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Games stretching into overtime have long been a part of hockey, but never for a period of time as long as organizers behind an upcoming game are shooting for. On August 26, a total of 40 women will take a collective deep breath before hitting the ice at Canlan Ice Sports Burnaby 8 Rinks, their de facto home for the next 10 days as they attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for playing the longest hockey game while also raising funds and awareness for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. “We’ve got about 35 women so far,” said Longest Game 4 CF spokesperson Vallerie Skelly. “We’d like to get at least 50 signed players, because stuff can happen over the winter. They could get injured playing or get pregnant, who knows what could happen?” The current record – a whopping 241 hours and 21 minutes – was set nearly three years ago by men playing outdoors at the northern Alberta homestead of the Edmonton Oilers’ in-house optometrist, Brent Saik. The women are hoping to beat them at their own game by precisely 65 minutes. The extra minutes were chosen specifically as an homage to late New Hockey Page 4
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Extra overtime: Patricia Tait, Vallerie Skelly and Karen Johns (from left to right) are hoping to set a new world record for playing the longest continuous hockey game as part of a fundraiser for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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Assessed property in Burnaby is worth $57.786 billion this year, according to B.C. Assessment’s 2011 assessment roll. Last year’s assessment roll put Burnaby’s total property values at $51.445 billion, meaning there has been an increase of more than 12 per cent over last year. The overall increase in assessment values is about four per cent more than expected, according to real estate agent Adam Goss. “It’s much higher than anticipated,” said Goss, who sells in Burnaby and New Westminster with Park Georgia Realty. But he said the higher assessments wouldn’t necessarily make an impact on buyers. The effect of the increased property taxes, due to higher assessments, is minimal, he said. The cost of the property taxes is usually included in the mortgage, Goss pointed out. “If you’ve got someone who’s close (to buying), I don’t know that it’ll make or break (the deal),” he said. “It comes down to a matter of a few thousand.” The property tax increase
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