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Students learn meaning of disappointmentSome parents of Armstrong Elementary stu-

dents are upset that teachers have cancelleda longtime annual field trip due to the partialstrike.

(The students) have anticipated and lookforward to celebrating the end of their elementa-ry school years at Armstrong. Unfortunately, forthose kids, they are now learning the meaning ofdisappointment, said Janice Beecroft, who hastwo kids attending Armstrong.

The schools Grade 7 students usually go toTimberline Ranch in Maple Ridge for two-and-a-half days in the summer, a tradition thats beentaking place for more than 20 years. But in a Jan.24 letter to Grade 7 parents, Armstrong teachingstaff warned that there is a strong possibility thetrip will not go ahead because of the job action.

Timberline requires us to make a commit-ment to the camp by the end of this month, andin consideration of our job action, we are unableto make that commitment at this time, the let-ter states.

Contract negotiations between the provincialgovernment and the B.C. Teachers Federationstarted in spring but little progress was made,and the union called a partial strike in September.Teachers have been refusing to do administrativework in an attempt to pressure their employer

No fieldtrip:Local parentJaniceBeecroftis upsetArmstrongElementaryteachershavecancelledan annualfield tripbecause ofthe ongoingjob action.

Jennifer Moreaustaff reporter

Coun. Nick Volkow ownsfive (now worthless) shares inthe British Columbia ResourceInvestment Corporation, Coun.Colleen Jordans middle name isEvelyn, andCoun. SavDhaliwals

full first name is Satvinder.These were some of the details

revealed in the mayor and coun-cillors financial disclosure state-ments for 2011.

Mayor Derek Corrigans listedassets were his legal practice, andshares in Vancity, the WorkingOpportunity Fund, and ATIAirtest Technology Inc.

His income comes from hisindemnity and expense allow-ance as mayor totalling $117,532in 2011 his position as a Metro

Vancouver director, a MunicipalFinance Authority director, and amember of TransLinks MayorsCouncil.

Corrigan did not have anyfinancial liabilities or own anyreal estate apart from his home in2011, according to the statement.

Coun. Sav Dhaliwal listed hisassets as shares in Vancity, NortelNetworks Corporation, Telusand IBM. He also listed assortedmutual funds with CIBC and theRoyal Bank of Canada.

His income included his pen-sion from Telus, his earnings asa councillor totalling $45,368for the basic indemnity andexpense allowance for all coun-cillors and his income as aboard and committee memberwith Metro Vancouver. He alsolisted three properties in PortMoody, Coquitlam and MapleRidge under real estate.

His creditors were listed asCIBC, CIBC Mortgage andWestminster Savings.

Coun. Paul McDonell didntlist any assets, liabilities, corpo-rate assets or real estate in hisdisclosure. His income was hisearnings as a councillor.

Coun. Colleen Jordan did notlist any assets, liabilities corpo-rate assets or real estate in herdisclosure statement, either.

Under income, she listed herearnings as a councillor, and asa director of Metro Vancouver,

What do city politicos have in their portfolios?Burnaby mayor andcouncil members filefinancial disclosuresJanaya Fuller-Evansstaff reporter

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Burnabys Crystal Mall hosted a Chinese NewYear celebration on Saturday, Jan. 28, and localpoliticians were there for a traditional lion danceceremony that involved awakening and paintingthe lions eyes.

Above, flanked by local politicians, MayorDerek Corrigan (third from left) is poised to makean incision in a roasted pig, which is meant to bean offering to the gods. At left, the lions dancedand wiggled, scaring away bad spirits and ensur-ing health and prosperity for the coming year.

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Disclosures: City politicians declare assets

Edmondsbehind, butwill be openby early 2013

The new Edmonds pool and com-munity centre is still slated to be upand running by the spring of 2013, butconstruction is slightly behind, accord-ing to Burnabys director of parks, rec-reation and cultural services.

I think theyre a couple ofweeks behind, parks director DaveEllenwood said.

The construction completion datewas expected to be in mid-November2012, but it will likely be pushed backto December, he said in a phone inter-view in mid-January.

