Burnaby Now May 26 2017

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NEWS 3

PEOPLE 12

Betty Griffin left a legacy

The density debates continue

SPORTS 32

Lakers building a winning culture

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SPELLBOUND

FINALISTS: Burnaby South Secondary Grade 8 students gathered at Michael J. Fox Theatre this month for a spelling throwdown. After a series of classroom competitions, finalists took to the stage for a winner-takeall, school-wide spelling bee. From left the right, the competitors were Amrit Daffu, Cedric Pulmano, John Sapalaran, Blu Dimalanta, Janine Mangilin, Cole Majkowski, Evan Chao, Sarah Shouldice and Kayla Louie. More photos and a story on page 11. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

STRATA BATTLE

Owners could face arrest in dispute B.C. Supreme Court justice orders apartment owners to list unit and vacate the premises before June 3 By Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

The owners of a Burnaby strata unit could face arrest if they aren’t out of their apartment by June 3, according to a B.C. Supreme Court ruling this month. The decision is the latest in a legal battle between Barry Linden and Ronald Thibodeau and the Parkcrest Apartments strata at 5932 Patterson Ave.

The strata applied to the court to force the married couple to sell their unit and leave because they had breached a B.C. Supreme Court decision last year essentially ordering them to behave. Among other prohibitions, the April 8, 2016 decision ordered them not to yell, scream, slam or pound on strata doors, listen in on other strata lots, leave dog feces on common strata

property and utter any abusive, obscene or threatening comments to strata mem-

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bers. Justice William Ehrcke also ordered the couple to pay $3,400 in unpaid fines that had piled up over the course of more than four years. Sworn affidavits from 11 of Linden and Thibodeau’s neighbours at the 95-unit building were presented to the court. One couple said Linden and Thibodeau made them feel like “prisoners in their

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own home.” Another neighbour, who said she’d been called “slut,” “whore” and other obscenities by Linden and Thibodeau, said their abusive behaviour had forced her onto anti-anxiety medication. Seven of their neighbours complained of the couple yelling, screaming, singing, playing loud music, slamming doors and allowing their dog to bark inces-

santly. At one point, Linden was captured on the strata’s security camera smearing dog feces on a carpet outside one of the building’s entrances. Thibodeau told the court the residents who swore affidavits were not credible and that he and Linden were “well-liked” by other neighbours, but Ehrcke noted no affidavits were Continued on page 9

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