Christmas was a lot brighter for hun- dreds of Lower Mainland folks, thanks to a popular pasta restaurant in Burnaby’s Heights neighbourhood. For the past two decades, Anton’s Pasta Bar had been closed for Christmas Eve in order to open its door to the region’s most destitute. Frank Leone, Anton’s general manager, has been involved in the dinner since he started with the restaurant 16 years ago. “It just started when one of the serv- ers suggested we do this for the needy, and the owner, Tony Mauro, he agreed it would be a good thing to do to give something back to the communi- ty,” Leone said. Anton’s invites all of the clients from Burnaby Family Life, a non-profit group that helps local families. The restaurant also spreads the word through various groups that help peo- ple in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Guests have included young families, sin- gle moms, women escaping violence, and new immigrants. With roughly 500 dinner guests, this year’s event was probably the biggest yet, Leone said. Preparation for Christmas Eve often takes place three to four weeks in advance, and the dinner gets underway two or three days before Dec. 24, Leone said. Staff and volunteers pull together to make sure everything runs smoothly. The doors open at 10:30 a.m., and peo- ple are often already lining up outside the restaurant. If that’s the case, Leone said they are invited in for a coffee. Dinner is a set menu, with pasta, two pieces of chicken, dessert and coffee, tea or other beverages. In the morning, the staff and some vol- unteers hand out socks and warm hats to the dinner guests. They also put out boxes of clothes in the restaurant for anyone who needs them. Young families start showing up in the afternoon. There’s also a special treat for the children: a visit from Santa complete with gifts. Families who sign up for the dinner in advance can indicate how many children they have, how old they are and their gender. That information helps Anton’s collect age and gender appropriate toys ahead of time for the kids. Customers and staff donate the gifts. “Little kids love it because Santa Claus goes up to them. It’s very emotional thing,” Leone said. For the past 20 years, Anton’s has been organizing the Christmas Eve dinner with little fanfare. “For us, it makes us feel good. It makes us realize how fortunate we are compared to some people, and we want to give something back to the community for supporting us,” Leone said. “It’s just to see people happy. … We want them to be treated with some respect and dignity, whoever they are.” Jeanne Fike, executive director at Burnaby Family Life, said the organiza- tion’s clients love it. “It is their Christmas – to go to Anton’s, a restaurant they wouldn’t be able to afford, get wined and dined and get pres- ents for their children,” she said. “The chil- dren and the parents are just absolutely moved and thrilled, and it really makes their Christmas.” Your source for local sports, news, weather and entertainment! >> www.burnabynow.com Postcards from around the globe PAGE 13 A guiding hand for students PAGE 3 Burnaby’s first and favourite information source Delivery 604-942-3081 • Friday, December 30, 2011 Spreading cheer and kindness Popular Burnaby eatery opens its doors during the holiday season to lend a helping hand “It’s just to see people happy. … We want them to be treated with some respect and dignity, whoever they are. FRANK LEONE general manager Christmas kindness: Eliana Calogiros hands out a present to Nizam Ramji at the annual Christmas dinner at Anton’s Pasta Bar. The Burnaby restaurant has been opening its doors on Christmas Eve to feed people in need for two decades. Jason Lang/burnaby now Dinner Page 8 www.BrianVidas.com YOUR BURNABY REALTOR centre realty BRIAN VIDAS 604.671.5259 Brian Vidas Personal Real Estate Corporation 3010 Boundary Road, Burnaby 2961 Norland Avenue, Burnaby 604-299-3121 TV ’s, Computer s , Electronics TV ’s, Computers , Electronics & Small Appliances & Small Appliances Dinner for 3 Dinner for 3 $25 $25 Whole chicken with one large sideline and your choice of 2 garlic bread slices or 2 buns
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Christmas was a lot brighter for hun-dreds of Lower Mainland folks, thanks toa popular pasta restaurant in Burnaby’sHeights neighbourhood.
For the past two decades, Anton’s PastaBar had been closed for Christmas Eve inorder to open its door to the region’s mostdestitute.
Frank Leone, Anton’s general manager,has been involved in the dinner since hestarted with the restaurant 16 years ago.
“It just started when one of the serv-ers suggested we do this for the needy,
and the owner,Tony Mauro, heagreed it wouldbe a good thingto do to givesomething backto the communi-ty,” Leone said.
A n t o n ’ sinvites all ofthe clients fromBurnaby FamilyLife, a non-profitgroup that helpslocal families.
The restaurant also spreads the wordthrough various groups that help peo-ple in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.Guests have included young families, sin-gle moms, women escaping violence, andnew immigrants.
With roughly 500 dinner guests, thisyear’s event was probably the biggest yet,Leone said.
Preparation for Christmas Eve oftentakes place three to four weeks in advance,and the dinner gets underway two or threedays before Dec. 24, Leone said. Staff andvolunteers pull together to make sureeverything runs smoothly.
The doors open at 10:30 a.m., and peo-ple are often already lining up outside therestaurant. If that’s the case, Leone saidthey are invited in for a coffee.
Dinner is a set menu, with pasta, twopieces of chicken, dessert and coffee, tea orother beverages.
In the morning, the staff and some vol-
unteers hand out socks and warm hats tothe dinner guests. They also put out boxesof clothes in the restaurant for anyone whoneeds them.
Young families start showing up in theafternoon. There’s also a special treat forthe children: a visit from Santa completewith gifts.
Families who sign up for the dinner inadvance can indicate how many childrenthey have, how old they are and theirgender.
That information helps Anton’s collectage and gender appropriate toys ahead
of time for the kids. Customers and staffdonate the gifts.
“Little kids love it because Santa Clausgoes up to them. It’s very emotional thing,”Leone said.
For the past 20 years, Anton’s has beenorganizing the Christmas Eve dinner withlittle fanfare.
“For us, it makes us feel good. It makesus realize how fortunate we are comparedto some people, and we want to givesomething back to the community forsupporting us,” Leone said. “It’s just tosee people happy. … We want them to
be treated with some respect and dignity,whoever they are.”
Jeanne Fike, executive director atBurnaby Family Life, said the organiza-tion’s clients love it.
“It is their Christmas – to go to Anton’s,a restaurant they wouldn’t be able toafford, get wined and dined and get pres-ents for their children,” she said. “The chil-dren and the parents are just absolutelymoved and thrilled, and it really makestheir Christmas.”
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Christmas kindness: Eliana Calogiros hands out a present to Nizam Ramji at the annual Christmas dinner at Anton’sPasta Bar. The Burnaby restaurant has been opening its doors on Christmas Eve to feed people in need for two decades.
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We began our look back at the head-lines of 2011 in the Wednesday, Dec. 28edition of the Burnaby NOW.
Below, we continue our look at the sto-ries that made headlines in Burnaby overthe past year, starting in April…
APRILGarth Evans announced his plans to run
as the Liberal candidate for the Burnaby-New Westminster riding in the 2011 fed-eral election.
New Democrat Peter Julian was the MPfor the riding at the time and won the spotagain in the election.
Nikkei Place began collecting cashdonations for the Red Cross JapanEarthquake Relief fund, following the mas-sive quake and tsunami in Japan on March11.
Seniors’ advocate Gloria Kravac wonBurnaby’s Kushiro Cup for the 2010Outstanding Citizen of the Year. Theannouncement was made on April 4, andshe received the award at an annual appre-ciation dinner on May 6.
The provincial government announcedit was giving Burnaby child-care centresmoney to help ease the impact of all-daykindergarten. Thirty-four local centreswere given a one-time payment of roughly$45 per licensed space.
The government distributed the money– more than $49,000 in Burnaby – to helpcentres deal with lower enrolment becausemore five-year-olds attended full-time kin-dergarten in 2011.
Police and fire crews investigated asizeable sophisticated synthetic drug labon April 8 in Burnaby.
A 42-year-old Burnaby man was one ofthree people arrested in the investigationinto the activities at the house in the 8200-block of Manson Drive.
Members of the RCMP’s federal drugenforcement team also arrested a 33-year-old Mission man and a 24-year-oldAbbotsford woman as they were leavingthe residence.
The portable building on the StoneyCreek Community School groundswas named the Jennifer AtchisonEnvironmental Centre in recognition of theenvironmentalist who passed away in thesummer of 2010. Atchison, who was bornin 1938, was a Burnaby streamkeeper anda founding member of the Stoney CreekEnvironment Committee.
