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After six years of living in a church toavoid deportation, former Burnaby residentand ex-KGB agent Mikhail Lennikov hasleft the country.

Lennikov’s immigration lawyer, HadaytNazami, confirmed with the NOW that he’sleft Canada but could not confirm he washeaded for Russia.

“He’s no longer in the country,” Nazamitold the NOW. “It’s a deportation but notin the regular sense of the word….Techni-

cally of course it’s a deportation, but it wasa negotiated settlement, so it was a smoothdeparture.”

According to Nazami, Lennikov’s wifeand son are still in Canada, and they’ve ap-plied for their Canadian citizenship, al-though he was unsure if they’ve received ityet.

Nazami said Lennikov still wants to fightthe order to leave the country.

“He might very well come back depend-

ing on the outcome of his application. Hehas a number of applications outstanding,”he said. “If he wants to apply from over-seas, he can file new applications. He couldfile a humanitarian application, sponsor-ship application, registered visa applications.Whether or not they accept it is another is-sue.”

Nazami said he was not permitted toshare many details of the case, including

Mikhail Lennikov had been living in aVancouverchurch for six years to avoid deportation

ARTINTHEGREATOUTDOORS Artist Charlie Anibanwithpine-needleducksat theDeer LakeSummerArt Festival onSaturday. The festival includeda sculptureexhibition, livemusicperformances,anartworkshop for kids, summer theatre showandanartisans’market. Formorephotos fromthe festival, seeour gallery atwww.burnabynow.com. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

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DININGBYTHEWATER:NancySmall, executivedirectorof TourismBurnaby,with samples fromthePassport to Food initiative,wherediners get stamps for eatingatparticipating local restaurants. TourismBurnaby is alsohostinga small plates eventbyDeer Lake.PHOTOJANAYAFULLER-EVANS

DinealongsideDeerLakeJanayaFuller-Evansjfuller-evans@burnabynow.com

There are few pleasuresremembered as fondly asdining al fresco during thesummer, whether it’s a fam-ily picnic, a wedding oran ice-cream cone at thebeach.

Tourism Burnaby is tak-ing that experience to thenext level with its SmallPlates on the Lake eventthis month.

Three popular Burnabyrestaurants – Hart HouseRestaurant, Reflect So-cial Dining + Lounge, andebo Restaurant – will offersmall servings of their spe-cialities while overlookingDeer Lake Park , as the Jer-ry Boey jazz trio serenadesthose attending the Aug. 27event.

Tourism Burnaby decid-ed on the event as a way toshowcase both the wonder-ful food available in the city,

and Burnaby’s hidden gem– Deer Lake Park.

“The small plates wassomething we wanted tocreate as part of an expo-sure for Deer Lake Park,”Nancy Small,TourismBurnaby’s executive direc-tor, told the NOW. “Somepeople don’t want it to bediscovered, but I do. It re-ally is quite special there.There’s something quitemagical about being in themiddle of a city and you’reon a lake on a rowboat.Youknow, it’s quite unique.”

The event is being heldon the south plaza by theShadbolt Centre for theArts, with the park and lakejust down the hill.

“It’s going to be quitestunning,” she said.

Tourism Burnaby sup-ports and promotes a num-ber of events at the park,she said, including the re-cent Burnaby Blues +Roots Festival.

The jazz trio, which playsevents throughout the re-gion, will give the event arelaxed air, Small said.

“We just wanted to addto the ambience,” she said.“We think live music reallyhelps to do that.”

The goal is to see theSmall Plates on the Lakeevent become an annual af-fair, she said.

“You have to start some-where, and we really wantthis to become an annu-al thing,” Small said. “Wehope it can get bigger thanjust the three restaurants,but we’re excited about thethree restaurants that wehave on board.”

They hope to have about150 to 200 guests duringthe inaugural event, sheadded.

The event was inspiredby others, such as the Pem-berton Longtable Dinnerand local food truck festi-vals, according to Small.

“It’s kind of a combina-tion of a bunch of differentthings we’ve seen,” she said.

The event is part ofTour-ism Burnaby’s current cu-linary initiative.The othertwo aspects of the initia-tive are the new Passportto Food, being sent out to40,000 homes in the city,and theTaste of Burna-by event taking place at theend of September.

Small hopes the eventswill attract both locals andpeople from our neighbour-ing communities.

“We want them to kindof rediscover or discoverwhat Burnaby has to offer,”she said.

Small Plates on the Laketakes place at twilight onSaturday, Aug. 27.Ticketsare $55 each and include abeer or wine sampler. Formore information, go towww.tourismburnaby.com/smallplatesburnaby.

