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By Cayley Dobie

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‘Sometimes true love is letting go’ – Carol and Leo’s story of facing life, and death, together EXCLUSIVE

By Jennifer Moreau

jmoreau@burnabynow.com

THE TRINITY OF CARE There were three things that kept Carol and Leo Matusicky calm in the face of death.

A deep faith in God, a profound and abiding love for each other, and a sense of humour. It was that trinity, as Leo calls it, that kept them going, while Carol, a longtime Burnaby resident and advocate for children and families, lived out her final days at home.

HOW THEY MET It was the ’60s, and Carol Storrow and Leo Matusicky were grad students stuck in a symbolic logic class together in the University of Notre Dame.

“It was all mathematical nonsense.They didn’t talk in words; they talked in symbols and numbers,” Leo recalls.

One day, after everyone had left the class, Leo noticed Carol crying by the window following a particularly vicious exam.

“Why the tears?” he asked.

Carol explained she had always earned As and Bs, but this time she received a D. “I showed her my exam, and I had an F,” Leo says, laughing. “I said, ‘By the way, miss, what are you doing tonight?’”

Leo took her out for dinner, and that was that.

They married in 1975, moved to Burnaby and raised two kids. Carol went on to pursue a doctorate in family studies, which led to a lifelong career helping children and families at the policy level.

“We had a deep respect and admiration of each other. It was a beautiful relationship, and

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TRUE LOVE Burnaby resident Leo Matusicky is mourning the loss of his longtime wife, Carol, who chose to die at home. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

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At a press conference in Vancouver on Tuesday, Burnaby RCMP and the Vancouver Police Department reported eight people had been arrested and tens of thousands of fentanyl pills had been seized along with large amounts of marijuana, methamphetamine, hash, heroin, cocaine, alprazolam and oxycodone following the execution of 11 search warrants throughout Vancouver, Burnaby and North Vancouver on Feb. 17.

The search warrants were the result of a joint taskforce between the Burnaby RCMP,Vancouver Police Department and the federal RCMP aimed at “disrupting distribution lines in the Lower Mainland.”

“This is not one municipality’s concern, this is not one jurisdiction’s concern, this is the concern of a number of jurisdictions and a number of police forces throughout the Lower Mainland,” Sgt. Randy Fincham, spokesperson for the Vancouver Continued on page 9

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Accused pleads guilty to assault A Coquitlam man is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl at Lougheed Town Centre in November 2014.

On Nov. 24, 2014, a teenaged girl reported to Transit Police a man approached her at the Lougheed mall bus loop and touched her and made inappropriate comments towards her, according to a media release from Transit Police.

The girl alleged the man then followed her onto a

bus and sexually assaulted her before he disembarked, the release added.

Three days later, the suspect, John Walter Sebela, was arrested at his home in Coquitlam. He has been in custody ever since.

Sebela has a long criminal history and is a registered high-risk offender.

Last week, Sebela pled guilty to the Nov. 24, 2014 assault in court. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 25.

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Mounties wait to get their man OLD SCHOOL: Schou Street School alumni Bud Diack, 83, Betty (Diack) Gould, 86, Bill Diack, 96, and Pat (Diack) Willis, 85, hold up a photo of their alma mater taken before the school opened in 1914. The siblings are from a family of 13 kids, nine of whom attended Schou.

PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

Schou survives it all

A century later city school is reborn as a continuing education centre

By Cornelia Naylor

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There is almost nothing left of the Burnaby neighbourhood Pat (Diack) Willis remembers around her old elementary school in the 1930s and 1940s.

Most of her old street (Clydesdale Street) was wiped out by the freeway in ’58; townhouses have supplanted the woods where she once played; and a creek where she used to fish for minnows is now a culvert.

“There’s nothing familiar at all,” she said.

There’s just one exception – Schou Street School.

Willis, 85, revisited the old place on Feb. 18, along with more than 100 other alumni, to celebrate the school’s 100th anniversary and its reopening as a continuing education centre.

“It’s exactly the same,” Willis said of the building’s original front gabled entrance, recessed doorway and steps. “It was a wonderful school.”

Many alumni, carry-

Royal visit: Queen Elizabeth and King George VI greet the crowds during their 1939 Royal Tour visit to British Columbia. PHOTO COURTESY OF BURNABY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

ing old class photos, could be heard reminiscing last month about the times they spent on those front steps many years ago, watching the road.

Bill Diack,Willis’s 96year-old brother, said he used to watch the old cars go by.

Willis herself watched from those steps as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the current monarch’s mother) drove by

during a royal visit in 1939.

Willis remembers her teacher, Miss Dorothy Montserrat, a devoted royalist, remarking on the couple’s bearing.

“She said, ‘Take note how the queen sits up so straight and how regal they are.’”

The Diacks, a family with 13 kids, arrived in Burnaby from Winnipeg in a homemade bus in 1930.

Nine of the children at-

tended Schou Street School.

Four – Bill, Betty (Diack) Gould, Bud and Willis – were on hand Wednesday to mingle with old classmates and remember the good-bad old days – the Great Depression, the war – things that galvanized the community, according to Willis.

“I don’t think there’s that feeling among the families anymore because it was a neigbourhood and the families all knew each other,” she said.

The kindergarten-toGrade 8 school that served that neighbourhood was repurposed in 1980 and – under the “Schou Education Centre” moniker – acted as the district’s staff development centre until last May. After six months and $200,000 worth of renovations, it returned to its educational roots this fall.

It now houses high school completion classes, English language classes and the district’s IT offices.

For more information, visit www.burnabycce.ca.

By Cayley Dobie

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It took some patience but Burnaby Mounties managed to arrest a suspect accused of assault on Sunday.

Police received a call on Sunday morning that there had been an assault at a home in the 6200 block of Rumble Street near Gilley Avenue. Officers were dispatched to the home immediately, according to Staff Sgt. John Buis.

Because the victim was no longer inside the home, where the assault allegedly took place, officers on scene asked the suspect inside to come out voluntarily, but he refused.

The NOW was on scene shortly before 1 p.m. and witnessed one officer knock on the door of the home repeatedly, but there was no

answer, so she gave up.

There were about seven police officers on scene, several police vehicles and two SPCA vans.The house was surrounded with police tape as the attending officers waited for a warrant, which would permit them to enter the home and arrest the suspect.

Once the warrant was issued, the officers near the front door drew their weapons and again requested the suspect surrender –this time he obliged.

According to Buis, the assault happened earlier Sunday morning, causing the victim serious but non-lifethreatening injuries.

Buis couldn’t say whether or not charges had been approved against the suspect but confirmed he was arrested and brought into custody on Sunday.

Cuffed: Burnaby RCMP officers handcuff the suspect in an alleged assault on Sunday. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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Shedding a light on one neighbourhood Riverside residents are fighting to make their community safer after a series of incidents

By Cayley Dobie

cdobie@burnabynow.com

It took some persistence but Riverside residents could soon be getting what they want from the city – a safer community.

