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Opponents relocate quarters Jennifer Moreau staff reporter

Pipeline opponents have vacated Burnaby Mountain but are now camping out at the entrance to Kinder Morgan’s Westridge Marine Terminal. A handful of anti-pipeline activist have been staying in a tent just a stone’s throw from the terminal gates on Bayview Drive. “We’re here to observe and bear witness to what’s happening,” said Victoria resident Sergei Van Hardeveld. Van Hardeveld, who was part of the original Kinder Morgan protests on Burnaby Mountain, said people have been at the new camp 24 hours a day for a couple of weeks. Their large tent is stocked with food and bedding and has crudely fashioned windows with views of the Burrard Inlet. Protesters Page 4

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Standing watch: Sergei Van Hardeveld, at right, is one of the pipeline opponents camping out 24/7 at Kinder Morgan’s Westridge Marine Terminal. Van Hardeveld was part of the original Kinder Morgan protests on Burnaby Mountain. Those camps were vacated last month.

City hopes graffiti plan will gain traction City’s community policing committee wants acid-based graffiti products controlled Cayley Dobie staff reporter

Burnaby’s fight against acid-based graffiti could soon have the support of municipalities across the province following a

motion passed at the community policing committee meeting in December. Members of the committee voted in favour of drafting a resolution requesting the provincial government regulations that would control the access and sale of products used by graffiti vandals in B.C. The resolution would be sent to the Union of B.C. Municipalities as well as the Lower Mainland and Local Government Association.

Graffiti vandalism has been a major concern for the City of Burnaby since 2006 when the mayor’s task force on graffiti was created. The city, along with the Burnaby RCMP, have taken numerous steps to stopping vandals but in late December 2013 and earlier last year, staff noted there had been an increase in acid-based graffiti vandalism. Using acid to vandalize property is especially damaging as it can’t be painted

over or removed. Property vandalized by the acid would have to be replaced, city staff noted. Margaret Manifold, senior social planner, told the committee both the city and RCMP’s education approach to the problem of graffiti vandalism has worked well thus far. As part of the education, staff on the city’s task force on graffiti visited a shop Graffiti Page 8

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Fighting for the right to protest Jennifer Moreau staff reporter

Burnaby resident Alan Dutton is taking Kinder Morgan on in the courts and hoping to see anti-SLAPP suit legislation reintroduced in B.C. Dutton was one of five defendants named in Kinder Morgan’s multimillion-dollar civil suit brought forward when the company sought an injunction against protesters on Burnaby Mountain in November. “The issue here is our democracy and the fundamental right to protest,” Dutton told the NOW. “It’s to show people we can fight big multinational corporations, and we can be successful.” Kinder Morgan’s initial suit against the five protesters listed several general accusations, including assault and trespassing, and sought damages that could have totalled millions. While the other four have quietly settled with the company, Dutton is refusing and instead has applied to have the case against him thrown out based on lack of evidence. Dutton, an active member of Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion (BROKE), was part of the antipipeline protests on Burnaby Mountain, but he maintains he was not involved in many of the unlawful activities outlined in Kinder Morgan’s suit. The B.C. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Dutton’s case on Tuesday, Jan. 13. If the judge rules in Dutton’s favour, he could ask for Kinder Morgan to repay his legal costs, but if he loses, Kinder Morgan could ask Dutton to pay. But money is not the point, Dutton said. “What we want is recognition this was a malicious, vexatious, frivolous lawsuit that was launched to deny me my Charter rights,” he said. Dutton, a retired academic, described the case as a SLAPP suit, which is generally used to silence critics while burdening them with enormous legal costs. Dutton’s lawyer, Neil Chantler, said his client has a good chance of winning and cases like this don’t come along very often. “This is a excellent opportunity for the court to consider the appropriate response where the court’s process is being abused by a big corporation trying to bully people who are opposed to its economic activities,” he said. Chantler figures Dutton was singled out because he is the public face of BROKE. “They’ve dragged Alan Dutton through the mud,” he said. “He should (have) never been named in this suit in the first place.” Dutton said he’s been contacting organizations and political parties, hoping to push for new anti-SLAPP suit legislation in B.C. The NDP brought in legislation against SLAPP suits more than a decade ago, but it only lasted five months, because the Liberals

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Standing up: Burnaby resident Alan Dutton is refusing to settle in Kinder Morgan’s civil suit against five pipeline protesters. Instead, he’s applied for the B.C. Supreme Court to throw out the case, while pushing for anti-SLAPP suit legislation in B.C.

