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War of words erupts over pipeline

By Jeremy Deutsch

jdeutsch@burnabynow.com

The debate over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project appears to have pitted Burnaby against one B.C. Interior

town’s mayor.

On Monday, longtime Burnaby city councillor Sav Dhaliwal wrote an open letter inviting Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman to take a tour of Burnaby, specifically around the Kind-

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The invite was in response to the Fort St. John’s mayor’s full-page ad in the Vancouver Sun last week after federal approval of the pipeline project, in which

she noted support for the project and argued pipelines are safe and cost-effective way to transport oil and natural gas.

Dhaliwal said he invited Ackerman to visit the city because many people are

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“We’re saying it loudly: ‘Look, the City of Burnaby has a unique problem with this line, with this expansion and we need to have people give us assurance there are

ways to manage that,’” he told the NOW. Dhaliwal argued there have been no plans put forward by Kinder Morgan or from the federal or provincial government in the event Continued on page 8

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MP still pondering pipeline response ‘Right now I’m totally focused on having conversations with constituents ...’

LET’S TALK:

Terry Beech, Liberal MP for Burnaby NorthSeymour, talks to constituents at an open house on Saturday.

He held the open house to get feedback from residents on the prime minister’s decision to approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

By Tereza Verenca

tverenca@burnabynow.com

Burnaby North-Seymour constituents will have to wait a little while longer to hear where their MP stands on last week’s Kinder Morgan decision.

Speaking to the NOW prior to an open house on Saturday, Liberal MP Terry Beech said he’s currently working on a “more substantive statement” and will release it sometime this week.

“I spent a lot of time thinking and working on this issue and I have a responsibility to this constituency to make sure that I put their best interests first, and part of that is going to be making sure that sharing how I feel about this matter is done with reflection,” he said. “Right now, I’m totally focused on having conversations with constituents so that it can help inform my own decision on that.”

On Nov. 29, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his government’s approval of the proposed $6.8-billionTrans Mountain expansion project, which will triple the Edmontonto-Burnaby pipeline’s capacity from 300,000 bar-

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rels a day to 890,000 barrels a day. Shortly after, Beech told media that he was reserving comment until he fully reviewed the information, and that he would host an open house to hear from concerned constituents.

Beech has been in a tough position because his riding straddles both sides of the Burrard Inlet where tanker traffic is expected to increase nearly seven-fold. It’s also home to the proposed expansion of the Burnaby Mountain tank farm and

the Westridge Marine Terminal.

During a presentation to the Trans Mountain ministerial panel, Beech shared how his constituents stood opposed to the project.

On Saturday, Beech admitted he didn’t realize how “emotionally exhausting” the Kinder Morgan decision would be.

“As an MP, you wear three hats, you have to represent your personal values, you have to be able to look yourself in the mirror every

day, you have to represent your constituency values, you have to fight for your local community and then you have to look at the national interest. I try to balance that as best as I can and I will continue to try,” he said.

OPEN HOUSE ATTRACTS A CROWD A steady flow of people came through the doors during the daylong open house.

Burnaby resident Glenn

Vockeroth stopped by to tell Beech he was “more than disappointed” with the announcement.

“I think dilbit is a catastrophe waiting to happen.

The fact that it will sink and not float means that not if, but when it spills, if it spills anywhere in the Vancouver harbour, then it’s virtually uncleanable,” he told the NOW before his meeting with Beech.

Burnaby Mountain resident Carol Clarke said her community never gave con-

sent. “(I’m) very worried and concerned for my grandchildren. Like what kind of world have we left them?” she asked.

Clarke’s husband John said he feels “absolutely betrayed” and that Beech has been “hung out to dry” by his party.

“His best move would be to make a statement and set out as an independent.That way he has some possibility Continued on page 4

‘EVERY PARENT’S NIGHTMARE’

Hearing begins in fatal hit-and-run case

25-year-old Burnaby woman, Emily Sheane, was killed as she drove home from work late at night

By Jeremy Deutsch

jdeutsch@burnabynow.com

It was just after 11:30 p.m. as Emily Sheane made her way through Burnaby from her job at Joe Fortes restaurant inVancouver.

The 25-year-old had called ahead to tell her family she was leaving work for home.

It was raining and dark on that March 9, 2016 night.

Sheane’s red Corolla

pulled up to a red light on Moscrop Street atWillingdon Avenue. It was 11:37 p.m.

The light turned green and Sheane started driving into the intersection.

She would never make it through.

Minutes before, Ibrahim Ali was behind the wheel of a Range Rover speeding alongWillingdon. He wasn’t supposed to be driving.The 25-year-old Burnaby resi-

dent with a criminal past was prohibited from driving.

He also got his hands on the Range Rover by using a bad cheque.

As the SUV headed toward the light, he told his passenger to “buckle up.”

In a blink of an eye, the Range Rover ran the red light, smashing into the driver’s side door of the smaller Corolla.

The collision killed Sheane instantly. Ali and a pas-

senger took off.The pair would eventually make their way to Creston, where they would be arrested a few days later.

Back in Burnaby, when Sheane didn’t arrive home at her expected time, her dad and boyfriend decided to look for her, retracing her route home from work.

They eventually came across the crash scene and were later given the tragic news.

These were some of the

heart wrenching facts heard in court at Ali’s sentencing hearing.

Ali, also a Burnaby resident, had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and failing to stop at an accident causing bodily harm.

Sheane’s family, friends and coworkers packed a Vancouver courtroom last week for the first day of an emotional sentencing hearing.

Crown is seeking a 4.5year sentence total for the two charges, while the defense is asking for a threeyear sentence.

Crown counsel Jonas Dow spent much of the hearing reviewing the facts of the case and making the argument for the stiffer sentence due to aggravating factors.

He delved into Ali’s background, noting the accused Continued on page 4

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City now NDP MP suggests Beech should leave Liberals

Continued from page 3 of being re-elected,” he added.

John noted when the ministerial panel in charge of reviewing the Kinder Morgan file came out with its report in November, he

I believe it is way safer than rail movement

was feeling “fairly positive” about a no decision.

“It’s clear to me they (the cabinet) probably read it, looked at it, (it) didn’t turn out the way they thought it would, and simply said ‘to hell with the truth,’” he said.

Not all open house attendees were naysayers.

Doug Payette dropped in to tell Beech he’s in favour of the project and its economic opportunities.

“I believe it is way safer than rail movement,” he said. “I believe in the builtin safety of the double-haul tankers and all those things; they’re going to do the best they can, and I think they’re going to be certainly watched, so they’re going to have to go to the highest standards.”

Meanwhile, Kennedy Stewart, MP for Burnaby South, reiterated John’s sentiments that Beech should resign.

“If Mr. Beech was to sit as an independent, he could advocate on behalf of his constituents more effective-

Driver had long list of convictions Continued from page 3 has 20 convictions going back to his youth in 2007.

In 2012, Ali served more than three years for a robbery. Dow also noted the accused has convictions for driving dangerously that, he said, demonstrates a pattern.

The sentencing was also an opportunity to hear from Sheane’s family.

“Emily was the bright light in many lives,” Dow told the court prior to reading portions of victim impact statements.

Her sisters, brother and boyfriend’s statements also touched on the sadness that has gripped the family since the deadly crash.

Sheane’s mom Judy said the events of March 9 were “every parent’s nightmare.”

“I never got to say goodbye and tell her I love her,” she said. “I’m devastated.”

Court also learned more about Ali. He was born in Turkey but immigrated to Canada with his family in 1992. He went to high school in Burnaby, but his lawyer said he got involved with the “wrong crowd.”

His lawyer also suggested

Ali’s life went into a spiral after his grandfather died at the beginning of the year.

Outside the courtroom, Sheane’s sister Jenny Berger told the media the family is frustrated by Ali’s criminal history.

“Our justice system really needs to step up its game and do harsher punishments with repeat offenders,” she said. “It’s not fair.

He’ll be out by the time he’s

We need to heal and we need to get through this

30 hurting someone else, and it’s just not fair.You can’t take back someone once they’re gone.”

Berger also described the toll her sister’s death has had on her family.

“Our family wants this over, we need to heal and we need to get through this,” she said.

Ali’s sentencing hearing is scheduled to continue on Dec. 21.

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Feeling ‘betrayed’: From left, Ryan Budd, legislative assistant to Terry Beech, stands with husband and wife John and Carol Clarke, who attended the MP’s open house to voice their concerns about the pipeline.

ly; he could go and stand with them against the pipeline; he could try to ensure that none of the houses in his own neighbourhood are expropriated,” he said. “If I was in his position, I would resign as parliamentary secretary and I would leave my caucus.”

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Acceptance is key to fighting extremism

Speaking out: SFU student and Voices Against Extremism member Hussein Assad takes part in discussions in professor Richard Frank’s advanced issues in cybercrime class at SFU’s Burnaby campus.

SFU course finds new ways to combat radicalization Cornelia Naylor

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An SFU criminology professor and cybercrime researcher decided to run one of his classes a little differently this year.

Instead of participating in the usual lectures, discussions and presentations, Richard Frank’s advanced issues in cybercrime class launched a multi-faceted social media campaign to combat violent extremism and radicalization online.

Rather than taking on extremism head on, however, Voices Against Extremism is aimed at bringing people together and showing we all have more in common than we think.

The campaign’s website and Facebook page, for example, feature a series of “stories of resilience,” not just about refugees and newcomers but anyone who wants to share a story about Canada.

“The idea is to use humanization, education, respect and empowerment to combat the message of violent extremism, which is ‘you are different, we are different; therefore, we must not co-exist,’” student Nathaniel Lam told the NOW. On the campaign’s Instagram feed, meanwhile, you’ll find photos of cute animals under the hashtag #animalsagainstextremism.

These warm and fuzzy initiatives may seem ill suited to take on ISIS and other groups looking to radicalize people online, but they’re not, according to Frank.

“You can say, ‘ISIS

sucks,’” he said “but this is a completely different approach. … The feedback from the law enforcement agencies that we were talking to, their experience has been that the community needs to accept new people. If they’re accepted, they tend not to become radicalized. People that are left on the boundaries, they get radicalized.”

Frank said the initiative gives voice to the silent majority that welcomes newcomers.

This is the first time the SFU prof has centred his class on a hands-on campaign instead of more traditional class activities.

An international contest put on by Facebook and the U.S. State Department called P2P (Peer to Peer): Challenging Extremism, was a catalyst.

And five students and Frank are now travelling to Hamburg, Germany for an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) regional contest Dec. 7 and 8.

“This competition was a perfect thing to motivate the entire class,” Frank said.

“There was a lot of energy, there was a lot of discussion, there was a lot of creativity, and they gained a lot of real-world skills that they’re happy with, I’m happy with.

There was a lot of community engagement.”

Lam agreed.

“It’s a class that wasn’t the typical top-down hierarchy classroom format,” he said. “It’s not like you go to a lecture and you listen to a professor talk.You don’t go

to class and come home and only read academic articles and write papers.We were hands-on.”

For more information about Voices Against Extremism, visit www.voices againstexremism.ca.

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Opinion now OUR VIEW

Voters just find it easier to say ‘no’ The federal committee charged with researching and coming up with ideas to reform Canada’s electoral system says we should decide by referendum whether to keep the first-past-the-post system or switch to some form of proportional representation.

