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CLOSE CALL: Dry wood burned up on Burnaby Mountain last Friday, but fire officials say it could have been much worse. Remnants of a tree fort can be seen here. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

Burnaby Mountain wildfire sparked near tree fort Cornelia Naylor

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A helicopter was called in to help battle a wildfire on the north side of Burnaby Mountain last Friday, but local crews managed to put it out before the wildland firefighters on board had to be deployed, according to the Burnaby Fire Department.

The fire department got a call at 12:20 p.m. on Friday for a brush and grass fire below the site of the old Shell gas station, north of University Drive, according to assistant fire Chief DaveYounger.

He said it took crews some time to find the blaze, which was burning under a tree fort.

“It was burning all

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around it,” he said. “It burnt the rope ladder access to the structure.

It burnt all the base of that tree and a huge area around it.”

By about 3 p.m., the fire was between 500 and 600 feet across and growing, according toYounger, and a helicopter and two trucks with wildland firefighting crews were dis-

patched from Chilliwack.

By the time the helicopter landed near an SFU soccer field, though, Younger said his crews, which had been rappelling down to the fire from above and climbing up to it from below, had extinguished the blaze with heavy-stream hoses they had run down the mountain from a hydrant above.

The city parks department sent in a crew later in the evening after the fire was out to search the tree fort, according toYounger.

“They determined that the tree was still sound, so they climbed it with spurs because the rope ladder was burned off, and they looked inside, but there was no body or any other unforeseen thing,” he said.

Fire investigators visited the site Monday, according toYounger.

“This was more of a ground fire,” he said. “It never made it into the canopy, so we had no candling.That’s why it stayed small. It just ran across the ground, burning in the roots of the trees and along the vegetation.We’re lucky, is what we were.”

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Council urged to allow backyard chickens

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Two residents have come forward to advocate in favour of allowing backyard chickens in Burnaby, including the neighbour of one family that currently has chickens.

The city’s social planning committee received two pieces of correspondence from Margaret Nellaney, the neighbour of Sherri Benjamin, and R. Brunswick, who also cited Benjamin’s fight with the city in their letter.

“A large number of our local municipalities already allow for backyard chickens and have for many years. I was shocked to find out that Burnaby has not yet updated its bylaws to follow suit,” Brunswick wrote. “As a Burnaby homeowner, resident and voter, I am strongly in favour of allowing families to keep backyard chickens.”

In her letter to the city, Nellaney said she lives two

doors down from the Benjamin family and said her family “fully supports having backyard chickens.”

“If anything, living through this pandemic has taught us that food security, community and getting back to the basics in life are so important.We have heard opinions about an increase of rats and noise; we have found none of these to be true, and we have lived in our home here … for 35 years,” Nellaney wrote.

For their part, Brunswick cited a number of benefits, including a supply of fresh eggs, fertilizer, natural pest control and teaching responsibility to younger children.

“Given the current global situation with people at home more than ever, facing income losses, and struggling with their mental health, being able to have the option of keeping chickens as both a stable food source and a pet for families seems like a

Cooped up: A backyard chicken coop in Burnaby. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

decision that should be supported by everyone,” Brunswick wrote.

In a comment below Brunswick’s and Nellaney’s letters, staff pushed back against the idea of allowing backyard chickens.

“The keeping of hens in residential neighbourhoods may be of interest to some residents, however concerns regarding noise, odour, spread of disease, and risks to public health

and safety have been raised by the community, which resulted in limiting the keeping of backyard chickens to agricultural properties where similar uses are permitted,” staff wrote.

“In general, residential properties in an urban setting do not have adequate lot area to provide the required setbacks from neighbouring properties to minimize anticipated noise concerns, which can be a

recurring issue.”

Staff also pointed to the work involved in eliminating odours, which may be passed over by some chicken owners.

“Permitting backyard chickens in urban residential neighbourhoods requires a detailed review and public input as the community’s concerns are more significant when it comes to the keeping of chickens as a pet, com-

pared to other animals typically associated with pets,” staff wrote.

Brunswick urged the city both to reconsider its bylaws and to look at waiving its fines against the Benjamin family.

Benjamin is facing a $400 fine after an extended grace period, offered by the city to allow the family time to get rid of their chickens, lapsed in mid-July.The family had until Aug. 5 to respond to the fine and had full intentions of challenging it.

Coun. Joe Keithley, the lone Burnaby Green Party representative on council, proposed a motion in the spring to have the social planning committee look into the issue of backyard chickens as a food security matter.

That motion was unanimously endorsed by council, though it’s still unclear when staff will return to council to report on the matter.

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City looks at new bylaw to target smoking shisha Dustin Godfrey

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A forthcoming Burnaby bylaw will target smoking shisha and other substances indoors, but hookah lounges may survive the regulations.

Public safety director Dave Critchley proposed the city develop a bylaw around smoking to go beyond what provincial legislation already regulates.

Shisha is a molasses product containing tobacco or other herbs and is smoked in a hookah water pipe.The practice is popular in South Asia, the Middle East and some African countries. A handful of hookah lounges currently operate in Burnaby, though some have been shut down by the city in the past.

