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Burnaby sees region’s worst drop in vacancy rate Chris Campbell

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Burnaby has set a dubious mark when it comes to available rental housing – pushing local rents even higher.

Burnaby saw Metro Vancouver’s largest decline in overall vacancy rates, dropping from 2% to 1.3%, according to data from Canada Mortgage and Housing

Corp.

This means far fewer units are available to renters as the number of available units in Burnaby has almost halved over a year.

Eric Bond, CMHC’s senior specialist of market analysis, told the NOW in an interview, “The rental vacancy rate decreased in Burnaby in 2019, and that coincided with a year in which the universe of rental

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The overall rental vacancy rate (the percentage of overall rental units that are vacant and available) has increased only incrementally, to 1.1% across Metro Vancouver, compared with 1% one year previously.

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As landlords can put rents up by any amount between tenancies, and tenancies tend to have a high turnover, average rents can easily rise by more than rent control.

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City now CRIME

Shooting death is city’s second homicide of 2020 Cornelia Naylor

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Homicide investigators suspect the Lower Mainland gang conflict was behind a “brazen shooting” that killed a man at a Burnaby gas station Sunday.

Police were called to the Chevron station at 4487 Canada Way at about 6:30 p.m., according to an Integrated Homicide Investigation Team press release Monday.

At the scene, they found 28-year-old Julian Johnson suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to hospital but died of his injuries, police said.

Johnson was known to police, according to IHIT, and investigators suspect his killing is linked to the ongoing Lower Mainland gang conflict, said a statement.

“This was a brazen shooting in a public place, and we are relieved no one else was hurt,” said Sgt. Frank Jang.”

A black Nissan Rogue, identified as a suspect vehicle at the Chevron, was seen heading eastbound on Highway 1, according to

IHIT. Later in the evening, Langley RCMP got a call for a vehicle fire in the area of 206A Street and 73B Avenue.

Homicide investigators believe that torched vehicle is the Nissan Rogue from the Burnaby shooting.

An extensive search for video surveillance footage and witnesses is now underway in both Burnaby and Langley, according to IHIT, and investigators are looking for anyone with dash-cam video from Highway 1 between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. and the area of 206A Street and 73B Avenue in Langley between 9:15 p.m. and 10 p.m.

This was the second homicide in Burnaby in a week.

On Jan. 13, 51-year-old Joseph Morrissey was found dead near Robert Burnaby Park with injuries consistent with foul play, according to IHIT. That incident is also believed to have been targeted, as is a non-fatal driveby shooting on Jan. 5 that saw an 18-year-old shot in

GAS STATION GUNFIRE: One man was gunned down at the corner of Willingdon and Canada Way. the leg.

IHIT told the NOW it has found nothing yet to link Morrissey’s killing to the Lower Mainland gang

conflict.

For now, Burnaby RCMP has said only that the drive-by appeared to have been targeted and that

the victim is known to police.

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POLITICS

City won’t strengthen its fireworks rules

Mayor defends hiring former city staffer as his advisor

Kelvin Gawley

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Despite desperate pleas for silence from some residents, the City of Burnaby has no plans to toughen its fireworks bylaws.

At 11:32 p.m. on Nov. 5, Holly McCallum wrote to the city’s mayor and councillors complaining of loud fireworks going off near her home that night and during the previous week.

“On Halloween night, the continual explosion of fireworks in Central Park was unacceptable. Sleep was disturbed until 3:30 a.m.

Some of the single fireworks sound like a bomb exploding, and then others are continual for several minutes,” she wrote. “Pets are frightened, not to mention the park animals and birds settled for the night.”

McCallum called Burnaby’s bylaws “pathetic” and urged elected officials to follow the City of Vancouver’s lead in banning the use of fireworks.

Nick and Elena Pashenkov also wrote to Burnaby council shortly after

Explosive issue: Some Burnaby residents are upset at the annual loud noises from fireworks. PHOTO NOW FILES

Halloween: “It’s truly sad some people don’t realize how disturbing it is for others when they start shooting fireworks at 12:30 a.m.”

The couple suggested banning the use of fireworks after 11:30 p.m.

But a report from the city’s director of public safety, Dave Critchley, recommends city council make no changes to its bylaws.

The city banned the sale of fireworks in 2016, but still allows people to set

them off under certain conditions.

Residents are supposed to get a permit to set off “high hazard” fireworks on public property or “low hazard” fireworks on private property. On Oct. 31 (Halloween), a permit is not required for “low hazard” fireworks on private property.

Since 2015, the Burnaby Fire Department has issued only 21 permits – none of which were for Halloween, according to Critchley.

Over the last five years, Burnaby RCMP have received an average of 64 fireworks complaints between Oct. 15 and Nov. 15 and have attended to all of them, the report says.

Critchley says only one person has been charged in connection with 320 calls during that time.

“The transient and brief nature of an illicit firework event, combined with the significant investigative time required to identify the responsible individual, locate and interview witnesses, gather evidence etc. is not an effective use of police resources securing charges on a violation of this nature,” Critchley wrote.

Stricter bylaws “would not be the best use of police resources,” according to Critchley.

The public safety director noted that the number of complaints have declined in recent years as Burnaby and surrounding municipalities have passed similar bans on the sale of fireworks.

The report was set to come to the public safety committee on Wednesday.

Kelvin Gawley

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The mayor of Burnaby is defending his choice to bring a former deputy city manager out of retirement to work as a personal adviser.

Mayor Mike Hurley says he needs Chad Turpin, who worked for the City of Burnaby for 46 years before retiring in 2018.

Turpin was hired on a one-year contract to “support and facilitate the transition for mayor and council arising from the 2018 election” starting Oct. 31, 2018, according to documents obtained by the NOW through a Freedom of Information request.

Turpin was initially hired to work 24 hours per week.

That increased to 30 hours per week when his contract was renewed for another year in October 2019.

Hurley said it was his idea to bring in Turpin.

“I felt it was necessary for me to have someone like him who’s got a big history with the city,” he said.

When Turpin’s current contract expires in November 2020, it probably won’t be renewed, Hurley said.

“His experience is invaluable to me, at least over a short period of time,” Hurley said.

The city redacted Turpin’s hourly consulting rate from the documents it provided to the NOW, citing a section of B.C.’s privacy laws protecting the business interests of third parties.

In 2017, his final full year as deputy city manager,Turpin was the secondhighest paid city employee, earning $212,513 (including benefits), according to City of Burnaby financial disclosures.