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Liberals name their candidate

The Liberals have chosen their candidate to run in Burnaby South for the next federal election. Burnaby resident Adam Pankratz, an employee at Coast Capital Savings, secured the nomination on Dec. 18. “I look forward to the opportunity to demonstrate to the people of Burnaby South that I am the right voice for our community in Ottawa,” Pankratz said in a media release. “I am looking forward to hearing about the opportunities and challenges that people

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The campers have mostly observed tankers filling up at the terminal and workers driving to the site. Van Hardeveld is opposed to the pipeline project because he’s concerned about climate change. The campers say they will stay till Kinder Morgan drops its plan to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline, which the National Energy Board is currently reviewing. “It’s a concern because it’s continuing a path we can’t continue as a species,” he said. “Fossil fuel extraction is not compatible with our lives.” The tent is set up just outside the Kinder Morgan property line, on the grass beside Bayview Drive. Meanwhile, the camp on Centennial Way is mostly gone, apart from a pile of a few leftover items. City staff removed truckloads of trash following the 10day standoff with police and Kinder Morgan crews in late November. “We have done a lot of cleanup in the area; we’ve been in with our crews picking up any sort of debris and stuff in the area,” said Don Hunter, assistant director of the city’s parks and recreation department.

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Some modest hopes for a new year in the city Policing: Burnaby has a sharp team of The year has barely stepped out on the Mounties on their beats in Burnaby. They stage and we’re already pondering our were tested with the Burnaby Mountain hopes for what it will deliver. protests and came out looking pretty Citizen engagement: We hope the good – despite a couple of close calls and “all BCA, all the time” civic rule in shoving matches. For 2015 we’d Burnaby encourages residents like to see such restraint conto get more involved, not less Burnaby NOW tinue – although we are sure it involved with their local govwill be tested again. ernment. We also hope that City second-looks: OK, we local leaders who pledged to are pretty sure we get Derek Corrigan’s extend the tent to include more and varypoint about how the provincial and feding views will keep their pledges – no eral governments are responsible for the matter how difficult it may be.

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scourge of homelessness and all that it entails. And we get that he doesn’t want to set up a permanent shelter in the city that could help homeless folks because that would not address the larger issues. But that’s just not good enough for 2015. Check out New Westminster, which pretty much agrees with Corrigan’s premise but still manages to exercise compassion by supporting alternative housing and shelters. If that little left-leaning city can compromise, so can Burnaby. Pipe dreams: For 2015 we hope saner

minds prevail and an expanded pipeline is not rammed through Burnaby Mountain. We understand we’re all dependent on oil, but Burrard Inlet is simply not the place to increase oil tanker traffic. Good news: Folks email and call us with heartwarming stories, but we know that there are a lot more of them happening in this city. In 2015 we’d like to hear from more readers who have been touched by the goodness of others. There can never be too many of those in a year.

Predicting the top headlines of 2015 IN THE HOUSE

Keith Baldrey

f you’re like me, you are probably tired of reading or watching all those lists of the Top 10 news stories from the past year. Yes, yes, I know: the teachers’ labour dispute was a big story, but do we need to be told that again and again? Instead of looking back, let’s look forward and try to figure out which stories we’re all going to be talking about so much in the coming year. There will be unpredictable events, of course, that will garner a lot of headline coverage: major crimes, political controversies, spectacular accidents, cute animals that go missing (really), and the like. But some big events in the political arena are predictable and are sitting right there on the horizon, just waiting to take over the water cooler conversation. I can think of several separate, distinct events or issues that will get a lot of news coverage in the coming year, and all of which have a direct impact on the lives of most British Columbians. Get ready to read and hear a lot about these in 2015:

