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Fentanyl lab busted By Jeremy Deutsch
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SPRAY DOWN: Members of the RCMP’s CLEAR (Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response) team along Burnaby firefighters spent Friday cleaning up a fentanyl drug lab in a townhouse complex in the 6800 block of Prenter Street. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR
Police are calling it the biggest fentanyl lab to date in B.C., and on Thursday, it was busted in Burnaby. The lab was discovered by Delta Police while they were working on their own drug investigation in three cities, including Burnaby. On Friday, the Delta Police provided details about the investigation, including the lab found inside a unit in a quiet townhouse complex in the 6800 block of Prenter Street. Delta Police spokesperson Sgt. Sarah Swallow explained the apartment was being used as a fentanyl processing lab, which means people were taking the drug and turning into something that can be sold on the street. In most cases, fentanyl, which is tasteless, colourless and can be 100 times more powerful than morphine, is dyed and mixed with or sold as heroin on the streets. The drug has been blamed for hundreds of overdose deaths in the region and across the country in recent years. “With the use of this lab, a large quantity of fentanyl that would be going out into the street now isn’t, and that could save lives immediately,” Swallow said. However, she couldn’t say exactly how much fentanyl was recovered but added the amount is in kilograms. Police said two men were arrested and are in custody until their next court appearance.The men are facing numerous drug-related charges but have not been identified until their first court Continued on page 3
Hundreds line up for hours to see city art Julie MacLellan
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Passersby who happened along Deer Lake Avenue on Saturday evening can be forgiven for thinking there must have been a big-name rock concert in town.Why
else would the thousand or more folks – many of them students and young people – lining up along on the street have been waiting so patiently for two hours or more? As it happens, it wasn’t a rock concert. It was an
art opening – and one so far out of the ordinary that, come Monday morning, members of the Burnaby Arts Council were still rather flabbergasted by the experience. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” marvelled Irene Mc-
Cutcheon, a member of the arts council’s board of directors. “I have never seen that, not even at the Vancouver Art Gallery.” She turned out early in the evening to check out Luminescence, the latest exhibition at the arts council’s
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Newsnow CREATING SANCTUARY SCHOOLS
When kids have to keep a big secret By Cornelia Naylor
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In September 2014, fiveyear-old Amber headed off to kindergarten at Burnaby’s Brentwood Park Elementary with a secret – her father. He had gone underground a few months earlier to avoid a deportation order that threatened to split up the family and send him back to South America after 45 years in Canada. He continued to live with Amber, her little brother and her mom, but Amber knew she couldn’t talk about him at school. So when it came time to draw family pictures at school, Amber drew everyone but him. “There was a lot of heartbreaking times,” said her mom,Trish, who asked that the family’s last name not be used. Sending Amber to school at all was a risk,Trish said, and the family considered homeschooling, but Trish eventually decided to pose as a single mom at the Burnaby school instead. “I was always hypervigilant, having to bring her to school, worried if somebody might be waiting there, worried that somebody would follow me home, worried if my daughter would say something at school that didn’t match what they had on file,”Trish said. When her mom got sick, Amber stayed home because there was no one else to take her to school. “We didn’t want to take the risk of separation by her dad showing up at the school for things,”Trish said. NOT THE ONLY ONE Local teachers say Amber isn’t the only child in Burnaby whose education has been affected by her family’s immigration status, and the Burnaby Teachers’ Association (BTA) wants the school board to adopt a policy that would make accessing edu-
