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‘Sunshine’ list reveals top salaries for city staff The latest so-called “sunshine” list that shines a light on City of Burnaby salaries is out, and it shows that the number of city staff making more than $75,000 is growing. The provincial government mandates cities release of an annual statement of financial in-

formation – known as SOFI.The threshold for listing salaries is set at more than $75,000. According to the list, published online by the city last Friday, a total of 901 city workers made more than $75,000 in 2020.That’s up from the 853 who made that

amount in 2019 and the 811 in 2018. Out of those 901 on the SOFI list, more than half – 460 – earned over $100,000 in pay. The list includes workers from a wide variety of jobs, from firefighters to department directors to inspectors.

Nine city employees earned over $200,000. Topping the list is Lambert Chu, who has now retired as Burnaby city manager. He earned $291,000. Here are the others who earned more than $200,000: Ð Fire Chief Chris Bowcock: $210,000

Ð Director of public safety Dave Critchley: $221,000 Ð Parks director Dave Ellenwood: $235,000 Ð Head of corporate services Dipak Dattani: $229,000 Ð Director of engineering Leon Gous: $230,000 Ð Finance director Noreen Kassam: $232,000

Ð Planning director Ed Kozak: $231,000 Ð City solicitor May Leung: $207,000 By comparison, there were a total of 195 Burnaby School District employees listed on the 2019/20 SOFI who made more than $100,000.

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NOW earns gold awards at Ma Murrays The Burnaby NOW/ New Westminster Record newsroom came home with three awards after last night’s 2021 Ma Murray Awards. The awards are presented every year by the B.C. andYukon Community NewsMedia Association to recognize the best work produced by its 93 member newspapers. The Burnaby NOW took home gold awards in two categories. Photographer Jennifer Gauthier won the night for the top sports photo in the over-10,000 circulation category. Her winning shot was a November 2020 photograph showing a masked speed skater in pandemic training at the Kensington arena (see the photo on the right). The reporting duo of

Cornelia Naylor and former NOW reporter Dustin Godfrey also took gold in the special COVID Coverage category for circulation over 10,000. Their award came for their two-part series Loneliness and Loss, which explored the impacts of the pandemic on seniors in long-term care and their families. The New Westminster Record earned bronze in Arts & Culture Writing, for a piece by Julie MacLellan exploring the Massey Theatre’s emergence out of the pandemic with a return to live music in the fall (before COVID-19 restrictions brought live entertainment to a halt once again in November). The awards were presented at a virtual gala held Thursday, June 10.

Safe sports: This photo of a Burnaby speedskater won gold at the Ma Murray Awards. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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Residents demand noise compensation

Neighbours want money for putting up with construction noise Chris Campbell

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A group of residents swung for the fences with a demand from the City of Burnaby in relation to a proposed residential housing tower. A city staff report details complaints made at a March 30 public hearing about a proposal for a Metrotown-area property. Proposed is a six-storey mixed-use commercial and rental building, plus a 40-storey residential tower with townhouses at a property listed around Kingsway, Greenford Avenue and Beresford Street. At the public hearing, council received eight verbal submissions and eight written submissions, including a petition with 118 signatures representing 118 of 154 residential units at 7077 Beresford St. “All of which expressed

concerns,” reads the report. These concerns related to: public notification of the rezoning proposal; impact of excavation and development; traffic and pedestrian safety; trespass; noise and air pollution; building height, massing and spatial separation; employment opportunities, development site size; crime and safety; greenspace and environmental impact; property values; capacity of area amenities and infrastructure; housing affordability; litter and dumping; and the adjacent heritage property. Many residents regularly write into the NOW with complaints about construction taking place near their homes, but these residents have made an interesting demand of the city. “Concerns were raised regarding noise and air pollution generated by

construction activities,” says the report. “Residents on the adjacent property to the east of the subject site have requested that the City establish as a condition of development of the subject site that the developer provide monetary compensation to the owners for the hardship experienced during construction.” Another resident also demanded the “developer provide alternative, offsite accommodation during the construction period,” which would last for multiple months. “It is recognized that during the construction phase of any development, there will be some impact to the surrounding area, including noise and dust,” says the report. “To minimize noise impacts to the surrounding neighbourhood, the applicant will be required to en-

sure that construction and vehicle noise originating from the proposed development site abides by the permitted hours of construction and the Burnaby Noise or Sound Abatement Bylaw.” As for the big demands about compensation, the city isn’t going for it. “Regarding the specific request for the city to impose a rezoning condition requiring the developer to provide monetary compensation for hardship experienced during construction and the request for developer-provided, temporary offsite housing during the construction period, staff would note that the requests are a civil matter between the two property owners and that the city would not typically establish such conditions as part of this rezoning,” says the report.

