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PIPELINE POLITICS

City cries foul on NEB

Burnaby city hall looks at the data and says the National Energy Board rules in favour of Kinder Morgan 80 per cent of the time

By Jennifer Moreau

jmoreau@burnabynow.com

The City of Burnaby is taking aim at the National Energy Board’s track record of decisions, alleging the board has shown bias in favour of Kinder Morgan, the company proposing to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline.

The board, meanwhile, is defending its decisions as fair, thorough and rigorous.

Burnaby analyzed 33 of the NEB’s substantial rulings and found that 80 per cent of Kinder Morgan’s motions were granted, in comparison to only four per cent of intervenors’ motions.

“The fact that the review process for this project is flawed and biased becomes clear when you look at National Energy Board decisions to date,” said Mayor Continued on page 4

MLAs call for review process

By Jacob Zinn

jzinn@burnabynow.com

The National Energy Board’s review of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was up for debate in the Legislative Assembly of B.C. on Monday.

MLAs debated a motion calling on the provincial government to withdraw from the NEB’s review process and establish its own environmental assessment process in an effort to get answers to their intervenor questions.

“I’ve moved this motion because it’s time,” said Vancouver-West End MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert.

“It’s well past time, indeed, for us to finally assert our right as a province, assert our power as a province and get the answers that we deserve for a project like Kinder Morgan is proposing.”

Burnaby-Lougheed MLA Jane Shin said anyone “with sound logic and unadulterated intentions” would oppose the NEB’s review process.The NDP has criticized the process for not addressing all of the public’s questions and for a lack of clarity on many of the responses.

“As we know, Kinder Morgan is a foreign multinational corporation based Continued on page 9

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PUBLIC HEARING

The Council of the City of Burnaby hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing TUESDAY, 2015 FEBRUARY 24 AT 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chamber, Burnaby City Hall, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2, to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”.

1)

BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 7, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13444

9060 Stormont Avenue

Rez. #13-13 6755 Canada Way From:

C4 Service Commercial District

To:

R12 Residential District

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the subdivision of the site into six two-family residential lots.

2)

BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 1, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13438

6)

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on P2 Administration and Assembly District and Lougheed Town Centre Plan guidelines) and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Stormont Avenue Addition” prepared by KPL James Architecture)

BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 5, 2015 - BYLAW NO. 13442

From:

M2 General Industrial District

1240 – 4700 Kingsway

To:

CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the RM4s Multiple Family Residential District, C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District and Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “2450 Alpha Avenue” prepared by GBL Architects)

From:

CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C3, C3c, C3h General Commercial Districts and P2 Administration and Assembly District)

To:

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C3, C3c, C3h General Commercial Districts and P2 Administration and Assembly District and Metrotown Development Plan as guidelines)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a 29-storey apartment tower with ground oriented townhouses, work/live, underground and structured parking.

BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 2, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13439 Rez. #14-13 7284 Braeside Drive From:

R2 Residential District

To:

R2a Residential District

Rez. #14-38 2830 Bainbridge Avenue

To:

CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District and P1 Neighbourhood Institutional District as guidelines and in accordance with the development plans entitled “Learning Ladder Child Care Centre” prepared by SEL Engineering Ltd.) Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District and P1 Neighbourhood Institutional District as guidelines and in accordance with the development plans entitled “Learning Ladder Child Care Centre” prepared by SEL Engineering Ltd. as amended by the development plans entitled “Brightstart Burnaby” by Douglas R. Johnson Architect Ltd.)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit an increase in the capacity of an existing child care facility from 61 to 73 children.

BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 4, 2015 - BYLAW NO. 13441 Rez. #14-07

7)

BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 6, 2015 - BYLAW NO. 13443 Portion of 8398 North Fraser Way

BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3, 2015 - BYLAW NO. 13440

From:

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit a Shaw telecommunications hubsite, which includes the installation of two accessory rooftop cooling units, and renovations to an existing commercial retail unit (CRU).

Rez. #14-36

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit expansion of the gross floor area of an existing single family dwelling beyond that currently permitted under the prevailing zoning.

5)

To:

Rez. #14-40

2450 Alpha Avenue

4)

CD Comprehensive Development District (based on P2 Administration and Assembly District

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the expansion of the existing RCMP E Division Port Mann Freeway Patrol office.

Rez. #14-11

3)

From:

From:

CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the M2 General Industrial District and M5 Light Industrial District)

To:

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the M2 General Industrial District, M5 Light Industrial District and Big Bend Development Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Crescent Business Centre” prepared by Chip Barrett Architect)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a multi-tenant industrial development in accordance with the Burnaby Business Park Concept Plan.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by a proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw. Written submissions may be presented at the Public Hearing or for those not attending the Public Hearing must be submitted to the Office of the City Clerk prior to 4:45 p.m. the day of the Public Hearing. Please note that all written submissions must contain name and address which will become a part of the public record.

The Director Planning and Building’s reports and related information respecting the zoning bylaw amendments are available for public examination at the offices of the Planning Department, 3rd floor, in Burnaby City Hall.

Copies of the proposed bylaws may be inspected at the Office of the City Clerk at 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. weekdays from Wednesday, 2015 February 11 to Tuesday, 2015 February 24.

NO PRESENTATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED BY COUNCIL AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING

D. Back CITY CLERK

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Newsnow CRIME

Police looking for witnesses

Man dies after being stabbed

By Cayley Dobie

cdobie@burnabynow.com

FATALITY: Homicide police were at Edmonds SkyTrain station Sunday morning collecting evidence at the scene of an early morning stabbing. One man was taken to hospital and later died. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

One man is dead following an altercation at Edmonds SkyTrain station early Sunday morning.

Burnaby RCMP received reports of an incident at the station shortly before 1 a.m.

When officers arrived on scene, they found one man in need of medical attention. He was taken to hospital but did not survive, according to a media release from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.

Police are now trying to determine what led to the altercation and are hoping the public can help.

