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tories aren’t always defined, or contained, by the year in which they are written. In fact, in Burnaby many of the headlines of 2017 reflect continuing sagas from year to year in the city:The pipeline, housing, demovictions – there are many chapters to these stories and surely more to come in 2018. But some stories are fleeting – and will probably not be referred to again. In our year in review of 2017, we sample some of both and invite our readers to stroll through the past year with us in today’s paper. Oh, and Happy NewYear to all of our readers! May your 2018 be filled with only the best in personal good news and headlines.
" JANUARY 2017
After 18 hours of labour and an emergency C-section, baby Maximus makes his debut at Burnaby Hospital. He is the first baby born at the hospital in 2017. “We’re just glad he’s out and there’s no problems with him,” says dad Kevin Tam. " Property values in parts of the city shot up 50 per cent. For instance, the value of a typical single-family home in the Buckingham neighbourhood built in 1971 is now worth $2.72 million – up 46 per cent over 2016, says B.C. Assessment.
THE YEAR THAT WAS With a new year upon us, we take a moment to reflect on 2017. From protests to parties, festivals and fires, there was plenty going on in Burnaby last year. Take a walk down memory lane with our annual year in review, running on pages 1, 4, 8, 9 and 10. For an extended year in review, visit www.burnabynow.com.
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" Protesters brave freezing temperatures to show their opposition to Kinder Morgan’s expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Around 50 members of Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion banged drums and chanted outside the Executive Plaza in Coquitlam while upstairs Trans
Mountain staff hosted an open house inside. " Wynn (Winifred) Richmond leaves more than $600,000 to the Burnaby Retired Teachers’ Association Scholarship and Bursary Foundation. It was the former Burnaby teacher’s dying wish that the retired teachers’ association provide
a scholarship in her name to Burnaby high school students who plan to study at a B.C. university and become teachers. " The B.C. government gives the green light to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.The province says the company met its
five conditions, which include: a successful environmental review; world-leading marine oil spill response and prevention plans; First Nations participation; and a fair share of the economic benefits. " Streamkeepers say high salt levels in local waterways are a threat to salmon eggs
nestled in the gravel of the creek beds.The city confirms creeks that flow off Burnaby Mountain are experiencing higher-than-normal salt levels above the allowable 600 milligrams per litre set out in B.C.’s water quality guidelines. Continued on page 4
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What’s your property’s value this year? Tereza Verenca
tverenca@burnabynow.com
Besides unwanted credit card bills, property assessments will also arrive in the mail this month. On Tuesday, B.C. Assessment released the updated market value of more than 522,000 properties in the Greater Vancouver region. Each notice reflects the value as of July 1, 2017. “This year, the singlefamily market is much more stable,” said acting assessor Paul Borgo. “The condominium market is strong again, as it was last year.”
The condominium market is strong again, as it was last year
The most expensive home in Burnaby belongs to world-famous crooner Michael Bublé, who grew up in the city.The home, at 7868 Government Rd., has a value of $11,746,000. Once complete, the 2.3-acre property will boast 15 baths, seven bedrooms and an ice rink. The second and third highest valued homes in Burnaby are 7629 Burris St. ($11,733,000) and 7437 Burris St. ($5,638,000), respectively. As for condominiums, a unit at 4360 Beresford St. takes the top spot ($2.9 million). According to B.C. Assessment, the average change
in residential property value in Burnaby is 7.13 per cent, when comparing 2018 to 2017.The Burnaby total taxable assessed roll value increased from $18.85 billion to $21.95 billion. Assessments can be lower or higher depending on where you live. For example, a 1946 single-family home in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood will see a five per cent increase compared to the previous year, while someone who owns a 1999 strata condo in Metrotown will see a 20 per cent increase in their assessment. Borgo noted a high assessment doesn’t mean high property taxes. “(Municipal and provincial) budgets and mill rates are calculated independent of that, so if you get an increase in your property assessment, you won’t likely receive a similar increase in property taxes. It’s an independent calculation,” he told the NOW. The City of Burnaby approved a 2.95 per cent property tax increase in 2017.The increase, which covers the cost of the city staff’s collective agreement, contract and inflation increases, equalled $48.39 on the average residential property valued at $1,064,132. Compared to other municipalities, Burnaby was in the mid to low range, according to Noreen Kassam, the city’s finance director. In comparison, Surrey’s rate was 4.5 per cent,Vancouver’s was 3.9 per cent and Maple Ridge’s was 3.15 per cent. So how does B.C. Assessment figure out a property’s value? The Crown corporation
HOME SWEET HOME : Whether your property assessment has gone up this year, and by how much, will depend on what kind of home you live in and what neighbourhood. Assessments are based on a number of characteristics of a property, including its location, size, layout, shape, age, quality and condition of buildings. PHOTOS NOW FILES AND ISTOCK has a professional appraisal staff and an extensive database that is periodically updated with information gathered through appraisal
Basically, the market sets the value inspections. Municipal and provincial agencies let B.C. Assessment know of land title changes, building permit approvals and zoning adjustments. Assessors like Borgo look
at a property’s unique characteristics, including location, size, layout, shape, age, finish, quality, carports, garages, sundecks and condition of buildings. “Basically, the market sets the value, and we reflect it in our reporting. What that means is we’re looking to sales in the market place as an indication of what the market is doing and we follow those trends, whether it’s up or down, by looking at actual sales and seeing how they compare to the properties we’re assessing on the assessment roll,” Borgo explained. If a property owner feels
Property assessment versus property tax What’s the relationship between property assessment and property taxes? Provincial and municipal governments pay for public services through property taxes. B.C. Assessment determines the market value of close to two million properties each year and sends out assessment notices in January. (The appraisal reflects the value as of July 1 of the previous year.) In the spring, cities set a tax rate to raise revenue to pay for those public services. The rate is applied to the assessed value of the properties.
their assessment doesn’t reflect market value, they have until Jan. 31 to submit a notice of complaint.
Visit bcassessment.ca for more information or to find an individual property’s assessed value.
Here’s everything you need to know about the homeowner grant DO YOU QUALIFY FOR THE HOMEOWNER GRANT?
The homeowner grant reduces the amount of property tax people pay each year on their principal residence. For folks under the age of 65 living in the Greater Regional Vancouver District, Fraser Valley Regional District and the Capital Regional District, the grant is $570. For all other areas of B.C., the grant is $770. Homeowners must pay at least $350 in property taxes before claiming the grant (the amount is less for seniors,
veterans or a person with a disability). To qualify for the grant, you must: ! be a registered owner of the residence ! be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada ! live in B.C. ! occupy the residence as your principal residence ! be the owner of property with an assessed or partitioned value (see below) that does not exceed the grant threshold of $1.6 million. ! ensure you meet additional
requirements if you are buying or selling your property If a homeowner meets all the requirements but their property’s assessed valued is over $1.6 million, they may qualify for the grant at a reduced amount. The grant is reduced by $5 for each $1,000 of assessed value over $1.6 million. This means the grant isn’t available for properties assessed over $1,714,000 ($1,754,000 in a northern and rural area).
WHAT IS PARTITIONED VALUE?
The partitioned value of a property is the property’s assessed value divided by the number of residences on that property. To qualify, each residence must have cooking, sleeping, bathroom and living room facilities. Homeowners who partition their property value may qualify for the homeowner grant if: ! they previously couldn’t, or could only claim a reduced grant, because of the high assessed value of their property ! their property consists of a principal residence and at
least one separate residence Laneway homes and multifamily dwellings like a duplex, triplex and fourplex qualify as separate residences. A suite in a principal residence doesn’t qualify as a separate residence.
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Homeowners must apply for the grant each year to receive it. Keep in mind that only one qualifying owner can claim a grant for a property each year. Grant amounts may be higher for homeowners who
are seniors, veterans or a person with a disability. The grant application will be included with your property tax notice, which will be mailed out at the end of May. (Property taxes are due July 4.) Residents can also fill out the application online at tinyurl.com/BBYGrantApp.
MORE QUESTIONS?
For more info, visit tinyurl. com/HomeownerGrant. – Source: Province of British Columbia
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City now YEAR IN REVIEW
Muslim community reacts to Quebec City shooting Continued from page 1 Burnaby Village Museum moves forward on plans to overhaul its school programs.The museum wants to get its teaching strategies in line with the new B.C. curriculum’s focus on Aboriginal perspectives by creating programming that explores First Nations’ connections to Burnaby.To help make this a reality, the museum has partnered with the Squamish,Tsleil-Waututh and Kwantlen First Nations. " The Burnaby school district receives $2 million from the provincial government to hire new teachers. The money is Burnaby’s share of an extra $50 million in funding the province is rolling out following the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that sided with B.C. teachers in a battle over contract language related to the size and composition of classes. " The City of Burnaby is on the hunt for a new finance director. Current finance director Denise Jorgenson plans to retire and a search is underway for her replacement.The finance director oversees a half-billion-dollar annual operation that has a near billion-dollar reserve.