Were hoping they can make upthe time, and theyre always looking todo that, he added. Our foremost con-cern is the quality, and if things like thisweather hold them up, we dont wantthem to cut corners, we want them tojust carry on with the schedule.

The opening date for the centre willprobably be four to six weeks after thecompletion date, Ellenwood said.

Thus far, most of the first floor andsupport structure has been completed,he said, and the company is now mov-ing on to the second floor rooms, whichinclude the weight room and gamesand multipurpose rooms.

The company is also finishing off themechanical rooms for the pool and thearea around the pool, Ellenwood said,and should be ready to move some ofthe pool machinery in to the machineryrooms in a few weeks.

Were very happy with SmithBrothers and Wilson, the constructioncontractors, Ellenwood said, addingthe project is currently still on budget.

The cost for the new centre was esti-mated at about $30 million.

The next step is getting the steelframework in, completing the roof, andmoving on to the finishing, he said.

Once construction is finished, thecity needs to have the centre inspect-ed, which takes about two weeks, headded.

When we find and we alwaysfind some deficiencies we have tomake sure the contractor corrects thosebefore we take the building under ourpossession, Ellenwood said.

Janaya Fuller-Evansstaff reporter

Pacific Blue Cross, andCommunity Savings CreditUnion.

Coun. Dan Johnston listedshares with Vancity and CoastCapital Savings under assets,as well as his pension with theB.C. Teachers Staff PensionPlan and the College PensionPlan; RRSP units with EthicalFunds; and RESP units with theNational Bank.

His income was listed as hisearningsasacouncillor, analter-nate director and committeemember of Metro Vancouver,an alternative representative onTransLinks Mayors Council,a partner with Canada FlagMarket and an employee withthe B.C. Teachers Federation.

Coun. Anne Kang onlyincluded her income as aBurnaby teacher in her disclo-sure statement.

Coun. Richard Chang list-ed as Ching Chang in the state-ment only listed his incomeas a city councillor in his state-ment.

Coun.NickVolkow listed hisfiveshares fromthenowdefunctBritish Columbia ResourceInvestment Corporation ashis assets, and his income as acouncillor.

Coun. Pietro Calendino list-ed his assets as a holding com-

pany, 426021 BC Ltd.; an RRSPwith Mackenzie and Invescomutual funds, and a spousalRRSP with Edward Jones; andshares in the Bank of AmericaCorporation, Citygroup, FannieMae, MGA B.C. Bonds, andCPN-Province of Ontario.

He listed his income as acouncillor and as an alternatedirector of Metro Vancouver.

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Smart metersraise concerns

There is an issue withsmart meters that notmany people are aware of the loss of meter readersjobs, according to GwenneFarrell, vice-president ofCOPE 378.

Farrell spoke to Burnabycouncil about the losses atMonday nights city coun-cil meeting.

The union representsworkers in the utilityindustry, as well as thosein tourism and travel.

Burnaby Mayor DerekCorrigan said that whilehe was aware of someof the issues with smartmeters, particularly thecost of replacing the cur-rent metering system, hehad not realized it wouldmean the loss of so manypositions.

The union estimatesthat nearly 400 jobs willbe lost, and only a few ofthose employees have beenreassigned thus far, Farrellsaid.

Coun. Paul McDonellalso voiced his concernsabout the safety of themeters, as they have a radiosignal strong enough to gothrough concrete walls andmonitor electricity usage.

The mayor thankedFarrell for informing coun-cil about the job losses.

Grants approvedfor city groups

The Burnaby HospitalFoundation will be holdingits annual golf tournamentwith a little help from thecity.

Burnaby councilapproved an in-kind grantfor the foundation, a greenfee waiver, at Mondaynights council meeting.

The foundation hasreceived the waiver annu-ally; last year the value ofthe waiver was listed as$8,870.40.

The event takes placeon June 21 at the RiverwayGolf Course.

Citizen Support Servicesalso received a waiver, thisone for rental fees, for itsannual volunteer apprecia-tion event, taking place atthe Shadbolt Centre of theArts on May 8.