For more than a year, residents of Burnaby’s quiet Riverside neighbourhood have been asking the city to step up and address several safety concerns in the area, including a lack of lighting and the condition of the roads.

A petition is now circulating among the residents of Riverside to determine how many would be onboard with a cost-sharing initiative to install more lights in the area.

If approved, the city

would lease additional electrical poles from B.C. Hydro and install the lights on those.

Coun. Paul McDonell said the ballpark cost is somewhere between $140 and $150 a year for every property owner.

“They seemed to think that was all right, so they’re out getting signatures and we’ve got hydro working on it, and hopefully we’ll have something in the next couple of weeks,” McDonell said.

If enough property owners sign the petition, the city and B.C. Hydro will price out exactly how much each owner would be required to pay and a second petition will be circulated.

“The neighbours seem to

want enhanced lighting, and I think this is the best deal that we’ve had yet, so I’m happy with it on that perspective,” Riverside resident Shawn Wade told the NOW. There are some residents, however, who feel the city should be paying to improve lighting in the neighbourhood because it’s a necessity, and Wade fears this could jeopardize the initiative.

He’s especially concerned about landlords who won’t agree to the proposal even if their tenants would benefit from the added lighting because it would mean another expense.

“It’s a concern,”Wade said. “If you have a certain amount of your housing stock rented out and the person doesn’t live on site,

Help on its way: Residents of Burnaby’s Riverside neighbourhood could soon be getting some of their safety concerns addressed after lobbying the city and their local MLA. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

they don’t really care what it’s like down here.”

Improvements in the area come from an outcry by residents following a recent string of fires, including one that destroyed the Burnaby Marine Pub in January.

Residents met with Raj Chouhan, MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds, last month to

voice their frustration with the municipality, in hopes he could pressure the city to get the safety concerns dealt with sooner rather than later.

“They contacted my office, saying they were not getting any answers on various different issues, and I said, ‘Well look, sometimes

it does happen, so why don’t you come to my office,’” Chouhan said.

Chouhan invited the Burnaby RCMP, the Burnaby Fire Department, city staff, the mayor and residents of Riverside to a meeting at his office. About Continued on page 10

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Opinion now OUR VIEW

Time for left-lane hogs to move over We’ve all seen them – or, more accurately, been stuck behind them – as they blissfully cruise down Highway 1 or the Lougheed Highway in the fast line, with cars and trucks piling up behind.

Keep right except to pass?

They haven’t heard that rule, or they don’t care to follow it.

As drivers behind them fume, a dangerous situation develops as someone waits for a small gap between the

driver in the left lane and the one in the right, then bursts through to get ahead of the pack.

According to the provincial government, which is planning to crack down on so-called “left-lane hogs,” their behaviour leads to a lot of crashes.

“We know from a variety of data sources, whether it be ICBC, collision information, or RCMP traffic reports, that failure to keep

right except to pass is actually a cause of a lot of collisions across British Columbia,”Transportation Minister Todd Stone told The Province newspaper. “It can lead to driver frustration and so forth, so we’re committed to strengthening the language in the (Motor Vehicle Act) to give law enforcement better tools so they can crack down on leftlane hogs.”

Admitting that B.C.’s

laws are “somewhat watered down” compared to those in other jurisdictions, Stone says feedback, especially from law enforcement, is behind the proposed change.

As far as we’re concerned, it’s about time.

Whether you’re a faster driver or a slower one, leftlane hogs endanger you by blocking the natural flow of traffic and creating a situation where vehicles bunch

together like a school of fish. All it takes is one sudden stop or swerve, or a bit of bad weather that causes one car to skid, and suddenly you’ve got a major accident on your hands.

Of course, creating tougher laws is one thing.

Enforcing them is quite another. But, presumably, if the push to tighten up these regulations is coming from law enforcement, then police forces are on board with

this one.

If police forces are genuinely willing to spend some time issuing tickets – and, as a consequence, changing driver behaviour – then we could all enjoy a smoother highway driving experience.

And those left-lane hogs?

We’ll hopefully be adding them to B.C.’s endangered species list.

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Identical quotes attributed to two different Liberal MLAs The newly elected BC Liberal government exhibited growing pains, as two Burnaby MLAs issued identical press releases in response to the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board’s July sales figures. Word-for-word quotes were attributed to both Burnaby North MLA Richard Lee and Burquitlam MLA Harry Bloy. “I think the fact that house prices are also rising shows that people are feeling better about the economy,” said both Lee and Bloy in the duplicate press releases. According to Bloy, the comments made in the releases were indicative of a group discussion about consumer confidence.

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A little more than four years ago, a candidate for the leadership of the B.C. Liberal party – Christy Clark – set out her plan to regain public trust through a series of open government initiatives that she committed to following through on if chosen by party members.

Four years later – despite her pledge – British Columbians are routinely greeted with reports of government secrecy.

This wasn’t the public’s expectation when Clark said that she was going to lead the most open and

transparent government in Canada.

Search “open government” in the B.C. Newsroom, the government’s website for news releases and official missives from the ministries, and there’s more than 450 results.

More telling? Since July 1, 2013, there’s two.

In fact, by the time the 2013 election rolled around, the first specks of dust were already settling on the premier’s much ballyhooed pledge.

Search the B.C. Liberal party’s election platform for ‘open’ and you won’t

find one reference to ‘open government’ or anything approximating it.

With the election, so went the Ministry of Open Government. Rolled into Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services we’re told, but nary a reference to it in Andrew Wilkinson’s first mandate letter as minister from the premier.

In 2011, open government was one of the party’s three key priorities, alongside creating jobs and putting families first.

Come to think of it, none of those priorities

worked out particularly well for the government.

In her 2011 year-end report, Premier Clark stated: “Open Government is about giving people a sense of confidence that government is working for them, not trying to do something to them.”

It would seem – somewhere along the way – the government decided doing something to British Columbians was easier than working for them.

Dermod Travis is the executive director of Integrity B.C. See an extended column at www.burnabynow.com.

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Dear Editor Re: MLA Jane Shin’s housing crisis, Burnaby NOW, Feb. 27.

The recent article by Ms. Moreau is unbelievable. If MLA Jane Shin’s housing crisis was made into a motion picture, it would open with “loosely based on a true story.” First, did she ever want to live in Burnaby to begin with?

Second, we are paying this MLA over $100,000 in base salary, plus pension and benefits, and in 2014 she expensed more than $30,000. We are on the hook for more than $130,000 for an MLA that does not represent the constituents of Burnaby–Lougheed, and she can’t afford a house here because of student debt? Maybe she should talk to people in her riding who make less than half as much as she does and have had to rent and/or make tough choices for a long time. Perhaps her issue is more like wasteful spending (like that of her close friends at Burnaby City Hall).

