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It was all hands on deck forthe Burnaby Fire Department ascrews battled two separate firesTuesday morning.

The first fire started around 3a.m. in a vacant business at King-sway and 13th Avenue and spreadto a second business before crewsgot control of the blaze.

Burnaby assistant fire chief Bry-an Kirk noted a nearby townhomehad minor damage, but firefighterswere able to stop the blaze fromgetting into the residential struc-ture.

An hour later, a second firebroke out at a home on the cornerof Government Road and Burn-lake Drive.

In that case, Kirk said the struc-ture was a “hoarder’s home” thatfirefighters couldn’t access to fight

because of the clutter.By daylight, the fires were pret-

ty much out, but crews were stilldealing with a few hotspots.

There were no injuries report-ed at either fire, and the causes of

both blazes are under investiga-tion.

The two two-alarm fires also leftthe department short-staffed.

Kirk explained the departmentneeded to call in off-duty mem-

bers to help fight the fires, butthey didn’t need any aid from oth-er communities.

“We were spread pretty thinthere, that’s for sure, in my 34years that’s probably the busi-

est night I’ve heard in a while,” hetold the NOW.

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It’s a question that any-one keeping a close eye onthe real estate market in

MetroVancouver is desper-ate to answer:Who is buy-ing real estate in the region?

Last week, the province’sfinance minister provided asnapshot of the answer, re-

leasing the first set of datarelated to real estate trans-actions in B.C.

Of the 10,148 residen-tial real estate transactionsin B.C. between June 10and June 29, a total of 3.3per cent, or 337 transac-tions, were made by foreignnationals, according to gov-

ernment stats.In Burnaby, 10.9 per

cent of real estate transac-tions during that time pe-riod were made by foreignnationals.

That figure works outto $31.4 million, or 10 percent of the total investmentmade in real estate in Burn-

aby in the 20-day period.In Richmond, the num-

ber of foreign buyers was 14per cent, while inVancouverit was four per cent.

The data is drawn fromthe filings of property trans-fer tax forms by purchasersof residential real estate.

But one outspoken Burn-

aby city councillor doesn’tbuy the numbers.

Coun. NickVolkow saidthe data collected in such asmall time period doesn’treally tell the public any-thing and argued the pro-vincial government is tryingto dodge the issue.

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The hallways of 5025 Im-perial St. are nearly pitchblack. It’s quiet except forthe pinging of a fire alarmmonitor at the front en-trance.The only light comesin naturally from openapartment doors. On themanager’s desk is a pile ofunit keys.

In one apartment, gar-bage and toys have beenstrewn about the livingroom, while in other units,unopened mail from B.C.Hydro and B.C. Housinglies at the foot of the door.

The power was shut offdays ago, and the building isempty.The last person evict-ed was out on July 3.

On Saturday, the build-ing, slated for demolition tomake way for a new highrisetower, became ground zeroin the escalating the battlewith city hall over the issueof demovictions.

The group AllianceAgainst Displacement,which has organized theStop Demovictions Burna-by campaign, occupied thevacant building Saturday af-ternoon. As ofTuesday, thegroup continued the occu-pation of the building.

Ivan Drury, a spokesper-son for the group, told theNOW, the group intendsto stay in the building untilthey’re removed by police.

Drury said the group iscalling on the city to stopdemolition of buildings inthe area and is asking for amoratorium on demolishingrental buildings in Burnaby.

“We have no choice butto break these laws that arehurting people and takemore drastic action to try todefend people’s lives againstthese policies,” he said.

Drury said the RCMPwould let the group stay un-til the developer had an in-junction to have them re-moved. It’s unclear whenthe situation will be re-solved.

TheNOW reached out toAmacon Developments, thedeveloper that owns the site,but the company did notreturn calls prior to pressdeadline.

The group behind thecampaign has put the blameon the city’s developmentpolicies and the developersfor the demolition and evic-tion of hundreds of peo-ple and units in the area. InMay, the campaign releaseda study that suggested near-

ly 1,400 people face evic-tion and displacement in theMetrotown area.

Drury said the group hasbeen patient, making everyeffort to address city coun-cil, but he suggested resi-dents feel disrespected andnot heard.

He noted the group isstill waiting to hear backfrom the city for a responsefrom a demoviction reportthey conducted and gave tocouncil in May.

The group also had a ral-ly planned forTuesday eve-ning, after theNOW’s pressdeadline.

RESIDENTS’ STORIES

Meanwhile, the stories ofdisplaced residents continueto emerge.

Sherry Chen is a new im-migrant who moved to theMetrotown area five yearsago and is worried about hersecond eviction.

The young mother ex-plained she lived in an olderlow-rise apartment on Dun-blane Avenue but was evict-ed when developers boughtup buildings on the street.

Chen said she watchedher entire block get evicted.

“I saw the place getting

teared down one-by-one.It’s very sad,” she said. “Youwould see older people, theycan’t move, so they throwaway their furniture, leaveeverything. I don’t knowwhere they go.”

She lives in the same areabut can’t afford to moveto another part of the cityor buy into the new apart-ments being built.

