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Burnaby resident Craig Langston lives with cerebral palsy and has been in a wheelchair because of it for the last 10 years – drastically limiting his options on how he gets around.

He has a full-time care worker because he needs help with meal prep, bathing and getting in and out of bed – now, he says, TransLink is making life even harder with the changes to the best transportation option for him.

When it’s taken HandyDART four hours to get him to and from one medical appointment – if it shows up at all – he has to make a tough decision: either he doesn’t go or he has to struggle with conventional transit.

“I find it is frustrating to deal with it

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Burnaby resident Craig Langston has used HandyDART for the past 10 years, as he has been in a wheelchair.

He says the service has gotten worse over the years, and he is worried that trend will continue.

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Advocates face off over puppy sales in stores Stefania Seccia staff reporter

Burnaby has gone to the dog sellers.

At Monday night’s city council meeting, an Oct. 21 staff report amending the animal control bylaw, banning the sale of turtles, but continuing to allow the sale of puppies, kittens and sterilized rabbits, passed.

While councillors and the mayor discussed their decisions, council chambers were split down the middle – on one side sat pet store supporters, and the other side, animal advocates.

Almost 30 pet store supporters brought professionally printed signs stating “Stop killing Burnaby pet stores,” and “The solution is more pet stores.” About the same amount of animal advocates showed up with handmade signs, stating “Pet stores – A death sentence for shelter animals.”

However, inside council chambers everyone holding a poster was told to put it down and hide it to respect decorum and those presenting at the meeting, by Maryann Manuel, acting deputy city clerk.

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Signs: Pet store supporters and animal advocates were at Monday’s Burnaby council meeting.

Presentations at the Nov. 25 meeting were both for and against staff recommendations.

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“What are we teaching our kids? If there was a bad mother, according to their logic, every mother in Burnaby is bad,” she said. “Every mother should be punished by taking their children away and taking them to an orphanage.”

Following her presentation was one by Maria Soroski, of the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue, who supported a full ban on pet sales in Burnaby.

Soroski went over violations lodged against Metrotown’s Pet Habitat pet store. She also clarified a claim on his website that the owner, Tom Peters, reached out to her society to work together. She said she’s never spoken to Peters or heard from him before.

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Number of at-risk youth increasing Numbers of exploited youth increasing, and they’re younger Stefania Seccia staff reporter

Exploited and at-risk youth numbers in Burnaby and New Westminster have risen, according to the 2013 count.

During the month of February, the data collected from service providers in both Burnaby and New Westminster recorded how many children and youth were already working in the sex trade, were suspected of being in it or at high risk of getting involved.

Two years after the first count, the BurnabyNew Westminster Task Force on Sexuality Exploited and At-Risk Youth tracked 217 youth – up from the 146 counted in 2011 – either being sexually exploited or at risk of it. The task force provided a checklist to service providers in the two communities to track the youth either being exploited or close to it. The task force defines exploitation as the exchange of sexual acts for food, a ride, shelter, drugs, alcohol, money or to fit in.

Fifty-seven per cent of the youth were from Burnaby, 30 per cent from New Westminster and the rest counted came from other areas.

“One of our slogans is, it can happen to anyone,” Joan Selby, a City of Burnaby senior social

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“Newcomers, refugee or immigrant kids planner, told the Burnaby NOW. “Any kid can be vulnerable. The ones that are preyed on tend (are) particularly at risk,” Selby added, about to have a lack of self confidence, they may have students seeking popularity. “They want to try to fit in, same with LGBTQ – sometimes they’re some trauma happening in their life.”

In all, 25 youth were confirmed as being sex- bullied and not accepted. … A lot of the recruitment is done by peers in their same ually exploited – 20 per cent under age group, but a lot of the control is the age of 15. Forty-six youth were “Any kid can be from predators or pimps who send suspected, and 141 youth were vulnerable. The them out.” considered at risk.

A majority of the youth still live at “There isn’t a stereotype of the ones that are home, 62 per cent, while 83 per cent kind of kid (at risk),” Selby added. preyed on tend to still attend school – at least some“All kids sometimes suffer from a lack of self-esteem. When they’re have a lack of self times. Almost half of those who do attend go to school regularly. in that phase, that’s suddenly confidence, they The youth included come from an when they’re recruited. They’re array of ethnicities: 40 per cent were going to parties and they just fall may have some (down from 54 per cent in. Also, kids who aren’t popular trauma happen- Caucasian in 2011), 14 per cent were aboriginal, in school, now they feel like they ing in their life.” seven per cent were Asian, three per belong.” cent were black, and three per cent Eighty-six per cent of those JOAN SELBY were Hispanic or Latino. The rest counted were girls. Of the 217, 71 Burnaby social planner were categorized as unknown. were younger than 15 years old, “It’s about exploitation,” Selby which increased by 16 per cent said. “There’s an exploitation going from 2011. Eighty-one per cent were under 17. The rest were between the ages on, so the kid is trading sex for cigarettes, a ride, food. One of the issues for us is a lot of the of 18 and 25.

Selby said the task force speculates that the kids don’t see that, as long as they’re not taking increase in numbers, and the lower age record- money. They don’t see it as an issue.”

As far as doing drugs or drinking alcohol, ed, is due to more organizations being involved in the 2013 count than before. For instance, the 103 youth (47 per cent) admitted to doing so.

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Pets: Council allows pet stores to continue selling animals

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said. “Then to spend six to eight weeks in a pet store in a glass cage, (with) undersupervised youngsters staring and banging the glass doesn’t sound like a nurtur-

ing environment to me.”

Johnston also said it was curious that the two biggest pet store chains in Canada do not sell puppies and kittens, but somehow still

en the animal control bylaw, he did not support the sales of animals in pet stores.

But Dhaliwal could not vote on the issue, or vote by proxy.

manage to operate.

Coun. Sav Dhaliwal was not present at last night’s council meeting but sent in a note stating that while he felt the report did strength-

However, all the other councillors and Mayor Derek Corrigan voted “yes” on the staff report. Johnston was the only vote counted against it.

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council, including a June 2013 case where a shih tzu had hair and fecal matter matted to its buttocks and its rectal area was covered in feces.

“The owner refused to remove the animal from the enclosure, the shih tzu, and asked the inspectors leave the property,” she added.

“These are … important animal welfare violations.”

The last presentation was made by Richmond resident John Crocock, in support of pet stores being allowed to sell animals. He criticized the rescue groups that showed up to council to make presentations that were not local and did not always provide Burnabyspecific information.

Crocock, a friend of the King Ed Pet Centre store owner, said the rescue groups are unregulated and are not as transparent as pet stores. He said he was disappointed by the lack of conversation the issue should have created between rescue groups and pet stores.

“I always thought, and still think, pet stores are the easiest way to obtain high standards of care … because above all they are the easiest to access, compared to special interest groups, like the so-called rescue groups,” said Crocock. “We have no idea what they’re doing themselves.”

The B.C. Societies Act and the Canada Revenue Agency govern all societies in the province.

Coun. Dan Johnston said he did not support the staff report and that puppies and kittens should come from an environment with proper nutrition care and a sense of safe being for the first few weeks of their lives.

“This is a contrast to breeding animals in rows of cages, stacked three to four layers high with little personal interaction,” he

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Snakehead identified Scientists reveal new details on the notorious Burnaby “frankenfish”

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The autopsy results are in, and biologists have new information on the infamous snakehead fish that was captured in a Burnaby pond in 2012.

A team of researchers now knows what the fish ate, how long it was in Central Park’s pond, and what type of snakehead it was.

“Initially, everybody thought it was a northern snakehead, which has been identified as a threat

by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, but in fact, it turned out to be a blotched snakehead after we did our DNA analysis,” said Dave Scott, an SFU biology student who worked on the investigation.

As the name implies, the northern snakehead is found in northern climates and can survive in colder waters, while the blotched snakehead is typically found further south. Scott said the blotched snakehead wasn’t as much of a risk because it wouldn’t be able to tolerate cold conditions, but it’s unclear if the snakehead could have survived the winter in Burnaby’s Central Park pond.

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Frankenfish: Simon Fraser University biology grad student Michael Beakes with the infamous snakehead fish after it was caught and killed in June.

