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HIGHWAY CRASH: A pedestrian was rushed to hospital in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle (shown in inset) on Highway 1 in Burnaby last Friday morning. Emergency crews were

called to the westbound lanes of the highway just before the Grandview off-ramp at about 7:25 a.m. for a report of a pedestrian-involved collision on Highway 1, according to Port Mann Traffic Services. “The pedestrian, a man in his 60s of no fixed address, was crossing six lanes of the highway when he was struck by a vehicle,” said spokesperson Cpl. Mike Halskov. PHOTO RYAN STELTING

City approves purchase of Fortius facilities Dustin Godfrey dgodfrey@newwestrecord.ca

Burnaby city council has given the green light to staff to go ahead with buying the now-closed Fortius fitness centre. In all, the city is set to spend around $30 million on the property, which is

just across the street from the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex that’s undergoing an overhaul. Included in the sale is $26.6 million for the 5.16acre property and the 146,000-square-foot Fortius building, as well as a reimbursement for a prepaid lease of a city-owned

sports field. Council approved the purchase in the Monday, Jan. 24 meeting, following a Dec. 15, 2020 announcement. Fortius Sport and Health announced it would be closing on Nov. 13, unable to navigate financial troubles it had struggled with over

the years and exacerbated by the pandemic. Councillors expressed support for the sale during this week’s meeting, including Coun. Colleen Jordan, who said she had “serious reservations” about the deal at first. “At the end of the day, today, I believe I’m trust-

ing our staff and outside advisers that we have examined and done all the due diligence possible in regards to this purchase,” Jordan said. Coun. Pietro Calendino said he was “pleased” to hear of Jordan’s support, saying it was a “good transaction.”The coun-

cillor stepped into a bit of trouble when he began to speak of a report from outside legal counsel on the deal and was stopped from fellow councillors and staff from elaborating. The city says some areas, such as the weight rooms, could open as soon as March.

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When Burnaby resident Juliana Arenas gave birth to her daughter last April, her mother had long planned to fly up from Colombia to help with the baby. Then the borders shut and all those plans were put on hold. “I saw her cry for seven months. She has cancer and couldn’t meet her newborn granddaughter,” said Arenas. Arenas quarantined herself at home for the next eight months of the pandemic.Then, in November, the whole family — including her eightyear-old daughter and baby — came down with COVID-19. Arenas’s husband, a construction worker, had picked up the virus at work and brought it home. “I was worried for me, I was worried for my kids,” she said. “If he doesn’t work, who will bring the food? At the moment, work is so precious. I cannot blame him.” By the time the family had recovered, Arenas weighed the family’s ostensible immunity with a growing concern her mother – still in chemotherapy – would never get a chance to meet her

granddaughter. “It was essential travel to me,” she said. “Today you are fine. But tomorrow you don’t know.” Three weeks ago, Arenas boarded a flight to Bogota with her two children in tow. Since then, they’ve kept themselves locked inside her mother’s home. “I have been only at home. I don’t see friends I don’t see anybody else,” she said from Colombia. Arenas is scheduled to return to Vancouver via Mexico on Feb. 5, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced that Air Canada, WestJet, Sunwing and Air Transat would suspend flights to Mexico and the Caribbean until April 30. It’s unclear if Mexico’s largest carrier, Aeromexico, will be available as a fallback for essential trips. Arenas says she hasn’t yet heard from Aeromexico, and it’s not clear if her flight will be cancelled or if new quarantine rules that require a COVID-19 test on arrival and a $2,000 hotel stay will be in place by the time she returns. “I’m worried. I want to go back to Canada now. My daughter’s away from school for a month,” she said. “I don’t have money to pay $2,000 for the hotel.” Arenas also added: “I

Complicated visit: Burnaby’s Juliana Arenas travelled to Colombia so her daughter, Olivia, could meet her grandmother Gabriela Montes (pictured) while she undergoes chemotherapy. PHOTO SUBMITTED

know that a lot of people want to close the border. I know that is one of the solutions we have for this. But everyone who is away in Canada isn’t relaxing passing the winter away. I want to be here for my mom who’s sick. Not everyone is having fun.” Others have been shut out of seeing family altogether. Vancouver resident Viviana Valderon had booked a two-week trip at a ho-

tel near Cancun in March with her husband and two children. It was never meant to be a vacation. In her third attempt to see her parents – Air Canada had cancelled two earlier flights – Valderon arranged private transportation from the airport to the Mexican hotel room, which was to function as a midway point to avoid the travel through multiple airports as her family came north from Colombia.

