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Burnaby murder case uncovers flawed test tubes at forensic lab
RCMP laboratory removed batch from use after hole found in tube during processing of DNA
CorneliaNaylor cnaylor@burnabynow comThe jury at a Burnaby murder trial has learned that an entire lot of test tubes was removed from use at the RCMP’s National Forensic Laboratory after tubes with pin-sized holes were discovered during the processing of DNA samples related to the case.
The trial of Ibrahim Ali resumed in B.C. Supreme Court inVancouver last week after a break to accommodate vacation requests from jurors.
Ali has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 13-year-old 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 cannot be identified because of a publication ban.
Three DNA analysts who processed police exhibits at
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ICBC acted ‘improperly’ in crash case: tribunal
Man took ICBC to Civil ResolutionTribunal after insurer found him 75 per cent at fault for collision
CorneliaNaylor cnaylor@burnabynow comICBC “acted improperly and unreasonably” in assigning blame for a crash at a Burnaby intersection last June, according to the province’s Civil Resolution Tribunal
Steven Cheng took the insurer to the tribunal after it assigned him 75 per cent of the blame for a crash at the intersection of Hastings Street and Ellesmere Avenue on June 2, 2022, according to a tribunal ruling lastThursday.
Cheng had been parked on Hastings facing west just before the intersection
He had pulled his vehicle into the middle lane and begun to cross the intersection when he collided with a vehicle that
turned left onto Ellesmere in front of him
Cheng had dashcam footage of the crash and ICBC got statements from Cheng, the other driver and two independent witnesses.
The insurer then found him 75 per cent at fault for the crash
But Cheng argued he wasn’t responsible for the crash at all and applied to the tribunal to overturn the assessment.
Cheng said he had already been established in his lane of travel after pulling out from his parking spot, and that the other driver had “abruptly turned left in front of him, causing the accident ”
He also argued ICBC hadn’t properly considered the statement of one
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witness who had said the other driver had been driving “extremely fast” and “made a sharp left turn.”
That witness had also said the other driver had been using a cellphone and remained on the
phone after the crash.
In the tribunal ruling last week, CRT vice-chair Andrea Ritchie noted ICBC’s responsibility assessment and attached claim notes didn’t reference that witness’s statement but
did reference the statement of the other witness who had said Cheng had “suddenly accelerated” from his curbside parking spot and collided with the other vehicle
That statement, however, contained inaccuracies about where the other vehicle had come from, according to the ruling
There was also no evidence ICBC ever followed up on whether the other driver had been on the phone during the crash, Ritchie noted.
She concluded ICBC “did not properly or reasonably consider (the other witness’s) statement when investigating the accident and assessing fault ”
But Ritchie concluded Cheng was partially to blame as well
She said the dashcam footage showed he was still changing lanes from the parking lane to the straight-through travel lane as he crossed the intersection and collided with the other vehicle. He also crossed a solid line contrary to the Motor Vehicle Act.
In the end, Ritchie split the blame equally between the drivers
“I have found ICBC acted improperly and unreasonably and that Mr Cheng is less responsible than ICBC found him,” stated the ruling
She ordered ICBC to reimburse Cheng’s tribunal fees and ordered the insurer to amend its assessment to reflect Cheng was 50 per cent responsible for the accident
Defence lawyer zeroes in on deviations from standard operating procedures
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the RCMP lab in the case testified at the trial last week
No direct links have yet been made between the exhibits and Ali or the girl.
Analysts Maria Li, Jacqueline Ip and Marie Helene Julien testified to their role receiving samples of biological material, extracting and analyzing DNA from them and passing their results on to a reporting scientist
Answering questions from Crown prosecutor Colleen Smith, they talked
about the process of handling the samples, which they received in test tubes, and about how DNA is extracted
They also testified about the lab’s standard operating procedure, including processes to track samples as well as checks and controls to ensure accurate results
During cross-examination, however, defence lawyer Kevin McCullough honed in on “event reports,” which report incidents that fall outside of the lab’s standard operating procedure
In a batch of samples Ip worked on two days after the girl’s body was found in July 2017, one negative control, which should not have turned up any DNA, did, after being contaminated by a sample from another unrelated case.
Ip said the lab’s acting technical operations leader at the time confirmed the contamination but told her there was “no other contamination detected” and the results could be released to the reporting scientist
Earlier in the week, Li had testified to a pin-sized
hole being found in the bottom of one test tube she worked with in July 2021.
