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SHOWING SOLIDARITY: Rallies and symbols are popping up everywhere to show solidarity for the people of Ukraine after the country was invaded by Russia. Many local residents turned out to a rally in Vancouver on Saturday (above). Ukraine’s flag is now flying at Burnaby City Hall as well. The City of Burnaby also posted on its Instagram account that the BC Parkway near Metrotown will be lit blue and yellow until March 4 “as a show of support and solidarity for the people of Ukraine and all Ukrainian Canadians in our community.” PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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Citynow RECREATION

New $127M Confed centre moves ahead Project would unify library, seniors centre and pool facility while adding more features for users

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Burnaby council has approved $10 million to get to the next phase of designs for a massive new community centre in Confederation Park. The proposed community centre will supplement the existing civic facilities in Confederation Park and help meet the current and projected future demand for community services in the city’s northwest quadrant, says a city staff report. Costing an estimated $127 million, the project will add much-needed community space and link the existing facilities together in an arc-shaped design. The project will include an expanded fitness facility that includes weight and cardio areas.There will also be a café with an outdoor patio seating area. The centre will also feature more multipurpose and meetings rooms, plus a community kitchen.There will also be a gymnasium

Future community centre: This rendering shows what the new Confederation Park centre would look like. PHOTO CITY OF BURNABY

area for indoor sports activities. Confederation Park has three large com-

munity amenity buildings: the Burnaby Public Library McGill Branch (constructed 2001), Ei-

leen Dailly Leisure Pool and Fitness Centre (constructed 1992), and the Confederation Commu-

nity Centre for Seniors (constructed 1988). “The existing facilities were built over differ-

ent decades on different ground planes and illustrate varying architectural expression,” says the report. “The complex is no longer adequate to serve the growing community of the northwest quadrant of Burnaby. The abundance of asphalt surface parking between the facilities is the dominant feature.” In August 2021, council adopted recommendations to authorize staff to approve the final schematic design and advance the Confederation Park Community Centre project, and to authorize the use of community benefit bonus reserve of $14,750,000 to finance detailed design, city development approvals, tender documents and preliminary site servicing and offsite costs. The funding would be for work by Revery Architecture Inc., a Vancouver-based architecture firm, with offices in Vancouver and Hong Kong.

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Tenant evicted over cockroach infestation Chris Campbell

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B.C.’s residential tenancy branch was told that a Burnaby renter was just a “quirky artist” but agreed he could be evicted for not keeping his unit clean – leading to an infestation of cockroaches. The RTB dispute resolution report details a renter (names are not included in the RTB reports) who had been paying just $955 a month in rent for a unit he had occupied for about a decade. The landlord applied to the tenancy branch to terminate the lease, arguing

the renter hadn’t lived up to a lease condition that the home be kept with a minimum of health and sanitary standards. A hearing heard that the dirty conditions led to a cockroach infestation, but the tenant has refused to accommodate efforts to have a pest control company treat the place, including moving his personal possessions. “The tenant is also aggressive and rude with other occupants, the landlord’s agent, and with the pest control inspector,” reads the ruling. The tenant refuted the accusations, saying that he

Messed up: A tenant was warned to clean up, but never did, said his landlord. PHOTO GETTY IMAGES

complied with a request to clean his unit and that there was no “infestation.”

The tenant’s advocate agreed the unit was “cluttered but that it is not a

hoarding situation and not dirty.The tenant’s advocate stated that the tenant

is a quirky artist that is sometimes misunderstood and lacking social skills,” said the ruling.The RTB arbitrator, however, disagreed.The ruling says the landlord had provided sufficient evidence, including multiple written cautions asking the tenant to clean up the unit.The arbitrator also found there was a significant risk to the landlord’s property from the cockroaches and that the tenant was “impeding” efforts to treat the infestation. And, so, the RTB ruled the tenant could be evicted.

