Burnaby Now April 13 2023

Thursday, April 13, 2023 locAl news – locAl mAtters.

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SFU Football Alumni Society seeks injunction to compel school to reverse cancellation

JessBalzer

jfedigan@burnabynow.com

The battle over Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) football program is headed to court

The SFU Football Alumni Society is planning to file an injunction against the school today (April 13) in hopes of getting it to reverse its decision to cancel the program

“It [the injunction] essentially helps with accountability of the university,” SFU Football Alumni Society president Mark Bailey told the NOW

Bailey said the injunction is mainly associated with the contract and/or scholarships that were in place with student athletes

Bailey added the injunction won’t involve the whole team, but a number of representatives will be included in the filing

Meanwhile, B.C.’s football community is still trying to come to grips with the cancellation of the varsity

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The Bunny sysTem: Farrah Giri, 8, goes on the hunt for Easter eggs at a community festival hosted by the point Church at Simon Fraser University on Sunday. PHOTO Jennifer Gauthier

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Mayorcreateshomelessnesstaskforce

LaurenVanderdeen lvanderdeen@burnabynow com

“Housing is a basic need,” says Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley.

“For too many in our community, a place to call home remains elusive,” the mayor wrote in a report submitted to council on April 3.

Hurley successfully requested council’s approval to create a Mayor’s Task Force on Unsheltered Community Members which will respond to homelessness in the community.

The task force has a mandate to develop “a response that prevents pathways into becoming unsheltered and supports pathways out of being unsheltered,” according to the reports approved by council

Coun Maita Santiago will sit as chair of the task force, the mayor as vicechair and Coun Daniel

Tetrault as a member

“It’s a good first step towards addressing this very real concern in our community,” Santiago said

“And I also just wanted to underline that when we talk about unsheltered people in our community – they are

“They’re people in our community, and so they’re people that we also have a duty to serve ”

The task force is expected to begin in May or June of this year It will give an interim progress report to council three months in and a final report after six months including solutions and recommended timelines

Two councillors stressed the need to include people with lived experiences of homelessness on the task force.

Coun. Sav Dhaliwal said individuals with personal lived experience should be a part of the task force, as well as mental health ad-

vocacy groups.

Coun. Alison Gu agreed, adding: “It would be remiss of us to not hear about the real barriers that exist to actually getting to the root of homelessness without hearing from members who have lived experience.”

Dhaliwal said a lack of

investment from upper levels of government contributed to homelessness across Canada.

“What has happened over the last 30 years has caught up with us … maybe even longer,” Dhaliwal said, adding “new input is welcomed.”

MetroVancouver’s 2020

point-in-time homeless count showed 3,634 people experiencing homelessness throughout the region and 124 people experiencing homelessness in Burnaby, according to the 2022 MetroVancouver Housing Data Book.

The point-in-time data is considered “an undercount” by the report but still a “good indicator of the magnitude of need for housing and support services.”

The number of Burnaby households on BC Housing’s social housing waitlist grew by 43.4 per cent or 538 households between 2016 and 2021, according to the data book.

The city also released a decision to approve two new community safety staff positions “to assist unsheltered community members,” although no additional information on the positions was available as of press time.

Parkwashroomstogofromportapottytopermanent

LaurenVanderdeen

lvanderdeen@burnabynow com

Burnaby wants to convert the temporary porta potty washrooms in city parks into permanent facilities with some that could even be self-cleaning

A new report lays out the state of park loos around the city, after council asked staff last year to look for ways to create year-round washroom access in parks

First witness yet to be called in murder trial

CorneliaNaylor cnaylor@burnabynow com

Opening statements have yet to be made and the first witness has yet to be called after Day 3 of a high-profile Burnaby murder trial underway in BC Supreme Court inVancouver

Ibrahim Ali is on trial for first-degree murder in the death of a 13-year-old girl, whose body was found in Burnaby’s Central Park in July 2017

The victim in the case can’t be identified because of a publication ban

Ali pleaded not guilty to the charge on the first day of the trial on April 5, and the Crown was expected to make its opening statement the following day, but Ali was not in court.

The city says porta potties are currently used in parks where summer recreation programs are offered, or where parks are in high demand

“In general, all of the major and destination parks in Burnaby have permanent washrooms and most neighbourhood parks do not,” staff wrote in the report to the parks commission.

Burnaby has washrooms in 85 of its 166 parks: 44 are permanent washrooms;

38 sites have porta potties; and three have “precast vault systems” which are simple permanent washrooms where service hookup is either too expensive or not possible (staff also said the precast vaults have a “foul odour.”)

The city says it costs about $3.5 million each year to operate both permanent and temporary washrooms in parks.

The porta potties are the cheapest option, but they’re “not always acces-

sible” and not open on a consistent basis. Staff called them the “lowest level of service,” despite the price and quick installation.

Staff are exploring a new kind of automatic selfcleaning washroom now available on the market and are planning to pilot one this year.

