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Protesters kick off NEB hearings Jeremy Deutsch
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Carrying signs and a marching tune, dozens of people turned up to the Trans Mountain National Energy Board hearings in Burnaby to voice their opposition to the Kinder Morgan project. The rally was planned days before the hearings and was intended to send a message to the NEB, which was holding final arguments for intervenors inside the Delta Burnaby Hotel and Conference Centre Tuesday. The group of peaceful protesters gathered at Jim Lorimer Park at around noon first, before marching to the hearings taking place later in the day. Among those taking part in the rally was Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, who said he was there to support the First Nations opposed to the pipeline proposal. He called on new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to honour his campaign promise and revamp the federal environmental assessment Continued on page 4
ROAD RALLY Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, at centre holding sign, is joined by dozens of people rallying against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project and National Energy Board hearings taking place in Burnaby at the Delta Burnaby Hotel and Conference Centre. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR
Realty group slams Volkow for comments jdeutsch@burnabynow.com
City councillor Nick Volkow isn’t backing down from his stinging observations of the current real estate market in Metro Vancouver, despite a critical letter from the local board that represents the industry. Earlier this month, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver wrote a letter to Burnaby city council re-
futing comments the councillor made during an interview with CBC Radio on the issue of property assessments. The letter from the board, signed by its president Darcy McLeod, takes issue with this specific statement he made: “The Canadian Real Estate Association, our local real estate board, and the local development community won’t be happy until ev-
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ery little chunk of the ALR is paved over in order to satisfy what they claim is the inability to be able to build in this community in order to bring prices down.” Volkow said it wasn’t the most “artful” way to make his point, but he’s not taking the comments back or apologizing. “I’m usually unartful, but usually the point comes across, and it must have come across because they
I’m usually unartful, but usually the point comes across took great umbrage to it,” he told the NOW. “They’re very sensitive at the Greater Vancouver real estate board.”
Volkow also said it was his job as a councillor to speak out on the issue. The city councillor has been vocal about the local real estate market in recent months after getting an assessment on his own property that increased by 35 per cent. Specifically, the value of Volkow’s home on Gilpin Crescent increases to $1.31 million from $956,000 just a year ago.
He’s concerned young people will continue to be squeezed out of the market and has called for what he described as an “onerous” speculation or vacancy tax. But the letter from the real estate board claims his statement “has no basis in fact,” noting the organization publicly supported the creation of the Agricultural Land Reserve in the 1970s and continues to support its Continued on page 8
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Chicken nuggets trigger city fire By Cayley Dobie
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More than 25 firefighters responded to a grease fire that got out of control Saturday night, forcing a local family out of their home. The call for service came in around 10:30 p.m., and when firefighters arrived at the scene of the inferno at 5225 Sidley St., heavy smoke and flames could be seen shooting from the back of the duplex, assistant fire chief Bryan Kirk told the NOW. “The person said they were frying chicken nuggets (and) for two minutes they left the room, and when they came back the deep fryer was on fire.They couldn’t do anything to put it out, so they just grabbed everybody and left the house,” Kirk said. Firefighters were able to make quick work of the fire and used large fans to keep
it from spreading into the adjoining unit. Twenty-eight firefighters responded to the twoalarm blaze, but Kirk said in the end, the show of force wasn’t really needed, it was more of a precautionary measure taken to make sure the flames didn’t cross over to the other side of the duplex. The majority of the damage was contained to the kitchen, where the blaze had begun, but the residents were not allowed back in to their home because of lingering smoke. It’s unclear yet, if the damage was structural or not, Kirk said. While all the members of the family as well as the next door neighbour escaped the fire unharmed, Kirk wanted to remind residents to be extra careful when using deep fryers – don’t leave them unattended, he added.
COOKING DISASTER: The occupants of a duplex in Burnaby were deep-frying chicken nuggets, left the room for a couple of minutes and when they came back the deep fryer was on fire. Firefighters contained the blaze from moving to the other duplex. PHOTO RYAN STELTING
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City will make its case against expanding pipeline Jeremy Deutsch
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Months of preparation have come down to today for the City of Burnaby in its fight against the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. While final arguments at National Energy Board hearings began Tuesday, the city will be presenting its argument Wednesday morning. It’s expected the city’s lawyer Greg McDade will be representing the municipality during the presentation, but he’ll also be joined by other city of-
ficials. The city is one of several intervenors presenting final oral arguments at the Delta Burnaby Hotel and Conference Centre. Burnaby outlined the written portion of its argument in a 148-page document filed with the National Energy Board last week, citing a litany of concerns around the project. The issues include a lack of social license, inadequate hearings and potential oil spills.The city also raised concerns about risks associated with the Westridge Marine Ter-
minal and the Burnaby Mountain tank farm, both set for expansion should Kinder Morgan secure approval. The $6.8-billion expansion “is arguably the worst possible project in the worst possible location,” the city stated in five-page press release. “We will continue to fight this project that does not have social license and has not been required to undergo appropriate social and environmental reviews,” Mayor Derek Corrigan added. Kinder Morgan wants to twin the Trans Moun-
tain pipeline, which is currently the only line that runs oil from Alberta to the West Coast.The expansion would increase capacity from 300,000 barrels per day to 890,000 and see an increase in tanker traffic from five tankers a month to 34. The pipeline has been a flash point of controversy, drawing mass protests to Burnaby Mountain last fall, which resulted in more than 100 arrests but no charges. The NOW will have full coverage of the NEB hearings in Friday’s edition.