Which means we should probably get used to first past the post for another 150 years.

Referenda don’t have a great track record for passing. Facing a precipice, voters tend to stick with the devil they know. See: the last two votes on altering B.C.’s electoral system.

(A Prince Edward Island vote for a new system being a notable exception.)

Referendum voters also have a bad habit of misreading the question on their ballot, as if they’re really being asked some

Referenda don’t have a great track record for passing ... which means we should probably get used to first past the post for another 150 years other between-the-lines question.

Case in point, voters who were undecided about the HST voting

“no” to keeping it to punish the Liberals. Another example, Lower Mainland residents voting down new funding for TransLink in

2015’s plebiscite because they wanted to force the government to reform the notoriously unaccountable transit authority.

The only message governments are obligated to hear in a referendum is the one with the X marked next to it.

Without parsing the pros and cons of these various flawed systems (they’re all flawed), we suggest the referendum is

a dumb idea.

Ultimately, the Liberals campaigned on the specific promise that 2015’s would be the last election conducted under the first-past-the-post system.

They won, no doubt in part, thanks to people who agreed. Now they have a mandate to live up to their promise.

– Guest editorial from the North Shore News

MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Health care is getting squeezed

While the Trudeau government is currently making waves with its pipeline approvals, something else the government is about to do is getting less public attention, yet has the potential to have the most impact on provinces in the short term.

While it will take years for any pipeline to be built and fully operational, the Trudeau government’s position when it comes to its share of funding our enormously expensive healthcare system will start having an impact starting next spring.The financial squeeze on B.C. is outlined in a “fact box” the provincial finance ministry inserted into the recent release of the government’s second quarterly financial report.

That fact box got little mention in the media yet is one of the more startling revelations in that report.

Simply put, if the federal government doesn’t change its funding formula, its funding contribution to B.C. will decline by a whopping $2 billion less over the next five years.The implications of this kind of cut are staggering. Finance officials say the province has committed to covering the shortfall out of its own revenue fund, but that means $2 billion that is currently spent on things like education, social services and the justice system may have to be redirected into health.

The reason for the huge drop in federal funding is that, so far at least, the Trudeau government is following through on a policy change made by the previous Stephen Harper govern-

ment.That government unilaterally decided to tie any annual funding increase to the economic growth rate.

That translates into a cut of roughly half the annual federal contribution to the provinces for health care.

The B.C. government’s health-care budget is increased by about a half billion dollars a year. Up until now, the feds provided about 53 per cent of that annual increase.

But the federal share drops to 41 per cent next year, and down to just 37 per cent in 2018/19.To put all this spending into context, the finance ministry produced some interesting stats of what $100 million can buy you in the healthcare system. For example, that kind of funding would provide 5,170 hip replacements annually, or 3,803 cardiac valve replacements, or 1,023 lung transplants.

The provinces’ collective demand of a new federal health-care accord will undoubtedly come up at this week’s First Ministers Conference. B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong told me on Shaw TV’s Voice of B.C. show last week that he and his fellow finance ministers are “hopeful and somewhat optimistic” a new deal can be struck.

If not, the current funding policy is going to start negatively affecting provinces’ bottom lines and service levels to the point where some of those anti-pipeline protests turn their attention to something else: health care.

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

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City is not powerless on housing issues

Pipeline expansion gets federal approval

Dear Editor Re: Mayor offers to meet with advocates, Burnaby NOW, Nov. 25.

So the mayor finally deigns to have a meeting with the housing activists at ACORN to discuss Metrotown Maywood demovictions.

It will be a very short meeting unless he has more to discuss with them than the talking points he and Coun. Paul McDonell gave reporter Jeremy Deutsch.

McDonell claims that Metrotown is about to become Burnaby’s “downtown.” So what does that make the forests of condo towers rising in Brentwood and Lougheed? He needs to get out and experience first-hand the traffic jams which make a mockery of BCA claims about “free” development density bonus payments funding public amenities.

For his part in this fiasco, Mayor Corrigan apparently continues to believe that other governments are not acting on this urgent crisis.

But more than $1 billion in cash and civic land was recently committed to affordable housing by the province, Ottawa and Vancouver. See the long list of allocations just made to assorted B.C. communities – Burnaby being slated to receive 202 units from this year’s funds.

Council apparently continues to believe that permits for new market rentals somehow equate to permits for new “affordable” rentals.

This will not rehouse the tenants now in peril of homelessness in a “no-vacancy” Metro Vancouver housing market after the latest demovictions.

Council wants us to think he has no jurisdiction over growth, zoning, community planning. Then who does? And what are taxpayers paying them to do?

We at the Burnaby First Coalition (BFC) – the alternative civic political party here in Burnaby – hereby acknowledge a few facts: 1. Permits for “market” rentals can only become permits for “affordable” housing if public funds and lands are used to help developers, landlords and tenants close the gap between market rents and “affordable” rent to lower- and modest-income families.

2. There is at least $35.8 million (20 per cent of all density bonuses) in a purpose-specific housing fund. And over 400 city-owned properties held for resale that taxpayers paid $102 million – worth far more in today’s market.

3. Viable neighbourhoods are not forests of supersize condo towers clustered around malls. Viable neighbourhoods make room for a range of housing forms, prices and ownership.

And they make room for a range of employers, including light industry, not just the major retailers in malls.

4. Good community planning allows people to ‘live, work, and play’ in their neighbourhood and reduces the traffic jams along Kingsway and the other thoroughfares. And it will also contribute to ending the displacement of lowand middle-income families too.

It amazes and dismays many that people claiming to be New Democrats could support such policy – even in the name of padding their “development density bonus” kitty with purportedly free money intended for future public amenities.

Janice Beecroft, G. Bruce Friesen, Nick Kvenich, Charter Lau, Heather Leung, Helen Ward, Y.L. Wong, Burnaby First Coalition

Paul Kurbis Disappointed in your recent opinion piece ‘A giant step in the wrong direction’. The reason for the approval isn’t because there is a ‘little dip’ in Federal revenue, it’s a massive hemorrhage. The climate change is a naturaly ongoing phenomenon. Don’t believe me? Ask Al Gore, he made a movie about catastrophic climate change due to man. Not one of his dire predictions has come to fruition, NOT ONE. Canada needs the taxes, royalties and all the other revenue generated from getting the WORLD price for our oil. If not, the developing world is quite happy buying Sharia oil from tyrants and dictatorso with atrocious human rights records. Look, the world is not using less oil, as the enviro-nazis would like you to believe rather, oil consumption is closing in on 100 million boe/ day. It’s better for everyone if our ethical, clean oil is made available to an oil starved world.

Van Steffan Perhaps the Mayor and City can spend my tax dollars on housing issues and discontinue it on lawyers fighting Kinder Morgan.

Burnaby North MP mum on pipeline bb49 Is he waiting to get approval from Justin before he speaks? bill smith bb49 Yes, it will be a couple of days for him to find out what his opinion is... Justin was in just in Madagascar, and then there is castro’s funeral and all...

Bill Bard This was the best decision for Canada. Expansion on existing pipelines and refusal of a new one.

Stay focused Terry Beech!

SMS We might want to cut Terry some slack. He is young and cautions; a rare combination. This is his biggest challenge and he is a young fox; still learning how to hunt. Focus on Corrigan as you always do. Corrigan can take it like the old fox he is.

Students focus on SFU investments bill smith Always unintended consequences... restrict the university’s investments, reduce returns and increase tuition? Artificially reduce the demand for energy stocks, therefore artificially devaluing them which will make them much more attractive / affordable / profitable for others...

Noted, naive schemes like this have no record of ever being effective... noted, without investments in energy, SFU’s voice will be irrelevant, The list goes on and on..

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Activists lay groundwork to halt the pipeline Tereza Verenca

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A citizen-led group wants to stop Kinder Morgan by putting its proposed Trans Mountain expansion project to a popular vote.

Dogwood Initiative recently announced it plans to force a referendum under B.C.’s Recall and Initiative Act, depending how next year’s provincial election plays out.

“If there is a party after the provincial election that is determined to side with the federal government and Kinder Morgan on this

pipeline, then we’ll launch a citizens’ initiative,” campaign coordinator Sophie Harrison told the NOW. A citizens’ initiative allows a registered voter to propose changes to an existing law where the province has jurisdiction. For the referendum to go through, the voter must collect signatures from 10 per cent of registered voters in each provincial electoral district within 90 days of the initiative’s launch.

Only five referenda have been held in B.C. since 1991.The only successful one was in 2011, when the

HST was defeated, forcing the provincial government to return to the former GST/PST model.

Harrison anticipates a “really hard” campaign but said she’s confident it can be done.

“We’ve been preparing for it for years. Dogwood has over 250,000 British Columbians in our network who are concerned about

these issues, who has a head start with over 500 trained volunteer canvassers already working with us on this,” she said.

Dogwood volunteers held a “day of action” on Saturday, collecting signatures from people who would support a citizens’ initiative.

“We had 17 canvassing events around the south coast.There were 239 vol-

unteers who came out, and we gathered over 2,000 new petition signatures, so it was a really big day for us,” said Harrison. “We were able to connect with a lot of folks on the streets who were really angry and frustrated following the federal decision but didn’t know where to go next.”

On Nov. 29, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau an-

nounced his cabinet is approving Kinder Morgan’s controversial $6.8-billion Trans Mountain expansion project.The following day, Premier Christy Clark said almost all of the province’s five conditions for any new energy projects have been met. She told reporters she thinks all conditions will be satisfied before the May 9 election.

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Pipeline: Is it ‘out of sight, out of mind’?

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He said he would have expected a letter from the Mayor of Fort St. John addressed to people of B.C. to include that a lot of work still needs to be done to make the project safe.

“That’s what I took exception to, to say ‘no, someone should come take a look. It’s not all about the pipeline; it’s more than that,’” he said.

The debate over the pipeline in B.C also appears to have sparked an urban/rural divide.The City of Burnaby along with other municipalities around Metro Vancouver have opposed the pipeline expansion project, while B.C. Interior communities like Barriere, Merritt and Valemount have signed community benefit agreements with Trans Mountain.

Dhaliwal agrees, suggest-

ing the message from politicians outside Metro Vancouver is focused on the economic side of the project and not the risks.

“When the immediate danger isn’t next to you… people think it’s out of sight, out of mind,” he said.

“Once you see it, everyday it’s going to be in your face for the next 50 years, would you still support it?”

It’s not clear if Dhaliwal will get a chance to ask Ackerman the question.

The NOW reached out to the mayor of Fort St. John to see if she would be taking the Burnaby council up on his invite, but she was unable to comment prior to press deadline.

In Ackerman’s ad, she also said she was concerned about safety but argued Canada has some of the strictest safety standards in the world.

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Reliable transportation is a key tool for people trying to exit homelessness, according to local advocates, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation is raising money to make sure people

battling poverty have a way to get around.

The foundation launched a crowdfunding campaign last month to raise $25,000 for Compass tickets for people who are homeless or living in extreme poverty.

The funds will be hand-

REAL ESTATE

Foreign buyers drop from 24 to 5.9 per cent New tax appears to be having impact on Burnaby home sales

By Jeremy Deutsch

jdeutsch@burnabynow.com

It appears the number of foreign nationals buying up property in Burnaby continues to decline since the beginning of the summer.