cation easier and less frightening for families like hers. Last month, the teachers’ union invited trustees, the district parent advisory council and local immigrant rights activist Harsha Walia to a meeting to discuss a possible so-called “sanctuary schools” policy. “What was identified is that, although there was no instances of staff being aware that any student has been turned away, the concern was that’s because parents aren’t sending them in the first place to register because of the fear of being discovered with less than legal status,” said trustee Gary Wong, chair of the board’s policy committee. The Toronto District School Board was the first in Canada to pass a sanctuary schools policy in 2007 after public protest over Canada Border Services Agency detaining Toronto students to flush out parents who didn’t have legal status in Canada. The Toronto policy now guarantees all students admission regardless of immigration status and states information about them or their families will not be shared with immigration authorities. The B.C.Teachers’ Federation crafted a similar policy in 2014 and is encouraging teachers to work with their school boards to use it as a template for their own policies. Wong said such a policy makes sense and children shouldn’t be denied an education because of their parents’ immigration status. But he said B.C.’s education law is different from Ontario’s and that could pose an obstacle to a policy that calls on schools to admit students without legal status and to withhold information about students and their families from immigration officials. “Since 1993, Ontario’s Education Act specifically provides for admitting chil-
MISSING PERSON: A Christmas family portrait drawn last year by a Burnaby kindergartener includes everyone but her father whom she kept secret while she was at school because of a deportation order that threatened to separate the family. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED dren without legal immigration status whereas B.C’s School Act is silent,”Wong said. But Walia, co-founder of
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the Vancouver chapter of No One is Illegal, said B.C. education law poses no obstacle to a sanctuary schools policy because it is silent on immigration status. “There’s nothing in the law that says non-status students don’t have a right to education in B.C. It’s just
that there’s nothing proactively ensuring that that happens,” she said. TOO MANY QUESTIONS Fear is the biggest obstacle keeping students from families with unresolved immigration issues from accessing schools,Walia said, and a policy is needed to reassure them schools are safe. She said schools currently exacerbate fears by asking for a lot of unnecessary paperwork. “A lot of schools, when you don’t have the birth certificate of the student, then definitely they ask for a lot for immigration papers, passports, things like that,” she said. A sanctuary schools policy would require the district to hammer out exactly what questions need to be asked and which don’t for kids to be registered at lo-
cal schools, said Burnaby Teachers’ Association president Rae Figursky. “… some people come to this country very concerned about any question being asked, and we need to make sure that we’re asking only the ones we really need to and that every student in Burnaby has that access to education,” she said. Besides lobbying the local school board, the BTA is also urging the BCTF to lobby the provincial government to adopt a provincewide sanctuary schools policy. “It would be nice if it was the whole province, but in the meantime we’re also approaching our trustees to take a look,” Figursky said. But a local policy has “a ways to go,” according to trustee Wong, who brought the idea up at a recent policy committee meeting, where further information
was requested for future discussion. NEW BEGINNING Amber, meanwhile, left the Burnaby school district last spring. Citizenship and Immigration Canada has since accepted her dad’s permanent residency application on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, and he attended his first parentteacher conference at Amber’s new Surrey school in December. “It’s just been such a relief,” said mom Trish. “It’s just sort of lifted this weight off of us and off of the whole situation surrounding schooling. He’s pretty pleased to be a part of bringing her to school, signing her planner and filling out things that come home that need to be signed. It’s kind of like she’s just starting school for him.”
Police continue to look for where fentanyl came from Continued from page 1 appearance. Swallow said she’s not sure where the men were living or if they were arrested in the unit, noting they also had ties to two more
properties in Richmond and Surrey. She said part of the investigation will be to determine who owns the home. Police are also not sure where the fentanyl came
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hazmat suits dismantled the lab. Residents living in the area who spoke to the NOW were surprised by the large bust but not seemingly worried.
“It’s just an awesome neighbourhood. I know most of the neighbours, and they’re all great people,” said Kassie, a long-time resident who did not want her last name used.
In 2015, there were 471 deaths in Canada directly related to fentanyl, and so far in just the first two months of 2016, there have been 132 deaths.
