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Pipeline protest has a ‘festive’ feel to it oil being shipped through our community and having an increase in the amount Hundreds of people gath- of tanker traffic through our ered in Burnaby on Saturday inlet. And the storage tank on to protest the Kinder Morgan Burnaby Mountain, we don’t pipeline expansion. want that to triple capacity,” The event started with a Walmsley said. people’s procession in Forest The march had a festive, Grove Park, where protest- celebratory tone to it, accorders followed the pipeline’s ing to Walmsley. route down to a larger rally in “There were a lot of peoWestridge Park. ple in costume, “We are in the there was music, process of buildthere were peoing a mass moveple playing guiment of people tar as we were who are commitwalking,” she ted to stopping IN BURNABY said. “The whole pipelines from thing was really the tar sands, and this was respectful. There wasn’t anya step forward in building body being provocative or that movement,” said Ruth violent.” Walmsley, one of the rally As previously reported in organizers and a member of the NOW, the people’s proBurnaby Residents Opposing cession will be featured in an Kinder Morgan Expansion. art exhibit at the UNIT/PITT Walmsley estimated there Protest Page 8 were about 300 to 400 people in total, by the time the proWhat do the foxes say? cession joined the larger rally, The ‘people’s procession’ and some came from as far as against the pipeline Galiano Island. included costumed “We don’t want this protesters. pipeline. We do not want to Jason Lang/burnaby now assume the risk of having this

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Music teachers rally to protect program Cornelia Naylor staff reporter

Local music teachers are urging parents to speak up to save the Burnaby school district’s unique elementary school music program. Teachers fear the program, which sees every kindergarten to Grade 7 student in

the district get an hour and a half of music instruction every week, will be decimated as the school board looks to cut $3.1 million from its operating budget. “We want the trustees to realize how much parents value what we already have and that we don’t want to lose what we already have, as we have seen in other districts,” Suncrest Elementary music teacher

Pam Hetrick told the NOW. She has written a letter urging parents to contact trustees to let them know how they feel about their kids’ music education. The Burnaby school music program is unique in the province, Hetrick said, in that it offers kindergarten-to-Grade 7 instruction in all schools, and each school has a dedicated music room and qualified music

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Two young drug traffickers have been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Brandon Nandan and Shakib Shakib were originally charged with first-degree murder in the 2011 death of 20-year-old Burnaby resident Branson Sanders but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge after the Crown concluded its case at a preliminary hearing in Surrey provincial court. Sanders was attacked with a machete, over a dispute involving drugs, at the Nandan family’s house in the 18000-block of 55th Avenue in Cloverdale. Nandan’s parents were in Edmonton at the time. Nandan and Shakib were both 19 at the time. During the attack, Sanders was heard pleading, “Please bro, I’m going to bleed out.” His badly burned body was found in a forested area near Robert Burnaby Park on Dec. 2, 2011. During the sentencing hearing Thursday,

in Surrey, Judge Michael Hicks noted that lenient. At least I saw the handcuffs go on.” With time served, Shakib will serve five Sanders’ body was so badly burned it had to be identified by his fingerprints, and the years and 100 days, and Nandan, five years and 169 days. cause of his death couldn’t be deterShari Blanthorne, who lives in the mined. Burnaby townhouse complex where It is not known who brought his Sanders had lived, said the killing has body to Burnaby and set it on fire. devastated many neighbours. Hicks accepted the Crown and “Losing Branson was a huge big defence’s joint submission for a sixdeal for my children, for all of the year sentence, minus time served. He kids in the complex,” she said. “It’s described the killing as a “grave crimdestroyed our community. inal offence that shocked the com“This is just awful. munity.” Before passing sentence, he One of the victim’s friends, Luis read out portions of Sanders’ mothRamirez, slammed the sentence. “It’s er’s victim impact statement. a joke, man.” “What was done to Branson shatHicks found that both Nandan and tered my world,” Hannele Sairanen Branson Shakib are remorseful. He said he wrote. “What is my future without Sanders took into account “their stated determy son? “I will remain forever inconsolable,” she mination to learn from the events.” A Surrey boy, who was 16 at the time of told the court. “Our family is forever broken.” the killing, is set to be sentenced next Tuesday After the hearing, outside court, Sairanen for his role in the crime. His name cannot be was not satisfied with the sentence. “Canadian published as the Youth Criminal Justice Act justice, I guess,” she told reporters. “Kind of shields his identity.

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CN wrapped up its cleanup on Saturday and recovered most of the 83 cubic metres of coal spilled into Silver Creek and Burnaby Lake, following a train derailment in January. The coal recovery work finished on April 11, and on Saturday, CN put the finishing touches on restoration work. The Jan. 11 derailment was caused by heavy rains and a breached beaver dam that washed out the railway tracks close to Brighton Avenue and Government Street. Seven cars derailed, and three tipped over, spilling coal chunks and dust into Silver Creek, which feeds into Burnaby Lake. CN hired Triton Environmental to assess the spill and create a cleanup plan that accommodated fish and wildlife in the area, and Quantum Murray, a waste-management company, was hired to remove the coal. According to CN’s coal recovery plan, authored by Triton, obtained by the NOW through a freedom-of-information request, there were 82.8 cubic metres of coal spilled into Silver Creek, Burnaby Lake and the Brunette River. Most of the coal (76 cubic metres) was washed downstream into the lake, and about 5.5 cubic metres were left in Silver Creek. There was also a thin layer further downstream in the Brunette, which drains into the Fraser River. Of the total volume of spilled coal, Triton deemed that 81.4 cubic metres were recoverable. As for the final recovered volumes, CN spokesperson Emily Hamer said the com-

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Cleanup efforts: CN’s restoration work is complete, and the banks of Silver Creek have

been reinforced with rocks. The beaver dam that caused the derailment is nowhere to be found, and the beavers have apparently moved on. pany met the cleanup criteria set out by the Environment Ministry and that “miniscule amounts were left in the water” but couldn’t provide any exact figures. However, she did say 140 tonnes (nearly 400 cubic metres) of coal and sediment were recovered and sent to a “local permitted disposal facility.” According to the initial plan, some areas were considered too sensitive to work in with-

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that may be hibernating in the underwater sediment. Work was done to stabilize Silver Creek, meaning the banks have been built up further from the tracks and reinforced with large rocks, and the beavers that caused the derailment appear to have moved on. The restoration plan also included cleaning the culvert and removing trees deemed hazardous. The NOW also obtained documents from the Transportation Safety Board, through an accessto-information request, that showed CN’s engineering services knew about the beaver dam prior to the accident. “The beaver dam had been removed by engineering services personnel several times during the past year and had been inspected by engineering services less than 24 hours before the derailment,” stated Kirby Jang, the board’s director of investigations operations, in a letter to Luc Bourdon, Transport Canada’s director general of rail safety. According to Jang’s letter, there was another track patrol scheduled for the evening before the derailment, but that didn’t happen because the track patrol vehicle had a mechanical failure. According to the letter, CN also has a “beaver activity assessment program,” which only deals with beaver dams that are out of sight from the railway. Engineering personnel deal with anything within sight of the tracks, and the dam that caused the derailment was close to the tracks and visible from the railway line. The Transportation Safety Board suggested Transport Canada “may wish to review the effectiveness of the training provided to those responsible for inspecting and assessing the hazards posed by beaver dams.”

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More than 100 tiny Western painted turtles were removed from the nesting area at Burnaby Lake, close to the coal spill.

The endangered turtles had to be moved to a facility in North Vancouver, so that CN’s consultants could use the beach to access the

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City responds to concerns over new towers Jacob Zinn staff reporter

While the first of two 53storey towers in Brentwood Town Centre has yet to be approved, the City of Burnaby is addressing recent concerns from area residents about the proposed development. At Monday night’s council meeting, Burnaby city council approved a recommendation to forward the city manager’s report – in response to February’s jam-packed public hearing – to the developer, Shape Properties, as well as residents who spoke at the hearing. Council was to give second reading to the rezoning application at its March 3 meeting but instead voted unanimously to table the application until a report was prepared to acknowledge the issues. The comprehensive report addresses density, height, traffic, transit, emergency access, environmental impacts and infrastructure, among other potential problems raised at the hearing. It also provided a history of open houses and public hearings in relation to the Brentwood

Town Centre since 2010, and assured that throughout the application process, the public will be given numerous opportunities to comment on the development. “Often times, people will say, ‘I wasn’t consulted, I didn’t know,’ and a report like this really outlines how many public meetings and public hearings there were in relation to all of these projects,” said Mayor Derek Corrigan. “This is a city that’s known for its consultation process.” The report states that once a suitable development plan is accepted by the city, a public hearing will be held for the second residential tower. Additional hearings and open houses will be held for each phase of development, and residents and businesses will be notified of them along the way. In regard to density and height, the report notes that the application is consistent with the guidelines of the Brentwood Town Centre plan and fits within the allowed 70-storey height. It also states that a traffic impact and transportation analysis “is required for each major rezoning appli-

cation in order to review requirements related to vehicle access, parking, loading, and cycling and pedestrian facilities for a site, as well as any necessary traffic signal or roadway upgrades.” Corrigan acknowledged traffic was a major concern of residents. The first tower is proposed to be constructed atop a threestorey commercial podium at the corner of Willingdon Avenue and Halifax Street, just north of the busy Lougheed Highway. “I think some of the issues that surround the potential expansion of Willingdon need to be dealt with,” he said. “I think we need to see how that might influence calming in regard to some streets that are impacted by additional traffic.” If the rezoning application is approved, the site is expected to become a “highly integrated, transitoriented development,” with easy access to the Brentwood SkyTrain station and on-street bus service. The Burnaby Fire Department has approved a master fire truck access plan for the site.