Protesters arrested on drilling barge Jennifer Moreau
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Police arrested several activists who occupied a Kinder Morgan drilling barge near the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby Monday morning. According to anti-pipeline activist Adam Gold, two protesters boarded the barge Sunday and stayed overnight. More protesters arrived to join them and bring supplies Monday morning.That’s when police
showed up and removed the group. According to the Burnaby RCMP, seven protesters were arrested Monday with help from the Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team. “Early this morning, the Burnaby RCMP was asked to remove the protesters as it was not safe for them to remain onboard and they were impeding the work being performed on the barge,” the police stated in Continued on page 4
Quick facts: Currently the Trans Mountain system includes 1,150 kilometres of pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby. The pipeline ships up to 300,000 barrels of oil per day to the Burn-
aby Mountain tank farm. The existing pipeline generates an annual $7 million in property taxes for Burnaby, but that’s expected to rise to $13 million if the expansion proceeds.
Nine companies, including Suncor, Conovus and Imperial Oil, support the expansion and have signed up for 50-year contracts. The estimated cost of expansion is $5.4 billion.
Protest: Activists boarded Kinder Morgan’s drilling barge Sunday and Monday, but police showed up Monday and arrested them. PHOTO JENNIFER MOREAU
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Newsnow ‘We’re on the side of nature’ Continued from page 1 process and NEB review process. Stewart also said the prime minster needs to suspend the NEB hearings until a fair process is properly established. “We’re here today once again to bring forward our concerns, our issues and demonstrate our support for all of those groups that are opposed to the proposal,” he said. “We cannot allow such a risk-fraught proposal to be imposed upon
the general public. As far as we’re concerned, this pipeline will never ever happen.” The chief was joined by roughly a hundred people, including Lini Hutchings and her two kids. The Vancouver mother said she came out to support the First Nations opposed to the project, adding her own opposition to an industry she feels undermines the environment. Hutchings believes rallies like the one Tuesday can make some difference in
getting the project stopped, and she wanted to bring her kids to take part. “It’s important for people to come out en masse to let them know we’re on the side of nature,” she said, adding she’s been active in causes since she was a child. Lynne Parisien and Carol Crab were also eager to take part in the rally “I think it’s important the community get their voice,” Crab said, suggesting many people have been silenced through the NEB process.
Barge protesters were peaceful Continued from page 3 a release. “The Burnaby RCMP would like to remind the public that the drilling barge is private property and as such those persons arrested will be facing criminal mischief charges.” Kinder Morgan spokesperson Ali Hounsell said the protesters were peaceful by all accounts, and there weren’t any altercations on board.
“But we needed to make sure we could proceed with the work safely,” she said Monday. “There was no work planned yesterday, so there was no impact to any work at that point. Our priority is to ensure the crews, as well as anyone else, is safe.We wanted to ensure that we could continue to work so the RCMP were asked to remove them.” Hounsell said the company has the necessary permits
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Burnaby firefighters are hoping the city will consider a change in the way licences are issued for fireworks vendors. In a report to the city’s public safety committee, fire Chief Doug McDonald recommends the city look into only allowing established Burnaby businesses, who already have valid business licences, to sell fireworks. “This would eliminate vendors who come in once per year, rent space, sell fireworks and then leave within a week of Halloween,” McDonald said in the report. Despite efforts by the Burnaby fire department to control fireworks use in the city, they are limited to enforcing or regulating use through the business licence process and building code compliance, according to the chief. “In many cases, a fireworks vendor will tempo-
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rarily rent space and set up shop in contravention of current zoning requirements, which causes much extra work for fire and city staff,” he said. The challenge with these temporary shops, according to McDonald, is that once Halloween is over, they disappear, which leaves limited time to take action against the shops.
“By the time the violations are reported and investigated, the business is usually closed and there is no way to enforce compliance,” he added. McDonald believes the next step would be to bring the issue before Burnaby city council. He does not believe an outright ban of fireworks in the city would do much
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dents can obtain fireworks in other jurisdictions, they must still contend with fireworks-related problems, including fire instigation and noise complaints,” he said in the report. An outright ban would only be successful if the entire Lower Mainland was
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Schools get with the coding program Computer coding is coming to B.C.’s school curriculum, and it’s about time. We are tired of watching our best and brightest decamp to the U.S. for technology opportunities while tech companies in our province lament the lack of skilled programmers here. More and more jobs require some knowledge of computer programming, while the technology sector alone is growing faster than the overall economy.
According to the British Columbia 2024 Labour Market Outlook, the technology and science occupational group is expected to have 70,000 job openings in B.C. in the next 10 years. For B.C. students to survive and thrive as adults in the new economy, they will need to be able to analyze problems and come up with solutions using technology. This is the way of the future and what the new curriculum will teach, starting
as early as kindergarten. For parents concerned about adding another layer of complexity to school – something they lack the skills themselves to teach – don’t worry. Learning the building blocks of computer coding and computational thinking is like learning a second language, and we know how popular Mandarin and French immersion have become in our schools as a way to enhance student skills.