And the CrisisIntervention and SuicidePrevention Centre of B.C.was awarded a grant of$4,000 for 2012.

At the Jan. 16 councilmeeting, council approvedfive grants, including oneFestivals Burnaby grant.

The city gave theBurnaby CommunityConnections recreation

credit program $6,990 forthe last quarter of 2011.

Another grantwas givento Burnaby CommunityConnections, as well $5,000 for the BurnabyChristmas Bureau for the

2011 season.The Wildlife Rescue

Association of B.C. wasawarded a grant of $5,000for 2011.

Moscrop PanthersSeniors Boys Volleyball

Team was granted $1,000to compete in the B.C.High School ProvincialVolleyball Championshipslast Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 inKelowna.

And Buckingham

Elementary School wasawarded a $3,000 FestivalsBurnaby grant for its 50thanniversary celebrations.

The event is scheduledfor next September.

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A snowy owl perched in a tree inBurnaby has been catching the eye ofpassersby and getting attention from itsfellow feathered friends.

Burnaby NOW reader Peter Marsh sentin a shot of the snowy owl that had beensitting in his fir tree all day Monday at hishome near 10th Avenue and CumberlandStreet.

The crows have been dive bombing,and many (people) have stopped to takephotos, he wrote.

The picture captures some of the fea-tures the snowy owls are most known for:yellow eyes, black bill and heavily feath-ered taloned feet.

Adult male snowy owls are almostcompletely white; the young and femalehave dark scalloping or spotting.

The owl may be part of the unusuallylarge flock of owls that recently descendedon Boundary Bay, causing birders and

photographers to head to the area to takea closer look.

Its unusual for snowy owls to be in thisregion as their typical habitat is in the farnorth. Even in summer, they usually staynorth of 60 degrees latitude, in the Yukonor North West Territories.

Bev Day, executive director of theOrphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Societyrecently told the Delta Optimist a sisterpaper to the Burnaby NOW that the owlsdont typically fly this far south in searchof food, and are usually only seen everyseven years or so.

She also encouraged those who werekeen to get a closer to be cautious and keeptheir distance, as the birds may be weak-ened from flying thousands of kilometersand the additional stress could cause themharm.

Christina Myers, with files from theDelta Optimist

without impacting the classroom.Phase 1 of the teachers job action was

not intended to affect children, Beecroftsaid. Can anyone tell me how this is in thebest interest of the children?

Richard Storch, president of the BurnabyTeachers Association, told the NOW thatfield trips at the elementary level, as always,are optional and that he visited Armstrongto clarify that.

The teachers then stuck to the cancella-tion plan and issued the letter, even thoughextracurricular activities are not supposedto be impacted by the strike.

They feel that right now they are pos-sibly not being respected because whatsgoing on at the bargaining table, Storchsaid. Theres some people who are feelingweve done this all the time before, but thisyear is different. Were in job action rightnow. I can voluntarily decide to withdrawsome things whether they are part of the(Labour Relations Board) ruling or not.

Beecroft acknowledged that teachershave the right not to volunteer.

But if a group decides to cancel a 20-year-old tradition, I cant help but wonderhow this is an individual decision, shesaid.

Beecroft is also asking whats going tohappen with the field trip funds. Parentstook over the fundraising this year, becausethe job action precludes teachers from han-dling money. According to the district,$1,750 was raised for the field trip. Theteachers letter suggests they will find someother way to spend the money.

Because the Grade 7s have raised asignificant amount of money over the past

two years, we feel that we need to use themoney for a year-end experience that meetsour objectives of being educational, fun anddeveloping a sense of community amongthe Grade 7 students, the letter states.Please be assured the monies raised by theGrade 7s will be used accordingly.

Thats something Beecroft takes issuewith.

For teachers to say they are going to useit accordingly is unacceptable, she said.

Storch said if parents have concernsabout how the money will be spent, theyshould raise that with the teachers throughthe parent advisory council.

Beecroft also pointed out that someschools are continuing field trips, whileArmstrongs has been cancelled.

This job action is affecting the children.It is not status quo at all schools. Everyschool district in B.C. is treating job actiondifferently. There is no unity, no guidanceor no direction given from the BCTF, shesaid.

