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Elderlycouple faceeviction
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After more than a decade living in anapartment on Imperial
Street, a Burnabycouple is facing life on the streets
followingeviction by B.C.Housing.Raymond and Doris Gajjar were
notied
earlier this month they have until the end ofFebruary to vacate
their B.C.Housing-sub-sidized apartment on Imperial Street after
analleged incident involving their adult son onNewYears
Eve.According to the Gajjars daughter-in-law,
Sheryn, the 44-year-old son got into a verbal
argument with his parents upstairs neigh-bours on Dec. 31,
2014.The son, who hasanger management problems, yelled at
theneighbours, who then called the complexsmanager.The neighbour
lodged an ofcialcomplaint, which allegedly caused the evic-tion.We
were very shocked and upset because
theyre 87 and 85 (years old), and its due tothe alleged actions
of their adult son, Sher-yn said.On Jan. 26, Sheryn sat in on a
dispute res-
olution conference call between her in-laws,a representative
from B.C.Housing and anarbitrator. During the call, Sheryn said
theGajjars were told they were being evicted.According to Sheryn,
even though her in-
laws offered to sign a legal document agree-
ing that their son would never be allowed onthe premises again,
the nal decision was toevict the couple.My parents were just
stunned, they
couldnt say anything, she added.Sheryn feels the parents
shouldnt be pun-
ished for their sons behaviour especiallyconsidering the lease
is in their names andtheyve never had any complaints up
untilnow.Theres no problem with the rent pay-
ment or anything like that, she said. Itsnot fair.The whole
family is being affected their children, grandchildren, everybody
isworried.With less than a week before the Gajjars
need to vacate their residence, the family isscrambling to nd
somewhere for them tostay. So far they havent had any luck, Sher-yn
said.
Its not fair.The whole family is being affected their children,
grandchildren, everybody is worried
GIVENNOTICE: Doris andRaymondGajjar onlyhavea fewdays left until
theyre required tovacate theapartmenton Imperial Streetwhere theyve
lived formore than10years. TheGajjarswere issuedanevictionnotice
followingan incidentwith their 44-year-old
sonandaneighbouronNewYears Eve. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER
BCAgot$484,649torunitscampaign
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It was big money versus very littlemoney in the 2014 Burnaby
civic elec-tion.OnMonday, Elections B.C. released
disclosure statements from this past No-vembers local elections,
including thoseof the incumbent Burnaby Citizens As-sociation and
the opposing BurnabyFirst Coalition.The BCA went into the 2014
election
with a staggering $484,649 in contribu-tions up by more than
$200,000 fromtheir 2011 donations.Unsurprisingly, their largest
con-
tributors were trade unions, mak-ing up almost half of the
partys dona-tions with $161,325.The city workersunion, CUPE Local
23, gave the mostat $91,125, followed by its parent groupCUPE B.C.
at $24,625 and the B.C.Government and Service EmployeesUnion at
$10,000.The Burnaby schools non-teaching
staff union gave $11,125 while the Ca-nadian Ofce &
Professional Employ-ees Union Local 378 gave $6,125.TheHospital
Employees Union gave $8,375,Burnaby reghters gave $4,000
andAmbulance Paramedics of B.C. gave$1,000.Corporations accounted
for $144,100
of the BCAs funds, withThind Proper-ties Ltd. leading the way
with $20,000,followed byMcAllister Developments($10,000)
andAmaconManagementServices Corp. ($7,500).Anthem
Its opposition theBFC collected$28,344,mostly fromcandidates
themselves
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INTHEBEGINNING: FirstNationsartist JackieTimothywelcomesa
seven-foot, cedar log toBrentwoodParkElementaryWednesday .Hewill
carve the log intoa totempole thatwill standnear the school office.
PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR
CarvingoutcommunityStudents will watch as log is transformed
into a traditional totem pole
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Brentwood Park Elemen-tary celebrated the arrival ofa
seven-foot, 1,500-poundlog at the school last weekwith First
Nations drum-ming, singing and prayer.Over the coming months,
the red cedar log will betransformed into a totempole that will
adorn a spacenear the school ofce.Totem poles are re-
ally about bringing com-munities together, and forus, were very
much aboutbringing our communitytogether, principal GillianLewis
told theNOW. Thetotem pole will be a rallyingpoint and a way for us
toexpress our values that wehold in common as a com-munity and
celebrate thosevalues and the diversity thatis our community.The
project was the
brainchild of MeaganInnes, when she was the ab-original resource
teacherfor Brentwood Park and 11other schools in the Burna-by North
zone last year.We just needed a repre-
sentation of First Nationsculture in the schools thatwas visible
and organic,she said.JackieTimothy, an art-
ist originally from theTlaamin First Nation near
Powell River, has beencommissioned for the work.Some of his
other proj-
ects include totems for theVancouver School ofThe-ology and cole
Gabrielle-Roy in Surrey.In 2009, he spent several
months at Burnaby Moun-tain Secondary, carving atotem that has
since beenplaced in Powell River.After hearing that Brent-
wood Park wanted some-thing that would reect theschools
community andthe traditional First Nationsterritory on which is
stands,
Timothy decided on a de-sign that will feature an ea-gle on top
and a motherbear holding a human be-ing.Thats kind of symbol-
izing the nurturing of themother, teaching the chil-dren the
basis of life, andthen moving forward, hesaid.The log has been set
up
in a sheltered area outsideof the school, and studentsas well as
community mem-bers will take part in thecarving in some
capacity,according to Innes.
The $10,000 project isbeing funded with $5,000for the schools
parent ad-visory council, $2,000 fromthe school and $3,000 fromthe
school district.The log was procured
from a collection of olddriving-range poles pulledfrom the
Burnaby Moun-tain Golf Course andpiled by the tennis courtsat
Squint Lake Park since2010.The totem is scheduled
for completion some timebefore September 2015.
Cops lookingforhelp
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Burnaby RCMP is look-ing to speak with witnessesof a robbery and
a hit-and-run last week.According to Burnaby
RCMP, the two separate in-cidents happened on Feb.12.The rst
incident, a rob-bery, took place at about4:45 p.m. at a pharmacyin
the 6800 block of RoyalOak Avenue.Police say a general duty
ofcer was in the area andobserved two people wear-ing balaclavas
enter thepharmacy.The ofcer wasable to arrest one of thesuspects as
they exited thestore.The second suspected the scene and
investiga-tors are looking for any in-formation that could
helpidentify or locate him.Anyone with information
is asked to contact Const.Yardley at 604-294-7922.The second
incident took
place at 6:15 p.m. at Kings-way and 19th Avenue.A pe-destrian
was crossing in anunmarked crosswalk whenshe was hit by a car,
accord-ing to Burnaby RCMP.The vehicle ed the scene
before police and emergen-cy personnel arrived, trav-elling
eastbound on King-sway.The pedestrian wastaken to hospital and
treat-ed for her injuries, policeadded.Witnesses at the scene
couldnt provide much of adescription of the suspectvehicle,
other than it was asedan and driven by a Cau-casian man, police
added.Any witnesses are asked
to contact Const. Har-greaves at 604-294-7922.
The city got out itschequebook at the lastcouncil
meeting.OnMonday, council read
through eight bylaws seek-ing expenditure authoriza-tions, ve of
which were giv-en nal adoption at a cost of$22.9 million.The
expen-ditures were taken from thecitys capital works, machin-ery
and equipment reservefund.Council approved a
$1.96 million expenditurefor 15 of the parks depart-ments
capital projects.Theexpenditure includes im-provements to exhibits
atthe BurnabyVillage muse-um ($175,000), the Burna-by Mountain
conservationarea ($200,000), local play-grounds ($160,000),
anddrainage, irrigation, lighting,ooring and other expensesfor the
Riverway and Burn-aby Mountain golf courses($330,000).Other
expenditures in-
clude storm sewer renewals,pavement overlay and side-walk
replacement projectsvalued at $9.14 million, aswell as the citys
2015 stormsewer connections project,projected to cost
$261,800.Council also authorized$7.45 million for majorroad works
projects and$4.07 million for the citys
building and energy perfor-mance project.The three remaining
by-
laws seeking expenditureauthorizations were givenrst, second and
third read-ing, but havent yet been ad-opted.Those bylaws
request$6.56 million for informa-tion technology and busi-ness
application projects,$421,250 for the citys ad-ministrative complex
proj-ect and $1.8 million forupgrades to the RCMPslocker rooms and
exits.Council also approved
some signicantly smallerexpenses at Mondays meet-ing.Mayor Derek
Corrig-an and his councillors ap-proved $2,500 for the citysoral
history project to digi-tize, describe and index 10historical tape
recordingsof prominent Burnaby resi-dents recently donated bythe
editor of Suburb of Hap-py Homes.On the promotions side,
council gave $15,425 to ad-vertise EnvironmentWeekand associated
events, and$10,145 to promote cyclingin Burnaby.Council also
awarded a
$292,000 contract to ISLEngineering and Land Ser-vices Ltd. for
engineeringand construction services.
