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Burnaby resident John Preissl has been busy of late wandering the city in search of blossoms to shoot. Turns out he’s not the only one searching for the beautiful blooms. John spotted these ladies taking photos of the cherry blossom trees in Burnaby South.

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MULCAIR’S LOSS OPENS UP OPPORTUNITY

Will MP Julian try for NDP leadership?

By Jeremy Deutsch

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After whirlwind weekend that saw the federal NDP’s leader ousted at the party’s national convention, local MPs in New Westminster and Burnaby are now taking stock of the events.

And for New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian, he has some thinking

to do with a leadership convention on the horizon.

The longtime MP said he’s not ruling out a run for the party’s leadership, but added he needs time to think about it and talk to his constituents.

“I’ll be talking to folks in my riding,” he told the NOW. “I’ll be listening to what they have to say.There will be a time to consider

the question of leadership, but that time is not right now.”

It was a stunning weekend for political observers, as NDP leader Tom Mulcair was rejected by his party, losing a leadership vote with just 48 per cent support.

It comes six months after a disappointing third-place finish in the federal election for the NDP and now sets

up a leadership convention within the next two years.

Julian, who publicly supported Mulcair, said he was surprised by the results.

“I was saddened,” he said, suggesting it was Mulcair’s work as the Opposition leader in the House of Commons that helped topple the Conservative government last election.

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party is divided as many political commentators have suggested, Julian argued that’s not the case.

“It resolves the issue, we’re going to have leadership convention,” he said.

Instead, Julian suspects the party will have some serious debates about how to move the party forward in the coming years.

“I think it’s extremely im-

portant we go through this process with a chance to look at where we are now as a party and how we can best serve Canadians,” he said.

It’s a similar sentiment for Burnaby South MP Kennedy Stewart.

He acknowledged the party was divided over Mulcair’s leadership, but he said Continued on page 8

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City is a sweet spot for bees

By Tanya Commisso

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There’s a new bee-word in town, and it’s a lot sweeter than the other one.

Frank Ferrucci just had a bee hive delivered to his North Burnaby home by 3B Honeybee, a Langley-based beekeeping company that provides hives for Lower Mainland residents on their properties from spring to summer’s end. Honeybees improve residents’ gardens through pollination and produce around four jars of honey each season.

“Everyone realizes the benefit of it right away,” said Ferrucci, who’s had a hive in his backyard for four years.

Arthur Barker of 3B Honeybee launched the Sponsor a Hive program five years ago as a way to locally combat the global decline of the bee population. He said the program – which has a handful of customers in Burnaby – has been generally well-received and hasn’t drawn complaints from clients’ neighbours.

“If anyone has any concerns, we try to ‘sweeten the deal,’ as we say, and offer them some honey,” Barker said. “(Honeybees) don’t bother people – they’re not interested in people.”

The incentive of honey and a flourishing garden aren’t the only perks that draw

ALL ABUZZ: Beehive owner Art Barker installs a beehive in Frank Ferrucci’s North Burnaby yard. Barker’s company, 3B Honeybee, provides hives for Lower Mainland residents to keep on their properties through spring and summer. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

in residents like Ferrucci. He said he also sponsors a hive to help increase the honeybee population. According to Barker, 30 per cent of the population is lost each winter.

“I don’t do this because I get a tax receipt – you don’t get a tax receipt – I do it simply because something needs to be done,” Ferrucci said.

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Report says rental turnover rate is high in North Burnaby

By Jeremy Deutsch

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A Burnaby mom fighting to keep a street hoop in her neighbourhood isn’t giving up despite the city’s insistence the net come down.

Jana Thorn said she’s not satisfied with the response from the city regarding the hoop on her street, and she still wants to work on a solution before it comes down.

The hoop in question is located at the end of Pandora Street in the Capitol Hill area. Last week, city officials stuck a note on the hoop that said it was in violation of the city’s street and traffic bylaws and must come down.

Thorn contacted the

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Hoop there it goes? : Jana Thorn said she’s going to keep fighting to save a basketball hoop the city wants to take down in her neighbourhood. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

NOW on Monday in hopes of getting the story out and saving the hoop, which her kids and others in the neighbourhood regularly use.

The next day, the city offered an explanation for the action, and it appears the city isn’t going to budge on Continued on page 8

quired, and Barker considers the program an inexpensive way for people to learn about bees. He also believes Burnaby is an ideal community for bees to thrive.

“There’s lots of stuff for the bees (in Burnaby),” he said. “It’s a well-established neighbourhood with lots of older, perennial plants,” he said.

For more information on sponsoring a hive, visit www.bringingbackbees.ca.

It’s probably no surprise to anyone who rents or owns a place for rent near Simon Fraser University that the tenant turnover is fairly high.

A new report by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) looking at tenant turnover rates appears to back up the notion.

The turnover rate in North Burnaby was 22.8 per cent, according to the CMHC report, nearly four per cent higher than the 19.2 per cent rate for the Vancouver region.

Richard Sam, a market analyst with the CMHC, said the data is an indica-

tion that where there is a larger institution like a university, in this case SFU in North Burnaby, there’s a higher turnover rate.

The University Endowment Lands, or UBC, had a 48.3 per cent turnover rate.

The CMHC conducted the pilot study in the fall of 2015.

The organization expects to conduct the survey annually.

Sam said the data from the survey can be used by both owners and landlords and renters.

In the case of landlords, he said the turnover rates give them a measure to manage their costs, suggesting every time a unit turns over, it can cost $1,500 to $2,000 to refresh the unit.

“If they’re seeing a higher turnover, maybe there’s something the can do to keep tenants in longer,” Sam told the NOW. But the numbers could be some good news for renters in an extremely tight market.

Sam said the fact nearly 20 per cent of all units turn over is a sign that units do come available but may get snapped up quickly.

“You just have to be on the lookout for it,” he said.

The report surveyed three areas in the city, including Burnaby North.

In Central Park/Metrotown, the turnover rate was 22.8 per cent, or 6,155 units, while in Southeast Continued on page 10

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Can Horgan do what Dix couldn’t?

The NDP and energy projects – it’s always a delicate balance.

Readers may recall during the last provincial election Adrian Dix got himself in a bit of a pickle by telling the media that he didn’t want Vancouver to be a major oil exporting port. He was against the Enbridge pipeline project, but he waffled on Kinder Morgan’s expansion here in Burnaby.

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looked lost.

The NDP always wants to have it both ways: Keep its blue collar union supporters, who are generally in favour of big energy projects, and placate its environmental activist supporters, who are against those projects.

This is virtually impossible.

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trap as Dix did.

Horgan apologized to union leader Tom Sigurdson last week for his decision to ask the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency to withhold approval for the proposed Pacific Northwest LNG plant near Prince Rupert, without giving Sigurdson a heads-up before he did it. But then later, Horgan, when speaking to reporters, according to the Globe and Mail, suggested the federal government

could attach conditions to the project to satisfy the NDP leader’s concerns.