The self-cleaning washrooms would reduce ongoing operating costs, according to staff.

They also have program-

mable access hours, so their opening hours can be changed remotely, as well as a “programmable selfcleaning floor.”

“Each toilet is self-contained, and following each use, is automatically cleaned, disinfected,” states the report, adding the selfcleaning toilets are in use around North America and abroad.

The pilot program for self-cleaning toilets will inform a larger plan to come next year.

Since then, the opening of the Crown’s case to the jury has been postponed two more times.

OnWednesday, Justice Lance Bernard announced the jury would not be called back until 2 p.m. on April 19. No information about the delays can be made public because of a publication ban.

“Despite best efforts to keep this matter moving forward, things have arisen that had to be dealt with in your absence,” Bernard told the jurors when they were last in courtTuesday. The trial continues.

‘For too many in our community,a place to call home remains elusive,’ Hurley says

‘Basicneed’: Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley has created a task force to respond to homelessness in the City of Burnaby. PHOTO Johannes Kroemer/The Image BanK/geTTy Images

CityConnect

We welcome your thoughts on the 2022 ANNUAL MUNICIPAL REPORT

Burnaby City Council will receive the City’s 2022 Annual Municipal Report, which includes the City’s Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 on:

Monday, May 8, 2023, 5 pm Council Chamber (City Hall) 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC

You can view the report on the City’s website: Burnaby.ca/MunicipalReport

Copies are also available in the Legislative Services Department at Burnaby City Hall during regular business hours, Monday-Wednesday and Friday, 8 am-4:45 pm, Thursdays, 8 am-8 pm.

Please submit your questions or comments by Friday, April 21, 2023 at Burnaby.ca/MunicipalReport

PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITY

Liquor Licence Application #22-05

Applicant: CINEPLEX VIP CINEMAS BRENTWOOD

Subject: Proposed change to permanently extend the hours of liquor service at the subject establishment

Location: 3106-1920 Willingdon Avenue

Public Input Deadline: April 19, 2023

Cineplex VIP Cinemas Brentwood has made an application to amend its liquor primary liquor licence, to permanently extend the hours of liquor service inside the establishment from 3 pm-2 am to 11 am-2 am, on Saturdays and Sundays. The hours of liquor service from Monday to Friday are to remain unchanged, which are from 11 am-2 am.

For further information on this Liquor Licence Application, contact the Planning Department at 604-294-7400

Public input on this application is invited prior to Burnaby City Council submitting a resolution regarding the application to the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch.

Please note, all submissions must contain the name and address of the writer which will become part of the public record. Written comments may be sent to the Planning and Development Department by:

Letter: 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC, V5G 1M2; or email: planning@burnaby ca

Deadline for written submissions is 4:45 pm April 19, 2023

NOTICE OF DISPOSITION

TAKE NOTICE THAT the City of Burnaby intends to grant a lease for a term of five (5) years (the “Term”) to CURL BC over City-owned property located at Suite 2001A – 3713 Kensington Avenue, Burnaby, BC and legally described as PID: 027-414-892, Lot 1 District Lot 77 Group 1 New Westminster District Plan BCP35150, in consideration for $26,400.00 for each of the first and second years of the Term, and $27,500.00 for each of the third, fourth and fifth years of the Term.

TAKE NOTICE THAT the City of Burnaby intends to grant a lease for a term of five (5) years (the “Term”) to British Columbia Amateur Athletics Association over City-owned property located at Suite 2001B – 3713 Kensington Avenue, Burnaby, BC and legally described as PID: 027-414-892, Lot 1 District Lot 77 Group 1 New Westminster District Plan BCP35150, in consideration for $28,440.00 for each of the first and second years of the Term, and $29,625.00 for each of the third, fourth and fifth years of the Term.

NOTICE OF DISPOSITION AND INTENT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE

TAKE NOTICE THAT the City of Burnaby intends to grant a lease for a term of sixty (60) years to S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Affordable Housing Society (“S.U.C.C.E.S.S.”) over City-owned property located at 3802 Hastings Street, Burnaby, BC and legally described as PID: No PID Number, Lot A District Lot 116 Group 1 New Westminster District Plan EPP114076, in consideration for $10.00, and to provide assistance to S.U.C.C.E.S.S. by granting such lease for less than market value The estimated market value of the lease is $8,265,000

LaurenVanderdeen lvanderdeen@burnabynow com

The City of Burnaby is trying to combat significant staffing shortages and outdated registration software which make it difficult for residents to sign up for city-run programs

Last month, hundreds of Burnaby residents lined up at community centres across the city, some as early as 6 a.m., just for the chance to get registered for swimming lessons and other programs.

The city’s general manager of parks and recreation, Mary MorrisonClark, told council the city has seen about a 46 per

cent decline in spaces offered for swimming lessons

In 2018, the city offered 11,800 swimming lesson spots, she said Now, it offers 6,380.

