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A symbol of community takes shape Brentwood Park unveils traditional totem pole Cornelia Naylor
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SYMBOL OF COMMUNITY First Nations carver Jackie Timothy places an abalone shell eye onto a human figure in a totem pole he recently completed for Brentwood Park Elementary . The pole was dedicated at a ceremony at the school last month. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR
Brentwood Park celebrated the transformation of an old driving range pole into a traditional First Nations work of art and symbol of community last month. The school held a ceremony on Oct. 20 to honour its newly completed totem pole. The pole is the work of First Nations carver Jackie Timothy, who started on the project in February. Set up outside the school in a sheltered area,Timothy laboured at the carving for months, interacting with students, who often watched, chatted and helped clean up his work space. “The kids have been really a blessing to me,” said Timothy, who is originally from the Tla’amin First Nation near Powell River. Continued on page 8
Housing debate heats up at city hall
City points the finger at higher levels of government, but citizens’ group says response is a ‘diversion’ Jeremy Deutsch
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A group opposed to major development plans for the Metrotown area vows to continue the fight, despite a move by Burnaby council to proceed with the rezoning of properties. The issue came to a head Monday night, as council discussed a city report related to growth and the affordable and social housing issues facing the community and dealt with a series of rezoning applications. The 15-page report details the current situation around affordable and rental hous-
ing in Burnaby and also offers a response to various suggestions to handle the issue. One suggestion has been to put a moratorium on the demolition of existing buildings, but the report said the city does not have the legislated authority to withhold a building permit for construction of new buildings and/or for the demolition of existing buildings, where the applicant satisfies the provisions of the building code. As for establishing a rental replacement policy, the city said it also does not have the mandate to require the private sector to provide rental units. City politicians were pinning the problem
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Wearing their poppies with pride Legion volunteers say volunteering at a Burnaby poppy fund table is one way to show their gratitude Jeremy Deutsch
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It’s 10 o’clock Friday morning and a small table is set up near the escalators at LougheedTown Centre. It’s the start of what could be a long day volunteering for Trudy Black and her mom Lorraine. For the next four hours, the pair will be manning the poppy fund table in the mall, ahead of this year’s Remembrance Day holiday. A steady trickle of shoppers stop by the table.
We get to live free because of what the soldiers have done for us
Each time, they slip a coin – some a toonie, some a loonie and in some cases even bills – in a decorated box and grab a red and black poppy neatly laid out on the table. Trudy began volunteering with the North Burnaby Legion No. 148 15 years ago and has been a mainstay with the organization selling poppies. “I enjoy doing it,” she told the NOW, as she stood by a table full of poppies in the mall. And Trudy must enjoy it, given that she came to the
mall following an overnight shift at her job as a trucking dispatcher. But today, she won’t be alone. Her mom is by her side. Lorraine recently decided to follow her daughter’s example and joined the Legion for the first time this year, just a couple weeks ago. Growing up, she said her parents took her to Remembrance Day services and the time of year was always important. Not only will mom and daughter keep each other company through the shift this day, they’ll be each other’s eyes and ears. That’s because, unfortunately, a box full of cash is too tempting for opportunistic crooks. In the same spot a year ago, someone swiped the donation box in broad daylight. Trudy was working that day but just happened to turn away for a split second while two other volunteers were sitting down at the table when the thief made off with the box. He was never arrested. This year, the cash box is tethered to the table by a chain. The local Legion raised $34,000 in last year’s poppy campaign and hopes to achieve similar numbers this year.The Legion will also sell nearly 20,000 poppies. The money goes toward helping veterans and their
REMEMBERING: Lorraine, left, and Trudy Black volunteer their time to sell poppies on behalf of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 148 at Lougheed Town Centre. The local Legion raised $34,000 with last year’s poppy campaign and is hoping to see similar numbers this year, with money going to help veterans and their families who are in need. PHOTO JEREMY DEUTSCH families who are in need. Back at the table, the pair also want to make sure no one loses their poppy, and they’ve taken it upon themselves to provide tiny earring catches to keep the poppy pins in place on clothing. Trudy notes the people who stop by to donate and pick up a poppy on their
way in and out of the mall come from all walks of life. People just likeVanessa Klein, who bought a poppy.The Coquitlam resident said her dad was a Korean War vet and every year she buys the little red poppy in honour. “We get to live free because of what the soldiers
have done for us,” she said. Klein was also appreciative of the efforts of the Blacks and many others for volunteering to sell the poppies. But the mom and daughter aren’t volunteering their time for any pat on the back, even if it’s well deserved. Trudy said she does it be-
cause she has veterans in her family and wants to carry on the tradition of supporting the men and women who fought for the country. So she and her mom will be back at the table the next day, volunteering their Saturday to get a little bit more money to help the local veterans.