She said part of a sample of skin cell DNA leaked out, but the sample had already been analyzed and had been put into a new tube so it could be returned to police when that new tube was found to be defective
The DNA left in the faulty tube was transferred into new tube and returned to police, Li said Another sample of sperm cell DNA was not affected, according to Li
McCullough asked whether other defective tubes had been found after she reported the tube with a hole in it
“Yes,” she said. “The whole lot was removed from use, and the manufacturer was notified.”
Li said no other tubes she used in the case were found to have holes
Julien testified no event reports had been generated while she was processing a batch of samples between September and December 2018, and all of those samples were “processed successfully”
McCullough questioned each witness about their independent recollection of events, highlighting their dependence on notes and reports produced at the time to recall specific information, including whether or not checks and controls had actually been completed or whether boxes on the forms had simply been checked off
“There’s always going to be a check mark every time,” McCullough said to Li during cross-examination
“Not if I haven’t done it,” Li said
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Man sentenced for ‘extreme’ intoxication while driving
CorneliaNaylor cnaylor@burnabynow comA man charged with drunk driving in Burnaby last fall has been sentenced to one year of probation, a one-year driving ban and $1,150 in fines after pleading guilty to a lesser charge
Afor Beckley Okegberu, 54, was pulled over by police on Kensington Avenue near CanadaWay shortly before midnight on Sept 12, 2022, according to agreed facts presented at a sentencing hearing in Vancouver provincial court Monday.
Another driver had called police to report a Toyota Corolla “swerving across lanes of traffic with
no lights on ”
“The complainant reported that the vehicle was moving slow and unable to maintain its lane,” Crown prosecutor Louise Gauld told the court
When police pulled Okegberu over, Gauld said he was unable to provide his driver’s licence right away because “he was unsure what card he was pulling out.”
Breath samples he provided registered at about four times the legal limit for alcohol, according to Gauld.
“His level of intoxication was extreme in this case,” she said.
Okegberu was original-
ly charged with impaired driving and driving with a blood alcohol level over 80 milligrams but pleaded guilty Friday to the lesser MotorVehicle Act charge of driving without due care and attention.
Gauld called for $1,150 in fines, a one-year driving ban and one year of probation with alcohol and drug counselling
B.C. provincial court Judge Laura Bakan accepted the submission and sentenced Okegberu to the fine, ban and probation
She warned him breaching the ban or probation would “almost 100 per cent” lead to criminal charges
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Burnaby flagger sentenced for menacing co-worker with stop sign
CorneliaNaylor cnaylor@burnabynow comA 55-year-old man has been handed a suspended sentence with 18 months of probation for threatening a fellow flagger with a traffic sign at a Burnaby construction site two months ago
Peter Kyle McGregor pleaded guilty Monday to one count of assault with a weapon for an incident at Byrnepark Drive and Marine Drive on the morning of May 30, according to agreed facts presented at a sentencing hearing in Vancouver provincial court Monday.
Police arrived at the construction site at about 7:17 a.m. to find three men holding McGregor down, Crown prosecutor Louise Gauld told the court.
The officers learned McGregor had been working at the site as a flagger, and another flagger had told him to go to the other side of the street and “do his job,” Gauld said McGregor told the other
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PHOTOJOJOO64/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGESPLUSflagger to “go f herself,” according to Gauld.
After the other flagger reported the incident to her supervisor, McGregor came at her swinging his fist and a hand-held stop sign, she said.
“(The other flagger) had to back away to avoid being hit,” Gauld said.
Other workers at the site restrained McGregor until police came, but he threatened to cut off the other flagger’s head with a machete and shoot the co-workers, according to the agreed facts
McGregor’s lawyer, Graeme Jose, said it had been his client’s second day on the job, and the other flagger had made multiple comments about McGregor taking breaks when he shouldn’t be and sitting down on the job.
“That caused a little bit of obvious strife,” Jose said.
Jose said his client told him he “hugely overreacted and snapped.”
