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By Cornelia Naylor

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Students from the B.C. Provincial School for the Deaf will put their signing skills to the test south of the border this month during their first ever trip to the Flying Hands ASL Literature Competition in Vancouver,Washington.

Nine students – some from BCPSD’s elementary program at South Slope Elementary and some from the secondary program at Burnaby South – will join students from deaf schools in Oregon and Washington on March 10 to compete in three categories: deaf poetry, deaf story and deaf art.

Besides honing their ASL skills, the trip gives local students a chance to broaden their horizons in other ways as well, according to ASL teacher Jennifer Zuvic, BCPSD’s head teacher at South Slope.

“We have so few deaf people here,” she told the NOW through an interpreter, “and so I think it’s an amazing opportunity for the deaf students to be able to go to a different deaf school, meet other kids their age and socialize and have an opportunity to kind of make their world a little bit bigger.”

Making new friends was high on the students’ lists of what they were looking forward to on the three-day trip, which will include overnight stays in the dorms at the Washington School for the Deaf.

“I’m excited to sign my story and have people see me signing and to do a good job

SIGNING UP FOR FUN: Students and staff at the B.C. Provincial School for the Deaf pose for a photo at South Slope Elementary. The group, along with BCPSD high school students from Burnaby South Secondary travel to Washington this month for an ASL literature competition. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR and meet new friends from America and other deaf people,” Grade 7 student Bella Aikin said.

“It’s my first time going to another deaf school, so I’m excited to go there,” said Grade 5 student Angus Lemaitre, “and we’re going from three whole days.”

“I’m really curious about what the school’s like,” said Grade 6 student Madison Edney.

It’s the first time BCPSD has made the trip, but Terry Maloney, vice-principal for the Provincial Outreach Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing would like it to become an annual thing.

“Hearing schools have speech competitions that they do,” he said.

“They have drama presentations and sports and things that they do every year, but deaf people don’t have those same op-

portunities.We don’t have to same kinds of extra-curricular opportunities.

“I think it would be really great for our deaf kids to be able to go and meet other deaf people together, the same way their hearing counterparts do.”

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RCMP looking for two Good Samaritans

By Jeremy Deutsch

jdeutsch@burnabynow.com

They were two Good Samaritans that apparently helped a woman after an abduction attempt of her young child, and now Burn-

aby Mounties want to speak to them.

Burnaby RCMP are appealing to the two men who aided the victim following the alleged abduction attempt on Jan. 17 to come forward.

At 4:30 p.m. that day, Burnaby RCMP were called to a “suspicious circumstance” that may have been an attempted abduction of an 18-month-old baby at Lougheed Town Centre SkyTrain station.

Nobody was injured during the incident, and the suspect fled on foot.

The victim stated that she asked two men to walk her home, and they walked with her a short distance along Austin Avenue.

“We are currently wishing to speak with the two Good Samaritans who assisted the victim,” said RCMP Cpl. Daniela Panesar in a statement. “It is heartwarming to know that these two individuals came forward to

help this woman in distress, and we would now like to speak to them in the hope that they can assist us with the investigation.

Meanwhile, she noted police continue to investigate Continued on page 8

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Petition grows against puppy, kitten sales But pet store owner defends his business, and the city has no current plan to extend its bylaw to include anything beyond turtles

By Jeremy Deutsch

jdeutsch@burnabynow.com

It’s the middle of the afternoon on Monday, and a steady stream of people stop to check out the display cases of puppies at the back of the Pet Habitat store in Metrotown.

There’s a white pekinese busy swatting at the ribbons of paper, while below a bichon frise naps in the corner of the case.

They’re just some of the puppies and kittens for sale at the Burnaby pet store.

The days of buying the family pet in the mall, however, could be numbered, if the woman behind a new petition has her way.

Last fall, Jordyn Croft started collecting signatures for a petition to ban the sales of puppies and kittens at pet stores in Burnaby.

She collected 270 signatures but said nothing happened when she gave it to the city.

So Croft, who said she

was inspired to start the petition after vising the pet store last spring, started a new petition recently; one she hopes will finally get her in front of city council.

“My end goal is for the City of Burnaby to create a bylaw against selling puppies and kittens in pet stores just like other cities have done,” she told the NOW. Croft’s argument is that selling puppies and kittens at pet stores only furthers the puppy mill business.

“I just don’t think the conditions the puppies are being sold in is adequate, and it diminishes their quality of life, and there is no way to improve it unless you remove them from that setting,” she said.

Puppy mills have become a big issue in the region, after two recent high-profile investigations by the B.C. SPCA. In two separate cases last month, dozens of dogs and cats were seized from breeders in Langley

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Puppies are enclosed in glass-fronted cages at Pet Habitat, as they are viewed by prospective buyers. A petition is calling for the city to ban the sale of kittens and puppies in pet stores in Burnaby. PHOTO JENNIFER MOREAU

and Surrey.

Shortly after, Premier Christy Clark announced new regulations for cat and dog breeders. But the owner of the Pet Habitat store in Metrotown can’t understand why he’s being targeted.

Ernest Ang started the Pet Habitat chain nearly 40 years ago, and he supports the new rules from province to crack down on

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Fire damages church It could have been a lot worse after a fire broke out at a Burnaby church late Monday night.

Burnaby firefighters were called out to Our Lady of Mercy Parish on 10th Avenue just before midnight to battle a blaze that started at the altar in the church.

When crews arrived, they discovered one of the priests was still inside trying to put out the flames.

He was quickly helped out by firefighters.

“Upon our arrival our crews went straight into rescue mode and found him and pulled him out and then did our job after that,” said Burnaby assistant fire Chief Rick Weir, adding the fire had the potential to be much worse.

Fortunately, crews quickly put out the flames, which

resulted in little damage.

The priest was uninjured in the incident.

Fire investigators believe the blaze was accidentally started by a lit candle around the altar.Weir noted

the candles were lit around a casket that was prepared for a funeral the next day.

The casket was also not damaged in the fire.

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Mopping up: Fire crews doused a church fire late Monday night.