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Voyeur suspect sought Cornelia Naylor

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Police are looking for a suspect in a voyeurism incident at Metrotown mall last month. At about 8 p.m. on Feb. 11, Burnaby RCMP responded to a report of a voyeurism incident at a business inside the mall, according to police. The victim reported she was in a change room when she noticed the per-

son in the next stall was recording her with his phone, said a news release. The victim confronted the suspect with the support of some other customers, but the suspect was able to flee the store. He is described as a sixfoot male in his mid-20s, with short black hair and no facial hair. The man was last seen wearing a dark blue jacket, blue jeans and white sneakers.

“While there have not been similar reports of this nature recently, we want the public to be aware,” Burnaby RCMP Cpl. Mike Kalanj said in the release. “If you have any information that can assist in identifying the suspect, please call the Burnaby RCMP.” Anyone with information is asked to contact the Burnaby RCMP at 604646-9999. Quote file number 2022-4900.

Suspect sought: Police are trying to identify this man. PHOTO SCREENSHOT

CityConnect HIGHWAY CLOSURE TAKE NOTICE THAT the City Council proposes to adopt Bylaw No. 14418 cited as “Burnaby

Highway Closure Bylaw No. 3, 2021” (Road Closure #21-02) pursuant to Section 40 of the Community Charter. The purpose of the proposed bylaw is to close certain portions of highway – closure of a portion of lane between 7510, 7516, 7526, 7536 Kingsway, 7404 16th Avenue and 7417 15th Avenue (portion of road (lane) dedicated by Plan 3035 in Block 28, District Lot 29, Group 1, New Westminster District containing 775.4m²) as shown outlined on Reference Plan EPP116272, prepared by Gary N. Holme, B.C.L.S. It is proposed to place this bylaw before City Council for consideration of Final Adoption at the regular Council Meeting scheduled for March 21, 2022. The proposed Bylaw and Plan may be inspected at the Office of the City Clerk, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 8 am and 4:45 pm and Thursdays between 8 am and 8 pm OR on the City’s website (see February 14, 2022 Council Agenda). For additional information, please contact the Planning and Development Department at 604-294-7400.

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed bylaw is provided an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting the bylaw to Burnaby City Council by submitting a letter addressed to: Mayor & Council | 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2 All submissions must be received by the City Clerk no later than Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at noon.

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 5pm in the Council Chamber, Burnaby City Hall. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, proof of full vaccination (2 doses of vaccine) will be required for in-person attendance. The purpose of the panel is to approve new charges for Sewer Parcel and Local Areas Service Taxes in 2022. Property owners who provide advance written notice to the panel are given the opportunity to appeal against the Local Area Services Frontage and Sewer Parcel tax assessments for 2022. All impacted property owners will receive written notiﬁcation of their assessment prior to this meeting. To have your appeal considered by the Panel, written notice outlining the reason(s) must be made by Monday, March 7, 2022 at 5pm to: Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel c/o Tax Office: 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby BC V5G 1M2 604-294-7350 | Or by email to revenue.services@burnaby.ca

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Citynow COURT

Judge bans man from touching U-hauls

Burnaby police pulled over a driver who used a fake name and was driving a stolen truck Cornelia Naylor

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For the second time in less than six months, a B.C. judge has banned Christopher Brett Houghton from touching any U-Haul vehicle. Burnaby RCMP pulled the 39-year-old over on Jan. 13 for using an electronic device while driving a U-Haul truck near the intersection of Willingdon Avenue and Lougheed Highway, according to agreed facts presented in Vancouver provincial

court Monday. Houghton first told police his name was “Steven Johnson” but eventually provided his real name, according to the facts. It turned out the U-Haul was stolen; it had been rented in Burnaby in December by someone with ID for Steven Johnson but never returned. It also turned out Houghton had been caught with a stolen U-Haul before, in Langley in December 2020, and was under a Sept. 10, 2021 probation order ban-