City eyes new sidewalks in nine neighbourhoods Chris Campbell

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The City of Burnaby’s push to add more sidewalks and better street lighting is continuing with a plan to improve the pedestrian situation in nine local neighbourhoods. Council has been asked to approve a contract award to Crown Contracting Limited for an estimated total cost of $5,558,910.53, including GST in the amount of $264,710.03, as outlined in a staff report. The scope of this project includes road rehabilitation, construction of concrete curbs and sidewalks, and street lighting improvements at the following locations: Ð 12th Avenue from 2nd Street to Newcombe Street; Ð Aubrey Street from Sperling Avenue to Cliff Avenue; Ð Berkley Street from

Canada Way to 6th Street; Ð Curragh Avenue from Clinton Street to Neville Street; Ð Gilpin Street from Inman Avenue to Patterson Avenue; Ð Humphries Avenue from Edmonds Street to 16th Avenue; Ð MacDonald Avenue from William Street to Parker Street; Ð Stanley Street from Walker Avenue to Leibley Avenue; and, Ð Stanley Street from Lakeview Avenue to Sperling Avenue. “The lowest tenderer, Crown Contracting Limited, has completed previous projects under contract to the satisfaction of the City,” reads the report. “Review by City staff and our consultant indicates the contractor has the necessary equipment and personnel to successfully complete the work required under this contract.”

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CityConnect ELECTRONIC PUBLIC HEARING Burnaby City Council hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing

TUESDAY, 2021 JUNE 29 AT 5PM

Via a virtual environment to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”.

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS 1) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 14, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14323

2) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 15, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14345

3) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 16, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14346

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From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C3, C3a General Commercial Districts, P2 Administration and Assembly District, RM4s, RM5s Multiple Family Residential Districts and Brentwood Town Centre Plan as guidelines)

From: C4 Service Commercial District

To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM4s Multiple Family Residential District, RM4r Multiple Family Residential District and Metrotown Downtown Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Telford Residential Development 6615 Telford Avenue” prepared by Hotson Architecture Inc.) Purpose: to permit the construction of a single 31-storey high-rise strata apartment building and a separate six-storey replacement/non-market rental apartment building Applicant: Hotson Architecture Inc.

To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C3 General Commercial District; RM4s, RM5s, RM5r Multiple Family Residential Districts and Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “The Amazing Brentwood Phase 2b – Tower 6” prepared by IBI Group Architects (Canada) Inc.)

To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C4 and C4f Service Commercial Districts and the Edmonds Town Centre Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “102/103-6462 Kingsway, Burnaby, B.C.” prepared by Van Land Use Consulting) Purpose: to permit a karaoke box room (KBR) establishment to operate as a liquor primary licence establishment Applicant: Van Land Use Consulting

Purpose: to permit the construction of a 39-storey high-rise residential building inclusive of a 4-storey rental podium with commercial at grade Applicant: Shape Properties

Reports, bylaws, and related information respecting the zoning bylaw amendments are available on the City’s website at burnaby.ca/publichearings from 2021 June 17. Any questions regarding the Public Hearing processes and agenda items may be directed to the Office of the City Clerk, 604-294-7290.

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in accordance with Ministerial Order No. M192/2020 and the Class Order (mass gatherings), the Public Hearing will be conducted virtually and live-streamed on the City’s website. Anyone who believes they are affected by a proposed bylaw shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard. For updates prior to the Public Hearing, if changes to Public Health Orders permit in-person attendance, visit burnaby.ca/publichearings

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City got one ﬁre chief for the price of two Cornelia Naylor

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The City of Burnaby got one fire chief for the price of two in 2020, according to the municipality’s 2020 statement of financial information. Former fire Chief Joe Robertson’s employment with the city ended three months into 2020 without explanation after 30 years of service in the Burnaby Fire Department. But the city still paid him $164,873 last year, according to the 2020 SOFI, which was posted online Friday with the agenda for the June 14 city council meeting. Together with current fire Chief Chris Bowcock’s pay of $210,043 in 2020, that means the city paid a total of $374,916 on fire

chiefs last year. Combining the cost of the chiefs and deputy chiefs in 2020, the total was $906,721 – an increase of $171,153 from 2019. That’s the biggest yearover-year jump in cost for the city’s fire chief and deputy chiefs for at least a decade, according to previous SOFI reports. After Robertson’s departure, city officials wouldn’t say whether he had resigned, retired or the city had terminated him. His name wasn’t listed among the fire department’s retirees in its 2020 annual report presented to city council last month, but public safety director Dave Critchley said that had been an “unintentional omission” and his name would be added.

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More than a year after his departure, Robertson’s photo had also not been put up in Fire Station No. 1 with those of other for-

mer chiefs, but Critchley said that, too, would be rectified. “(It’s) been a very busy and unprecedented year

with the pandemic, and unfortunately some administrative tasks have been overlooked,” Critchley told the NOW last

month. The NOW reached out to the city for more information about the money paid to Robertson in 2020 and got an emailed statement from corporate communications manager Chris Bryan. “For privacy reasons, the city does not comment on remuneration beyond what is included in the SOFI report,” he said. Government bodies, such as cities and school districts, are required to submit a statement of financial information every year, listing the name, position and remuneration of any employee paid more than $75,000.

