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In a seemingly last ditch effort to keep the city from cleaning up the burnt out Globe Foundry in South Burnaby, city council approved a city manager’s report ordering the property owner to complete remedial action requirements on the site. The cleanup requirements
include obtaining all demolition permits and approvals, demolishing all buildings on the property and removing all demolition waste, building materials and refuse. The owners of the property, located at 7647 Willard St., have 30 days from the time they receive the report to complete the requirements, though they’ve yet to respond to numerous other letters sent by the city. If the owners do
not comply with this latest letter, the city will take over the cleanup and bill the owners, Last month, council authorized city staff to enter the premises of the abandoned foundry to bring it into compliance with Burnaby’s unsightly premises bylaw. The site mysteriously went up in flames in January and has since become a popular dumping ground, making it an eyesore for the community.
Since November, the city has received five separate complaints regarding the unsightliness of the property. The report asked council to declare all buildings on site “to be so dilapidated and unclean as to be offensive to the community.” The site has a history of issues, including WorkSafeBC violations, outstanding debts and two deaths in a trailer on the property in May 2013.
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Giovanni Berna with a toy sphere that changes sizes at the Science Rendezvous event, held on Saturday, May 10 at Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus. Families had a chance to get hands-on with science through interactive activities and demonstrations. SFU also celebrated International Astronomy Day with family fun.
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A Lower Mainland social services group is lobbying municipal governments to support the creation of a social policy framework in B.C. Caroline Bonesky, CEO of Family Services of Greater Vancouver, appeared before Burnaby city council as a delegation on Monday to ask for its support of a social policy framework resolution, to be put forward at the 2014 UBCM Convention in Whistler this fall.
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The resolution, crafted by the City of Duncan, calls on the B.C. Liberals to develop a framework by setting goals, priorities and values that will guide public policy to meet current and future social needs. “Social policy is an opportunity for the government of British Columbia to clearly articulate their responsibility and their roles on driving the agenda on how we meet some of increasing social challenges,” said Bonesky. “This isn’t about asking for more money – this is asking to spend the money that we do have wisely.”
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Last year, the Alberta government approved a social policy framework, and similar initiatives were launched by the governments of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. The framework would aim to address a variety of issues and social challenges, including income disparity, poor health, unemployment for people on disabilities, homelessness, domestic violence and addictions. It would also set targets for business, education, community services and other fields throughout the province.
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