Park spread after someone a period of 33 to 93 days filmed the fish and upload- by comparing internal tised the video on YouTube sues with frozen blotched in the summer of 2012. snakeheads bought from There were widespread fish markets in Vancouver.

“We know it wasn’t born concerns the invasive fish would multiply and deci- in the pond,” Scott said. mate indigenous species “Somebody must have with its voracious appetite. released it in the couple of months before Snakeheads are it appeared in the also known to eat For the Top 5 YouTube video.” small mammals, snakehead While they and they can videos, couldn’t deterwriggle on land scan with mine the snakeand travel from Layar head’s sex or age, one body of water they did confirm to another.

The B.C. Environment the fish had eaten other Ministry sent in a team to non-native species from the drain the lake and catch the pond, including carp, goldsnakehead, which was then fish, minnows, catfish and sent to SFU for analysis. The crayfish. They also found biologists worked on the no evidence of eggs in the fish for a couple of months, pond, and considering sent out samples, waited there was only one snakefor results and then wrote head spotted in the pond, up their findings, for publi- it’s highly unlikely it had cation in the Management of the chance to breed.

The snakehead’s body Biological Invasions Journal, an online scientific journal is now in a “classic-style museum jar” at the Royal about invasive species.

The researchers also B.C. Museum in Victoria, discovered the snakehead but is not currently on dishad been in the pond for play.

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Protect us from bullies – and snooping feds

up to five years for sharing “intimate If at first you don’t succeed … photos” of another person without their After seeing the growing sentiment permission. against online bullying crystallized in But packed in with those laudable the tragic cases of Amanda Todd and and timely updates to our legislation Rehtaeh Parsons, last week we saw the is a whack of things that don’t have federal Conservatives introduce a bill anything to do with protecting aimed at protecting Canadians Canadians from cyberbullyfrom what can be life-ruining Burnaby NOW ing. bullying online.

Much of it is leftovers from The bill, if passed, gives Bill C-30, the bill then-public safety police powers to seize computers and minister Vic Toews declared Canadians smartphones in cyberbullying investimust either support or “stand with child gations and imposes a prison term of

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pornographers,” even though it largely amounted to domestic spying.

After an outpouring of opposition from civil libertarians, the legal community and regular Canadians, as well as a clear warning the bill would never survive a charter challenge, the Tories did something they despise doing. They admitted they were wrong and scrapped the bill.

But now it’s back, using bullied teens as a human shield to deflect criticism that it oversteps the boundaries

Canadians feel comfortable with when it comes to government intrusion into their private lives.

Let’s be clear: Defamation, harassment and any actions that are intended to destroy someone’s reputation deserve the full weight of our legal system. But much of this can be done without an overzealous bill.

Let’s not forget the irony: this is the government that scrapped the long-form census on the grounds it was too personal and invasive.

Ferry changes are badly needed IN MY OPINION

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t’s a surefire bet that whenever major changes are made to the B.C. Ferries system, the howls of outrage from ferry users are quick to follow.

And the reaction was no different to the B.C. government’s three-step program to right the ferry company’s bottom line.

The money-losing ferry service needed some kind of fix, but whether this latest one will satisfy ferry users is doubtful.

Nevertheless, the status quo wasn’t an option unless the government increased the annual taxpayer subsidy to B.C. Ferries.

The subsidy now approaches $200 million (that’s almost $2 billion over 10 years), and it’s hard to argue why it should be higher, given the low ridership and the need of more funding for other government services.

Government revenues are projected to increase by about $2 billion over the next two years.

About half of that will go to health care. Does the ferry system rank ahead of education or social services when it comes to allocating the rest of the money?

I don’t think so.

Some of the changes make sense. Requiring seniors to pay half-fares during the week rather than allowing them to ride for free is hardly a draconian measure, as some would insist.

While many seniors are on fixed incomes and don’t have a lot of disposable income, a lot more of them have accumulated various amounts of wealth and presumably can afford a $15 ferry fare (according to B.C. Ferries statistics, the vast majority of travelling seniors take their vehicles, which suggests they can indeed afford a ferry fare).

I suspect we will eventually see the end of a lot of other senior discounts when it comes to various services by the way.

The number of seniors will soon mushroom, as the baby boomer generation eases into retirement, and that may make companies (and governments) think twice before providing senior discounts that will become much more expensive to pay for than they are now.

The reduction in the number of sailings is more controversial.

There are those who continue to insist the ferry system should be treated as a mere extension of the highway system. In its early days, the ferries were indeed treated as part of the road network, but those days are long gone and will never return.

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Re: HandyDART changes are hurting vulnerable citizens (Burnaby NOW opinion, online, Nov. 21) TransLink works hard to effectively serve the transportation needs of our custom transit users, while operating efficiently within our means.

Attempting to achieve a clear understanding of custom trip denials, TransLink tracks them rigorously. Our studies indicate that customer-initiated trip cancellations and customer denials in 2012 were 22,000 and 37,000, respectively. Respecting our customer needs and feedback, we continue to work with our customers on reducing these occurrences in order to best meet service demand based on available funding.

Using taxis for some HandyDART trips is one example of addressing customer requirements and is a practice already used successfully here and by many other North American cities. Taxi services are only provided to customers whose needs can be met by taxis. Others, who require the specialized service of a HandyDART vehicle, receive their trip with one of our regular vehicles.

A pilot project is underway on four routes with low ridership that moves 10,000 service hours (less than two per cent in total) to taxis. To be clear, these trips are still a HandyDART service and do not represent a cut to HandyDART service hours. We expect to deliver 7,000 more trips to HandyDART customers as a result. As it is a pilot, we continue to monitor this program closely.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Service key for TransLink continued from page 6

TransLink is currently conducting a custom transit service review to better meet the needs of our customers. We initiated consultation sessions with the public, key stakeholders and other North American service providers this year to gain more insight on specific transit needs What we are hearing will help us develop a custom transit strategy that, along with being sustainable, still offers our customers an effective reliable and enhanced service.

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Feds are ‘raiding’ EI funds

Dear Editor:

I agree with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. The federal government is inappropriately using the Employment Insurance fund as a cash cow. But the solution is not to turn employment insurance into a privatized savings plan, as the Canadian Taxpayers Federation bizarrely suggests in its latest report.

More correctly named at inception as Unemployment Insurance, our national plan is meant to provide temporary income assistance to workers who lose their job due to circumstances beyond their control.

Starting in 1940, financial assistance to unemployed workers was accepted as part of our social security safety net in recognition of the fact that a term of employment was largely outside the control of the

worker, that there was an absence of any guarantee whatsoever of long-term – never mind lifetime – employment income. Over the succeeding decades, Parliament developed the current model of a self-sufficient income program funded by mandatory contributions by both the worker and the employer. And, left to its own devices, it works just fine.

The problem is that recent federal governments have turned that simple socially responsible concept into an ideological shell game. Amendments to the Employment Insurance Act have made it harder and harder for unemployed workers to access the fund. In fact, it has got to the point that more money is going in than is coming out. But, instead using the surplus money in innovative ways to further ease the debilitating impact of unemployment, the federal government blatantly scoops it up and dumps it into general revenue where it is used to add “balance” to the budget.

You don’t stop this kind of political piracy by advocating a replacement system that only benefits those who somehow manage to stay employed and, thus, don’t need to use their “savings” as a stopgap measure. You stop it by demanding that the federal government use the employment insurance fund only for the benefit of those who find themselves jobless.

You stop it by removing the power of the federal government to raid funds that rightfully belong to the people it is meant to help.

Bill Brassington, Burnaby

Ferries: Changes are necessary from page 6

and riding a ferry is that on one you can travel by yourself, but on the other you have to pay for people to travel with you. I’m referring to the crew on a ferry, and the size of that crew on B.C. Ferries range from six to 48, depending on the size of the vessel.

The size of the crew is mandated by Transport Canada, and B.C. Ferries must follow those rules.

That means on some sailings, there may be fewer passengers than crew members.

For all the talk about executive salaries and free ferry passes for B.C. Ferries employees, the fact is neither play much of a role in shaping the company’s bottom line, at least not compared to the biggest cost drivers in the system: fuel costs and labour.