In response, Storch said everythingteachers do or dont do affects the kids, buttheres a bigger picture.

The core service we provide to students(is education), he said. All the other stuffis extra.

Storch said he hopes parents would bevery concerned about inadequate fundingfrom the provincial government and thedeterioration of services to students in thecore area of basic public education.

That, as teachers, is something we aretrying to highlight, he said.

To read the teachers letter and a list of whatthe strike covers, go to Jennifer Moreaus blogat www.burnabynow.com.

A steely gaze: NOW reader Peter Marsh sent in this shot of a snowy owl in a treethats been getting the attention of angry crows and keen-eyed passersby.

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Lets say the B.C. govern-ment suddenly found itselfwith $500 million to spendon something.

Where should the money go?I suspect a good starting point

would be clearing up any waitinglist for services fromCommunity LivingB.C., which helpsadults with develop-mental disabilities. The govern-ment has already increased fund-ing here, but perhaps a few moremillion dollars is required.

How about income assistance?NDP MLA Jagrup Brar has spenta month drawing attention to thefact that it is nearly impossible tosurvive on the monthly assistancerate.

Then theres the court system.Judges are demanding moreresources and are staying casesat an increasing rate because thesystem isnt funded adequatelyenough to deal with those casesin a timely fashion.

More areas to spend those taxdollars: tackling homelessness,reducing health-care wait-lists,lowering university tuition levelsor perhaps cutting medical ser-vice premiums.

But wait! Why not just giveall $500 million to the provincesteachers in the form of a salaryincrease and benefit hikes?

That is precisely what the B.C.Teachers Federation is propos-ing. If the cash-strapped govern-ment has any extra money, itshould go directly into teachers

wallets, is the BCTFs train ofthought.

The teachers union has tableda contract proposal asking for a16 per cent salary increase overthree years.

According to the BCTF, theproposal would costtaxpayers $305 mil-lion in the first year.The employer (the

B.C. Public Schools EmployersAssociation) pegs the true cost at$498 million. But either figure isfrom dreamland. Does the BCTFreally think teachers pay packetsshould be the top priority foradding costs to the governmentsbudget, ahead of other areas ofgovernment spending that needaddressing?

I correspond with a lot ofteachers through email andTwitter and Im struck by theirearnest idealism, devotion andpassion to their jobs. Althoughthey get two months off in thesummer (plus another few weeksoff at Christmas and springbreak), many work long hourseach day (often at nights at home)doing what it takes to deliverquality education.

But Im also amazed at theirinability to see how they fit intoa much bigger picture. To them,everything is about educationand nothing else seems to count.

As a result of this lofty view,the BCTF is chronically unable toarticulate a realistic contract pro-posal. Were teachers, were

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income barring newspaper deliveryor working at McDonalds. Not thatwe think those are bad things to do ifyoure doing it voluntarily and not under

financial duress.Many seniors live at or near the pov-

erty level, and, for them, less money willmean less food, heat or housing options.It will be a hardship, and it will be stress-ful. It will increase health issues and, yes,it will mean life or death to some. Thosein lower income groups live shorter lives,and denying them two years of OAS ben-efits will not help.

We understand times are tight, andtheres no pot of gold hidden somewhere.But surely a better plan would be to buildsenior volunteer corps similar to peace

corps where seniors could contribute totheir communities and earn much-neededretirement funds.

Or, yes, expand the OAS clawbacks.This is something many seniors dontwant to hear after all, if you see yourselfas being fiscally prudent all your life,only to be penalized for it, it does seemunfair.

But theres a vast difference betweenbeing able to take a European cruise orhaving heat in your cramped apartment.Surely, as compassionate Canadians, weunderstand that difference.

Its not all aboutthe teachers

Tree bylaw needs more strengthDear Editor:

Re: Burnaby resident concerned about tree clear-ing, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 27.

I have lived directly across the street from 4657Victory St. (the recent property to be clearcut) forthe past 36 years.

We have endured many strong windstorms overthe years (including the storm that destroyed manytrees in Stanley Park recently).

