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As Burnaby city coun-cil attempts to tackle the is-sue of spiraling property as-sessments, the municipalitycontinues to work on thebudget for 2016.The 2016 provisional

budget is proposing a 2.95per cent residential proper-

ty tax increase, with anoth-er two per cent and 1.5 percent increase for the water-works utility and sanitarysewer fund respectively.However,Mayor Derek

Corrigan noted the tax in-crease is not set in stone,and hes hoping there willbe some room to get it low-er when the budget is finallyapproved in the spring.

I would expect a lit-tle bit of work done on it,but youre certainly seeingsomewhere in that 2.5 tothree-per cent range is prob-ably where all of us (munic-ipalities) are going to land,he told theNOW.Corrigan also suggested

the rate increase would beacceptable for residents giv-en that it reflects items like

inflation and salary increas-es to city employees.He also noted part of the

budget discussion will in-clude factoring in the dra-matic increases expectedto property assessments fornext year.More than 7,000 proper-

ties in Burnaby are expect-ing to see property increas-es in the 15 to 25 per cent

range and beyond in 2016.The city is calling on the

provincial government tofreeze assessments at leastyears levels.The budget document

noted the city is facing costincreases that surpass theprojected annual rate of in-flation, with a rise on costsfor salaries, operational andinflationary increases and

provisions for new services.The document, which

is 130 pages, also includesdetails of where the cityspends the money.The operating budget

is pegged at $436 million,with the biggest percentageof the total going toward theparks and rec department at

Burnabys provisional budget includes a 2.95 per cent property tax increase but that may change

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This is Keian Blundellsdream.The young boy wanted to

collect as many toys as possiblefor kids at BC Childrens Hos-pital who wont make it homefor the season.Four Christmass later, his

legacy continues.OnWednesday, Keians fam-

ily was at the Burnaby RCMPdetachment to collect a bountyof toys - 312 in all - which wereraised by members of the forcefor children at the hospital.To know there are kids

that are in there, theyre goingthrough a difficult time, andanything that can bring a smileto their face is definitely worthit, said RCMPConst. SamBowen, who led the efforts atthe Burnaby detachment.While there were smiles all

around as the family and de-tachment members mingled

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INTHESPIRITOFGIVING:BurnabyRCMPmembers loadabox full of toys intovansWednesday.The toys, destinedforB.C. ChildrensHospital, arepartof a toydrive inhonourofKeianBlundell, a youngboywhopassedaway fromcancertwoyears ago.

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Heather MacKay seessome of the best parts ofthe Burnaby ChristmasBureau, but she also seesthe most heart-breaking.The Burnaby resident

volunteers to deliver giftsfrom toy drives to the bu-reaus toy room on King-sway, and she also delivershampers to people in need.You feel like, Wow,

people can be really gener-ous.They can put togeth-er an event and put to-gether a whole lot of stuffthat will make kids happy,she says of the toy pick-ups. Delivering the ham-

pers is harder.You have tocome up against the peo-ple who really have needs.They have very little, butthey are extremely grateful.Sometimes they are em-barrassed.They cant be-lieve how generous peoplecan be, and they are alsoembarrassed because theyhave the need. Sometimesit just makes me cry, be-cause these people are fall-ing through the cracks.The bureau helps supply

low-income families withtoys and food and givesisolated seniors holidayhampers.MacKay got involved as

a volunteer driver last year.She feels she can at least

help and encourage othersto give to the bureau.I feel better that Im

doing something, and italso keeps me aware thatthis sort of thing is out

there.We all pretend thateveryone is happy andwonderful, but for me,it brings me face-to-facewith the need out there,and it reminds me that I

have to do my part, wheth-er its becoming political-ly involved or bugging gov-ernments or that sort ofthing, she said.To donate to the bureau,

go to www.burnabycommunityconnections.com or call 604-292-3902.