Coding is like learning another language If there is any concern, it’s that teachers themselves don’t have the education, resources and knowledge to teach this subject as part of the core curriculum. A teacher at Pinetree Secondary in Coquitlam is helping
to write it, but the funds necessary for teacher education on the subject are slow to come. Consequently, it is being left up to districts – and teachers themselves – to figure out this new area of learning. Post-secondary institutions must also be charged with the responsibility for making sure all new teachers take courses in this important area before they graduate because the days when a select few computer
teachers held forth in a lab are over. With the ubiquitousness of technology, young people will need to know how to create, make and use technology applications. A wise and thoughtful rollout of the new curriculum in schools will help teachers teach and students learn this important skill-set. COMMENT ON THIS AT
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Any surprises in the budget? The B.C. Liberal government’s annual budget usually contains little drama, as the bulk of it is made public as part of the three-year fiscal plan that accompanies the budget presentation every year. But this coming year may be slightly different. Premier Christy Clark has dropped hints that a few nuggets that are not currently in the fiscal plan may be added when her finance minister brings down the budget on Feb. 16.Those nuggets (whether they qualify as “goodies” remains to be seen) will deal with home buying, Medical Service Plan premiums, and funding for the children and families ministry. I wrote in this space a couple of weeks back that the time had to come to revisit how those MSP premiums are paid, as they have evolved into a financially onerous “flat tax” for far too many families. It’s unclear whether they will be tied to income levels (as I and others have suggested), but Clark has pledged to make them fairer and more affordable. They won’t be eliminated, of course (the premiums are forecast to bring in more than $2.5 billion next fiscal year), but hopefully the playing field is made level. Clark has also hinted about helping first-time home buyers, who are facing enormous obstacles (as in: insanely high housing prices) in Metro Vancouver when it comes to making any purchase. But the pre-
mier and her finance minister have also rightly expressed concern over taking any action that leads to an unintentional consequence: harming the existing financial equity thousands of people have built up in their homes. This is going to be a trickier sea to navigate than restructuring MSP premiums. Taking even a small step when it comes to regulating a red-hot market like Metro Vancouver’s housing market can have all kinds of repercussions. The third “nugget” may be a higher-than-expected budget increase for the children and families ministry. As it is, MCFD is due a paltry $6 million funding hike (on a $1.38-billion budget) in the coming year. However, Bob Plecas, a former deputy minister in MCFD, was brought in to review some ministry operations, and he has recommended a more significant funding increase of more than $50 million. There is ample evidence that child protection workers (among the most valued of all civil servants) are underpaid and overworked. And there is a critical need for more foster parents. Will the kind of funding increase required to address these problems be granted by the usually tight-fisted Finance Minister Mike de Jong? We shall see. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.
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Dear Editor Re: Volkow wants the madness to stop, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 8. Councillor Volkow’s assessments are almost the same as mine. If I sell my house now I will have made over a million dollars tax-free – for doing nothing. This is insane. I am sure there are lots of people who find this unfair. I bought my house to live in it, not for profit. My grandchildren and those of their generation have no hope of buying a house here, even with a good salary. So what is the solution? The simplest and best that I have heard suggested is a wealth transfer tax. Does anyone have a better one? David Huntley, Burnaby
Here’s a way to stop the gift thieves Dear Editor Re: The perils of giving, Burnaby NOW, Jan. ?? This is in regard to missing gifts meant for recyclers, yard waste pickup and garbage men. For several years now, we have dropped off our holiday presents (chocolate, usually) to the engineering department at Burnaby City Hall. The receptionists then pass the gifts on to the appropriate work people. Shirley Cohn, Burnaby
Want a tip? Then improve your service Dear Editor Regarding Sarah Savic Kallesoe’s comments about tipping garbage collectors: Tipping is generally given as a gratuity for exceptional service or that which is above the standard level of acceptance. Where we live in North Burnaby, this has yet to be demonstrated by our recycling collectors (assuming they’re different from the garbage collectors). Over the past year, I’ve called the cIty at least three times to complain about recyclable items strewn in the laneway after pickup. Sometimes there was still paper left in the recycling bag. I once called the city after hearing the guy in the recycling truck swearing and cursing out loud … from my bedroom window! Although I couldn’t see him, I could certainly hear him as he continued down the lane and continued uttering his profanities while picking up my neighbour’s recyclables. While frustrations might be understandable when big boxes are wedged into bags or blue bins overloaded making them difficult to dump, this was certainly not the case. If collectors are physically incapable of doing the work (or dislike doing it), then they shouldn’t be doing it. The lack of professionalism I’ve seen demonstrates immaturity or laziness (or both), and such behaviour is not acceptable in a neighbourhood with children. If the standard level of service can’t be delivered, then tipping is out of the question. Last time I spoke to the supervisor about the issue just before Christmas, he said he’d take a drive down the laneway afterwards to see what I meant as he had apparently spoken to the operator in question. We have yet to see if this will resolve the issue. Until then, here is my tip for our recycling collector: Do a better job. Brent M, Burnaby
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Justicebedone Respectfully this isn’t just about First Nations. This is about all of us and our environment and its totally insane destruction all for the creation of some jobs which i understand, but its all for the bc libs and Christy getting re-elected. We don’t need this dam in any way. They can add turbines to the existing dams, build highly efficient wind generation, solar, geo-thermal that’s environmentally friendly that creates many more jobs and permanent ones. This dam must be stopped. If the Trudeau government doesn’t step in and stop it, then it has voided everything it stood for on its relationship with First Nations and the environmental stance it took for its protection for all. Trudeaus campaign talk, and promises he stood on will all be worthless.