Over the years, I cant even remember a branchcoming down from those trees.

Never have I been fearful of those trees landingon my house.

When the two inspectors came by at two differ-

ent times, they spent a grand total of about minuteseach assessing the trees.

They told me they were dangerous because theywere multi-stemmed. Do you know that in Surrey,multi-stemmed trees are protected and therefore notalways considered dangerous?

Also, according to Burnabys weak tree bylaw,you cant remove a tree three months prior to apply-ing for a building permit. According to the bylaw,all these trees should have been protected and notbeen removed at the same time that the house camedown.

What is the point of this weak bylaw if theydont even reinforce it? It sounds like a free-for-allin Burnaby.

Donna Polos, Burnaby

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unassailable, and wereentitled to pretty wellanything we ask for, is themantra.

An example of theunions tin ear when itcomes to negotiations is itsinsistence that comparisonsto teachers salaries in otherprovinces are the startingpoint for talks. This doesnthappen in any other labournegotiations, unless there isa significant shortage of theprofession in question.

This is a lever the B.C.Nurses Union pulls withgreat effectiveness. Thereis a shortage of nurses, andso provinces do whatever ittakes to a point to retaintheir services. But thereis no shortage of teachers(although more are neededin certain specialties, such

as math, French immer-sion and the sciences) inthis province. In fact, thereare young teachers whocant get full-time work.So when the BCTF screamsthat teachers are so betteroff in Alberta or Ontario,the temptation from theemployer (i.e. the taxpayer)is to say, fine, move there.

Its interesting tonote that current BCTFpresident Susan Lambertsleadership is being chal-lenged by another teacher,who is said to represent amore conservative wing ofthe union. I have no ideawhether the leadershipchallenge is a serious oneor not, and Im not sure achange in leadership wouldalter the BCTFs strategy atthe negotiating table.

I suppose a success-

ful negotiation for a newcontract is still theoreticallypossible, but not whennumbers like 15 per centand $500 million are beingthrown around.

The more realistic num-bers are something likethis: zero, zero and maybethree per cent in the thirdyear. And rather than hop-ing for a huge increase inbenefits, the BCTF mightwant to focus on ensur-ing it doesnt get hit withall those concessions theemployer is looking for.

Because I can pretty wellguarantee that if $500 mil-lion suddenly materializesin government coffers, itwont be going directly tothe BCTF.

Keith Baldrey is chiefpolitical reporter for GlobalB.C.

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We need to deal with crimeDear Editor:

This letter is in response to TrevorRitchies opinion article Where the rightwent wrong (Burnaby NOW, Jan. 27).

If your intention of writing this articlewas to enrage the right and dumb down theleft, I think you were successful. You madebold and sweeping generalizations on theCanadian government but failed to sub-stantiate any of them in your lengthy piece.

First you say that theHarper governmentis a government that ignores the adviceof the educated classes in pursuit of theirown ideology of what you call individualor consumer interests. Fair enough. Mostpeople would agree that it is a good idea fortheir government to listen to the advice andconcerns of the educated folk.

But to suggest that this government hascompletely ignored the advice of intellec-tual Canadians is shortsighted at best. Doyou honestly believe there are not educatedCanadians who supported the eliminationof the long gun registry or the passing ofbill C-10? Did he not listen to them? Or doyou consider anyone who disagrees withyou to be uneducated?

You go on to say that the passing of billC-10 by the Harper government contra-dicts the academic evidence regarding therelative uselessness of such tactics. By thisI think you mean there are stats out therethat prove that spending more money onprisons is not going to deter people fromcommitting crimes, and therefore it is need-less for any government to spend taxmoneyon prisons. The problem with this way ofthinking is that it ignores the overwhelm-

ing statistics or academic evidence thatsuggests that crime is on the rise in Canadaand, logically, more money will be requiredfor the Canadian government to deal withthe increase of criminal behaviour. This iscommon sense, people.

I realize that putting people in prisonis not the way to stop antisocial behavioursuch as rape, murder or drunk driving, butany nation worth its salt understands theneed to punish those guilty of such thingsappropriately.

