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Denis Roumiantev was out with friends, practising paragliding takeoffs and landings on Burnaby Mountain on a recent sunny, spring-like day.

Alas, it looks like anyone who wants to enjoy the great outdoors may need to wait a few days.

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Mayor steps back from transit fray ‘I was outvoted by my colleagues and traditionally when you’re outvoted, you accept the result’ - Mayor Corrigan

By Janaya Fuller-Evans

jfuller-evans@burnabynow.com

Burnaby mayor Derek Corrigan is taking a “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all” approach to the upcoming transit plebiscite.

While he voted against the proposed metro congestion improvement tax as a member of the Mayors Council on Regional Transportation, Corrigan says he isn’t pub-

licly campaigning against it.

“I was outvoted by my colleagues and traditionally when you’re outvoted, you accept the result,” he told the NOW. “And so that’s what I’ve done. I’ve accepted that the mayors are going to go about what they voted on, and I’m not going to try to interfere.”

But Corrigan has not changed his position on the plebiscite, he said.

“I voted against it at the Mayors’ Council meeting, complaining that the referen-

dum was a bad way to make public policy,” he explained. “I also said that with the governance structure, I couldn’t support going out and asking for more money when I couldn’t be accountable for how the money was spent. And I also complained that there’s a wish-list – there was no prioritization of what would happen after the referendum.”

Despite his concerns, he said he is choosing to step back in the lead-up to the plebiscite, just as other mayors are campaigning for aYes vote.

“I haven’t cast myself as being an opponent to my colleagues because they didn’t

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“Now I’m saying, ‘OK, I don’t agree with what you chose to do but I’m not going to be obstructive to my colleagues,’” he added.

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Port fire smoke worries residents

By Janaya Fuller-Evans

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FACE-TO-FACE: RCMP and protesters were up close and personal during the Burnaby Mountain Kinder Morgan pipeline protests last year. One protester felt the police could have done a better job identifying themselves during the situation. PHOTO FILE

Complainant wants to educate, not punish, cops Officer refused to give his real name to protester on mountain

By Cayley Dobie

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An unsettling incident involving a Burnaby RCMP officer last fall has a local man calling for Mounties to take this opportunity to educate the department on what it truly means to respect its citizens.

Burnaby resident Bjorn Stime was on Burnaby Mountain last November for a vigil organized on the first day of the Kinder Morgan protests – when the injunction was put into effect.

He was there with his infant child strapped to his back, his wife and his in-laws.

Stime and his brotherin-law had some questions about some of the technicalities regarding police escorting employees of a private company to a work site, so they approached two nearby officers to get some answers.

“We introduced ourselves and asked them for their names, and one officer identified himself and he had a badge on – the other didn’t and refused to give his name,” Stime said. “We

thought that was kind of strange, so we pressed the issue and asked, ‘We want to know your name and if not, at least a badge number.’”

Stime said the officer repeatedly refused his requests for his name or badge number. He eventually told them his name was Stan Smith – a generic name Stime’s brother-inlaw thought must be fake.

“I just thought, ‘This isn’t right.’This is a tense situation up on the mountain.This is an officer, armed and in a uniform, who is refusing to identify who he is,” Stime said.

His brother-in-law spoke with on-site representatives from the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and told them what the officer had done, while Stime followed the two officers over to a third officer. He asked the third officer, who hadn’t witnessed the earlier discussion, what the so-called “Const. Stan Smith’s” real name was and he told him his real name.

Stime continued to be bothered by the behaviour

of the officer days later. He told the NOW he felt disrespected and that during such a tense situation, Burnaby RCMP officers should be interacting with residents with the utmost respect. So he lodged an informal complaint through the RCMP’s Civilian Re-

I just thought, ‘This isn’t right’ view and Complaints Commission, hoping the Burnaby detachment would take the opportunity to educate Stride, as well as all other Burnaby officers, on the sections of the Police Act that specifically outline an officer’s duty to identify himself.

Then, Sgt. Derek Thibodeau of the Burnaby RCMP’s professional standards department contacted Stime and offered two options – he could either let the RCMP deal with the complaint through

a formal avenue involving the detachment’s officer in charge or Stime could come up with a way Stride could make amends. “(Thibodeau) suggested things like he (the officer who gave the false name) could come to my house and apologize to me and my family for falsely identifying himself, which I don’t feel really addresses the real issue,” Stime said. Stime suggested the officer write a report on how the detachment could better encourage junior officers to respect the public when interacting with them in tense situations like the Kinder Morgan protests.

Thibodeau responded to Stime and said his request wasn’t something the officer could do because he lacks the years of experience and required knowledge to even begin to write such a report.

Thus began a back and forth between Stime and Thibodeau.

