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CRIME

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Duo evades police for four months

District will cut 18 FTEs

Suspects charged with 120 counts including possession of firearms and drugs

By Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

By Cayley Dobie

cdobie@burnabynow.com

Local Mounties recently arrested two suspects allegedly wreaking havoc across the Lower Mainland and Alberta.

At a media conference on Tuesday, Burnaby RCMP announced the man and woman had been arrested following a month-long investigation by the local detachment. The suspects were wanted on more than 120 charges out of Alberta and had managed to evade police for four months.

The couple caught the attention of police in the Lower Mainland in March, when a spike in thefts of Ford F series trucks began cropping up. On March 25, Burnaby RCMP’s prolific offender suppression team were assigned to investigate the spike, and two days later a stolen Ford F350 truck allegedly rammed two vehicles in Abbotsford – a police car and a civilian car, according to a media release.

The suspect driver in the incident escaped before he was arrested.

Meanwhile in Burnaby, another stolen F350 truck was spotted by officers on April 2.

Mounties attempted to stop the truck but it sped away and was not pursed for safety reasons, according to police.

Nearly two weeks later, Burnaby RCMP spotted a third stolen truck, this time a F250, driving down Royal Oak Avenue. Officers called in assistance from the Air 1 helicopter crew and the suspect vehicle was followed as it left the city and made its way to a residence in the 6200 block of 137 Street in Surrey, stated the release.

According to police, the suspect was observed driving dangerously through school cross walks, onto sidewalks and causing other “significant public safety concerns.”

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UNLOADED: Staff Sgt. Andy LeClair displays one of 14 firearms seized during the investigation into a couple who were allegedly wreaking havoc across the Lower Mainland.

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The Burnaby school board will cut the equivalent of nearly 18 jobs to balance its budget next year.

It’s better than the nearly 30 jobs the board had considered cutting during its budgeting process, but that was no source of joy for trustees or school district employee groups at a public meeting Tuesday where the 2015/16 budget was unanimously approved.

“This has got to be one of the most difficult budgets I’ve ever done,” board chair Ron Burton told the NOW, “and that includes the Vander Zalm years and all the cuts then.”

To maintain current service levels next year with no cuts, the district would have faced a shortfall of more than $2.2 million – even after applying nearly $4.4 million in surpluses expected to accumulate by the end of this year, according to secretary-treasurer Greg Frank.

Just under $1.5 million of that gap will be covered by staffing cuts.

Totalling 17.8 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions, the cuts are sprinkled throughout the district and every employee group.

Elementary teacher-librarians, however, were spared. The board had considered cutting the equivalent of nearly three elementary teacher-librarians, but the final budget includes only a 0.6 FTE reduction in secondary teacher-librarian time and the loss of one high school library assistant.

Each high school will still be left with one full-time teacher-librarian, according to Frank’s budget presentation.

All high schools will also continue to have lab assistants, despite the loss of one FTE lab assistant position.

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BIODIVERSITY: Lisa Codd is part of the team putting together a garden that showcases what local residents are growing in their backyards, complete with recipes and tips on preserving the harvest. PHOTO FILE

“If you were to peek over the back fences in Burnaby, not that we’re recommending that, these are what you would see,” Codd said. “There are so many different cultures that have transplanted themselves to Burnaby, … and there’s this incredible biodiversity in backyards.”

Some people bring seeds from their home country even if they are not sup-

posed to, Codd added, although the garden was sewn with seeds all available in Canada. Since the selected plants all come from local gardeners, the varieties can handle Burnaby’s growing conditions.

The museum plans to partner with a food charity to give the harvest away, and there are already talks with Burnaby Food First about hosting events at the

garden.

For someone like Codd, who doesn’t garden, the project has given her a new appreciation for the practice.

“I think what Haydn has created is going to be a growing work of art. The idea that all these plants have a story, with specific recipes and specific ways to preserve them, … all these people swapping recipes

and leaving bags of parsley on neighbour’s doorsteps, it’s a wonderful little world,” she said. “There’s this story of community that’s happening over the fence. It’s wild.”

The Burnaby Village Museum, at 6501 Deer Lake Ave., opens this Saturday, May 2, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is free.

School chair calls time on political opponent

By Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

For the second time during its public budget process this year, the Burnaby school board faced down a former political opponent.

Former Burnaby First Coalition (BFC) trustee candidate Heather Leung addressed the board at a public meeting Tuesday as trustees prepared to vote on the 2015/16 budget.

Like fellow BFC member Maria Parente at a public consultation on April 9, Leung reiterated her party’s position that the all-Burnaby Citizens’ Association

board should do more to retain local students.

Throughout last year’s school board election campaign, BFC maintained that up to 7,000 schoolaged Burnaby children weren’t registered in local public schools, representing millions of dollars in lost provincial funding.

One thing keeping some parents away, Leung said Tuesday, was the district’s “gender awareness programming” – initiatives aimed at fostering inclusion and acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) students.

“Such programming does more than keep some parents away from district schools,” Leung said.

“It also raises questions of public policy.”

Leung was cut off at that point by chair Ron Burton, who said the 10 minutes for her presentation were up.

Leung argued she had timed herself and had more time left.

Burton allowed her to continue after a warning.

“A couple of things,” he said. “One is, this board has always been non-political, and you’re raising political issues. You’ve named

your party and another party, which we don’t do, and delegations do not do that. … The other is, you’re going down a road, in terms of the LBGTQ committee, that I’m very, very wary where you’re going, so be aware, that we’re going to monitor this very carefully for the next minute, and then you’re cut off.”

Leung continued briefly, suggesting finally that CUPE and the Burnaby Teachers’ Association should “use their leverage with the BCA” to spark change.

At this point, Burton jumped in again, putting an

end to Leung’s address.

“Ms. Leung, that’s enough,” he said. “The inference there is uncalled for. You’re done. Thank you very much for your time.”

The local teachers’ union endorsed the BCA slate last election, and the district’s support-staff union donated $11,125 to BCA’s campaign.

Before running with BFC, Leung was a candidate in 2008 for Parents’ Voice, a civic party that formed to oppose the district’s anti-homophobia policy, passed earlier that year.

Cut off: Former BFC trustee candidate Heather Leung laid into the school board at a meeting Tuesday PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

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Newsnow CUPE: ‘It’s the government we need to be chasing’ positions, 1.5 FTE of daily physical activity/career programs/grad transition staff, two English language teachers and 1.5 FTE of lunch supervisors, were possible because of decreased high school enrolment in the district, according to Frank.

Cost reductions are necessary, he said, because increases in provincial funding next year aren’t sufficient to cover projected cost increases, like inflation and teachers moving up on the pay grid.

The district has also been ordered to find nearly $1.2 million in administrative savings in 2015/16, as part of the provincial government’s plan to save $54 mil-

lion on district administrative costs across B.C. over the next two years.

“We got through it,” said Burton of the budget passed Tuesday, “but it’s next

... it’s next year’s budget that we really have to work on ...

year’s budget that we really have to work on trying to get the government to realize they’ve made enough cuts.”

The school district’s partner groups, meanwhile, agreed the board had made

the best of a bad business with the budget.

“We try and slice it and dice it anyway possible, and it’s ugly,” said CUPE vicepresident Nicole Montgomery. “I mean, it’s the government we need to be chasing, not the people sitting behind those tables.”

Burnaby Teachers’ Association president Rae Figursky was relieved to see class size and composition hadn’t been compromised in the budget.

“There weren’t really proposed cuts to that in that budget to begin with, but that’s always what we remind them of,” she said.

“This was better than the draft (budget) was. We knew it was going to be, but it’s still not perfect.”

Budget breakdown: School District No. 41 secretary-treasurer Greg Frank presents the 2015/16 preliminary operating budget at a public meeting Tuesday. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

Farmers’ market expands this year

By Janaya Fuller-Evans

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The Burnaby Farmers Market is blooming big this season.

The market, which opens for the season this weekend, is going to include new farmers and vendors, food trucks and more.

“The market’s really grown this year,” said Lyn Hainstock, manager of Ar-

tisan Farmers’ Markets.

“It’s starting a bit bigger.”

Artisan has established three markets in the region, including the one in Burnaby.

The Burnaby market has a new manager as well – Ron Gorman of Wild West Seafood, she told the NOW. The amount of farmers who have signed on to take part this summer has doubled to 18, according to

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stock said.

The book exchange and newspaper reading area will be back as well, she added.

“We want to make the Burnaby market more of a community hub,” she said.

“A lot of people will come, read the local paper, have a cup of coffee,” Hainstock added.

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Mayor delivers ‘meat on the bone’ speech State of the City report drills into accomplishments of 2014 and what it means for 2015

By Tereza Verenca

editorial@burnabynow.com

Mayor Derek Corrigan delivered the 2015 state of the city address Tuesday to a full house at the Delta Burnaby Hotel and Conference Centre.

Hosted by the Burnaby Board of Trade, the event attracted the largest crowd to date – more than 300 people – according to CEO Paul Holden.

The speech itself was jam-packed with details that showcased the city’s accomplishments and future plans – everything from the new developments at Metrotown to the ongoing work being done to create an environmental sustainability strategy.

“You want to give them enough meat on the bone that they get something interesting out of it,” Corrigan told the NOW. “It’s kind of a mix of giving people the overall picture, and at the same time, drilling deep enough that they’re able to find something new.”

The mayor, with the help of a photo slideshow, talked about how 2014 was another year of growth and

achievements, dedicating a significant amount of time to describing what’s going on in each of the city’s four town centres – Metrotown, Edmonds, Lougheed and Brentwood – in terms of development.