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Opinion now MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

BC Liberals ripped in election report

The BC Liberal Party has released its post-mortem report on why it lost the provincial election so badly last fall and while it draws some obvious conclusions, it misses the bigger picture when it comes to the serious challenges the party faces as it tries to rebuild. The report – written by three Toronto-based consultants – concludes the party never really stood much of a chance of winning the election. It fails to examine why the party was in so much trouble before the election. Former party leader Andrew Wilkinson comes in for heavy criticism and is portrayed as someone who comes across as “stilted,” “combative” and “uncomfortable.”When asked to rate his performance on a scale of one to 10 (10 being “perfect”),Wilkinson was awarded an abysmal average of four by those surveyed. Wilkinson, however, was not deemed the only big problem.The party’s platform was tone deaf and failed to connect with voters and even party members, its communications efforts were clumsy and ineffective, and what little campaigning actually did occur was amateurish and almost pointless. The central campaign team gets a clean bill of health, which is odd given the enormity of the loss and the fact so many missteps were made. The report’s authors based their findings on surveys sent to 3,000 party members and interviews with candidates, strategists, senior officials and campaign staff. The approach of talking to only party insiders and members may have masked the true rot that has slowly eaten its way through the party during the past decade or so. The party did not just lose the last election – it

was absolutely hammered and the depth of its defeat can be seen in lopsided NDP wins in traditionally strong BC Liberal ridings in places like Vernon, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Mission, North Vancouver and Langley. This momentous loss had been building for years but the BC Liberals, smug in their feelings of invincibility because they unexpectedly won the 2013 election, simply failed to spot the warning signs until it was too late. The report is sprinkled with quotes from those who were surveyed or interviewed. Near the end of the report this one jumped out at me: “Seriously take on rebuilding! Don’t be afraid to take on the tough questions and challenges. Hold our MLAs accountable for their past and present discretions. Clean house, change the mediocre mentality of the old guard.” Harsh criticism but indicative the massive rebuilding job the party faces. The report ends with some recommendations about the usual things: attracting younger members, improving the party’s nomination process, finding more volunteers and getting started on the next campaign as soon as possible. It’s the last paragraph – which reads as if it was tacked on as an afterthought – that nails the party’s deeper problems. It says the party must be more diverse when it comes to recruiting and “elevating” people from every gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and economic background. “The province has changed, and so should the BC Liberals,” reads the report’s last line. It is also the most accurate one in it. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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The police had little sympathy for a cab driver trying to get a $60 drug loan back from a passenger.The driver had picked up the fare in Burnaby, and the man had asked to borrow $60 for cocaine.The driver obliged and drove him to pick up the drugs. He then took him back to his New West home, but, when they got there, the passenger said he didn’t have any money. The driver managed to get the $29 fare from the man’s sister but not the drug money. New West police told him to take the man to small claims court.

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Opinionnow TransLink using invasive screening Editor: TransLink is once again proposing the same invasive and adversarial screening process they proposed in 2011. The proposal a decade ago was cancelled after the City of Vancouver’s persons with disabilities advisory committee and other groups objected to a process that denies service to vulnerable users to save on costs. On June 8, Vancouver city council will consider a motion to oppose this year’s version, and we hope that it will be approved unanimously and backed by similar motions in municipalities across the region. Instead of screening out HandyDART riders, TransLink should be helping seniors and people with disabilities overcome barriers to travel by expanding their voluntary travel training program. People with disabilities are the real experts and should be hired to do this work. Instead of being denied service, people with disabilities (most live on very low incomes) need help to access expensive mobility equipment like mobility scooters and to learn how best to navigate our largely inaccessible transit system. TransLink claims the conventional transit system is accessible, but “accessible” bus

stops that are not connected to sidewalks and SkyTrain stations without washrooms are examples of how this isn’t really true. We need increased HandyDART service and helpful support, not invasive processes to screen out the most vulnerable. Beth McKellar, chairperson of the HandyDART Riders’ Alliance, Burnaby

We’re paying it forward Editor: My husband and I were enjoying a fine meal on an outdoor patio. A lady and her daughter came in for a meal after soccer practice. After a bit, we got to chatting with her and shared a pleasant few minutes. When the lady paid her bill, the server came and told us that the lady had also paid for our meals. We were thrilled and thankful and wished her well. We have “paid forward” her kind generosity by making a donation to the food bank. It’s very heartening and humbling to be on the receiving end of such generosity and kindness. A big thank you to her and her daughter, and we wish them well. Len and Raili Damberger

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National Indigenous Peoples Day Burnaby recognizes and honours the unique heritages and diverse cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. The place we call Burnaby is located on the ancestral and unceded homelands of the hən̓ q̓ əmin̓ əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples. Since time immemorial, each of the Nations who lived, hunted and ﬁshed on these lands developed their own unique culture and history, while remaining connected to the others by family, social life, traditions, protocols and language. This year, we take the time to reﬂect on the long-standing systemic and targeted racism in our country and community that continues to harm Indigenous peoples. We encourage everyone to take the time to access local resources to listen, learn and better appreciate the history and ongoing injustices Indigenous people are faced with today. We are grateful for the opportunity to learn from our Indigenous partners as we strive to correct past wrongs and build a more inclusive society in the spirit of truth and reconciliation. Tsatsu Staqayu Visit City of Burnaby’s Facebook page to watch a performance by Tsatsu Staqayu (Coastal Wolfpack) a group of young Coast Salish people from several First Nations along the Coast and throughout the Fraser Valley. When: Monday, June 21 at 7pm

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Upon closer inspection, however, the pair determined the robustly built canine was too healthy looking to be homeless and went out again later in the morning to search for his owner. That’s when they came upon the Mountie. The officer offered to take the stray, and soon whisked the doggo to the Burnaby RCMP detachment by Deer Lake.

