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PANIC BUYING: Customers have been lining up around the block all week at the Burnaby Costco on Brighton Avenue as they stock up in fear of COVID-19. B.C. officials have been warning people they don’t need to worry about the province’s supply chains. PHOTO LIEF GARRETT

COVID-19

All city-owned facilities closed down

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The City of Burnaby has closed all city-owned facilities, including community centres, arenas, libraries, arts and cultural facilities, golf courses and restaurants, as the COVID-19 strain of the coronavirus continues to spread.

The directive, which took effect on Wednesday, comes at a time when federal and provincial officials insist on the need for people to stay home if they can. In a news conference Monday morning, B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix also pushed for employers to allow employees to work from home when they are able to.

Mayor Mike Hurley said in a brief interview the city is working as the “world is changing before our eyes.”

He said the city’s emergency operations centre has been working throughout the weekend, and council met Monday morning to make some decisions on the matter.

“We understand this will have a significant impact on residents,” Hurley said in a news release.

“But this is an extraordinary time, and it’s impor-

tant that we all do what’s necessary to contain the spread of coronavirus. Public health officials advise that the window of opportunity to flatten the curve in the spread of this virus is very narrow, and we must do all we can.”

The city said refunds will be given to anyone who registered for programs.

“This is a challenging time for all of us,” Hurley said. “It’s important that we stay active. I encourage everyone to get out and enjoy our city’s abundant open spaces, parks and natural areas.”

Although the RCMP’s community policing building is closing, the main detachment, local fire halls, the city’s warming centres and city hall will all remain open. Other city functions and services will continue to operate, the city said.

The last week has been one of rapid change, with federal and provincial officials speaking daily to the spread of the most recent strain of the coronavirus and new measures being taken to slow that spread.

Hurley added in an interview the city will be working to beef up its work-fromhome policy for city em-

In-class instruction at Burnaby schools has been suspended indefinitely as part of a provincial effort to slow the spread of deadly COVID-19.

The province-wide measure, which applies to all public and private kindergarten-to-Grade 12 schools until further notice, was announced Tuesday by Education Minister Rob Fleming.

“We’re used to schools being safe places where kids learn and grow and socialize,” Fleming said, “but, as the global pandemic, COVID-19 is evolving quickly and is having a growing impact in British Columbia, we have to take action today to protect our students and staff to keep our schools safe.”

Fleming said the decision to suspend in-class instruction was made under the direction of provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and supported by “all of the

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Closed for now: Burnaby’s major arts centre, the Shadbolt, is one of many facilities closed due to COVID-19. PHOTO NOW FILES

ployees. An interim policy, obtained by the NOW, came into effect on Saturday, March 14, but it stops short of encouraging many employees to stay home.

Presently, the interim policy says working from home will be allowed or denied on a case-by-case basis. City spokesperson Chris Bryan said Monday morning that would mostly be in place for employees who live with someone who is immunocompromised or who are compromised themselves.

According to the inter-

im policy, employees need permission from the head of their department to work from home.

Hurley later clarified, albeit without details, that the city would be “stepping that up.”

Bryan and Hurley noted challenges with some employees working from home, with Bryan pointing to those working to fill potholes as an example.

“Anywhere we can do it successfully, we will certainly be looking to do that,” Hurley said.

education partners, teachers and stakeholders in the system.”

He said schools will not be closed, but in-class instruction is suspended effective immediately.

In a letter to sent to parents on Tuesday, Burnaby school district superintendent Gina Niccoli-Moen said the district had been “actively preparing” for the possibility of an end to inclass instruction and exploring ways to support learning when the break is over on March 30.

“While we don’t have all the answers at this point, I can assure you that we are working hard to find solutions,” Niccoli-Moen said.

Fleming said the ministry is urging schools and school districts to start planning now to ensure a “continuity of learning” while in-class instruction is shut down.

The district will continue to post the latest information on its website: www. burnabyschools.ca.

911 calls will continue to be Burnaby RCMP’s number 1 priority even if local Mounties get sick with COVID-19, says Burnaby’s top cop.

Responding to questions at a meeting of the city’s public safety committee last Thursday, Chief Supt.

Deanne Burleigh said her “primary concern” is local Mounties having to take 14 days off work if they contract the disease.

“That means I don’t have the resources for 14 days,” she said.

If and when that happens, Burleigh said the detachment’s response to calls will “remain on a priority basis.”

“The best way I can describe it is, if staffing at the detachment, if the membership are affected and having to stay home, units will collapse, so that we can remain on the front line, so that when the calls come in, 911 and so on, they will get the same priority response they get today,” Burleigh said.

“We will never stop that.”

As far as personal protective equipment for members, Burleigh said the de-

tachment is well supplied.

“We are equipped for communicable diseases regardless of COVID-19,” she said. “We come across Hep-C,TB, HIV, more so – other than the hospitals – more so than anybody else in the general public, so we are equipped for all of that.

We are prepared.”

Despite Burleigh’s reassurances, however, the national union that represents RCMP members raised concerns last Friday about shortages of nitrile gloves, approved face masks and even disinfectant across the country.

The National Police Federation also raised concerns about the decontamination supplies and the process around clothing, vehicles, offices and cell areas The RCMP issued a statement the same day saying it has “national and divisional emergency operations plans related to health emergencies, as well as business continuity plans.”

“These plans will be activated if and when required,” the statement said.

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Our prime minister has made significant comments and announcements in regards to the federal government’s actions and recommendations. So has B.C.’s premier. We will behave completely within those guidelines and requests. Today I wish to share with you that all of us here at the Burnaby NOW are taking this issue very seriously.

We remain 100-per-cent committed to serving the needs of our community, especially at this unsettling time. Our newsroom staff are fully engaged (by phone and email) with community news happenings and particularly events and changes around the very fluid COVID-19 pandemic. We will keep you fully updated 24/7 on our website, Burnabynow.com.

We understand the need to have the most up-to-date information available, at all times, and you will get just that.

We will continue to print and deliver our newspaper each week. The paper will carry up-to-date COVID-19 information as well as all the other community news that you expect. Our carriers have been asked to be especially diligent in providing social distancing for our readers, at their homes. Please respect their wish for social distancing as well. However, for the most up-to-date information, please visit our website at Burnabynow.com.

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We hope that all of you remain safe and healthy during this outbreak of COVID-19. Practise personal hygiene, maintain social distancing, and self-quarantine with the very first sign of symptoms that match the expectations of this virus.

