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Rosé report: Burnaby school board vice-chair Harman Pandher was all decked out in pink when he gave the board chair report at a meeting Tuesday. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

The pink Pandher Burnaby trustees donned pink shirts and scarves for a public school board meetings Tuesday evening in anticipation of Wednesday’s Pink Shirt Day, an annual day of solidarity against bullying celebrated in more than 25 countries worldwide. Students and staff IN THE PINK Lochdale and Lakeview elementary students at a school board meeting Tuesday reprise a dance they performed as part of across School District No. a 5,500-kid-strong “acceptance flashmob” at a Vancouver Giants hockey game last Wednesday. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR 41 wore pink to school

Wednesday.This year students at Burnaby Mountain, Seaforth and Parkcrest also enjoyed a presentation from Travis Price, one of the co-founders of the anti-bullying day. In 2007, he and another student at his Nova Scotia high school wore pink in solidarity with a new student being teased for wearing a pink shirt.

District dips deeper into reserve funds Expected revenues fall almost $4.9 million short – but ‘district still in strong position overall’

By Cornelia Naylor

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The Burnaby school district has had to dig deeper into reserve funds than it anticipated last spring.

In its preliminary budget approved in April, the district expected its revenues to fall about $2.5 million short of its expenses, a gap it planned to cover with surplus funds.

In the amended budget approved Tuesday, however, revenues fall almost $4.9 million short.

To cover that extra $2.4-million hole, the district is using about $1.6 million set aside by the board at the end of last year af-

ter the preliminary budget had already been passed.

“That was some specific budgets that were not spent last year for school learning resources, program development, etc.,” Greg Frank, secretary-treasurer for the district, told the NOW. “That was money that was to have been spent last year that was carried forward to spend this year. So that’s all planned, although it’s planned after the budget.”

The part that wasn’t planned, according to Frank, was the remaining $783,296.

Fortunately, another thing the district hadn’t anticipated in April was starting this year with a nearly $4.8-million unrestricted

surplus, thanks mostly to savings the district was allowed to keep from the teacher job action at the end of last year.

The district will use part of that windfall to pay the $783,296 deficit, Frank said, and have almost $4 million left to help with budget challenges already looming on the horizon for next year.

“Although it’s been a tough financial year for the district in terms of operations, in terms of reduced revenues and impact on expenses, we have still finished the year in a strong position overall financially,” Frank told the board.

The secretary-treasurer blamed the recent five-month teacher labour dispute for playing havoc with the district’s original financial plan.

Regular school-age enrolment fell 143 students short of projected numbers this

year, costing the district $1 million.

Local public schools lost another $850,000 to a drop in distributed learning, English language and adult education enrolment.

“We believe that is a direct result of the timing of the job action, which went through the end of last school year over the summer and then through the first part of the school year, so, in some cases, students and families made choices to seek their education elsewhere,” Frank said.

The “bright spot” in enrolment was international education, the secretary-treasurer said, which saw 58 more students than expected, bringing in an extra $950,000.

Based on past experience with teacher strikes, the district also expects eventually to recover the regular school-aged students lost during the labour dispute.

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PYGMY PETS: Alexandra Lezo has kept her two pygmy goats – Andy and Toggy – on her property for almost a year, but a complaint to the city has put their future in South Burnaby in jeopardy. PHOTO JACOB ZINN

Fighting to keep goats Andy and Toggy aren’t just livestock – they’re part of the family

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To Alexandra Lezo, her two pygmy goats aren’t just livestock – they’re part of her family.

But now the South Burnaby resident is asking the City of Burnaby to allow her to keep her goats, Andy and Toggy, after someone lodged a complaint with the city about the animals. Lezo is now in a desperate situation, trying to get Burnaby council to reclassify pygmy goats as pets in the city.

Lezo has had the goats for almost a year, having adopted them shortly after they were born.

“We got them when they were eight weeks old – they were really tiny, we’d just carry them around,” she said.

The goats soon gathered attention as neighbours and children from nearby schools started noticing them in Lezo’s yard, delighted to see Andy and Toggy up close. Many neighbours had questions about the goats, so Lezo put up a sign on her fence explaining basic facts about her goats.

“People were always ask-

Baaw: Lezo is now requesting the city amend its animal control bylaw to allow for goats on residential properties. . PHOTO JACOB ZINN

ing me, ‘How old are they?

What are their names?

What do they eat?’” she said, which prompted her to make the sign.

“After that, I received a call from the city.”

Lezo said she was surprised to know there was a complaint against Andy and Toggy, given that she had cleared things with the city before she adopted them.

“Goats are allowed under the animal bylaw, and I called the city just to double check and they referred me back to the animal bylaw,” she said. “But techni-

cally, I’m not zoned to keep them.”

The city’s animal control bylaw notes that goats

Our neighbours all support us ... are allowed in Burnaby but does not specify what type of properties are designated for keeping goats.

On Monday, Lezo appeared before Burnaby city council, requesting that

council amend the animal control bylaw to allow pygmy goats. A few dozen friends and neighbours showed up to the meeting to support her, and she also delivered a petition with more than 600 signatures from the neighbourhood.

“Our neighbours all support us; they’ve all written letters to the city,” she said.

After pleading her case, Mayor Derek Corrigan acknowledged that Lezo is a “considerate and attentive” owner but worried that others might not be as responsible.

“It sounds to me like you’ve provided a very good home and are a very good owner for these pygmy goats,” he said. “Unfortunately, not everyone is like you, and it’s one of the issues that we have to deal with as we look at any potential change to our bylaws.”

Lezo said she shares the mayor’s concerns but noted the same argument can be applied to cats and dogs, and that implementing a strict licensing program would help weed out unsuitable owners.

“There’s always a chance Continued on page 8

The politics of unaffordable housing are getting a bit personal for Burnaby’s Jane Shin.

The MLA for the Burnaby-Lougheed rose in the legislature recently and said she couldn’t afford a house in her own riding.

“I’ve given up on Burnaby, as much as I’m a resident of Burnaby. I can’t find a house that I can occupy for anything less than $800,000,” she told the legislature during the budget debate. “I might be the member for BurnabyLougheed, but I might need to get a place out in Mission or Maple Ridge or Chilliwack.”

Shin discussed her comments with the NOW and explained that she was trying to make a political point, but the Liberals criticized her for the comments as she has three properties listed on her financial disclosure statement and makes six figures as an MLA. “The comment was to illustrate the fact that when we are talking about the growing unaffordability issue in Burnaby-Lougheed, and in Burnaby and Metro Vancouver throughout, we are talking about young

people like myself, young families,” Shin said.

Shin, 34, acknowledged she makes a six-figure salary – MLAs make a minimum of $102,000 per year – but she’s also carrying student debt.

Shin has a mortgage on a condo in the Burnaby-Edmonds riding, but she moved to BurnabyLougheed to be closer to her constituency and now lives in a basement rental suite.

“For a lot of us, including myself, to be able to afford a house with a yard, it’s a pipe dream. Most of us will be lucky to afford a new twobedroom condo, which is already in the $400,000 to $500,000 range,” Shin said.

“I can’t say I’m looking with any plans to buy, because I can’t afford it, period.”

