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Ayear ago this spring, a NewWestminster woman anda Burnaby man met underunusual circumstances in theKootenays on the undercarriageof a 2007 Toyota Matrix flippedupside down in an icy, swift-flow-ing creek.

Frank Barbosa was uncon-scious, his lungs filled with water;Lisa Collyer was scooping waterand mucus out of his mouth andnose, and yelling for him to staywith her.

The pair met again this weekunder happier circumstancesin Downtown NewWest, withCollyer accepting a St. JohnAmbulance life-saving award forher actions that day, and Barbosa a husband and father of two alive, conscious, and there toshow his gratitude.

Their first meeting was April20, 2013.

Collyer, a Douglas Collegehotel management student, wason her way from NewWest toRossland on a sunny spring dayto work at a hotel for the summer.

Twenty minutes outside ofChristina Lake, she drove arounda bend on Highway 3B and saw agroup of people clustered by theside of the road, looking down asteep embankment.

She stopped and saw a vehicleflipped upside down in the creekbelow, one man lying lifeless onits undercarriage with anotherman trying to provide first aidwhile yet another man splashedaround in the icy water, trying tosee if anyone else was trappedinside.

Minutes before, Barbosahad been driving his Matrix inthe opposite direction, back to

Burnaby, when he hit a patch ofgravel coming around a sharpcurve.

The Matrix had skidded out ofcontrol and tumbled down the 20-

foot embankment.Then all I remember was

hearing a lot of noise, a lot ofbrush in front of me, he said.

He blacked out briefly, he

said, and when he came to he wastrapped upside down in his seat-belt, his squashed vehicle fillingwith water.

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To the rescue:Above, ChristinaLake Fire and Rescuepersonnel prepare toextract Burnabys FrankBarbosa from an icyKootenay stream inApril 2013.At left, Barbosaposes with NewWestminsters LisaCollyer, who receivedan award Monday forhelping to save him.

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TheNDP is raising ques-tions about the Liberalsquick wins scandal, fol-lowing Election Act charg-es against Burnabys BrianBonney.

Bonney was chargedMonday, along with theLiberal party directorMark Robertson, for alleg-edly violating the ElectionAct during the 2012 PortMoody-Coquitlam by-election. The allegations,which have not been prov-en in court, stem from theRCMPs investigation ofthe Liberals quick winsor ethnic vote scandal.

Burnaby-Lake MLAKathy Corrigan questionedthe extent of the investiga-tion, which is expected towrap up in early 2015.

(Bonney)s beencharged and those are pret-ty seriousallegations,butthere were others involvedas well, and remember thisgoes right back to ChristyClark, Corrigan said. Ithink the question is: howmuch farther does this go?This particular investiga-tion, I think its probablyfairly widespread.

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Kids lined up in droves at Burnabys CivicSquare Saturday morning to receive medals for par-ticipating in the librarys summer reading club.

Local school board and council representativeswere there to hand out medals to children whospent at least 50 days reading this summer.

It went really well and everyone had an excel-lent time, said the librarys Vicki Donoghue. Theweather was beautiful and (there was) lots of cel-ebration of reading.

A total of 734 kids received medals, and morehave been picking theirs up at local library branch-es. An estimated 2,000 people attended the event,according to Donoghue.

The library also hosted a pancake breakfast toraise money to buy more library books, and therewere childrens activities throughout the morning.

The B.C. Library Association and the BurnabyPublic Library sponsor the summer reading club,with support from Libraries and Literacy and theMinistry of Education.

Local library branches will continue handing outmedals till the end of September for any familieswho missed the event on Saturday.

By Jennifer Moreau, staff reporter

Young readersreap rewards

Medalwinners: Three-year-old twinsAnaniah andAzariah Sisaywith city councillorPaul McDonell at the librarys Medal Award Ceremony.

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The Burnaby school district is keepingabout 1,000 international students busy withfield trips and cultural group activities as theB.C. teachers strike chews through the sec-ond week of the new school year this week.

The students, who each pay $13,000 ayear in tuition and about $900 a monthfor homestay accommodations, have vis-ited UBC, Grouse Mountain, the Museum ofAnthropology and Stanley Park.

All activities have taken place outside ofthe school district and did not involve anywork done by teachers, assistant superin-

tendent Heather Hart told the NOW in anemailed statement.

Hart said district non-union and CUPEstaff ran orientations for international stu-dents, but English assessments, school toursand meetings with school counsellors had tobe deferred.

