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Families claim COVID info firewall at care home Dustin Godfrey

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Until early September, Mark Boyter thought he had no reason to worry about his mother-in-law, Jessie Switzer.

Until early September, Boyter thought there had only been two cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak at Switzer’s longterm care facility, Burnaby’s George Derby Centre, had begun a month prior. But when he was contacted on Facebook by a family member of another resident, he learned that no news is not necessarily good news – and that the centre had seen a total of seven cases, including one death.

Family members say the lack of transparency has caused anxiety for those trying to keep tabs on their loved ones’ situations.

“Within the space of two days, I’ve gone from thinking George Derby is doing the best they can to … it’s far worse than they say, and they’re not telling anybody,” says Boyter.

On Aug. 3, the George Derby Centre’s weekly update letter boasted, as it had every week since March, of a COVID-free environment. Four days later, Fraser Health announced an outbreak at

WORRIED FAMILIES: The Moulson and Boyter families outside of Burnaby’s George Derby Centre, where their loved ones reside. PHOTO DUSTIN GODFREY the centre.

“We posted that (outbreak announcement), and we called all of the family members,” said Ava Turner, George Derby Centre executive director.

And while the Aug. 10 weekly update makes no mention of new cases since Aug. 7, every weekly update after that assures families that there had

been no new confirmed cases.

Throughout the month, the Boyters figured the George Derby Centre was doing the best it could.

But the longer they went without being able to contact Switzer, the more concerned they became.

The Boyters had bought a phone for Switzer to use, but at 100-and-a-half

years old, she’s no longer able to hold it on her own.That means she, like many other residents, requires the help of the centre’s staff to participate in a Skype or phone call.That had been available throughout the pandemic – Turner notes the centre offered it without prompting from families.

But once the outbreak hit

the George Derby Centre, those lines of communication were shut off, as staff involved in the phone calls were now occupied with other tasks.

Boyter says he got a call saying family visits were no longer open, even though the outbreak was on the south side, and his mother-in-law lives on the north side.

“This is a problem, but it’s a pandemic. I get it.

The good news is the outbreak is on the south side.

So, even though we can’t now talk to our mother, at least we know she’s safe because she’s, I think, being cared for, and the outbreak’s on the other side, a long way away,” Boyter says.

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Continued from page 1 “But then weeks go on, and we still can’t talk to her, and neither of us can figure out why she can’t talk on the telephone.”

Boyter’s wife, Iris, called in and discovered her mother was on droplet alert, meaning there was potential for exposure to COVID. “And this is just not possible,” Boyter says.

“She’s been in a bubble since March, since early March, and she is in a section that has no cases.”

That, the family would soon learn, was not so.

While nurses and other staff had been contained to working within their units early on,Turner says staffing issues led a staff member who had been working on the south side to be scheduled on the north side. She stressed, however, that this was before the outbreak occurred, though she didn’t say how long before.

“Once we were notified we were in an outbreak, no one ever moved from one side to the other side,” she says.

Still, Boyter asks how staff could have been moved between units this late in the pandemic.

“In March, we were making this up.We were all in panic mode; we didn’t know what was going on,” he said. “If it did happen, how come we weren’t notified that your mother-inlaw might have been exposed?”

Boyter posted to the centre’s Facebook page, saying he was disappointed to hear about the potential “cross-contamination.” After that post, he was contacted by private message on Facebook by Robyn Moulson, a family member of another resident, asking for more information.

“I tell her the story, and I say, ‘But luckily, there’s only two cases.’ And she writes back and says, ‘There weren’t two cases; there were seven cases and one death,’” Boyter

Asking for transparency: Mark and Iris Boyter outside of George Derby in Burnaby. PHOTO DUSTIN GODFREY

Wanting answers: Robyn Moulson and William Roger outside of George Derby. PHOTO DUSTIN GODFREY

says. “And now I’m astonished.”

“Every week, I provide an update,”Turner notes – and that’s been true not just since the outbreak was declared, but since the facility shut down in March.

“I’m too transparent to keep anything in, and families are important; my residents are important.”