With their flights cancelled again,Valderon now worries the widespread cancellation of flights could extend to the South American nation - effectively severing any hope of seeing family. “It’s been our biggest fear.Those who have one foot here and another family member in another country,” she said. SFU infectious disease researcher Caroline Colijn has been calling for stricter

quarantine measures for weeks after modelling she conducted showed explosive growth of the U.K. variant in B.C. should it become established. “My heart goes out to those people who do have an essential reason to travel there,” she said, while understanding why the government would want to dissuade non-essential travel to sun destinations. Equally important, said Colijn, is to impose interprovincial travel restrictions to prevent the U.K. variant from spilling across provincial lines, a move B.C. Premier John Horgan shot down last week after seeking a legal opinion on the prospect of banning non-essential travel. Ontario has already confirmed more than 50 cases of the U.K. variant, or B.1.1.7., with several hundred more cases of the variant thought to be linked to outbreaks in two long-term care homes in Barrie and Bradford-West Gwillimbury, both north of Toronto. “Chances they’re going to get a lid on that is pretty low,” she said of the latest cluster of cases in Ontario.

Emergency homeless shelter ﬁnally opens in Burnaby Dustin Godfrey

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A long-awaited emergency homeless shelter has opened in Burnaby a month after it was initially expected to have closed, the provincial government has announced. The emergency response centre (ERC) is a 45-bed shelter in which each bed has its own small room, and it was built in the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex parking lot at

3860 Sperling Ave.The shelter offers access to services like meals, washroom and shower facilities, health-care services and other supports. Operated by Burnaby-based Progressive Housing Society, the ERC started taking guests by referrals through Fraser Health and BC Housing on Monday, Feb. 1. But according to a June 2020 city council report, the ERC was expected as early as late July – roughly

half a year ago. In fact, staff had indicated at the time the city only expected to be able to house the shelter until December, when construction on the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex redevelopment was set to ramp up. By late September, the shelter’s opening was expected for October, with city staff noting the demand for shelter space had increased last year while existing shelters were forced to ac-

cept fewer patrons due to COVID-related social distancing rules. Earlier that month, Mayor Mike Hurley said the shelter’s opening “quite frankly” had not received the urgency it required. The province also announced that construction is expected to begin soon on a four-storey, 43-unit supportive housing project at 3986 Norland Ave.The project is being built next to Norland Place, an exist-

ing 52-unit modular housing building that opened in October 2019. This project will offer “wraparound supports,” including health and wellness, meal programs, and life and employment skills training. “Everyone in the community benefits when people have access to the housing and supports they need,” said David Eby, attorney general and minister responsible for housing, in a news release.

“Access to safe and secure housing gives people the stability and dignity they deserve to begin rebuilding their lives.” Jaye Treit, executive director of PHS, which is also set to operate the housing on Norland Avenue, said the two projects come “at a time when shelter and housing are so urgently needed.” Construction on the Norland Avenue project is expected to be completed in spring this year.

