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FIRE AT STRIP MALL: Crews were called to a strip mall at 6th Street and 12th Avenue just after 5:30 a.m., according to assistant fire Chief Dave Younger. PHOTO SHANE MACKICHAN

Businesses hit hard by early-morning blaze Cornelia Naylor

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Firefighters were on scene for several hours at a Burnaby hookah lounge that sustained “extensive damage” from a fire that

broke out early Monday morning.

Crews were called to a strip mall at 6th Street and 12th Avenue just after 5:30 a.m., according to assistant fire Chief Dave Younger.

When they arrived, smoke was showing from the Arwaz Hookah Lounge in the corner of the L-shaped building, Younger said.

“It was actively burning inside.When we got there,

it was spreading quickly to the adjoining units, and we cut that off and contained it to one unit,” he said.

Younger said the fire did “extensive damage” to the hookah lounge, and at

least three other units, including the Generation Pharmacy and the notfor-profit Quest Food Exchange, sustained extensive smoke damage.

“Most of their product will have to be thrown

away,” he said.

The fire started in a kitchen area at the back of the hookah lounge, but the official cause has not yet been determined, according toYounger.

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City adding new culvert so fish can pass Chris Campbell

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Work by the City of Burnaby is now underway to replace the old Guichon Creek pipe culvert that runs under the Deer Lake Parkway so fish can actually pass through it.

That’s according to Burnaby resident Mark Angelo, a Canadian conservationist, streamkeeper and founder of World Rivers Day who has cared for Burnaby water systems for decades.

The new culvert will have a natural bottom that will be fish passable.

“Re-establishing fish passage has always been a big push of ours – so this is certainly exciting to see and is another good step forward for the creek,” said Angelo. “To date, the needed prep work has been undertaken, invasive Japanese knotweed has been removed, and sediment control measures are being put in place … This is a major step forward for the creek. Urban streams often face barriers to the movement of fish, be they

trout or salmon or other species and poorly designed culverts are often a major reason for this.”

Angelo said he’s been working to restore Guichon Creek, which runs through the North Burnaby campus of BCIT, where Angelo used to run the school’s wildlife management program.

“We’ve made great headway over the years in terms of restoring what was once a dead stream and bringing this creek back to life,” Angelo said.

“Over time, we’ve worked on a number of sections, including the lower stretch north of Canada Way – as well as the middle section that runs through the eastern half of BCIT to where it reaches the Deer Lake Connector – and then the upper reaches west of Willingdon. After working to restore and clean up the creek, we then got to a point where we were able to re-establish a significant trout population throughout the creek, while also re-establishing a significant chum salmon run in the lower creek.That suc-

Fish get an upgrade: Workers are adding a new culvert along Guichon Creek. PHOTO MARK ANGELO

cess also highlighted the importance of restoring stream connectivity so that fish of all species could move freely up and

down the creek, something that we had long wanted to achieve.”

In 2020, a group of BCIT students built a

new wetland area for wildlife of all types near Guichon creek.The newly-built wetland is on the south end of the Burn-

aby campus of BCIT, near Guichon Creek. It was constructed by students as part of a threeday field course.

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BCGEU pushes city to approve towers plan “Tell Burnaby city council that you support new affordable housing.”

That’s the message being sent out in a new campaign by one of B.C.’s largest labour unions as it tries to convince Burnaby politicians to support its project.

“The B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) has purchased land in Burnaby to build its new office,” reads a post on a website designed to get people to sign up their support for the project.

“To maximize use of this land and help address the housing crisis, the union has submitted a proposal

to the City of Burnaby asking for rezoning that allows for towers (higher density) in order to create hundreds of affordable housing units as well as child-care spaces.This project would demonstrate a new model for how affordable housing can and should be developed for working people.”

The rezoning application is intended to make way for the union to build its headquarters and two mid-rise towers of rental housing over five lots on Palm Avenue.

Those two towers are expected to house roughly 300 residential units, at

New office: The BCGEU wants to relocate its office from Vancouver (pictured) to Burnaby. PHOTO BCGEU

least half of which are expected to be “affordable” – if not all of them, accord-

ing to BCGEU treasurer Paul Finch, in a February 2021 interview with the

NOW. By comparison, the city only requires multi-family developments to include 20% “affordable” rentals.

“We think that’s too low. So what we’re saying is we’re going to do a minimum of 50%, but we’re going to aim for 100%,” Finch said.

“What we’re going to do is any profit we make on this project we’re going to pour back into making more of the units affordable,” he said. “If there’s profit after that, we’re going to look at making them more affordable, more deeply affordable. So that’s the

model. (We’re) super proud of it.”

Finch said he wants the 50% affordability model to be made the standard in developments – but that isn’t a new idea from the BCGEU. Back in July 2018 at a rally against demovictions in Burnaby, Finch similarly called for 50% affordability to be mandated in the city’s rental policies.

The building is also expected to house an affordable child-care centre, which Finch said will likely include both preschool-age child care and school-age care.

