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NEW YEAR’S BLAZE: A Burnaby firefighter in front of a burning building on Pender Street on Dec. 31 PHOTO RYAN STELTING

Firefighters revive woman who had no pulse Cornelia Naylor

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An early morning apartment fire in Burnaby on the last day of 2020 could have ended much worse for one resident if firefighters had decided to enter

the building from a different direction, according to a deputy fire chief.

Crews were called to an apartment building at 3940 Pender St. at 1:06 a.m. on Dec. 31, according to the Burnaby Fire Department.

On arrival, they saw flames and heavy smoke rolling out of a secondstorey window.

The first crew to enter the building, Captain Mike Main and firefighter Tommy Robertson, approached the suite via the

east stairwell, according to deputy fire Chief Darcey O’Riordan.

On their way down the hallway, they came across a woman overcome by smoke.

Robertson carried her out of the building.

“She did not have a pulse, so they did CPR on her and got a pulse back and she actually woke up on scene,” O’Riordan said.

“They could have entered the west side just as easily, so it was just very fortunate that they decided

to go in the east stairwell. …The fire conditions and the smoke conditions in that hallway, the smoke was banked right down to the floor, so it was definitely not survivable for very long.”

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The Almost Newsmaker of 2020

Dustin Godfrey

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Listen, we all know what the real newsmaker of the year was, but let’s take a minute to pretend that never happened.

In any ordinary year, there might have been a debate about which event, person or group was the most important, controversial or prolific in the news.

We’re all tired of the plague, so here’s something a little different.

Burnaby NOW’s Almost Newsmaker of the Year is city council.

DISCORD IN A DYNASTY The Burnaby Citizens Association started 2020 still fully intact and still holding a majority of the seats on city council.

Now, the formidable municipal slate is ending the year down to just three councillors – Pietro Calendino, Sav Dhaliwal and James Wang.

The BCA began its term, following the 2018 election, with six councillors.That in and of itself was a blow to the slate, putting a dent in the BCA’s stranglehold over the council chamber for the first time after it had swept three consecutive previous elections.

The trouble was evident early on, with councillors Colleen Jordan and Dan Johnston frequently speaking and voting against the grain.

Indeed, independent Mayor Mike Hurley and Burnaby Greens Coun. Joe Keithley have often seemed more aligned with the three remaining BCA councillors than their ostensible allies.

Outspoken: Coun. Colleen Jordan. PHOTO NOW FILES

This culminated in a defection in early February – though Jordan and Johnston weren’t the only ones to ditch their former party.They were joined as independents by the late Paul McDonell, who was more of a wild card in meetings, often voting with the informal majority but also frequently taking the side of the new independents.

While the remaining BCA councillors have by and large shifted to a new course charted by Hurley, Jordan and Johnston adhered to more traditional BCA policies from the era of former mayor Derek Corrigan.

“Some people in the BCA decided anything and anything the BCA stood for in the last 45 to 50 years doesn’t matter anymore, and what the

new mayor brings forward seems to be what the agenda of the day is,” Johnston said at the time.

The summer brought the worst news of all for city council.Within just a few weeks, Coun.

Nick Volkow and McDonell died in late June and early July.Volkow had been fighting brain cancer for years and had been absent from city council for months by the time he died, while McDonell’s death was more sudden, stemming from an infection that resulted from a knee injury.

Both councillors were mourned by the community, their fellow councillors and politicians in and beyond Burnaby as passionate champions for the city.

Despite all the upheaval, council still managed to accomplish or get started on a number of things in 2020, including finalizing the rental-use zoning and tenant-assistance policies, bringing the city closer to finally getting a cannabis shop and making strides toward regulating short-term rentals.

Perhaps most important, however, is the work that is yet to come. In 2020, council approved a draft of the transportation plan and a finalized framework outlining the city’s planned action on climate change, and it continued consultations on its forthcoming housing and homelessness strategy.

Each of these is vital to adapt to this changing world, the city needing to play a part in addressing the global climate crisis and mitigating the region’s housing affordability crisis. How council carries this momentum moving forward will be key in these crucial years.

