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Burnaby eyes history with rental-only zoning Kelvin Gawley

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Hundreds of rental apartments have been demolished in Burnaby in recent years, while few new ones have been built. Now, the city has passed an ambitious plan to turn the tide. On Monday, city council voted unanimously to endorse an implementation strategy for rental-only zoning.The plan aims to protect thousands of existing rental apartments from demolition and could lead to thousands more being built, Mayor Mike Hurley said before the vote.

Between Jan. 1, 2011 and April 30, 2019, there were 685 purpose-built rental units demolished in Burnaby’s Metrotown neighbourhood alone, according to the city.The dramatic loss in rental stock was largely the result of developers razing low-rise apartment building to make way for new condo towers.Thousands of renters have been displaced. “It’s time to start turning that trend around,” Hurley said. Burnaby was the first B.C. municipality to take advantage of new rental-only zoning powers, adding a suite of new zoning classifications to its bylaws in De-

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cember 2018.While other cities have since used rental zoning in limited instances, Burnaby city staff have been developing an all-encompassing plan for implementation. “I think there’s other municipalities that have touched on individual points, but never as a package like this that comprises the whole gamut,” Burnaby’s assistant director of current planning, Johannes Schumann, told the NOW. ONE-TO-ONE RENTAL REPLACEMENT The plan would require developers to replace every rental apartment they de-

molish in a redevelopment on a one-to-one basis. And those replacement apartments would have to be rented out at affordable rates, defined as 20-percent below the rental market average determined by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. In 2018, CMHC found the average rents for one-bedroom apartments were $1,253 in Burnaby’s Central Park/Metrotown neighbourhood, $1,094 in southeast Burnaby and $1,329 in North Burnaby. The CMHC average takes into account all rentals in an area, meaning the rates are far lower than typ-

ical rents for new builds, Schumann said. He estimates the prescribed rates for replacement apartments will be 40-per-cent below typical market rates for new purpose-built rental units. “This is really just laying down the gauntlet,” Schumann said. “You gotta replace one to one – it’s gotta be affordable.” Displaced tenants would also be given the opportunity to move into the new apartments. The Mayor’s Task Force on Community Housing is currently finalizing its tenant relocation policy recommendations, Hurley said. He said the plan will ensure

fair treatment and compensation for displaced renters. RENTAL UNITS IN NEW BUILDS City staff are also recommending council endorse a plan that would require 20 per cent of units in all new multi-family developments to be purpose-built rentals. The city would be able to protect those units as rentals in perpetuity by applying rental-zoning to specific units, while the rest of the building would fall under different zoning for stratified units. The rentals would remain under the ownership of each building’s strata. Continued on page 11

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Real estate deal ‘tainted by illegality’: judge Judge lambastes actions in a deal involving the sale of the land next to Holdom SkyTrain station Cornelia Naylor

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A real estate deal involving a bowling alley sitting on a prime piece of Burnaby development property was “tainted by illegality” and has been deemed unenforceable by a B.C. Supreme Court judge. BIG DEAL The 4.28-acre property at 5502 Lougheed Hwy., currently the site of REVS Bowling Centre, sits right beside the Holdom SkyTrain station and is worth about $86.6 million, according to the latest assessment. In October 2011, however, its owners, Brentwood Lanes Canada Ltd., signed an agreement to sell it for just $28.8 million. The buyer was a company called Pacific Success Management & Consultants Inc., owned by Xiao Dong Liu, a.k.a. Allen Liu – a businessman who owns two strip malls in Richmond and has been involved in various business enterprises in China, including as president of a real estate company that built a large mixed residential and commercial multi-tower development in Dalian in 2009, according to court documents. The Brentwood sales contract was eventually made over to another of Liu’s companies,Youyi Group Holdings (Canada) Ltd. Just before the deal was scheduled to close, however, it fell apart. Brentwood Lanes announced it wasn’t going to go through with it. The company argued the contract wasn’t enforceable because of wrongdoing by Liu and a real estate agent, Kevin Hien, who was supposed to have been acting for both parties but who had withheld information from Brentwood Lanes about the development potential of its property. Liu and Hien said Brentwood Lanes was backing out because of seller’s remorse and launched a lawsuit to force the sale or get damages for breach of contract. ‘FESTIVAL OF DECEITFULNESS’ After six-and-a-half years of legal wrangling, culmi-

nating in a 77-day trial in 2017 and 2018, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Andrew Mayer ruled on the case this month – and found few involved in the case were free from the taint of dishonesty and wrongdoing. “Various judgments have, with undisguised scorn, referred to repeated witness untruthfulness during trials as a ‘festival of mendacity,’ that is, a festival of deceitfulness,” Mayer wrote in his May 10 ruling. “I find that this description is appropriate in this case.” He singled out Liu and Hien, whose testimonies he described as not credible and inconsistent. Mayer concluded the two had worked to deceive potential buyers, appraisers, mortgage brokers, lenders and potential joint-venture development partners during the course of the Brentwood Lanes negotiations. ‘FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT’ On Sept. 6, 2011, for example, Liu and Hien convinced Jeong Lee, president of Brentwood Lanes, to sign a phony $38.8-million purchase agreement for the Brentwood property and then another fake document on Oct. 5, 2011 purporting to terminate it, according to Mayer. The bogus agreement was for $10 million more than the price actually agreed to and stated the buyers had paid a $10-million deposit, which they had not. Mayer said the fake agreement was likely designed to induce a potential Chinese investor at the time to contribute more to the purchase of the property by exaggerating the price and the deposit paid by Liu’s company. “It was not an agreement at all,” Mayer said. “It was a fraudulent document designed to deceive a number of parties, including appraisers, mortgage brokers and potential lenders and joint venture partners and assignees.” FALSE-DEPOSIT SCHEME At Liu’s direction, Hien had also urged Lee to enter into a false-deposit scheme designed to make it look like Liu had contributed $8 million more in equity to the deal than he actually had and “mask” from lenders a plan to place second

GUTTER BALL: Sale of this piece of property next to the Holdom SkyTrain station ended in a court battle. mortgages on other properties owned by Liu and his companies. Hien outlined the scheme in a November 2012 email presented in court. Brentwood Lanes would provide a $4 million payment toYouyi Canada; Youyi would provide a “receipt” for $4 million and then return the $4 million to Brentwood. Using the funds they had just gotten back, Brentwood would payYouyi another $4 million in exchange for another $4-million receipt, and Youyi would again return the $4 million to Brentwood.Then, afterYouyi secured financing to buy the Brentwood property (partly relying on the fictitious extra $8 million in equity), Brentwood Lanes would get $8 million in mortgage security over other properties owned by Liu or his companies. LEASE-BACK RATES Mayer further concluded Hien and Liu schemed to mislead lenders into believing the rents on the Brentwood Lanes property would be more lucrative than they really would be. Brentwood Lanes wanted to lease back the Brentwood property for three years after the sale, and rent reductions negotiated over the course of the deal totalled

in the millions of dollars, but they were documented as separately numbered addenda and schedules even when they could easily have been included in the bodies of the purchase and lease agreements. The lease agreement, for example, was signed on the same day as a schedule amending it. Mayer concluded the agreements were prepared that way so documents showing lower rents could easily be removed from materials sent to lenders. “There is evidence that Allen Liu, his employees or agents used the lease documents in this manner,” Mayer said. UNLAWFUL PURPOSES After detailing Liu’s and Hien’s deceptive machinations, Mayer ruled the Brentwood deal was “part of a transaction intended to be used for unlawful purposes or otherwise tainted by illegality.” He said enforcing the agreement would be “harmful to the integrity of the legal system.” Mayer said Lee “may not have been a completely innocent participant” in the intended fraud – given that he signed the phony $38.8-million purchase agreement – but his participation didn’t legally prevent

Brentwood Lanes from using the unlawful-purposes defence to void the deal. In its counterclaim, Brentwood Lanes also called for damages against Liu for conspiring with Hien to keep Brentwood Lanes in the dark about the value of its property in exchange for Hien getting a bigger share of the commissions and referral fees. Mayer dismissed that claim, however, saying Brentwood Lanes had failed to prove the conspiracy. DOUBLE AGENT But Mayer did find Hien – who was supposed to be representing both parties – had breached his fiduciary duty and contractual obligation as a real estate agent when he gave information about the high-density zoning potential of the Brentwood property to Liu but not to Lee and Brentwood Lanes. (Such dual-agency was banned by the province in June 2018 after complaints against a number of Metro Vancouver real estate agents during the hot B.C. housing market of 2016-17.) Until 2010, the Brentwood property was eligible for RM5 rezoning, which would have allowed for high-density, multi-family development. In December 2010, how-

