Burnaby Now August 11 2017

Page 1

CITY 3

NEWS 5

B.C. Day fun in photos

Man dies after altercation

ENTERTAINMENT 11

Matt Andersen returns to fest

5

THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2017

LOCAL NEWS – LOCAL MATTERS

There’s more at Burnabynow.com

SEE PAGE 13

TRANS MOUNTAIN

B.C. will fight pipeline in court Thomas Berger will lead B.C.’s legal efforts Grant Granger

ggranger@burnabynow.com

FIRE POLE: Burnaby firefighters wait for power to be cut off to a hydro pole beside the Scardillo Cheese factory on Venture Street before attacking a blaze sparked by a chewing squirrel Tuesday. The blaze knocked out power to surrounding businesses, and the milk at the factory had to be dumped. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

At least it didn’t grill the cheese

Hydro pole fire that was started by a squirrel resulted in 82,000 litres of spoiled milk Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

A Burnaby cheese factory is crying over about 82,000 litres of spilled milk after a fire knocked out power to the facility for about 12 hours Tuesday. Firefighters were called to the back of the Scardillo Cheese factory at 7865Venture St. off Lake City Way at around 9:15 a.m.They arrived to find a power pole in flames. “There was a powerline that ran down along the exterior of the pole

into the ground and then into the cheese factory only about 30 or 40 feet away,” assistant fire Chief Laine Zimmermann told the NOW. “It was a main powerline servicing that building.” Kathy Scardillo, an administrator at the business and wife of owner Rocky Scardillo, said she heard three loud bangs before the power went out, leaving 82,000 litres of milk in the factory to warm. “It was in the vats to make cheese,” she said. Firefighters couldn’t attack the

Free Home Evaluation

Call AL KABANI today 778-773-4646 RE/MAX Central

Burnaby, BC V5H 4C2

| Since 1985 | #1-5050 Kingsway,

778-773-4646 AL KABANI

alkabani@remax.net

blaze directly at first because the powerline was still live, Zimmermann said, so they deflected water and foam off the factory wall and kept the flames under control for about 20 minutes with broken streams to avoid electricity conducting back to the firefighters at the hoses. B.C. Hydro initially shut down an entire circuit, taking out power to about 170 customers, before isolating the line to the cheese factory. A squirrel apparently sparked the blaze by chewing through a piece of

equipment on the hydro pole, according to B.C. Hydro. Five trucks and 15 firefighters responded to the call. Originally, power to the building wasn’t expected to be restored untilWednesday, and Scardillo rented generators to keep its coolers of cheese from suffering the same fate as its milk, but the power ended up being back on by about 9:20 p.m. Scardillo estimated the company will lose about a week of production disposing of the milk and cleaning up.

Order Take-Out. Call 310-SPOT (7768) or order online at www.whitespot.ca

The provincial NDP government has dug deep into its past, and Canada’s as well, to help fight the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion that would triple the oil shipped by Kinder Morgan from Edmonton to Burnaby. Attorney General David Eby and Environment Minister George Heyman announced at a press conference Thursday morning the provincial government has hired Thomas Berger as external counsel for all legal actions related to the pipeline expansion. Berger, 84, fits the bill on many counts for the new government. He’s a former Vancouver NDP MP (1962-1963) and MLA (1966-69). He served as provincial party leader in 1969, prior to Dave Barrett taking over and becoming premier in 1972.That’s when Barrett appointed Berger as a B.C. Supreme Court Judge. He went on to lead three federal royal commissions, including one on the MacKenzie Valley Pipeline (1974-77) and another on Indian and Inuit health care (1979-80). Since then he has done a lot of work with First Nations. Continued on page 10

*Receive $5 off any Share Platter at Nando’s Kingsway. Valid until September 3, 2017. Not valid with any other gift. Not valid for alcohol, Gift Cards, or retail sauces. One offer per guest. Must present this card for offer redemption. Not valid on other offers.


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.