Horgan explained his thinking later by saying you couldn’t necessarily look at things project by project.

The theory is that in a holistic approach a large investment in public transit could offset the climate impact of projects such as the LNG one.

Well, that would have to be a heck of a big public transit project.

You have to feel for the NDP leader. It’s like being stuck between a rock and a hard place – in a climatechange oven.

Justifying support for any big energy project – other than solar – smacks of dinosaur policies. And the NDP desperately needs to look like it’s a future-thinking party.

The reality is, of course, that there probably is a reasonable middle ground, but it’s virtually impossible

to navigate such a position without alienating core supporters.

Horgan told the union delegates, “I’m sick and tired of being the negative nelly.”

We’re not sure what he meant by that comment. But we’re pretty sure Clark’s team is already producing an ad that paints Horgan as a very big negative nelly – and not in a good way.

MY VIEW LAURA JONES

Time to reform sick day policy Municipal governments have a problem, albeit one they don’t want to talk about. Over the past decade they have routinely increased operating spending beyond population and inflation growth.To fuel the overspending, councils have overtaxed. Property taxes, in particular, have put a heavy burden on small business owners who already pay far more in taxes than the services they consume.

With this context in mind, responsible municipal councils should be looking at reasonable measures to control spending. As many municipal agreements in the province are being renegotiated right now, here’s one that should be looked at: reform municipal sick day policies.

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Many private sector companies don’t allow banking of vacation days let alone sick days. Only three per cent of private sector plans allow employees to bank sick days, compared to 28 per cent of government plans. Even more puzzling than banking

is the policy of allowing for cash payouts of unused sick days when someone leaves the public service.

In some cases, governments may be using sick day policies to work as insurance for employees against a short-term disability. A far better approach would be to implement a short-term disability plan. Employees should be able to take time off when they are sick, but current government policies are creating the incentive to confuse sick days with a vacation entitlement.

Of the 16 municipalities across Canada the report looked at, six do not allow for banking of sick days, including Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto, which changed its policy in 2008. BothVancouver andVictoria, the two B.C. cities reviewed, still allow banking.The B.C. government, along with the governments of Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia, does not allow banking sick days while other provincial governments and the federal government do.

Vancouver,Victoria and other B.C. municipalities with these policies should follow Toronto’s lead and eliminate banked sick day policies and replace them with short-term disability plans for all new employees.

It’s a direction other governments have been moving towards, albeit not fast enough for those that foot the bill.

Laura Jones is executive vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

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Neighbours fight to save basketball hoop

Dear Editor We have been told that Burnaby had a 12 per cent average assessment in properties for 2016 and that the tax increase might be 2.98 per cent. The lucky homeowners whose values increased 12 per cent of less will end up with a tax increase of 2.98 per cent or less.

However, according to your paper’s article, an average increase for a typical single-family home in Burnaby increased from 15 to 25 per cent and in some cases more than 30 per cent.

This means that this large group, without the benefit of assessment average, will be the ones being penalized with subsidizing the others.

It would appear that the city might be basing their decision on averaging on what happened in Vancouver in 2015 when only 2,900 homeowners qualified for averaging because of an almost 19 per cent first-time threshold requirement. This year it’s a different story in Vancouver because of the out-of-control spiralling real estate values. It is questionable that even with a new threshold of 29.89 per cent, a significant increase in those qualifying for averaging can be prevented.

For 31 years, averaging without thresholds did not cause a controversy. Burnaby council should reconsider the system and this time find out the mechanics from Vancouver. They could then adapt it to Burnaby conditions.

The real estate crisis is not going to go away, and the city has to do something.

W. Lutz, Burnaby

City bureaucrat ‘control freaks’ need to chill out already Dear Editor Re: A hoop worth fighting for, Burnaby NOW, April 13.

These city bureaucrats are absolute control freaks. First it was Chris Roller’s tea business, then Alexandra Lezo’s goats, then the blackberry bushes, then that Buddhist monk, and now a basketball hoop?

What’s next? You know what? You should also monitor cul-de-sacs for pesky little children playing hockey. Such a flagrant violation of this glorious city’s majestic street and traffic bylaws can not be tolerated! Think of that precedent! Why, next thing you know, people might start building treehouses in public parks! Unthinkable!

And then what would stop people from getting the silly idea of planting flowers and bushes along sidewalks, on municipal property? We must have order! Save us, Mr. Corrigan!

You are the supreme leader!

In protest, as many households as possible should install hoops in the exact same fashion in adjacent alleys for their own children, or even for your neighbour’s children.

Having your own, private communities is exactly what the ruling class does not want you to have, and Corrigan, despite his smile, nonthreatening tone and bagpipes, is an unwitting pawn of the ruling class. Enough is enough.

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Charles Darwin im a huge basketball fan but judging from that picture... wouldn’t the ball just fly into the abyss if it misses the rim / backboard? the only value i see is that it would be fun to dunk on.

It would probably be best to move the rim somewhere better or for neighbourhood kids to just use a driveway basketball hoop or go to the local elementary school Sara Johnson I live in the neighbourhood and have myself spent some time playing ball with this fun bunch.

It’s not “abyss” beyond the hoop and, in fact, when I was there net existed behind the net to ease the run the kids would make should the ball head downhill - my guess is the net is down for “off-season” rest.

This removal is predatory and insane.

It’s NOT a danger. I’d be interested for Jana to post additional photos or diagram of the intersection. Ha! I’ve seen the city crews playing with the kids. And, did the complaint come from the largest vehicle that would traverse that wide alley, the garbage trucks?

I suspect, it didn’t or the would city would say so.

The complainant, I’d bet, is a shut in who resents the community built around this hoop.

PS. Street ball is tough on a hill - this is a flat location. And, given the recent attempted abduction, should we send our kids all to the local parks? Besides, teens are already there carrying as teens do. Let’s find a solution.

Who is city council working for? Reader responds to letter Kisai I don’t think the city can say “NO” to approving anything legal. Metrotown (Where a lot of these demovictions are happening) plan is actually for high density, but the actual design in that document is to connect highrise residential with high-rise commercial (Eg Metropolis) and didn’t consider mixed-use which is the current trend.

So the actual buildings being demolished and replaced are not what the Metrotown plan called for in the first place. Metrotower III yes, the luxury condo towers along Beresford, no. The city claims they can not force the developers to build purpose-built rental properties, but there is nothing stopping the city from buying these lowrises to keep them out of the hands of developers OR building purpose-built affordable rental housing themselves. … Why can we not have affordable rental housing that is within 500 meters of the Skytrain station, and have the Luxury condos built along the edge of that 500 meter line use the taller cheaper buildings as a sound buffer?

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Hoop is a safety hazard, mayor says Continued from page 3 the issue.

Mayor Derek Corrigan told the NOW the city received a complaint about the hoop and staff determined that is was a potential safety hazard for taller vehicles and trucks.

