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One of the NDP candidates hoping to represent Burnaby-Douglas is sounding the alarm over Kinder Morgan’s tentative pipeline expansion. Sam Schechter, a former city councillor on the North Shore, is in the nomination race to replace outgoing MP Bill Siksay. Schechter has safety and environmental concerns about Kinder Morgan’s interest in expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline, which runs crude and refined oil products from the Alberta oil sands to Burnaby. The company is looking to increase shipping capacity by twinning the pipeline Sam Schechter in parts, provided there is enough market demand to transport more oil products. “There are serious safety concerns that need to be taken under consideration with a project of this magnitude. We live in a part of the world where an earthquake could happen at any time, and oil pipelines can only endure so much seismic stress. Burnaby cannot afford another oil spill,” Schechter said in a media statement. “In 2007, we saw what a small scale pipeline rupture could do, with 250 North Burnaby residents being Pipeline Page 4

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Gear disappeared: Clockwise from bottom left, program coordinator Nav Sodhi, David Wong, volunteer coach Alex D’Angelo and Sunny Chadha of the Burnaby Hawks.

Burnaby’s Special Olympics hockey team has been hit hard by a theft that’s left the athletes without equipment just days before a major tournament. On Sunday, Feb. 13, the head coach of the Burnaby Hawks was attending a church meeting when his car was broken into. Most of the team’s hockey equipment, more than $3,000 worth, is now gone – gloves, equipment bags, elbow pads and helmets and goalie sticks. The only thing they have left is the players’ sticks and pucks, which were with another coach at the time. Burnaby resident Sunny Chadha plays power forward with the Hawks and was really sad to hear the news. “It’s unbelievable, especially when my coach was parked in the church. Are you kidding me? Who would do that in a church? I was really upset about that,” Chadha said. “We were shaking in our boots, we were so excited. We really wanted to play. We’ve been working so hard, and we’ve been playing for many years. It’s not fair at all.” Chadha is hoping for any kind of help from the community. “As long as we get to play, that’s all we want,” he said. “Hopefully the person who took it has the heart enough to give the stuff back.” The volunteer coaches and athletes are hoping people will step forward with donations or equipment to borrow. The team needs: ◆13 pairs of hockey gloves, ◆13 pairs of elbow pads, ◆13 adult-size hockey helmets with full face cages, two goalie sticks and two or three large Theft Page 3

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Burnaby NOW • Wednesday, February 16, 2011 • A03

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Dogged pursuit pays off

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The German shepherd who has been running free in North Burnaby since early January is flanked by rescuer Metro Gerela (left) and Special Provincial Const. Dean Edmonds at the Burnaby SPCA shelter.

‘I’m not one to back down from a challenge’ Andrew Fleming staff reporter

A female German shepherd that bolted from the North Burnaby home of her most recent owners in early January has finally been caught thanks, in part, to a regular Burnaby NOW reader. Metro Gerela, a former member of the North Shore Search and Rescue who has a background in training dogs, said he felt compelled to lend a hand after reading about the SPCA’s difficulty in capturing the frightened animal, which had been given to residents of the Greystone Village complex on Woodbrook Place but ran away after only two days. “My wife said, ‘Since you know so much about dogs, why don’t you help them out?’” said Gerela. “I’m not one to back down from a challenge.” Gerela began taking his two small male dogs, Scooter and Pico, for frequent walks in and around Squint Lake Park and the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course in the hope of meeting up with the dog that he’s nicknamed Skittish. “I finally spotted her while out on a trail, and I let Pico go,” said Gerela. “They started playing around, and she really seemed interested in him. She’s a lovely dog and a very lonely dog who just wanted to play.” He said the three dogs played together for over an hour and Gerela was hopeful, after the shepherd followed him back to his

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vehicle, that he might be able to coax the dog, who wasn’t wearing a collar, into it. “I was hoping she might want to get into the back of the truck, but she wouldn’t do it. I hated leaving her behind, especially when you could hear the sound of a full pack of coyotes howling in the distance, and she just stood there watching us drive away. I was really worried she wouldn’t last much longer out there because coyotes could easily run her down.” He described the dog, which he guesses is around three-years-old and a victim of abuse, as “extraordinarily intelligent” and thinks this probably helped her evade coyotes and capture alike for as long as she did. Gerela eventually teamed up with SPCA worker Stephanie McKay, who was also out regularly at night trying to catch the dog. After a couple of missed chances, the two finally caught the dog sometime after

midnight on Feb. 11 when McKay was able to snare the dog with a catchpole while Gerela and the other dogs provided a distraction. “She struggled like an alligator, but we were eventually able to calm her down,” said Gerela. SPCA Burnaby branch manager Jane Talbot said it is a huge relief to finally have the dog safe and sound. “We took her to a veterinary clinic to make sure she was OK, and then we brought her here,” said Talbot, who said the “very regal” dog still doesn’t have a formal name. “Because she’s had a number of different owners, she doesn’t come to any of the names.” Talbot said the SPCA encountered unexpected resistance from some local residents while trying to catch the dog. “We’ve had a tough go of it,” she said. “We’ve had rocks thrown at our constables,

we had traps that were vandalized and destroyed. Everything we get is done by donor dollars, so now we have two traps that are completely unusable, and it’s really unfortunate because we were doing everything we possibly could to help this animal, and still some people felt the need to vandalize the traps.” Gerela said he is disgusted by the vandalism and abuse. “When people hear ‘the SPCA,’ they figure that they’re going to pick up the dog, take it back and put it to sleep, but that’s just not so,” he said. “We’re damn lucky to have people like this looking after these animals.” Gerela added that he’d like to keep the dog himself but his yard is much too small. In the meantime, he said he plans on coming in every day to help train and socialize the dog in the hope that she can be successfully adopted into a loving home.

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equipment bags. The Special Olympics B.C. Provincial Winter Games started Feb. 11 and wraps up in early March, and the team was set to play in the hockey tournament at UBC this Friday. Local resident Nav Sodhi is a volunteer program coordinator for Special Olympics B.C, and he was helping organize the tournament. Sodhi said he was heart-broken to 6

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hear the news. “The tournament is five days away, so it’s a pretty hard thing to deal with,” he said. “The athletes have been working really hard, so it’s pretty unfortunate all the stuff went missing.” The team has been practicing a lot, and the Winter Games only happen every four years, Sodhi added. He said team morale is pretty low right now, as their status for the tournament is up in the air. The Surrey RCMP confirmed they got a

call about the theft but had no information beyond that. Local Special Olympics volunteer Sara Foss was devastated to hear the news. “Everybody put in so much time and effort and we run out of Burnaby,” she said. The group is a non-profit grassroots organization with programs supported by fundraising efforts and donations of cash and equipment, she noted. “To go out and have to purchase replacement equipment, we could do it

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A petition for the rezoning was submitted by half of the eight property owners on the block. The city undertook a consultation process

evacuated. A large scale disaster could impact our communities and coastline for decades.” Schechter said that despite the best engineering available, the pipeline is only seismically protected to an earthquake of 7.0 on the Richter scale. “Twinning the line would be unsafe for residents and expose us to serious environmental consequences,” he said. If Kinder Morgan were to expand the pipeline, it would likely mean an increase in tanker traffic at the marine terminal in Burnaby. Schechter also raised concerns about the possibility of more tankers in local waters. “These are issues that need to be looked at very carefully. We cannot embrace short-term gain in exchange for the devastation an oil spill would cause in local neighbourhoods or the Burrard Inlet,” he said. Kinder Morgan spokesperson Lexa Hobenshield said that historically, pipelines and associated infrastructure have performed very well in seismic events. Kinder Morgan is assessing market interest at this point and has not made any formal application to expand the pipeline. “When market support is received, a thorough review of the Trans Mountain expansion will ensue, including dialogue with those interested in our plans,” Hobenshield said. “We remain committed to continuing safe operations by ongoing investments in safety.” The pipeline’s maximum capacity is now at 300,000 barrels a day, but the most it could handle if fully expanded is up to 700,000 barrels. www.twitter.com/ JenniferMoreau

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The preliminary design and cost estimate for the new Still Creek works yard has been approved by council, and the project is moving forward. The city plans to move engineering and parks department operations from the Laurel Street yard to the new site, which is expected to cost $31.4 million to develop. But the cost is worth it, as the Laurel Street yard has been the primary city works yard since the 1950s, Basil Luksun, director of building and planning, said. “It’s just over seven acres,” Luksun said, adding the city has grown significantly since the yard opened in 1954. “It’s extremely cramped.” The level of services provided by the city has also increased over the years, he said. “A lot of what we’re doing is to provide necessary services to a growing community,” Luksun said. The Still Creek site would include a five-hectare engineering and parks facility, with space for waste management and recycling operations as well. The waste management and recy-

cling site is Phase 1 of the project, and rezoning for that went through last year, in May. The recycling depot, which is already at Still Creek, needs to be relocated to its new location at the site north of Still Creek Avenue to make space for the new works yard and staff car park. The new works yard is Phase 2 of the project, at the site south of Still Creek Avenue. Plans for the site include the engineering departments solid waste operations, the sign shop, traffic bylaw enforcement and parks department operations. The city’s initial plans for the site are in accordance with LEED principles, and the city is aiming to achieve a gold rating on the operations facility building, Luksun said. Parks equipment would be stored at the new facility, as well, according to Luksun. The secure storage will “provide a longer lifespan for equipment,” he said, and will also prevent vandalism of equipment, which has been an issue in the past. There could also be space for storing “city objects,” he said, which have been kept in warehouses in assembly areas. Moving the city’s belongings to the central location would make

it possible to sell the land the warehouses are on, in line with developing Burnaby’s community plans, Luksun added. The move would also reduce any disruption traffic leaving the Laurel Street works yard currently causes to residents in the area, as the Still Creek location is surrounded by fewer homes, he said. And in the future, it could be possible to expand Charles Rummel Park onto the property of the Laurel Street works yard, Luksun said. But the Laurel Street works yard would still be used for some city operations, including roadwork, waterworks and sewage. It could also be the site of the city’s Emergency Operations Centre, which is currently located in the RCMP building. The city is currently working on the final design for the Still Creek works yard, which should be finished in fiveto-six months, Luksun said. If council approves the design at that time, staff can move forward with the search for a contractor in the latter part of the year, he added. The new facilities should hopefully address the community’s needs for the next 20 years, Luksun said.

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There’s no justification for discrimination Will Canada’s senators stand up and do the right thing – ensure that transgendered folks receive protection? illegal to discriminate against transgenBurnaby MP Bill Siksay’s private dered people? Will conservative – both bill guaranteeing transgender folks little c and big C – senators realize that human rights protections jumped a there is no place in Canadian huge hurdle last week when, society that should allow after six years in the making, Burnaby NOW people (whatever their gender the House of Commons voted identity) to be denied hous143 to 135 to pass the bill. The bill – labelled C-389 – now faces ing, jobs or a ride in a taxi? We understand that the whole issue a much stiffer challenge. It has to be pushes a lot of people’s buttons. We’re passed by the Senate. all raised in a pretty rigid society when Will the Senate make it essentially

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it comes to gender stereotypes. We can’t seem to even go beyond pink is for girl babies and blue is for boy babies – so to expect full and complete acceptance of transgendered folks may take some education. But, here’s the point: If anyone is picked on for any reason to do with their identity – any discrimination on that basis is simply unacceptable. There was a time when Chinese immigrants

faced immense discrimination. There was a time when women were allowed to be paid much less than men for doing the same job. There was a time when gays and lesbians were openly discriminated against in the workforce and on the job. All of those obvious wrongs have been righted – but not without battles – some protracted ones. We hope the Senate passes the bill – it is the right thing to do.