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ning him from touching, possessing or entering any U-Haul vehicle. He had also been banned from possessing any lottery tickets or identification documents except in his own name. But when police pulled him over in Burnaby in January, they found both “multiple IDs” and lottery tickets on him, according to the facts. On Monday, Houghton pleaded guilty to one count each of possessing stolen property and breaching his probation

order. In a joint sentencing submission, Crown prosecutor Louise Gauld and defence lawyer Zack Myers called for a threemonth jail sentence and one year of probation. Gauld noted Houghton had a “serious and violent” criminal record, including four robberies. Myers said Houghton has struggled with a cocaine addiction since the death of a child but is making attempts to turn his life around and has a legitimate offer of housing

and employment on the Sunshine Coast for after he gets out of jail. B.C. provincial court Judge Harbans Dhillon said Houghton’s criminal record reflected a “real deep dive into criminality” but she accepted the joint submission and sentenced Houghton to 90 days in jail and one year of probation. On probation, he will again be banned from touching or possessing any U-Haul vehicle. He also won’t be allowed to touch or occupy the driver’s seat

of any private motor vehicle or possess any identification documents except for those in his own name. After credit for time served, Houghton has 22 days left on his sentence. When asked whether he had anything to say to the court, Houghton said: “I can assure you that I’ve definitely turned over a new leaf this time. For real, I won’t let you or the court or myself down.You won’t regret this.”

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Opinion now MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Fiscal outlook not as bleak as it seems

At first glance, B.C. Finance Minister Selina Robinson’s latest threeyear fiscal plan looks fairly bleak, as it projects massive budget deficits for the life of it. Almost $5.5 billion in the coming year and more than $7.6 billion over the following two years. A closer look at the numbers and projections, however, shows things may not be quite as bad as the government is predicting. For one thing, government revenue projections are incredibly pessimistic and do not reflect at all how well the economy has performed in the current fiscal year.The budget predicts overall revenues will actually shrink by almost $1.7 billion in the next fiscal year. However, in the fiscal year ending March 31, the provincial economy exceeded all expectations and allowed Robinson to push the deficit down to $483 million from the original estimate of $9.7 billion. The amount of economic activity swelled government coffers by almost $10 billion more than had been forecast.Taxation revenue was up more than $6 billion and natural resource revenue was up almost $2 billion, to name just two areas. While some of those revenues were one-shot occurrences (such as ICBC’s $1.9 billion contribution to the bottom line, most of it a one-time windfall in its investment portfolio), there seems to be little reason to think other revenue streams will contract quite as much as forecast. For example, the budget forecasts personal income taxes to decline almost $800 million at a time when the employment rate keeps rising. It projects a drop of $750 million in property transfer tax revenue, at a time when the housing market remains

red-hot with no sign of it cooling off any time soon (indeed, that tax came in a whopping $1.275 billion higher than forecast this current year). If revenue growth in the coming year is even less than half of what we have seen in the current year, Robinson could come much closer to balancing next year’s budget. Then there is the spending side. Another huge ($1 billion) forecast allowance is embedded in the budget which, if not needed, could further push the budget closer to the balanced level. The forecast allowance in the current year (also $1 billion) appears not to have been needed at this point, which could eventually push the current $483 million deficit into a slight surplus when all the bills are paid. Having pointed out some areas of potential optimism, there remains some uncertainty that could undo any effort of moving more quickly to a balanced budget. A really bad year of extreme weather, plus the expected higher-than-usual compensation requests from public sector unions (most of whose contracts expire March 31) could combine to exceed the nearly $5 billion set aside for contingency spending. Finally, inflation is starting to become a significant area of concern once again.That, plus the expectation that interest rates will start to rise, could have adverse effects on B.C. government finances. It is almost always smart for a finance minister to build more pessimism than optimism in a budget and fiscal plan. Still, there are ample reasons to think things are not quite as bleak on the fiscal front as they appear. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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A 52-year-old man who held a syringe to the throat of a 10-year-old boy during a carjacking was sentenced to two years in jail.The carjacking was the culmination of a crime spree that started when the man was caught shoplifting at Lougheed Mall. After escaping security guards, he tried to hijack two vehicles before successfully commandeering a minivan with a family inside. He forced them to drive him to Vancouver, saying he was HIV positive and threatening the boy with the needle.The boy’s dad managed to call 911.

