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page 2 page 6 page 11 PONDERING A POST CHEVRON FUTURE STAGE SET FOR B.C. SENATE ELECTION CHINESE NEW YEAR RETURNS www.burnabynewsleader.com WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 6 2013 Woman loses bid for kids’ support Wanda Chow [email protected] A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed a woman’s lawsuit in which she attempted to sue her five long-estranged children for parental support. Shirley Anderson started the suit in 2000 using a rarely used section of the Family Relations Act which allows for parents to claim support from their children due to “age, illness, infirmity or economic circumstances.” The section was repealed in 2011, largely as a result of the publicity around Anderson’s case, which went ahead because it pre-dated the change. The children say their mother abandoned them when they were teenagers and have been estranged for 20 or 30 years. According to the judgment by B.C. Supreme Court Justice G. Bruce Butler, Shirley Anderson, 74, is dependent on government benefits to cover her expenses which include a rental apartment, home telephone, Internet, cell phone, cable, operation of a 1990 Chevrolet and a cat. Was rescued after being trapped for two days under clutter Wanda Chow [email protected] Burnaby city hall plans to clean up the yard of a South Burnaby home which made headlines last month when the owner had to be rescued after being trapped for days under his clutter. City staff were to ask for council’s authorization Monday to clean up the property and overgrowth at 6925 Mandy Ave. which has been the subject of numerous unsightly premises complaints over the years. Since 2000, the city has received 10 complaints about the property mainly due to materials stored in the yard. In 2006, the city ordered a cleanup of the property but after appeals to council, the owner was given deadline extensions so he could do the work himself. He managed to bring the yard into compliance with the unsightly premises bylaw in 2007 and over the next five years city staff have kept in contact with the owner and neighbours to address neighbourhood concerns when necessary, said a city staff report. Last July, the city received another similar complaint. “Enforcement action was initiated and staff contact with the elderly property owner led to a request for Fraser Health Authority to conduct a health assessment,” the report said. On Jan. 14, the man, who is in his 70s, had to be rescued. Someone who had not been able to reach the man for a couple of days called Burnaby RCMP noting he had been ill and had mental health issues related to hoarding. When police officers and Burnaby Fire Department arrived, the man managed to call out to let them know he couldn’t move and had been trapped under a pile of debris for days. Firefighters knocked down the door and cut him free of the clutter with a chainsaw, before he was taken to hospital with a severe injury to his leg, which had been trapped underneath him the whole time. City moves to clean up hoarder’s yard RYAN STELTING/CONTRIBUTED Burnaby RCMP responded to a call of a man with a knife and the man was later shot dead by police near Hastings Street at Macdonald Avenue. He was the son of the Squamish First Nations Chief Gibby Jacob. See Story on Page A4 Burnaby South fought hard in a tournament on home ground this past weekend. See Page A9 Please see $20K-$25K, A3 Please see ‘I WAS’, A3 No cash value, one coupon per customer. Valid any day from 11am-2pm. Expires February 28, 2013. Taxes and gratuities not included. Riverway Clubhouse 9001 Bill Fox Way Reservations: 604-297-4888 or facebook.com/riverwayclubhouse ENJOY ANY BURGER FOR $11.95 Terms & conditions apply. * Real Chequing Account Financial Services Since 1940 • www.gvccu.com 604-298-3344 BRENTWOOD BRANCH 1801 Willingdon Ave. 604-421-3456 LOUGHEED BRANCH 9608 Cameron St. * / MONTH or less 5 $

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Page 1: Burnaby NewsLeader, February 06, 2013

page2 page6 page11Pondering a Post chevron future

stage set for B.c. senate election

chinese new Year returns

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wednesdaY February 6 2013

Woman loses bid for kids’ supportWanda [email protected]

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed a woman’s lawsuit in which she attempted to sue her five long-estranged children for parental support.

Shirley Anderson started the suit in 2000 using a rarely used section of the Family Relations Act which allows for parents to claim support from their children due to “age, illness, infirmity or economic circumstances.”

The section was repealed in 2011, largely as a result of the publicity around Anderson’s case, which went ahead because it pre-dated the change.

The children say their mother abandoned them when they were teenagers and have been estranged for 20 or 30 years.

According to the judgment by B.C. Supreme Court Justice G. Bruce Butler, Shirley Anderson, 74, is dependent on government benefits to cover her expenses which include a rental apartment, home telephone, Internet, cell phone, cable, operation of a 1990 Chevrolet and a cat.

Was rescued after being trapped for two days under clutterWanda [email protected]

Burnaby city hall plans to clean up the yard of a South Burnaby home which made headlines last month when the owner had to be rescued after being trapped for days under his clutter.

City staff were to ask for council’s authorization Monday to clean up the property and overgrowth at 6925 Mandy Ave. which has been

the subject of numerous unsightly premises complaints over the years.

Since 2000, the city has received 10 complaints about the property mainly due to materials stored in the yard.

In 2006, the city ordered a cleanup of the property but after appeals to council, the owner was given deadline extensions so he could do the work himself.

He managed to bring the yard into compliance with the unsightly premises bylaw in 2007 and over the next five years city staff have kept in contact with the

owner and neighbours to address neighbourhood concerns when necessary, said a city staff report.

Last July, the city received another similar complaint. “Enforcement action was initiated and staff contact with the elderly property owner led to a request for Fraser Health Authority to conduct a health assessment,” the report said.

On Jan. 14, the man, who is in his 70s, had to be rescued. Someone who had not been able to reach the man for a couple of days called Burnaby RCMP noting he had been

ill and had mental health issues related to hoarding.

When police officers and Burnaby Fire Department arrived, the man managed to call out to let them know he couldn’t move and had been trapped under a pile of debris for days.

Firefighters knocked down the door and cut him free of the clutter with a chainsaw, before he was taken to hospital with a severe injury to his leg, which had been trapped underneath him the whole time.

City moves to clean up hoarder’s yard

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WV mayor says Chevron pullout would not be direJeff NagelBlack Press

Not all local mayors agree the loss of the Chevron refinery in Burnaby would bring more pain at the pumps for Lower Mainland drivers.

West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith, who has a business background as a petroleum distributor, disputes suggestions that the refinery, if closed, could force gas prices up sharply in the region because of the reduced local supply.

It’s the last remaining refinery in the region and it’s become entangled in the debate over the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, with critics warning the push to export more crude oil to Asia threatens to starve the plant of its supply.

Smith doesn’t accept suggestions the loss of the refinery would lead to Canadian crude being shipped to China, refined there and then imported back.

“It makes no sense,” he said, pointing to more efficient U.S. refineries just across the border in Washington state that get crude by tanker from Alaska and could easily serve the B.C. market.

“There are three refineries 50 miles from the border with 10 times the capacity of the Chevron refinery,” Smith said. “It’s a hell of a lot cheaper.”

He told Metro Vancouver’s regional planning committee Friday he expects Chevron will eventually close the aging Burnaby refinery, but simply as a result of unfavourable economics.