“All these highrise build-ings, if I can’t afford to buy,where can I rent?” Chentold theNOW last week at apublic meeting, adding thecity needs to act now to helppeople in her situation. “Weshould be able to live local-ly. Rich and poor people canlive in harmony.”

Another resident namedDale also lived in the areafor 18 years until he wasevicted at the beginning ofJuly. He’s now staying at afriend’s place but isn’t surewhere he’s going to go.

Dale, who didn’t wantto use his last name, saidhe paid $900 a month forrent and can’t find any-thing in that price range inthe neighbourhood. He saidhe doesn’t want to move toSurrey or NewWestminsterand is imploring city poli-

ticians to halt the develop-ment in the area.

“My theory is they don’tgive a shit about the peo-ple that live here.The y justthrow them out and go findsomeplace else to live,” hesaid.

MAYOR’SRESPONSE

Mayor Derek Corrigan

noted the occupation of theImperial Street building isa private matter, but he wasquick to blame provincialand federal governments forthe current situation.

“I don’t try to be defen-sive about this, because Iknow that people need torecognize the provincial andfederal governments have

not been doing their job forsuch an extended period oftime.We are in a zone that iscatastrophic for some peo-ple and some families, andI don’t know how to get usout of that, because localgovernment doesn’t havethe tools,” he said.

STOPTHEDISPLACEMENT KayeBedfordwaves topassing traffic toget their attention.Activists areoccupyinganapartmentbuildingat5025 Imperial St. inBurnabytoprotest the continueddemolitionof affordable rental property in the city and its replacementbyhigh-pricedcondos. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

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“The reality is, the ordi-nary person on the streethas been more than awarefor at least the last threeyears of what has been go-ing on,” he told the NOW.“There’s more than enoughinformation in all kinds ofsources about the mon-ey flooding out of China inparticular, and it’s impact-ing our market here.”

Volkow insisted the in-formation to back up his

claims is available, suggest-ing government agencieslike the Canadian RevenueAgency and the FinancialTransactions and ReportsAnalysis Centre of Canadaare not doing their jobs.

“We are being let downand failed by our govern-ments,” he said.

The councillor is alsocritical of the argumentthat part of the problem isthe supply of new housingunits. He suggested the pro-

vincial government is tryingto deflect responsibility tomunicipal governments.

“There’s plenty of sup-ply,” he said. “Here’s theproblem, the supply is be-ing purchased as a stock byforeign money, that’s what’shappening.”

The provincial govern-ment also released esti-mates on the future supplyof homes in six communi-ties in MetroVancouver.Among the six, Burnaby

led the way with 30,000 es-timated homes, which wasmore thanVancouver andSurrey. In all, 108,000 fu-ture homes are expected tobe built within the six mu-nicipalities that also includeNewWestminster, Rich-mond and Coquitlam.

In a press conference withthe media, Finance MinisterMike de Jong expressed hisconfidence in the numbersand the method to gath-er them, but he noted the

information was collectedover a limited period.

He explained the disclo-sure of citizenship or per-manent residency is partof the tax filing process un-dertaken by lawyers, point-ing out there are penaltiesassociated with providingfalse information. De Jongalso indicated the govern-ment may be taking furthersteps to limit the prospectof fraud.

“We have begun to collect

the data in as an accurateway as we can to answer thefundamental question: Howmany foreign nationals areparticipating in the real es-tate market in British Co-lumbia?” the minister said.

In MetroVancouver,there were 5,118 transac-tions in the same time peri-od worth nearly $5.4 billion,while 5.1 per cent, or 260,involved foreign nationalsworth $351 million.

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The mayor also said thecity needs to accept newpeople into the area to keepup with the growth demandof one million people mov-ing to the region.

He said the growth putscities in a difficult position.He argued the city doesn’thave the authority to stopthe demolition of buildings,and if the properties weren’trezoned to a higher densi-ty, they would still be torndown and replaced underexisting zoning.

“We do what we thinkis best for the communi-ty, and that is to look to in-crease the number of peoplewho can live in an area clos-est to transit,” he said. “Asa result, the tendency is to

blame us for the problemsthat are occurring.”

Corrigan acknowledgedthe units being built in thenew towers are unaffordablefor the people who formerlylived in the older buildingsbut said subsidizing isn’t anoption.

“Now it’s a question ofsubsidizing in perpetuity therents of a certain amountof people. … If you’re luckyenough to live in a buildingthat’s demolished and nowyou get a $2,500 apartmentfor $1,000 for the rest ofyour life, that isn’t fair andwho pays for it?” he said.“The other citizens of yourcity pay to subsidize that.”

Instead, Corrigan said,the city is taking density bo-nus money from develop-

ment, putting 20 per centinto a housing fund and ac-quiring land in differentplaces for various groups todevelop.

Meanwhile, the recentaction by members of theStop Demoviction cam-paign comes on the heels ofa face-to-face meeting withcity planners at a public in-formation session.

Several dozen peopleshowed up to the meetingat Burnaby NeighbourhoodHouse last week to meetwith planners over proposedchanges to the MetrotownDevelopment Plan.

The two-hour meet-ing ended up being a backand forth between the twosides, with city planners ex-plaining and defending the

plan, while residents pep-pered staff with questions

and personal stories of evic-tions over development inthe area.

