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year-old Matthew Cui, with Ping Wang behind, was engrossed in his art project at the Burnaby Art Gallery’s free family studio dropin on Saturday. The project of the day was about layering colour as the exhibition Layers: Print and Beyond, is currently on at the gallery. Check out www. burnabyartgallery. ca for more on the exhibition and see more photos at www. burnabynow.com.

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Freeze assessments: City asks province Property values skyrocket leaving many homeowners looking at losing their annual homeowner grant By Jeremy Deutsch

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Word that thousands of homes in Burnaby will be seeing massive increases in their property assessments for 2016 has prompted local politicians to act. On Monday, city council endorsed sending a letter to the Ministry of Com-

munity, Sport and Cultural Development requesting the province freeze property assessments to last year’s levels due to the unprecedented rise in property values. Mayor Derek Corrigan said the city needed to take action immediately since the municipality is in the process of setting the tax rate for 2016.

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“I think they (the provincial government) have to hear loud and clear from the citizens that this is a big issue, that it has a big impact and they’re not going to accept it,” he told the NOW. The concern from council is how the rising home values will affect residents, who count on the homeowners grant to help pay

their property taxes. The mayor suggested a large number of homeowners will be losing their grants, which in turn affects the affordability of their home. Last week, B.C. Assessment sent out 37,000 letters around the region notifying homeowners they could expect a dramatic increase in

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their property assessments, including in Burnaby where a couple neighbourhoods were pegged for increases of 23 and 27 per cent. But a city document shows in greater detail the impact of the assessment increases in Burnaby. In all, there are 7,180 properties with assessment increases at, or more than,

20 per cent.The report noted of these properties, 7,012 have increases in excess of 40 per cent. The vast majority – 6,720 – are single family homes, facing an average increase of 32 per cent. In at least one case, a homeowner will see their Continued on page 8

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‘This girl did everything right’ Refuses ride from strangers Burnaby Mounties say a young girl did all the right things after she was approached by a pair of strangers in a car while walking to school last week. The 10 year-old girl was walking to school at around 8:30 a.m. last Thursday when she was approached by a man and woman in a grey car in the alley behind the 5900-block of Woodsworth Street, according to police. The man offered the girl a ride, but she refused. She kept walking to school and the car did not follow. “This girl did everything right,” said Burnaby RCMP Cpl. Daniela Panesar in a statement. “She refused the man’s offer, she stayed away from the car, and she reported the incident.” While police aren’t sure

of the couple’s intentions, RCMP decided to make the incident public as a precautionary measure. “This is a good opportunity for parents to talk to their kids about being safe,” Panesar said. The man in the car is described as dark-skinned, approximately 40 years old and balding with brown hair on the sides and back of his head. The woman is also described as dark-skinned, approximately 20 years old with dark blonde hair. The vehicle is described as a grey, four-door sedan with tinted rear windows Anyone with information about this incident or similar incidents is asked to contact Burnaby RCMP at 604-294-7922. – By Jeremy Deutsch

Police chase ends in Burnaby arrests A stolen vehicle in Vancouver has led to the arrest of three people in Burnaby a day later. According to the Vancouver Police Department, officers came across an allegedly stolen car at Hastings and Kaslo streets at 4 a.m.Tuesday morning, when it took off into Burnaby. The vehicle was dumped by the driver and two passengers. But they didn’t get far, as all three were arrested near Ellerslie Avenue

and Beechcliffe Drive. Two of the suspects, a 27-year-old man and one 20-year-old woman, were found nearby hiding in the bushes by a police dog. A 28-year-old man was also arrested. Police said the car was originally stolen from a home in Burnaby between 6 p.m. on Dec. 13 and 5 p.m. on Dec. 14.The VPD believe the vehicle may be associated to several Vancouver break-ins. – By Jeremy Deutsch

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HOUR OF CODE: Westridge Elementary School Grade 4 students Joanna Hadadi, left, and Hayley Baines try their hand at coding during an Hour of Code event at EA Games in Burnaby last week. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

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City students get to try their hand in Electronic Arts Burnaby studio By Cornelia Naylor

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Seventy-five Burnaby elementary school students got to try their hand at coding in one of the largest video game studios in the world last week. Students from Cascade Heights,Westridge, Stoney Creek and Lindhurst elementary schools were at Electronic Arts (EA) Canada’s Burnaby studio Monday for Hour of Code, a one-hour event held all over the world in the second week of December to introduce students to computer science and demystify code. “I really really like it because video games are basically my life,”Westridge Grade 4 student Hayley Baines told the NOW during the three-hour EA event. She said her favourite part of the visit to the 450,000-square-foot EA campus near Burnaby Hospital was the StarWars:The Force Awakens-themed coding exercise. “Because you actually get to do coding,” she said, “and I do block coding a lot. It’s really fun.” Baines’s partner and fellow Westridge Grade 4 stu-

