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No Fantastic Four for Burnaby Stefania Seccia staff reporter

There’s nothing fantastic about the major loss in revenue and potential local spin-off when a Marvel franchise pulled out of Mammoth Studios recently.

The Human Torch and his team will be spotted in Louisiana – instead of Burnaby and Vancouver – as the Fantastic Four reboot left the local studio for better weather and incentives, according to Burnaby’s Mammoth Studios and North Shore Studios president Peter Leitch.

The crew behind the Marvel movie had set up in the studio’s space temporarily, but when script rewrites came in the production company found a better deal down south.

“If it was shot here it would have gone right through until springtime 2014,” Leitch told the Burnaby NOW. “This is a big blow to us in terms of employment and the number of jobs it creates.”

Around the time the Marvel reboot movie was coming back from its script rewrites, the Louisiana government squashed a bill that would have eliminated its lucrative film incentives.

“So now we see why the production company feels more comfortable to go where there’s incentives in place,” he said. “When there’s uncertainty they wouldn’t go, but now they’re comfortable. It makes a big difference.”

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Helping out: Burnaby kids raised money for the Elizabeth Fry camp recently at their lemonade

stand. Back row, from left, Julianna, Mark and Cassandra; middle row, from left, Kiersten, Charlotte and Alessandro; and front, Sophia.

Local kids make sweet donation Cayley Dobie staff reporter

Two young philanthropists are showing residents in Burnaby that it’s never too early to start giving to those less fortunate.

While most kids were out enjoying the sunshine, eight-year-old Mark and sevenyear-old Charlotte Pathyil Johannes spent July 17 raising money for the Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver. The

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Burnaby siblings set up a small lemonade stand with some of the other kids in their Deer Lake neighbourhood, selling the homemade drink to passersby and neighbours. At the end of the day, they had raised $125 for the society.

“We have really nice neighbours and it’s a very nice little community. People just come and give money, so while we were charging 50 cents, most people gave us five dollars,” Ann Pathyil Johannes – Mark and Charlotte’s mom – told the

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Men of Hope cycle for abuse survivors Former Burnaby resident rode for six days to raise money for Sophie’s Place Jennifer Moreau staff reporter

A former Burnaby resident and ex-career criminal rode his bike through town on a charity fundraiser to help male survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Andrew Bhatti, who now lives in Langley, spearheaded the Men of Hope bike tour, a six-day bike trek from Vernon to Vancouver, with stops in New Westminster and Burnaby.

Bhatti’s bike tour wrapped up on July 20 with a fundraiser gala at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre. “(I’m) sore and tired, but I’m glad it’s over. I accomplished it,” Bhatti said.

“Our goal is to carry the message to the survivors who still suffer. This is the hidden secret: men are abused, boys are abused.

Most people think sexual abuse is just women. They don’t focus on the male gender.”

Overall, the campaign raised an estimated $9,300 for Sophie’s Place, a program at Surrey’s Centre for Child Development, which helps children who have been abused mentally, physically and sexually.

Bhatti a former drug addict and criminal, said he turned his life around once he dealt with the sexual abuse he suffered at the

hands of Joseph Douglas Baker, a volunteer Big Brother to Bhatti.

In 2008, Baker plead guilty to charges of sexual assault and inviting sexual touching with one child, and sexually touching two other children – all under the age of 14.

He was sentenced to three years in prison and deemed a predator by the judge. In July 2010, he was granted early parole.

According to Sophie’s Place, one in three girls and one in six boys in Canada will experience some kind of unwanted sexual act before they reach adulthood, and more than 90 per cent of sexual abuse cases go unreported. Children with disabilities are four to 10 times more likely to experience sexual abuse.

In Baker’s case, one of the victims was a six-year-old boy with a developmental disability.

According to Bhatti, many sexual abuse survivors become heroin and crack addicts.

Bhatti said he was addicted for 15 years and spent eight in jail, but only when he got help about the sexual abuse was he able to start his recovery.

Now Bhatti is urging other men to speak out about sexual abuse.

“More people need to come forward. If (men) don’t come forward, they are just going to hide their feelings and emotions, and the offender is not … going to take responsibility for the harm he has done to the child,” he said.

“The more people who come forward, the more people are going

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On the road: Andy Bhatti spent six days biking from Vernon to

Vancouver to raise money for child victims of abuse. Bhatti, a former criminal and drug addict, suffered sexual abuse as a child but turned his life around and now helps other children.

to have a voice.”

Bhatti would also like to see a registry of convicted sex offenders that’s available to the general

public, and not just the police.

For more information on the Men of Hope tour, go to Menofhope.ca.

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For more on Sophie’s Place, or to make a donation, visit www. cdfbc.ca/Sophies-Place.

– with files from The Province.

Bush fires prompt warning from fire department Discarded cigarettes, glass, catalytic converters in cars, sunlight and lightning can all set off fires during dry season Cayley Dobie staff reporter

Tuesday marked the 33rd day without rain, and while for most people in the Lower Mainland no rain is a good thing, the Burnaby Fire Department is reminding everyone to be extra careful when it comes to fire safety.

Firefighters spent Friday afternoon put-

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ting out three bush fires along the railway tracks between Highway 1 and Lougheed.

“Crews responded and put them out,” said Burnaby’s Assistant Fire Chief Darrell Smith.

While the blazes were easily stopped, Smith said blazes similar to those on Friday can start and spread quickly, especially in and around parks.

“Burnaby has a lot of parks, and people walk in the parks and sometimes people smoke and throw the cigarette butts (into the bush),” he said.

Smokers should be extra careful where they throw their cigarette butts and make sure it’s completely out before they toss it to reduce its chances of starting a fire,

he said.

But it’s not only cigarette butts that can start a fire. Other catalysts include sunlight, glass, lightning and even cars.

“The heat from the catalytic converter will start a fire,” he said.

