Burnaby Now February 11 2015

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Homeless man suffers burns

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2015

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‘It means hell … absolutely hell’ After 58 years of marriage, Arne Sorbo and his wife, Iris, now live in separate care homes. It’s simply wrong, says their son, who is trying to get the health authority to act EXCLUSIVE

By Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

Eighty-eight-year-old Arne Sorbo misses his wife.

The retired Burnaby accountant met Iris when she was just 16.

He was 24 and fresh off the boat from Norway.

She was his best friend’s cousin, and her parents had picked him up at the train station.

On weekends, she started tagging along with her brother, her cousin and Arne when they went out dancing.

“It became a habit. She was likable, and I was a good looking boy. … Before you knew it, I got a kissing sore,” says Arne with a laugh, pointing to a cold sore healing on his lip.

He married Iris four years

later.

They had four kids – a girl and then three boys.

She became a nurse; he worked for a fishing insurance company for 25 years.

They were parted a yearand-a-half ago.

“It means hell, absolutely hell,” Arne says of his life without her at a private care home in Langley. “I get up in the morning, look at the wall; look at the wall at noon; look at the wall at night, no communication.

Everything is dead.”

Iris is alive, but she lives 32 kilometres away in Burnaby at Normanna Rest Home.

Those 32 kilometres might as well be a thousand.

Communicating over the phone is tough because Arne has trouble hearing and Iris doesn’t have easy access to a phone.

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PARTED Retired Burnaby accountant Arne Sorbo, 88, sits in his room at Simpson Manor in Langley holding a photo of his wedding day 58 years ago. His wife, Iris, now lives at Normanna Rest Home in Burnaby, and the couple wants to be reunited. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

Burnaby weeding out illegal secondary suites

City’s third phase of a plan to deal with illegal suites involves ramping up enforcement and billing owners

By Jacob Zinn

jzinn@burnabynow.com

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Burnaby is one step closer to cracking down on unauthorized secondary suites in the city.

Last Monday, council received an update on the city’s secondary suite program, which is heading into

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its third phase.The program was introduced in September 2013 to regulate suites in Burnaby while providing a form of housing for lowincome residents.

“The city’s comprehensive secondary suites program adopted by council has succeeded in advancing this affordable housing is-

sue, which had been an outstanding goal of the city’s official community plan and was reconfirmed as part of the social sustainability strategy,” reads the report.

The program’s phased implementation began with amendments to the city’s zoning bylaw, the creation of the home rental busi-

ness bylaw, the application of B.C. Building Code provisions, and associated administrative changes.

In January 2014, the city allowed property owners to apply for building permits for the construction or approval of suites. Over a oneyear period, the city received 316 permit applications and

approved 223 in new residences and 29 in existing residences.The remaining 64 are pending approval.

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Homeless man suffers burns

Police believe he was living in a tent in the bushes near highway

By Cayley Dobie

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SQUEEZED: Matthew Senf is one of many Brentlawn Drive residents who wants more done to try to slow or deter ratrunners from going down their street. PHOTO FILE

Residents won’t give up

People living along Brentlawn Drive want speed bumps installed and a bus stop removed to try and slow down ratrunners

By Jacob Zinn

jzinn@burnabynow.com

Brentlawn Drive is still a speedway for rat runners, despite numerous complaints to the city from residents in the past 16 months.

In a letter dated Feb. 1 to Mayor Derek Corrigan, Linda Dosdall detailed a new instance of dangerous driving on the North Burnaby street, resulting in extensive damage to her neighbour’s vehicle.

“It is déjà vu all over again for the residents of Brentlawn Drive,” she wrote. “A few years ago, my parked car was totalled outside of my house by a speeding drunk driver.Yesterday evening, it happened to a neighbour of mine a few doors away.”

Dosdall said the incident would have been a hit and run were it not for the damage to the driver’s axle. She wrote that the suspect tried to flee on foot but was promptly detained by police, who remained on scene to speak with witnesses.

“Interestingly enough

though, as I was giving my statement to the officer, we both noticed and remarked on how the traffic along Brentlawn was not even slowing down despite all the activity, police vehicles and people,” she wrote.

This latest incident is nothing new for Brentlawn’s residents, who have appeared before council numerous times over the years to voice their concerns. In November 2013, Matthew Senf presented his concerns to Burnaby’s traffic and safety committee, asking for the installation of speed bumps and a four-way stop at Brentlawn Drive and Beta Avenue, as well as the removal of a bus route.

“The bus cannot fit with room to pass by for somebody to open their door, or for a cyclist to pass by – it just can’t happen,” Senf told the NOW. “I recognize that it’s a lot of work to reroute a bus, but they offered all manner of nonsense excuses. Nobody is more than two blocks away from a bus in this neighbourhood.”

In July, council voted to install the four-way stop at Beta, but staff recommend-

ed against removing the bus route and installing speed bumps as it would prevent the bus from going through.

While the city has been firm about not installing

Drivers are using Brentlawn as a detour route speed bumps, Senf noted officials have said that widening the street could be an option in the future.

Brentlawn Drive is 8.5-metres wide, with street parking on both sides, making it impossible for two cars to drive through at the same time.

“So you’re going to spend the tax money to come up this three-block residential street to widen it so that people can (drive) through here in a flagrant, insulting disregard for your traffic safety plan – but you won’t put some speed bumps in?”

With the ongoing construction at Brentwood Town Centre, the narrow

street has been used heavily as a detour, resulting in damage to many parked cars along the street. Between 2004 and 2011, ICBC logged 45 incidents where property was damaged on Brentlawn Drive.

Terry MacDonald, who lives on the corner of Brentlawn and Delta, echoed sentiments from Senf and Dosdall, adding that it’s not just sedans and station wagons driving through the neighbourhood.

“During the day, you’ll find Purolator trucks, all the commercial vehicles you could ever think of, in order to avoid that Lougheed and Willingdon intersection,” he said.

MacDonald aims to appear before council in March to once again make a case for improving the safety of Brentlawn Drive, but at this point, no one is expecting any help.

“The mayor’s all for this living-near-SkyTrain, highdensity,” said Dosdall. “I’m pretty sure there’s going to be more traffic, and it’s just going to get progressively worse, and I hate to think what’s going to happen.”

