Burnaby Now March 25 2021

NEWS 3

Road to get huge upgrade

COMMUNITY 11

Are some bus stops too dark?

SENIORS 32

Time to get vision checked

PROFESSIONAL RESIDENTIAL RENOVATORS

Call for a free consultation THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2021

LOCAL NEWS – LOCAL MATTERS.

There’s more at Burnabynow.com

UNDER FIRE: Cadets training to become firefighters with the Burnaby Fire Department douse a structure set up at a training centre in Langley.

(604) 657-4573

PHOTO SILVESTER LAW

Mass vaccination site eyed at Fortius centre Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

Burnaby residents may soon be getting their COVID-19 vaccinations at the city’s newest sports facility – formerly Fortius Sport & Health.

Fraser Health announced Tuesday it has opened five mass immunization clinics in

Chilliwack, Cloverdale, South Surrey, Delta North and Coquitlam, and plans are in the works to open four more in Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey and Langley.

“These new clinics will support our current immunization plans and will remain open through phases three and four as we work to immunize our

communities over the coming months,” stated Fraser Health, in a news release.

The mass clinics are being housed in shopping malls, conference centres and recreation centres, like the former Fortius Sport & Health centre at 3713 Kensington Ave. The city signed a $26.6-million agreement

in December to buy the land and 146,000-squarefoot, state-of-the-art sports facility after the Fortius Foundation announced pandemic-related financial challenges had made operating the centre no longer possible.

As the new mass vaccination clinics come online, Fraser Health said some of its previous clinics will

either close or be repurposed.

For a full listing of clinics, visit: www.fraserhealth. ca/vaccineclinic.

“We would like to thank our municipalities, community organizations, business leaders, Divisions of Family Practice, and staff and medical staff for their continued dedication in supporting Fraser

Health’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic,” stated the press release.

People who are eligible to book their COVID-19 vaccine can do so online by using the 24/7 booking tool or by calling Fraser Health’s COVID-19 immunization booking phone line at 1-855-7552455.

2 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

LANGLEY FARM MARKET PRODUCE RED NAVEL ORANGES CARA CARA

ON THE VINE TOMATO

Product of U.S.A. $2.18/kg

99

1

¢

lb.

CAULIFLOWER

69

¢

lb.

RED SEEDLESS GRAPES

99¢

$ 49

Product of Peru/Chile $5.48/kg

2

ea.

lb.

GROCERY DALLA TERRA

CAMPBELL’S

CREAM OF MUSHOOM SOUP

ROASTED RED PEPPERS

2

99¢

ea

HANS FREITAG

WAFERS

HARD BITE

LUC CKY PEAR RL

NEWMAN’S OWN

SANTA CRUZ

1.8 816kg

Selected varieties 350 0mll

Selected varieties 946ml

BONELESS CHUCK STEAK

CHICKEN PORTIONS

Boneless / Skinless / $14.28/kg

MACKEREL FILET 3Fish / Frozen / 300g

SEAFOOD MEDLEY

Metro Gold / Frozen / 340g

5

ea.

3

5 $ 99 6 $ 49 6 $ 49 3 $ 39 3

7

DELI

ROMAN MOZZARELLA LA A

lb.

ea.

1 $ 39 3 $ 79 1 $ 49 2

CASTELLO TRADITIONAL

BLUE CHEESE WEDGES 125g

HOLIDAY HAM

LANGLEY FARM MARKET

BAKERY

$ 79

450g

ea.

OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

/ea

PEPPER SALA LAMI A

3 $ 25 3 $ 29 2 $ 25

MADEIRA LOAF 280g

ea.

HOT CROSS BUNS 400g

ea.

/100g

/100g

ea.

For freshness and quality you can count on!

7815 KINGSWAY, BURNABY 604.521.2883 LFM For fresh and quality foods

5

$

/100g

lb.

lb.

2 for

$

ea.

ea.

LEMONADE

2 for

$ 99

$ 99

2

ea.

SALA LAD A DRESSING

OLD BEIJING NOODLES

MEAT & SEAFOOD

Cut from AA A Beef / $15.38/kg

945ml

$ 99

7

Cut from AA A Beef / $13.18/kg

LEMON JUICE

COCONUT BU T T E R

$ 99

$

BLA LADE A ROAST

500ml

6

3 for

ea.

2.84L

REALEMO ON

$ 99

ea.

Selected varieties 128g-150g

$ 49

EAT WHOLESOME ORGANIC

lb.

$ 49 KETTLE C HIP S

Selected varieties 300g

EAT WHOLES SOME ORGANIC

WHOLE TOMATOES

500ml

284ml

lb.

LOCAL LO ONG ENGLISH CUCUMB BERS Product of B.C.

¢

3

Product of U.S.A $1.52/kg

$ 49

Product of U.S.A. $1.94/kg

88

BOSC PEAR

Product of U.S.A./Canada $3.28/kg

STORE HOURS: MONDAY TO SUNDAY 8:30AM TO 9:00PM • HOLIDAYS: 9:00AM TO 6:00PM WE CLOSED APRIL 4 EASTER SUNDAY.OPEN APRIL 5 EASTER MONDAY

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 MAR. 25 – SUNDAY, MAR. 28, 2021 • WHILE QUANTITIES LAST.

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

NEWS

12

$

in the community

99

Mon to Fri Open – 2pm

3

lunchh Let’s do dw ich or wrap wit Chi cke n San a sid e & dri nk

Nando's South Burnaby (Big Bend) 5761 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC 604-451-0004 Not valid for delivery or online ordering. Cannot be combined with any other offer.

Offer expires April 30th, 2021

CRIME

Carjacking ends with crash in Burnaby Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

A violent Vancouver carjacking ended in a crash in Burnaby last Thursday, according to Vancouver police.The incident began in the area of East 5th Avenue and Cassiar Street in Vancouver at about 6 p.m., when the suspect was reportedly kicked out of his home by roommates because he was “heavily intoxicated,” according to VPD spokesperson Const.

Tania Visintin.

The man then allegedly left the home, threw a basket of clothes on the front lawn and climbed onto the hood of a vehicle with the driver, a stranger, still inside,Visintin said.

“He broke the passen-

ger-side mirror of the car, opened the driver-side door, and punched the driver,” she said. “He then dragged the driver out of the vehicle.”

The man then drove off eastbound into Burnaby, according to Visintin.

VPD got a report a short time later from Burnaby RCMP that the vehicle had crashed into an unoccupied truck near Henning Drive and Boundary Road, she said.

The man now faces charges of robbery, mischief and breach of a conditional sentence order.

The driver who had allegedly been punched and pulled out of the stolen vehicle by the suspect was taken to hospital for minor injuries.

Damage done: This vehicle was stolen in Vancouver and ended up crashed in Burnaby. PHOTO RYAN STELTING

ROADS

Upgrades coming on Marine

A dangerous stretch of road that many South Burnaby resident call neglected is getting a big upgrade.

A recent city staff report details upgrade plans for Marine Drive from Boundary Road to Patterson Avenue and from Sussex Avenue to Byrne Road with a budget of more than $6.7 million.

First up is a conceptual design.

“The conceptual design will provide geometrics for the ultimate road upgrade to provide curb, gutter, sidewalks and utilities,” says the report. “Intersection improvements including geometry and signalization will be part of this project.The city is initiating detailed civil design for the first phase, which is Marine Drive, between Boundary Road and Greenall Avenue.This project

Tab to refund sewer extension fee pegged at $1.8 million Chris Campbell

ccampbell@burnabynow.com

Rough journey: This stretch of Marine Drive has no sidewalks, just bumpy trails. PHOTO NOW FILES

will bring the street to the urban street standard, including multi-use path along the north side of the street, sidewalk along the south side of the street,

roadway including curb and gutter, retaining walls, new bus bays, street lighting, parking accommodations, storm sewer upgrades, sanitary service

upgrades, and water main upgrades.The goal of this project is to improve traffic operations, accessibility and safety for all users.”

The tab for partial refunds of a storm sewer extension fee will cost local taxpayers more than $1.8 million.

That’s according to a report by city director of engineering Leon Gous to the financial management committee.

The city had been charging local residents money as part of the Storm Sewer Extension Contribution and Fee Bylaw 2017.

The fee sparked an outcry from some local residents who said as many as 6,000 homeowners could be impacted.

According to the report, this bylaw was re-

pealed on Feb. 8 and the Burnaby Sewer Connection Bylaw 1961 was amended to include a storm service connection fee of $11,400 per applicable property.

The city report said staff reviewed the amount paid by owners under the bylaw and compared it to the new fee of $11,400 to determine the amount to refund.

Based on the analysis performed by staff, refunds in the amount of $1,804,870 will need to be processed, the report said, with $1,307,623 of that needing to be funded from deposits held on account, and $497,247 funded from the Capital Reserve Fund.

4 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

CityConnect New

VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in accordance with Ministerial Order No. M192/2020 and the Class Order (mass gatherings), the Public Hearing will be conducted virtually and live-streamed on the City’s website.

Anyone who believes they are affected by a proposed bylaw shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard.

LIVE BY ZOOM WEBINAR

LIVE BY PHONE CONFERENCING

Visit burnaby.ca/publichearings for details and instructions.

Phone 1-800-309-1256 and follow instructions.

Passcode: 379758

SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS TO COUNCIL

*Email to clerks@burnaby.ca or *mail to Mayor and Council, c/o Office of the City Clerk, 4949 Canada Way.

WATCH THE PUBLIC HEARING ONLINE

Watch the live webcast at burnaby.ca

*PLEASE NOTE ALL WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 2:45PM ON THE DAY OF THE HEARING. SUBMISSIONS SHOULD CONTAIN THE WRITER’S NAME AND ADDRESS WHICH BECOME A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.

Visit burnaby.ca/publichearings for more information.

Burnaby City Council hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing

TUESDAY, 2021 MARCH 30 AT 5PM, ELECTRONICALLY Via a new virtual environment to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”.

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS 1) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14296

3) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 3, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14298

5) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 5, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14300

Rez. #19-11

Rez. #19-29

Rez. #18-20

5025 North Fraser Way

9682 University Crescent

6620 Sussex Avenue

From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M2 General Industrial District, and M5 Light Industrial District)

From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on P11e SFU Neighbourhood District and SFU Community Plan as guidelines

From: RM3 Multiple Family Residential District

To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M2 General Industrial District, M5 Light Industrial District, the Big Bend Development Plan, and the Glenlyon Concept Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “5025 North Fraser Way, Burnaby BC” prepared by Christopher Bozyk Architects Ltd.)

To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on P11e SFU Neighbourhood District and SFU Community Plan as guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Stony Creek, 9682 University Crescent Burnaby, BC” prepared by Intergulf Development Group)

Purpose: to permit the construction of a one-storey light industrial building

Purpose: to permit construction of four low to mid-rise residential buildings, and two levels of underground parking

Applicant: Beedie Development Group

Applicant: Intergulf Development Group

To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM4s and RM4r Multiple Family Residential District, and RM5s and RM5r Multiple Family Residential District and Metrotown Downtown Plan as guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Residential Strata Tower and Low-Rise Affordable Rental Development” prepared by DYS Architecture) Purpose: to permit the construction of a single 30-storey high-rise strata apartment building, and a four-storey non-market rental apartment building Applicant: Keltic Canada Development

2) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 2, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14297

4) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 4, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14299

Rez. #20-01

Rez. #18-43

4272 Albert Street

6958 and 6984 Kingsway, 7243 Greenford Avenue, 6957 and 6961 Beresford Street

From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM4 Multiple Family Residential District)

From: C4 Service Commercial District and M2 General Industrial District

To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM4 Multiple Family Residential District and the Hastings Street Plan Area as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Cranberry Commons Cohousing, 4272 Albert Street - Bike Storage Improvement Rezoning” prepared by Luz Galindo)

To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C2 Community Commercial District, RM4s Multiple Family Residential District, RM4r Multiple Family Residential District and the Edmonds Town Centre Plan as guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Kingsway Honda Redevelopment “ prepared by IBI Group Architects)

Purpose: to amend the approved Comprehensive Development plan in order to reduce the number of resident parking stalls on the subject property from 31 to 27 to allow for additional secured underground bicycle parking, and to increase the total floor area within the existing multiple-family residential building by 37 m² (398.3 sq.ft.)

Purpose: to permit the construction of a single 40-storey high-rise strata apartment building with two-storey townhouses at grade, and a sixstorey mixed-use rental and commercial retail building fronting Kingsway IBI Group Architects (Canada) Inc.

Applicant: Cranberry Commons Cohousing

continued on facing page...

burnaby.ca |

CityOfBurnaby | 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

CityConnect City of Burnaby Public Hearing information continued from facing page...

The following two rezoning applications were submitted to the 2021 January 26 Public Hearing. Due to a clerical oversight, the applications are being resubmitted for the 2021 March 30 Public Hearing. Rezoning References #19-45 and #19-45a relate to the relocation of an existing liquor store to a new location. The existing liquor store is proposing to move from 7000 Lougheed Highway (Unit #5 - 2909 Bainbridge Avenue) to Unit #102 - 2900 Bainbridge Avenue. To comply with Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) regulations, the zoning that currently allows for a liquor store at the existing location 7000 Lougheed Highway (Unit #5 - 2909 Bainbridge Avenue) is proposed to be removed to allow the new location (Unit #102 - 2900 Bainbridge Avenue) to be zoned appropriately.

6) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 58, 2020 - Bylaw No. 14270 Rez. #19-45 #102 - 2900 Bainbridge Avenue From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District) To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District and C2h Community Commercial District and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Bainbridge Liquor Store” prepared by John McNally Designers Inc.) Purpose: to permit a private liquor store (licensee retail store) within two existing commercial retail units (CRUs) Applicant: Van Land Use Consulting 7) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 61, 2020 - Bylaw No. 14279 Rez. #19-45a 7000 Lougheed Highway (Unit #5 - 2909 Bainbridge Avenue) From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District, C2h Community Commercial District, M5 Light Industrial District and P2 Administration and Assembly District) and R2 Residential District To: Repeal C2h District zoning Purpose: to repeal C2h District zoning. This rezoning application relates to the relocation of an existing liquor store at this location to a new location across Bainbridge Avenue Applicant: Van Land Use Consulting

Reports, bylaws, and related information respecting the zoning bylaw amendments are available on the City’s website at burnaby.ca/publichearings from 2021 March 18. Any questions regarding the Public Hearing processes and agenda items may be directed to the Office of the City Clerk, 604-294-7290.

No presentations will be received by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

B. Zeinabova CITY CLERK

BURNABY SCHOOL ZONE HOURS EXPANDED TO 7AM-10PM The City of Burnaby is making streets safer for students by expanding the hours of 30 km/h school zones to 7am-10pm (previously 8am-5pm).

The school zone changes were enacted to better reflect when students are likely to be near schools for extracurricular activities. City crews are installing approximately 600 new signs across all school zones in Burnaby over spring break.

In addition to expanded school zone hours, the City will install speed humps near 36 schools and 36 parks in Burnaby over the next five years. Speed humps have been proven to reduce speeds. Residents will be notified in advance when speed humps are being installed on their block.

