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Turning fear into hope Jennifer Moreau staff reporter

For Burnaby’s Julie Desroches, it’s not just a pirate-themed Halloween display. It’s a symbol of resistance, of honour among thieves and living life as a better human being. That’s because the Desroches family’s annual Halloween display was inspired from a place close to death. Six years ago, around Halloween, Julie Desroches, a child psychologist and mother of two, was struck with a pregnancy-related abdominal infection that left her hospitalized and nearly dead. “The whole pirate thing for me became very symbolic of what I went through. I was facing my own stormy sea,” she told the NOW. She saw her supporters – friends and family – as her “pirate crew,” as she struggled with the medical and legal systems. She watched a lot of pirate movies in the years it took to recover, and dur-

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ing that time, she came up with the idea to create a pirate-themed Halloween display. Last year, she was finally well enough, and with the help of her friends and family (her crew), made it a fund-

run by a man Desroches met 15 years ago while volunteering in Africa. The money went towards a roof for the centre, and this year, Desroches wants to

raiser to help children in Africa. Through donations collected online and on Halloween night, the Desroches raised $2,500 for the Saint Stephen Children’s Centre in Makondo, Uganda,

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Four more throw hats into city mayor’s race Jacob Zinn staff reporter

Boy, that escalated quickly. As the deadline to file candidacy papers came to a close, four independent mayoral candidates entered the political fray, announcing their interest in Mayor Derek Corrigan’s seat on council. Political newcomer Raj Gupta, former Burnaby Greens school trustee Helen Chang and former mayoral hopefuls Sylvia

Gung and Allen Hutton have all stepped forward to run for Burnaby mayor in November, against Corrigan and Burnaby First mayoral candidate Daren Hancott. Chang, who was elected to school board in 2005, has lived in Burnaby for 30 years and has a passion for multiculturalism. Since 2011, she has organized multicultural forums to raise awareness for such issues as hate crimes, immigration, medical fraud and bullying. She has also lobbied the federal government to enact a

Hate Crime Statistics Act. On her second run for mayor, Gung has promised to freeze taxes, halt pay hikes and remove the school board “to thwart its political agenda.” She has also pledged to ban behaviours exhibiting sexuality, however minimal, including holding hands in public and kissing the bride at weddings. With more than three decades of volunteer work ranging from transit to planning, Hutton has an interest in ensuring the wellness of Burnaby citizens. He wants

to continue preserving and maintaining natural areas in the city and expand parks and public pathways for future generations. He also is calling for openness, accountability and fiscal responsibility from the local government. Gupta, a realtor for 24 years who has lived in B.C. since 1974, ran provincially for the B.C. Conservative Party in VancouverKensington last year and is now venturing into municipal politics. He has a laundry Mayor Page 9

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Helping hands: Nicaraguan deputy fire chief Gerry Caceres, left, speaks with Burnaby fire recruits during Caceres’ visit to Burnaby Fire Hall No. 1 last week. Caceres was in town to meet with city and fire department staff about Burnaby’s recent donation of a fire truck to Nicaragua.

Burnaby firefighters are making a difference a world away. Last week, they got to meet with the man who sees first-hand how much of a difference they truly make. Gerry Caceres, a deputy national fire chief for the Federation of Firefighters in Nicaragua, was in Burnaby to tour the city’s Fire Hall No. 1 and meet with the firefighters who helped get Burnaby involved in Operation Nicaragua, an initiative founded by a retired teacher in Kamloops and was quickly adopted by its local fire department. Fire departments across Nicaragua were completely destroyed during the country’s revolution more than 20 years ago. Since then, volunteers like Caceres have been rebuilding, from scratch, everything that was lost. Today, the country has 11 fire stations, which serves only 38 per cent of the country’s 147 municipalities. Nicaragua Page 4

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MDs get poor grades in handwashing Cornelia Naylor staff reporter

Hand washing among health care providers at Burnaby Hospital is way up since two years ago, but doctors continue to lag significantly behind their colleagues, according to the latest report by B.C.’s Provincial Hand Hygiene Working Group. Health-care workers’ hands are the most common vehicle for the spread of potentially deadly infections – like C difficile and MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) – around hospitals, according the B.C. Ministry of Health’s best practices for hand hygiene. Hand cleaning is considered the best way to combat them. In 2011/12, when Fraser

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Health first started reporting the results of hand-hygiene audits at its hospitals, compliance among Burnaby Hospital personnel was shown to be as low as 46 per cent during one quarter. In the latest audits, however – for the period between April 1 and June 19 – that number is up to 87 per cent – five per cent above the provincial average and four per cent above the average for Fraser Health. Housekeeping, maintenance and food services staff, along with hospital volunteers, performed the best, with a compliance rate of 95 per cent. Clinical staff, including medical technicians, porters, therapists and pharmacists, were next with a 92 per cent compliance rate. They were followed by nurses,

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who were observed using proper hand hygiene 87 per cent of the time. Doctors came in a distant last at 75 per cent. Still, local doctors did better than their counterparts around the province. The provincial average for hand-hygiene compliance among physicians was 69 per cent, compared to 82 per cent for B.C. health-care workers overall. Doctors have lagged more than 10 per cent behind other health-care providers for four years, according to annual reports by the Hand Hygiene Working Group. “We talk to all our care providers, including physicians, about how to improve hand hygiene compliance, and that work is

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ongoing,” Fraser Health spokesperson Tasleem Juma told the NOW. “As for why doctors continue to be the least compliant, that’s something the College can answer.” While doctors have privileges at hospitals, they are not employed by the health authorities. The B.C. College of Physicians, however, declined to comment on why hand-cleaning compliance among doctors is the lowest among health-care workers in the province. “The College doesn’t collect any data on hand hygiene compliance,” wrote the College’s director of communications, Susan Prins in an email. “These types of studies are usually conducted in a health authority or a specific hospital.”