He mentioned last October’s launch of Phase 2 of the Station Square development, and how it will be an urban neighbourhood with 1,800 homes in five condo towers.

“People are also now benefiting from Metrotown’s new community resource centre. … The centre provides space for local community groups and non-profit organizations,” Corrigan said.

In regards to Brentwood, the mayor mentioned the town centre’s continuous transformation, with a new civic plaza in the works, as well as Phase 2 and 3 of Solo Development underway. A new community centre and a new greenway, slated to run along Willingdon Avenue, were other highlights.

Corrigan went on to say how the Edmonds area will see construction in the nottoo-distant future, with a

new building going up on the current Value Village site, at the northeast corner of Kingsway and Edmonds.

City staff, meanwhile,

People are also now benefitting from Metrotown’s new community resource centre

are working to maximize the benefits of the new SkyTrain line at Lougheed Town Centre. Council has already committed to replacing the Cameron Recreation Centre, including a pool, and the replacement of the Cameron library.

The audience also found out members of the Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society volunteered 10,000 hours to community events last year, while auxiliary constables volunteered 2,900.

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and-enters, arsons, robberies and mischief incidents were all down from the previous year, Corrigan noted.

Special thanks was given to Chief Supt. Dave Critchley and his team for “keeping the peace in sometimes challenging circumstances” during the Kinder Morgan protests on Burnaby Mountain.

Looking at the fiscal portfolio, Burnaby had the largest year of investment ever for the city with an income of $42.6 million, he said.

Corrigan boasted this is a time when all the planning that was done 25 years ago is now taking shape.

“These centres, along with our long-established single-family neighbourhoods, our urban villages, and the parks and open spaces that serve everyone, are now interacting just as we hoped they would when we started planning them more than 25 years ago,” he said.

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OTHER HIGHLIGHTS -The construction value for building permits for 2014 was $699 million, the second-highest value ever. Already this year, Burnaby’s building permit values are in the range of $300 million.

-The city will be opening the Still Creek Works Yard across the street from the EcoCentre. Together, these facilities will significantly increase diversion from the waste stream and contribute to achieving the city’s regional target of 70 per cent waste diversion by the end of the year.

-City staff are drafting an environmental sustainability report that will be unveiled later this year.

-The city’s finance department won the Government Finance Officers Association Canadian Award for financial reporting, for its annual financial report.

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Opinion now OUR VIEW

Trial reveals a tradition of taking As the Mike Duffy trial wheezes and puffs its way through the court, it’s apparent that whether the senator from PEI committed fraud, breach of trust or bribery is possibly just not that relevant.

The trial, it’s becoming clear, will largely turn on technical points about what’s allowed, what was spelled out and what has been tacitly understood regarding expenses in the

chamber of sober second thought.

The larger message so far, however, is that whatever Duffy helped himself to, and however he accomplished that, he was but an extreme example of a wellestablished tradition.

Rules surrounding issues such as what senators can bill to the public are largely non-existent, we learned.

The start of the trial has been instructive in – if noth-

ing else – showing the rest of the country outside Ottawa how the world of partisan politics there operates.

In this world, money funneled by Duffy to a company run by a friend to act as a slush fund for expenses might not be considered that shocking.

It’s a world of entitlement, where the idea that someone might pay for an expense themselves – rather than billing it to the rest of

Guilt or innocence aside – the senate system appears morally corrupt

us – would be more likely to be met with shock and awe.

Rather than a house of careful re-consideration, the Senate has been revealed as a place where the partisan faithful get rewarded.

They’re handed the plum job of doing still more partisan heavy lifting – all without an apparent shred of real oversight and all on the taxpayer’s dime.

And, yes, perhaps we should not be surprised by this information.

For decades pundits have

been calling for the senate to be dissolved, or at least be subject to elections, because of the naked partisanship and waste it represents.

Guilt or innocence aside, the senate system itself appears morally corrupt.

It’s time for a complete overhaul, or better yet, just get rid of it.

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MY VIEW JULIE MACLELLAN

Parenting takes a village I want to live in a village.

Not a literal one. What I mean is, I want to live in a place where we all have each other’s backs – and where everyone believes in the philosophy that it truly does take a village to raise a child.

Most days I actually believe – naively, perhaps – that the village still exists. Then I run across articles such as the recent Salon piece online, and I really start to wonder. This article came through my Facebook feed a few days ago. You may have seen it yourself – a Salon.com piece about mothers who found themselves on the wrong side of the criminal justice system after leaving their children unattended in cars for quick errands.

For those who haven’t read it, a quick summation: In each of the stories traced in this article, a mother made the decision to leave a child unattended in a car while she dashed out to run a quick errand.

In each case, the mother made that decision deliberately and thoughtfully and did everything she could to ensure her child was safe, happy and taken care of for the few minutes she would be gone.

In each case, she found herself on the receiving end of the criminal justice system when bystanders (a) shot the incident on their camera phones and (b) called the cops.

This story made my

heart ache for the wrongness of it all. The wrongness of a world where bystanders think the appropriate response to an incident that concerns them is to shoot it on video and call the cops – not to simply step up and talk like a human being to the mom in question.

Let’s be clear up front: I make a complete distinction between these cases and any case where you saw a child in clear and imminent danger – a child being physically abused, or a toddler wandering alone down the street with no responsible caregiver within a three-block radius. In that case, call the cops and know that you’ve done the right thing.

But in these cases I’m talking about – pause and think. If your genuine concern is the welfare of the child, then perhaps you’d like to reconsider before you subject a mother and kids to the criminal justice system.

So maybe you’re a parent who would never dream of leaving your child unattended in a car for two minutes. Maybe you have never once turned your back and lost sight of your child.

More power to you for your superhuman parenting. But please, lay off the judgment on those who may parent differently. And if it concerns you enough to speak up, then do – but do it parent to parent, human being to human being.

For the full version of this column, check out www.burn abynow.com.

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Surplus is a secret city council isn’t sharing with residents

Former opponent makes a splash

Dear Editor The $100 million isn’t a surprise, your city council just isn’t telling you about it.

Where has this unplanned $100 million come from? How could experienced city councillors not know about this? The answer is simple; however, we have yet to receive a full and honest explanation from our councillors.

Combine this surplus with councillors’ public claims that if they weren’t so good at managing things the ‘tax increase could have been as much as five per cent instead of three per cent’ in 2015, and we have a serious problem. Councillors are saying things that don’t add up at all with the reported city financials.

The city councillors voted unanimously in favour to increase Burnaby’s total taxes by 8.6 per cent after getting an unplanned $100 million surplus (see the increase from $213.5 million in 2014 to $231.9 million in 2015, page 36 of the city financial plan). Not one councillor questioned this increase?

The city’s financial plan states: ‘If a surplus is realized at 2014 year end, the operating surplus will be made available as a funding source for one time expenditures in 2015, to help keep property taxes as low as possible.’

Is that just gobblie-goo language in a public document that these councillors don’t plan to honour? City councillors have demonstrated a complete lack of disclosure and transparency in the budget process, and their inaction is a callous disregard for setting a reasonable tax rate for all people and businesses in Burnaby.

So, where did this surplus come from? The majority of the $100 million has come from developers and development projects in the city. A large portion of cash comes in the form of ‘community benefit bonus funds’ or in short, a density bonus.

And, the reason why it looks like a surprise to all of us is that your councillors have chosen to exclude this from the city’s annual budget process.

Your councillors have not disclosed to us in their budgets what they have known at the start of the year: that development is happening, and the city is getting something from all this development including cash. That developer cash will be received, but if they budgeted for these monies then it wouldn’t look reasonable to keep raising your taxes so much.

This is a lack of transparency.

The City of Burnaby should allocate the unplanned $100 million back to families and small businesses by not raising their taxes, actually help with affordable housing, begin to tackle homelessness seriously, fix Burnaby’s sidewalks, give all non-profits equitable tax exemptions, build community gardens, hire more police officers and dedicate funds to show both the province and the federal government we are serious about a new Burnaby hospital.

This is all possible. Please show some leadership and compassion.

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Jonathan Story The article states the policy that includes “initiatives aimed at fostering inclusion and acceptance” of non-traditional gender roles. I think this may go too far, and that it may shift the focus from education to political advocacy. By all means, schools must have a culture that demands *tolerance* of those who have different perspectives, but the word “acceptance” implies that students are obligated to *approve* of these perspectives, which goes a step too far. Tolerance is a cornerstone of a free and democratic society, but enforced approval is a product of such regimes as North Korea. In schools, a mature discussion can only take place when students can say, “I support your right to your position, but I do not agree with it.”

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Kinder Morgan needs to go home now HasToBeSaid It seems to me that the NEB is Kinder Morgan’s mouthpiece in this article. The only reason that Kinder Morgan has any interest in Burnaby is because they want to make money building pipelines here. I say let’s wean ourselves from oil. It belongs in the ground. It is our earth mother’s blood --- not for sale. It’s time to move to SAFE and SUSTAINABLE energy. Send Kinder Morgan home.

Furthermore, I understand that Harper’s tar sands are very expensive to be made into something usable. The website describes excessive water use in the processing of the heavy tar that comes out of Alberta. The glut of water usage by corporations is becoming a problem for humanity. Especially since the B.C. government does not have permission of the First Nations to build Site C Dam. Besides the blatant destruction of many sacred sites which would adversely affect the spirituality of the first peoples living there, entire communities of people would be displaced, and entire self-sustaining ecosystems would be destroyed in the name of capitalism.

