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MUSIC TO THEIR EARS: Burnaby Coun. Joe Keithley with some of the musical instruments donated by local residents in December for a new program called Harmony for All. “Expressing yourself through music is one of life’s greatest joys, but the financial cost of renting an instrument and paying for lessons puts music out of reach for too many people,” Keithley said in a news release. “Harmony for All will ensure that all Burnaby residents have the opportunity to explore their musical talents. Learning music is a wonderful way for our kids to connect, make friends and overcome cultural barriers.” PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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Residential school graves forced us to look Stefan Labbe Glacier Media

“Good fortune” is the way Ron Ignace describes his early years. As a young boy, his great-grandfather would show him how to burn grass and shrubs to heal the land around Deadman’s Creek Valley.

“Then I got pulled off to residential school,” he said.

“There’s only one in this area — that’s called Kamloops Indian Residential School.”

May 4, 1962, is still burned into Ignace’s memory: the day he ran away.

Ignace knew the school would come west to the Skeetchestn reserve to look for him. So, at 16 years old, he fled to an aunt’s house 80 kilometres to the north.

He went to work in saw mills and on railways, ranches and apple orchards.

“You name it,” he said, describing his tortuous path to Simon Fraser University, where he studied Indigenous oral history. He eventually made it back to Skeetchestn, where he would serve as chief for 32 years until his retirement last spring.

Thousands of other children, including one of Ignace’s aunts, never shared his fortune — their stories cut short, veiled in church records and in the memories of those who survived.

That is, until a rib bone surfaced in an old apple orchard. Next came a tooth.The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation brought experts to uncover what time and earth had buried at the site of the old residential school.

On May 27, Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir told the world ground-penetrating radar had revealed the remains of 215 unmarked graves.

“I’m hoping that now that people will believe us when we say that there was a policy of geno-

Paying tribute: A display of children’s shoes on the steps in front of the New Westminster cenotaph pays tribute to the discovery of 215 children’s remains discovered on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. PHOTO JULIE MACLELLAN

cide against Indigenous peoples,” Ignace told Glacier Media following the discovery.

From the 19th Century to the 1970s, more than 150,000 Indigenous children aged six to 16 were forced to attend statefunded Christian schools designed to assimilate them into Canadian society in what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TCR) report has described as “cultural genocide.”

Children were removed from their families, not allowed to speak their own language and forced to convert to Christianity.

More than 38,000 children were verbally, physically and sexually abused, triggering lifetimes of trauma. According to the TCR report, at least 6,000 Indigenous children are thought to have died between the 1880s and 1996.

As experts in Kamloops tracked more than 200 “anomalies” on the 160acre property, across Canada, other First Nations began to question whose lives were buried on their own lands.

In late June, the Lower Kootenay Band said it had found 182 more unmarked graves at the former St. Eugene’s Mission School near Cranbrook; within two weeks, another 160 undocumented and unmarked graves were found near the Kuper Island residential school on Penelakut Island. As of mid-December, searches at seven former residential schools in B.C., Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Nova Scotia have turned up nearly 1,400 suspected graves.

By some metrics, the grisly discoveries have finally spurred government to act. In July, the B.C. government said it would provide $475,000 to investigate each of the province’s 18 residential school sites and three hospitals; in August, Ottawa pledged another $321 million to help Indigenous communities search residential school rural sites.

But a true reckoning has just begun. First Nations across Canada are either actively searching or planning to dig up the past in at least another 16 schools.

B.C. FINDS HEALING IN GRIEF The graves in Kamloops instantly echoed in the lives of countless British Columbians, a void filled by public displays of emptiness.

One Kamloops man committed to run 215 kilometres to help those who survived residential schools. In the end, tens of thousands of dollars would pour in.

“It is definitely a pivotal point in history,” said Casimir. “After years of silence and disbelief, our Kamloops Indian Residential School survivors, their firsthand knowledge about the deaths of children at the school feels like it’s been finally confirmed.”

Canadians, she said, have all been awakened since the children were found, for the first time in Canadian history listening and understanding what residential school was all about.

“They want to know my story.

“They want to know what happened to my family.

“They’re looking at me

differently.”

These are some remarks Casimir hears over and over as her community interacts with non-Indigenous people.