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Citynow City’s most qualified female firefighter retires Cornelia Naylor

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With the retirement of its most qualified female firefighter and no women in its succession planning program, it looks like the Burnaby Fire Department will be without a female firefighter in its top ranks for the foreseeable future.

Fire Captain Cathy Van-Martin retired on June 30 after a 26-year career with the department, according to a report presented to city council Monday.

Just last summer, however,Van-Martin had applied for two senior positions, a deputy chief post vacated by now-Chief Chris Bowcock and a new staff officer position.

Despite an impressive resume, she was passed over for both.

At the time,Van-Martin was a 25-year veteran

of the department, with a master’s degree in crisis, emergency and disaster management, according to a now-deactivated LinkedIn profile.

Van-Martin’s management experience had included consulting for the Office of the Fire Commissioner of B.C. and the Fire Chiefs’ Association of B.C. to help develop a Wildland Urban Interface toolkit after the devastating 2017 wildfires.

And Bowcock himself wrote a letter recommending Van-Martin for the Canadian Risk and Hazard Network’s 2015 Larry Pearce Education Award for emergency and disaster management.

In the letter, which had been posted on LinkedIn, Bowcock said Van-Martin had “excelled in the fire service with specific, high impact contributions in the areas of personal per-

Capt. Cathy Van-Martin, far left, with a Burnaby wildfire deployment task force in summer 2017. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

formance, fire company performance, facilitating development and leadership.”

“As an individual, Lt. Van-Martin performs at the highest level; incorporating an unmatched level

of theoretical knowledge, practical emergency management skills, problem solving capability and a willingness to take on any challenge, both emergency and business process related,” Bowcock wrote.

Van-Martin had been in the department’s succession planning program – the pathway to senior management – for about five years and completed numerous courses in preparation for a leadership role when she applied for the deputy chief position, but the job went to longtime union executive Miles Ritchie instead.

Multiple sources have told the NOW Ritchie had been in the leadership program for only about two weeks before being promoted to deputy chief, but neither the fire chief nor public safety director Dave Critchley would answer questions from the NOW about how long Ritchie had been in the program.

“We don’t comment on personnel matters. I have nothing further to add,” Critchley wrote in an email after multiple re-

quests from the NOW over a month-long period.

Van-Martin’s retirement was announced in June, one week before another deputy chief position (vacated by departing deputy Chief Darcey O’Riordan) was filled by another of her male colleagues.

Ian Hetherington, who had been promoted to the staff officer position last summer, is now the department’s newest deputy.

The need for more diversity in the Burnaby Fire Department was a recurrent theme in a comprehensive review of the fire service published last year.

After hiring its first female firefighters nearly 30 years ago, the department has yet to promote a single female firefighter to its senior management team.

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Who gains from a Green meltdown?

One of the sidebar issues in the federal election campaign is how the Green Party will fare on voting day.

Most signs seem to point to the party not doing as well as it did in the 2019 election, when it won two B.C. ridings and may have affected the outcome in about 10 more.

For months, the Greens have been consumed by bitter infighting and an open and hostile revolt against party leader Annamie Paul. It also lost one of its three MPs when New Brunswick MP Jenica Atwin crossed the floor to the Liberals.

Paul’s relationship with the remaining two MPs – Paul Manley from Nanaimo-Ladysmith and former leader Elizabeth May – seems frayed at best. Finally, the party spends more time tearing itself apart over the Israel-Palestine conflict, which is hardly an election issue.

Throw in some serious financial problems and the stage seems set for some kind of collapse in Green support. If such a scenario does unfold, the question is which parties benefit the most from any slump in Green fortunes?

The Green voter’s identity has always been somewhat of a political mystery.

Are they disaffected voters who used to support a different party, are they people who never voted previously and what issues motivate them to vote?

Many observers think the NDP would logically benefit the most from any defections from the Green camp, given that historically their stands on various issues most closely mirror each than that of the other parties.The B.C. Greens also propped up a minority BC NDP government for three years.

However, over the past few years the federal Liberals have moved left on some issues and have put

fighting climate change – political turf the Greens had almost all to themselves for a long time – at the top of their agenda.

So it would appear the Liberals could also benefit from any hemorrhage in Green support.

The Greens attracted almost 291,000 votes in B.C. in the 2019 federal election, and about 125,000 of them were scattered through about 16 ridings where any significant downward shift in the party’s vote could see some of those ridings change hands.

For example, the Greens took more than 3,500 votes in the riding of Cloverdale-Langley City, which was won by the Conservatives by about 1,300 votes.Would a decline in Green allow the Liberals (who have promised a SkyTrain extension through that riding) to vault over the incumbent Conservative?

Or what about the more than 4,600 voters who voted Green in the riding of Burnaby North-Seymour in 2019? As I have noted before, the NDP owns this territory at the provincial level so would any significant slide in Green numbers allow the NDP to take this back from the Liberals?

