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City MP gearing up for pipeline hearings Jennifer Moreau staff reporter

The phone is ringing off the hook at Kennedy Stewart’s office.

The Burnaby-Douglas MP is helping people sign up as intervenors in the National Energy Board’s hearing for the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.

The application period opened on Jan. 15, and the deadline to apply is Feb. 12. Stewart, whose riding is home to the pipeline’s terminus, is critical of the NEB, mainly for having cancelled a public info session in Burnaby on how local residents can get involved in the process.

“The whole way the NEB has been doing this has been very upsetting,” Stewart told the NOW, adding that the board did not put out a media release the day the application period opened. “It’s been such a sneak attack.”

Stewart has recruited 15 volunteers and set up extra computers in his office to help people sign up as intervenors. He’s also sent direct mailings to everyone in his constituency and a voicemail phone broadcast to 30,000 homes in the riding. He’s taken out ads in bus shelters and local newspapers, and he’s hired an extra staff member to help with the workload. He’s also launched a website called LetBCDecide.ca.

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“The phone has just been ringing off the hook today, and we’re closed,” he said on Monday. “I really think this is the key part of my job, to alert the community about things that are hap-

pening here and to try and get them involved. This is the biggest project to come to Burnaby, and because it’s federal jurisdiction, I think it’s a key part of my responsibility. I think people will

be very upset if this pipeline is approved and they didn’t have a chance to be heard.”

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Forum: Apology should include tax refund Stefania Seccia staff reporter

A sincere apology to compensate for past legislated discrimination against the Chinese community in B.C. should include education, reconciliation and a head tax refund, according to local residents at a Burnaby forum Monday night.

More than 140 people attended the “apology for historical wrongs consultation forum” at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown on Jan. 20, to both speak on and listen to suggestions on how a formal apology to Chinese Canadians should be delivered and worded and what legacy efforts should come as a result.

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It was a simple right-turn for a semi-truck driver from Douglas Road on to Sprott Street, but it almost cost a schoolgirl her life.

According to crossing guard Kelly Engleson, the corner she’s worked at for the last eight years is one of the most dangerous in the school district, with semi trucks constantly trying to make the turn – often unsuccessfully.

Engleson said she has written many letters to try and get something done about her corner, and the incident that almost cost a young Douglas Road Elementary school student her life was the subject of a recent one.

The young student was walking down Sprott Street towards Douglas, when the semi made the turn and ended up on the sidewalk. Engleson said she had to yell as loud as she could to tell the girl to run back or else she was about to get hit.

“If it was any other little girl in the school, she would’ve been killed,” Engleson told the NOW. “She’s in Grade 3. I trained her from the beginning, and she listens.”

While the truck was making the turn, Engleson said she wasn’t able to focus on the other students crossing the other street because of the close call developing in front of her, and she said she felt unsafe.

Danger: Kelly Engleson recently wrote a letter to the Burnaby school district, describing a near-tragic incident involving a semi-truck and a young girl.

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“I knew the semi was not going to make the turn successfully,” Engleson said in her letter to Burnaby school district’s superintendent Kevin Kaardal. “I continued to yell at the top of my lungs to keep running back. As the semi turned the corner, all of his wheels were on top of the sidewalk. …

I crouched down so I could see under the trailer and screamed at the little girl to keep going.”

In the end, the girl – and a mother with her two children who were also in the semi-truck’s line of fire – were not injured.

“Last year, a semi went around

the corner, hit the cement wall and took out the streetlight,” she wrote in the letter. “The street light is on the other side of the sidewalk.”

Engleson further states that the City of Burnaby needs to try to come up with a plan to make her corner safer, as she witnesses many traffic infractions every day she dons her safety vest.

Superintendent Kaardal forwarded Engleson’s letter to the city’s traffic and safety committee, and it was discussed at the last meeting.

Coun. Sav Dhaliwal said the committee spent a lot of time

brainstorming ideas to make the corner safer.

“That was the first item on the agenda because of the seriousness of this,” Dhaliwal, who chairs the committee, told the NOW. “We took it quite seriously because of the tone of the letter and the language as such. It was very scary from her perspective.”

Dhaliwal said the corner is notorious for having traffic issues, and Douglas Road is not at its “final standard.”

“We discussed quite at length about what we can possibly do,” Safety Page 4

Forum: 30 people speak continued from page 1

Wat said input received through the forums will guide the delivery of a formal apology, because “we want to get this apology right.”

More than 30 people addressed the minister and the crowd, including Angela Brown, who grew up in Burnaby and East Vancouver.

“Although my family immigrated here in 1970, we weren’t descendants of head tax payers, but we suffered from individual, cultural and systemic racism stemming from past racist legislation,” said Brown, who is also the Vancouver School Board’s antiracism and diversity mentor.

Sandra Wilking, a Burnaby resident for the past 46 years, said she was able to speak at the event thanks to the hard work done by a generation of individuals who

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suffered.

“They suffered the injustices and they worked through it,” she noted.

Wilking said an apology should recognize the sacrifices and contributions of Chinese Canadians to B.C. and Canada, particularly those made by Chinese veterans.

Wilking said a legacy community fund or endowment should be established and run by a non-partisan board to create community initiatives that educate and inform people of all ages.

However, Karen Lee, of the Head Tax Families Society of Canada, said any legacy efforts should be decided by head tax families.

“We’re the ones who know the suffering,” she noted. “We’re the ones that can explain. … There

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“He wasn’t able to vote (because) in 1872, the vote was taken away from him,” she noted. !

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Safety: Concerns raised about pedestrian crossing at busy intersection continued from page 3

he added. “We’re not able to come up with an all-out solution, other than talking about having a smaller bulge created around the turning road. It’s a pretty complicated intersection.”