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Poll on discrimination shows the abuse women face

The United Nations and our local communities recently observed International Women’s Day. This year also marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, a global policy framework introduced to advance gender equality around the world.

A quarter-century later, we must acknowledge many achievements when it comes to specific goals of the Beijing Platform, particularly on poverty reduction and armed conflict. Other areas, such as economy,

power and decision-making, are nowhere near where they should be – even in industrialized nations.

In British Columbia, there are aspects of our daily lives in which women continue to be scrutinized, excluded and harassed on account of their gender.

The polling company Research Co. asked a representative sample of women in B.C. about their experiences over the course of their lives in the province.

Just over a third of women (36%) say they have nev-

er endured discrimination here.This leaves more than one in five (21%) who describe the discrimination they have faced as “significant” or “moderate,” and 37% who have experienced “a small amount” of discrimination.

In Metro Vancouver, 24% of women have experienced a “significant” or “moderate” amount of discrimination. And while half of women in B.C. aged 55 and over (50%) say they have never been discriminated against, the proportion falls

to 34% among those aged 35 to 54 and 21% among those aged 18 to 34.

As the Beijing Platform began to be implemented, North American workplaces went through a transformation.

Human resources departments became busier, but at times devoted more attention to avoiding lawsuits and protecting revenue-producing executives than to ensuring a fair hearing for women who felt wronged.

The survey asked women if they have endured any

one of 12 separate specific kinds of discrimination.

While a majority of women aged 55 and over claim not to have experienced any of them (56%), the proportion drops to 34% among those aged 35 to 54 and just 29% among those aged 18 to 34.

Slightly fewer women in British Columbia were the subject of sexist jokes (20%), were treated unfairly in the workplace (also 20%) or were mocked or ridiculed because of their gender (17%). More than one in 10 (12%) felt they lost a

potential employment opportunity because they are women.

The survey provides a sombre reminder of how much needs to be done to eradicate gender discrimination.

It would have been easy to assume that women aged 18 to 34, whose professional careers have occurred entirely in the 21st century, would benefit from more sensitive workplaces. In reality, some employers still do not fully understand how to speak and act.

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Words to keep all of us a little calmer

As the COVID-19 virus tightens its grip over B.C. in the coming weeks, it would be wise to remember some reassuring words from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry.

“Remember, this is not forever,” she likes to say at her daily media briefings.

“We’re going to get through this.”

The virus’ impact on the social fabric of B.C. will be substantial. Brace yourself not only for poor health outcomes for many, but for overall economic damage as well.

“The next four weeks will likely dwarf anything we’ve seen over the last four weeks,” Health Minister Adrian Dix has told me.

“We have a rapidly evolving situation.”

We have already seen the suspension – temporarily, we hope – of the seasons for both minor and major league sports. However inconvenient and disappointing that development is for many, it will likely be seen over time as a rather small matter compared to many others.

For example, as of this column’s writing, it seems certain that B.C.’s schools will remain closed for an indefinite period when spring break ends.

Think of the impact that will have on parents forced to scramble for child care.

It is not even clear whether the legislature will resume sitting as scheduled next week. Government House Leader Mike Farnworth tells me he is weighing options.

Now, whether the legislature sits or not is likely not

too big a deal for most folks.

However, the potential closures of many other facilities and services will be of larger concern.

Already, many cities have closed their rec centers, ice rinks, libraries and pools.

Expect other cities and municipalities to follow suit.

Many small businesses will feel the economic pinch and layoffs – again, hopefully only temporary ones – appear to be inevitable.

Travel restrictions will undoubtedly tighten.

However, the biggest fear is that COVID-19 could overwhelm our health care system, particularly when it comes to hospitals. Dr. Henry is cautiously optimistic it will not, but we are just now at the beginning of the outbreak.

The “numbers” in the B.C. government’s influenza pandemic coordination plan are taken from what happened when COVID-19 took over a province in China.

The good news is that about 80% of those who contracted the virus experienced only mild symptoms.

However, the truly frightening statistic is that five per cent of the cases there were considered “critical”, which can require hospitalization.

To put that in a B.C. context, if only a third of our population become ill from COVID-19 (a low estimate compared to many) and that 5% “critical” rate was maintained here, that would capture some 80,000 people. It is going to be a trying month in many ways, but as Dr. Henry says, we’re going to get through this.

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I’m in retirement ‘hell’ Editor: Re: Frustrated Burnaby Mountain residents take to policing Trans Mountain traffic, NOW News I live on Ashgrove (Ash Grove) Crescent, and have done so for 34 years. It used to be a quiet and tranquil neighbourhood.

Now, since expansion of the tank farm at the Burnaby terminal, I find the area extremely busy and noisy. The trucks going in and out, sometimes in convoys, block many of the surrounding streets, and the truck drivers oftentimes drive over the lane-dividing line, going over into the oncoming lane.

As they also drive very slowly, especially up and down the hills, they also cause traffic delays and major inconveniences. The affected roads, which I always use to get off the lower mountain, are clogged. There is no other alternative to leave or return to my residence.

I am talking about Underhill Avenue, Shellmont, Production Way and Broadway, plus the intersections of Forest Grove Drive and Underhill, Underhill and Broadway, Forest Grove and Broadway, Production Way and Eastlake, Production Way and Broadway, and Broadway and Gaglardi.

This is a ridiculous situation that you are putting us through, and it is entirely unnecessary.

I did not buy a place to live my retirement years in hell. Why not think of alternative access to the terminal? Get permission from the City of Burnaby, and build a new road through your property so that it would not impact our neighbourhood? I suppose being aligned with the

government doesn’t permit creativity or concern from your company.

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Will we end up paying for truck damage?

Editor: Re: Frustrated Burnaby Mountain residents take to policing Trans Mountain traffic, NOW News Reading the recent article, I would like to add my comments with the heavy truck and trailers destroying the roadside along Broadway between Lake City/Arden and Underhill.

Every morning, the trucks are using Broadway as a staging area, with a controller in a pickup truck directing the trucks up the hill on Underhill.

The roadside gravel has turned into a rutted, muddy mess and as each truck re-enters back onto Broadway, they’re tracking all that mud onto the road surface, which is then splashed on every other vehicle using this route. (So much for trying to keep your vehicle clean.)

