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FRESH FISH: This photo is of a Great Blue Heron and taken near the mouth of Byrne Creek in Fraser Foreshore Park. “Byrne Creek Streamkeepers are happy to report that the first spawning coho of the year was seen on Byrne Creek,” Burnaby resident Paul Cipywnyk told the NOW. Other places to see returning fish include Cariboo Dam, Stoney Creek and Eagle Creek. PHOTO PAUL CIPYWNYK

Highway 1 overpass project moves forward Dustin Godfrey

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The City of Burnaby is seeking grant funding from senior governments as it prepares to spend nearly $20.5 million on construction of the Highway 1 pedestrian overpass.

City council recently authorized staff to pull

$20.45 million from its community benefit bonus reserves for the project, while also directing staff to apply for a grant through a federal-provincial program aimed at funding community, culture and recreation infrastructure.

The reserve funding, according to a staff report, is intended to fund the

project ahead of the 2021 budget, which will be approved by May next year.

The infrastructure funding program received upwards of $100 million from the federal and provincial governments in June this year, according to a city staff report, with funding available for up to 73.33% of the project’s to-

tal cost (40% federal and 33.33% provincial).That means up to $15 million of the project could be coming from the grant.

The overpass is intended to connect Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake, while also integrating trails with the Central Valley Greenway.

The city commissioned

consulting firm McElhanney in spring 2019 for a $500,000 feasibility study to determine a bridge location; conduct environmental, geotechnical and archaeological analyses; and draw up a design.

“I don’t know who came up with this idea, but it’s great,” now-deceased councillor Nick

Volkow said when council approved the study.

“I’ve had, over the years, a number of people approach me in regard to this very issue. I look forward to the report.”

That design will be up for council’s approval for a more detailed drafting at a later council meeting, according to city staff.

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COVID-related costs get pushed higher Cornelia Naylor

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After years of urging schools to curb their energy consumption, the Burnaby school district expects to spend $900,000 more than anticipated on heating bills this year so it can pump more cold, fresh, COVID-free air into its buildings.

Secretary-treasurer Russell Horswill presented a first-quarter budget update at a school board meeting last week.

In it were numbers showing the extra costs and funding associated with the district’s COVID-19 response.

To help prevent the spread of COVID, Horswill told the NOW the district has modified its heating and ventilation systems to bring in more outdoor air, which then needs to be heated.

For classrooms without a heating and ventilation system, the district is requiring doors and windows to remain open to the outside air, according to Horswill.

“While we’ve had a great focus over a number of years around energy efficiency and trying to reduce our greenhouse gases and budget, what we’re anticipating this year around our COVID response is a

much greater heat demand because of the amount of fresh air we’re bringing into the classroom as one of our strategies around COVID mitigation,” Horswill said.

The heating bill is just one extra pandemic-related cost that will have to be added to the 2020/21 budget In total, the district has budgeted an extra $10.6 million to pay for its COVID response.

Those costs will be paid for with targeted provincial and federal “safe return to school” grants totalling more than $10.4 million, a mental health grant and $1 million from the district’s reserves.

Most of the money will pay for about 84 extra teachers ($6.4 million) and 42 extra support staff ($1.6 million), mostly custodians and labourers, according to Horswill.

He said some extra teachers will provide English learning and mental health support, but the majority will be working with students, including immune-compromised students, in a number of COVID-specific programs outside of the traditional classroom setting.

When those students transition back to the classroom, the extra teachers will move onto the dis-

Ventilation: Burnaby school officials have worked on providing COVID-free air. PHOTO GETTY IMAGES

trict’s teacher-on-call list, Horswill said.

The extra teachers are not being funded through the district’s regular operating budget but by targeted COVID funds, according to Horswill.

“Separate buckets of money is really what it is,” he said.

The district actually had to cut 43 teaching positions and 17 education assistant positions from its operating budget because of lower than expected enrolment.

Regular kindergarten to Grade 12 enrolment was 341 lower than anticipated in the 2020/21 budget ap-

proved in June, according to Horswill’s first-quarter report.

There were also 163 fewer students with special education and other unique student designations than projected.

That has added up to a $4.9-million decrease in regular funding from the province that the district had to offset by cutting teacher and EA positions.

Between the “separate buckets of money,” however, there is a net increase in teaching positions of about 41.

Horswill said the district isn’t yet sure why enrolment came in so much

lower than projected or whether the drop was due to COVID. Some of the students likely stayed home, as reflected in 72 more than expected registering as homeschoolers in the district, 98 more than expected registering with the district for online learning and one more than expected opting for an alternative school.

What happened to the rest of the students the district expected is something that will be investigated later in the year, according to Horswill.

“We generally do a review to find out what hap-

pened,” he said. “It certainly doesn’t happen in September or October, but more later on when we’re doing future enrolment projections, we’ll try to understand what happened in this case.”

The fewer than predicted special needs students is another thing the district will have to unpack, he said.

“We believe it could be that some assessments weren’t done of kindergarten children coming in,” Horswill said. “This could be a COVID impact as well, that the external people that do these assessments, organizations that do these assessments because of COVID may not have had an opportunity to assess the students.”

Horswill told trustees the district is in good financil shape after adjustments for the drop in enrolment and the extra targeted funds from the province and feds.

“The report to the board is really to indicate that our operating budget is in a good position,” he said. “It’s indicating that it will be balanced based on your plan, and you can see how we’ve moved forward with the COVID-19 funding that’s been received.”

Residents air frustrations over lack of washrooms

Dustin Godfrey

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Have you ever felt nature call at a SkyTrain station and wondered where the washrooms are?You’re not alone.

Burnaby Coun. Sav Dhaliwal addressed the matter in a recent meeting in which councillors got an overview of the consultations done on the city’s forthcoming transportation master plan.

“The number 1 amen-

ity requested is more access to washrooms at transit stations and key transit hubs,” reads the report’s section on public transit.

In a city council meeting, Dhaliwal said that was not surprising to see.

“That’s lacking, sadly.

We’ve been talking around this table for decades (about this issue). And I sure hope that this isn’t just a City of Burnaby issue.We’ve really got to be pushing TransLink, as well, to make sure that all

of these stations are someday equipped with really working washrooms for the public,” he said. “It’s a huge problem; it’s been ignored.”

The lack of washrooms at transit stations, Dhaliwal said, “doesn’t make transit any easier” for people with disabilities or illnesses that affect their frequency of washroom use.

“You want to encourage transit?You really have to make sure that that is a basic necessity and is

funded properly,” Dhaliwal said.

In an email,TransLink said it has, in the past, not provided washrooms in transit stations due to “factors like safety and cost,” but the transit authority’s board of directors has more recently adopted a policy of implementing customer washrooms.

“TransLink staff is developing an implementation strategy to increase availability of safe, clean, well-maintained and ac-

cessible washrooms at high-volume SkyTrain and bus facilities. Costs are still being determined.The next step would be including this in a future investment plan,”TransLink said.

The notion of adding more public washrooms and better funding them has picked up steam in recent years. Although the general argument against them has been concerns around substance use, advocates say access to a

public washroom should be a human right, alongside shelter and water.

Dhaliwal didn’t exempt the city itself from taking action on the issue.

“Where are people going to go? If they do not have a facility such as washrooms, it needs to be created,” Dhaliwal said.