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ever, the city created a new RM5s designation and further increased the allowable density in multi-family zones in its four town centres.The change nearly doubled the total potential density of the Brentwood property. Hien was aware of the RM5s potential before the purchase agreement was signed. He said he discussed it with Lee during their first meeting, but Lee said he was not made aware of it until well after the agreement was signed. Mayer concluded Lee’s testimony was the more reliable. For breaching his fiduciary duty and contractual obligations, Mayer ordered Hien to pay $1 and legal costs. Mayer stopped short of finding Hien guilty of negligent misrepresentation or of slapping him with aggravating and punitive damages. “I expect that Kevin Hien’s reputation as a realtor is likely already in tatters as a result of the events leading up to and during this litigation,” Mayer said. He noted Hien and his associates would be getting no fees or commissions from the sale of the property. “In my view, that is punishment enough,” Mayer said.

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Burnaby council backs SFU gondola project

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Burnaby city council has given TransLink the goahead to keep planning for a gondola to Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby Mountain campus. The city’s mayor and councillors voted unaminously Monday to support, in principle,TransLink’s plan to link the school with a SkyTrain station. TransLink carries 25,000 people to SFU’s Burnaby Mountain campus every day, making it the biggest transit destination in the city without a SkyTrain station, according to a city staff report. Demand is only expected to grow as enrolment increases and the UniverCity community grows. A gondola could also better serve the school in winter, the report says. “The combination of snow and steep grades can make provision of (bus) service to Burnaby Mountain difficult in the win-

ter months,” the report states. “Service is interrupted or significantly delayed on about ten days annually, sometimes necessitating the closure of the campus so that students and staff can evacuate before that day’s transit service is cancelled.” A gondola could, theoretically, serve the mountain faster, more frequently and more reliably than buses, city staff wrote. TransLink’s 10-Year Vision from 2014 did not include plans to build the gondola but did support studying the idea further. Despite all voting to advance the planning process, several council members expressed concerns about the impacts the project could have on Forest Grove residents. A route proposed by TransLink would take the gondola directly over some homes in a straight line from the Production Way-University station to the SFU bus loop. Several councillors said this could become a nuisance and pri-

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vacy violation for residents. “If that’s the preferred route that TransLink wants to push through, I won’t stand for it and I know the residents of Forest Grove won’t stand for it,” Coun. Joe Keithley said. “Those people there, they’re already living with the (Trans Mountain) pipeline, so to add this on top of it would be a crushing blow.” TransLink has also pro-

posed a longer route that would leave Production Way-University before making a 90-degree turn midway and continuing to the campus.The route would avoid passing directly over homes but would pass close to more houses than the first option, the city report says. Burnaby has proposed a third option: run the gondola from the Lake City Way

station, around the Trans Mountain tank farm and then to the SFU bus loop. This option “would appear to offer an alternative with lower impacts to residents, riparian areas and the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area,” the report states. Burnaby’s proposed route would be 4.3 kilometres long – 59 per cent longer than the most direct proposed route – but Coun.

Sav Dhaliwal said the added cost would be worth it. “If we think the project is that good, that it’s going to be a benefit for the next 60 years or a lot more, then we should be willing to spend a lot more money,” he said. The veteran councillor, who also serves as Metro Vancouver’s board chair, said he’s not convinced the project’s estimated $200 million price tag will be worth the purported benefits. A gondola can never fully replace road access in snowy weather, he said. “The roads have to be still clear. If we’re not doing it, we need to give some more attention to that so people can get there under any circumstances, under any weather conditions,” he said. “It hardly ever snows here; if it does, it’s not exactly the blizzard that other parts of the country (get).” TransLink is now expected to seek funding from senior levels of government to advance the gondola project plan.

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Maybe it’s time to turn down the music a little The B.C. government has made some good strides when it comes to improving working conditions for restaurant and bar servers. For one thing, employers can no longer force servers to wear high heels, making life easier for women who have to be on their feet for long periods of time. The government has also raised the wages of servers, with steps to further close the wage gap between them and other workers. Now, more needs to be

done to deal with hearing loss. Hearing loss in the workplace can be just as damaging in the service industry as it is in heavy industrial settings, warns WorkSafeBC. It has issued a safety bulletin alerting employers and workers to raise awareness of the risk – saying regular exposure to noise levels above 85 decibels can cause permanent hearing loss to unprotected workers. Studies have found pubs

and nightclubs in B.C. regularly exceed that during a regular shift, said a WorkSafeBC press release. “Noise is a serious and widespread problem in many workplaces, and this includes the service industry,” said Dan Strand, director of prevention services. “Our research has found that most service sector workers and employers are not aware of the risk of hearing loss in their industry.” Although wearing hearing

protection is key to service industry workers,WorkSafeBC points out “bartenders, servers and other workers are often reluctant to use hearing protection because they believe it will make it difficult to communicate with customers. But the organization disputes that assumption, saying hearing protection devices usually allow workers to hear someone speaking to them better than if they didn’t have hearing protection.

“Studies show that when noise levels reach 90 decibels or higher, hearing protection actually improves your ability to hear speech,” said Strand. WorkSafeBC said if noise levels exceed 85 decibels in an eight-hour shift, then employers are required to have a noise control and hearing conservation program.The release said WorkSafeBC receives more than 2,000 hearing-loss claims annually where benefits are paid in the form of

hearing aids. The government needs to do more to ensure these programs are enforced. It should also look at possible rules restricting the noise level in these establishments.There will be pushback from the industry, of course, but like the ban on smoking, we feel that a slightly quieter workplace will eventually be accepted by customers – and appreciated by staff.

MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

TMX suit is about political capital Nobody should be surprised that Attorney-General David Eby was quick to declare the B.C. government will appeal the decisive court ruling on who controls the flow of oil between provinces. The lack of emotion attached to his pronouncement, however, was telling – another indication the BC NDP’s desire is for this issue to just go away, even with that pending appeal. The NDP is walking a political tightrope on the Trans Mountain project as it works to placate environmentalists within the party, while still supporting the resource industry. The party has long said it would use “every tool in the toolbox” to fight Trans Mountain, but the toolbox really only had one weak and tepid “tool.” That tool was this court case, considered a bit of a Hail Mary.The government provided no legal evidence that a province could control what is a federally regulated entity. Nevertheless, the NDP had to do something to make it look like it was trying to block the pipeline. Environment Minister George Heyman sheepishly admitted early on upon taking office that there was absolutely nothing “legally” the government could do to stop its construction. Hence, the rather novel court argument about jurisdiction. As expected, the B.C. Court of Appeal made short work of it, giving the argument a 5-0 drubbing.

And given the voluminous case evidence and precedents provided by Justice Mary Newbury in her 50page ruling, it seems unlikely the B.C. government can sway the Supreme Court of Canada. It may all be a waste of tax dollars, but it is political capital that the NDP is more concerned with accumulating. An appeal will allow B.C. Premier John Horgan to be able to say he did what he could to stop the pipeline and that will be the end of things. Some environmental groups will be upset, but they were upset with the decisions to finish the Site C dam and woo the LNG industry into this province and that opposition mattered little. Some have mistakenly thought that launching the appeal was designed to keep the B.C. Green Party in check to ensure it continues keeping the NDP in power. That is a misread of the reality that has emerged about the relationship between the two parties (for all their criticism and complaining, it has become quite clear the B.C. Greens will never take down this government). No, this appeal of an apparent hopeless cause simply reflects the fact that the NDP had one more “tool” at its disposal and had to use it. But once the appeal process is over, the party will no doubt be glad to move on from a fight that will end with a whimper, not a bang. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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many are temporary? The Ministry of Transportation is installing more lights on many highways, but many cities are not doing too much. Nathan Davidowicz, Burnaby Editor’s note: According to a NOW story from April 18, the city finished converting all of its streetlights to use LED bulbs earlier this month. Burnaby began converting its 11,600 streetlights in 2015 at a cost of $4.8 million.

