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New condos saturate the city market Real estate agent says owners’ expectations are too high when selling

By Janaya Fuller-Evans

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where many refugees and new immigrants settle because of low housing costs.

Newcomer parents work hard to make ends meet,Woodruff said, and BASES founders set out to lend a hand with the kids.

“What we’re trying to do is provide activities at the schools that will keep the kids in a safe place,” she told the NOW, “and also to give these kids opportunities that most Canadian kids have.”

Ultimately, the work benefits the whole community, she said.

“It gives new Canadians opportunities to accelerate their entry into Canadian society, and it gives those kids a stronger foundation in Canadian society so that they’re less likely to get into gangs or get into alternate lifestyles that aren’t healthy.”

But the BASES Family Thrift Store does more than raise money to help out refugee

While homes are selling like hotcakes throughout the region, Burnaby is facing a bit of a lag when it comes to condos.

In particular, newer condos – those purchased by owners and quickly put up for sale – are facing challenges in a saturated market, according to Burnaby listing agent Edward Si. Si, who is with RE/MAX Central, kept tabs on Burnaby’s expired listings – those homes that are taken off the market before they sell – in March.

“Most of the homes are almost brand new,” he said of the expired condo listings. “Those homes we find aren’t very easy to get sold. Owners’ expectations are too high.”

Part of the issue is the number of new residential highrises being built in the city, particularly in Metrotown, Si said.

If a new building has 150 to 200 units, about 20 of those units could go back on the market right away, he said, adding the units often have the same floor plan.

“It’s very hard to get a quick sale,” he said. “They’ve got to be very realistic about how much to sell their home (for).”

Si specializes in listing condos and said many of his clients sell their condos and move into single-family homes in Coquitlam or farther east.

Overall, Burnaby’s real estate market has been very good for sellers recently, he said.

In February, on average, one out of every three homes listed sold, according to Si. In particular, homes under $1 million did quite well – out of 56 available, 34 sold, he said.

“That’s over 50 per cent,” Si said, adding the industry considers things shifting into a sellers’ market when more than 20 to 25 per cent of the homes

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GOWNS FOR GOOD From left: BASES (Burnaby Association for South East Side) Family Thrift Store assistant manager Judy Brennan and volunteers Kimberly Merchant, Kelly Fu and Julia Zhao show off prom dresses now on sale at the store.. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

Charity starts right here Group’s family thrift store in Burnaby helps raise more than $10,000 to support local students

By Cornelia Naylor

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Last month was a good one for Peggy Woodruff.

As treasurer of the Burnaby Association for South East Side (BASES for short), she got to cut $10,000 in cheques for programs, supplies and equipment for Edmonds-area schools.

“We are absolutely thrilled,”Woodruff said.

The last time the non-profit – created in 2010 to support extra programs at Edmonds, Stride Avenue,Twelfth Avenue, Morley and Byrne Creek Secondary – gave out money a year ago, it totaled $2,000.

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BASES’s main project, its family thrift store on Kingsway between 14th and 15th avenues.

Sales at the store have climbed steadily since it opened in October 2013, but the project has also inspired a flow of donations from people who’ve bought into the concept.

“People were so excited and they wanted to be part of this initiative,”Woodruff said during a presentation to the Burnaby school board last month.

The $10,000 will go toward things like basketballs for a girls’ program at Twelfth Avenue, after-school snacks at Morley, a bikerepair program at Edmonds and a book giveaway in June.

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City studies new child care sites

By Cornelia Naylor

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The City of Burnaby is spending $80,000 to look into where in the school district to place up to 12 new child care centres.

The city and board of education signed a Memorandum of Agreement in December that will see the district contribute land for the facilities, while the city pays for the placement of modular buildings to house them.

The centres will be run by non-profit service pro-

ON THE MENU: Trish Bell, owner of Burnaby’s Casalinga Foods, and Dustin Coelho will be featured on CBC’s Dragon’s Den on April 8.

The duo impressed Vikram Vij with their packaged cabbage rolls. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

Fusion cabbage rolls mix grabs top chef’s attention VikramVij saw an opportunity in Burnaby food business

By Janaya Fuller-Evans

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Casalinga Foods has had a successful 20 years in Burnaby, but owner Trish Bell always suspected she would find even bigger opportunities in the cabbage patch.

What she didn’t know is that the cabbage patch would lead to an appearance on Dragons’ Den and a partnership with famed restaurateur and entrepreneur Vikram Vij. Bell, who owns the meal delivery service, began using scraps of cabbage to make mini cabbage rolls a few years ago. She procured a pressure canner and tried canning them, and discovered an unexpected culinary treat.

“Oh my God, they were incredible,” she said. “They melt in your mouth.”

However, she didn’t have time to consider marketing them until a BCIT marketing graduate, Dustin Coelho, contacted her in

2013.

