RCMP Insp. Tim Shields calls it thelargest identity theft operation in recentmemory.

After a March 7 raid at an 11th-floorMetrotown condo, police seized a large

quantity of items used to create fake identi-ties, credit cards and other personal infor-mation cards.

Police arrested 29-year-old AnthonyPavo Stulec and his 21-year-old common-law wife, Stephanie Jean Smyth, and thetwo now each face 19 fraud-related charg-es. Smyth has been released on a promiseto appear while Stulecs next court date isApril 4.

This is very big. This is very signifi-cant, said Shields. Personally, I haventseen a file of this magnitude.

Police started the investigation after acard printer was taken in to a store for

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After police obtained a search warrantfor that residence, they discovered a mas-sive amount of items that could be used inillegal activities. Among the items seizedwere 15 hard drives, data storage devices,a printer/scanner, several large boxes ofstolen mail, hotel receipts, passports, pay-ment and identity documents, a creditcard printer, an embosser, a foil stamp, a

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For people who love free things, theBurnaby Village Museum will continueto offer no-charge admission for the 2012season.

But for Burnaby taxpayers, its a $2.3million expensefor 2011 that is projectedto increase again in the 2012 budget.

Burnaby council approved a sec-ond year of free museum admission atMonday nights regular council meetingafter learning that last years experimentwith free admission has led to a 257 percent increase in the number of peoplevisiting the museum.

I think it was a huge success, saidCoun. Colleen Jordan. It allowed peoplewho wouldnt be able to afford to go tothe museum to go.

But, on the negative side of the ledger,the museums operational expenses stillfar outweigh its revenue.

In 2011, the museum had expensesof almost $2.8 million but revenues ofonly $455,947, which includes a $32,000provincial and federal grant. The muse-um received a transfer from the city of$275,895, butwhenadded to the$2,048,638net total it costs to run the museum, themuseum cost the city $2,324,533 to runin 2011.

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Burnabys world renowned rivers advocateis expressing concerns over leaked informa-tion suggesting the federal government isquietly rewriting the rules on protecting fishhabitat.

The possible rollback in our federal fishprotection laws is a great concern to me, saidMark Angelo, chair emeritus of BCITs RiversInstitute, founder of Rivers Day and an Orderof Canada and Order of B.C. recipient. I saythat not only as one who has spent most ofhis life along rivers but also as one who, likemany Canadians, is a parent and grandpar-ent, who cares deeply about the future - andwhile much of the related discussion to datehas rightly focused on fish, I think this issuealso relates greatly to the quality of life ourkids, and theirs, will enjoy.

Angelo was responding to news that thefederal government may be changing thesection of the Fisheries Act that deals withprotecting fish habitat.

According to information leaked to OttoLanger, a retired biologist who worked forthe federal government for more than threedecades, the Conservatives are consideringremoving the term habitat from the partof the act that says its illegal to harm, alter,disrupt or destroy fish habitat. Instead, theproposed change would make it illegal to cre-ate adverse effects on a fish of economic, cul-tural or ecological value. Langer also said theConservatives would try to make the changesby tacking them on to the omnibus budgetbill, something Angelo took issue with.

The changes being discussed warranta full public debate, Angelo said. Also,the Fisheries Act habitat protection provi-sions currently in place are one of the mostfrequent triggers of environmental assess-ments. Without these provisions, many moredevelopment projects would proceed withonly modest, if any, in-depth environmentalanalysis. And that would not be in the publicsinterest.

Angelo said the current language under theFisheries Act is very clear in that it states thatany harmful alteration, disruption or destruc-tion of habitat triggers the application of thelegislation.

However, the proposed new languagewould be much more subjective it wouldrequire interpretation it lacks clarity, is moresubjective and would be much more difficultto enforce, Angelo said. Regardless of ones

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Big plans for Beresford StreetIt is currently a sandpit filled with

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Intracorps two current Metrotownprojects the Metroplace and Silverdevelopments included ideas for thegreat street in its development propos-als to the city, and city planning staff

and the community development com-mittee were enthusiastic about the con-cept, according to Intracorp presidentDon Forsgren.

To the credit of the planning depart-ment, and the community developmentcommittee, they wanted to study thatidea, he said. They really embracedthat idea and saw it as a great opportu-nity to create a special civic gatheringspace and a much more active streetenvironment for the Metrotown com-munity.

Intracorp worked with the owner ofthe former mini-storage company thatpreviously blocked off Beresford Street,to change it from a collector street intowhat urban planners call a great street,Forsgren said.