Burnaby’s last bingo hall, BoardwalkGaming Centre, closed down. It wasreplaced by Club 16, the fitness club co-
owned by Trevor Linden.
On April 13, Electronics Arts employ-ees, along with volunteers from KidsAgainst Hunger Canada, packaged morethan 80,000 protein-rich meals to be sent toJapan, to help feed people still recoveringfrom March’s earthquake and tsunami.
Prime Minister StephenHarper was greeted by anti-war protesters when hevisited the city in mid-April.Harper was in Burnaby tospeak about his plan to intro-duce tough-on-crime legisla-tion.
Burnaby’s multi-familyfood scraps pilot project was expanded toinclude the city’s elementary and second-ary schools.
In April, council approved the plan toexpand the project next fall for up to sevenschools in the district.
South Burnaby residents Thomas Chan
and Donna Polos started an online petitionin April to revise Burnaby’s tree bylawfrom 1996.
The city is currently looking into thebylaw before going to the public for morefeedback in the spring of 2012.
Burnaby’s first medical marijuanadispensary opened on April 15. The
Metrotown Medicinal Societywas raided by the BurnabyRCMP at the end of July butremained open afterwards.
There was a botched rob-bery and dramatic policetakedown next door to theBurnaby NOW. Police officersswarmed around the entrance
to the business complex at 3430 BrightonAve. and the Production Way SkyTrainstation on April 20.
It was a celebration of all things dance-related at the Shadbolt Centre for the Artsat Deer Lake on April 16. The ShadboltCentre held an Art on the Spot day to
promote modern dance and recognizeInternational Dance Day, held on April 29.
After two accidents where a man anda woman died, the road around BurnabyMountain had more safety measuresimplemented. A solar-powered, electronicspeed-reader board was placed alongGaglardi Way between Broadway andBurnaby Mountain Parkway. The locationwas selected because ICBC data showedthat there had been approximately 88crashes that resulted in injuries or fatalitiesduring the past five years in that area.
About 100 parents descended on theBurnaby school board meeting on April 26,upset over a policy to prevent discrimina-tion against gay, lesbian and queer staffand students. The ad hoc group filled theroom beyond capacity, with many holdingsigns reading: No 5.45 – in reference to theboard’s then-draft policy 5.45, meant toprevent homophobia and discrimination inschools.
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Art in motion: The Youth In Motion Dance Company, featuring dancers aged nine to 13, performs Jack’s Butterflies, Birds andBeasts, a piece based on the paintings of Jack Shadbolt, during an Art on the Spot day at the Shadbolt Centre in April.
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MAYPeter Julian won a fourth term as NDP
MP for the Burnaby-New Westminsterriding on May 2.
NDP candidate Kennedy Stewart wonin a tight race for the Burnaby-Douglasriding.
The NDP made a stunning break-through nationally, winning 102 seats andbecoming the official Opposition to theConservatives, who, with 167 seats, gotthe majority government they’ve been
looking forsince 2004.
TheBurnabyBoard of Tradehired a newpresident andCEO – formerBusiness in
Vancouver publisher Paul Holden, theboard announced in late April.
Holden was group publisher anddirector of custom publishing at Businessin Vancouver Media Group prior to hisnew appointment.
Well-known Burnaby blogger Derek K.Miller passed away from complications ofcolorectal cancer on May 3.
His last words, posted as his final blogentry at www.penmachine.com, becamefamous, with more than eight millionpeople around the world visiting hiswebsite and the #welovederek hashtagbecoming a worldwide trending topic onTwitter.
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch
No. 148 in Burnaby Heights announcedon May 9 that it might be holding its lastRemembrance Day event in November
2011.The Legion struggled with covering its
property taxes, and asked the city for full
partial exemption.Burnaby council said it was up to the
2011: Federal election kicks off the springtime headlinescontinued from page 3
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Orange is in: Burnaby MPs Kennedy Stewart, left and Peter Julian celebrate their victories on election night in May. The twoNew Democrat MPs were part of the “Orange Crush” wave that swept Canada as the NDP won 102 seats.
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Steven Roy Laxonwas arrested in connec-tion with a 2008 unsolveddeath in Burnaby – thatof 51-year-old Zdzislaw“Jim” Kutyla, a Polishimmigrant with an importbusiness in Vancouver.
Laxon was chargedwith second-degree mur-der.
An apart-ment fire at7341 Kingswayat about 2 a.m.on May 7 leftnine familiessearching for a place tolive.
All of the families even-tually found temporaryor permanent housingwith help from a group ofEdmonds-area organiza-tions, politicians and resi-dents.
JUNEJune 1 was the four-
year anniversary ofthe disappearance ofBurnaby resident BryanBraumberger.
His family had offereda $30,000-reward forinformation leading to hissafe return and the arrest,charge and conviction ofthose responsible.
The city’s top copannounced on June 8that he was leaving theBurnaby RCMP. ChiefSupt. Rick Taylor toldthe detachment that hewas being transferred toanother position withinthe RCMP but outside ofthe Lower Mainland.
Taylor officially tookover from the retiring CarlSchmietenknop in August2007.
Chief Supt. DaveCritchley replaced Taylor
in August.
CaroleTaylor becamechancellor ofSimon FraserUniversityduring a June17 convocationceremony at
SFU’s Burnaby campus.She is a well-known
Canadian business leaderand former broadcaster.She’s also an Officer of theOrder of Canada and a for-mer B.C. finance minister.
The Burnaby VillageMuseum celebrated its40th anniversary with freeadmission for the season,including during the cur-rent Heritage Christmasevent.
The museum is locatedat 6501 Deer Lake Ave.
The Burnaby MentalWealth Society lost itsfunding from FraserHealth after missing anapplication deadline by a
matter of minutes.The society, which has
had its clubhouse at 6112Sussex Ave. for about 13years and operated in thecity for 18 years in total, isat risk of losing the centreif permanent funding is
not secured.
Two Burnaby residentswere among the firstpeopled charged after theriot in Vancouver follow-ing Game 7 of the StanleyCup finals.
Burnaby resident EdgarRicardo Garcia, 20, wascharged with aggravatedassault after two men werestabbed in 700-block ofHornby Street.
In another incident, a22-year-old Burnaby man,
with no previous criminalconvictions, faced chargesof assaulting a peaceofficer, break-and-enter,mischief and participationin a riot.
The Year in Review willcontinue Jan. 4.
Year in Review: Stanley Cup riot makes headlines in Junecontinued from page 4
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Vanished: Ron Braumberger talked to the Burnaby NOW about the anniversary of his son’s disappearance.Bryan disappeared in 2007, and his family is offering a $30,000 reward.
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The intent of the proposed rezoning is to establishdevelopment guidelines in accordance with the City ofBurnaby’s existing adopted Brentwood Town CentreDevelopment Plan, which would provide a frameworkfor guiding future detailed rezoning applications for speci!cphases of new development.
The Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan (the“BTCDP”) designates the subject property for mixed-useredevelopment, including high and medium residentialdensities. The BTCDP speci!cally indicates low-rise residential forms along the rear lane that separates the subject site fromthe abutting single and two-family dwellings. The BTCDP also conceptually indicates tower locations toward the interior siteand along Lougheed Highway & Willingdon Avenue intersection. A primary goal of the BTCDP is to balance commercial andresidential uses. A such, it designates a large portion of the site for high density commercial uses with a focus on the LougheedHighway & Willingdon Avenue intersection. The BTCDP indicates a signi!cant public open space component.
The proposed preliminary development concept for the property is to transform, over time, the property into an urban“town centre” environment with a focus on street-orientation and very high quality public spaces.
The open house will be held on Monday January 9, 2012 between the hours of 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm atBrentwood Town Centre Mall in the food court. The public is invited to attend this open house to viewinformation on the proposed development as well as provide comments.
A06 • Friday, December 30, 2011 • Burnaby NOW
The problems and challen-ges facing B.C. Ferries gomuch deeper than figuring
out why some of its fleet keepsslamming into docks at highspeed.
The recent crash of theCoastal Inspirationinto the Duke Pointferry berth has refo-cused attention onsafety issues, but the most vex-ing problems are more aboutfinances.
