Burnaby Now April 22 2015

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FISHY FUN: Families came out to Charles Rummel Park last weekend to help the Eagle Creek Streamkeepers release thousands

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District pays Kaardal over $400,000 Former superintendent will collect salary and benefits until 2017

By Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

Terminating its former superintendent could cost the Burnaby school board well over $400,000 over the next two years, according to documents obtained by the NOW. Kevin Kaardal, the school district’s CEO for two years, stepped down suddenly at the end of January.

His settlement agreement, obtained under a freedom of information request, states he will spend until July 17 using up vaca-

tion and gratuity days while If the former superintencollecting full salary, benefits dent gets a public sector job and a $9,151 car allowance. in B.C. during the notice peThe board of education riod, severance payments will formally terminate Kaarwould end under the settledal “without cause” on July ment agreement, unless his 17, the agreement states, new job paid less than his kicking off an 18-month “noSchool District No. 41 positice period” during which the tion. former superintendent will In that case, the board continue to collect salary and would top Kaardal up until benefits until Jan. 17, 2017.

Jan. 17, 2017.

Kaardal earned $215,702 If he gets a job outside of in salary and benefits in the B.C. public sector, sal2013/14, according to the ary and benefits would stop district’s most recent execimmediately and Kaardal be Kevin Kardaal, former utive compensation report, paid out 50 per cent of his superintendent PHOTO FILE potentially putting the bill remaining salary in a lump for his termination to about sum. $430,000.

Under the terms of the agreement, the

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board provided their former superintendent with a reference letter vetted by both parties, and Kaardal signed a release relinquishing any right to sue the board for his termination.

Board chair Ron Burton told the NOW in February that Kaardal’s departure was neither a firing nor a resignation.

“It was kind of a mutual agreement where the board wanted to move in a diffe ent direction and he wanted to pursue oth options,” Burton said.

The board chair said he couldn’t delve more deeply into the details because it wa a personnel issue and the two parties had signed a confidentiality agreement.

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Police call for witnesses in Burnaby death Cayley Dobie

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STUCK IN LIMBO: Riverside residents Gino D’Onofrio and Ken Wright have been waiting for the City of Burnaby to take action against the residents who are running a medical marijuana operation out of a home on Thorne Avenue. PHOTO FILE

City seeks court order to stop tenants with grow-op

Neighbours frustrated that it is taking more than a year for action

By Cayley Dobie

cdobie@burnabynow.com

Residents of Riverside are still fuming over a marijuana grow-op that continues to operate despite numerous warnings from the city it is in violation of the zoning bylaw.

In January, the NOW broke the story of a home in the 6000 block of Thorne Avenue that was being used to produce hundreds of medical marijuana plants despite the city’s clear zoning bylaw, which only allows for medical marijuana to be produced in industrial areas.

One week after the story was published, Jennifer Marshall, a property use coordinator with the City of Burnaby, conducted her fourth inspection of the Thorne Avenue property.

According to information obtained from a freedom of information request by the NOW earlier this month, the inspection revealed there were more plants in the grow-op than there were on Oct. 31, 2014, the

last time Marshall had inspected the property.

“Once again we went through the electrical room into the three large plantfilled rooms, and I was amazed to see that once again, as we saw the very first time we inspected, the rooms were full of marijuana plants,” she wrote in the email.

Marshall estimated there were likely 444 plants spread between three different rooms inside the building.

It’s now been more than one year since Burnaby resident Gino D’Onofrio, who lives next door to the growop, first contacted the city with concerns about an industrial-style building being constructed on the neighbouring property.

Because D’Onofrio’s concerns were only speculation at the time, the city couldn’t do anything other than wait until the structure was built. By the time it was completed last summer, it became clear the tenants were using the new metal building to grow

marijuana.

“The city has given them enough rope up to now, enough is enough. It’s got to come to an end. The decision has to be made,” D’Onofrio said.

Enough is enough. It’s got to come to an end.

He thinks the city should be held accountable for approving the building in the first place – if it had never been approved, this whole mess could have been avoided, he added.

“Whoever approved the design and building either was in cahoots with them or was blind,” he said.

CITY STUCK IN LEGAL BATTLE Following Marshall’s final inspection in January, the file was forwarded to the City of Burnaby’s solicitor, Bruce Rose.

Rose is now waiting to

hear if a court order barring the Thorne Avenue tenants from growing medical marijuana on that property will be granted.

Rose, however, couldn’t say when a hearing would take place.