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The city had budgeted a $385,000transfer to the museum to offset lostrevenues from free admission butonly had to transfer $275,895.

In addition, the city hoped thatthe museumwould havelarger revenues from thecarousel and gift shop,but even with modestincreases in both depart-ments, the museum asa whole cost almost$500,000 more to operatethan in 2010, when themuseum charged admis-sion.

For 2012, the muse-um is budgeted toreceive a $300,000 trans-fer, which when addedto the $2,096,623 nettotal it costs to run themuseum, means a finalexpense of $2,396,623.When you compare thatto the $1,825,393 expenseto run the museum in2010, that works out to a 31.2 per centincrease once you factor in all themoney being transferred from the cityto the museum.

Lets be clear, said Jordan. Themuseums never made money. Wevealways had to subsidize it to a certainextent. Our thinking is why are wesubsidizing it for some people who

had to pay to get in and others whodidnt? Why not open the gates andget more people in?

Jordan said a better parallel for themuseum would be to compare it toone of the citys parks, such as DeerLake Park, where there is no admis-sion charge and it does cost the citymoney for upkeep.

It costs us money torun a park, and we dontcharge anybody to go intoDeer Lake, she said.

Dave Ellenwood, thecitys parks, recreationand culture director, saidit costs the city more torun the museum eachyear because of increasesin wages, which at $2.1million in 2011 and $2.2million in 2012, are themajority of the museumsexpenses.

Revenue has nevercovered our expenses atthe museum, he said.Wage costs have goneup and yes, it is costingus more to run the muse-um.

Ellenwood said the positive to betaken from last years free admissionis the attendance bump which saw157,144 go through the museumsgates, compared to 43,992 in 2010when there was an admission charge.

Getting 257 per cent more peopleinto the museum is better for the com-munity, he said. The mayor has

challenged us to be more entrepre-neurial by asking us to offer morethings that peoplemaywant to pay foronce theyre inside.

The museum is one of the ame-nities we offer to citizens. In ourmind, people who pay taxes shouldhave access to amenities in the city.The museum is a special place, a placewhere you should be able to buy agood cup of coffee or ride a vintagecarousel or get a goodmeal.Our jobis to make the museum a place peoplewant to go.

Ellenwood said potential newofferings may include expanding thegeneral store that is already at themuseum or seeing if the existing RoyalBank or bakery in the museum can beenhanced. In addition, the museumhas looked at adding a ferris wheeland a mini-golf course.

Jordan agreed that offering newattractions is important, as is increas-ing revenues across the board, whichincludes trying to get more peopleto try out the museums Ice CreamParlour, which also serves food.

The Ice Cream Parlour numbers areseparate from the museums numbersbecause they fall under the citys foodservices division, but in 2011, salesand revenue increased in 2011 for anet income of $51,620, compared to$18,726 net income in 2010.

While council approved the contin-uation of the no-charge admission pol-icy for the museum on Monday night,the final budget approvals wont bedone until the end of April.

Village: Free admission for a second yearcontinued from page 1

Coun. Colleen JordanBurnaby Village Museum issimilar to a city park.

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Premier Christy Clark hasattracted a lot of attentionfrom her recruitment of keyaides from the Stephen Harpergovernment, but I havent seenmuch evidence that it has result-ed in a noticeable right-wing shiftin her administration.

As a result, it fol-lows that wooingsupporters who havestrayed to the B.C. ConservativeParty back to the B.C. Liberal foldis going to require more than justa change in personnel and theodd photo op with Harper.

Oh sure, there was the dust-upbetween reporters and her newcommunications director over alack of access to the premier inVancouver last week that hadeveryone wondering whetherthis was the first clue a Harper-like approach to governing wasoccurring.

Sara McIntyre, the new direc-tor, is a former press secretaryto Harper (who is well-knownfor his control freak approach tocommunications).

It was assumed this control-ling approach would find its wayinto the B.C. premiers office, butother than the aforementionedincident in Vancouver (whichsaw McIntyre play a starring roleon television newscasts, tellingjournalists they couldnt talk tothe premier) this has not hap-pened.

Clark makes herself availableon a regular basis to the media(the press gallery questions her

every day when shes in Victoria)and so far hasnt invited compari-sons to the prime minister whenit comes to media relations.

Shed be well-advised notto go down that road anyways.The relationship between the

B.C. media and thisprovinces premier hasalways been an informal,accessible one no mat-

ter who has occupied the office.Any attempt to cut the mediaoff from questioning her or herministers would simply blow upin the governments face, and thelast thing this government needsis another case of bad relationswith anyone.

