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Dutch master coming to townWorks by Rembrandt at BAG this fall

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Even to the uninitiated, nothing says “significant art exhibition” like a serious boost to security.

That’s just what’s coming to the Burnaby Art Gallery this fall when it hosts two exhibitions of works by Dutch artists spanning three centuries, including several by master Rembrandt.

From Sept. 7 to Nov. 17, the BAG will be home to Storms and Bright Skies: Three Centuries of Dutch Landscapes, a touring exhibition of works from the National Gallery of Canada, the first such show at the Burnaby venue in over 30 years.

The 65 works on paper from the Ottawa gallery will include several 17th century etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn, the prolific Dutch master believed to have produced upwards of 600 paintings and 2,000 etchings and drawings.

The National Gallery show will be joined concurrently by an exhibit of 17 works titled

Veterinarians waiving $10K-plus billWanda [email protected]

A Burnaby woman is warning pet owners to stay vigilant after she rescued her cat from the jaws of a coyote recently.

It happened about 4 a.m. on July 3, about a half hour after Angela Greene called her cat, Noonies, to come inside to her condo near Lougheed mall.

It was rare for him to not come

right away but she believed it was a safe neighbourhood for the 12-year-old feline, a quiet place with lots of other friendly cats that roam around at night.

Greene figures Noonies had sauntered back to the patio of her condo when she heard it from her bedroom: “a big kerfuffle on my patio and I knew it was my cat and I knew it was major and he was in trouble.”

Her reaction was instant.“I just got up and ran out of

bed into the night,” she recalled.

“Thankfully, there was several different directions I could’ve gone but I just went in a direction and … I kind of came around a corner and saw a coyote.”

The coyote, about the size of a small German shepherd dog, had Noonies’ head in its mouth.

The cat was “dangling there very loosely. It was just a horrific sight.”

Greene shouted a sharp “hey” at the coyote before lunging at it.

“I think the combination of my lunging and hollering at the same time scared it … He dropped

Noonies almost into my arms and ran.”

She scooped her cat into her chest and ran home at breakneck speed.

Once inside she could see “we were both just completely covered in blood, my condo was covered with blood, there was just blood everywhere.”

Several days and a thorough cleaning later, Greene said she’s still coming across droplets of blood she missed.

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noonies was still in critical condition at canada west Veterinary specialists in burnaby on monday after being attacked by a coyote last wednesday.

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Prized possessions tucked away for 33 years by the family of Port Coquitlam hometown hero Terry Fox will be part of a new exhibit at Canada’s largest museum of history.

Last Wednesday, during a media conference at Library and Archives Canada in Burnaby — and during the first-ever Canada History Week — 16 objects that formed part of Fox’s epic Marathon of Hope were unveiled for the first time.

Among them:• a glass jar of water

dipped in the Atlantic Ocean in St. John’s, N.L., to mark the start of Fox’s cross-country journey on April 12, 1980;

• his Companion of the Order of Canada medal;

• children’s letters and cards that wish him well;

• two shirts he wore on the odyssey: one reading “Terry Fox Marathon of Hope D’Espoir,” the other “Marathon of Hope”;

• and a Team Canada jersey presented to Fox in Ontario in July 1980 by Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr.

The items — along with thousands of others — will be on display in April 2015 at the future Canadian Museum of History, near Ottawa (formerly known as the Canadian Museum of Civilization) to coincide with with the 35th anniversary of the Marathon of Hope.

As well, some of the artifacts will be part of a travelling exhibition as “it represents and belongs to Canadians coast to coast,” said Darrell Fox, Terry’s youngest brother who also ran on the Marathon of Hope.

Included in the national exhibit will be a letter from Pauline Probyn, who was 12 when she penned a poem to Fox as part of a school project at Buckingham elementary in Burnaby. On Thursday, Probyn told reporters she couldn’t remember writing the letter but was honoured her words will be part of the display.

“What his Marathon of Hope did was inspire people to pursue their dreams,” said Probyn, now a New Westminster realtor.

Darrell Fox gave special thanks to Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore (MP, Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam) for helping to preserve the artifacts. Fox’s father, Rolly, said more than 150,000 items were forwarded to their home address in PoCo during the Marathon of Hope — much of which was safeguarded by the city and later transferred to the

BC Sports Hall of Fame.In March 2011, three

months before Fox’s mother, Betty, died, Rolly said she was ready

to “let go” of her son’s keepsakes and have them professionally archived.

Moore said the travelling exhibit will not only raise

money for cancer research but will also collect cash to build a permanent Terry Fox Museum.

Terry Fox was an 18-year-old first-year Kinesiology student at SFU and a member of the SFU junior varsity basketball team in 1977 when he was diagnosed with bone cancer that resulted in the amputation of his right leg six inches above the knee.

He began his Marathon of Hope April 12, 1980 in St. John’s, Newfoundland. When he was forced by a recurrence of cancer to stop his cross-Canada run at Thunder Bay, Ontario, on Sept. 1, 1980, he had completed 5,373 km over 143 days, the equivalent of a marathon every day.

Since the Terry Fox Foundation started in his name, it has raised more than $600 million to fight cancer, a disease the claimed the one-legged runner at the age of 22.

When Pauline Probyn was 12 she penned a poem to Terry Fox as part of a project at Buckingham Elementary in Burnaby.

Terry Fox exhibit going to Ottawa

Inner Realms: Dutch Portraits from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, which features a self-portrait of Rembrandt and one he did of his wife Saskia.

The two shows also feature works by other Dutch masters including Jan van Goyen, Jacob van Ruisdael, Adriaen van Ostade, and Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen. The oldest works are two pen and ink drawings—Bird Catchers with Nets and Bird Catchers with an Owl Decoy—by Hans Bols dating from 1582.

The National Gallery approached the BAG about bringing its touring show here, said BAG assistant curator Jennifer Cane. “We thought it

would be a really groundbreaking exhibition for the Burnaby Art Gallery due to the calibre of the work that’s exhibited.”

It will be the first time the National Gallery show will have appeared in Western Canada.