A 44-year-old man is in critical condition in hospital after he crawled out of the bushes near Highway 1 and Gaglardi Way. According to Burnaby RCMP, two witnesses spotted the man emerging from the bushes around 5:20 a.m. on Friday near the entrance to Highway 1 at Gaglardi Way.The man was in rough shape and had suffered severe burns to his body.The witnesses called paramedics who transported him to Royal Columbian Hospital, where he remains at this time.

“We’re trying to figure out exactly where he crawled from,” Burna-

by RCMP Staff Sgt. Maj. John Buis told the NOW. “There’s no exact location.”

Police believe the man had lit a fire and was trying to keep warm when something happened, causing the burns. Officers on scene found a tent and some scattered debris as if someone had been living there.

“We’re not sure exactly what took place ... because the area is in such disarray we’re not sure where the fire was located,” Buis said.

The man was found about 50 metres from the shelter.

Investigators believe it was unlikely anything criminal took place and that the incident may have just been an accident, Buis added.

RCMP want to chat with you

By Cayley Dobie

cdobie@burnabynow.com

Ever wanted to know what to do about the drug house on your block? Or what you can do to prevent graffiti vandalism in your neighbourhood?

Burnaby RCMP’s crime prevention unit is hosting two upcoming information sessions as part of its safe community series.

The first session focuses on drug trafficking and will include a question-andanswer period with officers from the department’s drug section.

Other topics to be covered during the info session include how to recognize a drug house or grow-op, how to report drug-related incidents and activity, and ways to protect yourself and your neighbourhood.

The drug trafficking session, which is the second in

the RCMP’s safe community series, takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 18 at the Bonsor Recreation Complex, 6550 Bonsor Ave. The third session will discuss the negative impact of graffiti vandalism on the community.This session is on March 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the banquet hall at Confederation Centre, 4585 Albert St. Members of the RCMP’s crime prevention unit will discuss several topics related to graffiti vandalism including reacting, reporting and removal, ways citizens can help deter graffiti vandals, what the city and RCMP are doing to combat the problem, and the different community supports available for graffiti removal and clean-up.

Anyone interested in attending is asked to RSVP at 604-294-7859 or block watch@burnaby.ca.

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Their adult children try to get them together, but transporting the frail, wheelchair-bound seniors is hard on them physically.

Arne has been on a waiting list since September to join Iris at Normanna, but despite nine vacancies opening at the facility since then, he hasn’t been given a spot.

Arne’s son,Todd Sorbo, doesn’t get it.

“Based on medical need, sometimes you have to do that,” he says. “But right now there’s no medical, ethical reason why they should be apart.”

Sorbo and his siblings moved their parents into an assisted-living facility twoand-a-half years ago when the couple could no longer maintain their own Burnaby home.

Iris had been Arne’s main caregiver since he was partially paralyzed 10 years ago by Guillain-Barré Syndrome after a flu shot.

She took care of him for another year in their assisted-living apartment before she began needing fulltime care herself because of Lewy body dementia, a disease that closely resembles Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

“Half the time she’s in a fantasy world and the other half she’s good,” Sorbo says. “That’s unfortunate because she knows when we don’t visit her, and she knows that her husband’s

not there.”

Sorbo had to work hard to get his mother into Normanna, a care home founded by the local Norwegian community in the 1940s.

Iris had volunteered on the care home’s auxiliary for decades, and a tapestry made by her in better days still adorns the foyer.

Arne, meanwhile, didn’t qualify for residential care when he and Iris were parted a year-and-a-half ago.

And by the time he started needing full-time care in September, no spots were open that would reunite him with his wife.

He was offered placement in other facilities, but his son suspected that would mean waiting even longer to get into Normanna.

Fraser Health spokesperson Tasleem Juma says he was right.

“It’s true that once you have a bed, you’re health and your situation is not at risk any more,” she says.

“So yes it does become less of the priority in getting you moved around.”

What frustrated Sorbo when he and his siblings were trying to decide where to move their dad was the lack of information he said they got from Fraser Health about where Arne was on the Normanna waiting list, what factors would impact his wait and how long it might take to get a spot.

“The playbook is hidden,” Sorbo says. “You’re making all these decisions

Lonesome: Iris Sorbo, 79, says it would be wonderful to have her husband Arne with her again. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

without really being able to forecast anything.”

Ultimately, Arne’s family decided to move him into private care in Langley.

Sorbo isn’t hopeful his parents will ever be reunited because he believes his dad is getting bumped out of Normanna vacancies by seniors coming out of crowded local hospitals.

His view is supported by a recent Fraser Health email to care-home managers.

The memo – obtained by the NOW – stated hospitals are “in severe congestion every day” and called on care homes to make beds available even if the homes were experiencing a flu outbreak.

But Juma says reuniting couples in the same residential-care facility is a top priority for Fraser Health.

Designated a “reunification” client, Arne is at the very top of the Normanna

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“I’d put my arms around him and give him a big kiss ... I think maybe our sex days are over,” she says matter-of-factly. “It’s too bad because we had a good relationship.”

For Arne, it doesn’t matter that his wife’s mind isn’t there the way it once was – he wants her near.

“Her face is there, and her movements are there,” he says. “The difference would be I could have a face to look at, her face I’ve looked at since ’56. I loved her then and I love her now.”

For Sorbo, who is struggling to balance his own family and career with arranging the best care for his parents, there is some consolation in talking to other families he has met at his mom’s and dad’s care homes.

“Everybody has a story just like me,” he says. “I’m not the exception; I’m the rule. Everyone else who hasn’t gone through it yet, they assume the system actually is OK.”

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Of the vacancies that have come up since September, however, she says some were designated women’s or special needs beds that Arne doesn’t qualify for.

It’s possible to move clients around to accommodate the reunification of a couple, according to Juma, but it’s rare because of the disruption it could cause for other patients.

“The bottom line for us is that we’re doing everything we can to get them to-

gether,” Juma says, “but unfortunately we have to work within certain restrictions, and we have to work with Normanna to make sure that we can accommodate them.”

Normanna executive director Margaret DouglasMatthews, however, says her facility has never gotten a request from Fraser Health to accommodate Arne, and she says it’s the health authority that decides who fills the beds.

“We do not control the gate,” she says.

For Arne and Iris, meanwhile, life apart drags on.

“The biggest complaint they have about living right now is they’re bored out of their tree,” Sorbo says.

“They don’t have someone they can share old stories with.”

Slipping unpredictably between current reality and old memories, Iris says it would be wonderful to have her husband around.