“We’ve told them given the circumstances, we’d like it moved along as quickly as possible,” he said.

Rose admits it’s not the best situation for residents in the area, but the city has pretty much exhausted all of its avenues at this point.

“That’s why we’re going to court to ask for a court order for them to cease doing that,” he said. “That’s really what our remedy is here.”

If the city is successful in getting the order, D’Onofrio would like to see the building torn down.

When the NOW asked if that was an option, Rose said it’s unlikely the owners could be forced to tear down the building because that’s not what is in violation of the zoning bylaw.

Investigators with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team are asking for witnesses to step forward after a 33-year-old man was found dead in southeast Burnaby last week.

On April 16, while on patrol shortly before 3 a.m., Burnaby RCMP officers discovered the body of Elmer Libertino lying in the eastbound lane of Moscrop Street near Smith Avenue.

Investigators believe the Burnaby resident travelled by public transit from Surrey to the area of Kingsway and Boundary Road sometime between 2 and 3 a.m.

“There may have been quite a few people on foot in the area of Moscrop and Smith around this time, and we are asking those people to come forward to tell us if they saw anything including Mr. Libertino in

the area,” Sgt. Stephanie Ashton, spokesperson for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said in a release.

Investigators are looking to speak with a group of people they believe were in the area at the time of Libertino’s death. These people were engaged in an online geo-tagging game called Ingress, the release stated.

These gamers are asked to contact investigators at 1-877-551-4448 or by email at ihittipline@rcmpgrc.gc.ca.

“Elmer Libertino has no criminal record, he has had no contact with police, and he has left behind a grieving family who want answers about what happened to their loved one. We ask that if you know something you contact IHIT and share what you know,” Ashton said.

RCMP issue safety warning Cayley Dobie

jfullerevans@burnabynow.com

Residents beware – that’s the message coming from Burnaby RCMP after a woman was assaulted in the area where a homicide occurred only days before.

According to police, at about 1:40 a.m. on April 19 a woman was walking home in the 4800 block of Smith Avenue when she was attacked from behind.

The suspect grabbed her and a struggle ensued, but the victim was knocked to the ground. She began to scream, which scared off the suspect, according to a media release from Burnaby RCMP. The suspect is described as about 5-11 and 165 pounds with light skin and short dark hair. He was wearing a black coat and black pants.

Three days earlier, a 33-year-old Burnaby man

was found dead shortly before 3 a.m. in the eastbound lane of Moscrop Street near Smith Avenue.

While police couldn’t say whether there is a connection between the April 19 attack and the April 16 death of Elmer Libertino, they are warning the public because both victims were travelling on foot in the same area and at about the same time.

“Please trust your instincts and be aware of your surroundings, and, if at all possible, travel in pairs, especially if you are out walking late at night,” Staff Sgt. Maj. John Buis, spokesperson for the Burnaby RCMP, said in the release.

Both Burnaby RCMP’s serious crime unit and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team are working together to determine if the two incidents are connected.

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PUBLIC HEARING

The Council of the City of Burnaby hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing TUESDAY, 2015 APRIL 28 AT 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chamber, Burnaby City Hall, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2, to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”.

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BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 11, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13463 Rez. #13-30 5037, 5057 and 5067 Claude Avenue From: R4 Residential District To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM2 Multiple Family Residential District and Canada Way and Claude Avenue Area Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Rayside Townhouse Development” prepared by Robert Jordan Kutev Architect Inc.) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a 3-storey (27 unit) townhouse development with underground parking.

BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 12, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13464 Rez. #15-02 4514 Kitchener Street From: R10 Residential District To: P1 Neighbourhood Institutional District The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to align the zoning of the overall site with its current and historical use.

No expansion of the place of public worship use is proposed in connection with the subject rezoning application.

BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 13, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13465 Rez. #14-14 Suite LM100 – 4664 Lougheed Highway From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M5 and M5L Light Industrial District and Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan as guidelines) To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M5 Light Industrial District, P1 Neighbourhood Institutional District and Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan as guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “CEFA Early Learning” prepared by ph5 architecture) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the operation of a child care facility for 152 children.

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BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 14, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13466 Rez. #15-07 6500 Hastings Street From: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C2a General Commercial District) To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C2a General Commercial District and in

accordance with the development plan entitled “Extension of Operating Hours” by the BC Liquor Distribution Branch) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to increase the operating hours of an existing Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) liquor store.

