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COLOUR COORDINATED: Three-year-old Luna Muhammad walks through the Lunar New Year display Saturday at the City of Lougheed Shopping Centre. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Council backs direct route for proposed gondola

Burnaby council has officially endorsed the most direct route option for TransLink’s proposed Burnaby Mountain gondola project.

The Route 1 option is a direct route from the ProductionWay-University SkyTrain station to UniverCity and SFU.The di-

rect route is 2.7 kilometres long with an estimated travel time of six minutes – a nine-minute time savings compared to the current average bus travel time of 15 minutes, said TransLink.

TransLink has said that more than 85% of the 7,000 respondents over

two rounds of public engagement supported the straight route.

The project, which has been estimated to cost $200 million, will now be considered for inclusion in the Mayors’ Council’s new 10-YearVision, said the city.

“The Burnaby Moun-

tain gondola project will create a safe and reliable transit option for Burnaby residents travelling to and from Burnaby Mountain,” said Mayor Mike Hurley, in a statement. “By taking cars and buses off the road, it will be one of the many changes we must make in our city to achieve

the aggressive targets we’ve set for reducing carbon emissions. Before endorsing this project, council stressed the importance of consultation with residents, businesses and First Nations, and we expect that dialogue to continue should this project move forward.”

The Burnaby Mountain gondola would provide service between SkyTrain and Burnaby Mountain for the 25,000 daily trips made by SFU students, staff, faculty and residents.

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City to study how to fix ‘orphan’ bike routes Chris Campbell

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Burnaby council has passed Coun. Alison Gu’s motion to expedite and enhance the city’s cycling network.

The motion was passed at Monday’s council meeting to boost the city’s 80-kilometre cycling network to put more focus on access for children.

According to Gu’s motion, the current network

“focuses on major connectors, which, while critically important for current cycle commuters and adults who do not currently commute due to lack of safe infrastructure, may risk leaving behind children … the implementation of cycling paths in town centres is dependent on development, and is therefore piecemeal with no reliable timeframe of completion, which can endanger the safety of cy-

clists who utilize these paths without the knowledge of their discontinuation.”

The motion’s approval means city staff will put together a feasibility report for “enhancing and expediting the Phase 1 Cycling network by adding safe cycling routes to schools, by developing a strategy that addresses “orphan” cycling paths, and by ensuring improved connectivity to SkyTrain stations, work

places, and other places of gathering.”

Gu told the NOW in an interview that the report aims to address gaps that are preventing more people from taking up cycling in the city.

“Getting more folks out of their cars and into alternative forms of transportation importantly reduces traffic congestion too, which improves transportation for those who have to drive as well,” she said.

“The motion intends to accelerate an enhanced cycling network, to make up for the previous decades of inaction.The motion intends to protect children by creating safe routes to schools because children are some of the most — if not the most — vulnerable road users. I’ve also heard extensively from parents that they don’t feel that the safe infrastructure currently exists for their children to get to and from

school safely by active transportation.”

The motion also looks at protecting users from “orphan” cycling paths, which are paths that end suddenly, Gu said.

“This can be incredibly dangerous for users who don’t realize they’re on a path that may spit them out into fast-moving automobile traffic when they find themselves with no protection from cars.”

Anti-vaccination protest: Protesters wave flags and display banners at the Willingdon overpass in Burnaby last Saturday in support of the antivaccination convoy that has converged on Ottawa asking to have vaccine mandates lifted. The Ottawa protest has been heavily criticized because some participants in the capital city waved Nazi flags.

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Burnaby street project needs $4M more to complete Chris Campbell

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A Burnaby road construction project needs more than $4 million in additional funding to complete.

A City of Burnaby staff report outlined the budget increase for the Broadway Street improvements project, which involves a series of upgrades between Bainbridge Avenue and Underhill Avenue, just south of the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course and north of

Lougheed Highway.

The staff report says an extra $4,158,774.33 is needed due to discoveries made during the course of construction, including issues involving storm sewers, and this has led to parts of the project needing to be redesigned.

“This contract increase … is required to resolve issues that were identified through the course of construction,” says the report. “During construction, it was discovered that some third party util-

ities were not installed as per their as-built record drawings. Construction of the Broadway upgrades could not continue without significant re-design of the utilities. During the excavation, it was discovered that a number of properties between Duthie Avenue and Philips Avenue have been discharging storm water to a ditch, so an additional storm sewer on the north side of Broadway had to be installed to catch these storm connections. Also,

the extension of 60 metres of storm main between Bainbridge Avenue to Duthie Avenue was added to the project.”

Residents who live on Broadway in the construction zone have expressed anger about the project and how long it has taken.

The residents previously had to live through the lengthy ForisBC gas line project, followed by more than a year of construction by the city.

Some residents made upgrades to their prop-

erties after the FortisBC project was completed, only to see those changes removed by the city.

“Significant residential private hedges, landscaping and retaining walls within the road right-ofway was removed, and residents have requested replacement (confirmed by Council) to gain back the privacy and beautification,” says the report.

At one point, the city told residents it was stopping the project due to the issues involving the rede-

sign of the utilities due to what was discovered during construction, with a promise that it would be finished at a later date.

Area residents pushed back and met with city staff, and the project has since continued.

“The city’s incompetence is staggering, not to mention a complete lack of respect and regard to our quality of life,” Broadway resident Sam Clark told the NOW in July 2021, calling the project “unending.”

