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By Janaya Fuller-Evans

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HOME AT LAST A team of Burnaby and Mission firefighters and their sniffer dogs landed in Vancouver International Airport Monday after helping with recovery efforts in Nepal. The earthquake left more than 7,000 people dead. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

Back from the devastation Burnaby firefighters were glad to be home after six very hard days of searching for people lost in the quake

By Jennifer Moreau

jmoreau@burnabynow.com

They spent six days combing the rubble with dogs and a device that can detect people scratching and tapping beneath the surface, but they didn’t find anyone alive.

By the time a team of Burnaby firefighters touched down in Nepal, the focus was on “recovery,” which is code for finding bodies.

Despite the grim assignment, they would do it again in a heartbeat.

“The suffering of the people and the magnitudes of destruction, … everybody was definitely moved by it all, … moved in a way that they wanted to help more,” said Mark Pullen, a retired firefighter who helped orga-

nize the team. “I’m really happy to be home.

Six days was long enough.”

On Monday, a group of Burnaby firefighters arrived at Vancouver’s airport into the arms of loved ones after a week in Nepal, helping with recovery efforts following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has left more than 7,000 people dead.

The team consisted of roughly 20 firefighters from w, two more from Mission and three dogs used to sniff out people in the rubble, dead or alive. The men partnered with Canadian Medical Assistance Team, a volunteer humanitarian charity that helped get them on the ground.

The quake hit on April 25, and the team arrived by Day 3. They camped in a Unit-

ed Nations tent city set up outside the Kathmandu airport. The men were dispatched to specific areas, including a collapsed UN office, to help locate the dead.

They didn’t pull anyone out of the rubble, but they used their dogs to locate bodies, leaving coordinates for others with heavier equipment for deeper digging.

“We can only go so far by hand,” Pullen said. “But we were pretty sure there were people in there. You could smell it.”

The team was also instrumental in locating missing Canadian hiker Tamara McLeod. According to Jeff Clark, vice-president of the firefighters’ union, the team called Senator Yonah Martin in the middle of the night, and Martin helped them get coordinates for the missing hiker. They then talked to their new friends, the Nepalese army, and negotiated for a helicopter to retrieve McLeod, along with other Continued on page 3

After years of negotiating with developers who evict tenants to redevelop their properties, Burnaby city staff have come up with a plan.

City council adopted the tenant assistance plan for rental buildings at Monday night’s council meeting.

“We tried to work with developers as best we can,” Coun. Colleen Jordan, chair of the city’s planning and development committee, told the NOW. “Not all developers will cooperate in that regard. But we do have some leverage.”

The primary issue has been with older walk-up apartment buildings in city centres, such as those in the Maywood area, Jordan explained.

Under the city’s bylaws, property owners are able to demolish and redevelop their property so long as it is done under the existing zoning, she noted.

“There is nothing the city has the authority to do that could stop an existing owner from redeveloping an existing building with a similar building under the existing zoning,” Jordan clarified in an email to the NOW. “Where the city does have authority, is when the owner applies for increased density under an existing community plan. Then council does have the final say.”

The city can attach conditions to rezoning applications, which is where the tenant assistance plan comes in, she said.

The Provincial Residential Tenancy Act has requirements for providing notice to tenants and assistance in relocating them, but the city now has a policy for multifamily buildings that are being demolished that goes beyond that.

If a developer submits a rezoning application involving six or more units in a multi-family building and the developer intends to demolish the units, they must submit a tenant assistance plan, according to the city’s new policy.

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They have lost it all

A retired Burnaby firefighter starts raising funds to help Nepalese friends and families rebuild after the massive earthquake

By Jennifer Moreau

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Like anyone half-a-world away, the first thing Eoin White thought of when the Nepal earthquake struck was his friends and family.

But the family members White worried about weren’t from typical bloodlines. They were the people he’s grown to know over the years while running Sherpa Encounters, a trekking company that takes people to base camp on Mount Everest – the same base camp that was buried in an avalanche of snow when the 7.8 magnitude quake hit on April 25.

When White heard the news, he tried to get through to Nepal, but the phone lines were down, email was down – there was just no way to communicate. Four days later, he found out that Dolma, a woman in charge of his operations in Kathmandu, had lost her family home in and everything in it.

“Not only have they lost everything, but they’ve lost all sources of immediate income, because with the earthquake, everybody left, all the tourists left,” White said. “It’s so impoverished, but the people are so nice, so kind. They’re so generous and will share with you what they have.”

Dolma’s plight is just one example. White is now hoping to help with a fundraising drive for his families. White, a retired captain from the Burnaby fire department, started Sherpa Encounters in 2005, and since then he’s taken more than 220 people to Everest, including some of the Burnaby firefighters who recently returned from the quake zone, where they helped with search and rescue efforts. (See related story on page 1.)

White’s Nepalese network includes many Sherpas, an ethnic group from the highest regions of Nepal. White’s families help organize guides, porters

HELP FROM ABROAD: Retired Burnaby fire captain Eoin White (centre), with one of his ‘sons,’ Kami Nurba Sherpa, at far left. Kami’s tea house, in the background, was damaged during the quake. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY EOIN WHITE

They are so generous and will share with you what they have

and people to host guests in tea houses. White boasts of sons, daughters and grandchildren in Nepal. Many are

Buddhist, and some who’ve lost their fathers believe White is their reincarnated father.

“They believe in reincarnation. They won’t kill a bug or a fly, and they believe I’m somehow related to them,” he said. “I do feel they’re family.”

With the death toll climbing to 7,000, and many buildings destroyed, White is trying to help anyway he can.

That’s why White is host-

ing a fundraising party at his New Westminster home on May 24. He’s hoping to raise $20,000 by then.

He’s already raised $11,000 in one day, just by emailing the people he’s taken to Everest. White plans to serve traditional Nepalese food at the May 24 event and asks that people bring clothing donations for his contacts in Nepal. The idea is nothing new. Every year, White hosts a party for Everest “alumni” and

collects clothes, but this is the first time he’s asked for money. The funds will go to the five main families he works with.

“It’s such a huge, huge problem there right now, the disaster and the people without homes and money,” White said. “The small amount of money I would make would only be a small drop in the bucket for Nepal, but for my own families, it will be life-changing.”

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missing hikers.

“It was pretty impressive for us to be able to help out that way,” Clark said.

No one pays for the firefighters to help; the team raises money to cover its own expenses. That said, Clark was blown away by all the help they received. Before departing, the firefighters contacted Pacific Blue Cross, and roughly 20 minutes later, they were all insured for the trip. Cathay Pacific, the airline company, flew the team for free on a moment’s notice and bent over backwards to let the dogs in the cabin.

“We said you can’t put the dogs in cargo, because if they’re down there, they are stressed out and can’t

do their job,” Clark said. “If the dogs had to go in cargo, we weren’t going. For the first time ever, they got them in.”

Then, during the flight, a woman approached, curious about the canines.

