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Sun shines on Matsuri fest

An estimated 11,000 people came out to Burnaby’s Nikkei Centre to celebrate Matsuri on Saturday and Sunday. The annual festival showcased Japanese culture, children’s games, dancing and food.

At left, people perform the bon-odori, a traditional Japanese dance, while Kazushi Terakawa, below, cooks up Japanese hotcakes.

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Stalemate in teachers’ dispute keeps doors shut But 3,000 private school students in Burnaby were back at their desks Cornelia Naylor staff reporter

Nearly 3,000 Burnaby private school students strapped on backpacks for the first day of school Tuesday while their public school counterparts headed off to daycares and other non-school activities.

Public school teachers were back on the picket lines this week after talks between the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association broke down over the weekend.

Burnaby school district officials held off

until Monday morning before announcing schools wouldn’t be open for the scheduled first day of school.

“We share in your disappointment that our school start-up is not able to proceed at this time,” stated a letter posted on the district’s website. “At this time, we encourage parents to make alternate arrangements this coming week for their children and we are sorry for the hardship this may cause.”

A glimmer of hope for an 11th-hour resolution brokered by veteran mediator Vince Ready was extinguished Saturday when Ready walked away from the bargaining table saying the two sides were still too far apart.

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Families came out to the Burnaby Village Museum to celebrate Labour Day on Monday, marking the end of summer. The museum hosted a day of heritage games with roving entertainers for families and market vendors. At left, Oxford Andondy, 5 (on right), shucks corn, while Lilian Shi, below, pulls ahead in the potato sack race.

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Teen takes on world in Kazakhstan Cornelia Naylor staff reporter

A Burnaby teen was among the five top physics students in Canada testing their mettle on the international stage this summer.

Burnaby Central grad Pasindu Muthukuda travelled to Astana, Kazakhstan in July for the 45th International Physics Olympiad.

What was it like taking on the world’s best physics students in daylong theoretical and experimental exams?

“I guess the best term would be humbling,” Muthukuda told the NOW. Muthukuda is no physics slouch, earning his spot on the Canadian team with one of the top five scores in the country on the Canadian Association of Physicists exam earlier this year.

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He earned an honourable mention at the Olympiad, meaning his score was within the top 67 per cent.

The rest of the Canadian team – all from Central and eastern Canada – also did reasonably well, picking up a silver, a bronze and two more honourable mentions besides Muthukuda’s.

But the Canadians could have done better if they had had the same level of funding and training as other teams at the competition, according to team leader and UBC physics professor Andrzej Kotlicki.

“Because the Canadian Physics Olympiad program lost all of its funding, no national camp or team training was organized – this is in stark contrast to teams from other countries, who went through training for anything from two weeks to two years,” Kotlicki wrote

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He said, as far as he is aware, Canada was the only country whose competitors had to pay their own way to the contest.

Muthukuda scraped together donations from his school, his mom’s lab (Silliker Laboratories) and his Burnaby Shotokan Karate dojo.

He considers himself lucky to have had a week’s worth of one-on-one training in experimentation from Kotlicki at UBC and some help from retired SFU physics professor Leigh Palmer, who volunteered to help him with theory work before the Olympiad.

“I had no real idea of experimentation before I started working with Dr. Kotlicki,”

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International smarts: Pasindu Muthukuda (fourth from left) joins his Canadian

teammates at the closing ceremonies of the International Physics Olympiad in Astana, Kazakhstan this summer.

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Muthukuda said.

A lack of training in experimentation put the Canadians at a disadvantage at the Olympiad, he said, and an experimental camp like the one usually featured in the cancelled Canadian Physics Olympiad would have helped them compete with other teams.

“Compared to them, we’re kind of totally untrained,” Muthukuda said. “I mean, we have the passion for it. We could execute in theoretical, but the experimental actually requires you to train for it. You

can’t train for something like that on your own. You need the resources.”

Despite the funding challenges, however, the Burnaby physics whiz, who plans to study engineering physics at UBC starting this fall, has no regrets about his Olympiad experience.

“More than anything, even beyond the connections you make, it gives you a boost of motivation and confidence to continuing pursuing your passion and being able to develop yourself to make a difference,” Muthukuda said. twitter.com/CorNaylor

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ICBC rates scheduled to increase, again

result in injuries.”

