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RealtygroupslamsVolkowforcommentsByJeremyDeutschjdeutsch@burnabynow.com

City councillor NickVolkow isn’t backing downfrom his stinging observa-tions of the current real es-tate market in MetroVan-couver, despite a criticalletter from the local boardthat represents the industry.

Earlier this month, theReal Estate Board of Great-erVancouver wrote a letterto Burnaby city council re-

futing comments the coun-cillor made during an inter-view with CBC Radio onthe issue of property assess-ments.

The letter from the board,signed by its president Dar-cy McLeod, takes issue withthis specific statement hemade:

“The Canadian Real Es-tate Association, our localreal estate board, and the lo-cal development communi-ty won’t be happy until ev-

ery little chunk of the ALRis paved over in order to sat-isfy what they claim is theinability to be able to buildin this community in orderto bring prices down.”

Volkow said it wasn’t themost “artful” way to makehis point, but he’s not takingthe comments back or apol-ogizing.

“I’m usually unartful,but usually the point comesacross, and it must havecome across because they

took great umbrage to it,”he told the NOW. “They’revery sensitive at the Great-erVancouver real estateboard.”

Volkow also said it was hisjob as a councillor to speakout on the issue.

The city councillor hasbeen vocal about the localreal estate market in recentmonths after getting an as-sessment on his own prop-erty that increased by 35per cent.

Specifically, the value ofVolkow’s home on GilpinCrescent increases to $1.31million from $956,000 justa year ago.

He’s concerned youngpeople will continue to besqueezed out of the marketand has called for what hedescribed as an “onerous”speculation or vacancy tax.

But the letter from thereal estate board claims hisstatement “has no basis infact,” noting the organiza-tion publicly supported thecreation of the AgriculturalLand Reserve in the 1970sand continues to support its

ROADRALLY UnionofB.C. IndianChiefsGrandChief StewartPhillip, at centreholding sign, is joinedbydozensofpeople rallyingagainst theTransMountainpipelineexpansionproject andNational EnergyBoardhearings takingplace inBurnabyat the DeltaBurnabyHotel andConferenceCentre. PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR

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Carrying signs and a marchingtune, dozens of people turned up totheTrans Mountain National En-ergy Board hearings in Burnaby tovoice their opposition to the KinderMorgan project.

The rally was planned days beforethe hearings and was intended tosend a message to the NEB, whichwas holding final arguments for in-tervenors inside the Delta BurnabyHotel and Conference CentreTues-day.

The group of peaceful protest-ers gathered at Jim Lorimer Park ataround noon first, before marchingto the hearings taking place later inthe day.

Among those taking part in therally was Union of B.C. IndianChiefs Grand Chief Stewart Phillip,who said he was there to support theFirst Nations opposed to the pipe-line proposal.

He called on new Prime MinisterJustinTrudeau to honour his cam-paign promise and revamp the fed-eral environmental assessment

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COOKINGDISASTER: Theoccupantsof aduplex inBurnabyweredeep-frying chickennuggets, left the roomfor a coupleofminutesandwhen they cameback thedeep fryerwason fire. Firefighters contained theblaze frommoving to theotherduplex. PHOTORYANSTELTING

CitywillmakeitscaseagainstexpandingpipelineJeremyDeutschjdeutsch@burnabynow.com

Months of preparationhave come down to to-day for the City of Burn-aby in its fight against theproposed expansion of theTrans Mountain pipeline.

While final argumentsat National Energy Boardhearings beganTuesday,the city will be presentingits argumentWednesdaymorning.

It’s expected the city’slawyer Greg McDade willbe representing the mu-nicipality during the pre-sentation, but he’ll alsobe joined by other city of-

ficials.The city is one of sever-

al intervenors presentingfinal oral arguments at theDelta Burnaby Hotel andConference Centre.

Burnaby outlined thewritten portion of its ar-gument in a 148-pagedocument filed with theNational Energy Boardlast week, citing a litany ofconcerns around the proj-ect.

The issues include alack of social license, inad-equate hearings and po-tential oil spills.The cityalso raised concerns aboutrisks associated with theWestridge MarineTer-

minal and the BurnabyMountain tank farm, bothset for expansion shouldKinder Morgan secureapproval.

The $6.8-billion expan-sion “is arguably the worstpossible project in theworst possible location,”the city stated in five-pagepress release.

“We will continue tofight this project that doesnot have social license andhas not been required toundergo appropriate so-cial and environmental re-views,” Mayor Derek Cor-rigan added.

Kinder Morgan wantsto twin theTrans Moun-

tain pipeline, which is cur-rently the only line thatruns oil from Alberta totheWest Coast.The ex-pansion would increasecapacity from 300,000barrels per day to 890,000and see an increase intanker traffic from fivetankers a month to 34.

The pipeline has beena flash point of controver-sy, drawing mass proteststo Burnaby Mountainlast fall, which resulted inmore than 100 arrests butno charges.

The NOW will havefull coverage of the NEBhearings in Friday’s edi-tion.

Chickennuggetstriggercityfire

More than 25 firefightersresponded to a grease firethat got out of control Sat-urday night, forcing a localfamily out of their home.

The call for service camein around 10:30 p.m., andwhen firefighters arrivedat the scene of the infer-no at 5225 Sidley St., heavysmoke and flames could beseen shooting from the backof the duplex, assistant firechief Bryan Kirk told theNOW.

“The person said theywere frying chicken nug-gets (and) for two min-utes they left the room, andwhen they came back thedeep fryer was on fire.Theycouldn’t do anything to putit out, so they just grabbedeverybody and left thehouse,” Kirk said.

Firefighters were able tomake quick work of the fireand used large fans to keep

it from spreading into theadjoining unit.

Twenty-eight firefight-ers responded to the two-alarm blaze, but Kirk said inthe end, the show of forcewasn’t really needed, it wasmore of a precautionarymeasure taken to make surethe flames didn’t cross overto the other side of the du-plex.

The majority of the dam-age was contained to thekitchen, where the blazehad begun, but the residentswere not allowed back in totheir home because of lin-gering smoke.

It’s unclear yet, if thedamage was structural ornot, Kirk said.

While all the members ofthe family as well as the nextdoor neighbour escaped thefire unharmed, Kirk want-ed to remind residents tobe extra careful when us-ing deep fryers – don’t leavethem unattended, he added.

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Police arrested several ac-tivists who occupied a KinderMorgan drilling barge near theWestridge MarineTerminal inBurnaby Monday morning.

According to anti-pipelineactivist Adam Gold, two pro-testers boarded the barge Sun-day and stayed overnight. Moreprotesters arrived to join themand bring supplies Mondaymorning.That’s when police

showed up and removed thegroup.

