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PROTEST: The youth climate organization Sustainabiliteens held a protest last Friday outside the Hastings Street office of Burnaby North-Seymour MP Terry Beech. The group was protesting the federal throne speech and demanding more action to fight climate change. PHOTO SUBMITTED

City byelections not expected until spring Dustin Godfrey

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Byelections to fill two vacant seats on Burnaby’s city council likely won’t take place until spring, according to Mayor Mike Hurley.

At the end of July, the province released guidelines for holding byelections during the pandemic, something municipalities were await-

ing before engaging in the byelection process. But when the guidelines came out, Hurley said they were still too vague, and city officials were working with Elections BC to come up with more specific guidelines.

“And then, of course, they announced the provincial election, so that kind of put it back,” Hurley said. “It looks like ours will be sometime in the

spring, now.”

The two council seats have been vacant since longtime councillors Nick Volkow and Paul McDonell died within a few weeks of each other this summer.

A spring election would leave the city with their seats unfilled for at least nine months, but Hurley said he doesn’t see a rush to fill the vacancies. Seven of nine councillors are still

active, and the city’s quorum – the bare minimum number of councillors required to run a meeting – is five, leaving the city with some breathing room for other temporary vacancies, such as illness.

“Council’s working – it’s not like we’re having stalemates,” he said. “We do have well over the quorum, and the decisions are getting made. So we’ll keep the business of the

city running, and when we’re able to run a byelection, certainly that will get done.”

Hurley similarly said he hasn’t heard from anyone itching to fill those seats.

“People are even surprised there is an election going (on) at all, right now,” he said.

In fact, the current provincial election, Hurley said, could offer the city a lesson on how to – or not

to – hold a vote during the pandemic, including determining best practices to maintain physical distancing while making voting accessible.

“The important thing is to keep people safe,” Hurley said.

City staff are still working with Elections BC, he added, but the conversation now is more about finding venues for voting.

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Citynow ANALYSIS

Here’s how cities handled COVID-related cutbacks

Not all cities responded to questions on COVID actions. Ð By Jeremy Hainsworth and GraemeWood B.C.’s municipal managers, councillors and salaried staff largely avoided COVID-19 cost-cutting measures while the lowest-paid city hall employees have borne the brunt of the pandemic, a Glacier Media analysis shows.

Six months into the pandemic, municipalities have weathered social distancing’s economic impact by furloughing thousands of auxiliary and temporary staff and keeping public facilities shut down months beyond the province’s Phase 3 reopening plan.

Glacier Media canvassed the 25 biggest cities across B.C., including most in Metro Vancouver.

In total, municipalities reported terminating fewer than 50 salaried staff members, but thousands of lower-paid temporary and auxiliary staff typically working in civic facilities such as pools and community centres lost employment. And only council members in Burnaby,Vancouver, New Westminster and the District of North Vancouver reported taking a pandemic pay cut.

In Burnaby, 1,500-plus individuals were laid off by the city in April out of 2,4000 FTEs. All were union members, while no exempt staff were laid off – meaning all managers were retained. By June, the city began recalling many laid-off staff as programs and services started to reopen. As of this point, the city says there are no furloughs.

Residents are now seeing many auxiliary employees, such as lifeguards and program teachers, returning to implement restart plans that have significantly altered how we enjoy municipal services.

Many pools have opened in the past two weeks, but with limited capacities and online registration — just one example of how municipal staff is managing residents

Not answering: Burnaby CIty Hall staff didn’t answer questions asked of them by Glacier Media about its COVID response. PHOTO NOW FILES

through technology. In Richmond, people are directed to register online for time-limited swims, although there’s room for drop-ins. But in Burnaby, drop-ins are forbidden and Burnaby residents get online registration priority.

Municipalities have also moved at different paces based on their own restart plans.

Most reported plans to reopen most facilities in September, roughly three months after the provincial government implemented its Phase 3 Restart Plan June 24, which included opening hotels and private recreational facilities.

By late August, in Cranbrook, you would have been able to skate before being able to swim. But in Richmond, pools opened before rinks.Vancouver’s plan is to open all pools and fitness centres by Oct. 13 at the latest with standard COVID-19 guidelines. Surrey only began opening some facilities in August, with no stated opening date for Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre. And Pitt Meadows, like many municipalities, will have opened its fitness programs by September’s end.

It’s not just how we

keep fit physically that’s changed, but also how we engage with our community leaders. Just 10 municipalities reported having a safe plan in place this month to conduct inperson council meetings with public attendance, after months of online decision-making. Residents are encouraged to watch meetings online and use a phone to comment at public hearings.

Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) president Maja Tait said municipalities worked quickly to protect communities and staff from pandemic impacts.

She said initial work concentrated on keeping staff, managers and councillors safe. And, she said, municipalities also worked together through the UBCM. Another key concern expressed by municipalities across the province has been the health of municipal finances and the ability to keep building infrastructure.

Local residents may be wondering what lies ahead for that promised new community centre one, two or five years down the road. Most cities report their 2021 projections are coming this fall.

“The pandemic has blown a hole in local government budgets, particularly large and mid-size communities with public transit services,” said Tait in a statement.

But municipalities appear to be in sound fiscal positions overall, based on financial information provided by the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs.They generally have the reserves to pay for new infrastructure to accommodate new developments already underway, and their pandemic-related losses are relatively small compared to their operating budgets. Furthermore, their biggest revenue generator — property taxes — appears to have been unscathed to date.

For instance, cities that reported the most up-todate property tax payments, and with a past due date, showed relatively minor delinquencies. Only 2.5% of property taxes remain unpaid in Victoria; 3% in Burnaby; 3.8% in the City of North Vancouver; and 4% in Abbotsford.