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Councillor wants RCMP to move HQ to Burnaby Cornelia Naylor

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A Burnaby councillor’s motion to explore the possibility of moving the RCMP’s provincial headquarters from Surrey to Burnaby got a tepid response from his colleagues on council last week.

At a public meeting on Jan. 24, Coun. Mike Hillman moved that the city reach out to Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald through Mayor Mike Hurley to discuss moving the E Division headquarters to Burnaby since the City of Surrey is parting ways with the RCMP, a change that will make Burnaby RCMP the biggest detachment in the country.

Hilllman’s motion would also have directed staff to launch consultations with Burnaby

RCMP, local residents and “other relevant stakeholders” about a longterm vision to replace and expand Burnaby RCMP’s current facilities “and ideally to relocate the RCMP’s ‘E’ Division Headquarters in Burnaby.”

He noted Burnaby RCMP’s current facilities are in need of “substantial upgrades” or replacement.

Hurley, however, said there was still “a lot of memory” about what it cost to build the 14200 Green Timbers Way facility in Surrey, which was completed in December 2012 at a cost of nearly $1 billion.

“What would be the benefits to Burnaby in bringing something like that here?” Hurley asked Coun. Sav Dhaliwal questioned whether the RCMP would even want

to move its headquarters here, while Coun. Pietro Calendino dismissed the idea as a “pipe dream.”

Councillors Dan Johnston and Alison Gu both said the money would be better spent on the Burnaby RCMP. Coun. Colleen Jordan, however, said now would be a good time to look into what the RCMP’s long-term vision is for the province for the next 20 or 25 years.

In the end, council passed an amended version of Hillman’s motion, which said E Division may be looking to locate some of its services elsewhere as it expands and that staff should come back with a report that “addresses both the growing facility needs and a long-term vision” for the Burnaby RCMP detachment.

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Court ruling bad for protesters

A recent B.C. Court of Appeal ruling may have a major impact on an activity that has become a constant presence on our political landscape: environmental protests against natural resource operations.

In a unanimous, sharply worded ruling released last the week, the high court skewered a lower court judge’s recent decision not to extend the court injunction that barred protests against a logging operation on south Vancouver Island.

The three higher judges extended the injunction until at least September, after concluding the lower court judge had made numerous errors on which he based his decision not to extend the injunction.

The lower judge had concluded that the court’s reputation would be harmed by extending the injunction and that controversial conduct by RCMP officers who enforced the injunction somehow further tarnished the court’s reputation.

Both of these views formed the basis for rejecting the extension of the injunction back in his September ruling Neither of those considerations are relevant in deciding whether any court injunction should be granted or extended, the appeal court ruled.

Rather, the only thing that matters is upholding the law, period, they ruled.

Issues like logging practices, forest policies or even climate change are not relevant when weighing an injunction’s merit.

“We are of the view that the judge erred by giving weight to irrelevant considerations and by giving too little weight to the public interest in upholding the rule of law, which must be the dominant consideration in all cases involving significant and persistent acts of civil disobedience,” the justices

wrote.

The high court also had some stinging criticism of the protesters, who they labelled as lawbreakers and nothing else.

More than 1,000 people have been arrested for their role in the blockade and protests in the Fairy Creek near Port Renfrew, about 100 kilometres west of Victoria.The logging operations are being conducted by forest company Teal Cedar, and it has the support of two local First Nations, who back the logging.

“The injunction is all that stands between Teal Cedar and a highly organized group of individuals who are intent on breaking the law to get their way,” the judgment said. “It is not tenable in a democracy for a group to abandon the democratic process and impose their will on others by force.”

Given the protesters’ steadfast refusal to obey the law, it is far from clear whether the higher court ruling will have any actual impact on the protests and acts of civil disobedience (which the court noted pose significant safety challenges) at the protest site.

However, the court of appeal is B.C.’s highest court, and so the language and analysis contained in this judgment will now serve as a roadmap for judges in the future.

That is good news for natural resource companies and bad news for environmental protesters.

By reinforcing the view that upholding the law – and not worrying about bad publicity or popularity or police conduct – is the paramount and only consideration in these matters, the justices have no doubt brought some clarity to an often tense situation.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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Baldrey wrong about pipeline expansion

Editor: Re: Series of disasters forcing B.C. government to make real changes, NOW Opinion I disagree with Keith Baldrey that because the old Trans Mountain pipeline plays an important part in the supply chain, this strengthens the argument that the pipeline (expansion) is badly needed.

It does not mean that.

It means that the B.C. and federal governments have depended on oil and gas for energy.

The carbon emissions from these sources are exactly why we are in this predicament.

They are the biggest sources of carbon emissions that cause climate change and that lead to the dumping of all this water on us. It doesn’t help to support the very thing that is causing the problem in the first place.

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Artsnow Artists offer art to front-line workers – for free Julie MacLellan

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Art can lift spirits, soothe souls, shine light into a world that seems, at times, unrelentingly dark.

A group of Lower Mainland artists wants to share that light with some of the people who need it most: the front-line workers who’ve been leading us all through the COVID-19 pandemic.

The arTHANKS initiative is an art-gifting campaign that provides free, original works of art to front-line workers, courtesy of local artists. Now organizers are hoping they can attract more artists to create work – and more front-line workers to give it to.

One of the artists behind the initiative is Burnaby’s Ginger Sedlarova, for whom the pandemic brought a renewed realization of how fortunate she was to be able to continue her own work in safety.