Asked whether it was financially prudent for the city to contract a former employee who is already collecting a pension, Hurley said he believed it was.

“He’s not costing any more than what an employee would cost to fulfil his role as a consultant,” he said. “That’s why he works three short days a week, to keep those costs down.”

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Homeowner balks at ‘unfair’ $33K fee Kelvin Gawley

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A Burnaby homeowner wants the city to change an “unfair” bylaw that could cost him more than $30,000.

Dave Hayre plans to tear down and replace his home on Napier Street in the Willingdon Heights neighbourhood. He said he purchased the property in 2006 with the intention to redevelop.

But, Hayre said, he didn’t expect his building budget to include paying the city’s costs associated with connecting his property to a storm drain line behind his property and replacing a ditch that drains into a watchbasin at the bottom of the sloped lane.

The city told him he needs to pay $33,277 to cover the work before it issues a building permit for his new home.

“I don’t have that kind of money to just throw around,” Hayre said. “It’s very unfair for anybody to just come up with a lump sum like that.”

The fee is being charged to Hayre as a result of a bylaw passed by city council in 2017, explained Jonathan Helmus, Burnaby’s assistant director of engi-

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neering for infrastructure and development.

Hayre’s redevelopment will initiate the city to extend the sewer line along the lane behind his entire block, Helmus said, but Hayre will only have to pay for the share of the project behind his property.

The city will pay for the rest of the new infrastructure upfront and charge Hayre’s neighbours for their share only once they submit a building permit for a project ex-

ceeding $250,000, he said.

“If they are doing a significant addition where they may impact their drainage for their property, and they’re doing potential excavation on their property and they’re spending $250,000, we’re saying then that can be an appropriate time to connect their house to the storm sewer,” Helmus told the NOW. The goal is to one day connect the 20% of detached homes that

currently aren’t hooked up to the city’s storm sewers, he said, and by making homeowners pay for the upgrades, the city will save an estimated $200 million, he said.

Changing climate and housing trends give the initiative urgency, Helmus said.

“With more parking space, with a much bigger house, they’re throwing a lot of water into the lane, and the ditch is not designed for that kind of water and certainly not with climate change,” he said.

“We’re concerned that if everyone is trying to connect to the ditch, that the ditch is just going to erode away, it’s going to flood, and that would be a problem.”

Hayre said he doesn’t think he should have to pay for the work.

“I think it’s really unfair that they’re forcing people to pay for infrastructure that is not even on their own property,” he said.

But Helmus said it wouldn’t be fair for the general taxpayer to bear the burden of paying for the upgrades because property owners living in homes already connected to storm sewers either paid for the connection when they built their home or that cost was passed down to them when they bought it.

CRIME

Woman assaulted on Gray Avenue Burnaby RCMP responded to a report of an assault on a woman while she was out walking in the city Sunday night.

Police are investigating the incident, which reportedly happened just after 11 p.m. in the 7200 block of Gray Avenue.

The woman told police she was walking in the area when an unknown man came from behind, covered her mouth and wrapped one of his arms around her body.

The woman was able to duck down to the ground and scream, causing the man to run away. He was last seen heading westbound on Victory Street before turning into a nearby alley.

Police attended the scene, but officers could not find the suspect.

The victim suffered a minor injury as a result.

Police describe the suspect as a young Caucasian man with a slim build. At the time, he was wearing a black hoodie and black gloves with white lettering on them.

Anyone who may have been in the area Sunday night and who may have seen something is asked to call Burnaby RCMP at 604646-999, or if you’d like to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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Opinionnow OUR VIEW

Homeowner grant is a relic that needs changing

B.C. Finance Minister Carole James has tightened the rules for homeowner grants. Last year the maximum property value eligible for the grant was $1.65 million.That ceiling has been reduced to $1.525 million, reflecting a decline in house prices.

Nevertheless, James says 92% of homeowners will still qualify.

The rationale behind the program is supposed to be that it helps lessen the impact of property taxes.

Homeowners who qualify apply to their local municipality, which, in turn, is reimbursed by the province.

But very little about this scheme makes sense. For a start, it’s enormously expensive.

In 2020, the Finance Ministry estimates the all-in cost at $849 million.

That’s twice what the province spends on policing and nearly four times the Environment Ministry’s budget.

Then again, do people

owning homes worth a million-and-a-half dollars really need a government handout to help pay their property taxes?

We can carry that argument a little further. A good chunk of the program’s cost comes from taxes paid by families who could never afford a house of their own.

This is basically a forced transfer from low- and middle-income earners to the well-off.That is the definition of a regressive policy.

Nor is it difficult to think

of ways the money could be better spent.There is no need to detail the many inadequacies of our healthcare system. Clearly, it is struggling in nearly every aspect.

Yet the budget increase given the Health Ministry this year was barely enough to keep pace with inflation, population growth and aging.

Add the $849 million we spend on homeowner grants, and the lift would have nearly doubled. Isn’t

that a higher priority?

Just one-tenth of the grant funding would have doubled the budget for the Ministry of Jobs,Trade and Technology. And aren’t technology and trade the future of our economy?

It’s true a case can be made for helping elderly homeowners who may have difficulty paying their property taxes.The same can be said of people who face serious medical issues.

So yes, properly targeted, and greatly reduced in size,

the program could play a useful role.

But, as things stand, little effort has been made at selecting those most in need.

Indeed, the opposite is true.

The major beneficiaries are those least in need.

In essence what we see here is the inability, or unwillingness, of governments to keep up with the times.

This program is a relic and needs a rethink to make it fairer to everyone.

– Guest editorial, VictoriaTimes Colonist

MY VIEW CHRIS CAMPBELL

Did the city do a ‘terrible’ job?

Burnabarians are breathing easier after surviving a mighty winter storm without having to resort to cannibalism.

With life getting back to normal (hard sheets of rain), now is a good time to assess the performance of the City of Burnaby and its snow-removal efforts.

Also known as the recriminations.

I use the word recriminations because there are people in Burnaby who are upset at the city’s snowclearing performance.

“The city can’t prepare for the snow conditions properly,” read one comment on the Burnaby NOW’s Facebook page.

“That’s the city’s fault for terrible management.”

“City needs to get it together,” said Ace Entson, in another post. “Clean up the roadways.”

The main complaint is that while the main streets in Burnaby were (arguably) managed at an acceptable level, not enough attention was paid to side streets, especially those on hills.

Things were so bad on during the height of the storm that the city had to close portions of Royal Oak, Delta and Beta avenues.