And so it was perhaps

inevitable that the number of vastly under-utilized sailings (most of them are the last ones leaving a terminal on any given night) would be reduced, even if it means inconveniencing a relatively small number of people. To be sure, those folks are going to make their feelings heard, loud and clear. I doubt if that’s going to change much, however. The fact is, even with these sailing reductions every route except three will continue to lose money.

Some of these losses are substantial: the Tsawwassen-Southern Gulf Islands route loses more than $9 million a year, the Horseshoe BayBowen Island run loses more than $7 million and the Horseshoe BayLangdale route loses $4.5 million.

Those three routes, to pick just three, currently

sail dozens of ferries that have less than 20 per cent passenger capacity taken up on board.

The one proposed change by the government that may not ultimately proceed is the idea of putting slot machines on ferries. The idea smacks of cynicism and even desperation, particularly given numerous studies about the negative impact too much gambling can have on society (the most recent coming from the provincial health officer).

Overall, the changes to the ferry system are controversial and hurt some communities more than others. But until the provincial government’s revenues substantially improve, it’s hard to see many other options to pursue.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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Transit: TransLink trying to make best use of ‘limited resources’ continued from page 1

quite often,” Langston told the Burnaby NOW in a phone interview. “I find a lot of my requests for trips have been denied, and or they can’t accommodate the exact time that I would like.”

Langston said he believes the changes are a concerted effort to reduce the services across the province – between TransLink and B.C. Transit.

“I do use conventional transit, as well,” he said.

“Those are the choices when trips are being denied, those are the hard choices people have to make. Do I stay home that day or do I get medical help?”

He said in some instances a HandyDART bus was more than just a few minutes late to pick him up – in some cases he waited for several hours.

“What should take an hour, at different times it turns into a four- or fivehour round-trip episode,” he said.

Langston is part of the HandyDART Riders Committee, which recently released a Coast Mountain Bus Company internal memo – obtained through a freedom of information request – showing that HandyDART trip denials have increased 670 per cent since 2008.

The report was released on Nov. 21 by its author Eric Doherty, an independent transportation planner.

He said he was shocked by the data he collected. There were 37,690 HandyDART service denials in 2012, double the number in 2011.

“I was totally shocked, and flabbergasted when I got that FOI back,” he told the NOW. “I knew it was up, but I was expecting it had doubled – not up by 670 per cent.”

Doherty said what the report really reveals is the transit funding crisis.

“To me, this is a key result of the lack of priority given to transit funding overall,” he said. “ In a statement released to the Burnaby NOW, Martin Lay, TransLink’s director of transit services, defended HandyDART’s performance.

“In 2012, HandyDART provided more trips to customers than in 2008,” he said. “We are providing more rides to customers with approximately the same number of annual service hours. In 2012, only three per cent of all trips were denied.”

Lang noted that up to 2009, data was not recorded as accurately as it is now, which he says is why there’s an “uptick” in trip denials in 2010.

TransLink does recognize the demand for transportation services is growing, Lang said.

“It is a TransLink priority to serve all our customers, while also making best use of our limited resources,” he said. “Our current

sources of revenue do not allow TransLink to expand transit service.”

One example of the transit authority trying to stay efficient is through using taxis for some HandyDART trips.

“Ten thousand service

hours have been allocated to a HandyDART Taxi Pilot for 2013,” he said. “Many of our customers experience increased service as a result of the pilot. We expect the pilot to result in 7,000 more HandyDART trips for our customers this year – these

are trips that would have otherwise been denied.”

But the increased use of taxis does not bring any relief to Langston’s predicament of being left out in the cold, waiting for service.

He tried to hire a taxi for his Richmond hospital trip but

was denied the service.

“We’re creating a society where people could be shuttered in their homes,” he told the NOW. “It’s a huge step back.”

For an extended version of this story, go to www.burnabynow.com.

TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the City of Burnaby proposes to designate a Business Improvement Area (BIA) for the west side of the North Road area. The purpose of the BIA is to help local business people and property owners to upgrade and promote a local business district to improve its economic viability.

The business promotion proposed to be undertaken by the North Road Business Improvement Association includes joint marketing, security and beautification improvements, and research and marketing studies. It will be designed to benefit the designated commercial area which is: 1. West side of North Road between the Trans Canada Highway and Austin Road 2. Southwest corner of North Road and Cameron Street 3. Northwest corner of North Road and Cameron Street The BIA is to be funded by a levy on commercial properties.

The estimated total cost of the proposed business promotion is $1,068,675 over six years. The commercial property owners in the BIA will pay 100% of the cost. The estimated levy for 2014 is $1.2343 per $1,000 of assessed value and must be paid in full by the tax due date of 2014 July 3.

Council may proceed with the BIA in accordance with this notice unless it receives a sufficient petition against it. Any person who is the owner of land in the designated area may submit such a petition and, in order that a petition is deemed sufficient, it must be signed by the owners of at least 50% of the parcels and representing at least 50% of the assessed value of land and improvements that would be subject to the levy.

Owners who wish to petition against the work may do so by completing the form below and submitting to the City Clerk, City of Burnaby, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2. The final date for acceptance of petitions will be 4:45 pm, Wednesday, 2014 January 4.

It is Council’s intention that tenants of the subject properties also be given an opportunity to register their opposition to the proposed BIA. Persons representing tenant businesses may send a letter expressing their opposition or complete the form below to the City Clerk, City of Burnaby, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby BC, V5G 1M2.

If you have any questions with regard to the BIA please contact Denise Letkeman in the Finance Department at 604-294-7902 or if you have an inquiry regarding the petitioning process please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 604-294-7290.

Maryann Manuel City Clerk PETITION AGAINST THE PROPOSED BIA If you wish to petition against the proposed business promotion scheme for the North Road Business Improvement Area, please fill out the following section, tear off and mail to: City Clerk, City Hall, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C. V5G 1M2 Please indicate the following 3 points to have the petition valid: 1. ❑ Owner or ❑ Tenant 2. Legal description or street address of the property: _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I (We) petition against the proposed work. (Signature of owner or tenant. All joint owners must individually sign.) Please print name after signature. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Persons desiring to petition against the BIA must do so by submitting their petition to the City Clerk within one month after the date of the publication of a Notice of Intention covering this work in the “Burnaby Now” and “Burnaby Newsleader” being December 4th, 2013. Final date for the acceptance of petitions is January 4, 2014, 4:45 pm.

Burnaby NOW • Wednesday, November 27, 2013 • A09

It’s the little extras that make a big difference ON MY BEAT

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Jennifer Moreau

ometimes it’s that little extra touch at Christmas that makes all the difference to a family in need.

At the Burnaby Christmas Bureau, where registered low-income families pick out toys for their children, parents are often surprised that there’s something extra.

Since 1996, bureau volunteers have been running the Mothers’ Table, which is a collection of donations the bureau receives above and beyond toys. Typical items include Christmas decorations, candles, comforters, jewelry, picture frames, lotions, clothing, books, soaps, and cosmetics. Once the parents peruse the bureau’s toy room and select something for their children, they have the chance to choose items from the Mothers’

Table, as well.

“Most of them can’t believe they get more,” said Janice Cambruzzi, a longtime volunteer with the bureau. “They say, ‘Really? More? I’ve already got so much.’ They are overwhelmed that they can actually pick something else for their kids.”

Cambruzzi recalls a particularly moving example, when she presented a donated box set of the Chronicles of Narnia to a mom visiting the toy room to see if she would be interested. “(She) burst into tears because I happened to have the exact set of books her daughter had asked for,” Cambruzzi recalled.

“She said, ‘Oh, thank you so much. I can’t believe it. This is all my daughter wanted for Christmas, and you guys just made Christmas so special.”

Parents can visit the Mothers’ Table and pick out clothing, children’s books, clothing, stuffed animals and a variety of other objects.

Cambruzzi, who has been overseeing the

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Mothers’ Table for about seven years, explained there are not many donated items for men, hence the focus on mothers.

The Christmas Bureau, facilitated by Burnaby Community Services, makes sure local, lowincome families have presents under the tree and seniors have gift hampers for the holidays.