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shady breeders. He insists all the animals at his store are well taken care of and come from legitimate breeders out of the U.S. Ang, who noted he is a pet lover with two family dogs, said he’s transparent about where the animals come from, offering the NOW a tour of the store and to give his side of the story.

“We have to agree not all pet stores are equal,” he

said, adding his store goes beyond Burnaby’s regulations. “Come in here take a look what we’re doing. Is it positive to the community or is it something negative?”

The documents he provided to the NOW show he gets his puppies through the Hunte Corporation, a U.S.based company.

Ang estimated the store sells 15 kittens a month and another 25 to 30 pup-

pies at a cost starting at about $1,000. If the store is banned from selling the animals, he said it would likely put an end to the business that employs 20 people.

“I think the consumer should be given the freedom of choice,” he said.

Ang also said he’s willing to work with Croft but believes her efforts are misplaced.

Continued on page 4

Burnaby Mountie facing impaired driving charges

By Jeremy Deutsch

jdeutsch@burnabynow.com

A Burnaby Mountie has been charged with impaired driving.

On Friday, Burnaby RCMP issued a release noting that Const. Paul Pabla, an officer at the detachment, is facing two charges of impaired driving relating to two off-duty incidents.

The officer is scheduled to appear in Surrey provincial court on March 3 and March 10.

The short press release did not provide any details about the officer or the incidents that led to the charges, including a date.

“Given the matters are before the court, no further comment will be provided at this time,” said Burnaby RCMP Supt. Dave Critch-

ley in a statement.

The RCMP did note Pabla is currently suspended from duty and code of conduct investigations are also taking place.

A search of court records, however, shows Pabla is facing five counts in total, including impaired driving and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle from an incident on Sept. 17, 2015 and impaired driving, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a sample on Oct. 12.

The charges were sworn on Feb. 22.

It’s not the first time Pabla has been in trouble with his employer.

Const. Pabla was docked six days’ pay for uttering sexually explicit insults at a woman who stole his parking spot at a Langley mall

back on NewYear’s Eve 2011.

Pabla was waiting for a parking spot to open with his turn signal on when Jessica Olive took the space.

Pabla ended up parking a short distance away, and as he walked toward the mall entrance, he told Olive that he had been waiting for the spot and an argument ensued, noted the agreed statement of facts from an adjudication report from 2014.

The statement continues with several sexually explicit comments from Pabla, to which Olive kicked him in the leg and knee and hit him with her purse. As they walked toward the mall entrance, Olive told him to stop following her and Continued on page 8

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Puppy sales under fire again Continued from page 3 The two met recently after Croft protested in front of the store, but it did little to change her mind.

“This is a cause I’m really passionate about,” she said, adding she hopes to collect 500 signatures on the petition and appear as a delegation in front of city council. “I’m not trying to say the employees or the owner at Pet Habitat aren’t animal lovers like I am, but I think the business aspect is their top priority, where I’m focused on the animals’ wellbeing.”

That’s also the argument made by Kathy Powelson, the executive director of Paws for Hope Animal Foundation.

She claims the Hunte Corporation gets its puppies from commercial breeding facilities, which are essentially puppy mills.

“The claim that they are not coming from puppy mills is absolutely false, and it’s very misleading to consumers,” Powelson said.

That is not where we should be getting puppies from.

While the animals may be inspected by the USDA, she suggested the claim that the kennels have no problems is untrue, noting a partner organization in one case of a puppy had uncovered documentation that a kennel was in violation.

Powelson said the number one goal of commercial breeders is profit, which comes at the expense of the parents and puppies being bred.

“That is not where we should be getting puppies from,” she said, adding puppy mill dogs are often sick and have behavioural problems and the practice has an impact on the existing homeless animal problem.

Powelson said she doesn’t understand why the city won’t bring in a ban, suggesting the only people opposed are the owner.

A different online petition on change.org calling for a ban, that started last April, has more than 22,000 signatures.

The city confirmed it had received a complaint from Croft, which was passed along to the Burnaby SPCA

for investigation.

Dan Layng, the city’s chief licence inspector, couldn’t comment on the specific investigation but noted the city through the SPCA does regular inspections of stores that sell animals.

He said the city wouldn’t make a decision on the next steps until the investigation is complete.

In 2013, the city amended its animal control bylaw, banning the sale of turtles

but continued to allow the sale of puppies, kittens and sterilized rabbits.

The entire issue could very well end up in front of city council once again. And if so, Croft’s cause would have the support of at least one city councillor.

Coun. Sav Dhaliwal said he’s unaware of the petition and complaint, but he would support a review of the bylaw if the SPCA investigation turns up any violations.

He argued puppy mills are the symptom of what happens when the animals are mass produced and sold, adding the pet stores can also lead to impulse buying.

“There’s no need to have them sold in the store. I certainly haven’t changed my position on that,” he said, adding he would support a ban.

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Residents not keen on Lougheed plans Jeremy Deutsch

What’s in the plan?

The Lougheed Town Centre plan includes seven “unique” neighbourhood precincts that will be connected to one another with a network of pedestrian and bicycle-friendly streets and public open spaces, according to a staff report.

Some other highlights of the plan: ! Austin Road would become a vibrant, pedestrian high street, according to the report, and North Road would be a landscaped retail street. Cameron Street would be a mixed-use area with retail shops and townhouses. ! Other plans include a grand promenade connecting Cameron Street to a transit plaza. The promenade would be the main outdoor shop-

ti said.

But a number of residents in the area, many of whom live in highrises on Cameron Street, spoke out against the plan.

Specifically, some expressed concern about the loss of views from the new towers and increased traffic from the development.

MikeYoung, a resident who lives in the area, argued the project will increase traffic and noise in the vicinity.

“We were here first and we should receive consideration on matters such as these,” he said.

Young said he’s in favour of modernizing and creating a town centre but added the project doesn’t have to look like Metrotown or Brentwood.

