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Laying a wreath HELPING HAND: Susan Simpson of the Royal Canadian Legion, branch 148, is escorted to the cenotaph so she can lay a wreath in memory of her husband Brian, a Naval veteran. With the sun shining, a huge crowd turned out to the North Burnaby Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday in Confederation Park. For more photos on this event, see page 15. For photos of a special ceremony to honour veterans of the war in Korea, see page 19. PHOTO KEVIN HILL

‘People’s party’ sets up shop in riding of Burnaby South Maria Rantanen

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A splinter group of the Conservative Party of Canada has established itself in Burnaby South. The People’s Party of Canada founded an electoral district association for Burnaby South in early October, and the party executive has a candidate in mind whom they plan to announce early in the new

year, according to Al Rawdah, the association’s president. A photo of Maxime Bernier, leader of the newly formed People’s Party of Canada, was tweeted out on Nov. 8 with the board members of its Burnaby South electoral district association.The tweet continued: “We are proud to stand with Maxime Bernier and we know all Canadians will be soon.”The event

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was held at the Holiday Inn in downtown Vancouver to launch several party associations. To address issues in Burnaby South, like poverty and housing, Rawdah said the party believes in small government and lower regulations for businesses.The party also believes in “controlled immigration” that works for everyone he added, criticizing the prime minister for putting refugees

in hotels. “We’re conservatives, we respect Canadians’ taxpayer money – it should be set up as controlled immigration policy,” he said but added the party is not against refugees.The People’s Party of Canada also plans to set up associations in New Westminster and Burnaby North-Seymour within the next couple weeks, according to Rawdah. While the People’s Par-

ty of Canada isn’t listed as registered yet with Elections Canada, the leader, who recently left the Conservatives, has been touring across Canada. Rawdah said they expect their party’s status with Elections Canada to be finalized within a couple weeks. The party’s website has some information, but for its platform, it encourages voters to check Bernier’s platform from when he was

running for leader of the Conservative party in 20162017. He was defeated by Andrew Scheer in that race. Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is running in the riding. Photos of the event on Nov. 8 with Bernier were also posted on Facebook by Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson, who opposes SOGI and ran for the Burnaby school board in the October municipal election.

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The restoration of the Fairacres garage has finally begun after a devastating fire earlier this year. A report has detailed the cause and the fact the heritage site had no sprinkler system or alarms. Cornelia Naylor

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Restoration work has finally begun on a city-owned heritage building that went up in flames nine months ago because of a failed power bar. The 107-year-old Fairacres garage and stables on Deer Lake Avenue near the Burnaby Art Gallery has languished under tarps and behind construction fencing since the fire on the morning of Jan. 11. By the time fire crews arrived just after 7 a.m. that day, flames were shooting through the roof at the back of the building, and only an aggressive attack saved it from complete destruction. The cause of the blaze ended up being a power bar found in the south annex, an area used by parks maintenance staff as a lunch room and for equipment storage.

Piece of history: A City of Burnaby heritage plaque. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

The power bar had had “multiple appliances plugged into it,” according to a fire investigation report. “Loose electrical connections caused arcing and overheating,” stated the report. The building was not equipped with a sprinkler system, a smoke alarm or a fire alarm. The report also indicates there was no “manual fire protection” (fire extinguishers), but city risk manager Maurice Fitzgerald said portable fire extinguishers were checked at the building 10 months before the fire by AW FireGuard, according to an invoice. The city spent $75,000 in 2011 to renovate the building, which originally housed

a single-vehicle garage, a coach house, tack room, hay loft and stables for carriage, riding and draught horses. It’s one of 50 heritage buildings and structures in Burnaby protected by individual bylaws, heritage revitalization agreements and land title covenants. “The garage and stables building is important as a record of its era when transportation modes were in transition and the horsedrawn carriage, while still in use, was giving way to the automobile,” states a description on the city website. “It’s an important building,” city heritage planner Jim Wolf said. Despite its heritage value, however, no codes require the building to have a sprinkler system or any kind of outward contacting smoke or fire alarm system because it isn’t being used as an office or “public assembly area.” For about 40 years, it has mostly been used to store Scouts Canada camping equipment. Higher-level fire protections could run into the tens of thousands of dollars, according to Fitzgerald, and city council hasn’t traditionally had an appetite for installing them unless they’re required by law. “If there isn’t a code requirement to do it, how much of the taxpayers money should be spent to bring it up to a level beyond what the code requires? That’s always a question that, historically, mayor and council would ask if they’re being asked to invest money in more technical systems for a building like that,” Fitzgerald said. And it won’t cost the city anything to restore the Ceperley garage and stables because all of the city’s protected heritage buildings are insured for their heritage value, according to Fitzgerald, so the insurers are obligated pay for the building to be restored to its “pre-loss” condition. For the garage and stables, he estimates that will end up costing between $375,000 and $400,000. Once the building is restored, Fitzgerald would like to see it used for something

WORK IN PROGRESS: Fencing has been erected to keep the public away from the 107-year-old Fairacres garage, which is finally being restored. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR other than just storage. “I think there are people in Parks that share that view,” he said, “but I’m not sure that everyone, historically, has shared that view, and I guess I’m referring to council. Council hasn’t always been really open to the suggestion of spending more money to make it a better facility. And, to that point, if council is more open to that, then the building will get more (fire) protection, obviously, because its use will be different.” Wolf said the policy of the city’s community heritage commission is that all cityowned heritage buildings will eventually be moved to public use, like the Fairacres steam plant building, which was turned into a pottery studio years after it first got heritage protection. “We look for opportunities … but we can’t do everything at once,”Wolf said. “We have to do things incrementally and when we have the opportunity to do so, and also we want to do things in terms of a quality product.”

