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DOG SAVED: A dog is lucky to be alive after being left in a locked vehicle in the heat last Friday. Burnaby firefighters and RCMP were called to a house after someone spotted the dog in the vehicle and they attempted to break in but were unable. A tow truck was called in and the operator was able to open the door and let the dog out. PHOTO RYAN STELTING

Sudden deaths in Burnaby blamed on the heat Cornelia Naylor

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Record-smashing temperatures are believed to have contributed to dozens of deaths in Burnaby during the recent heatwave, according to police. On Monday, when temperatures reached 42C, local police responded to 15 reports of sudden deaths,

according to Burnaby RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Mike Kalanj. By 4:30 p.m.Tuesday, he said they had responded to 25 more. Last year during the same time period, police responded to just one such call. Heat is believed to have been a contributing factor in the majority of the

deaths, and many of the dead have been seniors, according to police. In news releases and on social media, the detachment implored residents to check on people they know, especially with seniors. Officers were mostly called to people’s homes, especially apartment buildings, according to

Kalanj. “Our officers would get in there, and it would be 40-plus degrees in these apartments,” he told the NOW. “Not everyone has AC, and if they do, a lot of people’s air conditioners aren’t working because it’s too hot. A healthy person would have a tough time in 40-plus degrees, nevermind an older person or

anyone with any kind of underlying condition.” Most of the calls have come from other emergency responders, like paramedics and firefighters, but some have come from family members and even apartment building managers, according to Kalanj. The Burnaby Fire Department responded to 65

medical emergencies on Monday and 67 calls on Tuesday, according to fire Chief Chris Bowcock. On the same two days last year, firefighters responded to just five such calls on each day. “It’s heartbreaking,” Kalanj said. “I’ve got 14-and-a-half-years’ service, and this is unprecedented.”

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Citynow BYELECTION

Two elected to council with 8% voter turnout Jess Balzer

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Alison Gu and Mike Hillman are Burnaby’s latest council members. On June 26, voters headed to the polls to cast their ballots to fill two vacant seats on council and had 14 candidates to choose from. The number of voters was extremely poor, seeing just 13,518 voters cast a ballot out of a registered 161,772 voters.That equates to a percentage of just 8.36% – below the 10% of the recent Richmond council byelection. When all was said and done, Burnaby Citizens Association candidate Alison Gu was the overall winner by a large margin, receiving 4,994 votes (19.36%). Independent Mike Hillman would finish with 3,227 votes (12.51%) and claim the second open seat. But it was extremely close for Hillman, who only beat out Gu’s running mate, Baljinder Narang, by 0.48% (12.03%). Former councillor Lee Rankin also came close to Hillman, receiving 11.87% of the vote (3,061). “I actually didn’t really notice my lead,” Gu told the NOW. “I kept on calculating the margin of vote difference between my running partner Baljinder Narang and Mike Hillman. Really,

most of the night was focused on that and refreshing the page and recalculating. “I don’t think it was really until late that night that I realized that I had such a big margin.There were a lot of questions like ‘Is this a big margin? I don’t know, I’m not sure.’” It wasn’t all joy for Gu watching for the results come in. She said it was “disheartening” to not succeed alongside a running mate. “It’s a little bit disheartening to not succeed alongside somebody else who has the progressive values that you have and who would represent the bigger breakthrough in terms of representation and just being for the first time ever in modern council history, probably in all of Burnaby council history, having a record-breaking three women at the table. I think that was the primary reaction.” Gu initially thought she would be the one to just get through and wouldn’t win with such a large lead ahead of the second-place candidate. “It was this really big surprise to win my first time running, as a 24-yearold woman of colour, as well as the margin.” Hillman said that as the results rolled in, he was concerned more with the low voting numbers and hoping to see an upswing in numbers that didn’t

