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BC NDP rides orange wave in Burnaby Dustin Godfrey

however, the NDP has taken the city in a landslide, with 55% to 61% of the vote.The current standings in each riding are as follows: BURNABY-DEER LAKE Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan (BC Liberals) – 3,275 (32.5%) Mehreen Chaudry (BC Greens) – 1,244 (12.3%) Anne Kang (BC NDP) – 5,558 (55.2%)

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About 30% of Burnaby’s registered voters showed up to in-person voting opportunities and gave the BC NDP a comfortable lead in all four local ridings, according to preliminary data from Elections BC. Of the 160,334 registered voters between Burnaby North, Burnaby-Lougheed, Burnaby-Deer Lake and Burnaby-Edmonds, just 47,625 showed up to vote in person – but that doesn’t mean the voter turnout is quite that low.

An unprecedented 700,000-plus mail-in ballots were ordered throughout the province, including 32,171 in Burnaby, and the latest estimate places provincewide returns of those ballots at just over 84%.

If Burnaby’s returns are consistent, that could bump the city’s voter turnout to nearly 47%, while the highest possible turnout – if all requested mailin ballots in the city were returned – would be about 50%.That’s still far be-

BURNABY-EDMONDS Tripat Atwal (BC Liberals) – 3,072 (27.4%) Raj Chouhan (BC NDP) – 6,861 (61.2%) Iqbal Parekh (BC Greens) – 1,270 (11.3%)

VOTER TURNOUT: The riding o f Burnaby-Lougheed saw the highest in-person voter turnout in the city, according to preliminary data from Elections BC. PHOTO FILE PHOTOS low the norm in a provincial general election, for which turnout tends to be around 60%.

Burnaby-Lougheed had the city’s highest inperson turnout, at about 33.6% of registered voters, while Burnaby-Deer Lake had the lowest at around 27.1%. Burnaby-Ed-

monds and Burnaby North saw in-person turnouts of 27.8% and 30.3%, respectively.

In terms of mail-in ballot requests, Burnaby North had the most, with 22.2%, and Burnaby-Edmonds had the fewest, at 17.9%. Burnaby-Deer Lake’s and

Burnaby-Lougheed’s voteby-mail requests were 18.2% and 21.7% of registered voters, respectively.

But the overall turnout likely won’t be known for some time, and final results aren’t expected for at least two weeks.

If the final vote resembles the in-person voting,

BURNABY-LOUGHEED Katrina Chen (BC NDP) – 7,669 (58.1%) Tariq Malik (BC Liberals) – 3,559 (27.0%) Dominique Paynter (BC Libertarians) – 240 (1.8%) Andrew Williamson (BC Greens) – 1,737 (13.2%) BURNABY NORTH Raymond Dong (BC Liberals) – 4,119 (31.4%) Janet Routledge (BC

NDP) – 7,410 (56.4%) Norine Shim (BC Greens) – 1,611 (12.3%) This year’s provincial election was a most unusual one, with the COVID-19 pandemic stealing the thunder of what is often an engaging political news cycle. Indeed, most candidates watched results roll in from home, rather than holding public gatherings.

The NOW asked all 13 candidates for statements on the election results over the weekend; only one candidate responded on Monday.

BC Libertarian candidate Dominique Paynter said her first foray into politics was “an excellent learning opportunity,” and while the election didn’t favour her party, she said she would continue to “fight for all of you and our liberties” in the coming years.

On social media, all four NDP candidates published statements thanking volunteers and voters, as did BC Green candidates Andrew Williamson and Norine Shim.

City byelection could be held as late as May 2021 Dustin Godfrey

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The City of Burnaby could hold its council byelection as late as May, even as more than a dozen other local governments have recently held byelections or are planning them in the next few months.

That’s 10 to 11 months after the deaths of councillors Nick Volkow and Paul McDonell, meaning the two seats will have remained unoccupied for nearly a year.

According to a staff report to council, five municipalities and one school district have held byelections since September this

year, with another nine local governments expected to hold byelections between now and late January.

According to the Local Government Act, the city must hold an election within 80 days of the appointment of a chief election officer, something the city has yet to do.

“In consideration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the absence of provincial guidelines regarding the timing of a byelection, and the city’s limited information regarding the pandemic trends, the city has sought guidance from the provincial government regarding the byelection

date,” staff wrote in a report to council.

“The province has advised that it is not possible to predict ‘peaks’ and ‘valleys’ of the pandemic, and that the byelection dates are to be determined by each municipality. It is understood that larger municipalities will need more time to organize their byelections.”

Staff notes Burnaby is the largest local government currently planning a byelection, with more than double the registered voters of the City of Victoria, which is planning a byelection on Dec. 12.

That means Burnaby would need to offer more

voting opportunities, recruit and train more election staff and source more equipment, such as safety supplies.

As such, the city is “considering the feasibility” of a late-spring election, though staff said timing depends on completing a safety plan, the potential for voting by mail and availability of resources.

Staff suggested the city provide 17 voting locations for the byelection, about half of the number provided in the 2018 general election.This holds up to general convention, the city noted, with Vancouver providing 50 polling sta-

tions in its 2017 byelection compared to 112 in 2018.

Cities are required to offer two days of advance voting, with the option to add more – in 2018, the city had three advance voting days at six locations, according to the staff report.This byelection, staff said they are looking to offer four days of advance voting at six locations.