“Right now I’m really lonesome,” she says. “That’s the hardest part.”

What would she do with Arne if he were with her

To ensure the City’s priorities reflect those of Burnaby citizens, we want to hear from you!

The City’s 2015 Provisional Financial Plan was presented to Council on February 2, 2015 with a proposed tax rate increase of 2.98%. We would like your views on the budget and, in particular, municipal services and priorities.

YOUR OPINION IS IMPORTANT TO US Please provide your comments by Wednesday, March 4, 2015 in order to allow enough time for Council to consider them before final approval of the tax rates in May. The 2015 Provisional Financial Plan is available for viewing on our website (www.burnaby.ca) under Our City Hall > Financial Reports.

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It’s sneaky – and on taxpayers’ tab When the teachers’ strike divided the province last summer, everyone in B.C. supported the government – financially, if not philosophically.

That’s because the Liberal government shelled out $350,000 for Google ads and sponsored Facebook posts while classrooms were empty.

Except for a few social media users who’ve lost defamation suits, it’s tough to think of anyone who’s

spent that kind of dough on social media.

And who got the taxpayers’ money? The same marketing firm that designed the Liberal logo and helped push Christy Clark to victory in her bid for the party’s leadership. All apparently without a contract for the work ever having gone to tender.

The NDP jumped on the scandal, admonishing Clark for not investing that cash in education.

They’re right.

The Liberals reached into our pockets to win our minds, even as they were claiming there was no more money for teachers’ demands.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender defended the ad campaign on the grounds the Liberals had a responsibility to present Clark’s side of things – a side apparently inadequately represented on every TV news show, radio program and news-

paper article covering the strike.

As evidence for the success of the social media onslaught, Fassbender pointed to the huge number of parents who signed up for the $40-a-day strike stipend. Apparently we were bought with our own money not once, but twice on that score.

What it may also be evidence for is the unfortunate gullibility of the public.

The government has real-

ized that sneaking through the back door – via Facebook – into the homes of B.C. taxpayers is pretty darn easy.

Sponsored Facebook ads are advertisements nonetheless – although to the innocent Facebook user they may just seem like a friend’s posting.

Governments are becoming more and more savvy, and, in our opinion, dishonest in disguising advertisements as news or social me-

dia conversations.

And, we suspect, we’ve just seen the tip of the iceberg.

If they believe they can slide one by taxpayers, they’ll keep doing it.

Clark was elected to lead, not to sell.

Unfortunately politicians seem increasingly unable to distinguish the two.

And that’s sad for all of us – you know, the ones paying the bill.

MY VIEW JENNIFER MOREAU

Do pipeline opponents stand a chance?

Have you been rejected by the Federal Court of Appeal lately? Don’t worry, you’re not alone.

It seems most parties hoping to overturn National Energy Board decisions have struck out with the court, and three of the most recent cases didn’t even have a chance to be heard, which raises some serious questions.

It looks like Vancouver let this one go quietly.

Last week, the Federal Court of Appeal decided not to hear a ForestEthics Advocacy application for leave that was challenging a National Energy Board decision rejecting the group’s claim that the pipeline hearings unfairly restrict public participation. (“Application for leave” is legalese for when you ask the court to hear your case.) ForestEthics Advocacy is championing a constitutional challenge that alleges the NEB is infringing on freedom of speech, because the criteria to participate in NEB hearings has been narrowed to those who are “directly affected” and excludes anyone with concerns on climate change.

Last December, the City

of Burnaby’s application for leave to challenge an NEB decision at the Federal Court of Appeal was dismissed. Burnaby was contesting the NEB’s ruling that it was OK to override city bylaws when Kinder Morgan needed to complete survey work on Burnaby Mountain.

The City ofVancouver also went to the Federal Court of Appeal after the NEB rejected its motion arguing that climate change considerations should be included in the pipeline hearings.The city issued a press release announcing the plan to go to the Federal Court of Appeal, but on Oct. 16, the court also dismissed Vancouver’s case. (The three judges were Johanne Trudel,WymanWebb and Marc Nadon, who was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada by Stephen Harper, only to be found ineligible.

Nadon was also the judge who dismissed the City of Vancouver’s application.)

It looks likeVancouver let this one go quietly, and there are no plans to take it to the Supreme Court of Canada.

So we have ForestEthics Advocacy raising concerns about participation in the hearings, while Burnaby has issues with the NEB overriding its bylaws, and Vancouver is raising concerns about climate change.

All three went to the NEB Continued on page 8

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City council has to learn to say ‘no’ to unions’ demands

So, who’s happy about paying more tax?

Dear Editor I just have to say something about the proposed tax hike for homeowners in Burnaby. The time has come for city council to start to show some self-restraint for a change. Politicians have to understand that the very people who pay the bills to run the city may not think they are getting their money’s worth, if at all!

Everyone is well aware how costs have gotten out of control at We are not a all levels of bottomless pit government. are also of ‘easy money’ We very aware pickings that most of the costs are more or less incurred by civil servants’ wages and benefits, which seem to me to be far too generous!

I know that Burnaby’s city council seems to be made up of well-meaning people. But – and it’s a big but – their pro-labour stance seems to blind them whenever new contracts are about to be negotiated with civic unions .

It seems city council has a political philosophy that gives civil servants a hefty raise and pension increase without taking in considering the taxpayers who face ever-higher tax increases to pay for it!

For the rest of us who fund all these raises in salaries and benefits, our raises tend to be far lower than government employees, and here lies the problem with city council.

Council must show some restraint by not giving in to civil servants’ demands contract after contract!

We are not a bottomless pit of “easy money” pickings. Governments must show restraint, and that means saying no at times.

Mark Tyson, Burnaby

Mineral exploration was the foundation of our province Dear Editor Announcements last week by Premier Christy Clark came as welcome news for mineral explorers in B.C. The province will extend a $10-million tax credit to the end of the year in support of mining exploration, and new fees will not be charged to exploration companies.

This will definitely benefit junior explorers who are in need of support, particularly following last year, which saw a 29 per cent dip in spending on exploration.

In order to make vital mineral discoveries, which in turn increases the chances of new job-creating mines being opened in B.C., we must continue to foster a climate that is favourable for explorers.

Remember, we built B.C. on the minerals beneath our feet and they remain an integral part of our economy. Exploration leads to working projects, and working projects lead to increased economic activity, jobs and ultimately to balancing our provincial budget and enhancing the diversity of our provincial economy.