According to the Burna-by RCMP, seven protesterswere arrested Monday withhelp from the Lower MainlandEmergency ResponseTeam.

“Early this morning, theBurnaby RCMP was asked toremove the protesters as it wasnot safe for them to remain on-board and they were impedingthe work being performed onthe barge,” the police stated in

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Protest:Activists boardedKinderMorgan’sdrillingbargeSundayandMonday,butpolice showedupMondayandarrested them.PHOTOJENNIFERMOREAU

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Quick facts:Currently theTransMountainsystem includes 1,150kilome-tres of pipeline fromAlberta toBurnaby.

Thepipeline ships up to 300,000barrels of oil per day to theBurn-

abyMountain tank farm.

The existingpipeline generatesanannual $7million inproper-ty taxes forBurnaby, but that’sexpected to rise to $13million ifthe expansionproceeds.

Nine companies, includingSun-cor, Conovus and ImperialOil,support the expansionandhavesignedup for 50-year contracts.

The estimated cost of expansionis $5.4 billion.

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a release. “The BurnabyRCMP would like to re-mind the public that thedrilling barge is privateproperty and as such thosepersons arrested will be fac-ing criminal mischief charg-es.”

Kinder Morgan spokes-person Ali Hounsell saidthe protesters were peacefulby all accounts, and thereweren’t any altercations onboard.

“But we needed to makesure we could proceed withthe work safely,” she saidMonday. “There was nowork planned yesterday, sothere was no impact to anywork at that point. Our pri-ority is to ensure the crews,as well as anyone else, issafe.We wanted to ensurethat we could continue towork so the RCMP wereasked to remove them.”

Hounsell said the compa-ny has the necessary permits

in place from Port MetroVancouver.

Kinder Morgan is drillingboreholes and taking under-water soil samples as partof the plan to expand theWestridge MarineTerminal,a dock on the Burrard In-let where tankers fill up withcrude.The drilling is simi-lar to the survey work thatspurred mass protests onBurnaby Mountain last fall.The work is ongoing untilFeb. 29.

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process and NEB reviewprocess.

Stewart also said theprime minster needs to sus-pend the NEB hearings un-til a fair process is properlyestablished.

“We’re here today onceagain to bring forward ourconcerns, our issues anddemonstrate our supportfor all of those groups thatare opposed to the propos-al,” he said. “We cannot al-low such a risk-fraught pro-posal to be imposed upon

the general public. As far aswe’re concerned, this pipe-line will never ever happen.”

The chief was joined byroughly a hundred people,including Lini Hutchingsand her two kids.

TheVancouver mothersaid she came out to sup-port the First Nations op-posed to the project, addingher own opposition to an in-dustry she feels underminesthe environment.

Hutchings believes ral-lies like the oneTuesday canmake some difference in

getting the project stopped,and she wanted to bring herkids to take part.

“It’s important for peo-ple to come out en masseto let them know we’re onthe side of nature,” she said,adding she’s been active incauses since she was a child.

Lynne Parisien and CarolCrab were also eager to takepart in the rally

“I think it’s important thecommunity get their voice,”Crab said, suggesting manypeople have been silencedthrough the NEB process.

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Burnaby firefighters arehoping the city will considera change in the way licenc-es are issued for fireworksvendors.

In a report to the city’spublic safety committee, fireChief Doug McDonald rec-ommends the city look intoonly allowing establishedBurnaby businesses, whoalready have valid businesslicences, to sell fireworks.

“This would eliminatevendors who come in onceper year, rent space, sellfireworks and then leavewithin a week of Hallow-een,” McDonald said in thereport.

Despite efforts by theBurnaby fire departmentto control fireworks use inthe city, they are limited toenforcing or regulating usethrough the business licenceprocess and building codecompliance, according tothe chief.

“In many cases, a fire-works vendor will tempo-

rarily rent space and setup shop in contraventionof current zoning require-ments, which causes muchextra work for fire and citystaff,” he said.

The challenge with thesetemporary shops, accordingto McDonald, is that onceHalloween is over, they dis-appear, which leaves limitedtime to take action againstthe shops.

“By the time the viola-tions are reported and in-vestigated, the business isusually closed and there isno way to enforce compli-ance,” he added.

McDonald believes thenext step would be to bringthe issue before Burnabycity council.

He does not believe anoutright ban of fireworksin the city would do much

to reduce the number ofcomplaints the city, RCMPand fire department receiveeach year, especially whenneighbouring cities, includ-ingVancouver, still allowthe sale of fireworks.

“Some municipalitieshave adopted complete fire-works bans, but since resi-

dents can obtain fireworksin other jurisdictions, theymust still contend with fire-works-related problems, in-cluding fire instigation andnoise complaints,” he saidin the report.

An outright ban wouldonly be successful if the en-tire Lower Mainland was

on board, an idea that wasproposed to the Union ofB.C. Municipalities in 2005but not accepted, McDon-ald noted.

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For sale:Signs like this couldbe lessoften seen inBurnaby if arecommendation fromthe fire chief comes topass. PHOTONOWFILES

Burnaby’s fire chief is recommending changes to the way the city issues licences for fireworks vendors

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SchoolsgetwiththecodingprogramComputer coding is com-

ing to B.C.’s school curricu-lum, and it’s about time.

We are tired of watchingour best and brightest de-camp to the U.S. for tech-nology opportunities whiletech companies in ourprovince lament the lack ofskilled programmers here.

More and more jobs re-quire some knowledge ofcomputer programming,while the technology sectoralone is growing faster thanthe overall economy.

According to the Brit-ish Columbia 2024 LabourMarket Outlook, the tech-nology and science occupa-tional group is expected tohave 70,000 job openingsin B.C. in the next 10 years.

For B.C. students to sur-vive and thrive as adults inthe new economy, they willneed to be able to analyzeproblems and come up withsolutions using technology.

This is the way of the fu-ture and what the new cur-riculum will teach, starting

as early as kindergarten.For parents concerned

about adding another lay-er of complexity to school– something they lack theskills themselves to teach –don’t worry. Learning thebuilding blocks of comput-er coding and computation-al thinking is like learninga second language, and weknow how popular Manda-rin and French immersionhave become in our schoolsas a way to enhance studentskills.

If there is any concern,it’s that teachers themselvesdon’t have the education,resources and knowledgeto teach this subject as partof the core curriculum. Ateacher at Pinetree Second-ary in Coquitlam is helping

to write it, but the funds ne-cessary for teacher educa-tion on the subject are slowto come. Consequently, itis being left up to districts– and teachers themselves –to figure out this new areaof learning.