Smith also noted most B.C. gas and diesel now comes not from the Chevron refinery but down Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta refineries.

Closure of Chevron in Burnaby

would mean pipeline capacity that now carries its crude could instead deliver more refined petroleum to the region, he added.

His comments came as Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan prepares to appear at a National Energy Board hearing in Calgary next month in support of an application by Chevron for a guaranteed, secure supply of crude through Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline. The refinery has recently resorted to trucking in some oil because it has been unable to outbid other users for access to the over-subscribed pipeline.

Opposing Chevron at the NEB hearing is at least one of the Washington refineries that could profit from its demise. Corrigan said he still suspects China – with much weaker environmental rules – might be able to refine oil so cheaply it can still be shipped back to B.C. competitively.

He denied he’s out to protect local jobs in his city, adding the issue is the ability to refine in Canada – even if Smith is right that gas would come from the U.S.

“To be producing oil and not being able to refine it seems ridiculous,” he said. “If we end up in a situation where we have no refining capacity at all in a city of two and a half million people and we’re dependent entirely on the American system to provide us with oil, I think that’s a real issue for our autonomy.”

Politicians ponder post-Chevron future

Burnaby’s Chevron refinery’s days could be numbered, according to West Van Mayor Michael Smith.

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He was suffering from dehydration and there was reportedly no heat or electricity in the home. Police say the clutter was piled floor to ceiling in every room on both floors of the house.

The man remains in hospital, the report said. With the help of a social worker, city staff have spoken

with the man to explain the necessity of the yard’s cleanup.

“Staff will continue to work to facilitate the request of the property owner that prior to any cleanup, trusted neighbours be given the opportunity to collect anything that may be of value on the property and store it for him.”

Engineering department staff estimate it will cost $20,000 to $25,000 to clean up the yard over two weeks, a job that may require machine and manual labour. If the cost is left unpaid by the end of the year, it will be added to the owner’s property tax bill.

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A motorcycle accident on Highway 1 in Burnaby produced something of a domino effect of collisions early Sunday morning.

The incident took place in a construction zone between Kensington Avenue and Gaglardi Way just before 1 a.m.

Construction crews had directed traffic to merge into one lane, said Cpl. Robert McDonald of RCMP Lower Mainland Traffic Services. When a vehicle came to a stop in traffic in

the eastbound HOV lane, a motorcyclist failed to do so and collided with the first vehicle.

While officers from two RCMP cruisers were investigating the accident scene, McDonald said, “somebody was looking at the fire trucks and ambulance, didn’t pay attention to what was in front of him and drove directly into the back of our police car.”

The impact of hitting the first police vehicle pushed it into a second police car parked in front of it.

Photos from the scene show a GMC SUV had plowed into the rear of the police cruiser causing significant damage, and the motorcycle on its side with pieces broken off.

McDonald said there were no injuries other than minor ones involving the motorcyclist, who was taken to hospital. Police continue to investigate and are considering potential criminal charges in the first collision involving the motorcycle, he said. Alcohol is believed to have been a factor.

According to media reports, she wanted each of her five children to pay her $750 a month in support. She was receiving $10 a month as interim parental support pending the trial.

Of the five children—Donna Dobko of Burnaby, and Darrell, Brian, Kenneth and Keith Anderson—Brian died in 2010, Keith is currently unemployed and Darrell is legally blind after a welding accident while in prison. Anderson has “reconnected” with Darrell and did not pursue the claim against him, the judgment noted.

That left only Donna and Kenneth potentially able to support their mother, but Butler determined neither have the ability to support Anderson, taking into account their responsibilities, including supporting their own children, mortgages and future retirement needs.

However, even if the children had the ability to pay some support, Butler stressed that under the circumstances, he would not have ordered them to do so.

The children’s father was injured in a serious truck accident when Donna was seven years old, the judgment said. When Anderson had difficulty coping with five young kids, she separated them, sending Donna and Brian to live with another family for almost two years, while Keith was bounced from relative to relative. The two youngest, Kenneth and Darrell, lived with their mother and grandmother.

Donna said her mother was “manipulative and psychologically abusive during her teenage years” and as a result, she moved away from Anderson’s home when she was 17 and supported herself from then on.

Anderson has had little to do with her daughter since her marriage, provided no support when she was being treated for breast cancer, and has no relationship with her granddaughters.

“While the claimant contacted Donna a few times over the years, it was only when she wanted money.”

Kenneth, meanwhile, struggled with school and recalled receiving no support or assistance from his mom. And when he was in Grade 10 and his parents moved to Castlegar, he was

placed with another dysfunctional family who received no financial support from Kenneth’s parents.

Kenneth started supporting himself at age 16 by pumping gas. His employers at the gas station eventually took him in, providing room and board until he was 25 and treating him like a son.

When Kenneth married his wife, Sherry, Anderson began to deny being his mother and threatened to publish a story to that effect in the Osoyoos newspaper, the judgment said. As a result, Kenneth and Sherry have had no contact with her since 1995 and their two sons have had no relationship with Anderson.

While Anderson denied abandoning the children, claiming she found homes for them when she was unable to support them when her husband (who died in 1996) was unable to work, she did not deny the estrangement and allegations that she failed to provide emotional or financial support for her children, Butler noted.

“In her written argument she sums up her position as follows: ‘the most that can be said by the children is that I did not treat them well; but ...I was not abusive to them.’”

Butler added, “The evidence of all of the respondent children describes an unhappy childhood at the hands of an uncaring mother. It is no coincidence that all of the children had similar experiences with the claimant.”

If they had the financial means and he had to determine a level of support for Donna and Kenneth to provide, Butler said, their childhood experiences and the lengthy estrangement “which resulted from the claimant’s failure to parent the children in any meaningful way are sufficient to relieve the court from considering any moral claim by the claimant to a lifestyle similar to that of her children.”

With all that considered, Butler concluded, “there is no reason to rank the claimant’s desire for more amenities above the needs of Donna and Kenneth.”

Donna Dobko did not respond to a message requesting comment before the NewsLeader’s deadline.

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The man who died after being shot by Burnaby RCMP in the Heights neighbourhood Thursday has been identified by the B.C. Coroners Service as 45-year-old Vancouver resident Ryan Allen Walter Jacob.

According to media reports, Jacob was the son of the Squamish First Nation’s Chief Gibby Jacob.

Shortly after 1 a.m. on Jan. 31 a Burnaby RCMP officer responded to a 911 call of

a man with a knife in the 4100-block of Albert Street. The officer spotted a suspect matching the description on Hastings Street near Macdonald Avenue.

Following a confrontation, the man was shot and taken by ambulance to Vancouver General Hospital where he died soon after arrival.

The Independent Investigations Office, a civilian-led body created to investigate

police incidents that result in death or serious harm, and the B.C. Coroners Service continue to investigate the death.

“The family of Mr. Jacob has been notified of his death,” according to a B.C. Coroners Service press release. “On behalf of family members, the BC Coroners Service asks that the media respect their privacy at this difficult time.”

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The BC Conservative Party has appointed its first candidate in Burnaby for the next provincial election.