Of course, four “hard” land-ings so far this year seems exces-sive. But B.C. Ferries respondsthat its fleet sails more than187,000 times a year and aver-ages about a dozen hard land-ings (of various degrees) a year,which seems to put things inperspective.
The most recent crash will beinvestigated and perhaps lessonswill be learned from it and thatwill be that (until the next ser-ious hard landing or accident).
But more serious and press-ing problems aren’t going awayanytime soon.
Simply put, the costs associ-ated with running the ferrysystem keep increasing but thenumber of people using it keepsgoing down.
Something has to give here.B.C. Ferries keeps raising
fares, but admits it’s gone aboutas far as it can go with thatoption. At some point, high faresdiscourage casual travellers fromusing the service, and the com-
pany may have already reachedthat point.
The company is embarkingon a cost-cutting exercise, butthe lion’s share of its expenses isout of its control.
For example, fuel costs havegone from $50 milliona year in 2003 to about$120 million this year.An extra $1 million a
year in additional operatingcosts is courtesy of TransportCanada’s staffing rules on ves-sels.
The federal agency’s newsewage treatment rules comeinto effect next summer, andB.C. Ferries has been required tospend more than $60 million tocomply with them.
Labour costs have gone fromjust under $200 million in 2003to about $266 million this year.And interest and amortizationcosts (largely resulting frombuilding badly needed new ves-sels and upgrading terminals)have skyrocketed, going from$68 million eight years ago toalmost $200 million this year.
You can talk all you wantabout cutting executive paylevels at the company, but that’snot going to make even a dentin those expenses. All told, costshave gone up about $300 millionin the last eight years.
Another problem that isn’tgoing away is the delicate issueof just what kind of services B.C.
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Let’s distinguish between victim and villainJustice system in B.C. falling apart with lack of funding for legal aid and onginog shortages of judges and sheriffs
British Columbia’s justice systemis in crisis. This year, we saw seriouscases delayed or thrown out because ofa lack of judges to hear themor sheriffs to keep the court-room safe.
The Liberals have alsogutted the legal aid system; a penny-wise, pound-foolish policy that deniesskilled counsel to those in need andbogs down an already groaning system
in the process. With this in mind, it’sastonishing that the courts are the onlybranch of our provincial government
that has any interest in DerekDelaurier, a 41-year-old manwhose mental disability hascontributed to him commit-
ting more than 60 minor, non-violentcrimes.
Lacking any other options, a clear-ly frustrated judge recently tossed
Delaurier back on the streets, eventhough everyone in the room knewit’s only a matter of time before hefinds his way back into a police car,a jail cell, and in front of yet anotherjudge with the same futile sentencingchoices.
Consider the tax dollars spent onarresting, processing, prosecuting andimprisoning someone more than 60times.
Surely that sum would pay for aleast some measure of help for thisman, who is clearly more victim thanvillain.
Yet Premier Christy Clark’s priorityfor our courts is not to find more judg-es, or sheriffs, or to fund legal aid, or tofind a better way to handle cases likeDelaurier’s, but to stage televised showtrials of accused rioters – yet anotherwaste of scarce court resources.
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Keep “Christmas” greetingDear Editor:
The stories that people shared about theirChristmas memories were enjoyable to read and gotme thinking about my Christmas memories grow-ing up. Although my family is not Christian, myparents were open-minded enough to tell us aboutthe story of Jesus as many have done in India evenbefore Christianity ever reached Europe.
Although my family was not well off, my parentsdid their best to give us a bit of the “commercial-ized” experience that Christmas seems to havebecome for many.
I may not have appreciated my parents’ effortswhen I was a child because I could see my bet-
ter-off neighbours and friends “fully celebrating”Christmas with large, expensive Christmas trees,decorations and presents. I certainly appreciatethose efforts now and wouldn’t trade those experi-ences for anything.
The most profound Christmas story that mymother told me (aside from the story of Jesus) wasmy mother’s own personal experience with a trag-edy that she had suffered when I was less than twoyears old.
My mother had just been informed at GraceHospital that she had suffered from a miscarriagedue to complications during her pregnancy.
Devastated and alone (my father was busy atwork) in the hospital room from news that no
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Ferries should provide.Only its major routeslinking Tsawwassen toVictoria and HorseshoeBay to Nanaimo turn aprofit while the other runslose money to variousdegrees.
B.C. Ferries is contrac-tually obligated (with theB.C. government) to pro-vide a certain number ofsailings on various routes.But the situation on someof them has become ridicu-lous.
For example, on thelightly used Route 26 inthe Queen Charlottes, thelocal ferry made 259 tripslast year in which therewere absolutely no pas-sengers on board at all.Meanwhile, the ferry car-ried a crew of four and, ofcourse, consumed expen-sive fuel.
On route 18, whichconnects Powell River to
Texada Island, there were176 occasions betweenApril 2010 and Februaryof this year in which threepassengers or fewer wereon board. Meanwhile, theship is staffed with a crewof seven.
Those two routes alonelose $8 million a yearbetween them. All told,the minor routes lost morethan $67 million last year,an increase of more than$3 million the year before.
This raises some funda-mental questions.
For example, does therereally need to be 16 tripsa day between Nanaimoand Gabriola Island? Doesthere need to be almost30 trips a day from SaltSpring Island to variouslocations? For that matter,does Salt Spring Islandreally need three ferry ter-minals?
Now, the very idea ofchopping even one money-
losing sailing on theseroutes does, of course,elicit howls of rage fromthose who live on thoseislands.
But either B.C. Ferrieshas to reduce service onthose money-losing routes,or the provincial govern-ment must increase itsannual subsidy to the com-pany.
Provincial taxpayersfrom around the provincegive the company morethan $170 million a yearto operate, but clearly it’snot enough to make endsmeet.
It’s a tough spot for thecompany – and the gov-ernment – to be in, but as Isay, something has to givehere. And it’s going to bea tougher problem to solvethan figuring why theoccasional ferry hits a dockway too fast.
Keith Baldrey is chief pol-itical reporter for Global B.C.
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Ferries: System losing money
expectant mother wants to hear, my moth-er cried endlessly. When my mother fin-ished crying, she looked up and noticedthe crucifix that was affixed to the wall.My mother prayed that night, asking for asibling for her son. My baby brother wasborn on Christmas Day that year in 1975 atGrace Hospital. My mother taught me thatmy brother, like everyone and everythingin our lives, is a gift.
For me, it is not politically correct tochange the greeting to “Happy Holidays.”It is rather politically incorrect to do so.I would like to wish everyone a MerryChristmas.
Harmel Guram, Burnaby
Riots have root causesDear Editor:
Surely the Stanley Cup hockey riotwas the story of the Lower Mainland in2011. What has been the fallout from thatnight?
The politicians have not learned oneiota from it. The main push from the polit-icos has been to bring those who commit-ted vandalism to justice and to mete it outsternly in hopes that this will deter futurerioters. It won’t. It will only briefly satisfythose who did not participate and wantthose who did to ‘pay’ for their actions.Surely, there must be consequences forone’s actions if they hurt others.
There needs to be retribution and own-ership of wrong doing. What form thatwill take is up to the criminal court judgesto determine free from political pressure ofthe moment.
The bigger picture is being ignoredby all levels of government and must beaddressed. The seeming immediate causeof the riot was not whether the home teamwon or lost but was surely fueled by a mix-ture of alcohol and exuberance. But this isstill not the root cause.
If you examine the targets of the vio-lence, you get a better insight into whatwent so horribly wrong that night. Thepolice and retail stores for the most partwere the targets. The producers and retail-ers of goods have been bombarding con-sumers with images of their products try-ing to convince us that we need them tobe validated human beings. A culture ofglamour and envy surrounds these prod-ucts and we are not glamorous unless wehave them. This leads to disenfranchise-ment and dissatisfaction. Yes, we shouldbe able to see through all this but some-how that didn’t happen and people helpedthemselves to the glamour.
The second target of the rioters was thepolice. The confidence in our police forceshas fallen on hard times nationally, pro-vincially and municipally.
Ignoring the root causes of protests andriots and then telling the people to eat cakedid not work for France and it will notwork for us.
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For Barry Jones, there’s no other placehe would rather spend Christmas Eve.