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‘Long-haulers’may never recover

For those of us who spend almost every day scrutinizing the B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s “dashboard” for the latest COVID-19 updates, one bit of data has been a bit of a mystery. That would be the number of people who have tested positive for the virus but are now listed as “recovered” once 14 days (COVID-19’s incubation period) have elapsed since their test. There has been evidence almost since the pandemic began that some people never truly “recover” from having COVID-19 in the normal sense of the word. Many people report various ailments that linger long after they have been pronounced recovered. Serious fatigue and various concussion-like symptoms – a cloudy brain, memory problems – seem to be the most common. Those who experience these symptoms for a lengthy period are called “long-haulers” and now special clinics have been established to both treat and study people who find themselves in this situation. British Columbia recently added a third such clinic in Surrey. It will join two other clinics – one at Vancouver General Hospital and the other at St. Paul’s Hospital – that will specialize in dealing with what many health experts agree is a baffling trend. The estimates of how many “long-haulers” are actually out there vary. King’s College in London, England conducted one of the largest surveys of COVID-19 patients and it found that about 10% of them reported feeling symptoms a month after getting the virus. It also found a further 1.5 to 2% of reported symptoms more than three months after being tested.These are the true long-haulers.

If we apply that kind of survey to B.C., that means we have many long-haulers in this province.We are approaching 70,000 total cases of people who have had COVID-19 and a 1.5% rate translates to more than 1,000 people still being sick three months after getting the virus. And as our COVID-19 cases grow (B.C.’s daily case average has hovered around 500 for a month now), so too will our number of long-haulers, who can stretch across all age groups. A recent NewYorkTimes magazine article profiled several people aged 40 and under – three of them women – who are long-haulers and their stories make for scary reading. Of course, it has been known quite some time that viruses can trigger long-lasting after-effects, some of them quite serious. But what is alarming about the high number of long-haulers is we are still at the beginning of studying the impact of COVID-19. That means treatment for many may prove elusive. However, the three B.C. long-hauler clinics - and other such clinics elsewhere in the world - will be trying their best to solve a mystery that has flummoxed the experts for months. In the meantime, that BCCDC dashboard will continue to show how many people have died from COVID-19, how many are hospitalized and how many are in the ICU. Those numbers are easy to understand. However, the “recovered” number (we are fast approaching the 60,000 mark) is different. Just ask a long-hauler. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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As an immigrant to Canada, I agree that we should pay taxes for services, and I’m not opposed to changing the way we pay for services and upgrades. I recognize my privilege of owning a detached house and how this distinguishes my comparative wealth in the Lower Mainland. You might say that my biggest problems with this bylaw are not being told that I owe money, not being given the chance to pay the tax, and being charged interest on it even though I can’t pay it down or off. I agree that the city needs to give a full explanation. This type of bylaw will continue to affect more and more property owners in Burnaby, some of whom do not know that they owe tens of thousands of dollars on their house and cannot set aside this much from the sale of their house to pay for the tax bill. Think of someone who lost their job, carries a lot of debt, and must sell and move somewhere cheaper. I think we should all know what debt and taxes we owe. Theresa Putkey, Burnaby

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rently assessed at $60 million – up from $52.4 million a year ago – according to BC Assessment. The minimum bid to purchase the lot is $63 million, while the minimum bid for a 60-year lease is $54.6 million, according to the city’s news release.The closing date for the sale offer is 4 p.m. on April 2.

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Every time Burnaby’s Alpha Secondary School wins the top school award at the Lower Mainland East debate tournament – and they’ve done it three years in a row now – they earn bragging rights for more than just their rhetorical skills. The student-run team also gets the satisfaction of knowing they got there on their own. “Everything I’ve been taught about debate was taught by another Grade 11 or Grade 12 student,” says co-captain Nica Fleming, who joined the club in Grade 8 and is now in Grade 11. She and fellow Grade 11 student Lilah Williamson took over the team this year – starting in September with a successful

campaign to recruit a fresh crop of Grade 8s. Since then, in two-anda-half-hour meetings twice a week in the spacious school library, the veterans have helped the newcomers hone their skills. “We have to teach them all the technicalities of debate and how it all works, and that it’s not like just having an argument with your friend,”Williamson says. Unlike some of their competitors, who pay for coaching or have courses dedicated to debate, Alpha’s team has been student-run and student-led for about seven years, and that’s a source of pride. “It’s definitely satisfying to just know that I learned everything from high school students and now I’m teaching everything to high school students who are going to learn ev-

erything from high school students,”Williamson says. She thinks that approach might even give Alpha debaters an edge. “There’s a very distinct private school or privately coached debate style that you come across,” she says. “It’s very specific and you recognize it as soon as soon as you’re debating someone who’s from a private school or been coached privately, and I think we all have pretty varying styles on the team, and I think we have all really grown into our own styles, and I think that’s partly honestly what differentiates us a little bit.” Alpha earned the top school award at the Lower Mainland East tournament for the third time in a row in January, qualifying five out of its nine teams for the provincials later this month.