Many cities have due dates of Sept. 30.

As for lost service revenues, civic facilities operate at a loss regardless, with expenses made up by

other revenue — namely, property taxes. For instance, in 2019 Vancouver recorded a $70.2-million net loss in its parks and recreation department, financial statements show.

But the pandemic-related closures augmented such losses, particularly as the bureaucracy, outside of furloughed auxiliary workers, was maintained.

Municipalities received Victoria’s permission to borrow from collected school taxes to bolster 2020 shortfalls. No cities reported using these funds, but some have taken out lines of credit as a precaution, such as the City of North Vancouver, which, incidentally, “projects relatively little financial impact, to date.”

While municipalities reported various COVID-19 losses, all are relatively small compared to their annual operating budgets. Surrey, for instance, had prior year expenses of $842.4 million.

It estimates a net $42-million shortfall.Vancouver’s July projection for 2020 was a $124-million revenue shortfall made up for by $84 million in staff and program savings, for a net loss of $40 million.Vancouver had operating expenses of $1.7 billion last year. Coquitlam foresees an $8.3-million loss to its operations, which cost $264.4 million in 2019.

City of Burnaby spokesperson Chris Bryan said the total revenue shortfall for Burnaby is approximately $4 million per month at this stage – out of an annual budget of $800 million – and that to help balance the budget, it is “deferring projects and delaying hiring as well as reserves that we can utitlize for shortfalls.”

B.C. cities are also sitting on billions of tax dollars.

The province’s 162 municipalities recorded

$6.5 billion of net financial assets in 2018. Annual reports for 2019 for the 25 canvassed municipalities show 9% growth in net financial assets.

Among those assets, in 2018, was $4.4 billion in reserves.

Casino closures hit some communities hard, including Burnaby and New West. Last year, 36 cities raked in $98.4 million for their 10% host share of casino revenues.

Half of this year’s revenue has already been lost, with no indication when players might return to tables or slots.

As each financial quarter goes by the biggest losers, based on last year’s quarterly averages, are Richmond ($3.8 million), Burnaby ($3 million), Coquitlam ($1.9 million) and Langley ($1.9 million). Cities have historically invested most of their gaming proceeds into capital infrastructure.

Municipalities generally maintain their reserves are for future capital infrastructure projects, and some accounts have statutory uses. For instance, Burnaby’s $1.6 billion in reserves are largely from development contributions, and much of it is earmarked for future amenities over the next 10 years.Vancouver has $1.3 billion in reserves and also claims much of it is earmarked, although it has $146 million in the “general revenue stabilization” fund.Vancouver has net financial assets of $649 million (thanks to recent annual surpluses, after having just $73 million in 2015).

Yet, regardless of the billions of dollars B.C. municipalities are sitting on, senior governments have intervened, as of September, to provide $540 million in extra funding to support local governments with COVID-19-related costs.

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2020 ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS The City of Burnaby is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Environmental Awards, recognizing individuals and community groups that have made significant contributions to the sustainability of Burnaby’s environment.

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS Elmer Rudolph in the category of Community Stewardship, for his outstanding commitment to environmental protection and rehabilitation of the Brunette River.

HUB Cycling Burnaby Committee, in the category of Green Choices, for their outstanding advocacy and support of active transportation and safe cycling infrastructure in Burnaby.

ENVIRONMENTAL STARS Azzam Haq of the Burnaby Youth Sustainability Network (BYSN), in the category of Youth, for leading the Burnaby South Green Team in creating a schoolwide gardening program and re-instating a soft plastics collection program.

Emily Ng of the Burnaby Youth Sustainability Network (BYSN), in the category of Youth, for her commitment to protecting local species and fostering awareness of sustainable consumption and waste reduction.

PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITY Liquor Licence Application #20-02

2020 October 01

Applicant:

THE STUDY PUBLIC HOUSE PUB

Subject:

Expansion of the existing licensed patio area and increased occupancy limit

Location:

2250 MBC (Maggie Benston Centre of Simon Fraser University, Burnaby Campus)

Public Input Deadline: 2020 October 15 The Study Public House Pub, a liquor primary establishment at 2250 Maggie Benston Centre (MBC) of Simon Fraser University, has made an application to the City of Burnaby to expand the existing licensed patio area and increase occupancy limit. Under the current license, the Pub has been operating with a licensed patio area of 96 m2, using only the western portion of the total patio space available. With the construction of the adjacent student union building nearing completion, a second exit can now be added to the patio to facilitate the proposed increase to the licensed patio area by 263 m2 and accommodate 100 additional occupants. The subject application is requesting that interior occupancy be increased from 330 to 356 persons (staff and patrons included) and patio occupancy be increased from 60 to 160 persons (staff and patrons included). The hours of liquor service are not proposed to change.

For further information on this Liquor Licence Application, please contact the Planning Department at 604-294-7400.

Public input on this application is invited prior to Burnaby City Council submitting a resolution regarding the application to the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch.

Written comments may be sent to the Planning and Building Department by: Letter: 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC, V5G 1M2; or Email: planning@burnaby.ca Please note, all submissions must contain the name and address of the writer which will become part of the public record.

Deadline for written submissions is 4:45pm 2020 October 15

Visit burnaby.ca/environmentawards to learn more about the achievements of this year’s recipients.

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Citynow City eyes construction relief Dustin Godfrey

dgodfrey@burnabynow.com

The City of Burnaby is considering offering a little relief for the construction industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.

That relief would come in the form of deferments of amenity density bonus fees owed to city hall, one of several fees paid in the development process.

Council voted in favour of the measures in Monday evening’s council meeting.