Dark realities survivors had kept close for years started to reach the ears of non-Indigenous Canadians: residential schools were designed with cemeteries.

As EldonYellowhorn, SFU professor and principal investigator of a team identifying unmarked graves at Manitoba’s Brandon Indian Residential School put it: “It wasn’t secret that there were going to be deaths.”

RECONCILING IN CRISIS In a year dominated by one crisis after another, a deadly heat dome and wildfire season quickly consumed the public conversation in B.C. But like so much public policy in Canada, it was and is Indigenous people that often bear the brunt of government failure.

Here’s one example: the Canadian Wildland Fire Evacuation Database shows that roughly half of

all wildfire evacuees in Canada over the past 40 years have been Indigenous, even though they make up less than five per cent of the country’s population.

In Ignace’s territory, it took the Sparks Lake wildfire threatening his band’s survival before firefighters found a way to work alongside the First Nation.

For two days, current Skeetchestn Indian Band Chief Darrel Draney said Emergency Management BC failed to return his calls for help.

“We had no response to anything,” Draney told Glacier Media as a “great wall of fire” approached his community in July. “No red shirts anywhere. No aircraft.

Not even a visit.”

While most of the band evacuated, 75 people stayed behind. Soon after Draney spoke out to Glacier Media, BC Wildfire Service firefighters and Skeetchestn members found a way to come together.

Skeetchestn hunters acted as experts on the ground, guiding firefighters to water sources and roads, and warning of wind changes.

As the chief said at the time, “Skeetchestn is the brains of this fire.The ministry is the brawn.”

Ignace, a traditional fire keeper for his people, continues to push for and educate how to carry out traditional burning, both to stimulate the land and to prevent wildfires. Heal the forests, grasslands and waterways of British Columbia, and you go a long way to healing a relationship with First Nations.

Not to mention, preventing what Ignace foresees as “the mother of all fires.”

The B.C. government has moved to improve forestry practices in the Continued on page 4

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Citynow Report shows little national progress is being made Continued from page 3 province, announcing in November it would defer old-growth logging in many areas to give it time to create a new industry paradigm.

As part of the process, on Nov. 4, the province gave First Nations 30 days to say whether they support deferrals, require further discussion or would rather work through existing treaties.

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has slammed the time frame for such a complex analysis as “totally unreasonable.”

When asked where the B.C. government has made the most progress on reconciliation this year, a spokesperson for the B.C. Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation pointed to a number of bills.They

range from amendments to statutes that confirm Indigenous peoples as full partners in sustainable forest management to bills that recognize Indigenous jurisdiction over education and child and family services.

CHURCH APOLOGY, STUDENT RECORDS A PRIORITY Casimir said her nation is looking at pursuing criminal investigations related the findings at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. But a more urgent priority is ensuring student records held by the Roman Catholic Church and federal government are released to survivors.

Federal Minister of Justice David Lametti assured Casimir student records from the school — now in Ottawa’s hands — will be released to the

Truth and Reconciliation Commission within the next 30 days or so, according to the chief.

With “complete and full disclosure,” Casimir said those school documents must be made accessible to survivors. But they are also crucial sources of information to identify buried children, the circumstances that led to their deaths and to help repatriate their bodies to their home communities — thought to stretch across B.C., and as far away as Washington State, Alberta andYukon.

“How do we heal?” said Casimir. “We’re still all grappling with the truth.”

The discovery of the graves has already pushed the Catholic community to levels of contrition never seen before. A week before National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Canadian Confer-

ence of Catholic Bishops issued a national apology to residential school survivors, acknowledging “grave abuses” committed by “some members of our Catholic community.”

Three days later, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said it would commit $30 million over five years to advance reconciliation at the local level across Canada.

MEASURING NATIONAL PROGRESS At a national level, progress on the Truth and Reconciliation’s 94 calls to action has seen mixed results.

According to the CBC’s Beyond 94 project, which seeks to track progress on the TRC’s recommendations, only 13 have been completed. Another 29 calls to action have been met with “projects underway,” while 32 have had

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

“projects proposed” and 20 have “not started.”

There has been some progress in 2021.

Roughly two weeks after the graves in Kamloops were discovered, Ignace was appointed the first Indigenous language commissioner of Canada. A position independent from the Government of Canada, the posting answers the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 14th call to action.