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Newsnow Charges laid in fatal hit-and-run Jeremy Deutsch
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The family of a young Burnaby woman killed in a hit-and-run earlier this month is focusing on honouring her life and leaving the case against the alleged driver who took it in the hands of the courts. In a statement to the NOW, Emily Sheane’s family thanked the RCMP and staff at the Skimmerhorn Inn in Creston for helping to apprehend the suspects involved in the deadly crash. “Emily was taken in a careless moment, and a hundred lifetimes could not heal the loss in our lives and the burning in our hearts,” the family said. “We place our trust in the justice system to do what is right. At this time, we wish for everyone to focus on honouring and remembering Emily by celebrating the gifts she brought into this world.” Last Thursday, Burnaby Mounties announced charges against Burnaby’s Ibrahim Ali, 25, for dangerous driving causing death and failing to stop at an accident
causing bodily harm. He made a court appearance last week and is expected to return to court on March 23. The deadly crash occurred March 9 just before midnight, when Sheane, driving east on Moscrop Street, was hit by an SUV, which was heading southbound through a red light at Willingdon Avenue and Deer Lake Parkway. The driver and passenger in the SUV allegedly took off on foot. An 18-year-old woman also suspected of being in the SUV has not been charged. The Sheane family held a celebration of life in Burnaby Sunday and, in their statement, offered a glimpse of the young Burnaby woman. “Those who crossed paths with Emily experienced her infectious spirit and gravitated towards her beacon of light. Her smile was unforgettable. Curiosity for the world propelled her to embrace adventure and travel as far as Australia and Central America. Along the way she touched lives and
formed meaningful connections. Beyond her travels, she built lasting friendships close to home. Joe Fortes Restaurant became her second family, where she held unbreakable bonds. With her hula hoop dancing around her, we witnessed Emily in her truest form: a free spirit with all of her love and beauty to give. She embraced this passion enthusiastically with fellow hula hoopers in the community, actively sharing her art form with the world.”
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Burnaby RCMP Staff Sgt. Maj. John Buis noted the case has had an impact on officers and everyone working on the investigation. “Naturally, we’re pleased we have this person in custody and they’ve been charged,” he said, adding it’s still too early in the investigation to say whether more charges will be laid. The two suspects were arrested four days after the crash in Creston.
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Dear Mayor: The crowds have spoken “The idea to have an art gallery simply so that a small group of people can have a place to go isn’t viable. It’s got to be something that is going to have significant engagement for the public.” Those were the words of Mayor Derek Corrigan, responding to a recent delegation from the Burnaby Arts Council.The arts group wants the city to help build a new art gallery in the city – specifically, to approve
and take the lead on a full feasibility study. The city has been reluctant to plunge into the idea too quickly, and, thus far, city councillors have only agreed to have staff report back on the issue. We hear their concerns, and we understand them. A new gallery would be an expensive proposition, and in these somewhat fragile economic times, we know city councillors don’t want to burden taxpayers.
A large part of city council’s concern has also centred around whether there is a real need for and interest in the gallery. We get they don’t want to build an expensive facility that will only be enjoyed by the hoity toity art elites.We get that they want to make sure there is genuine interest from the public at large. We’d like to reassure them on that point, in case any of them happened to miss that thousand-strong
The public is engaged, Mr. Mayor lineup that wended its quiet and patient way down Deer Lake Avenue on Saturday night. Drawn in by the significant public attention surrounding the arts council’s new Luminescence exhibi-
tion, folks turned out in unprecedented droves to the tiny Deer Lake Gallery to enjoy the night of light-related art. It was a cheerful crowd, despite waits of two hours or more just to get inside the jam-packed gallery. And, even more hearteningly, it was a diverse crowd, featuring people of all ages and backgrounds, and full of families and young people – not just the silverhaired set we tend to associate with all things cultural.
That lineup alone should be enough to set Corrigan’s mind at ease. If the crowds coming to Burnaby for an art opening are already rock-concertworthy, just imagine what the arts community could do with an actual gallery. The public is engaged, Mr. Mayor. Over to you. COMMENT ON THIS AT
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Tough test for Trudeau’s Libs
The new federal government is about to face its sternest test yet when it comes to controversial energy projects, and whatever its decision is it will have a huge impact on British Columbia and potentially the B.C. Liberal government as well. I’m referring to the proposed $12 billion Pacific Northwest LNG facility near Prince Rupert. The Trudeau government has decided to extend a federal environmental review of the project by up to three months, although there’s a chance it will go to the federal cabinet by mid-April. If the federal Liberals nix the project, it would no doubt greatly strain relations between Ottawa and the B.C. government. The B.C. Liberals are banking on at least one major LNG project to be green-lighted by both investors and various regulatory agencies by the time the next provincial election campaign kicks into gear in the spring of 2017. The Pacific Northwest LNG project is considered to be the front-runner among the various proposed LNG projects, although its major investor – Malaysian energy giant Petronas – has yet to make its “final investment decision,” which is apparently very close to being made one way or another. The federal government was supposed to make a final decision on the project this week, but it’s now buying more time after the federal environmental assess-
ment agency requested it do so after more information about the project was released by the company. The agency has already concluded the project will not cause major ecological damage (although it will have an adverse affect on fighting climate change). And, in an 11th-hour twist to this long-running saga (the review itself is nearing 1,000 days), the chief First Nations band in the area – the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation – just recently offered conditional support for the project, after at first rejecting it. Clouding the picture further is a letter signed by various academics, scientists and those affiliated with environmental organizations, calling on the government to essentially ignore its own scientists to appease the anti-LNG lobby. The stakes here are huge, both economically and politically. A rejection by the federal government – or a decision simply to drag out an environmental review until the investors tire of the whole process and walk away – could send a strong message that may reverberate throughout the international energy community. The ball is firmly in the Trudeau government’s court. In the meantime, the Christy Clark government is feverishly hoping it will still get a chance to join the game. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.