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A 28-year-old Sunshine Coast driver who was rearended by a taxi on Highway 1 in Burnaby wasn’t about to just suck it up and accept the 50-per-cent blame ICBC assigned to him for an accident he says wasn’t his fault. Willis Clark was driving his Toyota Tacoma pickup east in the fast lane by the Douglas Road overpass near the end of rush hour on a dark, sleety evening on March 6 at about 6:30 p.m., when he saw a taxi behind him swerving to get into the HOV lane. Clarke said the cab rearended him when he had to hit the brakes because cars ahead of him slowed down. “He was super apologetic,” Clarke said of the cab driver. Two weeks later, though, he found out the man had told ICBC it was Clarke who had swerved in front of him, and Clarke was assessed with 50 per cent of

the blame. Clarke appealed, but his appeal was denied, so he asked ICBC to have a forensic engineer examine the damage. He said ICBC told him there was not enough damage to justify the expense and also that the only thing a forensic engineer could determine was that the vehicles were going in the same direction. Craig Luker, a 25-year forensic engineer who has worked on more than 2,000 crash investigations – including for ICBC – said that’s just not so. “The reality is, when you look at the nuance of the damage, sometimes you can tell things that you wouldn’t have foreseen,” Luker told the NOW. “Sometimes you can see that a particular bracket is bent in a particular direction, say outboard and to the left, and, if that’s the case, then it tells you that there’s a force that came from inboard and to the right.” Clarke, with help from his

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dad, Brad Clarke, paid the engineer’s company nearly $3,000 for a report. It concluded Clarke’s account of the collision was the more likely. “The physical evidence is consistent with the version of events that the taxi struck the rear of the pickup truck while the pickup was travelling straight and while the taxi was overtaking it and performing a lane change to the left,” states the report, obtained by the NOW. The Clarkes told ICBC

about the findings of Luker’s report but said they wouldn’t give the insurance company a copy until it agreed to cover the costs if the findings proved to be conclusive. “We were cautioned that ICBC, after looking at the report, could change fault, and we would still be left with the bill,” Brad Clarke said. ICBC shuffled their proposal around to several different managers, he said, and it was only after fa-

ther and son threatened to take the story to the media that the auto insurer agreed to pay for the report if it proved conclusive. ICBC got the report on May 15, according to the Clarkes, but still hadn’t made a decision a weekand-a-half later. Brad Clarke described the process as an “endless runaround,” but he and his son were ready to take the matter to court – even though the money they had already spent was more than Clarke would have paid for accepting 50 per cent of the blame. “It’s principle. I’m not a liar. I don’t think this taxi driver should get away with lying,” Clarke said. After questions from the NOW on Friday, however, ICBC reached out to Clarke Monday to say the insurance company had assessed the taxi driver with 100 per cent of the blame and that Clarke would be reimbursed for the engineering report. An in-house ICBC ex-

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pert had been on vacation, the company explained. After the expert returned and looked over the report, ICBC had been able to reassess the claim. Spokesperson Lindsay Wilkins told the NOW disagreements about responsibility happen and are a “normal part of the claims process,” and options available to drivers are outlined on ICBC’s website. She noted ICBC made a decision about the report within seven business days. “In addition to having an ICBC expert review the report, we had to get permission from the customer to speak to the customer’s engineer and then speak to the engineer about the report,” she said. Clarke, meanwhile, is just happy the ordeal is over with. His takeaway is clear. “Don’t let ICBC bully you,” he said. And, if you can, get your dad to help. “They really only started doing stuff when my dad got involved,” Clarke said.

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A man honoured by the Burnaby Fire Department in 2012 for pulling an elderly neighbour from a burning apartment has run out of time to sue the owner and managers of the building for negligence because he listened to a provincial court judge’s decision instead of appealing it. Remigiusz Janus, a former Polish firefighter, waded through thick black smoke on April 16, 2012 to pull his neighbour, Iliya Mochev, from his burning fourth-floor apartment at the Kingsway Court seniors’ residence at 5560 Inman Ave. Mochev had been cooking when he took a fall and couldn’t get up, according to news reports at the time. The pot on the stove continued cooking, eventually sparking a fire in the small apartment. Instead of getting out of the building, Janus plunged into the smoke-filled apartment to get Mochev. The fire department honoured Janus with a certificate for his heroics. Janus, representing himself, then tried to sue the burned apartment building’s management company – FirstService Residential BC Ltd. – in B.C. Provincial Court (small claims) in 2014, claiming the firm had been negligent for its lack of fire safety and was responsible for smoke-related injuries and the loss of personal property. A judge dismissed the case, however, saying the dispute fell under the jurisdiction of the Residential Tenancy Branch. So Janus launched a Residential Tenancy Branch claim in 2015 against both the management company and the owner of the building, Central Park Citizen Society. But that case was dismissed because – by that time – the two-year time limit for filing the claim had elapsed. Janus launched a new suit in B.C. Supreme Court after being diagnosed with cancer in September 2015. He alleged the negligence of the owner and managers led to him being exposed to harmful smoke and asbestos dust, as well as to him losing personal belongings and being rendered homeless for a year.

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Heroic actions: From left, Burnaby firefighter Joe Tylor, Burnaby fire chief Shaun Redmond, Iliya Mochev, Remigiusz Janus and Burnaby fire inspector Dave Wensley. PHOTO NOW FILES

He sought damages for past and future income loss and future care costs. The owner and managers applied to have the case dismissed, arguing, in part, that the suit had been filed too late since it fell under the Residential Tenancy Act, which has a two-year time limit. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Diane MacDonald disagreed, saying Janus’ claim didn’t fall under the Residential Tenancy Act because his cancer diagnosis would likely end in a bigger claim than the $35,000 RTA limit. She concluded the case should be heard on its merits. Before that could happen, though, the owner and managers appealed to the B.C. Court of Appeal, and MacDonald’s decision was overturned. The court agreed that the two-year RTA time limit didn’t apply but said MacDonald had erred in concluding the clock didn’t start ticking on Janus’ claim until after his cancer diagnosis. The court concluded the limitation period had started with his initial small claims case in B.C. Provincial Court and that he should have appealed that judge’s ruling instead accepting it at the time and taking his claim to the RTB. “Ultimately, Mr. Janus is left without a remedy because he failed to appeal the decision of the Provincial Court dismissing his claim,” stated a B.C. Court of Appeal ruling written by Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon. “This result will no doubt seem unfair to Mr. Janus, especially as he started his claim within time only to be told by the Provincial Court that he was in the wrong forum. It will be little com-

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City now Plan seeks a balance: Hurley Continued from page 1 ADDING RENTALS TO COMMERCIAL ZONES Developers building in commercial zones could add rental units to their buildings, as long as the overall building conforms to community plans for the area, Schumann said. For example, if a developer plans to build a 10-storey office tower in an area where city plans call for a maximum of 20 storeys, they could add 10 storeys of rental housing, Schumann said. Only 51 per cent of the total floor area would have to be for commercial use. MORE CONDOS OFFSETTING AFFORDABLE RENTALS A new “density offset” policy could allow developers to build more market condos in a building if they also create “affordable” rental units.The city would use the same definition of affordable as the rental units replacing demolished apartments (20 per cent below CMHC average). VACANCY RENTAL CONTROLS While this plan could lead to hundreds or thousands of new rental units being built in Burnaby in the coming years, there’s no guarantee they’ll be affordable to the average person. Developers will be able to set the initial rents at the market rate, but the city plans to put controls on subsequent increases. Staff are recommending the city require covenants that would restrict rental increases when tenants turn over – a policy known as vacancy control.The owner would only be able to increase the rent for new tenants by the maximum annual increase for incum-

Old and new: Condo construction in Metrotown looms over rental buildings. PHOTO NOW FILES

bent renters set out by the province that year (2019’s maximum increase is 2.5 per cent). The vacancy controls would only apply to purpose-built rental units built after the policy is in place. The city has no legal mechanism to control rental increases in existing rentals, Schumann explained. Developers often cry foul when rent controls are proposed, saying the policy hurts their ability to cover maintenance costs. But Hurley said he believes new buildings will continue to be proposed and built. “Developers will always say it hurts their business case, but I don’t necessarily believe that,” he said. “The profits may not be as high as they were before, but they’ll still be there.”

posals, existing rental units could still be threatened by redevelopment. A developer could demolish a purpose-built rental building and replace it with market condos under the existing zoning.Without a rezoning process, the city would have no ability to require replacement rental units. So the city’s plan proposes rezoning all existing purpose-built rental buildings with six or more units as rental only. Schumann estimated this would be a mass rezoning of some 500 to 1,000 units throughout the city. Now that the plan has been endorsed, council will have to go through the typical rezoning process to rezone the rental sites, which includes public hearings.

