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Cariboo Hill Secondary Grade 9 student Jonathan Newman is leaving on a jet plane and he doesn’t know if he’ll be back again. The 14-year-old has lived in Canada since age three, making friends in his neigh- bourhood near the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course and at Scouts, Sperling Elemen- tary and Cariboo Hill Sec- ondary. But he, his mom and his dad, David Newman, an SFU communications in- structor, can’t stay because of problems with their im- migration status. “It’s home, and I don’t want to leave home,” Jona- than told the NOW. “I’d be fine if I was gone for just a year, but anything more than that, I wouldn’t re- ally like that. I’d be away from all my friends who I’ve known for 11 years now.” Jonathan’s dad, who holds a New Zealand pass- port like his son, is caught in a catch-22 when it comes to getting permanent resi- dency in Canada under the current express-entry points system. Newman senior gets no points for having a continu- ing position at SFU – even though he has been work- ing at the university con- tinuously for eight-and-a- half years – but he said he is blocked from consideration for permanent positions be- cause of his immigration status. With the expiry of his post-graduation work per- mit (Newman finished his PhD at SFU in 2013), he can no longer work in Can- ada and Jonathan can no longer attend school. The family is appealing to Minister of Immigration John McCallum through Burnaby North-Seymour MPTerry Beech’s office, hoping the minister will use his discretionary powers to grant the family permanent residency or an invitation to apply on humanitarian and compassionate grounds – so Jonathan can go to Cariboo Hill and the family doesn’t have to pull up its roots in Burnaby. Newman has a lot of sup- port in SFU’s school of communication, accord- ing to professor Jody Baker, who has personally written the immigration minister on his behalf. “He’s had a huge impact on a lot of students here,” Baker said. “He teaches one of the introductory first- year courses, so he’s got a lot of students, and then he teachers a lot of upper-year courses.They’re very small and very intense.” Baker said he has invited his friends and colleagues in the school of communica- tion to write letters of sup- port. The communication stu- dent union is also behind him. “Many of us have taken courses with Dr. Newman and have learned valuable things from him,” president Tiana Marconato told the NOW in an email. “As a student union, we’ll be writ- ing a letter to the minister of immigration urging him to exercise his discretionary powers to grant Dr. New- man and his family perma- nent resident status so he can continue to teach his courses at SFU.We will also FRIDAY JULY 8, 2016 LOCAL NEWS – LOCAL MATTERS A CLOSER LOOK 3 NEWS 8 SPORTS 28 A boxer and a boy share stories A rough ride for scooters Local players pick up the Czech There’s more at Burnabynow.com ‘It’s home, and I don’t want to leave’ SFU INSTRUCTOR CAN’T STAY IN CANADA FUTURE UNKNOWN Cariboo Hill student Jonathan Newman, right, considers himself Canadian, but he and his family may be forced to leave Canada because his father, SFU instructor David Newman, leſt, can’t secure permanent resident status, despite having worked at SFU continuously for the last eight-and-a-half years. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR Continued on page 4 5 SEE PAGE 23 THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND J onathan Newman has lived in Burnaby since he was three – but now he’ll have to leave with his parents By Cornelia Naylor [email protected] From 2014-2015, my team SOLD 134 homes www.adamlloyd.ca 604-526-2888 With a minimum $30 spent at Nando’s Kingsway Enjoy $10 off your next meal at Nando’s! _____ _____ nandos.ca 604-434-6220 Offer includes all Share Platters. Cannot be combined with any other offer. One coupon per purchase, and has no cash value. Offer valid at Nando’s Kingsway only until June 30, 2016 July 31st, 2016 Order Take-Out. Call 310-SPOT (7768) or order online at www.whitespot.ca

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Page 1: Burnaby Now July 8 2016

Cariboo Hill SecondaryGrade 9 student JonathanNewman is leaving on a jetplane and he doesn’t knowif he’ll be back again.

The 14-year-old has livedin Canada since age three,making friends in his neigh-bourhood near the BurnabyMountain Golf Course andat Scouts, Sperling Elemen-tary and Cariboo Hill Sec-ondary.

But he, his mom and hisdad, David Newman, anSFU communications in-structor, can’t stay becauseof problems with their im-migration status.

“It’s home, and I don’twant to leave home,” Jona-than told the NOW. “I’d befine if I was gone for justa year, but anything morethan that, I wouldn’t re-ally like that. I’d be awayfrom all my friends who I’veknown for 11 years now.”

Jonathan’s dad, whoholds a New Zealand pass-port like his son, is caughtin a catch-22 when it comesto getting permanent resi-dency in Canada under thecurrent express-entry pointssystem.

Newman senior gets nopoints for having a continu-ing position at SFU – eventhough he has been work-ing at the university con-tinuously for eight-and-a-half years – but he said he isblocked from considerationfor permanent positions be-cause of his immigrationstatus.

With the expiry of hispost-graduation work per-mit (Newman finished his

PhD at SFU in 2013), hecan no longer work in Can-ada and Jonathan can nolonger attend school.

The family is appealingto Minister of ImmigrationJohn McCallum throughBurnaby North-SeymourMPTerry Beech’s office,hoping the minister will usehis discretionary powers togrant the family permanent

residency or an invitation toapply on humanitarian andcompassionate grounds – soJonathan can go to CaribooHill and the family doesn’thave to pull up its roots inBurnaby.

Newman has a lot of sup-port in SFU’s school ofcommunication, accord-ing to professor Jody Baker,who has personally written

the immigration minister onhis behalf.

“He’s had a huge impacton a lot of students here,”Baker said. “He teaches oneof the introductory first-year courses, so he’s got alot of students, and then heteachers a lot of upper-yearcourses.They’re very smalland very intense.”

Baker said he has invited

his friends and colleagues inthe school of communica-tion to write letters of sup-port.

The communication stu-dent union is also behindhim.