Less than a year later, they were pitching the product to CBC Television’s Dragons’ Den. At first, Bell didn’t think the audition had gone well, but when the producers in Toronto tried the cabbage rolls, the pair got a spot on the show.

Their episode aired on Jan. 15.Vij, who is one of the investors on the program, decided to partner with the pair, forming DTV Food Group.

“He’s all about healthy, fresh...” Bell said, “and so are we.”

Providing an entire healthy meal was a big factor for Bell, who said the rolls contain vegetables, protein and healthy carbohydrates.

The trio has decided to use retort pouches instead of canning their pork and butter chicken varieties of cabbage rolls, which means they’ll be producing ready-made cooked meals that have a shelf life of five

years, according to Coelho.

When Coelho first approached Bell, he told her he had a multi-million dollar idea for her.

“She responded, ‘I have a multi-billion dollar idea.’

I thought she was mocking me,” he said, laughing.

But they both decided

I have a multibillion dollar idea. I thought she was mocking me.

Bell’s cabbage roll idea was a good one.

The cabbage rolls are going into production at Vij’s Surrey-based facility this month, but locals can try a frozen version at Casalinga Foods.

DTV Food Group plans to distribute the cabbage rolls in B.C. to start, hopefully going nationwide in the months to come, according to Coelho.

But the sky’s the limit, because the retort pouches can be shipped anywhere, he added.

For Vij, it wasn’t just the idea that peaked his interest – it was Bell and Coelho.

“Trish and Dustin caught my attention,” he told the NOW. “They had the right answers. She’d been cooking for quite awhile, and he’s the perfect marketing guy.”

Vij’s goal is to have a lucrative partnership with the pair, he said.

“My hope is a few years down the road we can say, ‘Wow, that was a great idea and we made money on it,’”Vij said.

Bell and Coelho’s success story is being featured on a Dragons’ Den episode tonight ( Wednesday, April 8) at 8 p.m.

viders governed by operating agreements with the district.

City and district staff have begun preliminary planning for the project, including choosing the first three sites, according to a report at last month’s school board meeting, but the locations being reviewed have yet to be made public.

“We have identified three sites for the city,” secretary-treasurer Greg Frank told the NOW. “We’re going through a process with them to look at feasibility.”

Liquor store at UniverCity goes to public hearing

By Janaya Fuller-Evans

jfullerevans@burnabynow.com

Liquor store proposals for Burnaby are now trickling in as the B.C. government’s overhaul of its liquor laws begins to take effect.

Changes include everything from allowing liquor stores to be located inside grocery stores to reductions in the distance required between liquor stores from five kilometres down to one kilometre.

B.C. liquor stores can also be open on Sundays.

At Monday night’s council meeting, Coun. Nick Volkow questioned city staff on how the applications for Burnaby liquor store changes would by handled.

“Are we anticipating them coming in one at a time?” he asked.

While the city is expecting liquor store rezoning applications now that the B.C. liquor reforms are underway, the city’s director of planning and building, Lou Pelletier, said they couldn’t be sure what they might be or when they’ll come.

The first to arrive was a proposal for a B.C. Liquor Store in the UniverCity neighbourhood, across from Nester’s Market.

Burnaby city council passed a motion Monday

night to advance the rezoning application from SFU Community Trust to a public hearing.

The liquor store would be located on University

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High Street.The proposed operating hours are 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

Council also received a rezoning application to extend the hours of another B.C. Liquor Store.The store opened last August in Kensington Square Mall.

The application from the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch proposes extending the hours to 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

Both applications are going to public hearing on April 28 at 7 p.m. in council chambers at city hall.

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Petition asks feds to oppose pipeline expansion Jennifer Moreau

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It was the most-signed petition Kennedy Stewart has ever presented in Parliament.

On March 25, the Burnaby-Douglas MP tabled a petition calling on the federal government to oppose Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion, which would run through Burnaby if approved.

“The signatories note this export-only crude oil pipeline brings massive environmental and economic risk but no real benefits for local residents.This is without a doubt the No. 1 issue facing Burnaby, and my office has never received so many petitions before from constituents,” he said in the House of Commons. “While I know the Conservatives and Liberals both support the new Kinder Morgan pipeline, I urge the government to take this call to oppose this pipeline very seriously, Mr. Speaker.”

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It also gives them an affordable place to shop and a way to gain valuable Canadian work experience through volunteering.

“We see this as one of these ventures that is multipurpose,”Woodruff said.

While the BASES Family Thrift Store is thriving, Woodruff, BASES president Sharon Domaas and volunteer coordinator Laurie Molstad used their presentation to trustees last week to put out a call for help.

Besides needing a constant flow of willing volunteers and donated items, BASES is also looking for a new, affordable place to set up shop in the neighbourhood.

