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Foam fingered for kill Runoff from Burnaby house fire likely cause of Byrne Creek pollution Jennifer Moreau staff reporter
Byrne Creek streamkeepers are, yet again, counting dead fish after another chemical spill in the creek. This time, it appears to be linked to a fire upstream. Streamkeeper Paul Cipywnyk got a call from fellow volunteers around 9 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 28, reporting foam in the creek in a ravine near Southridge Drive. Cipywnyk went further upstream only to find a pond with lots of foam and roughly a dozen dead trout and coho. Volunteer streamkeepers looked around the neighbourhood and saw a fire truck near Kingsway and 16th Avenue, where there had been a house fire. “We asked the firefighters if they’d used foam, and they said yes, a full load from one of their trucks. The drainage flow from the site of the fire into storm drains was evident,” Cipywnyk reported. “Streamkeepers are certainly not going to question firefighters for doing an outstanding job in ensuring the safety of the community. It’s just unfortunate if this is confirmed as the source of the kill.” The streamkeepers are estimating several hundred fish have perished, and the spill could mean another total kill for the creek, whose fish Creek Page 3
Photos by Kevin Hill/burnaby now
We wish you a merry Christmas: Above, youngsters get into the holiday spirit on the Burnaby firefighters’ float at the eighth annual Edmonds Santa Claus Parade. Below, the Jolly Old Elf himself arrives for the fun.
Big guy is a hit event, the only Santa Claus parade World famous North Pole in the city, which also helped colresident Santa Claus took time lect hundreds of warm children’s out from his busy schedule on winter coats for charity. Saturday to once again make an “Our sponsors and our volunappearance at an annual Burnaby teers have really stepped up to the parade held in his honour. plate and work tire“We bribe him lessly to make this an with milk and cookannual event,” said ies,” said parade Harvey. organizer Bonnie The festive proHarvey when asked cession kicked off how she managed Visit www.burnabynow.com on Canada Way to get the celebrated for a parade photo gallery at 1 p.m. and merphilanthropist to take rily marched down time out from his hecEdmonds Street before finishing tic toymaking schedule for eight at Richmond Park. Following the years in a row. parade, awards were handed out Most of the white stuff that to the parade participants best blanketed the city last week had expressing the spirit of the season already melted, but this couldn’t through spirit, enthusiasm, imagidampen the enthusiasm of several nation, effort and overall appeal. thousand people who turned out for the popular neighbourhood – By Andrew Fleming, staff reporter
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