I sincerely wish that the people involved in these grandiose tar sands plans would find it in their hearts to re think such unsustainable and destructive measures. Mining tar sands is NOT in Canada’s best interests. I wish the people at NEB would find it in their hearts to think what they WOULD be saying if it was THEIR family living in the proposed/affected areas. Kinder Morgan and NEB folk might want to look inside their hearts for some “compassion” and “empathy” to find real solutions which would actually benefit humankind.

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Newsnow Police charge duo with 120 counts Continued from page 1 behaviour, driving on public sidewalks and ramming police and civilian vehicles with no regard for public safety,” Supt. Stephan Drolet, operations officer at the Burnaby RCMP, said in the release. “We were determined to put an end to their criminal activity before anyone was hurt, and that’s what we did.”

The two suspects, a man and a woman, were arrested with the assistance of the Surrey RCMP, the Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team, police dog services and the Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team.

Two search warrants were executed in Burnaby and Surrey, during which a number of items were seized, including 11 firearms, two Air Soft guns, a BB gun, bullets, magazine clips, a knife and numerous designer eyeglasses. Officers

also found an undisclosed amount of drugs, including heroin, crystal meth, cocaine and marijuana.

“This is an excellent demonstration of coordinating resources from several agencies, which cooperated to bring about a successful and safe conclusion to a series of incidents that were causing us significant concern,” assistant commissioner Dan Malo, the RCMP’s Lower Mainland District Commander, said in the release.

Thirty-year-old Nickolas Kirszenstein and 31-yearold Alia Pearson were taken into custody in Burnaby and have now been returned to Alberta where they are facing numerous drug and firearm related charges and theft and break and enter.

Burnaby investigators are now compiling a list of charges, which will be recommended to Crown counsel at a later date.

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Public art available online From statues to the Swinging Girl neon sign - it will all be there

By Janaya Fuller-Evans jfuller-evans@burnabynow.com

The City of Burnaby has taken stock of its public art offerings, and all the pieces are being compiled in an online database accessible to the public.

Ellen van Eijensbergen, the city’s visual arts coordinator, presented the results of the 2014 public art survey to council at Monday night’s meeting.

“Over the past 12 months, the Burnaby Art Gallery staff has expended considerable resources on this comprehensive inventory,” she said.

There are currently 16 pieces of city-owned public art, including the Playground of the Gods, the MADD legacy monument, and the Korean War memorial, according to the survey.

Some, like the Playground of the Gods, need

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a lot of maintenance and upkeep, added van Eijensbergen.

Another piece is planned for this year – a statue of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the founding father of the Republic of China. The statue, which would be located near Patterson SkyTrain station, honours Burnaby’s sister city Zhongshan – Yat-Sen’s birthplace.

There are also memorials and cenotaphs throughout the city, van Eijensbergen said, as well as unique pieces such as the Swinging Girl neon sign in the Heights.

“I think it’s been very cleverly retrofitted to celebrate that corridor,” she said.

There are also privately-owned public art pieces throughout the city, and those installed via publicprivate partnerships, van Eijensbergen added.

And with developments in Metrotown, including the Beresford art walk, there is even more public artwork planned for the near future, according to

It’s really entertaining to see how much artwork already exists in Burnaby

van Eijensbergen.

These include anything from tall mushroomshaped “lanterns,” with light emanating from underneath, to a large rainbow sequin-covered wall, she said.

Each new artwork will be included in the city’s public art database, which is online, though it hasn’t officially launched yet, she said.

The database includes detailed information on each piece, as well as GPS coordinates and maps, she added.

Mayor Derek Corrigan was enthusiastic about the project, expressing his approval for the city’s public art initiatives.

“It’s really entertaining to see how much artwork already exists in Burnaby,” he said. “And it’s particularly heartening to me because, as you know, I have focused greatly on trying to bring art to people as opposed to having art in places where people have to go, and I’ve believed for a long time that the world should be an art gallery.”

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Gwen Gnazdowsky

Occupation COACH, PUBLIC SPEAKER Why is she in the news?

Happiness – it’s that feeling of well-being or ecstatic joy that improves our quality of life, but for far too many people, it’s fleeting at best. The Metrotown branch of the Burnaby Public Library is hosting a talk on happiness with Gwen Gnazdowsky, a public speaker who runs One Conversation Coaching. Gnazdowsky has a background in social work and life

Can you tell me a bit about your library talk?

It’s about a paradigm shift, the fastest way to getting to happiness. I’m going to be dealing with emotional programming and helping people understand how

skills coaching, she’s also trained nurses on assertiveness, and she delivered a TEDxBCIT talk on the subject. Her upcoming event is titled: Happiness is a Paradigm Shift.

She will be at the Bob Prittie Metrotown branch, at 6100 Willingdon Ave., on Monday, May 4 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. There’s still space to register. Sign up by calling 604-436-5400.

– Jennifer Moreau emotional programming gets set early in life.

When you talk about paradigm shift, what are you referring to?

I’m referring to recognizing what your core belief system is and coming up with different interpretations to the stories of events that happened in your life.

Do you find a lot of people’s happiness is

hindered by childhood experiences?

Yes, I do. The Chinese have a saying: Show me a six-year-old boy, and I will show you a man. It’s very interesting how we got locked into these belief systems and we have been making things up as children. We believe them to be true.

What’s the best advice for realizing happiness?

I would say share your secrets, because secrets are what keep you stuck. I know in my life, my secret was I worried and feared I wasn’t special. And of course, I never shared that with anybody because that’s a little bit embarrassing, and it would be humiliating to share that with people. But now I share it all the time.

And my sharing about it helps other people share with me what’s going on for them.

Do you find when you share something it doesn’t have that negative power over you anymore?

That’s correct. Also, to paradigm shift, it’s like coming up with a different interpretation to why we came

up with those kind of stories about ourselves. People have: I’m not smart enough, I’m not good enough, I’m not special enough, I’m not lovable, stories like that. I’m not worthy is another big one.

...we get locked into these belief systems...

Is happiness something you can have all the time or is it something ephemeral?

I wouldn’t say all the time but a whole lot more of the times than I used to. ... I would say before I would be unhappy 80 per cent of the time, now I’m unhappy 20 per cent of the time.

There’s a lot of injustice in the world. Is it reasonable to expect to be happy all the time?

That’s kind of comparing realistic with happiness, and I totally get people have suffered terrible injustices in life. So I don’t mean to minimize that, but we are, ourselves, more powerful and

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empowered if we are the ones who are taking control of our own mind set. If we are going to say: how can I turn this around, how can I learn from this, how can I create my own happiness in spite of this happening? And you do see a lot of people

who suffer incredible loss and injustice and manage to turn their lives around or turn to a place of being compassionate and grateful, and all of those kinds of things. I think it’s worth the effort.

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TAKE A SPIN AT THE BURNABY VELODROME CLUB this weekend, where cyclists can

partake in a free, 90-minute trail session.

The velodrome is a circular curved track, where the faster you ride, the more you climb the walls. This club is hosting an open house on Saturday, May 2, from 9 to 11:15 a.m., and 2 to 4:15 p.m. and Sunday, May 3, from 10 to 12:15 p.m., and at 3 p.m. You must preregister to ride.

Go to www.burnabyvelodrome.ca for more details. The club is in the Harry Jerome Sports Centre at 7564 Barnet Hwy.

Ready to ride the walls this weekend?

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ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND HELP OUT at EPIC’s annual Clean Sweep on Saturday, May 2. The Edmonds residents’ association is spending the day cleaning up the neighbourhood.

This event is a fun way to give back to the community while getting to know your neighbours.

Meet at the Gordon Presbyterian Church at 7457 Edmonds St. Registration is at 9:45 a.m., while the cleanup is from 10 a.m. to noon.

There’s a free barbecue for participants at noon. For more details, email info@ epiccommunity.ca.

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CELEBRATE THE SEASON’S OPENING AT THE BURNABY VILLAGE

MUSEUM this Saturday, May 2 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There will be tours of the vintage carousel, a scavenger hunt and a new exhibit which showcases the history of gardens and agriculture in Burnaby. (See related story on page 3.) New this year is home grown harvest, the heritage gardening project where the museum selects typical but unusual things you can grow in Burnaby.

Admission is free, but carousel rides cost $2.55.

The museum is at 6501 Deer Lake Ave.

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JANE’S WALK IS ON THIS WEEKEND, and there are several options in Burnaby to choose from. Jane’s Walk is an annual event

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THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND Jennifer Moreau

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Jane’s Walk: Margaret Manifold, above left, is leading this year’s Jane’s Walk through the Burnaby’s Heights neighbourhood. PHOTO FILE

where local residents walk together, explore their communities and get to know their neighbours. The Heights Neighbourhood Association is hosting a one-and-a-half-hour Jane’s Walk in the Heights on Saturday, May 2. Meet in the Burnaby Heights Park playground at 10 a.m. Tourism Burnaby is also hosting Jane’s Walks every Friday at noon throughout May. Meet at the Patterson SkyTrain station. The worldwide movement is to honour Jane Jacobs, an urban planner and activist. For more on the movement go to janeswalk.org.

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HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE SPARTAN RACE? It’s a franchise-run

event, where participants pay to put their physical skills to the test through a muddy obstacle course.

The folks behind Spartan Race are offering a free workout training session on Saturday, May 2 from noon to 2 on Confederation Park, at 250 Willingdon Ave. Bring a towel and water. To register, go to spartanrace. ca/western-canadaspartan-workout. The workout is free, and you don’t have to be signed up for an official Spartan Race to participate.