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BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 15, 2015 – BYLAW NO. 13467 Rez. #14-46 8982/8992 – 8900 University High Street From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C3 and C3f General Commercial District, RM4 Multiple Family Residential District, P1 Neighbourhood Institutional District and SFU Community Plan guidelines) To:

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C3a General Commercial District and SFU Official Community Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Cornerstone Development” prepared by NSDA Architects as amended by the plan entitled “SFU” by the BC Liquor Distribution Branch)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the development of a Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) retail store in two combined commercial retail units.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by a proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw. Written submissions may be presented at the Public Hearing or for those not attending the Public Hearing must be submitted to the Office of the City Clerk prior to 4:45 p.m. the day of the Public Hearing. Please note that all written submissions must contain name and address which will become a part of the public record.

The Director Planning and Building’s reports and related information respecting the zoning bylaw amendments are available for public examination at the offices of the Planning Department, 3rd floor, in Burnaby City Hall.

Copies of the proposed bylaws may be inspected at the Office of the City Clerk at 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. weekdays from Wednesday, 2015 April 15 to Tuesday, 2015 April 28.

NO PRESENTATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED BY COUNCIL AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING

D. Back CITY CLERK

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COFFEE WITH RICHARD! City posts huge year-end surplus JOIN ME FOR Janaya Fuller-Evans

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The City of Burnaby finished 2014 very much in the green, according to draft financial statements presented to the audit committee last week.

Burnaby’s annual surplus last year was $101 million more than projected in its 2014 budget.

The annual surplus was expected to come in at $57.17 million, according to the statements, but the actual surplus was $158.25 million.

Approximately $58 million of that was due to a change in the city auditors’ accounting practice, according to Mayor Derek Corrigan.

“Until this year, funds received by Burnaby from developers to build community amenities were held as deferred revenue until used for their intended purpose of building community amenities (such as the recently opened Brentwood and the Metrotown community resource cen-

tres, both of which provide Burnaby’s director of fispace for valuable non-prof- nance, Denise Jorgenson, it organizations),” Corridid not answer emailed gan wrote in a letter to the questions on what the othNOW. “This year, the city er revenue sources might be, was required to report these saying only that the statefunds as revenue in the year ments are a draft copy. received, resulting in an inJorgenson confirmed the crease in the annual surauditors had reviewed the plus.” statements with the audit The sale of city committee, addland also added ing the financial $7 million to the statements would surplus, Corrigan be presented in an said, adding that open council meetthe value of the ing on April 27. city assets received The surplus from developers, bumped up the such as sidewalks, city’s net financial streets and lights, assets for the year. are also considered The 2014 budgDerek Corrigan revenue. et had projectmayor While most ed the city would sources of revenue have a decrease came in slightly higher than of $12.64 million in net asexpected, and many expens- sets last year, dropping the es slightly lower, the bigcity’s total net assets down gest shift was in the categoto $695.31 million. ry “other revenue from own Instead, the city saw an sources.” increase of $125.81 million The 2014 budget project- in net assets for 2014, with ed this category of revenue a total of $833.76 million would come in at $35.57 in total net assets at the end million, while the actuof the year, according to the al amount at the end of the statements. year was $123 million.

The 2015 provisional fi-

nancial budget was presented to council in February.

The budget recommended a 2.98 per cent tax increase.

The projected tax increase would have been larger, were it not for savings found by city staff, according to Coun. Dan Johnston, chair of the city’s newly named financial management committee.

“Staff have met with the finance committee over the past couple of months and have been able to shave the tax rate down. I believe we started at 4.5 or five per cent at one point,” he said at the Feb. 2 council meeting.

Last year, council approved a 1.97 per cent tax increase, though the city had initially projected a 2.47 per cent hike.

Council also received the 2014 year-end report regarding the city’s investments at the February meeting. The city’s cash and investments for 2014 totalled $827.41 million on Dec. 31, 2014, up from $679.54 million at 2013’s year end.

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How private should your vote be?

The inside of a voting booth is meant to be the most private of places, but our provincial political parties wouldn’t mind stepping in there with you.

That will be the effect of a bill now before the legislature that would allow political parties to gain access to data on which British Columbians voted and which ones didn’t.

Now, let’s be perfectly clear up front: the parties

wouldn’t know how those people voted, only that they had in fact voted.

And the government justifies the move by saying it would help to address lower voter turnout, as recommended by the chief electoral officer.

Except, as B.C.’s information and privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham has pointed out, collecting data on who has voted and who hasn’t and

turning it over to political parties has absolutely nothing to do with increasing voter turnout – and the chief electoral officer recommended absolutely no such thing.