She should help set up a public meeting and discuss openly the continuously rising living costs, including property taxes, in Burnaby (always taking in more than needed). Renters and homeowners, all residents, have real financial burdens with Burnaby’s significant annual tax increase. If she sold all of her properties, cut back on spending, consolidated her debt (like others are forced to do), she could afford to stay in the Burnaby–Lougheed area at least until she gets her next year’s property tax and utility bills. The issue might be of political allegiance and short-term thinking, since she was barely elected in a riding where she did not live in the last provincial election.

Lastly, I really like her idea of moving out of Burnaby and handing in her resignation; and when she does we can elect a representative MLA who lives, knows, and can really represent Burnaby–Lougheed residents in a byelection.

Linda Hancott, Burnaby

Failure to act is no longer acceptable Dear Editor The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Two hundred and fifty years ago Edmund Burke made this observation, and it continues to ring true. Evil occurs in this city and throughout the Metro Vancouver area every day, and the response of our elected leaders is to do nothing, to cry “constitutionalism” and demand that senior governments act in accordance with their constitutional requirements. This evil is homelessness and poverty, the continuing scourge of our time.

In the pained absence of governments in Victoria and Ottawa that wish to actually address these problems in a meaningful way, our municipal politicians have chosen to do nothing, and in doing so have allowed this evil to flourish. The time has long since passed to worry about issues of jurisdiction and of constitutional inaction. Municipal governments need to act. Not from duty or legal need, but from the simple desire to ensure that people’s lives are safeguarded as much as possible.

There’s no imperative to act, beyond the need to make life better for the very least fortunate among us.

Anything that municipal governments can do to reduce the epidemic of homelessness in the area needs to be done. Standing by and waiting for someone else to address the issue is not acceptable and cannot be condoned any longer.

Trevor Ritchie, Burnaby

surreyman I think you’re wrong to say that returning BC Ferries to the highways ministry would be “meaningless.” It would save the millions of dollars a year that is now squandered on two boards of directors, a gutless ferry commissioner and excessive executive salaries. It would save the money BC Ferries wastes on two lavish office buildings. There would be no need for BC Ferries to have its own vacation centre, as that role could be filled by the tourism ministry. It would mean lower debt payments and better fuel prices. Perhaps most importantly, It would mean that our publicly-owned ferries would no longer be under private control. The only drawback: Todd Stone would be in charge.

Jim Abram Keith.. the one thing that you overlook is the fact that if a new (old) model under the Marine Division of the Ministry of Transportation (it still exists today to care for the inland ferries) were to be in place for the salt water ferries, then you would eliminate the BCF Authority, the BCF Board of Directors, the BC Ferry Commissioner along with around 450 super highly paid bureaucrats that would not be needed, not to mention the 3 % points they would save on borrowed money if it was a govt. loan vs. a private one (BCFS). The Marine Division could run the entire system, stem to stern, with a handful of modestly paid civil servants.

That is how it was done before the BCF Corporation and the Authority.

Just ask the man who ran it. He sits at the right hand of the Premier and knows that the model works... So as a homework assignment, why don’t you get someone to add up all of the items I listed and see how much more BCFS can save annually. I think you will be shocked. I’ll bet you a beer! ;-)

Why columnist can’t be TransLink’s CEO Helen Ward Mr Claxton’s application is very strong, but would fail because of his stated *willingness* to take the bus. This is unacceptable. What would be next? Willingness to stand in the rain for half an hour where the City has removed or refused to put in bus shelters? Like at Brentwood?

Hastings? Willingdon? A preference for shlepping 60+ pounds of groceries and children on his back while running several blocks and stumbling across ‘high collision’ intersections … to make a connection?

Or questioning the adoption of the latest most expensive fare-enforcement weaponry out of concern for liability for injury or death of “customers”? Hesitance regarding extreme expenditures on whiz-bang payment/ surveillance system just because it slows down the system? Please, our officials – whomever they are – must be committed to keeping transit a proletariat chariot for the sodden and disheartened mass.

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Leo: ‘I am happy I have loved and lost’ Continued from page 11 I can’t express it other than we were deeply attuned,” Leo recalls. “Mutual respect, a sense of humour, balance, humility and sense of judgment – it’s very difficult to express, but we sensed it in each other almost immediately.”

THE DIAGNOSIS In 2012, Carol, then in her 70s, began to have trouble holding things. She assumed it was arthritis, until she got her first diagnosis in November. It was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, an incurable, fatal disease that kills the brain’s neurons till the patient can no longer move or breathe.

“Being so close to Christmas, we decided to keep that to ourselves,” Leo says.

In January, they informed the family.

“We decided to be strong together in confronting this malady so we could be strong for others,” Leo says.

PROGRESSION The Matusickys had help from the ALS Society, Fraser Health’s palliative care team, the ALS team at Vancouver’s GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, and compassionate friends and family. Leo was at his wife’s side, along with their two children, but the disease tightened its grip on Carol. “(When) ALS reaches a certain stage, there’s no stopping it. It’s like a train without brakes going down the hill. She could hardly help herself – lost the use of her hands and arms, couldn’t walk, she would lie hours and days on end. …

Slowly, slowly she just withered away,” Leo says.

‘I’M SUCH A BURDEN’ At times, Carol would say, “Oh honey, I’m such a burden,” and Leo would snap at her, “You’re not a burden, you’re a pain in the

ass!”

It was her debility that made her a burden – she had to accept that – and it was his duty to care for her, Leo says.

“Don’t you remember the vows we took some 40 years ago?” he said to her. “For better or for worse! Well, you’re in bad shape, kid. Accept that fact and accept that I have a right and privilege to serve you.”

And with that, she finally got the point, because she was a very independent woman, Leo explains.

Slowly, slowly she just withered away.

THE CHOICE TO DIE AT HOME In the last days, Carol knew she wanted to die at home. Leo helped get the paperwork in order.The doctor visited, and Carol signed a do-not-resuscitate order.They had all the necessities to make her comfortable at home.

By Dec. 5, Carol was nearing the end of life. Her breathing was shallow, and her pulse was terribly low, about 15 times per minute, and her eyes were rolling back in her head.The family was given a shot for this moment – morphine, enough to ease any pain and put her over the edge.Their son, Joey, offered to administer the dose, wanting to ease his mother’s suffering.

“Dad, if you don’t give it to her, I will.’” Leo recalls him saying. “I said, ‘Joey, give that to me. It’s my duty.’ And I said to myself, my privilege.”

The nurse offering guidance over the phone said Leo had to give her the shot even if it was the last thing

he would give her.

“That was tough,” he says.

“You can see we weren’t there to kill her.We didn’t want her to suffer anymore than she was already willing to suffer for us and for herself, so I said, ‘Honey, this is it. Sometimes true love is letting go.’”

Leo administered the shot.There was enough time to call in relatives and a minister to read her last rites. Carol’s breathing slowed and then stopped.

Her grip on his hand loosened.