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Allwyn Stewart In the long term citizens of BC will be thankful that our government had the foresight to build Site C. Environmentalist do not have a mandate to speak for the majority of British Columbians. carecanada Allwyn Stewart In the long term people who cannot feed themselves locally will not be grateful for the destruction of the best agricultural land in Northern BC, a valley a micro climate that could feed 1000 000 people, the entire Peace....Yes, that is one million people. The majority of British Columbians know little or nothing about the Peace Valley.
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bill smith NDP opposition is 100% against KM’s proposed pipeline, but ruling NDP areas inevitably do and adrian dix and change their tune..... The whole disgussion has amazingly few facts and logical debate.. just simple politiking. Tar Baby bill smith Agreed. BC demonstrating they feel they are an island not caring about the greater good for the Canadian economy. let’s see how they do when their inflated real estate bubble inevitably bursts. earlrichards Mary Polak, stand tall for the Fraser River salmon population. Tar Baby earlrichards Earl Richards how is that tar flavoured salmon anyway? Oh I forgot it doesn’t exist. I’m curious how you manage to live in today’s society without using any fossil fuels whatsoever. I think if I look in the dictionary under hypocrite I will see your picture.
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Two women sought in mailbox thefts Cayley Dobie
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Burnaby Mounties are on the hunt for two Vancouver women they allege are behind a series of mail and storage locker thefts around the city. An investigation into the crime spree was initiated by Burnaby’s prolific offender suppression team in
November.The investigation focused on two specific types of thefts – thefts from mailboxes and storage lockers in residential buildings. About two weeks into the investigation, officers executed a search warrant at a home on Hastings Street in Vancouver.While some evidence was collected during the search, the two suspects were not found, according
to Burnaby RCMP. Warrants were issued by Crown counsel for the arrest of 34-year-old Lisa Michelle Bradfield and 32-year-old Natasha Lynn Mowat, both from Vancouver.The women are facing a laundry list of charges, including personation with intent to gain advantage; break-and-enter; and fraud.
Car crash leads to drug trafficking charges Cayley Dobie
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A Burnaby man is facing a lengthy list of charges after a crash on Canada Way last November led police to an alleged drug trafficking scheme. Around 4:15 p.m. on Nov. 11, a constable came across a three-car collision
at Canada Way and Norland Avenue. Officers with Burnaby RCMP’s traffic services were called to investigate the crash, and that’s when officers discovered a loaded hand gun, several knives, drugs and an undisclosed amount of cash, according to a Burnaby RCMP’S monthly report. Charged is Walta Luel
Abay, a 22-year-old Burnaby resident. He is facing more than 50 charges, including trafficking a controlled substance and possession for the purpose of trafficking. Abay is not in custody at this time. His next court appearance is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 28.
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Scanning the brain: SFU professor Urs Ribary, an internationally known Swiss neuroscientist and B.C.’s LEEF Leadership Chair of Cognitive Neuroscience in Childhood Health and Development, with the MEG scanner, housed in the basement of the Down Syndrome Research Foundation. The scanner will be moving to a new home at Surrey Memorial Hospital sometime this year. PHOTO NOW FILES
Multimillion-dollar machine currently housed at Burnaby’s Down Syndrome Research Foundation Jennifer Moreau
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Burnaby’s Down Syndrome Foundation is losing its multimillion-dollar brain scanner to a new hightech lab at Surrey Memorial Hospital. The foundation, which co-owned the magnetoencephalography (MEG) scanner with Simon Fraser University, sold its majority-shares in March of 2014, making SFU the sole owner. “The MEG scanner is currently shut-down, in the process of being upgraded and then to be installed at Surrey Hospital sometime later this year,” said SFU professor Urs Ribary, an internationally known Swiss neuroscientist and B.C.’s LEEF Leadership Chair of Cognitive Neuroscience in Childhood Health and Development. The MEG scanner measures the magnetic fields that occur in the brain when neurons fire with millisecond accuracy. It’s destined for a new ImageTech lab at Surrey Memorial that will also house an MRI machine. Dawn McKenna, execu-
tive director at the Down Syndrome Research Foundation, was happy the scanner will go to good use. “I think it’s great. It was a big bold move on our part to invest in such state-ofthe-art technology.We did glean some knowledge from it but just couldn’t fund the costs of operations to make it effective,” she said. “It really should be in a research and clinical setting, and the ImageTech lab at Surrey Memorial Hospital is going to be a fabulous site for continuing translational research into a variety of areas.We are hopeful that insights into the Down syndrome population will be forthcoming.” The Down Syndrome Research Foundation has housed the scanner in its basement on Sperling Avenue since 2005, but it was too expensive to run fulltime, McKenna explained. It costs about $250,000 to $300,000 a year to operate, which includes staff and helium to cool the sensors. The foundation raised $3 million to buy the $2.2-million scanner and build a special room for it.The foundation used it for cog-
Dementia seminar What is dementia and Alzheimer’s disease? What happens after a missing person is reported? What resources are available to you in Burnaby? These are just some of the questions the Burnaby RCMP hopes to answer at an upcoming public seminar hosted by the detachment’s crime prevention
unit. The free seminar takes place on Thursday, Jan. 28 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Burnaby city hall, 4949 Canada Way. Seating is limited, so anyone interested in attending is asked to register at 604294-7859 or crimeprevention@burnaby.ca.