When she learned what the team was doing, she offered to help with tools. Her husband was chairman of the parent company of Milwaukee tools, and when the team landed in Hong Kong, company reps delivered $10,000 worth of tools to help.

By the end of the trip, the team left most of their supplies and equipment behind. They gave their tents and sleeping bags away to homeless families, and returned to Vancouver ex-

hausted.

Firefighter Dave Samson said it was tough when they weren’t able to recover bodies, but people were thankful anyway.

“I was overwhelmed at the Nepalese people, at how appreciative they were of us being there, even if we didn’t recover their loved ones,” he said on Monday, after his bus arrived at Fire Hall No. 1. “We were there to help them and show them people of the world cared.”

Samson said he would absolutely do it again.

“It felt like the right thing to do as a human being, to go and help when you see what those poor people are going through,” he said.

Safe at home: Retired firefighter Mark Pullen with Hunter back in Burnaby on Monday, after a six-day stint helping with recovery efforts in Nepal. PHOTO JENNIFER MOREAU

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Teachers’ prez unhappy with loss in court ‘Kids in classrooms deserve more than they have had for the past 13 years,’ – Rae Figursky

By Cornelia Naylor

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Burnaby Teachers’ Association president Rae Figursky said she was disappointed by a B.C. Court of Appeal decision last week that ruled the province did not violate teachers’ constitutional rights with 2012

legislation that limited bargaining on class size and composition.

But the local union head said she had always known the next step would be either the province or the B.C. Teachers’ Federation applying for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

“Kids in classrooms deserve more than they have had for the past 13 years,” Figursky said in a text to the NOW, “and if the B.C. government won’t properly support and fund their learning, teachers will keep fighting for them.”

Last week, a panel of five judges upheld the govern-

ment’s appeal of Justice Susan Griffin’s 2014 decision that ruled Bill 22 – legislation that restricted teachers’ bargaining on class size and composition – was unconstitutional.

The judges ruled that “the legislation was constitutional. Between the consultations and the collective

bargaining leading up to the legislation, teachers were afforded a meaningful process in which to advance their collective aspirations. Their freedom of association was respected.”

Four of the five judges agreed with the decision, while one judge dissented.

The dissenting judge agreed that the consultation was

relevant, but agreed with the trial judge that the government failed to consult in good faith.

Premier Christy Clark said she was “very pleased” with the court ruling, while Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker said the union will seek leave to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Opinion now OUR VIEW

What do most moms really want?

What do mothers really want for Mother’s Day? We did an unscientific, completely biased survey and asked a random sampling of moms what they wanted for Mother’s Day. Here’s what they said – not in priority.

1. To not have to pick up dirty socks or clothes scattered around the house.

2. To be able to sit for an hour with a cup of tea and a good book without having to worry about anything.

3. To know that someone

else is planning dinner.

4. To know that someone else is cleaning up after dinner.

5. To have one day when the kids don’t fight.

6. To have one day to sleep in.

7. To have one night when I don’t have to get up to get anything for anyone.

8. To know that everyone is safe, sound and healthy.

9. To have everybody together for dinner and not have anyone texting.

10. To walk on the beach

alone barefoot.

Instead, most moms will get chocolates, roses and a dinner out. Perhaps, if they’re lucky, they’ll get that and a couple of days where everyone commits to picking up their own clothes. A cynic might say we pay a lot of lip service to how much we value moms, but it’s just that – lip service.

Even the person who started Mother’s Day realized it became all about profit and not so much about poor old Mom.

According to Wikipedia, Anna Jarvis started Mother’s Day in 1908 in the U.S. She held a memorial for her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, in West Virginia.

Anna’s tribute to her own mom was to get a day set aside each year to honour mothers, “the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world”. Anna’s mother was a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the Civil War and created Mother’s Day Work Clubs

to address public health issues.

Although Jarvis was successful in founding Mother’s Day, she soon became resentful of the commercialization and was angry that companies would profit from the holiday. By the early 1920s, Jarvis became so embittered by what she saw as misinterpretation and exploitation that she protested and even tried to rescind Mother’s Day. She crashed a candymakers’ convention in Phila-

delphia in 1923. Two years later, she protested at a meeting of the American War Mothers, which raised money by selling carnations, the flower associated with Mother’s Day, and was arrested for disturbing the peace Alas, it did not end well for Jarvis.

So, in honour of Jarvis and her good intentions, please take the top 10 list of things moms want and see how many you can do for your mom this year.

MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Too soon to celebrate win It may be a tad premature for the B.C. government to pop the champagne bottles to celebrate its recent huge win in its long-running feud with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation.

While the B.C. Court of Appeal delivered a devastating setback to the union, there is a good chance the highest court in the country will hear the case and perhaps render a different verdict.

The strongly-worded appellate court ruling demolished the earlier judgment of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Susan Griffin, faulting her for all kinds of legal errors. But it wasn’t an unanimous ruling, as one justice – Ian Donald – wrote a lengthy dissenting opinion.

That lone dissent may be enough for the Supreme Court of Canada to agree with the BCTF’s request for an appeal. That, and the high court’s recent interest in cases that involve collective bargaining issues.

And that is what this fight between the government and the union is all about: bargaining rights, and how far they extend.

A key point is this: once something is put into a government’s collective agreement with a public sector union, is it there forever if the union refuses to take it out?

That, in a nutshell, is where this long-running dispute originates. More than a decade ago, the B.C. Liberals removed language in its contract with the BCTF that de-

termined class size limits and therefore how many teachers needed to be hired.

The language had been put there by the previous NDP government, and the B.C. Liberals government felt it should not be bound by what it considered to be a rigid, expensive system that didn’t work properly and was provided by the previous government as a gift for a union ally.

The union sued and won.

The government tried a different tack, and brought in legislation aiming at fixing the problem, but Justice Griffin ruled it to be insincere and phony, and therefore a case of bad faith bargaining.

She ordered the old, stripped-out language to be restored to the contract (which came with a cost of at least $300 million a year), and the government had no choice but to appeal such an expensive ruling.

Now, the question may well be: if the Supreme Court of Canada hears the case, will it back the appellate judges, or will it agree with Griffin’s take on things?

But it could be two years before the Supreme Court of Canada rules on this, assuming it agrees to hear the case at all.

The Court of Appeal ruling may have taken the wind out of the BCTF’s sails, but things will be far from smooth sailing in the education system for quite a while to come.

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

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Burnaby firefighters in Nepal are heroes

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Dear Editor Burnaby is currently seeking nominations for their annual Heroes In the City awards.

My nomination goes to those 18 brave Burnaby firefighters who are in Nepal seeking to make a difference in the recovery of victims from that devastating earthquake.

Members of Burnaby’s Technical Rescue and Task Force Team, they didn’t hesitate in saying “we’re going,” and were in the air and on their way to Nepal within 24 hours of hearing about the terrible event, days before many countries (including Canada) even decided to send their help.

Among the many accomplishments they performed was to help co-ordinate the rescue of four hikers stranded in a national park and an earlier rescue of a Canadian student and in general simply help survivors by distributing food and drink and supplies and work with search equipment.

