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Calling foranendto ‘demovictions’

Rain didn’t deter some 60 people fromattending an affordable housing rally in Me-trotown on Saturday.

In an attempt to protect low-incomehousing from redevelopment, protesterscalled on Burnaby city council to place amoratorium on the demolition of affordablehousing units until a policy is created to ei-

ther replace them or preserve them.“We had residents who currently live in

buildings that are slated to be demolishedspeak at the rally, and others who live inBurnaby and fear they’re going to be next,”Dave Diewert, one of the organizers withthe Social Housing Alliance, told the NOW.“I think under this current municipal gov-ernment that seems to give green lights toall these massive developments, that peoplefeel very vulnerable in terms of their hous-

ing.”The event was organized by the Stop De-

movictions in Burnaby Campaign, a coali-tion made up of the Metrotown Residents’Association, Social Housing Alliance andACORN Burnaby.

The group wants all three levels of gov-ernment to act, according to Diewert. Can-ada needs a national housing strategy, whileat the provincial and municipal level, fund-ing for social housing needs to become a

priority, he explained.“InVictoria, for example, they said, ‘We

have a housing crisis.We’re going to raisemoney and build social housing, and sowe’re going to raise property taxes.’ InBurnaby, it’s quite different. City councilseems to think they have no homeless prob-lem. …This is a developer’s heaven here,”Diewert said.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Local residents protested the erosion of low-cost rental housing with a ‘demoviction’ rally in Metrotown on Saturday. The event was organized by the Stop Demovictions in Burnabycampaign, a coalitionmadeupof theMetrotownResidents’ Association, SocialHousingAllianceandACORNBurnaby. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

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While people in Burna-by’s Riverside neighbour-hood are happy to see thecity moving ahead withimprovements to arearoadways, some are alsofrustrated by a lack of com-munication from city hallregarding the projects.

Work on wideningWillardStreet near 12th Avenue be-gan in August, and whileresidents received a noticethat roadwork was beingdone, there wasn’t much in-formation included.

Frank Mesich was oneresident who wrote in to thecity about the communica-tion issue. His letter was in-cluded in a recent councilcorrespondence package.

“I have always been un-der the impression that anymajor project by the city re-

quired not only communi-ty consultation about thework that will be done but aformal detailed communi-cation of some sort regard-ing the extent of the work tobe done,” he wrote. “Who isresponsible for communityconsultation, and who hasthe details of the roadworkbeing implemented and anyother non-disclosed workfor Riverside?”

Mesich and other arearesidents have been askingfor road improvements dueto safety concerns in theneighbourhood for well overa year.

The engineering depart-ment contacted Mesich af-ter receiving his letter, andhe received more informa-tion, he told the NOW. Butthe initial letter sent to arearesidents didn’t include anyinformation about scope ofwork, timeline, or the fact

that the work was in re-sponse to concerns raisedby area residents, he added.

“They did contact meback, which is really great,”Mesich said, but addedthere was a lot of confu-sion in the community, par-ticularly when hedges andfences were torn down, withsome people thinking thecity was ripping up parts ofthe neighbourhood withoutconsultation with the home-owners.

However, that was not thecase, Mesich said.

Mesich said he was toldthat the city only has to pro-vide detailed informationto residents about projectswith budgets over $5 mil-lion.

“They should have had,regardless of whether it’s a$5 million project or a $1million project… it would’vebeen nice if they had com-

munication with us saying,‘This is what we’re going todo, and it’s in response towhat you had requested,’”Mesich said.

The erosion along thesides of the roads in the areais of particular concern, asis the lack of sidewalks andlighting, according to Me-sich.

“It was sloping on eitherside, and the safest way todrive on that road was inthe middle of the road,” hesaid ofWillard Street.

Mesich and other resi-dents concerned about roadand pedestrian safety metwith city officials and staff atNDP MLA Raj Chouhan’soffice in January to discussthe issues.

On Jan. 21, a man’s bodywas found in a water-filledditch onWillard Street, andthe cause of death was ruledaccidental.

The roadwork onWillardStreet is being done to ad-dress residents’ concerns,James Lota, assistant direc-tor of engineering, projects,confirmed for the NOW.

“We’re widening the roada bit – the road that wasthere was pretty old and

ratty,” he said, adding B.C.Hydro is putting lights ontheir poles there next year.

Work onWillard Street isexpected to be done by theend of this year, he said, andthen work on Meadow Av-enue near 12th Avenue isscheduled to start next year.

The grieving family ofan elderly Burnaby manwants answers after he wasstruck and killed by a mo-bility scooter more than aweek ago while waiting forthe light to change at an in-tersection.

Julio Chavez, 91, wastaken to hospital on Sept.11 when he was hit by afour-wheeled, fully coveredscooter while standing onthe sidewalk at EdmondsStreet and Mary Avenue.He died a short time laterfrom his injuries.

His family on Sundayquestioned why there arefew rules and regulationswhen it comes to driving ascooter on public sidewalksand roadways.

“We are all devastated

by this,” said granddaugh-ter Kita Eserve, 37. “Peopleare using these scooters andthere are no rules or regula-tions around them. It is aw-ful what happened.We areall in shock.We didn’t thinksomething like this couldhappen.That is what breaksour heart.”

Chavez, who lived closeto where the accident hap-pened, had come out of astore and pushed the lightsignal changer, and waswaiting on the sidewalkwhen he was blindsided bythe scooter, said Eserve.