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Burnaby Hospital will be without an inpatient psychiatric unit until a new one is built sometime this fall, according to Fraser Health. Fire broke out in the Cascade Building, which housed the hospital’s mental health and substance use services, on Nov. 15 and wreaked damage “too substantial to repair,” according to Fraser Health communications consultant Krystle Landert. Remediation work on the hospital’s west wing, which was also damaged in the blaze, is now complete, and all outpatient clinics at the healthcare facility are up and running, according to Landert, but the inpatient mental health beds still haven’t been restored. Since the fire, psychiatric patients who come to

the hospital’s emergency room and need to be admitted have been shipped to other hospitals, in particular Langley Memorial and Ridge Meadows, where “additional capacity” has been added, according to Fraser Health. The health authority is in the process of renovating space in the west wing at Burnaby Hospital for a 21-bed inpatient mental health unit, but that isn’t projected to be ready until sometime this fall, according to Landert. “We would like to thank our staff, medical staff and the community for their support and patience during this renovation process,” she wrote in an email to the NOW. The fire, which broke out in a common area or recreation room on the second floor of the Cascade Building, according to fire officials, was the costliest fire in the city last

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person wasn’t a suspect in the case but someone police wanted to talk to. Both the Cascade

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You might know Ieuan’s daughter, Miranda, as the Executive Director of Charlford House. She went through the house over 20 years ago, in October of 2000. Ieuan will be forever grateful for what Charlford House did for Miranda. Ieuan remembers that before coming to treatment, Miranda had been living in the US. Ieaun had been trying to get her to come back to Canada as her drug abuse got worse in the States, isolated and far away from her family. Eventually, he was able to convince her to come up to Canada, and she stayed at a B&B for a while before getting into Charlford House. Ieuan went to the house to visit Miranda while she was staying there. He remembers Miranda showing him her step-work. She was learning valuable skills and helping with chores, learning how to be part of the sisterhood. He saw her change little by little. Ieuan remembers watching Miranda turn back into the joyful, helpful person he had known before her addiction. “She was a joy to be around,” he says. Ieuan attended NA meetings with her in her early recovery and learned a lot from the people there. This space kindly sponsored by:

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Community now ‘It’s disbelief and it’s shock, grief, and it’s anger’ The anti-Muslim attack that killed four members of a family in London, Ont. hits close to home for a candidate in the Burnaby city council byelection Jess Balzer

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It hits too close to home for Burnaby resident and council byelection candidate Mehreen Chaudry. A family out for an evening walk in London, Ont. on the evening of June 6 was killed when a car jumped the curb, killing four and leaving a young boy in critical condition in hospital, in what police say was a targeted, intentional attack because of their Islamic faith. Madiha Salman, 44, Salman Afzaa, 46,Yumna Afzaal, 15, and Talat Afzaal, 74, were killed. Fayez, 9, survived and remains in hospital. The family immigrated from Pakistan 14 years ago. The accused, 20-yearold Nathaniel Veltman, faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. “It was really just disbelief. It was really just, you know, not being able to register what happened,” Chaudry said. “I’m from Pakistan, and what I found out today ... was this family is related to one of my colleagues that I worked in Pakistan with.

That’s his nephew that’s in the ICU. “I also have a 10-yearold. It’s just so many things, it’s so many emotions. It’s disbelief and it’s shock, grief, and it’s anger.” Chaudry was born in Ontario but grew up in Pakistan. She then moved to the United States to pursue her education, earning a bachelor’s degree with honours in

I’ve witnessed the birth of Islamophobia in the U.S.

international business and economics and an MBA from the University of Illinois in Springfield. “When I was doing my undergrad, that was pre9/11. So I had that experience as a student in the U.S., before 9/11 happened, and it was the most wonderful experience. Very accepting; it was just, you know, amazing.” Sept. 11, 2001, marked a day of terror across the United States, and Chaudry’s life changed after

that. “When I went for grad school, for my MBA, in Illinois, that was after 9/11 and that was a whole different experience,” she said. “I’ve witnessed the birth of Islamophobia in the U.S. From a Muslim perspective, from a coloured person’s perspective and from a woman’s perspective, it was a dayand-night difference. It’s never been the same.” She remembers traveling post 9/11 with her exhusband, who held a Pakistani passport. She held a Canadian passport, but the two were not treated the same. “I always had a Canadian passport,” she said. “When we landed in the U.S. and this was after 9/11, he got a different treatment because his passport was Pakistani.There are all these layers of racism in your interactions, there are these little things that I’ve faced and that I’ve seen.” The attack on June 7 in London, Ont. has given Chaudry more motivation for the upcoming City of Burnaby byelection scheduled for June 26. If elected, she would become the first Muslim woman elected to city

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council in Burnaby. “It’s also, ‘How do you make a difference? How do you fix things?’ and that’s what’s going through my head,” she explained. “How do we prevent this from happening? Because it’s not just about the Muslim family.We know that there’s more. Because of this pandemic, there’s a high increase in racism against Asian peoples. It’s overwhelming.” During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Burnaby saw a 350% jump in anti-Asian hate crimes offences, according to Burnaby RCMP.