Do you know of an interesting weekend event in Burnaby? Send details to Jennifer Moreau via email to jmoreau@burnabynow. com. Check out our events calendar online and in the paper for events throughout the week.

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Student artwork featured in local art gallery ty and also stress the importance of arts and culture, especially with children at an early age.”

Lam should know. Her art was featured in the show back when she was an aspiring artist at Rosser Elementary – or so her dad tells her.

The 2003 Alpha secondary grad, who now has an art history degree from UBC, doesn’t actually remember being in the show, but she does remember how important the arts were to her when she was going through school.

“They’re good for shaping a child’s foundation years, making you well rounded, instead of just always in the library study-

By Cornelia Naylor

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Local students are “capturing a moment” at the Burnaby Art Gallery’s annual Arts Alive exhibition this month.

More than 83 pieces of student art in various media are now on display in the longstanding student show, and a further 760 works are featured online.

“It’s a nice acknowledgement for the children to come every year to the opening and to see that their artwork is displayed in a gallery,” said Carmen Lam, the art gallery’s promoter. “It’s important to be involved with communi-

ing,” Lam said. “I think that was why it was important for me to take art anyway.”

This year’s Arts Alive exhibition showcases work from 16 different elementary schools, with each piece created around this year’s theme: “capturing a moment.”

But the creativity didn’t stop when the show opened on April 17. During its month-long run, 21 classes will tour the gallery, and participating students will capture a moment of their own through educational art projects facilitated by gallery staff.

Arts Alive runs until May 17 in the lower gallery.

Creativity at work: Seaforth elementary student Declan Cheng is all focus as he works on a light sculpture during a field trip to the Burnaby Art Gallery recently.

Cheng’s class was one of 21 scheduled to tour the gallery during the Arts Alive exhibit, on till May 17.

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Neighbourhood house celebrating with open houses and veggie dogs. The Burnaby Neighbourhood House runs a variety of programs aimed at bringing neighbours closer together.

The organization estimates it helps 9,000 people each year. The open house events will be at 4460 Beresford St. and 4463 Hastings St. The City of Burnaby is scheduled to declare May 3 to 9 as Neighbourhood House Week at its May 4

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The Burnaby Neighbourhood House is celebrating Neighbourhood House Week with an open house on Thursday, May 7 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at locations in the north and south of the city.

There will be a barbecue (by donation) with hotdogs

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CAREGIVERS FAIR Are you caring for a loved one? There’s help for unpaid caregivers at an upcoming fair in Vancouver this weekend. There will be 25 booths at the fair and

five guest speakers. Topics include caring for yourself as a caregiver, legal issues, caring for the dying, home care services and caring for someone with dementia. This annual fair used to take place in Burnaby, but organizer Kather-

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Send Here and Now items to jmoreau@burnabynow.com.

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Cathie Borrie Occupation AUTHOR Why is she in the news?

When a loved one is delusional, it’s human nature to try to ground them in reality. But author Cathie Borrie learned the hard way that’s not always the best approach. For seven years, the North Vancouver resident cared for her mother, Joan, who was diagnosed with dementia and also suffered from Parkinson’s disease.

Instead of trying to pull her mother back into our reality, Borrie followed her mother into her world. She taped their conversations, which often included Joan’s fantastical observations, then wove Joan’s voice through her memoir, The Long Hello. Her book counters the master narrative of loving someone

Can you tell me when you understood your mom’s illness was serious, that she wasn’t simply forgetting things?

It just becomes cumulative.

There are too many things that aren’t going where they used to go, and a person’s personality isn’t quite the way it was either. It’s not a matter of losing your keys a hundred times. It’s … not recognizing a store you’ve gone to for years, that kind of bigger thing is what really alerts you.

What was it like being her primary caregiver?

Loving people who are going through difficult times is very difficult to bear witness too, and it can be tiring, always being on call to be a care partner for somebody. But that’s true whether you’ve got a kid who’s sick or a teenager having problems. Those are just the by-products of being a human being and loving people. That kind of goes with the turf. You have the days that aren’t so good and the days that are good.

It’s just a matter of whether you’re going to step to the plate or not.

I ended up taping our conversations because I couldn’t believe how

with dementia and the grief over losing the person who existed before the illness. Instead, Borrie chronicles the way dementia changed their relationship, and she’s planning to share some of her insight at an upcoming talk at the McGill library branch on May 7.

Borrie hopes her talk will draw people with dementia and their caregivers.

Borrie plans to share her way of communicating and maintaining relationships with loved ones with dementia. It’s going to be happy, funny and moving, we’re told, and there may even be singing and dancing.

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RELATING DIFFERENTLY Author Cathie Borrie is reading from her memoir, The Long Hello, at the McGill library branch on Thursday, May 7. The book chronicles her evolving relationship with her mother, Joan, who had dementia. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

many fascinating things she was saying, poetic and funny, insightful, that were different from the way she used to talk, and they were so striking, I ended up taping them, thank goodness, because in the book, her voice runs through pretty much every page.

What kinds of things was she saying?

I said, “How are you, mom, today?”

“Well, Cathie was up here today, and she said to me, ‘Mom, I’m not going to offer to give them my shadow,’” and I said to her, “Wow, that is so interesting, and where was this?”

And she said, “Somewhere on the other side of here.”

So, how do you describe that? Sort of Alice in Wonderland-ish but beautiful. She was saying things and thinking things in a way I didn’t have access to that I thought were pretty gorgeous.

I understand you almost created a fictional world for your mother to help comfort her?

Other way around. I would put it slightly differently, that wherever she was – for example, on the other side of here – I learned at great pain, because we want to lead people and tell them what to do, and correct them, that’s just human

in here, mom. Should I put the fire on?” And she said, “Oh yes, we have to have a little fire in here, and they have to have a fire in there. You can’t have no fire. They dance by the fire.” And I’m thinking: I want to be there dancing by their fire. I’m picturing little fairies. So there was lots of beauty against the background of many days that were not happy.

Follow instead of trying to get things back the way they were.

They will never go back that way.

That’s interesting.

The mistake I made, and many do, is to try to get that person where they were before or grieve how they were and wish they were that person and wish they were always going to be recognized – and there’s no point. You might as well give it up. It’s much easier not to do that, and it’s much more honouring not to do that.

person with dementia and, of course, the care partner.

That’s really tricky. And that goes with the turf, but I think the take home message for me was when I was patient enough and egoless enough to follow her steps, it got to be pretty darn interesting. I said to her one day, “It’s a bit cold

Did you go in at first trying to do that?

Oh sure, lots of times. It’s so human nature. One day we were driving by a Shoppers Drug Mart, and she said, “Oh look at that lovely new building,” and my initial response (was), “No, that’s not a new building. That’s been there for years.” And then, of course, I look at her face, and she’s crestfallen, humiliated. And I thought: What am I doing? What was the purpose of that? None.

Mother and daughter: Cathie Borrie, left, cared for her mother for seven years, while Joan was living with dementia. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

nature – it doesn’t work, it does not work. This I learned – I didn’t always get it right, I wish I did – that I was going to follow her lead. She was somewhere in a place I didn’t understand, just way out, then my job was to follow her moment by moment in the place she was. It sounds like a fictional world, … but I didn’t create it. My job was to basically provide her with a blank canvas and let her redefine her new way, and my job was to follow that.

So you sort of followed her into that world.

I sure tried to.

And what was that like?

Great (laughter). Obviously there are times when a person is not well, and things are very bad, and very trying and sad for the

Event Who: Cathie Borrie, author of The Long Hello, a memoir of caring for her mother with dementia.

What: Author’s talk in Burnaby.

When: Thursday, May 7, 7 to 8 p.m.

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Selfish and stupid. So, you go moment by moment, and I think we do that in all relationships wishing we hadn’t said things.

If you had one piece of advice for people who might be caring for loved ones with dementia or Alzheimer’s, what would you say?

Give up the ego, give up the self. Don’t’ worry if people don’t know who you are.

You’ve had your whole lifetime to be who you are.

Now you can be somebody new.

Follow instead of trying to get things the way they were. They will never go back that way. That’s the most honouring thing you can do.

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Rhodofest set for Sunday

Picture perfect: Tatyana Shevchenko has her picture taken at a previous Rhodofest.

This year’s Rhodofest takes place this Sunday at Deer Lake Park.

There will be plenty of photo opportunities at Deer Lake as the city’s rhododendrons are in full bloom right now. But there is plenty to do aside from strolling through the flowers. There will be musicians and gardeners on site, presentations, live and silent auctions, activities such as kite making and floral arrangement workshops, and a strawberry tea at the Burnaby Art Gallery. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

By Janaya Fuller-Evans

jfuller-evans@burnabynow.com

Rhododendron blooms are bursting forth at Deer Lake Park, which is always cause to celebrate. This Sunday, Burnaby’s official flower will be centre stage at the city’s annual Rhodofest.

“This is the 27th year of Rhodofest,” Jared Bowles, marketing coordinator for the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, told the NOW, adding the rhododendron was named Burnaby’s civic flower in 1966. “The festival was created in 1980 to celebrate that.”

But the festival, which is a partnership between the city and the Burnaby Rhododendron and Gardens Society, has grown since then, Bowles said.

“Over the years it has become a spring family festival,” he said.

Things kick off with an early bird tour of Bird Life at Deer Lake at 8 a.m. (pre-register by calling 604-205-3003).

Other tours include the Ladies of the Lake and a garden tour with City of Burnaby gardener Marcus Gaughan.