In a report to council, staff said the pandemic has led to a slowdown in projects getting to final adoption in rezoning, in large part due to restrictions from financial institutions.

Due to market volatility, according to the report, lenders are currently requiring developers to presell 60% or more of the residential units before

they’ll finance these projects.

“Therefore applicants must raise private capital to fund pre-development municipal costs and charges, which can be in the tens of millions of dollars, and may not be easily, or affordably, obtained,” staff wrote in the report.

This has led to a decrease in fees and charges paid to the city and a slowdown in the construction industry.

The city requires developers to pay fees for building permits, construction plan approvals, rezoning, engineering servicing costs, housing fund charges and development cost charges, among others. But above all, staff said the amenity density bonuses are the most costly.

The density bonuses are fees developers pay to gain more density for their proj-

ects – a couple of extra floors on their tower, for instance.The money goes into a fund dedicated to building amenities for the city, such as parks or community centres.

Staff suggested the city offer a deferral of the density bonuses to allow the developers to complete the rezoning process.The developers would then have the development more or less secured – albeit without building permits or construction plan approvals – until a time in which market conditions are suitable for pre-sales.

Once the financing has been secured, the developer would be able to pay the city and proceed with building permits and the rest of the process. Council referred the matter to the planning committee this week to look at the impacts of the proposal.

CityConnect PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITY

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Liquor Lounge Endorsement Applicant:

STUDIO BREWING

Subject:

Brewery lounge endorsement

Location:

5792 BERESFORD STREET

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Public Input Deadline: 2020 October 17 Studio Brewing has made an application to the City of Burnaby for a lounge endorsement as part of a manufacture’s (brewery) licence from the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB).

The proposed accessory lounge would have a total area of 52.95 m2 (570 sq. ft.) and a maximum occupant load of 48 persons. The proposed hours of operation for the lounge are 11am to 2am, seven days a week. The lounge would be subject to the requirements of the Burnaby Noise or Sound Abatement Bylaw 1979.

For further information on this application, contact the Planning Department at 604-294-7400.

Public input on this application is invited prior to Burnaby City Council submitting a resolution regarding the application to the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch.

Written comments may be sent to the Planning and Building Department by: Letter: 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC, V5G 1M2; or Email: planning@burnaby.ca Please note, all submissions must contain the name and address of the writer which will become part of the public record.

Deadline for written submissions is 4:45pm 2020 October 17

B. Zeinabova ACTING CITY CLERK

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Opinion now MY VIEW TIM SHOULTS

Know your sources during B.C. election

Know any Latin? Probably not – it is a dead language, after all.

But there’s one phrase you may have at least heard of: caveat emptor.

It means, literally, “let the buyer beware.” It’s become a staple of contract law; in short, it means that someone buying something needs to learn about the nature of what they’re buying – that it does what it should and that the seller is actually allowed to sell it.

But, in 2020 perhaps we should switch it up for caveat lector – let the reader beware.

That’s because the digital and social media revolutions make it more possible than ever for us as readers to be fooled – with our own habits used against us.

It used to be a very expensive enterprise to reach a mass audience. It took a massive investment in capital and staff to buy presses, radio stations or TV licences, to run them and to distribute news to the public.

As a result, the craft of journalism – which began with pamphleteers and partisans spreading “news” that served their interests – had to become more neutral and more objective in order to gain as large an audience as possible.

Yes, the concept of objective journalism, highminded as it sounds, was an economic decision.

But it had a benefit to the reader: credibility became an asset. Messing with the truth came with a major price tag, which made it too big of a risk to take for most publishers.

But now, when every person has the world’s biggest printing press and worldwide distribution in their hand, there’s no cost – and next to no risk – to publishing whatever someone wishes, and making it look like a legitimate news source.

And it goes well beyond

that; the algorithms that rule our digital world can trap you in an echo-chamber of your own reading choices, keeping information from you that might otherwise broaden your horizons, give you context, or change your mind.

That means we, the reading public, must become our own fact-checkers and our own guides through the media landscape – caveat lector.

The first, and most important lesson: know your sources. Look for the name above the headline on your Facebook feed.

Do you recognize it? If you don’t, proceed with caution, and look for sources you trust to corroborate what you’ve read.

Thankfully, there are tools that can help you with that. In fact, you’re reading one right now.

Whether you’re reading these words on a printed page, a laptop screen or scrolling on a phone, you’re reading them from a community news source – a trusted news source.

What makes you know we can be trusted? Because we still have skin in the game.We are often the only people in the communities we serve who are paid to tell its stories, week in and week out.

Our credibility is our strongest asset, and we seek to protect it by reporting the news to the best of our abilities and by holding ourselves accountable to our readers through bodies like the National NewsMedia Council (www.media council.ca for more).

So as you navigate this new digital world, take us along as your guide.

We won’t pretend to be your champion for truth; rather, we’ll help you become your own champion.

Tim Shoults is a publisher with Glacier Media commenting about National NewspaperWeek.

Topic: Should Gateway Casinos have received a $200M fed loan?

“It’s a loan.They will pay it back, hopefully with interest.”

“What? With the millions (in dirty money criminals

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Plans for a $50-million, 12-storey hotel with offices, and some kind of drinking establishment on the corner of Edmonds Street and Kingway wasn’t legally required to go to a public hearing because it fit into zoning bylaws. Mayor Doug Drummond said city council had little power to say if the development was good or bad. Coun. Doug Evans said he was more concerned about cleaning up the area, which at that time featured boarded-up buildings, an adult video store and a wellknown stroll for sex trade workers.

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The Burnaby SFU gondola is a project in search of a problem Editor: Re: TransLink kicking off public engagement on Burnaby gondola, NOW News The SFU gondola: a project in search of a problem.

