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With noregretsWhen Robin Esrock spent a yeartravelling the world in 2005, heembarked on a quest to discoverthe common thread between people acrossnationalities, genders, races and genera-tions.

He asked 1,732 peoplein 24 countries the samethree questions: What doyou regret, what are yougrateful for, and whatinspires you?

In answer to the firstquestion, the most com-mon response he heardwas: I regret not travel-

ling more.Those were good words to hear for a

man of 29 who had recently left a steadyjob and cashed in his savings for a round-the-world adventure.

Esrock grew up in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica and moved to Vancouver in hisearly 20s to pursue a career in the musicindustry.

He soon found success, but felt therehad to be something more to life.

Fortunately for him, Esrock is the kindof guy who can see the silver lining in anydark cloud.

So when he was hit by a car andknocked off his scooter on the way to workone summer morning, he took the agonyof a broken kneecap and months of reha-bilitation as a sign.

It was the luckiest break in every wayyou can say that, he said. These things,

I think they start as a crazy idea. I thoughtwhy dont I go travelling for a year? Andits like, no I cant do that; Im 29 years old.Thats something that you do in your early20s.

But by then his knee had healed, he hada $20,000 insurance settlement in the bank,and had recently left his job.

After a bit of research, Esrock realized

it would be possible to spend the next 12months exploring the planet if he stuckto his budget and mostly to developingcountries. It wasnt long before he foundhimself walking into a travel shop to buy around-the-world ticket.

Leveraging his skills in web develop-ment and writing from his earlier dayswith the BBC and Reuters, he launched a

website moderngonzo.com to post histravel updates and photos, and pitched TheVancouver Sun to see if the paper wouldpick up his articles. As luck would haveit, the newspaper was looking for a travelwriter at that time and hired him on thespot.

Travelling man: Burnaby resident Robin Esrock, seen here in Malaysia, began travelling theworld in 2005 after recovering from an accident. He has asked 1,732 people what they regret andsays the most common answer was, I regret not travelling more.

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Burnaby ER doctor says hospital short on staff, spaceER doctor Joanne Rowell-

Wong, head of the emergencydepartment at Burnaby GeneralHospital, is speaking out abouther concerns with overcrowding

in the emergency room.Rowell-Wong said the facility

is filled to capacity on a regularbasis, and patients are not beingseen in a timely manner.

Its quite frequent that wellhave over 20 admitted patients inour ER and we have 21 stretchers

in those acute areas, she said.So it means that sick people they have to sit in those chairs andthey have to stay in the waitingroom.

Along with ER doctors at 18other hospitals around the prov-ince, Burnaby General ER physi-

cians are joining in a campaign tohighlight the problem on the B.C.Emergency Care website www.bcemergencycare.com.

In submitted videos on thesite, doctors from other hospitalsdescribe patients being seen inwaiting areas because of a lack

of beds; one waiting for up to 10hours with a fractured spine andanother who had a heart attackbefore he could be assessed by adoctor.

According to the website,

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Burnaby mayor Derek Corrigan is tak-ing issue with Housing Minister RichColemans comments regarding a pieceof B.C. Housing property for sale in theEdmonds neighbourhood.

In a March 27 article in the NOW, localMLA Raj Chouhan raised concerns thatB.C. Housing was selling the propertyto balance the budget instead of build-ing much-needed affordable housing.Meanwhile, Corrigan characterized thesale as hypocritical, stating that the prov-ince wants land from the City of Burnabyfor social housing yet is selling its ownproperty on the open market.

The province owns the 19,000-square-foot lot at the corner of 18th Avenue andSixth Street, which went up for sale inJanuary. The property is part of a larger

plot that was split,and B.C. Housingused the other halffor Liberty Place, anindependent livingfacility that openedin 2008.

In an emailedresponse from B.C.Housing, Colemanstated that the Cityof Burnaby advisedthat they wouldnot permit anothersocial housing proj-ect on the property,something Corrigancontests.

That man is sofast and loose with the truth, I think hejust makes it up as he goes along. I thinkhes in desperation mode because hes

been caught withhis pants down onthis one, Corrigansaid.

The provinceasked the City ofBurnaby to rezonethe land, Corrigansaid.

B.C. Housinghad indicated therewas phase one andphase two. We fullyexpected that theywould apply forphase 2. Instead,they held that prop-erty for seven yearsand havent done

anything, and now they are selling it onthe open market for $2 million, and RichColeman realizes how hypocritical that

looks, to be asking us for property and atthe same time to be selling property theyalready hold on the open market. So hestrying to blame us, Corrigan said. Webelieved phase two meant that they wouldbe doing a second project, not that theywould be selling the property.

Weve gone through so many projectswith Coleman and his gang, in which theytake us down the garden path and thencancel the project over and over again,he added.

Coleman, on the other hand, main-tained that it was the City of Burnaby thatdid not want more social housing at theEdmonds site.

(Corrigan) obviously isnt payingattention to whats going on around him,Coleman told the NOW. We developed20 units on there for Community Living

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Land sale: Its Corrigan versus Coleman

Weve gone through so many projects with Coleman and hisgang, in which they take us down the garden path and then can-cel the project over and over again. DEREK CORRIGAN, MAYOR OF BURNABY

Its just the typical thing that comes from this mayor. He sayshes supportive, but this guys never stepped up to the plate likeother municipalities have ... RICH COLEMAN, MINISTER OF HOUSING

Rich ColemanMinister says Corriganisnt paying attention

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City homestruck twice

Burnaby RCMP are investigatinga second home invasion in one weekat a residence along the 6600-block ofImperial Street.