At times testy, the plan-ners were grilled over ques-tions on what the plan will

do to help those facing pos-sible evictions in the neigh-bourhood.

The Metrotown Develop-ment Plan update is a docu-ment that lays out a visionfor the area for the next fewdecades, including a focuson Metrotown becomingthe city’s downtown.

The plan is also callingfor change in the land usethat would see portions ofthe area along Kingswayget designations for 12-sto-rey-plus highrises.The cityplanners pointed out any re-zoning applications wouldstill have to be approved bycouncil on an individual ba-sis and would be subject topublic hearings.

City staff also acknowl-edged up to 3,000 current

rental units could be lostunder the plan.

The meeting didn’t ap-pear to quell the fears ofpeople concerned aboutmore evictions in the area.

Resident Shirley Sinclairsaid the displacement of res-idents is “so wrong” and shehopes the planners will givethe feedback to council.

“We need a new council,”she said.

The Stop Demovictionsgroup is calling for the cityto drop the plan and con-sult with the communityon a new plan that centreson existing residents as theprimary stakeholder in thecommunity.

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subsidizing inperpetuity the

rentsofacertainamountofpeople

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The fountain at For-est Grove Elementary wastested in April, and the wa-ter was found to contain42 parts per billion (0.041mg/L) of lead, compared tothe Health Canada allow-able level of 10 parts per bil-lion (0.010 mg/L), accord-ing to School District No.41 health and safety officerTerry Gomez.

The discovery was madeduring a comprehensivesurvey of all of the district’sdrinking water after a Feb-ruary letter from the educa-

tion ministry telling all B.C.districts to test drinking wa-ter for lead every year.

The ministry move cameafter public concerns wereraised over lead in schoolsin northwestern B.C.

After more than 160 testsin Burnaby so far, the sin-gle fountain at Forest Grovewas the only drinking watersource in the district foundto have higher-than-safe lev-els of lead.

The fountain was shutdown immediately and re-moved, according to Go-mez, and the district is stillfinishing up an investigation.

“It’s most likely beencross connected,” he said.“We’ve taken multiple sub-sequent samples to tracethat line back to where it’spossibly cross connectedwith a hot water supply.”

The warmer the temper-ature, the more likely leadwill go into solution in thewater, Gomez said, andthat’s why people are ad-vised to run a tap or foun-tain until the water is cold

before taking a drink.There was a big push

in schools to promote thispractice when Gomez firststarted in Burnaby in 1999,he said, and janitors used torun school taps and sinksfirst thing in the morningto clear water warming in

the pipes overnight, but thepractice has fallen off.

“We got away from thisbecause of all the water bot-tles that have been broughton,” Gomez said. “Kidsbring their own water. It felloff people’s radar.”

Testing in the past, mean-while, was mostly conduct-ed on a complaint-drivenbasis.

“Every once in a whilewe would do some randomtesting, but it wasn’t for-malized that we would do xnumber every year,” Gomezsaid. “It was largely com-plaint driven or queries.”

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Until now, Corix has usedtemporary natural gas boil-ers to produce the energy.Going forward, waste des-tined for local landfills –like wood chips from saw-mills and tree cuttings and

trimmings – would fuel theplant.

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Corix’s senior vice-presidentof Canadian utilities.

“It’s a big chunk,” he said.“It’s very significant.Thelargest contributor to green-house gases was the thermalenergy plant.”

Van Roon added the cutin emissions will help SFU

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Building one central plantinstead of two separateones, meanwhile, will resultin cost savings of up to 15per cent,Van Roon noted.

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The series of reports ap-peared to be more aboutgetting out the B.C. Liber-al government message thandealing with a growing af-fordability problem.

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gest property flipping isn’ta problem and speculationis no worse than in previoushot real estate cycles.

But the information pro-vided on property flippingwas for all of B.C., not justmarkets where the activity isexpected to be most heated.As well, property specula-tion may already be on thewane because of the chal-lenges in flipping an alreadyover-priced property, andthus not a really useful dataset.

Second, the report sug-

gested red tape at city hallsis to blame for the tighthousing market becausenew condo developmentprojects can take years forapproval.

This is a red herring be-cause many people whogrew up in the region wanta detached home, not nec-essarily a new condo, andat $1.6 million – the bench-mark price for BurnabyNorth and South – a housewith a yard is out of reachfor all but those whose par-ents can cash out and move

in with them.Third, the report stat-

ed that foreign buyers onlymake up a small part of themarker – 5.1 per cent inMetroVancouver and just

shy of 11 per cent in Burn-aby.

Sadly, nobody believesthis because place of resi-dence is self-reported andthe purchaser can use acompany or law office witha local address.

Fourth, the report notesthat 3,603 families havesaved an average of $7,060on their newly purchasedhomes and 10,470 didn’thave to pay property trans-fer tax because they werefirst-time buyers.

Unfortunately, these

amounts are chump changewhen compared to the sizeof a down payment and amortgage on $773,000 – thebenchmark price of typi-cal residential property inNorth Burnaby in June.

The bottom line is peoplewho were supposed to bein charge were asleep at theswitch and MetroVancouverfamilies are paying a heftyprice as a result — a pricefewer and fewer can afford.