In 2019, the detachment responded to six hate crimes with an Asian victim or target – that number jumped to 27 in 2020, police said. Of all the hate-motivated offences reported to police in 2020, 63% (27 out of 43) were identified as having an Asian victim or target – that was up from 30% (six out of 20) in 2019. While the United States has seen a massive rise in anti-Muslim incidents and targeted attacks, especially after 9/11, some people express shock when those types of events happen in a country like Canada – something Chaudry

said she also thought was a truth. “When I moved here five years ago, with my two boys, I wasn’t expecting that Canada would be like this,” Chaudry said. “When I moved here, I think to a certain extent, I was also under that impression. Of course, nobody is perfect, but I didn’t realize the extent of it.” “I think it’s something that we, in Canada, we brush it under the rug type of thing. I think that is a reason that this impression has been created in the world because we don’t talk about it. Continued on page 13

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Continued from page 11 “We’re too polite. It’s an uncomfortable conversation to be had, and it pushes us to deal with things that are not nice, and we don’t want to talk about it. And when we don’t want to talk about it, we’re not going to fix it or address things like this.” After the London, Ont., attack earlier this week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the attack terrorism, adding he was “horrified” by the event. Trudeau did acknowledge that Canada is susceptible to Islamophobia, racism and hatred. He said these types of actions have to stop. Chaudry worries for her children, saying she doesn’t want her kids to have to experience the things she, and other peo-

ple in the country and around the world, have to face daily and have faced. “It pains me to know that my children will experience this. I don’t want any child to experience this,” she said. “They’re so

I don’t want any child to experience this

innocent.They don’t know these things; they don’t understand these things. For them to even learn and to go through that process, is so painful.” Should she be successful in her bid for one of the two council seats available, Chaudry says one of her first priorities would be to

implement an anti-racism task force, something she says is overdue and needed now more than ever. “There’s a lack of understanding and exposure, and we want to make sure we educate people, we want to make sure there is engagement and dialogue, that there’s a safe space for people to come and speak about these things. Unless you give them that safe space for dialogue, you’re not going to find solutions.” After the recent events in London, Ont., Chaudry says she will be much more mindful, especially when out for a walk, worrying something similar could happen to her. “Because why take the risk?” – With files from Cornelia Naylor

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Drug and weapons charges are pending against two men after a months-long Burnaby RCMP investigation into a drug organization that police say is linked to Lower Mainland gangs. Police raided a residence in Coquitlam on June 3, and a search warrant yielded multiple ounces of suspected cocaine and fentanyl, $15,000 in cash, a 2020

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ciated with a gang-linked drug organization. “This enforcement action serves to cut off the lethal supply of street drugs to users and will also significantly disrupt this organization,” Burnaby RCMP Insp. Matt Toews said in the release. “These weapons are often used by gangs for violent incidents and murders such as the ones most recently plaguing the Lower Mainland.”

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Two new student housing buildings have opened at Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus. The new buildings feature 482 single-occupancy rooms, as well as community and learning spaces. Approximately 60 students were set to begin moving into the new buildings in a phased approach to allow for safe distancing under the school’s COVID-19 protocols, according to a June 1 news release from SFU. Student housing applications are still being accepted for the upcoming fall academic term.

“We know how challenging it can be to find affordable housing in our region, especially for students,” said SFU president Joy Johnson in the release. “The completion of this project is an important milestone in expanding our housing options. And we’ve kept our student needs at the forefront in designing these new, modern spaces, which include all the amenities and supports students need to make the most of living on campus.” Before students moved in, Gabriel and Angela

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Community now Will dispute turns on release of hospital records Timing of a C. difficile-related quarantine at Burnaby Hospital was key to settling case Cornelia Naylor

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A dispute over a late Burnaby resident’s last will and testament ended up turning on just exactly when the man had contracted C. difficile at Burnaby Hospital four years ago, according to a recent B.C. Supreme Court ruling. Robert Gimple died on Dec. 2, 2017, according to an April 26 ruling by Master Leslie Muir. His disputed will named his friend and neighbour the executor of his estate and gave him authority to sell hisVenables Street house and put the money into a trust fund in his brother’s name, according to the ruling.

The alleged will authorized his brother to dole out cash gifts of varying amounts to specific friends and relatives written down in a separate list. Gimple’s brother and neighbour said they were at the hospital and saw him sign the will – which had been drafted by the brother – but they didn’t witness the document. Two other men witnessed it later that day at Gimple’s neighbour’s house. Gimple’s brother and neighbour said the witnesses hadn’t come to the hospital to watch the signing in person because Gimple had contracted Clostridium difficile, an antibiotic-resistant intestinal infection, and was in

quarantine. Gimple’s niece – who was not named in the disputed will but stood to inherit one-sixth of his estate if it was determined he died without a valid will – contested it. She was adamant the C. dificile claims were wrong. She pressed her lawyers at Drysdale Bacon McStravick LLP to get hold of Gimple’s Burnaby Hospital records to prove he had not been quarantined for C. difficile at the time the will was supposed to have been signed, according to Muir’s ruling. But the Coquitlam law firm did not apply for a court order to get the hospital records, and her lawyer pressed her to settle, the ruling said.