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THE RIGHT BALANCE? The overall plan finds a balance that will actually see rental units built and pro-

tected, Schumann said. “We feel that we’ve hit the mark,” he said. “We want to achieve these units.The goal is to actually see them built, not just have a good policies sitting on a shelf.” After being endorsed on Monday, the rental zoning planning is now official policy, Schumann said. “In terms of implementation, it’s a mixture of the tortoise and the hare,” he said. “I think we want to come out of the gate strong, providing these opportunities but we understand that this is long-term goal for the city, this isn’t a flash in the pan.” Hurley, who was elected in 2018 on a promise to improve housing affordability, said the zoning will be just one “tool in the toolbox” for the city going forward. “I don’t feel it’s a panacea; I feel it’s an opportunity,” he said.

Landlords push back against zoning plan Burnaby’s new rental policies have been met with mixed reviews – enthusiastic approval from councillors, muted praise from a housing activist and disappointment from a landlord advocate. On Monday, city council unanimously approved new rental zoning powers. The strategy includes rezoning existing rental apartments to protect them from development; requiring developers to replace demolished apartments and rehouse displaced tenants; and demanding that one in five units in new developments be purpose-built rental. “This is a very bold step in addressing the rental housing crisis,” Coun. Pietro Calendino said at Monday’s council meeting. The sentiment was echoed by Calendino’s council colleagues, including Coun. Joe Keithley, who said the move affirmed “that housing is a right and not a privilege.” But not everyone was equally impressed. “I think there’s really quite a few problems here,” said David Hutniak, CEO of Landlord B.C. The landlord advocate said he likes a provision in

Burnaby’s rental-zoning plan allowing rental zoning additions to commercial and mixed-use developments and he supports a robust tenant relocation policy. But, Hutniak said, the plan will not lead to the creation of new rental housing. “The numbers just aren’t going to work,” he said. “You start out with what looks like, on the surface, some sort of a progressive policy – but if it’s structured on such a basis that the economics just don’t work, that means that nothing is going to get built.” He said using “inclusionary zoning” to require 20 per cent rental housing in new buildings will do little to recoup the hundreds of rental apartments destroyed by developers in Burnaby in recent years. “To get a couple thousand rental units – which is just a drop in the bucket for what Burnaby needs – that means we need to build 10,000 condo units,” Hutniak said. Burnaby would do better to follow Vancouver’s lead by offering incentives to developers to build 100-percent rental developments, he said. – Kelvin Gawley

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All Aboozar Ahmadi wanted was a university education. It took a journey from Iran, through Azerbaijan, and all the way to Canada to get one. On May 23, the Burnaby resident graduated from UBC with a master’s in public policy and global affairs. “I’m excited about the whole thing because growing up in Iran after my high school it was my dream to go to university,” he said. “But then for 10 years I didn’t really have the opportunity until I came to Canada.” Ahmadi was born in Iran in 1984, one of seven boys born to Afghan refugees. Because his parents were from Afghanistan, he was also an Afghan citizen. “But I’ve never been to Afghanistan,” he said. This caused him some confusion in Grade 1. “In Iran, when you’re a kid you don’t really understand the dynamics and your status in that country,” he said. “The first time they asked about my nationality was Grade 1.The school principal asked if I was Iranian or an Afghan, and I didn’t really know what the difference was.” But as the years went on, the differences between the refugees and Iranian children were made clear. “Growing up you could basically understand that

despite the fact that you were born in that country and it was the only place that you knew, you’d have to leave that country one day,” Ahmadi said. “The metaphor that they would use when talking about the Afghan refugees – there’s a big Afghan refugee community in Iran – the metaphor was the guest, and as a guest you’d have to leave at some point, right?” It also affected what rights the family had.They couldn’t have a bank account. It was almost impossible to get a driver’s licence. And the kids needed a permit to go to school. “I remember one year it took them a bit longer, I was in Grade 4 at the time, they issued the permit a month later and I was very sad because I had friends going to school and I could not go, so I was just wondering why?” he said. When Ahmadi was in his last year of high school, his mother died of leukemia. The family had to cover all the health costs themselves – there was no government coverage for refugees. This debt, as well as the restrictions that limit refugees from attending university, meant Ahmadi had to get a job in construction after high school.The family left Iran five years later, going to Azerbaijan for four years, until 2012. In July of that year, Ahmadi’s father’s cousin sponsored the family to come to Canada. They arrived first inWin-

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nipeg but ended up coming to theWest Coast and living in Burnaby. He says the oftused comparison of winning the lottery is true for him – that’s exactly what coming to Canada felt like. “I remember the first day I arrived inVancouver, the day after I went toVancouver Community College to inquire about their registra-

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al systems,” he said. “And at the same time it would help me understand my own life.” After graduation, Ahmadi leaves for China as part of the Seeds of the Future work-study program. He hopes to work for the federal government and plans to move to Ottawa at the end of the summer.

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TAKE THE WHOLE FAMILY to the 35th annual Hats Off Day. Hastings Street will be closed to traffic between Boundary Road and Gamma Avenue from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday to welcome an estimated 50,000 people to the parade and street party.This year’s theme is superheroes, so don your cape for the day. Check out the special section starting on page 25 of this edition.

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PRACTISE YOUR ENGLISH SKILLS at the ESL Conversation Circle from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Tommy Douglas branch of the Burnaby Public Library (7311 Kingsway). A librarian will lead a conversation on a variety of topics. Drop in; no registration needed. Info: www.bpl.bc.ca/events.

GIVE SPRING KAYAKING AND CANOEING A TRY this Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Burnaby Canoe and Kayak Club will host an open house, welcoming anyone to come experience the sports. It is recommended you dress in quick-dry workout gear and flip-flops.

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City now Hidden message: Burnaby North Secondary Grade 8 students puzzle over clues in a mirrored room during the Consider the Consequences Tour. The Health Canada initiative features an interactive maze and other resources to get kids thinking critically about the risks of vaping.

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More than twice as many local students are vaping nicotine as smoking cigarettes – and the Burnaby school district wants to educate them and their parents about the possible consequences. All this week, local high schools will host Health Canada’s Consider the Consequences Tour, an interactive learning event aimed at informing youth between the ages of 13 and 18 about harms and risks related to vaping. Thirteen per cent of Burnaby students who filled out the McCreary Centre Society’s latest B.C. Adolescent Health Survey said they had vaped nicotine within one month of the survey; six per cent said they had smoked a cigarette. Since the comprehensive youth health survey, which is done every five years, has never included vaping ques-

tions before, the results can’t show whether the activity is up or down, but Sue Dorey, managing director of safe and caring schools in Burnaby, says, “anecdotally,” the district is noticing it more. “We have emerging issues, not just in Burnaby but everywhere, and we’re trying to get ahead of it,” she said. Burnaby’s vaping numbers in the survey are actually lower than the provincial results, which showed 21 per cent of the youths had vaped within one month of the survey. “It has become its own cultural phenomenon,” Dorey said. Along with hosting the Health Canada tour, which features hands-on activities, touch screens, puzzles and other activities aimed at getting students thinking about the consequences of vaping, the district has posted information on its website. In a 5 ThingsYou Need

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to Know infographic, the district warns vaping nicotine can alter brain development, harm lungs and increase exposure to harmful chemicals. Parents and students are also reminded that it’s illegal to sell vape products to youth under the age of 19 and that vaping isn’t allowed on school property. But the Consider the

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ing accessibility.” During the upcoming National AccessAbility Week, let’s acknowledge the challenges seniors and others with disabilities face, and celebrate the great work being done on their behalf.