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Masjid al-Salaam and Education Centre ImamYahya Momla warns the local Muslim community not to give in to fear after a deadly shooting at a Quebec City mosque. “This was an isolated incident. It was an act of cowardice.We should still be strong as a community and stand united, and show individuals like this that we’re not going to be scared of them,” he says. " City officials worry flooding could become a big problem after the most recent dump of snow. Erik Schmidt, the roads and drainage superintendent, tells the NOW that all available crews are out clearing catch basins and removing snow banks. " After months of speculations, New WestminsterBurnaby MP Peter Julian announces he is running for leader of the federal NDP. “It’s time to make the priority regular folks rather than the rich and the well-con-
nected,” he tells a group of supporters at an event in New West. Julian says his campaign will focus on tackling inequality between the “top one per cent” and the majority of Canadians by ending tax breaks for the wealthy and shutting down tax havens. " Twenty-five low-income Burnaby residents living at Stratford Gardens lose their homes in a fire. “The fire suite was gutted. ...The fire came out the glass doors, so there was charring on the outside of the building and heavy, extensive smoke damage to the rest of the building. It’s not inhabitable right now because everything is contaminated,” says assistant fire Chief Barry Mawhinney.There were no injuries and three cats and one rabbit were rescued from the flames. " Residents receive letters from Trans Mountain alerting them they live on the proposed pipeline route for the twinned pipeline.The company must alert all affected landowners in writing and any landowners opposing the plan must reply with a statement of opposition within 30 days.
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New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian is endorsed by four Quebec MPs in his bid to be elected leader of the federal NDP. “This is something that doesn’t happen very often, that you get that kind of endorsement from back east for a B.C. candidate running for the NDP leadership,” Julian tells the NOW. " Riverside residents call on the city to clean up the mess at the site of the old Globe Foundry on Willard Street. Mattresses, construction debris, old appliances and piles of trash litter the site. It is unbearable, say residents. “It’s the ugliest place in the neighbourhood,” says Elena Zhukova. City staff says they’re trying to get the property owner to comply with the city’s bylaws but it takes time. " Burnaby students at Moscrop Secondary School make quilts and fabric bones for the dogs at the Burnaby SPCA.The upcycling project is part of a new textiles class offered to students in grades 9 to 12 at the high school.
Be strong: In February, Imam Yahya Momla urged the local Muslim community not to give in to fear following a deadly attack on a mosque in Quebec City. ‘This was an isolated incident. It was an act of cowardice. We should still be strong as a community and stand united, and show individuals like this that we’re not going to be scared of them,’ he said. PHOTO NOW FILES
" A family and two international students narrowly escapes a fiery blaze at their 10th Avenue home.They lost almost everything, so the community rallies together and raises more than $10,000 to help with costs for the family. " Trustee Meiling Chia calls out the Burnaby school district for covering the costs of a trip to China for four district officials. Chia says in past years anyone who wanted to go on the trip had to pay their own way.The decision to have
the district pay this year was never dicussed in a public meeting, she says. She calls the trip a “super waste of money” and says it could cost taxpayers more than $37,000. " After a two-and-a-halfyear legal battle, the B.C. Court of Appeal rules against the City of Burnaby, confirming the National Energy Board can override municipal bylaws.The city had launched the lawsuit back in 2014 when Trans Mountain started cutting down trees in the conservation area on Burn-
aby Mountain.The news was disappointing to Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan. “They (the courts) have a great deal of faith in the National Energy Board and that the NEB has the best interest of Canada in mind in its ruling, and unfortunately, that hasn’t been true.” " An RCMP officer who shot a 35-year-old man after a fatal stabbing at a Burnaby home in 2015 is cleared of wrongdoing by the Independent Investigations Office, the province’s police watchdog.The shooting vic-
tim, a suspect in the stabbing, died later that day in hospital.The chief civilian director found that the officer did not commit any offence during the incident.
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City’s 125th celebrations come in under budget Tereza Verenca
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2017 saw Burnaby celebrate its 125th birthday and Canada’s 150th. The city held year-long festivities to mark the occasion, ones that touched all corners of Burnaby. But how much did everything cost, and how many folks actually showed up? According to Dave Ellenwood, the city’s director of parks, recreation and cultural services, the total bill came to $274,800, about $7,000 under budget. Part of that was covered by a $75,900 grant given to the city by the Ministry of Canadian Heritage, states a staff report, a grant that had to be matched by the city. City council approved $205,000 from its gaming fund (money the city receives from Grand Villa Casino) be used. “It was fantastic,” Ellenwood said of all the birthday events, which attracted more than 90,000 people. “People were really engaged.”
The fun included a threeday celebration in September that saw drop-in fees at the city’s rec centres rolled back to $1.25. More than 13,000 people took part and another 5,000 people participated in events at eight community centres, featuring local performances, interactive displays from city departments and family-friendly activities. “People took advantage of the drop-in deal, really appreciative of it and really celebrated.They had fun, and that’s effectively what we wanted to do,” he said. Like years past, thousands of Burnaby citizens stopped by the Burnaby Village Museum for Canada Day. It was one of three official Canada Day events in the city; the others were family-friendly activities held at Edmonds Park and a free concert, headlined by Canadian singer Steven Page, and a fireworks show at Swangard Stadium. In all, over 30,000 people took in the three events. The most popular Canada Day shindig was at the
village, added Ellenwood. “It never ceases to amaze me how people will get excited about a cupcake with a Canadian flag in it. I think it’s a proxy for how good they feel about being Canadian.” The birthday bash also saw the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts put a call out for musicians, artists and heritage performers.There were 92 performances with more than 400 local performers who entertained throughout the year, according to the report. The city also brought the Celebration Burnaby Activation Tent to 18 local community events throughout the summer, including golf festivals and Environment Week. More than 130,000 residents and visitors joined in Burnaby-themed arts, crafts and other activities. The community was able to look back at the city’s history through an exhibit called Then and Now, hosted at the Burnaby Village Museum. To commemorate the birthdays, the city (with
Celebrate: Joel and Alison Wagler share a dance at Cameron Recreation Complex on Sept. 23, as part of the Burnaby 125 festivities. PHOTO NOW FILES
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Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park and the new Willingdon Liner Park, set to open this summer. Staff also got creative and installed 13 owl eco-sculptures in Central Park, with each one representing one of Canada’s provinces and
territories. Throughout 2017, the city invited people to post pictures on Instagram with the hashtag #celebrateburnaby. More than 2,000 images were submitted, according to the report. To get the word out about all of the birthday events, staff implemented a marketing and communications plan, which included outdoor street banners, online videos, e-newsletters, onsite signage and a dedicated page on the city’s website. That page had over 19,000 views; on social media, there were more than 1,000 tweets, 400 Facebook posts and 300 Instagram images. Meanwhile, more than 80 volunteers helped put on the festivities, dedicating some 525 hours of their time. What’s the takeaway from the year-long celebration, according to Ellenwood? “It sounds stupid to say, but people really enjoy celebrating, so I think maybe we should probably do more of it,” he said.
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We can’t just leap into 2018 without first crawling out on the proverbial pundit limb. Yes, it’s time for the annual new year predictions. Thankfully few readers (with the marked exception of politicians) remember our predictions from years past.This enables us to say with some humility that we have a remarkable talent for predicting future events. But this year we’re testing our prognostication talents and stretching our clairvoyant wings.
We predict: 1. Mayor Derek Corrigan and his council will come up with some plan to have a temporary/permanent homeless shelter. Look for a modular building that can be moved or a building that is already slated for demolition. Or the old Queen of Burnaby ferry. Corrigan will say that this is driven by the new provincial government and that he was always in favour of it, if the other levels of government pitched in. But as an aside, he will confess that he’s just doing it to
stop the Burnaby NOW from writing anymore editorials about it. He will also give the Burnaby NOW’s editor a key to the city – and then change the locks. 2.The October civic elections will see the usual BCA sweep – except for one city council seat, which will go to a newcomer. (And, yes, we’ve predicted this before and been wrong – but we’re really feeling the vibes this year.) 3. Some candidate running against the BCA slate will cry foul about some-
thing involving money, campaign support or election signs. 4.The city will continue to ignore calls for a new art gallery. But they will hand out free skates and hockey pads to artists in an effort to appease them. 5.The city’s plan to create a new downtown core in Metrotown will take a giant leap forward when more large retail stores close and the open space is repurposed into cannabis market centres. 6. Kinder Morgan will
ask the federal government to expropriate Burnaby until it can build its pipeline, citing case law about stubborn mayors who don’t understand how important it is to make as much money as quickly as possible before people figure out fossil fuels are a dying investment. The federal government will consider the request but decline, saying they’re afraid of Derek Corrigan. 7. A UFO will land in Burnaby’s Central Park but it will be disguised as a homeless person’s tent, so
everyone will ignore it. 8. Christy Clark will consider running for mayor in Burnaby and leading a slate of council candidates made up of her former Burnaby Liberal MLAs led by Harry Bloy, but she will eventually decide not to, saying she’s afraid of Derek Corrigan. We, of course, have many more predictions. But we’d prefer for events to roll out and then say that we knew that was going to happen all along.