“Our languages will no longer stand in the shadow of other languages here in our land,” he’s quoted as saying at the time.

But advancing Ignace into his new position is one of few bright spots on reconciliation’s national stage.

Eva Jewell, research director of the First Nations-led think tank the Yellowhead Institute, said counting proposed proj-

ects gives “a false sense of advancement” on reconciliation.

In a report released Dec. 15 tracking progress on the TCR recommendations throughout 2021, Jewell and co-author Ian Mosby found only 11 of the 94 calls to action have been completed to date.

Of those, three of the recommendations were advanced this year.

In a period of three weeks, all in the month of June and all after the 215 graves were found, more was accomplished on the TRC’s calls to action than in the previous three years, according to the report.

The Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line (1866-925-4419) is available 24 hours a day for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of their residential school experience.

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Window smashed: A Burnaby business was victimized after its window was smashed Monday night. Around 7 p.m., Burnaby emergency crews responded to a crash at Hastings Street and Sperling Avenue.

When crews arrived, they found two vehicles involved, with one of the vehicles crashed into Snap Fitness Gym. One person was transported to hospital by paramedics. PHOTO RYAN STELTING

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Opinion now MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Expect these disasters in 2022

I do not usually like to off events never to be seen make predictions, but here again (at least to the magis one that I will venture: nitude we witnessed this the top two stories in 2022 past year) for another hunwill be the same ones that dred years or so. dominated 2021.

The year 2022 will unIn other words: the doubtedly bring more COVID-19 pandemic weather disasters.The and extraordinary weather question is: will we be betevents caused by climate ter prepared in the coming change. year to deal with them?

Not only does the panWill enough fuel be demic show no signs of scooped off forest floors ending, the sudden emerto lessen the chance of angence of the Omicron vari- other aggressive and devant and its rapid spread al- astating wildfire season most makes it seem like we from occurring? are starting all over again, Wlll the broken parts of as if we were back at the our highway system be rebeginning of this ordeal built in a way to withstand rather than nearing its end. mudslides and mass floodPeople are testing posiing? tive in numbers that were Will the dike system almost unimaginable just be upgraded in time for a few weeks ago, when it even more flooding, or will looked like we were slowly places like the Sumas praiwrestling the virus to the rie be underwater again? ground.

Of course, we have to Public health restrictions get through this winter are increasing, rather than and next spring before we relaxing.The even get to future of some the time of Public health year when professional sports leagues’ the weather restrictions seasons are in “events” are increasing, even doubt. began Haven’t we occurring in rather than seen this all 2021. relaxing. before?Yes we Will snowfall levhave, and we els dramatwill continue ically into watch the crease in same kinds of southwest B.C in the comthings unfold until we can ing weeks? We are curget Omicron (and whatrently in a cold snap.Will ever the next variant of there be an unusual numconcern may be) under ber of them this winter? control.There is no timeThen there is the spring line for this. freshet, when melting It is possible that Omisnow swells rivers and cron disappears in a way streams.We almost always that matches its emergence: quickly and dramat- experience some flooding ically. But the alternative associated with this event, – that it cuts such a vast but will it be more extenswath through the popusive this spring? lation that the health-care Dr. Bonnie Henry has system gets overwhelmed said the aggressive Omi– remains a scary one. cron variant has essentially When it comes to the taken us into a different weather, it is hard to bepandemic. Pouring climate lieve that the past year of change weather on top of disasters associated with it will undoubtedly shape climate change – the wildthe year to come. fires, the heat dome, the Keith Baldrey is chief pomudslides and massive litical reporter for Global flooding — were all oneBC.

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Life is too short so please treat people with a lot of kindness Editor: Life is short. What are you doing about it?

It’s a sound bite...life is short.

We’ve all heard it countless times. For many, it goes in one ear and out the other.

The day will come sooner or later regardless of age, when we find ourselves drawing our last breath of life. It’s inevitable. What would we remember? What would matter to us the most?

In our endeavor to make a life for ourselves, coupled with the pursuit of pleasure and social connection, let us also be mindful that we are not all created equal.

The means to pursue success, liberty, happiness and social connection are not equal to us all. There are the “haves” and the “have not” among us.