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Opinionnow Sentence too lenient Editor: Re: Drunk driver who killed Burnaby cyclist gets 30 months in prison, NOW News As one who was directly affected by the hit-and-run death of Charles Masala on June 29, 2019, I want to share some thoughts and concerns about the sentencing on Feb. 16. Charles was my son-in-law; the husband of my daughter and the father of two of my grandchildren. At the sentencing hearing on Dec. 21, 2021, the Crown prosecutor asked for a threeto four-year sentence, citing aggravating factors (many of which are noted in your article), while defence requested two years less a day, stating that any jail sentence would act as a deterrent, no matter the length. Vancouver Provincial Court Judge Reginald Harris sentenced Mr. Mangat to 30 months in prison, leaning towards that which was requested by the defence. In passing down this sentence, Harris stated: “There is nothing this court can do to ease the grief of the family, friends and community by the loss of Mr. Masala.” How, I ask, is one to interpret this statement? As an expression of sympathy? As justification for the sentence? I challenge the validity of the statement. Considering the aggravating factors, and while working within the limits set by precedents, a sentence more in line with what the Crown

prosecutor asked could, in fact, have reduced somewhat the grief felt by family and friends. What was actually achieved was an increase in grief exacerbated by anger. Harris also made reference to Mr. Mangat’s 2016 and 2018 DUI cases and noted: “These failed to deter him.” Obviously. Negative consequences for bad actions should have a deterrent effect, for the perpetrator and for others considering similar actions. But the consequences for Mr. Mangat in his prior DUI incidents were minimal. Roadside prohibition. Suspension of driver’s licence. They didn’t stop Mr. Mangat from driving drunk on June 29, 2019. And I expect they made nary a ripple on the conscience of others who choose to drive while intoxicated. Similarly, it is questionable regarding the extent to which the relatively lenient sentence handed down by Harris will have a deterrent effect. There is a more broad-based, long-term impact of the sentence handed down by Harris. Despite the uncontested evidence, including aggravating factors, this sentence was, in my opinion, insufficient in relation to the precedents cited by the Crown prosecutor on Dec. 21, 2021. Regardless, this decision now becomes a precedent to be used by defence in future similar cases to support a lesser sentence. Chris Palmer

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Judge orders woman to repay nearly $150K Cornelia Naylor

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A Burnaby woman’s claim that she didn’t know her former friend and real estate agent was suing her didn’t stop a judge from ordering her to pay nearly $150,000. Xiao Ji Zhou bought a home in Delta in March 2011 for $550,000 and sold it in January 2019 for $709,000, according to a B.C. Supreme Court ruling last month. But Jenny Sai Kiang Lee, a retired mortgage broker and real estate agent, said she and Zhou had been friends and made a deal involving the property, according to the ruling. Lee said they had agreed to buy the Delta

property as a joint venture, with Lee’s company kicking in the $137,500 down payment and other contributions and Zhou managing the property. Lee said the pair had verbally agreed to share the profits from the eventual sale of the property in proportion to their contributions to the down payment. (Zhou later paid back $49,990 towards down payment, according to Lee.) But Zhou sold the home in January 2019, and Lee said she didn’t find out until August 2020 or get any of the proceeds, according to the ruling. She filed a lawsuit in December 2020, seeking her share of the profits as well as repayment of

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other money she’d spent on the property, including costs related to a tenant grow-op. Lee made numerous efforts to serve Zhou with legal papers, both at her Edmonds condo and at

her sister’s Burnaby house, according to the ruling. The court eventually granted a $149,934.52 default judgment against Zhou in her absence in June 2021, and a certificate of judgment was reg-

istered against the title of her Edmonds condo in October. Only then did Zhou respond to the lawsuit, saying she would be applying to have the default order set aside, according to the ruling. Zhou said the Land Title Office notice in October was the first she’d heard about the lawsuit. She said she’d moved to Mission, and the tenant in her Burnaby condo hadn’t forwarded any of the legal documents. Papers sent to Zhou’s sister’s house in Burnaby also hadn’t been forwarded, according to Zhou. As for phone messages, she said she didn’t know how to check voicemail on her cellphone.