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Sheryl McGraw was walking through the Heights neighbourhood when she smelled a strong chemical scent lastWednesday at 5 p.m.

“I was out and about, doing errands,” she told the NOW. “And you know what?You could smell it right away. At that point, I didn’t even know about the fire.”

McGraw was referring to the four-alarm fire at the Port MetroVancouver Centerm Container Terminal that started around 1 p.m. on March 4.

The burning container had a hazardous organic compound inside, according toVancouver Coastal Health – 20,000 kilograms of trichloroisocyanuric acid, which can irritate the skin, eyes and respiratory system.

McGraw went home and checked online to find out what was going on, which is when she found out about the fire.

“It was just a surprise,” she said. “We weren’t really sure what was happening.”

While she was out, McGraw said she saw elderly people walking in the Heights, as well as families with strollers, which concerned her.

“They should’ve been told to go indoors,” she said.

“They need a better system to notify people.There should’ve been a larger catchment area.”

There were reports of smoke wafting into the city and a chemical smell by other people tweeting from Burnaby, as well.

The City of Burnaby was informed about the fire at 3:50 p.m., according to Lambert Chu, the deputy city manager “Having learned the seriousness of the situation, we activated the Emergency Operation Centre,” Chu said.

The centre had about 25 people on hand, including communications staff, and was located at Burnaby’s RCMP headquarters.

Staff in Burnaby monitored air quality levels, and found the particulate levels peaked at 4 p.m., at 70 ppm (particulates per million), according to Chu, whereas they are typically between

10 and 25 ppm in Burnaby.

But he added traffic, as well as smoke from the fire, may have affected the levels.

The city posted information on its webpage at 5 p.m. and sent out a tweet from its Twitter account at 5:11 p.m. with information on the fire.

“Vancouver Coastal Health recommends that if you are in an area in which you can smell or see smoke, that you should cover your mouth and nose with a wet cloth,” stated the message on the city’s website. “If you are in a building, you should keep the windows closed.”

Burnaby was in contact with the Fraser Health Authority, according to Chu. “No information was passed onto us to step into a higher level of response,” he said.

At 6:10 p.m., Burnaby took part in a conference

They need a better system to notify people.

call withVancouver’s emergency centre, and the “all clear” was given, Chu said.

City staff then tweeted and updated the city’s website with the information.

“To the best of our knowledge, there weren’t any serious health issues in Burnaby,” he said.

If the incident had been a more serious threat to Burnaby, he added, parts of the city could have gone into evacuation mode, and the fire department would have provided assistance.

Vancouver issued a shelter-in-place order for the neighbourhood surrounding the port.The order was lifted at 6 p.m.

Chu said he didn’t know of any similar incidences involving bothVancouver and Burnaby emergency centres.

Two people went to Burnaby Hospital, saying they weren’t feeling well after being exposed to the smoke, according to Tasleem Juma, spokesperson for Fraser Health.

“Both were discharged right away as there were no concerns for their health or well-being,” she wrote in an email to the NOW.

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Burnaby set to spend big bucks on roads, lights The City of Burnaby is coughing up big bucks for capital projects over the next four years, with $7.25 million going to roadwork, pump stations and other infrastructure projects.

Burnaby council approved the spending at Monday night’s council meeting.The most costly projects include $1.54 million for traffic signals, $1.25 million for street lighting, $1 million for structural work on city bridges, and $1.05 million on road and storm sewer improvements in the Riverside area.

CITY HALL UPGRADES It isn’t just city roads and sewers that are up for improvements – the north

block of city hall will be getting some, too.

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Stime added that the officer he dealt with wasn’t the only officer he had heard refused to identify himself during the protests.

This problem appeared to be part of the culture at the Burnaby RCMP, Stime said and he had hoped the detachment would take his complaint as an opportunity to educate its officers.

When the NOW last spoke with Stime earlier this week, he had received what appeared to be a final email from Thibodeau explaining that his complaint was now under review by the officer in charge of the Burnaby RCMP. The NOW contacted the Burnaby RCMP for a comment but was told the detachment couldn’t say anything about the complaint or resulting disciplinary action as these matters are private.

“Discipline is covered by the Privacy Act so we are not able to provide further comment at this time,” Staff Sgt. Maj. John Buis, spokesperson for the Burnaby RCMP, told the NOW. “Public complaints are part of a well-defined process, and it would be inappropriate for me to talk about it with anyone other than the complainant.”

In the meantime, Stime hopes Chief Supt. Dave Critchley, officer in charge of the Burnaby RCMP, decides to go the route of education rather than punishment.

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SFU prez says Yes vote would be best Cornelia Naylor

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SFU president Andrew Petter thinks aYes win in the upcoming transit referendum would be best for students at his university.

He and UBC counterpart Arvind Gupta came out in support of the proposed $7.5-billion transit plan, including a new 0.5 per cent regional sales tax, last week.