“That is a significant decline in available spots that are attributed to our lack of staff,” Morrison-Clark said at a council meeting on March 27.

She said the parks and recreation department currently has about 44 aquatic vacancies and 298 vacancies across the department

“We are still struggling to fill positions post-pandemic,” Morrison-Clark told council.

According to a staff report, the COVID-19 pandemic “created a significant gap of training for lifeguards and instructors, which resulted in a Canada-wide lifeguard/

instructor shortage and pent-up demand for swim lessons and other aquatic programs ”

And more staff are needed: Burnaby’s planned swimming pools

will “double the numbers of lifeguards needed by 2026, growing from the current 375 to over 750 staff,” according to the report.

Burnaby council has approved a new staff position, manager of aquatics, and more than $144,600 for the role’s salary and benefits, to speed up the launch of a new registration software which could reduce some of the signup frustrations.

Morrison-Clark told council the aquatics manager position was necessary to move the software launch date from November of this year up to July.

Full use of the software

by July isn’t expected, but staff are planning to launch it partially “in time for fall registration (the busiest) to ensure it is not a repeat of the recent registration experience,” staff wrote in a March 27 report to council.

“Staff had implemented a variety of measures to improve the registration experience (in March), but ultimately recognized the urgency of retiring the existing CLASS software and transitioning to the new software as soon as possible,” according to the report

The current CLASS software is almost 30 years old

Aboard: Burnaby has approved a new manager of aquatics staff position. PHOTO LArry Wright/BurnABy noW FiLes

Do you support the plan for a cycling route between SFU and Vancouver on the Frances-Union Bikeway?

Former Green leader takes his party to task

It has been almost 10 years since the Green Party of British Columbia saw its first-ever MLA elected in this province, and after all this time the party is still struggling to take the next step and become more competitive with the two more established parties

In recent days, the party has been unveiling new candidates that will run in the next election, even though that vote is not scheduled for well more than a year from now.

The Greens received a bit of media coverage for those announcements, but the party got more attention over something else: their continuing attack on B.C. public health decisions related to COVID-19

Last week, after provincial health officer Dr Bonnie Henry announced the public health order mandating the wearing of

masks in health-care settings was ending (with a few exceptions), the Greens were quick to issue a news release highly critical of that decision, and it was included in some news stories

The statement from deputy party leader Dr Sanjiv Gandhi read: “The BC Green Party leadership are deeply disappointed with today’s announcement. Public health should not be about false, optimistic narratives.”

Hmm. “False narratives” being pushed by public health? Quite an accusation

In fact, so serious a one that it resulted in it being blasted on social media by none other than the man who put the BC Green Party on the map by becoming its first elected MLA in 2013: Andrew Weaver

Weaver posted the Greens’ news release

on Twitter and added this comment:

“Sincere apologies to all in B C for giving the BCGreens a pl atform to put out destructive rhetoric undermining the initiatives of our public health officers”

Just in case anyone missed his not-sosubtle point, a few days later the former Green Party leader tweeted again:

“The BC Greens’ irresponsible pronouncements on COVID remind me of rogue #ClimateDenier “scientists” in midlate 1990s/early 2020 convinced they knew better than the rest of global scientific community about global warming. Sincere apologies #bcpoli for giving them a political voice”

The BC Greens have been highly critical of Henry and her team for quite some time, saying she was being misleading about

transmission rates in schools and was not advocating strongly enough for better ventilation and tighter rules.

At a time when much of society wants to move on in their lives as the end of the pandemic appears to be in sight, the Greens want the rules to be tighter (last November they called for the return of mandatory masks in public indoor spaces for example).

The third party is always looking for attention, and they certainly got some from their former leader.

Nearly 10 years after he led the BC Greens to their electoral breakthrough, Weaver clearly thinks the party has changed from what it was when he led it for five years And not for the better.

KeithBaldreyischiefpoliticalreporter

Opinionnow

The planet needs us to take climate action

Editor: :

I have worked in the resource industry and am a retired B C teacher and grandparent looking back from 2035 and saying wake up!

I see no emergency action in Canada to the 2021 IPCC report that UN Secretary General António Guterres described as a “code red for humanity”

He said, “The alarm bells are deafening” and “This report must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels, before they destroy our planet”

Let’s divest in big oil that is killing us and make the upcoming Federal Clean Electricity Regulations and other measures to enable a massive scaling up of wind, solar, energy storage and energy efficiency measures for a livable future.

