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WORKERS UNITE: Research assistants at SFU held a rally on Monday at the Burnaby campus to demand a first contract.

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Members of theTeaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) held a rally Monday at the Burnaby campus of SFU to demand a first contract and better pay from the school.

Members called on Simon Fraser University’s administration to fulfil an agreement signed in 2019

to recognize SFU’s research assistants as members of theTSSU. After more than two years, the group still doesn’t have a contract.

“SFU rakes in over $160 million per year in research grants and generates thousands of publications, but the RAs who are necessary to get that work done are forgotten. For decades, RAs have worked

long hours without health benefits, sick days or fair pay, and that’s why they stood up and demanded a union,” said AmalVincent, TSSU chief steward and contract committee chair.

RAs are the foundation of research at SFU,Vincent said, from lab work involving HIV/AIDS treatment and computer data analysis to field work on biodiversity, education re-

search and creating technologies to mitigate climate change.

Research assistants are often denied formal, written contracts and struggle with inconsistent pay, job security and health benefits,Vincent said.

“I didn’t get paid for the entirety of my contract on this project and only finally received a single lump-sum payment sev-

eral months after the project had ended,” said longtime RATania Arvanitidis.

According toVincent, “TSSU’s position remains the same; we want to negotiate a first contract that includes: benefits and wages comparable to those of SFU teaching staff, including MSP, and extended health and dental coverage; respect for the critical contributions

of SFU’s RA labour; and maintaining the broad definition of an SFU RA so that no one gets left behind.”

SFU issued a statement recognizing the value of RAs and reiterating it is following the contract negotiation process.

With talks stalled, SFU says an arbitrator has been brought in.

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The City of Burnaby has released details about a master plan that would redevelop the centre of the Edmonds neighbourhood with as many as 2,818 new homes built.

Burnaby is looking to partner with BC Housing to redevelop four properties at the corner of Kingsway and Edmonds Street.

Three of the properties are owned by the city, with two of those vacant and one being used for parking.The fourth property is owned by BC Housing and has two existing towers on it that were built around 1970 with a mix of senior residents and people living in supportive housing.Those towers would be redeveloped at below-market rents.

The four properties take up 4.5 acres, and the master plan is looking to have five towers built, with hundreds of units being offered at 20% below-market rents.

The project would also see a new plaza added, a community garden and multiple gathering places to create a “new landmark” for the Edmonds area. Also envisioned is a large rooftop garden to be used by residents.

“The design proposes a family of five towers that are carefully designed and modulated to achieve densities while delivering a unique identity for the Kingsway and Edmonds community,” reads a city staff report. “The two tallest towers occupy the northeast and northwest corners of the site, announcing the community’s presence in Burnaby and reinforcing key gateways and the overall urban structure.The towers are intended to exhibit high-quality landmark architecture in keeping with the strategy budget and profile.”

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Master plans: Above are renderings of how the centre of Edmonds would be redeveloped. PHOTO CITY OF BURNABY

a range of lower towers along the plaza and garden, connecting to the Highland Park Trail.

“At the centre of the site there is a mixed-use podium that supports community life and provides opportunities for gardens, terraces, courtyards and rooftop spaces,” the report says.

The site has a lot of local history attached to it.

Burnaby’s first municipal hall was built on the site in 1899, close to the interurban tram line which is now, in part, the Highland Park Trail.

A second city hall was later built on the site.The site also included the old Kingsway library and a community centre.

“The site will provide a connected network of streets that will anchor

the development, support and balance local and citywide movement patterns that extend cycling networks and improve walking, cycling and transit functions,” says the report. “There will be barrier-free access from Edmonds Street to Kingsway for future residents and the wider local community. Internal access and servicing circulation will

be improved through a proposed interior east-west access corridor connecting Acorn Avenue through to Edmonds that supports arrival and drop off, servicing and parking functions.

The compilation of these moves will lead to the anchoring structure plan that positions and integrates new development while providing flexibility.”

Police are warning the public after reports of three sexual assaults inside Burnaby’s Metrotown mall last week.

The first alleged victim was inside the Metrotown Superstore at around 1 p.m. last Thursday when she was slapped on the buttocks by an unknown male who fled the area, according to a Burnaby RCMP news release.

