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Party wants apology over ‘racist’

CorneliaNaylor cnaylor@burnabynow.com

A rival political party says it was just trying to hold the Burnaby Citi zens Association account able, but Burnaby’s lone Indigenous candidate says questions about her party’s actions onTruth and Rec onciliation Day were “rac ist” and trivialized the ex periences of Indigenous people in Canada.

Multiple members of the Burnaby Citizens As sociation stated on Sept. 30 that the party was tak ing a break from cam paigning on the National Day forTruth and Recon ciliation and encouraged its members to participate in “reconciliation work in the community.”

A week later, One Burnaby, a new centrist party running six council

FILMING FANTASY: Filmmakers have transformed a corner of Deer Lake Park into Spiderwick Estate, the dilapidated ancestral home of the Grace family in the popular fantasy series TheSpiderwickChronicles The set includes the iconic Spiderwick gate and a facade of the vine covered Victorian mansion PHOTO CORNELIANAYLOR

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A North Burnaby strata has prevailed in a fight over who’s allowed access to the building’s discarded beverage containers

Jason Reddy co owns a Brentwood condo in the Escala at 1788 Gilmore Ave , according to a Sept 29 ruling by the Civil Res olutionTribunal.

Reddy took the build ing’s strata council to the tribunal over a $200 tow ing bill, arguing the strata had improperly towed his vehicle from a visitor’s parking spot

He also appealed to the tribunal for an order com pelling the strata not to lock up its bins for dis carded returnable bever age containers.

Reddy argued he is en titled to collect empties thrown into the recycling bins in the strata’s com mon property garbage room, but the strata said it has enacted a rule to make returnable bever

age containers the strata’s property

“Once you place a re fundable beverage con tainer in any such desig nated bin it becomes the property of the strata and cannot be removed

without the written con sent from the strata coun cil,” the rule states “Any unauthorized removal of a refundable beverage con tainer will be considered theft and reported to the RCMP”

The strata told the tri bunal a designated strata owner empties the bins based on an agreement with the strata, and par tial proceeds from the re funds are donated to char ity, but tribunal vice chair

J Garth Cambrey noted a copy of the agreement had not been provided for evidence.

Cambrey ultimately dis missed Reddy’s dispute, ruling the strata under the Strata Property Act

has the discretion to make rules “governing the use, safety and condition of the common property and common assets ”

The CRT is an online, quasi judicial tribunal that hears strata property dis putes of any amount and small claims disputes of $5,000 and less

candidates in this month’s municipal election, ques tioned whether the BCA had lived up to that com mitment

The party tweeted two photos of Mikelle Sasa kamoose (one of her with federal NDP Leader Jag meet Singh) and another photo of BCA members at an event with MLA and BC NDP leadership can didate David Eby

The tweet said the pho tos appeared to show the BCA campaigning on Truth and Reconciliation Day.

“#Burnaby deserves to know: did you say one thing & do another?”

asked the post

‘OFFENSIVE’

The tweet angered Sasakamoose, who spent Sept 30 with her daugh ters attending an event put on by the Spirit of the Children Society atWest minster Pier Park in New Westminster

She said the photos in the One Burnaby tweet were from events earlier in the month.The event with Eby was on Sept 11, and the photo of her with Singh was posted her own Instagram account on Sept 25

Sasakamoose, a mem ber of the Ahatahkakoop Cree Nation withTk’em

lups te Secwepemc and Syilx heritage, explained Truth and Reconciliation Day is deeply personal to her and her community.

“I’m the first per son in my family to not have attended a residen tial school,” she told the NOW

The suggestion she was campaigning on Sept 30 after encouraging oth ers to mark the day in a meaningful way was “of fensive,” she said

“I couldn’t just sol emnly commemorate that day and spend a beautiful day with my children, but now I have to defend my self and my community against lies,” she said

‘REASONABLE QUESTION’

One Burnaby campaign manager Kit Sauder said the photos in the tweet had been sent to the party on Sept. 30 by “a citizen” who told them they’d been taken that day

“An existing political organization that’s gov erned the city for more than three decades made a public commitment to not campaign on the National Day of Truth and Recon ciliation Photos were pro vided with the implica tion that they were, in fact, campaigning,” he said.

When asked whether One Burnaby had checked where the photos had come from, Sauder said

the party had “asked where they’d gotten them” and looked at what was in the photos

“The school board can didate has an Every Child Matters t shirt on, and so we feel that it’s a perfectly reasonable question to ask of the campaign,” he said When asked if he was satisfied with how much One Burnaby had re searched the source of the photos before posting the tweet, Sauder said:

“The campaign stands by the fact that we believe that it was a reasonable question to ask and that it’s the onus of the BCA to respond ”

For Sasakamoose, how

ever, the matter goes be yond campaigns.