During the summer months people need to be extra cautious when enjoying the outdoors – especially during this dry period in the Lower Mainland.

There are many things outdoors that can catch on fire quickly, he added.

“Things like bark mulch and dried trees,” he said. “The cedar trees, those types of things, they catch fire and they’ll burn extremely fast.”

If someone does spot a fire, the first

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thing to do is assess whether it could be put out easily – if it’s small enough. If it’s gotten too big, call the fire department, Smith urged.

“If they have a bottle of water, pour it on it, but if it’s big, get out of there,” he said. “Call us.”

The Burnaby Fire Department has a wild land team that handles bush fires and forest fires, but Smith would rather not see any fire escalate that much.

“Just be careful with fire,” he said. “…

And enjoy the summer.”

For more information, visit bcwildfire.ca/prevention or check out BCAA’s fire safety tips at www.bcaa.com/ learning-centre/home/fire-protection.

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Burnaby RCMP investigate stabbing at karaoke bar Burnaby RCMP is investigating a weekend stabbing that sent two victims to hospital.

At about 3 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, police were called to a

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tigation the officers found one shell casing, the release states.

Both victims were taken to hospital. The investigation is ongoing, but police are saying

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Lemonade: ‘We are very lucky’ society – and its JustKids initiative, which sends at-risk kids or kids with a parent in prison to the new Blue Sky Overnight Summer Camp.

“It felt pretty good because I’ve never raised that much money in my whole life,” Mark said.

“Even one person gave us 20 bucks.”

And this is just the tip of the iceberg for these young fundraisers.

“We are very lucky, and there’s a lot of people that don’t have a chance to have the stuff that we have like Lego and food and a mom or dad or money,” Mark said.

For the past few years, Mark and Charlotte have been donating half the money they receive for their birthdays to other charities in and around Burnaby.

“We don’t ask for presents, we ask for money instead,” Ann said. “It teaches them a lot about giving stuff away.”

They also help their mother with her work at Elizabeth Fry and donate their old clothes and toys to those less fortunate than themselves.

“As much as they can, they understand what we do at (Elizabeth Fry) and also what lots of other organizations try and do, because I want them to be socially aware,” she said.

“It’s something they like to do.”

For more information on Elizabeth Fry’s JustKids initiative, visit the website at www.just-kids.ca.

threatening stab wounds, according to a media release.

While on scene, police were told that a man fired one shot outside the building, and upon inves-

karaoke bar at 5679 Imperial St. When officers arrived on scene, there was a fight in progress between two individuals. Both were suffering from non-life-

this was a targeted attack.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Burnaby RCMP at 604-294-7922.

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Filming: Burnaby loses Fantastic Four reboot to Louisiana continued from page 1

Louisiana provides extra incentives for U.S.-based stars that the province doesn’t offer.

“We don’t have to match Louisiana’s incentives, but this does suggest that we’re not close enough,” Leitch said. “They have other options.”

Louisiana is also building up its infrastructure, which makes it more attractive and feasible for production companies.

Besides the incentives and competitor’s growing infrastructure, local weather was another factor, Leitch noted.

“As a result of the delay in

the script rewrites, it pushed the shooting dates into the winter, but they needed spring weather,” he added. “So that was a big factor in this particular move.”

Despite the issue of tax incentives again being raised, the province is reluctant to send more cheques to Hollywood.

“The film and television industry received a subsidy of an estimated $350 million from B.C. taxpayers in 2012/13 – roughly equivalent to every British Columbian paying $76 before they’ve even gone to the theatre,” said Finance Minister Michael de Jong in a statement to the NOW.

“An additional $26 million is pro- tive” policy to prevent unaffordvided to the interactive digital able industry support systems media sector.” across Canada.

De Jong said it’s a 600 This year’s provinper cent increase in the cial budget provides $18 level of support since million to help increase 2002 – and as producyouth participation in tion increases, so does the arts, and Creative the taxpayer subsidy.

B.C. will receive $2.3 “It is not a program million, which includes that reduces the tax funding for the B.C. and paid by companies,” he regional film commisnoted. “It is a direct subsions, according to de sidy to companies based Michael de Jong Jong. finance minister on their spending.”

As for what’s coming The province wants up next at Mammoth, to work with Quebec and Ontario Leitch said despite it getting to establish a “rational film incen- harder to attract features, the

studio has been successful with snagging television shows.

“There’s quite a number of TV series in town right now,” he said. “We’ve seen that we’ve continued to be relatively successful with TV, which is good.”

However, Leitch said it’s becoming clear that the bottomline-driven features will shop around for the best deal.

“We’ve got a lot going for us here,” he added. “We have fantastic locations, crews, cast and infrastructure.”

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With great heat comes great responsibility

fire risks.

It’s official. We’ve broken another This year, despite the dry conditions, record – the sunniest July since 1985. By B.C. hasn’t had a campfire ban as of yet.

Thursday, we could break another one, For the first month of summer, people the driest July since 1953. could set up a tent and roast hot dogs to This has been a fabulous summer their heart’s content. so far. Kids are enjoying the That may change this weekspray parks, the outdoor pools Burnaby NOW end, but even if it doesn’t, are full, and there’s no end to fire safety is something we the sunny fun that can be had. all need to keep in mind at this time of Including that favourite of summer trayear. ditions – camping.

When camping, it is always best But sunny skies and sizzling temto take a “leave it as you found it” peratures also bring problems, such as

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approach, and this includes making sure all campfires are properly doused so there’s no risk of an errant spark igniting the surrounding trees or grass.

It’s also important to make sure the area around the campfire is free of brush.

But campfires aren’t the only risk.

Plenty of brush fires and forest fires have been set by a cigarette tossed nonchalantly from a car window.

Last weekend, the Burnaby Fire Department had to put out three brush fires, as mentioned in our page 3 story.