The Greens’ internal troubles may also threaten its hold on the riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith, which historically is an area that is a big part of the NDP’s political DNA. Given the political sideshow the federal Greens have become over the past few months it is hard to see the party improving its position on Sept.

20.The question seems to be whether Liberal leader Justin Trudeau or NDP leader Jagmeet Singh will benefit the most from any potential meltdown.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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Don’t fear mandates

Editor: The American Medical Association is now calling for a COVID-19 vaccine mandate as the only way to stop the virus.

Vaccine mandates are not new. They have been used to fight polio, smallpox, measles, mumps and rubella to name a few. What is new is a plethora of conspiracy theories spawned on the internet by who knows who.

The AMA states that the science is clear that the vaccines are safe and effective in battling the virus. People who ignore science and put their trust in snake oil salesmen are endangering the lives of themselves and everyone else and particularly children who aren’t eligible yet for a vaccine and the medical profession who are duty bound to treat everyone no matter how reckless they are.

Voluntary measures don’t work for everyone, and bribery and financial inducements don’t work for true believers who are convinced that the vaccine is worse than the disease. We have laws against driving the wrong way on the freeway or firing guns in crowed places, but we don’t have laws against a person infected with COVID-19 going out in public and potentially killing others. If people are callous and selfish enough to evade the vaccine, thereby prolong-

ing the virus and ensuring that more deadly mutations will develop, they should be forced to have a vaccine just as someone driving the wrong direction on the freeway will be corrected one way or another.

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Editor: Throughout the pandemic, I – like many who have been working in customer service – have dealt with all sorts of people with all sorts of problems.

I have been berated, screamed at and treated poorly all because I am the face of the company who is explaining and enforcing COVID-19 policies. I can assure you as someone who works in customer service that I’m definitely not the one making the rules and I’m just trying to make a living in the most expensive city – same as everyone else.

Please, please, please stop taking your anger out on frontline workers. We are human and are truly just trying our best. Next time a COVID-19 policy enrages you, for whatever reason, before you rush to your local supermarket to take it out on the cashier, please remember who and what you are frustrated at and act accordingly.

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Take a Hike program offers alternatives Cornelia Naylor

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In 2014, toward the end of his Grade 9 year, Sasha Ruban’s academic prospects in the Burnaby school district did not look promising.

With only about a month left in the year, he had attended only about 20 days of school.

At the time, he said he’d gotten more out of using and dealing drugs than school.

“Truth be told, I was pretty interested in school,” he said. “It’s just the fact that I couldn’t get help, and I didn’t understand the concepts, so I thought I might as well do something else somewhere where I can actually understand something or benefit from it.”

But things couldn’t go on that way, and Ruban was threatened with expulsion from Burnaby South Secondary, he said.

He was slated to start anew at the district’s storefront program at the Canada Way Learning Centre when he heard about Take a Hike, an adventure-based alternate education program for at-risk high school students.

Since 2014, the Take a Hike Foundation has partnered with the school district on the local program, and Ruban was one of its first students.

Painting education: Artist Todd Polich, right, gives Take a Hike student Sasha Ruban pointers on painting a storage container in 2015.

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He graduated from Take a Hike in 2017 and now works in the film industry.

Ruban said he had had his doubts about Take a Hike at first – and so had his mom, an engineer who had moved from Estonia to give her only son a better life in Canada.

“At first, she had thoughts of, like, ‘Oh, this is an alternate school.

What is my kid going to do

in life? This isn’t going to get him anywhere.’”

But both came on board quickly.

“My first adventure kind of sealed the deal for me,” Ruban said.

The class went on a kayaking trip in the Gulf Islands.

“It was awesome because we were camping,” Ruban said. “We were off the grid; there were no

phones; there was no social media; there were no tendencies to go out and do something stupid.

You’re in your zone; you’re in nature; you’re teaching yourself how to look after yourself and others.”

Back in the classroom, the small class size (the program has a maximum capacity of 22 students) helped Ruban get back on track academically too,

and his grades shot up, he said “She proved to me that anything’s possible if you have that student-teacher relationship,” Ruban said about Dallas Plensky, the program’s teacher at the time.

The Take a Hike partnership sees the school district supply a fulltime teacher and classroom space, while the

Take a Hike Foundation funds a full-time therapist, a part-time adventure-based learning specialist, transportation, administrative support, adventure gear and meals (on school days and on trips).

Since its inception, 154 students have attended the Burnaby program and 50 have graduated from it. Last year, 18 students were registered.

Students go on three trips a year.

So far, they’ve hiked on the west coast of Vancouver Island, paddled in the Gulf Islands and snow-shoed in Manning Park.

Take a Hike, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, puts about $260,000 into the Burnaby program every year.

Ruban said the donors who support it should know they’re making a difference.

“Their money, whether it’s $10 or $100,000, it’s helping someone have a future,” he said.