Also, I find it annoying as you travel along past this long line of trucks, some use their flashers but most do not. I am cautious and wonder if that one truck in the line is about to pull out back onto the paved roadway out of turn with only the left-side flasher (turn signal) being visible.

Finally, I am concerned that when the heavy trucks have finished destroying the roadside, will we the taxpayers in the city of Burnaby be responsible for the roadside repair? Something our city management should follow up on.

Don Anderson, Burnaby

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Frustrated residents policing TMX trucks

Dustin Godfrey

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The intersection is filled with the pulsing wail of heavy-duty brakes bringing a hulking dump truck slowly, fitfully to a halt.The driver is careful to ensure the truck comes to a full stop before, with a hiss of air, it kicks off again, entering the intersection.

Burnaby Mountain resident John Preissl cheers the subtle victory in that truck complying with a stop sign along Underhill Avenue.

For years, the narrow road has guided hundreds of heavy, doublelength dump trucks full of sand up and down a slight but persistent slope, north from Lougheed Highway to Burnaby Mountain’s most contentious property – Trans Mountain’s Burnaby Terminal.

Preissl and his neighbours have been increasingly frustrated with that traffic. For some, it’s part of a larger opposition to the Trans Mountain expansion project. For other neighbours, otherwise supportive of or ambivalent about the pipeline, it’s about concern for safety in their community and the feeling of intrusion from these heavy vehicles.

Chief among their complaints, neighbours say they’ve seen speeding trucks, including in the two 30-kilometre-per-hour zones in the area.

Several neighbours have also complained of trucks “blowing through” the three-way stop at Underhill and Forest Grove Drive.

Preissl admits it reflects common (albeit illegal) driving habits – slowing but not stopping at stop signs –

but he says the danger from heavy trucks hauling double loads of dirt is far higher than it is from lighter vehicles.

“We just haven’t seen the respect that we were hoping for when it came to construction traffic in our neighbourhood,” says one neighbour, Kristin Vandegriend. “We have young kids, so we’re just really aware of the importance of safety.”

One resident, Rosa Delgado, says the roads weren’t wide enough before the construction began, spurring all the traffic of large trucks. Indeed, the NOW observed several trucks driving on a sidewalk along Underhill heading south from the terminal as they passed northbound traffic.

It’s not just about safety; neighbours also complain of nuisances in the area.

Vandegriend says she often hears the thunderous rumbling of engine brakes, despite Trans Mountain’s traffic management plan that bans their use in residential areas. Neighbours also complain of long lineups of trucks parked along Underhill, waiting to get into the terminal and holding up traffic.

“It’s hard to trust that they are going to follow laws and regulations regarding the environment and all other safety issues associated with the project when they can’t even get their traffic safety under control,” Dana Johnson, one neighbour, says in an email to the NOW. Led by Preissl’s example, residents in the area have become reluctant, unofficial traffic police, documenting their concerns with their

Rumbling trucks: Burnaby Mountain resident John Preissl has taken up policing the heavy truck traffic to and from Trans Mountain’s Burnaby Terminal – and he’s not alone. Several of his neighbours have started taking photos and videos of trucks . PHOTO DUSTIN GODFREY

camera phones.The group has at least managed to become a thorn in the toe of the giant, which appears to have bowed to some of the laundry list of complaints the residents have raised.

But Preissl has also noted what he sees as intimidation tactics: Security guards filming residents documenting their concerns. A NOW reporter and Preissl were filmed by a security guard recently as Preissl took photos of traffic near the entrance to the terminal.

That’s something that causes those residents to think twice.

“I’m used to it. … A lot of people don’t want to be here today.They don’t want to speak up,” Preissl says from the intersection of Underhill and Forest

Grove Drive. “They’re actually afraid because of Trans Mountain and their injunction zone.”

Unshaken, Preissl approaches and strikes up a friendly conversation with the Trans Mountain employee, who tells Preissl the filming is only in case people break in or attempt to break the court’s injunction against disruptive protests.

In an email statement, Trans Mountain says it and its contractors are “sensitive to the movement of commercial vehicles on all city streets and remain committed to public safety.”

“Every effort is made to minimize the impact near residential neighbourhoods, especially with the increased traffic associated with terminal construction. … The

team is working with local law enforcement to improve road safety and determine whether improvements need to be made,” reads the statement.

The Crown corporation has responded to some of the residents’ issues.

A few, such as trucks not stopping at stop signs, speeding and the long, disruptive lineups on Underhill, had gone away by the time a NOW reporter visited the area with Preissl, after he had complained of the issues to various authorities and to Trans Mountain.

But Preissl did notice a few persisting issues, as well – trucks without covers over their loads of sand and driving on the sidewalk to name a couple.

After weeks of sending

photos and complaints to the Canada Energy Regulator, the successor of the National Energy Board, the regulatory body told Preissl in an email they were “looking into the matter.” A spokesperson for the CER did not respond to a request for comment from the NOW. Despite the group’s successes, Preissl isn’t optimistic drivers will toe the line for long. And Vandegriend says it shouldn’t be the neighbours’ responsibility.

“That’s a lot to have to take on or worry about,” she says, “especially when you’ve got so much else going on in your life, when you have to police this massive organization that should have the resources to be able to do that.”

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CITY OF BURNABY– ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS – PUBLIC HEARING

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The Council of the City of Burnaby hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing

TUESDAY, 2020 MARCH 24 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”.

2) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment 1) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Bylaw No. 5, 2020 - Bylaw No. 14133 Amendment Bylaw No. 4, 2020 - Bylaw No. 14132 Rez. #19-12 Rez. #18-37 Portion of 5255 North Fraser Way 4279 Norland Avenue From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M2 General Industrial District, and From: P5 Community Institutional District M5 Light Industrial District) To: CD Comprehensive Development District To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development (based on P5 Community Institutional District (based on M2 General Industrial District, District, RM3 Multiple Family Residential M5 Light Industrial District, M5r Light Industrial District and Central Administrative Area District, the Big Bend Development Plan, and Plan as guidelines and in accordance the Glenlyon Concept Plan guidelines and in with the development plan entitled accordance with the development plan entitled “Dania Seniors Affordable Housing” “5255 North Fraser Way, Burnaby BC” prepared prepared by NSDA Architects)

by Taylor Kurtz Architecture and Design Inc.) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment amendment is to permit the redevelopment is to permit the construction of two 2-storey light of the site for a new seniors’ non-market industrial and office buildings with an accessory rental housing development. restaurant/café.