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In a non-pandemic year, travellers landing atVancouver International Airport (YVR) or staying at a Lower Mainland hotel might be greeted by a polite “hello” or an unnecessary “sorry.” But in 2021, it may be robots greeting them upon arrival. Burnaby-based engineering firm Advanced Intelligent Systems Inc. (AIS) has been given the nod to pilot a line of autonomous robots capable of disinfecting surfaces using ultraviolet light atYVR and at an undisclosed hotel chain.The Orion robots can map large-scale environments like hospitals, navigate to designated points that require cleaning and then perform hands-free and humanfree UV disinfection. The green light from YVR and the hotel chain, which is deploying the robots at locations in Metro Vancouver, comes after AIS and non-profit Next

Generation Manufacturing (NGen) split the $1.95-million costs of the project last year. AIS got its start in 2014 trying to address labour shortage issues at horticultural nurseries through autonomous machinery, but it has since been branching out into agriculture. The company had already developed the hardware and software necessary for robots to navigate locations and perform tasks, paving the way for a quick launch during the pandemic. After the NGen grant was delivered in July 2020, AIS completed work on the Orion iteration of its robots within two months. “We said, ‘Let’s create modules – robotic modules – and let’s use this module to help other companies lower their development time and development costs of creating new robots,’ ” CEO Afshin Doust told Business inVancouver in 2020. “People started reaching out to us to say, ‘Hey, can we use your robots in or-

der to create UV-disinfecting robots out of them?’ And we said, ‘Yes, we do have the modules.’” The only thing that needed to be added were the UV lights. Other B.C. companies have been creating similar autonomous robots. Vancouver-based A&K Robotics Inc. got its start creating janitorial robots before going on to develop a disinfecting robot four years ago. It eventually abandoned the project after the latter gained little traction in the market. “The problem was back in 2017, nobody wanted to pay for a robot that would clean what’s invisible to us,” CEO and cofounder Matt Anderson told BIV last year. “So we shelved it, and it’s basically been collecting dust ever since.” But the COVID-19 crisis upended that, prompting the company to revive the prototype known as AMRUD with financial backing from NGen. “We’ve had this shift recently from cleaning for vi-

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centimetres of surfaces. One array of lights targets floors, while fellow Vancouver tech firm Sanctuary AI has partnered on the project to help develop the arm that uses UV lights to disinfect hightouch surfaces like door knobs. Both AIS and A&K use the business model centred on “robot as a service” (RaaS) – a take on SaaS (software as a service) – allowing compa-

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Burnaby school district takes ‘immediate action’ after complaint about a Grade 9 social studies question that touted the benefits of colonization Cornelia Naylor

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Burnaby’s school superintendent said an online test question that asked Grade 9 students how First Nations people benefited from their relationship with European colonizers and “took advantage” of it should never have been asked – and the district will be reaching out to the educational consortium that created it to express concern. In a story published by the CBC, 14-year-old Sofia Milandri expressed anger at a question on her online Grade 9 social studies test that asked her to explain how Indigenous people in North America

benefited from their relationship with colonizers. “The people who were here were not just victims,” states the question. “Many took advantage of their relationship with the colonists.” Superintendent Gina Niccoli-Moen was made aware of the question last Thursday, according to the school district. In a statement, she said she was “deeply saddened and sorry” the question had been put on the exam and the district will take steps to prevent it from happening again. “It is inappropriate and, worse than that, this kind of question is harmful and could be trauma-inducing for Indigenous youth and

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damaging to meaningful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people,” Niccoli-Moen said. “This is not the way we integrate Indigenous perspectives and worldviews into curriculum in the Burnaby school district.This does not represent our values or the true impact of colonization on Indigenous peoples. And yet it happened.” The district will follow up with the teacher involved and “continue working with people to build understanding of appropriate resources and help them understand where resources are problematic,” according to a district statement. The exam question was part of the Grade 9 social studies course at Burnaby Online, the school district’s distance learning arm. Course material for the online school, including the exam with the controversial question, comes from theWestern Canadian Learning Network, a consortium of school districts in B.C. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, theYukon and Northwest Territories. The non-profit organization is the main resource for online schools across

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PICTURE THIS: An 1863 illustration titled Innu at an HBC trading post was included in a social studies exam that asked students how First Nations benefited from colonial relationships.

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the province. The question used on Milandri’s exam was not the most up-to-date version. Western Canadian Learning Network director BruceWeitzel told the NOW on Saturday that the question had been discarded and replaced with an entirely new one about birch bark canoes. “We must assume that the teacher did not see the posting advising of the necessary changes and the fix that should’ve avoided this situation,”Weitzel wrote in an emailed statement. ButWeitzel did not say when the consortium had tossed the question.