Perhaps the biggest question mark, however, is around the issue of mail-in ballots. According to the Local Government Act, voting by mail should only be available to people who will be away from the city during all in-person voting opportunities and those

with a physical disability, illness or injury affecting their ability to vote.

Elections BC expanded the use of mail-in voting for the 2020 provincial election to allow anyone to vote by mail, and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs has issued ministerial orders allowing municipalities to permit voting by mail in their byelections.

The city doesn’t currently allow voting by mail, though 50 people requested that voting method in 2018. During the provincial election, Burnaby’s four ridings saw 32,171 requests for mailin ballots.

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CityConnect NEW TRANSIT PROJECTS TO EASE CONGESTION AND SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL IN BURNABY The City of Burnaby has partnered with TransLink to install new queue jumper lanes and other road features in select locations across the city, to make transit service faster and more reliable while improving traffic flow for all users of the road.

This month, queue jumper lanes have been added to two locations along Edmonds Street, at Canada Way and Kingsway. These lanes, indicated by red pavement, allow buses to bypass traffic at the intersection. Only buses are permitted to enter the red queue jumper lanes.

In addition to the new queue jumper lanes, TransLink is providing funding for two more projects this fall which will benefit all road users, including buses.

Painted left-turn lanes have been added to the intersection in front of Edmonds Community Centre, at Edmonds and Humphries, and an advanced left-turn signal will be installed for vehicles leaving Edmonds SkyTrain Station at 18th Avenue and Griffiths Drive.

More transit priority projects will be coming soon to make transit a more attractive travel option and ease congestion. Transit priority measures support the mode split targets in Burnaby’s Transportation Plan – which is currently being updated – to have 75% of trips in Burnaby by sustainable modes by 2050.

The City is pursuing a number of initiatives to make it easier and more enjoyable to choose sustainable modes, such as walking, cycling and transit. By encouraging more transit use and active forms of transportation, more single-occupant vehicles are taken off the road, reducing congestion for all road users and helping the City meet its carbon emissions reduction targets.

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Grove project makes way through approvals Dustin Godfrey

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The third phase of a major Burnaby development is making its way through the city’s approval processes ahead of the second phase to advance the development’s non-market units.

Phase 1 of The Grove was given second reading in September after a public hearing the month prior, with no letters or commenters speaking on the project. Now, the city is seeking to advance Phase 3 of The Grove, a four-phase development planned between Willingdon and Alpha avenues and Dawson and Alaska streets in the Brentwood town centre.

Phase 1 consists of two market strata 34- and 41-storey highrises and

a six-storey non-market rental building is planned on top of a one-storey retail base. Phase 3, if it is approved, will be made up of a highrise of up to 50 storeys with market condos and rental units, along with two low-rise non -market rental buildings.

A city staff report does not indicate how many floors each of the non -market buildings are expected to contain at this point, nor does it provide an estimate of the overall number of units expected from this phase of the development.

However, according to the staff report, Phase 3 is expected to provide the total number of rental requirements for phases 1 and 3 of the development.

The requirements come from the city’s rental use

Development: The first phase of The Grove has been given second reading. PHOTO NOW FILES

zoning policy, adopted earlier this year, which mandates all multifamily developments include 20% of their market units as “affordable” rentals.

“Affordable” is defined by the city as 20% below

the median rent recorded in the area by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

To ensure the construction of the market rentals, occupancy of one of the Phase 1 towers and ap-

provals of future market residential on the site, including phases 2 and 4, will not be permitted until building permits have been issued for the non-market rentals in Phase 3.

Phase 3 will see devel-

opments on 2410, 2430 and a portion of 2350 Willingdon Avenue, the southwest corner of the overall site.The two non -market buildings will be at the corner of Willingdon Avenue and Alaska Street, with the market town set to go to the north, along Willingdon Avenue.

Phase 3, along with Phase 4, will be divided from phases 1 and 2 by a yet-to-be-built extension to Juneau Street.

Phase 2 will include one commercial/residential tower and a park amenity at the centre of the whole development.

City council gave staff the go-ahead to work with the developers to bring a full report and zoning amendment to council at a later date.

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Opinion now MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

What’s next for the BC Liberals?

The recent provincial election realigned the political landscape like rarely before, but it is far from clear whether the changes will be lasting.

For example, does the BC NDP’s breakthrough in places like Richmond, Langley and Chilliwack represent a permanent beachhead?

Or is this shift a temporary one that is reflective of people being hesitant to embrace change and uncertainty in politics while we are mired in a pandemic and economic crisis?

For the next four years, the BC NDP will be in a position to connect with voters in places never considered particularly friendly towards the party in the past.

Certainly, the NDP benefitted in this election from a disastrous campaign by the BC Liberals, who were saddled with a leader who not only was unable to resonate with voters, but who may well have turned a bad situation into a terrible one.

Indeed, a look at the difference in votes for the two main parties tells a stark story.

In the 2017 election, fewer than 1,700 votes separated the two parties, with the BC Liberals on top.This time, the BC NDP is ahead by almost 120,000 votes and that gap will likely grow when the mail-in and absentee ballots are counted almost two weeks from now.

Even before the final count is conducted, it is clear the NDP has cemented its hold on places like Burnaby, North Vancouver, the Tri-Cities and Vancouver Island.The party’s margin of victory has only grown.

However, both the NDP and the Liberals face new and opposite challenges with this electoral realignment.