The committee directed staff to investigate the issue and come back with a report and any suggestions to improve the corner.

“There’s not much room, at this point, on any of the corners to expand that area because it’s all private properties there,” Dhaliwal said.

“Without having some kind of acquisition, it’s pretty difficult to do anything with the road.”

Although the Burnaby school district superintendent did not comment on specific questions about the issue, he did say student and staff safety is a “district priority.”

“With regards to traffic, the crossing guard program is part of a valued partnership we have with the City of Burnaby,” said Kaardal in an emailed statement. “If we learn of any potential compromises to traffic safety around any school, we work closely with the City of Burnaby, the school principal and parents to address any issues.”

Kaardal said the school district teaches students about traffic safety in conjunction with ICBC, as well.

Also, during the Jan. 7 committee meeting, a report from the engineering department addressed traffic safety concerns raised

by Capitol Hill Elementary School parents. It was in response to a petition received from the school’s parent advisory committee in November.

“The petition requested that the city undertake a traffic assessment and implement measures to address jaywalking, double parking, speeding and U-turns along Holdom Avenue where much of the school’s drop-off and pickup activities occur,” said Leon Gous, director of engineering, in a report. “The petition also requested visible and regular police traffic patrol to enforce such regulations, and the expansion of the school’s current parking facility accessed from Pandora Street.”

Gous said city staffers observed the traffic around the school and found it was similar to other school traffic in the district, with some congestion before and after school usually lasting for 30 minutes.

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Corrigan unimpressed by mayors’ transit pleas Surrey, Vancouver mayors are motivated by ‘self-interest,’ says Burnaby mayor

tion for the Millenium Line to a new subway connecting to the University of British Columbia, according to The Vancouver Sun. But Corrigan said neither project is timely, given the major expenses that have Stefania Seccia already been put into the Canada Line and staff reporter Evergreen Line.

“Both mayors have to be far more realIn response to last week’s plea by the mayors of Surrey and Vancouver to keep istic about the agenda for TransLink over transit funded, Burnaby Mayor Derek the next decade,” he added. “And what I find unfortunate is, in many cases, mayCorrigan says he’s not impressed.

At last week’s Vancouver Board of ors are focused on megaprojects when Trade economic outlook forum, both the reality is the ridership wants more … opportunities to utilize buses.”

Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts Corrigan says transit upgrades and Vancouver Mayor Gregor need to come modestly and focus Robertson said if the TransLink on making the system easier for funding referendum on Nov. 15 riders. failed, the economy would go “Politicians often focus on sexy down with it. projects, … and that, unfortuHowever, Corrigan says the nately, is the history of transit in mayors of B.C.’s two biggest citour communities,” he said. “The ies are only thinking of themmegaprojects get all the attenselves because they have major tion and the bus system is left to transportation projects proposed wither.” for their cities.

Derek Corrigan Corrigan also said he didn’t “Both Dianne Watts and Burnaby mayor expect Watts and Robertson to Gregor Robertson are motivated by self-interest,” he told the Burnaby NOW. speak vocally on keeping transit well “Both have megaprojects they want the funded.

“Honestly, I’m surprised Watts and region to fund. They’re advocating for TransLink because they want their proj- Robertson are jumping out in front of ects to go ahead. Both have made political this issue,” he said. “I’m surprised, and I commitments to their communities on big suspect in this situation when they see the light at the end of the tunnel – it’s probably projects.”

At the meeting, the mayors said a train.”

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What hazardous goods roll through Burnaby?

What hazardous goods are coming the recent train derailment in Burnaby. through Burnaby via rail?

Silver Creek connects to Burnaby The short answer: You’re not allowed Lake, which drains into the Brunette to know.

River. The area is sensitive habitat for City council has been trying to get spawning salmon and the endangered information on this withWestern painted turtle, and out any luck. The fire chief, the lower parts of the Brunette Burnaby NOW however, did find out the catare habitat for the Nooksack egories of hazardous goods, dace, a nearly extinct prehiswhich include flammables, explosives, toric minnow. infectious substances and radioactive If those three cars that tipped over, materials. spilling coal into Silver Creek, had We’re not trying to fearmonger here, been full of something more toxic, the but that’s pretty scary stuff considering accident could have easily killed every-

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remier Christy Clark’s plan to hold a referendum on how to fund transit in Metro Vancouver is shaping up to have a far-reaching impact few may have foreseen when it was first attached to the B.C. Liberal election platform.

Before last spring’s election, that platform was viewed as a grab bag of ideas of a party that was heading for electoral oblivion. But the B.C. Liberals’ surprise victory meant the platform’s contents suddenly became very relevant, and a transit referendum went from what at first looked like a throwaway idea to a political reality.

Now I think it’s fair to say a number of Metro Vancouver mayors are getting a little freaked out about the whole thing.

Although we have yet to see the referendum question itself, it’s a fairly safe bet it will include at least one option for raising money (i.e. taxes or user fees) to pay for transit and transportation projects.

And that means it could easily be seen by voters as some

kind of thinly disguised tax grab.

Things will get very sticky for mayors if they declare their support for a mechanism to raise money on the backs of voters to pay for the transit projects they’ve been pushing for.

A basic rule of thumb seems to be that Metro Vancouver residents want more transit and less congestion on the roads, but they want someone else to pick up the enormous tab that goes with those desires.

We’re talking about spending about $20 billion over the next few decades, which isn’t exactly chump change. And that means any revenue measure (or measures) to pay that kind of bill would have to be substantial .

While most mayors agree there is a desperate need for more transit, they don’t agree on which projects should be a priority nor do they agree on how to pay for them. Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts, for example, has long advocated for a road pricing system that would slap small tolls on almost every bridge, but she has yet to win much support from fellow Metro Vancouver political leaders.

So the stage is being set for the referendum becoming a political orphan, with very few politicians taking ownership of it.