According to the executive director, the firewall was put up not by her, but

by Fraser Health, which sent a team to work with

the centre during the outbreak.

“I was told I couldn’t put the numbers in because it’s going to cause a lot of issues. And it caused a lot of issues not to put the numbers (in). So I went back and forth, back and forth,” she says. “I wanted to put the numbers out immediately. As soon as I was told that I could, I put them up immediately.”

In an email statement, however, Fraser Health

says facilities are free to provide updates on outbreaks to residents and families “if they choose to.”

“It is important that residents and families are kept informed about COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care and registered assisted living facilities in our region.We have supported all facilities in ensuring communication is a priority in every outbreak,” reads the statement.

Indeed, Moulson points to media coverage of the outbreak at another care home in the city, where an outbreak was declared within days of the George Derby outbreak. In its updates to residents’ families, the New Vista Society included occasional tallies of infections and updates on deaths at the home.

In all, that care home saw at least 43 positive cases – 25 residents and 18 staff – and nine deaths.

Turner says she’s proud of George Derby for preventing the spread of COVID beyond the seven cases and one death.

“In all of this, 300 beds – three residents,” she says, referring to the three COVID-positive cases.

“We’ve obviously done something correct that this has not spread anywhere else.”

Turner took over operations of the centre two years ago. At the time, the centre had been facing financial turbulence, largely the result of declining funding from Veterans Affairs as the number of veteran residents declined.

“When I came, licensing was here every day, basically. I changed that whole persona.”

The 3 p.m. ritual is wellknown by B.C. residents, and it’s even launched provincial health officer Dr. Bonny Henry into local stardom.

Top health officials stand in front of cameras to answer media questions and give an update on the pandemic, including the number of new infections, hospitalizations and deaths.

It’s a small window into the scope of the pandemic

– a beacon of hope on good days and a bad omen on others.

“This is one of the things we’ve all been hanging onto since this pandemic started,” says Moulson.

That’s why she found it to be “fairly odd” when she was repeatedly told by staff at the centre that they couldn’t tell her the number of infections in the care home.

“I just kept running into brick walls,” she says. “There was no real further information. Anytime that I asked how many cases (are) there, I was told, ‘We can’t tell you,’ which I thought was rather strange.”

Feeling stonewalled, she sought information elsewhere, including by emailing Henry’s office and contacting Fraser Health.The email to Henry was bounced back to the George Derby Centre, which called Moulson and still refused to provide numbers.

She then contacted a reporter who told her there were eight cases at George Derby.

“So then I’m panicking, and I can’t get any confirmation of this,” Moulson says.

By then, she had been in touch with other family members who were also feeling like they had been “getting an absolute runaround.”

“Which just adds to the fear level.This virus is all about fear, particularly when you’ve got elderly parents in a care home,” Moulson says.

“You can’t even know how many numbers (of infections) there are. …

It just makes us feel absolutely helpless.”

After she got in touch with Fraser Health, she says, she got a phone call from the George Derby Centre, and that’s when she finally got the numbers: seven cases, including four staff and three residents. One death.

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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

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Opinion now MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Horgan gambles with election call

Will the apparent retract star candidates into sentment towards the snap the fold and is running election come back to bite them in seats critical to any the man who caused it? chance of winning a majorThat seems to be the ity (ex-NDP MPs Murray biggest risk to NDP leader Rankin in Oak Bay-GorJohn Horgan’s bold and don Head and Fin Donpotentially reckless bid to nelly in Coquitlam-Burke form a majority governMountain). ment.

