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Stolen computer sought Halloween happenings Colours of fall at Shadbolt

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WindstormcleanupcostsmountingJeremyDeutschjdeutsch@burnabynow.com

It appears the damage and cleanup fromthe summer windstorm has cost the City ofBurnaby a pretty penny.According to a financial committee re-

port from the city, the cost to clean up thestorm as of the end of September had hit$460,000.The final cost wont be known until the

cleanup work is complete.The report also noted the city could also

recoup some of the costs through the prov-

inces Disaster Recovery Fund.The windstorm, which swept through on

Aug. 29, downed trees and cut power to50,000 customers in Burnaby.The post-mortem on the storm also pro-

vided an assessment of the citys infrastruc-ture and response to the major event, point-ing out both strengths and areas to improve.Some of the strengths include the city

found dispatch staff (engineering, fire andRCMP) worked well with additional back-up staff to handle the extraordinary callvolume and the emergency power for all keyinfrastructures and facilities worked as de-

signed.The exception was the Capitol Hill and

Burnaby Mountain (backup) water pumpstations where the powertransfer process failed.But areas to improve in-

cluded the limited backuppower available for trafficsignals, the need for bettercommunication and coor-dination between city staffand RCMPmembers onroad closures, signal out-age and barricade deploy-ment, and a lack of a backupsystem for the citys computer data centres.The report also noted a need for more

timely communication and notification to

the public on impacted city services and in-frastructure.City staff have put forward a total of nine

items recommended to ei-ther study or change in thefuture.Overall, the city and

RCMP had respond-ed well and provided thecommunity with the bestpossible service under anextreme weather condi-tion, the citys deputy citymanager Lambert Chu

wrote in the report.Lessons have been learned on what

needs to be improved to better prepare the

Storm cleanup costs had hit $460,000 by end ofSeptember and the work isnt over yet

THEMOSTSINCEREPUMPKIN

PATCH: PreschoolteacherMaggieSzelezinandher studentEqbal,

4, talkpumpkinsusing sign languageat a temporarypatchsetupatSouthSlopeElementary,whichalsohouses theB.C.Provincial School fortheDeaf and theDeaf

Childrens Societypreschool. TheBurnabyCivic EmployeesUniondonated$3,000 for fall

celebrations completewithpumpkins,

popcorn, hot chocolate,music, decorations

andabubblemachineatSouthSlope

andDouglasRoadElementary thisweek.

TheeventswereorganizedbySouth

SlopeparentsChris andDaniellaRevitt,who

put together a similarcelebrationat their

kids school last year.Chris,whoworks in

the citys parksand recdepartment, saidonereason forbringing thepatch to the schoolwasaccessibility becausea lot of the students

thereusewheelchairs,andmostpumpkin

patchesaremuddyandinaccessible.

PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR

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WejustwantthedrivesNewly elected MP appeals for return of stolen computer [email protected]

Now that the dust hassettled from the federalelection, Burnabys newestMP is offering a $1,000 re-ward for the return of filesfrom the computer equip-ment stolen from his cam-paign office around earlySeptember.Terry Beechs campaign

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itself that Croskery is ago-

nizing over; its the 12 tera-bytes of data he lost con-taining video footage fromhis job making web videosfor various clients. Croskeyestimated there were thou-sands of hours of work sto-

len.There was also a mes-sage from Liberal leaderJustinTrudeau to the peo-ple of Burnaby North-Sey-mour thats now lost.We just want the

drives, Beech said. Nowthat the election is over, itsstill something we hope wecan recover.Beech said he will hand

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Amassive development inthe Edmonds area of Burn-aby is one step closer to be-coming a reality.The developer behind

the Kings Crossing projectat the corner of Kingswayand Edmonds Street hassubmitted the final build-ing documents for approvalfrom council.The proposed redevel-

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the public hearing stage inearly 2014.The plan is to build three