We didn’t choose to be born. No one chooses to be born poor or have health impairments. It means we didn’t choose the genetics and the environment that we grew up in. We inherited them.

Our genes and cultural/geographical upbringing are the foundation of having a good

footing in the world we live in, of which we have no control over.

Yes, we also have personal agency that allow us the freedom to make choices — the right choices in life.

Some of us happened to be more fortunate than others in our choices simply by sheer luck or personal circumstances that often beguile explanation.

Yet almost always, we attribute our luck or circumstance to our own doing for no other reason than to justify what we have and who we are.

The fact that we are not all created equal and came out on the other side as one of the lucky ones should serve as a calling card for us all.

And the best way to honour that call is through gratitude for life’s blessings and through acts of kindness.

In the spirit of Christmas and this holiday season, let us be mindful of the life we have and show kindness in ways outside of our own circle and tradition with the ones less fortunate than us!

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‘Alarming’ number of trucks taken off roads Cornelia Naylor

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More dangerous trucks continue to be taken off the road in Burnaby than elsewhere in the Lower Mainland, according to local police.

In 2021, Burnaby RCMP’s traffic unit joined officers from 10 other partner agencies in the region to conduct 42 commercial vehicle enforcements across the Lower Mainland, according to a police news release.

More than half (55%) of the trucks checked (1,087 of 1,980) were taken off the road for safety viola-

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During 25 enforcement operations in Burnaby, however, 60% of the trucks checked (620 of 1,037) were taken out of service.

“This is an alarming number of trucks taken off the road,” Burnaby RCMP media spokesperson Cpl. Mike Kalanj said in the release.

“This is why we will continue to collaborate with our partner agencies to keep our roadways safe.”

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The top 5 violations in 2021, starting with the most common, have been defective vehicles, insecure cargo, use of electronic devices, inadequate paperwork and the improper transportation of dangerous goods.

The top 4 vehicle defects have been lights, tires, brakes and steering.

One encouraging statistic shows a dramatic increase in enforcement.

In 2020, there were 15 enforcement blitzes in Burnaby.

This year, there have been 25.

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Along with taking unsafe trucks off the road, officers have dinged drivers for being impaired, carrying a weapon, overstaying a visa, displaying a stolen insurance sticker, driving while prohibited and speeding excessively.

“This integrated team has done an amazing job throughout the Lower Mainland,” Kalanj said in the release. “Expect to see these enforcement operations throughout 2022 and beyond.”

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Jazz exhibition filled with local talent John Kurucz Contributor

Serious, gigging musicians have to run through walls to make it work at the best of times.

The last two years have not been the best of times.

So, despite being dealt a case of the pandemic blues, Cory Weeds is making lemonade with the lemons he’s been handed.

The lifelong Burnaby resident is spearheading the upcoming Jazz @ The ’Bolt festival Feb. 11 to 13, 2022 at the Shadbolt Centre, a weekend exhibition featuring more than 75 jazz players from across North America.

It will be Weeds’ first serious musical kick at the can since staging the festival’s first iteration two years ago.

“If we have people there enjoying it, that’s a win, especially given what we’ve been dealing with for the last 20 months,” said Weeds, a horn player who doubles as the festival’s artistic director. “This is going to be a colossal collection of musicians from across B.C., NewYork,Toronto and from all over Canada under the same roof making great music.”

Weeds kicks off the festival’s opening night performing with the Mike LeDonne and the Groover Quartet plus a Big Band.

From there, he’ll link up with more than a dozen

Jazz beat: Burnaby resident Cory Weeds. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

other musicians across a handful of other bands over the three-day fest.

He will be, as seasoned musicians do, wearing many different hats, with many different people.

“It’s probably a little much, but I’ve got to just do it,”Weeds said. “I’ve always had a talent for multitasking.”

Multitasking has been the order of the day for

anyone with a musical bent during the COVID times.Weeds busied himself with organizing live streams, participating in live streams and running his jazz label, Cellar Live.

Both provincial and federal grants have also helped keep the boat afloat.

“I just tried to keep my head above water and managed to get through

OK. I’m very grateful because not everybody was so lucky,”Weeds said. “I feel like over these last 20 months, music has taken care of me. Not that I think music owes me anything, but it certainly paid me back during this time.”