“This shouldn’t have to wait for 25 years for things to happen.This is something we want to identify and start working on as soon as possible.”

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The City of Burnaby has launched a Naloxone Pilot Program to save lives in response to the opioid overdose crisis. As part of the one-year pilot, nasal naloxone spray has been placed in select recreation facilities and libraries for use in case of emergency.

The goal of the pilot program is to make life-saving medication available to patrons of city facilities in the event of an overdose. The public health emergency involving opioids has been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Burnaby is taking steps to make sure all of our residents are safe.

Naloxone is fast-acting medication used to temporarily reverse the effects of an overdose from opioids such as morphine and heroine. Nasal naloxone spray is stored in cases that currently also contain an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). Signage on the cases will help the public locate the naloxone kits.

This initiative responds to priorities set out in Burnaby’s new Community Safety Plan, which was developed through extensive public engagement with residents and organizations. More than 5,000 British Columbians have died since the Provincial Health Officer declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency in 2016.

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Burnaby City Council has adopted the schedules of Regular Council meetings, committee meetings, and public hearings for 2021. The full schedules of 2021 regular meetings are available on the City of Burnaby website at burnaby.ca/eagenda. Copies of the 2021 schedules are available by calling 604-294-7290 or at:

TAKE NOTICE THAT the City of Burnaby (the “City”) proposes to transfer to The Board of Education of School District No. 41 (Burnaby) (“SD41”) PID: 002-670-330, Lot 170, DL 129, Gp 1, NWD, Plan 26917, and that Part of Lot A, Plan EPP86166 included within the boundaries of Lot 1 on Subdivision Plan EPP97359, in consideration for the transfer from SD41 to the City of those portions of PID: 012-220-736, Parcel “B” (Explanatory Plan 21609), Lots 112, 113, and 114, DL129, Gp 1, NWD, Plan 14192 included within the boundaries of Lot 2 on Subdivision Plan EPP97359.

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TAKE NOTICE THAT the City Council proposes to adopt Bylaw No. 14222 cited as “Burnaby Highway Closure Bylaw No. 4, 2020” (Road Closure #20-04) pursuant to Section 40 of the Community Charter. The purpose of the proposed bylaw is to close certain portions of highway adjacent to 4960 Bennett Street (all that portion of lane dedicated by Plan 4955, District Lot 152, Group 1, New Westminster District, containing 205.6m²), shown outlined on Reference Plan prepared by Christopher Raymond El-Araj, B.C.L.S.

AMENDMENTS TO THE BURNABY BUSINESS LICENCE FEES BYLAW 2017 AND REPEAL OF THE BURNABY CAB REGULATIONS BYLAW 2009.

It is proposed to place this bylaw before City Council for consideration of Final Adoption at the regular Council Meeting scheduled for 2020 November 23.

In accordance with the Community Charter, notice is hereby given that Burnaby City Council is considering an amendment of the Burnaby Business Licence Fees Bylaw 2017 related to Taxicab businesses. In addition, Council is also considering repealing the Burnaby Cab Regulations Bylaw 2009. Further detail is available in the report to City Council that may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at 604-294-7290 or in the 2020 October 26 Council report at burnaby.ca

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Councillor calls tower plan an ‘awful design’ Dustin Godfrey

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A proposed rental tower in Burnaby’s Metrotown area is edging closer to final approval, despite one councillor’s vocal opposition to what she called a “really awful” design.

The Bosa development is planned for three lots on the 5900 block of Kathleen Avenue, currently occupied by single-family houses.The development, if approved, would see a 34-storey building on a lot of 1,727-metres squared.

In total, those 34 storeys would add up to a floor area of just over 20,000 metres squared, making for a floor area ratio (FAR) of 11.67 – well over the limit allowed by the zoning bylaw.

The base allowable density is for 6.1 FAR, with

an additional 2.2 FAR through rental use zoning, according to a city staff report, for a total of 8.3 FAR. But the developer is also seeking to transfer density from a nearby site at Wilson Avenue.

Coun. Colleen Jordan opposed the tower, saying the building would be the “highest density FAR in our city by far. Much more building on a smaller footprint than any other tower in Metrotown.”

Jordan compared the tower to a building on Broadway Avenue in Vancouver at Birch Street, which faced significant controversy and a tight approval vote in that city’s council.

That tower, she noted, was approved for lot of similar size – a difference of just about 20 metres squared – and came with

Design plan: This rendering shows two angles of a proposed tower in the 5900-block of Kathleen Avenue. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

similar density – 10.55 FAR, with a total of 28 storeys.

The Kathleen Avenue

site is expected to add 324 rental units to the city’s stock, including 94 “affordable” units (29% of

total), compared to 254 units at Birch, with 58 affordable (23%).

“The Burnaby building – we don’t even have balconies.There’s no balconies,” Jordan said. “I wouldn’t want to live there; I don’t care what the rent is. No balconies.

The only space for children to play will be in some kind of shared space on the 34th floor.There’s no outside area at all.The whole lot is covered in cement.”

The Kathleen site had a comparatively mild public hearing, with five letter-writers (including one who wrote two letters) and a petition with 99 signatures against the building and two local residents speaking against the development. A New Westminster resident also spoke out against the

project.

By comparison, the Vancouver project saw more than 100 speakers spread out over multiple days, saying that project was too tall for the neighbourhood.That neighbourhood is across False Creek from the city’s downtown area, and the building will be the tallest on Broadway.

City staff conceded in a report that the FAR is “atypical” but said the “resultant gross floor area and tower form is comparable to other highrise buildings” in the area.

The project passed third reading and consideration in council this week, with final adoption just one step away. Only Jordan and Coun. Dan Johnston – a fellow independent – voted against the project.

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MY VIEW MARIO BARTEL

It’s time to find a cure for diabetes

November is Diabetes that sheathed a syringe.

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Topic: Crowds on Granville violating public order “Not surprised at all. It’s like the three-year-old who

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‘Bee man’ earns big award

Simon Fraser University’s “bee man” was preparing for a research trip to Israel thanks to a prestigious award. Dr. Mark Winston, of the SFU’s biological sciences department, earned a Fullbright grant to fund a nine-month trip to Rehovot to teach at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and work in the Triwaks research lab studying the Varroa mite, a pest that attacks the worker bees. At the time, it had come no further north than South America and wasn’t expected to reach Canada for another 10 or 20 years.

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Opinionnow Don’t forget our veterans Editor: COVID-19 has been a huge disruptor in our daily lives.

The most recent disruption was the recent cancelling of this year’s Remembrance Day ceremonies.

This Remembrance Day will mark the 75th anniversary of the ending of the Second World War. Earlier this year in the Netherlands, they had to cancel their plans to commemorate the 75th anniversary of their liberation due to COVID, a liberation that Canadians played a very large part in.

These were to be the last big gatherings of our World War II veterans. The average age of these veterans is 95, and every day that goes by we lose a few more. Very soon we will have no World War II veterans left.

Legions rely on Remembrance Day to raise funds to look after our veterans. Legions all over Canada are struggling right now, and these cancellations could be the last straw for many.

In these difficult times, please have a thought for the Legion and our veterans. Unlike previous years, due to COVID-19 you won’t see very many members of the Legion outside stores or in the malls canvassing poppies.

Please don’t forget our veterans. When needed, they selflessly answered the call and

gave up all their tomorrows so we could enjoy our todays.