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A pedestrian plaza is alsoproposed for EdmondsStreet, which will serve asa gathering place with seat-ing for an outdoor caf andpublic art.Turcotte noted the art-

ist has been picked, but hecouldnt say who at thispoint.He explained the com-

pany had been interested inthe piece of land for devel-opment for more than a de-cade, but it became morefeasible after the City ofBurnaby allowed for higherdensity plans.I always thought it was a

really pivotal site to a neigh-bourhood that was right onthe verge of change,Tur-cotte said, suggesting thedevelopment is a great op-portunity for people tobuy into and be a part of abrand new community.I always thought the site

was a great site.Exactly when the devel-

opment will be in front ofcouncil for the final stampof approval has still yet to bedetermined, but he notedfollowing approval the firsttower will go to market.The company expects the

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A two-year business ex-periment is on its way to be-coming a permanent fix-ture.Burnaby city council has

given the green light to es-tablish a permanent inter-municipal business licence(IMBL) program betweenseveral MetroVancouvermunicipalities.The participating cities

in the agreement includeVancouver, NewWestmin-ster, Richmond, Surrey andDelta.The IMBL first became

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ment was set to run out atthe end of this year.According to a staff re-

port, since the initial in-ception, the IMBL pro-gram has received positivefeedback from the businesscommunity and continuesto show steady growth.In the first six months

of 2015, there has been aneight per cent increase in

the number of licences soldwithin the six communities,while in Burnaby the num-ber of IMBLs rose dramat-ically to 400 compared to310 for all of 2014.Burnaby Mayor Derek

Corrigan is pleased by theuptake in the program, sug-gesting IMBL gives busi-nesses more affordabilitywhile the cities are able toidentify the businesses ap-propriately working withintheir community.It used to be tough when

businesses wouldnt get a li-cence, he told theNOW.Corrigan also congratu-

lated the Burnaby Board ofTrade, which brought the

initiative forward to the cityto start.Under the pilot program,

the IMBL fee is $250, and

a change is not being pro-posed as it becomes perma-nent.The revenue generated

from the current pilot pro-gram is distributed amongthe participating municipal-ities using a revenue shar-ing formula based on salesfigures of non-resident con-tractor business licences byeach participating munici-pality at the start of the pilotprogram.

A further breakdownshowed Burnaby received14.37 per cent of the rev-enue.Vancouver netted thebiggest share at 24.30 percent.The report noted a new

method of revenue sharingproposes that the munici-pality that sells the IMBLretains 90 per cent of the

revenues and redistributesthe remaining 10 per centevenly amongst the otherparticipants.The improved proposed

revenue sharing formula of-fers more flexibility andlends itself to support fu-ture growth of the programwhile maintaining the goalof revenue neutrality, thereport stated.The licence bylaw still

needs to go out for pub-lic input and final approvalfrom council in November.

Lifegetseasier forconstructionbusinesses

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During the wind stormand the subsequent two-week period, the city re-ceived approximately 1,000calls for service in connec-tion with fallen tree branch-es and downed trees.Typi-cally, the weekly call volumefor routine tree mainte-nance and requests is 75 to100.For the RCMP, total calls

for service fromAug. 29 to31 was 625, while the av-erage calls for service for a

similar period is 500.During the first 12-hour

period of the storm, the firedepartment responded to136 calls for service; seventimes the average call vol-ume for a similar period.For the 48-hour period ofAug. 29 and 30, the depart-ment responded to a total of248 calls, which was morethan three times the averagefire-related call volume for asimilar period.During the storm event,

all seven fire stations andthe RCMP detachmentbuilding lost power for 36 to48 hours.

Costs rising:Augustswind stormgeneratedapproximately 1,000 callsfor service related to fallen treesandbranches.PHOTOFILEPHOTO

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The issue has been ongo-ing in Burnaby since theearly 1970s, arising again inthe 1980s and the 1990s each time ending up back atSquare 1.Theres no question that

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cility. But its far from large,and its far frommodern and it seems to us the citywould be well-served bya facility with the size andtechnological capabilities tomeet the needs of the 21stcentury.And lets not forget about

storage: the City of Burna-by has a vast permanent artcollection, with some 5,000-plus works on paper, andthe existing facility is simplytoo small to do it justice.Does the existing gallery

do amazing things?Absolutely.Remember the national

and international attentionthat came our way with theDutch masters exhibitionthe gallery hosted success-fully in 2013?Not to mention the jam-

packed schedule of tours,programs and other spe-cial events occurring all yearround at the gallery thathelp to get people of all agesinterested and involved inthe world of art.