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Eyes on the world: Above, Ninja, by Dianne Neratini, and (right) Wave, by Lynn Balmer, are among the works featured in the Burnaby Photographic Society’s 20th annual showcase. The showcase is being held Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. in the James Cowan Theatre at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED
Photo showcase offers windows on the world Photographs offer a window into new and unusual worlds – and the Burnaby Photographic Society wants to take you on a journey to all those worlds. The society is holding its 20th annual showcase on Saturday, Feb. 6, with a week-long print display leading up to the event. The print display, which starts Jan. 31, will be set up in the lobby of the Shadbolt Centre and will feature a wide range of work by members of the group. The Burnaby Photographic Society was founded in 1970 by a group of amateur photography enthusiasts.
Today’s group includes mainly amateur photographers, along with a few professionals, who gather on Mondays at the Shadbolt Centre to talk about photography, view and critique work, learn from guest speakers and enjoy outings to various locations for photography. For the anniversary showcase, members have put together a variety of slide shows, set to music, of photography that runs the gamut from landscape to travel photos and more. A press release promises the shows will “sweep you off to exotic places and cultures, and bring you up
close to wildlife, fine art and visual surprises.” The showcase is set to happen on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. in the James Cowan Theatre at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave. Tickets for the showcase are $18, and anyone interested in attending is encouraged to book early, as the showcase consistently attracts more than 200 attendees. Contact Chris Ostenstad at burnabyshowcase@ gmail.com, call 604-3519499 or see www.burnaby photographicsociety.com. – Julie MacLellan
Faraway lands: Japanese Castle, by Randall Peterman, is one of the works featured in the Burnaby Photographic Society’s showcase. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Storytelling takes centre stage at library Julie MacLellan LIVELY CITY
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They’re keeping the tradition of storytelling alive. Burnaby Public Library’s multicultural, multigenerational Oral Storytelling Circle, which has been successfully running at the Metrotown library branch, is on the move to the McGill branch. The circles run on the last Sunday of the month from 2 to 4:30 p.m., when people gather to hear oral stories
from community members – folk tales, fairy tales and personal anecdotes. It’s open to everyone from tweens and teens to seniors, and to people of all cultural backgrounds. Upcoming sessions are set for Jan. 31, on a theme of New Beginnings; Feb. 28, on Finding Freedom; and March 20, with tales of Glorious Green. The sessions are free, but register at www.bpl.bc.ca/ events/McGill, call 604299-8955, or drop in to the library at 4595 Albert St. For information, call Ra-
chel Yaroshuk at 604-2974809. CULTURE CHATS Love reading? Love intercultural discussions? Love making new connections? The McGill branch of Burnaby Public Library is hosting a monthly Culture Chats Book Club on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. The club is described as a “neighbourhood book club that is devoted to fostering intercultural dialogues and making connections through the reading and discussion of literature.”
“If you enjoy meeting people, reading and learning, this is a great opportunity,” a press release notes. Upcoming sessions are on Feb. 9, March 8, April 12 and May 17. To join, email the facilitator, Fiona, at culturechats2015@gmail.com, or check out www.facebook. com/culturechatsburnaby bookclub. NEW TO ARTS? CHECK OUT THESE PROGRAMS Want to get your hands on art for the new year? The Shadbolt Centre for
the Arts offers a raft of programs across all art forms – including some new visual arts courses starting this week. There’s a beginner watercolours course (eight sessions on Wednesday nights) starting Jan. 20; an eightsession life drawing course starting Jan. 20; an eightsession photography course starting Jan. 21, and a daytime watercolour painting course starting Jan. 21. Check out www.shadbolt centre.com for a winter brochure to find out more about how to register. (Note
that if programs are full, wait lists may be started.) WORKSHOPS FOR ALL Are you interested in learning more about an art form but not ready to sign up for a full course? The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts offers a variety of one-session workshops that might be just the ticket. The Shadbolt’s winter brochure shows a variety of workshops, including a Beginning Photography workshop on Saturday, Feb. 20. The session is designed for Continued on page 12
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Artsnow Live music for all tastes Continued from page 11 “serious beginners” who want to get past point and shoot and learn more about f-stops, shutter speed, depth of field and more. It runs from 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Or, for those interested in drawing, why not a one-day workshop in Drawing Anatomy, running Sunday, Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.? And, also on the photography front, there’s also a Fashion Photography and Feminism workshop on Thursday, March 3 from 7 to 10 p.m. Check out the Shadbolt Centre’s winter brochure – pick it up in person or download from www.shad boltcentre.com – to find out more about these and other offerings. LIVE MUSIC AT THE ’BOLT Hey, music fans, you might want to check out the fun at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. If you haven’t already stopped in for one, you may want to visit a Jazz Jam night.They’re running monthly on Tuesdays from
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6 to 8 p.m., hosted by Cory Weeds of Coastal Jazz. The jam sessions give musicians of all ages and abilities a chance to come together and play in an improvised evening of music. Upcoming sessions are set for Jan. 26, Feb. 16 and March 15. If listening, rather than taking part, is your preference, then you might want to drop in for A Little Lunch Music. Each month, the Shadbolt’s Encores café offers a special buffet lunch starting at 11:30 a.m. From noon
to 1 p.m., musicians are onstage to offer up live music in all genres. This month’s is set for Thursday, Jan. 28, when James Danderfer will be on hand with his Dixieland sounds. On Feb. 25, you can enjoy the Celtic music of Blackthorn. Check out www.shadbolt centre.com Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie, jmaclellan@burnabynow.com, or find her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.
