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The National Energy Board appears to bestepping into the longstanding fray over whowould respond to a major petroleum re atKinder Morgans Burnaby Mountain tankfarm.While on tour in the Lower Mainland,

NEB chair Peter Watson told theNOW theboard would get involved.Absolutely we would, because we

wouldnt want anything to occur that wouldput the public at risk associated with that fa-cility that we regulate, Watson said. Wewill require that the company has an ade-

quate plan to respond to it. As part of that,they would need to understand what the roleof the local re department is and isnt andhow that would unfold.If a major re were to break out at the

tank farm, the Burnaby re department hassaid its role is to help supply water and pro-tect the surrounding community, as theirstaff are not trained to handle large oil res.However, Kinder Morgan has indicated staffwould phone the re department for help.Last Friday, Watson said he would follow

up and meet with the city administration, in-cluding the rst responders.Lets make sure were clear on roles and

responsibilities, because Im absolutely com-

mitted to ensuring that the companys doingthe right thing and everybody knows whattheir role is going to be, Watson said.Burnaby mayor Derek Corrigan, who had

a private meeting with Watson on Friday,was surprised by the news.If their idea is that our re department is

going to take responsibility for this, theyrewrong, Corrigan said. Im not preparedto have our reghters going into that situa-tion, nor am I prepared to have the city put-ting itself in a position of being in any liabil-ity for it. Theres a lot more issues than themtelling our re department what to do.Corrigan also raised concerns with Wat-

son about Kinder Morgans proposal, nowunder the NEBs review, to triple the tankfarms capacity as part of the Trans Moun-tain pipeline expansion.

NEB chair says it will co-ordinate with city on a plan todeal with a re at oil facility - but thats news to mayor

DOGDAYS: River theassistancedog is the centreof attentionat theopenhouse forPacific AssistanceDogs recently. Anestimated1,000peopleattended for adayof facility tours, dogsdemos, a craft sale andquality timewithpuppies in training tobeassistancedogs. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

Taxesgoupby2.8percentByJanayaFuller-Evansjfullerevans@burnabynow.ca

Residential property tax rates are go-ing up by 2.98 per cent this year.Burnaby council approved the in-

crease at Monday nights council meet-ing.The rate is based on taxes on the aver-

age residential property, which is worth$704,565, according to Coun. DanJohnston, who read from the citys 2015-2019 nancial plan.That would be an increase of $46.77

on such a property, he added.If you have an assessment set by B.C.

Assessment that is below $704,565,youll see a reduction in your taxes. If itsabove $704,565, youll see an increase,said Johnston, who chairs the citys auditand nancial management committees.The report that is before us is pret-

ty conservative its not the highest rate,its not the lowest rate, he said, addingit was pretty reasonable.A number of 2015 capital projects

were also mentioned in the nancialplan, including $17.8 million in majorroad rehabilitation, Johnston said.Other projects included new street-

lights, completion of the Still CreekWorks Yard, and work at the Burna-by Lake Sports Complex and EdmondsPark.The 2015 provisional nancial bud-

get was presented to council in Febru-ary, and recommended a 2.98 per centtax increase.

Last year, council approved a 1.97per cent tax increase, though the cityhad initially projected a 2.47 per centhike.Burnaby council also received the

2014 annual nancial report at Mondaynights meeting.Burnabys annual surplus last year

came in at $101 million more than pro-jected in its 2014 budget, but that wasdue to an accounting change, accordingto Johnston.The annual surplus wasprojected to

be $57 million, according to draft nan-cial statements, but the recorded surpluscame in at $158 million.

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BUGBUFFET: LindaCappelletti hasbeenwagingawaragainst an infestationof Europeanchaferbeetles and thepesky raccoons,skunksandcrowswho tearupher lawn inorder to feast on thegrubs. Shewants the city topay to repair thedamage. PHOTOFILE

ChompingchafersreturnCity lawns are torn up as urban wildlife chows down on the grubs

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One Burnaby resident isdetermined to keep the cityfrom forgetting its prom-ise to nd a solution to theproblem of pesky chaferbeetles.Linda Cappelletti, who

lives in a cul-de-sac nearHalifax Street, rst contact-ed theNOW in Septem-ber, after spending hun-dreds of dollars on a newlawn only to have raccoons,skunks and crows tear itup in search of chafer bee-tle grub.When Cappelletti called

the city to see what theycould do to help deal withthe troublesome pests, shewas told it was out of theircontrol.After the story was pub-

lished, the City of Burnabytold theNOW it was work-ing on a solution to dealwith the city-wide infes-tation of European chaferbeetle grubs, which wouldlikely include offering resi-dents nematodes at a re-duced rate.So when Cappelletti

reached out to the city thismonth in hopes it had im-plemented its plan to dealwith the pests, she was dis-appointed to hear it still

wasnt up and running. Shewas also told she wouldhave to pay for the nem-atodes once they becameavailable.Its repetitive, she said.

I paid $4,000 in taxes,and I just spent $700 onthe landscaper, and yourenot even going to be givingup the product for free? Doyou know how much dam-age is being done in Burn-aby?Cappelletti thinks the city

should be giving the nema-todes out for free, especial-ly considering the amountof damage the beetles andtheir predators are causing

throughout Burnaby, in-cluding city land.This is ridiculous, and

now I have to have (thelandscaper) come back here

and do the repairs to xthe damage these raccoons,and even skunks, havedone, she said.In neighbouring New

Westminster, when thecity was experiencing itsown European chafer bee-tle problem, the city offeredresidents coupons for 50per cent off the purchase ofnematodes.The City of Burnaby ran

a similar program a fewyears ago, and Coun. DanJohnston, former chair ofthe citys environmentalcommittee told theNOWin October that council wasconsidering reinstating asimilar program this year.When theNOW contact-

ed Johnston to follow up,he said it would be best tospeak with the new chairof the environmental com-mittee, Coun. Anne Kang.Kang has yet to return theNOWs phone call.The City of Burnabys

website includes informa-tion and tips for getting ridof or reducing the presenceof European chafer beetles,including nematode appli-cation, lawn alternatives,and Let it Grow, Naturally(the City of Burnabys pes-ticide use and control pro-gram).

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The federal governmentis doling out money forevents celebrating the 150thanniversary of Confedera-tion.Last Thursday, feder-

al Heritage Minister ShellyGlover announced the newCanada 150 Fund at theBurnaby Village Museum.From coast to coast to

coast, Canadians of all agesand backgrounds will havea unique opportunity tocelebrate our great nationand give something back toCanada, Glover said in amedia release.The fund, which was an-

nounced in the 2015 federalbudget, totals $210 millionover four years. The Burn-aby Village Museum an-nouncement also includedthe unveiling of a logo forthe fund. The idea behindthe Canada 150 Fund is topromote Canadian values,culture and history, gener-ate national pride and bringcitizens together to celebrateCanada 150, according toan emailed response fromthe government, followingtheNOWs request for aninterview.Groups eligible for fund-

ing include Canadian non-prots, corporations, co-operatives, schools andmunicipal governments.The government is lookingfor applications for the rstround of projects, which itscalling signature initiatives,and the deadline to applyis May 29. Signatures ini-tiatives are dened as highimpact, national projects

aimed at bringing Canadi-ans closer together whilehighlighting the 150th Con-federation anniversary.When asked for an exampleof a typical project the Can-ada 150 Fund would cover,Charles Cardinal, a mediarelations staffer, pointed toRendez-vous Naval 2017, atall ships regatta planned for2017 in Quebec. Follow-ing the signature initiatives,money will also be availablefor community-based proj-ects.

The grand opening cel-ebration for the Still CreekWorks Yard is onMay 23.The grand opening is tak-

ing place during NationalPublic Works week.The site is a major part of

the citys efforts towards di-verting 70 per cent of wastein the region by the end of

this year.There will be live enter-

tainment at the opening cer-emonies, as well as refresh-ments and guided tours.The events run from

10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. atthe works yard at 4840 StillCreek Ave.

- Janaya Fuller-Evans

Wanted:Europeanchaferbeetle grubs, like theonepicturedhere,are the reasonanimals like skunks, raccoonsandcrowsare tearingup lawns inBurnaby. PHOTOCONTRIBUTED

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This isridiculous,

andnowIhavetohave (thelandscaper)comeback ...

Wildaboutwaste?

Copstalkabout loveThere are still spaces left

for parents wanting to at-tend next weeks safe com-munity seminar on theonline habits of teenag-ers, hosted by the BurnabyRCMP.The one-and-a-half hour

event is the fourth publicseminar organized by theBurnaby RCMPs crimeprevention unit this year.The topic is, When

theyre in love and youreworried, and will coverstrategies for understand-ing teens online activities,concerns about sexting and

the legal consequences, andwarning signs of dating vio-lence. There will also be ananonymous question-and-answer period with a policeofcer.While the event is free,

registration is required. Theseminar is on Tuesday,May 5 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.at the Tommy Douglas li-brary, 7311 Kingsway.Anyone interested in at-

tending is asked to RSVPeither by calling 604-294-7859 or sending an email [email protected].

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I said, You realize howcrazy it is to be expanding atank farm in the middle of aresidential area below a uni-versity, he said.He also raised the re-

cent cases of Kinder Mor-gan calling the RCMP onpeople who were taking pic-tures around the tank farm.That shows that as far as

the RCMP are concerned,this is a terrorist target, nowwhy would you do some-thing like that expandwhat you say is a terroristtarget in the middle of anurban area? Nobody wouldbuild that pipeline therenow.Kinder Morgan has start-

ed working on re pre-plans and already hasroughly 20 people to call on

in the event of a re.Watsons visit last Fri-

day included a meeting withMetro Vancouver may-

ors, many of whom recentlysigned a declaration of non-condence in the NEB,raising concerns about howthe Trans Mountain hear-ing is conducted. Watsonalso said that the NEB is

going to conduct a full auditof Kinder Morgans entireemergency response man-agement program for theexisting pipeline system.The audit should be com-

pleted by the end of 2015scal year (which endsMarch 31, 2016), and thereport will be made public.The NEB conducts auditsof larger companies on asemi-regular basis. Watsonalso announced the NEB islaunching a public consul-tation on the transparencyof emergency managementinformation until June 25.To comment on what infor-mation should be includedin emergency managementplans, go to http://tinyurl.com/NEBcomments.

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Ofcers from the Burn-aby RCMP joined forc-es with police departmentsfrom across the LowerMainland to catch a sus-pected car thief who was onthe run last Thursday.The police pursuit began

on April 23, when ofcerswith the Integrated Munic-ipal Provincial Auto CrimeTeam spotted a BMW thathad been reported stolen inCoquitlam a few days ear-

lier. The suspect had alleg-edly broken into a home inCoquitlam and stolen thekeys to a 2015 BMWX3,which was parked in the ga-rage, according to a mediarelease.After it was spotted in

Coquitlam, additional sight-ings came in from NewWestminster, Burnaby andSurrey. Ofcers dispatcheda helicopter crew to followthe suspect vehicle and pro-

vide updates to ofcerson the ground, the releaseadded.The RCMPs Port Mann

freeway patrol attemptedto stop the vehicle in NewWestminster, but the driverallegedly sped away beforeofcers could detain him.It wasnt until the driv-

er was involved in a mi-nor crash at Imperial StreetandMacpherson Avenue inBurnaby that ofcers were

able to close in on the sus-pect.The driver ed the scene

of the crash and pulledover a short distance away,near Kingsway and Impe-rial Street, where he exitedthe BMWand continued onfoot, according to the release.Ofcers found the sus-

pect shortly after his escape he was hiding in the stair-well of a residential build-ing, the release added.

Inside the BMW, ofcersfound a number of stolenitems including mail, jew-elry and power tools. Inves-tigators believe these itemsmay have been taken dur-ing robberies in CoquitlamandMaple Ridge. Policeare now trying to nd theowners of the stolen goods.Any mail found during thesearch will be returned toCanada Post and deliveredto the intended recipients,

according to the release.Brandon Cumming-Hob-

son, of no xed address,faces several charges, in-cluding possession of prop-erty obtained by crime,possession and/or use of astolen credit card, danger-ous driving and breach ofprobation.Cumming-Hobson is

scheduled to appear incourt onMay 4.

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Lessthanaquarterofcityballots inTheres no more sacred

or noble exercise a citizencan perform than casting aballot.Except when they dont

bother to do it.Thats the case with more

than 75 per cent of Burnabyresidents who have receivedtheir TransLink plebisciteballot package and prompt-ly done nothing with it, ac-cording to numbers releasedas we hit the half-way point

of the voting period. (Theactual number is 23.2 percent of ballots, or 35,505ballots returned as of thisweek.)That is still better than

the 21.8 per cent returnedin the entire region; a to-tal of 340,605 ballots out ofmore than 1.5 million.Our neighbour, New

Westminster, has sent backeven fewer than we have -13.1 per cent of ballots, or

6,027 ballots in total.The point of a mail-in

ballot was that it was sup-posed to be the most con-venient way legally possiblefor someone to cast a vote.No nding your polling sta-tion. No waiting in line. Justmark your X, mash the en-velopes together and pushthem in a red box at theside of the road.Transportation Minister

Todd Stone said the ques-

tion of whether we shouldhave a new source of fund-ing for transportation ex-pansion was simply tooimportant to be left up toelected leaders. Either hesbadly misread the publicsdesire or his governmentwas simply trying to wiggleits way out of a political no-win situation.Perhaps everybody is sit-

ting on the fence and justwaiting to mail in their bal-

lots the day before the dead-line onMay 29. But wethink thats unlikely.Pundits have argued since

the beginning that puttingthis to a referendum was abad idea.When it comes to mat-

ters of public policy, thereare few things more com-plex than a transportationsystem. By now, everyoneshould be more than famil-iar with the arguments for

and against.Second only to the ab-

surd cost of real estate, itsprobably the hottest topic inthe Lower Mainland. (Theless said about the Canucks,the better).One things for sure. With

numbers this low, it onlytakes a handful of ballots toswing the outcome.

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Itsabattleofdoomvs.gloomThe transit plebiscite ap-

pears to have degeneratedfrom a Yes versus No bat-tle to a doom versus gloomght. The past couple ofweeks saw two good exam-ples of the hysteria eitherside likes to employ.A couple of weeks back

the No side oated the ri-diculous notion that the Li-ons Gate Bridge wouldeventually be closed to allvehicle trafc. Based on anunimplemented and unen-forceable deal hatched be-tween a dying NDP gov-ernment and the VancouverPark Board more than 15years ago, the whole thingseemed like a ploy designedto get everyone worked upabout TransLink.All it took was a couple

of phone calls to realize thewhole idea was more hoaxthan reality. Still, while theNo sides credibility mayhave taken a hit, it may havepushed a few more ballotsinto their camp.More recently, on the

day of a federal budget thatoutlined a new fund fortransit, Vancouver MayorGregor Robertson atly de-clared that a successful Novote would mean the feder-al government would never,ever provide new fundingfor transit projects in Met-ro Vancouver. He was im-mediately corrected by fed-eral Industry Minister JamesMoore, who said no matterwhich side won the federalgovernments commitmentto boosting funding for tran-sit in Metro Vancouver wasunshakable.

You can argue all youwant about a governmentscommitment to some-thing and whether or not itsreal, but a truism in politicsis that improving transporta-tion is a key way to winningvotes. The transportationneeds of Metro Vancouver,in some parts, are directlytied to the political fortunesof both the federal and pro-vincial governments.Does anyone really believe

that aNo vote would kill, say,any chance of Surrey gettingprovincial and federal fundingto build light rail rapid transitlines within its borders?Not on your life. This is

basic politics, folks. If thereis indeed a successful Novote, the two senior levels ofgovernment will nd waysaround that outcome to cur-ry favor with voters in keyridings.The mayors claim there

is no plan B should theYes side go down in ames.There is one, of course, butno one yet knows what itwill look like (perhaps it willmean raising property taxes,or bringing in a vehicle levy,or something else that pro-duces revenue), and it maytake a couple of years to sortthings out.There are plenty of valid

reasons to vote either Yes orNo in the transit plebiscite,but dont base your vote onthe silly idea that the LionsGate Bridge may close, oron a fear that governmentswill stop spending big mon-ey on transportation.Keith Baldrey is chief politi-

cal reporter for Global B.C.

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The largest break-out in the history of the LowerMainland Correction Centre (a.k.a. Oakalla prison) re-newed calls for the immediate closure of the 76-year-oldfacility. Thirteen prisoners, serving sentences for crimesranging from robbery to murder, broke out of the pris-ons segregation unit or cow barn in the early hours ofNew Years Day.Two guards in charge of the unit were overpowered

by prisoners wielding a homemade knife made out of ablade and a toothbrush. Shortly after the breakout, threeof the prisoners stole a car from a Burnaby couple asthey were leaving Delaneys pub on Kingsway. That carwas later found abandoned in Surrey.Three other escapees were caught later on New

Years Day at a NewWestminster pub. Another prison-er was nabbed at his parents Chilliwack home. As localand federal police searched for the remaining nine, localresidents and politicians called on the province to speedup the proposed 1990 closure of the prison.

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City of Burnabydoing a good jobDear EditorNewsof theCity of Burnabyyear-end surplus is anopportunity for thoseof not familiarwith how this occurred to askthosewhoare. I havemade inquiries andlearned that this is due to e.g., as reported intheBurnabyNow, newcity auditor accountingpractice requirements and theCity of Burnabypractice of ensuring funds are available for sig-nificant infrastructure expenses suchaswaterand sewer, roads and city buildings ownedbytheCity.

Bonusdensitymoneys are divided into twoaccounts 1.80per cent goes for communityamenities for us as citizens and2.20per centfor future housingprojects for citizens. Thisindicates our city is planning to ensure themaintenance anddevelopment of servicesandamenitieswith fundsbeing available todoso rather thanadding these costs in future taxyears. Iwas easily able to find a comparisonofmunicipal taxes inB.C. and foundBurnaby tobe 12thof the 24 listed,which indicates fiscalprudenceby theCity of Burnaby. Basedonmypersonal andwork experience in communitiesinB.C. andbeyond, I amgrateful to be living inBurnaby. I have foundourmayor, council andcity staff tobe very responsive to concerns andto respondwithpractical, effective, financiallysoundmeasures. I encourage allwho live intheCity of Burnaby to considerwhichhalf ofthe cupof life they are looking at.

Mine is always at the very least half fullas our city ensures ourwater services and somuchmore are easily and consistently acces-sible.DianeGillis, Burnaby

Nothing but goodthings in the budgetDearEditorRe:BurnabyNDPMPscriticalofToriesbalancedbudget,BurnabyNOW,April21.

TheNOW shouldnote this is not theCon-servative governments first balancedbudgetsince 2006. Prior to the 2008 global economiccrisis, theConservatives hadbalanced thebudget. In termsof localMPs opinions, NDPMPPeter Julian criticized the government forhavingprioritieswhen it balanced thebudgetthisweek. Priorities are the keydifferencebe-tweenPrimeMinisterHarpers Conservativesand theThomasMulcair NDP. TheConserva-tives have a specific set of priorities lowtaxes, job growthand safe communities. TheNDPwants to taxCanadian familiesmore andthink they knowbetter than taxpayers onhowto spendpeoples hard earnedmoney.

TheNDPmay think its unfortunate theConservatives havepriorities. JoeOliverspriorities help families keepmoreof theirhard-earneddollars to focus on their familiespriorities. GoodonJoeOliver, StephenHarperand theConservatives formaking taxes thelowest theyvebeen in over half a century. TheNDPcan remindBurnaby residents their tax-and-spendpriorities this fall.BrockStephenson,Burnaby

Say No to fundingcuts to libraries

Jean-MichelOblette This iswherethis governments balancedbudgethas ledus: parents having to contem-plate library closure and specialistshortage. The additional fundsnegoti-ated after the teacherss strikers hiremore teachers andupdatematerials?Wewill never see it.BurnabyNorthMLARichardT. Leevoted this budget. Is toeing thepartyline reallymore important than listen-ing tohis constituents?Mr Lee is currently facing aRecall pro-cedure.Wewill be collecting signaturesevery Saturday inMayat Confedera-tionPark, 9am to5pm, aswell as otherlocations.You canalso findoutmore at http://recallburnabynorth.nationbuilder.comIts time toholdour electedofficialsaccountable.

HasToBeSaid I seeChristy Clark has ahabit of clawingmoney fromeduca-tion, hospitals, andother importanthuman services.Why prioritize ANYcuts to education? Instead,weneedto elect aREAL governmentwhowillbring an end toChristy Clarks skim-mingour tax dollars for CorporateWelfare.

KristofferPalmaHowaboutwe save$500k right awaybynot givingKaardalthe goldenhandshake (washe fired?Didhequit?Whyareweon thehookfor half amilliondollars?). Thiswouldbe thebest place to save.

Former superintendentcould cost big bucks

@catriona Im shockedat theBurnabySuperintendents settlement packagegiven the current financial crisis.WOW.#sd41 #bced

BrianPatrick I just filled in a surveyaskingmewhat shouldbe cut fromsd41s budget tomakeup their $1.4Mshortfall, and I now findout they areon thehook for over $400K to thisguy!Whynot force this guy tooutrightquit, or honour his contract and savethedistrict these funds? This is a hugewaste of funds!

KristofferPalmaWow, this is all sortsof ridiculous. Did hequit orwashefired? If hequit hes not tobe consid-ered for compensation... Andwhatcompensation! Thats a gold-platedturd for us taxpayers.Why 18months??Who thinks up these contracts? Thisis not acceptable andSO far beyondfair compensation.Why is heworth 10teachers?

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Libraries are pricelessDearEditorRe:Parents love libraries,BurnabyNOW,April24.Nowonder. After all, the libraryis theheart of the schoolwhere studentsdiscover aworld of knowledgewith thehelpofthe teacher librarianwho can spendprevioustimewith eachof them. Its timeour premier(andmother) realized that school libraries arepriceless.BettyGriffin,Burnaby

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Eighteen local reght-ers boarded a plane toHong Kong early Mondaymorning enroute to Ne-pal, where a magnitude 7.8earthquake decimated thesmall Asian country thisweekend.On Saturday, Burnaby

re Chief Doug McDonaldreceived a call from retiredreghter Mark Pullen ask-ing if any members would

be willing to volunteer forthe Canadian Medical As-sistance Team, a groupthat would be sending res-cue teams to Kathmandu,Nepal.In 24 hours, we had got

18 members to go, Mc-Donald said.The reghters travelling

to Nepal are all responsiblefor paying their own wayand are required to get oth-er members to cover theirshifts while theyre away.The department, however,provided them with sup-

plies and equipment to takewith them overseas.Theyve taken some

high-level search equip-ment, he said. Its somelistening equipment, whichthey can listen into thebuildings to hear if anyoneis tapping, and they alsohave cameras, similar toGo Pros but smaller, thatthey can stick on wands and actually stick them intothe voids of the buildingand look.The reghters who are

heading to Nepal will be

working as frontline searchand rescue ofcers, search-ing through debris andbuildings before any other

teams. Theyll be searchingfor people still trapped in-side, McDonald said.This isnt the rst time

reghters from Burna-by have travelled to plac-es in need. Two years ago,the department sent a teamto southern Alberta to helpwith relief efforts follow-ing the devastating oodsin Calgary, High River andsurrounding areas.Pullen, who helped im-

plement the departmentsurban search and rescuetraining program, a pro-gram that teaches reght-ers how to conduct searchand rescue efforts in urbancentres following a disaster,

has experience in this kindof situation.In 2010, the Burnaby

reghter travelled to Hai-ti to help with search andrescue efforts followingits own devastating earth-quake, and was also in theUnited States after Hurri-cane Katrina hit, McDon-ald said.Pullen and the rest of

the crew are expected to bein Kathmandu for sever-al days. Theyre scheduledto return to Burnaby nextMonday.

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How can parents helpchildren negotiate ahealthy relationship withthese devices?

Theres no magic solu-tion to the challenge ofscreens. But I think thereare three areas Id liketo emphasize, the threeCs. One is content, thesecond is context and thethird one is the child. ...By content, we have to beable to nd ways to iden-tify high-quality screenmedia, so looking for goodexamples of exemplaryscreen-based media youngpeople can use.(Context) is the notionthat to raise a screen-smart kid in your home,you really need a sup-portive environment forthat, and you also needsome adult mentorship

for young people. A bigpart of it is setting ap-propriate limits and givingguidance for young peoplebut also this idea we wantto model what turningoff our screens looks like,and that has to come fromadults. So really havingscreen-free dinners, wherenobody brings an IPhoneor laptop or tablet tothe dinner table, or havereading evenings insteadof screen-based evenings,where entertainmentcomes from some othersource, where we stop andplay games, like boardgames, instead of alwaysplaying computer-basedgames.

This generation (ofyoung kids) seems to bethe rst that has grownup in this age where weare immersed in the In-ternet, and IPhones andIPads. Is there anythingshown in the research sofar about how this is go-ing to affect their devel-

opment?

We know some basicprinciples about how thebrain develops, and weknow that stimuli result in

different developmentalpatterns. Theres thisideas that brains are veryplastic and they developin ways that muscles dowith different stimuli.So if you work out a lot,you get big muscles. Youstop working out, yourmuscles go back downto a normal size. Youngchildren are really plastic.They have greater plastic-ity than adults do. So theconcern, of course, is thatas we expose them moreto rapid touch, fast twitchkind of media, that theyredeveloping in some cases

faster response rates orgreater ability to engagewith faster media. At thesame time, we dont knowwhats missing. We dontknow how that develop-ment is then not beingfunneled to other things.

With the degree of plas-ticity in the brain, is allof this something that isimpacting the way thatwe think, or is it alsosomething that can beundone fairly easily?

We dont know the extentto which children whohave developed in thiscontemporary medialandscape will be able togo back to something,because there is nothing togo back to. There was noprior state where they onlyexperienced slow media.But the challenge is wereintroducing devices andmedia into peoples livesfaster than we can study it.

Whats your best piece of

advice for parents whoare raising kids in thedigital age of fast media?

Dont be afraid of limit-ing things. Be preparedto provide some structurefor young people even ifyoure not familiar withall the bits of media outthere. But we also need todo a better job of crowdsourcing, as parents, ofgetting parent knowledgeout and sharing it witheach other. I also thinkits a great opportunityfor us if we get togetheras parents, as educators,as librarians and facilita-tors to actually push backon some of this. We cantalk to media creators,to service providers, topeople who regulate me-dia, including politiciansand the government, andsay maybe we need to stepback, and maybe we needto fund more research inthis area so we have a bet-ter understanding of howthis is supposed to work.

With the pace of technol-ogy, change and adoptionis so rapid, I really wishwe could take a step backand reect on what weare doing and how we aredoing it.

TOOWIRED? EricMeyers, anassistantprofessor atUBC, is givinga talk inBurnabyonMay7about childrenandscreen timeaspart ofScreenFreeWeek. PHOTOCONTRIBUTED

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Canadian kids, on aver-age, spend nearly eighthours a day in front ofscreens, while the rec-ommended limit is twohours,But how does all thisscreen time affectchildrens development?Thats where Eric Meyerscomes in.Meyers is an assistantprofessor in UBCsschool of library, archivaland information studies,and his research focuseson the social aspectsof how young peopleengage with technol-ogy. But hes not just aresearcher; hes a formerelementary schoolteacher and librarian, andthe parent of a four-year-old girl. Meyers isthe guest speaker at anupcoming Burnaby event

for Screen Free Week, aninternational campaignencouraging people ofall ages to take a breakfrom screen-basedtechnology. Meyers talkwill focus on how screentime affects babies andchildren up to 12 yearsold. Hell also offer tipson how families can usescreen-based media tosupport learning anddevelopment.The talk is on Tuesday,May 5 at the BurnabyNeighbourhood Houseat #100-4460 BeresfordSt. Admission is free, butspaces are filling fast,so register by email-ing [email protected]. Pizza andlight refreshments will beserved.

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Rhododendron Truss DisplayPresented by The Burnaby Rhododendron& Gardens Society. Located in the Galleria.

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Peoples ChoiceSpring Bouquet CompetitionVoting takes place between 10am-1:30pmon festival day. Winner is announcedat 2:30pm in the Atrium.

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Presentations&ToursPresentations in the Studio TheatreYour Food Isnt Garbage | 11:30am-12noon | Ages 18 years+with presenter Tracey TobinCity of Burnaby Environmental ServicesJoin us for an information session on the City of BurnabysGreen Bin programs for food scrap recycling. Learn aboutwhat goes in and what stays out, where it goes and get tipsand tricks to keep your Green Bin clean and odour free.

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ToursThe Bird Life of Deer Lake Park | 8-9:30am1.5 hours (meet at the west side of the Burnaby Art Gallery)Discover the early spring birds of Deer Lake Park.*Call 604-205-3003 to pre-register for this early bird tour.

Ladies of the Lake | 10:30am-12noonwith Lynda Maeve Orr**1.5 hours (meet at East Entrance)A walking tour through Deer Lake Park celebrating the livesof three women with links to this area: Ethel Moore, HarrietWoodward and Grace Ceperley.

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rookie of the year TylerVogrig, who is currently ona eld lacrosse scholarshipat High Point University,Burnaby will have to learntheir ABCs quickly un-til the star righthander be-comes available to the Lak-ers some time next month.The Lakers take on

Langley in a rare Fridaynight home game at theCopeland centre at 8 p.m.

Downtwo:BurnabyLakersMackBurns, inwhite, looks topassoff against aPortCoquitlamSaintsdefender inaB.C. Junior LacrosseLeaguehomegameat theBill CopelandSportsCentreonSunday.Burnaby lost 10-9 to theSaints. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

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The Simon Fraser Uni-versity mens golf teamearned the No. 3 seedinginto the NCAADivision IIregional championship on-Monday.The Clan won its rst

Great Northwest conferencegolf title, setting tournamentrecords for low 54-holescore and largest margin ofvictory at the eighth annu-al mens championships at

the Coeur dAlene Resortcourse last week.Bret Thompson edged

teammate Chris Crisologoby a single stroke for the in-dvidual title, carding a one-under-par 70 on the 6,803-yard course after shootingrounds of 68 and 67 onopening day.Crisologo had the tour-

naments best round, r-ing a ve-under 66 to nishat 206.Both golfers easily broke

the tournament record for

lowest score of 212 set byCraig Crawford of WesternWashington in 2012.Two other SFU golfers

JohnMlikotic and defend-ing champion Kevin Vigna nished third and fourth,respectively.Thompson led the tour-

nament with 16 birdies,while Crisologo andMlikot-ic had 14 apiece. Crisologoand Vigna also carded ea-gles in championship play.SFU nished rst with

a team score of 837 with

rounds of 277, 281 and279.Western Washington,

which won six consecu-tive team titles from 2008to 2013 was in second place37 shots back.The previous largest mar-

gin of victory was 28 shotsby Western Washington in2010.The Clan mens golf

team was named the GreatNorthwest team of theweek.The regional champion-

ships will be a three-day,54-hole tournament at theHiddenbrooke Golf Club inCalifornia.A total of 108 student-

athletes from the West andSouth Central regions willcompete for an opportuni-ty to advance to the NCAAII national championshipsonMay 18 to 22 at theRock Barn Golf and Spa inConover, North Carolina.The Clan men are ranked

10th nationally.SFU will send its four

top nishers from the GreatNorthwest championshipsto the region nals, as wellas sophomore Alan Tolus-so of Burnaby, who didnot compete at last weekschampionships.Thompson, Vigna and

Mlikotic helped the Clannish sixth at the 2014 re-gionals in SFUs rst-everappearance at the tourna-ment.The Clan went on to n-

ish 17th at the nationals lastyear.

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Erin Chambers earnedanother major honourlast week, sharing Basket-ball B.C.s most outstand-ing university female playeraward.The two-time All-Ameri-

can was named the co-win-ner of the award with Uni-versity of British ColumbiasKris Young at the provincialorginizations annual awardsgala at the Langley EventsCentre last Saturday.Chambers was the

NCAADivision II GreatNorthwest conference play-er of the year and a Westregion rst team selection,following a season whereshe set an all-time wom-ens scoring record and n-ished third in NCAADiv.II, averaging 23.5 points pergame.TheMission, B.C. senior

end her collegiate career asthe leading scorer in con-ference history with 1,946points, including a 41-pointgame in a win over SaintMartins University in Feb-ruary.The performance was the

third highest single-gamepoint total in program his-tory.Earlier this year, Cham-

bers shared female athleteof the year honours at SFUwith middle distance runnerLindsey Butterworth.Also entering the Basket-

ball B.C. Hall of Fame wasProvince journalist and for-mer Burnaby NOW sportswriter Howard Tsumura inthe Builder category.



SportsnowCanadanamessquadChristine Sinclair will

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tional career goals for Can-ada, will lead the team inGroup A against MainlandChina, the Netherlands andNew Zealand.The Burnaby superstar

striker will be joined by aveteran element of the team

that earned a bronze medalat the 2012 Olympic Gamesin London.That core group includes

goalkeeper Erin McLeod,midelders Diana Mathe-son, Desiree Scott and So-phie Schmidt and forwardMelissa Tancredi.Today marks the culmi-

nation of three years of ded-icated work from the teamand we are pleased with thenal selection, said nation-

al team head coach JohnHerdman in a Canada Soc-cer press release. After theOlympics, we challengedthe players to shed an oldskin and strive to be evenbetter as a team, and as in-dividuals. They all commit-ted wholeheartedly.Canadas opening game is

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of the Burnaby NOW. We publishedballots earlier this year and offered a$1,000 shopping spree as an incentivefor residents to cast their vote for theirfavourites in over 100 different cat-egories in dining, entertainment, retailand services. The shopping spree wasprovided by Metropolis at Metrotown.Well it worked! We counted thousandsof ofcial ballots in print and online, andtabulated winners for all categories.

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The 2015 Best ofBurnaby winnersare most deservingof our recogni-tion as simply theBest in Burnaby.But dont take ourword for it. Whynot visit each of the businesses listedin this special feature and decide foryourself. Then, next year youll be morequalied to cast your votes in our 19thAnnual Best of Burnaby Awards!

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B BIt seems only tting that Vancity should winthe Best Sustainable Business. Sustainabil-ity, after all, is the foundation that the entirebusiness is built on.

We are building communities that areenvironmentally, economically and so-cially sustainable, says Maria Michayluk,senior branch manager for the BurnabyHeights community branch, noting thatthose values serve as guiding principlesfor the company. Our model of bankingis values-based and grounded in the localeconomy.

Michayluk noted that Vancitys branchdesign is a direct reection of thosevalues. Two of its six Burnaby branches -the Burnaby Heights and South Burnabycommunity branches - have received LEEDcertication.

LEED is a recognized system for certify-ing high-performance green interiors that

are healthy, productive places to work, areless costly to maintain and have a reducedenvironmental footprint.

And the company takes the idea of sustain-ability farther than that: into building sus-tainable communities around the bankingbranches.

Our Vancity Community Branches areplaces where people gather, ideas incu-bate, values are shared and we build com-munity, Michayluk said.

Among the local efforts Vancity has spear-headed: offering Burnaby Board of Trademembers $500 scholarships to participatein Climate Smart training, and becoming aplatinum partner of The Pledge, a compre-hensive online resource designed to helpbusinesses reduce their overall environ-mental footprint.

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BMore than 30 years ago, a group of peoplesaw a lack of knowledge and understand-ing about natural medicine - and decidedto do something about it.

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HANS is a charitable natural healthresource that provides information onpreventive medicine and natural therapeu-tics through its website, a reference library,Health Action magazine, HANS e-newsand regular educational and networkingevents - including conferences, documen-tary screenings and various workshops withhealth-care practitioners.

HANS members are like-minded peopleof all backgrounds who share an interest inhealth as well as environmental issues thatimpact health, its website says.

To stimulate the journey towards individ-ual and collective well-being, the organiza-tion also supports investigation and actionon a variety of natural health, policy-relatedand environmental campaigns.

Recently, those campaigns have includedadvocating against the GMO apple.

Issues of concern to the group have run thegamut of natural health questions, includ-ing the health risks of food irradiation,the hazards of pesticide use, the risks ofcellphone use and microwave towers andthe integration of natural therapeutics inhealth practice.

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BThe Vancouver Symphony Orchestras Sym-phony in the Park concert at Deer Lake hasbeen a summertime tradition for some 26years in Burnaby.

Burnaby NOW readers have recognizedthat fact by voting the annual event theOutdoor Concert of the Year.

The annual free concert attracts thousandsof concertgoers every year to enjoy thespecial summertime tradition of a picnic onthe grassy lawn, followed by the rst-classmusic of the Vancouver SymphonyOrchestra.

Each year, the concert features the talentsof an up-and-coming musician in a programthat appeals to all ages. The concert fea-tures a repertoire of popular classics - lastyears outing included such works as John

Williams Raiders of the Lost Ark: March,Richard Wagners Ride of the Valkyries and,of course, the perennially popular 1812Overture by Peter Tchaikovsky.

Families from throughout Burnaby andaround the region bring their blankets,chairs and picnics and enjoy a concertunder the summer sky.

This summer, the concert is set for Sunday,July 12 at 7:30 p.m.

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Check out www.vancouversymphony.ca fordetails as the date gets closer.

For classical music fans,theres nothing quite like it.

The VSOsSymphony inthe Park concertis a perennialfavourite at DeerLake. It was votedOutdoor Concertof the Year byBurnaby NOWreaders.

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BIt will come as no surprise to anyone whosever visited Deer Lake that the beautifulpark in the heart of the city remains popu-lar with Burnaby NOW readers.

Deer Lake earned a nod again this year inour Best of Burnaby awards for Best Placeto Walk Your Dog.

Its no wonder, really.

The lake is nestled in the heart of the cityscultural precinct, with the Burnaby Art Gal-lery, Deer Lake Gallery and the ShadboltCentre for the Arts all right in the neigh-bourhood.

And the natural beauty of the area isunbeatable, what with the green lawns andthe beautiful views over the lake and thecity beyond.

The park is served by a variety of trails -some gravel, some boardwalk andsome left in their natural state - and

walkers can choose to walk long or shortdistances on gentle terrain. (You can checkout the citys website at www.burnaby.cafor a recommended 5.7-kilometre routearound the lake and surrounding meadow.)

The park, of course, has plenty to offereveryone, with or without a pooch. Visitorscan enjoy the playground, beach area,picnic sites and boat launch, as well askeeping an eye out for the local birds and

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All the while, the seren-ity of the surroundingswill quickly make youforget that youre inthe heart of a bustlingcity.

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Its lonely at the top, they say - but theywerent talking about Burnaby Mountainwhen they said it.

Burnaby Mountains popularity remains highamong residents and visitors alike - and thisyear, Burnaby NOW readers have voted thecitys peak as the Best View in Burnaby.

All you need to do is take one look off theedge to discover the incredible views offthe peak - over Burnaby, over Vancouverand over Burrard Inlet.

First logged just over a century ago, Burna-by Mountain became a popular hiking areain the 1920s. The city dedicated the areafor park and recreation use in 1957, andSimon Fraser University donated 820 acresof its land to conservation area in 1995,making it a true wilderness environmentwith some wildlife remaining such as deer,

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