New councillors: Alison Gu (left) and Mike Hillman. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED

quite show up. “The first thing that was running through my head was that the turnout was a touch lower than what we thought it would be so that was one of the things ‘when is going to start showing a little bit differently’” “The other thing for me that was there was just the thankfulness of everybody who was part of the team. It’s a very awkward campaign in byelections, especially with a low turnout. “How do you take the energy of your team and get them to reach out and get people out to vote? So there was a great deal of thankfulness on my part for the work they had done.” Shortly after the re-

sults rolled in, Burnaby-Lougheed MLA Katrina Chen tweeted she was disappointed in the low turnout and that Baljinder Narang had not been elected. “So disappointed with the low turnout of the #Burnaby By-election and not having @ Narang4Burnaby elected to Council,” Chen’s tweet said. “Happy for @go4gubut we can do better. Seriously. Our Council should better reflect the diversity of our community. Honesty and track records are also important.” The next day, Chen sent out another tweet directly mentioning Hillman and claiming he has ties to the Conservatives while add-

ing she was “personally concerned about some of his claims and tactics.” “Reflecting on yesterday – we have not had a right wing rep on Council since 2008. Hillman has ties to the Conservatives. I’m also personally concerned about some of his claims and tactics.” “#Burnaby is often proud of how progressive we are as a community.We can do better.” The tweet didn’t sit well with many who voiced their displeasure, saying things such as “This is an extraordinarily shallow comment” and “People can elect who they want in a democracy.To say their choice was wrong is dangerous and has no place in a free society.”

Chen added a photo and tweet from former British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, who congratulated Hillman, adding his 1984 federal campaign was her first political adventure after graduating from Burnaby South High School. Hillman said when he heard about the comments from Chen, it was more on the unfortunate side. “People mentioned it to me. I haven’t actually seen it directly,” Hillman told the NOW. “They said there’s also a picture there of me shaking hands with John Turner, and that was when I was a candidate for the federal Liberal party and that was back in 1984 and John was the leader of the party. “So I don’t know where the Conservative ties fit into that side, but look, there’s no question, I mean I think it’s a little bit of an unfortunate comment that came out in the heat of the moment. “I’m going to take the opportunity to reach out to her.Those relationships as a councilman, a councilperson, we need to put the barriers behind us, the definitions behind us and say we’re all here to work for the better of all citizens in Burnaby, and that means working together.”

City cancels Canada Day events, asks residents to ‘reﬂect’ Jess Balzer

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As First Nations communities continue to mourn the children found buried in unmarked graves at what some have called “forced assimilation schools” across the country, the City of Burnaby announced it would not be staging Canada Day celebrations. In an email to

the NOW, city manager of corporate communications Chris Bryan said the city is encouraging the community to use Canada Day as a time to reflect. “We are not staging any celebrations this year,” he said. “The City of Burnaby is encouraging the community to use Canada Day as a time to reflect on what it means to be Canadian and how this country

has evolved, and consider where we want to go as a community.” The move comes after Victoria announced earlier this month that it would be cancelling its Canada Day broadcast and, instead, work with the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations to create an alternative event at a later date, amid nationwide calls to cancel July 1 celebrations. “We are deeply shocked

and saddened to learn of the recent confirmation of the remains of 215 children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (t’kem-loops te shay-wep-mehk),” Mayor Mike Hurley said at the May 31 council meeting. “And while we acknowledge the shock, horror,

and grief of people living in Burnaby, we know that now is a time to elevate the voices of Indian residential school survivors and their families, and take to heart what they have been telling us for decades, because they are not shocked. “They have spoken for years of lost family members and schoolmates, and of unmarked graves at the school sites. And they have

collectively told us these stories during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which in turn told Canadians of these events in its final report in 2015.” In 2016, the City of Burnaby started its own journey, and with the “determined efforts of city staff, we have been moving forward,” Hurley said.

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Citynow Charges laid in 2020 crash Aftermath: Charges have been laid in connection with this rollover crash at Gilmore Avenue and Halifax Street on June 5, 2020.

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A 32-year-old Quebec man has been charged in relation to a dramatic rollover crash in Burnaby last June that sent his 18-year-old female passenger to the hospital with serious injuries. Burnaby RCMP responded to a report of a single-vehicle rollover at Gilmore Avenue and Halifax Street at about 1 a.m. on June 5, 2020, according to a police news release at the time. Upon arrival, officers found an unconscious 18-year-old woman outside the vehicle, the release said. She had been a passenger in the now upside-down vehicle and was taken to hospital in serious but not life-threatening condition, according to the release. The vehicle, a black Dodge Durango, had come to a stop after hitting two hydro poles, a light standard and a traffic light, police said.