Please make an effort to get a poppy, and if you can, make a donation to your local Legion’s poppy fund.

Rob Bottos

Let’s fight ‘BigTech’

Editor: This decade will reveal the biggest human rights issue of our times is finding a way to protect ourselves from “Big Tech.”

Big Tech is monopolistic and powerful and is not “just like any other business.” Most people get their news from Big Tech and use it for communication.

I envision legislation that will govern the actions of Big Tech. It might be a code of conduct.

It will prevent Big Tech from things such as political interference, harming people, censorship of legal speech (except for narrow exceptions, such as objectively defensible indecency) and theft of work of others.

Big Tech will be required to give notice before acting. An inexpensive, expedited “lay person” challenge process, conducted by a third party, will be available. An alternative would be Big Tech funding consumer groups who would then challenge alleged inappropriate conduct.

Fines and making people “whole” would be the consequence of wrong treatment.

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Communitynow City efforts have led to 1,800 rental units: report Dustin Godfrey

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The City of Burnaby says its new tactics to expand rental options are working, with nearly 900 non-market units and just over 900 market units recently built or under construction.

On top of 527 below-market units already built, another 367 are currently under construction, city staff noted in a report to council, with another 1,730 currently going through the city’s rezoning process.

In all, those 2,630 units are spread out over 27 projects, according to the city, with 11 of those being built on city-owned land.

The city finalized and adopted its rental use zoning policy (RUZP) in March this year, but developments prior to the policy’s finalization were advanced through the city’s red tape under the condition they followed the policy as it was in development.The policy includes a requirement that new multi-family developments include 20% of their market units at below-market rates.

The units, referred to by the city as inclusionary units, must be rented at 20% below Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation median rents.

According to a presentation to council by senior planner Wendy Tse, 20%

below median rents in Burnaby range from $840 to $980, depending on the area, making for median rents of $1,050 to $1,225.

Those numbers are from 2019 and will likely be updated for 2020 early next year.

Similarly, any residents of older rentals displaced by developments must be rehoused in the development at the same rate they were paying, plus any annual rate increases allowed by the province.

Developments in commercial zones are also allowed to add rental housing to occupy any unused density on the lot.

The policy stemmed

from the community are replacement units for housing task force’s final old rentals being demolreport, adopted by council ished for new developin July 2019. ments, and 400 are incluAmong the sionary units. market units re“These numcently conbers will likely structed, 300 change, as many come from one of these projdevelopment: ects are still quite Brentwood Tower early in the pro1. cess, and the Another 496 numbers are market units are still being detercurrently under mined,”Tse told construction, ac- Mike Hurley council. mayor cording to the Coun. Joe city, and 2,826 Keithley said potential market rental Tse’s presentation demunits are currently under onstrates “great progress” review between 40 rezonin the city’s efforts to miting applications. Of those, igate the low rental supply Tse said just over 1,000 in the city.

“Overall, it’s a much better housing situation than we had back before the mayor’s task force,” Keithley said.

Mayor Mike Hurley said the city “has been moving quickly on the housing front.”

“These are impressive numbers,” he said of the new units reported by Tse, “but I think it’s important to look beyond these numbers to what they mean for our community. Each of these units represents a chance for people to find a secure, stable place to live.

Each unit might represent a chance for a family to set down roots here in Burnaby.”

City seeks federal housing funding Dustin Godfrey

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The City of Burnaby is working with the Liberal party to secure some of the modular housing announced by the federal government, Mayor Mike Hurley said.

The federal government announced, in late September, a $1-billion commitment to building modular housing as part of a rapid housing initiative.The program is similar to one in progress since the BC NDP formed the provincial government in 2017 in that it seeks to quickly build housing for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Between acquiring land and building the housing, the federal government estimates it will build 3,000 units of below-market housing. “(We’ve) been all over that one.We’ve sent a list of possible sites where we could receive some help from the feds,” Hurley said. “We’re just waiting for them to put out the application process, which

they haven’t done yet.”

The city is “certainly in line,” Hurley said, although he remained cautious about whether the city would receive any of those units.

“I always hear all these announcements about money, but trying to get the money always seems to be the issue,” Hurley said.

The Vancouver Sun reported in early September that B.C. gets only 0.5% of federal housing funding – $7 million compared to Ontario’s $1.4 billion – despite making up roughly 13% of the country’s population and experiencing some of the most acute housing troubles in Canada. “(The numbers) sound about right to me,” Hurley said, adding that he has worked with Burnaby North-Seymour MP Terry Beech on the issue. “In fairness to Terry, he’s trying his best to cut through it just like I am, and he’s trying to work with me to get us the funding we need. … It’s just a bureaucracy that’s not easy to cut through.”

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Communitynow Disappearance still a mystery 36 years later It was coming up on Halloween 1984 when David Campbell vanished from the SFU campus Cornelia Naylor

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Burnaby RCMP are looking for help solving a Halloween mystery involving a 21-year-old SFU student who vanished without a trace 36 years ago.

GONE On the evening of Oct. 26, 1984, David Campbell, a second-year arts student from Thunder Bay, Ont., was having drinks with friends at a student residence in Louis Riel House at SFU’s Burnaby Mountain campus (the only campus at the time), according to police.

At some point, he and a friend went to a liquor

store to pick up more alcohol and made their way back to the student residence separately, police said.

The friend later told police that, when Campbell returned, he had changed his clothes and was wearing a straw hat and suspenders. His friend said he believed Campbell was dressing up as a farmer for a Halloween party they planned to attend afterwards.They walked to the party, which was being held near the residence where they’d been drinking, at 9 p.m.

Once they were inside, Campbell’s friends said they split up and didn’t see Campbell again.

Three days later, Camp-

Linked? An April 1989 Times Colonist article relates the disappearance of UBC student Emerson Dobroskay in October 1988. SFU’s safety director at the time suggested his disappearance and the disappearance of SFU student David Campbell four years earlier might be linked to cult activity. PHOTO TIMES COLONIST

bell was reported missing by his family.

The investigation has remained open ever since.

“Regardless of how long someone has been missing, we always continue to search for new leads,” Burnaby RCMP missing person coordinator Cpl. RobynnWatts said in a news release last week.

CULT CONNECTION ‘HIGHLY UNLIKELY’ In the days after Campbell’s disappearance, investigators interviewed friends and family members but were unable to turn up any leads as to where Campbell had gone.

Police and volunteers also searched Burnaby Mountain to no avail.

About a year-and-a-half later, Campbell’s parents put up a cash reward for any information leading to the discovery of his whereabouts.

“We’re trying everything,” his mother, Beryl, told the Province newspaper in February 1986.

“We’ve canvassed all the possibilities – foul play, suicide, cults.”

Campbell’s case got renewed public attention in 1988, when another 21-year-old university student, Emerson Debroskay, disappeared after leaving a UBC pub alone on Oct. 28.

An SFU security direc-

tor at the time suggested the cases might be cult related given that both of the young men had disappeared without a trace just before Halloween.

Security director Tom Bennett told the press he had seen evidence of occult activity on Burnaby Mountain, including a clearing with a pentagram marked out in the ground and the severed heads of two rabbits.

Bennett also said universities were good recruiting grounds for groups like cults preying on openminded young students looking for challenges.