The other key aide nowworking in her office is KenBoessenkool, a former Harperaide who is now her chief of staff.His right-wing credentials areimpeccable, but theres not muchevidence of them influencinggovernment policy.

Clark likes to boast that hergovernments latest budget is themost conservative one in thecountry.

But does a truly conserva-tive budget collect more than $1billion in additional taxes, or raisethe provincial debt by almost $7billion in one year? Clarks sup-port of such things as the newtransit levy in Metro Vancouver,the carbon tax and a spirallingprovincial debt load does little toappease the hard-core conserva-tive voter out there.

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Dont revive the capital punishment debateIt is completely understandable that

when we, as a society, are faced with amonstrous crime, we ponder capital pun-ishment.

Paul Bernardo, Clifford Olson, RobertPickton and now those accusedof murdering young ToriStafford who hasnt consid-ered that the world would bea better place if such people were put todeath?

In our well-placed horror and anger,

we forget how many innocent peoplehave been put to death or how manyinnocent people sat on death row fordecades before being cleared.

Those who argue for reinstating thedeath penalty say that it shouldbe reserved for only those caseswhere guilt is absolute and thecrime merits the penalty. But

that has been the justification throughouthistory and, as we know, our barometerof what merits the ultimate penalty has

changed over time.Some history books say the first execu-

tion in Canada, on Jan. 19, 1649, was a 16-year-old girl found guilty of theft. RonaldTurpin and Arthur Lucas were the lastprisoners to suffer execution in Canada,in 1962. Turpin was a small-time thiefwho shot a policeman while fleeing a res-taurant robbery. Lucas was a black manconvicted of killing an FBI informantdespite lingering questions over his guiltand mental impairment. Both had little

previous violence in their history.Canada abolished the death penalty

in 1976, and, while there have been callsto bring it back, polls suggest that manyCanadians continue to believe that thedeath penalty is simply too final toleave in the hands of a fallible justicesystem subject to politics and prejudice.

Even the tough-on-crimeConservatives are reluctant to start thedebate again. And that, for once, is agood thing.

Liberals haventreally moved right

Fisheries Act change alarmingDear Editor:

Re: Leaked info is huge, Burnaby NOW, March14.

As a local streamkeeper, I was alarmed whenI read that the federal government is planningto remove habitat protections from the CanadaFisheries Act by deleting the word habitat entire-ly. This is one of the oldest and most tested piecesof environmental legislation in the world and keyto protecting wild fish stocks. Without these provi-sions in federal legislation, there will be no require-ment for pipeline construction or run-of-river powerprojects to protect the streams and riparian areas onwhich our wild fish depend.

Only recently the Federal Court of Appeal said

very clearly that habitat protection is required forthe survival of species at risk, notably the Nooksackdace that live in the lower reaches of Stoney Creekand the Brunette River here in Burnaby.

Is the Harper government watering down ourenvironment protection by downloading moreresponsibility to the provinces?Will the Departmentof Fisheries and Oceans be renamed Department ofAquacultureforthesamereasonsMr.Harpershomeprovince renamed their Environment Departmentthe Department of Sustainable Development .

Removing habitat protection from the FisheriesAct would have serious environmental consequenc-es for future generations and would further weakenthe federal environmental assessment process. Wemust not allow that to happen.

Alan C. James, Burnaby

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And until she finds away to bring those votersback into her partys camp,her re-election chances aredoomed.

The first evidence ofwhether shes done enoughto win those voters backwill be seen relatively soon.The upcoming byelectionsin Port Moody-Coquitlamand Chilliwack-Hope willtest the strength of the B.C.Conservatives, and pro-vide a real measure of thatpartys impact on the B.C.Liberal party.

In the 2009 general elec-tion, the B.C. Conservativecandidate in Chilliwack-Hope received just sevenper cent of the vote, andthe party didnt even fielda candidate in Port Moody-Coquitlam.

This time, the party isrunning two credible can-didates and both will likelymake a strong impression.Christine Clark is runningin Port Moody, while JohnMartin is the partys candi-date in Chilliwack.

In this province, historyshows governments rarelywin byelections (ChristyClarks own victory inVancouver-Point Grey wasthe first government win inmore than 25 years) so theB.C. Liberals have to con-sidered underdogs in thesecontests. The byelection inChilliwack-Hope could beparticularly telling. Thishas all the earmarks of agenuine three-way race,and it is conceivable theB.C. Liberals could finishthird.