“In terms of our climate control, absolutely up to par. We’ll also be equipped with high security for the duration of the exhibition,” she said of the BAG’s ability to accommodate the works. “This is a real first, it’s almost like a mini blockbuster.”

The BAG will present a related series of speakers who will talk about Dutch landscape and portraiture and in September it will host an outdoor screening of a film on Rembrandt at Civic

Square next to the Bob Prittie Metrotown library branch.

“Viewing works from 300 or 400 years before our time, I think it’s really insightful. I was definitely struck by the power of the landscapes that are presented,” Cane said.

“As far as the portraiture exhibition, it’s really humbling to view the oil portraits of individuals from all walks of Dutch society who are now long gone.”

Rembrandt suffered from depression, likely related to the loss of several children in infancy and the death of his wife as well as personal ailments, all of which is believed to have influenced the darker, shadowy works he’s often

known for, Cane said. However, the brighter works

that will be on view at the BAG are from a happier time of his life, earlier in his career.

Admission to the shows, as with all BAG exhibitions, will be by donation.

Tourism Burnaby, for one, is hoping the exhibitions will become something of an economic generator for the city.

“Securing the show demonstrates the Burnaby Art Gallery is becoming a leader in works on paper,” said Tourism Burnaby executive director Matthew Coyne.

While some in the local arts community have called for a new, modern facility to house the

BAG, Coyne said, “what really needs to happen, there needs to be a public display of demand and interest in the arts that is going to prove a compelling reason and opportunity for expansion.

“Until then, it’s a great feather in Burnaby and Burnaby Art Gallery’s cap to host an exhibit of this magnitude and calibre.”

Coyne said it’s been about a decade since Rembrandt has been exhibited in Metro Vancouver.

“Hopefully there’s some pent-up demand for his work and it’s just up to us to get the message out.”

Tourism Burnaby is a sponsor of the show.

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Businesses across B.C. will be getting some surprising bad news, if not now then in the near future, after the provincial government began phasing out a tax credit to light industrial properties.

In an unusual step, Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan recently issued a press release clarifying that it was a provincial decision, not a city one, that led to the tax increases that have elicited complaint calls from businesses to city hall.

“Businesses in Burnaby and throughout the province are seeing increases of thousands – and, in some cases, tens of thousands – of dollars this year and can expect to see even more next year,” said Corrigan. “Business owners are saying these increases were unexpected and astonishing and that they will severely impact light industry.

Class 5 (light industry) properties with such uses as warehouses, manufacturing and scrap yards have received a credit on the school tax since 2009, most recently at 60 per cent. That credit will drop to 30 per cent this year and zero starting in 2014.

“Yes it was a surprise, it came out of the blue, we weren’t expecting it,” said

Doug Nordan, vice-president of asset management for Beedie Development Group. Nordan said that in industrial leasing, the tenants are the ones that pay for operating costs and property taxes. Roughly 70 per cent of Beedie’s leasing portfolio of properties is classified as Class 5.

For Beedie’s Class 5 tenants, school taxes make up about 30 per cent of the overall property taxes they pay, and on that portion, the increase will be about 65 per cent, he said.

While he didn’t have figures for Burnaby, Nordan said the mill rate for school taxes in Richmond will go from $2.56 per $1,000 of property value to $4.32.

Nordan said he hasn’t heard complaints or comments from tenants yet simply because they started paying their estimated 2013 taxes on a monthly basis back in 2012 before the change was announced.

If operating costs come in less than budgeted, that could help offset the impact of the tax increase, otherwise the company’s tenants may see a hike at the end of the year.

“We’re working hard to keep our operating costs and taxes in line with what we budgeted.”

But the tenants will start feeling the pinch soon as they’ll start paying their taxes this month for 2014, when the

school tax credit drops to zero. Paul Holden, president and CEO of

the Burnaby Board of Trade, noted the change was announced back in February as part of the province’s next budget.

While the BBOT supported the government’s striving to balance the budget, there were a number of issues that would impact businesses that it expressed concerns about, “especially when businesses were already facing

the added burden at that time of reverting back to the PST,” Holden said.

“Obviously, at that stage, there was uncertainty as to who was going to be governing afterwards (post-election), I suppose,” he said, adding many businesses might not have been aware of the

change until they received their tax bills in recent weeks.

For its part, the Ministry of Finance said in an emailed statement that the school tax credit was implemented in response to the 2008 economic crisis and was provided to both Class 4 (major industry) and Class 5 (light industry).

Starting in the 2013 budget the tax credit is being phased out “to restore the longstanding policy of treating businesses in Class 5 the same as those in Class 6 (business) for school property tax purposes” because properties in both classifications can be quite similar.

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The family of a man killed in a recent hit-and-run incident in Burnaby’s Cariboo Hill area appealed to the person responsible to come forward last Friday morning.

On June 30 at about 8:30 p.m. longtime Burnaby resident Edward Simpkins, 72, was cycling west through the intersection of 13th Avenue

and Wright Street when he was struck by an eastbound car turning north on the curved roadway, say Burnaby RCMP. The car left the scene.

Police have secured security video from a nearby home and have determined the suspect vehicle was a dark blue or black, late model, two-door coupe, very similar to an Acura RSX, Honda Civic or similar model of car, said Burnaby RCMP Staff Sgt. Major John Buis.

“Our investigation has also revealed there was at least one other vehicle that approached the collision scene only seconds

after the accident had occurred but the driver left before police arrived,” said Buis, who called that driver “critically important as a witness to our investigation.”

That vehicle is described as a four-door

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Ed Simpkins’ daughter Chelsea (in green) and sister Janet Atkinson-

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VICTORIA – There’s a new sheriff in town for BC Hydro, and it didn’t take long for the political range war to resume.

The new sheriff, Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett, found himself on the barricades as soon as he got the hugely complex responsibility for energy and mines. His saddlebags bulge with reports on BC Hydro’s seemingly runaway costs, along with Premier Christy Clark’s “core review” to cut $50 million a year from government operations.