The city’s director of planning, Lou Pelletier also recommended businesses in

ping destination. ! A new area, Cross Creek, would be an east-west connector and a pedestrianfriendly thoroughfare. ! A pedestrian spine would be a weather-protected shopping area, while Bartlett Court on the western side of the property would primarily be a residential street. ! A large park and urban plaza space would be at the heart of the Lougheed site, the report stated. ! Other public spaces include the transit plaza; Creekside, which pays homage to Lost Creek; pocket parks along North Road; the Cochrane Steps from North Road to the grand promenade; and Lougheed Highway.

the mall contact the owner, Shape Properties, about relocation plans.

“I’m sure they don’t want to lose businesses through this process,” he said. “As the mall redevelops, they’re looking for opportunities to accommodate and grow new businesses on the site,” he said.

Following the public input, council asked staff to come back with a report to respond to the issues brought up at the hearing.

Mayor Derek Corrigan said he’s not surprised some people in the area are worried about the impact of development on their lifestyle, but he suggested the region will be welcoming a million new people in the next couple decades and higher density is the only way to accommodate the influx.

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There is little doubt the vision for the new Lougheed Town Centre will transform the neighbourhood for decades to come, but whether it’s for better or worse depends on who you ask.

Last week, residents filled the council chamber for a rezoning public hearing on the Lougheed Town Centre core area master plan.

The public hearing was an opportunity for residents to learn more about the massive project and offer an opinion.

The plan is to redevelop the Lougheed mall and area into something similar to the Brentwood Town Centre that will include 30 new highrise towers built over a 30-year span.

The first phase of the project, set for the corner of Austin and North roads on an existing parking lot, is expected to happen within the next four to five years.

In all, the plan calls for more than 10,000 housing units in the area.

At the public hearing, the reaction to the master plan was mixed. Several business owners spoke in favour of the project, including the North Road Business Improvement Association’s executive director Carolyn Orazietti.

She told council the BIA believes the plan will transform the “tired area” into a vibrant town centre that will attract new residents, shoppers, and bring economic benefits to new and existing businesses.

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Hiding ‘bad’ news just erodes trust Friday afternoons or in midst of major events are known in the PR business as time to “take out the trash.”

If you have to ’fess up about something or release a damning report, it’s best to do it when you’ve got the best chance of keeping it out of the news cycle.

That’s precisely what happened when the premier’s office intervened to make sure the provincial government’s response to a

troubling report on a teen who was failed by the social safety net was released at 3 p.m. on the day of the federal election.

We know this only thanks to emails obtained through freedom of information requests filed by local freelance journalist Bob Mackin.

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.’s children’s advocate, called it a case of “cynical calculation,” and we must agree.

This wasn’t a report about a small government faux pas or item of negligible interest. It was about a young aboriginal teen known as Paige who spent most of her life getting shuffled around various types of government care before she aged out of the system and died of an overdose.

The way the province handled the issue highlights the deeply self-interested way our politicians and their staff go about our official

business.While strategizing how to spin news is as old as politics itself, the practice has been elevated to a dark art form in the last decade.

We live in a perpetual election campaign.

Public institutions send out oodles of “good news” press releases but try to slip the unflattering ones through on busy days – or, alternatively, post them on their websites, hoping journalists won’t bother to check them out.

This is particularly troubling with organizations such as the RCMP.When they’re looking for the public’s help, we are, like most members of the media, keen to help keep the public safe. But when the RCMP has some less than stellar news about one of their own members, that news is not exactly flagged.The latest case in point is the story on page 3 of today’s paper, where a local officer has been charged with impaired

driving. Needless to say, there was no press release sent our way on that one.

Transparency equals credibility. And transparency, when you are responsible for lives and liberty, is essential in earning and keeping the public’s trust.

The provincial government has seriously eroded that trust – let’s hope other institutions don’t follow that example and consider it a good practice.

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Budget shows generation gap One of the more provocative reactions to the B.C. Liberal government’s latest budget didn’t come from one of the usual suspects – industry associations, unions or various interest groups – but from an organization trying to sound the alarm bell when it comes to helping younger people.

And part of that reaction zeroed in on B.C.’s escalating health-care spending. It wasn’t a call for even more spending (the usual reaction one hears all the time when it comes to health care) but quite the opposite in fact.

It came from University of B.C. professor Paul Kershaw, the founder of the Generation Squeeze Campaign, which is trying to make what it calls the “generational spending gap” an important issue in advance of the next election.

Kershaw noted that a half billion dollars will be added to the health care system in the coming year, followed by similar annual increases in future years. In the government’s three-year fiscal plan, health-care spending is projected to climb a whopping $1.5 billion over that period.

That is a staggering amount of money, yet this huge increase barely gets even mentioned anymore.

To put this kind of spending escalation in context, the funding lift for health will be about 10 times that of new money being put into the education system. It is about eight times as much as additional funding for social services, and almost 15 times

greater than the projected increase for children and families.

Kershaw argues this gargantuan annual increase in health-care funding is not only unsustainable, but that it soaks up money that could be used to assist a sector of society that is being left behind in increasing fashion on many fronts: young people.

Kershaw says young working adults today earn, on average, $9,000 less than the same demographic did in 1976.When you throw in the fact that housing has become almost unaffordable in many areas of the province, the result is approaching crisis proportions.

The latest government budget took some steps to assist younger people in accessing housing, but likely not many of them at the end of the day. And while there was a significant funding lift for social services, it likely won’t impact young people simply trying to start a career or trying to afford a home.

Kershaw laments that neither of B.C.’s two main parties show much differences on spending priorities, chiefly because both support the idea of giving huge funding increases to health care, which leaves little for other things. We’ll know next spring, in time for the provincial election, whether his calls for a big rethink on budget priorities will resonate or be ignored.

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Dear Editor If, according to deputy fire chief Chris Bowcock, Kinder Morgan is in contravention of city bylaws for their lack of fire pre-plans, perhaps the City of Burnaby’s fire department should do their job and be proactive in following up. Or, as the 2004 Fire Services Bylaw states (Section 24 (3) (b): “A pre-incident plan shall be filed by the owner of the premises for which it is required not later than 60 days after any alterations to the premises that affect the pre-incident plan or change of occupancy of the premises or any part thereof,” a pre-plan is not yet completed because the premises or change of occupancy are not yet in effect?