Policeunderinvestigation

BuildingpermitrevenuesgrowinginBurnaby

This year’s building per-mits to date have broughtin more money than in theprevious three years, ac-cording to a city staff report.

As of July, the city had re-ceived $448 million fromthe 897 permits it has is-sued.Though more permitswere issued in 2012 – 966by June 30 – they broughtin less money; only $238million.

Of the 897 permits is-sued, 244 were for commer-cial buildings, 228 were forsingle-family homes (164 of

those were for new builds),and 223 were for demoli-tions.

There were also 70 per-mits for multi-family build-ings, with 21 of those fornew builds.

As of June 30, there werepermits issued for 164 newsingle-family dwelling units,52 duplexes, 121 strataunits in buildings up to fourstoreys and 923 strata unitsin buildings higher thanfour storeys in 2015.

– Janaya Fuller-Evans

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The City of Burnaby hasapproved changes to thehours the GrandVilla Casi-no can serve liquor.

While the city didn’t givethe casino exactly what itwanted – the casino’s appli-

cation proposed liquor ser-vice from 9 a.m. to 4 a.m.,seven days a week – councildid agree to up the hours.

The casino was licensedto serve alcohol between 11a.m. and 2 a.m., seven days

a week. Now the hours arechanging on Fridays andSaturdays, until 3 a.m.

Council also agreed to letthe casino increase capacityfrom 4,344 people to 4,817people, primarily because

of seating on the main floorpatio next to Personas Res-taurant. However, liquorcan only be served on all ofthe patios until 2 a.m. allweek long.

– Janaya Fuller-Evans

Casinogets longer liquorhours

Investigators with theprovincial police watchdogwere in Burnaby last week,but this time they were in-vestigating the conduct ofVancouver police officers.

Around 4 p.m. on Aug.13, the Independent Inves-tigations Office was notifieda man died during an alter-cation withVancouver po-lice on South East MarineDrive near Joffre Avenue inBurnaby.

According to theVancou-ver Police Department, of-ficers were dispatched toSouth East Marine Drive,near the border betweenBurnaby andVancouver,following reports of a mancausing a disturbance inthe area.When the first of-ficer arrived and attempt-ed to detain the man, policesay he became agitated andmore officers were sent to

the scene.Officers tried to subdue

the man, but their attemptsfailed and an altercationbroke out, according to amedia release fromVancou-ver police.

During the altercation,the man, along with six po-lice officers, was injured.Paramedics attempted tosave the man, but he diedat the scene.The six officerswere treated at hospital.

The Independent Investi-gations Office was called tothe scene, and investigatorsarrived shortly after 4 p.m.They canvassed the neigh-bourhood for some time,and are now trying to de-termine whether the man’sdeath was the result of po-lice misconduct.

No other information isavailable at this time.

– Cayley Dobie

Flashersaren’trunningamok

Flashers are not runningrampant in Burnaby despiterecent media reports, sayBurnaby RCMP.

Other media in the Low-er Mainland reported therewere six incidents of inde-cent exposure in Burnabyin the span of two days, butthere have actually been sixflasher reports since the be-ginning of the month, ac-cording to Burnaby RCMPspokesperson Cpl. Daniela

Panesar.Analysts with the local

RCMP detachment are re-viewing each file to deter-mine if there’s anything outof the ordinary, Panesarsaid, adding that it’s not un-common to have a few pub-lic indecency incidents.

Investigators will also belooking for anything thatcould indicate it’s the samesuspect in all six cases.

– Cayley Dobie

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A former peace officerwith the Burnaby RCMP isserving a 14-month jail sen-tence for stealing a kilogramof cocaine from a police ex-hibit locker in the spring of2011.

Gary Read, a longtimespecial constable once incharge of exhibits in Burn-aby, was charged with theftin November 2011 afteran exhibit audit at the lo-cal RCMP detachment inthe spring of 2011 revealedsome drugs were unac-counted for.

Read was found guilty inFebruary 2015.

At sentencing this sum-mer, Crown prosecutorDawn Boblin called for jailterm of between 18 monthsand two years less a day forthe former peace officer,while defence lawyer PeterWilson called for a suspend-ed sentence that would haveseen Read serve his time inthe community under housearrest.

But B.C. ProvincialCourt judge Paul Meyers,in his reasons for sentenc-ing, said an actual jail termwas necessary as a deter-rent to others in positions oftrust who might be inclinedto steal from the police de-partment.

Read had been a full-

time exhibit officer withthe Burnaby RCMP since1983, after working in thejails as a guard, according toMeyers’s ruling.