“Many of us have takencourses with Dr. Newmanand have learned valuablethings from him,” presidentTiana Marconato told the

NOW in an email. “As astudent union, we’ll be writ-ing a letter to the ministerof immigration urging himto exercise his discretionarypowers to grant Dr. New-man and his family perma-nent resident status so hecan continue to teach hiscourses at SFU.We will also

FRIDAY JULY 8, 2016 LOCAL NEWS – LOCAL MATTERS

A CLOSER LOOK 3 NEWS 8 SPORTS 28A boxer and a boy share stories A rough ride for scooters Local players pick up the Czech

There’s more at Burnabynow.com

‘It’s home, and I don’t want to leave’SFUINSTRUCTORCAN’TSTAYINCANADA

FUTUREUNKNOWN CaribooHill student JonathanNewman, right, considershimself Canadian, butheandhis familymaybe forced to leaveCanadabecausehis father,SFU instructorDavidNewman, left, can’t securepermanent resident status, despitehavingworkedatSFUcontinuously for the last eight-and-a-half years. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

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In many ways,TommyBoyce and DanielTepersoncouldn’t be less alike.

Sitting in the diningroom of his Burnaby in-dependent living facility,68-year-old Boyce wearsfaded jeans and a blackT-shirt. He sports a gray goa-tee and faded tattoos on hisforearms.

Teperson, a fresh-facedGrade 10 student, wearsa tie and his St. George’sblazer.

Boyce was born andraised in gritty 1960s EastVancouver and went toworking-classTempletonHigh School.

Teperson lives in Kitsi-lano and attends a private,all-boys prep school.

But whenTeperson waspartnered with Boyce for anintergenerational storytell-ing project that wrapped upin Burnaby last month, theyoungster knew he’d luckedout.

“I definitely did,”Teper-son tells the NOW. “Rightafter the first day when Igot on the bus, I said, ‘I gotthe perfect partner.’”

They “clicked” over theirlove of sports, he says, asBoyce (a.k.a.The BlondeTiger) shared stories of hislife and boxing career –which included a Canadi-an amateur title, a 17-1 prorecord and a stint trainingin the same gym as the lateMuhammad Ali.

“The thing about talk-ing to someone with such awide variety of stories to tellis that something in eachstory connected to some-thing in your life and youcould really connect it,”Te-person says of the experi-ence. “… Just becauseTom-my grew up in EastVan,and I was fortunate enoughto grow up in a nice neigh-bourhood in Kitsilano,doesn’t mean that we’re notgoing to have overlappingexperiences.”

Teperson and Boyce werebrought together by the Ra-conteurs Project – an eight-week project developed bySt. George’s English andsocial studies teacher Sar-ah Coates and her longtimefriend, Lindsey Fancy, co-owner of Home Instead Se-nior Care in Burnaby.

The idea, which Coates

and Fancy hope to growinto a standalone organiza-tion, is to connect genera-tions through the art of sto-rytelling.

As a pilot project thisyear, Coates integrated theconcept into an Englishclass at St. George’s – pair-ing her students and seniorsat the Poppy Residencesand bringing them togeth-er for hour-and-a-half ses-sions over the course ofeight weeks.

At a wrap-up luncheon inJune, participating seniorswere presented with book-lets of stories and poemsstudents had written aboutthe tales Poppy residentshad told them.

“This was part of thestudents’ English for theterm,” Coates says. “We didcreative writing, and so thiswas our impetus for the cre-

ative writing that they did.We used these visits to doexercises when we wentback to school.”

In the future, she andFancy want to see the proj-ect expand beyond St.George’s.

“I would envision dif-ferent ages, different typesof schools, even differenttypes of programs – like ifGirl Guides or Boy Scoutswanted to participate aswell,” she says.

The Poppy Residenc-es, which hosted the wrap-up luncheon last month,was picked for the pilot be-cause there was a lot of in-terest from residents in par-ticipating.

For Boyce, the decisionto get involved was part-ly an act of defiance againstdementia and Alzheimer’s– a resolve that was drivenhome recently by the deathof Ali, who had Parkin-son’s syndrome, a diseasethat sometimes results fromhead trauma from activitieslike boxing.

“I knew he had the samething that I got, demen-

tia and whatever from toomany shots,” Boyce told theNOW, “and it’s the samefor me, right?That’s whatI’m going through now, butthe more you fight, the bet-ter you are. Like, I’m notgoing to lay down and lickmy nuts, that’s for sure.”

Boyce hopes others whostruggle with dementia willbe encouraged by his open-ness.

In the meantime, he saidsharing his stories withTe-person and other studentswas a new and rewardingexperience.

“They loved it,” he said.“I don’t usually do this,but I enjoyed doing it, andI watched the kids’ facesand their eyes and watchedthem how they liked it, andthey were really into it, soI figured, ‘Well, I might aswell spill my guts.’”

The Raconteurs Projectis currently recruiting story-tellers (seniors) and story-writers (youth) in the Low-er Mainland for 2016/17.

To find out more, visittheraconteursproject.wordpress.com.

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TALESOFGLORY: Above, St. George’s School Grade 10 student Daniel Teperson, left, shares a story he wrote about the life of former boxer Tommy Boyce, right, while JoeyHector, middle, looks on. Below, Boyce poses with an original poster promoting a fight between Muhammad Ali and Canadian George Chuvalo. PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR

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be encouraging students tospread the word and makeas much noise as possibleon our social media chan-nels.”

The latest news from theimmigration ministry isthat it is working on chang-es to its express entry pro-gram, but there’s no guar-antee Newman would haveenough points under thenew system either.

“It is premature to com-ment on possible systemchanges, timing or wheth-er or not Mr. Newmanwould be impacted,” readsan emailed statement fromcommunications advisorNancy Chan.

For Newman, the processhas been frustrating.