Following the tragedy,Burnaby RCMP issued amedia release asking for anywitnesses to come forward.No one at the BurnabyRCMP detachment couldcomment Sunday on the in-cident or why no one hasyet been charged.

Eserve said they believethe driver of the scooter, awoman, stayed at the scene.

And she said an inci-dent is being shown onYou-Tube in which a woman ona scooter similar to the onethat killed her father wasinvolved in an accident inBurnaby six weeks ago.

“When this happened thepolice said it was not thefirst time,” said Eserve.

She said her grandfa-ther, who used a walker tohelp him get around, wasknocked flying by he scoot-er. “He was on the sidewalkwaiting when he was hit. Hehit the back of his head onthe ground and that is whatkilled him.”

Chavez had just had by-pass surgery a month ago,and he was recovering nice-ly, his granddaughter said.

“He was doing quite wellafter the bypass surgery,”she said. “He was quite vi-brant. Everyone in the areaknew my grandfather.”

Eserve said it is time toclamp down on unlicensedand uninsured scooters be-ing driven on sidewalks.And she notes the areawhere the accident hap-pened is busy and used bypeople of all ages.

“In that area there area lot of elderly people andthere are schools nearby. Itcould have been a school-child.”

Anyone with informationregarding the fatal accidentis asked to contact Burna-by RCMP traffic section at604-294-7922. If you wantto remain anonymous, callCrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

GRIEVING: JulioChavez’s family gathers for a celebrationof life inBurnabyonSunday. The91-year-oldwas rundownbyamobilityscooteronSept. 11. Chavezwas standingonaBurnaby sidewalkwhenhewas struck. PHOTOCARMINEMARINELLI/THEPROVINCE

Whyaretherenorules forscooters?Family of man who died afterbeing struck by a scooter on a citysidewalk wants answers

Roadwork:WillardStreet in theRiversideneighbourhood is beingwidened, after residents asked thecity to improve roadconditions intheareabecauseof safety issuesmore thanayear ago. PHOTOJANAYAFULLER-EVANS

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Lackof info fromcity irksresidentsBurnaby policy is to provide detailed information to residents with projects with budgets over $5 million

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ConservativemissesmeetingIs it part of a national campaign policy, or just [email protected]

The first all-candidatesmeeting for Burnaby North-Seymour was a full house,although Conservative can-didate Mike Little was no-ticeably absent.

Burnaby Residents Op-posing Kinder Morgan Ex-pansion teamed up withthe Capitol Hill Commu-nity Association to host themeeting onTuesday night,after NOW deadlines.

LiberalTerry Beech,Green Lynne Quarmby andNew Democrat Carol BairdEllan were present, but Lit-tle couldn’t make it.

“I did miss the Burn-aby Residents OpposingKinder Morgan Expan-sion (BROKE) run all can-didates meeting as I had apreviously scheduled meet-ing,” Little said in a textmessage to the NOW. “Ipassed on my regrets to theorganizers.We have had re-quests for 12 all-candidates

meetings so far. Our sched-ule does not permit me toattend everything and stillmeet voters door-to-door.However, we will be attend-ing some of the debates.”

Since the campaign pe-riod has been in full swing,the NOW has only beenable to reach Little via emailor text message.

Beech said the over-crowded event demonstrat-ed the huge appetite for de-bate in the community, buthe was critical of Little’s ab-sence.

“My personal take onthis is I think actions speaklouder than words. Mike isshowing the type of repre-sentative he wants to be,” hesaid. “If he’s going to be ab-sent for most of the cam-paign, what kind of repre-sentative is he going to be?”

Little has spoken to sev-eral other media outlets, yetthe NOW could not get himon the phone for this sto-ry. At the beginning of thecampaign, he told the NOW

(again, via text message),that “party policy is thatmedia requests go throughthe campaign managers.”

“All media requestsmust go through the cam-paign manager, and possi-bly through national, I don’thave much leeway on this,sorry,” he wrote.

Burnaby resident Bet-ty Griffin is organizing anall-candidates meeting onWednesday, Oct. 7, at 2:30p.m. at Harmony Court, aseniors’ home in the NewWestminster-Burnaby rid-ing, and she’s not able toreachTory candidate ChloeEllis.

“I can’t get them to an-swer,” Griffin said. “I triedday after day.We sent thefirst message to them onSept. 1. All (the) candidatesanswered except the Con-servatives.” Griffin said, theywill leave an empty seat forEllis.

“They don’t even havethe decency to phone backand say they can’t make

it or something,” she said.“They don’t want the can-didates to say anything.”

In late August, the TorontoStar ran an article citing ananonymous “Conservativeinsider” who claimed candi-dates were told to avoid de-bates and media.

However, the NOW alsospoke to Meagan Murdoch,a communications stafferfor the Conservative party,and she said there was nosuch policy.

“No, candidates decidewhat’s the best use of theirtime,” she said.

As for any policy onavoiding all candidatesmeetings and media, Mur-doch replied, “I don’t knowthat we have one at all. It’sup to their availability andtheir own decision.”

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ZONING BYLAWAMENDMENTS

PUBLIC HEARING

The Council of the City of Burnaby hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public HearingTUESDAY, 2015 SEPTEMBER 29 AT 7:00 P.M.

in the Council Chamber, Burnaby City Hall, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2, to receive representations inconnection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”.

1) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965,

AMENDMENT BYLAWNO. 27, 2015 – BYLAWNO. 13503

Rez. #14-325415 Lougheed HighwayFrom: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C5 Tourist Commercial District)To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on RM3s Multiple Family Residential District and

Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan as guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled“Lougheed” prepared by Integra Architecture Inc. and Jonathan Losee Ltd. Landscape Architecture)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the development of a low-rise multiple family residentialdevelopment with town houses fronting Broadway and Lougheed Highway.

2) BURNABY ZONING BYLAW 1965,

AMENDMENT BYLAWNO. 28, 2015 – BYLAWNO. 13504

Rez. #14-335108 North Fraser WayFrom: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M2 General Industrial District, M5 Light Industrial District and

the Glenlyon Concept Plan as guidelines)To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M5 Light Industrial District and Glenlyon Concept Plan

as guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Multi-Tenant Industrial Development” by InterfaceArchitecture)

The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a light-industrial development inaccordance with the Glenlyon Concept Plan.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by a proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunityto be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw. Written submissions may be presentedat the Public Hearing or for those not attending the Public Hearing must be submitted to the Office of the City Clerk prior to4:45 p.m. the day of the Public Hearing. Please note that all written submissions must contain name and address which willbecome a part of the public record.The Director Planning and Building’s reports and related information respecting the zoning bylaw amendments are available forpublic 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 1M2from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. weekdays fromWednesday, 2015 September 16 to Tuesday, 2015 September 29.

NO PRESENTATIONSWILL BE RECEIVED BY COUNCIL AFTER THE CONCLUSIONOF THE PUBLIC HEARING

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Hide-and-seekisn’tgoodfordemocracyPoliticians or wannabe

politicians aren’t always ea-ger to talk to the media.In fact, some of them willgo to extreme measures toavoid interviews or situa-tions where they might facequestions.

This is not a new phe-nomenon.We’ve beensnubbed by city politicians,provincial politicians andeven folks who are just run-ning for their local parents’group’s executive.

It’s understandable that

some candidates might wantto avoid the media. Can-didates who have troubledpasts, or who have no ideawhat their party platformsor party positions are on anumber of subjects, tendto shy away from public-ity. Who wants to exposethe fact that he or she is re-ally just hoping to slip in toa high-paying position withlittle or no understanding ofwhat the job is or what theirparty has promised?

This also is not new, nor

does any one party or lev-el of government hold thepatent on such behaviour.We’ve had NDPers, Liber-als and Conservatives playthis game.

If they can stall longenough and hide behindcampaign managers, playtelephone tag and redi-rect media attention to theirleaders – well, it’s actuallyproven to be a pretty goodtactic. Candidates who de-cide they’re better off notrisking talking to the media

or attending all-candidates’meetings where the me-dia will likely be present areplaying the odds – and theodds, are, unfortunately, intheir favour.

And that’s why the Con-servative candidates areharder to catch than greasedwild boars.

Last weekBurna-by NOW reporter JenniferMoreau tried to pin a cou-ple down.You’d think shewas trying to get an inter-view with the Pope in Cuba.

She then tried to find out ifthe candidates were follow-ing some kind of nation-al campaign directive.Try-ing to get an answer from aConservative national com-munications director waslike trying to catch a greasedwild boar in a corn mazeduring a hurricane. It wouldbe comical if it wasn’t so an-ti-democratic.

Candidates owe – yes,owe – their constituents an-swers and appearances. Hid-ing behind national advertis-

ing campaigns and leaderswho are also avoiding ques-tions is the height of arro-grance and indifference.

Is this what elections havebecome? Hide and seekgames designed to avoid realconversations? Any candi-date who will not openly de-bate or answer questionsfrom voters or media doesnot, in our opinion, deservea voter’s consideration.

If they think so little ofvoters now, what on earthwill they do if elected?

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WhyHarpercouldstillwin

What was not consideredeven a remote possibility bymany just a few months agonow has to be taken serious-ly: Stephen Harper and theConservative Party may yetwin this federal election.

The Mike Duffy scandalhas come and gone, at leastfor now. Harper has beenbeat up in the media forvarious other controversies– the Syrian refugee crisis,dumb candidates who’vehad to resign, a sluggishstart to his campaign, hir-ing a ruthless political advi-sor from Australia, to namejust a few – yet he has per-severed, at least in one opin-ion poll after another.

Several factors are work-ing in Harper’s favour.

First and foremost, it isclear that the economy isemerging as the defining is-sue with the electorate.Tra-ditionally, this is an issuethat works better for theConservatives than the oth-er parties.

Older voters (who votein far greater numbers thanyounger voters) are usu-ally more cautious aboutwanting a government tomake major moves thatmay risk the economy’shealth.They generally fa-vour a go-slow approachthat doesn’t involve spend-ing huge amounts of moneyon something.

For the most part, Harp-er fits that bill nicely. In con-trast, Liberal leader JustinTrudeau has boldly comeout in favour of runningdeficits to pay for infra-structure projects and NDPleaderTom Mulcair also

wants to spend a lot of newdollars (albeit while balanc-ing the budget) on pet pro-grams like a $15-a-day day-care initiative.

Harper is also playing an-other related card – nation-al security.

While it was at firstthought that the Syrian ref-ugee crisis would somehowhurt him with the electorate,the precise opposite seemsto have happened. One caneven argue that Harper hasexploited the issue by leav-ing the impression his twoopponents would open thecountry’s floodgates to refu-gees without proper securi-ty checks.

