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The Burnaby schoolboard has awarded morethan $27 million in seismicmitigation work at two localschools toThinkspace Ar-chitecture Planning InteriorDesign.

The Surrey-headquar-tered firm will take on a

$24-million partial replace-ment of Alpha SecondarySchool and a $3.3-millionseismic upgrade at Monte-cito Elementary School.

The Alpha project willincrease student capacityat the north Burnaby highschool from 1,025 to 1,100with the replacement of theschool’s three-storey andone-storey classroom wings

and will include seismic up-grades to the rest of thebuilding.

The Montecito project in-cludes seismic upgrades andthe addition of four class-rooms that will increase theschool’s student capacityfrom 215 to 315 and allowit to get rid of three tem-porary portables that havebeen there since 1997.

The district originally an-ticipated prep work on bothprojects might begin as ear-ly as May or June, but sec-retary-treasurer Greg Franksaid this week that that isnow unlikely.

“The timelines original-ly announced were prelim-inary only and the actualtimelines will depend on thecompleted detailed design,planned phasing options for

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BLESSING :Womenandgirls atGilpinElementarySchoolbrushoffatraditional CoastSalishwomen’scanoewith cedarbowsat adedica-

tion ceremony in theschool’s gymnasiumrecently. Thecanoe,calleda skumay,wasbuilt at the schoolover threemonthsbySquamishFirstNationartist Aaron

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Coast Salishwomenandgirls togatherfoodandweavingmaterials, the ves-sel is a symbolof

the importantworkwomendo inFirstNations communi-ties, according toNelson-Moody.

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The Burnaby School Dis-trict would like to acknowl-edge and thank the CoastSalish Nations of Musqueam,Tsleil-Waututh and Squa-mish, on whose tradition-al territory we teach, learnand live.

Those words soundedpretty profound to GilpinElementary School momGillian Bassett when shefirst heard them read out –as per Burnaby school dis-trict policy – at the begin-ning of a school assemblylast year.

But she didn’t knowwhat they meant, and nei-ther did the kids she asked.

“I sort of vaguely un-derstood they had some-thing to do with aborigi-nal people, First Nations,but not the significance ofthe different groups andwhere they were located,”said Bassett, who came toCanada from England fouryears ago.

Then-secretary of theschool’s PAC, she set outto raise awareness, team-ing up with then-principalSean Gaster (who has sincemoved to Edmonds Com-munity School).

Their efforts – helpedalong by a $3,500 ArtsStarts grant and a largechunk of old-growth redcedar made available byhereditary Squamish FirstNation Chief BillWilliams– culminated last monthin the presentation to theschool of a skumay, a tradi-tional women’s canoe builtby Squamish First Na-tion artist Aaron Nelson-Moody

Nelson-Moody, whoseSquamish name meansSplashing Eagle – Splashfor short – spent threemonths at the school, three

days a week, interactingwith students and build-ing the stubby vessel tra-ditionally used by Squa-mish women and girls toply the swamps and narrowstreams of their territory.

“The women would pad-dle up next to like salm-on berries, smack the bushwith their paddle and allthe berries would fall intothe canoe,” Splash told theNOW. “They would also

pick things like bog cran-berry, wild rice, some ofthe bulrush tubers andthe bulrush stalk, used forweaving.”

There was no mentionduring his sessions withstudents about the prob-lems aboriginal girls andwomen face in Cana-da today, but those issuesweren’t far below the sur-face, according to Splash.

“We’re implicitly deal-ing with it because we’retalking about the alterna-tive, the kind of respectthat women had, the kindof work that women histor-ically did and are still do-ing,” he said. “The roleschange, of course, as theworld changes, but the mu-tual respect and mutu-al support doesn’t have tochange.”

Splash, who has workedin schools for 20 years, saidhe prefers projects like theGilpin canoe that allowhim to stay awhile and getbelow the surface of kids’understanding of his cul-ture.

“People have a bunch ofstuff in their minds aboutaboriginal people,” he said.“There’s a kind of neb-ulous identity out there,so they’re kind of askingabout that.Then, whenthey start to learn a bitmore, the questions actual-ly get really interesting.”

That kind of learningwas exactly what Bassetthad envisioned when shefirst started thinking aboutbringing a First Nationsartist-in-residence into theschool.

“I thought it would bereally nice to have some-thing deep, you know,where the kids can buildon knowledge, somethingdeep rather than broad,”she said.

For district aboriginal re-source teacherTracy Heal-ey, who’s been with thedistrict since 1998, the tim-ing of the project and thechoice of a local First Na-tions artist couldn’t havebeen better.

“The ministry is doingthis big push with the newcurriculum about embed-ding aboriginal knowledgeinto the curriculum,” shesaid, “and teachers have noidea how to do that or evenwhere to start, and theplace to start is the tradi-tional territory that you’reon. Find out about the lo-cal First Nations peopleand reach out to them andbuild relationships withthem.”

For the Gilpin project, ithelped that Splash is bothan artist and an educator,according to Bassett, who

said her two boys camehome bursting with infor-mation about the Squa-mish people during theproject.

“My youngest son is inGrade 1, and he is fully in-formed on the salmon andthe importance of salmonto the Squamish people,”Bassett said. “I mean, it’samazing.They sort of holdforth at the dinner table.”

Normally, she said, it’shard to get her boys to say

anything about their day atschool.

She credits the differenceto the multi-sensory natureof the canoe project and toSplash’s charismatic teach-ing style.

For Splash, such projectsare the way of the future ifschools are serious aboutintegrating an understand-ing of First Nations intoevery student’s learning.