He also said since the hoop is on a through-lane, it was deemed to be an unsafe place to play.

“Generally we’re pretty permissive about opportunities for outdoor play and not overly exuberant about things that are on city land,” he said. “In this case, it’s one they [city staff] determined that was a potential problem and could create liabilities for the city.We weren’t out looking for it, but once someone draws it to our attention then we have to do an assessment and determine whether or not our staff think it’s appropriate, and in this case, they said ‘no.’”

Corrigan noted the court had been put in sometime between July 2014 and June 2015, and city staff have tried to find the owner to move it, but they haven’t come forward.

He also noted he sent a letter to Thorn explaining the city’s side.

But again, the Burnaby resident isn’t buying the city’s explanation.

Thorn said the mayor hasn’t come out to see the hoop, noting garbage trucks use the laneway and don’t have a problem.

“I think his argument against it is absurd,” she said. “To think that it’s in the way of a vehicle is crazy.”

The mayor’s letter also pointed out that Confederation Park was close by and offered a number of amenities.

Thorn said Confederation Park as an option

I think his argument against it is absurd.

PUBLIC HEARING The Council of the City of Burnaby hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing

TUESDAY, 2016 APRIL 26 AT 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chamber, Burnaby City Hall, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2, to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”.

1) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 8, 2016 – BYLAW NO. 13584 Rez. #14-27

doesn’t provide what the neighbours were seeking to maintain in keeping the hoop.

She also argued the letter doesn’t offer any options regarding the hoop specifically, adding the neighbours just want to have a discussion to keep it.

As of Thursday, the hoop was still standing, but its days are likely numbered.

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that he’s not fully bilingual.

Stewart said the next leader needs to have a vision for the party and strongly represent B.C.’s interests.

“The new leader has to paint a different vision for us as to what our party stands for and keeping with our traditional principles,” he said. “I want a leader that’s not going to buckle to Central Canada and that’s going to stand up for British Columbia in the House of Commons and say that you can’t force pipelines through our province without our consent.”

From: R5 Residential District To:

Portion of 7201 11th Avenue From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5 and RM1 Multiple Family Residential Districts, C2 Community Commercial District, Southgate Master Plan and Edmonds Town Centre Plan guidelines) To:

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5 and RM1 Multiple Family Residential Districts, C2 Community Commercial District, Southgate Neighbourhood Master Plan and Edmonds Town Centre Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plans entitled “BC Family Housing Site” prepared by Integra Architecture Inc., and PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc.)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a five-storey low-rise apartment building within the multi-phased development of the Southgate site. The proposed non-market housing development is to be owned and operated by BC Housing.

2) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 2, 2016 – BYLAW NO. 13569 Rez. #14-26 Portion of 7679 Eighteenth Street and 7701 Eighteenth Street

New leader must stand up for B.C., says Burnaby MP Continued from page 1 the vote resolved the issue.

Stewart said he took a different approach to the Mulcair leadership vote, noting he met with party members in the riding earlier this year to come up with a consensus ahead of the convention.

He said it wasn’t reached at the time, but by the weekend, all of the delegates in the riding were in favour of a change in leader. Stewart said he followed their direction.

The Burnaby MP also said he’s not interested in running for the job, noting

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS

From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5 and RM1 Multiple Family Residential Districts, C2 Community Commercial District, Southgate Neighbourhood Master Plan and Edmonds Town Centre Plan guidelines) To:

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5 and RM1 Multiple Family Residential Districts, Southgate Neighbourhood Master Plan and Edmonds Town Centre Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plans entitled “Precedence” prepared

by Buttjes Architects Inc., Integra Architecture Inc., and PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc.)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a 32-storey residential tower and a four-storey low-rise apartment building, which form part of the multi-phased development of the Southgate Master Plan.

3) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 9, 2016 – BYLAW NO. 13585

CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM2 Multiple Family Residential District and Edmonds Town Centre Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “17th and Leeside” prepared by Robert Ciccozzi Architecture Inc.)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a three-storey (23 unit) stacked townhouse development with underground parking.

5) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 11, 2016 – BYLAW NO. 13587 Rez. #14-39 7390/7398/7404 16th Avenue, 7510/7516/7526/7536 Kingsway and 7411/7417 15th Avenue From: R5 Residential District To:

CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM2 Multiple Family Residential District and Edmonds Town Centre Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “The Greystones” prepared by Ekistics Architecture Inc.)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a three-storey (42 unit) townhouse development with underground parking.

6) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 12, 2016 – BYLAW NO. 13588 Rez. #15-08 4453/63/75 Hastings Street From: C8a Urban Village Commercial District (Hastings) To:

CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C8 Urban Village Commercial District, Hastings Street Area Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled, “Proposed Mixed Use Development” prepared by Burrowes Huggins Architects)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a five (5) storey mixed-use development, with commercial/retail at grade, and residential uses above.

7) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 13, 2016 – BYLAW NO. 13589 Rez. #15-16 2900 Bainbridge Avenue

Rez. #14-28

From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District)

Portion of 7201 11th Avenue

To:

From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5 and RM1 Multiple Family Residential Districts, C2 Community Commercial District, Southgate Neighbourhood Master Plan and Edmonds Town Centre Plan guidelines) To:

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5 and RM1 Multiple Family Residential Districts, C2 Community Commercial District, Southgate Neighbourhood Master Plan and Edmonds Town Centre Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Southgate Community Island 1 & 2” prepared by IBI Group, Integra Architecture Inc., and PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc.)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a 30-storey residential tower and a four-storey low-rise apartment building, which form part of the multi-phased development of the Southgate Master Plan.

4) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 10, 2016 – BYLAW NO. 13586 Rez. #15-37 7141 and 7145 Seventeenth Avenue

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District and in accordance with the development plan entitled “BC2923, Lougheed and Bainbridge, 2900 Bainbridge Avenue,” prepared by GS Sayers Engineering Ltd.)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the installation of a rooftop antenna facility with surrounding parapet and an at-grade equipment compound.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by a proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw. Written submissions may be presented at the Public Hearing or for those not attending the Public Hearing must be submitted to the Office of the City Clerk prior to 4:45 p.m. the day of the Public Hearing. Please note that all written submissions must contain name and address which will become a part of the public record.

The Director Planning and Building’s reports and related information respecting the zoning bylaw amendments are available for public examination at the offices of the Planning Department, 3rd floor, in Burnaby City Hall.

Copies of the proposed bylaws may be inspected at the Office of the City Clerk at 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. weekdays from Wednesday, 2016 April 13 to Tuesday, 2016 April 26.

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City now Is Trudeau really ready to approve the pipeline?

Mayor says he’ll give PM the benefit of the doubt Jeremy Deutsch

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In a city where anything to do with oil pipelines can attract attention pretty quick, a recent news story suggesting the prime minister is getting ready to approve pipeline projects, including Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline, was expected to stand out.

However, the Burnaby MP who would have the most to answer for if it’s true is downplaying the story.