According to the latest real estate transaction numbers from the province, in October, 5.9 per cent of transactions (18 of 307) in Burnaby involved foreign nationals, representing 4.5 per cent of the value of all transactions.

October’s numbers are substantially lower than the first figures put out by the province in June and July, when 24 per cent of residential real estate transactions in Burnaby involved foreign nationals.

On Aug. 2, the provincial government brought in a 15 per cent foreign buyer property transfer tax in Metro Vancouver.

With several months of data on the books, the effect of the new foreign tax is starting to become a little clearer.

Between June 10 and Aug. 1, there were 262 transactions in Burnaby involving foreign buyers worth roughly $221 million.

In the two months that followed, there were just 10 transactions with a total worth a little shy of $15 million.

The cumulative total

of transactions involving foreign buyers from June to the end of September in Burnaby was 12.9 per cent, with a value of $247 million.

Burnaby remains one of the more popular places for foreign buyers to buy property in Metro Vancouver.

In Vancouver, a total of 2.5 per cent of transactions in October were made by foreign nationals, while in Surrey it was just 0.9 per cent.

Only Richmond can compete with Burnaby. In Richmond, 6.7 per cent of transactions in October were made by foreign nationals, with a total since June of 12.8 per cent.

While there may be fewer foreign buyers in the market, it doesn’t mean people aren’t purchasing real estate.

The province’s numbers show, between June 10 and Aug. 1, there were 1,084 real estate transactions worth $915 million in Burnaby. In the three months that followed, there were 1,159 real estate transactions worth more than $950 million.

In a press release, the province noted the Finance Ministry has opened 215 audit files to investigate whether the correct amount of tax has been paid. It issued 30 assessments totalling $3 million.

ed over to the Society to End Homelessness in Burnaby, which will purchase the tickets in bulk and hand them out to the people who need them.

“What we’re trying to do at the foundation is really enhance our community partnerships and look

at the whole continuum of good health, not just your stay in the hospital, but what happens in your community, what happens before you get here, what happens after you go home and really minimize barriers to good health,” foundation president Cheryl

Becir told the NOW. The campaign will run till about mid-January, she said.

Advocates for Burnaby’s homeless say the initiative could make a real difference.

“We just know that transit is a very important tool

for someone to exit homelessness,” Society to End Homelessness in Burnaby coordinator Wanda Mulholland said.

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By Cornelia Naylor

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With quality clinical placements increasingly hard to come by, BCIT’s nursing program has had to come up with creative solutions for giving students practice delivering babies.

For about eight years, they’ve relied on high-tech mannequins in the program’s simulation labs.

There’s just one problem – all their dummies are male.

“We haven’t been able to do it well,” associate dean of speciality nursing Cheryl Isaac told the NOW. “We’ve been able to strap on a belly and we’ve been able to put a wig on a male and kind of change the anatomy, but it hasn’t been very realistic, let’s put it that way.”

To address the gap, the BCIT Foundation is raising money for a $115,000 stateof-the-art female birthing simulator, a.k.a. Lucina.

“The BCIT Simulation Lab for Specialty Nursing is in critical need of this

equipment,” states a foundation funding proposal, “as today’s practice of dressing a male mannequin as a pregnant woman makes it challenging for students to believe that they are caring for a woman giving birth.”

Lucina will be the first female mannequin for BCIT’s nursing and specialty nursing programs and one of the first of its kind in the province.

Unveiled in early 2014

by Montreal-based CAE Healthcare, the Fidelis Lucina Maternal Fetal Simulator can pump out eight babies per hour and simulate an array of complications, including breech births, pinched umbilical cords and major post-partum bleeding – the latter supported by a two-litre fluid tank.

She blinks, talks and comes with both static and dynamic cervixes to simulate all stages of dilation and effacement.

She can deliver in multiple birthing positions and comes with a “highly realistic and deliverable placenta”

as well as a baby that has a palpable soft spot and cries when it’s born.

A realistic simulator is an important learning tool for student nurses, according to Isaac.

“It becomes very real to them as they’re working with a simulator,” she said, “and that translates very well.”

Simulations are not a substitute for real experiences, Isaac said, but most of the high-risk scenarios her speciality nursing students need practice on don’t happen very often.

“How do you prepare people for those experiences?” she said. “For nurses, that’s an important piece.”

Practising on Lucina means students will be better prepared for real-life births during their clinical rotations.

“I wouldn’t say it substitutes completely, but it certainly helps” Isaac said.

BCIT hopes to have Lucina in place by September 2017.

Faithful Lucina: Promotional photos illustrate the ultra realistic Fidelis Lucina Maternal Fetal Simulator, a $115,000 mannequin BCIT’s nursing program hopes to have in place by September 2017.

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Screening marks day of human rights Deer Lake Gallery is the only Canadian location taking part in a worldwide video event on Saturday The Burnaby Arts Council is marking the International Day of Human Rights with a special film screening.

Deer Lake Gallery is one of 16 locations around the world – and the only location in Canada – to host a screening of Global Videos.

The screening is being organized by the Dutch organization Global Village Artists Network (Stichting White Cube), which is best known for its biennial art project Global Village – which has been organized every two years since 2010.

The Global Village brings together about 65 emerging artists for exhibitions in a variety of countries.

But the organization noted in a press release that the Global Village project was challenging because it faced logistical problems such as the cost of transport, visas, customs, etc.

“Due to those, many artists weren’t able to be present at one of our exhibitions, especially artists from Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia,” a press release notes.

With Global Videos, the

organization found an easy way to get art from around the world – video artists can send their work by internet, and the organization can use the internet to send those videos around the world.

This is the first year for the Global Videos project, and organizers hope to build up audiences over the next couple of years.Their goal is that, by 2018, when the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights marks its 70th birthday, the Global Videos screening will feature 70 art videos in 70 locations around the world.

This year, the screening features 30 films.The Burnaby screening will coincide with screenings in locations as far-flung as Finland, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Pakistan, Nepal and Australia.

You can see Global Videos starting at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10 at Deer Lake Gallery, 6584 Deer Lake Ave. Call 604-298-7322 for more information.

Human rights in focus: Reza Golchin’s Class, an Iranian film, showcases school classes in the mountains around Talesh. It’s part of the Global Videos screening that’s coming to Deer Lake Gallery on Saturday, Dec. 10. The international movement, organized by the Global Village Artists Network, features 30 films that look at the issue of human rights. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

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Gerald King, the show’s The Music Man is onstage lighting designer. King is a at the theatre from Dec. 8 to familiar face in the world of 31, and three local folks are lighting design – his work involved. has been seen with Two Burnathe National Balby residents are in let of Canada, the the cast – Oliver National Arts CenCastillo as Oliver tre, Pacific Opera Hix, and Graeme Victoria, Baltimore Kitagawa in the Opera and many ensemble. more.

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YOUTH CHOIR SINGS ’Tis the season for Christmas concerts – and here’s one you won’t want to miss.

The Coastal SoundYouth Choir is bringing its Christmas concert, See Amid the Winter Snow, to New Westminster Christian Reformed Church on Saturday, Dec. 10.

The choir, with its new conductor, Joel Tranquilla, brings to life a program that includes a wide range of music – from Bach to Morten Lauridsen, Joni Mitchell to Imogen Heap.

It will also feature new Canadian music by Jeff Enns, Jason Jestadt and Sarah Quartel.

They’ll be joined by special guest choirs DeCoro – Coastal Sound Music Academy’s adult choir – and the Coastal Sound Children’s Choir.

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Young voices: The Coastal Sound Youth Choir is presenting its Christmas concert, See Amid the Winter Snow, this Saturday in Burnaby. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

7:30 p.m. at the church, 8255 13th Ave., Burnaby.

See www.coastalsound music.com for more.

CHORAL CHRISTMAS More Christmas music is on offer at New Westmin-

ster Christian Reformed Church.

The Gloria Dei Chorale is offering up Born a Saviour, Born a King on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m., featuring choral and congregational singing.

On Sunday, Dec. 18 at 7 p.m., the church is also having a Christmas drama and song service, IWas There.

The church is at 8255 13th Ave., Burnaby. See www.nwcrc.ca or call 604521-0111 for information.

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Connect to Charities

Get to know the not-for-profit organizations in our community

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t this time of the year as we prepare to celebrate the holiday season and enjoy the comfort of family and friends, it’s a fitting time to consider those in our community who may not have the support that many of us often take for granted.

While good causes are in every country around the world, there are some excellent organizations right here in Burnaby doing great work. Giving is a personal choice, sometimes guided by personal experience, sometimes by what we learn from others. What we hope to do in the following pages is to introduce you to just some local causes – their priorities and some of their successes.

I can assure you that each organization or group provides very dedicated and much needed resources and support in our community. Our hope is that this will help you and your family select a cause that resonates with you and we encourage you to offer your assistance, participation and if you are able, a donation.

Whether you give your time and energy or a few dollars, even the smallest contribution makes a difference and any act of giving is always greatly appreciated. Let’s make a difference this holiday season and do our part to give back to the community.

Lara Graham, Associate Publisher, Burnaby NOW

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Burnaby Community Services

posAbilities Association of British Columbia #240-4664 LOUGHEED HWY., BURNABY

Our Focus

posAbilities is the product of four community living societies and an autism treatment center merging in 1998 and 2002 respectively.

The founding organizations had served Burnaby and other communities since the late 1960s. Along with our core services, we engage in a variety of community development, social service design, and fundraising initiatives. In 2015 we embraced the Clothes Drop enterprise to assist us in diversifying our funding streams and developing more flexible and responsive services.

Our Values

Our services are guided by a set of core values that describe how we work with persons served, families, community partners and each other. They are a part of all that we do, and a reminder of the “heart” that is in our work. A strong set of values ensures that our organization can continue to evolve with the changing needs of our persons served. Our core values include: Person-centredness: We are person-centred in our thinking and our actions.

Inclusion: We embrace diversity and believe every person is an equal and valued member of community.

Learning: We encourage innovation, learning and growth.

Excellence: We act ethically and with integrity in all that we do. We celebrate the best in ourselves and others.

contact us

Name: Monique Nelson Telephone: 778.945.3367 Email: mnelson@posAbilities.ca Website: www.posAbilities.ca

Work in Community

Engaging the community is a large part of what we do in each service area: behaviour consultation, employment, community inclusion and home living services. Our team is focused on innovation and community connection and their work is varied and expansive. You’ll find us working on neighbourhood emergency preparedness plans, hosting social gatherings, offering training and skill development programs all while developing our Clothes Drop enterprise.

We support individuals to meet others who share their interests, and discover opportunities for them to contribute their passions, skills and gifts. Some recent projects include establishing Can you dig it inclusive community gardens with groups like Edmonds People in Community (EPIC), with a portion of the harvest donated back to those in need; or delivering Meals on Wheels to seniors, and cohosting free clothing events.

We also offer social and employment skills development for youth, and capacity building training for families and community organizations. Examples include our Connect with PEERS ® and Head Start Youth Employment camps, workshops on how to create a secure future for individuals with disabilities, our Triple P® Positive Parenting Program and custom trainings for volunteers and staff teams who are looking to enhance their skills working with individuals who require support.

More recently, we have partnered with Inclusion BC’s in Clothes Drop initiative. We host several bins with other non-profit community partners like the Down Syndrome Research Foundation, and clothing drives with businesses like Stantec and others in the Still Creek Industrial Park. We also partner with multi-family housing communities. We have diverted 248,152 pounds of textiles and small housewares from landfills from January to October of this year!