Like Weeds, New Westminster drummer Jesse Cahill has been a musical COVID outlier in that his career didn’t fall off a cliff.

He kept going financially via live streams, grants, teaching lessons and landing the odd recording gig that fell into his lap when out-of-country musicians weren’t able to travel.

There’s a bit of survivor’s guilt there.

“I feel a little bit guilty, but I have fared quite well,” Cahill said.

And much like Weeds, Cahill will be multitask-

ing like there is no tomorrow come February. He’ll perform six sets over Feb. 12 and 13 alongside the Jesse Cahill Trio with Nicole Grover,The Tilden Webb Trio and the Nightcrawlers, among others.

Drumming for more than 30 years, Cahill will no doubt draw on his chops to see him through performing that many sets. But the freefor-all nature of jazz doesn’t hurt either.

“I was drawn to improvising and not having to do the same thing all the time,” Cahill said. “It’s a special kind of music, it’s a music that’s kind of in everything. Especially with the drums, if you go far enough back, you’re always talking about a jazz drummer.”

Some of the other acts included in the three-day bill include The Ostara Project, a septet showcasing some of Canada’s finest female musicians; the Mike LeDonne and the Groover Quartet from NewYork City; Aboriginal group Blue Moon Marquee and dozens more.

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When asked who some of the tenants will

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City snaps up old school district offices Cornelia Naylor

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The City of Burnaby is buying yet another multi-million-dollar property – this time from the school board.

A deal between the city and school board will see the former school board office property at 5325 Kincaid St. change hands for $16.4 million.

The school board’s administrative offices were relocated last month to a new building attached to a fully restored Schou Street School on Canada Way, and the plan is to pay for the new building with proceeds from the sale of the old property.

(The province doesn’t provide capital funding for administrative buildings, so the district had to get creative to replace its bug-infested 70-year-old offices, secretary-treasurer Russell Horswill told the NOW in 2018.)

The district initially applied to have the Kincaid property rezoned from public institution to residential.

“The plan would be to rezone it in a way where it matches the residential neighbourhood around it, so that would produce a number of residential lots that would then be put up for sale,” Horswill said when the original plan was

Sold: The former Burnaby school board’s administrative offices. PHOTO FILE PHOTO

first announced, “and the land value of that disposition is going to be about $15.4 million, which is almost identical to the cost of what we need to build the new building.”

But a report at a public school board meeting on Dec. 14 revealed the district abandoned that rezoning application when it signed a purchase and sales agreement with the city on Sept. 27.

Trustees passed a bylaw to facilitate the completion of the sale on March

3, 2022 or “30 days after the district completes the required work to restore the site,” according to the report.

The board has “reviewed and confirmed” the Kincaid land is “surplus to the current and future educational needs of the district,” the report said.

But sometime between the original plan to rezone the property and the start of discussions with the city, the board “expressed an interest to keep the land within the public realm

to benefit the citizens of Burnaby,” said the report.

The province requires “broad consultation” before school districts sell off property, but the province also recognizes school boards are in the best position to determine the type of community consultation that would be required for site-specific cases.

The district put out a document in 2018 and hosted a community information meeting about the plan to rezone the Kincaid site and sell it, but the plan

to sell it to the city was not specifically discussed, Horswill told the NOW. This is the second site the school board has sold this year.

In October, the board passed a bylaw facilitating the sale of the old Duthie-Union Elementary School to the province’s French-language school board, Conseil Scolaire Francophone de la Colombie-Britannique, for $24 million.

The city, meanwhile, appears to be on a buying

spree.

A year ago, it announced it was buying the Fortius Sport & Health facility (since renamed the Christine Sinclair Community Centre) at 3713 Kensington Ave. for $26.6 million.

Last month, the NOW learned the city had snapped up the Firefighters’ Public House, a restaurant, banquet hall and conference facility in the heart of Metrotown for $13.3 million.

The city is still figuring out exactly what it will do with the former pub property, according to communications manager Chris Bryan.

The same is true for the Kincaid Street site, according to Bryan.

BC Assessment valued the property at $12,352,000 in 2020 – $9,370,000 for the land and $2,982,000 for the building.

That was up from 2019, when it was valued at $11,509,000 – $9,268,000 for the land and $2,241,000 for the building.