The incident was reported to police, and Burnaby RCMP were already investigating it when they got two more reports of similar assaults on women inside the Metropolis at Metrotown mall.The second and third incidents happened around 9 a.m. Friday, the release said.

Police are now looking for help identifying the suspect, who is described as a white man in his late 20s or early 30s.

He was seen wearing a red v-neck “Canada” top with a maple leaf logo and a black hoodie or jacket with grey sleeves and dark stripes down each arm.

“Work is underway to confirm whether these incidents are linked,” Burnaby RCMP Cpl. Mike Kalanj said in the release.

“We want the public to be aware that these sexual assaults have occurred. Burnaby RCMP’s serious crimes unit and high risk offender unit are investigating. Information about the suspect has also been distributed to policing agencies across B.C. as we work to identify a suspect.”

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Citynow Skin care clinic operator can’t leave B.C., court says Khojsteh Kashani, 47, was back in Vancouver provincial court Friday and given a new, $500 release order without surety or deposit.

He had already surrendered his passport, according to that order, and he is now banned from applying for any travel documents or leaving B.C. without permission from his bail supervisor.

He is also banned from performing any laser or ultrasound treatment “relating to vaginal tightening procedures” and from being alone with any girl or woman unless she is over 16 and he has informed her of the charges against him.

That restriction doesn’t apply if the girl is a family member, if she is accompanied by a responsible adult or if Khojsteh Ka-

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A skin care clinic operator charged in two alleged sexual assaults at his Burnaby business has surrendered his passport to police and will not be allowed to leave B.C. again without permission from the court, according to a new court order issued last Friday.

Farshad Khojsteh Kashani, the owner of FAB Skin Care on Kingsway, was released on $70,000 bail on March 17.

The court ordered Burnaby RCMP to return his passport the following day for the purposes of traveling to Dubai.

But he was required to surrender his passport again before March 28, according to the bail order.

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His $70,000 bail deposit has been ordered to be refunded, according to the Vancouver provincial court registry.

Khojsteh Kashani was charged on March 14 with two counts of sexual assault with a weapon, a “probe,” according to court documents.

Burnaby RCMP said they launched an investigation in 2019 after a person reported she had been sexually assaulted during treatment at FAB Skin Care. A second alleged victim came forward in 2021, police said.

The allegations against Khojsteh Kashani have not been proven in court.

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Opinion now MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

‘Action plan’ has big ambitions

To say that last week marked an historic time for recognizing and strengthening the rights of Indigenous people is an understatement.

Not only did 32 First Nations leaders travel to the Vatican and receive a formal apology from Pope Francis for the tragic and abusive legacy of residential schools, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally visited a residential school site in B.C. and pledged to provide more resources to investigate that sorry legacy.

But another historic event occurred at the legislature in Victoria, and it is one that, over time, may represent the most lasting and positive impact on Indigenous rights.

For the first time, a detailed “action plan” covering the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples going forward was released.

The declaration was enshrined into law back in November 2019, but it has never been clear how it would actually work in practice and how it would impact laws, statutes, industry and the community as a whole.

This ambitious new “action plan” spells out 89 specific (and some of them not so specific) kinds of action that are supposed help achieve the declaration’s objectives over the next five years.

Some of the action items are aimed at vastly improving the health outcomes for Indigenous people and guaranteeing them better access to educational and social services. Others are designed to tackle racism head-on and to protect cultural traditions.

The vast majority of the 89 action items will no doubt have strong support from within both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.

Where it will be interest-

ing and, yes, challenging, is the interpretation of the declaration when it comes to things like land-use decisions and industrial development, especially natural resource industries.

Even with this new action plan, there still appears to be a fair degree of uncertainty attached to those areas.

There is no doubt that First Nations will have a stronger say over any activities that take place on their unceded territory, but how strong that voice will be is a work in progress.

B.C. has 204 First Nations. Many have overlapping land claims with other First Nations, and not all see each issue the same way.The Coastal Gaslink pipeline in northwest B.C. is a good example of the often tricky process that can come with securing support from a First Nations for an economic project.