“We know there were a number of people in the

area at the time of this incident.We are asking anyone who has information to contact police,” Sgt. Stephanie Ashton, spokesperson for the homicide team, said in the release.

According to Ashton, investigators believe the victim was stabbed. At this time, he has been identified but few details will be released until investigators notify next of kin, Ashton added.

Officers with the Burnaby RCMP and the homicide team were on scene at Edmonds station Sunday collecting evidence.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team at 1-800-877IHIT(4448).

The goal: Sharing aboriginal viewpoints

By Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

A better understanding of aboriginal perspectives and how to make them a part of every student’s education was the goal of a B.C. ministry of education dialogue hosted by the Burnaby school district last week.

Ministry facilitators, local educators and a handful of parents and students met at the Fortius Sport & Health Centre Wednesday.

Since 2010, the province has been working to revamp its kindergarten to Grade 9 curriculum, and one of its guiding principles has been integrating “aboriginal worldviews and knowledge” into every student’s learning.

“The feedback that came back from everybody was, ‘We’re not sure what that means,’” provincial aboriginal education director Ted Cadwallader said Wednesday.

The ministry responded by organizing five dialogues in different school districts across the province and will use the ideas generated during the discussion to create a guidebook for teachers.

Asked why Burnaby was picked for one of the five sessions, Cadwallader said the ministry wanted a sam-

pling of districts with different types of aboriginal populations.

“When we were looking at the composition of the five, I wanted to have a mix of districts that sat on strongly established First Nations traditional territories,” he said, “and I wanted to have school districts that dealt with an urban, mixed aboriginal population, where that population was very small.”

Burnaby fits into the second category.

Aboriginal students make up only about three per cent of the district’s 24,000-student population, according to School District No. 41 district vice-principal of aboriginal education, Brandon Curr, and a large proportion of Canada’s 630 First Nations are represented here.

Curr kicked off Wednesday’s discussions by describing a homegrown initiative aimed at helping local classroom teachers sort out what it means to integrate aboriginal worldviews into the classroom in a city like Burnaby.

Twenty-one local kindergarten to Grade 12 teachers are meeting for five half-day sessions with the district’s aboriginal education resource team, district literacy

Walking in two worlds: Burnaby parent Sadie Morris talks about aboriginal principles of learning during a B.C. ministry of education dialogue on aboriginal education hosted by the Burnaby school district at the Fortius Sport & Health Centre last Wednesday. It was one of five sessions that will be held around the province. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

consultant and district elder Roberta Price, Their first goal has been to increase their own curiosity about First Nations principles, stories and worldviews through discussions and by reading books by aboriginal authors, like Monique Gray, Smith Sherman

Alexie, Bev Sellars, Richard Wagamese and Thomas King.

Another goal has been to take action in the classroom and then blog about it on the district’s aboriginal education website at blogs. sd41.bc.ca/aboriginal education/inquiry.

Examples outlined by Curr ranged from a personal totem project two Grade 2/3 teachers did with their students to a high school teacher who sparked a classroom discussion with a recent Maclean’s magazine article on racism in Winnipeg.

“We’re in the beginning stages of this work, but it is having quite an impact so far,” Curr said.

Both the local initiative and the provincial dialogues are aimed at making aboriginal worldviews and Continued on page 4

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‘Fair, thorough and rigorous’ Continued from page 1 Derek Corrigan in a media statement. “The NEB is dominated by appointees from the oil industry.

No one on the federal-government appointed, threemember review panel represents the interests of cities, companies and individuals who have serious and legitimate concerns about Kinder Morgan’s $5.4-billion proposal.”

However, Sarah Kiley, spokesperson for the NEB, said that’s not the case.

“We are committed to a fair, thorough and rigorous review of this project,” she wrote in an email to the NOW. “We review every motion and request that we receive on a case-by-case basis and make our decisions based on the facts and information that is placed before us.

“Our decisions are not based on the number of people for or against a particular ruling.”

As for Burnaby’s assertion the board is dominated by oil interests, Kiley said that’s just incorrect.

“We have 13 board members – six permanent, seven temporary – with a range of experience in a variety of fields including law, engineering, the environment, economics and energy. However, to say that the board is dominated by nominees from the oil industry is incorrect. In fact, two of the three panel mem-

bers reviewing this application are career civil servants,” she said.

The NEB’s review process for the Trans Moun-

tain expansion is roughly halfway complete. Kinder Morgan’s responses to the second round of information requests from inter-

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“It would help all of our students, not just our First Nations, Métis or Inuit students,” Cadwallader said.

“It would help all of our students to understand a little bit more about the traditional territory on which they live.”

For Cadwallader, the ultimate goal was recently summed up by a band councillor in the Southeast Kootenay school district.

Asked what he’d like to see come out of the new curriculum, he told Cadwallader: “It would be great if – when our students graduate from our public education system – they could all understand how they can contribute to reconciliation.”

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Council agrees to sign on the Blue Dot line Jacob Zinn

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First, they crossed the Burnaby Mountain injunction line. Now, two 11-yearold girls have lobbied Burnaby city council to sign a grassroots initiative to protect Canada’s environment.

Kate Fink-Jensen and Naomi Cech, along with Kate’s mom Kim, appeared before council on Monday, urging the city to support the Blue Dot initiative.

Founded by the David Suzuki Foundation in partnership with Ecojustice, Blue Dot – in reference to planet Earth – has over 67,000 supporters across the country.

“The Blue Dot was born from the belief that a healthy environment is a right,” said Kim. “Currently, over 110 countries around the world recognize the right of their citizens to live in a healthy environment.

“Unfortunately, Canada is not one of these countries, and our recent environmental record is not one to be proud of.”

Kim noted that cities

such asVancouver, Richmond,Victoria, Montreal andYellowknife have already pledged their support for Blue Dot. “In short, a municipal declaration of environmental rights is a commitment to decision-making principles that will protect, fulfill and promote the right to a healthy environment for its citizens.”

I used my voice when I crossed that injunction line.

Kate spoke of her experience at the Burnaby Mountain protests, and the significance of her actions in crossing the injunction line in November.