As for Shin’s other properties, she pointed out that she doesn’t own her Burnaby condo outright – she’s still paying off the mortgage.

Besides the Burnaby condo, her 2013 financial disclosure statement listed a revenue property in New Westminster, which Shin said she put a down payment on, thinking her parents would live there. She also recently sold a Mission property.

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RCMP looking for witnesses Investigators are asking witnesses to a fatal car crash last week to contact Burnaby RCMP. The collision happened shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 17 when a white Infiniti car carrying a driver and two passengers crashed into a grey Volkswagen turning right on to Canada Way from Carey Avenue on the BCIT campus.

The Infiniti finally struck a pedestrian who was standing on the sidewalk.

The pedestrian, a 22year-old Coquitlam resident, was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead.

RCMP are looking to speak with witnesses who may have been in the area at the time of the crash.The police have videotape of cars at the scene at the time of the accident.

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Every day should be Pink Shirt Day Some may find it hard to believe that something as seemingly innocuous as a photo on a cellphone, a tweet, or a comment on Facebook can amount to much of anything.

For those of us who have been on the planet for more than a few decades, those activities may represent a chance for your friends to see what you ate for dinner or a quick snap of your pet’s latest antics.

But used maliciously, those methods of communication can erode a young person’s confidence and self-esteem to the point of complete despair.

It wasn’t that long ago when we thought of bullying as name-calling or a physical altercation.Those activities weren’t OK then, and they’re still not now.

But the definition and scope of bullying has changed just as quickly as

technology has allowed it to.

And worse yet, when something goes online there’s a very real chance it will stay there – perhaps not forever, but long enough for real damage to be done.

We can’t rely on any one group to fix the issue. It’s going to take a collective effort from parents, community leaders, school staff, coaches, peer supports and everyone in between.

Parents need to remain

vigilant and curious – maintaining frequent dialogue

We live in a world that resonates with mixed messages

and noticing any odd behaviours with their kids.

Wearing pink shirts once a year is commendable, and the action started by a young man several years ago has led to an amazing movement. Some schools have even started extending the day to once a month or even once a week to keep the anti-bullying message top of mind.

We are absolutely sure that more people are aware that bullying is unacceptable today than a decade ago.

However, we live in a society that still says “Nice people finish last,” and we still hear parents in hockey rinks screaming for their kids to wallop the other players.

We live in a world that resonates with mixed messages. Let’s hope the anti-bullying message can be heard above all of the other messages.

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Mounties bust massive rave More than 3,000 local youth were turned out onto North Road on New Year’s Eve when local RCMP swooped down on a giant rave party in the old Crane Canada factory on the Burnaby-Coquitlam border. Police descended after CKNW got a call about a bomb that was supposed to explode in the building at midnight. The threat turned out to be a hoax. One man was arrested for public drunkenness and assaulting a police officer, and an RCMP spokesperson said alcohol and illegal drugs were being used openly even after police arrived. About 9,000 people were expected at the giant party, but police turned away numerous buses bringing youth to the site.

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Hi there,TransLink board! I understand you’re in the market for a new chief executive, and I’d like to offer my services. I think I’ve got what it takes: ! I seldom ride the bus!

This is obviously an important trait for a TransLink CEO. I own my own car and use it to get almost anywhere. I do occasionally use transit, and I’m certainly willing to do so if there’s a photo op involved.

On the downside, I should note that I would use transit more if there were any in my neighbourhood. Fortunately, no bus

has ever come within half a mile of my current home.

It’s one of the fastestgrowing communities in the Lower Mainland. But thanks to TransLink/provincial planning, kids here are growing up without ever seeing a single bus. ! I love money!You can buy so much stuff with it!

So you can be assured that I’ll pretty much say or do anything to keep a lucrative position that last year paid Ian Jarvis $83,700 in bonuses alone.That’s more than anyone in my family has ever made in a year! ! I will weather the tran-

sit tax referendum. I know the real truth about the 0.5 per cent tax vote: It doesn’t matter – for TransLink, anyway – whether it passes or not. If we win, I’ll take the credit, even though we were the main reason for people voting no. If we fail, I’ll blame the voters for being short-sighted yokels who don’t deserve transit in the first place! ! I am willing to take the blame! My strongest asset is my willingness to look, speak and act like a complete idiot.The real reason for TransLink is to act as a whipping boy for every traf-

fic jam, late bus, bridge toll, pothole, and fare increase.

The premier doesn’t want to have to deal with a couple million angry voters, nor do any of the MLAs from the Lower Mainland.

I’ll be the bozo, and I’ll sweat and stammer at press conferences and act as a giant hate sink for everyone.

I think given TransLink’s past performance, and the requirements of the agency, my application is very strong.

Matthew Claxton is a reporter with the Langley Advance, a sister paper of the Burnaby NOW.

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On Burnaby school district budget woes

Dear Editor Re: Balanced budget blasted by NDP, Burnaby NOW, Feb. 20.

How delightfully alliterative was Tereza Verenca’s front page story, in which we are told of Kathy Corrigan’s contention that the budget surplus will be carried on the backs of average families. If it is “average” families she invokes, than we can presume, I think, that it would not include hers. That said, she is free to write a cheque to make up for the imbalance of justice supposedly wrought by this fiscal artifice.

Perhaps, seeing as SFU is located within her purview, she and her family could assist those of that seat of higher learning by donating to a “putrid potty push for petty protests.”

Larry Bennett, Burnaby

Exactly whose family is Clark helping?

Dear Editor It looks like Christy Clark and her Liberal Party have decided to help themselves and all their rich friends with a nice hefty tax break.

Never mind the seniors, or the other people on low incomes. In the meantime everything else goes up: MSP, hydro, and necessities such as food. She also likes getting others to do her dirty work, as example If the transit tax the with the passes, it will transit question of the help the rich get 0.5 per cent sales tax, by richer passing it on the municipalities.

Instead of giving the rich a tax break, she should have raised their taxes. After all, if the transit tax passes, it will help the rich get richer, with selling of land for condos, around these transportation hubs, these well-off developers will be laughing all the way to the bank.

Remember when she ran the last election campaign, she kept saying, “Families First.”

But she purposely didn’t add the whole sentence, “My Family First.”

Cody Tabois, Burnaby

New Democrats are out to lunch again Dear Editor Kathy Corrigan’s criticism of the balanced budget shows how out-to-lunch she and her NDP cronies are.

The last election the Liberals ran on a platform of balancing the budget. Ms. Corrigan must be listening to the dotage suggestions of her husband to voice her criticism.

With the two of them both on the “public payroll” (and him getting monthly cheques from four government departments) perhaps explains why they are not as concerned about taxes as the rest of us.

Burnaby’s public officials could be the Poster Children for the Prevaricators of the Year Award – telling us deceptive, misleading mistruths.

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Bill Dobie with the Harper government ruling the country...PROBABLY Peter Dickinson-Starkey Sort of stretching a point … perhaps ? Corrigan represents us as our elected Mayor, and I am certain he as a Lawyer knows how far he can go. If he does not speak out to express our concerns, who else has the gravitas to effectively do so?

