Burnaby Now October 28 2016

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PEOPLE 3

Thanking an ‘extraordinary man’

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Pedestrian safety blitz

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LOCAL NEWS – LOCAL MATTERS

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AFTERMATH: A man was shot and then drove his car into a home at the intersection of Broadway and Fell Avenue Wednesday morning. A 44-year-old man known to police was taken to hospital and is recovering. PHOTO RYAN STELTING

Early morning city shooting ‘targeted’ targeted, according to police. The incident happened around 1 a.m. when shots rang out in the 6000 block of Broadway. Police arrived to find a car partially lodged

By Jeremy Deutsch

jdeutsch@burnabynow.com

A shooting Wednesday morning in Burnaby that sent one man to hospital and his car into a house was

inside a home at the intersection of Broadway and Fell Avenue. A 44-year-old man inside the vehicle was transported to hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

The RCMP are calling the shooting targeted. Police also noted the victim is well known to police and is affiliated with an organized crime group. No arrests have been made in the case.

“We are satisfied with the progress we are making on this investigation thus far,” said RCMP Sgt. Annie Linteau in a statement. “A number of police resources will continue to look at a

possible motive for this incident and look at who could potentially be involved.” She said investigators have spoken to witnesses but are asking anyone Continued on page 10

CITY APPROVED FENCE

Bublé’s wall strikes sour note with neighbours By Jeremy Deutsch

jdeutsch@burnabynow.com

While he may sing about wanting to go home, some neighbours living near crooner Michael Bublé’s new mansion under construction in Burnaby aren’t exactly

rolling out the welcome mat. Several residents living on Government Road have reached out to the NOW in recent days complaining about the new home, specifically an eight-foot-tall concrete fence at the front of the property. One resident living near the

property at 7868 Government Rd., who wrote to the NOW but did not want to be identified, said she was surprised the city approved the fence. “It already looks so out of keeping with the neighbourhood that it’s hard to believe the city has al-

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