Best of the best fêted at awards evening Clio emerges as the night’s big winner with Business of theYear and Business Person of theYear awards
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It was a big night for Burnaby business and an even bigger night for a local tech start-up. Last week, the Burnaby Board ofTrade announced the winners of Burnaby Business Excellence Awards, and the big winner turned out to be Clio. The tech business won both the Business of theYear award and Business Person of theYear award for company CEO and co-founder Jack Newton. Clio is a provider of easy-
to-use practice-management software for legal practitioners, according to a press release. Since its launch, Clio has experienced rap-
Our business community has made us exceptionally proud id and sustained growth, being named as the 10th fastest growing company in
Canada and the 32nd fastest growing on Deloitte’s global ranking. “Once again our business community has made us exceptionally proud over the past year,” said board of trade president and CEO Paul Holden in a statement. “The Excellence Awards Gala is the biggest night on our event calendar, and the single greatest opportunity for us to really acknowledge and celebrate the wonderful organizations in this community that work so hard to make Burnaby such an exceptional city. “This year we had an al-
most impossibly strong field of truly deserving nominees in each award category, not to mention all the other great Burnaby organizations who came out tonight just to support their neighbours.” In all, there were winners in nine award categories, including the Burnaby Business Hall of Fame, where the Valley Bakery was named this year’s inductee. The following are the winners from each category in this year’s awards: BURNABY COMMUNITY SPIRIT Still Creek Press
NOT-FOR-PROFIT OF THE YEAR Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion FAMILY FRIENDLY ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR Traction on Demand BUSINESS INNOVATION Greenlight Innovation ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT Bit Stew Systems ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Reid’s Automotive Recycling
BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR Jack Newton (Clio) BUSINESS OF THE YEAR (UP TO 50 EMPLOYEES) Gloo Studios BUSINESS OF THE YEAR Clio BUSINESS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE TheValley Bakery COMMENT ON THIS STORY
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City now Developments move ahead Continued from page 1 to determine the conditions on rezoning buildings. “It’s evident that this entire process is merely a matter of making a smokescreen around what is an inevitable rezoning process,” he said, adding his group will con-
tinue to put pressure on the city and protest. Council also gave second reading to a development at 6380 and 6420 Silver Ave. to permit the construction of two highrise apartment towers (26 and 41 storeys), the final read-
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City now Stoney Creek rehab project leads to flooding Jeremy Deutsch
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Work on the Stoney Creek rehabilitation project may be nearing an end, but it hasn’t come without at least one final punch. On Saturday, crews opened up the culvert to use it for the first time, but a bypass pump failure forced water to topple over the bank and run down Ash Grove Crescent into a housing complex.The water flooded at least one garage. While pictures from residents sent to the NOW show at least shin-deep water in Ridgemoor Place, city officials downplayed the extent of the flooding. James Lota, an assistant engineering director with the City of Burnaby, explained crews opened the
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culvert for the first time, which went according to plan. However, he said the flooding came once they took the bypass pumps offline and one of the hoses failed. Lota said the water topped the banks, running into a garage, but he noted crews were on site right away to clean up the water.
Lota also suggested the situation looked more spectacular than it was because of the redesign of the culvert. He said the city redesigned the culvert and added an “energy dissipation block” or a concrete wall that breaks up the water so it can run in a gentler manner. The block is intended to stop the erosion of the tributary wall, which was the purpose of the work in the first place. “It looks spectacular, but that’s what we expected it to do,” Lota said. Saturday’s flooding wasn’t the first incident for the project. Heavy rains last month forced sediment into a tributary after a bypass pump failed and also washed out a Continued on page 9
There wasn’t that much flooding. “There wasn’t that much flooding,” he told the NOW. “As far as I understand, there wasn’t any damage to any property other than their garages getting some water in it.”