NDP energy critic John Horgan highlighted the latest BC Hydro troubles in his assault on the B.C. Liberal budget. First there was a $140 million cost overrun on the Northwest Transmission Line, under construction north from Terrace to the tiny Tahltan village of Iskut and adjacent mine properties.

Then BC Hydro revealed results of an audit of its earthquake preparedness. “Condition red” was the key message. Basically, the sprawling utility has disaster plans for

each of its dams or other power facilities, but no overall way to get the provincial power grid back up after a major earthquake.

Horgan recited his list of BC Hydro sins after a decade of meddling by the BC Liberals: huge deferred debt revealed by the Auditor General, enormous liabilities for private power contracts, and more rate increases that Bennett has already admitted are on the way. And now they can’t even keep us safe from the big one.

Bennett fired back. About $2 billion of that debt is for seismic upgrades for the 80-year-old Ruskin Dam in Maple Ridge, and the equally frail John Hart Dam on the Campbell River, built with wooden water pipes. Major BC Hydro works slowed

down after completion of Revelstoke and Mica dams in the 1980s, and now the work is more expensive.

The Northwest Transmission Line is a partnership with Imperial Metals, which wants to power its Red Chris copper-gold-silver mine. Bennett said the company is not only paying for the last section to Iskut and the mine site, but pitching in for the main line as well. Ottawa paid $130 million to get remote communities off decades of dependence on diesel generators.

AltaGas, owner of one of those private power projects in the region, puts in $180 million to get connected to the grid. The line will open up more mining and hydro possibilities.

The cost overrun traces back mainly to the shortage of high-skill labour such as geotechnical engineering that the remote region already faces. And this is before natural gas pipelines and LNG plants gear up.

Bennett takes over from the last sheriff, Rich Coleman, who put BC Hydro through the

wringer in 2011. Coleman soon abandoned his idea of putting off the Ruskin and John Hart upgrades (again) to keep rates low through the election, and saw the B.C. Utilities Commission jack up the rate increase to seven per cent to help slow the ballooning debt.

What’s ahead for rates? The utility is looking for 32 per cent in the next three years, says energy lawyer David Austin. He calculates that only 2.5 per cent is attributable to increased private power costs. Among other things, BC Hydro needs regional emergency centres capable of functioning after a Japan-sized quake, plus expansion.

Bennett came clean on another reason for rate increases – the government’s increasing dependence on taking a “dividend” as BC Hydro’s lone “shareholder.”

The newly updated budget tells us this annual “dividend” is past $500 million and rising fast: $545 million this year, $611 million next year and $684 million the year after.

Get ready for Hydro rate hikes

If the suspects had slipped under the radar and detonated pressure-cooker bombs outside the legislature in Victoria during Canada Day celebrations, it could have been the worst terrorist attack in history on Canadian soil.

Instead, the B.C. RCMP were able to announce two arrests – John Nuttall, a Surrey man (and former Victoria resident) and Amanda Korody, his partner. RCMP assert the Canadian born-and-raised suspects were “self-radicalized” by al-Qaida influence.

Whether this pair tried to copycat the pressure-cooker Boston bombings, or another reason, the fact their alleged plot was identified, infiltrated and hijacked by RCMP agents is a testament to why Canada needs intelligence agencies.

Organizations like the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), which tipped off the provincial RCMP to the plot, and RCMP anti-terrorism departments, almost always operate behind the scenes to ferret out domestic terrorism.

It’s hard to know how many credible terror plots have been halted in Canada. Beyond oil pipeline bombings in the past, police and intelligence agencies have quashed an alleged plot to blow up a Via passenger train between Toronto and New York and the so-called “Toronto 18” (11 were convicted), a group of young Muslim men who plotted to blow up targets across southern Ontario with fertilizer bombs.

The foiled Victoria bombing can be seen as a wake-up call to Canadians that terrorism is a reality in this country, and as analysts have predicted, attacks on civilians are not an “if” but a “when.”

This is also an opportunity for a national conversation on the bounds of domestic surveillance – what will people tolerate to ensure agencies have the resources to keep Canadians safe?

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Re: $100K club at Burnaby city hall boosts ranks (NewsLeader, June 19)

In 2012 there were 540 City of Burnaby staff earning more than $75,000 a year, an increase of 44 over 2011.

The NewsLeader article (June 13) provided 22 names of senior managers, two retired employees, and noted that 49 firefighters appear on the list. In a June 26 letter-to-the-editor (City salaries soaring, NewsLeader) Curtis Evans says he doesn’t have an issue with them as they are “valuable”.

I’d like to think he didn’t mean to suggest the other 71 are less valuable, much less the remaining 2,500 or so people who work for us every day throughout the city. Still, he does imply an overpaid workforce with the remark that “a lot of very qualified people out there that would jump at an opportunity to work for $60,000-$80,000.”

In point of fact, if the payroll of the larger workforce is $80.7 million (as the original article indicates) that works out to an average less that $40,000 a year.

As for Mr. Evans’ complaint that the property tax levied this

year is greater than the 2.95 per cent earlier announced by city council, it’s not because the city deceived us.

More likely it’s because the assessed value of our property by BC Assessment—a provincial government agency—has determined our property to be a more valuable asset than it was a year ago and, therefore, subject to more tax.

Kudos to the City of Burnaby for keeping our taxes down and the level of services up. The bottom line is that they continue to make it a great place to live.

Bill BrassingtonBurnaby

It’s easy to helpRe: Love to help (Letters, NewsLeader, July 5)

While Garth Evans congratulates himself for his magnanimous gesture to all those in Alberta who are suffering the flooding devastation, may I humbly

point out that one does not need any special skills to help muck out a flooded basement or wash mould from walls.

G. WaltonBurnaby

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Re: Susan Mitchell, missing Burnaby mom, found safe

So relieved that she’s OK. She’s a good mom and her kids will be so happy to have her back.

Joan MacLean

Thanks for the update. Glad she’s not injured and hope she can resolve her personal issues.

Sandra Person

Life isn’t easy so I get it. Glad she was found safe.

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Burnaby’s Ava Vanderstarren says she’ll remember Canada Day for the rest of her life.