All of that should be cel-ebrated, and all the peo-ple involved in the runningof the gallery deserve highpraise.But, at the same time, it

behooves us as a city to looktowards the future and stakeout our place as the city wewant to become.As BillThomson, chair

of the Burnaby Arts Coun-cil, put it: This is a greatopportunity to make astatement on how the citybelieves in culture, its a cre-

ative city and how it needsto go forward and supportits arts community.Plans for a new gallery

can be one part of that vi-sion.So turn out to the forum.

Ask your questions. Shareyour concerns. Raise cau-tions about whatever wor-ries you. Suggest otherideas.But please, get involved.The city and its hard-

working arts community de-serve your interest.

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DontscrapFPTPjustyetPrimeMinister-designate

JustinTrudeau has prom-ised a lot of things, but oneof those campaign promisesmay be tricky to pull off.While its easy to fulfil

big spending promises, it issomething else entirely toimplement a wholesale pub-lic policy change, especiallyone that goes to the heart ofdemocracy.Im referring to his stat-

ed vow to change the waywe elect federal members ofParliament. Its all part ofhis 32-point plan to restoredemocracy to Canada firstannounced last summer.Some parts of that de-

mocracy plan sound plau-sible and relatively simple toimplement: a weekly ques-tion period devoted to grill-ing the prime minister, newspending limits for politicalparties and a 50-50 gendersplit in cabinet membership,among other things.However, scrapping the

way we determine who ac-tually gets to run this coun-try is a far more seriousmatter than any of thoseother proposals.Trudeau has promised

to scrap the current sys-tem called first-past-the-post, or FPTP with-in 18 months, after studyby an all-party committee.Presumably, the committeewould come up with a vot-ing model based on someform of proportional repre-sentation.A large number of Ca-

nadians have already saidno to scrapping the FPTPsystem at the provinciallevel. British Columbi-ans have voted down pro-

posed changes twice in ref-erendums (2005 and 2009)and so have Ontario voters(2007) and Prince EdwardIslanders (2005).Unfortunately, the new

prime minister is not offer-ing to let Canadians decidewhether or not they want tochange how they elect theirfederal politicians througha national referendum, asthose three provinces did.For anyone to argue

that many people voted forTrudeau and his Liberalparty in the recent feder-al election based solely onhis vow to scrap our votingmethod is laughable.The is-sue was hardly even men-tioned during the campaign.Trudeau is opting to allow

politicians (of all people) tocome upwith a new votingsystem, a conflict of interest ifthere ever was one.To be sure, there are

problems with our currentsystem. It does indeed al-low a political party to formgovernment with less than50 per cent of the vote, butso what? Proportional rep-resentation usually deliversthe same kind of outcome.Political scientists can put

together long lists of bothadvantages and disadvan-tages for various forms ofproportional representation.They can do the same forour current FPTP system.How we vote is a complex

issue, and an emotional onefor many.Allowing politi-cians to make arbitrary de-cisions on how we exercisethis most basic democraticright is destined to fail.Keith Baldrey is chief politi-

cal reporter for Global B.C.

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Amens advocacy group accused local teachers ofsexism after the BurnabyTeachersAssociation orga-nized a girls-only Grade 7 high school transition con-ference.The B.C.Mens Resource Centre argued boystoo are stressed out by the transition to high school andneed role models. BTA past president Linda Shutoagreed but said a co-ed event wouldnt work and maleteachers hadnt stepped up to organize a boys event.

THE BURNABY NOWWELCOMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.We do, however, edit for taste, legality and length. Priority isgiven to letters written by residents of Burnaby and/or issues concerning Burnaby. Please include a phone number whereyou can be reached during the day. Send letters to: The Editor, #201A3430 Brighton Ave., Burnaby, B.C., V5A 3H4,email to: [email protected] (no attachments please) or fax to: 604-444-3460. Letters to the editor and opinioncolumns may be reproduced on the Burnaby NOW website, www.burnabynow.com.