Third, the nature of the Calling an election when election campaign itself he did not need to in the puts B.C. Liberal leader middle of a pandemic no AndrewWilkinson at a disdoubt strikes many people tinct disadvantage since it as opportunistic and selfwill be hard for him to elserving. evate his public profile, However, will that sentiwhich right now is quite ment mean enough people low. will turn against him and There will be no camhis party when it comes to paign “events” of the tracasting ballots for the Oct. ditional sort. No big rallies 24 election, thus denying or crowds of any size and them a victory? no leader’s tour of any sigHorgan and his team nificance will make it hard of advisers to make a clearly think in the Neither the BC dent that will not media, parbe the case, ticularly Liberals nor and there the BC Greens television. are a numZoom wanted this ber of reachats, sons that Skype calls election. likely go and Faceinto their book Live line of can only thinking. take a canFirst, vardidate so ious opinion polls clearly far with the voters. show the NDP is signifiNow, not all things are cantly more popular than in the NDP’s favour as any other political party. they head into the camThe public is clearly paign. supportive of and imMost notably, the daily pressed by Horgan’s perCOVID-19 case numbers formance in leading B.C. continue to escalate.We through this pandemic. have gone from an averHe has been helped in no age of just under 80 a day small part by the perforlast month to the current mances of Health Minister average of more than 120 Adrian Dix and, in partica day. ular, provincial health offiAs the case numbers incer Dr. Bonnie Henry. crease – and the deaths Second, the alternative and hospitalizations do as choices to the NDP do not well – the decision to call appear to be particularly an election may indeed be organized or energized the main issue for voters right now. who are alarmed at what Neither the BC Liberals they are witnessing. nor the BC Greens wanted However, Horgan and this election, and for good his team are gambling that reason. any misgivings over holdThe NDP is significantly ing an election will be reahead of the other parties placed by those more imwhen it comes to fundrais- pressed with his leadership ing, candidate recruitment during this pandemic. and organization.

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My kids’ Burnaby classrooms are too tight during COVID-19 Editor: Once again, kids in Burnaby come last. I write to express my dismay about how Burnaby parents and their school-age children have been let down by the B.C. Ministry of Education.

During the summer, parents and school staff alike waited and waited for the ministry plans to allow for children to return. Yes, we were given choices in the Return to School Plan, but for those of us who chose back to in-person school, our children have been placed at a much greater risk because it turns out they are in small classrooms with large numbers of students and less than a metre of physical distance after Day 1.

I have one teen in a class of 30, elbow to elbow, and one elementary in a class of 27 with only three wearing masks.

The ministry needs to hire more teachers and reduce our class sizes. What mixed messaging: university students are online, offices have staggered workdays to accommodate everyone, adults who work with public are all behind

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Our job as adults is to protect children.

Everything we do has risks, especially now.

Yet every little bit extra we do to keep our children further apart brings down their risk and the risk for their teachers.

I am no longer trusting of the Ministry of Education or our Ministry of Health, who let all these schools and districts tick their health and safety plan boxes when, in reality, our children are being put at far greater risk than they need be.

If they provided all schools with more teachers, were clearer about mask wearing and if schools were allowed to be more creative with school and community spaces, in-person schooling would be safer and better for all children.

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Elections BC releases COVID plan for voting Elections BC has announced it has a COVID-19 plan in place to help voters cast their ballot safely in person.

Pandemic voting protocols have been developed in consultation with the Office of the Provincial Health Officer. Safe voting practices for voting places are available at elections. bc.ca/safevoting and will include: • Physical distancing • Capacity limits • Election officials wearing personal protective equipment (such as masks and face-visors) • Protective barriers • Hand sanitizing stations • Frequent cleaning of voting stations and frequently touched surfaces Voters are encouraged to wear a mask when they vote to help protect others.

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The additional advance voting day has been added to give voters more options and help reduce numbers in voting places.The advance voting period includes two weekend days, Saturday, Oct. 17, and

Sunday, Oct. 18.

Voting places will be open on Election Day, Saturday, Oct. 24, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.Voting places and the dates they are open are being confirmed and will be available on Elections BC’s website as soon as possible.They will also be listed on Where to Vote cards sent to every registered voter in the province before the start of the advance voting period.

Voters should stay home if they are feeling sick or self-isolating and request a vote-by-mail package instead.

VOTING BY MAIL Voters don’t need a special reason to vote by mail.

It’s an option for all eligible voters, and a good option for voters who are not comfortable voting in person because of the pandemic.

To vote by mail, voters need to request a voting package.Voting packages can be requested now on the Elections BC website at elections.bc.ca/ovr or by phone at 1-800-661-8683.

