhile, has no auto shop, and Pinchin said he’s been told the metal shop is as poorly equipped as the wood shop. The local dad supports Grade 11 and 12 apprenticeship programs like ACE-IT, but he doesn’t get how kids are supposed to get excited about the hands-on courses without exposure to decent tools and meaningful projects in the younger grades. “At the rate we are going, it will be impossible to get students interested in the trades, and Canada will continue to be short of skilled tradesmen and (trades) women,” Pinchin said. Just one in 29 B.C. high school graduates enters the trades, according to the B.C. Construction Association. That figure has to jump to one in five in a hurry, the organization says, if the province is to fill a looming labour shortage projected

for 2021. “You have students that’ll come up to Schools will have to step up if that’s going you and they’re like, ‘I wish we had metto happen, according to Abigail Fulton, exal work here,’ and you actually have to tell ecutive director of the Construction Founthem to go to another location,” Evanisky dation of B.C., the charitable arm of the as- told the NOW. sociation. For the courses that remain, he considers Generations ago, she said, most kids the budget for materials adequate, but any learned applied skills at home – on farms tools that break down have to be paid for and from family members who worked with out of the same funds. their hands. “Replacement of equip“Well, now they’re not getment is very hard to come ting it at home,” she said. by,” he said. I’m like, are “It’s such an urban society. … Still, Alpha is lucky to be you kidding Most kids now will never have equipped with solid – if vinme? an introduction to the trades tage – machinery, he said. outside of school, so it’s critiNot all Burnaby schools cal that they be introduced are so fortunate. to those sorts of things earlier “Some schools are more than high school, frankly. In prosperous,” Evanisky said. middle school, they should already have an “It’s not consistent.” introduction and an opportunity.” Ironically, it’s the district’s newer schools Burnaby Technology Education Teachers that often have the most meagerly supplied Association vice-president Russell Evanishops, according to the Alpha teacher. sky agrees better resourced shop programs “Whenever they build a new school, they would steer more kids into the trades. reduce what they get,” he said. “100 per cent it would,” said the Alpha Burnaby school board chair Ron Burton tech ed teacher. “If I had the resources to told the NOW there just isn’t enough fundadd equipment, add materials, add things ing from the provincial government to do to inspire them, of course it would.” more. Once upon a time, Alpha used to have “There’s a real push for trades but they’re auto and metal shops; today, woodworking, Continued on page 8 electronics and drafting remain.

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Corrigan found guilty of distracted driving In his defence, Burnaby mayor likens holding dead cellphone to holding a brick or wallet while driving By Jacob Zinn

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Mayor Derek Corrigan has had his day in court – it just wasn’t a good day. On Wednesday, Corrigan unsuccessfully disputed his July 2013 distracted driving ticket at Robson Square Provincial Court. He was ticketed for using an electronic device while driving southbound on Willingdon Avenue near Sanderson Way. Const. Jonathan Gillis, a six-year peace ofﬁcer with the Burnaby RCMP, testiﬁed that at 7:25 p.m. on July 11, 2013, Corrigan was holding his cellphone in his right hand and touching the screen with his thumb while driving his black Kia Sorento past BCIT. Gillis, who was driving an RCMP motorcycle in the right HOV lane, said he pulled up along the passenger side of the Sorento and

motioned for Corrigan to pull over, at which point he issued the ticket. But Corrigan claimed the phone was inoperative, saying he realized the battery had died before getting into his handsfree-equipped crossover vehicle.The mayor said he was coming from an event at the Delta Burnaby Hotel and had tried to call his wife to say he was running late, only to ﬁnd the phone had no power. “Because I was in a hurry, I didn’t take it out of my hand,” he said. Corrigan, who once was a defence lawyer, asked if Gillis mistook glare from the screen as proof of the phone being on, and argued that the ofﬁcer may not have gotten a good enough look at the dead phone. “I suggest it must’ve been a very brief opportunity that you had, because you dropped back to the right rear of the car,” said Cor-

rigan. Gillis responded, saying he only dropped back after getting the mayor’s attention to give him room to pull over.

Mayor Derek Corrigan Fined $167 and issued three driver penalty points

Corrigan also claimed he offered to show the ofﬁcer that the phone was dead, but said Gillis declined to

look at it, saying holding it while driving was enough to warrant a ticket. “At no time did I intend to use the telephone while I was driving,” said Corrigan. “At no time did I use the telephone while I was driving. I tried to have the ofﬁcer look at it so that he would be able to ascertain that.” In the cross-examination period, Gillis pointed out that to get from the hotel to where he was pulled over, Corrigan would have held the phone through a left turn onto Canada Way, a right turn onto Willingdon and through the lights at Goard Way. “Do you normally hold a dead cellphone in your hand while driving?” asked Gillis. The mayor reiterated he was in a hurry and attributed holding the phone to absentmindedness and a lack of knowledge that he could

be ticketed simply for holding a dead phone in his hand. He likened holding a dead phone while driving to holding a wallet or a brick.

‘At no time did I intend to use the telephone while I was driving’

In his submission, Corrigan said he understood the seriousness of the offence – despite calling it a “minor infraction” when he spoke to the NOW in June – and noted he is sometimes reluctant to even use his handsfree device while driving. Nonetheless, he argued that the phone, being inoperative, could not have been distracting.

Judicial Justice Brian Burgess summarized the testimony before quoting the Motor Vehicle Act, highlighting that the deﬁnition of using an electronic device while driving includes “holding the device in a position in which it may be used.” He referenced Corrigan’s brick/wallet analogy and noted they are dissimilar to a cellphone. “There is a difference between a cellphone – even a cellphone that has a dead battery – and a wallet or a brick, and that is that there is legislation prohibiting a driver from using a cellphone while driving.” Based on the evidence, Burgess handed down a guilty verdict and upheld the penalty. Holding a cellphone while driving carries a $167 ﬁne and three driver penalty points, according to ICBC.

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Big Brother is keeping tabs on you Protesters gathered around the country this past weekend at rallies against the federal government’s anti-terrorism bill. In denouncing what they call a “secret police bill,” protesters exercised basic civil rights in associating and expressing what they see as wrong-headed legislation. But recent revelations about Canada’s spy agency keeping tabs on protesters raise serious questions

about how the bill could put a chill on such actions in the future. The bill itself broadens police powers and allows them to detain terrorism suspects, as well as giving new powers to CSIS without any civilian oversight. This bill plays to people’s fears of the unknown and blows the small risks faced by the average citizen out of proportion. More concerning, how-

ever, is the vagueness with which threats to national security are deﬁned.There are real fears that such deﬁnitions could blow with the ideological wind – something validated by the government’s apparent need to spy on those speaking against pipeline projects. Environmentalists and First Nations activists have been especially concerned in light of the apparent monitoring of their ac-

tivities. As they should be. And, of course, as reported here on Wednesday, a professor at SFU came under close scrutiny by the RCMP when he just snapped some photos of Kinder Morgan’s property on Burnaby Mountain. Tim Takaro’s daughter received the phone call from the RCMP who informed her that they wanted to speak with her dad.Takaro, who has spoken against the

proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline, sees a relationship between Bill-C51 and what he considers intimidation by the RCMP. Information so far points to a too-wide interpretation of a serious threat, and a too-narrow concept of legitimate dissent. At our most cynical, we’d suggest this is largely an election-year stunt meant to ﬁre up the Conservative base and help return their

party to ofﬁce this fall. It may very well work. But the trouble is, all Canadians will live with the bill’s consequences long after the election is over. Protesters, meanwhile, should probably keep watch over their shoulders and not be surprised if they get a phone call from the RCMP. COMMENT ON THIS AT –

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Here’s why I’m voting No I am totally opposed to the proposed 0.5 per cent tax increase to fund TransLink for many reasons. TransLink is squandering tons of money.They are getting money from so many sources, including 17 cents per litre of gas, 21 per cent on parking, a transit levy charged on Hydro bills, as well as from property taxes. It is a bottomless pit. I’ve also heard stories, from reliable sources, of TransLink hiring more staff when the current staff was underutilized. Has anyone else noticed that the people who are pushing for the increased sales tax to fund TransLink are mostly people who are earning six-figure incomes? For example, the mayor ofVancouver rakes in $155,612 per year, the mayor of Coquitlam took home $128,987 plus $16,449 in expenses (2013 figures) and the mayor of Surrey collected $122,475 plus $14,356 in benefits in 2013. I’ve heard that they are also spending anywhere from several hundred thousand dollars to $8 million of our tax dollars to promote theYes vote.They won’t say how much they are spending. I don’t pay taxes to be used in such wasteful ways and for mayors to promote their own biases. I guess if you are earning a six-figure income, a 0.5 per cent increase is a drop in the bucket. However, if you are a low-income earner or a senior on

a fixed income, the increase in tax could make a significant difference in the quality of your life. And there is no guarantee that it won’t go up to one, 1.5 or even two per cent or more. Once it’s here, it’s here to stay, and we will have absolutely no say in whether it goes up or how much it will increase. And, as we all know, there is PST charged on almost everything. Before we are asked to shell out even more money to a badly broken system, I think they need to take a good look at where TransLink is wasting money and eliminate this waste. Common sense tells you that if you have a hole in a bucket, the answer is to repair it and not just keep pouring more water into it. Unfortunately, common sense seems to be sadly lacking within TransLink and among those who are pushing for this increased tax.We may need to improve the transportation system in the Lower Mainland, but jumping into this without repairing the defective system or having all the information up front is not the way to go. It has been suggested that if TransLink only saved 0.5 per cent a year, they could fund this whole project without inflicting this extra tax upon the taxpayers. I will be voting No and hope others will do likewise so that we don’t add another tax which will probably continue to escalate on a regular basis for the rest of our lives.