Liberal win is goodnews for nowDear EditorHallelujah. Thedragonhasbeenslain by thehandsomeprince from theEast.The realm is nowsafe and secure. Butwillit last?Will we indeedall prosper under theprotectionof theprince?

Manyof the villagerswhoardently sup-port himpoint to his readiness to scatter goldat our feet.While others speakwith cautionabout thepowerful influenceof his council ofadvisors. They remember years past of scandaland corruption, of softwords followedbyharshmeasures that enriched the courtiers atthe expenseof the citizenry. Of promisesmadebut not kept. True, the futurewill bebetterwithout thedragon. But are thedemonsof thepast simply lurking in the forest ready to comeout and reassert themselves? I supposeonlytimewill tell.Bill BrassingtonSr.

Community wishesTom Berridge well

@SFUhockeyCongratulations to@ThomasBerridgeonagreat careerwiththe@BurnabyNOW_News! Thank youfor your support throughout the years.

@jacobzinnCongrats to@ThomasBerridgeonhiswell deserved retire-ment! Its anhonour to haveworkedwith you in #Burnaby.

@BrentRichter@ThomasBerridge, Itwas a short yearweworkedalong-side eachother but I admire youandenjoyed your company immensely.Write on.

@BrentRichterEntirely toomanyfinal columnsbeingpublishedthesedays. This one is probablymyfavourite: https://shar.es/1uExowvia@ThomasBerridge

@HyackbasketballThanks somuchfor all your coverageof highschool girlsbasketball in #newwestminster,@ThomasBerridge! Youwill definitely bemissed!

@AllisonMcNeill@ThomasBerridgeHeard youare retiring... Youwill bemissed! Thanks for the coverageofwomens sports over the years! Enjoyretirement!

@AARON_MITCHELL_@htsumurahuge thanks to@ThomasBerridgewhohas announcedhis retirement fromsports reporting. Hewill bemissed intheBurnabyarea!

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Making the case forelectoral reformDear EditorRe: DearMr. Trudeau: Dont getcocky, editorial,BurnabyNOW, Oct. 21.

Thank you for your editorial on theneed forMr. Trudeau to follow throughonhis electionpromises. Youare right on. This electionwasfought onwho shouldbe thebest replace-ment for the HarperGovernment, and inspite of all the jibes about his good looks, IbelieveMr. Trudeauwas chosenon thebasis ofhis partys platform.

Coverageof electoral reform in themediaand socialmedia since the electionhasmadeit clear that this issue is a highpriority forvoters. Our 40per cent support for the Liberalshas once again turned into a 55per cent (false)majority. Andas usual, an averageof half thevoters in every riding are representedby anMP they votedagainst.

The Liberals haveproposed to investigatebothpreferential ballots andproportionalrepresentation aspossible replacements forour broken first-past-the-post system, but thecases for eachare very different.

Thepreferential ballot is actually away tomake strategic votingworkbetter. It takesmost of the guessworkout of voting strategi-cally since if your first choice doesnt getmuchsupport, theballot showshow to switch yourvote to your secondor third choice. Butwhydowewant tomake strategic votingworkbetter? Strategic voting is a bad idea in the firstplace weonly do it because first-past-the-post-forces us into it.

Andpreferential ballots donot solve theother problemat all, which is that somanyvoters are notwell represented in their ownridings. This is the root causeof themismatchbetween thepopular vote and the seatswoninParliament.

Proportional representation solves boththeseproblems: it ensures that all voters arerepresentedby theparty or candidatewhothey sincerelywant to represent them, and itensures that thepartys seatswillmatch thepopular vote for that party.