! 1. The transit plebiscite in Metro Vancouver in March. By the time you get your mail-in plebiscite ballot, you won’t be able to look at so much as a transit bus without thinking about expensive transportation projects and how they should be paid for. That’s because you are about to be inundated with all kinds of information (from stories in newspapers, radio and television, to pamphlets and advertising) expressing support for both sides of the plebiscite question. Those advocating the “yes” answer to whether the sales tax should be boosted a half point will be just as aggressive – and loud, and non-stop – as those pushing the “no” response to the proposed tax hike. You won’t be able to turn on a television newscast, radio or open a newspaper without running smack into people like Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore (an ardent Yes advocate) and Jordan Bateman of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, making their pitches, over and over again. ! 2. The federal election in October. The federal vote may not be until the fall, but the campaign is now starting in earnest. The Conservatives have begun running new ads featuring Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and will continue to run ads that

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Councillor needs a reality check

Dear Editor:

I’m sure you’re going to get a lot of comment concerning free passes for current and former city civil servants. Council member Pietro Calendino says the passes are supposed to show an acknowledgement of work done either currently or previously. Perhaps it’s time for Coun. Calendino to step down come the next election. These people are civil servants and nothing more! This sense of entitlement that seems to ingrain itself in all political parties would be laughable, except people like me who are part of the great unwashed have to foot the bill for all this, and that does not please me. Coun. Calendino should be aware that he and all the council were re-elected only because those who

ran against them in the last city election were either religious dogmatists or right-wing loonies, as I like to call them. He and other members of council need to understand that had a viable, sensible group of people run in the last election, today’s city council would look a lot different than it is now. Mark Tyson, Burnaby

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Burnaby’s heroes are many continued from page 6

they are elected and hired to do and are such a big part of the City of Burnaby being the great city it is. As the Kingsway Imperial Neighbourhood Association (KINA) looks forward to 2015, we also look forward to 10 years since we formed and during which we have seen our neighbourhood become increasingly welcoming as a community in which to live, work and attend school. The many volunteers who have joined together “building our community” are Burnaby community heroes who do so much for so many without any expectation of compensation or reward. For them, may all the positive energy and effort they have put into the lives of others come back into their lives to enjoy and benefit from. Diane Gillis, president, Kingsway Imperial

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Teachers made a difference

Dear Editor:

2014 was the most tumultuous and eventful year in the history of the B.C.

Teachers’ Federation. I am sure I’m not the only one who noticed the Burnaby NOW did not consider the tortuous and pivotal events of the teachers’ strike as worthy of a “Top News Story” for 2014. Hard to believe you think it had nothing to do with the City of Burnaby, its people and commerce. All teachers in the province were involved, and the strike affected all families in all communities, all school children, and all persons employed with school districts. Teachers challenged the government, supported the BCTF and held it accountable, made education the No. 1 story in the media, and elevated our profession; we fought for the kids, for our colleagues, for our schools, and for our future communities. And then, with one day to prepare, teachers went back in and were there for our students. We went back to staff meetings, district meetings, we prioritized our efforts, created and attended committees, all with rapid efficiency. And teachers are still there. We know we made a difference in 2014. Janet Schreiber, Burnaby

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attack and mock federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau (and the federal government will continue to air ads praising its economic policies, with taxpayers footing the bill for them for much of the year). All parties are well into their riding nomination processes, and candidates should start filling those positions in increasingly large numbers in the weeks ahead. The three main party leaders will step up their travel schedules – look for all three to make more and more swings through B.C., which has six extra seats up for grabs this time around – as their pace will become frenetic. The latest polls suggest Harper and the Conservatives are hanging onto their base, while the