Hookah: A hookah water pipe is used to smoke shisha, a molasses product. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

In a report to council, Critchley notes the province only regulates smoking of tobacco and vapourizers in buildings, leaving shisha and cannabis untouched. But the report notes that shisha, with or

without tobacco, contain “cancer-causing chemicals, and … the inhalation of that smoke raises health risks to users.”

The city’s proposed bylaw will prohibit smoking tobacco and vapourizer

products, “as well as any other weed or substance” on business premises and in customer service areas.

However, in a council meeting this week, Coun.

Colleen Jordan asked whether hookah lounges should get an exemption from the prohibition, citing a lawsuit against a municipality to protect the lounges as a cultural practice. She suggested the city look at exemptions for Indigenous practices of burning herbs during smudging ceremonies.

In 2015, the City of Vancouver won in the B.C. Supreme Court after challenges to its smoking bylaw by two hookah lounges.The hookah lounges failed to sway the court in all their arguments, including a claim the city was infringing on

their freedom of religion.

The city will also double down on the provincial legislation prohibiting smoking tobacco and vapourizer products within businesses.The intent is to allow the city to enforce the prohibition independent of the province.

The city’s regulation would provide some exemptions, including businesses that are not open to the public and that operate in a private residence.That doesn’t, however, include home-based child-care facilities.The city would also exempt smoking rooms in hotels and motels.

The city would also go beyond the provincial legislation by banning smoking on partially enclosed or unenclosed customer service spaces, such as pa-

tios or balconies, where food and beverages are served.

Finally, the city would require businesses to place signs in the areas where the city prohibits smoking.

It’s the second attempt by the city to pass a smoking and vaping bylaw, almost a year to the date after the first one was voted down by council.

On Sept. 16, 2019, council was presented a bylaw that would prohibit smoking on sidewalks, parks, parking lots and outdoor areas on private property.

This week, council voted unanimously in favour of pursuing a smoking bylaw. Once the bylaw is developed and given first approval by council, it will need to face a public hearing and consultations with Fraser Health.

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TAKE NOTICE THAT the City of Burnaby proposes to transfer all those portions of closed road in DL 119, Gp 1, NWD, dedicated by Plan 2855 comprising 612.8 sq.m., and dedicated by Plan 40447 comprising 112.1 sq.m., as shown on Plan EPP92155, to Amacon Development (Alaska) Corp. in consideration for $3,706,310.34.

TUESDAY, 2020 SEPTEMBER 29 AT 5PM, ELECTRONICALLY 1) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 33, 2020 - Bylaw No. 14207 Rez. #16-54 5168, 5180 and 5192 Sidley Street From: R5 Residential District To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM2 Multiple Family Residential District and Royal Oak Community Plan as guidelines, and in accordancewith the development plan entitled “AVA, Burnaby BC” prepared by Wilson Chang Architect) Purpose: to permit the construction of a 22 unit multiple-family residential development Applicant: C.P. Construction Ltd. 2) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 34, 2020 - Bylaw No. 14208 Rez. #19-44 7860 Rosewood Street From: R5 Residential District To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the R5 Residential District, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Rosewood Seniors Category A Supportive Housing”, prepared

by NSDA Architects) Purpose: to permit the construction of a ten-unit category A supportive housing facility Applicant: NSDA Architects 3) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 35, 2020 - Bylaw No. 14209 Rez. #17-10010 A portion of 3883 Imperial Street From: P3 Park and Public Use District To: P3 Park and Public Use District and CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the P2 Administration and Assembly District, and Metrotown Downtown Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Central Park Pumping Station” prepared by CWA Engineers Inc.) Purpose: to permit the construction of an above ground electrical room as part of the electrical upgrades of the Metro Vancouver Central Park Pump Station Applicant: CWA Engineering Inc.

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4) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 36, 2020 - Bylaw No. 14210 Rez. #20-05 2088 Skyline Court From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5s Multiple Family Residential District, C3 General Commercial District and Brentwood Town Centre Plan guidelines) To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5s Multiple Family Residential District, C3 General Commercial District, and Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Phase 4 Amendment” prepared by Chris Dikeakos Architects Inc.) Purpose: to revise the previously approved development concept to permit additional office floor area, as well as revisions to the streetoriented commercial, and undeground parking Applicant: Chris Dikeakos Architects Inc. 5) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 32, 2020 - Bylaw No. 14206 Text Amendment Purpose: to amend the Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965 to implement changes required by the Finalized Rental Use Zoning Policy, and provide updates with respect to the rental use zoning with focus on definitions, land uses and density

Reports, bylaws, and related information respecting the zoning bylaw amendments are available on the City’s website at burnaby.ca/publichearings from 2020 September 17. Any questions regarding the Public Hearing processes and agenda items may be directed to the Office of the City Clerk, 604-294-7290.

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Huge deficit met with near-yawn

The near-yawn that ing dried up for a few greeted Finance Minmonths. ister Carole James’ anWhen it came to innouncement last week that creased spending, it is B.C. will run a $12.8-bilpretty much all about relion deficit is a reminder sponding to the pandemic of how much our political through either financial reworld has been turned on lief measures or funding its head. support in critical areas.