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City letting us down Dear Editor Mr. Corrigan and council, before the next election, need to explain how they have fulfilled the glowing promises issued after the previous election and found in the City of Burnaby InfoBurnaby winter 2015 issue.

“As a council you have trusted us to work with you to lead Burnaby toward achievement of the goals that you have helped to set. I promise you – and all Burnaby citizens – that we will not let you down. Together, we will ensure that Burnaby remains a shining example of a city that respects all viewpoints, embraces the unique and invaluable diversity of it citizens, and stays focused on efficiency as we create new programs, developments and initiatives in our exciting welcoming and economically stable community.”

I do not think that mayor and council are respecting all viewpoints, and they are letting the citizens down. The rationale for their actions are that they are fulfilling a plan developed 20 years ago that “we all determined” would be the creation of Metrotown, Lougheed Town Centre, Edmonds and Brentwood redevelopment. And the major purpose of this redevelopment was “to keep green space at 25 per cent and protecting single family neighbourhoods.” The redevelopment encroaches into and sacrifices single-family neighbourhoods, making their footprint smaller, and defeats their own purposeful objective.

Frank Mesich, Burnaby

Time is now for LNG Dear Editor Re: Are you lobbying for the oil industry now?, Inbox, Burnaby NOW, Feb. 17.

Thank goodness we have political commentators as unbiased as Keith Baldrey. The reason this is a political issue is because of left-wing social justice warrior groups making it political. Wayne: Can you please tell us what your answer is for the 100,000 recently put out of work, in Alberta?

I know you keep thinking PM Selfie with his unicorns and sunshine Agenda 21 team are going to save the day. Well, they aren’t. LNG is more viable now than ever. Why? Because the price is low. If we get some terminals built and get the gas flowing, when the price goes up this government will look like geniuses.

Can you fill us in on your views as to replacing $260 billion that the oil and gas industry puts into government coffers? Windmills and solar panels? Good one!

Paul Kurbis, by email

JohnCHunter Karl Perrin’s claim that the Kinder Morgan pipeline project will exacerbate greenhouse gas emissions (“GHGs”) is based on fantasy, not logic and science.

His thesis assumes that if Canadians refuse to sell bitumen to – for example – China, the Chinese will not buy the commodity elsewhere. This is a ridiculous assumption; China will buy the commodity from another supplier, buying similar crude to the oil sands material we refused to supply, so as to match Chinese refinery configurations.

World GHGs will stay basically the same. There might be slight differences in world GHGs due to the crude’s quality or the relative cleanliness of local production and transportation practices, but these differences are generally small on a “wells to wheels” basis. …Perhaps even worse, based on the law of unintended consequences, the Chinese in my example might burn coal. Alternatively, our oil may be railed to BC ports – a more costly and less safe transportation mode than Kinder Morgan’s pipeline.

Hence, I argue that this campaign against Alberta oil sands is based on a false premise. You are not changing world GHGs or global warming by shutting in Canadian oil sands reserves – you are just changing suppliers of the commodity, to Canada’s detriment, in forgoing Canadian jobs, taxes, and royalties.

Lougheed Town Centre plans aren’t winning them over Jack Burns The only thing that this project will “rejuvenate” is the pockets of Mr. Corrigan’s special interest groups. I fear Mr. Corrigan and his special interest organizations would even want to bring in and welcome a million people just into Burnaby, so they can plaster every inch of Burnaby with their beloved “high-density” highrises; double property assessments and rents along the way; and, well, too bad, displace local residents who can’t or don’t want afford $1,600 rents for 1-bedrooms in these utterly ugly highrises that destroy every sense of community. Selling out our lands to whoever bids more around this world is certainly easy politics to balance the budget.

Garavella Yk given the price of the real estate and the lack of cheap rentals, I doubt one million people will come in the region ever. but the politicians are pressing to get their returns.

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Mountie has faced disciplinary action before Continued from page 3 dropped a series of Fbombs, then uttered a racial slur before advancing toward him “in an aggressive manner, as if she was intent on assaulting him again.”

At this point, Pabla pulled out his badge, identified

himself as a cop and told her that she could be arrested if she assaulted him again.

Olive turned around to head back toward the mall entrance, and Pabla headed the same direction to go to the dentist. “(Pabla) proceeded to

walk past her, intending to give her a wide berth. As he did so, she swung her purse at him, hitting him in the groin and head area.

He swung his arm at her to ward off further blows, contacting her shoulder, then continued towards the mall

to the adjacent dentist office.”

Olive reported the incident to police, and in 2013 a judge acquitted Pablo of the charge saying he acted in self-defence “in response to the unprovoked assault she perpetrated against him

Police looking for Good Samaritans Continued from page 1 and would like to speak to anyone in the area might have witnessed the incident.

The RCMP also released a sketch of the alleged suspect.

The suspect was last seen

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Nonetheless, the judge noted that Pabla had “been the author of his own misfortune” and that his “demeanour, tone, use of sarcasm and gutterspeak” was

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The disciplinary decision said Pabla’s off-duty actions go against the RCMP’s core values and the adjudication board upheld the forfeiture of six days’ pay.

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Kinder Morgan passes oil spill safety drill Jennifer Moreau

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Kinder Morgan passed a fake oil spill drill with flying colours apart from a few areas needing improvement.

Kinder Morgan held the review on Oct. 29 under the watchful eyes of the NEB, which posted the results online – a first for the national regulator.

The drill scenario was that oil leaked around the Westridge Marine Terminal on Burrard Inlet, where tankers fill up with crude.

The company then set up an incident command post, and multiple agencies – including the Coast Guard and Port MetroVancouver – were involved in the drill.

Kinder Morgan met the regulatory requirements in the vast majority of areas

under review, like setting up an incident command post and getting oil spill equipment deployed in a timely fashion.

There were, however, a couple of areas the NEB flagged for improvement.