Liberals have made an impressive recovery with the voters, and the NDP has slipped back into its traditional territory of the distant third-place. But polls can be wrong, of course (hello the 2013 B.C. provincial election). Still, don’t count Harper out: his base, being older, is more likely to actually vote than those of his chief opponents. ! 3. Pipeline protests. You didn’t seriously think these were over because the one on Burnaby Mountain ended? Come on, we’re just getting started here folks. A great divide is beginning to take hold in this country, and it’s going to play out in B.C. like nowhere else in the country. That divide is over energy policies, as a vocal minority wants to end all oil shipments from

Alberta’s vast oil sands project. ! 4. The Site C dam construction. B.C. Hydro says it is aiming to begin construction in July. But that seems optimistic at best, given how many legal challenges against the dam have been filed, with more on the way. All four of these issues are linked by the fact that all of them contain some element of political protesting, which is fitting, given that protesting is almost a British Columbian’s birthright. And you’re going to see a lot of it this year, whether it’s targeted at a transit tax hike, an oil pipeline or a federal political party, or a hydroelectric dam. Welcome to 2015! Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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Second man arrested in Burnaby shooting death Cayley Dobie staff reporter

A 20-year-old man wanted in connection with the September shooting death of a Burnaby man was arrested at the Canada-United States border last month after being detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. Charges were laid against Vancouver resident Samir Mokhtar in October for manslaughter with a firearm and accessory after the fact to murder. A Canada-wide warrant was issued, according to a press release from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. The charges stemmed from the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Aladdin Ramadan outside a residence in the 2000 block of Rosser Avenue on Sept. 24. In October, a 16-yearold Surrey resident, whose name won’t be released as he is a young offender, was arrested and charged with second degree murder. Despite issuing a warrant for Mokhtar, investigators were aware he had fled the country shortly after the shooting, the release stated.

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Why does it feel good to give? ON MY BEAT

Jennifer Moreau

Burnaby NOW reporter Jennifer Moreau spent an evening serving Christmas dinner to families in need as part of an exploration on why it feels good to give. Here’s what she found out. drove across town after work for the annual Rotary Christmas dinner in a foul mood. It was nothing serious – just too much holiday shopping to do and too many stories to write. I couldn’t wait for Christmas to be over. But I had written enough do-gooder stories encouraging people to help local causes, so I figured it was time to put my money where my mouth was and volunteer at the Christmas dinner. Upon arrival at the West Burnaby United Church, I was given pink gloves and immediately put to work serving plates of food to families that were filing in the door, kids in tow. Things were hectic. Volunteers in blue Rotary smocks rushed about, seating parents and kids, while I lined up at the kitchen window to shout dinner orders at the volunteers. There was turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and steamed carrots and beans, all smothered in gravy. There were mandarin oranges, cake for dessert and bowls of buns on the tables among sprigs of holiday greenery. The families heard about the dinner through Burnaby Family Life, the Burnaby Neighbourhood House, Maywood Community School and BASES, a local thrift shop. Any family that could benefit from a good Christmas dinner was invited. There was a wide cross-section of cultures at the table. Some of the children were dressed in frilly gowns, with bows and flowers in their hair. Tonight was clearly special. The Burnaby Rotary Club organized the annual dinner. St. Michael’s Centre, a local hospice run by Providence Health Care, supplied the food, and volunteers set up the tables, served the meals and cleaned up afterwards. In all, approximately 120 people were served. I quickly moved to bussing, clearing tables and offering cake for dessert. I was introduced to a tall, bespectacled man named

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Holiday spirit: NOW reporter Jennifer Moreau, top right, clears plates and takes dessert orders for a family at the annual Rotary Christmas dinner at the West Burnaby United Church. Local families came to enjoy a turkey dinner and meet Santa. Michael Boyd, the Burnaby ophthalmologist who wrote the cheque that covered the meal. For him, having a direct connection to the people he’s helping makes it more worthwhile. “There’s other ways I may

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give support, but it’s not as gratifying as coming here. You see people, obviously immigrants, and people who are really suffering. Obviously the kids, they light up,” Boyd said. “I grew up in a large family and I remember

what Christmas was like for me. You come here and you kind of get an inkling of what it was like when you were a kid before. … Obviously, the older you get it’s all about the giving, it’s not how many presents, it’s really a

time of giving, that’s what it’s all about really.” Our conversation was cut short by Santa’s arrival and overwhelming applause from the under-13 crowd. Kids were

