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As the city awaits a decision from B.C. Supreme Court for an injunction to stop Kinder Morgan, anti-pipeline activists are bracing for a blockade on Burnaby Mountain. The protesters are planning to stop the company from resuming survey work for a new pipeline route. “We’re trying to organize to have some people here at all times,” said SFU English professor Stephen Collis, speaking on the phone from the site Tuesday morning. “The group has agreed we are going to try and block (Kinder Morgan). Numbers of bodies is what we need. We’re going to try and impede them if they come back to do their work.” Many of the activists are from BROKE, Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion, and they’ve been taking turns watching over the woods at bore hole area 1, a small clearing in the conservation area, just a short hike from Horizons Restaurant. Kinder Morgan needs to finish survey work for a new pipeline route through the mountain – work the National Energy
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Striking Burnaby teachers said they got more enthusiast honks on the picket lines Tuesday morning after news a tentative agreement had been struck at the provincial bargaining table. In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, mediator Vince Ready announced the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and B.C. Public School Employers’ Association had
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“This is the first time in 20 years I’ve ever had to leave it in such a mess,” Cariboo fine arts teacher Helen Geddes said of her classroom. Not having had a chance to wrap up year-end business before walking out in mid-June will create all kinds of challenges for the new year, according to teachers. “I’m lucky that I even know the courses I’m teaching,” Cariboo math teacher Lori Bernard said. “There’s other teachers that Teachers Page 9
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since this route was not in the original applica- when Kinder Morgan started cutting trees in tion to the NEB, the board asked the company the city-owned conservation area, Burnaby to conduct survey work and geotechnical issued a stop-work order and ticketed the studies to determine if the route is feasi- company for breaking a local bylaw by damble. (The terrain includes steep dropoffs and aging a city park. Kinder Morgan then went cliffs and may not be seismically sound.) The Pipeline Page 10 National Energy Board gave Kinder Morgan a Dec. 1 deadline to complete the surLocation where vey work, and the company began trees were cut by in late August. Kinder-Morgan. September 2, 2014 According to section 73 of the Burnaby National Energy Board Act, comMountain Proposed Borehole Conservation HMM-BH-01 panies can conduct work on private Area property and Crown land without Pan the landowners’ permission. But dor 1 a
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Kinder Morgan may revert back to its original pipeline route through the Westridge neighbourhood if the city’s opposition to the project significantly delays survey work on the Burnaby Mountain. While the city is seeking an injunction to stop Kinder Morgan’s survey work in the conservation area, the company is seeking an order from the National Energy Board to force the city to allow the work. “This work is planned and necessary in order to meet the deadlines from the National Energy Board,” said Kinder Morgan spokesperson Ali Hounsell. “We have to have the information from the studies, to find out if this route is feasible by Dec. 1. If they continue to delay the work, we’ll have to consider whether we abandon the option of going through Burnaby Mountain, which as you know, we believe is a less disruptive route.” Last Monday, Hounsell said the city’s move was disappointing because there is already a proceeding underway with the National Energy Board. “We believe we are authorized to do the work,” she said. Kinder Morgan wants to tunnel or drill through Burnaby Mountain to connect the tank farm with the Westridge Marine Terminal, but
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Burnaby Mounties are reminding residents to use caution when walking alone following a series of incidents near North Road and the Brunette River where a man allegedly exposed himself to passersby. According to a press release from the RCMP, a woman was walking along the Central Valley
Greenway trail around 6 p.m. on Sept. 5 when a man called to her. When she looked over, the man was standing naked in a clearing on the south side of the Brunette River. Police say this is the third time the woman has seen this naked man, but it’s the first time she has reported the incident to Burnaby RCMP. The other incidents took place on Aug. 3 and 30.
According to Mounties, similar incidents were previously reported, one on March 24 around 5 p.m. and two others in summer of 2013. Police believed these incidents were isolated and eventually exhausted all leads in the investigation. Mounties are reminding residents to use caution and be aware of their surroundings while out walking. “Whenever possible, walk in pairs. In this latest
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Short-term financial grab has ended up costing all taxpayers more money and sending us south of the border most other modes of transportation durRising ferry fares combined with ing that time frame, on B.C. Ferries they service cutbacks have scuppered a sizfell sharply. able chunk of the province’s economy, Small coastal communities dependent according to a report released last week. on ferry traffic may have taken The report, commisthe biggest hit, but they’re sioned by the Union of B.C. Burnaby NOW not the only ones on stormy Municipalities, concluded fare seas. The report makes it clear hikes over the past decade there’s also been a significant ripple have cost the province about $2.3 billion effect. in forgone economic activity. Because, One suggestion floated by the report while passenger volumes increased for
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is to consider an often overlooked level of government for a life ring – in Ottawa – which receives back in taxes considerably more than it invests in the system. But the overwhelming issues faced by B.C. Ferries are still the province’s to consider. Politicians and ferry executives were busy doing the backstroke, taking pains not to see the obvious relationship between rising fares and travellers’ deci-
sions to take a pass. But the evidence presented just makes common sense. Why take a family to Vancouver Island on vacation when you can go south of the border for far cheaper? Even “user pay” systems only work as long as there are still users. When they disappear, the report made clear, it affects everyone financially – whether they live in Lund or Burnaby.