“I thought, ‘Aren’t I lucky to not have to go out every day on the front lines and work in unsafe conditions, potentially?’”

Sedlarova says.

Last summer, even as she was wondering how she could give back to people on the front lines, she heard from a former colleague. David MacLean – whom Sedlarova knows from her days at

the Vancouver Sun – is an artist now working in the film industry. MacLean, too, had been thinking about how to give back to front-line workers, and he’d hit upon the idea of the gift of art.

They brought on board two other active members of the Lower Mainland’s arts community: assemblage artist Valerie Arntzen, and promoter and arts supporter Ali Ledgerwood.

I cannot begin to say ‘thank you’ enough.

Together, the four have been working to connect front-line workers with original works of art since the summer of 2021, via a website where artists can upload photos of available work and where frontline workers can choose a piece for themselves.

Dozens of pieces have since found their way into the homes of front-line workers.

Those people include health-care workers and emergency services personnel, but Sedlarova is quick to point out it doesn’t stop there.

“We talk about anyone who has to go out and put themselves at risk every

day: teachers, educational assistants, baristas, grocery clerks … The list goes on. It’s anyone who puts themselves at risk to make our lives better,” she says.

“Everyone who’s out there doing this for us deserves a thank you. And what better way for artists to say ‘thank you’ than through their art?”

With the pandemic showing no signs of ending anytime soon, the arTHANKS team is now working to get the word out to more artists and more front-line workers.

There are about 80 donated pieces of art awaiting homes right now, with work running the gamut of styles and mediums: ceramics, assemblage, collage, painting, photography.The only limit now is geography; they’re confining it to the Lower Mainland to keep it accessible for pickup. (If artists in other areas want to start up similar initiatives in their own community, Sedlarova says they’re welcome to reach out to the arTHANKS team for help.)

Artists are asked to stick to smaller-scale works (a maximum of 24x24 inches, though some pieces have gone beyond that) so they’re easy for the new owners to pick up and transport home.

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IN GRATITUDE: From left, Ali Ledgerwood, Valerie Arntzen, David MacLean and Ginger

Sedlarova look at some of the art submitted by local artists to give as a gift to front-line workers for the arTHANKS project. PHOTO RIC ERNST, CONTRIBUTED

piece of art can simply go to the arTHANKS website and fill out an online form for the work of their choice. If there’s nothing on the site right now that’s appealing, keep checking back; new work is coming in all the time.

As headlines fill with

stories of front-line workers burning out and taking abuse and harassment from the public, Sedlarova says it’s all the more important to show gratitude.

“We know it’s often been rough, dispiriting and maddeningly unfair, and we hope this helps let

them know their work is appreciated,” she says.

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We our healthcare heroes Celebrate Burnaby Hospital’s healthcare heroes For the week leading up to Valentine’s Day, Burnaby Hospital Foundation is inviting the public to help us celebrate our For the Love of Burnaby campaign. We are dedicating this week to the outstanding efforts of our frontline medical and support staff at Burnaby Hospital and throughout the community.

From February 7-14, help us show our love and appreciation for the dedication of our healthcare heroes by visiting bhfoundation.ca/loveofburnaby daily for inspirational stories, profiles of staff and grateful patients, as well as ways to celebrate local healthcare.

Proud History, Bright Future campaign Thank you to the entire Burnaby community for helping create a brighter future in healthcare for generations to come. We have received such outstanding support, but there is still further to go!

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Burnaby, here’s how you can support your Hospital: February 7 - 14 Stories of Gratitude Our healthcare heroes have been working tirelessly to be there for our community when we need it most. We’re showing our appreciation this Valentine’s week by sharing what the hospital means from some of our grateful patients.

“Sending my compliments to the staff at Burnaby Hospital. From the geriatrics nurse, Maureen, who updated me the first day, to Dr. Fung who kept us updated on my father’s condition, and the nurse that even helped my dad setup his Wi-Fi.” “From the moment I was admitted to the emergency department, I felt genuinely cared for, and the emergency doctor and nurses created a safe and reassuring environment.”

“Thank you to Debra, who went above and beyond to ensure that we are safe and supported during such challenging times. She does this work with warm smile and positive attitude.”

Donate to the redevelopment campaign. No matter the size, your contribution will help change the lives of people in your own community. bhfoundation.ca/donate Share a message of support or gratitude online or on social media for Burnaby Hospital’s amazing physicians, medical staff, and support staff.

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Join us online at bhfoundation.ca/loveofburnaby Don and Helen Brown first moved to Burnaby in 1947, looking to start their life together on the west coast of Canada. When they first arrived, Burnaby was home to about 50,000 people and the hospital had not yet been constructed.

As a RCMP officer in 1952, one of Don’s first experiences with Burnaby Hospital was running into the Emergency Department late at night with a pregnant woman, before it was open to the public. He managed to find a doctor and help deliver the baby safely. This was 70 years ago, and they can still see some similarities between the original hospital and the current building. As Don and Helen grew older, they started to use Burnaby Hospital more and more.

“We want to thank all the staff at Burnaby Hospital for their kindness and compassion. Every time we needed to rely on them, they were there for us, allowing us to focus on our family,” shares their daughter, Patricia.

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Paving the way for a brighter future in healthcare.