Post-secondary institu-tions must also be chargedwith the responsibility formaking sure all new teach-ers take courses in this im-portant area before theygraduate because the dayswhen a select few computer

teachers held forth in a labare over.

With the ubiquitousnessof technology, young peo-ple will need to know howto create, make and usetechnology applications. Awise and thoughtful roll-out of the new curriculumin schools will help teach-ers teach and students learnthis important skill-set.

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Anysurprisesinthebudget?

The B.C. Liberal govern-ment’s annual budget usu-ally contains little drama, asthe bulk of it is made publicas part of the three-year fis-cal plan that accompaniesthe budget presentation ev-ery year.

But this coming year maybe slightly different. PremierChristy Clark has droppedhints that a few nuggets thatare not currently in the fis-cal plan may be added whenher finance minister bringsdown the budget on Feb.16.Those nuggets (whetherthey qualify as “goodies” re-mains to be seen) will dealwith home buying, MedicalService Plan premiums, andfunding for the children andfamilies ministry.

I wrote in this space acouple of weeks back thatthe time had to come to re-visit how those MSP premi-ums are paid, as they haveevolved into a financiallyonerous “flat tax” for far toomany families.

It’s unclear whether theywill be tied to income lev-els (as I and others havesuggested), but Clark haspledged to make them fair-er and more affordable.They won’t be eliminated,of course (the premiums areforecast to bring in morethan $2.5 billion next fis-cal year), but hopefully theplaying field is made level.

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mier and her finance min-ister have also rightly ex-pressed concern over takingany action that leads to anunintentional consequence:harming the existing finan-cial equity thousands ofpeople have built up in theirhomes.

This is going to be a trick-ier sea to navigate than re-structuring MSP premiums.Taking even a small stepwhen it comes to regulatinga red-hot market like MetroVancouver’s housing marketcan have all kinds of reper-cussions.

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An arsonist torched Maywood Elementary School inSeptember, leaving 230 students without a school. Po-lice responded to a silent alarm at the school on a Sundaynight and arrested – and later charged – a man they sawwalking away from the scene.

After a couple days off, Maywood students startedschool again in a wing of Edmonds Elementary Schoolon CanadaWay.

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How do we end thehousing madness?Dear EditorRe: Volkowwants themadness tostop,BurnabyNOW, Jan. 8.Councillor Volkow’s assessments are almost

the sameasmine. If I sellmyhousenow Iwillhavemadeover amilliondollars tax-free – fordoingnothing. This is insane. I amsure thereare lots of peoplewho find this unfair. I boughtmyhouse to live in it, not for profit.My grandchildren and thoseof their

generationhavenohopeof buying ahousehere, evenwith a good salary. Sowhat is thesolution? The simplest andbest that I haveheard suggested is awealth transfer tax. Doesanyonehave abetter one?DavidHuntley,Burnaby

Here’s a way to stopthe gift thievesDear EditorRe: Theperils of giving, BurnabyNOW, Jan. ?? This is in regard tomissing giftsmeant for recyclers, yardwaste pickupandgarbagemen. For several years now,wehavedroppedoffour holidaypresents (chocolate,usually) to the engineeringdepartment atBurnabyCityHall. The receptionists thenpassthe gifts on to the appropriateworkpeople.ShirleyCohn,Burnaby

Trudeau won’tintervene to stop SiteC, says columnist

JusticebedoneRespectfully this isn’tjust about First Nations. This is aboutall of us andour environment and itstotally insanedestruction all for thecreationof some jobswhich i under-stand, but its all for thebc libs andChristy getting re-elected.Wedon’t need this dam in anyway.They canadd turbines to the exist-ingdams, build highly efficientwindgeneration, solar, geo-thermal that’senvironmentally friendly that createsmanymore jobs andpermanent ones.This dammust be stopped.If the Trudeaugovernment doesn’tstep in and stop it, then it has voidedeverything it stood for on its rela-tionshipwith First Nations and theenvironmental stance it took for itsprotection for all. Trudeaus campaigntalk, andpromises he stoodonwill allbeworthless.

AllwynStewart In the long termcitizens of BCwill be thankful that ourgovernment had the foresight to buildSite C. Environmentalist donot have amandate to speak for themajority ofBritishColumbians.

carecanada AllwynStewart In thelong termpeoplewho cannot feedthemselves locallywill not be gratefulfor thedestructionof thebest agricul-tural land inNorthernBC, a valley amicro climate that could feed 1000 000people, the entire Peace....Yes, that isonemillionpeople.Themajority of BritishColumbiansknow little or nothing about thePeaceValley.

Province opposespipeline expansion

bill smithNDPopposition is 100%against KM’s proposedpipeline, butrulingNDPareas inevitably doandadriandix and change their tune.....Thewhole disgussionhas amaz-ingly few facts and logical debate.. justsimple politiking.

TarBaby bill smithAgreed. BCdem-onstrating they feel they are an islandnot caring about the greater good fortheCanadian economy. let’s seehowtheydowhen their inflated real estatebubble inevitably bursts.

earlrichardsMaryPolak, stand tall forthe Fraser River salmonpopulation.

TarBaby earlrichardsEarl Richardshow is that tar flavoured salmonanyway?Oh I forgot it doesn’t exist.I’m curious howyoumanage to live intoday’s societywithout using any fossilfuelswhatsoever. I think if I look in thedictionary under hypocrite Iwill seeyour picture.

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Want a tip?Thenimprove your serviceDear EditorRegarding SarahSavic Kallesoe’scomments about tipping garbage collectors:Tipping is generally given as a gratuity for

exceptional service or thatwhich is above thestandard level of acceptance.Wherewe liveinNorthBurnaby, this has yet to bedemon-stratedbyour recycling collectors (assumingthey’re different from the garbage collectors).Over thepast year, I’ve called the cIty at least

three times to complain about recyclable itemsstrewn in the lanewayafter pickup. Sometimestherewas still paper left in the recyclingbag.I once called the city after hearing the guy in

the recycling truck swearing and cursingoutloud…frommybedroomwindow! AlthoughI couldn’t see him, I could certainly hear himashe continueddown the lane and continueduttering his profanitieswhile pickingupmyneighbour’s recyclables.While frustrationsmight beunderstandablewhenbig boxes arewedged intobags or bluebins overloadedmaking themdifficult to dump, thiswas cer-tainly not the case.If collectors are physically incapable of

doing thework (or dislike doing it), then theyshouldn’t bedoing it. The lackof profession-alism I’ve seendemonstrates immaturity orlaziness (or both), and suchbehaviour is notacceptable in aneighbourhoodwith children. Ifthe standard level of service can’t bedelivered,then tipping is out of thequestion.Last time I spoke to the supervisor about the

issue just beforeChristmas, he said he’d takeadrive down the lanewayafterwards to seewhat Imeant as hehadapparently spoken totheoperator in question.Wehave yet to see ifthiswill resolve the issue.Until then, here ismy tip for our recycling

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ments in the media abouttheir professional associa-tion needlessly places a neg-ative light on these hard-

working professionals. Infuture, we ask that yourcity’s representatives takegreater care to understandour organization, and ourmembers, before speakingabout us publicly,” the let-

ter said.The NOW reached out

to the board’s president butdid not receive a commentbefore press deadline.