The Burnaby team, put together three years ago, was seeing its first primary action in Nepal and many thanks go out to them, 18 firefighters who gave up their own time without pay to travel half way around the world to help people survive a world disaster.

How about as payment, 18 Heroes in the City medals?

Brian Pound, Burnaby

Coast guard responds to city’s criticism Dear Editor Re: Oil response “a bloody disgrace,” Burnaby NOW, April 29.

In her article reporter Janaya Fuller-Evans highlights concerns of Burnaby city councillor Paul McDonell. I’d like to provide some important context to Canadian Coast Guard’s response to the M/V Marathassa Spill.

Inrespondingtoamysteryspill,determiningthe sourceandthepollutantisnecessarytoaddressthe incidentdirectlywithoutwastingtimeorequipment.Notmentionedatallwasthefactthevessel wasnotawareofaspillthroughoutthenight,and investigationswereongoingatthesametimethat thecrew–sixpeopleintwoboats–workedthrough thenighttoskimthepollutionfromthewater’s surfaceandcontaintheleakbyplacingaboom aroundtheMarathassa.Alsonotmentionedwas thefactthattheymanagedtocapture80percentof theleakedoilwithin36hours,andvirtuallyallofthe oiloverthenextfewdays.

By any measure, this was an extraordinary achievement with a very good outcome. We targeted the right ship, with the right equipment, the right team, and got the right result.

Still, we understand that when there is an oil leak, there is no amount of time that seems fast enough for the cleanup. Clearly, there is lots of space for different assessments of this event and we welcome the discussion over how things can be improved.

For our part, we are proud of the service the Canadian Coast Guard and its partners were able to provide to Vancouver that night and in the days since. We believe that it should help the people of Vancouver sleep at night knowing that their great port, and the billions of dollars and thousands of jobs it generates for Vancouver and the entire country, is safe; and that there will be people working through the day and night, if need be, to make sure it stays so.

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Readers respond to political opponent Jonathan Story The article states the policy that includes “initiatives aimed at fostering inclusion and acceptance” of non-traditional gender roles. I think this may go too far, and that it may shift the focus from education to political advocacy. By all means, schools must have a culture that demands *tolerance* of those who have different perspectives, but the word “acceptance” implies that students are obligated to *approve* of these perspectives, which goes a step too far. Tolerance is a cornerstone of a free and democratic society, but enforced approval is a product of such regimes as North Korea. In schools, a mature discussion can only take place when students can say, “I support your right to your position, but I do not agree with it.”

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Twelve low-rise demolitions in past five years

Continued from page 1 three months’ rental compensation to each tenant, as well as offering interested tenants units in the new development or other housing managed by the applicant.

The policy was approved less than a week after a story on land speculation in Burnaby ran in Business In Vancouver, but Jordan pointed out the city has been working on the policy for six months.

Mainland Chinese buyers have been purchasing older

apartment buildings in the city and tearing them down to build high-rise condos in their place, according to the article by Frank O’Brien, and buyers have been focusing on the city centres.

There have been 12 demolitions of low-rise apartment buildings in Burnaby in the past five years, Jordan told council on Monday night, affecting a total of 262 rental units.

“The properties that have been demolished in the Metrotown area (along Be-

resford Street and east of Nelson Avenue) were areas designated in the community plan for the highest level of density, and as such, rezonings were granted to applicants and existing properties demolished,” Jordan wrote to the NOW, regarding the article. “The Metrotown community plan is coming up for review, and the impact on affordable, rental housing will of course be a consideration, among a number of issues. As for now, the majority of the

buildings in Maywood, and Edmonds as well, are not eligible for up-zoning.”

Rental units in the

Metrotown have increased in total by 300 over the past five years, Jordan said, though the newer units are

more expensive than those in the older low-rise apartment buildings.

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Once again, the City of Burnaby is criticizing the National Energy Board for not forcing Kinder Morgan to answer more questions in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion hearing.

According to the mayor’s office, the NEB ruled that Kinder Morgan has to give more information for only three of Burnaby’s 217 queries that went unanswered.

Out of nearly 1,300 intervenor questions filed by Abbotsford, Vancouver, Port Moody, North Vancouver and Edmonton, the NEB required full answers for only 32, according to the city.

“The failure of the NEB to require any reasonable effort by Kinder Morgan to fully answer written questions is very disturbing,” said city

lawyer Greg McDade in a press release.

Burnaby’s criticism comes on the heels of a public relations tour featuring NEB chair Peter Watson. Watson visited Victoria, Vancouver and Burnaby, and he met with Corrigan privately and presented at a meeting of Metro Vancouver mayors, many of whom signed a declaration of non-confidence in the NEB. Kinder Morgan’s pipeline application is before the NEB, which decided there would be no oral cross-examinations in the hearing. Instead, intervenors, like the City of Burnaby, must submit written questions to Kinder Morgan. Burnaby, however, has not been satisfied with the company’s response, stating that many queries have gone unan-

swered.

NEB spokesperson Tara O’Donovan explained that the board reviews every motion and request on a caseby-case basis but won’t force a company to answer questions if they are irrelevant or unreasonable.

“In some cases we agreed Trans Mountain should provide a better response to the question, but there were some cases, where the board decided the questions were covered,” O’Donovan said.

“They either had been answered adequately, or they did not relate to the list of issues in the hearing.”

O’Donovan also pointed out that if the city wants to know more information outside the scope of the hearing, there’s nothing stopping Burnaby staff from dealing with Kinder Morgan directly.

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Dorothy, a PARC resident, has never felt so energized. She attends exercise classes three times a week, plays Bingo and goes to the casino. Her favourite pastime? The weekly afternoon card game she plays with two other residents. With Dorothy’s social life in full swing and her non-stop smile, it seems she’s hit the jackpot with PARC Retirement Living.

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By Tereza Verenca

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Kelly Johnston has been living on borrowed time for the last 30 years.

The New Westminster resident has been on B.C’s transplant list three times, twice for a kidney and once for a heart.

The odds of receiving the latter are slim – about less than one per cent. Her chances would improve dramatically if more people who support organ donation put their money where their mouth is.

Ninety-five per cent of British Columbians are in favour of it, according to B.C. Transplant statistics, but only 20 per cent have actually registered their decision.

Until things change, Johnston continues to wait.

The year was 1985. Johnston, who was 21 at the time, had attended a party with friends one evening.

The next morning when she woke up, she found herself gasping for air.

“We’re all stressed

by Dad’s illness.”

“I couldn’t breathe because my lungs had filled with water. My dad took me to emergency at Burnaby Hospital. All they said was, ‘There’s a bed waiting for you at VGH. Do not stop or we will take you by ambulance,’” Johnston told the NOW. After running some tests, doctors discovered her kidneys were failing, and unless she received a transplant, she’d be dependent on a machine for the rest of her life.

“I said, ‘Well no, I have to go to work at five,’” she joked during the interview.

“They said, ‘Well if you can walk to the door, we’ll let you go.’ I said ‘Not a problem.’ I didn’t make it out of bed.”