“This is not about an election for me,” she said “For me, this is personal, this is who I am, this is my community You can’t triv ialize the trauma of an en tire community for some thing like that That’s not right. Regardless of whether there’s an elec tion Whatever is going on, that’s not right If we’re go ing to advance to reconcili ation, then people can’t do things like that ”

Saskamoose released a statement about the inci dent Friday afternoon, and the BCA is now calling for an apology from One Burnaby

Civil ResolutionTribunal rules Brentwood strata has right to lock up its beverage container empties

HANDS OFF: A Brentwood strata’s rules threaten police action against people who take empties from its garbage room PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

Any unauthorized removal of a refundable beverage container will be considered theft and reported to the RCMP.

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Topic: Burnaby’s Devon Sawa

“Went to school with him May be a good actor but wasnt the greatest person back then Years after, we saw each other at a club and danced together. I guess you can say he grew up ”

BC NDP on defensive over crime MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

It is not often that crime and public safety sur faces as a top of mind issue with the public, but that is what seems to have happened in recent weeks.

And that is potentially bad news for the BC NDP gov ernment, which has shown a curious inconsistency when it comes to tackling street crime In fact, it is conflicted with opposite views from within government on just how bad the problem has become

The first few question periods of the fall legisla ture session had the NDP back on its heels as the Opposition BC Liberals sensed a vulnerability on the ruling side We have not seen that dynamic very often since the NDP took power

in 2017.

Taking a tough stance on crime is a better fit for the BC Liberals, who have coined their own pet phrase (“catch and release”) to describe the seemingly revolving door of chronic offenders who com mit violent crimes and then are released back into their community in relatively short time

The NDP has bristled at this approach Premier John Horgan has accused the BC Liberals of coming up with “bumper sticker slogans” and nothing else to solve the problem but it seems to be effective, even if it can be misleading All of which brings us to the seemingly contradictory views of the problem held within government

On the one hand, assis tant deputy attorney general Peter Juk (he is responsible for the prosecution service) recently released a sev en page letter suggesting problems in the justice sys tem were nowhere near as bad as recent accounts and criticisms would suggest

That is all well and good But then the government commissioned its own re port from a former police chief and university profes sor and it came to almost the opposite assessment.

The authors, Doug LePard and Amanda Butler, concluded there is a serious lack of resources in the pros ecutorial side of the system and there is not enough con sultation with police when it comes to dealing with re

peated offenders and people with complex issues

While overall crime rates may be lower, the authors found that “violent” crime rates are up sharply, par ticularly in Vancouver and Victoria, where random stranger assaults are up a whopping 35 per cent from a few years ago

I get the sense the gov ernment is leaning towards LePard and Butler’s take on things But the proof of that will be revealed in next spring’s budget.

Given the whole issue has given the government pause, I’ll bet on some changes coming

Goodness knows the sta tus quo is not working

Keith Baldrey is chief po litical reporter for Global BC.

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Swim BC pays tribute to Simon Fraser Aquatics

Editor: Burnaby based Simon Fraser Aquatics, known as SFA, is the small club that made it to the top.

After restructuring in 2018 and starting off with nine competitive swimmers it has grown to over 130 swimmers of all levels, ranging in age from nine and up.

On Oct 1 Simon Fraser Aquatics was selected by Swim BC as Club of the Year for the 2021 22 season Head coach Ryan Skomorowski accepted the award on Oct. 1 during the Swim BC conference held in Whistler

The club is very proud of all the swimmers who have been competing at divisional, provincial and national level championships. In accept ing the award, head coach Ryan Skomorowski said, “This award is the result of all the hard work from the coaches, swimmers and parents who have dedicated themselves to the world of competitive swimming”

The award is based on many factors but in cludes ranking at various levels of competition, increasing club membership base, registration of swim officials (parent volunteers) and the number of national qualifiers from the club

The competitive swim season starts Oct 8 with Simon Fraser Aquatics dedicated to continuing

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the high level of performance, coaching and volunteer work that allowed the club to win this award.

We need to keep our youth engaged and train ing for the upcoming season The only issue we face is the lack of available pool time now that C.G. Brown pool is slated for demolition to make way for the new Olympic pool as its replacement We are working with the City of Burnaby to address these issues

Those wanting to know more about competi tive swimming in Burnaby can find information at www simonfraseraquatics com Paul McNamara, vice president, SFA

Kudos: Simon Fraser Aquatics head coach Ryan Skomorowski, centre, with assistant coaches Andrew Woinoski, left, and Sue Logan PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

Fenwick Street, a portion of 15th Avenue, and the rear lane abutting 7514, 7532, 7544, 7556, 7568, 7580 Bevan Street and 6199 Marine Drive [those portions of road dedicated in District Lot 155A and District Lot 171, Group 1, New Westminster District: (a) by Plan 1425 identified as “Parcel A” and containing 0.259ha; (b) by Plan 24105 identified as “Parcel B” and containing 181.2m²; (c) by Plan 14019 identified as “Parcel C” and containing 543.6m²; (d) by Plan 1425 identified as “Parcel D” and containing 0.272ha; and (e) by Plan 992 identified as “Parcel E” and containing 750.5m²] shown outlined in bold on Reference Plan EPP122271, prepared by G.A. Rowbotham, B.C.L.S.