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called by age group to line up for a visit with Santa and a gift. The excitement was palpable. Older ones waited for their turn and asked me if their age group had been called. The toys included Transformers, Barbies, Littlest Pet Shop, Mega Bloks – cool things kids would actually like. Rotary member Pamela Gardner has organized these dinners for 15 years. Her Christmas wouldn’t be complete without the kids. “I don’t know who gets more out of it, them or me. When somebody is given so much and having the opportunity of health and a business, that it’s nice to be able to give back, and it’s nice to be able to see, not just writing a cheque, but the opportunity to come and help these people and see the smiles on the kids’ face. To me, that makes my Christmas,”

she says. “The easy part in life is writing a cheque. It’s finding a cause you believe in and want to help giving money if you can and then giving the time and coming to see what small amount you’ve been able to contribute to society.” Those warm fuzzy feelings Gardner and Boyd get were impossible to resist. Helping drew me out of that murky malaise. It felt like I was doing something intentional and with purpose, something that broke up the quotidian routine. It was purely enjoyable, and the kids’ excitement was priceless. Helping families, some of which are very likely refugees, also put my petty problems in perspective. I felt cheerier, more energized and social. It felt good to help. You want others to be happy, and when they are, you feel better for it. Follow Jennifer Moreau on Twitter, @JenniferMoreau

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Celebrate in the Heights On Feb. 19, Burnaby’s Chinese community will celebrate the beginning of a new year, the year of the sheep. Businesses are inviting residents to drop by Hastings Street on Saturday, Feb. 21 to celebrate the Chinese New Year in the Heights. From noon to 3 p.m. lion dancers, dressed in

traditional and colourful garments, will parade along Hastings Street performing blessings for merchants to bring prosperity and good luck.

will contain a prize.” The afternoon event is a bit of riot, according to Kolic, and not one to be missed.

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Shoe trade: Habib Jamshidian opened GAM shoe repairs and accessories in July. The Heights location is his second in Burnaby, the other is at Brentwood Town Centre.

‘It’s a dying art’

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The shoe repair business isn’t what it used to be but one shop owner has found a place he hopes will embrace the dying art – the Heights.

one (in the Heights),” he said.

Jamshidian opened GAM shoe repair and accessories store in the Heights in mid-July. His location is still open at Brentwood Town For nearly two decades Centre but the mall is unHabib Jamshidian has been dergoing major construction repairing shoes and leather so Jamshidian felt it would goods, everything from belts, beneht his customers, many purses and luggage, to boots, of whom live in the Heights, heels and pumps. You name if he opened another, more it, he’s hxed it. accessible location on Hast“It’s a dying art and no one ings Street. wants to do it. It’s long hours “There’s a demand in and long days,” he said. “When people retire, nobody Burnaby Heights,” he said. takes over they just close the “So many customers from this area come to the mall store and they just leave.” and since the mall is messed Jamshidian has been in the up, I thought I would open business since the mid-’90s. up here in case it’s too difhHe was hrst hired at a Save- cult to come there they could On-Foods in Coquitlam that come here and drop it off had a shoe repair department and pick it up.” back in 1996. Two years Jamshidian has no intenlater he opened his own tion of leaving the Heights shop, and another in 2002. once the construction at “Then I went to Guildford Brentwood is hnished, he’s and then I came to Brentalready quite smitten with wood, and now I have this the neighbourhood, he said.

“It’s like a family here, not like the mall. We’ve already made so many friends here,” he said.

Jamshidian says his customers are thankful for the work he does. There aren’t many other places that offer shoe repair and most people end up throwing out worn or broken shoes rather than having them repaired. “They’re very happy we are here,” he said. “Some customers, they like their shoes, their boots, it doesn’t matter what they look like, it’s just because they’re comfortable so they want to repair them.” Jamshidian admits business has slowed down over the years but there are still many people who cherish a favourite pair of shoes or boots enough to have them repaired instead of buying a new pair. GAM Shoe Repairs and accessories is located at 101A – 4161 Hastings St.