Programming pros: Burnaby elementary students Alex Work and Ethan Hofman get some programming pointers from EA programmer Seren Gallina at EA Games last Monday. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

dent Joanna Hadadi hadn’t done coding before, but she said it was less complicated than she thought. “It’s really really fun,” she said. “I can do it.” This is the first time EA has hosted an Hour of Code event. “We’ve had thousands and thousands of students through here, but this is the first time we’re doing Hour of Code,” said EA outreach manager Wendell Harlow. Until now, mostly high school students have visited the campus, but Harlow said elementary schools

have shown increasing interest. “We thought, ‘They’re too young,’ but now that’s the demographic, that’s the target age is Grade 2 to Grade 6,” Harlow said. “They’re already coding. It’s crazy.” Getting on board with Hour of Code was a global initiative for the video-game maker, Harlow said, coming from its headquarters in Redwood City, Calif. The Burnaby school district was more than happy to participate, according to director of instruction

Garth Errico. “There’s the cachet there,” he said of the local studio, which produces EA giants like NHL and FIFA. But EA wasn’t the only place Burnaby students participated in Hour of Code. BCIT computing instructors were scheduled to run events at Taylor Park and Marlborough elementary schools as well as Byrne Creek Secondary. Cameron, Capitol Hill and Buckingham elementary schools and Burnaby South Secondary had their own in-house events planned as well, according to Errico. Getting kids into coding is good for opening up future career options and more, he said. “Actually getting in and working with a little bit of programming and coding and solving something and seeing that they can design some sort of a program and make it run, make it work is good for them,” he said. “It’s good for problem solving and creativity, helping with logic. It transfers into all aspects of their life.” For more on Hour of Code, visit code.org.

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Loss: Chris Tylor drowned on the weekend while vacationing in Australia, and now his sister is raising money online to help his widow and infant daughter. PHOTO GOFUNDME.COM

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A Burnaby father who ran in the last federal election has drowned while on vacation in Australia, and his sister is raising money online to help his widowed wife and infant daughter. Chris Tylor, who ran under the Libertarian banner in Burnaby North-Seymour, worked for B.C. Hydro and lived in Burnaby. Tylor’s sister Dale was hoping to raise $20,000 through GoFundMe.com, and by press time, the total was nearly $20,880. “He was his own man,” his sister Dale told the NOW, “a nice person and caring and generous. He ran in that election for the Libertarian party. He really believed in a lot of the

Libertarian ideals. I think it takes a special person to run when the battle is so uphill and you know you’re not going to win it, but he felt he wanted to provide a voice and an option for people who had other beliefs that were important.”

He touched people’s lives but in a quieter way Tylor drowned this past weekend, while on vacation in Australia. He went swimming in the ocean and was caught in a rip tide. He left behind his wife of four years and their baby girl, born in April. Dale said the thing that made her brother the happi-

est was his family. “(He) and his wife had a really great love for each other. She’s very devastated. She’s from Australia originally, and her family is all over there. She doesn’t have a lot of family support in Vancouver,” she said. Dale is hoping the money will make things easier on her brother’s widow and their eight-month-old baby. “We’ve really been pretty amazed at what people have been generous enough to give, but really at the end of the day, it’s really about people telling their stories about my brother,” Dale said. “I think he touched people’s lives but in a quieter way. I just feel it’s nice he’s getting a little recognition.” To donate to the cause, go to www.gofundme.com/ christylor.

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Not the kind of ‘pay it forward’ we like B.C. Assessment mailed out a record number of early warnings this week to property owners whose assessments have risen so much beyond the average, they want homeowners to have advance notice. We don’t know if the advance notice is going to soften the blow in Burnaby. As our front-page story details, increases in Burnaby are dramatic. In all, there are 7,180 Burnaby properties with as-

sessment increases at, or greater than, 20 per cent. The report given to city council noted of these properties, 7,012 have increases in excess of 40 per cent.The vast majority – 6,720 – are single-family homes, facing an average increase of 32 per cent. In at least one case, a homeowner will see their property assessment increase by 68 per cent. One of the problems, as Burnaby city council not-

ed, is that homes that were once eligible for the homeowner grant are now being kicked up a notch and are no longer eligible.The maximum threshold for the homeowner grant is $1.26 million and has been set since 2006. Given the dramatic increases in real estate prices in our area, it doesn’t take a mansion to be valued at $1.26 million anymore. In fact, once-average homes are now in that range.