ReasonableCanadian When there is a breach of law already taking place, and citizens rise up to protest that violation of law, it is not an act of contempt, it is an act to secure compliance. Burnaby Mountain protests began when Kinder Morgan, a foreign owned company started working in the park without a proper legal permit and yet it was the public who was arrested, not the company reps.

This government has a history of turning a blind eye away from environmental infringements and breaches of law when they are being done by the oil sector. There are no reasonable oversights allowed. The Tories scrapped a government review on tar sands, they scrapped the studies taking place to determine safety of bitumen in waterways, they scrapped water laws and prohibited the ability of NAFTA to investigate tar sands holding ponds. This in my view is criminal and it is a direct threat to public security.

They abolished cross examination of experts at the National Energy Board and now have veto power over what they say. That is CRIMINAL in my view.

Now we’ve got a banana republic. Why our RCMP and army are not arresting Harper for his treason is beyond me but I wish they would. I’ve sent many letters to the Governor General asking for Harper’s removal and I’m not the only one. We need to speak openly on these issues. Send the message through that we’re fed up.

Goats in the city @rick_mcgowan How much more annoying or needy is a pet goat compared to a dog? If used dogs 4 food would they need 2 be kept on Agi Land?

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Burnaby MP Kennedy Stewart wants to know if the federal government will consider Mayor Derek Corrigan a terrorist under the Conservatives’ proposed anti-terror legislation.

Stewart, the MP for Burnaby-Douglas, raised the question in the House of Commons last Thursday.

“As we know, I have a brand new oil pipeline slated to be built through my riding of Burnaby-Douglas by the Kinder Morgan company. Of course, the government on that side of the House will stop at noth-

ing to push this pipeline through, and of course the Liberals are also supporting it, of course everybody in Burnaby is dead set against it. In fact, the mayor of Burnaby, Derek Corrigan, said he would (lie) down in front of bulldozers to stop this pipeline.”

Stewart said that could be construed as a “threat to economic development,” which is covered by Bill C-51, the proposed antiterrorism act.

“I’m wondering, Mr. Speaker, is now the Mayor Derek Corrigan of Burnaby now a terrorist under this act? Would he be considered one? And of course,

the new powers being given to CSIS, would they now be allowed to disrupt the mayor’s activity and of course anybody else’s in the city of Burnaby? As you know, we had 126 people arrested there (who were trying) to stop this pipeline.We had Grand Chief Stewart Phillip cross the exclusion zone in the protest area.Will this new bill have any impact on that, and will my mayor be a terrorist?”

MP Ted Optiz responded on behalf of the Conservatives.

“I hesitate to use this word, but it sounds somewhat bizarre to me, because Canadians will not be tar-

geted under this act,” he said.

“If there’s any Charter implications in the surveilling any individual for any act of terrorism, regardless of the type of example, and it did not pass muster with a judge, a warrant will never be issued.That is another level of oversight.”

Optiz went on to say judges wouldn’t allow Charter rights violations “in any way, shape, or form.”

Corrigan could not be reached immediately for comment.

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Goat owner hopeful that her pets will be OK’d Continued from page 3 that you’re going to have an owner who’s not going to be responsible,” she told the NOW. “But I think that people should also have the

chance to do that, perhaps with guidance from the city.

If we educate people more about all animals – even dogs – that might help us in the long run with animals

everywhere in the city.”

Council opted to have staff prepare a recommendation on the proposed bylaw amendment, which is expected to take a few

months.

Lezo added that she felt council, by and large, is sympathetic to her situation.

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benefit the neighbourhood,” she said. “I think they’re open to grandfathering Toggy and Andy in, or perhaps allowing pygmy goats at pets.

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Eryk Martin Occupation ANARCHIST HISTORIAN Why he’s in the news: What do feminists and anarchists have in common?

What’s the story behind the Squamish Five, the Wimmin’s Fire Brigade and the porn shop bombings of the ’80s?

Burnaby resident Eryk

What got you interested in anarchism?

I became interested in anarchism for two reasons, really. First, anarchism came into my life through music. Punk, in particular, provided me with an accessible and creative medium to learn about political ideas.

It wasn’t just one band, or one song, but a slow process of soaking up radical politics through punk. Second, the anti-globalization movements of the late 1990s and early 2000s seemed, in my experience, to be awash in anarchist activism and culture. Since I was becoming interested in history at the same time as this was happening, I wanted to know where this anarchism came from.Where did it want to go? What could it tell me about the world? So I turned to history to find out.

Most people imagine anarchism as lawlessness and violence. How would you define it based on your historical research?

There is no simple answer to this. Broadly, anarchists are concerned with building alternative ways of living, working, and organizing human affairs. In particular, they are interested in promoting direct democracy, personal freedom balanced with the absence of coer-

Martin has all the answers.

The SFU student is working on his PhD dissertation in history, and he’s focusing on anarchism.

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cion, and communal forms of organization that are decentralized and not based on top-down power dynamics.

Violence has a complicated place in this. Some anarchists have engaged in illegal political action, often in ways that are non-violent. In other instances, anarchists have used violence.

There is also no consensus, either in anarchist or nonanarchist communities, on how we define violence. But regardless of how we define it, we can’t understand anarchist tactics unless we also understand the social problems they are attempting to address.

A TALE OF TWO MOVEMENTS Burnaby’s Eryk Martin is working on his PhD in history, and he’s focusing on anarchism in the Lower Mainland, including groups like the Squamish Five. Burnaby’s DOA helped raise money for the legal defence of the activists known as the Squamish Five. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

What do anarchism and feminism have in common?

Anarchist and feminist ideas both become more prominent in Vancouver starting in the 1960s and 1970s. Both were active in the student and anti-war movements, so there’s a certain amount of mixing because they were part of the same activist community.

But they also shared common ideas, including a belief that politics should be based on direct forms of democracy.

What was the relationship between anarchism and feminism in the Lower Mainland?

In many instances it was transformative. Often, feminists found anarchist histo-

Looking back: An old newspaper clipping of a rally against porn at one of the Red Hot Video locations. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

Violence has a complicated place in this. ry and culture to be inspiring and fascinating. Others found anarchist ideas on direct action, political organization, and personal politics to be completely in line with their own experiences. As a result, the two ap-

proaches sometimes merged together. At the same time, not all feminists thought this way. Some were highly critical of certain anarchist ideas, including its critique of the state. And of course, anarchist men could be just as sexist and oppressive as non-anarchist men.

Tell me a bit about the group Direct Action, also known as the Vancouver Five or the Squamish Five.What did they do?

They were five anarchist activists who were involved in a range of social movements, including environmentalism, feminism and anti-militarism. Over the course of the late 1970s and early 1980s, they decided that social movements could benefit from an armed component. It’s important to note that they expressly rejected using violence against human beings. Instead, they advocated a program of industrial sabotage that would, in their view, contest, slow down, or halt specific projects.

In 1982 they bombed a B.C. Hydro power station on Vancouver Island over concerns that it was going to lead to harmful patterns of environmental degradation, both locally and globally.They also bombed a Toronto factory that was producing parts for American nuclear weapons. It’s also important to see these actions as part of a much wider pattern of dissent. Other environmental and anti-nuclear move-

ments had tried for years to fight against these issues but had failed to gain significant change. As a result, Direct Action (the Vancouver Five) felt that legal options had run their course, and that popular protest needed to be augmented with radical action.