“I think it’s important to have a voice when it comes to decisions being made about the environment,” she told council. “I used my voice when I crossed that injunction line in Burnaby

Mountain Park.

“Look how many paid attention to the point I was trying to get across, and agreed with me. Imagine if more people were properly informed and protested in noticeable, peaceful ways.”

Following the delegation, Mayor Derek Corrigan brought forward a resolution to declare Burnaby’s support of the Blue Dot initiative.

Coun. NickVolkow chimed in, saying that while he previously had concerns with the perceived apathy of younger generations toward municipal issues, he was more optimistic about the engagement of youth after seeing Kate and Naomi at the protests.

“Looking at the demonstration this delegation has done, I don’t think we have a lot to worry about with the upcoming generation,” he said.

Corrigan agreed.

“I’d be willing to wager that someday in the future, at least one of these young ladies (will be) sitting in one of these chairs around the council table,” he said.

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Campaign needs real folks, fewer suits As debate on the TransLink tax vote heats up, the Yes side threw CEO Ian Jarvis under the bus.

By tossing Jarvis – whose salary had become a symbol of TransLink waste – to the curb, theYes side hopes to up their chances of success at the ballot box.

The move is presumably meant to signal a new era, where the new tax theYes side craves won’t go to a fat cat’s bloated paycheque.

Except of course that it

will – two salaries, in fact, instead of one.

Jarvis will continue to be paid more than $420,000 in an “advisory” capacity while a new interim CEO gets $35,000 a month.

Just how those optics will convince anyone that sound financial decisions are around the next corner remains a mystery. In fact, given the timing, it almost looks like an attempt to sabotage the referendum.

While Jarvis was a high-

ly paid executive who presided over a number of bungled projects at TransLink, his departure doesn’t change some basic problems.

TransLink is still run by an unelected board that spends public money with little accountability. But the ability to change anything about that board is not on the ballot.

B.C.’s Transportation Minister has said TransLink needs new leadership. He’s

right – just not in the way he’s pitching it.

TransLink is a creation of the province.

To fix it, the province needs to step back and return the board to locally elected officials whose political fortunes could be tied to its performance.

Until then, the need for more transit and the bloated bureaucracy of TransLink will continue to be linked in the public mind.

New Westminster

launched its VoteYes New West campaign on Monday and wisely had some young people step up and say why it’s vital the referendum passes.

If theYes campaign could hide all the elected suits somewhere and just put regular folks who depend on transit up front, the whole campaign might have a better chance of succeeding.

Truck drivers, students, delivery drivers, retail work-

ers – those who really depend on a working transit system.

As teenager Sadie DeCoste said at the launch in New Westminster Monday, “Public transit is the most feasible means of getting from one place to another. ...We are the generation that will face the impacts of climate change, the human rights issue of our time.”

She’s right. But can voters see beyond TransLink’s incompetence to voteYes?

MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

How long can Clark cruise?

Last week’s throne speech and this week’s provincial budget make it clear the provincial government is very much on cruise control, and I suspect that’s just the way Premier Christy Clark wants it.

The throne speech was described by many as “threadbare” and an indication the B.C. Liberals are out of gas, to which Clark retorted that the speech wasn’t about generating news headlines but was instead a reiteration of her government’s ongoing plan.

The budget was another steady-as-she goes economic document, which achieves the B.C. Liberals’ number 1 priority of all: balancing the books. But the budget continues to be balanced on the proverbial razor’s edge, which means there are few dollars available for many new spending initiatives.

Things weren’t always like this, of course. In the run-up to the last provincial election, the Clark government was running around, announcing all kinds of things.

The premier herself tried to dominate news coverage and her critics derisively labeled her “Premier Photoop.”

But the premier is nowhere near as active in the media these days, and her government is not feverishly trying to change the world.

The coming legislature session will see only a modest amount of legislation – less than 30 bills in all likelihood – and I suspect little of it will

be controversial.

In conversations with B.C. Liberals, I get the distinct impression they see no reason to do anything particularly dramatic.They sense their voter base seems content with the state of the province, and so a laissezfaire approach has been adopted by the government.

Clark herself seems particularly confident, if not content in how things are going. No one pays attention to polls anymore (not that there have been any), so there is no evidence that if an election were held today that her party would be in trouble with the electorate.

And the premier continues to toy with the NDP Opposition, which is by no means as comfortable in its collective skin as the B.C. Liberals. Clark uses the NDP as the butt of a number of jokes in speeches she makes to party faithful, and in the legislature (which she attends only a couple of days a week) she appears to relish any question period encounter.

Still, even when a government is content to travel along on cruise-control, something can come out of nowhere to force it to make a sudden, sharp turn along the way.There’s nothing in sight right now, but the year is young.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C. See an extended version of this column at www.burnabynow. com.

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Yes, we can: Obama fever Burnaby resident Glyn Lewis was pounding the pavement in Iowa as Barack Obama campaigned for the U.S. presidency.

The Burnaby resident made headlines in the Jan. 26 NOW as he talked about his volunteer work south of the border and his quest to get Obama elected.

Obama had already won the Democratic nomination for the state of Iowa – with caucus turnout having doubled the previous record.

“We felt like we were making history,” Lewis said.

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Burnaby loves this crazy stage family

Dear Editor I note with interest Jennifer Moreau’s article, “Burnaby takes aim at NEB’s decision-making record” (Feb.13, 2015). The City of Burnaby analyzed 33 of the board’s rulings to find that 80 per cent of Kinder Morgan’s motions were granted, while only four per cent of intervenors’ motions were.

Mayor Corrigan correctly points out that these statistics are quantitative proof of what many intervenors in the process have experienced first hand – the National Energy Board review process is flawed and biased in favour of Kinder Morgan.

As a former intervenor in the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project, and a professional executive and economist with over 40 years’ experience in both the public and private sectors, I withdrew from the NEB review process in protest last October. The review is a charade.