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For years, fierce political The BC Liberals, for debates would take place example, are critical that every year about whether money is not flowing out a budget was really balthe door at an even faster anced when the projected rate to assist in economic surplus was perhaps a few recovery. No party wants hundred million dollars. A to be seen demanding a balanced budget was the big reduction in financial aim every year. aid during this crisis.

The days Yet deof a balspite this The days of anced govincredibly ernment bleak pica balanced budget – ture, James government at both the remains opbudget ... are provincial timistic that and federal the worst clearly in the levels – are is over and rear-view clearly in the that a rerear-view covery is mirror. mirror. closer than When the many think. pandemic It is hard began and it to picture was apparthat, given ent the B.C. the current government budget was surge of COVID-19 in this about to blow up, I joked province right now. Howwith several NDP cabinet ever, perhaps, as we learn ministers that a large defito live with this virus, some cit would now cease to be economic normalcy does a political liability. indeed return at a quicker The huge deficit is the rate. result of shifts on both the We are all, for the most revenue and spending side part, spending money on of the ledger. Revenues are consumer items again. down almost a whopping School is back in session. $5 billion, and spending is But a balanced governup almost $8 billion. ment budget? That will not Income tax revenue took be part of the “new northe biggest hit as hundreds mal” for a long time yet. of thousands of people What’s more, I suspect few were suddenly thrown out people really care all that of work.The next biggest much. loss was on sales tax reveKeith Baldrey is chief ponue, as consumer spendlitical reporter for Global BC

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More needs to be done to stop people from feeding our urbanized animals

Editor: It’s time we have a candid conversation about illegal food waste and the feeding of urbanized animals.

I’ve lived in Edmonds for a decade, and have come to see the rodents and pigeons that I regularly encounter, nearly all of which are non-native to North America, as an inevitable part of living in an urban centre.

This being said, I’ve been discouraged to see how prevalent the intentional feeding of urbanized animals is in my neighbourhood.

Yesterday, I walked to the basketball court to get some pre-work exercise and what did I encounter?

Someone had dumped a load of fried takeaway all over the court, directly beneath one of the hoops.

This rendered half the court entirely useless.

Last week it was a pile of dried rice in the same place.

Meanwhile, an abandoned lot is the daily dumping ground for bread by locals.

As a result, it is continually occupied by a swarm of pigeons, and at dusk you can see

several rats eating the scraps in broad site of any passerby.

As all this is going on, many residents are noticing that rodent sightings and issues are increasing in the neighbourhood.

Pest control experts have told me this is presumably due to the ongoing demolishing of old homes/buildings, but I can’t help but wonder what the role of illegal food waste is in this increase.

Mice became such an issue in our house last year that professional intervention was required.

This begs the question of why and how are people permitted to contribute to this problem, when it clearly is detrimental to the well-being of residents?

I don’t know what the solution is, whether it is through hefty fines, video cameras, public shaming, or some kind of a public forum. But something needs to change, as recklessly throwing food waste into an urban neighbourhood affects the quality of life for everyone.

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Teen’s killer applies for Supreme Court appeal Cornelia Naylor

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A man serving a life sentence for fatally stabbing a 19-year-old Burnaby man in a swarming attack in Whistler five years ago intends to apply to Canada’s highest court for leave to appeal his sentence, according to a Crown prosecutor.

Louay Zouhairy was two weeks away from his 18th birthday when he stabbed Luka Gordic in the heart during an attack by up to 15 youths outside of a 7-Eleven in Whistler on the 2015 May long weekend.

Because of the seriousness of his crime, Zouhairy was sentenced as an adult to life in prison with no chance of parole for seven years – and a publication ban cloaking his identity as a young offender expired 60 days after an appeal of his sentence was dismissed by the B.C. Court of Appeal in June.

Last Thursday, Gordic’s family found out that Zouhairy now has a new lawyer and intends to apply to appeal his sentence at the Supreme Court of Canada.

“If the leave to appeal application is granted, the SCC will proceed to hear the appeal based on written and oral arguments, similar to the process at the B.C. Court of Appeal,”

stated a letter from Crown prosecutor David Layton to Gordic’s mother, Clara Gordic.

Layton said the Supreme Court will only agree to hear the appeal if Zouhairy can show his case raises “a novel or important question of law.”

“This is a demanding test, and only about 15% of leave to appeal applications are successful,” Layton said.

He said he expected Zouhairy’s lawyer to file his written materials in the next six to nine weeks, and then the Crown will have 30 days to file a written response.

It usually takes about two to four months after the parties’ materials are filed for the SCC to release its decision on the leave application, according to Layton, and the SCC simply allows or dismisses the application, not giving any reasons for doing so.

Gordic had been in Whistler with some friends for a B.C. Day long weekend trip when he was stabbed to death outside a 7-Eleven at 12:34 a.m. on May 17, 2015.

Zouhairy stabbed Gordic three times, including a fatal stab to the heart, and later told a psychiatrist that killing him had been almost a religious experience, according to court documents.