In that situation, the pipeline has the support of the elected band members of the local First Nations but not the support of several hereditary chiefs, who are not elected. It is a muddled situation, and it is not entirely clear how this new action plan will impact that situation.

Although the plan is designed to be completed over five years, it is more likely to take more time to achieve these lofty action items.

Nevertheless, it represents an historic opportunity for B.C. governments, industries, communities and First Nations to dramatically alter the landscape like never before in this province.

There will undoubtedly be some missteps and controversies in the years ahead, but everyone is heading down a more clearly defined path now.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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Hundreds of vehicles filled with people hoping to watch the fireworks from on top of Burnaby Mountain descended on the area.When they realized the fireworks weren’t visible from there, they headed up to the university to find better view, causing a two-hour traffic jam.

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BCGEU office and housing project will provide affordable rental homes that are needed Editor: I’m writing in support of the BCGEU’s housing project for Burnaby. When I first moved to Metro Vancouver, I lived in New Westminster in a 700-square-foot one-bedroom apartment for around $700/month.

After I started university at SFU in 2009, I lived on and off campus. I come from a working poor background and had little financial support. I took out student loans, student lines of credit, worked part-time and I tried to live within my means.

At SFU, I lived in Louis Riel House for three years, and I paid around $1,200/month with one roommate until it was torn down due to being old and unsafe. I then moved to Hamilton Hall in 2015 to a 274-square-foot suite for $800/ month that I quickly couldn’t afford. That same room now costs $980/month, which sadly, is a steal compared to market rentals.

I then moved to North Road for a two-bedroom $1,400/month with a roommate. I lived there for four years, even after it became mouse

infested over the pandemic; I just couldn’t afford to move out. I’m now back to SFU townhouses for around $850/month and three roommates.

Affordable rent shouldn’t be relegated to buildings that are so old that they become a health risk to those living in them. New buildings don’t have to be expensive to protect someone’s profit margins. Poor people deserve clean and safe housing, too. That’s why I am really excited about the BCGEU’s housing project as it’s actually designed to be affordable. It’s run by a non-profit organization and close to the Royal Oak SkyTrain station. Its commercial services support families. There’s already mixed residential buildings in the area, so this is a no-brainer.

This model of mixed-commercial and residential development with subsidized housing costs just makes sense. So much so that the Simon Fraser Student Society will look into this as a base for our student housing project to support low-income students.

As such, I implore Burnaby city council to approve the rezoning, let this project get developed and be a new model for others to follow.

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Growing up on the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc reserve outside of Kamloops, Sasakamoose herself was bused to a public school in the city when she was younger.

“Kamloops wasn’t a very diverse community, and there was a lot of racism,” she says. “All the First Nations kids from the reserve would come and just be spilled into one or two schools every day.

It was a very challenging time, I’ll say, for us.We experienced a lot of racism and discrimination, not just from our peers but from teachers and administrators in the school.”

And when her oldest daughter started school in the Canyon Heights neighbourhood in North Vancouver, she felt isolated as the only First Nations student there.

The family’s experience with public schools improved dramatically when Sasakamoose and her husband moved to Burnaby and their daughters started at University Highlands Elementary School.

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Mikelle Sasakamoose may be the first Indigenous person to run for office in the municipality of Burnaby, but that’s a history that goes back only 130 years.

“The Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam, Squamish and Kwikwetlem people have been responsible for the governance and stewardship of these lands since time immemorial,” she says. “It is important for me to acknowledge that.”

‘A LONG HISTORY’ Sasakamoose, a 10-year UniverCity resident, was one of two new candidates announced last month on the Burnaby Citizens Association’s school board slate for October’s municipal elections.

Her school experiences as an Indigenous person loom large when she talks about her reasons for running.

“As a First Nations person, my family has a long history that’s not a good history with public education,” she says.

She has close relatives on both sides of her family who went to residential schools – one side in Saskatchewan and the other at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, where in May 2021 ground-penetrating radar revealed the

ronment that I personally could have never imagined as a First Nations person going to school in Canada.”

But Sasakamoose is concerned not all students and families find that same kind of welcome at their local school.