For the past several years, the ex-MLAand former Burnaby Family Life boardmember has been volunteering at the din-ner.
“It’s a very joyous occasion.The families come with their kids,and there are people there, eitherfrom the Downtown Eastside orthey are immigrants or refugeesfrom Iran or Afghanistan,” hesaid. “They come in, and theyhave a full-course meal at Anton’s. Theatmosphere is just – there’s nothing else Iwant to do on Christmas Eve.”
Most people react with gratitude, Jonessaid.
“Some of them, their English is not very
good, and some of them are quiet, butmost are really, really appreciative of anopportunity to go to nice a restaurant andhave a nice meal,” Jones said.
Jones, now retired, likes donning aSanta’s helper hat and waiting on tables.
“It really captures the Christmas spiritfor me,” he said.
According to Jones, the mes-sage for the guests is that thereare people in the communitywho care about them.
“Many days in the year,they feel marginalized and leftout. This day because of Tony
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There were no sad good-byes prior to the Dec. 5council meeting, afterNovember’s municipalelection.
Councillors ColleenJordan, Dan Johnston, AnneKang, Nick Volkow, PietroCalendino, Sav Dhaliwal,Richard Chang and PaulMcDonell were all re-elect-ed on Nov. 19, along withMayor Derek Corrigan.
Corrigan presided at theinaugural council meetingheld at the Michael J. FoxTheatre in Burnaby.
“I’d like to start bythanking you all for thetrust that you have againplaced in me as mayor andin our entire re-electedcouncil,” Corrigan said inhis inaugural address. “Weall look forward to workingwith you to keep Burnabyone of the world’s best cit-ies in which to live, work,learn and play.”
He began by mention-ing Maclean’s magazine
assessment of Burnaby asthe best-run city in Canadain 2009.
Corrigan spoke aboutthe work the city has doneon its economic, social andenvironmental sustain-ability strategies, with the10-year economic strategyunderway, the frameworkfor the social sus-tainability strat-egy introducedlast summer, andwork on the envi-ronmental strate-gy just beginning.
“Sustainabilityhas, in fact, alwaysbeen our objec-tive and we havenaturally operatedconsistently withthis aspiration,”he said.
The city is doing wellfinancially, Corrigan said,with its investment port-folio projected to meet its2011 target of an annualyield of more than five percent and an income of morethan $34 million. The city’striple bottom-line approach
– focusing on economic,social and environmentalsustainability – has beenused in areas such as theBurnaby Lake rejuvenationproject, he said.
The city is currentlyworking on a number ofprojects, including a new$3 million water pumping
station in NorthBurnaby, a newe n v i r o n m e n t a lcentre housing thecity’s yard wasteand recyclingfacilities (withbuilding slated tostart in 2012) anda new GilmoreAvenue sewagepump station, tobe completed in2012, according to
Corrigan.The city is also focusing
on a number of new devel-opments in its city centres,he said, and in 2010, thecity brought in $502 millionthrough building permits.
By November 2011, thecity had brought in $567million through build-
ing permits for the year,Corrigan said.
The supplementarycommunity benefit bonusdensity amendments havehelped with growth in thecity centres, he added.
The city has negotiatednearly $80 million in com-munity benefits from thedensity bonus programsince 1997, according toCorrigan.
Corrigan spoke aboutspecific commercial devel-opments in the Metrotownand Brentwood neigh-bourhoods, including theplanned redevelopment ofBrentwood Town Centre,and industrial develop-
ment in the Big Bend area.He also mentioned
the work being done atUniverCity on BurnabyMountain, such as the child-care centre that is beingbuilt to Living Buildingsustainability standards.
The mayor mentionedthe city’s many civic proj-ects during the past fewyears, such as the TommyDouglas Library and theEdmonds community cen-tre, saying the city has been“patient and fiscally pru-dent” while working on theprojects.
Other topics covered inthe mayor’s speech includ-ed partnering with Burnaby
RCMP on crime preven-tion, cultural programs,parks and recreation initia-tives, and the city’s newwebsite.
Corrigan also mentionedthe connection the city hasmade on an internationallevel with its sister cities– Zhongshan, China andHwaseong, Korea.
“The City of Burnabyis determined to remain ashining example of localgovernment at its best,” hesaid, adding he and councilplan to continue Burnaby’swork as “Canada’s – andthe world’s – best-runcity.”
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- Christmas trees may not be collectedon your regular collection day and maybe picked up on any day during thesedates.
- Place trees with at least 'm 0$ft/from your garbage, yard waste &recycling containers.
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We’re continu-ing with ourpopular feature
– our staff’s Top 5 (OrMore) Things To Do ThisWeekend. For this newyear’s weekend, we have:
1Get active at StrideAvenue CommunitySchool on Friday, Dec.
30, 8 to9:30 p.m.
Theschool hasan opengym foryouth,ages 13 to18, whocan dropin to playsports and
games with friends.The school is at 7014
Stride Ave. Info: 604-524-6359.
2Get celebratingthe new year at the
Confederation seniorscentre on Saturday, Dec.31, from 11:15 a.m. to 1:15p.m.
The centre is hosting anevening of fun for seniorswith festive goodies, greatcompany and entertain-ment.
The centre is at 9523Cameron St. Cost: $14 formembers, $15 for non-members. Info: 604-294-1936.
3Get dining at the HartHouse restaurant for
New Year’s Eve. Earlyseating is 5:30 or 6 p.m.and includes three coursesfor $62.
Late seating is 8:30 or9 p.m. and includes fivecourses for $82. The HartHouse is at 6664 Deer LakeAve. Info: 604-298-4278.
4Get ringing in the newyear at Grand Villa
Casino with the NewExecutives and a buffetdinner for two for $170.Doors open at 5 p.m., din-ner is 6 to 8:30 p.m.
For tickets, call 604-436-2211. The casino is at 4331Dominion St.
5Get skating at theBill Copeland Sports
Centre on Jan. 1, from 5to 8 p.m. Regular admis-
sion and rental ratesapply. The centre is at 3676Kensington Ave. Info: 604-297-4521.
You can also check outour full arts and events cal-endar listings on our web-site’s homepage at www.
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Margaret George, of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, is part of a newelders-in-residence program atSFU. She comes to the Burnabycampus once every two weeks totalk with students.
The elders work with staffand students, providing mentor-ship and cultural guidance andhelp with traditional ceremonies.The program draws on the FirstNations belief in the leadershippower of elders.
Burnaby NOW: Can you tell me abit about yourself?
Margaret George: That’s a bigquestion. (laughter) I’ve lived inNorth Van since ‘61. I’m one ofthe only elders in the communitywith a degree. I’ve worked prettywell all my life, contract workin the Downtown Eastside, withvarious organizations, workingwith mainly First Nations people,single moms, single dads – devel-oping programs so that they canget a better education, better jobs– and pretty well raising my fourkids on my own.
BN: How does the elders programwork?
MG: We’re sort of like grand-mothers and mothers and auntsto the students, and we do a lotof encouraging and talking aboutjust things that might be a concernto students, especially the onesthat are far away from home.
BN: Is it mostly aboriginal stu-dents you help or is it for everyone?
MG: I help a lot of interna-tional students as well. For them,because they are far away fromhome, it becomes very emotional.
BN: Can you tell me about a typi-cal day in this program? How does itunfold?
MG: Usually students comethrough the door, and they servebannock and tea and coffee whenI am here. And we sit and chat,with some of them. We talk abouttheir assignments, or maybethere’s a birthday coming up andthey don’t have lots of money fora party for their kids, and howcan they deal with that, or juststories of what they’ve been goingthrough, especially the first-yearstudents.
BN: It sounds like you are a coun-sellor of sorts. What do you bring tothis that a counsellor wouldn’t?
MG: Probably more listen-ing than telling students whatto do. I don’t tell students what
to do when they are confusedabout something. I just encouragethem to work out their problems.Everything is confidential.
BN: Part of the role is sharingelders’ expertise, life experience andcultural wisdom. How do you tie thatinto the support you give students?
MG: It depends what the stu-dents need. We don’t push cultureor anything on them, but if theyask, then we tell them.
BN: What’s the traditional defini-tion of aboriginal elder?