In her emailed statement, Hart said inter-national students have been told the districtis hopeful that the current labour situationwill be resolved in the near future.

Asked whether students had been warnedin June or during the summer about thepossibility of lost school days, Hart said thedistrict had anticipated the labour situationwould be resolved during the summer and

that the school year would begin on time.Once the school year begins, Hart said

students will receive a full program and fullcourse credits and that learning outcomesfor international students will be met.

We may have to adjust things to do that,but those outcomes will be met, she said.

So far enrolment has not been affected bythe strike, with the district registering moreinternational students this year than last,according to Hart.

Burnabys international program is expect-ed to generate about $14.3 million in revenuethis year and cost about $8 million to run.

For updates on the teachers strike, go towww.burnabynow.com.

Hundreds of international studentskept busy with field trips, activitiesCornelia Naylorstaff reporter

TEACHERS LABOUR DISPUTE

Scandal: MLA questions who else was involvedSarrafpour work on DennisMarsdens byelection campaignwithout informing his financialagent, thereby making a politicalcontribution that wasnt record-

ed.The charges are part of a larg-

er RCMP investigation promptedby a complaint from former NDPleader Adrian Dix, but Corrigandoesnt know the exact details of

the complaint.Adrian has not shared that

with the rest of the party, andthats been very intentional andappropriate, Corrigan said. Hedid not want to jeopardize the

investigation that was happen-ing.

Bonney did not return repeat-ed calls from the NOW.

For updates on this story, go towww.burnabynow.com.

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I could feel the water in my lungs, hesaid. My head was fully immersed.

He was sure no one had seen him crashinto the creek, and even if someone had,he didnt think he stood much of a chanceof being rescued.

I just thought, This is it, he said. Ididnt really panic much. I just made mypeace with God and accepted it. And thenext thing I remember was being on top ofthe highway.

Months after the crash, other vaguememories would come back tohim as well: a womans voiceasking about his family, a woman holdinghis hand.

Someone had seen him tumble off theembankment.

Nelson resident Mike Hendersonand Albertan Steve Vandervelden twostrangers in two separate cars stopped,slid down the steep bank and jumpedinto the frigid, chest-high water. Unableto open any of the doors, they smashed awindow, and Vandervelden dove in, cutBarbosa loose and pulled him out.

But neither man knew CPR, accordingto Collyer. By the time she arrived, theyhad turned the unconscious Barbosa onhis side on the undercarriage of the Matrixafter giving him a few chest thumps(the phrase used by one of the men inpolice reports) with help from an off-dutynurse shouting instructions from the topof the embankment. Collyer soon sliddown the bank and stepped into the fast-flowing creek to help.

I had to climb down quite a steep

embankment to get to him and as I wasstepping my first foot into the river, mybrain kind of said, Should I really bedoing this? Then you just think, Forgetit; theres someone here who needs myhelp.

Soon she was on the undercarriage ofthe Matrix with Barbosa, while Hendersonand Vandervelden searched the sub-merged car for passengers.

He was blue; he had lots of water inhis lungs, Collyer said of Barbosa. Hehad a lot of bile and sludge coming out,so what I really did was clear his airways.I could, at that point, feel a very slightpulse.

She stayed with him for more than 40minutes before emergency crews arrived,she said.

The undercarriage was maybe threeinches above the water line. I pretty muchhad to lie on top of the guy to hold himdown once he started to regain conscious-ness. He started freaking out.

They talked of God and his family,Collyer said, but Barbosa remembers littleof those 40 minutes.

I remember being really cold andshaking, he said.

All three rescuers left the scene withoutemergency personnel approaching themfor an account of what had happened.

It was all very surreal, Collyer said.By the time I got to Rossland, which isabout a half-hour drive from there, I actu-ally started to cry.

But police would soon track downCollyer and the two men, and all threehave since been recommended by Grand

Forks RCMP Staff Sgt. Jim Harrison for aCommanding Officers Commendation forBravery from the RCMP.

It was just a team effort by a bunch ofpeople that, out of the goodness of theirheart, stopped to save him, Harrisonsaid. It a was a very selfless act on thepart of all three. Were talking springrunoff. It was an extremely fast and deepcreek running through there and very,very cold.

Back in New Westminster, meanwhile,Collyer was presented Monday eveningwith a life-saving certificate and com-

mended for her selfless actions, team-work and for her knowledge and use offirst aid in saving a life by the local chap-ter of St. John Ambulance.