Fire damage: People check out the Fairacres Garage after a fire on Jan. 11 of this year. PHOTO NOW FILES

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Four Burnaby daycare centres will be among the first in B.C. to test the provincial government’s new $10-a-day “universal child care” program. Burnaby South Childcare, Fairhaven Children’s Centre, Bee Daycare and Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Child Care – with a total of 136 child-care spaces – will join 49 other facilities in a 17-month pilot project. Parents taking their kids to these daycares will pay a maximum of $200 per month per child, while the province collects data with an eye on expanding the program down the road. The pilot is being funded by B.C.’s $60 million Early Learning and Child Care Agreement with the federal government. “This is an exciting next step for affordable, uni-

EARL’S RESTAURANT (BRIDGE) LTD. 3850 Lougheed Highway Burnaby, BC V5C 6N4 Earl’s Restaurant (Bridge) Ltd., located at 3850 Lougheed Highway, has made an application to the City of Burnaby to request an amendment to their existing food primary licence to allow for patron participation entertainment in the form of dancing. This proposed amendment would accommodate special events with dancing, on any night of the week, between the hours of 9:00 P.M. and 12:00 A.M. The hours of liquor service for Earl’s Restaurant (Bridge) are not proposed to change and would remain limited to 9:00 A.M. to 1:30 A.M. Monday through Saturday, and 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 A.M. Sunday. Earl’s person capacity is also not proposed to increase and would be limited to 274 seats (210 interior seats and 64 patio seats). For further information on this liquor licence application, contact the Planning and Building Department at 604-294-7400.

versal child care in B.C.,” Burnaby-Edmonds MLA Raj Chouhan said. “Childcare prototype sites will significantly reduce the cost of child care, and make life more affordable for families.” This phase of the program gave priority to daycares with spaces for infants and toddlers, but eligibility is expanding to all types, according to the province. “We are finding new ways to make it easier for families to get by every month

and to save for the future,” Premier John Horgan said. “Through this kind of action, where we significantly reduce the cost of child care, we can make life more affordable for so many B.C. families.” Parents who don’t have kids at one of the 53 prototype locations are still eligible for up to $1,250 per child under the the Affordable Child Care Benefit, if they have an annual household income of $111,000 or less.

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‘Gotcha’ moment raises issues about poverty

The BC Liberals may have been playing “gotcha” when they outed NDP MLA Mabel Elmore for claiming $61 a day in expenses when she was only supposed to be spending $19 a week on food as part of a poverty challenge. But by doing so they raised a number of important issues. Elmore and her staff must have been brain dead not to catch this gaffe, which just proves that the daily stipend for food in B.C.’s capital city without receipts should be

re-thought. TheVancouver MLA may be planning to pay back the $244 she claimed, but the bookkeeping error cast doubt on what should have been a good initiative and raised images of fat-cat politicians dining on the taxpayer’s dime while children go hungry. But the BC Liberals shouldn’t be smiling too broadly at this PR victory, because they, too, get the stipend. More importantly, under the previous BC Liberal

Instead of embarrassing one of their colleagues, it’s time for all politicians to work together... government, poverty was a problem – and still is. According to First Call, a coalition of child and youth advocacy groups, one in five children in B.C. lives in poverty, higher than the national average, and poverty rates among recent immigrant children, off-reserve Aborig-

inal children and visible minority children are much higher. In 2015, for example, under Christy Clark and the BC Liberals’ watch, poor families with two children had median incomes that were $11,000 below the poverty line, meaning that

more than half of them were in even deeper poverty, according to First Call. What happened under the BC Liberals’ watch: housing prices went through the roof and homelessness increased in Burnaby; the food banks continued to support families on income assistance rates; high daycare costs squeezed families further; and rents and food costs continued to stretch people’s budgets. While the poverty challenge is a good way to highlight the issue, it loses some

of its punch when politicians take it on for a short period, only to return to their high-spending ways. If the BC Liberals truly want to tackle child poverty, they should help the NDP government flesh out and fast-track anti-poverty legislation that was introduced this fall. Instead of embarrassing one of their colleagues, it’s time for all politicians in the legislature to work together to tackle poverty on every front.

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Low turnout on PR bad for democracy If only a quarter of the population – or less – supports the idea of moving to a proportional representation model for electing the provincial legislature, does that strengthen democracy or weaken it? That’s not a rhetorical question. Rather, there is a real chance of precisely this kind of scenario happening because of the BC NDP government’s convoluted referendum process. As of this column’s writing, just under four per cent of the referendum ballots had been returned. That number should increase over the next couple of weeks, but there is every reason to think the final response won’t hit 50 per cent. Various polls show the two options are tied in public opinion (with “don’t know” getting a similar share). If that is the case, then the answers to the pivotal first question on the ballot (basically, do you want to stick with the status quo or make a switch) will split fairly evenly. For argument’s sake, let’s say the PR side wins with a 55 per cent to 45 per cent and the turnout rate is 40 per cent. That would mean less than 25 per cent of the population would change the voting system, which is at the heart of our democracy. That number will be lowered even further when we move to the second question, which asks which of three PR models do people like the most.

Again, assuming a close near-three-way split on that question, this could result in less than 10 per cent of the electorate choosing the specific voting method. If this kind of scenario does indeed unfold, I fail to see how this strengthens democratic values and instills fairness in our electoral system. A better approach would have been to create another “citizens’ assembly” (as the BC Liberals did during a previous referendum) to construct a single question on whether to stay with the current system or make the switch to a specific PR system (be it STV or MMP or whatever). The assembly would have been able to supply details such as ridings, maps and a clearer picture of exactly what the new system would look like and how it would operate in action. Instead, many of those details will be worked out by a legislative committee dominated by the two parties wanting a shift to PR (no matter how few people may actually end up being in favour of it) or by a commission. There are good arguments out there for sticking with the status quo, or for switching to PR. Both sides have merit and both have disadvantages. However, a lack of specific information may end up suppressing the vote and, if that happens, our democratic system will be weakened, not enhanced. Keith Baldrey is chief political correspondent for Global BC.