“There is some disso-nance in Canadian immi-gration policy,” he said in anemail to the NOW, “whereon the one hand over28,000 Syrian refugees canbe accepted into the coun-try at relatively short no-tice, and yet highly qualifiedscholars with years of livingand working here (and on-going work) are forced toleave because they don’t fitthe narrow requirements ofthe points scheme.”

But that’s comparing ap-ples and oranges, accordingto Chan.

“Canada resettles refu-gees to save lives and to pro-

vide stability to those fleeingpersecution who have nohope of relief,” she wrote.“Canada’s resettlement pro-grams are respected interna-tionally because they

provide permanent resi-dence as a long-term solu-tion. Economic immigra-tion programs, such as thoseunder Express Entry which

Mr. Newman is seeking touse as a means of obtainingpermanent residence, are inplace to select immigrantsfor their skills and abilityto contribute to Canada’seconomy.”

As for the likelihood theminister would step in anduse his discretionary pow-ers in Newman’s case, Chansaid ministerial discretion-ary powers are only used inexceptional cases and eachcase is considered on itsown merit.

Currently in Canada ona visitor’s record, Newmanhas started moving his fam-ily’s belongings into storage.He will fly with Jonathan onAug. 2 toVietnam, where

they will join David’s wifeand Jonathan’s mom, HienNguyen, who is currentlythere to be close to her ail-ing, elderly mother.

“Hopefully it’s only tem-

porary and we’ll be comingback,” Newman said.

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and August tour includeCalgary, Edmonton, Jasper,Kamloops, Chilliwack, Ab-botsford, Langley,Vancou-ver andVictoria.The federalgovernment is also using an

online survey to gather feed-back until Sept. 30. Anyonewishing to provide com-ments directly to the pan-el can do so by emailing theaddress listed above.

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And as a result of anoth-er agreement, the two cit-ies will continue to share theload on North Road.

Recently, council gave thethumbs-up to a new five-year agreement with Co-quitlam to maintain thebusy road as the new Ever-green Line comes to com-pletion.

According to a staff re-port, the agreement in gen-eral provides for 50-50 costsharing and outlines the di-

vision of duties for main-tenance for “shared” and“non-shared” facilities alongNorth Road, includingmaintenance of pavement,signs, lighting, traffic signals,boulevards and medians.

For shared facilities suchas the landscaped traf-fic medians, Coquitlamwill maintain them northof Cameron Street, whileBurnaby will maintain themsouth of Cameron Street.For shared facilities such astraffic signals, road mark-ings and special effects light-ing located on the Ever-green Line guideway, therewill be a 50-50 cost share.

There was no indicationhow much the city spendsannually maintaining itsportion of North Road.

The report also noted theprovincial government tookover portions of the road in2012 to construct the Ever-green Line.

While portions of theroad are currently arterialhighway vested in the B.C.Transportation FinancingAuthority, it’s anticipatedthe province will revert por-tions of North Road backto Burnaby.The city not-ed once that has occurred,Burnaby and Coquitlamwill adopt the agreement.

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But we didn’t. So, nowwe, like thousands of oth-er folks in B.C. who actu-ally believe in fairy talesand tourism ads, thoughtwe could book a provincialcampsite before the kids goback to school.

Dream on.By now most campsites

are booked as the province

has moved to a virtual full-time online reservation sys-tem.

Gone are the days whenyou used to be able to sayon a Friday morning, “Let’sgo camping this weekend!”Now, you have to look atthe vacation schedule inJanuary and plan ahead –way ahead – and ensureyou’re first online when res-ervations for your desiredcampsite open three monthsin advance.

It all started decades ago

when the Liberals, then un-der Gordon Campbell,started enticing private de-velopers to view the greatoutdoors as a NorthernDisneyland to be squeezedfor sparse family dollars.

Large campgrounds wereto have “entertainment” fa-cilities that would make theold nature trails seem, well,boring. Folks might want topitch a tent, but there wereyurts and modern cabins tobe had as well.

A backlash by British

Columbians who actuallythought camping was aboutgetting away from civiliza-tion and all that it entailscooled the government’sjets a bit, but you just knewthey were waiting for anoth-er time.

And that time has appar-ently come.With a bit of atwist.

Now, you just can’t get aspot in a provincial camp-ground, so you’re forced togo to private campgrounds.We’re not saying that there

aren’t a lot of very nice pri-vate campgrounds in B.C.There are. But you can usu-ally hear the folks in thenext site snoring (to putit nicely) and, of course,there’s the corner “country”store full of everything youtried to leave behind in thecity. It just isn’t the same asa “real” campground whereyou can hear the soft crunchof leaves underfoot when araccoon trundles by.

Before this past CanadaDay long weekend, the lack

of campsites even triggereda death threat. Some busi-nesses are “scalping” reser-vations for foreign campersand making a big profit offof them.This is wrong. B.C.taxpayers subsidize thosecampgrounds and parksand should get first dibs onthem.

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The future of tenancyseems to be a strong likeli-hood for myself, along withother young adults in theVancouver housing mar-ket. If the lack of regulationand involvement by the gov-ernment continues the wayit has in recent years, thehousing market will con-tinue to be dominated byforeign ownership, vacanthomes, and displaced citi-zens and families who sim-ply cannot afford to own ahome in the Lower Main-land. Additionally, this cangreatly impact the city’seconomy, cultures and over-all well-being.

Foreign and local de-mand for housing has large-ly outweighed the supply ofhomes readily available forpurchase. Having workedas a secretary for a real es-tate agent, I have witnessedbidding wars often result-ing in offers that were tensof thousands of dollars overasking price. Seeing localfirst-time buyers lose to for-eign investors in these bid-ding wars was a harsh rep-resentation of the overallhousing market.This alsointimidates many home-owners, scaring them fromselling their home in fearthat they cannot afford an-other one, which ultimate-ly brings down the supply ofhomes.

In basic economic terms,this lack of supply with anoverwhelming amount ofdemand will result in pricehikes for homes.