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NEB mulls decision on overriding bylaws Jennifer Moreau staff reporter

National Energy Board members are now deciding whether to override Burnaby’s bylaw against tree-cutting so Kinder Morgan can survey Burnaby Mountain for a new pipeline route. TheNEBhearingonKinderMorgan’s “constitutional question” took place Thursday, Oct. 9 in Calgary. The key issue is whether the NEB has the constitutional power to trump Burnaby’s bylaws, which makes it a precedent-setting case that could have implications for other cities facing pipelines. According to the official transcript, Kinder Morgan’s lawyers opened with arguments supporting the NEB’s legal authority on the issue, stating the board can determine Burnaby’s bylaws “inoperative” in regards to Burnaby Mountain but can’t deem them unconstitutional. Kinder Morgan’s counsel also took a stab at Burnaby’s press releases on the pipeline. “They are inflammatory, to say the least. They are political. It is absolutely clear they are opposed to the pipeline. And it’s our submission that this is not a bona fide attempt to apply bylaws,”

said Maureen Killoran, one of three Kinder Morgan lawyers. “This is about a grand purpose of attempting to stop the pipeline and attempting to stop it at this very early stage, when the proponent is attempting to do environmental assessment work, and work to facilitate the board process.” Killoran said Burnaby’s actions are “a collateral attack on not just the pipeline but on the board’s mandate as well.” Burnaby’s lawyer Greg McDade argued the NEB did not have the authority to quash Burnaby’s bylaws. “There is no clear power within section 12 or 13 or anywhere else in the NEB Act to say that you can declare or determine that municipal bylaws are invalid,” he said. NEB spokesperson Sarah Kiley wasn’t sure when the board’s decision would be announced but said it could be in the next couple of weeks. The National Energy Board Act already allows companies access to Crown land and private property without the landowners’ permission, but never before has the act come in direct conflict with city bylaws, as it has in Burnaby.

Nicaragua: Giving ‘a sense of dignity’ continued from page3

“All the fire departments that we had that were independent, volunteer fire departments practically disappeared during the revolution,” he said. “After the free elections, (the government) gave us back our right to reorganize again.” When Caceres and his fellow firefighters first set to rebuild the departments, they had nothing – no trucks, no equipment, nothing. Operation Nicaragua has been one way the country has been slowly rebuilding its fire departments. Since its inception, Operation Nicaragua has donated 14 fire trucks, old hoses, equipment and gear from fire departments in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. “We’ve done incredible work together. The people of Canada have really shown they’re interested in helping and their good, kind hearts,” Caceres said. This is the first time the Burnaby Fire Department has participated in Operation Nicaragua on such a scale.

Spearheaded by Capt. Erik Vogel, the department approached the city earlier this year about donating one of its retired fire trucks south to Nicaragua. The city agreed and the truck was placed in storage, where it remains until it’s ready to be shipped by freighter to Nicaragua. Other items donated by Burnaby include old gear, uniforms and 2,000 feet of hose. Both Vogel and Caceres agree, rather than watching equipment be shipped to the landfill when it “expires,” Operation Nicaragua gives it a second life. “Even if it’s old or used, discharged equipment in Canada, it becomes our brand new, state-of-the-art equipment for us,” Caceres said. The new equipment also provides firefighters in Nicaragua with something they can be proud of, which can make a world of difference, Caceres added. “It provides a sense of dignity to our firefighters to say that they do have some

good equipment to work with,” he said. “It’s hard and sad when you have to fight fires with buckets of water or sand.” Operation Nicaragua also facilitates a training exchange program where Canadian firefighters spend a few weeks training the volunteer firefighters. With an additional 55 fire trucks still needed, Operation Nicaragua is in no way over. About three to four shipments of equipment are sent to Nicaragua each year and most of the goods are shared between the 11 departments. Soon the federation will open a 12th fire department, and Caceres was proud to say there’s already a fire truck and equipment ready and waiting for the new team of volunteers. “Who would think that an old uniform would make somebody feel good,” he said. “When you’re able to provide a … good looking uniform to a volunteer firefighter that never had one, it gives him a sense of dignity in what he does, and pride.”

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Can the NDP take down Clark? IN THE HOUSE

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sneak preview of what to expect in the next provincial election campaign was on full public display at the legislature last week – and both the Opposition and the government came away feeling pretty good about their respective performances. I’m referring to the first question period in months that featured the NDP trying to square off against Premier Christy Clark. The NDP still seems to have some pent-up rage about unexpectedly losing the last election and can’t seem to come to grips with the fact that Clark – whom they belittled, scorned and dismissed out of hand, and for whom they continue to lack respect – actually beat them with the voters. Given their first opportunity to fire questions at the premier, the NDP opted to focus on the very issues that likely propelled Clark to her win: LNG, mining, forestry and job creation. NDP leader John Horgan and top lieutenants Bruce Ralston, Carole James and Shane Simpson all hammered away at

her government’s record in these areas. They quoted – correctly – statistics and figures to back up their assertions that Clark has not delivered on her promises in any of these sectors. Clark’s lofty promise to use LNG revenues to get rid of the sales tax and the provincial debt were ridiculed by the NDP (and the media, including this commentator) before the election, and that promise was hurled back at her last week. So, too, was her government’s sorry job creation record. And they derided Clark for her “photo-op politics.” Again, pretty much everything that was said before the last election. This may explain why Clark, as the questions kept coming, seemed to start relishing the encounter. She realized she could use the NDP’s attacks as ammunition to make the main point of what will surely be her party’s campaign theme in 2017: her side does indeed promise economic miracles, and the other side does not. The NDP’s attacks allowed her, again, to frame that party as “the party that says no” to natural resource projects, which her side vociferously support. Of course, her take on the NDP’s position is a gross generalization, but that is beside the point. When it comes to effectively communicating a message, Clark is starting to remind me of Clark Page 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Tankers add to air pollution Dear Editor:

Re. Tanker safety is paramount, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Oct. 10. First of all, thank you to Jennifer Moreau and the Burnaby NOW editorial team for your thorough coverage of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, keeping it in the public eye. On Saturday afternoon my mother and I took a walk in Barnet Marine Park. Just offshore, an oil tanker waiting by Kinder Morgan’s Westridge terminal let out a huge belch of brown smog, which drifted down Burrard Inlet towards the park. If the pipeline expansion is approved, there will be seven times as many tankers sitting in the Inlet, belching smog, just between Barnet Marine and

Confederation Parks, and under the Capitol Hill, Burrard Inlet and Burnaby Mountain Conservation Areas. Even if Kinder Morgan never has an oil spill again, we’ll be affected by the tankers’ air pollution. For example, the ravine of Confederation Park is a natural funnel; already, odours from the refinery on Inlet waft right up to the top of the park, where there are hundreds of people of all ages every day, enjoying the senior centre, library, pool, track, ball fields, playground and elementary school. Will our parks become the way I remember Pittsburgh in the 1960s, when everything you touched outside was covered in black soot? We the citizens of Burnaby voted for our parks and pay for them with our taxes. They are at direct

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Pipeline expansion a risk continued from page 6

risk from the proposed pipeline expansion, no matter how “safe” Kinder Morgan claims to be. Thank you, Mayor Corrigan, for challenging a private company’s assumption that it has the right to ruin our parks for its own profit. This certainly should be a constitutional issue. Lise Kreps, Burnaby

Raccoons not a city issue Dear Editor:

Re: Raccoons feast on her grubby lawn, Burnaby NOW, Oct. 8. The City of Burnaby, in my opinion, is not responsible for the grub-eating raccoons, which a reader in my area believes should be the case. Why should it be up to the city to keep the raccoons from scavenging on people’s lawns? In my own neighborhood, I have witnessed people preventing raccoon damage by hanging CDs from trees, covering potentially affected areas with netting and trying to distract the pests with garden statues. Personally speaking, I believe our family dog is the best deterrent for saving our lawn from being ripped up. Don’t we think that our tax money could be used elsewhere in our community such as, promoting more officers in the police department to help track down local vandals from breaking into vehicles in our neighborhood.

After researching eco-friendly ways to deter raccoons, I discovered that lighting up the affected area has been shown to be effective, as well as using pure soap flakes and mothballs, all of which are low-cost, easy to use, and do not require city funds. Although I understand the reader’s situation and the annoyance that these animals cause, I do not believe that going to the city is the appropriate response. Alison Shewfelt, age 16, Burnaby

Thanks to emergency crew Dear Editor:

This letter is to express kudos to the Burnaby Fire Department and ambulance service. On Oct. 5 my mother-in-law had a fall in her apartment in South Burnaby and was unable to get to a phone for several hours. However, when she was able to get the phone and called 911, the response was quick and very professional. The Burnaby Fire Department crew was supportive and courteous, even to the point of cleaning up the mess left from the fall. The paramedics were able to keep the situation light-hearted and provide the assurance necessary during a time of shock and stress. These responders turned what could have been an extremely traumatic experience into one which was manageable. Although we don’t often hear of the dayto-day benefit our emergency responders provide, it’s times like this that we really need to express our gratitude.

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another politician with a pretty good track record in this regard: former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. A brilliant new book (by a left-leaning historian) on the political ascendency of Reagan (The Invisible Bridge, by Rick Perlstein) provides plenty of evidence of how Reagan essentially talked “over” the heads of the media and his political opponents. He was given to making wild exaggerations, simplistic solutions or just plain error-studded pronouncements. But he also continually delivered a hopeful message (no matter how ridiculous it sometimes seemed) that Americans clung to. There are huge differences between Clark and someone like Reagan of course, but their communication techniques seem similar in certain ways. For example, during the recent teachers’ dispute, Clark referred in a seem-

ingly off-hand remark about the teachers wanting “unlimited massages” as part of their benefits package. Her assertion was flat-out wrong (which I and pretty much every other media commentator quickly noted), but I was amazed by how many people subsequently wanted to talk to me about why teachers thought they deserved unlimited massages. The NDP left that question period last Wednesday seemingly thinking they had just strafed Clark and left her badly wounded from their criticism. But, if anything, Clark seemed quite pleased by the showdown and her advisers told me they’d be quite happy to constantly argue about the economy with the NDP. Both sides think their respective “messaging” will win out with the voters. The last election result showed, of course, that when it comes to the econ-

omy, Clark and the B.C. Liberals have more credibility than their opponents. New Democrats will have to establish their own credibility, while at the same time convincing enough people that Clark’s promises don’t add up. But that may prove to be a difficult challenge. They can quote all the statistics and studies they want, but the vast majority of voters don’t listen to them. Instead, they appear to listen to lofty, hopeful rhetoric. The NDP can dismiss that notion – as they did during that revealing question period – but unless they can find a way to burst Clark’s bubble when it comes to making promises versus the reality of things (and they haven’t come close to doing that yet), the next election result may be a mirror of the last one. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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Pirate house: Helping African kids continued from page 1

bring in electricity, so the children aren’t forced to study in the dark and the centre can run computers. “It would give them a much better chance in the future, so it’s pretty exciting,” Desroches says. Last year’s display brought roughly 200 visitors, and this year Julie is hoping for more. There will be games and treasure hunts for kids, interactive elements to play with and themes and characters from popular pirate lore, like Pirates of the Caribbean, Long John Silver and Captain Hook. Of course, there is trick-or-treating, and anyone who dresses as a pirate will get extra candy. She focuses on fictitious pirates – not the murderous thieves of actual history, but the Robin Hoods of the high seas. The display is child-friendly