“I tend not to speak out on issues unless I think they are of core importance to the university and its operations and its community,” Petter told the NOW, “but when they do, I think I have a responsibility to speak out.”

Existing transportation and transit services in the region already fall short of university students’ needs, he said, and without action now, the future looks even bleaker.

“The thought of going five years or 10 years before we see any significant expansion is, I think, a horrific thought for not only our students but for the general community,” Petter said.

Eighty-eight per cent of SFU undergraduate students report regularly using public transit to get to school, according to student surveys, and they spend an average of 22 minutes more a day commuting than the

national average. sue because they’re the ones In Burnaby, the biggest spending time sitting on a need is for more capacibus instead of in the classty on existing services, acroom or in the library or out cording to Petter, includin the community doing exing more buses across town citing things.” from Metrotown and up the Asked if he would like to mountain from Production have seen more support for Way at peak hours. the transit plan from BurnThe transit plan would aby Mayor Derek Corrigan, deliver just that, he said. who voted against it, Petter Regional improvements said he would leave the loin the plan, including three cal mayor to defend his own lines of light rail in Surposition. rey and a subway along a “I said what I think is portion of Broadthe best position way in Vancoufor our students ver, would also and for the unihelp SFU students versity and for the move between the community,” Petuniversity’s Burnater said, “and I by,Vancouver and fully expect that Surrey campuses many other people in the long term. will disagree with “I think it’s very that, although I much a commuhope everyone acAndrew Petter nity issue but one quaints themselves SFU president that the universiwith the issues. … ty has a particular I think it is very perspective on,” Petter said. much about the future of With the mail-in vote the community.The quescoming up between March tion for me is, are we going 16 and May 29, Petter said to shape the future of the his office will work with the community or are we gostudent association to get as ing to let circumstances tell many students out to vote us the kind of community as possible. we have? And those circum“We certainly won’t be stances will be more contelling students how to gestion, more chaos, more vote,” he said. “We’ll be giv- traffic, less access to univering them the information. sities.” … Students are the ones who have the most at stake COMMENT ON THIS STORY in the future. They have an Burnabynow.com immediate interest in this is-

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Auditor’s office a huge disappointment Even Premier Christy Clark sounded a bit underwhelmed by the work – or lack of – of her very own B.C. office of the auditor general for local government (AGLG). And so she should be.

This past week, a report was leaked which revealed that the department suffers from a lack of direction, constantly shifting priorities and an overworked staff who are dissatisfied with the new organization and the

work they do there. Sound familiar?

Actually it could characterize a lot of workplaces, but with a couple of huge differences.The first one being that this dysfunction is paid for with taxpayer dollars, and the second one being, not only were staff overworked, they didn’t even complete many of the assigned goals of the office.

Which seems like a bit of a contradiction in terms – but apparently you can have

overworked people not producing work.

In the two years the office has been open, it has completed only one audit – one on the town of Rossland – when it was expected to produce 18 – yes, 18.

And, to top it off, it took two years to produce that one at a cost of $5.2 million, given that the office operates on $2.6 million a year.

Clark said: “I would have hoped that there was more than one audit out the door

by now.”

We would have hoped she might have noticed about a year and $2.6 million ago.

But to cut the AGLG’s Basia Ruta some slack, she may have underestimated the task set before her.

Municipalities and towns often develop their own very personal financial practices.

Those practices are intertwined with political policies creating, a potential labyrinth of elements in any audit. As well, we suspect,

most towns and municipalities – unless they have been abandoned by their political honchos – will not be trying to make it easy for the AGLG’s office.

Ruta put it more diplomatically when she said: “There’s quite a bit of diversity in how local governments actually conduct business, and so the processes they have, they’re quite individualized.”

We can see some politicians wringing their hands

with delighted glee.The AGLG’s office was considered a potential tool for the Liberals to muck around with left-leaning cities under the guise of making sure taxpayer money was being used properly. But if the AGLG’s office can’t even operate its own shop – well, they’ve pretty much lost any credibility they may have had to begin with.

And, frankly, that’s too bad.They could have done some good.

MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Yes side isn’t winning votes The transit plebiscite ballots are set to arrive in homes starting next week, which means the campaign over whether or not to hike the sales tax by a half point in MetroVancouver is really just beginning.

Up until now, much of the “debate” between the Yes side and the No side (which largely takes place in media news stories) has been lost on most voters.

But what has become clear, judging from comments on social media and media web sites, is that the No side has uncovered a simmering anger directed at the organization that is most directly linked to the plebiscite issue: TransLink.

I pointed out several weeks ago that theYes side had to get voters focused on potential transit improvements flowing from that tax increase, and away from thinking about TransLink.