Canadiansdo indeeddeserve abetter sys-tem that givesmore representation to all thevoices of this proudnation, and that system isproportional representation.IainMacanulty, Burnaby

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While the mayor is hope-ful the new facility will im-prove response times forambulances, he suggestedthat will only happen withan increase in the number

of ambulances.In this case, the city isnt

getting any more ambu-lances.Corrigan said ambulance

wait times remain a concernfor the city.This doesnt solve any of

those problems, but it doesmean there is a presencehere in Burnaby, he said.According to a staff re-

port, the city sold the landat a price of $81 per squarefoot of land.The total size of the prop-

erty is 28,008 square feet.The report noted the

price could change depend-ing on the value of the landand the time it takes tocomplete the sale.As for the location, Cor-

rigan isnt expecting muchopposition, noting the facil-ity is in an industrial area,and since not all the ambu-lances will be coming fromthe location, there wouldntbe a significant increase insiren noises.The public hearing is set

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While the trick may be abig part of Halloween fes-tivities, the local fire depart-ment is hoping this year willbe more about the treats.The Burnaby fire depart-

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get more bang for the buck,theyre (fireworks) get-ting fairly expensive and tosee a nice display you haveto go to one of these larg-er events,Mervin told the

NOW.In the meantime, this

week,Mervin said the de-partment will be inspect-ing the stores allowed to sellfireworks within the city.The department is look-

ing to make sure the busi-nesses are in compliancewith the products andamount theyre allowed tohave on hand.He estimatedthe fire department has ap-proved 25 permits to localretailers to sell fireworks.If you plan on blowing

off a few explosives in cele-bration of All Hallows Eve,youll need to know it is il-legal to set off fireworks onpublic property without apermit. However, you are al-lowed to use fireworks onprivate property.The fire department is

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1BURNABYVILLAGEMUSEUMWhat would Hal-loween be without atouch of haunted history atthe BurnabyVillage Muse-um? FromWednesday, Oct.28, to Friday, Oct. 30, themuseum is open from 6 to 9p.m. and all decked out forHalloween.Highlights in-clude an onsite pastry chef,a roving mummy and blackcat, vintage costumes, agraveyard and fun, spookydisplays.Tickets, available atthe door, are $14 for adults,$9 for children, and mem-bers get in for free. Info:604-297-4565.

2HAUNTEDTOURSIf youre lookingfor a hair-raisingexperience, consid-er the BurnabyVillage Mu-seums walking tours.Thetours start at the museumgrounds and feature nearbyheritage homes and build-ings with haunted histories.Tour guides will take youinside the homes and sharetales that have been told tothem, so listeners will hearexclusive stories.The famedCeperley mansion andJames CowanTheatre in-side the Shadbolt are two ofthe featured sites.The tours,recommended for those 15years old and up, take placeuntil Friday, Oct. 30. (Tues-days tour is 7:30 to 9:30p.m., and the rest run from9 to 11 p.m.)Tickets are$21, while members pay$18.90.This popular yearlyseries often sells out, so pre-register soon at http://tinyurl.com/BurnabyHauntedTours.

3HALLOWEENPARTYThe Scandi-navian Centre isthrowing a Hallow-een party onThursday, Oct.29, from 5 to 9 p.m. at 6540Thomas St.There will bepeople in costume, pizza,drinks, dancing and treats.The party also marks thestart of BACIs UnitedWaycampaign, and the hosts areencouraging guests to bringloonies and toonies to do-nate.

4SFU SCIENCESPOOKTACULARSimon FraserUniversity is host-ing an afternoon of sci-ence-based fun with a Hal-loween twist.There will behands-on activities, on Sat-urday, Oct. 31, from noonto 3:30 p.m. on the Aca-demic Quadrangles southconcourse, which is outsidethe Shrum Science Cen-tre lecture hall B9200.ThePhantom Physics and Cryp-tic Chemistry shows will beon twice, first at 1 p.m. andagain at 3 p.m.The event isgeared towards kids in kin-dergarten up to Grade 6.Toreserve seats, go www.sfu.ca/~exafs/SpookReg.Admis-sion is free. Free parking isavailable in lot B.

