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Strata parking battle

Thursday, June 1, 2023 local news – local matters. There’s more at Burnabynow.com

Non-profits fighttoreduce drugdeathtoll

LaurenVanderdeen lvanderdeen@burnabynow com

With the death toll from toxic drugs in Burnaby alone rising to more than 420 since 2012, one coalition of local non-profits has boots on the ground to save lives.

For the Burnaby Community ActionTeam (BCAT), a group of about 27 public non-profit organizations working to address the toxic drug supply crisis and reduce the number of overdoses, two of its primary goals are to raise awareness and stop the stigma of substance use

One of BCAT’s programs is the Community Peer Resources Network, an initiative that works to build relationships in the community to reduce harm. Many of its members have personal experience with substance use and substance use disorders

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With dozens of fatalities in city annually from toxic drugs, coalition fights stigmatization, calls for easier access to detox

Earthbound: Gleneagle Talons’ Matthew Bailey hauls down Burnaby’s Byrne Creek Bulldogs ball carrier Sammy Srobotnjak in the first half of their Fraser North senior boys’ rugby AA high school championship last Thursday (May 25) at Gates Park in Port Coquitlam Gleneagle won 46-6 PHOTO Mario Bartel

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CompanylosesparkingbattlewithBurnabystrata

Tribunal upholds decision to make commercial tenants pay for stalls designated as common property

CorneliaNaylor cnaylor@burnabynow.com

A company that owns office and storefront space in North Burnaby has lost a battle with its strata over parking spaces

Trinden Enterprises Ltd. owns the commercial strata lots at Ingleton Place in the 3900 block of Hastings Street, and rents space to various tenants, including Burnaby North-Seymour MPTerry Beech, whose constituency office is located there

Trinden’s commercial tenants have 66 parking spaces that have been identified as “limited common property” for their use, but “historically” they’ve also used 24 stalls that are designated “common property” in the strata plan, according to a ruling by the province’s Civil Resolution

Tribunal Friday.

The strata put an end to that last year, demandingTrinden remove certain parking signs and telling some of its commercial tenants they had to rent the parking stalls from the strata or stop using them

Photos showed the strata put yellow tape over disputed spaces and posted signs saying “authorized parking only” and “violators will be towed,” according to the ruling.

Trinden said the commercial lots’ tenants have used the parking stalls since as early as 1986, and the move will reduce their parking stalls by 30 per cent

The company applied to the CRT for orders forcing the strata to designate the disputed parking stalls exclusively for the use of the commercial tenants and to

re-install commercial parking signs at the residential sections’ expense

The company argued there were errors in the strata plan, according to the ruling.

Trinden also said Burn-

aby bylaws dictate residential and non-residential parking must remain separate

Finally,Trinden said the strata’s reallocation of the parking stalls went against an unwritten parking

agreement and was “significantly unfair ”

But the strata said the disputed parking stalls were common property and there had never been a parking agreement

“The strata says any unfairness has been to the strata, which has for many years been deprived of a revenue stream from the disputed parking stalls,” stated the ruling

Tribunal member Micah Carmody ultimately found in the strata’s favour

He found all the disputed parking stalls fell within the area indicated on the strata plan as common property and that there was “limited evidence” of an error in the plan.

Carmody also said there was no evidence the strata had promisedTrinden or the previous owner perma-

nent control over the parking stalls

Trinden may have expected control of the stalls when it bought the strata lots in 2005, but Carmody said that expectation wasn’t reasonable if it was based on a promise from a previous owner.

“(The previous owner) was unable to, by simply making a promise in a contract, pass along exclusive use rights to common property not indicated on the strata plan or otherwise registered in the LandTitles Office,” Carmody said

As for Burnaby bylaws prohibiting the mixing of commercial and residential parking, Carmody said there was no evidence the strata intended to convert the 24 disputed parking stalls to residential use Trinden’s claims were dismissed

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HedyWolff, BCAT’s peer co-ordinator, leads the team of peers in training, from first aid to conflict resolution and more, providing harm reduction, safe supplies and education resources.The group is lively and collaborative, creating art projects and sharing food and conversation

Outreach is done in a variety of places: from farmers markets to community festivals to with people who are homeless and living on the street

“It is everywhere – it does not discriminate,” Wolff said BCAT wants to build a network for people to feel it’s safe to talk about their drug use, so they can be supported with resources Most victims of toxic drug deaths are males between the ages of 20 and 59.

“I think Burnaby, as a community, our biggest challenge is the housed population, that is where we’re seeing the most death happening for males, males in their primes,” said

Navreen Gill, executive director of Burnaby Family Life, one of BCAT’s members

“And that’s where for us, as the Burnaby Community ActionTeam, we’ve had to really focus.…

How do we reach this hidden population? How do we reach individuals who don’t want to talk about it?”

One of BCAT’s goals to reduce deaths is to address the stigma around substance use

“Sometimes when we’re at community events, we’re

not always getting friendly questions,” Gill said “We patiently listen, we acknowledge everybody’s coming from a place of how they’ve been socialized, and part of our job is to educate with the facts.”