Burnaby North-Seymour Liberal MP Terry Beech said as far as he’s concerned, there is no change in what his government has said all along, adding the Liberals are redoing the National Energy Board process to make sure it’s fair, objective and based on science.

“To me, we’ve set out a very specific process, we want to make sure Canadians have confidence in that process and we are following that process,” he told the NOW on Wednesday, adding he doesn’t want to speculate where the story came from.

“I think (being) succinct is better in this case, making a story off of a story based off of speculation, I don’t want to fan the flames

any further than they need to be.”

On Monday, National Post political columnist John Ivison wrote a story that said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “has been convinced by his finance minister, Bill Morneau, and other influential voices around the cabinet table that the pipelines have to be built to achieve the ambitious economic growth targets his government has set.”

If he says yes to Kinder Morgan, all hell is going to break loose in B.C.

The NEB is set to deliver its final recommendation to cabinet on the pipeline proposal by May 20. Cabinet has the final say on whether the pipeline will be built.

Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said he was surprised to read the details of the story but questioned whether it was true.

He said he’s giving the prime minister the benefit of the doubt, adding he’s not prepared to prejudge

him on the basis on a newspaper article.

“I just can’t believe that someone would be so foolish as to come out with statements like that after having promised there would be review that would take into consideration much more than the NEB has taken into consideration,” Corrigan said.

“Trudeau, if he does do that, he does so at his own jeopardy.”

The mayor did suggest it was possible Liberal insiders are floating the idea to see what the response will be publicly but added based on what he’s heard locally, a lot of people will be disappointed.

Burnaby South NDP MP Kennedy Stewart called the story “distressing” and argued the move would go against an election promise by the Liberals to have Kinder Morgan reapply under a new set of rules.

“If he says yes to Kinder Morgan, all hell is going to break loose in B.C.,” he said. “I’ll be fighting this all the way.”

Stewart also said he’ll be stepping up his attempts to convince the prime minister to reject the pipeline project.

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City now Low rental rates make for low turnover in southeast Burnaby

Continued from page 3 Burnaby the rate 15.5 per cent or 2,359 units.

For comparison, in Richmond, the Tri-Cities and DowntownVancouver, the

turnover rate was 24.9 per cent, 16.8 per cent and 22.9 per cent respectively.

The turnover rate in Burnaby Southeast was one of the lowest in the region,

with SoutheastVancouver topping the list at just 8.2 per cent turnover.

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ated with neighbourhoods in higher demand and low rents.The survey listed the average monthly rent in Burnaby Southeast at $905, with the five-year average

vacancy rate at 2.2 per cent.

The average rent for Burnaby North and Central Park/Metrotown is $1,025 and $1,045, respectively.

Sam also noted the turn-

over rate among townhouses at 11.4 per cent is much lower than the average rate.

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CELEBRATE SPRING AT THE JAPANESE CANADIAN FESTIVAL at Nikkei Centre on Saturday, April 16 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Celebrate Spring: Festival of Colour events features free activities showcasing Japanese kimono dressings, tea ceremonies and kids’ crafts.You’ll be able to enjoy entertainment, enjoy Japanese food and tea and shop for items like kimonos, fashion accessories, miniature bonsai and more. Order a Bento lunch ahead of time ($13 plus tax) at 604-777-7000 or info@ nikkeiplace.org.

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ENJOY A BRAZILIANTHEMED COMMUNITY DINNER and connect with community over foot.

The dinner is on Sunday, April 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.) at Burnaby Neighbourhood House South House, 4460 Beresford St.Tickets are $3 for adults, $2 for children aged three to 12 and free for kids under the age of three – and must be purchased

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Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave.The Sunday afternoon concert runs from 3 to 5 p.m. and is $15. For tickets go to www. burnabylyricopera.org.

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TAKE THE KIDS TO THE LIBRARY and let them enjoy an informal game of chess, facilitated by Curtis Lister of the Burnaby Chess Club. It’s taking place on

Saturday, April 16 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Burnaby Public Library’s Bob Prittie Metrotown branch at 6100 Willingdon. No registration is required for the drop-in program but you’ll want to arrive early as space is limited. Parents of kids under 10 must stay in the program room.

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MAC’s first show at 100 Braid Street Studios. MAC (My Artist’s Corner) is a local non-profit group based in Burnaby.The free exhibit takes place on Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 100 Braid St. (corner of Brunette Avenue and Braid Street in New West.

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NATIONAL FILM DAY WHEN IS IT? National Canadian Film Day is Wednesday, April 20 WHAT IS IT? It’s a cross-country celebration of Canadian film that includes screenings, events, panel discussions and more – a day in which we can “pat ourselves on the back for something other than various ice-related sports and sports-related doughnut shops,” as the Canadian Film Day website says.

SO HOW CAN I CELEBRATE? In Burnaby, the Burnaby Public Library is hosting a special Canadian Film Day screening of My American Cousin, B.C. filmmaker Sandy Wilson’s charming 1985 coming-of-age story that traces the story of a 12-year-old Okanagan farm girl growing up in the 1950s – whose life takes a turn for the exciting when her

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Youth recrea"onal programs and summer camps can bridge the gap in care between the end of school and the day when classes resume. Due in part to high demand, parents who want to place their kids in summer rec programs or summer camps should begin ve!ng such programs and camps well in advance of summer. The following are a handful of "ps for moms and dads who want their kids to have fun and fulTlling summers. * Ask for recommenda"ons. Speak with fellow parents and trusted friends about where they send their children. Personal recommenda"ons can be very helpful, providing

Trsthand insight into a par"cular camp or program. Schedule appointments to visit camps that fall within your budget. Take your son or daughter along so he or she can get a sense of what camp will be like. * Explore all op"ons. Camps come in more Wavours than ever before. Certain camps may be faith-based ministries while others may focus on par"cular sports. Band camps and art camps may appeal to crea"ve kids. Also, there are plenty of general-interest camps that o#er various ac"vi"es without narrowing in on any par"cular one. Parents may need to choose between a sleepaway camp or day camps, depending on which camp experience they

want for their children. * Inquire about camp schedules. While many camps are Wexible, day camps do not have the same level of Wexibility as after-school programs.

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summer camp? What are the options in your area? * Are there any camps that have been recommended by friends or family members? * What kinds of activities do your children enjoy?

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Twenty-seven-year-old Robert Gagno travelled to Pennsylvania to compete against approximately 200 elite pinball players at the Professional & Amateur Pinball Association World Championships to earn his spot at the top.The competition requires players to stand for 12 to 14 hours a day and earn top scores on five different pinball machines.

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BRING THE FAMILY Vancouver Island offers a wonderland of lush forests, ocean shores, seaside towns and adventure-ready parks. A great choice for families is Englishman River Falls Provincial Park near Parksville, where a stroll

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Everything that made the Tacoma popular in the first place is here again

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Consider Coca-Cola. With a recipe composed of twenty-one secret ingredients, it is a known quantity that tastes the same no matter where you order it. Leave aside the urban myths about its ability to dissolve bone or whatnot, and Coca-Cola’s success is absolute; order a Coke and you know what you’re getting. It’s an unqualified success as-is; remember the disaster of New Coke?