“The big decision iswhether you want a little

bit of information out of abook or whether you wanta relationship with localFirst Nations, and I thinkthey’re trying to foster re-lationships,” said Splash ofschools that take up proj-ects like the canoe at Gil-pin. “Just memorizingfacts isn’t really what mostschools are after. It’s wherethey start, but, in the end,we’re trying to develop abetter relationship betweenCanada and First Nations.”

LIFE LESSONS IN A BOAT: Gilpin Elementary School students from teacher RaffiMahseredjian’s Grade 4 class pose with the school’s new skumay, a traditional Coast Salish women’s canoebuilt at the schoolbySquamishFirstNationartist AaronNelson-Moody. PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR

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Myyoungestson is inGrade1, andhe is fullyinformedonthesalmonandtheimportanceofsalmonto the

Squamishpeople

OnecanoeatatimeA Squamish First Nation artist spends time withGilpin students in a program that builds bridges

Contractawardedeach of these projects, time-liness for building permit(s)issuance and constructioncontractor tender awards,”he said in an email to theNOW.

Two other seismic proj-

ects approved in principleby the education ministryin April 2013 – Burna-by North Secondary andStride Avenue Elementary –are still in the planning stag-es with no firm timelines yetin place.

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High riskFourteenBurnaby schools

are still operatingunder high-risk ratings assessedby theministry of education’s seismicmitigationprogram. Four havebeenassignedHigh1 ratings,meaning they are at highestrisk ofwidespreaddamageor structural failure, notreparable after anearthquake.

One is ratedHigh2, at highrisk ofwidespreaddamageorstructural failure, likely notreparable after aquake, andnine are ratedHigh3,meaningisolated failure tobuildingelements suchaswalls areexpectedand the buildingwilllikely not be reparable after anearthquake .

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Despite a recent inci-dent involving an attackby a group of coyotes on asmall dog at Central Park inBurnaby, the park is still asafe place.

That’s the message fromthe Stanley Park EcologySociety, the group that han-dles the coyote educationprogram on behalf of theCity of Burnaby.The soci-ety was recently in the parkto educate locals about thewild animal.

“I think a lot of (people)are surprised to find outyou can actually scare awaya coyote pretty easily,” saidGreg Hart, a programs co-ordinator with the society.

If people act big and ag-gressive toward a coyote, thenaturally shy and timid ani-mals will become fearful ofhumans and dishabituate,he added.

The problem is when

coyotes have positive inter-actions with humans likebeing fed or finding foodsources, they become boldand aggressive.

The ecology society setup a tent in the park Sun-day to hand out education-al material to residents inresponse to a story in theNOW on Feb. 12 about afamily dog that was chasedby coyotes in Central Park.

Mary Gifford told theNOW she was walking heryoung dog Mable in thepark on Feb. 7, when threecoyotes came out of no-where and chased her pet.

Mable was chased on toKingsway where she was hitby a car and killed trying tocross the busy street in anattempt to get back home.

Hart said the storyprompted more calls to thesociety about coyotes in thepark, but none of the re-ports were about the ani-mals being aggressive.

He said for now the Stan-

ley Park Ecology Society isjust trying to educate thepublic about coyotes butnoted if the society getsmore calls about an aggres-sive animal, conservation of-ficers could be called in todeal with the situation.

Most people Hart spokewith at the park on Sun-day understood the coyotesneed their space and needto be treated like wild ani-mals.

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we don’t want people tobe afraid of these animals,”Hart said.

Last year, the ecology so-ciety dealt with 1,700 coy-ote reports around MetroVancouver, including 120 inBurnaby.

Hart is urging anyonefrom the public who spotsa coyote to report it to thesociety.To report a coyotesighting, you can call 604-681-9453 or the website atstanleyparkecology.ca.

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There’s no downside toChina’s investment in cleanenergy unless you werebanking on Liquefied Nat-ural Gas exports to car-ry your province to untoldlevels of prosperity.Whichbrings us to Premier Chris-ty Clark.

The recent throne speechdealt with LNG in two lan-guages: words that down-played any immediateexpectation of riches ma-terializing and a vague in-sistence that it will all workout in the end.

The unfortunate fewwho listened to the wholespeech heard about “un-foreseen global conditions”and success not being forquitters.

An LNG facility in Kit-imat and a plant outside

Prince Rupert may still bebuilt but, like many of ourpremier’s promises, haveyet to materialize.

It’s an odd thing thatour government is still sell-

ing us a product when noone else is buying. And toadd a new twist of weird-ness, now Clark’s govern-ment has made a contri-bution to its long-awaitedprosperity fund. Back in2014, Finance MinisterMike de Jong said the fundwould be directly linked tothe LNG industry. Giventhat there is currently noLNG industry, this seemslike rather magical thinking– even for someone in gov-ernment. Of course, now,

it’s a prosperity fund fromeverything. Does that in-clude everyone’s MSP fees?

Does anyone rememberClark’s campaign van em-blazoned with the slogan:Debt Free B.C.?That waswhen LNG was going togenerate $100 billion over30 years.

We appreciate optimism,but optimism is not a plan.

With 15 months beforeour next provincial elec-tion, we urge voters to an-alyze optimism, to crack

it open and see if theycan detect some commonsense.

There will be plenty ofpromises from our premierover the next year, andplenty of talk about “thecourage to say yes.” Butsometimes promises arenothing more than wind.And it’s not the nice kindof wind, either.