That said, let’s take a step back and look at this realistically:Why should people sitting on $1.3-million properties get help from the government? Millennials and others watching the property market grow farther and farther out of their reach likely won’t be thrilled that their tax dollars are subsidizing those who have lucked into windfalls in the form of ridiculously valuable property. And, with homeless-

ness being an ever-growing problem in Burnaby and the region at large, it seems even more ludicrous to expect the government to help homeowners facing the “first-world problem” of highly valuable property. Yes, help needs to be available for those who genuinely need it.The province already offers extra assistance for seniors, those with disabilities and veterans, among others, and we’d like to see a policy that allows

some form of assistance to continue for those in genuine need. Somehow, all levels of government need to work out ways of handling a real estate market gone bonkers. But simply handing out taxpayer dollars to people who are already millionaires (at least on paper) doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. COMMENT ON THIS AT

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MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Can we undo the damage?

There was a lot of highfiving and celebratory handshakes when the world’s countries reached that “historic” deal last weekend to fight climate change, but the harsh truth is that the ambitious goals of the deal are going to be hard to reach. Of course, that doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying to achieve them, but the road to success is going to be a very difficult one to navigate in the years ahead (if the world can actually agree to stay on that road). The “Paris agreement” commits countries to keep the rise in global temperatures by the year 2100 to below a further 1 C (temperatures have already risen by 1 C since the industrial age began). In practical terms, to reach that goal would mean a complete halt to all greenhouse gas emissions (from the burning of any oil, coal and gas) over the next 50 years, according to scientists. While it may seem noble that 195 countries could actually agree on anything – let alone a plan that may theoretically “save the world” – the lofty goals they’ve reached consensus on are not necessarily entrenched in reality. First of all, the countries agreed to “voluntarily” act to reach the new target, but there are no sanctions to be imposed on any country that throws in the towel and decides that weaning itself almost completely off of the use of oil or gas is simply too problematic a goal to

strive for. Second, while some jurisdictions – notably right here in B.C., home to a carbon tax – are indeed taking steps to slow down greenhouse gas emission levels, the fact is that many are not and will not anytime soon, even with the Paris agreement. In the larger scheme of things, places like B.C. really don’t matter much in reaching any kind of world target. We simply aren’t a big player on the world stage (we contribute 0.1 per cent of the world’s GGEs), so even reaching the targets this government has set out may be a laudable goal, but it’s still almost irrelevant compared to the bigger problem. Unless places like China (28 per cent of the world’s emissions), the United States (16 per cent) India (six per cent) and Russia (six per cent) take drastic steps to curb their own GGEs, the accomplishments of less populated countries may count for nothing. We can debate, in this province, whether we should indeed raise our carbon tax (as the climate leadership team advocates) or not, but the reality is we’re just a little fish in a very large pond. That doesn’t mean throwing in the towel, of course. But it does mean shedding some romantic notions arising from the Paris agreement, and recognizing how tough a job keeping temperatures down is going to be. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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Dear Editor In regards to the dog licence article in the Nov. 25 paper, I occasionally walk my mother’s dog when she goes away on vacation. As I walk my neighbourhood and at an off-leash park near my home, I speak to many people walking their dogs. I’ve come to notice that almost none of these individuals I speak to have dog licences. A dog licence appears to be a dog tax only to those whom choose to be a responsible citizen and pay for one on their own accord. Does Burnaby even enforce dog licences? I’m curious as to how many dogs the City of Burnaby has licensed and how that compares to the surrounding municipalities? Josh Jackson, via email

Council displacing refugees in Maywood Dear Editor Burnaby will welcome 500 Syrian refugees, violently displaced from their homes and communities by war, hunger and desperation. We welcome them here. At the same time, city council’s rezoning of Maywood rental apartments to make way for condo towers is displacing people out of their homes and communities by giving the green light to demolitions and evictions. Ironically, many of those being evicted are refugees who found housing and networks of support in these very same affordable three-storey apartment buildings now being targeted for destruction. Council is wantonly violating its own selectively sacrosanct bylaws, which say that the maximum height for these buildings is three storeys, yet council is approving towers over 40 storeys. And these apartments “should be protected” under the existing Metrotown Community Plan. The legality of council’s actions is dubious. The rezonings appear to violate the Local Government Act, which states changes in density require amendments to community plans. These amendments require broad pubic consultations. These legally required amendments and consultations were agreed to by council back in December 2010, when it secretly passed the “text amendment” to allow for massive density increases and the supersize towers in Burnaby’s four town centres. The consultations were to begin “immediately” with Metrotown. But planning staff say they are too busy, and council is OK with that. Some of the forces responsible for displacing people by the violence of war in Syria are at work here in the economic form of displacing people from the Metrotown neighbourhood by rezonings and apartment demolitions. Council is guilty of putting hundreds of lower-income residents, including refugees, out of their homes, and hundreds more are slated for displacement in the new year. So as new refugees arrive in Burnaby, Mayor Derek Corrigan and council need to heed the principle “first do no harm,” follow the law, and stop catering to the interests of wealth and power that result in the displacement of refugees who are already here. Alliance Against Displacement: Janice Beecroft, Charter Lau, Helen Ward – Burnaby First Coalition 2014 candidates; Rick Erb, ACORN member; Rick McGowan, founder, Metrotown Residents’ Association.