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thing in the waterway and had serious impacts on human health.

Why can’t we know what’s coming through the city? The information is a security risk and could fall into the wrong hands, we’re told.

Our office is not far from the Cariboo railway crossing, and we’ve seen rail cars labelled as carrying sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid and chlorine.

Sodium hydroxide is basically lye, and it can burn through flesh. So can hydrochloric acid, which is highly cor-

rosive. Chlorine is also toxic and is used in bleach and pesticides. A major spill of any of these three substances could be devastating.

As the fire chief put it, emergency crews can’t properly prepare if they don’t know what they are dealing with.

We appreciate security concerns, but one would think the risk of a spill is much higher and more likely than a terrorist attack targeting trains in Burnaby.

And, frankly, if we can read the printing on the side of a railcar, surely a terrorist can as well.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Councillor’s attack unwarranted Dear Editor:

Re: Consider the source of criticism, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 15.

I was a bit surprised and disappointed that one of my city councillors felt compelled to sling a little mud at Helen Ward after her criticism of transit changes that have come with the redevelopment in the Brentwood area. City Coun. Pietro Calendino took a highly inflammatory tone and brought up an unrelated issue to attack and discredit Ward with respect to her current, legitimate concerns about transit user safety and inconvenience, and the ongoing concerns about public consultation and accountability surrounding development.

He shot at the messenger yet still hasn’t got the message: Many residents in our town centres feel powerless and voiceless with their city council.

Their wealthy new neighbours propose and build structures of a scale and density not previously seen without anyone on council speaking out on their behalf. These structures were simply not possible until the rules were quietly changed three years ago after the mayor’s party seized all the seats on council.

In my experience, council tends to largely ignore concerns about accountability as its decisions are all “part of the plan.”

And if that isn’t reason enough to tune out concerned citizens, they only need to remind us

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Where is accountability? continued from page 6

that Burnaby was the “best run city in Canada” based on 2007 data when there actually was a little diversity of opinion in local government.

As to why Coun. Calendino targeted Ward, one can only assume the councillor took exception to Ward quoting him publicly about his perception of her “political rants,” but that should not excuse him from engaging in bullying behaviour. He is in a position of power. He gets paid well to listen to the concerns and answer the questions of all residents in Burnaby.

Name-calling and using abusive language directed at a person both privately and publicly are classic schoolyard bullying tactics and are designed to ostracize the person in the weaker position.

Since I don’t think anyone in the oligarchy that governs Burnaby will see this for what it is, bullying, I feel compelled to speak out. Residents who disagree with what our city officials do or say, need to feel safe to express their opinions and concerns without the threat of having their character smeared by their elected leaders.

Rick McGowan, Burnaby

Toxic emissions a problem

Dear Editor:

Re: Mayor calls FVRD hypocritical,

Burnaby NOW, Jan. 15 Let me begin by stating for the record that I am a firm proponent of utilizing human-generated waste in the safest and least harmful to the environment manner.

However, for Mayor Derek Corrigan to posture that the current facility located in South Burnaby, a waste-to-energy generator, is not contributing harmful emissions to the air and watershed is both an egregious and misinformed statement.

His stance that the local residents are unaware of its existence is hardly a defensible position. My guess is that he holds to the adage “what you don’t know can’t hurt you” doesn’t apply in this case. Airborne particulate matter is naked to the eye but disastrous for the respiratory system.

Toxic emissions are also extremely hazardous to the ecosystem when they enter the natural water systems in Burnaby and surrounding region. Cadmium is one of the most harmful metals that exist in nature. When leached into the soil it eventually enters the food chain, causing irreparable damage to fish, animals and humans alike.

One point the mayor conveniently fails to mention is that the City of Burnaby financially benefits by having this facility within Burnaby boundaries and provides funds into the city coffers. A money maker His Worship would be loath to give up under any circumstance, regardless of the health risks to the general public.

David Field, Burnaby

Transit: Referendum in trouble? continued from page 6

to champion the “yes” vote while she remains in the background.

But with the referendum date tied to the municipal elections in November, what are the chances many mayors will advocate for a tax measure when there is a real chance their opponent in a mayoralty race takes the “no” position?

In fact, will an actual tax revolt emerge instead?

Given the bruising experience of the ill-fated HST and the entrenched crankiness of voters when it comes to tax hikes and user fees, I’d guess the potential for one being created by the transit referendum is very real.

And that may further send a chill down many mayors’ political spines.

A wild card factor in this increasingly messy business may be Transportation Minister Todd Stone.

Unlike his premier, Stone has said he intends to aggressively campaign in the referendum.

Stone has been doing his homework on this issue.

He’s studied more than 60 similar referendums in the United States, and he knows referendums only succeed with a fair amount of legwork and campaigning over a long period of time.

Unfortunately, Stone may have left things too late. The recently successful campaign in Los Angeles that saw voters pass a half-cent increase to the sales tax to pay for transit improvements occurred after a multi-year public campaign.

Stone has just 10 months to work with before the November vote. And if few mayors join with him in that campaign, it’s hard to see the vote passing.

In fact, the municipal

elections themselves may suffer a kind of collateral damage from the transit referendum.

Depending on the question and whether there is any substantial backlash among the voting public, the potential exists for mayors or councillors losing their posts because of this one issue.

I don’t think anyone saw this coming when the referendum idea was first unveiled by a premier whose days in office seem to be numbered.

But now that transit referendum is barrelling down the track, and it’s headed straight at the mayors of a region that simply can’t find consensus on what is arguably the number one issue facing it. Some of them may pay a hefty price for all those years of not agreeing on things.

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

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Outdoor events OK’d for summer

Get your lawn chairs out – council approved 10 outdoor events at Deer Lake Park, and up to 13 at Swangard Stadium over the course of 2014.