Jail is a punishment for a social problem,not the answer to it. Dont you believe thatcriminals should be punished? I do.

Joel Von Hagel, Burnaby

Photo demonstrated biasDear Editor:

Re: Bloy tops in gifts, but Chouhan topsin pay, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 27.

Your article on Harry Bloy, minister ofmulticulturalism, hits an all-time low. Yourreference to his gifts received, beside thepicture of him attending a function in hisofficial capacity, is so disconnected. At leastrender some dignity to the office he holds,even if you are not a supporter.

Why not show a picture of Raj Chouhanboarding an aircraft if he is the highest fly-ing Burnaby MLA? Not the same shockvalue.

Your unfettered support of all that is left-wing and NDP is appalling.

As a member of the B.C. ConservativeParty, rest assured, I am not taking excep-tion to your reporting based on politicalallegiance to Mr. Bloy.

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Answer: You can also volunteer forenvironmental groups, donate to envi-ronmental organizations, invest yourmoney in companies that have goodenvironmental practices, choose productswith green credentials, and elect politi-cians who have policies to improve theenvironment. Get involved. The City ofBurnaby is developing an environmentalsustainability strategy find out how youcan have your say in making Burnaby thegreenest place to live.

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when it comes to achieving personalgoals and resolutions even thosethat may have been made on NewYears Eve and then were quicklyforgotten in the rush of everyday lifeover the last few weeks.

Burnaby NOW reporter ChristinaMyers has been touching base withexperts around the region to gather thebest tips, tricks and advice to help read-ers reach their goals in 2012. In pastinstallments in this series, the NOWheard from experts in finance, nutritionand exercise. In todays edition, we takea look at a resolution that has becomeincreasingly popular in recent years: thepledge to go green. A local expert withyears of experience advising governmentand business on sustainability issuesoffers up some thoughts about beinggreen in the homefront.

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Ive seen different chiropractors, I knowdifferent treatment strategies that differentchiropractors have, methods of runningdifferent practices, he adds. No singlechiropractor is the single be-all, end-all forall patients out there.

Patients come to him for issues rangingfrom back and neck pain to headaches,he says, and primarily find him in thephone book or through his website, www.bbyheightschiro.com.

He points out that chiropractors arehighly trained and spend a lot of time onschool, and learn hands-on skills.

Chiropractic spinal adjustment is a prettycontrolled act, he says.

Eaton has strong ties to theneighbourhood and knew it was one ofthe places he might like to have a privatepractice someday, he says.

He graduated from chiropractic collegein 2003 and worked in Kerrisdale for morethan a year after that.

It just wasnt the right neighbourhoodfor me, he says, adding he grew up in theBurnaby and New Westminster area as akid.

I shopped at Tazmania Comics sinceI was 12 years old, Eaton says of theHeights. I knew it was a good area. I lovethe community feel that you get here.

Eaton purchased the practice from Dowon April 1, 2005. But last November, thelandlord told him he had renegotiated thelease with a new tenant.

It was unfortunate, I was really happyhere, Eaton says But I got lucky and a

space came up across the street.

Eaton has been working on renovatingthe new space and preparing it for his moveon March 1, but hes also expanding hisservices once he moves, he says.

Eaton plans to get a massage therapist into the new clinic.

Its a really good fit in a chiropracticoffice to have a massage therapist, Eatonexplains. Massage therapists offer differenttreatment strategies and its a different skill-set to have.

Its very complementary to what I do, headds.

Eaton plans to keep the community feelgoing in his new office, and says he willcontinue to offer each patient as much timeas necessary to put them at ease and dealwith any questions or concerns.

He adds that he is also open to chattingwith anyone who wants to drop by his

practice and discuss chiropractic treatments,provided he isnt with a patient.

Eaton treats each patient himself, dealingwith acute physical injuries as well aschronic conditions arising from the nervous,muscular, or skeletal systems, according tohis website.

First visits to Eatons practice includea thorough review of the patients healthhistory, it states, as well as an exam to dealwith current problems.

The exam includes functional movementtests, a postural assessment and joint motionanalysis.