Johnston was on dialysis for the next 10 months, hooked up to a unit that performed the same function as her kidneys – removing waste, salt and extra water from her system, while maintaining a healthy level of chemicals like potassium and sodium.

Both organs eventually had to be removed, forcing Johnston to be placed on B.C.’s transplant list. She was one of the lucky ones, though. Only a week after her name went on the list, her doctor called with good news.

“They told me they had found a match, which is very unheard of,” she said.

A sobering reality, however, set in for Johnston when she was told post-op to refrain from any physical activity. Favourite sports like skiing were out of the question.

“I’m like ‘That doesn’t really work for me.’ I wanted to go back to Whistler because I had been living there. They said, ‘No, you can never do anything like that,” she said.

After finding a new doctor at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital, Johnston’s outlook on life changed.

“I had a chat with Dr. David Landsberg, and he said, ‘You know what, you are going to live your life.

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‘I’ve had 31 years that I should have never had’ Continued from page 9 It doesn’t matter what happens to you. You’ve got the gift of life,” she said.

And so it went. Johnston ended up working in the entertainment business for celebrities like Clint Eastwood and film director Oliver Stone. Her job carried her all over the world, including a three-year stint in California. She hiked, played sports and continued to check off bucket-list items.

But on Jan. 19, 1998, roughly 13 years after her transplant surgery, Johnston felt ill. Blood work later revealed her body was rejecting the donated kidney, something she admitted she wasn’t at all prepared for.

“It was like being told

you’re terminal, because you are, and having experienced dialysis before, I knew what I was going to have to go through.”

The next two-and-a-half years proved to be “horrific.” Johnston, who had to be fed through a tube, vomited anywhere between 40 and 50 times a day, losing half her body weight as a result. She even experienced three mini-strokes.

“They came to me and said, ‘You need to get your affairs in order; we don’t think you’re going to make it through the week,’” she said. “I went to my next dialysis session basically knowing it would probably be my last one.”

But as luck would have

it, the good news phone call came through once again.

Johnston described waking up after her second kidney transplant as “an incredible feeling.”

“You’re finally warm. Being on dialysis makes you really cold from the inside out,” she said, adding the No. 1 thing she craved was a glass of milk.

Fifteen years later, Johnston’s kidney is still in functioning order. Having been on dialysis on and off over the years, however, created a new health problem for the local woman.

In 2006, Johnston felt something was off when it came to her heartbeat, like “someone tap dancing on one part, while the rest of

me was trying to keep up, doing the waltz.”

Doctors diagnosed her with atrial fibrillation (an irregular heart rhythm) and mitral valve stenosis, caused by, in Johnston’s case, calcium build-up from dialysis.

“Dialysis leaches calcium from your bones, but because it’s a solid, it doesn’t have anywhere to go, so you end up with bone spurs on tendons, joints and muscles, and the heart is a muscle,” she explained.

Even though she has a pacemaker to keep the AFib under control, Johnston’s heart will eventually stop as the muscle gets weaker and weaker.

“I could be sleeping when it happens, or I could be

out. I really don’t think about it. I’m so resigned to the fact that whatever happens, happens,” she said. “I’ve had 31 years that I should have never had.

I’ve had this incredible life.

I’m not going to sit around and go, ‘Woe is me.’ That is not my personality. I just think about how lucky I am to be alive in a time where science is keeping me alive.”

Johnston was put on the transplant list for a heart last December, but because her body contains a high level of antibodies and her blood type is O positive, the selfproclaimed optimist told the NOW her chances of receiving a heart is less than one per cent.

Despite the odds, John-

ston is hopeful she’ll get that phone call. In the meantime, she wants people to go online and register themselves for organ donation.

“It’s the last thing you can do to be kind in this world,” she said.

There are a few reasons why people don’t register, according to Peggy John, B.C. Transplant’s manager of communications and community relations.

Like writing a will, people put it off, John said. A sticker system that was phased out in 1997 is another reason.

“There are still people who have that sticker and think they’re still registered,” she added.

Burnaby celebrates relationship with Kushiro Janaya Fuller-Evans

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Burnaby got its first sister when delegates from Kushiro, Japan visited the city in 1965.

Reeve Alan Emmott signed an exchange affilia-

tion agreement with the delegation, which was renewed at the 25th anniversary in 1990, according to a city staff report.

This summer, the city will be honouring this halfcentury sibling relationship with help from the Nikkei

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The city is hosting a delegation from Kushiro from July 7 to 11, and the Nikkei Centre is arranging activities to mark the occasion, according to the report.

The Nikkei Matsuri Festival in September will also share the story of the sister city relationship with the public, the report stated.

The third annual Japa-

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Got yer goat: Urban Digs farmers Ludo Ferrari, left, and Julia Smith, right, with one of the farm’s nanny goats at the Burnaby farm. The farm’s Saturday markets are open now. Smith hopes to offer market days on other days of the week this season, too. For a video, see www.burnabynow.com. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

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Urban Digs Farm is finally drying out after struggling to keep its herd above water.

Farmers Julia Smith and Ludo Ferrari had to move the majority of their pigs to Chilliwack after the farm flooded in February.

The flood delayed work at the farm this season, with some areas still too muddy for planting in April.

“It was underwater. It was horrible,” Smith told the NOW, gesturing to one area. “We still can’t get in here, so a lot of stuff is going to be late.”

Smith believes development in the surrounding South Burnaby neighbourhood, alongside the Agricultural Land Reserve land, is at least partially responsible.

“There’s giant piles of sand all around us,” she said. “We’re already below sea level and it’s a peat bog, so it’s like piling sand on sponges. Every year it gets worse.”

However, Smith and

Ferrari aren’t letting the challenges of farming on a peat bog interfere with their plans for the season.

While two pigs are currently on site and the piglets will be living there this summer, the rest will live out in the Valley, according to Smith.

“It creates a community feel.”

“We expanded our farm out to Chilliwack because we just don’t have enough land here,” Smith said, adding the farm now has more than 100 pigs. The demand for, particularly, our pork has far outstripped our ability to meet it.”

This allows Urban Digs in South Burnaby to operate seasonally, she added.

“Because after three winters here, we’re pretty beat up,” Smith said.

“We don’t own this land. I can’t dig any more drainage ditches.

“This is a great loca-

tion in the summer,” she added.

The three-acre plot of land is leased to the pair, so there can’t be any permanent changes, including buildings, according to Smith.

So for this year’s market, they’ve brought in two shipping containers – one which will be a store, and one a storage cooler – with a covered area between them.

Smith and Ferrari also purchased a butcher shop under the Oak Street Bridge recently, according to Smith, and will be able to butcher their own meat, as well as provide services for other local farms.

The shop does not have retail space but it does include a 30-foot walk-in freezer, which makes Smith very happy, she said.

“We have meat in, like 16 chest freezers here and it’s just a gong show,” she said, gesturing to some of the freezers at the farm.

“I’m so excited.”

The farm also has a new resident – Mr. McStinky, the billy goat.