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Williamson and Fleming placed second as a team in the senior category of the competition, which had to be moved online because of COVID-19. As individuals, they placed second and sixth respectively out of 38 senior speakers. Williamson, who plans

to become a lawyer one day, hopes to make it to the nationals this year. But Fleming feels pretty good about what the team has achieved already. “I’m glad that we won the big trophy back for the school,” she says. One thing the two agree on, though, is the value of competitive debate, which

often requires participants to argue both for and against the same proposition. “I think it’s just really good to force yourself to take on the position of something you might really not agree with because then, even if you’re against that, you come out having stronger reasons for why you are against it,” Williamson says. Asked if such a skill is more important now than ever, Fleming says, “Well, ‘now more than ever’ is a cliché, but it feels like there’s so much political discourse right now everywhere, especially for young people on the internet, and it’s good to be able to think about what other people are thinking and not just kind of go on with your own beliefs really angrily.”

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Citynow Help police cram the cruiser to support the food bank Each week, more than 28,000 people access the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, located in Burnaby, and a quarter of these people are children and young people. Throughout the pandemic, these food banks are under even more pressure than usual to have items of food for those in need. So, local police are asking for your help. Join Burnaby RCMP and their partners at

Fill ’er up: The Cram the Cruiser event is returning to help the food bank. PHOTO FILES

Metro Vancouver Transit Police on Feb. 5 as they Cram the Cruiser. They’ll be at the Safe-

For the Love of Burnaby Starting Feb 8th

Join us online o to show support for f Burnaby Hospital’’s healthcare heroes.

way at 4440 Hastings St. from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5 accepting donations.

What should you donate?

The most-needed items right now by the Greater Vancouver Food Bank are: Ð low-sodium canned salmon Ð canned beans Ð canned vegetables and

fruits Ð canned chili Ð baby products (formula, baby food, diapers) The food bank is also always looking for: Ð natural peanut butter

Ð whole wheat pasta Ð couscous Ð brown rice Ð barley Ð oats Ð canned chicken Ð canned turkey

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ONLY AT REAL CANADIAN SUPERSTORE We match prices* so you can just shop

AD MATCH

Every week, we actively check our major competitors’ ﬂyers and match the price on hundreds of items. Look for the Ad Match message in store for the items we’ve actively matched. Plus, we’ll match any major competitor’s ﬂyer item if you show us! Since we Ad Match, we may not have sold at the After Limit price (and may not in the future).

Delissio rising crust or Pizzeria pizza

Selected varieties, frozen, 519-888 g 20751140, 20752864

LIMIT 2

AFTER LIMIT 5.98

Pepsi soft drinks

Selected varieties, 6x710 mL 20310546002

LIMIT 2

AFTER LIMIT 4.48

Rufﬂes potato chips

Selected varieties, 180 - 220 g 21241052 / 21241146

LIMIT 2

AFTER LIMIT 3.88

Retails in effect from Thursday, February 4 to Wednesday February 10, 2021.

Fri. Feb 5 to Thurs. Feb 11

FREE

†

when you spend $300 or more in-store or through PC Express™ online pick up

COCA-COLA OR CANADA DRY SOFT DRINKS SELECTED VARIETIES, 24x500 mL UP TO $25.46 VALUE 20827293/20828514 Applicable bottle deposit fees are extra and vary by province. See store for details.

Big on fresh Avocado Bag 5ct or 6ct Product of Mexico 20142232001, 20872671001

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LIMIT 2

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Bulk Seedless Oranges Product of USA or South Africa 20426078001, 20287659001

LB 3.24/kg

Iceberg Lettuce

Product of USA or Canada 20135326001

47 .