The city says it has a priority list that goes 1, 2 and 3 – when the priority 1 roads have been addressed, the 2 and 3 priorities get city attention.

The problem was that there was so much snow on some days that the lowerpriority roads were left to pile up with snow.

So, did the city really do a “terrible” job of snow removal, as some residents al-

lege?

Well, it’s complicated.

This is the third-biggest city in B.C.There are a lot of roads to cover, especially ones with hills. Burnaby has undulating terrain, which makes for more hills than many other communities.

What people also have to remember is this kind of snow doesn’t happen often. It’s been a few years since it was this bad.The city only has so much staff and equipment available because snow removal isn’t something MetroVancouver communities have to deal with on a regular basis.

Expecting Burnaby to be on the level of, say, Edmonton feels unreasonable.

So, yes, technically the city didn’t do what I would call a “good” job of snow removal because there were so many roads that weren’t driveable well after the snow ended. Maybe you could even say the city did a “terrible” job.

But context matters. Considering how much snow the city received, and the fact Burnaby isn’t used to seeing this kind of storm on any kind of consistent basis, the city did the best it could under the circumstances. I doubt taxpayers want the city to invest millions into more equipment for something that doesn’t happen very often.

And not everyone is unhappy with the city’s performance.

“From what I’ve seen, Burnaby city workers are doing an awesome job in getting me to and from work,” wrote Sheryl Foster.

“Thank you, you are all truly appreciated.”

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I nearly got caught up in the big Burnaby shooting Editor: But, by the grace of God, go I. It has been my pleasure to live in this fine city, and lovely province, for almost 20 years. During that time, I have personally come into contact with two situations involving an alleged homicide by gun.

About 10 years ago, I drove by a crime scene at Lougheed and Gilmore and noticed a sheet lying on the ground. I think we all know what was covered up.

Last Sunday night, I drove down Canada Way and wanted to get some gas, as many stations were going empty due to the snow conditions. It was a 50-50 chance that I chose the Shell station on the east side of Willingdon instead of the Chevron on the west.

While not in any immediate or personal danger in either case, it only takes a slight change in fortune to make it so. Had I arrived a little earlier, or a little later, it could easily have been me, or any other member of the public, lying in a pool of their own blood.

What particular set of circumstances have brought us to live under these conditions.

One word suffices: drugs, specifically illegal narcotics. I don’t know the cure, but I do know the symptoms. I suggest the politicians get with it, as the “patient” is dying.

While not ideal, quick and temporary relief could be had with a “drag net” applied to all known drug dealers, their associates and any

other related low-life involved in this horrible trade. Simply crank up the civil forfeitures, criminal charges and incarcerations of at least the most vile of the villains involved. It seems the politicians don’t have the political will to accomplish this and are satisfied simply “keeping score” by counting the body bags as they pile up.

Hopefully, my analysis is wrong, but the facts would indicate otherwise. If the ship is sinking, stop rowing and start bailing.

Stephen Meighan, Burnaby

Some Burnaby workers have good reasons to take city vehicles home Editor: Re: Why are Burnaby employees taking city vehicles home, NOW Letters A friend of mine works for the City of Burnaby.

Every five weeks or so, he gets to take a truck home for the week.

For this he gets to be on call 24/7.

Should something happen, they need to respond. Accidents don’t just happen during business hours.

I have been with him when he had to walk off the golf course due to a call; he has missed family functions, kids’ events and sleep.

At least that’s why he takes a vehicle home.

Kevin La Plante, Burnaby

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New Burnaby daycare to act as ‘ECE’ training lab

Cornelia Naylor

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Burnaby school officials are working to create a symbiotic relationship between a new child-care centre and the district’s early childhood educator (ECE) training program.

The old Marian High School site at 7650 Sapperton Ave. is mostly empty.

Until recently, the school had been leased to Carver Christian High School, a partnership between two private schools that have since built new campuses elsewhere.

The district’s new plans for the site are part of a $35.7-million plan unveiled in October to create 773 child-care spaces at local schools.

Marian will house as many as 103 new spaces: 24 for infants and toddlers, 25 for three- to five-year-olds, 24 for kindergarten and Grade 1 students, and 30 for kids in Grades 2 to 7.

The centre, which will be run by a non-profit ser-

vice provider contracted by the district, would act as a child-care hub for families at Armstrong Elementary, Second Street Community School and Seaforth Elementary.

What will make the centre unique is that it will also act as a “training lab” for aspiring child-care workers in the district’s community and continuing education ECE program, which has already moved into the

building.

“The on-site child-care setting, in conjunction with the Burnaby Community and Continuing Education ECE Program, will be an example of a collaborative approach in providing child care in the community,” states a request for proposal put out by the district last week for potential service providers to run the childcare program.

One of the major chal-

lenges to creating more child care at local schools is a shortage of qualified ECE workers, according to the district’s child-care plan.

The Marian project aims to overcome that.

The district already has an ECE training program.

Moving it to the Marian site this past September has allowed it to double the number of seats, according to director of instruction Kevin Brandt.

The Marian plan will also see ECE students get hands-on experience at the onsite child-care centre under the mentorship of experienced early childhood educators working there.

“It’s going to be perfect because we’re going to have the facility at the site where we’re doing the course work, so there’s an opportunity on an ongoing basis to support and look at best practices and all those

things,” Brandt said.

The deadline for submissions from potential childcare providers is Feb. 14.

Secretary-treasurer Russell Horswill said the contract between the chosen service provider and the district will be unique.

“It is a different relationship than all of our other agreements that we have.

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TUESDAY, 2020 JANUARY 28 AT 6PM in the Council Chamber, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”.

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Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 50, 2019 - Bylaw No. 14117 Rez. #19-34 Portion of 5085 North Fraser Way From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M2 General Industrial District and M5 Light Industrial District) To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M2 General Industrial District, M5 Light Industrial District and Big Bend Development Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Dorigo Electronics Manufacturing Services 5115 North Fraser Way, Burnaby” prepared by Bozyk Architects Ltd.) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit exterior changes to the building’s west elevation.

2) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 51, 2019 - Bylaw No. 14118 Rez. #19-61 4630 and 4650 Kingsway, 6080 McKay Avenue From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C3 Community Commercial District and RM5s Multiple Family Residential District) To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C3 Community Commercial District, RM5s Multiple Family Residential District and Metrotown Downtown Plan guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Station Square Change of Use Rezoning” prepared by Chris Dikeakos Architects) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit an amendment to the Comprehensive Development Plans for Station Square Sites 4, 5 and 6 approved under Rezoning References #04-09 and #12-43.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by a proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard: » in person at the Public Hearing » in writing should you be unable to attend the Public Hearing: Email clerks@burnaby.ca Letter Office of the City Clerk 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2 Fax 604-294-7537 Please note all submissions must be received by 3:45 p.m. on 2020 January 28 and contain the writer’s name and address which will become a part of the public record.