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Unity inB.C.?Notvery likely

As the NDP struggles tofind its voice when it comesto supporting resource de-velopment, it’s worth notingparty leader John Horgan’sresponse to the B.C. Lib-eral government’sThroneSpeech. Horgan decidedto focus on Premier Chris-ty Clark’s “divisiveness” ap-proach to governing. He istrying to position himselfand his party as the onescalling for “unity over divi-sion.”

The so-called free enter-prise coalition party (cur-rently the B.C. Liberals, andformerly Social Credit) hashad a high rate of elector-al success by polarizing theelectorate and making everyelection an “us versus them”contest, so Clark’s approachis hardly surprising.

But it’s unclear whetherHorgan can reposition theNDP as a “unified” option,given that it is far from clearwhether the party is uni-fied itself on a number of is-sues, not the least of whichare ones where developmentneeds run smack into envi-ronmental concerns.

Horgan condemnedClark’s characterization ofthose who oppose thingslike LNG plants and oth-er resource developmentsas the “forces of no” and a“ragtag group.”

“The premier’s view ofthe world is that if you arenot cheering her on, regard-less of what’s coming outof her mouth, you thereforemust be some ragtag groupof people,” Horgan told thelegislature.

Interestingly, he also ac-

knowledged that B.C. is a“partisan province” and in-sisted that MLAs had re-cently taken steps to re-duce “some of the partisanhectoring that has gone ontoo long.”This last state-ment may strike any regularwatcher of question periodas baffling to say the least,given the barbs hurled byboth sides.

This speaks to the factthat for all the divisivenessClark is displaying, her op-ponents are doing exactlythe same thing back at her.

Social media forums,for example, are frequent-ly poisoned wells of viciouscommentary (not analy-sis) aimed at both the B.C.Liberals and the NDP, andtheir respective leaders.

The anonymity that socialmedia can provide, and thespeed at which informationmoves, has elevated the nas-tiness and the divisivenessto record levels. Some newsoutlets are starting to abol-ish the comments sectionson their web sites, whichseems like a sad inevitability.

No, B.C. is very much adivided province. Business,industry, environmentalistsand First Nations all havedisparate and fundamental-ly opposite interests on toomany issues.

Despite Horgan’s pitch,his party seems destined to,once again, fight an electionthat is based on divisionswithin our ranks and not onan elusive fairy-tale of unityand we’re-all-in-this-togeth-er kind of fight.Keith Baldrey is chief politi-

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Bomb threats against the SkyTrain Millennium Lineconstruction project led to searches of all stations and theevacuation of 210 employees from the Bombardier officeand manufacturing plant in October.

Burnaby and Langley RCMP launched an investigationafter multiple phone calls to the Bombardier office, whichwere later traced to Langley, threatened to blow up an un-specified station.

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Are you lobbying forthe oil industry now?Dear EditorRe: Fossil fuels are our future,Opinion,BurnabyNOW, Feb. 10.

When did Keith Baldrey revert from beinga political reporter to becoming a lobbyist forboth the self-serving oil and gas industry? Inhis article, Keith kept quoting over and overthe assertions of the NEB, as if they are facts,and not just assertions. So might I remindKeith of the fact that this so-called reviewboard was completely changed under StephenHarper, from actually reviewing projects, tofast-tracking decisions for the oil and gasindustry, while ignoring concerns about therisks to the environment, social licences, andactual consultations and permissions of theFirst Nations involved.

Might I also remind Keith that StephenHarper’s last appointment to this boardworked directly for Kinder Morgan right upuntil his appointment and, in fact, wrote areport in support of Kinder Morgan’s expan-sion to this same board? He can’t just set asidethose biases and pretend he didn’t write thoseopinions, therefore his appointment shouldhave been scrapped, as his appointment wastainted, as to his ability to offer an unbiasedopinion.

Stephen Harper ignored the fact that hewas elected to be Canada’s prime ministerand set aside that obligation in favour of usingtaxpayer’s dollars to actively lobby for the oilindustry. There was no doubt that StephenHarper was working for the oil industry andnot the people of Canada, to the detriment ofall other Canadians, and now I’m thinking, sois Keith Baldrey. Maybe Keith should give uphis job with GlobalTV, as a political correspon-dent and apply for a job with the oil industry,since they obviously own his opinion anyway.

One more thing Keith Baldrey, like StephenHarper, has conveniently forgotten is that theCanadian government has Treaty obligations.They must not just pretend to consult withFirst Nations communities; they must actuallyseek permission to conduct such activities onFirst Nations traditional lands, because I’msure the Supreme Court won’t just dismissthose obligations, like Stephen Harper at-tempted to do.

I remember years ago, when the world priceof crude was much higher than it is today,when it was determined that the extractionand processing of this tar sands bitumen wasnot worth the effort, so why today is it some-how more viable?

Could it be that the greedy oil barons fromTexas have invested heavily in these tar sands,and they are actively lobbying the Canadiangovernment to help them recoup their invest-ments? It certainly isn’t to help Canadians withthe costs at the pumps, because these sameoil companies want this product to export toAsia, not to help lower the costs of living forCanadians.

Keith Baldrey should decide who he sells hisopinion to: the highest bidder or the peoplewho are responsible for making sure he hasa job and gets a paycheque. In the end, it cer-tainly won’t be some oil company owned andcontrolled from Texas.WayneMcQueen,Burnaby

Are readers teed offby political golfing?

CarolinePocrnicNot if it is in the lineof their duties. They’ll probably say it iseven if it isn’t, just like those trips theytake.