About Burnaby Hospital Foundation

Your hospital is important to the health and well-being of your family and its role is pivotal to the vibrancy of the community you share with your friends and neighbours.

Burnaby Hospital is your local hospital, a place for reliable patient-centred health care. With dedicated medical professionals and the support of community partners, the hospital helps you and those you care about get well and stay well.

As the fundraising organization for the hospital, we bridge the gap between what government provides and what our community needs. But our role goes beyond raising awareness and funds.

Our purpose is to ensure that Burnaby Hospital is equipped in every way to advance the health of all generations that will help maintain the vibrancy of the entire community. Everyday heroes surround and inspire us and drive our passion for what we do.

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Communitynow Murder suspect also faces charges in bank robbery Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

The man charged with murder in the stabbing death of a North Vancouver woman at a Burnaby mall in December also faces charges in connection to a bank robbery the following day.

Everton Downey, 31, was arrested in the Metrotown area on Dec. 19 in connection with the stabbing death of 25-yearold Melissa Blimkie at a Metrotown mall parkade that same day, according to police.

But homicide investigators didn’t have enough evidence to keep him in custody, so they had to let him go within 24 hours, according to Integrated Homicide Investigation Team spokesperson Sgt. David Lee. “There was insufficient evidence at the time to continue holding him,” Lee told the NOW. The day after the stabbing, at about 1:50 p.m., Burnaby RCMP got a call

from a bank inside Brentwood mall, according to spokesperson Cpl. Mike Kalanj.

Bank officials said a man had walked into the place, handed a teller a note and made off with a small amount of cash, according to Kalanj.

Investigators checked surveillance video and identified Downey as a suspect, Kalanj said.

A robbery charge was approved on Dec. 20, and a warrant was issued for Downey’s arrest, according to Kalanj.

Downey was then arrested in Richmond on Christmas Day, Kalanj said A month later, on Jan. 19, he was charged with second degree murder in Blimkie’s death.

Downey has been in custody since the robbery arrest. His next court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 9 in Vancouver provincial court.

Downey and Blimkie had been “in a relationship” for some time before

Unsafe trucks taken off the road Cornelia Naylor

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Tow truck drivers continue to make a brisk business every time Burnaby RCMP and neighbouring police agencies conduct commercial vehicle enforcements.

Officers with the RCMP’s traffic section and their Lower Mainland counterparts were out on 10th Avenue by 20th Street on the Burnaby-New Westminster border on Jan. 26.

They inspected 37 commercial vehicles and took 26 out of service for safety violations, according to police.

The officers found a total of 135 violations and issued 62 tickets.

They caught one driver who was prohibited from driving but was operating a truck anyway.

Neither of his passengers was wearing a seatbelt, the cargo in the back was not secured and the truck had a flat tire, according to police.

The vehicle was towed.

The company that owns the truck lost the use of the vehicle for seven days, and the business will be sanctioned with National Safety Code penalty points, according to police.

“If they get enough, they’ll get an audit, and if they’re audited and it’s bad enough, they get shut down,” Burnaby RCMP Cpl. Mike Kalanj said.

the killing, according to IHIT, but investigators are looking for more informa-

tion about the nature of that relationship, according to a news release last

month.

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Citynow Timber ordered from Europe delays new arena Cornelia Naylor

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Burnaby’s new South Burnaby ice arena could have been up and running by now if its dramatic wooden beams hadn’t been ordered from Italy and Austria.

When the project, now named the Rosemary Brown Arena, broke ground in September 2019, the city estimated it would be up and running by the fall of 2021.

But a report to the city’s financial management committee last month said it is now expected to be complete in December 2022.

Coun. Sav Dhaliwal asked how confident director of civic building projects TimVan Driel was in the new completion date since the timeline has con-

tinued to “slip.”

Van Driel said “the main source of all that delay” was the building’s mass timber, which the city has confirmed was ordered from Austria and Italy.

“Every single stick” of the timber has now been delivered, however, soVan Driel said he’s confident the arena will be finished

by December 2022.

When asked why the timber was ordered from Europe, the city told the NOW the general contractor for the arena had contracted with a local mass timber subcontractor, Seagate Mass Timber, and Seagate chose to source materials from the European market.

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subcontractors be required to purchase timber locally, as this clause would violate existing free trade agreements,” said city communications manager Chris Bryan in an email.

Bryan said the hold-up in getting the timber was mostly due to COVID-related delays in the source countries, as well as supply-chain disruption issues and related shipping issues, including a shortage of labour in ports and a global shortage of shipping containers.

He noted the city’s “fixed-price lump sum contracting model” means the contractor will bear the cost of the delays in sourcing materials.

And, since the city got a “complete bid for the supply and install of the entire arena,” the cost of shipping was already factored

in, according to Bryan.

“The contract was awarded to the lowest compliant bidder through a competitive bidding process,” he said. “Any cost

I wonder if you can put some pressure on the developer … impacts as a result of difficulties the subcontractor experienced with shipping were not borne by the city.”

But Bryan did acknowledge local residents have paid a price of a different kind as well.

“There is an obvious cost to the community of not having access to this new facility as early as

we’d all like,” he said.

As for how the city squares ordering timber from Europe with its sustainability goals, Bryan explained mass timber construction is a “carbon-removal technique” that offers “a number of climate-related benefits compared with traditional steel and concrete construction.”