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 V5G 1M2 Fax 604-294-7537 Please note all submissions must be received by 3:45pm on 2020 March 24 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.

Copies of the proposed bylaws may be inspected at the Office of the City Clerk at 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2 from 8am to 4:45pm weekdays until 2020 March 24.

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Business now Employees find success with work-life balance Janaya Fuller Evans

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Employment and parenthood make for a difficult balancing act.

They are often at odds – child-care schedules, work schedules and the time commitment to both.

But some local businesses are working with parents to make that balance more manageable.

KimYuen was lucky enough to build a career with a company willing to help her achieve “work-life integration,” she told the NOW. She was posting an ad on Craigslist for her husband’s company, while she was taking time off with her children, when she saw a job close to her children’s school.

“My boss is so empathetic to working women and our need to feel relevant and have challenging work and to also appreciate our family commitment,” she said. “So he clearly put that on the post, and I thought, oh my gosh, that’s perfect.”

Veer Business Advisors Ltd. is a business transition advisory firm focused on business exits.Yuen, who has a background in management consulting, is a business adviser with the company.

“We have a philosophy of results matter more than time in the office,” she said.

They need to be in the office for team and client meetings, but otherwise, they can work from home or wherever they wish,Yuen explained.

They also have a digital workplace, as well as a focus on employee emotion-

al wellness and physical health.

The focus on work-life integration is there for all employees, not just working mothers,Yuen pointed out.

“We like to see it as accessing talent because myself and my co-workers, we have a lot to offer, and businesses and entrepreneurs like my boss understand that,” she said.

But with working mothers in particular,Yuen has noticed some take jobs that limit them and don’t use their skill sets, because they need more flexible schedules.

“I hear a lot of moms who, after they have kids, change careers or just give up on finding work that’s rewarding to them, and it’s unfortunate because women have so much to offer,” she said, “and it’s just a matter of finding a company that’s going to take advantage of that opportunity to have you with them.”

Stefanie Poli, an administrative assistant with Cameray Child and Family Services, found her employer was very understanding when she became pregnant a month after returning from her first maternity leave.

“They’ve just been incredibly positive when I got pregnant again, going off again, and my second mat leave was two years, and they were wonderful when I came back again the second time,” she said.

Finding child care for two children was the hardest challenge, Poli said, and she ended up working out a part-time work schedule with her supervisor.

They’ve also been very

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understanding about retraining her after her return from her second maternity leave, she added.

The employer has good policies in place, which is key, Poli said. Employees are able to take a second year of unpaid maternity leave if they wish, and work schedules are also flexible from week to week.They can also use paid sick leave when their kids are sick, and take unpaid leave once that runs out.

Work culture is also essential, she said.

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Employers such as Jolene Johnson, owner of National Risk Management Group Ltd., make it a priority to work with their employees’ schedules.

The group provides private investigation services in B.C. and Alberta, and security services in Alberta.

Everybody has to work, she said. “I have an investigator who’s a family man who has a four-month-old at home, and he’s got other kids as well. So what we try to do is accommodate his schedule so he can be home with his kids.”

This is different than a lot of employers who expect employees to always work around them, Johnson pointed out.

“We do it differently, and the reason why we do it differently is because at the end of the day everybody has to work, but everybody, if you have a happy wife or happy husband at home, the employee is more productive,” she said.

The business is one that allows for some schedule flexibility, she added.

“One of the services we provide is we locate people, and so a lot of times we will get moms who are wanting to get back in the workforce

but they still have their little ones at home, but there’s such a dynamic when it comes to child care in the Burnaby area, specifically,” Johnson said.

Accommodating the needs of employees is better for businesses, she said.

“I find if you provide a stable work environment, a healthy work environment, and your understanding of your employees’ issues, then you’re going to have a longlasting employer/employee relationship with that individual,” she added.

(Janaya Fuller Evans was a temporary receptionist at Cameray Child and Family Services last April.)

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The private eye is hot on the trail of her quarry until he jumps into an ominous-looking town car. She frantically grabs her phone, shouting into it, “trace that licence plate!”

Soon after, she tracks him down, breaking open the door to his cabin and wrestling him to the ground. Another case solved.

This kind of scenario plays well on screens and pages, but it’s not how things go in real life. In real life, being a private investigator is a whole different story.

“I don’t think a lot of the public knows what P.I.s actually do,” Burnaby private investigator Jolene Johnson told the NOW. “It’s not like the movies, it’s not like the TV shows coming out, it’s nothing like that.”

Johnson has been a private investigator for five years and has run National Risk Management Group Ltd. since 2018.The Burnaby resident employs four fully licensed private investigators and one private investigator under supervision in B.C. and Alberta. She also has licensed security staff in Alberta.

One aspect of the work of

a private investigator is locating people, and much of the work is done online, she said.

“We do surveillance, that’s one piece of it.We do witness statements, that’s another piece of it,” Johnson said. “We do covert investigations, but we don’t have any actual power like law enforcement, for example.”

One of the major differences between fictional P.I.s and actual investigators working in the private sector is that there are limita-

At the end of the day, we Google weird things. tions on what they can do, she said.

“People think private investigators have all kinds of abilities to do this, that and the other thing on a file but really we don’t,” Johnson said. “We have no authority whatsoever.”

For instance, private investigators can’t run licence plates or do driver’s licence searches, she pointed out.

“There’s no power that I have that you don’t have as a private citizen, there’s nothing.The only thing is

I’m licensed by the provincial government and I’m insured,” she explained. “My licence only gives me the right to charge money for services. And it also only gives us the ability to legally follow from place to place.”

In B.C, repeatedly following someone is a criminal offense for those without a private investigator’s licence.

“If a subject becomes aware that we are following them, and they get afraid, then it’s a criminal offence,” Johnson said.

Private investigators don’t buddy up with investigating officers for intel or help on a case, either, she said.

“We don’t work with police,” Johnson said. “If police stop one of our people doing surveillance, we are not allowed to disclose who we’re working on.We do tell them, ‘we’re on surveillance, here is our plate number.’

But we’re not allowed to legally disclose to the police what we’re doing.”

However, if the police have a file they’re working on in the area and the private investigator is impeding that, they do stop, according to Johnson.

However, the one element of fictional private eye stories that rings true is the havoc it can wreak on an investigator’s personal life,

so Johnson is very careful to help her employees with that side of things.