The NDP has pushed

the Liberals, for the most part, to the outer edges of Metro Vancouver, which gives the NDP more seats in the riding-rich suburbs.

The flip side to that arrangement is that the NDP is under-represented outside of Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island.

Premier John Horgan has been quick to make the point that a comfortable majority in the legislature will free him up to travel the province more.

The Liberals have the opposite problem.They are increasingly a regional, rural-based party and have been elbowed out of many urban and suburban areas.

The chief problem with this situation is the party will never regain power unless it can re-establish itself in Metro Vancouver, where half the ridings are located.To do that, the party must make itself younger and more diverse in terms of gender and ethnicity when it comes to finding candidates.

The next four years will reveal much about this new realignment and a number of questions will arise over time.

For example, can the Liberals – essentially a coalition party of liberals and conservatives – remain intact as it undergoes a much-needed makeover?

Can the BC Greens achieve relevance in the legislature now that it is no longer the junior partner in a minority government?

In addition, can the NDP continue its wave of popularity as the pandemic continues unimpeded with the inevitable economic mayhem accompanying it? And will it remain in the political center or drift, over time, to the left?

This past election is like few we have ever experienced, but its aftershocks will be felt for a long time.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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Burnaby gondola offers many benefits for the community Editor: Re: Burnaby gondola a project in search of a problem, NOW Letters Mr. Wilson touts a number of falsehoods in his letter.

Although current timing may not be the best, TransLink originally got the go-ahead from the Mayors’ Council for further work on the gondola in July last year, a year after the 2018 feasibility study showed a 1.8 positive benefit-cost ratio.

It would be disingenuous at best to describe the need for the gondola as purely due to inclement weather.

Instead, as stated in the 2018 feasibility study, “peak-hour travellers report that as many as four full buses pass them.”

The “system is beyond its capacity,” and electric buses would not mitigate this issue. The gondola would have double the hourly capacity of the buses while providing all-weather reliability.

It will also be operational in winds of up to 100 km/h, and cabins would be removed from the line at night or in dangerous weather

conditions.

Routes 1 or 2 for the gondola would terminate at the SFU Town Square and transit exchange, very close to existing and well-used transit facilities for residents and students alike and leaving door-to-door times intact. Route 1’s terminus stations are almost identical to the existing 145 route termini, and TransLink has further asserted that only the existing 145 would be eliminated, leaving all other routes the same, so no rerouting would occur.

There is a demonstrated and well-studied need for better transportation for the more than 30,000 students, staff and residents at Burnaby Mountain, a number that is only expected to grow over the coming years.

The pandemic won’t last forever, so let’s make sure we proceed with the future in mind, and not present circumstances.

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Citynow It’s Burnaby for Biden as U.S. election nears

Dustin Godfrey

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If the U.S. presidential election were held today in Burnaby, the Democrats would trounce the Republicans in at least one neighbourhood.

Jennifer April and her husband, Michael Matich, have made space on their lawn, among their menagerie of Halloween decorations – cobwebs, tombstones and skeletons – for something equally spooky: U.S. election signs bearing the names of the two parties’ nominees.

Next to each sign, April and Matich have added white signs with spaces for neighbours to cast their votes. A check mark in one of the squares next to the Democratic sign is a vote for former vice-president Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris. A check mark in one of

the squares next to the Republican sign is a vote for President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence.

So far, it’s a landslide for the former: as of late Monday morning, the tally was 81 votes for the Biden-Harris ticket and just 13 for Trump and Pence.

April, a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, said she isn’t surprised by the result.

“Not at all,” she said, adding that she’s had dinners with Biden in her home state of Delaware, where Biden moved as a child and which he served in the Senate. “He’s just a nice guy.When you say you can trust Joe, you can trust Joe.That’s how I believe, and a lot of other people believe it, too, although don’t ask my American family, because they’re all gun-toting, and they want their Trump

vote in.”

As for Trump, she said many of her neighbours believe the Republican incumbent is “a big, fat liar” who dragged his feet on mitigating the death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“If he had done more … in the early stages, their deaths would not be over 200,000,” she said.

And the mock ballot has been popular, April added.

She’s had local school children, who walk past her place each day, keeping track of the results, and one person drove across town to vote for Trump.

“One lady … sits there, and she counts every (vote) every day. And yesterday, I was watching a bunch of kids in a car, and they’ve got their cameras out, and they’re taking their pictures,” she said.

Others, she added, have come after dark to cast

Eyes on the U.S.: Jennifer April and Michael Matich are running a mock U.S. poll on their front lawn.

Spoiler alert: the vote heavily favours the Biden-Harris ticket. PHOTO DUSTIN GODFREY

their votes, “like they don’t want to be seen casting their ballot.”

This is the second time April and Matich have run the mock ballot. In 2016, it was Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine against

the Trump-Pence ticket.

Although the Democrats won popular support in that election by about three million votes (about two percentage points), the electoral college swung Republican.

That election was more decisive on April and Matich’s mock ballot, with the more than 300 votes siding 5-3 with the Democrats.

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Pharmacist fined, suspended over 2016 ethics violations

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A Burnaby pharmacist has been fined $10,000 and had her registration suspended after admitting to ethics violations she committed in 2016.

After an investigation by the College of Pharmacists of B.C., Shirin Jiwan signed a consent resolution agreement on Oct. 9 to deal with violations in September 2016, when she was the director and owner of a Burnaby pharmacy.