The first incident happened lastweek,when two suspects forced their wayinto the home. The same two suspectsreturned with a third individual earlierthis week, again forcing their way intothe home.

According to Cpl. Dave Reid of theBurnaby RCMP, police believe the sus-pects are looking for drugs and havespecifically targeted the residence.

The individual they were lookingfor basically kicked them out (and) toldthem to leave, he said.

In both incidents there was a strugglebetween the homeowner and the sus-pects. The homeowner sustained a fewscratches and was pepper sprayed, butother than that there were no injuries,Reid said.

Police believe the homeowner andthe suspects know each other. The hom-eowner is known to police and Reid saidhe has been cooperative throughout theinvestigation.

Theres no danger to other people inthe vicinity; this is targeted, he said.

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Burnaby General gets afailing grade for overcrowd-ing and a fair grade fordoctor shortage.

In the past year, the hos-pital has hired two ER doc-tors and increased doctorshours by 50 per cent in thepast four years, accordingto Rowell-Wong, but shesaid these upgrades havenot fully met patient needs.

The problem is thatweve added all these phy-sician hours, but we cantwork efficiently if we cantput a person in a bed, shesaid.

Rowell-Wong notedFraser Health is workingwith the hospital to allevi-ate some of the pressure byfunding upgrade projectsat Burnaby Hospital, slatedfor completion within threeyears.

Earlier this month thehealth authority announceda $5.5 million investment inupgrades, including the cre-ation of a supertrack area

of the ER to separate urgentand non-urgent patients.

While doctors acknowl-edge the benefit of thisplan, the continuing staffshortage remains a concern,Rowell-Wong suggested.

Theres absolutely nocommitment to increasestaff, she said. So wewill more than double ourspace here, but theres abso-lutely no nursing that willbe increasing no supportstaff that will increase. Sowe feel that this should bea reflection of the needs interms of planning.

In a report on the bcemergencycare.com web-site called the B.C. ERTreatment Plan ER doc-tors in B.C. are calling onthe provincial governmentto fund an extra $10 millionannually to help alleviatethis kind of problem in thehealth-care system.

The last time the B.C.government directlyincreased funding to emer-gency rooms was in 2010.

B.C. Health Minister

Margaret MacDiarmid saidadding extra funding at thispoint is not feasible, how-ever, without pulling fundsalready allocated to otherareas in the health-care sys-tem.

The provincial govern-ment recently negotiateda $90 million physicianmaster agreement with theBritish Columbia MedicalAssociation, she noted.

What is very difficultfor us is for any physiciangroup to have money overand above that extra moneyin the agreement, she said.We have to find it withinour existing budget, so thatmeans stopping doing oneof those other things, mostlikely. So it has a very nega-tive impact.

MacDiarmid said she iscommitted to working withER doctors to deal withtheir concerns but said pro-viding additional fundingis a very difficult thing for(the government) to do.

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Its official. The Burnabyschool district is joining therest of the Lower Mainlandand moving to a two-weekspring break, starting in the2013/14 school year.

School trustees voted toadopt to a two-week breakat the March 26 schoolboard meeting.

Im pleased with thedecision, said districtsuperintendent KevinKaardal. There are chal-lenges we need to try andaddress with the supportof the community, some ofthose are child-care issuesand families that may findchallenges in finding access,

so we need to do somework there, he added.Well work with parks andrecreation and communitypartners to find support forchild care or recreationalprograms during that weekthat are accessible to every-one and affordable.

Kaardal said the moveto adopt a common calen-dar could potentially savethe district a quarter of amillion dollars, and newteachers looking for workmay be more interested inthe Burnaby district, ratherthan opting for other dis-tricts that offer two-weekspring breaks.

The school days will beextended slightly so thatstudents do not lose out oninstructional time.

In terms of learning,its not the length of time,Kaardal said, its the actu-ally engaged time, so weimprove the quality ofteaching in our district.

Other districts withtwo-week breaks have notexperienced any negativeimpacts on learning, headded.

Burnabys two-weekspring break starts in2013/14 and is scheduledfrom March 17 to 28.

Burnaby and New

Westminster were the onlytwo remaining districts inthe Lower Mainland with aone-week break, and NewWestminsters school trust-ees also voted in favour atwo-week break at theirMarch 26 school boardmeeting.

By Jennifer Moreau,staff reporter

A proposal for what could potentially beone of Burnabys tallest towers standingat 46-storeys was withdrawn at a recentpublic hearing held in councils chambers.

On March 19, three rezonings were upfor public input, but not the highrise pro-posed for Gilmore Avenue with a three-storey townhouse podium facing HalifaxStreet and a two-storey residential amenitypodium that included a rooftop swimmingpool.

Coun. Colleen Jordan, who attendedthe public hearing, said she could not com-ment on why the proposed tower waswithdrawn.

Now the proposal is in limbo it willeither go to a future public hearing withchanges or not go ahead at all.

The sites developer is MilleniumDevelopment, which has developed 10otherhighrises in the city, includingMayfairPlace, Belvedere and One UniversityCrescent in the SFU community.

The award-winning company alsodesigned and built the Olympic VillageCommunity in Vancouver, covering 25acres with 21 multi-storey buildings and70,000 square feet of retail space. It servedas the Athletes Village during the 2010Winter Olympic Games.