Because a lot of work they do involves sensitive material, Johnson allows her employees to disclose to their partners what kind of file they’re working on, though no personal details are shared.

“In some cases we’re investigating adult-oriented material where a subject may be involved in escorting. So that type of assignment, a male employee would have to go into that kind of environment and again, it raises havoc in relation to relationships as well,” she said. “The partner may not know this is work related, or ‘is my husband stepping out on me?’

So they can’t know who the file is on, but the type of file, we definitely allow our employees to disclose the type of file because at the end of the day, we Google weird things.”

Johnson also offers security services through her company in Alberta, but doesn’t in B.C. because the pay rates are around minimum wage.That is too low for her employees, she said.

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including 31 units that will be offered at “deep subsidy rates.” A further 78 would be geared toward incomes and 46 units would be offered for moderate incomes.

According to the staff report, the building would mix amenities within the building with residential units, and would provide room beyond its walls for outdoor amenities.

As of Monday afternoon, city spokesperson Chris Bryan said the city still plans to go ahead with its public hearing and regular council meeting next week.

City holds off on ride-hailing licence Dustin Godfrey

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Burnaby city council is holding off at least until its next regular meeting before voting on whether or not to join the regional ride-hailing licensing program.

Municipalities from around the region have agreed on a framework for the inter-municipal business licence (IMBL), and city councils are expected to be voting on whether or not to ratify the agreement locally and participate in the licensing program.

The use of a regional licensing program would ease the regulatory burden, and therefore cost, on individual cities by cutting down on red tape, according to a Burnaby city staff report.

The framework came before Burnaby’s council recently for a vote on whether or not to participate in the program, and staff recommended a vote in favour of it. But Coun. Sav Dhaliwal asked council to hold off, citing concerns around wheelchair accessibility.

“I recognize the report works partly to that, but it’s very vague in terms of when

and what will be accomplished. I wanted to make sure that as we move forward that there’s some way of us trying to work back to see how we’re going to protect that,” Dhaliwal said.

Unlike taxis, ride-hailing services are not required to include wheelchair-accessible vehicles in their fleet, but they do need to pay a 30cent per-trip fee that goes toward supporting accessible transportation.

How that money will be allocated, however, is unclear.The province has begun negotiations with the taxi industry to look at using the fees to support its accessible fleet, along with other industries with accessible modes of transportation.

But that could take upwards of two years to properly develop a program, according to a city report.

“I’m not very comfortable with that,” Dhaliwal told council. “I want to see what else is available, what’s happening.”

Coun. Colleen Jordan said the issue of accessibility was an “additional issue” to the licensing issue, saying the city could approve the bylaw and still work on ac-

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On March 9, council approved first reading of a rezoning application for the project at 4279 Norland Avenue, sending it to a public hearing on March 24.

The proposed six-storey rental apartments would be part of the Dania Home Society’s Campus of Care, where another 102-unit

complex-care facility already exists.

The complex-care facility was built to replace the Dania Home Senior Care Home, which has since been demolished.The new apartments would be built where the old care home was located, according to a report to council.

The new facility is planned to house 155 units – including one studio and 154 one-bedrooms – all of which will be adaptable or accessible.

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Community now Tribunal upholds noise complaint fine against couple Dustin Godfrey

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A Burnaby couple will not be getting their 50 bucks back after being fined for banging pots and pans in their Brentwood-area condo late into the night.

Shih Ting Hsu and Ching-Yi Hsu were fined $50 last May by the strata at their Douglas Road apartment high rise, according to a ruling by the B.C. Civ-

il Resolution Tribunal last week.

On April 17, the strata had gotten an emailed complaint from an unnamed neighbour who said there was excessive noise coming from the couple’s apartment at 11:15 p.m., according to the ruling.

The complainant described the noise as “pots and pans banging and footsteps, as if someone were walking in heels” and said

it had been going on daily for weeks, lasting until midnight.

The couple paid the fine for violating the strata’s noise bylaw but then applied to the tribunal to have their money reimbursed and for the tribunal to order the strata to stop falsely accusing them of making noise.

The couple denied they were noisy and said they were being treated unfair-

ly because the strata’s representative in the dispute lives in the condo below them.

But tribunal member David Jiang called that claim “speculative and unsupported by any evidence.”

Jiang said the couple’s claim they weren’t noisy was contradicted by a video recording of their door taken by the anonymous complaining neighbour.

“I find the audio sounds like pots or pans occasional-

ly hitting each other and the noise appears to come from the owners’ strata lot,” Jiang said.

He also noted there was a history of noise complaints against the pair.

The couple argued there “must be scientific instruments involved if there is to be proof of excessive noise,” but Jiang disagreed.

“The test of whether noise is unreasonable or a nuisance is based on a stan-

dard of reasonableness, after considering all of the surrounding circumstances,” Jiang wrote in his ruling.

“There is no requirement that a noise reach a certain decibel range or other measurement in order to be considered unreasonable.”

Jiang dismissed the couple’s claim for reimbursement of the $50 and declined to order the strata to stop accusing them of making excessive noise.

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Even as we face uncertain times – and LAUGH. LA A these truly trr are unprecedented times – it’s important to keep your sense of humour.

Aside from regular washing, this might be the most important thing you can do as we retr treat r into our homes and away from the community ty, y doing our part to slow the th h spread of COVID-19. Laughter is the language of the soul, as Pablo Neruda once said, but it’s also sustenance for the soul.

Laugh, learn and more while social distancing

TALK. There’s a reason extended solitary confinement is viewed as torture. Even the most stable among us can succumb to cabin fever. If laughter is sustenance for the soul, as we said earlier, talking is sustenance for the mind.We may be divided by the walls of our homes, but we don’t have to be emotionally divided. Call your loved ones.Tell them how you’re feeling and ask

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LEARN. A still mind grows stagnant, and while movies or video games or music can fill some time, learning about the world around you is both productive and satisfying.

The universe is at your fingertips, and it’s never been easier to enjoy art, gain understanding about the world, explore the depths of the oceans, the far-flung

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Community It’s time to talk to our children about COVID-19 Mommy’s

GROUNDED Bianca Bujan

What’s the coronavirus?” my five-year-old asked me curiously after overhearing part of my conversation with a friend about the current state of the world.

She didn’t seem concerned, more just curious about the introduction of a new word to her ever-growing vocabulary, and as she looked back down at her Lego structure that she was building, I realized that it was time to be honest with her.