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HurdygurdygurlCANADA Wishing the best for Chris Tylor’s family. Sounds like he was a good man. Sorry for his tragic death.

Kinder Morgan replants trees MikeX It’s interesting that Kinder Morgan continues with its propaganda by referring to Stqó:ya Construction as a “First Nations company,” when it is co-owned between the Seabird Island Band and Canadian owned Jakes Construction. Using a company that is partially owned by a Band is not the same as receiving permission from First Nations on the unceded land, nor does it make up for not receiving permission. BillSmith I think the ‘protesters’ caused much more damage that Kinder Morgan did.

Letter: Burnaby is wasting taxpayers’ money ZiggyEckart Mayor Corrigan is standing up for Burnaby’s interests? He just threw himself in front of a parade. It gets him re-elected... Being part of the parade, you probably consider the huge amounts of wasted money to be a cost of doing business. (You may even get a chuckle out of knowing that those not being part of your congregation get to split the bill with you...) I, on the other hand, do not have a clue what needs to happen to wake up the vast majority of Burnaby taxpayers and make them understand, that, once again, they had their pockets picked! My appeal to the silent majority: please let Mayor Corrigan and Council know that you do not approve of their wasteful ways.

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While local streamkeepers continue to keep a close eye on construction work related to Stoney Creek watershed, City of Burnaby officials say there’s nothing to see. Last week, the NOW received emails from streamkeepers in the area expressing concern about the work being carried out along Gaglardi Way.

In an email, streamkeeper John Preissl suggested there have been five “washouts” or sinkholes in the area in the last few weeks related to an underground stream. He noted the latest one appeared last week. Preissl believes one particular storm drain, which runs alongside the Trans Mountain pipeline on the south side of Gaglardi Way, is the major issue. “It seems to be leaking up the road a ways,and

the storm drain is what has caused all of these washouts,” he said in an email. The area around the creek has been hit by a couple of confirmed issues in the last five weeks. During the rehabilitation of a culvert on a Stoney Creek tributary in late October, an A.C. Paving employee who was maintaining a filter screen on a pump at the construction site got his boot sucked into the inlet hose of the

pump. The boot incident led to a cascading series of events that eventually forced a large amount of sediment into the creek and put the fish habitat in the waterway at risk. Two weeks later, a sinkhole appeared under Production Way, closing the road for a couple weeks. An investigation determined that heavy rains that day “overwhelmed” the drainage system leading to

the sinkhole. However, the city is refuting the most recent claims made by the streamkeepers, and instead say the work in the area is going according to plans. James Lota, an assistant engineering director with the City of Burnaby, said there are rumours of an underground stream, but he noted geotechnical crews have been out to investigate and found nothing.

“People are trying to tell us there’s an underground stream, and we’re trying to tell them there’s nothing,” he told the NOW, adding there have also been no additional sinkholes. As for the work on Gaglardi Way, Lota said the work is finishing up, and crews were in the area testing the road to make sure it was safe for travel, which was planned as part of the project.

‘We’re living in an alternate universe here,’ Volkow

Continued from page 1 property assessment increase by 68 per cent. Meanwhile, the maximum threshold for the homeowners grant is $1.26 million and has been set since 2006. “The property assessment increase across the Lower Mainland puts significant pressure on property owners to find means to meet their property tax obligations,” stated the staff

report, which also noted the tax office has received a number of calls from “distressed” property owners requesting the city take action. The impacts of the large increases will vary, but those at the high end of the scale could be paying much more when they get their tax bill in the spring. The city has been told the average increase in assessments for properties in Burnaby is 12 per cent.