After failing a lie-detec-tor test during the police in-vestigation into the miss-ing cocaine (worth between$22,000 and $44,000 onthe street, according to ex-pert evidence), Read toldpolice he had taken thedrugs in a moment of frus-tration with auditors whohad come into his exhibitlocker during a general au-dit of the police station.

“While in there, you be-came very frustrated andangry and that was becausethey disrespected you,”

Meyers said in his ruling.“They were moving stuff all

around, they were not keep-ing with protocols and,

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Water, water, everywherebut not enough to drink –that seems to be the LowerMainland’s big problem thissummer.

Though there would beplenty to drink if we wouldjust manage our water usebetter, according to the Cityof Burnaby’s director of en-gineering, Leon Gous.

“I will say, and this is aproblem throughout B.C.,the consumption in MetroVancouver is still somethingin the order of 450 litres perperson per day, comparedto the European average ofabout 200,” he told Burna-by council at a recent meet-ing. “Even with everydayuse of water, we haven’t got-ten anywhere near efficient

in the use of water.”Gous was speaking in

response to Coun. NickVolkow, who had ques-tions about how the regionwill manage its water whenthere’s an influx of one mil-lion people expected overthe next 20 to 30 years.

“The combination of ca-pacity increase and proba-bly some demand manage-ment is what will ultimatelyget us through the next 25years,” Gous told him.

Volkow wanted to knowif there were plans for Met-

roVancouver to increase itsreservoir capacity to accom-modate the growing popu-lation. Gous agreed to lookinto it.

“I think this is going to bethe coming new norm, whatwe’re experiencing here,” hesaid, adding he’s head peo-ple suggesting water me-tering as a way to discour-age overuse. “I want peopleto be aware there are issues,and if MetroVancouverwere to increase the capac-ity, that would be some ma-jor engineering work.”

Mayor Derek Corriganresponded toVolkow aswell.

“You’re right, it is a ca-pacity issue.We do have ad-ditional capacity at the Co-quitlam site, and I thinkthey’re avoiding utilizingthat because it generates

power,” he said. “We are, Ithink, tapped into some ofour alpine lakes already.

“I doubt very much ifmaximum capacity is highon the list for MetroVan-couver, but you’re right;as the population grows, itmay have to increase,” headded.

According to Corrigan, itwas the first time he’d seenthe Stage 3 watering restric-tions imposed in the regionthis early in the season.

“I can tell you that for themajority of the year, we’rereleasing water, and in factwe’re looking at how to gen-erate power through the re-

lease of water,” he said. “Soit is a capacity issue. Formost of the year, we’re inexcess of our capacity.”

Corrigan also acknowl-edged that overuse of theregion’s drinking water is anissue.

“We are a little profli-gate,” he said.

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Stopping idiocy is just thefirststepAs wildfires continue to

rage around the province,Premier Christy Clark ismaking headlines for say-ing she wants to see harsh-er penalties for people whostart forest fires.

This statement, perhapsnot surprisingly, came afterofficials said the devastatingfire still burning outside ofRock Creek is believed to behuman caused.

The fire, which was dis-covered Aug. 13, was burn-ing over some 3,750 hect-

ares as of press time. And,with a warm, drying trendpredicted for the comingfew days, fire crews weren’texpecting to get any helpfrom Mother Nature.

Clark isn’t wrong.People who start forest

fires should indeed be pe-nalized heavily.

In fact, it was a fullmonth ago that ForestsMinister SteveThomsonannounced a review of ex-isting punishments – tap-ping Prince George-Mack-

enzie MLA Mike Morris (aformer RCMP superinten-dent) to head the review.

Morris said he wouldlook at a number of possiblefixes, including higher fines,banning people from pro-vincial parks and campsitesfor repeatedly violating fireprohibitions, and impound-ing the cars of those caughtflicking cigarette butts outtheir windows.

We can back all thoseplans. Frankly, anyone stu-pid enough to do some-

thing to endanger the safetyof our forests – especially ina hot, dry year like this one– deserves a harsh punish-ment.

Unfortunately, however,focusing on punishmentsfor human-caused fires isa mere drop in the bucketwhen it comes to addressingthe real issues at play.

The fact of the matter is,wildfires will continue toburn every year, regardlessof how careful each and ev-ery citizen is.The B.C. gov-

ernment’s own statisticsshow that, over the decadefrom 2004 to 2013, 38.5per cent of wildfires werecaused by people and an-other 61.5 per cent by light-ning.

If even half of the prov-ince’s fires were preventable,we’d still be facing the pos-sibility of raging infernos.