By Jacob Zinn
Welcome:Burnaby teacherMeagan Innes, far right, greets
FirstNationsdrummers JackieTimothy, AlbertAugust
andMartinSparrowatBrentwoodParkElementarySchoolWednesday.
PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR
NEWSINBRIEF
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CouncilOKs$22.9Minnewexpenditures
BurnabyNOW WEDNESDAY February 25, 2015 3
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On top of the housingconcerns, Sheryn is wor-ried how the stress
of evic-tion will affect her in-lawshealth. Raymond Gajjar,87,
suffered a stroke fouryears ago and is partiallyparalyzed.While
85-year-old Doris Gajjar has severearthritis throughout her en-tire
body and requires reg-ular doctors appointmentsevery ve to six
weeks fortreatment.Sheryn is also concerned
the eviction will be a blackmark on her in-laws recordand
prevent them fromnding another place to livesubsidized by
B.C.Hous-ing.TheNOW contacted
B.C.Housing for a com-ment and received anemailed statement
regard-ing the Gajjars situation.According to B.C.Hous-
ing, the couple will not beable to reapply for housingthrough
B.C.Housing untilafter theyve lived for a peri-od of time in an
apartmentin the private market.This couple may be eli-
gible to apply for rental as-sistance through the Shel-ter Aid
for Elderly Renters(SAFER), which will as-sist with the portion of
theirrent that is more than 30per cent of their income.They would
need to lo-cate a rental unit in the pri-vate market and complete
aSAFER application, B.C.Housing wrote in the email.Subsidized
housing ten-ants whose tenancies wereended for cause and wish
toreapply for subsidized hous-ing in the future, need to re-side in
the private marketfor a period of time and beable to demonstrate
that thebehaviours resulting in thetermination of the tenancyhave
not reoccurred.TheNOW also asked
B.C.Housing to conrmthe reason for eviction wasthe alleged
NewYears Eveincident, but the organiza-
tion said it could not pro-vide any details regard-ing what led
to the Gajjarseviction, citing privacy con-
cerns.An eviction is onlypursued as a last resort,B.C.Housing
added.In the meantime, Raj
Chouhan,MLA for Burn-aby-Edmonds, contact-ed B.C.Housing and
RichColeman,minister respon-
sible for housing, about thisissue, hoping an
alternativeresolution can be reachedbefore the Gajjars are left
homeless.Its just a terrible situa-
tion, Chouhan said.
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Cressley Developmenteach gave $5,000, and Gateway Casinos
&Entertainment chipped in $2,500.The remaining donations came
from in-
dividuals ($18,110) and unincorporat-ed business and commercial
organizations($2,550).The BCA did not receive anymoney from
non-prot organizations.Additionally, the BCA transferred
$156,148 from the partys own accountsto help cover election
expenses, suchas advertising ($219,701), salaries andwages
($110,074), couriers and post-age ($45,316), and research and
polling($34,072).The BCA collected $2,415 from raf-
es at two fundraisers. However, the cost ofputting on the
fundraisers outweighed themoney brought in from ticket sales.A
reception at the Metrotown Hilton
cost $23,849, with ticket sales only totalling$22,000. Likewise,
a reception at the River-way Golf Course cost $6,450 when
tickets
only drew in $6,930.The BCA also had one prohibited do-
nation from an organization called PeopleWho Love Jesus
Management Ltd., pre-sumably because the donation worth$250 for two
tickets at one of their fundrais-ers was led without a name.The
LocalElections Campaign Financing Act prohib-its anonymous
contributions over $50.On the oppositions side, the BFCs con-
tributions topped out at $28,344, about halfof which was
donations from its own can-didates.Mayoral candidate Daren Hancott
put
up more than $1,100 of his own money,as did his wife Linda.