The other flagger was not struck or physically injured during the incident, according to the facts
In a joint sentencing submission, Gauld and Jose called for a suspended sentence with 18 months of probation, including a ban on contacting the victim, a five-year weapons ban and counselling for anger management and conflict resolution as directed by his probation officer
B C provincial court Judge Laura Bakan agreed to the submission and imposed the sentence
Long-term care failing to keep up with B.C.’s needs
They don’t get the kind of media attention that new hospital openings or expansions receive, but the fact is that new long-term care facilities are becoming the dominant kind of building project in the health-care system
In the past four months alone, six new LTC facilities that will add almost 1,300 additional beds were announced for construction.They are to be inVancouver, Delta, Richmond, Abbotsford, Colwood and Campbell River
These new facilities cannot be built fast enough, for two reasons
For one thing, B C has a lot of aging LTC facilities that fall woefully short of providing acceptable levels of care In fact, of the existing 127 LTC and assisted living facilities operated by the health authorities, 45 were built before 1980 and 17
were built before 1970, or more than 50 years ago
Secondly, our senior population is growing quickly and is projected to rise even faster over the next 20 years An additional 55,000 people over the age of 75 are projected to be added to the population over that time period
In Surrey alone, the number of people over the age of 80 is projected to increase by 240 per cent in that time By 2040, the 75-and-over population is expected to represent 14 per cent of all British Columbians, almost double the current percentage of 8 5 per cent
The average age of our current facilities is 37 years As someone who toured several facilities prior to placing a family member in LTC, I can attest to the uneven levels of care that exist in the system (luckily,
we were able to place our family member in a modern facility, which is tremendously better than some of the older ones I toured).
For decades, we lacked urgency when it came to building new facilities Our senior population was not growing at a rapid rate, although many studies showed we were on a path to bring us to where we are now.
Despite the recent spate of new LTC projects being announced, more must be done.
B C seniors’ advocate Isobel Mackenzie recently released a report urging the government to quickly build more assisted living facilities to accommodate the increased demand
Very few new units were added during the last five years despite the steady rise in
the number of people who need them, her report found
Building more LTC and assisted living facilities would have a positive impact on our health care system
Most obviously, more facilities mean fewer frail seniors will occupy hospital beds and will receive better care in a non-hospital facility
Our population is greying, and it is greying quickly
Big-ticket health projects like the new St. Paul’s Hospital and a new Burnaby Hospital may generate the headlines, but the fact is that a growing number of communities likely will put the construction of new LTC facilities higher on their priority list than new hospitals in the coming years Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.
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Move if you don’t like 6-storey rental proposal
Editor: Re: Burnaby homeowners decry 6-storey rental proposal as ‘eyesore’
I’maresidentintheEdmondsarea.Justlike manyproposalsinthearea,thisonehasbeen onmyradarforabit But,likeusual,mostof the“comments,”ifyoucancallitthat,seem tobeofthesameconcernthathaslittletono merittoit “NOCO-OP!WEDON’TWANTTO BEMAINANDHASTINGS.NOHOMELESS,NO POORPEOPLE!NOSKYSCRAPERS!”
Asiftheirwholefearisthattheyliveina single-storeytownhouse/rowhome,butit’s goingtobe“overshadowed”byasix-floor townhousecomplex Orsomethingthat mightbe“slightly”nicerthanwhattheylive in
Aneighbourhoodbuiltinaformerindustrial zone,trashdumpandminingarea.Yeah, nothingofecologicalvalueisbeinglosthere
Personally,Isay:Buildit Iftheneighbours
don’tlikeit,theycanmovesomewhereelse. Somewhere“nice”WhiteRock,Ambleside, NorthBurnaby,Richmond I’msureit’saffordableforthem.
BryanGal
Reduced parking would come with increased cost
Editor:Theproposaltoreduceparking spacesinhighrisebuildingsseemstobe ill-conceived
Iexpectthat,shouldsomeofthe14levelsof undergroundparkingbeeliminatedinfavour ofcreatingmorelivingspaces,itwouldbe unappealingtopeople
Toworryaboutparkingafterthefactiscompletelyirresponsibleandextremelystupid. Reducingparkingspacesinconstruction maybeverygoodforthedeveloper,butthe neighbourhoodwillpayaheftypriceforall futuretime.
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Communitynow Lougheed to get its first community resource centre
LaurenVanderdeen lvanderdeen@burnabynow.comLougheedTown Centre is next on the City of Burnaby’s docket to get a new community resource centre.
Edmonds, Brentwood and Metrotown each have between 15,000 and 18,000 square feet in community resource centre space, while Lougheed has a total of zero.