Barbosa was on hand to cheer her on.In the end, after Christina Lake Fire

Rescue winched him from the creek morethan a year ago and sent him off in anambulance, Barbosa spent only threenights in hospital with a cut on his headand some water in his lungs that tookabout a month to clear completely.

It just wasnt his time, Collyer said.twitter.com/CorNaylor

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Team effort: Christina Lake Fire and Rescue personnel haul Burnaby residentFrank Barbaso from an icy Kootenay stream after a crash in April 2013.

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Re: Wait for implosion,Letters to the editor,Burnaby NOW, Sept. 3.I write to you in my capac-

ity as president of the BurnabyMunicipal Greens. In this roleI countersigned nominationpapers for our 2011 slate. I alsodonated $15,000to ensure that bro-chures were distrib-uted and advertisingwas printed in the NOW. (Theseactions are in the public record.)

In throwing labels about Mr.Melnyk also labels himself: asnot credible. He states: inpast elections I would alwaysvote for a couple of the Greencandidates. Perhaps he doesnot realize that the 2011 BurnabyMunicipal Greens slate is theonly one we have run (so howcould he give us repeated sup-port in past elections?)

Mr. Melnyk may also notrealize that Ms. Carr cannotdistance anyone from the B.C.Green Party when she speaks having left the leadership adecade ago. Or does he alsobelieve that past premier MikeHarcourt still speaks for theNDP? (A point NDP leader JohnHorgan, if no one else, wouldsurely dispute!)

Be this as it may.I also write to you in my

capacity as campaign chair forthe Burnaby First Coalition. Inthis role I now attempt to help aself-described Green supporterunpeel the not credible label

he slaps on his own forehead.I think that a fellow Green

would agree with me that thereis a sharp difference betweengreen and green-washing actionsby an incumbent politician.Green actions are pragmaticand measurable: for example

promoting socially sus-tainable, economicallyrational, and pollution-reducing local develop-

ment.Green-washing actions are

ideological and histrionic: cal-culated efforts to appear green inthe media for electoral purposesin fear that prior actions promot-ing unsustainable local develop-ment have left brown stainson a public record.

I also think that a fellow localgreen such as Mr. Melynk wouldagree with me that Burnabyscurrent mayor has manybrown stains on his record tohide.

I cite three below.! The endless prolifera-tion of condo towers alongthe Lougheed Highway atBrentwood Mall sited appar-ently without thought for fur-ther traffic congestion pumpinguntold additional tonnes ofvehicle exhaust into WillingdonHeights.! Bungled Burnaby Lake dredg-ing millions of dollars wasteddue to his failure to authorize(until the last moment) propertracking studies of endangered

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Its hard to keep Clark in the legislatureFor a woman who campaigned hard

(twice) for a seat in the B.C. legis-lature, Premier Christy Clark suredoesnt seem to like the place verymuch.

With only 24 days sched-uled for MLAs to sit in theirhard-earned Victoria seats forthe rest of this year, Clark has sched-uled herself a trade mission to Indiafor 10 of them.

Her sixth India trip since becoming

premier, shes scheduled to arrive inNew Delhi just two days after the startof the fall session.

MLAs will tell you theyre hard atwork when theyre not inVictoria, and a quick look attheir social media feeds willconfirm there are a lot of bar-

becues and wine tastings and ribboncuttings to get through.

Theres not a single MLA who cam-paigned to represent us on the bar-

becue circuit. Each and every one ofthem was elected to represent us in thelegislature, and they already spend fartoo little time there.

Now, we dont fault the premier fortrying to advance our business inter-ests abroad, and maybe while shesthere she can get some pointers onwhy their middle class is rising as oursis shrinking away.

But we have to ask why the tradetrip couldnt have been scheduled for

any of the 294 days this year that thelegislature was reduced to a touristattraction?

A cynic might suggest its the bestway to avoid scrutiny and needlingfrom the opposition while theres anongoing crisis in public education.

Or it could be that some of her oldfriends and supporters are now up oncharges under the Elections Act.

Whatever the case, wed much rath-er she be front and centre.

In defence ofBurnaby Greens

Is this really worth the $200?Dear Editor:

Is $200 really stopping us from opening the pub-lic schools?

Once again the government has rejected the B.C.Teachers Federationss offer to have their labourdispute settled through binding arbitration. Thereason they give is because binding arbitrationmight increase our taxes. When the doctors disputewent to binding arbitration we all had to pay anextra 0.5 per cent, but many forget this followedour taxes actually being reduced by about 20 percent when the Liberals came to power. Minister ofFinance, Mike de Jong, is quoted as saying, if thegovernment accepted the unions current proposal,

it would cost every B.C. property-owner another$200. annually (Vancouver Sun, Sept. 9).