Bill Willson

The pool path not taken

Editor:

I see the roofing over Central Park Pool as a necessary evil. However, it has been mismanaged starting three or four years ago when the plans for closure of CG Brown were being finalized A bright light (or perhaps a committee of bright lights) did not foresee any potential recreational service deficit by shutting down 25 per cent of the swimming pool access for a minimum of 3.5 years. Suddenly it is a scramble to react to the community outrage, and the city chooses a less-than- optimum solution that was quicker to implement but inferior in concept

The optimum temporary solution would have been a large inflatable dome as seen on tennis courts that are used in winter months. For some reason, this option was not chosen for Central Park, disappointing the users who enjoyed swimming and seeing the surrounding trees and sky

Paul McGown

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WhythismomissadtoseeSFUsackitsfootballprogram Opinionnow

DianeStrandberg dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

It was a sad day April 4 when Simon Fraser University (SFU) announced it would discontinue its varsity football program after nearly 60 years

The program has a storied history, with many Canadian football greats getting their start in the red and white

For me, though, I’m more concerned about the kids who dreamed of being recruited into a university football program as a way of completing school doing a sport that they loved and possibly making a career out of it.

I have personal experi-

ence as a co-manager and fundraiser for high school football and I’ve seen how kids can grow through the discipline of teamwork

I’ve also seen how a teenager lights up when they are being recruited.

I’ll never forget the time when I was told by an SFU coach that my son could have a football career. I was bewildered and thrilled.

Instead, my son is working on developing a career in architecture, but the drive and goal-setting he learned from football and the recruitment process helped him immensely

I also know from experience that it’s costly to send your kids out of province

to a football program even on scholarship

Post-secondary school is not inexpensive, and even those on scholarship at a Canadian school still have to cover living expenses.

The loss of a local university scholarship program will be a devastating blow for many Lower Mainland families who can’t afford to send their kids to Calgary or Ottawa to play football and study Students can learn a lot from the recruiting process, as SFU notes on its football scholarship information website, because they have to create a profile, get noticed and gain exposure just like you have to do to get a good

job.

For students who were recruited to play at SFU next year, some of this hard work getting on the team may have been wasted if they can’t get onto another team in time.

Discontinuing the SFU football program may

also take away some of the drive and motivation from students in middle school or high school who are just getting into their school football programs.

For many of these youngsters, the chance of being another Angus Reid, an offensive lineman who played for the BC Lions, is how they get through school, while also taking part in exhausting football practices, exciting games and boring fitness drills

These are the kids who may be struggling with their grades, or their weight, or being accepted; but they find a home in football

Reid recently commented how his years at

SFU playing for the Red Leafs (formerly, the Clan) helped him become the person he is today.

For those coming after Reid, the loss of the program due to there being no NCAA Div II conference in which to play, will have long-term ramifications

Perhaps a petition to restore the SFU football program could convince the university and U SPORTS to come to an agreement

This petition may be a Hail Mary pass against all odds with just a second to go on the clock but that’s football.

Diane Strandberg is a reporter for theTri-City News.

“It’s costly to send your kids out of province to a football program.”

Citydepartmentlaudedforeffortstohelpseniors Communitynow

LaurenVanderdeen lvanderdeen@burnabynow.com

One of Burnaby’s smallest departments was lauded for its hard work and service at a council meeting on April 3

The citizen support services department, with seven staff members (Mayor Mike Hurley called it “small but mighty”), manages more than 200 volunteers over multiple programs for community health and independent living

“The work that they (the department and volunteers) do looking after seniors in the community is quite fantastic,” Hurley said.

While the department operated throughout the pandemic, last year saw a “gradual restart” of programs that had had to be suspended, according to a staff report

“The volunteers were amazing,” department administrator MicheleWilson told council

“Not only did they check in on their clients, but they also checked in

on each other,” she said, adding more than 1,500 volunteer hours last year were spent being a friend on the phone to isolated seniors.

BurnaBy’s volunteer programs and 2022 feats

Phone Buddies: City volunteers gave more than 1,500 hours last year to have a friendly phone call with seniors a few times a week.Volunteers who speak languages other than English served clients who don’t speak English, according to the department’s annual report.

The Lunch Program: Volunteers drive seniors to Burnaby Mountain Golf Course for lunch to enjoy an after-noon with friends 350 meals served in 2022; 600 rides given Grocery shop-byphone:Volunteers take seniors’ grocery orders over the phone and coordinate delivery with city staff Volunteers shopped 2,603 grocery orders and $189,000-worth of groceries were delivered to Burnaby seniors.

VolunteerVisitors: One-on-one visits for companionship, like going on walks, reading, writing letters or sharing life experiences Begun July 2022, the program saw more than 730 hours visiting isolated seniors

Shopping Buddies: Personal shopping for housebound seniors Begun in June 2022, volunteers spent more than 300 hours helping seniors at lo-

cal malls.

Burnaby Better at Home:Volunteers drive seniors to medical appointments and do light housekeeping Services are provided on a sliding scale, and the city partnered with MOSAIC to better serve seniors who don’t speak English In 2022, there were 3,950 housekeeping services and 155 rides to medical appointments

During 2022 heat epi-

sodes, city staff and volunteers provided 4,471 wellness check-in calls.

The citizen support services department has also added Zoom interviews and online orientation, which gives “greater convenience” to volunteer applicants.