Bylaw No 14519 cited as “Burnaby Highway Closure Bylaw No 5, 2022” (Road Closure #21-08) pursuant to Section 40 of the Community Charter The purpose of the proposed bylaw is to close certain portions of highway closure of 3676 Kensington Avenue, and a portion of the Sperling Avenue road allowance between 3676 Kensington Avenue and 3860 Sperling Avenue (all those portions of road in District Lot 78, Group 1, New Westminster District dedicated by Plan 3049 containing 0.202ha and District Lot 77, Group 1, New Westminster District, dedicated by Plan 3051, containing 0.231ha) shown outlined on the Sketch Plan to accompany City of Burnaby Bylaw Number 14519, prepared by City of Burnaby, Engineering Department. It is proposed to place these bylaws before City Council for consideration of Final Adoption

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Bystandersdigoutvehicles buriedindirtbyflippedtruck

CorneliaNaylor cnaylor@burnabynow com

Bystanders used their hands to dig out driv ers whose vehicles were covered by a load of dirt from a flipped dump truck trailer the afternoon of Oct 5, according to the Burnaby Fire Depart ment.

Emergency crews were called to the area of Grandview Highway and Boundary Road, less than 50 metres inside the Burnaby border, just after 5:30 p.m., according to assistant fire Chief Mark

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“A dump truck that was coming northbound on Boundary ended up trying to round the corner onto Grandview Highway it was a tandem and the trailer section tipped,” Forsberg told the NOW “The full load of dirt ended up going onto on coming vehicles ”

The trailer itself didn’t make contact with the westbound vehicles, but the weight of the lost load was enough to inflict “pretty good damage,” according to Forsberg, with a Mercedes cross

over taking the brunt of the haul

“When our crew ar rived, our initial arriv ing crew, they said that there were pedestrians that were actually digging some of the vehicles out by hand,” Forsberg said

Four people were trans ported to hospital in sta ble condition, according to BC Emergency Health Services.

City works crews were called in to help clean up the mess, and traffic was impacted for hours, Fors berg said

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Outsider Arts Festival

AbhinayaNatesh anatesh@burnabynow com

For Burnaby photogra pher Barbara Lynn Pol lard, picking up a camera offered a way to refocus her life, giving her a means to get through her panic attack episodes

“When you have so cial anxiety and you have a general anxiety sort of like I have, there are situations that I come across that I find very daunting,” Pol lard said “The camera is a way for me to step back, bring up to my face, fo cus it and breathe through situations that I find very challenging.”

Pollard, of Blip Pho tography, keeps a sharp eye out for the unusual on her weekly recovery walks Her subjects lean towards street art draw ing, painting, spray paint ing, with a special focus on graffiti acrossVan couver

Growing up in an ar tistic family, she said that she had always been able to appreciate and recog nize art She gets a partic ular joy, she said, in wit nessing art that vibrantly fills spaces that would oth erwise be blank concrete walls She loves to cap ture these fleeting artworks before they are removed or covered over because “the graffiti is something that gets destroyed or cov

ered over or removed quite quickly in the city”

Pollard got her first camera when she was 10 years old; it was a way to keep her occupied during a family trip to the Mon treal Olympics.

Her first photos were of family members, historical places and monuments. But Pollard’s photogra phy has evolved much over time

“I would look for things that were more interesting to me, like writings on a wall or a drawing on a wall or something that caught my eye, like a colour,” she said “Or old, like old barns, old farm equip ment, things that have a history

“In all my photography, whether it’s something historical or whether it’s someone else’s art that I’m recording for perpetuity,

there will always be some sort of historical record of it ”

Pollard noted that graf fiti is a polarizing subject. While some value it as art, many people think of it as vandalism

For her, it’s a form of creative expression “It often speaks to what the art is,” she said. “It is someone’s creativity And it also reflects someone’s life and someone’s pain, depending on what they put on the wall So it’s sort of someone’s personal journey. Some people do art for healing, some peo

ple do art to express them selves and it’s all about perspective ”

Pollard served as an arts administrator for over 40 years, but a stomach can cer diagnosis four years ago left her re evaluating her life.

“When you are faced with the possibility of no longer being alive because you’re ill, it’s kind of a re awakening, in a way, so it’s about reworking a cycle of life, living your life to the fullest and finding the rea sons why you need to live your life to the fullest

“I find that reflected in

my work a lot as well I’m looking for that regenera tion ”

The pandemic was also a deciding factor in prompting her to switch careers, she explained Af ter theVancouver Interna tional Dance Festival was closed down, she mulled a transition to health care as she recovered from a third cancer surgery.

However, the time away from full time career in the arts has given the photog rapher a chance to appre ciate art in a new way, al lowing her to look at her art more objectively and

consider a new direction

“It’s given me a clearer understanding of of my time and where I want to focus my goals and my artistic dreams,” she said. “When I was work ing in the arts, it was of ten 14 to 16 hour days where I didn’t have time to take time for myself in my own art It’s given me an opportunity to go back through my hundreds of thousands of digital files and look at old pictures and decide what to do with them and how I want to go forward ”

Her work will be dis played during the sixth an nualVancouver Outsider Arts festival, which runs this weekend from Oct. 14 to 16 at Roundhouse Community Arts and Rec reation Centre

Pollard hopes people can visit the festival, get engaged with the art and support it.