There were issues around monitoring hydrogen sulfide fumes, as personnel had differing assumptions about whether the poisonous gas would be in the spilled crude.

“That’s a coordination matter that the company is going to have to sort out,” said NEB spokesperson Darin Barter. He said the differing assumptions were about whether the gas was part of the drill or not.

The NEB also noted reports to unified command in the early stages of the fake spill weren’t detailed

enough, and there wasn’t enough time to debrief and share new learning once the exercise was over. Kinder Morgan was also lacking in an incident action plan, which Barter explained was only for the drill and wouldn’t be used in a reallife spill.

The City of Burnaby and the local fire department were invited to participate but both declined.

“It was decided that unless there was an open dialogue between the parties, it wouldn’t be productive,” said deputy fire chief Chris Bowcock.

Bowcock also said the exercise was a marine drill and had nothing to do with the tank farm on Burnaby Mountain, which has been a point of contention with local firefighters.

Fraudulent claims take a toll on B.C. drivers

While most B.C. drivers are honest when it comes to making insurance claims, there are a few that are hurting things for the rest of us in the province.

Industry studies estimate that about 10 to 20 per cent of all insurance claims contain an element of fraud or exaggeration. Applying those estimates here means fraud is costing us up to $600 million per year, or more than $100 annually on every auto insurance policy.

Fraud cheats everyone and comes in all shapes and sizes.

Some fraud is organized and orchestrated by a group of individuals, namely, staged accidents and stolen vehicle rings.

Other types of fraud are less obvious. Fraud like this includes exaggerating the extent of an injury, misrepresenting a previous medical condition or slanting the situation when reporting a claim. It s not unheard of for people to embellish

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their claim by including vehicle damage unrelated to the crash, or to claim they can t work when they re actually back on the job. These tactics may not make the news, but the costs add up and come out of all of our pockets we all end up paying for those who cheat the system.

ICBC combats fraud with their Special Investigation Unit, which last year looked at more than 5,000 claims Hles. This includes a cyber unit that employs information publicly available on the internet and social media to investigate suspected fraudulent claims. They re in the process of increasing their focus on investigations, including training and analytics technology that Gags patterns and predictors of fraud.

By stepping up efforts to reduce fraudulent and exaggerated claims, along with managing injury claims costs, ICBC is working to take pressure off rising insurance rates.

Fraud. It cheats us all.

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FIRST IN LOWER MAINLAND Burnaby Mountain Secondary’s senior improv team is off to the Canadian Improv Games in Ottawa this month after capturing first place at the Lower Mainland Improv Games.

The team includes three Grade 12s, Noa Kozulin, Aeden Taylor and Emilia Michalowska, who helped Mountain win the junior Lower Mainland title as Grade 10s in 2014.They are joined this year by three Grade 11s: Matthew Barreto, Alexander Glinnum and Alexa Binotto.The team – coached by Mountain alum Kenneth Lai, who was on the school’s national silver medal winning team in 2011 – has big shoes to fill at the nation-

al competition March 23 to 26. Mountain won gold at the nationals in 2008, silver in 2011 and bronze in 2006.

STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST The Burnaby Teachers’ Association (BTA) has announced its annual essay contest for Burnaby students.The topic for the 2016 contest is climate change. “I look forward to reading what our young people have to contribute to this important dialogue,” BTA second vice-president Leanne Sjodin said in a press release.The top-two essays written by contestants in grades 11 and 12 will win prizes of $500 each, while winners in the grade8-to-10 category will earn gift certificates. Find entry forms for the contest online at www.burnabyteachers. com.The deadline for submission is March 31.Winning entries will be published online.

NEW PROFESSORSHIPS Simon Fraser University has seven new Canada Research Chairs worth a total of $6.2 million over the next seven years.The research professorships are funded by the Canada Research Chair Program to attract and retain world-class academic talent at Canadian universities to make Canada a leading country in research and development. SFU’s Kelley Lee, who works in global health governance, and John McDonald, a cognitive neuroscientist, were awarded Tier 1 chairs worth $200,000 annually for seven years.Tier 2 chairs worth $100,000 annually for five years went to Marlene Moretti in youth clinical psychology, Jiguo Cao in data science, Roger Linington in chemical biology, Stephanie Simmons in quantum nanoelectronics, and David Sivak in

nonequilibrium statistical biophysics.

MOSCROP MATHLETES SHINE Moscrop Secondary was first in B.C. and fourth in the nation out of 631 schools in this year’s Canadian Senior Math Competition, organized by the University of Waterloo.The only Canadian schools to beat them were special schools in Ontario for math and sciences with gifted programs, according to Moscrop math teacher Danny Young. Moscrop’s top-five math competitors in the contest were Edward Jiang, Ivon Liu, James Jiang, Eric Wen and Jimmy Qi. Moscrop’s junior competitors, meanwhile, placed fourth in B.C. and seventh in the country in Waterloo’s Canadian Intermediate Mathematics Contest for students in grades 8 to 10.

CHRISTY CLARK AT BBOT WHAT IS IT? In celebration of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, March 8, the Burnaby Board of Trade is inviting business men and women to a special luncheon aimed at female leadership.

WHO TO WATCH FOR. Premier Christy Clark is the guest of honour at this special board of trade business luncheon, and as keynote speaker, she will be talking about her experience as premier of B.C. WHY IT COULD BE A GOOD EVENT. This event happens to be the soft-launch for the board of trade’s new initiative – BBOT’’s women’s group. This new working group, made up of men and women, will support women in leadership roles by fostering important discussions, facilitating connections and advancing advocacy positions.

“This event will be an

excellent opportunity for businesses of all sizes to involve their women leaders in this special event and in the creation of this new women’s group,” noted a BBOT press release.

WHO IS IT FOR? The event is aimed at female leaders from businesses of all sizes. It’s also a great opportunity for women interested in learning more about the BBOT’’s women’s group.

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Bob Moncur

Occupation CITY OF BURNABY MANAGER Why is he in the news?

This week marked the end of an era at the City of Burnaby.