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But to be fair, he was only five years old. “My parents signed me up at the town hall,” explains the now 23-year-old Coquitlam native. “They asked me if I wanted to play lacrosse or baseball. I said ʻLacrosseʼ – not even knowing what it was!” Clearly, though, he was destined to play the game. While he dabbled in other sports (“I wasnʼt very good at basketball; soccer was fun for a while, but I liked the contact sports a lot more”), lacrosse never lost its grip. “I felt like it was something I could be really good at,” he says. And he was right. Today, Bowering is among the newest members of the Vancouver Warriors, one of five Canadian teams (in addition to nine from the U.S.) that make up the National Lacrosse League (NLL), North Americaʼs league for professional menʼs box lacrosse and the sportʼs highest level. Bowering was a first-round pick, second overall, in the 2020 NLL Entry Draft, following five seasons with the Coquitlam Adanacs of the BC Junior A Lacrosse League. Heʼs now considered a strong candidate for the NLLʼs Rookie of the Year Award. A historic Canadian game If you arenʼt familiar with lacrosse, it might surprise you to learn that itʼs the oldest organized sport in North America, originating among Canadaʼs Indigenous communities as long ago as the 17th century. Eventually, European colonists adopted and modified the game, and itʼs now played

REID BOWERING OF VANCOUVER WARRIORS. Photos provided by Vancouver Warriors

internationally for millions of enthusiastic fans. To this day, lacrosse is Canadaʼs official national summer sport, and the NLL ranks third in average attendance for pro indoor sports worldwide, behind only the NHL and NBA. (Of additional significance, especially given the gameʼs Canadian roots, World Lacrosse is the only international sport organization to recognize First Nations bands and Native American tribes as sovereign nations.) Box – or indoor – lacrosse also originated in Canada, in the 1930s. Itʼs typically played on a hockey rink from which the ice has been removed or covered; the playing area is referred to as the “box,” distinguishing it from outdoor lacrosse played on a field. “There’s just so much action!” Box lacrosse games offer all of the fun, excitement and non-stop action of hockey (“The fastest game on two feet!” proclaims

the Warriors), making them a perfect choice for all types of sports lovers – especially hockey fans outside of the NHL season. And the game itself is bolstered with ﬁrst-class entertainment, including Warriors Dance Team performances, theme nights and more.

“At Warriors games, we try to make it like a party for younger fans, so it’s really just an all-around great time for friends and family to enjoy.” Better still, Vancouver Warriors games at Rogers Arena are an aﬀordable night out for friends and family. Single-game tickets start at only $20 (and beers are only $5 each!).

As a long-time fan as well as a player, Bowering says Warriors games are also great for their high-energy atmosphere, with fans of all ages getting swept up in the spirit of play and camaraderie coming from the box. “Thereʼs just so much action and there are so many goals!” he exclaims. “I know that people love to see goals in hockey, but there arenʼt nearly as many as there are in lacrosse. In basketball, there are almost too many people scoring points, so I feel like lacrosse has a great balance of action plus the physicality. I know fans love that. “At Warriors games, we try to make it like a party for younger fans, so itʼs really just an all-around great time for friends and family to enjoy.”

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The Vancouver Warriors proudly represent Canada’s first and oldest sport as part of the National Lacrosse League (NLL), North America’s premier professional indoor lacrosse league. The team brings incomparable excitement, action and team spirit to Rogers Arena and venues throughout North America each season.

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Community now Man jailed for killing a pedestrian while impaired Cornelia Naylor