If you think distracted driving isn’t If ICBC’s request is approved, drivcosting you, think again. The Insurance ers can expect to pay about $3 more Corp. of B.C. announced Tuesday per month for insurance, starting in it plans to ask the B.C. Utilities November. ICBC says the increase is Commission for a 5.2 per cent increase to basic insurance rates – citing distract- needed “due to ongoing pressure from increasing injury claims costs, ed driving injury claims as a which cover payouts for pain top reason.

Burnaby NOW and suffering, future care and According to ICBC, loss of wages.”

“Distracted driving is now ICBC’s bodily injury claims totalled the second-leading cause of car crash $1.9 billion in 2013 – up by $73 million fatalities in B.C., with an average of 88 people killed each year, and the leading from 2012 and by more than $500 million from five years ago. The insurer cause of rear-end crashes, which often

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hatever the outcome of the messy fight between teachers and the B.C. government (and as I write this, the two sides are negotiating, but no end is in sight) it’s likely the provincial education system won’t see any significant improvement in the near future.

And for this, we can blame both the government and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. The two sides have been locked in a war for more than a decade, and even a negotiated contract will not end the acrimony and bitterness that characterizes their relationship.

When we strip away the rhetoric, it all comes down to this: control. As in, who controls the classroom and the system itself – the teachers’ union, or the government?

This struggle for control is not a unique one in education.

Ontario is experiencing a similar fight, and most states in the U.S. are also mired in wars between elected governments and various teacher union organizations.

Pushed to the sidelines in this widespread fight are students and parents. Forget the rubbish

talk from both the union and the government that “this is all about the kids” and forget the boasts from both sides that they feel for “kids caught in the middle.”

It is not about the kids and never has been. It is about control. And it is perfectly understandable why both sides are fighting for control.

From the government’s perspective, the education system is a spending priority, but it is also a huge consumer of tax dollars.

Of course, there are lame voices (particularly from BCTF members) who claim the government is hell-bent on “destroying” the education system and is secretly conspiring to drive everyone to the private school system.

The fact that $4.7 billion of tax dollars are poured into the public education system every year (second only to health-care spending) demolishes this hysterical notion, yet the mantra from the ideologues keeps being chanted over and over again.

Nevertheless, the B.C. Liberals can be faulted for not keeping pace with the need for even more funding. While not destroying the system, the argument can be made that the government has allowed considerable fraying around the edges.

Class composition remains an urgent issue in some (though certainly not all) classes, and school trustees find that balancing their Dispute Page 7

says the rising number and cost of injury claims is commonly “the biggest single factor driving rates for all auto insurers across North America and beyond,” and that higher legal and medical costs add to those payouts.

While a $3-per-month increase won’t break the bank for most drivers, it’s shocking that within such a short time, distracted driving has escalated to the point where it’s killing an average of 88 people in B.C. each year.

Like drunk driving, distracted driving is based on the selfish premise

that it’s OK to take risks with the lives of others, whether passengers or other people on the road, because your desires – to drink, text, make a call or take a selfie behind the wheel – come first.

ICBC says it plans to partner with government and police to launch a new campaign to educate the public on distracted driving this September.

We hope it’s a success, before the costs of this dangerous behaviour escalate any further.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Case has critical implications Dear Editor:

A B.C. court case challenging the very foundations of public health care could undermine the comprehensiveness and fairness of Canadian medicare and erode the competitive advantage it provides to B.C. businesses.

Dr. Brian Day, owner of two for-profit clinics in Vancouver, was scheduled to start the next phase of his controversial case on Sept. 8 in B.C. Supreme Court but was recently granted a six-month delay until next March.

The case has been called the most significant constitutional challenge in Canadian history, as it seeks to introduce two-tier health care into this country.

It’s likely to go as far as the Supreme Court of Canada, but what happens in B.C. will be crucial.

Canada’s system of public health care – anchored by single-payer, universal health insurance – ensures that access to care is comprehensive and based on need, rather than ability to pay.

Because we all share the risks and the costs, it’s both efficient and fair. Everybody is covered.

Everybody benefits.

But Day has spent years testing the rules that protect universal health coverage. A 2012 B.C. government audit revealed that Day’s clinics have been unlawfully extra-billing patients for medical services covered by the provincial Medical Services Plan.

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In this legal case, Day is challenging the laws that prohibit doctors from charging patients extra for services already covered under provincial insurance plans. He’s also taking aim at B.C.’s ban on duplicate private health insurance, claiming that these rules violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

If Day has his way, those who can afford to pay privately will jump the queue, and private health insurers will expand into a lucrative new Canadian market.