He was brought in for the sake of the two female goats on site, according

Happy times: Left and below, pigs at Burnaby farm Urban Digs. The farm’s Saturday market returned this month following a flood that delayed the season’s prep work.

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to Smith, who says the females are much happier since his arrival.

“Within minutes, they had a complete personality change,” she said.

In addition to the chickens, ducks, goats and pigs, the farm is home to about a dozen community garden plots, with members paying $20 per year for the space.

“It creates a community feel,” Smith said of the garden space.

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Inaugural conference for girls a huge success Cornelia Naylor

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DRIVE 4 BURNABY CENTRAL Support Burnaby Central’s dry grad celebrations by taking a new vehicle for a spin this Saturday. The school is holding a Drive 4 UR School event at 6011 Deer Lake Pkwy. from 12:30 to 6 p.m. Between six and eight brand new 2015 Ford vehicles will be on hand. The company will donate $20 per household for each test drive completed.

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The inaugural Burnaby Quantum Leaps conference was big success this spring.

Aimed at inspiring girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the event attracted 18 volunteers and 70 local girls, who took in interactive workshops and listened to inspirational female speakers, like Burnaby South gradDr.PohTan,astem-cellexpert and founder of Innoguidance Consulting.

The conference – a first of its kind for Burnaby – was organized by five local students from five different local schools (Mindy Lin, Jenny Wang, Tina Borcanin, Maya Unadkat and Angela Yu).

Organizers are now searching for others in Grade 11 or 12 interested in joining the executive and helping organize a second conference next year.

For more information,

BYRNIVERSARY Byrne Creek Community School celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. All school alumni and Byrne Creek community members are invited to the school (7777-18th St.) Thursday, May 14 for an open house, with food and performances from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Come early and take in an alumni basketball game starting at 3:30 p.m.

SKILLED STUDENTS

Burnaby students repaired, baked and networked their way to the podium at the 21st annual Skills Canada provincial competition in Abbotsford last month.

The annual Olympicstyle event, which pits students across the province against each other in a contest of trades and technology skills, saw four Burnaby students win medals.

Burnaby South’s Jason Sherle dominated the Automotive Collision Repair competition, winning gold and qualifying for the national competition in Saskatoon this month.

Fellow Burnaby South students Jack Casey and Emilio Flores took silver and bronze respectively in secondary IT Network Systems Administration, and Burnaby North student Kayla Wenzek earned bronze in the secondary baking event. For complete results, visit skillscan ada.bc.ca.

SLEEPER OF THE SEASON Four Byrne Creek media arts students won top honours at the B.C. Student Film Festival (BCSFF) last month with a video telling youth “Games can wait. Get some sleep.”

Sopithan Rajeswaran, Mansor Ghanizada, Olly Vik and Jan Lontok – all students in Byrne Creek’s Industry Connect Media Arts 10 program – won the junior public service announcement category with a scary, one-minute video on teens and sleep.

The film cites a study that found only 15 per cent of teens get eight and half hours of sleep on school nights. BCSFF, the province’s only student film festival is organized by B.C. media teachers and is open to elementary, junior secondary, senior secondary and post-secondary students.

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Style maven: Katie Hoang, owner of Luxury Labels, models one of the pieces that is most popular this season – a light wool vest that can be worn several different ways. Luxury Labels opened on Hastings Street last fall, and is one of the handful of shops catering to lovers of fashion.

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Hats Off Day goes to Hollywood

By Julia Shepek,

Heights contributor Hats Off Day is back, and Heights merchants are taking their hats off to customers and the community. With this year’s Hollywood theme, Hats Off Day goes glam on Saturday, June 6.

This one-day extravaganza shuts down Hastings Street from Boundary Road to Gamma Avenue, featuring a parade followed by a massive street party.

Hats Off Day starts as every day ideally should, with a pancake breakfast at 8:30 a.m. The Family Fun Dash, a three-block race, starts at 9:30 a.m.

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Then the Hollywood-themed parade follows at 10 a.m.

check out Hats Off Day’s annual Show and Shine.

The fun continues at 11 a.m. with the street festival on Hastings Street, which runs until 4 p.m. Each block features something unique and exciting for all ages.

Don’t forget to visit sponsor tents such as SFU’s 50th anniversary tent, hlm union IATSE and Port Metro Vancouver, to name a few.

Expect to see favourites from last year, including Elvis and Marilyn Monroe of Iconic Tributes, Rainshadow with their air guitar contest, and Juno award-winning jazz musician Gabriel Hasselbach. The Vancouver Circus School is producing a Hollywood-inspired show to dazzle audiences. Then, from Willingdon to Gamma at 11 a.m.,

Come out and see why Hats Off Day has been voted Burnaby’s favourite festival by Burnaby NOW readers for the last 10 years. To get more information about Hats Off Day, visit www. hatsoffday.com.

Julia Shepek is the spring 2015 marketing and events assistant with the Heights Merchants Association.

Spring fashion

By Janaya Fuller-Evans Burnaby Heights is much more than an ideal spot to grab a cup of coffee or dinner from a deli – it’s now a fashion hub.

Luxury Labels opened at 4550 Hastings St. last fall, and owner Katie Hoang said it has been the perfect spot for her business because of its proximity to other cities.

“It’s been really nice getting to know everyone in the Heights,” she added.

range of new and consignment clothing for women and men, and includes an impressive shoe display.

“It’s a Cinderella story with consignment shoes,” she said. “You can fall in love, but if it doesn’t ht…”

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Women’s fashion finds its place on Hastings Street four years ago and said the neighbourhood has been great.

Continued from page 14.... also offers many popular consigned handbags, such as Louis Vuitton.

The current popular items are warm-weather accessories, according to Hoang.

“We’ve been selling a lot of sunglasses and sandals,” she said.

Down the street at 4347 Hastings St. is the shop that established the neighbourhood as a fashion destination – Chickadee Boutique.

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“I love the fact that we’re in a community that is responding to what we’re doing,” she said.

There are a number of looks that are popular this season, from goral A-line skirts to bootcut jeans with a bit of a gared look, Santorelli said.

She likes the A-line skirt paired with a pink tank top and nude wedges, she said.

“It’s a ladylike look, so pretty for summer,” she added.

The shop also offers crocheted crop tops and the popular palazzo pant, which Santorelli recommends for curvy women.

Chickadee also offers the recently revived overalls of the ’80s and ’90s, but with a modern, htted take.

The most important thing is to hnd a piece that works for the customer, she added.

Culottes hang like a skirt but actually have pant or short legs underneath. They were originally designed so women could ride horses more easily.

be worn casually with a T-shirt, or paired with a bandeau top and a goral headband for a Coachella music festival look, Santorelli said.

“Every person has their own style, the dream child of their creative mind,” she added. “There are different ways of modifying (clothing) to your style.”

Each customer has a different com“It evens out the proportions a bit,” “They’re unlike what you might’ve fort level and prefers different cuts, she said. seen in the ’80s. They’re very htso it’s important to hnd pieces that ted,” she said. works for the individual, Santorelli The shop also carries a dressier said. culotte, according to Santorelli.