Affordability becomesan issue outside of just be-ing able to purchase a home

as well. Additionally, thereis the cost of living to con-sider. Once you have pur-chased a home, how muchof your income is left forfood, water, heat and otheressentials? How much dis-posable income does onehave after their monthlymortgage payment to con-sume and feed back into theeconomy?

That brings us to the nextissue, which applies to for-eign homeowners who leavetheir homes vacant and donot offer their home for ten-ancy.Without actual resi-dents and citizens livinghere, there is less money tospend on local businessesand companies, which caninterrupt or slow the localeconomy.

As beautiful as this city isand as hard as it would beto leave, many might feelforced to turn to other cit-ies.When citizens choose tomove, they are taking theirexpertise with them, result-ing in a brain drain.

The truth is that we asyoung adults are all con-cerned about our future inthis beautiful city. If pricescontinue to increase the waythey have been, our chancesof owning a home are quitebleak.This trend is not new.It is a pattern we have seenand observed for numerousyears, yet only recently hasthe provincial governmentstarted to pitch potentialregulations.

We have seen how quicklythe housing market moves.It is time we see the sameurgency from the govern-ment.

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Burnaby city council flatly rejected an Enderby coun-cil campaign to preserve the RCMP’s traditional uniformby preventing Sikh officers from wearing turbans as partof their uniform. “We suggest we keep our dress code Ca-nadian,” read a letter from Enderby mayorTerry Pergusto then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. On a motionfrom then-Ald. Derek Corrigan, Burnaby council votedto write Enderby council to reject its campaign.

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What’s the real dealwith Castro’s Cuba?Dear Editor Itwas not so longago that theloudest local globalwarmingdenierwasshootinghismouthoffona regular basis,insisting that itwasn’t happening, andnevermind the science. But then 2015was thehot-test year on record, andheatwaves startedkilling people in droves, and it becamea littletoohard to insist that thiswas all a socialistconspiracy.Sowhat does thisMouthofHarper do for

an encore?He flips thepage in theBookofUntruth and copies andpastes fromanewsection. Time to insist that there is nopovertyhere, andanyway, thosebad socialists overthere areworse off thanus. (BurnabyNOW,July 1).Theworkingpoor knowwhat poverty

means. The engineer fromKorea and the law-yer fromEngland,working as security guardsfor near-minimumwage, knowwhat that’s allabout. Sodoes the guywhowasworking in afactory at adecentwageand is nowhomeless.Scratch just about anyone, and youwill hearthese stories. But at the same time, real estatespeculators are raking in obsceneamounts ofmoney. That’swhat’s goingon inCanada.It’s different in Cuba,where everyone is

poor. Except that, taken in context, they aren’tpoor at all. Theproper comparison for Cuba isother Latin American countries. In that com-parison, Cuba ranks very, verywell.Even compared to the FirstWorld,when

considering important indicators suchasliteracy and infantmortality, Cuba ranks very,verywell. TheCubanhealth-care system isworld-class.But even that ignores themost important

piece of information,which is the 50-year longeconomic blockade that Cubahas suffered.Anynon-socialist country dealingwith thatwouldhave collapsed longago.As to Fidel Castro,whomsome slander as

adictator, to theCubanpeople he is a hero.He led themout of the actual poverty thatexistedunder theBatista regime.He, andChe,andRaoul, et al. If he has any extra privileges,it is because theCubanpeople insist that hehas them.Which theydo, every year,whenamillionpeople demonstrate in the streets ofHavanaand celebrate their government. Andwhich theydoevery day, because theCubanRevolution is still going strong, every singleday.Victor Finberg,Burnaby

Time to stop helpingthe fossil fuel economyDear Editor In the caseof theKinderMorganpipeline theoil being shipped is for export toAsianmarkets, so the argument thatweneedit becauseweall drive cars and trucks is a hol-lowone. If only that crudewerebeing refinedand consumedhere, the jobs createdwouldalmost havemeonboard.But thebigger issue is thatweneed to

beactually impeding the flowof fossil fuelsthusmaking themmore costly to use, andencouraging the expansionof renewableenergy sources. Anythingwedo to facilitatethe fossil fuel economy is a stepbackward,andultimately unsustainable, regardless ofimmediate environmental concerns.Charles Leduc, Vancouver

Endangered Burnabyturtle saved in surgery

EdenWildHowabout banning thehooks youdullards?! As for the toooftenmalignedRedEar Slider, theyare not evil nasty beast’s. They areabused,mistreated living creature’sthat people often treat as disposable.Make it aminimum fineof $1,000.00 ifcaught or filmed, dumping any turtle,fowl or hare. Stop killing thesepoorcreature’s. Place themup for adoptiontoprivate parties andaquariumsetc.Anyonewith experience and securehabitat or large tanks. RESonly bitewhendefending themselves or eating.Shameonyouonce again. Seal club-bers, bear killer’s,whalers and yourother horrid carnageofwildlife! Youknow thesehooks are harming andkilling numerous creature’s. Yet youchoose to let thembeused. Educat-ing theheartless zombies that huntand fish is laughable. Net’s, line trash,hooks andgarbage are just someof theway’s people destroy ecosystemsandthebeing’swithin. #CryForTheWild

MP,activists gear upfor pipeline meeting

bill smithWill booth spacebeavail-able to set up kiosks for selling items tothe attendees? Seems like an excellentvenue to sell items to theminority ofthepublicwhowill buy anything....couldmakea fortuneon selling snakeoil, diet pills, hair tonic and seamon-keys.

SteveZBCompletewaste of time.Howmuchmore timedoweneed towasteonmorehearings andmeetings. It’stime to start construction already.

Board of trade raisesconcerns aboutchanges to CPP

PeterDickinson-Starkey LowerCEOandCOOsalaries and therewill not beanyproblems.

GudrunLangolfThe sky is falling - justlike increasing theminimumwagedestroys the economy...Hasn’t happenededanywhere!