The Director Planning and Building’s reports and related information respecting the zoning bylaw amendments are available for public examination at the offices of the Planning Department, 3rd floor, in Burnaby City Hall.

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City now COURTS

Driver found ‘not criminally responsible’ Surrey woman who ran over two Burnaby flaggers in 2017 was in the grips of a psychotic episode: judge Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

A Surrey woman who ran over two flaggers at a Burnaby road-construction site in June 2017 and then assaulted one of her own children and a passerby outside a local SkyTrain station has been found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder.

A video showing Brenda Aregay mowing down a flagger with her white SUV on 10th Avenue near Kingsway and then driving off sparked outrage online after it was posted on social media in June 2017.

The 38-year-old had, in fact, gone on to run over another flagger a couple of blocks down the road moments later, according to an agreed statement of facts presented in Vancouver Provincial Court last month.

‘MELTDOWN OF SOME SORT’ On the morning of June 28, 2017, paving work had narrowed 10th Avenue between 13th and 15th streets down to one lane of alternating traffic.

Witnesses said Aregay pulled her white SUV out of a lineup of traffic into the lane closed for paving and then stopped in front of a flagger, gripping her steering wheel and staring either straight ahead or down at the console of her vehicle.

One witness said he heard loud music playing inside the SUV. Three workers at the site tried to get her attention, but she didn’t respond, according to the statement of facts.

She looked angry and distraught, they said.

At one point, flagging supervisor Tracey Honaizer called out for someone to call 911 because something seemed to be wrong with Aregay.

“She’s having a meltdown of some sort,” Honaizer said.

Moments later, as Honaizer was allowing traffic to flow, Aregay started to pull back into the line of traffic.

Honaizer turned to the SUV with her stop sign held high, but Aregay kept going, knocking Honaizer to the ground and driving over

her legs.

Two blocks away, flagger Derek Walker heard over the radio that there had been an accident.

Another driver pointed out Aregay’s SUV in a line of stopped traffic, saying it had just run over a flagger.

Walker noted traffic cones dragging under the vehicle.

Then he saw the SUV make a “quick back-andforth manoeuvre” to get out of line and accelerate towards him.

“Walker was looking at Aregay straight in the eye,” read the statement of facts.

“He raised his arms and then tried to dive out of the way, but the front passenger side of the SUV struck his left knee and then the SUV ran over his left ankle. As the SUV drove away, a semi-truck tried to block it.The SUV drove up and over the curb to get around the semi and keep driving.”

Aregay was later arrested outside the Edmonds SkyTrain station after a woman she had punched and kicked on the sidewalk outside called police.

Two people said they had also witnessed Aregay hit and slap one of her own two children, who were with her outside the station.

The SUV was parked a short distance away.

Aregay was charged with two counts of assault with a weapon (her SUV), two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, two counts of leaving the scene of an accident and two counts of assault.

At a hearing on Dec. 17, the charges related to leaving the scene were dropped and Aregay pleaded not guilty to the rest.

NOT CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE Crown prosecutor Mark Myhre and defence lawyer Michael Beckett both submitted Aregay should be found not criminally responsible because she had been in the grips of a psychotic episode that had rendered her incapable of understanding the consequences her actions or that they were wrong.

Their position was backed up by a report by forensic psychiatrist Dr.Todd Tomita.

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A screen grab from a video posted on YouTube shows flagger Tracey Honaizer just before she was run over by an SUV driven by Brenda Aregay in June 2017.

Aregay has been found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder.

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“Although Ms. Aregay was able to drive her vehicle,”Tomita wrote, “in her psychotic state, it is unlikely that she was able to appreciate the physical consequences of her actions in hitting Ms. Honaizer, Mr. Walker or her daughter.”

Aregay couldn’t remember all of the events in the agreed statement of facts or reconstruct her emotional and psychological state at the time, according to Tomita’s report.

Along with the psychiatrist’s report, Myhre introduced videos of the incidents and audio recordings of Aregay’s time in the back of a police vehicle on the way to the Burnaby RCMP detachment. Aregay could be heard yelling obscenities, giggling, singing and making disjointed statements about such things as demons, about being Jehovah and about helicopters that kept following her.

She was eventually taken to Burnaby Hospital, where she was committed under the Mental Health Act. Myhre noted Aregay had already been diagnosed with schizophrenia and this was her third time being committed.

VICTIM IMPACT Honaizer, who sustained

a fractured skull and brain bleed when she was hit, said she didn’t understand “how people with mental illness are allowed a driver’s licence.”

“I deal with angry motorists, working in all sorts of weather,” she said in a victim impact statement she read out at the hearing, “and now I have to worry about people not in their right mind.”

Honaizer said the accident changed her life forever, leaving her in severe pain and unable to work.

Because of her condition, she said she had felt like a burden to her father in the last years of his life.

“This accident financially ruined me, mentally destroyed me and physically broke me,” Honaizer said.

B.C. Provincial Court Judge Reginald Harris said the two flaggers had been “sadly and unfortunately” involved in Aregay’s psychotic episode and that the court “feels badly.”

“I know today will not bring you peace or closure, but there’s nothing that I could say or do that would change that,” he said to Honaizer.

RARE CASES In the end, Harris ruled Aregay was not criminal-

ly responsible on account of mental disorder.

He pointed out that “high calibre and high quality” evidence had been presented to support his conclusion and that such cases are rare.

“On a daily basis, or almost daily, this court deals with numerous persons who suffer from mental health issues,” Harris said. “It’s a rare finding of not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder. It’s a finding that’s not taken lightly.

It’s a finding that is based upon all of the evidence and with the assistance of a forensic psychiatrist; moreover, it’s a high hurdle to reach.”

Aregay has had a driver’s licence since 1998, according to Myrhe, and, until the June 2017 incident, she had had only two violations on her record (speeding in a school zone and failing to wear a seatbelt), both from the same day in 2012.

Aregay was initially banned from even being in the driver’s seat of a motor vehicle while on bail, but she successfully applied to have her bail conditions varied less than a year after her arrest to allow her to drive to and from work with written permission from her bail supervisor.