Because while I’ve spent the last couple of weeks hovering over my computer, watching live Q&A broadcasts with the World Health Organization (WHO), reading updates on the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) website, and following the latest travel advisories posted on Health Canada, my kids have been mostly in the dark about the quicklyspreading disease.

Last week we cancelled what was going to be our

first-ever family trip abroad, a two-week trek through the south of France for spring break, and since then, our plans have been ever-changing.

As I write this, the coronavirus has spread to 146 countries, with over 153,000 confirmed cases around the world - 73 of which are right here in BC. Things are changing by the hour, and while we’re all, for the most part, trying to remain calm, most of our kids are concerned, curious, or confused as they watch us watch things evolve.

It’s time to be open and honest with our kids about the coronavirus and all that’s happening around the world.They need to know why they can’t go to Science World, or hang out at the mall, and they need to know the severity of the situation.

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let’s also show them videos of how people are coming together, supporting small businesses, providing for their sick neighbours who need help, and using this pandemic to come together as a community.

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Let’s play ball: Neighbours of Gilmore Community School are excited about the new sport court being built there. The community came together to raise money for the project. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

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Burnaby Heights residents will soon have a snazzy new outdoor facility for playing basketball, ball hockey and gaga ball, thanks to parents at an elementary school in the neighbourhood.

After years of fundraising, parents at Gilmore Community School got school board approval this week to totally rebuild the school’s beloved and much used outdoor sport court.

The $140,000 project will see the construction of an enclosed, multi-use hardcourt off Triumph Street

with a regulation-sized basketball court, six hoops, four built-in ball hockey goals and spectator seating.

Outside of the enclosed area will be a “physical literacy” area and an octagonal “pit” for gaga ball – a fastpaced but gentler version of dodge ball.

“We’re a community school, so it’s for the whole community,” said Marcy McCabe, president of the Gilmore parent advisory council.

When asked why the PAC decided to take on such a big project, McCabe said parents were looking to get more out of the Gilmore school grounds.

“We have an area outside that’s under-utilized, and we have an existing basketball area that is very popular, and the kids play on it whether we have cracked pavement or not.They adore it,” she said. “They love playing basketball, and we also have a large contingent of kids who come after school, a big group of them, and they bring their own nets, all their own gear and play ball hockey every single day.”

The Vancouver Basketball Foundation, a nonprofit committed to growing the sport of basketball, caught wind of the parents’ plans and reached out to see

if they could get involved and help.

They are pitching in about $30,000 for the design and painting of the new sport court.

Once the project’s done, McCabe said they’ve committed to putting on free monthly events there for the community.

“They’re heavily obviously interested in basketball,” McCabe said.

Project organizers are still figuring out when they’ll be able to break ground, according to McCabe, but the court should be finished this year, mostly likely by the fall.

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Business now Heights businesswoman remembered as generous Janaya Fuller Evans

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The owner of a proud institution, Helen’s Children’s Wear, which graced Hastings Street in Burnaby Heights for 50 years, has passed away.

She died on Dec. 15, 2019. She was 99.

Helen Arnold, best known for the iconic swinging girl sign she commissioned and the store she ran, was a fixture in the neighbourhood from 1958 to 2008, according to Burnaby Heights Merchants Association executive director Isabel Kolic.

The swinging girl sign, that was such a symbol for Arnold, is named Helen after her. It still swings over the neighbourhood, though it now says Heights.

“As you know, she was a businesswoman here since the 1950s,” she said. “She was really well known in the neighbourhood, both as a salesperson – because people shopped there from all over the region, not just Burnaby – but also for just being a really kind and caring woman and member of the community.”

The store was the place

that people all over the region came to for dress clothes for their children, and people who are fifty or older remember her from the neighbourhood, Kolic said.

She added that people here remembered her and her husband fondly.

Jack Kuyer, owner of Valley Bakery, remembered her help getting Hats Off Day off the ground.

“When Helen was in business, I considered her a business friend. She was always very supportive. In the early days, when we were getting Hats Off Day started, she was one of the first ones on board. She just wanted to work with the merchants in the area,” he said.

She enjoyed her role in the neighbourhood and her time working in the store, and supporting other businesses in the neighoburhood, he added.

“She was very proud of her business. She loved being the icon that she became,” Kuyer said.

Her family was wellknown in the neighbourhood as well, he said.

“Her husband also frequented the Heights.They

did their shopping in this community,” Kuyer said.

“She was warm, very social, smiling – always interested in what was going on in the community.”

Rino Cioffi, owner of Cioffi’s Group, remembered her as a kind person.

“Helen was awesome, a real sweetheart. She came up to me when she was retiring and told me, ‘I promised your dad that I would sell him this building,’” Cioffi said. “My dad had already passed away some years earlier, but she kept her promise. She pulled out the BC assessment and said, ‘Just pay me this.’”

He was saddened by the news that she had died.

“She was also so generous and always gave our girls her special collectible dolls at Christmas.That’s the kind of woman she was,” he said. “I am really sad to learn of her passing and was quite upset that I didn’t find out sooner.”

There were no details on a memorial posted publicly by the family, but there is an online memorial page for Arnold at www.digni tymemorial.com/obituaries/ north-vancouver-bc/helenarnold-8965523.

Fundraising walk changed The Alzheimer Society of B.C. has changed its annual fundraising walk in Burnaby.

The IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s was set to take place on May 3 at the Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion, but given the current news surrounding COVID-19, the society says that the group walks will be unable to be held in Burnaby and elsewhere as planned.

“Our first priority is the safety of our participants, staff, volunteers and their family and friends,” said Cathryn France, the Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s Director of Resource Development, in a news release.

“The IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s is our biggest fundraising event of the year and the funds raised allow us to provide critical programs and services.We

are committed to coming together and having this event go ahead in a different way, perhaps virtually. Please stay tuned for more information, but keep May 3 free in your calendar.”

This decision was informed by the latest recommendations from the Public Health Agency of Canada and the BC Centre for Disease Control.

“We are so grateful to the generosity and support of all of our volunteers, participants, sponsors and donors who have contributed to this event so far,” said France, “Due to your tireless energy and contributions, together, we make a real difference to people in our province affected by dementia.”

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‘Battered’ Burnaby creek gets a big boost South Burnaby environmentalists are cheering a discovery last week in what they call a “battered” urban creek.

Volunteers spotted fry (baby salmon) in Byrne Creek on Burnaby’s south slope on Saturday – a miraculous appearance according to local stream protectors.