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A Burnaby-based company has made a recordbreaking donation to the United Way of the Lower Mainland. Last week, G&F Financial Group announced a donation of $80,412 to the charity, with half of the amount coming from employees and the other half from the credit union’s board of directors. “G&F Financial Group invests in their community through their longtime and generous support of United Way of the Lower Mainland,” said Michael McKnight, president and CEO of United Way of the Lower Mainland, in a statement. “We thank them for their vision and help in building a strong community.”
A press release noted the funds raised will go toward addressing local issues of child poverty, bullying, and social isolation in seniors, with the goal of building stronger communities. G&F Financial has supported the United Way for more than a decade, donating more than $729,000 to the charity. MOVIE MONEY COMES TO A BURNABY CHARITY A busy year in the movie industry has turned out to be a boon for one Burnaby charity. Recently,Warner Brothers awarded the City of Burnaby a $5,000 donation to give to a charity of its choice.The city has chosen the Boys and Girls Club in North Burnaby as the recipient. Susan Rae, the coordinator of the Burnaby film office, explained the dona-
tion was made by the company as a way to thank the community for being accepting of all the filming in the city. “They’re a good company and they’re willing to do a lot of things and because they’re impacting so much here … they want to be able to thank everybody,” she told the NOW. Some of the shows Warner Brothers shoots in Burnaby include the comicbook staples The Flash and Arrow. A city report earlier this year noted the film and television industry injects at least $408 million in direct and spin-off spending in Burnaby’s economy. Do you have an item for Movers & Shakers? Send ideas from Burnaby’s business community to Jeremy, jdeutsch@burnabynow.com. You can also find him on Twitter @jerburnabynow.
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2) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 38, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13554 Rez. #15-24 6755 Canada Way From: C4 Service Commercial District To: R5 Residential District The purpose of the proposed zoning is to permit the subdivision of the site into three two-family residential lots.
3) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 40, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13557
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Family fun and learning for the new year Julie MacLellan FAMILY TIES
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Happy new year! With January already speeding by, I thought it was time for a return to the parenting files to dig out more new and fun happenings for families in Burnaby. I welcome any ideas or suggestions from readers, too – if you have a favourite family hangout or know of a great program for kids in your neighbourhood, you can reach me at jmaclellan @burnabynow.com. In the meantime, here are a few ideas to kick off 2016: KIDS CAN GET ARTY Regular readers of the NOW will know that the Burnaby Art Gallery offers lots of programs for families. One of our favourites is in the ongoing In the BAG drop-in, which invites families in on Sunday afternoons to check out the exhibition at the gallery and then get into the studio to make their own art. Families can stop
in on Sunday, Feb. 14 for a session in abstracts, and on Sunday, March 13 for Paint Resist. Also stay tuned for a special Family Day program in Art Houses – families can pop in on Monday, Feb. 8 to use all kinds of recycled and found materials to build a dwelling. Check out www.burnabyartgallery.ca. START THEM YOUNG You’re never too young to get arty – and Burnaby’s parks and rec programs are proof of that. Among one of my favourite upcoming offerings is a Mixed Media program for small folks – Mixed Media Baby for two- and threeyear-olds, and Mixed Media Preschool for four- and five-year-olds. Both run Saturday mornings at Willingdon Community Centre. For all the details, check out the Winter Arts Guide – you can download a copy from www.shadboltcentre.com. AFTER SCHOOL FUN Parents of school-aged kids are often looking for
ways to fill those afterschool hours – and Burnaby’s schools are a gold mine of offerings. The City of Burnaby’s parks, recreation and cultural services offers a host of after-school programs at Burnaby elementary schools. From Lego Clubs and board games, to muffin making,Valentine’s chocolates and after school yoga, there’s something to suit the taste and interest of just about every youngster. See www.burnaby.ca/ afterschoolprograms. SPEAKING MANDARIN The Burnaby school district is holding an information night about its Mandarin Language Arts program, for students entering kindergarten to Grade 6. It’s held at Forest Grove Elementary, and the info session is tonight (Wednesday, Jan. 20) at 6 p.m. in the school library. See www. burnabyschools.ca. LITTLE THINGS MATTER: I happened across this interesting presentation at
Centre for the Arts.The Shadbolt is once again offerings a series of spring break programs and camps for kids and teens. Among them: a multi-disciplinary arts camp, a circus camp, a writing program, a creative drama program, a dance and photography workshop, a filmmaking camp, a storytelling course and more. Check out www. shadboltcentre.com. Young masters: It’s never too early for art – check out art programs for kids as young as two years old at Willingdon Community Centre. PHOTO THINKSTOCK
the www.kidsinburnaby.ca website. Little Things Matter:The Importance of Play for Healthy Child Development is a free presentation coming up on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Lochdale Community School library (6990 Aubrey St.). Free child-minding will be available in the community room next door. Andrea James will lead a discussion about the importance of play in kids’ lives, and how play helps a child academically, social-
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GET SET FOR SECONDARY Burnaby school district has a series of open house events set to introduce parents and students to the city’s high schools. Alpha and Burnaby South have their information nights on Wednesday, Jan. 27; Burnaby North and Moscrop are on Thursday, Jan. 28; and Byrne Creek and Burnaby Mountain are on Thursday, Feb. 4. (Burnaby Central and Cariboo Hill’s have already been held). Check out www. burnabyschools.ca. Got an idea to share?You can find Julie on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.