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SANTASHELPER:HeatherMacKayvolunteers todrive toys totheBurnabyChristmasBureaustoy roomonKingsway.Shealsohelpsbydeliveringholidayhampers toseniors andpeople inneed.PHOTOJENNIFERMOREAU

Heather MacKay is one of thebureau helpers who helps makeChristmas brighter in Burnaby

It usually happens in the dead of night.A man drives up to a parked car on

a quiet street, gets out and smashes thedriver-side window. Sometimes hell grabsomething, other times he doesnt takeanything at all.He repeats the cycle over and over

again, staying busy by targeting, in somecases, nearly 50 cars in one evening.This is the MO of the man Burnaby

RCMP are convinced is behind a rash oftheft-from-vehicle incidents plaguing thecity in the last couple months.In all, police believe the suspect is be-

hind 350 incidents, including 47 thispast weekend on three separate Burnabystreets.OnTuesday, local Mounties stepped up

their efforts to nab the crook, by releasingmore details about the crimes along withvideo surveillance and still images of thesuspect in hopes of generating tips fromthe public.Its very disturbing this person has not

been caught yet, said RCMP Cpl. Dan-iela Panesar. Thats why were work-ing on it and appealing to the public, andhopefully someone will be able to help usidentify this individual.She noted the acts appear to be ran-

dom, but mostly they occur to vehiclesparked on residential streets in the earlymorning hours, between 3 and 7 a.m.And the suspect is picking neighbour-

hoods throughout the city. Panesar saidinvestigators dont have anyone in mind,but Burnaby RCMPs prolific offend-er team has been tasked with finding theperson responsible.In the last couple months, the NOW

has received numerous calls and emailsfrom residents and victims upset aboutthe car break-ins on their street, in bothsouth and north Burnaby.

While RCMP have issued warnings toresidents to keep valuables out of theircars, they gave no indication all the inci-dents were linked until this week.Panesar said police didnt want to jeop-

ardize the investigation by appealing tothe public.Besides being annoying for the vic-

tims who have to go through the processof filing a claim and repairing their dam-aged vehicles, the spree is getting costlyfor ICBC.The RCMP noted a typical claim costs

the insurance company about $1,000.

With 350 reported incidents and count-ing, the figure could top $350,000.Along with the video and pictures, po-

lice also offered a description of the sus-pect, who is described as a tall man witha slim build.His vehicle is described as a late 90s,

light coloured four-door sedan with alarge dent on the passenger-side door.Anyone who can identify the suspect

or who has information about the crimesis asked to call Burnaby RMCP at 604-294-7922.

RCMPbelieveheshit350cars inthecity

Doyou recognizehim?:Policeare looking for thedriver of the car, shown in this surveillancevideowith its lightson,who is suspectedofbeingbehinda rashof theft-fromvehiclebreak-ins andvandalismacross the city. PHOTOSUBMITTED

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and looked through the toysWednesday, the day is clear-ly bittersweet for both.Keian passed away two

years ago on Jan. 1 2014, af-ter battling cancer.Just a few months before,

he was made an honorarymember ofTroop 15 andpresented with a custom-made red serge.Bowen, who has a daugh-

ter himself, said he wastouched by Keians sto-ry and wanted to help andmake sure the family knowsthe young boy is not forgot-ten.Its something I think is

a great cause, he said.Keian was just five years

old when he launched his

fist toy drive in 2012 be-cause he was able to makeit home for Christmas andfelt bad for the other chil-dren who had to spend theirtime in the hospital over theholidays.

In his first year, Keian de-livered 16 toys to the hos-pital.This year, the fami-

ly will drop off more than800 toys, bringing the totalover the years to more than

2,800.Theyre numbers that

make the Blundell fam-ily proud of what Keianstarted and thrilled the lo-cal RCMP want to keep hislegacy going.It means so much, said

his dad Ryan, who added atoy is usually the first thinga child looks to for comfort.The toys were eventu-

ally loaded into vans anddropped off at the hospital.Both the family and

Burnaby RCMP say theyllbe back at it again next yearcollecting toys for kids at thehospital.Its just how Keian would

have wanted it.

17.9 per cent, or $78 mil-lion.The next biggest piece of

the pie goes toward gener-al government services at 16

per cent or $69 million, fol-lowed by public works (13.8per cent or $60 million), po-lice (13 per cent or $56 mil-lion), waterworks (11 percent or $51.5 million), sani-

tary sewer (9.3 per cent or$40.7 million), fire (8.3 percent or $36 million), solidwaste, ($16.9 million), plan-ning and building ($13.6million) and library ($2.9

million).As for the capital bud-

get, the city is expecting tospend $138 million in 2016,including $27 million on ac-quiring land and land im-

provements.In all, the city has $3.4

billion in total assets with$1.6 billion related to land.The budget must be ap-

proved byMay, but in the

meantime the city plans toconsult with residents be-fore the final document isadopted.