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Burnaby Mounties areon the hunt for twoVancou-ver women they allege arebehind a series of mail andstorage locker thefts aroundthe city.

An investigation into thecrime spree was initiatedby Burnaby’s prolific of-fender suppression team in

November.The investiga-tion focused on two specifictypes of thefts – thefts frommailboxes and storage lock-ers in residential buildings.

About two weeks into theinvestigation, officers exe-cuted a search warrant at ahome on Hastings Street inVancouver.While some evi-dence was collected duringthe search, the two suspectswere not found, according

to Burnaby RCMP.Warrants were issued by

Crown counsel for the arrestof 34-year-old Lisa MichelleBradfield and 32-year-oldNatasha Lynn Mowat, bothfromVancouver.The wom-en are facing a laundry listof charges, including per-sonation with intent to gainadvantage; break-and-enter;and fraud.

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A Burnaby man is facinga lengthy list of charges af-ter a crash on CanadaWaylast November led police toan alleged drug traffickingscheme.

Around 4:15 p.m. onNov. 11, a constable cameacross a three-car collision

at CanadaWay and NorlandAvenue. Officers with Burn-aby RCMP’s traffic servic-es were called to investigatethe crash, and that’s whenofficers discovered a load-ed hand gun, several knives,drugs and an undisclosedamount of cash, accord-ing to a Burnaby RCMP’Smonthly report.

Charged isWalta Luel

Abay, a 22-year-old Burn-aby resident. He is facingmore than 50 charges, in-cluding trafficking a con-trolled substance and pos-session for the purpose oftrafficking.

Abay is not in custody atthis time. His next court ap-pearance is scheduled forThursday, Jan. 28.

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Burnaby’s Down Syn-drome Foundation is los-ing its multimillion-dollarbrain scanner to a new high-tech lab at Surrey MemorialHospital.

The foundation, whichco-owned the magneto-encephalography (MEG)scanner with Simon FraserUniversity, sold its majori-ty-shares in March of 2014,making SFU the sole owner.

“The MEG scanner iscurrently shut-down, in theprocess of being upgradedand then to be installed atSurrey Hospital sometimelater this year,” said SFUprofessor Urs Ribary, an in-ternationally known Swissneuroscientist and B.C.’sLEEF Leadership Chair ofCognitive Neuroscience inChildhood Health and De-velopment.

The MEG scanner mea-sures the magnetic fieldsthat occur in the brain whenneurons fire with millisec-ond accuracy. It’s destinedfor a new ImageTech lab atSurrey Memorial that willalso house an MRI ma-chine.

Dawn McKenna, execu-

tive director at the DownSyndrome Research Foun-dation, was happy the scan-ner will go to good use.

“I think it’s great. It was abig bold move on our partto invest in such state-of-the-art technology.We didglean some knowledge fromit but just couldn’t fund thecosts of operations to makeit effective,” she said. “It re-ally should be in a researchand clinical setting, andthe ImageTech lab at Sur-rey Memorial Hospital isgoing to be a fabulous sitefor continuing translation-al research into a variety ofareas.We are hopeful thatinsights into the Down syn-drome population will beforthcoming.”

The Down SyndromeResearch Foundation hashoused the scanner in itsbasement on Sperling Av-enue since 2005, but it wastoo expensive to run full-time, McKenna explained.

It costs about $250,000to $300,000 a year to oper-ate, which includes staff andhelium to cool the sensors.

The foundation raised $3million to buy the $2.2-mil-lion scanner and build aspecial room for it.Thefoundation used it for cog-

nitive research and leasedout time to other research-ers. It is still the only scan-ner of its kind this side ofToronto.

Scanning thebrain:SFUprofessorUrsRibary, aninternationally knownSwissneuroscientistandB.C.’s LEEFLeadershipChair ofCognitiveNeuroscienceinChildhoodHealthandDevelopment,with theMEGscanner, housedin thebasementoftheDownSyndromeResearchFoundation.The scannerwill bemoving toanewhomeatSurreyMemorialHospital sometime thisyear. PHOTONOWFILES

BrainscanneronthemovetoSurreyhospitalMultimillion-dollar machine currently housed atBurnaby’s Down Syndrome Research Foundation

What is dementia andAlzheimer’s disease?Whathappens after a missing per-son is reported?What re-sources are available to youin Burnaby?

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They’re keeping the tradi-tion of storytelling alive.

Burnaby Public Library’smulticultural, multigen-erational Oral Storytell-ing Circle, which has beensuccessfully running at theMetrotown library branch,is on the move to the Mc-Gill branch.

The circles run on the lastSunday of the month from2 to 4:30 p.m., when peoplegather to hear oral stories

from community members– folk tales, fairy tales andpersonal anecdotes.

It’s open to everyonefrom tweens and teens toseniors, and to people of allcultural backgrounds.

Upcoming sessions areset for Jan. 31, on a themeof New Beginnings; Feb. 28,on Finding Freedom; andMarch 20, with tales of Glo-rious Green.

The sessions are free, butregister at www.bpl.bc.ca/events/McGill, call 604-299-8955, or drop in to thelibrary at 4595 Albert St.

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chelYaroshuk at 604-297-4809.

CULTURECHATS

Love reading? Love inter-cultural discussions? Lovemaking new connections?

The McGill branch ofBurnaby Public Library ishosting a monthly CultureChats Book Club onTues-days from 6 to 8 p.m.

The club is described as a“neighbourhood book clubthat is devoted to foster-ing intercultural dialoguesand making connectionsthrough the reading anddiscussion of literature.”

“If you enjoy meetingpeople, reading and learn-ing, this is a great opportu-nity,” a press release notes.

Upcoming sessions are onFeb. 9, March 8, April 12and May 17.

To join, email the facil-itator, Fiona, at [email protected], orcheck out www.facebook.com/culturechatsburnabybookclub.

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Want to get your handson art for the new year?

The Shadbolt Centre for

the Arts offers a raft of pro-grams across all art forms– including some new visu-al arts courses starting thisweek.