The association’s lease runs up in July, and the store will then be at the mercy of a 90-day “turf-our clause,” said Woodruff.

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Young artist’s work helps autistic children Jennifer Moreau

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For Burnaby mom Jessica Norman, heroes come in small packages.

Her daughter, Linden Ford, is only six, but she’s raised thousands for the Canucks Autism Network, which runs sports, recreational and social activities for kids with autism year round. Her main motive: to make other autistic kids happy.

“She’s my hero,” Norman said. “She’s leading the way.

She’s supporting kids just like her.”

Linden, with the help of her mom, held an art sale on March 27 in Vancouver, where she auctioned off 22 pieces of art and raised $2,065.The North Growth Foundation matched the funds, doubling the final donation.

Linden paints colourful images on canvas featuring stripes, rainbows, patterns and depictions of people and houses. Norman said the fundraising was all her own idea.

If a six-year-old can do, can’t everyone do it?

“I’m pretty honoured that I’m her mom,” Norman said. “She just reminds me that little things are more important, and money isn’t everything. Giving back is something that everyone can do. If a six-year-old can do, can’t everyone do it?”

According to Norman,

there’s a general assumption that kids diagnosed with autism don’t have feelings, but her daughter’s selflessness proves otherwise.

“She likes to make kids happy, that’s just what she likes to do,” Norman said.

Linden’s efforts also earned her status as a Hammer’s Hero, a program where Canucks defenceman Dan Hamhuis recognizes kids who have contributed to their communities.

To see Linden’s art, go to www.facebook.com/Linden Ford.

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Burnaby MP’s e-petitions plan becomes reality Jennifer Moreau

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Kennedy Stewart’s idea to bring e-petitions to Canada is officially reality, after the House of Commons implemented the plan on March 11.

As soon as the house reconvenes after the next federal election, Canadians will be able to file petitions online, and a minimum of 500 signatures will trigger a response from the relevant minister.

“It’s a done deal,” said Stewart, MP for BurnabyDouglas.

Stewart has been safeguard to prepushing for e-pevent frivolous camtitions since 2012. paigns. Stewart said The House of he thinks the webCommons currentsite will create largly accepts paper peer-than-expected titions but not onchange. line versions.

“For one thing, it Stewart said will make the methere will be a webdia and Canadians Kennedy Stewart site, governed by know what petiBurnaby MP the speaker of the tions are out there, House of Combecause they are all mons, where members of the centralized now on a website. public can create online petiIf a petition gets 100,000 sigtions.The site will include a natures, or 200,000 signadrop-down menu so petition- tures, it will go to the media, ers can ask an MP to sponand it will be very, very hard sor the petition, which is a for a minister not to do some-

and the whole cabinet voted against it in the House of Commons, and I still ended up getting something,” he said.

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A plan for Pro-D days is a good thing In the never-ending sword fight that is relations between government and teachers, last week’s introduction of the Education Statutes Amendment Act is raising hackles from both trustees and teachers.

While a large part of Bill 11 is directed at school boards, giving the education minister more powers to oversee how districts use their funds, the idea of setting Pro-D

day standards may seem like a cheap shot at professionals who are looking to improve and access new learning tools.

It is hard not to agree that the idea and purpose of professional development days should be more clear and accountable to taxpayers – many of whom are parents paying double when it comes to finding childcare solutions for the teacher study sessions.

The purpose of Pro-D days are a valuable use of educators’ time – attending education sessions and learning teaching skills to bring back to the classrooms. But this altruistic description falls short of giving parents a clear idea of the changes occurring in education and how it is applied locally – or if there is an applicable lesson to be used at home.

Doesn’t it make sense

Many people out there think a Pro-D day is just a grown-up ‘Snow Day.’

to tell parents what courses or sessions teachers are attending on their

Pro-D days? There are many people out there who think a Pro-D day is just a grown-up ‘Snow Day,’ that the scheduling is done to create extra-long weekends sandwiched around a statutory holiday.

It seems a stretch to have a Pro-D day a month after spring break and a week after the Easter long weekend.

From some parents’ view point, it would be

more efficient if Pro-D days were bundled in pairs, making a couple of short weeks instead of the nearly monthly one-day interruption and scramble to get a babysitter.

On this front, having accountability and a more coordinated schedule would make Pro-D days easier to swallow.

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May be time to stop tax cuts Several events last week served as timely reminders that, sooner or later, there has to be a discussion about tax policy in this country and in the provinces.

One fiscal year ended, and another one began.

And that meant a slew of various fee hikes kicked into action, from B.C. Hydro rate increases to B.C. Ferry fare hikes to a boost to ICBC rates.Throw in the earlier jump in medical service premiums and higher employment insurance levies, and you can see that being nickel-and-dimed in increasingly higher levels adds up to real dollars.