We may live in a coastal city, but in this city, more than 24 per cent of our land is park and green spaces. During the hot and dry summer months, those areas are at risk.

Many of us take great pride in our green city – the lush forested conservation area on Burnaby Mountain, the lakes surrounded by trees and wildlife, the many city parks and play areas.

And we all have a role to play in protecting these spaces – and ensuring they don’t go up in smoke.

Economic plan on shaky ground T

of 45, which means many of he cornerstone of the B.C. Liberal government’s long- them will soon be approaching retirement. term economic strategy is Compounding the problem an expanded liquefied natural is that those retirees will take gas industry, but a new study with them their years of experiunderscores how shaky some of ence. This means foremen and the assumptions embedded in other managers will that strategy are. start leaving the trades The study, comat a disproportionately missioned by the Keith Baldrey higher rate than those B.C. Natural Gas trained but inexperienced workWorkforce Strategy Committee, ers who enter the profession. estimates that an eye-popping The government, in its 75,000 skilled workers will be needed once five LNG plants are recent Throne Speech, promised a “comprehensive 10-year skills operational. training plan” that presumAs well, a further 60,000 ably will deal with this looming workers will be needed in the crisis. So far, however, we have construction phase. yet to see any details of that This represents an enormous plan. amount of skilled workers. Of And the government doesn’t course, the study is optimistic seem to have a lot of room to that all five LNG plants will move on this front any time come in line within a few years, soon. It is desperately trying which is by no means guaranto balance its budget, and the teed. three-year fiscal plan shows that But if even two or three funding for advanced education plants become reality, a large – which funds skills training – is number of skilled workers will actually set to decline by more be needed. than $40 million over the next And this potential development underscores the urgency of two years.

The fact the government the need for government action appears locked in a fiscal box for and funding to address the a few years suggests it may want looming skills shortage that will more say in how universities, soon confront British Columbia. colleges and institutes spend the I’ve written before how our dollars it allocates to them. changing demographics are For example, given that there working against us when it is a surplus of teachers in B.C., is comes to skilled trade workers. it wise to continue to fund as Recent Statistics Canada data shows about two-thirds of those Jobs Page 7 workers in B.C. are over the age

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Job training programs needed

Stop contributing to pet problem

Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:

Where are the paid work experience programs that give people the work experience they need?

I remember taking a job training program called THEO B.C. in 2004. I did a two-month work experience at Value Village. I was hired in April 2004.

This was one of the best job training programs I had taken.

There aren’t any more of them around, and we need more programs like this.

Instead of government spending elsewhere, spend on job training programs with the work experience.

Re: Burnaby pet stores against ban, Burnaby NOW, July 17.

I love that Pet Habitat owner Tom Peters is proud he purchases from the Hunte Corp., which is the biggest puppy broker in North America and has been proven to purchase from puppy mills all over the U.S. and now Canada. There aren’t enough reputable breeders to supply Hunte to ship out approximately 2,500 puppies a week.

If Mr. Peters truly doesn’t have mill dogs in his store, he would show consumers and animal welfare

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Pets coming from mills continued from page 6

activists the paperwork, alas he doesn’t.

If you ask any responsible breeder, they wouldn’t dare sell dogs through a pet store. It’s also against the Canadian Kennel Club Code of Ethics, ever wonder why?

When we petitioned Richmond, we proved that Hunte purchases from large commercial breeders, a.k.a. puppy mills, many with violations on record with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

How does Peters honestly believe he’s not supporting puppy mills? Why is he so stuck on making money off the lives of animals? There are many successful pet supply stores, what makes him hold on to selling puppies?

There are shelters full of pets that need homes, why does he need to contribute to the problem?

I don’t understand why he is fighting so hard for something that is so unethical.

Mia Riback, No Puppy Mills Canada

Problems with pet owners Dear Editor:

Re: Burnaby pet stores against ban, Burnaby NOW, July 17.

Animals being sold in Burnaby pet stores is only one part of the problem.

What happens to the animals after the sale

is where most of the problems and suffering occur.

Pet store owners argue their animals are well cared for and monitored by veterinarians. Activists argue to the contrary.

For us, we will argue the bigger picture.

No matter how well cared for an animal might be at the point of sale, many of these sales (animals) end up being injured, neglected or dumped once the novelty of a new pet wears off or the animal becomes an inconvenience.

This is particularly true of the small animals. These are the ones bought on impulse or as a starter pet for children.

Once they are no longer wanted, the City of Burnaby is woefully lacking in ways to accommodate these unwanted pets. The SPCA can only accommodate one or two small animals at most, and the rest are left up to our volunteer small animal rescue society. If an owner does not know their options or is just looking for a quick way to get rid of the animal, they resort to dumping. This only leads to more tragic consequences as seen at Warner Loat Park where a pair of domestic rabbits was set upon by a man and his dog, as reported in the Burnaby NOW on July 19.

No matter how healthy an animal is, how good a pet shop is, it is the entire pet store sales picture that needs to be considered.

Lisa Hutcheon, Small Animal Rescue Society of B.C.

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many people to become teachers? Or should some of that money be redirected into training people for professions that will provide well-paying jobs for years to come?

Post-secondary institutions jealously guard their independence, but I have to wonder whether the government that funds them will start providing that funding with some strings attached.

If a strong liquefied natural gas industry is indeed the key to B.C.’s economic future (and many are very skeptical about that claim) and if it does require thousands of newly trained workers, the B.C. Liberals better get moving fast on that file.

Hopefully, we’ll have some idea what that 10year plan for improving skills training will look like in the fall.

◆ The old debate over where B.C. Ferries should build its ships has resumed with news the company will need three more vessels.

Some, such as the NDP and the B.C. Federation of Labour, are demanding they be built in B.C. shipyards. Others, like Transportation Minister Todd Stone, say it’s up to B.C. Ferries to decide.