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Good decisions need good information Believing that it had a war-ready population of 20 million citizens in 1749, the government of Sweden conducted the first-ever modern census. Bluntly, leaders discovered they were short by a factor of 10. The rude awakening prompted the government to invest in public health and stem infant mortality. It was the beginning of sophisticated, evidence-based decision making in government for the benefit of the
people. Flash forward more than 250 years, and it looks like we’re finally returning to an era of actual evidence-based decision-making in government. In its first act of policymaking, the Liberal government announced that Statistics Canada would reinstate the mandatory longform census after it was unceremoniously scrapped by the Tories in 2010 in favour of an optional household
survey.With 25 per cent fewer respondents, statisticians warned the value of the data collected from the optional survey was questionable to the point of being, arguably, useless. Whether it was scrapped to satisfy the more paranoid, libertarian branches of the party or to confound critics who used data to challenge the Conservatives’ agenda, we’re glad to see our miniDark Ages of governing from the hip are over.
Vague guesses simply won’t cut it. People may forget it, but filling out the census is a civic duty on the same level as paying taxes and voting. The root of the word statistics, is in fact, “state.” So when you sigh and grumble about having to
take the time to fill out the census form, remember that it’s part of your obligation as a citizen. And, moreover, it’s a good thing. Governments can’t make good decisions with bad (or no) information. Let’s face it, every day big and expensive decisions are being made, and we want to be sure we’re on the right track. Among the reliable info collected in the census was information on the length
of citizens’ commutes – this as we’re moving to spend $140 million redesigning our Highway 1 interchanges and the region struggles with how it will pay for transit improvements. We hope this move marks the return to evidencebased decisions in Ottawa. When it comes to our time and our money, vague guesses simply won’t cut it. – guest editorial courtesy of the North Shore News
MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY
Will Trudeau help B.C.? Will British Columbia benefit from what appears to be a remarkably new era of government slowly emerging in Ottawa? There’s every reason to think so, on a number of policy fronts. And in many cases a large amount of federal dollars flowing B.C.’s way seems likely to happen. A lot of attention has been paid to newly minted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s massive infrastructure plan, which could free up billions of dollars for transportation projects in MetroVancouver. Suddenly, building a Broadway subway line – long considered a political orphan lacking senior government support – now looks like it might actually happen. So do those rapid transit lines in Surrey. Of course, both projects have yet to develop a coherent business plan, which is required to get the federal government’s commitment of big dollars. If the mayors ofVancouver and Surrey are paying attention, they would be wise to kick start that planning post-haste. Presumably, the new prime minister would also provide partial funding for the proposed new Massey Bridge.This project still seems a bit iffy, as the reason the Massey Tunnel was built in the first place was because the soil at that part of the Fraser River was deemed unsuitable (too much silt) to support a massive bridge. But it’s not just bricks and mortar that may be coming
from Ottawa.What has received less attention – but involves more money over a longer period of time – is Trudeau’s promise to reintroduce a health accord with the provinces. The last one (also authored by a federal Liberal government) was arbitrarily torn up by the Harper government, which served notice to the provinces that starting in 2017 the annual funding “lift” for federal contributions to provincial health budgets would be tied to the rate of economic growth. This new formula would translate to a net reduction of hundreds of millions of dollars to places like B.C., whose older population (the Atlantic provinces fall into this boat as well) means health-care costs here may rise higher and quicker than in other provinces.That rate will inevitably exceed the annual economic growth increase, which usually hovers around two per cent (while health-care funding increases are closer to three per cent and higher). If the Trudeau government revisits this funding formula and changes it to better accommodate B.C.’s position, that could translate into hundreds of millions of dollars on an annual basis. Then there is that promise to change the marijuana laws, which could have a profound impact on the B.C. economy. But that’s a topic for another day. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.