UBC RCMP Cpl. Fred Ickringill said his detachment was working with Burnaby RCMP to investigate any links between the two cases. But he said it was “highly unlikely” the two men had been the victims of a cult and that the two men had more likely been the victims of foul play in unrelated incidents.

ANONYMOUS LETTER One possible lead Burnaby RCMP have gotten in the case came in the form of an anonymous letter on March 30, 1987 – more than two years after Campbell’s disappearance.

The letter writer said they had seen Campbell at the Halloween party talking to two 20-something Asian women.

Vanished: Second-year SFU student David Campbell, 21, disappeared without a trace on Oct. 26, 1984 after attending a Halloween party on Burnaby Mountain. Police have re-released details about that evening in an ongoing effort to solve the case.

PHOTO COURTESY BURNABY RCMP

The two women appeared to be annoyed with Campbell, according to the letter writer, and Campbell was then escorted out of the party by three or four Asian men.

Despite continued investigation, none of the people described in the letter have been located, according to police.

Burnaby RCMP re-released information about Campbell’s disappearance in the hope that some-

one who knows something may now come forward.

“If you know of anyone who may have information that could help us in our search for David Campbell, please reach out,” Watts said.

Contact Burnaby RCMP at 604-646-9999.

To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS).

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Newsnow Burnaby man caught in stolen vehicle – again Cornelia Naylor

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A 28-year-old Burnaby man faces more charges after being caught by police in a stolen vehicle for the second time in less than a month.

On Oct. 21 at about 6:45 p.m., officers on patrol in the 5800 block of Olive Avenue spotted a vehicle coming towards them and quickly determined the licence plate was stolen, according to a Burnaby RCMP news release.

The officers tried to stop the vehicle with emergency equipment and blocked it in, the release said, but the driver didn’t surrender until after he had collided with a police vehicle while trying to escape.

He was taken into custody, and further investi-

gation revealed the vehicle had been stolen from a Coquitlam residence.The licence plate had been stolen from a residence in Burnaby, police said.

Police seized a loaded 12-gauge shotgun, 12-gauge shotgun shells, a prohibited switchblade, numerous electronic devices, bear spray, keys to several different vehicles, over $700 cash and several pieces of identification belonging to another person, according to the release.

Also seized were suspected methamphetamine, fentanyl, unknown pills and other drug paraphernalia.

The driver now faces 15 charges related to weapons, drug trafficking, identification possession and several condition breaches.

Four weeks earlier, on

Sept. 24, the same man had been caught sleeping in a stolen SUV that had drawn the attention of local residents after it had stood idling in the same spot for three hours, according to police.

That vehicle had been stolen out of West Vancouver and had a stolen licence plate from Coquitlam.

During that call, police seized cannabis, suspected methamphetamine, an imitation firearm, two prohibited switchblade knives, a digital scale and over $1,400.

“This is a great example of the work being done by our drug section in disrupting the supply of dangerous drugs to our city,” said Insp. Matt Toews of the most recent arrest.

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Just before 8 p.m. on Oct. 23, officers responded to a report that a pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Gilley Avenue and Imperial Street, according

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The driver remained at the scene and continues to cooperate with the investigation, and investigators have ruled out alcohol as a factor, police said.

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have witnessed the crash or might have dashcam video in the area when it took place to contact the Burnaby RCMP at 604646-9999.

To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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Opinionnow BC Liberals need more than a name change to rebound social conservatives within the party started to publicly push certain hot-button issues – such as abortion and sexuality – long considered no-go zones.

They were even more visible during the recent election campaign. For example, the Conservative Party of B.C. fielded only 19 candidates, but their voter support may have allowed the BC NDP to take as many as six seats normally considered safe BC Liberal ridings.

The crushing election loss will likely rekindle the debate on whether to change the party name.

Can conservatives be counted on to stick with a party whose name runs counter to their philosophical beliefs? A name change discussion may take on a new urgency now, as the election loss was a reminder of what

Keith Baldrey

NOW contributor

While the BC NDP waits patiently to return to full-government mode, the BC Liberals are beginning a long stay in the political wilderness.

And there is no guarantee the party can survive intact as it goes through what will undoubtedly be a bruising rebuilding process.

The BC Liberal Party, after all, is a coalition party made up of people who consider themselves liberals or conservatives. In the past, they parked their ideological differences at the door in the interest of coming together to wield political power.

Being out of power exposed the fault lines of that coalition.They started to become visible after the 2017 election, when the

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However, a name change will likely not solve a more pressing problem for the BC Liberal Party: its lack of diversity on a number of levels.

The magnitude of the election loss exacerbated this problem.The party has been going backwards on this file and it showed.

The party elected five new faces, and only two are women. All are white.

The NDP, on the other hand, will likely have about 20 new faces in its caucus, and half of them are women. Its caucus will be younger and much more diverse in terms of gender and race.

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Citynow Just eat it: Why toss your pumpkin when you can use it in so many recipes?

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NOTICE TAKE NOTICE THAT Parkland Refining (B.C.) Ltd. of 1000-2025 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, V5C 0J3 applies to the Metro Vancouver Regional District (“Metro Vancouver”) pursuant to the Greater Vancouver Regional District Air Quality Management Bylaw 1082, 2008 for a Permit.

1. The purpose of this application is to request authorization to continue discharging air contaminants from Parkland Refining (B.C.) Ltd.’s (Parkland) existing petroleum refinery and tank farm located at 5201 Penzance Drive Burnaby V5C 1L7 and 355 N. Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby BC V5C 1X4. Parkland is currently operating under permit GVA0117.

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How to get rid of your pumpkins Now that Halloween’s over, what should you do with your jack-o’-lanterns?

Well, don’t just trash them, says the City of Burnaby.

About 200,000 pumpkins are carved in the Lower Mainland each Halloween, and all too often on Nov. 1, they’re bagged, tossed and carted off to the landfill. Here’s what you can do instead: EAT IT Pumpkins are edible, tasty and good for you since they are high in fibre and antioxidants. Keep the pulp, and check out delicious pumpkin recipes online. Pumpkin seeds are nutritious for a snack or salad. Pumpkin puree is fast and easy to make and freeze for another day.

Check out Metro Vancouver’s www.lovefood hatewaste.ca for recipe ideas.

COMPOST IT Worms like pumpkins.

Whether your pumpkin is chopped up and mixed with yard trimmings for the backyard composter or put in your kitchen-based worm composter, the worms will thank you. And in return you’ll get nutrient-rich compost that you can use to grow next year’s pumpkin.

BRING IT TO THE CURB Burnaby’s green bin (yard waste and food scraps) recycling program accepts whole pumpkins and pumpkin scraps.

Reuse the newspaper from the carving station to wrap the pumpkin scraps before placing in the green bin. Once you are fully done with your jack-o’lantern, remove the candle and any other non-organic objects, and simply place the pumpkin in your green bin.

Parkland has applied to extend the current air permit term length by 18 months to July 31, 2022. In 2018, Metro Vancouver amended the existing permit to include reporting requirements to assess potential emissions reductions from the refinery and placed a permit expiration of January 31, 2021. Parkland has worked diligently on these assessments and in July 2020, as a result of some of the completed assessments, an amended permit was issued to reduce the facility’s permitted NOx emissions by 16% and permitted SOx emissions by 38%. This permit amendment request for an extension of 18 months is to allow for sufficient time to finalize the remaining assessments, select emissions reduction technologies and allow time for further public consultation.