VANCOUVER OUTSIDER ARTS FESTIVAL

Where: Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews,Van couver )

When: Oct 14 to 16;

Friday: 12 p m to 9 p m

Saturday: 12p m to 5:30 p m

Sunday: 12 p.m. to 3 p m

Cost: Free

Captured creation: Detail of photo by Barbara Lynn Pollard, who is featured in the Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

October is here, and while the summer like weather has us fooled a little, Hal loween is around the corner.

The Heights Merchants As sociation is excited to an nounce that our merchants will again be hosting its an nual trick or treating event for our community’s kids af ter a two year hiatus

Burnaby Heights mer chants invite you and your family to wear your favour ite costume and celebrate the spookiest day of the

year with us on Monday, Oct 31

Hallowe’en on the Heights is a safe and fun celebration of good spooking!

From 3:30 to 5 p m , bring your children trick or treat ing through the neighbour hood along Hastings Street to receive some yummy treats

Look out for orange Hallow een on the Heights pump kin decals displayed on shop windows see which mer chants are participating

Hallowe’enontheHeights

Where: Along Burnaby Heights (Hastings St from Boundary Rd to Gamma Ave )

When: Oct 31, 2022

In addition to the trick or treating, Gilmore Com munity School and City of

Burnaby will also be host ing some Halloween fun for everyone. Here are other events happening in our neighbourhood:

Monster Mash by City of Burnaby (Pool Party)

Where: Eileen Dailly Pool

When: Oct 27, 5:30 7:30 p m

Fireworks Display by Gil more Community School

Where: Gilmore Commu nity School Field

When: Oct 31, 8:15 8:30 p m

Pumpkin Parade by City of Burnaby

Where: Eileen Dailly Com munity Centre

When: Nov. 1, 5:30 to 8 p.m

For more information about Burnaby Heights events, visit burnabyheights com

Katrina Mendoza is market ing and events co-ordinator at the Heights Merchants As sociation

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Mayor Mike Hurley has been re-elected by acclamation.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 14

HEX AFTER DARK

Are you a horror Halloween film buff? If yes, check out Hex After Dark, the “largest Halloween/ Horror film festival in Western Canada.” With tons of films all weekend (Friday to Sunday), take your pick of scary or spooky!

WHEN: Friday, Oct 14 to Sunday, Oct 16

FRIDAY, OCT. 14

DAVID MYLES TRIO

Juno award winning singer songwriter David My les is coming to the Shadbolt Centre this Friday. Listen to this mix of vintage pop, folk and soul music as Myles mixes his musical personas: “sultry crooner and ener getic showman.”

WHEN: Friday, Oct. 14 (8 to 10 p.m.)

WHERE: Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (6450 Deer Lake Ave )

COST: Adult $35, senior/student $30, youth $15

SATURDAY, OCT. 15

“WHERE IS YOUR GROOM?” (PESAD OOR EH?)

Enjoy a “warm hearted comedy” written by Taleen Babayan and directed by Jirayir Arslanyan: “Where is Your Groom?” The play follows the journey of an Arme nian Canadian family as they try to find their daugh ter a husband but she’s having second thoughts. The play is supported by the Armenian Cultural Association of B C

WHEN: Saturday, Oct 15 (8 p m )

WHERE: Michael J. Fox Theatre (7373 MacPher son Ave )

COST: $33 79 general admission, $23 19 for 18 and under. Tickets available at www.brownpapertickets. com/event/5510380

POTS THAT DELIGHT

There are countless methods of creating pottery check out how artists Sarah Pike and Shaun Mallonga

create their wares in this Culture Days event The pot ters will demonstrate their techniques and discuss the ideas behind the forms.

WHEN: Saturday, Oct 15 (10 a m to 3 p m )

WHERE: Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (6450 Deer Lake Ave.)

COST: Free, registration required at https://tinyurl com/BurnabyPotteryShadbolt

LOLITA LACE MARKET

Browse a market for Lolita themed clothing (a fash

WHERE: Cineplex Cinemas Metropolis (4700 Kingsway)

COST: Weekend pass (access to all screen ings) $25; individual screening $7 at door. Tick ets available at https://www tickettailor com/ events/hexafterdark/762158

ion style originating in Japan, inspired by Victorian clothing) and goodies at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. With beautiful garments for sale, and there will also be a photo booth with cute props and backdrops

The cost of admission also gets you access to a goody bag and a raffle ticket.

WHEN: Saturday, Oct 15 (1:30 p m )

WHERE: Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre (6688 Southoaks Cres.)