According to a planning and buildingreport from the Feb. 25 council meeting,the site is made up of three lots on Gilmore,which are currently zoned under the manu-facturing and industrial district zoning. Adeli and sausage manufacturer, a vacantcar lot and an auto body repair shop occupythe lots now.

If the proposal went through publichearing and had been later approved bycouncil, it would have been designated fora high-density, multiple family develop-ment part of the Brentwood Town Centre

Development Plan.Under the density bonus program, about

$6.5 million would have been given to thecity as a cash-in-lieu contribution for usetoward a future community amenity if theproposal was approved.

Jordan pointed out at the Feb. 25 councilmeeting that the developer had committedto providing two-zone transit passes for twoyears for residents in up to 51 units, twicethe required secured bicycle parking and34 electric vehicle plug-in stations, whichwould have included all necessary wir-ing, electrical transformer and mechanicalventilation modifications and four electricvehicles for the future strata corporation.

There was also intent to pursue greenbuilding practices by achieving a Silver(equivalency) rating under the Leadershipin Energy and Environmental Design(LEED) program.

AdamNour ofMilleniumDevelopmentsdid not respond to the Burnaby Nowsrequest for comment by press deadline.

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Proposed 46-storey Gilmore tower in limboOlympic Village developerwithdraws proposalStefania Secciastaff reporter

Highrise: 1846, 1876 and 1904 GilmoreAve. site of the proposed tower.

Spring break goes to two weeks

Larry Wright/burnaby now

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The woman at the centre of a civil suitlaunched by the Burnaby school district isnow facing two criminal counts of fraud.

Jodi Fingarsen, whom the district allegesstole up to $100,000 from school coffers,was charged with two counts of fraud over$5,000 in February.

The Burnaby school district contactedRCMP about the case and filed a separatecivil claim last June.

Burnaby RCMP spokesperson Cpl.David Reid said police recommended anumber of charges against Fingarsen. TheCrown approved two, and one is related toAltus Group, a real estate company.

While the Burnaby school districts civil

claim alleges Fingarsen took $100,000, Reidindicated the amount was lower.

Theyre looking at an approximationof $60,000, Reid said. More of an exactnumber should come out in the course ofthe trial.

Reid also said that civil cases tend to fol-low the criminal trials.

The civil trial looks to see what is hap-peningwith the criminal case first, he said.A civil trial does not require the (beyonda reasonable doubt) standard of evidence acriminal trial does.

According to the school districts civilclaim, Fingarsen, a former bookkeeper atAlpha Secondary, allegedly defraudedthe district of $100,000 over a period ofthree years, mainly by cashing fraudulentcheques.

The claim also alleges that Fingarsenfraudulently converted, for her own useand for her own benefit, various amountsof cash received from numerous sources asa result of fundraising activities, donations,student fees and fees for field trips, etc.

The school district also named CIBC andVancity as defendants in the suit. Vancity

was the drawee bank, and Fingarsen had atleast one personal account with CIBC. Theclaim alleges CIBC honoured some of thecheques with a forged endorsement or noendorsement at all.

None of the allegations have been prov-en in court. No one from Altus Groupwould comment on the case.

Former school bookkeeper chargedwith fraudJennifer Moreaustaff reporter

$1.4M for 10 city projects

Burnaby council approved $1.4 millionfrom capital reserves to finance 10 parks,recreation and cultural services projectsfor 2013.

At the March 18 meeting, councilapproved $1,496,320, including HST, to usefor projects for the Shadbolt Centre for theArts, Burnaby Village Museum and parksacross the city.

The Shadbolt will receive $100,000to purchase equipment such as potterywheels, pianos, safety equipment, programtents, stools, storage carts and print storageunits.

The Burnaby Village Museum is setto get $245,000 for several projects suchas various exterior and interior buildingupgrades, and exhibit upgrades as well.

Theres $256,000 slated for the purchaseof mowers, pickup trucks, a small truck-ster, a food services van and a cargo van to

improve service delivery, according to thestaff report.

Confederation, Westbridge and Centralparks will get a share of $185,000 to reno-vate their tennis courts.

Suncrest Park and other wading poolsand spray parks have $175,000 budget-ed for improvements and upgrades forlife cycle replacement and to meet FraserHealth regulations.

The 25-year-old playground at ForestGrove Park is getting replaced, and accessi-bility improvements at the site has $175,000budgeted.

Deer Lake Park will have a boardwalkrenewal, additions, trail constructionand safety upgrades to the lake trails for$125,000.

Taylor, Montecito and Stride schoolparks will share $75,000 for resurfacing,fencing and other major repairs for its bas-ketball, ball hockey and sports courts.

There are sufficient capital reserves forthe projects, according to the staff report.

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Saturday mornings I occa-sionally attend the Frontiersof Modern Physics lectureseries put on by TRIUMF, theUniversity of British Columbiaand Simon FraserUniversity.

Its amazing whatyou can learn from aphysics lecture. Its also inter-esting to see where your mindgoes during those rare momentswhen youre not completely cap-tivated by the thrill of scientificdiscovery.

My mind goes to people,starting with those in the room.Why are we here, I wonder?