Givingback:BurnabyRCMPConst. SamBowenhandsoveroneof themore than300 toys raisedbymembersof thedetachment to JorenBlundell. JorensbrotherKeianpassedawayof cancer in 2014, butstarteda toydrivebeforehedied thathas collectedmore than2,800 for sick kidsatB.C. Childrens hospital.PHOTOJEREMYDEUTSCH

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An environmental mishapduring the repair of a cul-vert in Burnaby has forced afederal ministry to step in.Fisheries and Oceans

Canada (DFO) has senta letter under the Fisher-ies Act, directing the City ofBurnaby to come up witha plan to remedy the dam-age to a tributary of StoneyCreek resulting from a

washout on Oct. 31.That was the day a con-

struction mishap led to a se-ries of events that eventual-ly forced a large amount ofsediment into the creek andput the fish habitat in thewaterway at risk.In the letter, the DFO has

directed the city to providea fall/winter site manage-ment plan to ensure no fur-ther impacts to fish and fishhabitat occur.The federalagency also wants a restora-

tion plan to restore identi-fied fish habitat to previousconditions, an implementa-tion schedule and a moni-toring plan.The city isnt facing any

charges, but an email fromthe federal ministry to theNOW indicates the incidentis still under investigation.In response, city officials

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Devil is intheSenateerdetailsAs political problems go,

the Senate is one that haslong confounded our elect-ed leaders.Making it go away

for good or substantial-ly reforming it the realchange favoured by mostCanadians requires theconsent of the provincesand promises to inspire somuch nasty constitutionalwrangling that politicianshave been loath to openthat Pandoras Box.

Whats left has been tomake smaller tinkeringchanges such as those re-cently introduced by PrimeMinister JustinTrudeau.On the surface, the idea

of a non-partisan, mer-it-based process to guideSenate appointmentssounds good. But the devilwill be in the details.For instance, itll still be

the prime minister whowill choose the majori-ty of the advisory board

who will put forward a listof potential senators.Andthose suggestions are stillnon-binding.Were told that ordi-

nary Canadians will alsobe welcome to apply. Butdont hold your breathwaiting for too many Boband Doug McKenzies totake their seats in the RedChamber.The idea of people who

can put party politics asidefor the good of the coun-

try is certainly a noble one.Sadly, thats also what dis-graced Senator Mike Duffyclaimed his own role wasto have been and weve

seen how that worked out.The problem with the

Senate isnt just who is ap-pointed. Its who they be-come while there, partic-

ularly in the absence ofmeaningful rules aboutwhat their role on the pub-lic dime is supposed to be.Tightening those and mak-ing them explicit is also animportant part of reform-ing the Senate and mak-ing it accountable to thepublic.

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Stemming the tide of porn

Good,badandugly inbudgetAudiences love a good re-

make, but we shouldnt em-braceThe Good,The Bad,and the Ugly otherwiseknown as the B.C. financecommittees pre-budget rec-ommendations.The bipartisan legislative

committee was asked by Fi-nance Minister Michael deJong to travel the provinceand make recommenda-tions for the 2016/17 B.C.budget. Unfortunately, thecommittee fell into the usu-al trap of recommendingbillions in new spending re-quests, put in by dozens ofspecial interest groups.Those presenters asked

for an astonishing $18.6billion in new spending equivalent to 40 per cent ofthe annual provincial budg-et and nearly 70 times theprojected surplus.There was one sliver of

good news for taxpayers inthe committees report: theytook the CanadianTaxpay-ers Federations advice andrecommended a review ofthe Medical Services Pre-mium (MSP) tax, includingthreshold levels, compari-sons to other jurisdictions,costs of administering theprogram, and alternatives.MSP has been likened to

an insurance premium butit is clearly not. Insurancepremiums change based onrisk factors and usage. Butwith MSP, healthy peoplepay the same as unhealthypeople. It is not an insur-ance premium; its a tax.And its a tax that has beenrising at an alarming rate.The B.C. Liberals have

hiked the MSP tax 39 per

cent since 2010. Familiesnow spend $1,800 a yearon that single tax, regardlessof income levels.A familymaking $30,001 a year paysthe same as a multimillion-aire. It doesnt make sense.Or, as the committee put

it: The CTF pointed outthat increasing rates haveproven onerous for somefamilies and seniors, and forbusinesses who pay throughpayroll contributions. Itstime to freeze and reviewthe MSP tax and see if thereare better, fairer ways ofpaying for health care.Unfortunately, none of