HEALTH

Dr. Henry orders limited workers at TMX sites Dustin Godfrey

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The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is being limited to just 150 employees on site as of Monday in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The limit is part of an order from public health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, who targeted several major projects, including the Trans Mountain expansion (TMX), the Coastal GasLink natural gas line, the LNG Canada gas line and the Site C dam.

According to the order,TMX was originally limited to a baseline of 50 people onsite, with the ability to add another 100 people by Monday, Jan. 4.That’s a limit of 150 people onsite at this point, with aims to increase that by another 450 people after Feb. 1, reaching a total of 600 people by early to mid-February.

“There has been a rapid increase

in the number of persons infected with COVID-19 associated with large-scale industrial projects employing high numbers of workers,” Henry wrote in her Dec. 29, 2020 order, specifically referencing projects in north and central B.C. Henry noted the virus has begun to transmit to surrounding communities, including Indigenous communities, increasing the risk of hospitalizations and deaths in remote areas with little health-care coverage.

“The current seasonal slowdown in large-scale industrial operations provides an opportunity to help break the cycle of transmission of COVID-19 associated with them,” Henry’s order reads.

“A rapid return to full operating capacity on the part of large-scale industrial operations … will likely further fuel and accelerate the cycle of transmission of COVID-19 among the workers and the surrounding communities.”

Too close: Burnaby tank farm workers were photographed not physically distancing or wearing masks. PHOTO SUBMITTED

The move comes nearly a month after Trans Mountain was censured by the Canada Energy Regulator for “systemic non-compliances” of COVID mask rules at its Lower Mainland worksites.

Over the course of a three-day inspection, regulators found 37 instances of contractors not following COVID protocols. Four workers were sent home.

Woman had to jump Cont. from page 1 Returning to the burning building, Main and Robertson found another woman inside a smoky second-storey suite and walked her to safety outside.

“I spoke to her after, and what a trooper she was. She was having a cigarette and saying she was fine,” O’Riordan said.

Before firefighters even entered the building, the first crew on scene came upon an older woman who had been injured jumping out of a secondstorey balcony to escape the smoke and flames coming from the apartment next to hers.

In all, paramedics checked out five residents, and three – including a man experiencing medical problems – were taken to hospital.

“It was a very dramatic fire, for sure.

Incredible teamwork, incredible coordination with all the crews,” O’Riordan said.

Thirty-eight fire department personnel and 11 trucks helped battle the blaze.

The second floor of the building sustained substantial damage, but the third and ground floors were “quite intact” except for water damage, according to the fire department.

The entire building was evacuated, and Burnaby emergency social services personnel were on hand to assist the displaced residents, who were temporarily sheltered from the rain in transit buses.

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Year in review: A look back at the headlines of 2020 It will go down in history as the year of COVID-19 – but it was also a year for countless other news stories, both good and bad.

In the Dec. 31 edition, we started our look back through the news that made headlines in Burnaby in 2020.Today, we continue our year in review.

APRIL Ð The City of Burnaby lays off more than 1,500 employees as the pandemic continues to drive the country into its sharpest economic decline since the Great Depression.The layoffs consist entirely of union staff, with no one in management affected.

The city defends the move, saying managers were required to keep the city afloat and to prepare it for when it brings its employees back to work.

Ð School restarts after an extended spring break due to the coronavirus.The province had suspended in-class learning but later directed school districts to put learning opportunities in place no later than mid-April.

In Burnaby, the school district takes a phased approach to implementing online learning, with most instruction taking place through technology. Ð A former Burnaby teacher is among nearly two dozen people gunned down in one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canadian history. Lisa McCully moved to Nova Scotia 20 years ago and is described by a former Burnaby colleague in B.C. as “incredibly warm, very charismatic.” McCully is one of 22 people killed, as the shooter rampages in his community with the guise of a fake police car and sets fire to more than a dozen buildings.