“I went to a bathroom, got a mirror and held it up to her to see if there was any moisture on that mirror, and I knew she was dead,” he says.

DYING WITH DIGNITY Leo has been clipping and saving news articles on the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision allowing people suffering with an incurable, fatal illness to choose when to end their lives. But he makes a very strong distinction between assisted suicide and palliative care.

“The goal of euthanasia is to end life in order to forgo suffering.The goal of palliative care is to live well until you die, not to hasten or postpone death,” he says.

It’s the motive and the means that make the difference, Leo explains.

“There is a distinction.

I know it’s very fine, but there’s a difference. One begs to get out of this life by ending it.The other accepts the fact that they are leaving this life, and they asked for compassion and to help us ease them out of life.

They accept the same consequences.”

If more people saw the possibilities of compassionate palliative care, Leo suspects there would be less interest in taking one’s own

Until the end: Carol Matusicky spent her final days at home, with her devoted husband and children at her side. PHOTO NOW FILES

life in the face of an incurable, fatal illness.

ADVICE FOR OTHERS Carol’s death was an incredibly emotional, intimate experience for Leo. He supported his wife’s decision to die at home, even though some family members thought she should be in hospital.The ALS didn’t affect Carol cognitively, and she was fully capable of making competent choices, Leo explains.

“I never made a decision for Carol. I listened to her, and I would turn to her and go, ‘Honey, we’re going into this together.What is your take on this? How do you feel?’”

He also has advice for

caregivers who plan to be at their partner’s side in those final moments.

“Make sure your decision coincides with the psychological, emotional and physical needs of the one you care for. In other words, your feelings cannot override her choice and needs.

That’s what a caregiver is, and that calls for sacrifice on the part of the caregiver.”

Leo also suggests making up a “trinity of care” with one’s partner. For Leo and Carol, it was faith, love for each other and humour.

“There should be that mutual understanding that this is the way we’re going and we chose it together.

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“She was able to die in the peace of God,” Leo adds. “We gave her the best, most loving care, and she died amidst the ones she loved, that she chose, and we honoured that.”

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Kinder Morgan will only pay if the pipeline project goes ahead, a decision ultimately left to the National Energy Board and the Conservative-held cabinet in Ottawa.

“If there’s no project,

Shooting linked to drug trade Continued from page 1 Police Department, said Tuesday.

Fentanyl is a synthetic painkiller similar to heroin that was linked to an increase in drug overdoses across the Lower Mainland last year. In 2013 it was linked to about 75 overdose deaths across the province, according to police.

The drug is tasteless, odourless and about 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. Police have found it lacing several recreational drugs including marijuana, heroin and party drugs.

Chief Supt. Dave Critchley, officer in charge of the Burnaby RCMP, joined Vancouver Police Department Supt. Mike Porteous and Chief Supt. Kevin deBruyckere, head of the RCMP Federal Policing Program in B.C. at the conference.

Critchley said officers with the Burnaby RCMP’s drug section have been working “tirelessly” on this initiative with investigators from the Vancouver Police Department

for about four months.

“Fentanyl-laced drugs can not only lead to overdoses but, as we have experienced, those involved in the trafficking of these drugs do not hesitate to use violence against those they feel are hindering their activities,” he said.

A brazen shooting at 3:43 p.m. on Dec. 29 in a home in the 4100 block of Victory Street in South Burnaby is just one violent example of the dangers of the fentanyl drug trade, according to Critchley.

“The alleged shooter, who has now been charged and remains in custody, was believed to be involved in the drug trade and was a main target in this project,” he added.

In addition to the hefty amount of drugs seized during the recent busts in Burnaby, Vancouver and North Vancouver, officers also seized $215,000 in cash, a pill press, 503,000 coloured pills yet to be identified, various other drugs including steroids, drug paraphernalia, seven vehicles, four guns, two replica guns and one bulletproof vest.

then there’s no construction impact,” Hounsell said.

However, Hounsell explained the company has not been able to talk to the City of Burnaby for quite some time, apart from minor bureaucratic exchanges with staff.

That’s no surprise, since Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan has been a vocal opponent to the pipeline expansion. However, agreeing to take Kinder Morgan’s mon-

ey doesn’t mean cities have to agree with the expansion or stop asking tough questions, Hounsell added.

“Nobody has to come out and say they like the pipeline,” Hounsell said.

“We expect (tough questions) and want that, because we think it makes the project better,” she said.

If Kinder Morgan can’t get an audience with the City of Burnaby, the company may consider distrib-

uting the funds another way.

“It’s important to us that there be some communitylevel benefits - in addition to annual taxes, compensation for landowners and the construction and employment benefits - so we are still committed to getting those funds to Burnaby, it’s just a matter of how to do it, if not via city hall,” Hounsell added.

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The money is to offset impacts from pipeline construction, and while most communities along the length of the Trans Mountain pipeline have signed up,

Burnaby has been noticeably absent from the talks.

“It’s certainly something we’d like to sit down to talk to them about,” said Ali Hounsell, spokesperson for the expansion project. “I know for a fact we’ve said we’d like to talk to you about questions, concerns and benefits to your community.”

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Riverside residents take action Continued from page 5 40 people turned up for the meeting.

“In addition to talking about the fires in the area ... they were concerned about safety in general, ie: the lighting, the ditches, lack of police patrolling, things like that,” he said.

Chouhan and several other city officials were invited to Riverside at night to experience firsthand the residents’ concerns.

McDonell, who joined Chouhan for the walk through Riverside, agrees there are safety concerns in the neighbourhood and it would benefit from additional lighting, but said concerns such as the ditches are not such an easy fix.

The ditches in the neighbourhood feed into streams inhabited by fish, which means any changes to those ditches would likely have to be approved by the fisheries and environment ministries.

McDonell added the condition of Willard Street, which was another concern for residents, is already slated to be repaved this spring.

The repaving work will also widen the road a bit and add bus pullouts and more shoulder to make the road safer for pedestrians.

“I think ... that Raj Chouhan has successfully lobbied, and I think they (the city) decided to do something about this finally,” Wade said.

The fire department and RCMP also recently provided a report to residents on the fires in the neighbourhood.

According to Burnaby RCMP Staff Sgt. Maj. John Buis, the RCMP and fire department have compiled a list of 14 fires in the area since 2010.These are fires that, at the time, the fire department may not have considered suspicious so the police might not have been called.

Buis said investigators are looking at these incidents to determine if they can pinpoint a cause or suspect.

Assistant fire chief Greg Mervin told the NOW that while not every fire on the list is suspicious on its own, the fact that there have been

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Mervin also said it’s unlikely the fires are the result of an arsonist but rather someone (or someones) taking advantage of timing and the cover of darkness to cause mischief.

“It’s more of a nuisance kind of a situation here.Whether it’s just one person, we don’t know,” Mervin added.

Most of the fires the po-

lice and fire department are re-examining have taken place at abandoned or vacant properties, and no injuries have been reported.