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Politicians were calling for tighter security at the Shooters Unlimited gun range at 6932 Greenwood St. after a 19-year-old employee was found shot to death at the facility in June.The employee had apparently let someone into the range before it was open for business. His body was later found by one of the company’s owners. Burnaby-Kingsway MP Svend Robinson said he would tour the facility because he was “very concerned about the operations.” Ald. Derek Corrigan, after touring the place, suggested security cameras should be added.

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Editor: The referendum on proportional representation (PR) that we are now voting on is all about better representation and about power. PR will give about 90 per cent of the voters an MLA who shares their values, a great improvement on 50 per cent with our present system. PR also gives more power to the voters and less power to the corporations and their political friends in the legislature. This is the key to understanding the letter by Val Litwin, CEO of the BC Chamber of Commerce, on Proportional Representation (NOW online, Oct. 22), which uses specious arguments to try to get people to vote against it. The letter also contained a serious error. In 2004, one man and one woman from each electoral district were selected by a random process to form the BC Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. No politicians were allowed. These ordinary citizens spent most of the year becoming experts on electoral systems, asking

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS their citizens what they wanted a new electoral system to accomplish, debated the issues, and designed systems that could best achieve what was wanted. Their considerations resulted in the design of two proportional systems, mixed member proportional (MMP) and single transferable vote (STV). The final votes of the assembly members were: 123 to 31 for STV over MMP 142 to 11 against retaining the present FirstPast-the-Post 146 to 7 for recommending STV to British Columbians. In the subsequent referendum in 2005, B.C. voters voted 58 per cent in favour of STV (not ~61 per cent against it as originally stated by Litwin). The BC Liberals in power at the time refused to institute STV, though it clearly should have because the process used to arrive at this conclusion is the most legitimate known. The first question on the ballot is whether or not you want to change to proportional representation; the answer to this is clearly yes because the Citizens’ Assembly recommended it and because Arend Lijphart, in a study of many countries for many years, found proportional systems are associated with a wide range of good things. The second question on the ballot asks you to rank three proportional systems, dual member (DMP), mixed member (MMP) and rural urban (RUPR). Any of these will be a significant improvement on the present system, giving voters better representation and more voting power. Of these, RUPR gives the most power to voters as it is STV in the urban regions and MMP in the rural regions of B.C. Thus two of the three systems have the legitimacy of the BC Citizens’ Assembly. David Huntley, Burnaby

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PUBLIC HEARING The Council of the City of Burnaby hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing TUESDAY, 2018 NOVEMBER 20 AT 7:00 PM in the Council Chamber, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C. to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”. 1) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 41, 2018 - Bylaw No. 13944 Rez. #16-57 Portion of 7650 Winston Street From: M5 Light Industrial District To:

CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M5r Light Industrial District as a guideline, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “El Comal Restaurant” prepared by Gabbot3Drafting)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit a restaurant (El Comal Mexican Restaurant) within an existing multi-tenant industrial development, to serve the day-to-day needs of adjacent industrial developments and their employees. 2) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 42, 2018 - Bylaw No. 13945 Rez. #18-10 8750 University Crescent From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on P11e SFU Neighbourhood District) To:

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the P11e SFU Neighbourhood District and SFU Community Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “SFU Lot 19” prepared by Ramsay Worden Architects)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit construction of a mid-rise apartment building, atop three levels of underground parking. 3) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 43, 2018 - Bylaw No. 13946 Rez. #18-22 4162 Norland Avenue From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on P1 Neighbourhood Institutional District and B1 Suburban Office District) To:

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on P1 Neighbourhood Institutional District, B1 Suburban Office District and the Central Administrative Area as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Classroom Renovation & Play Area Addition” prepared by Principle Architecture)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit an increase in capacity for the existing child care facility from 35 half-day and 15 after-school spaces to 71 full day spaces, to permit the child care use in the existing basement space, and to expand the existing outdoor play space. 4) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 40, 2018 - Bylaw No. 13940

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Life’s better here Mountain pipeline expansion project outside his office with some regularity have all helped him become better advocate. Beech claims to have knocked on more doors since his election in 2015 than any other member of Parliament in western Canada. Every weekend, he hits the pavement to meet people in his riding. Every interaction he has is valuable, he said, even –

and especially – those who do not agree with him or his Liberal Party’s policies. “When people get mad, (when) people get upset, that’s really when I have to talk to people,” he said. In addition to his dogged door-knocking, Beech said he has mailed out several surveys and discussion papers to residents in his riding, as well as visit community centres, retirement homes and schools.

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For those people who believe that money laundering is playing a role in corrupting B.C.’s real estate market, now is your chance to share your views. The provincial money laundering task force is seeking public input on how British Columbians think so-called “dirty money” has affected real estate in B.C. and what should be done about it. Finance minister Carole James said in a statement, “We’re in the middle of a serious housing crisis and we need to be diligent to ensure that our housing market is not being used as a hub to launder money.We don’t want any gaps in our laws or regulations. Dirty money has no place in British Columbia.” The Expert Panel on

Money Laundering in Real Estate has launched its public consultation as part of its official review of the role dirty money plays in the housing market, and will consider submissions and ideas for solutions, and potentially adopt the best sug-

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the problems they have encountered. Maureen Maloney, chair of the expert panel, Simon Fraser University public policy and dispute resolution professor and former B.C. deputy attorney general, said, “We need to know how our markets are being used to launder money before we can make recommendations, and it will help the panel to hear from British Columbians, especially those with direct knowledge of our real estate sector and its legal framework. “We encourage anyone with these insights and proposed solutions to come forward and have their voices heard.” British Columbians wanting to find out more about the money laundering in real estate consultation or submit ideas can go to en gage.gov.bc.ca/preventing moneylaundering.