Of course that would be if an arbitrator were toagree to all of the BCTF demandswhich is quitedoubtful. Nevertheless, is this really stopping usfrom getting schools reopened? I dont have kidsin school, but Id happily pay $200 to get kids intoschool and receive a quality education. A dinner fortwo this past Saturday cost $235.

Perhaps we British Columbians have to get ourpriorities straight. For those who genuinely cantafford an extra $200. Id happily pay for one or twoof those families as well. The other option, of course,is dont pay and have our uneducated youth rob-bing all of us for a meagre $200. Think about it!

Dr. Kel McDowell, by email

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORB.C. should follow BurnabyDear Editor:

Congratulations, Burnaby, for puttingthe health of your community and succes-sive generations first (City files civil claimto stop Kinder Morgan, Sept. 10).

The environment, and particularly sen-sitive areas, should be protected foreverand not subject to the whim of privatecorporations who see them as nothing butobstacles to profit.

Most British Columbians do not wantour parks, our legacies, to be sliced anddiced for the export of tarsands oil.

Burnabys legal challenge should alsobe a wakeup call to the province as well.Its time for the B.C. government to repealtheir recent Park Amendment Act, whichprovides government with the statutoryauthority to issue permits for industrialresearch in protected areas, and the parkboundary adjustment policy, which allowsgovernment to carve up parks to suit cor-porate desires and pipeline aspirations.Bruce Passmore, executive director, B.C. chapter,

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Liberals are the culpritsDear Editor:

Re: Fassbender: Wage demands mustbe cut, Sept. 5

If anyone had any doubts which partyis blocking progress in the teachers labourdispute, that became glaringly clear yes-terday. Despite the fact that workers andemployers universally dislike bindingarbitration, the BCTF is willing to riskbinding arbitration to settle the dispute,while the government stubbornly refusesto budge.

The B.C. Liberals stubborn refusal tobudge on any monetary issues shows uswhere their priorities lay. Despite the factthat B.C. teachers earn the lowest overallpay (according to the Vancouver Sun), andhundreds of millions of dollars were taken

out of the education system by the Liberalsin 2002, the government says there is nomoney.

This is simply not true. The B.C. Liberalssimply have other priorities and publiceducation is not one of them. When theB.C. Liberals took power in 2001, theyimmediately gave a $1.8-billion tax break,most of which went to a few thousand tax-payers. What about the decision to spend$500-plus-million on the new (and still notworking properly) roof for B.C. Place?

Then there were the corporate tax cuts,which have saved billions of dollars forcorporations and have shown little inreturn for the residents of B.C. There wasalso the millions spent by fighting theBCTF and health sectors in losing courtcases that could have been put into thegeneral revenues, as well as spin for thegovernments position. I could give doz-ens of more examples, but the B.C. Liberalrecord on spending and tax breaks clearlydemonstrates that public education in B.C.is not a priority for them.

There is clearly only one party block-ing any resolution to the teachers labourdispute, and it is not the teachers.

Murray Martin, Burnaby

Yes, $3 makes a differenceDear Editor:

They say a $3 increase will not break thebank for most drivers. What about seniorslike myself on fixed incomes?

That $3 will have an effect on what Idecide I will have to give up to cover thisextra cost, maybe my medicines or maybeIll cut down on vegetables I buy.

I do not own a cellphone, a CD player,a GPS, nor do I hang things from my rear-view mirror or have little stuffed toys onmy dashboard, all should be banned in avehicle.

I may use my vehicle once a week forimportant errands.

Western painted turtlesliving in the lake leav-ing the contractors bargesitting idle at lakeside formonths at $100,000 perfive-day working week.! And, as recently asseveral weeks ago, endan-gering the hard work ofStoney Creek streamkeep-ers by allowing Burnabysplanning department toinclude in a redevelop-ment plan a storm-wateroutfall pipe emptyingjust upstream from a new

salmon-spawning channel(leaving streamkeepers toseek greener action atthe public hearing for thatredevelopment).

I close by noting thatindividual municipalGreens work pragmaticallywith other members in theBurnaby First Coalition toget green thinking imple-mented at city hall. Howcould we not given thecurrent spectacle of brownBCA incumbents likeMayor Corrigan furiouslygreen-washing their

otherwise brown actionsin public. To paraphraseForrest Gump: Brownis as brown does. Andgreen-washing at this latedate doesnt help.