Donald Leung, Burnaby

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Tina Edmundson tax increases are justified if the City needs them to maintain their budget. Given the city is in good financial standing, has money in the bank and everyone’s property assessments have gone up, the message of “it’s only going to be 1% instead of 3%” doesn’t fly with me.

Alli Dawn The provisional budget, the way that we’re setting up, seems to me to be a pretty fair budget and hopefully the public will agree with us.”

Corrigan is ok with a 3% increase the specifically benefits him (his city), but not a 0.5% that benefits everyone?

Jase Panic Time to move. BC is cooked.

Garavella Yk They don’t have to increase the taxes given the overflowing coffers. But they will do anyways because you voted them in. Way to go Burnaby!

Ray Power Yes Councillor Johnson, I am very pleased that when my pension went up by less than 2%, you raise the taxes by just under 3%. See my smile.

There are such things as fixed incomes, not everyone has a union job that can control City Hall. In other words, help you get elected, get a pay raise, raise taxes to pay for it. Please stop blaming the policing for your extra costs. If I’m not correct they gave 50 million back to the City last year. How does that relate to an increase.

Keith No surprise here. They are making up for the lower tax increase last year due to the election. It would appear our money in the bank only serves as an excuse to provide more pay raises to City staff because we are certainly not getting better services from city hall. Heaven forbid any of this revenue be used to invest in the city for such things as sidewalks or streetlights. But really, why would we want to make our neighbourhoods safe for people to walk in?

IslandintheSun As the saying goes...

You can’t get blood from a stone.

Taxpayers have been maxed out a long time ago. Perhaps it is time for reflection and getting back to basics. Citizens who make far less than the city’s unionized workers cannot afford to keep supporting them. Every year we are told... “...it will only mean a modest increase of $____ per household...”.

Add all these “modest” increases up over the years and you begin to get an idea of why you have less and less money in your wallet.

Just like the upcoming referendum regarding TransLink, the taxpayers cannot be expected to have bottomless pockets without every avenue being realistically explored.

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Opinion now Take issue with the NEB? Don’t rely on the courts Continued from page 6 first. All three did not like what the NEB decided. All three then took their concerns to the Federal Court of Appeal. All three were rejected.

Vancouver has quietly dropped its case. Burnaby has gone back to the B.C. Supreme Court, and ForestEthics Advocacy, along with three Burnaby residents, is charging full steam ahead for the Supreme Court of Canada. (Three lawyers have told me your chances of success with the Supreme Court of Canada are very, very slim after a Federal Court of Appeal dismissal.)

If an application for leave is dismissed, no reasons are given, so it’s difficult to understand what the judges are thinking.

In the past four years, the NEB’s decisions have been challenged roughly 20 times, mostly by First Nations and other oil industry players. I could not find a single example, from 2010 to 2013, where the Federal Court of Appeal overturned an NEB decision. Most were dismissed at the application or appeal stage, while a few were dropped and some are still ongoing.

I asked NEB spokesperson Sarah Kiley about this, and she could only think of one case heralding back to the 1970s, when the Supreme Court of Canada

overruled the NEB. One might assume if the Federal Court of Appeal consistently defers to the NEB, the board is operating with little judicial oversight. But in an earlier, very similar rejected ForestEthics case involving the Enbridge pipeline in Ontario and an author named Donna Sinclair, reasons for judgment were given, and they provide some insight into how the court sees these challenges.The earlier case made it

Since it’s elected politicians who determine what the act says, maybe it’s time to focus on the upcoming federal election.

to the appeal stage and contested the interpretation of who was “directly affected” and thereby allowed to participate in the hearings and whether they could raise issues related to the oil sands and climate change.

But the reasons for judgment indicated the NEB Act doesn’t expressly require the board to consider climate change.

To appeal an NEB decision, you have to prove the board erred in some application of the law or overstepped its jurisdiction, but the court doesn’t seem to have any problems with the way the NEB is following the rules and carrying out its mandate. Burnaby’s case is a bit different – it’s a constitutional conflict, a question of whose laws will prevail – but the other two cases challenge issues rooted in the NEB Act. Since it’s elected politicians who determine what the act says, maybe it’s time to focus on the upcoming federal election.

That’s not to suggest the legal route is a waste of time when challenging unconstitutional or unjust laws.

However, given the Federal Court of Appeal’s track record on overturning NEB decisions, it seems the chances of success are extremely slim.

What’s even more concerning is these three most recent challenges weren’t even heard at all. So lawyers hoping to argue the NEB overstepped its bounds or erred in some application of the law never had a chance to argue their case in front of a judge.

Jennifer Moreau is a Burnaby NOW reporter who has been following the Kinder Morgan pipeline proposal.You can read more about this issue at www.burnabynow.com.

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The former CEO of ICBC is raising concerns that the National Energy Board is dealing with her complaint against Kinder Morgan behind closed doors.

Robyn Allan, a retired economist and vocal opponent of Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, filed a motion with the board alleging the company has broken the National Energy Board Act several times in the past few years.

“The (NEB) certificates that have allowed them to operate the pipeline are not held by the company they’ve been saying it’s held by because they did not ask for approval from the board,” Allan said. “The way I see it, since 2007, they’ve probably violated the act five times.”

Allan is an intervenor in the NEB hearing, where all the documents outlining questions from participants and responses from Kinder Morgan and the NEB are available to the public.

In this particular case, Allan said the NEB decided to have the full board (not just the three members assigned to the Kinder Morgan file) deal with her concern.

“The fact that the panel board said we are sending this to the full board for review tells me that the panel board is very concerned, because if they didn’t think Kinder Morgan violated the act, they would have said so,” Allan said. “Remember, the board is supposed

corporate structuring. Allan said Kinder Morgan should have applied for approval or permission from the board when Kinder Morgan Inc. acquired 100 per cent ownership rights in the assets of Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC in November.The act requires any sale, transfer or lease to be approved by the board. Allan raised con-

cerns with the NOW that if Kinder Morgan were in violation of the NEB Act, the company’s insurance may not hold up in the event of a spill. Kiley said she couldn’t speak to that, but it may be something the board looks at while considering Allan’s motion.

Scott Stoness of Kinder Morgan Canada disagreed

with Allan.