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Dear Editor Donna Polos urges new funding for the arts in Burnaby, claiming that we have spent “tons” on sports venues in the past. She must either have a short memory or be a new resident of our city. In fact, the city spent “tons” of money building the beautiful Shadbolt Centre long before they spent a nickel on a turf field anywhere in Burnaby. Until the city starts charging Burnaby youth user fees for entry into that centre, Ms. Polos, in relative terms, will have nothing to complain about. Mark Berry, Burnaby
Here’s how to make elections more fair Dear Editor A committee of the B.C. government, after public consultation, has recommended specific spending limits in city and municipal elections, and the government is about to legislate them. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation objects (Opinion, Burnaby NOW, Oct. 30), saying limits will disadvantage individual candidates and encourage the formation of slates. We have a better idea. The Canadian constitution says we are all equal; from this we deduce that all individuals should have an equal opportunity to affect legislation. Thus, campaign expenses should be limited to contributions from individual voters only, and that each voter should be limited to an amount that just about anyone can afford, something like $50 to $100. As well, each local government should be required to distribute statements from all the candidates, as the City of Burnaby did before the last election. David Huntley, Burnaby/New Westminster Citizens for Voting Equality
Another waste of education tax dollars Dear Editor It boggles the mind how waste of public dollars can sometimes go undetected. MyEd BC is the newest data collection system paid for by precious Ministry of Education dollars. It replaces BCeSIS, a not-so-great data collection system previously used across B.C. for collection and storage of student data and information. From most reports, after months of implementation, the new MyEd BC is still not functioning well, requiring many school staffs to waste time that could be used for other important tasks, such as directly helping students. The Ministry of Education has not provided school districts with money for training in MyEd BC. I can only assume that each school district is responsible for finding funds for training, which will affect students yet again. Who cares how our tax dollars are spent? I care. Scant educational funding should be spent as much as possible on directly supporting student learning. My boggled mind cannot fathom how MyEd BC is doing this. Jennie Boulanger, Burnaby teacher, Coquitlam JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON TWITTER
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peakie No, the area will be sterile, cold, unfriendly with dead streetfronts and a terrible wind. No, the area will never be people friendly with all the towers in place. Burnaby doesn’t seem to care about warm 2 storey retail in the city that people can enjoy. Samcopy amazing plan, let’s get this done
An open letter to the mayor stirs up debate Bimalpreet Parmar Good luck with that. Comrade Corrigan and his oneparty council don’t have to answer to us common people that pay taxes. Harmel Guram Bimalpreet Parmar Comrade? You need to update your archaic political vocabulary, Bimalpreet (or should I call you McCarthy?). Garavella Yk Harmel Guram don’t be presumptuous now. Mayor Corrigan is very good at ignoring people’s feedback. @catriona Nicely put! I always feel that Corrigan doesn’t quite jive with the public’s understanding of the NDP.
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Continued from page 1 At an assembly last month, the school gathered longhouse-style, sitting around the outside of the gym to make room for performances by students and the Urban Kwakwa’wakw Cultural Group. The event culminated when the entire student body sang the woman warrior song accompanied by drums they had made themselves. The students then presented Timothy with a drum they had made specially in his honour. The totem Timothy leaves behind started out in February as a seven-foot, 1,500-pound segment of a driving-range pole pulled from the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course in 2010. Now standing outside the Brentwood Park school office, the completed work features an eagle on top and a mother bear holding a hu-
man being at the base. The benefits of the $10,000 project – funded by the school’s parent advisory council, the school and the school district – are “multifaceted,” according to Brentwood Park principal Jillian Lewis. “There’s the community building that goes on through the totem process, and having Jackie at our school was an extraordinary experience for us for the last several months,” she told the NOW. “It’s having a visual representation of aboriginal culture so that our aboriginal students see themselves in our school experience and our non-aboriginal students see aboriginal culture just as part of their everyday life. … For us, we’re looking to the future when everyone in Canada is aware and appreciative of aboriginal culture, not just aboriginal people.”
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City now Streamkeepers worried Continued from page 5 section along Kinder Morgan’s pipeline on Gaglardi Way, leaving it exposed. The sediment issues have kept the local streamkeepers worried about the damage to the local fish habitat along the salmon-bearing stream. John Templeton, chair of the Stoney Creek Environment Committee, said he’s lost confidence in the contractor doing the work and questioned what he suggested was a lack of communication between the streamkeepers and the city.
“This thing has just gone beyond what it should have went,” he said. Templeton also continued to question the timing of the work on the project, arguing it should have been done earlier in the year before the rainy season in the fall. He said his group notified the city last November that there was a serious problem with the integrity of the Gaglardi culvert. While the city continues to assess the damage to the fish in the creek,Templeton said all the salmon are gone and after Saturday’s event,
the spawning beds are covered with granite and sand. Even city officials acknowledged the difficulties with the project. Lota described the project as “challenging” but argued the city had no choice but to carry out the work now, fearing conditions with the creek would get worse over the winter. Lota indicated the project is nearly complete with some restoration work, like the replanting of grass and shrubs, left to finish.