MY VIEW DERMOD TRAVIS
Resolutions for the politicians
Who could possibly have imagined what 2017 had in store for British Columbia 12 months ago? We were all eye witnesses to a future political science seminar that left 87 MLAs sitting in the B.C. legislature where they didn’t quite expect to be sitting 12 months ago. As it is every year at this time, a few new year’s resolutions for B.C.’s political class to consider putting in their mix for 2018 are: 1. If you did it in government, don’t criticize it in opposition, and if you criticized it in opposition, don’t do it in government. This resolution should be a no-brainer. A few days before Christmas, the B.C. NDP posted a social media message from Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Judy Darcy: “Our most urgent priority is to keep people alive, so we’re dramatically increasing easy access to naloxone.” Awfully nice of the NDP to do that, but they’re not actually doing it, the government is and they’re not the same thing. Political parties in power would like to think they’re synonymous, but they’re not. Something the NDP gleefully reminded the Liberals of when they were sitting on the other side of the legislature. Which reminds me.The government’s logo came with the building.You inher-
ited the colours and you will pass them on to the next government, not change the primary colour for an orange Pantone in the meantime. Beyond the aesthetics, it sends a bad message fresh out of the gate. And when political appointees get a more generous golden parachute than a MLA’s transition allowance provides, perhaps it’s time to come up with some constructive approaches to reduce the cost of a change in government, rather than attacking the other side for exorbitant payments to departing appointees knowing full well you’d do the same if elected. 2.When there’s an elephant in the room give it a nodding acknowledgement, if only for the public record. As the official Opposition knows well, the financial state of the Insurance Corporation of B.C. and B.C. Hydro isn’t pretty. Admitting the obvious – that it was some of your choices in government that lead to these messes – may not do much to improve their bottom lines, but it would be a sign of good faith by the B.C. Liberal Party and would likely be well-received by the public. Whistling Dixie every time the two Crown corporations come up won’t suffice. This headline from Rich Coleman’s CBC year-end interview caused a few guffaws on Twitter: “B.C. Continued on page 7
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Opinionnow Traditions are ‘all about the love’ just like life Dear Editor: Re: Traditions – they’re all about the love, Our View, Burnaby NOW, Dec. 22. Thank you for simply telling it like it is in your editorial. As I’m sure you are fully aware, it is not just traditions that are “all about the love” but life itself. The more we live that reality in each of our lives, the better our world. Above all, the state of our world reflects the extent to which love is present or absent. Love is therefore the inescapable truth that governs all of human life. John Sbragia, Burnaby
Mental illness won’t be treated in shelters Re: Some humble wishes for Christmas, Our View, Burnaby NOW, Dec. 20. Wish number 2 is for “a real homeless shelter in Burnaby.” When I did my nursing training, those with mental illness were treated and, if able to be helped to where they could live in the community, they were discharged with the necessary support. We did not have the tragedy of people not having a home nor the level of addictions we now do. The facility where I did my psychiatry now has services such as family practice, i.e. more population but reduced treatment for mental illness. Homeless shelters for the vast majority of the homeless are as effective and humane as admitting someone with cancer into hospital but not providing surgery, chemotherapy or radiation. The reason for the hospitalization is not treated as the reason for so much homelessness is untreated mental illness. Sending someone from a homeless shelter out in the morning despite whatever the weather might be, without food or the funds to eat and to the “candy men” drug dealer parasites who will know where their “customers” have been overnight is not caring for the homeless. They might be “out of sight, out of mind,” and some in
the community might feel something good has been done for the homeless, but shelters are like Band-Aids over infected wounds. They have not taken care of the cause. The Vancouver Downtown Eastside, Whalley and other areas where there are homeless shelters are tragic proof of how inhumane homeless shelters alone are for those struggling with untreated mental illness and addictions, with some addictions being the result of people self-medicating in an effort to numb the pain of untreated mental illness. Many of us are looking with great hope to our provincial government’s Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions and to other resources to provide adequate, accessible, effective treatment for those suffering with mental illness and addictions and also accessible, affordable housing, which we also look to our federal government to provide. Diane Gillis, Burnaby
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Christmas is about Christ, so let’s say so Dear Editor: Recently, we had the joy of seeing our grandchildren perform in their school Christmas concerts. They did a good job and hats off to the teachers who managed to get each class performing so well. However, we were left with the question: Is it necessary to avoid the true meaning of Christmas at all costs? As Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ (now AD 2017) it seems amazing that this is not even mentioned at any of the concerts. If it’s not acceptable to say what Christmas really is, why call it a Christmas concert? It could be a “year-end concert” and then the kids could do some other performances – not always songs about Santa and reindeer, which they should have outgrown by Grade 2. Christmas is a wonderful time of the year for the very reason that Jesus Christ was born. If that cannot be said, it should not be replaced with unrelated trivia and still be called Christmas. Tony and Pat Schmidt, Burnaby
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Resolutions for the politicians Continued from page 6 Liberals had ‘pretty good’ record on housing.” Many property developers likely agree. The homeless, most renters and first-time homebuyers would have a different take away from the last 16 years. 3. Less bamboozle all around It’s as though some government communications staffers believe they’re acting out an episode of Mad Men. How did B.C. Hydro arrive at 550 “infrastructure projects between fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2015?” Take one megaproject and divide it up among a whole bunch of mini-projects. Work on the GM Shrum Generating Station has been divided into no less than 20 “infrastructure projects” as Hydro terms them. If you use the Alex Fraser bridge you’ll be happy to know that “rush hour relief is in sight.” Only thing: most people’s sense of “in sight” would mean soon, weeks away, maybe two or three months, not fall of 2018 at the earliest, as long as it stays “on budget and on time,” of course. This next one doesn’t need much in the way of explanation.
4. Let’s keep laundering to clothes in 2018 5. Disclose, disclose, disclose The more information a government proactively releases, the more likely the public will buy in to a policy shift or at the very least give it a fair hearing. This next one is more for all of us. 6. Don’t let political parties and special interest groups take anyone for fools. As former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln is fond of saying: “Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.” If there’s no source with a claim take it with a grain of salt. If no source is provided when requested, it’s probably a safe bet to dismiss it altogether. Be demanding – but diplomatic – political consumers. Let’s make 2018 B.C.’s political literacy year and scare the bejeezus out of politicians with our collective grasp of public policy. That’s it, five resolutions for B.C.’s politicians (and not just MLAs) and one for us to ponder over the holidays. Until 2018, best wishes for the holidays and Happy NewYear. DermodTravis is the executive director of IntegrityBC.
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Count shows city’s homeless population is growing Continued from page 4 years for funding, medical staff at the health-care facility say they’ll take what they can get.Work on the project is set to begin immediately and is scheduled to be complete in 2020. " The 2017 homeless count of Burnaby’s homeless population shows an increase of 19 per cent when compared to 2014 data.The 24-hour snapshot shows 69 homeless people, 49 of whom are unsheltered, meaning they live outside, sleep in alleys, doorways, parks and in cars.Wanda Mulholland, organizer of the count, says “it’s a crisis that can’t be ignored,” adding since the last count in 2014, 24 Burnaby citizens have died, with 15 in the last year. " A woman is hit by a car on Hastings Street as she tries to save her dog.The 30-year-old rushed into the street after her pooch. “Just that natural instinct to protect another person or pet from injury,” according to Burnaby deputy fire Chief Chris Bowcock. Emergency crews provide first aid to the woman, who was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries. " Katrina Chen, the B.C. NDP’s candidate for Burnaby-Lougheed, apologizes for a “poor choice of words.” During a TV interview in Taiwan in 2012, she told the reporter Indo-Canadians don’t know much about politics and only run because they want the profile. In April 2017, Chen said those comments didn’t represent her views, and that she has a lot of respect for many of the South Asian families she’s worked with over the last decade. " Local resident Marcello Battiston strikes it rich when he wins $25.9 million in the Lotto Max draw. He purchased his winning ticket at International News at the Brentwood mall and was shocked to learn he’d won.The Burnaby man says he plans to use the money to help his family and has plans for a trip to Hawaii with his wife. " Chevron Canada Ltd. sells its Burnaby refinery for $1.46 billion to Parkland Fuel Corp. As part of the deal, Parkland also acquires 37 commercial card lock
stations, three marine fueling stations and 129 Chevron-branded retail service stations, in addition to the 44 it’s already operating in eastern B.C.The company also takes over aviation fuel sales at Vancouver International Airport. " With the provincial election weeks away, Christy Clark makes a stop in Burnaby. She takes a tour of DWave Systems, an international leader in quantum computing.The company, founded in 1999, introduced the world’s first commercially available quantum computer system in 2011. " The Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. announces it has gutted its animal hospital after a harsh winter. Staff at the Burnaby-based facility blame water damage, wood rot and a rat infestation – something they credit to the brutal winter that passed.Wildlife technicians find at least a dozen rat entries when the building is emptied in February. The board of directors isn’t sure whether it will renovate the existing facility or bring in a modular unit.