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Dear Editor I can relate to everyone’s frustration against voting for the new transit proposal and why people will be voting No. I agree that TransLink has a terrible history of squandering money. As far as I’m concerned the present CEOs should be fired and replaced with people not just interested in getting huge salaries and benefits. But I guess doing that would involve large payouts, to these guys. So what’s the solution? Sell and privatize TransLink to a company not connected to the provincial government. A company that has had a past history of success in renewing a lose/lose, business into a well-run organization? Oh and perhaps add B.C. Ferries to that as well. Maybe that could be one idea. The other idea would be to have the developers of these large condos and apartments surrounding the present and future SkyTrain stations contribute more money. After all, they will benefit greatly from the money they will make, building and selling their properties. We are obviously not getting any leadership from the Liberal government with any other alternatives. One other thing to consider is: What does the No side consider a good plan or solution? There does not seem to be any ideas coming from them, either. Cody Tabois, Burnaby

Why I’m votingYes – despite TransLink Dear Editor As a member of the Green Party of Canada I will vote Yes in the coming transit referendum. Believe me, this is not in support of the mis-managers at TransLink; rather it is in spite of them. I’ll vote Yes because increased, secure and stable funding for public transit will be better for the environment, our health and the economy. The first priority of the mayors of Greater Vancouver is an increase in bus service by 25 per cent. Should we be having a referendum? No. This is another example of the provincial government avoiding its responsibility and handing it off to the regional politicians. The mayors originally opposed the need for a referendum for the same reason I do. There was no referendum when the B.C. Liberals and the federal Conservatives chose to spend our tax dollars on a new Port Mann Bridge and the expansion of Highway 1. They didn’t ask us if we thought this would be a wise way to use our tax dollars. Rather they promised there would be a reduction of congestion and that they would put public transit on the new bridge and highway. As of writing there is only one bus line that crosses the Port Mann, and that doesn’t go downtown. The CBC recently sent a reporter from Langley to their offices downtown using public transit and it took him in excess of two hours. We need more public transit in this region now and in the years ahead. We also need better government at the provincial and federal levels. David W.G. Macdonald, Burnaby JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON TWITTER

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Guest The article states, “Kinder Morgan…stat[ed] gas prices are determined by global market conditions and local taxes.” Excuse me, but why would Kinder Morgan be monitoring our local tax dollars? I always thought that corporations were supposed to use their own investment money to operate their companies, not our tax dollars. Is this company on welfare? #CorporateWelfare ESTEE I suppose that is how governments appear to operate these days. Government gives our tax dollars to their corporate friends in exchange for their votes and other favors. This corrupt way of governing explains why social programs like education and hospitals are suffering. Our government leaders forget they are on our payroll, too. It would be in our best interests to get corporations and corrupt governments out of office — the sooner the better. Robert Turecki Perhaps the City of Burnaby and all the whining NDP alleged environmentalists want to take over the board of Kinder Morgan. You know, like how unions take over our schools and hospitals as if they own them with no risk, impunity, financial ability or responsibility. Oh wait, isn’t that what they call communism?

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Continued from page 1 Canadian resident, spoke with the NOW about the statue. “This proposal is against the Canadian tradition of multiculturalism,” she said. “This is a country where people come from all over the world to build a new nation.” A Burnaby statue commemorating the comfort women would be divisive and open old wounds, Rafferty said. “The idea of the statue is to create conﬂict, no matter what the proponent would say,” she said. Rafferty also questioned the number of comfort women reported to have been forced to work in the brothels – numbers range from 20,000 to around 400,000, depending on the sources.The accepted estimate is about 200,000. Rafferty said she doubts the number is as high as 200,000. The sexual violence experienced by women during the Second World War stayed with them for decades, according to Leonora Angeles, an associate profes-

sor of community and region planning, and women’s and gender studies at UBC. Angeles presented a paper on the topic at a U.N. satellite meeting in 1993, and has heard interviews with the women affected. “Many years later, they would speak of the trauma they experienced,” she said.

The idea of the statue is to create conﬂict.

She pointed out there are war memorials honouring men who served but few speciﬁcally for women, particularly those who suffered during wartime. “There’s no memorial for their bravery, no compensation, which is why it’s an issue now,” she said. The issue of the comfort women is especially relevant because the sexual exploitation and abuse of women is still happening in conﬂict zones today, according to Alice Lee, a member of the Asian Women Coalition

Ending Prostitution. “The comfort women example is an important one for all women, but especially for Asian women,” she wrote in an email to the NOW. “What happened to those women in part is still happening today.” Peter Kohno, who has lived in Burnaby for 30 years, delivered a written statement to the Burnaby parks commission. The statue would create resentment between Korean and Japanese Canadians in the city, he said, and the city might be liable for anything that happened due to what he termed a “political time bomb.” “If a comfort women statue is justiﬁed, then the city should also erect statues for Vietnamese women raped and killed by the Korean army during the Vietnam war, and Japanese women raped by American soldiers after the Second World War,” he wrote. The group proposing the comfort women statue for Central Park could not be reached, and the city did not respond to requests for more information.

On the trail: Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, left, stopped by Valley Bakery to decorate a cake and talk about the party’s plan to boost the economy by cutting the small business tax. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

Mulcair visits Burnaby Jennifer Moreau

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Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair stopped in Burnaby Wednesday to hype his plan to bolster the economy for middle-class families. Surrounded by a gaggle

of supporters holding orange NDP signs, Mulcair scrummed with reporters on the Hastings Street sidewalk in front of Valley Bakery and re-announced his strategy to help small businesses, speciﬁcally by reducing the federal small business tax from 11 to nine per

cent. “That will help create new jobs, which is a good thing, because there are still 300,000 more unemployed today than there were at the time when the (economic) crisis hit in 2008,” Mulcair said, ﬂanked by BurnabyContinued on page 9

Burnaby not alone with poorly equipped shop classrooms Continued from page 3 not willing to fund it,” he said of the province. “The same with technology – there’s a real push for technology, but they’re not willing to speciﬁcally fund it, which is unfortunate.” Burnaby is not alone when it comes to crowded, poorly equipped shop classes, according to Randy Grey, president of the B.C. Technology Education Association, a specialist association of the B.C. teachers’ union. The last major investment

in school shop equipment was a federal initiative in the 1960s. “I would say in just about all school districts, that equipment is outdated, worn out,” he told the NOW. The problem, he said, is the way tech ed is funded in B.C. “The ministry doesn’t allocate any targeted funds toward shop programs,” he said. “The only provisions for replacements or upgrades is from existing school district budgets. If a

school district has a tough time balancing their budget, the top priority goes to teachers’ salaries and kids in classrooms.” That being said, districts and individual schools ultimately decide how to divvy up their limited funds, according to Grey. “Some districts do fund their shop programs differently,” he said. “It depends on the priorities, so if it happens to be an individual principal that decides and says, ‘Shop classes are important in my school,’ they

will put the money into it, and they may not put money into, say, dance or band.” Parents, who for decades have ﬁxated on their kids going to university, also have to shoulder part of the responsibility for languishing shop programs, according to Fulton. “What we need is more of a culture shift and a recognition that going into a trade is equal or better, frankly, than going for an undergraduate degree,” she said. Despite the current state of high school shop pro-

grams, both Grey and Fulton are optimistic about talks now taking place at a provincial level between the ministry of education, the Industry Training Authority and other interested provincial bodies, which they expect will result in signiﬁcant changes soon. Education Minister Peter Fassbender was unavailable for comment, but ministry spokesperson Scott Sutherland told the NOW total funding to school districts has increased 31 percent since 2001 despite a

75,000-student decline in enrolment. He said it’s up to districts to manage their grant money. “The boards have the discretion, the autonomy to make those choices,” he said. For Pinchin and his sons, meanwhile, any change would be too little, too late. “Hopefully they’ll still do OK without the head start in that stuff,” Pinchin said.

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City now NEB nixes request Continued from page 1 NEB rejected this request, but Kinder Morgan ended up releasing that data in response to a separate query from Burnaby. Since April 2012, Kinder Morgan has spent roughly $3 million on advertising, which includes notices about public events, such as open houses, and ads about the expansion project.The company’s projected advertising budget for the remainder of 2015 is $3.22 million. The second part of Burnaby’s request was that the ﬁrm service fees not be used to fund the expansion project, which the NEB rejected, since the board already

granted permission for that back in 2011. Thirdly, Burnaby wanted Kinder Morgan to ﬁle records of the collection and investments of the ﬁrm service fees, a request the NEB rejected as it was outside the scope of the current expansion hearing. Lastly, Burnaby wanted Kinder Morgan to inform the public of the potential risks and impacts of the proposed expansion. The NEB decided this last item was worth considering but that it was premature to judge whether the company has adequately conducted its public engagement exercises.

