COMMUNITY 11
EDUCATION 5
A Dragons’ Den success story
Kids create ‘oil’ art
SPORTS 32
Wrestlers honoured
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Burnaby South High School cheerleaders Pete Rae, Pam Dreaper, Ethelmae Hanson and Helen Silvan cheer on the home team. Under the capable direction of sponsor Mr. Mellado, the pep club provided “valuable support” to BSHS teams during the 1946/47 season with “new yells, cheers and actions,” according the school’s 1947 yearbook. Students from the class of ’47 recently gathered at the Riverway Golf Clubhouse for their 70th reunion, and the NOW got to tag along. See page 3 for a look back at the class of ’47. PHOTO SCHOOL ANNUAL OF BURNABY SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
URBAN CHALLENGES
Working to discourage illegal dumpers Tougher fines being considered to stop folks from dumping mattresses and big items in the city By Tereza Verenca
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The City of Burnaby is looking into stiffer penalties for illegal dumping. Mayor Derek Corrigan has asked staff to look into what other Metro Vancouver cities are doing to stop residents from disposing bulky items like couch-
es and mattresses in ravines, parks and alleyways. “I think people need to be discouraged, and I think if other municipalities are pursuing it more aggressively, then we should be trying to meet those standards,” Corrigan said. “There’s nothing more atrocious than people trying to keep their city clean and then finding
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one of their beautiful parks has been soiled by someone dumping a load of garbage, and I want to know we can prosecute that to the fullest extent.” Right now, the fine for illegal dumping in Burnaby is $200.The City of Surrey has a maximum fine of $10,000. Surrey also has camera surveillance and a
smartphone app that allows the public to easily report illegal dumping in parks or on city property. Coun. Anne Kang asked people to use the city’s large item and appliance pick-up program. Residents can call 604-294-7972 and arrange a pick-up date. “It costs staff more hours and time,” Kang said of il-
legal dumping. “If it’s not your property but if it is your item, I’m going to encourage everyone to really be responsible in how we dispose of these things.” Last year, the city received 8,161 service requests for bulky items (a 12.4 per cent increase from 2015), and 4,279 service requests for appliance col-
lection (a 36.9 per cent increase from the previous year), according to the 2016 solid waste and recycling annual report. Meanwhile, a total of 5,781 mattresses and box springs were recycled and diverted from the landfill in 2016, a 21.9 per cent increase from 2015.
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