Ruffle Red Bird will travel the festival, making up songs by request.

There will be music on stage, and a morning Tai Chi demonstration, as well.

Festival attendees can try their hand at building Burnaby’s newest eco-sculpture.

The society will have its annual plant sale on site, and there is also a spring bouquet competition.

There is a live auction and a silent bid auction at the festival, as well.

For the kids, there is kite-making, face painting, biodegradable pot painting, and the opportunity to plant some marigolds of their own.

Other activities include a floral arrangement workshop, the art of Gyotaku and drawing in the park.

There will be a strawberry tea in the Burnaby Art Gallery from noon until 3 p.m. Entry tickets are required and can be picked up at the gallery starting at 10 a.m.

Welcome remarks will be made from 1 to 1:15 p.m. by the city’s arts services manager Geraldine Parent, Mayor Derek Corrigan, Coun. Nick Volkow and society president Wendy Thompson.

The schedule is at www.burnaby.ca/Things-To-Do/Festi vals-and-Events/Rhododendron-Festival.html.

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BY DAVID CHAO

In recent years, Cadillac has raised its profile with edgy styling and surprisingly good performance. The sporty 2015 SRX enhances that appeal.

Despite not seeing significant changes since this generation’s debut back in 2010, the SRX still matches up well against the best in the luxury crossover-SUV segment. Its main competitors are the Lexus RX, the BMW X3, and the Audi Q5 – which are all important rivals.

The minor additions GM made this year include new colours and the 4G-LTE with built-in Wi-Fi hotspot capability on the OnStar system.

Design

Chiseled and athletic are the best words to describe the distinctive SRX. The angular lines give it a masculine feel. Even though the SRX is one of the most “dated” vehicles in Cadillac’s lineup, its styling holds up well and the car still looks fresh and exciting.

The SRX’s look is epitomized by Cadillac’s wide shield grille, flanked by the now iconic vertical headlights.

The wheels are pushed to the corners, resulting in a wide stance and short overhangs.

Looking at the SRX from the side, your eye is drawn to the fender vents and prominent crease rising from the top of the front wheel to just below the rear window. The high beltline and rear slanted roof continue the aggressive look, but does limit outward visibility.

Vertical taillights compliment the front and the twin tailpipes round out the package. A power liftgate is standard on all but the base model.

The SRX’s cabin is still up-to-date and luxurious;

It should please any young executive, though the newer competitors are perhaps a bit more modern.

the cabin feel bright and airy.

The 844-litre volume should be plenty for regular shopping trips, but the cargo space behind the folding and reclining rear seats is somewhat less than its rivals

Available in four trim levels, the SRX is offered with Luxury, Performance and Premium Collections.

Performance

All SRX models are powered by a direct-injected 3.6-litre V6 rated at 308 hp and 265 lb-ft of torque. Lightweight materials were used to reduce overall weight for greater efficiency and a better front-to-rear balance.

It is mated to a Hydra-Matic 6T70 six-speed automatic transmission, which features an ECO mode that alters the shift points to improve fuel economy.

All-wheel drive is available with every model except the base model. The system incorporates an electronic limited-slip differential that increases traction in slippery conditions, while also providing side-to-side torque transfer across the rear axle to enhance control during hard cornering.

Further aiding handling is the variable-effort, speedsensitive steering system. It is tuned with a sport-sedan style bias and gives good feedback without feeling too heavy. In fact, thanks to the traditional hydraulic steering mechanism, the SRX provides a sportier feel than many of its competitors, which have incorporated an electric steering system.

The SRX is also available with Cadillac’s advanced safety systems. The most sophisticated of those features is frontal automatic braking. Using radar, camera and ultrasound technology, this system helps prevent low-speed collisions with alerts and the ability to brake completely, if necessary.

Environment

The SRX’s cabin is a blend of luxury and technology. The materials are rich, the wood accent trim feels authentic, and the overall look and feel is comfortable and contemporary.

The front seats are well bolstered, yet roomy.

However, the three-passenger rear seat can be a little tight for taller adults, partly due to the SRX’s low roof. The UltraView power sunroof goes a long way to making

The foundation of the SRX’s interior is its infotainment system. The Cadillac User Experience (CUE) is complimented by Bluetooth audio streaming, and USB and SD connection.

You interact with the system through a touch-sensitive eight-inch display. The large easy-to-target buttons and Haptic feedback create a comfortable experience, although it is not the most user-friendly unfortunately (like most touch controls lately).

To make the driving experience more enjoyable, the SRX offers active noise cancellation. Using microphones to monitor ambient noise, a computer plays counteracting frequencies through the audio system to quiet the cabin.

Features

The 2015 SRX ranges in price from $42,930 to 58,205.

Standard equipment includes heated front seats, automatic dual-zone climate control, heated exterior mirrors, keyless entry system, leather-wrapped steering wheel, and Bluetooth hands-free phone connectivity.

Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include ventilated front seats, heated steering wheel, heated rear seats, adaptive cruise control, rear cross-traffic alert, blind-spot warning, front and rear park assist, rearview camera, auto-dimming mirrors, auto windshield wipers, and remote start.

Fuel efficiency numbers (L/100km) for front-wheel drive models are 14.2 city, 9.6 highway, and 12.3 combined. All-wheel drive models return 14.8 city, 10.4 highway, and 12.8 combined.

Thumbs Up

The SRX has dated well, with great styling and surprisingly good steering feel.

Thumbs Down

The car is beginning to feel outdated against other vehicles in this class. Also, several rivals offer diesel or hybrid powertrains that are more fuel efficient.

The Bottom Line

If you’re looking for a five-passenger luxury crossover with bold styling and high-tech infotainment, be sure to check out the Cadillac SRX.

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Where History Comes to Life

Free Gate Admission

May 2-September 7 | Carousel Rides $2.55 each

Thanks to our partners:

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2015 Hours

Visit businesses and homes, take in demonstrations, exploring on your own or join a

“Stroll down the streets of our 1920s community.”

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Gate admission is free, all summer long and through Heritage Christmas.

Special event rates are applicable for Haunted Village.

many of the buildings.

Summer Season

Awaken your senses–feel the heat of the fire at the forge, hear the rhythmic sounds of the press at the print shop, listen to the lessons in the schoolhouse and stop to smell the

May 2-September 7, 11am-4:30pm Tuesday-Sunday plus Holiday Mondays

flowers at Love Farmhouse.

Haunted Village

October 28-30, 6-9pm (special rates apply)

Check out the gift shop and savour a delicious lunch in the ice-cream parlour.

Heritage Christmas

Special Events Victoria Day & Market Monday

BC Day & Market Monday

Experience the pomp, ceremony and fun of Victoria Day as well as the opportunity to shop with our Market Monday vendors.

Come spend this holiday with us.

November 21-December 11 Monday-Friday, 1-5:30pm Saturday & Sunday, 1-9pm

December 12, 2015-January 1, 2016 Daily, 1-9pm (closed December 24 & 25)

Monday, August 3, 11am-4:30pm

Monday, May 18, 11am-4:30pm

Canada Day

Wednesday, July 1, 11am-4:30pm

The Museum is illuminated with spectacular displays of lights. Stroll the streets of the Village to enjoy the traditional sight and sounds of Christmases past.

Labour Day Fair & Market Monday

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Monday, September 7, 11am-4:30pm

Family fun with heritage games, races and Market Monday vendors.

It’s a party. Be part of our celebration!

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What’s Going On at the Village this Summer?

guided tour. Period costumed interpreters welcome you and give demonstrations in

Harvest Themed Displays & Activities

This summer, the focus of our displays and many activities is Homegrown Harvest.

Come see what’s growing in our gardens plus find out about the kinds of foods that grow in Burnaby. Children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult.

Activities

Farmer in Residence

Tuesdays, 11am-2:30pm (July-September) Stop by the exhibit gardens to meet our “farmer” in residence. Learn all about the different types of backyard agriculture that can be found in Burnaby and discover what new foods you could grow.

Garden Patch Days

Thursdays & Saturdays, 12noon-3:30pm (July-September) The whole family can roll up their sleeves and have fun in the garden; “working” in the play garden, planting a seed, starting your own home garden or learning gardening tips and tricks from our own Master Gardener.

Dairy Days

July 15 & August 12, 10:30am-4pm See live milking and calf feeding.

Volunteers

Do you like history? Do you like interacting with people of all ages? Then come help out with our school and public programs. We provide 1920s costumes, lunch and volunteer-only events. You provide your enthusiasm and smile.

On-site Tours

From Field to Fork

Planning an Event?

Fridays, 2pm (July & August) Plant some seeds, pull some weeds and learn about farming in Burnaby.

Our unique venue is a perfect site for your gatherings, from small family parties to large corporate events. Choose between traditional rooms, a 1920s style ice-cream parlour or a carousel pavilion. Book the entire site for a complete “trip-back-in-time” experience. Cocktail parties, sit-down dinners and buffets are all options for your special event. For information and booking, please call 604-297-4552.

Indigenous Flora & Fauna Tour

Fridays, 12noon, 1pm, 2:15pm, 3:15pm July 3, 17 & 31; Aug 14, 28 Learn about the Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s use of local plants and discover traditional harvesting techniques and cultural traditions.

Birthday Parties

Party in an ice-cream parlour! Package include lunch and two carousel rides.

Bookings are available during the museum’s open season.

Free Sunday Workshop Series

The site is wheelchair accessible.

Sundays, 1:30-3:30pm (July & August) Get hands-on and learn all about planting, growing and preserving. This drop-in series is presented in partnership with Burnaby Food First and includes demonstration-style workshops.