Ð City council receives a damning report regarding the city’s fire department. A comprehensive review finds the Burnaby Fire Department’s ability to do its job properly is “at risk” due to a lack of resources, technology and strategy.The issues mostly come from a lack of funding from the city to tackle operational deficiencies the department had already identified over the prior years.

MAY Ð City council passes an $801-million budget for 2020, including a 1.75% property tax hike.That’s half the 3.5% increase planned earlier in the year, as council intends to offer relief to businesses and homeowners affected by the pandemic.

Ð B.C.’s highest court upholds a $1.14-million ruling against the city and tenants renting a city -owned property where Alla Abdi was seriously burned in a 2014 backyard fire. Paul Bottomley poured used motor oil onto a fire in a fire pit, causing an explosion and covering Abdi in flames.

The B.C. Appeals Court finds the city was negligent for failing to keep its property in a safe condition and routinely inspect the property, while the Bot-

tomleys were negligent in building an unsafe fire pit and pouring the flammable oil onto the fire. Ð The B.C. government provides a one-time $750,000 grant to the Deaf Children’s Society of B.C., keeping its Burnaby preschool afloat for another year.The grant comes as the organization claims funding cuts beginning in 2015 threaten to shut the preschool down within a couple of months.

Officials with the society say they need to double their budget to bring the preschool up to international standards. Ð The city unveils a fivestep reopening plan for its public facilities, including community centres and libraries.The five steps follow the B.C. government’s five-stage system that classifies which measures must be taken to control the spread of COVID and when. Ð The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is given final approval from the Canada Energy Regulator.The CER determines the project is in the public interest, giving the project a pass after it was beset by lawsuits over its environmental impact and Indigenous land rights.

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CITY-INITIATED LOCAL AREA SERVICE The City of Burnaby intends to construct local improvement (installation of street lights) on the streets described below. Annual Local Area Service charges against individual properties concerned may continue for 10 years. Property owners will have the option to make one lump sum payment the first year billed by the property tax due date, an annual payment for 10 years at an interest rate of 3.16%, or payment of the remaining balance in any subsequent year.

Project Number

Location of Work

Total Estimated Costs

City’s Share of Total Cost

Owner’s Share of Total Cost

21-401

Bainbridge Avenue, from Edison Street to Winston Street

$84,000.00

$82,656.00 (98.40%)

$1,344.00 (1.60%)

21-402

McKay Avenue, from Hurst Street to Victory Street

$87,000.00

$80,118.30 (92.09%)

$6,881.70 (7.91%)

21-403

McKay Avenue, from Watling Street to Irmin Street

$42,000.00

$40,656.00 (96.80%)

$1,344.00 (3.20%)

21-404

Waverley Avenue, from Victory Street to Watling Street

$86,000.00

$77,425.80 (90.03%)

$8,574.20 (9.97%)

The City of Burnaby intends to construct local improvement (street upgrade including road paving, curb and gutter, sidewalks, boulevard and street trees) on the street described below. Annual Local Area Service charges against individual properties concerned may continue for 15 years.

Property owners will have the option to make one lump sum payment the first year billed by the property tax due date, an annual payment for 15 years at an interest rate of 3.16%, or payment of the remaining balance in any subsequent year.

Project Number 21-101

Location of Work Bainbridge Avenue, from Edison Street to Winston Street

Total Estimated Costs

City’s Share of Total Cost

Owner’s Share of Total Cost

$1,056,160.00

$1,043,802.93 (98.83%)

$12,357.07 (1.17%)

The City will deliver a local improvement petition, by Canada Post, to affected property owners.

Property owners who wish to submit a petition against the local improvement (street upgrade or street lights) have 30 days to do so. The 30 day period commences on January 14, 2021. All petitions must be submitted by February 16, 2021 as follows: Office of the City Clerk

4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2 Email: clerks@burnaby.ca City Council may proceed with the local improvement unless it receives sufficient petitions against the service by February 16, 2021.

B. Zeinabova, City Clerk

NOTICE OF DISPOSITION TAKE NOTICE THAT the City of Burnaby proposes to transfer 27.6m2 of closed road dedicated by Plan 26877, DL 153, Gp 1, NWD, as shown on Plan EPP87124, to Telford Avenue Project Nominee Inc. in consideration for $232,316.56.