I attended the public open house at SFU in May 2011 on the proposed Burnaby Mountain cable car project. I am puzzled that nine years later, in the middle of a pandemic, so-called public engagement has been initiated.

I encourage people interested in this project to read the feasibility study that is available to download at the TransLink website.

Although global warming will send fewer snow storms to Burnaby Mountain, it will also send more and stronger windstorms. A cable car operation may be less reliable than conventional buses, and certainly no less polluting than trolley- or battery-powered buses.

The feasibility study asserts that a cable car will save travel time. But the study fails to consider total door-to-door travel time over the rerouted buses that feed into the cable car

operation.

Readers interested in the proposed project should fill out the public engagement questionnaire at the TransLink website.

Derek Wilson, Port Moody

Burnaby should allow backyard chickens in our community

Editor: Re: Neighbour sticks up for Burnaby resident’s backyard chickens, NOW News I bike past this residence in the mornings and, personally, the occasional sound of a crowing rooster or clucking hen is much more pleasant than the constant noise of the SkyTrain scraping by or high-speed car traffic on Boundary Road.

Granted, I am not an immediate neighbour of this house, but from all outside appearance their chicken coop is well kept and provides a bit of idyllic oasis in an urban environment.

I very much applaud Coun. Joe Keithley’s motion to have city council re-examine this issue and hope city staff can report on this in a timely manner.

Lin Lin, Burnaby

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Citynow Drivers fined $1,600 for crash that killed teenager Cornelia Naylor

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Sisters are supposed to grow old and live through the milestones of life together, but that’s something one older sister says she lost forever after a momentary lapse in attention by two drivers on a dark and rainy Burnaby morning just over two-and-ahalf years ago.

“I have forever lost the love, comfort and support of my sister’s companionship,” said Ana Girotto, the sister of 14-year-old Fernanda Girotto, a Brazilian exchange student struck and killed while walking in a crosswalk on Cariboo Road on Jan. 17, 2018.

In a victim impact statement read out in Vancouver provincial court by Crown prosecutor Geordie Proulx last week,

Ana Girotto, said she feels guilty for not having walked to school with her little sister that day.

“I was feeling unwell and stayed at home,” she said. “I often think that, had I been with her that day, she would still be alive.”

The two sisters had come to Canada from Brazil just a few weeks earlier for an exchange program to improve their English.

They were staying with a family at a complex near Cariboo Road.

Their mother, Rosana Girotto, said she was supposed to have seen her two daughters again in a few weeks.

“It is impossible for any words to articulate the grief that comes with losing a child,” she wrote in her victim impact statement.

Her husband, Luiz Girotto, said his own grief has been doubled by having to watch his wife and oldest daughter suffer.

“I feel helpless, as I know there is nothing I can do to bring Fernanda back,” he wrote.

The statements were read out at the sentencing hearing last Thursday for two men, Paul Oliver Wong and Kai Man Cheu, who had been found guilty of driving without due care and attention in Girotto’s death.

Both men had been driving to work at around 7 a.m. on Cariboo Road near the Highway 1 overpass.

Girotto was hit first by Wong’s pickup truck and then by Cheu’s sedan as she lay injured in the crosswalk.

Cheu had driven around Wong’s stopped

vehicle before hitting her.

There was no evidence speed or alcohol had been factors.

Proulx said Cheu should be fined $1,000 and be prohibited from driving for a year.

But Wong should get a $2,000 fine and a two-year driving prohibition, Proulx said, because his driving record, which includes two distracted driving convictions in 2014 and 2016, was “a serious aggravating factor.”

B.C. provincial court Judge David St. Pierre disagreed.

He began his reasons for sentence by reminding the court that he had found the men guilty of only a “momentary lapse in their duty of care in driving.”

“Was the driving rash and reckless? No.Was there speeding or evidence of a lengthy period of neg-

Lost life: Fernanda Girotto was struck and killed crossing Cariboo Road in January 2018.

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ligent driving? There was not,” St. Pierre said.

“It is very easy to lose sight of these facts given the overwhelmingly emotional nature of the tragedy that occurred when Miss Girotto lost her young life.”

St. Pierre said it was inaccurate to call Wong’s driving record a serious aggravating factor, since his distracted driving con-

victions were both for incidents where his vehicle was stopped at intersections, and he’d only had three speeding tickets since 1988 – the latest in 2003.

St. Pierre called the accident “unbelievably sad” but described the two men as otherwise “exemplary citizens in the community.”

In the end, he ordered them both to pay a $1,600 fine.

St. Pierre asked Proulx to pass on his condolences to the Girotto family.

“I never forget these cases,” he said.

In their victim impact statements, both of Fernanda Girotto’s parents said they hoped their daughter’s death would not be in vain and that the trial would convince people to drive more carefully.

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Entertainmentnow Burnaby writer shortlisted for CBC prize Poh’s story opens with the recognizable smell of a LIVELY CITY thrift store.

“For most of his life, jmaclellan@burnabynow.com Jonathan has had a very strange, visceral reaction A Burnaby resident is to this smell and to secone of five Canadian writond-hand clothing. He has ers shortlisted for the also tried hard to ignore 2020 CBC Nonfiction the painful reason behind Prize. it,” says a write-up about Jonathan Poh’s story his inspiration for the ValueVillage was one of story. “With ValueVillage, 1,700 entries received he wanted to pull on that from across Canada for thread and explore how this year’s contest – and it made the finals along with unprocessed trauma is stored in the body – in this work from Joseph Kakcase, through the sense of winokanasum of White smell, which for Jonathan Rock, Amy MacRae always triggers the most of Vancouver, Rachael intense memories.”