One Saturday I counted 39young people in the room, prob-ably senior high school students.Why werent they sleeping inor working at part-time jobs orjust hanging out together likewe used to do when I was inhigh school? Did they all giveup their Saturday morning forthe love of physics? Or werethey here to study and take inas much as they can? No doubtweve encouraged them tobelieve that post-secondary edu-cation is essential to their futuresurvival even as weve madeit harder than ever to attendwith entrance requirements andtuition fees raised to the strato-sphere. Then I wondered if theyknew how much a degree willcost either them or their parentsor both, or how hard it is gener-ally for young graduates to findgood jobs today.

Thankfully, before my think-ing went too far down thisincreasingly negative path, Ithought of the upside.

In my high school physicsclass, only three of 21students were female,whereas womenmade up nearly half

of the young audience gath-ered. Everyone seemed genu-inely interested in the lecture,which could serve them well as,according to futurists, studentswho obtain science-relateddegrees will be more likelyto find good jobs includ-ing young women, thanks toimprovements in some areas ofwomens equality over time.

My mind returned to thelecture, content with the visionof these brilliant young scien-tists working to address climatechange, food security and otherserious issues in our world.

The next time my mind wan-dered, it was to think about thelives of these young future scien-tists perhaps five, 10 or even 15years later. A time in their liveswhen many of them may bethinking about having children.

Alas, the story takes anotherdifficult twist here, as they nowface the perfect storm of parent-hood in Canada. Since two earn-ers barely bring home todaywhat one breadwinner did in the1970s, weve gone from 40-hourwork weeks to closer to 80-hour

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Throw the scripts away and let him speakI do not agree with what you have to

say, but Ill defend to the death your rightto say it. The quote, attributed to Voltaire,gets pulled out a lot to back freedom ofspeech arguments. This time is no excep-tion.

Conservative MP MarkWarawa rose in the House ofCommons this past week to askthe speaker of the house to rulethat his privileges as an MP had been vio-lated because his partys leadership wasnot allowing him to speak on an emotionalissue he feels strongly about.

The emotional issue is abortion.Warawa is vociferously anti-abortion,

or anti-choice, depending upon your per-sonal take on the always controversialsubject.

Prime Minister StephenHarper has publicly said he willnot re-open the abortion debate.

And he surely doesnt wanthis troops whipping up a con-

troversy that might be used in an anti-Conservative campaign.

Conservative party leaders likenedgagging Warawa to making sure that the

team kept to the game plan. There werea lot of analogies to sitting on the benchand referees.

Its no secret that political par-ties orchestrate debate in the House ofCommons. While it may not be scriptedword-for-word, the players all know theirparts and usually stick to them.

Warawa doesnt want to stick to thescript, and he, in our opinion, is right. Heis accountable to his constituents. If hethinks hes acting on their behalf and theywant him to ignite the abortion debate then no party hack should stop him.

Green Party leader Elizabeth May saidWarawas battle is very important. She isquoted as saying, It cuts to the core ofwhat is wrong with parliamentary democ-racy.

NDP House Leader Nathan Cullen saidhis party does not vet statements made byits MPs in the 15 minutes prior to questionperiod. But we doubt very much if NDPMPs ever stray far from their scripts.

We say, let Warawa speak. If he cantshut up thats another matter but, fornow, he should rightly exercise his free-dom of speech.

Scientific mindsof the future

Letter writers are way off baseDear Editor:

A couple of your contributors are way off basein their opinions. Lets look at the opinion of TrevorRitchie, who suggested the City of Burnaby fundchild care but admits that child care is a provincialresponsibility. Can you imagine the joy the Liberalswould feel at the thought of downloading yet anoth-er of their responsibilities onto the municipalities, sothey can then dream up even more bizarre ways towaste taxpayers money? Bottom line is that childcare is a provincial responsibility, they collect taxesto pay for it, so insist they properly fund it.

Then we have Michael Taylor who has the nerveto suggest that Christy Clark and her roving band

of misfits cares about the children of B.C., when thetruth is all they really care about is hanging ontopower, even if it means lies, cover-ups and decep-tions to accomplish that.

To suggest she has shown the people of B.C. shebelieves in balanced budgets is bizarre and asinineconsidering the Liberals arent even honest enoughto include the massive debt B.C. Hydro finds itself in.Im referring to the deferred debt the auditor generalhas indicated should be shown on the provincesbooks as a liability.

Instead, they continue to pretend that all is rightin B.C., when the majority of people in B.C. knowperfectly well its anything but close to being all right,hence the Liberals present standings in the polls.

Wayne McQueen, Burnaby

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work weeks. The result?Generations raising youngchildren are squeezedfor time at home. Theyare squeezed for incomebecause the extra hours ofwork dont make up forthe fact that housing pricesare nearly double evenwhen many young peoplelive in condos or tradeyards for time-consum-ing commutes. They aresqueezed for services likechild care that are essentialfor working parents, butremain in short supplyand cost more than uni-versity.

These issues are daunt-ing. But there are solu-tions and theyre notrocket science. They justrequire us to once againcome together as a nationto respond to changes inour world that are beyondthe individual control ofgenerations X and Y, alsoreferred to as GenerationSqueeze.

A generation ago wecreated pensions and pub-

lic health care, workingcollectively and effectivelyto address a pressing prob-lem of the day: povertyamong seniors. The result?As a group, seniors nowhave one of the lowestpoverty rates in Canada.

To this day, Canadiansrightly cherish these andother social programsthat prioritize older gen-erations. So why is it thatsince then weve beenunwilling to narrow thegenerational spendinggap by introducing newsocial programs to addressthe issues that are criticalfor younger generationstoday?