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being sold as fiscal prudence in an age Perhaps reality TV shows and Kevin of austerity, but on a per-resident basis, O’Leary weren’t the Canadian cultural the monthly subsidy for the CBC works touchstones and content cash cows the out to about $2.70. CBC hoped they would be. By contrast, if you’re excited to see The public broadcaster announced what Trevor Linden is going Thursday it would be cutto do with the Canucks in the ting 650 staff to make up for a next couple years, Rogers is $130-million shortfall, thanks Burnaby NOW going to require that you hand to losing the NHL broadcast over a small monthly fortune to subrights, lower than expected ratings and scribe to their premium sports channels. good old-fashioned government cutSome, however, are gleeful at the backs. blood on the floor at CBC. It is freThis “starve the beast” mentality is

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quently the target of accusations of left-wing bias because its reporters have the audacity to run stories about climate change or attempt to ask questions of Stephen Harper. Those same CBC opponents probably don’t recall when many of those same reporters led the charge against the Liberals during mid2000s sponsorship scandal when $100 million in taxpayer dollars disappeared into Liberal-friendly ad firms. The fact is, the Mother Corp., as they call it, has provided tremendous value

– whether you’re into sports, arts, knowing about government shenanigans or moronic reality TV shows starring Kevin O’Leary. And, let us not forget, CBC has been the only link for small towns and outports for decades. Longrunning features such as Land and Sea have kept the Canadian quilt from fraying when U.S. dogma appears to be saturating every media outlet in the nation. Every time we cut from the CBC, the whole of Canada shows the scars. – Guest editorial from the North Shore News

It’s time to help the vulnerable IN MY OPINION

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very now and then an issue suddenly pops up in our political arena that leaves you scratching your head, wondering about the government’s apparent lack of compassion and common sense. One of those issues materialized in the legislature recently, and it involves single parents, disability assistance and child support payments. Here’s the situation: a single mother lives on a $1,240 monthly disability allowance and receives $200 in a monthly child support payment from her ex-partner. Yet the government swoops in and takes that $200 back. That $200, of course, is much more precious to someone on such a low income. For someone getting $1,200 or so a month, that’s almost 20 per cent of their income. The government argues this policy of deducting maintenance payment from income assistance programs “ensures that people are accessing all other forms of income before relying on taxpayer-funded income assistance.” However, it is unclear exactly

how people on disability assistance are expected to “access all other forms of income” given their particular disability may prevent them from actually working. Thousands of people appear to be caught in this catch-22. Some presumably are having a far tougher time making ends meet than others, but most are mired in deep poverty. Recently, six of those people – all single mothers – came to the legislature to make their case. And the six women all had sympathetic tales to tell. Surrey resident Rachel Goodine has a court order stipulating her ex-partner must pay $500 a month to assist their four-year-old daughter. But the government takes it all, leaving her with $1,241 in assistance that has to cover $800 in rent, leaving just over $400 to pay for food, clothing, toiletries, phone and transportation. That $500 is supposed to assist in the raising of her daughter, but not a penny actually goes to help her. And not a penny of Crystal Pennicard’s $145 monthly child support payment goes to help her two daughters aged five and 11. Their stories were all fairly bleak. One Burnaby woman says out of desperation she stayed in an abusive relationship with a man because he provided enough food for her children

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Re: Willingdon should have been ours – mayor, Burnaby NOW, April 4. If Mayor Derek Corrigan had in fact had a legal, “right of first refusal” or any other legal right the courts, one would assume, would permit its exercise. However, any experienced Realtor would have advised the mayor that “expressing an interest in a property” in no way obligates a seller. Those that look without offering are known in the business as “looky-loos.” In my extensive experience, most clients that lacked basic real estate knowledge would have consulted with a Realtor and would have found

out that buyers genuinely interested in a property should have a binding contract of purchase and sale in place, subject to the property meeting certain conditions prior to carrying out any “due diligence” lest another buyer come along and buy the property. The mayor may be in for another rude awakening when he tries to foist his bully pulpit agenda on the new owners the way he does the citizens or others hoping to do business in Burnaby. Donald G. MacKay, Realtor, Burnaby

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR NOW, April 2. Not too many of us would disagree that there seems to be a plethora of organizations out there competing for donations. Hardly a day goes by that someone somewhere isn’t calling our household asking for a contribution to what it is hoped will become our charity or cause of choice. It has been a trend of 20 years and more created in the main by the continuing withdrawal of government funding of well-established non-government organizations, and compounded by an increase in newly formed community-based agencies to replace social services reduced or abandoned in the name of “prudent” spending or “balanced” budgets. Another factor of donation dollar dryup is undoubtedly the shrinking population that can afford it. At the front end are the poor and the jobless, including young graduates who are unable to find work for which they are trained. And at the back end are retirees who, because of a (often sharp) decrease in income, can less afford to donate as much as they used to. Indeed, if Canadian employers continue their strident and stubborn push-back on pensions, including the Canada Pension Plan, it’s not unlikely that many future retirees will become applicants for rather than financial supporters of charity. And sandwiched between the two is the middle class. But here too the financial pinch of less and less affordability takes its toll. They may be better able to absorb rises in living costs that affect us all, such as hydro, property taxes, transportation, MSP, housing, auto insurance, and so on, but each rate increase means less discre-

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Consider the chickens Dear Editor:

Easter is almost here, conjuring up images of traditional coloured Easter eggs. But before you pick up your eggs from the grocery store, please consider the hens that produced them. Approximately 96 per cent of egg-laying hens in Canada are kept in the most appalling conditions imaginable. Five to seven hens are crammed into wire “battery” cages, crowded so tightly together that they can barely move or even flap their wings. They spend their entire productive lives of one to one-and-a-half years eating, sleeping and defecating in the same tiny space. They are so crowded that almost all their natural behaviours are denied them – dust-bathing, scratching in the earth, spreading their wings, and most importantly, nest-building. Scientific research has conclusively proven that the stress caused by being denied an opportunity to nest causes significant suffering in caged hens. The tips of their beaks are painfully sliced off to curb cannibalism caused by overcrowding. Other problems too often include painful osteoporosis, respiratory problems from the build-up of urine and feces and feather loss. It doesn’t have to be this way – consumers have a choice. Purchase certified organic or SPCA-certified eggs which have much higher welfare standards, including no cages or, better yet, choose not to purchase eggs at all. Debra Probert, executive director, Vancouver

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(she left after a year because it became too much for her and now is back to existing on practically nothing). Another woman admitted to reporters that she has been in such desperate straits that she once shoplifted diapers and baby wipes, resulting in her now having a criminal record. One woman, Dianne Terrillon, found herself caught in a dire situation when her son’s father fell six months behind in his payments. To his credit, he eventually paid up almost $1,200 but the entire amount was then deducted from her next disability cheque, reducing her monthly payment to a paltry $49 to cover her family’s expenses for an entire month. In the legislature chamber, NDP MLA Michelle Mungall cited the plight of these women and made

a persuasive case that the clawback policy should be revisited. She pressed the issue with Social Development Minister Don McRae, to the point where he seemed to lose his temper during question period. Mungall also chastised Premier Christy Clark for her defence of the clawback, at one point accusing her of “smirking” about the whole thing (a comment Mungall was forced to withdraw). McRae was more contrite with reporters afterwards, pleading the case that his ministry simply didn’t have a big enough budget to forgo the child support clawbacks. Eliminating the clawbacks would cost $17 million annually, which is not an insignificant amount of money. But perhaps the solution here is to establish some sort of financial threshold that would allow