Understandably, B.C. Ferries wants competitive bidding on the projects, which means shipyards in Europe can bid (a German shipyard built the three “C Class” ferries a few years ago). The NDP’s argument about the economic spinoffs that would come from building them in B.C. mean nothing to B.C. Ferries, since those spinoffs have nothing to do with their bottom line.

In fact, allowing only

B.C. shipyards to bid on the vessels’ construction would dampen the competition, since the B.C. yards would have less motivation to submit lower bids, given that rivals in Germany were being shut out.

It’s likely the B.C. shipyards will bid on the vessels, and I suspect they’ll have a better chance of landing the contracts this time around. The vessels are smaller than the C Class ones, and the shipyards’ own infrastructure has expanded and improved since landing those big federal government shipbuilding contracts a couple of years ago.

In other words, they are probably more competitive now – which means they may not need the inside deal the NDP and labour are demanding.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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City ponders use of gas tax Jordan’s efforts over the years to get information from the union about gas tax administration costs and breakdowns on why certain things were funded over others.

“I’ve met with them and asked them to provide (us) with how the criteria of those allocations were given, to show me what the thought process was behind them to indicate how they did appoint scoring systems to be able to accommodate it,” he said. “Now we’re actually getting an opportunity to contribute to how that gas tax fund is spent in the future.”

Jordan agreed with Corrigan and said it’s been back and forth for two years with her and city staff aiding in her inquiries.

“We’ve made some pretty significant discoveries and things actually quite disturbing to us,” she said. “One thing we have accomplished through this whole process, (is) pretty much weekly now on their website there’s something new about the gas tax – and (they’re) putting out press releases on it and giving out info about its past history – things they haven’t disclosed in the last 10 years.”

At the meeting, council decided to send a letter to the union, asking for a one-month deadline extension for the survey so other councils will have adequate opportunity to fill it out.

The Gas Tax Fund was a 10-year funding commitment from 2005 to 2014 of $2 billion per year between all levels of government to provide funding for municipal governments for eligible capital and planning projects such as public transit, infrastructure, energy and solid waste, among others.

The union is working on renewing the agreement before the current one ends.

For more information about the gas tax funds being distributed in B.C., visit www.ubcm.ca.

B.C. municipal group wants feedback on use of $2 billion fund Stefania Seccia staff reporter

Burnaby council has until the end of August to provide input on what to do with a couple of billion dollars – much to the dismay of its mayor and councillors, as there’s only one meeting at month’s end.

The Union of B.C. Municipalities is responsible for administering the Gas Tax Fund in the province. It recently sent out a six-page survey for councils across the province to comment on a range of topics around what to do with the program’s money.

But Coun. Colleen Jordan said Burnaby is one of the few councils in B.C. that actually meets in time before the Aug. 31 deadline.

“How are we supposed to respond with a consensus from this council for a document they put out in the last week of July before Aug. 31?” Jordan said at the July 22 meeting. “It’s going to be very, very difficult to get legitimate positions of councils and information back to the (union).”

Mayor Derek Corrigan said it’s ironic the union has only given councils across the province one month to determine the future of a billion dollars in investment.

“It’s amazing the amount of information that is now on the website,” Corrigan noted about the union’s online presence, which for many years had little to no information about gas tax funds distribution. “It was a deep and dark secret for many years, in which if you sought information (they’d say) if they gave it to you, they’d have to kill you.”

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With a rise in denials in 2012 for the HandyDart service, a group of Burnaby seniors are getting their voices heard at the provincial level.

The Voices of Burnaby Seniors, a communitybased planning table made up of seniors and agency representatives, has written a letter to Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone about the 38,000 HandyDart

service denials last year, which represents about three per cent of total trips delivered. It’s an increase from 1.5 per cent of trip denials in 2011.

“We have been made aware that frail seniors and people with disabilities face severe transportation problems,” Hans Olsen, the group’s chairperson, states in the letter. “Often they are unable to use the public transportation system, and so (they) depend on TransLink’s HandyDart service.”

Olsen said the group finds the denials “unacceptable” and asks both TransLink and HandyDart to remedy the situation.

“Denial of service means that the elderly and people with disabilities miss medical and other appointments, as well as the ability to shop and interact in their community,” Olsen said. “They become virtual prisoners in their own homes, thus adding to the health and social deficit of such people.”

The group sent the letter last week, which urges

sufficient funding be found in the transportation budget to help the seniors and disabled people “so that they can live their lives in dignity and health.”

Derek Zabel, TransLink spokesperson, said there are no cuts coming to HandyDart and the number of trips for customers will actually increase.

“In 2012, the provincial audit of TransLink and the regional transportation commissioner’s efficiency review both identified

potential improvements to our custom transit services to be more efficient and still meet the needs of customers,” he said in an email.

“Supplemental taxi service has always been part of our custom transit service delivery model.”

Zabel also said many customers will experience an increase in service, with a projected 7,000 additional trips for HandyDart customers.

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he Burnaby NOW arts reporter, Marelle Reid, recently chatted with Rob Bracken of Brickhouse about his career and upcoming performance at this summer’s Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival.

Question: You’ve been on the Vancouver scene for a while now, right?

Answer: Brickhouse has been ON MY BEAT on the Vancouver Marelle Reid scene, yeah, for over 20 years now, and we were the house band at The Yale for 10 (years). We do a gig on Thursday nights at The Fairview and we’ve been doing that for, I think, 12 or 13 years.

Q: Where did you get your start?

A: Our first gig was on Bowen Island.

We didn’t even have a name for the band for months, and we were watching the hockey game and we got a call – hey, what’s the name of the band, we’ve got a gig on Bowen Island? – and the guy calling us happened to be listening to the song Brickhouse by The Commodores, and he said, ‘What about Brickhouse?’ and I said, ‘Hey guys, you OK with Brickhouse?’ and they said, ‘Yeah, that’s fine, whatever.’ So, we just kept getting more gigs, and we just forgot to change the name.