Harper has managed tofire up his base of voters onissues like these.

Finally, as the campaigndraws to the its final weeks,voters start to pay more at-tention to it.The votersknow Harper and likelyhave their minds made upone way or another abouthim already.

But they don’t knowMulcair orTrudeau, to any-where near the same degree.To beat Harper, one ofthem has to establish him-self as the clear alternative,and so far neither has.

It may remain a tightthree-way race until the end.And if that’s the case, theone who benefits most fromthat scenario is the guy cur-rently in the Prime Minis-ter’s office.There are stillmore than three weeks togo, but don’t bury StephenHarper just yet.Keith Baldrey is chief politi-

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Burnaby RCMP considered charges after recoveringa valuable stolen bird in January. Police had executed asearch warrant at a Burnaby residence and discovered amacaw, worth an estimated $1,800. Investigators deter-mined the bird had been stolen from a store in Missionon Dec. 14.

Mounties said they were considering possession of sto-len property charges.

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Let’s give credit whereit’s due (or not) onBurnaby HospitalDear EditorRe: Operating room for BurnabyHospital, Sept. 2, 2015

It was shocking to see Pam Gardner andRichard Lee credited for getting a new operat-ing room at Burnaby Hospital. That wouldbe the same Pam Gardner who, along withdisgraced Liberal operative Brian Bonney, at-tempted to use the hospital as a political toolbefore the last election. A three-page secretplan, penned by Gardner and Brian Bonneyincluded the following: “only Burnaby Hospitalcan deliver a seat, Burnaby Deer Lake, taking

out Corriganand helpingus keep twotight swings,BurnabyNorth andBurnabyLougheed.”

But thereally tellingparagraph re-lates to theirplan to haveChristy Clark,Richard Lee

and Harry Bloy tour the hospital, announce acommittee to look at the issue “without com-mitting $$ and buy us time to do some pollingand confirm this is a winning issue.”

All of that happened, and, true to the plan,no dollars have been committed to rebuildingBurnaby Hospital.

The Liberal government has their ownreport dating back to 2001, the same yearRichard Lee was elected, saying that BurnabyHospital is seismically inadequate, the infra-structure is aged and that the hospital needsto be rebuilt.

What have we had from the B.C. Liberals?Nothing.

The results? 84 c. difficile deaths that themedical staff at Burnaby say were related tothe aging infrastructure.

New Democrat Leader John Horgan hassaid that the third largest city in the provincedeserves a rebuilt hospital, and he woulddeliver on that promise.

As he said in an interview last year: “let’s geton with it.”KathyCorrigan,NewDemocratMLA forBurnaby-Deer Lake

Library issues call forcreative solutionsDear Editor Thank you for your Sept. 18article, “Libraries providing staff with safetytraining,” highlighting the issue of dealing withchallenging patrons.

This problem is clearly not unique toBurnaby, and has been dealt with in creativeways in other libraries.

The San Franciso Public Library hired alicensed marriage and family therapist, whohired additional staff for the huge system, toprovide resource counselling. Funding wasprovided by the library, department of health,and homeless outreach team.

Edmonton has hired a social worker, ashave libraries in other systems. It is a creativeway of helping people “where they’re at,” andit would be great if Burnaby could follow suit.ShirleyCohn,MSW,RSW,byemail

Reporter’s convo witha Conservative staffergoes viral

Rod_in_ForfarThis is a classic. It maywell end up in high school Englishliterature texts as a fine example ofabsurdist humour.

DaveyHarrisFor a party whosemantra is personal rights and freedomsare sure acting like a bunch of whippedsheep under Harper.

TedShekelerThey exercised their rightto not go to every meeting.

ClayDeGeorgio And they renege ontheir responsibility to voters to attendat least some public forums. Cowardiceis what I would call it.

PaulKishimoto Voters will, in turn,exercise their right to vote for othercandidates who are actually willing totalk to the public about how they willgovern.

4IndependentMPsTalk about stallingand talking in circles. To think that thisis something people are going to voteFOR? Why would any of us want a gov-ernment like the Harper one? Are wereally wanting to have no control overour elected officials?

DrMJWSame thing in Manitoba. I’msure they are told not to attend. Hap-pened some in 2011 as well. Harperdoesn’t seem to trust people andwants to control the message himself Isuspect.

FmpSportsguyThink of an all can-didates meeting like a job interview,where we the prospective employer getto ask questions of all candidates. asto the suitability of their employment.Who in their right mind would hiresomeone who doesn’t show up for ajob interview?

DougWebbHarper promised a newkind of Government and he delivered.We’ve never seen so many bigots withtheir mouths clamped shut!

brad008A conversation betweenJennifer (press) & Meagan (PC Com-munications). Hilarious! Guess whichone came off as calm, cool & collected,and who voiced vague,unsubstantiatedobservations & sounded petulant.

RickOmenSeems to me the blog-ger calling the party staffer probablyshouldn’t have been berating her in thefirst place. This seems more like a prankcall than actual information gathering.

AnnonyMooseSo another media lieput to rest, yet people still buy intoit. Candidates do not have to attendALL debates they are invited to, oftenby whacky fringe groups, they do nothave the time. Besides, most of themare stacked and turn into gong shows.If they attend a couple at least, then itshould be sufficient. Just more whiningfrom the media who have an anti CPCmeme to push.