PHOTO RYAN STELTING

The male driver had fled the scene, according to police, but officers located him nearby and arrested him. Last month, Moussa Daoui was charged with failing to stop after an accident resulting in bodily harm, impaired driving causing bodily harm and criminal negligence causing bodily harm. Burnaby RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Mike Kalanj said getting charges approved in such cases is a time-consuming pro-

cess. “Collision investigations are very complex and labour intensive for our investigators,” he told the NOW in an emailed statement. “There are often numerous warrants required to obtain the evidence needed to prove the facts before charges can be forwarded. DNA alone can take months to process.” Daoui was scheduled for a first appearance in Vancouver provincial court last Tuesday (June 22).

Police seek suspect in indecent exposure

Police are looking for a man letic build. who allegedly made a lewd He was wearing black track comment to a senior in Burnpants and a black hoodie with aby recently before exposing splashes of red. his genitals to her and mastur“This was a disgusting act,” bating. said spokesperson Cpl. Mike The woman was Kalanj in the release. walking on Mary Av“We are asking peoenue betweenVista ple to take a look at Crescent and Edthis composite sketch monds Street at and to contact Burnabout 7:15 p.m. on aby RCMP right away June 18 when she if they recognize the was approached by a suspect or have any instranger who tried to formation on his ideninitiate a conversation, tity.While there have according to a Burnnot been any similar Suspect: Police have incidents reported in aby RCMP news release.When the victim released this sketch. the area recently, we walked away, the suswant to make sure this pect made the lewd comment doesn’t happen again to anybefore committing the indecent one else.” acts, the release said. Burnaby RCMP victim serBurnaby RCMP released a vices has offered support to the police sketch of the suspect. victim, according to the release. He is described as a white Anyone with information is man in his mid- to late 20s, asked to call Burnaby RCMP about six-feet tall with an athat 604-646-9999.

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Opinion now MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

First-dose numbers are slowing down

As the daily COVID-19 cases continue to decline in number, more attention is being paid to our vaccination efforts. The good news is the province has exceeded the 75% mark for firstdose vaccinations, and it reached that number fairly quickly. Outside of the Maritimes and the territories, only Quebec can boast of a higher vaccination rate in Canada. We appear, however, to have hit a bit of a wall when it comes to those first-dose vaccinations, as the vast majority of daily vaccine doses are used for second shots. Our firstdose vaccination rate – which for weeks was rising about one percentage point a day – is now inching upwards by about 0.2 percentage points a day. As a result we should pass the 80% mark in early July and perhaps the 85% level by the end of next month. Our second dose rate is rising much quicker – about 1.2 to 1.5 percentage points a day.We could conceivably hit 80% by the end of July. Boosting first doses is proving to be a grind for public health officials. There seems to some levels of vaccination “hesitancy” in some areas and age groups. Take the Peace River region, for example.The two largest cities there, Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, have been hovering around the 50% vaccination level for weeks now, and residents there do not seem to be in a rush to be vaccinated. While we are administering about 50,000 to 60,000 doses a day provincewide (the record is more than 81,000), very few are occurring in those two towns. Over the previous 10 days going into the past weekend, fewer than 700 people living there opted to be vaccinated, even though special

clinics (including a drivethrough) have been set up there. A number of other communities have vaccination rates that are noticeably lower (i.e. below 70%) than the provincial average of more than 77%. Most of them are small towns or rural areas. They include Nelson, Cranbrook, Armstrong, North Okanagan, Kettle Valley, Quesnel, Smithers, Powell River and Central Vancouver Island. Most Metro Vancouver towns and municipalities have vaccination rates that greatly exceed the provincial average, but there are some notable exceptions, including parts of Surrey and Richmond, Langley, Aldergrove, north Mission and north Chilliwack. When it comes to age groups, it is notable that the B.C. Centre for Disease Control last week singled out one age cohort in particular for unwanted attention. “Vaccination rates among 30-year-olds have slowed down … early signs of slowing among 20-yearolds,” it stated in its weekly data report. Indeed, the province’s vaccination data shows that when it comes to booking a vaccination, the 35-to-39 age group has the lowest daily average with about 967. People in their late 20s also have a low booking rate at just 1,090 a day. Interestingly, the age group of young people with the highest booking average is the 18-to-24 group, with 1,302 a day. Our vaccination efforts have been stellar, for the most part.We are heading towards herd immunity, but more work needs to be done in order to get there. That means residents in some communities – and folks of a certain age – need to get that first shot in their arm. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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Opinionnow Blame Conservatives Editor: RE: MP Shin boosts federal bill that aims to tackle Burnaby, Coquitlam sewage problems, NOW News One of the more destructive things the Conservative government of Stephen Harper did during their tenure was to tear apart environmental protections under the Fisheries Act and decimate the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. It flew a bit under the radar, buried in an omnibus budget bill where the outrages were piled high. Much of this damage to a fundamental environmental legislation in Canada has still not been repaired. However, the cynical private member’s bill supported by Port Moody-Coquitlam Conservative MP Nelly Shin does nothing to fix those problems. Instead, it cravenly defines one specific type of “deleterious substance” already prohibited from fisheries waters by section 34 of the act, and prohibits it again. Adding words to an act while making no substantive change to it. The number 1 source of sewage entering waterways in B.C. is from old combined-flow sewer systems, where sanitary wastes mix with storm run-off. Separation of these systems is costing B.C. municipalities and property taxpayers billions of dollars. Most local governments are working at