MG: It’s a very difficult one toanswer because, being an elder,I’ve had to do a lot of research ona lot of cultures. I had to under-stand the difference between thecultures, the language and thegeographical areas where peoplecome from and not say to a stu-dent or an individual, well, yourculture is the same as mine, whichit’s not.
All our cultures and the waywe’re brought up as individualsto become elders is totally dif-ferent from some people. Say forinstance, someone thinks they arean elder just because they havegrey hair, it doesn’t work thatway. (Laughter) They’ve got toreally understand it’s a lot of lis-tening to people, not giving adviceor telling some people to do whatI did.
BN: It seems we live in a soci-ety where, in some cases, elders canbe estranged from their families andcommunities, or seniors can be livingin isolation. I’m curious what yourthoughts on that are.
MG: In the greater part ofVancouver there are a numberof native elders living in differentapartments, separated from theirhome reserves. It’s difficult forthem to go back home.
I find with some of my whitefriend elders, they are totally iso-lated from their children. They aretotally isolated from their grandkids. ... They feel they are going tobe a burden on the family, so theylive in isolation in different homesin different areas, whereas in thenative community, in my house Ihave three grand kids living withme. And I don’t think I would liketo see them out of the house.
BN: Why is this program impor-tant?
MG: First Nations studentsneed to understand they are goingto be leaders in the future, andthey need to understand that theyneed to be strong emotionally,mentally physically and spiritu-ally. (The program) helps them dothat by seeing us as leaders andalways coming back and maybeasking a questions:
Am I doing the right thing,what is the protocol for this if I’m
in this territory. Just little things;not how to solve the problems ofthe world, but how to cope witheveryday activities.
BN: Is there anything FirstNations’ students struggle with inparticular?
MG: (Finances) is the big one,and being away from their hometerritory is another. And thenlearning how to (handle the edu-cation system). My parents didn’tgo to school, and neither did mygrandparents, so for me to getthrough university was very dif-ficult. I had no leaders in the edu-cational field, but I had my grand-mother who was a leader in thecommunity and taught me a lot ofskills I needed to survive, but notthe educational part.
BN: How has the program beengoing so far?
MG: Good, (but there’s) notenough time. A lot of students,but not enough time; 10, 12, 15 intwo hours. … I would like to seeit expanded. I would like to seeprobably two or three more eldersinvolved.
BN: Is there any thing else youwould like to say about the program?
MG: I think it’s a great program,it should have happened from Day1 when this campus opened.
Jennifer Moreau/burnaby now
In residence: Margaret George works with the Simon Fraser University elders-in-residence program. She offers support and encouragement tostudents at the Burnaby campus of the university.
Providing a guiding hand for studentsNOW reporter JenniferMoreau sat down totalk to one of SFU’selders-in-residence
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Dr.Vern BeckieDr. Lyle Pidzarko Dr. AndersonDr. Mike O’Brien
Who or what inspires you everymorning?My family.
What is something you do to keep every-thing in health check. IE a balanced dietand exercise. If exercise, what do you do?Hockey and yoga. Eat healthy and avoidsugars especially. Play hockey and soccer,coach soccer, road bicycle (Gran FondoWhistler 2011), downhill ski
Name one of your favourite things todo when not spending time with yourpatients.
Trying new recipes from the Food Network andentertaining friends.
Meet the Drs.
Who or what inspires you everymorning?I am inspired each day by patients who placea high level of value and importance onhaving great dental health and a fantasticsmile.
What is something you do to keep every-thing in health check. IE a balanced dietand exercise. If exercise, what do you do?I run and regularly work out at the gym inthe morning before work. In the winter I skiwith my family and play hockey. In the sum-mer I golf and enjoy the outdoors.
Name on of your favourite things todo when not spending time with yourpatients.I really enjoy travelling and exploring newplaces with my family
Who or what inspires you everymorning?When I arrive at the office in the morningmy thoughts go to all of the wonderful peoplethat I will connect with on this day.
What is something you do to keep every-thing in health check. IE a balanced dietand exercise. If exercise, what do you do?I strive to look after my body through exerciseand healthy eating.
Name one of your favourite things todo when not spending time with yourpatients.Golf and riding my motorcycle.
Meet the Drs
Who or what inspires you everymorning?All my amazing friends and family.
What is something you do to keep every-thing in health check. IE a balanced dietand exercise. If exercise, what do you do?Exercising. Eating right. Getting sleep. Re-ducing stress. Laughing.
Name on of your favourite things todo when not spending time with yourpatients.Anything sports related. I play, watch, eat,drink and sleep sports. In the summer I golfas much as I can but come winter time it ishockey, football and basketball season!
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This dedicated team of trained professionals,which also includes Dr. Mike O’Brien andimplant specialist Dr. Don Anderson, maintainthe highest standards available today indentistry.Now that Ocean Dental has relocated onKingsway across from Metrotown, they haveexpanded their practice and increased theirability to care for patients, family, friends andnew patients. The new state-of-the-art facilityis equipped with 12 rooms, which allows itsfive highly trained and professional hygieniststo help patients maintain good oral hygiene.Having many hygienists, all of whom havebeen with the practice for many years,provides patients choice over who theywould like to see for their continuing careappointments.Because of their collective passion forconstantly upgrading their skills andtechniques, the design of the expansionallowed for an education centre to be built.
Currently two study clubs are underway,allowing dentists from around the provinceto learn new skills and techniques at OceanDental.“We have invested thousands of hours inadvanced continuing education in order forus to offer our patients comprehensive andcomplete dentistry,” says Dr. Pidzarko. Theteam wants to share their vast knowledge ofmodern dentistry in their brand new high-techeducation centre.Ocean Dental’s group specialty practice offersone-stop complete dentistry for the entirefamily. It’s a dental practice that uses themost cutting-edge technologies in dentistry,including a CEREC machine which allowsfor full crowns in one appointment, low doseradiation digital X-rays, Invisalign and braces,full mouth reconstruction, facial esthetics,dental cosmetic treatments, and laser dentistry.“Our team of dentist and dental hygienistsare able to deliver all aspects of dental
care,” says Dr. Vern Beckie. “By offering acomprehensive long term approach whereteeth are repaired or replaced the best way, italso cost less in the long run. Our aim is toget the patient into a stage where they reallyonly need maintenance.” Above all, at OceanDental each dentist is committed to providingexcellence in patient care and service.
At Ocean Dental you will experience acomfortable, calm and unique environment,specializing in customized care tailouredspecifically to your needs. Starting from theinitial assessment, each dentist wants to ensureyour experience in their office is an optimalone, and everyone looks forward to exceedingyour expectations.
Ocean Dental is located at:#300-4789 Kingsway, Burnaby.They are open six days a week includingsome evenings.They always welcome new patients.Call them at 604-432-7874 or visit online atwww.oceandental.com
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Burnaby’s homelesscats and dogs were abit more comfortable
this Christmas, thanks tothe fundraising efforts ofa 12-year-old boy namedKyle Boutilier.
The Surrey Grade 7student rallied his school-mates and collectedroughly $1,000 of dollarsworth of supplies and foodfor animals at the BurnabySPCA.
“I have a dog, and I’vedone fundraisers in thepast, and I thought: Whydon’t I do something dif-ferent? Instead of doing itfor people, why don’t I doit for animals?” he said.
Kyle collected leashes,dog food, toys, blanketsand towels mostly fromschoolmates and his dad’scolleagues.
“I’d just like to say
thank you to anybody whodonated,” Kyle said.
In the squareIf square dancing is
on your new year’s list ofthings to try, there are twoclubs in Burnaby offeringongoing sessions, startingin January.
Swinging Singlesof British ColumbiaSquare Dance Club runsWednesday night dancelessons, starting on Jan. 4at 7 p.m. The drop-in feeis $5, and dancers meet at6871 Roberts St.
Club member RonFleck said there are num-erous benefits from squaredancing; it helps you stayfit and exercises yourmemory.
“Everyone says, ‘I didthat in high school,’ buthigh school is different. Inhigh school they teach you10 moves,” he said. “Thebeginners’ class has 68moves.”
The group is a mix ofsingles and couples andhas been around for awhile, Fleck said.
One of the January ses-
sions is free, either Jan. 4,11 or 18.
The dancing usuallyruns till June and drawspeople in their mid-40s to70s.