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he latest update to the state of the province’s finances is a reminder of two trends that have characterized the priorities of the B.C. Liberal government since it came to power in 2001. One is its insistence on not raising personal income tax rates, and the other is its continuing minimalist approach to funding public education. The B.C. Liberals boldly slashed income tax rates by 25 per cent almost immediately after assuming power, and one can argue that lost revenue has meant all kinds of services and programs have been short-changed as a result. When the NDP government tabled its first budget in 1992, personal income tax revenues contributed 28 per cent of all revenue to government. The B.C. Liberals’ 2002 budget saw that percentage drop to 21 per cent. In this year’s budget, personal income tax revenues will make up about 17 per cent of the budget – about the same percentage of the W.A.C. Bennett government’s budget in 1970.
Cutting income taxes has been the rage among all kinds of governments, in Canada and the U.S., whether they lean left or right. It’s a populist approach, but populism can lead to some unintended consequences down the road. In this instance, spending pressures don’t disappear just because taxes do, and so the B.C. Liberal government has tapped into people’s pockets in different ways – steadily rising MSP premiums, for example – to make ends meet. It has also shifting spending priorities, which brings us to education funding. Back in 2002, funding for the kindergarten-to-Grade-12 education system took up about 19 per cent of the government’s spending dollars. This year, that percentage has shrunk to barely more than 10 per cent as funding for the system has essentially been frozen for a number of years. Of course, declining enrolment has played a role in this, but it’s not the only factor that explains this shift. Another huge factor, of course, is the relentless financial pressure the health-care system puts on the provincial budget, as it gobbles up dollars that in previous times may have been spent on other things. Back in 1970, for example, health-care spending took up just 20 per cent of all government Spending Page 7
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Point the blame the other way Dear Editor:
Re: Teachers just don’t get it, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Sept. 10. It’s obvious that Tim Savage does not support teachers in their negotiations with the government. I feel I need to respond to some of the misinformation in his letter to the editor. Yes, the Liberals promised a balanced budget in their election platform, but did they mention that that meant doubling the provincial debt? Or that education would only make up 15 per cent of the provincial budget? Compare that to the 1960s when education was 33 per cent of the budget to show that education spending has not kept up with inflation. And it’s showing in our classrooms.
Tim claims that teachers have “shown defiance” to this government in its attempts to negotiate. In fact, it’s the other way around. It’s the government who refused to meet with the BCTF at the table. The two sides met only once this summer because Jim Iker was persistent in calling Peter Cameron to ask for a meeting date. Peter Fassbender and Peter Cameron kept stalling all summer. The BCTF has asked for arbitration not once but twice, but both times the government said “No, thanks” because they know any arbitrator with any sense of the educational situation of the past decade would give the teachers what they’re asking for (and probably more) because the system is in such need. He claims that teachers “seem unwilling to effectively manage the vast funds.” Well, those vast funds Teachers Page 7
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have dwindled over the years (see my first point above) and many operating costs have been downloaded to the school boards from the government without a corresponding increase in funding. In real terms, that means that not everyone in a class may get a textbook, schools run out of copy paper, and let’s turn off the classroom lights to save on our electrical bill. There are many more examples of scrimping and saving that teachers and administrators have had to do in order to do “more with less.” In many jobs, people take pens and other office supplies home from work; teachers bring supplies to work because they need to. Ask a teacher what he/she spends on her classroom in a year. It’s not tax-deductible, either (I’ve asked). As for his drive-by tactic of a “thumbsdown” (or was that a “finger up”?), he sounds like the bully who bullies repeatedly then is surprised when his victims react. We’re teachers, not doormats. We defend ourselves and the current educational system because who else will? Teachers do that with a strike, forfeiting their income to stand up to the biggest bully – the government. This government needs to fund education properly. Our province can afford to but they choose not to. Meanwhile, teachers will continue to advocate for their students
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Aldina Isbister, Burnaby
Dear Editor:
After reading some of your editorial letters about the B.C. teachers’ strike, I can’t help think that these problems all come back to the same source: That we need to have one strong public education system in order for all of our students to receive the best education possible. So, the main problem with education across the country seems to be that there are too many separate school boards increasing the overhead administrative costs of education so much so, that there is not enough money left in the pot for the average child in Canada to receive a decent education anymore. I see this happening in Ontario, and now I hear it is as serious a problem in B.C. as well. I’d like to see politicians finding enough courage to propose one new publicly funded school system for all. We need to avoid diluting educational possibilities for certain groups of children because of financial shortfalls. As Spock once said, “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Let’s get smarter, pool all of our resources, and allow all students to become brighter and more tolerant in the future by connecting with all other students in one school system. Dare I say, this is just “common sense.” C. Folkes, by email
Spending: Will taxes have to rise? continued from page 6
spending. It had climbed to 37 per cent by the time the B.C. Liberals came to power, and on their watch it has steadily grown and is nearing the point of consuming almost half of all the money collected by government. In terms of sheer dollars, the comparison between the changes when it comes to funding health care and education is astounding. The Health Ministry’s budget this year will be $7.5 billion higher than what it was in 2002, which is somewhat mind-boggling. By contrast, the education budget will have will have grown by less than a half billion dollars in that same time period. While it’s easy to dismiss the hysterical critics who accuse the government of trying to “destroy” or even privatize the edu-
cation system, it’s true the system is not the spending priority it once was. And education funding has never been a major issue in any recent provincial election campaign, so the B.C. Liberals haven’t felt much public pressure (with the possible exception of the recent teachers contract dispute) in this area. The number of voters who have children in the system has steadily declined over the years, as the baby boomer generation ages and approaches retirement. And given the neverending competition with the voracious healthcare system for more money, there doesn’t appear to be much chance of any dramatic change on this front. Unless, of course, the tax regime changes. If personal incomes taxes (or corporate taxes) are given even a modest hike, it may
increase available funding for things like education and social services. But that would take a significant philosophical shift by the B.C. Liberals (although the Clark government did bump up corporate tax rate ever so slightly), or pretty well any government for that matter. And there is scant evidence the public is clamoring to pay more taxes. However, in the years ahead, as the quality and quantity of government services and programs inevitably decline, a new dialogue on taxation may have to take place. Until we get there, however, some pain is going to be felt in a number of areas. We may not be paying more taxes, but we’ll be paying in other ways. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.