LIMIT 4

AFTER LIMIT 2.98

Retails in effect from Thursday, February 4 to Wednesday February 10, 2021.

*We match prices Applies only to our major supermarket competitors’ flyer items. Major supermarket competitors are determined solely by us based on a number of factors which can vary by store location. We will match the competitor’s advertised price only during the effective date of the competitor’s flyer advertisement. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES (note that our major supermarket competitors may not). Due to the fact that product is ordered prior to the time of our Ad Match checks, quantities may be limited. We match identical items (defined as same brand, size, and attributes) and in the case of fresh produce, meat, seafood and bakery, we match a comparable item (as determined solely by us). We will not match competitors’ “multi-buys” (eg. 2 for $4), “spend x get x”, “Free”, “clearance”, discounts obtained through loyalty programs, or offers related to our third party operations (post office, gas bars, dry cleaners etc.). We reserve the right to cancel or change the terms of this program at any time. †Spend $300 or more in-store before applicable taxes in a single transaction at any Real Canadian Superstore location and receive a free Coca-Cola or Canada Dry soft drinks, selected varieties, 24x500 mL. Excludes purchase of tobacco, alcohol products, prescriptions, gift cards, phone cards, lottery tickets, joefresh.com, all third party operations (post ofﬁce, gas bars, dry cleaners, etc.) and any other products which are provincially regulated. The retail value of up to $25.46 will be deducted from the total amount of your purchase before sales taxes are applied. Limit one coupon per family and/or customer account. No cash value. No copies. Coupon must be presented to the cashier at time of purchase. Valid from Friday, February 5th until closing Thursday, February 11th, 2021. Cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotional offers. No substitutions, refunds or exchanges on free item.

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, February 4, 2021

STAY SAFE & WELL FED! WE ARE OPEN! Cioffi’s is here for you. Currently we are allowing only 6 customers at a time in our deli and meat market and also taking orders!

Order Groceries for Pick Up!

Takeout Meals Delivered to Your Car!

Email your order to deli@cioffisgroup.com and someone will call you back when your order is ready for pick-up; either in store or in the back alley delivered to your vehicle.

Bulk Orders for Pick Up and Grocery Delivery Available!

Place your bulk food orders online and pick up from the Cioffi’s Warehouse at #2-3153 Thunderbird Crescent, Burnaby.

Text your order to our kitchen at 778-991-4831 and someone will call you back when your order is ready for pick-up either in store or in the back alley delivered to your vehicle. We are now on Skip the Dishes in the Cucina!

Bulk orders placed before 11:00 pm can be picked up the following day from the warehouse. Order online at getorderz.com/friends for delivery or warehouse pickup

Specials on sale Thursday, February 4 – Sunday, February 7, 2021 Cucina Big Game Special!

Cucina Big Game Special!

BEEF, CHICKEN, OR VEGGIE CHILI WITH CHEESE TOAST

STEAK BITES

(salt & pepper, hot, honey garlic)

$17

(32 oz. portion)

Deli Special COPPOLA CAPOCOLLO (EXTRA HOT)

100/GR

Cucina Big Game Special!

COCKTAIL CORN DOGS

BEEF SHORT RIB & KALE POUTINE

CHICKEN WINGS

$1799

half dozen

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In the

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• European Cuts • Fresh Poultry • European Meatballs-´Cevapi • Fresh Italian Sausage • Top Quality Meats • Groceries • Party Trays • Prepared Foods • Gift Baskets • Free Range Products • Wholesale & Retail Pricing

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L’Artista Ristorante Italiano ng Servi h Nort aby Burn

Meet your Heights merchants

We talked to Francesco Caligiuri about his business and what brought him to the Heights. How long have you been at this location? Our family has owned L’Artista since 2015, but L’Ar-

tista has been in the Burnaby Heights for over 40 years. Why did you choose this location? Well, our family is from the Burnaby Heights area, and we still all live here or really close. We love the Burnaby Heights community, and the

For over 60 years Cobbett & Cotton has served the local community and clients from all over the Lower Mainland and abroad. We have earned the satisfaction and loyalty of our clients for our commitment to top quality legal representation.