“Her assertion is our ultimate parent buying our subsidiary constitutes a sale, purchase or lease, and we disagree with that,” Stoness told the NOW. “The company that owns the pipeline hasn’t changed.

The ownership that owns the pipeline is the same before as the day after.”

Robyn Allan

to enforce their act, and if they have been sloppy and not enforcing the act, then there’s an embarrassment, so of course they are going to want to have that dealt with behind closed doors.”

Sarah Kiley, spokesperson for the NEB, explained the reason the NEB referred Allan’s motion to the full board is because it’s not directly related to Kinder Morgan’s proposal to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline.

“The board said this is a matter that’s outside the application.We’re looking at

City resident leaves $2.8 mil to help parks A Burnaby man who passed away has left $2.8 million in his will to improve Metro Vancouver parks.

George Ross, a longtime Burnaby resident who enjoyed the outdoors, left the money to Metro Vancouver, which will use it to improve the region’s parks.

“We are delighted and incredibly grateful for this extremely generous gift from the late Mr. George Ross,” said Greg Moore, chair of Metro Vancouver’s board.

Part of the money – $300,000 – will go towards the Kanaka Creek Watershed Stewardship Centre project in Maple Ridge, a nature-focused learning facility.The centre will include a learning room

a certificate for a new pipeline; we’re not looking at what Trans Mountain may or may not have done,” Kiley said. “They weren’t intending to tip their hand.”

Kiley said the board will respond directly to Allan, and the ruling will be published on the NEB website.

The crux of Allan’s original complaint focuses on

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The remaining $2.5 million will be used to create a stewardship program run by the Pacific Parklands Foundation, which raises money for Metro Vancouver’s parks.

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RISING STAR North Burnaby crooner Stephen Scaccia has had the honour of performing with his inspiration, Michael Bublé – twice. Now the 22-year-old singer has released his debut EP, No Longer Frozen, stepping away from covers and into his own original music. PHOTO MARK BURNHAM, CONTRIBUTED

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It takes a certain kind of voice to be hailed as the next Michael Bublé, but it doesn’t hurt when you get to perform with the man himself.

A few years back, North Burnaby vocalist Stephen Scaccia sang at the opening of the G&F Financial branch on Hastings and Carleton. He had no idea he’d be doing a duet. “(Bublé) was in the branch, taking pictures with people, and I got to speak with him beforehand – I was absolutely starstruck, but then I had to go onstage, and music comes first,” recalled Scaccia. “I just remember seeing people start to scream in the crowd, and then out of the corner of my eye, there he is onstage. It was so cool.”

That’s right. Bublé joined

him onstage – not the other way around.

Scaccia had no idea he’d perform with Bublé that day, nor did he know he’d join the Burnaby crooner just a week later. Bublé invited Scaccia to the filming of his Christmas special, and midway during the show, he spontaneously brought his protégé onstage.

“He said, ‘Oh, I’m tired of singing Christmas songs – let’s do something else,’ and in the middle of that, he called me up – ‘There’s a kid here who sings, come up here,’” said Scaccia. “I got to do a full song with this really intimate crowd, with his family there, and it was with his full band, which was so cool. I thought I was just going to be watching his Christmas special.”

Scaccia, now 22, has since gone from the stage to the studio, putting together his first EP, titled No Lon-

ger Frozen.The seven-track record is a year-and-a-half in the making, put together under the guidance of Grammy Award-winning producer Ian Prince.

I wanted to venture away from the comparison a little bit.

“He had no idea who I was, but he had heard of me through someone he used to work with and asked me to sing a demo for him,” said Scaccia. “I sang for him, and then after that, because he noticed that people were kind of buzzing about my voice, he was like, let’s work

on an EP together.”

The album alternates between more classical R&B Bublé-esque tunes to poppy dance tracks – a bit of a detour from what he’s known for.

“I started out as a crooner, and I think that’s what a lot of Burnaby knows me as,” said Scaccia, who’s humbled by the endorsement from Bublé and the comparison.

“When we were making this EP, I knew I kind of wanted to venture away from the comparison a little bit and develop my own identity – I wanted to have a little bit of that more adult pop content in there, but at the same time, I wanted to embrace the fact that I am only 22 years old and embrace my fun, young side of music.”

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Talent: Stephen Scaccia has released his debut EP, available on iTunes and Amazon. PHOTO MARK BURNHAM, CONTRIBUTED

the opportunity to work with Ian Prince and other talented musicians.

“This was actually my first stab at songwriting, and I got to write with such an amazing producer,” said Scaccia. “I feel like I learned a lot. At the end of the day, I’m just so proud of my-

self for getting through it and finally doing something I’ve always wanted to do. I was just waiting for the resources, and miraculously, it came to me.”

No Longer Frozen is now available digitally on iTunes and Amazon. Info: stephen scaccia.com.

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I remember turning 20, which is now the age of my youngest son.

I was an adul, but most of my life was still ahead of me.The world was wide and wonderful, and the horizon of my future was unlimited. I had few regrets, and I had all the time in the world to do everything I wanted to do. My friends and I had big plans.

With each decade, birthdays acquired a different meaning. By 30, the horizon was visible, and by 40, it was clear that I would soon be closer to the end of life than the beginning.

When patients would tell me, “Don’t ever grow old,” I used to take it as an unintended curse. Isn’t it better than the alternative – to die young? Of course, they were lamenting the physical and social challenges of aging: the wearing down of the body, the loss of independence, the loss of friends and loved ones, the accumulation of medical problems and a growing list of prescription medications.

Along with these are the spiritual challenges of aging: (1) acceptance of the end of life and overcoming any fear of death, (2) finding resolution in our relationships and our regrets, and (3) finding continued meaning and purpose in life.

I’ve learned much from my oldest patients, including the fact that wisdom is not necessarily proportional to age. It’s been said that we become more like ourselves as we age.The stubborn become more stubborn; the thrifty, more thrifty.Yet this is not invariably true.

My wisest and happiest patients have gained perspective with advancing years.They accept the world, others and themselves as they are.They recognize the things they cannot control – including the inevitability of change and the eventual end of life.

But at the same time, they accept the responsibility to make the most of what they have. Looking back, they recall the blessings of good fortune and the kind actions of others in the past while forgiving and letting go of past regrets. Carrying less baggage from the past, they live lighter in the present.

