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Women and girls at Gilpin Elementary School brush off a traditional Coast Salish women’s canoe with cedar bows at a dedication ceremony in the school’s gymnasium recently. The canoe, called a skumay, was built at the school over three months

by Squamish First Nation artist Aaron Nelson-Moody, whose Squamish name means Splashing Eagle. Used by Coast Salish women and girls to gather food and weaving materials, the vessel is a symbol of the important work women do in First Nations communities, according to Nelson-Moody.

See page three for the full story and another photo. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

$27M in contracts awarded for seismic work Includes $24-million partial replacement of Alpha

By Cornelia Naylor

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The Burnaby school board has awarded more than $27 million in seismic mitigation work at two local schools to Thinkspace Architecture Planning Interior Design.

The Surrey-headquartered firm will take on a

$24-million partial replacement of Alpha Secondary School and a $3.3-million seismic upgrade at Montecito Elementary School.

The Alpha project will increase student capacity at the north Burnaby high school from 1,025 to 1,100 with the replacement of the school’s three-storey and one-storey classroom wings

and will include seismic upgrades to the rest of the building.

The Montecito project includes seismic upgrades and the addition of four classrooms that will increase the school’s student capacity from 215 to 315 and allow it to get rid of three temporary portables that have been there since 1997.

The district originally anticipated prep work on both projects might begin as early as May or June, but secretary-treasurer Greg Frank said this week that that is now unlikely.

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One canoe at a time A Squamish First Nation artist spends time with Gilpin students in a program that builds bridges

By Cornelia Naylor

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The Burnaby School District would like to acknowledge and thank the Coast Salish Nations of Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish, on whose traditional territory we teach, learn and live.

Those words sounded pretty profound to Gilpin Elementary School mom Gillian Bassett when she first heard them read out – as per Burnaby school district policy – at the beginning of a school assembly last year.

But she didn’t know what they meant, and neither did the kids she asked.

“I sort of vaguely understood they had something to do with aboriginal people, First Nations, but not the significance of the different groups and where they were located,” said Bassett, who came to Canada from England four years ago.

Then-secretary of the school’s PAC, she set out to raise awareness, teaming up with then-principal Sean Gaster (who has since moved to Edmonds Community School).

Their efforts – helped along by a $3,500 Arts Starts grant and a large chunk of old-growth red cedar made available by hereditary Squamish First Nation Chief Bill Williams – culminated last month in the presentation to the school of a skumay, a traditional women’s canoe built

by Squamish First Nation artist Aaron NelsonMoody Nelson-Moody, whose Squamish name means Splashing Eagle – Splash for short – spent three months at the school, three

days a week, interacting with students and building the stubby vessel traditionally used by Squamish women and girls to ply the swamps and narrow streams of their territory.

“The women would paddle up next to like salmon berries, smack the bush with their paddle and all the berries would fall into the canoe,” Splash told the NOW. “They would also

My youngest son is in Grade 1, and he is fully informed on the salmon and the importance of salmon to the Squamish people

pick things like bog cranberry, wild rice, some of the bulrush tubers and the bulrush stalk, used for weaving.”

There was no mention during his sessions with students about the problems aboriginal girls and women face in Canada today, but those issues weren’t far below the surface, according to Splash.

“We’re implicitly dealing with it because we’re talking about the alternative, the kind of respect that women had, the kind of work that women historically did and are still doing,” he said. “The roles change, of course, as the world changes, but the mutual respect and mutual support doesn’t have to change.”

Contract awarded Continued from page 1 each of these projects, timeliness for building permit(s) issuance and construction contractor tender awards,” he said in an email to the NOW. Two other seismic proj-

ects approved in principle by the education ministry in April 2013 – Burnaby North Secondary and Stride Avenue Elementary – are still in the planning stages with no firm timelines yet in place.

Splash, who has worked in schools for 20 years, said he prefers projects like the Gilpin canoe that allow him to stay awhile and get below the surface of kids’ understanding of his culture.

“People have a bunch of stuff in their minds about aboriginal people,” he said.

“There’s a kind of nebulous identity out there, so they’re kind of asking about that.Then, when they start to learn a bit more, the questions actually get really interesting.”

That kind of learning was exactly what Bassett had envisioned when she first started thinking about bringing a First Nations artist-in-residence into the school.

“I thought it would be really nice to have something deep, you know, where the kids can build on knowledge, something deep rather than broad,” she said.

For district aboriginal resource teacher Tracy Healey, who’s been with the district since 1998, the timing of the project and the choice of a local First Nations artist couldn’t have been better.

“The ministry is doing this big push with the new curriculum about embedding aboriginal knowledge into the curriculum,” she said, “and teachers have no idea how to do that or even where to start, and the place to start is the traditional territory that you’re on. Find out about the local First Nations people and reach out to them and build relationships with them.”

For the Gilpin project, it helped that Splash is both an artist and an educator, according to Bassett, who

High risk

Fourteen Burnaby schools are still operating under highrisk ratings assessed by the ministry of education’s seismic mitigation program. Four have been assigned High 1 ratings, meaning they are at highest risk of widespread damage or structural failure, not reparable after an earthquake.