This project responds to a request from the Burnaby Board of Education and the City’s Parks, Recreation & Culture Commission, and aligns with the City-wide Vision Zero target in the draft Burnaby Transportation Plan (zero deaths and serious injuries on Burnaby’s transportation network).

Making our streets safer for pedestrians also encourages people to choose active forms of “This is about protecting our children and building transportation, another key goal in the draft a community where walking is an easy and safe Burnaby Transportation Plan update. When choice,” said Mayor Mike Hurley. “As Burnaby moves families feel safe enough to choose to walk to to make streets safer for students and families, we also school, rather than drive, it also results in less encourage the Provincial government to consider a carbon emissions in our community.

B.C.-wide approach to traffic calming measures around parks and school zones.”

As students return to classes next week, drivers are reminded to watch for new signage and obey all posted speed limits.

NOTICE OF DISPOSITION

NOTICE OF DISPOSITION

Edmonds Neighbourhood Resource Centre

Holdom Community Resource Centre

TAKE NOTICE THAT the City of Burnaby (the “City”) intends to grant a lease for a term of 5 years (the “Term”) to each of the following entities in respect of certain spaces located within the City-owned property at 7355 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., legally described as PID: 017-000-181, Lot A, DL 30, Gp 1, NWD, Plan NWP87753, as follows:

TAKE NOTICE THAT the City of Burnaby (the “City”) intends to grant a lease for a term of 5 years (the “Term”) to each of the following entities in respect of certain spaces located within the City-owned property at 2101 Holdom Avenue, Burnaby, B.C., legally described as PID: 027-306-968, Air Space Parcel 1, DL 125, Gp 1, NWD, Air Space Plan BCP33453, as follows:

(1) to The Board of Education of School District No. 41 (Burnaby), 1,499 sq. ft.;

(1) to Burnaby Family Life Institute, 1,300 sq. ft.;

(2) to Burnaby Family Life Institute, 3,000 sq. ft.;

(2) to The Community Living Society, 706 sq. ft.;

(3) to Afghan Women’s Support Society, 349 sq. ft.;

(3) to Community Meeting Room, 454 sq. ft.;

(4) to Canadian Mental Health Association, 1,506 sq. ft.;

(4) to The Community Living Society, 570 sq. ft.;

(5) to Canadian Red Cross, 1,500 sq. ft.;

(5) to Volunteer Burnaby, 1,000 sq. ft.; and

(6) to DEAF Children’s Society of B.C., 2,290 sq. ft.;

(6) to Dixon Transition Society, 1,469 sq. ft.,

(7) to St. Matthew’s Day Care Society, 6,125 sq. ft.; and

all in consideration for $14.18 per sq. ft., subject to annual adjustment during the Term.

(8) to Immigrant Services Society of BC, 1,167 sq. ft., all in consideration for $14.18 per sq. ft., subject to annual adjustment during the Term.

Visit burnaby.ca/publichearings for more info.

burnaby.ca |

Research shows that reducing speeds to 30 km/h dramatically enhances safety by reducing the likelihood and severity of a crash. The risk of death from being hit by a car travelling at 50 km/h is six times higher than by a car travelling at 30 km/h.

CityOfBurnaby | 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2

5

6 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

Opinion now MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

CPC will pay for climate stance

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s election trigger finger just got decidedly itchier.

That is because the federal Conservative Party took a giant leap into the past when its policy convention voted against efforts to enshrine the reality of climate change in official party policy.

More than half of the party’s convention delegates voted against including these sentences in its platform: “We recognize that climate change is real.

The Conservative Party is willing to act.”

While these are only two sentences, the rejection of what they say (that climate change is indeed “real”) further pushes the Conservatives out of the mainstream and further away from a growing number of voters in key urban and suburban centers.

This is delightful music to the ears of Trudeau and his Liberals.

The issue of climate change – and the need to fight it – is rising in importance among voters, particularly those who live where most of the electoral ridings exist: in those same urban and suburban areas.

Of course, there is nothing stopping Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole from shrugging off this vote – he wanted it to pass – and come up with his own climate change action plan and put it in front of voters when an election is called.

However, if he does just that, he may risk a fullfledged revolt by much of the party’s grassroots.

Those folks tend to live in the western provinces and many natural resource-dependent small towns.

In any event, this episode gives the Liberals and the federal NDP ample fodder to continue to cast the Conservatives as a bunch of old, out-of-touch climate-change deniers.

And, given the evidence that the issue of fighting

climate change is clearly so divisive for the Conservatives, it is virtually certain both of the other two parties will make it a major focus of their campaigns.

In addition, the controversy generated by this misstep comes at a time when the party is struggling with other issues.There have been reports of internal strife over O’Toole’s leadership, and poll after poll shows the party consistently trailing the Liberals among decided voters nationally, but even more so in the riding-rich areas of Greater Toronto, Metro Vancouver and Greater Montreal.

Social conservatism, a sure-fire vote-losing position if there ever was one, seems to be popping its head up within the party from time to time, offering free swings to the Liberals and the NDP. Then there is O’Toole himself. He has yet to establish much of a presence with the voting public and seems to bounce between mutually exclusive positions.

He wants a sharper and more aggressive strategy to fight climate change, yet his own party and a big chunk of his caucus do not share the same view when it comes to setting priorities on this file.

Meanwhile,Trudeau and his government continue to kick gargantuan amounts of money out the door in various financial aid programs. Deficit fighting, a traditional hallmark of Conservative philosophy, seems a distant memory for so many.

This is all starting to look like an early election, perhaps as early as May or June.

Trudeau clearly has his finger on that election trigger, and the question now is when he pulls it.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

Topic: Federal NDP plan to cancel $20K in student loan debt

“I have no issue with student loan forgiveness. Lord knows they have many sources of stress in their lives and this would help alleviate some of that stress.”

“Lowering interest or offering grants to pay off student loan debt is only a band-aid solution.The focus should be on reducing the cost of post-secondary education so debt doesn’t need to be bailed out.”

Alex Operacz

Adam Ballantyne

via Facebook

THEY SAID IT...

via Facebook

OUR TEAM

Someone could be lurking in behind those bushes. Someone could be dragged in there.

HeymannYip, page 11

ARCHIVE 1990

201a-3430 Brighton Avenue, Burnaby, V5A 3H4

LARA GRAHAM Publisher

lgraham@burnabynow.com

MAIN SWITCHBOARD 604.444.3451 DELIVERY INQUIRIES 604.398.3481 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 604.444.3000 EDITORIAL/NEWS TIP LINE 604.444.3020 FAX LINE 604.444.3460 EDITORIAL editorial@burnabynow.com ADVERTISING display@burnabynow.com CLASSIFIED DTJames@van.net

Squint to see the lake’s name

Parks commissioners agreed trees and a watercourse in a park at the foot of Burnaby Mountain should be protected, but a meeting on the measures ended with commissioners debating the name of the park.

The moniker being used at the time was Squid Lake Park, but one commissioner said it had originally been Squint Lake Park because the lake was really only a slough and you had to squint to see the water. Another commissioner said it would be a pity to lose the unusual Squid Lake name.

CHRIS CAMPBELL

Editor

CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2013

ccampbell@burnabynow.com THE BURNABY NOW IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEWSMEDIA COUNCIL, WHICH IS AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO DEAL WITH ACCEPTABLE JOURNALISTIC PRACTICES AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR. IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT EDITORIAL CONTENT, PLEASE CONTACT CHRIS CAMPBELL AT CCAMPBELL@ BURNABYNOW.COM. IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSE AND WISH TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT, VISIT THE WEB SITE AT MEDIACOUNCIL.CA OR CALL TOLL-FREE 1-844-877-1163 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

7

Opinionnow Step up to fight racism Editor: There are no words to fully express the grief, fear and demoralization that members of the Asian community have experienced in the past year, culminating in the events of the past week. Our hearts and souls are heavy, and we see that many outside of our community are sympathetic to our anguish.

For those outside of the Asian community, it’s hard to know what to do from here. I know many in my social circles feel the desperate need to help, without knowing where to start.

So what can you do?

1) Eliminate racist and prejudicial language from your vocabulary and humour. This includes not only slurs, but rhetoric such as the Kung Flu, China virus, yellow fever in reference to sexual preferences and many others.

2) Stop perpetuating harmful stereotypes.

We all know what I’m talking about. The ones about driving, math, being quiet and subservient, our smelly food, our eyesight, our sex appeal or lack thereof. All of this is harmful, microaggressive, racist and only serves to dehumanize us.

3) Start identifying and unlearning your racial biases. Catch yourself when you make a snap judgment. Because with practise, you’ll catch yourself before you make one.

4) Educate yourself. There are many historical events that exemplify and perpetuated systemic racism against Asian-Canadians. Read up on them. The Japanese Internment of the Second World War and the Chinese railroad workers are a great place to start. Also make sure to follow social media pages and accounts that cover current issues, provide education and additional resources for further learning.

5) Support your local, Asian-owned, community businesses. Refer establishments to friends and family. Welcome us into, and allow us to enrich your communities.

6) And finally, step up when you witness wrongdoing. Both big and small. With strangers and loved ones. In the words of a wise wizard, “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.” Win the small private battles around your dinner tables that we are not there to fight.

This is the work that needs to be started; the individual deconstruction of internalized bias, and the further spread of education, and introspection. This is where we need our allies to put in the work, to ensure that the future is a place where we can all live free of fear for ourselves and our loved ones.

Aliya Boulanger

Proud to live in a place that supports vaccines Editor: In Canada, we had proof of vaccination records over 50 years ago, and kids couldn’t go to school without them. Sorting through old papers today, I came across a booklet from my childhood in Saskatoon, though I’ve lived in Burnaby for over 20 years.

It’s titled: Immunization Record from the City of Saskatoon Department of Public Health.

At the bottom of the first page it clearly states: “This record is necessary when child

THE BURNABY NOW WELCOMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. We do, however, edit for taste, legality and length. Please include a phone number where you can be reached. Send letters to: The Editor, #201A–3430 Brighton Ave., Burnaby, B.C., V5A 3H4, email to: editorial@burnabynow.com (no attachments please) or fax to: 604-444-3460.

Letters to the editor and opinion columns may be reproduced on the Burnaby NOW website, www.burnabynow.com.

begins school. Please keep it carefully.”

It has dates and doses of my smallpox and polio vaccinations.

Apparently, I had five doses of polio vaccine over the course of about six years from age six months to six years.

This was over 50 years ago.

Folks can draw their own conclusions, but I respect medicine and science, and am grateful to have been born into a world with vaccines.

Paul Cipywnyk, Burnaby

NORM FLOCKHART

PREC

(604) 328-2111

14 Year Member of MLS Medallion Club

$1,689,000

SOUTH SLOPE BUNGALOW! WALK-OUT BASEMENT!

This 2 bedroom family home features original oak floors on Main, gas fireplace, & updated Kitchen & Bath. Inside or outside access to 2 more Bedrooms Down, with full Bath, Kitchen, Rec Room & Den. 60' x 198' R2 Lot. 6076 Keith Street, Burnaby

www.normflockhart.com

Get your tastebud’s ready!

A new way to celebrate food is coming to Burnaby Bite of Burnaby is a food festival featuring set menus from a wide variety of Burnaby restaurants and cafes. Priced at $15, $30, and $60, enjoy the diversity of food in Burnaby while supporting local businesses.

Take-out, dine-in, or get it delivered, there are so many ways to participate!

LEARN MORE AT BITEOFBURNABY.COM @BITEOFBURNABY

Sponsored by:

On now until March 31st, 2021

8 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

Citynow Burnaby man convicted for lying about hit-and-run Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

A Burnaby man charged in a hit-and-run that damaged three vehicles in Vancouver didn’t get away with abandoning his car near the scene and then reporting it stolen, according to a B.C. provincial court ruling this month.

Chi Wai Chan was charged under the Motor Vehicle Act for hit and run and giving false information to police in relation to the incident on March 31, 2019.

How did his phone get from the stolen vehicle to Mr. Chan later for him to make the call to police?

At 3:40 a.m. on that day, a resident in the 2700 block of Franklin Street in Vancouver reported hearing a loud crash, according to the ruling.

“They reported that they had observed a black vehicle which struck a parked BMW and the black vehicle fled the scene.They reported that

the BMW suffered extensive damage,” the ruling states.

Officers responding to the call also found a Honda Accord just around the corner, in the 200 block of Slocan Street, with “extensive damage.”

Later that night, police got a call from Chan, the Accord’s owner, saying his car keys and car had been stolen while he was at a restaurant in the area.

Investigators went on to find two more damaged vehicles nearby, and concluded the Accord had hit a total of three vehicles.

Using cellphone records, police then dismantled Chan’s story about his car having been stolen.

A call log and cell-tower data from March 30 and 31, 2019 showed Chan’s phone – the one he had used to report his Accord “stolen” – placed his phone at the scene of the hit-and-run at the time of the collision.

“How did his phone get from the stolen vehicle to Mr. Chan later for him to make the call to police?” asked Judicial Justice David Schwartz in his ruling.

“This is inconsistent with logic and experience applied to the evidence or the absence of evidence and is not based on speculation.The only reasonable inference from all the evidence is that Mr. Chan

was himself at the scene of the hit-and-run on Franklin Street, abandoned his

vehicle and left the area to return to Burnaby near where he lives and later

phoned to report his vehicle stolen in an attempt to avoid responsibility for the

collisions he caused.”

Schwartz upheld the two tickets.

Ching Ming Festival

Plan ahead to protect your loved ones and take advantage of special cemetery savings. > Schedule a private, no-contact cemetery tour and be one of the first to select your space > Limited-time discounts > Premier South-facing location > Virtual appointments available

Save up to

18% on cemetery prearrangements

*

0% interest for 60 months

**

Schedule a private in-person or virtual appointment today: 604-328-6079 Please know that we’re doing everything possible to provide a safe and sanitary environment to all the families we serve.

Our caring, compassionate advisors are available for private tours or virtual appointments via phone, text, email, FaceTime or video chat.

FOREST LAWN

OCEAN VIEW

VICTORY MEMORIAL PARK

FUNERAL HOME & MEMORIAL PARK 3789 Royal Oak Ave. | Burnaby, BC, V5G 3M1

FUNERAL HOME & BURIAL PARK 4000 Imperial St. | Burnaby, BC, V5J 1A4

FUNERAL CENTRE & CEMETERY 14831 – 28th Ave. | Surrey, BC V4P 1P3

ForestLawnMemorial-Burnaby.com

OceanViewBurialPark.com

VictoryMemorialPark.com

*Limited-time discounts valid only for select cemetery property. Applies to new purchases only. Terms and conditions apply. See an associate for details **0% interest-free financing for 60 months requires minimum down payment of 10%. Terms and conditions apply. See an associate for eligibility details.

A division of Service Corporation International (Canada) ULC.

GOT TO GO INVENTORY SALE!

PATIO FURNITURE I HOT TUBS I BBQ’S

SAVE UP TO 67%

OFF!

Brighton at Lougheed (Near Costco)

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

9

10 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

Citynow CRIME

Burning body found in park

*<JAT ;K =>J<8JA?

Woman’s body was found in GreentreeVillage Park, near BCIT Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

A call that came in as a bush and grass fire at a Burnaby park last week ended with firefighters extinguishing a burning body, according to the local fire department.