But I see no evidence that theYes side has been successful on that front. Last week, the Mayors’ Council announced that billionaire Jimmy Pattison, who oozes credibility, will chair a committee to oversee the money collected by the tax hike. All well and good, but I doubt Pattison’s appointment will trump the ill will directed at TransLink over a number of issues.

For example,TransLink’s decision to change its CEO, while a good one, became a public relations fiasco when its board admitted it was actually going to keep the out-

going CEO on full salary while paying the new CEO a full salary as well.That was done to avoid a huge severance payment, but any rational explanation was lost in the furor over the bad optics of paying two huge salaries.

While most transit experts rank the TransLink system as one of the best in North America and other jurisdictions, it has earned a reputation (unfairly at times) as a bloated, wasteful and tonedeaf organization.

The new CEO, Doug Allen, should be able to make some much-needed changes.TransLink is also getting a capable new communications director, Marc Riddell, which should also lead to some improvements.

But to turn TransLink’s public image into a positive one will take a lot longer than the few weeks voters will have their hands on those plebiscite ballots.

TheYes side seems increasingly desperate, as it flings out big numbers when it comes to reduced travel times or costs if the tax hike is approved and suggests an apocalyptic outcome if it is not.

But all of that talk, I suspect, is nothing more than noise for most folks.What isn’t noise, however, are those entrenched negative attitudes towards TransLink.

And that is reason enough to worry theYes side.

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

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It’s past time to rein in election spending

On taking money from Kinder Morgan

Dear Editor Re: The chequered road to civic power, Opinion, Burnaby NOW, March 4.

In the eyes of many constituents, municipal elections and their results are bought and paid for by a few large developers, unions and civic employees who stand to benefit for years after an election. Election spending limits must be imposed, and since the municipal politicians will not do it, the province must. Also, contributions from parties having direct business relationships with the city, such as unions and developers, who stand to materially benefit from electing their friends must be prohibited.

It is important to recognize that the provincial government currently has a committee to review and implement changes for municipal election spending in 2018.

The province can only do so much to limit waste at the municipal level. Spiralling, out-ofcontrol spending really irritates most citizens, but apparently not enough to get them out to vote. I also must point out the obvious here: there is no real municipal leadership in Burnaby that understands the tax pain of most citizens, the need to keep more money in the pockets of families, and the overall need to lower costs while providing better services (i.e., doing more with less).

In the last election, I ran for mayor of Burnaby with a full slate of individuals who care about their city, and who spent countless hours and their own money (many with very little) to try to make a difference and give our citizens democratic choice. We succeeded in some ways. We raised approximately $28,000 as Burnaby First Coalition, with most funds coming from the individuals who decided to put their lives on hold and run for office to serve their fellow citizens. The Burnaby Citizens Association raised and spent $484,000 (or 17 times more).

Burnaby First Coalition’s key policies were: zero per cent tax increase for three years, more funds for affordable housing, making homelessness a priority, reaching out to citizens to ensure that we had actually consulted with them before making large commitments, and overall, doing more with less, something the current group has demonstrated they will not do. So, instead of asking the provincial government to solve the problem, the council might show some leadership and place limits on spending and donations as individuals and parties where there are none.

Perhaps next time, in 3.5 years, if the playing field is levelled, people will come out to vote for “doing much more with much less” while reining in out of control spending and excessive taxation.

Daren Hancott, president, Burnaby First Coalition Society, mayoral candidate 2014

Oil spill is inevitable Dear Editor Despite the notorious and nowretracted statement that an oil spill would benefit the local economy, it’s safe to say that even Kinder Morgan would not welcome a coastal oil spill. The difference of opinion with Coastal preservationists is in what constitutes an acceptable level of risk. For Kinder Morgan, a small fractional probability represents an acceptable level of risk. For Coastal preservationists, the acceptable level of risk is zero. That is because a potential B.C. pipeline oil spill is much like a potential B.C. earthquake. It’s not a question of IF, but WHEN. B. Hechter, by email

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appaulled Some communities are prepared to be bribed. Others are not. earlrichards There is nothing in this pipeline for British Columbia, except environmental, pollution risks. Once the toxic, tar sands reaches the coast, it will be exported.

Keith Remember, funds are not dependent on agreement with the process.

Yes, funds are dependent on whether the pipeline goes through though.

Burnaby can still fight the pipeline, but if in the end the pipeline goes through, then why not take Kinder Morgan’s money to help improve our city? As the old saying goes “Plan for the worst, hope for the best.”

Really this is a lot like the density bonuses that Burnaby takes from developers. Burnaby allows developers to overbuild and in return, developers give large sum of money back to the city to be used for “community improvements.”

On TransLink and the transit vote NewWest CoffeeNews Dear TransLink, 1) When do you plan to complete the Port Mann bridge project commitment for a fast-bus system. Lots of construction money spent on the access routes, where are the buses?