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There’s help available for Burnaby families struggling to make ends meet at Christmas. Starting tomorrow, local low-income parents and seniors can apply for the Burnaby Christmas Bureau, which helps provide gifts
and food for the holidays. Low-income seniors are eligible to apply for sponsorship, where they can receive gifts and food, while families with kids 16 and under can apply for sponsorship or access to the toy room to pick out gifts for their kids. Registration runs to Dec. 4, Monday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at 7252 Kingsway.The location used to be a library branch, and the City of Burnaby helped this year by providing space for the program. “We are really grateful to the City of Burnaby for once again supporting the Christmas Bureau. The donation of the old Kingsway library for the toy
We are really grateful to the City of Burnaby room for a third year really demonstrates the city’s commitment to helping families and seniors with
low income,” said Stephen D’Souza, executive director of Burnaby Community Services, the group that facilitates the annual program. Applicants must provide a “c-print” from Revenue Canada for each adult.To obtain one c-print, call Revenue Canada at 1-800-9598281 and press star to speak to an operator to have one
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Sandro Camerin picked up his first guitar at the age of six. “My mom said everyone who came out of the lesson that time was upset or crying,” the North Burnaby resident recalled. “She said, ‘You were always happy and skipping.’ I just liked it for some reason and connected with this teacher in a way that nobody did.” Today, Camerin is a renowned musician across the Lower Mainland, having played the strings for almost 50 years. His resumé includes performances at multiple venues (the VanDusen Gardens, the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, the Commodore Ballroom, to name a few), a permanent gig at Vancouver’s Federico’s Supper Club on Saturday nights and a teaching business he’s run out of his home for the last 20 some years. Locally, Camerin will be taking the stage this Friday (Nov. 13) during Burnaby’s inaugural Beer Fest – an evening of craft beer tastings, appetizers and live music. Proceeds from the event will go to the Burnaby Community Services’ outreach programs that help seniors and lowincome families. “It’s nice to be giving something back to Burnaby,” Camerin told the NOW. “It’s kind of an honour to be in the first one.” The guitarist is a self-proclaimed “chameleon,” who can morph into anything. Whether it is folk, rock, blues, nuevo flamenco or classical, Camerin can more or less play any tune. His influences growing up
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were the likes of Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía. “I think my whole generation grew up in the golden age. Guitar was the king. I often talk to my students about the fact that it was our Nintendo and all the different gaming things.You played an instrument,” he said.
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Teaching, meanwhile, came to Camerin at a very young age. He was only 14 when his instructor asked him to sub in. Four years later, his teacher died and Camerin was given a book with 70 names. “His wife didn’t have the will to keep it going. … She said, ‘Go rent a place.’ I did, in Vancouver at the time, so we worked it up to 250 gui-
It’s nice to be giving something back to Burnaby. tar students a week for 20 years, with five teachers employed.” Camerin shut his Vancouver studio down in 1994 af-
ter his son was born.The family then moved to North Burnaby, where he’d eventually add a 400-squarefoot addition to his home to teach in. Despite having to commute no farther than a few footsteps, the business keeps Camerin busy, with a roster of about 80 students and about 45 hours a week of lessons, some as far away as
Alaska who are taught over Skype. His students, he noted, are usually folks under 20 or over 35. When asked what he enjoys more, performing or being an instructor, Camerin said both are needed to be an effective musician. “Sometimes you’ve got a seven-year-old kid with their eyes wide open and you’re Continued on page 16
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The artwork is then part of a week-long exhibition (locally, it was held at the Shadbolt from Oct. 22 to Nov. 15). On the last day of the exhibit, the artwork is taken down, bundled into rolls and distributed by a team of cyclists in the style of the American paperboy, to completely unsuspecting
strangers – or in this case, to birthday party-goers. The Nov. 15 festivities also include Mark Luongo on guitar, Joel DeStefano on piano, a creative dance class and a cupcake reception to close out the day. It all happens between 1 and 4 p.m.