One great task is the life review. In our golden years, as we reflect on our lives, the story begins to make sense. Everything leads to something else.What once seemed to be chance events would later acquire greater meaning. It’s as if our life

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Community happeningsnow EVENTS CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11 Burnaby Historical Society, hosts guest Terry Rea, speaking about the Lower Mainland’s post-war industrial era, 7:30 p.m. at the Burnaby Village Museum, Carousel Pavilion, 6501 Deer Lake Ave. Free admission,.

SATURDAY, FEB. 14 Annual Nikkei flea market and book sale, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Nikkei Centre, 6688 Southoaks Cres. Japanese books, comics and magazines for sale. Event includes a kids’ zone and food trucks. Free admission.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18 EPIC meeting on gardening in Edmonds area, 7 p.m. at Tommy Douglas library branch, 7311 Kingsway. EPIC stands for Edmonds People in Community Residents’ Association. Learn about community gardening opportunities in the Edmonds area. Info: www. epiccommunity.ca.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25 Burnaby Neighbourhood House, welcoming new neighbours dinner, 6 to 8

p.m. at 4460 Beresford St. Event is for families that have moved to Burnaby in the past five years. Dinner, socializing and games.

Tickets: $3 for adults, $2 for children 12 and under.

Children under three years get in for free. Info or ticket sales: 604-431-0400.

FRIDAY, FEB. 27 Building Museums of Peace: Creating Spaces of Dialogue in Conflict Zones, lecture by ethnographer Dr. Sultan Somjee, 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at 6650 Southoaks Cres. Hosted by the Community Centred College for the Retired. Cost: $8 at the door. Info: call 604-5178732, visit cccrburnaby.org or email cccr@telus.net.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18 Spring Market, at the Vista Boutique at the New Vista Care Home, 7550 Rosewood St., from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donations of good quality adult clothing and household items are appreciated. Funds raised in the boutique support special programs for the care home elders. Phone: 604-5276226.

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A different time: Local resident Terry Rea is giving a talk at the Burnaby Village Museum on Wednesday evening about his experience working at Vancouver Steel, which used to be located at this spot in Burnaby’s Still Creek area. PHOTO FILE

Monday of the month, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Bonsor Recreation Complex, 6550 Bonsor Ave. Are you gay, bisexual or just not sure? Need a safe place to talk? HOMINUM is an informal discussion and support group to help gay, bisexual and questioning

men with the challenges of being married, separated or single. We meet every Monday evening in locations around the Metro Vancouver area. For information and meeting location, call Don: 604-329-9760 or Art 604462-9813.

Burnaby International

Folk Dancers, meet every Tuesday night 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Charles Rummel Centre, 3630 Lozells. Learn folk dances from around the world in a friendly club environment. All levels welcome, no partner needed, drop-ins welcome.

Info: 604-436-9475.

Looking to improve your speaking and leadership skills? Spoken Word Toastmasters Club meets every Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Metrotown Community Room UE (near the Old Navy Store).

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It may be unusually warm and too wet for February, but it remains perfect weather for planting hardy early vegetables. People who didn’t put garlic in the soil in fall, have a great chance to plant it now and still get a decent crop by August.

Garlic is so pungent nothing molests it in the garden during winter. But for shallots, spring planting is much safer in gardens where voles tunnel under the soil.The gardener wonders why the shallots aren’t growing and uncovers a row of shallotshaped holes.

Soil pests are one situation where containers are a more manageable situation for growing vegetables than the open garden.

In early spring, containers set against a house wall also tend to be a warmer situation and are especially useful for salad crops.

Arugula can be started any time now. It’s quite cold-hardy, with leaves that taste spicy and nutty and re-

ally liven up salads.

Once arugula plants get close to flowering and also once the weather becomes warmer, the flavour becomes very hot.You can keep arugula going quite a while by frequent cutting.

The kind called “wild arugula” is perennial.

Green onions are ideal for container planting outside now.Their vertical growth habit allows you to get masses of salad material out of very small space.

Corn salad can also be started in containers. It’s a cold-hardy, shapely little plant when young with dark green, glossy leaves and a mild, flavour. Once you plant one patch, you’ll have masses of seed for evermore.

There’s a variety called Granon that holds its leaves up away from the soil It’s also time to plant radishes.The spring radishes are globe-shaped and very fast-growing.They do appreciate rich soil and lots of water. Lots of gardeners come to grief with the radish bulb fly – row covers really help here – and all the more if the radishes are

grown in containers. Used on top of containers, row covers don’t get as muddy and can be reused for years.

Spinach is hardy enough to be seeded outside now, and this season keeping the seedbed adequately moist doesn’t look like any problem.

The big need of spinach is nitrogen, and as the weather gets warmer and lawn-mowing starts spinach does well growing among grass-clippings to hold in moisture. If you always choose the outer leaves, you can keep harvesting spinach for a long time.

The vegetables that really need to be started inside in February are winter leeks because they take a very long time to grow to transplantable size.These are very frost-hardy, usually dark green or purplish and larger and sturdier than the summer leeks. Leeks are transplanted in late April or May by being dropped into holes poked into the soil.

Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions sent to amarrison@shaw.ca.

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If you have a sweet tooth, Valentine’s Day has to be your favourite day of the year.

Local bakers and chocolatiers are gearing up for Feb. 14 with all kinds of treats – everything from elaborate desserts to simple chocolates from your childhood.There is something for everyone, and at any price, so here are a few recommendations to get your (or your partner’s) sugar fix!

CHEZ CHRISTOPHE Ever the inventor, Christophe Bonzon always looks forward to making something unique for every occasion.The North Burnaby chocolatier has a number of fancy after-dinner creations that are guaranteed to be a hit on Valentine’s Day. “For us, we are featuring some chocolate sculptures in the shape of a heart, filled with some chocolate bon-

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Treats: Some of the offerings at Chez Christophe in North Burnaby. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

bons,” he said.

“We are also doing a special dessert only for Valentine’s Day – it’s raspberry and mint chocolate mousse with a raspberry confit, a gluten-free dark chocolate brownie, and it’s decorated with hearts made of chocolate.”

Bonzon exclusively uses imported Carma chocolate from Switzerland for

POSH PANTRY Just a block and a half west on Hastings, Posh Pantry owner Angie Cordoni is preparing for a Valentine’s brunch on Saturday.The brunch is essentially a cooking class, but don’t worry – you’re not expected to make it yourself.

“The classes here are all demonstration – they just come and sit and enjoy their cocktail and watch, and they get all the recipes,” she said.