For more information about Take a Hike, which also runs programs in Vancouver, Delta, Nanaimo, Cowichan, Saanich and the West Kootenays, visit www. takeahikefoundation.org.

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The 24-year-old Surrey man accused of killing Burnaby cyclist and father of two Charles Masala in a hit-and-run on Gaglardi Way more than two years ago is scheduled to plead guilty in Vancouver provincial court this month – but what he will be pleading guilty to remains to be seen.

Masala, 53, was hit and killed while cycling beside Gaglardi Way on the side of Burnaby Mountain at about 1:30 p.m. on June 29, 2019.

Whoever hit him didn’t stay at the scene, but police said they located a suspect vehicle – a black Jeep Cherokee SUV – on University High Street and Tower Road a short time later, according to a Burnaby RCMP press release at the time.

The driver was arrested and released, but charges weren’t approved until Jan. 13 of this year.

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Investigators: Charles Masala was killed while cycling along Gaglardi Way. PHOTO NOW FILES

charged with impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death and failing to stop after an accident resulting in death in relation to the deadly hit-and-run.

There was a pretrial conference in the case last month (August), and Mangat is now scheduled to plead guilty in Vancouver provincial court on Sept. 27.

When asked whether he would be pleading guilty

to all or only some of the charges – or other, lesser charges – BC Prosecution Service spokesperson Dan McLaughlin said he could only confirm a guilty plea had been scheduled.

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Citynow SFU looking at ‘regular rapid’ testing for the unvaccinated Cornelia Naylor

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Students, faculty, staff and visitors at Simon Fraser University who aren’t vaccinated or choose not to disclose their vaccination status may soon be subject to “regular rapid COVID-19 testing,” according to the university’s president.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Advanced Education Minister Anne Kang announced last week that post-secondary students would be returning to in -person classes this fall with a new mask order and proof-of-vaccination requirements for some settings.

That same day, SFU president Joy Johnson announced the new BC Vaccine Card will be used at SFU to prove vaccination starting Sept. 13.

On Aug. 26, she announced the university was working to implement mandatory self-disclosure of vaccination status for anyone accessing SFU’s campuses.This aims to make sure vaccination requirements are met for certain on-campus activities, including living in student housing, playing sports and eating at campus restaurants.

“This would be a confidential process, accompanied by regular rapid testing for those who are not vaccinated or choose not to disclose their vaccination status,” Johnson wrote.

She said she was in “active conversations” with SFU’s partner groups to ensure access to resources to implement the new approach, including rapid testing kits and a process and platform to manage people’s confidential vacci-

Gilmore project completed The City of Burnaby has finished a new project that benefits pedestrians and cyclists.

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“The Gilmore Urban Trail Project supports the City of Burnaby’s Climate Action and Transportation Plan goals of mode shift, by supporting active transportation through improved accessibility and safety for cyclists and pedestrians,” read a statement from the city.

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Back to School

Clinics set up so SFU students can get vaccinated Cornelia Naylor

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Burnaby post-secondary students scrambling to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19 so they can move into student housing, play sports and eat at school pubs will have plenty of chances to get the jab on campus in the coming weeks.

Fraser Health has announced a slew of popup immunization clinics at SFU’s Burnaby Mountain campus and BCIT. Clinics are scheduled at SFU Burnaby’s Convocation Hall on Sept. 8, 13, 17.

On Sept. 14, there will be a clinic in rooms 2200 and 2210 of the Discovery 1 building, and three additional clinics are also scheduled for today (Sept.

2) and for Sept. 9 and 22 in the Residence East Tower multipurpose room.

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10. All the pop-up clinics are also open to friends, family and members of the public who are 12 and older – including those who don’t have personal health numbers and people who are not B.C. residents, according to Fraser Health.

People looking for their second shot should have either gotten an invitation to book a second dose from the Get Vaccinated system or be at least 28 days from their first dose.

The health authority is encouraging people to bring their COVID-19 immunization record card if they have it.

“These on-campus clinics make it easy and convenient to get the vaccine,” Advanced Education Minister and Burnaby-Deer Lake MLA Anne Kang said in a Fraser Health news release last week.

“Make the choice to protect your community and play an active role in ensuring a safe return to school this fall.”

On Aug. 24, Kang and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced post-secondary students would be returning to in-person classes this fall with a new mask order and proof-of-vaccination requirements for some settings, including on-campus housing, oncampus restaurants, gyms, indoor club meetings, indoor concerts and indoor sporting events.

Proof of vaccination will not be required to attend in-person classes but masks will.

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31ST ANNUAL SALUTE TO LABOUR UNIONS

‘Building strength for all of our members today and tomorrow’

Mike Farnworth, MLA Port Coquitlam

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2021 LABOUR DAY BC’s teachers stand proudly with all workers, determined to protect our quality public services and build a more equitable society for every British Columbian.

A message from the Burnaby Teachers’ Association, a local of the BC Teachers’ Federation, a social justice union.