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MAIL: City of Burnaby City Hall 4949 Canada Way Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2 EMAIL: elections@burnaby.ca FAX: 604-294-0239 Originals of electronic nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Officer at the Election Office 7282 Kingsway, Burnaby, by Monday, October 17, 2014 at 4:00 PM. Candidates shall be nominated in writing by two (2) persons who are electors of the City of Burnaby and shall state the name and residence of the person nominated in a manner sufficient to identify the candidate. Nomination documents are available online at www. burnaby.ca/elections, and in person at the City of Burnaby Election Office - 7282 Kingsway, Burnaby, 8:00AM - 4:30PM, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE A person is eligible to be nominated, elected, and to hold office, as a member of the local government if they meet the following criteria: • Canadian citizen; • 18 years or older on general voting day, November 15, 2014; • resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filled; and • not disqualified under the Local Government Act and/or School Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law. Further information may be obtained by visiting http://www.burnaby.ca/elections or contacting Lynne Axford, Chief Election Officer or Sabreena Ladak, Deputy Election Officer at elections@burnaby.ca or 604-294-7088.
LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORS Beginning September 30, 2014 until the close of voting on November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors, upon signature, will be available for public inspection, at the City of Burnaby Election Office – 7282 Kingsway, Burnaby and Office of the City Clerk 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, 8:00AM – 4:30PM, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.
PROTECTION OF PRIVACY An elector, for privacy reasons, may request that their address or other information about them be suppressed from the list of electors. This means the address or other information on the elector will be suppressed from copies of the list made available for public inspection and provided to candidates. Submit your request in writing to the Chief Election Officer, City of Burnaby, by September 24, 2014, 4:00PM c/o Office of the City Clerk, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2.
OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTOR An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00PM on October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing, may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the City of Burnaby, and can only be made on the basis that the person whose name appears is deceased or ineligible to be registered as an elector of the City of Burnaby. Submit your request in writing to the Chief Election Officer, City of Burnaby, c/o Office of the City Clerk 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2.
ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONS You are eligible to register as a Resident Elector in the City of Burnaby if you meet the following criteria: • Canadian citizen; • 18 years or older on general voting day, November 15, 2014; • resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of registration; • resident of Burnaby for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration; and • not disqualified by the Local Government Act and/or School Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law. You are qualified to register as a Non-Resident Property Elector in the City of Burnaby if you meet the following criteria: • Canadian citizen; • 18 years or older on general voting day, November 15, 2014; • resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of registration; • registered owner of real property in the city of Burnaby for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration; and • not disqualified by the Local Government Act and/or School Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law. NOTE: Non-Resident Property Elector registration will take place in person on Election Day.
RESIDENT ELECTOR REGISTRATION Resident electors must produce two (2) pieces of identification (at least one with signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity.
NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTOR REGISTRATION Non-resident property electors must produce two (2) pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if there is more than one owner of the property, written consent from the majority of the property owners. It is recommended that non-resident property electors confirm with the Election Office that they have the correct documentation to register prior to attending the voting location.
MORE INFORMATION & VOTING LOCATIONS WEB: www.burnaby.ca/elections ADDRESS: 7282 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5E 1G3 EMAIL: elections@burnaby.ca PHONE: 604-294-7088 Lynne Axford, Chief Election Officer
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Teachers: Getting ready for class continued from page 1 my kids because I was posiaren’t even completely sure tive we were coming back of the courses that they’re in June. No closure whatteaching. Newer teach- soever. It was a mad rush ers are going to come in to to get them out the door courses that they’ve never at 3 o’clock on that Friday, and we haven’t seen them taught before.” since. … I feel I’ve Even getting bonded with my handouts ready colleagues, but I for Monday mornhaven’t seen many ing could be a of the parents, and challenge, accordI need to see the ing to Roberts. kids; I really do.” “For all of us, B u r n a b y the biggest lineschool board chair up’s going to be Baljinder Narang for the photocopisaid the logistics er to get all our of school startup materials ready,” Baljinder Narang will be outlined she said. board chair once the details of Repairing relathe tentative agreetionships strained during the strike will be ment are revealed. She said the district another challenge, accordis bracing for a range of ing to some teachers. “A lot of rebuilding challenges from organizneeds to be done, the whole ing schedules to sorting trust factor,” Armstrong through possible financial Elementary teacher Jude implications. She too was concerned Comeau said. “I personally refused to say goodbye to about relationships bruised
during the labour dispute. “We need to work together, we need to pull in the same direction now,” she said, “so that’s going to require a lot of engagement with staff and students and parents and CUPE, everyone.” Despite the challenges ahead, Narang said the board was “delighted” at the prospect of a negotiated settlement and “very optimistic.” “When things went south last week, really bad, I was worried,” she said. “I guess you have to hit rock bottom, and I guess that’s where we were, and then people decided the only way was up.”