Sometimes change isn’t good.

Now consider a car company, forced by regulatory pressure and customer expectation to refresh and update their models every couple of years. If you’ve already cranked out the winning formula, then what do you do if you have to mess with success?

With the Tacoma, Toyota must surely have found themselves facing just such a question. Resale values are excellent. The fan base loves it. Sales are strong.

But change is required, so something must be done.

Here’s the 2016 Tacoma, an update a long time coming. Is it New Coke all over again, or still the same Tacoma Classic that quenches many a midsized truck thirst?

Design:

On first blush: sorry, you said this was the new Toyota Tacoma? Despite a bluff new grille and updated tailgate, you’d be forgiven for thinking Toyota just wrote “New and Improved” on one corner of their mid-sizer’s packaging and called it a day. A revolution, the Tacoma is not.

But why would it be? Not only does Toyota as a company dislike radical change, neither would their customers enjoy a total deviation from the script. The Tacoma remains simple, recognizable in silhouette, and slightly more butch looking than its ancestors. As is pickup truck de rigueur these days, you get a giant ‘Tacoma’ script on the tailgate, but really it’s not much more than a surface reworking.

Environment:

wheelbase contributed to a nicely controlled highway drive.

However, step inside the Tacoma, and previous owners will be impressed by the changes made.

After something like seven years without a major update, the Tacoma’s cabin was rugged but deeply aged, and about as sophisticated-looking as the plumbing department at Home Depot.

Now it’s not dissimilar to the Camry’s country-music-lovin’ cousin. This being a Limited version, leather clad seats and a sunroof were the icing on the Tacoma cake, but the rest of the options were much better suited to modern life.

The Entune touchscreen infotainment system is large, bright, quick, and comes with easy-to-use knobs. The seats are comfortable. There’s plenty of storage for cups and smartphones. Everything’s sensible, but a little on the tight side for a taller driver.

And never mind the sport truck pro-athlete image, if you’ve got kids to haul along with you, the crew-cab Tacoma makes for a surprisingly solid family car. Two child seats bolted right in without much wrestling, and the low transmission tunnel made for extra space to carry stuff. Kids don’t take up much room – it’s their stuff that’s the problem. Throw a canopy on this thing for bikes and boards and who-knows-what, and you just might have the alternative to the minivan every crossover pretends to be.

Performance:

New under the Tacoma’s hood is a 3.5L V6 that replaces the old 4.0L six. I’m not saying the latter was getting a bit dated, but you can find references to it on the walls of Tutankhamen’s tomb. It’s just short of predating agriculture.

The new 3.5L engine adds not much in the way of torque at 265lb-ft, and requires a bit of stick to get power out of it. Rev it up and it’ll make a solid 278hp at 6000rpm, but the six-speed automatic transmission requires a good solid prod to unlock the power.

As this is a proper body-on-frame truck, you might expect the Tacoma to exhibit some rough around the edges road manners. True, there is a tendency to judder over offset bumps, but there’s surprising on-road competency here in spades. The steering ratio proved decidedly untrucklike on a winding country back road, and the long

If you’re a member of the Toyota faithful, it’s about this time that we’ve got to ask why there’s no diesel option for this truck. The usual excuse is that a complex diesel engine, with its turbocharger and heavyweight construction, would add extra cost to the truck, a cost the market would not bear.

Oh horse, um, feathers. The Tacoma is already an expensive option – this Limited version stickers at $46K after freight – and a well-heeled customer would undoubtedly stump up for the added hauling torque and better fuel economy. While the V-6 is a solid performer that returns good fuel economy, a little more low-end grunt would make for a more relaxing drive.

But having said that, the Tacoma we do get adheres to the proven recipe with solid road manners and good performance. A little light off-roading didn’t faze it one bit, and even parking it around town became second nature after a day or so. You can get more power, more hauling, and more space, but everything that made the Tacoma popular in the first place is here again.

Features:

Basic Tacomas come with a 2.7L four-cylinder engine and not much in the way of options. Call it delivery truck spec, just like the yellow machine from the first Toy Story movie.

However, move up to the Limited and TRD trims and you start getting a host of niceties. As-equipped, my tester had everything from navigation to satellite radio and a backup camera. Opt for the TRD trim if you’re intending to use your Tacoma for heavy duty, but if you’re a city-slicker who occasionally makes forays into the wilderness, the Limited is by no means bare-bones.

Official fuel economy figures improved significantly with the introduction of the 3.5L, rating at 12.0L/100kms on the highway and 10.0L/100kms city. Real world figures hit the mixed-mileage rating of 11L/100kms, very livable in these days of inexpensive fuel.

Green Light:

Useful V6 power; decent cabin space; outstanding resale value; pleasing on-road manners and good rough terrain capability

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No diesel option, even for those willing to pay more; cabin is cramped for taller drivers; very conservative styling changes

The Checkered Flag:

Everyone’s favourite sport-truck continues to thrive using a simple, tried-and-tested recipe.

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Conquer Winter,

Hospital doctor urges patients to plan ahead Cornelia Naylor

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It’s a scenario hospitalist Dr. Pol Morton has seen played out all too often in the Burnaby Hospital ER. A patient – confused or unconscious and deteriorating rapidly – unable to make decisions about medical care.

“If they haven’t spoken to their family,” Morton says, “then we, in the emergency department, are turning to a daughter or a son – and it’s nearly always a daughter – to ask, ‘What would your mother want in this situation?’ And they often don’t know at all. It’s an agonizing decision. At a time when the family are already in angst because of this person’s illness, we’re actually adding to that by asking for some sort of directive as to where we go.”

The best people to make decisions about care are patients themselves, according to Morton.

So, as National Advance Care Planning Day approaches on April 16, he is urging people, while they are still well enough, to talk to their families about what they want and don’t want doctors to do for them if they ever get too sick to speak for themselves.

“This is a conversation that you really should have with your family, for your sake and for your family’s sake,” he says.

In the absence of any input from patient or family, Morton says doctors have to guess what a patient might have wanted.

“We’re worried that we’re not doing what is right for the patient,” he says. “It’s not always right to resuscitate the patient and keep them alive just because we can. But also we don’t want to fall short of what the patient wants.”

Given the shortage of family doctors and their heavy workload, Morton says it’s unrealistic to expect

family physicians to initiate advance care conversations.

“The best place is actually at home with family, filled in with information from their doctor,” he says.

To help patients with plans and to spark conversations with families, Burnaby Hospital has started sending patients home with completed Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) forms in green envelopes with magnets attached so they can be stuck to the fridge at home.

Emergency services personnel now look for the forms for direction in emergencies.

“Another thing about the green envelope is that families see it,” Morton says.

“They’ll say, ‘What’s this?’ and it fosters conversation about this issue.”