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For the better part of ayear, Robert Campbell hasbeen using an electric scoot-er to get around his NorthBurnaby neighbourhood.

But it’s not always easy orsafe travels for the senior.

Campbell’s biggest ob-stacle when he’s out of hishouse are the sidewalks.More specifically, over-grown shrubs and hedg-es that hang over walkwaysand boulevards.

“It’s making it really dif-ficult to get around becauseyou have to go close to theedge of the curb,” he toldthe NOW. “I’ve actually al-most fallen off my scooteronce already.”

Campbell, who lives onDuthie Avenue, noted inone spot a hedge has grownall the way to a signpost,forcing him to go betweenthe two obstacles, scratchingup his scooter.

Frustrated by his predic-ament, he’s asking for thecity to step in to deal withthe problem. Campbell saidhe’d like to see some sort ofbylaw that would prohib-it property owners from al-lowing their plants to in-

fringe on the sidewalk.He also said he’s called

the city about the issue thelast month but hasn’t gottenanywhere, and he wantedto reach out to the media toget some help.

“It’s been an issue, espe-cially when it’s on streets Itravel on regularly,” he said,adding there are other peo-ple in the community withmobility issues strugglingwith the same problem.

It appears the city is wellaware of the issue.

Sheryl Pordan, a trafficassistant with the city, saidthe municipality receivescomplaints about over-grown hedges on a week-ly basis, adding the busiesttime for complaints is dur-ing the spring and summer.

She said the city respondson a per-complaint basisand will go out to the side-walk, take a picture, send a

letter to the property ownerand tell them to cut what-ever is overhanging back be-hind the sidewalk by one ortwo feet.

She added the city willgive the homeowner a cou-ple weeks to do the work,and if they don’t, crews willgo out and cut it back.

Pordan explained thatit’s up to property ownersto maintain the boulevardin front of their house, andin most cases the problemcomes from something theowner has planted on thecity’s boulevard.

She’s said it’s importantthe sidewalks are kept clearfor people with mobility is-sues, adding anyone withproblems can call the cityand let them know.

“Sidewalks were installedfor safe passage of pedestri-ans, not for people to havetheir trees and everythinggrowing over them,” Por-dan said.

She also noted the cityis working on strengthen-ing the current bylaw thatwould make homeownersresponsible for cutting andmaintaining the boulevard.

Hedgehazard:RobertCampbell is havingahard timenavigating the streetsof hisNorthBurnabyneighbourhoodbecauseof shrubsandhedges thatoverhang sidewalks. PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR

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Foodies can now mapout their meal plan forTacoFest 2016 as a complete listof on-site vendors has justbeen announced.

The lineup of food ven-dors features 13 local busi-nesses: El Cartel FoodTruck;The Fish Shack byGlowbal Group; Holi Ma-sala food truck;Vera’s Burg-er Shack food truck; LuxLounge Juana’s OriginalMexican;The CannibalCafé; Falconetti’s East SideGrill; Lemmy Lemonade;AQUA juice cart; Say Hel-lo Sweets ice cream truck;Hugs by Mollie’s Minis do-nut truck; Johnny’s Popsbike cart and InternationalFlavours popsicle cart.

In addition to exposingattendees to a vast selec-tion of taco options, festi-val organizer Johnny Matterhopes the festival will helpgive back to one of its spon-sors, the GreaterVancouver

Food Bank. He encourageseveryone who attends to do-nate a canned food item tothe organization.

“Summer is a dry timefor them, people aren’t real-ly donating that much,” said

Matter. “One of the thingsthey’re looking for are cansof beans and I thought, youcan make tacos with beans.It’s not a big investment,and if everyone brings acan of beans, then everyonecould have tacos.”

The festival will also fea-ture a selection of mer-

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Ten hours of live musicwill accompany diners, with20 bands taking the stagefrom noon to 10 p.m.

“There’s no real head-liner. All the artists are lo-cal and I created this eventto showcase unsigned bandsto a mass, taco-loving audi-ence, to kind of marry thetwo ideas,” said Matter.

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Liberal MPTerry Beechis the first MP to set up vid-eo conferencing between hisconstituency office and hisparliamentary office in thenation’s capital.That meanshe can virtually meet withconstituents while on busi-ness in Ottawa.

“We were the first officein Canada to have this tech-nology implemented andset up,” Beech said. “Now awhole bunch of MP officesare adding these to their of-fices.”

Beech said he had to getsome parliamentary poli-cies changed before movingahead with video conferenc-ing. So far, he’s had severalpeople use it.

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“Other MPs have beentrying to get it from ev-ery party,” he added. “Wewere the first one to actuallymake it happen.”

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Discrimination. Intoler-ance.Violence.

They were themes takenfrom the headlines nearly60 years ago, when ArthurLaurents penned what wasto become one of the classicmusicals of all time.

They are themes that,sadly, still resonate in theworld today – and that’sone of the reasons why Ca-leb Lagayan, Kai Bradburyand Damon Jang are look-ing forward to taking to thestage in theTheatre Underthe Stars production ofWestSide Story this summer.West Side Story opened in

preview this week, with itsofficial opening set for July13. Lagayan, Bradbury andJang are all from Burna-by, and all three appear asmembers of the Sharks, thePuerto Rican gang that fac-es off against the white Jetsin the Romeo & Juliet storyset in 1950s NewYork City.

The musical – with musicby Leonard Bernstein, lyricsby Stephen Sondheim andchoreography by JeromeRobbins – is best known bymost audience membersfrom the hit 1961 film.

But if the movie and itsclassic dancing, finger-snap-ping gang members arewhat you picture when youthink ofWest Side Story,

then think again.“West Side is quite dif-

ferent from how people re-member it being,” saysBradbury, noting that mostpeople just seem to remem-ber it as “two gangs danc-ing.” “It has so much moredepth than that.The storyis more relevant now than itwas in the ’50s.”