“One of the ways we’re trying to normalize is people being able to talk about it, because it starts there,” she added Wolff noted people often don’t want to talk about substance use because it’s seen as shameful

“It becomes a ‘dirty’ issue, or ‘morally wrong,’ so

people don’t want to say, ‘Hey, I need some help’” What would help the issue locally? BCAT says a detox centre, a place where a person can be medically supervised in an abstinence phase.

There is no detox in Burnaby. People have to go toVancouver or Surrey but those spaces have a limited number of beds

“I think we recognize that the gap for us in Burnaby, specifically, is that we don’t have a place to detox that’s accessible,” Gill said “Your body goes

through hardcore withdrawal,”Wolff said, adding, “You do need medical assistance ”

If people have the means, they might be able to access private services, but otherwise, people have to spend time on the phone and wade through waiting lists

“Usually with somebody that has got substance use disorder, that time period when they’re like, ‘Oh, I need some help right now,’ it needs to be fast Or else they’ll slip back into the

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‘How do we reach individuals who don’t want to talk about it?’

SPotSPat: The owner of the commercial lots at the Ingleton Place strata in the 3900 block of Hastings Street has lost a Civil Resolution Tribunal case over 24 parking stalls PHOTO GooGle Street view

CorneliaNaylor cnaylor@burnabynow com

The Crown has begun setting up its DNA evidence at the trial of a man accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby park six years ago

DNA expert Christine Crossman took the stand at the trial of Ibrahim Ali in Vancouver Supreme Court May 25

Ali is accused of first-degree murder in the death of the girl, whose body was found in Central Park on July 19, 2017, less than two hours after her family reported her missing Ali has pleaded not

guilty.

The victim’s identity is protected by a publication ban.

Crossman, a scientist with RCMP Forensic Laboratory Services in Surrey, answered general questions from assisting Crown prosecutor Colleen Smith about what DNA is and how DNA evidence is processed at the lab.

Crossman went over the steps the lab takes in a case, starting with the recovery of bodily substances from bits of evidence, such as blood from a t-shirt, to the extraction of DNA from the substance to analysis and the creation of DNA profiles.

She also went over how the exhibits are logged, tracked and stored

The Crown’s theory is that Ali attacked the 13-year-old girl in Central Park, dragged her into the forest and strangled her while sexually assaulting her.

The jury hasn’t heard any evidence since Crossman’s testimony.

On Monday jurors were asked to return on June 5.

The reasons for the adjournment were discussed without the jury present and therefore cannot be reported.

The trial is expected to resume in front of the jury on June 5.

Mansentencedforvoyeurisminwomen’sbathroom Citynow

CorneliaNaylor cnaylor@burnabynow com

A 53-year-old man who was tackled and detained by about 10 people after he was caught secretly videoing a woman peeing in a British Columbia Institute ofTechnology women’s washroom nearly five years ago has been handed a two-year conditional sentence and two years of probation

JayWinship Forster was inVancouver provincial court last month to plead guilty to one count of voyeurism and two counts of possession of child pornography

Forster was discovered

in a cubicle in a thirdfloor washroom at BCIT’s Burnaby campus by a woman using the cubicle next to him, according to Crown prosecutor Jason Krupa

“She saw the camera; she screamed and yelled,” said Krupa, outlining the agreed facts in the case “He withdrew, took off She chased him He pushed her out of the way.”

Before Forster could escape, however, Krupa said about 10 people tackled him and held him till police arrived.

When police searched Forster’s phone, they discovered images of the woman who had caught

him in the act, as well as videos of “a few other people,” according to Krupa

A further search also revealed 364 child sex abuse images, including images of girls as young as six engaged in sex acts

Forster, who was 48 at the time of the incident, was charged with voyeurism, assault and possession of child pornography in July 2019

second secret phone

One of the conditions of his bail on those charges was a ban on having more than one cellphone.

About a year later, however, his common-law partner discovered he had

two cellphones and found child sex abuse images on the second, secret phone, according to Krupa

“(She) essentially marched him down to the police station, and he turned himself in,” he said.

Forster was charged with two more counts of possessing child pornography in October 2020.

Explaining why it’s taken nearly five years to deal with the BCIT charges, Krupa pointed to two psychological reports ordered in the case.

The first found no evidence of “significant or even noticeable mental illness,” according to Krupa, but the second one did.

Krupa noted Forster had been committed under the Mental Health Act for a time, receiving “weeks” of treatments, and now sees a psychiatrist regularly

“This man is suffering from a significant mental illness,” Krupa said “It’s documented, and, in my submission, putting him in jail would simply likely lead him to decompensate and not be in the public interest ”

In a joint sentencing submission, Krupa and defence lawyer Brian Coleman called for a conditional sentence (a jail sentence served in the community) and proba-

tion

Judge Gregory Rideout agreed

During the first six months of his two-year sentence, he will be under house arrest, followed by a year-and-a-half under a curfew

He is banned from the BCIT and UBC campuses and from parks, schools and anywhere else children under the age of 16 are likely to be

He is also prohibited from possessing any device capable of recording and will have his phone and internet access restricted

And he will be placed on the national sex offender registry for 10 years

MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Byelections are wild cards in B.C. political game

On paper and based on the voting history in general elections, the two provincial byelections set to be held on June 24 should lack drama and excitement

After all, both the ridings - Langford-Juan de Fuca and Vancouver-Mt Pleasant - are longtime BC NDP strongholds.