ability, noted that while there are still frustrations about the ignorance displayed by some, awareness seems to be improving. “I feel more comfortable that awareness is improving – young people are more re-

lematic. They also talked about poor transportation options and issues with bus availability and accessibility.They appreciated social spaces for people to congregate, but shady trees along walkways would also be appreciated, both as protection from the sun and the rain. Seniors were concerned that too much emphasis is being given to the needs of bike riders, and not enough to the availability and safety of walking areas, especially during inclement weather in the months of October to May. Other barriers that might prevent seniors from fully participating in community or aging in place include inadequate or unaffordable housing, inaccessible public spaces such as buildings without elevators, ramps and easy-to-use doors, homes with inadequate supports for seniors and, probably most importantly, peoples’ awareness of the issues and concerns of that people living with disabilities have. On a positive note, Pam Horton, a senior with a dis-

Access and ability are being given special attention across Canada from now until June 1. According to the national website for National AccessAbility Week: “This is a time when accessibility and inclusion is promoted across communities and workplaces and a time to celebrate the contributions of Canadians with disabilities. It is also an opportunity to recognize the efforts of Canadians who are actively removing barriers and ensuring persons with disabilities have an equal chance to participate in all aspects of Canadian society.” Accessibility is an issue for seniors as many cope with disabilities as a natural part of aging and these disabilities can impede their ability to be connected to community and to age in place in their home. Around 43 per cent of seniors aged 65 and over have a disability, or there are more than 1.76 million Canadians aged 65 and over who are living with one, according to data available on the Canadian government’s website. Seniors may experience a number of disability issues including hearing and eyesight loss, mobility issues (the major issue for seniors), agility issues, and diseases which might prohibit full participation in community, such as incontinence, cognitive decline, rheumatism and arthritis.The latter was reported on as the cause of more than 30 per cent of all mobility and agility disabilities.

While developing a disability can perhaps be an inevitability for aging adults, barriers that could be ameliorated continue to exist. At a Seniors on the Go event held recently, the following question was asked: How easy is it for seniors to get around safely and effortlessly, disabled or not? Not so easy said the seniors. Seniors spoke about a lack of sidewalks, dangerous intersections, the speed and noise of vehicles, poor lighting, and obstacles on sidewalks such as expanded patio areas, and sandwich boards. Seniors complained about curb downs (dips in the curbs at crosswalks) as a problem for people who are sight impaired, and the slow clearing of snow from these areas and off sidewalks, which make them hazardous for people with mobility issues. They were concerned about a lack of benches in some areas and noted that when there were benches there was a lack of covers or shelters from the weather, which made getting out and moving all the more prob-

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Costumed fun: Last year’s Hats Off Day festivities were all about pirates and sailors – and visitors rose to the occasion with a variety of themed attire. For this year, kids and families are invited to turn out in their very best superhero attire – so whatever that theme means to you, put on your costume and get ready to join the fun. PHOTOS NOW FILES

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HATS OFF DAY So many people: See that sea of people? With an estimated 50,000 people expected to turn out for Hats Off Day on Saturday, June 1, you won’t want to drive. Take transit if you can. PHOTO NOW FILES

Leave the car at home Saturday If you’re planning to attend Hats Off Day festivities on Saturday – and why wouldn’t you be? – then organizers have a suggestion: Don’t drive. With an estimated 50,000 people expected to turn out for the June 1 festivities on Hastings Street, parking will be in limited supply for visitors. Buses that run regularly through the Heights along Hastings Street will be re-

131– Hastings at Gilmore Ave/Kootenay Loop 132 – Capitol Hill/Hastings at Gilmore 160 – Kootenay Loop/Port Coquitlam Station (via Barnet Hwy, Port Moody, Coquitlam) For detailed information, route maps and schedules visit www.translink.ca. For more information, route maps and schedules visit www.translink.bc.ca or call 604-953-3333.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 Enjoy the thrilling Family Fun Dash, parade, vintage car show, and a street party with delicious food, live music, entertainment, and activities for the entire family. FAMILY FUN DASH — 9:30 A.M. This 550 metre kids race kicks off Hats Off Day at 9:30 a.m. and celebrates active lifestyles! This is a fundraiser for the Burnaby Fireﬁghters Charitable Society. THE PARADE — 10 A.M. Grab a curb-side seat to watch the annual parade along Hastings from Beta Avenue to Boundary Road. The parade begins with the Motorcycle Drill Team at 9:30 a.m. followed by the parade at 10 a.m. COMMUNITY ZONE — 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. Visit 20 of Burnaby’s non-proﬁt societies serving you and your community, from Ingleton to Esmond Avenue. THE STREET PARTY — 11:30 A.M. TO 4 P.M. Hang on to your hats for one of the biggest, most popular community festivals in the region. From Gamma Avenue to Boundary Road, Hastings Street is closed to traffic, but open to live music and entertainment, kids activities, yummy treats, and more! SHOW & SHINE CAR SHOW — 11:30 A.M. TO 4 P.M. Check out the annual Show & Shine with classic and custom vehicles, trucks, and motorcycles lined up along Hastings from Gamma to Willingdon Avenues. The organizers reserve the right to amend the event details. Information is current at the time of printing

FIRST AID South side of Carleton and Hastings

REST AREA Sit down and relax - Pets welcome!

DOG WATER STATION Big Dog Little Dog Bakery (4631)

HANDICAPPED PARKING North and South on Carleton and at City parking lot at Alpha and Pender

LOST CHILDREN RCMP Tent (Rosser and Hastings) Community Police Office (4191 Hastings)

HANDICAPPED DROP-OFF/ PICK-UP At Alpha and Madison Avenues on the North side of Pender

WASHROOMS Wheelchair accessible, except at Beta and Esmond

HATS OFF DAY - BLOCK BY BLOCK Here’s a block-by-block look at what is happening at storefronts on Hastings Street! Kids Activities

Sales, Specials & Giveaways

Food

Live Entertainment

Please note, Hats Off Day organizers reserve the right to change programming without notice.

3700 BLOCK HASTINGS (BOUNDARY TO ESMOND) (101-3701) LA FONTANA CAFFE Stop by our large patio and enjoy a $6 breakfast or treat yourself to our homemade gelato. (103A-3701) NORTH BURNABY PHYSIOTHERAPY AND WELLNESS Fly like a superhero and stop by our photobooth located at 3900 block across Ingleton Avenue. $2 per photo; free photos for Family Fun Dash participants. (209-3701) ANYTIME FITNESS Channel your inner superhero and visit our free boot camp. Get a chance to win all kinds of freebies. (3760) GREEN AND OAK MALAYSIAN RESTAURANT Enjoy the taste of Malaysia. We will be serving special desserts and street food.

3800 BLOCK HASTINGS (ESMOND TO INGLETON) (3801) BURNABY VISION CARE - FYI DOCTORS Offering free face painting from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and enter for a chance to win $200 towards your choice of any glasses or contact lenses!

3900 BLOCK HASTINGS (INGLETON TO MACDONALD) (3915) DANGEROUS CURVES BODY BOUTIQUE Enjoy our bubble machine, Mummy Mascot dressed as a superhero, and prize wheel to win awesome prizes! We’ll also be offering half off lash extensions for the day. (101-3961) ADAPT SPINE CENTRE Stop by for kids crafts, neck scans, and enter to win a free lunch at your favourite Heights Restaurant! (210-3970) EXPERT PHYSIO Visit our booth for a chance to win a free physio assessment and gift certiﬁcates! Show off your superhero skills with our grip strength and balancing test. (3978) PLUSH FLORAL STUDIO Offering mini workshops and draws for free bouquets. We are also featuring local artisans selling art.

HIGHLIGHTS TEAMSTERS STAGE From 11:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., enjoy local Burnaby musicians on the 4400 block. PARKLAND EXPRESS STOP Free shuttle service for everyone! Stops: Willingdon, Carleton, Ingleton LIVE MUSIC AND ACTIVITIES From 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be performances by various artists all along Hastings, sponsored by Heights Merchants.

KIDS PLAY ZONE Take the kids to play on the climbing wall, slide and bouncy castles. SHOW & SHINE CAR SHOW 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Vintage Car Show COMMUNITY ZONE FREE interactive, family focused displays with prizes and giveaways from non-proﬁt groups and organizations.