LIFE LESSONS IN A BOAT: Gilpin Elementary School students from teacher Raffi Mahseredjian’s Grade 4 class pose with the school’s new skumay, a traditional Coast Salish women’s canoe built at the school by Squamish First Nation artist Aaron Nelson-Moody. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR said her two boys came home bursting with information about the Squamish people during the project.

“My youngest son is in Grade 1, and he is fully informed on the salmon and the importance of salmon to the Squamish people,” Bassett said. “I mean, it’s amazing.They sort of hold forth at the dinner table.”

Normally, she said, it’s hard to get her boys to say

One is rated High 2, at high risk of widespread damage or structural failure, likely not reparable after a quake, and nine are rated High 3, meaning isolated failure to building elements such as walls are expected and the building will likely not be reparable after an earthquake . ! Alpha Secondary – High 1

anything about their day at school.

She credits the difference to the multi-sensory nature of the canoe project and to Splash’s charismatic teaching style.

For Splash, such projects are the way of the future if schools are serious about integrating an understanding of First Nations into every student’s learning.

“The big decision is whether you want a little

! Burnaby North – High 1 ! Montecito Elementary – High 1 ! Stride Avenue Elementary – High 1 ! Glenwood Elementary – High 2 ! Moscrop Secondary –High 3 ! Cascade Heights Elementary – High 3 ! Kitchener Elementary – High 3

bit of information out of a book or whether you want a relationship with local First Nations, and I think they’re trying to foster relationships,” said Splash of schools that take up projects like the canoe at Gilpin. “Just memorizing facts isn’t really what most schools are after. It’s where they start, but, in the end, we’re trying to develop a better relationship between Canada and First Nations.”

! Marlborough Elementary – High 3 ! Maywood Elementary – High 3 ! Parkcrest Elementary – High 3 ! Rosser Elementary – High 3 ! Seaforth Elementary – High 3 ! Stoney Creek Elementary – High 3

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Ecology society says Central Park is safe despite recent coyote incident Jeremy Deutsch

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Despite a recent incident involving an attack by a group of coyotes on a small dog at Central Park in Burnaby, the park is still a safe place.

That’s the message from the Stanley Park Ecology Society, the group that handles the coyote education program on behalf of the City of Burnaby.The society was recently in the park to educate locals about the wild animal.

“I think a lot of (people) are surprised to find out you can actually scare away a coyote pretty easily,” said Greg Hart, a programs coordinator with the society.

If people act big and aggressive toward a coyote, the naturally shy and timid animals will become fearful of humans and dishabituate, he added.

The problem is when

coyotes have positive interactions with humans like being fed or finding food sources, they become bold and aggressive.

The ecology society set up a tent in the park Sunday to hand out educational material to residents in response to a story in the NOW on Feb. 12 about a family dog that was chased by coyotes in Central Park.

Mary Gifford told the NOW she was walking her young dog Mable in the park on Feb. 7, when three coyotes came out of nowhere and chased her pet.

Mable was chased on to Kingsway where she was hit by a car and killed trying to cross the busy street in an attempt to get back home.

Hart said the story prompted more calls to the society about coyotes in the park, but none of the reports were about the animals being aggressive.

He said for now the Stan-

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Last year, the ecology society dealt with 1,700 coyote reports around Metro Vancouver, including 120 in Burnaby.

Hart is urging anyone from the public who spots a coyote to report it to the society.To report a coyote sighting, you can call 604681-9453 or the website at stanleyparkecology.ca.

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Lots of wind – and not the nice kind China has become the world leader in wind power. After earning notoriety for the thick smog over Beijing, China now builds nearly half the world’s wind turbines.

There’s no downside to China’s investment in clean energy unless you were banking on Liquefied Natural Gas exports to carry your province to untold levels of prosperity.Which brings us to Premier Christy Clark.

The recent throne speech dealt with LNG in two languages: words that downplayed any immediate expectation of riches materializing and a vague insistence that it will all work out in the end.

The unfortunate few who listened to the whole speech heard about “unforeseen global conditions” and success not being for quitters.

An LNG facility in Kitimat and a plant outside

Our gov’t. is still selling us a product when no one else is buying

Prince Rupert may still be built but, like many of our premier’s promises, have yet to materialize.

It’s an odd thing that our government is still sell-

ing us a product when no one else is buying. And to add a new twist of weirdness, now Clark’s government has made a contribution to its long-awaited prosperity fund. Back in 2014, Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the fund would be directly linked to the LNG industry. Given that there is currently no LNG industry, this seems like rather magical thinking – even for someone in government. Of course, now,

it’s a prosperity fund from everything. Does that include everyone’s MSP fees?

Does anyone remember Clark’s campaign van emblazoned with the slogan: Debt Free B.C.? That was when LNG was going to generate $100 billion over 30 years.

We appreciate optimism, but optimism is not a plan.

With 15 months before our next provincial election, we urge voters to analyze optimism, to crack

it open and see if they can detect some common sense.

There will be plenty of promises from our premier over the next year, and plenty of talk about “the courage to say yes.” But sometimes promises are nothing more than wind.

And it’s not the nice kind of wind, either.

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MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Unity in B.C.?

Not very likely As the NDP struggles to find its voice when it comes to supporting resource development, it’s worth noting party leader John Horgan’s response to the B.C. Liberal government’s Throne Speech. Horgan decided to focus on Premier Christy Clark’s “divisiveness” approach to governing. He is trying to position himself and his party as the ones calling for “unity over division.”