Mulcair in Burnaby Continued from page 8 Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart and Carol Baird Ellan, NDP candidate for the new riding of Burnaby North Seymour. Mulcair also referenced two other facets of his plan: an accelerated capital cost allowance (also known as accelerated depreciation)

and an innovation tax credit for manufacturers investing in machinery, property and equipment. Mulcair announced all three proposals in a January speech at the Economic Club of Canada.The NDP’s rationale is these steps would create more jobs and give middleclass families a break.

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Where old is new again: Anastasia Koutalianos in the new Burnaby ReStore, which just opened at 7977 Enterprise St. The store, a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity, offers up home décor and furniture, along with building supplies and other useful items for do-it-yourselfers. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

ReStore offers the ‘wildly wonderful’ Janaya Fuller-Evans

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Burnaby residents have a second chance to pick up everything from light ﬁxtures to treadmills to antique desks, all while helping a good cause. Habitat for Humanity of GreaterVancouver has opened its second ReStore in the city, as well as a distribution centre for the region. And right next door, Habitat for Humanity Canada has opened aWestern Canada distribution centre. The ReStore – the fourth in the region – is now open at 7977 Enterprise St. in North Burnaby. The organization hopes to become more visible in the community with the new location, according to Anastasia Koutalianos, director of communications and marketing for the regional Habitat for Humanity. “There’s still a struggle where people don’t really know what ReStore is,” she said. “We’re just letting peo-

ple explore the hidden gem that is ReStore. “It’s social enterprise with heart,” she added. “You buy, and you’re doing good.” The regional distribution centre also provides a bigger storage space, allowing the organization to transport new products to its four local ReStores. “We’re trying to centralize stuff, so we can ﬁnally farm things to stores as we need it,” she explained. Habitat has many connections with businesses in the community, which bring in a wide variety of home décor and furniture, as well as building supplies, according to Koutalianos. Some of the more unique items come by way of the local ﬁlm industry. “I reached out recently toWilliam F.White, as well as Mammoth Studios, because right now they’re doing (TV) pilot season,” Koutalianos said, while pointing out a nearly new living room set from a local production. “We’ve had

a lot of success with the ﬁlm production companies. Basically, someone sat on this couch four times.” The store also receives older pieces on occasion, she added. “We have some antique pieces that come in every once in a while, so we try to auction those off,” she said. “Basically, we get everything and anything.” The stores are great places for people looking for a project, she added. “ReStores are great for DIY’ers,” she said. “So if you want to give a little extra love to something, this is the place to be, because our product is so discounted.” New items come from many local businesses, according to Ken Miller, the regional director of ReStore operations. “We’ve received a very generous donation from The Bay, and another one from Ashley Furniture Homestore,” he said. “We pick up from Home Depot weekly from all their locations.”

Today’s donation includes everything from brooms to lights, but sometimes the ReStores receive much larger items, he said. “We’ll get lawn mowers and weed eaters,” he said. “We’ll get a very diverse mix of stuff.” The important thing is to grab things when you see

It’s a social enterprise with heart. them, Miller said. “The term in the store that we like to use is, ‘you snooze, you lose,’” he said. “There’s something coming into the store every day that’s wildly wonderful, that we’ll probably never see again.” The store’s grand opening on March 16 also coincided with the launch of the Schnitzer’s Scrap Drive – a program set up with

Schnitzer Steel.The company pays Habitat for Humanity for all the scrap metal the organization can collect, according to Miller. “Their goal is to donate enough through the scrap drive program that we can actually build a home every year in the communities that we serve,” he said. The newWestern Canada distribution centre will also be helpful to local ReStores, Miller said, adding that many ReStores opened in the area surrounding the Eastern distribution centre. Daryl Morrison runs the Eastern Canada distribution centre for Habitat Canada and has been in Burnaby for the past few months, helping theWestern Canada distribution centre get established. The centre will provide items for ReStores as far east as Manitoba. The centre has a website for afﬁliate stores throughout B.C. andWestern Canada, to order from the larger donations that come in,

he said. “This way we can help somebody like Campbell River on the Island – a smaller afﬁliate,” he explained. Transporting donations from the Eastern distribution centre all the way to B.C. was challenging and costly, he explained. “This will save on freight costs,” Morrison said. Revenue from the ReStores covers afﬁliate operational costs, with the rest of the funds going to the organization’s build fund, according to Morrison. Habitat is looking for donations of gently used furniture and home décor, as well as metal for its scrap drive. The organization also needs volunteers for its ReStores, Koutalianos added. For more information on Habitat for Humanity GreaterVancouver, go to habitatgv.ca and for Habitat for Humanity Canada, go to www.habitat.ca.

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Liquor store owners can try their luck at the lottery – the store relocation lottery, that is. The province is inviting B.C. and private liquor stores to enter a lottery to determine who can relocate to new locations and even into B.C. grocery stores. Businesses can apply to take part in the lottery until March 27. As of April 1, the ﬁvekilometre rule restricting private liquor stores from relocating outside their jurisdiction is being tossed. There will be a one-kilometre distance required between liquor store locations, and liquor stores can open inside grocery stores. For more information, go to bit.ly/1B232m2. MINIMUM WAGE The Burnaby Board of Trade is looking for feedback from members about the province’s minimum wage increase. This week, the B.C. government announced the minimum hourly wage would increase from $10.25 to $10.45 as of Sept. 15. The liquor server wage would also increase by 20 cents, from $9 to $9.20, and the province’s minimum wage would increase annually based on the rate of inﬂation in subsequent years. Contact board president and CEO Paul Holden with your thoughts at paul@bbot.ca. For information about this announcement, go to bbot.ca/b-c-indexes-mini mum-wage-provincial-cpi. NASH WILL PUMP YOU UP Burnaby residents can

go shopping and get in shape at the same time, now that a Steve Nash Fitness World and Sports Club has opened inside Lougheed Town Centre. The grand opening celebration takes place on Saturday, March 21 from noon until 4 p.m. “Our mission in creating a world-class ﬁtness facility is to continue to provide high value to the BurnabyLougheed community along with outstanding customer service,” Chris Smith, COO of Steve Nash Fitness Clubs, said in a press release. For more information, go to www.snclubs.com/loca tions/lougheed.

HIP HAPPY FAMILY EXPO Burnaby families that prefer to live a healthier, ecofriendly lifestyle – this one’s for you. The Healthy Family Expo is taking place at the Vancouver Convention Centre East on Sunday, March 29 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A number of Burnabybased businesses will take part in the expo, including Hippie Foods, Gnu Santé Creations, Flora Health and Dandy Horse Cycles. Organizations with Burnaby locations will also be on hand, including the MS Society’s B.C. andYukon branch and the Art Institute of Vancouver. For more information, go to www.healthyfamilyexpo. com. TRATTORIA BURNABY Burnaby’s tallest tower has a new occupant – Glowbal Restaurant Group’s Trattoria Burnaby opened recently. Trattoria Burnaby specializes in casual Italian dishes, according to a press release from Glowbal.

It is the company’s 10th restaurant, similar in concept to Trattoria Kitsilano and Trattoria Park Royal. Glowbal is owned by Emad Yacoub and Shannon Bosa Yacoub. “We are really excited to be a part of the Sovereign development,” Emad stated in the release. “The city of Burnaby is growing so fast and we’re looking forward to being a part of it.” The restaurant is at 4501 Kingsway. METROTOWN ON TARGET Ivanhoe Cambridge, owner of Metropolis at Metrotown, will be able to buy back the shopping centre’s Target lease. Target Canada recently received court approval to sell 11 of its leases back to Oxford Properties Corporation and Ivanhoe Cambridge. Ontario Superior Court Justice Geoffrey Lorawetz handed down the decision earlier this month. In January,Target Canada announced it would be closing its 133 Canadian stores. Ivanhoe Cambridge would not comment on the sale. UNITED WE CAN Burnaby city staff recently received recognition for charitable fundraising done by employees. United Way presented staff and the municipal employees’ union, CUPE Local 23, with the organization’s Engage Award. The award is for “the workplace campaign team that best engages employees throughout the organization, resulting in increased donors or dollars,” according to United Way’s website. The Scotiabank and United Way Community Spirit Awards were held in February.

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PUBLIC HEARING

The Council of the City of Burnaby hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing TUESDAY, 2015 MARCH 31 AT 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chamber, Burnaby City Hall, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2, to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”.

BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 8, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13454 Rez. #14-41 7868 Government Road From: R1 Residential District To: R1a Residential District The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit construction of a single family dwelling with a gross floor area beyond that currently permitted under the prevailing zoning. BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 9, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13455 Rez. #12-07 1735, 1763 Douglas Road and 1710 Gilmore Avenue From: M1 Manufacturing District To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the RM5s Multiple Family Residential District and Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Aviara II” prepared by Integra Architecture Inc. and IBI Group Inc.) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a 42 storey apartment building and two 4-6 storey low rise apartment buildings.