As for the other half of this argument – the service delivery side of government – it’s worth noting social assistance rates haven’t gone up much for years, and the education sector is increasingly looking desperate for more funding to prevent layoffs and other cuts.

And last week saw a protest rally against something that has been flying below the radar for a couple of years now: the federal government’s unilateral decision to cut in half the annual increase it provides provinces when it came to health-care funding.

The federal Conservative government served notice several years ago it would not renew, or extend, the Canada Health Accord, a 10-year agreement that topped up existing healthcare transfers from Ottawa

to provinces by more than $40 billion.

Ottawa has been providing annual increases to provinces of about six per cent. Starting in two years, that will on average be cut in half and will essentially match a rise in economic impact.

Because health care budgets are so massive, a cut of this proportion is staggering in size when it is translated to actual dollars.

In B.C., for example, the impact is expected to be close to $5 billion over 10 years, or a reduction of about a half billion dollars a year.To put that in perspective, this province’s health care budget is forecast to increase by roughly $500 million a year for the next few years, so the federal government’s reduction will eventually equal the entire annual increase to the system.

If B.C. remains committed to injecting this kind of money into the health care sector year in and year out, it means the provincial government must find a whole bunch of “new” revenue every year (or cut programs and services).

The problem is, revenues are increasingly precious to government and new revenue streams are seized upon with glee – with the exception of straight tax increases.

Cutting taxes has been the mantra of governments everywhere for almost two decades now, but it may be time to revisit that attitude.

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Dan Johnston. He added that traffic on Griffiths was “pretty intense.” Director of engineering, Craig Sinclair said design features to get people using the bridge would be part of the plan.

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Dear Editor It seems there are many university graduates looking for employment long after leaving school. However, schools like BCIT and Kwantlan college which at one time specialized in the trades are now offering degree programs. I assume they are doing so to fill a demand. Are the colleges and the high schools both missing the message, or is it merely a problem of perception? Will the youngsters of today choose a trade as a career path with or without better equipped shops at schools? Perhaps, but I submit there are shades of grey here.

The best a high school can do is to provide a variety of education in all its forms, including woodworking, auto mechanics, and metalwork, in addition to the traditional academic curriculum. To that end, I agree with the premise that schools need well equipped shops, staffed with experienced tradespeople as teachers. School board trustees, please take note. A discussion with parents, teachers, school principals and industry seems the next step to help determine what is really needed to better serve our communities.

Ralph McDiarmid, Burnaby

Democracy being hijacked Dear Editor Recently, I got a phone call from a “pollster” stating they were going to ask questions about “possible recall” of a politician in Burnaby. They asked if I lived in the riding of MLA Richard Lee and I said yes. They asked if I was satisfied with his representation or would I be interested in signing a recall petition against him. I said that I thought he was doing a good job and I felt that recall should not be abused in this manner. They hung up on me.

Richard Lee is a backbencher Liberal and, as such, is not in a decision-forming position with the party. To blame him for anything that one might dislike about the Liberals is untrue and unfair. For the NDP, and its Corrigan-led Burnaby soul mates, to be trying to hijack our MLA simply because he is the lone non-NDP candidate is outrageous. This is an abuse of the system and democracy, let alone the costs the NDP is trying to foist upon the voters for a recall election and a second one, if successful. The recall folks should be ashamed of themselves and quit being bullies with our democracy. If someone asks me to sign a recall position, I’m going to say ‘Hell no,’ and I hope you do the same. Mr. Lee won the last election and is doing his job. If you don’t like him, vote him out next election, but stop this recall nonsense, now.

Bill Phelps, Burnaby

Balking at teachers’ ‘entitled attitudes’ Dear Editor So teacher Donna Morgan is “affronted” that the Teachers Act would set professional standards for teachers and their professional development. My employer rightly approves (or “controls,” according to Morgan) mine based on the contribution to the company’s bottom line. And it’s done on my own time – no Pro-D days for me. No wonder the public balks at B.C. teachers’ attitude of entitlement.

Lena Gilfled, Burnaby

Huh A rational deliberation by who?

I think it should be the two sides who are directly involved in this issue. I see two huge obstacles, one is how the Comfort Women were recruited and treated to work in these brothels. Both sides have their side of the story and are not willing right now to work out a common interpretation of what really happened. My suspicion is that it was a huge operation that these women were treated differently based on when and where they were stationed at. Another issue is that the Comfort Women issue is directly tied into the ongoing feud between Japan and South Korea regarding territories claimed, geographical names and historical interpretation between the two countries.