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Mothers’ Table: Janice Cambruzzi, a volunteer with the Burnaby Christmas Bureau, says the donated gifts for mothers are an unexpected surprise.

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Youth: Several factors keep atrisk youth from seeking help continued from page 3

“They have issues. It could be drugs, and that’s why we changed our names to be at-risk because all of those factors enter in,” said Burnaby Coun. Colleen Jordan, who is also involved with the task force. “If they’re homeless, if they’re couch surfing, if they’re doing drugs. Some of this all leads to the potential of being exploited sexually.”

The count also showed five of the 71 confirmed youth under 15 years old were boys.

Jordan and Selby both stressed, however, that these are only the children they are aware of.

“There’s all kinds of reasons kids don’t come in contact with the system,” Selby

said. “One is they don’t think they have an issue. Two, there’s language, cultural barriers. Three, there’s shame.”

Another setback to obtaining accurate numbers and keep tabs of what’s really happening is the continued underground push of youth being exploited over the Internet by “boyfriends” or pimps.

“We looked at what it was last time, the trend away from street exploitation to Internet, and it seems to be continuing,” Jordan added. “They’re on sugardaddie. com. Look it up, it’s pretty scary.”

Selby said the count was done anonymously as no names were collected, but the task force tried to make sure youth were not counted by more than one agency. sseccia@burnabynow.com

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“The Mothers’ Table is really about family,” said Stephen D’Souza, executive director with Burnaby Community Services.

“While the Burnaby Christmas Bureau focuses on the children and seniors, we are really trying to make sure everyone can celebrate the holidays.

There is still a long way to go, but little things like the Mothers’ Table make a big difference.”

While the Christmas Bureau is primarily interested in donations of new, unwrapped toys, articles of clothing and books are also greatly appreciated for the Mothers’ Table.

To donate, drop items

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SECTION COORDINATOR Jennifer Moreau, 604-444-3021 jmoreau@burnabynow.com

From pickleball to yoga, just get moving Don a jersey and take part in free family programs at city facilities From Burnaby, B.C. to St. John’s, N.L., Canada is celebrating sports day.

The nationwide community project is in its fourth year, with the intention of promoting healthy lifestyle choices. From Nov. 23 to 30, the City of Burnaby is offering many events at its various recreation facilities.

Nov. 29 is the official Jersey Day in Burnaby – wear your favourite team’s outfit or jersey and participate in various free activities across the city.

Eileen Dailly pool has a colouring contest for those who come up with the most snazzy jersey design, until Nov. 30. Pick up a template at the pool’s reception desk.

There’s a long list of free activities until Nov. 30, including yoga, a family gym sports challenge, a dodge ball challenge, skating, swimming, pickleball, a family hockey event, free

WHAT’S UP? FREE EVENTS AROUND THE CITY

Jason Lang/burnaby now

Get active: Brianna Oliver, left, and Caitlin Wilson, aquatic leaders at Eileen Dailly pool, with a Jersey day colouring poster and prizes for the event.

swims and more.

On Friday, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., the day

is packed with different events across the different recreation centres – just

make sure you’re wearing a jersey.

For more information

and a full list of events, visit www.burnaby.ca.

– Stefania Seccia

Wear a Jersey Day at Confederation Community Centre from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sports Circuit Family Gym Time (for three- to five-year-olds with an adult) at Willingdon Centre from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.

Pickleball Pandemonium (for 18-year-olds and up) at the Edmonds Community Centre from 1 to 3 p.m.

Public Skate at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Family Sports Night (for 14year-olds and up, with an adult) at the Cameron Rec Centre from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Spin Yoga at the Cameron Rec Centre from 6 to 7:20 p.m.

Free Swim at C.G. Brown Memorial Pool from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Family Skate at Kensington Complex from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Sports Circuit Family Gym Time (12-year-olds and under, with an adult) at Willingdon Centre from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Sports Swim (all ages) at Eileen Dailly from 7 to 10 p.m.

TRX Sampler Class (14-yearolds and up) at the Cameron Rec Centre from 8 to 8:25 p.m.

Family Hockey at Kensington Complex from 8:15 to 9:15 p.m.

TRX Sampler Class (14-yearolds and up) at the Cameron Rec Centre from 8:30 to 8:55 p.m.

See www.burnaby.ca for full listing and information.

Feeling lucky? Try your hand at horseshoes Central Park Horseshoe Club hosts open house for Sports Day in Canada

Burnaby’s Central Park Horseshoe Club is hosting an open house on Saturday, Nov. 30 for Sports Day in Canada.

Club president Jim Ball is hoping people will come out to join the club or try their hand at throwing horseshoes.

“It’s good exercise, friendship and it’s a very challenging sport,” he said.

“I often compare it to bowling. Take a ball and look at those pins, and try to hit the middle one.”

The club, which used to meet in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, has been in Burnaby since 1969. There are about 30 members, who meet regularly to throw horseshoes.

“Some of us are very competitive and we go in tournaments,” he said.

“Others just play (for fun.)”

The open house is from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Central Park horseshoe clubhouse, take the entrance from Boundary. There will be tea, coffee, snacks, and horseshoe throwing demonstrations. For more information, go to www.bchorseshoe.com or call 604553-3316.

–Jennifer Moreau

Pitching in:

Central Park Horseshoe Club president Jim Ball plays horseshoes with Elyse Brunelle.

The horseshoe club is hosting an open house on Saturday, Nov. 30 for Sports Day in Canada. The club is inviting everyone to come out and try their hand at throwing horseshoes.

Jason Lang/ burnaby now

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here has been a lot of discussion both for and against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, but Burnaby Board of Trade members will have the opportunity to hear the business case straight from the horse’s mouth – Ian Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Canada.

Anderson will be speaking at a light lunch reception and presentation this week about the status of the pipeline expansion and what local business opportunities may come with it if it is approved The lunch takes place today (Nov. 27) from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Delta Burnaby Hotel and Conference Centre.

The cost is $35 for

Cooledge wins innovation award

A Burnaby-based company is glowing after receiving an architectural innovation award recently.

Cooledge Lighting, an LED lighting technology company, won Architectural Products magazine’s 2013 Product Innovation Award in the lighting category for its flexible LED light sheet technology, according to a press release from the company.

The Cooledge light sheet is featured in a special awards section of the November issue of Architectural Products.

“Cooledge Lighting is very pleased to be recognized by Architectural Products magazine for our flexible LED light

sheet product,” John Campsmith, executive vice-president of sales and marketing, said in the release. “Our flexible LED technology continues to spark interest among lighting manufacturers, lighting designers and architects alike. To be identified as one of this year’s most innovative architecturalrelated products continues to affirm our vision and recognizes the efforts of the entire Cooledge Lighting team.”

Burnaby dentist earns honour

Zina Sarsam, a Burnaby dentist, has been recognized as an associate fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry.

Sarsam received the honour at the academy’s annual meeting in Arizona last month, according to a press release.

To qualify, Sarsam completed at least 300 hours of post-doctoral instruction

in implant dentistry, preformed implant cases and passed the associate fellow exam.

She is one of 618 dentists to hold the honour, according to the release.

The academy is composed of 4,300 members including general dentists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, periodontists and prosthodontists.

The business of Christmas

The Burnaby Board of Trade is holding its annual Christmas luncheon next week. The popular event includes a holiday buffet at the SFU Diamond Alumni Centre, as well as the annual gingerbread house contest. Santa Claus may also make an appearance.

The luncheon takes place on Friday, Dec. 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tickets are $55 for members and $80 for non-members. A table of eight Movers Page 16

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A14 • Wednesday, November 27, 2013 • Burnaby NOW

Keep the memories burning bright throughout the holiday season.

Tree of Lights

Thursday, November 28, 2013 • 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Ocean View Funeral Home, 4000 Imperial St. Burnaby Burnaby Hospice Society in partnership with Ocean View Funeral Home invite you to remember your loved ones by helping us light a Christmas tree at our 9th annual Tree of Lights.

In memoriam cards are now available by donation (suggested amount $5.00) at Ocean View (4000 Imperial Street, 604.435.6688) or at Burnaby Hospice Society (6855 Kingsway, 604.520.5087).