And, as scientists suggestthat this year’s exceptional-ly hot, dry weather is but asign of things to come, wehave to get serious about

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to set realistic budgets forfirefighting.

And, even more to thepoint, it has to take the bullby the horns and final-ly start taking real action toaddress climate change.

Stopping an idiot fromtossing a cigarette butt intoa forest is a good thing.

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ITwoesplaguegovernment

Just what is it with theB.C. government when itcomes to expensive comput-er problems?The latest sor-ry chapter in this seeminglynever-ending story was re-cently uncovered by CarolBellringer, B.C.’s crack newindependent auditor gener-al. And this one is a doozy: acomputer system that is fiveyears late, 420 per cent overbudget and is so inefficient,and possibly even outdat-ed, that it requires an extra$14 million in annual main-tenance.

Bellringer and her teamaudited the Panorama com-puter system and uncov-ered a horror show of costoverruns and errors. As well,they cited a lack of lead-ership within the minis-try and a defensive mind-set that shuts out criticism.Operated within the HealthMinistry, Panorama is sup-posed to manage infectiousdiseases across the country.Five years after it began, theimplementation is still notcomplete and B.C. taxpay-ers are on the hook for $113million, and that figure con-tinues to rise.

Perhaps even more alarm-ing is the fact that Bellringerdiscovered that when the ITcompany in question (IBM)failed to deliver on the termsof its original contract, itwas renegotiated to transferany financial risk from IBMonto taxpayers.

But this epic computerfail is far from unusual with-in the B.C. government.

There were huge startupproblems with the electron-ic health initiative (although

to be fair, this happened inother provinces as well, no-tably Ontario), and therehave been serious problemswith software in the K-12education system.

And this past spring,Bellringer discovered theproblem-plagued Integrat-ed Case Management com-puter system, which is sup-posed to help social workersbetter serve vulnerable chil-dren and adults, was nevercompletely implemented.

This is starting to becomea very expensive kind ofproblem, because the gov-ernment is spending moreand more money on com-puter systems purchasedfrom various IT companies.

In the 1990s, total ITcosts were less than $50million a year.They’ve in-creased almost tenfold sincethen and now are nearing ahalf-billion dollars a year.

No one has come up withthe reason why comput-er problems are happen-ing with mounting regular-ity. But I suspect a big factormay be that the governmentdoesn’t have the same re-sources when it comes to as-sessing IT programs as thecompanies that are offeringthem for sale.

In any event, you can betthere will be more expensivecomputer fails within gov-ernment in the future. Andyou can bet that Bellringer –who has quickly establishedherself as one of the sharpestB.C. auditors general ever –will be all over them.Keith Baldrey is chief politi-

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A female Canada goose injured in a collision with atruck rallied after being reunited with its mate in July.Thefemale had recovered at theWildlife Rescue Associationrehabilitation centre from the physical trauma of the ac-cident, but had continued to lose weight. It was only aftershe was reunited with a male goose seen haunting the col-lision site that she made a full recovery and was releasedon the shores of Burnaby Lake with her male companion.

THE BURNABY NOW WELCOMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. We do, however, edit for taste, legality and length. Priority isgiven to letters written by residents of Burnaby and/or issues concerning Burnaby. Please include a phone number whereyou can be reached during the day. Send letters to: The Editor, #201A–3430 Brighton Ave., Burnaby, B.C., V5A 3H4,email to: [email protected] (no attachments please) or fax to: 604-444-3460. Letters to the editor and opinioncolumns may be reproduced on the Burnaby NOW website, www.burnabynow.com.

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RysiaWandWhat a shame! Probablytheywon’t be able to afford to rebuildbecauseof that huge fine.

peakieHorrible howstultifying condospeculationsdestroy jobs onbrown-field sites.Burnaby is losing awonderful foodemporiumanda centre for German,Polish andRussian foods.

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LisaHutcheonPeople alsoneed tostopdumping their rabbits, guineapigs, hamsters, chinchillas,mice, rats,gerbils, degus andhedgehogs.Noneof themcan survive on their ownand theCITY of Burnaby shouldnotallow the sales of these animals.

LouK If theBurnabyNowwasasbiasedas you claim theywould cer-tainly not publish your rantswhich aredecidedly very rightwing. Give themcreditwhere it is deserved. I find thatthey are quite balancedandgive voiceto all spectrumsof political thought,even yours. If youdecide to call alladvertisers and let themknowof yourdispleasurewith your perceivedbeliefthat this publication is biased then sobe it. Talk about absurdity.