Experience or specialclothing is not necessary.Just show up and be pre-pared to have fun whilemeeting new people.For more on the club,go to swingingsingles.squaredance.bc.ca or call604-525-7078, 604-434-3940,604-254-2736.
The second groupvying for your patronageis the Co-operative SquareDance Club, which runsclasses on Monday nights,starting Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m.They are also offering afree session in January– either Jan. 9, 16 or 23.Sessions are at the CharlesRummel CommunityCentre, at 3630 LozellsAve., just off GovernmentRoad. Drop-in fees are $5,and classes run till sum-mer.
Dancers Roy and JanetBallam say winter is theideal time to start squaredancing.
“As far as we’re con-cerned, it’s fun, good exer-cise, and it’s a great socialactivity, too,” Roy said.“The majority of our closefriends have come fromthe square dancing com-munity.”
The couple has beensquare dancing in Burnabyfor 42 years. For more info,email [email protected] call 604-939-2789.
Finding hopeThis issue, I have a
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To Hope and Back isbased on a true storyand billed as a Holocaustremembrance book foryoung readers.
The St. Louis is a luxuryship that took passengersfrom Nazi Germany tosafer countries. The bookfocuses on two youngpassengers and what theywent through while tryingto get to Cuba.
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Christmas may beover but there’s stilltime to enjoy a little
holiday reading. Enjoya little taste of B.C. fromthe cozy comfort of yourfavourie armchair withone of these local bookoptions.
Whether a person’s onlybeen in B.C. a few years ora lifetime, they are sure tofind somethinginformativeor nostalgicin The ChuckDavis Historyof MetropolitanVancouver,published byHarbour.
Though hedidn’t live tofinish his mas-sive work, itwas completedby a first-classteam of writ-ers, historians,archivists andeditors.
Davis’s easy-to-readstyle, the anecdotes andstories, with many historicpictures on almost everypage, make for pleasantbrowsing, from the greatfire, to Elvis at the Empire,or the erection of the EastVan sign, it’s all here.
For B.C. buffs, there’sa wide choice to suit all
tastes. Neighbourhoods?Try Opening Doors - InVancouver’s East End,by D. Marlatt and C.Itter. Our province andits pioneers? There’sBeyond The Home Ranch,by Diana Phillips; TexadaTapestry, by HeatherHarbord; The Kelowna Story– An Okanagan History, bySharron J. Simpson – allwell illustrated.
If your taste is biog-raphy, there’s a newreprint of Howard White’sA Hard Man to Beat - TheStory of Bill White: LabourLeader, Historian, ShipyardWorker, Raconteur. White’sstory is that of a turbulent
labourtime in ourprovince.
CaringandCompassion:A History ofthe Sisters ofSt. Ann inHealth Carein BritishColumbia isa fascinat-ing accountof foursisters fromQuebecwho cameto early
B.C. and established hospi-tals and schools that serveus today.
West Coast Wrecks &Other Maritime Tales, byRick James, combines thesea, adventure and mys-tery, in great stories.
For nature buffs,there’s the big and beauti-fully illustrated British
Columbia’s MagnificentParks: The First 100 Years,by James D.Anderson.
Or howabout a newpublicationby CalypsoPress, Trees ofthe Northwest,by J. DuaneSept?
The bookis llustratedwith excel-lent, clearcolour photosin a compactformat.
There’salsoHarbour’ssmall leafletformat A Field Guide toEdible Mushrooms of thePacific Northwest, by DanielWinkler, with very goodphotos and descriptions ina neat accordion-folded,easy-to-carry leaflet.
Ultimate Trout Fishingin the Pacific Northwest, byLarry E. Stefanyk, talksabout and illustrates fish,catching gear, lures andlocations – everything theangler needs to know.
Hiking the Gulf Islandsof British Columbia, byCharles Kahn, tells thereader how to get to, whatto see, where to stay andwhy our coastal islandshave attractions that lureworld hikers. Illustratedand with maps. (All byHarbour Publishing.)
Beautiful full-page por-traits and inspiring storiesare in Remarkable YukonWomen, by Claire Festel
and illustrated by ValerieHodgson. This book is
about womenfrom Canada,and theworld, wholoved, influ-enced andhelped buildtheir chosenterritory.
Full of inspiration?So You Want to Write aChildren’s Book, by award-winning author PeterCarver (Fitzhenry &Whiteside) for would-bewriters and illustrators,is a practical guidebookcovering everything fromideas and getting it downto approaching publishersand using new technology.
These are just a sam-pling – your book storewill give you even moreideas.
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We associate Honda withthe Civic, while Ford is knownfor the Mustang and F-150. InToyota’s case, it’s the Camryand the Prius. Meanwhile,911s, Wranglers, MX-5 Miatas,and Beetles all get us think-ing and talking about Porsche,Jeep, Mazda, and Volkswagen,respectively. These cars andtrucks are iconic, serving as theambassadors for their respectivebrands.
So, what vehicle gets us talk-ing about Hyundai?
A decade ago, it was thethree-door Accent hatchback– and the talk was far fromgood. That’s no longer the case,of course, since Hyundai hasturned things around with excel-lent vehicles such as the Sonataand Genesis. Hyundai’s prod-ucts and reputation have neverbeen better.
Still, none of these cars get ustalking about Hyundai – at least,not in the same way that thenew Veloster hatchback does.
As good as the Sonata andGenesis are, they aren’t game-changers.
The Veloster, on the otherhand, is different from anythingelse on the road, and it has thepotential to be the defining,iconic vehicle for Hyundai.
On paper, the Veloster hopesto bring back a market that wasonce defined by affordable, effi-cient, and fun-to-drive cars suchas the Honda CR-X and Prelude,Toyota Celica, and Nissan SXcoupes. These cars once domin-ated the streets, but disappearedas consumers turned to SUVsand sedans.
The Veloster is a lightweightfour-seater with nimble handlingand a small, peppy four-cylinderengine. You’ll find the usualtwo doors on both sides of thevehicle, a rear hatch to swallow
cargo, and … that’s where thingsget interesting. Step around tothe passenger’s side, and you’llsee exactly what makes theVeloster unique: a third door onthe passenger side.
Unlike the departed SaturnSC coupe and soon-to-be-retiredMazda RX-8, the extra door isn’tof the rear-swinging “suicide”variety.
It’s a standard (if smallish)door that opens independentlyfrom the front to provide easyaccess to the rear seats. Peoplewho need their cars to be sym-metrical may find the Velostermaddening, but others will lovethe practicality offered by theadditional door.
While it can be a challengefor passengers to slide all theway across the rear bench seat,it’s still easier than climbingover the front seat of a two-doorcoupe.
Combine the Veloster’sunique exterior with everythingthat Hyundai has learned overthe past decade, and you get acompact car that delivers amaz-ing styling, solid performance,and great value for money.
Even better, you get peopleseeing what Hyundai can andwill be, rather than what it oncewas.
DesignThe Veloster’s front end is
defined by a rounded, trapez-oidal grille bracketed by pointedheadlamps.
However, the most notablestyling cues are the carved-outsections below the headlamps,which swoop down and aroundto create a front lip spoiler.
Without a doubt, the hardestthing to get used to is that theB-pillars (behind the front doors)are offset from each other, due tothe driver’s and passenger’s sidedoors being different sizes.
That aside, the design is suchthat the Veloster looks good inprofile on both sides.
Inside, the Veloster reflectsHyundai’s love of geometricshapes, with angular vents andcutouts set against a V-shaped
dashboard. It’s inviting andfunctional, meeting and exceed-ing the higher standards today’sconsumers have for compactcars.
EnvironmentPracticality starts with the
extra passenger-side door, whichmakes it easy to toss gear intothe back seat.
You could argue that the doorwould have been more useful onthe driver’s side (or to have onboth sides), but having a thirddoor is better than not havingone at all.
The front seats are supportiveand comfortable, especially ifyou get the Tech Package, whichincludes seats with bigger bol-sters for more lateral support.
Rear passengers will find thatit’s a tight fit, same as in anyother 2+2 coupe or hatchback.They’ll just have an easier time
getting in and out.From a standard seven-inch
touchscreen and push-buttonstart to heated front seats andrearview camera, the Velosteroffers a ton of notable featuresfor its sub-$20k base price.
That being said, it’s a bitodd that the list doesn’t include
automatic air conditioning, anincreasingly common featurethese days.