First responders were called to Greentree Village Park off Garden Grove Drive at 1:54 a.m. last Thursday (March 18), assistant fire Chief Greg Young told the NOW. “The engine arrived to a bush and grass fire along with a body fully on fire,” Young said.

Police and ambulance were already on site, according toYoung, and firefighters left the scene in the hands of the RCMP after putting out the flames with a fire extinguisher.

S?A+JO L *<#+JO, - JQ L / >Q 91II L 0GI CJ<R)8?A E5)KM D7<AJHO

333KF?HH)88LF?88?AKF?Q P.I0N 2-- .2/G

On scene: IHIT media spokesperson Det. Lara Jansen speaks to reporters by a Burnaby park where a burning body was found early last Thursday morning. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

“If you use water, you might do damage to evidence,”Young said.

Grim discovery: Emergency crews discovered a burning body in Burnaby’s Greentree Village Park early Thursday morning. PHOTO

CORNELIA NAYLOR

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team took over the case and, as of its last news conference Friday, was still working to identify the body.

Investigators believe it was of a woman under five feet tall, according to IHIT media spokesperson Det. Lara Jansen.

“Through a comprehensive neighbourhood canvass, investigators have determined that the woman may have been in the area up to two hours prior to the report of the fire,” Jansen told reporters at the scene Friday. “There

Casa Madera 1/2”x 7”

BRUSHED OAK $4.59

ENGINEERED HARDWOOD

Starting at

Sq. Ft.

is also indication that the woman may have been associated to a dark coloured, smaller to midsized, hatchback SUV or crossover-style vehicle.”

IHIT is urging anyone who may have seen a similar vehicle or heard any suspicious activity in the 4300 block of Garden Grove Drive between midnight and 2 a.m. on Thursday, March 18 to contact IHIT: 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or ihitinfo@ rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

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

UBC Faculty of Dentistry UBC Dentistry is screening patients 12 years of age and older who require

Braces

(Full orthodontic treatment cost: $4,200) For information, visit www.dentistry.ubc.ca/gradortho Graduate Orthodontics Program

To arrange a screening appointment: Call between 8:30 am – 4 pm (Monday to Friday)

604-827-4991 or email gradorthoclinic@dentistry.ubc.ca THE UNIVERSITY OR BRITISH COLUMBIA

Voted #1 Flooring Store in Burnaby 9 Years in a Row!

20 colors to choose from!

QUALITY PRODUCT LINES SUCH AS

• DANSK • VINTAGE • KENTWOOD • ENVISION • GOODFELLOW • TIMELESS • LAURENTIAN • APPALACHIAN • AND MORE...

1 PLACE 2015

BU RN A

BY

1 PLACE 2016

BU RN A

BY

1st PLACE BURNABY 2020

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

11

Community now Concerns raised about bus-stop safety in city Public safety committee member wants action on dark bus stops that back onto bush and trails Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

Dark bus stops close to trails and dense bush have one member of Burnaby’s public safety committee worried about rider safety and calling on the city to make changes before it’s too late.

“My concern really is for people that are waiting for the bus at night,” local businessman Heymann Yip told the committee last Wednesday. “Someone could be lurking behind those bushes. Someone could be dragged in there.

And I will assure you that, if there was an assault that occurred at one of those bus stops because they were dragged into

the bushes, the city would spend millions to make sure that that doesn’t happen again. I’m just trying to be proactive.”

Yip, who is a citizen representative on the committee, had raised concerns at its last meeting in January about dark bus stops close to green space on Oakland Street between Royal Oak Avenue and Gilley Avenue and on Deer Lake Parkway.

The city’s public safety director, Dave Critchley, came back with a report last week about lighting levels at nine Oakland Street bus stops and some background on how the city’s engineering department decides where to place illuminated bus shel-

Hidden away: A bus stop on Oakland Street near Gilley Avenue is out of sight of nearby homes and backs onto dense bush. PHOTO

CORNELIA NAYLOR

ters.

Two stops on Oakland had lighting issues, according to the report, and the engineering department is working on enhancing lighting in those locations, but no shelters are planned for any of the stops because of low boardings there.

“These will of course be re-assessed as part of the annual process to determine their priority ranking with other stops throughout the city,” the report states.

But the report didn’t addressYip’s concern about dim bus stops that back onto dense brush, like a stop on Deer Lake Parkway by Willingdon Avenue, just across the street from a BCIT parking lot.

That stop is right beside a makeshift trail into a ravine that currently leads past what looks like a homeless encampment.

Another is across Deer Lake Parkway from Garden Grove Drive near where the burned body of a woman was found in a park in the early morning hours of March 18.

“I would not allow my kids to stand by those bus stops that are not well lit or not lit at all with a street lamp, and they back onto

STOP SAFETY: A bus stop on Deer Lake Parkway by Willingdon Avenue backs onto a wooded ravine. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

green spaces,”Yip told the NOW. “The green space is not recessed far enough.

If there would be a sexual assault, it would happen, and no one would even know.”

Yip reiterated his concerns to Critchley about bus stops backing onto dense bush and trails at last Wednesday’s committee meeting.

Yip suggested cutting the green space back further.

Critchley said he would takeYip’s comments back to the engineering department.

Coun. Joe Keithley, another committee member, saidYip brought up

Waiting: A bus stop on Deer Lake Parkway across from Garden Grove Drive backs onto dense bush. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

“great points” and the city should act quickly on bus stop enhancements.

“We have to speed this up if we want to get people out of cars, if we want to have people feel safe

when they’re catching the bus.”

He said improving bus stops is also important in terms of the “safety of women.”

When was the last time you had your hearing checked?

Visit our website today to try our 3-minute FREE online hearing screener Family business serving the Burnaby community for over 50 years

CALL US TODAY 604-434-2070 6540 Burlington Ave #140b, Burnaby, V5H 4G3 lloydhearingsolutions.ca

12 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

Citynow Beedie offers new scholarships for single parents Burnaby-born-and-raised philanthropist is offering 10 new awards through his foundation Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

Ten single parents from B.C. will get a leg up to pursue post-secondary studies this year thanks to Burnaby-born-and-raised businessman and philanthropist Ryan Beedie.

Beedie Luminaries, a scholarship foundation started by Beedie, is granting 10 awards worth up to $40,000 each to single parents facing financial adversity.

The funds can be used towards full-time or parttime studies at any public university, college or trade school in the province, as well as the Native Education College.

The program is being launched to coincide with National Single Parent

Day on March 21.

“Single parents face many barriers – whether it’s finding flexible employment, getting child care or paying for tuition if they decide to go back to school,” Beedie said in a news release.

“Children in single-parent families in British Columbia have consistently experienced much higher poverty rates. Given this and the additional hardships brought on by the pandemic, we wanted to expand the Beedie Luminaries scholarship program to help provide much-needed support to single parents so they can upgrade their skills and open more doors for themselves and their children.”

Parents looking to apply

for the grants need to be able to demonstrate financial need and be referred by one of the scholarship program’s community partners: the Canadian Women’s Foundation, Immigrant Services Society of BC, Mom2Mom, Mothers Matter, the YMCA of Greater Vancouver, theYWCA Metro Vancouver, Family Services of Greater Vancouver or the Minerva Foundation.

One of the people who will be helping select the recipients of the grants knows firsthand the difference they could make.

Ghezal Durrani, the community development coordinator at theYWCA Metro Vancouver, is a single mother of three who put herself through uni-

versity.

“As a single parent wanting to go back to school, I felt lost and unsupported,” she said in the release. “When you’re working two jobs to pay the bills, it can be hard to not give up on your goals.

This scholarship program will make a big difference in helping single parents upgrade their skills, obtain better jobs and build a brighter future for their families.”

Along with financial support of up to $40,000 each, recipients will also be given access to mentors, Stay on Track student coaches, peer support groups and career development resources as well as access to the Beedie Luminaries online community and special

Helping hands: Just in time for National Single Parent Day, B.C. real estate developer and philanthropist Ryan Beedie has launched a new scholarship program to help single parents pursue further education PHOTO TREVOR BRADY

events.

For more information about the eligibility criteria and how to apply, visit BeedieLuminaries.ca.

The deadline to apply

is April 22 at 9 a.m. Successful applicants will be announced in May.

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

URBAN VILLAGE CONDOS NOW SELLING

One, Two & Three Bedroom Condos Ranging from 603 to 1,315 SQ.FT. Come live at the heart of it all! New Condos in Langley at Latimer Village, an anchor of the Latimer Heights Community, features a neighbourhood shopping district showcasing European-Esque streetscapes filled with boutique-style shops, restaurants, services and offices. All connected to a luscious park/pond area and neighbourhood walking network.

LATIMERVILLAGECONDOS.COM 604.371.1669 Dimensions, sizes, specifications, layouts, and materials are approximate only and subject to change without notice. E.&O.E.

DISCOVERY CENTRE & SHOWHOME 8242 200 St, Langley BC Open Daily 12 PM to 5 PM Closed Thursday & Friday We recommend booking an appointment with our sales team in order to ensure social distancing.

13

14 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

Citynow NOW newsroom nominated for 2021 Ma Murray Awards Winners will be announced at a virtual gala set for April 29

The Burnaby NOW/ NewWestminster Record newsroom team has captured a trio of nominations for this year’s Ma Murray Awards.

The awards are presented annually by the B.C. andYukon Community NewsMedia Association to recognize the best work produced by community newspapers around the province.

The Burnaby NOW reporting duo of Cornelia Naylor and Dustin Godfrey earned a nomination in the new special COVID Coverage category for their two-part series Loneliness and Loss, exploring the impacts of the pandemic on seniors in long-term care and their

families.

Photographer Jennifer Gauthier also earned a nomination for her photograph “Safe Sports,” a shot of a speed skater in training at the Kensington rink in November as local skaters worked to find ways to make their sport work in the face of the pandemic.

The NewWestminster Record earned a nomination in Arts & Culture Writing for a piece by Julie MacLellan exploring the Massey Theatre’s emergence out of the pandemic with a return to live music in the fall (before COVID-19 restrictions brought live entertainment to a halt once again in November).

Several of the news-

NEED EXTRA

CASH?

We are looking for carriers to deliver newspapers on Thursday!

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR UPCOMING ROUTES IN

On ice: This photo by Jennifer Gauthier has earned a nomination in Sports Photography at this year’s Ma Murray Awards, presented by the B.C. and Yukon Community NewsMedia Association. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

room’s sister papers, including the North Shore News, Delta Optimist,Tri-City News and Squamish Chief, also earned nominations. (For a full list of

nominees, see www. bccommunitynews.com.)

Awards will be presented at a virtual gala set for April 29.

ROUTE#

QTY

22502502

75

BURNABY

BOUNDARIES

Randolph Ave., Gilley Ave., Imperial St., Bryant St., Colborne Ave. 22822853 73 Gilpin St., Smith Ave., Price St., Brandon St., Inman Ave. 23203203 62 6th St., Berkley St., Canada Way, Morley St., Varley St., Welsley Dr. 23303316 84 2nd St., 15th Ave., 16th Ave., 17th Ave., 4th St. 23903912 98 Crestlawn Crt., Crestlawn Dr., Dellawn Dr., Delta Ave., Halifax St., Parklawn Dr., Springer Ave., Taralawn Crt. 24104116 93 Dundas St., Madison Ave., Triumph St., Rosser Ave., Pandora St., Willingdon Ave. For these and other routes, please call 604-398-3481 or email distribution@burnabynow.com

An easy way to earn extra money! Be part of a great team!

!*<4@'%$ 4..?,49#C4*,

:)#F=) 7=#1C7

#LL+;LE8; 1.7<531' #558E;L>+;L/ J82 A2/L -8/+ 8J !*<4@'%$ I600E;+ 62+ ;8G 6I6EB63B+ J82 +BEHE3B+ 6H+ H28K5/& 8499 %(:""(!""($#"" 53 255; 579<7. 4/ ,341.3).49/)'04&-400<7.255;<7* 6.437 +)5 <1 .9<*<29. 4/ ,341.3).49/)'04&-400<7.

(/+;E82/A2/L ("!!8>>K;ELD4>>K;ELD

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

Windsor Plywood’s

PICKUP OR DELIVERY?

!

G N I N A E L C SPRING

of Mouldings, Stair Par Refresh Your Home w/ Our Selection

15

ts, Panelling & More...

Contactless curbside pickup C or delivery available! Call your o order in & we’ll get it ready for o y you in advance.

Covid-19 Protocols are in place. Masks are mandatory to enter the store! Please keep 6ft/2m apart.

MDF FLATSTOCK

MOULDINGS

Mouldings can dramatically increase the look and appeal of any room but are also practical in preventing damage from furniture.

.49 .69 .79 .99 1/2 x 2-1/2

LIN FT

1/2 x 3-1/2

LIN FT

1/2 x 4-1/2

LIN FT

1/2 x 5-1/2

LIN FT

42″ LONG MISCELLANEOUS

OAK SPINDLES

• We stock a variety of traditional & contemporary styles to chose from • Easy to paint or stain

Limited stock!

We have miles and miles of mouldings!

Tileboard

Gaslight Brick

PANELLING TILEBOARD

• Easy to install • Water resistant (Tileboard only)

GASLIGHT BRICK

29 45 99 EACH

99 EACH

• Easy to install • Rustic look • 3mm x 4ʹ x 8ʹ

Great Buy at...

8

E

99 EACH

5/8 MAPLE 1 SIDE

WESTERN BARNWOOD

PANELLING

4' X 8' B-GRADE

CLE AR ANC

W/ WHITE MELAMINE

35

SELECT IN-STOCK JIGS

99

FINAL SALE

29

99

• Hard, durable, easy to clean surface • Stainable (Maple side)

EACH

20

%

EACH

OFF REG

SKYTRAIN

TEL: (604) 299-9388 • FAX: (604) 299-1114 Email: burnaby@windsorplywood.com

Mon-Fri: 7:00am to 5:30pm • Sat: 8:00am to 5:30pm • Sundays & Holidays: CLOSED

GORING ST.

LOU

HOLDOM AVE.

2280 HOLDOM AVENUE, BURNABY

BR GH

OA D

EE

DH

WA Y

FELL AVE.

Prices valid March 26 to 31, 2021 or while supplies last • Final Sale on All Items • Visit us online at www.windsorplywood.com/burnaby NORTH

WY

KINGSLAND DR.

We strive for accuracy. If a printing error occurs, it will be corrected through notification at our stores. Rainchecks may be issued depending on stock availability. Some items may be cash & carry.

We reserve the right to limit quantities. All items may not be exactly as shown, description takes precedence over photos. Prices & availability will vary by store. Taxes are not included in our prices.