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Dear Editor Re: Burnaby MP takes aim at gender parity, Burnaby NOW, March 4. According to writer Jennifer Moreau, Mr. Stewart has tabled a new act in the House of Commons that would penalize parties that don’t have enough female candidates. NDP leader Kennedy Stewart, in my opinion, is a great political leader and MP. He is a smart individual with great ideas/visions for the wellbeing of the people. However, with that said, I believe Mr. Stewart, with his view on gender parity in representing political parties in the House of Commons, is taking that whole issue one step too far. Let us, for a moment, put aside our liberty of freedom of choice. For Mr. Stewart to, allegedly, suggest that a political party, when appointing, hiring, whatever the case may be, candidates to represent the party’s constituency in the House of Commons, at least 45 per cent of said candidates be of a specific gender, I believe it to be an inept move on his part . No political party or, for that matter, any other organization, in my opinion, should be put into a position where, to avoid being penalized in some form or other, would be legally obligated to ensure that when appointing/ hiring candidates, for any positions, a distinctive gender, whichever it maybe, must reach a designated percentage of that rank. I don’t believe we should be bound to any percentage of any gender when appointing/ hiring for whatever the position. Maybe, rather, the most qualified PERSON for the job/position in question should be the person hired. Frank Di Cesare, Burnaby
Burnaby needs laneway homes Dear Editor Finally - A letter (Laneway homes belong in Burnaby, Burnaby NOW, March 18) which has hit the mark right on the head. This bylaw is way overdue. Almost every city and municipality around us allows them, and they are not unsightly but lovely if built to complement the current home. I went on the Vancouver tour last fall for laneway homes, and I was totally impressed at how tastefully done they are. I feel that it is of utmost importance to get this bylaw going and passed in Burnaby. I am a widow, retiree and (because we had bought our home so long ago) luckily I have a good lot for a laneway home, which I could either use to accommodate myself, some of my family or a caregiver in my future. Therefore, I am asking you, Mayor Corrigan, to please give this bylaw your immediate attention to help many of us out. I have lived in Burnaby for 44 years, raised my family here, and would like to continue living here with them not too far away. There are enough highrises; we need something to help the next generations of young Burnaby residents who have lived here all their lives but now cannot save up enough for the huge down payments required to purchase a home. I have spoken to several of my neighbours regarding this issue and have their support; some of them have three-car garages, which are much larger than a laneway home would be. Shirley McIntosh, Burnaby
Devon Johnstone Agree somewhat but to help mortgaged homes not so sure as another mortgage will be required for over $200,000 to get this off the ground.