Council hopefuls Ja-son Chan,Matthew Hartney and Ray Pow-er as well
as school board candidates Ma-ria Parente, Ben Seebaran, KeithTong,
andFrancesca Zumpano each gave $1,000to the coalition, followed by
Nick Kvenich($983), HelenWard ($900), Janice Beecroft($700) and
Heather Leung ($487).Unlike the BCA, Burnaby Firsts dona-
tions primarily came from individuals (in-
cluding candidate contributions), totalling$19,506.The BFC
received $2,585 fromnon-prots, $2,150 from corporations and$250
from unincorporated business andcommercial organizations, but
nothing fromtrade unions.Contributions were split up 60-40 be-
tween the expenses of the BFCs counciland school board slates.
Council expens-es totalled $17,003, including advertis-ing
($13,270), conventions and meetings($1,373) and rent, insurance and
utilities($1,383).With no salaries or wages, the coalitions
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Independent mayoral candidate Hel-en Chang funded her own
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Homicide police are call-ing on witnesses of a fa-tal
altercation on Feb. 15 atEdmonds SkyTrain stationto step
forward.Burnaby RCMP re-
sponded to the South Burn-aby station shortly before 1a.m.When
ofcers arrived,they found the victim, 27-year-old
NorthVancouverresident James Enright, inneed of medical
attention.He was taken to hospitalbut died a short while
later.Investigators with the In-
tegrated Homicide Investi-gationTeam were called inand have
since been goingover the details leading upto Enrights death.
According to police, in-vestigators believe the 27-year-old was
in a ght witha group of people he did notknow and was stabbed
dur-ing the altercation.This was a situation
where Mr. Enright wasin the wrong place at thewrong time, he
died be-cause he tried to help some-one, Sgt. Stephanie Ash-ton,
spokesperson for thehomicide team, said a me-dia
release.Investigators are now try-
ing to track down anyonewho may have been in thearea of the
SkyTrain or ad-jacent bus loop between12:30 and 1 a.m.We know there
are more
people who were in the areaat the timeMr. Enright was
in the violent altercation.We are asking those peopleto come
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MinisterdeJongleadsB.C.Aprominent B.C.busi-
nessman phonedme the oth-er day,wanting to knowwho,exactly,ran
the B.C. gov-ernment.He knew enough of politics
to know the answer wasntnecessarily Premier Chris-ty Clark.While
her prede-cessor,GordonCampbell,verymuchranhis govern-ment in that
he had his handson all kinds of levers, she hasopted for amore
hands-offapproach.Clark delegates a lot of au-
thority and control to keycabinetministers, deputiesand senior
staff.But there appears to be
one key gure whoClark al-lows to steer the B.C.Liberalshipmore
than anyone else,and he was on full public dis-play last week.Im
talking about Finance
MinisterMike de Jong.He controls the govern-
ments purse strings and, asgovernment house leader,
itslegislative agenda as well.Hiscautious approach to
bud-get-makingmeans he keepsa tight rein on
governmentspending,whichmeans fel-low cabinetministersmustanswer to
him for their bud-gets.While there is no question
that Clark is verymuch incontrol of her government, deJong has
emerged as a par-ticularly inuential mem-ber of her inner circle
(whichincludes LNGMinisterRichColeman, JobsMinis-ter Shirley Bond,
and staffersDanDoyle,Michelle Card-ario,Chris Gardener,Neil
Sweeney and BenChin).De Jong is in charge of de-
livering what is the B.C.Lib-eral governments numberone priority
every spring: abalanced budget.Everythingelse takes a back seat to
thataccomplishment, and as a re-sult all government programs(i.e.
the size and funding ofthem) ow from that bal-anced budget.The
veteran politician has
become a sort of Dr.No ingovernment, as he insists on afrugal
approach tomanaginggovernment nances.Thatmeans a lot of spending
re-quests dont get far with him.Bending down the health
care spending curvewas Job1when de Jong took over thenance
portfolio a few yearsago.Hewas well aware that ifthe health-care
budget con-tinued to enjoy lofty increas-es such as ve or six or
sev-en per cent that any hopes ofbalancing the budget wouldbe
dashed.So he has insisted that an-
nual increases to the healthbudget had to come in at lessthan
three per cent (whichtranslates to roughly $500million a
year).There werewidespread doubts this couldbe accomplished, but it
hashappened for several yearsnow and thats a huge rea-son why the
budget can bebalanced at the end of the s-cal year.And its another
reason
why de Jong,more than any-one other than the premierherself, has
themost notice-able personal stamp on thisgovernment.
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THISWEEKSPOLLREADERSWEREASKED:
How do you plan to vote in the transit referendum?