Entrepreneur Wayne Marklund will run in the riding of Burnaby North against incumbent BC Liberal Richard Lee and New Democrat Janet Routledge.

Marklund has lived in North Burnaby since the late 1980s and owns Candu Glass Ltd., which has locations in North Burnaby and North Vancouver.

Born and raised in East Vancouver, he played professional soccer in the early 1980s and continues to coach soccer and play part time, according to a Conservative party press release. He formerly served as regional director with the BC Conservatives.

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B.C. Opposition leader Adrian Dix turned his focus to the province’s high tech sector with a tour of local companies Thursday that included Burnaby’s Webtech Wireless.

The leader of the B.C. New Democrats told reporters outside Webtech’s offices that despite the large number of employees in tech and entertainment companies, “there’s a lack of significant presence of some of those industries in the [province’s] Jobs Plan.”

“We have to take efforts to ensure these industries, which create lots of jobs, lots of opportunities, especially for young people, get adequate support,” said Dix, noting the tour is part of efforts to inform the NDP as it prepares an alternate approach to some of B.C.’s key economic issues heading into the May 14 election.

“Natural gas is very important, LNG (liquid natural gas) is very important. These industries are very important, we have to promote them. But we have to pay attention to also where a lot of the jobs are,” he said. “We think of some of the biggest industrial developments in B.C., in forestry and mining, and we’re seeing major new projects with comparatively low employment compared to the density of employment we’re seeing here [in the tech sector].

“So we have to do both, not one or the other. It’s not resource industry or high tech, it’s not a creative industry or forestry, it’s all of the above, that’s what we have to continue to work to do.”

When asked how the NDP’s plan to raise government revenues by increasing corporate taxes will affect companies such as those in the tech sector, Dix said, “I think we’ve got to make sure we’re competitive with other jurisdictions. So that’s why there won’t be any reintroduction of the

capital tax, there’ll be no change to the small business tax.”

But in addition to being competitive on taxation, the key, he said, is to make sure there’s an adequate skilled, trained workforce. Representatives from the manufacturing sector have told him they could create jobs if only they could find trained people to hire.

“The government’s job isn’t to create private sector jobs, it’s to ensure the environment is there for the creation of those jobs. And these days when we’re

facing a skills shortage, a lot of that is about skills training,” Dix said.

“If we’re going to make specific improvements, specific increases in revenue, I think we’ve got to show where that money will go ... That’s why when we say we would reinstate a minimum tax on the big banks, for example, the money isn’t going just into general revenue, it’s going to be focused on ensuring that people have access to the post-secondary education they need for the jobs of the future.”

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VICTORIA – Cannon will roar across the Inner Harbour on the morning of Feb. 12 to mark the opening of the 2013 legislature session.

Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon will inspect the troops and present her inaugural Throne Speech, setting out the B.C. Liberal government’s goals for the coming year.

This ritual will kick off a legislative session that is expected to run until March 14, where the official Parliamentary Calendar shows a three-week break for Easter. Debate is unlikely to resume in April, as the election campaign will be in full roar by then.

This means there will be a grand total of 19 sitting days to push through a budget and a raft of legislation. Here’s my unofficial preview.

The pre-election budget will be presented Feb. 19 by Finance Minister Michael de Jong. Premier Christy Clark has decreed that it must be balanced, and the government has made extra efforts to armour itself

against what will likely be the loudest debate ahead.

First, de Jong held a pre-budget meeting of the government’s blue-chip forecast council in public. This provided a visual record of what happens every year, when the finance ministry solicits the same sort of independent advice as most competent democracies, and bases its numbers on that.

Then the finance ministry hired former Bank of Montreal chief economist Tim O’Neill, who will act as an unofficial version of the parliamentary budget officer in Ottawa. Now that we have simultaneous oversight of child welfare and the police, the next step is to extend it to finance bureaucrats.

Regardless of party, the government has to produce a

three-year set of forecasts to replace the current one. A lot of election energy will go into competing claims about who is better at predicting the future.

Another new law to be given high priority is one setting up senate elections, to be run in connection with the May 14 provincial vote. Alberta pioneered this, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recent round of senate appointments included Calgary lawyer Doug Black, who won an Alberta senate election held last year.

There was no one appointed to replace Gerry St. Germain, who bid an emotional adieu as a Conservative senator for B.C. last year. St. Germain was instrumental in uniting the splintered federal Conservatives, but he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75, having been appointed by Brian Mulroney in 1993 after losing his seat as an MP.

Why would this senate reform be so urgent for the B.C. Liberals now? Well, turnout for the 2009

election fell to around 50 per cent, a record low for a provincial vote. If that downward trend is reversed this year, it will be in large part because people are still mad enough about the harmonized sales tax and a range of other issues to get off the couch and kick some B.C. Liberal butt.

Electing senators remains a popular notion, especially with older, conservative-minded voters in B.C. who identified with the Reform Party. The first-ever senate election looks like the best available shot at boosting turnout among people who are not likely to vote NDP, and who may also be disengaged from provincial politics.

And then there is the provincial sales tax bill. Another kick in the slats for the movie business, for one, and don’t hold your breath for NDP leader Adrian Dix to produce a solution in the wake of his recent trip to Tinsel Town.

The performance of the governing party and the opposition will be scrutinized as never before.

Stage set for B.C. senate election

Monday was the end for the penny.

That’s when the Royal Canadian Mint stopped shipping the humble copper-coloured coin to businesses and banks. Until then, the mint was essentially cleaning out its stockpile, as it hasn’t manufactured new pennies since last May.

Of course it will likely take years for the penny to disappear from circulation altogether, given the millions squirreled away in drawers and tin cans, savings for a rainy day’s small indulgences.

The mint says eliminating the penny will save $11 million a year.

But as with most things touched by government or its agencies, what one hand giveth, the other taketh away.

Businesses large and small will have to bear the cost of adjusting their pricing labels and cash registers to reflect the new penniless reality by rounding cash transactions up or down to the nearest nickel. For chains with retail outlets across the country, that could run to hundreds of thousands of dollars. For a mom-and-pop corner store, the expense of getting a technician to reprogram their cash register will likely rank pretty low on their priority list.

Some retailers say they’ll round up, others will round down. Some will leave it to the discretion of their cashiers.

For consumers standing in the checkout line, cash in hand, it’s likely to be a confusing time. A recent poll by Home Depot Canada found 88 per cent of them don’t know the penny is disappearing and 41 per cent have no idea how retailers are going to make pricing adjustments.

Oh, and don’t get too used to rounding transactions to the nearest nickel. One member of parliament says he plans to introduce a private motion to eliminate it next, followed by the quarter, to re-jig Canada’s currency to multiples of 10.

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COMMENT EMail [email protected]

Re: Problem tenant has residents on edge (NewsLeader, Feb. 1)

We’re writing in response to this disturbing story about a person who seems to have serious mental health issues and who is not getting the care and support he needs. There’s no doubt tenants have a right to a safe, quiet residence, and generally their rights are well protected. This situation must be very concerning for neighbours who have showed their concern.