Q: How many are in the band?

A: There’s six guys in the band: we have a sax player, a keyboard player, a guitar player, bass player, drummer.

We’ve got all the required seats filled in the orchestra.

Q: How would you describe your band’s genre?

A: That’s a tough one, not that, of course, we’re the most unique band in the world or anything. I would say it’s blues-funk.

That’s been used a number of times to describe our music. It’s a little poppy, we throw a little bit of country flavour in there, too. … Kind of blues, kind of funky, kind of soulful.

Q: What was your first album called?

A: It was called Live from the Belly of the Bullfrog. It was recorded at the Bullfrog Studios where Prussin Music on Broadway is now, just beside The

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Jazz Cellar. Speaking of which, we just played The Jazz Cellar two weeks ago, or a week ago, and it was awesome.

It’s really cool. It seats about 80 people and it’s downstairs, and you’ve got to turn your cellphones off and you’re not allowed to talk during the performance, and it’s really intimate and it’s all about the music. That’s what we’re going for these days.

Q: You’ve been called the hottest party band in town. Can you tell me about that?

A: Oh, yeah, ixnay that. Whoever wrote that should be shot. I hate that, it’s so stupid. Somebody was drunk and had to submit something to somebody, and I don’t know if it was a bar owner or our sax player, and I don’t know. We were the house band at The Yale and we were doing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays late nights, from 12:30 to 3:30 a.m., so we were pushed and groomed and stroked

to be a party band, to be competition for The Roxy or something like that, but on more of a decrepit level.

Anyway, bluegh. However, having said that I hate “Vancouver’s hottest party band,” or whatever it was. Our shows, the focus is really on having a good time, listening to the music – you can sit back and listen to the music – or jump up and freak out.

Our crowd is very eclectic. It’s kids, old folks, people in between, nut bars, geniuses; I mean, that’s just the guys in the band, but I mean, the audience, too.

It’s really quite diverse. You’re liable to see just about anybody at any of our shows.

Q: What can your fans expect at the Blues and Roots Festival this year?

A: I love playing the concerts and stages and stuff like that – festivals, and we always bring our A game, and it will be extremely intense and an absolute laugh riot.

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Q: How many songs will you play in your set?

A: It depends on how inspired the guys are, and you can take that for what it is. Our songs average about five or six minutes, so I guess maybe seven or eight songs.

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A: We play to the crowd. For shows that are more concert-oriented, we usually put a set list together, and the first two or three songs follow that and then it goes out the window, usually.

We play to the crowd and how energetic they are or how receptive they are, if they seem to go crazy for one type of genre or one type of music.

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Tom Wray’s custom-built guitars at fest Marelle Reid staff reporter

Tom Wray is an expert when it comes to wood.

The local entrepreneur started his career in the woodworking industry in 1984 with his own company, Acorn Wood Designs, helped launch the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing at the University of British Columbia in the mid-’90s and has been custom-making guitars for about 30 years.

The collection of wood in his basement workshop is neatly stacked in piles of planks, collected and gathered from around the world – Indian rosewood, German spruce, African mahogany.

It will all be shaped and moulded, varnished and shipped back out into the world again, transformed into something not just beautiful to look at but beautiful to hear.

And it takes time. The average guitar takes Wray three months of full-time work to complete, and most take longer than that.

“You have to be really pernickety,” he says. “If the idea is to get the best sound out of the guitar, you can’t rush it.”

Wray guitars start at $3,500, but the average goes for $5,000, and Wray’s latest project went for $11,000.

Whatever he earns from his handiwork, though, Wray says he does it more for the pleasure of crafting the instrument he knows will come to life in the hands of a talented musician.

“What I love the most is when somebody orders a guitar, they wait for months to get the guitar, and then they come down here, and I put it in their hands and then I watch them play the guitar for the first time,” he says. “That’s where the big satisfaction comes from.”

All told, he has created between 40 and 50 guitars from scratch. In recent years, he’s discovered a niche building custom models for people with special requirements due to physical limitations or special needs. His current client has particularly large hands, so Wray is making his guitar with an extra-wide neck.

“I’m getting more known for being able to help people with physical problems,” he says.

Another customer asked Wray to make a guitar for him with a smaller neck to take the strain off his severely arthritic fingers.

Wray estimates he will be able to play for an extra five years because of the specially tailored instrument.

There are many ways he tweaks his designs to improve the sound and form, but Wray’s signature modification is the rounded top where the musician’s right

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Festival off to early start Cayley Dobie staff reporter

Attendees of Burnaby’s annual Blues and Roots Festival will have to be at the park a little earlier this year, as organizers have decided to start the show an hour sooner to accommodate the number of acts performing this year.

The 14th annual festival kicks off at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, which is a whole hour earlier than previous years, says Jared Bowles, marketing coordinator for the City of Burnaby.

“We’ve got 12 acts this year, instead of 10, so we’re starting a little earlier,” he adds.

The performances, which run on three stages from 1 to about 10 p.m., include musicians from a variety of genres such as R&B, rock, soul, funk and, of course, blues and roots.

Bowles says there’s enough variety for everyone, even those not particularly music-savvy.

“Although it’s called a blues and roots festival, there’s music spanning multiple genres,” he says. “Even some of the acts that people haven’t heard of, they’re really going to enjoy.”

This year’s headliners – Blue Rodeo and Charles Bradley – are great examples of the diversity of music showcased at the Burnaby festival, Bowles adds.

Canada’s own Blue Rodeo broke out

on the scene in the 1980s with a “countrified rock” sound that they’ve been finetuning for more than 20 years. Charles Bradley, meanwhile, is often referred to as the “Screaming Eagle of Soul” and offers audiences a taste of 1960s and ’70s soul and funk.