There’s lots of cargo space,thanks to the rear hatch, and theVeloster’s low stance makes iteasy to get your luggage in andout without having to reach toofar over the bumper.
Sleek: The Veloster offers something unique: a single door on the driver’s side and two doors onthe passenger side. Inside (below) it has sleek, compact styling.
Contributed/burnaby now
New offering in theHyundai line has fundesign, good features
Liang won an unprecedentedfifth women’s doubles title at thenationals.
Alisha Roberts led York Houseto a second consecutive B.C. AAhigh school girls’ basketballtitle.
STM finished inthe final four atthe B.C. AA highschool boys’ bas-ketball champion-ships for the firsttime since 2006.
M o s c r o pSecondary boys won afirst-ever B.C. high schoolgymnastics title.
SFU club hockey won a thirdB.C. Intercollegiate HockeyLeague in four seasons.
Burnaby Mountain Wrestlingwon both the junior and seniormen’s national championshiptitles in Edmonton.
Tyler McNeely signed anamateur tryout contract with theBridgeport Sound Tigers of theAHL.
April:The Northwest Giants quali-
fied for the Telus Cup nationalmidget hockey championships,defeating Red Deer in a two-
game sweep at the Pacificregion playdowns.
STM studentKevin Vignaearned a worldjunior golf quali-fying berth fol-lowing a six-under-par score
on the Maple LeafTour.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkinswas named the Western HockeyLeague player of the month forthe Red Deer Rebels.
Mariya Chekanovych wasnamed to the Canadian juniorswim team in breaststroke.
Freshman Milos Gordic wasnamed the MVP on the MichiganTech University varsity hockeyteam.
Burnaby martial artists wonfive of B.C.’s six national titles at
the Canadian karate champion-ships.
Oliver Utting and Dylan Gantboth placed in the top 20 at the27th annual Vancouver Sun Run.
Middleweight champion MarkMcElligott was named the bestboxer at the B.C. Golden Gloveschampionships. Another NorthBurnaby Boxing Club fighterMarte Arreola won the juniorwelterweight title.
Krista Woodward reclaimedthe Canadian women’s record inthe javelin with a throw of 58.64metres.
Brayden Jaw was named tothe Team Canada roster for theRussian Invitational junior hock-ey tournament.
Melvin Arciaga won aCanadian cadet wrestling title at50 kilograms in Windsor, Ont.Arciaga also earned a spot onCanada’s team to the Pan Amchampionships.
Tyler McNeely signed a one-year, two-way pro contract with
March: Moscrop boys win a first-ever B.C. high school gymnastics titlecontinued from Wednesday, Dec. 28
The Douglas CollegeRoyals badminton teamproved once again the toastof the country.
The No. 1-rankedRoyals won three indi-vidual gold medals at theCanadianColleges’AthleticAssociation national bad-minton championships atMount Allison Universityin Sackville, N.B. in March,including an unprecedent-ed fifth straight women’sdoubles title by MelodyLiang of Burnaby.
Liang’s doubles part-ner, Stephanie Ko, earned afourth consecutive nationaldoubles title, while singlessensation RuiLin Huang,also of Burnaby, became athree-time national cham-pion and the national asso-ciation’s first-ever three-time female player of theyear.
It was Huang’s thirdstraight undefeated seasonin individual league andtournament play in a col-lege career spanning morethan 120 games.
Not to be outdone, a pairof Douglas College menalso made their mark at thebadminton nationals.
B.C. runners-up Darren
Hong and Rey Luo avengedan earlier loss in the collegi-ate provincial finals, tak-ing the gold medal at thenational championships inmen’s doubles.
All five Douglas play-ers swept their combinedopposition without drop-ping a single game.
“To tell you the truth,I expected it to be muchharder this year,” saidDouglas head coach AlMawani of Burnaby.
Prior to the nationals,Douglas won its sixth con-secutive provincial col-lege championship titleon its home court in NewWestminster.
“I’m very, very proud ofthe team,” Mawani added.“It shows we have a pro-gram and not just the indi-viduals within it.”
Liang and Ko graduatedfrom Douglas at the endof the school year, whileHuang decided to taketime out from the 2011/12season.
The current DouglasRoyals badminton teamended 2011 in a similarfashion, winning both falltournaments by wide mar-gins and holding on to analmost insurmountablepoints lead heading intothe winter break.
Burnaby birders NOW’’s team choiceTom Berridgesports editor
Larry Wright file photo/burnaby now
Five-timer: Melody Liang of Burnaby won five straight CCAA doubles titles.
April Page 24
Burnaby’sfirst coachpasses onFormer Burnaby Lake
rugby coach and city busi-nessman Pat Andersonpassed away suddenly onDec. 19 at the age of 66.
Anderson was the firsthead coach of the BurnabyLake Rugby Club. He alsocoached the Fraser ValleyVenom Super League teamto a pair of national cham-pionships.
Anderson also fash-ioned a successful careerin insurance that spanned42 years. His flagshipbusiness Pat AndersonAgencies Ltd. was locatedin Burnaby.
Anderson is survivedby his wife Sharon, his sonRichard, daugher Hilleri(J.P) and his grandchildren,Harley and Bronwyn.
Anderson was bornin England in 1945. Hemoved to British Columbiain 1985.
A celebration ofAnderson’s life will be heldat the Hilton VancouverMetrotown on Jan. 5, at 2p.m.
In lieu of flowers,kindly make a donationto the Heart and StrokeFoundation of B.C. in hismemory.
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the NHL New YorkIslanders.
Jakie Köhli was namedthe women’s varsity waterpolo Western divisiondefensive player of theweek.
The Northwest Giantsfinished fourth at the TelusCup midget hockey cham-pionships. Alex Kerfootwas named the MVP.
Isaac Bernard and AmarDhesi earned spots on theFILA men’s cadet worldwrestling team.
SFU’s Calvin Craig seta new single-game fieldlacrosse record, scoring10 goals and adding nineassists.
The South BurnabyMetro Club Eagles won theBasketball B.C. under-13boys’ championships.
May:The Cliff Avenue
Synergy soccer team wonthe under-18 girls’ CoastalA Cup.
The Burnaby LakeRugby Club won both thepremier women’s and firstdivision men’s provincialtitles.
Helen Crofts was namedthe athlete of the meet atthe Great Northwest con-ference outdoor track andfield championships.
Manny Sobral wasnamed the ConfratellanzaItalo-Canadese Societysports person of 2011.
Jakie Köhli helped theUniversity of Indiana tosixth place and a single-season team record 26 winsat the NCAA Division Iwomen’s water polo cham-pionships.
Zachary Or and JonathanKum helped the FocusXplosion win a B.C. under-16 boys’ volleyball title.
Jason Boroevich, MarkDallas and Preston Wonghelped the Focus Pounderswin the under-18 volleyballtitle at the B.C. champion-ships.
Burnaby North winsfirst-ever New ZealandShield Tier 2 rugby ban-ner.
Matt Brown was namedthe offensive co-ordina-tor for Canada’s under-19men’s field lacrosse team.
Alpha Secondary wonthe B.C. high school seniorgirls’ netball title.
Cassidy Lee finished herNCAA Division II softballcareer with a spot on theAll-West region secondteam.
Riley Loewen andJackson Decker werenamed U.S. IntercollegiateLacrosse AssociationDivision II All-Americans.
Canada won its thirdstraight world box lacrossetitle.
Helen Crofts and JessicaSmith both won nationaltitles at the NAIA outdoortrack and field champion-ships.
Alpha defeated BurnabyNorth in the BNW districtrugby final.
June:STM finished fourth at
the B.C. AA high schoolgirls’ soccer champion-ships.
Brittany Timko madeher 100th appearance forthe national women’s soc-cer team.
St. George’s defeat-ed Burnaby South in theLower Mainland highschool cricket final.
Alex Calbick was named
to the Louisville Sluggerfreshman All-Americanteam.
Ross MacDonald wasnamed to Canada’s Parasoccer team.
The STM Knightswon a fourthc o n s e c u t i v eB.C. AA highschool golftitle.
B.C. winsboth the openand under-23women’s netballtitles at the Canadian cham-pionships.
Jakie Köhli was namedan all-star at the Canadiansenior women’s water polochampionships.