As the city expects to see 11,000 new homes come to Lougheed and more than 24,000 new residents, council approved a staff recommendation to work with developers to build a new community resource centre in Lougheed of at least 15,000 sq ft
The resource centres are cityowned spaces leased to Burnaby-based non-profits at below market rate, similar to neighbourhood houses and community halls
Staff will begin a call for proposals to find a non-profit to occupy the space and help design it
The city currently supports 23 different non-profits at seven community resource centres throughout Burnaby, according to a recent staff report
The non-profits offer services and programs to residents, usu-
ally at no or low cost
The approval for the Lougheed community resource centre comes along with council approval for staff to begin a report assessing the need for community and social infrastructure in Burnaby
The city has applied for a grant from the Union of B C Municipalities (UBCM)’s Complete Communities program,
which can contribute up to $150,000
The report said Burnaby’s infrastructure needs to keep pace with population growth, but noted “infrastructure” isn’t limited to roads, sewer, water and other utilities
Just as important, staff said, is community and social infrastructure, like schools, health facilities, libraries, community cen-
tres, parks, child-care centres, neighbourhood houses, community resources, public plazas, theatres and more
“These facilities and spaces support and promote the health, wellbeing and resilience of residents,” said the report
The city can use its community benefit bonus policy to build this type of facility
Staff said at council they hope
the assessment report on community infrastructure will be done within a year.
The most recent community resource centre opened in Brentwood last November.
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRES IN BURNABY
Brentwood
w Holdom Community Resource Centre: opened 2008; 5,045 sq ft (2101 Holdom Ave.)
w Brentwood Community Resource Centre: opened 2014; 6,106 sq. ft. (2055 Rosser Ave.)
w Celeste Redman Community Resource Centre: opened 2022; 4,231 sq. ft (2038 Rosser Ave.)
Metrotown
w McKercher Community Resource Centre: opened 2000; 2,500 sq ft (6140 McKercher Ave.)
w Metrotown Community Resource Centre: opened 2014; 11,017 sq. ft. (4460 Beresford St )
w Pioneer Community Resource Centre: opened 2015; 4,704 sq. ft (4535 Kingsway)
Edmonds
w Edmonds Neighbourhood Community Resource Centre: opened 1994; 17,436 sq ft (7355 CanadaWay)
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Don’t miss these weekend events & activities!
SATURDAY, AUG. 5
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, Aug 5 from 6 to 9:30 p.m., pre-registration at 5:45 p.m.
WHERE: The Rec Room at Brentwood (1920 Willingdon Ave., unit 21-06)
COST: Free admission
SUNDAY, AUG. 6
BURNABY LEGION BRANCH 83 BARBECUE
The Burnaby Legion Branch 83 is having a barbecue with hamburgers and all the fixins’ for $12 There will also be a “Mega Meat Draw” and 50/50 raffle, with the proceeds going to Burnaby-based charity Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (PADS) PADS will give a special presentation. At 6 p.m., music bingo will begin.
WHEN: Sunday, Aug 6 beginning at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Burnaby Legion, Branch 83 (5289 Grimmer St.)
COST: For more information, call 604568-2912
MONDAY, AUG. 7
BURNABY VILLAGE MUSEUM
Join the BurnabyVillage Museum for B C Day for an afternoon full of festivities and learning.
Along with the new exhibition,Truths Not OftenTold: Being South Asian in Burnaby on the history and legacy of
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Burnaby’s South Asian-Canadian community, the B C Day events will include Indigenous weaving and crafts, a scavenger hunt throughout the site and a carousel gallery depicting the history of the museum’s carousel (carousel rides are $2.52).
Vancouver Circus School will be on hand to teach some simple circus skills, and the gardener-in-residence will answer
SATURDAY, AUG. 5
BURNABY FARMERS MARKET
It’s time for a delightful and delicious morning filled with the sights and sounds of a community farmers market. Head to Deer Lake, at the Burnaby City Hall parking lot, for fresh produce, baked goods, artisan vendors and more
WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Burnaby City Hall parking lot (4949 Canada Way)
COST: Free admission
all your questions about seasonal harvests. Food truck Indish will be in the Carousel Plaza and live entertainment will play at theVorceTram Stage throughout the day
WHEN: Monday, Aug. 7 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (last entry at 4 p.m.)
WHERE: Burnaby Village Museum (6501 Deer Lake Ave.)
COST: Free admission
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Communitynow
Skateboarders push for Olympic-grade skate park
LaurenVanderdeen lvanderdeen@burnabynow comBurnaby skateboarders are pressing local government for a new Olympic-style skateboard park
OliWard, a Burnaby North Secondary student, and national skateboard team coach, Adam Higgins, were at the July 24 Buranby city council meeting to make a pitch for a competition-style venue for Olympic skateboarding.