The clinic is open Tuesday to Friday,9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Saturdays from9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Appointments can bebooked by email or by phone.

Eaton is a member of the B.C.Chiropractic Association and the B.C.College of Chiropractors.

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Burnaby talent was in thespotlight at the eighth annualOvation Awards.

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Leading the waywas PatrickStreet Productions, a theatrecompany founded in Burnabybythen-BurnabyresidentsPeterJorgensen and Katey Wright.The company, now based inNew Westminster, earned fiveawards for its The Light In thePiazza including OutstandingProfessional Production.

Jorgensen took the nodfor Outstanding Director,while Sean Bayntun andKerry ODonovan earned theOutstanding Music Directoraward.

Alan Brodie capturedthe award for OutstandingLighting Design, and Wrightwon for Outstanding LeadPerformance in a tie with IreneKaras of Theatre Under theStars Anything Goes.

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The Japanese CanadianNational Museum is pre-senting an acclaimed filmto commemorate the 70thanniversary of Japanese-Canadian internment.

The War BetweenUs will screen at theNational Nikkei Museumand Heritage Centre onThursday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m.

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Burnaby Community Connections,which runs the BurnabyChristmas Bureau and Meals onWheels, is getting ready for itsfirst ever murder mystery dinnerand dance, in support of its camp-ing bureau program.

The event, slated for Saturday,March 17, is being called an eve-ning of mystery, intrigue, decep-tion.

Stephen DSouza, executivedirector of Burnaby CommunityConnections, says theyre hopingto raise $80,000 for the campingbureau.

The camping program has seen anincrease in demand in recent years, justlike the Christmas bureau, as familiesstruggle to make ends meet in a tougheconomy, says DSouza.

We provide a subsidy for low-incomefamilies to (send their child) to a summercamp of their choice, said DSouza. Wemake it possible for the kids to attenda camp that interests them could be asleep-away camp, or a local camp tospend time with friends.

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the needs and match the interests of differ-ent children, from animal programs to artcamps and sports programs.

Its about letting that child do some-thing that theyll enjoy and learn from andhave fun, he said.

In the last two years, theyve had to cutoff registration for the subsidy programbecause of the increase in demand andtighter budgets.

But with some new ideas like thisevent, were trying to overcome that chal-lenge, he told the NOW.

People can make a donationanytime through the bureauswebsite, but DSouza says theydlike to see people have fun andget involved along the way withevents like the upcoming mysterynight and dance.

This is good way to come outand have fun in the community.Its not your typical (fundraising)gala. Its going to be a lot of funand a good chance to meet yourneighbours, he said.

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Studio, at 3188 Thunderbird Cres., start-ing at 6 p.m. From 6 to 7 p.m., there willbe cocktails and team orientation; that willbe followed by a press conference aboutthe murder, with the murder mysteryprogram running till 9 p.m., when a lightsupper will be served, and then dancinggoes till midnight.

Tickets are $45 if purchased beforeMarch 1; afterwards, theyll be $50. Call604-299-5778 for tickets, or see www.burnabycommunityconnections.com for moreinformation.

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Any way you slice it, theBurnaby Lakers are going to comeaway a winner at the WesternLacrosse Association annualjunior entry draft on Feb. 6.

With the second and thirdoverall picks in the 2012 draft,Burnaby will have the opportu-nity of selecting either formerBurnaby junior Jackson Decker orall-rounder Travis Cornwall fromCoquitlam.

Recent rumours circulatingaround the league have sug-gested that Decker would be thefirst overall pick of the CoquitlamAdanacs.

Those whispers were almostconfirmed by the Adanacs headcoach Randy Delmonico in lastweekends Coquitlam NOW news-paper.

Our biggest need is right-handed offensive players.

Were fairly happy with the restof where our lineup is, saidDelmonico.

That would seem to pointdirectly at Decker, who is arighty and tallied 28 goals injust 12 league games after return-ing from his junior season ofNCAA Division II field lacrosseat Limestone College. In the play-offs, Decker was equally produc-tive, contributing just short offour points per game for the As.

Cornwall is a lefthander, aspot that the Lakers have desper-ately needed filling over the lasttwo seasons.