“Last year was terrible for Byrne Creek,” said a news release from the Byrne Creek Streamkeep-

ers. “Drought hammered water levels down to a few centimeters in the summer, followed by torrential rains that scoured the creek through street drains during the fall spawning season.”

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The Food Bank of Greater Vancouver’s hub at the head office on Winston Street is shutting down a week earlier than expected, according to Cynthia Boulter, chief operating officer for the food bank.

Other food bank hubs in Burnaby,Vancouver and North Vancouver are still operating at the moment.

The Winston Community Food hub, where people picked up their food from Monday to Friday, was slated to close from April to the beginning of July so that clients could be re-registered, according to Boulter.

Instead, it shut down as of Monday, due to changes in procedure to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The reason we did that is we have decided to provide prepacked grocery bags in all of our locations this week,” she said. “That takes manpower.We needed our staff and volunteers, and we’re actually calling in friends and friends of friends to help pack our groceries this week.”

The food bank decided to go the pre-packed route for two reasons, according to Boulter.

“It allows us to really be efficient and get people in and out of the space and also it’s a great health precaution because we don’t

want clients touching food and then more clients touching food,” she said.

“So we’re protecting their health and trying to have a really efficient food pick-up location for them.”

The prepackaged bags will be dispensed at the food bank’s other hubs.

The food bank is closed next week as per usual – the food bank and hubs close during the week social assistance cheques come out.

The longer closure is so that staff can assess who is in need and get those people re-registered, according to Boulter.

“To our knowledge this has never been done and our database is anything but accurate. So we are going to focus for three months here on site on re-registering clients and we are also offering other locations in other cities that we operate,” she said.

The re-registering process is to make sure they have correct information on their clients, including whether or not they meet the financial requirement, the low-income cut-off.They’ve padded the low-income cut-off by 10%, and more than that in some cases, Boulter said.

They also hope those who aren’t registered yet will contact them if they need help.

“We just want to get a handle on the clients we should be focusing on, get

our message out there to other low-income people if you haven’t registered with us please come and do so, we’d love to support you,” she said Boulter pointed out things are in flux as many of the places they have hubs – such as churches and neighbourhood houses – may not be open due to COVID-19 concerns.

“It may change given our food distribution challenges with churches and rec centres closing. But I am in touch with each of our municipalities and we’re asking them for some flexibility and support around locations to distribute food,” Boulter said. “We’ll make sure the food gets out there one way or another.”

“We’ve seen maybe a 10% drop one week, a 10% drop another week, but also in there we’ve had locations that have never had a busier week,” she said. “As a trend, yes, we’ve seen it drop. But for those who really need the food, they’re still coming.”

Right now, the food bank needs volunteers, shopping bags and online donations.

Many of the events that fundraise for the organization are being cancelled.They’re also losing the chance to educate the public about what they do, Boulter said.

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Ex-Burnaby teacher banned for sexualized texts

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A former Burnaby teacher will never teach in B.C. again after admitting to sending sexualized messages to Grade 7 and 8 students.

Taylor Arthur Attrill resigned from the Burnaby school district in July 2018 after being suspended with pay that May for what were eventually deemed to be “serious boundary violations with students of a young age,” according to a Teacher Regulation Branch ruling released Tuesday.

Between June 2017 and May 2018, the ruling said Attrill had invited students to follow him on social me-

dia where he posted pictures of himself drinking shots in bars.

He had also sent private, inappropriate, sexualized messages to five students in Grades 7 and 8, according to the ruling.

Attrill, who had been a B.C. certified teacher since December 2016, had been warned by a school principal in June 2017 not to exchange text messages or speak with students outside of school hours or off school grounds.

The district made two reports about Attrill to the Teacher Regulation Branch in June 2018.

He signed a consent resolution agreement last month

in which he admitted his misconduct and agreed never again to apply for teaching certification in B.C.

Burnaby RCMP has concluded an investigation into the complaints against Attrill, according to spokes-

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Bulldogs putting rugby on the Burnaby map

A provincial finalist in its first year, Byrne Creek continues to grow the sport by adding a senior girls team Dan Olson

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A year ago, the Byrne Creek senior boys rugby team enjoyed an amazing renaissance.

This year, the program is taking it another step.

While all school events – including games, practices and meetings – are indefintely on hold due to precautions over the COVID-19 virus, the club’s coach reflected on the past weeks’ progress that he’s witnessed as Byrne Creek aims to build on last year’s run to the provincial championships.

Coach Moreno Stefanon said the enthusiastic response this winter to the sport has spawned a deeper junior and senior squads, as well as a senior girls team.

“Mondays (were) a gong show,” said Stefanon of the practice days when both the boys and girls squads were on the field. “We had all three teams out, about 100 kids. It was controlled chaos.”

Practices began in early February, and have ramped up with more than 40 girls coming out to try the sport, along with approximately 60 boys for the senior and junior sides.

Last week, the girls team took on Windsor in an exhibition match and actually led 10-5 in the first half before the more experi-

enced Dukes parlayed that advantage into a win. Even though Windsor was lacking numbers and it was considered a default win for the Bulldogs – the two teams played 13-aside in the first half – the game had all the earmarks of a gritty battle.

“It was just great to see so many enthusiastic faces,” noted Stefanon. “It very much looks like rugby is a good sport for girls at Byrne Creek.”

Because they’ve accepted a couple of St.Thomas More students, who have no team at the 12th Avenue private school, the Byrne Creek girls program can only play exhibition matches.

The two boys squads, meanwhile, were gearing up for league action before all games were kiboshed by the pandemic.

Stefanon noted that while the senior side lost six players to graduation – most notably Italian international student Francesco Tosato – the team continues to grow with healthy numbers and interest in the sport.

“It’s really added to the athletic culture of the school,” he noted. “Byrne Creek has had a strong basketball culture, thanks to the dedication of coaches like (Bal) Dhillon. Now you’re starting to see that with these new athletic options popping up, kids are coming out to give them a try.”

OUT-NUMBERED: A Byrne Creek ball carrier is group tackled by a number of Charles Tupper defenders during last year’s provincial Tier 2 final in Abbotsford. Numbers is a key reason why the Burnaby school’s program is thriving. PHOTO JEAN KONDA-WITTE

He concedes that the team misses Tosato, who had played the sport for a number of years in his home country, and who acted like a coach on the field.