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revelation this week that theOfce of the Police Com-plaint
Commissioner is in-vestigating alleged mis-conduct by 16
AbbotsfordPolice Department mem-bers.The case centres around
one ofcer who is nowcharged with breach of trustand obstruction
of justice,as well as 16 other ofcersin the force.At issue is the
integrity
of statements ofcers usedwhen applying to judges forsearch
warrants in drug-re-lated cases.Convictions of crimi-
nals related to the investiga-tions are already being re-viewed,
raising the prospectthat some of themmay betossed out.Even worse is
the pros-
pect that some of thosebehind bars today werewrongfully
convicted. Eitherway, it brings the justice sys-
tem into serious disrepute.By now, police agencies
ought to know judges canand will throw a case outon a
technicality if charterrights are abused.We say the antidote to
this problem is more trans-parency and accountability.Already,
B.C.s po-
lice watchdog legislationis weaker than most otherprovinces.The
police com-plaint commissioner doesnthave the power to compel
testimony and each step ofthe complaints process iscarried out
behind closeddoors with scant publicscrutiny.The RCMPs process
for
dealing with complaints andofcer misconduct is evenmore opaque
with mattersgoing down a black holein Ottawa and rarely heardabout
again.Ofcers are suspended,
usually with pay, for yearswhen they are under inves-
tigation for everything fromcriminal misconduct to
ha-rassment.Not only does this erode
the publics condence inthe police system and thejustice system,
but it alsomust irk a lot of good, hard-working ofcers who haveto
keep their mouths shutand toe the line.When youre working in
a system that is tasked withholding others accountableto the
rule of law, it seems
to make sense that that sys-tem is held up to a
higherstandard.At this point, thepublic, rightfully, may thinkits a
lower standard.We hope our minister of
justice is paying very closeattention to this and re-membering a
fundamen-tal principle of policing in afree society is that
author-ity for ofcers is supposedto be matched by commen-surate
accountability to thepublic they police.
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That darn KinderMorgan planDear Editor I amaBurnabyMountain
resi-dent, andam following government action, orlack of it, as
presentedbymedia.Muchof your Friday, Feb. 18
issuewasdevotedtonewson the topic, and I amamazedat thecontrasting
reports ofMLAsHerbert, Shin andCorrigan vis--vis that ofMLARichard
Leepre-sented in the legislature.Where the first threedemanded that
the government take actionandpress KinderMorgan toprovide answersto
their concerns,which are circumventedbytheNEBs reviewprocess
because thepro-vincial government has surrendered controlof the
reviewprocess to the Federal govern-ment,Mr. Lee continued to
reassure us thatthe government, as oneof the interveners,will
standby its five conditions for approval.Those five conditions are
powerless againsta federal government appointedNEBboard,who support
Texas-basedKinderMorgansambitions, andwhoare controllingwhat
is-sues are allowed tobe raised. In otherwords,Mr. Leehad really
nothingnew to report or toadd to thediscussion.While the Liberal
government prepares towait and let our fate
bedeterminedbyKinderMorgan, theNDPMLAsdebatedamotion totake
actionby calling on the government towithdraw from theNEB
reviewprocess andreplace it by establishing its ownenvironmen-tal
assessment process so that their intervenerquestions
canbeanswered.In otherwords create aprocesswherebythosequestions of
great concern toB.C. resi-dents and the environmentwill get a
hearingat theseKinderMorgan talks.ToquoteMLASpencer ChandraHerbert
asreported in theBurnabyNow, Itswell pasttime, indeed, for us to
finally assert our rightas aprovince, assert our power as
aprovince,andget the answers thatwedeserve for aproject
likeKinderMorgan is proposing.Dolores E.Myles, Burnaby
Golf season begins asutility bills riseDear EditorWe receivedour
2015utility billwith a three-per-cent increase and,while itdoes not
seemmuchon its own,when I con-sider that theMayor andhis
fellowcouncillorsenjoy recreational benefits atmyexpense, it
isdiscouraging to say the least.As the golf seasonapproaches, the
city officersandother high-rankingofficialswill enjoy freegolf
privileges at our local courses sponsoredby the ratepayers. Itwas
reported that someindividuals benefitted asmuchas almost$5,000 last
yearwhile enjoying thiswonderfulgame.Now that could amount to
asmuchas 75to 100 roundsof golf or it ismore likely thatpower
carts, balls, tees andmealsmaybepart of thebenefit package,whichof
coursetheydutifully declare as a taxable benefit
torevenueCanada.Sincemost of thesebenefactors are close tobeing in
theone-per-cent crowd it is comfort-ing to know that theydont have
to suffer anyexpenseswhichmight diminish their take-homepay.In
addition to golf coursebenefits, itwouldbeinteresting to know if
thesebenefits extend toother parks and recreational
centres.Shameonyou!R.Peters, Burnaby
BBOT voices itssupport for budget
AdamBallantyneMaybeanattractiveplace todobusiness but the
averagefamily is increasingly unable to afford-ably live here.