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ONGOING Learn how to use a computer, basic computer course for beginners at Confederation Seniors’ Centre, 4585 Albert St. Info: 604-294-1936 Practise dancing skills, at the weekly social dances at the Edmonds Community Centre for 55 plus. $1 for members and $2 for nonmembers. On Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m., Sundays from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Mondays from 1 to 3 p.m. For more information, call 604-2974838 Knitting, crocheting, sewing and other craft activities group will meet at the Edmonds Community Centre for 55 plus every Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. Beginners welcome. For more information, call 604297-4838. Burnaby South Stroke Recovery Branch, meets every second and fourth
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Old age pensioners’ organization branch 12 is holding an event the first Monday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Edmonds Community Centre. Learn what’s happening to social security programs. For more information, call 604-2974838.
Burnaby North Secondary School, 50th reunion, Sept. 17, 2016, email bnssclass1966@gmail.com or classcreator.com for more info.
Telespeakers Toastmaster, meetings on Friday mornings from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Burnaby room in the Telus building, 3777 Kingsway. Telespeakers
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Lions centre displays long form consensus Burnaby’s Jacey Bailey shatters tournament record book with 55-point performance
year’s inaugural trip to the AAA provincials was made difficult to repeat with just one returning player — although one of the best Step aside, Steph Curry. in B.C. Burnaby Mountain senior Jacey Bailey Among the 11 athletes wearing Burnadisplayed a touch for the net last week that by Mountain colours this season are three would make the Golden State Warriors’ star international students, including two who smile. have never played competitive basketball The 17-year-old centre delivered a rebefore. markable scoring display at the Britannia “One thing I’ve noticed about the group Invitational on Saturday, scoring 55 points is that they’re really starting to build some in Burnaby Mountain’s 66-48 win over Eric resiliency and some competitiveness, and Hamber to claim third place. they’re starting to gel a bit,” said Morton. It was one of five tournament records When the league schedule kicked in, the Bailey rewrote. team was fairly raw and suffered a 39-point A majority of her marks came from the loss to Burnaby Central. But Bailey was abthree-point line, where Bailey charted a new sent, joining 52 other hoop course by sinking 12 of 15 hopefuls at the women’s nashots and eradicating the old tional age group assessment It felt really mark of six in a game. camp in Toronto. “It felt really good to be good to be The invitation-only camp in the zone, making all those provided players born in in the zone, threes,” Bailey told the NOW 1998 and later with exposure making all on Monday. “Did I think I to the national training enviwould? Not 12 threes in one ronment and an internationthose threes. game, and I’m not usually a al focus, as participants were three-point shooter.” identified and scouted for fuThe six-foot-tall forward’s ture Canadian age-group optrey performance also set portunities. It was the seca new mark for a team in ond straight year she’s made a game, and connected for a the trek. tourney-best 17. Capping it all, the Team “It was fun and it was different. I’ve B.C. veteran finished the weekend with 32 played on the provincial team but this was blocked shots and 103 points over three different. It was top (athletes) in Canada, games, five short of another record — not it was challenging but I learned a lot,” she bad considering she was battling the flu. said. “I approached it (knowing) what to The Lions coach said his star forward expect this time. I feel like I brought back wasn’t pushing for the records, either. leadership. I learned a lot and I try to bring “She was just in rhythm. It was somethat back to the team.” thing to watch, I tell you,” noted viceFielding interest from various universiprincipal James Morton. “In all the years ties, the Burnaby sharpshooter hasn’t let I’ve coached I’ve never seen a performance that distract her from focusing on her work quite like that... She could have broken anon the floor. other record. (Britannia coach) Mike Evans “I’m hoping to go to the States for sure, came over and grabbed my arm with a min- but I haven’t gone on any visits yet. It’s still ute left. ‘You might want to call a timeout.’ I up in the air... I think my strengths are my asked why? He said she could have anothheight, my athleticism because, at my height er record. a lot of people are slower so I have the ad“I didn’t call a timeout but there was a vantage to take it to the hole,” she said. stoppage and I said to Jacey, what do you Morton points to those around Bailey think of taking another three? She said no, who are excelling as the season progresses. no I don’t need to.” “Martina (Pettenon) has been our secFor her efforts, Bailey was named to the ond-best player, she’s a strong player... Laufirst all-star team. ren Gaffney — she was given the player On Monday, the Lions stepped back into of the game award when Jacey went on to league play and docked Burnaby South 53score 55 points. Britannia awards Player of 19, with Bailey accounting for 32 points — the Game for effort, and this girl never gives including a pair from three point-land. up. She’s always high energy, on the ball, The key, Morton says, has been how Bai- works diligently. ley’s teammates have progressed and tran“Karen Ito is an international student sitioned into a solid, supportive group. Last from Tokyo, and she’s playing the point. She Dan Olson
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has learned to be a leader, she takes the ball and hustles all the time on defence. “They’ve learned how to play with Jacey and they understand her skillset, that its much different than theirs.They’ve really embraced that. It’s such a selfless group.” At 2-4, Mountain is tied with two other teams for fourth place in the Burnaby-New West league, with both New West and Burnaby Central undefeated. In the Lions’ favour is the sense that a corner has been turned.The team’s perfor-
mance at Britannia gave Morton a glimpse into what could be if the players continue to improve and follow Bailey’s lead. “What I admire most about (Bailey) is her humility. She is a person who wants to involve others,” said Morton. “She talked about leadership and she’s learned to make others better. “That’s an important skill moving forward for her, she’s going to play at an elite level and she’s got to learn how to deal as a leader and make others better.”