YOU WILL ALSO FIND US ON:

16 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

MARCH 0.0% FINANCE ON SELECT GMS! 2018 TOYOTA COROLLA LE

IMPORTS

2016 BUICK ENCORE VVT VT TURBO PREMIUM

DOMESTIC SUV’S

0.0% AVAIL

LOW KM

CARTER PRICED

CARTER PRICED

18,200

16,400

$

$

#87-19412

#T8-00251

2019 SUBARU ASCENT LIMITED.......................... #P9-63670 ..... $37,200 2018 HONDA CIVIC LX HB BLK/BLK, AUTO W/XTRAS......#P9-63660 ...... $20,600 2020 HYUNDAI ELANTRA LUXURY...............#C0-20911 .......$20,800 2015 TOYOTA COROLLA S....................... #B0-68761...... $13,000 2017 KIA SPORTAGE “LX” WELL EQUIPPED W/XTRAS .... #X1-00591 ......$16,900 2016 MAZDA CX-5 GRAND TOURING................ #M6-28171.... $19,700

2015 JEEP CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK ................. #D1-08091 ..... $23,900 2014 GMC TERRAIN SLE-2 WELL EQUIPPED 4 CYL, AUTO..... #P9-63420....... $14,200 2018 GMC ACADIA AWD VVT DENALI 0.0% AVAIL .... #81-01711....... $36,100 2017 BUICK ENCLAVE PREMIUM AWD..................... #P9-63570 ...... $30,000 2018 CHEV TRAX LS FWD V VT TURBO, 0.0% AVAIL ............. #T1-93881 ...... $16,500 2016 BUICK ENCLAVE PREMIUM.................... #C1-74871 .... $29,400

0% FINANCING OAC ON MOST CHEV, BUICK & GMC 2019 GMC SAVANA 3/4 T CARGO W/BULKHEAD + MORE

TRUCKS & VANS

ONLY 6 LEFT OUT THIS SPECIAL ORDER OF 19!!!!

2016 BUICK VERANO 4DR ONLY 8K KMS, 0.0% AVAIL

0THER DOMESTICS

CARTER PRICED

CARTER PRICED

17,300

33,500

$

$

#P9-63240

#P9-63560

2018 GMC CANYON, DIESEL DENALI CREW 0.0% AVAIL ............. #P9-63770 ....... $39,600 2017 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ................ #D7-72851...... $14,100 2019 CHEV SUBURBAN LT LOADED WITH XTRAS................... #HCL-0002....... $58,600 2018 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLT CREW CAB........ #C0-00141 ..... $36,800 2020 CHEVY EXPRESS 3/4T EXTENDED CARGO, AIR CON.... #P9-63540 ..... $37,900 2017 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN CANADA VALUE PKG........ #D7-07291 ....... $16,400

2020 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE TRUE NORTH .... #P9-63390...... $44,600 2020 CHEVROLET SPARK 2LT.....................#P9-63730 ..... $17,900 2019 BUICK ENCORE PREFFERED....................#E1-39281 ..... $21,800 2017 FORD FUSION SE ....................................... #41-22991...... $17,900 2017 CHEVROLET CRUZE LT 0.0% AVAIL....... #P9-63120...... $13,900 2018 CHEV CRUZE LT 4DR LOAD 0.0% AVAIL ...... #Y1-06141...... $15,600

10 + USED EV’S AVAILABLE!

100’s

OF CARS AND TRUCKS TO CHOOSE FROM

CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED

THE ADVANTAGES: • • • •

150+ Point Inspection Manufacturer’s Warranty 24hr Roadside Assistance Exchange Privilege

CARS AVAILABLE AT TIME OF PRINTING. NOT EXACTLY AS ILLUSTRATED. ALL PRICES ARE PLUS TAXES, LEVIES AND $495 DOCUMENTATION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS.

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

2 0 2 1

Showcasing fresh ideas from the creative young minds of Burnaby students Some of our most creative young minds helped Burnaby Now advertisers design their most memorable ad ever!

The Burnaby Now, in conjunction with School District 41, are pleased to present this special section with ads created for local businesses by Burnaby students.

17

Hana, Chaffey-Burke Elementary, Grade 7

18 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

CHEVROLET • GMC • BUICK

BURNABY

THE CITY’S BEST SELECTION CHOOSE FROM OVER 600 VEHICLES

4550 LOUGHEED HWY, BURNABY www.cartergm.com

604-291-2266 DEALER #5505

FAMILY OWNED FOR OVER 57 YEARS

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

2

0

2

1

Creativity & Children - A great mix

An Unforgettable School Year

That’s one of the reasons our annual Design an Ad special supplement continues to be popular in Burnaby.

To say it has been an unforgettable school year certainly feels like an understatement.

The Burnaby Now, local businesses and organizations, and the Burnaby school district, team up and ask city students to design newspaper ads for the special section.

Every year, the students produce insightful, creative, thoughtful – and often humorous – advertisements that highlight the strengths of their subjects and often carry compelling messages. The businesses and groups get to choose which students’ advertisement they want to run in the section. Unfortunately, this year due to COVID-19, our photographer couldn’t visit the schools so the teachers graciously sent some in to us instead! The ads and photos of students are put together by our team at the Burnaby Now and another Design an Ad section is complete.

It goes without saying that the global pandemic has disrupted our lives. COVID-19 has brought worry, uncertainty, frustration and sorrow for so many. As a school district, the pandemic has challenged us in ways we never imagined. Yet with the support of families and staff, school communities have found imaginative ways to turn the challenges faced into opportunities: connecting, creating, learning and supporting both each other and the community.

One of the opportunities we strive to give students each year is career exploration – a chance to try something new and see if it sparks interest or joy. This competition for Design an Ad allows students to explore marketing and advertising. Another is Burnaby Schools unique Words Writing Project, where students can become published authors.

At the high school level, there are dozens of additional career exploration opportunities, which are further strengthened by our partnerships in this community with post-secondary institutions and industry. Our diverse Programs of Choice offerings include options such as: video game design, trades, hairstyling, tourism, sports academies, cyber security, health sciences, and exploring the world of engineering.

I would like to thank all of the students, teachers and participating advertisers who continue to make this annual project a real success

We are proud of public education in Burnaby – whether online or in-person – and are always striving to be even better. I encourage you to visit our website www.burnabyschools.ca and Twitter account @burnabyschools where we will continue to share information, opportunities and our collective stories with you.

Lara Graham Publisher, Burnaby Now

Jen Mezei Chair, Burnaby Board of Education

Adriana, Montecito Elementary, Grade 7

Participating Schools:

Armstrong Elementary At Home Learning BC School for the Deaf Chaffey-Burke Elementary

19

Clinton Elementary Confederation Park Elementary École Aubrey Elementary École Marlborough Elementary

Gilmore Community School Inman Elementary Kitchener Elementary Lakeview Elementary

Montecito Elementary Morley Elementary Nelson Elementary Parkcrest Elementary

Stoney Creek Elementary Westridge Elementary

20 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

0

2

1

Kayley, École Marlborough Elementary ry, y Grade 7

2

❤ 4142, 4150 & 4156 Hastings St.

In the ❤ of the Italian community!!

Burnaby

604-291-9373

www.cioffisgroup.com

Jimber, BC School for the Deaf, Grade 7

Meat Market + Deli + Cucina

Crystal Smith’s grade 5/6 students from École Aubrey Elementary.

FIRE PREVENTION BURNABY FIRE DEPARTMENT

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

2

1

Crystal Smith’s grade 5/6 students from École Aubrey Elementary.

BURNABY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION #115 - 3993 Henning Drive, Burnaby Ph: (604) 294-8141 • Fax: (604) 294-9846 Email: bta@bctf.ca

Jonathan, Nelson Elementary, Grade 7

0

Jaymie, École Aubrey Elementary, Grade 7

2

21

we need washrooms

we need more gardens

we need more stores

we need more games

Janet Routledge, MLA

Simon Fraser University Pipe Band sfupipeband.com

Angela, Clinton Elementary, Grade 7

Burnaby North Community Office: 1833 Willingdon Ave., Burnaby V5C 5R3 Tel: 604-775-0778 • janet.routledge.mla@leg.bc.ca

Rishi, Nelson Elementary, Grade 6

Athrika, Morley Elementary ry, y Grade 7

22 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

4351 Hastings Street, Burnaby | 604.299.1099 | www.heightsdentistry.ca

info@sfupipeband.com

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

0

2

1

Nina, Gilmore Community School, Grade 7

2

Janelle Cook’s grade 6/7 students from Montecito Elementary.

Taste the difference quality makes

For more information on how you can get involved please visit or email www.RotaryBurnaby.org • rotaryburnaby@gmail.com www.RotaryBurnabyDeerlake.org rotarydeerlake@gmail.com www.BurnabyMetrotownRotary.org burnabymetrotownrotary@gmail.com

Fenix, Stoney Creek School, Grade 6

Noa, Stoney Creek Community School, Grade 7

4058 E. Hastings, Burnaby 604-291-0674 www.valleybakery.com

2702 Norland Avenue, Burnaby V5B 3A6

@goBACI

23

Winnie, Parkcrest Elementary, Grade 7

24 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

604-473-9363

400 - 3999 Henning Drive, Burnaby, BC V5C 6P9

www.neilsquire.ca

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

0

2

1

Merna, Morley Elementary, Grade 5

2

25

Anne Kang, MLA Burnaby-Deer Lake

Community Office: 105-6411 Nelson Ave., Burnaby V5H 4C3 Tel: 604-775-0565 • anne.kang.mla@leg.bc.ca

Evia, Confederation Park Elementary ry, y Grade 6

Erinn Kenney’s grade 5/6 students from Morley Elementary.

shadboltcentre.com 6450 Deer Lake Avenue | 604-297-4440

26 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

0

2

1

Elina, Morley Elementary, Grade 5

2

Raj Chouhan, MLA Burnaby-Edmonds

Vanessa, Nelson Elementary, Grade 7

Community Office: 5234 Rumble St., Burnaby V5J 2B6 Tel: 604-660-7301 • raj.chouhan.mla@leg.bc.ca

Erinn Kenney’s grade 5/6 students from Morley Elementary.

Asia, Gilmore Community School, Grade 7

Katelyn, Windsor Elementary/At Home Learning, Grade 7

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

4260 E. Hastings St. Burnaby Tel: 604-299-6636

CARRIERS NEEDED

Katrina Chen, MLA

Sahiba, Lakeview Elementary, Grade 6

Jerah, Morley Elementary ry, y Grade 7

Please call 604-398-3481 or Email distribution@burnabynow.com

Burnaby - Lougheed

Community Office: #3-8699 10th Ave., Burnaby V3N 2S9 Tel: 604-660-5058 • katrina.chen.mla@leg.bc.ca

burnabyvillagemuseum.ca 6501 Deer Lake Ave | 604-297-4565

27

28 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

ELEMENTARY We provide early opportunities to explore careers, such as Design an Ad, which lets children try marketing. The Words Writing Project is another unique opportunity where students become published authors. In our classrooms, you’ll find students delving into Applied Design, Skills and Technologies (ADST): hands-on learning through design and creation. We empower students with the skills they need to succeed – such as critical and creative thinking – no matter what the future brings.

SECONDARY There are dozens of opportunities for students to get career exposure in our high schools. Programs of Choice include diverse offerings such as video game design, trades, hairstyling, tourism, sports academies, cyber security, health sciences, and exploring the world of engineering. These and other choices give students the chance to excel in a specific area of interest, while fulfilling academic requirements.

ming an Ed uca Beco tio n

A t an ist ss

ADULT EDUCATION Burnaby has one of the largest continuing education programs run by a school district in BC. If you want to prepare for a career – a new one or your first – or just keep learning, Burnaby Community & Continuing Education (Burnaby CCE) offers a wide variety of courses and programs taught by a network of highly qualified instructors. Both certificate and diploma programs are offered. Courses are available during the day, evening or weekends.

Learn more:

www.burnabyschools.ca

@burnabyschools

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

TRUCK MONTH AT CARTER TER GM

29

ELIGIBLE COSTCO MEMBERS RECEIVE COSTCO MEMBER PRICING

+

$500

COSTCO SHOP CARD ††

2020 BOLT 2LT

2020 CHEVY SPARK #40-02520 • 1LT 5 DOOR • AUTOMATIC • AIR CONDITIONING • POWER SLIDING SUNROOF • RREAR EAR VVISION ISION CCAMERA A M E RA

#B0-15910 • BOLT 2 LT • COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE • WHEEL LOCKS

MSRP $18,6683

MSRP $47,3393

CARTER PRICE PRIC ICE

$16,543

OR

$50/WEEKLY $5

2020 BUICK ENCORE ESSENCE GX AWD

4 WINTER TIRES

DEDUCT 3000 CEV 5000 1 ZEV

CARTER PRICE

$44,293 $99/WEEKLY

#E0-88970 • TRANSMISSION, 9SPD • CONVENIENCE PACKAGE • BUICK EXPERIENCE PACK • ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

MSRP $39,55788

MSRP $36,1118

CARTER PRICE PRIC ICE CE

20211 TRAVERSE LS FWD

OR

OR $76 /WEEKLY , $22,898

2021 SIERRA CREW CAB 4WD

#81-15670 • 2.77 L TURBO • 8 SPEED AUTOMATIC • SIERRA VALUE PKG • LOCKING REAR DIFF 20” ALUMINUM WHEELS, • 20 & MORE

MSRP $50,1188

MSRP $38,3393

$19,998 $61/WEEKLY OR

CARTER PRICE

$37,601

$29,999 OR $92/WEEKLY

CARTER PRICE

# Y1-885470 • TRAVERSE LS FWD • 3.6 L DOHC DI • 9 SPEED AUTOMATIC • EIGHT PASSENGER SEATING • ENGINE BLOCK HEATER

CARTER PRICE

CARTER PRICEE

20211 CHEVROLET MALIBU LS

$95/WEEKLY $9

2020 CHEVROLET TRAX LS

MSRP $24,3318

MSRP $35,9983

MSRP $27,2298

$31,128

#T0-19980 • 1.4 LITRE TURBO • 6 SPEED AUTO • REMOTE VEHICLE START, • CONVENIENCE PKG, • ALUMINUM WHEELS • REAR VISION CAMERA

#70-49140 • 9 SPEED AUTOMATIC • HEATED FRONT SEATS • ENGINE BLOCK HEATER • REAR CARGO SHADE • VERTICAL CARGO NET • WHEEL LOCKS

##M1 M1-9996080 6080 • 1.5 LITRE TURBO • AUTO TRANSMISSION • AIR CONDITIONING • CRUISE CONTROL • REMOTE VEHICLE START • REAR VISION CAMERA

$32,988 $101/WEEKLY OR

0%

84 Month

2020 EQUINOX LT AWD #Q0-997410 • 1.5 L TURBO • 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC • REMOTE START • HEATED FRONT SEATS • BLACK OUT PKG • REAR VISION CAMERA, &M MORE O RE

CARTER PRICE

$6000 Scrap-it Available

2020 GMC TERRAIN SLE AWD

OR

$98/WEEKLY

CHEVROLET • GMC • BUICK

48 Month LEASE

CARTER PRICE PRIC ICE

$48,188

OR

$112/WEEKLY

24 Month LEASE

4550 LOUGHEED HWY, BURNABY

WWW.CARTERGM.COM

604.229.4066

FAMILY OWNED FOR OVER 56 YEARS CARS AVAILABLE AT TIME OF PRINTING. NOT EXACTLY AS ILLUSTRATED. ALL PRICES ARE PLUS TAXES, LEVIES AND $495 DOCUMENTATION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS. FINANCING ON APPROVED CREDIT. #40-02520 84 MONTHS @ 3.19% tp $18,491; #B0-97600 84 MONTHS @ 0% TP $36,335; #70-49140 84 MONTHS @3.19% TP $33,509; #E0-88970 72 MONTHS @ 0% TP $36,015; #Q0-9741084 MONTHS @ 3.19 % TP $34,801; #N1-79690 84 MONTHS @ 1.99% TP $49,267.40; #81-7090T 84 MTHS @ 1.99% TP $50,661; #TO-19980 DEMO, 84 MTHS @ 3.19% TP $22,346; #81-15670 24 mth lease @ 2.9 %, 20,000 km per year, TP $11,672. B/O $39,056; #M1-96080 84 MTHS @5.49 TP $27,620. *WITH THE COMPLETION OF A SURVEY AFTER PURCHASE OR LEASE. PLUS, COMPATIBLE INCENTIVES FOR WHICH MEMBERS QUALIFY. AVAILABLE ON 2020 - 2021 SPARK & 2020 BOLT. EXPIRES JANUARY 31, 2021.