The two women from the Squamish Five were also involved in the Wimmin’s Fire Brigade, which was responsible for fire-bombing porn shops around the Lower Mainland. Can you tell me a bit about what they did and why?

In the early 1980s, a number of different women’s groups began organizing against the pornography retailer Red Hot Video.These stores, and others like them, stocked extremely violent pornographic films. Activists argued that these films were not only illegal under the Criminal Code, but Continued on page 10

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Activists did jail time Continued from page 9 that they also encouraged men to equate sex with violence.When the government refused to take meaningful action against the stores, the Wimmin’s Fire Brigade decided to do it themselves.

In a post-911 era, we’d be quick to call that terrorism, but what was the public’s attitude at the time.

In our current political climate it’s easy to imagine that public commentary would uniformly dismiss these actions. And certainly, in 1982, there were many people who did. But what I’ve seen through my research is that there was a vigorous middle ground where people were able to voice a complex and diverse array of opinions on the issues and the tactics.This was most prominent in the case of the Red Hot Video and B.C. Hydro actions.

What do you think of the Wimmin’s Fire Brigade and the Squamish Five’s choice of tactics?

If we are willing to take them seriously, if we’re willing to put them into the broader political, social, and cultural context of their time, then I think they can help us to see that movements that use radical tactics are often much more complicated than we might otherwise suspect.

Gerry Hannah, a member of the Subhumans, was part of the Squamish Five, and he grew up in Burnaby.

Are you aware of any other local connections to the anarchist movement of yesteryear?

Yes, all of the Vancouver/ Squamish Five were convicted, and they spent many years in jail.

Punk is one of Burnaby’s main contributions to anarchist politics and culture during the 1970s and 1980s. And it went beyond individuals such as Hannah.

Both the Subhumans and D.O.A. had members from Burnaby, and had close connections to a wide range of anarchist projects in the Lower Mainland. (Editor’s note: Joe Keithley does not identify as an anarchist.)

Was anyone ever physically hurt by their actions?

What lesson can we take away from this history you’ve examined?

Yes. Despite being opposed to targeting people, the bomb that Direct Action placed in Toronto detonated earlier than it was scheduled to, probably because of some technical malfunction. At this point, the evacuation of the factory was still under way. Several people were seriously hurt. Although no one was killed, it was a devastating experience for many.

That anarchist activism, be it legal or illegal, has been a critical part of British Columbia’s history. But the only way to understand this history is by taking radical politics seriously.You don’t have to agree with what these people did or thought, but if you’re going to understand these movements, you must be willing to listen to what they have to say.

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The space, located at the east end of campus near Strand Hall, is about 90 per cent landscaped.

"Since the weather is bad, most of the time people will be on site when we're not using the observatory, so because of that, we put in a lot of elements that represent astronomy in different ways," Trottier said. "It'll be an interesting place to hang out during the day and at night."

Those elements include a viewing plaza with sundials and a space for people to set up their own telescopes.

"This site is really meant for public education.We haven't had many 'star parties' lately, but we typically have between 200 and 300 people show up. I expect we'll see more once the observatory is up and running," he added.

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Howard Trottier, who's spearheading the project, told the NOW crews are still working on landscaping the area.

"I was just there this morning and it looks pretty good. It should be all done by the middle of March with our gwrand opening on April 17," the physics professor said.

The $4.4-million investment, made possible through the Trottier Foundation (headed by Trottier's brother and sister-in-law), features a dome six metres in diameter which houses a 0.7-metre diameter reflector telescope that can track billion-year-old galaxies.The star-gazing equipment will also provide a digital feed that can be remotely accessed and deployed by community groups and schools across Canada.

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Young artists: Above: Katie Brooke, 5, is serious about her artistic efforts during a Chinese brush painting drop-in at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Saturday. At right, George Tang gets some help with his work at the painting session. PHOTOS JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Happy new year The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts welcomed in theYear of the Sheep with a special Art on the Spot drop-in program on Saturday.

People of all ages had a chance to stop in to the centre and pick up techniques

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As well as presenting attractive productions with excellent voices, there are other advantages.

Let me list some: First, you don’t have to drive through downtownVancouver traffic and pay exorbitant parking rates.You can park right next to, or under, the Shadbolt Centre. Secondly, there’s not a bad seat in the 250-seat theatre, and the visibility and acoustics are excellent.Thirdly, the surtitles above the stage are clear and easy to read.

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rel as the betrayed teen-ager Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly), gives a sensitive portrayal that highlights her powerful soprano. Nicolas Rhind as the American ship’s cocky officer Pinkerton, who goes through a marriage ceremony with Cio-cio San, to enjoy her favours, has a strong tenor voice that blends well with the excellent baritone of the caring American consul, well sung and acted by Geoffrey Schellenberg.

The role of Madama Butterfly’s servant and confidant is played by Francesca Corrado, who grew up in the Burnaby Heights area.

“It was my high school choir teacher at Notre Dame who encouraged me to go on to UBC and major in opera,” she notes.

She’s sung a variety of important roles at UBC, Bard

on the Beach, Ontario’s Western Arts Festival, and in the Czech Republic.

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Burnaby Lyric Opera’s last mounting of their Madama Butterfly is on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m.

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It’s been a children’s classic for generations – and now a familiar stage adaptation is coming to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.

Dance Collective (formerly Douglas Ballet Academy) is teaming up with Advocates of Dance Society to produce a musical, Disney’s Peter Pan Junior, at the Shadbolt’s James Cowan Theatre.

The production is set to run Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7 at 7 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on March 7.

Rebecca Woodruff, owner of Dance Collective and director of the production, is enthusiastic about bringing the familiar story to the stage.

“The reason Peter Pan has captured our imagination in countless books, musicals and movies is because he represents the best of our childhood,” she said in a press release. “He is the memory of the last great adventure we all had before we began our journey into adulthood.”

Woodruff and her assistant choreographer-musical director, Angela King, have been working on the production since auditions began a year ago, bringing a cast of 25 young performers to the stage.

They’ll be bringing to life such classic songs as You Can Fly, Following the Leader,Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me) and Never Smile at a Crocodile as they tell the familiar story of the boy who never grows up and his journey to Neverland with the Darling children. Expect to meet Lost Boys, mer-

maids and, of course, pirates, along with Tinker Bell and all her fairy friends.

The show is all-agesfriendly, and it’s one hour and 15 minutes long, with no intermission.

Tickets are $20 and available through the Shadbolt box office at 604-205-3000 or tickets.shadboltcentre. com.

POETRY IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT SPOKEN INK Love poetry?You may want to turn out to the next Spoken Ink night.

The Burnaby Writers’ Society’s reading series runs monthly at La Fontana Caffe in the Heights, and the next session is on Tuesday, March 17.

This month’s presentation features Elaine Woo, reading from her poetry collection Cycling with the Dragon.