That’s the day became the city’s first Miss BC. Vanderstarren competed among 39 hopefuls to win the title.

The pageant is taped for TV in Langley last week, and will air on Shaw Television this fall.

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It reversed and left the area westbound on 13th Avenue.

“Ed, we always thought he was indestructible,” said Janet Atkinson-Grosjean, Simpkins’ sister. “He would have been 73 at the end of this month but he was fitter than most people half his age.”

She described her brother as a musician, poet, artist, athlete, and lifelong cyclist as well as a dad, a granddad, a brother and a friend to many.

“We do understand that the driver must have panicked,” Atkinson-Grosjean said.

Then addressing the suspect driver, she said, “I’m past the anger, I understand what you must have gone through

when this happened. And I understand the need to just get away from things. But it’s been a few days now and you must be feeling awful with the guilt.

“So please, it’s really time to say enough and come forward. We need you to tell us what happened so we can let Ed go in a dignified manner.”

Simpkins’ daughter, Chelsea Simpkins, added, “We’re devastated by the loss of my dad … Knowing what happened will help to give our family some closure.”

Simpkins is believed to have been heading towards his home at the time of the accident and a nearby resident called 911 right away but he died at the scene, said Buis. “He didn’t suffer, it

was quick.” As for whether or not he was

wearing a helmet at the time, he said, “We couldn’t find one, but that doesn’t mean anything because we’ve got no witnesses to say he was wearing it or not wearing it. Sometimes in collisions they go flying and we haven’t really been able to locate one.”

Buis said it’s possible there may not be very much damage at all to the suspect vehicle. While a witness has said they saw the driver get out to have a look before driving off, he said the witness saw it from a distance.

“We think it was a female and they were alone at the time and they did get out but we don’t

know how long that they were there.”

The witness vehicle may not have seen the cyclist and only thought the roadway was blocked before reversing and leaving the scene, he added. And it’s not yet known for certain that any crime has been committed even though the suspect driver left the scene.

“It’s human nature to be scared, to be frightened,” Buis said. “We want to assure them that if they do come forward we will listen to their story.”

The driver of the suspect car, witness vehicle or anyone who encountered the accident scene is asked to call Burnaby RCMP at 604-294-7922 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.


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A single mom who went missing after putting her two young children to bed Tuesday night was found safe Thursday afternoon, said Burnaby RCMP.

Susan Mitchell was found about 5 p.m., an hour after a press conference at which police said they had found surveillance video of her conducting a

transaction at a bank on Kingsway about three hours after she had been reported missing.

New Westminster Police found her in that city after someone reported spotting her following media coverage.

“She was having personal issues,” said Burnaby RCMP Staff Sgt. Steve Crawford, on Friday. Police are satisfied there was no one else involved in her

disappearance.Mitchell, 30, tucked

in her two children, both under seven years old, at about 9 or 9:30 p.m. When the kids woke on Wednesday, morning, their mother wasn’t in their Metrotown-area apartment. At about 9 a.m. they notified a neighbour in the complex who called police.

Such behaviour was very out of character leading Burnaby

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Crawford ballparked the cost of the investigation at “easily $10,000 a day” over about two days.

“Even knowing what I know now in hindsight, it was the right thing to do,” he said. “I’m just really relieved she’s OK.”


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Polak said Monday that while rail traffic is regulated by the federal government, the province’s target for proposed oil pipeline safety have led to discussion with Ottawa and railway operators.

The runaway train that destroyed part of Lac Megantic, Quebec in a huge explosion and fire Saturday night was carrying light crude from shale oil deposits in North Dakota to a refinery in New Brunswick. The oil industry across North America has increasingly looked to rail and barge transportation of crude as pipeline expansion has fallen

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“There is differing opinion on either side, and much depends on what kind of topography you’re dealing with in a particular location,” she said.

Transport Canada increased restrictions on rail operations after two serious accidents in recent years. Train lengths were restricted on CN’s B.C. operations near Prince George after an August 2006 collision between two trains with a fire

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Noonies has since had surgery for a broken jaw, and on Monday was awaiting surgery for a crushed ear canal. He’s also recovering from several head lacerations and is eating through a feeding tube.

The bill is estimated at $10,000 to $13,000, “certainly a bill I couldn’t afford to pay,” she said.

Fortunately, the veterinarians at the clinic have agreed to waive the bill. “I’m just eternally grateful to them, I can’t thank them enough. Without them, Noonies would not be here.”

She’s been visiting Noonies daily, and her pet responds to her voice by raising his head,

bumping his forehead into hers and purring. “If I stop [petting and talking to him] for a couple of minutes he starts nudging me to keep going … It’s really encouraging to see that.”

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She’s also warning pet owners to keep an eye on their pets and to bring them in at night.

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Something needs to be done to address the increasingly common issue of coyotes attacking small dogs and cats, she said, adding she doesn’t have the answers but believes there needs to be a public discussion of what can be done.

“I live close to a mall and the SkyTrain. If it can happen in an urbanized area like that it can happen anywhere.”

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Contributed photoGreene gives Noonies a kiss at the veterinary clinic.

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Many men and women develop cataracts as they approach their golden years. While aging is the single biggest risk factor for cataracts, there are other factors that can contribute to cataracts, which can afflict people of all ages. According to the American Optometric Association, the following factors can contribute to the development of cataracts.

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Authorities are playing down concern over potential for a deadly rail disaster in the Lower Mainland after a runaway train laden with crude oil destroyed much of the Quebec town of Lac Megantic.

Shipping oil by rail has been on the upswing as pressure grows to get landlocked Alberta oil out to global markets.

Train loads of crude oil aren’t yet rolling through Metro Vancouver for export, but there’s growing speculation that could come, particularly if proposed new pipelines are rejected. (Small amounts of crude have come by truck or train to Chevron’s Burnaby refinery at times when it was unable to get enough supply from the over-subscribed Trans Mountain pipeline.)

But poisonous or explosive gases do roll on rail through heavily developed Metro neighbourhoods and

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Rail disasters are a “low frequency, high risk” threat that emergency responders in the region prepare for, he said.