The so-called free enterprise coalition party (currently the B.C. Liberals, and formerly Social Credit) has had a high rate of electoral success by polarizing the electorate and making every election an “us versus them” contest, so Clark’s approach is hardly surprising.

But it’s unclear whether Horgan can reposition the NDP as a “unified” option, given that it is far from clear whether the party is unified itself on a number of issues, not the least of which are ones where development needs run smack into environmental concerns.

Horgan condemned Clark’s characterization of those who oppose things like LNG plants and other resource developments as the “forces of no” and a “ragtag group.”

“The premier’s view of the world is that if you are not cheering her on, regardless of what’s coming out of her mouth, you therefore must be some ragtag group of people,” Horgan told the legislature.

Interestingly, he also ac-

knowledged that B.C. is a “partisan province” and insisted that MLAs had recently taken steps to reduce “some of the partisan hectoring that has gone on too long.”This last statement may strike any regular watcher of question period as baffling to say the least, given the barbs hurled by both sides.

This speaks to the fact that for all the divisiveness Clark is displaying, her opponents are doing exactly the same thing back at her.

Social media forums, for example, are frequently poisoned wells of vicious commentary (not analysis) aimed at both the B.C. Liberals and the NDP, and their respective leaders.

The anonymity that social media can provide, and the speed at which information moves, has elevated the nastiness and the divisiveness to record levels. Some news outlets are starting to abolish the comments sections on their web sites, which seems like a sad inevitability.

No, B.C. is very much a divided province. Business, industry, environmentalists and First Nations all have disparate and fundamentally opposite interests on too many issues.

Despite Horgan’s pitch, his party seems destined to, once again, fight an election that is based on divisions within our ranks and not on an elusive fairy-tale of unity and we’re-all-in-this-together kind of fight.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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Dear Editor Re: Fossil fuels are our future, Opinion, Burnaby NOW, Feb. 10.

When did Keith Baldrey revert from being a political reporter to becoming a lobbyist for both the self-serving oil and gas industry? In his article, Keith kept quoting over and over the assertions of the NEB, as if they are facts, and not just assertions. So might I remind Keith of the fact that this so-called review board was completely changed under Stephen Harper, from actually reviewing projects, to fast-tracking decisions for the oil and gas industry, while ignoring concerns about the risks to the environment, social licences, and actual consultations and permissions of the First Nations involved.

Might I also remind Keith that Stephen Harper’s last appointment to this board worked directly for Kinder Morgan right up until his appointment and, in fact, wrote a report in support of Kinder Morgan’s expansion to this same board? He can’t just set aside those biases and pretend he didn’t write those opinions, therefore his appointment should have been scrapped, as his appointment was tainted, as to his ability to offer an unbiased opinion.

Stephen Harper ignored the fact that he was elected to be Canada’s prime minister and set aside that obligation in favour of using taxpayer’s dollars to actively lobby for the oil industry. There was no doubt that Stephen Harper was working for the oil industry and not the people of Canada, to the detriment of all other Canadians, and now I’m thinking, so is Keith Baldrey. Maybe Keith should give up his job with GlobalTV, as a political correspondent and apply for a job with the oil industry, since they obviously own his opinion anyway.

One more thing Keith Baldrey, like Stephen Harper, has conveniently forgotten is that the Canadian government has Treaty obligations.

They must not just pretend to consult with First Nations communities; they must actually seek permission to conduct such activities on First Nations traditional lands, because I’m sure the Supreme Court won’t just dismiss those obligations, like Stephen Harper attempted to do.

I remember years ago, when the world price of crude was much higher than it is today, when it was determined that the extraction and processing of this tar sands bitumen was not worth the effort, so why today is it somehow more viable?

Could it be that the greedy oil barons from Texas have invested heavily in these tar sands, and they are actively lobbying the Canadian government to help them recoup their investments? It certainly isn’t to help Canadians with the costs at the pumps, because these same oil companies want this product to export to Asia, not to help lower the costs of living for Canadians.

Keith Baldrey should decide who he sells his opinion to: the highest bidder or the people who are responsible for making sure he has a job and gets a paycheque. In the end, it certainly won’t be some oil company owned and controlled from Texas.

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Caroline Pocrnic Not if it is in the line of their duties. They’ll probably say it is even if it isn’t, just like those trips they take.

Maxine Kennedy teed off at our mayor & council period!! bill smith Since NDP/BCA bought the last election with almost half a million dollars, and have no opposition to hold them accountable, they can do as they like. It’s nice to see that they are putting our ever increasing property taxes to ‘good’ use.

Burnaby’s investments close in on $1 billion Zarena Anne Yet still no homeless shelters! Burnaby continues to push it’s marginalized residents on to it’s neighbours like New Westminster, Coquitlam, Vancouver. Disgraceful David Ramsay The Canadian dollar dropped enough that it would have been better to leave it in an interest free account in the USA. Tina Edmundson that’s great! Now give us a property tax break.

Caroline Pocrnic Homeless shelter, which mayor doesn’t want but Burnaby needs.

Erik H. Vogel And maybe settle some contracts... bill smith Nice, but there are two points not addressed by this self-congratulatory spiel. One is why there is a surplus, and two, where did the money come from.