The report noted as part of the taxation rate setting process, the mill rate per $1,000 of assessed value will be adjusted to take into account the total increase per class in assessments. However, the city does not have any ability to vary rates within a class. “Therefore, those properties that have experienced a significant increase above the average increase in assessment will pay higher taxes in compari-

son to the average property in 2016,” the report said. Council didn’t have to look too far to see an example. Coun. Nick Volkow received one of the letters from B.C. Assessment, which showed his house will see an increase in assessed value to $1.31 million from $956,000 the previous year. He said it’s a similar situation for his neighbours who have been living in their

homes for years. “We’re living in an alternate universe here, this is completely out of whack,” Volkow said. “This is not anecdotal, this is mine.” Corrigan said he’s confident the province will act on the city’s request, suggesting the government will realize how big the issue has become. There is precedent for the provincial government to

freeze assessments. In 2008, then Premier Gordon Campbell announced that assessments would be frozen for 2009 to reflect the fact that housing prices dropped in the last few months of the year due to the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the U.S. COMMENT ON THIS STORY

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Artsnow Calling all choral singers: Carrie Taylor conducts the Burnaby MYVoice group, with Ingrid Verseveldt on piano, at the VanMan Male Choral Summit last year. This year’s MYVoice program is now recruiting singers.

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MYVoice program seeking male singers Is there a young male singer in your house? Chor Leoni is looking for guys aged 12 to 20 who’d like to take part in its fifth annual MYVoice program – which brings male singers from across Metro Vancouver together in three all-male choirs to learn mu-

sic, develop confidence and nurture their interest and commitment to music and culture. For local singers, conductor Carrie Taylor will be leading rehearsals at Burnaby Central Secondary School on Tuesday nights starting Jan. 5.

“By removing all costs to participants and requiring a relatively short-term commitment (10 rehearsals plus final concert), MYVoice aims not only to build upon the fine work now being achieved by music educators throughout Metro Vancouver, but also

to give guys greater accessibility to the special joys and rewards of singing together in male choirs,” a press release notes. The program is funded by the RBC Foundation and private donors, so it is offered completely free of charge to participants.

Singers don’t need to have any prior musical experience to take part in the program. The MYVoice program culminates in performances as part of Chor Leoni’s VanMan Male Choral Summit concert on Saturday, March 12 at the Chan Cen-

tre for the Performing Arts at UBC. Satellite choirs are also offered in North Vancouver and Vancouver. Registration is now open for all the programs. See www.chorleoni.org/ MYVoice.

Sing in the season at the McGill library branch Julie MacLellan LIVELY CITY

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“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” Hey, Buddy the Elf said it, so it must be true. Which means that everyone should plan to get themselves over to the McGill library branch on Tuesday, Dec. 22 for a Christmas carol sing-along. Librarian Lise Kreps will lead the carol sing-along, with David Rogers on keyboard. Lise wrote to let the NOW know about the event, noting it first started when she and friends and neighbours used to carol around the streets of Capitol Hill. But, for the past seven years, they’ve been getting tired of getting rained on –

so this year, they’re moving the fun indoors. The carol sing runs from 7 to 8 p.m. in the library lobby at 4595 Albert St. Song lyrics will be available, and there’s no need to preregister and no fee to pay. It’s open to everyone – all ages welcome. Check out bpl.bc.ca/ events for more details. NEW EXHIBITION Art lovers, don’t forget to check out the newest off-site exhibitions by Burnaby Art Gallery. The gallery has just opened two new exhibitions at Burnaby Public Library branches. At the McGill branch (4595 Albert St.), you can check out Diana Kemble: Selections from the Birdsong Series, in which the artist has worked to recreate birdsong in pictorial form in a series of prints.The exhi-

bition can be seen anytime during library hours until March 7, 2016. At the Metrotown library branch (6100 Willingdon Ave.), you can check out Gordon Friesen: Beyond Kingsway.The exhibition depicts nostalgic scenes of Vancouver and area, plus contemporary portraits and commentary on the current state of the environment “in the guise of disfigured landscapes,” a press release explains.The exhibition is on until March 6. Check out www.burnaby artgallery.ca for more on the off-site exhibitions and other gallery happenings. FAMILY FILM TIME If your family loves movies, then be sure to set aside some time for these film screenings at Burnaby Public Library branches. The library is offering up holiday screenings of Cin-

tails of the screenings.

Picture a song: Art lovers can check out a new installation at Burnaby Art Gallery’s McGill branch, with work by Diana Kemble. Selections from the Birdsong Series are on display at the library until March 7. PHOTO COURTESY BURNABY ART GALLERY

derella (the 2015 version) and Minions, as well as Arthur Christmas. You can catch Cinderella at the Metrotown branch (6100 Willingdon Ave.) on Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. or the McGill branch (4595 Albert St.) on Wednesday, Dec. 30 at 3:30 p.m. and again at 7 p.m.