single parents (mostly mothers) on disability assistance to keep at least some portion of those child support payments. Perhaps the threshold could be set at $200 a month, or $300, which represents a huge amount of money for someone trying to raise a child on a meager monthly assistance cheque. Sometimes a government simply refuses to acknowledge a problem or a solution just because it has been raised by the Opposition. Hopefully that’s not what’s happening here. The premier continues to insist her government is all about protecting the interests of families. She has a chance here to demonstrate just that, by revisiting a policy that hurts the most vulnerable of those same families. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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Protest: ‘A lot of hard words’ continued from page 1 where tankers fill up with crude, and many left their protest signs at the site Projects gallery in Vancouver. At the Westridge Park rally, Burnaby before heading back the park for the end Mayor Derek Corrigan spoke, and repre- of the rally. Kinder Morgan operates the Trans sentatives from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation Mountain pipeline, which has were present, as was Burnabyrun oil from Alberta to Burnaby Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart. since the 1950s, but the com“There were a lot of hard pany wants to twin the line and words there, but they tried to is proposing a new route through make it entertaining for people, Burnaby. The move would nearly too,” said Stewart, adding that the triple the system’s capacity and movement against the pipeline is increase traffic on the Burrard growing. “People are now seeInlet, from five oil tankers to ing it’s a real proposal. They are 34 a month. The expansion also seeing it’s something they don’t includes plans to increase capaclike. They are seeing the National Energy Board process is really Kennedy Stewart ity at the storage terminal on Burnaby Mountain, all of which tilted in favour of the companies, Burnaby MP does not sit well with Walmsley. and they are coming together get“There’s no benefits to us, the citizens ting ready to push back at this.” The procession then headed down Cliff who are living here. We are assuming all Avenue, towards a flotilla of protesters on of the risk for basically almost nothing. We the water in the Burrard Inlet, organized are not willing to assume the risk and we by North Shore NOPE, another residents’ are doing everything in our power to stop group against the pipeline expansion. this,” she said, adding she is very commitThe marchers then headed to the Kinder ted to non-violence. twitter.com/JenniferMoreau Morgan’s Westridge Marine Terminal,

Music: Cuts worry teachers continued from page 1

said, as the district looks to cut $3.1 million from its operating budget. Proposed plans unveiled by the district at a public budget meeting last Wednesday include cutting 8.8 non-enrolling teacher positions, which include music teachers, librarians and resource teachers. And at a recent principals meeting, Hetrick said principals were told music teachers and librarians could end up splitting NIS, the 1.5 hours of mandated prep time classroom teachers have every week. “Right now it’s completely covered by music, which means I see every child for an hour and a half a week,” Hetrick said. “It means I can actually have a program where they learn. They have fun, but they’re also learning musical skills that I build upon, and that’s what makes it a successful program is that I have that time.” She said a similar move in Vancouver not too long ago decimated that school

district’s music program as school officials chose to cover NIS with library time. She doesn’t want the same thing to happen in Burnaby and believes local parents feel the same way. “I think parents do realize the importance of music,” she said. “I think what parents don’t realize is that they might be losing it.” The district proposed a range of possible cuts totalling $4.4 million at last week’s budget forum. The biggest savings would come from a proposed increase to class sizes at the secondary level, which would eliminate 16 full-time teaching jobs and save nearly $1.5 million. Trustees and union officials alike blamed provincial under-funding for the district’s projected $3.1 million shortfall. The final cuts will be announced at the April 22 school board meeting. twitter.com/CorNaylor

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Simon Fraser University eyes new rec centre Jennifer Thuncher contributing writer

Simon Fraser University may soon have a new athletics and recreation centre. A proposed deal between the university and a yet-to-be-announced proponent is set to go before the school’s board of governors later this spring. The deal would see SFU provide a 65year lease on land adjacent to Discovery Park on which a commercial building could be built in exchange for the construction of a 50,000-square-foot recreation facility at the west end of Terry Fox field. According to Pat Hibbitts, SFU’s vicepresident of finance and administration,

the cost to construct and bankroll the recreation centre would normally be between $20 and $25-million, but under this proposal it will be done at no cost to the university. In other words, if the deal goes through, SFU gets a rec centre built for free by a proponent, and the proponent gets a chunk of SFU land on which to put a business. Hibbitts said she could not release the name of the chosen proponent to the NOW until the deal has been voted on by SFU’s board of governors, but an online notice references the recreation centre in exchange for the construction of B.C.’s first chiropractic school. Hibbitts said feedback gathered from

the students, faculty and staff throughout February showed that 70 per cent are in favour of the proposal. Reaction from SFU criminology and police studies student Denise Wong was mixed. “I just think it will be a great and safe area for future students to be in, but to be honest, most students, unless they are living on campus, won’t stay after class. It’s too far away from everything else. “There needs to be an incentive for them to stay like free showers that are not disgusting and mouldy,” said Wong, adding she no longer uses the Lorne Davies Complex because of the condition of the aging facility. Hibbitts said the new recreation facil-

ity would not only take pressure off the overcrowded Lorne Davies Complex but would also be designed alongside renovations to the complex planned as part of the SFU student society, Build SFU initiative. “The athletics and recreation facility will provide much needed space that will not only revitalize recreational programming but will allow the necessary swing space to begin the process of renovating the original (circa 1965) facility,” she said, noting the deal will be voted on at a coming board meeting, either May 29 or June 26. If it passes, shovels could be in the ground by spring of 2015. “If it doesn’t pass, then it dies on the vine,” Hibbits said.

Aquilini group part of Willingdon lands deal Jennifer Moreau staff reporter

Two First Nations that bought the Willingdon lands in Burnaby have brought a third party into the deal – the Aquilini Investment Group. “It’s a real partnership. They have a lot of the capacity to move things forward,” said TsleilWaututh chief Maureen Thomas. The Musqueam and TsleilWaututh nations teamed up to buy the 16-hectare patch of

Crown land for $57.9 million, and now they are working with the Aquilini Investment Group to help with the redevelopment plans. It’s too early to say what will happen at the site, as nothing’s been decided. The property sits at Willingdon Avenue and Canada Way and is home to the Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addiction, the Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre and a provincial mental health assessment centre. The

centres will continue running for the next three years, until the provincial government’s lease ends, but the buildings are at the end of their lives and will likely be torn down. After that, the nations can start developing the site, with the help of the Aquilini Investment Group. Brennan Cook, vice-president of acquisitions and development with the Aquilini Investment Group, said the three parties are equal share partners, meaning they all own a third of the land

and any future development. Cook said it’s too early to say what will happen at the site in terms of development. “We’re going to spend the next three years working with the city to determine what the best use of those lands are. People have talked about the hospital, people have talked about BCIT,” he said. “We will explore a variety of options for the site.” The city has some say over any future development through the zoning process. The property

is not currently zoned for residential use, but it is for commercial office space. As previously reported in the NOW, the sale took Mayor Derek Corrigan by surprise, as the city had been in talks with the province to purchase the site. But when the province approached the First Nations, as per consulting protocol, they expressed interest to buy, and the deal was announced in late March. Follow Jennifer Moreau on Twitter, @JenniferMoreau

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ormer Burnaby resident Mark Schnarr heads Alpha Technologies, Burnaby’s fastest growing company. Alpha creates, installs and services technology backup systems for telecommunications, cable and security industries – the company provides backup power for traffic lights, for example. The tech company started out in founder Fred Kaiser’s basement in the ’70s and is now a Canadian powerhouse with 600 employees on its payroll, 500 of those employed in South Burnaby at the company’s headquarters in Riverfront Business Park. Fifty-seven-year-old Schnarr has been president and CEO of the company for the past seven years, during the company’s greatest period of growth. The NOW caught up with Schnarr to talk about Alpha, and his and the company’s attachment to Burnaby. Here is an abridged version of that conversation. JT: The company’s growth in the last five years has been nothing short of remarkable. In 2009 Alpha had revenue of $34 million and by 2013 boasted earnings of $220 million. What accounts for that growth? MS: There isn’t any one silver bullet. That said, when I took over, sales were falling and inventory was rising, and there were a lot of issues, but we changed the strategy and the structure and hired new people. Very importantly, we set an agenda that had priorities. Instead of being all things to all people, we decided to develop a strategy where we really focused in on a couple of markets, the telecommunications, broadband and cable marketplaces, and managed those very well. JT: Tell me a bit about having the company based in Burnaby. MS: All the offices that Alpha has had, that Fred Kaiser has had, have all been in Burnaby. When he came here 35 years ago, he bought a house in Burnaby, and he has houses all over the world, but he refused to sell that house because it is the first one he ever owned. I don’t know if Burnaby itself offers any kind of specific advantages; it just seems like we have been able to find office and warehouse space and manufacturing space that matches our requirements. I did have an ongoing beef with Burnaby and the transit authority because when you look at the area we are in (Big Bend), there is no bus service there. It looks like

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we are getting it. The City of Burnaby and the chamber of commerce have done a lot to help us there the last couple of years. JT: You live in Vancouver now but were raised in Burnaby. What is your connection to the city? MS: I grew up in Burnaby. I moved to Burnaby from Ontario when I was five or six. I went to Seaforth Elementary, St. Thomas More Collegiate and SFU. When people ask me where I am from, I always tell them I am from Burnaby. I played all my sports in Burnaby. I played hockey and junior lacrosse. Burnaby has a pretty fond place in my heart and always will. JT: What do you predict for Alpha over the next few years? MS: We continue to see a pretty bright future. When you think about it the telecommunications industry, the broadband, the cable industry, they are all growing. Just take wireless, for example, we back up cell sites in the event of a power outage so carriers can continue to garner money in the event the hydro goes down. We don’t see any kind of slowing when it comes to cellphones. There is so much going on in

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JT: You were with Telus for 30 years prior to Alpha, so you have been in business almost 40 years. That is a long time. What advice do you have for a startup company?

continuously improve if you don’t have disciplined processes so that is another piece. Obviously, a winning culture is important. You have to develop a culture where you are not afraid to grow and you aren’t afraid to innovate, you aren’t afraid to take some risks. And good people are obviously important. The least important is probably technology. It helps to have a great technology, but best technologies don’t always win.