That order was changed

again during the Dec. 17 hearing, when Harris agreed to remove references to the employment restriction.

Aregay is still banned from driving between midnight and 6 a.m.

Myrhe noted Aregay has had no difficulty abiding by the terms of her bail and that she has been seeing a psychiatrist once every two months.

During their last meeting on Nov. 15, that psychiatrist wrote a letter saying Aregay had regained “full functioning” and her schizophrenia was in full remission.

Myrhe said she intends to have monthly injections of antipsychotic medication.

Aregay’s case will now go before the B.C. Review Board, a tribunal that makes and reviews orders for people found not criminally responsible for offences because of mental disorder.

The board can make one of three orders: an absolute discharge, a conditional discharge or detention in a hospital.

The review board is required to conduct a hearing within 45 days of a ruling of not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder.

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City now Artist explores Indigenous traditions Burnaby residents will have a unique chance to connect with local history and First Nations culture through an upcoming series of workshops with a local artist.

Nicole Preissl, an explorative designer of Sto:lo and Squamish descent, will lead three free workshops at Burnaby Art Gallery and Deer Lake Park as part of a research-commission project titledWalkingWith My Ancestors.

Preissl began to introduce traditional artistic customs into her practice as a means of connecting to her culture.

In her workshops, she passes along sacred teachings from elders and community members alike, while introducing people to natural ways of making with Indigenous materials.

Through storytelling, cedar rope making and a tour of the Indigenous plants in the area, the workshops will foster a greater appreciation for Indigenous knowledge and the land upon which Burnaby Art Gallery is situated.

In the first workshop, on

Jan. 26, Preissl will teach the art of cedar rope making while engaging in discussions of place-making.

The workshop runs from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

“Every time I (make cedar) rope, I would always remember what my grandma told me.That the trees, the plants and the land hold the memories and stories of our ancestors and will continue to do so forever.We just need to listen,” said Preissl, whose art is currently featured in the echoes exhibition at the Burnaby Art Gallery.

The theme of place-making is further explored in

Preissl’s second workshop on March 15, Memories of the Land. Internationally renowned Squamish and Kwakwak’wakw artist Xwalacktun (Rick Harry) and other local guests will share their stories and insights from 1 to 3 p.m.

On March 28, Preissl will lead an Indigenous Plant Walk through Deer Lake Park. Participants will learn to identify Indigenous plants while engaging in conversations about stewardship, foraging and the ongoing story of place. It runs from 1 to 3 p.m.

Space is limited, so call the gallery at 604-297-

4422 to register. Burnaby Art Gallery is at 6344 Deer Lake Ave. See www.burnaby artgallery.ca for details.

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Tradition: Nicole Preissl will lead a workshop in cedar rope making on Jan. 26. PHOTO COURTESY NICOLE PREISSL

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Catch Begonia onstage at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts keyboards.

Her songs and her voice have the “Fear is a deeply personal album, music world abuzz, and you can at once bursting with ruminations hear her on the stage in Burnaby this on solitude, self-doubt, anxiety and month.

Begonia is set to perform on Friday, panic, all bundled up in that serene Jan. 31 as part of the Shadbolt Cenfeeling that comes with an artist fultre for the Arts’ new Deer Lake After ly embracing themselves in both the Dark music series. past and the present Begonia – a.k.a. Alsays a press reHer music feels tense,” exa Dirks – originally lease. “Her music feels like something like something we’ve made her name working in ensembles such been waiting for we’ve all been all as the Juno-winning the chance to say, but waiting for the couldn’t quite phrase.”

Chic Gamine. But she stepped out on her The Deer Lake After chance to say own in 2016, when she Dark series will contindubbed herself “Begoue with the Jerry Cans nia” and went to work on March 13. on an EP that was reBegonia’s perforleased in 2017. mance is at 8 p.m. in the Now she’s touring in support of her James Cowan Theatre at Shadbolt first LP, Fear, which was released this Centre, 6450 Deer Lake Ave. past September. She’s supported by Tickets are $25, available through Jason Pankratz on bass, Cody Iwasitickets.shadboltcentre.com or 604uk on drums and Graham Leaver on 205-3000.

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Rising star: Begonia is onstage at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Jan. 31 for its Deer Lake After Dark music series.

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One-man show explores the world of online extremism and hate A one-man show coming to Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is exploring the world of online extremism, anonymity and hate speech.

The Believers Are But Brothers is onstage from Wednesday, Jan. 29 to Saturday, Feb. 1 in the Studio Theatre at the Shadbolt Centre, 6450 Deer Lake Ave. Writer and theatre-maker Javaad Alipoor uses the multimedia show to examine the electronic maze of fantasists, meme culture, 4chan, the altright and ISIS, where tech-savvy and extremist groups work to rip up political certainties – from the post-colonial nation states of the Middle East, to the European Union and the American election. Amidst it all, a generation of young men find themselves burning with resentment and lured

into an online world of radicalism and hate.

The Believers Are But Brothers is the 2017 Scotsman Fringe First Award winner, a 2018 Stage Award nominee and a Total Theatre Award nominee.

The Manchester-based Alipoor is resident associate director at Sheffield Theatres and an associate director of Theatre in the Mill. His work comes from discussions and workshops with communities that don’t usually engage with mainstream theatre.

The show is co-directed by Kirsty Housley.

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Dark: The Believers Are But Brothers, which explores the world of online radicalism, is onstage at Shadbolt Cenhtre for the Arts from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

A Burnaby performer is onstage in the next outing

by Gallery 7 Theatre.

Gallery 7 is staging Tempting Providence, Jan. 24 to Feb. 8 at the Abbotsford Community Arts Addition.

Robert Chafe’s play, based on a true story, tells the story of how the tenacious Myra Bennett leaves her life in England in the early 20th century and journeys to the remote village of Daniel’s Harbour, Nfld., to be the region’s medical practitioner.

It stars Cassie Unger as Myra Bennett, with Burnaby’s Steven Simpson in the role of Angus. It’s Simpson’s stage debut with Gallery 7 following his graduation from the theatre program at TrinityWestern University.

“Tempting Providence is an uplifting story of tenacity and resilience,” said Gallery 7’s executive/artistic director, Ken Hildebrandt, in a press release. “This story of community, friendship and love in the midst of challenges and hardships has been on my list of shows to do for awhile. I’m glad to be finally staging it for FraserValley audiences.”