July 5 Summer Container Food Gardening July 19 Jam Tasting & Making July 26 Eating with the Seasons August 2 Pickling August 23 Preserving your Harvest August 30 Winter Container Food Gardening

How To Get Here

Driving: Free parking. Hwy 1; Exit 33, head to Canada Way; left on Canada Way; right on Deer Lake Ave Public Transit: Bus 144, 123, 129

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Fabric Arts

Tuesdays-Fridays, 2pm (May & June) Tuesdays-Thursdays, 2pm (July-September) Enjoy a guided 30-45 minute tour of the Village.

Topics change daily.

Saturdays, 12noon-4pm May 2 & 23, June 6 & 20 See quilters or rug hooking artists up close and learn a trick or two.

Carousel Tour

Weaving Squamish Stories

Saturdays & Sundays, 1:30pm Drop in for a behind-the-scenes, 30-minute tour of the Carousel.

Sundays, 12noon-4pm July 5 & 19, August 2, 16 & 30 First Nations cedar and wool weaving.

Model T Car Rides

School Days

Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 1-2:45pm (May-September) Enjoy a ride around the Village (weather permitting).

By donation.

Auto Shop Apprentice

Thursdays, 1pm & 1:30pm (July-September) Join us at the corner garage to learn about vintage mechanics, classic car culture and the Model T Ford.

Tinsmithing

Thursdays, 3pm (May & June) Thursdays, 12noon & 3pm (July-September) Watch our tinsmith at work.

Steam Equipment

Fridays, 3pm (May & June) Fridays, 12noon & 3pm (July-September) See the power of steam firsthand.

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Sundays, 12noon & 3pm (May-June) Wednesdays, 3pm (May-June) Sundays & Wednesdays, 12noon & 3pm (July-Sep) Experience what it was like to be a student in a 1920s one-room schoolhouse.

Blacksmithing Classes

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Tuesdays, 10am-12noon (July & August) $15.00 per adult; $12.50 per senior

Ice Cream Making Workshops Saturdays, 10am & 1pm (July & August)

$8.85 per person Fun times in the farmhouse kitchen, making and enjoying old-fashioned, vanilla ice cream.

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How to fight pesky aphids Anne Marrison GREEN SCENE

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Question: Last summer an aphid infestation prevented me from sitting on my apartment patio.

It gets a little sun in late afternoon when surrounding buildings don’t block it.

Most plants are in pots, but most of the sun shines on a small patch of dirt that includes peonies, roses, lavender, clematis, a tree and some boxwoods.

I have tried environmentally friendly things, chemicals and wasted money on ladybugs that flew away after they were full.

I want to be able to enjoy my garden when days get sunny and warm. It’s a lovely spot in the middle of an urban jungle of noise and people.

Virginia Edwards, Vancouver Answer: Surrounded by concrete and asphalt, you likely have a major lack of aphid predators.

I wonder what birds (if any) visit your area. Hummingbirds eat aphids but I’m sure there wouldn’t be enough food or flowers to keep birds around for long.

A container pond might attract a wide variety of birds – but it could be all you’d get was pigeons.

I think a better tack would be focusing on plants that aphids don’t like.

I wonder if your lavender ever gets aphids. Mine never has, nor my artemesias, rosemaries, santolina nor any of the Mediteraneantype aromatic herbs. Alliums/garlic seemed to be resistant, too.

The key to attracting aphids seems to be tender leaves and shoots. Once they’ve found these, they may gradually move to sterner fare if it’s available close by.

But aphids seem to not feed on strong-smelling,

shrubby plants, though shrubs can be a favourite overwintering site.

Since high-nitrogen fertilizer encourages excessive tender growth, you would be better to focus on balanced fertilizers (all three numbers the same).

If you have any ant nests in your patch of soil it would be best to try to eliminate them. That’s because ants actually carry aphids up plants in spring so that they can “farm” them for the sweet substance aphids excrete.

There are a gazillion kinds of aphids. I do hope yours are the green ones that can be blasted off by hose. The black ones are so sticky the only resource can be to prune those branches off.

Many aphids overwinter as eggs on shrubs, often in the crevices between buds and the stem.

In winter it would be best to examine your shrubs, your tree and especially the boxwoods. Being evergreen, the boxwoods would be a wonderful, warm place for the eggs to shelter – and very hard for you to examine.

It might be best to cut your clematis about 30 centimetres from ground level after flowering.

Clematis handle pruning well. Your rose could handle a good pruning, too.

This will make your inspection work easier.

Some aphids overwinter in plant debris in the top inch of soil. Removing this layer in pots and garden and replacing it with fresh soil or compost could help a lot.

It’s very sad to give up plants that you love. You may need to decide what matters most to you: fewer aphids or fewer of your favourite plants (boxwoods perhaps).

Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions via amarrison@shaw.ca. Please add your city or region.

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Pest removal: If you have an aphid infestation, you may want to see if there are ants in your garden as well. Ants are known to “farm” aphids so they can eat the sweet trails they leave behind.

Other aphid fighting methods include selecting plants they don’t like, such as Mediterranean aromatic herbs. Also, keep an eye out for aphid eggs in shrubs, especially boxwood, just between the stems and the buds.

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The Rotary C dl

Saturday, May 2, 2015 Culinary delights prepared in partnership with members of the Rotary Club of Burnaby and students from the Burnaby School District’s Professional Cook Training Program Net proceeds earned from this event will be donated to: • Bursary to students of the ACE-IT Professional Cooks Program • Roxy Relief Program to support Pet Guardians who are homeless, low income and /or elderly http://pawsforhope.org • Rotary’s Legacy Foreshore Park Project for fitness facilities at Fraser River Foreshore Park

Location: Time:

Burnaby Central Secondary School – Commons Area 6011 Deer Lake Parkway, Burnaby 5:30pm – 9:30pm

For tickets:

Call Rotary members

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604 916 3077 Email: a_cruickshank@shaw.ca 604 437 5420 Email: boydburnaby@shaw.ca 604 434 5158 Email: peterkbeynon@gmail.com Come and experience the Foods and Culture from the Caribbean, Philippines, India, China, Ukraine, Mexico and Greece.

Sweet Pan Trio, student steelband and Greek Cretan Dancers Plus a Gluten free and Children’s food table

Adults $35 • Children 6-12 $20 Children 5 and under free

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Community now

SUMMER CAMPS

Camp Info

for young performers age 6-12

All camps include training by a certified NAPADANCE instructor.

Students enjoy dance training, singing, theatre sports, and special themed crafts.

July y 6 to August g 14, 2015

Contact Us For more information, please phone 604.521.3255 or email nadmin@napadance.com

Camp Schedule Camps run Monday-Friday from 9 am - 4 pm.

Before and after camp care can be provided for a small additional fee.

Camp Rates All camps are $250.00 per week.

Before and after camp care can be provided Receive a for a small additional fee. $50.00 discount if you register by May 31st.

Disney “Frozen” Camp July 13-17, AND August 10-14

Triple Threat Camp July 6-10

Are you an aspiring dancer, singer, actor? This is the camp for you! Enjoy a fun and exciting week learning how to combine these three talents.

Sweet success: Chez Christophe owner Christophe Bonzon won four awards at the World Chocolate Masters in Montreal, Que. PHOTO NOW FILES

Four sweet wins for local chocolatier Janaya Fuller-Evans

MOVERS & SHAKERS jfuller-evans@burnabynow.com

Burnaby’s Christophe Bonzon is a chocolate master.

The owner of Chez Christophe Chocolaterie Patisserie recently won four awards at the 2015 World Chocolate Masters Canadian final, according to a press release from Chez Christophe.

The competition took place in Montreal, Que. in April.

Bonzon won for Best Moulded Praline, Best Chocolate to Go, Best Cake of the Day and the media prize Coup de Coeur.

He came in second in the Canadian finals.

The masters is a global competition organized by gourmet chocolate company Cacao Barry.

Bonzon, who was previously a pastry chef at Cin Cin Restaurant in Vancouver, opened the shop in Burnaby Heights in 2013 with his wife, Jess Bonzon.

TASTY MEATBALL Another Heights business recently won a culinary challenge, as well.

Cioffi’s Cucina won first place in the Vancouver Foodster Meatball Challenge last month, according

to a press release from the local food blog, Vancouver Foodster.

The Angelo was created by chefs Jason Symington and Josh McWilliams.

The dish included homemade meatballs in Mama Cioffi’s tomato sauce on a toasted ciabatta baguette with roasted garlic mayonnaise and fresh arugula, the release stated.

Cioffi’s was up against 13 other restaurants in the region.

TOP MARKS FOR BURNABY FINANCIAL PLANNER Burnaby’s Olivia Ruoyi Yu was recently recognized for getting the third highest marks in the country on her certified financial planner exam.

Because of her success with the six-hour exam, Yu made the Financial Planning Standards Council’s President’s List, according to a press release from the council.

“FPSC is pleased to recognize these exceptional individuals for their performance on this challenging examination,” Cary List, the council’s president and CEO, said in the release.

“We congratulate the President’s List honourees on their achievement and wish them great success as CFP professionals.”

GREEN TALKS The Burnaby Board of Trade is offering its 2015 Green Talks forum next Wednesday.

The networking and sustainability forum is being presented by BCIT, Encorp Pacific/Return-It and Electronics Arts Canada, and is being held at the Electronic Arts campus.

The forum takes place on May 6 from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

To register, call 604-4120100, email admin@bbot. ca or go to bbot.ca.

