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Homeless man suffers burns He left millions for parks Are new pipelines inevitable?

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‘It means hell … absolutely hell’

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Eighty-eight-year-oldArne Sorbo misses his wife.

The retired Burnaby ac-countant met Iris when shewas just 16.

He was 24 and fresh offthe boat from Norway.

She was his best friend’scousin, and her parents hadpicked him up at the trainstation.

On weekends, she start-ed tagging along with herbrother, her cousin andArne when they went outdancing.

“It became a habit. Shewas likable, and I was agood looking boy. … Beforeyou knew it, I got a kiss-ing sore,” says Arne witha laugh, pointing to a coldsore healing on his lip.

He married Iris four years

later.They had four kids – a

girl and then three boys.She became a nurse; he

worked for a fishing insur-ance company for 25 years.

They were parted a year-and-a-half ago.

“It means hell, absolute-ly hell,” Arne says of hislife without her at a privatecare home in Langley. “Iget up in the morning, lookat the wall; look at the wallat noon; look at the wall atnight, no communication.Everything is dead.”

Iris is alive, but she lives32 kilometres away in Burn-aby at Normanna RestHome.

Those 32 kilometresmight as well be a thousand.

Communicating overthe phone is tough becauseArne has trouble hearingand Iris doesn’t have easyaccess to a phone.

After 58 years of marriage, ArneSorbo and his wife, Iris, now livein separate care homes. It’s simplywrong, says their son,who is tryingto get the health authority to act

PARTED RetiredBurnabyaccountantArneSorbo, 88, sits inhis roomatSimpsonManor in Langleyholdingaphotoofhisweddingday58years ago.Hiswife, Iris, now livesatNormannaRestHome inBurnaby, and thecouplewants tobe reunited. PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR

Burnaby weeding out illegal secondary suitesCity’s third phase of a plan to deal with illegal suites involves ramping up enforcement and billing [email protected]

Burnaby is one step clos-er to cracking down on un-authorized secondary suitesin the city.

Last Monday, council re-ceived an update on thecity’s secondary suite pro-gram, which is heading into

its third phase.The programwas introduced in Septem-ber 2013 to regulate suitesin Burnaby while providinga form of housing for low-income residents.

“The city’s comprehen-sive secondary suites pro-gram adopted by councilhas succeeded in advancingthis affordable housing is-

sue, which had been an out-standing goal of the city’sofficial community plan andwas reconfirmed as partof the social sustainabilitystrategy,” reads the report.

The program’s phasedimplementation began withamendments to the city’szoning bylaw, the creationof the home rental busi-

ness bylaw, the applicationof B.C. Building Code pro-visions, and associated ad-ministrative changes.

In January 2014, the cityallowed property owners toapply for building permitsfor the construction or ap-proval of suites. Over a one-year period, the city received316 permit applications and

approved 223 in new resi-dences and 29 in existingresidences.The remaining64 are pending approval.

The city also grandfa-thered 532 existing permit-ted and currently licensedin-law suites (secondarysuites in a single-familydwelling) as non-conform-ing but legal suites. Forty-

nine other in-law suites arecurrently being processedby the city.

The third phase, set tostart later this year, will seethe city ramp up bylaw en-forcement and billing of un-authorized suites and fi-nalize the city’s database ofhomes with suites in Burn-aby.

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SQUEEZED:MatthewSenf is oneofmanyBrentlawnDrive residentswhowantsmoredone to try to slowordeter ratrunners fromgoingdown their street. PHOTOFILE

Residentswon’tgiveupPeople living along Brentlawn Drive want speed bumps installed anda bus stop removed to try and slow down ratrunners

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Brentlawn Drive is stilla speedway for rat run-ners, despite numerouscomplaints to the city fromresidents in the past 16months.

In a letter dated Feb. 1to Mayor Derek Corrig-an, Linda Dosdall detaileda new instance of danger-ous driving on the NorthBurnaby street, resultingin extensive damage to herneighbour’s vehicle.

“It is déjà vu all overagain for the residents ofBrentlawn Drive,” shewrote. “A few years ago,my parked car was totalledoutside of my house by aspeeding drunk driver.Yes-terday evening, it happenedto a neighbour of mine afew doors away.”

Dosdall said the inci-dent would have been ahit and run were it not forthe damage to the driver’saxle. She wrote that the sus-pect tried to flee on footbut was promptly detainedby police, who remainedon scene to speak with wit-nesses.

“Interestingly enough

though, as I was giving mystatement to the officer, weboth noticed and remarkedon how the traffic alongBrentlawn was not evenslowing down despite all theactivity, police vehicles andpeople,” she wrote.

This latest incident isnothing new for Brent-lawn’s residents, who haveappeared before council nu-merous times over the yearsto voice their concerns. InNovember 2013, MatthewSenf presented his concernsto Burnaby’s traffic andsafety committee, askingfor the installation of speedbumps and a four-way stopat Brentlawn Drive andBeta Avenue, as well as theremoval of a bus route.

“The bus cannot fit withroom to pass by for some-body to open their door,or for a cyclist to pass by –it just can’t happen,” Senftold the NOW. “I recognizethat it’s a lot of work to re-route a bus, but they offeredall manner of nonsense ex-cuses. Nobody is more thantwo blocks away from a busin this neighbourhood.”

In July, council voted toinstall the four-way stop atBeta, but staff recommend-

ed against removing the busroute and installing speedbumps as it would preventthe bus from going through.

While the city has beenfirm about not installing

speed bumps, Senf not-ed officials have said thatwidening the street couldbe an option in the future.Brentlawn Drive is 8.5-me-tres wide, with street park-ing on both sides, makingit impossible for two cars todrive through at the sametime.

“So you’re going tospend the tax money tocome up this three-blockresidential street to widenit so that people can (drive)through here in a flagrant,insulting disregard for yourtraffic safety plan – butyou won’t put some speedbumps in?”

With the ongoing con-struction at BrentwoodTown Centre, the narrow

street has been used heav-ily as a detour, resulting indamage to many parkedcars along the street. Be-tween 2004 and 2011,ICBC logged 45 incidentswhere property was dam-aged on Brentlawn Drive.

Terry MacDonald, wholives on the corner of Brent-lawn and Delta, echoedsentiments from Senf andDosdall, adding that it’snot just sedans and stationwagons driving through theneighbourhood.