– Desroches did not want to make it scary for the little ones. New this year is a post-strike nod to B.C.’s teachers. “They are the honourable pirates of the year. They are the ones that fought the bigger system, so we will have a tribute to them in our shrine,” she says. “All of it really, at the end of the day, is about celebrating honourable people,” she says. “You have to live an honourable life. Yes, you have to fight hard things, but you can do it in a way that’s more honourable, in a way that’s just and fair and more kind. … It’s about being good people. Even when you have stormy seas, you have to band together.” For more on the Desroches’ pirate home, or to donate, go to www.pirate house.ca. For information on the beneficiary in Africa, go to www.ststephen childrenscentre.org.

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Burnaby’s school board elections race is officially underway with the close of nominations Friday. The final list of candidates includes a full slate from the Burnaby Citizens Coalition: incumbents Baljinder Narang, Ron Burton, Larry Hayes, Harman Pandher, Gary Wong and Meiling Chia, and current parks commissioner Katrina Chen.

It also includes six candidates from the Burnaby First Coalition – Janice Beecroft, Heather Leung, Maria Parente, Ben Seebaran, Keith Tong and Franca Zumpano – and one independent, Elias Ishak. For more information on all election news, visit www.burnaby.ca and click on the #BBYELXN tab. twitter.com/CorNaylor

Help kids keep warm As the weather turns colder, Burnaby Rotarians are gearing up for the annual Rotary Coats for Kids campaign. Every year, the Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown collects new and gently used winter coats to redistribute to local children from low-income families, so they can keep warm in winter. This year’s goal is to collect 1,500 coats. Readers can help by dropping off waterproof, hooded coats at any of Burnaby’s four library branches until Nov. 30. Other drop-off locations include The UPS Store

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Mayor: Six vie for Burnaby’s top job continued from page 1

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Hancott, on the opposition, is running on his experience in businesses across Canada and his roots in the community in hopes of holding office. The election takes place Saturday, Nov. 15. twitter.com/jacobzinn

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Shoulder disconnect: NOW health reporter Cornelia Naylor gets up close and personal with the glenohumeral or shoulder joint while waiting for the first appointment in her 14-week “Fortius Challenge.” Over the coming months, Fortius Sport & Health has pledged to bring all its cutting-edge technology and sport-health know-how to bear to overcome her lingering college volleyball injury and help her play recreational tennis pain free.

Aging reporter puts her body in Fortius’s hands Cornelia Naylor staff reporter

ou know that bum knee or achy shoulder that’s stopping you from beating your twerpy young friend at golf or tennis? What about those cement-mixer hips that have you thinking you’re not going to try for that half-marathon after all? Or even that hip-replacement that has you looking at a long stint of rehab before you can walk your dog again? What if you could boost your performance or speed up your recovery with the same cutting-edge know-how and technology that helps Olympic and professional athletes bounce back from blown-out

knees and ruptured tendons? In Burnaby, you can … or so they tell me. For the next 14 weeks, this reporter has been assigned to undertake a “Fortius Challenge” – a chance to set some fitness and physical performance goals and experience first-hand the different ways Burnaby’s Fortius Sport & Health can help. Fortius, the sleek, world-class, $61-million sports medicine and performance facility on Kensington Avenue, was built to bring together the best and brightest in Canadian sport and exercise medicine under one roof to “integrate, collaborate and innovate.” It’s a one-stop shop for elite athletes and teams, like the Toronto Raptors who

recently spent a four-day training camp there and for the national women’s soccer team who’s currently using it to prepare for next summer’s World Cup. Whether it’s recovering from injury or maximizing performance, Fortius has all the trainers, sports doctors, physiotherapists, chiropractors, massage therapists, kinesiologists, optometrists, biomechanists, physiologists, dieticians, pedorthists, podiatrists and orthopedic surgeons any highperformance athlete could need. But part of the Fortius vision, when the founders were planning their dream facility and picking their dream team, was always that the technology and know-how should become community assets. The Fortius Foundation, fuelled by

philanthropy like that of founder and chairman Scott Cousens who donated $23 million to the project, built and equipped Fortius with cutting-edge equipment and technologies that would attract Canada’s top athletes. But it also made those amenities available to a public that normally wouldn’t have access to them. Fortius has been trying to get that message out – that the centre is for anyone motivated by an exercise-related goal, whether it’s making an Olympic comeback, playing recreational tennis or walking the dog. But the idea that Fortius is a facility for Fortius Page 13

My shoulder is a ‘bread and butter’ issue ON MY BEAT

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’ve been ushered into an examination room at Fortius Sport & Health and have grabbed a plastic model of what looks like a very gristly cut of meat. “He likes to have the limb he’s looking at in the room,” says