MAY
The B.C. NDP take all of Burnaby’s four ridings in the provincial election, with Raj Chouhan, Anne Kang, Katrina Chen and Janet Routledge declared the winners.The New Democrats pickup two seats in Burnaby, with Liberal incumbent Richard Lee failing to hang on for another term in Burnaby North, and Liberal Karen Wang not securing enough votes in Burnaby-Deer Lake. Overall, the B.C. Liberals fall short of a
majority and are defeated in a confidence vote.With the support of the B.C. Greens, B.C. NDP leader John Horgan becomes premier. " Longtime volunteers Jim and Lindy McQueen are the City of Burnaby’s Outstanding Citizens of theYear for 2016.The couple first started volunteering in 2005 after they retired.They have donated thousands of hours to different organizations, including the Edmonds City Fair and Classic Car Show, the Edmonds Festival of Lights and the Taekwondo World Championships. “I guess what we do is we just consider it fun, and when the opportunities present themselves, we go and do it,” says Lindy. " Thieves steal from the Burnaby Gogos. Gail Roberts had about $900 worth of denim children’s wear in her car when she went to Vancouver to see a ballet.When she returned to her vehicle, both windows had been smashed in and the merchandise was gone. The incident is upsetting for the Gogos because they sell the denim to raise money for the Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign. The campaign supports African grandmothers caring for children orphaned by AIDS. " A young family gets a rude welcome to Burnaby.Two weeks after moving to the city from Vancouver, a burglar breaks into their home, in a neighbourhood north of Lougheed Town Centre.Thousands of dollars’ worth of cash, computers, sound gear and family jewelry are taken. After the incident, a friend launches
a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the family. " Curl B.C. names Burnaby’s Sterling Middleton as the 2017 Junior Male Athlete of theYear (along with Langley’s Tyler Tardi). Middleton’s squad becomes the first B.C. men’s team to capture the Canadian junior men’s title since 2000, and competes at the 2017 world junior championships in South Korea. " Longtime social activist Betty Griffin dies at the age of 94.The teacher spent a decade pushing for teachers’ pensions to be indexed to the cost of living, which came to fruition in 1980. Griffin also helped implement a locally run plan for Burnaby teachers who ran out of sick leave. She served as the Burnaby Teachers Association president and was part of the B.C.Teachers’ Federation’s negotiating committee for 14 years, helping establish a collective agreement for Burnaby teachers before there was even a union. She was spotted out on the picket line well into her 90s.
JUNE
Eighteen North Burnaby homes are evacuated after a resident calls Fortis B.C. to report the smell of rotten eggs. A technician sent to the scene determines another company working on a sewer line had punctured a gas line in the laneway behind 4060 Eton St. Residents are taken by bus to Confederation Community Centre, where they wait for about two-and-a-half hours. There are no injuries. "
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A Burnaby parent takes the school district to task for blocking a school trip to London, England because of terrorism concerns. Alpha Secondary School parent Stuart Ramsey makes a slideshow presentation to school trustees, one that combines terrorism and traffic-related statistics and shows students are actually less safe in Canada than London.The one-week trip includes three West End shows, theatre workshops and visits to the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben,Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. After the presentation, board chair Ron Burton says the district needs to weigh educational value versus risk. " Two McGill University students, including one from Burnaby, set out on two wheels and ride across Canada in protest of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain
expansion project. Alison Gu and Sarah Mitchell set a fundraising goal of $4,461, a dollar for each kilometre travelled.The money is for the Pull Together campaign, which supports First Nations and their legal battles against Kinder Morgan. The pair start in Ottawa and end in Burnaby.
JULY
The Burnaby Arts Council gets turned down by the City of Burnaby in its long ongoing quest for a new art gallery. A city staff report says the city will not support a new art gallery and that the need for the project isn’t widely accepted by the community. But the arts council’s David Handelman is critical of the report, saying it “doesn’t express much of a vision” for arts in the city. Continued on page 9
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Art gallery marks 50 years at Ceperley House Continued from page 8 " The Burnaby Art Gallery marks 50 years in operation at Ceperley House in Deer Lake Park. Over its five decades in operation, the gallery has built a national reputation for its collection dedicated to works on paper. " A plan announced during the 2014 municipal election campaign to triple child-care spaces in Burnaby inches forward – but it’s unlikely to produce a single new child-care space before the next municipal election, according to city staff. The city approves a plan to spend $300,000 on assessments at six school sites and a detailed design for the first facility. " Burnaby firefighters are in the thick of the battle against wildfires burning in B.C.’s Interior.Two engine companies, including a captain and three firefighters each, along with a support vehicle and supply trailer, are deployed to Williams Lake. " Ten years have passed since the day oil rained down on Burnaby, and a Burnaby NOW special report looks back on what happened on July 24, 2007, when a 24-inch oil pipeline
on Inlet Drive was ruptured by a construction crew. “It was one of the hardest days of my entire career,” remembers Lambert Chu, Burnaby’s city manager, who was then the chief engineer. " The body of 13-year-old Marrisa Shen is found in Central Park. Her family reported her missing just after 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 18, and her body was found in brush in the southeast corner of the park at about 1:10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 19. Investigators urge residents to be vigilant. Police confirm the death is a homicide and later reveal they believe Shen’s killer was in fact a stranger in a random attack. " More than 30 protesters with the Stop Demovictions campaign take over council chambers during a meeting at Burnaby city hall. Burnaby city council takes a recess while the protest continues for two hours. Once Burnaby RCMP are called in and the protesters leave, city council resumes and passes its controversial Metrotown development plan. " A pedestrian overpass collapses after a truck heading east on Beaverbrook Drive from Eastlake Road smashes into it.The driver
had been in the process of lowering the truck’s box but didn’t get it down in time to avoid hitting the overpass.
AUGUST
The city finds itself in a cloud of smog as Metro Vancouver issues an air quality advisory, citing high concentrations of “fine particulate matter” coming from the wildfires burning in the B.C. Interior and Washington State. " While B.C.’s New Democrats have vowed to “use every tool in the tool box” to stop the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, the company says it’s forging ahead with construction next month.The controversial Trans Mountain pipeline project received federal approval in 2016. Meanwhile, the provincial NDP government names Thomas Berger as its external counsel for all legal actions related to the pipeline. " A squirrel wreaks havoc at a Burnaby cheese factory after it chews through a piece of equipment on a hydro pole and starts a power pole fire that knocks out power at the Scardillo Cheese factory.The company loses about 82,000 litres of milk during the outage. "
The death of a 22-yearold man after an altercation at a Burnaby Starbucks in July is being investigated as a homicide. Michael Page-Vincelli died after getting into an argument outside the Starbucks with a woman who had tossed a cigarette butt from a car window.Witnesses said the woman went into a nearby bank and came out with a man, and they both followed Page-Vincelli into the Starbucks – where he was punched and struck his head on the counter. " Just-released election spending reports show that former Liberal MLA Richard Lee spent the most money on his re-election campaign when compared to the other candidates who ran in Burnaby’s four ridings. According to financial reports released by Elections B.C., Lee – who lost the riding of Burnaby North to NDP candidate Janet Routledge by 2,157 votes – spent $141,567. All of that money came from the B.C. Liberal Party. Routledge spent $99,720, receiving $87,196 from the B.C. NDP and another $14,113 from unions. " Doing away with tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges is good news for Burnaby, according to
city Coun. Colleen Jordan. She said the elimination of tolls will help to ease traffic in Burnaby because the tolls ended up putting pressure on the Pattullo Bridge and Canada Way.