Monday was longtime city manager Bob Moncur’s final day before retirement, leaving a job he held for 21 years.

In all, he spent 30 years with the city, coming from the City of Regina back in 1986 to take over the position of

What brought you to Burnaby all those years ago?What interested you about the job?

Nothing more than that it was in city governance at a high level. I’d been doing the equivalent job in Regina.The administrative and community services was broad enough to be interesting. Any of the much more specific jobs are less appealing to me. Burnaby then had a good reputation and was part of the Lower Mainland and was in B.C., so close to my family.

Why retire now?

Why not? I’m now 71 years old, that’s almost beyond traditional retirement.

I’m not sure there was any particularly compelling logic other than I wasn’t going to be here until the next election, which is not until 2018, so it’s a good a time as any. Let someone else do the job.

What are you most

director of administrative and community services.

In his time, Burnaby has grown from a sleepy suburb of Vancouver, to the third largest municipality in B.C. The NOW sat down with Moncur in his final days on the job to look back on his long career at the helm of the city.

–Jeremy Deutsch

proud of as city manager?

Because the city manager is such a general job, any specific accomplishment in Burnaby is more relevant to a particular director than to me. I think my best answer to the question is: maintaining a great staff who do great work.That’s what I walk away from with my head held most high.

Some of them were here already when I got here. I’ve had a great group to work with the whole time, and that we’ve kept them together, that we’ve accomplished the things that we have in Burnaby … all of those I take a little bit of credit for, but it’s always shared credit.

Manager is a good title because it describes the broad, ‘you manage a lot of things, but you don’t do any specific thing.’That’s the nature of the job, I guess I’m most proud of doing that since 1995 and not having any kind of qualms or crisis befall us.

Was there any issue or event in the city you would handle differently?

They’re really little things.

TIME FOR WINE AND TRAVEL Bob Moncur retired from his post as manager of the City of Burnaby this week, after 21 years in the job and 30 years with the city. PHOTO JEREMY DEUTSCH

I kind of regret we haven’t been able to recruit a few more ladies into the fire department.That’s been a shared goal for a long time, and we just haven’t been able to attract enough to apply and have them go through the process, so there’s still quite a gender imbalance. At one point in time, Burnaby proportionally had more women in the fire department than pretty well anybody else in the Lower Mainland, I wouldn’t say that was true now.That’s kind of unfortunate. Maybe it will change over time.

What do you think the number one issue will be for the City of Burnaby in future?

Probably the same as it’s always (been), meeting public expectations at a reasonable price. People want lots of amenities, they want lots of services, but they want

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I think that challenge never goes away. Managing development; Burnaby’s got nowhere to grow physically, so it’s going to be growing upward, as you grow upward those towers replace whatever was closer to the

We’ve got good grapes, don’t screw it up ground. And so you’re seeing it in Metrotown where three-storey walk-ups are being replaced by highrise towers, and it’s not an easy transition, obviously, either, and that issue isn’t going to go away.

Is there any advice you would pass on to the next city manager?

Because the person who follows me will be from within the organization, he or she is going to know who the players are, so keeping the management team working closely together is important, keeping open those lines of communications.

I would say keeping it light.That’s really important, we all have a big job to do and a difficult job to do, but some people kind of get off on taking themselves a bit seriously.Yes, we’ve got a job to do, but surely you’ve got to be able to enjoy it and make sure the other people working with you are enjoying it too.

The word I rely on is balance, to try and keep a balance of working hard but playing hard. Keeping things in balance.

You’ve got such good staff here in Burnaby, I’m a fairly big fan of wine, and of-

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What will you do in retirement?

More travel, we love to travel my wife and I. Maybe be able to take advantage of more spontaneous travel, trips that appear at a good price on short notice.

I’ve got a bunch of things at home, including wine that I would like to spend a little more time on. I really like to eat good food, and I used to be a good cook, but I haven’t had much time to do any cooking lately … I quite look forward to that.

I don’t have some hobby or project I’m passionate to get at. I’ll try and keep involved in the community a little bit, do some volunteer work.

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Students rise to the challenge of braille Cornelia Naylor

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Russell Leung and Ava Henderson have an uncommon skill among Burnaby students, and last month they got a rare chance to show it off.

Leung, a Burnaby North Grade 10 student, and Henderson, a Sperling Elementary Grade 5 student, are the school district’s only braille readers.

On Feb. 19, the two were at UBC with 18 other B.C. students for the annual Braille Challenge, a contest to test their reading comprehension, speed, accuracy, proofreading, spelling and ability to read tactile charts and graphs.

The yearly contest, held at 46 sites across Canada and the United States from January through the end of March, is a valuable opportunity for braille readers to share their interests and struggles with others who

rely on raised dots instead of print to read, according to Burnaby vision teacher Debbie Sitar.

“Print is everywhere,” she said. “We look around and we see print on signs. Little kids know McDonald’s before they can even read. Our kids don’t have that same opportunity because they

There’s very few braille readers across Canada don’t see print.The opportunity to have braille under their fingertips is not as prevalent as kids who have sight.That’s a big issue.”

Not only is it a challenge to find braille material, according to Sitar, chances to get together with other braille readers are rare too, mostly because there are just so few of them.

Blindness is a continuum, Sitar explained, and not everyone with a visual impairment will learn braille since some have enough vision to read large print.

Others may have cognitive impairments along with their vision loss that prevent them from learning to read.

“There’s very few braille readers across Canada,” Sitar said.

It’s a big part of what makes the Braille Challenge so important, she said.

“It offers a very special opportunity for visually impaired braille readers to come together and share their interests, struggles and commonalities in a friendly kind of competition.”

The preliminary round of the challenge is open to students of all skills levels.The results are scored locally using national guidelines, and the top-scoring 60 contestants are invited to Los Angeles in June for a two-day final round.

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Burnaby Mountain students tackle Sophocles Julie MacLellan LIVELY CITY

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This one’s definitely not your average high school theatre production.

Burnaby Mountain Secondary’s drama department is tackling a new challenge for spring: no less than Sophocles’ Antigone.