How You Can Help

Every card can be personalized with the name of your loved one and will be laminated to be hung on the tree. Cards will be displayed on the tree throughout the holiday season.

Proceeds will benefit the Burnaby Hospice Society.

Come and share this special evening of remembrance with family, friends and your community.

This is an outdoor event so please dress warmly.

Help us ensure no-one in Burnaby needs to go through the journey alone: • Become a member • Make a donation • Volunteer When you join or give, you have a unique opportunity to demonstrate your commitment to quality end-of-life care in our community. For more information on how you can help, contact us at 604.520.5087.

Note: Grief groups for those dealing with spousal or parental loss will begin early in the new year. Please call 604.520.5024 to register or for more information

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Movers: Join in Burnaby’s the Best campaign continued from page 12

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Best Burnaby businesses

What’s the most bombastic, brilliant, bodacious business in Burnaby?

The Burnaby NOW has launched a new social media campaign this month, Burnaby’s the Best.

Each day, we’ll post one thing that makes Burnaby great on our Facebook page for the duration of the month-long campaign.

But we’re not just listing our favourite things about the city – we want readers to pipe in, too!

Is there a bakery you adore? A restaurant you call a second home? Or

another city business you think is exceptional?

Keep an eye on the Burnaby NOW’s Facebook page to add your favourites in the comment section under each post.

Thus far we’ve posted about local parks, the Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby Mountain, the city’s best cafés, community organizations, the cycling culture in the city, pizza, fine dining restaurants and more.

Join the conversation to share your favourites.

Check it out at www.facebook.com/ BurnabyNOW, or find us on Twitter, @ BurnabyNOW_news. (Use the hashtag #BurnabyBest.)

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Alpha Technologies wins Business of the Year at the Burnaby Business Excellence Awards

November 2013

On November 14th, the Burnaby Board of Trade and the City of Burnaby hosted the 14th annual Burnaby Business Excellence Awards, recognizing organizations that have demonstrated outstanding business success and have had a positive and significant impact on the community.

The event, held at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown, was emceed for the second year in a row by Steve Darling and Kaitlyn Herbst, hosts of Morning News BC on Global TV. Winners were honoured in nine award categories, plus Burnaby-based ABC Recycling was recognized as this year’s Con’t Con't on onp.5 p.4

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SCANDINAVIAN CHRISTMAS DINNER & DANCE All are welcome to enjoy a great Scandinavian Christmas Party!

Join us for a glass of glögg to warm you up on a cold evening and enjoy a traditional Scandinavian Christmas smörgåsbord.

Date: Saturday, December 7th Time: 6:00pm – 1:00am Location: Scandinavian Community Centre Wine on each table included with dinner.

After dinner, dance the night away to the music of S-Bahn.

Tickets On line: Visit http://www.sbc-bc.ca and find our Christmas Party listing on our events calendar. You can order your tickets and pay for them online with your credit card.

Email or phone: Contact Paul Andreassen by email at info@sbc-bc.ca or by phone at 604-484-7957.

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Burnaby's Teradici teams up with Amazon to eliminate the need for desktop computers Teradici, a Burnaby company specializing in desktop virtualization, has partnered with Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN) to provide a new cloud-based Desktop as a Service (DaaS) called Amazon Workspaces that eliminates desktop processors.

While it won’t kill the personal computer for home use, Amazon WorkSpaces will eliminate the need for computer towers in many businesses and organizations.

Working with VMware Inc. (NYSE:VMW), Teradici developed PC over Internet Protocol (PCoIP) software and a chip that, when embedded in computer monitors, eliminates the need for a desktop tower in businesses and organizations that have multiple workstations. Each workstation becomes nothing more than a keyboard and computer screen. Data is transferred between those work stations and a main server as pixels, rather than as binary data.

Because pixels, not data, move between office screens and the server, it is faster.

One of the biggest benefits, however, is portability. Users can install desktop virtualization applications that allow their desktops to be called up from virtually anywhere and on any number of devices.

“We have a lot of customers in the highend work station space – like movie studios,

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TV studios, trading floors, a lot of automotive and aerospace companies,” Teradici CEO Dan Cordingley, a former general manager for Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC), told Business in Vancouver.

Teradici chips that enable the transfer of pixels have already been embedded in one million computer screens and devices by most of the world’s largest computer hardware makers.

Paul’s Corner

On a mission with a clear vision Paul Holden, BBOT President & CEO paul@bbot.ca Recently, the Board of Directors and staff of the Burnaby Board of Trade undertook a task of great importance at our annual strategic planning retreat – to revisit, review and rewrite our Vision and Mission, and to create a tagline that in a few words sums up what we are all about. In order to remain relevant as a membership-based business organisation, we felt it was appropriate to ensure our stated goals and purpose continue to accurately reflect our service to the Burnaby businesses community.

I feel it is important to share the results of this process so that you have a very clear

Teradici, which was just named to Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 list in 12th place, has grown from a headcount of 160 a year ago to 210 today, and recently opened an office in Santa Clara, where it employs another 30 people.

In addition to eliminating the desktop tower, the Teradici virtualization also allows users to access their work computers from home, and nothing moves between their

See article in Business in Vancouver : www.biv.com/news/technology

understanding of who we are and what we do as Burnaby’s leading business association.

Vision: The Vision should describe what we aspire to be and how we hope to be seen by members, potential members and the community, and we wanted to highlight not just the work we do to help the business community prosper and grow but also to reflect our continuing focus on socially responsible and sustainable practices.

Our vision is defined as: To be the recognized leader in championing an innovative, sustainable, socially responsible and robust business community in Burnaby Mission: Our Mission should describe what we do as an organization to achieve our vision. The list of benefits, programs, events, member services etc. is huge, so our challenge here was to find a way to encapsulate everything we do in a few

memorable words. We feel very happy that this Mission Statement achieves this and speaks very well to what we do on behalf of our 1,100 members. Our mission: To improve business by providing our membership with insightful leadership, advocacy, education and a platform for collaboration Finally, we wanted to create a tagline that we felt covered all of the above and clearly and concisely describes our overriding reason for being: The Burnaby Board of Trade - Making Business Better I would like to thank the Board, the BBOT staff and our facilitators Susan Papadionissiou and Avril Orloff for their hard work and invaluable contributions to this process. I hope our new Vision, Mission, and tagline continue to inspire your trust and confidence in the Burnaby Board of Trade.

home computer and business computer but pixels – something that addresses a growing concern about data security.

“IT people love it because nothing’s leaving the data centre,” Cordingley said.

“That’s a huge selling proposition of virtual desktops.”

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Taking home the Business of the Year award for the first time was Alpha Technologies Inc., a Burnaby-based leader in the design and manufacture of powering solutions for the Telecom, Broadband Cable, and Renewable Energy industries, among others. Alpha has been providing powering solutions expertise for over 35 years, and has been among the top High-Tech companies in British Columbia year after year.

“We have had a little bit of a Burnaby

advantage, maybe,” said Alpha President and CEO Mark Schnarr. “We grew up in Burnaby, went to school here, university … I have worked in Burnaby from the time I was fourteen [years old].”

Other highlights of the evening included the always witty (and slightly selfdeprecating) video introduction by Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan, a tradition of the Gala over the past several years, and the Champagne reception to kick off the night.

“The Awards Gala is the biggest night

on our event calendar, and one that I really enjoy a lot,” remarked Burnaby Board of Trade President & CEO Paul Holden. “It’s a special opportunity for us and the City of Burnaby to truly recognize the businesses and organizations that make this community such an exceptional place to live, work, and do business. I’m very proud, not only of the winners, but of all our truly deserving nominees.”

BURNABY BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS WINNERS

Business of the Year: Alpha Technologies Alpha Technologies designs, manufactures, installs and services powering solutions for the global Telecom, Broadband Cable, Traffic, Security, Industrial, and Renewable Energy sectors.

Generating in excess of $600 million in annual sales and employing well over 2,000 employees, The Alpha Group has over three million powering solutions in operation globally.

Committed to their community, in 2012 alone, Alpha technologies donated over $1.2M to a number of deserving organizations, including The United Way, Habitat for Humanity, SFU, UBC and the Kaiser Foundation.