Only the NDP has won the Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant riding since it was created in 1991, and the NDP has lost the Island riding (it has gone through various name and boundary changes) just once, and that was in the historic near-wipeout of the party in the 2001 election

And yet byelections are different political animals than general elections.

Since 1987, for example, the sitting government of the day (Social Credit, NDP and BC Liberal) won just four of 25 byelections.

That’s a failure rate of more than 80 per cent Byelections are often seen as mini referendums on a sitting government’s performance. A government’s unpopularity can undo its hold on even some of its traditionally strongest ridings if the voters want to send a message.

In the 1980s, for example, the Social Credit government (led by then-Premier Bill Vander Zalm, a lightning rod for controversy) lost six consecutive byelections, including the usually safe ridings of the Cariboo, BoundarySimilkameen and Oak Bay-Gordon Head.

The NDP government of the 1990s also lost six straight byelections, but none of them were in ridings where the party had enjoyed any previous political success

The BC Liberal governments under Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark lost five

byelections and won two

One of the more interesting contests took place in April 2012 in the usually strong BC Liberal riding of Chilliwack-Hope.

The NDP was able to score an upset victory where it had not even come close to winning before (its win was helped considerably by the strong showing of a BC Conservative Party candidate, who undoubtedly stole votes from the BC Liberal side)

If the BC United, BC Green and BC Conservative candidates in the upcoming byelections want to see any reason to hope for victory on June 24, they should remember what happened in Chilliwack (and Oak Bay and Cariboo more than 30 years ago) as evidence that even the safest party stronghold can be toppled.

Of course, the NDP government under

Premier David Eby remains popular, according to recent polls. And yet history shows some strange and unforeseen byelection outcomes can occasionally occur

Voter turnout in byelections is often low, which gives an advantage to any candidate who can put together a well-organized campaign and ground game on election day.

The government’s majority is so large that losing one or two seats would not weaken its grip on the provincial legislature Look for the Opposition parties to seize on that point, and to plead to the voters in both ridings to “send a message to the government.”

Every now and then a government can get bitten by the electorate, provided it is angry or frustrated enough

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

Opinionnow

Bad decisions sinking Burnaby council

Editor:

“Out of touch,” “tone deaf,” “can’t read the room.” All of these apply to Burnaby’s ineffective-heading-toward-damaging/disastrous municipal government

We had calm waters for a short time after the city reversed its decision to build an organic waste facility on Fraser Foreshore Park. But, in the blink of an eye, those waters got choppy Sav Dhaliwal, in reflecting on the failure of the project and AAP, complained about citizens requesting thousands of ballots at once How completely deplorable to have residents so committed to preserving parkland that they would give up personal time to go door to door and spare other residents the inconvenience of printing ballots for themselves. Next, more trouble on the horizon Apparently, the city owns so much land that it

doesn’t know what to do with it all Oh, here’s an idea. Why don’t we let/invite “for profit” developers build more luxury highrises on city land?

The prize for the worst announcement, the one that takes the cake, was the city revealing its plans to build a new city hall in Metrotown! What? Why? When did they decide this? How much will this cost? Where? So many questions and no answers Our current city hall is in a historical location at Deer Lake by Shadbolt, the art gallery and the museum It’s an attractive and functional building that is centrally located and accessible for all residents of Burnaby Moving to crowded Metrotown defies logic.

The current location is superior in every way That’s when the light bulb went on. Maybe that’s why they want to move? Maybe there’s a plan to develop that part of Deer Lake and build luxury condos there instead? Dear mayor and councillors, it’s time for you to shape up or ship out!

Violeta Colombara

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Residential Indoor Wood Burning Seasonal Prohibition May 15 to September 15

If you operate a residential indoor wood burning appliance in Metro Vancouver, Residential Indoor Wood Burning Emission Regulation Bylaw No. 1303 applies to you.

What you need to know:

• Users of residential indoor wood burning appliances (fireplaces, wood stoves, etc.) must use best burning practices

• Residential indoor wood burning appliances cannot be used between May 15 and September 15, every year, unless:

¡ The wood burning appliance is operated within an off-grid residence located outside the Urban Containment Boundary

¡ The wood burning appliance is the only source of heat in a residence

¡ There is an emergency (such as a gas or electrical outage lasting more than 3 hours)

Bylaw 1303 aims to reduce the impact on public health and the environment due to smoke from residential indoor wood burning

As of September 2022, if you burn, you must declare your use of best burning practices and, in urban areas, register eligible wood burning appliances

For more information, scan the QR code, go to metrovancouver.org and search ‘Residential Wood Burning’, call 604-451-6677 or email riwb@metrovancouver.org

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CityConnect

Share your vision of Burnaby’s future and help shape the way our community lives, learns, works and plays.

Have your say in the Burnaby 2050 Official Community Plan! Share your ideas through open dialogues, pop-up events or an online survey.