5PIRATEHOUSEThe annual PirateHouse fundrais-er is on Saturday,Oct. 31, from 5 to 8 p.m. at5970 Portland St.The fam-ily behind this highly dec-orated home raises moneyevery year for the St. Ste-phen Childrens Centre inUganda.More than 20 peo-ple helped decorate the pi-

rate-themed home, and ad-mission is by donation andincludes a treat.The displaywont overly frighten littlechildren, either. Info: www.piratehouse.ca.To make adonation to the cause, go tohttp://tinyurl.com/PirateHouseBurnaby

6ADUNDASNIGHTMAREEvery year, theQuarto family anda small army of helpers goall out, decorating this Dun-das Street home for Hal-loween. But be warned: thisisnt just a lawn display; itsa covered, outdoor structurewith nine rooms, spanningan impressive 1,600 squarefeet.There are gory propsgalore and actors ready toanimate the ghastly scenes.The home is at 4260

Dundas St., and the displaywill be open on Friday, Oct.30 and Saturday, Oct. 31,from 6 to 11 p.m. Last year,the home raised $3,000 forthe B.C. Childrens Hos-pital. For more info, or tomake a donation, go to dundasnightmare.com.

7PUMPKINPARADEWondering whatto do with yourjack-o-lantern af-ter Halloween?Take it tothe annual Burnaby HeightsPumpkin Parade on Sun-day, Nov. 1 in Confedera-tion Park at the corner ofWillingdonAvenue andAl-bert Street.Volunteers will

light and line them up for adisplay from 5:30 to 8 p.m.There will also be free sam-

ples of tea from DavidsTea.All of the jack-o-lanternswill be composted after the

event. Info: www.facebook.com/heightspumpkinparade.

HAUNTEDHISTORY TheBurnabyVillageMuseum is getting in themood forHalloweenwithahaunted twist on its historicaldisplays. Special events rununtilOct. 30. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

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Bloodandguts:Above, theQuartos knownoboundswhen it comes todecorating their hauntedDundasStreethome.Below, theHalko-Desroches family Rodney,Benjamin, EmmaandJulieuse their pirate-themeddisplay to raisemoney for a childrens centre inAfrica. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED/JENNIFERGAUTHIER

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If local students had theirway, the red Liberal wavethat swept across Canadaduring last Mondays fed-eral election would havestreamed across most ofBurnaby as well.More than 12,000 stu-

dents in Burnaby and NewWestminster cast ballots inStudentVote 2015, a par-allel federal election put onby Civix, a national regis-tered charity that encour-ages young Canadians toget involved in the electoralprocess.The local student vote

mostly mirrored the grown-up results in NewWestmin-ster-Burnaby, where stu-

dents cast 1,033 ballots forNDP incumbent Peter Ju-lian, compared to 798 votesfor the runner-up, Liber-al candidate Sasha Ram-narine.Unlike the adults, howev-

er, students preferred GreenParty candidate Kyle Rout-ledge, with 507 votes, over

Conservative candidateChloe Ellis, with 451.In Burnaby North-Sey-

mour, student voters, liketheir adult counterparts,elected Liberal candidateTerry Beech, with 2,102,over NDP hopeful CarolBaird Ellan, with 1,248.In that riding, students

favoured the Conservativecandidate,Mike Little, with921 votes, over the Green,Lynne Quarmby, with 684.One riding in which

the youngsters didnt fol-low their elders lead was inBurnaby South.Unlike the 18-and-over-

crowd, students elected Lib-

eral candidate Adam Pan-kratz, with 1,524 votes, overNDP incumbent KennedyStewart, with 1,166.Forty Burnaby public

schools, four local indepen-dent schools and nine NewWest public schools partici-pated in the vote, with someschools hosting all-candi-

dates meetings as well.Canada-wide, 850,000

students cast ballots at6,000 schools, voting in amassive Liberal majoritygovernment with 227 seats.The Conservatives won 69seats, followed by the NewDemocrats, with 39.

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A retired BurnabyRCMP officer who passedaway earlier this month isbeing remembered as agood man.Former RCMP Staff Sgt.