2) How much have you spent on the Compass card boondoggle? I was in Washington DC and they have a working smart card system thank you very much.

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Time for city to fight homelessness?

Reverend Ken Hey Trevor if you want to spend your own coins on this go ahead, I for one will fight public funding on this to the bitter end. No socialist spending should ever be allowed.

Attract the youth vote LouK In order to get young people to vote it might help if a voting app was available on their cell phones. As we all know, the younger generation is never too far away from these devices.

THE BURNABY NOW WELCOMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. We do, however, edit for taste, legality and length. Priority is given to letters written by residents of Burnaby and/or issues concerning Burnaby. Please include a phone number where you can be reached during the day. Send letters to: The Editor, #201A–3430 Brighton Ave., Burnaby, B.C., V5A 3H4, email to: editorial@burnabynow.com (no attachments please) or fax to: 604-444-3460. Letters to the editor and opinion columns may be reproduced on the Burnaby NOW website, www.burnabynow.com.

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News now Benches being replaced The old, worn wooden bus benches in Burnaby will be replaced by new metal benches, if they haven’t been already.

But the city won’t pay a penny for the project – in fact, it’s estimated it’ll add more than $500,000 to Burnaby’s coffers, according to a report from the city’s financial management

committee.The city has an agreement with Key Bench – one of the two companies that had a prior agreement with the city to provide bus benches – to replace the city’s older benches and maintain them for a 10-year period. Key Bench would get advertising space on the benches, and would pay the city for the space.

The company began replacing its own wooden benches at the beginning of the year and is now starting to replace the wooden benches of the other company Burnaby had an agreement with previously, Goodwill.The benches should be replaced by June, the report stated.

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Corrigan staying out of it Continued from page 1 funding issue has been handled, he said he is a big supporter of public transit.

“It’s kind of ironic for all of them, being one of the biggest supporters and my city being a poster child for using transit, that I’m saying no,” he said. “But I just cannot countenance giving the system more money when I think it’s being spent irresponsibly and I have no way of controlling it.”

Now that the plebiscite is taking place, Corrigan said he’s focusing on what’s best for the continued work of

the Mayors’ Council.

“We have to go work on other issues. So, you know, you don’t want to burn your bridges with your colleagues as a result of losing a vote,” he said.

On March 16, Metro Vancouver residents will begin receiving ballots in the mail, asking whether they support a 0.5 per cent increase to the provincial sales tax to fund the expansion of the regional transit and transportation system. Residents can cast their votes until May 29.

Regional mayors are

campaigning for aYes vote alongside the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition. Jordan Bateman and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation are heading the No Transit Tax campaign.

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housing options such as mid-rise buildings four to 15 storeys high in a terraced formation, as well as the option for two high-rise buildings ranging from 30 to 40 storeys.

The parkside area would run along portions of Dawson Street and Beta Avenue and would include up to four highrise buildings, ranging from 25 to 45 storeys.

The park itself would be 13.32 acres. Some suggestions for the park area include field space, water features, a children’s play area, terraced seating.There is also space that could be set aside for a new elementary school for the area.

And finally, the riparian area would be an extension of the park surrounding Stickleback Creek, and could include low impact trails and pathways, as well as streamside protection to improve fish passage and wildlife habitat.

Burnaby council has approved a motion to present the plan to the public.

“It has some pretty innovative ideas that I don’t think have been tried anywhere else in the world,”

Coun. Dan Johnston said of the report.

James KM Cheng Architecture was hired by Concord Pacific to develop the plan.

There are currently four privately owned properties on the site at 4756 and 4828 Lougheed Hwy. and 2311 and 2316 Delta Ave.; and six city-owned properties at 4874 Lougheed Hwy., and 4818, 4828, 4829, 2235 and 2285 Dawson St. The city is starting a public consultation process for the project, with open houses planned for March and April.

The open houses will be held midweek in the city hall foyer from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at the Holdom Resource Centre from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., according to the report, and residents in the area between Lougheed Highway and the rail line, andWillingdon and Holdom avenues, will be sent brochures with the details.

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Burnaby’s planning and building director Lou Pelletier detailed the site concept in a report presented to council at Monday night’s meeting.

“The hard work that’s been done by staff with the developer and the committee in order to make this what I think is a very innovative plan, and one that reflects the best use of the Brentwood Town Centre, is, I think, extremely important,” Mayor Derek Corrigan said at the meeting. “This is a site that has, I think, provided all of us with a few headaches over the years, but it seems we’ve come to a pretty good resolution, and hopefully the community will agree as they go for their consultation.”

The plan is divided into six areas: the Lougheed parkway at the north end of the site would include a centre median landscaped with trees, shrubs and ambient lighting, according to the report.