Burnaby 2050: Visioning Dialogue

Join us for a fun evening with food, entertainment, activities and discussion about the future of Burnaby. Tickets are free. Registration required. Please register at Burnaby.ca/Burnaby2050

» Wednesday, June 14, 6-8:30 pm Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre

» Thursday, June 15, 6-8:30 pm The Amazing Brentwood

» Tuesday, June 20, 6-8:30 pm Bonsor Recreation Complex

» Wednesday, June 21, 6-8:30 pm Confederation Seniors’ Centre

Online Survey

Share your thoughts by taking an online survey, open until July 17, 2023

Pop-up Engagements

Watch for our pop-up events around your neighbourhood.

» Saturday, June 3, 9:30 am-4 pm Hats Off Day (Hastings Street)

» Sunday, June 4, 11 am-4 pm

Environment Week (The Amazing Brentwood)

» Wednesday, June 21, Noon-5 pm

National Indigenous Peoples Day (Edmonds Park)

» Wednesday, June 28, 2:30-7 pm Cameron Recreation Complex

» Friday, June 30, Noon-4 pm Metrotown Mall Kiosk

» Saturday, July 1, 11 am-2:30 pm Canada Day (Edmonds Plaza and Park)

» Saturday, July 1, 6:30-10 pm Canada Day (Civic Square)

» Saturday, July 8, time TBC Bob Prittie Metrotown Public Library

» Saturday, July 15, 3-7:30 pm Symphony in the Park (Deer Lake)

» Sunday, July 16, 3-7:30 pm

Opera in the Park (Deer Lake)

More information: Burnaby.ca/Burnaby2050

burnaby2050@burnaby ca | 604-294-7775

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NEW BURNABY CITY HALL

SHARE YOUR VOICE

The City of Burnaby is seeking your input on the best location and potential programming space options for a new City Hall.

Built in 1955, the existing City Hall has reached the end of its service life If it remains, significant upgrades are required to meet current building code standards

To provide the best level of customer service to Burnaby residents and businesses, a new City Hall is being planned–a modern, environmentally sustainable, accessible, welcoming and resilient building.

The new City Hall is envisioned to be in the Metrotown neighbourhood, reinforcing the area as Burnaby’s downtown and the urban focal point of the city

Share your thoughts by taking an online survey, open until July 7, 2023.

Have your say in the location of Burnaby’s new City Hall!

Share your ideas at an open house, pop-up event or an online survey

Open house (no registration required)

Bonsor Recreation Centre (6550 Bonsor Avenue):

» Tuesday, June 13, 5-8:30 pm

» Tuesday, June 27, 5-8:30 pm

Pop-up event

Saturday, June 3 | Hats Off Day (Hastings Street, from Gamma to Boundary)

Visit our tent by the Fire Hall at Carleton.

Citynow

City council splits on changes to developer contributions

LaurenVanderdeen lvanderdeen@burnabynow com

Burnaby city council is looking for new ways to have developers pay for big community benefits.

Staff recently recommended a change in policy which allows the city to get community benefits from developers, like child-care facilities, landscaping and public plazas, public art, non-profit program space,

and affordable or special needs housing

Developers pay the city for the amenities through the community benefit bonus policy, and in return the city allows them to build more housing

The city says certain reserve funds are now “at risk of being depleted more quickly than others,” according to the report presented to council on April

24, and as a result, staff are looking how to “fund projects from other reserves in order to alleviate the pressures on the reserve funds and reserves at risk.”

Staff recommended that council expand the kinds of community benefits that developers can fund to include: public safety facilities including fire stations and RCMP/police detachments; active trans-

CityConnect

PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITY

Liquor Licence Application #23-01

Applicant: DAHLAK RESTAURANT

Subject: Proposed extension of liquor service hours at the subject establishment

Location: 7868 EDMONDS STREET

Public Input Deadline: June 14, 2023

Dahlak Restaurant has applied to amend its food primary liquor licence to extend the hours of liquor service past midnight. The requested extended hours of liquor service are from 9 am-2 am, daily

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.

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

Please note, all submissions must contain the name and address of the writer which will become part of the public record.

Deadline for written submissions is 4:45 pm June 14, 2023

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portation infrastructure; composting and organic processing facilities; public electric vehicle charging stations; and extreme weather shelters.

But Burnaby Citizens Association Coun Daniel Tetrault said some of the proposed amenities went “beyond what the scope is” of community amenities.

While he supported adding active transportation to the list of allowed amenities, he noted public safety and composting facilities felt “out of place.”

The city’s chief financial officer and deputy chief

administrative officer, Noreen Kassam, said the provincial guidelines have broad criteria for density bonus policies. She added the staff recommendation is consistent with other municipalities but did not list specific cities Gu agreed withTetrault, noting she considers public safety facilities and waste processing plants essential

services

But Coun. Sav Dhaliwal said council’s decision is to create the criteria for the policy, and noted adding the types of benefits doesn’t mean they will be funded through the policy.

The staff recommendation to expand the kinds of benefits was approved 5–2, withTetrault and Gu opposed

TRADE: The city is looking to expand the kinds of community benefits developers can pay for in exchange for building more density.

PHOTO LAUREN VANDERDEEN

AbhinayaNatesh anatesh@burnabynow com

In 2020, when the world was grappling with the COVID-19, there was another virus spreading: anti-Asian hate.