The school board agreed to the final sale price after Horswill recommended getting two independent land appraisals to determine fair market value, according to the Dec. 14 report.

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Tips help save birds Hummingbirds have become a winter staple for many Burnaby backyard birders, offering a blurred flash of colour to help get them through those often dreary winter months.

But it has not always been this way.Victoria Otton, a bird enthusiast with the Burke Mountain Naturalists, has been counting feathered friends every year going back to the 1990s during the annual Audubon Christmas bird count.

“When BMN began doing Christmas Bird Counts back around 1995, who would have believed we’d ever be counting hummingbirds in the wintertime?” she recently wrote.

“Yet since 2008, these birds have appeared every year on our checklists, and their numbers have been shooting up each year.”

Some might consider their personal connection with their backyard hummingbirds the reason they keep coming back. But invariably, hummingbirds keep tapping on your window through snow and ice because they want a syrupy meal.

That can be a problem in January or February: Nectar can freeze, feeders can crack and, under the snowy conditions we’ve seen this week, your little buzzing friends can buzz off or, heaven forbid, drop dead.

With that in mind, here are a few tips to keep your hummingbird feeders from freezing.

INSULATE Wrap something around the feeders to keep them from freezing.You can use towels, hand warmers or a scarf, or go to the hardware store and pick up the special tape known as lagging used to keep pipes from freezing.

You can also wrap Christmas lights around the feeders, which, in addition to keeping the ice at bay and the hummingbirds fed, will add a festive glow to your feeder. (Make sure they are outdoor lights.)

Note, red lights will do double duty (in the natural world, where hummingbirds sip nectar from flowers, red indicates a rich source of food). On the other hand, avoid LED lights as they don’t give off heat and so won’t keep the feeder from freezing.

PICK UP A WINDOW FEEDER Window feeders, which stick to a pane, absorb the heat passing through the glass, and that can keep them from freezing.

MOVE THE FEEDER In summer, you often want to keep the feeder out of direct sunlight but, come winter, the temperature is not warm enough to allow mould growth and the added sunshine might be enough to at least slow down the freez-

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Keeping the feeder out of the wind will also help lower windchill and prevent the nectar from freezing.

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A LOW-TECH SOLUTION Perhaps the simplest method to ensuring your backyard hummingbirds stick around through freezing weather is to simply buy a second feeder; then, you can rotate between the two so that the birds have access to an unfrozen sugary food source.

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Take steps to prevent falls in your home Margaret Coates Contributor

Have you ever been afraid of falling, and I do not mean in love?

I mean the fear of physical falls which might result in you becoming inactive and isolated?

Falling is a serious issue for seniors because, as experts have said, falls are the leading cause of injury for older adults. According to HealthLink BC, “one in three British Columbians over the age of 65 will fall once every year, and falls are the main reason why older adults lose their independence.” Falls are also the principal reason for injury-related hospitalizations among Canadian older adults.

Because of the seriousness of falling for older

adults, it is important that we raise the profile of falls prevention.That is one of the reasons that the Canadian government has designated November as fall prevention month.

Falling can be a consequence of a number of factors for older people.

For instance, older people may develop poor balance and decreased muscle and bone strength, and they are susceptible to reduced vision or hearing. Seniors may develop symptoms of dizziness and weakness, perhaps related to their medications. Also, older people may not be taking the steps to keep their homes safe, to eat well and stay fit.

Most importantly, the fear of falling can have a profound effect on a person as they may cur-

tail their activities which might lead to other health issues such as depression, anxiety, isolation, and physical decline.

But the good news is that falls are preventable.

The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal, a comprehensive web resource from McMaster University, notes three strategies you can adopt that will go a long way to preventing falls.These include “adjusting your home environment, engaging in exercises that promote strength and balance, and being mindful of your foot health.”

The Optimal Age Portal notes that research has shown that modifying your home environment has resulted in fewer falls for older people.There are steps you can take in ad-

justing your home environment that may help.

You could remove trip hazards inside and out and make sure you have good handrails and lighting on your staircases.You could also add non-slip treads for bare wooden steps.

In your bathroom, install shower and tub grab bars, and place non-slip mats on the shower floor and bathtub.

Make sure to secure loose rugs with double-faced tape, tacks, or slip-resistant backing.