Health-care advocates are concerned that this would lengthen wait times and wait lists as private clinics compete to attract surgeons and other health professionals from the public system.

Private clinics ensure their profits by performing only a limited range of highvolume, low-cost procedures on healthy patients. There’s also the potential of higher costs for B.C. businesses. As it stands, our current system of single-payer health insurance provides these businesses a competitive advantage when compared to U.S.based firms who are required to provide expensive (and often less comprehensive) private health insurance for their employees. That’s an advantage worth protecting.

That’s not to say that our current public health-care system is perfect. There’s lots of room for improvement, especially in areas like seniors’ care and prescription drug coverage.

But Canada’s universal public health care system is widely supported by the

public, and for good reason.

This ongoing legal case being prosecuted against public health care is a stark reminder that no one should take it for granted.

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budgets becomes more difficult every year as cost pressures exceed any funding increase.

As for the BCTF, it looks out for the interests of its members as any union should, but it doesn’t have a good track record on that front.

Every other public sector union has received higher wage increases than the BCTF has won over the past dozen or so years.

The union has also fought a never-ending public relations war against the B.C. Liberal government (which has gobbled up millions of dollars of union dues) without any evidence of success (the government has won four consecutive elections).

While it’s true the

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Wait for implosion Dear Editor:

Re: Green Party distances itself from BFC, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 27.

Yes, Carrie McLaren, it is a big deal.

How can these former Green candidates find anything in common with a group like the Parents’ Voice, with their religious right-wing homophobic rhetoric. It is like saying you would politically align yourself with former Alabama Governor George Wallace, even though his views on racial equality were misguided, but he had some sound ideas regarding the economy. As Adriane Carr put it, these views on equality are “make-or-break issues.”

In past municipal elections I would always vote for a couple of the Green candidates, however, I would not touch the Parents’ Voice with a 10-foot pole. Needless to say, I will not be using any of my votes on the Burnaby First Coalition candidates for council, school board or mayor.

I also have a question for Carrie McLaren: who is she referring to as the “one bad apple” in the barrel of Burnaby First Coalition candidates? Let’s all stand back and watch this coalition implode.

Larry E. Melnyk, Burnaby

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BCTF has won two important court challenges against the government, the final ruling on that issue has yet to be made, so any celebrations of victory there are premature.

The union is locked into a fight for smaller class sizes, which among other things, translates into hiring more teachers which in turn inflates the union’s treasury.

The BCTF also zealously guards its members’ job security, even if in so doing it protects poor teachers at the expense of better ones. The actual interests of students are not held as high a priority, in the BCTF’s view, as a teacher’s job security.

Again, the BCTF is not unique in this aspect compared to other teachers’ unions. Its American

counterparts are notorious for resisting any threat to their control of the system.

The struggle over who controls a school and who controls a classroom will not end anytime soon, even after the current contract battle ends.

Because governments of all stripes and philosophies are loath to raise taxes in any significant way, revenues become more and more precious, which will inevitably put enough more pressure on the education system.

I suspect the public increasingly takes the view of “a pox on both your houses,” which reflects the frustration and impatience of watching this soap opera go on for so many years.

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

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Schools: Dispute keeps students away continued from page 1 daycare and other activities this is a day that every while the strike lasts.

At independent schools, teacher looks forward to,” said Burnaby Teachers’ it was business as usual Association president Rae Tuesday, with students linFigursky, who told the ing up for class.

But public school educaNOW she had held out hope for a resolution as late as tors weren’t completely forgotten by their Sunday night. private-school “I’m so dis“Without class counterparts, appointed govsize and according to ernment won’t Catholic schools move, but composition, without class we’re not signing superintendent Doug Lauson, size and comanything.” whose archdioposition, we’re cese includes not signing RAE FIGURSKY more than anything,” she Burnaby Teachers’ Association 1,900 Burnaby said.

Catholic school The local union will continue picket- students.

Staff in his office offered ing this week and hold a rally Friday, said Figursky, up a prayer for public adding she has no idea how schools Tuesday morning, much longer the strike will he said.

“We just prayed that last.

“I really don’t know,” they’d be able to resolve she said. “I didn’t expect it their differences and be back to last to the end of June. I in the classroom as soon as didn’t expect it to last over possible.”

Early reports from the the summer.”

No new meetings Federation of Independent between the provincial bar- School Associations (FISA), gaining teams were sched- an umbrella organization for about 300 B.C. private uled as of Tuesday.