Preston of Nanaimo and In addition to Leona Theis of a cash prize of Saskatoon. $6,000 from the A press release Canada Council notes that Poh is of the Arts, the a writer and edigrand prize wintor with a degree ner will receive a in English from two-week writSimon Fraser ing residency at University. He’s the Banff Centre a former editor of for Arts and Crethe men’s fashion Jonathan Poh ativity.The other and streetwear writer four finalists will publication HYeach receive $1,000.The PEBEAST, where he still shortlisted stories can be serves as a contributor. read at www.cbcbooks.ca.

ValueVillage, his first You can find a direct link work of personal non-ficto Poh’s story at tinyurl. tion, takes Poh back to his com/JonathanPohfinalist. childhood as a newcomer to Canada when his famFRANKIE WINS AGAIN ily arrived as immigrants Remember Frankie from Singapore in the Cena? The former Burnearly 1990s.

Julie MacLellan

aby resident has been appearing in these pages since he was an award-winning performer in his high school days at Burnaby Mountain Secondary.

Just for fun, I searched for his name in our archives and came up with stories from back in 2005, when then 14-year-old Frankie was a semifinalist at the PNE’s talent search and performed in the then-annual Cavalcade of Stars event at Michael J. Fox Theatre.

Well, Cena (now of Port Moody and Toronto) is still at it – most recently, he won more than $40,000 US in the Netflix reality contest Sing On!, which challenges six contestants to sing popular songs in a style that matches the original as closely as possible.

The six contestants can win up to $60,000 based on the accuracy of their singing, which is calculated by a vocal analyzer.

Each round, the singers must vote off their peers to advance to the next round.

Cena remained standing to claim the prize in the show’s seventh episode, devoted to “summer anthems.”

You can find him on Twitter or Instagram @

INTENSE: Frankie Cena reacts to the pressure in a screenshot from the Netflix series Sing On! The Burnaby Mountain grad won more than $40,000 on the show. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED FrankieCena, or www. facebook.com/frankie. cena. He also has aYouTube channel, www.you tube.com/user/frankster83.

ON SCREEN A Burnaby screenwriter’s historical documentary series is back for a second season on APTN. Tim Johnson is the creator and writer of Nations atWar.The series follows the mass migration of peoples across North America, from the 17thcentury migrations of the Ojibwe to the 19th-century American settlers.

“For the majority of human history, North Amer-

ica’s population was entirely Indigenous in its character.Then, in the early 1600s, Europeans began to establish colonies along the Atlantic coast.

These settlements became gateways through which millions of people would eventually flow west, creating incessant demand for new land,” a press release about the show explains.

“However, these foreigners were not the only migrants creating chaos as they claimed new homes across North America.

Nations like the Ojibwe and Lakota were already on the move.Their migration created a domino ef-

fect which provoked conflict and cultural change, as peoples who already called the west home fought to defend their territory.”

The series is hosted by David H. Lyle and features EldonYellowhorn, a Simon Fraser University professor of archeology.

Jason Friesen of Chasing Pictures Inc. serves as producer, writer and director.

The second season started Sept. 19. Check out the full viewing schedule and episode guide at www.aptn.ca/nationsat war/.You can find out more at nationsatwar.tv.

Live performance returns to Shadbolt Centre

Live performance has returned to Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.

World-class artists and performers are lined up to take to the stage as part of Live (Streaming) at the ‘Bolt, a 10-week online concert series at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts that will also feature a limited live audience.

The season kicks off Oct. 1 with a free streaming event featuring Alpha Yaya Diallo, who will bring live music back to the Studio Theatre at the Shadbolt.

“Diallo is known for his

dexterous acoustic and electric guitar playing, as well as his skills on a variety of percussion instruments and his supple and beautifully modulated voice. His exciting live shows and unparalleled musicianship have earned him a reputation as one of the hottest acts on the current world music scene,” a press release says.

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As an added bonus, online audiences will also be able to enjoy new contemporary dance artists every week as part of their streaming ticket for each performance. Kicking it off is Drone Dances In Deer Lake Park, which takes the audience on a 360-degree bird’s-eye view of Deer Lake as the camera intimately shares performances by dancers Kasandra La China, Jeanette Kotowich and Jenni-

fer Aoki in natural settings throughout the park.

All performances begin at 8 p.m., with the preshow performance starting at 7:30 p.m.

Limited seating is available in the Studio Theatre for each performance, in accordance with provincial health guidelines. Live tickets are $20, and online streaming tickets for all shows after Oct. 1 are $10.

For information and to purchase tickets, see tickets.shadboltcentre.com or In the spotlight: Alpha Yaya Diallo kicks off the new Live call 604-205-3000.

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Citynow CITY HALL

Emergency shelter should be open this month City had hoped shelter would be open this summer but says it should be ready by the end of October Dustin Godfrey

dgodfrey@burnabynow.com

Officials are hoping to have an emergency shelter originally planned to open this summer up and running by the end of October, according to Burnaby city staff.

The update came in a report to council in which staff sought approval for the city’s homelessness response for 2020/21.The addition of an emergency response centre would provide more shelter space at a time of greater need, staff noted in a report to city council.

“In the past months, the demand for shelter space has grown, and at the same time the need to so-

cially distance has meant that existing space at the Douglas shelter and at the warming centres was insufficient,” reads the report.

The ERC had been planned to open in July, within a month of the closure of the city’s last warming centre to maintain some continuity of shelters during the pandemic.

By late August, the ERC still had not been built. At the time, BC Housing said it was “still actively discussing” the matter with the city, with the location still not finalized and a lease not yet signed.

Asked by the NOW in early September whether there had been enough ur-

gency to open the shelter, Mayor Mike Hurley said, “Quite frankly, no.”