The college would not release the name of the pharmacy involved.

In the agreement, Jiwan admitted to directing a pharmacy staff member to remove patient personal health information from the pharmacy for delivery to her residence on Sept.

19, 2016.

Jiwan further admitted to directing a person not registered with the college to help her forge patient signatures on medication review forms and then submitting the forged documents to PharmaCare inspectors for a PharmaCare audit.

The college imposed a $5,000 fine and a ninemonth suspension of her registration effective Oct. 9. After that suspension ends, Jiwan will be banned from being a pharmacy manager, director of a pharmacy and preceptor for one year. She has also been ordered to complete and pass an ethics course within one year and to appear before the college’s inquiry committee for a verbal reprimand.

She is also required to make “every reasonable effort” to notify patients

affected by the privacy breach, according to the agreement, which is posted on the college’s website.

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Citynow Knife-wielding woman arrested without incident The episode was captured on video by an apartment dweller in the Metrotown neighbourhood

Cornelia Naylor

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A Metrotown apartment dweller captured a bird’seye view of a woman with a large steak knife being arrested beside a major Burnaby thoroughfare last week.

The incident began at about 11:40 a.m. last Wednesday, when Burnaby RCMP got a call from a concerned citizen in the 4700 block of Kingsway, according to media spokesperson Cpl. Mike Kalanj.

“He reported that he encountered a woman wearing pyjamas and slippers, acting and speaking in what he deemed to be an aggressive manner, walking on the sidewalk with a knife in her hand,” Kalanj told the NOW. Four officers were on the scene “moments later,” Kalanj said, and it was only minutes between the first police contact and the woman being taken into custody.

She was then taken to hospital by ambulance and certified under the Mental Health Act, according to Kalanj.

He said the video, which was posted onYouTube, captured a routine mental health call.

There would be at least three more such mental health apprehensions later

that same day, he said.

Under section 28 of the Mental Health Act, police are given the authority to apprehend and bring to a doctor anyone with an apparent mental health disorder who is deemed to be a danger to themselves or others.

Kalanj, who was with the Burnaby RCMP’s mental health unit for six years before moving into his current role, said the call captured on video Oct. 21 “went great.”

“The first officer on scene identified himself as a police officer and established a dialogue,” Kalanj said. “While he communicated with the woman, the other officers were close enough to assist her if needed.”

In times of crisis, Kalanj said it can be hard to focus, so officers are trained to keep the communication simple and clear.

“Clarity can be reached quicker when only one officer is speaking. In an effort to keep the woman feeling safe and confident she was not in any danger, the secondary officers made sure there were no distractions from pedestrians and vehicles passing by.”

At first, the woman was confused and did not want to drop the knife, according to Kalanj, but the officer talking to her was

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“When it was safe to do so, two officers approached the woman, each taking hold of an arm,” Kalanj said. “She struggled a bit through this process, but with the communicating officer keeping her calm and focused, the secondary officers were able to apply the handcuffs without incident.”

Burnaby RCMP Chief Supt. Deanne Burleigh has said police are usually the

last resort when it comes to mental health crises.

In May 2019, she spearheaded a new “hub approach” to the issue with the Burnaby Mobilization and Resiliency Table (BMART), which brings together the RCMP, the Ministry of Children and Family Development, Fraser Health, the Burnaby school district, Progressive Housing Society, Elizabeth Fry Society, the fire department and other local agencies for weekly meetings.

The approach is designed to get at the “roots instead of the leaves” of high-risk mental health situations in the community, Burleigh told the NOW in 2019.

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Official results for the provincial election may not be known for some time yet, but if kids in Burnaby had their way, the city would be all NDP orange.

Ahead of Saturday’s election, 85,000 elementary and high school students around the province cast ballots in a Student Vote parallel election put on by CIVIX, a national registered charity dedicated to building citizenship skills among young Canadians.

This election was particularly challenging given the pandemic …

The students elected an NDP majority government, with the BC Greens forming the official opposition.

In Burnaby North, 474 students cast ballots: 216 (45.57%) for BC NDP incumbent Janet Routledge; 135 (28.48%) for BC Liberal candidate Raymond Dong; and 123 (25.95%) for BC Green candidate Norine Shim.

In Burnaby-Deer Lake, 1,083 students voted: 553 (51.06%) for NDP incumbent Anne Kang; 282

(26.04%) for BC Green Mehreen Chaudry; and 248 (22.9%) for BC Liberal Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan.

In Burnaby Edmonds, 1,293 students voted: 590 (45.63%) for NDP incumbent Raj Chouhan; 380 (29.39%) for BC Liberal Tripat Atwal; and 323 (24.98%) for BC Green Iqbal Parekh.

Finally, in Burnaby Lougheed, 782 students voted: 439 (56.14%) for NDP incumbent Katrina Chen; 174 (22.25%) for BC Green Andrew Williamson; 136 (17.39%) for BC Liberal Tariq Malik; and 33 (4.22%) for Libertarian Dominique Paynter.

This was the sixth B.C. provincial Student Vote organized by CIVIX to date.

Students from more than 700 schools representing all 87 electoral districts in the province cast ballots, according to CIVIX. “This election was particularly challenging for schools given the pandemic and the nature of a snap election,” said the organization’s chief operating officer Lindsay Mazzucco in a news release. “We are grateful for all of the educators that dedicated time and energy to engaging their students and adapting to new safety protocols.”