On Sunday, parents schools, show a 4.5 per cent began registering to receive jump in independent enrolthe $40 a day promised by ment since last year.

Enrolment increased by the province for each child 12 years old and under for four per cent after the last

Back to school:

Clarita Deleon and daughters Christine, 8, and Charisse, 6, make their way to Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School in Burnaby for the first day of school.

Students at Catholic and private schools around B.C. started their school year on Tuesday, but public school students are still without classes as the labour dispute between the province and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation drags on.

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teachers’ labour dispute in 2012.

A typical annual increase is between one and two per cent, according to FISA executive director Peter Froese.

“At this point it’s tracking even higher than after 2012,” Froese told the NOW.

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Pet love: Staff at Hastings Animal Hospital are organizing the fourth annual pet parent education seminar. This year, the event takes place on Oct. 4 at the Confederation Community Centre and the topic of discussion is “Healing is a team effort.” The seminar will educate pet owners on the importance of preventative care for animals.

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Free seminar aims to educate, inform

By Cayley Dobie Family-owned Hastings Veterinary Hospital in the Heights is inviting all pet parents and prospective pet parents interested in learning more about animal health to a free education seminar in October.

The veterinary hospital, owned and operated by brothers Jangi and Amardeep Bajwa, has been a part of the Heights for more than a decade. Four years ago, the staff came up with an idea to offer pet parents a free seminar where they could learn more about pet care as well as ways to keep pets healthy longer.

“We’ve always believed in educating our clients and pet parents in terms of preventative health care as opposed to just trying to treat illness because that goes a long way to maintaining good health,” Bajwa said.

The event coincides with the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association’s Animal Health Week, which runs from Sept. 28 to Oct. 4, and each year Bajwa and his team choose a different topic for the seminar depending on what the association is doing nationwide.

“It’s a time to raise awareness about pet care in general and normally the (Canadian Veterinary Medical Association) will come up with a topic they want to educate people about,” he said.

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This year, the association is drawing attention to antimicrobial use, including incorrect and overuse of antibiotics, in pet health care. With that mandate in mind, staff at Hastings Veterinary Hospital came up with the topic “Healing is a team effort” for its October seminar.

The free lunchtime event features four guest speakers who will speak on a variety of topics related to animal health care.

In the past, Bajwa said the hospital has brought in representatives from the pet food industry to speak with pet owners, but this year staff decided to go in a different direction, bringing in experts from a variety of pet-related celds, including Dr. Rebecca Ledger, an animal behavior and welfare counsellor. “(Dr. Ledger has) done a PhD in animal behaviour and she works in Vancouver and she works with

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Pet love: Dr. Janji Bajwa with Shih Tzu Asia. Bajwa, co-owner and one of the vets at the Hastings Veterinary See page 12 Hospital, is hosting a free pet parent education seminar on Oct. 4. The lunchtime event features four guest speakers, including Bajwa and other pet experts.

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Heights contributor From one end of the Heights to the other, passers-by are treated to an outdoor art gallery, thanks to the installation of murals along different blocks of Burnaby Heights.

On Aug. 26, the Heights officially unveiled its ninth mural located along Alpha Avenue on the side wall of upcoming business, Bon Bon Bakery, at 4622 Hastings St. The mural, which illustrates purple, pink, and light blue gems glistening around the walls of a cave, was designed and painted by artist Rosi Hunter.

Growing up on the Sunshine Coast, Rosi’s passion for art came alive. She became involved with her art community when she was in high school and gained experience in designing and managing murals throughout her neighbourhood, such as the anti-graffiti mural for the Sechelt Rotary

Club Park. Rosi later made her way to Vancouver and is now currently studying fine arts at Langara College.

She was ecstatic when she learned she would bring her talent to the Heights. She is no stranger to the neighbourhood, as she’s been visiting since she was a child. Her memories of exploring the shops with her family and playing in Confederation Park helped her in creating the new mural.

What Rosi saw in the Heights was continuous growth within the community. The growing livelihood and vibrancy of the district was, therefore, instilled in her mural through the depiction of caves and crystals, amethyst to be exact.

“The actual formation of caves, crystals, stalactites and stalagmites teaches us growth can be slow, but its results are amazing,” she explains.

A beautification project that started in 2002, the murals are meant to improve on the visual aesthetic of the streets, while deterring graffiti. The collection of murals helps make

the district more appealing to those who are in the area, and offer everyone the charm, friendliness and history of the Heights neighbourhood.