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A 41-year-old New

Westminster man has been sentenced to four years in prison and banned from driving for four years for

driving drunk and killing a 69-year-old grandmother who was on walk in Burnaby while on a visit to see

her son and new grandchild. Roberto Gil Francisco was driving his BMW se-

dan at about 167 km/h in the 4100 block of Lougheed Highway when the vehicle jumped the curb and fatally struck Louise Landreth, a retired Harrington, Ont. accountant who had been visiting family in the Brentwood area, according to agreed facts presented at a sentencing hearing in Vancouver Supreme Court last month. She was pronounced dead at the scene. At sentencing, Crown prosecutor Mark Myhre said Francisco had been caught on video “driving like a maniac” on Kingsway,Willingdon Avenue and Lougheed in the hour before the BMW hit Landreth and sheered a light standard before coming to rest. Myhre said Francisco should be sent to prison for four to five years and be banned from driving for 10 years. Defence lawyer Kevin Westell called for a twoyear jail sentence and a two-year driving ban. But B.C. Supreme Court Justice Janet Winteringham said that wouldn’t be enough. In a ruling last Friday (Feb. 4),Winteringham sentenced Francisco to four years in prison and a four-year driving ban. As aggravating factors she noted, first, his troubling, though dated, driving history, which

includes five 24-hour roadside prohibitions when he was in his 20s. She also noted Francisco’s blood-alcohol level had been more than twice the legal limit and his driving in the hour before the crash had shown a “wanton and reckless disregard for others.” “He is not someone who went out to a pub to drink and then hopped in his car to get home,”Winteringham said. “His driving reflects a callousness as he drove through residential neighbourhoods in Burnaby from Kingsway to Lougheed to Willingdon.” Finally,Winteringham pointed to the impact Francisco’s crimes have had on Landreth’s family and friends. “The depths of the despair was apparent in the words of the victim impact statements … Each was stirring, each in its own way heartbreaking,” Winteringham said. As mitigating factors she noted Francisco’s “genuine remorse” and his guilty plea, as well as the fact that he has quit drinking and attends Alcoholics Anonymous. She also noted he has maintained full-time employment and supports his young daughter and his sister and parents. –With files from Jeremy Hainsworth

City predicts gaming haul

The City of Burnaby is budgeting for as much as $11.5 million to roll into its coffers from the Grand Villa Casino in 2022. That’s the amount that is listed in a report to the city’s financial management committee – far above the $3.25 million that was budgeted for 2021. Burnaby gets 10% of local casino revenues, raking in $3.273 million in 2021 and more than $5 million in 2020 before COVID-19 shut it down. According to the report, expenditures funded from the Gaming Reserve for 2021 totaled $39,259,977, of which $2,794,170 are operating expenditures and $36,465,807 are capital expenditures. The biggest expenditure by far is about $32.5 million towards the construction of the new Laurel Street works yard project. Other major expenditures from gaming cash include $1.1 million in improvements to the Norland works yard and $1 million to the Burnaby Hospital Foundation.

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Community now Suspect in rollover crash arrested in Quebec Cornelia Naylor

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A Quebec man charged

with drunk driving and criminal negligence in a dramatic rollover crash that seriously injured

a teenager in Burnaby in June 2020 has been shipped back to the Lower Mainland to face the

charges after seven months on the lam. Burnaby RCMP responded to a report of a

single-vehicle rollover at Gilmore Avenue and Halifax Street at about 1 a.m. on June 5, 2020, according to a police news release at the time. Upon arrival, officers found an unconscious 18-year-old woman outside a black Dodge Durango that had landed upside-down after hitting two hydro poles, a light standard and a traffic light, the release said. The woman, who had been a passenger in the vehicle, was taken to hospital in serious but not life-threatening condition, according to police. Police said the suspect driver had fled the scene, but officers located him nearby and arrested him. Nearly a year later, in May 2021, Moussa Daoui was charged with failing to stop after an accident resulting in bodily harm, impaired driving causing bodily harm and

criminal negligence causing bodily harm. But Daoui skipped his first court appearance on June 22, 2021, and a Canada-wide warrant was eventually issued for his arrest, according to a Burnaby RCMP news release on Feb. 3. Police finally caught up with him in Laval, Que. in January, and he was shipped back to B.C. on Jan. 27, the release said. Daoui, 33, is scheduled for a bail hearing in Vancouver provincial court on April 6. “Despite the suspect leaving the province while under investigation for this crash, our investigators never gave up on ensuring he would face these charges in a B.C. courtroom,” said Burnaby RCMP Cpl. John Hargreaves with Burnaby RCMP’s criminal collision investigation team.