He notes the plot of thefilm was taken straight outof the real headlines follow-ing a gang murder in 1950sNewYork City.

“It was fresh off the head-lines then and definitely itfeels like it is now, still,” hesays.

Jang agrees, noting thatthis version ofWest Side Sto-ry, as envisioned by directorSarah Rodgers, will be dif-ferent than audiences haveseen before.

“It’s darker, grittier, notas clean,” he says. “It leavesthe audience with a feeling

of loss.”Jang says that, even in re-

hearsal, the power of therumble and death scenesisn’t lost on the performers.

“I am holding my breath,I’m literally shocked andemotionally impacted bythe work everyone is doing,”he says.

Jang says a big differencefor audiences will be thechoreography byTara Chey-enne Friedenberg, with anemphasis on contemporaryand modern lines – all root-ed in research into lesser-known forms of street dancethat appeared in NewYorkCity in the 1950s.

“This will appeal to amuch wider generation ofdance artists,” Jang says.“It feels different, it’s got astreet feel.”

All three are grateful forthe chance to appear in aclassic likeWest Side Story.

“The music is fantastic,”Bradbury points out. “Ev-eryone knows I Feel Pret-ty, everyone knows the JetSong,America,Maria,To-night… At rehearsal some-times, I pinch myself. Ithink, ‘Wow, are we real-ly singing this song?’ It’s sospecial.”

The 22-year-old actor isthrilled to be working withTUTS – which he calls“kind of a dream” for mu-sical theatre performers inthat it has the luxury of an

extended rehearsal peri-od for a professional-quali-ty show.

For Lagayan, appear-ing on theTUTS stage iseye-opening.The 18-year-old, who has just finishedup his first year in the musi-cal theatre program at Cap-ilano University, points outTUTS offers a chance towork alongside and learnfrom performers with muchmore experience.

Among those perform-ers is Jang – the “veteran” ofthe Sharks at the age of 30– who has served as a com-munity theatre instructorand choreographer at By-rne Creek Secondary, whereLagayan went to school.

Now onstage in his thirdTUTS production, Jangmakes his way in the theatreworld by taking on a wholehost of roles – directing,teaching and performing arejust a small part of what he’sdone, alongside choreogra-phy, publicity, arts adminis-tration and backstage work.

He particularly appreci-atesTUTS, he says, becauseactors who have other skillsare encouraged to bringthose skills to the table – theperformer appearing as Ber-nardo (Alen Dominguez)is also an assistant director;another performer with ac-robatic skills has a chance toincorporate those into thegang choreography. And

Rodgers, when coming upwith her overall vision forthe show, gave each actor achance to share their ownvision for their character’slook and costuming.

“In addition to perform-ing, we get to have our ownideas represented,” Jangnotes.

While each of the threeis immersed in bringing tolife the nuances of his owncharacter – Jang appears asthe frenetic Anxious; Lagay-an is the young and naïve

Indio; and Bradbury is thegang leader’s right-handman, Chino – they say theaudience will be left im-pressed by every aspect ofthe production, from thesets and costumes to thedancing, singing and acting.

“It’s truly a piece of art,”says Jang.

“Get ready,” adds Lagay-an, “because this is notsomething you’re going tosee coming. It’s definitelygoing to be something verydifferent.”

Ready to rumble:From left: CalebLagayan,DamonJangandKaiBradburyareall Burnaby residents, and they’re all part of theSharksgang for theTheatreUnder theStarsproductionofWestSideStory.Theclassicmusicalis runningatMalkinBowlat StanleyPark, alternatingnightswithBeautyand theBeast, fromJuly 13 toAug. 20. Thereare twomorepreviewperformances July 9and11. PHOTOSCONTRIBUTED

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In the spotlight:TheSharks – from left, DamonJang,KaiBradburyandCalebLagayan– takeabreakat theGlenburnSodaFountain,getting into the1950s spirit for theTheatreUnder theStarsproductionofWestSideStory. PHOTOJULIEMACLELLAN

Themes of discrimination and violence still resonate for youngperformers,nearly six decades afterWest Side Story was written

Get your tixWest SideStory runs at

MalkinBowl, StanleyParkfromJuly 13 toAug. 20,withpreviews July 9 and11. ItalternateswithBeautyandtheBeast in theoutdoortheatre. Tickets start at $30for the regular run, or $20for thepreviews. Seewww.tuts.ca for all the informa-tion.

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Fora cause:StephanieStanderwickandherbandareperformingSunday inacharity eventbyBikesAgainstBullies atTrevDeeleyMotorcyclesonBoundaryRoad.PHOTOCONTRIBUTED

BandingagainstbulliesA Burnaby performer is

lending her voice to the an-ti-bullying cause.

Stephanie Standerwickand her band are set to per-form at a Bikes Against Bul-lies event happening thisweekend atTrev DeeleyMotorcycles.

The event, which startsand ends at the dealership,includes a ride around the

Lower Mainland as well aslunch, entertainment andmore. It’s a fundraiser forthe AmandaTodd LegacySociety.

Among the entertainerslined up for the event areStanderwick and her band,playing what she bills as“classic rock with a pop in-fusion.”

Standerwick will be pre-

viewing some tunes fromher yet-to-be-released newalbum, which she wrotewith Mike Reno of Lover-boy fame.

Bikes Against Bullies runsfrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. onSunday, July 10. Check outBikes Against Bullies onFacebook for more details.

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A Lower Mainland vet-erinarian has a message forthe public after perform-ing emergency surgery on aWestern painted turtle fromBurnaby Lake: barbed fish-ing hooks and endangeredturtles don’t mix.

AdrianWalton of Dewd-ney Animal Hospital re-moved a barbed fish hookthat was lodged in theesophagus of aWesternpainted turtle that belongedto a breeding program atthe lake.

“The first thing is barbedhooks are just evil.Theydon’t just deal with fish,they also get into turtles,ducks, geese – any type ofwildlife,”Walton told theNOW. “Even if the linesnaps, they’ll just follow italong and get the hooks inthat way.”