Lastly, clear away clutter, which can include loose wires and cords, furniture, and junk.

Make sure that you use footwear with good traction, keep your eyes trained on what is before you and, if necessary, use a walking stick for balance.

Be careful getting out of your car, avoid taking shortcuts, take extra time, pay attention, and do not get distracted while outdoors. Keep your driveway and walkways salted and clear.

Exercising and improving your strength are not only terrific ways to improve health outcomes, but they are also positively linked to a reduction in falling for seniors. Regular exercise which combines strength, resistance, and balance will improve flexibility and prevent falls.You could take a class such as tai chi, strength and balance training or dance (which combines focus, movement, and balance). Most classes are available at seniors centres or a centre which has seniors programming.

Some classes which were started during the worst of COVID-19 are still being offered virtually – my personal choice.

The Optimal Aging Portal’s last strategy is taking care of your feet. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, healthy and pain-free feet help you keep your balance, which is essential for preventing falls.The portal says that foot issues may contribute to a greater risk of falling.They suggest that “if you are worried about your foot health, you may want to consider seeing a podiatrist who can assess, diagnose, and treat you, and ultimately help to improve your ability to move safely.”

Other strategies for falls prevention include having regular vision checkups.

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Report on care homes missing PHO input Les Leyne

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Seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s review of COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes included looking at thousands of survey responses and doing “52 in-depth personal interviews” with officials who handled the challenge.

But none of them included provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, or anyone in her office.

There was no face-toface input from the public health leadership.

Mackenzie explained that conspicuous absence as follows: “Medical Health Officers and public health staff who were involved in the management of long-term care/assisted living outbreaks were in-

vited to participate in interviews (June and July 2021), but were unable to participate due to urgent pandemic-related responsibilities.”

The pandemic was at relatively low ebb over most of that time, with as few as 48 cases a day.

Much of the emphasis then was on the restart plan and relaxation of restrictions.

It’s unlikely any of those officials over a period of eight weeks could not find a couple of hours for an interview.

Word in the field is that Henry’s provincial public health office set a policy of declining to meet with Mackenzie. Maybe they were too busy, but it could also involve being leery of explaining themselves to an independent watchdog.

The seniors advocate had to make do with written responses to questions she submitted, a routine dodge that increasing numbers of governments and corporations use now.

Mackenzie said Henry’s office also provided lots of documents about guidance and measures taken on the outbreaks in each health authority. She thanked them for “their co-operation in these unprecedented times.”That’s a very polite way of thanking someone for mailing it in.

Since we’re going to be spending years dealing with reviews of the pandemic response, this dismissive attitude toward an independent authority is a poor way to start.

Still, Mackenzie managed to put together a de-

tailed look at how care homes dealt with a sudden, brand-new, terrifying threat to tens of thousands of elderly people.

In one sentence: It was bad, but could have been a lot worse.

She gives health officials top marks for an early and aggressive response; curbing visitors, restricting staff to working at just one facility, lowering the threshold for reporting outbreaks and pouring millions into stabilizing the workforce and cleaning facilities.

B.C.’s care homes weathered the first wave far better than ones in Ontario and elsewhere, and those first steps became national standards.

However, the entire province weathered the first wave better than

most, not just the care homes.

So whether it was the control measures or the generally lower community transmission of the virus is difficult to judge, she said.The report also flagged a debate about different testing approaches.

She said there was a consistent theme of facility operators “favouring more frequent, widespread testing than was generally supported by the local medical health officer.”

Testing initially was based on symptoms and suspected exposure, so it didn’t identify asymptomatic carriers.

“It is reasonable to conclude that a more aggressive approach to testing early in the outbreak with frequent repeat testing would better contain out-

breaks. … The risk from under-testing was arguably greater than the risk from over-testing.”

A section on the staff experience gives a glimpse into how difficult the past two years have been.

Two-thirds said their mental health has worsened, most cited negative family effects and three quarters reported that the workplace was always, usually or sometimes understaffed.

On the plus side, most felt that residents’ care needs were met during the declared outbreaks, and that they felt safe providing care.

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Celebrating Seniors

New approach needed on elder abuse: advocate

British Columbia needs a provincewide approach for reporting seniors abuse amid complaints that are “significantly rising,” says the provincial advocate for seniors.