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Our knowledge of COVID-19 and how it spreads continues to evolve. Now that we’ve entered our second wave, let’s clear up a couple of endemic COVID confusions.

BURSTING BUBBLES Many of my patients, the general public and even some health-care providers have been confused by the advice to keep our bubbles small.

Does this mean it’s safe to interact as usual (without physical distancing or masks) with a small number of friends, relatives and colleagues?

Though knowing who you are seeing socially makes contact tracing easier after one of you is diagnosed with COVID-19, you are still at risk for getting infected and passing it on if all of you are not maintaining careful hand hygiene, distancing and masking.

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Loneliness and loss

n an average year, more than 7,000 residents in long-term care die.

In an average year, their loved ones get a chance to hold their hands or brush their hair, to talk to them or just be with them during their last months and weeks.

This has not been an average year.

COVID-19 has taken the lives of many seniors at B.C. care homes since March, but it has also robbed many others of some of their last moments with family and friends.

In Part 1 of a two-part series on the pandemic’s impact on seniors’ last days in long-term care homes, here are the stories of two such families in Burnaby.

‘NOT THIS WAY’ he last time Maria Banath saw her 91-year-old mother alive, Banath was swathed in a surgical gown, face shield, gloves and mask.

Her mother had been infected with COVID-19 at the New Vista Care Home, but that’s not what killed her, according to Banath.

Anna Patano, a longtime North Burnaby resident who had moved to Canada from Italy in 1964, had stopped eating on Aug. 15 and begun refusing all fluids starting Aug. 26, before she finally died on Sept. 13, her daughter said.

Patano’s contact with loved ones during her last few months

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was cut off for long periods at a time because of lockdowns related to two coronavirus outbreaks at her care home.

COVID-19 had plagued New Vista since a staff member there tested positive for the deadly virus in April.

That initial outbreak was declared over on June 8, but the home was hit by a second outbreak when another staff member tested positive on Aug. 8.

In all, 12 deaths at New Vista have been linked to the outbreaks, one death associated with the first outbreak and 11 with the second, according to the Fraser Health Authority.

Banath said her mother had spent 75 days in total lockdown – 52 days during the first outbreak and 23 days during the second – before she died.

‘A REALLY GOOD PLACE’ espite her age, Banath said her mother was “full of life” with “lots of spirit in her” before the outbreaks hit the centre.

She took some time to settle in, but New Vista was “a really good place” for Patano, Banath said, since dementia-related behavioural issues made it impossible for her to care for her mother on her own.

“Before COVID, I was there every day, faithfully, because I did her care,” Banath said. “I was there all the time, every day, not a day missing.”

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Family ties: Anna Patano, centre, is pictured in a 1964 passport photo with her two daughters, Stella, left, and Maria. Maria came forward to tell her mother’s story to the NOW. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

THE INVISIBLE PANDEMIC: COVID-19 has brought more than a virus into British Columbia’s long-term care homes. It has also brought with it loneliness and isolation, as seniors – many in their final days – have had to cope without their families and loved ones. We spoke to two Burnaby families about their experiences. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED 52 days when the care home banned all visitors on April 30 in response to the first outbreak.

Banath’s only contact with her mother during that time was limited to phone calls and one weekly FaceTime call arranged by staff at the home.

New Vista told the NOW in May it had purchased “a whole bunch of iPads” and that staff was facilitating FaceTime calls between residents and their loved ones during the lockdown.

But only two iPads have been made available to about 236 residents for FaceTime calls, according to emails exchanged between Banath and the care home. New Vista purchased 12 iPads, according to the emails, but there is no Wi-Fi in the building, and data was purchased for only two of the devices.

Banath’s first FaceTime call with her mother on May 8 was “not much of a visit,” she said.

Patano was “very groggy,” and staff had to move on to other residents.

When the first lockdown finally ended on June 22, Banath was allowed to visit her for an hour-and-a-half every second

day wearing full PPE. “In good weather after supper I was able to take her out in the garden area within the building as she loved outdoors,” Banath said.

But that reprieve was shortlived.

posed to be given loxapine “as needed,” but neither Patano nor Banath liked the effects of the drug.

“It knocked her out for three days,” Banath said. “When she did wake up, she had no energy.

She was totally out of it.”

After seeing those effects, Ba‘SHE WAS TOTALLY OUT OF IT’ nath said she had asked New ess than two months later, Vista to call her instead of adall visits were banned again ministering the drug when her when a second outbreak hit. mother was agitated.

Patano would Antipsybe dead before chotic drugs Before COVID, it was over, after like loxapshe had stopped ine are used I was there eating for nearly to treat beevery day, a month, achavioural and cording to Bafaithfully psychological nath. symptoms in She said her patients with mother didn’t dementia, but want to take their overuse in the antipsychotic long-term care facilities has long drug loxapine, and, when she re- been a concern, according B.C.’s fused it, staff put it in her food seniors advocate, Isobel Mac– and drink. kenzie.

“I think that’s part of it,” BaShe said the province had sucnath said, “and then not seeceeded in bringing down the ing a familiar face around didn’t use of antipsychotics at care help.” homes over the last five years, Patano said her mother, who but those numbers surged when was in a unit for residents with COVID-19 hit. behavioural issues, was supContinued on page 21

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‘He couldn’t see a smile behind a mask’ Continued from page 20 “In the last six months, we’ve almost given up the gains of the last five years,” she said. “This is not a trend we want to see.”