And Burnaby school officials told the NOW they had downloaded the course last Thursday (June 10), and found only a slightly amended question asking students to write about the positives of colonization. “We all recognize that colonization had a tragic effect on the First Nations culture in North America,” stated that question. “There were, however, some positive results for both sides from the relationship between the colonists and the First Nations people.Write a paragraph where you look at the positive effects of the relationship between the First Nations people and the

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Community now Local business wins $100K prize in federal contest

A Burnaby business has scored $100,000 in a federal competition and moved into the next round for a chance at more. Burnaby North-Seymour MP Terry Beech announced that TrendiTech Inc. (formerly Trendy Vending Inc.) advanced as one of the 24 semifinalists for streams A and B of the $20-million Food Waste Reduction Challenge, an initiative under the Food Policy for Canada. Each semifinalist receives $100,000 and moves on to compete in the market demonstration stage of the challenge. Trendi is based in Burnaby, and their Biotrim project is a mobile processing unit that turns misfit or excess food ingredients into a shelfstable product. “Our mission is to rescue and make nutritious

foods accessible to all, not just to those that can afford them,” said Trendi co-founder and CMO Carissa Campeotto, who was born and raised in North Burnaby, in a statement. Launched in November 2020, the challenge was designed to spark new ideas and challenge innovators to deliver “game-changing solutions to the long-standing and complex issue of food waste in Canada,” said a news release. Streams A and B focus on business model solutions that can prevent or divert food waste at any point from farm to plate. This first round of the challenge attracted 343 applications. “Innovative business solutions that solve complex issues like food waste and help reduce our envi-

ronmental impact are crucial to a green economy,” said Beech, in the news release. “Based in our community,Trendi and their food waste solution Biotrim represent the dedication and hard work of our community members in finding environmentally friendly economic solutions.” Over the next eight months, semifinalists will pilot their solutions in Canada through rigorous testing, evaluation and reporting on their solution’s effectiveness. According to estimates, more than half of Canada’s food supply is wasted annually and nearly $50 billion of that wasted food is avoidable, said the news release. This year Trendi is partnering with Make Change Studio, an interactive, collaborative and interdisci-

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Community now Burnaby students earn Beedie Luminaries scholarships Nine Burnaby Grade 12 students will emerge from a pandemic-challenged last two years of high school with scholarships of up to $40,000 each thanks to the Beedie Luminaries scholarship program. Beedie Luminaries scholarships recognize promising B.C. students

who have faced life challenges and adversity with determination and resilience. For the first time this year, the program also awarded scholarships to single parents looking to go back to school. In all, Beedie Luminaries handed out $5.1 mil-

Artist showcased in interCONNECTED An article in last week’s tion community projBurnaby NOW introect designed by the Vanduced readers to artist couver Asian Heritage Taslim Samji, whose work Month Society to showis being showcase Pan Asian cased by the Vanartists through couver Asian the COVID-19 Heritage Month pandemic. Since Society. 2020, more than The arti15 exhibitions cle mentioned and many artist the interCON“spotlights” have NECTED exhibeen digitized bition as Samand archived ji’s work; in fact, through the proTaslim Samji Samji is one of ject. artist numerous artists You can read who have been featured more at explorasian.org/ through the interCONinterconnected-2021. NECTED project. You can also find out interCONNECTED more about Samji at www. is a digital art exhibitsamji.com.

lion in scholarships to 127 promising Grade 12 students and single parents across B.C. this year. Among them are nine from Burnaby or Burnaby schools: Haley Wong, a Burnaby resident who attends Britannia Community Secondary in Vancouver; Henok Kibrea Dubus

and Sana Alzaza from Byrne Creek; Michelle Nguyen, Logan Wilmarth and Siham Abdelhameed from Burnaby North; Gaeun (Amy) Nam from Burnaby Mountain; Emily Wong-Abdul from Moscrop; andYounathan Terefe from Burnaby South.

Ryan Beedie, a Burnaby-born-and-raised developer, launched the scholarship program with a $50-million donation on his 50th birthday in 2018. Since that time, Beedie Luminaries has awarded 335 scholarships. Along with financial assistance of up to $40,000

per student, recipients are also paired with mentors and offered paid work opportunities, Stay on Track student support, invitations to special events and access to the Beedie Luminaries online community. See beedieluminaries.ca for more information.

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BEAUPRE, Julia Piri February 27, 1924 - May 26, 2021 Julia (Julie) Beaupre (Sviatko) died peacefully at RCH in New Westminster on May 26th at the age of 97. Julie is survived by her 3 daughters Denise (Bob), Karen (Colin), Julie (Mike) and son Robert, 10 Grandchildren, 8 Great-Grandchildren, brother Steve Sviatko, sister-in-law Irene Sviatko, and many nieces, nephews, and their families. Julie is predeceased by her husband and only true love Wilfrid Beaupre, parents Steve & Julianna Sviatko, sisters Maryann McDonald & Ethel Sviatko and brother William Sviatko. The eldest of 5, Julie was born in Hungary and at age 6 immigrated to Canada, where the family settled in New Westminster. She eventually met her sweetheart Wilf and they married in 1947, over time welcoming 4 children. Sadly, Wilf passed unexpectedly on June 5, 1965 and Julie would carry on raising their children on her own. She was an entrepreneur, opening a women’s clothing store in Sapperton (Chez Beaupre Fashions), then a medical office clerk, retiring from George Derby Centre in 1989. Julie spent many wonderful retirement years with her dog Coco and many grandchildren at Leisure Park in Birch Bay, her little piece of heaven on earth. She was an active member of St. Peter’s Parish, the CWL, and Young at Heart Club. She generously knitted scarves and donated comfort kits to various recovery homes and shelters. Julie was famous for her cooking, especially dumplings, breaded fried chicken, and the ability to make delicious soup out of anything.