Mr. Melynk could go along way to peeling thatnot credible label off hisforehead by acknowledg-ing this truth in his nextletter.

G. Bruce Friesen is thepresident of the BurnabyMunicipal Greens and thecampaign chair for theBurnaby First Coalition.


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ICBC, the Motor Vehicle Branch and theRCMP need to get together and go afterthe ones that are causing these constantincrease. Not everyone should be payingfor others stupidity.

Thinking that education will help? Nota chance. Get a ticket for talking on a cellwhile driving the fine should be $200 anda copy sent to ICBC and MVB.

Once their rates start going up, maybethey will get the message, but probablynot, because they can afford it. I cannot.

Wayne MacKeigan, Burnaby

Reality check for LiberalsDear Editor:

Education Minister Peter Fassbenderand Premier Christy Clark have statednumerous times that the B.C. TeachersFederation needs to be realistic.

I am a teacher and I have a realitycheck for them. The reality of years ofgross underfunding has resulted in closedschools, layoffs of specialist teachers, mas-sive fundraising efforts by parents for themost basic necessities, and struggling stu-dents slipping through the cracks.

The newly built school I will be work-ing in this year will not have a playgroundas there was not enough money in thebudget. These are only a few examples ofour reality.

It isnt unrealistic to ask for more spe-cialist teachers, whom the governmentdeems part of our benefits.

E80 guarantees nothing in terms ofhelping students who need ongoing sup-port. I wonder every day of this labourdispute how the governments view ofreality is so far from the truth?

The BCTF is being realistic, its the gov-ernment that is choosing to ignore the trueconditions facing public education.

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Organizer Jeffrey Yu said peopleenjoyed themselves and really got thatChinese feel.

I think people had a fabulous time,and Im glad every body came, Yu said.

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ed to learn. There was also a tea ceremony,a display of Chinese opera masks, and facepainting and games for the kids.

The autumn festival is a worldwidecelebration in Chinese culture during theperiod when the moon is biggest andbrightest, Yu explained.

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How much does it costto slow down drivers inschool zones? Somewherein the five figures, evident-ly.

The City of Burnaby isconsidering installing 32oversized school zonesigns at local elementaryschools at a cost of $55,000.The proposal comes on theheels of an 18-year pro-gram, in which large schoolzone signs were rotatedthroughout the city to testtheir effectiveness and pre-vent sign fatigue, a term forthe oversaturation of signsin one area.

When people see anew sign, they go, Ohyeah, Ive got to remembertheres a school zone andslow down, said DougLouie, assistant director ofengineering with the citystraffic and parking depart-ments. The theory at thattime was, if we relocatedthe signs, they remain rel-atively fresh (in driversminds).

The program provedsuccessful, prompting areport to be received by

council at Mondays meet-ing calling for the perma-nent implementation of thesigns at all Burnaby ele-mentary schools.

Coun. Sav Dhaliwal,while supportive of theidea, acknowledged it wasa fairly expensive under-taking. But accordingto Louie, the high cost isattributed to manufactur-ing the larger than normalsigns (four by eight feet)and their installation.

We have to put in con-crete posts and poles. Wemight have to put in someof the material to cover thesigns (in the summer),he said. The signs arentcheap either. We havespecial reflective materialthat we need to use, andbecause of the size of thesign, theyre more difficultto manufacture.

Mayor Derek Corrigansupported the installationand credited the city for itsefforts to combat speedingin school zones and signfatigue.

I think its worth-while to make sure that allschools have that type ofsignage instead of movingthem around.

The signs are to beinstalled by the beginningof 2015 and will be paid forusing existing capital bud-gets previously approvedby council for traffic con-trol devices.

Will signs keepstudents safer?City may spend$55,000 on 32 newoversized schoolzone signs

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Its that time of year again. The2015 Greater Vancouver Hall ofFlame calendar is set to launch onSaturday, and for the first time ina few years it features a Burnabyfirefighter.

Sean has worked for the depart-ment for five years, but this is hisfirst year as the departments post-er boy. The 28-year-old told theNOW he isnt shy and jumped at thechance to participate.

I talked to other members in mydepartment that have done the cal-endar in the past, and it just seemedlike a great opportunity to raisemoney for various charities in a funway, he said.

Sean is among 13 firefighters(including the very first femalefirefighter) from across the LowerMainland who were chosen for the28th calendar at an audition in May.

The audition process isnt as gru-elling as one would think, especiallywhen there are only 12 months tofill, Sean said.