the other 61 recommenda-tions included any call tofind efficiencies or cost sav-ings within government.Instead, we got a dizzyingarray of increased invest-ments.Translation:morespending,more taxes, moredebt.Thats the bad.The ugliest recommen-

dation was to explore atax on drinks with sugar inthem.This is a terrible ideathat Denmark has alreadyabandoned, and, as thisCTF report shows, woulddo little besides make lifemore expensive and create amassive bureaucracy.Hopefully de Jong ignores

the committees bad andugly ideas, holds the line onspending and reviews theMSP tax. Otherwise he willend up demanding anotherfistful of dollars from BritishColumbians to pay for all ofthe committees recommen-dations.Jordan Bateman is B.C.di-

rector for the CanadianTax-payers Federation.

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Sometimes it just makes mecry, because these people arefalling through the cracks.

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Alderman Lee Rankin chaired the Burnaby Commu-nity Standards Committee, a citizens committee appoint-ed to stem the tide of pornography flowing into the city.One member described the influx as a river of pollutionrunning through our streets, corner stores and video out-lets. Rankin said the committee would recommend newbylaws and lobby the federal government for CriminalCode changes.

Butdontholdyourbreathwaiting for toomanyBobandDougMcKenzies to take theirseats in theRedChamber

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Leaders need to bemore like Bill BennettDear EditorRe:He changed the faceof B.C.,BurnabyNOW, Opinion, Dec. 9.

Todays political leaderswoulddowell totake lessons from theambition and respon-sible foresight of Bill Bennett.

With only a little political effort, the incal-culably positive derivative benefits toGreaterVancouver, and toB.C. andCanadagenerally,resulting from theprovincehosting Expo86and thebuildingofMetro Vancouvers SkyTrainrapid transit lines couldbe replicated inB.C.ssecond largest city (bypopulation), Surrey.

The industrial park-wastelandof northwestSurrey where the city bordersNewWestmin-ster and the Fraser river wouldbe ideal asaWorld Exposition site. Afterwards, this areacouldbe suitably redevelopedasmixed-usehighrises andparkland: emulating Vancouversdowntownbusiness district, YaletownandCoalHarbour areas, thereby acting to reducethe regions housing shortage and, hopefully,attracting corporate headoffice clients, alongwith high-technologydesign and research anddevelopment firms,

Bill Bennettwouldnever have accepted thelowest commondenominator, as cheap-as-possible, at-roadway-level rapid transitsystem that is currently proposed formuchof Surrey. The ambitious foresight criteriasooftenassociatedwithBill Bennettwoulddemanda city-wide rapid transit system forSurrey thatwill beperceived internationally asaworldbeater and certainly noworse thanthe 30-year-old, but still excellent, above-the-roadwaySkyTrain.

Ridiculous? Impossible? Insurmountable?Maybe thatswhat somewouldhave

thought in the 1980s. Bill Bennett, andotherleaders of his time, clearly didnt andweareall beneficiaries today as a result. Praises forBill Bennett need tobematchedbyactions.RoderickV. Louis, by email

Thank you forhelping Girl GuidesDear EditorOnbehalf of theBurnabyGlensDistrict, Girl Guides of Canada, Iwant to thanktheBurnabyNOWandJenniferMoreau forhelpingus to let people knowabout theNov.28Holly Tea andFair. Thenumerous inclusionson the events calendar contributed to theexcellent attendance and consequent success.

Weare very happy that theproceedswillhelp us to offset the cost of taking city girls toCampOlaveon theSunshineCoast,wherethey can experience the forest andoceanenvironments.Wedontwant to leave any girlbehindbecauseher family cannot afford tosendher.

TheHolly Tea andFair is not only a fund-raiser; it is part of thehistory of SouthBurnaby.When it began in 1953, itwas called theGuideBazaar. Ever since that time it has beenan im-portant community eventwhereneighboursandpast and currentGuidingmembers gatherin friendship to reminisce and to celebrate amovement that enriches the lives of girls andwomen. In preparing for theHolly Tea, girlslearnplanning and crafting skills. During theevent, they assist bymanning stations, doingset-upand clean-up, serving guests andhan-dlingmoney. They enjoy these responsibilitiesandgain confidence.