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The NOW has learned that police collected the DNA of local Middle Eastern men as part of the Marrisa Shen investigation. But a civil liberties expert says the case raises serious questions about racial profiling.

omicide investigators looking for 13-year-old Marrisa Shen’s killer appear to have targeted Middle Eastern men living in the Lower Mainland in a DNA dragnet. The Burnaby teen’s body was found in Central Park on July 18, 2017. Fourteen months later, police arrested and charged a 28-year-old Syrian national, Ibrahim Ali, with her murder. The RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been tightlipped about the techniques that led them to Ali, but the NOW has learned numerous Middle Eastern men living in the Lower Mainland – some of whom came to Canada to escape persecution in totalitarian regimes – were called up seemingly randomly and asked to provide voluntary DNA samples in relation to the killing. “I was thinking, ‘Why me?’” Burnaby resident Ayub Faek told the NOW. “When they came, I asked them, ‘Why me?’ and they say, ‘Not only you; many people.’ I said, ‘Do you have clue like about why, for example, me?’ Maybe they have clue.They didn’t tell me.They didn’t tell me anything.”

‘FOR FUTURE RECORDS’ Faek, who is Kurdish, came to Canada in the early 2000s, after fleeing Saddam Hussein’s Iraq as a refugee. “We were working for a political organization underground and we run away from there,” he said. He said he was unnerved when he got a call from IHIT investigators who seemed to know everything about him. “I was nervous,” he said. “And I’m sure I didn’t do anything. … This first time

in my life I do this kind of interview or investigation. Never been in court or never even ask by police for anything in my life.” Investigators called him out of the blue, he said, and asked to see him for an interview. At his house, they questioned him about his work, his visits to the park and Shen’s murder. They also flashed a photo of Shen at him, he said. “They show you a picture, to see what’s your reaction,” he said. They left with a sample of blood from his finger. “You don’t want to do that, OK, and you are no happy, but you have to say yes,” he said about the sample. “You should do whatever they want. By law, I don’t know anything. If I knew anything, I’d try it.” Faek lives near Central Park, but he said he’s heard from other men in his community living as far away as North Vancouver and Coquitlam who were also asked to provide DNA samples.

They show you a picture, to see what’s your reaction. Faek’s friend, Ariyan Fadhil, another Kurd who fled Iraq in the early 2000s, lives in North Burnaby. IHIT called him up while he was working in West Vancouver. They asked to see him that day and questioned him in a van during his lunch break, he said. “I was questioning in my mind, ‘Why they are asking me?’ I’m not living in the area,” he said. Like Faek, Fadhil said he

SEARCHING FOR CLUES: Members of IHIT – the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team scour Burnaby’s Central Park in the hours after the body of Marrisa Shen was discovered in 2017. It took more than a year for someone to be charged. PHOTO NOW FILES

didn’t feel like he had much choice about the DNA sample. “I knew that, if they want, they’re going to get an order from court or something, I don’t know, to take it from me, so that’s why I gave it,” he said. The men said IHIT promised the DNA samples would be destroyed after the investigation wrapped up, but both are skeptical. “I was thinking that maybe they just want to collect DNA from people from Middle East for future records,” Fadhil said. “That’s what I thought. I still believe that.They said they’re going to destroy it, but I don’t believe it.” “If you work in political, you think about many things, not only the point,” Faek said. “You think they do many things behind this or under this.” He said he felt singled out when IHIT contacted him and, at first, didn’t want to tell anyone about being asked for his DNA. He was relieved, he said when he found out how many other men in his community had been asked. Continued on page 11

The science of fighting crime: DNA is an invaluable tool in catching criminals, but there are serious issues surrounding who police ask for samples. PHOTO ISTOCK

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Innocent victim: Marrisa Shen was just 13 years old when she was murdered in Burnaby’s Central Park. PHOTO NOW FILES

Continued from page 10 ‘INHERENTLY COERCIVE’ But that raises concerns of its own, according to Abby Deshman, director of the criminal justice program for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. “It raises questions about racial profiling and the appropriateness of widespread DNA collection from a systemic perspective,” she told the NOW. Despite being “voluntary,” Deshman said people subjected to the DNA requests find them “inherently coercive” because people who refuse then become suspects regardless of whether or not any other evidence links them to the crime. “We question the validity of the consent,” Deshman said. That’s especially true for vulnerable or marginalized groups, including new Canadians and refugees, she said. She pointed to a similar case in 2013, when the Ontario Provincial Police conducted a DNA sweep of 100 racialized migrant workers in Tillsonberg, Ont. A sexual assault victim there had described her assailant as black with what she thought was a Jamaican accent, so the OPP requested DNA samples from 100 racialized workers in the area – but many of the men did not match the height or age of the suspect.The only similarity was their skin colour. The incident sparked a human rights complaint and an investigation by the Office of the Independent Police Director, who found the sweep had been “overly broad.” The human rights complaint is ongoing.