When the NEB’s media spin doctor, Sarah Riley, suggests that the individuals who make up the NEB The from many review is a come backgrounds and interests, she is charade. perpetrating a falsehood.

If Ms. Riley would simply go to the NEB website and review the bios of the six permanent and seven temporary members she would find that chair Peter Watson comes from the Alberta government as deputy minister of the Executive Council and former deputy minister of Energy for the province of Alberta; vice-chair Lyne Mercier has 29 years with an energy company; Roland George has “worked primarily in the energy sector over three decades;” Philip Davies has 30 years in the energy infrastructure industry; Shane Parish worked as a consultant with energy producers and pipeline companies; and Ron Wallace held senior management positions with PetroCanada (now Suncor) and CanStar Oil Sands Ltd. The NEB’s temporary members include Ken Bateman, an energy lawyer who served as VP and general counsel to a large Canadian utility corporation; Bob Vergette, who was VP operations with a major North American liquids pipeline company; Mike Richmond, an energy lawyer at McMillan LLC where he was co-chair of the energy and power group; Jacques Gauthier, who “throughout his career contributed to the creation and development of major energy projects in Canada;” James Ballem, a former conservative politician elected to the P.E.I. legislative assembly who subsequently became an energy consultant; Alison Scott, who served 30 years in the Nova Scotia public service; and David Hamilton, a former clerk of the legislative assembly and deputy minister in the North West Territories.

NEB permanent members are required under the National Energy Board Act to live in or around the City of Calgary. They are steeped in petro-culture and favour the oil and natural gas industry. Advisory staff to the board move back and forth between the NEB and executive positions in the industry.

The board’s independence is compromised to begin with, but the blatant disrespect for due process and fair and balanced decisionmaking exhibited by the Trans Mountain expansion project review board is unparalleled.

Marc Eliesen, former president and CEO, B.C. Hydro

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Tea business’s plight finds supporters robert x. martin Sorry to hear about the bureaucracy messing with business plans Chris. I suggest switching from tea to another plant based enterprise but first get some nasty neck tattoos and change your name to “Spider”.

There doesn’t seem to be any city hall impediments for that business model.

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NEB’s response raises some eyebrows appaulled “We are committed to a fair, thorough and rigorous review of this project,” she wrote in an email to the NOW. “We review every motion and request that we receive on a case-bycase basis and make our decisions based on the facts and information that is placed before us. Our decisions are not based on the number of people for or against a particular ruling.”

I guess that is the point. You exclude so much evidence that it is easy to say you consider all before you, but you do not consider all evidence available nor do you do so in an unbiased way.

As for your panel members, I have looked on your website and reviewed the bios for all and the board is very heavily weighted in favour of industry … .particularly the energy sector. Few, one I think, had any back ground in environment assessment and none had ever been involved in the environmental movement. There was nobody from a wild life or fishery background. More than half, though, had connections to the oil and gas sector. …

While I believe the fix was in anyway, there should at least be a superficial attempt to APPEAR fair.

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Newsnow Not the help he wanted A Burnaby man is facing charges after the car he allegedly stole ran out of gas.

A West Vancouver police officer was on patrol last month when he came across a man carrying two fuel cans near 21st Street and Capilano Road in North Vancouver shortly after 2 a.m.The officer stopped to help the man carry the containers to his nearby car, according to a media release from the West Vancouver

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September 2, 1927 - February 8, 2015 “You loved well and were well loved in return our dearest Mom and Nana Jessie”.

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She was a classy, gracious, warm and friendly person who made everyone feel special and she loved her family unconditionally.

Jessie is survived by brother Stan (Dar) of Kelowna, Daughter Vikki (Corrie) Burnaby, Grand Daughter Dorette (Scot) Port Coquitlam, Grandson Jason (Kelly) North Vancouver and Great Grandchildren Ethan, Erica, Liam and Leyton. Step-Granddaughters Dorothy (Dave) Victoria and April (Rob) Ladysmith. Also survived by cousins Shirley Mason and Lynn Owens Whalen and nieces Lisa Rossiter and Kathy Litke and their families and many close friends.

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“British Columbia has intervenor status at review, and we will continue to stand up for all British Columbians on Kinder Morgan’s application, including our First Nations,” he said. “It makes absolutely no sense for B.C. to withdraw from the review, lose our ability to question the company and not be a fullfledged participant.”

In response, BurnabyDeer Lake MLA Kathy Corrigan grilled the province for handing control of the review process to the federal government, among a laundry list of other criticisms.

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“It concerns me that the province not only handed over assessment to the federal government, but for this project – as opposed to the Northern Gateway project – it did not even ask questions about the economics of the project, including revenue estimates, financial risks to the province, insurance costs and coverage,” she said. “If there is a major spill in our harbour or on our waterways, the financial and environmental implications will be multi-generational.

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What’s in it for us in Burnaby, where this new route will drill through the Simon Fraser Mountain to the Burrard Inlet, the northern border of my constituency?”

Shin argued that the estimated $13.2 million municipal tax revenue from the proposed expansion is peanuts compared to revenue generated from other sectors, such as the local film industry.

On the Liberals’ side of the debate, Burnaby North MLA Richard T. Lee brought up the provincial government’s five conditions for the Trans Mountain pipeline, emphasizing the need to facilitate dialogue between Kinder Morgan and First Nations.

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Great loss: Jennifer Woodside with some of her late son’s artwork. The Port Moody mom is starting a Burnaby group for people grieving the loss of a loved on to drugs or alcohol. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

‘It’s a grief that’s not acknowledged’ JenniferWoodside lost her son to a drug overdose, and now she’s helping others who’ve lost loved ones Jennifer Moreau

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Jennifer Woodside has already been through the worst day of her life. It was April 4, 2014, when her 21year-old son, Dylan, went to sleep and never woke up.

“Nothing can be worse than that day I went through,”Woodside said.

Dylan, a young art student, had developed a taste for ketamine, a drug somewhat popular on the club scene. He was on and off it for about eight months and managed to get through detox, but as Woodside tells it, he did it one more time.