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Youth honoured at council meeting Monday Jeo Mateo, Kayla Wang, Margaret Anteros, Nicolle Salas and Priya Sharma all won bursaries as well as certificates in recognition of their community work.

Alona Besan, Amanda Lee, Amy Vatera, Amy Wesley, Bill Xu, Billy Tren-

Janaya Fuller-Evans

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It is Youth Week in Burnaby and to celebrate, city council awarded certificates of recognition to youth who make a difference in our community.

gove, Blake Tomei, Brittany Titian, Caitlynn Sturm, Came Suze Duncan, Cara Wong, Chaewon Song, Donnavin Steel-Payne, Devon Zhao, Eleni Beciaris, Emma McSpadden, Guray Bhullar, Hyun Na, Iris Xie, Jackie Cao, Jared Mah,

Jasper Chan, Jeanne d’Arc Mubalama, Jet Thorsteinsson, Kevin Chung, Kyle Sim, Milad Mohammadi, Rebecca Ywet, Roya Nari, Tanvi Bhati, Terry Zhang, Ty Klim, Vanessa Jokanovich and Vincent Lau received certificates of recog-

nition.

Katya Morin won the Burnaby Youth Week logo contest.

The certificates are meant to recognize youth who are 18 years or younger who have positive attitudes, make important contribu-

tions to the community and demonstrate initiative, enthusiasm and commitment.

They may also have overcome adversity.

Youth Week takes place during the first week of May.

“Did you know our proposed expansion follows the existing route for most of the way?”

- Carey Johannesson, Project Lead, Land & Right-of-Way, Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

The proposed Trans Mountain Expansion follows the existing

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route or other linear infrastructure for 90% of the way.

OF THE ROUTE IS ON THE EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY.

That means less than 100 kms needs to be moved to undisturbed lands. These reroutes will be made to improve safety and address environmental considerations, and will accommodate changes

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(or 98km) WILL REQUIRE NEW ROUTING.

in land usage since the pipeline was originally built in 1953.

We’ve been talking with the public, stakeholders, landowners and Aboriginal communities along the proposed corridor to hear their concerns. We expect you will ask questions. We’ve made

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adjustments in many places to address the concerns we’ve heard.

Our intention in all of our planning is to minimize the impact on residents, communities and the environment, while ensuring that safe construction and operations are possible.

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Community now FRIDAY, MAY 8 Magician John Kaplan performing at Montecito Elementary, 6:30 p.m.

Show takes audience on a magical journey through the decades, with audience participation and comedy.

Tickets: adults, $15; children, $10; five-and-under, $5; family of four, $40. Call Tanya for tickets: 604-8091809. Funds raised go to the school's PAC. SATURDAY, MAY 9 Open House, Burnaby North Lawn Bowling Club, 1 to 4 p.m. Lawn bowlers wanted.

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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. Great Salmon Send-Off, 25th anniversary, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., hosted by the Stoney Creek Environment Committee at Stoney Creek Community School, 2740 Beaverbrook Cres. Join local children and parents in releasing about 3,000 young coho at 11 a.m.

Environmental displays and enjoy live entertainment and other activities.

BMBA’s community family fun day, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Kensington Park, 6159 Curtis St. Barbecue, concession, carnival games, prizes, raffle table, face painting, bouncy castle, velcro wall and live performances. All ages.

site. Tickets $5, at the door.

TUESDAY, MAY 12 Have you considered becoming a foster family?

To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at #200–906 Roderick Ave. in Coquitlam.

For further information or another session date, please call our North Fraser Recruitment Team at 604764-8098.

Making Sense of Your Symptoms and Screening Tests, a presentation with Burnaby NOW columnist Dr. Davidicus Wong, at Bob Prittie Metrotown library branch, 6100 Willingdon Ave., 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dr. Wong will provide important information addressing the questions: What symptoms are normal and when should you seek help? What screening tests do you need at what age? Limited seating; register at 604-436-5400.

Free workshop on elder abuse, 2 to 4 p.m. The workshop teaches citizens of all ages to recognize warning signs of abuse of older adults and to respond safety and supportively.

Presented in English with Korean translation, at the Burnaby Multicultural Society, 6255 Nelson Ave. Registration/info: Carol at 604 431-4131 ext.27, carol. ha@thebms.ca.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 Burnaby Historical Society,

hosts guest speaker Larry Wong, author of Dim Sum Stories, who will talk on growing up in Chinatown in the 1940s and 1950s, 7:30 p.m. at the Burnaby Village Museum, Carousel Pavilion,6501 Deer Lake Ave. Free admission, all welcome.

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Participants must wear a helmet and have a bike bell.

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Community now HEALTHWISE

Follow these four foundations of health Dr. Davidicus Wong HEALTHWISE editorial@burnabynow.com

To some, the idea of exercise brings to mind fourletter words, like pain and work. But physical activity is not just for athletes and kids. It is essential to all of us.

Healthy physical activity is one of the four foundations of self-care (a healthy lifestyle). The others are a healthy diet (what you put into your body), healthy relationships (how you relate) and emotional health (how you feel). The most important predictor (what you have control over) of your future health are the habits you practise today.

We were made to move.

When we don’t our health suffers. When we do, we thrive.

The human body evolved to survive in times when food was scarce and life more physically demanding. Our genes are more suited to the prehistoric world. That’s why we crave fatty, high calorie foods and why we accumulate body fat if we don’t keep moving.

If physical activity is a part of your everyday life then your life every day will be better. Daily physical activity can boost your mood and reduce anxiety.

It can help you maintain a healthy weight, muscle strength and tone, coordination and comfort in your own body.

We need a certain level of fitness in order to do the essential activities of dai-

ly living, including dressing, bathing, meal preparation, housework and getting out of the house to do the things we want and need to do.

Fortunately, we have bodies and brains that are highly adaptable. With regular practice, physical activity becomes easier: we grow in strength, skill, speed and grace. We can acquire

We were made to move. When we don’t our health suffers. When we do, we thrive.

healthy new habits.

Though technology intends to improve the quality of our lives, it often degrades the quality of our health.

Most of us would be much healthier if we walked or cycled instead of riding and driving.

For many young people, thumbs get more exercise than legs. Even the couch potatoes of the ’60s got more physical activity than couch potatoes today. We now use remotes to avoid the few extra steps to change the channel.

If you’ve become less active because of the demands of everyday life or if you’ve just fallen into some bad habits, it’s not too late to change. Being more active can benefit you at any time in your life. It can make the difference between just getting

by and feeling great.

I invite you to take the first steps on the path of better health.

May 9 to 15 is the Doctors of B.C.’s Walk With Your Doc week, and doctors throughout the province will be promoting physical activity in a variety of community events.

On Saturday, May 9, we’ll kick off the week with a free and fun 2 kilometre walk at Kitsilano Beach Park in Vancouver at 9:30 a.m. As the event’s MC, I’ll be there with many of my colleagues along with our patients.

