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REBELS RIDE TO VICTORY:
Burnaby South fans show their love for their school team during the B.C. 4-A basketball championships on Saturday in Langley. The Rebels’ senior boys squad beat the Semiahmoo Totems 80-72 . See page 20 for the full story on how the team captured the school’s third provincial crown against higher-ranked rivals. PHOTO LISA KING
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City wants unpaid fines added to tax bill By Tereza Verenca
tverenca@burnabynow.com
Unpaid city fines could one day be part of your property tax bill. At its meeting Monday night, Burnaby city council endorsed three resolutions that will be submitted to the Union of B.C. Mu-
nicipalities convention later this year. One of them attempts to crack down on the number of residents who don’t settle their fines. Burnaby wants to add an amendment to the Community Charter that will classify unpaid fines as “special fees” – fees to be collected as property taxes, includ-
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ing through eventual tax sale property auction. As recreational marijuana becomes legal this summer, Coun. Sav Dhaliwal said he’s concerned about illegal pot dispensaries popping up, similar to what’s happened in Vancouver. He said the UBCM resolution
would ensure illegal cannabis operators pay their fines and don’t just ignore them. (In Vancouver, tickets for unlicensed shops have exceed $1 million, according to multiple media outlets.) Dhaliwal added he’s hopeful the city’s resolution will be endorsed by the UBCM.
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