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Continued from page 4 JUNE Ð City council approves staff recommendations that will allow local businesses to expand their patios in an effort to help businesses make up for lost capacity created by social-distancing rules.

regime on June 4. Class sizes are limited, and students attend school two days a week if they’re in kindergarten to Grade 5 and one day a week if they’re in grades 6 through 12. Ð City councillors vote to direct 5% of their annual pay to help deliver frozen meals to housebound seniors. Council had approved a six-month 10% pay cut in April to show solidarity with the

Ð After a two-and-a-half month COVID-19 hiatus, about a quarter of the Burnaby school district’s students return to school under a strict pandemic

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city’s 1,523 employees laid off due to COVID-19-related revenue losses. In June, staff recommended allocating the $37,000 in savings to the city’s citizen support services. Ð The city appoints a new fire chief while questions remain about the departure of its last one.

Former fire Chief Joe Robertson had served with the fire department for 32 years when his departure was announced with

Ð A longtime city councillor NickVolkow loses a years-long battle against brain cancer on June 20.

Volkow, a former truck driver, moved with his young family to Burnaby in 1983 and joined the city’s parks and recreation commission and advisory planning commission shortly after. He was first

elected to council in 1996.

JULY Ð A Burnaby doctor applies for a court injunction accusing the provincial government of endangering the health of the public and front-line workers by failing to make masks mandatory in public spaces. Dr.Wei Li claims in her B.C. Supreme Court filings that the province “willingly and knowingly caused the rate of transmission to increase”

through its lack of a mask mandate. Ð Coun. Paul McDonell dies on July 13 of an infection following a knee injury. McDonell had been halfway through his fourth term on council at the time of his death. McDonell is the second councillor to die in just a few weeks, requiring byelections to fill two seats.The byelection has yet to be scheduled.

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Opinion now MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Topic: Wearing masks in apartment hallways

Imagine waking up one COVID-19 reporting does morning to news of a dinot tell you a lot. saster somewhere in B.C. However, last week 100 that killed more than 900 people died from the virus people and put 2,500 peo- and about 40 people were ple in hospital with almost sick enough to require 600 of those folks in critihospitalization. More than cal care.

3,300 people tested posiSuch an event would tive for COVID-19 in one be outrageously shockweek alone. ing and numb any of us Numbers like that to the core, yet that is exshould grab your attention. actly the level of carnage Do not be surprised if COVID-19 caused in this we see similar numbers province in 2020. this week. In fact, they However, because this could be even higher if too terrible tragedy stretched many people gathered in over 10 months, its impact large numbers at Christwas not felt as if it hapmas events. Symptoms pened at once. tend to present themselves We begin 2021 still very five to seven days after deep in the COVID-19 contracting the virus. woods, but vaccines are Meanwhile, the demostarting to arrive in larger graphic profile of our pannumbers, so some light is demic will likely continue finally coming through the for some time. More than foliage. half (54%) of our positive Nevertheless, we should cases struck people under keep the total yearly B.C. the age of 40, yet they only numbers of the damage account for about 15% of that COVID-19 caused our hospitalizations and top of mind as we head just one death. into 2021.

By comThe daily parison, peoIt is important ple over the reporting of COVID-19 to keep at least age of 70 accases can count for some of them just 10% of be a bit mind-numball the cases, handy as a ing for many but about reminder... people, I am 90% of all sure. It can deaths – a also seem like reminder almost an abthat younger stract thing people can if you don’t inadvertently know anyone who has had infect their elders, leading the virus or you are not to potentially catastrophic out of work because of it. outcomes.

Every day I enter the There are many daily case numbers, hospi- COVID-19 numbers out talizations, ICU cases and there, in all kinds of catehow they break down by gories. It is important to health authorities in notekeep at least some of them books and charts I have handy as a reminder what been keeping since the this virus can do – and is pandemic was declared continuing to do – to our last March. communities and loved This daily exercise has ones. allowed me to keep runHere’s hoping I don’t ning seven-day “averages” have to write a column of each health indicator similar to this one a year (another is the positivity from now. rate) in order to get a sense Keith Baldrey is chief pohow of bad things are, or if litical reporter for Global BC. things are improving.