Deshman said it is “deeply concerning” that Faek and Fadhil felt they couldn’t say no to the DNA request. For the sample-taking to be truly voluntary, she said police need to do more to make individual rights and freedoms under Canadian law clear to people who have come from countries with very different criminal justice systems. Toward that end, the CCLA wants to see DNA sweeps subject to independent oversight. “So far, that’s not what the law requires,” Deshman said. “We don’t think they should never be used as investigative tools.There are serious crimes, and there are times when you can legitimately engage in this kind of police investigation, but we think they should absolutely be reserved for very select cases and that there should be oversight.” That oversight should include accountability around the retention and destruction of the DNA samples. “That is a core concern of many people who are subject to these requests,” Deshman said. ‘NO FURTHER COMMENTS’ IHIT wouldn’t comment on its policy for the collection, retention and destruction of voluntary DNA samples. Media spokesperson Cpl. Frank Jang would only say that IHIT “strictly adheres to Canadian law and RCMP policy with respect to the handling of DNA exhibits.” During its 14-month murder investigation, IHIT said more than 1,300 residents in the Central Park area were canvassed, more 600 interviews were conducted and more than 2,000 persons of interest

Kind words: A large shrine was erected in the days after Marrisa Shen’s murder as people dropped off flowers and touching tributes to the Burnaby teen. PHOTO NOW FILES

were identified and subsequently eliminated. IHIT wouldn’t say whether those 2,000 persons of interest were men from the Middle East who were asked for their DNA. “Our police investigation is complete” Jang told the NOW in an emailed statement. “It’s been turned over to the courts.There will be no further comments provided.” IHIT would not confirm whether or not a DNA sweep had been conducted, why so many Middle Eastern men across Metro Vancouver were asked to provide samples, how they were identified or whether the RCMP provided any support to men who – after escaping oppression and state-sanctioned violence in places like Syrian – might have been traumatized by being singled-out seemingly randomly by police to provide DNA for a murder investigation. (The NOW learned of

one former refugee who thought he was being targeted because he is suing someone with family in the RCMP.) WHAT WAS FOUND AT THE CRIME SCENE? B.C. Institute of Technology DNA expert Dean Hildebrand said it is possible investigators found DNA at the crime scene and had it analyzed for ethnicity, much like what happens when people send a sample to a business like ancestry.com. “Relatively geographically, it’s likely that in the Middle East your DNA profiles are going to align more closely than, say, to sub-Saharan Africa or China or European ethnicities,” he told the NOW. Investigators may have canvassed Middle Eastern men for DNA because a crime scene sample indicated the killer or his family were from that region. “It’s not a common test, though, in the forensic realm,” Hildebrand said.

“The RCMP don’t do that routinely.They don’t have that test in-house for ethnicity.” Hildebrand said he’s not surprised IHIT has been tight-lipped about the sweep, as police are protective of their investigative techniques. When asked if the RCMP might be trying to dodge controversy by not making the sweep public, he said that was a question for police. “There’s always sensitivities around privacy, but again, these are voluntary samples,” Hildebrand said, “and they can say yes, they can say no.That’s their right.” That’s not how it felt to the Faek and Fadhil, though. “It just raise more questions, so you have to give it right away,” Fadhil said. Faek agreed. “We are new to Canadian life,” he said. “We didn’t know anything about this.”

In a DNA sweep or dragnet, police may ask hundreds, even thousands of people from a particular demographic or living in a certain area for blood or saliva in the hope of finding a match with DNA found at the crime scene. The nature of the crime sometimes determines the target group, as it did in the first DNA sweep in 1987 in Leicestershire, England. Investigating the brutal rape and murder of two 15-year-old girls, police there asked 5,500 local men to volunteer blood or saliva samples, leading to the arrest and conviction of local baker Colin Pitchfork. Pitchfork had actually convinced someone else to masquerade as him to give blood, but he was found out when that person bragged about it at a pub later. The target group might also be identified by a victim’s description of a criminal, as in an Ontario sexual assault that saw 100 racialized worker canvassed after the victim described her assailant as black with a Jamaican accent. Even if the perpetrator doesn’t agree to provide a voluntary DNA sample, a sweep helps police by narrowing the number of possible suspects. In 2003, police investigating the rape and murder of 10-year-old Holly Jones put software developer Michael Briere under surveillance after he refused to provide a sample. He was arrested and convicted after they retrieved pop cans and straws he threw away and matched DNA found on them with DNA recovered from under Jones’ fingernails. With advances in genetic science, a newer, more controversial technique, called forensic DNA phenotyping, has now also made it possible to establish some of a suspect’s visible characteristics and ancestry by comparing crime-scene DNA samples to human genetic information from various regions, such as Africa or Asia. A DNA sweep can then be conducted of a group using that information.

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Artists team up for mental health Two local artists are helping to raise money for the Alzheimer Society of B.C. once again. Wendy Mould and Audrey Bakewell are once again teaming up for their Paints n’ Bloom art show and sale, running Nov. 22 to 24 at GardenWorks at Mandeville. The two first joined forces to help the Alzheimer Society of B.C. back in the fall of 2011.Their next show marks their 16th Paints n’ Bloom event, which includes workshops along with the art show and sale. The cause is personal for both artists. “It is shocking to see how a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s can affect a whole family,” said Mould in a press release. “There is not only the immediate concern for the loved one affected but there is a ripple of fear that runs through the family.” With some hereditary component, Mould notes, family members can’t help but wonder what’s next. In her own family, her brother-in-law and sister-in-law were both diagnosed in their 50s. “There is concern for my nieces and nephews, as they see their parents suffer, but also for themselves and their children. It has a far-reaching effect,” she said. Bakewell, too, has faced Alzheimer’s in her family, and the Alzheimer Society services – which includes early screening, genetic counselling and caregiver support, among others – are important to her. “It is important to us to help get the information out there,” she said. “When my Birds in winter: A painting mother was diagnosed, there by local artist Wendy Mould. was very little awareness, and PHOTO CONTRIBUTED as a family, it took its toll. Now my family is involved in genetic research with three universities.” The Paints n’ Bloom events have raised more than $4,600 for the Alzheimer Society of B.C. since their inception. The artists also include an information table at each of their shows to help families. “Some people will quietly pick up the brochure, while others will share their stories with us,” Bakewell said. “We are pleased to help in any small way.” The two are kick-starting their November show with a day of workshops on Tuesday, Nov. 20. In the morning (10 a.m. to noon), Bakewell will lead a beginner watercolour class, and in the afternoon (1 to 3 p.m.) Mould leads a Christmas card making class. Each workshop costs $40 per person, including supplies, and anyone interested can register by calling Wendy Mould at 604-314-2232. The three-day art show runs Thursday, Nov. 22 to Saturday, Nov. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, and features “bright vivid colour and wildlife action,” the release says. GardenWorks at Mandeville is at 4746 Marine Dr. – Julie MacLellan