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City now Thousand-strong crowd boosts pitch for a new art gallery Continued from page 1 kept the doors open until about 10:30 p.m. to allow everyone to enjoy the show. McCutcheon was thrilled by the number of young people who turned out and by the fact that all the folks she talked to seemed so taken by the exhibition. “It was just a delight, really,” she said. The opening was timed to coincide with the spring equinox, which happened on Saturday evening. For the arts council, the timing proved fortuitous in another way, since the group is currently in the process of making its case to city council that Burnaby could use a new art gallery. Dave Handelman, another director of the arts council, has been part of the group working on the push for the new gallery. “A lot of people said that to us, that this shows the need for a new gallery,” he said. “There is obviously a big interest in art in Burnaby.” Handelman, who proclaimed himself “overwhelmed, thrilled, excited and pleased” by the turnout, believes there were a number of factors that went into the huge interest. Extensive media coverage, including reporting by CBC and the Burnaby NOW, was part of the recipe for success. Social media, too, played a huge part in it – an event notice on Facebook garnered more than 5,000 responses, including interest from people who wouldn’t have otherwise heard of the Deer Lake Gallery. Much of the social media buzz centred around Ron Simmer’s “infinity room,” A Night Walk in Falling Snow – an illusory experience created using mirrors, LED lights and micro-computers. And there were other fortuitous circumstances – like a beautiful spring day that turned into a clear evening and encouraged people to enjoy the wait outside. The arts council doesn’t have an official attendance figure – Handelman notes they were too busy controlling traffic to count it – but he’s certain there were upwards of a thousand people on hand. “It is a good indicator of the support for art and art galleries in Burnaby,” he said. “If you have a good location and a gallery that has interesting events and is accessible to the public, people will come.” Bill Thomson, president of the arts council, is continuing his group’s pitch to
city hall with renewed certainty that there’s public demand for a new gallery. “We think that the attendance of at least 1,000
people to see a visual art exhibition in a small, community-based gallery space at Deer Lake Park on a Saturday night indicates that
there is a hunger for more accessible, visual art exhibition spaces in Burnaby,” he wrote in a letter to the NOW.
Luminescence continues until April 9. On Saturday, April 2, artist Judson Beaumont – whose pine beetle wood creations also got a lot
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It’s being hailed by the business community as a money and time saver, but local politicians don’t seem to be in a hurry to expand the inter-municipal business licence program. Earlier this month, Burnaby Board of Trade president and CEO, Paul Holden, was in front of council providing an update on the licence program and requested the city work with the province to implement an additional regional program for the Lower Mainland. Currently, Burnaby is part of an inter-municipal agreement called “Metro
West” that includesVancouver Richmond, Surrey, Delta, and NewWestminster. With an inter-municipal licence, businesses can be licensed to work in all six municipalities, eliminating the requirement to obtain a business licence in each municipality.The licences are currently only issued in construction and constructionrelated industries. Holden noted a survey among chamber members found support for an intermunicipal licence to include the entire Lower Mainland, from Hope toWestVancouver. But council’s response to the request was lukewarm at best. Specifically, Mayor Der-
ek Corrigan took aim at the province’s role in the program, asking what guarantees the Ministry of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, which helps administer the program, would stay involved. Holden suggested there is every indication from the ministry that it sees a benefit to expanding the program. “That and $2 will buy me a cup of coffee, but I require much more than that from the provincial government to guarantee they will continue to participate in that role of providing the access that they’re providing now,” Corrigan said. In the end, council asked staff to look into the issue further and report back.
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PUBLIC HEARING The Council of the City of Burnaby hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing TUESDAY, 2016 MARCH 29 AT 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chamber, Burnaby City Hall, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C. to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS 1) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 4, 2016 – BYLAW NO. 13576 Rez. #12-43 4630 Kingsway and 6080 McKay Avenue From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5s Multiple Family Residential District and C3 General Commercial District) To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5s Multiple Family Residential District, C3 General Commercial District and Metrotown Development Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plans entitled “Station Square Site 5” prepared by Chris Dikeakos Architects Inc. and “Station Square Burnaby BC” prepared by KPF Kohn Pedersen Fox) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of two high-rise apartment towers above a low-rise mixed-use podium with office, retail and residential uses, as part of the multi-phased (Phases III and IV) development of the Station Square Master Plan. 2) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 5, 2016 – BYLAW NO. 13577 Rez. #15-31 2425 Beta Avenue From: M2 General Industrial District To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the RM4s Multiple Family Residential District, Brentwood Town Centre Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “The Residences at Brentwood Park South” prepared by Chris Dikeakos Architects Inc.) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit three residential apartment buildings ranging in height from 28-storeys to 39-storeys with ground oriented townhouses and underground and above grade structured parking. 3) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 6, 2016 – BYLAW NO. 13578