COST: $12

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Culture clash: Where is Your Groom?, a comedy following the journey of an Armenian Canadian family trying to find their daughter a husband, is coming to the Shadbolt on Saturday, Oct 15 PHOTO BURNABY ART GALLERY

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The government oper ated BC Cannabis Stores has officially opened an other location in Burnaby

The B.C. Liquor Dis tribution Branch’s (BCLDB) second local shop, which is the largest between the two, opened in Brentwood shopping centre on Oct 6

“This is the second gov ernment run, non medi cal cannabis store to open in Burnaby and the fifth to open in MetroVan couver after Port Coquit lam, NewWestminster and NorthVancouver,” said Kevin Satterfield, the BCLDB’s director of cannabis retail operations.

“We look forward to serving more of our cus

tomers in the Burnaby community”

The store, located at 2 4615 Lougheed Hwy , will be open from 10 a m to 9 p.m. Monday to Fri day and 11 a m to 6 p m on Sunday and most stat utory holidays

The liquor distribution branch says the store will

have seven full time em ployees as well as 10 to 12 auxiliary employees

“Staff are committed to keeping cannabis out of the hands of youth and will employ a strict two ID check for people who look under 30, which en sures only those over the age of 19 enter the prem ises,” the news release added.

The first govern ment run cannabis store in Burnaby opened at Old Orchard (1 4429 King sway Ave ) on Oct 27, 2021

Burnaby’s regula tions allow one govern ment store in each of the city’s four town centres: Metrotown, Edmonds, Lougheed and Brent wood

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LaurenVanderdeen lvanderdeen@burnabynow com

It’s election season but how easy is it to vote in Burnaby?

A Burnaby resident struggled to find the vot ing station at the Amazing Brentwood when she cast her ballot on the Oct. 1 advance voting day

The city’s chief elec tion officer, Lynne Axford, told the Burnaby NOW in an emailed statement that the mall provides a vot ing location to the city at no charge, as it has in past elections

The location in the mall changes from election to election depending on space availability

“Due to mall policy, we are limited in the informa tion we can hand out and

display in the mall,” Ax ford wrote

“However, upon hear ing concerns from a res ident, we have discussed the matter with mall man agement, and they have agreed to allow limited ad ditional signage and en sure information kiosk staff are providing direc tions and maps to anyone

asking about the voting lo cation ”

Axford said the city is working to improve ac cess to the voting location at Brentwood for general voting day on Oct 15

The Burnaby NOW reached out to the Amaz ing Brentwood but did not receive a response by deadline.

Clearer messaging: A Burnaby resident is lobbying the city to post more signage to find voting locations in malls PHOTO CITY OF BURNABY

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LaurenVanderdeen lvanderdeen@burnabynow com

The City of Burnaby is looking to add side walks on Merritt Avenue in southeast Burnaby, but a local business has con cerns about the project Rhonda Lee book

keeper at Suspended Stages on Merritt, said she’s concerned about the loss of parking

Currently there are no sidewalks on Merritt Ave nue, which stretches from Imperial Street to Beres ford Street, east of Metro town mall

“There’s not a lot of people that walk up and down the street,” Lee said, noting most people walk ing to the area from the SkyTrain use Shirley Av enue

Lee said sidewalks aren’t necessary for the street and will make it

more difficult for large de livery trucks to make it through

Merritt Avenue is home to a variety of auto repair and contractors’ shops

“I think the road needs to be repaired and the wa ter main should be up graded,” Lee said “But

putting sidewalks in? It’s not necessary”

The water main along Merritt Avenue is sched uled for replacement next year, and as part of that project, the city is propos ing upgrades to the road “to bring this street up to the city’s standard, which

includes curb and gutters, sidewalks and boulevard trees,” said ColeWagner, the city’s public affairs of ficer.

The city will host an open house onThursday, Oct. 13 (today), to receive feedback on the project

BCITgrouppraiseseasingofwork

JessBalzer jfedigan@burnabynow com

The BCIT Student As sociation (BCITSA) is ap plauding the removal of the number of hours one can work when studying in Canada from overseas International students could only work a max imum of 20 hours per week, but, as of Nov 15 this year, they can exceed that number

The program is cur rently set to run until Dec. 31, 2023

“This is a huge step for ward for international ed ucation in Canada,” No lan Nordwall, BCITSA spokesperson, said in a BC Federation of Stu dents news release

“I know a lot of my peers will be relieved by

this news I’m pleased to see the federal govern ment empowering inter national students to off set their exceptionally high tuition ”

The BC Federation of Students says giving inter national students the abil ity to work more than 20 hours a week will open doors to new jobs and “less precarious” work

The federation also said with the tuition amount international students pay, working more than 20 hours a week will help them afford an education as fees increase International students pay an average of $36,100 a year in tuition, which the federation says is an increase of 430 per cent compared to domestic students

Working policy: BCIT students

Fees are also unregu lated, and have risen more than 20 per cent year to year

“This is a big win for international students,” BC Federation of Stu dents chairperson Melissa Chirino added

“Compared to the cost of living in Canada, 20 hours does not go a long way This decision alle viates some of the finan cial burden these students face on a daily basis while recognizing there’s more work to be done.”