30 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

Citynow Musician struggling to rebuild after devastating fire in Burnaby home Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

A Burnaby-based musician is looking to rebuild after losing a trove of expensive instruments and sound equipment in a house fire earlier this month.

Michael Ertzinger says a “loud whoosh” alerted him to a fire in the basement of his Edinburgh Street house in North Burnaby on the morning of March 1, according to a first-person account of the ordeal posted online.

He says he yelled at his family to get out and managed to momentarily subdue the blaze in the lower level of the split-level home with a fire extinguisher – but the fire reignited.

After his mother and brother escaped, he says he went back inside the burning building with a neighbour’s garden hose in a bid to slow the flames.

“I kept low to the floor, holding the hose above me in order to douse the surrounding walls with water,” Ertzinger says. “I managed to keep the fire out of the garage and managed to slow its spread up the hallway.”

At that point, firefighters arrived and led him out of the building, he says.

Assistant fire Chief Greg Young confirmed firefighters were called to a house fire in the 4100 block of Edinburgh at 7:21 a.m. on March 1.

On arrival, he said they found smoke billowing out of all four sides of the building and one resident inside the front door with a garden hose trying to “extinguish the flames.”

“The guy is involved in music, so he had a room that was full of instruments,”Young said. “He had guitars and trumpets and pianos and all kinds of musical instruments. I

Loss: Burnaby firefighters respond to a house fire on Edinburgh Street in North Burnaby on March 1. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

guess he had a studio in the house.”

Ertzinger, who escaped the fire with no shoes and just the clothes on his back, says he still owes $70,000 for some of that equipment, and it would take $250,000 to replace the studio – which he says he’s spent the last seven years building up.

He says the studio “became uninsured” with the COVID-19 lockdown and the accompanying loss of work in the music industry.

“My purpose, dreams, sense of meaning in the world, livelihood, and future career feel like they have been wiped away,” he says.

To help Ertzinger recover, a fellow Metro Vancouver musician has launched a GoFundMe campaign.

David Brown, a board member and past president of the Vancouver Musician’s Association, describes Ertzinger as a talented pianist and trumpet player who had been working long hours to become a multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer.

“Losing all of his expensive musical instruments and recording equipment in this terrible accident is a tremendous setback to him,” Brown says in the introduction to his Go-

FundMe campaign. “Our hope is that you will be inspired by Michael’s dedication to his vision and life’s calling and that you will want to help support him in getting back on his feet again.”

Another GoFundMe campaign has been set up by a neighbour to help Ertzinger’s family rebuild after losing their home.

Burnaby Fire Department chief fire prevention officer George Assaf said investigators have determined the non-suspicious fire started in Ertzinger’s studio and is being investigated, but the exact cause might never be known.

“That’s pretty much the case with many fires,” Assaf said. “We know where it started and the kinds of things that were there, but we can’t determine exactly whether it was this particular plug or that particular wire or if there was some other cause.”

Assaf said the incident is a costly and painful reminder of the importance of installing smoke detectors on every level of a home.

“Apparently they only had a smoke detector on the main floor in the kitchen,” Assaf said, “and that didn’t go off because the smoke was going up the stairwell, up to the bedroom area first.”

It’ss hard to disscuss racism. It’s awkwarrd.

It stirs up a lot of strrong emotio ons. But it’s worth it, as we work toward a more equitable society.

Learn more at antiracist.gov.bc.ca

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

AGE AS WE

M A RC H 2 0 21

INSIDE: • Eye care can help seniors maintain independence • ‘Tech buddies’ help seniors connect during pandemic

You’ve always been young at heart.

At PARC, we offer you a chance to recapture that sense of adventure and freedom you had in your youth.

And as our residents and staff have received the 1st dose of the vaccine, there’s never been a better time to come out of isolation and enjoy independent and comfortable living filled with activities, friendships and inspiration. Why wait? Explore the joys of parcliving.

CALL NOW. Get 1-month free rent. ca.

Because there’s more living to be done.

604.526.2248 | info@mulberryparc.ca 7320 Acorn Avenue, Burnaby

31

32 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

AS WE AGE

Celebrating Seniors

Eye care can help seniors maintain independence Margaret Coates

contributor

If you’ve had the good fortune to have reasonable vision in your life, even if assisted by glasses or other aids, it’s important to try to maintain and protect that vision as we age.

Good vision helps us to maintain our quality of life, health, independence, mobility, mental health and social well-being.

Conversely, vision loss has been linked to increased accidents, increased injuries and poor physical, social and cognitive functioning.

A loss of vision can affect our ability to work or care for ourselves and others.

It can affect how we engage in casual activities such as reading, socializing and pursuing hobbies, and it can affect our ability to perform self-care activities such as eating and dressing, or activities such as shopping, driving and managing our finances.

As we age, we can probably expect changes to our vision, and it is important to recognize those changes.

Some less serious, but possibly bothersome, changes can include difficulty reading small print; taking longer to adjust from light to dark; more sensitivity to glare from

sunlight or unshielded light bulbs; loss of depth perception, making it difficult to judge distances; difficulty in seeing contrasts and colour; dry eyes; and tearing or watery eyes.

Many of these normal age-related vision issues can be circumvented by seeing an eye doctor regularly, correcting vision problems through wearing glasses and keeping your eyeglass prescriptions up to date, taking medication or, in extreme cases, surgery.

We can also make changes to our homes and routines to stay safe and independent, like getting rid of those throw rugs or brightening up the dark corners.

There are also many services available to help seniors adjust to vision loss, including the Canadian Ophthalmological Society, which is a national, recognized authority on eye and vision care in Canada, and eye centres in your community.

There are, however, some serious conditions which will need more aggressive treatment, including: glaucoma, degeneration in parts of the eye such as macular degeneration, cataracts, floaters, diabetic retinopathy, and dry eye syndrome, which occurs when the tear

See clearly: Eyesight is a key part of overall health, especially as seniors face the challenges that come with aging. Taking proper care of their vision can help seniors to maintain their independence. PHOTO GETTY IMAGES

glands do not produce enough tears.

If glaucoma and degeneration are not treated, they can lead to vision loss or even blindness.

Floaters are early indicators that something more serious is happening to your eyes, so they should be looked at by seeing a doctor.

We can protect our vision and possible accidents from poor vision by turning on the lights and

getting higher wattage light bulbs, getting a humidifier, quitting smoking, wearing UVA and UVB blocking sunglasses (research has shown that sunlight is a risk factor for cataracts and macular degeneration), reducing glare and eating a healthy diet.

It is important to protect your eyes through common sense precautions and practices including safe distancing,

washing your hands a lot, following good contact lens hygiene and avoiding touching or rubbing your nose, mouth and eyes, particularly after you have touched a surface Finally, with COVID protocols in place, many of us are spending more time sitting reading and viewing screens.

Itchiness, blurry vision and headaches due to eye strain are being reported.

To help protect your eyes,

make sure you are getting up and taking short breaks at regular intervals, blinking and looking into the distance, and make sure your screens are appropriate for use.

Borrowing the words of an old Johnny Nash song: “Let’s keep seeing clearly now, and look forward to many bright, sunshiny days.”

WELCOME TO OUR STATE-OF-THE-ART DENTAL FACILITY! • General & Family Dentistry • Dental Implants • Invisalign • Botox • Accepting New Patients

Over 65 yearS COMBINED EXPERIENCE 7 yearS iN a rOW

Dr. Douglas Lovely

Dr. Chantal Thériault

Dr. ajand Nobahari

Dr. Morris Huang

609 Sixth Street, New Westminster • 604-524-4981 • newwestminsterdentists.com

Hours: Monday 8am – 5pm • Tuesday 8am – 8pm • Wednesday 8am – 8pm • Thursday 8am – 5pm • Friday 9am – 5pm • Saturday 9am – 5pm • Sundays and Holidays closed

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

AS WE AGE ‘Tech buddies’ help seniors connect during pandemic Cameron Thomson Glacier Media

A Lower Mainland non-profit has received commendation from the Government of British Columbia for its work in keeping seniors connected through the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Seniors Come Share Society has responded to the isolating conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic by relying on technology and those who are more knowledgeable on wielding it. Based in Surrey, the non-profit organization invented a virtual lunch gathering, complete with cooking lessons and a meal delivered to participants’

SAVE UP TO

$1,500 move by June 30th

*

Online: The B.C. government has commended a Lower Mainland non-profit for its work in keeping seniors connected through the pandemic. PHOTO GETTY IMAGES

doors.

A number of the older adults, whom the society has served for 43 years, are not as familiar with technology as younger generations. As such, Seniors

Come Share uses “tech buddy” initiatives to help its clients fill that gap.Tech buddies, who are part of volunteer programs at Seniors Come Share, Continued on page 34

FOR INDEPENDENT SENIORS • • • • • • • • • • •

Your own private suite 3 nutritious meals plus refreshments Weekly housecleaning Professional maintenance, inside & out 24-hour emergency response Daily social & recreational activities Community laundry room Cozy lounges & common spaces Beautiful courtyard gardens Utilities (heat, electricity, water, cable) And more!

Lif e is jus t be tte r wi th fri en ds .

Start your retirement journey at AgeCare.

Imagine... living in your own home, part of a community designed for your needs and comforts, with endless choices and opportunities.

For details, call Joel at 604-527-3323 or visit agecare.ca/HarmonyBC agecare.ca/Burnaby

HARMONY HARMONY COURT ESTATE COURT ESTATE

33

34 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

AS WE AGE

Seniors Come Share Society gets kudos from province Continued from page 33 have continued to be in demand during the pandemic.

Louise Tremblay, executive director for Seniors Come Share, says this is no surprise, given that so many services have had no choice but to go virtual.

“Digital literacy is one of the opportunities that COVID-19 brought us,” said Tremblay. “It’s an additional way to reach people and gives people the opportunity to connect rather than self-isolate.”

Even before the pandemic, the society offered a program called Seniors Centre Without Walls.The small group gathers via teleconference and features a mix of trivia, storytelling, music, health in-

formation and socializing.

Seniors Come Share runs the popular teleconference 50 times a month.

Nicholas Simons, minister of social development and poverty reduction, recognized the society’s efforts in a recent press release.

“I’m really impressed how the society has been able to adapt its services to reduce social isolation and ensure those vital human-to-human connections continue throughout the pandemic,” said Simons. “Seniors Come Share is just one of over 2,000 community social services agencies that provide vital services.”

Not everything can go virtual though.The loss of the day programs was felt

by many of the 500 seniors and their families that Seniors Come Share serves in a typical month.

Seniors Come Share relies on diverse sources to fund its work, including the Fraser Health Authority, community foundations and annual gaming grants. Better At Home, a provincial program funded by the B.C. government and administered by the United Way, also supports Seniors Come Share.

The B.C. government has proclaimed March as Community Social Services Awareness Month in appreciation of the hard work of the over 42,000 people who work in the community social services sector.

Celebrating Seniors BURNABY’S HOME MEDICAL EXPERTS

Putting People First Since 1966

• MANUAL CHAIRS • POWER CHAIRS • SCOOTERS • WALKERS • ACCESSORIES

Regency is the Lower mainland’s largest supplier of home medical supplies, we service everything we sell and honour all manufactures warranties for peace of mind buying. With over 10,000 products in stock we can find the right product for you!

CONTACT FREE PICK UP AND SHIPPING OPTIONS

In house rehab equipment specialists available onsite or at your home.

ALL AVAILABLE ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE

REGENCY IS VERY ACCESSIBLE with two large level parking lots.

4437 Canada Way, Burnaby (at Willingdon) 604-434-1383 • Toll Free 1-800-663-1012 www.regencymed.com

Get More out of life Featuring eaturing Oticon’s most intelligent microchip ever, Oticon More™ delivers a more realistic sound experience in every listening situation.

LEARN MORE. BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT TODAY.

BURNABY METROTOWN 604.359.5774 BURNABY NORTH 604.265.4960

www.nexgenhearing.com nexgenhearing.com

WorkSafeBC and other Provincial WCB Networks, VAC, BCEA and NIHB accepted. Registered under the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of BC.

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

THIS MUST BE THE PLACE Live on Burnaby’s most artistic street, the Beresford Art Walk, where an outdoor gallery provides daily inspiration. But there’s more to this location than art. Telford on the Walk sits across from one of Canada’s largest shopping centres plus a SkyTrain station to keep you connected with the lower mainland.

Live in the middle of it all.

T E L F O R D L I V I N G .C O M

N OW P R E V I E W I N G BOOK YOUR PRIVATE APPOINTMENT TODAY

2-BEDROOM HOMES FROM $894,900 3-BEDROOM HOMES FROM $939,900

P R E S E N TAT I O N C E N T R E 6039 Mckay Avenue, Burnaby

By Private Appointment T: 604.435.8866 E. telford@intracorphomes.com @IntracorpHomesBC This is not an offering for sale. An offering for sale can only be made after filing a disclosure statement. Information contained herein is correct at the time of publication but is subject to change without notice. Pictures, drawings and digital renderings are for illustrative purposes only and should not be relied upon.

E.&O.E. Sales & Marketing by Intracorp Realty Ltd. Telford Avenue Project Limited Partnership.

35

36 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

Citynow

CONTACT US AT:

www.bettermeals.com 604.299.1877

Locals win B.C. anti-racism awards Burnaby residents were “The InterculturalTrust among those recognized at Award is about building the 2021 B.C. Multiculand uniting communities. turalism and Anti-Racism That’s what I’m most pasAwards. sionate about, and that’s The awards were prewhat I’ve tried to do over sented in a virtual gala on the better part of my life,” Sunday, March Pandher said at 21, the Internathe gala. tional Day for the Pandher’s efElimination of forts have been Racial Discrimiwide-rangnation. ing, including Awards were providing arts presented in mentorshipopporthree categotunities through ries: Intercultural the SONG CreTrust, Breakative Mentorship ing Barriers and Harman Pandher Association of Emerging Leader. award winner GreaterVancouHarman Singh ver and mental Pandher of Burnaby was health advocacy through one of two winners of the the South AsianYouth InterculturalTrust Award.

Mental Health AmbassaHe was recognized for his dors Program. work in bringing youth toPandher, an elemengether in anti-racist action tary school teacher in Surand engaging the commurey and a former school nity in intercultural contrustee in Burnaby, said versation. receiving the award was a

privilege and a responsibil- years. ity. He noted his anti-raShe cited her work with cism work is “inseparable” outreach programs onVanfrom his work as a teacher. couver’s Downtown East“Racism and hatred are side as being particularly learned, and they can be meaningful in her journey. unlearned,” he said.