“During the day, you’llfind Purolator trucks, all thecommercial vehicles youcould ever think of, in orderto avoid that Lougheed andWillingdon intersection,”he said.

MacDonald aims to ap-pear before council inMarch to once again makea case for improving thesafety of Brentlawn Drive,but at this point, no one isexpecting any help.

“The mayor’s all for thisliving-near-SkyTrain, high-density,” said Dosdall. “I’mpretty sure there’s going tobe more traffic, and it’s justgoing to get progressivelyworse, and I hate to thinkwhat’s going to happen.”

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A 44-year-old man is incritical condition in hospitalafter he crawled out of thebushes near Highway 1 andGaglardiWay.

According to Burna-by RCMP, two witness-es spotted the man emerg-ing from the bushes around5:20 a.m. on Friday nearthe entrance to Highway 1at GaglardiWay.The manwas in rough shape and hadsuffered severe burns to hisbody.The witnesses calledparamedics who transport-ed him to Royal ColumbianHospital, where he remainsat this time.

“We’re trying to fig-ure out exactly where hecrawled from,” Burna-

by RCMP Staff Sgt. Maj.John Buis told the NOW.“There’s no exact location.”

Police believe the manhad lit a fire and was tryingto keep warm when some-thing happened, causingthe burns. Officers on scenefound a tent and some scat-tered debris as if someonehad been living there.

“We’re not sure exactlywhat took place ... becausethe area is in such disarraywe’re not sure where the firewas located,” Buis said.

The man was foundabout 50 metres from theshelter.

Investigators believe itwas unlikely anything crimi-nal took place and that theincident may have just beenan accident, Buis added.

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Ever wanted to knowwhat to do about the drughouse on your block? Orwhat you can do to preventgraffiti vandalism in yourneighbourhood?

Burnaby RCMP’s crimeprevention unit is hostingtwo upcoming informationsessions as part of its safecommunity series.

The first session focus-es on drug trafficking andwill include a question-and-answer period with officersfrom the department’s drugsection.

Other topics to be cov-ered during the info sessioninclude how to recognize adrug house or grow-op, howto report drug-related inci-dents and activity, and waysto protect yourself and yourneighbourhood.

The drug trafficking ses-sion, which is the second in

the RCMP’s safe communi-ty series, takes place from 6to 8 p.m. on Feb. 18 at theBonsor Recreation Com-plex, 6550 Bonsor Ave.

The third session will dis-cuss the negative impactof graffiti vandalism on thecommunity.This session ison March 3 from 7 to 8:30p.m. in the banquet hall atConfederation Centre, 4585Albert St.

Members of the RCMP’scrime prevention unit willdiscuss several topics relatedto graffiti vandalism includ-ing reacting, reporting andremoval, ways citizens canhelp deter graffiti vandals,what the city and RCMPare doing to combat theproblem, and the differentcommunity supports avail-able for graffiti removal andclean-up.

Anyone interested in at-tending is asked to RSVP at604-294-7859 or [email protected].

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Their adult children tryto get them together, buttransporting the frail, wheel-chair-bound seniors is hardon them physically.

Arne has been on a wait-ing list since September tojoin Iris at Normanna, butdespite nine vacancies open-ing at the facility since then,he hasn’t been given a spot.

Arne’s son,Todd Sorbo,doesn’t get it.

“Based on medical need,sometimes you have to dothat,” he says. “But rightnow there’s no medical, eth-ical reason why they shouldbe apart.”

Sorbo and his siblingsmoved their parents into anassisted-living facility two-and-a-half years ago whenthe couple could no longermaintain their own Burna-by home.

Iris had been Arne’s maincaregiver since he was par-tially paralyzed 10 yearsago by Guillain-Barré Syn-drome after a flu shot.

She took care of him foranother year in their as-sisted-living apartment be-fore she began needing full-time care herself becauseof Lewy body dementia, adisease that closely resem-bles Alzheimer’s and Par-kinson’s.

“Half the time she’s in afantasy world and the oth-er half she’s good,” Sorbosays. “That’s unfortunatebecause she knows whenwe don’t visit her, and sheknows that her husband’s

not there.”Sorbo had to work hard

to get his mother into Nor-manna, a care home found-ed by the local Norwegiancommunity in the 1940s.

Iris had volunteered onthe care home’s auxiliaryfor decades, and a tapestrymade by her in better daysstill adorns the foyer.

Arne, meanwhile, didn’tqualify for residential carewhen he and Iris were part-ed a year-and-a-half ago.

And by the time he start-ed needing full-time care inSeptember, no spots wereopen that would reunitehim with his wife.

He was offered placementin other facilities, but hisson suspected that wouldmean waiting even longer toget into Normanna.

Fraser Health spokesper-sonTasleem Juma says hewas right.

“It’s true that once youhave a bed, you’re healthand your situation is notat risk any more,” she says.“So yes it does become lessof the priority in getting youmoved around.”

What frustrated Sorbowhen he and his siblingswere trying to decide whereto move their dad was thelack of information he saidthey got from Fraser Healthabout where Arne was onthe Normanna waiting list,what factors would impacthis wait and how long itmight take to get a spot.

“The playbook is hid-den,” Sorbo says. “You’remaking all these decisions

without really being able toforecast anything.”

Ultimately, Arne’s fami-ly decided to move him intoprivate care in Langley.

Sorbo isn’t hopeful hisparents will ever be reunitedbecause he believes his dadis getting bumped out ofNormanna vacancies by se-niors coming out of crowd-ed local hospitals.

His view is supported bya recent Fraser Health emailto care-home managers.

The memo – obtained bythe NOW – stated hospitalsare “in severe congestion ev-ery day” and called on carehomes to make beds avail-able even if the homes wereexperiencing a flu outbreak.

But Juma says reunitingcouples in the same residen-tial-care facility is a top pri-ority for Fraser Health.

Designated a “reunifica-tion” client, Arne is at thevery top of the Normanna

waiting list, she says.Of the vacancies that have

come up since Septem-ber, however, she says somewere designated women’s orspecial needs beds that Arnedoesn’t qualify for.

It’s possible to move cli-ents around to accommo-date the reunification of acouple, according to Juma,but it’s rare because of thedisruption it could cause forother patients.

“The bottom line for usis that we’re doing every-thing we can to get them to-

gether,” Juma says, “but un-fortunately we have to workwithin certain restrictions,and we have to work withNormanna to make surethat we can accommodatethem.”