The parks, recreation and cultural services department secured preliminary approval for major outdoor events to happen at those two sites, including the

Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival, Symphony in the Park and up to eight ticketed concerts.

Due to the amplified sounds involved with these events, and high attendance ratings, staff have committed to managing the sites and ensuring all events are run well.

– Stefania Seccia

Pipeline: Stewart’s office keeping busy continued from page 1

and present evidence that supports their position, be it for or against the pipeline expansion.

At press time, 50 people had signed up as intervenors, and Stewart estimates half of those people have either been in contact with his office or signed up directly at his office.

“We’ve had hundreds and hundreds of calls that we’re dealing with,” Stewart said.

As for Stewart’s criticism that the NEB is staging a “sneak attack,” spokesperson Sarah Kiley said that’s not the case.

“I really want to be firm on this – there’s no desire on our part to limit participation,” she told the NOW. Kiley pointed out that the NEB is hosting sessions online and on the phone for anyone who needs help with the application process. There are sessions today and on Jan. 27 and 28. Go to www.eply.com/TransmountainPipe lineHearing to register.

Kiley confirmed the NEB did not issue a press release when the application period had opened on Jan. 15.

“We’ve never really done one in the past, but we tried to follow up with media … on a more personal level,” she said. “We’re doing everything we can to make it easy for people to sign up.”

For more info on applying as an intervenor, either through Stewart’s office or the NEB, go to Jennifer Moreau’s blog at www.burnabynow.com.

Referendum: ‘I think it’s going to happen’ continued from page 5

Campaigning for any funds to go towards a megaproject in Burnaby will not be on council’s agenda, Corrigan noted.

“The idea that one item, of the multitude of things the government decides, ends up in referendum seems, to me, to be ludicrous,” he added. “They managed to approve pipelines without any referendum.”

As for the referendum, Robertson said he expects it to fail, while Watts said she wasn’t sure how the provincial government

should approach it.

But Burnaby’s mayor says the referendum will happen no matter what.

“I think it’s going to happen,” Corrigan said, even though no information has been released on how the referendum will be phrased or campaigned for. “They’ve boxed themselves in, they’ve got no option.”

In a previous interview, TransLink spokesperson Jiana Ling said the transit authority does not know how the referendum will be phrased or what to expect. sseccia@burnabynow.com

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Burnaby NOW • Wednesday, January 22, 2014 • A09

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Cops search for shooter’s identity RCMP working to find suspect in drive-by shooting Cayley Dobie staff reporter

Mounties are still trying to identify the suspect in last week’s drive-by shooting on Canada Way near Sperling Avenue.

The shooting, which took place late Wednesday night outside a Chinese restaurant in Burnaby, is being investigated by the RCMP’s serious crime unit. At this time, police have been unable to

find the shooter and are continuing their investigation in “an effort to identify a suspect (or suspects),” Sgt. Peter Thiessen told the NOW in an email.

Police believe this shooting was intentional and that the target was the owner of a black BMW, which was parked outside the restaurant. The registered owner of the vehicle is well known to police across the Lower Mainland, Thiessen added.

The suspect fired several shots into the car, but no one was inside the vehicle at the time. No injuries were reported.

City will look at congestion concerns The city’s transportation committee will review a traffic congestion concern raised by a Burnaby resident.

John Artuso requested a traffic congestion review and a possible road wid-

ening at the intersection of Gilmore Avenue and Lougheed Highway.

The issue was first raised at the traffic and safety committee meeting on Jan. 7.

– Stefania Seccia

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ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS

PUBLIC HEARING The Council of the City of Burnaby hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing TUESDAY, 2014 JANUARY 28 AT 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chamber, Burnaby City Hall, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2, to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”.

1) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 1, 2014 – BYLAW NO. 13281 Rez. #13-38 5104, 5110, 5126, 5136, 5146, and 5156 McKee Street, 5110, 5111, 5120, 5125, 5130, 5135, 5140, 5146, 5155, 5156, 5166, 5171, 5176, 5186, and 5189 Ewart Street, 8087 Royal Oak Avenue, 5105, 5131, 5133, 5155, 5175, 5177, 5187, and 5189 Carson Street Lots A & B, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD Plan 72643; West Half Lot 2, East Half Lot 2, West Half Lot 3, East Half Lot 3, Blk 4, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD Plan 1882; Lots A & B, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD 76773; Lots A & B, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD 21634; Lots 98 & 99, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD Plan 65453; Lots 1 & 2, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD Plan 23317; West Half Lot 3, East Half Lot 3, East Half Lot 4, West Half Lot 4, Blk 6, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD Plan 1882; Lots 7 & 10, Blk 4, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD Plan 1882; Lot 5, Blk 6, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD Plan 1882; Lots 101 & 102, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD Plan 67947; Strata Lots 1 & 2, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD Strata Plan BCS332 together with an interest in the common property in proportion to the unit entitlement of the strata lot as shown on form V; Lot 8, Blk 6, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD 1882; Strata Lots 1 & 2, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD Strata Plan LMS 2825 together with an interest in the common property in proportion to the unit entitlement of the strata lot as shown of form 1; Strata Lots 1 & 2, DL 158, Grp 1, NWD Strata Plan BCS2067 together with an interest in the common property in proportion to the unit entitlement of the strata lot as shown on form V. From: R4 and R9 Residential Districts To:

R12S Residential District

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to respond to a neighbourhood request to rezone the subject properties in the area bounded by McGregor Avenue, Royal Oak Avenue, Carson Street and McKee Street from R4 and R9 Residential Districts to R12S Residential District.

2) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 2, 2014 – BYLAW NO. 13282 Rez. #12-26 7350 Edmonds Street and 7338 Kingsway Lot 1, DL 30, Grp 1, NWD Plan BCP566; Lot 228, DL’s 30 and 95, Grp 1, NWD Plan 64963 From: C3 General Commercial District and C4 Service Commercial District To:

CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5‘s’ Multiple Family Residential District, C3 General Commercial District and the Edmonds Town Centre Plan guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Kingsway and Edmonds Street Project” prepared by IBI Grp)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a high-density, mixed-use, multi-family residential and commercial development at 7350 Edmonds Street and 7338 Kingsway.

3) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3, 2014 – BYLAW NO. 13283 Rez. #13-17 6616, 6642 and 6668 Nelson Avenue and 6635 Dunblane Avenue Lot 41, DL 152, Grp1, NWD Plan 26339; Lot 17, DL 152, Grp 1, NWD Plan 8063; Lot 10, DL152, Grp 1, NWD Plan 7803; Lot 52, DL 152, Grp 1, NWD Plan 35494 From: RM3 Multiple Family Residential District To:

CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5s Multiple Family Residential District and Metrotown Centre Development Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Proposed Multi-Family Residential Development Burnaby, B.C.” prepared by Chris Dikeakos Architects Inc.)

Saturday, January 25

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit a 38-storey high-rise apartment tower with street fronting townhouses on Nelson Avenue and Dunblane Avenue, and with full underground parking.

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4) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 4, 2014 – BYLAW NO. 13284

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Rez. #13-36 6500 Hastings Street Parcel 2, DL 206, Grp 1, NWD Explanatory Plan 80168

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From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C2a General Commercial District)

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Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C2a General Commercial District)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the development of a new Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) liquor store.

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MLA Burnaby North 604.775.0778 Email:Richard.Lee.MLA@leg.bc.ca www.richardleemla.bc.ca twitter.com/richard_t_lee

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by a proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw. Written submissions may be presented at the Public Hearing or for those not attending the Public Hearing must be submitted to the Office of the City Clerk prior to 4:45 p.m. the day of the Public Hearing. Please note all submissions must contain name and address which will become a part of the public record.

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

Copies of the proposed bylaws may be inspected at the Office of the City Clerk at 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. weekdays from Wednesday, 2014 January 15 to Tuesday, 2014 January 28.

NO PRESENTATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED BY COUNCIL AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING M. Manuel CITY CLERK

A10 • Wednesday, January 22, 2014 • Burnaby NOW

INTERNATIONAL ART PROJECT

Burnaby teams up with sister city for mural Stefania Seccia staff reporter

An east-meets-west mural project between Burnaby and one of its sister cities in China could come to fruition over the next few years.

The city has proposed an international mural project with Guiyang, which is in the Guizhou province in southwest China.

“The international project will be a jointly designed and produced pair of art murals located in Burnaby and Guiyang that will create a single, larger image when put together focusing on the themes of people and culture, environment and artistic expression,” Leon Gous, engineering director, stated in his report.

The proposal includes an art exchange between artists from the two cities happening in 2014 and 2015.

“Currently, the city is

looking at a number of pos- honour our distinctive culsible locations in Burnaby tures and that of our indigthat are high visibility, enous people.”

The theme’s motivation have open and safe access for painting, and that have is inspired by the global experienced graffiti issues community and the enviin the past,” Gous stated. ronment.

The anti-graffiti mural “Several potential locations program may exist along the provide up Expo SkyTrain “The design will to $3,500, and line, central amalgamate the a d d i t i o n a l Burnaby, North Road Millenimage that shows funding may be required from nium SkyTrain our commonality other sources, lines, and the Edmonds Street and embraces our according to Gous. area.” difference.”

The antiAccording to graffiti strategy the report, the LEON GOUS includes paymural’s theme engineering director ing for murals is “east meets west,” and it will feature across the city, and in 2013, an illustration of a “human five murals were installed living space in harmonious throughout the city.

In September, a vandal balance with the natural defaced one of the five new environment.”

“The design will amal- murals installed at 7033 gamate the image that Antrim Ave. Allegedly, the shows our commonality same vandal also defaced and embraces our differ- the veterans’ mural on ences,” Gous stated. “The Kingsway, west of Walker murals will embrace and Avenue.

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‘IN SOME WAYS IT MADE US STRONG AND UNDERSTAND LIFE BETTER’

Taking one day at a time with Gabe Jennifer Moreau staff reporter

W

hen Mercy Krautsieder was pregnant and about to deliver in the summer of 2005, she was expecting a normal birth.

But on July 15, when little Gabriel was brought into the world, something was clearly wrong.

“As soon as the doctors took Gabe out of Mercy’s tummy, everybody started to move very quick,” says husband Oliver, from the living room of the family’s south Burnaby home.

Gabe was born with a lump on his head, and no one knew what it was.

There were tests and brain scans. They found the infant had a large tumour the size of a tennis ball close to the centre of his brain. Just 20 hours out of the womb, Gabe was undergoing his first brain surgery.

“When the neurosurgeon came in, he asked if we wanted the hospital chaplain to join us, because he didn’t think there was any way he would survive,” says Oliver, his voice trembling at the edges.

The surgeon removed parts of the tumour but had to pull back, because Gabe’s brain was bleeding so badly. The new parents were told the tumour was brain cancer and their child had no chance of surviving.

All they could do was pray.

Oliver and Mercy had been sleeping at the hospital for several days, when they were told to come to the intensive care unit immediately. The doctors were going to pull Gabe off the ventilator to see if he could breathe on his own.

And when they did, the newborn was breathing just fine.

“That felt pretty incredible. That was the first time we got to hold him,” Oliver says.

Gabe underwent chemotherapy at just three weeks old, but about two months later the tumour came back. This time, it was very aggressive. At three months old, Gabe was slated for his second surgery, and the week before, Oliver prayed day and night.