1. This surplus is a direct result of the business model used. Several decades ago, when there were opposition members in City Hall, a die-hard So-Cred councilor put for a financial model that resembled a prudent corporation.. it was adopted and from that time on, the surplus has been ever growing. BCA/NDP can take credit for not deviating from the model, but taking credit for its conception is reprehensible.

2. The near billion dollars came from over-taxation. Last year, corrigan was spouting off about about why property taxes need to be increased, and just last week, corrigan and some of his underlings were spouting off about how property taxes were too high and people were being forced to leave their homes. How’s that for duplicity?

The fact that the accrued over-taxation is generating revenue is unavailing.

Real estate prices are at a high point in their cycle and if there was ever a time not to over-tax, it is now... enough is enough.

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They shared the love for Valentine’s Day Cornelia Naylor

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If you’ve ever had a crappyValentine’s Day, you’re not alone.

Douglas College psychology student Jacquoline L. Martin had one when she first moved to B.C. from Ontario a couple years ago.

“I didn’t know anyone here,” she says. “I had no friends.”

She decided she could either drown her sorrows in a tub of ice cream or spend some time brightening other peoples’ day, so she went out to the nearest mall – Burnaby’s Lougheed Town Centre – bought 50 roses and handed them out to strangers.

“It probably looked super shifty to some people,” Mar-

tin says with a laugh.

But among the skeptics who asked what religious group she belonged to or how much the flowers cost were a few people who were simply touched.

She’s like, ‘This is really sweet of you. I really need this today.’

“There was this lady, and she had just broken up with her boyfriend,” Martin says.

“I gave her the rose and I also gave her a DisneyValentine’s Day card because I was giving those out as well, and she looked at me,

and she’s like, ‘This is really sweet of you. I really need this today.’”

That’s when Martin decided she wanted turn her Valentine’s Day gesture into an ongoing project.

ProjectValentine’s Day, now in its third year, was back Sunday, with Martin and about 35 volunteers handing out 300 flowers – carnations this time – at the NewWestminster SkyTrain station and inVancouver on the corner of Robson and Burrard streets.

They’ll be back at Lougheed Town Centre for Pink Shirt Day on Feb. 24 and Douglas College.

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#youareloved: Project Valentine’s Day volunteer Raymond Norton shares a carnation and a Valentine’s Day PHOTO greeting with a passing SkyTrain passenger at the New Westminster SkyTrain station Sunday.

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The federal NDP is pulling out of the National Energy Board review for the Kinder Morgan pipeline, even though the hearings are pretty much over.

New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian wrote to the NEB Thursday to officially withdraw from the process.

“Our expectation was the Liberals would keep their commitments and subject Kinder Morgan to a credible process,” Julian told the NOW. The Liberals recently announced changes for the

Kinder Morgan review, but the NEB’s hearing won’t change. Instead, the government is extending its own

It’s not really a new process at all; it’s just window dressing

timeline to deliberate on the project.There will also be more consultation with First Nations and an upstream greenhouse gas emissions review.

The changes were disap-

pointing to Julian, who said he was expecting a new process for the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

“It’s not really a new process at all; it’s just window dressing,” he said.

The final oral arguments for intervenors ended on Friday, Feb. 5 in Calgary.

The NDP was granted intervenor status, but the party chose not to make any final arguments.The NEB’s three-person panel reviewing the project has until May 20 to deliver its final recommendation to the federal government.

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Bridesmaids’ woes take centre stage Julie MacLellan LIVELY CITY

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Anyone who’s ever donned satin or taffeta to stand up next to a friend while she says her I Do’s will appreciate this one.

Metro Theatre is offering up 5WomenWearing the Same Dress, onstage Feb. 20 to March 12 – and Burnaby’s own Laura Luongo is one of the stars.

The play was written by Alan Ball (best known for his Academy Award for American Beauty and for creating the hit HBO series Six Feet Under) and tackles problems of the modern world through the eyes of five bridesmaids at a fancy Southern wedding.

“Throw together a mixed and mostly bitter party of five bridesmaids (in hideous dresses) and let them steal away from the reception to repeatedly dish the shallow bride and guests,” an outline explains. “With the help of a little booze and a little pot, initial venting about their current situation soon develops into tales of malaise about where they are in life and then more potent social commentary.”

Luongo stars alongside Yvette Benson, Michelle Weinbom, Christine Reinfort and Melanie Preston, with Devon Oakande providing the male presence as an usher who falls for one of the bridesmaids.

Metro Theatre is at 1370 Southwest Marine Dr.,Vancouver. Call 604-266-7191 or see www.metrotheatre. com.

ABSTRACT EMOTIONS An art student from Burnaby has his work on

In the arts: Abstract work by Burnaby student Franco Ferrari (at left, top and bottom) is on display in a solo exhibition at Vancouver’s Omega Gallery. Above, Laura Luongo of Burnaby (front centre) is one of the bridesmaids in 5 Women Wearing the Same Dress, a new production at Metro Theatre opening Feb. 20. PHOTOS CONTRIBUED

display in a solo exhibition at a Vancouver gallery.

Franco Ferrari, a 17-year-old Moscrop student, has a show underway at the Omega Gallery.