“For example, the production of traditional building materials (steel and concrete) account for a significant chunk of the global carbon emissions each year, whereas mass timber has the advantage of sequestering carbon,” Bryan said. “Many of these benefits are still relevant, even if the subcontractor chose to source the mass timber products from overseas.”

Bryan also noted the en-

vironmentally friendly design of the building itself, including the use of more natural light, a highly efficient building envelope and EV charging stations in the parking lot.

At last month’s committee meeting, Dhaliwal urged staff to “keep a close tab” on the project to keep it on track and possibly even recover some of the time lost because of the timber.

Coun. Pietro Calendino echoed Dhaliwal’s sentiments.

“I wonder if you can put some pressure on the developer to push it forward a bit,” he said.

Mayor Mike Hurley said he wanted to ask a question too, but then said cryptically it would be “better left to closed” – meaning the part of the meeting that isn’t public.

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Communitynow City council split over highway bridge options Jess Balzer

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Burnaby council members have paused a decision on the design of a pedestrian bridge over Highway 1 until more detailed information can be presented, as councillors and the mayor disagreed over options that could cost between $10 million and $30 million.

In August 2021, Burnaby North-Seymour MP Terry Beech announced $6.8 million in funding to build a pedestrian and cyclist overpass to connect Burnaby Lake Regional Park and Deer Lake.

But, in order for the city to be given the grant, the project has to be finished

by March 2026.

At the Jan. 24 council meeting, a recommendation was put forward by city staff that council al-

low staff to move ahead with the detailed design of Option 1.

Option 1 (Claude Avenue/McCarthy Court Crossing) is the preferred route, a staff report said, based on the strength of its proximity to key destinations in Burnaby’s civic precinct on the south side of Highway 1 and the Glencarin Trailhead to the north.The report says the option carries a lower cost, along with reduced impacts to the environment, private property and third-party infrastructure.The total cost would be $9.4 million and would meet the March 2026 deadline.

Option 2 is the Claude Avenue/Wilton Avenue crossing, which according to the report would be more expensive than Option 1.

Option 3 at Sperling Av-

enue would cross the highway at a perpendicular angle, minimizing the length of the main span, which the city says would provide reasonable connections to both the Glencarin Trailhead and destinations that are north of Sperling.

There was no price estimate for this option.

Option 4 would cross the highway directly along Sperling to create the most direct possible linkage between origins and destinations located along the Sperling access, which deprioritizes access to the Glencarin Trailhead.The price estimate for Option 4 is $29.6 million.The report stated there is timing uncertainty associated with both Sperling options and could put the federal funding in jeopardy.

Coun. Joe Keithley voiced his support for Option 1, pointing to the

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Mayor Mike Hurley tual transportation netsaid he believes Option 1 work.This, to me, is like would be most beneficial an easy thing to do. And overall, stating it has the it’s much less complicated least risks and funding is and we get it done in a already in place year,” he said. to complete the Coun. Pietro project.

Calendino said “Number 1 is he supports Opthe least risk to tion 4, saying the it. And we have cost shouldn’t enough fundbe a large worry ing in place alif it benefits the ready to do Opcommunity more tion 1,” he said. than an option of “And I see these less cost. connections from “Obviously, as Joe Keithley Lougheed Mall it’s been said, that city councillor direct route is alto Lougheed ways the best route, and Town Centre to Metrowhen you have to choose townTown Centre and the best route, the best alalso connections from ways costs a little more.

Brentwood Town Cen“Obviously we’re looktre to Edmonds Town ing not just at cyclists, but Centre. And, to me, this pedestrians and for peis the focal point of those destrians, it’s a more diconnections.” rect route between BurnCoun. Alison Gu sugaby Lake and Deer Lake gested that instead of just or village museums, so I a survey gathering bawould opt for Option 4.” sic data, the city could ask Coun. Dan Johnston what the start and endalso supported Option 4, points would be for users

of the overpass.

City staff said that was information they could gather.

“I don’t want to slow down work,” Gu said. “But it might do well to inform the decision.”

A motion was then proposed by Keithley to have the data Gu suggested collected for the final decision-making process.

“If we actually had the data where this was going to be used by cyclists and by pedestrians, that would be a lot more informed, like opinion and help us guide our suggestion,” Keithley said. “I think getting the data and tabling this matter, for now, would be a wise move.”

The motion was seconded and the matter tabled until a later date.

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Communitynow Teen lost ‘tug-of-war’ with stranger who totalled her car Cornelia Naylor

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On Aug. 7, 2021, a grey 2008 Mercedes ended up wrapped around a pole at the intersection of McPherson Avenue and Rumble Street in South Burnaby.

But the man who crashed the car into the pole at high speed was not the owner, according to facts presented in Vancouver provincial court by Crown prosecutor Violet Allard on Jan. 24.

The owner was an 18-year-old woman who had gotten it as a birthday and graduation present.

That afternoon, she had lost a terrifying “tug-ofwar” inside the car with a stranger in a hospital gown who had come into a townhouse complex on McPherson Avenue looking for drugs, according to the facts.

The young woman, whom Allard described as just over five feet tall and weighing about 110 pounds, had been headed to her car with two friends when they crossed paths with Attila Kemeny, a 28-year-old-man wearing only sweat pants and a hospital gown with no shirt.

He went to one of the

townhouses and began pounding on the patio door.

The teens got “very scared” and one of them yelled “Run!” Allard said.

The young woman hurried to unlock the Mercedes, but the fob didn’t work, and she had to unlock the car door manually.