As another person has commented, the Comfort Women statue in the eyes of many Japanese is a symbol taking the Korean side of all Japanese-Korean issues. In Glendale CA and Alexandria VA, the statue erected there is seen by many Japanese as cities taken over by Korean special interest group in the US. When the statues were unveiled, there was a heavy Japanese and Korean media coverage that overshadowed the local media, and since then the statue has been a “must-see place” for Koreans and for right-wing Japanese interests demanding the statue to be taken away. Based on what is happening in these two US cities, I see the statue has no merit in helping resolve the issue, only antagonize one of the communities in Burnaby and put a huge wedge between two communities.

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He advises condo owners to spruce up the place before selling, as well as being realistic about the price.

Making sure the unit is clean, free of odors, and clear of clutter is important if you want someone else to consider living there, he explained.

“When a potential buyer comes along, they can’t get past the stage of seeing too much stuff,” Si said, adding the average two-bedroom condo in Burnaby is 800 to 1000 sq. ft. “It’s hard for them to visualize how they will live there.”

Kelley Law, an agent with RE/MAX All Points Realty in Coquitlam, said both single-family homes and condos are selling well in the Tri-Cities area, particularly in Port Moody centre.

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In comparison with Burnaby, Law said her colleagues who sell here say detached homes sell quickly but condos can end up sitting.

According to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, last month’s sales in the region saw a 53.7 per cent increase in comparison with March 2014.

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Elsie Dean Occupation ACTIVIST AND VOLUNTEER Why is she in the news?

Elsie Dean, a longtime activist in Burnaby, recently won the City of Burnaby’s 2014 Outstanding Citizen of the Year award.

“I couldn’t imagine it,” she told the NOW after being named for the award. “It’s quite an honour.”

Dean has lived in Burnaby since 1970 and has been active on a political level since arriving.

She is a founding member of the Voices of Burnaby Seniors task force and BROKE – Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion, and was also a founding member of Women Elders in Action – We*Act. Burnaby city councillors were vocal in their support of Dean as the city’s Kushiro Cup winner, noting her long

Q:When did you first become politically involved and why?

A: My parents were farmers in northern Saskatchewan struggling through the Depression years of the 1930s while raising eight children. My mother believed it was not right that people who worked so hard and produced so much should live in poverty. I often went with my mother to protest meetings.With all this going on around me I learned a lot about social justice as a child. I never thought we would allow the extreme inequality we are experiencing today.

Q.What issues have been most important to you?

A. From my youth and through my life, the most important issue for me is to put an end to war and militarism and create a world at peace. In August

history of volunteerism and political involvement in the city.

Coun. Dan Johnston recalled seeing election signs with Dean’s name on them back in the 1970s and said Dean has a more comprehensive resumé than most citizens who’ve been honoured.

Mayor Derek Corrigan, who has known Dean for 35 years, saluted her for being a “very dedicated volunteer.”

Dean will receive her award on May 1.

Meanwhile, she recently took the time to share her story, talking about the origins of her social activism with the Burnaby NOW. – Janaya Fuller-Evans

WALKING THE WALK Elsie Dean in front of Kinder Morgan’s marine terminal in Burnaby. The longtime Burnaby resident and winner of the 2014 Kushiro Cup took time out to share the story of her social activism efforts. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.When I learned of the testing of the atomic bomb in early 1940s, I joined others and we began to study the effects of these tests. I participated in organizing the peace marches of the ’70s and ’80s that included more than 100,000 people. It is puzzling and disappointing to me that all that positive energy dissipated while weapons of mass destruction have become more lethal and wars continue.

Q. Describe the political climate when you first became an activist.What was that like for you?

A. It was the dirty ’30s and people were not happy with the economy at the time, and demanded governments take more responsibility in relieving poverty. Protests were everywhere. It was at this

inspired today as I see the native people of Canada standing up for justice and inviting all of us to join them in working for the health of the planet.

A voice for change: Elsie Dean, recently named the city’s Citizen of the Year, has been interested in social justice since childhood.

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time that talk of war was in the news, Spanish Civil War and impending war with the Nazi government in Germany.

Q.Who inspired you most in your early days as an activist? Who inspires you now?

A. My inspiration always comes when people get together to take a stand up against wars, racism, equality such as rights of women and others. I am

Q.What are the differences between fighting for women’s rights in the ’70s and fighting for the rights of female elders now?

A. In the ’70s women organized to demand equality, remove discriminating laws and customs.Women have achieved much to overcome inequality, but the effects linger on and are still felt by those women today. Older women were active in the movement of Gray Power, which was a response to government cuts to many programs fought for in the past. In 1999, older women got together and established an organization,We*Act – Women Elders in Action, to research and remove the effects of inequality on older women. For lack of interest

We*Act folded in 2012.

Q.What are the main issues for seniors today, and how can communities better accommodate them?

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Issues for older people are much the same – not enough income to keep up with rising prices.

adequate housing. Older people need communities to recognize that growing poverty needs to be stopped and a plan in place to accomplish this.