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The 24th annual REALTORS Care Blanket Drive has kicked off in Burnaby to collect warm winter clothing for those in need across the Lower Mainland. The drive is the largest and longest-running blanket drive in the Lower Mainland. Between Nov. 13 and 20, volunteers will collect warm clothing and blankets across the region.The donations are then distributed to partner charities from the same community where the item was donated. The public can make donations at more than 100 participating real estate offices

across the Lower Mainland.The locations in Burnaby are Coldwell Banker-Love Realty at 5489 Kingsway, LeHomes Realty Premier at #401-4538, Oakwyn Realty at #252-5489 Byrne Rd., New Coast Realty at 4737 Kingsway, RE/MAX Central, #15050 Kingsway, and Sutton Centre Realty at 3010 Boundary Rd. The banket drive seeks to collect enough clothing to help more than 30,000 people stay warm this winter. “A recent homeless count in Metro Vancouver indicates there are more people liv-

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The Burnaby Art Gallery is taking a closer look at Canada’s North for its next exhibition. Picturing Arctic Modernity – North Baffin Drawings from 1964 will be on display at the gallery from Nov. 16 to Jan. 13, 2019. The travelling exhibition was developed by the Canadian Museum of History and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University, with the assistance of the Pond Inlet Archives, and three Inuit heritage and cultural organizations, Ilisaqsivik, Ittaq and Piqqusil-

irivvik. Through 50 original drawings, created in 1964 by Inuit men and women of North Baffin Island, the exhibition explores a transformative era for the people of Canada’s Eastern Arctic.The drawings offer firstperson perspectives on daily life, history and memory at a time when Inuit communities were transitioning from traditional nomadic hunting camps to permanent settlements. “We are honoured to bring this important exhibition to the Metro Vancouver

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Opening reception: Thursday, 7 p.m. Free. Opening remarks, followed by reception. Lecture: Diversity, Inclusion and Source Communities in the Gallery: Friday, Nov. 23, 1 p.m. Free. Contemporary Inuit art curator Norman Vorano will lead a discussion on bringing voices from diverse communities to the forefront in nonconventional learning environments. Curator’s tour: Sunday, Nov. 25, 2 p.m. Free, all welcome. Join special guest, contemporary Inuit art curator Norman Vorano, on a walk through the exhibition. In the BAG Family Sundays: Sunday, Nov. 18 and Sunday, Dec. 16, 1 to 4 p.m. Drop in with the family for family-friendly art projects inspired by the exhibition. The theme on Nov. 18 is Decorate Your Day; on Dec. 16, it’s Visual Journaling.

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less record” of the sweeping changes that reshaped Inuit society on North Baffin Island in the 1960s. “The people who created these illustrations understood that their way of life was changing dramatically and that it was important to preserve their knowledge and memories,” he said. “As a museum committed to preserving and promoting

the history of Canada and its peoples, we are proud to share these uniquely important cultural treasures with the citizens of Burnaby.” The entire exhibition – including text, videos, website and in-gallery booklet – is presented in Inuktitut, French and English. It features 42 video clips of the artists, their families and community members who

provide their interpretations of the drawings. The gallery will be hosting a number of special events throughout the exhibition, starting with an opening reception on Thursday at 7 p.m. Burnaby Art Gallery is at 6344 Deer Lake Ave. For more information, see www. burnabyartgallery.ca or call 604-297-4422.

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Knights knock off Nanaimo

Quick beginning lifts St.Thomas More to B.C. quarterfinals Dan Olson

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A well-rounded game has got them this far. The St.Thomas More Knights launched the B.C. Subway Bowl playoffs on Friday by downing the Nanaimo Islanders 27-14, picking up their fifth straight win. It catapults the Burnaby squad into Friday’s quarterfinals against the Mount Douglas Rams – who, like the Knights, offer up a potentially explosive blend of offensive weapons. “I was going to say they’re almost a mirror image (of us),” remarked STM head coach Steve De Lazzari. “I think, along with (No. 1) Lord Tweedsmuir, they’ve got a lot of ways to break a game open and are truly a threat whether by throwing or running.” The match-up gets underway Friday, 4 p.m. at Burnaby Lake West turf. To get past the Islanders, STM used its full complement of tools with a quick start for a 14-0 first quarter lead. Julian Valerio opened the scoring on the team’s second possession, breaking free for a 40-yard touchdown run. It was followed two possessions later by a 50-yard pass by quarterback Dario Ciccone to Gabe Nicario, putting the Knights in firm control. They’d up their lead to 27-0 with majors by Ciccone, with a seven-yard dash in the third quarter, and a 10yard reception by Rickey Parsons, before Nanaimo got on the board. The visitors took advantage of a brief loss of focus to put up two majors late in the game. Making his return as a starter on both offensive and defensive lines was 2017 Defensive Player of theYear Sam Steele, who counted nine tackles. Leading all STM tacklers were Colin Dalla Vecchia, with 12, and Daniel Auld, with 11. Mt. Doug advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Kelowna 35-7, a team the Knights blasted 51-14 two weeks ago in the Okanagan. The Rams have an abundance of weapons too, led by senior pivot Gideone Kremler, who threw for 15 touchdowns on the year prior to the playoffs. “They will be a well-balanced team led by an outstanding quarterback,” said De Lazzari. “They’ve got two outstanding receivers (in Dante Carbone and Sam Mosky), so it’s going to be a really tough test.” STM’s secondary, however, has its own two-way speedsters in Michael Simone and Vasco Repole. “Definitely, our pass defence has been one of our strengths this year, so I’m pretty confident in our speed and skill,” noted the coach.