Woo is a poet-librettist and non-fiction writer whose work has appeared in a wide range of publications including ARC Poetry Magazine, Shy:An Anthology,V6A:Writing fromVancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Ascent Aspirations and Megaphone Magazine.

Her art song collaboration with Daniel Marshall, Nighttime Symphony, won a Boston Metro Opera festival prize in 2013.

Cycling with the Dragon was published last year.

Woo’s reading is set to start at 8 p.m., and it will be followed by an open mike session.You can sign up for the open mike starting at 7:30 p.m.

La Fontana Caffe is at 101-3701 Hastings St. Find out more at www.burnaby writersnews.blogspot.com or bwscafe@gmail.com.

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Communitynow A new year: Students at Forest Grove Elementary welcomed the Year of the Sheep with Lunar New Year celebrations on Feb. 19. The school is home to the district’s Mandarin language development program, which will include students in kindergarten and Grade 5 by September 2015.

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ABSTRACT EXHIBIT AT DEER LAKE. Saturday is also your last chance to see Expressions in Abstract, an exhibition featuring the paintings of three emerging artists: Evan Locke, Iris Low and Karen Santos.The show is at the Burnaby Arts Council Gallery, 6584 Deer Lake Ave.The gallery is open from noon to 4 p.m., and admission is free. Info: www.burnabyartscouncil. org or 604-298-7322.

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The two couples have created Quadrilogue Affective, a performance exploring the attempts to balance their domestic and artistic lives. It’s at 8 p.m. at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave. Info: www.flamencorosario. org.Tickets $35 regular, $30 for students and seniors, www.shadboltcentre.com.

Firefighters Banquet Hall, at 6515 Bonsor Ave. Every year, the neighbourhood house selects a different theme for the event, and this year’s theme is In the Sky With Diamonds, a reference to the popular Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Tickets are $100 each (or $900 for a table of 10), which includes a plated prime rib dinner, with an eggplant option for vegetarians.

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Sundays tends to have a lot of regulars, and there’s a chance to sign up more frequently.The pub is at 5665 Kingsway, and it’s open till 1 a.m., so sing your heart out.

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Some time ago, I found myself behind the wheel of a rollcage-equipped Skip Barber MX-5, entering into the semi-legendary Corkscrew turn at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California. A real rollercoaster of a corner, it’s far less tricky than the turn that follows it, an off-camber sweeper with nothin’ but dirt waiting to catch you and ruin your day.

But I’m no racecar driver – as this was a learning lap, there was a quicker car out in front, one with a veteran instructor at the wheel managing to keep the proper line, call out instructions on the radio, and keep one eye on his rearview in case we missed the apex by a country mile and started drifting towards the gravel.

So what’d he have to keep a safe margin out in front? A Corvette? Boss Mustang? Nissan GT-R? Porsche product? Track-prepped RX-7?

Well no, actually; the gent in question had a small, fuel-efficient compact car with a four-cylinder engine. In fact, he had one of these: A Mazda3.

Permit me to tell you why that wasn’t a crazy choice.

Design:

When the Mazda3 first replaced the venerable old Protege, everybody had to have one. Specifically, everybody wanted to have a Sport GT hatchback, with the zippy little 2.3L engine, preferably in dark grey. I distinctly remember parking between four such vehicles in a row along Broadway, and then seeing two more pass by.

The succeeding generation wasn’t quite as pretty,

but this new one – hoo-boy, she’s a looker. The design language is called Kodo, or soul of motion, and it’s both very Japanese and somehow reminiscent of something Alfa-Romeo might build.

However, if you go for the basic model, the size of the alloys don’t quite balance out all that swoopy sheetmetal.

Here in the GT version, however, there’s 18” alloys to really fill out the wheel wells. It’s a great-looking car, marred only by our mandatory BC license plates.

Environment:

Inside, the Mazda3 has grown up somewhat, and is starting to overlap the lower-end versions of the premium brands. Step out of the interior of a Mercedes-Benz CLA into the all-black cockpit of the ‘3, and it’s actually very similar.

There are a few details which seem neat at first but might not age well – the small heads-up display and the flat-panel screen fixed on the dash stick out a bit.

However, the rest is relatively classy, nicer than most of the Japanese competition, and ready to go toe-totoe with the Germans.

Overall cabin space isn’t quite as good as something more mundane and practical like a Toyota Corolla, but Mazda does still offer a hatchback for a little more space and flexibility. A rear-facing child seat fits without issue.

Performance:

There are two engine options for the Mazda3, neither of which will seemingly light the world on fire. The base model carries a 2.0L four-cylinder making 155hp at 6000rpm and 150lb/ ft of torque at 4000rpm, and the upgraded GT gets a 2.5L engine with 184hp at 5700rpm, and 185lb/ft of torque at 3,250rpm. All those figures are on regular fuel.

So, no turbochargers, no turbodiesels, and just a choice of either a six-speed conventional automatic transmission or six-speed manual throughout the range (no all-wheel-drive either).

However, Mazda’s clever high-compression directinjection engines are marvels.

As the 2.5GT revs straight for redline you’ll run right into the fuel cut every time if you aren’t paying attention. I figure Mazda’s hedging their bets here and keeping a few hundred rpm in check as this engine doesn’t slow one jot as it closes in on maxrevs. It pulls cleanly and strongly, and it’s a toss-up as to which is better, the clean-shifting manual, or the very well-tuned automatic.

Handling is very good, not overly stiff, but with a definite positive feel to the way the ‘3 takes a set in the corner and carves through it. The electric power assisted steering isn’t as good as Mazda’s previous hydraulic efforts, but it’s still most definitely a driver’s car.

The 2.5L engine has enough grunt to dispatch most traffic with ease, but it’s the Mazda3’s chassis that really thrills. Mazda could easily bolt-in the turbocharged engine out of the old Mazdaspeed3 and have a real screamer here, one that’s not as lairy as stuff like the Focus ST, but more like a Volkswagen GTI for people who want to avoid VW service bills.

But as it is, it’s got plenty of power and a finely-tuned handling that make it as home on the track as on the street. There aren’t many compact cars you can say that about.

Features:

Step up to a Mazda3 GT, and it’s a choice of whether or not to go to the luxury package. Power moonroof, push-button start, and Bluetooth handsfree are standard for the GT, with leather and a power driver’s seat optional. However, a fully-loaded Mazda3 isn’t cheap: my luxury-package tester was $28,495 before freight and taxes.

Fuel economy for any of Mazda’s modern engines is excellent. Here, the 2.5 is rated at 9.2L/100kms city and 6.6L/100kms on the highway. The impressive part is the 7.0L/100kms it returned in mixed-use driving, despite a little extra throttle because it’s so much fun. Unlike turbocharged options, Mazda’s direct-injection system seems to deliver the good in the real world too.

Green Light:

Great styling, inside and out; excellent handling; efficient, punchy engines

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Interior a little small; engine can be noisy when cold; gets pricey with options

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Good enough for the racetrack, but great in the real world too!

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Two supplier sources have told Reuters news service that the Bolt’s initial production target will be 25,000 to 30,000 units a year. Speculation has it that

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ly beats it in EPA-rated fuel economy, the 2015 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel. Researchers say the Ram’s slight advantage in fuel efficiency is annulled by the higher level of carbon dioxide emitted from its diesel engine.