BURNABY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION

This summer reminded all of us of the importance of workers. And not just because of the pandemic.We’ve all witnessed the dedication of workers fighting fires, caring for heatwave victims, and just showing up for work in difficult conditions.

It also reminds us that workers deserve the basic protections that help ensure you can go home safely at the end of your day, earn a decent living and build a better future for your family.

But those protections are always being challenged, whether it’s by economic changes, misguided political ideologies or employers (not all, but

many) cutting corners for short-term profit.

Here are some of the important protections we’re working to safeguard in the coming year: Paid sick leave: Nobody should ever have to choose between staying home when they’re sick and being able to pay the bills.

But 53% of BC workers and 90% of low-wage workers don’t have access to paid sick leave, because provincial laws don’t require employers to offer it.

Paid sick leave can help stem the spread of infectious diseases. And when workplace transmission is prevented, it means a better bottom line for businesses, too.

The B.C. government will bring in paid sick leave by next January, and they’re conducting a public consultation about what it should look like.You can share your thoughts with them online at engage.gov. bc.ca/paidsickleave — but don’t stop there. Join our campaign for permanent, universal paid sick leave at www.futureforall.ca/sick_ leave.

Workers’ compensation: It’s been clear for years that B.C.’s workers’ compensation system is broken. Drastic changes and cuts by the old BC Liberal government stacked the deck against injured workers.

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Gig workers need more protections Continued from page 16 While we’ve seen some welcome reforms under the NDP, they don’t go nearly far enough.

The Patterson Report clearly identified sweeping changes needed to create a truly worker-centered Workers’ Compensation Board. Every day of delay puts workers and their families at risk.

Protection for gig and precarious workers: Many workers can’t count on even the most basic employment standards — like the minimum wage, Employment Insurance, the Canada Pension Plan, and access to worker’s compensation — because employers misclassify them as

“contractors.”

With our economy shifting toward app-based gig work and temporary and part-time employment, it’s time to make sure employment standards apply to everyone.

The right to organize: The evidence is clear: Unions are the single most effective factor in increasing workers’ standard of living and reducing income inequality.They level the playing field with employers on issues like workplace safety, harassment, pay and benefits, and many more.

But often when workers try to organize, they face major barriers — including grossly unfair tactics from

employers.We can tackle one of the biggest barriers by certifying unions in a workplace when the majority of workers there have signed union cards, which helps prevent employers from manipulating the certification process.

Labour Day is a celebration of workers. And the best way to make that celebration meaningful is by ensuring every worker has the full protection they’ve earned.

Laird Cronk is the president of the BC Federation of Labour, and Sussanne Skidmore is the Secretary-Treasurer.

Happy Labour Day! As we all celebrate Labour Day in honour of working people in Burnaby and beyond, we wish you a safe and happy Labour Day Weekend.

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Happy Labour Day! Thank you to the thousands of BCGEU members and other essential workers on the frontlines of COVID-19.

Workers are the key as we emerge from the pandemic stronger and safer.

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ON LABOUR DAY, LET’S RECOGNIZE BC NURSES AND ALL WORKERS www.bcnu.org

BC’s nurses and front line workers are working tirelessly.

With gratitude, let’s acknowledge and support their resiliency and dedication to safe patient care.

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ese are principles on which organized labour was founded.

No single union has ever achieved these goals with more success and consistency than the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

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Workers key to our pandemic recovery Workers are the key as we emerge from the pandemic stronger and safer Labour Day is a celebration of everything workers and unions have accomplished by standing in solidarity and using our collective power to fight for our rights and values.We all know the list of union wins – weekends and paid vacation, paid sick leave and parental leave, statutory holidays and overtime, pensions, occupational health and safety rules and workers compensation; protections from bullying, discrimination and harassment in the workplace.To name a few.

Labour Day is a chance for us as working people to look to the future and dream with our eyes open about how we want to use collective power as we move forward together.

And, in that respect, this Labour Day — our second in the pandemic — is a special opportunity. Specifically, it’s an opportunity to remind decision-makers that working people have kept our communities safe and our province running over the last 18 months.

We expect and deserve to be front and centre in B.C.’s post-pandemic recovery.

Working people have made extraordinary sacrifices during the pandemic.

Some of us lost incomes when workplaces shut down. Others had to figure out how to do work or school from home. Many more have worked every day providing the vital services that British Columbians rely on – like supporting vulnerable people, families and communities; working frontline on COVID prevention and enforcement; keeping courts and government offices operating; protecting people and property from devastating wildfires, and much more.

COVID-19 hasn’t broken us. But this pandemic has revealed what many of us have known for a long time — our old ‘normal’ was broken.With working people leading the way in the recovery, I’m optimistic we can leverage the lessons of this pandemic to build a progressive, healthy, inclusive, prosperous, worker-friendly society. A society where life is more affordable because of programs like universal child care. A society that invests in public services like seniors care. A society committed to ensuring no worker is left behind as

we tackle climate change.