Normanna executive di-rector Margaret Douglas-Matthews, however, says herfacility has never gotten arequest from Fraser Healthto accommodate Arne, andshe says it’s the health au-thority that decides who fillsthe beds.

“We do not control thegate,” she says.

For Arne and Iris, mean-while, life apart drags on.

“The biggest complaintthey have about living rightnow is they’re bored outof their tree,” Sorbo says.“They don’t have some-one they can share old sto-ries with.”

Slipping unpredictablybetween current reality andold memories, Iris says itwould be wonderful to haveher husband around.

“Right now I’m reallylonesome,” she says. “That’sthe hardest part.”

What would she do withArne if he were with her

again under the same roof?“I’d put my arms around

him and give him a big kiss... I think maybe our sexdays are over,” she says mat-ter-of-factly. “It’s too badbecause we had a good rela-tionship.”

For Arne, it doesn’t mat-ter that his wife’s mind isn’tthere the way it once was –he wants her near.

“Her face is there, andher movements are there,”he says. “The differencewould be I could have aface to look at, her face I’velooked at since ’56. I lovedher then and I love hernow.”

For Sorbo, who is strug-gling to balance his ownfamily and career with ar-ranging the best care for hisparents, there is some con-solation in talking to oth-er families he has met athis mom’s and dad’s carehomes.

“Everybody has a storyjust like me,” he says. “I’mnot the exception; I’m therule. Everyone else whohasn’t gone through it yet,they assume the system ac-tually is OK.”

Lonesome: Iris Sorbo, 79, says itwouldbewonderful tohaveherhusbandArnewithher again. PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR

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Burnaby Council is committed to financial,social and environmental sustainability.To ensure we achieve this goal, the City isfocused on providing excellent policing andfire protection services, upgrading roads,water and sewer infrastructure, and ensuringBurnaby parks and recreation facilities meetcitizen needs. In addition, we recognize theimportance to Burnaby citizens of ongoingmaintenance and replacement of existingCity facilities.

To ensure the City’s priorities reflect those ofBurnaby citizens, we want to hear from you!

The City’s 2015 Provisional Financial Plan waspresented to Council on February 2, 2015 with aproposed tax rate increase of 2.98%. We wouldlike your views on the budget and, in particular,municipal services and priorities.

YOUR OPINION IS IMPORTANT TO USPlease provide your comments by Wednesday,March 4, 2015 in order to allow enough time forCouncil to consider them before final approvalof the tax rates in May. The 2015 ProvisionalFinancial Plan is available for viewing on ourwebsite (www.burnaby.ca) under Our City Hall> Financial Reports.

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It’s sneaky–andontaxpayers’ tabWhen the teachers’ strike

divided the province lastsummer, everyone in B.C.supported the government– financially, if not philo-sophically.

That’s because the Lib-eral government shelled out$350,000 for Google adsand sponsored Facebookposts while classrooms wereempty.

Except for a few socialmedia users who’ve lostdefamation suits, it’s toughto think of anyone who’s

spent that kind of dough onsocial media.

And who got the taxpay-ers’ money?The same mar-keting firm that designedthe Liberal logo and helpedpush Christy Clark to vic-tory in her bid for the par-ty’s leadership. All appar-ently without a contract forthe work ever having goneto tender.

The NDP jumped on thescandal, admonishing Clarkfor not investing that cashin education.

They’re right.The Liberals reached

into our pockets to win ourminds, even as they wereclaiming there was no moremoney for teachers’ de-mands.

Education Minister PeterFassbender defended the adcampaign on the groundsthe Liberals had a responsi-bility to present Clark’s sideof things – a side apparent-ly inadequately represent-ed on everyTV news show,radio program and news-

paper article covering thestrike.

As evidence for the suc-cess of the social media on-slaught, Fassbender point-ed to the huge number ofparents who signed up forthe $40-a-day strike sti-pend. Apparently we werebought with our own mon-ey not once, but twice onthat score.

What it may also be evi-dence for is the unfortunategullibility of the public.

The government has real-

ized that sneaking throughthe back door – via Face-book – into the homes ofB.C. taxpayers is prettydarn easy.

Sponsored Facebook adsare advertisements none-theless – although to the in-nocent Facebook user theymay just seem like a friend’sposting.

Governments are becom-ing more and more savvy,and, in our opinion, dishon-est in disguising advertise-ments as news or social me-

dia conversations.And, we suspect, we’ve

just seen the tip of the ice-berg.

If they believe they canslide one by taxpayers,they’ll keep doing it.

Clark was elected to lead,not to sell.

Unfortunately politiciansseem increasingly unable todistinguish the two.

And that’s sad for all ofus – you know, the onespaying the bill.

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Local LiberalMLAswere standingby their leader after PremierGordonCampbell spent anight in aHawaiian jail on chargesof drunkdriving. Harry Bloy and JoyceMurray stoodup for theembattledpremier in the Jan. 15 editionof theBurnabyNOW –but formerNDPattorney general GraemeBowbrickwas callingfor Campbell’s resignation.

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Dopipelineopponentsstandachance?

Have you been reject-ed by the Federal Court ofAppeal lately? Don’t worry,you’re not alone.

It seems most partieshoping to overturn Nation-al Energy Board decisionshave struck out with thecourt, and three of the mostrecent cases didn’t evenhave a chance to be heard,which raises some seriousquestions.

Last week, the Feder-al Court of Appeal decid-ed not to hear a ForestEth-ics Advocacy application forleave that was challenging aNational Energy Board de-cision rejecting the group’sclaim that the pipeline hear-ings unfairly restrict pub-lic participation. (“Appli-cation for leave” is legalesefor when you ask the courtto hear your case.) Forest-Ethics Advocacy is champi-oning a constitutional chal-lenge that alleges the NEBis infringing on freedom ofspeech, because the criteriato participate in NEB hear-ings has been narrowed tothose who are “directly af-fected” and excludes anyonewith concerns on climatechange.

Last December, the City

of Burnaby’s applicationfor leave to challenge anNEB decision at the Feder-al Court of Appeal was dis-missed. Burnaby was con-testing the NEB’s ruling thatit was OK to override citybylaws when Kinder Mor-gan needed to completesurvey work on BurnabyMountain.