But then came the call that changed everything. The surgery had been cancelled; the tumour was disappearing.

“Everyone was just flying,” Oliver recalls. “I think all the praying helped.”

But Gabe still wasn’t out of the woods.

The tumour was shrinking, but it was still there. The doctors tried high doses of chemo instead, and Gabe had to later undergo surgery again and then had a stem cell transplant.

Finally Mercy and Oliver could take him home, after Gabe spent the first six

For more photos of Gabe’s life scan with Layar

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Family ties: From left, Mercy Krautsieder, Gabriel, Oliver and Zachary. The Burnaby family will be featured on Variety’s annual Show of Hearts telethon on Jan. 25 and 26. Eight-year-old Gabriel was born with a cancerous brain tumour that has affected his development, and Variety stepped up to help the family buy a new wheelchair-accessible vehicle. months of his life in hospital.

Close to his first birthday, Gabe went back for another brain scan, and there were no signs of a tumour.

“His first birthday was a really good day, because no one thought he would survive,” says Oliver.

It’s rare for babies to be born with a cancerous brain tumour, even more rare for them to survive, and the aggressive cancer treatments can wreak havoc on a baby’s development. Gabe was left with a cavity in his brain, hearing and vision problems and limited mobility. He developed recurring seizures, which were corrected with yet another brain surgery, but he can’t eat solid foods and has a plug on the left side of his belly so he can be tubefed.

At eight years old, Gabe is now cancer free and happy as can be. The brown haired boy with Harry Potter glasses uses a rocker to pull himself across the living room carpet to watch cartoons.

He uses hand signals and facial expres-

sions to communicate. He has a special upright walker to move around on his own.

As parents, Oliver and Mercy never expected any of this, but they have adapted.

“We know couples who have split because their child got sick. It does put a lot of stress on the family,” Oliver says.

“In some ways, it made us strong and understand life better,” Mercy adds.

Last year, the parents were referred to Variety - the Children’s Charity by a social worker. The non-profit group helped the family buy a larger vehicle, one that was wheelchair accessible and easier to transport Gabe.

The Burnaby family will be featured on Variety’s upcoming telethon, airing on Jan. 25 and 26 on Global TV. Oliver, Mercy and Gabe should be on sometime between 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26.

Last year’s telethon raised more than $7 million, and in 2013, Variety provided grants to 1,277 families and 32 organiza-

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The money goes towards things like hospital equipment in neonatal intensive care units, life-saving medication, physical therapy, mobility or communication devices and special schools.

Both Mercy and Oliver are thankful for Variety’s help.

“Variety is a group where if you need help, especially if you have a special-needs kid, they give so many chances. It feels like the child that was stuck in place has an opportunity to explore more,” Mercy says, seated on the couch, feet tucked under, as Gabe amuses himself watching cartoons.

“It’s important because you never know when someone you know needs help. You never know if it’s going to be your child, or your grandchild, or your niece,” Oliver says. “It definitely changes lives.”

As for the future, Mercy just laughs.

“We cannot really tell the future. We are really going one day at a time,” she says. jmoreau@burnabynow.com

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What are the impacts of cultural stereotypes and discrimination?

These are just a few of the topics up for discussion at a Burnaby “inclusion café” in February.

The café is on Monday, Feb. 3, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Tommy Douglas library branch, at 7311 Kingsway. The Burnaby Neighbourhood House, Burnaby Family Life and AMSSA are organizing the café. (AMSSA stands for Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Services Agencies of B.C., the provincewide coalition of immigrant services organizations behind the Safe Harbour program.)

The café is mostly for business managers and non-profits, but everyone is welcome to attend the dialogue. To get involved, RSVP by Jan. 31 by calling or emailing Lindsay Marsh at 604-718-2776 or lmarsh@ amssa.org.

Happy 100th birthday

Happy birthday, or buon compleanno, to Burnaby resident Maria Giuseppa Iorio.

Her family threw a party for her at Little Billy’s Steak House in Burnaby on Saturday to mark her 100th birthday.

Maria’s son, Tony Valentini, told the NOW his mother moved to Canada in the 1990s.

She spent her life as a farm worker in Italy, and came from Morrone del Sannio, a small town in the Campobasso province.

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I received a rather curious email from an author in the U.S. looking for any surviving relatives of Burnaby resident Frank Williams, who passed away in 2013. Author and journalist Robert Weintraub contacted us because he’s writing a book on Williams, who was best known for taking care of a dog named Judy during the Second World War. According to Weintraub, Judy is the only known dog that achieved prisoner-of-war status during the Second World War, and Williams took her into his care while imprisoned on Sumatra, an island in Indonesia.

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Weintraub is hoping to track down Williams’ widow or any of his children, Alan, David and Ann. If anyone has info or leads, call 404-234-2623 or email robwein@comcast. net

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Joy of art:

Joseph Pootoogook’s Joyfully I See Ten Caribou, a stone-cut on Japanese wove paper, printed by Kananginak Pootoogook, is part of the new exhibition at Burnaby Art Gallery.

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Inuit art in new exhibit

The Burnaby Art Gallery is celebrating the recent gift of a collection of First Nations and Inuit prints.

A new exhibit devoted to the recent acquisitions runs from Jan. 31 to April 6, with an opening reception on Jan. 30 from 7 to 9 p.m.

A press release notes the gallery recently received the promised gift of the “significant collection” of prints, created during the 1970s to early 1980s period. The gallery also added two notable Inuit works of Canadian heritage to its collection last year.

The new exhibition features master works by Kenojuak Ashevak, Piseolak Ashoona, Robert Davidson, Beau Dick, Joseph and Kananginak Pootoogook, Richard Hunt, Bill Reid and Roy Henry Vickers, among others.

A number of public programs are

planned to run in connection with the exhibition.