Now, the 45-bed space, slated for the parking lot of the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex, which is currently awaiting replacement, appears to be on track once again. BC Housing is “doing their very best to try and have the ERC operational by the end of October,” director of planning Ed Kozak told council.

According to the staff report, BC Housing originally proposed the shelter close on Dec. 31, which aligned with the construction schedule for the sports centre’s replacement.

BC Housing has since

requested that the ERC That, staff noted, means remain open until June patrons can be tracked, 30, 2021, due to the cost which allows shelter staff of building the centre for to better connect them such a short term. City with services and to constaff said the upduct contact dated timeline tracing in the still does not conevent of illness. flict with the city’s City staff also construction noted the ERC timeline but did would be open not elaborate.

24-7, meaning In a closed patrons would meeting on Sept. have a place to 14, council apstay during the proved the extenday as well.This sion of the agree- Pietro Calendino could also mean city councillor ment to June of less littering or next year, accordloitering during ing to the city report. the day.

Staff noted the ERC The ERC will be run will differ from the warmby the Progressive Housing centres in that it ining Society, which could volves an intake process streamline the connection to access the shelter beds. to housing.

Coun. Pietro Calendino noted the demand will still likely exceed the availability of shelter beds in the city, and most of the shelter space is concentrated on the north half of Burnaby.

“I think we need to keep our eyes open because there will be people that will fall through the cracks, and we have to keep BC Housing alerted of that,” Calendino said.

The staff report noted that, if there’s still not enough space for everyone, or if patrons need to self-isolate, BC Housing can still acquire hotel space to accommodate those needs.

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Injustice: Displaced Japanese Canadians leaving the Vancouver area (possibly to the Slocan Valley) after being prohibited by law from entering a “protected area” within 100 miles of the coast in B.C. This archival photo is featured in the Broken Promises exhibit opening at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre on Sept. 26.

PHOTO COURTESY NIKKEI NATIONAL MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTRE

Nikkei National Museum marks 20th anniversary The Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre is marking 20 years in its Burnaby home with a new exhibition.

The centre has opened the new travelling exhibit Broken Promises, which is co-curated by the Nikkei National Museum with the Royal British Columbia Museum and the Landscapes of Injustice research collective.

The exhibition is grounded in research from Landscapes of Injustice, a seven-year, multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional project that explores the dispossession of Japanese Canadians in the 1940s.

“It illuminates the loss of home and the struggle for justice of one racially marginalized community,” says a press release from the museum. “The story unfolds by following seven narrators over decades.

Learn about life for Japanese Canadians in Canada before war, the administration of their lives during and after war ends, and how legacies of dispossession continue to this day.”

At the beginning of 2020, the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre had envisioned a large 20th anniversary gathering that would also include the Broken Promises exhibit.

The gathering was planned to be held to hon-

our the anniversary of the day the existing centre – then named the Nikkei National Heritage Centre – officially opened on Sept.

22, 2000.

That day marked the culmination of a dream that had been in existence since December 1986, when a small group of people conceived of the idea of Nikkei Place – a multi-purpose complex that would combine a national Japanese Canadian cultural centre, seniors’

It illuminates the loss of home … housing and a care home.

A ceremonial groundbreaking and tree planting was held in August 1997 to mark the beginning of construction of a new seniors’ housing facility, the first building on the Nikkei Place campus.

Since the current campus was completed in 2000, it has welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors for exhibits, cultural programs, festivals and events, educational tours and more.

This year, instead of a large gathering, the centre marked its 20th anniversary with a small cel-

ebration – including the ceremonial planting of a pine tree – featuring current board members and guests. It followed up with a virtual event on Sept.

26 to mark the opening of the Broken Promises exhibition and the launch of a Landscapes of Injustice book.

Now visitors are being invited to visit the museum in person for the Broken Promises exhibition, which will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Tuesday through Saturday, with COVID-19 protocols in place. Gallery capacity is limited to eight people.

“No one could have foreseen a 20th anniversary year like this one for the NNMCC,” the centre’s website says. “A place that has served as a physical gathering place for our diverse community, NNMCC has faced enormous challenges from government orders for public health. But enormous challenges have also come with opportunities for resilience: for NNMCC to continue modified programming and a sense of community at a time when many other gathering places are unavailable; and to broaden our reach to a worldwide community online.”

For more information, see centre.nikkeiplace.org/ exhibits/broken-promises.

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Opinionnow B.C. Conservatives could play spoiler this time around Keith Baldrey

editorial@burnabynow.com

On the eve of the 2017 B.C. election, I used this space to plot a potential path to victory for the BC NDP and, wouldn’t you know it, they followed it almost to the letter.

Now the party has to do it again and go a few steps more to get to majority government territory.

However, the BC Liberals also face a similar path.

In the last election, the NDP needed to run the table from Boundary Road dividingVancouver from Burnaby, and win every BC Liberal-held seat from there out past Maple Ridge. It also had to pick up a BC Liberal seat on the North Shore, one more inVancouver and a couple in Surrey.

It did all that and still fell short of a majority because it also lost three NDP-held seats. However, the NDP was able to form government after winning support from the three BC Green Party MLAs. Not a lot has changed

since then.The path to victory on Oct. 24 remains largely the same for both the NDP and the BC Liberal party.

That path still chiefly runs through MetroVancouver suburbs as well as a number of ridings from outside that region.

The NDP’s challenge is to hang on to about eight former BC Liberal-held ridings in NorthVancouver (Lonsdale), Burnaby (North and Lougheed), Port Moody-Coquitlam, Maple Ridge and Surrey (Panorama and Guildford).The BC Liberals hope to get at least some of them back.