The City ofVancou-ver also went to the Feder-al Court of Appeal after theNEB rejected its motion ar-guing that climate changeconsiderations should be in-cluded in the pipeline hear-ings.The city issued a pressrelease announcing the planto go to the Federal Courtof Appeal, but on Oct. 16,the court also dismissedVancouver’s case. (The threejudges were JohanneTru-del,WymanWebb and MarcNadon, who was appoint-ed to the Supreme Court ofCanada by Stephen Harper,only to be found ineligible.Nadon was also the judgewho dismissed the City ofVancouver’s application.)

It looks likeVancouverlet this one go quietly, andthere are no plans to takeit to the Supreme Court ofCanada.

So we have ForestEthicsAdvocacy raising concernsabout participation in thehearings, while Burnaby hasissues with the NEB over-riding its bylaws, andVan-couver is raising concernsabout climate change.

All three went to the NEB

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City council has tolearn to say ‘no’ tounions’demandsDear Editor I just have to say somethingabout theproposed tax hike for homeown-ers inBurnaby. The timehas come for citycouncil to start to showsome self-restraintfor a change. Politicians have tounderstandthat the very peoplewhopay thebills to runthe citymaynot think they are getting theirmoney’sworth, if at all!Everyone iswell awarehowcosts have

gottenoutof control atall levels ofgovernment.Weare alsovery awarethatmost ofthe costs aremoreor lessincurredbycivil servants’

wages andbenefits,which seem tome tobefar too generous!I know that Burnaby’s city council seems to

bemadeupofwell-meaningpeople. But – andit’s a big but – their pro-labour stance seems toblind themwhenever newcontracts are abouttobenegotiatedwith civic unions .It seems city council has apolitical philoso-

phy that gives civil servants a hefty raise andpension increasewithout taking in consider-ing the taxpayerswho face ever-higher taxincreases topay for it!For the rest of uswho fundall these raises

in salaries andbenefits, our raises tend tobefar lower thangovernment employees, andhere lies theproblemwith city council.Councilmust showsome restraint bynot

giving in to civil servants’ demands contractafter contract!Weare not abottomless pit of “easy

money”pickings. Governmentsmust showrestraint, and thatmeans sayingnoat times.MarkTyson,Burnaby

Mineral explorationwas the foundation ofour provinceDear EditorAnnouncements lastweekbyPremier Christy Clark cameaswelcomenewsformineral explorers inB.C. Theprovincewillextenda$10-million tax credit to the endofthe year in support ofmining exploration, andnew feeswill not be charged to explorationcompanies.Thiswill definitely benefit junior explorers

whoare in needof support, particularly fol-lowing last year,which sawa29per cent dip inspendingonexploration.In order tomake vitalmineral discover-

ies,which in turn increases the chances ofnew job-creatingminesbeingopened inB.C.,wemust continue to foster a climate that isfavourable for explorers.Remember,webuilt B.C. on theminerals

beneathour feet and they remain an integralpart of our economy. Exploration leads toworkingprojects, andworkingprojects leadto increased economic activity, jobs andultimately to balancingour provincial budgetandenhancing thediversity of our provincialeconomy.Donald Leung,Burnaby

So,who’s happy aboutpaying more tax?

TinaEdmundson tax increases arejustified if theCity needs them tomain-tain their budget. Given the city is ingood financial standing, hasmoney inthebankandeveryone’s property as-sessments have goneup, themessageof “it’s only going tobe 1% insteadof3%”doesn’t flywithme.

Alli Dawn Theprovisional budget, theway thatwe’re setting up, seems tometobeapretty fair budget andhopefullythepublicwill agreewith us.”Corrigan is okwith a 3% increase thespecifically benefits him (his city), butnot a 0.5% that benefits everyone?

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Garavella Yk Theydon’t have toincrease the taxes given theoverflow-ing coffers. But theywill do anywaysbecause you voted them in.Way to goBurnaby!

RayPower YesCouncillor Johnson, Iamvery pleased thatwhenmypensionwent upby less than2%, you raise thetaxes by just under 3%. Seemy smile.There are such things as fixed incomes,not everyonehas aunion job that cancontrol CityHall. In otherwords, helpyouget elected, get a pay raise, raisetaxes topay for it. Please stopblamingthepolicing for your extra costs. If I’mnot correct they gave 50millionback totheCity last year. Howdoes that relateto an increase.

KeithNo surprise here. They aremakingup for the lower tax increaselast year due to the election. Itwouldappear ourmoney in thebankonlyserves as anexcuse toprovidemorepay raises toCity staffbecausewearecertainly not gettingbetter servicesfromcity hall. Heaven forbid anyof thisrevenuebeused to invest in the city forsuch things as sidewalks or street-lights. But really,whywouldwewanttomakeour neighbourhoods safe forpeople towalk in?

IslandintheSunAs the saying goes...You can’t get blood froma stone.Taxpayers havebeenmaxedout a longtimeago. Perhaps it is time for reflec-tion andgettingback tobasics. Citizenswhomake far less than the city’sunionizedworkers cannot afford tokeep supporting them. Every yearweare told... “...itwill onlymeanamodestincreaseof $____per household...”.Addall these “modest” increases upover the years and youbegin to getan ideaofwhy youhave less and lessmoney in yourwallet.Just like theupcoming referendumregarding TransLink, the taxpayers can-not be expected tohavebottomlesspocketswithout every avenuebeingrealistically explored.

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first. All three did not likewhat the NEB decided. Allthree then took their con-cerns to the Federal Courtof Appeal. All three were re-jected.

Vancouver has quietlydropped its case. Burnabyhas gone back to the B.C.Supreme Court, and For-estEthics Advocacy, alongwith three Burnaby resi-dents, is charging full steamahead for the SupremeCourt of Canada. (Threelawyers have told me yourchances of success with theSupreme Court of Cana-da are very, very slim aftera Federal Court of Appealdismissal.)

If an application for leaveis dismissed, no reasons aregiven, so it’s difficult to un-derstand what the judgesare thinking.

In the past four years,the NEB’s decisions havebeen challenged roughly 20times, mostly by First Na-tions and other oil indus-try players. I could not finda single example, from 2010to 2013, where the FederalCourt of Appeal overturnedan NEB decision. Mostwere dismissed at the appli-cation or appeal stage, whilea few were dropped andsome are still ongoing.