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Protest: Mayor says city’s getting support from around the world continued from page 1 Burnaby mayor Derek Board has sanctioned – but CorriganwasattheSaturday the City of Burnaby has protest, along with coungone to the B.C. Supreme cillors Sav Dhaliwal, Paul Court for an injunction to McDonell, Nick Volkow stop the company. The city and school trustee James maintains Kinder Morgan Wang. “Think about it: Kinder cut down 13 trees (the company says seven), in viola- and Morgan, two guys who tion of a city bylaw prohib- started Enron,” Corrigan iting people from damaging said, as the crowd chuckled. “You can imagine the drain city parks. The B.C. Supreme on our economy that it is Court decision is expected that these corporate bureauWednesday morning, after crats are able to milk the deadlines. Madam Justice wealth away from people.” Corrigan told the crowd Brenda Brown is deciding the city has been on the case, and receiving supBROKE member portive correAlan Dutton said spondence from Brown has not around the world been favourable to for standing up to protesters on enviKinder Morgan. ronmental issues He also explained in the past. the land was The blockade originally given plan is the latest in to Simon Fraser a series of activiUniversity, but the ties on Burnaby Derek Corrigan city bought it back, Mountain. On mayor and the residents Saturday, roughly 400 people showed of Burnaby voted in a referup for an anti-pipeline endum to keep the area as rally. They gathered close park land. First Nations representato Centennial Way, by Horizons Restaurant, while tives Carleen Thomas from five others chained them- the Tsleil-Waututh Nation selves to the front gate of and Grand Chief Stewart Kinder Morgan’s nearby Phillip from the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs were also marine terminal. Burnaby RCMP were at the rally. Thecity’slawyerGregory on site, and one protester chained to the fence was McDade said Wednesday’s briefly arrested to con- B.C. Supreme Court decifirm his identity but then sion could go either way, released. Staff Sgt. Andy and there will likely be LeClair said police were appeals from either side. there to remain impartial While the matter could be and that the protesters were wrapped up in a matter of “extremely reasonable and days or weeks, the protestcooperative.” The protest- ers’ plan to blockade the ers chained themselves for mountain could lead to 13 hours – one hour for each more court proceedings, he tree cut down in the conser- added. Meanwhile, Kinder vation area.
Pipeline: Who controls Burnaby Mountain? continued from page 3
back to the NEB for an order that would force the city to allow it to continue. Meanwhile the city asked the B.C. Supreme Court for an injunction to stop the work, while asking the court to deal with the larger question of jurisdiction: Who controls the mountain? The federal government or the city? (The province gives cities the authority to enact and enforce bylaws.) According to Hounsell, Kinder Morgan has not been working on the mountain since Sept. 3. “We voluntarily left Burnaby Mountain, ceasing all that work in order to seek that order from the National Energy Board to proceed. There is no work going on there right now,” Hounsell said. But if the survey work falls too far behind schedule, Kinder Morgan may have to go back to the original idea of running the pipeline through the Westridge neighbourhood. The reason the company changed plans and proposed the Burnaby Mountain route is because of opposition from residents in Westridge, many of whom did not want a pipeline in their neighbourhood. (The route would pass through four private properties.) twitter.com/JenniferMoreau
Morgan is awaiting the National Energy Board’s decision on the company’s request for an order that would force the city to let the survey work continue. The NEB is giving both sides a chance to comment before making a decision, which could come down this week. Kinder Morgan stopped work on Burnaby Mountain on Sept. 3 and hasn’t returned. The company is waiting on decisions from the B.C. Supreme Court and the National Energy Board before proceeding.