Isobel Mackenzie says there is a clear five-year pattern of increasing reports of seniors abuse and neglect, but the fragmented reporting system suggests the problem could be more widespread.

“The challenge is that the system is not reliably effective, and many vulnerable seniors may be falling through the cracks,” she says in her report released Wednesday.

Over the past three to five years, the report says there has been a 49 per cent increase in reports of abuse, neglect and self-neglect to designated agencies, or health authorities.

Complaints to RCMP of violent crime rose 69 per cent, while reports to Vancouver police of physical abuse was up 87 per cent and financial abuse up by 49 per cent, it says.

Among her recommendations, Mackenzie says a review of the Adult Guardianship Act should consider the need to legally report suspected abuse of vulnerable adults, similar to an existing legal requirement to report child abuse.

The report also calls for the implementation of a central contact with

one phone number to call about concerns, to be managed by professionals trained in adult protection.

“We know that seniors abuse and neglect exists in our communities and there is growing concern that it’s increasing yet remains hidden and invisible to most of us,” Mackenzie said during a news conference.

MINISTRY RESPONSE The Health Ministry thanked the Office of the Seniors Advocate for the report in a statement.

“This report shows there is more that needs to be done to make it easier for people to report abuse and neglect and to make people more aware of the importance of it,” the statement says.

The ministry says it is working with federal, provincial and territorial partners on a newly established elder abuse working group to ensure B.C. is implementing the most current and effective approaches.

In the coming weeks and months, it will also work with B.C. partners like the provincial guardian and trustee, health authorities and service providers to find solutions. It will use the advocate’s report as a source, the ministry says.

RCMP and the Vancouver Police Department did not immediately respond

to requests for comment.

It’s not clear exactly why reports of senior abuse are rising, and whether that indicates increases in abuse or simply more reporting, Mackenzie said.

However, she added that there are many potential contributing factors, such as the isolation and stress created by COVID-19, poverty and an aging population.

The fragmented reporting system means data is unreliable and it’s difficult to assess patterns, identify gaps, make improvements and measure progress, the report says.

Mackenzie said a centralized reporting system would harness the strengths of agencies and the people already working on the issue.

“What we need is a cohesive system that brings that group together and communicates to the public with one voice: ‘This is what seniors abuse and neglect looks like. If you see it, report it. And here’s the number you should report it to,’” she said.

Once a centralized repository for reports is created, RCMP and municipal police would align their reporting and coding so that emergency calls that reach them first could be fed into the unified tracking system, she added.

The Adult Guardianship Act is largely responsible

for protecting vulnerable seniors beyond the police protection offered under the Criminal Code.

The report says when the legislation was introduced 20 years ago, there were no provincial guide-

lines or standards followed, leaving a patchwork of implementation across health authorities and other organizations.

It recommends that provincial standards and front-line training be de-

veloped, that there be a provincewide public awareness campaign, consistent data collection, and that methods and definitions be developed to monitor cases.

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They can arise on the tongue, mucosa of the cheeks, lips, soft palate, and in the throat. These lesions affect about 20% of the general population, with women being more susceptible than men. The cause is not fully understood, but is thought to include stress, certain foods (citrus or acidic fruits and vegetables), tissue injury, and allergic reactions to a food or oral product. Unlike cold sores, canker sores are not contagious. Most canker sores heal on their own in a few days, but some can take up to a couple of weeks.

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Depending on the amount you contribute, there may still be taxes to pay when you file your return, but it will be less than if you had not made the RSRP contribution.

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If you have questions about a decision from WCB or the Review Division, call me at 604-327-9882. We offer a free consultation to determine whether we can help.

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41. Baseball stat 42. Breezed through 44. Frothy mass of bubbles 45. Tony-winning actress Daisy 46. Made of fermented honey and water 47. Member of a Semitic people 48. Monetary unit of the Maldives 51. Run batted in 52. Makes publicly known 53. Disagreement 54. Soluble ribonucleic acid 58. Single-reed instrument

DOWN 1. Cool!

2. Passover offering 3. Swedish rock group 4. Collegiate military organization 5. Large nests 6. Beloved baked good 7. 1980s pop legend 8. Finger millet 9. Hillside 10. Surrender 12. Midway between south and southeast 14. Long, narrow strap 19. Discount

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