I asked NEB spokesper-son Sarah Kiley about this,and she could only thinkof one case heralding backto the 1970s, when the Su-preme Court of Canada

overruled the NEB.One might assume if the

Federal Court of Appealconsistently defers to theNEB, the board is operat-ing with little judicial over-sight. But in an earlier, verysimilar rejected ForestEthicscase involving the Enbridgepipeline in Ontario and anauthor named Donna Sin-clair, reasons for judgmentwere given, and they providesome insight into how thecourt sees these challeng-es.The earlier case made it

to the appeal stage and con-tested the interpretation ofwho was “directly affected”and thereby allowed to par-ticipate in the hearings andwhether they could raise is-sues related to the oil sandsand climate change.

But the reasons for judg-ment indicated the NEBAct doesn’t expressly re-quire the board to considerclimate change.

To appeal an NEB deci-sion, you have to prove theboard erred in some appli-cation of the law or over-stepped its jurisdiction, butthe court doesn’t seem tohave any problems with theway the NEB is followingthe rules and carrying outits mandate. Burnaby’s caseis a bit different – it’s a con-stitutional conflict, a ques-tion of whose laws will pre-vail – but the other twocases challenge issues root-ed in the NEB Act.

Since it’s elected politi-cians who determine whatthe act says, maybe it’s timeto focus on the upcomingfederal election.

That’s not to suggest thelegal route is a waste of timewhen challenging uncon-stitutional or unjust laws.However, given the FederalCourt of Appeal’s track re-cord on overturning NEBdecisions, it seems thechances of success are ex-tremely slim.

What’s even more con-cerning is these three mostrecent challenges weren’teven heard at all. So lawyershoping to argue the NEBoverstepped its bounds orerred in some application ofthe law never had a chanceto argue their case in frontof a judge.

Jennifer Moreau is a Burn-aby NOW reporter who hasbeen following the KinderMorgan pipeline proposal.Youcan read more about this issueat www.burnabynow.com.

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The former CEO ofICBC is raising concernsthat the National EnergyBoard is dealing with hercomplaint against Kind-er Morgan behind closeddoors.

Robyn Allan, a retiredeconomist and vocal op-ponent of Kinder Mor-gan’s proposed expansion oftheTrans Mountain pipe-line, filed a motion with theboard alleging the companyhas broken the National En-ergy Board Act several timesin the past few years.

“The (NEB) certificatesthat have allowed them tooperate the pipeline arenot held by the compa-ny they’ve been saying it’sheld by because they didnot ask for approval fromthe board,” Allan said. “Theway I see it, since 2007,they’ve probably violatedthe act five times.”

Allan is an intervenor inthe NEB hearing, where allthe documents outliningquestions from participantsand responses from Kind-er Morgan and the NEB areavailable to the public.

In this particular case, Al-lan said the NEB decided tohave the full board (not justthe three members assignedto the Kinder Morgan file)deal with her concern.

“The fact that the panelboard said we are sendingthis to the full board for re-view tells me that the pan-el board is very concerned,because if they didn’t thinkKinder Morgan violated theact, they would have saidso,” Allan said. “Remem-ber, the board is supposed

to enforce their act, and ifthey have been sloppy andnot enforcing the act, thenthere’s an embarrassment,so of course they are goingto want to have that dealtwith behind closed doors.”

Sarah Kiley, spokesper-son for the NEB, explainedthe reason the NEB re-ferred Allan’s motion to thefull board is because it’s notdirectly related to Kind-er Morgan’s proposal to ex-pand theTrans Mountainpipeline.

“The board said this is amatter that’s outside the ap-plication.We’re looking at

a certificate for a new pipe-line; we’re not looking atwhatTrans Mountain mayor may not have done,” Ki-ley said. “They weren’t in-tending to tip their hand.”

Kiley said the board willrespond directly to Allan,and the ruling will be pub-lished on the NEB website.

The crux of Allan’s orig-inal complaint focuses on

corporate structuring. Allansaid Kinder Morgan shouldhave applied for approval orpermission from the boardwhen Kinder Morgan Inc.acquired 100 per cent own-ership rights in the assets ofTrans Mountain PipelineULC in November.The actrequires any sale, transferor lease to be approved bythe board. Allan raised con-

cerns with the NOW that ifKinder Morgan were in vi-olation of the NEB Act, thecompany’s insurance maynot hold up in the event of aspill. Kiley said she couldn’tspeak to that, but it may besomething the board looksat while considering Allan’smotion.

Scott Stoness of KinderMorgan Canada disagreed

with Allan.“Her assertion is our ul-

timate parent buying oursubsidiary constitutes a sale,purchase or lease, and wedisagree with that,” Stonesstold the NOW.

“The company that ownsthe pipeline hasn’t changed.The ownership that ownsthe pipeline is the same be-fore as the day after.”

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A Burnaby man whopassed away has left $2.8million in his will to im-prove MetroVancouverparks.

George Ross, a longtimeBurnaby resident who en-joyed the outdoors, left themoney to MetroVancouver,which will use it to improvethe region’s parks.

“We are delighted and in-credibly grateful for this ex-tremely generous gift fromthe late Mr. George Ross,”said Greg Moore, chair ofMetroVancouver’s board.

Part of the money –$300,000 – will go towardsthe Kanaka CreekWater-shed Stewardship Cen-tre project in Maple Ridge,a nature-focused learn-ing facility.The centre willinclude a learning room

named after the late Ross.The remaining $2.5 mil-

lion will be used to create astewardship program run bythe Pacific Parklands Foun-dation, which raises mon-ey for MetroVancouver’sparks.

The Pacific ParklandFoundation plans to use in-terest from the fund for newparks projects and initia-tives.

“We encourage all parkusers and friends to thinkahead, as Mr. Ross did, toleave a charitable bequest tothe Pacific Parklands Foun-dation in their will,” saidDavid Pohl, the founda-tion’s president.

For more information,visit www.pacificparklands.com.

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It takes a certain kindof voice to be hailed as thenext Michael Bublé, but itdoesn’t hurt when you getto perform with the manhimself.

A few years back, NorthBurnaby vocalist StephenScaccia sang at the open-ing of the G&F Financialbranch on Hastings andCarleton. He had no ideahe’d be doing a duet.

“(Bublé) was in thebranch, taking pictures withpeople, and I got to speakwith him beforehand – I wasabsolutely starstruck, butthen I had to go onstage,and music comes first,” re-called Scaccia. “I just re-member seeing people startto scream in the crowd, andthen out of the corner of myeye, there he is onstage. Itwas so cool.”