Unopened road right-of-way, Portion of Price Street north of the following addresses: 4920 Royal Oak Avenue; 5276 Price Street; 5315/5375/5415/5475/5485/5525/5585/5631/5681/5717/5761 Grassmere Street; AREA 3: 6110/6260 Deer Lake Avenue; 4827/4828/4837/4846/4857/4868/4883/4896/4893 Rowan Avenue; 6137 Price Street; Portion of 4949 Canada Way (East of Century Parkway); AREA 4: 5155/5165 Sperling Avenue; AREA 5: 6088 Dufferin Avenue From: A2 Small Holdings District, R1, R2 and R4 Residential Districts and P2 Administration and Assembly District

BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 10, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13456

To:

Rez. #14-45 AREA 1: 4710/4780/4810/4846 Moscrop Street; Portions of 4886/4960/5020/5040/5060 Moscrop Street; 5119/5139/5169/5120/5140/5170 Thyme Street; 5021/5041/5061/5081/4976/5080/5120/5180/5125/5145/5165 Grassmere Street; 5246/5276/5326 Nelson Avenue; 5009/5011/5015/5019/5039/5049/5069/5091/5155/5010/5016/5020 /5030/5050/5070/ 5090/5150 Farwell Street; 4991/5011/5051/5091/5409/5429 Royal Oak Avenue; Additional City-Owned properties occupied by Deer Lake Parkway as follows: 5120/5140/5170 Price Street; 4921/4951 Royal Oak Avenue;

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to bring the zoning of the subject City-owned properties into conformance with approved park/conservation designation and their current use. This rezoning is being advanced as an ‘administrative housekeeping’ matter, and as such, there is no change of use or development being proposed with the rezoning proposal.

AREA 2: 5010 Royal Oak Avenue; 5315/5375/5415/5475/5485/5525/5585/5631/5681/5717/5761/ 5843/5863/5925/5989/ 5988 Grassmere Street; 5988 Gilpin Street; 4899 Iris Avenue;

P3 Park and Public Use District

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by a proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw. Written submissions may be presented at the Public Hearing or for those not attending the Public Hearing must be submitted to the Office of the City Clerk prior to 4:45 p.m. the day of the Public Hearing. Please note that all written submissions must contain name and address which will become a part of the public record. The Director Planning and Building’s reports and related information respecting the zoning bylaw amendments are available for public examination at the offices of the Planning Department, 3rd floor, in Burnaby City Hall. Copies of the proposed bylaws may be inspected at the Office of the City Clerk at 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. weekdays from Wednesday, 2015 March 18 to Tuesday, 2015 March 31.

NO PRESENTATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED BY COUNCIL AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING

D. Back CITY CLERK

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Committee tightens workplan

BusinessWatch gets revised while two other items are workplan Cayley Dobie

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Expansion of the RCMP’s Business Watch program garnered some back and forth between public safety committee members at a meeting last week. Chief Supt. Dave Critchley explained that while the program has been successful in the Hastings/Brentwood area, it’s fallen short in most other areas in the city. “We’re trying to get more traction to get (business) owners engaged,” Critchley said. Some of the challenges of implementing an effective Business Watch program are due, in part, to the fact that it’s been mostly volunteers

RCMP would try and reach out to businesses in different ways, possibly through public safety notices, to get out canvassing businesses to them engaged in the comjoin, Critchley added. munity. He said that while the inAt the same meeting, tention is a good one, many members also voted to cut volunteers don’t even end two other action items that up speaking with would have had the business owners, city and RCMP and then it’s left in implement a the hands of the Crime Free Motel/ employees to pass Hotel program and on the message. a Taxi Watch proOn top of that, gram.The comthere are more mittee did, howthan 6,000 busiever, approve the nesses in the city, item addressing the which requires a RCMP’s Mental Dave Critchley lot of work to get Health IntervenOfficer in charge, Burnaby RCMP the owners ention program. gaged enough to “This matter is join the program. Despite being reviewed at the Lower the challenges, the commitMainland District level and tee decided to keep the item discussed by Lower Mainin its workplan, and Critchland mayors and is to be coley agreed, adding that the ordinated at that level,” a re-

port to committee stated, adding that Burnaby’s program in particular has been very active since its inception. Burnaby has also requested numbers on mental-health-related calls and spending from other cities in the Lower Mainland to see where the city stands, deputy city manager Lambert Chu told the committee. Some revisions were also made to the action items related to the committee’s external communication and public education plan and promotion of increased trafﬁc enforcement and pedestrian safety in school zones. These changes will be included in an updated report outlining the new workplan, which will be presented to the public safety committee and council at a later date.

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A Burnaby singer is among those who’ll be performing in an upcoming Motown Meltdown fundraiser. The event is set for March 28 at the Commodore Ballroom, raising money for Seva Canada. Twenty-six vocalists will take part in the event, backed by a 12-piece band – all taking to the stage to offer up their soul and rhythm-and-blues performances. Audience members can expect to hear such Motown favourites as I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Dancing in the Street and Papa was a Rolling Stone. Among the evening’s performers is Burnaby’s Cecile LaRochelle (ﬁnd out more about her at www.larochelle vocalstudios.com), a singer and vocal teacher who has worked with such stars as Bryan Adams, John Denver, Sheena Easton and David Foster. She has also written and produced numerous albums, including her own gospel and children’s albums. Seva, for those unfamiliar with its work, is a Vancouver-based charity (www. seva.ca) whose mission is to restore sight and prevent blindness in the developing world. “We are honoured that proceeds from Motown Meltdown will now be beneﬁting Seva’s sustainable and innovative blindness prevention and treatment programs in 13 of the poorest places in the world,”

Motown Meltdown: Cecile LaRochelle hits the stage at the Commodore for a March 28 fundraiser. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

said executive director Penny Lyons in a press release. “It’s going to be such a fabulous night of entertaining by some of Canada’s amazing vocalists.” Motown Meltdown is set for 8 p.m. at the Commodore, 868 Granville St. Tickets are $32 plus service charges, or $42 at the door. Call Ticketmaster at 1-855985-5000 or see ticket master.ca. CINDERELLA ONSTAGE The students of St. Thomas More Collegiate are bringing an adaptation of a Rodgers and Hammerstein classic to life at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. The school is presenting Cinderella Enchanted as its 2015 school musical, and it takes to the Shadbolt’s James Cowan Theatre stage March 26 to 28. The musical began life on TV in 1957 as Cinderella, starring Julie Andrews, and was recreated in 1965 with Lesley Ann War-

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JAZZING IT UP Jazz fans, check it out – Brentwood Town Centre is hosting a Live Jazz Lounge on weekends in April. Musicians will be on hand Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 2 p.m., offering up jazz in the Centre Court. PK3 Jazz Trio will be on hand for Saturday and Sunday, April 4 and 5, as well as April 11 and 12. On April 18 and 19, you can enjoy Téa, and on April 25 and 26, you can take in the sounds of It Takes Two. Check out www.brent woodtowncentre.com for all the details. Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie, jmaclellan@burnabynow.com, or ﬁnd her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.

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The odds are in favour you’ll one day find yourself in a hospital, and the older you get, the greater the odds that you will. You might as well pack your bag today, because being a patient is a lot like taking a trip to a very foreign country. If I were to write a guidebook for hospital patients, I’d call it “The Lonely Patient’s Guide to Hospitaland.” The inhabitants dress differently – usually in greens and white coats, and it’s hard to tell who’s who. Doctors wear name tags with their first and last names. Almost all the rest of the staff shows only first names. You, however, have to wear a wrist band with your full name, birth date, personal health number and the name of some doctor you may not recall meeting. If you have allergies, you earn an extra brightly coloured wristband, but don’t mistake this for an allinclusive resort.The closest thing you’ll get to a massage might be a sponge bath. In the summer time, if your semiprivate room is too hot, you might halluci-

nate that you are in a sauna since you and the other guests are all nearly naked beneath your very thin hospital gowns. And like the pool deck, you’ll see more than you wish of the scantily clad guest strolling by, where gowns don’t quite cover up.

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While you’ve heard that in some countries, a ﬁvestar resort is really four stars in quality, when you start complaining the food is only two stars, doctors take this as a sign that you’re getting better or at least nearly normal and ready for discharge. The inhabitants of Hospitaland speak a different language. Instead of “aloha,” we have other multipurpose, ill-deﬁned words like “rounds.” When a doctor visits patients at the bedside, we call this doing rounds.When a bunch of doctors gather to talk about one patient, we call that department rounds. When doctors gather for

group education, it’s called grand rounds. When doctors and nurses meet to talk about the patients on the ward, we call it team rounds.When I can’t find anyone to help me read a CT scan, all the radiologists are on brown rounds (that is a coffee break). They also speak in code. Code Blue is a cardiac or respiratory arrest. Code Pink is a maternity emergency. Code White is a psychiatric emergency. Code Yellow is pee on the floor and a potential WorkSafe hazard. Every hospital has its own code. The inhabitants have odd customs. Everyone who talks to you will write in a big binder with your name on it, but don’t dare try to look into that binder yourself. A stern and scary nurse will tell you that you are not allowed to do this without medical supervision – unless you care to fill out a bit of paperwork and wait (until you are discharged from the hospital). If you hadn’t been diagnosed with paranoia on admission, you might be before discharge (but don’t take my word for it – just try to look in that binder). On Friday, March 27 at 7 p.m., I’ll be speaking on “How to SurviveYour Hos-

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Nikkei museum holds art auction fundraiser The Nikkei National Museum and Heritage Centre is paying tribute to Japanese culture for its annual spring fundraiser. The museum is holding its seventh annual BLOOM party and silent art auction on Wednesday, April 1. The annual event is the museum’s main fundraiser, which raises money to help support the museum’s exhibitions and educational programs related to the history and culture of Japanese-Canadians. The theme this year is Vessels (Iremono). “Japan is famous for its pottery and many other craft traditions,” note organizers in a press release. “We were inspired by some of the vases in our permanent collection and the im-

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We have sprung into allergy season early this year. While the sun is much appreciated, allergy symptoms of watery eyes, itchy skin and a sniffling nose are not. Both cats and dogs are affected by environmental allergies as well; and their symptoms may vary not just by species, but by individual also.