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Rain, rain, go away, come again another day … Or don’t.Whatever.We don’t care, we’ve got plenty to do to keep us busy indoors anyway. SPORTS DAY IN CANADA: Burnaby families are invited to get out and get active as part of Sports Day in Canada festivities, running from Nov. 15 to 21 at city recreation facilities. Among the highlights: ! Bonsor Jerseys: Stop by Bonsor anytime during SportsWeek, Nov. 15 to 21, and design your own personalized jersey. ! Family Gym Time Sports Challenge: On Nov. 18, five- to 12-yearolds, with adult, are invited to take part in organized old-school sports games and fitness testing for families, at a cost of only $1 per person, running 7 to 8:15 p.m. at Bonsor. ! Dance Jam: Cameron hosts a Dance Jam with a variety of music and movement, for everyone aged one and up. Sessions run from 10 to 10:45 a.m. and 11 to 11:45 a.m. Registration is required. ! Family Soccer Drills and Thrills: All ages are invited to join soccer instructors at the Burnaby Lake Sports ComplexWest for a day of “drills and thrills.” Register head for the session, which runs from noon to 2 p.m. Other fun includes skating sessions, a loonie swim, a badminton and basketball skills competition, a sports swim and more. See www.burnaby.ca/ sportsday for the full sched-
ule and all the details. STORIES, STORIES AND MORE STORIES: Yes, the storytime fun continues this month. Burnaby Public Library is offering off-site storytime sessions at University Highlands Elementary for November and December. Preschoolers (aged two to five) are invited to storytime on Fridays from 1:30 to 2 p.m. Caregivers must attend with children, and siblings are welcome for songs and stories. Babies and toddlers (up to age two) can drop in from 2:30 to 3 p.m. – again, caregivers must attend, and siblings are welcome. The sessions run every Friday till Dec. 18 (except Nov. 27, when they’re cancelled because of ProD day). No registration is needed.You can just drop in to the preschool room at the school, 9388 Tower Rd., or call the Cameron library branch at 604-421-5454 for information. Also, there’s a special session of Saturday storytimes at the Cameron branch (9523 Cameron St., in the rec centre) for kids and male caregivers. Man in the Moon, running from 10:15 to 11 a.m., welcomes all newborn to 2.5-year-olds with their male caregivers – dads, grandfathers, uncles, or any other man in their life – to enjoy songs, rhymes and stories. No registration is needed, and siblings are welcome. The sessions run Saturdays till Dec. 12. Call 604-521-5454 for information. GETTING CRAFTY The Burnaby Public Library is once again host-
Building blocks: Young Lego enthusiasts have a chance to take part in another Lego club session at the Burnaby Public Library. This one’s set for the upcoming Pro-D Day, Nov. 27, at the Metrotown branch. PHOTO THINKSTOCK
ing a series of Makerspace events for kids, giving them a chance to get their hands on crafts. On Saturday, Nov. 21 from 2 to 3 p.m., kids aged five to 10 are invited to drop in to the Cameron library branch for puzzle crafts, learning to create their very own puzzle picture frames and magnets. Caregivers must accompany kids. The program is free, but you need to register – check out www.bpl.bc.ca/events or call 604-421-5454.The Cameron branch is at Cameron Recreation Complex, 9523 Cameron St. LEGGO MY LEGO! Yup, there’s yet more fun for the Lego enthusiast in your home.There’s a special Pro-D day Lego club session at the Metrotown library branch (6100Willingdon Ave.) on Friday, Nov. 27.
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Kids aged five to 12 are invited to drop in anytime between 2 and 4 p.m. to play with the library’s extensive Lego collection. Moms and dads are welcome to join in the fun too. No registration is needed, but you’re advised to drop in early since space is limited. Adults must accompany kids younger than 10. Check out www.bpl.bc.ca/ events for all the details. SIGNS OF TOGETHERNESS If you have a young American Sign Language speaker in your home, the Burnaby Public Library has a special storytime for you. A children’s librarian and a Deaf storyteller will be on hand on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 2 to 3 p.m. for a special session of stories, songs, rhymes and crafts, presented in both American Sign Language and English. Interpreters will be present.
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Another session runs on Saturday, Dec. 19, also from 2 to 3 p.m. For information, email Randi.Robin@bpl.bc.ca or Roger.Chan@gov.bc.ca. It’s free. MAKING FUN ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE Do you have a child with a special need or disability? If you haven’t already discovered the City of Burnaby’s offerings, be sure to check out the fall/winter Leisure Guide for some details of adapted recreation programs. Program offerings run the gamut from music to sports, and there’s a variety of choices for a variety of ages. Starting Nov. 23, there will be a new session of swimming lessons for kids aged six to 12 with physical or mental disabilities. Beginners meet Mondays and Wednesdays starting at 7:30
p.m. (eight sessions in total), and intermediate level swimmers meet the same days, also from 7:30 to 8 p.m. There’s also a new series of skating lessons for children with developmental and/or physical disabilities: at Bill Copeland, an eightsession series starts on Nov. 23, running Mondays and Wednesdays; and at Kensington, an eight-session series goes Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Nov. 24. Those are also for children aged six to 12. A host of new programs also start up in the new year, so be sure to pick up a Leisure Guide at any city facility, or download one from www.burnaby.ca to find out all the details. Do you have an item for Family Ties? Send family- and parenting-related ideas to Julie, jmaclellan@burnabynow.com.
