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Puppy love Cornelia Naylor
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SHAKE A PAW: A canine in training with the Pacific Assistance Dog Society (PADS) gives a little love to visitors at a Simon Fraser University puppy therapy event at the Burnaby Mountain campus last week. The university has hosted the doggy sessions since 2012 to help students de-stress during exam time. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR
Burnaby SFU students lined up for a little puppy love last week. The university’s health and counselling services hosted a puppy-therapy event at the Burnaby Mountain campus Tuesday morning. About 275 students, faculty and staff took turns interacting with nine canines from the Pacific Assistance Dog Society (PADS). The event was started in 2012 to help students destress and beat the blues during exam time. The Burnaby campus hosted another session this week with dogs from Trained Pup and will put on a final event Dec. 2. “Bringing the puppies in just before exams and during exams, we find that it really helps students relax and kind of takes them away from their everyday life,” said communications coordinator Leon Kalligerakis.
Burnaby loses pipeline court battle Mayor Derek Corrigan pledges to challenge decision and take case to the B.C. Court of Appeal
By Jennifer Moreau and Jeremy Deutsch jmoreau@burnabynow.com
Burnaby’s fight against Kinder Morgan and the Trans Mountain Pipeline is destined to go all the way to Canada’s top court.That’s the way Mayor Derek Corrigan sees it, after the city lost the first round of a court battle against the energy company and the National Energy Board. “From the very beginning, I said we’re going to have to move on to a higher court to get someone to relook at this whole issue,” he told the NOW.
Corrigan’s comments came following a recent B.C. Supreme Court decision that ruled in Kinder Morgan’s favour and left the city on the hook for the company’s legal costs. (At press time, Kinder Morgan did not have the total Burnaby would have to pay, as that’s something determined by the courts.) Burnaby’s case challenges whether federal jurisdiction for major projects, like pipelines, can overrule city laws. In this instance, the judge determined the National Energy Board was right by previously overruling Burnaby’s bylaw, which forbade the com-
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ing hope from other court cases across the country where municipalities are fighting the federal government to be recognized. “We can’t capitulate at this point,” Corrigan said. “We fought this battle very hard, and the only option we’ve got is the courts, and I prefer the courts to the street.” But exactly how much the city has incurred in court costs and will continue to spend is unclear. When asked, Corrigan said he didn’t have the court costs, suggesting that a lot of the Continued on page 9
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pany from cutting trees while doing survey work in the Burnaby Mountain conservation area. Following the reasons for judgment on Monday, council quickly approved a resolution to appeal the court decision, sending the case to the B.C. Court of Appeal. Corrigan said he wasn’t surprised the lower court followed the precedent that’s already been set by higher courts, and he believes the case will likely end up in the Supreme Court of Canada. While he acknowledged the city is fighting an uphill battle, the mayor is draw-
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