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him onstage – not the otherway around.

Scaccia had no idea he’dperform with Bublé thatday, nor did he know he’djoin the Burnaby croonerjust a week later. Bublé in-vited Scaccia to the filmingof his Christmas special, andmidway during the show, hespontaneously brought hisprotégé onstage.

“He said, ‘Oh, I’m tiredof singing Christmas songs– let’s do something else,’and in the middle of that,he called me up – ‘There’s akid here who sings, come uphere,’” said Scaccia. “I gotto do a full song with thisreally intimate crowd, withhis family there, and it waswith his full band, whichwas so cool. I thought I wasjust going to be watching hisChristmas special.”

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ger Frozen.The seven-trackrecord is a year-and-a-halfin the making, put togeth-er under the guidance ofGrammy Award-winningproducer Ian Prince.

“He had no idea who Iwas, but he had heard of methrough someone he used towork with and asked me tosing a demo for him,” saidScaccia. “I sang for him,and then after that, becausehe noticed that people werekind of buzzing about myvoice, he was like, let’s work

on an EP together.”The album alternates be-

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the opportunity to workwith Ian Prince and othertalented musicians.

“This was actually myfirst stab at songwriting,and I got to write with suchan amazing producer,” saidScaccia. “I feel like I learneda lot. At the end of the day,I’m just so proud of my-

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I was an adul, but mostof my life was still ahead ofme.The world was wide andwonderful, and the horizonof my future was unlimit-ed. I had few regrets, and Ihad all the time in the worldto do everything I wantedto do. My friends and I hadbig plans.

With each decade, birth-days acquired a differentmeaning. By 30, the horizonwas visible, and by 40, it wasclear that I would soon becloser to the end of life thanthe beginning.

When patients would tellme, “Don’t ever grow old,”I used to take it as an un-intended curse. Isn’t it bet-ter than the alternative – todie young? Of course, theywere lamenting the physi-cal and social challenges ofaging: the wearing down ofthe body, the loss of inde-pendence, the loss of friendsand loved ones, the accumu-lation of medical problemsand a growing list of pre-scription medications.

Along with these are thespiritual challenges of aging:(1) acceptance of the end oflife and overcoming any fearof death, (2) finding resolu-tion in our relationships andour regrets, and (3) find-ing continued meaning andpurpose in life.

I’ve learned much frommy oldest patients, includ-ing the fact that wisdom isnot necessarily proportionalto age. It’s been said that webecome more like ourselvesas we age.The stubborn be-come more stubborn; thethrifty, more thrifty.Yet thisis not invariably true.

My wisest and happi-est patients have gainedperspective with advanc-ing years.They accept theworld, others and them-selves as they are.They rec-ognize the things they can-not control – including theinevitability of change andthe eventual end of life.

But at the same time, theyaccept the responsibility tomake the most of what theyhave. Looking back, they re-call the blessings of goodfortune and the kind actionsof others in the past whileforgiving and letting go ofpast regrets. Carrying lessbaggage from the past, theylive lighter in the present.

One great task is the lifereview. In our golden years,as we reflect on our lives,the story begins to makesense. Everything leads tosomething else.What onceseemed to be chance eventswould later acquire great-er meaning. It’s as if our life

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Building Museums of Peace:Creating Spaces of Dialoguein Conflict Zones, lectureby ethnographerDr. SultanSomjee, 11:15 a.m. to 1:15p.m. at 6650 SouthoaksCres. Hosted by theCommunityCentred Collegefor the Retired. Cost: $8 atthe door. Info: call 604-517-8732, visit cccrburnaby.orgor email [email protected].

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It may be unusually warmand too wet for Febru-ary, but it remains perfectweather for planting hardyearly vegetables. People whodidn’t put garlic in the soilin fall, have a great chanceto plant it now and still get adecent crop by August.

Garlic is so pungent noth-ing molests it in the gardenduring winter. But for shal-lots, spring planting is muchsafer in gardens where volestunnel under the soil.Thegardener wonders why theshallots aren’t growing anduncovers a row of shallot-shaped holes.

Soil pests are one situa-tion where containers area more manageable situ-ation for growing vegeta-bles than the open garden.In early spring, containersset against a house wall alsotend to be a warmer situa-tion and are especially use-ful for salad crops.

Arugula can be start-ed any time now. It’s quitecold-hardy, with leaves thattaste spicy and nutty and re-

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close to flowering and alsoonce the weather becomeswarmer, the flavour be-comes very hot.You cankeep arugula going quite awhile by frequent cutting.The kind called “wild arug-ula” is perennial.

Green onions are ideal forcontainer planting outsidenow.Their vertical growthhabit allows you to getmasses of salad material outof very small space.

Corn salad can also bestarted in containers. It’sa cold-hardy, shapely lit-tle plant when young withdark green, glossy leaves anda mild, flavour. Once youplant one patch, you’ll havemasses of seed for evermore.There’s a variety called Gra-non that holds its leaves upaway from the soil

It’s also time to plant rad-ishes.The spring radishesare globe-shaped and veryfast-growing.They do ap-preciate rich soil and lotsof water. Lots of garden-ers come to grief with theradish bulb fly – row cov-ers really help here – and allthe more if the radishes are

grown in containers. Usedon top of containers, rowcovers don’t get as muddyand can be reused for years.

Spinach is hardy enoughto be seeded outside now,and this season keeping theseedbed adequately moistdoesn’t look like any prob-lem.

The big need of spin-ach is nitrogen, and as theweather gets warmer andlawn-mowing starts spinachdoes well growing amonggrass-clippings to hold inmoisture. If you alwayschoose the outer leaves, youcan keep harvesting spinachfor a long time.

The vegetables that re-ally need to be started in-side in February are win-ter leeks because they takea very long time to grow totransplantable size.Theseare very frost-hardy, usu-ally dark green or purplishand larger and sturdier thanthe summer leeks. Leeks aretransplanted in late April orMay by being dropped intoholes poked into the soil.

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Local bakers and choc-olatiers are gearing up forFeb. 14 with all kinds oftreats – everything fromelaborate desserts to simplechocolates from your child-hood.There is somethingfor everyone, and at anyprice, so here are a few rec-ommendations to get your(or your partner’s) sugar fix!