MS: Whether you are a startup company or one that is growing, for me there are a few things you have to get right. One is a good, sound and simple strategy, one that everyone can understand. Second, you can’t

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that marketplace. It continues to grow, and we continue to look at garnering a pretty big segment of that growth, and I continue to be excited about our future.

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Get involved in local gov’t Jacob Zinn staff reporter

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Awareness Week allows residents to contribute to their community “at a level that really matters to them.” “Everything at the city level really pertains to everyone’s life, in terms of recreation, greenspace, roads, beautification of our environment – it all has to come from the civic level,” she said. “I know a lot of young people are becoming more interested in the environment, and they’re coming out and finding a voice.” Coun. Dan Johnston stressed the importance of engaging with residents and showing them how they can have their say in the decisions of the city. “The more we can do at the local level and encourage people to come out, the better it is,” he said. Last year’s event focused on the local economy and how supporting Burnaby businesses can benefit the community. Proposed activities for this year include a city proclamation, an online “civic engagement portal” and an open house at the election office to educate locals on the municipal election in November.

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You likely saw the announcement of the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival lineup in the April 9 edition of the paper. If you missed it, Big Sugar, Matt Andersen and Bettye LaVette get top billing for the festival, coming Saturday, Aug. 9. Local blues fans will be

pleased to know that it’s a hometown performer who’s opening up the mainstage lineup for the summer festival. Steve Kozak was born and raised in Burnaby, graduated from Burnaby South Secondary and has lived in the city most of his life. He was the Maple Blues Award Winner for New Artist of the Year, presented by the Toronto Blues Society in 2013. He has released his fourth album, Lookin’ at Lucky, a compilation of original compositions and favourite blues covers.

“I am very pleased and looking forward to opening up the 2014 Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival on the main stage,” he wrote in an email to the NOW. Watch for more on Steve and the rest of the performers as the festival draws closer. And if you want to know more about the festival or get your tickets early, heck out www.burnaby bluesfestival.com. Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie, jmaclellan@burnabynow.com, or find her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.

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The thin line between life and death rch care pulls motorcyclist through For as long as he can remember, 29-year-old Imran Valli has had a passion for being on two wheels. As a boy, he loved riding bicycles, on the road and sometimes down mountain trails. Last year, Valli took lessons and began riding a motorcycle, which quickly became one of his favorite pastimes. But on November 10, 2013, after sustaining a serious injury while motor bike riding, he was ﬁghting for his life at Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH). The accident happened when an oncoming car suddenly moved into Valli’s lane. “I hit my brakes to try and avoid impact but there just wasn’t enough room to stop. I knew I was going to make contact and there was nothing I could do to prevent it.” Though Valli wasn’t going fast and was wearing full protective gear, when he arrived at RCH his injuries proved to be very serious and he was sedated for three days after the accident. He required a tube to assist his breathing, as well as a tube in his chest to drain blood due to a torn lung. He also had broken ribs and had chipped several bones. But the most severe injury was the damage to his liver. If RCH doctors hadn’t been able to get the bleeding in his liver under control, his injuries could have been fatal. “Looking back, I was straddling the line between life and death,” says Valli. Three days after the accident, Valli regained consciousness and began working towards his recovery with the hospital’s staﬀ. He recalls how moved he was

“I hit my brakes to try and avoid impact but there just wasn’t enough room to stop” - Imran Valli, RCH patient

A close brush with death has left Imran Valli deeply grateful for family and friends as well as for a healthy body.

by the skill, patience and compassion of the nurses at RCH. “I mentioned to one of the nurses in passing that I liked to sleep with my socks half oﬀ when I was at home. One day at the hospital, I fell asleep with my

socks fully on my feet and woke up with them half oﬀ because the nurse had remembered our conversation. For them to know my comfort level in that much detail shows how truly committed they are to the well-being of their patients,” he says. ■

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RCHF stronger than ever chair belle puri says goodbye After nine years on the RCH Foundation Board of Directors, ﬁve of them as Chair, I look back with pride and excitement about what we have accomplished as a team. One of our main goals was to have British Columbians understand that Royal Columbian Hospital is more than New Westminster’s hospital. RCH is a provincially designated referral centre, one of only two Level 1 Trauma Centres in the province. It serves one in three British Columbians. At a recent RCH fundraiser held in his city, the mayor of Abbotsford said, “We have a great community hospital, but we know if something really bad happens we will need to go to Royal Columbian.” Over the past few years we have succeeded in evolving our Board to include a vibrant mix of corporate and industry representatives and young professionals from many of the municipalities served by RCH. All of them care very much about the hospital and are excited to

be a part of the RCH Redevelopment Project. When complete, the redevelopment will be the biggest healthcare infrastructure project ever achieved in BC and one of the largest in Canada. RCH is a hospital that provides the highest level of care to the most critically ill from across the province, trains UBC medical students and has one of the busiest heliports in Canada. I leave the Board this June with some sadness, but also with the knowledge that the hospital that generations of my family have counted on for over 100 years, along with so many other BC families, has a great future ahead. That future will be built by outstanding medical practitioners and staﬀ, and dedicated donors who continually and generously give their support. It has been a privilege to serve. Belle Puri, Chair, Board of Directors

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RCH Foundation Board of Directors 2013-2014

Adrienne Bakker moves on president & ceo leaves a strong legacy After 10 years of visionary and outstanding leadership, Adrienne Bakker left her position as President and CEO of Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation (RCHF) in mid-March. She has accepted a position with a national health foundation.

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Adrienne’s years at the helm of RCHF were characterized by a tenacious and savvy approach to raising funds for the hospital, which now serves more than one-third of BC’s population and is poised for major redevelopment and expansion. During Adrienne’s tenure, the Foundation raised more than $33 million, which beneﬁted such critical areas as ICU and cardiac surgery. Laurie Tetarenko, previously Vice President of the Foundation, is Interim President and CEO until the RCHF Board of Directors recruits a new CEO. “The Foundation is strong and we have the capacity and the commitment to work towards reaching our fundraising goals,” says Laurie. ■

Belle Puri, Chair Doug Eveneshen, Vice-chair Dwight Ross, Treasurer Meldy Harris, Secretary John Ashbridge Frank Butzelaar

Sharon Domaas Erin O’Halloran Larry Kozak Steven Osachoﬀ Gary Pooni Helen Sparkes Dr. Laurence Turner

RCH Foundation Executive Laurie Tetarenko, Interim President & CEO Barbara Becker, Director, Campaign Eleanor Ryrie, Manager, Philanthropy

Your Health Matters is published twice annually by RCH Foundation. If you have any questions or story ideas you would like to share with us, please contact our oﬃce at 604.520.4438 or e-mail info@rchfoundation.com. Articles by Catherine Atyeo. Design by Paula Heal. Photography by Jerald Walliser unless otherwise noted.

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rch auxiliary:

A tradition of giving for 111 years

RCH teen volunteers from left to right: Jyoti Deol, Harmit Kainth, Cindy Wong, Harnek Bhupal and Lee Treanor. Absent from photo: Sadie Farina, Eileen Ong, Desiree Rosales and Vivian Sam. Photo: Rob Kruyt.

Teen volunteers bring positive energy to RCH students value exposure to patients and staff Any hospital can benefit from an infusion of youthful energy and enthusiasm, and at Royal Columbian Hospital that’s provided by a group of committed teen volunteers. The best thing about teen volunteers at Royal Columbian Hospital is their ability to bring enthusiasm to the position, according to Karen Crosby, who coordinates the work experience program at New Westminster Secondary School. Karen has been able to watch the eight-year-old program grow and allow more students to benefit from being “volunteens” at the hospital in recent years. “When the program started, there were only two or three volunteens helping out on a single floor of the hospital. All of the students were having such a great time volunteering that we’ve increased the number of students to nine,” says Crosby.