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12 Cabaret kicks off season
14 Mind matters in health
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Avenue Q sings its way into Shadbolt The hit definitely-not-for-kids puppet musical is part of this year’s Arts Club touring series It looks deceptively like Sesame Street – but Avenue Q is definitely not for the preschool crowd. The Arts Club Theatre is bringing the Tony Award-winning Broadway puppet musical to the stage at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts as part of its Arts Club on Tour series. It’s on Tuesday to Thursday, Oct. 7 to 9 in the Shadbolt’s James Cowan Theatre. Described as “irreverently witty and outright uproarious,” Avenue Q is the musical story of Princeton (Jeremy Crittenden), a bright-eyed college graduate who arrives in New York City looking for love, a job and a purpose in life. The only neighbourhood he can afford is the multicultural Avenue Q, where Sesame Street-esque puppets rub shoulders with humans. “The music is playful, the lyrics are outrageous, the script is hilarious, and the characters are delightful,” said director Peter Jorgensen in a press release. “Underneath its colourful fur, a big, boisterous heart beats. Avenue Q is the perfect musical comedy … unless you are under 14 years of age. I’m thrilled to be taking our hit production on tour to entertain even more audiences.” The musical won the Tony Award “Triple Crown” – Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score – in 2004, and last year’s Arts Club production won the 2013 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Outstanding Musical. Audiences are warned that, although it’s a puppet show, it’s definitely not for kids. Among the subjects it tackles? Raucous sexual congress, failed childhood stardom, excessive drinking, moving in and out of a slummy neighbourhood, investing, mix-tapes, cute creatures doing bad
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This ain’t Sesame Street: The cast of the Arts Club theatre production of Avenue Q. The production is coming to the Shadbolt
Centre for the Arts for three shows, Oct. 7 to 9. things, getting fired, getting rehired, exotic dancing, erotic dancing, racism, pornography, roommates, coming out of the closet, going to college, panhandling, wishing you were back in college, coming out of your shell, and recycling. The production also stars Jeny Cassady, Kayla Dunbar, Nick Fontaine, Evangelia
Kambites, Andy Toth and Selina Wong. Musical director is Sean Bayntun. Along with its Burnaby dates, the production is also travelling to North Vancouver, Chilliwack, Mission, Surrey, Coquitlam, Kelowna, Vernon, Maple Ridge, Duncan, Nanaimo and Courtenay, before taking up residence at the Arts
Club’s Granville Island Stage from Nov. 20 to Jan. 3. Check out www.artsclub.com for more details. Tickets for the Shadbolt Centre show are available through tickets.shadbolt centre.com or the box office at 604-2053000.
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rt lovers are being given a chance to check out the work of the Burnaby Arts Council’s new artist in residence. Janet Wang is holding an exhibition at the arts council’s Deer Lake Gallery from Sept. 16 to Oct. 4. A press release notes that the exhibition, Discerning Nature, ref-
erences the tradition of landscape painting and the Romantic practice of framing nature as a sublime entity. “The natural sanctuary of Deer Lake Park is in fact part of a larger city plan, and is thus nature in the shape (or negative space) of the larger urban development,” the release explains. “In the same way, our experience with nature is more often mediated, framed and carefully filtered through pathways, signage and the ubiquitous recording via smartphones and social media.” An opening reception for the exhibition is set for Saturday, Sept. 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Deer Lake
Gallery, 6584 Deer Lake Ave. See www.burnabyarts council.org or call 604-2987322 for information.
Words in focus
Fans of the written word can find plenty of local connections at the upcoming Word Vancouver festival. The longtime festival got its start in 1995 as Word on the Street, and it’s remained an annual celebration of all things literary – with workshops, discussions, readings, kids’ activities and entertainment happening at seven locations over five days. Burnaby poet Diane Tucker is featured in
Mourner at 12:45 p.m. the Poetry On The Bus Doretta Lau, a Burnaby sessions happening on native who now splits her the main festival day time between Burnaby – Sunday, Sept. 28 at the and Hong Kong, main branch of is featured in the Vancouver Public Canada Writes Library. (The bus sessions, also will be parked on happening on Homer Street.) the main festival Tucker is schedday at Vancouver uled to read from Public Library. her new work She’ll be appearBonsai Love at ing at 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., and read from her she’s also part debut short story of a Poetry in collection, How Transit session at Doretta Lau author Does a Single Blade 4 p.m. of Grass Thank the Catherine Sun? Owen – who grew up in Check out www.word Burnaby and now lives in vancouver.ca for all the New West – is also featured in Poetry on the Bus, details about this year’s festival. reading from Designated
Crafters called
Artisans, take note: The Burnaby Arts Council is calling on crafters to take part in the 43rd annual Deer Lake Craft Festival. The festival runs Friday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 23 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. The application deadline to take part is Sept. 30. For details, call Teena at the Burnaby Arts Council office at 604-298-7322 or email info@burnaby artscouncil.org. You can also check out the website at www. burnabyartscouncil.org. Do you have an idea for Lively City? Email jmaclellan @burnabynow.com.
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Come to the cabaret:
Gloria’s Happy Hour launches the Shadbolt Centre’s new season on Friday, Sept. 19.
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Comedic cabaret kicks off Shadbolt season What good is sitting alone in your room? Come to the cabaret. The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is kicking off another theatre season with its inaugural Live at the ‘Bolt event for 2014: Gloria’s Happy Hour. Picture it: a fully loaded lounge scene, where top-notch variety acts of a bygone era, including swing dance, Charleston and tap, mix with contemporary dance and song, hosted by the one and only Gloria. And who is Gloria, you ask? “Spunky, blunt, over the hill and probably alcoholic, Gloria has hosted countless Happy Hour cabarets over the years, accompanied by
her best friend-with-benefits, Harold,” a press release tells us. She’ll introduce the audience to her famous Slow Dance Speed Dating – and remind everyone that love is worth the effort, again and again. Gloria’s Happy Hour was created by Kat Single-Dain of the Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret. Check out more about it at www. katsingledain.com. Live at the ‘Bolt is on Friday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15, available through the box office at 604-205-3000 or tickets. shadboltcentre.com. Check out www.shadboltcentre.com for more details about the theatre season.