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Ever the inventor, Chris-tophe Bonzon always looksforward to making some-thing unique for every oc-casion.The North Burnabychocolatier has a number offancy after-dinner creationsthat are guaranteed to be ahit onValentine’s Day.

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bons,” he said.“We are also doing a spe-

cial dessert only forValen-tine’s Day – it’s raspberryand mint chocolate moussewith a raspberry confit, agluten-free dark chocolatebrownie, and it’s decoratedwith hearts made of choco-late.”

Bonzon exclusively usesimported Carma choco-late from Switzerland for

his year-round delights.Chez Christophe is knownfor making special items forChristmas, Easter and evenHalloween, but he saidVal-entine’s Day is perhaps thebiggest day of the year forsweets.

The sculptures are avail-able in different sizes, pricedbetween $19.50 and $38.The desserts and otherchocolate treats are availablethis week – unless someoneelse has gotten to them first!

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“The classes here are alldemonstration – they justcome and sit and enjoy theircocktail and watch, and theyget all the recipes,” she said.

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“Years ago, people want-ed the fancy heart box-es, but nowadays, peopleare going away from that,”he said. “We make the boxout of chocolate and pack itwith assorted chocolates, so

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For thisValentine’s Day,he says his store has re-ceived a lot of interest in thefactory’s chocolate-dippedstrawberries – a tried andtrueValentine’s classic.Youcan’t go wrong with sweetfruit and sweeter chocolate.

“We three-quarter dip thestrawberries in milk or darkchocolate and we put whitelines on them,” he said. “It’sbeen very popular everyyear.”

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Jack Kuyer’sValley Bakeryhas something delicious forevery budget, but it seemscookies are the big ticketitem this year.

“We’ve got cookies at$4.05 a dozen – they’reheart-shaped cookies withpink fondant topping,” hesaid. “We have sugar cook-ies that are a little biggerand heart-shaped.We havelarge cookies that you canget a message written onthem that pertains to yoursituation.

“It’s nice to be able to dosomething personal whenyou’re giving a gift.”

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But Kuyer notes thatVal-entine’s Day isn’t just forlovers – it’s a great day toshow your relatives howmuch you love them.

“Kids look forward toVal-entine’s Day because it’sbeen a while since Christ-mas, and it’s nice to have alittle treat,” he said. “Momwill come in and buy halfa dozen cupcakes as a littlesurprise – it’s kind of fun.”

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ClansenioronrecordpaceErin Chambers within 50 points of Great Northwest women’s basketball scoring mark

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Erin Chambers is justfive games away from a newGreat Northwest confer-ence scoring record.

The senior Simon FraserUniversity forward scored32 points in the team’s 83-67 win over NorthwestNazarene at home Satur-day to move the Clan intofourth place in the confer-ence and herself into con-tention on the all-time ca-reer scoring charts.

Chamber’s third 30-plus point game this sea-son moved her to within 50points of breaking the re-cord of 1,831 points set lastseason by Bobbi Knudsenof Montana State Billings.

Chambers, who also had11 rebounds and six assistsin the game, currently has acareer total of 1,782 pointsand trails Knudson by just49 points with five regularseason games left to play.

Earlier in the week,Chambers put up 25 pointsand SFU hit a conferenceseason-high 16 three-point-ers to defeat CentralWash-ington 84-50 at home lastThursday.

Chambers entered thegame as the leading scorerin NCAA Division II play,averaging almost 23 pointsper game.

Chambers leads the con-ference with a total of 172field goals, while also put-ting up other impressivenumbers, including 40three-pointers and a sec-ond-best 109 free throwsthis season. She is also sixthin the conference in assists,with 85 helpers.

Following SFU’s back-

to-back wins, Chambersmoved past Rebecca Kie-pinski of the University ofAlaska Anchorage into sec-ond place on the GreatNorthwest all-time scor-ing list.

The Clan nailed an ad-ditional 15 treys in the winover Northwest Nazarene,including 10 of 22 in theopening half that built up a16-point halftime lead thatwas never threatened.

“It’s been a tough cou-ple of weeks, where wehave faced some adversitywith injury, illness and a lotof travel,” said SFU headcoach Bruce Langford in aschool press release. “Get-ting back home has enabledus to refocus, get into ourroutines and put a lot ofshots up in practice.”

SFU finished the week-end with 31 of 61 shootingfrom beyond the arc.

Senior guard Katie Lo-wen chipped in with 18points, while sophomoreguard Ellen Kett had 10 ofSFU’s 22 assists in the winon Saturday.

Earlier, junior for-ward MegWilson netted13 points and 14 boardsagainst CentralWashing-ton. Lowen chipped in with10 of her 13 points in theopening half.

The Clan improved itsoverall record to 12-9 and8-5 in conference play, leav-ing them comfortably infourth place.The top sixplacing teams earn a berthinto the upcoming GreatNorthwest tournament inMarch.

This weekend, SFU hitsthe road for a pair of gamesagainst Saint Martin’s andlast-placeWestern Oregon.

Chasinga record:SimonFraserUniversity’s ErinChambers, inwhite froma recent game,moved intosecondplace inGreatNorthwestwomen’sbasketball all-timecareer scoring. PHOTOLISAKING

BurnabymartialartistsshowthewayBurnaby Karate Academy picks up 21 medals, including five gold at [email protected]

The Burnaby Kara-te Academy showed it-self to be the kumite capi-tal of B.C., winning five ofthe provincial team’s eightgold medals in sparring atthe Karate Canada nation-al championships in Rich-mond last week.

B.C. martial artists alsopicked up an additional 10gold in the kata, or forms,with Claudia Laos-Looearning a bronze medal for

Nikkei Karate in the indi-vidual under-21 female cat-egory.

JusleenVirk won herfourth consecutive seniorwomen’s national title, tak-ing the under-50 kilogramtitle over Quebec’s Rox-anne Coté.

Cindy Jacob, bronzemedallist at u-68kg, shareda team gold with u-21 indi-vidual silver medal winnersGurkamal Gill and Har-preet Sidhu, who were in-dividual runners-up at u-55and plus-68kg, respective-

ly. Both Gill and Sidhu alsoplaced fifth in the seniorweight class.

U-21 gold medallistsDerek Chan and BrendanLy also picked up a bronzemedal each at the seniorlevel at u-60 and plus-84kg.