JohnWeng $660per year for childrendaycareSosix-10 times?
PeterDickinson-StarkeyWemustreduce the sheer number
ofwelfarereceipients and thosewho refuse towork/pay taxes.
$365million [per an-num] toMain andHastings streets alsomust be
reduced.
J.A. Kay This budget is a sham! TheB.C. Liberals are takingmoney
fromnormal people to give to the rich.MSPpremiumsgoup for
regularpeople, a tax cut for thewealthy, publiceducation seesMORE
cuts,whileprivate schools get $30million andanadvocate!
Praise for BrentwoodPark totem project
Ariel CamfieldPavicWonderful!Wayto goparents of thePAC for your
outof thebox thinking andawonder-ful learning legacy for the kids
at theschool!
DonnaClarkHowwonderful!
@kennedystewartDid youknowthat #Burnabyhas over
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No surprises on whatcouncil isnt sayingabout tax hikes
HindAbyad Its the fairwage policyadoptedby city hall... fair for
themandtheir buddies, unfair to the tax payers.
MaImequer0well,with noopposi-tion, no checks
andbalances,whatwouldoneexpect?
ZiggyEckardt It is not amazing thatso fewBurnaby residents vote?
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It will contin-ue tomeet every twomonthsand include presentationsby
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advisorycommittees.The public face of the
committee will also re-main the same.Coun.Piet-ro Calendino was
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The president of KinderMorgan Canada is defend-ing his company's
decisionnot to release the oil spillemergency response plansrelated
to theTrans Moun-tain pipeline to the public.In a conference call
on
Friday, Ian Anderson toldmembers of the press thatthere are
security concernswith sharing the informa-tion with British
Columbi-ans."That doesn't mean that
they're not available to mu-nicipalities, rst respond-ers and
regulatory agenciesalong the right of way," hesaid."We in no way
want to
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response plansas any indication of uswanting to hide anything
orkeeping anything a secret."Earlier this year, the NEB
ruled Kinder Morgan didn'thave to reveal some aspectsof its
emergency manage-ment plans, including spe-cic response times
andevacuation zone maps.
If completed, the $5.4-billion expansion project isexpected to
triple produc-tion capacity to 890,000
barrels a day, while increas-ing tanker trafc nearly
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Anderson said.Some of the emergency
response documents havebeen submitted toWash-ington state and
publishedonline. But Anderson not-ed they have been recent-ly taken
down for securityreasons.When asked what he'd
say to parties needing moreinformation, like the City ofBurnaby
and the province,Anderson said Kinder Mor-gan will meet with them
di-rectly in an "un-redactedform. It just won't happenthrough the
NEB process."