At the council meeting, Wilson gave thanks to the mayor and city councillors, whom she said donated to the department “to help

cover the costs to produce and deliver fully-funded frozen meals to some of our housebound isolated seniors ”

“There were no photo ops, there were no splashy stories about what you did You did it because you genuinely cared,”Wilson said

She added: “I’m really proud of the volunteers and the staff for helping keep our seniors safe throughout 2022.”

For more information on how to volunteer with the city, see tinyurl.com/ VolunteerinBurnaby.

NationalVolunteer RecognitionWeek this year is April 16 to 22.

The City of Burnaby’s citizen support services department offers a variety of volunteer programs, especially to help seniors in the community PHOTO City of BurnaBy

Citizen support services staff,volunteers earn praise‘for helping keep our seniors safe throughout 2022’

“Not only did they check in on their clients, but they also checked in on each other.”

Richcoloursof reallifeinspireBurnabypainter Artsnow

AbhinayaNatesh anatesh@burnabynow com

YoungHwa Cha-Hach has always found beauty in her surroundings

Always captivated by the colours in her environment yellow rays of sunshine reflecting off blue water, bright smiles of teenagers, shades of green and red in the trees, browns and greys of pants and bags she sets out to capture the moments on canvas and breathes emotional life into them.

Ever since she was old enough to hold a pencil and a paintbrush as a kid in Korea, Cha-Hach has dreamed of being an artist.

She remembers being fascinated by all the colours in her surroundings That fascination has held

“When I walk into a store, I don’t remember the store’s name, but I can describe the store with the colours,” she said.

Colour forms the basis of all her works in poster-colour medium, a little-known gouache-like medium she first studied in Korea, along with oil and acrylic She breathes life into different themes impressionist art, semiabstract art and landscapes, and mediums including oil, acrylic, poster, water Cha-Hach’s inspiration from colours in real

life is reflected through the subjects in her paintings For example, works that were painted in Malaysia, the warmer and more densely populated country, had more lively subjects of cheery families in vibrant clothes, and her paintings made in Canada tended to more landscapes and darker hues.

“No 1 sellers here are landscape,” she said “We live in a country where the nature is overwhelming, it’s beautiful Big mountains, lakes it is just this beautiful country And (people) appreciate that subconsciously”

A vibrant picture above her fireplace shows six boys

all dressed in summer colours, smiling She vividly remembered that moment: “It was a beautiful, sunny day, they were all walking together and all the colours just caught my

eyes. So I took a picture as they shyly stood and posed.”

This, freezing a moment in time and conveying the life in it, is why Cha-Hach loves painting.

From Friday, April 14 to Sunday, April 16, the Burnaby-based painter will be making an appearance as the featured artist in the April Spring Fling hosted by Burnaby Artists Guild, where she plans to showcase her works along with those by other local artists Admission is free, and the artist is encouraging people across the region to visit the exhibition

Even if you can’t buy the painting, just dropping by

to show appreciation for the local artists’ work could make their day, she said. It could also inspire kids to pick up their paint brushes and paint.

“All artists have to start from somewhere ”

Spring Fling Sale

When: Friday, April 14 to Sunday, April 16

Official opening: Friday, April 14; 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 15; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 16; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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

Cost: Free admission and parking, bus access

Vibrance: YoungHwa ChaHach’s Embrace will be showcased at an exhibition hosted by Burnaby Artists Guild photo contributed

When your living room is front row, we’re with you all the way.

AbhinayaNatesh anatesh@burnabynow com

Ways for people to make good decisions to improve their lives are part of a report published on the International Day of Happiness (March 20), says Simon Fraser University professor Lara Aknin

“It’s great that we can measure people’s mental health and well-being,” said Aknin, one of the six editors of the 2023World Happiness Report “People can have positive feelings that extend beyond neutral. …They can be very happy with their lives; they can feel meaningful, thriving and connected and all

these wonderful things. … So the fact that we can measure it allows us to think about what it is we can do.”

The report, published by Sustainable Development Solutions Network and based on GallupWorld Poll data, ranked Canada as the 13th happiest country in the world among the 137 countries included in the report. It based the results on six key factors related to happiness: social support, income, health, freedom, generosity and absence of corruption

Finland emerged as the world’s happiest country for the sixth consecutive year, while the U S ranked

two places below Canada at 15th

Although Aknin can’t pinpoint to the exact reason why Nordic countries stand out for being the happiest, she says she thinks a part of it has to do with wealth Many of the countries that emerge on the top are relatively wealthy, she noted Most people in the happiest countries earn at least a living wage and have a rela-

tively comfortable lifestyle, while people on the poorer economic spectrum in those countries have structural support in place

Canada’s rankings are not the highest, she noted. However, they are also not the lowest Many factors, including several overlapping crises (COVID-19 and the Ukraine-Russia war among them) play a role. Despite the crises, the report noted that most populations, not just in Canada but around the world, continued to be resilient