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Ensure your home is ready for all seasons
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able to change the weather so you can open windows in the wintertime, you can take steps to improve indoor air quality in your home. • Clean the floors regularly. Dirty floors take their toll on a home’s indoor air quality. Dust that’s allowed to settle on floors may contain harmful chemicals and allergens that can lead to respiratory problems and additional uncomfortable health conditions. Clean your floors at least once per week during the winter months, ideally with a vacuum that’s equipped with a HEPA filter. The HEPA filter is important because it can prevent dust and dirt from being blown back out of the vacuum in the exhaust. After you have vacuumed, mop the floors as well, as even the most effective vacuums leave potentially harmful dust particles behind. A once-over with a mop and some hot water can remove any lingering dust left
behind by the vacuum. • Place a floor mat near every entrance. Winter is a messy season, and it’s easy to bring in the great outdoors when you enter your home during cold weather seasons. Dirt that sticks to your shoes may contain potentially harmful chemicals, so place a floor mat near any door where people routinely enter your home and politely ask that all who enter wipe off and remove their shoes before moving about the house. • Dehumidify your home. Mold and dust mites thrive on moisture, so homeowners concerned about the moisture in their homes during the winter months can purchase a dehumidifier to control allergens and reduce moisture in the air. In addition to using a dehumidifier, you can control humidity in your home by using an exhaust fan when cooking, addressing leaky plumbing fixtures to prevent
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HEALTH
Good health involves mind and body
ment of life, our performance at work or in school, and how we relate to others. This can create vicious cycles of distressing emotional states, negative or anxious thinking, and worsening of our HEALTHWISE circumstances that in turn Dr. Davidicus Wong leads to increasingly negative feelings. our emotional wellOur feelings shape our being is an essential thoughts. When anxious, part of your health, but many patients only see we may see a more threatening, overwhelming and their doctors when someunpredictable world. We thing is wrong with their underestimate our ability bodies. to cope. We In the daily overestimate reality of my “When anxious, what we must family practice, we may see a deal with. I assist patients coping with more threatening, When we become overwhelmoverwhelming depressed, ing emotions, we may see troublesome and unpredictourselves, oththoughts and able world. We ers and our anxiety. Many underestimate circumstances initially presin a negative ent a physical our ability to light. We have problem, such cope.” more difficulty as abdominal seeing our own pain or insomDR. DAVIDICUS WONG good qualities nia as the physician and abilities, reason for the the good in our visit. relationships and the posiPhysical problems tive aspects of our circumthemselves are a cause stances. of distress and can have Many people sufa significant impact on fering from emotional our lives. Yet emotional symptoms hesitate to get distress can result in even help because they think greater negative effects. they should be able to Our emotional states manage on their own. can narrow our thoughts Although normal emoand influence our behavtional reactions are part iour, affecting our enjoy-
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KidSport gets a boost Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers bid more than $600,000 on Saturday for KidSport B.C., a community-based sports funding program for financially disadvantaged children, with its annual Corporate Kids Challenge at its South Burnaby headquarters. Five years running, the event has raised more than $2.4 million for families that can’t afford to enrol their children in sports programs. This year’s donations included $400,000 from the provincial government, presented by Burnaby North MLA Richard T. Lee. “When it comes to sport, every kid should have the opportunity to play,” stated Lee. “Sport teaches a child about the value of teamwork, the importance of striving for excellence and the rewards of discipline and determination. These qualities instilled in a child set the foundation for success in life, and ultimately lead to building a stronger and more prosperous province for British Columbians.” The all-day event pitted corporate teams against each other in friendly competitions like a tug of war and an air band contest, and offered numerous sporting activities for kids. It also featured appearances by some notable athletes, including Olympic snowboarder and Vancouver 2010 gold medallist Maëlle Ricker, Olympic freestyle skier and Sochi 2014 silver medallist Kelsey Serwa, former CFL all stars Angus Reid and Tommy Europe, and three-time ice-dancing Olympian Victor Kraatz. Last year, KidSport provided funding for more than 6,700 kids in B.C. to participate in sports programs. The organization operates 178 chapters across Canada, 41 of which are based in British Columbia. “This event is for all the boys and girls
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MAIN PHOTO: Volunteers from Burnaby organizations gather for the KINA Community Clean Up on Saturday. TOP RIGHT PHOTO: Mayor Derek Corrigan, BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO: KINA President Diane Gillis
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rest of the cabin now cants towards the driver like a 1980s BMW (in a good way), the red-stitched seats are comfortable and well-bolstered, and there’s a more modern looking touchscreen for audio and navigation functions. The trunk space is larger than that of a WRX sedan to start with, and then the split-folding rear seats and pass-through come into play to create an evenmore-flexible cargo area. Or, leave it all buttoned up, and fit a rear-facing child seat or four adults with ease.