The vote-by-mail package will be mailed to the voter with instructions on how to complete it and return it to Elections BC. VOTER REGISTRATION Voters can register or update their information online at elections.bc.ca/ ovr, or by calling 1-800661-8683.Voter registration by phone closes at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Voter registration online closes at 11:59:59 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Eligible voters can still register or update their voter registration when they vote, but it will make the voting process longer for them. Elections BC encourages voters to make sure their information is up to date now so they can vote faster, help reduce lineups at voting places and support physical distancing.

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Citynow Police crack down on COVID violations at vacation rental

Two sets of partiers were fined $2,300 at the same Burnaby property within 24 hours of each other Cornelia Naylor

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Two sets of partiers were fined $2,300 for COVID violations at the same Burnaby vacation rental within 24 hours of each other.

Just before 2 a.m. on Saturday, police responded to reports of a large party taking place in a rental suite in a condo building in the 6300 block of McKay Avenue, according to a police news release.

Burnaby RCMP’s COVID compliance enforcement team determined the gathering was out of compliance with the COVID Related Measures Act (CRMA), the release

said. Police said there were 26 people in attendance, which is a violation of the limits for vacation properties, the host had not taken contact information from all the people there, and there was insufficient space for physical distancing.

The host of the gathering was issued a $2,300 fine, and the party immediately dispersed, according to police.

Within 24 hours, the same two officers who had issued that ticket were back at the same suite for a second complaint that a large party was taking place there.

A different person had rented the property, police said, but the officers ob-

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“When we see the lives that have been lost and the sacrifices being made by people around our province due to COVID-19, it is quite frankly appalling that we still have people showing complete disregard for measures put in place to try to keep everyone safe and well,” Burnaby RCMP Cpl. Mike Kalanj said in the release. “If you have a vacation property booked in the coming weeks to host a party with 20 of your friends, take our advice and cancel it now because you will be reported and you will be fined.”

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Communitynow Strata ordered to pay Bosa Properties $1.3M

Cornelia Naylor

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A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered condo owners in a mixed-use Burnaby highrise to pay more than $1.3 million in unpaid shared building costs plus interest to its commercial neighbour.

Bosa Properties, which owns the Element by Westin hotel and retail space at the Sovereign (4508 Hazel St.), took the building’s residential strata corporation to arbitration last summer, alleging the condo owners hadn’t paid their full part of the shared costs of a swimming pool, a roof deck, window washing, a parkade and GST since 2015, according to court documents.

On Dec. 20, 2019, the arbitrator found in Bosa’s favour, awarding the company, which had also built the Metrotown tower, $1,295,593.27.The interest on the award has con-

tinued to run on at a daily rate of $293.97 since then, according to the court documents.

The strata applied to B.C. Supreme Court for leave to appeal the arbitrator’s decision. One of the arguments it made was that the arbitrator had failed to apply the principle of contra preferentem.

The principle is this: If a court is unable to resolve an ambiguity in a contract dispute, the language of the contract should be interpreted against the author of the contract and in favour of the other party – if the other party has had no meaningful chance to modify it.

The Sovereign’s cost-sharing agreements that the strata and Bosa were arguing over had been made by the developer before the strata corporation was created or at a time when Bosa “was both the building developer and the entity in con-

trol of the strata corporation,” according to court documents.

“In that fashion, the agreements are atypical because (Bosa) was essentially contracting with itself,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Neena Sharma said.

But Sharma dismissed the contra preferentem argument, saying the strata had not shown there was any ambiguity in the agreements to make it relevant. In an Aug. 7 ruling, Sharma noted the bar for interfering with an arbitrator’s decision was “very high” and said the strata had not raised any questions of law to warrant an appeal.

Bosa, meanwhile, applied to the court for an enforcement order to force the strata to pay up.

The property company argued it had no way to enforce the award itself because the agreements between the two parties pre-

Tall order: Condo owners in this mixed-use highrise must pay $1.3 million in unpaid shared building costs to Bosa Properties. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

vent Bosa from restricting, suspending or prohibiting any of the strata owners’ access to shared spaces.

In a sworn statement, Bosa’s director of commercial properties, John Martin, said further that Bosa doesn’t have the cash

flow to be able to carry on operations while the strata hasn’t paid its full share of the costs since 2015.