But whatever the cause or motivation behind the fires, Wade is simply glad the city is finally taking the concerns of Riverside residents seriously.

“Let’s hope this trend continues, and let’s hope that the people decide that they want the lighting,” Wade added.

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Hundreds of families turned out for the first-ever Play to Learn event on Saturday, Feb. 21.The Burnaby Early Childhood Development Table hosted the event, which featured several play stations with activities aimed at fostering different aspects of children’s development.

“It was an excellent turnout, it surpassed our expectations,” said Kamala Sproule, coordinator of the planning table. “The feedback from all the families we spoke to was glowing.”

More than 200 families came out for the free, dropin event, and there was information for parents on how to make playtime more supportive of their children’s development. Eleven agencies – including the local library, school district and neighbourhood house – participated in the event.

The table plans to hold another Play To Learn event next year.

PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE EVENTS The Burnaby Neighbourhood House is opening the doors to two of its preschools in March.The

Getting a head start: Ying Xu and Joy Wang get information on the StrongStart program from Maggie Marquardt during the Play to Learn event hosted by the Burnaby Early Childhood Development Table on Feb. 21. Hundreds of families turned out for the event at Bonsor Recreation Complex. The free, drop-in event featuredseveral play stations for kids, each with the aim of fostering childhood development.

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Marlborough Preschool open house is on Saturday, March 28 from 10 a.m. to noon, and the Gilpin Preschool open house is on Saturday, March 28 from 1 to 3 p.m.

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The clinics are on until April 28, and anyone interested in having their taxes done by volunteers can call for an appointment.

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For Mique’l Dangeli, the dances of her ancestors are very much alive today.

The Burnaby resident and her husband, Mike, lead Git Hayetsk, a renowned First Nations mask-dancing group that’s featured this weekend in the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival.

The festival is underway at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, presented by the Dancers of Damelahamid in partnership with the museum.

The festival features both international and B.C.based groups, all showcasing various forms of First Nations dance.

“Each year the festival serves as an important cultural bridge between First Nations and non-First Na-

tions communities by providing opportunities for artists and audiences to witness living traditions,” says artistic director Margaret Grenier in a press release.

“We are proud to play an important role in the development and sharing of indigenous dance by increasing our commitment to educational programming for youth and emerging artists.”

The festival includes school group performances, ticketed gala evening shows and afternoon festival stage performances – the latter included with admission to the Museum of Anthropology.

Git Hayetsk is set to perform on the festival stage on Sunday, March 8, as part of a 2:30 p.m. program.

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DANCE RESPONSE A Burnaby dancer-choreographer is featured in the upcoming Vancouver International Dance Festival.

The 15th anniversary festival is taking to the stage at venues around Vancouver for three weeks, from March 8 to 28, showcasing dance artists from around the world in styles that run the gamut from butoh, hip hop and flamenco to ballet and contemporary dance.

Among the headliners is the response, a contemporary dance company founded by Amber Funk Barton – also a teacher with Burnaby’s Avant Dance Company.

Barton and Alexa Mardon will bring to the stage Orbits: a movement study, part of a series of workin-progress performances geared towards the movement research and creation of the company’s next fulllength work.

“This instalment, a duet, finds two atomic beings moving through space in relentless unison with moments of irregularity and reaction, the bodies of the dancers striving to portray the sense of chemical reactions we find internally and externally in our universe,”

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The work will be onstage at the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall March 26 to 28 at 7 p.m. It’s free with a festival membership.

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THE ART OF DRAWING A reminder to art lovers that this weekend marks the opening of the new exhibition at the Deer Lake Gallery.

The Burnaby Arts Council is celebrating the opening of Drawn: Exploring the Line with a reception on Saturday, March 7 from 2 to 4 p.m.

The exhibition features the work of Aimée Henny Brown, Anson Aguirre Firth and Teodora Zamfirescu.

“This exhibition reflects the increasing presence of drawing within Western contemporary art and investigates the act and object of drawing,” a press release.

“Burnaby Arts Council invites you to consider drawing through a wide lens: drawing as the mark and

trace of the body moving in space, drawing as the inscription and mark-making of the hand on surfaces, drawing as a gestural process, and of course drawing as the line of the unconscious.”

Interested? Stop in to the gallery at 6584 Deer Lake Ave. for the reception, or take in the exhibition anytime before March 28. It’s open Tuesdays to Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m., and admission is free. Check out www.burnabyartscouncil. org or email info@burnaby artscouncil.org for more details.

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Student talent onstage Continued from page 13 students will be competing for the right to represent their school at the April 8 gala event, with each school sending two acts.

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by Burnaby’s DSAC (district student advisory council), and it will feature guest judges who’ll select the finalists – with an audience vote for the overall favourite.

Tickets will be $8 for students and $10 for adults, and proceeds are going to the Kinbrace Community Society – a Vancouver-based registered charity that provides housing orientation education and other support to new refugees.

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City now TAKE THE KIDS TO THE ANNUAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION AT BCIT on Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.VEX, a U.S. robotics company, hosts the competition every year, and BCIT is expecting more than 350 high school students, from across the Pacific Northwest, bringing 60 robots.The qualifying rounds are at 9 a.m., but if you can’t be there all da dayy and want want to catch the real action, aim for the elimination rounds at 2:30 p.m. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public. BCIT’s campus is at Willingdon and Canada Way.

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HEAD OVER TO THE USED KIDSTUFF SALE on Saturday, March 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Willingdon Community Centre, at 1491 Carleton Ave. These Kidstuff sales are well attended, and it’s a great place to pick up bargains in gently used kids’ clothing or sell items your children have grown out of. Admission is free for shoppers.

Call 604-297-4526 for more info or to rent a table.

Table rentals are $20.63 with tax. Rent in person at the centre, or phone in advance with a credit card number.

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Arlynn Nobel, a Shadbolt instructor, is leading the event, showing the art and technique of throwing clay, which is not as easy as it looks.The event is part of Art on the Spot, a series of free demos, participatory workshops and talks at the Shadbolt, located at 6450 Deer Lake Ave. For more information, call 604-2916864.

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by Aimée Henny Brown, Anson Aguirre Firth and Teodora Zamfirescu.The show is on until March 28, and the opening reception is on Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m.The artists will be there, so people can talk to them about their work, and they all have different styles of drawing.

Admission is free, and the gallery is at 6584 Deer Lake Ave.The gallery is open on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Info: www. burnabyartscouncil.org or info@burnabyartscouncil. org, or call 604-298-7322.

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and crafts. Purchase tickets in advance at the neighbourhood house.

Cost: $3 for adults, $2 for children (aged three to12), children under the age of three eat for free.

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4460 Beresford St. Send Top 5 events to Jennifer Moreau by emailing jmoreau@burnabynow.com

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How to be an empowered patient Dr. DavidicusWong

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At some time, we will each play the role of the patient.