But the story is really that people with mental-health issues don’t get proper health care. And that includes safe housing and community care. It’s tragic this man was hospitalized and released back into the community into a situation that was not helping him. We’ve been watching this smoldering health care mess for years. The provincial government hasn’t put the right kind of, or enough, resources into place to help this man. What kind of release plans and follow-up were in place when he left the hospital? Was his outfit—nothing more than green hospital pants, a

shirt and one boot—part of the plan?

This man is someone’s son, brother or father. He needs society’s support to protect him and help him become as healthy as he can. We need to talk about the people in our communities with unattended mental health issues during the upcoming provincial election.

We are our brother’s keeper.Mae Burrows

and Donald GutsteinBurnaby

Mayor’s hoMlessness views outdatedRe: Mayor Corrigan has his say on the homeless shelter issue (Column, NewsLeader, Feb. 1)

Halfway through reading this I had to stop and confirm that Chris Bryan’s interview with Mayor Derek Corrigan wasn’t some kind of elaborate political satire. Unfortunately, it wasn’t. As of this moment, the comments on the website commend Mr. Bryan for publishing “such a candid [interview]” while also congratulating the mayor on his

“compelling arguments” against cooperating with the province to fund and build a permanent homeless shelter in Burnaby. The “compelling arguments” mentioned by a commenter are in fact an elaborate exercise in finger-pointing, bolstered by a thinly veiled social darwinist perspective on low income and homeless individuals and their circumstances.

Corrigan appears well aware of his critics, as well as how simple it would be to set up a permanent homeless shelter, yet he refuses to do so, saying that it wouldn’t address the problem or help Burnaby as a whole. His main reason for refusing is based upon anecdotal personal experience which has led him to believe that the homeless population is generally “beyond hope,” so addicted, so morally reprehensible, that the appropriate response is leaving them to fend for themselves.

It’s funny because if Corrigan was to, for example, voice this opinion in one of the Sociology or Urban Studies seminars

I attend at UBC, a veritable uproar would ensue. He would be informed that “social darwinism,” i.e. the institutionalized de-valuing of those perceived as unable to take care of themselves through policy decisions, went out of style in the ’40s. And yet here, in 2013, a publicly elected representative is shamelessly mobilizing classist rhetoric to justify a decision that could save lives in one of our most vulnerable demographics.

Corrigan is correct about one thing: homelessness is a much more visible problem than that of the working poor. But to suggest that one population is more deserving than another is to play God, which coincidentally, isn’t part of the job description. Instead, it is the mayor’s job to both recognize that poverty is a structural problem and ensure that we are doing our best to support all populations.

Corrigan appears to have a selective understanding of poverty, recognizing the “working poor” are products of circumstance, who can benefit

from government assistance like subsidized housing, while turning a blind eye to homeless populations. He blames the closure of Riverview, lack of provincial and/or federal involvement, and anyone else rather than accepting that intervention in the homeless issue in Burnaby would be no different than the steps he took investing in community amenities in the Edmonds area.

However, refusing to acknowledge that Burnaby is part of a larger Lower Mainland urban system and can contribute to solving widespread issues therein is disingenuous, as the onus is simply shifted to another municipality or government.

While I’m not suggesting a permanent homeless shelter in Burnaby would solve everything, I believe Corrigan’s opposition is based upon an offensive, outdated view, informed by an isolationist attitude towards a problem that crosses municipal boundaries and requires cooperation on all fronts.

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Antonia Beck doesn’t swim. But that’s not going to stop her from heading under the sea at South Burnaby Neighbourhood House’s ninth annual Diamond Ball.

This year’s gala has an Under the Sea Fantasy theme, complete with a mermaid, a harpist and the liquidy-smooth vocal stylings of Adam Lucas, a Michael Bublé tribute performer.

The annual event is the major fundraiser for South Burnaby Neighbourhood House that allows it to run such programs as community kitchens, homework and friendship clubs, ESL instruction, family nights and computer classes.

“The money we raise can be used wherever we need it,” says Beck, who founded SBNH in 1996 as a small social service agency to help immigrants adjust to their new lives in Burnaby.

Today SBNH runs programs for children, youth, adults and families all across the city.

And while most of those programs are put on by dedicated volunteers, many of whom were recipients of SBNH’s services and are now giving back, renting space, and creating resource materials still costs money.

For some of that Beck looks to the business community.

Sue Cheung, of Investor’s Group, says she didn’t hesitate when called upon for support. Her company maintains a fund designated for community causes.

“We’re an integral part of the city’s landscape,” says Cheung, who also volunteers as the chair of SBNH’s board. “We care about the community.”

That kind of support is vital, says Beck. “Business wants to give back to the community.”

This year’s Diamond Ball will be held Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Firefighters Club. Cocktails are served at 6:30 p.m. and dinner is at 7:30 p.m. There will also be silent and live auctions, as well as a raffle for a piece of jewelry from Trio Diamond and Gold.

Tickets are $100 each, or $900 for a table of 10 and can be reserved by calling 604-431-0400.

RCMP issue mail theft warning

Burnaby RCMP are warning the public to be vigilant after recent mail thefts at apartment building mailboxes.

The thefts occurred at two different buildings in North Burnaby where the mailboxes serving the complexes were forced open and all the mail was stolen. Any multi-family building with a central mailbox can be similarly targeted, and create a risk of identity theft and fraudulent use of victims’ personal information.

Residents of such complexes need to be vigilant when entering or exiting their homes and be aware of strangers loitering around lobbies.

Property managers or Block Watch coordinators should be informed of any suspicious people trying to get in the building and anyone who sees suspicious or unusual activity is asked to call Burnaby RCMP at 604-294-7922.

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MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADERAntonia Beck, of South Burnaby Neighbourhood House, and Sue Cheung, of Investors Group, are waiting for the deluge as they prepare to head to the Under The Sea Fantasy gala ball to raise money for programs at SBNH.

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Devil-ish moveBurnaby Devils forward Samuel Spartano checks Ridge Meadows Burrards goalkeeper Sam Green as he tries to clear the ball in their Pacific Coast Lacrosse League U-12 game, Saturday at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex West.

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Cody Coombes, a graduate of Burnaby North secondary, defeated Casey Quinn of the North Idaho College Cardinals by decision in the 174-pound weight class at a dual wrestling men’s meet in Cour d’Alene, Idaho on Thursday. SFU lost the meet 29-15.

Monster gameNayo Raincock-Ekunwe had

a monster game for the Clan scoring 26 points and bringing down 16 rebounds as the Simon Fraser University Clan defeated the visiting University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks 71-55 on Saturday.

On Thursday, the Clan defeated the University of

Alaska Anchorage Seawolves 60-52 with Chambers leading the Clan with 20 points and four assists while Raincock-Ekunwe was the top rebounder with 17.

The wins give SFU a 9-2 record in Great Northwest Athletic Conference NCAA Division II play and a 16-3 overall record.