JessBalzer jfedigan@burnabynow com

With advance voting al ready underway and gen eral voting day this Satur day, Oct 15, here’s a look at how recent municipal elections have played out in Burnaby

2018 BURNABY MUNICIPAL ELECTION

Voter turnout: 32 per cent

•Voted: 48,972

• Did not vote: 106,043

Mayoral election results

• Mike Hurley: 26,260; 52 55 per cent; elected

• Derek Corrigan: 20,333; 40 69 per cent

• Helen H S Chang: 2,178; 4.36 per cent

• Sylvia Gung: 549; 1 1 per cent

Councillor election re sults

• Dan Johnston: 19,930; 39 88 per cent; elected

• Pietro Calendino: 19,707; 39 44 per cent; elected

• Sav Dhaliwal: 19,625; 39 27 per cent; elected

• Colleen Jordan: 18,787; 37 6 per cent; elected

• JamesWang: 17,839; 35 7 per cent; elected

• Paul McDonell: 16,760; 33 54 per cent; elected

• NickVolkow: 16,008; 32.03 per cent; elected

• Joe Keithley: 15,745; 31 51 per cent; elected

2014 BURNABY MUNICIPAL ELECTION

Voters turnout: 27 3 per cent

•Voted: 41,194

• Did not vote: 110,513

Mayoral election results

• Derek Corrigan: 28,113; 67 75 per cent; elected

• Daren Hancott: 8,848; 21 32 per cent

• Helen Hee Soon Chang: 1,845; 4 45 per cent

• Allen Hutton: 974;

2 35 per cent

• Raj Gupta: 680; 1.64 per cent

• Sylvia Gung: 372; 0 9 per cent Councillor election re sults

• Pietro Calendino: 23,373; 56.33 per cent; elected

• Dan Johnston: 23,267; 56.07 per cent; elected

• Anne Kang: 22,134; 53 41 per cent; elected

• Colleen Jordan: 22,158; 53 4 per cent; elected

• Paul McDonell: 21,303; 51 34 per cent; elected

• Sav Dhaliwal: 21,082; 50.81 per cent; elected

• NickVolkow: 19,700; 47 48 per cent; elected

• JamesWang: 19,490; 46 97 per cent; elected

2011 BURNABY MUNICIPAL ELECTION

Voter turnout: 24 6 per cent

•Voted: 34,035

• Did not vote: 104,067

Mayoral election results

• Derek Corrigan: 25,035; 73 56 per cent; elected

•TomTao: 5,450; 16.01

per cent

• Allen Hutton: 1,600; 4.7 per cent

• Sylvia Gung: 850; 2 5 per cent Councillor election results

• Pietro Calendino: 18,822; 55 3 per cent; elected

• Dan Johnston: 17,735; 52 11 per cent; elected

• Anne Kang: 17,368; 51 03 per cent; elected

• Colleen Jordan: 17,364; 51 02 per cent; elected

• Richard Chang: 17,209; 50 56 per cent; elected

• Sav Dhaliwal: 17,029; 50 03 per cent; elected

• Paul McDonell: 16,624; 48.84 per cent; elected

• NickVolkow: 16,406; 48.2 per cent; elected

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LaurenVanderdeen lvanderdeen@burnabynow com

Burnaby’s newest polit ical party wants to freeze taxes and build, build, build townhouses, not towers

Incumbent councillor and One Burnaby founder Coun. Mike Hillman said one of his priorities is keep ing families together and to do it affordably

For Hillman, this means increasing density “gen tly,” he qualified within 15 minutes of transit, and elsewhere in the city, where he wants to make it eas ier to build more housing units on a single lot (like laneways and allowing an extra storey of height), with pre approved designs.

Kit Sauder, One Burn aby’s campaign manager, said Burnaby currently has about 38,000 existing sin gle family lots some du plexes, some with the po tential for laneway suites.

He said One Burnaby is proposing within the first 100 days to allow four housing units per residen tial lot (“four plexing”), and six units per lot (“six plexing”) within 15 min utes of rapid transit

“We estimate that over the course of the next 50 years, we’d be able to in troduce a minimum of 258,000 additional units, which means that we can double the population of

Burnaby’s

the City of Burnaby, with no midrise or highrise additional construction at all,” Sauder said, adding, “It’s townhouses instead of towers ”

“There’s no reason that it should be easier to buy a tear down and build a mansion on top of it, than to build a multiplex,” said Sauder

The party hopes to in troduce flexible zoning to allow corner stores, cof fee shops, child care spaces “on every corner in your neighbourhood ”

ONE BURNABY: FREEZE TAXES?

It’s a classic campaign pledge: your taxes won’t go up!

One Burnaby says they want to freeze taxes in 2023 as a response to the cost of living crisis.

The party has commit ted to keep property tax in creases at or below 2.95

per cent per year until the next election in 2026

But individuals aren’t the only ones facing the ef fects of inflation: the city is in the same boat

Hillman acknowledged the city faces increased costs

He and Sauder point to Burnaby’s almost $2 bil lion in reserves, saying it’s time for Burnaby use the money to help its citizens.

Hillman added Burn aby also has a lot of statu tory funds (money which has its uses restricted by law): “Those things are all locked in as to what we can do with them. Do we actu ally ever sit down and say, ‘Are we getting the right value for those things and using those funds in areas that we need to?’”