“It just makes me feel really happy, but, at the same time, I know that’s not the situation at all schools in Burnaby or anywhere for that matter,” she says.

ENGAGEMENT Politics and activism run deep in Sasakamoose’s family, according to the school board hopeful.

Growing up just a few steps away from her greatgrandfather’s house on a ranch outside of Kamloops, she remembers many of her family members engaging with politicians, building relationships and lobbying government.

Her cousin, the late senator Len Marchand, was the first Status Indian to be elected to Parliament.

“I observed this when I was growing up, how they engaged with government to make things better in our community,” she says.

“I really learned that from them.”

It was her own involvement in child-care issues on Burnaby Mountain that brought her to the notice of the BCA.

TRAILBLAZER: UniverCity resident Mikelle Sasakamoose, a federal public servant with Transport Canada, is running for a spot on the Burnaby school board. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR She had joined the SFU Child Care Society board after years of trying and failing to get her daughters into child care on the mountain because her family isn’t affiliated with the university.

Then, a couple of years ago, B.C. Minister of State for Child Care Katrina Chen – a former BCA school trustee herself – happened to be doorknocking in the neighbourhood one day.

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Sasakamoose says her new job is a culmination of years of work she’s been doing off the side of her desk, promoting Indigenous awareness and reconciliation in the federal public service.

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She plans to bring that same passion to her work as a trustee if she’s elected.

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Welcome spring to the Heights with your furry best friend Nicole Cheung

Heights contributor

It’s finally spring, which means longer and brighter days ahead of us and more playtime outdoors for our furry best friends.

Over the past few months, we have been cooped up by the cold weather, and our pawsome pals were the ones keeping us company through it all.

Our pets make us laugh.

They make us say “drop it”

more times than we can count. But, most importantly, they are there when we need them the most.

Now that it’s time to enjoy the outdoors, let’s show our pets some love by bringing them down to the Heights.

As we get excited to wear fewer layers and pack our scarves away, our pets are ready to shed some of their fur coats, too. Get them a cooler coat and a fresh new style at The Barker Barber Inc. (4609 Hastings St.) or

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If you need more than just a new look, check out Van Pet Food, Supplies and Grooming (4111 Hastings St.). They offer grooming services for dogs and cats of all kinds. While you’re there, don’t forget to pick up your essentials, as they also carry grooming supplies, pet food and supplements, and toys.

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Visiting Global Pet Foods (4293 Hastings St.) and Big Dog Little Dog Bakery (4631 Hastings St.) will brighten your pet’s day, with their beautiful variety of pet accessories for you and your best friend to enjoy.

If you are looking to celebrate your pet’s birthday, Big Dog Little Dog Bakery is also the place for custom pet cakes and other treats.

The Heights is also a great place for making new furry

friends. You can find Thor hanging out at Moonstone (4287 Hastings St.); he is the best doggy mascot you can find. Don’t forget to stop by Muckabout (4759 Hastings St.) to find Whisky the shop dog.

Lots of other local dogs can be found at our neighbourhood’s two great dog parks: at Ingleton Avenue and Eton Street and at Confederation Park off Penzance Drive.

However, the best adven-

ture you will have is spending time together.

We are so fortunate to have wonderful companions by our side. It’s always good to show them how much they mean to us, just like they do for us every day.

So swing on by to the Heights to welcome spring and begin a new adventure.

Nicole Cheung is the spring 2022 marketing and events assistant at the Heights Merchants Association.

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Community now Four new faces named to BCA slate for city council Jess Balzer

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The Burnaby Citizens Association will have a total of eight city council candidates on the ballot during the upcoming municipal election in October after revealing its recent nomination vote results.

Antara Deb, Reah Arora, Simone Brandl and Daniel Tetrault will be joining incumbent councillors Pietro Calendino, Alison Gu, JamesWang and Sav Dhaliwal in hopes of holding seats at the council table.

“We’re thrilled to have these four proven community leaders join our in-

cumbent councillors to help build a better Burnaby,” BCA president Leila Lolua said in a news release. “BCA and our team of council candidates is committed to making our diverse city more inclusive, and to addressing issues that matter to our residents.”