Among them: ! In the BAG family Sunday programs: These free drop-in programs provide an interactive experience for all ages, combining the current exhibition with handson studio activities. Programs are set for Sunday, Feb. 2 and Sunday, March 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. No registration is needed. ! Lunch BAG Day: This tour and lunch is set for Sunday, Feb. 9 from noon to 1 p.m.

Call 604-297-4422 to reserve a space, or book online at www.burnabyartgallery.ca.

It’s for ages 19 and up.

The Burnaby Art Gallery is at 6344 Deer Lake Ave. It’s open Tuesdays to Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.

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Launch for anthology of ‘shy’ poets at library T

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The North Burnaby branch of Burnaby Public Library is planning two upcoming book events.

On Tuesday, Jan. 28, the library will host a book launch for Shy, An Anthology. The anthology is filled with personal essays and poems by authors and poets who have been labelled as “shy.”

“Here they proudly own up to their shyness,

Lunch at the Shadbolt Centre

Enjoy top-calibre music and a good lunch at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.

The Shadbolt is continuing with its A Little Lunch Music series.

The series features noon-hour concerts by Shadbolt Centre music instructors, as well as a variety of local musicians in all genres of music including jazz, classical, pop and folk.

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the month at the centre’s Encores Café, which features a special buffet lunch for $12, starting at 11:30 a.m. The concerts run noon to 1 p.m., and the music is free – all are welcome.

Coming up on Jan. 23 is guitarist-songwriter Tim Hearsey, with Rocket Science on for Feb. 27.

Bhangra at SFU

Simon Fraser University students are trading books for bhangra.

North America’s only bhangra dance class for university credit is back at SFU this semester after a three-year hiatus, a press release from the university announced recently.

The course, Introduction to Contemporary Popular Dance Forms: Modern and Traditional Bhangra,

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Both events are free, but space is limited, so register ahead at www.bpl.bc.ca/ events/mcgill, call 604299-8955 or drop in to the library at 4595 Albert St. to register in person.

and their message is clear: they don’t need to be ‘cured,’” a press release says. “This moving anthology appeals to us all, either because we are shy or because we know someone who is.”

Three contributors to the anthology – Elaine Woo, Sylvia Stopforth and Dhana Musil – will read and talk at the launch, and books will be available for sale. The event runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

On Thursday, Feb. 6, the library is then playing host to Librarians’ Choice: Varieties of Love. Burnaby librarians will present fastpaced reviews of books about the varieties of love – “familial, romantic, intellectual and passion for life itself,” as a press release puts it. It runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

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Athletes named to Sport B.C. shortlist Tom Berridge sports editor

Four athletes from Burnaby were among the 13 outstanding amateur athletes, coaches and officials named as finalists for Sport B.C.’s Athlete of the Year awards to be held in March.

Douglas College senior RuiLin Huang in badminton, Burnaby Central grad Amar Dhesi in high school wrestling, Burnaby Mountain wrestler Stacie Anaka in the female senior athlete category and Simon Fraser University grad Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe in women’s basketball were all shortlisted in their respective categories for the 48th annual awards ceremony and gala dinner that will take place at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver on March 5.

Nominations were received from the provincial and multi-sport organizations, high schools, colleges or universities.

Finalists and winners are selected by a committee of 20 highly regarded B.C. sportswriters, broadcasters, and amateur sport leaders.

Huang led Douglas College with five consecutive Canadian Colleges’ Athletic conference national women’s singles titles.

She was also a five-time All-Canadian and PacWest player of the year.

Last year, Huang was named the CCAA female player of the year across all sports and is a four-time national badminton player of the year. She has also earned Douglas College’s athlete of the year for five straight years.

In her collegiate career, Huang amassed a nearperfect record of 207 wins

Second time: Burnaby’s RuiLin Huang, a recent graduate from Douglas College, was shortlisted for a second time in the college athlete of the year category for the annual Sport B.C. Athlete of the Year awards banquet that will be held on March 5.

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and just one defeat.

It is Huang’s second nomination for college athlete of the year.

“I’m so happy to be nominated again,” said Huang, who graduated from Douglas in December with a degree in accountancy. “I had a great team and a great coach. Without their help I wouldn’t have been able to get the results I got.”

Huang is up against University of the Fraser

Valley and PacWest female volleyball player of the year Kayla Unger and All-Canadian and two-time PacWest league MVP Alanna Bekkering for the bronze-medal-winning Thompson Rivers University women’s soccer team.

“When I got the email (from Sport B.C.). I said, ‘Wow, again.’ Hopefully I can be luckier than the last time,” Huang said.

Dhesi is a four-time

national wrestling champion, who was undefeated in his last two years of high school wrestling without a single point scored against him.

The promising heavyweight, who is the first B.C. wrestler to earn a fullride athletic scholarship to a top-10 NCAA Division I wrestling program, was also the first Canadian in two decades to win a U.S. national title.

Dhesi is currently

ranked No. 19 in the nation at Oregon State University.

Dhesi is shortlisted along with two-time B.C. high school football player of the year Mt. Douglas running back Marcus Davis and three-sport Oak Bay Secondary grad Lars Borneman.

Anaka, the senior world silver medalist and Pan American gold medalAthlete Page 20

Clan win in shootout over defending champs Tom Berridge sports editor

Simon Fraser University took over top spot in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League with a comeback win over Selkirk College that ended in a shootout.

Jono Ceci and Trevor Milner both scored in the shootout to give the Clan club team a 4-3 victory over last season’s playoff champions at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Saturday.

Down 2-0 after the opening period, SFU tied the score on goals

by Nick Sandor and Jared Eng in the middle frame.

Milner got the go-ahead goal for the Clan late in the contest, but Selkirk’s Logan Proulx forced overtime with his second goal of the game in the final two minutes of play.