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Housingcrisisisn’tgoingaway

The housing crisis inMetroVancouver is deepen-ing to the point where theB.C. government is likelydoing a re-think of its strat-egy in dealing with it.

Last week, the govern-ment released data cover-ing more than 10,000 housesales that occurred over a19-day period last month,and the reaction from manywas largely one of derisionand scorn. Critics claimedit minimized the amount offoreign money flowing intothe grossly overheated hous-ing market.

But while the data it-self is likely not enough todraw too many conclusions,there were a couple of dollaramounts associated with itthat should be of concern.

Those housing sales in-volved a whopping $7.6 bil-lion, while the foreign mon-ey component of those saleswas almost $400 million,with almost all of it comingfrom those who identifiedthemselves as Chinese na-tionals.That’s a lot of mon-ey to change hands in just19 days, and that’s a lot offoreign money coming in aswell, even if on a percent-age basis it was only five percent of all sales in MetroVancouver.

The government will con-tinue to collect the data andFinance Minister Mike deJong hopes to release moreof it on a monthly basis. ButI suspect the public reactionwon’t change much whenhe does.

Adding to the crisis arethe rapidly worsening prob-lems faced by renters.The

dream of buying a homein much of MetroVancou-ver vanished for most peo-ple some time ago, but nowactually finding rental ac-commodation has becomeincreasingly difficult (if notimpossible in some areas).

The rental side of thehousing crisis has impli-cations for more peoplethan the sales side. Millen-nials (now the largest sin-gle demographic group inthe population) are beingsqueezed particularly hard,as they likely don’t have thepurchasing power of olderrenters.

AsVancouver itself be-comes unaffordable for anincreasingly large numberof people, and as that unaf-fordability spreads through-out the region, the B.C.Liberal government has tobe concerned as the springelection draws ever closer.

Elections are won by win-ning the most ridings, andthere are anywhere fromseven to 10 ridings current-ly held by the B.C. Liberalsthat could be in jeopardy ifanger over the housing situ-ation isn’t placated.

Some industry watcherssuggest the housing mar-ket is showing signs of slow-ing down ever so slight-ly. But even a mere slowdown won’t make homesany more affordable, and itmay still leave many, manyrenters out in the cold.Thehousing crisis isn’t goingaway.We’ll see if the govern-ment has the ability to trulycome to grips with it.Keith Baldrey is chief politi-

cal reporter for Global B.C.

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Burnaby councilneeds to step up ondemoviction issueDear Editor I waspresent last Thursdaynightat theMetrotownplanningmeeting.A councillor shouldhavebeenpresent to

face the frustration and fear thesedemov-ictedBurnaby residents have and continue toendure.The cityworkersweremerely the canaries in

the coalmine.Looking at thesepotentially homeless indi-

viduals, I thoughtwhy can’twe take thebonusdensities fromeach individual demoviction,andbuild aportionof thesenewbuildingsinto subsidedhousing for thosedisplacedresidents.After all, Burnabyhasbragged formore than

adecadeabout thebudget surpluses thattheyhave acquired. In reality these surpluseshave alsobeenacquiredon thebacks of eachBurnaby resident.The ironyof the situation is, all these

displaced residentswhohelped contributetoBurnaby’s budget surplus formany years,will no longer be able to enjoy any futureamenities inBurnaby created through thesesurpluses.Burnaby city council needs to live in the

moment.DonnaPolos, Burnaby

Mayor is supposed tobe working for citizensDear EditorConsidering the comments at-tributed toMayorDerekCorrigan, it seemsheis actually jealous of thepower First Nationspeoplewield over lands theyhavenever cededtoCanada, under treaties signed longbeforeCanadawas evenanation, andarebeingprotectedby the courts.I would think that rather thanbeing jealous,

he andhis councilwould joinwith theownersof this land toprotect this land fromgreedyoil baronswho seem to think that even if theydestroy the environment to exploit the landfor its resources, it shouldbeOK, as long as theprofits keep flowing to their owners in Texas.Sincemoving toBurnaby in 2008, I have

supportedDerekCorrigan, but I now feel thatDerek is no longerworking for theworkingpeople of Burnaby, but rather he isworkingfor thedevelopers,whoaredisplacing rentalpropertieswith overly expensive highrisecondo towers.Rental stock is virtually non-existent, yet he

and council continue to approve thedemoli-tionof three-storey rental stock, replacingthemwithunaffordable condos,which areowned, not rented.What happens to the renters? I’ll tell you,

they are forced to leaveBurnaby and look forwork elsewhere, because they canno longerafford to live here.DerekCorriganneeds to remember that he

is supposed tobeworking for thepeople, notstumping forwealthydevelopers.Iwill have to think longandhardbefore I

vote forDerekCorriganagain.WayneMcQueen,Burnaby

Housing activistsoccupy empty building

MurrayMartin If only theMayor ofBurnabywaswilling to get arrested(like these activists) to standup forthousandsof lower income renterswhowill be exiledpermanently fromBurnaby. Instead it is theMayor andcouncil that is doing the exilingbyrezoning rental property to high riseprivate condos.