The contestants were asked tomingle with the crowd and afterthat, everyone in attendance votedfor their favourite firefighter.

The guys with the most votesmoved on to make the calendar,Sean said.

Once chosen, Sean also knownas Mr. August had his photo takenfor the calendar, which was easierthan it looks, he said.

Im not a shy person at all,he said, adding the experience wasstraightforward and lasted onlyabout five minutes. It was a funday.

Proceeds from the sale of thecalendars go to the VancouverFirefighters Charitable Society,

which in turn donates the money toa variety of local charities, includingthe Burn Fund, the CKNWOrphansFund, B.C. Childrens Hospital andmany more.

This year, each firefighter is alsofundraising for a charity of his orher choice by way of a FundAidcampaign.

Half of the money raised willgo towards the firefighters charityof choice while the remaining halfwill be donated to the VancouverFirefighters Charitable Society,which produces the calendar.

Seans charity of choice is onenear and dear to his heart the B.C.Lung Association.

Every year, I do the Stairclimbfor Clean Air in Vancouver, and itsprobably one of the main charities Isupport, he said.

Sean thought donating a portionof his FundAid campaign earningsto the lung association would be agreat way to continue his support foran organization that helps so manypeople.

Im sure everyones been affect-ed or knows someone whos beenaffected by COPD (chronic obstruc-tive pulmonary disease) or asthmaor lung cancer, he said.

The FundAid campaign kickedoff on Wednesday and the officiallaunch of the 2015 Hall of Flamecalendar is on Saturday, Sept. 13 at 6p.m. at the Imperial at 315 Main St.in Vancouver.

Sean said it feels really good beingpart of such an exciting fundraiserand cant wait for the sales to start.

Last year, they raised over$85,000 and this year we have a goalto raise $100,000, so it feels great tobe part of that, he said.

Calendars are available for pur-chase at London Drugs. For moreinformation on the launch, visitwww.vancouverfirefighters.ca/Hall_of_Flame_Calendar.

To donate to Seans FundAidcampaign go to fundrazr.com/campaigns/fqaQd.

Grade 7 math wiz-ards at BurnabysMarlboroughElementary School crusheda national math contestthis spring before movingon to high school this year.

Six students at theschool earned perfectscores on the test, puton every May by the

University of WaterloosCentre for Educationin Mathematics andComputing.

Michelle Liu, GavinSong, Rishi SaranVijayarajan, Roya Yang,Josh Zhang and SophiaZhao all aced the examwith 150 points, comparedto a contest average of103.3.

Josh Chen of MorleyElementary, Judy Leeof University HighlandsElementary, Andy Qinof Sager Education andSean Wang of MoscropSecondary also put up per-fect scores in the Grade 7

category of the contest.Cecilia Cheng of

Burnaby South Secondaryand Andrew Lieu ofBurnaby North Secondaryaced the Grade 8 test,where the average was106.2.

Almost 79,000 Grade 7and 8 Canadian and inter-national students enteredthe contest this year.

Science aliveLocal elementary

school-aged kids can stillget in a little science learn-ing next week despite theongoing teachers strike.

SFU is hosting three

free Science in Actionworkshops led by SophieLavieri, an SFU chemistryprofessor well known forbringing science educationto children and youth.The interest in thesecamps has been fantastic,Faculty of Science com-munications officer DianeMar-Nicolle told theNOW. Dr. Lavieri cameup with the idea (last)Thursday afternoon and,by Friday, we released theinformation and scheduleto the public. The work-shops for this week arealmost at full capacity.

The sessions held

in the Trottier Studiofor Innovative ScienceEducation at the univer-sitys Burnaby campus include hands-on scienceexperiments, activities,games and even ice-creammaking.

The next session forGrade 2 to 3 students runsMonday from 1 to 2:30p.m. Grade 4 to 5 studentsgo Wednesday from 9:30to 11 a.m., and Grade 6 to7 students go Friday from10 to 11 a.m.

The workshops maycontinue if teachers stayon strike.

Registration is on a

first-come, first-servedbasis, and kids shouldbring a lunch.

To register or find ourmore, email [email protected].

Top achieverA young Burnaby

volunteer who has givenmore than 700 volunteerhours to community clubshas earned a $60,000SFU Schulich LeaderScholarship.

Nancy Lum, a first yearscience student at the uni-versity, was recognized forleading several Burnaby

Mathwhizzes earn honours in national contest

CLASS ACTCornelia Naylor

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Meet Burnabys own Mr. August

Smokin: Burnaby firefighter Sean Middleton is one of 13 firefighters featured in the 2015Hall of Flame calendar produced by the Vancouver Firefighters Charitable Society.