Walton said he gets two tothree turtles with fish hooksper year.The red-eared slid-ers are euthanized, sincethey are usually dumped

pets and are an invasivespecies, butWalton will dowhat he can to save the red-listedWestern painted tur-tles.

This particular turtle hada large number eight paint-ed on its shell so biologistscould identify the breed-ing female.To make mattersworse, the X-ray showedthis turtle had a secondhook in its system.

According to B.C. regu-lations, fishing with barbedhooks in Burnaby Lake ispermitted, although anykind of fishing in the tribu-taries or streams is prohib-ited.

Hannah Nieman, chair ofthe Burnaby Lake Park As-sociation, said fishing linescan cause problems for allkinds of wildlife, and thegroup wants to mark off-limit waterways with no-fishing signs.

“We definitely want tolet the fishing communityknow they’re not supposedto be fishing in these areas,”she said. “Tributaries areimportant habitat for salm-

on and endangered turtles.”As for the red-eared slid-

ers,Walton urged the publicnot to buy them as pets.

“(They) are horrible, hor-rible pets that nobody wantswhen they are full sized.They are the size of a dinnerplate and nasty and smellyand stinky and mean,”Wal-ton said. “This is comingfrom a guy who loves rep-tiles.”

The No. 8 turtle is nowin the care of the Coast-al PaintedTurtle Project, agroup of biologists monitor-ing the Lower Mainland’sWestern painted turtles. Shepassed the second fish hookand is eating and recover-ing. She will eventually bereleased back in the wild.

The Coastal PaintedTur-tle Project is in talks withMetroVancouver to banfishing in a portion of theBrunette River between theCariboo Dam and a near-by turtle nesting beach.Thebiologists have successful-ly negotiated fishing bans inthree other parks.

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An SFU grad is bringinga taste of Hawaii to Burna-by Mountain this fall withthe city’s first poké bar.

CamyWong decided toget into the poké businessafter noticing a limited se-lection of food options forSFU students beyond thetypical chain fare ofTimHortons or Subway.

“It takes a lot of time toleave the mountain, so a lotof students aren’t going tocommute down the moun-tain just to grab food,” shesaid.The restaurant willbe located in the Corner-stone building near SFU’supper bus loop.Wong be-lieves Poké Bar will providea “unique and healthy alter-native” to the food currently

offered on campus.Poké is a traditional Ha-

waiian food consisting ofsliced raw fish marinated inAsian sauces and season-ings.This fish salad is oftenserved over rice and can belikened to Japanese sashi-mi. However, according toWong, the variety of sauc-es are what sets poké apartfrom sushi dishes.

Steve Huynh,Wong’s fi-ancé, will be preparing therestaurant’s poké bowls –many of which will be cus-tom spins on traditionalHawaiian poké, made ac-cording to the diner’s tastesand preferences.Wong andHuynh have eaten pokéstraight from its culturalsource, as much of Huynh’sfamily lives in Hawaii andthe couple visits often.

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it as authentic as possiblebut fit the needs of peoplehere,” saidWong.

Poké Bar’s build-your-own-bowl option will givefoodies a chance to trypoké without venturing toofar outside of their com-fort zone.The restaurant isin the midst of finalizing itsmenu and is looking into of-fering special deals for stu-dents.Wong hopes the ab-sence of poké restaurantsin the city will draw in peo-ple who wouldn’t other-wise have cause to visit SFUBurnaby. “If we have Ha-waiian poké, because there’snothing in Burnaby, we’regoing to bring in guests thatnormally wouldn’t travel upthe mountain,” she said.

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

BurnabyquartetpickuptheCzechforExpressDanOlsondolson@burnabynow.com

When you’re called theWestCoast Express, you expect a quicktrip to reach your destination –and if you happen to be a hockeyteam, you do it with flair.

Unlike the oldVancouver Ca-nucks line, this hockey team gotthe job done on the floor.

The Express, a collection of 20under-15 B.C. ball hockey players,motored through the competitionat last month’s Plzen Cup in theCzech Republic and bagged a title.

The team, which includes fourBurnaby players, dominated thetourney but had a few close calls– including the final where a latepenalty provided an element of ur-gency but was solved by a last-second insurance goal.

“I knew going in to this tourneywe had a strong team on the floorand off the floor,” remarked coachand organizer Gary Slavin, whohas made 10 trips to the CzechRepublic for ball hockey tourna-ments. “Respect, dignity and fo-cus was seen with every player. As

many of my groups overseas havebeen from u16 right up to mastermen’s, this was the first u15 teamtaken over and I was very hap-py with the entire trip from bothplayers and parents.”

The Canadians outlasted thehost Plzen HBC 3-1 in the final,successfully killing a penalty dur-ing the final minutes when onlyone goal separated the teams.Thelast goal was scored by Burna-by’s Kaiden Johnson, who beat thebuzzer with an empty-net marker.

For the players, the journey thatended in a championship unfold-ed almost like a dream.

“The highlight (of) the trip forme was just being around theteam both on and off the floor,”said forwardTrevor O’Reilly, aBurnaby North Grade 9 student.“The whole experience was amaz-ing and by the end of the trip I feltlike I had known my teammatesfor years.The best time had to bethe gold medal game when wewon and the whole team went cra-zy when the final buzzer went.”

The win was a product of teamtoil, sweat and determination.

Getting to the final saw the Ex-press reel off five games in lessthan 48 hours, trumping PlzenHBC 3-1 in the opener, the Czechnational squad 10-0, and 4-1 overthe Slovakian Gajary Flames.They wrapped up the round robinwith a 4-0 win overTJ Blatna, set-ting the stage for a rematch withPlzen.

All four Burnaby players –Dante Ballarin, Daniel Juca, John-son and O’Reilly – made majorcontributions. As the team was se-lected in March and been playingtogether since April, team chem-istry was critical. All the pieces fellinto place quickly, said Slavin.