Paul Starek died on Oct. 7at his home at Royal CityManor in NewWestminster.The 89-year-old be-

gan his career in policing in1951 and soon joined theBurnaby RCMP detach-ment, where he served as adetective before rising to therank of non-commissionedofficer in charge of generalinvestigation.He was a good man and

a typical 1950s-style po-lice officer with a brushcut, trench coat and half-smoked cigarette, StaffSgt.Maj. John Buis told theNOW in an email.Buis worked with Starek

at the Burnaby RCMP de-tachment from 1978 to1980, prior to Stareks re-tirement in 1981.Stareks family held a cel-

ebration of life on Oct. 23.In lieu of flowers, his fam-ily is encouraging donationsbe made in his name to theCanadian Diabetes Associ-ation.

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ArtistswelcomeautumnMother Nature is busy

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favourite in this community, remarked PaulHolden, President and CEO of the BurnabyBoard of Trade.

First opened in 1957, The Valley Bakeryhas existed in multiple locations, always in theBurnaby Heights where they have been activemembers of the community. In 1979, originalowner George Kuyer passed the business onto his son Jack, who has been running thebusiness ever since. Jack Kuyer, a pioneer ofthe massively successful Hats Off Day festival,has turned the bakery into perhaps the citysmost celebrated ever, with dozens of awardsand honours over the decades.

Were extremely honoured to be inductedinto the Burnaby Business Hall of Fame, saidJack. Were thankful for the support wevebeen given by the people of Burnaby since

we opened our doors 58 years ago, and it is aprivilege to do business in this community. Iowe the success of The Valley Bakery to theamazing staff here, including many long-termemployees, whose talents and dedicationhave made us what we are today.

The Valley Bakery joins a long list ofother community champions in the BurnabyBusiness Hall of Fame, including last yearsrecipient The Hart House, and past recipientsthat include such notable organizations asGlobal BC, Bosa Properties, ElectronicArts Canada, G&F Financial Group, andABC Recycling.

The Valley Bakery was welcomed intothe Hall of Fame by Burnaby Mayor DerekCorrigan at the luncheon where nalistswere also announced for the BurnabyBusiness Excellence Awards Gala whichoccurs on November 5th.

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AMessage from Paul Holden:On Pledge platforms forbusinesses and sustainability

I would like to acknowledge the VancouverEconomic Commissions Vancouver ClimatePledge announced by Mayor GregorRobertson in New York recently, andspecically recognize the importance ofengaging businesses at the local level tofacilitate change in environmental behaviour.

Three years ago the Burnaby Board of

Burnaby Board ofTradeWins Push forNationalWater PolicyBy Cory [email protected]

The Burnaby Board of Trade has successfullylobbied for a national water sustainabilityframework to become official CanadianChamber of Commerce policy during thenational business organizations AnnualGeneral Meeting in Ottawa, Ontario. TheBurnaby Board of Trades policy was debatedand passed by delegates during the two-dayAGM. The resolution is now an official policyposition of the Canadian Chamber and will bepursued directly with the federal governmentover the coming months.

Were thrilled to have been able tosuccessfully raise the issue of sustainablemanagement of our water resources to thisnational level, said Paul Holden, President& CEO of the Burnaby Board of Trade. Thefact is that Canada is not immune to waterscarcity, something Burnaby and much ofBC saw vividly demonstrated this summer.We felt it was important and timely to callfor a national framework so that we betterunderstand water resources we have, howtheyre being used, and how best to managethem for sustainable use in the future.

The policy resolution, entitled DoesOur Water Abundance Mask a Potential

Trade embarked upon a similar concept,launching the Pledge for a SustainableCommunity at bbotpledge.ca. The programoffers tips, resources and case studiesfor businesses interested in improvingenvironmental sustainability in theirorganizations, and serves as a platform forencouraging positive change by allowingbusinesses to publicly pledge to improvetheir sustainability and reduce theiremissions, waste and energy use.

So far, nearly 140 organizations fromacross the Lower Mainland have taken partin the Pledge program, including the Cityof Burnaby who have been developing theirown Environmental Sustainability Strategy,and a couple of the same companiesthat have now also signed the VancouverClimate P

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