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Dear EditorLooking at several Albert Street (4500block)

lawns, I amponderingwhat policing andsubsequent fines havebeenapplied?Indeedwe taxpayers need to see in print

exactlywhohas abused thewatering restric-tions across theCity of Burnaby. Does suchalist exist of obvious offenders ?Now, secondly, thedensificationployby

developersmust be stoppeduntil adequatewater supplies are addressed for all ofMetroVancouver andBurnaby specifically.WhydoesBurnaby charge $50 to shut offand$50 to turnon residentialwater lines and$150 to effectsameonweekends,when thedeposit andtemporary loanwould suffice ?Someoneat city hall really needs to ex-

amine such charges to residents in a spirit ofnatural equity.PeterDickinson-Starkey, via email

Dear EditorRe: Is city too lenientwithwater-ing fines?BurnabyNOW, Aug. 5. Thepopula-tionof Vancouver, and, therefore, its demandforwater, havebeen steadily increasing, andpredictably so, for decades. Sowhyhaveourregional bureaucrats not prioritized somethingas essential as anabundant supply ofwater?Whyhave theynot expandedour existingnatural reservoirs or constructed anadditionalartificial reservoir?Mr. Gous saysweneedmore “education”

and that there is actually no “disregard” for thewater restrictions.Well, letme tell you, I dis-regard thepathetic restrictions all of the time,becauseweareby anoceanandamountainrange, and, geographically, this is a rainforest.This is not California. There is nowater prob-lem, there is a government problem.We shouldbediscussing the incompetence

ofMetro Vancouver,which is sononsensicalthat, if elected in 2017 (www.LibertyForBurnaby.com), Iwould initiate a formal investiga-tion into its administration.Metro Vancouverneeds a complete overhaul;wedonot needaso-calledWater ShortageResponsePlan,wedonot needwatermeters,wedonot needwa-ter classes, or snitching, or anything else. Ifwerunout ofwater, it is the fault ofMr.Mussattoandhis office, not ourselves or an imaginarydrought.Brown is not thenewgreen.

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LouKTo say that theN.E.B. is goingto say yes to this project is a forgoneconclusion. Thiswas going tobe rub-ber stamped from the get go.Nothingabout this process has convincedmeotherwise.

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Let’s ban smoking infamily complexesDear EditorWhy is it that, given the knowledgewehave

on the effects of smoking and second-handsmoke, that smokers are allowed to light upontheir patios or in direct shot to neighbouringwindowsor intakes?As a forward-thinking andgreen-friendly

city likeBurnaby is,weas amunicipality canbeon the cutting edgeof thewayof the futureby taking to council and voting in ano smok-ingpolicy inmulti-family strata residences.I just created thepetition “Smokingban in

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more supportwe canget behind it, thebetterchancewehaveof succeeding. You can readmore and sign thepetitionhere: http://tinyurl.com/SmokingPetition.JeffOlson, via email

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Lennikovhas leftCanadaLennikov’s reaction or theexact date he departed.

“All I can tell you is he’snot in the country and hehasn’t been for a few daysnow,” he said.

Asked what he thoughtabout the case, Nazami saidit became complicated.

“It became complicat-ed for reasons that it didnot need to be complicat-ed,” he said. “All I can say isthat cases like this sooner orlater get settled.This mighthave been the case here, too.I just thought at the outsetthe reaction to it was some-what exaggerated.”

Lennikov came to Can-ada in 1997 on a studentvisa. Under Canadian im-migration law, anyone whowas a member of an organi-

zation that spied on a dem-ocratic government is notallowed to stay unless theimmigration minister deemsthey are not detrimental tonational security. Lennikovwas a KGB officer in the1980s and mostly worked asa translator and was a lieu-tenant in a section of an of-fice responsible for monitor-ing Japanese businessmenvisiting Russia.

Lennikov has alwaysmaintained that he is nothreat to Canada and thathe was a reluctant recruit tothe KGB. He lived with hiswife and son in Burnaby butwas ordered deported onJune 3, 2009 after exhaust-ing many legal avenues.A day earlier, however, hewent into church sanctuaryinVancouver’s First Luther-

an Church and stayed thereuntil recently.

Lennikov had many sup-porters in Burnaby, includ-ing Peter Julian, the now in-cumbent NDP candidatefor NewWestminster-Burn-aby.

“I’m just mystified thathe’s apparently leaving thecountry,” Julian said. “Hav-ing gone through all the ac-cess to information in hisfile, the government neverhad anything on him thatindicated he should be treat-ed with anything other thanthe humane consideration(that) the immigration min-ister always has the ability tobring in.”

TheNOW also reachedout to Canada Border Ser-vices Agency but did not geta response by press time.

