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93-year-old pedals south Jennifer Moreau staff reporter
A group of Taiwanese seniors made Burnaby their first stop in a 2,000-kilometer bike ride to promote their home country as a haven of healthy aging. The cyclists, whose average age is 72, visited Burnaby city hall on Monday on the first leg of their journey. “Burnaby has developed many programs that enable our seniors to participate fully in community activities and to lead to healthy and active lifestyles,” said Mayor Derek Corrigan in a media release. “We share with Taiwan the objectives of the Golden Generation cycling tour, and we are thrilled and very honoured to have the participating cyclists make Burnaby the first stop in their 2,000-kilometre west coast tour.” The trip is called the Golden Generation Thousand Miles Ride Tour, and there are 42 seniors from Taiwan who are participating – the oldest is 93. Fan Ko-Chin, a Taiwanese TV producer, is following the cyclists and making a documentary, which will be released in June. The 21-day bike tour ends in San Jose, at Google’s California headquarters. On Monday, Corrigan and local councillors met with the group, to present them with certificates and send them off on a safe journey. The agile and active group broke into a sporty dance in council chambers, and the mayor and councillors joined in. The bike tour is meant to inspire more seniors to
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Golden years: Mayor Derek Corrigan and councillors welcomed a group of Taiwanese seniors who made Burnaby their stop in a 2,000-kilometer bike ride to promote their home country as a haven of healthy aging. embrace new challenges, and the cyclists are acting as unofficial ambassadors, representing the active older generation in Taiwan. Burnaby Coun. Richard Chang is volunteering as a driver with the group, and the NOW caught up with him on the phone Wednesday evening, as the cyclists were approaching Seattle. Chang said the group was doing “not bad.”
“They are quite experienced (cyclists). They are not just like a bunch of seniors that have no experience at all,” he said. Chang got involved with the cycling group, because he’s friends with the president of a Taiwan-based seniors’ charity promoting the ride, and Chang plans to follow the Cyclists Page 8
Willingdon should have been ours – Mayor Jennifer Moreau staff reporter
Mayor Derek Corrigan is upset over the province’s latest sale of Crown land in Burnaby, as the city was in talks to buy the property but was later cut out of the deal. The City of Burnaby was eyeing the nearly $58-million swath of Crown land at
Willindgon Avenue and Canada Way since last fall, but the mayor was surprised to learn the city was out of the picture after the province had to consult with First Nations, who ended up buying the property. “I was shocked, I had no idea this was happening,” Corrigan told the NOW. “I had no idea we would not be permitted to exercise our right of first refusal.”
The 16-hectare patch of land was sold to two First Nations - the Tsleil-Waututh and the Musqueam. Corrigan learned the city could no longer buy the property just days before the sale was announced on March 27. After the city expressed interest in buying the property last fall, the province met with First Nations to fulfill a legal duty to
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