Website for more information: www.parklandcap.ca 2. The legal description of the land or premises where the plant, operation or source and treatment works are or will be located is Parcel Identifier: 017-397-910 Legal Description: PARCEL ONE DISTRICT LOT 187 AND 188 GROUP 1 NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT EXPLANATORY PLAN LMP562 Parcel Identifier: 030-826-926 Legal Description: LOT 1 DISTRICT LOTS 188 AND 189 GROUP 1 NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT PLAN EPP90647 3. A summary of the emission characteristics for the entire facility is as follow: a. Combustion processes:

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Current 20 Percent 8760 30 2021-01-31

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What plans do you have for the future?

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Our Burnaby location opened in 2018.

Why did you choose this location?

I grew up in North Burnaby, and the Heights was a place I regularly visited growing up with my family and friends. I started my registered massage therapy (RMT) career in the Heights and always wanted to come back and op-

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In a difficult year, we still remember their ultimate sacrifice Isabel Kolic

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Let’s not sugar-coat this: It’s been a hard year. Some people have lost their jobs.

Some businesses have had to close. Some have lost loved ones. The public has been asked to stop interacting in close quarters with others. We have been asked to wear masks. Social divisions are occurring, as the stressed and frightened public are worried about things

they cannot control or understand It is a difficult year for us, and we have all had to make many sacrifices for the betterment of our communities and country.

And yet.

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peace and respect of public order. We can raise our voices in complaint and dissatisfaction toward our elected officials, if we wish, without fear of reprisal. We can practise any religion we wish. We are free to love whom we want to love.

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any number of sacrifices to help our country and our province make it through this difficult period – it does us good to remember that we are a proud nation of people who know how to make sacrifices, and we owe it all to those countless men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice.

On Nov. 11, we shall remember them.

Isabel Kolic is the executive director of the Heights Merchants Association.

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For many, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a wasp-nest piñata of misery, but Burnaby Grade 5 student Kiana Sosa probably wouldn’t have become a published author without it.

The Brentwood Elementary School student’s children’s book, Ellie and Lou: the Meaning of Friendship, had sold 258 paperback copies and seen 1,860 ebook downloads on Amazon as of the end of September and will soon be available at the Burnaby Public Library.

The young author has also been asked to give author talks via Zoom to classrooms in the U.S. CLASS PROJECT It all started before the pandemic hit in March, according to Kiana’s mother, Karoline de Sosa.

Kiana – who was then still in Grade 4 – had written a story for class about a mother and daughter elephant who get help from animals they meet in the jungle.The story won a spot in the school district’s annual Wave ofWords anthology, but the pandemic kiboshed a special celebration of the anthology that was supposed to happen at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in the spring.

“Kiana was really disappointed,” Karoline said.

That wasn’t the end of the story, though.

During the lockdown and shift to online learning after spring break, Kiana’s teacher, Livia Chan encouraged her students to work on a passion project during the extra time.

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Kiana and her mother researched everything they would need to do to make that happen and reached out online for help with editing, illustrations, typesetting and marketing.

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They eventually decided on the self-publishing route through Amazon.

Ellie and Lou was released in May, and Kiana has promoted it on a website and social media accounts she set up with help from Chan.

“I’m so grateful for Ms. Chan. She was huge in Kiana’s life,” Karoline said.

SEQUEL ON THE WAY Online, Ellie and Lou caught the attention of teachers in the U.S., who have read the book with their classes.

One teacher in Illinois read the book with her class and then arranged for her students to write Kiana letters with questions about her book publishing experience. She then wrote back with answers.

On Oct. 22, she gave an author talk to a class in Tennessee via Zoom, and she has just received another such invitation from a class in NewYork.

A shy girl who has a tough time making friends, according to her mother, Kiana has come out of her shell during the book-publishing process.

“She is putting herself out there,” Karoline said.

Along with the author talks, Kiana will be featured in an issue of Mighty Kind, a kids magazine, and she has been invited to share her book-writing story for an episode of the podcast Big Life Journal.

The Burnaby Public Library has also ordered a copy of Ellie and Lou, and it should be on the shelves there soon.

“We go to the library every week, so I’m just waiting to go there and take a picture when the book is on the shelf,” Karoline said.

The library will soon have to add a second title by Kiana as well. Ellie and Lou: Gardeners of the Jungle, an environmentally themed sequel, is already out. Karoline said Kiana plans to donate the proceeds to a charity that works with animals.

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Community now What you need to know about ‘safe six’ and social gatherings Julie MacLellan

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A surge in COVID-19 cases over the past couple of weeks has seen new information coming at Fraser Health residents at a rapid pace.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry issued a public health order on Oct. 27 limiting social gatherings in private households to no more than six people outside of those who live there.

On Oct. 28, Fraser Health authorities then issued separate recommendations for residents of the health region (which covers the territory from Burnaby to Boston Bar) that recommend no social gatherings of any size in private homes.

Here’s a breakdown: WHO ARE MY ‘SAFE SIX’?

Your safe six refers to your consistent social group: a maximum of six people outside of your immediate household with whom you have social interactions. It does not

mean a changing six; even if you’re only interacting with one or two people at a time, they still count as part of your six.

If you socialize with six people, each of those people can have their own six, but each person in your “safe six” should also have you in theirs. For each person in your safe six, remember that you are also exposed to their household and their contacts, and the more you can “close the circle,” the safer everyone will be.

Single-person households have a different risk level than large, multi-generational households, and factors such as workplaces and health conditions can also play into decisionmaking about your social comfort zone.

The key messaging: Your circle must be small, and it must be consistent.

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Health officials say all Fraser Health residents should limit their social contact with even their safe six to outside the home – either public outdoor spaces such as parks, or licensed businesses with COVID-19 protocols in place, such as restaurants.

“You should not have even your safe six in your private home to have parties and events and celebrations,” Dr.Victoria Lee, Fraser Health president and CEO, said at an Oct. 29 briefing. “Now we are also asking everybody, because even small gatherings can be risky, even with your safe six, to really take a pause, reconsider whether it’s necessary to have people in your home – and if it is necessary, to have that visit with a small number of people.”

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Short answer? No. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, at a briefing on Oct. 29, noted several reasons why COVID-19 transmission is far more likely in private homes. Ð Our homes do not have the space for everyone to keep safe physical distance. Ð Our homes don’t have the built-in “layers of protection” that businesses have put in place, such as Plexiglas barriers and oneway walkways. Ð In our homes, our comfort level is higher – and, therefore, our awareness of following precautions is lower. ÐWe may have the best of intentions, but when we get together, “it’s very tempting for us to want to get close,” Henry said.

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FOR DINNER? Even small gatherings can be dangerous. Dr. Bonnie Henry related the case of a woman in her 80s who came in contact with COVID-19 at a family celebration where fewer than 10 people were in attendance.That woman died, and almost everyone at that gathering became infected.

The virus is most easily transmitted in indoor settings, when we’re close to people and letting our guard down.

The key messaging: Inviting people into your home puts you and your loved ones at risk. So just don’t.

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“We’re seeing that now with the thousands of people who are in isolation,”

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Legion ramps up poppy campaign around Burnaby this weekend The South Burnaby Royal Canadian Legion will be collecting donations in exchange for poppies this week as it adjusts to COVID-19 protocols.