Rational Emotion features a collection of abstract art in which Franco’s goal is to capture the essence of the human spirit.

“These paintings are my thoughts,” he says in an artist statement. “They vary in colour, thickness and strokes. I express rage, loss, happiness, love, sadness … the human colour spectrum.”

Franco works to express the emotions that every person experiences as they move through life.

“Some things just make

us so angry or so in love that we can’t contain them,” he says. “That’s what I wanted to paint.”

Rational Emotion is on display until Feb. 23.

The Omega Gallery is at 4290 Dunbar St. in Vancouver, and it’s open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday.

Check out www.omega gallery.ca for details.

ARTY HELPERS WANTED Do you love art? The Burnaby Art Gallery is looking for volunteers to help lead school tours through the gallery.

The gallery is seeking “people with a passion for art, who are friendly and outgoing.” If that sounds like you, and if you have

daytime availability at least one day a week, then you may be just the right fit.

Extensive training and orientation are provided. If you’re interested, apply at www.myvolunteerpage.com or call 604-297-4414.

NORDIC FASHION REVEALED If you’re interested in Nordic cultures, here’s one for you.

The Scandinavian Community Centre is hosting Nordic Design 2016, a textiles and fashions exhibition, on Saturday, Feb. 27 and Sunday, Feb. 28.

The exhibition will explore textiles, costumes and fashions from five Nordic countries and from Viking

and Saami cultures. It’s on 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. by donation both days, with an opening reception and concert on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.There’s also a Saturday evening fashion show at 7 p.m. (tickets for the fashion show are $10).

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The SFU Philosophers’ Café series is tackling that very discussion in a session at the McGill branch of Burnaby Public Library on Tuesday, March 1.The discussion is set to run from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Annie Ross moderates, and everyone is welcome.

No registration is needed, and it’s free.

Check out www.bpl.bc.ca for more information.

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Entertainment now Do you wanna know a secret?

I’ve got a secret: Far left, Kahlil Ashanti, Nicolle Nattrass and Ming Hudson in PostSecret, returning to the Firehall Arts Centre stage Feb. 17 to March 5. Ashanti (at left), who’s a Burnaby resident, is the director this time out.

Theatrical work based on popular blog returns to stage

“I’m not into acting or theatre, but I feel I should receive an award for my performance in hiding my very severe depression and anxiety from nearly everyone who knows me.”

That handwritten postcard, complete with a photo of an Oscar statuette, is one of the new offerings on postsecret.com – a public art project website where people confess their secrets, anonymously, on homemade postcards.

The site has become a sensation since it started in 2005, inspiring a feature exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and six PostSecret books published by the Smithsonian Institute.

The show is an immersive, poignant journey

It has also inspired a stage adaptation, PostSecret:The Show – which made its Canadian premiere last year and is returning to Vancouver’s Firehall Arts Centre for another run, Feb. 17 to March 5.

Burnaby’s Kahlil Ashanti is a co-creator of the show and appeared in the original cast.This time out, Ashanti is the director, and the secrets are brought to life by Ming Hudson, Nicolle Nattrass and Sam S. Mullins.

“The show is an immersive, poignant journey through the humour and humanity of the personal stories we keep to ourselves and, on rare occasions, share with others,” a press release says. “Projected images, videos, three actors and a guitarist guide the audience through crowdsourced narratives revealing the true stories behind the secrets.”

Firehall Arts Centre is at 280 East Cordova St. See firehallartscentre.ca.

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Love a good mystery?

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Have you exhausted your Agatha Christie collection?

Looking for some new mystery titles to read?

Tuesday, Feb. 23 is librarians’ choice at the McGill branch, where local librarians will cover a list of their favourite, fast-paced mystery novels.

The event runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m., and McGill is at 4595 Albert St. Refreshments will be served.

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TEEN PHILOSOPHERS SFU and the Burnaby Public Library are teaming up to offer a new series of Philosophers Cafés exclusively for teens.

The sessions take place on the last Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Metrotown library branch, at 6100 Willingdon Ave. The Feb. 25 session is on breaking promises, while the April 28 talk is on jealousy.

The March 31 event is on loyalty versus honesty, and the May 26 discussion is on privacy.

Michael Picard, a philosophy instructor at SFU and Douglas College, is

CAREGIVERS’ EXPO Burnaby Seniors’ Outreach Services Society is hosting an expo for unpaid caregivers on Saturday, Feb. 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Holiday Inn at Metrotown.

The event features more than 20 exhibitors showcasing various kinds of support for people taking care of loved ones.

The hotel is at 4405 Central Blvd. B.C. seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie will be the guest speaker.

Do you have an item for Here & Now? Send ideas to Jennifer, jmoreau@burnaby now.com.

SFU students earn honours in Venture Prize competition An SFU chemistry student is behind this year’s winner of the Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize competition, which annually recognizes entrepreneurial excellence among SFU undergraduate, graduate and professional program students.

This year’s winner of $3,500 in cash and a bundle of legal, accounting and digital services worth more than $40,000 is Ionomr,

maker of aemion, a highperformance polymer for clean-tech energy and purification systems.

The venture was founded by SFU chemistry PhD candidate Benjamin Britton.