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he B.C. Liberals have about to lose power, I noticed everyone had pretty much done the smart thing and changed the way of choosdeserted him. He sat with a knot ing their next leader to ensure all of supporters in the stands of the regions of this diverse province old civic arena. I went up and have a say in the matter. sat just behind him and watched Unfortunately, it the bedlam below as appears the NDP Mulroney took over his won’t be doing that party. Keith Baldrey and instead will be A year later, the B.C using the one memNDP met in the PNE ber-one vote method, which was Agrodome to pick a successor to Dave Barrett. It went five ballots, once trendy but which now can before an obscure Vancouver create more problems than it Island MLA – Bob Skelly – solves. emerged the winner because two The way of choosing polititop candidates (Dave Vickers cal leaders has varied over the years. For decades, the preferred and Bill King) simply could not support each other, and so option was a delegated convenallowed an unexceptional candition, which saw people – often date to sneak up the middle. committed party loyalists and I have particular fondness activists – elected by fellow for that convention because I party members in their home ridings to attend a convention to won the media pool (along with fellow Vancouver Sun reporter vote for a new leader. Tom Barrett), as we were the I’ve had the good fortune only ones to foresee the unlikely to have attended several excitSkelly victory. ing – even historic – delegated But the greatest leadership leadership conventions over the convention in B.C. history may years, and frankly they can be well have been the 1986 conriveting events. vention in Whistler, where Bill I covered the 1983 Vander Zalm was picked to sucProgressive Conservative conceed Bill Bennett as leader of the vention in Ottawa, where Brian Social Credit party. Mulroney defeated Joe Clark in There were 12 candidates in an electrifying contest that capthat race, which meant 12 hostivated the nation (I was workpitality tents, 12 open bars and ing for the old and now defunct 12 barbecues open for almost a Columbian newspaper, based in week at the end of July. Vander New Westminster). Zalm was picked after several On the last ballot, as it became apparent Clark was Voting Page 7

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Re: Anger over HST is subsiding, In My Opinion, Burnaby NOW, Feb. 9 I wish to remark that although the article itself is excellent, the title is not. It suggests that the public is slowly accepting the HST as a permanent tax method, which is far from the truth. As a very small business owner, I and many others in my line of business – health – have watched our business incomes dwindle to the point of collapse. In my case 84 per cent between June and July of last year. One local restaurant, hoping to survive this difficult period, has lowered their prices to offset the additional tax on restaurant food in order not to lose its clientele.

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The restaurant’s net profit is almost zero with the owners taking no personal income, I am told. Anger against the HST remains high for most of us. What many did not agree with was the action to subvert the democratic process by removing vulnerable Liberal MLAs such as Ida Chong in support of HST removal. It was quite enough to see Gordon Campbell step down, by his own choice. I was one of the card-carrying NDP members who worked on the anti-HST petition. Like others, that was the sole purpose of our hours of petitioning. There was no desire to unseat Liberal MLAs or topple a government. We simply wanted removal of the HST, pronto. Hopefully, this will still happen but, as each

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month drags by, the cost to do so becomes more staggering. The more HST bribe money from Ottawa that we receive, the more difficult it will be to pay back. I wonder if this is the reason the Liberals are withholding an early referendum on the issue. It might make the cost of removal more than we would be willing to handle if delayed too long – and we would reluctantly accept the unacceptable. Dolores Myles, Burnaby

Pity the lumpenproletariat? Dear Editor:

Re: Child crisis affects us all, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Feb. 12 One would know, without us having being told by Carol Ross that she has been a social worker for many, many years now. We would know by her knowledge of all the proper buzzwords. Such anodyne phrases as, “the wrongs of colonialism” and “classism” or “perpetuation of impoverishment and injustice and prejudice.” Of how the “rich get richer” and the “poor get poorer.” Maybe we should all make the same wages and benefits as Carol and her union cohorts. Yet I belong to a union but have no pension and probably make less than a third of what she makes in wages and benefits; hell, make that one quarter. However, in the spirit of solidarity, perhaps they would be willing to forgo their salaries, benefits and pensions in order to become kindred spirits with the lumpenproletari-

at? That way there might be enough to go around. Yes, I agree, that the present government has failed somewhat recently in handling the situation of children at risk, but let’s pass the blame around fairly. What really slays me is her suggestion that “parents are blamed, or addictions, or mental illness or family history.” But if they are blameworthy, why not? It also gives me to wonder if sloth is a mental illness or, as I was taught, one of the seven deadly sins? Larry Bennett, Burnaby

Cartoon was offensive Dear Editor:

Re: One step forward, two steps back, Editorial cartoon, Burnaby NOW, Feb. 12 I am appalled at the extremely poor taste you showed in approving the editorial cartoon in your Feb. 12th issue. In the very same issue where your front page story told of the Successful third reading of the Honourable Bill Siksay’s Bill C-389 (Siksay’s transgender rights bill passes), your cartoon re-enforces the media’s transphobic trope of “men in dresses.” On the very same day trans people should be celebrating and holding our heads up in pride for finally being officially told that we have the same rights as all other Canadians, you play up to the haters’ washroom fearmongering. On the day I finally get my rights, you choose to deny my identity and impose your ideas upon me. On the eve of the day when such hatred is finally to be made illegal, you take one final swipe while you still can. Shame on you. Jessica Cooper, Burnaby

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ballots in the sweltering convention centre, and the seeds of the eventual destruction of the political dynasty were sown. The conventions that picked Mike Harcourt, Gordon Campbell, Glen Clark and Ujjal Dosanjh were far less dramatic (perhaps because the outcome of each was not really in doubt). Campbell was the first B.C. leader chosen by the one member-one vote system, and frankly it was a rather lifeless, limp affair. The NDP recently made the switch to the same system, and one has to wonder whether the party is having second thoughts. While there were certainly flaws with the

delegated system (i.e. the disastrous choice of Skelly), the fact is it was a system that could breath enormous energy and excitement into a political party. By contrast, the one member-one vote system focuses on the initial excitement of signing up members, but doesn’t necessarily sustain that excitement (or even the commitment to the party of those who take part in mass sign-ups). As well, the system is open to manipulation, as one particular community or constituency can swamp everyone else through mass sign-ups. And the odds of fraud being committed may increase with so many people taking out

membership forms. By moving to a regional, weighted system – in which all party members do indeed get to cast a ballot, but in which that ballot is counted at the local (riding) level, and not as part of a provincewide pool – the B.C. Liberals have taken a significant step away from the pure one member-one vote system, and have inched closer to the old delegate system. Hopefully, the NDP will eventually get to the same spot. The pendulum may be actually be swinging back to the old days, which in this case may be a rare bit of good news for our political system. Keith Baldrey is chief political correspondent for Global B.C.

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ment and monitoring. The city did go through a staff reporter consultation process before The loss of public park- closing the parking, Mayor ing space in Burnaby Derek Corrigan responded Heights is driving away at the meeting. The parkade cost the city customers, according to business owners in the about $20,000 per year, for damage repair and clean area. K.J. Eom, manager of up, he added. The parkade is being the Regent Fish Market, and Max Kasaei, who runs leased to local businesses The Heights Meat and Deli, so that staff can park there, spoke about the closure of and customers can then an underground parkade park in the area behind in the area at a recent coun- businesses that was previously used by staff. cil meeting. “Unfortunately, part of The parkade at MacDonald Avenue and the ambience (of the area) Hastings Street is now is that the Heights was closed to the public, but built when parking wasn’t owners and staff in the an issue,” Corrigan said. The city tried to solve neighbourhood can lease the problem with outdoor space. “After the parkade parking lots, to make up closed, we saw an immedi- for the HOV lanes. Coun. Pietro Calendino ate, not a gradual, drop,” Eom told council at the suggested perhaps Eom was unfamiliar meeting. with the issues He estimated with the parkade, the amount of as he only became customers had manager of the dropped by 25 per fish market last cent following the May closure. But Kasaei and Eom and Kasaei Eom pointed out brought a petition that Kasaei has signed by business run The Heights owners in the 3900 Meat and Deli for and 4000 blocks Derek Corrigan six years. of Hastings Street, mayor Asking cusbut told council tomers to park they were not representing the Heights Merchants in the back isn’t possible because they wouldn’t feel Association. Customers can park safe doing so, Eom added. Corrigan said he would on Pender and Gilmore, Hastings Street, or along have the community develMacDonald, but space goes opment committee review fast, the pair explained, the situation. Isabel Kolic, executive adding that the HOV lane cut into available parking director of the Heights Merchants Association, on Hastings Street. With a new pharmacy, said the parkade was closed and medical offices, moving by the city in October 2010 into the Regent Building, because of drug use and Eom added, parking would garbage dumping that become scarcer for his cus- occurred there frequently. She was informed that tomers. “Everyday I hear com- crime in the immediate plaints from customers that vicinity dropped after the they can’t find parking,” he closure, Kolic wrote in an said, adding that for every e-mail. But the closure also one complaint he hears, he estimates there are nine means that nearly 50 parkcustomers who are silently ing spots are no longer available, something that unhappy. The parkade was shut many merchants in that to the public because of the two-block area say is an cost of maintaining, clean- issue, especially during Hastings Street’s HOV lane ing and repairing it. But the pair offered solu- hours, she added. “It is impacting the mertions to the problems associated with the parkade, chants’ ability to make a such as keeping it open living here in this two-block only between 8 a.m. and vicinity,” Kolic wrote. Merchants have not been 6 p.m., so it wouldn’t be vandalized at night or used very interested in using the as a place to sleep by home- parkade themselves, something suggested by the city less people. They also suggested to free up street parking installing lights, hiring a space, because most park private parking company behind their businesses to run it, a gate between the and not on the street, she first and second levels, and said. www.twitter.com/janayafe stringent bylaw enforce-

CITY OF BURNABY ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS PUBLIC HEARING

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The Council of the City of Burnaby hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing TUESDAY, 2011 FEBRUARY 22 AT 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chamber, Burnaby City Hall, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2, to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”. 1.

“BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 01, 2011” - BYLAW NO. 12902 Rez. #10-28 7707 Royal Oak Avenue Lot 76, D.L. 158, Group 1, NWD Plan 37043 From: C2 Community Commercial District To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C9 Urban Village Commercial District and Royal Oak Community Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “The Sevens on Royal Oak – Phase Two” prepared by Wilson Chang Architect). The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a four-storey mixed use development with full underground parking, comprised of commercial retail at-grade fronting Royal Oak Avenue with residential behind and above.

“BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 02, 2011” - BYLAW NO. 12903 Rez. #11-03 7307, 7315, 7321, 7329, 7337, 7353, and 7361 Stride Avenue and 7527 Kingsway Lots 15-21, District Lot 29, Block 1, New Westminster District Plan 3035 and Lot B, District Lot 29, New Westminster District Plan 4693 From: R5 Residential District To: R12 Residential District The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to respond to a neighbourhood request to rezone the properties on the block bounded by 7307 to 7361 Stride Avenue and 7527 Kingsway from R5 Residential District to R12 Residential District.

“BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 03, 2011” - BYLAW NO. 12904 Rez. #10-38 8745 Government Street Lot 1 Except Firstly: Phase One Strata Plan LMS4660; Secondly: Phase Two Strata Plan LMS4660; Thirdly: Phase Three Strata Plan LMS4660; Fourthly: Phase Four Strata Plan LMS4660, DL 10, Group 1, NWD Plan LMP46893 From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM2 Multiple Family Residential District, Lougheed Town Centre Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Proposed Multi-Family Development for Habitat for Humanity” prepared by Wayne Stephen Bissky Architecture Inc.) To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM2 Multiple Family Residential District, Lougheed Town Centre Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Multi-Family Development for Habitat for Humanity 8745 Government Street, Burnaby BC” prepared by Wayne Stephen Bissky Architecture Inc.) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the remaining six townhouse units proposed on the site to be constructed as stacked townhouses.

“BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 04, 2011” - BYLAW NO. 12905 Rez. #10-06 101-5489 Byrne Road Strata Lot 1, DL 165, GRP 1, NWD Strata Plan BCS2115 together with an interest in the common property in proportion to the unit entitlement of the strata lot as shown on Form V From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M5 Special Industrial District) To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M5 Special Industrial District and M5’r’ Special Industrial District) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit a small restaurant located within a multi-tenant office/ industrial complex.

“BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 05, 2011” - BYLAW NO. 12906 Rez. #03-35 6000 Thorne Avenue Parcel “A”, D.L. 173, Group 1, NWD Plan 86250 From: A1 Agricultural District To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M2 General Industrial District, M3a Heavy Industrial District and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Cineprep Studios” prepared by D. Forcier Design) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the development of a facility for film production, storage and manufacture of products associated with the film industry as well as associated office uses on Lot 1 based on CD (M2) zoning, and the continued operation of an automobile parts storage yard on Lot 2 based on CD (M3a) zoning. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by a proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw. Written submissions may be presented at the Public Hearing or for those not attending the Public Hearing must be submitted to the Office of the City Clerk prior to 4:45 p.m. the day of the Public Hearing. The Director Planning and Building’s reports and related information respecting the zoning bylaw amendments are available for public examination at the offices of the Planning Department, 3rd floor, in Burnaby City Hall. Copies of the proposed bylaws may be inspected at the Office of the City Clerk at 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. weekdays from Tuesday, 2011 February 1 to Tuesday, 2011 February 22. NO PRESENTATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED BY COUNCIL AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING D.R. Comis, CITY CLERK

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Manslaughter suspect arrested in Burnaby

A Surrey man has been charged with manslaughter after his girlfriend’s body was found wrapped in plastic in North Vancouver’s Kirkstone Park. Harvey Frank Bracken, 48, was arrested without incident in Burnaby last week and made his first appearance in North Vancouver provincial court Monday. The family of Jennifer Ferguson, also known as Jennifer Sondergaard, reported the 40-year-old woman missing from her home in the 14600 -block of 84th Avenue on Jan. 30, roughly a week after they last saw her. Homicide investigators believe she was killed in Surrey. A North Vancouver resident out walking a dog found her body on Feb. 2. Cpl. Dale Carr, spokesman for the

Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said police had Bracken under surveillance from ground and by helicopter for 10 days before arresting him. “We pulled out all the stops over that 10-day period,” he said. Bracken had been identified as a suspect within days after Ferguson’s body was found, and police notified her next of kin with help from Coquitlam RCMP Victim Services. Police held back the identity of the victim from the media for several days due to “strategic investigational considerations,” Carr said. Investigators have not revealed how Ferguson was killed. Bracken is expected to appear in court again on Thursday. – Tom Zytaruk, Surrey NOW

Don’t drive distracted Instead of a little red heart, some drivers received a pricey blue ticket. Members of the Burnaby RCMP were out Monday morning along Hastings Street enforcing the yearold distracted driving laws. Warnings or tickets were issued to drivers not in compliance during the three-hour blitz. “The effects of unsafe and distracted driving extend far beyond the road, involving many facets of our lives,” Burnaby RCMP Cpl. Brenda Gresiuk said in a press release. “The human suffering from road crashes is enormous. For every victim, there are family members, friends, colleagues, and communities who must cope with the physical and psychological consequences of the death, injury, or disability of a loved one. “This Valentine’s Day, give your loved ones the ultimate gift of driving safe and arriving alive.” While distracted driving can mean anything from applying make-up to reading to eating, the main distraction for drivers is using their cellphones or text messaging. According to ICBC, here are some smart driving tips should your cellphone ring while you’re driving: ◆ Let it go to voicemail. Better yet, turn it off to avoid the temptation.

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Burnaby considering underground hydro line Janaya Fuller-Evans staff reporter

B.C. Hydro is moving forward with plans to run an underground transmission line through part of Burnaby to New Westminster. Burnaby city council accepted a report on the project at the council meeting on Feb. 7. The 69 kV transmission circuit is proposed for the southeast quadrant of Burnaby, running to the New Westminster substation, to provide the Royal City with additional power. The line would run through the B.C. Hydro corridor in Robert Burnaby Park. The line would be trenched over or under four culverts along Fourth Street, which drain into tributaries to Ramsey Creek, according to the Burnaby manager’s report. Construction is slated to begin in July or August, with completion estimated for January or February of 2012. Traffic along the proposed route would need to be rerouted, according to the report. B.C. Hydro is planning public consultations before and during the construction stage of the project.

2011 Kushiro Cup selection committee appointed

Council appointed Coun. Nick Volkow as chair of this year’s Kushiro Cup selec-

tion committee at Monday night’s council meeting. Coun. Colleen Jordan and Dan Johnston were also appointed as members of the committee. Funding for the City Appreciation Dinner was approved as well. The dinner is scheduled for Friday, May 6 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, at an estimated cost of $30,000 to the city. The Kushiro Cup is awarded to the Citizen of the Year, and is presented at the dinner. The committee makes recommendations to council after the public submits nominations for the award.

Restaurant could go ahead in Riverway biz centre

Burnaby council has sent a rezoning proposal for a small restaurant in the Riverway Business Centre to public hearing. A wholesale food manufacturing company on Byrne Road currently occupies the space, and the proposal would add a seating and serving area to the unit. City staff determined the small size and limited hours of the restaurant would not be likely to take business from other restaurants in the area, and would simply cover the needs of employees of the business park. The application goes to public hearing on Feb. 22. www.twitter.com/janayafe

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ell, look at that ... Burnaby has even more talent than I knew. Here’s one more local shout-out from the Ovation Awards, handed out Jan. 30 at the PAL Studio Theatre in Vancouver. We had a story in the Feb. 5 Burnaby NOW mentioning a bunch of Burnaby winners from the awards, which honour the best in musical theatre talent from the Lower Mainland. Unbeknownst to me, I missed out on one Burnaby winner – Aaron Lau. Aaron captured the award for Outstanding Gypsy (male), award to a performer from a chorus/ ensemble who demonstrated exceptional performance, enthusiasm and team spirit. Aaron, who’s also the managing artistic director of Intimate Theatre Productions, was honoured for his performacens in Forbidden Broadway, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Amber Avenue. He’s Burnaby-born and -raised, a graduate of Moscrop Secondary from 2000, and lives in the city now. Kudos to Aaron and all the other local winners!

Local artist awarded

A Burnaby resident has been recognized by the Canada Council for the Arts. Mary-Louise Albert, artistic managing director of the Norman Rothstein Theatre and Chutzpah! festival in Vancouver, has just won a 2011 John Hobday Award in arts management. Also winning was Eva Cairns, the managing producer for Catalyst Theatre in Edmonton. The awards recognize established and mid-career arts managers. Mary-Louise’s award will enable her to pursue a mentorship with Howard Jang, executive director of the Arts Club Theatre Company, and work together on a series of themes related to arts management financial control and budgeting, management of multiple venues, donor programs, corporate sponsor relationships and more. Mary-Louise, who lives in North Lively City Page 12

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Blast away: From left: Claire Halpern of Burnaby Arts Council, Sher Hackwell of the Shadbolt Centre and the Burnaby Art Gallery, and Sanya Pleshakov of Burnaby Village Museum are organizing Culture Blast, an arts festival on this Sunday, Feb. 20.

Arts groups having a blast Local arts groups join forces for first time ever in Burnaby to stage Culture Blast Julie MacLellan staff reporter

It’s hard not to be caught up in the enthusiasm of Claire Halpern, Sher Hackwell and Sanya Pleshakov. It’s a sunny afternoon at Deer Lake, and they’re all on the run, taking time out from organizing Burnaby’s first Culture Blast festival to pause for a newspaper photo op. But, though they’re breathless from running all day, they’re also smiling – and they want to make sure that everyone in Burnaby knows just how much fun the day is going to be. Culture Blast is set for this coming Sunday, Feb. 20, from noon to 5 p.m. It’s the first such festival in the city, and it’s being staged with spirit funding that was made available to cultural groups thanks to the legacy of the 2010 Winter Olympics a year ago. For the first time ever, all four of the city’s main cultural venues at Deer Lake – the Burnaby Art Gallery, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby Arts Council’s Deer Lake Gallery and Burnaby Village Museum – are all taking part jointly in producing the festival. “It’s been great,” says Halpern, who’s coordinating the Burnaby Arts Council’s end of things. “It’s nice to be able to come together and offer it all on the same day.”

Halpern notes that the day’s events will offer something for all ages and artistic tastes, from family-focused and community-oriented right up to the avant garde. The Burnaby Arts Council, for instance, will offer a community-oriented celebration that includes an on-site muralist, a high school quartet and art demonstrations from the Artists Helping Artists cooperative, which has an exhibition underway at the Deer Lake Gallery now. Also on site will be representatives from Stream of Dreams, giving visitors a chance to help create silver salmon that will be suspended from the trees to create a salmon “dreamworld” – a community art project that will also serve to raise awareness of the importance of the city’s streams. Down at Burnaby Village Museum, meanwhile, the focus is on family-friendly fun with a Carnivale/Mardi Gras theme. The carousel will be open, and there will be free craft activities for kids, as well as a mask-themed scavenger hunt. There will be a variety of musical performers on site – including a Peruvian group and a Dixieland band – as well as an interactive drumming workshop. “We have a lot of volunteers, and teen volunteers especially, who are really excited about this event,” notes Pleshakov. “This is a really good event for us to engage with all our younger volunteers.” Shadbolt Centre, meanwhile, will play host to a variety of performers – including CircusWest, Colours of Dance Chinese Dancers, HZ Ballet Classique, the Josie deBaat Polynesian Dancers, Showstoppers

song and dance troupe and more. There will also be a variety of workshops and hands-on activities, including a Clay-munity Spirit Project that gives people a chance to contribute clay pieces to an art display, and an audience participation salsa dance demonstration. A mini filmfestival from 1 to 4 p.m. will feature video performance art and some cutting-edge films from Burnaby North, Burnaby South, Burnaby Mountain and Byrne Creek secondary schools. The Burnaby Art Gallery will be the venue for some more contemporary and avant-garde art, including performance artist Rebecca Belmore, who will create a new site-specific work for the gallery’s front lawn. “Working with Burnaby Art Gallery allows us to push the artistic boundaries a bit,” Halpern noted. Burnaby Art Gallery will also host a showcase of artists from its art rental and sales program, with watercolour demonstrations by James Mah and linocut demonstrations by Susan Gransby. All four venues will be busy with activities, demonstrations and performances throughout the day - for full details and a schedule of events, check out the website at www.cultureblast.org. Halpern notes that, with so much on offer, there will be something to appeal to everyone, and she’s hoping to see a large crowd turn out for Culture Blast throughout the day. “That’s the part of the Culture Blast that makes it great,” she says, “There’s something for everybody.”