Jamie, the assistant who’s let me in. I’m waiting for sports doctor Jason Crookham, who’s going to kick off my 14 week “Fortius Challenge” with an examination of my right shoulder, which I’m hoping will be able to hold up through a game of tennis after all is said and done. Like most of the practitioners I encounter at Fortius, Crookham seems way overqualified to fix up a 47-year-old mother of three so she can play recreational tennis. A former professional and Canadian national team cyclist, Crookham is former team phy-

sician to the Abbotsford Heat AHL hockey team, the NCAA Big Ten University of Michigan Wolverines football, basketball, hockey and soccer teams, and the Maxxis Professional Mountain Bike Team. He asks me a few questions, puts me through a series of movements and then reaches for the plastic model – my new friend, glenohumeral joint. My issue is a “bread and butter” sports medicine problem, he says, one that will fit perfectly into my Fortius Challenge. The glenohumeral or shoulder joint, he explains, is a mobile but

unstable one, like a golf ball resting on a golf tee. Unlike the true ball-and-socket hip joint, which has a lot of “bony stability,” the shoulder is held in place mostly by four muscles that make up the rotator cuff. My shoulder’s problem is basically looseness, according to Crookham. Since things are moving around more than they should, stuff is getting “pinched,” and that’s where the pain is coming from. Little calcifications can also grow in the joint and cause similar symptoms, so Crookham says

he’ll be looking at some X-rays I had done a couple of years ago before our follow-up appointment, just in case. In the meantime, he’s pretty sure a physical rehab program to strengthen the muscles of my rotator cuff (my new buddies supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis). “I think you’re going to do great with rotator cuff strengthening and stabilizing exercises.” Next stop, physiotherapy. ! Follow Cornelia’s road to recovery at www.burnabynow.com

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Station Square project will create 650 jobs Jacob Zinn staff reporter

The second phase of Metrotown’s fivetower Station Square development will double the workforce of the first phase, according to business leaders at a press conference for the project on Friday. Standing at the site of the next two towers, in front of hundreds of construction workers, Anthem Properties CEO Eric Carlson and Beedie Development Group president Ryan Beedie announced

New jobs:

Mayor Derek Corrigan was on hand Friday for the announcement that the second phase of the Station Square development in Metrotown will create 650 jobs construction jobs in Burnaby.

Phase 2 will create 650 construction jobs in Burnaby. “When I think about what we do as a company, one of the things I love the most is the employment generation: creating well-paid construction jobs,” Beedie said, noting that roughly 3,000 people will be employed during the duration of the Station Square development. “We’re celebrating a milestone in the development of this project,” added Carlson. “Several years from now, right

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Fortius: Not just for the pros continued from page 11

elites only persists – helped, no doubt, by the recent Raptors visit and news of other elite clients since the centre’s May 2013 opening. Fortius biomechanist Dr. Christopher MacLean told me he recently overheard a young soccer player walking past the centre tell his mom he’d really love to train and play at Fortius. “Oh no, son,” she said, “that’s for professional athletes.” MacLean shook his head. “The perception and the reality, there’s a bit of a disconnect,” he said. My first visit to Fortius was for a meeting with director of clinical operations Randy Goodman to tour the centre and set goals. Goodman has 25 years’ experience as an international sport physiotherapist. At the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, he was the supervisor of therapy in the Athletes Village. He’s not alone; when Fortius went into its final planning phase in 2011, many of the practitioners on board had been at the Games and been part of what the International Olympic Committee called the best sport medicine platform in Olympic Games history. “I feel like an all-star manager,” said Goodman of the Fortius staff. After touring me around state-of-theart amenities like hydrotherapy pools, a performance vision clinic and a biomechanics lab, he sat me down to set goals. As a rehab project, we agreed to zero in on an achy shoulder that’s been bothering me since college volleyball. By the end of the challenge, the goal was to be able to play a game of tennis

without it throbbing and stiffening up. I’d also get a chance to sample everything else Fortius has to offer – massage, a consultation with a dietician, a barrage of tests for everything from my running gait to my vision. My first appointment was arranged for the following week, and I left Fortius with the intro from the old Six Million Dollar Man into ringing in my head. “We can rebuild (her). We have the technology. We can make (her) better than (she) was. Better…stronger…faster.”

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Checking in: NOW health reporter Cornelia Naylor waits for her first appointment as part of her 14-week Fortius challenge.

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Burnaby residents can see a unique Japanese subculture on stage this Thursday. Vancouver Okinawa Taiko, a group of Vancouver dancing drummers, is putting on a show at Burnaby’s Michael J. Fox Theatre to help orphans from the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

said Corrigan. “These kind of jobs are the kinds that are sustainable. “These are the kind of jobs that support families.”

Vancouver Okinawa Taiko will perform on Thursday, Oct. 16 with two other acts: Chijinshu Wakatiida, another Okinawan taiko group, and Hidekatsu, an Okinawan singersongwriter. The drumming, dancing, and singing are all from Okinawa, the southern most region of Japan. Thursday’s performance is called

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he Brentwood Park Alliance Church is hosting a 100th anniversary celebration next weekend. On Saturday, Oct. 18, there will be a banquet for churchgoers, and on Sunday, Oct. 19 there will be a special service at 10:30 a.m., followed by a potluck lunch. The event marks 100 years for the church, which started in North Burnaby as the Capitol Hill Union Church, then moved to Delta Avenue in 1975. Brentwood Park Alliance is also the church that supports Connections Coffee House, a volunteerrun, non-profit café in the area. The church is at 1410 Delta Ave.

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Burnaby author Donald Gutstein has published a new book on Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The title is Harperism, How Stephen Harper and his Think Tank Colleagues Have Transformed Canada. Gutstein is an adjunct professor in SFU’s school of communication. Harperism, as Gutstein calls it, is marked by a weak labour movement, cutbacks to scientific research, income inequality and the elimination of First Nations reserves. The book is available at Chapters in Metrotown and costs $22.95.

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he way you look at your life at this moment can determine your future health and happiness. How you habitually think has great bearing on your performance at school or work, your physical health, your emotions and your relationships. If you see yourself as a powerless victim of life, you lose your confidence and sense of control. This leads to anxiety. If all you focus on is what is wrong in your life, you will no longer see what is good. This leads to depression. An attitude more conducive to your well-being is gratitude.