Minions is showing on Tuesday, Dec. 29 at 7 p.m. and Wednesday, Dec. 30 at 2 p.m., both at the Metrotown branch, while Arthur Christmas shows on Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 2 p.m. at the Metrotown branch. Check out www.bpl. bc.ca/events for all the de-

BOOKS FOR TEENS Is there a teen reader in your house? Are you looking for some ideas for young adult fiction? Drop by the Cameron library branch on Thursday, Dec. 17 for Book Banter. The session, which runs from 5 to 6 p.m., will feature librarians offering up fast-paced reviews of recommended books for teens. It’s geared to teens in grades 8 through 12, but anyone interested in reading teen books is welcome. It’s free, but space is limited, so register at www.bpl. bc.ca/events.The Cameron library branch is at 9523 Cameron St., inside the Cameron Recreation Centre. Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie, jmaclellan@burnabynow.com.

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the-20th-century Imperial Russia, with sets and costumes to match the lavish extravagance of the era. More than 80 student dancers from around the Lower Mainland are in the cast in a variety of roles, including party guests, mice, soldiers and more. Among the Burnaby dancers are Ashley Blair and Emma Hall as party girls, with Alyssa Sasis as a party boy. Sharleen Sasis plays a palace boy, and Chelsea

Fong appears as a soldier. Rounding out the Burnaby connection are Mikayla Harries as a rat, with Meighan Stoney, Emma Sartori and Cynthia Hsiao as mice. Music will be played live by the Vancouver symphony Orchestra. It’s on Dec. 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 30 and 31 at 2 p.m.Tickets run $35 to $110 and can be purchased online through www. ticketmaster.ca.

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City hall employees will soon be getting a new incentive to leave the car at home in favour of public transit. The city has revamped an employee transit incentive program, effective January 2016, in an effort to meet municipality’s environmental goals. The city is offering employees a 25 per cent discount on TransLink’s monthly FareCard. “The program is to encourage staff to use public transportation to reduce vehicle emissions, impacts on the environment and to free up needed parking space at city hall,” said the city’s director of finance Denise Jorgenson. She suggested that some employees are already using transit on their own, but she also expects city staff to take advantage of the program. A monthly FareCard for

one zone costs $91, while a three-zone card is $170. The city has put aside $38,000 in the 2016 budget for the program. According to a staff report, the city’s new transit incentive program includes the following guidelines: ! Full-time and part-time staff who work a minimum of three shifts per week would be eligible to participate in the program. !A 25 per cent incentive would only be applicable to the purchase of a monthly FareCard. ! Staff would agree not to transfer the monthly FareCard to a third party for use. Previously,TransLink issued a photo identification card to be used in conjunction with the 12-month transit pass.This effectively restricted the use of the pass to the card holder. An ID card is no longer provided. ! Proof of purchase of a monthly FareCard by the employee would be provided to human resources;

only one pass would be discounted for each month. The municipality adopted a similar incentive program back in 1991 to encourage staff to use public transit to reduce the impact on the environment from vehicle emissions and to promote transit use for commuting to work. In 2005, the city’s incentive program joined TransLink’s employer incentive program, which provided an additional 15 per cent discount to employees, bringing the total discount to 40 per cent for those who agreed to purchase a 12-month transit pass. The 12-month passes are no longer available. Jorgenson noted the program was easier to administer with the 12-month passes. The program will head to council for approval later this month.

WATERMAIN FLUSHING The City Engineering Department will be commencing its annual program of flushing and cleaning watermains on November 20th 2015 to December 23rd 2015. This activity may cause pressure fluctuations, some discoloration and sediment in the water supply reaching your home or business. These conditions should be of short duration and do not pose a health hazard. If your water appears discolored after our crews have finished flushing, clear your water by running a cold water tap.

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dren – that their light may always shine,” wrote Grace Gauthier, chapter coordinator, in an email to the NOW. Thursday’s event will include a candlelight memorial, refreshments and socializing afterwards. To attend, RSVP by emailing BurnabyTCF@ hotmail.com or call 778222-0446. For more information on the Compassionate Friends of Canada, visit www. tcfcanada.net.