NADASDY, Roza 1938 - 2021 It is with great sadness to announce the sudden passing of our beloved anyu (mother), nagymama (grandmother), aunt and sister-in-law. She is survived by her loving children Vince and Rose and their spouses and children; her sisters-in-law Maria, Eva, Emerencia, her brother-in-law Sandor, and all of her extended family and friends worldwide. Roza was preceded in death by her loving husband of 49 years, Vince. Her fabulous Hungarian cuisine brought us together throughout the years for many celebrations and family gatherings. The memory of her will be enduring and her loss will be mourned by all who knew her. A public visitation will be held at Bell & Burnaby Funeral Chapel, Friday, June 18th between 11am-1pm. Condolences for the family may be left at www.bellburnaby.com 604-298-2525

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REAL ESTATE Cascade West: 1 Bed/ 1 Bath OPEN HOUSE, SAT: 2−4 PM 728 sqft top−floor unit featuring ensuite laundry, dining with skylight, living room with gas fireplace and northeast facing balcony. Asking $469900. OPEN HOUSE 2−4 PM; 315 3770 Manor St. NATHAN DEGRANO Team 3000 Realty Ltd. 778−893−0351 www.degrano.com

4071 Dallyn Rd Richmond $1,788,888 !! Builders’ Alert!! One of the best lots in the East Cambie Area. Renovated, well−kept home with 8,711.00 sq.ft. ****BUY OR SELL**** Call realtor Neelam Tiwari SRS Panorama Realty at 604−307−7255 INTEGRITY POST FRAME BUILDINGS since 2008. Built with concrete posts. Barns, shops, riding arenas, machine sheds and more. adam.s@integritybuilt.com 1-250-351-5374. www.integritybuilt.com

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LANGLEY FARM MARKET PRODUCE OKANAGAN CHERRIES OKANAGAN CHERRIES

YELLOW//W YELLOW/WHITE WHITE NECTARINES

Product of B.C. $10.98/kg

RED SEEDLESS WATERMELON Product of U.S.A. $1.0 08/kg

Product of U.S.A. $3.70/kg

49¢

$ 99

$ 68

LOCAL RED/YELLOW/ RED/Y /YELLOW/ Y / ORANGE PEPPERS

LOCAL BUNCH LOCAL BUNCH SPINACH SPINACH

LOCAL GREEN KALE

99¢

lb.

Product of B.C.

Product of B.C. $3.72/kg

$ 69

lb.

ea.

GROCERY BALOCCO

CHUN GUANG G

WAFERS

CLASSIC COCONUT CANDY

Selected varieties / 250g

EAT WHOLES SOME ORGANIC

HUY FONG

LVYI

398mll

460ml

350g

$ 79

$ 49

SIMPLY

DALLA TERRA

GOOD DRINK

500ml

473ml

CHICKEN BROTH (N NO SALT ADDED)

ea.

ROASTED RED PEPPERS

946ml

$ 99

BONEELESS CHUCK STEAKS CHICK KEN WINGS Fresh / $8.78/kg

WILD D SOCKEYE SALM MON FILLLET Simplyy West Coast / Froze en / $34.8 81/kg Aquasttar / Frozen / 500g

LANGLEY FARM MARKET

For fresh and quality foods

$ 29

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$ 99

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lb.

PECO ORINO ROMANO WEDGES

lb.

ROSEEMARY HAM

lb.

EURO OPEA EAN A BACK BAC CON

200g

POTATO CHIPS

Selected varieties / 50g

BAKERY

$ 69

/ea

/100g

ea.

$ 39

ea.

1 $ 29 8 $ 99 1 $ 29 2

ea.

CHINEESE COCO ONUT BREAD 300g

2 $ 15 3 $ 29 3 $ 15

ea.

CHOCO OLATE LA A CHIP COOKIES 280g

ea.

LEMON N LOAF 450g

ea.

/100g

ea.

For freshness and quality you can count on! LFM

$ 29

1..816kg

lb.

Cut fro om AA A Beef / $15.38/kg

TEMP PURA SHRIMP

5 $ 99 6 $ 99 3 $ 79 15 $ 39 10 $ 99

BLA LAD ADE ROAST

PURE BROWN SUGAR

HENAN ROLLING NOODLES

$ 99

ea.

MEAT & SEAFOOD Cut fro om AA A Beef / $13.18/kg

ea.

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$ 99

ea.

CHILI GARLIC SAUCES

GREEN LENTILS

250g

2 for

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