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Built on the bones of a European family car, the GTI also needs a bit of steam for when its driver is alone on some winding back road. That shove comes from a familiar powerplant: a 2.0L four-cylinder featuring direct injection and turbocharging. Here, redesigned to incorporate the exhaust manifold directly into the head, it makes 210hp at 4500rpm (not much of a bump there), and 258lb/ft of torque at just 1600rpm. That’s an extra 50lb/ft of low end grunt over last year’s model, and it makes the GTI much more tractable and willing at street speeds to haul itself out of a corner or down and onramp with gumption. High-revving engines are fun too, but as a quick point-to-point car, the GTI’s new engine provides realworld speed without looking like you’re pulling a Vin Diesel. Grip is simply excellent, although later-release cars will be available with even more, thanks to a Performance Package that includes a true front differential, larger brakes, and a slight bump in horsepower. As it is, the GTI handles with aplomb, albeit with a little less feedback from the steering than in past hydraulically assisted sys-
tems. Transmission choices include either a six-speed manual, which is far and away the most fun, or a six-speed dual-clutch automatic that does a good job in still giving the driver control while purring away happily in traffic. The only real caveat here is that the GTI might be a little too competent to have a lot of character. Like the current-gen 911, it’s so polished as to not have any of the rough edges that can make you fall in love with a car. On the other hand, I just compared a family hatchback to a Porsche 911 twice. Enough said.
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Hart House honoured MOVERS & SHAKERS Jacob Zinn
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et out the ring sizing chart – Hart House is going into the City of Burnaby’s Business Hall of Fame. Announced by the city and the Burnaby Board of Trade, the Deer Lake Park restaurant is the latest entrant in the prestigious hall, an acknowledgement for more than a quartercentury of culinary excellence. “We’re delighted to be recognized with this honour,” commented owner Paul Smolen. “During our 26 years in business, we have welcomed guests from around the world, but we never forget that we’re part of the local Burnaby community. We value our relationships with our neighbours, both individuals and businesses.” Smolen opened Hart House in 1988, setting up in the Tudor-style building designed by architect Frank Macey in the early 1900s. The induction aims to
recognize a Burnaby business “that has demonstrated outstanding business success over many years and has had a positive and significant impact on the community.” Mayor Derek Corrigan will induct Hart House at the 14th annual Burnaby Business Excellence Awards Hall of Fame and Nominees’ Luncheon on Oct. 9, to be held at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown. For details and tickets, see bbot.ca.
Pharma winner
A Burnaby-based pharmaceutical company is set to receive up to $636 million following its collaboration with a subsidiary of Roche, the world’s largest biotech company. Xenon Pharma recently partnered with Californiabased Genentech, which is offering the nine-figure investment for medical breakthroughs for pain relief. Xenon has a focus on pain genetics, “with the goal of discovering and validating new therapeutic targets and mechanisms for treating pain.” In a statement, Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Andrew Wilkinson, who also serves as the minister of technology, innova-
tion and citizens’ services, praised Genentech for its contribution and Xenon for its work to date. “There is inspiring research taking place in B.C. with the potential to help patients here at home and around the world,” he said. “This partnership demonstrates the confidence investors have in B.C. tech companies. “Over 84,000 people work in the tech sector in B.C. with 14,000 people specializing in life sciences. B.C.’s technology sector continues to be one of the top contributors to the provincial economy and represents opportunity for industry, investors and job seekers.”
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Tough loss for Knights following win Jennifer Thuncher contributor
After a shutout win in the first home opener of the season earlier this month, the AAA St. Thomas More Collegiate Knights were dealt a disappointing loss by fellow independent school rival Vancouver College at O’Hagan Field, Saturday. The Sept. 13 afternoon matchup was an unlucky one for the No. 2-ranked Knights who fell to the No. 4-ranked Fighting Irish 5032 after being up at the half. “It was the tale of two halves,” said Knights’ head coach Bernie Kully. Kully said it seemed like his boys played two separate games. STM was ahead at halftime 26-17 and then got outscored 36-6 in the second half. “We definitely failed to keep any kind of momentum in the second half, and we paid for it big time with a massive deficit by the end of the game,” Kully said. Kully said the Knights’ lack of physical conditioning and mental toughness were factors. “That is definitely something we are addressing,” he said, adding the scruffy Fighting Irish were also able to knock the Knights off the team’s game plan. “A lot of times we weren’t executing what we have been doing for the last month, and that really hurt us,” he said. It didn’t help the Knights
that the Fighting Irish boys were true to their name and were able to come back from a rough start for the win. Overall though, there were Knights who rose to the occasion. STM quarterback Terrell Jana, who also happens to be one of the best basketball players in the school, had a 184-yard passing and threw for three touchdowns. Shane Noel had 81 yards rushing and one touchdown. JJ Deslauriers had 103 yards receiving and three TDs. Matt Smigel had a 28yard touchdown reception. Andrew Flett had one TD and six tackles. The Knight defence was led by Ben Steele who had 11 tackles and two sacks. Spencer Moore helped out on defence with nine tackles and a sack. Looking forward to homecoming against Coquitlam’s Centennial Secondary, which is also the team’s first league game, Kully said every Knight needs to bring his A-game. “It is an opportunity for us to showcase ourselves to our alumni and the hope is that we represent them well on the field,” he said. The Knights homecoming game is Friday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. against Centennial at Burnaby Lakes. Visit www.burnabynow.com for up-to-date coverage of the Knights’ junior varsity football team.