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Local youth in concert Young orchestral talent takes to the stage in Burnaby Julie MacLellan staff reporter

Take a close look at the musicians when you attend the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra’s concerto concert. In their ranks may well be the future of Canadian orchestral music. The VYSO’s senior orchestra is presenting its annual concerto concert on Sunday, Feb. 20 at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby. The concert features the five winners of the orchestra’s concerto competition. Roger Cole, artistic director of the orchestra, noted that the competition is at an extremely high level. Those competing are all members of the VYSO’s senior orchestra – which, unto itself, is no small feat. “Just to get into the senior orchestra requires an audition,” Cole pointed out. “It’s very competitive to get in.” Those musicians who choose to compete for the concerto concert play for an outside panel of professional judges, who select four or five winners, depending on the total time of the music being played. This year’s concert will feature two violin soloists: Aliyata Foon-Dancoes performing the first movement of Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto in D minor and Jessy Kim performing the first movement of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s

Violin Concerto. Sarah Ellis will perform Carl von Weber’s Bassoon Concerto, and Susie Yoo will offer up Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Rounding out the concert will be Fran Lee, performing Ney Rosauro’s Marimba Concerto. The orchestra will open the concert with Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld and close it with the familiar Bolero, by Maurice Ravel. Cole noted that the music represents some of the best – and most challenging – of the orchestral repertoire. “This is one of the most difficult concerts we play,” he said. The orchestra’s 90 musicians are up to the challenge. The musicians in the senior orchestra can be up to 22 years old, but most are currently in Grade 11 or 12. Most have been playing their instruments since they were eight or 10 years old – or, in the case of many of the string players, even younger. “These are all senior

musicians, some of whom may go on to make music professionally,” Cole said. The Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra is now in its 81st season and it offers orchestras at three levels – junior, intermediate and senior – to give young musicians from all over the Lower Mainland a chance to take part in the world of orchestral music. Cole is looking forward to performing at the Michael J. Fox Theatre, where the orchestra generally comes at least once a year. He’s hoping to see a large crowd turn out for the Feb. 20 concert, which starts at 2:30 p.m. “One of the greatest pleasures for a musician is to play to a large and appreciative audience,” he said. Admission is by donation at the door. The theatre is at 7373 MacPherson Ave., at Burnaby South Secondary School. For more about the orchestra, check out their website at www.vyso.com.

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years. But it’s different. Letting go, allowing our teens increasing independence is not easy, but is essential if our teens are going to grow up to become capable young men and women. Helping them determine who they are, what they are good at, what they should be considering for their future is another challenge for parents. No longer is it helpful to tell Olivia that she can be what she wants to be. She is now ready to consider who she is and what that can really mean for her future. Some questions she may be considering are: • What am I good at? • How do others perceive me? • What will I do in the future? • What kind of person am I? Your job is to help her with this process, to support her as she works through her options and to offer input about her abili-

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As part of its award-winning Trans Mountain Anchor Loop pipeline project, Burnaby Board of Trade member Kinder Morgan Canada has pledged $3 million to the Trans Mountain Legacy Fund. Jasper National Park and Mount Robson Provincial Park will each receive $350,000 while the remainder of the contribution will be used to fund initiatives aimed at providing a net environmental benefit to the parks. “We are proud of the Anchor Loop Project, a very challenging and highly scrutinized project completed with excellence through the UNESCO designated Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. We are committed to leaving a lasting, positive environmental legacy in Mount Robson Provincial Park and Jasper National Park,” explains lan Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Canada. The fund will be directed by a Steering Committee consisting of

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BBOT Boardroom Series: Small-Business Strategies for USA Marketing

February 22, 7:30am – 9:30am At: The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts Join us for a fascinating presentation by Dr. Bill Warburton and Dr. Clyde Hertzman who will explain why early child development is a vital issue for business and economic growth and will propose an approach to identifying investments that will maximize the well-being of society.

March 8, 8:00am – 9:30am At: Business Centre Solutions, Burnaby This introductory seminar will help you define “your USA market”, and introduce you to the basic essentials of marketing and logistics. You need to know these basics before you commit to the design manufacture or purchase of your product or service.

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February 23, 5:30pm – 8:30pm At: Fortune House Seafood Restaurant A delicious 10 dish banquet will include favourite Chinese delicacies. Fantastic entertainment including Korean, Vietnamese and traditional Chinese Lion dancers will complement the opportunity to network in a casual and celebratory environment with some of Burnaby’s leading business people.

March 17, 5:00pm – 7:00pm At: Hilton Vancouver Metrotown Women Mean Business will be of interest to anyone who is looking for inspiration including business people, CEOs, entrepreneurs and university students. This series will use personal experiences to address the myths, motivations and solutions for women’s increased participation in the business community.

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The Value of the Burnaby Board of Trade February 21st marks the start of Chamber of Commerce Week, which is an opportunity for Chambers and Boards of Trade across the province to demonstrate the value and benefit they provide to their local businesses and communities. Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade across British Columbia work hard throughout the year to support their local economies, foster business development and contribute to their communities as a whole. In Burnaby, our Board of Trade has emerged as a leader and has gained national and international recognition as a driving force for its progressive, pro-business efforts. The Burnaby Board of Trade is an organization powered by an extensive network of businesses, organizations and individuals. Representing the

collective voice of its 1100 members, the Burnaby Board of Trade provides tremendous value to both its membership and the Burnaby community as a whole through its support of the Triple Bottom Line of economic, social and environmental results.

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As we join Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade across British Columbia demonstrating their value to their communities this week, the Burnaby Board of Trade is looking forward to continuing to expand our collaborative network, increase our advocacy efforts on behalf of businesses, support innovation and business

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Showcasing Burnaby: International Trade & Investment The Burnaby Board of Trade believes that a strong connection with international markets is key for the vitality of the Burnaby economy. Burnaby is well-positioned both geographically and culturally to reap the benefits of continued economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region and the Burnaby Board of Trade has become a leader in creating and deepening international relationships between Burnaby and the international business community. Working closely with the City of Burnaby’s economic development strategy and with municipal representatives, the Burnaby Board of Trade is succeeding in making Burnaby an attractive destination for international businesses and investors.

Showcasing Burnaby To The World

In 2010, the Burnaby Board of Trade, accompanied by local business representatives, led a successful trade delegation to both the Shanghai World Expo and

CIFIT in Xiamen. As the only local Board of Trade or Chamber of Commerce in attendance, the Burnaby Board of Trade showcased Burnaby as a key destination for international investment and talent to thousands of business and government representatives from both the Asia-Pacific region and around the world. The Burnaby Board of Trade has also played host to multiple delegations from around the world including China, Korea and Indonesia, representing Burnaby to our Asia-Pacific counterparts and building on our established international relationships. As part of the BBOT’s efforts to forge strong bonds with the international business community, the Burnaby Board of Trade maintains close relationships with numerous Consuls General, regularly working with representatives from various countries including Brazil, Japan, the United States and France. These relationships allow the Burnaby Board of Trade to identify potential opportunities for Burnaby businesses looking to expand overseas and to encourage international businesses to

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Lunar New Year Celebration and Banquet

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Speaking Up for Burnaby’s Business Community One of the key roles of the Burnaby Board of Trade is to advocate to all levels of government on issues that matter to our membership, to local businesses, and to the Burnaby community in general. By maintaining strong relationships with municipal, provincial and federal representatives, the Burnaby Board of Trade provides an avenue for the concerns of the local community to be heard by all levels of government. As the collective voice of 1100 businesses and organizations, the Burnaby Board of Trade actively seeks out progressive policy positions and collaborative solutions, establishing a national reputation for itself as a progressive opinion-leader.

Homelessness

Addressing the growing problem of homelessness was a fundamental part of the Burnaby Board of Trade’s advocacy efforts in 2010. Identifying that there are clear business costs associated with homelessness, the Burnaby Board of

www.bbot.ca Trade developed a policy resolution outlining the business case for addressing homelessness, calling on the federal government to re-allocate funding to create a national plan to address the issue. The Burnaby Board of Trade believes that homelessness has a real and substantial negative impact on business and economic development as it deters customers, harms tourism, and discourages development and business establishment in affected areas. In an effort to bring about change on this issue, the Burnaby Board of Trade submitted its resolution to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce where it was successfully adopted and is now a key part of their advocacy efforts at the national level, helping to shape public policy in Canada.

Environmental Sustainability

Making businesses more environmentally sustainable and energy efficient while maintaining competiveness continues to be a fundamental concern for the Burnaby Board of Trade. Confronting rising energy costs, resource depletion and the effects of climate change is a task that will require the involvement of the business community, a responsibility the Burnaby Board of Trade takes seriously. The Burnaby

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Board of Trade strongly advocates for Corporate Social Responsibility and the Triple Bottom Line approach, which values economic, social and environmental results. In an effort to facilitate sustainable choices by our member businesses, the Burnaby Board of Trade is developing an Environmental Pledge system, which will aid businesses in making meaningful environmental changes to their practices. Last year, the Burnaby Board of Trade, working with environmental experts and world-class businesses like Electronic Arts and Coca Cola, held an Environmental Forum to discuss the merits of environmentallyconscious business decisions and the actions each business can take to increase their own environmental sustainability.

Setting the Advocacy Agenda

Through member surveys, committees and other channels, the Burnaby Board of Trade gauges the mood of its membership in order to effectively set its advocacy agenda. Last year, the Burnaby Board of Trade invited members to complete the 2010 Member Outlook Survey which revealed that the majority of our members feel that economic issues, environmental sustainability and immigration and integration are top priorities. The results of the 2010 Member Outlook Survey were subsequently published in local Burnaby newspapers to provide a voice to the business communities concerns and were delivered to the BBOT’s Advocacy Committee to review.

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Fostering Integration and Inclusiveness in Burnaby With 57% of Burnaby’s population having a language other than English as their mothertongue, diversity and integration has never been a more pressing issue for the local business community. The Burnaby Board of Trade believes that fully integrating foreign-trained professionals into the Burnaby economy will provide organizations with skilled employees, increase business innovation and creativity and foster inclusive, welcoming workplaces.

Breaking Down the Barriers Tours

In partnership with the Burnaby Intercultural Planning Table, and with funding from the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia, in 2010 the Burnaby Board of Trade

launched an 18-month immigrant integration project to foster a more inclusive work environment. The BBOT led groups of job-ready immigrants on four tours of local businesses with the aim to create a dialogue between Burnaby employers and new Canadians and to identify the systemic barriers that often exist between recent immigrants and full employment. The tours focused on key sectors of the Burnaby economy, including information technology, accounting and finance, engineering and health services, and provided an opportunity for an exchange of realworld concerns between the participants. The next Breaking Down the Barriers tour on will be held on February 24.