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Continued from page 15 Led by Chef Glenys Morgan, the class will teach couples a few excellent morning meals while they sip on mimosas in a relaxed atmosphere.

“Glenys kind of shows different techniques for making hollandaise, how to poach the perfect egg, all that kind of stuff,” said Cordoni. “You get the full meal, but you watch it being prepared in front of you.”

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Over near Boundary, the 84-year-old Sigvardsen and his team have been making treats longer than some other chocolatiers have been alive.

This year, he has stocked his store with all kinds of edible gifts – more than you might expect.

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Lifestylesnow For the sweet tooth: Cindy Johnson, manager of Valley Bakery, displays one of the Valentine’s-inspired creations at the North Burnaby shop. Cookies are another popular item for the longtime bakery, including heartshaped cookies with pink fondant topping and large cookies that can deliver a personalized message.

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Continued from page 16 people eat the chocolates and then eat the box.”

For this Valentine’s Day, he says his store has received a lot of interest in the factory’s chocolate-dipped strawberries – a tried and true Valentine’s classic.You can’t go wrong with sweet fruit and sweeter chocolate.

“We three-quarter dip the strawberries in milk or dark chocolate and we put white lines on them,” he said. “It’s been very popular every year.”

VALLEY BAKERY Back up in the Heights,

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“We’ve got cookies at $4.05 a dozen – they’re heart-shaped cookies with pink fondant topping,” he said. “We have sugar cookies that are a little bigger and heart-shaped.We have large cookies that you can get a message written on them that pertains to your situation.

“It’s nice to be able to do something personal when you’re giving a gift.”

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But Kuyer notes that Valentine’s Day isn’t just for lovers – it’s a great day to show your relatives how much you love them.

“Kids look forward to Valentine’s Day because it’s been a while since Christmas, and it’s nice to have a little treat,” he said. “Mom will come in and buy half a dozen cupcakes as a little surprise – it’s kind of fun.”

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Communitynow Drop-in fun for families Jennifer Moreau

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Looking for a fun way to spend time with your kids while getting to know your neighbours?

The Burnaby Neighbourhood House is hosting a series of family drop-in programs throughout the city.

Parents of children up to five years old can stop in for socializing and parenting info, and their kids can play and learn together.The neighbourhood house will provide healthy snacks.

The South Burnaby neighbourhood house location, at 4460 Beresford St., is hosting sessions Monday to Thursday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Drop-ins at the north location, at 4463 Hastings St., run on Tuesdays from 1 to 2:30 p.m. On Wednesday and Fridays, there are dropins at Brentwood Family Place, at 102-4430 Halifax St., from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Clinton Family Place, at 5858 Clinton St., runs drop-ins on Mondays and Wednesday from 9:30 to

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Contact Maheen at 604431-0400 for more information.

GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN Parent Support Services is hosting a free screening of a documentary chronicling the struggles of an invisible group of caregivers – grandparents raising their grandchildren.

The film is called Grandparents Raising Grandchildren:Telling Our Stories, and it shares heartbreaking stories of grandparents taking on the primary care-giving role for their children’s kids.

The grandparents face incredible hardship at a time in their lives when they weren’t expecting to raise children. One grandparent had to choose between six kids because she couldn’t take them all on her own.

Poverty is also a problem, since grandparents don’t receive the same kind of support foster parents do.

The screening takes place on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 1:30 p.m. at the Tommy

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BE OUR VALENTINE Are you a romantic at heart? Tell us what you’re planning to do for Valentine’s Day in Burnaby, and your suggestion could be included in our upcoming list of things to do for the Feb. 14 weekend.

Is there a place you like to take your sweetheart in Burnaby? It doesn’t have to be a restaurant per se; we’re open to romantic spots outdoors and unconventional things to do. Also, you don’t have to be in a relationship to celebrate Valentine’s Day. As an artist friend of mine once wrote, “No relationship will resonate as much as the one you have with yourself.”

Tell us what you plan to do on your own. Send your ideas to jmoreau@burnaby now.com.

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Clan senior on record pace

Erin Chambers within 50 points of Great Northwest women’s basketball scoring mark Tom Berridge

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Erin Chambers is just five games away from a new Great Northwest conference scoring record.

The senior Simon Fraser University forward scored 32 points in the team’s 8367 win over Northwest Nazarene at home Saturday to move the Clan into fourth place in the conference and herself into contention on the all-time career scoring charts.

Chamber’s third 30plus point game this season moved her to within 50 points of breaking the record of 1,831 points set last season by Bobbi Knudsen of Montana State Billings.

Chambers, who also had 11 rebounds and six assists in the game, currently has a career total of 1,782 points and trails Knudson by just 49 points with five regular season games left to play.

Earlier in the week, Chambers put up 25 points and SFU hit a conference season-high 16 three-pointers to defeat Central Washington 84-50 at home last Thursday.

Chambers entered the game as the leading scorer in NCAA Division II play, averaging almost 23 points per game.

Chambers leads the conference with a total of 172 field goals, while also putting up other impressive numbers, including 40 three-pointers and a second-best 109 free throws this season. She is also sixth in the conference in assists, with 85 helpers.

Following SFU’s back-

to-back wins, Chambers moved past Rebecca Kiepinski of the University of Alaska Anchorage into second place on the Great Northwest all-time scoring list.

The Clan nailed an additional 15 treys in the win over Northwest Nazarene, including 10 of 22 in the opening half that built up a 16-point halftime lead that was never threatened.

“It’s been a tough couple of weeks, where we have faced some adversity with injury, illness and a lot of travel,” said SFU head coach Bruce Langford in a school press release. “Getting back home has enabled us to refocus, get into our routines and put a lot of shots up in practice.”

SFU finished the weekend with 31 of 61 shooting from beyond the arc.

Senior guard Katie Lowen chipped in with 18 points, while sophomore guard Ellen Kett had 10 of SFU’s 22 assists in the win on Saturday.

Earlier, junior forward Meg Wilson netted 13 points and 14 boards against Central Washington. Lowen chipped in with 10 of her 13 points in the opening half.

The Clan improved its overall record to 12-9 and 8-5 in conference play, leaving them comfortably in fourth place.The top six placing teams earn a berth into the upcoming Great Northwest tournament in March.

This weekend, SFU hits the road for a pair of games against Saint Martin’s and last-place Western Oregon.