He said the situation has caused “significant hardship” since it was never intended that Bosa would carry any of the owners’

costs.

The strata argued an enforcement order was not required, but Sharma disagreed, saying the strata had not given enough evidence to show it had taken “significant steps” earlier on to pay the award.

Burnaby Village visits dropped dramatically this year Even accounting for the Burnaby Village Museum’s closure this summer due to the pandemic, attendance was abysmally low compared to the year prior.

Just over 6,300 people attended the Burnaby Village Museum between July 16 and Sept. 6, ac-

cording to a report to the city’s heritage commission.

That’s just a fraction of the 27,000 who attended the museum during a similar time frame in 2019.

The culprit is likely obvious: limited capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.To mitigate the spread of the virus, the

museum limited capacity to visitors and had all visitors enter through the main gate.

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Burnaby website.

Kamala Todd, Indigenous community planner and adjunct professor at SFU, is expected to present on Oct. 1 on decolonizing heritage.

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Citynow Student housing complex announced for BCIT BCIT’s Burnaby campus is getting its first new student housing in 38 years.

Melanie Mark, minister of advanced education, skills and training, announced last Thursday construction of a 464-bed, 12-storey student housing project at BCIT’s Burnaby campus.

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at nearly $115 million.

The province is providing $108.8 million and BCIT is contributing $6 million.The plan includes a BC Student Housing Loan Program for public post-secondary institutions, which provides access to funds to help finance student housing projects over six years.

“Students throughout

the province have told our government the lack of affordable housing has stood in the way of their education and aspirations, and we committed to fixing this problem,” Mark said in a news release. “Building these new homes is answering a call to action from students and communities to support innovation and create more

affordable, cleaner and greener housing.”

The project, Mark said, will be designed to reflect Indigenous culture in the region and to support Indigenous learners by providing community spaces on the ground floor.The new building will be constructed using mass timber, a sustainable product that is “cost-effective,

quicker to build and has a lower carbon footprint compared to traditional concrete construction.”

“Mass timber is key to diversifying and creating a more resilient forest sector as we work to transition to high-value over high-volume production,” said Ravi Kahlon, parliamentary secretary for forests, lands, natural resource op-

erations and rural development. “It’s great to see the ripple effects from the expanded use of sustainably harvested, low-carbon wood products in B.C. buildings. It helps combat climate change and brings people back to work in forestry-related jobs, while this project creates housing for hundreds of future BCIT students.”

New child-care, housing project announced for Burnaby

Families in Burnaby will have access to 75 new child-care spaces as part of a partnership that will provide culturally inclusive, affordable housing and child care in one location – one of the first purpose-built projects of its kind.

“In communities like Burnaby, finding quality, affordable housing and

child care are two of the biggest obstacles parents face,” said Katrina Chen, minister of state for child care and MLA for Burnaby-Lougheed, in a news release. “This unique partnership will help local low- and middle-income families find the culturally inclusive supports they need to re-enter the work-

force, go back to school or pursue new opportunities – things that can’t happen without quality child care.”

Through the Childcare BC New Spaces Fund, and in partnership with BC Housing, the province is supporting S.U.C.C.E.S.S. to create child-care spaces as part of a new affordable housing

project in Burnaby.

The project, which is scheduled to start construction in August 2021 and is expected to open in October 2023, will provide 161 rental homes for families and seniors, a childcare centre with an outdoor play area, senior care and social services.

“We are grateful for the

province’s investment into the development of new child-care spaces,” said Queenie Choo, CEO of S.U.C.C.E.S.S., in a statement. “Every day, more families are choosing to settle in Burnaby, a diverse and vibrant community. Our service approach to integrate child-care services with affordable hous-

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Citynow Suncrest school slide stolen Cornelia Naylor

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Kids at Suncrest Elementary School got an unpleasant surprise on their first day back to school – a thief or thieves had made off with their big, blue slide.

According to Burnaby RCMP, a groundskeeper noticed the slide, estimated to be worth about $6,000, was missing on Sept. 14, the first day of regular classes for stu-

dents.

The school notified police that week.