Hall of Flame firefighteris fundraising for the B.C.Lung AssociationCayley Dobiestaff reporter

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clubs, including Karing 4Kids and Christmas Cheer,both of which raise fundsfor local charities, like theMake-A-Wish Foundationand Burnabys ChristmasBureau.

Lum became an execu-tive and eventually chair-person and co-chairpersonof the clubs.

Her efforts, togetherwith fellow executives,raised a total of $32,000 forthe two charities.

I was transformed byvolunteering, Lum said inan SFU press release, andI hope to continue as a stu-dent at SFU.

Recipients of theSchulich LeaderScholarship, for studentsin science, technology ormathematics, receive their$60,000 award in eightinstalments over fouryears.

They must demonstratetwo of three attributes:academic excellence, socialand/or business leader-ship and financial need.

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Aaron Reyes, wholives in Burnaby butgraduated from VancouverCollege this spring, wonthe award based on hisgrades, leadership abilities,extracurricular activitiesand a very well-writtenessay, according to a pressrelease from the commu-nity laboratory servicesprovider.

Reyes is an athlete(playing lacrosse andball hockey), a musicianwho has been part of theschools band since Grade7, and a community leader

involved in planning andrunning his schools Grade12 retreat.

During his academiccareer, Reyes maintained a91 per cent average, plac-ing him in the top 20 percent of all students at hisschool.

An avid volunteer,Reyes has also contrib-uted time to two LowerMainland seniors homesand volunteered with hischurchs Door is Openprogram, which providesassistance to disadvan-taged people in downtownVancouver.

An aspiring doctor,Reyes plans to attendUBCs nursing programthis fall.

Do you have an item forClass Act? Send news fromBurnaby schools to CorneliaNaylor, [email protected], or find her onTwitter, @CorNaylor.


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What exactly does nature mean in thecontext of urban development?

Janet Wang is exploring the issue inher upcoming show, Discerning Nature,running Sept. 16 to Oct. 4 at the Deer LakeGallery.

Wang is the Burnaby Arts Councilscurrent artist in residence.

Shell be on hand at the gallery for aspecial opening reception on Saturday,Sept. 20 from 2 to 4 p.m.

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Top 5 things to doSummer is still holdingstrong this weekend,with sun and highsaround 25 for Saturdayand Sunday. If yourelooking for something funto do, we have an excellentand eclectic collection ofevents lined up for you,including some scienceactivities, the Terry FoxRun, a free seniors lunch,a trunk sale and an oppor-tunity to clean up the city.

1Head up the hillto SFU for the 20thanniversary of ScienceAL!VE, a day of fun, sci-ence-based activities forthe whole family.

The event runs onSaturday, Sept. 13, from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in theapplied science buildingon the Burnaby campus, at8888 University Dr. Therewill be hands-on activities,science demonstrations,and engineering challeng-es. Admission is free.

2Roll up your sleevesand help the KingswayImperial NeighbourhoodAssociation clean up thehood on Saturday, Sept.

13, from 10 a.m. to noon.KINA is hosting the com-munity cleanup and afree barbecue afterwardsfor the participants.Meet at the courtyardin Burlington Square, at5172 Kingsway.Registration is at9:30 a.m., and thecleanup is from10 a.m. to noon,followed by thebarbecue.

3Heres onefor theover-55 crowd.The BonsorRecreationComplex is host-ing a free lunchon Saturday,Sept. 13 from 10a.m. to 3 p.m. forMulticultural Seniors Day.There will be multiculturaldancing, music and food.Bonsor is at 6550 BonsorAve.

4Put on your runningshoes for the 34thannual Terry Fox Runat Swangard Stadiumon Sunday, Sept. 14.Registration starts at 9

a.m., and the run fol-lows a 10 a.m. ceremony.The routes vary inlength two, five and10 kilometres and par-ticipants can walk or run.Refreshments are free, and

there are activi-ties for kids.Participantsmake dona-tions to do therun, and themoney goes tothe Terry FoxFoundation,which uses 84per cent of thefunds for cancerresearch.

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Saturday, Sept. 13 from 9a.m. to 1 p.m. at the BillCopeland Sports Centre, at3676 Kensington Ave.

People will be sell-ing used items out of thetrunks of their vehicles.Admission is free for buy-ers.

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Kip Fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa opensat the centre on Sept. 13 and runs untilJan. 4.