Instead of her friends getting in, however, it was Kemeny who got into the passenger seat.

“He says nothing to her,” Allard said. “She’s fighting him off, and she perceives herself to be in grave danger, and he is focused, somewhat singularly, on getting control of the vehicle.”

Kemeny eventually managed to make his way from the passenger seat into the driver’s seat, thrusting the teen out of the car in the process.

He then took off at “extreme velocity” on McPherson, according to Allard, but missed a righthand turn onto Rumble and ended up crashing into the pole.

He was taken to hospital and arrested there.

Kemeny was originally charged with robbery in the case, but, on Jan. 24, he pleaded guilty to assault and motor vehicle

theft instead.

He also pleaded guilty to stealing a bottle of Crystal Skull vodka from a Surrey liquor store on Feb. 26 and two knapsacks from a Strange Fellows Brewing truck in Vancouver on Aug. 5.

Defence lawyer David Hopkins said Kemeny struggles with addiction and his drug use was “out of control” in the days leading up to the incident with the Mercedes.

He had been committed at Burnaby Hospital for a short time before being released and dropped off by police at a nearby SkyTrain station that day, Hopkins said.

“He’s very frank,” Hopkins said. “He says he very much wanted to get drugs immediately.”

Kemeny knew a dealer in the area and was banging on doors to find him, according to Hopkins.

He said he found the dealer and agreed to do a service for him in exchange for drugs.

“That involved getting into a car out front and following another driver and then doing what he was instructed to do,” Hopkins said. “What he tells me is he was just singly focused on getting drugs and he thought the

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way to do that was to take control of this car, drive it off and do whatever was being asked of him.”

Kemeny doesn’t have any specific recollection of pushing or fighting with the young woman who owned the car but understands he intimidated her, according to Hopkins.

In court, Kemeny apologized to her and her two friends.

“I’m truly sorry for what I’ve done,” he said through a Hungarian interpreter.

Allard said Kemeny should be sentenced to 15 months in prison and 18 months’ probation.

That would mean about six-and-a-half more months in custody after credit for time served.

Hopkins recommended his client be sentenced to time served and probation.

Allard noted Kemeny had already spent at least three years in prison for a string of robberies in 2015.

She said his crimes haven’t been well planned and appear to be “drug addled or drug fuelled” but put others in “harm’s way and caused them a great deal of fear.”

Both lawyers agreed rehabilitation, including drug treatment, was an

important consideration in sentencing.

In the end, B.C. provincial court Judge Nancy Adams decided to postpone her sentence and order a pre-sentencing report with a psychological/ psychiatric component.

“I think it’s to his benefit as well that this get done because Mr. Kemeny, from what he said, I’m satisfied he doesn’t want to go out and start offending again, and he needs some programming

that will assist him with that.There’s other principles of sentencing as well, but his rehabilitation is very important because he’s still a relatively young man.”

Kemeny will remain in custody while the report is made.

His next court date is Feb. 7 to fix a date for Adams to deliver her sentence.

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Driver fined in crash that injured motorcyclist Cornelia Naylor

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A 32-year-old Burnaby man has been handed a $2,000 fine and one-year driving prohibition after pleading guilty to driving drunk during a crash that left a motorcyclist disfigured and blind in one eye on Christmas Day two years ago.

Jacky Jin Zheng was driving on Canada Way near Goodlad Street at about 2 p.m. on Dec. 25, 2019 when he turned in front of a motorcycle coming the other way, according to agreed facts

presented in Vancouver provincial court on Jan. 18.

The motorcycle, which police later determined was going 69 km/h in a 50 km/h zone, slammed into Zheng’s vehicle, leaving the motorcyclist, David Sullivan, with serious injuries, including the loss of vision in one eye and facial disfigurement that doctors are still in the process of trying to fix, according to Crown prosecutor Phil Sebellin.

At the scene, officers noticed the smell of alcohol on Zheng’s breath, and two tests showed he

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had blood alcohol levels of 148 milligrams and 120 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood – well over the 80 mg level for criminal charges.

Zheng was originally charged in November 2020 with two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm, but those charges were stayed after he pleaded guilty to drunk driving last month.

Sebellin called on provincial court Judge Reginald Harris to impose a $2,000 fine and two-year driving ban, pointing to Zheng’s high blood-alcohol level as an aggravating

factor.

But Zheng’s lawyer, Kyla Lee, argued for a shorter one-year driving ban.

She pointed out that Zheng had already successfully completed a 90day driving prohibition and responsible driver program imposed by the province’s superintendent of motor vehicles in relation to the case and hadn’t had any issues since.

She also noted Zheng’s guilty plea as a mitigating factor.

“He feels terrible about what happened and about how badly the other per-

son was injured in this collision,” Lee said.

Lee further noted Zheng still faces possible consequences from ICBC and a lawsuit related to the crash, so the fine and driving ban “wouldn’t be the end of the road” for him.

In sentencing Zheng to the $2,000 fine and oneyear ban, Harris noted Zheng had no criminal record and only a dated and “minimal” driving record.

Zheng had also pleaded guilty and, based on the facts presented, had been a “model of cooperation”

during the investigation, according to Harris “Normally in these cases I’d been inclined to the Crown’s position; however, when I take into account the mitigation – the absence of a record, the guilty plea, the long break in time (without further driving infractions) – and the fact that there will be substantial consequences further flowing from this, I’m of the view that a $2,000 fine and a one-year driving prohibition is fit and appropriate,” Harris said.