For more information about advance care planning, including an online workbook, go to www. advancecareplanning.ca/ resource/british-columbia.

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Although her family is Despite having never owned a cat herself, Kelly L. Caucasian, their Asian antiques store, Frankie RobMcKenzie’s story Bootsie’s inson Oriental Gallery, Pick-Me-Up – detailing her drew many diverse customexperience picking up her boss’s crazy cat from the vet ers of various cultural backgrounds.

– was submitted “It wasn’t just a for Chicken Soup’s store – you’d sell MyVery Good,Very them a Japanese Bad Cat edition on chest and you got the advice of one to know so much of McKenzie’s folmore about them,” lowers, familiar she said. with her writing McKenzie says style through her one memory that blog, Just Typikel. will be included “There’s all Kelly L. McKenzie in the book tells these dog peoof her experience ple that I see at the writer with a client who dog parks, and they came in looking for an urn think it’s hilarious that I’m for ashes – her own ashes. in a cat book.”

Now that she’s been pub- McKenzie and her mother had known the woman for lished in an anthology, the 12 years. blogger is taking her come“It was the most heartdic commentary on life and wrenching thing – I was setting her sights on comon my own and I sobbed pleting a memoir, based my way through the store,” on her experiences workshe said. “This was the last ing alongside her mother in thing she had to do, she their family-owned Asian had given away her jewelry antiques store. and she only had about two “My book is going to be months left, and she wanted about my relationship with a beautiful antique urn to her – she’s type A and I’m put her ashes in.” not. People would come At the funeral, the woman into the store and probamade sure there was a single bly think I was going to get orchid left behind for McKfired any minute, and we’d enzie and her mother. go, ‘Oh no, we’re a motherMcKenzie hopes her daughter team,’” McKenheartfelt and quirky stozie said. ries will resonate with loWidowed when her two Tanya Commisso

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Health now Cellphone users beware

Burnaby physio sounding alarm over ‘texting thumb’

A Burnaby physiotherapist is alerting the public to a growing scourge among cellphone users – texting thumb.

Physiotherapist Shaila Jiwa, owner of Absolute PhysioCare & Sports Rehab, says more and more people are coming into her Burnaby clinic complaining of serious, sometimes debilitating pain in their thumbs.

“A lot of people don’t know why they’re having this pain,” she told the NOW. “We don’t see them in the early stages; we see them in the later stages because then it becomes a functional limitation for them.They can’t hold their cup of coffee, it’s hurting so much.They can’t brush their teeth; they have to use their other hand.”

Jiwa blames new, larger cell phones for the spike in thumb problems.

It can be extremely painful, and like any tendonitis it’s really hard to get rid of

Because of the phones’ size, she said, many of her clients have started using them for tasks they would previously have done on laptops or computers.

The larger devices also put more strain on thumbs, she said.

“I think it’s the size, the weight and the stress that it’s putting on the thumb to go to the opposite end of the screen,” she said. “It’s just putting more stress on the joint.”

Texting thumb and “gamer’s thumb” are street names for de Quervain syndrome, basically a tendonitis of the extensor tendons used to lift the thumb, according to certified professional ergonomist AnneKristina Arnold.

Symptoms include pain or tingling; weak grip or pinch strength; and minor swelling at the base of the thumb.

“It’s been around for a long time, 50 years or so,” Arnold told the NOW. “Originally a lot of it was

from hand tools where you’re reaching or hyperextending your thumb to operate a button. In more recent years, it was the little mini joysticks, thumb joysticks, which were a problem.”

Arnold, a senior lecturer in SFU’s biomedical physiology kinesiology department who also teaches in the industrial design program at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, is reluctant to blame the rise in thumb problems exclusively on the size of the new phones.

“It depends how they actually hold it,” she said.

“But what you can say is if the phone causes you to extend your thumb more and your reach more, then they may be related. Small hands on large phones is going to be more of a problem.”

Texting thumb, according to Arnold, is just one symptom of cell phone manufacturers – and companies generally – not paying attention to the way the body works when designing new products.

“If you look at the basic form of a cell phone, it’s still a rectangle, and our bodies don’t move at right angles,” she said. “They move in spherical or what we call more organic kind of shapes. If you move your thumb, if you swivel your thumb, it makes a semi-circle; it doesn’t make a line.”

Once texting thumb or de Quervain’s syndrome takes hold, according to Arnold, it’s tough to treat.

“It can be extremely painful, and like any tendonitis it’s really hard to get rid of,” she said. “It’s inflammation on the tendon, and basically you need to rest, but so much of our life involves moving our – in this case – thumbs around, that it is really hard to get rid of.”

To treat texting thumb, Arnold recommends rest, ice, compression and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories.

Jiwa recommends a simple exercise: 1. Put your hand out as if you are going to shake hands. 2. Bend your wrist away from your thumb. 3. Use your other hand to passively flex your thumb down towards the ground.

If the pain persists, she recommends consulting with a licensed physiotherapist, chiropractor or massage therapist.

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Be positive, achieve your potential for health Dr. Davidicus Wong HEALTHWISE

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When we think about health, many consider it from the negative.

The focus is on symptoms, injuries, illness or disease.

Many approach their health care the same way.

They see a doctor or other health-care provider mainly for the treatment of these conditions. Health is defined in the negative: the absence of disease, and health care becomes passive: the treatment given by a health-care professional.

I think of health as the optimal balance of the important areas of your life

I think of health as the optimal balance of the important areas of your life (physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, family, social, work, rest and play) – guided by what you value and where you find meaning – and the achievement of your positive potential in life.

I believe we each have a unique potential. It is our duty to realize our potential and to help others achieve theirs.

Though we all need the assistance of doctors, nurses and other health-care providers at different points in our lives, most of your health care is provided by just one person.That person, of course, is you.

In this way, real health care is self-care.The best predictors of your future health are the habits you practise today.

The four foundations of self-care are (1) what you eat (what you put into your body), (2) what you do (physical activity), (3) how you feel (emotional well-being) and (4) how you relate (healthy relationships).

Over the past two years, I’ve led the Burnaby Division of Family Practice’s Empowering Patients health education campaign. Our goal is to improve the health of our community by providing unbiased health information on a variety of topics including the four foundations, chronic conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, preventive and proactive care, medical ethics, improving your hospital experience and communicating with health-care providers.

So far we’ve delivered 14 free public lectures in Burnaby’s schools, libraries and community centres and created health education posters, handouts and videos.

To see our growing library of health information, check the Burnaby Division’s website at divisionsbc.ca/ burnaby.

The family doctor’s circle of care has expanded from the care of the individual patients of a practice to the care of our community.

We care about our patients, and we care about our community.

On Monday, April 25 at 7 p.m., I’ll be speaking at the Tommy Douglas library (7311 Kingsway, Burnaby) on “Health Care is SelfCare: AchieveYour Potential for Health.”You can register for this free talk online at www.bpl.bc.ca/events or by phone 604-522-3971.