The hillside area would include up to four highrises ranging from 35 to 55 storeys with the option of townhouses on the southern slope.The plan also includes a grand staircase leading south from Lougheed Highway toYukon Crescent.The hillside would overlook park space to the south.

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It can be difficult enough to row a canoe, but what about one made entirely of concrete?

Students from UBC’s civil engineering program will be testing that out against a dozen or so universities in the Pacific Northwest division of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ annual concrete canoe competition, held in Idaho in April.The society pits engineering students against each other to see who can build the best canoe entirely out of concrete.

“We’re actually the only Canadian team west of Ontario to make concrete canoes,” said team captain Bradley Ho, a fourth-year student from Burnaby.

One might expect a canoe made out of concrete would sink like a stone, but that’s the challenge for these engineering students: design a canoe that not only floats but can also cut through the water in a feverish neck-andneck sprints.

UBC made its debut in the contest last year and had an excellent showing as a first-time competitor.

“We came in fourth out of 13 teams in our first year, which was a really big feat,” said assistant team captain Anthony McGill, also a fourth year student, adding that some of the schools they went up against are veterans to the contest. “A lot of these teams have been doing this for 20 years or something like that.”

The competition features four main parts of scoring: technical presentation, product display, an academic paper about the canoe, and races.The races include a two-male sprint and endurance race, a two-female sprint and endurance race, and a four-person sprint.

Said McGill, “The people who are paddling, they need

That sinking feeling: Anthony McGill (left) and Bradley Ho, both fourth year civil engineering students at UBC, are designing, building and racing a concrete canoe with 33 classmates in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ annual concrete canoe competition. This will be UBC’s second year competing, following their fourth-place finish last year. PHOTO JACOB ZINN

to be engineering students, so they’re designing, they’re constructing (the canoe), and now you’re adding this whole other element – ‘OK, now we’re going to learn to race a canoe.’”

The team of 35 students is returning this year with their eyes on the podium and a new strategy for assembling their six-metre boat. Last year’s canoe weighed 700 pounds – as Ho put it, “It’d be tough to sell commercially” – but this year, the students are using a different type of concrete

that should cut the weight in half.

Not only that, but the team is trying out a different mould to more accurately shape the canoe. Rather than form the concrete around a “male mould,” the team inverted the guide to make a “female mould” that would make a better surface for the canoe.

“Last year, we made a mould out of strips of plywood bent around a curve,” said Ho. “This year, we had foam blocks.We drew our canoe shape in SolidWorks,

like a 3D model, and we gave it to a company and they cut it for us.”

“Innovation-wise, I think we’ve taken a huge step,” added McGill. “I couldn’t find a ton of teams that do a female mould like we’re doing, with epoxy foam.”

Both Ho and McGill noted that putting together the concrete canoe is about more than racing against other teams – it’s a handson project involving lots of teamwork that, unlike most engineering work, the students will actually see to

completion.

“This is a chance to design something and get to see the finished project,” said McGill. “That’s not something that happens very much in civil engineering.”

The team is confident that they’ll place well at the ASCE contest.They already have plans to compete at the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers’ concrete canoe contest in Toronto in early May. But right now, their sights are on the ASCE’s podium.

“We think that we have enough innovation to push into the top tier of teams at the competition,” said Ho. “We understand now what the competition’s like and what we have to focus on to get better.We’re ready to enter the top three.”

“Preferably first,” added McGill with a chuckle. “If you come in first at this one, you head to nationals.

“We just want to get out there and representWestern Canada.”

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It’s no pie in the sky dream for Cotto Enoteca – the Burnaby restaurant has a good shot at winning Vancouver Foodster’s pizza challenge.

The Burnaby pizzeria has thrown its pie in the ring –the Pizza Pomo Verde, which includes Urbani’s spicy fennel sausage, Carozzi Tellagio formaggio, fior di latte, fresh fennel and green apple chive slaw, according to a press release from food blog Vancouver Foodster.

The pizza was invented by executive chef Will Lucas, the release stated.The Burnaby restaurant is up against The Bibo and Pizza Fabrika in Vancouver and Alberello Pizzeria in North Vancouver.

The pizzerias have two chances to win – one winner is determined by four me-

dia judges while the other is people’s choice. Diners can cast their votes when they visit participating restaurants and order the competing pizzas.

The four judges are Breakfast Television’s Thor Diakow, food and arts writer Jay Minter, traffic reporter Jennifer Thomson

and food blogger Adrian Harris, according to the release.

The challenge runs until March 28.

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On May 8, the Burnaby South Grade 12 student will host a fundraising dinner aimed at raising $10,000 to build a school in India.

The initiative was inspired by a volunteer trip Sahota took last summer with Free the Children to Nicaragua.