A society that does the real work to advance reconciliation with Indigenous people and eliminates racism and discrimination.

A society that reflects our shared values: like dignity and respect; equality and fairness; social justice and opportunity for all.

I know we can fix what’s broken and there are great things on the horizon. I also know we’re not through the pandemic yet.

So this Labour Day I’m asking every member of the BCGEU and every working person in the province to stay strong and do your part: protect yourself and those you care about by getting vaccinated if you can; vote on Sept. 20; support businesses that support workers and reflect your values; get involved in your union if you have one and, if you don’t, visit the BCGEU’s website at bcgeu.ca to find out how to change that.

I wish you, your friends and family the very best Labour Day 2021 as we look forward in the coming months to building a B.C. of which we can all be proud.

Stephanie Smith is president of the BCGEU

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BURNABY FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION LOCAL 323 I.A.F.F.

Random acts of kindness from local workers Working together can accomplish so much

Burnaby Firefighters are proud union members committed to serving the citizens of Burnaby. Our members volunteer their own time to groups and projects in your community.

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After being with the Building Trades for most of a decade, I’ve had the unique privilege of seeing what we can accomplish when we work together.

There are many big things we do that make their way into the public; like the big infrastructure projects we build or Community Benefits initiatives.

But I also see many of the small things our unions do that we don’t often make a big deal about or really even talk about.

There are so many small acts of kindness our unions have done in just this past year; like calling through their retirees list just to check in and make sure our older members are doing OK. It’s a business manager personally dropping off Red Seal certificates so each apprentice can still receive the recognition so important to this rite of passage into journey status.

It’s the leaders in our unions participating in an intensive Be More Than a Bystander training pro-

gram so they can make our worksites safer for tradeswomen.

It’s the apprentice coordinator who noticed an apprentice was struggling and personally drove them to addiction services.

It’s the many, many scholarships given out and the thousands of union masks distributed to keep members safe.

It’s the members of our women’s committee, Build TogetHER, instantly responding to a call for help to support women with high levels of violence, homelessness, poverty and addiction on the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.

And then there was the time we called a food bank to say we were donating $15,000 to help care for families over the holidays and the person on the other end broke down in tears because the donation was so needed.That donation was just one of many our affiliates made last December as our unions gave generously all across B.C. There are so many

memorable moments of caring that stand out in my mind, but I will share just one last one.

When Labour Day events were cancelled last year due to COVID, our unions organized a construction vehicle convoy through the Lower Mainland from Delta to New Westminster to Burnaby to Maple Ridge to celebrate the labour movement and demonstrate our resiliency in these challenging times.

A parent group in New Westminster found out and for block after block, families gathered on picnic blankets and children waved at our members as we drove by.

We don’t often promote these things that we do.

I suppose because we’ve been doing them for so long they are an essential part of who we are as unions. But they are special. And our communities are better because of these everyday contributions that we make.

Brynn Bourke is interim executive director of BC BuildingTrades

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Sportsnow Sitting volleyball ‘saved’ Paralympian after double amputation 10 years ago Cornelia Naylor

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When Burnaby’s Felicia Voss-Shafiq moved to the Lower Mainland from California in 2001, she took up volleyball in a rec league at work.

She fell in love with the sport itself, she said, but there was more to it than that, too.

“I was new to the city, the country,” she told the NOW, “so, through volleyball, I met a lot of friends, made a lot of connections.”

In 2011, however, a bad case of pneumonia sent her into septic shock and threatened to end not just her volleyball career but her life.

She woke up after a twoweek coma with her hands and feet bandaged.

Her hands would recover but not her feet, and both her legs were amputated below the knee.

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Her main focus over the next three years would not be volleyball but getting back to work.

“It encompassed so many things,” she says of her job as a support engineer at software company SAP. “It included being comfortable in my new legs enough to drive and walk around. It meant training myself to handle the energy expenditure a full day of work required.

It meant feeling like a valuable member of society, of my family and to myself. It also meant regaining my independence and my self-confidence.”

Volleyball was always at the back of her mind, she said, but mostly it just made her sad.

“I loved the sport so much, I missed it so much that I couldn’t even watch it on TV without crying,” she says.

Then one day a friend encouraged her to “suck it up” and try sitting volleyball, an adapted version of the sport for athletes with lower limb impairments in which players have to keep at least one buttock on the floor during play.

She was “quite reluctant,” she said, but she took to it the minute she hit the court.

Like the standing game, though, sitting volleyball has been more than just a great sport to Voss-Shafiq.

“This sport has saved me in so many ways,” she says.

“It allowed me to achieve my goals of being healthy and active; it gave me another network of support when I needed it – this is support from women, strong, amazing women, who’ve gone through something similar, who’ve gone through adversity, who’ve evolved through adversity. It gave me back the sport that I loved.”

Sitting volleyball has also sent Voss-Shafiq across the country and around the world to numerous tournaments and two Paralympic Games as a member of the Canadian women’s national sitting volleyball team – first to Rio in 2016, where the team won bronze, and now to Tokyo.