MaxineKennedy teed off at ourmayor & council period!!

bill smith Since NDP/BCA bought thelast election with almost half a milliondollars, and have no opposition to holdthem accountable, they can do as theylike. It’s nice to see that they are put-ting our ever increasing property taxesto ‘good’ use.

Burnaby’s investmentsclose in on $1 billion

ZarenaAnne Yet still no homelessshelters! Burnaby continues to pushit’s marginalized residents on to it’sneighbours like New Westminster,Coquitlam, Vancouver. Disgraceful

DavidRamsayThe Canadian dollardropped enough that it would havebeen better to leave it in an interestfree account in the USA.

TinaEdmundson that’s great! Nowgive us a property tax break.

CarolinePocrnicHomeless shel-ter, which mayor doesn’t want butBurnaby needs.

ErikH. VogelAnd maybe settle somecontracts...

bill smithNice, but there are twopoints not addressed by this self-con-gratulatory spiel. One is why there is asurplus, and two, where did the moneycome from.1. This surplus is a direct result of thebusiness model used. Several decadesago, when there were oppositionmembers in City Hall, a die-hardSo-Cred councilor put for a financialmodel that resembled a prudentcorporation.. it was adopted and fromthat time on, the surplus has beenever growing. BCA/NDP can take creditfor not deviating from the model,but taking credit for its conception isreprehensible.2. The near billion dollars came fromover-taxation. Last year, corrigan wasspouting off about about why propertytaxes need to be increased, and justlast week, corrigan and some of hisunderlings were spouting off abouthow property taxes were too high andpeople were being forced to leave theirhomes. How’s that for duplicity?The fact that the accrued over-taxationis generating revenue is unavailing.Real estate prices are at a high point intheir cycle and if there was ever a timenot to over-tax, it is now... enough isenough.

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If you’ve ever had a crap-pyValentine’s Day, you’renot alone.

Douglas College psychol-ogy student Jacquoline L.Martin had one when shefirst moved to B.C. fromOntario a couple years ago.

“I didn’t know anyonehere,” she says. “I had nofriends.”

She decided she could ei-ther drown her sorrows ina tub of ice cream or spendsome time brightening oth-er peoples’ day, so she wentout to the nearest mall –Burnaby’s LougheedTownCentre – bought 50 ros-es and handed them out tostrangers.

“It probably looked supershifty to some people,” Mar-

tin says with a laugh.But among the skeptics

who asked what religiousgroup she belonged to orhow much the flowers costwere a few people who weresimply touched.

“There was this lady, andshe had just broken up withher boyfriend,” Martin says.“I gave her the rose and Ialso gave her a DisneyVal-entine’s Day card becauseI was giving those out aswell, and she looked at me,

and she’s like, ‘This is real-ly sweet of you. I really needthis today.’”

That’s when Martin de-cided she wanted turn herValentine’s Day gesture intoan ongoing project.

ProjectValentine’s Day,now in its third year, wasback Sunday, with Mar-tin and about 35 volunteershanding out 300 flowers –carnations this time – at theNewWestminster SkyTrainstation and inVancouver onthe corner of Robson andBurrard streets.

They’ll be back atLougheedTown Centre forPink Shirt Day on Feb. 24and Douglas College.

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PUBLIC HEARING

The Council of the City of Burnaby hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing

TUESDAY, 2016 FEBRUARY 23 AT 7:00 P.M.

in the Council Chamber, Burnaby City Hall, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2, to receive

representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”.

1) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965,

AMENDMENT BYLAWNO. 1, 2016 – BYLAWNO. 13568

Rez. #15-23

9850/9855 Austin Road and 9858/9898 Gatineau Place

From: C3 General Commercial District, CD Comprehensive Development District (based on P2

Administration andAssembly District, C3 General Commercial District and C4 Service Commercial

District), C4 Service Commercial District and P8 Parking District

To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on P2 Administration and Assembly District,

C3 General Commercial District, RM5s Multiple Family Residential District and Lougheed Town

Centre Plan as guidelines and the development plan entitled “Lougheed Core Area Master Plan”

prepared by James K. M. Cheng Architects Inc.)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is:

1. To establish a Master Plan that defines the general land use, form, massing, subdivision pattern, overall site

servicing, development phasing, and distribution of applicable development densities for the Lougheed

Town Centre Core Area; and,

2. To specifically apply the Lougheed Town Centre Core Area Master Plan guidelines to the subject site

through Comprehensive Development zoning.

2) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965,

AMENDMENT BYLAWNO. 3, 2016 – BYLAWNO. 13570

Rez. #15-12

8288 North Fraser Way (Formerly Portion of 8398 North Fraser Way)

From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M2 General Industrial District and M5 Light

Industrial District)

To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M2 General Industrial District, M5

Light Industrial District and Burnaby Business Park Concept Plan as guidelines and in accordance

with the development plan entitled “Crescent Business Centre East Building” prepared by Chip

Barrett Architect)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a multi-tenant industrial

development in accordance with the Burnaby Business Park Concept Plan.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by a proposed bylaw shall be afforded a

reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw.

Written submissions may be presented at the Public Hearing or for those not attending the Public Hearing must

be submitted to the Office of the City Clerk prior to 4:45 p.m. the day of the Public Hearing. Please note that all

written submissions must contain name and address which will become a part of the public record.

The Director Planning and Building’s reports and related information respecting the zoning bylaw amendments

are available for public examination at the offices of the Planning Department, 3rd floor, in Burnaby City Hall.