Business Person of the Year: Corinne Kessel - Greenscape Design & Décor As the Principal of Greenscape Design & Décor, Corinne has elevated the company from being a rental house to being design leaders that imagine and fabricate innovative products in-house, transform spaces and create memorable experiences. An industry leader with 15 years experience, Corrine and her team have won numerous accolades and awards, including Best Theme Décor from the BC Event Awards and Readers’ Choice Award for Favourite Event Suppliers from Canadian Special Events.com Magazine

Business of the Year (up to 50 employees): Everland Natural Foods Everland Natural Foods is western Canada’s largest manufacturer of certified organic, kosher, and vegetarian foods. Everland manufactures over 500 products in both their own brands and for private labels, spanning the categories of breakfast cereals, nut butters, confections and other groceries at its 34,000 square foot facility in Burnaby. Recently, in recognition of their sustained success and growth, Everland was named to Profit Magazine’s Top 500 Fastest Growing Companies in Canada list.

Business Innovation: Webtech Wireless Webtech Wireless is a leader in providing fleet management telematics, GPS and automatic vehicle location solutions that improve efficiency, accountability and reduce costs. Webtech Wireless’ fleet management solutions are used by more than 1,000 customers to effectively track and manage their mobile resources. With more than 250,000 units sold globally, 75,000 plus subscribers and tens of millions of records processed daily, Webtech Wireless’ innovative solutions have been adopted by some of the world’s largest, most sophisticated fleet operators.

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Environmental Sustainability: False Creek Collision False Creek Collision is an independent Automotive Collision Repair facility that has made environmental sustainability a central tenet of its organization. The owner, a former chemical engineer, got ahead of Canadian regulations and industry standards by first implementing an European paint technology that uses water as a solvent reduce the emission of Volatile Organic Compounds by up to 70%, and then by implementing a water-based technology that further reduces harmful emissions.

Burnaby Community Spirit: Vancity Vancouver City Savings Credit Union is a values-based financial co-operative that has always taken pride in its commitment to the community. From redesigning its South Burnaby branch to provide free meeting space to community groups, to running financial literacy programs with local schools, to supporting local causes with sponsorship and targeted grants, Vancity has committed to making Burnaby a better place for all of us.

Entrepreneurial Spirit: Alture Properties Alture Properties is a real estate investment firm founded by three entrepreneurs who shared a vision to bring the wealth-building potential of real estate investing to all Canadians. Alture delivers both education and investment service that is often out of reach for the average investor.

Alture Properties received Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine’s 2012 Inter-Provincial Investor Award and has been featured in publications like Canadian Immigrant Magazine.

Family-Friendly Organization of the Year: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers started as a family owned business and has now grown into the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, selling more equipment to on-site and online bidders than any other company in the world. With policies like formal flexible schedules and programs like subsidized on-site child care, Ritchie Bros. has committed to making their organization a truly family-friendly one.

Hall of Fame Inductee: ABC Recycling ABC Recycling is a Canadian family enterprise with a 101-year heritage of serving and supporting communities and the environment through the recovery, processing and recycling of scrap metal. With eight locations, more than 200 employees across British Columbia and Alberta and a far-reaching network of strategic partnerships, ABC serves customers throughout Western Canada and around the world.

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Not-For-Profit Organization of the Year: Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society The Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society is an organization that is focused on the Burnaby community and ensuring that its citizens have a better place to live, work and play. With literally thousands of hours volunteered, and countless dollars fundraised, the organization has provided an unparalleled amount of support to more than 40 Lower Mainland charitable and community organizations – many of which are right here in Burnaby.

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BBOT only stop in Lower Mainland for Minister’s Provincial Budget Tour

By Cory Redekop cory@bbot.ca The Burnaby Board of Trade was the only Lower Mainland stop for Minister of Finance Mike de Jong on his province-wide Budget 2014 Conversation Tour when it hosted the Minister at a special reception on October 21st.

The BBOT event, supported by Presenting Sponsor Electronic Arts Canada, saw over 100 representatives from the Burnaby business community mingle with fellow professionals, various MLAs and the Minister before hearing an update on the fiscal position of the province from Minister de Jong.

Attendees heard about the strength of the provincial economy compared to both the rest of Canada and to the economies of the G8 countries. Minister de Jong emphasized the importance of keeping BC competitive and an attractive place for investment, pointing to the reconfirmation of the province’s strong credit rating by the Dominion Bond Rating Service that morning as evidence that the province’s fiscal

BBOT submits business priorities for 2014 provincial budget

movement of goods, people and services.”

The letter continues on to note that transportation has been identified by the BBOT’s Government Relations Committee as the key priority for the business community and encourages the government to build on recent infrastructure successes (such as the Port Mann Bridge/Highway 1 expansion and South Fraser Perimeter Road development) and transit expansion projects (like the current Evergreen Line development from Burnaby to Port Moody) and make the establishment of accountable, efficient and funded public transportation in Metro

By Michael Keller Vancouver a priority in the 2014 budget. michael@bbot.ca “Metro Vancouver, with a population of over 2.3 million, is BC’s largest urban area Each year the provincial government’s and an economic driver for the provincial Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services seeks input from British economy, with the region accounting for nearly 60% of all jobs in BC,” said Holden.

Columbians on priorities for the coming year’s budget. This year, building on previous “With the Metro Vancouver population expected to increase by one million over the advocacy positions, the Burnaby Board of next generation, the performance of this Trade (BBOT) made a submission to the committee calling for government to consider region will be crucial to the economic health of the province.” transportation and support of the high tech Turning to the subject of the High Tech & film industries as priorities for the 2014 and Film and Television Industries, the provincial budget. statement goes on to discuss the economic In a letter to the Standing Committee, impacts of the key sectors , noting that BBOT President and CEO Paul Holden states they employ 80,000 and 20,000 people in “the Burnaby Board of Trade maintains that British Columbia respectively. The High Tech little is more critical to the success of the sector is the third largest contributor to the Burnaby, Metro Vancouver, and indeed British Columbian economy, than the efficient provincial GDP, and Film contributes over $1

Hon. Mike de Jong, Minister of Finance

strength is being noticed. During a Question and Answer session the audience engaged with the Minister on questions of current government investment and possible future spending. Minister de Jong challenged attendees to consider how they would want future surpluses to be used, whether on new spending or on tax relief, and to decide what services should be priorities for provincial spending.

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Billion annually to the economy.

The Burnaby Board of Trade asks for more priority to be given to these key industries, as well as more investment and aggressive tax policy to help compete against neighbouring jurisdictions in Canada and south of the border.

To view the complete budget statement, visit bbot.ca/advocacy.

program called Working Together. The Working Together Program is funded by the Government of Canada’s Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities.

The Working Together Program connects job seekers with disabilities to employers by providing a wage subsidy for a minimum of six months. During this exciting opportunity, the Neil Squire Society will be partnering with the Burnaby Board of Trade; together they will help employers create a more diverse and inclusive working environment.

There is often an assumption that someone who has a disability is unable to participate in the workforce. By introducing this new program, and providing employers with a wage subsidy, employers will experience the benefits of hiring people with disabilities. This program will help eliminate stereotypes and myths that are placed upon people with disabilities and their ability to be employed.

If you are an employer and you would like to learn more about the Working Together wage subsidy program please contact the Neil Squire Society, or the Burnaby Board of Trade.

Wage Subsidy Program: Working Together to Connect Job seekers with Disabilities to Employers The Neil Squire Society is a national not-for-profit organization that uses technology, knowledge and passion to empower Canadians with disabilities. The Society has developed innovative programs and services and some of the world’s leading edge assistive technology for people with disabilities. Today, during its 29th year, the Neil Squire Society is pleased to present a new wage subsidy employment

Neil Squire Society 604.637.3577 lindal@neilsquire.ca www.neilsquire.ca

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Deer Lake Gallery hosts Metallicity SFU prof earns literary honour

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he Vancouver Metal Arts Association is holding its first exhibition at the Burnaby Arts Council’s Deer Lake Gallery.

Metallicity, featuring art jewelry by both established and emerging jewelry artists, is on at the gallery until Dec. 7.

“Our intention is to raise the profile of metal and jewelry art and to build a community of artists to share resources and support, as well as to promote and educate each other and the public,” explains a press release from the group.