“Our Burnaby players weregreat leaders in communicationwith other players and one wasrecognized for that as we namedDante Ballarin as one of our as-sistant captains,” he said. “Dantewas one of our top defenseman onboth sides of the ball. Kaiden andTrevor were great in the goal scor-ing department and Daniel is asolid set-up winger and played thefirst power play line.Their style ofplay easily was adapted to the style

of play that is needed overseas.”Players were scouted and rec-

ommended by various Low-er Mainland ball hockey leagues,with the process also requiringfamilies who were interested insuch a costly trip.

Slavin said thepreparation, both be-fore the tourney andduring, made theend result possible.

“It truly is a differ-ent world there andfor a majority thathave never travelledto Europe, those firstdays were crucial inpreparing the team,”said Slavin. “The biggest adjust-ment for the players was playingon a plastic tile floor. All are use toplaying on arena concrete floors.The ball moves faster on the tile,as well the shots come off the floordifferent.”

Ballarin said that while therewas a general, road-trip feel on theflight to Prague, once they landedand began the process of prepar-ing for that first game, the target

became clear.“Once we landed and visited

Prague (before the tournament)I think everyone began to real-ly think about it,” said the NotreDame student and Burnaby mi-

nor hockey play-er. “I think we wentover there thinkingwe were playing forCanada…Wheth-er (the jersey read)West Coast Express,we thought we wereTeam Canada andthat was an incredi-ble special feeling.”

“I felt a part of theteam from the first

practice we had, we were alreadyjoking around and the bondingstarted there. At that moment Iknew it was going to be a good ex-perience,” said O’Reilly.

For Juca, the very first game ofthe tournament was where a funtrip became a special mission.

“The highlight of my trip wasdefinitely the first game of thetournament,” said Juca. “We had

Playoff intensity:TheBurnabyLakers andNewWestminster Salmonbellies locked sticks inpeeweeC lacrosseplayoffs lastweek. Thevisiting Lakersemergedwitha12-5 victory. Above,Burnaby’sDejanKrstic puts thebrakes toaNewWest runner,whileteammateMatthewNg lookson. At right, theBellies’IsaiahJohnsonMiller battlesBurnaby’sNoahGibbons,left, andGrantHill for the looseball. Despitedressingjust sevenplayers, Burnaby shotout toa8-1 lead in thesecondperiod. Scoringgoals for theLakerswere JasonBeach,Gibbons,Hill andKrstic. BurnabyalsobeatPortCoquitlam13-6 toqualify for theprovincials, July 20 to24 inRichmond. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

I thinkwewentover therethinkingwewereplayingforCanada.

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Rounding third:TheDelta Islanders’MadelynWong, left, heads towardshomeplatewhile SurreyStorm’s JayaKotalwiwatchesduring lastweek’sMiteUnder-10 softball tournament, hostedbyBurnabyMinorSoftball at Squint Lake. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

been preparing for months,and for the whole time wewere visiting Prague it wasall we would talk about.The hype around this firstgame was immense, andwe ended up winning (3-1over host Plzen). Becauseit was my first ball hockeygame not played in Cana-da, and because I had beenwaiting for that momentfor months, it has to be thehighlight of my trip.”

All four Burnaby playersare sticking together to rep-resent B.C., as well as nineother members from theExpress, for the upcomingnationals.

Slavin said the u15 tripwent so well, plans are al-ready being made for a re-peat trip. Coaches, playersand parents interested inlearning more about it cancontact him at [email protected].

Continued frompage28

Expresssuccess

ProvincialsontopThe wait is over.The provincial A soccer

championships are on thefield, and four Burnaby Dis-trict Metro Soccer teamsare in the thick of it, withall action at Burnaby LakeWest complex.

The Coastal Cup cham-pion under-13 boys teamkicked off the tournamentyesterday against Surrey-Guildford (past the NOW’sdeadline), and play NorthVancouver today (Friday)and finish the round-robinSaturday, 1 p.m. on Field 4against Delta Coastal.

The long layoff since theCoastal tournament hasplayed havoc with mostteams, and the u13 Burnabyside was no exception.

“It’s been a learning curvesince the last of the Coast-al Cup,” said coach Matt

Manfredi, noting his teamhas played three friendlies.“Our team is ready for thetournament.We have a greatbunch of motivated players,they are committed (and)devoted to play.”

In boys u15, Burnabyopened with a 1-1 tie withPort Moody onThursday,plays Bays United today,and takes on Kamloops, 9a.m. Saturday on Field 4.

In their fifth straight Aprovincials, the Burnabyu18 Lakers began yesterdayagainst Central City andface Kamloops today andplays Juan de Fuca on Sat-urday, 1 p.m. on Field 3.

On the girls side, Burn-aby’s u18 squad playedNorth Shore yesterday,takes on Saanich today, andPrince George on Saturday,3 p.m. on Field 5.

BurnabyupsetbyT-menThe Burnaby Lakers’

playoff hopes took a bit of ahitTuesday, in a 9-7 loss tothe visiting NanaimoTim-bermen.

The Lakers were un-

able to protect a 5-4 leadover the final 20 minutes,as theT-men counted threestraight goals to begin theframe, and countered eachBurnaby tally the rest of theway.

Robert Church and ScottJones each scored twice forthe Lakers, who fell to 5-5-1 with seven games remain-ing.Tonight, Burnaby hostsNewWestminster, 7:45 p.m.at the Copeland Arena.

The Burnaby Lakers returned fromVancouver Islandwith the peewee girls provincial lacrosse silver medal.

A tight 5-4 loss to Ridge Meadows in the final closed outthe season, after having posted a 4-1 record in the roundrobin, outscoring the opposition 35-15.

Picking up theWarrior Fair Play peewee award was HopeCurman, while teammateTrinity Chow was named to theall-star team.

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