According to the city’s most recent financial plan, “a majority of these re

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serves are set aside for spe cific purposes as defined by legislation or commit ted for future amenities to meet the needs of the city’s growing population ”

Inflation, along with construction cost increases and supply chain disrup

tions and a “higher than anticipated” RCMP col lective agreement, as well as increases to waterworks and sewer costs from MetroVancouver, mean that Burnaby is already planning to dip into its re serves from 2023 to 2026

The financial plan is

working on an expected property tax rate increase of about four per cent per year from 2023 to 2026.

All three Burnaby par ties have promised to cre ate a housing authority One Burnaby’s plan wants to see it as an arm’s length non profit corpora

tion that would purchase public lands and build in partnership with local First Nations and the fed eral and provincial govern ments

“The goal there is to ba sically treat public land as a public trust, with a medium goal of hous

ing teachers, health care workers and first respond ers close to the places where they work,” Sau der said

“Then scaling out to do supported and affordable housing, and ultimately, potentially, market hous ing,” he said, like co ops,

Construction is underway in

rent to own, lease to own programs on 99 or 75 year long term leases

The One Burnaby team is running five new candi dates in addition to Hill man: Mona Grewal, Rich ardT. Lee, Richard N. Liu, Mario Miceli and Brea Huang Sami

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JessBalzer jfedigan@burnabynow com

Burnaby’s electoral dis tricts during the next B.C. election could look a lot different

The BC Electoral Boundaries Commission has released its propos als to change electoral dis tricts in the province in creating six new ridings, one of which would be in Burnaby.

The five other addi tional proposed districts would be in Langford, Langley, Surrey,Vancou ver andVictoria

If the recommenda tions are accepted, the seat count in the B C legisla ture would rise from 87 to 93

“British Columbia is a growing province,” com mission chair Justice Nitya Iyer said in a news release.

“The population has increased by more than 300,000 people over the last five years Our recom mendation to increase the number of electoral dis tricts in B.C. reflects that growth ”

In addition to the cre ation of six new electoral districts, the commission also recommended adjust ments to the 71 electoral districts based on the geo graphic demographic

The current local elec toral districts are: Burnaby Deer Lake Burnaby Edmonds Burnaby Lougheed Burnaby North

Under the proposed changes, the new ridings would be Burnaby Cen tre, Burnaby East, Burn aby NewWestminster, Burnaby North and Burn aby South.

The commission is pro posing Burnaby Centre be situated on the west side of the city and would fol low Boundary Road in the west; a line bounded by Highway 1, Douglas Road and the Lougheed Highway and Sperling Av enue in the north; Impe rial Street in the east and

Kingsway in the south Cascade Heights, Gar denVillage, Deer Lake and Buckingham Heights would be included in the Burnaby Centre district.

Burnaby East would be situated in the north east corner of the city, bounded by Kensington Avenue, North Road and the Burrard Inlet

The committee says it proposes adjustments to the district that would remove the neighbour hood of Eastburn and add part of NewWestmin ster bounded by McBride

Boulevard, East Eighth Avenue and Cumberland Street.

Burnaby NewWest minster would include the Kelvin, Eastburn and Glenbrooke neighbour hoods of NewWest and the adjacent Middlegate and Edmonds neighbour hoods in Burnaby

Proposed boundaries of the riding are Imperial Street in the north, Grif fiths Drive in the west, Sixth Avenue in the south and the line of McBride Boulevard and Newcombe Street in the east

Burnaby North would be located on the north west side of Burnaby and contain the neigh bourhoods of Burnaby Heights, Capitol Hill, Willingdon Heights and Brentwood Park

The commission has proposed balancing the population with neigh bouring districts by mov ing the portion of the current riding south of Highway 1, Douglas Road

and the Lougheed High way into Burnaby Centre

Burnaby South would sit between the Fraser River in the south and Kingsway in the north.

Included areas would be Metrotown, Suncrest and South Slope in Burnaby and Connaught Heights in NewWestminster

The commission says adding the area around Metrotown south of King sway keeps the rapidly growing SkyTrain corridor in one riding.

“Before we began our deliberations, we travelled throughout the province, meeting as many people as we could, seeking input on electoral boundaries

“We held 50 public meetings in 43 commu nities and received over 1,300 submissions,” Iyer added

“Our recommenda tions are the result of the considerations in the Act, the data we collected and the diverse perspectives of British Columbians ”

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Council not doing enough for future:candidates

JessBalzer jfedigan@burnabynow com

Candidates vying for a city council seat in the Oct 15 municipal elec tion are vowing to address transportation needs in Burnaby, a new HUB Cy cling Connection election survey shows.

Seventeen out of 26 (65 per cent) of the coun cil candidates took part in the survey.