Q.Why did you cofound BROKE and what do you hope to achieve regarding the Kinder Morgan pipeline?

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Oui Paris has a secret – but it won’t stay secret for long.

Past the display cases and the ornate tables and chairs, behind the patrons happily chatting in the café at 4092 Hastings St., is the neighbourhood’s newest general store.

“We’ve got everything – some new, some used, some antiques, some reinished,” she said. “Everything you see is for sale.”

“The combination of the café and emporium, it works,” owner Theresa Pantano said. “The women love it.”

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Offering up a mix of new and old at general store Continued from page 12 ...

Pantano has a warehouse full of antique pieces, she said, some of which she refurbishes, while others are put out as is.

and tables; cushions and prints, armoires and knick knacks. Hanging from above is an 18th century chandelier from a French castle – “I do a lot of before and afters,” many of the items Pantano sells are she said, pointing to a stool she brought from Paris. reupholstered and painted. “I’ve redone one just so you can see the The store opened more than a possibilities.” month ago, and the café has been

in business for a year now.

“We’ve called it the general store, because, how do you tie all this together in one word? It’s a bit dificult,” Pantano said. “It’s a bit of everything.”

Pantano has been working with furniture for 30 years, she told the NOW. “I was an interior decorator for Ikea,” Pantano said, adding she studied interior design at BCIT in

the ’80s.

In addition to refurbishing furni“That’s in my blood, it’s my back- ture herself, Pantano is bringing ground,” she said. “But my passion in a vintage paint line, Maison Blanche, so others can take on is old meets new. Anything old, I projects, as well. just love.”

Pantano pointed out a few of her favourite things, including an antique wrought iron daybed, which she has yet to put out, and a large French dining table on display in the store.

“It’s a work of art,” she said.

Every piece of furniture is for sale, she added, including display tables and armoires.

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In addition to the larger items, Pantano has some smaller decor touches on display as well.

“Someone might be looking for a gift,” she said of the items.

One area of the store is set aside for clothing – speciically, a women’s Italian clothing line called Ciao Bella.

“It’s beautiful, feminine, soft,”

Pantano said, gesturing to the spring line. “It’s very casual but feminine.”

The store also has space for consignment clothes in good condition.

“If I’m not going to wear it, I’m not going to put it out,” Pantano said of the clothing.

Overall, Pantano said the space is meant to be welcoming, particularly for her female customers.

“The women wander back here,” she said. “ I’m mostly here for the women.”

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Communitynow Protesters set to speak at climate change panel Jennifer Moreau

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SFU is hosting a youth panel on climate change on Thursday, April 9, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Burnaby campus.

The talk is the last lecture in the 2015 President’s Dream Colloquium series on Obedience and Disobedience:Taking Action on Climate Change.

The two featured speakers are Brigette DePape from the Council of Canadians and Tamo Campos, founder of Beyond Boarding. Both were arrested on Burnaby Mountain as part of the protests against Kinder Morgan’s pipeline survey work. Campos is the grandson of well-known scientist David Suzuki.

DePape and Campos will talk for about 15 minutes on their philosophy and approach to climate justice and how civil disobedience fits into that.

As a consolation prize, I’m going to tell you about an upcoming event the group hasn’t emailed anyone about yet. OnWednesday, April 29, there will be a workshop on cooking garden greens from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. at the Burnaby Meals on Wheels location at GARDENING 2055 Rosser Ave. Interested in Volunteer Maya community gardenThau-Eleff will ing? Burnaby Food teach the class how First, a local nonto prepare simple, profit group, runs healthy recipes usvarious gardening ing greens from the events around the garden.To sign up, city.The problem is email burnaby they are so popular, Tamo Campos foodfirst@gmail. they fill up quickly. speaker com, but do it fast.

For example, there’s THRIFT SHOPS an upcoming workshop on Burnaby bargain hunters, planning your spring garden I where are the best spots to was hoping to include in this shop for treasures? We want column, but I’m told it filled to hear about your favourite to capacity in about an hour. thrift store haunts or caches So here’s what you do: sign up for the group’s email alerts of antiques in the city.

Send us the details for an by emailing burnabyfood upcoming list in the NOW. first@gmail.com. If you see Email details to jmoreau@ an event you’re interested in, burnabynow.com.

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SFU professors Stephen Collis and Lynne Quarmby organized the series, and both were also arrested on Burnaby Mountain.

Thursday’s event is in the West Mall Centre 3260.To reserve a seat, go to tinyurl. com/SFUevent.

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Artsnow Art explores a world in transit New show by Joy Munt opens Saturday at Deer Lake Gallery Deer Lake Gallery is getting set to host a solo painting exhibition byVancouver artist Joy Munt.

World in Transit opens Saturday, April 11 with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m., and it will be on at the Burnaby Arts Council’s gallery until May 2.