This time, he took oxycodone laced with fentanyl, an additive responsible for the rash of overdoses in Vancouver’s heroin-using community last October.

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by Dad’s illness.”

Dylan went to sleep at his father’s house on the North Shore, and he never woke up. His girlfriend found him, called 911 and tried to resuscitate him, but it was too late.

When Woodside heard the news, she couldn’t believe it.

“It was like a big whoosh when somebody hits you in the stomach,” she said.

“Losing a child is a horrible experience for any parent, but losing a child this way is really devastating because you blame yourself.

Why couldn’t I save him?

Why did he do it one more time?”

Along with the grief, Woodside felt a sense of shame and stigma surrounding drug use. For the longest time, she told people Dylan’s death was an ac-

cident.

“It’s not a normal death.

It took me a while to be able to tell people,” she said.

“There’s a term for this.

It’s called disenfranchised grief – it’s a grief that’s not acknowledged by society.

Some people can’t see past it.They think that person wasn’t good, that it’s not a good lifestyle, or the parent’s not a good person because they allowed this to happen. So there’s a lot of guilt.”

Woodside scoured the Internet for some kind of support for drug-related deaths, but she couldn’t find anything local.That’s when she decided to take matters into her own hands.

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Beloved: Jennifer Woodside lost her son Dylan to a drug overdose last year. The Port Moody resident is starting a support group in Burnaby for people who’ve lost loved ones to substance abuse. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

stance Passing – a support group for people who’ve lost someone to drugs or alcohol. Based on statistics from the Centre for Addictions Research of B.C., Woodside is not alone. In 2012, illicit drug use caused 319 deaths in B.C., while alcohol caused 1,255.Those numbers have remained

fairly stable over the past decade.

Woodside is hosting her first meeting on Thursday, Feb. 12, and she plans to hold regular meetings the second Thursday of every month.While there are GRASP chapters across the U.S.,Woodside believes her Burnaby group is the first in

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Woodside is the group’s facilitator, and she hopes other parents will be able to share stories of their children and know that it’s OK to feel guilt and anger.

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Artsnow Enjoy art in the libraries

The Burnaby Art Gallery is reaching out into the community with two new exhibitions at Burnaby Public Library branches.

At the McGill library branch (4595 Albert St.), visitors can check out Alan Wood: Selections from the Ranch Series.

Wood’s Ranch Series is a group of serigraphs and etchings held in the City of Burnaby’s permanent art collection.The LancashirebornWood, who moved to Canada in 1971 and settled in B.C. in 1974, gained international recognition in 1983 for taking his painting directly into the landscape with his Ranch creation.

The 320-acre painted construction built in the foothills of the Alberta Rockies was a “monumental exploration of colour and form,” a press release notes.

Since then, he has continued to work with constructions of wood, canvas and paint, and his work has been featured in many group and solo exhibitions in Canada, the U.S., Europe, the U.K. and Australia.

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Dynamics of light: Alan Wood’s Nocturne – Ranch Series Five #5, is part of a new exhibition at the McGill branch of Burnaby Public Library.

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namics of light and colour from the ocean, beach, forest and sky has dominated his landscape work throughout his career,” the release notes.

His work will be on display at the McGill library until March 23.

At the Bob Prittie Metrotown library branch (6100 Willingdon Ave.), visitors can check out the work of Bernadette Phan in Lili and the Migratory Influences.

Phan exhibits more than 150 individual drawings representing books brought back from Paris that once

belonged to her late Aunt Lili – serving as a homage and a portrait to her aunt.

“The ongoing series conveys visual and imaginary correspondences around Lili,” the artist says in a press release. “Lili refers to the multivalent meanings she encompasses: diaspora, migration, hybridity, intracultural realities, survival, a witness of historical and social changes.”

The exhibition is on at the library until March 22.

Check out www.burnaby artgallery.ca for more on the two exhibitions.

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Goat year promises change Sherman Tai, a fortune teller and feng shui master based in Richmond, tells readers what might be in store for them during the Chinese NewYear.

It is the year of the Goat, which, according to Tai, is considered ‘fan Tai Sui’ if you are born under the sign of the Goat. But Tai says a more careful consideration of the year means it will be one of change – and that change could be good or bad depending on what one does during the year.

Here are his predictions for other signs: Year of the Rat in the Goat: For the Rat in theYear of the Goat, there is possibility of gossip, unstable finances, so this is a year of bumpy roads that may not go as

smoothly as you would like.

This is also a year of movement for the Rat, so it is better that you keep busy, rather than be stagnant.

Lucky colours: Gold, silver and blue; lucky numbers: 1, 6 and 7; unlucky numbers: 2, 5 and 8; lucky gemstones: Lapis lazuli Year of the Ox in the Goat: For those born in the year of the Ox, there are some lucky stars in your path, but also some negative ones.

It is important that this year, the Ox does not have big investments and big changes and not be too greedy.What you put in is what you get out of it; if you work harder, you will have better returns.You need to expand your network and

meet new people.

Lucky colours: Light yellow, pink and purple; unlucky colours: Blue, gold, silver, black and white; lucky numbers: 2, 5, 8 and 9; unlucky numbers: 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7; lucky gemstones: Citrine and turquoise Year of the Tiger in the Goat: In the year of the Goat, the Tiger has a downturn in

luck.Therefore, the Tiger must conduct matters very carefully. Of course in life, one must be positive and face adversities with courage.Therefore, the Tiger should be willing to focus and work hard and, by midyear, there may be positive results.

Lucky colours: Baby blue and green; unlucky colours: Continued on page 14

Looking ahead: Sherman Tai says get ready for change in the Year of the Goat. PHOTO RICHMOND NEWS

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Horses and Goats go together Red, green, purple, baby blue; lucky numbers: 5, 7 and 8; unlucky numbers: 2, 3, 4 and 9.

Lucky gemstones: Red agate and lapis lazuli.

Continued from page 13 Gold and grey; lucky numbers: 1, 6 and 8; unlucky numbers: 5, 7 and 9; lucky gemstones: Lapis lazuli and rose quartz.