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MP sponsors petitionto keepTrump out

StacyWallworkMPs are supposed torepresent the viewsof their constitu-ents.While it is up theAmericanpeopleif they choose tobe representedby aracist sexist arrogant ***hole, I hopemygovernmentwill keepmyself andmy fellowCanadians safely away fromDonald Trump.Also, I havepersonallymet bothKen-nedyStewart andDavidBlack andanyonewhoknows thempersonallywould know there is not ulteriormo-tive here. Just honorable people, tryingtodo the right thing. Tonot standup tohate speech is to silently agree that it isok. Its not right, its not Canadian andI hope that they are successful to keepthis hatred contained inside theAmeri-canborder, because thats really theonly powerwehave in this situation.

NathanAndrews You cant changefundamental rules of free travel ob-served in the firstworld justwhen youdont agreewith apersons views. Nota trump fanat all but Petitions suchasthis are suchawaste of time.

MaxineKennedygivemeabreak!Someone looking for their 15min. offame...

SuzanneCardosoWaste of time.Its up to theAmericans if he gets in.Though I really hopehedoesnt. Thatwill be tragedy

City wants freeze onproperty assessments

AnnPathyil JohannesOur friendshousewent from$1M to $1.3Mwhichmeans theyno longer qualify for theGrant.... Havent receivedours yet butgivenhouses that require a tonofworkor are going tobe torndownhave gonefor $1.3M, its scary...

RysiaWandAs a commentator ontheirwebsite said: Oh, heres an idea,howabout Corrigan reduce theper-centage rate applied to the assessedvalue???. Sounds simple enough.

Seniors housingbreaks ground

Lil Cameron $2400 amonth is afford-able housing for seniors?Onwhatplanet

DebbieBaronit This is great news!Were looking at places now that areold and inChilliwack for $2,000 amonth.Newbuilding, Burnaby and$2400 amonth? Super!

PeterDickinson-Starkey Is DerekCorriganmoving into this housingdevelopment?Howsoon?Perhapshecould coughupa fewdollars to assistsomepoor oldpensionedoff citizens?Tomymind theprice is horrible,waytoomuch.Weneed to see transparencyhere, please.

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way to meeting the require-ments.James Lota, an assistant

engineering director withthe City of Burnaby, notedthe municipality has met thefirst deadline to put in a sitemanagement plan, whileconsultants have been hiredto work on the long-termrestoration plan within thenext 90 days.We had already en-

gaged consultants to do ex-actly what DFO was ask-ing us to do. Its now just a

notice from DFO to makesure we are doing it, and itwas already in progress, hesaid, adding the day afterthe washout, the city had al-ready assessed the damageand the repairs.Lota said the city is also

hopeful it can complete themitigation work by the endof summer 2016.Local streamkeepers

are pleased the DFO is in-volved.Its certainly nice to see

them (DFO) going out andlooking at the issues, said

Alan James, a member ofthe Stoney Creek Environ-ment Committee.He said the city has been

open with the streamkeep-ers and has met with thegroup several times sincethe incident, but he alsosuggested there is a lot tolearn from the incident.Its going to be a major

restoration effort, he said.James said his group is

waiting to see what the cityproposes and hopes to pro-vide comment when thedraft plan is done.

According to a city re-port, during the rehabilita-tion of a culvert on a StoneyCreek tributary, an A.C.Paving employee who wasmaintaining a filter screenon a pump at the construc-tion site got his boot suckedinto the inlet hose of thepump.The city had undertaken

the project in the first placeafter crews and StoneyCreek streamkeeper mem-bers noticed the beginningof some creek bank erosion.

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ANewWestminster manis spearheading an onlinepetition to ban Republi-can presidential candidateDonaldTrump from Cana-da, and BurnabyMPKen-nedy Stewart has agreed tosponsor the petition in Par-liament.NewWest resident David

Black, president of MoveUP(formerly known as COPE378), wants to keepTrumpout of Canada because hecalled for a ban onMuslimsentering the U.S.I thinkMr.Trumps re-

marks are abhorrent.Theyare dangerous, and I wasappalled by them, Stewarttold theBurnaby NOW.I think this petition is agood way to express, firstof all, these arent really theviews Canadians hold, andto express a displeasure forsomeone whos running tobe one of the most powerfulleaders in the world.TheBurnaby NOW

could not reach Black bypress time, but his petitionstates it is illegal in Canadato incite hatred against anyidentifiable group and thatCanada is a proudly multi-cultural nation.