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There seems to be a con-sensus among local resi-dents that displacement isnormal in Burnaby, Diew-ert added.

He said the coalition’sgoal is to mobilize peo-ple and get them educatedabout the issues.

“I think it’s kind of theongoing work of building alocal political consciousnessthat is willing to resist thesespurts of displacement,” hesaid.

Coun. Colleen Jordan,chair of the planning anddevelopment committee,said she couldn’t commenton the demonstration be-

cause city staff are currentlyworking on a report aboutthe issues raised during apublic hearing on the rezon-ing of Silver Avenue.

However, she previouslytold the NOW Burnaby fac-es a “conundrum” of tryingto accommodate addition-al people in the region whoalso need housing, whilehaving a concern for thosewho are being displaced.

The coalition is organiz-ing an all-candidates debateat Burnaby NeighbourhoodHouse for Oct. 7. Diew-ert said it is an opportunityfor the public to challengetheir MPs on the affordablehousing crisis.

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In the Sept. 16 editionof the NOW, a 2009 sto-ry pulled from our archivesstatedThomas Proniuk, aBurnaby Mountain Second-ary grad, had been takeninto custody and faced 22charges in relation to a pel-

let-gun attack near his oldschool in May.

Proniuk had beencharged, but all chargesagainst him were droppedor stayed by June 30, 2010,according toVancouver Pro-vincial Court.

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Decisions to close newspapers are not made lightly. Anyone who has been following media news during the last decade knowsthat newspapers are facing serious challenges. Once steadfast advertising streams such as classified ads have been severelydiminished. It’s a time of revolutionary change for the industry; not since the invention of the printing press has so much changedso fast for those in the business of sharing information. We’ve embraced the digital revolution here at the Burnaby NOW. We’veexpanded our reach successfully on all sorts of digital platforms and in social media. Our audience continues to grow – andthat’s a good thing. But many of our readers still look for us on their doorstep, or at a local business. There’s something about theexperience of sitting down with a good newspaper over a hot coffee that simply cannot be replaced.

When the NewsLeader announced that it was closing, readers and advertisers called us to ask if we were also closing. Theirconcern and loyalty warmed our hearts.

They told us what the Burnaby NOW means to them.

One caller said, “I can’t imagine not being able to pick up a Burnaby NOW to find out what’s really happening in the city.”

A community newspaper is unique.

Businesses trust us to get their message out to potential customers, community groups count on us to spread the word abouttheir activities, parents depend on us to cover what is happening in their children’s schools, taxpayers expect us to hold their localpolitical leaders accountable. We take these responsibilities very seriously – as we have for the 32 years we have served Burnaby.

We have no intention of closing. In fact, we’re optimistic about our future.

And if the feedback we receive on a day-to-day basis is any indication, we are very well-read and a vital part of our community. It isa special relationship.

But we can’t do it without you, our readers and customers. We hope that you will continue to support us and tell us what you like,and don’t like.

Simply put: Without you, there is no us.

Again, thank you for your continuing support.

For all of the employees at The Burnaby NOW

TheBurnabyNewsLeader’s lastedition is onThursday, Oct. 1.

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The creation of a buspullout area near Mar-ket Crossing on MarineWay has blocked a dedicat-ed right-turn lane used bytraffic leaving the MarketCrossing Shopping Centre.

But the inconveniencewill be temporary, accordingto James Lota, the city’s as-sistant director of engineer-ing, projects.

“What we’re doing is,we’re putting in a bus pull-out on that crossing,” hesaid. “So right now there’sa dedicated right-turn lane,so they’re just closing it offwhile they build the buspullout there.”

Drivers will have to turnright from the right-handlane on Market Crossingwhile work is being done onthe pullout, Lota said.

“They’re not forcing peo-ple out into traffic, they justhave to treat it like a regu-lar intersection now,” he ex-plained.

Construction of thesoutheast pullout near theshopping centre, and the

northwest pullout kitty cor-ner to it on MarineWay,should be complete within amonth or so, he said.

“And we’re doing it actu-ally to improve the traffic inthe area, so that when busesstop to pull out, the trafficdoesn’t have to stop behindthe bus,” he said.

Sites for new bus stopsand pullouts are proposedbyTransLink, with the mu-nicipality approving the lo-cation and possibly makingmodifications, according toTransLink’s manager of me-dia relations, Cheryl Ziola.

On Monday afternoon,the dedicated right-turnlane from Market Crossingwas available, as city crewswere working on the north-west pullout at that time.

The NOW was alerted tothe potential traffic prob-lems caused by blocking thededicated right-turn lane byreader Harry McClelland.

The right-turn lane is ba-sically an on-ramp that al-lows cars to pick up speedenough to merge into traf-fic on busy MarineWay, hepointed out.

“But now, you have to

drive right out and stop, andwait until the light changesand the other traffic stops,”he told the NOW.

The volume of traffic wasof particular concern, hesaid, but added he’d had abad experience in the areawhen it wasn’t busy at all.

“This last winter past,I was driving along there,and it’s pretty dark at 7a.m., and I discovered ahuge container truck driv-ing across into my lane,” hesaid.

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Stephen Bulat has seenthe nature of the music andsound industries changeover the past decade, andhas tailored his Burnabysound studio to meet thosechanging needs.

However, those changeshaven’t threatened Mix Me-dia Productions so much asmade it necessary to knowthe worth of experience andexpertise, he said.