SPLITTING THE DEFENCE: The Burnaby Wildcats’ Abby Leung, at right, and Grace Brnjac, left, try to chase down Ridge Meadows’ Yanika Noel during girls midget C hockey action at the Wildcats Remembrance Day hockey tournament on Sunday at Burnaby 8-Rinks. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Heartbreak in overtime for SFU men

For third straight season, Cal Poly proves to be Clan’s achilles heel in NCAA tourney Dan Olson

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Their will be no Christmas card sent to the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos this winter – again. For the third straight year, the California rival ended the Simon Fraser University Clan men’s soccer season, this time halting a run that saw the Burnaby Mountain-based squad enter as a topranked team in the NCAA Div. 2 circuit. Ranked No. 4 prior to the start of the playoffs after establishing a number of club records, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference regular season champion Clan saw it all come to naught with a 1-0 overtime loss on Sat-

urday in Seattle. The game’s only goal came six minutes into the first overtime period, when Eduardo Faria set up defender Eduard Lucas, who slipped it past SFU’s Luciano Trasolini for the eventual game winner. But the game had a few key moments where the Clan, who finished the year with a 17-2-0 record, could have taken the lead in regulation. Midway through the first half, Matteo Polisi fired a free kick that Pomona netminder Jakob Hansen deflected over the top bar, and just before halftime Marcello Polisi was stymied by the goalie after receiving a stealthy cross from GNAC Player of theYear

Mamadi Camara. The best scoring chance came with just eight minutes left in regulation, when midfielder and Cariboo Hill Secondary alumnus Rahid Rahiem passed to Marcello Polisi, who directed the ball into the box. But Hansen corralled the ball before any SFU forwards could get to it. The Polisi brothers had a handful of scoring opportunties during the game, as did Camara. It was the first time the team had been blanked this season, as SFU outshot the Broncos 9-6. They entered the game after earning a first-round bye as regular season champions, while Cal Poly had eliminated Fresno Pacific 3-0 two days earlier.

Despite carrying the conference’s top seed, SFU could not knock off their rivals.The two teams met early in the season in September, with the Clan prevailing 3-0. It exacted some bit of revenge for last fall’s penalty kick loss that bounced SFU from the NCAA tourney.The two teams were ranked nationally to start the season, with Pomona at No. 4, and SFU at 20th. But a run through league play, which saw them only lose once – in the final game of the regular season – catapulted the Clan to a top-four rating in a poll of United soccer coaches prior to the playoffs, while Cal Poly were not among the top-25.

Major midget Chiefs suffer rare setback

Their six-game win streak is kaput. But the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs are hungry to start a new winning run on the heels of a sobering loss and tie. Despite a 5-2 setback Saturday to the 10thplace Valley West Giants, the local Chiefs still have a toehold on second place in the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League standings, tied with the Okanagan Rockets with a 9-4-2-1 record. Head coach Jeff Urekar said the recent run was a sign of how hard the players have worked. “I think it’s related to two things, really,”

said Urekar, in his first full season as team head coach. “We’ve gotten healthier and got all our players in the lineup (two weeks ago). It’s also attributed to all the work the players have put in over the past few months.” They struggled against a lower ranked team on Saturday, surrendering two goals in the second period after sitting tied 1-1 after 20 minutes. Logan Kurki counted both goals for the Northeast squad, which draws its players from Burnaby, New West, the Tri-Cities and Ridge Meadows. A day later, netminder Michael Harroch helped the squad earn a tie, with Christian

Lowe and Ryan Tattle supplying the offence. The team is motivated to stay within striking distance of first-place Fraser Valley, who lead by two points.The top-five teams in the league are only separated by five points. “We’ve kind of set a first-half goal of qualifying for the (Calgary) Mac’s Invitational tournament, which means we have to finish top-four,” said Urekar. “We pride ourselves in starting strong and we emphasis the importance of practicing hard.” The squad plays host to the Kootenay Ice this weekend, for games Saturday (4:30 p.m.) and Sunday (11:30 a.m.) at Burnaby 8-Rinks.

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Inside the lines, the Moscrop Panthers are eager to prove how they measure up. Beyond the court’s lines, they already have. The senior girls volleyball team entered the prime playoff season, where the top-ranked AAAA programs get a chance to trade shot for shot, with an eye on making the B.C.s. Ranked No. 6 in the latest B.C. poll, the squad – including nine Grade 12s – has charted a course they hope will carry them on to Penticton next month. Head coach Kim Or beams about, not just the win-loss record, but how this group has contributed beyond their own game, to help others in the school with a program that has become one of the sports beacons of Burnaby. “When we started, none of them really knew how to play and now at Grade 12, I’m enjoying every single day with this group,” said Or, who has known nearly all nine seniors since Grade