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PLUG-IN C-CLASS EXPANDS MERCEDES COMPACT LINEUP: Mercedes-Benz will add a plug-in hybrid model to its ever-expanding C-Class range of compact luxury four-door family cars.The C350 Plug-in Hybrid retains the standard C-Class luxury interior, reports emerging technology magazine, Gizmag, “but boasts a set of frugal fuel-economy figures to challenge those of small-engined city cars.”

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If you’ve eaten at McDonald’s in Burnaby over the last 40 years, you may have met North Burnaby’s Joe Guzzo.

The McDonald’s franchisee is celebrating four decades with the restaurant chain, originally starting in the kitchen when he was 15 years old. He calls his 40-year career his “McJourney,” from working the counter to running seven locations throughout the Lower Mainland.

“I was a high school student in North Burnaby,” he said of his start with McDonald’s. “I come from a relatively large family, immigrant family – we’re Italians.

Nine brothers and sisters, mom and dad.

“There wasn’t a lot to go around, of course, so we had to get out and get some work if we wanted to be able to go to a movie or go skiing.”

In 1975, Guzzo started working at the McDonald’s at Alpha and Hastings – only the fourth McDonald’s location in Canada.

“I went to Alpha Secondary School, so it was just down the street,” he said.

“I got the job out of necessity because I wanted to have some fun as a teenager, and as it turned out, I had a lot of fun there and stuck around.”

While most teens would consider working at Mc-

Donald’s to be just a job, Guzzo saw it for more than that. He recognized it as an opportunity to develop lifelong work skills like teamwork and attention to detail.

“If I look back, I think it made me more confident and able to speak and deal with the public and other individuals,” he said.

“There’s a lot of things you take out of that job, even at the early ages of 15, 16 and 17 that you could apply to your regular life, not to mention just good work ethic.

“I decided to stick around when there was a lot of pressures to find yourself another job from people who didn’t understand McDonald’s. I grew up inside it and I knew there was something there.”

After a few years, Guzzo became assistant manager, then manager, then worked his way up into higher positions, eventually getting relocated to Edmonton for five years and Toronto for three. But McDonald’s took him further than he could have imagined.

“I got to see the world,” he said. “I went to London, Chicago, different special projects along the way with McDonald’s. I got a great salary, some fantastic stocks and bonuses, which ultimately enabled me to cash in and buy the businesses that I bought.

“I’m happy to say, it’s worked out quite well for me.”

He’s lovin’ it: North Burnaby’s Joe Guzzo is celebrating 40 years with McDonald’s, starting as a crew member and working up to a franchisee. At each of his seven locations – including the South Market restaurant in the above photo – Guzzo keeps a framed display of his “Big Mac” business cards, chronicling his “McJourney.” PHOTO JACOB ZINN

Despite moving out of province for a few years, Guzzo made a point to come back to Burnaby when he was done in other parts of Canada.

“I’m a Burnaby guy,” he said with a smile. “I’ve never really left Burnaby other than when my job took me to a couple of places.

“When I was transferred originally to Edmonton, I sold my home, but at the same time, I bought a piece of property, knowing that one day I’d want to come back to Burnaby. I still live

in North Burnaby, I love the area.”

Now, with seven restaurants to manage, Guzzo’s

I’m a Burnaby guy. I’ve never really left. working hard as ever, but he has some help from his family. His eldest son is a regional manager while his 19-year-old – who’s taking

business classes at Douglas College – works the front of house at the Market Crossing location.

“He works part-time to understand the business and get some experience and learn some of those skills,” said Guzzo.

“It’s been very good for him – he’s been at it since he was 15.

“I also have a sister in the business. My wife, she’s in charge of payroll and administration, and truth be known, she’s the real boss,” he added with a chuckle.

“But it’s really good having people around.”

To Guzzo, his career is a testament to 40 years of hard work. He takes pride in what he’s accomplished, and he credits McDonald’s for instilling in him the confidence and abilities to move up in the business world.

“If you really apply yourself anywhere, you can be very successful. Everybody wants instant success, but there’s a lot of satisfaction that comes from starting out at a certain spot and getting to where you are.”

Burnaby shows off eco-friendly Element hotel Hotel giant opens its second Canadian location taking up 18 storeys at Kingsway andWillingdon

By Jacob Zinn

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Frequent flyers might be familiar with Starwood’s environmentally friendly Element hotel brand in the U.S. Now the hotel giant is set to open its second Canadian location right here in Burnaby.

Element Vancouver Metrotown, on the corner of Kingsway and Willing-

don, is Western Canada’s first taste of the renowned brand.The 18-storey Westin hotel – inside Bosa’s 45storey Sovereign Tower, the tallest building in Burnaby – boasts 169 elegant green-inspired rooms, decorated in earth tones with a Zen-like feel from top to bottom.

“I like to call it eco-chic,” said Ken Boyd, director of sales and marketing at Element by Westin Metrotown.

“This project has been three years in the making.”

Element offers studio and one-bedroom accommodations for the most eco-conscious travellers.With the goal of being a zero-waste hotel, Element provides inroom recycling and composting, among its other environmental initiatives.

Each room comes with a swivelling flatscreen TV, along with a large desk and

shelf space, and the wellequipped kitchen has a fullsize fridge, microwave and dishwasher.The bathrooms come with an invigorating rain shower and dual-flush toilets, and the patios offer scenic views of Burnaby and Vancouver.

But perhaps most appealing – and appetizing – is the hotel’s food and restaurant offerings, from dine-in to takeout.

“One of the reasons why we think it will be a flagship is we’ve partnered with Glowbal,” said Boyd, touting the restaurant group’s 280-seat Trattoria restaurant at Element. Its home-style Italian fare includes exquisite pizzas, seafood cannelloni and their mouthwatering famous meatballs made with Kobe beef.

“The buzz, what I hear right now, is that Burnaby

is so excited to have a nice, new restaurant in town. I anticipate they’ll be just as busy as they are at their other locations, but it is a nice size restaurant.”

Additionally, Glowbal will also operate the upscale Mini Bar lounge – a great place for an after-dinner glass of wine – and the quick-paced Nosh, formerly Continued on page 31

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Business now Enjoy one of the signature smoothies on the terrace Continued from page 30 known as Italian Kitchen 2 Go. “Nosh, essentially, does good food to go – paninis, fresh salads, fruit parfaits, gourmet coffees, all those types of things,” Boyd said.

Element also provides travellers with its Motion fitness centre to get their sweat on, and a sauna, whirlpool and indoor pool to relax.They can also unwind in one of the hotel’s community spaces or the fifth floor garden terrace, or get some work done at the business centre or in a boardroom.

Each stay also gets travellers WiFi and a break-

fast buffet, featuring a variety of fresh fruit and healthy meals, along with Element’s signature smoothies.

It’s clear that Starwood wants Element Vancouver Metrotown to stand out as a green alternative to Burnaby’s other accommodations, and to environmentally aware travellers. It’s a welcome addition to the city’s skyline.