Get moving: Dr. Davidicus Wong high-fives Dr. Baldev Sanghera at the Vancouver launch of Walk With Your Doc in 2014. PHOTO NOW FILES,

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If you’re thinking of improving your future health by becoming more active today, jump on board with the rest of us next month as we celebrate Move for Health Day and the Doctors of B.C.’s Walk With Your Doc events. On Saturday, May 7 at 10 a.m., I’ll be the emcee for the Doctors of B.C.’s annual Walk WithYour Doc at Kitsilano Beach Park.

To celebrate Move for

Health Day in Burnaby on Tuesday, May 10, I’ll be presenting a talk,We Were Made to Move at 1 p.m. at the Edmonds Community Centre and again at 5:45 p.m. at the Confederation Community Centre (to be followed at 6:15 p.m. with an easy Walk With Your Doc around the Confederation Park track).You’ll learn about the benefits of exercise, how it can improve your enjoyment of life and

your ability to do everyday activities, and how you can make daily physical activity a new healthy habit. All members of the public of any age are welcome to join our team of Burnaby doctors as we walk the talk! Each participant at the walks will also get a free pedometer (while quantities last).

For more information on the variety of fun events Burnaby has planned for

Move for Health Day, look on page 5 of the Leisure Guide (or check online at burnaby.ca).To learn more about the Walk WithYour Doc events, check walkwith yourdoc.ca.

DavidicusWong is a family physician, and his Healthwise columns appear regularly in this paper. For more on achieving your positive potential in health, see his website at www.davidicuswong.word press.com.

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completes the exciting revitalization of the Brentwood Town Centre neighbourhood,” Meehan says.

The masterplanned community, Concord’s largest in Burnaby, will sit in the heart of Brentwood, south of Lougheed Highway between Beta and Delta avenues, and will be anchored by over 13 acres of park and green space.

“This was planned closely with the City of Burnaby to be an extremely livable family community,” Meehan says.

The green space will be developed as “a combination of passive and sports/ events programming with recreational infrastructure interlaced,” he adds, and a proposed new public school is also planned as part of the community.

The development will feature “endless amenities [like] C oncord Pacific’s Signature Super Club and a Village C entral, which will be introduced in Phase 2, consisting of a proposed new grocer y store,

cafés, and other ser vice-oriented commercial retailers,” Meehan says.

Designed by award-winning architect James K.M. Cheng of Vancouver, Concord Brentwood will consist of 10 residential towers, most between 40 and 45 storeys tall.

Tower 1 of Phase 1 will consist of 426 units on 45 storeys, with one- to threebedroom homes ranging from 534 to 1,239 square feet. Luxurious interior features will include fully integrated Bosch appliances, quartz countertops and marble tile backsplashes in shower surrounds and bathroom flooring.

“Most corner two- and three-bedrooms will have wraparound balconies with a unique sliding door system that seamlessly connects the indoor and outdoor space,” says Peter Webb, senior vice-president of development with Concord Pacific.

A central lobby podium, shared between towers 1 and 2, will house two

levels of amenities, including a fitness centre with yoga studio, grand lounge, games room, pet grooming room, theatre room, study rooms and a music room.

Brentwood’s central location, 20 minutes from downtown Vancouver, offers easy access to highways and the SkyTrain, as well as a host of established amenities and a growing array of shops and restaurants all within a short walk. This includes Brentwood Town Centre – currently undergoing massive redevelopment into a world-class shopping, dining and entertainment destination.

Concord Brentwood Phase 1 sales are set to open this spring. The Burnaby presentation centre, located in Metrotown, is now in its final construction stages and will soon open to the public.

For information and to register for updates about the project, visit www.concordbrentwood.com.

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The smell of hot dogs and sounds of bats squaring up on the ball signal a new season.

While members of the Burnaby Pirates and Burnaby Blue Jays may not be grilling for lunch, they launch the baseball season this weekend looking to tag up and beat the throw in Over-30 baseball.

The Blue Jays, finalists in their first four years including a pair of league titles, would love nothing more than to keep the string alive.

Long-time Burnaby resident Rod Van Dorn Sr. isn’t counting his runs without the at bats, though.

“We have been a team to beat in the past but this is a new season. Every season brings new challenges,” says Van Dorn.

“We won before with pitching and hitting.

When you have that, it’s a pretty deadly combination.”

Losing a key player due to an unfortunate injury and a few others unable to make the weekly commitment, the Blue Jays are tempering their expectations. Getting back to the final – where they fell 6-0 to the Howe Sound Hounds – may take a little diamond magic.

“We should be alright because our pitching is intact (from last year),” he said.

That top-three rotation includes steady righthanders Jeff Ammer and Jeff Weisgerber and lefthanded Rod Van Dorn Jr. One of the clutch bats expected to continue driving in the runs is Marc Noble.

Taking the field with his two sons, including outfielder Shaun, is pretty neat, the father says. “It’s as good as it gets.”

Sharing the Robert Burnaby Park diamond are the Burnaby Pirates, who’ve actually been in the league a lot longer.

Led by manager Kevin Gordon, the Pirates would like nothing more than to challenge the Jays for local bragging rights.

“We want to be in the thick of it,” said Gordon, who also gets the chance to play with his son, Adam, when he’s not handling the coaching duties. “Last year we struggled quite abit and transitioned some players from Over-30 to Over-45… For us, a top-four spot is a good goal so you go into the playoffs with some confidence.”

Having grown up in Alberta, Gordon said the game’s charm keeps him coming back even as he hits the mid-50s mark. He occasionally puts himself in when numbers dictate, but labels his role then as “I pitch and catch or get the hell out of the way.”

“You watch the old film Field of Dreams and that’s what I use to do with my dad,” he recalls. “You’d go out and just throw the ball around. It’s a lot of fun and a thrill just to do it with my son.”

The Blue Jays launch the new season on Sunday, 9 a.m. at Robert Burnaby Park against the Surrey Sentinels, while the Pirates visit the New Westminster Mariners.

Threading the needle: Burnaby Metro Selects striker Joey Cannova leaps between two Port Moody rivals for the ball during last week’s Coastal A Cup under-13 quarterfinal at Burnaby Lake West. Burnaby prevailed 2-0, advancing to the semifinals this Saturday, 10 a.m. at Burnaby Lake against Langley. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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Familiarity can breed contempt, but in the case of the Burnaby Metro girls under-18 Selects, it brought knowledge.

Against a team they’d faced two times before, the Selects rolled out to an early lead and held on to top Surrey Pegasus 3-1 to advance to the Coastal A Cup semifinals.

Last year’s Coastal and Provincial Cup champs, Burnaby took the lead when Sara Cirillo finished off a set-up from Nicole Bell 20 minutes into the game.

Bell would collect what proved to be the winner, drilling a shot from the 18-yard line that slid in off the far post 10 minutes later.