On April 28, The Burnaby Board of Trade will be holding a Diversity Forum to discuss the Breaking Down the Barriers experience and the insight it provided into immigrant integration. This forum will provide local employers with information on why integration and diversity are crucial to business success and will explore how businesses can better reach and involve other cultural groups. For more information, visit www.bbot.ca

B B O T V I D E O S N O W AVA I L A B L E O N L I N E 2010 was an exciting year for the Burnaby Board of Trade and several videos are now available on YouTube showcasing our initiatives and special events. Videos of each of the Breaking Down the Barriers Tours are posted, allowing viewers a chance to accompany the BBOT as it leads groups of job-ready immigrants on tours of local employers. These videos offer unique perspectives on our immigrant integration project and are a useful tool for facilitating discussion on the barriers to employment many new Canadians face.

You only turn 100 once, and the Burnaby Board of Trade marked its centennial in style with a gala reception this January at the Michael J Fox Theatre. For a look back at a century of the BBOT providing business leadership in Burnaby, our Centennial Celebration video is now available. Showcasing the evolution of the BBOT this video is a fascinating look at the history of the Burnaby Board of Trade.

If you missed Burnaby’s premier business event of the year, the Burnaby Business Excellence Awards, a short compilation is available so you can experience the sights and sounds of last year’s fantastic flamencoinspired gala. Watch this video to see which Burnaby businesses were recognized as the best of Burnaby in each of the 8 business awards categories.

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The Burnaby Board Of Trade offers members the opportunity to be involved in every facet of our initiatives related to our triple bottom line of social, environmental, and economic results through various committees. Committee members help formulate and facilitate concrete changes for Burnaby through a collaborative model. Our wide range of dynamic committees are composed of volunteer members from diverse backgrounds in business, non-profits and government. For further information, please contact Marisol Sanchez at marisol@bbot.ca or 604-412-0100, or visit our website at www.bbot.ca.

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32 Hyacks rout Rebels

District 41 to deal with complaint of the year Wayne Best. B.C. School Sports executive director Sue Keenan confirmed to the NOW on Monday morning that she Tom Berridge had received the complaint sports editor file. An unofficial coach’s But hours after the story code of conduct complaint went public, Best was against Burnaby South informed by Keenan that Secondary School basket- the complaint needed to ball coaches will now be have been signed by the dealt with by the Burnaby Byrne Creek principal to be School District. considered official. The complaint in quesAll further communication, e-mailed to B.C. High tion on the issue has since School Sports on Friday, been handled through the named more than 20 stu- school district. dent athletes who were or “It’s been taken seriare currently ously and will enrolled at be dealt with “It’s been taken South, who immediately,” seriously and will added Dusting. were allegedly recruited “But it’s imporbe dealt with through the tant to know immediately.” South Burnaby that this is not Metro Club condoned or GILLIAM DUSTING basketball sysSchool District 41 acting com- signed off by tem to play munication manager the system.” Rebels’ high But Best school basketball. says he will stand by his However, the school complaint and see how it district is not recognizing is dealt with by the school the complaint as it was district. not processed according to “Nothing in there is school district rules. made up. It’s factual. It was “I think the important not done with mal intent thing to know is there is and not without trying to no complaint,” acting address it,” Best said, addcommunication manager ing he has no plans to withGillian Dusting told the draw the complaint. NOW Monday. “As far as “I didn’t make a miswe know, there is no com- take,” he said. “I guess, plaint. But we will be talk- we’ll just see where it all ing about this internally.” goes. We’ll see what hapThe complaint in ques- pens from here.” tion was filed by Byrne Among those named in Creek Secondary School the complaint were some of head boys’ basketball coach and B.C. high school coach Complaint Page 32

32 Final minor lax sign up 33 Latest Games medals

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Fighter puts record on line Tom Berridge

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Five in a row: Burnaby’s Melody Liang shows the form that helped her win

an unprecedented fifth B.C. Colleges’ Athletic Association provincial women’s badminton doubles title. Liang, along with partner Stephanie Ko, will vie for a fifth Canadian national collegiate title for Douglas College.

B.C. wins silver in gymnastics Burnaby’s Briannah Tsang helped B.C. to its first medal in artistic gymnastics at the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax on Sunday. B.C. earned a silver medal in the girls’ team finals, finishing with a combined 214.700 score behind gold-medalwinning Ontario, which garnered a 219.900 score. Tsang, who specializes in the vault, helped Team B.C. post a high score of

55.650 in the discipline. B.C. also posted second-place scores on uneven bars and in floor exercises in the team finals. Ontario topped all provincial teams in all four categories: vault, bars, balance beam and floor. Quebec finished in third place. The girls’ individual all-around finals were held on Tuesday (after NOW deadlines).

Burnaby’s Emilio Ditrocchio is a co-headliner on the mixed martial arts card – Seeing Red II at the Red Robinson Show Theatre on Friday. The 21-year-old former Alpha Secondary School student will put his unbeaten record on the line against Rob “Wolverine” Woodcock in a West Coast featherweight title match in the co-main event at the Boulevard Casino in Coquitlam. “I’m feeling pretty good,” said Ditrocchio about his upcoming bout with Woodcock. “All my fights have been to ground, but I fought Muay Thai before, so I’m pretty confident wherever. (Woodcock) is a wrestler.” Ditrocchio is 4-0 going into Friday’s cage match, but believes this one will be his biggest test yet. He caught the fighting bug well before mixed martial arts had become a byword, dabbling in jiujitsu as more of a recreational pursuit when he was much younger. He had his first Muay Thai bout when he was 16 just to get some experience. “It’s only going uphill from now,” said Ditrocchio, who trains at Posener’s Pankration in East Vancouver. “I’m pretty young right now. I got a lot of time.” One person close to MMA Page 32

A32 • Wednesday, February 16, 2011 • Burnaby NOW

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL

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Hyack rout Rebels for district title Tom Berridge sports editor

NewWestminsterHyack pressure was too much for the Burnaby South Rebels in the high school girls’ basketball final Monday. The Hyacks soundly defeated South 76-45 at Massey Gym to earn the No. 1 district seeding into the upcoming Crehan Cup Lower Mainland championships. Hyack all-star Ariana Sider led all scorers with 37 points, including 11-of13 free throws. The two teams traded baskets early on but New Westminster quickly moved ahead, building a 15-6 advantage before closing the first quarter up by 14 points following a last-second three-pointer by junior forward Natasha Lazecki. Meriam Ali chipped in with a dozen points for New Westminster, while Lazecki and Grade 9 forward Amanda Zacharuk

had eight points apiece for the district champions. Burnaby South all-stars Navjit Moore and Mona Saib netted eight and seven points, respectively. The Hyacks led 39-19 at half time. “We’ve learned to work together more,” said New Westminster all-star Jettie McLaughlin. “But I think we have a lot to learn, too, and going to Vancouver will help us learn.” Hyacks coach Doug Woodward believes the Hyacks have a good shot at one of four available berths into the provincial championships. “There is always an upset at the Lower Mainlands,” Woodward said. “If we get that quarter-final game versus North Shore No. 3, we’ll be in good shape for a berth.” South earned the No. 2 district berth. Burnaby Mountain defeated Bryne Creek 5242 for the No. 3 berth into the wild-card round.

Complaint: “No way” continued from page 31

South’s top players on the No. 1 provincially ranked AAA boys’ basketball team. Named in the complaint were South coaches Mike Bell, Randy Edwards, Jason Price and senior boys’ head coach Greg Matic, who led South to an eighth-place finish at the B.C. high school AAA provincial championships last season. To escape the transfer rules that affect senior players as set down by B.C. School Sports, the majority of the players named were encouraged to do so before Grade 10, the complaint stated. When contacted by the NOW, a shocked Matic said he had not seen the complaint. “All I know is I have postively not recruited anybody from South Burnaby Metro Club to come. … There is no way I recruited,” said Matic. Keenan outlined the process B.C. High School Sports would take when dealing with an official complaint. The first step in the process is to review the report and speak with the complainants and those against whom the complaint is being filed within the next 48 hours. From those conversations, Keenan would then determine whether a hearing should be called. If a complaint is justified, a hearing panel would be assembled and both parties would have the opportunity to put their cases forward and to rebut each other’s testimony, she added.

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Leading the way: Burnaby Bruins team captain Jonas Hamrin, with puck, leads the attack up ice against Brennan Ryan of the New Westminster Royals in a recent Hockey 4 game at Queen’s Park Arena.

Runner sets Div. II record Middle distance runner Helen Crofts is on a record pace for Simon Fraser University’s first-ever Great Northwest conference championship meet. Crofts finished second in the women’s 800 metres in a deep field at the University of Washington Husky Indoor Classic in Seattle on Saturday. Crofts’ time of 2:05.03 breaks the conference record she set two weeks ago by more than a second on the same running track. The Clan junior is cur-

rently the top-ranked runner in both the 600 and 800m in the latest NAIA rankings. SFU teammate Jessica Smith also won her section of the 800m, finishing 15th overall. Jane Channell placed 16th overall in the women’s 60m, while Breanne Carter was 25th in the 400m. On the men’s side, GNAC athlete of the week Andrew Boss placed sixth clocking a time of 48.27 in the 400m.

Clan hoop teams blanked The Simon Fraser University men’s basketball team got a cold reception in Alaska last weekend. The Clan lost Great Northwest conference games at both Fairbanks and Anchorage schools to fall to 2-12 in NCAA Division II play this season. SFU opened with a 9582 defeat in Fairbanks, despite the presence of 72 transfer Kene Obi into the lineup. Obi contributed 11

points and nine rebounds in his debut. Ibrahim Appiah led the Clan with 20 points and 14 boards. GNAC leading scorer Parrish West topped all shooters with 36 points and 12 rebounds for the Fairbanks Nanooks. In Anchorage, the Seawolves went on a 2712 run in the last five minutes of play to score a 99-81 win over the Burnaby visitors. Justin Brown led the Clan with 30 points.

Ricky Berry and Appiah both fouled out late in the game after adding 22 and 10 points, respectively. In conference women’s basketball, SFU was outclassed 82-50 by No. 7-ranked Div. II Western Washington University on Saturday. Kristina Collins had a team-high 16 points for the Clan. Nayo RaincockEkunwe, who leads the GNAC in scoring and rebounding, added 14 points and 11 boards.

Ditrocchio who knows something about commitment is his mother – Anna. Anna swam at a high level in her youth and her twin sister even made it to the Olympic Games. Now 56, Anna keeps fit exercising at the North Burnaby Boxing Club under coach Manny Sobral, who is promoting the 12bout card her son is fighting on. “As a mama, I’m scared to death,” said Anna, who has trained at NBBC going on seven years. “They say (MMA) is safer than boxing, but anything goes, that’s what worries me. But I’m here to support him.” Anna has no doubt also passed along good blood lines to her son. “North Burnaby is a fabulous facility. I like the intensity,” said Anna. “If I didn’t get the sweat, I don’t work out. Rob (NBBC coach Bortolazzo) tells me I keep up with the 25-yearolds.” West Coast title belts will also be on the line at lightweight and bantamweight at Seein Red II. Muay Thai fans will also be treated to three bouts, featuring a West Coast middleweight title fight between Joe Halfar and Isak Van Borgondien. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the first fight scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tickets on sale at Ticketmaster or the Red Robinson theatre box office.

Final minor lax sign ups Burnaby minor lacrosse will hold its final registration days at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre this month. The minor association will be in the Lakeview Room on the main floor of the Copeland centre between 1 and 4 p.m. on two consecutive Saturdays on Feb. 19 and 26. For parental enquiries, please e-mail susank@ burnabylacrosse.com.