4000 BLOCK HASTINGS (MACDONALD TO GILMORE) (4010) CHAD THAI Enjoy delicious Thai food with our superhero drink, and treat yourself with fried bananas, and ice cream. (4017) SYREN HAIR CULTURE Come by for some hotdogs, chips, and freezies. Kids can transform their hair with colour spray for just $2! (4019) HEIGHTS MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION Visit our information booth to know more about the festival and Burnaby Heights. We are celebrating our 25th anniversary - come by for a cake at 1pm. (4022) SOPRA SOTTO PIZZERIA Come by for an authentic Italian fare, we will be offering arancini and panzerotti. (4058) VALLEY BAKERY Enjoy our freshly baked cinnamon sticks – only made once a year for this special occasion. (4061) SFINAKI GREEK TAVERNA We look forward to having you drop by our store front for mouth-watering Greek eats + sweet treats! (4088) BROKENRICE VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT Drop by for some delicious ﬁnger food such as spring rolls, bbq skewers, cassava fries and much more! (4098) RITU’S SALON Come by for a henna tattoo and receive some art!

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4100 BLOCK HASTINGS (GILMORE TO CARLETON)

4600 BLOCK HASTINGS (ALPHA TO BETA)

(4121) HEARING LIFE Stop by our table to learn more about Hearing Life. We will be offering free goodies and demos.

(4624) CRISTOS GREEK TAVERNA Enjoy complimentary beer garden and try our delicious lamb on the spit.

(4160) THAI CAFÉ RESTAURANT Featuring your favourite Thai food. From spring rolls and Thai curry to black rice pudding.

(4631) BIG DOG LITTLE DOG BAKERY Stop by our tent and treat your dog to a free doggie cake. We also offering a sale on almost everything in store and free gift bag with a purchase.

(4181) CEDAR CHIROPRACTIC & PHYSIOTHERAPY Come by for your chance to win freebies and get a free consultation.

(4633) CAPITOL HILL DENTAL CLINIC Stop by for a face paint, balloon twisting and a chance to win a free gift basket.

(4190) THE GRAY OLIVE CAFETERIA Stop by and enjoy our various food selections. (4191) G&F FINANCIAL GROUP Enter for a chance to win $250 term deposit. Also offering free face painting and superhero colouring. (4198) GNK INSURANCE Stop by and enjoy live entertainment from “The Official Elvis Presley Fan Club of B.C.”

4200 BLOCK HASTINGS (CARLETON TO MADISON) (4206) MONEY MART Visit us to know more about Money Mart. We will be also offering free water bottles.

(4651) SOCRATES IN THE HEIGHTS We are serving grilled souvlaki skewers, spanakopita and refreshing drinks (4663) STACCATO MUSIC STUDIOS Stop by to enjoy live performance, as well as prize draws. (4680) THE NEXT STEP TRAINING CENTRE Giving away free prizes and offering free demo classes and power lifting competition for all ages. (4688) THAI VANCOUVER WELLNESS SPA Come by for your chance to win a free massage, gift cards and discounts.

4700 BLOCK HASTINGS (BETA TO GAMMA)

(4217) NOODLE PARADISE Stop by for a free snack and enjoy our delicious noodle soup.

(4705) SIGNET TOURS Visit us to know more about Signet Tours!

(4228) UNITED OPTICAL Visit us for new sunglasses and ﬁght UV like a superhero. (4240) FORTUNA BAKERY LTD Come try our Portuguese sardines! We are offering traditional Portuguese food and desserts. (4298) TD CANADA TRUST Join us for kids’ face painting, carnival games and balloon artist!

4300 BLOCK HASTINGS (MADISON TO ROSSER) (4302) VANCITY BURNABY HEIGHTS COMMUNITY BRANCH We will be offering a variety of kids’ activities, DJ, ice cream sandwiches and cotton candy.

(4714) ADELE RAE FLORISTS LTD Come by to see our giant ﬂower art installation! We are also offering discount coupons and giveaways. (4715) KEARNEY BURNABY CHAPEL Stop by for free cookies, coffee and juice boxes. (4759) MUCKABOUT GIFT GALLERY Offering products on sale and crafty kids activities for free. (4759) BC BEE SUPPLY Raffling off several family bee classes along with the City of Burnaby to celebrate Environmental Week and the 10 year anniversary of legal beekeeping in Burnaby.

(4303) SHOPPERS DRUG MART Stop by our table for a chance to receive prizes and a 5-minute beauty demo by our cosmeticians.

4800 BLOCK HASTINGS (GAMMA)

(4318) THE CO-OPERATORS Visit us for a chance to win free swag and get a funny caricature and airbrush temporary tattoo!

(488) SIMPLY WELLNESS DENTAL BURNABY Visit us for a chance to win free gifts.

(4331) DR. LIM’S ACUPUNCTURE AND MARIA RENTORIA, RMT Visit us for a chance to win free 1-hr RMT session and get a discount coupon for future visits.

(4838) NEXT PREP ACADEMY Stop by to get free 3D glasses and chocolates. We will be offering colouring activity station for the kids!

(4339) LIBERTY TAX SERVICE We will have a colouring page station set up for your kids!

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

(4342) ROCKY’S MEAT Come by for our special Hats Off Day sausages and authentic Mexican tacos! (4347) CHICKADEE BOUTIQUE Come chat with us and learn more about our boutique. We are offering day of sale on our products. (4351) DENTISTRY AT THE HEIGHTS Stop by for a free dental goody bag and draw for a pair of Whitecaps tickets. (4354) BEEDIE LIVING Visit our booth with your kids for some face painting.

SHOW AND SHINE ENTERTAINMENT 4600 BLOCK (ALPHA AND BETA AVE.) 11:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Elvis and Marilyn Iconic Tributes

MEET THE SUPERHEROES (MACDONALD AND HASTINGS) 12:00 p.m. 501 Legion

AT CHEVRON ON WILLINGDON 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Pop Junkies

HEIGHTS FOUNTAIN SQUARE (MACDONALD AND HASTINGS) 11:45 a.m. Gentlemen of Fortune Chorus 1:00 p.m. Rhythm Resource

(4382) ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Put your superhero skills to test at our RBC training ground. Enjoy live performance and take a photo with Leo the Lion.

TEAMSTERS STAGE (WILLINGDON AND HASTINGS) 12:30 p.m. Disco Funeral | 2:00 p.m. Silver Brothers 3:00 p.m. Chloe Farrell

AT ESMOND AND HASTINGS 12 - 4 p.m. Gabriel Hasslebach and Friends

4400 BLOCK HASTINGS (ROSSER TO WILLINGDON)

4242 HASTINGS ST. 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m The Rubber Band

ROVING ENTERTAINMENT 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Cosmo and Jumps

(220-4411) CUSTOM MORTAGES Fly like a superhero and stop by our photobooth located at 3900 block across Ingleton Avenue. $2 per photo; free photos for Family Fun Dash participants. (4425) MARITIME TRAVEL Come by for a chance to win your future holiday voucher valued $200.

“HATS OFF!” TO OUR SPONSORS, SUPPORTERS, AND ORGANIZERS! Hats Off Day is the pride of the Heights and one of the highlights of Burnaby’s calendar. However, it can’t happen without the following groups and companies. We appreciate their contribution and take our hats off to them!

(4452) TONY LAU INSURANCE AGENCIES LTD. Spin the wheel to win prizes and grab a free balloon for your kids!

TOP HAT LEVEL SPONSORS

4500 BLOCK HASTINGS (WILLINGDON TO ALPHA) (4525) LIFT HAIR LOUNGE Come by for fun giveaways and kids superhero hairstyles. We are also offering “no tax” on retail products. (4537) SYLVAN LEARNING Come by for a chance to win free gifts, swag and month of our Sylvan Math Edge valued $149. (4561) MGM FINANCIAL GROUP Stop by to enjoy live performance and play the “Corn Hole” game for a raffle draw.

COWBOY LEVEL SPONSORS

(4562) EXPEDIA CRUISE SHIPS CENTERS BURNABY Visit us on Hats Off Day to know more about our variety of booking incentives. (200-4580) BOFFO DEVELOPMENTS LTD. Bring the kids over to the Boffo woodworking station! Also check out the Pirate Ship Bouncy Castle at the corner of Alpha and Hastings. (4586) PARK INSURANCE AGENCY LTD. Enjoy complimentary face painting and become your favourite superhero!