getting this done as finances allow, and are on track to full separation by 2050. If the member from Port Moody-Coquitlam wants to see this happen faster, she should be asking senior governments (who collect 92% of your taxes) to bring money to accelerate this program, not waste time with a meaningless amendment to an unenforceable section of the Fisheries Act her caucus predecessors already stripped the teeth out of. Patrick Johnstone, New Westminster

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Community now Valedictorian addresses Truth and Reconciliation Cornelia Naylor

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When Nathaniel Frank-Piche was told he’d be giving the valedictory address to his fellow Indigenous grads in the Burnaby school district this year, he said he got right to work and had most of it done that same day. “It flowed out of me,” he told trustees at a school board meeting last week. Frank-Piche, a member of the Dene and Lil’wat First Nations, delivered his address to his fellow Indigenous Moscrop Secondary School grads at a special grad ceremony Monday, but trustees got a preview last Tuesday (June 22). He spoke of the need for Indigenous youth to define for themselves what Truth and Reconciliation means. “As Indigenous youth,

we are often looked upon as the future,” he said. “We are often questioned what we want the future to look like. As we go through our years, we learn of the past, we learn of what the word Indigenous means and we learn of Truth and Reconciliation and what that means. You can’t learn this from others.You need to learn it from yourself.What does it mean to you? What do people have to make up to you through Truth and Reconciliation? I ponder these and I have more questions than answers. Forgiveness may be difficult to attain, but healing may be possible.” Frank-Piche called residential schools and the intergenerational trauma they’ve created a “plague that infects Indigenous people.” “Even though I didn’t go to the school myself, I

still feel the struggles, the crashing waves, the rubble after the tsunami, trying to rebuild,” he said. “I’m trying to rebuild what I didn’t even know was there, trying to read what we didn’t even write, trying to learn from who can still speak. It’s a struggle to uncover our culture, and, as Indigenous youth, we have to work towards Truth and Reconciliation and to identify what it means to us, so we can show what it truly is. This is the path to healing because others might say what Truth and Reconciliation is, but that may not be what it means to you. You are the answer to what Truth and Reconciliation is. You determine what that is going to look like and what that is going to be.You decide whether trauma defines you or whether you are much more than that.”

He urged his fellow grads to share their burdens and move forward together. “This is not a solo act,” he said. “We are the stories we carry, good and bad. We can choose whether to bear that weight alone or to share the burden. And, hearing them, with each tear drop together we will form a raging river.” Honouring OurYouth ceremonies for Indigenous grads and their families are a longstanding tradition in the Burnaby school district. Normally, Indigenous grads from around the district gather for a single event in June, but due to COVID-19, ceremonies were organized at each high school. Those events were in addition to the students’ regular grad ceremonies.

Speaking his truth: Nathaniel Frank-Piche served as valedictorian for Indigenous secondary school grads in Burnaby. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

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The Burnaby school district’s summer school enrolment has bounced back after a big dip during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, the district registered a record 8,082 students – 5,004 for elementary classes and 3,078 for

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Community now Students launch book drive for Vietnamese kids Cornelia Naylor