Multiple internationalreports show, for example,that when it comes topublic policies for fam-ilies with young children,Canada lags behind mostdeveloped countries. Ourcountry isnt making itpossible for most dadsand moms to share 18months at home with anew baby, find and affordquality child care services

or access other work-lifebalance measures. Ourpoor international recordreflects in part that ourgovernments spend just$12,000 per young personeach year, compared toaround $45,000 per retiree.

Thats why Im work-ing to make GenerationSqueeze a priority inCanada and reaching outto my fellow baby boom-ers for help. I believe thatmost of us want to protectimportant social programslike health care and pen-sions, without sacrificingour childrens present andour grandchildrens future.Working together again,we can achieve this bettergenerational deal onethat gives all generations achance.

Find out more at www.gensqueeze.ca and contactme at [email protected].

Lynell Anderson is thesenior community research-er for Generation Squeeze.This is one of a series of col-umns running in the NOW.


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OK, sonowPremierChristyClarkknowshow to properly cover up two things pizza dough with tomato sauce (well done,I must say) and one political misstep withanother (so she thinks/tries anyway.)

The difference between the two? If youmess up one pizza, it will only cost you per-sonally pizza dough and a scoop of toma-to sauce. When you mess up in directing agovernment with honesty and prudence, itwill cost all of us taxpayers.

Clark, allegedly, is singling out Burnabyas the decisive factor in winning the provin-cial election. I have no idea what shes beensmoking but, in my opinion, she mightwant to seriously think about perfecting herpizza-making, as I believe theres alwaysdemand for a good pizza-maker.

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Puzzling out pipeline factsDear Editor:

I was in the supermarket the otherday and someone asked me about what Ithought about all the pipeline proposalsbeing talked about recently. The three that

came to mind were the Northern Gateway,the twinning of the KinderMorgan pipelineand the Northern Trails natural gas pipe-line. My honest response was that I wasagainst all three.

Howwill we pay for our education andhealthcare? he asked.

The crux of the argument for expandedfracking and tar sands development is wecannot afford not to do it. Federal and pro-vincial government, and gas industry, adspoint to the importance of these revenuesto fund health and education.

In fact, in 2011 oil, gas and mineral rev-enues composed only 5.4 per cent of gov-ernment revenue. Moreover, much of thatmoney was returned to the industry as anatural resources and economic develop-ment expense $1.2 billion.

We must also keep in mind that wealready have an operating pipeline and arefinery. We have more oil than we need,yet we only refine one-third of it for our-selves. British Columbians consume only 15per cent of the natural gas we produce.

I think if people were given the factswithout the spin and without the fear-mon-gering, they would choose to transition toa greener more local economy sooner. Thefact is, we have choices.

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Its just the typical thing that comes from this mayor.He says hes supportive, but this guys never steppedup to the plate like other municipalities have for thingslike development cost charges and coming up with anyland at all for municipal benefit, Coleman said, addingthere was no sense in holding onto a piece of land B.C.Housing cant use for its mandate, so the province will sellit and invest the money in another community.

Its a very typical Burnaby issue. The mayor doesntsupport supportive housing in his community with any-thing except to say the province should pay for it all.All around him in New Westminster, Coquitlam,Vancouver, Richmond municipalities are working withus to buy land, change densities, find abilities to dealwith some of the social issues in the communities. Yourmayor happens to believe they should not participate,Coleman said. The reality is the people of Burnaby arepaying higher property taxes because of the pressure ofnot dealing with these social issues in the community,with policing and other agencies in your community. Youhave, in Burnaby, a very good group of people that like tohave proper shelter for people so they can take care of themost disenfranchised in that community where they cantget the support of the mayor.

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Council approved theimplementation of eightspeed humps for Burnabyat a recent meeting.

The Burnaby Heights,Capitol Hill, Brentwood,8000-blockof18thAvenue,4300-block of KitchenerStreet and the 200-blockof Gamma Avenue Northcan expect speed humpsthis year.

Overthecourseof2012city staff has respondedto numerous inquiriesfrom residents about theprocess for installingspeed humps along theirstreet, states the reportfrom the department ofengineering. Of those,a total of eight residentshave expressed a desireto initiate the (Local AreaService Program) pro-cess for installing speedhumps this year.

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Council approvedfunding for the initialphase of the citys newcredit card security stan-dard (PCI-DSS) proj-ect, with a price tag of$65,000.

The funding will comeout of the stabilizationreserve and is expectedto lead to the hiring of aconsultant.

PCI-DSS standardwas introduced in 2006to reduce merchant fraudfor businesses and orga-nizations that providecredit and debit card pay-ment acceptance servicesto their clients, accord-ing to a report from thefinance and civic develop-ment committee. Failureto complete certificationcan result in fines, law-suits and revocation ofmerchant privileges.

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Ishwar L. Maisuria leads adouble life.By day, the Burnaby resi-dent is a hairdresser at HarmonyHairworks on Sixth Street, and atnight, he brings films to life.

But these two creative careersare far from being in conflictwith each other. Just step into hisfamily-owned hair salon and theevidence of his passion for bothhairstyle and movies is all overthe place.

The floor is black-and-whitetiled, the chairs are the classicblack barbershop style, with ablue, red and white-stripedpole spinning in the corner, andon the walls, there are vintageframed photos of both Indianand Hollywood movie icons. Aglass case in the middle of theroom holds a museum-worthyassortment of old-fashionedcameras and film editing equip-ment.