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Entertainment now ’Tis the season for craft sales and Xmas shopping Continued from page 12 CRAFTY CHRISTMAS The 42nd annual Circle Craft Christmas Market kicks off today at the Vancouver Convention Centre, with more than 300 artisans on hand. Of those is a handful of local exhibitors. There’s Bronsino Burnaby, which specializes in leather bags, belts and accessories. If you love to wear hats, check out RoseHip Hat Studio, a company that makes hats using vintage textiles and earthy fibres. For the cooks at heart, visit North Arm Knives for stateof-the-art tools. Of the quirky artisans on offer is BÖ by MANSOURI, a studio that makes hand-crafted wooden bow ties.The company was founded in 2013 by father-and-son-duo, Mehran and Sam Mansouri, who teamed up to create a modern interpretation of the classic fabric bow tie.Their goal was to create a distinct expression of style out of sustainable materials. There’s a heritage collection, which includes both light and dark shades of wood, each with a different design.There’s also the black collection for those who want to keep things classic. The market also features Burnaby’s Jasna Filipovic Winsbah, who specializes in acrylic paintings. The Circle Craft event runs from Nov. 11 to 15. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $14 for adults, $12 for seniors and students and $10 for groups of 10 or more. There’s also two-for-one pricing after 5 p.m.Wednesday through Friday. Children under 12 get in free. Tickets are available at www.circlecraft.net. POETRY AND WINGS Bonnie Nish and Ali Denno are the featured speakers for this month’s Spoken INK event. The reading series is presented by the Burnaby Writers’ Society and is hosted on the second Thursday of each month. Nish released her first book of poetry, Love and Bones, in 2013. She has a master’s in arts education from Simon Fraser University and is also the executive director of Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society, a
charity dedicated to promoting literacy and self-expression. In 2015, Nish was nominated for theYWCA’s Women of Distinction Award in arts and culture. Denno, meanwhile, is an aspiring poet who has been published on several online
journals. Her main focus is on mixing poetry and short film. The event is being held at Wings Pub & Grill (6879 Kingsway), from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The society will host its regular workshop today, from 7 to 8 p.m., with read-
ings starting shortly after. Info: bwscafe@gmail.com. THOUGHTS? Have concerns about the state of the arts in B.C.? The Columbia Performing Arts Society is holding an open house at the Columbia Theatre in New West
on Nov. 15 for artists of all mediums.The hope is to get a pulse on the industry and to really understand what kind of obstacles artists face. This is also a great opportunity to network and discuss possible solutions. The gathering runs from 2 to 4 p.m.
BOOK LAUNCH Burnaby’s Roxsane Tiernan will be launching her book ZIP at Vancouver’s Dr. SunYat Sen Classical Chinese Garden on Saturday. Anyone interested in showing their support is invited to attend, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
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Cream of the crop: Far left, Nicole Hilary Shu earned top marks among Level 2 percussion students in her Royal Conservatory of Music examination, earning a gold medal for B.C. At left, fellow goldmedal winner Zoe Ann Stocker was top of the field for Level 3 flute students. The two were among seven Burnaby residents who received gold medals in a ceremony Nov. 1 at the Chan Centre. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED
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There will be no football this week for the St.Thomas More Knights. On the strength of two Luca Bellini touchdowns, the Knights rallied to beat the Kelowna Owls 14-7 on Friday and capture the No. 2 Eastern Conference playoff spot, securing a bye to start the B.C. AAA playoffs. Bellini bolted to a 90-yard TD late in the third quarter to erase a 7-0 deficit, then capped a seven-minute march with a four-yard major late in the game to push the host Knights in front 12-7. Demarius Henderson caught a two-point con-
vert pass from Liam Feenan to put the nail in the win and home field advantage in the next round on the board. “We can still play better, but it was one of our (offensive) line’s better efforts in terms of blocking and protecting the runner,” said STM head coach Bernie Kully. “Finishing second gives us some breathing room.” The Knights entered the night as an honourable mention in the B.C. ratings but wrap the season at 5-1 trailing just No. 1 Terry Fox in the Eastern Conference.The victory leapfrogged them past Kelowna and sets up a quarterfinal matchup with the winner of New Westminster and Handsworth on Nov. 20.