The NDP usually gets

about a third of the votein that riding and willlikely fare a little better thistime. But the key numbersto watch will be how theother two parties split theremaining vote.

The result in Chilliwack-Hope will show whetherChristy Clarks insistencethat shes really a conserva-tive deep down is actuallyresonating with disaffectedB.C. Liberal voters. I havea feeling she still has a lotof convincing to do onthat front. Hiring a coupleof people from StephenHarpers office can onlytake you so far, and theB.C. Liberals have a longroad ahead when it comesto recovering support.

Keith Baldrey is chiefpolitical reporter for GlobalB.C.

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Liberals: Not really conservative

Much ado about littleDear Editor:

Re: Robocalls could have reduced turn-out, Burnaby NOW, March 14.

It must have been a very slow news daywhen a report about an academic studymade your front page. The article openedby stating that A Simon Fraser Universityeconomist has found evidence regard-ing certain allegations, but it concludedby stating that the economics professorstressed that her findings do not provethose same allegations.

Instead of sensationalizing an incon-clusive statistical analysis, it is time tocalm down about alleged robocalls andlet Elections Canada conclude its offi-cial investigation. Lets wait and see if ituncovers some actual evidence, like realvoters willing to testify that they were notjust inconvenienced by having to travel toseveral locations, but that they were in factprevented from voting. Such news wouldwarrant front-page coverage, but it has nothappened.

Eva Derton, Burnaby

More tolling is a bad ideaDear Editor:

I am absolutely stunned that TransLinkis considering tolling major roads and allbridges across Metro Vancouver to raiseneeded funds.

Has anybody considered the astronom-ical costs associated in setting up a moni-toring system to collect these fees? Are wegoing to have intersection/bridge camerasto record licence plates? Radio-frequencyID tags on vehicle licence plates and RFID

readers everywhere? We will also need tohave an additional layer of staff to imple-ment and monitor these systems, let alonecollect the fees, delinquent accounts, etc.Have the public considered the potentialinvasion of personal privacy that this blan-ket of monitoring systems will bring?

I certainly understand that TransLinkwants heavier users of our roads and bridg-es to bear a higher burden of upgrade andmaintenance cost. Would it not be muchmore cost-effective to simply increase theTransLink tax at the gas/diesel pump?

I believe this would also further encour-age people to get into more fuel-efficientvehicles.

C. Lee, Burnaby

Really a top employer?Dear Editor:

Re: The mystery of Telus Park, In MyOpinion, Burnaby NOW, March 14.

Mr. Baldrey states in his In My Opinioncolumn: Telus has also been named oneof the Top 100 companies to work for inCanada.

This is the company which locked outits employees for four months about sixyears ago. This employer brought in strikebreakers from across the country and evenfrom the U.S.

So who decides that Telus is one of thetop companies to work for? Surely not theemployees who have lost their job securitybecause their seniority clause was gutted.Surely not those employees whose jobsare at risk of being contracted out becauseof weakened contract language.

So who decides?Paul Bjarnason, Burnaby

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A two-alarm fire brokeout in an apartment in ahighrise at Sanders Streetand Nelson Avenue onThursday night.

The Burnaby FireDepartment was calledto the building at 4960

Sanders St. just after 9:30p.m., according to fire chiefShaun Redmond.

It was confined to thesuite, he said, adding it

was fully involved requir-ing fire streams from out-side the suite when fire-fighters arrived.

There were no appar-

ent injuries to either theoccupants or firefighters,according to Redmond.

Redmond could notcomment on whether

or not other suites in theapartment building wereaffected by water or smokedamage, but he said theoccupants had to make

other plans for the night.The fire is under inves-

tigation by the departmenttoday, Redmond added.

Janaya Fuller-Evans

political affiliation, I believemost Canadianswant to seethe environment protected,and I think they wouldoppose any measures thatdo otherwise. Across ourcountry, the cleanlinessand health of our naturalsurroundings, particularlyour waterways, is some-thing we take great pridein as a people, and I thinkthats evident in the waythis issue is resonating withso many. So my hope isthat the federal govern-ment will recognize thatand change course on thisissue.

Federal FisheriesMinister John Ashfieldreleased a statement lastFriday saying the govern-ment is reviewing fish andfish habitat protection poli-cies to ensure they do notgo beyond their intendedconservation goals.

Recent speculationabout the current reviewis inaccurate. No decisionhas been made, Ashfieldsaid. The government hasbeen clear that the existingpolicies do not reflect thepriorities of Canadians.