Man faces charges in alleged theft of apartment neighbours’ packages Cornelia Naylor

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A Burnaby man faces charges for allegedly stealing mail and packages from his own Metrotown apartment building.

Leading up to Christmas, between October and December, police got several reports of package theft at an apartment building near Dunblane Avenue and Imperial Street, according to a Burnaby RCMP news release.

The detachment’s Pro-

lific Offender Suppression Team was put on the case and quickly identified a suspect, who was known to them, according to the release.

Officers arrested the 42-year-old man at his home – in the same building where the thefts occurred – on Dec. 23 after weeks of investigation, police said.

He now faces at least 10 charges of theft in relation to the stolen packages his neighbours reported to police, according to the release.

More than $5,000 worth of merchandise had been stolen and more than two dozen victims identified, police said.

“This was an unusual situation, where the suspect was allegedly committing crime so close to his home, knowingly victimizing his neighbours,” Burnaby RCMP Insp.

Matt Toews said in the release. “We are proud of the quick action taken by POST in identifying a suspect and making an arrest.”

There is a lot of infor-

mation criminals can get through your mail, according to police. Here are some tips to prevent mail theft: ! Pick up your mail daily ! Have mail held or redirected if you are going to be away for any length of time ! Don’t let anyone you don’t recognize as a resident into your building ! If you move, file a change of address with Canada Post as soon as possible ! Report suspicious activity to police

Police seek driver of stolen minivan

Port Moody police are looking for the driver of a stolen Burnaby minivan that crashed into a parked car in Port Moody and launched the car 50 metres down the street last week.

At about 10:45 a.m. on Jan. 26, police responded to multiple reports of a collision in the 400 block of McGill Drive, according to a Port Moody Police Department news release.

On arrival, investigators determined a black Chrysler minivan recently stolen out of Burnaby had crashed into an unoccupied yellow Ford hatchback.

The hatchback ended up about 50 metres down the street, and the minivan crashed into a tree, according to police.

The suspect driver fled on foot into a forested area and managed to elude police despite an “extensive

ground search” involving the police dog service, police said.

The suspect is described as a white man in his 20s, wearing a reflective jacket and a white baseball hat, according to the release.

“The mechanism of the collision suggests the Chrysler was travelling at high rates of speed in this residential neighbourhood,” Port Moody police Const. Sam Zacharias said in the release. “Thank-

fully there were no innocent bystanders injured as a result.”

Anyone with dashcam or CCTV footage in the area just before or after the collision is asked to contact the Port Moody police at 604-461-3456. Investigators would also like to talk to anyone who might have witnessed a suspicious man fleeing into backyards and trails nearby.

– Cornelia Naylor

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REMEMBRANCES McFADDEN, Norah Mary (Norma) (nee Troup)

November 26, 1927 - January 18, 2022 Norma passed away suddenly following a brief illness. Born in Peace River, Alberta, she grew up on her family farm homesteaded by her parents, Robert, and Christina. After high school she attended Galt School of Nursing in Lethbridge, graduating in 1949. She nursed in several Alberta and BC communities. She met Lloyd in Prince Rupert; they were married in 1958 in New Westminster and raised a family of three boys.

Norma was active in Queens Avenue United Church, New Westminster Horticultural Society, and the New Westminster Seniors Bureau among others. Norma was predeceased by Lloyd in 2018 and two older brothers, James and Douglas. She is survived by Lawrence (Jean), William and Brian, granddaughter Katie and numerous nieces and nephews. Special thanks to the staff at Salvation Army’s Buchanan Lodge. A private burial is planned this summer in Peace River.

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SPICK, Warren Alfred February 5, 1929 - January 20, 2022 We are saddened to announce the passing of Warren Alfred Spick on January 20, 2022. Warren is survived by Doris, his loving wife of 69 years; his children John (Mariel), Robert (Gale), Rosemary (Jeffery), Kathryn (Charles), Janine (Don); his grandchildren Anthony, Ryan, Ryder, Allie, Jeffery, Mariah, and 7 great-grandchildren. Warren is also survived by his sister Clara Adair and family.

Warren brought his family to Powell River in 1965, intending a better life on the farm for the children away from the city. He first saw Powell River in 1957 when working on a contract as a sheetmetal worker on No. 9 Paper Machine in the Powell River Mill. There were many happy years spent between their farm in the Kelly Creek Area and enjoying bonfires on their beachfront property in Douglas Bay. To his last days, Warren referred to Powell River as paradise.

SPENCE, Ronald Kenneth Wayne It is with deep sorrow that the family of Ronald Kenneth Wayne Spence announce his sudden passing on January 28, 2022, at the age of 76 years.

He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 52 years, Norma; children Andrea (Devin) and Alison (Chad) as well as grandchildren Cora, Emery, Chris and Nicky.

He was predeceased by his parents Norah and George.

Ron was born in Regina, Sask., and raised in Hope, BC, until he moved to the Lower Mainland.

He attended SFU and UBC, and was trained as a child psychologist. He thrived in his long career working with kids in the Burnaby School District.

He cared about supporting children’s needs.

In retirement he turned his attention to his grandchildren, making them meals, taking them to school, driving them to activities and watching their sports games and dance performances with pride.

He loved baseball and classic cars and he was always eager to drive somewhere.