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Thirty-five dogs, six catsand 16 horses were surren-dered lastTuesday after aninvestigation by the B.C.SPCA.

Special constables re-moved the animals from aSurrey acreage and broughtthem to theVancouverSPCA to be triaged, accord-ing to Burnaby SPCA man-ager RyanVoutilainen.

He said those in need ofmore serious medical atten-tion were kept inVancouver.

The six dogs taken in byBurnaby SPCA were dirtyand a bit skinny but gen-erally in decent shape, ac-cording to local vet ClaudiaRichter of BurnabyVeteri-nary Hospital, who camein on her day off Friday totreat them for free.

“They’re very nice dogs,”she told the NOW. “Theywere loved, these dogs, forsure. I think there was prob-

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For about three years,Richter’s clinic has donat-ed one free surgery a monthto the local SPCA.WhenVoutilainen told her aboutthe extra animals the shel-ter was taking in this week,she offered instead to spayand neuter all of them andprovide each a quick dentalcleaning for free.

“Whoever adopts themhas a fresh start,” Richtersaid.

All the dogs went up foradoption Saturday; two hadfound homes by Monday.

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according to what you hadsaid to the police at the timeof the interrogation andthen through your counsel,is that the frustration levelsfor you just got higher andhigher and higher and theanger was there and that, ina moment of crazy passion,you took the drugs fromone of the exhibit boxes.You took it home and whenyou got home, you flushed itdown the sink.”

The judge stated morethan once he was at a loss toexplain Read’s crime, not-ing nothing had ever beforebeen taken from the exhib-it locker during Read’s 28years on the job and therewas no evidence the formerexhibit officer struggled withmental-health issues, alco-holism, addiction or finan-cial problems.

Meyers concluded Readwas in no need of rehabilita-tion or individual deterrenceto prevent him from com-mitting similar crimes in thefuture.

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moment that you will evercome before the court againon a like crime or any crime,for that matter,” Meyersstated. “You are almost 60.You lived your whole lifewithout any criminal in-volvement.You are a goodfamily man, a hard work-er, a conscientious and hon-est worker, a member of thecommunity teaching sports,

and also helped in raisingthree daughters and youhave had a stable relation-ship for around 14 or 15years.”

The judge noted Readhad written him two lettersafter his February convic-tion, expressing his remorseand outlining how his lifehas been devastated, includ-ing the loss of his job, hishome and the trust, respect

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But Read had been in aposition of trust when hecommitted the crime, Mey-ers stated, and although theCrown did not lay a chargeof breach of trust against theexhibit custodian, he was “ina category of a person whois guilty of a breach of trust.”

The judge concludedRead was entitled to “some-what less, but not signifi-cantly less” punishmentbecause he was a specialconstable appointed underthe RCMP Act and the Po-lice Act, rather than a full-fledged RCMP member.

“In terms of the pub-lic viewing it, there wouldbe no distinction made bythem whether you were anRCMP member or wheth-er you were a civilian em-ployed by the RCMP orwhether you were a spe-cial police constable,” Mey-ers said.

The judge also notedRead did not “fess up” untilafter the lie-detector test anddid not plead guilty.

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A business man based inSurrey is hoping residentsin Burnaby can help himfind a missing member ofhis flock.

GlenWilliams, alsoknown as the FlamingoGuy, was driving from Deltato North Burnaby late Fri-day night when a belovedmember of his well-knownlawn displays flew the coop.

An eight-foot-tall buz-zard that was strapped tothe back ofWilliams’ worktrailer somehow came looseduring the drive, and hedidn’t notice it was miss-ing until after he arrivedat his destination in NorthBurnaby.Williams drovefrom Delta to North Burn-aby via the Alex Fras-er Bridge, passing throughQueensborough and overthe Queensborough Bridgeon to MarineWay and overto Boundary Road, wherehe turned right and headednorth to North Burnaby.

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The missing bird is alarge, hand-painted ply-wood cut-out of a buzzardwearing a top hat sittingon a tombstone. It weighsabout 40 to 50 pounds.

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The Surf’s Up for Au-tism fundraiser gives chil-dren with autism and theirfamilies the chance to trav-el toTofino for some surfingin September, according toMetropolis at Metrotown’swebsite.The fundraiser runsuntil Aug. 20.

Those interested in do-nating should go to RipCurl at the mall to do so.Those who donate morethan $10 are eligible to en-ter to win a F1 standuppaddle board or a hockeystick signed by theVancou-ver Canucks, according tothe website. Only those 18or older are allowed to en-ter. For more informationon Surf’s Up, go to ripcurlsurfsup.com.