More than ever, election campaigns are run like machines – machines that are fuelled by personal information logged into sophisticated databases that allow parties to target their campaign messaging (and budgets).

Dwindling voter turnout is indeed a distressing symptom.

Knowing who doesn’t vote simply gives the parties more licence to ignore people already marginalized by the system – especially the

young and people with low incomes.

Let’s not give them more fuel for the machine.

Dwindling voter turnout is indeed a distressing symptom of the health of democracy. But having Big Brother keep track of who’s voting and who’s not isn’t the answer to that symptom.

If those in power are truly interested in growing voter turnout, they can start

be changing the behaviours that keep people home on election day – scandals, attack ads, patronage, lavish spending on things that have nothing to do with governance, putting the interests of the party and its donors ahead of constituents.

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MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Opposition is finally hitting its stride

As the legislative session heads into the homestretch (after this week there are 16 sitting days remaining), it’s worth noting the NDP Opposition appears to have finally hit its stride.

The psychological trauma of that brutal and unexpected election loss in 2013 seems to be ebbing. And the NDP caucus has been able to find enough issues to land a few body blows on the B.C. Liberal government.

The current controversy over the sale of Crown land is a good example of an Opposition party getting its teeth into something juicy and not letting go.

A couple of years ago there was widespread skepticism that Finance Minister Mike de Jong would be able to deliver balanced budgets. A key part of de Jong’s plan to balance the books was the sell-off of hundreds of millions of dollars of government-owned assets (mostly land). There was criticism, at the time, that this was no true way of balancing the budget and in any case, it was doubtful the sales targets could be reached.

Well, de Jong delivered the goods. He successfully held the line on health-care spending, he was able to reach his goal of asset sales and he produced budgets with healthy surpluses.

But the NDP, armed with some internal docu-

ments gained from freedom of information requests, has been able to make a legitimate case that, in at least some instances, the government may have disposed of land at prices that were much too cheap.

Earlier in this session, the New Democrats scored a home run when they exposed the newly created Auditor General for Local Government office as a dysfunctional workplace run by someone who appeared to be in over her head.

To be sure, the NDP still faces enormous challenges ahead if it ever wants to get back into government. But for now, all it has to do is to concentrate on the immediate future, which is the legislature session itself.

Being an effective Opposition party is a difficult and often thankless task. The Opposition has no real power – it can’t pass legislation or determine what gets debated in the house, and its position on various issues usually have little or no impact on what a government does.

Nevertheless, the Opposition’s job is to “hold the government’s feet to the fire,” as the saying goes.

Judging what we’ve seen the past few weeks, I suspect some members of the B.C. Liberal government are starting to feel a bit warmer in their shoes.

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

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Lake dredging pilot a success Large metal objects, like shopping carts and large pipes, slowed down a pilot dredging project at Burnaby Lake. The $845,000 project was initiated by the city to remove silt and other solids that had flowed into the lake from urban development. Despite the slowdown, the dredging equipment chosen was deemed adequate to meet the 21-day pilot project’s objectives of removing lake-bed sediment and vegetation. The next step was to prepare a post-project report and develop estimates for future large-scale dredging expected to cost millions.

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Burnaby can’t take the risk of an oil spill

Recall debate raises some readers’ hackles

Dear Editor Does Burnaby want to gamble on a toxic oil spill? The proposed major expansion of the Kinder Morgan oil export facility in Burnaby is a significant threat to Burnaby citizens.

If approved, the project will more than triple the amount of toxic tar sands bitumen that flows through Burnaby. It would also more than triple the number of oil tankers that travel through English Bay and Burrard Inlet.

Some of the proposed oil tankers would be so large they could only pass under the Second Narrows bridge at high tide and would do so with only metres Mr. Lee needs 1.5 of clearance to speak for the between their hulls residents and the bottom of the inlet.

Should there be a significant tanker incident in Burrard Inlet, park and beach areas like Barnet Marine Park, Cates Park, Belcarrsa Park, Deep Cove Park, New Brighton Park and Stanley Park would be harmed beyond repair. We need our premier and our MLAs to take a firm stand and tell the National Energy Board that we cannot accept this risk.

Burnaby North MLA Richard T. Lee is largely silent on this issue. His only response to repeated calls for him to represent the citizens of Burnaby North is to repeat Christy Clark’s “five conditions” for oil pipeline approval. Mr. Lee will only go so far as to say “at least four of the five conditions have not been met.”