Even if your doctor isn’t there, you’re welcome to attend. All members of the public are invited, but come early to get your free pedometer. For more information about this event, check online at www.bcma. org/walk-with-your-doc.

To celebrate the World Health Organization’s Move for Health Day on Sunday, May 10 (Mothers’ Day), the City of Burnaby has organized a large number of free events including pole walking, canoe lessons, boot camp. For more information check the City’s website at burna by.ca.

Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician. You can read more about achieving your positive potential in health at davidicuswong. wordpress.com. For practical tips for healthier living, see the Burnaby Division of Family Practice’s website at divisionsbc.ca/burnaby.

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EDC to first Provincial Cup

Burnaby-based premier soccer club completes Cup comeback with penalty-kick shootout Tom Berridge

tberridge@burnabynow.com

EDC FC Burnaby is on its way to a first-ever Provincial Cup final following a 3-2 shootout win over Cowichan on Saturday.

The Vancouver Metro Soccer League premier division club played catchup against the visiting Vancouver Island side up until the final whistle, but Brendan Djambazov made good on EDC’s seventh attempt in the penalty shootout phase to advance the Burnabybased soccer club to the cup final.

EDC will take on Inter FC, 2-1 winners over North Delta in the other semifinal, in the cup final Sunday at Willoughby Turf in Langley at 3 p.m.

“I am very pleased with the effort displayed by our guys, the game was one of the toughest in this Provincial A Cup playdown and Cowichan executed their game plan almost to perfection,” said EDC head coach Claudio Ramirez.

“Our guys were very poised throughout the match and you have to hand it to them for staying with it until the very end.”

Cowichan opened the score on a header in the 30th minute and held the lead at half time.

Rizal Ganief, who finished fifth in league scoring this season, had numerous chances at the net, including a point-blank shot on goal in the 41st minute.

Ganiel finally evened the

Headliner: EDC FC Burnaby’s Habil Mohammed, in white, gets his head on a ball in a 3-2 shootout win over Cowichan in a Provincial A Cup semifinal at Burnaby Lake-West on Sunday. PHOTO KEVIN HILL

score early in the second half, jumping on a rebound off a shot by teammate Eric Ray that was cleared off the goal line.

In the 76th minute, Cowichan capitalized on another EDC turnover and took a 2-1 lead on an almost identical header as

their opening goal.

But EDC overcame the shock 10 minutes later with Ganief setting up Habib Mohammed in the 18-yard

box for a glorious chance that was volleyed wide of the goal.

In injury time, Ray made a last-minute rush from the back line, sending a cross in the box to an unmarked Ganief, who blasted the ball into the back of the net for the equalizer.

EDC went all out in the second period of overtime creating three positive opportunities to score, including a pair inside the 18

by Ray, but were stymied each time by the Cowichan keeper Tyler Liang.

In the ensuing shootout, Hugo Vasquez made two key stops, including a hand save on Cowichan’s seventh shooter that set the stage for Djambazov’s game winner.

“I think we showed a ton of character and commitment by not getting frustrated with an opponent that knew its limitations and played to their strengths,” said Ramirez.

“We never stopped attempting to impose our will on the game and it eventually paid off. I am very proud of our accomplishment in reaching these finals, but I think these guys deserve more for how they’ve come together as a team this year.”

In the cup final, EDC faces an Inter team that garnered just a single point from a 1-1 draw back in November of last year in two league meetings with the Chilean club.

EDC also edged Inter 2-1 in Imperial Cup play.

Burnaby Selects win u-18 Coastal Cup

U-14 and u-16 Metro League boys take silver medals at Aldergrove provincial tourney Tom Berridge

tberridge@burnabynow.com

Minwoo Sung scored the overtime winner to give the Burnaby Selects a second consecutive Coastal A Cup title.

Sung took a pass from Jake Archibald off a free kick and slotted home the game-winning marker in the 10th minute of the first of two 15-minute overtimes to give Burnaby a 3-2 victory over the Central City Breakers in the under-18 boys’ A Cup at the Aldergrove Athletic Centre on Saturday.

Sung opened the scoring early in the second half and

later Lucas Dalla-Vecchia made it 2-1 for the Metro League Selects on a setup by teammate Daniel Johnson.

But the Breakers tied it up late on both occasions, countering off a Burnaby turnover and then drawing even at 2-2 after a successful penalty kick resulting aom a trip in the box.

But in true Selects style, the young first-year u-18 Burnaby side did not waver, capturing its second straight Cup after last season’s win at the u-16 level.

“They won their way in and deserved it,” said a proud Burnaby head coach Joe Pinto.

Last week, the u-17 club side got by North Vancouver 1-0 to advance to the cup final.

But the real story of the Coastal Cup was an earlier 3-2 win over 1997-born Central City Breakers Elite in the quarter-finals, said Pinto.

“The ’97 CCB was the best team in that age group.

We were winning 2-0 with eight minutes left to go, but they tied it up,” said Pinto. “But with one minute left to go Johnson took two players on and scored.

They were down, but they didn’t give up.”

Burnaby opened with a 3-0 victory over the Del-

ta Coastal Selects in the round of 16.

The win advanced the Selects to the upcoming provincial championships in July.

TEENS STOPPED AT THREE The u-16 Burnaby Selects had their three-year reign at the Coastal Cup stopped by Coquitlam Metro-Ford 3-0 in the A final in Aldergrove on Saturday.

Burnaby fell behind 1-0 after 20 minutes of play and enjoyed a majority of the play, before giving up two late goals which flattered the winners.

It was one of those games

we should have won,” said Selects head coach Frank Iuele. “We had three tapins from one foot out and missed them. We were so unlucky.”

The Selects, who finished second following the regular season and have won three consecutive Provincial Cup titles, will get an opportunity for a fourth later this summer despite the loss at the Coastals.

Burnaby got by Richmond United 3-2 in last week’s semifinal. The Selects got off to a strong start in the Coastal Cup playdowns, blanking the Delta Continued on page 23

First win at Mazda Gr. Prix Tom Berridge

tberridge@burnabynow.com

Burnaby sports car driver Michael Valiante and codriver Richard Westbrook took the checkered flag at the Monterey Grand Prix on Sunday.

The win was the first victory this season for the No. 90 VisitFlorida.com Corvette Daytona Prototype after four consecutive podium finishes for the United Sports Car Championship team.

Valiante started the Chevy sports car on the inside of the second row in third place, but came out with the lead after the opening lap of the 11-turn, 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway circuit.

“Turn 1 is always interesting here with cold tires and cold brakes,” said Valiante in a team press release.

“Fortunately there was a gap and I was able to position the car for the corner and come out with the lead.

The car was extremely fast in clean air, and we were able to put some distance on the 10 car and establish a solid pace.”

Valiante led the race for the first 15 laps, while Westbrook brought the car home, leading for another 44 laps of the 112-lap session.

The victory gave the VisitFlorida team the lead in the prototype championship over the No. 5 Action Racing team of Christian Fittipaldi and Joao Barbosa in another Corvette DP. The No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Chevy, which led for a combined 60 laps, placed runner-up in the race, finishing a mere 1.351 seconds behind.