“His level of play was just phenomenal, and it really rubbed off on the other guys.When he talked, play-

ers would listen and absorb what he was saying.”

Two players with the junior side, Grade 10 Semir Hasic and Grade 9 Sammy Srobotnjak, are among those who have a lot of potential in the sport, Stefanon said. “(Srobotnjak) definitely

has the physical assets. He is really trying to do more than just run through people.”

Byrne Creek juniors blanked Argyle 45-0, then stopped a spirited Burnaby North side 55-26, with Hasic scoring three times.

The team had planned

a rematch against Charles Tupper – who beat the Bulldogs in the senior boys Tier 2 provincial final last year – on April 3 at Burnaby Lake, but that has been cancelled.

“It’s out of our hands now, but if and when we return, I think we’ll make some noise.”

BOXING

Burnaby boxer wins battle of the biggest in B.C. final The sport has helped one-time junior hockey player Tyson Papalia turn his life around

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When it comes to facing hurdles, Burnaby’s Tyson Papalia has endured his share and then some.

Whether they were natural occurrences or self-created, the 31-year-old has tackled most head-on, and wore his bruises well.

After last month’s provincial boxing championships in Richmond, Papalia emerged both victorious and battered.Victorious is the key.

In his second fight in two days, the North Burnaby Boxing Club member defeated Jeremy Kouwenhaven of Los Gatos Locos in a three-round decision, earning him the B.C. title in the

elite novice male 91+ kilogram division.

“I was just in my element man, nothing was going to stop me that night. Everyone was worried, saying ‘You better watch out for this big guy.’ I was like, ‘I’m just going to do my thing in there,’” said Papalia.

Granted, his opponent stood about four inches taller and weighed nearly 100-pounds heavier (45kg heavier). And Papalia did suffer a fairly debilitating injury during the first round – but only he knew it.

He was never knocked off his feet, although Kouwenhaven tried.

But as the saying goes, the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

“He hits hard. Anything

he hits you with you’re going to feel it. At 300 pounds, he’s pretty heavy. I weighed in at 216, 218 maybe?

“I gave him a standing eight count in the first round – maybe the first time we really engaged, at about a minute in.We were trying to feel each other out and then I gave him a three–piece combo, hit him with three hooks, and the ref called a standing eightcount,” recalled Papalia.

The boxers would reconvene and exchange punches again, and just before the bell, the Burnaby fighter felt a jarring pain in his right shoulder, after his arm got caught up with his Kelowna rival.

“I hurt my shoulder at the end of the first round –

I tore my bicep tendon at the end of the round. So I go to (coach Manny Sobral) at the end of the first round and say ‘Manny, my right shoulder’s messed up.’ He says, ‘Use your left.’That’s the last thing I thought he’d say,” noted Papalia.

The former junior A hockey player and one-time Seattle Thunderbirds bantam draft pick would trudge through the second round, protecting his pained shoulder while trying to mask the injury.

“Super difficult. I was trying to switch up my stance for a southpaw to see if that would work out better for me.The second round was more of a feel-out round to see what I had to do the rest of the fight.

Burnaby’s Tyson Papalia PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

“At the end of the second I said, ‘Is that it?’ and Manny said ‘No, there’s one more round.’ I had to come over some adversity for sure, but I learned a lot from that fight.”

It was his second fight in as many days.

For Papalia, who has been a boxing fan all his life but only seriously took up the sport recently, the results are not so surprising considering the effort he’s put into it. It was part of a life-change for the one-time Burnaby North student, who admits previous personal problems stalled him from following a smart path.

“I kind of got into some other stuff and lost my way, with drugs and alcohol,” he said of a period in his 20s. “I had to get better and when I got better I said let’s go back to the gym. I’ve been running with it ever since.”

Once the shoulder is fully recovered, Papalia hopes to Continued on page 25

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STM finishes sixth at BCs

The St.Thomas More Knights wrapped up the senior boys basketball season two weeks ago as sixth-best in the province.

Finishing with a 2-2 record, the underdog Knights can consider the year a success, despite falling 78-56 to the Pitt Meadows Marauders in the fifth-sixth place game at the B.C. 3-A championships in Langley.

“It was a relief to get it done and get back to the B.C.s after two-year hiatus,” remarked St.Thomas More head coach Aaron Mitchell.

“For us that felt like a long time.

“Any time you can win that first round game (at the B.C.s) and get into the top-8 is a good thing. But once you get there you see the teams left, there are no

easy games.We had our ups and downs but I was really proud with how we competed.”

After opening with a 7673 win over Steveston-London, the Knights were felled 70-43 by No. 2-seed Vernon.They bounced back with an impressive comefrom-behind 72-60 victory.

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Congratulations to our Burnaby Schools

Public Speaking Challenge Champions

ONE HURDLE AT A TIME: Last year, Canadian national team member Regan Yee, centre, cleared the steeplechase en route to winning the 3000-metre open event at the 2019 Harry Jerome Track Classic. It was announced Wednesday that this year’s event, slated for Burnaby’s Swangard Stadium, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER VAUGHN HARRIS

Pugilist emerges as BC champ

Continued from page 24 keep climbing the ladder, with an eye on competing for Canada.

“You know what? I didn’t think it was really going to get to this, but it would be nice to fight for Canada one day. I need to get the shoulder back to 100 per cent and get some fights under my belt. Get more comfortable being in the ring, under the fire zone then go on and maybe fight something bigger.”

A longshoreman by trade, Papalia said his evolution from hockey tough guy into dedicated boxer was a long but well-worth-it journey.

“It’s all up to you. (Manny) tells you what you should do but it’s all up to the individual.”

Papalia’s win was coupled with two oth-

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Since it began in 1983, students have had the opportunity to develop confidence and pursue excellence in public speaking.

We’d like to acknowledge each student who presented in their schools.

It takes courage to stand up and speak in front of your peers.

Burnaby’s Tyson Papalia, left, dodges a punch from Jeremy Kouwenhaven. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

er North Burnaby fighters at the event. Nathan Dizon topped the elite open 57-kg division, besting Island Boxing Club’s Masato Ohashi, while Cody Lam went unchallenged in his 60-kg junior novice division.

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LANGLEY FARM MARKET Produce

SOLO PAPAYA

ATAULFO MANGO

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249

Product of Mexico 3.72 kg

169

lb.

GREEN CABBAGE

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CHICKEN BREAST FILLET

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