“Honestly, who steals a slide?” asked Burnaby RCMP Cpl. Mike Kalanj.

“The only thing I can think of is that someone wanted to build a playground around a slide and didn’t want to pay for it.”

The way the playground was built, Kalanj said people who don’t use it regularly wouldn’t necessarily have noticed the slide was missing, so it might have

been stolen weeks before the groundskeeper noticed it was gone.

Unless the thief or thieves managed to get a vehicle past the parking lot gate, Kalanj said they would have had to carry the 10-foot slide some distance.

“I have a truck, and my truck I don’t think is big enough to take a slide like this,” he said. “You would have to have a pretty large truck to drive this thing away, so our hope is

that someone saw something out of the ordinary, or maybe someone in the area has cameras on their house and they can check.”

Anyone with information about the missing slide is asked to contact Burnaby RCMP at 604-646-9999.To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS or www.solve crime.ca.

Missing: A part of Suncrest Elementary’s playground has been blocked off where a big blue slide used to be. The slide was reported stolen last week. PHOTO BURNABY RCMP

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Citynow Burnaby’s extended property tax deadline is coming soon Property owners in Burnaby must pay their property taxes by the end of the month.

Those who don’t pay their property taxes in full by Sept. 30 will face a 10% penalty.The deadline

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Citynow City of Burnaby names new chief information officer

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The City of Burnaby has filled a vacancy left by the sudden departure of its former chief information officer.

Bachar Khawajah has been promoted to the position of chief informa-

tion officer effective Sept.

21, city manager Lambert Chu announced in an email to staff last week.

Khawajah has been with the city’s IT department since 2014 and was the department’s assistant director in charge of IT infrastructure.

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agement is looking forward to working with Khawajah to develop the department’s direction. He said the city is working to centralize its IT functions and service delivery into one place at a building near Deer Lake.

Khawajah was the only one left standing among

the senior staffers in the IT department after a “departmental reorganization.”

Former CIO ShariWallace and two deputy directors in the department were among several top IT staff no longer with the city in July. Four other senior positions had also

been vacated.

Wallace was unable to comment due to the terms of her departure agreement. She had been with the city since March 2013.

The city declined to share details, saying the city does “not share employment and personnel information outside the

organization.”

The NOW has filed a freedom of information request to obtain records related to the incident, but the city refused to provide them.

The request is now before the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for review.

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Communitynow Two elementary schools get funds for new accessible playgrounds Two elementary schools in Burnaby have been approved for new provincial funding for a playground.

Chaffey-Burke Elementary and Edmonds Community School are on a list of 40 B.C. schools that are receiving the funding “towards purchasing a new, accessible playground.”

The funding is a $25,000 increase for each

playground from last year’s playground equipment program (PEP), said a news release.

“Now more than ever, outdoor play is incredibly important for our kids.

I’m proud that students throughout the province have access to the outdoors on safe, accessible and modern playground equipment thanks to these

investments,” said Rob Fleming, minister of education, in a statement.

“The PEP relieves parents of the burden of fundraising for playground equipment, so they can focus on their kids.”

School districts have the opportunity to apply for the funding by sending a list of priorities in their capital plan submissions in

June of each year.

“Playgrounds are funded based on greatest need,” said the news release. “Priority is given to schools where there is no playground at all, then to schools where the existing playground is aging.

School districts that did not receive funding this year may receive it next year if they reapply.”

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The Burnaby school board recognized the top 2020 grad from each of its high schools this week.

The Governor General’s Academic Medal for secondary schools is awarded to the grad with the highest average mark for all of his or her Grade 11 and

12 courses.

For 2019/20, those students were École Alpha Secondary’s Catherine Wang, Burnaby Central Secondary’s Sarah Chow, Cariboo Hill Secondary’s Callum Lehingrat, Burnaby Mountain Secondary’s Zahrah Khan, Byrne Creek Community School’s Giovanni Ferraresso, École Moscrop Sec-

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This year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic,

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“On behalf of the Burnaby school district and each of our secondary schools, congratulations to each of our winners,” superintendent Gina Niccoli-Moen said after the presentation.

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