Members will operate a kiosk at Metrotown from Thursday, Nov. 5 until Tuesday, Nov. 10, from noon until 6 p.m. Location will be on the upper floor by the food court.

This year you can also order your poppies online from the Legion’s website at legion83donate. ca and they will have them either delivered or mailed to you directly.

There is also a collaboration of volunteers from the 76th Burnaby Scout Group and the South Burnaby Legion.

Together, they have come up with a website offering a digital poppy, wreath or cenotaph design you can purchase to put on your social media accounts and web-

sites to show you remember.

The Legion has also received support from other areas of the community.

Peng Quah of inQuahdible. net has donated his time to help create donation website graphics.

Many local retailers are also displaying posters in an effort to spread the word about fundraising, said Legion 1st vice-president Steve Jeske.

“This time of the year is important to our Legion,” Jeske said.

“All funds raised through the poppy fundraising go to support Burnaby veterans and their families. Support may be in the way of medical equipment, rehabilitation equipment, supporting care homes where veterans reside or bursaries and scholarships. Funds Important message: The South Burnaby Royal Canadian Legion had several graphics, like the do not go to general revenue to one pictured above, donated for its fundraising run the Legion’s canteen.” campaign. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

War Amps salutes amputee veterans As Remembrance Day approaches, I would like to pay tribute to the amputee veterans who founded The War Amps, which has surpassed 100 years.

On returning from the First World War, they came together to help each other adapt to their new reality.They then welcomed the next generation of amputee veterans following the Second World War, creating the Key Tag Service to provide them with meaningful work and a service to Canadians that continues today.

Recently I joined a young child amputee named Tiffany in laying a rose at the grave of Curley Christian, the only quadruple amputee to survive the First

World War.Tiffany benefits from the Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program, just as I did as a teenager following a train accident.

We paid tribute to Curley both for his sacrifices at Vimy Ridge and for helping to start a program that has assisted us and amputees across the country.

Though they considered themselves to be “ordinary guys,” these war amputees served their country in wartime and continued to serve when they came home. I can say with pride that their legacy and sacrifices will be remembered through generations of amputees, like Tiffany and me, long into the future.

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London Drugs launches campaign to help Legion With COVID-19 concerns and precautions limiting volunteers and more people following guidance to stay home, London Drugs is launching a new campaign to help local branches of the Royal Canadian Legion with donations to their poppy campaign.

While poppy boxes will still appear at London Drugs locations – as they do every year – the retailer is hoping to help raise additional funds for veterans through a new campaign in partnership with Carlton Cards.

“BE KIND” invites Canadians to send handwritten cards to friends, families and neighbours to show appreciation and brighten their day.

“Now more than ever, people need to be reminded they are not alone,” said Clint Mahlman, London Drugs president and chief operating officer, in a news release.

“Whether that is sending love to a friend or family member or showing your appreciation to a veteran whom you’ve never met, sending a personalized written message can be so meaningful – particularly at a time when social distancing has left many feeling isolated.”

For the first time ever, the Royal Canadian Legion is discouraging spectators from attending Remembrance Day ceremonies in person in order to limit gathering sizes.

New this year, the BE

KIND campaign will see a portion of sales from all Carlton or Papyrus greeting cards between Nov. 1 and 11 going directly to the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Trust Fund.

Customers can visit any London Drugs store and pick out cards to give.

Donations made during the campaign go directly into the Legion’s Poppy Trust Fund.The funds raised locally are used locally to help with a range of supports and services for veterans and their families. It can include emergency funding, helping veterans get off the streets, completing benefit applications or establishing and supporting programs to help tackle operational stress injuries.

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This Remembrance Day, we hold the courageous men and women who serve this country in our hearts and offer our deepest gratitude. Thank you to those who have defended our freedoms. And thank you to the families who have trusted us to serve them.

Tap to donate for your poppy With the pandemic still gripping the country, the Royal Canadian Legion has partnered with HSBC Bank Canada to make it safe, secure and easier than ever to donate and wear a poppy with touchless HSBC “Pay Tribute” tapenabled donation boxes.

The bank worked with technology partners to ensure the program is on trend with the latest digital solutions, whether it be through “tap” enabled credit cards or mobile and wearable options like Apple Pay. Canadians can make an optional donation of $2, by placing their tap enabled payment card or tap and pay technology device on the glowing poppy, and take a poppy to wear.

The boxes have also been designed in the shape of the headstones of the

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fallen, bearing the words of the Halifax Cenotaph national monument and invoking the poem In Flanders Field.

“We are excited to present this new way to make it easier for Canadians to donate during the national poppy campaign,” said Thomas D. Irvine, Dominion president for the Legion.

“We are pleased to part-

ner with HSBC Bank Canada on this … initiative and hope that it will grow in the years to come.”

For more information on the HSBC Bank Canada and Legion branches carrying the HSBC “Pay Tribute” donation boxes, visit www.hsbc.ca/paytribute.

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Remember: The mural on the side of the South Burnaby Legion branch stands as a year-round reminder of Canadians who have served the country in war.

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Mural pays homage to soldiers A mural in South Burnaby is serving as a poignant reminder of Canadians who have served the country in war.

The painting on the side of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 83 depicts four soldiers in the clouds above a graveyard

filled with poppies. A Canadian flag, the silhouette of a saluting cadet and the phrase “Lest we forget” also adorn the mural.

The four soldiers each represent those who died in combat in four different conflicts: the First World War, the Second World

War, the Korean War and the War in Afghanistan.

The painting does not depict specific fallen fighters but instead represents the many who fell in each war.

The mural is by artists Ela Maftei and Mihai Darvasa.

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Loneliness and loss

sobel Mackenzie lets out a ficult about this report was the long sigh. overwhelming magnitude,” she The B.C. seniors advosays of the stories of loss and cate has paused in the middle separation she has read. “We’re of reading a NOW story about not talking just a dozen or hunthe last days of Anna Patano dreds; it’s thousands.” and Robert Pitman – two se‘CASCADE OF EFFECTS’ niors who died at Burnaby care obert Pitman and Anna homes this year after spending Patano didn’t die of many of their last days cut off COVID-19 – not directly, at from their loved ones because of least.

COVID-19 visitor restrictions.

By all accounts, Pitman never Patano’s daughter spent her came into contact with the virus; last moments with her 91-yearthe George Derby Centre, where old mother in a surgical gown, he lived, only saw its first cases face shield, gloves and mask. in early August, more than two Pitman’s daughter couldn’t months after he died. stand the idea her 93-year-old And, while Patano was infather might not recognize her fected during a second outbreak during his last hours, so she at the NewVista Care Home, pulled off her mask even though she never developed symptoms. it was against the rules.

But their families believe the Their stories ring all too familiar for Mackenzie, who launched isolation they experienced under COVID-related visitor restrica survey in August to find out tions hastened their deaths. what COVID-19 visitor restricOne researcher in SFU’s gertions were doing to seniors in ontology department says there’s care and their families. “something to be said for a casMore than 13,000 people recade of effects” on seniors resultsponded, and reading their stoing from social isolation. ries has taken a toll, she says.

“Loneliness is associated with “Without a doubt, this is the poor mental health outcomes, most difficult report I have ever and some of the symptoms of written,” she tells the NOW in a depression are disruptions in phone interview. sleep, loss of appetite, decreasComing from Mackenzie, ing energy and fatigue.That may who has more than 20 years’ exlead to decreasing physical activperience working with seniors ity,”Theodore Cosco in care, that’s saying says. something.