Law firm voted d thhe ‘‘Best off Burnabby’’’ by thhe read ders off thhe Burnab by Now newspaper for twenty consecutive years. • • • • •

Estate Litigation & Civil Litigation Wills and Estates Powers of Attorney Home Purchases & Mortgages Corporate & Commercial Law

Are you a fan of fine Italian cuisine? L’Artista Ristorante Italiano is still serving it up after more than 40 years. We talked to Franceso Caligiuri, whose family has owned the restaurant since 2015, about running a business in the Heights. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

restaurant has always been very busy at this location. We are also centrally located so that our customers can come from anywhere in the Lower Mainland. How did you get involved in this business? Our family has owned restaurants for over 50 years, from Gastown to North Vancouver to downtown Vancouver and to currently in the Burnaby Heights neighbourhood. I have been working in the restaurant business since I was 10 years old; it is in my

blood. What plans do you have for the future? The goal is to stay here for the future and to continue to provide our wonderful neighbourhood with the finest of Italian cuisine. What does the Heights mean to you? Burnaby Heights is simply home. I was born here, and my children were born here, and one day probably my grandchildren will be born here.

SUNFLOWER SEED BREAD

A hearty bread with sunflower seeds, cracked wheat, whole rye kernels & dark rye flour. Enjoy the moist texture!

It’s a safe neighbourhood that has a great sense of community, centrally located to access anywhere in the Lower Mainland within minutes, and you are able to find anything you need here. I wouldn’t want to live or do business anywhere else, in other words. Why would I ever leave the Heights? L’Artista Ristorante Italiano is at 3891 Hastings St. Phone 604-298-8110, email lartistarestaurant@gmail.com, or see the website at lartistaitalian-restaurant.business. site.

VALENTINE’S HEART COOKIES Valentine’s Day is fun and tasty with our heart shaped cookies. Enjoy the decorations!

Weekly Specials On Sale February 1 – February 6, 2021

Our office hours by appointment are: Monday to Friday: 9 am - 5 pm 410 Carleton Ave., Burnaby, BC Tel (604) 299-6251 Fax (604) 299-6627 www.cobbett-cotton.com

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Burnaby Now THURSDAY, February 4, 2021

Find love and good fortune at Burnaby Heights merchants Katrina Caguioa special to the NOW

What do good fortune and romance have in common? Not only are Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day both celebrated in February, but you can also find plenty of fortune and romance in Burnaby Heights – that’s what. The Heights’ merchants always have a few tricks up their sleeves to help you find love, get lucky, or maybe both.

Flowers never fail to brighten someone’s day LUCKY HEIGHTS FORTUNE COOKIES Participating merchants will be carrying special Heights fortune cookies in their stores in celebration of Lunar New Year. Thirty Lucky Heights For-

Flower arrangements from Plush Floral Studio. Heights merchants Plush and Adele-Rae Florists are ready to fill your Valentine’s Day PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED requests with bouquets and arrangements.

tune Cookies will be hidden among all the fortune cookies, where 30 customers will win a $10 gift certificate to one of several Heights businesses. (There’s a limit of one cookie per customer, per visit. No purchase necessary.) The cookies can be found at the following merchants: Ð Cedar Chirophractic & Physiotheraphy (4181 Hastings) Ð The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy (3982 Hastings) Ð Shoppers Drug Mart (4303 Hastings) Ð Big Dog Little Dog Bakery (4631 Hastings) Ð Expert Physio (3970 Hastings) Ð Vancity Credit Union (4302 Hastings) Ð Pharmasave (4367 Hastings) LOVE LOCAL ON VALENTINE’S DAY From bouquets to bonbons, the Heights local shopping district has romance well covered. Flowers never fail to brighten someone’s day. Visit Adele-Rae Florists or Plush Floral Studio for cus-

Merchants in Burnaby Heights are ready to usher in the Lunar New Year. The Heights Merchants Association is hosting a Lucky Heights Fortune Cookie promotion, where 30 customers will be able to win a gift PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED certificate to one of several Heights businesses.

tom bouquets or a beautiful arrangement. The Heights has more than its shared of delectable coffee shops and bakeries. A morning coffee date (on site or takeout) with a side of pain au chocolate or a fruit danish will be sure to thrill somebody’s heart.