Year of the Rabbit in the Goat: Luck could be on the Rabbit’s side this year. But you must be adaptable, hard-working, learn more, and think more. Most importantly, don’t expect to achieve greatness in just one step.

Lucky colours: Gold, brown, yellow and white; lucky numbers: 2, 5, 7 and 8; unlucky numbers: 1, 3, 4 and 9; lucky gemstones: Lapis lazuli.

Year of the Dragon in the Goat: For those born in the year of the Dragon, there will be good stars in your path, so things will generally go quite smoothly for you. However, you should not have big investments or major changes.You need to be very cautious about your decisions and not be impulsive and greedy.

Lucky colours: Gold, silver, yellow, dark blue; unlucky colours:

Year of the Snake in the Goat: There are some good stars, as well as some bad for those born in the year of the Snake.The Snake ís fortune and luck this year is one of change, taking a slight turn to the worse.

If you want to win over others, you must first improve your selfesteem and increase your self-confidence.

There is also a tendency towards laziness for the Snake this year, so it is important to be more active, to learn and to ask, especially those who are more experienced and knowledgeable than you, and then there is a greater chance of finding someone willing to lend you a helping hand.

Zodiac signs to associate with: Rooster, Ox and Monkey Zodiac signs to avoid: Pig, Rabbit, Goat and Tiger Lucky colours: Red, blue, purple and green. Unlucky colors: Brown, yellow, black and white.

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Lucky numbers: 3, 4 and 9. Unlucky numbers: 2, 7 and 8. Lucky gemstones: Emerald and cat’s eye stone.

Year of the Horse in the Goat: In the year of the Goat, someone will be assisting the Horse.

The Horse and the Goat go together this year.

Therefore, this year has lucky stars shining on the Horse, bringing someone who will support the Horse in its endeavours, leading to new opportunities.

This person that comes to help you will have greater abilities than you, providing you with new opportunities that allow you to show your leadership skills.

Zodiac signs to associate with: Dog,Tiger and Goat Zodiac signs to avoid: Rat, Snake, Dragon and Rooster Lucky colours: Blue, green, white and purple. Unlucky colours: Gold, silver and black.

Lucky numbers: 1, 3, 4, 6 and 9.

Unlucky numbers: 2, 5, 7 and 8.

Lucky gemstones: Citrine and turquoise.

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Happy Chinese New Year!

New Year events in the city It’s almost time for Chinese NewYear, and Burnaby has a ton of activities to ring in theYear of the Goat.

While the lunar new year officially rings in on Thursday, Metropolis at Metrotown is starting its celebration one day early. Kicking off at 10 a.m. onWednesday in the Grand Court, the shopping centre will feature a performance of the lion dance, in which the lion will “wake up” and parade throughout the mall to “bless” retailers.This custom is believed to bestow prosperity and good fortune.

Similarly, Lougheed Town Centre will have its own Lunar Festival on Saturday in the Centre Court, starting at 12:30 p.m.The shopping centre will feature traditional Korean and Chinese Performances by the Cheondoong Performing Arts Society, members of the Sun Hang Do Martial Arts Coquitlam and Richmond’s Traditional Kung Fu Training Centre.

The performances will be followed by their lucky lion merchant tour at 1:30 p.m., and attendees will receive a lucky red envelope containing a $5 Lougheed gift card voucher.

For kids, the Kensington Recreation Complex has a Chinese NewYear public skate on Friday, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.The complex, located at 6159 Curtis St., will be decorated for the festivities as skaters young and old take to the ice.

As well, kids who don’t want to lace up can enjoy face painting and crafts.

Up in North Burnaby, the Heights Merchants Association is hosting its annual Lunar NewYear Celebration, showcasing the city’s diversity and multiculturalism, on Saturday from noon to 3 p.m.

Hastings Street will be packed with music and dancing, including its own traditional lion dancers, in a performance of special blessings to bring luck and prosperity to Heights mer-

chants. A few lucky Heights shoppers will also receive fortune cookies and red envelopes containing special messages and the chance to win various local gift certificates.

Business owners in the community will have an opportunity to celebrate at the Burnaby Board of Trade’s Lunar NewYear Banquet.

Presented by the BBOT’s Pacific Gateway Committee, the special dinner – set for Thursday, Feb. 26 at Metrotown’s Fortune House Seafood Restaurant – brings together 200 business and community leaders to take part in the multicultural celebration.The banquet offers eight courses of Chinese delicacies, live entertainment and networking opportunities.

The banquet runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and tickets are $59 per person or $550 for a table of 10. Last year’s banquet sold out, so buying tickets early.

Register by calling 604412-0100.

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Then stop by the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Feb. 21 for a Royal Conservatory of Music scholarship recital.

The recital features senior piano, voice and violin students who received the top marks in the 2014 RCM examinations.

They’re onstage on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 102.

Tickets are $10 regular, or $8 for students and seniors, and a reception will follow the recital.

FLAMENCO STORY AT SHADBOLT CENTRE Here’s one that sounds fascinating.

Flamenco Rosario is presenting a world premiere performance at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts at the end of this month.

The company is presenting Quadrilogue Affective, an exploration of modern rela-

tionships in dance and musical form, onstage at the Shadbolt Feb. 25 to 28 at 8 p.m.

Flamenco Rosario’s artistic and musical directors, Rosario Ancer and Victor Kolstee, teamed up with another artistic romantic couple, Mariano Cruceta and Caroline Plante, to create the work, which explores the balance between their domestic and artistic lives.

“As anyone who runs a family business knows, it is not always easy to leave work in the office and not bring it home,” a write-up about the event says. “This is especially true in the performing arts, where many marital love boats have ended up broken on the reefs of great expectations and greater egos, to later pick up the pieces and create magic on the stage.”

Ancer and Cruceta are dancer-choreographers for the work, while Kolstee and Plante are guitarists and composers.

Tickets are $35 regular, $30 for students and seniors. Reserve at tickets.