How to become involved

Get involved by donating your time, talent or participating in our Clothes Drop enterprise!

Here’s how: • Find a local Clothes Drop donation bin and donate clothing, textiles and small housewares.

• Clothes Drop can help you fundraise for a community cause close to your heart too. We partner with schools, sports teams, clubs and other non-profits. Contact us!

• Volunteer your time or talent to assist adults with developmental disabilities in developing a new skill or interest.

Upcoming events

Triple P® Stepping Stones - Wednesdays, Starting January 11, 2017 until March 8, 2017 Triple P® Stepping Stones is for every parent with a child (up to 12 years of age) with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and/ or a developmental disability, whether it is for specific concerns or advice on common everyday issues.

For more information, visit www.LaurelBC.ca or call 778 945 1435.

2055 Rosser Ave, Burnaby, BC V5C 0H1

Change Starts With You Burnaby Community Services empowers people in need with a voice, resources, and opportunities.

If you are a family that is struggling, a senior without a support network, or are simply trying to move forward, we understand. We provide programs and publications to support you and others in our community.

connect with us telephone 604-299-5778 internet www.BbyServices.ca e-mail info@BbyServices.ca Facebook /BbyServices Twitter @BbyServices

Let’s lift each other up

If today is challenging, we can help. We have programs to support families with low income and seniors experiencing isolation in Burnaby.

Seniors Transportation Getting around can become increasingly difficult with age.

We provide affordable, convenient transportation for seniors in the community.

Camping Bureau All children deserve to have a little fun, learn lessons, and make friends over the summer break. The Camping Bureau makes it possible for families to send their children to the summer camp of their choice.

Christmas Bureau Smiling, happy faces during the holidays – that’s our goal!

Residents of Burnaby generously donate new gifts and we help distribute them to families and seniors in our community.

Recreation Credit Everyone deserves to play, engage, and be active. The Recreation Credit provides families, seniors, and individuals with a credit toward Burnaby Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services.

Tax and Form Completion Volunteers help individuals with modest incomes prepare their taxes and complete government applications.

Community Resources Publications Support is a page away. We publish and distribute a range of guides and cards to ensure that everyone in our community has access to resoruces and support.

Let’s make great things happen

Join us as we work together to improve our community.

Volunteer We have lots of great volunteer opportunities – you can drive seniors, help families in the Christmas Toy Room, support programs at the Brentwood Community Resource Centre, or provide outreach to the community.

Donate Dollars help us to carry out life-changing, smile-inducing, and community-building work daily. Your support is truly appreciated and goes far in changing lives and making our community shine.

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Serving Burnaby Heights

Life as it should be A Special Feature of the Burnaby NOW in partnership with the Heights Merchants Association

Clinic toasts 30 years in the Heights

Expert Physio marks a very special milestone Thirty years ago a group of physiotherapists opened a small clinic in Burnaby’s Heights neighbourhood. The owners had been doing a lot of work with folks from nearby Simon Fraser University, so Burnaby was the perfect lt.

Ten years after they opened, Expert Physio opened a second location at 8 Rinks.

The two locations recently celebrated 30 years and 20 years in operation, respec-

How did you end up at Expert Physio?

Lisa Price: I was originally here because of Darby. I was assigned to her as one of my mentors doing my manipulative therapy exams. So I was a working physio but I was in the midst of doing my specialization training, and I had to do a three-month practicum with somebody who already had it, and I was sent here with her, and we spent the whole three months laughing.

And then, at the end of the three months they said, ‘Do you want a job?’ and I said, ‘Uhhhh, do I want a job? Do I want any job?’

Darin Cohen: As a new grad I was hired in 2006 and that’s how I got here. I applied and I got it, it was a threeday-a-week job and I liked it.

I was at the 8 Rinks location and still am, and then seven years later, one of the original owners … said he wanted to step aside but still be a physio and it seemed like a great

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Expert Physio is owned collectively by three people – Lisa Price, Darin Cohen and Darby Honeyman. Together they run the business as well as continue to practise physiotherapy.

The NOW recently spoke with the trio to lnd out what they loved about their work and what plans they have for the future.

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opportunity so that’s how I became part owner.

Darby Honeyman: My original two partners owned a clinic just down the street.

They were too busy for the space and wanted to expand so in May of 1986 we moved into this space. They had asked me to join them as the third partner, and it was wonderful right from the very beginning.

We sort of had an opportunity to work together just without me being a partner so we could all sort of check out what the marriage would be like, but I went to all the business meetings and functioned like a partner and then in ’87 became a partner. But I’ve been in this location since the lrst day we opened in ’86.

What do you love most about physiotherapy?

LP: I love helping people.

People come in in pain and they leave out of pain and they’re grateful for life. I just like helping people and I like the connection.

DC: The challenge would be my answer. So that would be the challenge getting to know people in a way you

CAYLEY DOBIE

From left, Lisa Price, Darin Cohen and Darby Honeyman.Together, they own, manage and work at Expert Physio in Burnaby. The clinic operates two locations – one at 8 Rinks and another in the Heights. The Heights’ location celebrated its 30th anniversary this fall. can help them – everybody is different, everybody’s got different goals, everybody’s got different ways of telling you what’s wrong with them. And then the challenge of what is good physiotherapy, which is evolving always. So I like that. So just learning about

what research says is good and bad, staying up to date – it’s just challenging and I like that.

DH: I love that I get to create warm and meaningful relationships with people. It is an honour to guide my patients to a healthier place. So few jobs allow for both physical

activity and a high degree of intellectual problem solving.

Almost everyone leaves happier and healthier than when they lrst walked in the door.

What are some of the most common complaints patients come in with?

LP: Typically by the time they get to us they’re really frustrated with their experience in the health-care system.

Maybe they’ve had back pain for a year and they’ve gone

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here and they’ve gone there, they say their docs don’t have enough time; they only get a lve/10 minute appointment and they’re not listening. Of course, we get a lot of acute injuries, too, but lots of times it’s just a big puzzle that somebody needs the time to sit and lgure out and kind of pull the thread through to get them better. And we’re a health-care professional that, as we’re doing our hands-on work and exam and everything else, we have the time that we can actually sit and listen to the whole history, the whole story – what have you done, what have you not done, what makes you better, what makes you worse. You can kind of get a feel for what’s going (on) and what needs to happen.

DC: Pain. Pain is what brings people in.

DH: We see a huge diversity of issues, from competitive athletes who have had surgery for a torn rotator cuff (shoulder), to elderly persons with knee and hip replacements, to young professionals with whiplash injuries, to longshoremen with workrelated back injuries. We see

them all.

If you weren’t a physio, what do you think you’d be doing?

LP: I actually thought I was going to be a physician, I thought I was going to be a doctor, but a physio came in to talk to us – I lived in a small town in Alberta – when I was in high school, and then I was injured playing sports in high school and I had physio and it was a really good experience, and I thought maybe I would rather do that. But yeah, I was thinking I was going to be a doctor.

DC: That’s a good question, I don’t even know the answer to that. I think it’s something else that would have pulled my interest, whether it’s science or maybe something more human relation based or, I mean I’ve always had somewhat of an interest in business but not really wanting to sit at a desk all day.

DH: I have tremendous gratitude for the work that I do. It is very meaningful to me, and I have a lot of fun with my patients. The old cliché that laughter is the best medicine is most often true. I

can’t imagine a better job for me.

What’s next for you? For the company?

LP: Well, we have a strategic plan to expand, but we’re only going to do it if it’s right, if it’s right for the community we’re in and if it’s right for us and we’re able to maintain all our core values. We’re working hard on getting this clinic busier as well; we’d like this clinic to be a bit busier, it’s not at its max potential. So that’s two of our big strategic plans.

DC: I think next would be continuing to improve the two clinics. Continuing to improve my skills as a physiotherapist, so those two branches might mean teaching, I’ve done a little bit of teaching assistant, but yeah, maybe teaching – to go down that stream.

Business-wise maybe just expansion, so a third clinic. An evolution on both fronts.

DH: I want to continue to grow, and challenge myself, both as a business owner and a clinician, for several more years. We are constantly looking at better ways to create a “wow” experience for our patients.

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Welcome to another edition of Christmas in Burnaby!

Inside this edition you will find fantastic gift ideas from the top Burnaby shopping areas.

Inside: • The Heights of fashion for Christmas • Home Hardware for the holidays • Tasty gift combinations at Brentwood • Many merry gift choices at Canadian Tire • A wonderful world of choices at the Disney Store

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THE HEIGHTS The of fashion for Christmas The Heights neighbourhood in Burnaby is known as a culinary hub. The area is rich with restaurants, bakeries and specialty B4#UBR FDD 7DD$M +/34 M$D/9/#CB $F3BN But aside from ready-made food, there is one shop dedicated to helping others create wonders in the kitchen.

Posh Pantry, at 4548 Hastings St., carries everything you could possibly need to cook up the perfect Christmas dinner, host a great party, or ply friends and family with lovingly decorated cookies.

If you are giving away holiday baking this year, why not go beyond the basic cookie tin or box and gift a loved one with a decorative serving dish full of treats? Posh Pantry has many types of serving ware, from plates to trays, from cheese boards to cheese knives. Serving ware also makes an ideal gift for those happy hosts on your list, the ones who love to throw a good party. Bring along a beautiful serving dish as a hostess gift for a holiday shindig, and you’ll be sure to be invited to

future soirees. For the tea lover in your life, there is a wide range of teapot choices at T#B4 TF(3G&N ?G#@ M$D/9F3$R V#GFD UF33$G(B to bright colours, the store stocks choices for every taste. And there are many accessories as well, from tea cozies to teacups, to honey infused +/34 VF>#CGB D/H$ D$@#( and vanilla. A beautiful new teapot is the perfect gift for friends and family you don’t get to see often – now, when you do, you can share a cup of tea and catch up.

Winter is soup season, and the true home chef needs a good stockpot to cook up something warm and comforting, to battle the cold weather. Posh Pantry carries Le Creuset pots, perfect for creating a great soup, and they look beautiful, too.

For those who value quality cookware, the shop carries many different Le Creuset pieces in many different colours.

There are small items in the shop that would go well with a stock pot as

well, such as soup socks (for creating perfectly clear stock), Bouquet Garni soup seasoning, and the Joseph rocker garlic press.

These also make great stocking stuffers for the cooks in your life.

For those who prefer to make cooking a bonding experience, there is the Swissmar red classic raclette party grill.

The eight-person grill comes with a granite hot stone, eight spatulas and eight raclette dishes.

Guests become chefs, cooking their choice of ingredients on the hot stone and then dipping their food in their raclette, or cheese, dishes. The grill can be kept on the table, in easy reach of everyone, and is beautiful 3# D##H F3 FB +$DDR +/34 /3B G$M 7(/B4 and granite top.

There are so many items to choose from at Posh Pantry, plenty to please the bakers, home cooks, and party planners in your life.

And for would-be chefs, the shop holds cooking classes, as well. Be sure to ask the staff for any suggestions, or if you’re looking for anything in particular.

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EDMONDS Hardware for the holidays Home is where the heart is, especially during the chilly winter season. It is where we escape to when the weather outside is frightful. It’s where we entertain and connect with loved ones for holiday festivities.