Christy Clark needs to take a stand against greedy oil interests (who fund her election campaigns) and tell them that the residents of Burnaby and the rest of British Columbia cannot accept such a huge gamble.

Mr. Lee needs to speak for the residents of Burnaby North – not for the premier. Mr. Lee currently faces a recall campaign because he does not seem to appreciate that he is paid to work for the citizens of Burnaby North – not for Christy Clark.

Larry Myers, Burnaby

New rink will be a great benefit to the lacrosse community Dear Editor Re: New ice rink in the works, Burnaby NOW, April 17.

More ice time and more floor time! The Burnaby Minor Lacrosse Club is also looking forward to a new arena in South Burnaby.

All users are in need of this new arena with the covered outdoor multi-use lacrosse box, slated for 2016, being shelved. The commitment from the Burnaby parks, recreation and cultural services department for a new arena is great news to the lacrosse community in Burnaby.

The current facilities, the three arenas and Burnaby’s three outdoor boxes are all being used to capacity and the BMLC has had to look for more floor time at Richmond and Surrey facilities. The addition of another multi-use arena is a great addition to the existing sports facilities in Burnaby and great benefit to Burnaby minor sports.

Tom Kellett, president, Burnaby Minor Lacrosse Club

J. Heighton Here comes the spin to discourage people from holding their elected officials accountable. In reality, recall is a legal, democratic process.

I would actually appreciate the fact that someone cares enough to ask me what I think and is willing to give up their spare time to enable me to have a voice.

Getting voted in in an election is not a “free pass” to ignore your people for 4 years. Whether it’s the chronic underfunding of Burnaby hospital (and some of the longest wait times in the province as a result), or plans that could lead to 7 times the tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet, or the lack of a poverty plan in a riding that has 20% child poverty, or the shrinking of the middle class due to skyrocketing multiple fees, people are just fed up and want someone who speaks on behalf of them, who votes on policy on behalf of them. That is what an elected official is supposed to do. Recall reminds ALL elected officials, regardless of party, who they need to be responsible to.

If you are calling this an abuse of democracy (which it isn’t), then what do you call the forced by-election by a premier who could not get enough votes in her own riding? I’d say any tool that allows the regular people to take the situation into their own hands and remind those up top that they were elected in by people, for the people, is a tool that actually IS DEMOCRACY, because it revolves around the peoples’ voice.

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Middle ground on comfort women issue?

Harmel Guram If people are unable to agree about specifics, it can at least be agreed that the ones to suffer the most during wars are average people that have no control over the circumstances of the war-time conditions that have been placed upon them. In the case of Japan, Korea and China, average people were subjected to tyranny by their rulers including the elites that controlled the levers of power. Sadly, the prewar elites that created such conditions have carried on to rule their countries and are the very people that are exploiting the stories of suffering that average people endured.

Why not erect a memorial to all that have suffered and to emphasize the importance of learning from history and not repeating it as we do today?

Knitting for the preemies warms this reader’s heart Lisa Rugge These babies are very lucky and so are their parents to have this great act of kindness brought to them in such a trying time. xo

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THE 2014 CITY OF BURNABY ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT In accordance with Section 99 of the Community Charter, the Council of the City of Burnaby will receive a presentation on the City’s 2014 Annual Financial Report which includes the City’s Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 for their consideration in the: Council Chamber City Hall 4949 Canada Way Burnaby, B.C.

on Monday April 27, 2015 at 7:00 PM

Copies of the Annual Financial Report will be available for inspection by the public in the Finance Department, Burnaby City Hall, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., during regular business hours, from April 15, 2015 to April 27, 2015.

Should you have any concerns, comments or questions you wish to convey to Council concerning the Annual Financial Report, please submit via fax at 604-294-7537, e-mail clerks@burnaby.ca or submit them in writing to the City Clerk prior to 4:00 PM, Friday, April 24, 2015.

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Wine festival coming up It’s time to eat, drink and be merry at one of the city’s largest annual fundraisers.

Rotary’s Wine, Food and Musical Festival is set for this Saturday, and the annual event is always a big draw for Burnaby’s movers and shakers.

This year’s event takes place at the Nikkei Cen-

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The SFU Concert Orchestra will be performing.

There will be a silent auction with more than $3,800 in prizes.

The festival raises money for the Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown, which spends it on polio eradication and literacy programs.

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She has now replaced him.

The board offered her the job on Jan. 28, according to a document obtained through another freedom of information request, and she took over the CEO post on Feb. 1.