Next up for Simon Fraser is the Western Washington University Vikings, who clipped the Clan by two points in a game earlier this year in Bellingham, on Saturday starting at 7 p.m.

Double defeatThe men’s team didn’t have

the same success as the women, although a narrow loss Saturday was termed “a strong step forward” by the Clan’s Anto Olah.

The Australian scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 73-69 loss to the Montana State University-Billings Yellowjackets.

On Thursday, the Seattle Pacific University Falcons defeated the Clan 90-56 with Olah and American Elijah Matthews both scoring 14 points for SFU.

The Clan are 6-13 overall and have a 1-10 GNAC record. They will take on the Central Washington Wildcats in Ellensburg on Thursday.

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Celebrate at brentwoodBrentwood Town Centre is celebrating the Year of the Snake with lion and dragon dances by the Yau Kung Moon Athletic Institute and demonstrations by Chinese master artisans. When: Saturday, Feb. 9, 1-4 p.m. (lion and dragon dance 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Centre Court). Where: Brentwood Town Centre, 4567 Lougheed Hwy (at Willingdon), artisans beside children’s play area.

watCh the lion at lougheedAt Lougheed Town Centre, the Year of the Snake will be ushered in with a traditional Lion Dance performance in Centre Court, starting at 11 a.m. After the performance, the Lion will visit participating merchants in the mall for “Choy Chang,” a Chinese tradition to bless the store with good luck and prosperity throughout the year.

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Chinese New Year marks the beginning of the new year according to the Chinese lunisolar calendar. This year, 2013, is the Year of the Snake.

One of the more important elements of the Chinese New Year is the reunion dinner. For the reunion dinner, which is held on the eve of the new year, families traditionally gather in the parents’ home or the home of the eldest brother, though many families now gather in a restaurant. A reunion dinner typically includes a lavish spread featuring dishes like chicken, fish and pork.

Chinese New Year celebrations last for 15 days. During these celebrations, students and migrant workers return home, and much of the country is in transit. The festivities culminate on Chap Goh Mei, or the 15th night, which also involves a family meal as well as music and decorations.

The Snake is the sixth sign of the Chinese Zodiac. Enigmatic, intuitive, introspective, and refined, the Snake in the house is considered a good omen because it means your family will not

starve. People born in the Year of the Snake are considered keen, cunning, intelligent, wise and good at business. They also are typically sophisticated, and their choices for home decoration are cultured.

The origin of Chinese New Year is not entirely certain. One legend suggests that there was once a monster called Nian, who appeared each spring to attack Chinese villages. Legend has it that during these attacks Nian would eat anything to come in his path, be it plants, animals and even human beings. Fearful of Nian’s return, villagers one spring hung red paper on their doors and lit bamboo on fire when Nian arrived. The bright colours and crackling of bamboo burning startled Nian, who turned and fled. Since then, Chinese people hang red paper and lanterns outside their homes and loud noises, particularly those from firecrackers, are common on the eve of the new year.

This year the Chinese New Year will be celebrated on Feb. 10.

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A12 NewsLeader Wednesday, February 6, 2013A12 NewsLeader Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Year of the Water SnakeFortune teller Sherman Tai says people need to be conservative

Martin van den HemelBlack Press

Like in Western culture, snakes don’t receive a lot of love in Chinese mythology.

Anybody born after 7:48 a.m. on Feb. 4 takes on the characteristics linked to the Year of the Water Snake: they are very intelligent, flexible and can adapt to different environments, but are also self-centred, somewhat selfish, are quiet but can then be strikingly aggressive, according

to Richmond fortune teller and feng shui expert Sherman Tai.

According to Chinese custom—the “good old days,” as Tai refers to them—the Year of the Snake begins on Feb. 4 and runs through Feb. 10.

But these days, the celebration is shifted somewhat and extended, with Feb. 9 being

Chinese New Year’s Eve, and festivities continuing for a solid two weeks commencing Feb. 10 until Feb. 25.

As is normally the case among Chinese households, efforts are made to toss out the old, and bring in the new, he said.

Households are decluttered, with “old and useless garbage” such as clothing and unused items, donated to charities. This symbolizes the elmination of unhappiness and dirt,

Please see NOT, A13

On behalf of the City of Burnaby, our best wishes for a happy

and prosperous Chinese New Year!

Colleen Jordan

anne Kang

Paul MCdonell

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Did you know that Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in

the Chinese lunar calendar? It is celebrated around the

world in countries and regions that have significant Chinese populations. The year 2013 is the Year of the Snake. If you

were born in 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, or

2001, this is your year!

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013 NewsLeader A13Wednesday, February 6, 2013 NewsLeader A13

while doing a good service to the local community.

Homes are decorated, with new furniture or accessories added.

For families that are separated because of work, the Chinese New Year serves to reunify them.

Breadwinners who work in China and Hong Kong return to Canada to be with their children and families who are living here.

Many local Chinese restaurants are already fully booked for New Year-related dinners, Tai observed.

So what does the Year of the Water Snake hold for residents?

Not many lucky things will happen this

year, he said.He said families

“need to be conservative” and added that he believes the NDP will win the next provincial election “for sure.”

From a business perspective, profit margins will dwindle, while unemployment rates will remain steady and the Canadian dollar will perform well.

In China, Tai said the government is also ramping down planned festivities.

This will be a slow year for businesses.

And the local real estate market will remain slow for the next 18 months.

“I don’t think the market will be as exciting as before, especially in Richmond,” he said.

If you want to sell your home in the next year, Tai believes homeowners will

have to significantly discount their prices.

But he believes deep-pocketed land

speculators from Asia will continue to hold on to their properties as they await the

market to go back up.In China, the

commercial market will be “tough”, he

said, with higher levels of competition and relatively lower profit margins.

Not many lucky things will happencontinued from PAGE A12

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Public opinion crystallizing against project, survey findsJeff NagelBlack Press

A new poll has found 61 per cent of B.C. residents oppose Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, while support is at 35 per cent.

And the Insights West online survey found opponents of the project are more entrenched – 38 per cent are strongly opposed, compared to just 11 per cent who strongly support the new route for crude oil across northwestern B.C. to Kitimat.

“The negative side has continued to build momentum,” said Insights West president Steve Mossop, citing a hardening of opinions against

Enbridge in a series of polls since last spring.

“Opinions are becoming much stronger,” he said, likening the Enbridge issue to the crystallization of public opinion against logging in Clayoquot Sound in the 1990s.

“It’s a bit of a snowball effect,” Mossop said.

“And it becomes very difficult to change a very entrenched position like that.”

It’s a different story in Alberta, where the survey, which polled 512 B.C. residents and 562 Albertans, found 75 per cent support for the project.

Respondents in both provinces agreed by large margins the pipeline will create new jobs, support economic growth and create new capital investment.

But environmental concerns – the risk of ocean spills as well as pipeline construction impacts on land – trumped the economic benefits for most B.C. residents.

Men in both provinces were more likely than women to support building the pipeline.

The margin of error is plus or minus 4.1 per cent 19 times out of 20.