Burnaby NOW • Wednesday, February 16, 2011 • A33

Game of the Week

BURNABY/NEW WESTMINSTER AAA BOYS’ BASKETBALL No. 1 district seeding is at stake at the boys’ AAA basketball championship final @ Burnaby South Secondary. Game time 7 p.m. Friday. Semifinals at South, Wednesday at 5 and 7 p.m.

JUNIOR A HOCKEY BRITISH COLUMBIA LEAGUE Coastal Conference W L OT GF GA Pt Powell River 43 9 5 210 108 91 Surrey 34 20 3 204 173 71 Langley 30 21 8 233 211 68 Victoria 31 24 3 208 193 65 Nanaimo 28 22 8 197 198 64 Alberni Valley 24 27 7 173 190 55 Cowichan V 21 29 8 181 242 50 Coquitlam 20 27 10 198 237 50 Interior Conference Vernon 33 11 13 185 137 79 Salmon Arm 37 17 2 223 183 76 Penticton 36 17 4 205 163 76 Westside 31 19 7 232 176 69 Trail 31 21 6 194 164 68 Merritt 21 29 7 149 205 49 Quesnel 13 35 9 138 236 35 Prince George 12 39 6 150 264 30 Leading Scorers G A Pt Mike Hammond CV 38 48 86 Jordan Grant CV 37 49 86 Bradley McGowan Sry 33 52 85 Josh Myers Lang 39 40 79 Chad Niddery PR 26 52 78 David Morley Vic 25 51 76 Joey LaLeggia Pen 20 56 76 Alex Grieve West 31 44 75 Matt Garbowsky PR 41 32 73 Scott Jacklin Trail 22 49 71 Trevor Gerling Lang 30 40 70 Grayson Downing West 33 35 68 Rich Vanderhoek Sry 26 42 68 Brendan O’Donnell Pen 25 42 67 Sam Mellor Trail 33 33 66 Massimo Lamacchia Coq 30 35 65

JUNIOR B HOCKEY PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL Harold Brittain Conference W L OT GF GA Pt Abbotsford 25 13 5 150 128 55 Port Moody 21 17 6 156 174 48 R-Meadows 20 23 2 164 183 42 Mission 17 22 5 131 157 39

Aldergrove 14 21 9 139 187 37 Tom Shaw Conference Richmond 35 5 3 210 99 73 Delta 33 9 2 195 129 68 Grandview 25 14 5 156 128 55 North Delta 24 16 5 163 159 53 Squamish 6 34 4 117 237 16 Recent Results Feb 13 – Delta 2, Grandview 4 (Curtis Rocchetti 2g1a) Feb 12 – Grandview 1, North Delta 2 SO Leading Scorers G A Pt Liam Harding Delta 31 40 71 Danny Brandys RM 19 49 68 Riley Lamb Abb 26 33 59 Cody Smith Delta 23 35 58 Marko Gordic Gran 25 29 54 Jake Roder Rich 26 24 50 Dustin Cervo RM 15 35 50 Spencer Traher Del 20 29 49 Sebastian Pare Rich 16 33 49 Kentaro Tanaka Gran 13 36 49 Kevin Lourens Abb 28 20 48 Michael Nardi ND 23 23 46

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VANCOUVER METRO LEAGUE Premier Division W L T GF GA Pt Surrey United 17 3 3 62 21 54 Metro-Ford 15 3 5 47 23 50 Delta United 12 9 2 40 37 38 Columbus FC 11 8 4 30 24 37 Richmond Hib 10 6 7 32 24 37 West Van FC 10 8 4 34 23 34 ICST Pegasus 10 9 4 38 33 34 ICSF Inter 9 9 5 38 34 32 Westside FC 6 8 9 22 28 27 Punjab Hurr 7 11 5 38 46 26 Croatia 6 10 6 22 26 24 Sapperton 5 11 6 17 41 21 Akal FC 4 12 6 26 49 18 Serbian WE 3 18 2 17 54 11 Weekend Results ICSF Inter 4, Sapperton Rovers 0 Richmond Hibs 0, Columbus 3

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HIGH SCHOOL BNW BASKETBALL Final Boys Division W L GF GA Bby South 8 0 721 354 Byrne Creek 7 1 649 420 New West 6 2 567 395 Bby Mountain 5 3 523 501 Bby Central 4 4 392 499 Moscrop 3 5 392 458 Bby North 2 6 518 646 Cariboo Hill 1 7 340 536 Alpha 0 8 285 578 Final Girls Division New West 6 0 457 245 Bby South 5 1 405 251 Bby Mountain 3 3 320 280 Byrne Creek 3 3 298 289 Bby North 3 3 250 333

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Become a Registered Personal Trainer. Earn up to $70/hr. Government Financial Aid may be available. Hilltop 604-930-8377 See our ad in todays paper under Education. HOMEWORKERS GET PAID DAILY! NOW ACCEPTING: Simple part time and full time Online Computer Work is available. No fees or charges to participate. Start Today, www.onwoc.com MEGABITE hiring F/T Night Shift Supervisor. Must have High School dipl. & sev. yrs of exp. Shift from 5pm to 1:30am. $14.50/hr. E-res: nzonuz@megabitepizza.com

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STRUTTA.COM hiring Python Software Engineer. Experience and B.S in Comp. Science a must. 65K per yr/ 37.5 hr wk. E-resume: ben@strutta.com LOGGING COMPANY looking for Owner Operator Logging Truck Contractors. Short log and long log for Mackenzie area. Fax 250-714-0525 or ben@bcland.com include references and capabilities.

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Community Garage Sale! Sat Feb. 19th, 9am-1pm Students from New West CRC church (13th Ave. and Newcombe) will be hosting a community garage sale. Lots to see: tables, chairs, dressers, electronics, kitchen appliances, kids/adults clothing, and much more. Bring the kids and enjoy a hotdog, candy, and an assortment of baked goods. Proceeds will go towards community development in Honduras.

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COLLECTOR LOOKING to buy: Pre 1960 metal tin toys, old militaria items, postcards, antique fire arms & related. Anything collectibles. 604-313-5479

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that creditors and others having claims against the Estate of John Anthony Rice, formerly of 1208 – 6455 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby BC, are required to send particulars of those claims to the Executor, James Boyle, c/o Greiner, Bethell & Company, 202 5501, Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5H 2G3, Attn: Stephen Miller, on or before March 9, 2011, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed giving regard only to those claims which have been received.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: Estate of ICEL JUNE CARTER, Deceased Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Icel June Carter, deceased, formerly of Burnaby, B.C. are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned, Executors, c/o Cobbett & Cotton Law Corp. #300 - 410 Carleton Avenue, Burnaby, B.C. V5C 6P6, on or before March 14, 2011, after which the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received. David Phillip Bastien and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company, Executors

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Apt/Condos

SALISBURY APARTMENT 7111 Salisbury Ave Bby Highgate Lrg 1 & 2 BR’s. Rent incl heat & hot water. NS/NP. 604-526-5584

BACH&1BDR APT from $600, H/W & basic cable inc, No Pets, Ref Req,1yr lease, u/g park avail. New West loc. 604-525-2599 BBY-SOUTHPOINT/EDMOND AREA (Green complex by Adera), 2 br + 2 decks (1 lg deck on rooftop + 1 off br) $1600/mo, near new, 2 parking spots, near transit, schools & great parks 604941-2707

6508

Apt/Condos

AMBER ROCHESTOR 545 Rochester Ave, Coq

Close to Lougheed Mall, S.F.U. & Transportation.

Apt/Condos

COQ. 3 BR $1,000, 2 BR $900, 1 BR $750, Now/Mar 1, heat, prkg. 778-990-7079 or 604-521-8249

KING ALBERT COURT SALISBURY PLACE 7272 Salisbury Ave Bby Highgate 1 BR incl heat & hot water. N/S & N/P. $877/mo. 604-524-4720 BBY, Lougheed Mall. 2 BR, f/p, in ste w/d, u/g prkg. N/p. $1050 + util. Avail Mar 1. 778-708-4352 BBY METROTOWN 1 & 2 BR avail Immed, Clean, quiet bldng. Inc heat/hot water. 778-788-1867 BBY, METROTOWN. 1 - 2 BR. Clean, quiet bldg. Incl heat/hot water. Immed. 778-323-0237

1300 King Albert, Coq Close to Transportation, Schools & S.F.U.

office: 604-937-7343 cell: 778-848-5993

JUNIPER COURT 415 Westview St, Coq

Close to Lougheed Mall, all Transportation Connections, Schools & S.F.U.

office: 604- 939-8905 cell: 604- 916-0261 COTTONWOOD PLAZA

office: 604- 936-3907

555 Cottonwood Ave, Coq

BBY NORTH 1 BR, 1 ba, 3 appls, pool & gym, coin w/d, 1 prkg, 1 locker, nr Lougheed mall. $900. np/ns, Avail Mar 1. 604-299-7815

401 Westview St, Coq Large Units. Near Lougheed Mall. Transportation & S.F.U.

office: 604- 939-2136 cell: 604- 805-9490

ARBOUR GREENE 552 Dansey Ave, Coq

Extra Large 2 Bedrooms. Close to Lougheed Mall & S.F.U.

office: 604- 939-4903 cell: 778- 229-1358 2 BR, $925 February special $525 Heat, hot water, parking. Available now. Family living, daycare available. Near kids’ park, basketball court and Skytrain.

N. WEST Quay, 1200 sf, newly reno’d, 2 BR, 2 bath, 7 appls incls in ste lndry rm w/storage, f/p, balc with partial river view, pool, jacuzzi, gym, sauna, $1,700/mo + utils, N/s N/p, refs. 604-521-8482

Large units some with 2nd bathroom or den. On bus routes, close to S.F.U. & Lougheed Mall.

office: 604- 936-1225

NEW WEST

St Andrews Street 1 BR Apt, Large balcony, updated, nr transit & amens. Available Mar 1. Small pet ok with pet deposit.

Call 604-518-5040 CARM-ELLE APARTMENTS

815 - 5th Ave, New West 1 BR apartments. Includes heat, h/w & cable. U/grnd prkg avail. No pets. Call 604-521-2866 or 604-619-5323

MONTECITO TOWERS 99-7360 Halifax St, Bby Bach, 1 BR & 2 BR

CALYPSO COURT

1 BR $750, 3 BR $1100. No pets.

1030 - 5th Ave, New West Near Transportation & Douglas College. Well Managed Building.