World in Transit features Munt’s “industrial-inspired surfaces,” a press release notes.

Munt recreates surfaces that echo the worn surfaces of industrial painted objects, the signs of highway travel and found text.

“Like the painted hull of the ship that has been worn away through years of global travel and saltwater erosion, Munt’s paintings bear the wear of painting itself,” the release notes. “Munt sands down, grates against and carves out of her works her

love for process, texture, abstraction, colour and formal composition.”

Munt’s emphasis is on artistic process, using layering, sanding and scraping back to create her work and leaving the effects of her tools and gestures engrained into the surfaces of her paintings.

“Mirroring the processes of abstraction itself, Munt abstracts through the material subtraction of pigment

through sanding,” the release notes. “The paintings aren’t only illusionary images but also objects that are cut into and pushed to their limits.”

Deer Lake Gallery is at 6584 Deer Lake Ave. It’s open Tuesdays to Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free. See www.burn abyartscouncil.org, email info@burnabyartscouncil. org or call 604-298-7322.

Industrial inspiration: Work by Joy Munt is on display in World in Transit, opening Saturday, April 11. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

Cultural dance part of spring festival Japanese and Scandinavian entertainment will be a highlight of the upcoming Celebrate Spring festival at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre.

The day-long festival is set for Saturday, April 18, with a variety of family-friendly events running from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to showcase Japanese activities and traditions.

There will be kimono dressings, tea ceremonies and kids’ crafts, plus a chance to shop for your own Japanese kimonos, accessories, jewelry and more – or enjoy a Bento lunch, tea and sweets.

New this year, the festival is partnering with Scandinavian organizations to celebrate cultural diversity – so, if you go, you can enjoy Satsuki-kai with classical Japanese dance, Ryukyu Dance and Taiko with Okinawan dance and music, plus Scandinavian folk dancers and drums.

Bento lunches must be ordered in advance ($13 plus tax, call 604-777-7000 or email info@nikkeiplace.org), but otherwise, you can just drop in and enjoy.The Nikkei Centre is at 6688 Southoaks Cres., by Kingsway and Sperling Avenue.

See www.nikkeiplace.org for more details about the festival.

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SFU women share athlete award NCAA middle distance champion and conference basketball player of the year Clan’s top women

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Simon Fraser University Clan student athletes Erin Chambers and Lindsey Butterworth were cowinners of the Clan’s female athlete of the year.

Chambers, a senior forward on the women’s basketball team, and Butterworth, a senior middle distance runner in the track and field, were selected from among four finalists for the award at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown Friday at the annual Clan Athletic Awards Banquet.

Chambers finished third in NCAA scoring, averaging 23 points per game and was selected the Great Northwest player of the year after leading the Clan to a 1513 record. She scored 41 points against St. Martin’s University, the third-highest total in SFU history.

Chambers was a first team all-region and an All-American honourable mention.

Butterworth completed a brilliant 2015 season and indoor career, winning the women’s 800metre title in the NCAA national meet and anchoring SFU’s second-place distance medley relay team that set a Great Northwest conference record, earning her All-American first team honours. She had the season-best time in NCAA Division II in both the 800 (2:06.56) and mile (4:44.80), and was named the conference’s outstanding indoor performer this year.

Butterworth also received the Lorne Davies Senior Award, given to a graduating senior who excels in competition, in the classroom and in the community.

Female athletes of the year: Middle distance runner Lindsey Butterworth, left, and basketball’s Erin Chambers were named co-winners of the Clan’s female athlete of the year award at Simon Fraser University’s annual awards banquet at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown last week. FILE PHOTOS

The award is named in honour of the Clan’s founding athletic director who passed away in February.

Butterworth, who carries a 3.0 grade point average, served as a learning coach for Clan athletics, worked with event staff at Clan home games and was a youth

coach at SFU summer camps.

The other two female finalists for athlete of the year were cross country/track and field runner, Rebecca Bassett, and wrestler Bailley Halvorson.

Bassett, a sophomore from Nanaimo, competed in the mile and 3,000 metres, earning second-

and third-place finishes, respectively, in the events at the 2015 conference indoor championships.

She also ran on the second-place DMR relay and was a first and second Team All-American at nationals.

Bassett helped both the crosscountry and indoor track teams to

seventh-place finishes at nationals, their highest placing ever.

Halvorson, a graduate student from Thunder Bay, Ont., registered a 30-3 record on the mat this season and won a bronze medal at the national championships, earning All-American honours for a third time.

Soccer star named top Clan male athlete NCAA conference andWest Region player of the year also turned pro with theWhitecaps FC2 this season

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Jovan Blagojevic was named the male athlete of the year at the Simon Fraser University awards banquet at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown on April 1.

The current Whitecaps FC2 striker also recieved the Lorne Davies Senior Award.