Feb. 19 was Kinder Mor-gan's deadline to respondto the nal round
of infor-mation requests from inter-veners. So far, more than16,000
questions have beenasked.Anderson told report-
ers answers from this roundwere much more relevantand complete
than the lastround."We trust that interven-
ers will see that and willconclude accordingly. Hav-
ing said that, they have theopportunity to appeal," hesaid.The
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Brotherly love:BurnabyboyslookingtohelpasinglemomLeone siblings
caught the givingbug and hope to keep it
[email protected]
Two Burnaby brothersare asking the communityto step up and
donate whatthey can so they can ll anEaster hamper for a familyin
need.Nine-year-old Cruz and
six-year-old Linkin Leoneare the faces behind CRUZ-ing to
change: Kids LINKup, an organization throughwhich the pair gives
back tothose less fortunate.Their rst good-will pro-
ject was last year when theypaid Easter Seals House avisit and
delivered 32 cello-phane-wrapped Easter bas-kets. Last Christmas,
theduo collected enough cos-metics to create 53 beautybags, which
they took to adowntown emergency shel-ter for women.This year,theyd
like to ll a basket fora single mother of four anddeliver it to her
on GoodFriday.Were looking for non-
perishable food, any kindof grocery gift cards, maybe
some movie tickets, justwhatever anybody thinkstheir own kids
like, grand-mother Michelle Leone toldtheNOW.Were hoping some
busi-
nesses get involved,maybeoffer a spa day for a momwho could
really use a niceday for herself, she added.The Leones chose this
par-ticular family after runninginto them around the holi-day
season.For the past 20 years,
Ive been volunteering at theAntons Pasta Bar Christ-mas Eve
dinner.This familyhas been coming in for thelast couple of years,
so wethought maybe she wouldbenet with some extrahelp, said
Lauralee, motherof the boys. She added Bur-naby Family Life, a
socialservices agency, was alsoconsulted about who wouldbe a good
recipient.When asked about theirphilanthropic efforts andhow it
makes them feel,both kids were quick to an-swer.My favourite part
is
helping others, and it makesme feel good, Cruz said. Ilike
showing my friends thatI help other people, Linkinchimed in.I
wanted them to real-
ize that they have a prettygood life and lots of otherpeople
dont have it as goodas them. It makes me proud
theyre doing these thingsand challenging other kidsto do the
same, Laural-ee said.Meanwhile,Michelle
credits her son Bo Palmer(also a current Cal-gary Stampeder) for
be-ing a great example to hisnephews.
He did a lot of com-munity work growing up, sowe really tried to
incorpor-ate this into the kids. Imreally happy with the direc-tion
everythings going in,she said.With the organization
only a year old, Lauralee ishoping other kids catch on
and get involved.And witha Facebook page keepingeveryone in the
know, theLeones are hoping for a fewmore Likes so that theirmessage
reaches a largeraudience.To donate, visit the
CRUZing to Change: KidsLINK up Facebook page.
Helpwanted:Fromleft,nine-year-oldCruzandsix-year-oldLinkinaregivingbacktotheircommunity
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made the top
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aprovince-wide competitionwhere entrepreneurs and
small business owners com-pete to have their companynamed one of
best business-es in B.C.The Best Immigrant En-
trepreneur Award recogniz-es an outstanding new Ca-nadian who
has started asuccessful business in B.C.,reads a press release.
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business own-ers, government representa-tives and other key
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Westminster Savings givesback to communityA half-dozen B.C.
com-
munities, including Burna-by, are receiving some helpfrom
theWestminster Sav-ings Foundation.Every year, the founda-
tion gives out charitabledonations to arts and ac-tive living
organizations inthe Lower Mainland andthe FraserValley.This
year,the foundation is dispersing$38,000 to groups select-ed
fromWestminster Sav-ings ChooseYour CharityChallenge, a new
initiativethat encourages employeesand members of the credit
union to pick the recipientsof the donations.Were committed to
the
communities we serve, andwe know our employeesand our members
also havestrong interest in givingback, so it really made senseto
engage them and ask fortheir input, saidWestmin-ster Savings
president andCEOGavinToy in a pressrelease.The challenge was an
innovative way to involvethem in our giving process,and a good
way for all of usto learn more about the artsand active living
programsimpacting our local com-munities.Seven groups were cho-
sen to receive a portionof the $38,000, includ-ing BurnabysTake
a HikeFoundation, which engagesat-risk youth in healthy, out-door
activities.Other recipients includ-
ed Langleys Pacic Rid-ing for Developing Abilities,Vancouvers
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Westcoast SeniorsSeniors issues identiedI
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top is-sues for local seniors, follow-ing two communitymeet-ings
hosted byVoice ofBurnaby Seniors.The two events held in
mid-February drew a totalof roughly 60 people,whoshared their