LEARNWHILEYOU LUNCHThe Burnaby Board of

Trade is hosting a lunch andlearn event on Aug. 20 atnoon.

The orientation for new

members includes a lightlunch, according to theboard’s website, and is heldat the board’s office, 201-

4555 Kingsway.To register, call 604-412-

0100 or email [email protected].

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IndefenceofaMintodreamThird-year Laker got released from last-place team;picked up by league [email protected]

Opportunities in sports aresometimes like shooting stars – rareand fleeting.

So, when Burnaby’s Brad Bre-adon was released by the junior ALakers prior to the trade deadlinethis season, he was more than hap-py to be picked up by the B.C. Ju-nior Lacrosse League’s top team.

As a third-year defender in his fi-nal season of junior, Breadon is oneof the lucky ones, going from lastplace to a Minto Cup challenger inthe span of less than 24 hours.

Breadon scored his first junior Agoal as a Coquitlam Adanac in theteam’s 26-6 win over the Delta Is-landers in the final game of the reg-ular season.

He also managed to crack thelineup in approximately half of theA’s back-to-back series sweeps overNewWestminster and Delta in theplayoffs.

Earlier this month, Breadon alsosaw duty in Coquitlam’s final gameat theWestern Canadian finals inCalgary – a 13-3 victory over theOkotoks Raiders – that earned theA’s a fourth trip to the Minto in thepast five seasons.

But that’s just fine with the 6-3,200-pound Burnaby defender, whotasted playoff lacrosse for the firsttime in his career this season.

“It’s awesome.You spend yourwhole life wanting to win a Min-to Cup, so to finally get an oppor-tunity like this is pretty cool,” saidBreadon, just days before the teamflew east to take on the Six NationsArrows in a repeat of last year’s Ca-nadian junior A lacrosse final wonby the Ontario champion in a six-game series.

As a product of the Burnabyminor system, Breadon has beenthrough some lean years.

In fact, lacrosse had becomemore about the camaraderie ratherthan wins and losses, he said.

“I loved the guys and the team,but we struggled,” said Breadon.

Now, it’s about putting all thepast defeats behind him and being

ready when called upon to play.“You’ve got to go out every shift,

you have to separate it from allthe (past) mistakes and the goalsscored,” Breadon said, “I just haveto keep my head down and keepworking.”

Breadon knows the Adanacswill be in tough when they travelto Hagersville, Ont. to take on SixNations at the Iroquois LacrosseArena.

The Jr. A Arrows have gone tothe Minto six times and won twocups since the 2,300-seat lacrosse-

only arena was built in 2004.“I’m just ready to play a seven-

game series. It’s going to be a bat-tle,” said Breadon. “We have thetalent to do it. I think we have agreat shot; everyone wants to do it.I think we’re going to go in thereand have a great battle.”

Coquitlam won its first-everMinto Cup at home against theOrangeville Northmen in 2010.

The last time a B.C. team wona Canadian Jr. A lacrosse bannerback east was in 1979 by BurnabyCablevision.

A team from theWest Coast haswon a Minto Cup just 13 times inthe past 45 years.

The best-of-seven Minto Cup fi-nal kicks off on Saturday, Aug. 22,with Game 2 played on Sunday.

Game 3 is scheduled forTues-day, Aug. 25 and Game 4 for Aug.26.

If necessary, a Game 5 will beplayed onThursday, Aug. 27.

Games 6 and 7, if necessary, willtake place on Aug. 29 and 30, re-spectively.

Living thedream:BradBreadon, seenhereasaBurnabyLaker, caughtonwith theCoquitlamAdanacsat the junior A tradedeadlineto fulfil adreamofgoing to theMintoCup. PHOTOFILEPHOTO

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Two of B.C.’s baseballteams came away second-best at age group nationalchampionships this week.

The midget PremierBaseball League champi-on North ShoreTwins, in-cluding Burnaby’s Nicho-las Carusi, Nicholas Favaroand Steven Moretto, werebeaten 6-1 by Quebec inthe gold-medal final at the18-and-under BaseballCanada championships atMagog, Que. on Sunday.

Carusi batted in B.C.’sonly run in the top of theseventh inning.

The Notre Dame Re-gional School left fielder ledthe squad with a .438 bat-ting average at the nationals.

B.C. advanced to the fi-nal following a 10-0 five-in-ning blowout over Manito-ba earlier in the day.

Favaro, a St.Thom-as More Collegiate catch-er, led B.C. with three RBIon two hits. He also scoreda run.

Third baseman Moret-to also scored a run in themercy-rule win, while Ca-rusi had three hits, a RBIand a run scored.