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Cooking competition shows are extremely popular and have taken the TV airwaves by storm. A large extent of the programming on Food Network Canada is a great reﬂection of this reality movement in viewing entertainment.The program Chopped Canada is no exception, and now you will have the opportunity to watch me, Chef Dez, go head-to-head on this show, competing against three other chefs for $10,000. The show’s premise is to have four professional chefs from different parts of Canada compete in three rounds (appetizer, entrée and dessert) to win $10,000 by being the best – and last one standing – in all three categories. However, the biggest challenges are the time limits and mystery baskets of ingredients for each of three rounds. A selection of four unknown, and more than likely strange, ingredients are unveiled to the chefs at the beginning of each of the three rounds.With no time to plan or prepare, the clock starts ticking.There are only 20 minutes for the appetizer round and 30 minutes for each the entrée round and dessert round, while making four plates of each dish (one for each of the three celebrity chef judges, and one for camera display). Judged on taste, presentation, and creativity all while showcasing the four mystery basket ingredients in the dishes, one chef is “chopped” (eliminated) from the appetizer round, leaving three chefs to compete in the entrée round. The same protocol hap-

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pens in the entrée round which leaves only two chefs to compete for the final dessert round, and for the final prize of $10,000. Sound intense?Yes, very, and it makes for incredible TV.You may be wondering how I got involved with this program in its second season. I know a chef that competed in the first season, and she advised me that they were looking for chefs for the second season (which started airing at the beginning of 2015). At the time of my conversation with her, there was no way I was going to apply. I had watched Chopped Canada many times and the level of intensity that the chefs were put through was more than I preferred to endure myself. A short time later, I was in getting my hair cut by my friend Keith, relaying to him how I was insistent on not applying. He asked me, “Are you scared to be on Chopped Canada?” to which I replied, “I’m not scared, I’m terrified!” He then said,

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A half-dozen islets joined to Venice by an umbilical cord made of bridges, the region of Murano is best-known for narrow streets and expert glass-makers. It’s a place of brittle beauty, a gathering of craftsmen who are expert in creating crystalline excellence. In other words: a bit of an odd place to name a mainstream crossover after. But perhaps said vehicle isn’t so middle of the road. Meet the new Nissan Murano, totally redesigned for the 2015 model year. Yes, it has underpinnings shared with the seven-seater Pathﬁnder, a Continuously Variable Transmission, and a workaday V6. No, it isn’t all that ordinary. I mean, just look at it!

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Every manufacturer has its own design language, and Nissan’s current efforts could well be called “Say What Now?” Never mind the plump little dumpling that bowed in 2003 with a chrome-laden grin, this new one’s all edges and angles, sharp details and creased surfaces. It looks like somebody pressed Pause halfway through the previous generation transforming it into a space-robot. The front end is dominated by a huge V-shaped grille bearing the Nissan badge. On either side of this, the L-shaped headlights appear to be smearing down the sides of the vehicle with eye-watering speed. The front and rear haunches are hunched and muscular, and the roof appears to be ﬂoating in space out back thanks to a blacked-out C-pillar. Walking around to the back is a surprise, simply because it’s so conventional by comparison: LED-ringed taillights, but otherwise reserved. If you’re looking for a dollop of style for your

everyday driver, the Murano gives you two-scoops of Japanese gelato and then smothers that in walnut fudge sauce. It’s nutty, and I like it.

The main impression of the Murano’s V6-and-CVT combination is no impression at all. This is a very unobtrusive setup, with noise and vibration well damped down. It’s not as noiseless as an all-electric Leaf or anything, but this crossover is certainly among the quietest machines in Nissan’s range.

Environment

Inside, my Platinum-trim tester seemed to beg the question, “So why exactly would you consider an Infiniti?” The Murano has always felt like its top-level editions overlapped heavily with Nissan’s luxury car wing, and this one is no different. Designed for five passengers only – and the better for it – the Murano provides a comfortable place to be for all passengers. Usually, nattering on about collaborations with NASA and the like can be strictly marketing mumbo-jumbo, but the so-called “zerogravity” seats are actually quite excellent. Mind you, the older versions of the car were similarly cushy. The central screen is eight inches in diameter, and most touchscreen duties are backed up by buttons. Acura could take note here at how relatively unfussy Nissan has managed to make their control layout. A quite large information display between the gauges supplements the dash display. Cargo room is very good, slightly ahead of the Ford Edge and Toyota Venza. Naturally, the seats all fold flat, so if this is your antiquing transportation, there’s more than enough room for that colossal armoire (full confession: I’m not really sure what an armoire actually is).

Performance

The Murano is available in both front- and all-wheeldrive versions, with the basic model front-drive only, and the top two trims allwheel only. Power comes from a familiar 3.5L V6 making 260hp at 6000rpm and 240lb/ft at 4400rpm. The only available transmission is Nissan’s Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), something the ﬁrst Murano championed as a unique feature for both smoothing out the ride and improving fuel-economy. These days the only Nissan with a non-CVT transmission is either going to be a sportscar or a truck, and other manufacturers like Subaru have also adopted the technology range wide.

The steering is light and effortless, and even though this Platinum version comes with large, 20” alloys, the suspension was quite composed. Very rough pavement might unsettle things a little, but for day-to-day driving, the Murano makes for a good wafter. It’s not particularly sporty, but instead competent and polished. All-wheel-drive versions of this comfy crossover would make the ideal vehicle for apres-ski: simply lower your aching quads into the seat, dial up the active cruise-control and slide on down the Sea-toSky highway without effort. A note: if you do intend to participate in winter sports with your Murano, 18” wheels will clear the brakes, and make for a lessexpensive set of snow tires.

Features

Everything that might be expected is standard on the Murano, from Bluetooth to heated seats. Less expected, perhaps, is the inclusion of standard satellite navigation on the basic front-wheel-drive S model. So why should you move up the range? Well, the Platinum spec is crammed full of tech. All four seating positions are heated and the fronts are cooled as well, daytime running lights are LEDs, you get Nissan’s excellent 360-degree camera system, and there’s a sonorous BOSE audio system with eleven speakers and dual subwoofers. Ofﬁcial ratings for all-wheel-drive models are very good and 11.2L/100kms city and 8.3L/100kms highway. Front-wheel-drive saves nearly nothing (just 0.2L/100kms on the highway), so it’s worth springing for the AWD version for better traction and resale down the line.

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Dear Car Talk: We live in the U.S. Southwest and have a 1992 Lincoln Town Car, much loved by my husband.The only problem is that it likes to die when the temperature is above 96 degrees.We’ll travel for over 30 minutes and boom, it dies. It starts again in about 20 minutes, but if it is still hot, it will soon die again. This also happened once in cooler weather when we had been driving in the mountains for two hours.We’ve been given theories such as vapor lock and boiling fuel, and advice that included clothespins, but I don’t feel comfortable betting my safety on clothespins. I hope you can help us.Thank you. – Felicia Clothespins aside, your ﬁrst step is a little detective work. In order for the engine to run, it needs three things: Air, fuel and spark.