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T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation: David Lane, the executive director of the T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation, will speak on the work of Buck Suzuki during the 1960s and 1970s in protecting B.C. salmon habitat and rallying fellow commercial fishermen to help in conservation efforts, as well as current threats to wild salmon. Free. When: Thursday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m. Where: Nikkei Centre, 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby. Info: www.nikkeiplace.org or 604-777-7000.

Jan Ken Pon! Family Games Day: Experience over 20 traditional Japanese heritage games and toys, such as tops, Japanese-style cup and ball, make your own sumo wrestlers and beanbags. The highlight of the day is a rock-paper-scissors tournament wi th prizes. Old Japanese heritage toys will also be on display. Suitable for families with children aged four to 12. Children must be accompanied by an adult. When: Saturday, Feb. 9, 1-4 p.m. Where: Nikkei Centre, 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby. Admission: Child $4-5, adults and kids under two are free. Info: www.nikkeiplace.org or 604-777-7000.

Tenore Fundraiser Concert: Tenore, a group of three tenors, Shane Wiebe, Jason Catron and Mark David Williams, perform a fundraising concert to support Vancouver Urban Ministr ies , in partnership with World Vision, to assist children with learning disabilities living in poverty. When: Sunday, Feb. 10, 4-6 p.m. Where: Massey Theatre, 735 Eighth Ave., New Westminster. Tickets: $25, $35 & $45 + service charge, at http://www.masseytheatre.c o m / , t i ck e t i n g @masseytheatre.com or 604-521-5050.

Family Day Cele-brations: Day of live performances and activities presented by City of New Westminster’s Family Court Committee. Free parking at Front Street Parkade. When: Monday, Feb. 11, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Fraser

River Discovery Centre, 788 Quayside Dr., New Westminster.

KINA fundraiser: The Kingsway-Imperial Neighbourhood Association presents an art-filled fundraising evening. Paint an 11x14 creation inspired by Monet or Van Gogh, enjoy refreshments and prizes. All proceeds benefit KINA. When: Wednesday, Feb. 13, 6 to 8 p.m. Where: 4 Cats South Burnaby, 7790 Royal Oak Ave., Burnaby. Tickets: $25,

at 604-786-2452. Info: www.KINAburnaby.ca.

Forever Edmonds Black and White Ball: Mark the transition to the new Edmonds community centre with this retrospective celebration of 40 years of Edmonds excitement! Dress up, as this semi-formal event features entertainment, dinner and dancing, plus the first look at the newly unveiled Edmonds yearbook . When: Friday, Feb. 15, 5 to 8

p.m. Where: Edmonds Community Centre for 55+, 7282 Kingsway, Burnaby. Cost: $25. Info and to register: 604-297-4400.

Forever Edmonds Capsule Countdown: Join us for a family-f r i e n d l y e v e n t c e l e b r a t i n g t h e rich heritage of the Edmonds community. See the contributions for the time capsule to be sealed and placed in the new Edmonds Community

Centre, while enjoying entertainment, children’s activities, craf ts and l ight refreshments. Donations to Edmonds S e n i o r s S o c i e t y gratefully accepted. Free admission. When: Saturday, Feb. 16, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Where: Edmonds Community Centre for 55+, 7282 Kingsway, Burnaby. Info: 604-525-1671.

Treasure Hunt Flea Market & Book Sale: N i k k e i N a t i o n a l Museum & Cultural Centre presents its seventh annual flea market , featuring high-quality second-hand items and a book sale. The book sale will also continue on for a second day. Free admission. Live entertainment and snacks. When: Flea market and book sale, Saturday, Feb. 16, 10

a.m. to 3 p.m.; book sale only, Sunday, Feb. 17, 12-4 p.m.

B u r n a by Fre n ch Language Playschool: Open house and registration event for the non-profit, parent participation preschool. When: Saturday, Feb. 16, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Where: Portable – Ecole Marlborough School, Burnaby. Info: 604-432-1323 or www.bflp.org.

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Stewards want jars and bottles to go to depots, not via blue boxJeff NagelBlack Press

Curbside pickup of glass jars and bottles may be axed from a pending reform of the blue box recycling system, forcing

households to take glass to depots instead.

Members of Metro Vancouver’s zero waste committee were dismayed when told by staff Thursday of the proposal by Multi Material BC to eliminate glass collection at curbside after the industry-led stewardship agency takes charge of the residential recycling

system in mid-2014.“Whose idea was that?”

demanded Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, the committee chair. “That’s going to be a big problem.”

He and other mayors predict residents will just throw glass in the garbage if it’s no longer picked up from homes at curbside.

Recycling shakeup may end curbside pickup of glass“If people have to take their jars

to a depot, they’re just going to throw them away.”

Multi Material BC chair Allen Langdon said curbside-collected glass breaks and contaminates other higher value recyclables, such as newsprint, paper and plastics, degrading their value.

“No decisions have been made, nothing has been finalized,” he said, adding Multi Material BC is taking comment on the proposed change to exclude glass until March 1.

Langdon said most glass – about 71,000 tonnes a year province-wide – already makes its way to processing via depots because of refundable deposits.

Only an estimated 2,500 tonnes of glass now gets picked up through blue boxes, he said.

And he said the curbside-collected glass arrives too contaminated to be recycled into more glass – there is no glass-recycling plant in B.C. anyway – and typically is used only for road aggregate or cover at landfills.

“If the glass is taken out, we actually think it will have a positive impact in helping us to recycle more material,” Langdon said.

The Nanaimo and Central Okanagan regional districts already have depot-only glass drop off and don’t want to be forced to add it to curbside pickup programs.

The change would be an advantage for Surrey, where residents are on single-stream recycling.

Homes there don’t sort recyclables but jumble them all in the same blue box and they’re sorted at a highly automated plant.

Glass contamination of other materials is a bigger risk under such single-stream systems than in ones where residents separate streams, Langdon said, adding the switch would improve the amount and value of other material being recycled.

Langdon said Multi Material BC takes no position on whether single-stream recycling is better, adding cities that act as contractors would be free to continue with either system.

Critics say that because glass is one of the lowest value recyclables, a depot-only system that makes it harder for residents to return it will cut curbside collection costs and save the industry group money – but at a cost to the environment.

“They’re just high grading,” Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said. “They’re just trying to pick out what’s worth the most money out of the box.”

Corrigan said the intent of the new system should be to maximize recycling, not on saving industry members money by cutting corners.

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Dr. Julio Montaner, Director of the BC Centre for Excellence (BC-CfE) in HIV/AIDS at St. Paul’s Hospital and the Past-President of the International AIDS Society, and other guests will discuss the BC-CfE’s research on how to stop HIV/AIDS.

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114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

BURNABY, B.C. based Pemberton Transport Company Ltd. requires LONG HAUL TRUCK DRIVERS.$23.50/hr, 50hrs/wk. Send resumes by Fax: 604-420-5608 or email: [email protected]

TEAM DRIVERS required for regu-lar USA runs. Must have 2 years mountain and highway experience and a clean drivers abstract. $22.50 per hour. Fax resume to Nasho Trucking Inc. at 604-558-3213.