By the time Banath was allowed to see her mother again during the second outbreak at New Vista, the visits were considered “palliative,” she said.

Because Patano was COVID-positive, she was in isolation, and her daughter had to make her half-hour-a-day visits in full PPE until Patano’s body finally gave up 13 days later.

“Mom eventually would have passed, yes, and so will I, but not this way,” Banath said. “Not this way. It should have never happened this way.”

The Burnaby NOW contacted New Vista for this story.

New Vista Society CEO Darin Froese declined to be interviewed or provide a comment.

speak to him on the phone.

“He had dementia and couldn’t quite figure out how to place the phone, and it would slide from his ear, and he’d sort of not realize it, that kind of thing,” Jones says.

Although the centre was facilitating FaceTime calls between families and residents, that service was advertised on Facebook and on its website – two sites Jones says she rarely visits. She called regularly and got brief updates from staff, but otherwise she didn’t see her father until May. “I had no idea how he was doing, how his health was progressing,” she says.

A PEOPLE PERSON hen she describes Pitman, Jones tells of his love of people, his smile and the jokes he would tell to see that grin reflected back at him.

But with the pandemic came ‘I HAD NO IDEA new safety protocols, and in care HOW HE WAS DOING’ homes, masks are now mandahen Robert Pitman died tory for staff. on May 26, he wasn’t “I was just trying to imagine alone. His son was in the room the fact that he’s sitting there at with him, and his daughGeorge Derby seeing only eyes. ter, Sandy Jones, was in anMy dad was very much a peoother room nearby. But his two ple person,” Jones says. “He months of experience with the couldn’t see a smile behind a pandemic were likely characterized by loneliness and confusion, mask, even though, perhaps, they were treathaving been uning him lovely.” able to see or Jones believes speak to his famthe sudden isoily for well over lation played a month as his a role in Pithealth deterioman’s turn for rated. the worse.The Before the downward spipandemic, Jones ral was visible says she would by the time she visit her father was finally able five times a to see her father week. on a FaceTime “I really felt call – he was badly for anythin from refusbody who didn’t ing to eat, conhave that ability fused and unto have a loved Bygone days: Robert Pitman in his one come in and younger years. Pitman, a resident of characteristically check in with the George Derby Centre, died in May. angry.

“My dad was them more than PHOTO CONTRIBUTED always a happy once a week or person,” she says. “He was very once a month,” Jones says. “I upset, and I was upset to see was the eyes and ears for my dad. I was there often enough to him in that state.” see when things went awry.”

When his room was messy, for OUTBREAK PROTOCOL amilies became particularly instance, she often stepped up to concerned when an outtidy it, she says, and she noticed break struck the care centre in twice when his watch was misAugust – ultimately, seven peoplaced. ple contracted the virus, inAfter the pandemic struck, cluding three residents and four however, Jones didn’t get to staff, and one resident died. see her father, a resident of the During the outbreak, winGeorge Derby Centre, for well dow visits were ruled out by the over a month, nor did she get to

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care centre when in-person visits were banned. According to executive director Ava Turner, the window visit ban was because family members tend to try to open the windows.

“If you come around here sometimes, you’ll see families trying to get their heads into the windows, into the room,” Turner says. “So unless I’m out there, I have security all the way around, that is particularly what happened. I don’t know if family members have COVID out there or they don’t.”

Even more concerning for some family members was the care home putting on hold the staff-facilitated phone or video calls between residents and their family members.Turner is quick to note the facility implemented the calls before anyone asked for the service, but when the outbreak struck, they were faced with staffing issues.

“Absolutely, it was all hands on deck to make sure that the service happens in each resident’s room, and that the residents who needed to be supported with feeding, that someone would be there supporting them with feeding,” Turner says. “That meant the team who was supporting the calls, I needed to utilize them more effectively and efficiently, and that meant they needed to support the residents who needed to be fed.”

‘THAT’S HOW IT ENDED’ fter seeing on their FaceTime call how thin Pitman had gotten, Jones says she asked to see his weight measurements, which only confirmed the significant weight loss.

“I was very upset at that, and I requested a visit. I insisted that they allow me to get in to see dad so that I could coax him to eat,” she says.

But when she was allowed to visit Pitman, she says he only gagged when food was brought close to his mouth.That was her last 15 minutes with her father until he was identified as “actively dying,” Jones says. And Pitman, himself, seemed to have sensed that the end was near.

“The only thing that he said sort of legibly was ‘Take care of yourself, Sandra,’” Jones says of their lunch meeting.

Jones and her brother were able to visit Pitman in the hours before his death, but even then, she says, she was expected to wear a mask.

“I simply took my mask off so

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‘A people person’: Robert Pitman was two months away from his 94th birthday when he died on May 26 this year. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

he would know me, because I knew these were his final hours,” she says. “When dad passed, (my brother) was actually with dad in the room, and I was outside, along with my sister-in-law and the grandchildren. So that’s how it ended for my dad.”

A WIDESPREAD ISSUE The families of Anna Patano and Robert Pitman are not alone.The isolation of seniors in long-term care during the COVID-19 pandemic has raised

concerns provincewide. Next week, the seniors advocate will release the results of a survey launched at the end of August to probe the impact of visitor restrictions on seniors in care and their loved ones.