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Going for the grab: A St. Thomas More player, in solid red, goes for the tackle against Surrey team Holy Cross last week. STM’s junior varsity football team beat Holy Cross 46-12. The JV Knights are on the road in Surrey this week to face off against Earl Marriott on Wednesday (today).
Roller coaster beginning for Steelers Jennifer Thuncher contributor
It could be a bit of a roller coaster season for Burnaby’s junior B men’s hockey team. At the end of the exhibition season, Grandview Steelers head coach Aldo Bruno predicted his Burnaby Winter Club-based Steelers would be in for a competitive season – with two games under the team’s belt, that prediction is already proving true. In the first game of the Tom Shaw conference regular season Sept. 11, the Steelers fell to the Richmond Sockeyes at Richmond Arena, a demoralizing 1-6. Steelers’ forward Timothy Chow
got the lone goal as the team’s jitters got the best of them. “The nerves of all the young guys was just too much for them,” said Bruno, adding there are 14 new faces in the lineup this year. “We just got outplayed.” It was a complete 180-degree difference in play in the Steelers’ home opener when the team took on the Port Moody Panthers Sept. 14. The Steelers beat the Panthers 3-2 in a double overtime nail biter. “I thought we played a much better game, for sure. The guys were a little more focused and all the nerves were out of them for having played one game of the season already,” Bruno said. The first two goals were thanks to
20-year-old veteran forward Jordan Hall and 16-year-old rookie, and Burnaby boy, Nico Bruno. Goaltender Cole MacInnes was solid in net and rookie, 17-yearold defenceman Alexander Rasovic scored the hero-goal with a wrist shot from the low slot close to the end of the second overtime. Looking forward, coach Bruno said he hopes to see more of the same from his green team. “We need to come out strong again and play at a good pace and force them to make mistakes,” he said. The Steelers next take on the Mission City Outlaws at the Mission Leisure Centre Saturday Sept. 20. The puck drops at 6:45 p.m.
Local soccer star shining bright in the Valley Jennifer Thuncher contributor
Burnaby’s high school soccer phenom Seina Kashima is making her presence felt on the soccer pitch for Trinity Western University. Kashima, a rookie forward with the Spartans, helped No. 2 ranked TWU earn a perfect road record in the Canada West regular season this past weekend. It was Friday night fun as the Spartans faced the Thompson Rivers University
Wolfpack in Kamloops Sept. 13. Kashima opened the goal scoring for the Spartans in minute 25 of the first half. When teammate midfielder Jessica King followed up with a goal in the 31st minute, that gave the team the momentum it needed to finish strong with a 3-1 win in the Canada West conference opener. Game two of the road-trip weekend saw TWU face UBC Okanagan Heat at Nonis Field, in Kelowna. Again Kashima opened the scoring – after a scoreless opening 45 minutes – with
a goal in the second half. She answered again in the second with a goal at the 85minute mark. TWU went on to win 5-1 over the Heat. “Seina has had an excellent start to her university career, and in particular the regular CIS season,” said Graham Roxburgh, Spartans head coach. “She is a constant threat to defenders because of her ability to run at players, and her pace and natural talent. She showed this past weekend that she can score goals as well as create chances for her team-
mates. Her finishes this weekend showed that she has the ability to become one of the best strikers in Canada at the university level. More importantly, she has been a model teammate and member of our program.” The five-foot-two striker graduated from Burnaby South Secondary in 2014 and recently joined TWU – two-time defending CIS champions – with plenty of experience. She not only has club play Soccer Page 23
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It wasn’t fun in the California sun for the Simon Fraser University men’s soccer team last weekend. The team got burned on the road in their first loss of the 2014 season 2-1 against the Azusa Pacific Cougars. (Azusa California is about 39 kilometres from Los Angeles, for the record.) The Clan are now also 21 in non-conference play. “It was a good battle between two quality teams, but unfortunately we were not able to take care of business,” said Clan head coach Alan Koch, in a press release. In hindsight, the writing was on the wall (in the sand, to keep the California beach theme going). The Cougar’s took control in the fourth minute of the game between the two top NCAA Division II teams when Cougar
Luke Ackerman got a rebound goal. The Clan answered, tying the game 1-1 in the eighth minute of play with Jovan Blagojevic heading a free kick into the goal. That was it until near the end of the second half, when APU was able to capitalize on three consecutive Clan fouls. C. GarciaPartida was able to get it past the post, making it 2-1 for the Cougars. SFU had several tries at net following the APU goal but wasn’t able to score. “We need to make sure that we have an excellent week of training before we travel to Bellingham next weekend as Western Washington is always a difficult opponent,” said Koch. TheClancontinuesonthe road for the game against WWU on September 20 when they will open their Great Northwest Athletic Conference season. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.
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under her belt but also play with Team B.C. that earned her a gold medal at the Canada Summer Games and a stint with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite, where she helped the team earn first place in Sweden’s massive Gothia World Youth Cup in the girls’ under-19 division.
But she isn’t all brawn. After a high school career on the honour roll, Kashima is studying education at TWU. Kashima will suit up with TWU to face her old team, the Whitecaps Sept. 19 in an exhibition game at Rogers Field. They are back to Canada West play at home Sept. 26, when they face the University of British Columbia Okanagan.
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