“We are all the same Another Burnpeople,” she said. aby resident, “We are all conMengdieWang, tributing to the was recognized community and with the Emergwe should not ing Leader Award treat people diffor her work in ferently because addressing anof the colour of ti-Chinese racism, their skin, the breaking down clothes they wear, stigma for intertheir socioeconational students Mengdie Wang nomic status, or award winner and supportwhether they’re ing people facing located onVanhomelessness through volcouver’s Downtown Eastunteer work. side or not.”

“I have to say that I canWang’s award comes not do it just by myself. It along with a $5,000 grant is a team honour,”Wang to the organization of her said, thanking the Tianchoice.That money will go Jin Temple for giving her towards the Chinese Taoa platform to become a ism Kuan-Kung Associaleader over the past five tion in Canada.

BETTER MEALS home delivered meals since 1993

ICBC OR OTHER INJURY CLAIM? CALL FOR A FREE CONSULTATION

#501-3292 Production Wa ay Burnaby 604-737-6900 taylorandblair.com

THANK YOU FOR RECYCLING THIS NEWSPAPER.

SQUAMISH NATION TRAINING & TRADES CENTRE IS LOOKING FOR YOU! OUR PROGRAMS ARE TUITION FREE! Status, Non-Status, Métis and Inuit people are eligible to participate in the following programs located in North Vancouver:

Introduction to Plumbing For More Information or to Register Please Contact: Training & Trades Centre Phone: 604-980-7946 Or Email: tradescentre@squamish.net

MARCH 29 - JUNE 11, 2021 Program funding includes: Training Allowance, Travel Assistance, Meal Assistance, Safety Certifications. Trades programs also include Personal Protective Equipment and Start Up Tools for work practicum after completing program.

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

City now Show explores Indigenous cuisine and culture in B.C. A Burnaby-produced TV show that explores the cuisine and culture of British Columbia’s Indigenous communities has started its next season.

Producers of Quest OutWest:Wild Food, announced that season 3 was approved.The show is hosted by award-winning veteran television writer and producer Tracey Kim Bonneau.

Following two successful seasons on Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), the third season released on the same network and has 13 episodes.

In the show, Bonneau explores cuisine and culture, stopping along the way to meet old friends and new, prepare a tasty meal or share traditional knowledge.The theme of season 3 is “Coming Home,” as the last season ended with her completing her journey acrossVancouver Island and she is now returning to her home in the Okanagan to share recipes and stories with her community.

“My passion to create and develop Quest Out-

Indigenous traditions: Producers of Quest OutWest: Wild Food, announced that season 3 premiered on Feb. 11. The show is hosted by award-winning veteran television writer and producer Tracey Kim Bonneau. PHOTO COURTESY OUTWEST

West:Wild Food has always been about encapsulating a stunning cinematic journey of my people’s delectable Indigenous food traditions,” said Bonneau. “The series features my people’s beauty and resilience, rediscovery, the celebration and the comeback of wild food in our homes.We are amidst a very special time in history.The cuisine prepared is shared by my guests accounts of foodie history, stories of renewal, new health and traditions now being practiced.”

The series premiered

in 2015 and was renewed for a second season, which aired in 2018.Throughout the series, Bonneau has travelled to a variety of Indigenous communities, from the Nicola Valley to the Shuswap and all the way out to the Northern tip of Vancouver Island in the lands of the Salish People. On her many travels, she has met with elders and storytellers of the Shuswap (Secwepemc), Okanagan (Syilx), Upper and Lower Similkameen, Neskonlith and Salish people, among others.

Local residents nominated for Women of Distinction Awards

Nominees for awards given to the most outstanding women in Metro Vancouver have been announced, and 11 of them are in Burnaby.

The YWCA Women of Distinction Awards is celebrating its 38th year.

The awards honour individuals and organizations whose activities and achievements contribute to the well-being and future of the community.

The awards night also serves as theYWCA’s signature fundraising event.

Nominees for Burnaby: Ñ Arts, culture and design: Sukhi Sangha – TV host, Channel Punjabi. Ñ Business and the pro-

fessions: Teresa Perri – regional VP,Vancouver market, RBC Royal Bank. Ñ Environmental sustainability: Tammara Soma – co-founder and research director of Food Systems Lab and associate professor for SFU’s Resource and Environmental Management department Ñ Non-profit: Armin Amrolia – associate VP, development strategies, BC Housing; Ann English – CEO and registrar for Engineers and Geoscientists BC. Ñ Reconciliation in action: Stephanie Allen – associate VP for BC Housing. Ñ Research, the sciences

and technology: Stephanie Simmons – founder of Photonic Inc., tier 2 Canada Research Chair and silicon-based quantum technologies researcher at SFU. Ñ Young Woman of Distinction: Sanna Bhayana – co-chair at Hot Potato Initiative Foundation; Natasha Mhuriro – cofounder and co-organizer for Black in BC Mutual Aid’s Support Fund. Ñ Outstanding Workplace: Clio Award recipients will be announced at a virtual event on June 7.

Holdom Overpass Phase two public engagement

About the project We’re hoping to make travel around and through Burnaby easier by building a new overpass that will extend Holdom Avenue south over Still Creek and the rail tracks, connecting to Douglas Road at Norland Avenue.

The proposed Holdom Overpass will support trade growth and improve safety, community access and reliability for all road users. In partnership with the City of Burnaby, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is launching the second phase of public engagement for the project.

How to participate As part of this phase of public engagement, we want your feedback to:

Finalize the design for the proposed Holdom Overpass

Finalize public space improvement options

Understand your ideas and interests about construction to inform a traffic and construction management plan

In support of government guidance to practice physical distancing to reduce the spread of COVID-19, we will host the second phase of engagement remotely.

From March 1 to April 11, 202, you can learn more about the project and share your feedback remotely by: Completing the questionnaire Read this discussion guide and complete the questionnaire at:

portvancouver.com/holdomengagement Watching the project videos Watch the videos and share your input online at:

portvancouver.com/holdomengagement Providing a written submission Email your submission to:

holdomoverpass@portvancouver.com Mailing your submission Vancouver Fraser Port Authority Attention: Project Communications

100 The Pointe, 999 Canada Place Vancouver, BC V6C 3T4 Phoning 778.957.9444

37

38 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

Jammed gears

T

he February sun hints at the spring that’s yet to come as Alan James stands at the end of a path along Stoney Creek. Next to him, a slanted wall forms a short frontier between the bustling Lougheed Highway and the trickling creek, part of Burnaby’s network of relatively preserved natural space.

On an app on his phone, he’s checking the stream for salt, which is believed to have infiltrated the ecosystem through the salting of roads to counter snowfall.The salt eventually washes away and seeps into the groundwater, which feeds Stoney Creek and others that flow from Burnaby Mountain.

Since his retirement from a career as a geophysicist and computer scientist, James has gotten involved with the Stoney Creek Environment Committee as a volunteer, pouring hours of work into the group.While the organization of streamkeepers has a number of activities it does around conserving the stream, James says his passion is for the fish.

James joined the streamkeepers on a whim, signing up to volunteer for a “great salmon sendoff,” in which children from a school released smolt – juvenile salmon at their last stage before adulthood – into the creek.

What hooked James, however, was seeing adult salmon swimming upstream to lay and fertilize their eggs – marvelling at how salmon (some of which are as long as the tributaries are wide) were able to navigate the stream to find a home for their yet-tobe-conceived offspring.

But it’s those offspring that are most affected by the road salt, potentially experiencing deformities as a result.

ENCROACHING CITY alt infiltrating the local ecosystem happens to be where James concentrates most of his energy, but it’s also another symptom of his overall concerns about Burnaby Mountain, where Stoney Creek originates.

It’s the decades-long urban creep into what’s left of a sensitive natural setting that has

S

With all of the developments over the past 70-odd years on Burnaby Mountain, streamkeepers say space has shrunk considerably for sustaining plants and wildlife in the conservation area.And human activities on the trails leave even less space. In Part 3 of this four-part series, we look at the two main competing demands on this mountain – recreation and conservation.

a special report by Dustin Godfrey

WATCHING THE WATER: Streamkeeper Alan James with the Stoney Creek Environment Committee says he’s concerned about continual encroachment of human activities on the otherwise mostly preserved natural space on Burnaby Mountain. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER James concerned about the future of the mountain and the natural habitat it provides. Over the past 70-odd years, there have been expanding neighbourhoods, the university, recreation trails, the Trans Mountain pipeline and now the pipeline expansion and a proposed TransLink gondola.

On the pipeline expansion, James says the Stoney Creek Environment Committee membership has been torn between rejecting the pipeline outright and accepting grants previously offered by Kinder Morgan when it owned the pipeline.The gondola in itself – and any of the other various things that have been built on the mountain – isn’t necessarily bad, James says, but it represents a collective impact of “little, little, little, little things that keep coming.”

“It’s this incremental encroachment on the use of the area.You’re going to get more

people up there (on the mountain).You’re going to get more people in the park,” James says.

“They have some of the routes that are planned that don’t seem to actually go into the conservation area, but they certainly go across it. And the constant noise is going to drive more of the animals out of there.”

Over time, James says the conservation area has seen “a gradual erosion” since the late 1990s from mountain biking and recreational trails, which he notes have been a selling point for the UniverCity housing development atop the mountain.

The Stoney Creek Environment Committee doesn’t have the resources to study the issue, but James suggests the number of animals living on the mountain has likely significantly declined in the last couple of decades as a result.

Leadership with the Burnaby Mountain Biking Association

has regularly attended Stoney Creek Environment Committee meetings, James says, and the two groups have a respectful working relationship. But that doesn’t mean all mountain bikers – or hikers or other recreational trail users – have been as respectful of the trails.

UNAUTHORIZED TRAILS ast year, the city commissioned an environmental assessment on Burnaby Mountain – something Burnaby Mountain Biking Association president Judy Garren says had been mentioned by city staff to her but hadn’t been provided to them.The assessment appears to have played a role in the confusion around the erroneous closure of mountain biking trails last year.

On July 22, city staff put up new maps on Burnaby Mountain that announced the closure of downhill mountain biking

L

trails, incurring a backlash from the local mountain biking community.

In an internal email, obtained through a freedom-of-information request, parks director Dave Ellenwood told the city’s communications department he had not approved the trail closures and any changes – if there were any – would come after a review of the Burnaby Mountain assessment.

According to the assessment, obtained by the NOW, erosion generated by park use “is a major issue … requiring on-going maintenance by parks operations staff,” with the “most extreme” erosion in areas “heavily utilized for mountain biking” – especially on the steep black diamond trails.This is most prominently seen in “deepV-shaped trail cross-sections,” which are then exacerbated by hikers and water flow, the report says.

Continued on page 39

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

39

City plans ‘engaging process’ on trail use Continued from page 38 But “one of the largest environmental impacts” on Burnaby Mountain is the creation of unauthorized trails by trail users – shortcuts connecting sections of trails and others “often created by mountain bikers to access steep or otherwise challenging terrain.”

Some unauthorized trails are also believed to be created by off-leash dogs, which are required to remain on leash, according to the 1999 Burnaby Mountain management plan.

But Garren says those rules don’t appear to be enforced by city staff.

“Unauthorized trails not only have an obvious impact on vegetation (i.e., trampling, removal), they disrupt and degrade wildlife habitat through fragmentation and can contribute to invasive vegetation infestations,” reads the assessment, which estimates 22 unauthorized trails have been created by park users, a “significant management issue for parks staff.”

Ultimately, the environmental assessment, conducted by Dillon Consulting, recommends the city “develop and enforce a trail master plan for the conservation area which may include recommendations for prohibiting user types, decommissioning unauthorized trails or sections of trails, education campaigns, and seasonal restrictions in sensitive areas.” Notably, the report does not recommend the city decommission authorized trails as had been erroneously done by the city.

FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE ountain bikers agree that there needs to be a balance between conservation and recreation. But they don’t believe the current

M

ON THE TRAILS: Judy Garren, president of the Burnaby Mountain Biking Association, rides the trails on the mountain. Garren says her association hasn’t seen an environmental assessment from the city regarding the future of Burnaby Mountain. PHOTO DUSTIN GODFREY

level of mountain biking and trail use – or even adding a few more trails to the mountain – challenges conservation efforts.

“We would like to create more trails.We feel that the need is there.Taking into (account) conservation issues and making sure you’re not going to disrupt the environment, … there are areas on the mountain that don’t have anything at all, and there is space for it, for more trails,” Garren says. “I think the public would be thrilled to have more trails.”

James, on the other hand, disagrees – “I certainly wouldn’t think there should be more” –

Urban challenges: The effects of human activities and infrastructure on local wildlife are of concern to streamkeeper Alan James. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

though he says he couldn’t really speak to where the line should be drawn on the number of trails on the mountain.

“I do know that three or four years ago, they built a new trail,” James says. “We might say we don’t think that’s a good idea, but we get overruled easily.”

At least some city staff appear to agree with James. In internal emails, one staffer wrote that there have been no plans for new trails, saying the mountain “just cannot handle it from a conservation/ecological standpoint.”

Ellenwood, however, appears more open to the question, acknowledging that adding more trails could take some pressure off of other trails and reduce erosion in the harder-hit areas.

At this point, however, the number of trails appears unlikely to change anytime soon. In response to the trail-signs incident last summer, the city is launching a review of its 21-year-old Burnaby Mountain management plan, a process that will likely take significant time. And major changes like adding new trails would likely need to wait for that review to be completed.

Ellenwood says the decision, on a staff level, to look at decommissioning trails was done looking only at the environmental as-

sessment.With the reaction that came, he says the new direction for the department is to go at it with a more comprehensive lens, with input from the community and various user groups.

“The world has changed, so I think we have to reassess it and plan better for a balanced use of the mountain, and I think that would be welcomed from all perspectives,” Ellenwood says.

The process is one that will take time, however, since it will involve consulting with the various user groups, with the conservation community and with the city more broadly.

“It will be an engaging process, I can tell you that,” Ellenwood says.

Asked what he would like to see done with a new management plan for the mountain, however, James says he’s less worried about that and more so about the city enforcing its current plan, including banning offtrail riding and forcing dog walkers to use leashes. “(Dogs are) always off leash.

There is no enforcement.We try to get the city to do it, and they say, ‘Oh, we’ll ask the SPCA to do it,’ and you phone the SPCA, and they say, ‘We don’t have anybody to do that,’” James says.

“So there’s absolutely no will on

the part of parks to do any maintenance other than the trails and very, very little enforcement.”

Ellenwood notes there have been efforts by the city to curb off-trail use, and the environmental assessment notes an effective way to do that is to erect not just signs but railings around areas of trails where people have tended to go off trail.

In the meantime, the City of Burnaby, the Burnaby Mountain Biking Association and Stoney Creek Environment Committee all agree the problem of erosion has gotten worse in the last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic has driven people to the outdoors – even resulting in a significant shortage of recreation gear like bicycles.

This has, in turn, caused significantly more damage to the trails that needs to be repaired – work that’s typically done by the mountain biking community through the Burnaby Mountain Biking Association.

But to repair that work, mountain bikers say they need more time to work on the trails.