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City co-ops are joining the fight for a national affordable housing strategy.

Burnaby-Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart is working with local co-ops on customized petitions that he intends to present in Parliament.

“Halston Hills was the first co-op to participate with over 100 members signing a petition expressing their concerns and how they would like the federal government to re-commit to a robust federal cooperative housing program,” Stewart wrote in an email to the NOW. “This same process is underway in most other co-ops, with the hope being that I can table petitions in the House of Commons for all co-ops before the end of this Parliament.”

The government is required to respond to petitions within 45 days, so long as the petition is signed by 25 people or more, he added.

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November. per cent of Burnaby houseThe Burnaby Task Force holds had incomes below on Homelessness is backing $20,000 in 2005,” the letthe motion and approached ter stated. “The Progressive Burnaby council to do so as Housing Society homeless well. Council agreed to sup- outreach program assists beport the motion at Monday tween 30 and 40 new clients night’s meeting. each month.”

“Burnaby residents living Stewart’s motion asks that in extreme poverthe federal governty and homelessment work with ness have limited provinces, territooptions for support ries, municipalities, services and housAboriginal coming and no local munities and housshelter within their ing providers to home communicreate and implety,” the co-chairs ment an affordable of the task force, housing strategy.

Darin Froese and The strategy Kennedy Stewart Carolyn Orazetti, would affirm that wrote in a letter to Burnaby MP access to adequate council. “This rehousing is a human sults in dire living situations right; provide financial assisfor Burnaby’s vulnerable cit- tance to those who cannot izens.” afford adequate housing; The task force was ensure the cost of housing formed in 2005 and is made doesn’t compromise peoup of representatives from ple’s abilities to meet their government agencies, Fraser basic needs; maintain and Health, RCMP, social serexpand direct federal invice and community organi- vestments in social housing; zations, business improveand set clear targets and obment associations, housing jectives to prevent and end providers, faith communities homelessness. and residents.

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High school drama: Burnaby Mountain Secondary is getting into the fairytale spirit with its spring production this week. The school is staging the musical Once Upon a Mattress – a retelling of The Princess and the Pea – the Michael J. Fox Theatre. The show features a cast of 60 students, including 24 dancers, plus a crew of more than 10. Above, from left, are Amy Xiao, Angela Wang, Diane Chun, Nicole Park as the Queen and Allegra Wri as Princess Winnifred. The show, directed by drama teacher Felicity Rudolph, is on tonight (Wednesday) to Friday, April 22 to 24 at 7 p.m. nightly. Tickets are $15 for students, $20 regular and can be purchased through www.burnabymountainmusical.brownpapertickets.com. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

Burnaby talent on stage in new productions Julie MacLellan LIVELY CITY

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A Burnaby resident is onstage in a new production at the Evergreen Cultural Centre.

North Burnaby’s Julia Walmsley stars in Secrets of a Soccer Mom, which opens April 23 at the Coquitlam theatre.

Secrets of a Soccer Mom is Stage 43’s final show of the 2014/15 season.

The show tells the story of three women who take

the field in a “mother versus sons” soccer game.

“They intend to let the children win, but as the game unfolds it’s the women who become intent on scoring,” a write-up explains. “The competition ignites a fierce desire to recapture their youthful good humour, independence and sexiness, paving the way toward a better understand of themselves, their families and changes they need to make in their lives.”

It also stars Lisa Pope and Arsha Tahir.

Secrets of a Soccer Mom is onstage April 23 to 25 and

April 29 to May 2 at 8 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 26.

Evergreen Cultural Centre is at 1205 Pinetree Way in Coquitlam. Check out www.stage43.org or call the box office at 604-927-6555.

EVERYBODY FOOTLOOSE! Several students from Burnaby will be front and centre when Notre Dame Regional Secondary School reopens its auditorium.

The school is marking the end of a long construction period with a new musical in the Father Joe Cuddy Auditorium: Footloose.

Fans of the 1980s movie starring Kevin Bacon will remember the story: Chicago boy Ren McCormack moves to a small Midwestern town with his mother and discovers that dancing and rock music are illegal. But he makes a new friend, finds a love interest – preacher’s daughter Ariel Moore – and might just find a way to shake up the town.