Second place went to Ophthalight Digital Solutions Inc., inventors of O-Glass, a portable, automated eye-test device for diagnosing and monitoring optic neuropathy, glaucoma and diabetes.

Ophthalight was co-found-

ed by Dr. Amir Vejdani and SFU post-doctoral fellow and mechatronic engineering PhD gradYaser Roshan.

The Idea Prize went to Jorge Hoyos and Chris Blachut, makers of Heilu, a whole food powdered protein made with black soldier fly larvae that allows consumers to eat nutritiously, ethically, sustainably and affordably.

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Future business leaders face off in competition Cornelia Naylor CLASS ACT

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Nearly 50 aspiring business leaders from four Burnaby high schools faced off in a student-driven contest of marketing ingenuity at Burnaby Central Secondary last month.

The Beyond Burnaby Business Competition saw teams from Central, Burnaby North, Burnaby Mountain and Moscrop compete in marketing contests, including a case study that challenged teams to come up with a better way to market the Microsoft Band smartwatch and a Dragon’s Den-inspired component for which teams were asked to pick items (rubber bands, chopsticks, paperclips, etc.) from a list and create a product to pitch to a panel of business professional judges from Langara College, UBC and local businesses.

Organized by a group of students from Burnaby Central, the inaugural event was dominated by two

teams from Burnaby North who captured first and second place. Central came in third.

“What we’re really trying to do is to educate and get students prepared and interested in business,” said Central Grade 12 student James Kan, the event’s director.

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY Burnaby schools will mark International Mother Language Day for the first time this month after the school board unanimously approved a motion last month to annually recognize the day.

The board adopted the motion after a presentation by Iqbal Bhuiyan of the Mother Languages of the World Society B.C. International Mother Language Day, Feb. 21, was proclaimed by UNESCO in 1999. It has its roots in the conflict between West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and the struggle of Bengali speakers in East Pakistan to retain language rights.

Celebrate at the Diamond Ball The Burnaby Neighbourhood House’s Diamond Ball Gala is coming up this month.

The annual fundraiser is set for Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Firefighters Banquet and Conference Centre. Cocktails are served at 6 p.m., dinner starts at 7 p.m., and dancing is at 9:30 p.m.

There will be a prize draw for a $6,000 diamond.This year’s diamond was donated by Vancouver Diamonds’ Josh Raber, after he heard the original prize diamond

was stolen from the group’s office in January.

Tickets for the gala are $100 each, while a table of 10 goes for $900. Proceeds go to the neighbourhood house, which runs a variety of programs to help build community and connect neighbours.

The Firefighters Banquet and Conference Centre is at 6515 Bonsor Ave. For tickets, see burnaby nh.ca.

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“Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye,” Bhuiyan told trustees.

“A different language is a different vision of life.”

Burnaby is the fourth school district in B.C. to recognize the day after Surrey,Vancouver and Richmond.

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Secondary School grad Grace Xiao has been awarded a two-year, $100,000 fellowship to improve a social networking site for scientists she cofounded with a fellow Harvard student.

Kynplex is a social network for scientists and a place for venture capitalists to find cutting-edge ideas with money-making potential. More than 600 labs,

mostly from Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, are already on the platform, which is free for now, and Xiao expects eventually to sell subscriptions to companies that want to browse for potential business partners in the sciences.

The project earned Xiao and cofounder Raul Jordan a Thiel Fellowship to commercialize their idea

with help from the Thiel Foundation, a community of engineering, marketing and design experts founded

by Peter Thiel, the founder of PayPal. Xiao, a neurobiology student at Harvard, will put her studies on hold and move to San Francisco to develop and monetize Kynplex.

Send news from local schools to Cornelia, cnaylor@ burnabynow.com.

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New program helps fill some child-care gaps Julie MacLellan FAMILY TIES

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Every parent knows how hard it can be to find child care – especially if you don’t need it on a full-time basis.

Burnaby Family Life is offering up a new occasional child-care service, and parents are invited to drop in any Friday in February to check it out.

The McKercher Occasional Child Care centre will offer flexible hourly child care for kids aged 18 months to five years, with spots available on a firstcome, first-served basis (up to 40 hours per month per child).

It runs Fridays 12:30 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays 8:30 to 6 p.m., and the service will start March 4.

In the meantime, you can check it out by dropping in to 6140 McKercher Ave on Fridays in February (Feb. 19 and 26) anytime between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

See www.burnabyfamily life.org for more details.

LEGO LOVERS, UNITE Got a little Lego lover in the house?

Kids aged five to 12 are invited out to take part in a Pro-D Day Lego Club at the Metrotown branch of Burnaby Public Library, this Friday (Feb. 19) from 1 to 3 p.m.

Moms and dads can join in the fun, too – you can all get your hands on the library’s extensive Lego collection and build to your hearts’ content.

Moms and dads can join in the fun, too No registration is needed, but drop in early since space is limited. Adults must accompany kids under 10.

The library is at 6100 Willingdon Ave. Check out www.bpl.bc.ca/events for details.

CHESS CLUB SET Whether your son or

daughter is the next Bobby Fischer or whether they’re just learning to play chess, here’s one they may enjoy.

Kids aged six to 12 are invited to join in the Kids’ Chess Club at the Metrotown branch of Burnaby Public Library.