It is much more than just shelter – it is the foundation for important events, private moments and everything in between.

West-Can Home Hardware in Edmonds carries many items to make the home a little homier this season. Whether the people on your Christmas list prefer something practical – to make tasks and chores a little

easier – or something that brings comfort and joy to their favourite space, the Home Hardware at 7788 Edmonds St. has plenty of gift ideas.

Fried food is often delicious, but it can also be unhealthy and messy to make.

For the home chef in your life who wants to whip up a batch of French fries but is wary of owning a deep fryer, there is the air cooker.

The Kuraidori Multifunction Air Cooker makes frying much simpler with air frying, which doesn’t immerse food in vats of oil. But the cooker can also be used to make $>$G&34/(P 8G#@ @C87(B 3# roast chicken, so it’s very versatile. And it heats and cooks quickly.

Those who like to show off their cooking skills at potlucks and other events will appreciate the Kuraidori Induction Cooker. Induction cook/(P CB$B F( $D$93G#@FP($3/9 7$DM /(B3$FM #8 radiant heating. It heats faster, cooks faster, and if there isn’t a pot on the element, it won’t turn on or stay on. The induction 9##H$G /B FDB# @#G$ $($GP& $879/$(3 F(M easier to clean.

But small appliances aren’t the only kitchen item that might make a good gift for someone on your holiday gift list. There are plenty of small gadgets that make great stocking stuffers or Secret Santa presents, as well as hostess gifts.

The Kuraidori Slicer Plus makes slicing and dicing nice and easy. The hand-held kitchen tool can be used as scissors, F H(/8$R F U$$D$GR F 7B4 scaler and a bottle opener.

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right tool for the right job in every situation, but prefers the right tool that can do all the jobs.

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MARKET CROSSING/BIG BEND merry gift choices at Canadian Tire Canadian Tire has been the goto spot for shoppers for decades, and the scope of the store has expanded over the decades, too.

There is much more than just tires available today, including a wide range of gifts for everyone on your gift list this year.

The Canadian Tire at 7200 Market Crossing in the Big Bend neighbourhood is one of many stores at the Market Crossing shopping centre, making it a great

destination to cover all holiday needs. The store carries many exciting toys for all ages and interests, from Disney dolls to Paw Patrol play sets.

And for the child who has been especially good this year, there is the Air Hogs Remote Control Star Wars Millennium Falcon Quad. All things Star Wars are popular right now, so this is perfect for the Star Wars fan in your life. But really, this

8F(3FB3/9 V&/(P @F94/($ /B 8C( 8#G everyone. Just keep in mind the toy is best for kids ages 12 to 14.

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has the Ion Max Turntable Record Player, which is a great starting point for the would-be record collector. It is an all-in-one system that includes built-in speakers.

It can also be connected to a computer to convert records into @CB/9 7D$BN And there is a headphone outlet so listeners can keep their musical taste to themselves, without disturbing the neighbours.

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The Mini Stand Mixer has 10 mixing speeds and a multipurpose attachment hub to add to its abilities. And each of the KitchenAid mixers come in a variety of pretty hues, perfect for brightening up the kitchen.

For people more interested in presenting delicious food than making it, the store has sleek and sophisticated-looking serving ware, decanters and more.

The Canvas 3-Tier Slate Serving Stand is great for parties, showcasing appetizers or desserts with its minimal-

istic but attractive design. The BDF3$ /B 4F(M17(/B4$MR F(M /3 /B FDD pulled together with a chrome spindle. This classy but affordable gift is great for hosts and hostesses, or family and friends who love to throw a good shindig.

Canadian Tire has plenty of choices for every sort of Christmas gift and every personality.

If you’re looking for something in particular, check online to make sure the store has it in stock.

Visit the store at Market Crossing for more ideas.

It’s a great way to get all your shopping done in one place.

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Life as it should be Spoil your loved ones with gifts from the Heights

By Sannaz Malakmohammadi Heights contributor As old-fashioned crooner Andy Williams used to sing, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!”

Lights are hung, trees are topped, Christmas jingles are played, and gifts galore are being chosen for loved ones.

This Christmas, treat your favourite people to some local gifts from the Heights.

Shopping at local businesses means that for every $100 you spend, $46 is recirculated back into the local economy. The Heights has something for every member of the family, including the furry ones.

Before you start shopping, pause to write a list of some things the gift receiver is interested in. Once you’ve written their interests down, brainstorm something to go with every item on the list. You don’t have to give them all the gifts, but this will allow you to have a clearer idea of what you should be looking for.

For the kids on your list, check out the new toy shop

on the Heights, Candy Apple Toy Company. For the music lovers, make sure to check out Massullo Music for instruments and local jazz recordings. For the sports lovers, stop by Comor Sports for some sports equipment and accessories. For the fashion lovers, Chickadee Boutique is the hot spot on the Heights with lnds also at Tailored Flare and J&M Alterations. For the bookworm, Companion Book and Brown’s Books have a wide selection of reads and hard-to-lnd collectibles.

Treat your favourite people to some local gifts…

Looking for something unique and handmade? New gift shops, L’Atelier Sandie Bell and Muckabout Gift Gallery will be sure to lll their stockings with something special. April’s Aquarium & Plants, Big Dog Little Dog Bakery, and Vancouver

Pet Supply even have a little something for the non-human members of the family.

The Heights even has something for the horror and macabre-loving person at Netherworld Collectibles. And, big baskets of specialty food items are always well received, available at Ciofl’s Meat Market and Deli, or make your own from many great Heights shops.

One of the most thoughtful gifts a person can give is the gift of time. Rather than purchasing a material gift, choose an experience that you and a friend can do together! 4Cats Art Studio and Plush Floral Studio offer workshops or classes that you and a friend could do together. Someone once told me that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Why not register the both of you in a gourmet cooking class at Posh Pantry?

Take a walk around the Heights this December to discover more surprises to make your loved ones merry.

Sannaz Malakmohammadi is the marketing and community events assistant at Heights Merchants Association.

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get to know the not-for-profit organizations in our community

Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown

District 5040 Club of Burnaby Metrotown

4460 BERESFORD STREET, BURNABY

Our Focus

The Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown has been operating for 37 years. We are your fellow community members uniting for the common good and as Rotarians, believe in ‘Humanitarian Service Above Self’. We strive for a fun, dynamic & active membership that makes a real difference in our local & global community.

Rotary Foundation named world’s outstanding foundation 2016 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals for its Polio Plus efforts.

Our Work in the Community

Neil Squire Society 400-3999 HENNING DRIVE, BURNABY

Our Focus

The Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown is made up of volunteers who live or work in the City of Burnaby. Our meetings are active and social, and are a way for our members to be involved in great projects that contribute and make a difference in our Burnaby community.

Current projects include: • The Rotary Coats for Kids Campaign – each year we deliver 2000+ winter coats to ensure all Burnaby kids in need stay warm and dry.

• Sponsorship of literacy programs at our local schools.

• Sponsorship of Computer Assisted Literacy programs for our local schools.

• Sponsorship of local youth to attend Rotary Leadership Camps, Adventures in Citizenship Training in Ottawa and International Rotary Youth Exchanges.

• Participation in Rotary Peace Fellowship local candidate search and selection.

• Our Rotary Legacy Project building an outdoor exercise circuit at Burnaby’s Foreshore Park

We use technology, knowledge and passion to empower Canadians with disabilities.

We are the only national not-for-profit organization in Canada that has for over thirty years empowered Canadians with disabilities through the use of computerbased assistive technologies, research and development, and various employment programs. Through our work, we help our clients remove barriers so that they can live independent lives and become active members of the workplace and our society.

We also participate in projects to improve the world community and promote world peace. Our combined efforts are already making a difference in our worldwide “End Polio Campaign”.

Our Values

Upcoming Events

On April 22nd, 2017, the 16th Annual Rotary Wine and Beer Festival will be held at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Funds from this festival support our Burnaby community projects, local Burnaby charities as well as our worldwide “End Polio Campaign” and our “Sound of Hope” education project for the hearing-impaired youth in Bali. To find out more, please visit our webpage www.burnabymetrotownrotary.org

We’re committed to social inclusion, economic equity, and a productive society that includes people with disabilities, giving them equal opportunity to contribute and participate. We value diversity, innovation, and teamwork. Our vision is economic and social inclusiveness for all people with disabilities.

How to become involved

contact us

email: burnabymetrotownrotary @gmail.com

internet: www.Burnaby MetrotownRotary.org

facebook: /RotaryMetrotown twitter: @RMetrotown

Join us for a Rotary meeting on Tuesdays at 12:15 at the Burnaby Neighborhood House at 4460 Beresford St. Bby. Donate a child’s gently used, hooded winter coat (sizes 0-16) to our Rotary Coats for Kids Campaign. Contact Club President Sue Cheung at 604716-2840. The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into projects that change lives close to home and globally. Rotarian network invests their time, money & expertise into priorities such as eradicating polio. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach poverty & illiteracy with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact. Visit www.burnabymetrotownrotary.org.

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contact us

Name: Chad Leaman Telephone: 604.473.9363 x173 Email: chadl@neilsquire.ca Website: www.neilsquire.ca Facebook: /neilsquiresoc Twitter: @NeilSquireSoc

Work in Community

We serve a culturally diverse population that covers the full spectrum of people with disabilities. Our focus is to enable people with disabilities to make the most of their abilities so they can work, pursue education, and be included in our community.

We offer a number of programs for people with disabilities, employers, and employees.

• Employment: Working Together helps participants develop the skills they need to achieve their employment goals. Our Program is unique, comprehensive, and most importantly, focused on the individual.

• Accommodations: Do you or your employees need technology to overcome some form of barrier at work? From back, neck, and shoulder pain, to carpel tunnel and eye strain, we can help. Our Technology@Work Program is designed to support employers and employees to overcome workplace barriers and increase workplace efficiency.

• Computer Skills: Computer Comfort provides the perfect starting point for adults with disabilities who want to develop basic computer skills. It offers one-on-one computer tutoring at no cost in a supportive, client-centred environment; a refurbished donated computer for the home, if needed; and ongoing support.

Many of our programs, including Computer Comfort, Computer Refurbishing, and our employment programs are offered free to people with disabilities through government contracts and the support of corporations, foundations, and donors like you.

How to become involved

• Donate to help us continue our work and improve the lives of Canadians with disabilities. Every gift makes an impact.

• Become a volunteer Computer Tutor, either in person from our Burnaby office or online.

• Keep your old computer out of a landfill and change someone’s life by donating your computer to us for refurbishing.

• Join a Lunch and Learn or a Webinar to find out more about how technology can help you and your employees overcome workplace barriers.

• Hire someone with a disability and discover the benefits of a more inclusive working environment.

Upcoming events

We host Technology@Work Lunch and Learns on the 3rd Thursday of every month at our Burnaby office. See an assistive technology demonstration in our Solutions lab and find out how we can support you and your employees to overcome workplace barriers and increase workplace efficiency. To attend, please contact Nate Toevs: natet@neilsquire.ca or 604.355.0578.

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get to know the not-for-profit organizations in our community

with Charitable Organizations

Burnaby Hospital Foundation

Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society

3935 KINCAID STREET, BURNABY

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Our Focus

Our Focus

Burnaby Hospital Foundation is the fundraising arm of Burnaby Hospital dedicated to community partnerships to purchase vital medical equipment and technology, improve patient care, and support innovative and educational community programs that improve your health.

