JIM BOSA GOES SOLO AT BRENTWOOD
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OUR STRANGE DANCE WITH WILDLIFE
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TIME TO CUT THE SHARK FIN SOUP?
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FRIDAY
JUNE 22 2012
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If there’s one thing Paul Whitmore does well, it’s defy expectations. That’s why he’s One 2 Watch. See Page A21
Chevron seeks pipeline priority Wanda Chow wchow@burnabynewsleader.com
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The Neighbours Helping Neighbours crew, Patrick Byron, Garth Prothero and Conrad Der, along with community volunteer Mark Anderson (with earmuffs), reÁect on the job as they prepare to head back to L’Arche. The team of developmentally disabled adults does lawn and garden maintenance work for seniors and people with disabilities, as volunteer work with community organizations.
Helping neighbours with a smile Mario Bartel photo@burnabynewsleader.com
Garth Prothero and Patrick Byron are jockeying for the chance to cut the last strip of long grass in a yard on Patterson Avenue. It’s a nice problem for their supervisor, Jackie Zhuang, to have. He says a few encouraging words to his charges to smooth things over and each will get an opportunity to push the mower. Enthusiasm has never been a question for Zhuang’s squad, which is comprised of adults with
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developmental disabilities from L’Arche Greater Vancouver. They are Neighbours Helping Neighbours, a service that provides lawn and garden maintenance, household chores like garbage and snow removal and light carpentry to seniors and others with physical disabilities in Burnaby, New Westminster and East Vancouver. They also help out with Meals on Wheels and serve coffee at the food bank at Southside Community Church in the Edmonds area. Each member of the team is
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trained to operate machinery like a lawn mower, weed whacker and hedge trimmer, as well as Food Safe practices. They’re meticulous about wearing the proper safety equipment, gloves, safety glasses and steel-toed boots. When they go out on calls in their specially marked extended cab pickup, they’re accompanied by Zhuang, who is the program’s coordinator, and a community volunteer. The free program started in January 2008. Last year it helped 65 clients
with more than 575 hours of work. They also put in 135 volunteer hours at community organizations. It’s a perfect match with L’Arche’s mission to build relationships in the community with developmentally disabled adults, says Denise Haskett, L’Arche’s executive director. “They have a real sense of contributing to the larger community.” Maggie Marquardt has seen ¿rst hand the value of Neighbours Helping Neighbours. Please see WELCOMING, A3
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Chevron Canada Limited is applying to the National Energy Board (NEB) for priority access to capacity on the Trans Mountain pipeline to ensure adequate supply of crude oil to its Burnaby re¿nery. The company was ¿ling its application June 19 for “priority destination designation” which, if approved, would place its requirements second in priority behind shippers that contract for ¿xed volumes on the pipeline, said Chevron Canada spokesman Ray Lord in an interview. Currently, Chevron is in the third level of priority, in which each month shippers “nominate” or request the amount of volume they wish to ship on the pipeline. If pipeline owner Kinder Morgan receives requests for more capacity than it can accommodate, all the shippers are reduced and equally apportioned. Lord said that apportionment has been ongoing since late 2010 and at times, Chevron’s request has been reduced by more than 70 per cent, meaning it has received 70 per cent less crude oil than it had asked for. Please see REFINERY, A4