He would chauffer anyone, anywhere or deliver anything you needed.

He helped his family build any home improvement project that needed to be done.

Ron enjoyed living in New Westminster, knew it’s history and valued being engaged in his community.

He volunteered at city events and on local committees.

As he loved conversation, he befriended many in the neighbourhood.

We will miss him dearly.

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Warren and Doris enjoyed travelling, including many overseas trips, particularly to South East Asia, Japan, China, England, and Paris. Warren and Doris also spent many winters sunning in Arizona with family, American and Canadian friends.

Warren was “a character” and a man of action. He loved to dance, loved to have a good drink and a good conversation. Warren was always ready to passionately discuss politics, world events, health, and his own ideas about these things. Warren loved to tinker, fix things, climb trees, and maintain roofs, on the farm, the beach house, or their trailer in Wellton in Arizona. We appreciate him bringing us to Powell River and sharing his life and knowledge with us and he will be greatly missed.

A family service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please feel free to make a donation to the Powell River Hospital, whose staff greatly assisted Warren and family over the last year.

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LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF DISPOSAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Owner: Glenn Redman Property at: PODS Storage Facility 5350 Byrne Road, Burnaby, BC The contract between PC Urban Properties and Glenn Redman for the storage of his personal belongings has expired and attempts to contact Mr. Redman have gone unanswered. If no contact has been made to PC Urban before the 27th of February 2022, we will move forward with cancelling the storage unit and disposing of all items.

Please contact: PC Urban Properties, 880 - 1090 W. Georgia St. Vancouver, BC V6E 3V7 (604) 282-6085 or info@pcurban.ca By virtue of the Repairman’s Lien Act KINGSWAY BAILIFF SERVICE will dispose of: 1) 2017 AUDI VIN# WAUBNAF43HN042930 Debtor RO: The Bank of Nova Scotia & ZEABIN, ANDREW Amount owed: $10,000.00 2) 2008 TRIUMPH VIN# SMT601PK78J348411 Debtor RO: MACAULAY, PETER Amount owed: $1,400.00 3) 2011 FORD ESCAPE VIN# 1FMCU0DG7BKA88590 Debtor RO: GIUSEPPE DE STEFANO Amount owed: $6,600.00 4) 2012 Chevrolet CRUZ VIN# 1G1PJ5SC2C7209339 Debtor RO: MFI MOBILE FINANCE & LISA COCO Amount owed: $4,500.00 5) 2015 Chevrolet SONIC VIN# 1G1JA6SH7F4183477 Debtor RO: COLCLOUGH, DYLAN Amount owed: $10,600.00 6) 2015 FORD FOCUS VIN# 1FADP3F27FL371466 Debtor RO: LUBBERS, KELLI-LYNN Amount owed: $8,750.00 Due to Covid-19, viewing will be by Appointment Only.

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Cut from AA A Beef / $15.38/kg

lb.

$8.78/kg

lb.

Ocean Mama / Frozen / 340g

ea.

Frozen / 454g

ea.

Talley’s / Frozen / 454g

ea.

1 EX EXT XTRA TRA A CREA EAMY A BLUEE CHEESE WEDG GES $ 49 4 $ 49 1 OLD FASHIONED HAM M $ 99 SKINLLESS BAVARIAN N SMOKIES 4 $ 99 SKINLLESS CHEESE SMOKIES 4 $ 99

CASTE ELLO 125g

/ea

/100g

CEREAL CRAKERS

2

ea.

ea.

BAKERY

450g

2 $ 15 3 $ 29 3

$ 65

RAISIN N BUNS 450g

ea.

PEANU UT BUTT TTER T COOKIES 250g

ea.

MADEIRA LOA AF 450g

ea.

FREYB BE

/ea

FREYB BE 450g

For freshness and quality you can count on!

LANGLEY FARM MARKET

/100g

ea.

$ 69

$ 49

ea.

JALA LAPENO A HAVARTI

$ 49

ea.

CACOA WAFERS CACOA WAFERS

433ml

6 BONELESS CHUCK STEAKS $ 99 6 CHICKEN THIIGHS $ 99 3 ORGA GANIC A BLA LACK A TIGER SHRIM MP 26/30 $ 1099 BABY YELLO OW CROAKER FILLETS $ 49 4 NEW EW W ZEA EAL ALLA AN A ND OCEA ND OC CEAN AN WILD WIILD D 1//2 MUSS SSELS S LS S $ 99 4

For fresh and quality foods

4

CAMPBELL’S

DELI

LFM

750ml

2

ea.

MEAT & SEAFOOD Cut from AA A Beef / $14.28/kg

5x85g

COOKING SAKE WITH SALT

$ 29

ea.

BLA LADE A ROAS ST

SHIRAKIKU

MI GORENG INSTANT NOODLES

$ 59

99¢

ea.

INDO MIE

$ 79

ea.

284ml

$ 29

lb.

$ 29

CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP

1L

4

Product of China $2.18/kg

7815 KINGSWAY, BURNABY 604.521.2883

/ea

This sale is only for Kingsway Location.

Your Choice. Our Honour.

Our Effort. Our Award.

Thank you to all our valued customers for your ongoing support

GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE IN STORE VALID THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2022 • WHILE QUANTITIES LAST.

STORE HOURS: MONDAY TO SUNDAY 8:30AM TO 9:00PM • HOLIDAYS: 9:00AM TO 6:00PM