“I also think Canada has relatively high levels of trust and low levels of corruption,” Aknin said “In

general, people tend to be relatively autonomous They feel like they have the freedom to make their choices But there are also relatively high levels of social support and generosity”

The report takes a closer look at the trends of how happiness is distributed, and Canada places relatively highly in GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, absence of corruption, freedom to make life choices and generosity

“The finding that I think is really meaningful and worth spotlighting is generosity or levels of benevolence, and

various forms of pro-social behaviour,” added Aknin. “There are three main forms that are assessed: donating money to charity, volunteering for a charitable organization and helping a neighbour All of those are significantly up in, I think, in every region of the world, compared to pre-COVID years ”

“So I think a lot of people assumed that COVID was terrible for group dynamics that there’d be fights and brawls for limited resources but on the contrary, we see that benevolence levels were up and remained up last year, so I think that’s really interesting.”

“Benevolence levels were up ... last year.”

Friday, april 14

RUBY SINGH AND THE FUTURE ANCESTORS

This concert will fill you with feelings of love and longing through tales of home and wandering as Ruby Singh stitches together a performance inspired by the Delta Blues and Qawaali as well as golden-era hip hop.

Band members making up the Future Ancestors include the fabulous Khari Wendell McClelland and Holly Eccleston in song, Gord Grdina on oud and guitar, percussionist Kenton Loewen on drums (and typewriters, dried flowers and glass bottles), Peter Schmitt on bass and Paul Finlay on the turntables The show promises to be a sonic delight conjuring atmospheres of ancient realms and future rhythms

WHEN: Friday, April 14 at 8 p m

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

COST: $30-$35, tickets available through tickets. shadboltcentre com

Saturday, april 15

BC SWING DANCE CLUB

Swing your heart out at BC Swing Dance Club’s April dance

Take a free beginner lesson to learn the ins and outs of West Coast swing style or expand your swing knowledge in an intermediate lesson Then from 8 to 11 p m , social dance it up with DJ Rick on music.

Cash or card payments are accepted at the door; masks are required For more information, see bcswingdance ca

WHEN: Saturday, April 15 from 6:30 to 11 p m

WHERE: Confederation Community Centre (4585 Albert St )

COST: Free beginner lesson; $4-$10 intermediate lesson; $7-15 dance

BUSTER KEATON DOUBLE FEATURE WITH LIVE MUSIC

It’s the best of Buster Keaton at the Shadbolt’s Music, Words and Buster Keaton event on Saturday Featuring The Balloonatic (1923), which tells the tale of a misadventuring wanderer who floats from city to wilderness and Sherlock Jr (1924), about a movie projectionist who dreams he's part of the onscreen action. This event will have a live improvised musical score by Róisìn Adams as well as a talk about Buster Keaton’s life and works from authors Onjana Yawnghwe and Hazel Jane Plante.

WHEN: Saturday, April 15 at 8 p.m.

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

COST: $30-$35, tickets available through tickets. shadboltcentre.com

Sunday, april 16

DRAG BRUNCH AT THE REC ROOM

It’s time for drag brunch at the Rec Room, hosted as always by The Established, Shanda Leer. This Sunday’s performance will showcase the glamorous Vivan Vanderpuss

of Canada’s Drag Race season 3 and Dust Cwaine. Guests must be 19+ with ID or accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

WHEN: Sunday, April 16 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; showtime is at noon

WHERE: The Rec Room Burnaby (1920 Willingdon Ave , unit 2106)

COST: $25 for individual seats, tickets available on Eventbrite ca (search “Drag Brunch Rec Room”)

all weekend

SPRING FLING: BURNABY ARTISTS GUILD ART SHOW AND SALE

This weekend, take joy in the talent and creations of local artists at the Burnaby Artists Guild Show and Sale

This three-day show celebrating spring will feature the work of artist YoungHwa Cha-Hach

While you’re there to enjoy the art and buy a painting or two, take part in on-the-spot portraits offered as well as a raffle of an original framed painting There’s free parking and bus access. For more, see burnabyartistsguild.com.

WHEN: Friday, April 14 from 7 to 10 p.m.; Saturday, April 15 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, April 16 from 10 a m to 5 p m

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

COST: Free admission

BONUS EVENT:

The Rec Room (1920 Willingdon Ave.) is hosting an “all ager rager” on Saturday, April 15 from 7 to 11 p m with local metal punk band Bison, heavy doom rockers Elsinor and prog rock ’n’ roll greats Black Thunder. Tickets are $20, all ages are allowed with adult supervision. Search “Bison Elsinore Black Thunder Rec Room” for tickets.

Compiled by Lauren Vanderdeen

PHOTO CREDIT: Contributed Ruby Singh and the FutureAncestors are ready for a cerebral night of celestial sounds on Friday, April 14 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.