For Part 2 of our series next week, we will talk to the seniors advocate and to an SFU professor who says the “silver lining” of COVID may be that it has shone a light on problems in senior care that existed before the pandemic.

Bereaved: Sandy Jones believes her father’s isolation in his final days contributed to his deteriorating health. PHOTO DUSTIN GODFREY

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All Souls’ Day

Monday, November 2nd, 2020

KING, Stewart October 27, 1957 − October 15, 2020 ALLEN, Shirley M. June 12, 1922 − October 21, 2020 Shirley Maud Allen (née Corbould), age 98, passed away peacefully in Duncan, BC, on October 21, 2020. She was born in 1922, in New Westminster, BC, where she lived almost continuously for 93 years.

During WW2 she worked for two years as a secretary for the Aluminum Company of Canada in Montreal. Starting in 1944, she studied languages at UBC and obtained her BA (Honours) degree in 1947. She married Ernest Allen in 1948 and stayed home to raise two sons. Volunteering was an important part of her life. She was past President of the University Women’s Club, acted as secretary of the St. Barnabas Anglican Church Committee for 14 years, worked with the CNIB for 32 years, and was a member of the PEO Sisterhood for 50 years.

She played tennis into her mid−eighties, was an avid reader (in any of four languages) and a passionate animal lover. There were only a few years of her life when she did not have a dog as a companion. Family, however, was her greatest joy.

Her love and devotion will be missed.

She is predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Ernest Allen; her eldest son, Kenneth Donn Allen; and by her three brothers, Gordon, Donovan, and Kenneth Corbould. She is survived by her son, Gordon Allen; her daughters−in−law, Shirley Imada and Jan Christie; and her grandchildren, Jeni Christie, and Yarrow, Rachael, and Graeme Allen.

The family would like to thank the caregivers at Sunridge Place Long Term Care in Duncan where she lived for the past few years. She always expressed gratitude for the care and kindness she received there.

There will be no memorial service at this time. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Canadian Cancer Society − BC and Yukon Division, or to the SPCA.

May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of Despair

PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER.

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Stewart Charles King on October 15, 2020, after a courageous battle with Cancer. He is survived by his loving wife of 13 years, Cheryl; brothers, Dick, Alan (Rachel and Richard), and Graeme; a large extended family; and many wonderful friends. He was predeceased by his parents, Neil & Hazel (nee West); and sister−in−law, Barbara (Alan). Stewart will be remembered for his big smile and easy− going demeanour, and loving heart. He was born in North Vancouver on October 27, 1957, but grew up mainly in the White Rock area and graduated from Semiahmoo Secondary School. A gas fitter, by trade, Stewart worked for Fortis BC and its predecessors for over 40 years. Stewart was an avid athlete, participating in soccer, softball, skiing and golf. He travelled extensively throughout his life and especially his later years with his wife, exploring nature and living life to the fullest. He will be terribly missed by all who knew him. A small, private celebration of life was held with family and close friends on his birthday, October 27, 2020.

The professionals of Ocean View Funeral Home & Burial Park join with you in remembrance of your loved ones.

We will be hosting (4) ethnic services to be held at:

Ocean View Funeral Home & Burial Park 4000 Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC

Pilipino Service: 10:00 a.m.

Joinable through Live Stream: https://funeraweb.tv/en/diffusions/18903

Italian Service: 12:00 p.m.

Joinable through Live Stream: https://funeraweb.tv/en/diffusions/18904

Polish Service: 2:00 p.m.

Joinable through Live Stream: https://funeraweb.tv/en/diffusions/18905

English Service: 3:00 p.m.

Joinable through Live Stream: https://funeraweb.tv/en/diffusions/18906

Due to COVID19 social distance restrictions of 42 people per gathering, please RSVP by Friday, October 31st with the number of people in your personal bubble, who wish to attend to Loc3644@Dignitymemorial.com, call 604-435-6688, or join our live stream services, no registration required.

WENINGER, Lois Claire August 20, 1952 - October 9, 2020 It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Lois Claire Weninger at Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, B.C. on October 9th, 2020. She will forever be remembered and missed by her husband Brett, her sister Lonna Solnes (Wes), her uncle Boyd Solnes (Rita), nieces Dayna (Mike), Signe (Roman), mother in law Dorine Murash, brother In law Jamie McQuarrie (Cheryl), sister in law Judy Lynn Kay (Robert), and the grandnieces and grandnephews.

Lois was born and raised in Dominion City, Manitoba where she contracted polio at three weeks of age. She had her share of medical issues as a child but in true Lois style, never let her disabilities slow her down. Absolutely no PITY PARTIES for Lois. In 1979, she married Brett Munro and moved to mainland BC, and settled in New Westminster, BC. Lois was a musician’s musician.

She played piano and sang like an angel. Lois taught both piano and voice for over 50 years, lead a few choirs and loved each and every student who passed through her studio.

Post-polio might have taken her life, but not her spirit or sense of humour.

She will be missed by her family and friends and acquaintances too numerous to mention.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

To a d v e r t i s e , c a l l 6 0 4 - 4 4 4 - 3 0 5 6 o r e m a i l D T J a m e s @ g l a c i e r m e d i a . c a

COMMUNITY AUCTIONS LIVE & ONLINE AUCTION in ARMSTRONG BC on OCT. 31st. Valley Auction in conj. with Active Auction Mart. FARM EQUIPMENT, INDUSTRIAL RELATED, BAILIFF SEIZED GOODS PLUS OTHERS. Lots incl. John Deere/Kubota & Ford Tractors, Trucks, Livestock Trailers, Lumber, Welding Equip, Farms Supplies & More. CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED until Oct. 29. - Call Valley Auction @250-546-9420 to consign & view in person. Lots added daily.