“People can go down toLong and McQuade witha Mac laptop and spend

maybe $1,000 or $500,next thing you know, theyhave all the makings of a re-cording studio,” he told theNOW.

His strong musical knowl-edge and background, aswell as his years of experi-ence, set him apart from fly-by-night operations, though.

“It hasn’t really killed mybusiness, it’s actually forcedme to charge a little more,”he said.

The way music is createdis different as well, he added.

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Bulat has more than 20years’ experience in musicand music productions.

“I was always into music,”he said. “The role of a mu-sician changed quite a whileago, with the introduction ofdigital recording.

“I think I went from be-

ing a musician to playing inpit orchestras for musicals,which led to musical direct-ing, which led to sound de-sign – it just all morphed,”he added. “But it prettymuch all began with a loveof music.”

Recently, Bulat handledlight and sound design for aVancouver Fringe Festivalproduction, StaircaseThe-atre’sOh the Humanity (andother good intentions) byWillEno.

While he didn’t havemuch time to prepare forthe show in advance, thesimplicity of the set meant it

wasn’t a stressful situation,he said.

While most theatre pro-ductions allow for three tofour days of prep time forthe lighting, with a Fringeshow, it’s much shorter, heexplained.

“With a Fringe show,you get three hours, andthe lighting in the air is thelighting in the air,” Bulatsaid. “As a designer, with allthe restrictions, it makes iteasier for me.”

Mix Media Productionsprimarily does voiceover re-cording for documenta-ries and advertising, he said,

as well as voiceover demos,coaching and workshops foractors.

“We do record music, butit’s more of an audio pro-duction studio,” he added.

They also offer karaokeparties, where people cansing and record with theirfriends in the studio, accord-ing to Bulat.

“We do 14-year-olds’birthday parties,” he said.“It’s mostly girls, and they’re14, and they’re singingTay-lor Swift songs, and it’s ablast for them.”

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Despite pelting bursts ofrain and the occasional gustof wind, 500 people turnedout at Swangard Stadiumon Sunday morning to par-ticipate in the 35th annualTerry Fox run, according toorganizer Anna Solnickova.

“That’s the highest –we usually have in the low300s, so that was great,and that was our goal, andwe raised almost $30,000,which is the highest ever inBurnaby,” she said. “So, justa record-shattering day allover the place.”

In past years, the Burna-by run has typically broughtin around $20,000.

The event began withspeeches from the organiz-er and from Kerry AnneHolloway, who was recentlyprofiled in the NOW.

Holloway’s father, BillVi-gars, wasTerry Fox’s public-ity agent, and he accompa-nied Fox on his Marathonof Hope, as did Holloway

and her brother.For more on the weekend

event, see www.burnabynow.com.

– Janaya Fuller-Evans

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Dear Constituents:Nominations for the newly launched Medal of Good Citizenshipare now being accepted for individuals who, throughexceptional long-term service, have made outstandingcontributions to the well-being of their communities withoutexpectation of remuneration or reward. The medal reflectstheir generosity, service, acts of selflessness, and outstandingcontribution to community life.

This is your opportunity to showcase the dedication andaltruism of exceptional British Columbians in your community bynominating good citizens from your own backyard. The processbegins with a nomination. Please see below for more details.

Richard T. LeeMLA Burnaby North

Show anExtraordinarycitizen their contributionsare noticed

TheMedal of Good Citizenship recognizes individuals who haveacted in a particularly generous, kind or selfless manner for the common goodwithout expectation of reward.Themedal reflects their acts of selflessness,generosity, and service to community life at the local or regional level.

Formal recognition of citizens is an important way to express the gratitudeand highlight exceptional role models for British Columbians.

I want tonominate someone!

Nomination forms are available atwww.gov.bc.ca/medalofgoodcitizenship.

Deadline for entries is the lastFriday in September.

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Shoppers will get achance to support local liter-acy at the Marketplace IGAsupermarket at 4469 King-sway in Burnaby Friday.

The One to One Litera-cy Society will have a boothset up at the store from 11a.m. to 2 p.m., promoting

its program and signing upvolunteers. Shoppers canalso “top up at the till” atany Marketplace IGA un-til the end of September anddonate $2 to the program,which provides one-to-onereading assistance by trainedvolunteers to elementaryschool students who strug-gle with reading.

One to One operates atsix Burnaby schools (Au-brey, Lochdale, Morley, Sec-

ond Street, Stride AvenueandWindsor), providinghalf-hour sessions to par-ticipating kids twice a week.For more information, call604-255-5559 or visit www.one-to-one.ca.

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The Fraser Health Au-thority’s top money mantakes on a new role at Si-mon Fraser University nextmonth.

Martin Pochurko, thehealth authority’s chief fi-nancial officer, has been ap-pointed the university’s newvice-president of financeand administration, effectiveOct. 15.

Pochurko’s public sec-tor career includes a pre-vious stint at SFU, wherehe served as associate vice-president of finance from2007 to 2012. He alsoworked at the University of

British Columbia and heldseveral senior managementroles during 15 years at theInsurance Corporation ofBritish Columbia (ICBC).Pochurko takes on the SFUposition after formerVP offinance and administration,Pat Hibbitts, passed awayunexpectedly in June.