Set in a future post-apocalyptic world, the production explores the messages that still resonate in the modern world.

Antigone is the original story of the ‘underdog.’

“Even though Antigone was written two-and-a-half thousand years ago, its universal themes are still current,” writes drama teacher and director Felicity Rudolph. “Antigone deals with the struggles of power, democratic rule and other rival-

ries and conflicts. Antigone is the original story of the ‘underdog.’We are drawn in to feel sympathy for the unlucky person who is fighting against the system.”

The production is onstage March 2, 3 and 4 in Drama Room 101 at Burnaby Mountain, 8800 Eastlake Dr. (604-296-6870).

WAIT UNTIL DARK Burnaby residents are part of the drama in a new thriller onstage at the Havana Theatre.

Naked Goddess Productions is presenting Wait Until Dark, running until March 12.

Artistic producer Sandra Medeiros, who also stars as Suzy, hails from Burnaby – and, as it happens, she appears onstage with her two daughters, Amelie Love and Madeline Angel, who share the role of Gloria, the girl who lives upstairs.

Frederick Knott’s thriller – which will be familiar to many from the 1967 film starring Audrey Hepburn – follows the story of the recently blinded young wom-

an who unwittingly finds herself in possession of a doll that’s stuffed with heroin, and the criminals who want the doll back.

It’s onstage Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Havana, 1212 Commercial Dr.Tickets are $20 purchased in advance through www.brownpaper tickets.com, or $25 at the door.

See www.nakedgoddess productions.com for more on the production SPOKEN INK RETURNS Poetry lovers, check it out.

The Burnaby Writers’ Society’s Spoken Ink reading series is continuing on Thursday, March 10 with featured author Trisha Cull.

Cull, a graduate of the UBC master of fine arts program in creative writing, has had her work published in a wide variety of literary journals – including Room of One’s Own, subTerrain, Geist and PRISM – and has won a number of awards for her poetry.You can hear from

Music for a cause: Burnaby performer Stephanie Standerwick is part of the Motown Meltdown fundraiser, coming March 19 to the Commodore Ballroom. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

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MOTOWN MELTDOWN A Burnaby singer is taking to the stage as part of a gala night fundraising for Seva Canada.

The Motown Meltdown fundraiser is coming up Saturday, March 19 at Vancouver’s Commodore Ball-

room – and Burnaby’s own Stephanie Standerwick will be part of the fun.

Standerwick will be part of a jam-packed lineup of artists, backed by a 12-piece band, who will perform to raise money for the charity group that works to provide eye care services in the developing world.

Other notable names on the bill include Al Harlow, Warren Dean Flandez,

Linda Kidder, Jane Mortifee, Shari Ulrich – and a whole bunch more.

Tickets are $32 in advance or $42 at the door.

Buy through www.seva.ca/ events/motownmeltdown.

Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment suggestions to Julie, jmaclellan@burnabynow. com, or find her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.

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There will be no 2016 Lower Mainland Triple-A banner in the St.Thomas More gym.

But what the St.Thomas More Knights learned in Friday’s 76-65 loss to Steveston-London in the championship final will be put to use next week when the senior boys team tackles its biggest test at the B.C. High School basketball championships in Langley.

No. 2-ranked Steveston catapulted onto the floor and led from the beginning, then held its own down the stretch to claim the Triple-A title.

It didn’t look good in the beginning, as the Sharks staked out a quick 11-3 lead. The margin would grow to 21 points midway through the second quarter.

That slow start by the Knights went against everything the club had demonstrated en route to the final, said coach Aaron Mitchell.

“Ironically our first two playoff games got off to great starts,” recalled Mitchell. “We were just a little tight and didn’t shoot well, while they were very solid.”

Down 44-27 at halftime, More picked up the pace and clawed back to put Steveston on alert, when Cam Morris pulled the Knights within nine points on the strength of a lofty three-point shot with 1:20

left in the third quarter.

The strapping Steveston squad responded with a couple of big shots of their own and maintained a double-digit advantage the rest of the way.

“We started playing behind their big guys and had to scrap for everything we got,” said Mitchell. “A month ago we probably would have laid down and lose it by 30 points, so it was a very good sign we kept coming back.”

Drawing onto the tournament first all-star team were Richard Galicia and Morris, both Grade 11s who piled up the points.

Picked for the second all-star squad was senior Edward Ju. The focus now turns to preparation for what had been the goal all season long -- the provincials.

“We start four Grade 11s so there’s a learning curve, but virtually all our players have been (at junior or senior B.C.s) so its familiar to them,” said Mitchell.

The Byrne Creek Bulldogs, meanwhile put up a valiant fight for the fourth and final Lower Mainland ticket to the B.C.s before falling 68-56 to Lord Byng last Thursday. Selected to the second all-star team was Byrne’s Malik Holmes.

The draw for the B.C. AAA boys provincials, which begin March 9 at the Langley Events Centre, awaits the completion of the Fraser Valley tournament.

Rebels’ season goes south

Heartbreak doesn’t quite cover it.

The Burnaby South Rebels put in one of their better performances last Friday but came up on the wrong side of a 73-71 score to the St. George’s Saints in the third-fourth place game at the Quad-A Lower Mainland senior boys championships.

Only the top-three teams advanced to the provincials, putting an end to an otherwise strong season for the Rebels.

Burnaby held a two-point lead with very little time left when St. George’s was put on the foul line for four shots, nailing all of them.

It came on the heels of a thrilling 65-63 win over Killarney.

Saheed Habib and Kenan Krupic both tallied 14 points. C.J. Campbell, meanwhile, was named to the second all-star team.

Things are looking up: St. Thomas More’s Cam Morris, left, drives to the hoop against a Steveston-London defender during Friday’s Triple-A senior boys Lower Mainland final in Richmond. The Sharks captured the Lower Mainland title with a 76-65 victory. Morris was joined on the all-star team by teammates Richard Galicia and Edward Ju. PHOTO CHUNG CHOW

Steelers netminder stymies Sockeyes for the win

Grandview rallies to eliminate Richmond 2-1 and now faces upstart Delta in junior B hockey semifinal Dan Olson

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Goaltending is king when it comes to the playoffs.