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pushed government to ac-cept electronic petitions.The governments e-peti-tion site went live on Dec. 4,and a couple from Burnabyseeking a ban on shock col-lars for dogs was the first tofile. Until this month,MPsin the House of Commonswould only accept written,paper petitions with a mini-mum of 25 signatures.Stewart will table the

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How did you get involvedwith the community po-licing advisory commit-tee?I became more aware ofcommunity policing andprocedure and what wasgoing on over there after myinvolvement with Burnabyscitizen CrimeWatch andthat was in 1998 or so.Myhusband and I had seen thead and (thought) maybewe should look into this sothere begins my beginninginto community policing.

What types of concernsare discussed at yourmeetings?Its really anything that sortof personally affects yourfeeling secure and happyin your own home. It isseeing people wanderingabout that you questionwhy theyre there; hearingin the paper or reading thatthere have been theft fromautos, theft of autos, break-and-enters, and those kindsof concerns.At one time,a concern was the trafficaround the Royal OakSkyTrain station, say whenthere seemed to be people

loitering around there andnot moving on.

Do you think the Sky-Train line impacts yourcommunity?It can be a concern.Wedont personally get theconcerns delivered at theCPAC committee, but weget the statistics monthlythat we will look at to seethat theres been a rise (incrimes) or successes that(the RCMP has) had.

What successes has yourCPAC had?One of the successes,from a former memberon the committee, wasKINA, the Kingsway(Imperial NeighbourhoodAssociation) group,because they wereconstantly reporting onall the behaviour thatwas upsetting in the areaand bringing that to thecommittee.

That can be a long pro-cess though, right?A lot of them are longer. Itsnot usually an immediatefix, because I think we havethe police out watchingwhats happening all thetime, and they do haveto prioritize where theirresources and time aregoing depending on the

crime, but Ive noticedtheyre very interested inthe bicycle patrols goingback on, because they weresuccessful in lowering whatwas happening underneaththe SkyTrain.

Does the RCMP takecomplaints seriously?If people take the time toreport what their concernsare, they will hear back.

What is your impressionof the RCMPs handlingof residents concerns?I have found that theydo listen.They do have apositive group of officersthat we are working with,and we have to understand

that they have to prioritizetoo and cant maybealways get right on toour immediate concerns,but because of the waythe RCMP in Burnabyare structured, there areneighbourhood policeofficers who will follow upon the concerns. Especiallyif a citizen will put it inwriting and say, I am reallyconcerned because I haveobserved this, and theyvegot specifics, so that theyrenot just talking aboutwhat they think mightbe happening, but if theygive them real time, realincidents, it will be lookedat.

Why do you think com-mittees like CPAC areimportant?For being a conduit ofinformation and concernsfrom the community,because at the public safetycommittee, there is theelected officials at the tableplus concerned citizensplus the RMCP, so that is avery good source of gettingsolutions to problemsbecause the concerns areraised, theyre minuted, andthen they are addressed.

If someone has a concernabout safety/crime, whatshould they do?There are citizen complaintforms that are real thingsto pick up at any of thecommunity police offices,including the maindetachment.They canwrite (the complaint) downand turn it in, and it isaddressed and somebodywill get back to them.Theyare bringing their concernsto the right people.

Why is important forresidents to get involvedin these types of commit-tees?I dont think theres anybetter investment withyour time and energy thankeeping your communitysafe and protecting your

investment in a house.What is your commit-tees No. 1 goal?Just maintaining publicawareness for safety.Public safety has alwaysbeen one of the majorconcerns; that you feel safein your community.Whatis it (that) the communityis really most concernedabout? Its traffic safety, likeare our streets safe? Allthe things you would seewhen you walk around thecommunity going, what arethey thinking?