Even though their party has not won a seat in Richmond in almost 50 years, the NDP is hoping for a breakthrough there.

OnVancouver Island, the NDP is hoping to reclaim CowichanValley (a longtime NDP stronghold won by Green Party leader Sonia Fursteneau last time) while both the NDP and the BC Liberals are eyeing two other Green ridings both parties have

won before: Oak Bay-Gordon Head and Saanich North and the Islands.

Around the province, the NDP seems to be targeting three B.C. Liberal ridings in particular: Skeena, Boundary-Similkameen and Columbia River-Revelstoke.

For the NDP to win a majority, it needs to hold its current seats and pick up at least four more from the BC Liberals and the Greens. Best bets seem to be Coquitlam-Burke Mountain,Vancouver-False Creek, Oak Bay-Gordon Head and CowichanValley.

As for the BC Liberals, they need to hold almost all of their current

seats and win back several seats they lost to the NDP in 2017.They are eyeing Surrey-Panorama, Courtenay-Comox, Oak Bay-Gordon Head and Saanich North and the Islands as their best hopes.

The one caveat to these potential scenarios is the BC Conservative Party, which is planning to run a handful of candidates in ridings that could provide headaches for BC Liberal electoral chances.

The Conservatives likely cost the BC Liberals the riding of Courtenay-Comox in 2017. Its candidate received 2,201 votes and the NDP squeaked by with a tiny 189-vote margin of victory.

So the Conservatives may prove to be a spoiler in some BC Liberal-held ridings that are not gener-

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Communitynow Burnaby families out $4,000 from cancelled school trip Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

Burnaby families have added their voices to a Canada-wide chorus of frustration around travel insurance payouts for international school trips cancelled this spring because of COVID-19.

Families at Burnaby Mountain Secondary had paid more than $4,000 each for their kids to go on an art-history-themed trip to Italy, Switzerland and Germany, according to parent Marnie Burnam.

“It was really all she talked about for most of the year leading up to the trip,” Burnam said of her daughter, Olivia, who was in Grade 11 at the time.

With the devastating and deadly impact the new coronavirus was having in Italy at the time, Burnam said the family understood why the trip needed to be

cancelled in March, and she was happy they, like many other parents, had bought cancellation insurance.

“We were completely confident because we bought cancellation insurance. I don’t think we’ve ever not bought cancellation insurance,” Burnam said.

Half a year later, however, the families are still waiting to be reimbursed.

CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE “That’s almost a year’s tuition for one of our kids for university,” Burnam said.

Natalie Brenton said she had been proud of her son, Maxwell, for raising half the money for the trip himself by working at McDonald’s.

“For a 16-year-old, $2,000 is a lot of money,” she said. “I really want it back for him because

I want him to learn that, when you pay for something, they honour it and they honour their agreements.That’s what insurance should do.”

The families have been caught between the travel agency, Explorica, which specializes in out-of-province and international school trips, and insurance underwriter Old Republic Canada.

At first, Burnam said the messaging to parents was that the pandemic had resulted in an unprecedented numbers of claims and that getting their payouts would take time.

Starting in August, though, she said the two companies started throwing each other under the bus. In emails to parents, Old Republic said it needed information that Explorica wasn’t providing. But Explorica told parents it had given Old

Republic everything it needed and further information was only being asked for so the insurance underwriter could reduce their claims to as little as zero.

Burnam said Explorica has urged the Burnaby Mountain Secondary families to file a complaint with the Financial Services Regulation Authority of Ontario, saying Old Republic is not meeting its responsibilities under the Insurance Regulation Act. Old Republic has filed a

complaint against Explorica with the Travel Industry Council of Ontario to compel the company to provide more information to process the claims.

“We’re just kind of in the middle as they point fingers at each other,” Burnam said. “We’re sort of at a loss as to what our next steps are or what to do.”

NOT ALONE The Burnaby Mountain Secondary families are not alone. A number of similar

stories about the same two companies have appeared in news outlets across the country, and the families involved have formed a Facebook group in an attempt to support one another.

In response to an interview request, Explorica sent the NOW an email saying the travel agency doesn’t “offer interviews right now” and recommended visiting its Q&A webpage. Old Republic Canada has not responded to a request for comment.

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Political protest meets classical literature in the newest exhibition at Burnaby Art Gallery.

The gallery is inviting people in for Reading Art, running to Jan. 17.The exhibition features works that draw inspiration from political protest, as well as classical literature such as Dante’s Divine Comedy, Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Marcel Proust’s Swann in Love.

In order to adhere to COVID-19 safety guidelines, the gallery is allowing viewing with reduced capacity and by advance appointment.

Reading Art, curated by Ellen van Eijnsbergen and Jennifer Cane, features pieces from the gallery’s permanent collection and those on loan. It includes works from a diverse array of artists from the past century, including John Baldessari, Salvador Dali,

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Enn Erisalu, General Idea, Guerrilla Girls, Angela Grossmann, Jenny Holzer, Clare Leighton, Micah Lexier, Jane Ash Poitras, Jack Shadbolt, Janice Toulouse and Joyce Wieland, among others.

“The exhibition in the lower gallery gives viewers an opportunity to consider the role that language has played in contemporary art,” said van Eijnsbergen, the gallery’s director and curator, in a press

release. “In the upper gallery, we invite guests to explore how literature is illustrated through an artistic response.”

A curator’s talk in conjunction with the exhibition is set for Sunday, Oct. 18, with sessions at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.Visitors can join van Eijnsbergen and Cane for an in-depth tour.

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Alison Schamberger, former longtime drama teacher, directs one of her former students, Monika Curman, in the Metro Theatre production of Charley’s Aunt, running until Oct. 17.