Many of our excellent restaurants are also open for safe dining – so charm your honey at one of the Heights restaurants found at www. burnabyheights.com/ merchant-directory. Be sure to visit the Burnaby Heights website at www.burnabyheights.com

for a full list of businesses, and may both good fortune and romance be yours this month. Katrina Caguioa is the marketing and events coordinator for the Heights Merchants Association.

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Anti-Asian graffiti raises concern Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

When it comes to how much publicity racist graffiti should get, there’s a stark difference of opinion between anti-racism advocates and the City of Burnaby’s anti-graffiti coordinator. On Jan. 23, a Burnaby NOW reader found three parking signs at Burnaby Mountain Park defaced with at anti-Asian racial slur. Within an hour of them submitting an online complaint, the offensive scrawl had been removed by the city. But the reader said they were “perturbed” about comments from City of Burnaby anti-graffiti coordinator Todd Polich in a followup email. The reader had asked Polich whether his department reported such racist graffiti to the RCMP. Polich responded by saying the city flags racist content but doesn’t generally report such graffiti to police “unless it is something that is determined to be ongoing or with malicious intention beyond minor graffiti.” “With my holding records of incidents such as this, I can accumulate data on repeat offences and present this to the RCMP as a more serious case which they will assign resources to,” Polich wrote. “Oftentimes graffiti such as this is commit-

ted by individuals who are just trying to agitate, and it is done sporadically without too much thought or pre-intention behind it.” Polich then added a comment about contacting the media about graffiti. “We never encourage any instances of graffiti, be it racial or not, to be raised in the media or in the public eye (social media, etc.), as this encourages and incites more of this type of graffiti, vandalism and attention-seeking behaviour,” he wrote. But that approach seems backwards to anti-racism advocates. “No, this is not what we need happening.We need to be talking about what’s going on in our society … You can’t fix it if you can’t see it,” said Jane Hurtig, program manager for Resilience B.C., an anti-racism network launched in 2019 to help communities respond to incidents of racism and hate. Hurtig said police should also be made aware of complaints of racist graffiti, regardless of whether they seem minor. “These small incidents that to me, a white woman, may seem like a small incident, to somebody who is the victim of this racial slur, that can be a very traumatic thing,” she said. Polich told the NOW the city takes racist graffiti “very, very seriously” as evidenced by how quickly it’s taken down after being re-

ported. The incident was not reported to RCMP, according to Polich, but he said his department tracks such incidents and is thorough about taking photos and collecting any evidence from the scene, which can then be turned over to police. “It’s a judgment call as to whether it is something that is just thrown up very, very quickly and someone who’s just attention-grabbing or if there’s some serious malicious intent behind it,” he said. Rather than relying on the city’s graffiti coordinator to raise issues with po-

lice, however, BurnabyTogether coordinator Ana Maria Bustamante said residents who encounter incidents of racism or hate, including graffiti, should report it to her organization. With 24 member organizations, Burnaby Together seeks to combat racism and hate in the city and has developed a protocol for dealing with incidents, including an online tool for reporting them. “Burnaby Together considers that it is important to report those incidents,” Bustamante told the NOW. Visit burnabytogether. com for more information.

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MGM Financial Group is an independent wealth advisory firm located in The Heights of North Burnaby. We specialize in holistic financial planning with a focus on wealth management strategies for business owners, professionals and families. We serve clients throughout B.C. as well as the rest of Canada. Please connect with us for a complimentary review. mgmfinancial.com

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ELECTRICAL

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DRAINAGE

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SUITES FOR RENT Electrical Contractors Res • Com • Industrial Maintenance Work.

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BUILDING CONTRACTORS

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