Lucas TeodorodaSilva The thingis-- these sorts of people (profes-sional activists) aren’t the onesbeingdisplacedbyunaffordable housing.It’s hardworking low income familieswhohave real jobs but can’t affordrising rental rates and can’t (becauseof children) live in basement suites orone-bedroomcondos. Howare theseso-called “housing advocates” actuallyfighting for thosepeople?

MurrayMartin I think itwoulddo youaworld of good tomeet someof theseso-called ‘professional activists’. I wasjust down to theoccupation andall oftheones Iwas talking tohave jobs andwereor are displacedby theCity ofBurnaby’s pro-developer policies.

Lucas TeodorodaSilva I donot atall agreewith the city’s pro-developerpolicies or the city government andtheir desire to rezone landandbuildcondos. But I alsodon’t think illegallytakingover buildings and setting upcampsites is an appropriate solution

JackBurns Thank you, guys! The cyni-cismofMayor Corrigan’s City councilin handling thismass displacementinMetrotown is absolutely disgust-ing. In his April 2016State of theCityaddress, Corrigan still assured todoeverything forMetrotowners tostay in the community. Quote fromBurnabyNowarticle::“Corriganaddedhewants residents to know the city ismaking aneffort to dealwith hous-ing affordability andkeeping the cityaffordable for peoplewhowant to stayin the community.”Meanwhile, he hadhis developers either start the evictionprocess or alreadybulldozeout half ofthe lower-income renters onBeresford,Nelson, andDunblane, And to top it off,hehadhis planning folks comeupwitha “Downtown”marketing campaignto avoid thesepestering rezoning ap-plication.When you read through this“preliminaryPlan”, you’ll find absolute-ly nothing thatwould supportwhat hesaid in his State of theCity address.

Province releases statson foreign buyers

RyanClare This is absolute garbagedata.We’vebeenhaving these issuesfor a decadenowand theydoaNINE-TEENDAYSTUDY?And they lump incitizenswithpermanent residentswhoarebuying that statuswhen theybuythehome?

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well as bacteria and turbid-ity – averaged only aboutone or two a year, he said.

Once the current surveyis completed by the end ofJuly, however, all of the dis-trict’s drinking water willhave been tested, accordingto Gomez, who expects toconduct a total of about 250tests at an expense of up toabout $10,000.

The results will be col-lated and a summary for-warded to the district’sbuilding and grounds com-mittee.The report will thenbe available on the district

website.It’s not known how long

higher-than-safe levels oflead have been comingout of the fountain at For-est Grove, which openedin September 1986 (theplumbing code was changedin 1990 to limit the use oflead solder in drinking wa-ter pipes).

Gomez said the origi-nal ceramic fountain hadbeen replaced by a stainlesssteel one, and pipes mighthave been cross-connectedthen, so the problem maynot date back to when theschool was built.

He also said the fountainwas not in the main sectionof the school, and the testresults are best understoodin context.

“Even if it was pumpingout this 41 parts per billion– not million but billion,which is one thousandth ofa million – if you’re drink-ing lead-contaminated wa-ter, you need to be drinkingit every day and accumulateit,” he said. “You have to putit into perspective as to howmany kids were actually us-ing that fountain and howoften they were using it.”

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Burnaby Mounties areappealing for the public’shelp to track down a dogstolen from its owner out-side Lougheed mall over theweekend.

Police said the dog’s own-er was unloading groceriesfrom a shopping cart intoher vehicle at 6 p.m. on Sat-urday, when a silver four-door Honda Civic pulledup beside her.The passen-ger in the suspect vehiclesnatched the dog, whichwas tucked away in a whiteand navy blue carrier bagsitting in the cart, accordingto RCMP.

The dog, named CoCo, isdescribed as a four-year-oldcream-coloured toy poodlewith some tan fur on herback and a short fluffy tail,similar to a bunny.

The dog weighs approx-imately 2.5 kilograms andhas a microchip. CoCo isalso described as being veryfriendly.

Mounties said the vehi-cle was driven by a Cauca-sian woman in her 20s withblonde hair. At the time ofthe incident, the passenger,a man described as Cauca-sian, was wearing a blackbaseball hat.

The vehicle was last seenspeeding away westboundtoward the Lougheed Sky-

Train station.As of Monday, the dog

was still missing. Anyonewith information about the

incident is asked to call theBurnaby RCMP at 604-294-7922.

It appears the owner is of-fering a reward for the re-turn of CoCo.

An ad on Kijiji from

someone claiming to be theowner of CoCo is offering a$2,000 reward for the dog’ssafe return.

The ad reads in part: “Aslong as it is our right dog,we will provide rewards atthere. Please help us sincereway.We only need our dogto come home safely thenhappy to give rewards.”

In May, a dog namedNinja was stolen from theBurnaby SPCA branch.

The Boston terrier-pugmix was taken by a womanafter she showed up to theshelter to take the dog for awalk.

The dog was never re-turned.

Haveyouseenher?CoCo, a four-year-old toy poodle, was stolenfrom her owner in the parking lot of Lougheed Town Centre Saturdayevening. PHOTOCONTRIBUTED

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Lead in water: ‘You have toput it into perspective’Continued frompage5

Clarification on townhall dateOur July 8 articleon the

townhallmeeting at Confed-erationCommunity Centre

with TerryBeech listed thestart timeas 3p.m., but itactually runs from1 to 3p.m.