Tempting Providence is onstage Jan. 24 and 25, Jan. 28 to Feb. 1 and Feb. 4 to 8 at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Jan. 25, Feb. 1 and Feb. 8.The Abbotsford Community Arts Addition is at 2329 CrescentWay. For tickets and information, see www.gallery7 theatre.com.

Onstage: Cassie Unger and Steven Simpson in Gallery 7 Theatre’s production of Tempting Providence. PHOTO DIANNA LEWIS PHOTOGRAPHY

VALENTINE’S JAZZ Great music and a good cause? Sounds like a win all around.

Maria Ho is returning to Jazz Evensong at the Sanctuary at Brentwood with a specialValentine’s concert raising money for the B.C. Cancer Foundation.

Ho will be joined by pianist BobYork, bassist Marcos Flo and drummer Buff Allen for an evening of music full of “peace, love, gratitude and hope to uplift your heart,” as a write-up about the performance says.

Refreshments and drinks will be served before and after the concert, and all concert attendees will receive a copy of Ho’s albums.

Admission is by donation.

Partial proceeds will go to the B.C. Cancer Foundation for cancer research.

The Sanctuary in Brentwood is at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, 1600 Delta Ave. See all the concert details at bccancerfoundation.com/ events/jazz-evensongpresents-maria-ho-quartet.

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YEAR OF THE RAT

Mark the Lunar New Year The City of Lougheed mall is hosting its annual Lunar NewYear event.

Come out on Saturday, Jan. 25 to welcome theYear of the Rat. This annual event is full of performances and colourful traditional dress.

Visit The City of Lougheed for your chance to receive a lucky red en-

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Here is the schedule of events: 11:45 a.m. – Introductions Noon – Dance performances from Vancouver Beauty

Dance World Noon – Chinese calligraphy in the Eateries 1 p.m. – Cheondoong drumming performance 2 p.m. – Dance performance by Li Hua Sun 3 p.m. – Chinese beaded art in the Eateries 3:30 p.m.– Lion Dance and blessing of the merchants

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YEAR OF THE RAT

The Great Race: The story of the 12 signs of the zodiac Valerie Leung

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Chinese NewYear is a time to celebrate the beginning of the Chinese lunar calendar.The holiday honours deities as well as ancestors, traditions and folklores passed down in families.

A story often told during Chinese NewYear is how the 12 zodiacs were chosen – also known as the great race.

One day, the Jade Emperor, ruler of all gods within Chinese mythology, announced to all the animals on the planet that he will host a race.The first 12 to finish the race will be chosen to join him in the imperial palace.

When the sun peaked above the horizon the next day, all the animals started the race with the goal to finish the race first. However, the biggest challenge for most of them was crossing the river right before the finish line.

The Rat knew if he didn’t do something the Ox would arrive at the finish line first.

Being quick-witted and persuasive, it convinced the powerful and kind Ox to let it ride on its back across the river.

When they got close to the other side of the river, the Rat quickly jumped off the top of the Ox’s head and crossed the finish line before it got out of the water.

The Ox was too com-

posed and conservative to make a big fuss as he crossed the line, content with second place, followed by the Tiger shortly after him.

Back on the other side of the river, the Rabbit, who was closely tailing the Tiger, jumped along a trail of rocks jutting up from the water. Suddenly, the Rabbit slipped and tumbled into the water while panicking if it would finish the race in time.

A moment later, the Rabbit saw a floating log nearby and paddled as fast as it could and clung on tightly.The log slowed to a stop until a sudden gust of wind blew the log towards the shore where the finish line was.

With no other animal in sight, the Rabbit quickly hopped on the shore and crossed the finish line, claiming fourth place.

Soon after, the Dragon swiftly descended from the skies to cross the finish line. It explained to the Jade Emperor that it arrived later than expected because it aided villagers in putting out the flames that set their crops on fire.

When the warm-hearted Dragon was almost at the finish line, it also helped a tiny Rabbit clinging to a log in the water by using its breath to push it to shore.

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Back in the river, the Monkey, the Rooster and the Sheep all floated on a raft, which the Rooster found by the opposite shore.The three travelled together using branches as paddles to reach the finish line.

When they reached the shore, the Monkey and the Rooster chose to let the Sheep cross first, to claim eighth place, because the peace-loving animal promoted teamwork.

The Monkey and Rooster then claimed ninth and tenth place respectively.

Trotting out of the water behind the Rooster was the Dog. Even though it was a skilled swimmer, it couldn’t resist the temptation to play and rest in the water after not having bathed for some time.

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CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE RAT this Saturday at the Lougheed Town Centre. Dance performances, Chinese calligraphy, Korean drumming and more will help you ring the lunar new year in with style.The celebrations run from 11:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

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We see it in the headlines all the time. A famous male athlete or celebrity or businessman or politician makes the choice to step away from their work to spend more time with family, and the world praises the parent profusely.

In 2016, Montreal-born Google CFO Patrick Pichette announced that he would be stepping down from his role to spend more time with his family after an epiphany he had while climbing Mount Kilimanja-

ro with his wife. His departure memo went viral, noted in one headline as “The Best ‘Spend Time With Family’ Memo Ever.”

In 2017, Ottawa Senators player Mike Fisher stepped away from his NHL career to focus on family and was flattered by fans. And in 2018, Paul Ryan, politician and Speaker of the House announced that he would be retiring from Congress so he could “stop being a weekend dad,” and the world listened.

These dads made headlines for their decisions, congratulated for their courageous choice to put their children first and their ca-

reers on the backburner, lauded for their love of family. But if they had been women, this would not have been the case.

For women, it seems to be quite the opposite.Women likeYahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who took on a leadership role while pregnant, or New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who was celebrated for being New Zealand’s first prime minister to be pregnant while in office, are congratulated when they succeed in their careers – despite having families. It’s a double standard that continues to exist, and it’s exactly what is happening to

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, too.

In a viral Facebook post shared by Diah Schippell, this double standard is made all too clear. “One day a woman gave up her lucrative career that she loved, worked hard for and excelled at as well as earning millions to be with the man that she loves,” the post begins.The author goes on to highlight all of the sacrifices that Markle has made – leaving her family, giving up all privacy, staying strong during a slew of public scrutiny, her challenging pregnancy, experiencing postpartum while in the spotlight.

“The world never bats an eyelid over everything she gave up.The entire world chewed her up, spat her out and then demanded more,” the author said.

Then the author flips the script, sharing how the public reacted so differently to Harry’s choice to put his wife and child’s health and well-being first. “That grown man, who is very capable of making his own choices, decided to give up his career to be with the woman he loves. And the entire world went mad…” the post concludes.