Videos surfaced of an 84-year-old woman being tripped in Metrotown and then of a 93-year-old man assaulted inVancouver’s Chinatown and, unfortunately, it didn’t end there. In the next couple of years, anti-Asian hate spiked.

In 2021, Burnaby saw a 350 per cent jump in such offences during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Go back to your country” and “you don’t belong here” were increasingly heard.

Three years after the Metrotown hate incident, RCMP Staff Sgt. Frank Jang was working late at night when the video of the assault resurfaced. “It was weighing heavily on my heart,” he said. “I wondered if I can do something about this.”

Around the same time, when an email came through calling for applications for a grant from the Department of Justice

Canada in observation of Victims and Survivors of CrimeWeek, Jang jumped on it and planned a community event, which attracted 140 members of the community and coincided withVictim and Survivors of CrimeWeek and Asian Heritage Month.

The goal of the May 17 forum held in Burnaby was to highlight the importance of reporting hate crimes.

Numbers don’t paint the whole picture, Jang said. Hate crimes are vastly underreported, partly because of shame, he explained. But victims shouldn’t stay silent, he said.

“You are worth it. Everyone is worth hearing their voice. And what happened to you is worthy to be reported.”

Doris Mah, a Burnaby resident and founder of the B.C.-based StandWith Asians coalition (SWAC), said it’s important to raise awareness among the public.

“If you experience racism, discrimination and hate crime, you need to report it,” Mah said. “We should be proud of who we are.We don’t have to be shameful, let alone this is

a crime that’s committed against us.”

Jang said that while there was a lot of attention to hate crimes at the height of the pandemic, people are still affected by it. “They walk the streets, it’s their neighbourhood, and somebody comments that they don’t belong, that they need to go back to ‘their country’ and is now a pris-

oner in her own mind, in her own neighbourhood,” Jang said.

As a police officer of Asian descent, he said he wants hate crimes to be reported and investigated, and for the perpetrator to be held accountable.

But it’s easier said than done especially with the ambiguity in what constitutes a “hate crime,” ac-

cording to Mah Criminal Code provisions

There is no unified definition of hate crimes in the Criminal Code, she said.

Hate crimes are defined differently in different parts of Canada for one,Toronto defines a hate crime as “a criminal offence committed against a person or property that is based solely upon the victim’s race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender or disability,” which is more restrictive for reporting than Ottawa, which defines hate crime as “a criminal offence committed against a person or property which is motivated by the suspect/offender’s hate/bias against a racial, religious, ethnic, sexual orientation or disability group”

This ambiguity, Mah suggested, causes mismatched hate-crime statistics

“This is why we need to have a criminal court reform to tackle hate crime,” she said “The police collected the data, (but) when it comes together, it’s not accurate ”

However, Jang said,

“calling somebody a racial slur is not a crime yet in the Criminal Code of Canada, but it’s equally problematic because it compromises the safety of the victims.”

“But (even) in that case, we need to know about that incident. It doesn’t matter if it qualifies as a crime. If it makes somebody feel unsafe in their community, we need to know about that. Because hate crimes, hate incidents, it’s not just a police problem. It’s a community problem,” he added.

Vigilance: RCMP officer Frank Jang urges the public to report hate crimes PHOTO Contributed

“If it makes somebody feel unsafe ... we need to know about that.... It’s not just a police problem. It’s a community problem.”

Saturday, June 3

HATS OFF DAY

Burnaby’s biggest street festival is here at last Hats Off Day will celebrate the community with an “out of this world” theme. Dress up in your best outer space costumes and head to Hastings for a fabulous summer party

With more than 50,000 attendees expected, this event promises to be a blast whether you attend the family fun dash kickoff (around 9:15 a m ), the parade (at 10 a.m.) or the street festival with many entertainers (beginning around 11 a.m.). For more info, see hatsoffday com See special section this issue for photos and more.

WHEN: Saturday, June 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE: Hastings Street between Boundary Road and Gamma Avenue

COST: Free ($5 admission for family fun dash)

Saturday, June 3

GEEKY NERDY COSTUME AND YARD SALE

Featuring Geekenders and Show Pony Studio, this yard sale will be a nerd’s dream. Peruse costumes, clothing, housewares, nerdy collectibles and more, like handmade jewelry and crochet items.

WHEN: Saturday, June 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE: 5384 Chesham Ave.

COST: Free admission

SPRING MARKET

For a pleasant day of spring shopping, check out the vendors hosted by St. Stephen the Martyr Anglican Church this Saturday for a new-to-you market featuring books, gifts and vintage jewelry, as well as a variety of goodies by vendors like Sweet Legs, Cookies by Christina, Blue Mountain Produce and more.

WHEN: Saturday, June 3 from 10 a m to 3 p m

WHERE: St. Stephen the Martyr Anglican Church (9887 Cameron St.)

COST: Free admission and parking

ROCKBAND KARAOKE

Get your best pals together and live out your rock star fantasy. Head to the Rec Room at Brentwood for a fun evening of live music, performed by you on Rockband 4 on a real stage, for a live crowd.