The Grandview Steelers will embrace that theory after clipping the Richmond Sockeyes 2-1 on Friday, clinching their quarterfinal series with a 4-2 decision.

Cole MacInnes’ 32-save effort may have been part of the win, but it was a big part.

While Grandview coach Aldo Bruno feels the recorded shots in Richmond didn’t reflect the true account on the ice, he doesn’t deny the role that MacInnes played in the series victory.

“I would say Cole was a big reason we won, and he was our MVP in the series,”

said Bruno. “Especially early in some of the games we had some breakdowns in our end and he would make a save that helped us settle down.”

Throughout the best-of-seven match-up, Grandview found itself trailing. Richmond held a 2-1 series lead and jumped out to a 3-0 advantage in Game 4, only to have the Steelers peel off six straight goals in what was a major turning point.

But anytime during the past three games, including Friday’s clinching win, a timely tally by a Sockeye sniper could have shifted the momentum back.

That’s where MacInnes came in, time and again, standing down the Richmond shooters and giving the Steelers another chance to climb ahead.

On Friday, Jordan Andrews gave Richmond the lead with a shorthanded tally midway through the first period.

Liam Cumberbirch tied the game with eight minutes to play in the second period.

With 1:05 left in the frame, Brandon Volpe put the Steelers in the lead on assists from Timothy Chow and Michael Willms.The defence took it from there.

“It was a fairly even game and when they scored (the shorthanded goal) we just stuck to our gameplan... (Richmond) really put a lot of pressure in our end but we didn’t really bend,” said Bruno.

With an extra skater in the final minute, the Sockeyes mounted one last comeback attempt, but couldn’t put it past MacInnes.

“It was a little frantic in the last min-

ute, they pulled their goalie and were pushing,” the Grandview coach noted. “We had a couple of key face-off wins that helped us clear the zone and that was big.”

Next in Grandview’s crosshairs are the Delta Icehawks, who upset the Tom Shaw Conference regular season champion North Van Wolfpack in six games.

Although the Steelers won five of six regular season encounters, the Icehawks took the most recent one, by a 9-6 margin.

“They were underdogs against (North Van) and no doubt they have a lot of confidence coming off that win,” said Bruno.

The series begins tonight (Wednesday), 7:15 p.m. at the Burnaby Winter Club. It continues Sunday, 4 p.m. in Game 2, also at BWC.

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NOTICE OF PLAYER EVALUATION SESSIONS (TRYOUTS) FOR 2016/2017 SOCCER SEASON

Turning pro: Burnaby native Matthew Baldisimo was one of two teenagers who the Vancouver Whitecaps FC inked to WFC2 pro contracts for the upcoming United Soccer League season. Both were members of the Whitecaps Residency program. PHOTO BOB FRID/VANCOUVER WHITECAPS

Baldisimo joins Whitecaps FC2 He isn’t following in family footsteps as much as displaying how bloodlines and soccer skills go hand-in-hand for the Baldisimos.

Matthew Baldisimo, 18, signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC2 team last week, a natural progression for the WesburnYouth Soccer product.

The teenage defender/midfielder was a member of the Whitecaps’ residency program, one of three brothers -- joining Mark

and Michael -- to be groomed by the program. Baldisimo has 100 games and nine goals to his list of accomplishments in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.

He captained Canada at the 2015 CONCACAF under-17 championships, scoring once in four games.

“Matthew is extremely competitive and plays in the best interest of the team,” said Whitecaps FC residency technical director Craig Dalrymple.

WESBURN YOUTH SOCCER CLUB 2016/17 Tryout Schdule

Age Group (2016-17 season)

Day

U11 (Born in 2006)

Tuesday

U12 (Born in 2005)

Tryout 1

Day

Location

AGE Group

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Start

End

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Byrne

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14-Mar

21-Mar

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Byrne

U12

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14-Mar

21-Mar

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15-Mar

22-Mar

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U17

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15-Mar

22-Mar

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Wed.

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16-Mar

23-Mar

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7:30pm

Wed.

Byrne

U18

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16-Mar

23-Mar

7:30pm

9:00pm

Fri.

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U13

11-Mar

6:00pm

7:30pm

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Byrne

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7:30pm

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Byrne

U16

7:30pm

9:00pm

17-Mar

24-Mar

11-Mar 17-Mar

24-Mar

Player evaluation sessions will be held on the dates and times above at the Byrne Creek Sec. School.

Players will need to attend these sessions for potential Gold and Silver team placements.

Parents should pre-register their player at www.sbmcsoccer.net Parents can also attend one of the in-person registration sessions on March 3, 8, and 10 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm at the SBMC Clubhouse located on the south end of the Bonsor Recreation Centre.

WESBURN YOUTH SOCCER CLUB

Tryout 2

Field

Time

March 1, 2016

March 8, 2016

Burnaby Lake West Field 3

6-8 pm

Sunday

February 28, 2016

March 28, 2016

Burnaby Lake West Field 3

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U13 (Born in 2004)

Saturday

February 27, 2016

March 9, 2016

Cariboo Turf

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U14 (Born in 2003)

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March 9, 2016

Cariboo Turf Field

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U15 (Born in 2002)

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March 3, 2016

March 10, 2016

Burnaby Central

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U16 (Born in 2001)

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March 3, 2016

March 10, 2016

Burnaby Central

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U17 (Born in 2000)

Monday

February 29, 2016

March 7, 2016

Burnaby Lake West Field 4

6-8 pm

U18 (Born in 1999)

TBA

TBA

TBA

After Spring Break

Dates for Invitational tryout (third session) are TBA and will happen after Spring Break.

TBA Dates - Please check www.wesburnsoccer.com for further details.

Individuals wanting to coach soccer for the 2016/17 season please email infowesburnsoccer@gmail.com.

Please Pre-register for tryouts online at wesburnsoccer.com, Field signup will also be available.

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