The mural launch was celebrated with Heights Merchants Association (HMA) mural committee members, HMA board members, local RCMP leaders, Heights business people, and the community.

A special thank you to the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, the City of Burnaby, Robertson Home Hardware, Reliable Equipment, Bon Bon Bakery and Cristos Greek Taverna for their contributions.

Summer of 2016 will be the next time an HMA mural is created in this community, but in the meantime, stroll down the Heights and let the art guide you.

Shem Navalta is a marketing and communications assistant summer student for the Heights Merchants Association.

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veterinarians,” Bajwa said. “I’ve had a couple of patients where we were having some behaviour issues (and) she did visit and she advise as well.”

Dr. Carmen Lake, a Richmond veterinarian with special interest in public health, will also be speaking at the event. She will talk about general pet care, while Dr. Amit Ranjan, a veterinarian at Hastings Veterinary Hospital and a member of the American Association of Feline Practitioners, will talk about geriatric care for pets.

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Bajwa is also set to speak at the event and says his specialties - allergies and skin care – go hand in hand with the Canadian vet association’s focus on antimicrobial use.

“My niche is allergies and skin care,” he said. “So I’m going to talk about allergies and how preventing allergies can prevent infections, and if there are infections, how best to treat them.”

Bajwa said one of the things he’ll discuss with pet parents is bringing pets in early for an exam to prevent chronic infections.

“We (will) educate people about when and how to use antibiotics, which goes really well into my niche area where we’re treating a lot of skin infections and ear infections,” he added.

Hastings Veterinary Hospital’s fourth annual pet parent education seminar, “Healing is a team effort,” starts at 11 a.m. and runs until 3 p.m. on Oct. 4 at Confederation Community Centre at Confederation Park. It is an indoor event, so pet owners are asked not bring their pets. The free event is open to all pet owners, not just Hastings Veterinary Hospital clients.

In addition to the four guest speakers, there will also be a complimentary lunch provided, contests to enter and other information related to pet health care.

To register, call the hospital at 604-291-6666 or email hastingsvh@gmail.

Larry Wright/BURNABY NOW com. For more information on the event as well as pet care, follow Meow: Resident cat “Midnight” with Hastings Veterinary Hospital staff Veronika Sanchez. Sanchez and her @petparentedu and @HastingsVet on Twitter. fellow staff members are volunteering their time to host the fourth annual pet parent education seminar on Oct. 4 at Confederation Community Centre.

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Practise dancing skills, at the weekly social dances at the Edmonds Community Centre for 55 plus. $1 for members and $2 for non-members.

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Line dancing at Deer Lake United Church, 5135 Sperling Ave., every Monday at 10 a.m. Beginners welcome. Call Georgie Cole at 604-522-5647 for more information.

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Farmers’ market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in city hall parking lot, 4949 Canada Way. Locally grown conventional and organic produce, prepared foods and crafts every Saturday until Oct. 25.

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Onondaga wins battle of Nations Tom Berridge

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The Onondaga Redhawks defeated the Six Nations Rivermen 9-7 in an all-Iroquois final at the 2014 Presidents’ Cup senior B lacrosse championships in Coquitlam.

Trailing 4-3 after two periods and 6-4 four minutes into the final frame, Onondaga went on a fivegoal scoring spree to win its second-ever national senior B title.

“It’s gruelling. It’s a tough tournament,” said 39-year-old Redhawks runner Neal Powless after the championship game.

Powless, who won Mann Cups with the senior A Six Nations Chiefs, a world title with the pro Rochester Knighthawks and an NCAA Division III national title at Nazareth College, said winning his second Presidents’ Cup was special.

“The guys have been running for five and six Lisa King/burnaby now days a week (at practice) just because you got to Top Hawk: Lyle Thompson, in white against Tri-City, was named the tournament MVP following Onondaga’s be able to run every day 9-7 victory over Six Nations at the Presidents’ Cup senior B lacrosse championships in Coquitlam. here,” added Powless, who scored the Redhawks’ game-winning, five-goal Nations’ net from in close turnovers. VanEvery fin- cal 5-1 records following ninth goal late in the game Redhawks scoring string that stood up as the even- ished the game with a hat the five-day, round-robin with his sixth of the tour- midway through the third tual game-winner. trick and a team-high 15 matchups. nament.

The Redhawks Miles Thompson, who tournament goals.