Tetrault, a teacher and Burnaby Teachers’ Association president, said in December that one thing that inspired him to throw his hat in the ring has been watching the city become less affordable.

“I have seen first-hand friends and neighbours leaving Burnaby because it has increasingly become an unaffordable place to

live,” he said in a press release announcing his intention to run for council.

“We need to protect what we love about our community and make sure that those that live in Burnaby can afford to stay in Burnaby.”

The BCA says Reah Arora is a longtime Burnaby resident and social justice activist, with a deep understanding of community development.

“I’m committed to fighting for a more progressive and inclusive Burnaby.”

Brandl is a program director with Burnaby Neighbourhood House.

She was also named Burnaby’s Outstanding Citizen

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“I’ve witnessed firsthand how people are struggling to make ends meet as Burnaby has become an increasingly unaffordable place to live,” Brandl said in a statement. “I want to be a community leader who puts people first.”

Antara Deb, board member of Burnaby’s Stand with Asians Coalition, echoed similar statements of the other candidates, saying she wants to make Burnaby more affordable.

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Citynow Spring food drive underway at Metrotown Superstore Patrick Wachter

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Donations to local food banks are exceptionally high during the holiday season, but many Burnaby community members struggle to put food on the table throughout the year.

To help meet this increased need, the Real Canadian Superstore at Metropolis at Metrotown in Burnaby andWholesale West have launched their annual spring food drive, which is running through Easter weekend.

Community members are encouraged to make an in-store food or monetary donation, which will go directly to supporting the Burnaby-based Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society.

“As we look forward to

warmer days ahead, the reality is that the need for food banks remains high coming out of the winter months, especially given the challenges of the current economic environment,” said Kirstin Beardsley, CEO of Food Banks Canada. “That’s why we are so grateful for generous partners like Loblaw Companies Ltd., who step forward year after year to support our neighbours in need with initiatives like the spring food drive.”

Stephen Tam, manager of the Burnaby Real Canadian superstore, said there’s a growing need for food banks compared to 2021.

“Last year alone, we had 1.3 million Canadians that made a visit to the food bank. And it’s up 20% compared to the stats from

2019. So it’s a growing number that we definitely want to be able to feed our community members that are in need,” said Tam. The higher cost of living has led to more families, and especially families with children, to be food insecure.

“One out of eight households, they don’t have access to enough food. So we do our best to feed all year round. Also, a little bit from the statistics, 33% of those in need of food are children,” said Tam. “The food bank prefers cash donations, because cash donations are used to purchase fresh produce, fresh dairy and protein.

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And Burnaby is one of the cities leading the way in sales in four different categories.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, Burnaby saw $655 million in commercial property sales – a $532-million jump from the third quarter.

Burnaby saw 106 office and retail property sales, 44 industrial sites, one multi-family property and 11 commercial land sales.

The commercial land sales alone sold for nearly $500 million.

There were 2,659 commercial real estate sales in the Lower Mainland in 2021, a 65.3% increase from the 1,609 sales in 2020, according to data

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Community now Documentary filmmaking class a Burnaby first

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Burnaby high school students with cameras will be atop Burnaby Mountain this summer capturing some of the cutting edge things women are doing in computing science.

It’s all part of a new summer school course developed by SFU’s faculty of communication, art and technology (FCAT), faculty of applied science and the Burnaby school district.

Dubbed Documentary Filmmaking, Featuring Women in Computing Science, the course will see high school students pick an SFU computing science student, faculty member or alumna and create a short documen-

tary on her work.

Classes with take place at the university, in university classrooms, and the students will get to use FCAT’s cameras and other movie-making equipment.

The course will officially be taught by a school district teacher, but SFU will also be hiring one or two FCAT students to provide technical support and mentoring.

“They will talk about what it’s like to actually be a student at SFU, what kinds of course projects they’ve done and what it was like, even, telling their parents they wanted to go to school to study in this particular field,” says Kim Hockey, FCAT’s associate director for alumni and community engagement.

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Students will also be exposed to the “incredible strides” women have made in computing science and maybe woo them into that area of study.

Participants will also get a taste of what it’s like studying on campus, Hockey said.