Junior Isaac Mand wona bronze at u-55kg in the16/17 boys’ category. Mandalso placed fourth at u-21and fifth at the senior level.

Cadet-aged martial art-ists Kieran Quan, JoelTai,Aarjun Gill, Jacob Mandand BrendanWise also

earned individual kumitemedals.

Quan won bronze atu-52kg,Tai a silver and Gilla bronze at u-57kg, Manda silver at u-63kg andWisewith a bronze at u-70kg.

Alexandra Zaborniakwon a gold medal in thejunior women’s u-59kgweight division.

Pawan Sidhu won a run-ner-up medal at plus-59kgand Izzy Chan also camehome with silver at u-48kgin the 16/17 girls’ category.

BKA cadet girls Zoe

Fong, Stephi Zaborniakand Melissa Chan sweptthe top-three positions, re-spectively, at u-47kg in the14/15 age class.

Burnaby also did well inthe inauguralYouth Cupfor 12/13 martial artists.

Julia Maclean won goldin the girls’ plus-43kgkumite, while Gurneet Sid-hu, Caitlyn Lam, MichaelPlunkett and MarkWongwere bronze medallists attheir respective weights.Gurpatap Hothi placedfourth.

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There was no consolationprize for the Burnaby SouthRebels at last weekend’sWestern Canada basketballtournament in Kelowna.

The host and ninth-ranked Owls came awaywith the top prize, defeatingOak Park ofWinnipeg 70-58 in the championship fi-nal on Saturday.

Defending B.C. highschool quad A championand sixth-ranked SirWin-ston Churchill defeated thefourth-ranked Rebels 86-72in the consolation final.

NicolasTrninic led Southwith a game-high 24-point,13-rebound double-double,including eight off the offen-sive boards. Roshan Bhat-ti added 21 points for theRebels.

Churchill outscoredSouth 30-8 in the secondquarter.

Jermaine Haley andTyusBatiste were not on theSouth roster in the finalgame against Oak Park.

The Rebels opened witha 75-55 romp over Bish-op O’Byrne of Calgary onFeb. 6.

Batiste led all scorers witha game-best 24 points. Ha-ley potted 16 points and 10rebounds.

Trninic also put up adouble-double with 15points and 12 boards.

South started the tourna-ment strong, outscoring theCalgary school 22-11 in thefirst quarter and buildinga 25-point lead to start thesecond half of play.

In the semifinal, Southtrailed from the outset,dropping a 90-75 decisionto Oak Park.

Haley led all scorers with25 points. Batiste, who wasstone-cold from beyondthe arc with just one of 14three-point attempts, fin-ished with 22 points.

Trninic added a thirdtournament double-doublewith 14 points and a dozenrebounds.

TheWinnipeg schooljumped out to a 29-12 first-quarter lead and led by asmany of 20 points through-out the rest of the game.

Oak Park had six of itseight players in double fig-ures, while making goodon 10 of 24 three-pointers.South was just three of 31from beyond the arc.



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The Burnaby Lakers sentgoalie Dan Lewis back toCoquitlam in a one-for-oneWestern Lacrosse Associa-tion deal on Sunday.

The Lakers dealt Lew-is to the senior Adanacs inexchange for transition de-fender and former Burnabyjunior Brad Richardson.

Lewis played four seasonswith the senior Lakers butwas relegated to a backuprole after Burnaby pickedup current starterTylerRichards from NewWest-minster last year.

Richardson, drafted in2007 by Coquitlam, playedfive seasons with the Adan-acs and garnered five goals,seven assists and 117 pen-alty minutes in the regularseason. He has four goalsand nine assists lifetimeduring the playoffs.

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Senior University of Den-

ver defenceman Joey La-Leggia was named NationalCollegiate Hockey Confer-ence player of the monthlast week.

The BurnabyWin-ter Club product garneredthree goals and seven assistsand was a plus-three in 10games for the Pioneers inJanuary.

Two of LaLeggia’s threemarkers were game winners,and his 35 shots on goalwas most for any D-manin the month of January inconference play.The 2012draft pick of the EdmontonOilers leads all conferenceblueliners with nine goalsand 22 points.

Earlier this season, La-Leggia recorded his 100thcareer point for the 10th-ranked Pioneers and cur-rently ranks sixth all-time indefenceman points in Den-ver program history with 43goals and 71 assists.

LaLeggia is also a nomi-nee for the coveted HobeyBaker Award.

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EDC FC Burnaby Amoved to the second roundof Imperial Cup men’s soc-cer with a 2-1 victory overNorvan A at Confederationturf last Saturday.

TheVancouver MetroSoccer League club eruptedfor two late goals in the final20 minutes of play to gain aspot in the Round of 16 thisweekend.

Trailing 1-0 to the sec-ond-place Division I club,Burnaby Central Secondarygrad Parker Ellis came offthe bench for EDC late inthe second half, scoring thegame-tying goal and thensetting up Habib Moham-med for the winner.

Later, defender GusRamirez made a slidingtackle to thwart a Norvannear-breakaway chance totie.

EDC will take on Rino’sVancouver A on Sunday atPoint Grey turf at 4 p.m.

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(Large)NAVEL ORANGE SEEDLESS

Product Of CALIFORNIA ($1.96 KG)

89¢/lb.

ValidWednesday February 11th - Sunday, February 15th, 2015 while quantities last.

GROCERYSan Remo

Tomato Paste156ml ..............................................69¢/ea.

Triple Jim's

Organic Crispy Apple Chips75g ...............................................2/$700

Santa Cruz

Organic Peach Lemonade &Organic Limeade946ml ................................................ $169/ea.

BAKERY

Garlic Herb Bread500g .................................................$229/ea.

Portuguese Buns500g ...................................................$189/ea.

Apple Streusel Pie550g .................................................. $229/ea.

DELIFreybe

Hungarian Salami100g ..................................................................... $188

German Edam Cheese100g.................................................................$158

Freybe

Black Forest Ham100g ...........................................................$118

Fresh Chicken Breast Portion (Skinless & Boneless)

$12.08/kg ...................................... $549/lb.Beef Prime Rib Steaks Grade AA

$20.88/kg .......................................$949/lb.Beef Rib Eye Steaks Grade AA

$23.08/kg ......................................$1049/lb.

RED PEPPERProduct Of MEXICO ($3.28 KG)

$149/lb.

burnaby now february 11 2015

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