“We haven’t taken it lightly,” Garis said.

But he emphasized the rail industry’s safety record moving dangerous goods has steadily improved since a 1979 chlorine leak in Mississauga, Ontario forced the evacuation of 218,000 people.

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Burnaby native Mike Santorelli is coming home, or at least that’s the plan.

The Vancouver Canucks announced Saturday the signing of the centre to a one-year, two-way contract worth $550,000 in the NHL and $250,000 if he plays in the AHL.

“Obviously, I’m very, very excited. It was always been a dream of mine since I was a kid to play for Vancouver. Every kid growing up in Vancouver gets that dream so I’m looking forward to that challenge,” Santorelli told Team 1040 host and Burnaby resident Bob Marjanovich. “It would be neat to play in front of your family and friends, but ultimately no matter where you’re playing you’ve got to bring it each and every night.”

Santorelli, 27, grew up in the Burnaby Winter Club minor hockey program before moving on to the BCHL with the Langley Hornets and Vernon Vipers before spending three years at Northern Michigan University.

He joined the Nashville Predators organization,

which selected him in the sixth round (178th overall) of the 2004 NHL draft, in 2007. In his four years with that organization he saw only

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He then signed with the Florida Panthers where he played 166 games. His best season was 2010-11 where playing alongside current Canuck David Booth he scored 20 goals and 41 points.

“That’s the goal (to return to that form) and that’s the mindset. I’ve just got to play to my assets, use my speed and get to the net and get to those dirty areas because that’s where the goals are scored nowadays,” Santorelli said in the interview.

This past season he was claimed off waivers by the Winnipeg Jets where he picked up just one assist in 10 games before becoming an unrestricted free agent in the off-season.

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Former referee and long-time Burnaby resident Ron Crosato has been named along with 10 others and a team as the 2013 Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductees.

Crosato began his officiating career in 1976 and went on to blow the whistle in 11 Mann Cups and eight Minto Cup series. He has handled more Western Lacrosse Association games—408 league, 146 playoff and 26 in the Mann Cup—than any other official. He has also served as the league’s referee-in-chief and worked as an official for the National Lacrosse League for six seasons.

In addition to his work on the lacrosse floor, Crosato teamed with principal Darrell Hall to coach the St. Thomas More Collegiate Grade 8 football team to nine consecutive provincial championships.

He is also a member of the Burnaby and STM sports halls of fame.

Two goaltenders with Burnaby ties also were named to the hall. Dallas Eliuk played junior for Burnaby Cablevision in the early 1980s as well as in the WLA for the Burnaby Lakers. Dwight Maetche also played for Cablevision in 1980 and 1981.

Doug Deschner, who played minor lacrosse for Norburn will be inducted as a field lacrosse player. His accomplishments included helping Canada

win a silver at the world championships in Australia.

The induction banquet will be held at the Firefighters Club in Burnaby on Nov. 9. More information is available at canadianlacrossehalloffame.org.

Lakers subdue Salmonbellies

The Burnaby Lakers moved into a tie for third place in the WLA and at the same time improved their playoff chances considerably by defeating the visiting New Westminster Salmonbellies 10-7 at Bill Copeland Arena on Friday.

The Lakers jumped out to a 4-0 lead and extended it to 7-1 before cruising to the victory which gave Burnaby a 7-6-0 record, the same as the Maple Ridge Burrards. They are four points back of the Victoria Shamrocks (9-4-0) and the Langley Thunder (8-3-2) with five games left on their schedule. With four teams making the

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Rookie Tyler Digby, who grew up in the Salmonbellies organization and has his eye on a Canadian Football League career, scored twice and assisted on another while Chase Williams, Casey Jackson and Robert Church also had three-point performances with a goal and two assists. Jackson Decker had two goals with Justin Salt and Mike Brascia having a goal and an assist each.

Burnaby honoured former player and coach Russ Heard, who is now an assistant with the Salmonbellies, before the game.

Francois sixth at B.C. junior golf

Susie Francois of Burnaby finished sixth as the B.C. junior girls golf championship wrapped up in Langley last Friday, shooting 13-over par (75-71-75-76-297). Jacklyn Duchen of Burnaby did not make the cut after the third round. At the boys championship in Revelstoke, Lucas Gatto of Burnaby finished at even par coming in eighth (71-71-73-73-288), two shots and one spot ahead of another Burnaby golfer Alan Tolusso (74-71-71-774-290).

Francois’ brother Alex tied for 17th at six-over while Kevin Li tied for 37th at 14-over.

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Long-time Western Lacrosse Association official Ron Crosato has been named an inductee into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

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Va n c o u v e r S y m p h o ny Orchestra: Listen to the VSO perform in Deer Lake Park at this 25th annual free and hugely popular event. Bring your own blankets or folding chairs to sit on. When: Sunday, July 14, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Where: Deer Lake Park, Burnaby.

Key West Ford Show and Shine: The 14th annual free family event features over 350 cool cars, trucks and bikes, food and live entertainment. When: Sunday, July 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Columbia Street, Downtown New Westminster. Info: www.downtownnewwest.ca.

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Burnaby Equestrian Centre Open House: The Burnaby Horsemen’s Association hosts and open house for its facility on the east side of Burnaby Lake. The free family event features pony rides, barn tours, horse-themed crafts, free manure for your garden, information about its public lesson program and the facility. Bring cash for concession snacks and the craft sale and well-heeled boots for pony rides. When: Sunday, July 21, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Burnaby Equestrian Centre, 9080 Avalon Ave., Burnaby. Info: http://www.burnabyhorsemensassociation.com/ or burnabyhorsemens [email protected].

Double Zero: The Point Between Future Past: Art by Jeremy Isao Speier and Junichiro Iwase, two artists of Japanese ancestry who present contrasting minimalist aesthetic approaches to their work. Their contemporary art provides fresh perspectives on social issues and popular culture. Admission by donation. When: Until Sept. 1, Tuesdays to Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Edmonds City Fair and Classic Car Show: Enjoy food, music and classic cars. When: Sunday, July 21, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Edmonds Street between Canada Way and Kingsway. Info: www.edmondsfestivals.com or 604-916-1869.

Burnaby Blues & Roots Festival: The 14th annual festival features internationally-acclaimed artists including this year’s headliner, Blue Rodeo. Also performing this year: Charles Bradley, ZZ Ward, Shakura S’Aida, Ndidi Onukwulu, David Gogo, Jon and Roy, The Sojourners, John Lee Sanders, Vince Vaccaro, Brickhouse and Shaun Verreault. When: Saturday, Aug. 10. Where: Deer Lake Park, Burnaby. Tickets: 604-205-3000. Info: www.burnabybluesfestival.com.

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Scope of Position:Reporting to the Category Manager, the DP Sales Specialist will be successful in completing the job duties by assisting retail and service business decision makers the to make informed on-line advertising decisions. Success will include meeting or exceeding all objectives including, but not limited to maintaining advertising sales and account servicing activities, with an emphasis on digital advertising sales. Additionally, the position will be evaluated on the demonstrated ability of the DP Sales Specialist to maintain and increase sales objectives as set out in monthly, quarterly and annual sales budgets. Further, the position may require from time to time, attendance at and participation in various promotional, marketing and training events. The ability to work as an integral part of an advertising sales team is critical to maintaining success. The above will be key points of job performance evaluation.

Qualifi cations:The successful candidates will possess exceptional telephone marketing skills, and understand terms and concepts such as page views, online inventory management, bounce rate, click-through rate, conversion rate, impressions and traffi c types. The ideal candidate will have experience in online media, advertising, sales and/or marketing. Experience coordinating the sales and development of rich media and interactive web applications would be an asset. Experience with online media, e-commerce or digital technologies is preferred.

This is a full time position based in Langley, BC

Black Press offers competitive compensation, benefi ts and opportunities for career development.

Forward resumes to:Mark WalkerDirector Sales and Marketing – Black Press [email protected]

Position: Digital Products Sales Specialist

Job posting:

Main Duties:1. Contact existing and prospective customers as directed by the Category Manager for a range of Black Press Digital advertising opportunities. Primary contact will be via telephone, e-mail and Web presentations.2. Maintains online customer accounts information and history using selected CRM and iServices.3. Completes and submits complete, accurate and up to date advertising materials and copy, insertion orders and billing information.4. Attends all sales and marketing meetings, on time, as requested by the Company.5. Represents the Company in a professional and courteous manner at various non- sales and marketing events.6. Attends from time to time social, training and marketing events and meetings on behalf of the Company.

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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

7 OBITUARIES

WILKINSON, CharmaineFebruary 8 1943 - July 5 2013

With great sadness we an-nounce the passing of Char-maine, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and dear friend to so many. Charmaine touched so many lives and fi lled them with love, music, and humour. She was happi-est teaching, playing, and laughing with her grandchil-dren and the many Sunday school children she taught over the years. Charmaine is survived by her husband Don, two sons David (Merilynn), and Grant (Lana), along with her 6 grandchildren, Sarah, Skye, Sophia and Scott, Abi-gail, Elizabeth. A mom’s hug lasts long after she lets go. A memorial service will be held at New Westminster Evangeli-cal Free Church, 7895 Canada Way, in Burnaby at 2:00 on July 13, 2013. In lieu of fl ow-ers please make a donation in Charmaine’s name, to the BC Cancer Foundation

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102 ACCOUNTING/BOOKKEEPING

Bookkeeper We are currently seeking an experienced full time bookkeeper who thrives in a fast paced environment to work in our Coquitlam Head Offi ce. If you enjoy competing demands, interacting with people, and have relevant experience in A/R, A/P, bank reconciliations, preparing fi nancial statements and general ledger, we have the position for you.

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benefi ts, signifi cant employee discounts, a fl exible schedule

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108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

A Great JanitorialFranchise Opportunity• Annual Starting Revenue of

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• Financing Available• Ongoing Support

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109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIESPowell River Community Services Association is seeking an experienced POVERTY LAW ADVOCATE. For more information, please e-mail Julie Chambers, Executive Director. [email protected].


109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NOW HIRING HEAVYHIGHWAY/ HEAVY CIVIL

PROFESSIONALS

To join Flatiron at our Edmonton location.

• Excavator Operators• MSE Wall Foremen• Loader Operators• Skidsteer Operators• Dozer Operators• Skilled Laborers

Flatiron is one of North America’s fastest growing heavy civil infrastructure contractors, with landmark projects across Canada. We have established ourselves as a builder and employer of choice.

Offering Competitive Compensation!

Flatiron has been named Heavy Civil Contractor of theYear in Alberta and has been recognized as a 2012 Best Workplace in Canada.

Please apply by sending your resume to Trevor Argue

targue@fl atironcorp.comor fax (1)780-454-8970Please indicate in youremail which fi eld you

are applying for.www.fl atironcorp.com

114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

TRUCK DRIVER

The Ridge Meadows Recycling Society is seeking 2 F/T Truck Drivers. $20.75/hr. Physical, Out-door work. Swamping & Driving. MUST have clean Class 5 Driv-ers license with airbrake endorse-ment. Criminal record check req’d

Fax resume to: 604-467-6100 or drop off: 10092 - 236 Street

Maple Ridge Email: [email protected]

115 EDUCATIONCanScribe Education

127 HAIRCAREPROFESSIONALS

LICENSED experienced hairstylist wanted for a few weeks in August and periodically after. Working on your own with senior clients. 778-322-6307

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130 HELP WANTED

An Alberta Oilfi eld Company is hir-ing dozer and excavator operators, Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call (780)723-5051Edson,Alta

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109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES


125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE 125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

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TRAVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-76

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BUSINESS SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . 203-387

PETS & LIVESTOCK . . . . . . . . . . . 453-483

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION


ADULT FLOATER CARRIERS

NEEDED in Burnaby for door-to-door newspaper delivery

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Reliable vehicle and

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Route Quantity Boundaries

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BB24204207 100 Ranelagh Ave - Grosvenor Ave, Grosvenor Cr, Pandora St

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LEADER

Call 604.436.2472 or email [email protected] for more info!

Deliver newspapers on Wednesdays & Fridays in your neighbourhood.

blackpress.ca bclocalnews.com

Van PressA divisionof Black Press

Part-time Administrator Assistant/Receptionist(3 days - 24 hours) for Maternity ReliefVanPress has an immediate opening for a temporary Administrator Assistant/Receptionist (3 days a week) to cover for maternity leave at our Burnaby location.

Primary duties include b ut not limited to:Work order samplingPricing internal/external jobsAssisting with PayablesAssist sales-rep with price quotesOrganize pick-up/deliver with courierPurchase, receive and store the office supplies ensuring that basic supplies are always availableAnswer general phone inquiries using a professional and courteous mannerDirect phone inquiries to the appropriate staff membersReply to general information requests with the accurate informationGreet clients/suppliers/visitors to the organization in a professional and friendly mannerSelf-starter, efficient, productive, works well with a teamNot physical labor but must be able to lift 25 pounds for paper storage.

Requirement: 1-3 years of Administration/Receptionist experienceHighly proficient in MS Word, ExcelProven aptitude for quick creative and technical thinking with acute attention to detail.Proven track record of high productivity, the ability to work effectively under pressure and ensure deadlines are met.Exceptional written and verbal English communication skills.

Please forward resume and cover letter to [email protected] for consideration.

Compensation will be based on experience.

130 HELP WANTED 130 HELP WANTED 130 HELP WANTED

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CARRIERS NEEDED

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Email [email protected]

.

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130 HELP WANTED

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134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES

J , N & Z Deli1729 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5N 4A4 Pastry Baker 1 vacancy (NOC 6252) Temp, F/T 40 hr per week, Night shift (2AM to 10AM),$17.50 hourly, CPP, WCB, EI, ASAP. Three years of work experience as a Eastern European Pastry Baker required. Basic English, Serbian an asset. Prepare and bake mixed dough (according to recipes or special customer orders) for Eastern European pastry specialties such as: Hungarian buns (croissant, kifl i, pogacsa), Hungarian multigrain organic bread, Serbian home made bread, Serbian pita (cheese, meat, potato, spinach), Serbian Flat Pita with cheese - Gibanica, Salt Croissant – slane kifl ice, Serbian Flat Bread – Lepinje, pogace, etc... Operate machinery. Email at:[email protected]

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

Auto Body TechnicianRequired immediately

for f/t permanent position.Prefer TQ’d but would

consider 3rd year apprentice.Medical & Dental Plan avail.

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Heavy DutyDiesel Mechanic

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BENEFIT PACKAGE!Please contact Mike e-mail: [email protected] or

fax 604.599.5250

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BENEFIT PACKAGE!Please contact Mike e-mail: [email protected] or

fax 604.599.5250

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130 HELP WANTED 130 HELP WANTED


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PERSONAL SERVICES

172 ASTROLOGY/PSYCHICS

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182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

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188 LEGAL SERVICESCRIMINAL 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.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

242 CONCRETE & PLACING

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

* Excavation & Reinforcing* Re-Re Specialists

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Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

257 DRYWALL

ALL PHASES DRYWALL• Taping • Texture • Spraying

30 yrs. Tidy Workplace. Free Est. No job too small.Eric 778-898-9806

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260 ELECTRICAL

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING


263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

DEMOLITIONEXCAVATING - DRAIN TILEOld Garage, Carport, House, Pool, Repair Main Waterline, Break Concrete & Removal

•Licensed •Insured •WCB604-716-8528

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTSALWAYS! GUTTER Cleaning & Roof Blowing, Moss Control,30 yrs exp., Reliable! Simon 604-230-0627

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

. Expert Power Washing. Gutters cleaned & repaired. www.expertpowerwashing. Mike, 604-961-1280MIKE 604-961-1280

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Exc. Rates, Senior Disc. Work guar. Since 1986. Ken 604-418-7168

MOON CONSTRUCTIONBUILDING SERVICES• Additions • Renovations

• New ConstructionSpecializing in • Concrete

• Forming • Framing • SidingAll your carpentry needs

& handyman requirements.

604-218-3064

320 MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVINGwww.affordablemovers.bc.com

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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.

Stan’s PaintingExterior / Interior

Good Quality Paint. Member of BBB & WCB

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Seniors - 10%

604-773-7811 or 604-432-1857

AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

A-1 PAINTING CO. 604.723.8434 Top Quality Painting. Floors & Finishing. Insured, WCB, Written Guarantee. Free Est. 20 Years Exp.

JOBS: Whether you’re looking to find or filla position, this is where your search begins.Call bcclassified.com 604-575-5555


332 PAVING/SEAL COATING

ASPHALT PAVINGCommercial & Residential• Parking Lots • Driveways

• Garage Apron • Speed Bumps • Potholes • Patchwork • Tennis Courts • Repair & Resurface

Over 10yrs of exp. Free Estimates

Insured ★ Great Rates ★ WCBwww.jaconbrospaving.com

604-618-2949

338 PLUMBING

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

100% Heating& Plumbing 24/7Certifi ed, Insured & BondedRELIABLE & AFFORDABLE

JourneymanCall 604-345-0899

LOCAL PLUMBER $45 Service call Plumbing, Heating, plugged drains. Mustang Plumbing 778-714-2441

CRESCENT Plumbing & HeatingLicensed Residential 24hr. Service• Hot water tanks • Furnaces • Broilers

• Plugged Drains 778-862-0560

341 PRESSURE WASHING

Always! Power Washing, Window & Gutter cleaning, all your exterior cleaning needs. 604-230-0627

IMPACT PRESSURE WASHING - Gutter, Windows, Full Houses. Excellent Rates. (604)780-4604

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

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

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

PATTAR ROOFING LTD. All types of Roofi ng. Over 35 years in business. 604.588.0833

Roofi ng Experts. 778-230-5717Repairs/Re-Roof/New Roofs. All work Gtd. Free Est. Call Frank.

10% DISCOUNT. MG Roofi ng & Siding. WCB.

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Mainland Roofi ng Ltd.25 yrs in roofi ng industry

Family owned & operated. Fully ins. We do Cedar Shakes, conversions,

concrete tiles, torchon, fi bre-glass shingles, restoration

& repairs. 20 yr labour warr. 604-427-2626 or 723-2626

www.mainlandroof.com

.

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

FLEETWOOD WASTEBin Rentals 10-30 Yards.Call Ken at 604-294-1393

PATRICK’S RUBBISH REMOVAL*Landscape *Trimming *Yard Clean

*Const. Clean. *ANYTHING!!! 1 Ton Truck. Call Patrick for Prompt Quality Service @ 604-808-1652.



356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

DISPOSAL BINSBy Recycle-it

6 - 50 Yard BinsStarting from $199.00

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Free Estimates ~ 7 Days/Wk

Call Tony 604-834-2597www.bulldogdisposal.ca

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• Rubbish • Mattresses • More

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372 SUNDECKS

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374 TREE SERVICES

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PETS

477 PETS

BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS, bred at Diesel Kennel, one male puppy left, $1000. (604)869-5073

CAIRN TERRIERS. Shots, de-wormed. Ready to go to good homes. $650. 604-807-5204.

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

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are

spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at

fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

ENGLISH BULLDOG P/B Pups.CKC reg’d. 3 Beautiful healthy 9/wk old females. 1st Shots, 2 Year Health Guarantee. Micro-chipped. $2800. Ph: 604-302-9417 (Mission).

ENGLISH BULLIES 3 fem, 1male, Vet ✔, stable temp., 50 lbs. at most. $1500 (604)725-7191 after 5

GOLDEN RETRIEVER purebred pups, born May 2, ready to go. First shots & vet checked. Cute & cud-dly, $700. Contact Sherry at cell # 604-869-6367

ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso)

P/B blue males Ready to go. 1st shots &

tails/dew claws done. ULTIMATE FAMILY GUARDIAN

$1000 604-308-5665

LAB Yellow X Golden Retriever pups. Family/ hobby farm raised. Vet ✓, shots, short hair, parents exc temper. $595. 604-835-0305.

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

STUDS available, PUG (rare silver) and Golden Retriever, OFA hip and eye cert. both great natured family dogs, personality plus, Mission, 604-820-4827

PETS

477 PETS

LASSIE DOODLES (poodle x collie) pups, born June 16, specially creat-ed perfect family dogs, intelligent, easy to train, good natured, gentle, good with animals/kids, low/no shed for hypoallergenic, will be med. sz about 45-50lbs 23-24in tall, will have shots & deworming, males & females, black & rare blue merle colors. Raised in the house w/kids. $850-$950 Mission, 604-820-4827

YORKIE PUPS, PB, one male, one female, $875. Ready to go in 4 weeks. Call (604)858-4900

Yorkshire Terrier, 11 wk old female Shots & dewormed. Vet checked Black & tan. $900. 604-828-2806

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

548 FURNITURE

PATIO/WICKER Furniture - WARE-HOUSE CLEARANCE SALE, Sat & Sun (13 & 14 July) - 10am to 4pm, #12950-80 Ave, Surrey (Unit 5C), 778-918-8302,[email protected]

551 GARAGE SALES

MULTI Family Garage Sale Satur-day July 13th - 610 Victoria Street in New Westminster (Apartment Building). 9am - 2pm. Over 15 fami-lies participating. Rain or Shine.

560 MISC. FOR SALE

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CRESTWELL MANOR. 1 Bdrm & bath, top fl oor unit with skylights. Designer colours w/ebony walnut fl ooring plus INSUITE LAUNDRY. Complex has outdoor pool.

OFFERED at $144,300Steve & Gloria Hamilton

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615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

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706 APARTMENT/CONDO

2 bdrm bright apt.

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706 APARTMENT/CONDO

BURNABY

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Please call 604-521-3448 for viewing.

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748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION

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751 SUITES, UPPER

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With accessible amenities, in safe family oriented communities of, North Burnaby on Burnaby Mountain below Simon Fraser University. Market rents from $1025 - $1220 for 2 - 3 bdrm units. Pet friendly with some restrictions.

If your income is between $36,900 and $70,000 you could

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If your income is lower than these ranges call

BC Housing 604-433-2218

For further info call 604-451-6075 to view

Metro Vancouver Housing Co-operation.

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

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Better recheck that babysitter before you head out the door. Before you hire a stranger, you are going to investigate them pretty carefully, aren't you? But your folks usually get a pass, even if they don't hear so well. After all, they love your kids and whose hearing isn't going downhill?

The current statistics from the Better Hearing Institute are that one in six baby boomers have hearing loss and 3 in 10 of people over 65 have hearing loss; seniors in their 80's have greater than a 50% incidence of hearing loss. However, keep in mind that these statistics don't tell the whole story. Almost everyone knows at least one person who has a hearing loss that is affecting communications but resolutely refuses to acknowledge or do anything about it.

If your child's babysitter is one of the 24 million people who need hearing aids and don't have them, there could be serious problems. Effective caregivers need to be environmentally vigilant to assure the safety of your child; the ability to hear is a key component in assuring the safety of your child. The risks of not hearing a smoke or carbon monoxide detector, an intruder, or a child crying in the backyard could be fatal or result in an injury. Spending too much time speech reading while driving can cause a crash, as can failing to hear a siren. Older children have been known to take advantage of an adult's hearing loss to get “permission” to do something the adult wouldn't agree to if they understood what the child said.

Before heading out for that weekend, consider this:

General Child CareA 66-year-old man was aggravated that his wife dragged him in to a hearing evaluation, and decided that he did not need the amplification the audiologist recommended. (His wife just didn't talk right.) 18 months later he was back. While watching his three-year-old grandson, the child had opened the screen door of the living room while his grandfather was there and wandered down the street. A neighbour found and returned him, and the family forced him to get his hearing checked and get amplification if he was ever again to sit with his beloved grandson. After reluctantly getting his hearing aids, he returned two days later, laughing and shaking his head. “What a fool I have been. This is not bad at all.”

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