Tom Berridge

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Chasing a record: Simon Fraser University’s Erin Chambers, in white from a recent game, moved into second place in Great Northwest women’s basketball all-time career scoring. PHOTO LISA KING

Burnaby martial artists show the way

Burnaby Karate Academy picks up 21 medals, including five gold at nationals Tom Berridge

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The Burnaby Karate Academy showed itself to be the kumite capital of B.C., winning five of the provincial team’s eight gold medals in sparring at the Karate Canada national championships in Richmond last week.

B.C. martial artists also picked up an additional 10 gold in the kata, or forms, with Claudia Laos-Loo earning a bronze medal for

Nikkei Karate in the individual under-21 female category.

Jusleen Virk won her fourth consecutive senior women’s national title, taking the under-50 kilogram title over Quebec’s Roxanne Coté.

Cindy Jacob, bronze medallist at u-68kg, shared a team gold with u-21 individual silver medal winners Gurkamal Gill and Harpreet Sidhu, who were individual runners-up at u-55 and plus-68kg, respective-

Rebels fourth at WesCan tourney

ly. Both Gill and Sidhu also placed fifth in the senior weight class.

U-21 gold medallists Derek Chan and Brendan Ly also picked up a bronze medal each at the senior level at u-60 and plus-84kg.

Junior Isaac Mand won a bronze at u-55kg in the 16/17 boys’ category. Mand also placed fourth at u-21 and fifth at the senior level.

Cadet-aged martial artists Kieran Quan, Joel Tai, Aarjun Gill, Jacob Mand and Brendan Wise also

earned individual kumite medals.

Quan won bronze at u-52kg,Tai a silver and Gill a bronze at u-57kg, Mand a silver at u-63kg and Wise with a bronze at u-70kg.

Alexandra Zaborniak won a gold medal in the junior women’s u-59kg weight division.

Pawan Sidhu won a runner-up medal at plus-59kg and Izzy Chan also came home with silver at u-48kg in the 16/17 girls’ category.

BKA cadet girls Zoe

Fong, Stephi Zaborniak and Melissa Chan swept the top-three positions, respectively, at u-47kg in the 14/15 age class.

Burnaby also did well in the inauguralYouth Cup for 12/13 martial artists.

Julia Maclean won gold in the girls’ plus-43kg kumite, while Gurneet Sidhu, Caitlyn Lam, Michael Plunkett and Mark Wong were bronze medallists at their respective weights.

Gurpatap Hothi placed fourth.

There was no consolation prize for the Burnaby South Rebels at last weekend’s Western Canada basketball tournament in Kelowna.

The host and ninthranked Owls came away with the top prize, defeating Oak Park of Winnipeg 7058 in the championship final on Saturday.

Defending B.C. high school quad A champion and sixth-ranked Sir Winston Churchill defeated the fourth-ranked Rebels 86-72 in the consolation final.

Nicolas Trninic led South with a game-high 24-point, 13-rebound double-double, including eight off the offensive boards. Roshan Bhatti added 21 points for the Rebels.

Churchill outscored South 30-8 in the second quarter.

Jermaine Haley and Tyus Batiste were not on the South roster in the final game against Oak Park.

The Rebels opened with a 75-55 romp over Bishop O’Byrne of Calgary on Feb. 6.

Batiste led all scorers with a game-best 24 points. Haley potted 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Trninic also put up a double-double with 15 points and 12 boards.

South started the tournament strong, outscoring the Calgary school 22-11 in the first quarter and building a 25-point lead to start the second half of play.

In the semifinal, South trailed from the outset, dropping a 90-75 decision to Oak Park.

Haley led all scorers with 25 points. Batiste, who was stone-cold from beyond the arc with just one of 14 three-point attempts, finished with 22 points.

Trninic added a third tournament double-double with 14 points and a dozen rebounds.

The Winnipeg school jumped out to a 29-12 firstquarter lead and led by as many of 20 points throughout the rest of the game.

Oak Park had six of its eight players in double figures, while making good on 10 of 24 three-pointers.

South was just three of 31 from beyond the arc.

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Lakers and A’s make WLA pre-draft swap Tom Berridge

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The Burnaby Lakers sent goalie Dan Lewis back to Coquitlam in a one-for-one Western Lacrosse Association deal on Sunday.

The Lakers dealt Lewis to the senior Adanacs in exchange for transition defender and former Burnaby junior Brad Richardson.

Lewis played four seasons with the senior Lakers but was relegated to a backup role after Burnaby picked up current starter Tyler Richards from New Westminster last year.

Richardson, drafted in 2007 by Coquitlam, played five seasons with the Adanacs and garnered five goals, seven assists and 117 penalty minutes in the regular season. He has four goals and nine assists lifetime during the playoffs.

PLAYER OF THE MONTH Senior University of Den-

ver defenceman Joey LaLeggia was named National Collegiate Hockey Conference player of the month last week.

The Burnaby Winter Club product garnered three goals and seven assists and was a plus-three in 10 games for the Pioneers in January.

Two of LaLeggia’s three markers were game winners, and his 35 shots on goal was most for any D-man in the month of January in conference play.The 2012 draft pick of the Edmonton Oilers leads all conference blueliners with nine goals and 22 points.

Earlier this season, LaLeggia recorded his 100th career point for the 10thranked Pioneers and currently ranks sixth all-time in defenceman points in Denver program history with 43 goals and 71 assists.

LaLeggia is also a nominee for the coveted Hobey Baker Award.

Tom Berridge

tberridge@burnabynow.com

Tidal wave: Burnaby Central’s Tanvir Somal, in white, attempts to stop a Queensborough Middle School player in a recent Grade 9 boys’ basketball game. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

EDC FC Burnaby A moved to the second round of Imperial Cup men’s soccer with a 2-1 victory over Norvan A at Confederation turf last Saturday.

The Vancouver Metro Soccer League club erupted for two late goals in the final 20 minutes of play to gain a spot in the Round of 16 this weekend.

Trailing 1-0 to the second-place Division I club, Burnaby Central Secondary grad Parker Ellis came off the bench for EDC late in the second half, scoring the game-tying goal and then setting up Habib Mohammed for the winner.

Later, defender Gus Ramirez made a sliding tackle to thwart a Norvan near-breakaway chance to tie.

EDC will take on Rino’s Vancouver A on Sunday at Point Grey turf at 4 p.m.

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