See the correct articleonline atwww.tinyurl.com/MPtownhall.

The Burnaby Fire De-partment continues to staybusy, with almost all typesof calls for service increas-ing in the first six months ofthe year.

The overall call volumefor the department in 2016has increased by nearly 10per cent to 7,384 calls from6,713 during the first sixmonths of last year.

The number of fires hasspiked to 194, from 128 in

the same time period lastyear, while motor vehicle in-cidents are also up to 644 sofar this year from 503.

The department dealtwith 93 building fires be-tween April and June.

So far, Burnaby hasn’t re-corded a single fire-relateddeath. By this time last year,there was one fire-related fa-tality.

Accidental alarms, otherfires and public service calls

are all also up from the pre-vious year.

Only a few of the depart-ment’s activities have de-clined in 2015.Vehicle fireshave dropped to 29 from37 in 2015, and there werefewer fire investigations andinspections.

Medical calls are also upslightly in 2016 to 4,671,from 4,537 in the first halfof 2015.

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Rose Giuliano Jack hadjust come upstairs fromteaching two classes in herbasement pilates studio inthe Heights. It was about 8p.m. when the call came in– it was her doctor.

He asked if she was alone,and if she wanted to wait tillsomeone else was home.

She did not want to wait.“He said, ‘You have leu-

kemia, and you have to getto the hospital in 24 hours,’”Giuliano Jack recalls. “I wasjust in shock. I called myhusband who was walkingour dog. I said, ‘You have tocome home. I have to go tothe hospital. I have leuke-mia.”

It wasThursday, Jan.14, and that was how shelearned she had acute lym-phoblastic leukemia, a can-cer of the blood and bonemarrow.The only prior hintwas a bout of fatigue after aflu in December and someunusual bruising. If it hadn’tbeen for a blood screen –just in case – she wouldn’thave known.

Giuliano Jack, 54, is amother of four and a long-time Burnaby resident. Un-til recently, she ran a homefitness studio teaching pi-lates and yoga. Her diagno-sis came as a shock to fam-ily and friends.

“This is what freakedpeople out: I’m fit, I eatwell, I’ve lived a balancedlifestyle. I just have a happylife – and bang,” she says. “Igot so many messages: ‘Youare the healthiest person Iknow.’”

Since January, she’s hadthree rounds of chemo, andshe’s been in and out ofhospital.

She’s lost 25 pounds andher long, curly locks. Every-thing revolves around thestrength of her immune sys-tem, and there are ups and

downs.Her husband, Lance, says

the hardest thing is the help-lessness when he’s used totaking care of her.

“In this case, I can’t do adamn thing,” he says.

The doctors never reallysaid how long Giuliano Jackhas, and she didn’t ask. Ifshe can get a bone marrowtransplant, she could haveseveral years, but that meansfinding a DNA match. Sofar, she’s tried her siblings,but no luck.Throughout itall, she’s stayed positive.

“I’m going to defy allodds; I’m just going to bereally strong,” she says. “Ihave a pretty good feelingsomething is coming up. …They keep looking.Theylook every day, but it’s verydifficult.”

Giuliano Jack’s son, Na-thaniel, said it’s been anemotional roller coaster.

“My mom is the type ofperson, when she walkedinto emergency, she saidshe wanted to do somethingpositive with this whole ex-perience – she said that tothe nurse,” Nathaniel re-calls.

To help, Nathaniel isplaying a free, all-ages con-cert with his band Lucid Af-terLife.The show is on Fri-day, July 15 at a club calledSeven, at 53West Broad-way inVancouver. One-Match will be there from6:30 to 8 p.m., taking DNAswabs from anyone willingto step forward as a possi-ble stem cell donor. One-Match is a Canadian BloodServices program that con-nects potential stem cell do-nors to people like Nathan-iel’s mom.

“This is something youcan do, and it doesn’t costyou anything to do, but itcan save a life anywhere,”Giuliano Jack says. “Thesepeople are waiting, kids arewaiting.”

Giuliano Jack is keep-

ing her spirits up, althoughshe says she may still be inshock.

“I have good days andbad days. I get really emo-tional. It’s scary; it’s justscary, but when you areput into this situation, youhave no choice,” she says. “Idon’t want to give up; I haveway too much to live for.”

Through it all, GiulianoJack insists this story isn’tabout her. It’s about help-ing others.

“I want to reach out toas many people as I can tohelp so many people whoare suffering and waiting fortransplant. I want this to beabout how you can save alife – not just my life, any-one who’s waiting. So goout there and do it for thehundreds of people who arewaiting for a donor.”

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‘It cansavealifeanywhere’Free concert planned to supportmom’s search for more donors

Helpingothers:RoseGiulianoJackwithher son,Nathaniel,who’splayinganall-ages show inVancouver thisweekend tohelppromoteOneMatch, aprogramto registerDNAsamples fromstemcell donors.GiulianoJackneedsamatch for abonemarrow transplant toholda rareformof leukemiaatbay. PHOTOJENNIFERMOREAU

Family support:LanceJackgiveshiswifeRoseakisson thecheekat their home in theHeights. PHOTOJENNIFERMOREAU

Eligible people between17and35 yearsold canhave their cheeks swabbedandtheir DNA sampleput in the registry.