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The National Energy Board hearing for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has ended, so what’s next for Kinder Morgan? Company spokesperson Ali Hounsell
Question:The company seems to be moving ahead with preparatory work for the pipeline. Is Kinder Morgan fairly confident it’s going to get approval on this? We believe we’ve demonstrated the need to the National Energy Board, and we can build and operate the project in consideration of the environment, First Nations and other communities. So we’re confident we’ve presented our case, and we continue to plan for construction. But of course, we’ll have to see what the National Energy Board and the federal government have to say. What about the draft conditions? I understand there are 150 right now and there could be more. Can the company handle those? The draft conditions that were issued by the National Energy Board were rigorous and thorough but, we believe, achievable.We expect when the NEB issues their recommendation in May
chats with the NOW about protesters, climate change and economics. The interview has been edited for length. – Jennifer Moreau
that there would be further – or amendments to, or enhancements to – conditions that have already been issued in draft, so we will look at them at that time. … What if cabinet says yes but with conditions, and Kinder Morgan moves ahead, but you have massive protests on your hands? What’s the company’s plan to handle that? I think we will have to incorporate safety and security into our planning for construction.The safety of the people who will be working on the pipeline at the facilities will be our number 1 priority. How do you move forward with a pipeline when there’s a big group of people, locally and in this city, that don’t want it? There are a lot people that do support the project.There are some people that have been clear since the beginning who have said they don’t support the pipeline and perhaps never will. … At the end of the day, if we get our approvals, we will plan to move forward and hope that we can con-
PIPELINE TALK Ali Hounsell handles public relations for the Trans Mountain expansion project. tinue to have or even begin dialogue with some of the people who have voiced their opposition.
There are a lot of people that do support the project.
What about who stands to benefit? Why would anyone else be interested in this pipeline, when it’s mostly oil shippers making money by selling oil to China? There are all sorts of lev-
els, as you know, of economics, whether federal, international or local, they’re all tied. So, for example, … the City of Burnaby’s taxes would stand to more than double with the expansion, which would make Kinder Morgan one of, if not the, single-largest taxpayer in the city.That could result in local benefits in terms of helping to pay for local services. We’re also working with many communities (on) community benefits agreements, and the goal of those is to provide as many benefits to as many people as possible. In some communities, we’re committing to funding for trail improvements, park improvements, whatev-
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er the community identifies in recognition of construction impact.There’s also an increase in the per-barrel oil price.That has a benefit for all Canadians. It means more jobs for Canadians, which generates more tax revenue for the federal government, which can provide services for all Canadians and provide a larger pool of money in addition to provincial taxes and of course the jobs, as well, that are created during construction.There are benefits on a lot of levels, even the ones that sound on the surface that it’s just benefitting certain companies. When you look at what that means for the economy in terms of more employees, more tax benefits and how
that trickles down to individuals, really it benefits all communities. Twenty-fifteen was the hottest year on record.Why build the pipeline now when people are worried about greenhouse gas emission and rising global temperatures? Climate change is certainly a concern for many individuals and a lot of companies, and there are action plans.The Alberta government, I don’t know if you’ve had a look at that, has an action plan.The federal government does as well. … But the need and the desire for Canada’s oil products Continued on page 13
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Oil still in demand Continued from page 11 remains, both locally and around the world. There is a lot of work being done to look for future greener solutions. But in the meantime, there’s still a need and a desire for oil. I get that there’s still a desire in terms of market demand, but you have kids. What kind of planet are we going to be leaving for future generations if we keep building infrastructure for fossil fuels when scientists are telling us to leave them in the ground?
There are differing views of how to approach that. The government and the companies and the industries are looking long-term on how to address that. On a personal note, with my children, we do what we can on a personal level, cycling and trying to minimize our impact and choosing alternate modes of transportation. I think it’s something everyone needs to take responsibility for on an individual basis as well. But I also want to ensure my kids have opportunities and jobs, and so I don’t think the two are mutually exclusive.