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Harmit Kainth, a grade 12 student involved in the volunteen program, is thankful for his work experience in the hospital as he plans to pursue a career in medicine after high school. “I was initially interested in volunteering because I have several family members who have lost a lot to cancer, so I know how tough the hospital experience can be,” he says. Jyoti Deol, another volunteen, knows that the work experience gained from the program will be invaluable in the future. “We do things like talking to patients and making sure they’re comfortable. I really love working with the patients and feeling like you’ve made someone’s day better just by talking to them,” she says. Lee Treanor, another volunteen who has been helping out at the hospital since October 2013, believes that the teens bring a lot of enthusiasm and energy to the job. “Being able to help patients is wonderful, and I enjoy every moment of volunteering at RCH,” he says. ■

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Since 1903, the Royal Columbian Hospital Auxiliary has been the strongest and most long-term supporter of the hospital, raising more than $4 million to date. Last year, the Auxiliary committed to an impressive $160,000 for equipment for the hospital, and over the year Auxiliary volunteers put in an astounding 39,021 volunteer hours. “The volunteers do it because they love it,” says Marlene Braidwood, Auxiliary president. “They don’t look for recognition.” The Auxiliary raises funds through four retail/donation outlets: the New to You second hand store (oﬀ site) and the gift shop, lottery booth and book cart, all located in the hospital.

Auxiliary volunteers in the gift shop: back from left Patti Walters and Joan Larke and in front Lorraine Black. Photo: Rob Kruyt.

As well as fundraising, the Auxiliary has a support program that oﬀers coﬀee, tea and comfort for patients and their families in critical and ambulatory care. The Auxiliary also runs patient comfort programs, which provide clothing, renal belts, head scarves for chemo patients, heart pillows for cardiac patients, cakes for newborns and an array of craft items sold in the gift shop. ■

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Plan to give. Plan to touch lives over generations. planned gifts allow rch to fund medical innovations that have a major impact on patient care One of the most powerful and enduring ways that a donor can give to RCH is through a planned gift – an intentional act of deep generosity that will change and save lives over generations. The life-changing effect of planned gifts – whether through a will or other estate planning – cannot be overestimated, says Laurie Tetarenko, Interim President and CEO of the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation. “Planned gifts are a very important part of our fund-raising efforts,” she says. “Through these gifts we can fund state-of-the-art equipment and important medical innovations, as well as training and educational opportunities for medical staff.”

Hazel Emerson

Since RCH now serves a third of BC’s population and is about to embark on a major redevelopment to meet patient needs for the coming decades, planned gifts are more important than ever. For individuals considering making a planned gift, the option of having their gift benefit areas that have meaning for them is of primary importance. RCH Foundation staff are available to spend time with individuals considering a planned gift to explore what is meaningful for them. They may select a specific program or area of care, or they may choose to let the hospital decide where their gift can be used best. “We recognize that many people can’t necessarily make a gift to the hospital in their lifetime. But planned gifts are a way for them to be assured that they are making a critical difference in the lives of many people well into the future,” says Tetarenko. ■

a teacher’s legacy

Andrea Langevin (right) and Hindy Binning are grateful that a planned gift furthered their professional development as psychiatric nurses. Photo: Rob Kruyt.

and thanks in part to planned giving... ← Being in a hospital is often not easy for patients and their families. Their time at RCH is made a little easier by the Patient Resource Centre. The Centre provides three computers for patients and their families to use. They can check their emails

mally invasive catheter techniques rather than the patients being treated by open surgery. Cardiac patients are treated for irregular heart rhythm and blockages. The specialized equipment in the MPIS allows the cardiologist to test various trigger points within the heart and pinpoint the area causing the misﬁring of the heart and treat it. Prior to this Fraser Health patients had to travel to Vancouver to have these procedures.

and also look up resource information, such as local accommodations and medical information related to their health issues. WIFI is also available. The walls are lined with pamphlets, booklets and brochures covering health information, hospital services and community health services. “As funding is limited, Volunteer Resources would not be able to expand their patient services without the help of planned gifts. The Patient Resource Centre allows the patients to stay connected with their family and community during their stay at RCH.” ~ Kathy Corbeil, Manager, Volunteer

Resources. ■

← Hazel Emerson’s long life – when she died in 2008 she was 97 – was marked by giving and helping others. While she had no children of her own, Hazel gave all her energy and heart to decades of teaching primary A retired teacher, Hazel and secondary students in Lower Mainland schools. Emerson’s passion for Hindy Binning and Andrea Langevin never had the learning inspired her to opportunity to meet Hazel Emerson - but they are set up an educational keenly aware that they are benefitting from her decifund. sion to leave a legacy to the Royal Columbian Hospital. The two registered psychiatric nurses love their work and have built a career at RCH. Hindy has worked at the hospital for 18 years and Andrea for 15 years. Thanks to support from the Hazel Emerson Education Fund, the two nurses were able to attend the 2013 World Congress for Psychiatric Nurses in Winnipeg. “Psychiatry is an ever-changing field and professional development is imperative,” says Hindy. “Funding for professional development has allowed me to feel camaraderie in a field that has faced significant stigmatization.” “It gave us an invaluable opportunity to connect with mental health nurses from around the world to share strengths and ideas about the unique work that we do,” says Andrea. ■

↑ The Multi-Purpose Interventional Suite (MPIS), made possible in part by planned gifts, is a shared space between Cardiac Electro Physiology and Neuro Interventional Radiology. This suite has provided a state-of-the-art environment to treat stroke patients and brain aneurysms with mini-

“Our Foundation and the donors who contribute to it are the lifeline of our hospital. I have been to many conferences throughout the U.S. and always come home to RCH with a sense of pride and confidence knowing that we are providing state-of-the art, evidence-based diagnostics and treatment to our patients.” ~ Karen Bevan-Pritchard, Site

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Irene Lowe

former nurse gives a gift for future patients ↑ Inspired by a 50-year association with RCH – both as a nurse caring for patients and a patient herself – Irene Lowe decided to leave a legacy for future generations. “I know the level of care that patients receive at RCH. Both my children were born there, I underwent a surgery and was cared for in the Cardiac Care Unit after I had a heart attack,” says the retired nurse, mother, grandmother and visionary. Irene is keenly aware that RCH cares for 1.6 million people in British Columbia, and is responsible for treating the most critically ill and injured patients in the province in the areas of trauma, cardiac and stroke care, high-risk maternity and premature babies. “From experience, I know that the hospital always needs extra funding. People are living longer these days and need to know that they can rely on their hospital to provide them with the care they need,” she says. ■

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Variety - the Children’s Charity helps RCH care for its youngest preemies and families youngest babies cared for at RCH, those between 23-25 weeks gestation. They are special because they allow care teams to keep the baby inside the incubator for diﬃcult intubation and minor surgical procedures. And because no heat is lost when doors and portholes are opened, parents are able to have skin to skin contact with their baby without fear of compromising the baby’s carefully maintained microenvironment. This gift also supported RCH’s Maternal, Infant, Child, Youth Emergency Response Fund, which provides essentials for low-income families who have children in the Variety NICU or Pediatric Unit. ■

Linda Flack, Manager, Heart Fund & BC Family Residence Program, Variety—the Children’s Charity (second from left) presents Barbara Becker, Director, Campaign, Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) Foundation (far left), Queenie Lai, Health Services Manager, RCH Variety Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) (second from right) and Dr. Vinod Kesavan, Department Head, Pediatrics, RCH, (far right) with a cheque for $136,387.83. These funds purchased two Giraﬀe incubators for RCH’s Variety NICU. These incubators are used for the

RBC Foundation helps Royal Columbian Hospital launch new electrocardiogram technology Prabhjot Wong, RBC Branch Manager, (third from left), Keith Richmond, Vice-President, Commercial Financial Services, RBC, (third from right) and RBC Branch Manager Peter Zivanovic (second from right) present Dr. Amin Aminbakhsh, Head of Non-Invasive Cardiology and Echo Cardiology, Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) (far left), Robyn Brinkac, Supervisor, Diagnostic Cardiology, RCH, (second from left) and Barbara Becker, Director, Campaign, Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation with a cheque for $20,000 for a new electrocardiogram cart. This new cart is one of eight needed for RCH to become fully compatible with the new MUSE Cardiology Information System currently being implemented across Fraser Health, which will enable Fraser Health sites to securely share patient ECG information. This will mean faster diagnosis and treatment, and testing closer to home. RCH performs 54,000 electrocardiograms per year. ■