“Burnaby is one of the fastest-growing business communities in British Columbia and our Element will fill a growing need, offering healthy amenities and a balanced lifestyle to both the business and leisure traveller,” said Paul Gallop,

In his Element: Ken Boyd, director of sales and marketing at Element by Westin Metrotown, is proud to present Starwood’s second Canadian Element location. The hotel takes up 18 storeys out of the 45-storey Sovereign Tower near Metrotown.

general manager of Element Vancouver Metrotown.

“We are proud to promote a healthy lifestyle and to be built green from the ground up.”

The soft opening for the Element Vancouver Metrotown was on Feb. 19, with the grand opening scheduled for April.

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Walking through a store the other day, a package of frozen meatballs caught my attention. I said to my wife, “I wonder how many people actually buy these,” and a small discussion between her and I ensued. I love meatballs in pasta dishes, sandwiches, soups, stews, and other applications, but I would never dream of buying them premade.

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You will see that I list “1 tablespoon of dried herbs

and/or spices.”This can be any dry herb, or any dry ground spice (or a combination of both) that will suit your application. For example, if you wanted to create an Asian cuisine type meatball, I would suggest using 1 tbsp of Chinese 5-spice powder; if you wanted an Italian cuisine type meatball, I would suggest using 1 tbsp of dried basil; or if an Indian cuisine type meatball was preferred, I would suggest using 1 tbsp of ground garam masala or curry powder (or a combination of both). Use your spice rack as myriad of flavour profile

combinations; experiment and have fun.

Now grab life by the meatballs and don’t ever assume that you have to be taken prisoner by frozen convenience foods.

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or spices 2 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a baking sheet with baking spray and set aside (or alternatively line a baking sheet with parchment paper).

In a large bowl, combine the chuck, pork, eggs, bread crumbs, onion, garlic, herbs/spices, salt & the pepper. Mix until thoroughly combined into a homogenous mixture. Roll bits of the mixture into small meatballs approximately 3/4 (three quarter) inch in size and place them on the

prepared baking sheet.You should have approximately 45 to 50 meatballs. Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 20 minutes, or until their internal temperature reaches 160 degrees Fahrenheit (71 degrees Celsius).

Place the cooked meatballs on paper towel temporarily to remove some of the fat. Add to your desired recipe application.

Makes 45 to 50, 3/4 inch meatballs Chef Dez is a culinary instructor and cookbook author.

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Not many plants are pestfree, give us great desserts before winter's end and grow large and fast with almost no care.This is rhubarb, sometimes called pie plant.

But rhubarb stalks make a lot more than pies.They're also used for jams, puddings, wines, tarts, pies, conserves, and stewed and baked dishes.

Rhubarb is said to have come originally from Siberia, where it was mainly used by healers in those faroff days. It appears that no one then considered eating it. Rhubarb leaves and roots are very poisonous due to a high concentration of oxalic acid.The stalk is the only part of the plant that's edible.

In a few years moving it takes time and muscle.

The American pioneers loved the stalk because it's prairie-hardy, shades out weeds, resists slugs and virtually all other pests and diseases.The stalks can be cut until early June though there's divided opinion among gardeners how long to continue.The stalks gradually get tougher and more acidic as the summer gets drier.

This is the time of year rhubarb plants begin appearing in garden centres and gardeners lacking rhubarb start considering whether to make room for it. Because this plant loves rich living, one of its favourite spots is an old compost heap or manure heap.

In those two places, it's quite possible to dig the large-size holes that some gardeners suggest the siz-

able rhubarb roots need.

But a 45-cm deep hole seems to work reasonably at first.

But as the plant grows it enlarges even more, and in a few years moving it takes time and muscle.

In most other locations, rhubarb does well if you can give it a mulching with manure or compost when harvesting is over. Rhubarb also likes to be given a lot of water. If this isn't possible, it helps if you can mulch with grass clippings through summer.

Generally rhubarb adapts very well to part-shade. In full shade, the stems tend to be thinner but still tasty and edible.

Grown in full sun, the stems emerge early in spring but die down early too unless you keep up with watering.

There's an art to pulling rhubarb: pulling straight upward but twisting round to one side while keeping the stalk straight. Not everyone gets it right the first time, but any little pieces of stalk wasted should be removed because they can trigger rot in the crown.

As plants age, they sometimes throw up a giant spectacular head bearing hundreds of tiny white flowers followed by tiny, flat lilylike seeds.These stalks can be up to 1.2 metres tall. I brought a stalk inside just once and spent the next week sweeping up flower bits.

Most rhubarb sold in Canada has red, very tender stems and a mild flavour. Names of some of the popular ones include Canada Red, German Wine and Honey Red. One old-fashioned type is Victoria – this has very large, greenish-red stems and is more acidic than most of the redder ones.

This is sometimes the one passed over backyard fences from neighbours or relatives.

It is possible for adventur-

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Pie plant: Not many plants are as great as rhubarb, accoridng to Anne Marrison. Not only are they easy to grow, the stalks are used to make pies, jams, tarts and even pudding.

ous gardeners to grow rhubarb from seed. One source is Chiltern in England. One type, Glaskin's Perpetual, is said to be cuttable first year from seed.

Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her via amarrison@ shaw.ca. It helps if you include your city or region.

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Community happeningsnow EVENTS CALENDAR TUESDAY, MARCH 3 Small space gardening, free presentation, 7:30 p.m. at Bonsor Recreation Complex, 6550 Bonsor Ave. Learn how to garden in small spaces, especially for those living in apartments, condos and townhouses.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8 Community dinner, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Burnaby Neighbourhood House, 4460 Beresford St. Join the Burnaby Neighbourhood House and other members of the community for a fun evening of food, activities and crafts at their third community dinner, featuring soft tacos. Tickets must be purchased in advance at Burnaby Neighbourhood House. Cost: $3 for adults, $2 for children (aged 3-12), children under the age of three eat for free. Presented in partnership with Rotaract Club of Burnaby. Info: 604-431-0400 or visit www. burnabynh.ca.

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Rebels rout Trojans in semi Burnaby South boys triple David Thompson in fast and furious first-half of hoops Tom Berridge

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The Burnaby South Rebels made no mistake in their Lower Mainland semifinal this time.

The varsity Rebels blew out Vancouver No. 2 David Thompson Trojans 91-48 in the championship semifinal of the Lower Mainland high school quad A boys’ basketball championships in Richmond on Wednesday.

With the win, South advanced to the final against last season’s Mainland runner-up and defending provincial 4A champion Sir Winston Churchill on Friday.

South made no secret of its intentions from the opening tipoff, starting on a 9-2 run and finishing off the first quarter with a 24-8 lead.

Nic Trninic did most of the damage at the low post, scoring 15 first-quarter points and finishing the game with a 24-point, 11rebound double-double.

Tyus Batiste led all Rebel players with 25 points, nearly half of them in the final quarter. Batiste also had nine steals for South.

“We want to peak at the end of March.We’ve been working hard for the last seven years together. I couldn’t ask for anything else,” said Trninic following the game.

Last season, South lost its Mainland semifinal to eventual champion Vancouver College.

This year, the Rebel boys were determined to leave it all out on the hardwood.