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Burnaby’s St. Michael’s Centre needs some renovations to help brighten the living quarters for seniors and people in hospice care. The Tapestry Foundation for Health Care is leading a campaign to raise $250,000 to cover the costs of renovations at the 128-bed 24hour, complex care centre in Burnaby. “I think it would have a very positive impact,” said Blake Armstrong, the operational site leader for St. Michael’s Centre. “I think it lifts people’s spirits. It makes people more positive. It’s a more enjoyable experience, just talking about

the kitchen, it brings families together with their loved ones. It makes a huge difference for the residents and their families.” St. Michael’s is a nonprofit facility with 16 hospice beds and 128 complex care beds for seniors who need around-the-clock care. Most of the residents are women in their 80s.The renovations would include improvements to lounge areas and a kitchen, where visiting families and residents prepare meals together. “We’re trying to create, as best we can, a homelike environment for the people who live here, and food is something people tend to gravitate to,” Armstrong said.

Tea time: Blake Armstrong chats with Margaret Sunvale at St. Michael’s Centre in Burnaby. Armstrong, the operational site leader, is looking forward to making the kitchen facilities at the hospice more homey and providing a better facility for residents and families and visitors to prepare meals in. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

The plan is to make the kitchen more accessible so people in wheelchairs can use the counters. The Tapestry Foundation

for Health Care raises money for places run by Providence Health Care. So far, the foundation has raised $170,000 for the centre.To

donate, go to www.tapestry foundation.ca or call 604806-9480. As part of the foundation’s Angel Campaign, the

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The countdown to Christmas is on, but there’s still activities to take part in, even after Santa has gone back to the North Pole. There are a couple of weeks left to take in the sites of the first annual Art Walk in the Heights. View artwork created by Confederation Park Elementary students at participating merchants in the first student Art Walk, as the school celebrates 10 years of their Education Through the Arts program. The artwork will stay on display through the holiday season with the last day on Jan. 3. Participating merchants include Plush Floral Studio, Glenburn Soda,Valley Bakery,Vancity (E. Hastings branch), Cedar Chiropractic & Physiotherapy, Stan’s Pizza joint, Artspace, Caffe Divano and Burnaby Heights Integrative Health-

Care Inc. The project is a partnership between the school and the Heights Merchant Association. A DONATION FOR REFUGEES A Burnaby business is lending a helping hand to Syrian refugees coming to Canada. Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced it will provide a donation of $3,500 to MOSAIC and plans to work with the nonprofit organization to provide employment for skilled refugees. In a press release, the Burnaby-based biotechnology company said the efforts will help provide much-needed support to the Syrian refugees who are on their way to B.C. Employees of Xenon were able to raise a portion of the funds, the rest of which was topped up by the company. In addition to its donation, Xenon said it intends to play a more long-term

role in the support of refugees.The business will work directly with MOSAIC to identify and get in touch with newcomers who have science, medical or laboratory degrees or experience. The goal is to offer employment opportunities to refugees who have the necessary training and skills to work at the bio-pharmaceutical company. “We would be privileged to provide support to families in need through gainful employment,” said Xenon president and CEO, Simon Pimstone in a statement. “I believe this would be an ideal way to help families best integrate into the local community.We would love to see other lifesciences and healthcare companies join us in this initiative.” DISC GOLF GROUP MAKES GOOD ON APOLOGY Keeping with the feelgood vibe, the Burnaby Disc Golf Club has made a $350 donation to the Orphaned Wildlife (OWL) Re-

habilitation Society. The group raised the money at a recent tournament held in Burnaby. The club raised the donation in an effort to make amends for an unfortunate incident involving a bald eagle in November. The bird was found on Nov. 13 in Robert Burnaby Park tangled in wire attached to the disc golf basket, also called a tonal. The eagle was eventually

released back into the wild by OWL, and the disc golf group took responsibility for putting up the wires and apologized. MORE MOVING CHOICES IN BURNABY Burnaby residents now have another options if they have moving plans. Burnaby South Self Storage Ltd. has signed on as a U-Haul neighbourhood dealer to serve the Burnaby

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Question: I have had this Christmas plant for many years, and it used to flower in December. For the past two years it has stopped flowering. I gave it plant food but still no flowers. I had it in the basement all year round facing south. How can I get it to flower again. Florence, Vancouver Answer: Your plant sounds like a Christmas cactus. It probably stopped flowering because of heat and blister-

ing sun from the two years of long summer droughts we’ve had. In hot summers, they need to stand in a shadier spot. Christmas cactus like warm but not hot places. They don’t object to occasional bright light, but long spells of strong sunshine make them sick. Though the Christmas cactus is from South America, it’s not a true cactus. It’s a rainforest plant (epiphyte) used to growing on trees and rocks in humid air and partial shade.Their food comes from debris falling from trees, and their liquid comes from rain and mist on the foliage.