OneMatch is connected to an internation-al networkwithmore than23milliondo-nors inmore than70 registries.

OneMatch is looking for pairs of people

with compatible inherited geneticmark-ers. Thebetter the compatibility, themorelikely the success of theoperation.

Fewer thanone in four find amatch fromtheir own familymembers,which is thefirst place to look. Thatmeans 75per centrely on the kindness of strangers to stepupand join the registry.

Leukemia, aplastic anemia, and inheritedimmune systemandmetabolic disorders

canbe treatedwith stemcell transplants.

If youare amatch, you candonatebonemarrow throughaminor surgery proce-dure or peripheral blood. Four out of fivetimes, the less invasiveperipheral bloodprocedure is used.

After theprocedure, thedonor can feeltired and rundown.Meanwhile, the stemcells are taken that sameday to thepa-tient – anywhere in theworld – for a trans-

plant soonafter.

If you can’tmake the July 15 Lucid After-Life concert, there’s another swabbingevent at Vancouver’s ItalianCultural Cen-tre onThursday, July 14, 10 a.m. to 5p.m.andanother onSunday, July 17 at ByrneCreekSecondary, 7777 18thSt., from10a.m. to 5p.m.

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On Sunday, July 17, EdmondsStreet will be shut down for the 13thannual festival, expected to attractsome 8,000 attendees.

“We hope to draw people from allover Burnaby, to see their city andget to know the different parts,” saidorganizer Lindy McQueen. “Every-body knows Brentwood, everybodyknows Lougheed and Metrotown.This is sort of our quiet hiddengem.”

As always, there’s the classic carand motorcycleshow, featuringmore than 100vehicles oldand new.They will beon displaybetweenMary Avenueand Kingsway.

There will beplenty of live entertainment. Theyouth talent show will take place atthe main stage right in front of theEdmonds fire hall, starting at noon.A second stage at Mary and Ed-monds will have band Rainshadowperform, while the Rumble Street

Boys will wow thecrowd with theirtunes at Fultonand Edmonds.

Street perform-ers, meanwhile,will be showingoff their stuff allday. Make sureto check out theElvis Presley andMarilyn Monroeimpersonators.

“They are anabsolute hootand people love

them. They getcongo lines going and that kindof thing,” said McQueen, one ofthe founders of the EdmondsResidence Association.

There’s lots on offer for theyounger folk. A petting zoo, face

painting, carnival rides and craftsare guaranteed to keep them busy.“Everyone that we asked to come,

the non-profits and the businesses,they are asked to provide a chil-dren’s activity,” she added, notingthere will also be a flute academyand martial arts school on site.

When it comes to food, McQueensaid some restaurants have agreed

to stay open late. Save-On-Foodsand the Burnaby Edmonds LionsClub will be serving up a barbecueof tasty burgers and refreshments.

Looking for a new ride? TheTapestry Foundation for Healthcareis hosting a car raffle. The winnertakes home a gold 1966 classic FordMustang convertible.

The Edmonds City Fair runs from10 a.m. to 3 p.m., between CanadaWay and Kingsway. Parking restric-tions go into effect at 7:30 a.m. androad closures begin at 8am to allowfor setup (the street reopens at 4p.m.). Admission is free.

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On behalf of Burnaby City Council, I want towelcome everyone to the Edmonds City Fair andClassic Car Show on Sunday, July 17th for a fun-filled day for the entire family.

The City Fair is always one of the highlights ofthe summer in the Edmonds neighbourhood andis something we look forward to each year. This

event is a special occasion that allows us to not only enjoy some amaz-ing activities but also celebrates the unique community in Edmondsand the incredible diversity of our city.Additionally, the businesses, non-profitorganizations, and community groupsattending makes this event as educa-tional as it is fun.

There will be a range of activitiesand entertainment including sometremendous live music and talentedperformers, a petting zoo, fun rides, atalent show, and delicious food fromaround the world. We also cannotforget the huge selection of classiccars and the many car and motorcycleenthusiasts who always make this dayso special.

This July 17th is the perfect oppor-tunity to get to know your communityand experience the vibrant Edmonds area so I want to encourage every-one to join us at the Edmonds City Fair and Classic Car Show.

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Past submissions have included a classicFord Thunderbird, a 1968Dodge Dart, a ’61 ChevyImpala and a Z28 Ca-maro, to name a few.

“There are 12categories in total,”show coordinatorBonnie Game said.“From street rods tomotorcycles. I evenhave a lowrider car cat-egory. They started com-ing out a couple of years ago.They’re really fun to see. They jack them upand put them on display. I hope to be able toget them to do a bit of a demo.”

The sixth annual car show, which willstretch between Mary Avenue and Kingsway,will feature something new this year. Low-rider bicycles have been added to the lineup.

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The City of Burna-by will be bringinga water truck tothe fair, so every-one is encouragedto bring a waterbottle to fill up andstay hydrated. It’s allhappening between10 a.m. and 3 p.m. onSunday, July 17.