The association meets throughout the year and holds special events such as an annual tool swap in the fall and ornament exchange in December.

To find out more about the group and its work, search for Vancouver Metal Arts Association at facebook com

A professor emerita at Simon Fraser University has won the 2013 Governor General’s Literary Award for nonfiction.

Sandra Djwa, a professor emerita of English at SFU, is known for her scholarly biographies of important Canadian literary figures.

A native of St. John’s, N.L., now living in West Vancouver, she won the honour for her latest book, Journey With No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page.

A press release notes that the book is the first biography of Patricia Kathleen Page, a Britishborn and Canadian-bred poet and fine artist who died in 2010 at age 93.

Djwa’s biography draws on a 30-year friendship with Page and a decade’s worth of research into her work.

For more on the book, check out McGill-Queen’s University Press, www. mqup.ca.

City and Colour City and Colour fans, you’ll want to set aside

May 23 of next year.

That’s when City and Colour will be taking to the stage at Deer Lake Park for one of the city’s popular outdoor concerts.

City and Colour, a.k.a. singer-songwriter Dallas Green, will be taking to the stage with his new touring band, including Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs, Dead Weather) on bass, Dante Schwebel (Hacienda, Dan Auerbach) on guitar, Doug MacGregor (Constantines) on drums and Matt Kelly on pedal steel guitar and keyboards.

They’re touring in support of City and Colour’s newest album, The Hurry and The Harm. Sharing the bill will be Half Moon Run. The Burnaby concert is one stop in a 13-city Canadian tour. Check out www.cityandcolour.com for all the details.

Christmas music

Do you have a Christmas concert or performance coming up?

Be sure to let me know so I can mention it in my round-up of holiday events. Email the details to jmaclellan@burnabynow. com

Volumes of art

Art lovers, you’ll want to check out the next exhibition at the Burnaby Art Gallery.

An opening reception is set for tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 28) in the new exhibition Volumes: Works in Paper.

The exhibition includes installation and large-scale printmaking, as well as painting, ceramics and paper-cut. It features works from the gallery’s permanent collection by Pat Martin Bates, Myra Eadie, Bob Evermon, Margaret May, Teresa Ilene Redden, Douglas Quiring and others.

It also includes new works by emerging artists Maggie Boyd, Graham Landin, Nicole Ondre and Jennifer Rose Sciarrino.

There will also be some upcoming public events in connection with the exhibition – a free family Sunday program on Dec. 1, a Lunch BAG Day lunch and tour on Dec. 14, and walking tours in Mandarin and Korean on Jan. 11.

The Burnaby Art Gallery is at 6344 Deer Lake Ave. It’s open Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday and

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Outdoor music: City and Colour, a.k.a. singersongwriter Dallas Green, is coming to Deer Lake Park next spring as part of a Canadian tour.

Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Entrance is by donation, with a suggested donation of $5.

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Travelling light in life each of them guessed where we were going at different points on our journey. The magical moment was when we drove past the Magic Kingdom, and I saw my son’s dimpled smile as he said, “We’re going to Disneyland!�

The third surprise was going to Denny’s the next morning before our first day in the park and meeting my brother, his wife and their children.

As we entered the Happiest Place on Earth, I told the kids to note how much happier all the families were once they entered the gates. Of course, we saw grownups arguing, some screaming at their kids and kids throwing tantrums.

It was a gentle reminder that happiness can’t be found in another place where everything is perfect and you get everything you want. There is no such place.

Happiness can’t be found in a perfect relationship with a perfect partner because none of us is perfect. We all travel with baggage, though we could choose what to pack.

Ten years later, my children are much older and their lives too complicated for us to pack their bags and wake them up for another mystery trip.

Happiness can’t be found in the things we buy, the clothes we wear, the vehicles we drive or the places we live. It cannot be found in an amusement park or at an exotic destination. All these things can bring pleasure but no lasting happiness.

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t was the first Christmas without my mom who had died in April, and we dreaded the grief and longing that would come with what was once the happiest of times for our family. The pain of loss slowly ebbs over time but surges with special occasions such as Thanksgiving, birthdays and anniversaries.

My young children were a great consolation.

In each of them, I could see some of my mom; she had touched and influenced them in different ways and the love I shared with them was a continuation of my mother’s love.

My daughter was five and my sons nine and 11.

Their joy would bring me joy.

We decided to go away that first Christmas, and because they were young we would make it a surprise. One night just before Christmas, my wife and I packed each of their little suitcases and loaded them in our van. On what they thought would be another lazy day at home, we woke them up early and told them we were going on a mystery trip.

At the airport was the first surprise. Grampa was there with Auntie Lisa and Uncle Barry.

The kids picked up clues along the way, and

Happiness can only be found in the present and in our own hearts. It requires acceptance of the past and the present and appreciation of what we have, particularly the people in our lives today. To be happy is to graciously make the most of what we have.

Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician at PrimeCare Medical. His Healthwise column appears regularly in this paper. You can read more about achieving your positive potential in health and in life at davidicus wong.wordpress.com.

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“We collected over 35 pounds, and to convert it to the number of cigarette butts, it would be around 65,000,” said Kate Tairyan, a senior lecturer in the health sciences faculty.

“They are toxic and they are not biodegradable, contrary to popular belief.”

The smell was so unbearable that the students had to wear masks, she added.

The butts will be on display for two weeks in a hallway at SFU, with information about where they were collected and resources for people who want to

quit smoking The initiative was organized by Tairyan and some of her students, who are also petitioning SFU’s administration to make the Burnaby campus completely smoke-free. They have collected approximately 600 signatures so far.

“The solution is to offer more help for quitting smoking and having 100 per cent smoke-free environments,” she said.

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Students at Burnaby North Secondary have been raising funds for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines on Nov. 8, leaving an estimated 5,000 people dead.

The students held a Toonie Tuesday fundraising drive on Nov. 19 and collected $3,700, and another $900 has come in since then.

The money, which goes to the Canadian Red Cross, will be matched by the federal government.

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From left, Bill Hay (in drag) and Bob Costello practising their moves for Cinderella of the Golden Years, a play written by Burnaby resident Amy Shah, which is showing this weekend at Confederation Seniors Centre.

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The play, written by Burnaby resident Amy Shah, is a pantomime version of the classic Cinderella story.

“We have caricatures. The main character is a woman played by man. He’s in drag,” Shah said. “The whole thing is based on the Cinderella story, but it’s been completely updated.”

Shah is a retired drama and English teacher, who now volunteers at the Confederation Seniors Centre. She described the piece as a musical comedy that includes eight cast members from the centre.

“They are all seniors. They are grandmothers and grandfathers, and (they are) very enthusiastic,” Shah said, with a laugh. “It’s going to be funny, I hope, and it’s just going to be a non-stop musical comedy … It’s kind

of a no frills productions, rigged up in the dining hall.”

Despite no proper stage and limited props, Shah promised to make the best of it and entertain people.

Shah received support from two longtime members of the local seniors community: Anne Kallwhite and Valerie Rozings, who helped put on the play.

“Without them it would not have worked,” Shah said. “They’ve really given their support to this project.”

Tickets must be bought in advance by calling the centre at 604-294-1936. Shah estimated that they’ve sold around 100 tickets for each show.

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Redemption a goal away for Wildcats Soccer

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The Burnaby Central Wildcats boys’ soccer team fell one goal short of its redemption.

The senior Wildcats came close though, taking North Shore and qualifying zone champion Sutherland to the final minute before bowing out 2-1 in overtime in the B.C. high school AAA boys’ soccer final at Burnaby Lake Sports ComplexWest on Saturday.

Playing for their coach Ibrahim Adamu, who missed the season due to medical reasons, and the school program, which was disqualified from last year’s provincial tournament, the loss was doubly hard.

“It’s a mix of emotions,” said golden goal winner and tournament MVP Parker Ellis, who had Central’s lone goal in the championship final.

“I know we did our best.

It’s unlucky. We did it for our coach Mr. Adamu. He was our main motivation.

Even after getting disqualified, he believed in us.

We really wanted to do it for him.”

But the game began with Central under intense pressure from the Sutherland front.