Appeal sought: Louay Zouhairy stabbed 19-year-old Burnaby resident Luka Gordic to death in Whistler five years ago during a swarming attack. Zouhairy was 17 years old at the time, but he was sentenced as an adult, and the publication ban protecting his identity as a young offender has since been lifted.

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“I recall looking at him in the eye … there was fear,” Zouhairy told the psychiatrist.

Zouhairy said his “life got brighter” in an instant.

“I felt woke,” Zouhairy said. “That God just slapped me right in the face … Something super, powerful, gave me a punch right in the heart. An electric shock of clarity. I came back to earth that second he looked at me.We made eye contact – my knife was still in him.”

The attack took just 17 seconds but left devasta-

tion in its wake.

“I have PTSD,” Clara Gordic told the NOW during a recent phone call.

“I think about it every day.

It doesn’t leave you. I can take medication, this and that, but you never forget. Our whole family, it doesn’t matter what we do, Luka’s always on our mind.”

The attack was sparked by a message Gordic had sent to 18-year-old Arvin Golic earlier that night, confronting him about mistreating his ex-girlfriend and telling him to

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Golic was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in the attack.

Golic and Zouhairy had been best friends since meeting in Grade 5, according to court documents, and the pair had descended into a life of crime together by the time of Gordic’s killing.

Zouhairy, who attended Burnaby Central Secondary before being expelled in Grade 9 and then being expelled from an alter-

nate program, estimated he’d robbed people of cellphones and cash near a transit station 10 to 15 times before being convicted of assault in 2014 for a robbery with Golic, according to court documents.

After that, Zouhairy said he started robbing street-level drug dealers, who carry large sums of money.

“These robberies involved him carrying a gun, which he cocked to intimidate or used to pistol-whip his victims,” states a February 2019 sentencing ruling by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Terence Schultes.

Zouhairy was born in Saudi Arabia and lived there until he was about 10, according to court documents.

The family came to Canada in 2008, originally living in Burnaby.

While his other family members are now Canadian citizens, Zouhairy currently has only his permanent resident status, which “may have implications for him” after he serves his sentence, according to Schultes’s ruling.

Clara Gordic said she’d like to see Zouhairy deported.

“He should be sent back,” she said.

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Citynow HEALTH

Burnaby McDonald’s reports employee with COVID-19

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A Burnaby McDonalds was offering drive-thru only last Thursday after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.

The Edmonds McDonald’s at 7229 Kings-way had gotten word of the positive test the day before, according to a news release McDonald’s Canada sent out later that evening.

“Out of an abundance of caution, the decision was made to immediately shut down the restaurant for a thorough cleaning and sanitization by a certified third party,” stated the release.

The employee’s last shift at the restaurant was from noon to 4 p.m. on Sept.

6, according to the com-

Temporary closure: This McDonald’s location reported an employee with a positive COVID-19 test. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

pany, and all crew members who may have been in close contact with the infected worker were being asked to self-quarantine until further information is available.

The company is also encouraging any guests who may have visited the restaurant on Sunday, Sept. 6 to follow the direction of the BC Centre for Disease Control at www. bccdc.ca.

“We are working to ensure our timeline to reopen happens as quickly and safely as possible as we know our guests depend on their local McDonald’s, and we are committed to doing our part to help our communities,” stated the release.

The restaurant has since reopened its dining room for full service.

The Burnaby restaurant was the third Lower Mainland McDonald’s to be temporarily shuttered because of COVID. Last Tuesday, a Richmond McDonald’s was closed after a worker reported they had tested positive, and a Surrey McDonald’s was shut down in the first week of July after a worker exposure.

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Council voted 4-3 Dustin Godfrey

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Jordan said that “concerted effort” to oppose cannabis stores throughout the city made up most of the opposition to the Old Orchard proposal, while the Kings Crossing proposal had more local opposition.

Councillors voting down the proposal said the B.C. Liquor and Cannabis Distribution Branch should have done more to engage the community around the proposal to gauge the local feeling of a cannabis store in the location.

“There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding, but that’s not our job,” Jordan said.

The yea-sayers agreed the distribution branch should have worked more with the community to make its case for opening a store at that location.

But Hurley noted council

could approve the store at this stage and still expect that engagement from the provincial branch prior to a vote on final approval.

“And if they haven’t done that by the third hearing, I would not support it at that stage,” Hurley said.

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arguments, he ing for a location, said that should then it should be be enshrined in part of our polpolicy to make icy to say, ‘There the process more should not be consistent and any liquor store predictable. or cannabis cen“There is altres or other ways going to be things within a a residential area certain distance around liquor of residential arSav Dhaliwal stores, around eas. It’d be much revisit policy cannabis centres, easier to do etc., and all that,” he said. that, and then everybody “So before people spend a knows.” whole lot of money looking for places and look-

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Citynow TransLink launches online tools to boost accessibility

TransLink is launching a series of online tools designed to help make transit accessible for people of all abilities.

The transit authority says the tools are designed to help all people confidently and independently utilize Metro Vancouver’s transit system.