Informal chess games are facilitated by Curtis Lister of the Burnaby Junior Chess Club. It’s a drop-in program, and no registration is needed, but space is limited.

The next club session is Saturday, Feb. 20 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the library, 6100 Willingdon Ave. Check out www.bpl. bc.ca/events for details.

It will look at ways to build on what parents already do and offering up parental resources, such as websites and blogs.

Check out www.burnaby dpac.com for more information or to register.

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Check out www.burnaby nh.ca/north-burnaby-office/ for all the details.

DROP-INS FOR FAMILIES Looking for places to take your small people on these rainy winter days?

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The evening will look at what parents already do and what they can do to encourage social emotional skills with their children at home.

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Burnaby Family Life is offering an ongoing support group for single mothers, giving single moms a chance to meet each other, connect with resources and share their stories.The group meets Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and child care is available.

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Sinclair moves into 2nd Canadian striker leads charge in 6-0 CONCACAF win

Eyeing the hoop: The Burnaby South Rebels’ Jusef Sehic, No. 23, prepares to shoot while Byrne Creek’s Bithow Wan, in blue, puts up a block during last Thursday’s BurnabyNew Westminster senior boys playoff final. The Byrne Creek Bulldogs handed the Rebels their first league-opponent loss in the playoff final, pulling out a 63-56 victory. Byrne Creek launches the Lower Mainland AAA tournament at home today (7:30 p.m. Wednesday), playing the winner of McNair and John Oliver. Burnaby South, meanwhile, ramps it up for a Lower Mainland AAAA berth to the provincials, having hosted Eric Hamber yesterday (past NOW deadline). Full schedules of all the local teams involved can be found at www.bcboysbasketball.com. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

Playoffs present new test for Steelers

Grandview hopes to reel in Sockeyes with disciplined effort over best-of-seven series Dan Olson

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Aldo Bruno has what Jim Benning can only hope for — a playoff date.

The Grandview Steelers launch the Pacific Junior B Hockey League playoffs tonight (Wednesday), 7:15 p.m. at the Burnaby Winter Club, in a best-of-seven against the Richmond Sockeyes.

Considering their results this year, hockey fans should expect long nights and a long series.

“It’s going to be a tough round.

Playing them was hard all year with five of six games going to overtime,” said Bruno, who wears both the head coach and general manager hats for Burnaby-based Grandview.

One of those results was played out Sunday, when the Steelers couldn’t make a 4-3 lead stick, falling 5-4 in overtime at home.

That result could be telling, or it could be just part of a wipedclean slate -- considering Grandview dressed five affiliated players to rest a handful of regulars.

The Steelers had already locked up second place in the Tom Shaw Conference at 23-16-2-3, while the Sockeyes needed a win Sunday to secure third place, two points better than Delta.

Richmond outshot Grandview 41-27 on the night, including 6-0

in extra time, which ended when “We’ve got to force them into top point-getter despite contributSamuel Atkins buried the puck taking penalties, but they are a ing just a goal and six assists since past Spencer Kozlowski 3:40 into very disciplined team,” said Brucoming over from Ridge Meadthe extra frame. no. ows six weeks ago.

Two days earlier, the Steelers As for the Steelers offence, Bru“Adam’s dealt with some injufell 5-4 to Ridge Meadows in anno hopes a few of the top snipries and a suspension but I think other back-anders re-emerge out he’ll be fine for us,” noted the forth contest. of their shells after coach. “Jake finally began to feel All these close I doubt this is a prolonged slumps comfortable. I think we’ve found games highlight the past two a good line for him.” series that will over how tight the months.

The series continues Thursday, league is this seaAdam Rota, 7 p.m. at the Richmond Arena, finish quickly. son, but the playwho scored his where it returns for Game 3 on offs will provide 16th goal of the Saturday. Game 4 goes Sunday, 4 the one chance to season on Sunp.m. at the Burnaby Winter Club. really put some disday, had gone five Games 5, 6 and 7 will be played tance between your opposition, weeks between goals. Jake HolFeb. 24 in Burnaby, Feb. 25 in said Bruno. land, meanwhile, ended up tied Richmond and Feb. 28 in Burna“For us, the goal was to finish with Timothy Chow as the team’s by, if necessary. top-three and we did that, getting home-ice advantage (in the first round),” he said. “I doubt this is a series that will finish quickly.”

The Burnaby Central Wildcats went into the senior girls AAA Lower A key is getting a strong perforMainlands looking for a bounce. mance from Cole MacInnes, the The scrappy No. 3 team from the Burnaby-New West league got it in team’s No. 1 netminder who Bruthe opener, but took a hit Monday night. no said will carry the ball.

In their second Lower Mainland test, the Wildcats were trumped 77“He’s a 20-year-old and we’ll 27 by league rival New Westminster, putting Central on a must-win give him the opportunity to run track yesterday (past NOW deadline) against Kitsilano. with it. Cole has played real well Earlier, Burnaby Central disposed of Killarney 70-64 on the weekend this season, but we need everyone to kick off the 12-team tournament. playing well.”

Powered by a 38-point effort from Jennifer Mascardo and 18 from The defence, led by 20-year-old Karis Ducharme, the Wildcats shook off an early deficit to grab a nineLucas Mercer and Kristofor Zlopoint advantage at the half. But Killarney closed the gap to four points mislic, will attempt to contain the in the fourth, thanks to a 36-point game from Rebecca Portillo.