This included Burnaby Citizens Association in cumbent councillors Ali son Gu, Sav Dhaliwal, Pi etro Calendino and James Wang, and BCA hope fuls DanielTetrault, An tara Deb, Reah Arora and Maita Santiago, as well as Burnaby Green Party’s Carrie McLaren, Jasmine Nicholsfigueiredo and Tara Shushtarian

Seeking traction: Burnaby council candidates participated in a HUB cycling connection survey ahead of the municipal election.

All 17 participating candidates said they be lieve the city is not do ing enough to address the transportation needs of future generations in light of a climate crisis and in creases in transportation costs

Mario Miceli and Rich ard N. Liu from One Burnaby were also re spondents alongside inde pendents Martin Kendell, HeymannYip, Deborah Skerry, ScottVan Den ham and Konstantine Roccas.

Each candidate also said they would work to ensure that everyone in Burnaby has equal access to safe cycling infrastruc ture and they would vote in favour of infrastruc ture projects that separate bikes from cars and pe destrians in areas of high cycling potential.

All agreed the bud get for bike infrastructure should be increased and each candidate pledged to be an “active champion” for active transportation should they be elected to council

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CorneliaNaylor cnaylor@burnabynow com

Students still dealing with the emotional impact of the COVID 19 pan demic are getting some help learning to cope with stress thanks to a new Burnaby school district awareness campaign

The pandemic had a big impact on students’ men tal health, according to the district’s Safe and Caring Schools lead Nick Christ ofides

“The healthy outlets that kids relied on just weren’t there for a huge part of the pandemic things like athletics, fine arts and clubs that met in person, both at schools and in the community,” Christofides told the NOW “We know, anec dotally, that these kinds of

things made it harder for kids to process their emo tions and manage their stress because they didn’t have access to those things that brought them connec tion and joy, and, there fore, typically supported their mental wellness ”

The district decided to focus on stress manage ment this year start ing with helping students look at it through a differ ent lens

“When you ask students and adults about stress, many assume that it’s a bad thing The truth is much more nuanced Not all stress is bad. In fact, stress can be channeled to help you succeed,” Christ ofides said

Throughout the 2022 23 school year, the dis trict will host enhanced training and workshops

for mental health leads at each school and profes sional development op portunities for teachers, counsellors and learning support staff

For students, the dis trict has launched an awareness campaign fea turing posters with tips

on “making stress your friend ”

Some initiatives will be student led, including a mental health conference in the spring hosted by the district student advisory council, as well as smaller initiatives throughout the year put on by mental

health clubs at the city’s high schools

At Burnaby South Sec ondary, the mental health club is in the process of putting together “self care packages,” featuring items to help students unwind, including bath bombs, candles, tea and more

“My generation, they don’t really like to sit and watch people talk They like events, like doing something,” said co pres ident Sam Kim, a Grade 12 student who joined the club in Grade 8

Since the pandemic, Kim said more of his friends at school are in terested in ways to man age stress, especially now that they’re in the senior grades

The mental health club has grown as a result

“I think South needs

a mental health club be cause I know that many students aren’t really aware of mental health, and they really don’t know much about it,” said Grade 12 student Sean Chung, the other co pres ident of the club “I feel like mental health club is the best way to help ed ucate others about it and just spread it ”

South’s mental health club was founded in 2018 by Chung’s sister, Susan

“The club is an or ganic thing It’s grown because of students im pacting other students not because of adults,” said Amos Lee, the club’s teacher sponsor “We just support them They’re the ones that are helping each other out And that’s different, when they can get peer to peer help.”

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MERCER, Janis Patricia (nee Osadczuk)

February 25, 1946 October 3, 2022

Janis died far too soon and w l forever be missed by her fami y and friends A proud Ukrainian Canadian with a memorable laugh she was a much loved wife, mother, grandmother, s ster, aunt daughter and fr end She was born n New Westm nster and grew up n Burnaby n a house her father bui t She p ayed accord on and basebal and she loved spend ng t me with her brother, her friends, her large extended family and her dog Tnker Over the course of her l fe she shared many happy stories about her early years

After graduat ng from Burnaby Centra n 1964 Janis worked at Eaton’s, the Compensation Board and B C Tel When her chi dren were older she returned to work at Active Sales and enjoyed her years there mmense y

Janis and Dave were marr ed on October 1, 1966, and celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary ust two days before her death Together they moved to Coqu tlam ra sed two chi dren started and ran a fami y business, and travel ed extensive y In more recent years they we comed four beautifu grandchi dren Dave and Jan s a ways sa d that they knew they wou d never win the ottery because they had won the jackpot many t mes over with the r wonderful fam ly We al felt the same way about her Janis was predeceased by her parents, Stan and Patric a Osadczuk She s survived by her husband, Dave Mercer; daughter, Adrienne Breen (Michael), son, Jason Mercer (Caro ); brother, Stan Osadczuk (Margaret); and grandchildren Ho den and Isla Mercer and Lucas and Em ly Breen She s also mourned by her niece and nephews, her brother n law sisters in law and extended fam ly

As per Jan s s w shes there wil be no funera serv ce In ieu of flowers the fam ly we comes support for Ukra n an refugees or for the Union Gospe Mission’s meals, she ter, clothing and street evel outreach programs

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