I’ll assume that air is not a problem, since you continued breathing long enough to write to us. So you have to determine whether the engine is dying because it’s losing fuel or losing spark. If you were one of our customers, we’d lend you a little inductive test light and show you how to use it. If you open the hood and just touch the probe of the test light to any of the sparkplug wires while the car is running, the light will flash, indicating that electricity is pulsing through those wires. What we’d instruct you to do is, next time the car dies, open the hood and touch the test light to a spark-plug wire.Then have another person try to start the car. If the light flashes, you’re getting spark.That means the problem is fuel. If you try to start the car and the test light doesn’t flash, then we know it’s a spark problem. By knowing which of those it is, we can save you a lot of time

and money in trying to figure it out. If the test tells us that the problem is lack of fuel, we’d suspect either the electric fuel pump or the fuel pump relay. If you had no spark, we’d suspect one of the electronic ignition components, like the electronic ignition module, the coil or the hall-effect sensor. But start by finding a mechanic who’s willing to work with you to narrow it down. If you need help finding a mechanic you like, try searching our Mechanics Files (www.mechanicsfiles. com), which is a database of mechanics who are personally recommended by other readers and radio listeners of ours. Good luck. Dear Car Talk: I have a 2002 Mazda Protege, and it has been fairly reliable all these years.A little more than a year ago, I was driving home from work one night after a heavy rain-

storm, and I hit a huge puddle at around 30 mph.A wave of water came over my hood and windshield. My engine light immediately came on, and my engine started to misfire.That continued until I got home.The next morning when I started the car, the engine light came on and the car misfired.After about 10 minutes of driving, the misfiring went away.That pattern continued for about three days. On the fourth day, the engine started normally and seemed fine.A couple of days later, the engine light went out. Things were then fine for a few days, until it rained overnight.The next morning, the light came on again, and the engine started misfiring again. Now it happens whenever it has rained or when it’s very humid. My feeling is that when I hit the water with a hot engine, something cooled and cracked, exposing something electrical, and the humidity is causing the problem. Any ideas? – Jim

This sounds like the most basic of water-related automotive issues, Jim.This car has an old-fashioned distributor cap and rotor. Most likely, when you forded the Nile that night, you got water inside the distributor cap, and it’s causing the misﬁre by creating a short circuit. And I’d suspect that your problem is exacerbated by old spark plug wires that “leak” electricity when there’s moisture or lots of humidity in the air. This used to happen to cars all the time. Distributors and old wires would get wet on rainy days, and cars would die and strand people. AAA towing service still refers to that time as “the golden age!” But with distributorless ignition systems now, and fuel injection that prevents ﬂooding, cars that don’t start or run in the rain are really rare. In your case, what’s happening is that the moisture that’s stuck inside the distributor cap is compromis-

ing your spark.The spark is sufficient when all the other conditions are perfect, but once rain or moist air steal additional energy via the old spark plug wires, the engine starts misfiring. Eventually, as the engine heats up, the moisture in the distributor evaporates, the plug wires warm up and dry out a bit, and the cylinders all fire. But when the engine gets cold, the moisture recondenses inside the distributor cap, and on the next rainy morning, you have the same problem. While you might be able to fix it by simply removing the distributor cap and drying it out really well, I’d recommend replacing the cap, the rotor and the wires. That stuff’s cheap, Jim. And it should solve all of your moisture-related problems. Except those bad hair days. Good luck.

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Question: My daughter is getting married in the beginning of July, and we would like as many fresh flowers as possible.Are there ones I could plant now that would work in a July wedding? Raydeen Fuge, Langley Answer: Sweet peas are one of the very best flowers to plant now for a July wedding.This is the right time to plant them, and their flowering time is more predictable than most other flowers.Their range of colours is immense. Seeds are easy to get everywhere. All the ones I mention are available from West Coast Seeds, which are sold in most garden centres as well as online.The Mammoth series, for instance, flower when days are 10 hours long, and this type is the earliest of all.These sweet peas come in a range of colours: crimson, pale and deep pink, navy-blue, lavender and salmon. The Mammoth series blooms have long stems and the vines climb to about three metres.Then there is the wonderful fragrance. All the sweet peas I’m recommending need supporting, because tall vines grow the long stems to work in a bouquet. It’s best to sow some heat-tolerant sweet peas as well.The Royal Family Blend tolerates heat (so it blooms for longer even in a hot summer).This type has big flowers and long stems, as well. It grows 1.2 to 1.5 metres tall. It comes in many colours including white. The best heat resistance is in the Old Spice Blend. These are enormously fragrant though the flowers are a little smaller. It’s another two metres.

The Spencer varieties include names like the allwhite Royal Wedding and the Spencer Ripple Formula, which has pink and white bi-coloured flowers with curved edges.The Ripple type climb two to 2.3 metres tall. By focusing on sweet peas, the remaining issue becomes simpler since all you then need is some kind of a background for the bouquet.You may be able to lay your hands on some shrub already in your garden: huckleberry perhaps or salal plus ivy as a trailer. Or perhaps a friend may have suitable greenery. In any case, florists have green branches on hand always, some of which, like salal, are native here. You might invest in some Asiatic lilies as a fail-safe. Most bloom through June, but this spring has been very warm, and if you planted the lilies in March, you might have some earlier flowers.The same could happen if you planted gladiolas a tad early, too. What we’re gambling with here is the weather which can be very unpredictable. Meanwhile, seed germination and bulb-sprouting can be very weather-dependent, which adds to the element of gambling. Question: I collected poppy seeds from a friend’s plant but didn’t plant them last fall. If I planted them soon, could I get flowers this year? Lana Austin, East Vancouver Answer: If they were annuals‚ like the red corn poppy or the grey-leaved, pink, frilly Papaver peoniflorium‚ you should plant them in April, and you’ll get flowers this year. For perennials, such as the clump-forming, red, huge-flowered Oriental Poppy, you won’t get

ﬂowers this year. It’s best to plant these soon. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her via amarrison@ shaw.ca. It helps to include the city or region your are writing from.

Blooming colour: Planting sweet peas now means colourful flowers in time for a summer wedding. PHOTO THINKSTOCK

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Heat and ice packs are common remedies used at home to treat injuries, either before or after professional therapy. They are generally used to treat traumatic soft tissue injuries such as whiplash from a car accident or joint issues such as rotator cuff strains to the shoulder, ligament injuries to the knees or for general back pain. In many cases heat and ice application will help to relieve pain, but it is important to know how to apply these two effective painkillers. In general, cold packs can be applied as soon as an injury occurs.When injuries are treated immediately with cold packs the treatment has several ben-

eﬁts, bleeding is reduced, it stops or reduces inﬂammation, muscles spasms are reduced, and the cold numbs the area where the pack is applied so the pain is reduced. The advantage of ice over medicinal painkillers is that it can be applied locally to the injured area, in addition, it does not have the sedative effects common with painkillers. Ice packs can be applied safely for 10 to 20 minutes; however, care should be taken not to let melted ice water drip over the injured area, particularly if there are stitches or the wound is exposed. There is danger of infection setting in if the water is allowed to drip on the raw wound, so it is advisable to use a plastic cover for the pack. Injuries should only be treated with heat packs after a few days. Heat produces a vasodilatory response in the

... to participate in the Spring Market at New Vista Care Home (7550 Rosewood St., Burnaby) Saturday, April 18 from 11:00AM – 4:00PM This event will draw people from the neighbourhood and beyond, with a Silent Auction, Face Painting, light refreshments and up to 25 tables of crafts, jewellery, garage sale items and home preserves.

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heat packs, heat lamps, heat pads, deep heat cream or even ordinary hot water bottles. The beneﬁts of applying heat are various, it can reduce pain, the increased blood ﬂow helps in the healing process of the tissues that are damaged, and it really can feel great! Heat is especially effective at reducing muscle stiffness and is gener-

ally more effective than ice for chronic injuries. Moist heat can penetrate more effectively than dry heat, so try using a hot water bottle wrapped in a few moist warm towels. Keep in mind that each of us responds to heat and cold in our own way. What may give great relief to one person might be quite irritating to another. There-

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CHECK OUT THE NEW TASTING ROOM AT DAGERAAD BREWING THIS WEEKEND. The Belgian brewery opened in Burnaby last spring, and the tasting room is now open on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m. Beer aficionados can taste the various brews on tap, fill their growlers or buy bottles at the shop. Dageraad is located at #114, 3191 Thunderbird Cres., just a five-minute walk from the Production Way Skytrain station. Info: 604-420-2050 or dageraadbrewing.com.

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GET READY TO GARDEN THIS SPRING with a full weekend of workshops at Burnaby’s GardenWorks locations. On Saturday, March 21, the Lougheed location is hosting free workshops on the European chafer beetle at noon, growing herbs (in Mandarin) at 1:30 p.m., miniature dish gardens at 2 p.m. and the renaissance of conifers at 3 p.m. On Sunday, March 22, there’s another workshop on the chafer beetle at noon, followed by a session on new perennials at 1 p.m., mason bees

at 2 p.m. and then fruits and berries at 3 p.m.That GardenWorks location is at 6250 Lougheed Hwy.There are also two full days of activities at the Mandeville location, at 4746 Marine Dr. On Saturday, March 21, there are workshops on seed gardens at 11 a.m., herb planters at noon, composting at 12:30 p.m., lawn care at 1 p.m. and tropical terrariums at 2 p.m. On Sunday, March 22, learn about pruning at 10 a.m., mason bees at 11 a.m., herb planters at noon, lawn care at 1 p.m. and colourful entry planters at 2 p.m. All of the workshops

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DON’T MISS THE B.C. IMMIGRANT PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCE on Saturday, March 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hilton, 6083 McKay Ave.The free conference

offers job search tips, and information on what industry insiders are really looking for when hiring. The keynote speaker is Iman Aghay, and there will also be an expert panel to answer questions from the audience.To register, visit www.bcipc.com. For more info, email info@aspect. bc.ca. or call 1-888-287-

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POP BY THE SHADBOLT CENTRE FOR THE ARTS on Saturday, March 21 for Dig This: Exploring B.C. Clay, a day of demonstration and dialogue with four of B.C.’s top ceramic artists. The featured presenters are Brendan Tang, Sarah Lawless, Robin Dupont and Kathleen Raven.The event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and registration is $110 (which includes lunch). For workshop information and to register, visit shadboltcentre.com or

