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LOCAL NEWS – LOCAL MATTERS.
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A story of nature in the city New mural finds home at Deer Lake There’s a special beauty to nature that exists within an urban setting. That beauty is being explored in a new mural at the Burnaby Arts Council gallery at Deer Lake. The mural by Mila Karavai, Interlacing, was unveiled at the inaugural Summer Art Festival hosted by the arts council last weekend. The mural’s central character is a sleeping deer, representing the wildlife that used to inhabit the land and making reference to the city’s central urban park, Deer Lake Park. “While giant, brawny, strong, graceful animal is asleep, many colourful lines that symbolize presence of a human and his rational-analytical mind, extend above the deer, forming architectural structures of Burnaby Lake area,” the artist explains on her website. “The mural is calling to remember how strong the connection between human and nature is, and how dependent they are of each other.” See it at 6584 Deer Lake Ave.
ARTS ALIVE Artist Mila Karavai with her new mural, unveiled at the Summer Art Festival hosted by the Burnaby Arts Council on the weekend. The mural is about nature that exists within the city’s borders, and about complex interactions between people and the natural environment. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
Why was Burnaby resident shot?
More than a month after Hanif Jessa’s death, few details are available to give insight into the shooting Cayley Dobie
cdobie@burnabynow.com
It’s been more than a month since a City of Vancouver worker was shot and killed outside his home in Burnaby, and the public is no closer to finding out the motive behind the violent attack. Around noon on July 17, Burnaby RCMP descended on a home in the 7900 block of Wickham Place, a cul-de-sac off Berkley Street near Canada Way. At the scene, officers found 53-year-old Hanif Jessa. He had been shot and was rushed to the hospital, where he died. Jessa was identified
as a Burnaby resident and the night superintendent of street cleaning for the City of Vancouver, and his death sparked the lockdown of several City of Vancouver buildings and works yards. At a press conference on July 18, Sgt. Stephanie Ashton, spokesperson for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, told reporters no one had been arrested and there were no suspects. Despite her statement, reporters pressed on, asking about suspect vehicles, descriptions and so on, but Ashton was adamant – there were no suspects. “We are treating this homicide investiga-
tion with the seriousness it deserves, and In a statement, police said a threat against the public can be assured all possible steps a City of Vancouver employee was what are being taken to address their concerns by sparked the heavy-handed response. It’s unconducting a thorough and detailed investiknown, however, if Jessa was the only city gation,” she added. employee in danger, and if he was, why city But since then, many quesbuildings were locked down. tions still remain, including Vancouver Mayor Gregor All possible what was the motive behind Robertson, along with police the shooting? wouldn’t comsteps are being spokespeople, At the time of the incident, ment on the investigation, taken it was suggested that Jessa was adding it was in the hands of involved in a dispute with a the Integrated Homicide Inco-worker.When the City of vestigation Team. Vancouver was notified about There’s also the issue of Jessa’s death, the Vancouver the two employees with the police were called in to secure several city City of Port Moody who were put on lockworks yards and job sites. Additional offidown.The Port Moody Police put out a cers were also sent to city buildings, includstatement shortly after the shooting ing city hall, to provide extra security. Continued on page 4
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