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Find rest and relaxation in the Heights

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Heights contributor The New Year is often a time of change. New resolutions are plentiful, and there’s no doubt that you’ll be aiming to set off the new year on the right foot. However, in the midst of all the post-holiday recovery (finishing that last tin of shortbread cookies is a necessary step), and looking forward to what 2015 will bring, sometimes we need to step back and pause for a bit. But where to seek a day’s worth of R&R before hitting the ground running again? Luckily, Burnaby Heights has you covered. As a neighbourhood steeped in tradition, there is something to be said about the timelessness of things that don’t conform to the rapid pace of modern society. There is a nostalgia to the homey cafes, such as Chéz Mémé Baguette Bistro, La Fontana Caffé and Caffé Classico that have man-

aged to create a place of comfort for many loyal customers. Enjoy a hand-crafted beverage and a mouth-watering pastry (they’re all delicious), while you take in the cheery hustle and bustle of fellow patrons. Later, as you peruse the many shops and restaurants, you’ll inevitably notice the quaint, small-town feeling has woven its way into the Heights. For example, you can see the precision and passion of master chocolatier Chez Christophe in his chocolate creations, feel the serene calm at Moksha Yoga Burnaby, and taste the quality of a treat from The Valley Bakery. All of these defining characteristics and more span across all of the Heights merchants in one way or another; a refreshing change that one would be hard-pressed to find elsewhere. Not quite ready to call it a day? Since you’re here, why not take some time to pamper yourself at one of the many hair and nail salons the Heights has to offer. With no shortage of talented estheticians and hairdressers, they know we all want

to feel and look our best, and they can make it happen. And if you’re in the mood for some delightful eats (when is anyone not in the mood!) be sure to experience the diverse cuisines that the Heights has been serving up. Some restaurants have been here for decades, such as the iconic Anton’s Pasta Bar, while others have recently come into the foodie spotlight, such as Brokenrice Vietnamese Restaurant. You’ll be sure to have your tastebuds tantalized no matter where you choose. Regardless of how you prefer to kick back and rejuvenate, know you can find everything to reboot (yes, that includes solutions to any technical problems, too), right here in the Heights. We hope you have a healthy and happy 2015, and that you’ll truly embrace life as it should be. Vanessa Yip was the summer/fall 2014 marketing and communications assistant for the Heights Merchants Association.

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Have you ever felt like a bystander at your own doctor’s appointment, barely getting out the reason for your visit before a physician jumps in with questions, an exam, a diagnosis and a treatment plan? The Burnaby Division of Family Practice wants to put an end to all that with a new health education program called the Empowered Patient. A series of talks on everything from getting the most out of your medical visits to eating healthier and staying fit, the program is designed

to raise the level of health literacy in the city. “This is just an example of how we’re reaching out, trying to improve the well-being of everyone in our community,” said Dr. Davidicus Wong, medical lead for the Burnaby Division of Family Practice and author of the NOW’s Healthwise column. Wong will present the first round of lectures, which continue Jan. 16 at the Confederation Community Centre (4585 Albert St.) with a talk on healthy eating. The division plans to follow up the talks with videos on YouTube, and each presentation (with handouts)

will also be available on the division’s website at divisionsbc.ca/burnaby. There are two lectures a month scheduled in January, February and March, and one scheduled in April. Upcoming topics include healthy relationships, emotional well-being, healthy physical activity, screening tests, hospital stays and medical ethics. The presentations are free to the public, but because space is limited, participants are encouraged to register by emailing lcullen@divisionsbc.ca or calling Leona at 604-259-4450. For more information on upcoming talks, visit divisionsbc.ca/burnaby.