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Artsnow ARTS CALENDAR TO SUNDAY, MARCH 22 Bernadette Phan: Lili and the Migratory Influences, an off-site exhibition of Burnaby Art Gallery, at the Bob Prittie (Metrotown) branch of Burnaby Public Library, 6100 Willingdon Ave. View the exhibition any time during library hours. Info: www.burnabyartgallery.ca. TO MONDAY, MARCH 23 Alan Wood: Selections from the Ranch Series, an off-site exhibition of Burnaby Art Gallery, at the McGill branch of Burnaby Public Library, 4595 Albert St. View the exhibition any time during library hours. Info: www. burnabyartgallery.ca. TO FRIDAY, MARCH 27 Trojan Women, a modern retelling of an ancient Greek tragedy, featuring Douglas College theatre and stagecraft students, in the Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre, fourth floor north, Douglas College, 700 Royal Ave. Tickets $8 to $12, available through www. ticketsnw.ca or 604-5215050. TO SATURDAY, MARCH 28 Drawn: Exploring the Line, an exhibition of drawings by Aimée Henny Brown, Anson Aguirre Firth and Teodora Zamfirescu, at Burnaby Arts Council’s Deer Lake Gallery, 6584 Deer Lake Ave. Open Tuesday to Saturday noon to 4 p.m., free admission. Opening reception March 7, 2 to 4 p.m. Info: www. burnabyartscouncil.org or info@burnabyartscouncil. org, or call 604-298-7322. TO SUNDAY, MARCH 29 Visualizing a Culture for Strangers: Chinese Export Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, an exhibition on tour from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, at the Burnaby Art Gallery, 6344 Deer Lake Ave. Gallery open Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Admission by donation, with suggested donation of $5. Info: 604-297-4422 or www. burnabyartgallery.ca. TO SUNDAY, APRIL 5 Magic Hour, an exhibition featuring works from the Nikkei National Museum’s collection, created by the Instant Coffee Artist Collective, ongoing at the museum, 6688 Southoaks Cres., 604-777-7000, www. nikkeiplace.org. TO SUNDAY, APRIL 12 Amour Fou, a new exhibition

at the New Media Gallery, Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St., featuring the work of 11 artists from seven countries, free admission. Info: www. newmediagallery.ca. SATURDAY, MARCH 21 Dig This: Exploring B.C. Clay, a day of demonstration and dialogue with four of B.C.’s top ceramic artists: Brendan Tang, Sarah Lawless, Robin Dupont and Kathleen Raven. Event runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., registration $110. For information and to register, see shadboltcentre.com. or call Sharron Reay at 604205-3012. West Coast Symphony, in concert at 7:30 p.m. at Queens Avenue United Church, 529 Queens Ave., with admission by donation, featuring the world premiere of Georgio Magnanensi’s White Colours, Spectral Orders. With special guest Sarah Hagen, pianist. Info: www.queensavenue.org. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 TO SATURDAY, MARCH 28 Leftovers, a comedic look at life on the left in a time unfriendly to socialism, with political comedian Charlie Demers, presented by Neworld Theatre at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby, www.shadboltcentre.com. THURSDAY, MARCH 26 Student showcase concert, part of the Arts at One concert series at Douglas College, 1 p.m. in the Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre, fourth floor north, 700 Royal Ave. Free. FRIDAY, MARCH 27 TO SUNDAY, MARCH 29 Burnaby Artists’ Guild presents its art exhibition and sale, Beautiful Burnaby, at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., open Friday 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with featured artist Eileen Fong, plus work from the guild’s many artists in a variety of styles and mediums. Free admission. Info: 604-291-6864 or www. burnabyartistsguild.com. SATURDAY, MARCH 28 Writing workshop: Tarot and storytelling, facilitated by Carol Shillibeer, 2 to 4 p.m. at 737 Sixth St., offered by Royal City Literary Arts Society, $20 members or $30 non-members. Preregister at secretary@rclas. com. SUNDAY, MARCH 29 Free ArtStarts workshop for kids, with photographer Kyra

Kelpin, My Space as a SelfPortrait Collage, at River Market, runs twice at 11 a.m. and at 1 p.m. No registration necessary, just drop in to the market at 810 Quayside Dr., to take part. Info: www.rivermarket.ca, www. artstarts.com/weekend. THURSDAY, APRIL 2 Student showcase concert, part of the Arts at One concert series at Douglas College, 1 p.m. in the Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre, fourth floor north, 700 Royal Ave. Free. THURSDAY, APRIL 2 TO SATURDAY, APRIL 18 The O’Conner Girls, a Vagabond Players production of Katie Forgette’s family drama, runs Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. in the Bernie Legge Theatre, Queen’s Park. Tickets $15, or $13 for seniors and youth, or $10 for previews (April 2 and 3). Reservations: 604-5210412 or reservations@ vagabondplayers.ca. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 Burnaby’s Got Talent, a show sponsored by the Burnaby District Student Advisory Council featuring top performers from Burnaby secondary schools, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Michael J. Fox Theatre, 7373 MacPherson Ave. Proceeds to Kinbrace, a refugee support organization. Info: www.facebook.com/ BurnabyDSAC.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 9 Student showcase concert, part of the Arts at One concert series at Douglas College, 1 p.m. in the Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre, fourth floor north, 700 Royal Ave. Free. SATURDAY, APRIL 18 Phoenix Chamber Choir presents GLOW, the final concert of the choir’s 32nd season, featuring works by John Tavener, Gabriel Jackson, Jake Runestad and Jean Coulthard. Tickets $20, or $15 for students/seniors, $10 for children, at Queens Avenue United Church, 529 Queens Ave. Info: www. phoenixchamberchoir.ca. Amabilis Singers presents The Elements, with works exploring the four classical elements of earth, air, water and fire, 8 p.m. at New Westminster Christian Reformed Church, 8255 13th Ave., Burnaby. Tickets $20, or free for children under 11. Order from choir members or call 604-503-2074. Info: www.amabilissingers.org.

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Eventsnow TUESDAY, MARCH 24 Free workshop on personal planning, 2:30 to 4 p.m. Learn about representation agreements and other legal documents to plan for the possibility that you may need someone to speak for you regarding personal care, end of life care and certain financial matters. Burnaby Multicultural Society, 6255 Nelson Ave. Registration/ enquiries: Carol at 604 431-4131 ext.27, carol.ha@ thebms.ca. THURSDAY, MARCH 26 Municipal Pension Retirees’ Association, Burnaby district, meeting, 10 a.m. to noon, Bonsor Recreation Complex, 6550 Bonsor St. in the Metro Sports Room. The association works on behalf of people receiving a municipal pension. Guest speaker: Brian McConville, Lower Mainland regional director. Refreshments provided. Info: Ed Hepting, 604-961-6622. Inclusion Café, hosted by Safe Harbour – Respect for all Program, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Guest Speaker: Liza Bautista, settlement program manager, Immigrant Services Society

of B.C. Topic: Inclusion of live-in caregivers into a broader community. Registration required: call 604-436-5400 or register online at http://bpl.bc.ca/ events. Free documentary screening of Payback, 7 to 8:45 p.m., McGill library branch, 4595 Albert St. Guest speaker: Coun. Anne Kang. Film explores the meaning of debt in relation to society. Free, but space is limited. Register online at www.bpl. bc.ca/events. TUESDAY, MARCH 31 Presentation on wills and estates, 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Bob Prittie Metrotown Branch, 6100 Willingdon Ave. Experienced wills and estates lawyer Edward Macaulay will provide an overview of what should and shouldn’t go in your will, including changes with the Wills, Estates and Succession Act,. Free, but space is limited. Registration: call 604-4365400 or register in person at the library. Burnaby Neighbourhood House, “Spring is in the Air” community dinner,

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at Gilmore Community School, 50 S. Gilmore Ave. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., dinner served from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Cost: $3 for adults, and $1 for children. Tickets sales are limited and must be bought in advance at the North Burnaby Neighbourhood House office at 4463 Hastings St. Info: 604-294-5444 or visit http://burnabynh.ca/northburnaby-office.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 Burnaby Rhododendron and Garden Society meeting, 7 p.m. in the Discovery Room, Burnaby Village Museum, Canada Way at Deer Lake Ave. Karen Myskiw will be speaking on habitat gardens for butterflies, birds and bees. Refreshments served. Info at brags.ca. SATURDAY, APRIL 4 Easter bonanza, 10 a.m. to

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Running down a dream SFU international master’s student is making her last chance on the track count

Tom Berridge

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Simon Fraser University grad student Jennifer Johnson is getting a last chance to make her collegiate athletics career a dream come true. It was a fancy that at one stage of her university career, she felt she might not ever have again. The 24-year-old master’s student became an AllAmerican in long distance track for a second and third time at the NCAA Division II indoor championships last weekend after earning a ﬁrst-ever honour at the national women’s cross-country championships earlier this year. “It was extremely gratifying,” Johnson said in a telephone interview with the NOW. To downplay the reaction of the American international student would be a disservice to what Johnson has been through over the past six years. Highly recruited out of Corvallis High School as one of Oregon’s top-10 seniors in 2009, Johnson never got the thrill of competing at a national collegiate competition after a series of setbacks threatened to end a once-promising athletic career. As a freshman at Swarthmore College, a top Division III Liberal Arts school outside of Philadelphia, Johnson suffered what was thought to be a stress fracture in her hip during a cross-country meet. Later that same year, while running the lead 1,200-metre leg indoors,