Were definitely shortlefthanders, said Burnaby headcoach Bob Johnston. When welook at our weaknesses last year,we needed to get the ball up thefloor quickly. We really want toplay a transition game.

Cornwall, who is equallyadept at playing both ends of thefloor, also possesses just the sort

of wheels that Johnston desires.Cornwall finished third in

overall league scoring last sea-son with 106 points, including ajunior career-high 42 goals.

In his five-year career as anAdanac junior, Cornwall gar-nered 126 goals and 310 totalpoints.

Who the Lakers take with thethird overall pick is likely the big-gest mystery.

Johnston believed that the bulkof the first round will likely bemined from the Adanacs lineupof graduates.

That could be construed asa sign that Burnaby might beleaning toward playmakers likeAdanacs Tor Reinholdt or CaseyJackson with the third overallpick.

Johnston might even be tempt-ed to take 6-6, 215 pound right-handed defender David Joyce atNo. 3.

Cody Bremner from Nanaimo

is also a talented lefty thatJohnston might not be able tooverlook in the first round.

In 2010, Bremner came to theLower Mainland in a trade withColton Clark to help New Westwith a late playoff run. Clark waslater drafted third overall by theLakers and went on to have asterling rookie season in Burnabylast year, scoring 21 goals and 58points.

Another possible talent thatcould further fill the Lakersneeds is lefty Michael Berekofffrom Delta a third-year juniorwith 81 league goals on his resu-m.

Burnaby appears set on theright side with Clark, Scott Jones,Trevor Moore and Calvin Craigall expected to return to the line-up.

With a healthy Matt Beersand transition specialist PeteMcFetridge expected to solidifyan already sound, young defence,

Burnaby is in a position to cherrypick what it feels are the teamsdeeper needs in the later rounds.

New Westminsters 6-4 defender Travis Irving fromMaple Ridge might make a goodfit for the Burrards at No. 4.

Langley,VictoriaandNanaimo,finish off the first-round order,with the fifth through seventhpicks.

Burnaby has three picks in thesecond round at 10, 12 and 13.

In the second round, theLakers may have the choice ofselecting through a long list ofavailable junior Salmonbellies.

The list could read as follows lefthanded transition playerT.J. Cowx, 6-2 left-side shooterJustin Salt, right-side transitionJeff Sproule or playmaker andsniper Daniel McQuade.

Also on Burnabys wishlistcould be a back up to Dan Lewis,possibly Deltas Blake Duncan.

London calling for womens soccerBurnaby international

Christine Sinclair led theCanadiannationalwomenssoccer team to a berth atthe 2012 Summer OlympicGames in London.

The Canadian team cap-tain scored two goals andhelped set up the eventualgame-winner by MelissaTancredi in a 3-1 victory overMexico beforeanother recordcrowd at theCONCACAFw o m e n sOlympic quali-fier at B.C. Placeon Friday.

P l a y i n gbefore nearly23,000 adoring fans, theSouth Burnaby Secondarygrad opened the scoringfor Canada in the 15th min-ute, finishing off a Tancredicross with a solid strike thatgave the Mexican keeperno chance.

Minutes later, Sinclairhelped repay the favour,working a nifty tic-tac-toepassing sequence withKelly Parker to Tancredifor the game-winner.

After Mexico shavedthe deficit in half midwaythrough the second period,Sinclair took a Tancredithrough ball at pace andlaunched a high chip upand over the Mexicankeeper that one-bouncedup and under the bar for

the deciding goal.Sinclairs second marker

of the match her 129th ofher career tied her withAmerican Abby Wambachon the womens all-timegoal scoring list.

Sinclairs second goalwas also her tournament-leading ninth tally at theOlympic qualifier and the15th in CONCACAF com-petition.

We justnever stoppedfighting, andwe got onemore (goal) atthe end, saidSinclair afterthe semifinalgame.

Sinclair andWambach meteach other in

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U.S.A. lived up to itsNo. 1 billing, blanking theCanadians 4-0 before yetanother record Vancouvercrowd of nearly 26,000 inthe regional final.

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