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A group of Burnaby high school students has made it their mission to save Vietnamese kids from boring English lessons. The initiative was launched by 16-year-old Alivia Truong, an international student at Burnaby Central Secondary who is going into Grade 12 next year. When she was in elementary school learning English in her home city of Huế in central Vietnam, she said the lessons were pretty dry. “Since I was a kid, I didn’t read any English books at all,”Truong told the NOW. “We just focused on grammar and vocabulary.” While English books are available in Vietnam’s big cities,Truong explained,

there’s a real shortage in the smaller centres and rural areas. During the pandemic, while she was in quarantine in Canada, she even created a little online book store with some friends in Vietnam. They sold a handful of books she had picked up here and shipped back to her home country, donating the proceeds to a local community house in Huế. While demand for English books is high, however, not all Vietnamese kids can afford them – and that didn’t sit well with Truong. So, with advice from a teacher, she approached the Burnaby Central business club and, somewhat nervously, pitched the idea of a book drive to support English learning in her home country. The initiative, dubbed

Pages To Places, was a big success. More than 16 people ended up volunteering and collecting 1,095 books. “I was really surprised about that,”Truong said. She has already decided on the first three schools that will get donated books through the project: an elementary school, a middle school and a high school in Huế. And she has reached out to the Vietnamese embassy in Vancouver, which has agreed to ship the books on a government flight. “That’s really cool,” Truong said. She said she hopes the books will spark an interest in learning English, a skill that opens up educational and career opportunities in Vietnam, according to Truong.

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Community now Local Indigenous dancer takes teachings to TikTok Alanna Kelly Glacier Media

An Indigenous man is using social media to educate people on First Nations heritage and culture with the hopes of people being more empathetic. PeterWhite, known as Peter Not SoWhite or kanǂupqa kȼiǂmiyit (NightRunner) on social media, started posting his videos on TikTok last November after not being able to participate in pow wows due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I started to figure out that people get really captivated by the dancing, so I could throw knowledge in there to educate people also,” the Burnaby resident says. He performs the men’s traditional, which originated from the Sioux people (Lakota, Nakota and

Dakota), in public places. It’s something his ancestors were not allowed to do. “Dancing and potlatches were banned for almost 100 years. You weren’t allowed to do anything traditional and not wear any (traditional) clothing,” he says. Many people will stop and watch his dances, asking him questions afterward. “l am very grateful when I am dancing. I sometimes get lost in my dances, which is nice because I think of what has happened before and how I have the privilege to be able to suit up and dance wherever I want and how my ancestors couldn’t do that.” White trains year-round and focuses on cardio so he can dance longer without being fatigued. He

only performs in the spring and summer months. “With my teachings from my Ktunaxa people, we are supposed to hang up our regalia more in the fall and winter time because it has a spirit and it needs to rejuvenate itself to be able to heal people and be able to heal myself,” he says. His Indigenous regalia has many layers, and each bell weighs about five pounds. “The regalia ties to who they are, where they come from, their style of dances; sometimes there’s lineage passed down from families before,” explainsWhite. His grandfather, who White used to watch dance growing up, made and sold teepees. Fittingly, the social media sensation’s regalia has many symbols of teepees and mountains. “Dancing is medicine.

Dancing is movement,” he says. Five years ago,White struggled with cancer in his foot. He started learning how to perform the dances once he was released from hospital. White hopes his dancing will help people have more empathy and understanding toward Indigenous people. “To understand a lot of us have been through a lot of trauma, not just through the residential schools, but the Indian Act, reserves; all these things add to be a toll on people,” he tells Glacier Media, adding he’s used alcohol in the past to cope with the pain. “We have a lot of trauma we are healing from.” White danced at aVancouver Art Gallery vigil, organized to remember the 215 children whose remains were found in un-

Dancing is medicine: Peter White is using TikTok to educate people about Indigenous teachings. PHOTO PETER WHITE/INSTAGRAM

marked burial sites at a former residential school in Kamloops. His TikTok video has been viewed more than 1.4 million times. “I do get a lot of people that aren’t very educated on Indigenous rights, and there’s a lot of racism on that,” he says. “Now that there are more Indigenous

creators on there, it is getting less and less and people are getting more educated on subjects.” This Canada Day, White has decided not to dance. Instead, he wants a moment of silence. “It would be nice for them to do that and put up orange flags.”

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Community now TransLink funds upgrades to 15 Burnaby roads, paths Jess Balzer

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Burnaby will reap benefits from a $125 million investment from TransLink to upgrade regional walkways, cycling paths and roads. The transit company announced a total of 131 projects have been identified, with Burnaby being listed for 15 of those. The following projects have been approved for Burnaby: Ð BC Parkway Central Boulevard Trail – $224,500:The money will replace a section of aging sidewalk with a paved pathway 3.6 to 4.5 metres wide. Ð Central Valley Greenway paving for yearround commuter cycling – $900,000:The money will replace an old gravel section of pathway.