Burnaby’s own Sebastian Busse stars as Ren. He’s joined by fellow Burnaby students Daniella Traversa as Ren’s mother, Ethel; Jarod MacDonald Continued on page 12

Everybody cut footlose: Burnaby students in the cast of Notre Dam Footloose include (back, from left) Jarod MacDonald, Anthony Bito Laura Sullivan, Alessandro Masi, Sebastian Busse and (front, from l Chelsie Ram, Analisa Marchet, Daniella Traversa, Angela Armeni an Ernesto Marrocco. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

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Continued from page 11 (who understudies the part of Willard, Ren’s new friend); Analisa Marchet as Vi Moore, Ariel’s mother; and Anthony Bitonti, who understudies the part of Rev. Shaw Moore. Other Burnaby cast members include Angela Armeni, who understudies the part of Ariel’s friend Rusty, plus Laura Sullivan, Alessandro Masi and Ernesto Marrocco.

The musical is directed by Simon Isherwood, choreographed by Isabelle Maheux and produced by Jessica Isherwood, with set design by Justin Rugge.

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STUDENT ART WORKSHOP OFFERED AT GALLERY Have you stopped by the new exhibits at Burnaby Art Gallery yet? Just a reminder that the gallery has just opened two exhibitions: Arts Alive, featuring the artwork of Burnaby students; and Unstable Ground, showcasing the photography of Scott Massey.

If you have artistically inclined teens in your home, then don’t forget about a mixed media photo art workshop at the gallery this weekend – running Sunday, April 26 from noon to 5 p.m.

Using photography-inspired techniques from the exhibition, students will explore the theme of “cap-

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Mounties talk safety Residents joined officers and staff from the Burnaby RCMP detachment at Lougheed Town Centre last week for the police department’s Spring Safety Forum.

The hour-and-a-half event included information on different units within the Burnaby RCMP and a question-and-answer period where residents were encouraged to ask questions and engage in a discussion about public safety in the city.

All about safety: Left, Julie McNamee, who works at the Burnaby Mountain community police office, speaks with Burnaby RCMP Supt. Stephan Drolet at the Spring Safety Forum at Lougheed Town Centre mall last week. The forum was hosted by the local police department to get residents talking about safety concerns in their neighbourhoods. Bottom left, Const. Smith with bomb dog “Hershey” and Burnaby RCMP Const. Shelby Murphy.

Top ranking officers, including second-in-command Supt. Stephan Drolet, were on hand to speak with residents, along with volunteers with the Burnaby RCMP crime prevention unit, which includes Block Watch and other community-focused initiatives.

The forum is one of many community events the department hosts throughout the year.

– Cayley Dobie

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Communitynow SFU celebrates new observatory All eyes were on the stars Friday night during the grand opening of SFU’s new Trottier Observatory.

The multimillion-dollar facility features a massive telescope with a 27inch mirror and astronomy inspired outdoor décor, including illuminated maps of the seasonal night skies.

Families flocked to the Burnaby Mountain campus and explored the new grounds around the observatory. In all, more than 1,500 people attended, and there were dozens of telescopes to look through with volunteers to explain the night sky. Tours inside the observatory were ful-

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–Jennifer Moreau

Star gazing: At left, two people enjoying coffee after the ribboncutting ceremony at SFU on Friday, when the university officially opened the new Trottier Observatory. The facility features a telescope with a 27-inch mirror, about twice as powerful as a typical university telescope.

Far left, above, this image of the giant globular cluster of stars was the first picture taken with the new telescope inside the observatory.

Bottom left, SFU physics professor Howard Trottier (at left) with brother Lorne Trottier, who donated millions from his educational science foundation to help make the observatory reality.

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Mark Schiebler was ‘just a hell of a fireman’ Jennifer Moreau

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Retired Burnaby firefighter Mark Schiebler passed away recently from pancreatic cancer. He was 68.

Schiebler, a New Westminster resident, worked for the Burnaby Fire Department for more than three decades.

Bill Watson, retired assistant chief training officer with the Burnaby department, spoke highly of Schiebler; they were best friends

and longtime colleagues.

“He was just a hell of a fireman,” Watson said. “He did his job well, and we’re all going to miss him. He was just taken too quick.”

Watson described Schiebler as a healthy, active man who was involved in sports, his family and charitable work. The two friends played golf regularly.

“I could call on him for anything. If you were his friend, you could call him up at two in the morning, and he would bail you out,”

Watson said. “Mark was one heck of a guy. He did a lot for other people.”

Schiebler spent 33 years in the Burnaby Fire Department. He started at age 21, and when he retired in 2001, he was the chief fire prevention officer.

This January, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given mere months to live. He died on April 10.