The tools include an interactive 360-degree virtual tour of a TransLink bus and eight educational videos about how to use transit throughout Metro Vancouver.

The tools are designed to be used by people who may not be comfortable independently boarding transit.This could include those with a cognitive disability or people who are uncomfortable asking for transit help in English.

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Users of the virtual bus tool will be able to practise boarding a bus through virtual reality, on a desktop computer or on a mobile device. Designed by Beckett 3D Studio, in partnership with AutismBC, the tour contains information about each aspect of a TransLink bus with explanations, photos and links to useful resources built in.

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‘That was the last thing I was doing for him’ Ami Gill was taking home-cooked food to her husband’s care home – until COVID-19 got in the way Cornelia Naylor

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When 82-year-old Kuljeet Gill was checked into Burnaby’s New Vista Care Home nearly two years ago, he wasn’t happy there, according to Ami, his wife of almost 52 years She doesn’t blame the care home, though, or its staff.

“It’s not their fault; it’s the disease,” she says of her husband’s Alzheimer’s.

One thing that has given the couple some solace, however, is food.

‘THE LAST THING’ Until COVID hit, Ami or one of her two daughters was with him three times a day for meals.

Even when she wasn’t allowed to see her husband for six weeks between May 1 and June 15 because of an outbreak at the care home, Ami still came every day to drop off fresh fruit for his breakfast and a homemade Indian dish for dinner.

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enjoy?” Gill asks.

But even that thin thread of connection was severed on Sept. 6 when New Vista announced families would no longer be allowed to drop off home-cooked meals for their loved ones.

Ami was devastated.

“That was the last thing I was doing for him,” she says, her voice breaking with emotion. “And then I phone him in the evening before he goes to bed – ‘Did you like it?’ – that was my communication with him.What I’m going to ask him now? What I’m going to ask him, tell me.”

A staff member told Ami that New Vista was following the direction of the Fraser Health Authority, and Ami challenged her to send one of the health authority’s infection control specialists to meet her at the door of the care home to explain how her homemade food was going to spread COVID. “Their staff goes into work and they don’t have a control over their life,”

Ami says. “Me, I’m living by myself. I make sure I don’t socialize because I don’t want to take the COVID there.When I’m visiting, I followed all their rules.”

Ami says she knows what she’s doing when it comes to infection control.

She worked at Burnaby Hospital for 25 years, she says, many of them prepping and sterilizing operating rooms.

DEADLY OUTBREAKS New Vista has battled two COVID-19 outbreaks since the global pandemic was declared in March; the first outbreak began in April, after a staff member tested positive, and the second was declared on Aug. 8, after another staff member tested positive.

As of Sept. 1, when New Vista sent out an email update to families, seven residents had died of COVID-19 and 22 residents and 11 staff members had tested positive.

“How can they control the staff?” Gill asks.

“I don’t blame the staff.

They have their life after work hours.They’re going out. But, here, how much infection I can take there?”

Fraser Health spokesperson Aletta Vanderheyden said the health authority and New Vista leadership made the decision to temporarily halt deliveries of homemade food after a recent assessment.

What else he’s left to enjoy?

“When an outbreak occurs in a long-term care or assisted-living facility, Fraser Health’s outbreak management team assesses potential risks and works with facility leadership on an ongoing basis to protect residents and staff,”Vanderheyden wrote in an email.

She said Fraser Health will continue to assess the

risk to residents and will advise people who have loved ones at New Vista when they can start delivering food again.

When asked why food deliveries were not banned before at New Vista, Vanderheyden said not all facilities and outbreaks are the same, and “Fraser Health’s outbreak management team works with facility leadership to implement infection prevention and control measures to meet the unique needs of each site.”

Fraser Health has since responded to further questions from the NOW and is hoping to lift a ban on home food deliveries sometime this week (see related story below).

TELLING THEIR STORIES Ami, meanwhile, has told her story to the Office of the Seniors Advocate of B.C. In August, the office launched a survey designed to gather stories and information about how COVID-19 restric-

tions are impacting the lives of seniors in longterm care and assisted-living facilities and their families.

The information collected will be reported out publicly in October, so input from residents and families can help shape future pandemic planning at care homes, according to the office.

“We need to know what residents and family members think we should do, and we need to more fully understand the variation in visit policies across care homes,” B.C. seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie said in an emailed statement. “This will be important to know as we need to have a safe, but humane approach to supporting those who live in longterm care over the next year as we continue to live with COVID-19.”

More information about the survey, available until Sept. 30, can be found at seniorsadvocatebc.ca.

Ban on home-cooked food could be lifted soon: officials Cornelia Naylor

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Fraser Health and Burnaby’s New Vista Care Home hope to have a ban on deliveries of homecooked food lifted by next week, according to the health authority’s interim chief medical health officer.

The NOW talked to a woman last week who was devastated when New Vista told her she was no longer allowed to bring her husband of 52 years home-cooked meals at the care home (see story above).

Since Aug. 8, New Vista has been battling a COVID-19 outbreak that has been “quite challeng-

ing,” according to Dr. Elizabeth Brodkin.