The term hapa is a Hawaiian wordmeaning half or portion which wasoriginally a derogatory way of referring topeople who were half-Hawaiian and half-Caucasian, but is now used throughoutNorth America as an identifier of pride forpeople who are of partial Asian or PacificIslander ancestry.

Fulbeck is an artist, photographer, spo-ken word performer and filmmaker whohas been making films and art about hapaidentity since 1990.

He began photographing the multira-cial individuals seen in this exhibition in2001.

The photos are all taken in a minimal-ist style from the collarbone up, withoutclothing or adornment and play onthe official photographs taken for driverslicences, passports and the like.

The subjects are of various ages, gen-ders and backgrounds, and each personresponds in their own handwriting to the

question, What are you?A press release notes that the idea for

the exhibit came from Fulbecks desireto see more people like himself, otherpeople who couldnt answer the checkone box only question honestly.

Identity is a personal process and Imadamant that it should be a personal deci-sion, not one made by a community, a

government or others, Fulbeck said.The centre is also hosting a symposium

with Fulbeck as the keynote speaker, onSaturday, Sept. 27.

The symposium, which is designed tohonour the Nikkei identity, includes avariety of panelists and dialogue and runsfrom 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

That same evening, the Nikkei Centre,

in partnership with the Hapa-paloozaFestival, holds the hip HAPA hooray!Awards honouring Fulbeck, Fred Wahand Ann Makosinski. The awards cer-emony runs from 4 to 7 p.m.

For more information, check out www.centre.nikkeiplace.org or www.facebook.com/NNMCC, or call 604-777-7000.

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When the provincial govern-ment introduced new recyclingregulations in May, Burnabybusinesses were up in arms overincreased costs theyd have to payfor the environmental disposal oftheir packaging.

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Its interesting because intruth, prior to the MMBC being

introducedwewere very activein advocating on behalf of thesmaller businesses for whom wethought that the program wasgoing to be overly burdensome,said Burnaby Board of Trade pres-ident and CEO Paul Holden.

Most of our members aresmall- to medium-sized organiza-tions, and for most of them, theMMBC had little or no impactwhen it came in.

The new regulations shifted theresponsibility for paying for recy-cling packaging and other paperproducts from consumers to the

products producers. Prior to theMay 19 start date, sectors like agri-culture, newspaper publishingand landscaping were involvedwith the Rethink It! B.C. cam-paign, which called on the provin-cial government to take a harderlook at the regulations.

While those sectors are stillaffectedby the rules,Holdennotedconcerns raised by groups like theBBOT prompted changes to theprogram that exemptedmore than95 per cent of B.C. businesses fromthe regulations.

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members approaching us withany concerns about MMBC sinceit came in, he said. I know thatthere are still some industrieswhich I believe are still tryingto advocate on their own mem-bers behalf, but from our point ofview, it ultimately affected amuchsmaller percentage of organiza-tions.

Holden said the BBOT has notbeen in talks with the provincialgovernment since the MMBC pro-gram came into effect, and clari-fied the board was never againstthe improvements to recycling in

B.C., but rather the impact onsmall businesses at the time.

As an organization, we donthave any issues with trying tohelp businesses to become moreenvironmental and to increaserecycling, he said, referencingthe boards recent sustainabilitypledge.

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BMW: 4 Series is the best of BMW no matter which model you pickcontinued from page 19

engines. In base 428i trim,the power comes from a2.0-litre turbo four cylinderrated at 241 hp and 258 ft-lbs of torque. Stepping upto the 435i bumps outputto an even 300 hp and 300ft-lbs of torque from a 3.0-litre turbo straight six.

Rear-wheel drive isthe standard layout, butall three can be outfittedwith BMWs xDrive all-wheel drive system. Aneight-speed automatictransmission is standard,but a six-speed manual canbe equipped to Coupe andGran Coupe models.

With a wider stance andlower centre of gravity, the4 Series boasts better agil-ity, acceleration and bal-ance than the impressive 3Series. While it is sportier,the ride can be stiff, mak-ing rough pavement moreuncomfortable and noisier.

The newest M vari-ants from BMW are someof the best German sportluxury cars ever. The M4is powered by a 3.0-litretwin-turbo inline six pro-ducing 425 hp and 406 ft-lbs of torque. It is capableof sprinting to 100 km/hin less than four and ahalf seconds. The drivingexperience is nothing shortof phenomenal, but youhave to remember that thisis a pure sports car with afocus on maximizing driv-ing enjoyment vs. comfort.

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