Regular fertilizer is OK, but they don’t need much; every couple of months in the growing season is enough. Christmas cactus roots are mainly hold-fasts, so foliar fertilizer diluted and sprayed on the leaves also works well. They mustn’t sit in liquid or their roots could rot. So it’s best to wait till they’ve dried out for a few days, then water. Question: I need to move a hellebore. When is the best time to move it? Should I wait till spring? Pat, Langley Answer:

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On fire: Right, Keira Cheng takes a shot against the PoCo Ridge Meadows net-minder. Cheng’s goal helped lead the Burnaby-New Westminster team to a 11-3 victory. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Burnaby girls put visiting PoCo on ice Burnaby-New Westminster’s u12 ringette team proved they belong in the top tier of their division on Saturday after beating PoCo Ridge Meadows 11-3 on home ice. Saturday’s game marked the midway point of the season, and head coach Murray Dore, has seen a noticeable improvement in the girls’ play. “They’re a u12 team so for ringette this is sort of their early developmental years,” Dore told the NOW. “We’ve been really encouraged by their play this year.” Dore said he’s particularly impressed with the girls’ skating and transitioning skills, which is especially important in ringette with rules that limit how many players can be in each zone

at a time. Out of the 15 girls on the team this year, 12 of them will be moving to u14 next season, which means tougher competition and more strategic play, Dore said.

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The Rebels’ head coach is confident, however, that after this season, the girls won’t have any trouble in the older division.The girls have been showing promise when it comes to some of the finer points of ringette,

especially knowing where each other are on the ice, he said. “(Ringette) is more based on basketball, where like in basketball you have to pass over centre. Same thing with ringette, you have to … pass the ring over the blue lines,” Dore said. The Rebels have grasped this concept well, he added. With the first half of the season behind them, the Rebels have secured their spot in the u12 ‘A’ conference.The second half of the season begins after the new year, and already, Dore is looking ahead to ensure the girls keep advancing. “We’re holding our own,” he said. “We’re having fun, and they’re learning and progressing.” – Cayley Dobie

Watch out: Above, Rebels assistant captain Sarah Okamura carries the ring down ice during their game against PoCo Ridge Meadows on Saturday. Below, Annika Tse, in black and yellow, reaches for the ring. The Burnaby-New Westminster u12 girls controlled the match-up for much of the game, eventually beating the visitors 11-3. PHOTOS JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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Looking to take in some impressive basketball action? Stop by Burnaby South Secondary this week for the annual Rod Thomson senior boys basketball tournament. The action gets started on Wednesday, Dec. 16 (today) with Burnaby South taking on Byrne Creek in the opening game.Tip-off is at 2:30 p.m. Next, Kitsilano Secondary takes on Fleetwood Park at 4:15 p.m. followed by Panorama Ridge vs. Lord Byng at 6 p.m., and Churchill Secondary faces

Sentinel at 7:45 p.m. Catch all the playoff action on Thursday. Dec. 17 and Friday, Dec. 18.The championship game takes place on Friday at 7:45 p.m. Admission to the games is $5 for adults and $2 for students under 17 years.There will be a concession open at the event. For the complete schedule, visit tinyurl.com/ rodthomson. MORE COURT ACTION If one basketball tournament isn’t enough, hop over to New Westminster Secondary for the annual Bob Gair Classic – a basketball tournament for junior and

senior boys and girls. The competition, in honour of Gair, a retired New Westminster Secondary teacher and coach who passed away in 2014, gets started on Wednesday (today) and features a number of Burnaby teams, including both St.Thomas More and Byrne Creek girls’ teams. Championship games are played in the evening on Friday, Dec. 17. All games are played in the Massey gym, accessed at Eighth Street and Eighth Avenue. DYNAMO MAKE A SPLASH AT HANEY MEET Local teen Max Roess-

ig, swimming for Burnaby’s Dynamo Swim Club, took home a gold medal in the 50-metre backstroke at the Haney Holiday LMR swim meet in Maple Ridge last weekend. The teen also made it to the finals in all six of the other events he competed in, including two fourthplace finishes in the 50m freestyle and 200m backstroke, two fifth-place finishes in the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke, and a 10th-place finish in the 50m butterfly. Teammates Kai Mader, 9, Anthony Zang, 11, and David Zhang also earned med-

als at the meet.They placed third in the 50m backstroke, 200m medley and 50m breaststroke, respectively. WIN SOME SWEET PRIZES The Burnaby Holiday Bantam Hockey tournament has a new name and image. Revamped as the Pat Quinn Classic, the Bantam and PeeWee AAA and Elite tournament runs from Dec. 27 to 30 and features a Canucks Alumni Game at Bill Copeland Arena on Dec. 29. (Dan Olson wrote a feature on the tournament’s revival for the NOW’s Dec. 11 sports issue.) In celebration of the me-

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