“It’s a great way to make the students feel more comfortable with post-secondary education and visualizing themselves being future students potentially,” she said.

Local school district officials are excited to be partnering with SFU on the course, according to Ces Martino, the district principal in charge of summer school.

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“From a young age, having that exposure, how cool is that?”

The district also liked the idea of “elevating women’s voices” in computing science and filmmaking through the course topic, according to Martino.

This isn’t the first time the school district has partnered with SFU on a summer school filmmaking course.

Last year, it offered a new course for elementary students called Cinema and Storytelling in partnership with SFU. That course will be offered again this year, but

Cutting edge: SFU computing science students and researchers program a humanoid robot. A new documentary filmmaking summer course will see high school students chronicling the work of women in computer science at the university. PHOTO SFU

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After all, “The Burnaby Festival of Learning is created by community and for the community,” Flynn states.

“The Festival promotes lifelong learning, authentic connection, societal change, and capacity building.”

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Entertainmentnow Same Difference explores immigrant, refugee stories How much sameness and difference do we need to feel like we belong?

That question is at the heart of Same Difference, a Theatre Conspiracy production that’s coming to the stage at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts April 19 through 23.

Same Difference is an immersive mixed-media installation and digital performance that examines themes of identity and belonging.

Led by David Mesiha, the piece uses mirrors, immersive projection and surround sound as it pulls

the audience into the experiences of immigrants and refugees.

“The piece invites audiences to deconstruct perceptions of identities and to explore the tensions between individuality through difference and belonging through sameness,” a press release says.

“How much sameness and difference do we need to feel like we belong?”

Same Difference runs for 10 shows at the Shadbolt Centre’s Studio Theatre (6450 Deer Lake

Ave.): April 19 through 22 at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. nightly, and April 23 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Tickets for the preview and opening night are $15; other shows are $35 regular, $30 for seniors and students, and $15 for youth (12 and under).

They can be bought online at tickets.shadbolt centre.com or by calling the box office at 604-2053000.

Immersive performance: Same Difference is onstage at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts’ Studio Theatre April 19 through 23.

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Cameron seniors theatre returns They’re presenting a performance of three comedies: The Director, The Interrogation and Best Book Club Ever.

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YouTube and Instagram are filled with compilation videos of the breed making noise and talking back to their owners.

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Callaghan runs a nonprofit that rescues Siberian husky dogs from kill shelters in California and finds them homes in Canada.

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“I’ve always been very passionate about animals and rescue dogs, and sort of hearing about their lives and how sometimes they’ve been mistreated and they are needing a second chance. I love huskies, because they’re strongwilled,” said Callaghan There are currently eight dogs available for adoption.The animals range from seven months to 12 years of age.

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There are adoption fees (of $550 to $600) and additional checks to be made before sending off the animal to its “furever” home.

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Will ‘cooling-off period’ help housing market?

Realtor says proposed ‘home buyer protection period’ won’t do anything to solve supply problems Jess Balzer

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After the province announced proposed amendments to the Property Law Act last week, a Burnaby Realtor is wondering how well the cooling-off period presented would actually work.

On March 28, Finance Minister Selina Robinson announced what the government is calling a “home-buyer protection period” that would allow buyers a limited amount of time to consider their offers, get financing in order, obtain a home inspection or cancel a purchase.

“Too often, buyers are feeling forced to submit no-condition offers just to have a chance in a multiple-bid situation,” Robinson said.

“People need to have protection as they make one of the biggest financial decisions of their lives.

A home-buyer protection period is about improving consumer protection and balancing the risk in the marketplace.”

Robinson said the current situation – where the speed of transactions puts buyers in a position where they can’t properly evaluate the property – is only working for people who profit from an overheated market.

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Seven-day cooling-off periods for pre-construction sales of multi-unit development properties such as condominiums are already in place under the Real Estate Development and Marketing Act.

It’s a supplyand-demand business …

BUT WILL IT WORK? Realtor Paul Prade, managing broker at Burnaby’s Macdonald Realty, told the NOW that while he understands the idea behind the government’s proposal, he wonders how much of a positive impact it will actually have.

He also noted that it could have negative impacts on those selling.