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Feline friends could one day be able to lounge outside on a “catio” at the Burnaby animal shelter.

The City of Burnaby is considering redevelopment of the Burnaby animal shelter for upgrades and modernization, according to a request for proposals

The existing animal shelter at 3202 Norland Ave was built in 1969 and renovated in 1982, according to bid documents

“The facility is no longer adequate to serve the community,” according to the bid papers

The BC SPCA has a contract to operate the shelter until December 2023

The city wants to demolish the existing building and construct a new one- or two-storey animal shelter with nearly 7,000 square feet inside and an outdoor space of more than 8,600 sq. ft., including exterior dog runs, covered livestock area and exterior “catio” space, as well

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Fifty new bus shelters are coming to Burnaby by December

The shelters are expected to be fully in place by Dec 1, according to a request for proposals earlier this year

After a 2021 complaint about a lack of bus shelters creating unsafe conditions, the city reviewed its bus shelter program due to concerns it was “insufficient to meet the public’s expectations,” according to minutes from a 2021 financial management committee meeting.

The 50 shelters to come this year are part of a seven-year program in which the city wants to install or replace about 370 transit shelters by 2030

In 2021, staff reported Burnaby had a total of 968

as 15 parking spaces

The facility would be built to modern design guidelines, including those laid out by the Association of ShelterVeterinarians,

and would be expected to last at least 20 years

The documents say a future operating model is “yet to be determined ”

The current ani-

mal shelter is not wheelchair-accessible; the new building will be built to Rick Hansen Foundation accessibility guidelines

Construction would be

expected to finish by the end of 2025, if council approves the design and budget later this year, and the shelter would be ready for business in January 2026

bus stops.The bid documents from this year stated the city has a total of 209 bus shelters: 158 shelters with lit advertising boxes and 51 without.

Bus stops are a city responsibility, not TransLink’s.

The locations for the bus shelters will be decided by a model which looks at how much certain bus stops are used, the number of transit routes in the area, how close the stops are to schools, rec centres and businesses, according to the city’s financial plan

City staff told the public safety committee in 2021 it “would be ideal to have a bus shelter installed at all bus stops in the city,” but illuminated bus shelters cost about $30,000 each, which would mean a total of about $22 million to install bus shelters at all Burnaby stops.

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Burnaby’s favourite miniature train ride is back on schedule as it returns for its 30th season.

Folks who were disappointed by this year’s cancellation of the Stanley Park train ride can now head with friends and family to Burnaby Central Railway, a ride-on miniature (one-eighth scale) railway.

The popular railway, operated by the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSME), opened for the 2023 season on April 7 and will run until Oct 9

On Friday, members of IAFF323 Burnaby Firefighters joined in as honorary members and volunteers All proceeds from the opening day were donated to the Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society.

Featuring over two kilometres of track, the train is pulled by miniature locomotives

“What we have here are genuine steam, diesel and electric trains to ride,” said BCSME president Ken Lear said a press release “It’s literally the real thing, just smaller. Our trains look, act and even smell like the real thing because they are real, at one-eighth the size of a full size loco-

motive.”

The train ride, located in Confederation Park (120 NorthWillingdon

Ave ), can take 20-plus passengers through the woods and across tunnels, bridges, crossovers and spi-

rals A ride lasts about 10 minutes.

The railway is open to the public for rides from

11 a m to 5 p m (with last ticket sales at 4:45 p.m.) on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. It is also now open for booking birthday parties and private functions. See www.bcsme.org.

BCSME is also asking for volunteers interested in helping run the railway throughout the season

“There are train enthusiasts everywhere, and we’re definitely looking for them to join us as new volunteer members,” Lear said

“If you’re a railroad buff, or you would like to learn about how our trains work inside and out, come to the park, take a ride, see what we’re all about, and join us,” he said.

Ontrack: Burnaby Central Railway opened for the 2023 season on April 7 at Confederation Park PHOTO JenniferGauthier/files

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program, announced April 4 by SFU president Joy Johnson.

SFU was a part of NCAA Div. II competition the second highest level of collegiate sports in the U S

But earlier this year, SFU said theTexas-based Lone Star Conference decided not to renew its affiliate membership agreement with the Red Leafs and the upcoming scheduled season would be their last, leaving the school without a league to play in starting in 2024.

Johnson said SFU will honour athletic scholarship commitments for those who choose to stay and meet eligibility requirements for the 2023-24 school year.

Kristie Elliott was a kicker with SFU for four years and made history along the way, becoming the first female player to play and score for a Canadian college football team

After her playing days were over, she became the director of football opera-

tions and recruitment for the program

Elliott said she and other staff members were called to individual meetings April 4 before a larger team meeting was held to break the news

She said the announcement blindsided her, especially since the program still had one year left in the Lone Star Conference before the agreement ended.

“We had a two-year contract,” she told the NOW.