VIEWLOTS & BID ONLINE AT WWW.ACTIVEAUCTIONMART.COM. Auction closes on Oct. 31

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land act: Notice of Intention to apply for a Disposition of Crown land Take notice that WSP Canada Inc. from Langley, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (FLNROD), Surrey for a Crown Land Licence (Industrial) situated on Provincial Crown Land located at Spruce Street, New Westminster – Legal Description: THAT PART OF UNSURVEYED FORESHORE OR CROWN LAND BEING PART OF THE BED OF THE BRUNETTE RIVER GROUP 1 NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT. The purpose of the Land Tenure Application is to complete an environmental investigation.

The Lands File Number for this application is 2412366. Comments on this application may be submitted in two ways: 1) Online via the Applications and Reasons for Discussion Database website at: https://comment.nrs.gov.bc.ca/applications 2) By mail to the Senior Land Officer at 200-10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1.

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MAYBOG FARMS LTD. of Richmond, B.C. is seeking motivated, reliable and willing workers. This outdoor job entails all aspects of growing berries. Farming experience is an asset. The job is manual and hands on in nature and includes digging drains, planting, pruning, irrigating, weeding and fertilizing. Willingness and the ability to be flexible, and work extended hours, is an asset. It is important to understand there is a minimum 40 hour work week and that many times the job requires extended hours.

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REFER to tHE HoME sERVICEs sECtIon FoR aLL YouR HoME IMPRoVEMEnt nEEDs

ACROSS 1. Engine additive 4. Undemanding 8. “__ your enthusiasm” 10. Well-known island 11 Not saintly 12. Habitual 13. Central parts of church buildings 15. Trust 16. Intestinal 17. Deep-bodied fish 18. Live up to expectations

21. Snag 22. Partner to haw 23. General’s assistant (abbr.)

24. Sheep disease 25. Male term of endearment 26. United 27. Popular TV host 34. Overnighters 35. Beloved British princess 36. Obtains from

37. Third Mughal Emperor 38. Shares the opinion of 39. Central European river 40. Feudal estates 41. KU hoops coach Bill 42. Spreads out for drying 43. “The Partridge Family” actress Susan

12. More upstanding 14. Upstate NY airport (abbr.)

15. Type of lettuce 17. Place to call a pint 19. Backs 20. Partner to cheese 23. Makes it there 24. Value 25. One’s convictions 26. Former CIA

27. Clashed 28. Affirmative 29. Journalist Tarbell 30. Athletic shoes 31. Roof style 32. Make possible 33. Make less dense 34. Healthy food 36. Silly

DOWN 1. Picturesque 2. South Pacific island country 3. Shrub of the olive family 4. Establish the truth of 5. Unfettered 6. Originations 7. Famed English park 9. Sheep’s cry 10. Danced

26 THURSDAY, October 29, 2020 • Burnaby Now

LANGLEY FARM MARKET Produce

GREEN SEEDLESS GRAPE

OKANAGAN A MBROSIA APPLE

Product off B C B.C. $1.74/kg

79

Product of U.S.A. $4.38/kg

Product of U.S.A. $4.12/kg g

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AA Beef / $12.08/kg

INSIDE ROUND STEAK

AA Beef / $14.28/kg

CHICKEN BREAST PORTION

Skinless & Boneless / $14.28/kg

PACIFIC SAURY FISH

3Fish / Frozen / 454 g

CLAM MEAT

Ocean Mama / Cooked / Frozen / 340 g

Deli

549 649 649 319 349

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

Ginger Turmeric / Cinnamon Turmeric 500 ml EAT WHOLESOME Organic Assorted / 398 ml

SUNDRIED TOMATO TURKEY

lb.

BEER SAUSAGE

lb.

CREAMY HAVARTI

lb.

219 139 199

ea.

EAT WHOLESOME Organic

2 139 99

ea.

ea.

WHOLE KERNEL CORN

341 ml

EAT WHOLESOME Organic

SAUERKRAUT

909 ml

FREMO

ALOE JUICE

For freshness and quality you can count on!

LANGLEY FARM MARKET

For fresh and quality foods

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

/100g

250 g

/100g

350 g

/100g

450 g

BUTTER ROLL LEMON LOAF

315 218 300

ea.

ea.

ea.

Grocery

Original / 500 ml

LFM

Bakery

ea.

EAT WHOLESOME Organic

BEANS

Product of Mexico $3.72/kg

Product off U.S.A $1.96/kg

Product of U.S.A $2.18/kg

99

FUYU PERSIMMON

7815 KINGSWAY, BURNABY 604.521.2883 STORE HOURS: MONDAY TO SUNDAY 8:30AM TO 9:00PM • HOLIDAYS: 9:00AM TO 6:00PM

199 399 149

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SAN REMO

TOMATO SAUCE

680 ml ASSI

ROASTED SEAWEED

10 x 5g

DAN-D-PAK

COCONUT CREAM

400 ml

169 399 159

ea.

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 OCT. 29TH – SUNDAY, NOV. 1ST, 2020 • WHILE QUANTITIES LAST.