There, she met children who know education is the only way to get out of poverty.

“The fact that they were all willing to do it but just didn’t have the resources is what inspired me to choose education and fundraising for that,” Sahota said.

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ROBOTICS TEAM HAS A STRONG SHOWING The Burnaby school district’s only competitive robotics team hosted the VEX Robotics B.C. provincial championships last month and earned a spot in the semifinal.

Forty robotics teams from across the province descended on Alpha Secondary Feb. 21 and put their robots through the paces, stacking and pushing plastic cubes and cones for points.

Each year, teams of students design, build and program new robots and compete in a game-based

engineering challenge announced at the previous years’ world championships.

This is Alpha’s first full year of competition.

The educational benefit for student competitors is “huge,” according to tech teacher Russell Evanisky.

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AlphaRobotics, which includes two sub-teams and two robots, qualified for the provincials after competing at four events this year.

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Knight girls take second straight bronze medal at AA hoop provincials Tom Berridge

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St.Thomas More won a third consecutive medal at the B.C. high school girls’ basketball championships.

The varsity Knights, runners-up at the 2013 junior provincials and a bronze medalist last season, withstood an early fourth quarter rally to defeat independent rival Notre Dame Jugglers 70-62 to win a second third-place medal at the provincial AA girls’ hoop championships at the Langley Events Centre on Saturday.

Leading 51-45 heading into the final quarter, STM gave up the lead early in the period after backto-back, game-tying threepointers from first team all-star Laura Bondi of Burnaby.

Notre Dame teammate Trisha Francia then gave the Vancouver regional school a two-point lead from the foul line on two of her 18 points.

But STM had an answer.

Nikko Sahagun replied with a trey of her own, one of four in the second half for the Grade 11 guard/forward.

Zion Corrales-Nelson led the Knights’ attack with 25 points, on nine-of18 shooting, six rebounds, four assists and three steals, and was named a first team tournament all-star.

A day earlier, STM lost its semifinal 82-77 to eventual provincial champion Immaculata.

Gold again: The so-far unbeaten Burnaby South Rebels won the Grade 9 provincial boys’ basketball title. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

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On the march: Leilani Carney, seen with ball at the Lower Mainlands, was named an honourable mention following the B.C. high school AA girls’ basketball championships. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

“It’s tough obviously,” Corrales-Nelson said of the semifinal loss. “But you get what you get.We fought the whole way.”

Corrales-Nelson also scored 24 points in STM’s opening 65-57 win over Lambrick Park.

Honourable mention allstar Leilani Carney had 24 in STM’s 73-63 victory over Seycove in the quarter-finals.

Carney, one of five graduating Knight seniors, had 12 points in her final game,

most of them coming at the charity stripe.

“It hurts, but it’s really nice to have a medal again,” said Carney after the game. “We worked hard for this and I think we really deserved this.”

Stephanie VonRiedemann chipped in with 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Knights.

Notre Dame’s Jolene Robinson, with 13 points, joined Bondi on the provincial first team.

“We gave it all we could,”

said Bondi, who led all scorers with 29 points, including nine-of-15 threepointers. “At the beginning of the year, we were wondering if we’d even get out of the Mainlands – we’ve come a long way. Overall, we’re happy with how we finished.”

Immaculata defeated Little Flower Academy 65-55 in the AA final. LFA’s Jessica Hanson, with a gamehigh 31 points and nine rebounds, was named the provincial MVP.

The Burnaby South Rebels are on their way to not just a second consecutive perfect season, but a potentially perfect high school career.

The Grade 9 Rebel boys’ basketball team won its second straight high school provincial basketball banner this weekend, winning the juvenile boys’ banner 56-48 over host Kitsilano on Saturday.

Provincial tournament MVP Vince Sunga was also named the player of the game for South in the banner final.

South carried a 65-game consecutive winning streak into the tournament and chalked up four more victories en route to the gold

medal and matching plaque to go with last season’s Grade 8 provincial championship title.

Player of the game Jusef Sehic led the Rebels into the provincial final following a 77-62 win over St. George’s in the semifinal on Friday.

South opened with big wins over the Lake Trail Lakers and W.J. Mouat earlier in the competition.Vicente Balitaan and Sunga were named players of the game in the team’s first two outings.

The current Burnaby South senior boys’ team also won the juvenile provincials in 2012.

Jermaine Haley and Nick Irvine, in 2009, were both named tournament MVPs for South at past Grade 9 championships.

Lucky Lions 13th in provincial AAA hoop debut Tom Berridge

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Who says 13 isn’t a lucky number? The Burnaby Mountain Lions, that’s who.

The first-time AAA girls’ provincial basketball enttrant finished in 13th place following a 64-58 victory over Elgin Park following the B.C. high school championships at the Langley Events Centre on Saturday.