In the 1991 film, The Doctor,William Hurt plays an arrogant physician who gets a taste of his own medicine when he is diagnosed with cancer. His experience from the patient’s perspective transforms his life and his practice.

My experience as a patient came early. As a child, I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, hospitalized for two weeks and had more blood tests than most of my patients.

But the personal experience of both acute and chronic illness and receiving care from good doctors and nurses has informed both my calling to the profession and my practice.

The Burnaby Division of Family Practice is the nonprofit organization of the family physicians that serves the people of our community. In our ongoing public education program, that includes free public lectures and information on the organization’s website, we seek to empower all members of the community.

Through our organization, the family physicians’ care for the patients of their own practices has expanded to the care of our community.We seek to raise the level of health knowledge and

Self-care and health care: The most important indicator of future health is the habits your practise today. Dr. Davididcus Wong will be speaking in Burnaby on preventative care, hospital stays and medical ethics. It’s all part of the Empowering Patients education program. PHOTO

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We’ve been promoting the four foundations of selfcare: healthy eating, physical activity, healthy relationships and emotional well-being.The next three public lectures focus on empowering patients in their interactions with health-care providers.

On March 4, I spoke at the Bonsor Recreation Complex about preventive care and the early recognition of illness.

We reviewed the important screening tests (what tests you need at different ages) that identify medical conditions before symptoms

appear.We also talked about symptoms that may indicate conditions for which you should seek medical attention.

Although you may do your best with healthy living and preventive care, you might still find yourself in the hospital as I did. It can be a very unsettling experience and at times you may feel a loss of control. On March 27 at Confederation Centre, I’ll provide useful information on making the most of your hospital stay and ensuring you have the best experience.

On April 7 at the Bonsor Recreation Complex, we’ll discuss what you should

know about medical ethics, including how to ensure your wishes are respected, who has access to your medical records and how to make informed decisions about medical interventions.

In the patient-doctor relationship, the patient comes first.The role of your health-care providers is to support you in both managing illness and achieving your goals.We envision the Empowering Patients education program will provide some of that support.

Dr. DavidicusWong is a family physician. For more on achieving your positive potential at every age:, go to davidi cuswong.wordpress.com.

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We’re all up to our eyeballs in horsepower these days. It’s a rising tide that floats all boats, from the gong-show insanity of the Dodge Hellcat twins, to the capability of your average V6 family sedan to outmuscle a mid-80s Ferrari.

Happily, speed limits have been raised to accommodate all the fresh new ponies prancing under our right foot. Oh wait, no they haven’t.

There’s been a 10km/h bump on some rural highways in this province, but for the most part you can sneeze at a gas pedal and be watching your car get flat-decked away by the RCMP five minutes later.

But what if fun wasn’t so much about the fast and furious side of things, but about that seat-of-yourpants scoot you get in a lightweight sportscar? What about something that’s quick enough to be fun without being fast enough to be a liability?

Well here it is then, the Scion FR-S.

Design:

A joint venture between Subaru and Toyota, the Scion FR-S is basically identical to the Subaru BR-Z; this latter is a bit more expensive and has slightly less aggressive suspension tuning. I’ve always felt the Scion version to be slightly better looking than the Subaru, wearing its distinctly Japanese styling well.

The factory-sized 17” alloys look right sized for the car, although there’s a large aftermarket these days to swap them out for something lighter, perhaps shod with grippier rubber. However, as it stands, it’s a balanced shape.

Fog lights are a dealer-installed accessory, and you can also order your FR-S with a TRD exhaust for a bit more rasp out the back. However, in factory-spec form, it’s already pretty much got everything it needs.

Rather famously, the FR-S comes wearing a set of low-rolling resistance tires found as the upgrade on the Japanesemarket Prius. A Prius? That’s right: it’s not important to offer brain-bending levels of grip. Instead, you want predictive handling and perhaps a tendency to slide out a little.

Environment:

The most direct competitor for the FR-S is perhaps the Mazda Miata, but the Scion has a few advantages for practicality-minded folks. For one thing, it’s a 2+2, which means booster seats fit in the back, or a couple of cramped adult passengers in a (literal) pinch. A rear-facing child seat can be crammed in there, but only if the person riding in the passenger seat is Bilbo Baggins.

The general feel of the materials in the FR-S is just as with other members of the Scion range: inexpensive but durable. The seats are great, as is the steering wheel and shifter, and everything else is just, well, there. There’s a little extra padding where you might knock a knee against something during hard cornering, but the overall impression is that the primary focus of this car is driving, not comfort.

Here the FR-S is a relative delight.

Early versions of the cars are a hooligan’s plaything, but you can’t go around all day hanging the tail out in front of Jonny Law. The FR-S now turns in with aplomb and then zings through the corner with a light and nimble feel. The wetter the roads, the better, and up in the mountains of the North Shore, the little Scion was much more fun than some hugely capable and powerful all-wheel-drive twin-turbo Audi might be.

There are a few drawbacks to consider if this is your only car. It’s quite loud as a highway cruiser, and while the suspension isn’t overly stiff by sportscar standards, a lengthy road-trip isn’t something to be embarked upon lightly.

However, it should also be mentioned that the rear seats fold down, making the trunk just large enough to carry four extra tires (to a track day or similar).

That gives the FR-S just a little extra usability, which is handy if it’s your only car.

Still, slicing through the fog and rain at the top of Mount Seymour was never so much fun – and it didn’t even involve being a total miscreant. Mission accomplished, little car.

Performance:

Apart from the optional premium audio and satellite navigation, the FR-S comes relatively well-equipped as its base model. The touchscreen navigation is nothing to write home about, so you’d be better off just getting a secure attachment for your smartphone.

Under the hood is an odd hybrid of an engine: a Subaru 2.0L flat-four combined with Toyota’s direct-injection system. It makes 200hp at 7,000rpm and 151lb/ft of torque between 6,400 and 6,600rpm.

That’s not a lot, and when it comes to the torque output, that’s really not a lot. 200hp seems respectable on the surface next to hot hatches like the Ford Fiesta ST, but you really have to wind out the FR-S’s four-banger to its absolute limit to access that power.

However, there is sufficient power here to have a good time as it’s not about the straight-line speed at all, but about what happens when you start pushing the FR-S through a few corners. For 2015, Scion has tamed the FR-S’s pervious tendency to be a bit tail-happy, but it’s all for the better.

Features:

Premium is required and official fuel economy is rated at 10.9L/100kms city and 7.9L/100kms on the highway. Observed fuel economy for mixed driving was right at 10L/100kms, very good for spirited driving.

Green Light:

Grippy seats; light and nimble feel; surprisingly usable for small space

Stop Sign:

Bare bones interior; engine lacks grunt; noisy cabin at speed

The Checkered Flag:

Plenty of thrills in a compact sportscar that’s still practical enough for every day.