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f more reading is on your resolutions list for 2015, consider the Burnaby Public Library’s upcoming e-book workshop on Jan. 20. The McGill library branch is hosting an information session on electronic books, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The talk is perfect for anyone who received an e-reader for Christmas. Participants will learn how to use smartphones, tablets and e-readers to download free e-books, audio books and apps through the library. Admission is free, but pre-register by calling 604 299-8955 to save a spot, as this session tends to be popular. The McGill branch is at 4595 Albert St.

Lost pinky ring

Burnaby resident Gerard Walton is pleading with the public to help him find a missing ring

that’s causing enormous heartache. In November, he lost a men’s gold pinky ring with a circular cluster of diamonds in the Lougheed mall Walmart or in a Bonny’s taxicab. “This ring has great sentimental value as it was my wedding ring given to me by my partner, who is now deceased after an accident,” he wrote in an email to the NOW. If anyone has found the ring, contact Walton at 604-4443661.

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Concerned about climate change? Andrew Weaver, the Green MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head, is scheduled to speak on the subject at SFU’s Burnaby campus on Jan. 14. Weaver, who has decades of experience as a climate scientist, plans to speak on politics and climate change. Weaver’s talk is at 3:30 p.m. in the IRMACS theatre.

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It was the piece on Jane’s Walk in the Heights, where we toured a number of historical homes in the neighbourhood, including 3870 Yale St. I wrote that the property was built for $1,500 in 1912 and split into rental units by the current owner, which was incorrect. The owner, Ted Domanchowski, contacted us to say the home was built for $15,000 and that it was split into rental units 60 or 70 years ago. I apologize for the error and any confusion that resulted. Domanchowski also shared some interesting additional information: the home was designed by famed architects Samuel Maclure and Cecil Crocker Fox, and it was built for engineer surveyor E.B. Hermon and his family. Domanchowski said there are only two buildings left by these architects in Burnaby, his property and the Overlynn mansion. Do you have an item for Here & Now? Send ideas from the Burnaby community to Jennifer Moreau, jmoreau@burnabynow.com, or find her on Twitter, @JenniferMoreau.

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20 Double-double photo 20 Local to Chile tour team 20 Steelers add pedigree SECTION COORDINATOR Tom Berridge, 604-444-3022 • tberridge@burnabynow.com

OT beats Giants in Mac’s semifinal Tom Berridge sports editor

Overtime proved a period too far for the Northwest Giants. The B.C. major midget team missed a chance at a fifth Mac’s AAA midget hockey tournament final following a 3-2 doubleovertime loss to the secondplace Saskatchewan league Regina Pat Canadians last week. The Giants, two-time winners in 2009 and again in 2012, also finished runners-up at the Macs in 2007 and ‘08. “It really does (mean something), especially to the boys who have been there before,” said Giants head coach Clint Thornton. “They know what to expect. It’s a tough tournament.” The competition was made even tougher when the flu hit the Giants locker room hard early in the tourney. Team captain Keegan Jones led the Giants with three goals and two assists at the Mac’s, including an assist and the go-ahead marker in the four-goal middle period in the semifinal matchup against the Pats at the Max Bell Centre in Calgary on New Year’s Eve. Both teams played shutout hockey through the first, third and opening period of overtime before Regina’s Conner Chaulk got the puck behind Beck Warm in the fifth minute of the second overtime period. Shane Kime also scored his first goal of the tournament to tie the game 1-1

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Ready to go: The Northwest Giants warmed up for the Mac’s AAA midget hockey tournament with a recent three-point outing over the second-place Okanagan Rockets last month. early in the second period. But the gutsy effort put forth by the team in the quarter-finals was something to build on for the remainder of the season, said Thornton. “It said it all when our (ill) captain Keegan Jones came off the ice unstrapping his helment so he could be sick into a bucket and then looking up, said, ‘I’m good to go.’ It showed the others what they can accomplish when they really want it,” Thornton added. In the quarter-finals, David Tendeck helped

hand the Calgary Northstars their only loss at the Mac’s, registering a 4-0 shutout. Affiliate Brady Chin got credit for the game winner as the Giants scored twice in both the first and third periods against the Southern Alberta club. Jones, Josh Latta and Brett Didyk also scored. The Giants won Pool 2 with an unbeaten 3-01 record. The Burnaby Winter Club-based club opened the tournament with a 1-1 draw against the Calgary Flames. Chin scored the Giants’ only