Wildcats goalie Trevor Hughes was busy all game long and could not be faulted on either of the two Sutherland scores.

The first goal came off a breakdown in the Central backline, leaving Hughes little chance on a low, hard shot to the corner.

But just minutes later and against the run of play, Ellis scored his tour-

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The silver lining: Burnaby Central’s Parker Ellis, in red, won both the golden boot and tournament MVP awards at the B.C. high school AAA boys’ soccer championships at Burnaby Lake-West on Saturday. nament-high eighth goal of the provincials off a pretty through ball that the crafty senior left-footed past the tournament’s top keeper Michael Girard from outside the 18-yard box to knot the score at 1-1.

From that moment on, Central gave as good as it got, and even in the final minutes of the second half was taking the play to the North Shore champs. But nothing further got by the solid stopping of Girard.

The game-winner came

on a scrambly play in front, off the boot of Sutherland’s Dzenan Bezdrob with less than a minute left in the second overtime.

“The ball just dropped down. I thought I’d pounce on it. Luckily, I was first to the ball,” Bezdrob said. “Both teams were into the game. I think, if the ball didn’t drop for me, we’d have gone into a shootout.”

The two teams played

to a similar 2-1 result in the final of the provincial zone qualifier.

“It’s a testament to the kids playing For photos local soccer and local coaches,” and a video, said Central head scan coach Anto Steko. with “I’m very, very, Layar very, very proud of these boys. It’s a little unfortunate they’re hanging their heads right now, they really shouldn’t be.”

Central opened the tournament with a slight scare,

tying Sullivan Heights 4-4 after giving up three twogoal leads in the match.

But it turned into a wakeup call for the Burnaby players, said Steko.

“We knew we had to play the next two games smarter,” Steko added.

Central responded with a 5-1 win over Queen Elizabeth and a 2-1 victory over eventual seventhplace McMath on two Ellis Soccer Page 37

Junior Knights continue giant-killing march Tom Berridge sports editor

St. Thomas More is hoping there is one more surprise ending in the march to a B.C. high school junior varsity football title.

The JV Knights pulled off a second consecutive playoff upset, outscoring the unbeaten Interior champion Kelowna Owls 60-35 in the AAA conference semifinals last Thursday.

A week earlier, STM beat Catholic school rival and undefeated South division champs Vancouver College 28-14 – the odds-on favourite to win the pro-

vincial JV title this season.

The Burnaby independent, runner-up in the Central division to Terry Fox, will take on the Port Coquitlam program in the AAA JV provincial final at B.C. Place this Saturday at 1 p.m.

STM, which lost three games this season, dropped its final game of the regular season 14-6 to the Ravens.

After dropping games to Mt. Douglas and Van College by huge margins to start the season, STM has got healthier and smarter in its schemes.

“It wasn’t as much about motivating them as it was empowering

them – to redefine (the season) and themselves and about rallying around each other and making it the best season possible,” said STM head coach Dave Ruzycki.

The Knights had their running game hitting on all cylinders.

Tavin Grant ran for six touchdowns and 386 yards to lead the Burnaby team. Quarterback Terrell Jana also rushed for 160 yards and two scores.

But it wasn’t until Josh Dumont hauled in a 21-yard touchdown pass from Jana in the final three minutes of the contest that Ruzycki began to feel confident of a win.

“I was still nervous. (Kelowna)

was scoring in seconds, not minutes,” said Ruzycki. “(The Owls) were a very, very good football team and I knew that going in. I knew it would be a challenge for our defence.”

Despite trailing 28-7 at one stage of the first half, Kelowna’s Parker Simson was always a threat to score.

The 6-1 all-purpose back broke two long runs for touchdowns, including a broken play off a blocked punt that Simson turned into a 70-yard TD that reduced the deficit to 28-21 in the second Football Page 36

Simon Fraser University is off to the semifinal of the NCAA Division II national men’s soccer championships for a second straight year.

The Clan showed off its high-scoring offence that is currently ranked second in the nation, overpowering unranked Regis University 5-0 before the Rangers’ hometown crowd in Denver on Sunday.

Sophomore striker Ryan Dhillon tallied the gamewinning goal early in the quarter-final match, intercepting a ball in the Regis end and scoring an unassisted counter in the eighth minute of play.

SFU got an early insurance marker just five minutes before the half, when Colin Jacques scored off a corner kick from teammate Alex Rowley in the 41st minute.

Carlo Basso gave the Clan a 3-0 lead early in the second half.

Alexander Kleefeldt and Jovan Blagojevic, the hero of SFU’s 2-1 shootout win over the University of California San Diego in the sweet 16 on Saturday, both added goals late in the game.

Brandon Watson recorded the shutout for the Clan, stopping three shots on goal. SFU outshot the Rangers 19-8 in the contest.

The victory put SFU through to its second consecutive NCAA national semifinal to be held in Evans, Georgia on Dec. 5.

SFU will face first-time semifinal entrant CarsonNewman University from Tennessee in the semifinal.

“Brilliant performance, the guys stepped up and did everything we wanted them to do,” said SFU head coach Alan Koch in a press release. “Our work rate was phenomenal. It helped us shut them down and play with conviction in front of our goal. … It’s been a long road trip, so we’ll get home, relax for a few days and then prepare for Georgia.”

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Div. I programs top showcase Simon Fraser University will play host to a stellar cast at this season’s Great Northwest Showcase.

Seven-time NCAA Division I champion North Dakota and Ivy League Princeton University will take on the Clan and Canada West conference University of British Columbia in the fourgame showcase at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on

Jan. 3 and 4.

The Canadian schools will each play the American visitors on alternating days.

Tickets are $10 and are now available at www.greatnorth westshowcase.com.

North Dakota currently boasts five players drafted into the NHL on its roster, including Adam Tambellini, a third-round

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Notable alumni from North Dakota include current NHLers Jonathan Toews, Zach Parise, T.J. Oshie and Travis Zajack, as well as now retired goalie Ed Belfour and Vancouver Canucks analyst Garry Valk on Sportsnet Pacific.

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quarter.

But with a strong line leading STM’s predominantly running game, Ruzycki is feeling good about taking on the physical and well disciplined Ravens in Saturday’s final.

STM’s offensive line is led by 6-3, 263pound Darius MacKay, and ably backed up by Ben Steele, Philip Lemp, Landon Jackson, Nico Cesarei and Damarius Henderson.

While Ruzycki would like nothing better than to win a second provincial JV title, this year’s Knights are a far different team

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UNIVERSITY HONOURS

Soccer Clan claims all-region honours Four members of the Simon Fraser University soccer team were named to the all-west region men’s team on Monday.

Clan midfielder Chris Bargholz and defender Magnus Kristensen were both named to the first team, while Great Northwest conference defensive player of the year Alex Rowley and team captain Marco Voegeli made the second team.

Earlier this season, Bargholz was named player of the year, while Kristensen earned freshman of the year honours in the Great Northwest conference.

Rowley has two goals this season, both coming in the post season.

Voegeli is in his third season on the Clan back line that has allowed just 17 goals against this season.

– Tom Berridge

STM grad named CFL most outstanding player Jon Cornish became just the third Canadian player ever to be named the CFL’s most outstanding player.

The 29-year-old Calgary Stampeders’ running back also took home his second consecutive most outstanding Canadian award at the

14 touchdowns, 1,813 rushing yards and 2,157 yards from scrimmage this season. He also broke his single season rushing record for a Canadian, set last season, while his total season yardage was also a new record for a non-import player.

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markers.

The Wildcats then advanced to the provincial final with a 3-1 victory over fourth-place finisher Reyonlds.

Defender Duncan Penman tallied the game-winner that set up the rematch with Sutherland. Daniel Pervan and Vuk Erbez also scored for Central.

“Everyone was tired, everyone had their aches and pains. We came this far, but were just unlucky, I guess,” said Penman.

“All of us worked hard this tournament. All of us were injured. We deserved it more,” added Hughes. “Everyone worked together.”

And none more so than Ellis, who took the loss particularly hard.

“We played with more heart and more attachment. We wanted it so bad,” an emotional Ellis said, adding, “It’s more for Mr. Adamu and for the team.”

CFL awards banquet in Regina on Thursday.

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