(406 WILLINGDON AVE) DYNASTY GYM Stop by the largest weightlifting club in BC for a chance to win a free membership and personal training. We will be also offering free ﬁtness demos.

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FAST SIGNS MATRIX PRODUCTION ROYAL PRINTERS

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(240 ALPHA) EILEEN DAILLY LEISURE POOL & FITNESS CENTRE Bring your kids to our booth and enjoy free crafts.

BERET LEVEL SPONSORS

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

The Hats Off Day Organizing Committee is comprised of individuals from these organizations: Burnaby RCMP; City of Burnaby; Custom Mortgages; Gilmore Community School; Hastings/Brentwood CPO; Heights Merchants Association; North Burnaby Neighbourhood House; Teamsters Union #31; Volunteer Burnaby; and volunteers from the Heights community.

(4587) NORTH BURNABY DENTAL GROUP Enter for a chance to win free gifts, including electric toothbrushes and toothpaste.

SOMBRERO LEVEL SPONSORS

@BurnabyHeights Join the fun by tagging #HatsOffDay in all your Hats Off Day posts for a chance to win great prizes!

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SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Hats on or off? Here’s why the festival is called Hats Off Day Isabel Kolic

special to the NOW

Folks often ask us, “Why is the event called Hats Off Day?” Some people think they should wear hats. Some people think they should take their hats off. The meaning behind the name goes back to 1984, when a bunch a merchants at the time – Clay Budd of Charlton Insurance, Jack Kuyer of Valley Bakery, Larry French of Home Hardware, and Ed Wood of Regent Fish – all decided that the merchants should have a festive day to pay respect to their customers and treat their community to a party. They called it “Hats Off Day” be-

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cause they felt it was like taking off their hat in a gesture of respect to the community that they loved. This spirit of respect and hosting our community lives on today, on the first Saturday of every June. A couple of hundred Burnaby Heights businesses, together with the City of Burnaby, local community groups and our sponsors, are gearing up for another big party on Saturday, June 1. The public is invited to come enjoy the best of Burnaby Heights in a oneday extravaganza. Admission is free, and there is nonstop action. At 9:30 a.m., the Family Fun Dash begins with a three-block race for the

kiddos. Visit hatsoffday.com/familyfun-dash/ to get signed up. The parade begins at 10 a.m. with the Motorcycle Drill Teams from Vancouver and Seattle. After the parade, the street will flood with people, fun, music and activities for all ages. Merchants are hosting a variety of live entertainment all day long. Check out the event program (pages 30 and 31) for the entertainment lineup. Roving entertainers Cosmo and Jumps will entertaining kids from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in various locations. There is interactive drumming by Rhythm Resource at 1 p.m. at Heights Fountain Square, and the

One last thing: Because our 2019 theme is “superheroes,” we invite everyone, young and old, to dress up as their favourite superhero or villain. For more details, visit www. hatsoffday.com. If you’re using social media, be sure to use the hashtag #hatsoffday to let the world know how wonderful our community is. As for whether to keep your own hat on, or off – we leave that one up to you! Happy Hats Off Day! Isabel Kolic is executive director of the Heights Merchants Association.

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Gentlemen of Fortune barbershop chorus at 11:45 a.m. Some of the bands and vocalists featured are the Pop Junkies (at the Chevron stage), Disco Funeral, Silver Brothers and Chloe Farrell (at the Teamsters Stage at 4400 Hastings St.), jazz musicians The Rubber Band at 4242 Hastings St., and Juno-award-winning jazz artist Gabriel Hasselbach at Hastings and Esmond. They are just a few of the many artists you can jive to all day long. And don’t forget the almost worldfamous Hats Off Day Show & Shine, running from Willingdon to Gamma avenues, featuring 100 unique and vintage vehicles. New this year is an electric vehicle category.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Happy Hats Off Day to the Heights!

It’s parade time again: If you want a good vantage point for Saturday’s Hats Off Day Parade, be sure to stake your spot early because the street can get very crowded. The parade kicks off with motorcycle drill teams at 9:30 a.m. and the full parade at 10 a.m. It runs along Hastings Street all the way from Beta Avenue to Boundary Road. PHOTOS NOW FILES

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Please note that on Saturday, June 1, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., parking and driving restrictions will be in effect in the Heights. Please note where you live and usually shop and plan your route accordingly.

PARKING RESTRICTIONS – HATS OFF DAY – SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019

No Parking – 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Parade Assembly Area

1. City parking lot Pender at Willingdon 2. City parking lot at the SE corner of Albert and Carleton (RCMP parking only)

13. Frances – south side between Esmond & MacDonald – south side between Gilmore & Gamma 14. Georgia – south side between Boundary & Gamma 15. Union – south side between Boundary & Gamma NEW! 16. Venables – south side between Gilmore & Willingdon 17. Boundary – east side (Hastings to Albert) 18. MacDonald – east side (Albert to laneway to the north) (for Transit)

No Stopping – 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Handicapped Parking Only – 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

1. Beta – both sides (Hastings to Confederation Park) 2. Albert – both sides (Willingdon to Gamma)

No Parking – 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

1. Hastings – both sides (Boundary to Gamma) 2. Pender – both sides (Boundary to Gamma) 3. Holdom – east side (Hastings to Frances) 4. Gamma – both sides (Albert to Parker) 5. Parker – south side (west of 4764 to east of 4820 Parker) 6. Both sides of the following streets between Albert and Pender: Esmond Ingleton MacDonald Gilmore Madison Rosser Alpha 7. Carleton – both sides (Albert to laneway south of Hastings) 8. Beta – both sides (Hastings to Pender) 9. Dundas – south side between Boundary & Willingdon 10. Triumph – south side between Boundary & Esmond – south side between Ingleton & Gilmore – south side between Carleton & Rosser – north side between Gilmore & Carleton 11. Pandora – south side between Boundary & Ingleton NEW! – south side Macdonald & Madison NEW! – south side Rosser & Willingdon NEW! – north side between Ingleton & MacDonald – north side between Rosser & Madison 12. Pender – south side between Gamma and east end of cul-de-sac NEW!

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HATS OFF DAY PARKING RESTRICTIONS NOTICE Saturday, June 1, 2019

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1. Carleton – both sides (Pender to laneway to the north) 2. City parking lot at Alpha & Pender

No Parking – 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Dispersal Area

1. Albert – both sides (Boundary to Ingleton)

Handicapped Drop Off & Pick Up – 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

1. North side Pender at Alpha – 40 foot zone and 4’ x 4’ signs 2. North side Pender at Madison – 40 foot zone and 4’ x 4’ signs

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IF YOUR CAR IS TOWED: Vehicles parked in the above locations will be ticketed and towed by Mundie’s Towing (604-526-9677) and will be held at Confederation Park until 12 noon on Hats Off Day. You may pick up your vehicle before 12 noon at no charge; however, after 12 noon, you will need to pick up vehicles from Mundie’s Towing (Kingsway at Griffiths) at your own expense. Thank you for your understanding.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Calling all you Wonder Women and Supermen! It’s Hats Off time Janaya Fuller-Evans

editorial@burnabynow.com

Kids and adults alike will be donning their capes for this year’s Hats Off Day in Burnaby Heights. The theme of the 35th annual event is superheroes, according to Isabel Kolic, executive director of the Heights Merchants Association. “We’ve already had lots of merchants and members of the public

telling us how excited they are about the theme and how they’re going to pull out their Halloween costumes,” Kolic said. “Kids like it too because they often do have a superhero or two in their tickle trunks.” Hats Off Day is a celebration put on by Heights businesses in honour of the area, Kolic said. “Basically Hats Off Day is a day when merchants take their hats off to the community,” she explained.

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“For lots of kids it’s their first ever race, so it’s a lot of fun,” Kolic said. It is $5 for each child to participate, with the money going to the Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society. The parade starts after that, led by the Vancouver Motorcycle and Seattle Police Drill teams. The parade lasts about an hour, after which the street party gets started. “We’re going to have lots of different bands and entertainment from

“It’s our way of hosting a party showcasing the best of our district, making people really feel the community spirit in Burnaby Heights and realize what an extraordinary and special place this neighbourhood is.” The event starts off with the Family Fun Dash at 9:30 a.m., with parents and children welcome to run the three-block course along Hastings Street from Madison to McDonald avenues.