There’s a beginner water-colours course (eight ses-sions onWednesday nights)starting Jan. 20; an eight-session life drawing coursestarting Jan. 20; an eight-session photography coursestarting Jan. 21, and a day-time watercolour paintingcourse starting Jan. 21.

Check out www.shadboltcentre.com for a winterbrochure to find out moreabout how to register. (Note

that if programs are full,wait lists may be started.)

WORKSHOPS FORALL

Are you interested inlearning more about an artform but not ready to signup for a full course?

The Shadbolt Centre forthe Arts offers a variety ofone-session workshops thatmight be just the ticket.

The Shadbolt’s winterbrochure shows a variety ofworkshops, including a Be-ginning Photography work-shop on Saturday, Feb. 20.The session is designed for

Photographs offer a win-dow into new and unusu-al worlds – and the BurnabyPhotographic Society wantsto take you on a journey toall those worlds.

The society is holdingits 20th annual showcaseon Saturday, Feb. 6, witha week-long print displayleading up to the event.

The print display, whichstarts Jan. 31, will be set upin the lobby of the Shad-bolt Centre and will fea-ture a wide range of work bymembers of the group.

The Burnaby Photo-graphic Society was found-ed in 1970 by a group ofamateur photography en-thusiasts.

Today’s group includesmainly amateur photog-raphers, along with a fewprofessionals, who gatheron Mondays at the Shad-bolt Centre to talk aboutphotography, view and cri-tique work, learn from guestspeakers and enjoy outingsto various locations for pho-tography.

For the anniversary show-case, members have puttogether a variety of slideshows, set to music, of pho-tography that runs the gam-ut from landscape to travelphotos and more.

A press release promis-es the shows will “sweepyou off to exotic places andcultures, and bring you up

close to wildlife, fine art andvisual surprises.”

The showcase is set tohappen on Saturday, Feb. 6at 7 p.m. in the James Cow-anTheatre at the ShadboltCentre for the Arts, 6450Deer Lake Ave.

Tickets for the showcaseare $18, and anyone inter-ested in attending is encour-aged to book early, as theshowcase consistently at-tracts more than 200 at-tendees.

Contact Chris Ostens-tad at [email protected], call 604-351-9499 or see www.burnabyphotographicsociety.com.

– Julie MacLellan

Eyeson theworld:Above,Ninja, byDianneNeratini, and (right)Wave, byLynnBalmer, areamong theworks featured in theBurnabyPhotographicSociety’s 20thannual showcase. The showcase isbeingheldSaturday, Feb. 6at 7p.m. in theJamesCowanTheatreat theShadbolt Centre for theArts. PHOTOSCONTRIBUTED

Photo showcase offerswindows on the world

Faraway lands:JapaneseCastle, byRandall Peterman, is oneof theworks featured in theBurnabyPhotographicSociety’s showcase. PHOTOCONTRIBUTED

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“serious beginners” whowant to get past point andshoot and learn more aboutf-stops, shutter speed, depthof field and more. It runsfrom 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Or, for those interested indrawing, why not a one-dayworkshop in Drawing Anat-omy, running Sunday, Feb.21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.?

And, also on the photog-raphy front, there’s also aFashion Photography andFeminism workshop onThursday, March 3 from 7to 10 p.m.

Check out the ShadboltCentre’s winter brochure– pick it up in person ordownload from www.shadboltcentre.com – to find outmore about these and otherofferings.

LIVEMUSICATTHE ’BOLT

Hey, music fans, youmight want to check out thefun at Shadbolt Centre forthe Arts.

If you haven’t alreadystopped in for one, youmay want to visit a JazzJam night.They’re runningmonthly onTuesdays from

6 to 8 p.m., hosted by CoryWeeds of Coastal Jazz.

The jam sessions givemusicians of all ages andabilities a chance to cometogether and play in an im-provised evening of mu-sic. Upcoming sessions areset for Jan. 26, Feb. 16 andMarch 15.

If listening, rather thantaking part, is your pref-erence, then you mightwant to drop in for A LittleLunch Music.

Each month, the Shad-bolt’s Encores café offers aspecial buffet lunch startingat 11:30 a.m. From noon

to 1 p.m., musicians are on-stage to offer up live musicin all genres.

This month’s is set forThursday, Jan. 28, whenJames Danderfer will beon hand with his Dixielandsounds. On Feb. 25, youcan enjoy the Celtic musicof Blackthorn.

Check out www.shadboltcentre.comDo you have an item for

Lively City? Send arts andentertainment ideas to Julie,[email protected],or find her onTwitter,@juliemaclellan.

Celtic sounds:Blackthorn is set toperformat theShadbolt’s Februaryeditionof ALittle LunchMusic.PHOTOCONTRIBUTED

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A Burnaby-based com-pany has made a record-breaking donation to theUnitedWay of the LowerMainland.

Last week, G&F Finan-cial Group announced adonation of $80,412 tothe charity, with half of theamount coming from em-ployees and the other halffrom the credit union’sboard of directors.

“G&F Financial Groupinvests in their communitythrough their longtime andgenerous support of Unit-edWay of the Lower Main-land,” said Michael Mc-Knight, president and CEOof UnitedWay of the Low-er Mainland, in a statement.“We thank them for their vi-sion and help in building astrong community.”

A press release noted thefunds raised will go towardaddressing local issues ofchild poverty, bullying, andsocial isolation in seniors,with the goal of buildingstronger communities.

G&F Financial has sup-ported the UnitedWay formore than a decade, donat-ing more than $729,000 tothe charity.

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A busy year in the movieindustry has turned out tobe a boon for one Burnabycharity.

Recently,Warner Broth-ers awarded the City ofBurnaby a $5,000 dona-tion to give to a charity ofits choice.The city has cho-sen the Boys and Girls Clubin North Burnaby as the re-cipient.Susan Rae, the coordi-

nator of the Burnaby filmoffice, explained the dona-

tion was made by the com-pany as a way to thank thecommunity for being ac-cepting of all the filming inthe city.

“They’re a good compa-ny and they’re willing to doa lot of things and becausethey’re impacting so muchhere … they want to be ableto thank everybody,” shetold the NOW.

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a Public Hearing

TUESDAY, 2016 JANUARY 26 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 BYLAW NO. 37, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13553Rez. #14-18

7007 Jubilee Avenue

From: R5 Residential District

To: R5a Residential District

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a

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6755 Canada Way

From: C4 Service Commercial District

To: R5 Residential District

The purpose of the proposed zoning is to permit the subdivision of the site into three

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4350 and 4356 Albert Street

From: RM6 Hastings Village Multiple Family Residential District

To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM6 Hastings Village Multiple Family

Residential District and Hastings Street Area Plan guidelines, and in accordance with the

development plan entitled “4350-4356 Albert Street, 4 Unit Residential Development”

prepared by Hearth Architectural Inc.)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a four

unit multiple-family development with enclosed parking at grade.

4) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965,AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 39, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13555TEXT AMENDMENT

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw text amendment is to permit the limited sale of

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5) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965,AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 41, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13558TEXT AMENDMENT

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw text amendment is to regulate antenna

developments in the P2 Administration and Assembly District.

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 January 13 to Tuesday, 2016 January 26.

NO PRESENTATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED BY COUNCILAFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING

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Happy new year!WithJanuary already speeding by,I thought it was time for areturn to the parenting filesto dig out more new andfun happenings for familiesin Burnaby.

I welcome any ideas orsuggestions from readers,too – if you have a favou-rite family hangout or knowof a great program for kidsin your neighbourhood, youcan reach me at [email protected].

In the meantime, here area few ideas to kick off 2016:

KIDSCANGETARTY

Regular readers of theNOW will know that theBurnaby Art Gallery offerslots of programs for fami-lies. One of our favourites isin the ongoing In the BAGdrop-in, which invites fami-lies in on Sunday afternoonsto check out the exhibitionat the gallery and then getinto the studio to make theirown art. Families can stop

in on Sunday, Feb. 14 for asession in abstracts, and onSunday, March 13 for PaintResist.

Also stay tuned for a spe-cial Family Day program inArt Houses – families canpop in on Monday, Feb.8 to use all kinds of recy-cled and found materials tobuild a dwelling. Check outwww.burnabyartgallery.ca.

STARTTHEMYOUNG

You’re never too youngto get arty – and Burnaby’sparks and rec programs areproof of that.

Among one of my favou-rite upcoming offerings is aMixed Media program forsmall folks – Mixed MediaBaby for two- and three-year-olds, and Mixed Me-dia Preschool for four- andfive-year-olds. Both run Sat-urday mornings atWilling-don Community Centre.For all the details, check outtheWinter Arts Guide – youcan download a copy fromwww.shadboltcentre.com.

AFTER SCHOOLFUN

Parents of school-agedkids are often looking for

ways to fill those after-school hours – and Burna-by’s schools are a gold mineof offerings.

The City of Burnaby’sparks, recreation and cul-tural services offers a hostof after-school programsat Burnaby elementaryschools. From Lego Clubsand board games, to muffinmaking,Valentine’s choco-lates and after school yoga,there’s something to suitthe taste and interest of justabout every youngster.

See www.burnaby.ca/afterschoolprograms.

SPEAKINGMANDARIN

The Burnaby school dis-trict is holding an informa-tion night about its Manda-rin Language Arts program,for students entering kin-dergarten to Grade 6. It’sheld at Forest Grove Ele-mentary, and the info ses-sion is tonight (Wednes-day, Jan. 20) at 6 p.m. inthe school library. See www.burnabyschools.ca.

LITTLE THINGSMATTER:

I happened across this in-teresting presentation at

the www.kidsinburnaby.cawebsite. LittleThings Mat-ter:The Importance of Playfor Healthy Child Devel-opment is a free presenta-tion coming up on Satur-day, Jan. 30 at the LochdaleCommunity School library(6990 Aubrey St.).

Free child-minding willbe available in the commu-nity room next door.Andrea James will lead

a discussion about the im-portance of play in kids’lives, and how play helps achild academically, social-

ly, physically and emotion-ally. It runs from 10:30 to11:30 a.m. It’s free, but youmust register ahead – call604-664-8222 or email [email protected].

SPRINGBREAK

It seems Christmas isbarely behind us, but any-one with school-aged kidsknows that it’s already timeto start thinking aboutspring break.There areplenty of offerings in thecity – and a whole host ofthem are at the Shadbolt

Centre for the Arts.TheShadbolt is once again of-ferings a series of springbreak programs and campsfor kids and teens.

Among them: a multi-dis-ciplinary arts camp, a circuscamp, a writing program,a creative drama program,a dance and photographyworkshop, a filmmakingcamp, a storytelling courseand more. Check out www.shadboltcentre.com.

GETSETFORSECONDARY

Burnaby school districthas a series of open houseevents set to introduce par-ents and students to thecity’s high schools.

Alpha and BurnabySouth have their informa-tion nights onWednesday,Jan. 27; Burnaby North andMoscrop are onThursday,Jan. 28; and Byrne Creekand Burnaby Mountain areonThursday, Feb. 4. (Burn-aby Central and CaribooHill’s have already beenheld). Check out www.burnabyschools.ca.Got an idea to share?You

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Knitting, crocheting,sewing and other craftactivities group will meet atthe Edmonds CommunityCentre for 55 plus everyFriday from 1 to 3 p.m.Beginners welcome. Formore information, call 604-297-4838.

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TheCentral Park HorseshoeClubmeets everyWednesday evening from6 to 8 p.m. for a free funnight of horseshoe pitching.Everyone welcome. For moreinformation, phone Jim at604-553-3316.

Compassionate Friendsmeets on the third Thursdayof each month at 7 p.m.This sharing circle is agrief support group forparents and grandparentswho have experiencedthe loss of a child at anyage, from any cause. Forlocation information, call778-222-0446. For chapterinformation, go to www.tcfcanada.net.

Old age pensioners’organization branch 12 isholding an event the firstMonday of each month from1 to 3 p.m. at the EdmondsCommunity Centre. Learnwhat’s happening to socialsecurity programs. For moreinformation, call 604-297-4838.

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Step aside, Steph Curry.Burnaby Mountain senior Jacey Bailey

displayed a touch for the net last week thatwould make the Golden StateWarriors’ starsmile.

The 17-year-old centre delivered a re-markable scoring display at the BritanniaInvitational on Saturday, scoring 55 pointsin Burnaby Mountain’s 66-48 win over EricHamber to claim third place.

It was one of five tournament recordsBailey rewrote.

A majority of her marks came from thethree-point line, where Bailey charted a newcourse by sinking 12 of 15shots and eradicating the oldmark of six in a game.

“It felt really good to bein the zone, making all thosethrees,” Bailey told the NOWon Monday. “Did I think Iwould? Not 12 threes in onegame, and I’m not usually athree-point shooter.”

The six-foot-tall forward’strey performance also seta new mark for a team ina game, and connected for atourney-best 17. Capping it all, theTeamB.C. veteran finished the weekend with 32blocked shots and 103 points over threegames, five short of another record — notbad considering she was battling the flu.

The Lions coach said his star forwardwasn’t pushing for the records, either.