Gates open at noon, and there will be tickets available for purchase on-site, although Bowles says people should get their tickets before Aug. 9 to cash in on lower ticket prices.

Organizers begin the long task of planning the next festival immediately following the event.

“It’s a 12-month process,” Bowles says. “We work over the course of the entire year to put together a program that’s really going to appeal to, not only the citizens of Burnaby, but the Lower Mainland and beyond.”

This involves booking acts and finding alternatives if they can’t get the musicians on their “wish list,” Bowles says.

“This year we were able to get our wish list pretty quick,” he adds. “At the end of the day, we were really happy with the lineup we set up.”

About 3,500 people attended last year’s festival and organizers hope to reach similar numbers this year. There are still tickets for sale at the Shadbolt Centre Box office, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., or online at www.burnabybluesfestival. com/tickets_2013.htm.

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On stage: The Washboard Union performed at last year’s Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival.

Guitars: Wray has booth at fest continued from page 14

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“I developed that for a guy in Ontario,” says Wray. “He plays music and teaches, and he was developing shoulder and elbow problems.”

Most of Wray’s sales come through word of mouth. He also brings a handful of his instruments to summer music festivals. In August, he’ll have a booth set up, as he does each year, at the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival at Deer Lake Park.

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Planning your day at blues and roots festival Cayley Dobie staff reporter

The Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival is less than two weeks away, and there are some important things organizers want guest to keep in mind this year.

“Planning ahead for this festival is really important for everybody,” says Jared Bowles, marketing coordinator for the City of Burnaby.

The festival, held at Deer Lake Park, kicks off at 1 p.m. this year, with gates – both the main gate on the east side of the Shadbolt Centre and the west gate on the west side of the centre – opening at noon.

Musicians will be performing on three stages, two smaller stages and the main stage.

Performances on the smaller stages – the Westwood and Garden stages – will run simultaneously with each other, while alternating with performances on the Main Stage.

The event features a beer garden, food vendors and an artisan village, which will have a variety of items for sale from local businesses.

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ing guitar-making, face painting and a play structure. Children must be supervised by an adult.

Bowles says that accessibility is probably the most important thing people should be prepared for come the day of the event.

There will be no parking near Deer Lake Park, so guests have a few options to get to the event, including getting a ride, taking transit or riding their bikes.

There will also be a free shuttle to the venue from BCIT’s D, E, F and G parking lots located off of Wayburne Drive.

Shuttles start at 11 a.m. and run right until the end of the event, sometime around 10 p.m.

People are also encouraged to bring sunscreen, hats and jackets. Guests can also bring coolers (as long as they aren’t too big), blankets and low-rise lawn chairs – higher lawn chairs are allowed but only at the back of the stage areas. Refillable water bottles are also permitted, but they must be empty (guests can fill them up at the water stations inside the park), or sealed water bottles.

For more information or tips on what to expect on the day of the event, visit www. burnabybluesfestival.com and click on the Plan Your Day link.

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Arrive early if you want to grab a shady spot under a tree at this year’s festival.

Other ways to keep cool include the refreshment vendors, with plenty of options on site, as well as the ever-popular beer garden.

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Charles Bradley

ZZ Ward

David Gogo

John Lee Sanders

Main Stage 6:45pm-8:00pm

Main Stage 5:30pm-6:20pm

Main Stage 1:05pm-1:45pm

Garden Stage 4:45pm-5:30pm

Charles Bradley commonly referred to as “The Screaming Eagle of Soul,” is a funk/soul/R&B singer signed to the Daptone Records label under the Dunham Records division. His performances and recording style are consistent with Daptone’s revivalist approach, celebrating the feel of funk and soul music from the 1960s and 1970s. One review stated that Bradley “echoes the evocative delivery of Otis Redding”.

He is the subject of a documentary, Soul of America, that premiered at SXSW in 2012.

By all accounts, 2012 was a banner year for up-and-coming blues-hop/soul singer ZZ Ward. She has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, had her music featured on ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars, MTV’s Awkward and in promos for ABC’s hit series Nashville, and completed a 50-date headlining American tour with sold-out dates in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Denver and Nashville.

Ward’s honey-smoked vocals and soulful lyrics ensnare you from the opening moments of the stomping title track and hold you in their hypnotic sway clear through the final notes of the cool, R&Bflavored “365 Days.”

Shakura S’Aida Main Stage 4:00pm-4:45pm

Blue Rodeo Main Stage 8:30pm-10:00pm Blue Rodeo emerged in the early 80’s as a countrified rock band in the era of hair metal and glossy pop.

Despite sticking out like a sore thumb (or maybe because of it), their single “Try” became omni-present on radio across Canada and set in motion a three decade long career of headlining every club, theatre and arena in Canada. In 1993, when grunge rock was squeezing commercial rock off the radio, they recorded their most acoustic album, Five Days In July, and scored their biggest hit selling over a half million copies of that one record alone.

Over the course of the next 20 years, Blue Rodeo has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, sold over 4 million records, won an unprecedented 5 Juno awards as Group of the Year, been handed keys to the City of Toronto and given a Star on Canada’s Walk of Fame. But for them, the accolades and awards pale in comparison to the good fortune of being musicians.

On October 16th, the band celebrated its legacy with the release of a Blue Rodeo: 1987-1993, a box set of their first 5 albums fully re-mastered and repackaged, plus a fully remixed Outskirts, Casino Demos and an Odds & Ends package.

Born in Brooklyn, New York.

Raised in Switzerland. A long-time Canadian who lives in Toronto.

That’s Shakura S’Aida, a truly international artist whose involvement in the Canadian music scene has been ongoing for the almost 25 years. Along the way, she has enriched the jazz, blues and classic R&B communities with her soulful voice, enthusiastic personality and commitment to her deep soul music.