Copies of the proposed bylaws may be inspected at the Office of the City Clerk at 4949 Canada Way,

Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. weekdays from Wednesday, 2016 February 10 to

Tuesday, 2016 February 23.

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The federal NDP is pull-ing out of the National En-ergy Board review for theKinder Morgan pipeline,even though the hearingsare pretty much over.

NewWestminster-Burn-aby MP Peter Julian wroteto the NEBThursday to of-ficially withdraw from theprocess.

“Our expectation was theLiberals would keep theircommitments and subjectKinder Morgan to a cred-ible process,” Julian told theNOW.

The Liberals recently an-nounced changes for the

Kinder Morgan review, butthe NEB’s hearing won’tchange. Instead, the govern-ment is extending its own

timeline to deliberate on theproject.There will also bemore consultation with FirstNations and an upstreamgreenhouse gas emissionsreview.

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pointing to Julian, who saidhe was expecting a new pro-cess for the Kinder Morganpipeline.

“It’s not really a new pro-cess at all; it’s just windowdressing,” he said.

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MetroTheatre is offer-ing up 5WomenWearing theSame Dress, onstage Feb. 20to March 12 – and Burna-by’s own Laura Luongo isone of the stars.

The play was written byAlan Ball (best knownfor his Academy Award forAmerican Beauty and forcreating the hit HBO seriesSix Feet Under) and tack-les problems of the modernworld through the eyes offive bridesmaids at a fancySouthern wedding.

“Throw together a mixedand mostly bitter party offive bridesmaids (in hideousdresses) and let them stealaway from the reception torepeatedly dish the shallowbride and guests,” an out-line explains. “With the helpof a little booze and a lit-tle pot, initial venting abouttheir current situation soondevelops into tales of mal-aise about where they are inlife and then more potentsocial commentary.”

Luongo stars alongsideYvette Benson,MichelleWeinbom,Christine Re-infort and Melanie Pres-ton, with Devon Oakandeproviding the male presenceas an usher who falls for oneof the bridesmaids.

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ABSTRACTEMOTIONS

An art student fromBurnaby has his work on

display in a solo exhibitionat aVancouver gallery.Franco Ferrari, a

17-year-old Moscrop stu-dent, has a show underwayat the Omega Gallery.

Rational Emotion fea-tures a collection of abstractart in which Franco’s goal isto capture the essence of thehuman spirit.

“These paintings are mythoughts,” he says in an art-ist statement. “They varyin colour, thickness andstrokes. I express rage, loss,happiness, love, sadness …the human colour spec-trum.”

Franco works to expressthe emotions that every per-son experiences as theymove through life.

“Some things just make

us so angry or so in love thatwe can’t contain them,” hesays. “That’s what I wantedto paint.”

Rational Emotion is ondisplay until Feb. 23.

The Omega Gallery is at4290 Dunbar St. inVancou-ver, and it’s open 10 a.m. to5 p.m. Monday to Saturday.Check out www.omegagallery.ca for details.

ARTYHELPERSWANTED

Do you love art?TheBurnaby Art Gallery islooking for volunteers tohelp lead school toursthrough the gallery.

The gallery is seeking“people with a passion forart, who are friendly andoutgoing.” If that soundslike you, and if you have

daytime availability at leastone day a week, then youmay be just the right fit.

Extensive training andorientation are provided. Ifyou’re interested, apply atwww.myvolunteerpage.comor call 604-297-4414.

NORDIC FASHION

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If you’re interested inNordic cultures, here’s onefor you.

The Scandinavian Com-munity Centre is hostingNordic Design 2016, a tex-tiles and fashions exhibition,on Saturday, Feb. 27 andSunday, Feb. 28.

The exhibition will ex-plore textiles, costumes andfashions from five Nordiccountries and fromViking

and Saami cultures. It’s on11 a.m. to 4 p.m. by do-nation both days, with anopening reception and con-cert on Saturday at 11:30a.m.There’s also a Saturdayevening fashion show at 7p.m. (tickets for the fashionshow are $10).

Check out the website atwww.scandinaviancentre.org for more details.

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and everyone is welcome.No registration is needed,and it’s free.

Check out www.bpl.bc.cafor more information.

Do you have an item forLively City? Send arts andentertainment ideas to Julie,[email protected],or find her onTwitter,@juliemaclellan.

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That handwritten post-card, complete with a pho-to of an Oscar statuette, isone of the new offerings onpostsecret.com – a publicart project website wherepeople confess their secrets,anonymously, on home-made postcards.

The site has becomea sensation since it start-ed in 2005, inspiring a fea-ture exhibition at the Muse-um of Modern Art in NewYork City and six PostSe-cret books published by theSmithsonian Institute.

It has also inspired a stageadaptation, PostSecret:TheShow – which made its Ca-nadian premiere last yearand is returning toVancou-ver’s Firehall Arts Centrefor another run, Feb. 17 toMarch 5.

Burnaby’s Kahlil Ashan-ti is a co-creator of the showand appeared in the originalcast.This time out, Ashan-ti is the director, and the se-crets are brought to life byMing Hudson, Nicolle Nat-trass and Sam S. Mullins.

“The show is an im-mersive, poignant journeythrough the humour andhumanity of the personalstories we keep to ourselvesand, on rare occasions,share with others,” a pressrelease says. “Projected im-ages, videos, three actorsand a guitarist guide theaudience through crowd-sourced narratives revealingthe true stories behind thesecrets.”

Firehall Arts Centre is at280 East Cordova St. Seefirehallartscentre.ca.

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SFU and the BurnabyPublic Library are teamingup to offer a new series ofPhilosophers Cafés exclu-sively for teens.