Team Canada punched their ticket to the semi finals Wednesday by beating Japan in three sets in their last preliminary match.They now face China in the semi-finals Friday.”

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FISHER, Darren Melvyn March 11, 1967 - August 15, 2021 At age 54, Darren succumbed to injuries he received from being hit by a car when he was 12 years old.

Fortunately, he seemed to have been born with a positive attitude; seeing the world as if everything was possible and life was great. Even at his first swimming lesson, when the class was asked if anybody could dive, Darren enthusiastically raised his hand and then pulled off a reasonable dive much to his family’s surprise.

Praise from the swimming instructor was completely redundant but he lapped it up anyway. Through his long journey from coma and vegetative state to being the best he could be, he was never one to be angry or bitter about his completely changed life and amazingly, he continued to demonstrate that he viewed the world with optimism. Although rendered pretty much non-verbal by his profound brain injury, Darren had an incredible way of engaging people, even strangers, with his gestures, charming and winning ways and his gorgeous smile. For example, one day while riding in mom’s car, a big and burly biker pulled up beside them and Darren approvingly looked over the beautiful Harley Davidson bike and then he gave the rider a big grin and a thumbs up which his new friend returned. So the injury didn’t change Darren’s personality, he was always awesome and his lesson to all of us who might be brave enough to follow is to accept our challenges and get on with life. As Darren so prophetically wrote forty-three years prior to the day of his passing:

“You see yourself in a puddle, a crisp, slick, cool mountain puddle.

It is a reflection of yourself.

As you stumble away from your reflection, you get smaller and grow faint.

As you come nearer you get dazzly large.

Then after a while, the puddle drys up, your image grows faint and starts to fade, then you have no hope.

Still you must go on, and find another puddle, another life.”

Darren’s indomitable personality was sustained by his loving and attentive family, his loyal friends and his devoted care workers. His family is grateful to the B. C. medical system for his care and support over all these years, because his life certainly was worth living thanks to all of us. So finally thank you to Darren for demonstrating how to rise above adversity and to find and give as much joy in life as is possible. We will love him always and carry him in our hearts to the end of our days. The above photo was taken three hours before he passed away and we know he would want everyone to have such a great last day. A small private outdoor gathering will celebrate Darren’s life during these covid times. In lieu of flowers, any donations could be made to jodickeyfoundation.ca which is a charitable organization that gave him a new tricycle.

MARKETPLACE BURIAL PLOTS OCEANVIEW BURIAL PARK South Mausoleum.

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BURIAL PLOTS 2 Side by Side Single Depth Burial Plots Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, 3789 Royal Oak Ave, Burnaby Each plot can hold 1 casket plus 1 urn or 2 urns and flat grave markers.

Lot 135 - #7 & 8 in the Benediction section which is currently sold out. $30,000 for both open to offers.

Transfer of ownership done at the cemetery office.

Buyer pays transfer fee.

Please call or text; 604-615-8403

BRANSON, Loyal Raymond Loyal Raymond Branson of Burnaby, born March 20, 1928, passed away peacefully on August 9, 2021.

Survived by his brothers, Merle (Shilda), Ivan (Ina), Audrey, Jim (Pat), sister-in-law Della; five children, Richard (Kim), Raymond (Colleen), Maryanne (Shane), David (Cindy), and Darline (Mike); 15 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Loyal was actively involved in the St Francis de Sales Parish. Nine years ago Loyal and Anne moved to a Care Home in South Surrey. He is now reunited with his wife Anne who passed away in November, 2020.

He will be forever in our hearts.

We are seeking information regarding an incident that took place on a Translink bus on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at about 3:10 pm on bus #H16027 (Route 106) which was heading westbound on Edmonds Street. The bus came to an abrupt stop near Humphries Street outside Edmonds Community Centre causing a female passenger to fall from her seat to the floor.

If you have any information, please contact Anthony Thomas • 604-689-8888 Simpson, Thomas & Associates

Avis public de notification (art. 136 et 137 C.p.c.)

Section I - Avis Avis est donné à Antoine Christopher Laliberté Gomez de vous présenter au greffe de la Cour du Québec du district de Montréal située au 410, rue de Bellechasse, Montréal, Québec, dans les 30 jours afin de recevoir la demande introductive d’instance qui y a été laissée à votre attention.

Vous devez répondre à cette demande dans le délai indiqué dans l’avis de présentation qui l’accompagne, sans quoi un jugement par défaut pourrait être rendu en votre absence.

PETERSON, John June 5, 1950 − August 29, 2021 John Peterson passed away on August 29, 2021 at his home after a courageous battle with COPD. Born in New Westminster, BC on June 5, 1950, to Phylis and Alan Peterson, John made New Westminster his home most of his life. He moved to Surrey in the early 2000s but his heart never left the Royal City.