Gamma Avenue to Boundary Road,” Kolic said. “The Heights is known for its amazing food, so there’ll be tons of great food.” Hats Off Day has typically been sunny, so hats, sunscreen and comfortable shoes are recommended. But be prepared if it’s overcast. “It never hurts to carry an umbrella,” Kolic said. See full events schedule on pages 30 and 31.

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Oversharing your child’s life on social media could cause future harm Mommy’s

GROUNDED Bianca Bujan

When I’m reviewing candidates for hire, one of the first things I do when I’m interested in bringing someone in for an interview is scour their social media. While it feels strange to browse through their selfies and see silly snapshots of their social lives, I find searching through social media platforms to be a valuable tool when evaluating a person’s character and judgment - especially as it relates to their behaviour in the online space. It’s not the duck-face close ups, or cocktail-swigging party shots that put up red flags for me, but those off-the-cuff, ill-considered social media posts that are the greatest cause for concern. I’ve been in the uncomfortable circumstance of having to let someone go due to poor judgment made

online. One bad tweet, meant in jest, ended up costing someone his job. And, unfortunately nowadays, this is becoming a common occurrence. In an article shared in The Sydney Morning Herald titled “The demise of would-be MPs is a warning to oversharing parents,” it is revealed that a federal Labour candidate in Melbourne withdrew from the race thanks to revelations about his past inappropriate social media posts – and candidates from other parties have now stepped down for similar reasons as well. As social media continues to evolve, it’s becoming more important for parents to educate our children about the dangers of irresponsible posting online. Children need to understand that once a photo or comment is shared, it can live on forever.Their parents could potentially see it, as well as their future employers. I always tell my children

that when it comes to their devices, no matter the settings or cyber secrets they may think they know, there is simply no such thing as privacy. If you share it, someone will see it. But the issue of irresponsible posting doesn’t stop at the posters themselves anymore. Now, parents are guilty of oversharing, too. I’m often surprised by the number of parents who share intimate details about their child’s medical conditions, mental disorders, or behavioural struggles online. I understand the need to bond over the challenges of parenting, but it’s important to know that no online group is a security-safe space. The article in the Herald concludes with an important message, that “this election has taught us that there are no limits to how deep people will dig for dirt. Every time we hit the share button, parents need to pause and consider that their post may one day be used against

their child on the front page of every newspaper in the country. It’s one thing for a young person to damage their own career prospects, it’s quite another for their parents to do it for them.” You may think it’s cute to post nude photos of your baby now, or to share their snarky remarks and medical happenings in your online community, but it’s important to remember that with each post, we could be potentially ruining our child’s social media footprint. Let’s practise what we preach when it comes to consent and respect surrounding the sharing of posts on social media. Just as we would expect our children to think before posting photos of others, or sharing personal information of friends online, we should be doing the same when it comes to posting about our own kids. Bianca Bujan is a mom of three, writer and editor. Find her on Twitter @biancabujan and Instagram @bitsofbee.

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writer Caden Knudson, plus food by Sea Island Diner. On June 26, it’s the musical duo Stringz Aloud (Don Kellett and Susan Vigneux), bringing their multi-genre string sounds to the square. Food will be by Japadog. Check out all the upcoming events at univercity. ca/events-calendar – or just take a jaunt up to the mountain to enjoy the fun for yourself. SCHOOL YEAR ENDING Hard as it seems to believe, another school year is drawing to an end – and that means a raft of yearend school performances. Michael J. Fox Theatre (7373 MacPherson Ave.) is hosting a number of those performances in the next couple of weeks. Some

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Artsnow Neighbourhood House hosts new art exhibition in June Burnaby Neighbourhood House is once again celebrating the art of local artists. The organization’s north house, at 4908 Hastings St., is featuring a new exhibi-

tion throughout the month of June. Cabins/Raven Sun will feature the work of artists Darleyne Jeff and Kathy Woods, and an open house and meet-the-artists event is being held on Friday, June

14 from 6 to 8 p.m. A press release notes that Woods, who grew up in Burnaby andVancouver, has always loved drawing and painting. Because her ability to form words is limited due

to developmental delay and cerebral palsy, she expresses herself through art. Her artworks explore “Kathy’s cabin in the woods” through watercolours, acrylics and pottery –

all inspired by the trips her mother used to take, with Woods and her five siblings, to their cabin near Halfmoon Bay. The artwork can be viewed anytime from Mon-

day to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., during the month of June at 4908 Hastings St. See www.burnabynh.ca for more on Burnaby Neighbourhood House.

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Burnaby South students face off against Canada’s top teams in contest Cornelia Naylor

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A group of Burnaby students distinguished themselves in Ottawa this month fighting off hackers in a high tech cyber security competition. The team, made up of Burnaby South students Samuel Vespalec, Meta Sadeghy and Tibo Cheung, Burnaby Mountain student Miguel Quinez and Maple

Cyber defenders: Burnaby students were among the finalists at the CyberTitans national final in Ottawa this month. PHOTOS

Ridge student Ian Ertzinger, earned an all-expenses trip to compete in the national final of the CyberTitan cyber defence challenge. The competition, which operates in affiliation with the US Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot Program in the US, features four online preliminary rounds of increasing difficulty. “Students download virtual operating systems with security flaws and vulner-

abilities, and their job is to try and patch and repair operating systems for points,” explained the team’s coach, Burnaby South computer teacher Eddie Wong. After four rounds, the top 10 Canadian teams were invited to Ottawa for the national final. It was the Burnaby team’s first trip to the big event. They didn’t medal based on points, but they did win the Best Defenders Award

for fending off the Red Team – volunteers from Canada’s national cryptologic security agency CSE whose role was to hack and interfere with the teams’ computers. “Of the 10 teams, ours was the most successful at slowing down the active hackers from tampering with our system,”Wong said. “We basically kept them at bay the best.”

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Potters’ guild hosts summer show, sale The Burnaby Potters’ Guild has a cure for the summertime blues. The guild is holding its summer show and sale, Summertime Blues, on Saturday, June 8 at Capitol Hill Hall. The show will include an array of hand-crafted ceramics, including both functional ware and sculptural works. The Burnaby Potters’ Guild is a long-established group of ceramic artists who work out of Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.

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“We participate in community events and support the arts centre through donations of equipment and rental of studio space and kilns,” said a press release from the group. “By supporting the guild, you are also supporting the arts in Burnaby.” Capitol Hill Hall is at 361 South Howard Ave. (at Hastings).The show is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission and parking are free. For information, see burnabypottersguild. yolasite.com.

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Comedy coming to Cameron centre You can treat yourself to some midday comedy, thanks to the theatre program at Cameron seniors’ centre. What-a-Theatre is staging three comedies on Friday, June 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. In the spotlight will be Who’s on First, Knock on Woody and Frazier – Kissing Cousins.

The shows are taking place at the Cameron Recreation Complex at 9523 Cameron St. Admission is free, and all are invited. Call 604-421-5225 for information. For more on what’s happening with seniors’ programs in the city, check out www.burnaby.ca/seniors.

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Communitynow Friday Flicks series explores Aboriginal stories on screen The Burnaby Public Library is paying tribute to National Aboriginal History Month with its Friday Flicks series in June. The Tommy Douglas branch (7311 Kingsway)

shows free movies every Friday night on a drop-in basis. For June, those movies will cover a variety of Indigenous themes and issues. On June 7, the library will screen Indian Horse, a

2017 adaptation of Richard Wagamese’s award-winning novel. It follows the life of young Saul Indian Horse, a talented hockey player, as he survives residential school and life amid the rac-

ism of the 1970s.The showing starts at 6:40 p.m. On June 14, it’s Rabbit-Proof Fence, a 2002 film from Australia that tells the story of three young “halfcaste” children who were

taken away from their parents and taught to reinvent themselves as “white” – before deciding to journey back home to Western Australia on foot.The screening starts at 6:40 p.m.

On June 21, viewers can check out Smoke Signals, and on June 28, it’s Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner. No registration is required. Call 604-522-3971 or see www.bpl.bc.ca/events.

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