SEPTEMBER
As vacancy rates have shrunk and rents soared, Burnaby has lost more purpose-built market rental housing units over the past six years than any other Metro Vancouver municipality. Since 2006, Burnaby has seen a net loss of 478 units, according to data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. " The Burnaby fire department sends its sixth deployment to the B.C. Interior to help fight the Elephant Hill wildfire, east of Highway 97 between 70 Mile House and 100 Mile House, after hot, dry weather breathed new life into the blaze. " A North Burnaby resident starts a petition in hopes of getting the city to fast track the approval of laneway housing in her neighbourhood. Lucy Abreo, who cares for her 90-year-old mother, says her family could benefit from having a laneway home where she and her mother could live – while
her son and his wife could move into the main house. " Simon Fraser University’s sports teams find themselves under scrutiny – not for the quality of their play, but for their name.The SFU Clan is the subject of a petition after Holly Andersen, an SFU philosophy professor originally from Montana, starts a campaign to have the name changed in light of Neo-Nazi and Klan rallies in the U.S. " Keith Beedie, an iconic figure in Burnaby business, passes away.The founder and patriarch of the Beedie Development Group dies at age 91 on Sept. 20. Beedie and his wife Betty, whom he married in 1966, formed the Keith and Betty Beedie Foundation, which became known for its charitable efforts – with major donations to Burnaby Hospital, SFU and others. " The Burnaby Citizens Association president says the organization will adjust if corporate and union civic election donations are banned – even though almost all of the half-million dollars it collected in 2014 came from those sources. Gord Larkin, president of the party – which currently Continued on page 10
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NEB rules Kinder Morgan can bypass bylaws Continued from page 9 occupies all the seats on Burnaby city council and school board – says the organization is not opposed to changes being proposed by the provincial NDP.
OCTOBER
A gondola up Burnaby Mountain is back on the front burner after being included under “major projects” in the Mayors’ Council’s 10-year vision update for transit and transportation.The idea of a gondola first surfaced years before but was scrapped in favour of other transit projects, like the Evergreen Line. Anticipated environmental benefits and growing transportation needs on the mountain puts it back on the menu. " St.Thomas More Collegiate High School staff and students mourn the death of longtime teacher and coach Bernie Kully after his death from esophageal cancer, less than a year after he was diagnosed.The 41-year-old graduated from the Catholic independent school in 1994 and returned as a teacher, counsellor and coach in 2000. " A lawsuit with the potential to stop the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project begins in the Federal Court of Appeal.The case, which included seven First Nations groups, the cities of Vancouver and Burnaby and environmental organizations, argues the National Energy Board didn’t properly review the proposal or consult and accommodate Aboriginal groups along the proposed route. " Burnaby is ranked top for cats on Amazon Canada’s annual list of cities with the most pampered pets. In rankings compiled by comparing the number of items purchased per capita for pets on amazon.ca, the city ranked first for felines and fifth for all pets. " After a year of unsuccessfully trying to reinvent itself, Sears Canada gets court approval to shut down all its remaining stores, including those at Brentwood Town Centre and Metropolis at Metrotown.The Metrotown store, first opened at 4750 Kingsway in 1954 before moving to Metropolis, employs 99 people, while the
Brentwood store employs 122. " The City of Burnaby adopts measures to make local parks safer three months after 13-year-old Marrisa Shen was found killed in Central Park. Council approves six safety measures, including bike patrols by uniformed bylaw officers and security cameras at key access points.
NOVEMBER
Mayor Derek Corrigan says Kinder Morgan tried to bully the City of Burnaby to speed up the permitting process around the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. Corrigan says Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson stopped by his office to complain about delays and put pressure on him “to do something.”The mayor says he told the president his hands were tied and city staff were just doing their job. " New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian is appointed house leader of the NDP by newly elected federal New Democrat party leader Jagmeet Singh. Julian had stepped down as house leader the previous year to take a run at the leadership. He had been official Opposition house leader between 2014 and 2015. " Bonny’s Taxi applies to the Passenger and Transportation Board to approve 22 extra vehicles to add to its fleet of 141 cabs.The Burnaby-based company says it needs the extra taxis to meet its goal of picking passengers up within 10 minutes. Population growth and fewer people owning cars have led to increased demand, according to Bonny’s. " Mayor Derek Corrigan says his Burnaby Citizens Association party is “going to live with it,” after the B.C. NDP introduces legislation to ban corporate, union and out-of-province donations and cap individual donations at $1,200 per year. During the previous 2014 election, the BCA pulled in more than half a million dollars in corporate and union donations. " B.C.’s police watchdog steps in to investigate after a man suffers serious but non-life-threatening inju-
ries during a nighttime collision between his van and an RCMP pickup. RCMP had been tracking the van as suspicious after it took off from a park. A couple of Mounties sustained minor injuries during the incident. " City staff estimate a new South Burnaby ice complex will cost $44.6 million.The project, at 10th Avenue and 18th Street, will be paid for with density bonus dollars. The 90,600-square-foot facility will include two rinks, 150 parking spaces, pickup and drop-off locations, an exterior and a new bike path. " Forest Grove residents are horrified after Fortis B.C. cuts down a swath of trees in their neighbourhood in preparation for a pipeline expansion through Burnaby from Coquitlam to Vancouver. Residents called the work a “tree massacre,” while Fortis called it “vegetation removal,” saying the cutting was necessary for safety and for pipeline maintenance. " An eight-year-old visually impaired girl, identified only as Audrey, falls to her death from the 22nd floor of a Burnaby highrise. Emergency crews were called to Timberlea Towers at 3771 Barlett Ct. near Lougheed Town Centre at about 2 p.m. on Nov. 4. By the time they got there, the girl had succumbed to her injuries. Police did not deem the death suspicious.
female top cop. Burleigh, whose dad once worked at the detachment, replaced Chief Supt. Stephan Drolet after he moved to a new job at E Division. " The Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation elects Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan as its new chair,
replacing Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson after three years at the helm. Corrigan said the mayors wanted a more “neutral” chair and one who would be able to “communicate” with the province’s NDP government. Not everyone was happy. On Twitter, New West Coun. Patrick
Johnstone called Corrigan “the most transit-regressive” mayor. " The National Energy Board rules Kinder Morgan can bypass two City of Burnaby bylaws, allowing the company to begin work on its Burnaby terminal as part of its pipeline project.
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Former Burnaby MP Svend Robinson, Canada’s first openly gay minister of Parliament, is on hand in Ottawa as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologizes in the House of Commons to gays and lesbians purged from the military and civil service between the 1950s and the early 1990s. Robinson called the apology and response from MPs on both sides of the House “incredibly moving and powerful.” " A $33-million provincewide investment from the provincial government includes funding for 171 new child-care spaces in Burnaby.The city will get roughly $1 million. " Chief Supt. Deanne Burleigh becomes the Burnaby RCMP detachment’s first
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It’s time for a new relationship – with debt Credit Counselling Society offers its tips to get your finances on track this year Cayley Dobie
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Christmas is over, the new year is here, and in a couple weeks credit card bills will arrive on the doorsteps of many Burnabarians. Yes, the holidays are a wonderful time to gather with friends and family, but they can also be a time when some of us get a little carried away with our spending. Most of the time, we haven’t saved enough money through the year to ensure we can afford the gifts and goodies we splurge on, according to Scott Hannah, president and CEO of Credit Counselling Society. If your bank account is a little out of control, there’s a number of things you can do to get back on track, says Hannah. “It’s important that while you’re going down this path (you ask) ‘Why are we going down this path? What is it that I want to achieve?’You need to have a goal,” he says. GET HELP RIGHT AWAY The most important piece of advice is to get help sooner rather than later, according to Hannah. “If you don’t have the skill sets today or the confidence to do this, get help. Sum it up to courage, pick up the phone, come talk to an organization like us where you can sit down and have a lot of the confusion demystified,” he says. It could be that you’re in overdraft more often than not or you’re only making minimum payments on any debt or your level of debt isn’t going down, he says. “You may be up to date with your payments, but you’re just not getting ahead. I would encourage, if that’s you, to seek help for your situation and to establish a plan to get out of debt within a reasonable period of time.” ESTABLISH A REALISTIC PLAN Like all new year’s resolutions, if your financial goals are too am-
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bitious, you’re bound to fail, says Hannah.
“Establish a realistic plan. If you kind of look at this the same way a person might approach getting healthy versus ‘I want to lose a whole bunch of weight,’ typically what happens is that people set themselves overly aggressive objectives,” he says. This can end in a few different ways: either the person gets frustrated that they aren’t meeting those objectives or they cheat, he adds. The best thing to do, according to Hannah, is to set goals that allow you to live within your means and aren’t too restrictive (this means budgeting some funds for fun and entertainment). “Far too often we see people come to us in January saying ‘That’s it.This is the year I be-
come debt-free.’ If it’s taken you three to four years to accumulate a certain level of debt, it’s likely going to take you the same amount of time to get out of debt,” he says. TRACK SPENDING FOR A MONTH OR TWO Before you can your budget in check, you need to find out where your money is going, Hannah says. He recommends tracking spending for a month or two to figure out what people are spending their money on – and be honest with yourself, he adds. “The average person can probably account for about 80 per cent of their spending, but beyond that it probably gets a little hazy,” he says.