Sockeyes’ balanced attack, while “I give (Killarney) credit.They won the energy war... But a win’s a Grandview hopes to use its edge win.We finished the game strong,” ‘Cats coach Chris Ducharme said. in specialty teams to control the In other first round action, Burnaby Mountain bested Kits 38-29. series.

Wildcats in tough spot

The Canadian women’s soccer team put themselves in a very strong position to move on to the CONCACAF women’s Olympic qualifying semifinals, thanks to an impressive 6-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago last week in Group B action.

In the process, Burnaby native Christine Sinclair became the second all-time scorer in international women’s soccer.

Goals by Diana Matheson, off a strong run in the 24th minute, and Melissa Tancredi gave Canada a 2-0 lead at halftime.

Sinclair, who didn’t start the game, entered midway through the second half and two minutes later cashed in her 159th international goal, surpassing American Mia Hamm for second all-time.

It sparked a run of goals for the Red-and-White, as Kadeisha Buchanan (67’), Janine Beckie (76’), and Jessie Fleming (80’) wrapped up the offence.

“It’s an incredible honour,” said Sinclair after the match. “But it’s so nice to get it off my back. I had a couple of games without scoring a goal and it was weighing on me a little bit, so it’s nice to get it out of the way and allow myself, and the team, to focus on our goal for this tournament, which is to qualify for the Olympics.”

Matheson, who wore the captain’s armband in Sinclair’s absence to start the game, noted the achievement, which came in the veteran’s 234th cap, is a fitting tribute to the Canadian leader.

“It’s kind of surreal to be able to say I’ve played with her all these years,” said Matheson, reflecting on Sinclair’s milestone goal. “We grew up watching Mia Hamm, and she was just so big and such an amazing player, and now Christine’s passed her and I have no doubt she is going to pass Abby (Wambach) eventually as well.

“For a country like Canada, that doesn’t play as many games, doesn’t beat teams eight or ten nothing usually, for her to score that many goals over the years is just an incredible accomplishment. It’s pretty unbelievable what she’s done.”

Sinclair said the focus remains on securing a berth to Rio. “Heading into the group stage this was our goal, to win our first two games handily,” she said.

“We’ve got great depth on this team and we’ll be able to rest some players through all three games, so come the semi-finals, whoever we play, we will be as fresh as possible.”

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Hyacks top jr. girls final

The New Westminster Hyacks corralled the Burnaby-New West junior girls championship title with a 48-28 victory over the Burnaby South Rebels last week.

Up against a two-three defence, New West found little space to maneuver but prevailed using a full-court press.

Devin Strome scored 24 points, pulled down 15 rebounds and added three blocks. Grace Fetherstonaugh contributed six points, six assists and four rebounds and led the shutdown of Burnaby South’s top player.

They advanced to the final off the strength of a dominating 61-6 triumph over Moscrop. Five players hit double digits, led by Tianna Gordon’s 16 points. Khadija Allen and Julianne Ritson each scored 11, while Kaylee Colville and Strome chipped in 10 apiece.

The Rebels delivered a 30-25 upset of No. 2-seed Burnaby North in its semifinal.

Finishing third in the six-team playoffs was Burnaby North, who defeated Moscrop 60-16.

Joining Fetherstonaugh and Strome on the allstar team were Burnaby South’s Krysta Tayag and Sara Wong, Burnaby North’s Morgan Chow, and Maddy Richardson of Moscrop.

The top three teams now turn their focus to the Vancouver and District championships, which began Tuesday in New West. No. 3-seed Burnaby North played Cambie of Richmond, while Burnaby South took on Richmond Christian.Today (Wednesday, 6 p.m.), New West takes on the winner of Richmond and Seycove.

Full circle: Burnaby-New West under-14 ringette’s Ratana Wang, right, tries to corral a pass to get a shot on the Surrey-White Rock net during last week’s provincial qualifier game at Burnaby Lake. Despite a standout performance from the Surrey-White Rock netminder, Rosa Warkentin and Wang scored two goals apiece, while Caleb Cho and Orianna Lui counted a goal and two assists each in Burnaby-New West’s 6-1 victory. The two teams will meet next week to complete the league schedule. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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UP TO

38%

Plum-M-Good Organic Rice Cakes

assorted varieties

340-454g product of Canada

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Happy Planet Soup

33% 8.49 8.99

Olympic Krema Greek or Chia Yogurt

Rizopia Brown Rice Pasta

Regular Retail Price

UP TO

500-600g • product of Canada

6.99 24.99

UP TO

1.00 off

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assorted varieties

assorted sizes product of BC

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1L • product of USA

41% 2/7.98

Armstrong Cheese

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

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UP TO

37% 3/6.99

UP TO

2L product of Canada

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Choices’ Own Wild Salmon Entrees, Salads, Wraps and Bagels

Pacific Foods Organic Soup

skim, 1, 2, or 3.8%

assorted varieties

SAVE

SAVE

5.99lb/ 13.21kg

9.99lb/ 22.02kg

DELI

Stahlbush Island Farms Frozen Vegetables

UP TO

Canadian Beef Stewing Meat

value pack

GROCERY

SAVE

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

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