Burnaby North placedthird in theLowerMainlandhigh school cricket league.
Tamara Kuno placedseventh in the all-aroundin the open women’s 13to 15 AA age group at thenational gymnastic cham-pionships.
Burnaby’s premierwomen’s soccer team reaf-filiated with Columbus FC.
Matt Brown announcedhis retirement from the
Denver Outlaws of theMajor Lacrosse League.
Rene Bell won the indi-vidual 16-and-over figurestitle at the provincial syn-chronized swim champi-onlships.
Ryan Nugent-H o p k i n s
became thefirst playerfrom B.C. tobe draftedfirst overall in
the NHL entrydraft.
Luke Lockhart receivedan invitation to theWashington Capitals’ pros-pect hockey camp.
Burnaby hosted theCanadian kendo champi-onships at BCIT.
Debbie Brill was induct-ed into the Athletics CanadaHall of Fame.
Mikey Carney, KyleMadden and GiovanniTrasolini were named toFootball B.C.s roster for theunder-18 Canada Cup.
July:The under-18 girls’ Cliff
Avenue Synergy won itssecond Provincial Cup soc-cer title.
MikeSantorellire-signedwith the Florida Panthersof the NHL.
Oakville won the goldmedal in the Tier I divi-sion at the 26th annualJack Crosby novice all-starlacrosse tournament.
Burnaby won its first-ever bantam girls’ lacrossetitle at the B.C. champion-ships.
Kenndal McArdle wasdealt from Florida to theWinnipeg Jets.
Casey Cook tookover as commissionerof the Western LacrosseAssociation after ErnieTruant stepped down asits head.
Dante St. Prix placedthird in the under-15 boys’under-55 kilograms atthe Canadian junior judochampionships.
Burnaby Joe Sakic acedthe par-3 17th hole at acelebrity golf tournamentin Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Kimberly Newell wasinvited to Canada’s nation-al women’s under-18 hock-ey camp.
More Year in Review inWednesday, January 4 NOW
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Aries March 21 - April 19: Your power, energy,effectiveness, timing and charm are at a peak Sunday/Monday – go after what you want! A three-day run ofmonetary fortune comes Monday afternoon throughWednesday. Seek every money pathway exceptpartnership. Siblings, friends, travel, errands andcommunications fill Thursday to Saturday noon. Takecare with tools, speech and driving Friday night. Starta restful, “down home” weekend Saturday afternoon.This entire week lends itself to your ambition. It’s agood time to push forward, meet power players,propose projects to the boss and display your talents.Taurus April 20-May 20: This is an easy, mellow,wise week. Think profound thoughts, express yourselfto a loved one, contact far-flung people, start anysort of study, intellectual, cultural or publishingventure. Rest, plan and contemplate Sunday to noonMonday. Your energy, effectiveness, charisma andclout surge Monday eve through Wednesday – startimportant projects, see and be seen. Someone islikely romantically interested in you – respond. Chasemoney and make purchases Thursday to Saturdaynoon. This last day begins a very busy weekend.Bosses, parents favour you all week – deserve it!Gemini May 21-June 20: Sex and money are yourmain themes during this easy but intriguing week.Secrets, hidden profit angles, private revelationsabound. Optimism, friends and flirtations arriveSunday. But retreat noon Monday through Wednesday– contemplate, plan, be restful, meditate, and dealwith governments and institutions. Be charitable,spiritual. Your energy and charm return Thursdayto noon Saturday – somewhat. You can get whatyou want, within limits, and relationships flow well– as long as you pursue financial, intimate, healthor lifestyle goals, success should occur. Avoidshops Saturday.
Cancer June 21-July 22: Relationships fillthis easy, productive week. Opportunities andchallenges, agreements and refusals are slated, butthe world definitely tilts toward the beneficial ones.Be ambitious Sunday and the first half of Monday– you can accomplish much. (Better Sunday.) Yourpopularity, optimism and happiness rise Mondaynoon through Wednesday. You might meet someonein a group who challenges you, yet stirs yourattraction sensors. Love isn’t out of the question!But retreat, rest and contemplate what’s going onThursday to Saturday noon – later, your energy andcharisma return.Leo July 23-Aug. 22: A mountain of chores facesyou – might as well plunge in and get them done.Nothing else of much value will arise this week, andany work you do during this career-blessed year(and this easy, smooth week) will surely rebound toyour credit and profit. Gentle wisdom, mellow loveinvade your consciousness Sunday to noon Monday.Be ambitious Monday afternoon through Wednesday,especially Tuesday. Your happiness rises Thursday toSaturday morning, as some social delights, a bit ofpopularity and a buoyant mood relieve some of thework drudgery. Retreat, rest later Saturday.Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: It’s the first easy, smoothweek of an easy, smooth year. The accent lies onromance, creativity, pleasure, beauty and charmingkids. You’re ready to take a risk, and it should payoff. Sunday to noon Monday is sexy, and financialopportunities stand out. (The only barrier to successis your lack of sufficient income. That will changeafter October next year.) Gentle love and mentalexpansion float in Monday afternoon throughWednesday. Far travel, education and publishingextend a cosmic invitation. Be ambitious Thursdayto Saturday morn. Later, joy, hope and friends!
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: The main accent lies onhome, domestic concerns, land, realty, security,retirement, soul, stomach, gardening, farming. All iswell during this easy, good week. Do three things:get some deep rest, improve your security situation(or that of your kids) and change your lifestyle.Relationships demand attention Sunday and earlyMonday. Sexy attractions (and financial ones) ariseMonday afternoon through Wednesday. Leap onany opportunities during these days. Your mellow,wise side takes over Thursday to Saturday noon– love, but not permanent love, Friday. Be ambitiousSaturday.Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: This isn’t an importantmonth, so you can act without stress or worry. You’llbe busy – errands, chats, siblings, casual friends,paperwork, details and daily business keep youmoving. But the stakes are not high. You’re in a greatpartnership year (to next June) in both love andbusiness. Use this week and next to persuade anddiscuss, to bring another closer by communicating.Tackle chores Sunday toMonday noon.Relationships,exciting meetings, opposition and co-operation,these fill Monday afternoon through Wednesday– luckily! Depths rise Thursday-Saturday.Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Chase money duringthis pleasant week. Buy and sell, seek new clients,ask for a raise – and shop. (Don’t shop for visualsWednesday – e.g., DVDs – and don’t buy high-techSaturday.) You might begin a sensual relationship– not an important one. Romance, creativity and“lucky risks” fill Sunday and the first half of Monday.Work – this year’s growing monster – expands yetfurther Monday p.m. through Wednesday. It’s goodwork, with good rewards, so plunge in. Relationships,exciting meetings, opportunities, new horizons andpossible refusals, fill Thursday to Saturday noon.
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: You’re in charge duringthis easy, productive week. Start important projects,see and be seen, ask for favours, give instructions.Home, family, security and Mother Nature are bigSunday/Monday. Your thoughts turn to love andromance Monday afternoon through Wednesday. Or,if you have enough love, to creative, speculative, andpleasure projects. Either way, luck enters just whenyou need it. Tackle chores Thursday to Saturday noon– you’ll get a lot done. This is a good small period forhealth cures, also. An exciting meeting could occurSaturday – be semi-wary, stress endures.Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: Retreat, rest andcontemplate for the three weeks ahead. Fulfillneglected obligations, liaison with head office,government or institutions. Be charitable and spiritual.Plan your future actions. This is an easy, restfulweek. Short trips, errands and casual conversationsfill Sunday to Monday noon. Sink into your homeand family Monday afternoon through Wednesday.Monday/Tuesday is a splendid interval to buy a home.Romantic notions, pleasure and speculative successvisit Thursday to Saturday noon. However, this isn’t thebest time to start a love affair. Saturday, light chores.Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: Wishes can come truethis week – but fulfillment will tend to be of the samenature as theweek:calm,easy, smooth.Your popularity,optimism and social joys rise, although you’ll stillprefer a few moments alone. Chase money or spend itSunday, but put a cautious hand on the wallet Monday.Errands, calls, visits, casual conversations, all pop upMonday afternoon through Wednesday – take careof paperwork, reports, application forms and taxes.Head home or sink into your foundations Thursday toSaturday morning. Shore up security, contemplate oldage – where are you going?
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