Brickhouse Westwood Stage 1:45pm-2:30pm

The Sojourners Garden Stage 3:15pm-4:00pm

When Marcus Mosely, Will Sanders and Ron Small went into the studio to do background vocals for blues legend Jim Byrnes’ latest Juno Award winning album, House of Refuge, the gospel trio took on an identity of its own.

Dubbed by Byrnes as The Sojourners, they have developed a significant following as a result of ongoing critical acclaim from the CD and ensuing public performances.

Their debut CD Hold On, was released on the Black Hen Music label in Canada, the UK and Europe in September 2007. The album has been nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award in the Outstanding Roots Recording category.

Highlights of the group’s first two years include a definitive show with the Dixie Hummingbirds, opening spots with Jim Byrnes at the Vancouver Jazz Festival for both Dr. John and the Blind Boys of Alabama and featured stages at the Vancouver Folk Festival, the Edmonton Folk Festival, the Canmore Folk Music Festival and the Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival.

David Gogo is one of Canada’s hardest working blues-rock guitarists, and he has a string of remarkable accomplishments to show for it. Gogo has garnered three Juno Nominations, the Saturday Night Blues’ Great Canadian Blues Award for a lifetime contribution to the blues in Canada, WCMA Musician of the Year, and has twice been named Maple Blues Guitarist of the Year. Over the years, he has been chosen to open tours for George Thorogood, Little Feat and ZZ Top and has joined BB King, Bo Diddley, Albert Collins, and numerous others on stage - most recently touring with Johnny Winter on Canada’s west coast. His eleventh release, Soul Bender, is adding even more acclaim to an already impressive list.

Vince Vaccaro Garden Stage 3:15 pm-4:00pm

VinceVaccarolivesonVancouver Island on the West Coast of BC. Whether performing acoustically or backed by a band, his songs are honest and true.

Brickhouse is an original band with a vision. A vision that one day ‘live’music will rule the day…again!! For 17 years, fans have hummed, sung and even lived the songs that bring them back time and time again. Singer Rob Bracken invites you into the ‘kitchen’, where sights, smells and sounds are tossed on a groove and served on a platter. Never without a house gig, always a good time.

Dubbed as “Vancouver’s busiest band” (Storman Norman, Rock 101 Sunday Blues) Brickhouse has won the respect among musicians as a band that makes a difference, where the ‘song’ is the focus, accompanied by individual inspiration. On any given night, old and new friends share the stage to play their part in the classic “Brickhouse” experience.

Multi-instrumentalist, and Emmy nominated composer, John Lee Sanders soaked up the deep roots of the blues through his early years in the Mississippi Delta, Alabama, the Bayous of Louisiana, and The plains of Texas. John Lee seems to have a universal gift to reach audiences from any segment of the diverse musical spectrum. With blues at the core, he kept simmering the gumbo, with the flavors of Cajun, Rock, Gospel, Pop, Jazz, R&B, Soul, Country and a deep love of the traditions, and culture of New Orleans. Coming from a musical family of great story telling, John Lee interwove many of those wonderful stories of the deep south into his deep lyrical content. His songs have WC Handy Blues Award Nominations, 3 BC Interior Music Awards, and a 2004 #9 Blues charted hit.

Ndidi Onukwulu

Jon and Roy

Main Stage 2:30pm-3:15pm

Westwood Stage 4:45pm-5:30pm

There are voices that demand we listen to them. Not to their words necessarily, but to their tone, to the emotional undercurrent that carries with it the soul of the speaker. Ndidi Onukwulu is one of those voices and she sings to bring us back to sounds of our insides. Lyrics reminiscent of the rattling thoughts found in the back of our minds layer in and around organically ground sounds.

She sings of her life experience so convincingly the audience is set to wonder if they too grew up wandering the dense forests of B.C’s most lonely mountain towns. This may be the reason behind her winning the Maple Blues New Artist of the Year award in January of 2007, representing as she does a distinctly Canadian experience; standing astride lines blurred between contrasting cultures and heritages.

The duo arrived in 2005 almost fully formed, with a foundation built upon Jon Middleton’s unique approach to the acoustic guitar and Roy Vizer’s original rhythmic patterns. Their debut, Sittin’ Back, proved to be the beginning of a steady ascent that took flight with 2008’s Another Noon.

The album’s catchy title track was featured in a Volkswagen TV commercial that ran for nine months across the USA, giving the group considerable profile in that country. The success of the album (which also spawned the YouTube hit, Little Bit of Love) led to new fans and substantial critical acclaim for the pair, who toured everywhere in support of the release. Jon and Roy spent eight months crafting a follow-up, 2011’s Homes, a recording that earned them further airtime and exposure on the CBC, NBC, HBO and MTV, as well as a placement in a six month Scotiabank Canadian ad campaign, all in addition to a headlining performance on Canada Day before a crowd of 45,000 in Victoria.

Shaun Verreault Garden Stage 1:45pm-2:30pm

Best known as the virtuosic singer/guitarist/songwriter/producer for Wide Mouth Mason, Shaun Verreault is also an in demand co-writer, clinician, producer and public speaker.

With four major label releases (Warner, Universal and Atlantic), Wide Mouth Mason has sold over 250,000 albums worldwide, garnering two Canadian gold records. As a co-writer in the band and principal lyricist, Shaun has secured national radio charting, including top 10, top 5 and top 3 positions. Shaun has released two solo acoustic albums: The Daggerlip Sketches, and Two Steel Strings, which was recorded live on a vintage train crossing Canada. Shaun’s live touring experience has been amazing. Wide Mouth Mason has toured with many internationally renowned bands, including AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, ZZ Top and Nickleback, American rock band.

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Making music: Above, Evelyn Stephens (on the left) and Claire Chateauneuf display the guitars they made at last year’s Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival. The popular arts and crafts activity is taking place again at the family area at this year’s festival. Right, Amadou and Mariam, a musical duo from Mali, played for the crowds at last year’s festival. Check pages 18 and 19 for profiles and photos of the performers playing at the fest on Aug. 10.