The production was originally set to be performed in the spring but had to be cancelled in the face of COVID-19. Now, the theatre is opening up again – with limited seating, physical distancing and COVID-19 safety protocols in place – and Charley’s Aunt will launch the 2020/21 season.

Charley’s Aunt tells the story of Jack Chesney and Charley Wykham, two upper-class Oxford students

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KYLE, Hazel Victoria (née Hunter) March 14, 1925 − September 16, 2020 HILL, Arlene With broken hearts we announce the passing of Arlene Hill on Thursday, September 17, 2020, at home with family by her side. A loving wife, mother, sister, grandma, auntie and great auntie; Arlene lost a hard-fought battle with cancer. She is survived by her loving and devoted husband, Murray, of 44 years; her son, Michael (Susan) Hill; her daughters Mandy Yee and Melissa (Jim) Rowson and her 6 grandsons Cole, Jayden, Wyatt, Cooper, Oliver and Mikey. She will be dearly missed by her friends and family, including sisters Beverley (Ron) Jones and Dianna Brett (Don Morse) and by her brother, Robert (Donna) Brett as well as many nieces and nephews. Arlene was predeceased by her parents, Isabel (nee McCombie) and Robert Brett.

Arlene was born on August 23, 1953 in Vancouver, British Columbia. She married the love of her life, Murray Hill, on May 29, 1976 in Vancouver, BC. Arlene began her career working for the Toronto Dominion Bank in Vancouver, in the head office. In 1985, Arlene and Murray took a leap of faith and ventured off on their own to start several (Ace) businesses in both Canada and the U.S. Arlene leaves behind a legacy of family, love and giving back to her community. Arlene believed in the importance of family and tradition; always encouraging and hosting family dinners every Sunday and regular get togethers with extended family who she held so dear. She loved getting together with the girls in the family to enjoy food, games, wine and endless laughter.

Arlene was blessed with three children and six grandsons. She loved supporting all their interests and hobbies and watching them learn and grow. She attended countless dance recitals, sports games, swimming lessons and school concerts. She was their biggest cheerleader, most accurate scorekeeper, and was always in their corner, win or lose. Her grandsons were her greatest pride and joy and motivated her to battle cancer as she desperately wanted to watch them grow up to be fine young men. She delighted in big family holiday get togethers and spoiling her grandsons, especially on Christmas morning.

She loved traveling, socializing with her long-time neighbours and playing a great game of cards, of which, she often won. In retirement, Arlene lived out her love for travel. Whether it be Asia, European river cruises, one-too-many European churches, or Oktoberfest, her favourite places to return to were New York, Las Vegas, and Hawaii. Murray and Arlene enjoyed a yearly trip to Hawaii and last year enjoyed a final trip with their children and grandchildren.

In 2008, Arlene and Murray purchased a vacation home in Goodyear, Arizona. They grew to love desert life, meeting new friends and neighbours over happy hours and welcoming friends and family into their home for much needed getaways. Murray and Arlene, ever the consummate hosts, would ensure that their guests always had an incredible time. From home-cooked meals to dinners out, plenty of pool time, shopping and baseball games, it was quality time that friends and family were so grateful for.

Arlene also believed in giving back to her community and helping others, though never looking for recognition. Skilled in crocheting, Arlene spent countless hours sourcing materials and spent every evening crafting beautiful receiving blankets and burp cloths which she lovingly donated to the RCH Foundation. She also delighted in putting together hampers for local families, especially single moms, to help brighten holiday times for others in need. She would be pleased to know how many benefitted from her generosity.

She had a great sense of humour, listened closely and gave thoughtful advice. She taught us to keep family close, to laugh often and to not take a day for granted. She showed us the value of hard work, and the joy of true love and we are so grateful for our time with her. Together with her greatest love, Murray, she built a strong family who we hope she will watch over and be proud of, as we try and find a way to carry on without her. Arlene will be deeply and sadly missed by all who knew her.

The family would like to thank the many kind doctors, nurses and staff at Fraser Health Home Care who provided above and beyond care for our beloved wife and mother. In accordance with Covid-19 protocols, a private family gathering is planned. In lieu of flowers, donations in Arlene’s memory to the BC Cancer Agency are much appreciated.

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It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our Mom & Grandma, Hazel Kyle, who passed away peacefully after a short stay at Burnaby General Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband, Harvey Kyle; sister, Louise McLarty; and brother, George Hunter. She will be greatly missed by her sons, Gordon (Sandra), Davis (Sandy), Warren (Michaela), and Byron (Pat), her 5 grandchildren Megan (Ryan), Kevin (Cindy), Heather (Adam), Quinn and Mikala and her 4 great grandchildren, Elliot, Ari, Willow and August.

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Prices Effective October 1 - 7, 2020.

100% BC OWNED AND OPERATED

BC Grown Garlic

From small family farms between Abbotsford, Oliver and Salmo Try Inchelium Red, Susan Delafield, Siberian Red Stripe, Organic Chesnok Red, Russian Red, Northern Quebec, Fish Lake 3, White Music, Italian and Majestic.

Stores m ay not have all varieties!

BC Garlic

00 off 2per pound Choices’ Own Festival Garlic & Cheddar Bread

Chicken Garlic Sausages

200g

24.23kg

Made Locally!

Made In-Store

549

1099/lb

AOR Vitamins & Supplements

Rossdown Roasted Chickens

Assorted Varieties & Sizes Regular Retail 29.99-122.99

20%

899

off

each

Barbara’s Cheez Puffs Assorted Varieties

Silver Hills Sprouted Power Bread

Zevia Stevia Sweetened Sodas Assorted Varieties

Assorted Varieties

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2/500

430-615g

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