goal. Warm registered a 30 shutout against the Saskatoon Contacts, while Callahan Brebner, Jones and Jason Village – into an empty net – all scored in an 11-minute span of the third period to knock off the fourth-place Saskatchewan midget league club. The Giants got key outings in a pair of 3-2 wins to lock up top spot in pool play. Tendeck made 47 stops to register the victory over the Northern Alberta league leader CAC Gregg Distibutors, while Latta tal-

lied the game-winner from affiliate Kyle Kaufman with three minutes left on the clock. In the Giants’ final pool game, Kaufman scored the game-winning goal with his first goal of the tournament in a 3-2 win over the New York Jr. Islanders. Kaufman and Chin proved key contributors for the Giants, with four and three points, respectively. Justin Wilson and Latta led the Giants in scoring with six points apiece, Hockey Page 20

Sign up with the best in B.C. The B.C. Lacrosse minor association of the year wants you this season. Burnaby minor lacrosse will be holding in-person registration at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre and Kensington Arena over the next few months. Returning players are requested to register online at www.burnabylacrosse. com. New players must bring a care card, birth certificate and two pieces of proof of residency to registration. Out-of-district players must first apply for a release with their home club through the Lower Mainland minor league commissioner. In-person signup dates will be held at the Copeland centre on Jan. 24 and Feb. 21 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Additional registration times will be at Kensington on Feb. 10 at 6 to 8:30 p.m. and again on March 7 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. All new players will receive a free lacrosse stick and ball. For more information, contact Susan Kirkby by email at registrarbmlc@ gmail.com or at 604-3126181. Rep tryouts for novice and older boys only will start on Feb. 11. Players must be registered and pay an additional $25 to try out. – Tom Berridge

Burnaby NOW track team wins velodrome 4Day Tom Berridge sports editor

The Burnaby NOW made news at the Burnaby Velodrome 4Day bike race. The Burnaby NOW-sponsored team of American riders Jacob Duehring and Daniel Holloway rode away with the top prize after four nights of exciting indoor track racing before record crowds at the Barnet Highway bubble on Tuesday. Going into the final races up a lap and trailing Team Canada’s Zach Bell and Jacob Schwingboth on points, Holloway claimed the elimination sprint over Bell, setting up the California pair for a winning ride in the final 140-lap Madison. Duehring, a U.S. team member to the upcoming world championships, and Holloway, the reigning U.S. Elite criterium champion, lapped the field to claim the top podium at the 4Day.

The California pair made a break from the pack with 38 laps to go and kept the hammer down all the way to the finish. “I’m glad we won for Burnaby,” said the 29-year-old Duehring. “It was a risky decision. If we ended blowing up, we could have ended up losing. But we knew we both had enough experience to put in a big dig.” In the women’s elite division, hometown favourite and Olympian Jasmin Glaesser took top honours over World Cup medal winner Stephanie Roorda and eight-time New Zealand national champion Joanne Kiesanowski. Holloway, who won a 6Day title with Colby Pearce at the Burnaby Velodrome in 2011, dedicated the win to everyone who had lost a loved one while cycling over the Christmas holidays. “I want to dedicate it to all those families,” said the 27year-old 6Day regular. “It’s not just your run-of-the-mill bike race. We have tactics to follow. We have to evolve and change with the

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The NOW team: Daniel Holloway, left, and Jacob Duehring rode for the Burnaby NOW.

racing, with how we feel,” Holloway added. “It’s what makes this sport so great.” Holloway, who has competed in more than 20 multiCycling Page 20

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day track events, will be going to 6Day competitions with Duehring in Berlin and Copenhagen in the coming weeks in preparation for the outdoor racing season in the early spring.

The two met on the track and make a solid pairing. “We’re both kind of spinny,” Duehring said, meaning the two racers have similar good leg speed. But both cannot deny their likeness for how the

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