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Every year, the organization puts a call outfor volunteers interested in showcasing theirhome countries. This time around, volunteerswill have artifacts and cultural activities repre-senting Angola, South Korea, Russia, Belarus,India and Mexico.

“They’re very excited to participate, and whywouldn’t they be? It gives them a lot of pride.They really want to be able to display certainaspects of their culture and just to be a partof the event,” said Danny Kalivoda, managerof community engagement at the neighbour-hood house.

Past activities have included roti making,origami, henna and traditional Chinese cal-ligraphy. The International Village will be setup on Edmonds Street close to the firefightersand the World in Burnaby balloon, so justlook for the giant inflatable globe. Kalivodasaid being part of the Edmonds Street eventhas helped the organization connect peoplewith services.

“They know about Burnaby NeighbourhoodHouse, they know that we exist, it’s just theymay be unaware in terms of what is availableto them in terms of services they would wantto access,” he explained.

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Paul McDonell vividly remembers the inau-gural Edmonds City Fair like it was yesterday.

That’s because the Burnaby city councillorwas one of theco-foundersof the eventwhen it firstlaunched 13years ago.

One of theattractions atthe time wasa celebritycontest, whichhad the policechief, firechief, mayor,MLA and MPface off ina pie-eatingchallenge.

“We put abib on them,and they’dhave to keeptheir handsbehind theirback, andthey’d have toeat the cream pie by timer,” recalled Mc-Donell, who has volunteered at the fair everysingle year since.

“We set them out, and they’re trying toget to the centre of it. The pies are movingaround, and I’m thinking what the hell?” he

said. “(I realized) thosepies were still frozensolid.”

The goal in creat-ing the fair, McDonellexplained, was to “buildcommunity.” That firstyear, about 600 peoplecame out. Today, thatnumber is closer to8,000.

“We thought it would(get this big). Wewanted to get the wholecommunity involved,”he said. “It just keepsgrowing.”

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Looking to while awaythe summer reading a bookin the park? Look no further– the books are now comingto you with a new series ofpop-up events, courtesy ofthe local library.

The Burnaby Public Li-brary is hosting a flurry ofpop-up events this summerin celebration its 60th anni-versary, and so far, they’vebeen well received.

“We get a lot of positivereactions and not so muchsurprise, but people are gladto see us out and about,”said Kelsey Jang, a com-munity outreach librarian.“People are really interest-

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The pop-ups allow peopleto borrow or return books,learn more about the libraryand sign up for a card.

Jang has been using the li-brary’s new van for the pop-ups. It has an awning andbuilt-in bookshelves, repletewith titles for all tastes andages.

Many pop-up patronsreminisce of days gone by,when “bookmobiles” ser-viced their neighbourhoods,especially rural ones with-out library branches, Jangexplained.The BurnabyPublic Library has its ownbookmobile service, whichran from 1956 to 1971,making 31 stops in Burn-aby.

The library pop-up lo-cations include local parks,the farmers’ market and theBurnabyVillage Museum.(See sidebar for full list.)

Onthe road:Above,CommunityoutreachlibrarianKelsey Jang,picturedhere, says thelibrarypop-upeventshavegarnereda lot ofpositive reaction. Left, theBurnabyPublic Library rana ‘bookmobile’ service from1956 to1971, deliveringbooks to residentsthroughout the city.

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Wednesday, July13, 1:30 to 3:30p.m. atDavidGrayPark, at 7480McKayAve. The city’s play-ground leaderswillbe at thepark, host-ing family activities.

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The Reading Room opened itsdoors in Burnaby last July,allowing anyone—Christian or

non-Christian—to walk in and learnabout the Christian faith.The idea for a Reading Roomwas first

conceived by a group of members of areformed church who, living around thecity of Burnaby, recognized that manyothers in the community were looking formore information about the Christian faith.They approached the Willoughby

Heights Canadian Reformed Church inLangley with their idea, and planning forthe Reading Room began.“People who had lived in the Burnaby area

for a while found other people in the areawho were asking about the Christian faith,”explains one volunteer, a churchmemberofWilloughbyHeights. “Members in theBurnaby community recognized the needfor providing information on the Christianfaith in that area.”The Burnaby Reading Room strives

to introduce Christianity, encouragegood discussion, and answer questionscommunity members might have. Itprovides an inclusive environment thatleads to stimulating conversation.“We have visitors and guests who inquire

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Room spans the Protestant Reformationto present day, covering Calvinism, God’scovenant with mankind, baptism, as wellas topics that explore the reasons fordifferences between churches.“We’re unique in our approach in that

while there are many places of worshipin each community there are not manyplaces where one can go to get answersto the questions they may have about theChristian faith,” says a volunteer. “Peopleare then able to discuss the answers over aperiod of time.”The Reading Room in Burnaby is open

from 2 to 5 p.m. every day. To find outmore, visit thereadingroom.info, [email protected], or dropby their location at 5272 Grimmer Streetin Burnaby.

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Assorted Varieties andAssorted Sizes

25% offRegularRetail Price

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Organic Country French Breadwhite or 60% whole wheat480-530g reg price 5.99

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Danone Activia Yogurt andDanino Drinkables

assorted varieties8 packproduct of Canada

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