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Dear Car Talk: Is it possible to drive with a parking brake on? I was driving, and then all of a sudden my brakes failed (I was going about 50 m.p.h.). I swerved off the road and went into a ditch. If I had accidentally left the parking brake on, would it have messed up the normal brakes? Someone told me that’s what happened. It was in an older Honda Civic (about 10 years old, maybe).

– Julia Yes, it is possible to drive with the parking brake on.

It happens all the time. Lots of people apply the parking brake lightly when they park. And unless you really pull (or push, if it’s a footoperated brake) the parking brake until it almost won’t move any more, the engine can overcome it and move the wheels.

When that happens, you might notice that the

car seems a little sluggish.

Sometimes people will notice an odd burning smell after driving for a while.

More observant drivers will notice the big red light that says “BRAKE” lit up on the dashboard.

Here’s how it makes the brakes fail:When the parking brake is on, even a little bit, it’s as if you’re driving with your foot on the brake pedal -- also known as riding the brakes.When the brakes are applied, the friction of the pads against the rotors produces heat. And when you leave the brakes on for a long time, especially if you’re driving at 50 m.p.h., that produces a lot of heat. Eventually, the heat will get transferred to the brake fluid, and the brake fluid will boil.

Boiling brake fluid can’t transmit pressure to the brakes. So you step on the pedal, and you relieve yourself. And drive into a ditch.

And if you’re lucky, you live to write to Car Talk and ask what the heck happened.

So that’s an entirely plausible scenario, Julia. Did you notice that the parking brake was partially applied when your heart returned to fewer than 400 beats per minute?

If so, then that’s almost certainly what happened. In which case I’d ask your mechanic to take a look at the brakes to make sure you didn’t overheat them to the point where you did some damage.When you drive with the parking brake even partially on for several miles, it’s possible to warp a drum or disc.

Or if the brakes get really overheated, you can even cause the lining’s adhesive to fail, and have the linings crack or even separate from the pads or the brake shoes.

And that would need to be fixed. But if nothing is damaged, then all you need to do is remember to disengage your parking brake before driving.

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about how taking a long vacation by car puts too much wear and tear on a car. He thinks renting a car (at least $25 per day in our area) makes better financial sense. But what are cars for if not to drive and enjoy? The type of trip I am talking about is from Dallas all the way up the coast of California and back, over about three weeks.Who is right here?

– Jan I know this is hard to believe, but your husband may be right, Jan. Take a look at the math.

The first thing you need to do is figure out the “cost” of taking your own car.The best estimate comes from our pals at the Internal Revenue Service, who have determined that the use of a personal car for a business purpose is worth 57.5 cents per mile.That factors in things like gas, oil, tires, wear and tear, the money it costs you to “own” the car for that mile, insurance and depreciation.

So if we map out a trip

from Dallas to San Francisco, that’s about 1,700 miles each way, or 3,400 miles round trip. At the IRS rate, the cost to use your own car for that trip would be $1,955.

Let’s compare the rental option. Assuming you can rent a car with unlimited mileage for $25 a day, your three-week rental will cost you $525. Of course, the advertised price of a rental car doesn’t include a bunch of fees they always charge, so let’s say it’s $35 a day.

Then your cost for 21 days is $735. Maybe you can do better, but let’s use that number.

Now, that’s not your only cost in renting the car.

While you don’t have to pay for maintenance, repairs or insurance (if you have comprehensive insurance on your personal vehicle, it almost always covers a rental car), you do have to pay for your own gas.

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you’ll need 170 gallons of gas for that trip, and at three bucks a gallon, that’s another $510.

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Now, I say “simple” because, while you’re out running Hertz’s newest Mustang into the ground, you’ll still be paying your car loan while your car rests comfortably in your garage.

So you may want to add three weeks of your monthly payment – since you’ll have to pay it, even if your car is at home. But I think the rental still will come out ahead.

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Events now SATURDAY, MARCH 7 Used Kidstuff Sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Willingdon Community Centre, 1491 Carleton Ave, three blocks west of Brentwood mall.

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Call 604-297-4526 for more info or to rent a table.

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.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12 Have you considered becoming a foster family?

There are children and youth in Burnaby who require skilled, caring, foster parents. To learn more, the

Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at #200–906 Roderick Ave. in Coquitlam.

For further information or another session date, please call the North Fraser Recruitment Team at 604764-8098.

TUESDAY, MARCH 31 Presentation on wills and estates, 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Bob Prittie Metrotown Branch, 6100 Willingdon Ave. Experienced wills and estates lawyer Edward Macaulay will provide an overview of what should and shouldn’t go in your will, including changes with the Wills, Estates and Succession Act,.

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Registration: call 604-4365400 or register in person at the library.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 Giant indoor yard sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bake sale, plants and jumble sale.Burnaby North Lawn Bowling Clubhouse. North End of Confederation Park.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16 Have you considered

Shopping for little ones: The Willingdon Community Centre is hosting a Used Kidstuff Sale this weekend. The event is a great opportunity to find bargains on kids’ clothes. The sale runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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SATURDAY, APRIL 18 Spring Market, at the Vista Boutique at the New Vista Care Home, 7550 Rosewood St., from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donations of

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fice, at 4460 Beresford St. ! Wednesday, March 18: noon to 1 p.m., Burnaby Neighbourhood House North Office, 4463 Hastings St. ! Thursday, March 26: 1 to 2 p.m., Burnaby Neighbourhood House South Office in the computer lab, 4460 Beresford St. Example of past projects include gardening activities, block parties, craft sessions, educational workshops, Halloween parties and community clean-ups.

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No Blues for Burnaby ballplayers Burnaby guard named PacWest men’s rookie of the year Tom Berridge

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Playoff fever: The Grandview Steelers celebrate a Game 7 playoff series win over Richmond in seven games, now the junior B hockey club is one up on regular season champion North Vancouver Wolf Pack. PHOTO MARK BOOTH

Grandview steals Game 1

Stealers score six unanswered goals to silenceWolf Pack in playoff final

Tom Berridge

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The Grandview Steelers played a bit of rope-adope with North Vancouver in the opening game of their Pacific Junior Hockey League conference final.

The junior B Steelers spotted the league champion Wolf Pack the first three goals and then roared back, taking the lead with four goals in the second period before adding two more unanswered tallies in the final frame to upset North Van

6-3 in the first game of their best-of-seven playoff series at the Harry Jerome rec centre on Tuesday.

North Vancouver took a 3-0 lead after just two minutes of the second frame, but Jordan Hall got one back on a power play on assists from game stars Timothy Chow and Adam Rota to spark the Grandview comeback.

Chow, with his playoffleading ninth goal of the post season, Lucas Mercer and Rota, with the goahead marker, scored one

goal apiece in a four-minute span midway through the period to take the lead.

Cole MacInnes gave way to backup Nicholas Anderson following North Van’s third goal, and the 19-yearold rookie import stoned his former Wolf Pack teammates the rest of the way, stopping all 21 shots on goal.

Ian Prevost tallied a backbreaking unassisted goal at the halfway mark of the third period.

