CITY 3
Breakfast with the premier
SPORTS 28
COMMUNITY 11
5
Steeler forward exits
Big dreams, little city
THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2018
LOCAL NEWS – LOCAL MATTERS
There’s more at Burnabynow.com
SEE PAGE 21
Fire crews save home Quick work saved an Edmonds-area house from complete ruin
Cornelia Naylor
cnaylor@burnabynow.com
Quick work by local firefighters saved a two-storey house in the Edmonds area from complete destruction Tuesday evening, according to the Burnaby Fire Department. “I thought we were going to lose the whole structure,” assistant fire Chief Brian Kirk told the NOW. “The guys did a really good job.” Crews were called to 7866 15th Ave. at about 5:50 p.m. Seeing dark smoke billowing from the area even before their arrival, they called for more trucks right away. “We threw lots of truck companies at it,” Kirk said. One of the people who called 911 was neighbour Lata Patel, who lives across the backyard from the house. “I was just cooking and I looked over and saw a lot of smoke,” she told the NOW. By the time she called 911 and got everyone out of her own house, she said she could see flames coming from the Continued on page 8
STILL STANDING: Burnaby firefighters cut into an Edmonds-area home looking for hot spots after a two-alarm house fire Tuesday. Crews were called to the home on 15th Avenue at 5:50 p.m. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR
THE CHANGING CITY
‘Monstrous’ tower raises residents’ ire Grant Granger
ggranger@burnabynow.com
A proposed 46-storey Lougheed Highway condominium tower will cast a shadow over the neighbourhood, especially when it comes to traffic, according to nearby residents who appeared at a public hearing at Burnaby City Hall Tuesday. About 25 people showed up to oppose the project to be built at the northwest cor-
ner of Lougheed and Springer Avenue. It’s part of a triangle of land where Lougheed, Springer and Douglas Road come together. Longtime area resident Stacy Boyer said she was disappointed and frustrated because she believes property values and her enjoyment of living will decrease because such large highrises can ruin neighbourhoods. “Forty-six storeys is monstrous. It is very, very big compared to everything around it,”
said Boyer. “This is just one more building going up in that tiny, tiny footprint of land, and I’m displaced from the area where I’ve grown up in.” The proposal calls for 307 strata units and six three-storey townhouses.The tower’s units will range from 32 studios of 447 to 513 square feet to six adaptable threebedroom units of up to 1,546 sq. ft. A city staff report said the tower is designed to recede at four different levels, allowing for sky
Free Home Evaluation
Order Take-Out.
Call AL KABANI today 778-773-4646
Call 310-SPOT (7768) or order online at www.whitespot.ca
RE/MAX Central
Burnaby, BC V5H 4C2
| Since 1985 | #1-5050 Kingsway,
778-773-4646 AL KABANI
alkabani@remax.net
gardens at key transition points. But some residents told council the highrise will dwarf the current two next door on Douglas Road, which top out at 18 storeys, and create even more congestion. “It’s quite a bottleneck already. I’d be quite concerned about several hundred additional people on those roads,” said Rhea Stewart. “The area is already quite parcelled in.” Continued on page 8
Hello,
your craving is calling This is PERi-PERi Nando’s Kingsway
4334 Kingsway, Burnaby (604) 434-6220