If you’re looking for a group to play with, you can sign up to fill in on any instrument. No Fail Mode will be enabled to let everyone enjoy playing and listening through the full track.

Participants must use hand sanitizer prior to playing; crews will sanitize instruments between sets, and microphone covers will be changed between singers

WHEN: Saturday, June 3 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. (pre-registration at 5:45 p.m.)

WHERE: The Rec Room Brentwood

COST: Free admission

all Weekend

It’s summer season for Burnaby Village Museum! From now until Sept. 4, spend time at the historical museum with its new exhibit Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby, which explores the diverse experience of Burnaby’s South Asian Canadian communities.

While you’re there, don’t forget to ride the restored 1912 C.W. Parker Carousel ($2.65) or visit a replica Japanese Ofuro (bathouse). For more information, see burnabyvillagemuseum.ca.

WHEN: Tuesday to Sunday, plus statutory holidays, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: 6501 Deer Lake Ave

COST: Free admission

Compiled by Lauren Vanderveen

PHOTO: Jennifer Gauthier/NOW files Visitors check out classic vehicles at the Show and Shine during last year ' s Hats Off Day on June 18, 2022

Communitynow Telus donates $20K to city-based puppy society

JessBalzer

jfedigan@burnabynow com

A Burnaby-based society has received a major boost.

Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (PADS) have been breeding, raising and training certified assistance dogs that help people with mobility issues or post-traumatic stress disorder for more than 35 years.

Volunteers with the group typically take in and raise young puppies and shape them into assistance dog trainees ready to enter advanced training

As part of its month-long Days of Giving initiative,Telus team members helped with cleaning and gardening activities at the facility in Burnaby on May 25

The company also made a $20,000 do-

ASSISTANCE: Telus volunteers took part in gardening and cleaning at PADS on May 25 PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

nation to PADS on behalf of its Friendly Future Foundation

“PADS is so grateful toTelus for all of the many ways they have supported us and our programs over the years,” PADS executive director LauraWatamanuk said.

New owners of this Burnaby auto shop commit to established family-run values

B&M Auto-Craft Collision, which was formerly owned by brothers-in-law Tony Murazzo and Antonio Beninteso, has been acquired by Lift Auto Group, an operator and consolidator in the collision repair industry Rest assured, the shop will continue its commitment to the family-run values that have made the shop successful for decades.

“Lift is a great company I had the opportunity to chat with them and they’re so professional and Im so glad they took over our company,” Beninteso says

Beninteso and Murazzo opened their shop in September of 1987 with a commitment to provide quality work and ensure their customers are well taken care of

As the two approached retirement age, they felt prepared to sell the shop and felt that Lift was the best match in terms of service but also commitment to the existing staff

“My staff was like my family Without them, we were nothing It was a huge responsibility for us to not just make the sale, but to make sure the people in our company have a good and stable workplace,” Murazzo says

The two owners determined that Lift was in the best position to keep up with the latest developments in the collision repair business

“We were in business for almost 37 years It’s time, I’m not 30 years old anymore As time went by, with all the changes and learning I needed to do, I could feel the stress in a different way,” Beninteso says “I’m fully retired now that we’ve sold to Lift I’m pleased that theyre a company that continues to grow They have quite a few shops and they’re going to keep on expanding ”

Benintesos sons still work in the collision shop and he’s happy they’ll be working with Lift

While B&M Auto-Craft Collision is under new ownership, the staff is largely the same, so longtime customers will have the added benefits of continual service from a familiar team, with the additional resources provided by joining the CSN Collision Network.

The CSN Collision Centres (“CSN”) Network exists to assist independent collision repair facilities to enhance operations through performance assessments, ongoing training, and marketing

initiatives. Having access to these resources has accelerated Lift’s growth and strengthened its partnership with CSN.

“It’s a team effort There’s a lot of support here in every sense of the word,” new Location Manager Greg Sopp says

“Lift’s corporate infrastructure ensures that we have the support we need to do safe and quality repairs, stay up to date on training, and deal properly with newer vehicles ”

Sopp notes that the location is on track to be accredited as a Tesla repair facility “We’re moving and shaking with what’s happening in the industry,” he says “But, what I think is most important is the fact that we have a culture of empathy for our customers Our vehicles are an essential part of our lives, so it makes sense that vehicle safety is a priority when it comes to collision repair

“Our repairs meet industry standards and come with a national lifetime warranty. This means our customers can feel confident when getting back on the road ”

From collision repair, scratches and dents, windshield repair, vehicle painting, towing and more, CSN BM Collision is committed to helping Burnaby residents get back in the driver’s seat after an accident

“It’s a great atmosphere. Tony and Antonio have built exceptionally strong community and industry relationships that we’re going to maintain,” Greg Sopp says

“They have left behind a culture of excellence that we are dedicated to not only upholding but also building upon, which entails continuing to perform high-quality, expert repairs ”

For more information, visit liftautogroup.com.

B&M Auto-Craft Collision acquired by Lift Auto Group, now called CSN BM Collision and will retain same great team

CSN BM Collision team

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“Lift’s corporate infrastructure ensures that we have the support we need to do safe and quality repairs, stay up to date on training, and deal properly with newer vehicles.”