In the final part of this series, we will look at how the city is seeking to amend its relationship with the mountain biking community, including a promise to increase trail days.

40 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

Citynow Coldest Night fundraiser a success Burnaby’s fifth Coldest Night of theYearWalk for the Homelessness was a smashing success in raising funds for the Society to End Homelessness in Burnaby and Burnaby Community Services.

Burnaby’s Coldest Night of theYear is a family-friendly walking fundraiser that raises money for the hungry, homeless and hurting in Burnaby.

It took place virtually this year, with people raising money and then walking between Feb. 13 and 20.

“Together we have raised over $84K which is 16% or $12K more than last year and blew Covidgoal out of the water!We

had almost 1000 donors this year which is 300+ more than last year,” said the organizers in a tweet.

In hundreds of communities across Canada, walkers raise money to assist local people living in extreme poverty. Each participant creates a team, fundraises and walks two or five kilometres.

Statistically, the third week of February is the coldest night of the year, especially for people who have to sleep outside. An estimated 90% of people who are homeless in Burnaby have one health condition, and 50% have two or more. Homelessness is a life-threatening health hazard, with the median age of

death for a homeless person in BC between 40 and 49, almost half the life expectancy for the average British Columbian.

“Too many of Burnaby’s vulnerable are homeless and at high health risk,” said Carol-Ann Flanagan, executive director of the Society to End Homelessness in Burnaby. “This fundraiser enables us to continue offering an average of 120 homeless and at-risk Burnaby neighbours much needed immediate assistance such as a hot meal, clothing, transit and the opportunity to meet with outreach workers. All of which is critical as we work towards long term solutions such

as shelters and affordable housing.”

“Burnaby Community Services is committed to ensuring that those individuals who are most vulnerable in our community are not rendered homeless,” said Alex Munroe, executive director for Burnaby Community Services. “We recognize and will endeavour to ensure our services will meet the changing and growing needs of our most vulnerable community members. Our latest initiative is an ID Bank which assists those in Burnaby who are low-income, homeless, or marginally housed to obtain and safely store identification.”

7"' $!&4 4; 4"' D'<'&!B!E8I JB"!N*H 3:;< 438<!<$ E*3N4 "E6 4; D' ;348!$"4 E<* 3<B;<*!4!;<EN D'&;8' 4"' B"!N* BE< *'LE<* 'E8NI 8'B'!:4G !F'FG !4 L364 D' BN'E8 4"' B"!N* *'&!<!4'NI $'46 4"' $!&4 <; LE44'8 0"E4G E<* ;<NI 4"' *E4'J6H ;& 8'B'!:4 E8' :;64:;<'*F

!)& (*% '"# +($ $#&&"+$ !*%) &)%(& ,*+#! #')-!

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

/;38 ;&&6:8!<$ LEI &''N *!&&'8'<4NIF 7"'I L!$"4 0E<4 ;8 <''* 4; $E!< EBB'66 4; 4"'!8 &3<*6 'E8N!'8 4"E< I;3 !<4'<*'*F 5<*'8 ;38 83N'6G E D'<'&!B!E8I LEI D' EDN' 4; B;NNE:6' 4"' 48364 3<*'8 4"' 2!NN ;<B' 4"'I 8'EB" E*3N4";;* E<* "E1' N'$EN BE:EB!4IF 7"E4 0EIG 4"'I B;3N* $'4 &3NN ;0<'86"!: E<* B;<48;N ;& 4"'!8 N'$EBI L3B" 6;;<'8 4"E< 4"' 2!NN 6:'B!&!'6F 7"E4@6 D'BE36' "!64;8!BENNI 4"' B;3846 "E1' &E1;38'* 'E8NI >1'64!<$= ) $!1!<$ D'<'&!B!E8!'6 &3NN ;0<'86"!: ;& :8;:'84I "'N* !< 48364 &;8 4"'L ) '1'< !& !4 L'E<6 ;1'88!*!<$ 4"' 0!6"'6 ;& 4"' *'B'E6'*F ?34 4"'8' E8' 08!<PN'6 4; 4"!6 !< 1E8!;36 *!&&'8'<4 B!8B3L64E<B'6F 7; E1;!* L!664':6G 'K'B34;86 4"'8'&;8' 363ENNI 6''P 4"' B;384@6 $3!*E<B' !& E6P'* 4; *!648!D34' E66'46 'E8N!'8 4"E< 4"' 2!NN 6EI6F %'8'@6 ;<' 48E: &;8 4"' 3<0E8I 'K'B34;8+ 2"E4 !& 4"' 4'64E4;8@6 !<4'<4!;<6 E8'<@4 BN'E8 !< 4"' 2!NNA

#& 4"' 0;8*!<$ ;& 4"' 2!NN !<64'E* L'E<6 4"' B"!N* ;<NI $'46 4"' $!&4 !& 4"'I 8'EB" E B'84E!< E$'G J!F'FG 4"' $!&4 !6 >B;<4!<$'<4= ;8 B;<*!4!;<EN ;< 8'EB"!<$ 4"E4 E$'HG 4"'< 4"' 48364 BE<@4 D' B;NNE:6'* 'E8N!'8F #4@6 E &!<' D34 B8!4!BEN *!64!<B4!;<G E<* 4"' ;34B;L' 0!NN *':'<* ;< 4"' ";0 4"' 2!NN !6 :8;:'8NI !<4'8:8'4'* DI 4"' B;384F M;0G !& N;;P'* E4 &8;L I;38 :;!<4 ;& 1!'0 E6 4'64E4;8G BE< I;3 *; E<I4"!<$ 4; :8'1'<4 I;38 0!6"'6 &8;L D'!<$ 693E6"'*A /;3 LEI "E1' $;;* 8'E6;<6 &;8 0E<4!<$ 4; :;64:;<' *!648!D34!;< ;& E $!&4 4; I;38 ;&&6:8!<$F OEID' I;3 &'E8 4"E4 !88'6:;<6!DN'G 8!6PI "ED!46 JN!P' $ELDN!<$H DI E N;1'* I;3<$ 6;< B;3N* BE88I ;< '1'< E&4'8 4"'I 8'EB" C,F O;8' $'<'8ENNIG N!P' LE<I :';:N'G I;3 LEI &''N 4"E4 "E<*N!<$ 6!$<!&!BE<4 63L6 :83*'<4NI BE< ;<NI D' 'K:'B4'* &8;L I;38 ;&&6:8!<$ E4 E L;8' LE438' E$'F 7"'8' E8' 0EI6 4; "'N: '<638' I;38 0!6"'6 &;8 E *'NEI'* *!648!D34!;< 3<*'8 I;38 2!NN E8'<@4 &;!N'*F 2"'4"'8 I;3@8' E D'<'&!B!E8I 0!6"!<$ 4; $'4 I;38 48364 L;<'I 'E8NI ;8 E 4'64E4;8 0E<4!<$ 4; '<638' I;38 NE64 0!6"'6 64E<* 3:G I;38 '64E4' NE0I'8 BE< E*1!6' E<* "'N: I;3F

28AI JG3 IAAE 9 7A9' 7897 3IEA>;79IE; JG3> *A<9* 1GI1A>I;% 18GG;A 78A .9- B4>' /G7AE 78A F)A;7 G? )3>I95JC 5J 78A >A9EA>; G? 78A )3>I95J (G- IA-;D9DA> ?G> 6" 1GI;A1374/A JA9>;$

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

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

3 FREE

Fri. Feb 5 to Thurs. Feb 11 Get one of each From cheesecake variety Mar 26 to

*

Mar 31

when you spend $250 or more in-store or through PC Express™ online pick up

+

PC® CHEESECAKE, ORIGINAL, DOUBLE DECKER, CHERRY-TOPPED, 600 G, UP TO $21.00 VALUE ORIGINAL

20318102/20287738/20147627

CHERRY-TOPPED

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).

Green cabbage

Sweet potatoes

Product of USA 20127708001

¢ LB

1.41/kg

Cadbury mini eggs

745/943 g 20294035/ 20165587

12

DOUBLE DECKER

We match prices† so you can just shop

AD MATCH

64

+

97 LIMIT 6

AFTER LIMIT 19.98

Product of USA, no. 1 grade 20793034001

67

¢ LB

1.48/kg

Ruffles potato chips Selected varieties, 180 - 220 g 21241052/21241146

1

97

LIMIT 2

AFTER LIMIT 3.88

Pillsbury crescent rolls or wraps Selected varieties, 200-235 g 20305424003

97

¢

LIMIT 4

AFTER LIMIT 1.98

Tropicana juice, drinks or Pure Leaf iced tea

Selected varieties, refrigerated, 1.54-1.75 L

21209836/20755752002

2

97

LIMIT 2

AFTER LIMIT 4.28

Catelli pasta

Selected varieties, 500 g 20320036

87¢

LIMIT 4

AFTER LIMIT 1.67

Mott’s Clamato or Ocean Spray cranberry cocktail

Selected varieties, 1.89 L 20318955002/ 20300006008

2

97

Retails in effect from Thursday, March 25 to Wednesday March 31, 2021. *Spend $250ormorein-store or throughPCExpress online pickup beforeapplicabletaxes inasingletransactionat anyRealCanadianSuperstorelocationand receive3free PC® cheesecake, original,double decker,cherry-topped, 600g.Excludespurchase 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 $21.00 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, March 26th until closing Wednesday, March 31st, 2021. Cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotional offers. No substitutions, refunds or exchanges on free item. †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, quantitiesmaybelimited.Wematchidenticalitems(definedassamebrand,size,andattributes)andinthecaseoffreshproduce,meat,seafoodandbakery,wematchacomparableitem(asdeterminedsolelybyus).Wewillnotmatchcompetitors’“multi-buys” (eg.2for$4),“spendxgetx”,“Free”,“clearance”,discountsobtainedthroughloyaltyprograms,oroffersrelatedtoourthirdpartyoperations(postoffice,gasbars,drycleanersetc.).Wereservetherighttocancelorchangethetermsofthisprogramatanytime.

41

42 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

Your Community

MARKETPLACE classifieds.burnabynow.com

Call or email to place your ad, Monday through Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm

604-444-3056 • 604-653-7851 dtjames@glaciermedia.ca • nmather@glaciermedia.ca Book your ad online anytime at

HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT

burnabynow.adperfect.com

SPROTTSHAW.COM

COMMUNITY

MARKETPLACE

EMPLOYMENT

RENTAL

FOUND

WANTED

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT

APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR RENT

MENS WATCH found near Station Hill Drive in South Burnaby. Call to identify.

604-523-0713

CASH for your CLUTTER I will pay CASH for your UNWANTED ITEMS! I specialize in English Bone China & Figurines.

I LIKE: Collectibles, Tools, Antiques, RECORDS. ETC

LOST

Rob • 604-307-6715

TUTORING SERVICES TUTORING SERVICES ONLINE • ALL AGES

English, Literature, Test Prep.

Essay Writing, Prep & Editing.

History, Socials & More.

15 years experience.

Dianne Stevens, Certified Teacher.

778-322-9562

LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICES .

By Virtue of the Warehouseman’s Lien Act BigSteelBox Corporation 20142 Logan Ave, Langley, BC. claims a PPSA Warehouse Lien against

Gregoire, Joseph of Burnaby, B.C., for arrears of container rent amounting to $2,694.12 plus any additional costs of storage that accrue. If not paid in full, the contents of the storage container, filled with furniture, boxes, tools and other miscellaneous items, will be sold online auction via: Ibid4Storage.com on March 29, 2021.

ADVERTISING POLICIES

Today’s Crossword Puzzle Answers

All advertising published in this newspaper is accepted on the premise that the merchandise and services offered are accurately described and willingly sold to buyers at the advertised prices. Advertisers are aware of these conditions. Advertising that does not conform to these standards or that is deceptive or misleading, is never knowingly accepted. If any reader encounters non-compliance with these standards we ask that you inform the Publisher of this newspaper and The Advertising Standards Council of B.C. OMISSION AND ERROR: The publishers do not guarantee the insertion of a particular advertisement on a specified date, or at all, although every effort will be made to meet the wishes of the advertisers.

Further, the publishers do not accept liability for any loss of damage caused by an error or inaccuracy in the printing of an advertisement beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by the portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. Any corrections of changes will be made in the next available issue.

The Vancouver Courier will be responsible for only one incorrect insertion with liability limited to that portion of the advertisement affected by the error. Request for adjustments or corrections on charges must be made within 30 days of the ad’s expiration.

For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

TRUTH IN ''EMPLOYMENT'' ADVERTISING Glacier Media Group makes every effort to ensure you are responding to a reputable and legitimate job opportunity. If you suspect that an ad to which you have responded is misleading, here are some hints to remember.

Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad.

Job opportunity ads are salary based and do not require an investment.

If you have responded to an ad which you believe to be misleading please call the Better Business Bureau at 604-682-2711, Monday to Friday, 9am - 3pm or email inqui ries@bbbvan.org and they will investigate.

VILLA MARGARETA

GARDEN VILLA

EDUCATION

LEGAL

APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR RENT

Wanted: Exp’d Diamond Drillers and Helpers for busy 2021 exploration season in Yukon. For consideration send resume, copy of First Aid, TDG, WHMIS certificates plus drivers abstract to Employment@kluanedrilling.ca

MISSING AZULA

Black CAT white markings Since March 8th Corner of Beaverbrook Dr. and Beaverbrook Cres.

Burnaby - in the trail below the roads. Sightings/areas; Stoney Creek, Lyndhurst, Cameron, Forrest Grove.

PET SEARCHERS; facebook.com/missingpets inbc 604-910-3357 604-341-0752

HOME SERVICES

320-9th St, New Westminster

1010 6th Ave. New Westminster.

Suites Available.

Suites Available.

All suites have nice balconies, Underground parking avail. Refs req’d.

Small Pet OK.

Beautiful Atrium with Fountain. By College, Shops & Transit/Skytrain.

Pets negotiable. Ref req’d.

CALL 604-715-7764 baysideproperty.com

CALL 604-715-7764 baysideproperty.com

SUITES FOR RENT

To advertise call

604-444-3056

BUSINESS SERVICES ACCOUNTING/ BOOKKEEPING TOADY’S INCOME TAX since 1998

Personal & E-File Services Free Pickup & Delivery Prompt • Reliable • Service Licensed Please call Nick 604-430-1981 778-865-0449 toadysincometax.com

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

COQUITLAM River Heights

1 BR grnd lev 1500sf suite, inste laundry, gas fireplace, hardwood, sep entry, own private yard. Cul-de-sac, on green space with mountain views. Quiet. N/S, N/P. Avail May 1. $1800 incls utls.

SKYLINE TOWERS 102-120 Agnes St, New Westminster

Hi-Rise Apartment with River View & Indoor Pool.

1 BR & 2 BR Available.

Rent includes heat & hot water. Remodeled Building and Common area.

Gated underground secure parking available.

References required.

604-722-2294

ATTENTION

Call Davison today!

1.800.218.2909 or visit us at inventing.davison.com/BC Free inventor’s guide!

REAL ESTATE SERVICES WE BUY HOUSES Townhomes & Condos We Also Take Over Payments Any Situation, Any Condition

604-812-3718

GVCPS INC. / gvcps.ca

We Do All Types of Renovations at Competitive Prices!