While doing this, try and factor in annual expenditures so you can get a better picture of what you need to save to make it through the year debt-free, according to Hannah. The goal is to have a comprehensive understanding of what your monthly expenses are and how much annual expenses, like car repairs, vacations and Christmas costs, he adds. Because a lot of people don’t allocate a small portion of money in their monthly budgets for annual expenses, they often find themselves using credit cards when those situations arise, which adds to their debt, according to Hannah. “It’s the choice of either: ‘Do I Continued on page 12
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Saving is an important part of being debt-free Continued from page 11 react to Christmas or am I proactive?’” Hannah says. DON’T FORGO SAVING Once you’ve got your financial goals worked out, tracked your spending and have a budget ready, the next step is to put it all into action.
I think it’s important that a person reacquaints themselves with a savings account
But starting on a path to financial recovery doesn’t mean not saving money, according to Hannah. “I think it’s important that a person reacquaints themselves with a savings account. It just means that if you’re focused on paying down your debt and paying
it off that the amount that you’re saving is a small amount this year,” he says. Having a separate savings account that can’t be accessed at an ATM is an important part of getting your finances on track, he adds, and it could also save you in an emergency. “If you don’t have an emergency savings plan to deal with unexpected emergencies, you need to start one, and even if that’s putting $50 aside out of your paychecks right now, it’s a start. By accumulating those funds over time, it allows you to deal with the unexpected,” he says. If folks are too focused on paying down debt and don’t include savings in their financial plan, they’ll end up relying on credit cards for emergency expenses and they’ll never get ahead, Hannah explains. MONITOR PROGRESS Once you’ve been following your plan for a while, Hannah recommends checking in regularly and making adjustments as needed. “That’s so important,” he says, “because things change within our
Bad debt: Putting money away each month for unexpected or annual expenses helps avoid unwanted credit card debt. PHOTO PEXELS
budget.We may get an increase in pay, we may have some unexpected expenses that may be with us for a period of time, and you’ve got to put that in your budget.” That means if your income goes up, decide what you’re going to do with it before it gets absorbed into your spending, Hannah adds. Let’s say you get a raise and you make $100 more a month.
Will you put the extra money each month into your emergency savings? Will you use it to pay down more of your debt each month? These are the questions you need to ask yourself, Hannah says. REVIEW SPENDING Another way to getting your finances in order is to review your monthly expenses to see if there
are any you could save a bit of money on.Things like TV packages, phone plans and insurance rates are good places to start, Hannah says. “It’s amazing when you start to look at all your expenses,” he adds. “You might look at your insurance, and you’ve had the same car insurance with the same vehicle forever and contact your broker and say, ‘I want a better deal. I’ve been a great customer. I’ve never had a claim and yet my insurance premium keeps going up. I want a better deal or I’m going to look elsewhere.’ Chances are you’ll get a discount.” TV packages and phone plans are the same thing. Call and see what the provider can offer in terms of a discount or maybe opt to cut out a few channels to reduce monthly expenses, he adds. And unless you’re single, Hannah says it’s important to discuss your finances with your family – let them know why you’re making these changes and include them in the decision making.
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Art brings hope to a world in darkness Julie MacLellan ON MY BEAT
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I started to write my usual end-of-year column, in which I salute those who’ve made a difference on the local arts scene over the past 12 months, and I found myself strangely at a loss for words.What I wanted to say seemed too frivolous, too inconsequential a way to wind up a year that has felt, in many ways, so heavy. Even the brightest Christmas lights can’t dispel the darkness that seemed to have fallen on our world in 2017.The enforced gaiety and sparkle of the season seemed jarring against a backdrop of omnipresent social turmoil and political unrest. Jingle bells, jingle bells. Neo-Nazis. Klan rallies. The unleashing of hate, intolerance, bigotry. Silver and gold, silver and gold. Donald Trump.Trump’s decisions.Trump’s presidency. Deck the halls with boughs of holly. Istanbul. Las Vegas. Sutherland Springs. Hohoho. Harvey Weinstein. Roy Moore. #metoo On and on and on it goes, as humankind slowly kills the planet, makes war on those who hold different views and generally proves itself incapable of changing its ways to stave off the world’s inevitable destruction. We can festoon the season with tinsel and wrap it in twinkling lights, but we can’t make this darkness go away. And yet. Yet, in the midst of it all, buried in the jangle and glitter and jollity of the holiday season, there it is, refusing to let us give up, refusing to let us succumb to cynicism, refusing to let the darkness win. Hope. It’s such a simple word. But it urges us to remember that in the midst of all the darkness there was
good news in the world this past year. There were hate rallies but there were women’s marches and peace rallies too – gatherings that spoke eloquently of humanity’s desire for good to win. There was Donald Trump, but there was also Angela Merkel. There was Harvey Weinstein, but there were also the Silence Breakers. Hope isn’t so hard to find when you start to look. You don’t need to find it in the headlines. Find it in the kindness of a stranger who holds the door for you at the coffee shop. Find it in the delight of a child transfixed by Christmas lights. Find it in the glow of the Advent candles on your own kitchen table. You know where I find hope, most of all? In song. Song, for me, means the Amabilis Singers, the 65-voice community choir I’m part of. It means director Ramona Luengen and pianist Ingrid Verseveldt, two remarkable women whose musical talent is exceeded only by their generosity in sharing that talent with others – and inspiring the rest of us along the way. But it’s more than that. Though singing has always been my personal passion (I’m of the Buddy the Elf school of thought that believes “the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear”), I find hope in all the arts – in music, in theatre, in dance, in visual arts, in film, in the written and spoken word. Hope, for me, comes from each and every one of you whom I had the privilege to deal with and write about over the past year in my job on the arts beat with Burnaby NOW and the New West Record. It comes from you, the movers and shakers who made art happen in so many ways: Teena Martin and Dave Handelman and Bill Thomson and everyone with the Burnaby Arts Council; Ellen van Eijnsbergen and Jennifer Cane
A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS: When the world looks bleak, artists bring hope – and artists will be needed more than ever as we enter the year ahead in a world full of turmoil and negative headlines. PHOTO PEXELS
and the rest of the Burnaby Art Gallery team; Susan Greig at 100 Braid Street Studios; Trudy Van Dop at Van Dop Gallery; Jessica Schneider and Andrée St. Martin at Massey Theatre and Plaskett Gallery; Stephen O’Shea and Leanne Ewen and everyone with the Arts Council of New Westminster. It comes from you, the directors and producers and teachers who make performance dreams reality: Chad Matchette, Peter Jorgensen, Katey Wright, Nancy von Euw, Ellie King, Valerie Easton, Jack Trovato, Camilla Fishwick-Kellogg, Carol Mann, Trevor Found. It comes from Julian Legere and Michelle Cyr, who bravely launched a new theatre company with a feminist message in a year that so desperately needed to hear it. It comes from you, the poets and writers who bring the written and spoken word to life: Elizabeth Elwood and Candice James and Janet Kvammen and Alan Hill and Nancy Duarte and Susan
Pieters and James Felton and Nasreen Pejvack and Alan Girling and everyone in the ranks of the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Royal City Literary Arts Society who help the literary arts to flourish in our communities, every day.
In the year ahead, the world will need artists as it has never needed them before
It comes from you, the performers and artists whose names and faces have graced these pages over the past year: Ali Watson, Avril Brigden, Madeleine Suddaby, Lori Watt, Keira Jang, Daisy Hulme, Emma Ciprian, Henry Beasley, Colleen Winton, Colton Fyfe, Katie Purych, Russell Roberts, Cassius Khan, Amika Kushwaha, Synthia Yusuf, Caleb Lagayan, VanDeca,
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Emily van Lidth de Jeude, Quayside Voices, Melanie Adams, Elizabeth Irving, Robb Schinnour, David Adams, Warren Kimmel … and the list goes on and on and on. You, all of you – those I have named and those I have inevitably left out – are the reasons why I have hope. Because in a world where you exist, you music makers and dreamers of dreams, the darkness will never win. In the year ahead, the world will need artists as it has never needed them before: to shine in the darkness, to make us laugh and cry and think, to ask life’s unanswerable questions, to help us find meaning, to call us to action, to allow us to believe in the impossible, to strive for a better world, to tap into the deepest and truest parts of us and bind us together in shared humanity when the world is at its most bleak. That’s what the world needs. That’s what artists do. And by “artists” I mean all of us – not just those who get paid to make
art, not just those whose names and faces make it into the newspaper, but every single last one of us. Find the art in your soul and let it glow this year. Sing. Write. Paint. Draw. Dance. Sculpt. Create. You may not have megawatt star power.Your one tiny candle may not cast much light into this vast dark world of ours. But your small candle next to mine, next to his, next to hers, next to theirs, and on and on and on and on until our tiny flames circle the world? Together our collective glow will keep hope shining, even as the world is battered by divisiveness, bigotry, terror, hate, violence, war. The thing is, I was wrong. Writing about the artists among us isn’t frivolous or inconsequential. It’s important. It’s meaningful. In fact, it’s essential – especially in a world that, now more than ever, is in desperate need of hope. Peace and blessings of the season to you and yours.