COMMUNITYMINDEDMaryGateswasbornand raised inBurnaby. Shebeganvolunteering fordifferent city initiatives in the late90sandhasnt lookedback since. Today she is chair of theDistrict 4 communitypolicingadvisory committee,whichaddressespublic safetyconcerns in the southwestquadrantof the city. PHOTOCONTRIBUTED

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Shes been a volunteer forthe City of Burnaby fornearly two decades, andeven after somanyyears,MaryGates still believesvolunteering is one of thebest ways to give back to thecity shes lived in for almosther entire life.Gates is chair of the District4 community policingcommittee (CPAC), a sub-committee of the cityspublic safety committeethat oversees the southwestquadrant of the city.Twelve people sit on theDistrict 4 committee,many of them securitypersonnel from businesses,schools and communityfacilities in the area. Thereis also one owner of anapartment building and fouror five residents from thecommunity.While 12 is considered ahealthy number for such acommittee, the CPAC stillhas its struggles.One of the biggestchallenges for the District

4 committee is gettingproper representationfrom all groupswithin thecommunity includingstudents and because thecommitteemeets at 2 p.m.,the logistics just dont work,Gates said.That means its difficultfor us to involve some ofthe high school kids, sheadded. Wewould like tohave representation onour committee to get theirperspective, to get the youthperspective involved in ourcommunity.She and her fellowcommitteemembers haddrafted a proposal for theschool district two yearsago, but then the strikehappened, and since then,the committee has decidedto hold off on the idea.TheNOW spokewith Gatesearlier this year about herrole on the committee andwhy she thinks volunteercommittees like CPAC areso important.

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Upto the task:From left, LindyMcQueen,MaryGates, CarolynOrazietti andTonyWongeachchair oneof the citys four communitypolicingadvisory committees. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER District

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is unique. It is the onlyhome in Edmonds to re-ceive Burnabys heritage

distinction plaque this year,said Lee.The Patterson home is

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assisted refugees arrivingin Canada. Items include:laundry and dish soap, dishtowels, toilet paper, cleaningsupplies, all kinds of towels,bath mats, toothbrushes,toothpaste, light bulbs, dishracks, clocks, hairbrushes,soap, shampoo, hangersand more. Gift cards forSuperstore andWalmart arealso welcome. Organizersdont want food, clothingor toy donations just yet, asthey dont yet have enoughdetails about the families

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Jennifer Kirkey andEric Urquhart bakethese little beauties fortheir annual ChristmasCookies sharing par-ty. But the cookies werefirst made for volunteersat the annual Folk Fest inVancouver.

Oatmeal Chocolate ChipWalnut Cookies (also

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Recipe makes 48 cookies.

Preheat oven to 375 Fand have your toasted nutsready before you begin.

3/4 to 7/8 cups unsaltedbutter, softened1 cup brown sugar1 cup white sugar2 teaspoons vanilla extract2 eggs, lightly beaten2 cups flour3/4 teaspoons baking soda1 1/2 teaspoons cream oftartar (if you do not havecream of tartar then use 1teaspoon each of bakingpowder and soda.)2 cups old-fashioned rolledoats (not instant)2 cups semisweet chocolatechips

2 cups chopped pecansthat have been roasted andcooled.

Sift the baking soda andcream of tartar into theflour.Cream the butter with

the sugars in a mixer.Add the vanilla, milk and

eggs.Add the flour, salt, bak-

ing soda and baking powderto the creamed mixture andbeat to combine.By hand, stir in the oats,

chips and nuts.The doughis sticky, and this is a lot ofstuff to put into the dough,so the best way is to useyour clean hands.Drop the dough 1 1/2

apart on greased cookiesheets.I use a small ice cream

scoop or use two table-spoons.I use parchment paper in-

stead of greased sheets.Press with a fork.

Bake for 13 to 15 minutesuntil brown at edges and seton top.Turn halfway through the

baking.Let sit one minute, and

then remove to coolingracks.

The original recipe isfrom the Frog CommissaryRestaurant in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania and used wal-nuts instead of pecans.Eric bought the cookbook

in the late 1970s, and thisis still one of his favouritecookies.If you use hazelnuts and

milk chocolate chips, youget a Nutella cookie.This recipe used the or-

ganic old-fashioned oatsfrom Famous Foods.The chocolate chips

were 51 per cent cocoachocolate chips from Cost-co.They are fair trade andmade with real vanilla.Many of my friends call

these Folk Fest cookies asthey are my granola bar. Imake many of them to feedmy fellow volunteers, andfriends, at theVancouverFolk Fest.These have beendinner for hundreds ofpeople over the last threedecades.

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When our assistant editor,Julie MacLellan, is lookingfor a treat, she knows betterthan to try baking.Fortunately, her husband,

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In a large bowl, beat but-ter and sugar until creamy.Beat in eggs and orangerind.In a separate bowl, mix

together flour, baking pow-der and salt.Add to first mixture.Stir in raisins, oats and

coconut.Form into one-inch balls

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