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“We have had signs up since nearly the beginning saying masks are mandatory, encouraging folks not to have guests, to wash hands.Yet folks continue to do as they please.”

“We have signs up in our building. People still wander around without one. If people don’t get the message by now, it’s because they choose not to.”

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Opinionnow This is no way to help people go green Editor: “Go Green,” they say, and I did.

When you travel by bus, SkyTrain and foot, you do not cause any extra production of air pollution, carbon and other greenhouse gases.

It’s environmentally friendly.

Something you might think that the City of Burnaby would support and encourage. But just try going to the Eco-Centre, a.k.a. the recycling centre on Still Creek Road, as a pedestrian.

I took my vegetable oil, which can only be disposed of there, in the little two-wheeled cart.

As I walked up the nice pedestrian path from the sidewalk that leads to the centre, a man ahead waved me away yelling, “You can’t come in here. Go around the side.”

Surprised, I yelled back, “There aren’t any sidewalks.”

His reply, “It’s not my problem.”

He was correct, but it certainly was mine as I was confronted with having to navigate the roadway with cars zipping through into the facility. Most unsafe. After watching for a break in the traffic, I moved as quickly as possible, forced to walk on the road while dragging the little cart, all the while hoping to avoid being transformed into “road pizza” by a car.

I contemplated the likely mass of brilliant

minds that must have not only designed this facility, including the access, but approved of it, too. And wondered how this is in keeping with global understanding of our effect on climate change by using fossil fuels.

Maybe it was built even before the “oil crisis” of the 1970s. But no, it was built only about five years ago. And it isn’t just pedestrian access that is missing, but bicycles, too. Lots have little trailers attached, suitable for carrying items. As there is the “greenway” bicycle path running right along the front, this would seem to be a “no-brainer.” But, in reality, it is actually a true “no brains at all” planning and implementation example.

I wonder about Burnaby’s understanding of the meaning of the word ecological when they call it an “Eco-Centre.”

In trying to figure out the cause of the dysfunction I see in my culture, it helped me to read the words of Stan Rowe in the first chapter of Biodiversity in British Columbia. He explains the system as fragmented, mechanistic and reductionist.

Knowing this, citizens can then begin to make adjustments to overcome these limitations and move toward a connected, relational and biologically based thinking, which is surely the type of planet we live on.

Barbara Westerman, Burnaby

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A global PANDEMIC is NO time for STANDARDIZED testing The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and worsened the deep inequities in our schools and society.

That’s why BC teachers believe so strongly that, at least for this school year, the Ministry of Education must stop the Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA).

With in-class learning disrupted and families’ lives full of anxiety, this is not the time to add to students’ stress with needless testing. And, with such inequitable access to technology and resources, it’s just not a fair assessment of their learning.

Instead, let’s take the time to build community and create class environments where students feel safe and ready to learn.

If you have children in Grade 4 or 7, teachers recommend that you write to your school principal and request that they be excused from the FSAs. For more information, including a sample withdrawal letter, visit bctf.ca.

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Citynow Year in review: Protest takes to the trees Continued from page 5 JULY (CONTINUED) Ð BC Housing proposes to build a temporary 45-bed shelter in the parking lot of the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.

The proposal is intended to bridge the gap in homelessness services after the July 1 closing of the city’s warming centres. Opening the shelter is expected to take just over two weeks after approval, but that approval is delayed by several months. Ð School liaison officers remain in Burnaby schools for the time being as the school board commits to developing an anti-racism plan.The conversation is sparked by a Black student who wants police out of Burnaby schools. School board officials laud the student for the effort, which comes amid an international reckoning over police relationships with marginalized communities, including Black and Indigenous people.