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A LITTLE LUNCH MUSIC Anything that involves good food and good music just sounds like a good idea to me.

The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is continuing with its monthly series of A Little Lunch Music concerts.

The concerts, which are generally on the fourth Thursday of the month, take place in the Shadbolt’s Encores Café.You can enjoy a concert and a special buffet lunch – the concert starts at noon, the lunch runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The lunch is $12, but the concert (which is open to everyone) is free.

Coming up on Feb. 26, you can enjoy the pop-folk sounds of Pawn Shop Diamond. On March 26, it’s the Ron Samworth Trio’s jazz sounds, and on April 23, it’s the Sharon Minemoto Trio of piano, clarinet and guitar.Then, on May 28, you can enjoy the rock-jazz fusion sounds of Rocket Science.

Self-expression: Visual arts instructor Shelley Tucker helps Andrew and Yukai Zeng in the creation of printmaking selfies during a session at the Burnaby Art Gallery Feb. 8. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Check out www.shadbolt centre.com for more details about the concerts.

GET UP CLOSE WITH ART AT BURNABY ART GALLERY The Burnaby Art Gallery isn’t just a place to see art – it’s a place to create art.

The gallery holds a regular series of In the BAG family Sunday events, which give people a chance to check out the current exhibition and take part in a related hands-on studio activity.

On Sunday, Feb. 8, the

gallery held the latest In the BAG event, in connection with its current exhibition Visualizing a Culture for Strangers: Chinese Export Paintings of the Nineteenth Century (photo above).

The art gallery also has a number of other special events coming up in connection with the exhibition, including a curator’s talk and tour, with Barry Till of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, on Thursday, Feb. 26 and a drop-in gallery tour on Sunday, March 22.

For more on the gallery

EXPRESSIONS IN ABSTRACT AT GALLERY Art lovers, you still have some time to check out the ongoing Expressions in Abstract exhibition at the Burnaby Arts Council’s Deer Lake Gallery.

The exhibition features the work of three emerging artists – Evan Locke, Iris Low and Karen Santos – from different generations and backgrounds, sharing their own interpretations and philosophies of what abstract art means.

It’s underway at the gallery until Feb. 28.

If you haven’t been by, be sure to pop in – the gallery is at 6584 Deer Lake Ave., and it’s open Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 4 p.m., with free admission.

See www.burnabyarts council.org for more details.

Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie, jmaclellan@burnabynow.com, or find her on Twitter, @julie maclellan.

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Punk legends DOA are wrapping up their anti-pipelines tour after raising thousands for a Burnaby residents’ group opposing the Kinder Morgan expansion.

The No Oil Pipelines in B.C.Tour started in late January and included a benefit show at Vancouver’s Biltmore Cabaret, which raised $2,500 for BROKE – Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion.

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day, March 14 at “But we’re not the Smiling Budstupid.We realdha, in the Downize we have to start town Eastside, a planning for revenue Keithley denewable energy to scribes as Vancoutake place of gasover’s version of line,” he said.

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Erin Chambers did not waste any time becoming the new Great Northwest conference all-time career scoring champion.

The Simon Fraser University senior scored a career-high 41 points to lead the Clan women’s basketball team to an 82-75 win over Saint Martin’s and smash former Montana State Billings Bobbi Knudson’s 2014 career record by 11 points in Saturday’s conference win.

Chambers, the current NCAA Division II scoring leader, went into the game needing just 30 points to tie the conference career mark, following a 19-point effort earlier in the week in SFU’s 68-45 loss to Western Oregon on Feb. 12.

“The Western Oregon game was terrible, no excuses. But I don’t think about the numbers, I just like to play the game,” Chambers said.

The Clan forward now holds the Great Northwest career record with 1,842 points and counting.With three regular season games still to play, Chambers has a real possibility of surpassing 1,900 points in her NCAA career.

Chambers’ 41 points was also the third-highest single-game point total in program history.

Canadian Olympian and Clan Hall of Fame member Teresa Gabriele holds the school record of 45 points set in 2002 against Trinity Western University.

Another Olympian and Clan hall of famer Michelle Hendry of New Westminster scored 42 points

against Central Washington in 1990 in NAIA play.

“Getting the record was amazing, but to me to be held up with Teresa and Michelle, who were such great players, is amazing,” Chambers added.

Chambers hit 13 of 23 field goals in the game and 13-for-16 free throws.

Senior guard Katie Lowen chipped in with 15 points and Meg Wilson added a double-double, with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

“Erin shot the ball extremely well with tight defence on her all night. It was nice to see her get the record and win the game,” said SFU head coach Bruce Langford in a Clan press release.

With the win, SFU improved its conference record to 9-6 and clinched a berth in the Great Northwest playoffs.

Earlier, the Clan scored a season-low 45 points in a 13-point loss against lastplace Western Oregon.

SFU made good on just five of 24 shots from the floor in the first and finished with under 30 per cent shooting.

Only Chambers shot in double figures for the Clan.

SFU will play its final home game of the season this Saturday against Alaska Fairbanks.

Conference leader Alaska Anchorage will be in town on Thursday to take on the Clan.

“It’s going to be weird. It feels like I just started, but it’s over now,” said Chambers, who plans to continue playing basketball in Europe and hopefully with the Canadian women’s national program after graduation.

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Record setter: Simon Fraser University senior forward Erin Chambers scored a career-high 41 points to break the Great Northwest conference career scoring record last weekend. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

“Basketball is not over for me. I want to keep involved in the game,” she said.

But Chambers still has

plenty of work to do, helping the Clan prepare for the NCAA post season and a shot at making it to the Div. II national championships.

“Every single night my goal is to do my best,” Chambers said. “I’m a big competitor. I don’t like to take days off.”

Burnaby schools qualify well on mats Tom Berridge

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Burnaby schools had some strong showings at the B.C. high school zone 4 wrestling championships.

Defending provincial girls’ champion St.Thomas More won five weight classes and was a finalist in two others to win the zone aggregate with 69 points over runners-up Centennial and host Port Moody.