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Citynow Gas line construction continues near Burnaby parks Plan your trip ahead Work on the Pattullo Gas Line Replacement project is underway in Burnaby this year, with construction taking place on Sperling Avenue near Burnaby Lake and 4th Street near Robert Burnaby Park. There will be traffic and parking disruptions, so if you’re visting parks or sports facilities in the area give yourself extra time to get where you’re going. Winning big: Balbinder Purewal managed to miss some zeroes after his wife Inderjit asked him to check their Lotto Max ticket in the June 15, 2021 draw. PHOTO BCLC

Couple kissing mortgage goodbye A Burnaby couple is ready to be mortgage-free after winning big in the lottery. And they won’t need to get new eye glasses after a misreading of the ticket. Balbinder Purewal managed to miss some zeroes after his wife Inderjit asked him to check their Lotto Max ticket from the June 15, 2021 draw. “We were at home and

my wife told me to check the ticket,” Balbinder recalled. “I went to the store … and thought we only won $500. A while later, my wife checked it and realized that we won $500,000.” The Burnaby retirees purchased their ticket at the Cascades Husky gas station on Canada Way and later checked it at Real Canadian Superstore,

which has a lottery scanner. “So far, we’ve only told our son,” Balbinder said. “He said we deserve it.” While they’ve kept their news low-key, they’ve started planning a family celebration once everyone feels safe enough to enjoy a larger gathering. In addition, they plan on paying off their mortgage and saving for a future trip.

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Burnaby hockey star back from the Olympics Mario Bartel

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Like many a fateful journey, this one started with a phone call and an impulse. In 2017, Paris O’Brien was enrolled in a hockey academy to prepare for the next step in his hockey career with an affiliate of the B.C. Hockey League’s Chilliwack Chiefs. He was at school one day when his cellphone rang. It was a family friend inviting him to a practice at the Scotiabank Barn in Burnaby. O’Brien, who had started playing goalie in the city’s minor hockey system because he was always skating backward to defend anyway, thought it sounded casual. He figured it would be a fun time to possibly reconnect with some of his old buddies from Burnaby Winter Club, where he’d played Midget the year before while also living in Coquitlam. He decided to cut class for the day. When O’Brien got to the rink, he was puzzled that all the other players on the ice shared his Chinese heritage. Someone told him the practice was actually the first day of a two-day camp to identify young Chinese-Canadian players with potential to play for the Kunlun Red Star, a new Beijing-based professional team in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey

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Back from Beijing: Paris O’Brien played Midget hockey in Burnaby. PHOTO MARIO BARTEL

thing very important to his parents. In fact, he’d already had some feelers from Ivy League schools like Brown, Princeton and Harvard. Uprooting his life to travel on his own to the other side of the world and play in a formative program he knew nothing about was like crumpling that map into a ball then opening it upside down. “You don’t get another chance like this,” he said. “It’s once in a lifetime.” TO THE OLYMPICS Flash-forward to 2022, and O’Brien’s name was one of 24 announced to China’s roster. Still, O’Brien said, the reality of his journey didn’t hit home until he walked

into the Bird’s Nest stadium on Feb. 4 for the opening ceremonies. “You really got the Olympic feeling hearing the roar from the crowd when they called China,” he said. “I got goosebumps and chills down my back.” Nine days later, O’Brien’s excitement leaped another notch when he skated onto the ice at the National Indoor Stadium to face Canada. It was his first start in the tournament, after China had lost two earlier games, 8-0 to the United States and 3-2 to Germany. O’Brien admits he was a bit relieved he wouldn’t have to play against NHL stars like Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby after the league and its

players decided not to participate because of COVID-19 concerns and the practicalities of making up dozens of games that had been called off in late December and early January as the Omicron variant swept across North America. But, he added, part of him would have relished the challenge. “It would have been super fun,” O’Brien said, adding it was still a thrill to line up against a player he’d watched while growing up, Eric Staal, and stars-in-the-making like Owen Power and Port Moody’s Kent Johnson. Despite butterflies during warmup and the game’s opening moments, O’Brien said he started to get calm and focused, qui-

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