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jump lane – $160,000: Curb lanes will be converted into bus-only lanes to help reduce bus delay on Edmonds Street. Ð Imperial Street to Nelson Avenue safety improvements – $177,000: Left-turn lanes on all four legs, a left-turn signal and new cycling facilities are planned. Ð Tenth Avenue – Canada Way Safety Improvements – $256,000: Leftturn lanes are planned on all four legs to help reduce crash frequency, reduce delay and reduce travel time on the region’s major road network. Ð Gilmore Urban Trail –$213,180: A separated walking and cycling path will be built with an additional southbound travel lane on Gilmore between Lougheed Highway and Halifax Street. Ð Hastings Street to In-

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A toddler was taken to hospital but wasn’t seriously hurt after falling two floors out of an apartment window in Burnaby last month. Officers were called to Arcola Street near Sperling Avenue at around 9:30 p.m. on June 20 after witnesses saw a child fall from a second-storey window, according to an RCMP news release.The 14-month-old was taken to hospital but wasn’t seriously hurt, police said. Police believe the boy had climbed on to furniture before he fell through the window, which did

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

778-919-7707

604-341-4446

DRYWALL

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

ELECTRICAL

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Call 604.833.2103 Today!

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FLOORING

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

778-322-0934

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Burnaby Now THURSDAY, July 1, 2021

SUDOKU

HOME SERVICES HANDYPERSON

BONDED & INSURED EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES PROFESSIONAL, SAFE AND RELIABLE

MOVING

PLUMBING

MOVING ??? Professional Experts, careful, pleasant, and knowledgeable. Services available for Local, Vancouver Island, and Interior BC. 604−782−6600

604-900-6010

• Hot Water Tanks • Plumbing • Heating • Furnaces • Boilers • Drainage • Res. & Comm. • 24/7 /77 Service

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LANDSCAPING

Start-Finish. Demo-Design. PAVERS, Driveway, Sidewalk Concrete Removal - Replace LANDSCAPING, Turf, Hedges, Retaining Wall, Patio. Drainage

604-782-4322

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LAWN & GARDEN

ABE MOVING & Delivery &

Rubbish Removal $40/hr per Person.24/7 • 604-999-6020

2 Guys With A Truck Moving & Storage 604-628-7136 PAINTING/ WALLPAPER SPECIAL SUMMER PAINTING DISCOUNT

POWER WASHING Gutter Cleaning, Power Washing, Window Cleaning, Roof Cleaning

Call Simon for prompt & professional service 30 yrs exp.

604-230-0627

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT

Residential & Commercial

35%OFF

25+ years experiencee. Free Estimates

A. RIGHTWAY PAIN NTING Ltd.

778-984-0666

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604-240-2881

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

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR SPECIALS 10% OFF

Call 604-

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2 rooms for $350, 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 & Moulding Services.

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A1 TOP CANADIAN ROOFING LTD.

All kinds of roofing Re-roof, new roof & repairs. Shingle & torch-on Free Estimates 778-878-2617 604-781-2094

Re-Roofing & Repairs Specialists

RONALDO

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Painting Specials

SUMMER SPECIALS • Chafer Beetle Repair • LAWN Seed, Install, Repair, Artificial Lawn/Turf • Tree Prune & Hedge Trim • Paint • Stucco Repair • Decks, Fencing, Patios • Retaining Walls • Paths • Rock/Stone Retain Walls • Driveways • Roofing

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ROOFING

EXTERIOR & INTERIOR

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Specializing in Kitchens, Bathrooms & Basements

+ variety of all services.

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TREE SERVICES TREE SERVICES

Pruning, Hedge Trimming Tree & Stump Removal 75 ft Bucket Trucks

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$50 OFF

PATIOS

* on jobs over $1000 .