While he cuts clients hair,Maisuria talks film.

This place becomes a work-shop for my ideas, he said,noting he sometimes brings hislaptop in for his clients to see hislatest editing work and get theirfeedback.

I want to pay tribute to myclients because theyre my num-ber one fans, he said.

Maisurias parents also workat the shop every day, and arehappy to display their sonsmovie memorabilia, and now,his own movie poster, on theirwalls.

We are so proud, saidSavita Lal, Maisurias mother, ofher sons blossoming career.

Maisurias first feature-lengthfilm, called In The End, garneredan Award of Merit at the IndieFest in La Jolla, California lastfall, and has won an Excellencein Filmmaking Award to bepresented at the CanadianInternational Film Festival inVancouver, April 5 and 6.

The film was shot in Burnaby,New Westminster, Vancouverand West Vancouver, and wasedited entirely by Maisuria him-self on his laptop over the courseof a year.

The plot revolves around aman whose wife leaves him foranother man, and soon afterhe finds himself working as aphotographer for a private detec-tive who works for those whosuspect their partners of beingunfaithful. The plot takes a few

twists and turns and pays hom-age to both Alfred Hitchcocksstyle of suspense and intrigueand to Canadian filmmakerAtom Egoyans talky scriptstyle.

When hes not cutting hair,or working on his own movies,Maisuria says he loves to watchHitchcocks classics on Netflixand seek out other independentfilms.

Im Canadian, so Imexposed to all this amazing cin-ema here, he said.

Maisurias interest in bothhairstyling and filmmakingstarted early.

Born in Labasa, Fiji, he andhis three siblings spent mostof their early childhood hang-ing around their dads barber-shop. When he wasnt there,Maisurias parents knew theycould find him at the cinemaright next door.

My afternoons and eveningswere spent at the movies, and Iloved it, he said.

The theatre screened every-thing from the Hollywood clas-sics like Star Wars to popularIndian movies, giving Maisuriaan invaluable breadth of expo-

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Port Hardy, B.C. in 1980 whenhe was 12, Maisuria discoveredphotography and became theyearbook guy in his first year ofschool in Canada.

From there, his educationin photography at MalaspinaCollege in Nanaimo led him tostudy film at Vancouver FilmSchool, and later to get a Masterof Arts degree at Simon FraserUniversity.

For all his training, however,Maisuria believes the best way toget into filmmaking is to simplyget a camera, find some friendswho can act, and give it a go.

Not that its an easy road, henoted.

I dont think anybody whosnot passionate about it shouldeven try it, he suggested. Its alot of hard work.

For his next film, Maisuriasaid he plans to do a NapoleonDynamite-style comedy abouthim and his First Nations bestfriend as kids in Port Hardy.

For more information aboutMaisurias film, In The End, visitwww.intheendmovie.com or call604-644-8365.

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In the limelight: Ishwar L. Maisuria likes to discuss his scripts, films and ideas for future productions withhis clients, who range from kids to seniors, at his family-owned hair salon, Harmony Hairworks. Above,Maisuria with a poster for his film, In The End, produced last year. Below, Maisuria styling a young clientshair.

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If youre looking forsomething fun to do withthe kids this Easter longweekend, the B.C. Societyof Model Engineers is run-ning miniature train ridesthrough ConfederationPark till Monday.

The society is celebrat-ing its 20th anniversary atthe Confederation site, andthe train rides start todayand run every weekenduntil Thanksgiving.

Youre never too oldto play with trains, saidlongtime society memberIan MacGregor. And bythe way, we build all these

things. Its real engineer-ing, but one-eighth of thefull size.

The B.C. Society ofModel Engineersformed in 1929and is one of theoldest model engi-neering societiesin North America,MacGregor said.Members spendtheir time volun-teering to give trainrides, working on steamengine replicas and main-taining the tracks.

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The Confederation Parktrain station opens Friday,March 29, to Monday,April 1, from 11 a.m. to5 p.m. The train rides are

$2.50 for a 12- to 15-minuteride. Children under threeride for free. The station isat 120 North WillingdonAve.

Best deal in town,MacGregor said.

AccordingtoMacGregor,the society gave 52,000rides last year. People loveit, MacGregor said, andsome parents and grand-parents who rode the trainas children bring the kidsand grandkids.

Its a huge amount offun, MacGregor said.

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Whats up for Easter weekendPeter Cottontail is hoppingon down the bunny trailinto Burnaby this weekendand there are plenty of fun eventsplanned for his arrival. But Easterevents for the kids arent the onlythings happening thereis lots going on in the city.

Were continuingwith our popular feature our staffs Top 5 (OrMore) Things To Do ThisWeekend. Heres our listfor the holiday weekend.

1Get decoratingUkrainian eggswith the UkrainianCommunity Society atLougheed Town Centrethis weekend.

This beautiful art formwill be showcased in theshopping centre nearLondon Drugs.

Tools and supplies will also be onsale at the event, and the society isalso running workshops on how tomake your own Ukrainian eggs.

2Get brunching at The RiverwayClubhouse or EBO Restaurantand Lounge. The Clubhouse is offer-ing an Easter brunch buffet from 10a.m. to 3 p.m. for $35 per person.Reservations are recommended.