GETTING INTO BUSINESS WITH SFU The Burnaby Board of Trade is also holding one of its Meet the Buyers events with Simon Fraser University next Wednesday.

The session is being led

by Mary Aylesworth, director of procurement services for the university, who will discuss SFU’s procurement policies and what the university buys from the local community.

The session takes place at the board’s offices from 9 to 10 a.m., and is free for members.

To register, call 604-4120100, email admin@bbot. ca or go to bbot.ca.

Have an item for Movers & Shakers? Send business notices to Janaya at jfullerevans@burnabynow.com

Explore a fantastic week of singing and dancing to the beautiful music from the much loved Disney Movie,“Frozen”.

Disney Knights and Princesses Camp July 27-31

Hawaiian Summer Camp July 20-24

This is a magical week exploring your inner Princess or Knight dancing and singing to the music of many much loved Disney movies.

Come for this tropical themed camp and enjoy a week of music and dance from the Hawaiian islands.

“Napa’s got Talent” Camp August 3-7

Do you have a special talent that you would like to showcase? This is the camp for you!

Students will explore all different types of talent individually as well as in groups.

ABOUT NAPA DANCE Exceptional Training Napa offers exceptional training in many dance genres. Our programs offer structure and discipline in an encouraging and positive environment. As a result, Napa has an amazing group of well rounded, positive students that respect the staff as well as each other. Our teachers inspire the students with their knowledge and experience in all dance styles, and we encourage students to train in many dance disciplines. Wonderful technique classes, Royal Academy of Dance ballet exams, competitions and recitals all contribute to the overall experience as a Napa dancer. Students are given opportunities to attend master classes with guest teachers as well as to travel. We are committed to producing confident, graceful dancers who can inspire each other.

Exceptional Training Napa has a fantastic staff of experienced, accredited teachers. These teachers provide a high level of training and inspire the students to work hard while offering a nurturing and supportive environment. All of our ballet teachers hold the Royal Academy of Dance teachers certification.

Beautiful Facility Napa opened it’s new doors in 2009 to a newly built state of the art facility. We have three dance studios with sprung floors and professional dance flooring as well as a built in sound system.

OUR PROGRAMS Pre-School Program NAPA has an amazing pre-school program offering baby ballet classes for two and three year olds as well as ballet, tap, jazz and musical theatre for four year olds.

Recreational Division Napa offers recreational classes for those dancers who wish to take one class only per week and participate in our year end recital in May/June.

Competitive Team This team is for dancers that wish to participate in dance competitions.

Competitions are extremely fun and exciting.

RAD Ballet Exam Program The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) ballet program is for students that wish to participate in yearly ballet examinations.

Contact Us NORTHWEST ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS

For more information, please phone 604.521.3255 or email nadmin@napadance.com`

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Northwest Academy of Performing Arts 511 Columbia Street, New Westminster BC V3L 1B2

DANCE STYLES Ballet • Jazz • Lyrical Jazz Modern/Contemporary • Tap Musical Theatre • Acro • Hip Hop Stretch and Strength

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No one in Burnaby needs to go through the end-of-life journey alone.

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Join Us for the 2015 HIKE FOR HOSPICE ABOUT THE EVENT

On Sunday, May 3, 2015, people across Canada will walk in support of the 13th Annual Hike for Hospice.

Here in Burnaby, members of our community will gather in Central Park to build awareness and raise funds in support of the Burnaby Hospice Society.

Hike for Hospice Burnaby is a public family event.

Hikers, walkers and wanderers of all abilities are welcome to participate!

All funds raised will remain locally to support the Burnaby Hospice Society so that we may continue our critical work of providing compassionate care to individuals and families during the dying and grieving process.

We hope to see you there!

EVENT DETAILS Date: Sunday May 3, 2015 Rain or shine Time: 11:00 Registration

• Register online at www.burnabyhospice.org • Call us at 604 520 5087 for a pledge form • Show up on Hike Day to register or enjoy the activities • Donate at www.burnabyhospice.org

WHAT IS HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE?

Hospice or palliative care is a special kind of care designed to provide comfort and relief of suffering for people who live with, or are dying from, a lifethreatening illness. Hospice care also embraces family and friends by supporting them through the illness and into bereavement.

YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS

Funds from Hike for Hospice support the following programs: • Palliative care support • Respite support for family members and other caregivers • Relaxation therapies such as reiki or healing touch • Community memorial services • Volunteer training • Grief counselling and bereavement support services • Community outreach and education

8 REASONS TO ATTEND HIKE FOR HOSPICE

12:00 Hike begins Venue: South Burnaby Lawn Bowling 4000 Kingsway, Central Park, Burnaby

REGISTRATION FEE $25 per participant or raise $125 or more to have your registration fee waived. Children 12 & under – free.

All registrants will receive a free event t-shirt!

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WAYS TO PARTICIPATE

• Fun family event • Great BBQ hosted by the Burnaby Lougheed Lions Club • Music by the Metro Vancouver Firefighters • Silent auction • Face painting • Pet friendly event (dog treats) • Meet local dignataries

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Hours of Operation: Monday – Saturday 10 AM – 6:00 PM, Sunday 10 AM - 4:30 PM

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Energy wise? Check out this seminar

By Theresa McManus

tmcmanus@burnabynow.com

New Westminster is trying to take some of the mystery out of energy efficient housing.

Energy Save New West is launching a new high-performance home program to support local residents and builders by providing resources that encourage growth and adoption of green building practices.

“We are trying to demystify some of these ideas in ways that are interesting and understandable,” said Norm Connolly, the city’s community energy manager.

In an effort to help people learn about “tomorrow’s homes today,” the City of New Westminster is holding a free forum on Saturday, May 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Anvil Centre. The forum is open to anyone – you don’t have to be a resident of New West to attend.

“Our target audience is local residents and consumers in New Westminster and beyond that are interested in exploring these types of things, these types of concepts and these types of systems and approaches to constructing a home,” said Ryan Coleman, a project coordinator with Energy Save New West. “It’s beyond just the esthetics of a house, the countertops.

That’s becoming more and more top of mind and an actual driver of decision making.”

According to Connolly, high-performance homes may fall under a variety of banners, including passive house certified, but they all include thick walls, energy efficient windows, smart design and good choices of materials.

He recently attended an open house about a six-unit strata project done to passive house certified standards in Victoria.

“When these people move in, they will have some of the lowest energy costs you could imagine, so that’s going to help with affordability,” Connolly said. “The big pieces about this are they are super comfortable inside.”

The May 9 launch of the high-performance home program in New Westminster includes talks about how to design and build ultra-low energy homes. Attendees will get information on a variety of concepts such as passive house certified, net zero energy and Energy Star-rated programs, and will have a chance to network with leadingedge builders.

Monte Paulsen, a certified energy advisor and a certified passive house consultant, will give an overview on high-performance homes. He’s known for his ability to explain

Going green: Brian Lowka, a local builder and renovator in New Westminster, is looking forward to New Westminster’s upcoming forum on energy efficient housing.

For a decade, he’s been using green building practices, such as solar panels, in the homes he works on. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

complex ideas in a way that’s understandable for everybody.

Attendees – including people who are curious about the topic and experts in the field – will have a chance to mix and mingle at lunch. The afternoon features short presentation about the new home program from B.C. Hydro and FortisB.C. and green lending products from Vancity, as well as a session where people working on a variety of leading edge local projects will provide short presentations on their projects.

“All this stuff is coming together here. It’s really exciting in Canada.

B.C. is starting to really embrace this stuff,” Connolly said. “What we want to do is bring awareness about this.”

Connolly said the forum’s focus is on new projects, but some of the principles can also be applied to renovations of existing homes.

Even though much of New Westminster’s land is built out, there are still opportunities to create high-performance new housing. Along with infill development in existing neighbourhoods and new construction in places like Queensborough, the city is updating its official community plan and is contemplating the creation of more row homes and townhouses in New Westminster.

Brian Lowka is a local builder/reno-

Attendees will have a chance to mingle with the experts and ask them about energy efficient housing

Efficient: This is the washroom in one of the homes built by Brian Lowka. They include different energy efficient features. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

vator who has been incorporating green building approaches and technology into his construction practices for about a decade. Although people would often prefer to spend money on the bricks and mortar aspects of their home, he sees tremendous value in green building approaches.

“I know it’s possible to do more energy-efficient homes but it’s always a case of cost. I am not one who wants to throw a ton of money at stuff and say, this is much more efficient,” he said. “I try and come up with more efficient ways that they can understand or things that can be adapted

later on.”

Along with construction methods that focus on heat loss and air barriers, Lowka recently built a home in New West that uses solar panels and his past few houses have eliminated natural gas and opted for electric energy.

Having made numerous inquiries to city hall through the years about green building approaches, Lowka is looking forward to attending the launch of the city’s high-performance home program.

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Oldtimers celebrate 40 years with Japan mates

Twits are a founding member of Pac NW over-40 rugby union Tom Berridge

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The Twilighter Rugby Club is celebratin g 40 years of fun and fraternity with its sister club from Japan this Sunday.

The Osaka Gentlemen RFC, along with a travelling team of players from other Japanese oldtimer rugby clubs, are in town this weekend to help celebrate the anniversary with a game against the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club’s over-40 element and friends.

The Twits, as the Twilighters are affectionately called, will host a pair of games at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-East this Sunday against their Japanese visitors, beginning at 1:30 p.m.