Matteo Belmonte iced the win with a goal into an

empty net in the final minutes.

Game 2 of the Tom Shaw conference final is at the Harry Jerome centre on Saturday at 7 p.m.

The series moves to the Burnaby Winter Club for games 3 and 4.The first is on Sunday at 4 p.m. Game 4 is the following Wednesday at 7:15 p.m.

The Aldergrove Kodiaks won the opening game of the Harold Brittain conference final series 5-1 over the Mission City Outlaws on Wednesday.

Burnaby basketball players are singing a happy tune with the Capilano University Blues.

The sixth-place men’s basketball team just squeaked into PacWest playoffs with the last available berth, but the Blues were the first in line when it came to handing out awards.

Burnaby South grad Martin Bogajev was named to the PacWest all-rookie team, while also garnering the men’s rookie of the year honour.

Second-year forward Andrew Morris, a former St. Thomas More Collegiate student, also found a starting spot on the PacWest first all-star team.

Morris finished third overall in PacWest scoring this season, averaging 18.6 points per game and second in rebounding with 8.27 boards per outing.

Bogajev, who played the small forward position last season in high school, blossomed at point guard at Cap, taking over the starting position after just five games in collegiate ball.

“I like playing, it’s fun for me,” said Bogajev. “I have more freedom than I had in

high school and it showed in my play.”

Bogajev put up consistent double-digit numbers for most of the season, placing seventh in scoring with 15 points per game in his first year of post secondary basketball. He was also eighth in assists with 61 helpers in 21 league games.

“I was too small for the wing position, but I began playing back-up (guard). …

I don’t want to give it back to anyone, but I want the competition,” Bogajev said.

Capilano will get all the competition it wants at PacWest playoffs.

The Blues take on thirdplace Quest University in the opening round on Thursday (after NOW deadlines), a team Cap has taken to overtime in both of its previous two league meetings.

“We feel we deserve one (win) at least.Why not the one that counts,” he added.

“We’re feeling pretty confident.”

Another Burnaby freshman, Reece Morris, last year’s tournament MVP with B.C. high school AAA champion STM Knights, was eighth in PacWest rebounding for Cap this season with 137 boards in 21 league games.

Clan senior named conference player of the year Special to the NOW

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Simon Fraser University forward Erin Chambers was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s basketball player of the year on Tuesday following a record-breaking season for the outgoing senior.

The Mission native will finish her career as the alltime leading scorer in the conference, having broken the previous record, held by Bobbie Knudsen, in the final week of regular season play.

Chambers currently has 1,910 career points and will

certainly add to the record mark at the Great Northwest championships this week in Billings, Montana.

Chambers earned eight of a possible nine votes from the conference coaches for player of the year.

She was also a unanimous selection to the all-conference first team for the second consecutive season and the team’s lone repeat honouree.

Chambers led the Great Northwest in scoring this season, averaging a conference record 23.9 points per game, while breaking the previous record of 23.1 points per game she set last

season.

Earlier in her career, Chambers was named the conference defensive player of the year in 2012-13 and a West Region all-star the following season. She also holds more than eight Great Northwest conference records.

As a junior, she was an honourable mention on the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-American team.

This season, she scored a career-high 41 points against Saint Martin’s – the third-highest scoring single game in program history.

Chambers’ teammates

Katie Lowen and Meg Wilson were also named honourable mentions to the allconference team, following their senior and junior seasons, respectively.

On the men’s team, senior guard Sango Niang was named an all-conference second team pick.

The Great Northwest leading scorer, averaged 22.6 points per game. He also led the conference in assists, averaging 6.4 per game, while shooting 36 per cent from beyond the arc.

Niang was also a twotime conference athlete of the week honuree this season.

Player of the year: Erin Chambers was named the Great Northwest conference women’s basketball player of the year. PHOTO LISA KING

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Galaxies collide: Team captain Jack Yaremko, in yellow, and the Wesburn Galaxy fell 2-1 to Kensington-Little Mountain Surge in the under-13 Gold2 Premier Cup soccer final at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West last weekend. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Clan face UVic in semi Tom Berridge

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Simon Fraser University lost its final B.C. Intercollegiate hockey game of the season and in doing so wound up in fourth place.

The Clan club hockey team dropped a 5-4 decision to the University of Victoria, giving up third place to the Vancouver Island club in the process.

SFU opened the scoring in the first five minutes on a goal by Jono Ceci.

The fourth-year senior tied the game 2-2 with his

12th goal of the season and second of the game on the power play to start the middle period.

Less than a minute later,Trent Murdoch gave the home team a 3-2 advantage, but Victoria answered later in the frame to pull even heading into the final period.

The two teams swapped goals in the third, including a game-tying counter by Graham Smerek, but Cameron Rowat of UVic tallied the game-winner with an unassisted marker with less than four minutes left on

the clock.

Finishing fourth, pits SFU against regular season winner Trinity Western University in the best-ofthree semifinal, which began Thursday (after NOW deadlines).

SFU closed out the regular season with back-to-back wins over TWU at home.

Game 2 is back at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Friday at 7 p.m. If necessary, a Game 3 is back in Langley on Saturday, also at 7 p.m.

Victoria takes on Selkirk College in the other semi.

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Giants host Royals in 1st round Tom Berridge

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The Northwest Giants held off the Northeast Chiefs to finish second in the B.C. major midget hockey league.

The Giants shutout the lowly Kootenay Ice in both meetings of a two-game set last weekend to end the 40game regular season with a record of 26-10-4.The Chiefs finished one point behind in third.

The Cariboo Cougars placed first in league play with a 29-8-3 mark.

The Giants will take on the seventh-place South Island Royals in a best-ofthree quarter-final at the Burnaby Winter Club this

weekend.

Game 1 tonight (Friday) at 7:30 p.m. Game 2 follows on Saturday at 7:45 p.m. If necessary, a Game 3 will be played Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

In other quarter-final matchups, Cariboo takes on Fraser Valley; the Chiefs and Valley West tangle; and Okanagan faces Greater Vancouver.

In last weekend’s series versus the Ice, Desi Burgart and Josh Latta both scored two goals to lead the Giants to 6-0 in the weekend opener. Keegan Jones added a goal and two assists, while Justin Wilson also chipped in with three helpers for the winners.

The Giants also blanked Kootenay 2-0 in the second

game on goals by Mateo Coltellaro of Burnaby and Carter Stephenson.

Giants goalies David Tendeck and Beck Warm both finished among the top five keepers following the regular season, with respective goals against averages of 2.21 and 2.48 per game.

Jones led the Giants in overall scoring with a teamhigh 24 goals and 44 points.

Greater Vancouver Canadians forward Owen Seidel led the major midget league with 17 goals and a charttopping 50 assists.

Valley West Hawks defenceman Matt Barberis led all blue-liners in scoring with 13 goals and 53 points.

He also racked up 145 penalty minutes.

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