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STEADY HAND: Huang Zheng Peng works on his calligraphy entry during the Century Cup calligraphy competition, held at Tian-Jin Temple on Sunday. The competition was co-sponsored by the Chinese Taoism Kuan-Kung Association in Canada and the Rotary Club of Vancouver Centennial. For more photos see page 28. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
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Council gets earful over demovictions Jeremy Deutsch
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Anthea Alexander has lived in her one-bedroom apartment at 6687 Marlborough Ave. for the decade since her retirement. “As a senior, it was just perfect for me,” she said.
But if a proposed highrise development for the block she lives on gets approval from city hall, the 75-yearold will be looking for a new home next spring. “I just turned 75 yesterday, and here I am looking at homelessness come the end of May,” she said. “I
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just don’t know how it’s going to go.” Alexander was one of a couple dozen residents who turned up to city hall for a public hearing on Tuesday to voice opposition to a rezoning application for seven properties on Dunblane and Marlborough avenues.
The application, put forward by Polygon Development, will see the demolition of seven older rental buildings in the Metrotown area to make way for a 38-storey highrise. In all, 35 rental units will be lost under the new development, including Alexan-
der’s apartment. She pays $735 and has no idea where she will move if evicted. Alexander was at the public hearing in hopes of getting city council to say no to the rezoning. One by one, residents offered their opposition to the development and shared
their stories. Sherry Chen and her family are facing eviction for the second time in less than five years. She told council she wants to stay in Burnaby but doesn’t know where she’ll be able to rent, and she doesn’t have the Continued on page 8
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