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Care comes full circle

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Few are the times that an individual has the experience of being both a doctor and a patient at a hospital - but Dr. Idan Khan, a Royal Columbian Hospital trauma physician, has been both. In January 2013, Dr. Khan suffered an arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) after playing squash and had When an arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) landed Dr. Idan Khan in his own hospital, he realized to be taken immediately to more than ever that cardiac care at RCH is second to none. RCH, where doctors and staff performed life-saving medical care. “I have experienced the cardiac system and been ‘small’ feeling of a community hospital, but with the resources of a tertiary care centre,” says Dr. Khan. through cardiac care at RCH. I got to see the doctorRCH, which is home to the busiest cardiac intervenpatient experience from the other side,” says Dr. Khan, who had an implantable defibrillator inserted after his tion unit in British Columbia, is also one of the three busiest hospitals in Canada, providing 5,100 heart surgery to help support his heart. catheterizations annually. Thankful for his treatment at A highly respected and senior ER physician at RCH, Dr. Khan knows that because of the exceptional the hospital, Dr. Khan had a new appreciation for care at the hospital, he will be able to work alongside the staff at RCH following his recovery. “It was great the highly dedicated and expert staff who saved his life care, everyone was top-notch. There are multiple for many more years to come. ■ doctors and medical students, as well as residents managing your care. I like to think we still have that

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Local performers shine in sparkling Annie ARTS IN REVIEW

Julie MacLellan

want to adopt them all. I’m pretty sure everyone who was in the audience for the opening night of Royal City Musical Theatre’s Annie on Saturday felt the same. The orphans were the undeniable standout in a production so full of highlights that to describe it would pretty much require every synonym for “marvellous” I can find in the thesaurus. So let’s just get those words out of the way, shall we: Amazing. Astounding. Spectacular. Wonderful. Awesome. Fabulous. Exceptional. Extraordinary. Stunning. Sensational. I could go on, but you can look up the rest of the synonyms for yourself. They’ll all be true. Anyone who attends Royal City Musical Theatre performances regularly will know to go in with high expectations. This production, the company’s 25th anniversary celebration, surpasses even that standard. Its success is due in large part to the killer cast of youngsters it assembled for the part of the orphans – starring Julia MacLean in the title role. Julia has the voice, the charm and the stage presence to pull it off with aplomb, and her renditions of Maybe and Tomorrow were spot-on. She’s joined by an outstanding orphan ensemble that includes Burnaby’s Avril Brigden and Aubrey Maddock, along with Lucy Gill, Nathalie Joyal, Taylor Robinson, Maya Schwartz-Dardick and Sydney Waack – and, most notably, by Julia’s own real-life little sister, Jaime MacLean, in the role of the smallest orphan, Molly. (Anyone who didn’t want to scoop up Molly and take her home with them has a

harder heart than I do.) Their song and dance routines were note- and step-perfect, and their performances were a delight from start to finish. The adult stars had the unenviable task of living up to the adorableness of their junior counterparts – and luckily for them, they were more than up for the challenge. The ensemble was full of such talent that any one of the “background” performers could easily have starred in a show; Burnaby’s Gavin LeClaire in particular stood out as Drake. As the “bad guys,” Caitlin Clugston’s Miss Hannigan and Mike Kovac’s Rooster were particular delights; their vocal prowess and their body language stole the show more than once. Fortunately, the “good guys” were equally well represented in the persons of New West’s own Cassady Ranford as Grace – her sweetness and her clear, pure-toned voice were used to great effect – and by Burnaby’s Steve Maddock as Oliver Warbucks. Maddock is such an experienced performer that you expect greatness when he steps on the stage – and, rather like the production itself, he exceeds even his own high standards this time out. The warm chemistry between him and his young co-star Julia elevated the performance from “excellent” to “more than worthy of the opening night standing ovation and then some.” The performances are backed by the once-again stellar performance of the live orchestra, under the baton of James Bryson for the 25th time. Add in the lighting design of Gerald King, the sound design of Tim Lang, the always outstanding sets of Omanie Elias and the gifted costuming of Christina Sinosich – and, well, it’s a hard-knock life for a critic looking to find anything to complain about. The production was

dedicated to the memory of the late Ed Harrington, former artistic director and one of the founding members of the RCMT company. Director Valerie Easton has done his memory proud. Somewhere, I suspect, Harrington is beaming – and probably dancing along. For all the details, see www.royalcitymusical theatre.com. To buy tickets, call 604-521-5050 or buy online through tickets. masseytheatre.com.

Tim Matheson, courtesy Royal City Musical Theatre/burnaby now

Hard-knock life: The orphans, led by Julia MacLean (front, in red sweater) as

Annie, are a standout of the Royal City Musical Theatre production of Annie. Burnaby’s Avril Brigden and Aubrey Maddock are in the orphan ensemble.

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Learning through fun at open houses CLASS ACT

Jennifer Moreau

he school district is hosting a series of fun events to get children learning through playful activities. The open-house events are a partnership with Fraser Health, Science World, the library and the city’s parks and rec department. Parents can bring their children to partake in interactive displays and have the chance to meet early childhood education experts, while connecting with other families. The next session is Thursday, April 17, from 9:15 to 11:15 a.m. at Cascade Heights Elementary (4343 Smith Ave.). There’s another session on Tuesday, April 29 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Gilmore Community School, 50 S. Gilmore Ave. The last event is Thursday May 8, from 9:15 to 11:15 a.m. at Capitol Hill Elementary, 350 S. Holdom Ave. All events are free. For more information on the district’s early learning programs, go to www. burnabyschools.ca.

Gilpin plant sale

The parent advisory council at Gilpin Elementary is hosting a plant sale to raise money for the school. The sale is Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Gilpin, 5490 Eglinton St. They will be selling hanging baskets, which make a good gift for upcoming Mother’s Day, and there will be bedding plants, tomatoes, herbs and plants for kids, too.

School board hopeful?

Longtime readers of the Burnaby NOW may remember the story we did back in 2011 on Elias Ishak, the Burnaby South student who was alleging his school censored an article he wrote on Middle East politics for the school paper. Elias has kept in touch over the years and writes the occasional letter to the our paper. He’s now 21 and is studying at UBC

with plans to go to law school, but we’ve also learned he’s considering running as an independent candidate for school board. “I would like, if nothing else, to use the position to encourage people to think for themselves,” he said. Elias has to have someone nominate him before he can officially throw his name in the ring, which he plans to do in August, closer to the next civic election.

New chancellor

Here’s a bit of news from on top of the hill: Simon Fraser University is appointing Anne Giardini as chancellor this June. Anne is a forestry executive and lawyer, and succeeds former B.C. finance minister Carole Taylor, who has served as chancellor since 2011. Anne was Weyerhaeuser’s chief lawyer before she became president of the company. She also chaired the Vancouver International Writers Festival.

Geography pros

Three Burnaby students have made the final cut for the Great Canadian Geography Challenge, set for April 17. The students are Moscrop’s Khalid Boudreau, Alpha’s Kyle Peach, and Burnaby North’s Adrian Yeung. (You may recognize Khalid’s name, as he was mentioned in the NOW last November for making an important bird-watching discovery about the endangered American white pelican while on summer vacation.) The geography contest takes place online, and the winners get scholarships and the chance to represent Canada in the National Geographic World Championship in 2015.

New face

There’s a new face at the Burnaby NOW. Cornelia Naylor is taking over the education beat, which includes writing this column. Cornelia was a reporter at the Chilliwack Times. So send all your Class Act items and schoolrelated news to cnaylor@ burnabynow.com. You can also find her on Twitter, @CorNaylor.

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Charlie Sigvardsen of Charlie’s Chocolate Factory presents a giant Easter egg to Cheryl Carline, president and CEO of the Burnaby Hospital Foundation. The egg is worth about $400, and Charlie (longtime owner of the local chocolate factory) decorated it himself. He wanted the foundation to have it to help raise money for the hospital his children were born in. Larry Wright/bur naby now

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gets in through the edges of the sunroof’s opening. TOM: There’s no way to completely seal up the sunroof, since it’s essentially a hole in your roof. So all sunroofs have channels that drain out whatever water does get in there. Those channels can be checked and blown out with compressed air. RAY: If that’s not it, another thing to look at are the seals around the doors. If the weatherstripping is

accumulating in there. And if a few inches of water builds up in the door, it easily could spill over onto the floor of the passenger compartment. TOM: So have someone check the drain holes in your doors for you. RAY: If the door drains are clear and there’s no water in there, then you might check the sunroof’s channels. The water channels in your roof are supposed to drain away the water that

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roof. When it rains, or when I go to the carwash, my car fills with water. It sounds like there is water sloshing around inside the passenger door. During heavy rain or while driving at high speeds on a wet freeway, the rear passenger floor gets absolutely soaked. The water then moves forward to “dampen” the front passenger floor. I know what you’re going to say: “Replace/repair the sunroof first.” OK, I will. But just in case, what else could it be?

A28 • Wednesday, April 16, 2014 • Burnaby NOW

CALENDAR OF EVENTS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 The Compassionate Friends, Burnaby chapter, is a grief support group for parents who have experienced the loss of a child, at any age. A sharing circle meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. South Burnaby United Church Hall, at 7551 Gray Ave., Burnaby (use the side entrance). We need not walk alone. Contact Grace: 604-574-0099, Burnaby@TCFCanada.net.