For more period. photos Onondaga “We just knew at some advanced to the goldThe Can- had two goals and two and a opened the Am champion assists for Onondaga, was point in the game some medal final on seven goals video, scoring from Redhawks tal- named the Redhawks’ one was going to do it,” by Lyle Thompson in a scan with Presidents’ said Powless. “We’ve been 10-8 win over the Rocky lied four goals player of the game.

Layar Cup MVP Lyle Mountain league champiWayne VanEvery was doing it all year.” in a four-minute Thompson, who Onondaga finished tied on St. Albert Miners from span, including the player of the game for finished the game with six Wade Bucktooth’s brilliant the Ontario league cham- with the Quebec league Alberta. points, including his hat- over-the-shoulder shot to pion Rivermen. He scored champion Kahnawake Lacrosse Page 16 trick goal that sparked the the top corner of the Six an early unassisted pair off Mohawks with identi-

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New Westminster Salmonbellies Jeff Cornwall and Langley’s Brett Mydske were named all-star defenders. Goalie of the year Frankie Scigliano was also named to the first team.

Dance team wins GP silver Tom Berridge sports editor

Brianna Delmaestro and Timothy Lum of Burnaby won their first international junior Grand Prix ice dance medal.

The B.C. Centre of Excellence pair, who have been together for just over a year, placed second by a mere fraction at the International Skating Union junior Grand Prix skating circuit in Jjubljana, Slovenia last Saturday.

Delmaestro and Lum posted a personal-best final score of 131.30 in the ice dance to finish runnerup to champions Daria Morozova and Mikhail Zhirmov of Russia, who posted 131.54 total points following a first-place short program.

“It was the presentation that really got us the medal,” said the 19-yearold Lum in a Skate Canada press release. “We showed strong technical skills, but it was the performance that made the difference.

It feels great, and now we can start thinking about potentially going to the junior Grand Prix final and world juniors.”

The pair’s free dance score of 82.16 was also a personal best.

Last year, Delmaestro and Lum placed fifth in two previous junior GP assignments in Poland and Estonia.

The Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe-coached ice dance team placed third at the 2014 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships.

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Soccer starts: Cliff Avenue Thunder’s Matthew Conder, left, and Wesburn Galaxy’s Sebastien Poivevin battle for a ball in u-13 gold play at the 33rd annual Wesburn youth soccer tournament at Burnaby Lake-West last Saturday.

Burnaby golfers finish among leaders at juvenile provincials Alex Francois of Burnaby placed ninth in a strong field at the B.C. juvenile boys’ golf championships last week.

Francois finished tied with Mac Gourdine of Coldstream, following a three-round, two-over-par 218 at the Royalwood Golf Course in Chilliwack on Aug. 28.

The Moscrop Secondary teen shot rounds of 72, 72, 74 to finish eight shots back of Shaughnessy clubmate Diego San Pedro, who won a one-hole playoff over Jaewook Lee of Langley to win the juvenile boys’ title.

San Pedro, who shot a four-under-par 68 in the final round of the 54-hole provincial tournament,

and Lee both finished with identical six-under 210 scores.

First-round leader A.J. Ewart of Coquitlam, who fired a six-under 66 on opening day, ballooned to a 77 in the second round before finishing at 211 following a 68 on the final 18 holes. Roy Kang of North Vancouver was fourth at 212.

Kang, San Pedro, Francois and Surrey’s Sy Lovan shared in the win for the zone team competition with a combined 428 score, edging zone 5 by three strokes.

Francois and Kang placed sixth in the best ball event, shooting a combined 15-under-par to finish six

shots shy of eventual winners Lee and Gavin Ciulla of Surrey.

Edward Chen of Burnaby finished three rounds at 228.

In the juvenile girls’ competition, Sumie Francois finished in sixth place with a three-round 228 score, 21 shots back of Nanaimo’s Shirin Anjarwalla, who held off a late third-round charge from last year’s junior girls’ champion Naomi Ko to win by a single stroke over the Victoria golfer.

Anjarwalla, 14, led the field from the opening day with a five-under 68 and was sitting at 11 under par heading into the final 18 holes.

Lacrosse: Hosts Bandits finish 1-5 continued from page 15

Six Nations got past Kahnawake 8-4 in the other semifinal crossover matchup.

The host Tri-City Bandits finished with a record of 1-5, including a 20-4 pummelling of Akwesasne on Aug. 28.

Jesse Guerin led the Bandits with four goals in a nine-point outing. Ryan

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Lyle Thompson led all scorers in the competition with 17 goals and 40 points.

Teammates Jerome and Miles Thompson tallied 16 and 14 goals apiece, respectively.

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