604 939-0944

office: 604- 524-8174 cell: 604- 813-8789

Whitgift Gardens,

6508

604 420-5636 www.montecitotowers.com

Rentals

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6020-40 www.bcforeclosures.com 5 BR home from $19,500 down $1,925/mo. 604-538-8888, Alain @ Sutton WC Realty W. Rock

Burnaby: 4331 Hastings Street, Burnaby V4N 1L6 604-293-1335 New West: 436 - 12th Street, New Westminster V3M 4H8 604-517-5474

Surrey

#48-15020-66A AVE, SURREY Senior Strata Complex, 55+, 2 BR Cottage, 2 bth, new appls, all reno’d, new roof, storage, $195 maint. per mo. incls elect & heat, $260,000 obo. 604-572-0036

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North Delta

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6505

AMBER (W)

By virtue of the Warehouseman’s Lien Act, J & M Motors (dba) Mundies Towing, Storage & Service (1976) Ltd. will dispose of: 1) 1996 Honda Odyssey VIN: JHMRA1841TC800860 RO: Thelma Espina Euenia Cali. 1) 1990 GMC Van Mobile Shop complete with Welder & Generator VIN: 2GDJG31KXL4500445 RO: Christopher Anthony Carroll 1) 1994 Volvo 850 VIN: YV1LS5527R2159818 RO: Peter Anthony Murray 1) 1972 Dodge Monaco VIN: DP23K2D101754 RO: Vaino Kalervo Oksanen 1) 2000 Lexus ES300 VIN: JT8BF28G9Y0277809 RO: S’Jabuliso Ncube

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Accounting/ Bookkeeping

Legal/Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: Estate of GORDON HENRY FREDERICK CARTER, also known as GORDON HENRY FREDRICK CARTER, Deceased Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Gordon Henry Frederick Carter, also known as Gordon Henry Fredrick Carter, deceased, formerly of Burnaby, B.C. are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned, Executors, c/o Cobbett & Cotton Law Corp. #300 - 410 Carleton Avenue, Burnaby, B.C. V5C 6P6, on or before March 21, 2011, after which the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received. David Phillip Bastien and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company, Executors

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: The Estate of Shirley Molly White, Deceased, formerly of #104 - 7899 - 17th Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia Creditors and others having claims against the estate of SHIRLEY MOLLY WHITE are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the undersigned Executor at #330 - 522 Seventh Street, New Westminster, BC, V3M 5T5 on or before March 28, 2011, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice. DAVID ALEXANDER DALLAS, Executor CASSADY & COMPANY, Solicitors

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5505

RENTALS PETS & LIVESTOCK

6008-46

Vancouver West Side

BEST BUY on Oak St. Quality built 6 br, 4 bath, potential bsmt suite with sep entry, 2 f/p, 17 yrs old, $1,078,000. 604-727-7908

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RENTALS PETS & LIVESTOCK 6508

Apt/Condos

NEW WEST 310 - 8 St. Close to skytrain & bus. Lrg 1BR, w/lrg patio. $795 incls heat & storage locker. Cat OK with pet dep. Refs req’d. Call Res Mgr 604-395-5303 NEW WEST 508 - 8 St. Close to Westminster Mall & transit. BACH ste w/balcony, $655 incls heat & storage locker. Lrg 1 BR with balcony $795. Cat ok w/pet dep. Refs req. Res Mgr 604-521-1862 NEW WEST nr RCH/Skytrain, 1 BR apt, $740/mo, No Pets, quiet complex, Call 604 299-8288

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POCO 2 BR, 2 baths, 5 appls, f/p, lam flrs, u/g prkg, ns/np, nr WC Express, $1025. 604-467-6912

NEW WEST

St Andrews Street 1 BR Apt, Large balcony, updated, nr transit & amens. Available Mar 1. Small pet ok with pet deposit.

Call 604-540-9300 New Westminster

6510

Co-ops

NORTH BURNABY Pine Ridge Housing Co-op has opened its wait list for 2 BR & 3 BR Townhouses, $913 & $1072 with a $2,800 & $3,300 share purchase. Located in quiet forest setting on Burnaby Mnt. Close to SFU, schools, transit & shopping. Enjoy the feel of country living within minutes of the city. Sorry, no subsidies available. Community involvement expected. Download our appl form @ www.pineridgeco-op.bc.ca or send SASE to: #89, 8763 Ash Grove Cres, Burnaby, BC V5A 4B8 Attn: Membership Ctte. Please forgive our construction mess. We are replacing our water mains.

Al Dodimead ACD Realty (604) 521-0311 view this & other properties @ www.acdrealty.com

ROTARY TOWER 25 Clute St, New West

Age 55 or over. Beautiful view. Bach high rise apt. Close to trans & shopping. Rent incl all utils. Refs req. Contact Ana Cell: 778-859-0798 Bayside Property Services Ltd.

6535

Homestay

HOST FAMILY wanted. Please call us at 604-688-1928 or email: globalstudyedu@gmail.com

6540

Houses - Rent

3 Bdrm Homes! Rent TO OWN! Poor Credit Ok, Low Down. Call Karyn 604-857-3597

EL PRESIDENTE

220 - 7th St, New West 1 BR apts from $720/mo. 2 BR, $850/mo. Includes heat & hot water, Big balconies. By shops, banks, Skytrain & college. U/grd prkg available. Call 604-519-1382 Managed by Colliers International

ACROSS

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26. Self-immolation by ﬁre rituals 28. Can’t move 29. Measures atmospheric pressure 31. Dash 34. Adult male human 35. Foot (Latin) 36. Hearths 39. Milksops 40. Wax letter closures 22. Mediterranean Greek island 24. A brother or sister 25. Golfer Snead 27. Indigenous Laplanders 28. Cornbreads 30. Radioactivity unit 31. Flax spinning staff 32. Upbeat part of a measure 33. Inheritors 36. Marked by extreme emotion or force 37. Perceive with the eye 38. A very large body of water 39. Nuclear near reach weapon 41. Basics 42. Thai language 43. In short supply 46. Wings 49. Left heart there

44. Withdraw from circulation 45. Manila hemp 47. An alloy of copper and zinc 48. Fire embers 50. Thousand cubic feet (abbr.) 51. Catches 56. British Air Aces 57. Blossoming 62. Rush-like marsh plant 63. Small integer

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BBY N, 4 BR , great hse, gd loc, lrg corner lot, nr schools/transit/ SFU, h/w heating, N/S. $2200. Avail Mar 1, Denis 604-838-4661

GARDEN VILLA

COQ OFF FOSTER, 4 BR newer home, laundry, close to schools, shops. Avail Mar 1. $2500 + 2/3 utls. NS/NP. 604-561-6553

CALL 604 715-7764

N WEST reno house. 4 BR upper, 1.5 baths, f/p, beautiful view, $1500+utils; 2 BR suite $1000+ utils. Shr w/d, cls to s/train/schls. N/S, N/P. Av now. 604-436-9013

1010 6th Ave, New West 1 BR & 2 BR Available. Beautiful atrium with fountain. By shops, college & transit. Pets negotiable. Ref required. BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

VILLA MARGARETA 320-9th St, New West

Bach & 1 BR Available. All Suites Have Balconies. Undergrd Parking Available. Refs Required. Small Pet Ok.

CALL 604 715-7764 BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

SKYLINE TOWERS 102-120 Agnes St, N.West

Hi-Rise Apartment with River View & Indoor Pool. 1 BR & 2 BR Available. Rent includes heat & hot water. Remodelled Building and Common area. Gated undergrd parking available. References required.

CALL 604 525-2122 BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

BONSOR APTS Renovated high rise, concrete building. Penthouse, 1 BR & 2 BR available. Very close to Metrotown, Skytrain & Bonsor swimming pool. Rent includes heat, hot water. Refs req’d.

Contact Alex 604-999-9978 or Bayside Property Services Office: 604-432-7774

POCO, Lincoln Prk 1500sf, 3 BR 2 bath, w/in-law-ste, appls, all newly reno’d & hrdwd flrs, carport. $1900. Av Feb 15. 778-288-8168 STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN No Qualification Required

ABBOTSFORD - 3262 Clearbrook Road, 3 bedrooms with 2 bedroom legal suite. Only $1,636/m. Low Down. Flexible Terms. (604) 626-9647 (604) 657-9422 www.wesellhomesbc.com

STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN ● No Qualification - Low Down ● NEW WEST- 1722-6th Av 2 bdrm HOUSE w/1 suite 2 f/p,Long term finance, new roof, RT-1..$1,288/M SURREY- 6297 - 134 St. Solid 5 Bdrm HOUSE w/2 bdrm suite on 1/4 acre, needs TLC.... $1,688M CHILLIWACK - 9557 Williams, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town..... $888/M Call Kristen today (604)786-4663 www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca

6450

ROYAL CRESCENT ESTATES

Large units. Close to Golden Ears Bridge. Great view of River

office: 604- 463-0857 cell: 604- 375-1768

6595-40

New Westminster

NEW WEST. Furn’d, Room $440 incls sh’d kitch & bath & utils. 604-767-3863 or 778-837-4596

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

BBY 2 BR grnd lvl in new house, $750 incls heat/hydro. NS/NP. Nr Canada Way/Imperial. Available Mar 1. 604-521-6658

BBY, E. 18th Ave. 2 BR, f/bath, shared laundry - 1/week. Ns/np. $875/mo includes hydro. Near schools. Immed. 604-522-9756 BBY HTS Bach, priv ent, own w/d, n/p, Mar 1, st prkg, nr transit, $750 incls all utils. 604-765-2869 BBY N. , 1 BR bmnt, newer home, w/d, alarm, N/p, N/s, Feb 15, $850 incl utils & cbl. 604-970-7724 BBY, Near BCIT, 2 BR g/lvl ste. NS/NP. $1000/mo. incl utils, n/s, n/p, Avail Immed. 778-688-1790 COQ. 1 BR + den, 900 sq ft, grnd lev, priv ent & w/d, N/p, N/s, cls to bus route & Hwy, $950/mo incls hydro & heat. 604-529-1880 COQ 1 BR g/lvl, nr Miller Park, $750 inc util, suits sngle, w/d, Mar 1. no dogs. Ref. 604-936-2206

COQ 3121 Pattulo, 2 BR bsmt, full bath, own w/d, all appls. $1050 incls utils. Pets ok. 2 mins to Coq Centre. Avail now. 778-688-2594 COQ, Como Lake/Clarke. 1 BR, f/bath. Ns/np. $695/mo incl hydro/ cable. Av. now. 778-217-9934 COQ, Lough Mall. 2 BR, g/lvl. Priv w/d & ent. F/ba. Ns/Np. $985/mo incls utils, Immed. 604-931-3677

COQ MUNDY Park, 1 BR, clean & quiet, w/d. $650 incls hydro. Suits 1. NS/NP. Mar 1. 604-939-9950

COQ, Westwood Plateau. Beautiful 2 BR & den g/lvl. Hot tub, 7 appl. 1400 sf. Ns/np. $1,475 + util. 1 year lease. Now. 604-945-9594 CQ COMO Lk / SFU. Reno’d 1 BR bsmt, shd W/D, full bath. Mar 1. $750 incls utls/cbl/net NS/NP. Suits 1. On bus rte. 604-939-1107

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

HERITAGE MTN 3BD, 1BA, quiet grd floor 1600 sq.ft. W/D, F/P, D/W, HDTV incl, NS, NP, refs. req, $1250+1/3 util, Avail Mar 01 604-937-5307 N. WEST, Queensborough, 3 BR, main flr, 1 bath, $1100/mo + utils, available immed, own parking. 604-722-5550 or 604-671-8389

NEW WEST. 1 BR, f/p, priv entry & w/d. Ns/np. $695/mo incl hydro/ sat tv/’net. Apr 1. 604-521-3693 NEW WEST Bright roomy 1 BR ste, n/s, quiet, n/p, on bus rte, nr skytrain, $750 incls utils, cbl, net, w/d, Immed. Refs. 778-397-2002 NEW WEST Newly updated Lrg 1 BR or 2 BR bsmt, 2 baths, furn, 1blk from JI, nr SFU, 1200 sqft. Avail Now. ns/np, 604-516-6346 POCO NORTHSIDE, Bach bsmt ste, sh’d W/D. NS/NP. Avail Mar 1. $500 incls utls. 604-783-5822

6605

Townhouses Rent

COQUITLAM 2 BR townhouse , quiet family complex, no pets. $920. Call 604-942-2277. M. RIDGE. 3 BR + den, 2.5 bath, 5 appl, 2 prkg. 1455 sf. $1425/mo. Nr WCE. Immed. 604-941-5594 POCO 2 BR T/H $765, $785 & $830/mo. Quiet-family complex, No Pets! Avail Now. Call 604-464-0034 POCO Brand New 4 BR, 2200 sqft, h/w flrs, 3 lvl, golf course with view, N/P, N/S, $2100, 2 car garage, Apr 1, w/d, 604-430-5608

RIVERS INLET Townhouses

(Coquitlam Centre area) • 2 BR Townhouse • 3 BR Townhouse 1.5 bath, 2 levels, 5 appls, decorative fireplace, carport. Sorry no pets. Move - in Bonus

Call 604-942-2012

WOODLAND PARK

TOWNHOMES Professionally managed family townhome complex on 28 acres located in beautiful Port Moody. Spacious 2 BR & 3 BR units, 5 appls, inste W/D, walk out bsmt, 1 parking. Cat friendly.