Specializing in: Interior and Exterior Painting, Flooring, Kitchen and Bathroom upgrades, Fencing, Roofing, and Decks.

778−244−8707 perspective−solutions.com

CONCRETE

CALL 604-525-2122 baysideproperty.com

WANTED to Rent; Senior Couple looking for affordable 2BR housing/apt. We have lived in Burquitlam for 18 years. Our building is being demolished to build new condos; demo-eviction move.

Looking for 2BR; Tri-Cities/ BBY/NW area. Ready to move - ideally, by Apr 30.

Deadline on move-out is July. 604-936-1460

To advertise in the Classifeds, email DTJames@glaciermedia.ca

INDUSTRIAL/ COMMERCIAL

Maillardville: 3Bed/2.5Bath $1,100,000 Duplex family home with a large backyard and a creek running through it. Located on bus routes, close to schools, shopping centers, and other amenities. alderson1015@outlook.com

INTEGRITY POST FRAME BUILDINGS since 2008.

Built with concrete posts.

Barns, shops, riding arenas, machine sheds and more. adam.s@integritybuilt.com 1-250-351-5374. www.integritybuilt.com

Please recycle this newspaper.

RENT OUT YOUR EXTRA SPACE Call 604-444-3000 to book your ad

YOUR ELECTRICIAN Lic#89402. Insured. Guar’d.

Fast same day service.

We love BIG & small jobs!

604-568-1899 goldenleafelectrical.com

Electrical Installations Renos & Repairs. BBB Member.

604-520-9922

We do ALL kinds of Concrete Work.

• Seniors discount.

Local, family business 40+ yrs.

604-240-3408

AGGRECON SPECIALTIES

• Polished Concrete Floors • Pumping • Placing • Sealing • Acid Staining • Decorative Concrete • Forming • Demolition • Foundation Pouring Professional Work

778-919-7707

DRAINAGE

EXCAVATING

#1 Backhoes & Excavators Trenchless Waterlines Bobcats & Dump Truck & All Material Deliveries Drainage; Video Inspection, Landscaping, Stump/Rock/Cement/Oil Tank & Demos, Paving, Pool/Dirt Removal, Paver Stones, Jackhammer, Water/Sewer, Line/Sumps, Slinger Avail, Concrete Cutting, Hand Excavating.

Basements Made Dry Claudio’s Backhoe Service

.

604-341-4446

Drainage & Excavation SERVICES • We make Basements Dry • 604-341-4446 DRAIN Tiles, Sewer, Water,

Video Inspection, Jack Hammering, Hand Excavating, Concrete Cutting, Rootering, WET BSMT MADE DRY

604.782.4322

DUPLEXES FOR SALE

ELECTRICAL

www.nrgelectric.ca

WANTED TO RENT

REAL ESTATE

INVENTORS! Ideas wanted!

BUILDING CONTRACTORS

FENCING West Coast Cedar Installations since 1991.

New • Repaired • Rebuilt Fences & Decks.

604-788-6458

cedarinstall@hotmail.com

FLOORING

DRYWALL

Boarding & Taping, Good Rates! Reliable, Free Est. Reno’s & Small Jobs Welcome! Call Gurprit 604-710-7769

ELECTRICAL All Electrical, Low Cost.

Licensed. Res/Com. Small job expert. Renos, Panel changes.

(604)374-0062 Simply Electric

LIC. ELECTRICIAN bf#37309 Commercial & residential reno’s & small jobs.

778-322-0934

Hardwood Floor Refinishing Experts • Repairs • Staining • Installation • Free Estimates

604-376-7224 centuryhardwood.com INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices.

Satisfaction guar.604-518-7508

GUTTERS

• Gutter Cleaning • Roof Cleaning • Power Washing WorkSafeBC • Insured

www.gutterguys.ca Mike 604-961-1280

Burnaby Now THURSDAY, March 25, 2021

43

HOME SERVICES GUTTERS

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE −$50.00 − Gutter cleaning − Pressure washing − Aerating − Power Raking − Window cleaning − Gardening 604−209−3445 www.npservices.ca

A-1 Steve’s Gutter & Roof Clean and Windows & Repair from $98 !

Gutters vacuumed and hand cleaned. 604-524-0667

LANDSCAPING

Start-Finish. Demo-Design.

PAVERS, Driveway, Sidewalk Concrete Removal - Replace LANDSCAPING, Turf, Hedges, Retaining Wall, Patio.

604-782-4322

SHAW LANDSCAPING LTD

LAWN & GARDEN

Spring Specials • Clean-up Chafer BEETLE Repair Lawn Seed, Install, Repair Tree Pruning & Hedges Blackberry Removal BOBCAT SERVICES • Retaining Walls • Concrete • Driveways •Paths •Patios’ • DECKS & FENCING & more 25+ yrs exp. WCB. Insured

Complete Landscaping • Lawn Cutting • Gardening • Prune/Trim • Full Maint.

Donny 604-600-6049

LAWN & GARDEN

THE LAWN BUTCHER Only Prime Cuts will Do! Call Jim • 778-839-6250

PATIOS

ALL RENOVATIONS: •Kitchen •Baths •Additions •Patio •Stairs •Deck •Fences •P Painting •D Drywall & MORE

BC AWNING & RAILING

•Aluminum/Glass Patio Cover •Sunrooms & Windows •Aluminum Railings, Vinyl Deck Free Est • 604-521-2688 PatioCoverVancouver.com

MASONRY 24 years Experience.

Fully y Ins’d. Lic’d & WCB • Spring Clean-up • Lawn Maintenance • Power Rake • New Sod & Seeding • Tree Topping & Trimming • Power Wash • Gutters • Patio’s • Decks • Fences • Concrete • Retaining Walls • Driveway ys & Sidewalks & Much MORE All work guaranteed Free Estimates

ROCK • SLATE BRICK • GRANITE • PAVERS

Incl. Landscaping, Stone Structures, Patios, Pools 20 years exp. - No job too small Will- 604.805.1582 www.northlandmasonry.com

778-892-1530

a1kahlonconstruction.ca

• Hot Water Tanks • Plumbing • Heating • Furnaces • Boilers • Drainage • Res. & Comm.

• 24/7 /77 Service

ROOFING

Re-Roofing & Repairs Specialists

20 Year Labour Warranty Available

604-591-3500

RUBBISH REMOVAL

BRADS JUNK REMOVAL.com

• FULL SERVICE JUNK REMOVAL & Clean-Up at Affordable Rates • Pianos & Hot Tubs No Problem • Booked Appointments • Same-Day Service • Residential & Commercial

20 YARD BIN RENTALS

ROOFING

Bros. Roofing Ltd. Over 40 Years in Business SPECIALIZING IN CEDAR, FIBERGLASS LAMINATES AND TORCH ON.

PLUMBING

778-688-1012

HANDYPERSON

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT

Liability Insurance, WCB, BBB, Free Estimates

A-1 Contracting & Roofing New & Re-Roofing • All Types All Maintenance & Repairs GUTTER CLEANING Gutter Guard Installations • RENOVATION WORK • WCB. 25% Discount • Emergency Repairs •

Jag • 778-892-1530

a1kahlonconstruction.ca

604-946-4333 New Roofing & Repairs.

Gutter Cleaning • $80 Free Est. • GLRoofing.ca

604-240-5362

from $249/week + dump fees

604.220.JUNK (5865) TREE SERVICES TREE SERVICES

Pruning, Hedge Trimming Tree & Stump Removal 75 ft Bucket Trucks Covid-19 Safety Guidelines strictly followed.

604 - 787-5915

.

www.treeworksonline.ca 10% discount with this ad

PUZZLE ANSWERS ON SEPARATE PAGE

604-437-7272

.

BONDED & INSURED EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES PROFESSIONAL, SAFE AND RELIABLE

.

604-240-2881

MOVING

Complete Renovations • Licensed Builder

604-900-6010 MrHandyman.ca

HOME REPAIRS RENOVATIONS INSTALLATIONS CARPENTRY • ELECTRICAL PLUMBING • PAINTING FLOORING • TO-DO LIST

Done Quick. Licensed.

Done Right. Bonded.

Guaranteed. Insured.

604-878-5232 HandymanConnection.com

SPRING SPECIALS • Chafer Beetle Repair • LAWN Seed, Install, Repair, Artificial Lawn/Turf • Tree Prune & Hedge Trim • Paint • Stucco Repair • Decks, Fencing, Patios • Retaining Walls • Paths • Driveways • Roofing • Power Wash & Gutters 25+ yrs exp. WCB. Insured.

Bob • 778-968-7843

classifieds. burnabynow.com

ABE MOVING & Delivery &

Rubbish Removal $30/hr per Person.24/7 • 604-999-6020

2 Guys With A Truck Moving & Storage 604-628-7136 PAINTING/ WALLPAPER SPECIAL SPRING PAINTING DISCOUNT EXTERIOR & INTERIOR Residential & Commercial

35%OFF

LAWN & GARDEN

• Plumbing • Heating • Hot Water Tanks • Boilers •Gas Fittings •Fireplaces

604-767-2667

POWER WASHING A.S.U. Enterprises *Power Washing *Window Cleaning *Gutter cleaning *Free est., Worksafe *Owner/operator/20 yrs Terry 604-376-7383

Gutter Cleaning, Power Washing, Window Cleaning, Roof Cleaning

Call Simon for prompt & professional service 30 yrs exp.

25 years experience.

Free Estimates

A. RIGHTWAY PAIN NTING Ltd.

778-984-0666

604-230-0627

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT

D&M PAINTING .

Aeration, Lime, Fertilization, Overseeding, and Mowing Xenith Lawn Care is offering aeration, lime, fertilization, and overseeding from $45/service and mowing from $35/cut.

778−826−0266 | xenith.ca

PATIOS .

Aluminum & Glass Patio Covers, Sunrooms & Railings Free Estimate

604-821-8088

BOWEN ALUMINUM

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT .

Licensed Home Builder RENOVATIONS Tub to Walk-in Showers.

BATHROOM SPECIALIST 25+ years experience.

Prime Time Venture Inc. Santo 778-235-1772

Interior / Exterior Specialist.

Many Years Experience.

Fully Insured.

Top Quality • Quick Work.

Free estimate.

604-724-3832

FAIRWAY PAINTING Fully Insured 20 yrs. exp. • Free Est.

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR SPECIALS 10% OFF

Call 604-

7291234

HOME REPAIRS RENOVATIONS INSTALLATIONS CARPENTRY • ELECTRICAL PLUMBING • PAINTING FLOORING • TO-DO LIST

Done Quick. Licensed.

Done Right. Bonded.

Guaranteed. Insured.

604-878-5232 HandymanConnection.com

PAINTSPECIAL.COM

3 rooms for $375, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed.

Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

778 -895-3503

FIND HELP FOR YOUR PROJECTS

A-1 Contracting. Bsmt, bath, kitchen cabinets, tile & laminate flrs, painting, decks.. and more.

Call Dhillon, 604-782-1936

Kitchen & Bathrooms, all Tile, all Flooring, Drywall, Paint. ALL REPAIRS +More!

INT & EXT • 778-836-0436

ACROSS 1. Volcanic crater 5. Long times 10. Swedish rock group 14. Having the means to do something 15. Rods or spindles 16. La __ Tar Pits, Hollywood 17. Missing soldiers 18. Measuring instrument 19.All of the components considered individually 20. Play “__ Irish Rose” 22. Gene 23. Barrels 24. London-based soccer team 27. Feline

30. Breed of sheep 31. Body part 32. Doctors’group 35. One who follows the rules 37. Cigarette residue 38.Ancient Greek sophist 39. Polish yeast cakes 40. Promotional materials 41. Pancakes made from buckwheat flour 42. Completed perfectly 43. Photo 44.Apeninsula in SWAsia 45. The common gibbon 46. Disfigure 47. Ribonucleic acid

48. Japanese honorific 49. Pieces of music 52. Expressed pleasure 55. Having ten 56. Type of sword 60. Humble request for help 61. Eating houses 63. Italian Seaport 64. Cain and __ 65. Measure the depth 66. U. of Miami’s mascot 67. Political outsiders 68. Greek sorceress 69. Body part

23. Automobile 25. Scandinavian god of battle 26. Expresses surprise 27. Secret political clique 28. Yields manila hemp 29. River in central Italy 32. Brain injury science acronym 33. Mental illness 34. A person from Asia 36. Father 37. General’s assistant (abbr.)

38. Cooked or prepared in a specified style 40. Large terrier 41. Hillsides

43. Golf score 44. Not or 46. Type of student 47. Flower cluster 49. Closes tightly 50. Saudi Arabian desert 51. Famed vaccine developer 52. Multi-function radar (abbr.)

53. Actress Jessica 54. Pay attention to 57. Beloved big screen pig 58. __ Clapton, musician 59. Take a chance 61. Cost per mille 62. Helps little firms

DOWN 1. Mother 2. Jewish calendar month 3. Jai __, sport 4. Establish again 5. Swiss river 6. Racetrack wager 7. __ but goodie 8. Closeness 9. Soviet Socialist Republic 10. At right angles to a ship’s length 11. Women’s undergarments 12. Mountain stream 13. Expresses pleasure 21. Painful places on the body

44 THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 • Burnaby Now

SPRING CHOICES Prices Effective March 25 - 31, 2021.

100% BC OWNED AND OPERATED

EASTER MEAL KITS

Kits for 2

3499

Easter Made Easy and Delicious for Spring.

Your pick of 1 Choices Herbed Pork Tenderloin with Lentil Risotto and Cremini Wild Mushroom Reduction OR

5999

Pre-order in store until March 31st!

Boneless, Raised Without Antibiotics

from Australia

30.84/kg

/lb

599

13.21/kg

Local!

/lb

Organic Salad Mixes Assorted Varieties

398

530g

Choices’ Own Scandinavian Rye Sandwich Loaf

Pork Butt Roast

Grass Fed, Value Pack

1399

499

Kits for 4

2 Turkey Breast Stuffed with Cranberry Apricot Walnut Dressing served with a Turkey Demi Glaze and Corn Mango Relish.

Beef Striploin

Choices’ Own Whole Wheat Bread

from Earthbound Farm, USA

142g

499 580g

AOR Vitamins & Supplements

Organic Large Hass Avocados

178

Fair Trade from Mexico

each

Assorted Varieties

Assorted Varieties

2099

799

Olympic Yogurt Assorted Varieties

2/600 2/800

15 Tea Bags

1L

20% off

assorted sizes Regular Retail 31.99-124.99

Mighty Leaf Artisan Tea

Uncle Luke’s Organic Maple Syrup

Assorted Varieties

Natural 650g

Organic & Krema 650g

Happy Anniversary, Choices Burnaby Saturday, March 27th ONLY!

FF O % 10 Anniversary Sale is only available

THE ENTIRE STORE, INCLUDING SALE ITEMS

Kitsilano | Cambie | Kerrisdale | Yaletown Commercial Drive | Burnaby Crest

choicesmarkets.com

/ChoicesMarkets

@ChoicesMarkets

/Choices_Markets

at Choices Burnaby, 8683 10th Ave.

Physical Distancing: Please remain 2 metres from others.

One customer using the checkout belt at a time.Thank you.