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said Wilkinson, the MP for North Vancouver. “That will have an enormous impact on greenhouse gas emissions and our ability to achieve climate change targets, but it would have phenomenal impact in terms of Canada’s economic growth moving forward.” Wilkinson categorized General Fusion and Inventys as break-through technologies that are also risky because they have high-cost, long product cycles. But if they succeed, they would
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Giving back: Double lung recipient Darvy Culleton gets out and about with his wife Megan. Culleton takes part in the fifth annual Transplant Trot at Burnaby Lake Regional Park next month. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR
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Darvy Culleton doesn’t often have to pull out his own story to convince people to register as organ donors. Nowadays, he says, what usually keeps people from signing up are just misconceptions about not being able to donate because they’re too old or drink too much or have tattoos. “With a little bit of knowledge, most people are happy to do it,” Culleton said. But every now and again, the double-lung recipient’s personal story comes in handy. Like just this month, when a woman told him she hadn’t registered because she didn’t want her organs going to some criminal. “She thought I worked for B.C.Transplant,” said Culleton, who had been manning a registration booth at a blood clinic. “She thought I was just an employee.” But when Culleton, who has cystic fibrosis, told the woman how his own transplant 10 years ago had transformed his life – how he has since married and travelled and now plans to start a family, she changed her mind and registered. “Having a transplant didn’t improve my life,” Culleton told the NOW. “It gave me a whole new life. Before transplant, I could barely have a shower without running out of breath. I couldn’t walk to my car without stopping. Stairs were unimaginable …, and I spent nine months out of the year at St. Paul’s Hospital for the two years prior to
transplant. I grew up riding BMX and I couldn’t do that anymore.” And not a day goes by, Culleton said, without him thinking about his donor. All he knows about him is that he was a very healthy man who died in a motorcycle crash.When Culleton talks to his own mom, he wonders what kind of parents his donor had.When he rides his BMX on a sunny day, he wonders if that’s the kind of thing his donor would have done. A fellow motorcycle enthusiast, Culleton wonders what kind of motorcycle his donor rode. “I’m always grateful,” Culleton said. “Whenever I think about it, I never have a weird thought, a bad thought. It’s always a great thought.” Culleton started volunteering to raise awareness about organ donation about a year-and-a-half after his transplant.
Next month he’ll be at Burnaby Lake Regional Park for the fifth annual Transplant Trot. For the past three years, he has manned a booth at the fundraiser and encouraged people to register to become organ donors, but this year he’s entering the 5K walk/ run and aims to gather together this year’s biggest team – the Big Team. “Volunteering, it brings me joy. I don’t know if that’s a corny thing to say, but every time I volunteer, it makes me feel good,” Culleton said. “It makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel like maybe I just might be helping someone else get a transplant.” The Transplant Trot takes place April 10 at 10 a.m. with a warm-up and welcome at 9:30 a.m. by the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club (3760 Sperling Ave.).Visit www.transplanttrot.ca/ vancouver for more.
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There’s ArtSpace Children’s Arts Centre, with a variety of visual arts, music, dance and theatre classes for kids of all ages. Spring sessions kick off April 4, with an abundance of offerings throughout the week – ArtSpark for the two- and three-year-olds, drawing for older kids, ukulele lessons, musical theatre classes,
dance and more. Check out www.artspaceforchildren. com. And that’s not all – you can also find kid-friendly hands-on art offerings at 4Cats studio in Capitol Hill. Spring courses are starting up in early April, with a wide variety of options – including “kittens” Continued on page 20
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Communitynow Small people can enjoy music, art, yoga and more Continued from page 19 classes for the tiny twos and threes to manga, mixed media, street art and Artist Focus classes with inspiration from Georgia O’Keeffe and Leonardo da Vinci. See www.4cats.com/capitolhill. MAKE MUSIC TOGETHER Staccato Studios (4663 Hastings St.) offers the popular Music Together program for parents and kids from infant up to four years old, introducing music, rhythm and movement to the very youngest among us. There are multiple choices through the week, including weekdays and Saturday times, and the spring session is starting March 29. See www.staccatostudios. com for all the details. VISIT YOUR LIBRARY Yes, the McGill branch of Burnaby Public Library is in your neighbourhood (4595 Albert St.), and it’s got plenty of books and resources for the family, plus special events and programs galore. Some upcoming highlights include a drop-in movie screening of Inside Out on Thursday, March 24 at 7 p.m. (recommended for ages six and up) and Man in the Moon storytimes designed for babies and toddlers with their male caregivers (Saturdays at 10:15 a.m.).There are also regular storytimes for babies and toddlers. See www.bpl. bc.ca/events for all the happenings. CHECK OUT YOUR LOCAL REC CENTRE North Burnaby folks are blessed with some great options for city-run facilities – and they offer some great choices for small people.