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2017 IN SPORTS
Of victories and losses in 2017 Burnaby’s St.Thomas More sports teams paid tribute to a sports leader By Dan Olson
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It wasn’t the wins and losses that created the biggest sport stories of 2017. It was the people and the way they responded to adversity that stood out during a momentous 12 months. Cutting the long list of acchievements and events down to five is not an easy task, but the NOW sports department sticks its neck out once more in trying to select a top-five of the year’s best. There’s no doubt there were a lot of people to cheer for in 2017.
Power deke: The Burnaby Winter Club’s Keean Fisk, at right, beats Yale Hockey Academy netminder Liam Vanderkooi in the second period of the Pat Quinn Classic bantam elite final. It would take overtime but the Winter Club would prevail 2-1 for its first win over Yale this season. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
Prep Bruins take Quinn crown in OT In program’s first year, BurnabyWinter Club bares teeth with tourney victory By Dan Olson
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It was a win they can hang their hats on. But members of the Burnaby Winter Club Academy Bruins’ bantam prep program know it’s just the beginning. The BWC Bruins secured its first tournament title Saturday with a thrilling 2-1 overtime win over theYale Hockey Academy in the Pat Quinn Classic AAA bantam elite division final at Bill Copeland Arena. The win capped a tremendous weekend for the Burnaby club, which also won the peewee elite division title (see sidebar story below). “At the beginning of the year I was talking with (assistant coach) Jordie Jones and we felt if we could make it to the semifinals in some tournaments we’d be doing well,” remarked head coach Leland Mack. “To win it here (in Burnaby) is a real nice accomplishment.” That they had to beat the No. 1 prep program in B.C. was just another layer of achievement for the first-year Canadian Sport School Hockey League club. Burnaby took the lead with five minutes left in the second period, when 13-year-old defenceman Eshan Barha rifled a two-zone pass to a sprinting Keean Fisk, who deked past
goaltender Liam Vanderkooi for the game’s first goal. The play up to that point had been balanced, but the Valley squad held a solid edge in shots, as they did in size. Both teams had struck iron prior to that, with Jake Chaisson getting stymied by Burnaby netminder Thomas Milic moments before banging one off the post, while Burnaby native Tyler Schweitzer had the Winter Club’s best scoring opportunity, when his shot hit the crossbar. In the third period,Yale squared things up on defenceman Graham Sward’s shot from the point that got past Milic. The Coquitlam goalie foiled both Ashton Taylor and Chaisson late in the period to guide Burnaby into the extra session, where Brandon Lisowsky provided the heroics. The 13-year-old forward wired the puck past Vanderkooi with just 47 seconds gone in
overtime to give Burnaby the tourney title – and its first win overYale in four attempts. “(Teammate Elias) Carmichael just got checked and I followed the rebound and shot it,” said Lisowsky, who attends Burnaby Central Secondary. “I just wanted to get (the shot) off and then change up. (The goal) just happened.” The rivalry between the two programs has always been strong, noted Mack, who last year coached BWC’s Elite 15s. But in head-to-head play this year, the results were 5-0, 4-1 and 4-2, all inYale’s favour. “First time we played them at home, the first game of the season, we lost 5-0,” recalled Lisowsky. “That showed us what it was all about and we needed to play way better than the first game.We played them again in the Chilliwack tournament. We did OK, and we bounced back this game and played real-
ly well.” Mack said the difference was another stand-up performance from Milic, who has risen to the challenge ever since starting goalie Mason Dunsford suffered an injury in November, and the checking of Yale’s top offensive threat. “I think overall they probably out-played us (in the final),” he noted. “But (Milic) really played well and we knew we had to watch (Logan) Stankoven, and I thought we did a good job of shutting him down. “What was really neat was it was five-on-five for 61 minutes. There were no penalties, and no instances where it was like (the officials) missed one.There was lots of flow.” Yale’s powerhouse offence, led by snipers Kobe Verbicky and Stankoven, had lashed rival defences for 43 goals over six games leading up to the final. Continued on page 16
Cristall counts pair in peewee win
With his second straight goal, Burnaby Winter Club peewee captain Andrew Cristall secured his team the Pat Quinn Classic peewee elite title in a 3-2 overtime victory over the North Shore Winter Club. Cristall, voted the tourney MVP, counted his first of the game late in the second period, after Nico Grabas had given North Shore a 2-1 lead. Burnaby’s leading sniper clinched it just 3:56 into
extra time with his ninth of the tourney. Burnaby advanced to the final with a 3-0 shutout over the Victoria Racquet Club, with goals from Dylan Emerson and Cristall, with a pair. They finished the tourney with a 5-0-1 record. Cristall picked up the tourney top scorer award, while Kamloops’ Sawyer Mynio earned the top defenceman award, and Victoria’s Liam Hallett was voted the top goaltender.
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Playing for Bernie – the St. Thomas More Knights senior football team entered the AAA high school season unranked and with an interim coach, but faced a personal loss that touched the sports community. A month into the season, long-time head coach Bernie Kully died after a short battle with cancer.While it sent the school community reeling, it also brought everyone, especially the football team, together. The Knights honoured their coach by continuing to march all the way to the B.C. Subway Bowl semifinals before falling 28-21 to the eventual B.C. champion New West Hyacks. In their first game after Kully passed away, the team knocked over the thenNo. 1-ranked Terry Fox Ravens, and kept the undefeated streak going right into the playoffs, finishing the regular season at top the Eastern Conference with a 7-0 record. Lineman Sam Steele, who suffered an injury early in the semifinal game, was among a handful of players honoured. He picked up the league’s provincial defensive MVP award. STM also had to play its final three games without star running back/linebacker Tyler Eckert. “Even right down to the last defensive stand, when the huddle broke it was still ‘One-two-three Kully!’They were playing for something bigger than themselves, and that’s why it was so emotional for them at the end,” remarked interim head coach Steve De Lazzari.
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A shocking shakeup – the saga of the Burnaby Lakers got good, then weird, and finally, disappointing during a breakthrough yet frustrating 2017 Western Lacrosse Association season. Under the guidance of new coach/general manager Jim Milligan, whose credentials include various Mann Cup and NLL wins as an assistant coach, the club was in the thick of the race for first place. But then team governor Ed Safarik unexpectedly relieved Milligan of his coaching duties with a few games left.While the club would end up with its first-ever league title with Peter Tellis behind the Continued on page 16
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Continued from page 15 bench, they were unable to escape the first round of the playoffs, falling in seven games to Victoria for a second straight time. “This is pretty fresh, it still stings,”Tellis said after an 8-7 season-ending loss. “It stings for the guys in the room, it stings. It’s going to take some time to get over...” Although they didn’t get any playoff hardware, members of the team did well in individual awards, with Robert Church earning the Commission Trophy as Most Outstanding Player, while Eric Penney collected the Leo Nicholson Memorial Trophy as Most Outstanding Goaltender. Both were also first all-star team selections, joining teammates Justin Salt and Eli McLaughlin.
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Armed and dangerous – Scott Webster made like Aaron Judge and put a long-distance stamp to the Burnaby Bulldogs’ season. Shawn Schaefer then came in and wrapped it up. The senior men’s baseball team powered their way to a Canadian national title, beating the
Fredericton Royals 5-3 in August in Victoria. Webster’s three-run blast led off the seventh inning and gave them a 5-1 lead.While Fredericton put a run across in the bottom of the seventh, Schaefer closed the door with his second appearance of a long day. “(Schaefer) did more than you could ever hope for in a pickup, starting two games on the mound and closing out the final,” remarked Bulldogs manager Mike Sinclair. Schaefer, who earlier in the day went the distance in a nineinning semifinal win, joined the club after having knocked the Bulldogs out of the provincial final earlier in the month.