Four SFU athletes score provisional results for nats
A pair of Simon Fraser University sophomores set the tone at the season-opening University of Washington Indoor Preview track and field meet on the weekend. Vladislav Tsygankov and MarcAntoine Rouleau each paced the Clan with solid results, leading a total of four athletes who met NCAA Div. II provisional qualify-
ing marks for nationals. Tsygankov finished fourth in the long jump, the longest being 7.16 metres, while Rouleau clocked a provisional and personal best time of 8:11.17 in the 3000m race, good enough for sixth overall. He currently ranks second in NCAA Div. II competition. “I’m very happy with our results
today,” said Clan head coach Brit Townsend. “We competed so well against top NCAA schools and got a great start to the indoor season.We have great chemistry and everyone is inspired by our top performers.” Also meeting the national marks were junior distance runner Rebecca Bassett, who placed 16th in
the women’s 3000m with a time of 9:40.31, and Valda Kabia, who set hers in the 60m dash. Kabia’s time of 7.72 seconds met the standard by 1/10th of a second and was the fastest time in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference this year. Just missing the provisional qualifying times for their respective events were Joel Webster, who
posted conference-leading finishes in both the 200- (22.35 seconds) and 400m (49.26) men’s dashes, and Carlos Varga, who secured a personal best 1:55.44 in the 800m race. The Clan will return to UW in two weeks as more athletes will attempt to earn qualifying marks for the NCAA Div. II nationals.
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New team, same game for Helewka
Traded to Red Deer, Burnaby native picks up where he left off as a team leader It’s been a whirlwind month for Burnaby’s Adam Helewka. After a mid-December suspension, the holiday break and a trade to start the NewYear, the fourthround draft pick of the San Jose Sharks has settled in nicely in his first five games with his new club. Helewka joined the Western Hockey League’s Red Deer Rebels on Jan. 2 and has settled in quickly, counting seven goals and five assists in five games. In his first four games wearing Rebels colours, he tallied six goals and two assists and paced the club to a 2-0-1-1 record. It earned him the WHL Player of the Week honours. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound left winger was picked up by Red Deer in a deal that saw captain Wyatt Johnson, a prospect and two bantam draft picks head to Spokane. As the host team for the 2016 Memorial Cup, Red Deer is gearing up to contend for a spot in the May tournament final. Helewka, 20, is seeing continued progress in his offensive numbers, after last year’s 44-goal break-
through. He missed six games in December due to a suspension garnered after an end-of-game encounter with Tri-City’s Parker Wotherspoon. After beginning the season with San Jose’s American Hockey League team, Helewka returned to the junior ranks and scored 17 goals and 13 assists over 19 games prior to being dealt. STEELERS BLANKED BY PILOTS The Grandview Steelers have lost that consistency feeling. The Pacific Junior B Hockey League club couldn’t beat Abbotsford Pilots’ netminder Jacob Crawford on Sunday in a 3-0 loss on home ice. Sean Olson’s goal midway through the first proved to be the game winner for Abbotsford. Earlier in the week, Grandview ventured into Richmond and emerged with a 2-1 overtime victory, thanks to Jeffrey Wong’s 14th goal of the season. The Steelers host first-place North Vancouver on Sunday, 4 p.m. at the Burnaby Winter Club.
Ready for prime ice time: A full slate of talented skaters from Burnaby-based Champs Skating International Centre of B.C. have made the trek this week to Halifax to compete at the Skate Canada National Figure Skating championships, which runs until Jan. 24. Leading the way is Canadian Olympic silver medallist Kevin Reynolds, centre, along with fellow senior male Mitchell Gordon, senior women’s Kelsey Wong, junior women’s Tilly Pawer, Sarah Tamura and Megan Yim, novice men’s Gabriel Blumensthal and Brian Le, and novice ladies Emily Bausback. They are coached by Sport B.C. female coach of the year Joanne Mcleod and assistant coaches Neil Wilson and Jill Marie Harvey. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Local curlers and curling fans will be right on the button this week as neighbouring Coquitlam hosts the Scotties B.C.Women’s Curling championships. A pair of Royal City Curling Club rinks — skipped by Amy
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