“We lost in the semifi-

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Rebel with a cause: Burnaby South’s EJ Mabone, with ball, quarterbacked the varsity Rebels to a 91-48 win over David Thompson in the semifinals at the Lower Mainland high school 4A boys’ basketball championships in Richmond on Wednesday. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

nal last year. From the beginning of the season, we thought about getting back to where we were last year,” Trninic added.

South’s Jermaine Haley contributed 18 points and eight rebounds. EJ Mabone added 11 points, nine coming in the first half.

South will meet Churchill in the Lower Mainland championship fi-

nal at the Richmond Olympic Oval on Friday. Game time is 8 p.m.

The New Westminster Hyacks failed to hold on to a 13-point lead and wound up on the losing end of a 68-63 outcome to the Windermere Warriors in the consolation 4A quarter-final.

Marcos Ramos pumped in a long-range trey to start

the fourth quarter for New West, but Windermere’s player of the game Ravi Basra had other ideas, netting 17 of his game-high 37 points in the final stanza, to keep the No. 7 seed alive.

New West was eliminated following the loss.

In Mainland AAA ball, the Byrne Creek Bulldogs stayed alive with an 84-69 win over Steveston-Lon-

don, while STM dropped its semifinal 75-61 to McMath.

Body Geoffrey led the ’Dogs with 26 points, while teammate Malik Holmes chipped in with 18.

“It was a great effort, a lot of hard work and discipline,” said Byrne Creek head coach Bal Dhillon.

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St.Thomas More junior Andrew Coby Juni ran away from the field at the annual Fort Langley half marathon on Sunday.

The 16-year-old Grade 10 student placed first overall at the early season longdistance event, finishing in a winning time of 1:19:37.2, more than a minute ahead of 49-year-old runner-up Cam McIntosh of Delta.

Juni easily topped his 19and-under age group, finishing more than 16 min-

Runner wins three

utes ahead of divisional runner-up Andrew Palmer of Langley.

Philip Finlayson of Burnaby placed second in the 40-and-over category and fifth overall.

The winter half marathon starts and finishes in B.C.’s birth town Fort Langley.

AIR CADET WINS BIATHLON CadetYu Wei Huang of 759 Falcon Royal Canadian Air Cadets won a gold medal in the junior female category at the provincial cadet biathlon champion-

ships at Whistler last weekend. Huang was one of four cadets from Burnaby, who took part.

The provincial cadet championship was held at the Whistler Athletic Park for the first time on the 50th anniversary of the Canadian maple leaf flag and the fifth anniversary of the 2010 Olympic Games.

Sixty cadets from around the province – winners of zone competitions in their local area – took part.

To find out more about the cadet program visit www.cadets.ca.

Winter winner: Air cadet Yu Wei Huang of Burnaby won the junior female biathlon in Whistler last week PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

Good things happen in threes for Simon Fraser University runner Lindsey Butterworth.

The Clan senior won three Great Northwest conference titles, including both the women’s 800-metre and mile events, at the indoor track and field championships in Nampa, Idaho last Saturday.

Butterworth, who shared a distance medley relay gold with Jennifer Johnson, Paige Nock and Chantal Desch, was named one of the outstanding female athletes at the conference meet.

The North Vancouver athlete also won the individual 800m in a time of 2:10.04 and the mile in 4:55.34 to help the women’s team to a third-place finish.

The Clan men also placed third in the team aggregate behind Cameron Proceviat’s first-ever individual conference title in the metric halfmile.

Proceviat also enjoyed a relay gold in the 4x400m with teammates Joel Webster, Stuart Ellenwood and Daniel Kelloway and a third title in the distance relay with Travis Vugteveen, Kelloway and Marc-Antoine Rouleau.

Webster won the men’s 400m, in a quick time of 48.34, and placed third in the 200m.

Johnson, a Clan grad student, was crowned a champion in the women’s 3,000m, running from the front of the pack in a meet record time of 9:47.64.

On the opening day of the two-day meet, freshman Vladislav Tsygankov was a surprise winner in the men’s long jump with a leap of 7.18 metres, taking the conference title by a single centimetre.

“I cannot ask for any more out of these kids,” said SFU head coach Brit Townsend in a school press release. “Some of them ran such a large amount of races and put everything out there for the team. Because of that dedication we achieved some great results.”

The Clan has one more meet this weekend to improve on individual national rankings before the NCAA Div. II indoor championships on March 13 and 14.

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The stopper: Cole MacInnes has been a stone wall in goal for the Grandview Steelers in first-round playoffs against the Richmond Sockeyes. PHOTO MARK BOOTH

Playoff series back even Tom Berridge

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It’s now a best-of-three playoff for the Grandview Steelers.

The junior B Steelers were shut out for the second consecutive game at home by the Richmond Sockeyes in their Pacific Junior Hockey League best-of-seven playoff.

The Steelers stole both series’ matchups in Richmond last week before giving back the advantage following Sunday’s 2-0 loss and then a 3-0 defeat on Wednesday to the Sockeyes at the Burnaby Winter Club.

In what has turned out to be a visitor’s series, stealing a game at home could prove the difference in the final three playoff games.

“Hopefully that’s the way

it works,” said Grandview head coach Aldo Bruno.

Timothy Chow opened the playoff with a hat trick for the Steelers, netting the game’s first star in a 4-2 win on Feb. 19.

Peter Matthews tied the game 2-2 late in the middle period. Chow tallied twice in the final frame, including an empty net marker.

The following Saturday, Adam Rota garnered a fourpoint night, including the game-winner in the second period to take a two-game lead in the series following a 5-2 win in Richmond.

Chow, who set up Rota for the Saturday winner, also scored in the middle frame in a three-point outing.

Cameron Ginnetti and Braedon Gurney also scored for the Steelers in

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Game 2.

MacInnes was solid in goal, kicking out 38 shots for his second straight win.

In Burnaby, Richmond scored three times in the final period, including an empty-netter on Wednesday.

On Sunday, MacInnes allowed just one goal on 29 shots before the Sockyes iced the game with an empty-net counter in the final minute of play.

“We just lost that (scoring) touch,” Bruno said.

Game 5 was played in Richmond on Thursday (after NOW deadlines).

Game 6 is back at the winter club on Sunday, beginning at 4 p.m.

If necessary, a final seventh game will be held at the Richmond Arena on Monday at 7:30 p.m.

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New IM pool record for freshie Simon Fraser University freshman Adrian VanderHelm set a program record in the 400-metre individual medley in a dual meet against the University of Tokai, Japan last weekend.

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Muntzenburger’s Clan record by more than eight seconds.

VanderHelm, a native of Barrie, Ont., has already qualified for the national championships in the men’s 200-meter freestyle.

VanderHelm also won the 100m freestyle in 50:14 at the meet.

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Terrible third quarter sinks STM Continued from page 44 No. 2 seeded STM, on the other hand, was at less than its best, allowing the Richmond school to steal the momentum following a 27-12 advantage in the third quarter.

“It was a whole bunch of things,” said a

disappointed Knights head coach Aaron Mitchell.

“We had a terrible third quarter.We got down nine, took a punch in the mouth and didn’t hit back.”

Junior guard Cam Morris led the Knights with 20 points.

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