Schiebler’s son Jeff, who is also a firefighter, said family was No. 1 for his fa-

ther. bourhood.

“He was married for 45 “One of my dad’s final years. We realsayings, and this rely had a perfect lates back to famchildhood growily, … he’s most ing up,” Jeff said. proud of his three “Very humble kids, his 10 grandman; he worked children, and they hard. He was very are all a nine iron quiet. He was the away,” Jeff said, type of guy who explaining the golf had a quick-witted reference meant one-liner sense of they all lived close. humour.”

Jeff said fireMark Schiebler Much of Mark’s retired firefighter fighting was a huge close family lived part of his father’s in the Queen’s Park neighidentity, and he passed

away wearing his Burnaby firefighters T-shirt. Jeff also said Mark wanted any donations in his memory to go to the Burnaby Firefighters’ Charitable Society. To donate, call 604-434-1717.

Schiebler left behind his wife, Lynda, two other children in addition to Jeff and 10 grandchildren.

There will be a celebration of Schiebler’s life on Saturday, May 2, at 1 p.m. at the Firefighters Public House at 6515 Bonsor Ave. in Burnaby.

Brentwood development’s third phase moves forward Janaya Fuller-Evans

jfuller-evans@burnabynow.com

While the first phase of the Brentwood Town Centre development is under construction, Shape Properties is now moving forward with its proposal for Phase 3.

Shape recently submitted a rezoning application for the third residential building

for the site.

“The intent of the master plan identifies residential building three as a single high residential apartment building between 35 and 55 storeys in height atop a commercial podium fronting Brentwood Boulevard and Lougheed Highway,” Benjamin Nelson with Shape Properties wrote in a letter to the city’s planning

and building department.

City staff are working with Shape on a development plan for the building, which will then be sent to public hearing.

Shape plans to move ahead with Phase 2 of the project at the same time as Phase 3, and expects to finish it before Phase 3.

However, as Phase 2 includes the new Brentwood

Community Centre, further analysis is underway before a rezoning application is submitted for that portion of the development, according to a report from Lou Pelletier, the city’s director of planning and building.

The Brentwood master plan divided the 11.5-hectare site at 4515 and 4567 Lougheed Hwy. into four quadrants for development,

with the first phase including the two residential towers currently under construction.

The project has been a source of controversy in the Brentwood community, with many residents opposed to the increase in traffic and density in the area.

The rezoning application for the second residential building, a 53-storey tower

at the corner of Lougheed Highway and Willingdon Avenue, went to public hearing last summer, with about 40 people in attendance. The application was approved last November.

In total, the master plan includes proposals for 10 residential towers. The design also includes a redeveloped commercial centre and public outdoor spaces.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 24 Business women lunch party, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Garden Restaurant, 3344 North Rd. Please invite a friend, co-worker or relative as well. Tickets: $25/person includes eight-course meal, networking and door prizes.

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Table rentals are $10, call 604-664-8208 to reserve.

Admission: 50 cents.

Art Together, 6 to 9 p.m., Shadbolt Centre, 6450 Deer Lake Ave. Art show features work by artists, some of whom have developmental disabilities. Free admission.

Presented by L’Arche Greater Vancouver.

Annual plant sale, hosted by the South Burnaby Garden Club, at All Saints Anglican Church, 7405 Royal Oak Ave., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Club members will be selling perennials, bedding plants, garden tools and more.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 28 Author Rachel Hartman reads from her new novel, Shadow Scale, at McGill library branch, 4595 Albert St., at 7 p.m. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Free, but space is limited. Register in person at the library or online at www.bpl.bc.ca/ events/mcgill or call 604299-8955.

Muffins and marmalade, tea with bake sale, garage sale and plant sale at All Saints Anglican Church, 7405 Royal Oak Ave., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 3 Burnaby Rhododendron and Garden Society, silent plant auction, plant sale and spring bouquet competition in conjunction with Rhodofest, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Shadbolt Centre at Deer Lake Park. Info at brags.ca

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Resilient Minds in Tough Times, Bob Prittie Metrotown library branch, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Burnaby Public Library in partnership with Canadian Mental Health Association celebrates Mental Health Week with a Resilient Minds in Tough Times public workshop.

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Gilpin parent advisory annual plant sale, a spring tradition in Central Burnaby.

Beautiful hanging baskets and bedding plants from local Burnaby producers on sale at Gilpin Elementary, 5490 Eglinton St., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All proceeds go to Gilpin PAC.

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