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Artsnow Burnaby talent in the running for 2020 Ovation! Awards Burnaby talent is once again in the spotlight, as nominations have been announced for the 2020 Ovation! Awards.

Align Entertainment’s production of Annie, which ran at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in February, has earned three nominations.

Kevin Woo is up for Outstanding Musical Direction, while Nicol Spinola has earned a nomination for Outstanding Choreography.

Daniel Curalli, who played Rooster, is up for Outstanding Supporting Performance – Male.

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Spotlight: Burnaby’s Oliver Castillo is up for an Ovation! Award for his performance in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

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SynthiaYusuf for Outstanding Leading Performance – Female in the Arts Club production of The Sound of Music; Colin Sheen for Outstanding Leading Performance – Male for his work as Johnny in URP’s American Idiot; and Caleb Lagayan for Outstanding Leading Performance – Male for his work as Peter in Eternal Theatre Collective’s Bare:A Pop Opera.

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Not long ago, a young man at the pool asked me, “Why does our blood get thick as we age?”

He had just come out of the steam room after chatting with a number of older adults, all of whom were taking “blood thinners.”

Our blood doesn’t get thick as we age. Some adults acquire an irregular heart rhythm, called atrial fibrillation.The irregular contractions of one chamber of the heart, the atrium can result in blood clots, and to reduce the risk for strokes, blood thinners or anticoagulant medications are prescribed.

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How is the average person able to get objective, evidence-based information and make the right choices for healthy living?

The best place to start is with the family physician you trust.Though we’re always ready to help you manage acute and chronic conditions, we’re also your health advocates over a lifetime.

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Bausback shines on national championship stage Burnaby Central student emerges as Canada’s senior women’s skating champ , capping a breakout season

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Grace, poise and a steely resolve helped carry Emily Bausback to her finest moment.

The New Westminster resident was crowned the 2020 Canadian Tire national senior women’s figure skating champion last week in Mississauga following a powerful performance that saw the teen leapfrog from fourth overall to first on the final day.

“It’s taken a few days, but I think it’s definitely sunk in that I won such a big competition,” Bausback told the NOW on Tuesday. “Now I’m recognized as one of those skaters that are part of a prestigious group as Canadian champions. It’s such a great feeling.”

Bausback’s celebratory moment was due to years of hard work, perseverance, training and faith.That it all was reflected in just 4:10 of ice time on Saturday, where she delivered a near-perfect performance in the free skate, was poetic.

Coming off a strong skate in the opening day’s short program, where her score of 58.90 placed her fourth, but just 4.7 points back of second-place Madeline Schizas, and 7.2 behind leader Alicia Pineault, was promising. Still, so many things needed to come together to take another step to get to that coveted podium spot.

“Ever since the beginning of the season that’s the one thing we wanted this year – to be top-three in Canada and make it onto the podium at senior nationals,” she said. “The whole year that was my only goal. My coach Joanne McLeod and I were really striving towards this goal and dreaming about it.”

Already having posted the best score for a Canadian woman in the free skate this season – achieving a personal best of 117.19 (also total score of 172.48) last November at the Warsaw Cup in Poland – Bausback knew it was possible.

Then she delivered it.

After completing a smooth triple lutz, double toe to start, fol-

lowed by a double axel triple toe, the Burnaby Central Secondary student had a minor setback when she skated through her program’s triple flip. But she came right back into step with a triple loop, then a spectacular triple salchow, triple toe combo that sparked a large ovation, setting the tone for her final minute.

The missed triple flip wasn’t going to keep her from putting on her best skate – another personal best free score of 116.64, which carried her past three other skaters to first place.

“She was pretty well spot on, just a triple flip which was her third jump and she kind of got ahead of herself and that didn’t go,” remarked McLeod, the head coach of Burnaby-based Champs International Skating Centre of B.C. “It’s one she usually has under her belt but she settled down after that. She certainly showed the judging panel that she wanted it, and she was very well prepared.”

It was how she carried on after the misstep – with her musical cue Julia Westlin’s cover of the Titanic’s My HeartWill Go On – that won the crowd and judges over.

“I was super surprised that I missed my flip – I was in shock in the moment, but I knew I had to keep going,” said Bausback.

“I couldn’t change the past, I couldn’t change that – I made that mistake; I just had to keep going and try to perform the program to the best of my ability despite having the small error.

“It all leads back to the training.

If I wasn’t as well-trained as I am I wouldn’t have been able to bounce back as quickly as I did from that error.”

As she sat and absorbed the result of her accomplishment, achieving another personal best on the nation’s biggest stage, Bausback still had to wait for four other skaters to go through their free programs.

It was nerve-wracking but also exciting as each other skater’s marks fell short of her mark, making her the 2020 champion.

“When I was sitting in the

SHARP SKATES: Burnaby-trained Emily Bausback went from fourth overall after the short program to first with her standout performance in the free skate Saturday at the 2020 Canadian Tire national skating championships in Mississauga.

PHOTO DANIELLE EARLE PHOTOGRAPHY/SKATE CANADA

back watching the skaters on live stream, I saw them sort of making mistakes, the feeling of keeping my first place position, the excitement and bubbliness sort of kept rising.

As I kept seeing their marks come through and my name was still on

top, the excitement was building up inside. It was so crazy.”

In some ways, it isn’t so far removed from the three-year-old who fell in love with skating.

“I just fell in love with the ice. I loved it so much, and the feeling

hasn’t changed,” she recalled.

Inspired by Canadian champions and international stars Joannie Rochette – Olympic medallist and six-time national champion – and three-time national champion Continued on page 27

Burnaby South repels No. 1-ranked Centennial at Snowball Dan Olson

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A week can seem like a lifetime for the typical teen.

But for the Burnaby South Rebels boys basketball team, it was a quick lesson on resilience and reciprocation.

Although they didn’t exit the Abbotsford Snowball Invitational tournament last week as champions, they did what they came to do

against their B.C. rivals.

Falling 75-69 in Saturday’s final to the touring Rolling Hills, California team may have left Burnaby with a sour taste, but if anything it should be taken as more evidence as to how the season’s progressed, coach Mike Bell said.

“We held our own against a team that was beating some very good teams rather convincingly,” said Bell, noting how Rolling Hills

stopped 3-A ranked Sir Charles Tupper by 60 points and 4-A’s No. 3-rated Kelowna Owls by 54 points.