“She was just in rhythm. It was some-thing to watch, I tell you,” noted vice-principal James Morton. “In all the yearsI’ve coached I’ve never seen a performancequite like that... She could have broken an-other record. (Britannia coach) Mike Evanscame over and grabbed my arm with a min-ute left. ‘You might want to call a timeout.’ Iasked why? He said she could have anoth-er record.

“I didn’t call a timeout but there was astoppage and I said to Jacey, what do youthink of taking another three? She said no,no I don’t need to.”

For her efforts, Bailey was named to thefirst all-star team.

On Monday, the Lions stepped back intoleague play and docked Burnaby South 53-19, with Bailey accounting for 32 points —including a pair from three point-land.

The key, Morton says, has been how Bai-ley’s teammates have progressed and tran-sitioned into a solid, supportive group. Last

year’s inaugural trip to the AAA provincialswas made difficult to repeat with just onereturning player — although one of the bestin B.C.

Among the 11 athletes wearing Burna-by Mountain colours this season are threeinternational students, including two whohave never played competitive basketballbefore.

“One thing I’ve noticed about the groupis that they’re really starting to build someresiliency and some competitiveness, andthey’re starting to gel a bit,” said Morton.

When the league schedule kicked in, theteam was fairly raw and suffered a 39-pointloss to Burnaby Central. But Bailey was ab-

sent, joining 52 other hoophopefuls at the women’s na-tional age group assessmentcamp inToronto.

The invitation-only campprovided players born in1998 and later with exposureto the national training envi-ronment and an internation-al focus, as participants wereidentified and scouted for fu-ture Canadian age-group op-portunities. It was the sec-ond straight year she’s made

the trek.“It was fun and it was different. I’ve

played on the provincial team but this wasdifferent. It was top (athletes) in Canada,it was challenging but I learned a lot,” shesaid. “I approached it (knowing) what toexpect this time. I feel like I brought backleadership. I learned a lot and I try to bringthat back to the team.”

Fielding interest from various universi-ties, the Burnaby sharpshooter hasn’t letthat distract her from focusing on her workon the floor.

“I’m hoping to go to the States for sure,but I haven’t gone on any visits yet. It’s stillup in the air... I think my strengths are myheight, my athleticism because, at my heighta lot of people are slower so I have the ad-vantage to take it to the hole,” she said.

Morton points to those around Baileywho are excelling as the season progresses.

“Martina (Pettenon) has been our sec-ond-best player, she’s a strong player... Lau-ren Gaffney — she was given the playerof the game award when Jacey went on toscore 55 points. Britannia awards Player ofthe Game for effort, and this girl never givesup. She’s always high energy, on the ball,works diligently.

“Karen Ito is an international studentfromTokyo, and she’s playing the point. She

has learned to be a leader, she takes the balland hustles all the time on defence.

“They’ve learned how to play with Jac-ey and they understand her skillset, that itsmuch different than theirs.They’ve reallyembraced that. It’s such a selfless group.”

At 2-4, Mountain is tied with two otherteams for fourth place in the Burnaby-NewWest league, with both NewWest and Burn-aby Central undefeated.

In the Lions’ favour is the sense that acorner has been turned.The team’s perfor-

mance at Britannia gave Morton a glimpseinto what could be if the players continue toimprove and follow Bailey’s lead.

“What I admire most about (Bailey) isher humility. She is a person who wants toinvolve others,” said Morton. “She talkedabout leadership and she’s learned to makeothers better.

“That’s an important skill moving for-ward for her, she’s going to play at an elitelevel and she’s got to learn how to deal as aleader and make others better.”

Sportsnow Sport to report?ContactDan Olson at 604.444.3022 or [email protected]

Driving the lane:BurnabyMountain’s JaceyBailey, seengoing to thehoopduring last year’s playoff run,scored55points inawinat theBritannia Inviational. PHOTONOWFILEPHOTO

LionscentredisplayslongformconsensusBurnaby’s Jacey Bailey shatters tournament recordbook with 55-point performance

It felt reallygood tobein thezone,makingall

those threes.

FourSFUathletesscoreprovisionalresults fornatsA pair of Simon Fraser Univer-

sity sophomores set the tone atthe season-opening University ofWashington Indoor Preview trackand field meet on the weekend.

VladislavTsygankov and Marc-Antoine Rouleau each paced theClan with solid results, leadinga total of four athletes who metNCAA Div. II provisional qualify-

ing marks for nationals.Tsygankov finished fourth in

the long jump, the longest be-ing 7.16 metres, while Rouleauclocked a provisional and personalbest time of 8:11.17 in the 3000mrace, good enough for sixth over-all. He currently ranks second inNCAA Div. II competition.

“I’m very happy with our results

today,” said Clan head coach BritTownsend. “We competed so wellagainst top NCAA schools andgot a great start to the indoor sea-son.We have great chemistry andeveryone is inspired by our topperformers.”

Also meeting the national markswere junior distance runner Re-becca Bassett, who placed 16th in

the women’s 3000m with a time of9:40.31, andValda Kabia, who sethers in the 60m dash. Kabia’s timeof 7.72 seconds met the standardby 1/10th of a second and was thefastest time in the Great North-west Athletic Conference this year.

Just missing the provisionalqualifying times for their respec-tive events were JoelWebster, who

posted conference-leading finishesin both the 200- (22.35 seconds)and 400m (49.26) men’s dashes,and CarlosVarga, who secured apersonal best 1:55.44 in the 800mrace.

The Clan will return to UW intwo weeks as more athletes will at-tempt to earn qualifying marks forthe NCAA Div. II nationals.

Sportsnow Sport to report?ContactDan Olson at 604.444.3022 or [email protected]

Ready forprime ice time:A full slateof talented skaters fromBurnaby-basedChampsSkating International CentreofB.C.havemade the trek thisweek toHalifax to competeat theSkateCanadaNational FigureSkating championships,which runsuntil Jan. 24. Leading theway isCanadianOlympic silvermedallist KevinReynolds, centre, alongwith fellowseniormaleMitchell Gordon, seniorwomen’sKelseyWong, juniorwomen’sTillyPawer, SarahTamuraandMeganYim,novicemen’sGabrielBlumensthal andBrianLe, andnovice ladiesEmilyBausback. Theyare coachedbySportB.C. female coachof theyear JoanneMcleodandassistant coachesNeilWilsonandJillMarieHarvey. PHOTOCONTRIBUTED

Newteam,samegameforHelewkaTraded to Red Deer,Burnaby native picksup where he left off as a team leader

It’s been a whirlwind month forBurnaby’s Adam Helewka.

After a mid-December suspen-sion, the holiday break and a tradeto start the NewYear, the fourth-round draft pick of the San JoseSharks has settled in nicely in hisfirst five games with his new club.