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News workshop, anyone?

HERE & NOW

Jennifer Moreau

Y

ears ago, I organized a community workshop to teach people how to get their stories into the local paper, and I’ve had a couple of requests to do another one.

The first couple of sessions were great. The library hosted, and registration at the second session was full.

I’ve decided to host another workshop this fall. The event is free and for community members or non-profit groups who want to see issues they are concerned about in their local paper.

I teach participants how to identify a good story, how to focus the story idea, how to write a press release and who to send it to, among other things.

I always enjoy the workshops because it’s a great chance to meet key stakeholders in the community, and people often come with fabulous story ideas.

Also, if you attended one of the previous workshops, a lot of the contact information for the Burnaby NOW has

changed. We have a few new faces in the newsroom, and the beats have been juggled around, so I’ll provide updates on that.

If you’re interested in attending the workshop, go to go to www.bpl. bc.ca/events/mcgill to register. To participate, make sure you come with a story idea in mind, and we will work through various exercises to focus your idea. I’ve booked the program room at McGill library branch for Thursday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.

The workshop runs for an hour-and-a-half. Space will be limited, so sign up early.

Summer reading

I received a copy Bead Bai, a historical novel by local writer Sultan Somjee. The story is about an embroidery artist growing up in British East Africa in the early 1900s. This book came to my attention thanks to longtime Burnaby resident Elaine Miranda, who is Sultan’s neighbour. Elaine read the book, loved it and sent this note: “It is a wonderful fictional account of a young girl’s journey from girl to woman to artist. It is set in Africa in the 1930s to 1940s, and it is also an incredible cultural learning experience. I have

since had an opportunity to get to know Sultan on a more personal basis, and he is truly an inspirational man,” she wrote.

The first person to email me with Bead Bai in the subject line will receive a signed copy of the book.

(But you do have to pick it up at our office, which is open Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

Bead Bai is also available on Amazon.com. For more information, go to thebeadbai.blogspot.ca.

Have an interesting story you’d like to share with the community? Send Here and Now items to Jennifer Moreau via email at jmoreau@burnabynow.com.

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Phone: 604.775.0778 Fax: 604.775.0833 richard.lee.mla@leg.bc.ca www.richardleemla.bc.ca

hat better way to celebrate B.C. Day than to get a glimpse of how life used to be?

The Burnaby Village Museum is offering a special B.C. Day Market Monday on Aug. 5, running from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Visitors will be able to enjoy all the usual fun at the museum, strolling the streets of the 1920s heritage village.

For B.C. Day, there will also be plenty of other activities for the whole family to enjoy.

Take part in a “Crack the Code” Morse decoder scavenger hunt, create sound effects at the Foley pit and talk to ham radio operators around the world at the radio lab.

There will be displays on the history of radio and radio technology, plus a Radios on the Rails display by Canadian National Railway, a Miniature Club of B.C. Display, a Canadiana Costume Society display of 1930 Family Radio Night, and the showing of a 1938 film

about radio sound effects.

Visitors will also be able to enjoy a special market, with vendors including Barefoot Books, with books and gifts for kids; Creative Leather Crafts, with leather goods; Nasty Free Naturals, products for body and pets; Sweet Thea Cakes, with pies and tarts; Slavic Rolls, with dessert pastries; and Brenda Lee, with jewelry.

There will be heritage games from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m and an Edwardian bicycling demonstration from noon to 3 p.m.

Entertainment will also be on throughout the day, with a variety of entertainers – including Yo Yo Man, Creole Jazz Band, Ruffle Redbird and Peter G-G, stilt walker – taking part throughout the day.

Gate admission is free.

Rides on the 1912 C.W. Parker Carousel are $2.35.

For more, check out www.burnaby villagemuseum.ca or call 604-297-4565.

Burnaby Village Museum is at 6501 Deer Lake Ave.

Family fun all weekend long

Families can enjoy a variety of activities around the city throughout this long weekend.

A few highlights: " Salvadorean Festival 2013: Put on by the Salvadorean Cultural Society, the

festival celebrates the music, dance, art and food of El Salvador, plus a classic car show and soccer tournament. The event is at the Scandinavian Centre, 6540 Thomas St. from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more info, Weekend Page 27

Market Monday, August 5, 11am–4:30pm

Join us for BC Day! Come check out the locally produced items.

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Fresh ideas: Judy Armitage with daughters Catherine (left) and Elizabeth,

checking out produce at the Burnaby Farmers’ Market last year. The market is on this Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Burnaby City Hall north parking lot.

Weekend: Family events around city continued from page 26

visit the Salvadorean Culture page on Facebook. " Burnaby Farmers’ Market: Running Saturday, Aug. 3 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Burnaby City Hall parking lot, the market offers a chance to find locally grown produce, prepared foods and crafts. There’s live music, a used book exchange, a children’s play tent, a games table and a sitting area with local newspapers. Bring your own shopping bags. See www.artisanmarkets.ca. " KIOSK: This interactive Burnaby Art Gallery installation is outdoors at Burnaby Civic Square, outside the Bob Prittie branch of Burnaby Public Library.

Artist Rebecca Bayer is presenting Give

and Take, giving visitors a chance to take an item, leave an item. Bayer and volunteers are staffing the kiosk from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (1 to 4 p.m. on Sundays). " Burnaby Art Gallery: The gallery’s New Acquisitions exhibition continues this weekend, featuring new works acquired by the gallery between 2010 and 2013.

The gallery is open Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. It’s closed on holiday Monday. " Burnaby Central Railway: Take a ride on Burnaby’s unique miniature train in Confederation Park (find the railway entrance on Penzance Drive). A 10- to 15minute ride costs $2.50 (free for children under three). Call 604-291-0922 or see www.burnabyrailway.org for more.

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