He was well known to many residents and loved striking up conversations with neighbours and passersby. His easy smile and quick wit made him well−loved. John was also known as the guy who wore his ballcap on backward long before it was fashionable. He was ahead of his time.

John graduated from NWSS in 1969 and was a good athlete in his youth. He played lacrosse, hockey, and baseball. Some of his most fond memories involved playing ball at Moody Park.

Although John suffered a serious accident as a young adult and lived with a significant head injury, he carried on with courage. Most would never know the challenges he faced.

John is predeceased by his mom, Phylis; dad, Alan; and sister, Paula Houweling. He is survived by his siblings, Arlene (Frank), Patti, Michael (Wendi), and Ivan (Kelly); and brother−in−law, Jack; as well as numerous beloved cousins, nieces, and nephews.

At John’s request, a private family gathering will be held to celebrate his life. In lieu of flowers, you might donate to your favourite charity.

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Section II - Informations relatives à la publication Le présent avis est publié aux termes d’une ordonnance rendue le 18 août 2021 par l’Honorable Paul Grzela de la Cour du Québec dans le dossier numéro 525-43-007966-217.

Il ne sera pas publié à nouveau, à moins que les circonstances ne l’exigent.

Section III - Informations finales New Westminster, Colombie-Britannique, le 2 septembre 2021 Me Gwendolyne Chan Ying. (gcy@laroseavocats.ca / 514-332-2282)

Public notice of notification (art. 136 and 137 C.C.P.) Section I - Notice Notice is hereby Laliberté Gomez to Court of Quebec, Montreal situated Montreal, province order to receive there in your name.

given to Antoine Christopher take delivery at the office of the Youth Division in the district of at 410, rue de Bellechasse, of Quebec within 30 days in the originating application left

You must answer the application within the time specified in the Notice of presentation attached to it, failing which a default judgment may be rendered in your absence.

Section II - Information on publication This notice is published under an order rendered on August 18, 2021 by the Honourable Paul Grzela of the Court of Quebec in case number 525-43007966-217.

NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given that ULock Mini Storage, 4240 Manor St, Burnaby, will be selling the contents of lockers: − Jonathan Derozario, #0051 − Martel Markwei, #0054 − Jiajun Liang, #1062 − Gunnar Nielsen, #2174 − Lawrence Carriere, #2182 − Trung (Aaron) Nguyen, #3203 It will be sold by online auction from September 10, 2021 to September 15, 2021.

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private assisted living suites that offer the independence you want with the care you need; providing housing, hospitality services and personal care.

It will not be published again, unless required by the circumstances.

Section III - Final information New Westminster, British Columbia, September 2, 2021 Mtre Gwendolyne Chan Ying (gcy@laroseavocats.ca / 514-332-2282)

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#1 Backhoes & Excavators Trenchless Waterlines Bobcats & Dump Truck & All Material Deliveries

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• Seniors discount.

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INTERIOR & EXTERIOR SPECIALS 10% OFF

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PATIOS

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Painting Specials

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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LANDSCAPING

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

MOVING ???

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• 24/7 /77 Service

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Call Simon for prompt & professional service 30 yrs exp.

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PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

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RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT

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

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

Call Dhillon, 604-782-1936

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

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from $249/week + dump fees

POWER WASHING PLANNING TO MOVE ????

2 Good Men + Truck.

Home/ Office/ Junk Disposal. $120/hour Full Service (Local). Special Rates − Vancouver Island, BC Interior.

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PAINTING/ WALLPAPER 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

PLUMBING

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Free Membership Card Promotion!!!

Hello food lover, in the celebration of our 9th newly renovated restaurant, just recently open in your neighborhood. Visit us and enjoy authentic Vietnamese cuisine with our Fall special offer for dine in service. Show this ad and get a FREE membership card (normally $10 value) with any bills over $10. This card can get 10% off the whole bill every time you dine in and valid until Aug 27th, 2022 . This promotion applies for our New West location (1190 8th ave) and SFU location (8901 Cornerstone Mews) and valid until Sep 30, 2021!!!

We look forward to seeing you all at our restaurant. − Pho99 team

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Basements Made Dry Claudio’s Backhoe Service

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References required.

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BACK TO SCHOOL Prices Effective September 2 - September 8, 2021.

Organic Lean Ground Beef

100% BC OWNED AND OPERATED

100% Grass Fed, Value Pack

99/lb 11 26.43/kg

Organic Corn on the Cob

Hot House Grown Long Seedless Cucumbers LO CA L

4/500 LOCAL

Rossdown Roasted Chickens Assorted Varieties

Choices’ Own Sourdough Bread

2/ 300 ‘Cooking with Spinach’ Baby Spinach Blends

499

999

398

530g

376g-454g

Ready to Eat

Garden of Life Dr.Formulated Probiotics

GT’s Organic Raw Kombucha

Smart Sweets Low Sugar Candy

20% off

799

2/600

1.4L +deposit +eco fee

assorted sizes Regular Retail 24.49-53.99

50g

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