Teen programmer blends education with gaming

AbhinayaNatesh anatesh@burnabynow com

A young teenager from Burnaby is bringing his unwavering passion for gaming to integrate learning and play seamlessly and change the way kids learn

Nirmay Singh is a 15-year-old student at Burnaby North Secondary School who grew up playing console games Nintendo, Mario, you name it

His dream was to make his own one day That day is finally here

The student had a special calling for coding and programming from a young age, taking after his dad, who is a software engineer Singh, with the backing of his father and countlessYouTube tutorials, created a website called the GameBox, in which he integrates education and gaming, and helps kids learn through video games

Speaking to the NOW about what got him inter-

ested in developing video games, Singh said it was purely due to his love for playing them. It was earlier in the year that Singh started developing the website with an aim to provide an enjoyable learning experience for kids through games.

The idea for creating educational games stemmed from his mother, he said.

“My mom used to be a teacher and now makes these resources for teachers to use in their classes. Since I like to make games, my mom thought I should make a few educational games that we could

play on her site, mathcurious.com.”

The GameBox which offers a wide range of games, from math to language games garners more than 1,000 users every week and helps young students (kindergarten and up till grades 7 and 8) learn concepts in a more engaging and interactive way, Singh said For his work, Singh recently won a $1,000 regional award from the Ingenious+Youth Innovation challenge, to fund his newfound business.

“It’s a significant accomplishment for me,” he said “I enjoy learning and doing math when I’m playing a game Because when you do a worksheet, you don’t understand why you’re doing it

“If you have it in a game, at least you can say you’re trying to win the game. So you’re going to learn the concept and do better.”

CREATIVE LESSON: Nirmay Singh from Burnaby North Secondary School integrates gaming and education with his website, the GameBox

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old cycle And then fatalities are happening,”

Wolff said

Beyond making detox more accessible, Gill said, the government also needs

to “help draw awareness to the stigmas” surrounding substance use

“We need to bring it to the forefront, we need to be talking to our children about it, our neighbours

about it Create spaces where individuals who are using are not doing it in isolation ”

Wolff said: “Substance use is not a dirty thing And there’s so much

health attached to it and healing attached to why people do that It’s not a simple thing; it’s complex ”

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Burnaby continues to suffer the devastating effects of British Columbia’s continuing opioid crisis

BC Coroners Service data shows Burnaby lost 410 lives to illicit drug toxicity between 2013 and 2022

2021 marked the highest total for Burnaby in a decade, when the city recorded 81 deaths The second-highest year was 2020, when 59 lives were lost

Burnaby’s death toll marked one of the highest totals among major municipalities noted by the BC Coroners Service

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As of May 18, nine deaths had been reported in Burnaby for 2023

“It’s critical that we rely on science, reliable data and legitimate reporting as we respond to an emergency that has taken the

lives of so many of our family members, friends and neighbours,” B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said in a May 18 news release.

Lapointe rebutted claims that recent measures to try to ensure a safer drug supply have been adding to the crisis.

“Anonymous allegations and second-hand anecdotes suggesting that these new initiatives are somehow responsible for the crisis our province has been experiencing since early 2016 are not only harmful, they are simply wrong ”

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This article is part of an in-depth,provincewide effort by Glacier Media to examine the scope,costs and toll of the opioid and toxic drug crisis in British Columbia – a public health emergency that has taken at least 11,807 lives since 2016

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Canada Day celebration returns with fireworks

Looking for things to do in MetroVancouver for Canada Day 2023? Burnaby has got you covered

AbhinayaNatesh anatesh@burnabynow com

Mark your calendars, Burnaby it’s time to party and celebrate Canada Day with a bang. If you were one of those disappointed byVancouver’s cancellation of fireworks again this year, this street fest is for you.

The City of Burnaby, in partnership with Concord Pacific, will be hosting a free celebration for the second year in a row, pulling out all the stops food trucks, live performances, family-friendly activities, and yes, fireworks.

The festival, StreetFest on Central, will bring food, dance and merry to the streets of Burnaby on Canada Day; it will kick off at 6:30 p.m. in the Metrotown neighbourhood on July 1 and will include diverse celebrations and performances by various Canadian musical artists.

Five-time Juno and Canadian Radio Music award winner LIGHTS, known for her electronic synth

pop, will be headlining the main stage at Central Park, followed by Juno-nominee and international recording artist Shawnee Kish, a soulfulTwo-Spirit Mohawk

Kish won CBC Music’s Searchlight competition in 2020 and is an advocate for Indigenous and LGBTQ2+ communities.

The vibrant evening will have something for everyone concert and food trucks at Central Park, family-friendly activities and entertainment in Civic Square, and community displays, games, music, dance and activities along Central Boulevard The evening will cap off with a stunning fireworks show at 10:15 p m

If you’re driving, it will be good to note that road closures will be in effect along Patterson Avenue, Central Boulevard and Beresford Street (between Patterson andWillingdon avenues)

Visitors are encouraged to take transit (Metrotown

and Patterson SkyTrain stations are nearby), cycle or walk and should leave their pets at home A bike

valet should be available at the corner of Patterson and Kingsway.

