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Smoky city air prompts advisory By Tereza Verenca
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FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD: Shay Kelly, owner of The Caterer and T-Bird Café on Thunderbird Crescent, wants to start up a farmers market in the parking lot at the industrial complex where he runs his business. He’d love to operate a regular Saturday event, but zoning may not allow him to do so. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
‘I want people eating good food’ Café owner envisions a new farmers market in Burnaby – but zoning may not allow it Tereza Verenca
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A Burnaby chef wants to start a farmers market in an industrial neighbourhood, one he thinks needs to be “flipped upside down.” Shay Kelly, owner of The Caterer and T-Bird Café at 106-3191 Thunderbird Cres., says there’s not much happening in that area, near the Production Way SkyTrain station. To shake things up, he envisions
a weekly market in his parking lot, where local farmers from here to as far as Penticton could sell their goods. “I want to be able to show them off,” Kelly told the NOW. “I’m more about the small guys rather than the huge guy that’s got multiple farms. I want to give the small guy an opportunity.” A year-round market would also give locals another choice when it comes to picking up lunch or dinner, he added.
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“I want people eating good food. I want to get them out of supermarkets and be able to buy something you can take home. ...We have everything we need here, however, we’re just turning the other way to go to Mexico to bring in avocados that aren’t even ripe.” The idea is to have the market run on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. As folks shop, they can grab a pint at nearby Dageraad Brewing or pick up a sandwich at T-Bird Café.
“We’d be creating this little melting pot, and I think this little neighbourhood really needs it,” said Kelly. He wouldn’t charge vendors for a booth – only a one-time $50 fee for a photographer to come in and take a headshot, which would accompany a mini write-up about the vendor. Kelly said each portrait would be put on his wall, a tribute to his commitment to buy local. “I want to have a market here Continued on page 9
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You may want to keep the windows closed. Metro Vancouver issued an air quality advisory on Aug. 1, citing high concentrations of “fine particulate matter” coming from the wildfires burning in B.C.’s Interior and Washington State. According to the B.C. Wildfire Service, the weather pattern changed on Tuesday. Prevailing winds that normally travel from the coast to the Interior have switched and are going the other way. Smoke is expected to drift down through valleys into coastal areas, notes a press release, and the air will be very warm, exceptionally dry and likely smoky. Geoff Doerksen, an air quality planner with Metro Vancouver, suspects the situation will persist for several days or until there’s a change in the weather system. “Our advice is for people with underlying medical conditions, they should postpone strenuous exercise until the advisory is lifted,” he says. “Exposure is certainly a concern for infants, the elderly and those who have diabetes.” Anyone experiencing symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath or coughing should see their doctor, adds Doerksen. Continued on page 9
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