Aluminum & Glass Patio Covers, Sunrooms & Railings Free Estimate

604-821-8088

BOWEN ALUMINUM

Build Results

Find the professionals you need to create the perfect renovation in the Home Services section

ACROSS 1.Absence of difficulty 5. Preserve a dead body 11. Gratitude 14. The act of coming together again 15. More cushy 18. Visionaries 19. Fish-eating bird 21. Indicates near 23. NYMets legend Tommie 24. Icelandic poems

28. Pop 29. Hammer is one 30. Senses of self-esteem 32. Trigraph 33. Not around 35. Electronic data processing 36. Driver’s licenses and passports 39. Snakelike fishes 41. Military flyers 42. Raincoats

44. Type of community 46. Feature of worm’s anatomy 47. In the center 49. Laid back 52. Jewelled headdress 56. In slow tempo 58. __ Falls 60. Saying things again 62. Periods in history 63. Hyphen

16. Fungal disease 17. Willis and Jerry are two 20. Afﬁrmative! 22. Potato state 25. “The First State” 26. A way to develop 27. Associations 29. Woman (French) 31. Sunscreen rating 34. Brew 36. Mosque prayer leader 37. Indigo bush 38. Burn with a hot liquid 40. Jr.’s father

43. Scad genus 45. Morning 48. Length of a straight line (abbr.) 50. Double curve 51. Small thin bunch 53. Worn by exposure to the weather 54. Mars crater 55. Humanities 57. Of the ears 58. “To the __ degree” 59. Residue 61. It keeps you cool

DOWN 1. Body part 2. Mimics 3. Expel or eject 4. Sea eagle 5. Subdivision of cenospecies 6. Dialect of Chinese 7. Mr. T’s character on “The A-Team” 8. Consumed 9. Chinese dynasty 10. NFL great Randy 12. Ireland 13. Palm trees

20 THURSDAY, July 1, 2021 • Burnaby Now

LANGLEY FARM MARKET PRODUCE YELLOW//W WHITE NECTARINES

SATSUMA MANDARINS

Product of Peru $2.18/kg

Product of U.S.A. $3.70/kg

$ 68

lb.

CELERY

LOCAL BUNCH CARROTS

Product of U.S.A. $1.30/kg

Product of B.C. $2.18/kg

99¢

lb.

GROCERY KIRIN

GOGO NO KOUCHA MILK TEA

lb.

ea.

CJW

EAG GLE COIN

Selected varieties / 840g

530 0g

BBQ SAUCE

1.5L

2 for

Brown/ Crystal Rock / 350g

Assorted / 300g

400g

MEAT & SEAFOOD Cut from AA A Bee ef / $37.40/kg

RIB EYE STEA AKS

Cut from AA A Bee ef / $39.60/kg

TAIWANESE FREE RUN CHIC CKEN

Fresh / $12.08/kkg

GOLDEN POM MPANO W/R 500 0/700 Ocean Mama / Frozen / $7.48/kg

SHRIMP SKEEWER PTO

Ocean Mama / Frozen / 454g

1700 $ 00 18 $ 49 5 $ 39 3 $ 99 9 $

PRIME RIB STEAKS

BISCUIT & WAFER

$ 29

ea.

DELI

GARLLIC HAVARTI

LANGLEY FARM MARKET

BAKERY

1 $ 19 4 $ 69 2 $ 39 2 $ 89

SARDO O

lb.

PITT TTE TED KALA KA ALAMATA A OLIVES

lb.

SEAS SONED ROAST BEEF

lb.

HUNG GARIAN SALA LAMI A

Pre-pa ackaged / 250ml

/ea

/100g

$ 29

ea.

/100g

lb.

ea.

TOM YUM SOUP

$ 29

ea.

CHICK KEN SAUSAGE BUN

100g

1 $ 15 3 $ 49 3

$ 29

ea.

PEANU UT BUTT TTER T COOKIES

250g

ea.

BLUEB BERRY LOAF 450g

ea.

/100g

ea.

For freshness and quality you can count on!

For fresh and quality foods

AROY-D

ea.

SUGAR

$ 69

HANS FREITAG

591ml

1.816kg

2 for

LVYI

CABANA

LEMONADE

10pk

$ 99

LUCKY PEARL

SHAN XI CUT SURFACE NOODLES

ROASTED SEAWEED

$ 50

$ 69

ea.

ASSI

RED KIDNEY BEANS (N NO SALT ADDED) 398ml

$ 69

ea.

SAN REMO

GRASS JELLY

$ 99

LFM

LOCAL ZUCCHINI

Product of B.C.

99¢

7815 KINGSWAY, BURNABY 604.521.2883

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, JULY 1 – SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2021 • WHILE QUANTITIES LAST.

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