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Burnaby’s high schoolshost meet-the-teacher nights

for parents this week. Al-pha holds its event tonight(Wednesday, Sept. 23)starting at 6 p.m. Burna-by South, Burnaby Cen-tral, Burnaby North, Burna-by Mountain, Moscrop andByrne Creek invite parentsto tour the school and meetwith teachers Sept. 24, whileCariboo Hill has its par-ent event planned for Oct.8. Check school websites fordetails, including start times.

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Dining out in Burnabythis weekend could be gen-tler on the wallet.

Tourism Burnaby islaunchingTaste of Burna-by on Sept. 25, with three-course meals available at aset price at 13 of the city’spopular eating spots.

The organization decid-ed to create the event afternoticing how many Burna-

by restaurants participatedin Dine OutVancouver lastyear, Nancy Small,TourismBurnaby’s executive direc-tor, told theNOW.

“We were surprised, ac-tually, at how many Burn-aby restaurants were takingpart in it,” she said. “So Ithought, well, they’ve obvi-ously got an appetite – punintended – to do it, so whynot create our own?”

The big draw for theevent is the lower price

point, allowing people to tryout restaurants they may nothave previously, she said.

“It’s similar to what we’veseen in other markets, tryingto give an extra push to ourdining scene at times when,you know, people may nottraditionally be looking tohead out to dinner on a reg-ular basis,” Small explained.“I wouldn’t say it’s off-peak,but it’s certainly not peakperiod in terms of restaurantdining in this market.”

Since patio season iswrapping up,Tourism Burn-aby thought this would bean ideal time to showcasethe culinary arts in the city.

“As people’s habitschange, and as people movefrom outside to inside, wewant to build awarenessof Burnaby’s dining scenebut also give people a rea-son to go, and that reasonto go is often price-related,”Small said. “Any time yougive people a really strong

price point, it’s a good op-tion anyway – a low risk op-tion, too.”

The event is the third in aseries of culinary initiativesput on byTourism Burnaby,after this summer’s SmallPlates by the Lake and Pass-port to Food.

Taste of Burnaby runsfrom Sept. 25 to Oct. 4,with menus set at pricepoints of $17, $27 and $37,depending on the restaurantand the three-course menu.

The participating restau-rants are Abyssinia, GoldenPita, Great Bear Pub, Amo-rosa Pasta House, Baci Ris-torante, Burnaby Moun-tain Clubhouse, CristosGreekTaverna, Little Bil-ly’s Steakhouse, RiverwayClubhouse,Trattoria, ClubIlia, Hart House Restaurantand Reflect Social Dining +Lounge.

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2015 Annual Tax SaleThe Local Government Act Sec. 403(1) states “At 10:00 A.M. on the last Monday in September, at the council chambers, the collector must conduct the annual taxsale by offering for sale by public auction each parcel of real property on which taxes are delinquent.”

Prospective bidders are advised that it is their responsibility to search the title in advance to determine if there are any charges against the property.All properties are sold as is.

All bidders must pre-register to be eligible to bid at the auction. Registration will start at 9:00 A.M. and bidders must have photo ID, Social Insurance Number andmust have available certified funds at the time of registration.

The minimum bid is the upset price, that is, the current taxes and penalties, arrears and delinquent taxes and interest, 5% tax sale costs and Land Title Office transferfees. Upon completion of each sale, the successful bidder must make payment immediately before the auction continues to the next property. Acceptable forms ofpayment are: cash, certified cheque, and bank draft. Debit and credit cards are not accepted. If the successful bidder does not have the full payment required, theproperty will be put back into the auction.

Properties sold at tax sale have a redemption period of one year from the date of the tax sale by the property owner. Properties not redeemed are subject to PropertyTransfer Tax, by the purchaser, under the Property Purchase Tax Act. This tax will be calculated on the market value of the property at the time the title is transferredto the purchaser at the Land Title Office.

Take Notice that the following properties shall, on the 28th day of September, 2015, in the Council Chambers of the Burnaby City Hall, 4949 Canada Way,Burnaby BC at the hours of 10:00 A.M. be offered for sale by public auction, unless delinquent taxes with interest are paid by September 28th, 2015.

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Are you new to Canadaor new to music? Or may-be both?KevinTakahide Lee

wants to hear from you.The Burnaby resident

is once again leading theNewcomers’ Choir, and he’swelcoming new members.

The choir, now enteringits third season, is dedicatedto helping people of all agesimprove their English lan-guage and music skills, aswell as supporting multicul-turalism and diversity.

The choir meetsWednes-days from 3:30 to 5 p.m. atSouth Burnaby Neighbour-hood House, starting Oct.7. It’s free.

For more information,call 604-781-4704.

SOLOSHOWOPENSA Burnaby artist has a

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work includes paintings in-spired by B.C. back-coun-

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An opening reception isset for Saturday, Oct. 3 from1 to 3 p.m., and the show ison until Oct. 24.

&TUR (that’s AndTheUpper Room, by the way)is at Innocent Coffee, 1340West Fourth Ave. inVan-couver. It’s open 7 a.m. to 5p.m. Monday to Saturday,and closed on Sundays.

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CONFIDANCE SHOWCOMINGTOBURNABY

A dance extravaganza thathas been seen all over theworld is coming to Burnabyin October.

ConfiDance, choreo-graphed by Shiamak Da-var, journeys through theworld of contemporary, Bol-lywood jazz, hip hop, Indo-jazz and more – completewith extravagant sets, co-lourful costumes and highlytrained dancers.