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All-American: Jennifer Johnson, left, broke a longstanding NCAA Division II record in the women’s 3,000 metres and finished third in the event at the national indoor track and field championships to earn a third All-American honour this season. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

Johnson had to pull out of a distance relay race, when extreme pain forced her off the track. She was diagnosed with a broken hip and operated on the following day. Complications ensued and less than a year later, she had to have the rod implants removed prematurely. And while she returned to competition the following season, lingering problems resulting from the fracture slowed her recovery. In 2012, Johnson graduated from Swarthmore with honours in linguistics, soci-

ology and anthropology. She moved to Georgetown University to study for a master’s in linguistics and was a walk-on the women’s track team. But a sudden change in coaching and a misdiagnosed broken ﬁbula in her very ﬁrst cross-country race for the Hoyas resulted in her later being dropped from the team in a rather impersonal email. “Being injured in my under-graduate years, I didn’t get to experience the fun and best part of being on a college team, and I very much wanted to be an All-

American,” said Johnson. Being unable to join a running club because it would jeopardize NCAA eligibility, Johnson spent the next two years training alone on the track in the hopes of one day getting a last chance. “It was devastating,” said Johnson. “I wasn’t with the team. (Georgetown) had an incredibly talented group of women on the team, they had embraced me. But it wasn’t the best situation for me when they brought in the new coach.” That last chance occurred when she earned

an academic scholarship to SFU to continue her degree in international studies and international development. “It’s been really rewarding to have that opportunity again. I never really wanted to end my running career on a low note,” she said. “I felt like I have overcome all the setbacks I’ve had.” SFU head coach Britt Townsend, who had originally tried to recruit Johnson out of high school, made sure that would not be the case. Continued on page 44

Burnaby’s Gabriel HoGarcia scored his first goal of the World League tournament to lead Canada’s national men’s field hockey team into Round 3 of the 2016 Olympic Games qualifier. Ho-Garcia tallied Canada’s second goal of the game off a penalty corner in the 17th minute in a 4-1 win over Russia in Chula Vista, California on March 8. The win gave the Canadians third place overall in World League Round 2, earning the Maple Leaf a spot in Round 3 in June, where the top three teams, in each of two separate World League 3 events, can qualify for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ireland and Austria also qualified for the third round, while Malaysia, Poland and Japan qualified through a separate round. A further three teams will also advance from a third round being held in South Africa. The top 11 teams in the world at the time of Round 3 will also take part in the two 10-team qualifying tournaments. Canada could also earn a spot in Rio by winning a gold medal at the Pan American Games in Toronto this summer.

Clan claim best-ever DII ﬁnish Simon Fraser University place seventh at NCAA indoor nationals

Tom Berridge

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Lindsey Butterworth led Simon Fraser University to its best-ever finish at the NCAA Division II indoor track and field championships in Birmingham, Alabama. Buterworth went into the national meet as the No. 1 seed in the women’s 800 metres and did not disappoint, taking the lead with 300m to go and winning by more than a second over runner-up Taylor Stepanski of Saginaw Valley. Butterworth’s winning time of 2:08.44 assured the Clan of its first top-10 finish in women’s indoor track

since joining the NCAA in 2010. “There were a lot of expectations on me that I hoped to fulﬁll. But as soon as I started warming up and was in my routine I felt really conﬁdent,” said Butterworth in a Clan press release. A day earlier, Butterworth ran a personal-best mile anchor leg to help the SFU team of Jennifer Johnson, Chantel Desch and Paige Nock place second in the women’s distance relay in a conference record time of 11:28.28. Johnson, a grad student, also placed third in the 3,000m and was one of four runners to better a 30year-old meet record in the event.

It was also Johnson’s third AllAmerican feat this season, following similar honours in the women’s distance relay and at the national crosscountry championships earlier this year. “Prior to this year, I was never able to achieve All-American status and now I’m a three-time All-American. It’s a dream come true,” said Johnson. Johnson’s time of 9:26.82 was a personal best and ranks second-best all-time in Great Northwest conference history. Travis Vugteveen became the ﬁrst Clan male athlete to earn All-American honours in track and ﬁeld, placing sixth in the men’s mile.

National champ: SFU’s Lindsey Butterworth won the NCAA Division II women’s 800 metres at the national track and field indoor championships. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

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‘I’m grateful every day’ Continued from page 43 “It’s a great story,” said Townsend. “She wanted to see for herself what is possible.” And to bring her life lessons and share those with the team was also a great beneﬁt to the SFU program,Townsend added. “I’m really looking for what she can do outdoors.” After an All-American run in the Div. II women’s cross-country in January, Johnson faced one of her demons at the national indoor championships and ran the same lead leg in the distance relay, helping SFU to a second-place ﬁnish in the race that years before had almost ended her collegiate career. Later in the meet, Johnson added a

bronze medal in the women’s 3,000 metres, where she ran under the previous 30year-old meet record in a personal-best time of 9:26.82 at the NCAA indoor championships. “Track and ﬁeld has been a huge part of my life. My athletic career has been marred by injuries and setbacks, but it has also been one of the most gratifying things I have ever pursued. ... Had I abandoned track and ﬁeld before I had achieved a measure of success, I would have always wondered what could have been,” Johnson said. “Now, every good workout I get to have is really a gift and I’m grateful for it every day.”

Denver D-man in demand

Joey LaLeggia of Burnaby was a unanimous choice for the NCAA Division I National Collegiate all-conference hockey team. The Edmonton Oilers prospect and Hobey Baker Award candidate was also nominated for conference player of the year, defence-

man of the year and offensive defenceman of the year. The 22-year-old University of Denver senior was a NCHA defensive player of the week ﬁve times this season and player of the month for both January and February. LaLeggia is currently

third all-time on the program’s defensive scoring chart with 127 career points, including 47 goals. Last weekend, LaLeggia helped Denver sweep No. 6 Minnesota Duluth in quarter-ﬁnal playoffs with a goal and two assists in back-toback wins.

Players 5 years old (U06) to 17 years old (U18) can register online at www.sbmcsoccer.net or attend in person Thursday, March 26 from 6pm to 8pm or Tuesday, March 31 from 6pm to 8pm at the SBMC Clubhouse, which is located on the south side of the Bonsor Recreation Centre. Soccer registration includes a soccer jersey, shorts and socks. Also includes a team and individual photo and participation in our Soccer Skills Development Program. All players from U11 to U18 must attend the player evaluation sessions in order to be placed onto a Gold, Silver or Tier 1 team for the upcoming 2015/16 Soccer Season which starts in September. SBMC has the largest and most successful divisional soccer program in Burnaby with over 30 teams from U11 to U18 playing at every calibre of play. Many of our Divisional teams have been successful in the District Cup; Provincial District Cup; Coastal Cup; and Provincial Cups.

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Age Group U11 Tier1 Saturday, March 28, 2015, 12:30pm to 2:00pm Byrne Creek Turf U11 Tier1 Friday, April 17, 2015, 6:00pm to 7:30pm Byrne Creek Turf U12 Gold/Silver Saturday, March 28, 2015, 11:00am to 12:30pm Byrne Creek Turf U12 Gold/Silver Friday, April 17, 2015, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Byrne Creek Turf U13 Gold/Silver Saturday, April 11, 2015, 9:00am to 10:30am Byrne Creek Turf U13 Gold/Silver Saturday, April 18, 2015, 9:00am to 10:30am Byrne Creek Turf U14 Gold/Silver Saturday, April 11, 2015, 10:30am to 12:00pm Byrne Creek Turf U14 Gold/Silver Saturday, April 18, 2015, 10:30am to 12:00pm Byrne Creek Turf U15 Gold/Silver Saturday, April 11, 2015, 12:00pm to 1:30pm Byrne Creek Turf U15 Gold/Silver Saturday, April 18, 2015, 12:00pm to 1:30pm Byrne Creek Turf U16 Gold/Silver Saturday, April 11, 2015, 1:30pm to 3:00pm Byrne Creek Turf U16 Gold/Silver Saturday, April 18, 2015, 1:30pm to 3:00pm Byrne Creek Turf U17 Gold/Silver Saturday, April 11, 2015, 3:00pm to 4:30pm Byrne Creek Turf U17 Gold/Silver Saturday, April 18, 2015, 3:00pm to 4:30pm Byrne Creek Turf U18 Gold/Silver Saturday, April 11, 2015, 4:30pm to 6:00pm Byrne Creek Turf U18 Gold/Silver Saturday, April 18, 2015, 4:30pm to 6:00pm Byrne Creek Turf Players attending the player evaluation sessions can register online prior to the session or they can register at one of the in-person registration evenings or they can register at the field 30 minutes prior to the start of the session. Following the conclusion of the sessions, we will make every effort to notify all the registered players as to their team placement for the 2015/16 season.

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