Bellini led the way with 183 yards while Lucas Dalla Vecchia added 53 yards. Feenan completed nine of 16 passes for 85 yards. As part of the winning drive, STM twice encountered fourth-and-short yardage, converting both. “It wasn’t a big decision, because trailing and with the time running down, you have to go for it,” noted Kully. “I think it’s a testament to the guys’ perseverance and determination that a tough team like Kelowna wasn’t going to stop us.” Ben Steele led the defence with seven tackles, while Tyler Eckert corralled six tackles and two QB sacks. Bellini and Henderson also finished with six
tackles apiece, while Anthony Prpic picked up five. Now the focus turns to a new foe – with New Westminster or Handsworth deciding who the Knights play on Friday, 7:30 p.m. at Mercer Stadium. “We’ll prepare for either outcome, but New West of course would be an interesting game,” noted Kully. “We haven’t played each other since, 2010 or 2011. “They run a wing-T offence so it’s something we haven’t seen much of… Our playbook will be diverse because they are going to focus on (Bellini) just because of the yards he’s been putting up. But we have other pieces playing well and it will be up to us to get them the ball.”
Steelers’ powerplay makes Panthers pay
The Grandview Steelers are back on a winning track. The Pacific Junior B Hockey League club picked up a pair of wins last week, squeaking past the Ridge Meadows Flames 4-3 in overtime on Thursday and edging the Port Moody Panthers 3-1 on Sunday. While neither game was a rollover, the
Steelers pocketed the victories and moved three points up on North Vancouver in the Tom Shaw Conference standings. Adam Rota cashed in a rare penalty shot five seconds into the second overtime session in a game the Flames forced to OT with 47 seconds to play in the third. On Sunday,Tim Chow and Brandon
Volpe counted a goal and two assists each as the Steelers held off the struggling Panthers most of the game. Kristofor Zlomslic and Volpe netted powerplay tallies in the first, while Chow counted his second of the weekend in the second. Grandview hosts Richmond on Sunday, 4 p.m. at the Burnaby Winter Club.
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A pair of North Burnaby Boxing Club fighters are aiming to make the most of a friendly crowd this Thursday. The North Burnaby club is hosting the fourth annual Confratellanza Italo Canadese/NBBC Boxing night on Thursday (Nov. 12) at the Italian Cultural Centre in Vancouver. While Charlie Dawson and Rhett Gibbons are the lone North Burnaby club boxers on the bill, both bring a lot of punch to their respective matches. The four-round main event promises to be a big battle, remarked NBBC head coach Manny Sobral. Gibbons is putting his undefeated 7-0-1 record on the line against 5-0 Ben Falconer of the Vancouver-based Sargeant Fitness Club in what is being billed as for the city welterweight title. “This is a step, the city title, to the provincials,” said Sobral. “(Gibbons) just turned 20, he’s looking really good and at 6-foot-1 he’s got a lot of range. Both guys are undefeated, so someone is going to leave the ring unhappy.” Continued on page 10
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The past six weeks Gibbons has done rigorous training in preparation for the 147-pound welterweight contest. It’ll be a prime test to see how he’s progressed, said Sobral. “He’s very strong but we’re still working to get him stronger and technically better. Boxing is one of those things where you never stop learning.” Dawson, 14, will be mak-
he’s ready.” His style, which both Robinson and Sobral call unorthodox, is high energy and dynamic. “We say its unorthodox because he comes in from all angles, and he’s fast. It’s a great combination.” The doors open at 5:30 p.m. at the Italian Cultural Centre, 3075 Slocan St., Vancouver, with dinner at 6 p.m. and the fighting starting at 8 p.m.Tickets are $100.
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/ea.
LOCAL TAIWAN CABBAGE
¢
$ 00
650g .............................................
/lb.
Product of MEXICO
Product Of BC (10lb BAG)
Light Rye Bread
99
¢
¢
$ 29
2 for
GREEN KALE
Product of BC/U.S.A
Product of BC ($1.74 KG)
Cream Corn
Butter Crust Bread
450g ...........................................
Lite Havarti Cheese
1
3
$ 19
100g .............................................................
/ea.
1
$ 58
Valid Wednesday, November 11th - Sunday, November 15th, 2015 while quantities last.
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