So far 18 staff members and 25 residents have tested positive for the disease, and nine residents have died.

Infection control experts are visiting the site daily, Brodkin said.

“The infection control consultants are always on the lookout for things that need to be tweaked and perhaps haven’t been addressed yet,” she said.

When the infection control specialist was at New Vista, Brodkin said he realized there were a “large number of packages and parcels that were being delivered.”

“It wasn’t all food, there were various things, and

the whole process of packaging them up and dropping them off and then getting them delivered to the residents that they were destined for was not happening in a safe way,” Brodkin said.

The temporary ban on deliveries from families will give Fraser Health time to work with the care home to “improve their practice and make it safe,” according to Brodkin.

She said food is “not a source of transmission for COVID at all,” but New Vista needs to put practices in place to ensure it is safely packaged in containers that can be wiped down when they arrive at the care home.

“You can’t wipe down a

Control: Tupperware containers can be wiped down to help prevent COVID transmission. PHOTO GETTY IMAGES

paper bag, for example,” Brodkin said. “You can wipe down a Tupperware container that’s sealed.”

She said Fraser Health already has guidelines and policies around safe ways

to deliver food and other items, whether there is an active outbreak at the facility or not, and the health authority will now work with New Vista to make sure they are fol-

lowed.

Brodkin said she couldn’t say for certain whether the virus was actually transmitted through any of the packages delivered to New Vista.

“Infection control is a question of walking around and looking for places where best practices are not happening,” she said.

Once the new, safer practices are put in place, food deliveries at New Vista will resume, according to Brodkin.

“I’m very hopeful that’ll happen some time next week,” she told the NOW last week.

Watch www.burnaby now.com for updates after press deadline.

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Police are urging drivers to slow down in school zones after a 13-year-old pedestrian was struck near Burnaby North Secondary School in the morning on Friday, Sept. 4.

Police got a call at 8:30 a.m. that a girl had been struck by a vehicle close to the intersection of Kensington Avenue and Union Street, according to a

Burnaby RCMP press release.

She was transported from the scene with serious injuries, police said.

The driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators, according to police, but Burnaby RCMP traffic services officers are still working to determine what happened.

Burnaby RCMP said it’s too early to say whether speed was a factor or

whether the girl was in a marked crosswalk.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or might have dashcam video taken in area of Kensington Avenue and Hastings Street between 8:15 and 9 a.m. is asked to contact police.

Contact the Burnaby RCMP traffic services unit at 604-646-9999. To stay anonymous, contact CrimeStoppers at 1-800222-8477.

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Got questions about how to cope with back to school in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic?

They’ve got answers.

Fraser Health has launched its new online back-to-school resources for parents and teachers.

“While the return to school is traditionally an exciting time for parents, teachers and students alike, this year people may have questions about the public health measures that are being taken to support the return to inclassroom activities,” said Dr. Ingrid Tyler, Fraser Health medical health officer, in a press release.

Tyler said public health is continuing to work closely with school districts and the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education to support students in their return to school.

“We encourage everyone to continue protect-

ing themselves and others by staying home when you’re not feeling well, maintaining appropriate physical distance, washing your hands frequently, and keeping your social circle small and consistent,” she said.

The new back-toschool resources include a COVID-19 Q&A page, as well as a video Q&A featuring Tyler talking about how COVID-19 will impact the classroom environment.

Parents can head to the Q&A page to find answers to questions about safety in schools and what happens if there’s a COVID-19 exposure in a school. Here are a few highlights:

WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS A COVID-19 EXPOSURE IN A SCHOOL? In the event of a confirmed COVID-19 expo-

sure in a school: Ð The school district, school and parents will be notified that an exposure occurred. Ð The classroom, learning group or cohort may be asked to self-monitor for signs and symptoms. Ð Close contacts will be identified by public health and asked to self-isolate

HOW WILL THE RETURN TO SCHOOL IMPACT COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION? Children can get COVID-19 and experience symptoms, but they are not the primary drivers of this epidemic.

Keeping transmission low in the community relies on maintaining small, familiar groups; avoiding close contact outside the household; washing hands frequently and self-isolating at the first sign of any COVID compatible symp-

toms.

WHAT DO I DO IF I RECEIVE A NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN EXPOSURE AT MY CHILD’S SCHOOL? The exposure notifications Fraser Health provides are very important in informing people they should be on high alert for following up on any new or different symptoms they are experiencing, even if mild.

If you get a notification through a school or other setting – the setting itself is safe – the exposure has passed but you need to be on alert for 14 days to minimize the risk of spreading the disease.

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Entertainmentnow Burnaby actor stars in Arts Club’s opener AliWatson talks about pandemic life and the importance of BIPOC voices in theatre Julie MacLellan

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Up until the end of July, Ali Watson’s pandemic experience had been pretty low-key.

She’d picked up the ukulele again, played a lot of video games, learned to play Piano Man on the harmonica. She picked up a job at a clothing warehouse to “sort of pass the time” – since, like every other actor out there, her world had gone quiet with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March.