Contrary to popular opinion, thankfulness is not a function of what you have or a luxury when life is good. Lasting and authentic happiness doesn’t come when everything is perfect because it never is or when it seems to be, it doesn’t stay that way. In an imperfect world, we can still be happy. We say that pessimists see the cup as half empty and optimists see it half full. With the perspective of wanting, we see what we don’t have and we get what we expect – more of less and more wanting. Happiness is not in the cards with the half-empty attitude. Pessimists may think that optimists are deluded. The cup is really not half full, and in a sense they may be right. Water is not static, just as neither our selves nor anything in life is unchanging. People come in and out of our lives, love comes in

Help local bees The City of Burnaby is teaming up with the Environmental Youth Alliance to host a special workshop to help bolster local bee populations. The free workshop is on Saturday, Oct. 18 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. “Bees are beneficial inspects which play a vital role in our ecosystem,” said Melinda Yong, an environmental technician with the City of Burnaby’s parks, recreation and cultural services. “The program is so people can play a role in increasing their habitats in the city. It’s great way to get involved in your local park.” The workshop is primarily for people who are

ourselves, others and our many forms and the gifts world just as they are at we are given are gifts in this moment. trust; we hold It can allow them for a “Be grateful for us to see and moment and create a posipass them on. the flowers you tive future, the Everything is see today and realization of fleeting, flowing and in recognize that in potential. When flux. your hands are my children Gratitude the seeds for the were young, I allows us to would make appreciate future.” up a new what we have story each been given in DAVIDICUS WONG bedtime. In the past – the family physician the tale of the good that we “Daily Fairy,” have experia child is befriended by enced, the way we were a beautiful fairy who has loved and the lessons we nothing but love to give in have learned. It allows her short life which lasts us to see and appreciate

just one day. Rather than grieving her impending loss, the child learns to appreciate the gift of her fairy’s one sparkling day. We and everyone around us are like the daily fairy – flowers in bloom today. Take stock of what you have this day. There are seeds and flowers. Be grateful for the flowers you see today and recognize that in your hands are the seeds for the future. When you turn your problems into goals – reframing the negative into positive – you begin to create a more positive

future. You are no longer a victim of chance. You empower yourself. You see golden opportunities and you seize them. You plant seeds for future happiness. Today, appreciate the flowers that now bloom in your life and give thanks for flowers past. Recognize the seeds in your life, and ask, “What can I do today to create happiness tomorrow?” Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician. His Healthwise column appears regularly in this paper. You can read more about achieving your positive potential in health at davidicuswong. wordpress.com.

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ardeners who grow chives, leeks and other kitchen onions don’t always think about their exotic flowering relatives – alliums, the onions that are grown for their beautiful flower heads which in different varieties may be purple, pink, white, lavender and sometimes yellow or blue. After their flowering season, the easy-to-dry seedheads can be cut for winter vases or left in the garden, where they add interest until winter winds make them keel over. Flower heads, if cut early, tend to keep a faded version of their original colours. Besides being hardy and unusually healthy, alliums have a vertical growth habit that fits very well into containers and small space. They reliably come back year after year. Though alliums will grow in most soils that aren’t swampy, their favou-

displays a ragged head of long, medium and short floret stems hosting pink flowers. Fascinating shape for winter vases. One of the most beautiful is Allium christophii, which is only 30 cm tall but has heads that can reach 25 cm in diameter. It’s another lovely one for drying. Each starry floret is centered with a black seed. It isn’t generally known that leeks, shallots and vegetable onions can produce very pretty flowers, though with leeks and onions this doesn’t happen till their second year – and by then the root isn’t much use for eating. Most flowers of vegetable alliums are white, but red onions or purple-tinged leeks may produce flowers with a purple blush or purple stamens or purple seeds. Once you have a flower, you may obtain viable seeds for garden planting. Obtaining seeds is best tried with one or two plants that you’ve moved out of the vegetable garden. Old roots are susceptible to diseases and pests. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions sent to amarrison@shaw.ca It helps if you add the name of your city or region.

rite conditions are the same ones that crocuses and tulips like – sun and welldrained soil. The foliage dies down immediately after they flower (or even a little before in some). Once they’re dormant, drought doesn’t bother them. Most of their bulbs can be planted below or within the roots of other plants, and when flowering, the taller alliums rise well above compact annuals. Squirrels seem to ignore alliums as do other pests. Breeders are working on creating the deepest possible purple alliums such as the 1.2-metre Ambassador. But most of the tall, largeglobed ones – including Globemaster, Lucille Ball or Allium giganteum – are a blend of pinkish purple or purplish pink. Virtually all alliums are keepers that return year after year without hogging precious space. But the Sicilian honey garlic (Nectaroscordum siculum) gradually makes a thick and ever-increasing mat of bulbs. The flowers produce 90-centimetre stems of bells in an unusual blend of white, pink, purple and green. Another strange plant is Allium schubertii, which

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Mileage comparisons with European cars misleading imperial gallons and calculate your “miles per imperial gallon,” your combined mileage would instantly be 38, not 32. TOM: And the other major factor is the mileage test itself. The European test tends to use slower acceleration, lower top speeds, and fewer starts and stops than the U.S. test. It also doesn’t take into account things like air conditioning use and cold-temperature use. Click and Clack Page 22

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RAY: So if you took the same exact car, with same exact engine and same amount of fuel, and ran them through the two different tests, the European mileage number would be, on average, about 20 per cent higher, just because

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the test is different. TOM: So if you convert for imperial gallons, and then convert for the difference in testing methodology, your car would be rated at about 45.6 mpg. That’s pretty close to the 50.4 advertised in the U.K. RAY: Of course, you can’t

count on getting any of these numbers in real life. While the U.S. test is more realistic than the European test, neither of the tests really mimics your own driving. TOM: So they’re always best used as relative measures, to compare one car

with another. RAY: The best measure is the one you do at the pump. You’ve done that, and as you say, you’re “thrilled” with your 32 mpg combined. So enjoy your car and tell your brother-in-law to sod off.