When the NOW tried toclarify what, exactly, theminister was referring to inrespect to inaccurate specu-lation, we did not receive aresponse by press time.

Nor did we receiveanswers to more detailedquestions regarding theleak.

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Canada Post bag and jack-et, break-and-enter tools,a small amount of drugs,including ecstasy and mari-juana, a Taser, three air riflesand two pellet handguns.

When police startedgoing through three of the15 hard drives, they dis-covered more than 44,000identities, including socialinsurance numbers andpersonal information,along with 80,000 creditcard numbers.

When investigatorslooked further into thoseidentities, they were able toconnect them to 80 break-and-enters in Burnaby andthe Lower Mainland.

The hotel receipts werealso a key piece of evidencebecause they containedphotocopies of customerscredit card and driverslicence information whenthey check in.

Shields said the stolenhotel receipts came from aSandman hotel in Surrey

and a Ramada hotel.With that information,

someone could create newidentities and apply forcredit cards and other iden-tity documents.

Shields said investigatorshave only been working onthe seized items sinceMarch7 and they have no ideahow large scale the wholeoperation was.

The investigation isongoing, he said. We willinvestigate for months tocome.

We have cut off the ten-tacles ... but there are manyother tentacles to this mon-ster.

The tentacles reach outto all parts of the LowerMainland.

Shields said police donteven have any idea of howmany potential victims

there are, simply becauseinvestigators are still goingthrough evidence.

There could be thou-sands of victims, he said.Weveonly looked throughthree of 15 computers.

Shields said anothercomponent of the investiga-tion is looking at how stolenmail and the Canada Postuniform played a part inthe case.

Shields said the arrestshighlight the need for thegeneral public to alwayssafeguard their personalinformation.

Dont leave your purseor identification documentsin your vehicle, he said.And dont throw your per-sonal mail in the garbage.That needs to be shred-ded.

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Burnabys Byrne CreekSecondary is the firstCanadian school to receivea special award for goingbeyond the classroomand nurturing the wholechild.

Vision In Action:The ASCD Whole ChildAward is to recognizeschools that look beyondacademics and focus onhelping children becomeemotionally and physicallyhealthy, civically active,economically self-sufficientand generally ready for theworld beyond school.

Byrne Creek was chosenbecause of its demograph-ics and the safe, caringand comprehensive learn-ing environment, accord-ing to a press release.

Byrne Creek has a highnumber of refugee stu-dents, and more than 60per cent of the school pop-ulation speaks somethingother than English as a firstlanguage. Byrne Creek alsoteams up with a lot of com-munity groups that helpfamilies and students withthings like food, parent-

ing skills, early childhoodliteracy and tutoring, forexample.

The success we haveexperienced at Byrne Creekis the result of passionatestaff, thoughtful planningand integrated program-ming coming togetherto support students in avibrant and diverse com-munity, said principalDavid Rawnsley.

Grade 12 student AndyWu said Byrne Creekdeserves the award.

We have lots of dif-ferent programs that helpkids with different needs,he said. Examples include

programs that help withhot lunches, lifeskills forrefugees and tutoring.

The ASCD award cer-emony is in late Marchin Philadelphia. ASCD,which used to stand for theAssociation for Supervisionand CurriculumDevelopment, is a non-profit membership-basedgroup of principals, teach-ers, professors, superin-tendents and school boardmembers from more than145 countries.

The groups focus is toencourage best practices ineducation. For more, go towww.ascd.org.

Award: From left, Byrne Creek Secondary students Merve Fattah, Vincent Fitton,principal David Rawnsley, Zackary Chan, Zahra Haq and Andy Wu. The schoolwas recently awarded the Vision In Action: The ASCD Whole Child Award.

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Intracorp began planning the widthof the sidewalks, the retail space adja-cent to the street and areas wherepublic art, landscaping and seatingcould be put in.

It creates more of a vibrant envi-ronment with sidewalk cafs, intro-ducing public art, more street fur-niture, places to gather, things likethat, he explained. We just thoughtthere was the potential to do thatwith the amount of foot traffic aroundthere, with the Metrotown SkyTrainstation and the long-term vision ofBurnaby to update the Metrotowncommunity plan.

But Beresford Street isnt beingset up to compete with Metropolis

at Metrotown on a retail basis, headded.

Its a different environment, withstreet orientation, Forsgren said. Itshould be quite a vibrant communitywalking space.

Once the street is complete, it willbe well set up for events such asfarmers markets and parades, headded.