A special over-60 match between a Lower Mainland squad and players comprising Japan’s Osaka Gentlemen, Fuwaku, Nagoya Towaku, GIFU Wak Wak, Utsubuki, Rakuwaku and Santyome clubs will take place at 2 p.m. An over-40 game is scheduled to follow at 3 p.m.

Spectators are welcome to come out and see what old boys’ rugby is all about and experience the Fuwaku spirit of masters rugby, said

Steve Baron, past president of the Twilighter club.

The Twits were formed in 1975, one year after the first Canadian over-40 rugby team travelled to Japan to play against their Asian counterparts.

Over the years, teams of Twits have hosted and travelled the globe, competing in friendly fixutures against like-minded teams from all over Canada and Taiwan, England, Wales, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, France and the United States.

As one of the founding members of the Pacific Northwest league, the Twilighters originated the World invitational rugby festival at Burnaby Lake, which continues to this day.

While Baron concedes it is the challenge of continuing to play the game that compels a 70-year-old to lace’m up every weekend, it’s also about giving back.

The Twilighters club volunteer a lot of their time to fundraising efforts and promoting the sport through youth development. Many are also involved at the provincial and nationals levels.

“It’s why we do it,” said Baron. “Off the field, it’s probably one of the most social sports in the world.”

The Ultimate: Burnaby North, in blue, and Burnaby Mountain secondary school teams compete in a recent senior Tier 1 matchup in the Fraser Valley Junior Ultimate League. PHOTO MAGGIE NAYLOR

STM Knights to take on the ultimate challenge Tom Berridge

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The St. Thomas More Knights will carry the Burnaby mantel into the Canadian high school ultimate championships this weekend.

Ten B.C. teams, including STM, will take on high schools from the rest of Canada in the 16-team national championship taking place at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West this Saturday and Sunday.

Two schools from Manitoba, three from Ontario and one from as far away as St. Bonaventure, Newfoundland will also be vy-

ing this weekend to be called the top ultimate high school team in Canada.

Pool play begins Saturday at 9 a.m. and runs all day at Burnaby Lake-West.

The No. 5-seeded Knights are in Pool D with Vancouver westside Point Grey, No. 4 Earl Haig from Ontario and Sturgeon Heights from Manitoba.

STM will open up Saturday against the Manitoba school at 10:30 a.m., followed by Point Grey at noon.

The Knights will take on Earl Haig at 3 p.m.

North Vancouver’s Sutherland Secondary is seeded first overall.

Championship play runs all day Sunday at BLSCWest, leading up to the gold-medal final, scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

STM has long been the only school from Burnaby competing in disc sports.

But that has all changed, with as many as eight local district public and private schools now playing in either senior or junior divisions in the three-tier Fraser Valley Junior Ultimate League.

STM currently shares the lead in the senior Tier 1 division with unbeaten Kwantlen Park, both at 4-0.

Burnaby North, at 3-1,

holds down third place in the top tier along with senior teams from Burnaby Central and Burnaby Mountain.

New Westminster Secondary is currently among a logjam of four schools vying for the runner-up spot behind unbeaten runaway leader Regent Christian in Tier Two. Alpha and Burnaby South also compete in the senior second tier.

Burnaby independent Carver Christian Academy, along with current leader STM and North, also campaign in the Fraser Valley junior division.

EDC a win away from first Provincial Cup final

Burnaby-based mid-table Vancouver Metro Soccer League club having sweet run in cup play this season Tom Berridge

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EDC FC Burnaby is hoping for a second consecutive cup final appearance this season.

The Burnaby-based premier division Vancouver Metro Soccer League club advanced to the final four last weekend with a 4-1 victory over the Richmond Hibernians at Hugh Boyd Turf last weekend.

Habib Mohammed scored three goals in the qu

arter-final win, including the game winner in the 70th minute.

Ylya Malek, who assisted on all four EDC markers, crossed the ball to Mohammed who placed an impeccable header off the crossbar and behind the Richmond keeper.

Mohammed opened the scoring in the ninth minute, taking a through ball from Malek and cracking a shot to the top corner far post for EDC. Twenty minutes later Richmond, which up-

set VMSL regular season champion West Van FC 1-0 in its opening game, drew even on a free kick.

But it was EDC’s game to win in the second half, thanks to the solid goalkeeping by Hugo Vasquez and the playmaking and finish from Malek and Mohammed.

Mohammed also scored on a breakaway in the 80th minute, before teammate Ducivan Desouza counted EDC’s fourth goal of the game five minutes later from inside the 18-yard

box.

EDC began cup play with a 3-0 win over Vic West FC. Despite finishing the regular season tied for seventh place with Croatia SC, the Burnaby club has played arguably some of its best soccer in cup play.

Recently, EDC made it all the way to its first-ever final in the Imperial Cup before falling 1-0 to league champion West Van. EDC will take on Vancouver Island’s Cowichan FC this Saturday on Field 3

at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West at 3 p.m.

“Hopefully the boys deliver the W and put us into the finals, which would be huge for our club,” said EDC head coach and club president Claudio Ramirez.

Inter FC and North Delta will play in the other provincial cup semi.

The two semifinal winners will meet in the B.C. Soccer Provincial A Cup final on Sunday, May 10 at Willoughby Turf in Langley.

EDC finished the regular

season with a 9-9-4 league record, just eight points shy of runner-up ICST Pegasus, with 39 points. West Van ran away with the VMSL title this season, amassing a record of 16-3-3 and 51 points.

Storied Columbus FC and Vancouver Olympics A were both relegated to Division 1 following the regular season.

Norvan FC A and FC Tigers from Vancouver earned promotion from Division 1 to the premier league next season.

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Sportsnow SFU takes back Achilles Cup Tom Berridge

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Simon Fraser University returned the Achilles Cup to Burnaby Mountain.

The Clan track and field team defeated the University of British Columbia in the annual dual meet between the two rival schools, ending a two-year reign by the Point Grey campus.

SFU edged UBC 120108.5 at home to win its seventh cup on Monday.

The Clan won all four team events, including the men’s 4x400-metre relay team of Stuart Ellenwood, Cameron Proceviat, Joel Webster and Daniel Kelloway that set a new meet record with a winning 3:16.79 time.

Proceviat also broke the 11-year-old meet mark in

Sport to report? Contact Tom Berridge 604.444.3022 or tberridge@BurnabyNow.com

NOW sports briefs Former junior A Burnaby Express defenceman, Patrick Wiercioch was added to Canada’s roster for the upcoming world ice hockey championships.

The Ottawa Senators D-man will be making his first appearance on the national team when Canada opens up against Latvia today (Friday) in the Czech Republic.

the 800m, beating the old record of 1:52.68 set by UBC’s Jerry Ziak by more than four-tenths of a second.

Clan freshman Vladislav Tsygankov also had a new Achilles record leap of 7.04 metres in the men’s long jump.

SFU finished first in 13 of 23 events, with both the Clan men’s and women’s teams amassing 60 team points to defeat their UBC counterparts.

The Burnaby Mountain team now holds a 7-5-1 advantage over UBC in the Achilles Cup since the annual competition first began in 2003.

SFU won three consecutive cup titles from 2010 to 2012, the longest winning streak for either school.

In the clutches: A Moscrop ballcarrier tries to elude the outstretched arms of a would-be Argyle tackler in a recent B.C. high school matchup at Burnaby Lake. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS Burnaby Mountain Secondary School will be the venue for the B.C. high school netball championships.

Athletes from seven Burnaby schools will compete at the junior and senior levels for provincial banners on Saturday, May 9.

The competition gets underway at 8:30 a.m. and runs until 6 p.m.

ALL-CONFERENCE PICKS Simon Fraser Univer-

sity’s Rachel Proctor was named to the NCAA Division II Great Northwest conference women’s softball first team.

The junior outfielder led the team with a .354 batting average and five home runs this season. She also had 45 hits and 25 runs batted in.

Senior pitcher Kelsie Hawkins and shortstop Danielle Raison were second team selections, while freshman second base Taylor Lundrigan was an honourable mention.

CHARGERS PLACE 15TH The Cariboo Hill Chargers returned to the B.C. high school provincial rugby 7s championships for the first time in almost four decades.

The eastside school placed 15th in the 16-team provincial tournament.

St. George’s defeated Shawnigan Lake 20-12 in the banner final.

This summer, be the change in a child’s life The Burnaby Camping Bureau provides subsidies for Burnaby children with low income the opportunity to attend the summer camp of their choice. Along with our maximum subsidy of $175.00 we have partnerships with camps that match our dollars, allowing children the opportunity to attend a camp their families otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford. To donate please visit www.

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“I can’t afford to have cancer.”

Player of the year: Simon Fraser University’s Kevin Vigna was named men’s golfer of the year in the NCAA Division II Great Northwest conference this season. FILE PHOTO RON J. HOLE

Golfers clean up on awards Tom Berridge

tberridge@burnabynow.com

Kevin Vigna led Simon Fraser University to a near clean sweep of major Great Northwest conference golf awards.

The second-year all-star was named the NCAA Division II conference player of the year, while also joining three of his teammates

on the first all-conference team announced Tuesday.

Freshman of the year Chris Crisologo was also a first-team choice along with Clan teammates Bret Thompson and John Mlikotic.

Clan coach John Buchanan was selected the coach of the year by his peers.

The four SFU golfers led the Great Northwest with

four of the five lowest average rounds, while combining for 12 top-five finishes.

As a team, SFU won three tournaments and finished runner-up in two others in nine invitationals.

In women’s golf, SFU freshman Breanna Croxen earned a spot on the allconference second team, finishing in the top five in two tournaments.

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