“Being lonely and We reached out to isolated may not be the her after two different thing that causes it, … families contacted us but it could be part of a independently to exchain of events.” press grief and anger at This is even more their parents’ last days pronounced as seunder COVID visitor niors age, according to restrictions at two difCosco, due to what gerferent Burnaby care Theodore Cosco ontologists refer to as homes.

Simon Fraser “frailty” – a compoundThere were too ing effect of stressors, many similarities to ig- University nore: two residents, both in their such as malnutrition or lack of sleep, on the body with age.

90s, both with dementia, who stopped eating when they were TROUBLING TRENDS separated from their loved ones ackenzie’s report, released and then died after long periods Tuesday, says quarterly of not being allowed to see them. stats show “troubling trends” We wanted to know if their stories were part of a bigger trag- of unintended weight loss and worsening mood and behaviour edy that has played out in B.C.’s among long-term care residents long-term care homes during under COVID-related visitor reCOVID, and the answer from strictions. the seniors advocate was a reBoth Patano and Pitman died sounding yes. after they stopped eating during “I think what I found so dif-

No one has been hit harder by COVID-19 than seniors in care. In the second of a two-part series, we look at how the stories of two local families are being echoed by thousands of others across the province.

Their voices could spark change both during the pandemic and beyond.

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SOLITARY DAYS: The loss of in-person contact with family members has taken a toll on seniors in long-term care in British Columbia through the COVID-19 pandemic. PHOTO GETTY IMAGES long periods of separation from their families.

Mackenzie says it’s not unheard of for seniors in care to stop eating if they don’t want to live anymore. But, even without a global pandemic, the issue is tricky, according to Mackenzie, if those seniors are suffering from depression and that depression is treatable.

With residents cut off from their families because of COVID, the problem is even harder to unravel.

In presenting her report, Mackenzie read out an account from one widow who believed her husband had stopped eating after he lost all hope of ever seeing her again.

Other residents simply haven’t had loved ones around for meals.

“Many residents have had family members come in to either literally help them eat or coax them to eat or give them reason to eat,” Mackenzie says.

“We saw almost none of it during the initial lockdown, and we’re simply not seeing the frequency of visits right now that’s allowing that to happen.”

Besides the troubling trends of unintended weight loss and worsening mood and behaviour under COVID, Mackenzie’s report also points to a worrying

spike in the use of antipsychotic and understand what is or is not drugs on long-term care resigoing on” is another thing that dents with dementia. concerns Mackenzie about curAfter years of stability, the rate rent pandemic-related visitor reof antipsychotic use in long-term strictions. care homes has jumped 7% dur“Everybody is trying to do ing the months of pandemic. their best; we understand that; “I think we convince ourbut everybody may not be doing selves that it’s good for the resitheir best,” Mackenzie says. dent,” she says. “When you see a person in a psychotic outbreak, NOT ENOUGH TIME particularly an older, frail pery the time Patano’s and Pitson, it’s very disturbing, and you man’s families were allowed do want to bring them immeto see them again, it was too late. diate relief, but what happens Pitman gagged when food sometimes is these practices can was brought close to his mouth, drift.” and Patano One force was bedridden, I think we convince didn’t speak usually working against such and didn’t ourselves that a drift is family know her own it’s good for the members who daughter. resident visit their loved Since March, ones regularly.

COVID-19 has Pitman’s killed 152 resdaughter, Sandy idents at B.C. Jones, says she care homes. had been her father’s “eyes and During that same time, more ears” before the pandemic. than 4,500 residents – like “I was there often enough to Patano and Pitman – died of see when things went awry,” she other causes. says.

There’s no evidence so far During their two-month sepa- that COVID has caused excess ration, however, she says she had deaths, either directly or indi“no idea how he was doing.” rectly, according to Mackenzie, That families are not in care but the full picture won’t emerge homes often enough or long until health officials have enough to “make observations Continued on page 33

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‘The goal is not immortality; it is quality of life’ Continued from page 32 captured a full year of data, she says. Regardless of their eventual cause of death, however, she points out many people in longterm care are in the last year of their life – and her survey has revealed they are currently spending much of that time cut off from those they love the most.

Attempts to connect them through phone calls, Zoom, FaceTime or other alternatives to in-person visits have been of “limited value,” according to Mackenzie, because 75% of residents need help to use them, and that takes staff resources.

As for visits, half of those in long-term care are currently restricted to 30 minutes or less once a week, according to Mackenzie, with nearly a fifth happening through a layer of Plexiglas.

Most visits happen in common areas with staff watching, and 30% are outdoors only.

Three out of four visitors aren’t allowed to touch their family member – even spouses.

Of those who had lost a loved one during COVID visitor restrictions, half said they weren’t allowed to spend as much time with them as they wanted before they died.

Two-thirds reported their loved one had died within days of being designated palliative.

And 20% said they were not allowed to touch or kiss their loved one goodbye.

“I think that each of us just has to ask ourselves what would it mean to us if, when our spouse or our mom or our dad was in their final moments, we had to stay six feet away with a mask on,” Mackenzie says. “And we have to ask ourselves, if we were in our final moments, how would we feel about that.”

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question about the balance between keeping seniors safe from COVID and protecting their quality of life in the final months, weeks and days of their lives.

“What are we keeping them safe for if it’s not to spend the precious time they have left with the ones they love?” she asks.

One telling statistic is that 41% of residents said they were “not at all” worried about getting COVID. “These letters, thousands that came with this survey, time and time and time again, said they would rather have COVID than never see their son, their daughter again,” Mackenzie says.

In her report, she makes three recommendations, and two are related to giving seniors more time with loved ones.

First, she says all residents need the power to identify a designated “essential care partner” who would be allowed to visit frequently and provide the care and support seniors need for their health and emotional well-being.

“We need to respect that family members and residents are better able than care home administration to determine if their visits are essential to the health and well-being of residents,” states the report.

Mackenzie argues such a step would also be a boon to care homes, which have lost the help of family members who, before the pandemic, provided personal care, feeding, grooming and mobilization to residents.

Mackenzie says residents also need to be allowed social visitors and that the number allowed needs to balance the risk of COVID -19 with the residents’ quality of life.

With what health officials have learned about the virus, Mackenzie believes the risk can be managed even if it can’t be eliminated entirely.

The human touch: Virtual connections have been of ‘limited value’ for seniors in care, according to seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie. PHOTO GETTY IMAGES

A voice for seniors: Isobel Mackenzie, B.C.’s seniors advocate, presents the findings of her report on seniors care at a press conference held Tuesday. PHOTO GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

“We cannot get this risk to zero; however, the risk of death and injury in long-term care never was and never will be zero,” she says. “In long-term care the goal is not immortality; it is quality of life in our final years.”

‘FINALLY GETTING IT’ or the families of Anna Patano and Robert Pitman, there may be no silver lining to the pandemic, but those who work with seniors say COVID-19 has shone a bright light on problems that have long existed in senior care – and that may spark change.

One of those problems has been the lack of a collective voice for residents and their families, according to Mackenzie.

And the final recommendation in her report is an attempt to tackle that through the creation of a provincial association of long-term care and assisted living resident and family councils.