Its kind of in the heart of thecity. Its the kind of street that wouldlend itself to those kinds of things,Forsgren said.

Excavation for Metroplace beganlast fall, and the project is expected tobe completed by fall 2014, he said.

Construction began on the 46-sto-rey development, at Telford Avenue

and Beresford Street, on March 8.Intracorps next project, the 38-

storey development at Silver Avenueand Beresford Street, is expected tobegin soon, with the sales office open-ing on April 8.

The project is expected to be com-pleted by early 2015, according toForsgren.

Its kind of like a puzzle piece,every block needs to get developedover time, Forsgren said of theBeresford Street revitalization proj-ect.

Forsgren estimated that theBeresford revitalization projectwouldlikely be completed within five to 10years.

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The union says all teaching positions should be selected on the basis of seniority. The government supports seniority but qualications must also count so thatmath teachers teach math, and science teachers teach science.

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The government wants to support teacher improvement through a standardizedevaluation process.

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The union says that class size limits have been eliminated. Class size limits will remain in place on all grades across BC.

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The BCTF is demanding a 15 per cent wage hike and other benets that would cost $2 billion and raise taxes for BCfamilies. Virtually all other public sector unions have settled for no wage increases.

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The Burnaby NOWs Jennifer Moreaupaid a visit to 98-year-old JaakkoNoso, a renowned Finnish guitarmaker, now living in a Burnaby retire-ment home. Throughout his life, Noso hasmade thousands of musical instruments,all by hand. Hes considered a legend inFinland and was recently given a lifetimeachievement award from his home coun-try.

On an overcast afternoon, Jaakko Nosois the centre of attention at FinnishManor, a seniors home in Burnaby.Dressed in a suit jacket, holding one of

his famous hand-made guitars,Noso poses for thecamera, attractinga small audienceof seniors, whohave gatheredround in a semi-circle.

Noso, now98, is mentally sharp, but his hearingis going. He speaks little English andrecounts his life story with the help of hisson, Jim, who leans in close to his fathersear to translate. Jaakko often becomes ani-mated when talking about his illustriouscareer, speaking in Finnish and laughingheartily every so often.

Jaakkos lifelong love affair with musi-cal instruments started in Finland,while he was biding his time on militaryservice. In his early 20s, Jaakko foundhimself in charge of a boiler room, with alot of time on his hands, so he started towhittle away at a piece of wood. He hada natural love for building, and he wasexcited as his first piece emerged. It wasa violin. Jaakko had come from a familyof three sisters and two brothers, but nomusicians. He didnt know how to playthe violin, but a fellow soldier who didexplained how to make the instrument.

Noso doesnt recall what happened tothat violin, and he likely didnt realizeit would be the first of more than 10,000instruments he would craft in his lifetime.

Then the Second World War came in1939.Jaakko served Finland in the conflict,

but when the war ended and he returnedto civilian life, there was little work. Sohe built another violin and sold it. He gotsuch a good price that he was inspired tobuild a guitar.

Then came two or three more guitars,and Jaakko took his creations to a musicshop in Helsinki. At an attached musicacademy, Jaakko was told his guitarswere better than the American imports,which would have likely been Gibsonand Fender at that time. The shop wantedmore guitars a lot more.

Jaakko launched his first phase ofproduction by setting up shop next to hisparents home in the late 1940s. He builtguitar after guitar, and they became verypopular.

By the 1950s, he had about 10 work-ers to help. Noso guitars started winningawards at trade shows, but the Finnishtax system was creating problems. Jaakko,now a family man with children, washit with three large bills. Fed up withthe countrys taxation system, he packedhis bags, and with family in tow, movedto Vancouver in 1966. He arrived withroughly 50 guitars, half finished in pieces.

Jaakko lived on East 35th Avenue inVancouver, near Victoria Drive, and kepthis guitar shop in the basement. He stillmade guitars for people but slipped intorelative obscurity, as he was not as thatwell known in Canada. He took on otherjobs, like carpentry and labour, becausethe guitar making was no longer enoughto feed his family.

With the piano now playing at therest home, and seniors still gath-ered round in wheelchairs, watching ourinterview, Jaakko talks about the secretsto making a good guitar. The body shapeand size are important, as is the combina-tion of wood, to give the instrument apleasant sound. The frets, of course, mustbe precision-calculated.

He knew the right combinationbetween the species of wood and thebody, Jim says translating. And thesound board had to be right, the rightthickness.

When it all comes together, you get arich, unique sound.

Every guitar can sound a little differ-ent, Noso says through his son.