How you can get involved

• Make a donation: give monthly, leave a legacy gift, give in memory or celebration or donate stocks, bonds and mutual funds.

• Host a giving event: host your own special fundraiser to show support.

• Give it forward: Join the foundation’s Give It Forward Online Community and create your own personal fundraising page to share with family and friends at bhf.givecentre.com.

• Volunteer: donate your time and talents on a weekly basis or at a special event.

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telephone: 604 431 2881 email: info@bhfoundation.ca internet: www.bhfoundation.ca facebook: /BurnabyHospitalFoundation

twitter: @BbyHospital Fdn

Our Work in the Community

Since 1982, Burnaby Hospital Foundation has served as the official charitable organization of Burnaby Hospital, and over the years has worked with the hospital to help ensure a high standard of care for the 200,000 patients who visit each year. Concerned citizens and a dedicated community have long been the backbone of Burnaby Hospital, most notably when they came together to build the hospital over 60 years ago. That same tradition of collaboration guides everything we do. Working with our partners in the community, Burnaby Hospital Foundation purchases medical equipment and helps fund capital projects as well as continuing medical education for our health care professionals.

Today, well into its fourth decade, the Foundation remains grateful to its many loyal supporters. At the same time, we are inspired to forge new linkages with business leaders, community organizations and dedicated citizens so that, together, we might further benefit those who need us most— patients and families.

• Burnaby Hospital is Fraser Health’s largest community hospital with 319 acute care beds.

• Burnaby Hospital’s emergency department is one of the busiest in the province and receives approximately 80,000 patient visits each year.

• An average of 260 patients are admitted to Burnaby Hospital each week (185 of those patients come in via the emergency department).

• The hospital sees over 200,000 patient visits every year.

• Our surgeons perform over 15,000 surgeries annually. The hospital sees more knee and hip surgeries than any other hospital in Fraser Health.

The Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society represents Burnaby firefighters in their mission to raise money for community groups and nonprofit organizations. The BFCS knows first hand that protecting a community is about more than handling emergency calls – it’s also about helping people who have to deal with health problems, disabilities, poverty, abuse, hunger and other issues.

Our People

The BFCS has no paid employees – all assistance comes from a pool of more than 280 City of Burnaby firefighters. This year the society received the Community Service Award at the Burnaby Excellence Awards. It is an award our members treasure as it is something that they all made possible through their own selfless donation of time and effort. The charitable society’s board of directors is comprised of volunteers Jeff Clark (president), Chris Stroppa (vice president), Paul Rushton (treasurer) and Miles Ritchie (secretary).

• Burnaby Hospital Auxiliary has over 420 active volunteers who have contributed well over 46,000 volunteer hours

The BFCS is recognized for our continued outstanding service to the community, and was named the Not-For-Profit Organization in 2013 by the Burnaby Board of Trade, and from the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, recently received the Dr. Kenneth Hill Spirit for Philanthropy award. Beyond maintaining a strong presence at neighbourhood cleanups, barbecues, fairs and parades, delivering vital programs to the community, and the Annual Christmas Angel Breakfast and Toy Drive, the BFCS contributes funds to over 40 Lower Mainland charitable and community organizations such as: Burnaby Hospital Foundation, Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation, St. Michael’s Hospice, B.C. Special Olympics, Burnaby Family Life, “Dry Grad” initiatives, Burnaby Neighbourhood House and Variety Club.

With no paid administration or costly overhead like some other charities, “Ninety-nine per cent of the money that we raise goes back to the local community,” says BFCS president Jeff Clark. Therefore, “you are actually getting better value for every dollar you donate.”

Future Plans

The BFCS has set its sights on continuing to grow its Charitable Endowment fund, which currently totals over $950,000. “We’d love to get it up to the $2 million mark,” says Clark. “That would make us more self sufficient, and we wouldn’t have to rely on donations as much. Looking at what other organizations like ours have done with similar endowments, once you reach that sort of number, the interest that comes in makes a huge difference in what you’re able to do, without even touching the principal.”

How to become involved

As well as accepting donations from the local community, the BFCS is looking to secure a corporate sponsor to help ensure the longevity of its Nutritional Snack Program, through which the organization supplies healthy snacks to elementary schools in Burnaby – a vital resource, especially in low-income areas of southeast Burnaby. “We’d love to get a corporate sponsor to partner up with us every year,” says Clark. “This program is an ongoing cost for us to the tune of $20,000 a year.” The Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society is hard at work to make our community a better place, and we need your help. We can make a difference.

Upcoming events

• More than 1,800 babies are delivered every at the hospital.

• The hospital’s cancer centre opened in 1995 and saw almost 12,000 patient visits last year.

Work in Community

contact us

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burnabyfirefighters@telus.net

Website:

www.burnabyfirefighters.com

• The 24nd annual Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society Ball will be held at the Metrotown Hilton on Sat., April 8, 2017. By far the BCFS’s biggest fundraising event each year, this raised $80,000 in 2016.

• The annual BFCS Golf Tournament will be held at the Riverway Golf Course in mid-September following the Labour Day Long Weekend; in 2016 it raised over $25,000.

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Get into the Christmas spirit with family fun Julie MacLellan FAMILY TIES

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’Tis the season to be jolly – and to wonder how on earth you’re going to keep those overexcited small humans in your house busy until Christmas.

Never fear, Burnaby is overflowing with an abundance of pre-Christmas activities for families.

Here are just a few you might want to check out: FESTIVE FUN AT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY There’s always something happening at the Burnaby Public Library, and with four branches around town, there’s bound to be something in your neighbourhood. Here are a few highlights: Christmas Storytime Extravaganza: McGill library branch (4595 Albert St.) has a Christmas storytime event for kids and caregivers on Saturday, Dec. 17.The one-hour program runs at 11 a.m. and again at

2 p.m., and it features puppets, stories, songs and a craft.The event is geared for ages three and up, and all family members are welcome.

Christmas Family Fun: The Tommy Douglas branch (7311 Kingsway) offers its family fun onWednesday, Dec. 21 at 2 p.m.The event features festive songs, stories and crafts, and it’s aimed at ages three and up. Caregivers must attend with kids. For info, call 604-522-3791.

Family Movie Night: The McGill branch is hosting a screening of The Santa Clause on Thursday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m.The all-ages movie night is free, and you don’t need to register, but space is limited. Parents must accompany children under 10.

(Note:The movie is recommended for ages nine and up.)

The library has a whole host of programs and events in the few weeks leading up to Christmas, so be sure to check out a full listing at the library’s website, www.bpl. bc.ca/events.

VISIT THE REC CENTRES The City of Burnaby is offering up a few preChristmas events at facilities around town. Among them: VisitWith Santa: Willingdon Centre is hosting aVisitWith Santa, featuring Christmas crafts, seasonal activities and a chance to have your photo taken with the Jolly Old Elf himself (bring your camera). It’s for kids aged three to nine, and you must sign up in advance ($11.10).The fun is set for Thursday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m. Sign up at www. burnaby.ca/webreg (barcode 405147).

Ugly Sweater Christmas Skate: Bill Copeland Sports Centre hosts holiday fun on Saturday, Dec. 17 from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Enjoy crafts, games, and a visit with Santa and his friends.

Regular admission and rental rates apply.

SwimWith Santa: Santa and friends will be on hand at the C.G. Brown Pool on Sunday, Dec. 18 from noon to 1:30 p.m. Bring your bathing suit and your camera. It costs $1 per person,

and it’s for all ages.

For more on these and other city events, see www. burnaby.ca or pick up a fall/ winter 2016 Leisure Guide.

SEASONAL CELEBRATION AT THE SHADBOLT Yes, the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is getting in on the holiday fun with its annual seasonal celebration.

This year’s Frosted Forest is set for Saturday, Dec. 10 from 3 to 7 p.m., and all the fun is free.

You can enjoy The Snowdrop, a production adapted from Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale, onstage in the Studio Theatre at 4 and 6 p.m.

On the atrium stage, you can hear a range of entertainment, including the Shadbolt Jazz Ensemble (3 and 5:15 p.m.), Stephen Scaccia’s Christmas crooning (3:45 and 6 p.m.) and a Christmas sing-along with

Happy holidays: The Shadbolt Centre’s Seasonal Celebration in 2015.

This year’s festive event returns on Dec. 10. PHOTO NOW FILES

Joel DeStefano (4:30 and 6:30 p.m.)

There will be a variety of arts activities – with fine arts in Room 102, ornament making in Room 101, Snowy Forest Globes in Room 100 (by registration), cookie decorating in Studio 104 (by registration), a Burnaby Art Gallery art activity in Studio 201 and

more. A Christmas market in Studio 103 will feature local, handmade items.

It’s all free, but donations are accepted for the Burnaby Christmas Bureau. Bring along an unwrapped gift for a child or teenager (no stuffed toys, please).

Check out www.shadbolt centre.com.The Shadbolt is at 6450 Deer Lake Ave.

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Montecito students explore life on Mars Cornelia Naylor

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Students in Holly Lloyd and LizWard’s Grade 6/7 class at Montecito Elementary gave their school community a sneak peek at what the first settlement on Mars might look like.

The class had been studying the colonization of the red planet as part of a bigideas, hands-on unit using B.C.’s redesigned curriculum.

They were split into groups to represent different countries on earth, working together to contribute to the new colony (Marsville) as members of the United Nations. Each “country” worked at developing one life support system: oxygen, water, food or energy. “Tourists” were invited into the school to check out a model of new Martian settlement on Nov. 30.

SEASON’S GREETINGS The artistic talent of local elementary school students

is once again being featured on the Christmas cards of Burnaby’s mayor and council. Holiday greetings from the city will be decorated with the creations of Lakeview Elementary’s Victoria Garay, South Slope’s Chanelle Zhu and Morley’s Zandren Soria, who were all recognized at a recent council meeting.The Burnaby Board of Education, meanwhile, will send out cards featuring the art of Lyndhurst’s Jiwon Ryu and South Slope’s Serena Tsai.

TRUE NORTH, STRONG AND GREEN St. Michael’s Elementary School Grade 7 student Vinuki Perera was a winner in this year’s FORED B.C. Society poster contest. Perera’s entry promoting the advantages of well-managed forests was plucked from hundreds of entries from youths in K-12 across British Columbia and earned a $50 prize. FORED sponsors an annual youth poster contest to celebrate National ForestWeek.The theme this year was “Canada’s Forests

– True North, Strong and Green,” emphasizing how the use of renewable, woodbased products benefits the environment.

FARM-TO-SCHOOL GRANT Forest Grove Elementary has earned a $1,500 grant for a week of seed-to-table activities during Farm to School Month in October.

Kindergarten and Grade 1 students learned about the school’s edible garden, and five intermediate classes took part in cooking classes highlighting some of the crops available in the garden.The school’s Mandarin class learned how to make bok choi stir fry and an Asian coleslaw.

The week culminated in a community free hot lunch for the entire school.

The meal, prepared with help from students, featured items grown in the school garden.The week of activities earned them a grant from Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC), national organization committed to farm to school initiatives in Canada.