“My question would be this: how does the government expect their idea of a cooling-off period to actually cool anything off?”

Prade asked.

“On the surface, it looks to me like you’re going to be able to make an offer on a property. And you don’t have to commit to the offer for seven days.

That may very well be beneficial to buyers. But what about if they’re speculators and people who decide they’re just going to throw offers at properties?

Because they’ve got seven days before they have to commit? If that is, in fact, what the government’s proposing, I see chaos.

“You don’t want to create situations where you help one side and not the other.”

Prade says that until there’s more clarity and answers from the government, it’s hard to say how well the province’s proposed amendments would work out.

BURNABY HOME PRICES CONTINUE TO SURGE According to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver’s February 2022 report, prices on residential, single-family detached homes, townhomes and condos continue to increase month over month.

The benchmark price of a single-family detached home was $1,729,300 in Burnaby East (+8.4% in one month), $1,927,300 in Burnaby North (+3.3% in one month) and $1,983,000 in Burnaby South (+3.8% in one month).

“Despite having a higher volume of people listing their homes for sale in February, the re-

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gion’s housing market remains significantly undersupplied, which has been pushing home prices to new highs month after month,” Real Estate Board of GreaterVancouver chair Taylor Biggar said in the report.

“A lack of housing supply is at the heart of the affordability challenges in MetroVancouver today.

We need more coordinated action from stakeholders at all levels to help create an ample, diverse supply of housing options for residents in the region today and into the future.”

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MARKET: REALTOR Prade agreed the source of the problem is supply, something he has seen consistently over the past 44 years of his career.

“It’s a supply-and-demand business, always has been,” he said.

“At the end of the day, if there is not enough supply and there are all these buyers lining up, how is making it a seven-day delay going to cool it off?”

He said similar rules already now in place for presales, haven’t done much to help slow down buyers.

“The right of rescission allows the buyer seven days to review what’s

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“But the seven-day right of rescission certainly hasn’t cooled the presale market.The real estate market is hot because there’s a lack of supply.”

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Mark Melanson, 86, of Burnaby, BC, sadly passed away on March 23, 2022. Proudly born in Annapolis Royal, NS, he was the son of Martin and Edna Melanson. Following a 25−year career with the Canadian Armed Forces (paratrooper division), Mark worked at the University of Alberta Pathology department before joining the Edmonton law firm, Parlee McLaws. Mark was predeceased by his beloved wife of 62 years, Merle. He is survived by his brothers Joseph (Donna) and Ron (Evelyn); sister Doris Simms (Ron); son Richard and daughter Heather Courville (David); grandchildren Nathan (Emily) and Alisa; and sister−in−law Shirley Turner (Bill). Mark was a Mason who always enjoyed helping others. Some of his best times were spent travelling and square dancing with Merle. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. No service by request.

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He is survived by his loving partner of 42 years, Don Atwood; three stepchildren Susan (Larry), Deserae (Gerry) and Dallas (Tammy); his two beautiful and loving sisters Debbie (Brent) and Gail; nieces Brooke and Lindsay; nephew Shawn; grandchildren Trula, Cameron, Jessica and Dylan; and countless friends and extended family.

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WEEKLY CHOICES Prices Effective April 7 - 13, 2022.

100% BC OWNED AND OPERATED Whole Chicken

399/lb

Choices’ Own Spring Inspired Easter Entrées

LOCAL from

99 12 each

Fraser Valley

8.80/kg

Raised Without Antibiotics

Organic Salad Blends

Loison Italian Easter Panettone

from Earthbound Farm in USA

398

3999

142g

Grape Cherry Tomatoes

Choices’ Own Wholesome Country or Multiseed Sourdough Bread

499

298

LOCAL from

575g - 600g

1 pint pkg.

Windset Farms, Delta

Renew Life Vitamins & Supplements

Yoggu!

Plant-Based Coconut Yogurt

25% off

699

Assorted Sizes Regular Retail 17.49 - 72.99

450g

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250g - 440g

Fresh for Easter!

Your Whole Turkeys or Boneless Turkey Roasts are available at all Choices locations April 9th!

Silk Dairy-Free Beverages & Creamers

2/600 449

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