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24 Taekwondo at SFU SECTION COORDINATOR Cayley Dobie, 604-444-6059 • cdobie@burnabynow.com

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other teams and other nations across B.C.,” she contributor said. Alteo’s team was Over the long weekend knocked into consolation there was great ball on the play early in the tournahardwood, drumming in ment after a close loss the stands and a sense of against Alberta in the first community that enveloped game. The West Coast both players and spectators Spirit team is a two-time as Simon Fraser University champ at the prestigious played host to the NEC All Native Basketball Native Education College Tournament held in Prince All Nations Basketball Rupert every year. (In February, Spirit were one Classic. Twenty adult men’s point away from winning and women’s teams took the top spot at the All Nations for a part in the inaugural tour“We’ve had some third time but had to settle nament, which awesome comfor second was held at the after losing Lorne Davies petition. Some to Metlakatla Complex at the really great teams B.C.) Burnaby SFU have come out.” According campus. to Claire There were Claire Askew Askew, NEC three teams coordinator, NEC Wellness Wellness from the Warriors Warriors coSiksika Nation (Alberta), two teams from ordinator, the entire tourthe Hesquiaht Nation nament was a resounding (Vancouver Island), two success. “We’ve had some aweteams from Kamloops and area, and three teams some competition. Some from local Musqueam and really great teams have come out,” she said. “It Squamish nations. For many players it was is really a community another chance to play event.” Some of the off-court competitive basketball while connecting to cul- highlights for Askew included the aboriginal ture and family. Captain of the West youth basketball tournaCoast Spirit women’s ment held on Sunday (Oct. team, Anna Atleo, 34, from 11), which was hosted by Nanaimo, said the tourna- the SFU men’s basketball ment is important for play- team. “That was really neat. ers on and off the court. “It is good medicine for The kids were really excitourselves, and it brings ed,” Askew said, adding us together, and we get that about 50 kids attendto build connections with ed the camp.

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Hers: Hesquiaht Nation player Francine Charleson (in white) holds the ball during a game against the Kamloops SUNNS at the All Nations basketball classic on Saturday. Cultural highlights included dance performances by the Musqueam Nation’s Tsatsu Stalqayu (Coast Wolf Pack) at the opening ceremony and words by elder Jim White at the opening and closing ceremonies. “It is just really about bringing people together in a really healthy environment,” Askew said. Joleen Mitton, 31, captain of All My Relations, which is made up of East Vancouver players from various First Nations, said

it was great to reconnect at the event. “Just the fact you can be connected to your culture is really important. So, being an urban Indian and living downtown, you don’t see a lot of natives around, and then you go to these tournaments and you see cousins and (everyone) has all the same common interests, so that is really awesome,” said Mitton, who is Cree-Blackfoot. The irony of holding the aboriginal tournament on the traditional

Thanksgiving weekend, a holiday many – including First Nations – see as a celebration of colonial conquest was not lost on Mitton. “We are going to decolonize,” she said with a laugh. “We are going to not have turkey, we are going to have fish and stuff like that. Everyone should decolonize.” For a full list of results from the All Nations Basketball Classic www.facebook.com/ NighthawksVancouver.

Back-to-back wins for Northwest Giants Jennifer Thuncher contributor

The boys of the Vancouver Northwest Giants could spend Thanksgiving Monday relaxing thankstoback-to-backwinsagainst the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds in Major Midget league play. The Burnaby-Winter-ClubbasedGiantsbeattheThunderbirds 5-4 on Saturday at the Abbotsford Recreation Centre (Oct. 11) and then 3-1 on Sunday (Oct. 12) at home at the Winter Club. The wins wouldn’t be news for the unbeaten Giants (8-0) who are, after all, defending seven-time regular season champs, except for that five of their regular players were out of the lineup due to injuries. Sunday’s game – the team’s first at home – was a good show-

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ing for the remaining Giants, but at times it was clear they were hurting. The first period ended scoreless despite four power plays and the Giants outshooting the ‘Birds 12-3. “(The Thunderbirds) kept us to the perimeter and they did a good job of getting in lanes and getting us to the outside and everything that we shot in the first period, though we took a number of shots, they were all from outside and we weren’t able to get into the goal-scoring area,” said Giants head coach Clint Thornton of the first period. Despite the lopsided shots-ongoal tally, the Thunderbirds got on the board first with 13 minutes remaining in the second period. The Giants’ Mateo Coltellaro answered shortly after making it

1-1. The Giants held off a two-man advantage late in the second to keep the score tied into the third. The Giants kept control of the game in the third, finding the back of the net two more times. Forward Wilson Northey scored to make it 2-1 and then got his second assist of the night, passing to teammate and Burnaby boy Brady Chin, who got his first goal of the season for Northwest in his first game to make it 3-1 for the Giants, and game over. To the Thunderbirds’ credit, they put pressure on Giants goalie David Tendeck, making most of their shots on goal in the last 15 minutes of the game (T’birds ended with 21 shots on goal to the Giants’ 35, on the game).

But Tendeck was on alert and the Giants, hobbled or not, pulled it together for the win. On the game, Giants’ assists went to defencemen Callahan Brebner, Shane Kime and Carter Stephenson. “That is the strength of our team, our depth. For When some guys aren’t photos, scan with putting the puck in the Layar net, we have a lot of options that can accomplish what we are trying to do,” said Thornton. “In the end we got the two points, and that’s what counts and we just have to keep improving on that.” The Giants are off next weekend. They lace up their skates again on Oct. 25 against the Valley West Hawks at the Langley Events Centre. Puck drops at 9:30 a.m.