AUGUST Ð SFU public health professor Dr.Tim Takaro spends 10 days hanging between two trees along the Brunette River on the Burnaby-NewWestminster border in August to protest the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. He hands over his place in the trees on Aug. 12 toYouTuber Kurtis Baute, whose videos focus on climate change and other science topics.

Ð A spike in demand for COVID-19 testing prompts Fraser Health to put extra resources in place at Burnaby’s drive-thru testing site at Central Park.

The health authority hired more greeters, extended operating hours and promised at an Aug. 17 press conference to open two more drive-thru lanes. Ð More than 2,100 people tune in to an online back-to-school briefing on Aug. 31 to hear about the Burnaby school district’s plans for keeping students and staff safe as they head back to class during the ongoing global pandemic.

Superintendent Gina Niccoli-Moen said, based on results from a survey, the district expected most students to return to schools in September. Ð Fraser Health declares a second, deadly COVID-19 outbreak at NewVista Care Home over on Aug 31. NewVista had successfully fought off an outbreak that started in April only to have a staff member test positive on Aug. 8. According to an update sent to families toward the end of o August, there were 22 positive cases at that time – 14 residents and eight staff members – and three residents had died.

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Applying to be heard by the SCC is a “demanding test,” according to a Crown prosecutor. Ð A BC Cannabis Store planned for Metrotown is given tentative approval by city council following a contentious public hearing.

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Johnson speaks to the NOW about her qualifications, the challenges ahead during the pandemic and beyond, and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry as a role model for women in leadership. Ð A helicopter is called in to help battle a wildfire on the north side of Burnaby Mountain. Local crews manage to put it out before wildland firefighters need to be deployed.

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Stride into 2021 with new arts festival STRIDE Burnaby celebrates local artists and connects the community

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North Burnaby Neighbourhood House has brought together a collective of artists and community-builders to create the first ever STRIDE Burnaby Arts Festival, an event that will shine as a beacon c of light during this tumuluous year. tu The event is presented byy the same team who created the inaugural Art Crawl Burnaby Heights and the Living Room Art in the Heights events. They persevered to achieve their mission of strengthening the community through the arts, and the STRIDE Burnaby Arts Festival was born.

As their biggest event to date, STRIDE runs for two weeks from Jan. 16 to 30. Its aim is to celebrate local artists and renew our connections with the arts, and with each other, through an ambitious schedule of virtual programming and COVID-friendly,

The new STRIDE Burnaby Arts Festival runs from Jan. 16 to 30 as a celebration of local artists.

self-guided, in-person experiences.

“The power and value of the arts have never been higher, whether improving our mental health or amplifying cultural expression,” said STRIDE co-chair and experimental photographic artist Grant Withers. “We all need a bit of a lift right now, and STRIDE is that lift.”

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cert, sign up for a virtually guided nature photography workshop or try your hand at one of the virtual art lessons. Grab your umbrella and explore new public art – whether you visit the numerous Heights businesses exhibiting Burnaby-made artworks, watch a film made in and about North Burnaby or check out the newly composed music that was created to match

the beautiful murals along Hastings Street, this event will not disappoint.

“This art festival will leave you feeling a deeper connection to Burnaby and your neighbourhood, and that is the intention” says Simone Brandl, program director of North Burnaby Neighbourhood House. “We are committed to building community capacity, strengthening the

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fabric of our neighbourhoods, and STRIDE is a perfect melting pot to bring community and the arts together in a safe, enjoyable way.”

Created by Neighbours for Neighbours, STRIDE is part arts festival, part community catalyst and all fun.

For more information go to www.weareburnaby.com, which is the new home for the STRIDE festival.

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Dad spent his retirement volunteering at the Mission to Seafarers at the Port of Vancouver for over 18 years. Recently he loved spending lots of time helping at the Orphan Aid Thrift Store. His passion was singing with the Gloria Dei Chorale for 47 years. His deep love and commitment to the Lord and his selfless, patient, caring and gentle demeanour guarantees his place in Heaven. Dad, give Opa and Oma big hugs, sing and dance with your brothers and sisters. Many thanks to all who cared for him in the last weeks, especially the staff at DeltaView Care home.

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