Blagojevic completed a superb senior season with the Clan in 2014, and was unanimously selected as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s and West Region’s player of the year, and was named to the 2014 men’s soccer All-America second team.

The Coquitlam native registered 18 goals in 18 games, including a conference-leading seven game-winning goals. He was

seventh in NCAA in goal scoring. Blagojevic’s 18 goals were the 11th best single-season goal-scoring total in Clan history.

Following the season, Blagojevic was selected in the third round of the MLS Draft by Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He is currently playing for WFC2.

Blagojevic also received the Lorne Davies Senior Award, given to a graduating senior who excels in competition, in the classroom and in the community.

The award is named in honour of the Clan’s founding athletic director, who passed away in February.

Blagojevic carried a 3.0 gradepoint average and volunteered as a youth coach and in hospitals.

He has aspirations of becoming a doctor once his professional soccer career is over.

Blagojevic was selected from a strong shortlist of six finalists for SFU male athlete of the year.

Jordan Herdman, a sophomore on the football team, set Great Northwest single-game and season records for tackles, breaking the conference season record by 37.

The native of Winnipeg finished second in the NCAA in tackles, was the conference defensive player of year and an AllAmerican honourable mention.

Oliver Jorgensen, a sophomore from Abbotsford, became the first SFU athlete to qualify for three different national championships in the same year – outdoor track, indoor track, and cross-country.

Jorgensen was a Great Northwest champion in the 3,000-metre steeplechase and achieved a world junior standard.

Clan basketball player Sango Niang finished 13th in NCAA scoring, averaging 22.6 point per game, and scored 46 points at Central Washington – one point more than Jay Triano scored in his best game at SFU – and one point short of the university record.

The native of Paris, France scored 20-plus points in a game 14 times and was voted to the allconference second team.

Freshman Adrian VanderHelm was SFU’s first All-American in swimming, finishing second in the 100-yard freestyle and eighth in the 200 freestyle at the recent national championships.

The Barrie, Ont., native set four SFU all-time championship records and five dual meet records during the season.

Male athlete of the year: Jovan Blagojevic

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Thursday, April 23, 2015 5:30 - 8PM Steamworks Brewery 3845 William St., Burnaby Tickets: $20 at bflsilentauction.bpt.me (includes a beer and food)

Stealth taken to Church

The Vancouver Stealth dropped a twogame set to the Edmonton Rush in NLL pro lacrosse last weekend.

Burnaby Lakers summer league star Robert Church led the Rush, tying a franchise record with nine points, including five goals, in a 17-10 road win over the Langley-based Stealth.

With the team’s ninth win of the season,

Edmonton clinched a playoff berth and currently claim top spot in the West Division over 8-6 Colorado Mammoth.

On Friday, the Rush edged the Stealth 15-14 at home.

Corey Small led the Stealth with three goals and two assists. Newly acquired Logan Schuss also had a five-point outing, including a pair of counters.

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Spring swim: Kristian Dukic, 8, swims the breaststroke leg of the boys’ 100-metre individual medley at the Dynamo Swim Club’s Spring Invitational meet at Bonsor Pool on Saturday. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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The Terminal City Rollergirls are back in town this week to bring fans more action-packed, full-contact women’s roller derby.

Sports fans of all ages will find fun and excitement in the ninth season of women’s roller derby at the Royal City Curling Club.

Two preseason doubleheaders kick off at the flat track curling site on Saturday, April 11.

The Riot Girls are taking on the Tournament City Deadlies from Kamloops in the first of two bouts of the evening.The excitement continues with the Faster Pussycats showing their claws to the NWO Rollergirls from Chilliwack.

The following Saturday, Public Frenemy faces off against the Penticton Pistoleras, and the Bad Reputations will challenge another guest team.

The April 25 season opener will feature a grudge match between last year’s champion the Riot Girls and runner-up Faster Pussycats. Spectators can also watch the Terminal City All-Stars and a special

North American appearance by the No. 6 European-ranked Helsinki Roller Derby All-Stars.

“Regardless of where these teams are ranked, this will be an incredible opportunity to see international derby at its highest level,” said All-Stars head coach Mack “The Mouth” in a press release.

All bouts are at the Royal City Curling Club, located at 75 East Sixth Ave. in New Westminster. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the first whistle is at 6.Tickets are $10, kids six to 12 $5; all events are family friendly, and children under five get in for free.

Cash and credit cards are accepted at the door or online at terminalcityroller girls.com.

Starting on April 25, fuel up for all the fun with onlocation food trucks; adults can also cheer on the action from an onsite beer garden.

The Terminal City Rollergirls is Vancouver’s first female roller derby league.

Created in 2006,Terminal City is a member-owned and operated, non-profit organization consisting of close to 100 skaters, officials, volunteers, generous sponsors and fans.

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