“This group is an interesting story,” noted manager Mike Bell. “When they came together five years ago it seemed they lost nearly every game, but by the end of that season they started to come together....Two years

ago they finished third (at the provincials) and last year won the league, Coastal Cup and the provincials.”

Although Surrey cut the deficit by a goal 15 minutes into the second half and pushed forward, the Selects held their ground, with Danijela Gordic counting the insurance tally. Bell proved a force at striker, generating numerous offensive chances, while netminder Alicia Muster made a couple of key saves late in the first half.

Burnaby, which is coached by Ned Forcan, now heads to Surrey to play Guildford, with the winner advancing to the final.

SELECTS BLANK PORT MOODY In a tightly contested Coastal A Cup quarterfinal, the Burnaby Metro Select FC boys pulled out all the stops en route to a 2-0 victory over the Port Moody Dynamo last week.

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Joey Cannova’s header off a corner kick, well-placed by Kyle Beach, proved to be the gamewinner.The squad got another goal off a long shot from 35 yards out that was just too hot for the Port Moody goalkeeper to hold onto.

Burnaby now turns its focus to Langley – another squad they dominated during the regular season – in Saturday’s semifinal at Burnaby Lake West (10 a.m.).

“We played them hard three times – they are big and strong – (but) we managed to win the games,” remarked Select FC coach Matt Manfredi said. “It’s anybody’s game (but) we have home field advantage… We want to reach the finals and will do our best to compete well.”

In other Coastal Cup A action, the Burnaby u15 boys FC doubled up on Coquitlam 4-2, and now visit Port Moody for the Cup semifinal on Satur-

day, 10 a.m....The Upper Island Riptide ended the Burnaby u14 boys FC season in a 3-1 decision...There were no explosions for the Burnaby Metro u14 girls Dynamite, who fell 4-1 to West Coast in their quarterfinal...The Coquitlam Metro-Ford Extreme stopped the Burnaby u16 girls 2-0 to end their Coastal Cup run.

BLAZE REMAIN RED-HOT It’s off to the Coastal B Cup semifinals for the Burnaby girls u15 Blaze, after a 3-0 triumph over Port Moody last week.

Standout performances at midfield from Georgia Cheung, Stephanie Ferriera Kay and Nicole Kuhn set the tone, with the latter two counting key goals.

Also scoring was Paige Heaslip, off a corner kick.

Goalkeeper Samantha Loutet withstood all Port Moody’s attack to record the shutout.

Burnaby now plays host to Powell River, 1 p.m. on Sunday at Burnaby Central.

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For Sahvan Gill, there’s an athletic lineage that he’s happy to continue.

The Burnaby Winter Club hockey and high school basketball player has played sports for as long as he can remember, for the love of it and now pushing it to the elite level – especially as a member of the Burnaby Winter Club’s bantam AAA hockey team.

Groomed at BWC for the past eight years, including a provincial peewee title in 2013, 16-year-old Gill has built a resume as a dependable blueliner of 6-foot-1, 170-pounds.

Inspiring him to be his best is his family, including the memory of his great-grandfather Dara Singh, who was the 1968 wrestling World champion and a Bollywood movie star.

“My great-grandfather was pretty famous in India, a world champion wrestler,” notes Gill.

“He was greatly respected and in the (wrestling) hall of fame.”

His heritage is an important element, as the teen was recently named the B.C. Punjabi Athlete of theYear for 2015.

His achievements across the

board played a role in being chosen for such a lofty honour – including on his school’s honour roll, a leader on his basketball player, a community volunteer and contributor to charitable causes.

“I was kind of surprised,” he said. “It was pretty cool to win an award like that and kind of humbling.”

Nominating Gill was BWC director Dan Melanson.

Gill plans on playing major midget this coming season, and has received calls from major junior and junior A teams.

The teen is keeping his options open at this stage.

A fan of Tampa Bay blueliner Victor Hedman, Gill is passionate about hockey, just as his dad Inder Gill was passionate about soccer as a youth.

“Hockey has been my favourite sport but I like a lot of sports, including basketball and soccer,” said Gill, who led his high school hoop team in scoring. “I guess my strengths (in hockey) are I play smart, make good decisions and I’m a two-way player who helps on breakouts.”

Ella Brown established a new meet record while taking her third consecutive triple jump title at the Emilie Mondor Invitational in Burnaby.

The Simon Fraser University junior registered a jump of 11.60 metres, extending her previous meet record from 11.41 set two years ago.

It was part of a strong SFU Clan track performance at the competition, with another meet mark set by middle distance runner Marc-Antoine Rouleau in the men’s 1500m race. Ranked No. 12 overall in NCAA, Rouleau finished in a time of 3:50.41, while teammate Sean Miller set a personal best of 3:58.01 en route to a third-place finish.

Also picking up gold at the meet were SFU’s Selina Byer, in the women’s javelin with a throw of 38.03, Jerry He, who posted a long jump of 6.93m, and Vladislav Tsygankov, in the men’s 100m dash with a time of 11.01. SFU also received a firstplace result from the men’s 4x400m relay, which includes Josh Adheimer, Dylan Freinhofer, Daniel Kelloway and Burnaby’s Cameron Proceviat.

Picking up silver medals for SFU were Kelloway, who finished the 200m dash in 22.22 seconds,Valda Kabia, in women’s 200m with a

Pack mentality: Royal City Track Club’s Grace Fetherstonhaugh finished 18th in the 1500-metre women’s event at last week’s Emilie Mondor Invitational at SFU. .PHOTO CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

time of 25.24, and Peter Behncke, in 15-and-under hammerthrow with a toss of 50.47m – just shy of Western Washington’s Brendan Pless’ 50.77m.The women’s 4x100 relay, which includes Natasha Friedman, Bryce West, Monique Lisak and Brown, placed second with a time of 49.05.

Claiming third-place results for

SFU were Joshua Adhemar, in the 400m hurdles, Jacob Karamanian, in the 15-and-under men’s javelin, Kelloway, in the 100m, and Natasha Lazecki, in the women’s long jump.

The Royal City Track Club’s Brianna Bates captured the top distance in the 16-to-17 women’s javelin, with a throw of 33.71m, while clubmate Lauren Vanee placed second with a toss of 32.81m.Vanee would also place 10th in the 100m hurdles.

In the men’s 16-17 discus, Royal City’s Evan Smith hit a distance of 33.00m to collect silver.Teammate Jeremy Belcher came in fifth in the men’s triple jump.

Emily Chilton ran the 13th best time in the women’s 800m race, while in the 1500m women’s middle distance race, Grace Fetherstonhaugh placed 18th.

Lauryn Savela placed third in the javelin.

For the New Westminster Spartans club, Cheryl Chow secured the sixth best distance in the triple jump.

She also stood 11th in the 100m hurdles. In the men’s 110m hurdles, Diego Medrano placed eighth overall.

The top result for Burnaby Striders was Nathan Mah’s fourthplace mark in the men’s 100m dash (11.20s), to go with a sixth place finish in the 200m.

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