Jaakko retired in his mid-60s but stillbuilt guitars and took up gardening.Finlands national kantele associationpresented Noso with his latest awardon Feb. 26 the Golden Kantele. Thekantele is a type of table harp, one ofmany instruments Noso created and thenational instrument of Finland. Jaakkowas awarded for his lifelong and distin-guished work supporting kantele cul-ture. Jaakkos most famous kantele wasgiven to Finnish composer Jean Sibeliusand now rests in a museum. When askedhow he felt winning the award, Jaakkogrins and leans forward, hands clasped inhis lap.

It was a surprise, and I couldntbelieve in the beginning when I heardabout it, he says. I was very elated,even after all these years to achieve thismagnificent recognition by the musicindustry of Finland.

Jaakko has made roughly 100 kanteles,as well as banjos, violins, a single cello, astand-up bass, but mostly acoustic guitarsand some electrics. Jaakko was makingsolid-body electrics in the late 40s and50s, alongside pioneers like Les Paul andLeo Fender.

Many of Jaakkos guitars went to thePentecostal Church, which used them inchoirs. Jaakko even has a Facebook appre-

ciation page, and Jim brings his laptop toshow his father online updates from timeto time.

For Jaakko, his career highlight was thewidespread acceptance of his guitars first all over Finland and then through-out Europe. He could never keep up withdemand.

But the taxman seemed to keep upwith him, Jim says.

When asked if any famous musi-cians have used Jaakkos guitars, Jimdescribes a Finnish pop musician, TuureKilpelainen, who came across an aban-doned Noso acoustic in an attic, and birds

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Craftsmanship: Finnish legend Jaakko Noso with one of his handmade guitars. The retired guitar-maker, who now lives inBurnabys Finnish Manor, is enjoying renewed interest and appreciation for his lifes work.

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Award-winning: Noso guitars on display at a tradeshow in Jrvenpr, Finland.Jaakko Noso made more than 10,000 instruments in his lifetime.

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A little-known piece ofItalian-Canadian history iscoming to life thanks to anew production at ShadboltCentre this week.

BellaLuna Productionsis bringing FRESCO to thestageat theShadbolts JamesCowan Theatre March 21 to24.

The play by LuciaFrangione tells the storyof Rosina, a strugglingperformance artist whoinherits her grandparentscrumbling house in EastVancouver.

Rosina must decidewhether to sell the home knowing it will likely getbulldozed or keep it. Shespulled between the spirit ofher Nonna, who urges herto keep it, and the real-lifevoice of her father, who tellsher to sell it and not roman-ticize the familys history.

Along the way, Rosinajourneys into her familyspast and the generation ofsecrecy around the SecondWorld War.

As the Canadian gov-ernment enacted the WarMeasures Act, some of thecountrys Italian populationwas interned and movedaway from their families;others were branded asenemy aliens and forcedto report to police on amonthly basis.

Its part of a project bythe Italian Cultural Centrein Vancouver, calledA Question of Loyalty,which uses the play, abook and a museum exhi-bition to explore this part

of Vancouvers Italian-Canadian history.

FRESCO is onstage at theShadbolt CentreMarch 21 to24, with evening shows at 8p.m. and matinees at 2 p.m.on March 22 and 24. Ticketsare $15 to $20. Call the box

office at 604-205-3000 or seewww.shadboltcentre.com.

It then moves to theCultch, 1895 Venables St. inVancouver, for shows fromMarch 28 to 31. Eveningperformances are at 8 p.m.,with 2 p.m. matinees on

March 29 and 31. Ticketsare $15 to $25. Call 604-251-1363 or see www.thecultch.com.

For more informationabout the production or theQuestion of Loyalty project,see www.bellaluna.ca.

Family saga: From left, Stefano Giulianetti, Sabine Freschi and Susan Bertoia inBellaLuna Productions FRESCO, onstage at the Shadbolt Centre this week.

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Exploring a hidden pastFRESCO delvesinto little-knownside of Italian-Canadian history

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had made a nest in the body. As thestory goes, Kilpelainen cleaned outthe nest and is still using the guitarfor concerts and recordings.

Jaakko made his last instrument, acello, at age 90. He fixed a kanteleabout three years ago, but his dexter-ity is going. Now he mostly spends

his time at the rest home withKaarina, his wife of 60 years, but hewould keep building if he could.

A smiling Jaakko leans in close toJims ear, hands clasped and fidget-ing.

He never (realized) at the timehis guitars would be so popular 50or 60 years later, Jim translates.