The sessions take placeon the lastThursday of themonth at 7 p.m. at the Me-trotown library branch, at6100Willingdon Ave.

The Feb. 25 session is onbreaking promises, while theApril 28 talk is on jealousy.The March 31 event is onloyalty versus honesty, andthe May 26 discussion is onprivacy.Michael Picard, a phi-

losophy instructor at SFUand Douglas College, is

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CAREGIVERS’ EXPO

Burnaby Seniors’ Out-reach Services Society ishosting an expo for unpaidcaregivers on Saturday, Feb.27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,at the Holiday Inn at Me-trotown.

The event features morethan 20 exhibitors showcas-ing various kinds of supportfor people taking care ofloved ones.

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An SFU chemistry stu-dent is behind this year’swinner of the Coast CapitalSavingsVenture Prize com-petition, which annuallyrecognizes entrepreneurialexcellence among SFU un-dergraduate, graduate andprofessional program stu-dents.

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Nearly 50 aspiring busi-ness leaders from fourBurnaby high schools facedoff in a student-driven con-test of marketing ingenuityat Burnaby Central Second-ary last month.

The Beyond BurnabyBusiness Competition sawteams from Central, Burna-by North, Burnaby Moun-tain and Moscrop competein marketing contests, in-cluding a case study thatchallenged teams to comeup with a better way to mar-ket the Microsoft Bandsmartwatch and aDrag-on’s Den-inspired compo-nent for which teams wereasked to pick items (rubberbands, chopsticks, paper-clips, etc.) from a list andcreate a product to pitch toa panel of business profes-sional judges from Langa-ra College, UBC and localbusinesses.

Organized by a groupof students from Burna-by Central, the inauguralevent was dominated by two

teams from Burnaby Northwho captured first and sec-ond place. Central came inthird.

“What we’re really tryingto do is to educate and getstudents prepared and in-terested in business,” saidCentral Grade 12 studentJames Kan, the event’s di-rector.

INTERNATIONALMOTHER

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Burnaby schools willmark International MotherLanguage Day for the firsttime this month after theschool board unanimous-ly approved a motion lastmonth to annually recog-nize the day.

The board adopted themotion after a presenta-tion by Iqbal Bhuiyan ofthe Mother Languages oftheWorld Society B.C. In-ternational Mother Lan-guage Day, Feb. 21, wasproclaimed by UNESCO in1999. It has its roots in theconflict betweenWest Paki-stan and East Pakistan (nowBangladesh) and the strug-gle of Bengali speakers inEast Pakistan to retain lan-guage rights.

“Language is to the mindmore than light is to theeye,” Bhuiyan told trustees.“A different language is adifferent vision of life.”

Burnaby is the fourthschool district in B.C. torecognize the day after Sur-rey,Vancouver and Rich-mond.

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Kynplex is a social net-work for scientists and aplace for venture capitaliststo find cutting-edge ideaswith money-making poten-tial. More than 600 labs,

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The project earned Xiaoand cofounder Raul Jor-dan aThiel Fellowship tocommercialize their idea

with help from theThielFoundation, a communi-ty of engineering, marketingand design experts foundedby PeterThiel, the found-er of PayPal. Xiao, a neuro-biology student at Harvard,will put her studies on holdand move to San Francis-co to develop and monetizeKynplex.Send news from local

schools to Cornelia, [email protected].

The Burnaby Neighbour-hood House’s DiamondBall Gala is coming up thismonth.

The annual fundrais-er is set for Saturday, Feb.27 at the Firefighters Ban-quet and Conference Cen-tre. Cocktails are served at 6p.m., dinner starts at 7 p.m.,and dancing is at 9:30 p.m.

There will be a prize drawfor a $6,000 diamond.Thisyear’s diamond was donat-ed byVancouver Diamonds’Josh Raber, after he heardthe original prize diamond

was stolen from the group’soffice in January.

Tickets for the gala are$100 each, while a table of10 goes for $900. Proceedsgo to the neighbourhoodhouse, which runs a varietyof programs to help buildcommunity and connectneighbours.

The Firefighters Banquetand Conference Centre is at6515 Bonsor Ave.

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Burnaby Family Life isoffering up a new occasionalchild-care service, and par-ents are invited to drop inany Friday in February tocheck it out.

The McKercher Oc-casional Child Care cen-tre will offer flexible hourlychild care for kids aged 18months to five years, withspots available on a first-come, first-served basis (upto 40 hours per month perchild).

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See www.burnabyfamilylife.org for more details.

LEGO LOVERS, UNITE

Got a little Lego lover inthe house?

Kids aged five to 12 areinvited out to take part ina Pro-D Day Lego Club atthe Metrotown branch ofBurnaby Public Library,this Friday (Feb. 19) from 1to 3 p.m.

Moms and dads can joinin the fun, too – you can allget your hands on the li-brary’s extensive Lego col-lection and build to yourhearts’ content.

No registration is needed,but drop in early since spaceis limited. Adults must ac-company kids under 10.

The library is at 6100Willingdon Ave. Check outwww.bpl.bc.ca/events fordetails.

CHESSCLUBSET

Whether your son or

daughter is the next BobbyFischer or whether they’rejust learning to play chess,here’s one they may enjoy.

Kids aged six to 12 areinvited to join in the Kids’Chess Club at the Me-trotown branch of BurnabyPublic Library.

Informal chess games arefacilitated by Curtis List-er of the Burnaby JuniorChess Club. It’s a drop-inprogram, and no registra-tion is needed, but space islimited.