EBO Restaurant has brunch seat-ings at 10:30 and 11 a.m., and 1 and1:30 p.m. The cost is $39.95 per per-

son, with six to 12-year-olds at halfprice, and children up to five yearsold eat free.

3Get hunting for eggs and for aglimpse of the Easter Bunny inBurnaby. The Easter Bunny is mak-

ing an appearance atLougheed Town Centreon Saturday, with meetand greet times between11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Mossop the Bunnyis at Brentwood TownCentre on Saturday,auditioning to beBrentwoods EasterBunny at the BunnysGot Talent show at 11a.m., with crafts to fol-low.

There is also aBunny Hop Skate at BillCopeland Sports Centrefrom 12:30 to 3 p.m. on

Saturday, as well.For those on the hunt for eggs,

theres an Easter egg hunt for thekids at CG Brown pool on Sundaybetween noon and 1:30 p.m.

4Get watching ONE, a multi-disci-plinary take on the Greek myth ofOrpheus and Eurydice.

The production, put on by GhostRiver Theatre, focuses on Philistine,a librarian who searches for the loveof her life, George, an astronomerwho was lost at sea.

The show was created by JasonCarnew and is directed by Eric Rose.

There are performances onFriday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at theShadbolt Centre for the Arts. Fortickets, go to tickets.shadboltcentre.com

5Get buying chocolate at localshops such as Charlies ChocolateFactory, located at 3746 CanadaWay.

Another option is ChezChristophe Chocolaterie Patisserie,which opened recently in theHeights at 4712 Hastings St.Chocolatier Christophe Bonzonhas been preparing his deliciouschocolate egg sculptures for theholiday. Go to the Chez ChristopheChocolaterie Patisserie page onFacebook for more information.

And there are always plenty oftoys and treats at other local busi-ness and the citys three shoppingcentres Lougheed and Brentwoodtown centres and Metropolis atMetrotown.

Email your Top 5 ideas to calendar@

burnabynow.com or to [email protected]. You can also checkout our full arts and events calendarlistings on our websites homepage atwww.burnabynow.com.

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Burnaby actors shine in Oklahoma!

The musical of music-als is set to hit thestage April 11 atMassey Theatre, and sev-eral Burnaby actors will bejoining the cast of RoyalCity Musical Theatresspring production ofOklahoma!

The 44-member castincludes locals SandraHead as Aunt Eller,Brendan Cuff as WillParker and Angela Kingas a dancer, and the dancecaptain of the show.

From the well-knownOh, What a BeautifulMorning, to the classicOklahoma!, audiences canexpect to hear their favour-ite numbers in this pro-duction of the musical thatcelebrates its 70th anniver-sary this year.

Preview shows will beheld April 11 and 12, andthe show runs April 13 to27, with showtimes at 8p.m., and 2 p.m. matineson Saturdays and Sundays.

Tickets range from $20to $40, with special ratesfor seniors and students,available at www. masseytheatre.com or by call-ing 604-521-5050.

Family Round Up Dayis Sunday, April 14, witha 2 p.m. show with specialprices buy two adulttickets and get two childor senior tickets free.

The Massey Theatre islocated at 735 Eighth Ave.in New Westminster.

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student has taken thetop prize for deliver-ing an engaging, albeitshort, presentation on hisunusual research project.

Mike Henrey, a studentin the engineering depart-ment, was a participant inthe recent Three-minuteThesis (3MT) competitionfinals at SFUs Burnabycampus, in which gradu-ate students had just threeminutes to wow judgesand the public with theirsubjects.

Henrey took home$1,500 for the judged ele-ment and $500 for peopleschoice award for a shortshowcase of his researchon testing simulated geckoadhesives in outer space.

He said his win wasdue to his ability to tell agood story about his work.

I put a lot of effort intotrying to sell the robot,he said in a press release.I framed it as a problemwith an interesting solu-tion that I thought wouldcaptivate people.

In the presentation,Henrey explained how thesix-legged robot he builtuses a simulated geckoadhesive to attach itselfto a satellites exterior. Healso explained his testingof the adhesive in a space-like environment at theEuropean Space Agency inthe Netherlands last sum-mer.

Henreys research paperwill appear in an upcom-ing issue of the Journalof Aerospace Science andTechnology. He and sixother top presenters fromthis competition at otherB.C. universities will showoff their research-recap-ping abilities once againat the 3MT, B.C. winnersshowcase next month.

The free public eventwill be held at theUniversity of BritishColumbia, from 3:30 to 5p.m. on April 3.

Art all over townSpring has sprung and

art is popping up in galler-ies from Deer Lake Park toBurnaby Mountain.

At the Deer LakeGallery, Rite of Spring ison display from April 5 to27, showing the intersec-tion between Stravinskysballet and the domesticritual of spring clean-ing through a varietyof media. The gallery islocated at 6584 Deer LakeAve. and is open Tuesdayto Sunday from noon to 4

p.m. For information, call604-298-7322 or visit www.burnabyartscouncil.org.

At the Burnaby ArtGallery, Arts Alive runsfrom April 19 to May 19,showcasing a selection ofstudent paintings, draw-ings and sculptures fromseveral Burnaby schools.An opening receptionwill be held on April 18from 5 to 7 p.m., free forall ages. The gallery islocated at 6344 Deer LakeAve. and is open Tuesdayto Friday, from 10 a.m. to4:30 p.m. and Saturdays

and Sundays from noon to5 p.m. Admission is free.