Marsville: Montecito Elementary Grade 6/7 students Arno Safrasbekjan, Linda Jung and Ethan Austin show off their model of a human settlement on Mars during a school event on Nov. 30. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

MATH AWARD The B.C. Association of Mathematics Teachers awarded Burnaby Central math teacher Maria Nicolidakis this year’s Ivan L. Johnson Memorial award for outstanding teaching in mathematics.

Johnson, a past BCAMT president, bequeathed funding for the award in his will to cover the majority of the cost of attending the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual conference. He had attended this conference several times

and wanted others to experience the same opportunity.The award comes on the heels of Nicolidakis winning SFU’s McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award in the spring.

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Slow down and have a mindful holiday season DavidicusWong HEALTHWISE

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I wonder if Santa knows how many adults dread Christmas. Mrs. Claus certainly does; she manages the North Pole and their social calendar.

We are definitely stressed by the debt of spending, the busyness of doing everything that needs to be done, checking off every item on an endless list and obligatory social events.

Unhealthy eating and excessive drinking stress the body.With others celebrating around them, those who are missing out, alone or hungry suffer even more.

Many families gather together but without the harmony of a Bing Crosby Christmas special. Instead of singing favourite Christmas carols or playing out the nativity scene, family members sing sad and angry songs of years gone by and take on the old family roles dating back to childhood.

But we don’t have to carry through the holiday season the same old ways.

There is a way to enjoy this time of the year with less stress and more joy. At the heart of all tradition is intention. Let’s celebrate more mindfully.

At each year’s end, I review the family calendar and I am amazed at all that has happened in just 12 months.This past year, my daughter graduated from high school and my son from university. My wife returned to full-time teaching, and my two sons were away all summer at work in Toronto.

As we act through our usual holiday traditions, we are reminded of holidays past and how our lives have changed, who is here and who is not, and how relationships evolve.We are reminded of our connections with one another in the past and present and in our exchanges of goodwill, our connectedness with all humanity.

When we are mindful, we appreciate that everything

changes. Our lives are finite, relationships end, we grow and we grow older.

All things good and bad will pass.

When I think of wish lists, I am reminded of all the things I wanted when I was younger, thinking that they would bring happiness, but craving for what we don’t have never brings lasting satisfaction. All things grow old.There is always something new or better.

There is a pervasive myth that we will be happy when we get what we want – the perfect gift or when everything is just right – the perfect life. In mindfulness, we learn to accept all things in this world just as they are.

We don’t have to like everything, but we have to accept reality and what we can’t change.We can still work to improve our lives, our relationships and our world.

We can love our selves and one another just as we are: imperfect and human.

You can forever pursue happiness by wanting what you don’t have, or you can appreciate what you have

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and be happy today.What we take for granted today is what we will miss tomorrow.

This will be our 14th Christmas without my mom, but instead of feeling blue, I’ll remember how she celebrated the holidays better than anyone I’ve ever known. She infused an un-

matched depth of love and thought into each card she wrote, present wrapped, meal prepared and hug given.

She inspired me to pass the same love forward in all that I do.

This year, have yourself a mindful holiday season. Be

present for every moment for it will come and go too fast.

Dr. DavidicusWong is a family physician. His Healthwise column appears regularly in this paper. For more on achieving your positive potential in health: davidicuswong. wordpress.com.

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Communitynow EVENTS CALENDAR UNTIL DEC. 12 Harmony Court Estate, retirement community is collecting donations on behalf of disadvantaged seniors in Burnaby. We are accepting non-perishable food items and warm outerwear. Specific gifts can also be fulfilled from the Christmas to Remember tree located in the lobby.

For more information, call 604-527-3323 or visit http://living.agecare.ca/achristmas-to-rememberburnaby.

Edmonds Health Watch program, 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. on the second floor at Edmonds Community Centre, 7433 Edmonds St. Drop-in blood pressure, weight and height checks, massage, therapeutic touch, etc. A presentation will be done at 10:10 a.m. on how to cope with emergencies.

Info at 604-297-4901.

Harmony Court is having a Christmas craft and bake sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 7197 Canada Way. All proceeds go to seniors in need in the community.

Doctor Davidicus Wong will do a presentation on what you need to know about high blood pressure at the McGill library branch, 4595 Albert St. This free presentation is sponsored by the Burnaby Division of Family Practice and the Burnaby Public Library. Because seating is limited, register by phone at 604-299-8955, in person or online at www.bpl.bc.ca/ events/mcgill.

SATURDAY, DEC. 10 Gordon Presbyterian Church is hosting a Christmas concert, starting at 2 p.m. There will be Christmas music from four choirs, who will be signing old Christmas carols.

Admission is by donation.

The church is at 7457 Edmonds St. MONDAY, DEC. 12 Bonsor Health Alert program, 9 to 10:45 a.m. on the second floor at Bonsor 55+, 6533 Nelson Ave. Drop-in blood pressure, weight and height checks, massage, therapeutic touch, etc. Foot care will be available by appointment. Info at 604297-4956.

THURSDAY, DEC. 15 The Burnaby chapter of the Compassionate Friends is hosting a candlelight and music ceremony at

the Pioneer Community Resource Centre, fifth floor, 4535 Kingsway. This is a monthly support group for bereaved parents who have experienced the death of a child. Meeting starts at 7 p.m. Participants are encouraged to bring a photo of their child. Plan to attend?

Let Grace know by calling 778-222-0446.

Edmonds Health Watch program, 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. on the second floor at Edmonds Community Centre, 7433 Edmonds St. Drop-in blood pressure, weight and height checks, massage, therapeutic touch, etc. Foot care will be available by appointment. Info at 604297-4901.

FRIDAY, DEC. 16 Tenth annual Dube’s Christmas lights display fundraiser, at the Dube’s residence, at 4990 Bellville Ave. All donations benefit Variety, the Children’s Charity. Stop by between 5 and 8:30 p.m.

ONGOING English conversation circles for immigrant seniors.

Circles available on various days for various levels at two locations: MOSAIC Burnaby Centre for Immigrants, 5902 Kingsway, and Brentwood Community Resource Centre, 2055 Rosser Ave. Free admission. Call 604438-8214 to register.

Multicultural seniors’ knitting circle. MOSAIC Burnaby Centre for Immigrants, 5902 Kingsway, Tuesdays, 1 to 3 p.m. Learn to knit or share your knitting skills with new friends. Free admission. Registration: 604-438-8214.

Seniors exercise sessions at Brentwood Community Resources Centre, 2055 Rosser Ave., Fridays. Take part in Wai Dan Gong from 9 to 10 a.m. and Tai Chi from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Free admission. Registration at 604-292-3907.

Thrift Shop Sale, Thursdays at South Burnaby United Church, 7591 Gray Ave., from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. There will be clothing, household items, collectibles, books, toys and more. Donations welcome. For information, call the church office, 604 434-8323.

Knitting, crocheting, sewing and other craft activities group will meet at the Edmonds Community Centre for 55 plus every Friday from 1 to 3 p.m.

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more information, call 604297-4838.

Burnaby South Stroke Recovery Branch, meets every second and fourth Friday of the month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Edmonds Community Centre. The club offers speech therapy, exercise sessions, caregiver support and other social activities for stroke survivors over 55. For more information, call 604297-4838.

Old age pensioners’ organization branch 12 is holding an event the first Monday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Edmonds Community Centre. Learn what’s happening to social security programs. For more information, call 604-2974838.

Telespeakers Toastmaster, meetings on Friday mornings from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Burnaby room in the Telus building, 3777 Kingsway.

Telespeakers provides a safe atmosphere where you can improve your speaking skills.

We have many members with various experience levels from beginners to distinguished Toastmaster designations. We welcome new members and guests and encourage you to learn at your own pace. Info: www. telespeakers.com.

Shop for a cause, the Vista Boutique at the New Vista Care Home, 7550 Rosewood St. offers a great selection of used clothing and household goods.

Open Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Phone: 604527-6226. Donations of good quality adult clothing and household items are appreciated.

Monday evening dances, for 55+, Confederation Seniors Centre, 4585 Albert St., 6:30 to 9 p.m. $5 for members, $6 for guests. With music by G7 and refreshments. Info: 604-294-1936.

East Burnaby Family Place, 9887 Cameron St. Free parent/caregiver and child drop-in every Tuesdays and Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with circle/story time at 12:30 p.m. Kids up to age five can explore toys, arts and crafts, outdoor play area, outreach, circle-time, etc. For parents there is a resource rack, ECE qualified teachers, special surprises, support/health workers, etc.

Visit the Facebook page at East Burnaby Family Place Society for more info.

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ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS PUBLIC HEARING The Council of the City of Burnaby hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing TUESDAY, 2016 DECEMBER 13 AT 7:00 PM 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”.

1) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 51, 2016 - Bylaw No. 13683

To:

Rez. #12-04 5289, 5309, and 5355 Lane Street From: M4 Special Industrial District and CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C9 Urban Village Commercial District and Royal Oak Community Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Lane Street Phase 1 5369/5401/5437 Lane Street Burnaby B.C.” prepared by Cornerstone Architecture) To:

CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C9 Urban Village Commercial District and Royal Oak Community Plan guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Lane 2 ‘eternity’ 5309 Lane Street Burnaby B.C.” prepared by Cornerstone Architecture)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a four-storey mixed-use development with full underground parking, comprised of at grade commercial fronting Lane Street with residential uses behind and above.

Phase 1 of the Gilmore Station Master Plan: The following four (4) rezoning applications (Rezoning References #15-54, #15-55, #15-56, #15-57) represent the Phase I of the Gilmore Station Master Plan. The Gilmore Station Master Plan, advanced under Rezoning Reference #14-21 was granted Second Reading by Council on 2016 June 03. Phase I, located at the southeast corner of Lougheed Highway and Gilmore Avenue, within the Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan, is comprised of four individual components.

Rezoning Reference #15-54 is for the commercial component of Phase I, including public realm and open space components, as well as all parking related to the commercial and residential uses.

Rezoning Reference #15-55 is for Residential Tower 1, located along Gilmore Avenue, directly north of the Gilmore SkyTrain Station.

Rezoning Reference #15-56 is for Residential Tower 2, located at the southwest corner of Lougheed Highway and Gilmore Avenue.

Rezoning Reference #15-57 is for Residential Tower 3, located along Lougheed Highway, between Gilmore Avenue and the proposed new road (Carleton Avenue).

2) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 53, 2016 - Bylaw No. 13685 Rez. #15-54 4120, 4160, Portion of 4170, Portion of 4180 Lougheed Highway and Portion of 4161 Dawson Street From: M1 Manufacturing District, CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M1, M1r Manufacturing Districts, M5, M5l Light Industrial Districts, C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District and P2 Administration and Assembly District) To:

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5s Multiple Family Residential District, C3, C3f General Commercial Districts, P1 Neighbourhood Institutional District, P2 Administration and Assembly District and Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Gilmore Station Phase 1 Commercial” prepared by IBI Group Architects)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit construction of the commercial podium, underground parking and public realm components on the Phase I site within the Gilmore Station Master Plan.

3) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 54, 2016 - Bylaw No. 13686 Rez. #15-55 4120, 4160, Portion of 4170, Portion of 4180 Lougheed Highway and Portion of 4161 Dawson Street From: M1 Manufacturing District, CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M1, M1r Manufacturing Districts, M5, M5l Light Industrial Districts, C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District and P2 Administration and Assembly District)

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5s Multiple Family Residential District and Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Gilmore Station Phase 1 – Tower 1” prepared by IBI Group Architects)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit construction of Residential Tower I within Phase I of the Gilmore Station Master Plan site.

4) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 55, 2016 - Bylaw No. 13687 Rez. #15-56 4120, 4160, Portion of 4170, Portion of 4180 Lougheed Highway and Portion of 4161 Dawson Street From: M1 Manufacturing District, CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M1, M1r Manufacturing Districts, M5, M5l Light Industrial Districts, C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District and P2 Administration and Assembly District) To:

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5s Multiple Family Residential District and Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Gilmore Station Phase 1 – Tower 2” prepared by IBI Group Architects)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit construction of Residential Tower II within Phase I of the Gilmore Station Master Plan site.

5) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 56, 2016 - Bylaw No. 13688 Rez. #15-57 4120, 4160, Portion of 4170, Portion of 4180 Lougheed Highway and Portion of 4161 Dawson Street From: M1 Manufacturing District, CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M1, M1r Manufacturing Districts, M5, M5l Light Industrial Districts, C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District and P2 Administration and Assembly District) To:

Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM5s Multiple Family Residential District and Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Gilmore Station Phase 1 – Tower 3” prepared by IBI Group Architects)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit construction of Residential Tower III within Phase I of the Gilmore Station Master Plan site.

6) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 57, 2016 - Bylaw No. 13689 TEXT AMENDMENT The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw text amendment is to permit small cell antenna installations in City road rights-of-way.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by a proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard: • in person at the Public Hearing • in writing should you be unable to attend the Public Hearing; - Email: clerks@burnaby.ca - Letter: Office of the City Clerk, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby V5G 1M2 - Fax: (604) 294-7537 Please note all submissions must be received by 4:45 p.m. on 2016 December 13 and contain the writer’s 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 2016 November 30 to 2016 December 13.

NO PRESENTATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED BY COUNCIL AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING D. Back CITY CLERK

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Tamura collects silver

Burnaby’s Sarah Tamura delivered a pair of strong skates in claiming second place at the Skate Canada Challenge in Montreal last week.

The Burnaby Central student, in her first season against senior competition, racked up secondbest scores in both the short and free programs. Champion Gabrielle Daleman of Ontario established a new Canadian record with her total of 208.85 points, with Tamura totalling 166.45.

The competition served as a qualifying event for the 2017 Canadian Tire national skating championships, which go Jan. 16 to 22 in Ottawa.

Tamura, last year’s Canadian junior champion, was the lone skater to attempt a triple lutz-triple toe combination in the short, with her lone mistake coming in the free on the jump, ending in a single toe.

Tamura’s final score put her six points ahead of the third-best skater.

Her score was in line with her recent showing at the B.C. sectionals three weeks ago.

Fellow Champs International Skating Centre of B.C. skater Emily Bausback came in second in women’s juniors, trailing Kelowna’s Olivia Gran by just three points.

In senior ice dancing, Burnaby’s Haley Sales and Langley’s Nicolas Wamsteeker finished third overall.

Sport to report? Contact Dan Olson at 604.444.3022 or dolson@BurnabyNow.com

Rebels show resilience at Klassic Dan Olson

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The ups and downs of a long basketball season are part of the journey that produces champions.

For their first week, the Burnaby South Rebels can say they’ve glimpsed a bit of that route, and are ready to venture forward.

The senior boys Rebels launched the 2016-17 AAA hoop season with four games at the Heritage Woods Klassic tournament in Port Moody, posting a 3-1 record along the way.

Three of those games were against opponents ranked higher in the Province pre-season AAA poll – where Burnaby South was slotted sixth.

Losing 91-76 on Friday to the No. 1-rated and eventual tourney champions from Walnut Grove was a slap to the system, but one head coach Randy Edwards feels may serve as a timely reminder.

“That show (Friday) wasn’t indicative of who we were,” said Edwards. “I think we got a little shellshocked, and its good, I think good to get punched in the face one time, early in the season, just so you realize you are not at the top of the food chain, and you do have to work a little harder and dig a little deeper.”

They responded just as their coach hoped, knocking off No. 3 rated Kitsilano on Saturday 86-77 to claim the tourney’s third-place prize.

Grade 11 forwardYusuf Sehic was selected to the Klassic first allstar team, while guard Vince Sunga was named to the second all-star squad.

The Rebels only trailed briefly, early in the second quarter when back-to-back treys leveraged Kitsilano ahead 30-28, before Burna-

by gained some breathing room by out-scoring the Vancouver school 23-16 over that same frame.

C.J. Campbell counted a teamhigh 19 points, while Sunga scored 15 points and Sehic 11 of his own.

Against Walnut Grove, Noah Pastrana tallied 16 points and Kenan Krupic chipped in 12.

After beginning the tourney with an opening 76-55 victory over honourable mentionYale, the Rebels drew No. 2 ranked Kelowna and ran a roller coaster before prevailing 78-73. Down 20-7 after one quarter, Burnaby turned the tables and led 34-29 at the half.The tables turned again in the fourth quarter after a 20-point lead vanished and Kelowna pulled ahead on a 23-point run.

But the Rebels did a quick gutcheck and righted the ship.

“We went into cruise control all of a sudden,” remarked Edwards. “I called a timeout and said, ‘Come on, you’re better than this.’

They showed they were better than this.”

Sehic put up 15 points and Sunga was in for 14.

“We were hitting our shots and got feeling good about it,” said Campbell, a Grade 12 forward.

“Against Kelowna we were up by 20 but – they came back.We just have to stay focused and keep playing defence the whole game.”

Being ranked is nothing new for the Burnaby squad, and Edwards said his charges, whom he coached to provincial titles in Grade 8 and 9, are well-versed in the pressures of high competition. His expectations are high but attainable.

“I expect these guys to get better and grow as a team. I expect them to compete in every single game we’re in, I don’t want us to be in a game where we’re not competing.

“Competing doesn’t mean win,

Aireborne: Byrne Creek’s Bithow Wan, right, goes up for two points against a Rick Hansen defender during Saturday’s action at the Byrne Creek Bulldog tournament.

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it means playing to our level, what we practice is what we preach,” he said.

The Rebels, who beat Alpha on

Monday to start the Burnaby-New West league regular season, hosts Cariboo Hill tonight at 6:45 p.m.

Clan grapplers shine in international meet spotlight The SFU Clan wrestling teams came up with a few standout performances at the Clan International on Burnaby Mountain last Saturday.

On the women’s side, freshman Karah Bulaqui, sophomore Dominique Parrish, junior Fran Giorgio, and sophomore Payten Smith all secured first place in their respective divisions while senior Mallory Velte earned a solid second-place finish.

After taking the opening round by forfeit, Bulaqui scored two impressive wins by technical fall, over the unattached Caliota Espinoza (12-2) and Grey’s Harbor’s Cynthia Ramirez (14-4).The Clan lightweight won the 46-kilogram division by forfeit, not having to face Aileen Cruz of Grey’s Harbor.

Parrish was at the top of her game, winning two matches by technical fall, including the final match, in which she topped Lon-

don Western Wrestling Club’s Julie Stiffler 14-4 for the 55kg title.The sophomore also took her semifinal matchup by pin, overpowering Washington’s Cecilia Wu in 2:08.

In 60kg, Giorgio won her class in convincing fashion, scoring a pair of wins by technical fall and one by pin en route to the final match. Once there, she defeated Coast Wrestling Society’s Ana Gonzalez in a one-sided 9-0 decision.

Smith was the Clan’s most dominant wrestler of the afternoon, notching three wins by pin, including a semifinal takedown of Husky Wrestling Club’s Kiera Prior in just 46 seconds.The 85kg final saw Smith win by forfeit, as Jaz Chavarria of South West Oregon Community College was unable to continue.

Velte didn’t allow an opponent to score a point in the opening two rounds, taking out Morgan Fre-

delet with a 10-0 technical fall before scoring a 6-0 decision over Calgary Dinos’ Breanne Graham.

Velte came up short in the 63kg final, falling in 5-0 decision to national team member Braxton Papadopoulos.

On the men’s side, Ben Smyth and Sean Molle (125 kg) claimed second-place in their respective divisions.

Smyth won by forfeit over Cascades Wrestling Club’s Amtoj Dhalind in the opening round of the 90-kg class before falling in round two to Jason Bains of Burnaby Mountain.

After receiving a bye in the opener, Molle picked up a technical fall win (10-0) over the Regina Rams’ Jordan Tholl, and followed that up with a 7-1 decision over Cascades’ Brad Hildenbrant.

In the 125kg final, Molle was bested by Iowa Hawkeyes star Bobby Telfrod in a 10-1 decision.

Hold on a second: Team Impact’s Braxton Papadopoulos, in red, appears to be in trouble against University of Calgary’s Temitope Ogunjimi during second match action at the Clan Invitational. But Papadopoulos recovered to win the match and the women’s 63-kilogram division. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

In women’s 58kg, Jen Anderson placed third and Ashley Osachuk fifth, while Alison Horne ended

up fourth in 69kg. On the men’s side, Cody Osborne stood third in 74 kg.

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The SFU Clan women’s basketball team can say they got their first win of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference campaign the hard way. after rallying to edge the Alaska Nanooks 79-77 on Saturday.

A balanced mix of rookies and veterans paced the Clan offense against Alaska, as freshman Tia Tsang led the Clan with 16 points on a 6-of-14 shooting binge.

Fellow newbie Ozi Nwabuko came just shy of a double-double, posting 15 points and nine rebounds, while seniors Ellen Kett (13 points, seven assists) and Meg Wilson (12 points) also hit the double-digit plateau.

As reliable as the veterans always are for SFU, it was the freshmen who stole the show late.

After a wild first three quarters, the Clan entered the final frame down 5550. Despite a couple of early buckets from Kett and

Nwabuko, SFU found themselves trailing by five with just over six minutes to play.

Tsang then hit a couple of difficult layups to pull the Clan within three before Wilson nailed a massive trey to get SFU square at 68-68.

After a Nanooks’ bucket made it 70-68,Tsang hit a huge triple to pull SFU up by one. Again, the Alaskans responded, going ahead 7271. Unfazed,Tsang calmly dialled up another threepointer to get the Clan back in front by two.

But the Nanooks remained persistent.They tied it up 76-76 but with just 16 seconds left on the clock, Nwabuko used her remarkable quickness to snare an offensive board before posting the eventual gamewinning layup.That offensive board was one of Nwabuko’s four in the final five minutes.

“It was crazy, to think we might actually walk away with a win because of those two freshmen,” said SFU

head coach Bruce Langford.

“Tia’s shots were absolutely clutch, and Ozi kept us alive on the offensive glass.Without either of them, we don’t get that win.”

As exciting as the finish was, the fact that the Clan had to comeback to win after their first half was surprising – SFU held a 42-35 lead at the break, only to post a 3-for-15 third quarter in terms of shooting, as they were outscored by the Nanooks 20-8 in the frame.

Despite the third-quarter lapse, the Clan, who improved to 1-1 in conference play, will happily take the win into the conference’s holiday break, as their GNAC schedule resumes on Monday, Dec. 29, when they face the Western Oregon Wolves at home in West Gym. In the meantime, they have one non-conference test before Christmas, Dec. 19 when they host the Nova Southeastern Sharks for a 2 p.m. exhibition match.

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