9. “Not only are they good players, they’re really good people, citizens.” He points to the volleyball program and lists off the teams – each of the girls bantam, juvenile and junior squads are coached by the senior players.They put in the time to learn, share the responsibilities and mentor others, he said. For the players, it’s been an opportunity to share their knowledge, as well as a chance to grow and learn how to lead. The Panthers themselves are keen to share their passion for the sport. “It forces us to learn patience,” noted middle hitter Alana Leung. “We’re coaching Grade 8s and we’re teaching them the game and it’s important to give them the fundamentals.You have to be gentle, have to compose yourself and I think it gives us a new perspective on the game.” Coach Or sets the example himself. A teacher at Britannia Secondary, he has run Moscrop’s girls teams for a number of years. His philosophy is that anyone

who wants to play and is dedicated enough to put the effort in should be able to play for their school. It’s meant the program has operated two senior girls teams – this year’s second squad, made up of Grade 11s and with another volunteer coach, played an exhibition schedule on the senior Burnaby-New West circuit. Setter Sara Tam said the lessons she’s absorbed from just watching Or manage his many coaching duties has been helpful. “(Coaching) definitely gives us a different perspective on (Or’s) role and how much there is to think about,” said Tam. While the seniors feel the playoff pressure, in the end it’s how you tackle each new challenge where you can set yourself apart. “It’s hard.You don’t want that target on your back, (and) it’s easier to fly low. … But I think being ranked is humbling.You have to work hard for everything you do,” Leung said. They hope to be playing in Saturday’s Lower Mainland semifinals at Moscrop.

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Prices quoted are exclusive of taxes and subject to change without prior notice. In our continuing effort to improve and maintain the high standard of the 50 Electronic Avenue development, the developer reserves the right to modify or change plans, specifications, features and prices without notice. Renderings and images provided are an artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conception and are intended only as a general reference and are not to be relied upon. This is not an offering for sale. Please see disclosure statement for specific offering details. E&O.E.

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ELECTRICAL

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100% BC Owned and Operated PRODUCE

MEAT Organic Blueberries Imported from Argentina

Organicgirl Organic Salad Dressings

all varieties 236ml bottle reg price 7.48

Buy One Get One Free

previously frozen reg price 8.16lb/17.99kg

4.98 2.27kg (5lb) bag

1.98

5.98

reg price 19.99

Alter Eco Organic Fair Trade Chocolate Bars

Born 3 Large Eggs with Vitamin D

14.49lb

Sensible Portions Veggie Chips

Choices’ Own Soup

141-142g

710ml • reg price 7.49

Buy One Get One Free

Adam’s Natural Peanut Butter

creamy and crunchy

Welo Probiotic Bars and Probiotic Juice

assorted varieties +deposit +eco fee

1kg

3.99

31.94kg

DELI reg price 4.59

Buy One Get One Free

1 dozen

value pack

7.99lb

assorted varieties

assorted varieties 80g reg price 4.49

Buy One Get One Free

100% Grass Fed Ribeye Steaks or Roasts aged 21+ Days from Australia

17.61kg

ORGANIC PORK

GROCERY 2.84L • +deposit +eco fee

6.99lb

made in-store

at our Kitsilano, Kerrisdale, Cambie, North Vancouver and South Surrey locations

Santa Cruz Organic Apple Juice

15.41kg

Choices’ Own Pork Sausages

BC Grown Russet Potatoes

7L box

value pack

Buy One Get One Free

170g package

BC Grown Organic Ambrosia Apples

BC Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

Organic Pork Back Ribs

2/4.00 Bars 40g 3.99 to 4.49

5.99

Juice 350-355ml

Tre Stelle Shredded Cheese

Castello Danish Brie or Camembert Cheese Cups

assorted varieties

170-200g

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Lactantia Butter assorted varieties

Buy One Get One Free

125g

2/5.00

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Frontera Mexican Cooking Sauces, Guacamole Mix and Salsa assorted varieties

125g Sticks

Tasty Bite Indian Entrées

Gardein Frozen Meatless Products

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assorted sizes reg price 3.39-6.49

assorted varieties 225-390g

1.99 to 3.49

30% Off

7.99

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Spectrum Cooking Oils and Vinegars

Bragg Organic Apple Cider Vinegar

Wholesome Organic Fair Trade Sweeteners and Syrup

assorted varieties

3.99 473ml 5.99 946ml

assorted sizes reg price 6.79-23.99

assorted sizes reg price 6.99-27.49

regular retail price

WELLNESS

Choices’ Star of the Season Program

Renew Life Ultimate Flora Probiotics Genuine Health Fermented Organic Vegan Proteins and Bars select varieties assorted varieties

assorted sizes reg price 19.99-72.99

assorted sizes reg price 7.00-71.99

20% off

Nordic Naturals Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplements

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Mad Hippie Natural Face Care

assorted sizes reg price 31.99-65.99

25% off

assorted varieties

assorted sizes reg price 27.99-53.99

20% off

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Kitsilano

Now in its 15th year, Choices’ Star of the Season Program enriches the lives of families all across MetroVancouver, the FraserValley and the Okanagan. Kindly donated by Calabar Printers, Choices’ Holiday Stars may be purchased between November 15th and December 24th for a donation of $2.00.

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assorted varieties

2627 W 16th Ave,Vancouver 604.736.0009

November 15th – December 24th

20% off

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Cambie

3493 Cambie St,Vancouver 604.875.0099

Kerrisdale

1888 W 57th Ave,Vancouver 604.263.4600

Buy One Get One Free

30% Off

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Yaletown

1202 Richards St,Vancouver 604.633.2392

Commercial Drive

1045 Commercial Dr,Vancouver 604.678.9665

Burnaby Crest

8683 10th Ave, Burnaby 604.522.0936

Burnaby Marine Way

8620 Glenlyon Pkwy, South Burnaby 778.379.5757