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115 EDUCATION

PERSONAL SERVICES

188 LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, educa-tion, professional, certifi cation, adoption property rental opportu-nities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

✓ CHECK CLASSIFIEDSbcclassified.com 604-575-5555

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

242 CONCRETE & PLACING

PLACING & Finishing * Forming* Site Prep, old concrete removal

* Excavation & Reinforcing* Re-Re Specialists

34 Years Exp. Free Estimates.

Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

257 DRYWALL

JMYK CONTRACTING LTD.Specializing in steel stud framing, drywall, taping, texture, t-bar, fi re-rating, painting + general reno’s. WCB, Insured. Jay 604-722-6197

ARCO DRYWALL LTD. Boarding, Taping, Painting.

Free estimate. Ryan 778-892-9590

260 ELECTRICAL

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

C & C Electrical Mechanical• ELECTRICAL

• FULL PLUMBING SERVICES• HVAC GAS FITTING

*Free Est. *Licensed *Insured24hr. Emergency Service

604-475-7077

#1113 LOW COST ELECTRIC Panel Upgrade • Reno’s -Com/Res.

Heating • Trouble ShootingLicensed & Bonded. 604-522-3435

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

BAJ EXCAVATING DEMO, Sewer, storm, drainage, remove concrete & blacktop, old house drainage. 604-779-7816.

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

ALWAYS GUTTER Cleaning Ser-vice, Repairs, 20 yrs exp. Rain or shine.7dys/wk.Simon 604-230-0627

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Additions, Home ImprovementsRestorations, Renovations,

& New Construction.Specializing in Concrete, Forming, Framing & Siding. 604-218-3064

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, fencing,

reroofi ng. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

604-949-1900QUALITY RENOVATIONS

• Kitchens • Bathrooms*30 years *Licensed *Insured

www.metrovanhome.ca

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

CENTRAL CREEK CONSTRUCTION

CCC Kitchen & Bathroom Reno’s, Painting also. BBB & WCB. Seniors

Discount. Book by end of Feb. - 10% off. 28 yrs exp.

Guarantee on work. Refs. 604-432-1857 / 604-773-7811

288 HOME REPAIRS

If I can’t do it

It can’t be done

Call Robert 604-941-1618 OR 604-844-4222

INTERIORS: Baths (renos/repairs) specializing in drywall, doors, fl ooring, tiling, plumbing,

painting, miscellaneous, etc.VERSATILE! EXPERIENCED IN

OVER 30 LINES OF WORK!* Quality work * Prompt Service

* Fair prices For positive results Call Robert

SERVICE CALLS WELCOME

130 HELP WANTED 130 HELP WANTED 130 HELP WANTED

115 EDUCATION

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013 NewsLeader A19

Drop off your resume atATTN: Aaron Miller

Ashley Furniture Homestore1365 United Blvd.,

Coquitlam, B.C. V3K 6Y3

SALESASSOCIATES

Ashley Furniture Homestore, the #1 retailer of Furniture in North America is looking to add 5 or more Sales Associates to our team in Coquitlam. If you want to work in a beautiful environment

towards success

and grow

NOT

If you are serious, then come in person,I would love to meet you!

www.burnabynewsleader.com www.newwestnewsleader.com

Zone CheckerThe Burnaby NewsLeader is looking for energetic and customer friendly individuals for its Circulation Department. The right candidate must have excellent communication and organizational skills, attention to detail, the ability to work with minimum supervision, and basic knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Outlook Express.

Duties include supervising 100+ youth carriers, recruiting and hiring new carriers, surveying old and new delivery areas, monitoring carrier performance, and following up on householder delivery concerns. A reliable vehicle is a must.

A vulnerable sector criminal record check is also mandatory. This permanent part-time position is available immediately.

Please forward your resumé to:

Circulation Manager Burnaby New Westminster NewsLeader 7438 Fraser Park Drive Burnaby, BC V5J 5B9 [email protected] No phone calls please.

All emailed submissions will receive a reply for confirmation of receipt; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted further.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

320 MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVINGLocal & Long Distance

From $45/Hr1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks

Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 MenFree Estimate/Senior DiscountResidential~Commercial~Pianos

604-537-4140

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable. Rates. Different From the Rest. 604-721-4555.

130 HELP WANTED

156 SALES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

320 MOVING & STORAGE

BEST RATE MOVING

EXPERIENCED MOVERS W/ AFFORDABLE RATESStarting $40/hr.

LICENSED & INSURED✶ Local & Long Distance ✶

✶ Seniors Discount ✶

604-787-8061

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured

Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

130 HELP WANTED

156 SALES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland

604.996.8128 Fraser ValleyRunning this ad for 8yrs

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299,

2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring &

Maid Services.

338 PLUMBING

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fi tter. Aman: 778-895-2005

.EnterprisePlumbing, Heating, Gasfi tting

FULL PLUMBING SERVICES• Hvac Gas Fitting • Electrical*Free Est. *Licensed *Insured

24hr. Emergency ServiceC & C Electrical Mechanical

604-475-7077

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

FIVE STAR ROOFINGAll kinds of re-roofi ng & repairs.

Free est. Reasonable rates.(604)961-7505, 278-0375

Canuck Roofi ng All Roof Repairs Any job big or small. Free Est. *WCB *Insured *BBB 778-772-1969

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

bradsjunkremoval.comHauling Anything.. But Dead Bodies!!20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE

We Load or You Load !604.220.JUNK(5865)

Serving MetroVancouver Since 1988

RECYCLE-IT!JUNK REMOVALRecycled Earth Friendly• Estate Services • Electronics

• Appliances • Old Furniture• Construction • Yard Waste• Concrete • Drywall • Junk

• Rubbish • Mattresses & More!On Time, As Promised,Service Guaranteed!

604.587.5865www.recycleitcanada.ca

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

372 SUNDECKS

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-782-9108www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

374 TREE SERVICES

Tree removal done RIGHT!• Tree & Stump Removal

• Certifi ed Arborists • 20 yrs exp. • 60’ Bucket Truck

• Crown Reduction • Spiral Pruning • Land Clearing • Selective Logging

~ Fully Insured • Best Rates ~

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778 www.treeworksonline.ca

[email protected]% OFF with this AD

PETS

477 PETS

BEAGLE PUPS, tri colored, good looking, healthy, vet check $700. (604)796-3026. No Sunday calls

BORDER COLLIE X, born Dec 5th, ranch raised, getting lots of atten. $350. Carol 604-316-4668 or email: [email protected]

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

German Shepherd pups, ckc reg, vet check, 1st shots, own both par-ents, gd tempered, farm & family raised in country, make a good guard dog and family pet. $1000. 604-796-3026, no sunday calls

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

PITT BULL/American Bull Dog X, 7/mo fem, vet chkd, all shots, needs new home, $425. (604)825-1521

Rescued cats fr overseas, $150. D-sexed, vacc’nted. Fosters welcome. 778.297.4470, [email protected]

SHELTIES 2 SABLE PUPS 1 w/ white body + spots D.O.B Oct 19th Loveable, sweet pups 604-826-6311

YORKIE X POMERANIAN. Two females, all shots, vet checked, dewormed. $500. 604-504-5438.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

548 FURNITURE

MATTRESSES starting at $99• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings

100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

560 MISC. FOR SALE

AT LAST! An iron fi lter that works. IronEater! Fully patented Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manganese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions; www.bigirondrilling.com. Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON.