THURSDAY, APRIL 17 Opening reception at Burnaby Art Gallery, for Arts Alive, a showcase of student artwork, and Saskia Jetten, an exhibition of the work of the contemporary printmaker. Reception runs 7 to 9 p.m. at the gallery, 6344 Deer Lake Ave. Info: 604-297-4422, www.burnabyartgallery.ca.

McGill Branch of the Burnaby Public Library, 4595 Albert St. On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 exploded in mid-air, killing all 329 passengers and crew, including 82 children under the age of 13. Renee Saklikar was 23 years old when her aunt and uncle were murdered in the bombing. Her first book of poems, children of air india: un/authorized exhibits and interjections, explores the nature of individual loss and the public trauma in which it is situated. Join Saklikar and Capilano University faculty members Melanie Fahlman and Ed Lavalle for a fresh perspective on this heartbreaking chapter in Canada’s history, part of the Capilano Universe Series. No registration is required, but come early as space is limited.

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Arts Alive, a showcase of student artwork, at Burnaby Art Gallery, 6344 Deer Lake Ave. Info: 604-297-4422, www. burnabyartgallery.ca.

Lawn bowling registration, for South Burnaby in Central Park at Kingsway and Inman Street, at 7 p.m. Registration is also possible on Friday, April 25 at 10:30 a.m. For info, phone Brian at 604-4336658.

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Saskia Jetten, an exhibition of the work of the contemporary printmaker, upstairs at Burnaby Art Gallery, 6344 Deer Lake Ave. Info: 604-2974422, www.burnabyart gallery.ca.

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Jimmy Rankin, the acclaimed East Coast entertainer performs at 8 p.m. at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, $32, or $27 for students and seniors, in advance; regular prices $35 and $30. Tickets: 604-205-3000, www.shadbolt centre.com.

children of air india: un/ authorized exhibits and interjections poetry reading, from 7 to 8:45 p.m. at the

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APRIL 25 TO APRIL 27 Lyrids Folk Dance Festival, at the Gizeh Centre, 3550 Wayburne Way, Burnaby, with a chance to learn new dances from Serbia and Turkey. New and experienced dancers welcome. Festival includes Balkan singing and drumming workshops, plus a dance party Saturday night featuring Kafana Republik. Catered meals featuring dishes from Serbia and Turkey, plus a marketplace selling music, costumes and more, are also part of the weekend. Sign up for the whole weekend for $175, or for individual workshops. Call Dale at 604496-4236 or see www.lyrids folkddancefestival.org.

SATURDAY, APRIL 26 Giant flea market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Maywood Community School, 4567 Imperial St. Lots of bargains. Admission is 50 cents. Door prize. Concession. Tables are $10. Call 604-664-8208 to book.

SUNDAY, APRIL 27 Plant sale, by the South Burnaby Garden Club from 10 to 2 p.m. The event will be at the BuyLow’s parking lot at Royal Oak Avenue and Rumble Street, featuring perennials, bedding plants, herbs, garden tools, birdhouses and more. Club members divide their plants to give participants low prices.

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Oral Storytelling Circles, at the Bob Prittie Metrotown branch, 6100 Willingdon Ave. From 3 to 4:30 p.m. Philomena Jordan will share her songs and poetry from her own childhood and from the rich heritage of Ireland. This is the first in a series of storytelling circles hosted by the Burnaby Public Library. It is a drop-in event and everybody is welcome. No registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided.

Community spring cleanup, hosted by the Edmonds People In Community Residents Association (EPIC). Registration opens at 9 a.m. at Gordon Presbyterian Church, 7457 Edmonds St. Event starts at 10 a.m., followed by a barbecue at noon provided by the Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society.

RCM Alumni’s Annual Scholarship Recital, at the Shadbolt Centre, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., show starts at 7:30 p.m. in room 102. Enjoy an evening of music by senior students achieving top marks in their 2013 exams. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, and $30 for families. Reception to follow the recital. West Coast Symphony, at Queens Avenue United Church 529 Queens Ave. in New Westminster. Under conductor Yariv Aloni and featuring Anne Goldsmith and Pam Aloni on violin and cello, the group will perform the St. Paul Overture by Mendelssohn, the Double Concerto by Brahms, and the Symphony No. 3 by Sibelius. Admission by donation, show starts at 7: 30 p.m. For more information, call 604-5221606. Book launch, for Burnaby poet Diane Tucker’s Bonsai Love, 7 p.m. at the Cottage bistro, 4470 Main St., Vancouver, featuring Tucker and singer-songwriter Rodney DeCroo. Info: www. harbourpublishing.com.

Family-friendly festival, come out and support the Council of Parent Participation Preschools in B.C., a local non-profit and registered charity. The council is hosting a festival at the old Riverway West Elementary School, 4340 Carson St. From 1 to 4 p.m. there will be lots of entertainment, including Music with Marnie, Peter Rooke the Magician, the Tumble Bus, bouncy castle, carnival games and much more. For more info on the council, visit www.cpp preschools.bc.ca. Phoenix Chamber Choir, in concert at Queens Avenue United Church, 529 Queens Ave. in New Westminster. Concert repertoire ranges from the Baroque to the contemporary, including many Canadian works. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door. Adults $20, seniors/students $15, and children $10. For more information, call 604-5221606

MONDAY, MAY 5 Resilient Minds in Tough Times, at the Bob Prittie Metrotown library branch, 6100 Willingdon Ave. from 7

to 8:30 p.m. Celebrate Mental Health Week at this free workshop presented by the Burnaby Public Library and the Canadian Mental Health Association VancouverBurnaby. Learn about the benefits of emotional resilience and why it is important, generate tools to build your personal resilience, create a framework to set resilient goals and get an introduction to laughter yoga and mindfulness meditation. Registration is required. Register by phoning the Metrotown branch 604-436-5400 or register online at www.bpl.bc.ca.

SATURDAY, MAY 10 Songs of Sinatra, a tribute by Rick Valiant, with special tribute guests and the Blue Morris Swing Band, doors at 6:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. in the Grand Room at the Columbia, 530 Columbia St., 604-525-2262, www. thecolumbia.ca. Tickets $25.

TUESDAY, MAY 13 BadGut lecture, put on by the Gastrointestinal Society. From 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dr. Brian Bressler will discuss the physical and emotional effects, nutritional needs, and treatment options. There will be time to ask questions. Anyone with ulcerative colitis and their support circles, and health care professionals are invited. The event is free but registration is required. To register, visit www.badgut. org/events/events.html. Do you have a non-profit listing? Send information to calendar @burnabynow.com. Allow three weeks’ notice.

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GARDENING

Tips for getting a better raspberry crop berry. I thought it might be a lack of pollination, but our blackberries, red currants and scarlet runners produced more than we could eat, and I watered and manured them the same as the raspberries. Any ideas about what it is that I’m missing? – Forston Tylor, North Vancouver Answer: Raspberries have some ability to be self-fertile, although they produce far

GREEN SCENE Anne Marrison

Question: Last year we had tremendous blossom development on our raspberries, but then nothing happened – not one

more and larger berries when pollinated. Even without pollination, you should have had a few tiny, half-hearted attempts at berries. Did you actually see bees around your raspberry flowers? Disease is my main suspect. I wonder how old your raspberry canes are. The older raspberry canes get, the more likely viral disease becomes. If you acquired new raspberry

plants, planting them in the old raspberry bed would have exposed them to whatever problems the old canes had. Symptoms of viral problems include curly leaves, yellowing leaves or yellow mottles and streaks on leaves. You might try digging up one old raspberry and checking whether the roots show round root galls. This disease can be spread

from wild blackberries. I wonder what kind of manure you used and whether it had been composted for a while before it was spread. Fresh manure can cause problems. Certain manures such as chicken, sheep and llama manure, can actually burn roots if spread fresh. I’d suggest experimenting by buying one, new certified virus-free raspberry plant and planting

it in another part of your garden far away from your under-performing raspberry bed. It would be helpful to clean any tools used on the old raspberries with a bleach solution before using them on the new raspberry or its new area. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions sent to amarrison@shaw.ca It helps if you can add the name of your city or region.

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APRIL 18 GOOD FRIDAY At St. Timothy Anglican Church 4550 Kitchener St., Burnaby 10:30 AM Refreshments 11:00 AM Good Friday Stations of the Cross APRIL 19 HOLY SATURDAY 7:00 PM Easter Vigil APRIL 20 10:00 AM Baptism and Holy Eucharist ALL ARE WELCOME Please note that there is no service at St. Stephen’s on Good Friday.

