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It was a race to the finish line during the annual wifecarrying contest, part of the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival held on the weekend. The Finnish competition, where the husband carries the wife around the course, was complete with obstacles and water hazards. The festival featured a Viking village, traditional cuisine, dancing and more. For more photos, see page 12. PHOTO WJENNIFER GAUTHIER
BOTHERSOME BRUINS IN BURNABY
Trying to keep bears from dining in the ’hood One Burnaby resident is trying to help her neighbours become bear-wise and her complex bear-unfriendly By Tereza Verenca
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A Burnaby woman wants to see more bear-resistant bins in her neighbourhood after black bears were found rummaging through garbage. Carol Stoppel lives in the Ran Beamish Place housing
complex, run by the Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation and located at the base of Burnaby Mountain. On June 1, two bruins came down to feed on the “overflowing” organics bins, which hadn’t been emptied in at least a couple of weeks, according to Stoppel. “I called the emergen-
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cy line provided for tenants and was told to contact the City of Burnaby, as this was not considered a property management emergency,” she says, adding the organics bin has a lock on it while the recycling and garbage cans don’t. Stoppel and a neighbour then proceeded to clean up
the organics bin the bears had tipped over. The following day, she followed up with the complex’s maintenance staff in person and also called the housing corporation. “No one came to clean up or remove the garbage, and on Sunday, another bear came down to
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eat again,” says Stoppel. “Again, we called the emergency line, and we were told to call (Burnaby) RCMP or the city.” Mounties and conservation officers did come by the complex, adds Stoppel, but the overturned bin and spilled garbage were left where they sat.The bins
were emptied on Monday. While Stoppel admits she isn’t scared for own safety, as she’s very “bear aware,” she is scared for her neighbours. “A lot of the people who live here are new to Canada or new to B.C.They’re very surprised to see the bear. Continued on page 5
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