Twenty-four-year old Trevor Milner is hanging up his hockey skates for good. Milner, a three-season forward on the Simon Fraser University men’s hockey team, announced on Oct. 10 he is retiring from his sport due to concussion-like symptoms. “I’m sad to leave a sport I love and have played for so long. Most of all I miss the camaraderie amongst the guys on the team and going out every game competing together,” said Milner, in a press release. “It’s frustrating to stop playing due to concussions because they are somewhat invisible injuries. However, I understand that the implications of further concussions could be drastic to my personal health ….” Concussions cause symptoms such as headaches, weakness, sensitivity to light and nausea. If a person with concussion symptoms receives a further hit to the head then second impact syndrome can occur, which can cause Alzheimer’s-like symptoms, according to the Brain Injury Association of Canada website. “Dealing with concussion issues for a couple of years is a tough thing to go through. As an athlete at a high level, players are competitive by nature, and coming to grips with retiring from playing is difficult and emotional for Trevor,” said SFU men’s hockey head coach Mark Coletta, in the release. Concussions are nothing new to hockey – at all levels. And while Milner’s decision to step away from the game was undoubtedly difficult, clearer understanding of what repeated concussions can cause supports his decision. The National Hockey League’s golden boy Sidney Crosby famously took two back-to-back hits that caused a concussion that took him two years to SFU Page 24

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recover from. For other NHL players the impact of repeated concussions has been even more catastrophic. Boston University research recently showed that when former Canadian NHL player Derek Boogaard died in 2011, (of an accidental drug overdose ) he was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) – a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head injuries. Previous research at Boston showed NHLers Rick Martin, Bob Probert and Reggie Fleming all suffered from CTE when they died. The Hockey Canada website says concussions are preventable by not checking to the head and not hitting from behind. Milner played 55 games over three seasons (2011-14) playing for the Clan in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL). He boasts 25 goals and 20 assists (45 points) over his SFU career. “I learned a lot about myself while playing and going through the ups and

downs a player at this level does. I feel that all of those experiences will help me in my future endeavours,” Milner said. He plans to carry on with his schooling at SFU and with his charity work for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. According to an SFU media spokesperson, Milner is the only Clan hockey player in at least the last seven or eight years to retire due to concussion-symptoms. Meanwhile back on the ice, the SFU men’s hockey team was in action in the team’s home opener, Friday night (Oct. 10) when they faced two-time reigning champions, Selkirk College at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre. The Clan won 6-2 over the Saints. SFU is tied with the University of Victoria at the top of the BCIHL standings. SFU next takes on Trinity Western University at the Langley Events Centre on Oct. 17. The puck drops at 7 p.m. The next day (Oct. 18) SFU is back at Bill Copeland to face Trinity Western at home. For more information go to www.sfuhockey.com.

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October 24, 25, 26, 2014 While the West Coast Women’s Show may be the ultimate girls weekend here in Abbotsford, Glacier Media and Tourism Penticton want to send you and your girlfriends on an exclusive ladies weekend getaway! PENTICTON & WINE COUNTRY LADIES WEEKEND GETAWAY CONTEST: • 2 nights’ accommodation for 4 people at the Days Inn & Conference Centre Penticton • Wine Tour - for 4 people provided by Top Cat Tours • A wine tasting at Poplar Grove Winery followed by dinner at the Vanilla Pod Restaurant • 1 ½ hour stand up paddle board rental for 4 from Sun n’ Sup • 4 rounds of golf include cart and driving range at Twin Lakes Golf Cour

ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN

this fabulous prize package at the West Coast Women’s Show, October 24, 25, and 26 at TRADEX in Abbotsford

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Langley Farm Market PRODUCE

GALA APPLE NEW CROP

BOSC PEAR

Product Of BC ($1.28/kg)

Product Of BC ($1.08/kg)

/lb.

Produce Of Califrornia ($3.70/kg)

Product Of BC

Product of Washington ($1.08/kg)

$ 68

$ 50

/lb.

CELERY

GREEN SEEDLESS GRAPE

GREEN KALE

2 for

WHITE LO BAK

Product Of USA ($1.50/kg)

/lb.

M E AT

/lb.

Beef Outside Round Roast Grade AA $ 99 Beef Outside Round Steak Grade AA $ 49 Chicken Breast With Back (Bone In) $ 99 $10.98/kg.............................................. 4 /lb. $12.08/kg............................................... 5 /lb. $6.58/kg ................................................... 2 /lb.

G R O C E RY

Farkay

Maggi

Noodles, Assorted 397g ...................................................................................................................

$ 49

/ea.

Knorr

900 ml ................................................................................................................

450g .....................................................

200 ml ................................................................................................................

$ 49 /ea.

San Remo

Broth, Assorted

Chinese Raisin Bread

Liquid Seasoning

$ 99

/ea.

Ladyfingers

150g ................................................................................................................. 2

B A K E RY

$ 29

/ea.

Freybe

Old Fashioned Ham

100g ............................................................

Whole Wheat Sub Buns

550g .....................................................

Freybe

$ 08

DELI

$ 49

Mexican Salami

100g .............................................................

/ea.

$ 58

Tiramisu Cake

4 Inches X 8 Inches ...................................

Mild Provolone Cheese

$ 48

BUSINESS HOURS MON. - FRI. 8:30AM-9:00PM SAT. & SUN. 8:30AM-8:00PM HOLIDAYS 9:00AM-6:00PM

for the following positions: • Meat cutter • Produce Stocker • Cashier •Grocery Stocker

LFM LANGLEY FARM MARKET

604-521-2883

For Freshness and Quality you can count on!

WE ARE HIRING! 7815 Kingsway

$ 50

$ 99 /ea.

100g ..............................................................

Valid Wednesday, Oct. 15 to Sunday Oct. 19, 2014 while quantities last.

BURNABY

for

For fresh and quality foods

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