It also can’t diminish the decisive response the Rebels had in the semifinal, where they rousted the No. 1-ranked Centennial Centaurs 80-63 in a rematch of the previous week’s Terry Fox Legal Beagle final.

That win was a suitable response to the Beagle final, where they fell 66-60.

Burnaby South’s multiple shooters opened a lead over Centennial after a deadlocked first quarter, going ahead by 11 at halftime and increasing it to 20 points with 10 minutes to play.

Grade 10 guard Jimmy Zaborniak delivered 17 points en route to being named the Player of the Game. Justin Sunga also scored 17, while Emir Krupic contributed 13 points.

That lined them up

against Rolling Hills, a prep program from California.

“We led pretty much the whole game and then Sasha (Vujisic) got called for some moving screen fouls, and (Sunga) got hurt. ...We held them to 41 points after three quarters and then they scored 34 (in the fourth).”

The Rebels were up by seven points with 10 minutes to play before the wheels fell off.

Sunga topped the team

with 17 points, while Vujisic deposited 16. Both would be named to the Snowball all-star team.

They began the Abbotsford tourney by blasting W.J. Mouat 107-44.

Burnaby South turns its attention to league play going forward, with three games lined up next week, including Monday against Burnaby North and Wednesday when they host Byrne Creek.

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James makes rugby hall

Mike James, a former Burnaby Laker Rugby Football Club player, was among those inducted this week into the B.C. Rugby Hall of Fame at a gala celebration in Vancouver.

James, a national team captain and second row standout, was joined by fellow player Bobby Ross and builders Ian MacLean and Pat Palmer in being inducted into the hall of fame.

Ushering James in was BLRC’s Andrew Eckhart. As well as captaining Canada for

nearly a decade, the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame member recorded 57 caps in red and white, including nine World Cup matches.

James’ career highlights include being Canada’s most successful professional player as a member of the French Barbarians and the Stade Francais.

He competed in four World Cups – 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007, then, upon retiring as a player in 2008, coached the Burnaby Lake premier team and later the B.C. Bears men’s rep team.

More medals for Champs There were more medals for Champs International Skating Club of B.C. athletes last week at the 2020 Canadian Tire national skating championships.

Emily Millard posted the second best mark in the Junior Women’s division in her first appearance as a junior.

The 15-year-old posted the second-best free skate at 92.64 points, giving her a

total of 143.31.

Securing bronze in the novice men’s event was Burnaby’s Brendan Wong.

The teen’s score of 129.79 points was just eight points back of champion John Kim of Ontario.Wong finished fourth in the short program (42.93) and third in the free skate (86.86). Right behind Wong was clubmate Shohei Law, who placed fourth.

In junior men’s, Gabriel Blumenthal came close to a podium finish, winding up fourth overall.

The Burnaby native stood sixth after the short skate, then secured the third-best score in the final skate to rise to fourth.

SPINNING WHEELS: The Burnaby Velodrome hosted the Western Track Challenge last week, where cyclists from B.C., Alberta, Washington State and Oregon mounted their bikes to match track racing techniques. The weekend event featured a 40-lap master men’s scratch omni, of which was caught on camera by the NOW’s photographer. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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Just as she did in Poland two months ago, the chance to skate for Canada is an honour that she eagerly anticipates.

“It was really special. I’ve represented Canada a few other times in past seasons, but representing Canada this season it just felt so special to me, because it felt I really deserved to carry the Canadian flag with me overseas,” she said. “I was super trained going to those events and felt truly confident that I could do something I hadn’t done before.”

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Rental policies, supply barely ease Metro Vancouver vacancy rates Despite measures to suppress rent increases and increase rental supply, the overall rental vacancy rate has increased only incrementally to 1.1 per cent across Metro Vancouver, and average rents are up by nearly double the rent-control maximum, according to an annual rental survey by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC).

This makes Metro Vancouver the second-tightest regional rental market in the country, after Greater Victoria, where rates have contracted to one per cent.

By municipality, Burnaby saw Metro Vancouver’s largest decline in rental vacancy rates, dropping from two per cent to 1.3 per cent, according to the survey. This means the number of available rental units in Burnaby dropped by more than one third over a year.

Eric Bond, CMHC’s senior specialist of market analysis, told Glacier Media, “The rental vacancy rate decreased in Burnaby in 2019, in a year in which the universe of rental apartments also decreased by 255 units in Burnaby.

That’s due to the number of units taken offline, because of eviction and demolition, exceeding the number of new rental units that were completed. Burnaby led the region last year in terms of condo construction, and it’s not

always clear whether removals from the rental universe are in fact replaced with rental, or replaced with condos or other development.”

Conversely, vacancy rates in the Tri-Cities eased from a very tight 1.2 per cent in 2018 to 2.2 per cent in 2019.

Across the region, even though there was a dramatic increase in the number of rental units overall, vacancy rates barely eased, possibly due to unquantifiable pentup demand.

Bond said, “What’s hard for socio-economists to quantify is potential demand. How many people living in households with roommates, or living in the parental home, or in other cities, would form a new rental household in this region if they could find one that they could afford? There is a lot of pent-up demand out there.

All of the condo units [in Vancouver] that came on stream found tenants, the vacancy rate [in this market] did not improve.”

All this demand has resulted in average rents across the region increasing by 4.7 per cent compared with one year earlier (up 4.9 per cent in Burnaby and 3.7 per cent in the Tri-Cities). These rises are above the provincially set rent control cap of 2.5 per cent per year.

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Indeed, CMHC found that the average asking rent for vacant units in the Metro Vancouver region was 20.8 per cent higher than the average rent paid in currently occupied units.

The CMHC report comes shortly after rental website Rentals.ca issued a Vancouver rental market report, which said, “Rent control might be well intentioned, but it is also highly damaging to purpose-built rental feasibility. Rental developers must take into account the long-term revenue their projects present. Rent control… limits this long-term potential, further eroding the case to build rental over strata units.”

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GRONBECH, Elisabeth December 2, 1932 - January 7, 2020 Elisabeth was born in Oslo, Norway, and passed peacefully in Burnaby, BC after a life which included a world of friends and family. Lis was predeceased by her father Erling at a young age, and much later by her mother Hjordis, as well as her wife Amy Legere. Survived by nieces, a nephew, and cousins in Norway and the USA. Lis celebrated 54 years as a ‘friend of Bill W and Dr. Bob’ helping men and women struggling with alcohol addiction. Her working years were spent as a banker, a draftswoman, and in the Canadian Navy.

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