While speed was a factor, it was the bold moves

by Valiante and Westbrook that ulimately gave the No. 90 car its first win of the season.

“We made a little unintentional contact slipping down the inside,” said Valiante of his aggressive start to the race.

“It was clean for a while, but then we hit heavy, heavy traffic. … I was really boxed in. I got by one PC with a little contact … I made contact with a GTLM car, and I think it hit Jordan on the other side. We sort of forced him off the road and gave him a different line. But it was a good race.”

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HIGH TEA DIM SUM WITH MINISTER TERESA WAT Hear from the Hon. Teresa Wat, Minister of International Trade and Minister Responsible for Asia-Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism, at this month’s High Tea event. Build new business relationships and enjoy a great assortment of delicious dim sum!

May 20 – 3:00pm to 4:30pm Fortune House Seafood Restaurant

RETAIL SEMINAR: TURNING BROWSERS INTO CUSTOMERS Join this seminar for retailers and learn how to turn browsers into paying customers with strategies you can employ in your store today!

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May 21 – Noon to 4:30pm Delta Burnaby Hotel & Conference Centre

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE DIGITAL AGE FEAT. 105 TH AGM The 105th Annual General Meeting of the BBOT will feature great networking with a 100 professionals and business owners at a lunch-time reception.

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‘CLICK-START’ YOUR DIGITAL MARKETING SEMINAR Starting with an introduction to Google AdWords and digital trends for 2015, followed by 3-step strategy for paid advertising, this seminar is aimed to provide you with the tools and knowledge to evaluate, launch and optimize pay per click campaigns focused on ROI for your business.

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Jr. Lakers win a first

Burnaby stages big comeback in win over Thunder Tom Berridge

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Flying by Knight: St. Thomas More Knights Jeffrey Ciachurski flies high for a disc on opening day of the Canadian High School Ultimate Championships at Burnaby Lake Sports ComplexWest last Saturday.

STM placed third overall at the 16-team national tournament.

PHOTO KEVIN HILL

Knights place third at ultimate nationals Tom Berridge

tberridge@burnabynow.com

St. Thomas More Collegiate placed third at the Canadian High School Ultimate Championships last weekend.

The coed Knights finished with a record of 5-1 in their first-ever appearance at the nationals at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West on Sunday.

The Burnaby independent’s only loss was to eventual champion Sutherland

13-5 in the semifinals.

The North Vancouver school went on to defeat a combined St. George’s/ York House team in the championship final.

STM defeated Prince of Wales 12-3 in the consolation final to claim the thirdplace medal.

“Sutherland is a notch above the rest of the teams.

Those guys are really good,” said STM coach Joe Muise. “Our team was definitely very happy to get the bronze medal.”

The Knights were seeded

fifth going into the 16-team tournament and topped their pool with an unbeaten 3-0 record on Day 1 of the competition, including a 13-4 win over No. 4 seed Earl Haig from Ontario and an 11-4 victory over eighthplace finisher Point Grey.

On Day 2, STM also defeated fifth-place-finishing Westwood 12-5 to make it into the final four.

“In our last game versus Prince of Wales, they picked themselves up after a tough loss to Sutherland to pick up a medal,” Muise said.

The Burnaby Lakers might want to consider a name change.

The B.C. Junior Lacrosse League club chalked up its first win of the regular season, stealing a 12-7 win from the visiting Langley Thunders in what could have been described as a phoenix-like turnaround at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Friday night.

After opening with a flameout first period, giving up four goals on the first four shots on goal, Burnaby arose from the ashes of a 5-1 deficit, outscoring the Thunder 11-2 over the final 47-plus minutes and in the process transforming itself into a club that just might have a chance of reaching its playoff goal.

Steven Mayervich, who took over in goal from starting goalie Aiden Yorke, let in his first two shots on goal before settling in for his first win as a Laker, holding off his old Thunder teammates the rest of the way.

The 21-year-old second-year keeper, who came over to the Lakers in an off-season trade from Langley, allowed just four goals in more than 53 min-

utes of work.

“We just had to pick it up. I got the first game out of the way (a 12-6 loss in Delta) and I couldn’t have played any worse,” said Mayervich after the game.

“It makes us believe in each other.”

After a rocky first period start, third star Tyler Kirkby stopped the bleeding with his first of two goals in a five-point outing with a side arm whip shot late in the opening frame.

First star Aidan Milburn counted his first of a season-high five goals three minutes later to pull the home team withing a pair of goals at the interval.

The middle period began and ended with a pair of goals from Burnaby less than a minute apart, which changed the complexion of the game completely.

Milburn and Nick Jensen, with a pair of quick goals on transition, evened the score at 5-5 at 4:38 of the period.

But Langley star Thomas Moffatt, who led the Thunder with a hat trick, gave the visitors its last lead midway through the matchup.

Milburn counted his third and fourth of the game later in the period 22 seconds apart to give Burnaby its first lead of the contest. Burnaby led 8-6 head-

ing into the final period.

The Lakers widened the gap to five goals on a pair from Justin Appels and Milburn’s fifth. Corey Wong also scored on a nifty unassisted counter late in the game in his first game of the season for Burnaby.

“It’s a good one for their confidence,” said Burnaby head coach Brad Parker. “We’ve been working on offence and defence because it has been lacking.

But we had a lot of good looks tonight.”

Mayervich is liking his new position as well.

“I’m comfortable with all the players now. I don’t have to worry about anything,” said Mayervich.

“You always want to finish up on top of your old team.”

Milburn, who as a rookie last season started the regular season on pace for more than 60 goals before being injured, is off to another hot start and currently leads all scorers with 12 goals and 16 total points in his first three games.

Burnaby is on Vancouver Island this Saturday against Nanaimo, before returning home to host the defending B.C. junior A champion Coquitlam Adanacs at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Sunday at 7 p.m.

Selects win two silver medals Continued from page 21 Coastal Selects 4-0 in the quarter-finals.

“We’ve had a good run in the last four years, but as much as it was heartbreaking, we’re not going to miss all the time,” said Iuele.

SHOOTOUT LOSS The u-14 Burnaby Selects also dropped their Coastal A Cup final 2-1 on penalty kicks to league champion Port Moody on Sunday.

After spotting Moody the first goal, Justin Petkovic evened the contest before half time with what head coach Geoff Labine described as the goal of the season.

In a solo move from midfield, Petkov-

ic took on the opposition backline and sprung himself loose before beating the charging Port Moody goalie with a clever chip shot into the back of the net.

Nothing was solved in the second half, and the two teams went to a shootout with Port Moody prevailing 4-2.

“Their physicality was wearing us down,” said Labine of the scoreless second half. “I think we were fortunate to get it to penalty kicks.”

Burnaby advanced to the final with a 4-2 win over Saanich Fusion a week earlier.

The defending Provincial Cup champion also blanked Vancouver FC 1-0 in the quarter-finals and Surrey Guildford United 2-1 in the opening round of 16.

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