While the StreetFest

on Central festivities take place in the evening, Burnaby will host other Canada Day festivities all day at

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It took a man just 105 seconds to dump more than 20 garbage bags from the back of a trailer onto the road at 1635 MacDonald Ave in Burnaby on

May 23

Workers found the bags the next morning

Warehouse manager Peter Chiu said they discovered about 25 bags that looked like they were full of insulation material.

“We didn’t want to touch it because we didn’t know what was inside,” Chiu said

They called city staff, who arranged for the waste to be disposed properly and to clean the area.

Security footage from

the scene shows a man hop out of a black GMC truck and toss garbage bags from an attached trailer.

The truck and trailer appear similar to a dumping incident on May 14 at 3456 Gardner Court in Burnaby, where 70 bags of asbestos-containing material were dumped

City public affairs officer ColeWagner said the city is working to confirm whether the materials left on MacDonald are hazardous, as insulation can contain asbestos if it is from an older building.

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Four towers, more than 1,450 homes proposed for Brentwood

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Another Brentwood Town Centre development with four new highrise towers and more than 1,450 new homes is up at council.

The Emerald Place de-

velopment, by Polygon Development 366 Ltd , would be located on a site made up of two lots at 2300 Madison Ave. and a BC Hydro right-of-way

Currently on-site is an older industrial warehouse building, according to a

staff report.

The development would be made up of four highrise residential towers ranging from 35 to 42 storeys and a six-storey non-market rental building.The development would be built over four

phases.

There is a total of 1,260 strata condo units and 201 non-market rental units proposed.

When the plan first appeared at council on April 24, there were no three-bedroom rental units included.

Burnaby Citizens Association councillors Alison Gu and DanielTetrault pointed out the lack of three-bedrooms in the non-market part Gu said she was “perplexed” by the lack of family-friendly housing and both councillors questioned the lack of three-bedroom rental units within a 15-minute walk of a school.

“I don’t think this sends a clear family-friendly message that we think that we should be supporting

families of all income levels to be able to achieve reasonable housing,” Gu said at council

Planning general manager Ed Kozak said larger units would be focused in areas even closer to schools in Brentwood.

But Emerald Place developer Polygon heard the councillors’ concerns.

The developer re-arranged their architectural plans to include eight three-bedroom non-mar-

ket rental units before the public hearing

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The development also proposes a multi-use pedestrian and cycling overpass across the CN/BNR rail line at Alaska Street

The overpass would “provide connectivity within the trail network along the southern edge of the BrentwoodTown Centre and to facilitate connection to the CentralValley Greenway to the south,” according to the report.

The overpass at Alaska requires a “minor amendment” to the 1996 BrentwoodTown Centre development plan, which did not identify a crossing at Alaska

The city has been collecting contributions from developers in Brentwood for the overpass, according to the report.

The Emerald Place development is also planned to include various amenities like fitness centres, meeting rooms, play areas, spas, work lounges and kitchen spaces, as well as a landscaped rooftop with dog runs, kids’ play areas and garden plots for urban agriculture

EMERALD PLACE: A four-tower development on Madison Avenue is proposed in Burnaby

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Season opener a disappointment as team loses by 15 to Langley

JessBalzer

jfedigan@burnabynow.com

The Burnaby Lakers season didn’t start the way they were hoping it would.

The Lakers dropped a 20-5 decision against the Langley Thunder at the Langley Events Centre on May 24 to kick off the

2023 campaign.

Wake:Riat BowHunter scored two goals for the Lakers while Gordie Phillips, Brandon Luitwieler and Jacob Dunbar added one each.

Burnaby was held scoreless in the first period, with Langley jumping out to an 11-0 lead before

BowHunter put the Lakers on the board

Robert Church was named first star of the game for Langley with five goals and four assists for nine points, Dane Dobbie was second star with eight points (six goals and two assists) while Frank Scigliano was the third

star with 32 saves.

Burnaby’s home opener was played May 26 at Bill Copeland Arena against the Maple Ridge Burrards, who won in an 1110 nail-biter.

The Lakers missed the postseason last year after finishing with a 4-14 record

Burnaby FC reveals this year’s summer camp schedule

JessBalzer

jfedigan@burnabynow.com

Burnaby FC has announced its summer camps lineup

The club says camps will be available for U6 to U13 players, led by Burnaby FC technical director Kevin Julian and staff coaches.

The week-long camps are scheduled to be held at Burnaby North High SchoolTurf and Burnaby LakeWest Sports Com-

plex.

Camps will be open to currently registered Burnaby FC players as well as non-registered players

“We want kids to leave our camps filled with joy and confidence, developing not only soccer skills, but also social skills by meeting new friends in a fun environment,” Julian said in a news release.

Camps will run from July 3 to 7, July 24 to 28,

Aug. 14 to 18 and Aug. 21 to 25

Details are as follows:Full-day camp U8 to U13

9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Cost: $325

Half-day morning camp U6 and U7

9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Cost: $145

Half-day afternoon camp U6 and U7

1:30 to 3:30 p m

$145

Burnaby FC has announced its 2023 summer camp schedule

ACTION: The Burnaby Lakers and New Westminster Salmonbellies during 2022 regular season action.

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