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Derelict foundry: ‘a theme park for arsonists’ Jennifer Moreau and Cayley Dobie staff reporters
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Riverside residents are raising concerns about garbage accumulating at a derelict foundry in south Burnaby. The abandoned Globe Foundry, located on Willard Street, caught fire in early January and was largely destroyed. While fire officials deemed the blaze suspicious and the RCMP investigated, they could not determine the cause. Meanwhile, the site has been left in ruins, people have been dumping more garbage on the property, and the owners are nowhere to be found. Riverside resident Shawn Wade is concerned the property was able to degenerate that far. “It became a kind of magnet for garbage and people who may have been setting fire to buildings, so it seemed to attract people who like to cause trouble, dump garbage and set fires,” Wade said. “We don’t want it to become a theme park for arsonists.” The foundry has been operating in the area since the 1940s and was run by the Ewasiuk family. There have been numerous issues associated with the site, including WorkSafeBC violations, outstanding debts and two deaths in 2013, currently
Riverside resident Shawn Wade at the Globe Foundry, which mostly burnt down in a suspicious fire in January. Since then, more garbage has been piling up on the site, and the neighbours are wondering who will be responsible for the cleanup.
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Nurses raise concerns about their safety Stefania Seccia staff reporter
Although nursing staff is aware of the risks associated with dealing with some of B.C.’s most volatile youth at a local Burnaby facility, the B.C. Nurses’ Union says not enough is being done to ensure their safety. Last year, 25 staff members working at Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, which has a forensics unit dealing with B.C.’s
most violent offenders between the ages of 12 and 17 years, were injured. One worker was punched in the face as recently as Feb. 21. Jewels Bainbridge has been a nurse for more than 25 years and worked at the Maples centre for 10 years, but after a violent incident she left two-and-a-half years ago. Her previous experience includes working in forensics, in a women’s jail and another jail in Vancouver. “I was attacked on the job by
a youth and have not worked for nearly two-and-a-half years now,” Bainbridge told the NOW. “I’ve been diagnosed with PTSD because of it. It was not just that incident, working there for 10 years, I was subjected to it constantly over and over again in that type of environment.” Bainbridge is now receiving new training with WorkSafeBC so she can nurse in a different setting. “Personally, I would like to see,
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but says all of the work orders have been ignored by management. However, on Friday Feb. 28, Maples staff did receive panic buttons. “These panic alarms, when you push the button it makes noise but if you take your finger off the button there’s no noise,” she said. “You can’t keep your finger on the alarm if a kid is attacking you, or knocks it out of your hand.” Nurses Page 4
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one of my motivations in this, is number 1 make it safer for staff,” she said. “My second priority is to make this a centre of excellence for these children. Not all of them are lost causes. There are lots of professional people, lots of skilled people. If they weren’t so busy watching their backs, staying safe, surviving – there’s no time and no energy for proper psychiatric care.” Bainbridge was behind bringing WorkSafeBC into Maples,
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