Then the phone rang.

It was Ashlie Corcoran, artistic director of the Arts Club Theatre Company, and she had some news that was about to change Watson’s low-key life into a very busy one.

Arts Club, which had cancelled its season along with theatres across the country, was getting ready to embark on a new venture – a lineup of three small-scale, one-person shows that will be staged, with new COVID-19 protocols, this fall.

Watson is one of two actors, along with Celia Aloma, who will alternate in the starring role in No Child …, a one-woman play by Nilaja Sun that’s onstage starting Sept. 24 at the Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre.

“My first thought was, ‘This is so exciting.This is amazing.This is so exciting,’”Watson says. “Five minutes later I was like, ‘I feel nauseous. I feel panicked. I have a lot of work to do.’”

The Burnaby actor admits it was strange to shift gears from pandemic mode to working mode.

“Even though it’s only been five months, I sort of got into the whole mindset of monotony and not doing a whole lot,” she says.

But the opportunity be-

ing put in front of her was just too good to pass up.

To be front and centre for this new experiment in live theatre was exciting in and of itself. But to be front and centre in this particular play, at this particular moment in history, was more than she could have hoped for.

As a Black actor working in Vancouver,Watson knows how underrepresented the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of colour) community has been in the theatre industry.

“It’s very rare to be doing a show with directors of colour, artists of colour,” she says. “The whole play is written and performed by a woman of colour, which is very, very special to me.”

The play is based on the playwright’s own experiences as a theatre teacher in the Bronx.Watson will portray Miss Sun and 15 other characters.

“The whole play centres around the struggles of working with kids who are from low-income areas, kids who don’t have a lot, and they’re told by the world they’re going to do nothing but end up in jail, they’ll drop out,”Watson says – until they meet Miss Sun. “She’s there to say no … you can be better than that.”

It’s different than the “happy shiny musical theatre pieces”Watson is used to starring in – and now, she says, is the perfect time for this story.

“With the world the way it is right now, it’s forced people to listen. Since everything’s on pause, the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement has been pretty much impossible to ignore this time around,” she says. “I think it’s a really great show to be happening right now with what’s going in the world. I hope people are taking this time to learn

how to be anti-racist, to learn how to be inclusive with their casting, and with their lives in general.”

For the opportunity to come from a high-profile company like Arts Club makes it just that much more meaningful.

“It means the world to me,”Watson says. “They have such a big platform.

They have a huge following, too, so I think there’s no better place to start to enact change. So far, I’ve felt very, very supported by them, and I’m hoping this all continues, and people will be more aware of what inclusivity looks like and how it’s important to make sure people feel welcomed in the arts.”

Four years ago,Watson was in the pages of the Burnaby NOW for playing Mimi in the URP production of Rent. She was just 21 then, and in the four years since, she’s seen things slowly starting to change in the theatre industry.

“There were times, years ago, when I wouldn’t usually get to audition for lots of female leads and things like that. It’s nice to have much less limits to who I can audition for,” she says.

But change has been slow – too slow, she says, given how often she’s seen shows performed by allwhite casts.

“I don’t want to see that in 2020. I want to see stages that reflect what humans look like,” she says.

“That doesn’t stop at performers of colour. It’s also important to have different body shapes and types, more LGBTQIA+ representation on stage – it’s all of that that’s important to see more of. I have seen a lot more of that recently, but I think we can do more of that as well.”

With all of that in the back of her mind,Watson admits she feels a big re-

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Ali Watson stars in No Child ..., the first offering in Arts Club Theatre Company’s small-scale fall season. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED sponsibility in taking on this role.

“It’s a huge weight on my shoulders, but I accept it and I want to have that weight,” she says.

The reality of the COVID-19 world means much smaller shows than usual, with audiences capped at 50, and far fewer people involved in staging the show. No Child … is being staged with two completely separate crews, who will rehearse in separate halls to keep their “bubbles” separate. Both are directed by Omari Newton.

Having the two groups is helpful,Watson points out, in that if one person falls ill, the other can pick up the performance. Plus,

Watson notes, anyone who has any symptom – even just minor cold symptoms – has to stay home.

“In theatre, it’s not usually like that at all. … If you have sniffles, you do the show. I’m very used to doing things no matter what,” she says. “It’s very, very strange, because we’re all super willing to make sacrifices to make sure the show always goes on. It’s against our nature to have to think that way.”

She hopes audiences will turn out to see No Child … and that they’ll be ready to be challenged by the experience. She points out the script, though mostly a comedy, includes a liberal dose of profanity and tackles tough topics.

“I know that some people might cringe a little bit at some of the subject matter,” she says, “but I think it’s really important to sit through things like that and learn about people’s lives other than where you come from.

Just know that not everybody has it as good as others. It’s good to sit through the provocativeness, and you’ll probably learn a bunch of things.”

GET YOUR TICKETS No Child … runs Sept.

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Residential & Commercial

35%OFF 23 years experience.

Free Estimates

A-1 Contracting. Bsmt, bath, kitchen cabinets, tile & laminate flrs, painting, decks..