Contact 604-939-0221 woodland@rentmidwest.com

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Miscellaneous Rentals

GATED PARKING AVAILABLE New Westminster CALL 604 723-8215 BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

22588 Royal Crescent Ave, Maple Ridge

Shared Accommodation

Post 83 Co-op

Highrise Co-op close to Metrotown, Skytrain, Central Park 1BR Rents from $686 to $787 per month. Share purchase $1,500. Income must be above $27,500 per year. NO PETS NO SUBSIDY AVAILABLE Please send SAE with a $10.00 application fee to Post 83 Co-op #106 4221 Mayberry St Burnaby BC V5H 4E8

909 - 12th Street

Bright 2 BR ste. New carpets. Fridge, stove & W/D in building. Avail now or Feb 1. $950. Ns/np. Lease & excellent refs a must.

6595

6590

Rooms

BBY 2 rooms avail, w/d, n/s, n/p. Prof person. $500 incls cbl/utils, pkng. Av now. 604-434-5578

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8010

Alarm/Security

ALARM 604-463-7919 Systems Ltd.

8030

Carpentry

* RENOS * Bsmt refinish * Drywall * Bath Tiles * Windows * Doors * Stairs. Call Norm 604-437-1470

8055

Cleaning

A.S.B.A. ENTERPRISE. Comm/ Res. Free Est. $20/hour includes supplies. Insured. 604-723-0162 CLEANING LADY available. Meticulous, detailed, honest & reliable. Please call 778-233-5859 Exp. Reliable European Cleaning, Move In or Out, Res/ Comm★ Call 604 760-7702 ★

8073

Drainage

DRAINAGE, SEWER & WATER Underground Video Inspection Call Tobias 604 782-4322

8075

Drywall

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

J.A. CONSTRUCTION

Specializing in drywall & textured ceiling repairs, drywall ﬁnishing, stucco repairs, painting. Fully insured.

604-916-7729 JEFF

*Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925

8080

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

Refinish, sanding, install, dustless Prof & Quality work 604-219-6944 Century Hardwood Floors ★Hardwood flr refinishing ★Repairs ★ Staining ★ Free Estimate. Contact 604-376-7224 Hardwood, Lam. Prof. Install, Refinish, Stain. Non-toxic Finishes. Expert Advice... 604-715-8455 INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices. Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508

8125

Electrical

#1113 Low Cost Electric 522-3435 Comm/Res/Panel change Heating/Appl Repair. Lic & Bonded.

Gutters

A1 Steve’s Gutter Cleaning & Repair from $98. Gutters vacuumed/hand clean. 604-524-0667 ADANAC GUTTERS- Installation of continuous gutters, cleaning & repairs. Call ....604-676-1085 PRESSURE WASHING, Gutter Cleaning and Repairs Call George • 778-859-7793

8150

DRAIN TILES & WATER LINES Without Digging a Trench 604-294-5300

Flooring/ Refinishing

8105

Kitchens/Baths

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS Best Price with Best Quaily Jeff 778-928-9201

8155

Landscaping

Certiﬁed professionals specializing in new installs of Retaining walls, Pavers, Soft landscaping, Decks etc;

Call 604-522-8360 or 778-960-8504 www.ilandscapes.ca

★ AMAZING TOUCH LAND’G ★ Bobcat, paving, retaining walls, turf, planting, etc. 604-889-4083 ★ OPERA LANDSCAPING ★ Retaining walls, irrigation, paving, patios, fences, etc. 778-688-2444

8160

Lawn & Garden

Winter Services Same Day Service, Fully Insured

SNOW REMOVAL

# 1167 LIC Bonded. BBB, lrg & sm jobs, expert trouble shooter, WCB, low rates, 24/7. 617-1774.

• Yard Clean-Ups • Pruning • Gutters • Landscaping

• Xmas Lights • Hedges • Rubbish Removal • Odd Jobs

Contr 97222. 40 years exp. 1 stop! Reas. rates! BBB. 778-988-9493.

310-JIMS (5467) BOOK A JOB AT

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

8087

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

one mini, drainage, landscaping, stump / rock / cement / oil tank removal. Water / sewer line, 24 hours Call 341-4446 or 254-6865

8250

www.jimsmowing.ca

• Residential and Commercial • Landscape Maintenance • Yard Clean-up • Gardening • Hedge Trimming • Tree Pruning

Free Est 604-779-6978

Excavating

Lawn & Garden

8220

To place your ad call

604-444-3000 Plumbing

email:

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A Gardener & A Gentleman Lawn, garden, tree svcs. Pruning, yard clean-up, rubbish. 319-5302

* MUSHROOM MANURE *

P/U or delivery. Covered storage. (604) 644-1878

Roofing

Trim/Prune hedges, rubbish removal, yard clean-up. Free Est, reasonable rates. 604-710-9670 WILDWOOD LANDSCAPING Tree & Hedge Pruning. Hedge removal. 604-893-5745

8185

Moving & Storage

*Furnaces *Boilers *Hot Water Heating * Hot Water tanks. *Furnace Cleaning with truck mounted machine

604-312-7674

10% Off with this Ad! For all your plumbing, heating & reno needs. Lic Gas Fitter, Aman. 778-895-2005

1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 Ton $ From

45 We accept Visa, Mastercard & Interac Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance

FREE ESTIMATES Seniors Discount

604-537-4140 www.affordablemoversbc.com

ADVANCE MOVING LTD MOVING & DELIVERY EXPERTS!! Licensed, Bonded & Insured Single item to full house moves We Guarantee the Cost of Every Move Flat Rates always available A+ (604) 861-8885 BBB www.advancemovingltd.com Rating

Abe Moving & Delivery & Rubbish Removal. Available 24 hours. Call Abe at: 604-999-6020 A MOVING EXPERIENCE WITH L & D ENTERPRISES !!! Fast & Dependable Special Rates Seniors Disc. Call 604-464-5872 ABBA MOVERS bsmt clean 1-4 ton Lic, ins’d from $35/hr, 2 men $45 hr honest 26 yrs est 506-7576. AMI MOVING ★ 3-5 ton cube. Starting at $39/hour. Local & long distances. 24/7 ★ 604-617-8620 TWO BROTHERS MOVING Local & Long Distance 604-720-0931 • bc.moving@gmail.com • TwoGuysWithATruck.ca Moving, Storage, Free EST 604-628-7136. Visa, OK

8195

Painting/ Wallpaper

PRIMO PAINTING

Interior & Exterior Interior Special Free Est. - 15 Years Exp. Insured /WCB

604-723-8434

Complete HOME Renovations Commercial & Residential Greg • 604-818-0165 Good Day Painting Fully Insured, Quality Work, Res/Comm, No Payment till Job is Completed! Call Thomas 604 377-1338 MILANO Painting 604-551-6510 Int/Ext. Good Prices. Free Est. Written Guar. Prof & Insured. ★ QUAYSIDE PAINTING ★ BBB • Fully insured • WCB Ceiling text. repair. 604-727-0043

8205

Paving/Seal Coating

ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick, drains, foundations, walls, membranes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187

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Plumbing

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604

436-1005

Rubbish Removal

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CHEAP CHEAP

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8295

Roof Snow Removal by RCABC Cert’d ROOFERS. 50 years exp. Dunrite Roofing • 604-522-8516

Snow Removal

K & E’S 24 HOUR SNOW PLOWING & SALTING Commercial & Residential Fully Insured trucke2k@hotmail.com

1 to 3 Men

Tried & True Since 1902

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8255

Roofing

AFFORDABLE MOVING

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8250

Certified GAS FITTER & PLUMBER

PLUMBERS

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8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

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8255

Rubbish Removal

8300

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

Quality Home Improvement ★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job Too Big or Small. 604-725-8925

A L L JU N K ?

8250

Telephone Services

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8309

Tiling

A to Z CERAMIC TILES Installation, Repairs, Fair Prices Free Est. 444-4715 cel 805-4319

8315

Tree Services

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Window Cleaning

BOB’S WINDOW Gets that Clean, Clear Shine No Drops, No Drips, No Streaks Right into the corners! Serving you for over 20 yrs. Also do Gutters 604 588-6938

Yes, we Remove & Recycle Anything

604-537-8523

AUTOMOTIVE

9105

Auto Miscellaneous

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9129

Luxury Cars

9145

Scrap Car Removal

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AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash paid for full sized vehicles. 604-518-3673

9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

2005 DODGE Ram 1500 4x4

Quad cab 4.7L V8 92 km new tire dealer serv $14000 604-812-1870

9160

Sports & Imports

2003 VW Jetta 1.8L turbo, 4 dr, auto, well maintained, exc shape, gray, $7800. 604-980-7872

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8307

8335

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15% OFF

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8160

Burnaby NOW • Wednesday, February 16, 2011 • A39

CASH FOR ALL VEHICLES

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Roofing

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A40 • Wednesday, February 16, 2011 • Burnaby NOW

Langley Farm Market PRODUCE

ITALIAN KIWI FRUITS

PACIFIC ROSE APPLES

Product of Italy

Product of Washington ($1.28/kg)

RUSSET POTATOES

MEDIUM CARROTS

Beef Strip Loin Steaks (N.Y.)

$15.41/kg..................................................

Product of Washington (3 lb Mesh Bag)

249ea

M E AT

Beef Outside Round Roast

$ 99

/lb

G RO C E RY

Farmers Gold German Egg Noodles (500g)........................... $299ea (Fine & Broad) Kikkoman Stir Fry Sauce (285ml).................................... $249ea

$7.25/kg.................................................... $329/lb

BA K E RY

Garlic Herb Bread (500g) ................................$229ea Portugese Buns (6 PER BAG)............................$189ea Apple Streusel Pie (8 inches)........................... $299ea

BOILER ONIONS

Product of California (5 lb Bag)

Product of Washington (10 lb Bag)

4 for

Frozen Seawave Squid (1 Kg)..................................................... $399ea

DELI

Cuddy Oven Roasted Chicken (100g)............................... $128 Grimms Pizza Pepperoni (100g)......................................98¢ Mozzarella Cheese (100g) .................................... $109

Valid Wed. Feb. 16 - Sun. Feb. 20, 2011 while quantities last

WE ARE HIRING!

For Freshness and Quality you can count on!

12th Ave.

11th Ave.

for the following positions: • Deli Counter Helper • Stocker • Cashier S W

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