On Lunch B.A.G. Day,April 26, from noon to 1p.m., the gallery is offeringa tour and lunch for $12,which includes dessert, teaand coffee. To register orfor more information, call604-297-4422 or visit www.burnabyartgallery.ca.

At the Simon FraserUniversity art gallery onBurnaby Mountain, anexhibition called WildNew Territories is on dis-play until April 13. Thisgroup exhibit features the

works of international andlocal artists and exploresthe connection betweenculture and nature andhow these relate to theuncertainty of a changingenvironment.

The gallery is locatedin Academic Quadrangle3004 at 8888 UniversityDr. on Burnaby Mountain.Hours are noon to 5 p.m.,from Tuesday to Saturday.For more information,phone 778-782-4266 or visitwww.sfu.ca/artgallery.

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World Travels is a behind the bylinetravel writer series that follows Esrockand his fellow Canadian travel writer,Julia Dimon, on their adventures. They co-produced, wrote and starred in the show,which spanned 40 episodes and took themto 36 countries in three years. Today, itsseen in more than 100 countries in 21 lan-guages.

During his travels, Esrock swam withsharks and crocodiles, hang-glided, sky-dived, visited the Ferrari and Lamborghinifactories in Italy to test-drive their cars,and bungy-jumped off the worlds tallesttower in Macau, China.

Hes stayed in some of the worlds bestresorts and dined on a wide variety ofcuisines.

To date, hes been to 107 countries onsix continents.

For all the excitement and satisfactionof knowing hes sucked the marrow out oflife, however, Esrock says being a travelwriter is definitely not all fun and games.

Youre not going to get rich, and itsnot going to be a holiday, he said. Andyoure going to work really hard to keepall your friends because nobodys going toknow when youre gone. Youre going tomeet people and have these intense, shortbursts of relationships, and youll prob-ably never see them again. So its not foreverybody.

But it was for him, and it did scratchthat restless itch Esrock had felt for solong. Had he not taken the risk of launch-ing himself into the world, not knowingwhere hed be after a year, or what hewould learn about himself and the world,Esrock says he knows he, too, would havefelt the heavy regret of not travelling more.

I think I would have been someonevery disappointed with life, he said. Iwas one of those kids who was alwayslike, Theres got to be more.

After living out of a backpack for fiveyears, Esrock eventually met his wife backin Vancouver, and the couple now has ahome in Burnaby and a baby on the way.

He may have more reason to stay putat least for a little while now, but he sayshes got no plans to quit his rambling waysanytime soon, even with a baby in tow.

Ive become addicted to scenerychanging, he said. This is my safe spacehere, but I get bored out of my mind inVancouver. Things need to change. Eventhe forests, I find, can get quite claustro-phobic. Its just great to go into the Rockiesand then go into the prairies. The prairies

are amazing.Esrocks next adventure will take him

and his family this summer on a road tripacross Canada, to promote his first book The Great Canadian Bucket List a compila-tion of 115 of the best adventure activitiesthat can only be found in this country.

The book will hit bookshelves at air-ports and major bookstores in October.

And after that? Well, hell cross thatbridge when he gets to it.

This whole life is all about not stress-ing too much about tomorrow worryingabout where your next paycheck is com-ing from, he said. It just happens, right?Things just happen.

For more about Robin Esrock, visitwww.robinesrock.com.

Writing: Led to World Travels TV show, with 40 episodes in 36 countriescontinued from page 1

New friends: Burnaby man Robin Esrock gets up close and personal with a wisenew friend in Prague while travelling the world.


Rastaman: Robin Esrock found himself in Jamaica during his extensive globe-trotting just one of the 36 countries hes visited.



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Our kids need to get some dirtunder their nails, to feel the

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It has been interesting towatch the National HockeyLeague outdoor winter classicin past years. This was a regu-lar hockey game but it wasplayed outdoors, in winter.Wow! The joy was in watchingthe players.

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OK, we dont have outdoorskating on the LowerMainland,but the point is that any activi-ty that we experience in natureis different. Swimming in poolsis nice but getting into a lake,

river or the ocean is completelydifferent. Its more real. Wereconnected with the natural en-vironment for swimming.

Give your kids the gift of na-ture. Start with your yard orneighbourhood. Let them ex-plore in their own way. Maybeyour child will choose to squaton the lawn and watch a pa-rade of ants returning home.Or youll see her roll around,feeling the grass all over herbody. Or hell nd a tree toclimb.

Then go to the local park andlet them decide what to do.Expand to the beach, to largerparks and nature centres.

Its not difcult. Just nd plac-es that are outdoors, dress thekids in clothing that can getdirty and will keep them warmand reasonably dry and letthem go.

We live surrounded by nature.Lets send our kids out to play.

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Introduce your kids tothe great outdoors

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Itwas oneofmymost amazingaccomplishments. One eve-ning, I led the parade of all thecampers and staff to our newchapel. It was dusk and we setcandles on sticks and let themoat out over the lake. It was amagical moment.

And I wonder, would it havehappened today? Would I, askinny urban teenager be con-nected enough to nature towant to do all that work in or-der to simply sit and look outover the lake? Would I chooseto engage in grubby and hard

work just for a dream?

I was a city kid and today I ama thoroughly urban woman.But when I tote up my ac-complishments to date, this isalways on the list. So how didit happen or, more important-ly, why is it so unlikely that itwould happen again?

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