A. RIGHTWAY PAIN NTING Ltd.

Call Dhillon, 604-782-1936

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D&M PAINTING .

Interior / Exterior Specialist.

Many Years Experience.

Fully Insured.

Top Quality • Quick Work.

Free estimate.

604-724-3832

Int/exterior painting, power washing, general renos and fencing.

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Gutter Cleaning, Power Washing, Window Cleaning, Roof Cleaning

Call Simon for prompt & professional service 30 yrs exp.

604-230-0627

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT

Call Kelvin 604-537-6139 PAINTSPECIAL.COM

3 rooms for $375, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed.

Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

FAIRWAY PAINTING Fully Insured 20 yrs. exp. • Free Est.

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR SPECIALS 10% OFF

All kinds of roofing Re-roof, new roof & repairs. Shingle & torch-on Free Estimates 778-878-2617 604-781-2094

Call 604-

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Re-Roofing & Repairs Specialists

604-591-3400

New Driveways & Re & Re old ones.

Parking g Lots • Gen. Rep pairs 604-657-9936 604-808-2753 www.metroblacktop.ca

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR

778 -895-3503

LAWN - GARDEN - TREE Services. Yard Waste - Junk Removal. Power Washing.

A1 TOP CANADIAN ROOFING LTD.

20 Year Labour Warranty Available

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BRING HOME IMPROVEMENTS

PAINTING/ WALLPAPER 24 years Experience.

Fully y Ins’d. Lic’d & WCB • SUMMER Clean-Up • Lawn Maintenance • Power Rake • New Sod & Seeding • Tree Topping & Trimming • Power Wash • Gutters • Patio’s • Decks • Fences • Concrete • Retaining Walls • Driveways & Sidewalks & Much MORE All work guaranteed Free Estimates

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Since 1979

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All Work Guar. Free Est. John 604-616-2934

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We do ALL kinds of Concrete Work.

• Seniors discount.

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LAWN & GARDEN

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ROOFING

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26 THURSDAY September 17 2020 • Burnaby Now

LANGLEY FARM MARKET Produce

OKANAGAN PEACH (FREE STONE)

CHAM M PAGNE GREEN G REE E N GRAPE GRAPE

Product off B.C. 3.70 kg

Productt of U.S.A. 4.38 kg

Product of B.C. 2.82 kg kg

1999

168

1228

lb. lb b

lb.

lb.

OKAN N AGAN S WEET/HO OT BANA A NA PEPP P ER

OKANAG G AN HUNGAR R IAN PEPPER

Product of B.C C. 3.28 kg

1

OKANAGAN P R U N E P LU M

SUI S UI C CHOY HO OY / NAPPA

79

lb.

Meat OUTSIDE ROUND ROAST

Cut From Grade AA Beef / 12.08 kg

OUTSIDE ROUND STEAK

Cut From Grade AA Beef / 14.28 kg

FRESH CHICKEN THIGHS

Boneless / Skinless / 12.08 kg

GOLDEN POMPANO FISH

Ocean Mama / 600/800 IVP / 8.80 kg 40g

549 649 549 399

lb. lb

Bakery

Deli BLACK FOREST HAM 100 g

lb.

CERVELATE SALAMI

lb.

lb.

Local

Local

lb.

lb.

129

¢

149

lb.

Product of B.C. 2.84 kg

Product off B.C. B 1.74 kg

Product of B.C. B.C C 3.28 kg

49

KOHLRABI

1 249

CHICKEN SAUSAGE BUN

39

100 g

ea.

100 g

GRANDE CHEESE PROVOLONE

100 g

2

39

ea.

SWISS ROLL

600 g

ea.

108 525 305

LEMON LOAF

450 g

ea.

ea.

ea.

Grocery PALDO VOLCANO 4x140g

ea.

SUNRYPE ORGANIC

APPLE JUICE 1 L

ea.

EAT WHOLESOME Organic

WHOLE TOMATOES

4 129 749 49

CHICKEN NOODLE

2.84 L

ea.

EAT WHOLESOME Organic

COCONUT MILK

Regular / Light 400 ml

EAT WHOLESOME Organic

SWEET PEAS

398 ml

SAN REMO

STRAINED TOMATOES 720ml

For freshness and quality you can count on!

LFM LANGLEY FARM MARKET

For fresh and quality foods

7815 KINGSWAY, BURNABY 604.521.2883

STORE HOURS: MONDAY TO SUNDAY 8:30AM TO 9:00PM • HOLIDAYS: 9:00AM TO 6:00PM

1

99

ea.

1 139

69

ea.

SAN REMO

ITALIAN BEAN

(No Salted Added) Assorted 398 ml

LA COCOINA

TORTILLA CHIPS

Assorted / 300/400 g

89¢

ea.

369

ea.

ea.

This sale is only for Kingsway Location.

Your Choice. Our Honour.

Our Effort. Our Award.

Thank you to all our valued customers for your ongoing support

GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE IN STORE

VALID THURSDAY SEPT. 17TH– SUNDAY, SEPT. 20TH, 2020 • WHILE QUANTITIES LAST.