Burnaby Central, which

has won seven high school provincial banners since 2000, placed second behind Pinetree in aggregate boys’ standings. New Westminster finished right behind Central in third.

STM’s Natalie Nelson won at 64 kilograms, Nicole Depa took top spot at 57kg and Taylor McIntosh placed first at 60kg.

Caileen Corbett, at 40kg, and Amanda Silveri, at plus-90kg, were both unopposed.

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Ciara Corbett was a runner-up at 51kg, while Meagan Chow and Gabriela Chow were second and third, respectively, at 43kg.

Juliana Casas, Gabriella Bellini and Dominika Maludzinski also placed in their respective weight classes. Livleen Sidhu was petitioned in at 69kg.

Central’s Mele Viklani topped the girls’ 75kg division, while Sanna Bhayanna was third at 47kg.

Vanna Oropilla and Sara

Brinkac also qualified for Central. Burnaby North’s Chelsea Coombes was petitioned in at 51kg.

On the boys’ mats, Central’s Sanan Parshakoori was first at 60kg and Alec Shaw won at 63kg, while Nazeeb Omar and Ansel Hait were winners at 74 and 84kg, respectively.

Aidan Labreche was petitioned in at 41kg, while Faraz Faziahizadeh and Billy Trengrove also qualified.

“All these kids, if they

wrestle well, they could place,” said Central coach Gianni Buono.

“We’re a better team than last year, but this year these guys are a blue-collar team and could get into the top six with a good tournament.We could crack the top 10,” Buono added.

New Westminster did well to finish just five points behind Central in third place.

TJ Cordoviz took first at Continued on page 20

The Burnaby Mountain Lions roared at the Crehan Cup AAA girls’ basketball championships.

The No. 9 seed and thirdplace BurWest league finisher threw a scare into its provincially ranked hosts Argyle Pipers before eventually falling 74-71 in an entertaining matchup on Monday night.

Down 19-9 after the opening quarter, Mountain picked up its game behind a 16-point first-half contribution from star guard Jacey Bailey and remained a thorn in the side of the Pipers right up to the final buzzer.

“Our coach said, ‘It’s not the dog in the fight, but the fight in the dog,’ and that’s what we did,” said Bailey after the game.

Bailey, who was named to the women’s national age group assessment camp last year, led all scorers with 33 points, including seven-ofeight free throws, and 13 rebounds.

Lions teammate Alix Gabriel added 25 points, including 15 points in the final quarter. Gabriel was good on 11 of 15 from the charity stripe.

Argyle’s Sophie Swant had 30 points.

In other quarter-final action, No. 4 New Westminster Hyacks were upset 64-50 by Sir Winston Churchill.

The Hyacks left too many points on the floor and were sadly outrebounded by the smaller Vancouver city champions.

The two teams traded point for point throughout the opening half, but it became evident as the game went on that New West’s missed shots in close and few second-chance opportunities might well become the eventual storyline.

“Usually we’re better. Maybe we had some nerves,” said Madisen Obrovac, who posted a team-high 16 points.

Burnaby South also lost, falling 56-49 to No. 3 seed Handsworth in the late game. Ana Lukic had 20 points for South, 16 coming in the second half.

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Blazing a trail: Burnaby/New West’s Ratana Wang, with ring, and Saralynn Lai, left, helped the 13-4 Blazers post a 7-2 win over Vancouver in Lower Mainland u-12 ringette last Saturday. The BNW ringette association is hosting a free Come Try Ringette event at Moody Park Arena on Saturday, March 14 from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. The event is open to children aged five to 14, including beginners. For more info, contact Yvonne at promotions@bnwr.ca or register at www.cometryringette.ca. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

It’s Steelers and Sockeyes Tom Berridge

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It’s Grandview against Richmond, again.

The two Pacific Junior Hockey League foes will meet in the opening round of junior B playoffs this Thursday following the Grandview Steelers’ 5-0 victory over the Delta Ice Hawks in the final game of the regular season at the Burnaby Winter Club on Sunday.

Cole MacInnes kicked out all 40 Ice Hawks shots to post his second shutout of the season and earn the game’s first star.

“From the beginning of

the season, the No. 1 thing we had is our defence,” said MacInnes after the game.

Grandview jumped on the Ice Hawks early, scoring three times on the team’s six first-period shots, including Lucas Santucci’s shorthanded marker midway through the frame.

Sean Northey also scored later in the period, as did Peter Matthews, with the first of his two counters.

Matteo Belmonte fired a wrister to the back of the cage on a power play late in the game to complete the Steelers’ scoring.

The win came following a 3-3 draw against league champion North Vancovuer

Wolf Pack the night before.

“Pride-wise we wanted that third-place victory. It’s also good to keep that streak going into the playoffs,” MacInnes added.

Grandview will open its best-of-seven playoff in Richmond on Thursday at 7 p.m.

The two teams are back at the Richmond Arena for Game 2 on Saturday at 5:45 p.m.The Steelers will host games three and four at the winter club, beginning this Sunday at 4 p.m.

“Defence wins championships.We just got to keep doing what we’ve been doing defensively,” MacInnes said.

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David Penalver and Connor Pattison were runners-up at 51 and 84kg, respectively. Hossein Shidfar placed third at 78kg, as didYanni Angelopoulus at 110kg.

Isaiah James and Logan Charron also qualified for New West.

STM had success at the lighter weight classes with Joel Calica taking first at 48kg and Daniel Alphonso winning at 51kg.

Aidan Field and Cristian Costa were second and third, respectively, at 45kg. Stefano Pozzolo was also petitioned in at 51kg.

Daniel Sulentic qualified at 60kg.

Burnaby South’s Jim Sidhu is a favourite in the boys’ heavyweight division, while David Awayo, Marcus Awayo and Erik Twinn were all qualifiers at 70-plus kg.

The B.C. high school wrestling championships will be held at the Ag-Rec building in Abbotsford from Feb. 26 to 28.

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