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Hammer time: Burnaby’s Scott Webster, at right, celebrates a three-run homer that spirited the Bulldogs to a championship. PHOTO CHRISTIAN J. STEWART
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Mat-triculation – Adversity proved to quite the fuel for Burnaby’s Sara Brinkac.The Burnaby Central grad grappled her way to the 60-kilogram title at the Canadian Cadet and Juvenile wrestling championships. Brinkac, who overcame knee surgery and a disappointing result at the high school provincials, defeated Ontario’s Kirti Saxena 10-9 in the final, with the winning points coming in
a takedown with 30 seconds left. Based on the performance, Brinkac was named the Outstanding Juvenile women’s wrestler of the tournament. “That was (Brinkac’s) first national title and it was exactly what she needed,” remarked Coast Wrestling head coach Frank Mensah.
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Gold redemption – there was a satisfying finish to this year’s run to the
B.C. AA senior girls soccer final for St.Thomas More. For a second year in a row they played in the final, but this time they emerged triumphant, beating Okanagan Mission 1-0. Kyra Armenta, one of seven Grade 10s on the Knights’ roster, supplied the game’s only goal. Picking up her fourth shutout of the tournament was Lauren Cadiente, while Caileen Corbett was voted to the Commissioners 11 all-star team.
Among the tourney’s top-eight scorers, six were fromYale’s lineup, with Stankoven and Verbicky racking up nine goals and seven assists each. The Bruins top scorers were Caedan Bankier, Keean Fisk, Adam Grenier and Finlay Williams, each with eight points. In the semifinal, the Bruins defeated Victoria-based Pacific Coast 5-2 thanks to a two-goal effort from Maxim Borovinskiy. They started the tourney with a 3-3 draw with Delta Hockey Academy Green, before reeling off wins over Rocky Mountain (4-3), Shawnigan Lake (5-0) and Delta Academy White (4-0). Burnaby launched the playoff round with a 4-3 victory over Okanagan. Milic was selected the tourney’s top goalie, while Sward was named the top defenceman. St. George’s Trevor Wong was chosen the tourney MVP, after tallying 10 of his team’s 22 goals. The Burnaby Bulldogs, meanwhile, wrapped up the bantam AAA division with a 2-2-1 record, dropping their playoff match 6-1 to Seattle. Marcus Jantzen led the offence over five games, scoring once and setting up six others. Stefan Deretic was the team’s top sniper, with five goals, while Nicola Barba counted four.
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Interest Rates Set to Rise Twice This Year: BCREA Mortgage interest rates are likely to rise in the second quarter of 2018, and again in the third quarter, according to a forecast issued by the BC Real Estate Association (BCREA). The association said in mid-December that the five-year mortgage qualifying rate, which is now at a three-year high of 4.99%, is likely to increase to 5.04% in the second quarter and then to 5.14% shortly after. Discounted five-year mortgage rates offered by lenders are likely to increase to a typical 3.44% by the end of the year, from the current 3.24%, noted the report. However, the BCREA added as a caveat, “Since non-federally regulated lenders such as credit unions do not need to comply with [the new mortgage stress test] regulations, large bank lenders could hold off on raising mortgage qualifying rates to remain competitive.” The BCREA’s mortgage rate outlook follows its recent predictions that, following BC home sales falling by 8.8% in 2017 compared with 2016, resale transactions will decline a further 10.4% in 2018, to around 91,700 units sold across the whole year. BCREA pointed out that the 10-year average for home sales in the province is 84,700 units a year, and said that “strong economic and demographic fundamentals are supporting elevated housing demand.” HOME PRICES TO RISE BCREA’s mortgage outlook was published the same day that national brokerage Royal LePage issued its own home price predictions for 2018.
It said that real estate prices in the Greater Vancouver area were likely to rise by 5.2% in 2018. This is higher than the national average house price rise forecast by the brokerage, of 4.9%, to an aggregated sale price this year of $661,919 across the country.
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This follows BCREA’s forecast that residential resale prices in BC will be 3.1% higher this year than last year, at an average of $712,300, and to rise a further 4.6% to $745,300 in 2018. However, the BCREA’s pricerise predictions for next year vary considerably across the province, with Greater Vancouver’s average home prices expected to increase the most at 5.5% in 2018.
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Both BCREA and Royal LePage have said that this relatively muted price growth – compared with recent years – is partly because of the expected interest rate rises and especially due to the new mortgage stress test introduced on January 1. These new rules require mortgage applicants to qualify at the Bank of Canada’s posted rate rather than the discounted rate they will pay, reducing the purchasing power of many buyers and disqualifying some applicants entirely.
$905,000 $2,300,000
ACTIVE LISTINGS† Attached Detached
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DAYS ON MARKET††
“It is prudent that policy makers introduce measures that help protect the housing market from runaway price inflation,” said Phil Soper, president and CEO, Royal LePage. “However, natural supply and demand forces will always triumph over regulatory tinkering. Attempting to use public policy to steer property prices in huge, rapidly growing cities like Toronto and Vancouver is like a tugboat trying to turn an ocean liner.”
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* Total Tri-City/Burnaby units registered sold December 18-24. ** Median sale price of units registered sold December 18-24. *** Highest price of all units registered sold December 18-24. † Listings as of December 29. †† Median days of active listings as of December 29. All sold and listings information as of December 29.
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20 WEDNESDAY January 3, 2018 • BurnabyNOW
WEEKLY SPECIALS Prices Effective January 4 to January 10, 2018.
100% BC Owned and Operated PRODUCE
MEAT
Organic California Grown Red Bunch Beets
BC Grown Organic Gala Apples from Clapping Chimp
2/4.00
BC Extra Lean Ground Beef Grass Fed *RWA
19.82kg
1.36kg bag
Organic California Grown Lemons
4/3.00
2/6.00
BC
Organic Pork Back Ribs
value pack
previously frozen
13.21kg
ORGANIC PORK at our Kitsilano, Kerrisdale, Cambie, North Vancouver and South Surrey locations
5.99lb
assorted varieties assorted sizes
reg price 3.99-8.69
assorted varieties
regular retail price
2/5.00 Blue Monkey Coconut Water
Stahlbush Island Farms Sustainable Frozen Fruit
Clif Bars or Clif Builder Bars
assorted varieties 68g
assorted varieties
+deposit +eco fee
227-300g
Clif Bars
2/8.98
10/15.00 Builder Bars
So Delicious Organic Fresh Coconut Milk
assorted varieties
assorted varieties
1.89L
705ml
946ml
3.99
2/5.00
3.99 Nature’s Path Organic Hot Cereal
Armstrong Natural Cheese Slices
Amy’s Frozen Pizza
320-360g
assorted varieties
6-8 pack
340-403g
7.99 to 9.99
5.99
2.79 to 4.49 assorted varieties
Amande Creamy Almond Yogurt
Wolfgang Puck Organic Soup
680g
select varieties includes low sodium
assorted varieties
assorted sizes
20% off
Regular Retail Price
10/5.00
12.99
30 Pack
Natural Factors Vitamin A, D or K
A.Vogel Echinaforce Tincture and Tablets
assorted varieties
assorted varieties
20% off
20% off
assorted sizes
Regular Retail Price
Cambie
3493 Cambie St,Vancouver 604.875.0099
assorted sizes
Regular Retail Price
Kerrisdale
1888 W 57th Ave,Vancouver 604.263.4600
4.99
Look To Choices’ Nutrition Team
assorted varieties
Single Sachet
530g
Want To Eat Healthier?
Ener-C Effervescent Vitamin C Drink Mix
assorted varieties
Organic Multigrain Bread
3/8.97
WELLNESS Amazing Grass Superfood Greens Powder
BAKERY
398ml
5.49
2.49 125g Sticks
9.99 assorted varieties
assorted varieties
Lactantia Butter
Rossdown Fraser Valley Free Run Roasted Chickens
Prairie Harvest Organic Pasta Sauce
Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Beverages
regular or unsweetened
1.79 to 2.39/100g
assorted varieties
10/10.00
2/3.00 330ml 2/4.00 520ml
Try a Healthy Start to The New Year with Choices’ Own Kale Salads
2/7.00 Popcorn 125g 2/7.50 Mini Cakes 142g
30% Off
142-170g
While quantities last. Not all items available at all stores. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.Product may not appear exactly as depicted.
6.99lb
*RWA – raised without antibiotics
Skinny Pop Popcorn or Mini Cakes
Prana Fruit & Nut Mixes
assorted varieties
2627 W 16th Ave,Vancouver 604.736.0009
15.41kg
DELI
Kettle Brand Potato Chips Avocado Oil or Organic
Kitsilano
10.99lb
BC Organic Chicken Drumsticks
GROCERY
7.99 4 Pack
value pack 24.23kg
8.99lb
4.98 Cameo and Tango Cherry Tomatoes Imported 1pint package
100% Grass Fed New York Steaks Aged 21+ Days from Australia
Yaletown
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8620 Glenlyon Pkwy, South Burnaby 778.379.5757