The Shiamak DanceTeam fromVancouver con-sists of performers who arehandpicked by Davar andwho receive intensive train-ing in dance technique and

performance.“Being on stage is a very

important part of the per-forming arts experience,”said Davar in a press release.

“We introduced the Con-fiDance show to give a plat-form to students with po-tential who want to train indifferent dance styles to per-form in a professional show.

“The dance team trainsfor months to understandwhat goes into putting upa stage show. From dancerehearsals, backstage, pro-duction, costumes, sets andproperties, this show is acomplete team effort bythese students and my in-structors.”

ConfiDance is on Fri-day, Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. atthe Michael J. FoxTheatre,7373 MacPherson Ave.

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Art lovers in Burnabyhave a host of exhibitionsand programs to choosefrom this fall.

The Burnaby Art Gal-lery’s 2015 season haskicked off with the open-ing of Alex Morrison: Phan-toms of a UtopianWill/LikeMost Follies, MoreThana Joke and MoreThan aWhim.The exhibition is onuntil Nov. 8.

The exhibition has a fewspecial events associatedwith it. Families can enjoythe exhibition and then gettheir hands on an art activ-ity at the next In the BAGfamily Sunday program,Drawing Spaces, runningon Sunday, Oct. 11 from 1to 4 p.m.Then, coming upon Saturday, Oct. 24, youcan drop in to the galleryfor a tour led by Mandarinand English speaking guides– tours run every half-hourbetween 2 and 4 p.m.

The joint exhibition isalso running at SFU ArtGallery until Dec. 11.

The gallery is also playinghost to a few Culture Daysactivities this weekend, withCollaborative City Build-ing from noon to 4 p.m. onSaturday – in which you canhelp team up and build a3-D city wall with wood, pa-per and found objects.

There’s also a Life Draw-ingWith Print session from1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, anda Family Portraits sessionfor everyone aged three andup on Sunday. Call 604-297-4422.

For the young buddingartist in the house, there arealso a number of programsfor kids. Among those com-ing up are Artful Duo (Par-ent and Me StudioTime)for two- to five-year-olds,running Nov. 6 to 27; Ad-

ventures in Printmaking,for four- to six-year-olds,from Oct. 17 to Nov. 7; El-ements of Art, for six- tonine-year-olds, from Oct. 17to Nov. 7, and Kidz ClubArt Nights for seven- to12-year-olds (the next one isThursday, Oct. 29).

For teens, there’s a Print-making Studio: Pop Cultureand Beyond, running fromOct. 3 to Nov. 14.

For adults, there are anumber of programs, in-cluding Art QuickTakes(the next one is Sunday,Oct. 4), Open Studio Print-making (next session Sun-day, Oct. 18) and Printmak-ing 101 (beginning Oct. 6).

Groups can also arrangetheir own adult group tours

on a number of themes, in-cluding StrawberryTea andTour, Relief Printing andEmbossing, orTea andToursessions, for 10 to 25 peo-ple.

The Burnaby Art Galleryis at 6344 Deer Lake Ave.It’s openTuesday to Fridayfrom 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,Saturday and Sunday fromnoon to 5 p.m. Admission isby donation, with a suggest-ed donation of $5.

For information, call604-297-4422 or see www.burnabyartgallery.ca. Fora full round-up of galleryprograms and exhibitions,download the Fall/Winterguide from the website.

– Julie MacLellan

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Firefighters’ talksstallonarbitrator

[email protected] could be 2016 before Burnaby fire-

fighters get a new contract, and that’s only

if the city and union can agree on an arbi-

trator.It’s been nearly four months since the

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mediation, and since then there has been

minimal movement towards a new contract.

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agree on an arbitrator.

“It’s kind of hard to decide when they

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cal 323.Lamoureux said the union’s top choice is

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as soon as possible.“We’re trying to find an arbitrator that

has a fairly open schedule to allow us to get

a quick appointment so that the case can be

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he and the firefighters are willing to wait for

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new contract.“We’ve waited so long we want to make

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and roll the dice with anybody. Another six

months, it’s no big deal now, we’re already

three years in.”The NOW asked Chu if anyone on coun-

cil or the mayor was trying to drag this pro-

cess out, considering how long it’s taken so

far, but he was adamant that council and

the mayor aren’t involved in the negotia-

tions.“This is done right at the staff level.This

contract negotiation is carried out through

the city manager’s office and a representa-

tive from the fire union, and we basically

keep our council informed of the progress,

but the council isn’t involved in any negoti-

ation,” Chu said.Lamoureux doesn’t buy that.

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controlled by the city manager’s office.

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at 22 locals – two arbitrated and 20

Burnaby and firefighters’union are in mediation in

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DrivetorecallLeeisscuttledByTerezaVerencaeditorial@burnabynow.comThe recall campaign to oust Burna-

by North MLA Richard Lee has end-

ed because organizers couldn’t get

enough signatures.Burnaby teacher Jennifer Heighton

told the NOW B.C. Citizens for Recall

was unable to meet the threshold by

the June 15 deadline - 40 per cent of

registered voters within a 60 day peri-

od (about 16,500 signatures).“That’s a huge number to get in 60

days, especially when you’re a grass-

roots group and there’s challenges like

you can’t go into apartment buildings

or condos,” she said. “A lot of times

people weren’t home.”Heighton added voter apathy was

another road block.“A lot of them said, ‘I don’t vote, so

I’m not going to sign,’” she said. “This

Organizers saythreshold too high

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