Andrew Parent stopped 29 of 32 shots in regulation and overtime. He also made two big stops in the shootout to record the win.

“It wasn’t always pretty, but they found a way to win, and that’s exactly what you need,” said SFU head coach Mark Coletta.

The win gave SFU a leagueleading 12-3-0-0 record, while Selkirk fell to 11-3-0-1.

Thompson Rivers University trails the Clan by just two points but has played two more games than both Selkirk and SFU. Two days earlier, SFU defeated Trinity Western University 5-2 at the Langley Events Centre.

SFU built up a 3-0 lead after two periods on goals by Trent Murdoch, Eng and first star Aaron Enns.

Trinity Western got back into the game with two quick goals to

start the third period, but Trevor Esau and Enns, with his ninth goal of the season on a power play in the final minute, put the game away for the Clan.

Parent got the win in goal with 22 saves.

This weekend, SFU takes on Thompson Rivers in an important two-game series in Kamloops.

“It’s another big weekend,” Coletta said, adding with the battle for first place so tight, every win will be crucial.

“The next month will dictate where we go.”

Road to top a gauntlet for hoop Clan Tom Berridge sports editor

Simon Fraser University faces a gauntlet of opposition in its quest for top spot in Great Northwest conference women’s basketball.

The Clan split its weekend schedule, falling 73-71 to first-place Saint Martin’s in Lacey, Washington on Jan. 16. SFU then got past Western Oregon 56-47 on Saturday to improve its conference record to 4-3.

While on the plus side of the ledger, SFU still trails five separate schools in the conference standings, including Alaska Anchorage, Montana State Billings, Saint Martin’s and Western Washington, all tied with a similar 5-2 records. Seattle Pacific is currently tied with the Clan but holds an edge with a win over SFU earlier in the season.

Against Saint Martin’s, SFU trailed by as many as 11 points early in the second half before making a game of it.

Freshman Ariana Sider gave SFU its first lead of the half with a three-point bucket. Katie Lowen then put the visitors up 63-59 with a successful trey before finishing the game with 15 points, five rebounds and four steals.

But a turnover, one of 26 committed by the Clan, allowed Saint Martin’s to tie the game and eventually take a four-point lead.

Junior guard Erin Chambers had a gamehigh 25 points for the Clan.

Against Western Oregon, Rebecca Langmead scored 10 points and had 13 rebounds. Lowen led all scorers with 18 points.

If the Clan wants to be a presence in the conference this season, the team need look no farther than the last two weeks in January, when it meets three of the top-five teams in the next two weeks.

SFU is at home this week to Alaska Fairbanks on Thursday, before hosting first-place Anchorage on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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Correcting our mistakes

Burnaby’s Ilaina Hecimovic is currently second in average digs per game for Douglas College in PacWest conference women’s volleyball.

Hecimovic has recorded 265 digs in 51 sets so far this season.

There was a mistake in the Jan. 14 Burnaby NOW article Burnaby skaters miss Olympic chance.

Olympic team figure skater, Liam Firus, has been a member of the Vancouver Skating Club, which is located in North Vancouver since he started skating at the age of nine.

For more information about Firus, please check out his website at www.liamfirus.ca.

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Dustin Mowrey, a senior forward on Cornell University’s varsity men’s hockey team, scored the game-winning goal for the No. 12-ranked NCAA Division I team in a 3-2 victory over Ivy League rival Harvard on Jan. 17.

Later, Mowrey also scored Cornell’s only goal in a 1-1 draw with Dartmouth with his fifth tally this season less than five minutes into the game on Saturday.

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Brothers score

Burnaby brothers, Tyler and Brandon Morley, both scored goals to lead the University of Alaska Fairbanks to a come-frombehind 4-3 victory over Northern Michigan in NCAA Division I hockey.

Tyler, a sophomore, scored two goals three minutes apart in the middle period to tie the game.

Freshman Brandon got the third-period game-winner.

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Silver medallists: Grade 9 guard Marcella Mauro, with ball, and STM teammates Maya Iwan, No. 23, and Anna Baker, No. 8, helped the Knights place second to McMath at the Chancellor junior varsity basketball tournament. STM juniors Stephanie Von Riedemann and Hanna Hieltjes were named to the Chancellor tournament girls’ all-star team.

Helpers can’t trump Aces

Former B.C. Hockey League scoring champion Carlo Finucci of Burnaby recorded his 16th and 17th assists of the season for the Las Vegas Wranglers in East Coast Hockey League play. The Wranglers lost the game 3-2 in a shootout to the Alaska Aces.

winner, is among the top three women nominated for senior female athlete of the year.

The SFU grad and senior national champion is currently the head women’s coach on Burnaby Mountain.

“It’s always quite an honour to be considered in the realm of being among the best athlete in B.C. I was definitely surprised,” Anaka said.

Anaka is up against 10-year senior women’s national basketball team veteran Kim Gaucher and Canadian record holder in the 200-metre backstroke, Hilary Caldwell.

Raincock-Ekunwe, who led the varsity women’s Clan basketball team to a first-ever Sweet 16 finish at the NCAA Division II national championships last year, was named a second team All-American.

In 2013, RaincockEkunwe set a Great Northwest conference record of 49 career doubledoubles, but her 63 doubles with SFU are unofficially third best all-time in NCAA Div. II. Raincock-Ekunwe also set a conference singlegame record of 24 rebounds in 2013, while leading the nation with a shooting percentage of 0.653 in Div. II. The 6-2 forward is nominated alongside University of B.C.’s women’s volleyball player of the year Shanice Marcelle, who was named the top female athlete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport.

Two-time national rowing champion in the lightweight pairs, Maxwell Lattimer, was also nominated in the university category.

Sport B.C. announced the finalists for the 48th awards last Thursday.

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