The next club session isSaturday, Feb. 20 from 2to 3:30 p.m. at the library,6100Willingdon Ave.

Check out www.bpl.bc.ca/events for details.

DROP-INS FOR FAMILIES

Looking for places to takeyour small people on theserainy winter days?

Burnaby NeighbourhoodHouse is offering a weeklyfamily drop-in program onTuesdays at its North Burn-aby home at 4463 Hast-ings St.

The drop-ins run from 10a.m. to noon.They’re de-

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Check out www.burnabynh.ca/north-burnaby-office/for all the details.

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WEDNESDAY,MARCH 2BurnabyRhododendron andGarden Society meeting, 7p.m. in the Discovery Roomat Burnaby Village Museum,6501 Deer Lake Ave. HowardWills will be speakingabout sempervivums.Refreshments will be servedand everyone is welcome.Info at www.brags.ca.

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Wildlife RescueAssociationof B.C. needs volunteersfor the outreach, animalcare, the helpline andtransportation. Visitthe website and followthe volunteer link, www.wildliferescue.ca.

Thrift shop sale, everyThursday until June 2 atSouth Burnaby UnitedChurch, 7591 Gray Ave.,from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Clothing, household items,collectibles, books, toys andmore. Donations welcome.Info: 604-434-8323.

GRASP (Grief RecoveryAfterSubstance Passing)meets the second Thursdayof the month at GilmoreCommunity School, 50South Gilmore Ave. Pre-registration is required,email [email protected]. GRASP is anon-profit, peer-led supportgroup for families andfriends who have lost a lovedone through substanceabuse.

Burnaby InternationalFolk Dancers, meet everyTuesday night 7 to 9:30 p.m.at Charles Rummel Centre,3630 Lozells. New dancestaught every night; alllevels welcome, no partnerneeded, drop-ins welcome.Info: 604-436-9475.

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Eyeing thehoop:TheBurnabySouthRebels’ Jusef Sehic,No. 23, prepares to shootwhileByrneCreek’sBithowWan, inblue, putsupablockduring last Thursday’sBurnaby-NewWestminster seniorboysplayoff final. TheByrneCreekBulldogshanded theRebels their first league-opponent loss in theplayoff final, pullingout a63-56 victory. ByrneCreek launches theLowerMainlandAAA tournamentathome today (7:30p.m.Wednesday), playing thewinnerofMcNair andJohnOliver. BurnabySouth,meanwhile, rampsit up for a LowerMainlandAAAAberth to theprovincials, havinghostedEricHamber yesterday (pastNOWdeadline). Full schedulesof all the local teams involvedcanbe foundatwww.bcboysbasketball.com. PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR

Sinclairmovesinto2ndCanadian strikerleads charge in 6-0CONCACAF win

The Canadian women’s soccerteam put themselves in a verystrong position to move on to theCONCACAF women’s Olympicqualifying semifinals, thanks to animpressive 6-0 win overTrinidadandTobago last week in Group Baction.

In the process, Burnaby nativeChristine Sinclair became the sec-ond all-time scorer in internationalwomen’s soccer.

Goals by Diana Matheson, off astrong run in the 24th minute, andMelissaTancredi gave Canada a 2-0lead at halftime.

Sinclair, who didn’t start thegame, entered midway through thesecond half and two minutes lat-er cashed in her 159th internation-al goal, surpassing American MiaHamm for second all-time.

It sparked a run of goals for theRed-and-White, as Kadeisha Bu-chanan (67’), Janine Beckie (76’),and Jessie Fleming (80’) wrappedup the offence.

“It’s an incredible honour,” saidSinclair after the match. “But it’sso nice to get it off my back. I hada couple of games without scoringa goal and it was weighing on me alittle bit, so it’s nice to get it out ofthe way and allow myself, and theteam, to focus on our goal for thistournament, which is to qualify forthe Olympics.”

Matheson, who wore the cap-tain’s armband in Sinclair’s absenceto start the game, noted the achieve-ment, which came in the veteran’s234th cap, is a fitting tribute to theCanadian leader.

“It’s kind of surreal to be able tosay I’ve played with her all theseyears,” said Matheson, reflecting onSinclair’s milestone goal. “We grewup watching Mia Hamm, and shewas just so big and such an amazingplayer, and now Christine’s passedher and I have no doubt she is goingto pass Abby (Wambach) eventual-ly as well.

“For a country like Canada, thatdoesn’t play as many games, doesn’tbeat teams eight or ten nothing usu-ally, for her to score that many goalsover the years is just an incredibleaccomplishment. It’s pretty unbe-lievable what she’s done.”

Sinclair said the focus remains onsecuring a berth to Rio.

“Heading into the group stagethis was our goal, to win our firsttwo games handily,” she said.“We’ve got great depth on this teamand we’ll be able to rest some play-ers through all three games, socome the semi-finals, whoever weplay, we will be as fresh as possible.”

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Aldo Bruno has what Jim Ben-ning can only hope for — a play-off date.

The Grandview Steelers launchthe Pacific Junior B HockeyLeague playoffs tonight (Wednes-day), 7:15 p.m. at the BurnabyWinter Club, in a best-of-sevenagainst the Richmond Sockeyes.

Considering their results thisyear, hockey fans should expectlong nights and a long series.

“It’s going to be a tough round.Playing them was hard all yearwith five of six games going toovertime,” said Bruno, who wearsboth the head coach and generalmanager hats for Burnaby-basedGrandview.