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There’s Eileen Dailly pool and fitness centre (240 Willingdon Ave.), which has an abundance of public swim and lesson options for all ages from preschool on up. On the arty front, it also offers a wide range of artistic programs.You can try Family Mixed Media on Fridays starting May 6 or Family Creative Drama on Saturdays starting May 7 (both for ages four and up), orYoga for Families (ages eight and up) on Sundays starting April 3.There’s also Music and My Baby and Music and My Toddler, starting April 1, Downward Dance for three-yearolds (combining yoga and dance) on Fridays starting April 8 and a host of Creative Ballet offerings for preschoolers. At Willingdon Community Centre (1491 Carleton Ave.), you can also try out a wide range of programs.There’s Mixed Media, Baby! (ages two and up) starting Saturday, April 30;Toddler’s First Dance
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on Tuesdays starting April 12; Creative Dance for twoand three-year-olds on Fridays starting April 15, and a variety of Creative Ballet options for preschoolers. Busy Bees sessions combine socializing with musical activities, stories songs and more – that runs Thursdays starting April 7. Or try gardening with Little Green Thumbs, on Tuesdays starting April 5. But don’t take my word for it – the choices go on and on, so be sure to pick up a spring and summer Leisure Guide and find the offering that’s right for your family. You can pick one up at city facilities or download it from www.burnaby.ca/ active. Do you have an item for Family Ties? If you have ideas from the parenting and family scene to share, email Julie at jmaclellan@burnabynow.com, or find her on Twitter @juliemaclellan.
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Katie Brooke, 5, worked on a Chinese brush painting during an event at Shadbolt in 2015. The centre once again has a wide variety of programs on offer for folks of all ages. You can also download a copy of the guide from www. shadboltcentre.com. – Julie MacLellan
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A Burnaby filmmaking duo’s upcoming feature film distinguishes itself from other indie flicks of its kind by featuring an unmasked Lower Mainland backdrop. A Legacy ofWhining, a buddy comedy produced by Maria Munro and written, directed and starring Ross Munro, premieres at Vancity Theatre April 5. Nearly half the film was shot in Burnaby, with ProductionWay and Brentwood Town Centre SkyTrain stations visible throughout, according to Munro. “We live in Burnaby, work in Burnaby, and we enjoy life in Burnaby, so I think that really motivated us to want to feature the city and support the area,” he said. “We like the idea that we’re not trying to turn the city we live in into some makebelieve city in the United States.” The Munros believe their film helps to satisfy what they view as a hunger for more Burnaby or Vancou-
ver-based films within the Canadian film scene. A Legacy ofWhining pays homage to 1970s buddy comedies and centres around two old high school friends who reunite during one evening of misadventures in an attempt to recapture their youth. Munro plays Mitch, a naïve, 50-something failed actor who is faced with contemplating his life’s legacy. Munro said that the role allowed for him to analyze his own experiences in the industry as filmmaker.The Winnipeg-native graduated film school in the late ’80s, and A Legacy ofWhining is his second feature film. “In some ways, it’s more about me being a filmmaker and taking stock of where I am in life and analyzing, ‘Am I successful? Have I been as successful as I wanted to be? Am I delusional about what I’m trying to do?’” Munro said. “It was painful for me, but if I could get laughter out of it, that was my goal.” Although the film is described as a bittersweet look
Congratulations to DAVID LENG Indie film: Ross and Maria Munro’s new feature film, A Legacy of Whining, was filmed around Burnaby and Vancouver and premieres next month at Vancity Theatre. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
at male midlife crisis, Munro said it’s relatable to anyone, regardless of age or gender. “You can be 20, 25 years old and be at any kind of crossroads in life where you really have to self-evaluate and look in the mirror to realize what you have to do to more fully realize your dreams,” he said. The film’s premiere will
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