The surprise Lower Mainland No. 3 seed lost its opening two games at the provincials – falling 90-57 to No. 3 seed Riverside and 67-56 to ranked Crehan Cup champion Handsworth the following day.

But the plucky Lions end-

ed on a winning note, earning its first-ever win at the provincials with a 67-57 win over Mt. Baker in Game 3 on 20-plus point performances from Grade 11 guard Jacey Bailey and senior Brooke Gabriel.

Bailey, who had 28 points and 12 rebounds against Mt. Baker, was named a honourable mention tournament all-star following the provincials.

Gabriel added 27 points, including five three-pointers, in the historic win.

The pair also teamed up with 27 and 21 points, respectively, to lead the Lions over Elgin Park in the final placement matchup.

“It was a big surprise for us to end up in the pro-

vincials,” said Gabriel, one of two sets of twins on the Mountain roster. “The fact we placed 13th was just a huge accomplishment.”

We worked hard.

We were No. 1 in our hearts.

Elgin Park tied the contest 54-54 with less than three minutes left in the final quarter, but Brooke regained the lead for the Lions with her fifth three of the game.

She then set up Bailey for a smooth lay-in that put Mountain comfortably

ahead.

“The placing wasn’t anything,” Gabriel added.

“The fact we placed 13th – we worked hard – we were No.1 in our hearts. It was just an honour.”

Twin sister Alix Gabriel chipped in with 10 points.

Bailey, who had a double-double in all but one of the Lions’ four games, finished the provincial tournament with an all-time B.C. high school top-20 total of 115 points, including 32 points and 10 boards against Handsworth, and 42 rebounds.

Brookswood repeated as AAA provincial champ, defeating W.J. Mouat 68-55 in the B.C. girls’ AAA high school final.

Hands up: Martina Pettenon, left, and honourable mention all-star Jacey Bailey, right, helped the Burnaby Mountain Lions to a 13th-place finish at the B.C. AAA high school girls’ basketball championships.

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Sportsnow Moscrop boys win team Burnaby Mountain girl 2nd in all-around Tom Berridge

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Michelle Sargent took a break from basketball to win a second-place medal for Burnaby Mountain at the B.C. high school gymnastics championships last week.

Michelle, who was also on the bench for the Mountain Lions at the B.C. AA girls’ basketball championships this weekend, was runner-up in the Level 3 girls’ all-around at the B.C. high school freestyle gymnastic provincials at Sutherland secondary.

Michelle, a 17-year-old senior, placed third on the uneven bars, fifth on the balance beam and seventh on vault.

“I’m so excited,” said Michelle. “I was surprised and happy. It’s such a big accomplishment to come second in all of B.C.” Michelle’s twin sister Monique was a starter on the Lions’ basketball team.

Liam Hart won the allaround for the Level 1

champion Moscrop Secondary boys’ team.

Hart was first on the pommel horse, second on floor exercise, fifth on both parallel and horizontal bars, seventh on rings and ninth on the vault.

Moscrop teammate Ben Cleroux placed fifth in the Level 1 all-around, including fourth-place finishes on parallel and horizontal bars.

Cleroux was also a top-10 finisher on floor, horse and rings.

Maddy Gomes was seventh in Level 2 girls’ allaround, including a secondand third-place finish on beam and vault, respectively.

Li Jing Sheaves finished fourth in the Level 1 senior girls’ all-around, including runner-up placements on floor and vault and a sixthplace on beam.

Moscrop senior Katya Suvorov was ninth on beam, while juniors Holly Campbell was fourth on beam and Roanna De Guzman was eighth on floor in Level 1.

In 2011, Moscrop also

won a Level 1 boys’ team title.

The west Burnaby school will host next year’s gymnastics championships.

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Vehicle license, insurance, and registration are extra. Lease offer only available through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services on approved credit for a limited time. 1 Lease example based on $398/$428 (excluding taxes) per month for 39 months (STK#R1553077/R1553838), due on delivery includes down payment or equivalent trade of $8,047/$7,737, plus first month lease payment, security deposit, and applicable fees and taxes. Lease APR of 3.9%/3.9% applies. Total cost of borrowing is $3,898/$4,692. Total obligation is $26,397/$27,360. 12,000km/year allowance ($0.20/km for excess kilometres applies). 2 Three (3) months payment waivers are valid on the 2015 GLA/2015 C-Class for deals closed before March 31, 2015. First, second, and third month payment waivers are capped at $400/$450 per month for lease. Only on approved credit through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. Dealer may sell for less. Offers may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers. See your authorized Mercedes-Benz Vancouver dealer for details or call the Mercedes-Benz Vancouver Customer Care at 1-855-554-9060. Offer ends March 31, 2015.

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