Burnaby Minor also set-tled for a silver medal atthe13-and-under NationalWestern Championships inCoquitlam.

The provincial runners-up, including JackYarem-ko, Mathieu Laroche, Jar-rettWatson, Carter Findlay,BrendanWang, Justin Pod-nar, Massimo Luongo andKyle Anderson, lost to hostCoquitlam-Moody 2-0in the gold-medal final atTown Centre field on Sun-day.

Burnaby earned a spot inthe finals following a 10-0win over eventual bronzemedallists South JasperPlace, Alta.

Anderson led the teamwith two hits and two runsscored.

Yaremko, Laroche andWang all had one hit, oneRBI and one run scored forB.C.

B.C. also had a big 11-3win over Sherwood Park,Alta.

Yaremko, Laroche andWang equally shared in sixof B.C’s nine hits in thetwo-hitter.

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B.C. baseball and soccerteams all medalled on thefinal day of competition attheWestern Canada Sum-mer Games.

The girls’ soccer team,including Burnaby repre-sentatives 14-year-old Jani-ka Sangha and Kaela Dani-elle Mercado Hansen, 15,helpedTeam B.C. to the

gold medal following a 3-1victory over Manitoba attheWood Buffalo, Alta.Games on Sunday.

B.C. shut out bothNorthwestTerritories andSaskatchewan in earlierPool A matches.

The boys’ baseball team,including 15-year-old NikoMillas and Cole Dalla-Zan-na, 16, of Burnaby, sharedgold with the B.C. squadwith a 7-3 victory over Sas-

katchewan.B.C. topped the stand-

ings with a 5-1 record atthe Games.

The team’s only losswas a 6-5 defeat to Alber-ta in round-robin play. B.C.avenged that loss later inthe competition with a 7-4win.

B.C.’s boys’ soccer teamsettled for silver medal af-ter a 1-0 loss to Alberta inthe championship final on

Sunday.B.C., including Burna-

by’s Gurinder Nijjar andBrady Hughes, was perfectin pool play, blanking bothSaskatchewan andYukon inPool B.

Earlier, Burnaby SpecialOlympians also made theirmark at theWestern Cana-da Games.

April Armstrong, 22,won three silver medals intrack and field, placing run-

ner-up in the women’s 100and 200 metres, and longjump.

Daniel Batson also won apair of second-place medalsin the sprints.

The 22-year-old Batsonearned silver medals in themen’s 100 and 200m races.

B.C. topped the medalcount with 280 total med-als, including 134 gold.

Alberta was in secondplace with 226 medals.



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Burnaby Lakers placedtwo players on secondteams following aWesternLacrosse Association an-nouncement.

Righthander RobertChurch and goalieTye Be-langer were both namedto theWLA second all-starteam, along with defendersIan Hawksbee of the NewWestminster Salmonbel-lies andVictoria Shamrocks’Rory Smith.

Sharing a spot withChurch on the second linewere Pat Saunders of theLangleyThunder and NewWest’s Logan Schuss, whofinished third and fourth,respectively, in regular sea-son scoring.

Burnaby defender Jes-se Fehr and Zack Porter ofMaple Ridge were co-win-ners of the FredWooster

Award at the league’s un-sung heroes.

The first all-star team in-cluded Salmonbellie rookieEric Penney in goal, Lang-ley’s Brett Mydske and JeffCornwall of NewWest ondefence.

Up front,Victoria’s Co-rey Small and Jesse Kingflanked league MVP BenMcIntosh of the MapleRidge Burrards.

Small won the overallscoring title with 33 goals,including a league-bestfive game winners, and 79points. King had 33 goals,five of them coming whileshorthanded.

Small and Schuss led theleague in three-star bal-loting, including aWLA-best five first-star honoursapiece. Church was alsonamed among the gamestars on seven separate oc-casions.

Penney and Belanger

both posted a league-higheight wins during the regu-lar season. Penney led theleague with a 0.829 savepercentage. Belanger wasamong the busiest in goal,finishing with a second-best7.85 goals against averageand a fourth overall 0.804save percentage.

Penney also won the out-standing goalie award, whilesharing the rookie of theyear honour with Langley’sAnthony Malcom.

Mydske, a NewWestmin-ster product, won the bestdefensive player award.

Bruce Murray, who an-nounced his retirement pri-or to the end of the sea-son, was named the winnerof the MaitlandTrophy foroutstanding play, sports-manship and contributionto minor lacrosse.

Coquitlam’sTodd Stock-dale was awarded this sea-son’s coach of the year.

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