Helewka joined theWesternHockey League’s Red Deer Rebelson Jan. 2 and has settled in quick-ly, counting seven goals and five as-sists in five games. In his first fourgames wearing Rebels colours, hetallied six goals and two assists andpaced the club to a 2-0-1-1 record.It earned him theWHL Player oftheWeek honours.

The 6-foot-2, 205-pound leftwinger was picked up by Red Deerin a deal that saw captainWyattJohnson, a prospect and two ban-tam draft picks head to Spokane.

As the host team for the 2016Memorial Cup, Red Deer is gearingup to contend for a spot in the Maytournament final.

Helewka, 20, is seeing contin-ued progress in his offensive num-bers, after last year’s 44-goal break-

through.He missed six games in Decem-

ber due to a suspension garneredafter an end-of-game encounterwithTri-City’s ParkerWotherspoon.

After beginning the seasonwith San Jose’s American HockeyLeague team, Helewka returned tothe junior ranks and scored 17 goalsand 13 assists over 19 games priorto being dealt.

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The Pacific Junior B HockeyLeague club couldn’t beat Abbots-ford Pilots’ netminder Jacob Craw-ford on Sunday in a 3-0 loss onhome ice. Sean Olson’s goal mid-way through the first proved to bethe game winner for Abbotsford.

Earlier in the week, Grand-view ventured into Richmond andemerged with a 2-1 overtime vic-tory, thanks to JeffreyWong’s 14thgoal of the season.

The Steelers host first-placeNorthVancouver on Sunday, 4 p.m.at the BurnabyWinter Club.

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There’s more at Burnabynow.com

Firefighters’ talksstallonarbitrator

[email protected] could be 2016 before Burnaby fire-

fighters get a new contract, and that’s only

if the city and union can agree on an arbi-

trator.It’s been nearly four months since the

City of Burnaby and the International Asso-

ciation of Firefighters Local 323, which rep-

resents 281 firefighters in Burnaby, met for

mediation, and since then there has been

minimal movement towards a new contract.

In fact, both parties are still trying to

agree on an arbitrator.

“It’s kind of hard to decide when they

keep throwing back the same name to us.

We’ve offered four and they offered three,

and then we said no to the three and then

they offered one of the three back again to

us,” said Rob Lamoureux, president of Lo-

cal 323.Lamoureux said the union’s top choice is

well-known arbitratorVince Ready, who re-

cently negotiated a deal for firefighters in

Prince George, but because he’s so in-de-

mand, it’s unlikely he would be available be-

fore the new year.Lambert Chu, deputy city manager and

liaison for the Burnaby Fire Department, is

hoping, however, to get the process moving

as soon as possible.“We’re trying to find an arbitrator that

has a fairly open schedule to allow us to get

a quick appointment so that the case can be

heard,” Chu said.At this point, however, Lamoureux said

he and the firefighters are willing to wait for

the right arbitrator, especially since they’ve

been waiting more than three years for a

new contract.“We’ve waited so long we want to make

sure we get the right arbitrator,” Lamou-

reux said. “I don’t want to take our chances

and roll the dice with anybody. Another six

months, it’s no big deal now, we’re already

three years in.”The NOW asked Chu if anyone on coun-

cil or the mayor was trying to drag this pro-

cess out, considering how long it’s taken so

far, but he was adamant that council and

the mayor aren’t involved in the negotia-

tions.“This is done right at the staff level.This

contract negotiation is carried out through

the city manager’s office and a representa-

tive from the fire union, and we basically

keep our council informed of the progress,

but the council isn’t involved in any negoti-

ation,” Chu said.Lamoureux doesn’t buy that.

“I would disagree. I can’t believe that,”

he said. “I can’t believe that this is being …

controlled by the city manager’s office.

“You look at common sense and you look

at what’s gone on in the whole region.We’re

at 22 locals – two arbitrated and 20

Burnaby and firefighters’union are in mediation in

effort to get a new collective agreement

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DrivetorecallLeeisscuttledByTerezaVerencaeditorial@burnabynow.comThe recall campaign to oust Burna-

by North MLA Richard Lee has end-

ed because organizers couldn’t get

enough signatures.Burnaby teacher Jennifer Heighton

told the NOW B.C. Citizens for Recall

was unable to meet the threshold by

the June 15 deadline - 40 per cent of

registered voters within a 60 day peri-

od (about 16,500 signatures).“That’s a huge number to get in 60

days, especially when you’re a grass-

roots group and there’s challenges like

you can’t go into apartment buildings

or condos,” she said. “A lot of times

people weren’t home.”Heighton added voter apathy was

another road block.“A lot of them said, ‘I don’t vote, so

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assorted varieties1.89L • product of USA

3.99 - 4.9933%SAVE

UP TO

Canadian Heritage OrganicsOrganic Maple Syrup

assorted varieties1L • product of Canada

20.9930%SAVE

Theo Organic Chocolate Barsassorted varieties85g • product of USA

2/6.9830%SAVE

Level Ground OrganicFair Trade Coffee

assorted varietiesproduct of Tanzania/Colombia454g

10.9931%SAVE

Maine Coast OrganicSeaweed or Sushi Sheets

assorted varietiesproduct of USA • 17-56g

3.99 – 7.4927%SAVE

UP TO

33%SAVE

UP TO

Rocky Mountain Frozen FlatbreadGourmet Pizza assorted varieties

370 - 430g • product of BC

8.795.99 mozzarella

Leclerc Cookies(Celebration, Praeventia)

assorted varieties210 - 240g • product of Canada

2/6.9830%SAVE

29%SAVE

.99 –2.39

Sunrise Dessert or Mandarin Tofuassorted varietiesassorted sizes • product of BC

5.99

Faith Farms Cheeseassorted varieties 400g • product of Canada

6.99

Happy Planet OrganicCold Pressed Juice Blends

assorted varieties354ml • product of BC+deposit +eco fee

30%SAVE

UP TO

Pearl’s Frozen Perogiesassorted varieties600g • product of BC

3.49 –4.99

BC GrownAmbrosia Apples

1.68lb/3.70kg

Texas Rio Star Grapefruit

31%SAVE

UP TO

34%SAVE

UP TO

Arayuma Organic Coconut Milkand Spices

FarmcrestWhole

Specialty Frying Chicken

As Choices continues to grow, our team is looking to fill key management roles at all ofour Vancouver locations. We are looking for individuals who share our vision ofsustainability, healthy living and supporting local growers and communities. If thissounds like the right opportunity for you, please send your resume and cover letterto [email protected] or visit our website:choicesmarkets.com.

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