“Residents and family members are the voice we should listen to first and foremost about what life is like in long-term care and how we should improve it,” Mackenzie says.

While resident and family councils do exist in many care homes, she notes the only place they can bring their grievances to is the care home operator, not the health authorities or province.

“There’s nobody there for the residents and the family mem-

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bers because there’s no collectheir families. tive voice out there, there’s no Even better, he says, would be association that the government to look upstream. can go to and say, ‘Tell us your “If people can stay socially perspective on this,’ and we need connected and happy,” Cosco that.We needed that way before says, “if you can sort of avoid this.” people ending up in care homes As for broader societal issues, in the first place, that’s an even such as the ongoing epidemic of better solution for all parties.” loneliness among seniors, SFU’s ‘NOT FOR MY GRANDMOTHER’ Theodore Cosco is cautiously he families of Anna Patano optimistic people are “finally or Robert Pitman came to getting it.” us with their “Since the stories because pandemic Residents and they thought started, I’ve been involved family members what happened to their parents with, I think, are the voice we during the last five separate should listen to months of their grant applicalives was wrong, tions and five and they didn’t separate calls want others to for funding spesuffer the same cifically looking fate. at mental health, social isolation Many of the 13,000 people and loneliness within the conwho responded to Mackenzie’s text of older adults in the pansurvey show they’re not alone. demic,” he says.

The seniors advocate is hope“A lot of the work that’s goful their stories will help spark ing on there is looking at workchange, both during the paning with the community, workdemic and beyond. ing with community partners, Perhaps the most compelling like senior centres and commureason for optimism, she says, nity hubs, and looking at how has been the response of the we can help them foster better public to the plight of seniors in outcomes in the community.” care during COVID. The approach the researchers “I think it has brought out the are taking, Cosco says, is to let best in us,” she says. “We could seniors dictate what works best have responded with a shrug – for them.

The research is still in its early ‘Well, they’re going to die anyhow.Why are we going to all this stages, Cosco notes.The solutrouble?’That isn’t what we said. tion may include investing in inWe said, ‘No way. Not for my frastructure for care homes to grandmother, not for my mom, more easily facilitate communinot for me.” cations between residents and

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GRANT, Dr. James Alexander Cockburn II. May 1, 1922 − October 16, 2020 Dr. James Alexander Cockburn Grant II was born in Barrie, ON to Dr. J.A.C. Grant and Edith May (Young) Grant of Gravenhurst, ON. He was predeceased by his parents; his brother, Dr. W. Guthrie Y. Grant; as well as by his wife, Beverly (Robertson).

He leaves behind his first three children whom he had with Cynthia (McDonald). Their son, Alex (J.A.C. Grant III; LeeAnne Hockin) and their three children, Sandy (J.A.C.Grant IV; Michèle), Julian (Pompie and their daughter Sangay) and Kelly.

Their daughter, Anna Grant and her daughter, Winona (Terrence and their children, Mattigan and Cian), and son, Devin (Lauren and their son Beckett). Their daughter, Cecily (Jim Barrie) Grant.

When he married Beverly in 1968, she had Craig (Sheila, and their daughter, Brittany), Jeff Melnyk (Lisa, and his children, Kathleen (Brayden) and Sebastian), Gary (Sandra Harman), and Brian and in 1969 they had Cameron (Kerensa and their children, Rebecca and Matthew).

Dr. Grant grew up in Gravenhurst, ON. At age 18, he moved to Toronto to work in CKCL radio station playing records and announcing. At 20, he joined the RCAF, was trained as a wireless air gunner and was posted to Burma, where he flew in Dakotas until D−day. Back home, he graduated from Western University in London ON, as a medical doctor like his grandfather, father and brother. He interned at Vancouver General Hospital and practiced as a family doctor for 47 years at the Burnaby General Hospital. By the time he retired at 76 years old, he had lovingly cared for multiple generations of the same family. He delivered more than 2000 babies.

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FLEMING, Richard (Richie/Rick) September 24, 1946 − November 1, 2020 It is with sadness we announce the passing of Richard. Richard enjoyed his life and lived it on his own terms. He passed away peacefully and surrounded by love with his family at his side. He passed away on his own terms.

He is survived by sisters, Peggy and Catherine (Jacques), and brother, Mac (Jackie). Many thanks to the amazing RCH staff on 6 North, Dr. Emily Lai, Megan RN, Donna and Kim PCC’s, and of course, Dr. Heneteff and MAiD. There will be no service at his request.

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He was a devoted 50−year member of the Rotary Club, and worked tirelessly for community support of the underprivileged through one of Vancouver’s oldest welfare organizations, Alexandra Neighbourhood Services Association where he served as president.

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MERCER, Benjamin “Ben” Terrance Benjamin “Ben” Terrance Mercer, age 30 of Burnaby, BC, formerly of Musquodoboit Harbour, NS. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ben was tragically taken from us October 24th, 2020 at home, in Burnaby, BC. He is survived by his mother Catherine Julien (Jean-Luc Gareau), and father Gordon Mercer (Judith Walker), brother Robie Mercer (Stephanie Raftus), step sister Cynthia LeBlanc, step brother James (Ashley) LeBlanc. Also survived by his grandfathers Gordon Julien and Winston Mercer, aunts and uncles, Carolyn (Tauntie) and Roger Veinotte, Gordie Julien and Muriel Burns, Terry Julien and John McPherson, Wanda Walker and Doug Greer, Glen and Susan Mercer and many cousins, great-aunts and uncles.

He was predeceased by his grandmothers Carol Julien and Verna Mercer, his aunt Valerie Mercer, and first cousin David Julien.

Ben attended Eastern Shore District High and went on to graduate from Success College with a Diploma of IT Technician . Growing up, he spent many years playing hockey and later refereeing at the Musquodoboit Harbour Arena during winter.

During summer Ben could been found on the Petpeswick Inlet sailing, building forts, or fishing in the brook. He continued his adventure to the west coast to BC, where he created a great group of friends, Emily, Forest and Tyson, Stew and roommate Flo, and he never lost touch with his best friend Colin Cameron. His spirit was always positive and he had done well for himself working with Sim Studios & Lighting and Grips, and was enrolled in courses set to start this year to further his career.

We will bring Ben home to Nova Scotia.

Ben’s service will be announced at a later date, when his entire family can be together.

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In lieu of flowers, donations on Dr. Grant’s behalf to the Burnaby Hospital Foundation would be most appreciated: www.bhfoundation.ca A Private Service will be held on Wednesday, November 11, at Ocean View Funeral Home, 4000 Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC.

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909 ml

CABANA

STRAWBERRY LEMONADE

For freshness and quality you can count on!

For fresh and quality foods

CHINESE PLAIN BREAD

/100g

lb.

591 ml

LFM

Bakery

ea.

EAT WHOLESOME Organic

BEANS

79

lb .

369 329 299 699 899

188

¢

69

7815 KINGSWAY, BURNABY 604.521.2883

199 399 169

ea.

ea.

ea.

HEGSTENBERG

BEER MUG MUSTARD

250 ml

LA COCONIA

TORTILLA CHIPS

Original / 400 g RUI FONG

VERMICELLI

8 x 50g

199 399 189

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 NOV. 5TH – SUNDAY, NOV. 8TH, 2020 • WHILE QUANTITIES LAST.

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

ea.