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CRIME
Officer cleared in shooting Man had fatally stabbed roommate By Cornelia Naylor
cnaylor@burnabynow.com
An RCMP officer who shot a 35-year-old man after a fatal stabbing in a Burnaby home two years ago has been cleared of wrongdoing in his death by B.C.’s police watchdog. “The CCD (chief civilian director) does not consider that any officer may have committed an offence under any enactment and will not be making a report to Crown counsel,” states a 13-page report released by the Independent Investigations Office (IIO). The decision relates to a shooting on March 29, 2015. None of the people involved are named in the report. On a dark, rainy morning at about 5:50 a.m., two RCMP officers responded to a call of a double stabbing at a Burnaby residence in the 6100 block of 14th Continued on page 9
FATAL: Officers with the Independent Investigations Office and homicide police were on scene March 29, 2015 in the 6100 block of 14th Avenue in Burnaby investigating a police-involved shooting that followed a fatal stabbing. The officer involved in the shooting has been cleared of wrongdoing. PHOTO FILE PHOTO
CITY HALL
Feasibility study on power will cost $250,000 By Tereza Verenca
tverenca@burnabynow.com
A year and a half after a windstorm swept through Burnaby, downing trees and leaving about 50,000 residents without power, the city is looking at installing an emergency power supply at some of its buildings.
At Monday night’s meeting, city council approved a $250,000 feasibility study. The study will look at implementing the first phase of a new emergency power supply program.The first phase considers installing backup power at the Edmonds and Bonsor community centres.
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“During power outages, emergency backup power would allow key city facilities to provide continued public access, service provision and, if necessary, places of respite for residents impacted by extended power outages,” reads a staff report. Phase 1 also suggests the
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts as another building. “(It) would be the most suitable facility to equip with emergency power supply based on its site configuration, including parking, dry floor space and on-site amenities,” according to the report. The extra power would
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boost the city’s capacity to deliver emergency support services (ESS) following an emergency or disaster, by increasing the number of facilities capable of supporting ESS operations in areas where hydro was interrupted, states the report. The feasibility study will: assess the existing build-
ing conditions to determine site limitations and considerations at each site; identify the improvements and/or major renovations required to the interior and exterior of each building; determine the cost and siting considerations (electrical, mechanical, structural and Continued on page 8
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