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32 Clan falls to UBC

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Local para-athlete wins award Cayley Dobie staff reporter

Burnaby wheelchair basketball star Amanda Yan received a high honour from the B.C. Wheelchair Basketball Society last week – the Wheelchair Basketball Canada True Sport Award. The True Sport award is an annual award given to an elite athlete who demonstrates a commitment to fair play and inclusion, according to the society’s website. This is the second award Yan’s won recently. Last month, she was named the B.C. Wheelchair Basketball Society’s Female Athlete of the Year. “It’s a huge honour,” she told the NOW on Monday. “I was shocked when they called my name.” Yan was bashful as she described the evening she received the female athlete of the year, adding the plaque listed a number of exceptional athletes and she couldn’t believe she was now among those listed. “I was really touched I was selected,” she said. When Yan isn’t in class at the University of British Columbia or competing around the world, she spends her time visiting elementary and high schools in the Lower Mainland, sharing her story and her passion for

Cayley Dobie staff reporter

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Athlete of the year: Burnaby’s Amanda Yan dribbles the ball during a 2012 match at the Canadian

Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Richmond. Yan, who was recently named the B.C. Wheelchair Basketball Society Female Athlete of the Year award, will be representing B.C. once again when the championships return to Richmond in two weeks.

wheelchair basketball with school kids. “I think it’s really important to share my story because I can’t change what happened,” she said. Yan has been playing wheelchair basketball since 2011, after a snowboarding accident nearly six years ago left her paralyzed from the waist down. Since the accident, Yan has been very active both

as an athlete and a role model. In 2012, she won the Canadian Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Championships while playing for the B.C. Breakers. Last year, the Breakers placed fifth in the annual event and this year Yan said they’re looking to reclaim the gold medal when the tournament returns to Richmond in two weeks.

“I’m pumped,” she said. “It’s really exciting to play in front of friends and family. It’s just nice to be home.” In addition to her recent awards, Yan was also named to the CIBC Team Next in 2013, a national program made up of 67 athletes from across the country. Yan and the B.C. Breakers, which includes

Paralympians Jessica Vliegenthart and Janet McLachlan, will take on teams from across the country on April 25, 26 and 27 at the Richmond Olympic Oval. The Breakers kick off the tournament at 1 p.m. on April 25 against Saskatchewan. For more information and a full schedule of games, visit www.2014cwwbc.com.

Mountain marks second loss of the season The Burnaby Mountain girls’ soccer team fell 8-0 on Thursday against rivals New Westminster. The New West girls dominated the field on Thursday after taking possession of the ball off the Lions’ opening kick. Hyack Grade 11 student Juliet Davies opened scoring against the Lions in the eighth minute of the first half, after the Mountain keeper managed to block a handful of shots. Davies followed her goal with a left-footed

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cross into the box where teammate and fellow Grade 11 student Simran Dhillon took possession and rammed the ball into the back of the net, making it 2-0 for the Hyacks. At the 18-minute mark of the first half, Dhillon and Davies tag-teamed the Lions’ goalie once again. This time it was Dhillon who set Davies up for her second goal of the game, advancing the Hyacks’ lead to 3-0. In the 29th minute of the first half, New West

senior Stefani Cruickshank picked up a scrambled ball and snuck it past Burnaby Mountain’s keeper. With the Hyacks leading 4-0 at the start of the second half, New West junior Naomi Noda pulled off a conversion to make it 5-0 for the Hyacks. Shortly after, Cruickshank had her second goal of the game off a pass from Davies in the ninth minute of the second half extending the Hyack lead to 6-0. Nearly halfway through the second half, Jennifer

Tamondong, one of three Grade 10 students playing on the senior New West team, broke through Burnaby’s back line and kicked in a low shot past the Lions’ keeper, making it 7-0 for the Hyacks. But the New West girls weren’t done yet. In the final minutes of the game, Hyack centremidfielder Celeste Bain rounded out the scoring with a heavy shot from the top of the 18-yard box. Burnaby Mountain is now 0-2 in regular season

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play after losing 6-0 against Burnaby North last week. North went on to defeat Moscrop 5-1 last Thursday, while Central continued its shutout streak with a 1-0 win over Alpha. Burnaby South, meanwhile, made up for its 2-0 loss to Central last Tuesday with a 3-1 win over Byrne Creek on Thursday. Burnaby Mountain is taking on Central at home at Cariboo Hill park on Tuesday afternoon, after NOW deadlines. – Cayley Dobie

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Three Burnaby basketball stars are heading to Langley this weekend for the annual B.C. All-Star games. St. Thomas More senior Domunique Booker will once again take to the court after leading STM to a third-place finish at the B.C. high school AA girls’ basketball championships last month. The Grade 12 student was named a first team all-star for her performance on the court, scoring 18 points and as many rebounds in the bronze-medal match on March 8, which saw STM defeat the Wellington Wildcats 83-67. Booker will be playing for Windsor Dukes’ coach Peter Sprogis on Sunday when Sprogis takes on his 2014 AA girls basketball championship rival Anthony Beyrouti of St. Thomas Aquinas. Named to team Beyrouti is Burnaby South senior Jasmine Manhas. Manhas earned the tournament MVP at the Lower Mainland AAA high school girls’ basketball tournament in February. She led all South scorers with a game-high 36 points in the title AAA match and 37 points during the semifinal game against district rival New Westminster. Reese Morris was the only Burnaby boy named to the B.C. boys’ all-star team for this weekend’s upcoming game. The STM senior scored 31 points on opening day of the 47th annual Chancellor boys’ basketball tournament in January and was named tournament offensive MVP. Both all-star games feature the top Grade 12 girls and boys basketball players from across the province in the final matches of their high school careers. The girls’ game gets underway at 3 p.m. and the boys tip off at 5 p.m., all at the Langley Events Centre court on Sunday, April 20. cdobie@burnabynow.com

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U13 Selects advance to finals

Cayley Dobie staff reporter

Burnaby Selects’ u13 boys are one step closer to the Coastal Cup after a 1-0 victory over the West Vancouver Rangers in the semifinals this weekend. The Selects were at home on Saturday taking on West Van – a team that defeated both Central City and Port Moody to advance to the semifinals against Burnaby. Following a bye in the first round of Coastal Cup play, Burnaby took down the Fraser Valley Selects 5-3 earlier this month to move on to the semifinals. Burnaby’s u13 Selects played a tight game against their West Van opponents on Saturday, defeating the Rangers 1-0. With this victory, Burnaby Selects have secured their spot in the Coastal Cup finals in two weeks where they’ll face off against Surrey Guildford United. The girls’ and boys u16 Burnaby Selects are also heading to the Coastal Cup finals on April 26 and 27. The girls pulled off a 21 victory over Coquitlam on Sunday to advance to the finals, while the boys

Clan drop to ‘Birds

defeated Gorge/Lakehill 2-1 to secure their spot in the final.

Westminster beats Surrey

Royal City soccer’s Westminster United u16 boys gold team is on its way to the Coastal Cup B finals following a 31 victory over Surrey Pegasus at Queen’s Park on Saturday. After defeating the CFC Royals 3-1 last month and winning 2-0 in the quarter-finals against the WCF Juventus, the u16 New West boys gave it all they had and beat their Surrey For rivals 3-1. more Westminster United photos, scan took the lead early on with in Saturday’s semi-final Layar game at home. Six minutes into the first half, Dievid Penalver connectJason Lang/burnaby now ed on a low shot to the far post from about 20 yards To finals we go: Deylen Vellios, in red, tries to keep possession of the ball as a out, said head coach Ed West Van player charges in from behind. Vellios and the Burnaby u13 Selects will Zacharuk in an email to be playing in the Coastal Cup A final on April 26 and 27. the NOW. up the game 3-1 for New was the way it was. Our on April 26 and 27 in At about the 20-minute West. defence did a fantastic job Richmond. mark Surrey tied the game Both teams will also “Our boys were very of limiting the chances of but it would be short-lived aggressive and played the very fast Surrey for- compete at the provinas Westminster United’s with a high level of inten- wards,” Zacharuk said. cial championships in Shea Joshi and Adam Fajto sity throughout. We focus Westminster United July, also in Richmond. came back to score two on being first to the ball, will take on Ladner Celtic follow-up goals, wrapping and for the most part that in the Coastal Cup B finals cdobie@burnabynow.com

One grand slam, that’s all it took to beat the Clan softball team on Sunday. Despite a hard-fought effort, Simon Fraser’s softball team came up empty against Lower Mainland rivals UBC Thunderbirds. At the top of the fourth inning, UBC loaded the bases and with one hard smack of Thunderbird Kelly Rumley’s bat to send the ball flying over the fence, the visitors marked four quick points and the win. “Sometimes it’s about regrets and I think our pitcher regrets one pitch and that one pitch happened to be the wrong pitch to the right hitter from their perspective. She just put the bat on it and took it out of the park with the bases loaded,” said head coach Mike Renney, in a press release. SFU is now 4-28, and will play their final home series next weekend, April 19 and 20, against Montana State Billings. Both games start at 1 p.m.

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