Hes so excited about that.Jim says his father has become

somewhat of a legend in Finland andhes enjoying a resurgence of inter-est in his lifes work, with interviewrequests coming from Finnish publi-cations.

The recognition is coming thathe never expected.

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She may be about as far from the WestCoast as one can get without hitting theAtlantic Ocean, but Jennifer Wong stillconsiders Burnaby her home.

A former Cariboo Hill student, nowa student at Saint Marys Univeristy inHalfiax completing her masters of sci-ence in applied psychology, Wong wasrecently named this years winner of aprestigious research award.

The Quest award, presented by theNova Scotia Health Research Foundationand Capital Health, is given once annual-ly to the student researcher who demon-

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I/O psychologists aim to make orga-nizations a healthy place to work. A goodworkplace means happier employees andemployers and more efficient organiza-tions and societies.

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she recently learned shed beenaccepted to continue her stud-ies in the PhD program at SaintMarys University.

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It was Sunday brunchat the EBO Restaurantand Lounge at the DeltaBurnaby Hotel andConference Centre, andexecutive chef Dan Craighad really outdone himself.

Were always tryingto push forward, do newthings and offer some greatchoices, said Craig, whosbeen at the upscale restau-rant for the last three-and-a-half years. We want tobe the best in Burnaby.

It was pretty hard toargue that contention asI sat down with photog-rapher Larry Wright, EdaKoot, hotel general man-ager, and Craig during arecent Sunday brunch.

Were lucky to haveDan and his creative staff.Everythings made on site,said Koot. Its great toliterally see the room comealive as people come in forSunday brunch.

Each Sunday, from 11a.m. to 2 p.m., EBO putson its brunch for $30.95per person, with six-to-12-year-olds getting in for halfprice.

We started with theEBO signature mimosa andthen did an opening tour ofwhat was available.

The traditional breakfastfavourites of eggs, bacon,omelets, eggs Benedict,sausage and bacon werethe first things that greetedus in the hot food section,but as a seasoned buffetveteran, I know not to loadup too early.

I love French toast,said Wright as he startedon his plate.

I do, too, but I love mesome meat even more,and Craig was waiting atthe end of the line withsteelhead salmon, home-smoked pork and primerib.

We have our ownsmoker for the pork, wereOcean Wise for our sea-food, and youll love thered wine sauce with theprime rib, said Craig as Icompleted my buffet hat

trick.As an homage to my

Chinese heritage, I alsoadded some shrimp dump-lings, part of the dim sumselection, to my plate, alongwith a chicken skewer.

That was plate number1, and before heading backto my table, I took a quicklook at the platters table,which featured smokedand cured meats, sushiand some of the plumpestpoached prawns Id seen inquite some time.

There was also a saladtable, which I normallyavoid, but there was anoodle and prawn salad-type dish that intrigued me,though that would have towait for a future plate.

I also took a quick lookat the breakfast cereal table,all but deserted exceptfor the people looking atthe kids desserts, whichincluded Nanaimo bars,and the full dessert table,which featured cheesecake,pie, mousse, cake, fruit andcustard.

As Craig goes off tooversee the kitchen, Wrightand I dig into our initialplates. I dont feel a shredof guilt eating prime riband pork for lunch, but myfavourite is the steelheadsalmon, which is silkysmooth.

Wright is enjoying histraditional breakfast, buthes also added salmon tohis French toast and eggsBenny.

Id made the quick real-

ization that I wasnt goingto be able to try everything,and as much as I loveomelets, bacon, sausageand eggs, they would haveto wait for another Sundaybrunch.

The second time around,all I have is seafood, withthe sushi, smoked salmonand shrimp dumplings fill-ing my plate.

The high quality of theEBO brunch meant I wasjust full enough for a finaldessert plate.

Pastry chef RomeoMaghirang is a genius atproviding a wide variety oftempting desserts.

A mango clair, cappuc-cino cheesecake, mangocheesecake and Nanaimobar later, and I was done.

I always take the stairsbecause I have to workoff what I eat here, jokedKoot.

EBO, which standsfor East of Boundary,is a refreshingly WestCoast restaurant thathas partnered up withOpen Table, Ocean Wiseand the Canadian CeliacAssociation. It seats 140guests and is highlightedby an open kitchen concept,plush banquette seatingand semi-private tablesenclosed with silk curtains.

The EBO Restaurantand Lounge is located onthe second floor at theDelta Burnaby Hotel andConference Centre at 4331Dominion St. See www.eborestaurant.com.

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