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BUT IT WAS OK
Guns on campus Cornelia Naylor
cnaylor@burnabynow.com
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Burnaby RCMP surrounded a part of the BCIT campus Sunday afternoon after getting a report of individuals with a gun in one of the classrooms. Turns out they were students in a firearms class. Campus security called 911 at about 2:30 p.m. after seeing several people in a classroom with a gun. “If it’s a gun call, we respond appropriately until it’s deemed to not be a threat,” Burnaby RCMP Cpl. Daniela Panesar told the NOW. Normally campus security would be alerted to firearms classes taking place on campus, according to BCIT media manager Kelly Friday, but that didn’t happen Sunday. “We have policies and procedures in place and we’re reviewing them right now to make sure this doesn’t happen again, for obvious reasons,” she said. Besides security guards being out of the loop about the class, the response to the gun was appropriate, according to Friday. “They called the police and secured the area, which is part of our process,” she said.
Edison Go, right, helps threeyear-old Jayden with his Pikachu ears. The craft project was part of the Family Day festivities held at Bonsor Recreation Complex on Feb. 13. Fantasy Pokémon Creations invited kids to paint, draw, build and catch their favourite critters. All of the city’s rec facilities had some kind of activity planned for Family Day, including a pizza pool party at Eileen Dailly Pool and the Winter Festival at Bill Copeland Sports Centre. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
THE PIPELINE
You’ve got mail if you’re on pipeline route Tereza Verenca
tverenca@burnabynow.com
Burnaby landowners whose property will be crossed by the Trans Mountain expansion project should expect some mail this Friday. It’s all part of the next
step in the routing process. On Feb. 10, the National Energy Board (NEB) approved Trans Mountain’s draft of its Plan, Profile and Book of Reference (PPBoR).The PPBoR requires Trans Mountain to submit aerial maps of the pipeline, land types, the names of the
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landowners and land occupants, and the dimensions of the right-of-way. Trans Mountain is now working on its actual PPBoR for each segment of the proposed route and must serve written notice to every affected landowner, notifying them which
part of their property will be needed for the project.The company is also required to publish ads in both French and English in local newspapers. “There are so many kilometres of pipeline, and the area is so large, so what we’re doing is dividing it up
into segments.We’re filing each segment as a standalone unit,” said Trans Mountain’s Carey Johannesson. Trans Mountain filed its first segment – Edmonton – last week, he added, and plans are underway to issue notices in Burnaby on Feb.
24. PPBoR filings will wrap up in mid-March. Anyone who anticipates their land may be “adversely affected” by the proposed route may file a statement of opposition within 30 days after Trans Mountain issues its last notice. Continued on page 3
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