“We thought that we were set in stone to have one more season at least. So, when we came to the meeting and she [athletic directorTheresa Hanson] said the program is terminated immediately, I think that’s where the major shock came from ”

Elliott added many asked Hanson and administration why they couldn’t play during the upcoming season, but there was no concrete answer or reason provided

This has ultimately left many players in peril

“We found out after spring camp just finished.

That’s not a lot of time for other players, like current players, to find a new school to go to, and it takes a long time for the recruiting process,” Elliott explained

“So now, players are unsure if they’re going to even be able to have a season, and for some players, it’s their senior year. It’s very difficult to transfer.”

‘University explored allavenUes’

In an interview, Hanson told the NOW that numerous options were considered, but none were feasible.

Hanson said SFU’s athletics department started exploring other avenues once it was determined the conference renewal agreement was not going to be approved after the 2024 season.

“The landscape for Div II football has significantly changed since we joined the NCAA,” she explained

“And in recent years, there’s been a number of Div II football schools that have discontinued their programs across our conference that we played in [Great Northwest Athletic Conference] and across Div. II. In January of this year, the Lone Star Conference council presidents had voted not to renew Simon Fraser in another two-year affiliate agreement. So, it was, at that time, with that announcement, we found that we have no place to play as of 2024

“We had stated that ‘OK, we need to do a lot of research, we need to look at what options are available to us ’”

Hanson said they talked to the NCAA, NAIA and U SPORTS Canada’s highest level of university sport

“Within the NCAA, there was no opportunity to join another conference And to be an independent Div II football school is not a sustainable option for us short- or long-term

because we’d have a very tough time getting games It would be very tough to actually meet our requirements for the NCAA ”

She says they pursued discussions with U SPORTS, but they knew that, as a Div II NCAA school, they didn’t meet the existing bylaws for membership within the or-

ganization

“Pursuing an exemption for football only would be very complex, it’s unprecedented,” Hanson said

“There’s no path for that, and it would cause more uncertainty for our athletes with something that has absolutely no assurance that it would happen.”

Happier days: Former SFU kicker Kristie Elliott (#88) and running back Mason Glover (#26) at the Shrum Bowl. photo Jennifer GautHier/files

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No charges will be laid involving an alleged assault during a hockey game in Burnaby last year

A public video feed of the game at Scotia Barn on July 29, 2022, showed one player lying on the ice under an opponent’s leg during a game

The opponent then raised his leg and appeared to hit the victim’s face with his skate blade.

The player injured is seen lying on the ice for several minutes. Burnaby RCMP opened an investigation into the incident in August.

“During the incident, the victim was allegedly kicked by another player, causing injuries that required medical treatment,” a statement read.

In an emailTuesday (April 11) to the NOW, Burnaby RCMP spokesperson Cpl Mike Kalanj said assault charges were forwarded to the BC Prosecution Service, but they were not approved.

Kalanj said the file has

been concluded.

The Adult Safe Hockey League (ASHL) suspended the player indefinitely In a statement, ASHL said the player involved in the incident during the game between the Hotshots and Grizznasty had been suspended and would face supplemental discipline.

“The conduct and onice behaviour depicted in the video in no way aligns

with the values of our league and the rules of the game,” the league wrote

“As a result of their actions, the offending player was issued a match penalty and a game ejection.

Subsequently, the player has been suspended indefinitely and will receive supplemental discipline in-line with Section 2 15 (A) of the ASHL Rule Book

“While we acknowledge

that the total prevention of incidents like this is not possible, we will continue to ensure that such incidents are treated with appropriate supplemental discipline, including the potential for a player to be permanently expelled from the league.”

The league did not publicly reveal the disciplinary decision.

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Onice: Burnaby RCMP say charges weren’t approved involving an alleged skate-to-the-face incident during a hockey game on July 29, 2022 photo ASHL

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Born in Trois Rivières on the 15th of October, 1925, Benoît was not only an outstanding serigrapher but a passionate downhill skier, painter, sculptor, perseverant problem solver, formidable chess player, and dance teacher.

He always made sure to respect the life he’d been given.

He passed away in utmost serenity at the Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, B C., and leaves behind his sisters Marie Jeanne and Denise, brother Gérard, children Lise and Robert and their children Josée Anne, Liane and Mélanie, and his wonderful companion Nina. A number of relatives and friends as vast as his lifespan can be added to the many who benefitted from his time among us.

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October 8, 1928 - April 1, 2023

It s with sadness that we announce that Beryl passed away peacefully Apr l 1, 2023 n New Westminster She s predeceased by Lindsay, her husband of 58 years July 2008, granddaughter Sarah Ke ly Apri 2009, son-in- aw Joe Ke ly March 2013 and brother Den s Rowse 2020 She is survived by her sister Betty Krause and ch ldren, Sandra (Ron), Greg (Marce la), Laura, Debra (Gary) and Gordon (Caro ), as well as her 10 Grandchildren and 12 Great Grandch ldren and her many friends and family

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