One of those results was playedout Sunday, when the Steelerscouldn’t make a 4-3 lead stick,falling 5-4 in overtime at home.

That result could be telling, orit could be just part of a wiped-clean slate -- considering Grand-view dressed five affiliated playersto rest a handful of regulars.

The Steelers had already lockedup second place in theTom ShawConference at 23-16-2-3, whilethe Sockeyes needed a win Sun-day to secure third place, twopoints better than Delta.

Richmond outshot Grandview41-27 on the night, including 6-0

in extra time, which ended whenSamuel Atkins buried the puckpast Spencer Kozlowski 3:40 intothe extra frame.

Two days earlier, the Steelersfell 5-4 to Ridge Meadows in an-other back-and-forth contest.

All these closegames highlighthow tight theleague is this sea-son, but the play-offs will providethe one chance toreally put some dis-tance between your opposition,said Bruno.

“For us, the goal was to finishtop-three and we did that, gettinghome-ice advantage (in the firstround),” he said. “I doubt this is aseries that will finish quickly.”

A key is getting a strong perfor-mance from Cole MacInnes, theteam’s No. 1 netminder who Bru-no said will carry the ball.

“He’s a 20-year-old and we’llgive him the opportunity to runwith it. Cole has played real wellthis season, but we need everyoneplaying well.”

The defence, led by 20-year-oldLucas Mercer and Kristofor Zlo-mislic, will attempt to contain theSockeyes’ balanced attack, whileGrandview hopes to use its edgein specialty teams to control theseries.

“We’ve got to force them intotaking penalties, but they are avery disciplined team,” said Bru-no.

As for the Steelers offence, Bru-no hopes a few of the top snip-

ers re-emerge outof their shells afterprolonged slumpsover the past twomonths.

Adam Rota,who scored his16th goal of theseason on Sun-

day, had gone fiveweeks between goals. Jake Hol-land, meanwhile, ended up tiedwithTimothy Chow as the team’s

top point-getter despite contribut-ing just a goal and six assists sincecoming over from Ridge Mead-ows six weeks ago.

“Adam’s dealt with some inju-ries and a suspension but I thinkhe’ll be fine for us,” noted thecoach. “Jake finally began to feelcomfortable. I think we’ve founda good line for him.”

The series continuesThursday,7 p.m. at the Richmond Arena,where it returns for Game 3 onSaturday. Game 4 goes Sunday, 4p.m. at the BurnabyWinter Club.

Games 5, 6 and 7 will be playedFeb. 24 in Burnaby, Feb. 25 inRichmond and Feb. 28 in Burna-by, if necessary.

Idoubt this isaseries thatwillfinishquickly.

The Burnaby CentralWildcats went into the senior girls AAA LowerMainlands looking for a bounce.

The scrappy No. 3 team from the Burnaby-NewWest league got it inthe opener, but took a hit Monday night.

In their second Lower Mainland test, theWildcats were trumped 77-27 by league rival NewWestminster, putting Central on a must-wintrack yesterday (past NOW deadline) against Kitsilano.

Earlier, Burnaby Central disposed of Killarney 70-64 on the weekendto kick off the 12-team tournament.

Powered by a 38-point effort from Jennifer Mascardo and 18 fromKaris Ducharme, theWildcats shook off an early deficit to grab a nine-point advantage at the half. But Killarney closed the gap to four pointsin the fourth, thanks to a 36-point game from Rebecca Portillo.

“I give (Killarney) credit.They won the energy war... But a win’s awin.We finished the game strong,” ‘Cats coach Chris Ducharme said.

In other first round action, Burnaby Mountain bested Kits 38-29.

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Full circle:Burnaby-NewWestunder-14 ringette’sRatanaWang, right, tries to corral apass toget a shoton theSurrey-WhiteRocknetduring lastweek’sprovincial qualifier gameatBurnabyLake.Despite a standoutperformance fromtheSurrey-WhiteRocknetminder, RosaWarkentin andWangscored twogoals apiece,whileCalebChoandOriannaLui countedagoal and twoassists each inBurnaby-NewWest’s 6-1 victory. The two teamswillmeetnextweek tocomplete the league schedule. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

Hyackstopjr. girlsfinal

The NewWestminster Hyacks corralled theBurnaby-NewWest junior girls championship titlewith a 48-28 victory over the Burnaby South Reb-els last week.

Up against a two-three defence, NewWestfound little space to maneuver but prevailed usinga full-court press.

Devin Strome scored 24 points, pulled down 15rebounds and added three blocks. Grace Fether-stonaugh contributed six points, six assists andfour rebounds and led the shutdown of BurnabySouth’s top player.

They advanced to the final off the strength ofa dominating 61-6 triumph over Moscrop. Fiveplayers hit double digits, led byTianna Gordon’s16 points. Khadija Allen and Julianne Ritsoneach scored 11, while Kaylee Colville and Stromechipped in 10 apiece.

The Rebels delivered a 30-25 upset of No.2-seed Burnaby North in its semifinal.

Finishing third in the six-team playoffs wasBurnaby North, who defeated Moscrop 60-16.

Joining Fetherstonaugh and Strome on the all-star team were Burnaby South’s KrystaTayag andSaraWong, Burnaby North’s Morgan Chow, andMaddy Richardson of Moscrop.

The top three teams now turn their focus to theVancouver and District championships, which be-ganTuesday in NewWest. No. 3-seed BurnabyNorth played Cambie of Richmond, while Burn-aby South took on Richmond Christian.Today(Wednesday, 6 p.m.), NewWest takes on the win-ner of Richmond and Seycove.

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