BIG BUILDING SALE... “THIS IS A CLEARANCE SALE. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!” 20x20 $3,985. 25X24 $4,595. 30X36 $6,859. 35X48 $11,200. 40X52 $13,100. 47X76 $18,265. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

560 MISC. FOR SALE

SAWMILLS from only $3997 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

REAL ESTATE

612 BUSINESSES FOR SALE

627 HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES!Older House • Damaged House

Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments

Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms! CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES

• DIFFICULTY SELLING ? •Diffi culty Making Payments?

No Equity? Expired Listing? Penalty? We Take Over Payments! No Fees!www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

Bright 2 bdrm apt.

Large 2 br located in a Central Coq Co-op.

$810/mo. No subsidy.Close to transit, schools,

and shopping.

Sandy 604 945 5864 [email protected]

BURNABY

GABLE GARDENSMOVE IN INCENTIVE

• Nice, clean and quiet 1 bdrm

• Walk to Highgate • Close to transit & schools • Upgraded suite • Cat okay • On site manager

Please call 604-521-3448 for viewing.

BURNABY, Linden Glen Apts. 7052 Linden Ave. Spacious & bright 1 & 2/bdrms. Incl heat & HW. Near Highgate. Cats ok. (604)540-2028

BURNABY

Park Crest Apts.1 & 2 Bedroom Reno’d suites located in upgraded blding in cul-du-sac. Next to large green space. Incl’s heat, hot water and basic cable. Walk to High-gate mall. Quiet and clean. Cat okay. Deposit required. For viewing....

Call 604-540-6725

COQUITLAM

Welcome Home !

1 Bedrooms available near Lougheed Mall and transit. Rent includes heat & hot water. Sorry No Pets. Refs required.

Call (604) 931-2670

NEW WESTMINSTER

Panorama CourtSpacious & clean 1 & 2 bdrms avail. From $750 - $1020/mo. No pets.

Call 604-540-6732

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

NEW WESTMINSTER: West Coast Apt. 520-11th St. Large 1 bdrm w/ small storage room. Incl h/w & heat. By Transit. Cats ok. $735 - $750/mo. 604-540-2028.

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

CHILLIWACK WAREHOUSE6,600sf. or 5,400sf. @ $4.50sf.

12,000sf. @ $4.25sf.3 phase & single phase power.

3 bay doors 12 x 12. (604)941-2959

746 ROOMS FOR RENT

Port Coquitlam - Maryhill furnished 1 bdrm. shr’d kitchen / bath / living. Quiet Non-Smoking ONLY House. $450/mo. incls. lndry. 604.941.2959

750 SUITES, LOWER

NEW WEST - 1 Bdrm bsmt suite - ns/np, no drugs. $700/mo incl utils.Avail March 1st. (604)522-4470.

PORT COQUITLAM 2 bdrm $825 or use 1 bdrm $750. N/S, N/P, Refs. Avail now. 604-354-8004

752 TOWNHOUSES

NEW WEST. 828 Royal Ave.2 Bdrms, 2 bthrms, 1 secured prkg. $1500/mo. Avail now. TJ @ Sutton Proact (604)728-5460

New West- McBride Place. 415 Ginger Drive. 3 bdrm T/H. Family Housing. Close all amens, schls, transit. Pet friendly great loca. $1135/m. Call Now! 604-451-6676

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available. 19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

DreamTeam Auto Financing“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL

ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

604.683.2200

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES! 2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

The Scrapper

MARINE

912 BOATS

ALUMINUM BOAT WANTED, 10’, 12’ or 14’, with or without motor or trailer, will pay cash, 604-319-5720

WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIENWhereas

Dekane Management Services Ltd.is indebted toArtur Qyyju

for storage and towing on the following Equipment;

1 Cimbali Expresso Machine, 1 Rock Star Cooler, 2 Freezers

with misc food items, 6 Highback Leather Chairs, 6 Metal Chairs, 3 Metal Round

Tables,1 Thermal Tec /Mickmate 2005 Cooler, 1 Magic Chef Microwave,1 Box of Misc

Flatware & Platcis Trays, 3 Black Bookshelves, 1 Neon Open Sign, 1 Box of Misc

Glasses, 1 Sandwhich Board, 2 Chaulk Boards, 1 LG 24 “

Flatscreen Monitor, 1 Venture 17” Flatscreen Monitor, 1 Baby Stroler, 1 Weed Eater, 1 Throw

Rug, 1 Bamboo Blind, 1 Conair Pro/Hair Trimmer, 1 Fake

Christmast Tree, 1 Stand up Stuffed Santa, 1 Pair of Gum

Boots and 1 Lamp Chandelier.

A lien is claimed under the Act. There is presently an amount due and owing of $3836.00 plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale. Notice is hereby given that on the 27th day of February, 2013 or thereafter, the said equipment will be sold. The equipment currently stored at Elite Bailiff Services, 20473 Logan Avenue, Langley BC V3A 4L8. The vehicle was placed in storage on December 28th 2012.

For more info. call Elite Bailiff Services at 604-539-9900

WWW.REPOBC.COM

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Love & Luck

are in the air!

A Valentine’s Day recipe!A Chinese New Year recipe!

L k

Prices e� ective: February 6th to February 10th, 2013 *While Quantities Last

Tropical & Fragrant

Super Sweet Pineapples

99¢/lbHawaii Grown

While Quantities Last

Crispy & Flavourful

Red Delicious Apples

69¢/lbWashington Grown

Cool & Refreshing

Long English Cucumbers

$1.00 eaMexico Grown

Tasty & Nutritious

Beefsteak Tomatoes

79¢/lbMexico Grown

Extra Large, Sweet & Juicy

Premium Navel Oranges

69¢/lbCalifornia Grown

Brentwood Town Centre58 - 4567 Lougheed Hwy Beside IHOP604.298.8299OPEN same as mall hours

Royal City Centre103 - 610 6th StreetNear Dollarama604.520.9923OPEN same as mall hours

Lougheed Town Centre206 - 9855 Austin RdBeside Purdy’s604.420.0788OPEN same as mall hours

Marine Way Market200-7515 Market CrossingBurnaby, Beside PriceSmart604.432.6199OPEN 9am to 7pm

Now Hiring Shift Leadersat Royal City Centre and other locations. Great bene� ts and advancement opportunities.

FAX: (604) 272-8065 EMAIL: [email protected]

February 6th to February 10th, 2013 *February 6th to February 10th, 2013 *While Quantities LastWhile Quantities Last

Fresh & Delicious

Roma Tomatoes

99¢/lbMexico Grown