Ward, a Grade 11 student and top prospect for the national team, told councillors competitive local skateboarders are in “desperate need” for a skate park that’s built to Olympic standards
He asked councillors to consider building an indoor or outdoor skate park
The Burnaby teen has already competed at the 2022World Championships in Dubai, and he’ll be competing at the 2023 World Championships in Rome this October.
Higgins saidWard has “incredible potential” for the Los Angeles Summer Olympics in 2028 and Brisbane in 2032.
Higgins said Canada is “really lacking” indoor skate parks dedicated to training
“For Oliver to continue to do this, he’s either going to have to relocate to California, or he’s going to have to find some additional indoor training space
so he can keep pace with the rest of the world,” Higgins said Most of the country’s competitive skateboarders train at Hastings Skate Park inVancouver, according to Higgins, not Burnaby’s skate parks at Bonsor and Confederation parks. Canadian skateboarders, includingWard, also train at a park in Argentina.
SKATEBOARD WHIZ
Ward told councillors skateboarding is an inclusive and supportive community.
“Everybody is welcome to skateboard, no matter their gender, ability, age, and their build,” he said, adding that skateboarding has taught him to set goals and work to reach them
“There are unlimited tricks you can learn, and I have to work really hard to learn them It can take me up to weeks or even longer than that ”
Coun. Maita Santiago said it would be “great” to explore more opportunities to encourage kids to begin skateboarding.
Mayor Mike Hurley congratulatedWard on his results from the season and presented him with a certificate of appreciation from the city
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City marks 70th anniversary of Korean War armistice
LaurenVanderdeen
lvanderdeen@burnabynow com
Veterans, dignitaries and community members gathered at the Ambassador of Peace war memorial in Burnaby July 27 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice
The ceremony honoured veterans and committed to remember the war and those who served.
The KoreanWar began June 25, 1950, when North Korea invaded South Korea. An estimated 3 million people died during the war More than half of the deaths were civilians
The ceremony in Burn-
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aby paid tribute to the 516 Canadians who died in the war and the more than 1,000 who were wounded. More than 26,000 Canadians served in Korea
During a moment of silence, attendees turned towards the city of Bu-
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san in South Korea where most of those who died in the war are buried in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery.
After the armistice, about 7,000 Canadians served in peacekeeping duties in Korea.
The ceremony included an anthem singer, bugle major Chris Ahern, youth speakers and a wreath-laying Sen Yonah Martin, whose 2013 bill became the KoreanWarVeterans Day Act to designate July 27 as a day of remembrance, also attended, along with other local, provincial and national politicians and international diplomats
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Longtime Burnaby bakery bids farewell to the community
AbhinayaNatesh
anatesh@burnabynow com
Up on Hastings Street in the Heights neighbourhood in Burnaby is an award-winning local bakery, theValley Bakery serving all kinds of deliciousness.
From buttercream cakes and cookies to pies and breads and everything in between, the local fam-
ily-owned bakery has served MetroVancouver with some of the best European baked goods over the decades
The original owner, George Kuyer, opened the doors to the bakery in 1957 before passing it on to his son, Jack, in 1979.
Since then, Jack Kuyer has braved the storm with the bakery through the
wins and the losses, the ups and downs
But now, after almost 44 years, he is ready to bid farewell to the legacy that he and his family have built
As he rolled out the dough for the last batch of his best-selling tarts, he told the NOW that the bakery will close its doors to the community on Aug.
19 as he is now stepping away for a new role: retirement.
It’s a role he says he is very much looking forward to. Despite the sadness that comes with closing down, Kuyer said he was “too old” now to be working more than 12 hours a day.
Kuyer said he’s going to be turning 73 and is finally getting ready to retire.
Kuyer was already mulling over the idea of retiring and passing the torch on to the next buyer preCOVID, he said, having almost reached a deal. But the pandemic struck, and Kuyer thought he would keep working until things returned to normal so he could sell again
“I tried hard to keep the bakery alive … after me,”
Kuyer said
But the times haven’t been the easiest with inflation, high rents, property taxes and a labour shortage.
He decided to close shop instead, keeping the legacy alive till the end.
Over the years, the bakery has built an “extremely loyal” customer base, he said, one he will miss.
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Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a Sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes.