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Kinder Morgan has gone to theNational Energy Board to argueit has the legal right to accessBurnaby Mountain, even thoughthe city is opposed to the com-pany surveying the land for apipeline route.

On Friday, July 25, KinderMorgan’s lawyer wrote theNational Energy Board, argu-ing why the company shouldbe allowed to survey BurnabyMountain, citing the NationalEnergy Board Act. Also on July 25,Kinder Morgan formally appliedto the City of Burnaby to surveythe land with full expectation ofrejection, citing a NOW articlein which Burnaby Mayor DerekCorrigan said the request wouldbe denied.

The mountain area in questionis a city-owned conservation area,and Corrigan has already vowednot to let the company have access.Kinder Morgan wants to tunnel ordrill through it to connect a newpipeline from the tank farm tothe Westridge Marine Terminal.The company needs to drill twoboreholes on the mountain andone just off of North Road as part

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Life unfolding: New West midwife Tracy Simpson, left, guides first-time mom-to-be CarlaLeishman’s hands to feel the position of her unborn baby’s head.

Expectant Burnaby and NewWestminster moms aren’t getting themedical care they want, and local mid-wives want the government to changethat.

“We turn away two to three timesas many patients as we accept,” NewWest midwife Tracy Simpson toldthe Burnaby NOW. “It disappoints mebecause those women aren’t gettingthe care that they’re asking for. … It’sa particular kind of care that peopleare wanting, and they don’t get tochoose.”

The problem, Simpson said, is ashortage of midwives.

There are no midwifery practices inBurnaby and only two apiece in NewWest and Coquitlam, she said.

With two midwives at each clinic,that makes a total of eight to serve allthree cities.

A few Vancouver midwives haveprivileges at Burnaby and RoyalColumbian hospitals, but even withthose, there are not nearly enough tomeet local demand, Simpson said.

Alison Anderson started looking fora midwife just days after finding outshe was pregnant with her first childlast year.

The Port Coquitlam mom didn’tfind a spot in Simpson’s New West

Are moremidwivesneeded?With no midwifery carein Burnaby, practitionersin other communities areforced to turn away patients

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Under the hot midday sun Tuesday,about 20 members of the Burnaby chapter ofACORN, the anti-poverty group, protestedwhat they say is a lack of affordable housingin the city.

The group gathered across from The Metcondo tower under construction in the 6500block of Nelson Avenue.

Protestors, many wearing ACORN T-shirts,waved their organization’s flags to honk-ing cars and carried placards, some reading“Where do our renters go?” and “Don’t teardown our affordable homes.”

“We are not protesting this particularbuilding, we are just making an action for allthe highrises that are going up,” said MonicaMcGovern, chair of the Burnaby branch ofACORN.

McGovern, who has lived in Burnaby for38 years and currently lives in a housing co-

operative in East Burnaby, said she sees olderrental units being torn down and replacedwith condo towers that are for sale for morethan any low- or moderate-income workerscan afford.

A two-bedroom, 1,198-square-foot pent-house unit in The Met, a ConcordPacific development, is advertisedonline for $902,800. The average costfor a unit is $400,000.

Much is lost, McGovern said, whenlow-income people are displaced.

“It is not just a house, it is not justa home, it is a community,” she said.

McGovern said when displacedrenters can’t find affordable housingin their community it can mean kidshave to change schools, and olderpeople have to leave services andfriends behind.

She would like to see those in power takeresponsibility for the issue.

“I think it is criminal that all levels of gov-ernment, the city, the province and Canada,are not getting involved in building any morelow-income or moderate-income housingrentals,” McGovern said. “We are going to

keep pressuring them, they have electionscoming up.”

Burnaby city councillor Nick Volkow saidhe supports the protestors raising the issue,but said the city’s hands are tied.

“People will say, ‘Oh, that is a dodgyanswer,’ but the city can really dobugger all to be quite honest aboutit. The issue of housing falls – it is afederal and provincial responsibilityconstitutionally,” he said by phoneTuesday afternoon.

“It is not ours.”Volkow said affordable housing is

a problem in cities across the coun-try, not just in Burnaby.

He said the best the city can do iskeep pressuring for a national hous-ing strategy.

“We used to have federal and pro-vincial cooperation on co-op housing, which isone of the best affordable housing schemes weever had in this country, and it disappeared 20years ago.”

Rich Coleman, provincial minister for hous-ing and social development was not availablefor comment on the record for this story.

Making a statement: Protesters with the anti-poverty group ACORN gathered outside a new condo tower under construction in the6500 block of Nelson Avenue to protest a lack of affordable housing in Burnaby.

Larry Wright/burnaby now

Where do Burnaby’s renters go?Protesters say Burnaby needsmore focus on affordable homes

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of the initial work to see if the new route isfeasible. The company also wants to installa helicopter-landing pad on the mountainto bring in the drill rig.

NEB spokesperson Sarah Kiley said theCity of Burnaby has until Friday to com-ment on Trans Mountain’s position.

“We’re going to hear from everybody,then we’ll make a ruling on our letter fromTrans Mountain,” she told the NOW.

Kiley explained that Kinder Morganhas not actually asked the NEB to grantaccess to the mountain; the company isarguing it already has the right, accordingto the act.

“The company could have asked for anorder (for access), but they didn’t. All theyasked for is confirmation in their right toaccess the land,” she added, after talkingwith her lawyer.

Kiley said the NEB has dealt with simi-lar situations before.

“It’s not super common, but we have

had them,” she said. “The board has grant-ed orders like this in the past.”

The NOW reached Corrigan for com-ment, but he hadn’t seen the letter or theapplication, as he was on vacation.

“They’ll be given the due process. Thechoice will be made whether staff agree ordisagree,” Corrigan said. “I anticipate theywon’t agree with it.”

Corrigan also said the city will respondto the NEB.

“I imagine we will comment to them,… that we will make a response,” he said.“It’s difficult time of the year. Council isoff for the bigger part of August. … I’mgoing to have to try to deal with it whileI’m away.”

Kinder Morgan switched its route pref-erence to Burnaby Mountain in April.On July 15, the National Energy Boardextended the hearing by seven monthsso the company could conduct additionalstudies and provide more information onthe new route.

The City of Burnaby isblasting Kinder Morgan foryet another route changefor the proposed pipeline,but the oil company andthe National Energy Boardsay the path is nothingnew.

On July 29, the mayor’soffice issued a press release

criticizing the company forflip flopping on the pipe-line route, after KinderMorgan indicated the sec-ondary route option for theWestridge neighbourhoodis down Cliff Avenue.

“By changing their routeproposal yet again, KinderMorgan is continuing todemonstrate its completelack of concern and respectfor the tremendous impact

of their proposals on thelives of Burnaby citizens,”said Mayor Derek Corriganin the news release.

This “new” alternativeroute is Kinder Morgan’ssecond choice if the com-pany can’t drill or tunnelthroughBurnabyMountain.This same Cliff Avenueroute, however, wasKinder Morgan’s originalpreferred choice when the

company filed its applica-tion to the National EnergyBoard last December. Itwasn’t until April that thecompany announced itwould prefer the BurnabyMountain route instead,mainly to avoid oppositionfrom residents who didn’twant the pipeline in theirneighbourhood.

The Cliff Avenue optionwould start at the BurnabyMountain tank farm, headdown Burnaby MountainParkway and then downHastings, before turningright onto Cliff Avenue,then it would cut throughbackyards on NorthcliffeCrescent before connecting

to the Westridge MarineTerminal, where tankersfill up with crude.

The city’s criticism cameafter Kinder Morgan filedsome documents with theNational Energy Board,stating they had accident-ly omitted the alternativeCliff Avenue route in theirprevious paperwork.

“The NEB must loseconfidence in them,”Corrigan told the NOW.“The way they see howthey handled this applica-tion, if this application isany indication of the workthey want to do, … thenwe have every right to beconcerned.”

Kinder Morgan’s CareyJohannesson explained theCliff Avenue route is noth-ing new and has alwaysbeen under consideration,first as the preferred andthen as the secondaryoption.

NEB spokespersonSarah Kiley said the CliffAvenue alternate routewas already filed with theboard on June 10, but theerrata was issued for a lateromission.

“That’s the way I’mreading it,” she said. “Itappears to be they alreadyfiled it.”

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We’ve been sitting herein the newsroom, argu-ing about the First

World War.Gads, I love irony. Stupid

arguments is exactly what gotthat whole thing going.

But when did it really start?And how significantis it that it started100 years ago thisweek?

Officially, the First WorldWar got underway on July 28,1914, when Austria-Hungaryopened fire on the Kingdom ofSerbia.

Ostensibly, the attack onSerbia was in retaliation for theassassination of Archduke FranzFerdinand, heir to the throne ofAustria-Hungary, by a Serbiannationalist in Sarajevo.

That shot was fired a monthearlier, on June 28, 1914, spur-ring an ultimatum from Austria-Hungary, in collusion withGermany, which was crafted insuch a way as to force war.

The goal was to crush Serbiaout of hand, as a display offorce. It really didn’t have any-thing to do with the death of thearchduke or his wife (who mostpeople forget was also killed).They wanted to show the rest ofEurope that they were still theboss.

Immediately, however, acomplex tangle of alliances andtreaties came into play, and itreally became a “world war” bymid-August.

Most of the alliances had beenarranged to counter petty differ-ences that had grown or lingeredover a span of centuries of feed-ing mindless nationalism.

But what most had previ-ously considered meaninglesspieces of paper became focal

points for egoisticopportunism – justlike the egoistic oppor-tunism that launched

Austria-Hungary past the deathof its heir to the throne and intoa “we’ll show them” war.

There’s a school of thoughtthat the war really began at the1900 Paris World Fair, when allthe superpowers smiled withall their teeth showing at eachother, as each tried to outshinethe other with exhibits whoseunderlying themes demonstrat-ed their military might. Some ofthose displays got friends andfoes rethinking their relation-ships – and retooling their mili-tary forces.

Some historians prefer to takeit further back still … and who’sto say that every war didn’t starton the day the first guy wantedsomething another guy had?

I don’t want to belittle the factthat nine million people – mostlysoldiers – were killed during theensuing four years. That’s not alittle thing at all.

Nevertheless, it was a stupidwar.

It was a war fuelled by the

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A little precaution goes a long way in summerThere’s nothing quite like the

August long weekend to inspire someserious warm weather enjoyment.

Sure, Canada Day gets usout in patriotic droves, andLabour Day closes out thesummer nicely, but this week-end is all about enjoying thedog days of summer in all their B.C.glory.

So, take advantage of the extra timeoff – if you get it – and the fantasticweather, and find a patio, park, beach,boat or other locale to enjoy some sum-

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readers to get out and enjoy what thisregion has to offer … butwe’d be remiss if we didn’tissue a safety reminder at thesame time. Long weekends –and summer generally – come

with their own dangers.For example, according to the

Canadian Safe Boating Council, 40 percent of boating-related fatalities arelinked to drinking.

Driving and alcohol are a deadly mix

as well, of course – and alcohol tends tocome out during long weekend barbe-cues and gatherings.

Open windows in homes can lead toaccidental falls for children, or robber-ies; closed windows in cars can lead todeath or serious injury.

There’s a summertime spike in acci-dents related to motorcycles, bicycles,rollerbladers, skateboarders and, yes,even pedestrians – there’s just more ofthem out and about this time of year.

And it wouldn’t be summer if wedidn’t hear about an unprepared day

hiker caught out in the woods withoutsufficient supplies and lost overnight.

It all sounds a bit dreary and, yes,perhaps even morbid, but the truth isthat a little precaution, planning andcommon sense will go a long way inkeeping you and your family safe – andenjoying the summer. Arrange a desig-nated driver, plan ahead for hikes andwilderness outings, and – for heaven’ssake – stop leaving children and pets incars.

Keep yourselves safe this weekend,Burnaby.

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A word of warning on huskiesDear Editor:

Re: Sled dogs need homes, Burnaby NOW, July 25A word of caution about potential owners of the

SPCA offered sled dogs. Huskies are not a socialanimal. They require lots of space and exercise.Twenty-five to 30 miles a day running would be agood beginning. They are bred to run, as are grey-hounds and race horses.

Huskies are very protective of their space andtheir owner. They do not care for smaller animalsaround them and will attack them. They are notan “apartment” dog. If you left a husky indoors, itwould destroy all your furniture because it wouldbe bored. Neither is it a “macho” dog. It will turn on

its owner if not treated right according to the husky.A husky would be fine on a large acreage with noother animals, providing it is fed and watered cor-rectly and spoken to regularly. The property shouldbe signed properly about the possible danger astranger would have with the husky.

Only a pack of coyotes would confront a husky.If you want a social dog that is also protective oftheir owner, get a Yorkie. Been there. Done that.

Ernest Maitland, Burnaby

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Burnaby NOW, July 23.Burnaby is not really serious about pro-

tectingtheBurnabyMountainConservationArea. Against a major project, perhaps, asMayor Corrigan is opposed to KinderMorgan drilling through the mountain totest for their pipeline route. Against deathby a thousand cuts, no. The parks depart-ment, along with UniverCity, is again sup-porting the Cardiac Classic 2014 ProvincialXC Mountain Bike Championships onSunday, Aug. 10.

Having hundreds of human-powereddirt bikes tearing up the trails is hardlythe best way to protect this urban wildliferefuge.

Alan James, Burnaby

Pipeline threat to B.C. watersDear Editor:

Canadians understand that we mustwork together to benefit from our naturalresources. Governments must make thenecessary, sometimes difficult, decisionsabout the required infrastructure. Andyes, some will be inconvenienced alongthe way!

Did Enbridge ever ask Hartley Bayresidents about the plan to locate theirbitumen shipping terminal at Kitimat/Douglas Channel location? Likely thoseresidents, still with clear memories of thepassenger rescue and sinking of the Queenof the North, would have suggested amore sensible location.

The Kinder Morgan scheme is equallymaddening with a proposal to increasebitumen volumes, by orders of magnitude,in our busy harbour, in the Gulf Islandsshipping lanes and generally threaten ourentire southern B.C. coastal waters andshores! Again – did Kinder Morgan everask? The National Energy Board’s purposeis to regulate pipelines in the Canadianpublic interest. Why then did the NEBnot hear B.C.’s major concern about theinevitable bitumen spill in our waters andon our shores?

Mr. Harper could lead us out of thispipelines mess and start plans for buildinga common sense pipeline – soon ?

Carl Shalansky, via email

Mayor a ‘dictator’ on pipelineDear Editor:

Re: City, Kinder Morgan at odds overmountain, Burnaby NOW, July 23.

The city council in Burnaby does nothave a mandate from the people who livethere to take a stand, one way or the other,on the expansion of the pipeline.

When I exchanged emails with themayor on the subject, he insisted he didhave a mandate. But it was not an issuethat arose during the last election.

There has been no comprehensivesurvey done to give all the residents ofBurnaby an opportunity to express theiropinion.

Mr. Corrigan and the council appear tobe setting themselves up as dictators onthis issue. Are they allowed to do that?

Gordon Foy, Burnaby

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egos of royals who viewedordinary people with littlemore consideration thanSouthern American slaveowners showed for theirplantation stock.

The First World Warwas a fool’s game playedwith little regard for thelives of the real peoplewho actually held the gunsand stood in front of thebullets.

Battle tactics wereinadequate to the risingtechnology, but worse thanthat, for the most part the

generals and command-ers didn’t care. Arrogancereigned supreme in thewar rooms and the thronerooms.

It was not deemed hon-ourable to run, duck, ordodge enemy fire – even ifthat fire was spewing frommachine guns that werecapable of creating a wallof flesh-eating lead – andso any soldier with thegood sense to break stridemight be summarily shotby his own officers.

In the end, it all back-fired. Austria-Hungaryvirtually disappeared,

the world changed …and didn’t change at all.Nobody won.

Now take a long, hardlook today, 100 years later,at the events unfolding inthe Ukraine, so near wherethat shot was fired to raindown all the excuses thatarrogant leaders couldmuster to show howimportant they were – andhow stupid they could be.

Lest we forget. Indeed.

Bob Groeneveld is the edi-tor of the Langley Advance,a sister paper of the BurnabyNOW.


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Community Midwives clinic until aboutsix months later, after she’d called everymidwife from Mission to New West.

“It was very stressful in the beginningnot being able to find a midwife andknowing that a lot of my options were nolonger available,” she said.

She hopes things will be easier thenext time around, but unless the govern-ment invests more money in midwives,things are unlikely to change, accordingto Simpson.

B.C.’s 220 midwives, who have been inthe process of negotiating a new contractsince March, want the provincial govern-ment to invest $3 million a year over thenext five years to expand access to mid-wifery services.

To protest a lack of progress at the bar-gaining table, they announced last weekthey would stop training midwifery stu-dents immediately and could withdrawother services within 90 days.

The midwives’ demands include a 15per cent fee increase over five years, but85 per cent of the spending they proposewould go toward programs that wouldmake it easier for pregnant women tofind midwives near them, according toMidwives Association of B.C. executivedirector Ganga Jolicoeur.

Midwives, who supervised 16 per cent

of births in B.C. in 2012/13, would like tosee that number increase to 35 per centby 2020 – something the provincial asso-ciation says would save the province $60million by reducing hospital stays andinvasive medical procedures.

Even at 35 per cent, B.C. would lag wellbehind midwife-assisted births in the U.K.,at 80 per cent, or New Zealand, at 70 percent.

One thing that could dramaticallyincrease local access to midwifery ser-vices, according to Simpson, would beto expedite the certification of foreign-trained midwives.

The province funded a pilot programat UBC to that end several years ago, butmoney for that initiative dried up.

“There are so many internationallytrained midwives here, or who want tocome here, who have tons of experience,tons of education, but can’t get their licencehere because that program’s no longerfunded.” Simpson said.

As it stands now, Simpson said shecan’t expand her practice to meet localdemand.

“I don’t have 10 midwives to go pickfrom,” she said. “I don’t even have one togo pick from, so when I want to expandthe practice and take more clients and allthese people I’m saying no to, I can’t.”

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Burnaby First has announced its may-oral candidate, and more members of itscouncil slate are set to step forward.

Daren Hancott, who was vying for theConservative nomination in the BurnabyNorth-Seymour federal riding,will now run against BurnabyMayor Derek Corrigan for the topspot at city hall in November. The48-year-old formally announcedhis candidacy at a BurnabyFirst Coalition press conferenceThursday afternoon, laying outthe coalition’s platform.

Ahead of the conference,Hancott called for a strongerrelationship between the cityand other levels of governments,criticizing the Burnaby Citizens’Association for pointing fingers at the B.C.Liberals and Harper’s Conservatives overresponsibilities.

“Burning bridges and blaming othersfor shortcomings is not a serious long-termstrategy for delivering the results Burnabyresidents should expect from their localgovernment,” he said. “It’s time for somebalance; to have other stakeholders’ voices

heard. It’s time for a change in leadershipand a wholesale change of culture at cityhall.”

A former chair of the B.C. Chamberof Commerce, Hancott has a backgroundin business, education and not-for-profitorganizations, which he said has givenhim an even mix of experience and discern-

ment to face issues in Burnaby.Hancott reiterated Burnaby

First’s stance on lowering taxes,improving services and narrow-ing the spread between residen-tial and business taxes, and stat-ed his vision includes increasedtransparency, approachabilityand accountability at city hall.

While Burnaby First has yetto announce a full slate, its boardincludes such past council candi-dates as Nick Kvenich (indepen-dent) and Carrie McLaren (Green

Party), as well as former Burnaby Parents’Voice spokeswoman Heather Leung anddeveloper Shakila Jeyachandran.

For more information about the BurnabyFirst Coalition, visit www.burnabyfirst.ca.

More BFC council candidates were expect-ed to be announced Thursday, after pressdeadlines. Check burnabynow.com for the lat-est news as the story develops.

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If Matt Andersen didn’t have a strongwork ethic in his teens, his blue-collarparents made sure he developed one

before he reached his 20s.The shaggy-haired New Brunswickian,

known for performing upwards of 200shows a year, is the son of two self-employed easterners: One a bed-and-breakfast operator, the other a lifelong log-ger. Hard work is in Andersen’s blood andpulsing rapidly through his veins.

“I remember a time when I didn’t havea job and my mom still got me up at eighto’clock in the morning ‘cause she wasn’tgoing to let me just sit around and donothing all day,” he said with a laugh.“We were raised to work.”

Andersen took that no-days-off attitudewith him into music, taking after his musi-cally inclined grandfather – perhaps hisbiggest influence on a six-string.

“He was always the last guy to leavethe jams,” said Andersen. “He always justplayed for fun, he never took a dime forit, and his philosophy was, ‘There shouldalways be somebody playing if somebodywants to hear music.’”

A self-proclaimedmusical sponge,Andersen took hisgrandfather’s traditionalScottish and Englishfiddle music and pairedit with his acousticinspirations – such asunplugged Eric Clapton tunes and thesouthern swamp sound of CreedenceClearwater Revival – to develop his ownnarrative-driven folksy style. Much of hiscatalog is written about personal experi-ences growing up in the province, filledwith down-to-earth storytelling that shinesthrough with ease.

“There’s something I can tie myself to

in all the songs I write,” he said. “Therekind of has to be something you can con-nect with, otherwise you’re kind of fakingit and I think it would get pretty boringafter a while.”

He started hitting the stage at pubsthroughout his hometown of Perth-Andover – population 1,778 – performingnightly through whatever free time he

might have had aftertoiling at his day job.

“I was working sevendays a week and playingfour nights a week – Ihad to quit one of them,and it ended up beingthe day job,” he said.

Things obviouslypanned out for Andersen, as he’s one ofthe top-billed musicians at the BurnabyBlues & Roots Festival on Aug. 9, touringon his eighth studio album, Weightless, alive-off-the-floor record featuring a dozentracks of soulful Canadian blues-rock.

“This time we tried recording live totape, so that was a new experience – wereally had to sharpen up our skills because

you couldn’t rely on the computer to fixthings up after,” he said. “We mostly justgot in the studio, worked on the tunes,played them a few times through then hitthe record button.”

In Burnaby, Andersen will be perform-ing a number of songs from that albumwith the help of Halifax funk-soul nontetthe Mellotones – though rest assured, hisfolksy style will be intact when he takesthe main stage at 6:45 p.m.

“They don’t sound like a funk bandwhen they play with me,” he said with achuckle. “I’ve got a couple of covers thatI wanted to do for a long time but theydidn’t really work out solo, so I’m prettyhappy to throw this in with the band.

“It’s a high-energy show – it feels prettygood onstage and I think people are goingto dig it.”

The 15th annual Burnaby Blues & RootsFestival comes to Deer Lake Park on Saturday,Aug. 9, 1 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $50 inadvance. To purchase, call 604-205-3000 or seetickets.shadboltcentre.com. For more details,check out www.burnabybluesfestival.com orfollow @BurnabyBlues on Twitter.

Singing the blue-collar blues at festOn stage: Matt Andersen has released eight studio albums. The New Brunswick native will be taking the stage at this year’s Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival.

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B.C. Day promises to be packed withfun family activities, thanks to theBurnaby Village Museum.

The museum is hosting MarketMonday on B.C. Day, Monday, Aug. 4,from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

“There’s not a particular focus, it’smore like come and celebrate the middleof the summer,” said the museum’sNancy Stagg. “It’s more stay at home andcelebrate the area.”

There will be vendors onsite andactivities for kids throughout the day.There will be platen press and blacksmithdemonstrations. There’s also a scavenger

hunt with prizes, a stiltwalker, musiciansand heritage games.

From noon to 1:30 p.m., a museuminterpreter is leading a Ladies of theLake walking tour, which includes thebold female characters that lived in thearea’s homes, like the Hart House and theCeperley mansion.

“They were very independent thinkingwomen. The woman from the Hart Househad her own company, where she raisedplants and sold them,” said Stagg. “AndMrs. Ceperley was a force to be reckonedwith. … She was a very independent

Fresh produce: Mikey’s and Sandy’s Berry Farm will be selling fruits andveggies at Market Monday, held on B.C. Day at the Burnaby Village Museum.

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B.C. Day: Market at museumwoman.”

The Squares, a localbarbershop quartet, willbe providing the musicalentertainment.

People from theSquamish First Nation willbe doing demonstrationson wool-weaving andbasket making, while theyshare stories on their craftand their people’s history.

Admission to MarketMonday is free, but not allvendors accept debit, sobring extra cash, as there isno ATM onsite.

The museum is at 6501Deer Lake Ave.


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MARKET VENDORSOld-fashioned fun: Last year’s B.C. Day celebrationsat the Burnaby Village Museum were a hit, withheritage games and entertainment for the kids.

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Do you like music?If so, you will nodoubt enjoy the

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Wait, that never hap-pened. As it turns out,musical tastes vary widely– as do the sorts of thingspeople look for in theircars.

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your wallet. The questionis: in the cutthroat smallcar market, is the Note’sperformance emphaticenough to be heard?

DesignThere’s not much a

designer can do with afootprint this small, unlesssome element of retro-kitsch is what’s beingaimed for. Rather thanmaking their hatchbackresemble the DatsunB210, Nissan’s gone for afresh modern take that’sreserved. Given how wellthe old Versa hatchbackhas aged (it hit the roadsmore than seven years agonow), that’s a good thinglong-term.

Standard cars come with15-inch alloy wheels, butthere’s a choice of top trimswith 16-inch alloys. Thisweek’s tester was the SRmodel, which had nicelymachine-finished dark-painted rims shod withlow-rolling-resistance tires.

The SR package isapproximately the sameas the old Sport packageNissan used to sell onits Versa, and it includesunique front and rear fas-cias, side skirts, dark-lookheadlights and fog-lights,and a rear spoiler. Judgingby the album cover, this ispotentially a sporty littlenumber.

EnvironmentHowever, pulling the

vinyl out of the sleeve, soto speak, reveals the Note’strue nature. As soon as youopen the door, you can tellthat this car is designedfor easy listenin’, with aroomy, comfortable cabin.

Any Nissan salesmanworth his salt will insistthat you sit in the backseat of the Note, evenbefore you plonk yourselfup front. There’s enoughlegroom here that WiltChamberlain’s chauffeurshould have owned one.Rear-facing child seats are

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Take note: The Nissan Versa Note has been given a fresh look for its newincarnation, and the result is a sporty-looking, comfortable ride.

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Top 5 things to doB.C. Day is coming

up on Monday, andwe’ve got some

great suggestions on howto spend your preciouslong weekend. Apart fromsome isolated showers onSunday, the weekend fore-cast mostly calls for sunand highs around 26C.

1Head over to MarketMonday at theBurnaby Village

Museum on Monday, Aug.4, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Admission is free, and themuseum will be showcas-ing a variety of vendors, aswell as fun, family-friend-ly activities to keep thekids busy. (See our storyon pages 12 and 13 formore details and a full listof vendors.) The museumis at 6501 Deer Lake Ave.There is no ATM onsite,so bring extra cash if youplan to shop.

2Burnaby MinorBaseball is hosting

the bantam 15-and-underdouble A provincial cham-pionships, which runs allweekend at KensingtonPark. These young playersare from all over B.C., soyou’re sure to catch sometop-quality baseball action.Admission is free. Cheeron the up-and-comingBurnaby Braves.

3The Simon Fraserregional summer swim

meet is on at the outdoorCentral Park pool all daySaturday and Sunday. Thisis the provincial qualify-ing meet for swimmersfrom Burnaby and the Tri-Cities, so if you want tosee some of the best sum-mer swimmers, swing bythe pool and cheer on your

local favourites.

4We’ve suggested DeerLake Boat rentals

before, but this time youcan go for an outing onthe water for half price.The local boat rental busi-ness is offering half-offrates throughTeamBuy.ca. The dealshould beonline byFriday; justsearch forDeer LakeBoat Rentalsas one of thefeatured deals.The offer istwo hours ofboating for theprice of one,and you canchoose yourboat: kayak,canoe, row-boat or pedalboat. Thesame deal is also availablethrough Social Shopper.Just go to SocialShopper.com and type Burnabyin the search field for thelocal deals, and you’ll seeDeer Lake Boat Rentals.

Might we suggest pack-ing a blanket and picnicand spending some timeon the grassy banks after

your row? It’s really one ofthe most beautiful thingsto do in this city.

5This one’s inVancouver, but if you

are planning to attend thePride Parade on Sunday,Aug. 3, cheer on the

Burnabyschool dis-trict. Theparaderuns inVancouver’sWest Endfrom noonto 3 p.m.,and districtrepresenta-tives will bepart of theprocessionto show thatlocal schoolsare safe,caring andinclusivespaces. Theparade is in

its 36th year and is nowone of the world’s largestcelebrations of lesbian,gay, bisexual, trans andqueer/questioning com-munities. Be sure to taketransit or bike, since driv-ing and parking will be anightmare.

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Some demerits must be detracted forthe way Nissan has used quite a lot ofhard plastic in this interior, especially com-pared to how well the old Versa stackedup against its rivals. There are some nicetouches, like twin gloveboxes, a leather-wrapped three-spoke steering-wheel, andsmart-looking chrome doorhandles, butthe lack of soft door armrests is a bit disap-pointing. Yes, this is an entry-level car, butthe old car hid its economy roots betterthan the new one does.

Trunk space is very good, and of par-ticular note – not an intentional pun – isthe adjustable sub-floor. This can be raisedto allow a small gap that’ll fit a laptop orsmall bag, or lowered right down for maxi-mum space. It flips up, too, meaning you

can use it to keep the groceries from slid-ing around too much.

PerformanceHow much you’ll enjoy driving the

Note will very much depend upon howyou intend to drive it. To come back to ourmusical metaphors, you’d have a heck oftime trying to mosh to Vivaldi.

Powered by a 1.6L four-cylinder mak-ing a very modest 109 hp and 107 lb./ft. oftorque, the Note is available with either afive-speed manual transmission or a con-tinuously variable transmission. The CVTis the only offering on SR models.

Even though the SR model looks likethe sportiest version in the range, it doesn’thave any chassis enhancements and comeswith those aforementioned low-rolling-resistance tires. Trying to carve up a cornerwith this car is akin to playing Guns nRoses’ Sweet Child of Mine on the oboe. It’snot that you can’t do so, it’s just that it’svery silly to try.

Body roll is moderate, but the highseating position and numb steering feelaren’t exactly designed to put you in attackmode. Work the accelerator too hard, andthat little 1.6L is going to let you know it’sdoing a tough job. It’s entirely the wrongway to handle the car, so slow your roll.Where a CVT works is in smooth, efficientdriving with moderate inputs. Call it theclassical music approach.

Here, the Note excels, with the smooth,well-damped ride of a larger car and onlymodest wind noise from the large sidemirrors. It easily hits its fuel economymeasurements of 7.5L/100 km city and6.0L/100km highway, and a careful drivermight even be able to beat TransportCanada’s figures without too much dif-ficulty. Note that these are the new, morestringent five-cycle test figures, and shouldnot be directly compared to 2014 numbers.

FeaturesThe Note comes very well equipped

at even low levels, with a backup camera,Bluetooth handsfree and streaming audio,and a nice-looking colour display screenon mid-range models. There’s also theNissan Connect system, which allows youto access apps through your smart phone.

The SL model is the queen of the range,with a 360-degree camera, push-buttonignition and heated seats. SV models canbe equipped with everything you need forprices in the mid-teens.

Green LightSpacious interior; comfortable ride;

excellent fuel economy.

Stop SignModest acceleration; hard plastics in

interior; sporty looks don’t match thedrive.

The Checkered FlagHits all the high notes if you’re looking

for a compact cruiser.


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Many restaurants willalso switch up their menusto celebrate local harvests.One of my favourite newmenu selections (when wedo go out) is the prawnbrie flatbread at my localWhite Spot Restauranthere in British Columbia.

I have contacted them,and they were honouredto share the recipe with mefrom their Celebrate B.C.summer menu, and today Ipass this on to you. I hopeyou enjoy it!

Wherever you live, Iencourage you to visitneighbourhood restaurantsthat embrace the local pro-duce and ingredients fromyour area.

Prawn and LittleQualicum Brie Flatbread

Recipe courtesy ofWhite Spot executive chef,Danny Markowicz, modi-fied for you to be able toenjoy at home. Makes fourflatbreads.

1/2 cup olive oil1 tsp garlic, finely chopped1 tsp chili flakes6 slices bacon, 1/4 inchpieces8 pieces baby zucchini,trimmed and cut in halflengthwise1/2 tsp white balsamicvinegar1/2 tsp olive oilPinch of salt and freshlycracked black pepper16 prawns, cut in halflengthwise1/2 tsp lemon juice1/2 tsp olive oilPinch of freshly crackedblack pepper4 flatbreads (naan breadworks great, or yourfavourite pizza crust)16 slices brie, thinly sliced(we use Little QualicumCheeseworks fromParksville)1/2 cup mozzarella, shred-ded

6 heirloom tomatoes, cutin half

1. Heat 1/2 cup lightolive oil over medium heatand add 1 tsp choppedgarlic and chili flakes.

When garlic is just start-ing to turn golden, removefrom the heat and allow tocool. Set this chili oil aside.

2. Add the bacon piecesto a pan and slowly cookover medium heat. Stiroccasionally to ensure itdoesn’t clump together.When the bacon is crispyaround the edges, removefrom heat, cool and drainexcess fat. Set these baconbits aside.

3. Dress the zucchiniwith the white balsamicvinegar and 1/2 tsp oliveoil, and a pinch of salt andfresh cracked black pep-per. Barbecue over highheat, placing them flat sidedown. This will give nicecharred marks and willlook and taste great onyour flatbread. Set asidethis as well.

4. Season the prawnswith a touch of oil, lemonjuice and fresh crackedblack pepper. Set aside.

To assemble, lay theflatbread bases out on aclean countertop, and add1 tbsp. of reserved chilioil to each one, spread-ing the oil out right to theedges. Add the sliced brieand mozzarella cheese,followed by the reservedbacon bits, trying to spreadthe ingredients out evenly.

Arrange the reservedgrilled zucchini overtop,showing off the nice grillmarks.

Add the reserved sea-soned/raw prawns, butdon’t overlap them so theycook evenly. Finally, cutsome small beautiful localheirloom tomatoes in halfand place them attractivelyover the top. If you like,a little salt and pepper onthe tomatoes makes themsing.

Bake at 400F for six toeight minutes until theflatbread base is crisp, theprawns are fully cookedand the cheese is melted.

Chef Dez is a food colum-nist, culinary instructor andcookbook author. Visit hiswebsite at www.chefdez.com.

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Record-setter this year’s top athleteIf there is a template

for the perfect qualities fordistrict high school femaleathlete of the year, youneedn’t look any fartherthan Amanda Zacharuk.

The New WestminsterSecondary School gradhas been the consummatescholar/ath-lete, beginningas a Grade 8freshman.

Last year,the all-roundathlete becamethe first-everstudent inthe historyof NWSS toamass morethan 250 pointsin the school’sgraded pointsystem thatdetermines its annual topathletes on a total per-sport basis.

Only one otherNew West stu-dent, CatrinaGuglielmucci in2009, has everamassed more than200 career points.

“In high school,I decided to pursue theathletic route. I just want-ed to be part of a teamand to work for other peo-ple,” said Zacharuk, whosurpassed all past NWSSgrads as the all-time careerpoints leader.

A career athlete in cross-country, volleyball, trackand field and five consecu-tive years on the seniorvarsity basketball team,Zacharuk was awarded aspecial necklace from theschool to represent herunique record total.

“I like to have a full and

busy life,” she added. “Ijust wanted to be involvedin everything because Ihave a fear of missing out.It’s all about friends andmemories.”

In her high schoolcareer, Zacharuk went toa provincial championshiptournament four times intrack and field and threeeach in cross-country and

basketball.The high-

light for the for-mer Miss NewWestminsterwas a goldmedal in herfinal highschool sport-ing event – thegirls’ 4x400metre relay.

“We PB’d inthe heats andin the 100m,and that kind

of fuelled our 4x4 to doreally well,” she said.“Just before the race, wewere focusing on how

far we had comeas a team. Whenit came down torace time we feltwe could rely oneach other to runour best. We felt

we could make the podi-um, and when I watchedRaquel (Tjernagel) runthat last leg, that was justamazing.”

New Westminster wenton to win the program’sfirst-ever women’s andoverall aggregate pro-vincial banner at the B.C.track and field meet.

“To achieve that witha team was special,”Zacharuk said. “To wintwo banners and win goldin the 4x4 was just the per-fect way to round my highschool career. It was amaz-

ing, just incredible.“I felt like we won it

for them, for our school,our community and pastgrads. It was an honourand a pleasure.”

Zacharuk’s record pointachievement was accom-

plished despite missingmost of her junior yearthrough a knee injury.

But that did not slowdown the active teen.

“I didn’t want the inju-ry to consume me. So Idecided to strive through,”

she said.Zacharuk got involved

in the Miss NewWestminster pageant, vol-unteer coached high schoolsports teams, helped out

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“I like to havea full and busylife. I just wantedto be involvedin everythingbecause I havea fear of missingout.”AMANDA ZACHARUKNOW’s top female athlete

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Ahead on points: Amanda Zacharuk shattered the all-time career pointsrecord at New Westminster Secondary this year.

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B.C. Thunder back in NRL ringette leagueThe B.C. Thunder is returning

to the National Ringette Leagueafter a one-season hiatus.

The 2012 Canadian champstook a one-year leave of absencefrom the senior women’s league torestructure the franchise.

Former Thunder coach DaleHannesson is now the newowner.

The team also announced theThunder’s new coaches, Gino

Pastro of Delta and Cathy Lipsettfrom Salmon Arm.

“This past season, B.C.Thunder took the time to rebuildthe strength of their franchise, andwe are very pleased to have themback on the ice,” said RingetteCanada’s director of high perfor-mance and events, Frances Losier,in a July 30 press release. “Welook forward to seeing high-cali-bre ringette being played in B.C.

for many years to come.”Lipsett, who will head coach

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Tryouts begin the week of Aug.25.

There’s an ironic twistto how the B.C. JuniorLacrosse League playofffinal is shaping up.

The New WestminsterSalmonbellies, last year’supset winner over leaguechampion CoquitlamAdanacs in the junior Afinal, find themselves ina similar position follow-ing a 7-4 loss to the A’sat Queen’s Park Arena onWednesday.

The loss left the leaguechamps trailing Coquitlam3-2 in the best-of-sevenfinal series, with a poten-tial Game 6 eliminationgame scheduled for thePoirier Sports Centre today(Friday).

“It was a tight game,”said New West head coachDan Perreault. “It was aplayoff game (tied) 4-4,and when you need a goalyou have to generate some-thing. But the ball didn’t goin for us.”

New West started well,taking a 2-0 lead earlyin the first period on along-range pair from JoshByrne. Later in the per-iod, Anthony Malcom gotinside to make it 3-1, but itwas tough sledding for theSalmonbellie attack the restof the way.

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with the Little League provincials and theB.C. Senior Games, and at the Red Crossequipment loans department, where shegot her leg brace.

“I guess it shows my passion for sport,I’m always smiling. … Definitely hard-ships say a lot about who we are and howwe cope. Why focus on the bad whenthere are so many positives to focus on?They are what I like to remember themost.

“I think it is a part of who I am. … Ithelped me push past things and helpedme get better,” she said. “I’ve just learnedto focus on the right things. It just seemedthe better way to go.”

Indeed, Zacharuk seems to haveaccepted each challenge set in front ofher with similar aplomb.

From stepping on to the hardcourtas an intimidated first-year bantam to

improving her game on regional and pro-vincial teams, Zacharuk learned how tocope with stresses and, more importantly,how to overcome them.

“I learned that every contributioncounted,” she said. “I try to see myselfas an equal and not just a leader. … I’mnice, but there are times when it’s ‘Let’sgo, let’s go, let’s go.’”

Zacharuk will be moving on toBurnaby Mountain to begin her post-sec-ondary career at Simon Fraser University,where she hopes to pursue a career insport physiology.

What she will discover about herselfup there is still an unwritten page inZacharuk’s next chapter in life. But shealready has volumes of memories to lookback on.

“I really enjoyed my time (at NWSS),and I’ll look back on my career here andsmile,” she said.


Athlete: She’ll look back and smile

up 4-3 heading into the third period.Luke Gillespie evened things up with a

solo break down the floor at the two-min-ute mark, but Coquitlam came back againwith goals a minute apart by team starsWesley Berg and Eli McLaughlin.

Evan Wortley iced the game late in thecontest for the A’s.

Both teams were playing with one-game suspensions to key players. A’sgoalie Riley Camazzolo and coach Neil

Doddridge will be out for a further oneand two games, respectively.

“We have confidence in our guys thatthey can score. They will be better in thenext (game),” said Perreault. “They knowwhat’s on the line and what’s at stake. Iexpect we’ll come out flying on Friday.”

Game 6 of the best-of-seven final is inCoquitlam on Friday at 7:30 p.m. If neces-sary, a Game 7 will be back at Queen’sPark Arena on Sunday. Face off is sched-uled for 8 p.m.


Lacrosse: Game 6 in Coq. on Fri.

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Decisions, decisions: New Westminster played host to the provincial pairslawn bowling championships last weekend.

Memorial scholarship establishedThe Wesburn Soccer

Club is remembering oneof its tireless volunteerchampions.

The Ron LolandMemorial Scholarship willbe awarded to a deserv-ing graduating under-18Wesburn youth soccerplayer.

Loland passed away inDecember of last year.

“Mr. Loland was a tire-less worker and, moreimportantly, a volunteer

who dedicated his life forsport in British Columbia,particularly soccer,” stateda Wesburn Youth SoccerClub press release.

Loland was a found-ing member and presidentof the Swangard StadiumSociety that raised morethan $3 million for itsreburbishment.

He was also instru-mental in the construc-tion of the Wesburn fieldand community centre,

and the developmentof Burnaby Lake SportsComplex-West.

He was the presidentand general manager ofthe Wesburn CanadiansSoccer Club and a found-ing member of theVancouver 86ers soccerclub.

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assorted varieties

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