ideas onwhatmatteredmost to themasseniors.The turnoutwas en-
gaged anddedicated,saidMariamLarson,the coordi-nator forVoices
of BurnabySeniors,a local planning ta-ble set up to address
localseniorsissues.Its exciting
to see people taking an ac-tive role in improving lives,not just
for themselves butfor others.The rstmain concern
information pertains to se-niors not knowing aboutservices
available in theircommunities.According to Larson,this
lack of information is a long-standing issue,despite
theavailability of communityguides.Peoplewant to reach iso-
lated seniors,but by theirvery isolation, its hard toidentify
them,its hard toreach them,Larson said.Dialogueparticipants
also
identied community ser-vices,such as local seniorscentres
andneighbourhoodhouses,as an issue,aswellas income and
affordabilitywhen it comes to things likehousing,pensions
andpre-scription costs.Voices of Burnaby Seniors
held the two sessions togather information to renewthe groups
priorities and in-vitemore participation fromthe community.The
nextVoices of Burn-
aby Seniorsmeeting is onTuesday,March 17.To attend,call Larson
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andNewWestminsterwill haveto continuewithout theirlead
coordinator,now thatUnitedWay funding for thepost is coming to an
end thisApril.MariamLarson,a gerontol-
ogist and the part-timepaidcoordinator for both plan-ning
tables,will be unem-ployedwhen theUnitedWaycontract ends onApril
15.Im troubled by it,Lar-
son said.I will greatlymissthe people Ive beenwork-ingwith
really deeply.Theseniorswehave in our com-munity are vibrant
anddi-verse,determined and cre-ative. Ive learned somuchfrom
them.Larson has beenworking
with both planning tablesformore than ve years.Shestartedwith
theNewWesttable Seniors Planning andActionNetwork (SPAN) in2008
andVoices of Burna-by Seniors in 2009.She co-ordinated the
groupsmeet-ings and activities,managedcommunication,tookmin-utes
and applied for grants
for programs and initiativestheywanted to pursue.TheUnitedWaywas
providing$25,000 per year for eachplanning table,which cov-ered
Larsons position.Volunteers sit on both
planning tables andworkwith local organizations andcivic
governments to im-prove their respective com-munities for
seniors.For ex-ample,theNewWestminsterand Burnaby planning ta-bles
both spearheaded cam-paigns tomake their city-scapesmore accessible
toeveryone,especially seniors,by changing sidewalks andramps to
help people inwalkers andwheelchairs.The planning tablework
will continue but on volun-teer labour,Larson said.It will go
on,but it will be
different,Larson said.Theywill really have to decide ontheir
priorities and the bestway to tackle themas vol-unteers.The one
thing Ive ob-
served is thatwe rely on aparticular core groupof
se-niorsleaders,and othersneed to take up the gaunt-
let because someof the se-niors have donemore thantheir
share,and its their turnto do a volunteer retirementof some
kind,Larson said.Ilook forward to others takingon these roles and
continu-ing the goodwork.Thatmaybedifcult in
NewWestminster,accord-ing to SPAN chair Bill
Zander,whosworkedwith Larsonfor years.SPAN is not going to op-
erate like it did,thats for sure if we continue to
operate,Zander said.Elsie Dean,withVoices of
Burnaby Seniors,said Lar-sons departure is a hugeloss.
Itmeans people have tostep in anddowhat shewasdoing,and of
course,shewasdoing somuch,Dean said.It seemspeople are step-ping up
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mph onthe New JerseyTurnpike.It wasnt a at; it appeared
as if the top of the wheel wasleaning in toward the car.Af-ter
being towed to a nearbyshop, I was told that the wheelbearing
needed to be replaced;however, only a month and ahalf earlier, I
thought it hadbeen replaced!When my car was inspect-
ed,my local service center saidthe right rear wheel
bearingneeded to be replaced inor-der to pass.Nearly $400
and,supposedly, a new wheel bear-ing later, they gave me an
in-spection sticker.When I toldthe New Jersey service centerabout
this, they said it abso-lutely could not have been re-
placed, because the rust build-up shows it has never
beenopened.They estimated $550 to x
it,which included extra timeto get through the rust.Af-ter three
hours, they gave up(charging me $0), and I hadthe car towed to the
local Sub-aru dealer,who also insistedthat the wheel bearing had
notbeen replaced.The dealer is es-timating over $1,300 in re-pairs,
because they will have tocut it out due to the signicantrust.The
original place thatinspected the car insists thatthey replaced the
wheel bear-ing:If we charged you,wedid it.He said the only wayfor
him to check it out is to getthe car to him.That wouldmean an
hour-long tow,whichis out of the question.My orig-inal receipt
saysRight RearAxle Bearing, $116 parts +$262 labor + tax. I
double-checked that they didnt workon another wheel by accident.Do
I have any way to
prove who is correct, and ifthe part wasnt replaced orig-
inally,what kind of recoursedo I have? Ive taken photos,and the
dealer is saving all theparts he takes off the vehicle.Thanks!
PamYoure very lucky, Pam.
And that original shop isvery lucky, too.When awheel bearing
breaks, thewheel can come off entirely.And if youre going 65 mphon
a crowded highway, thatoften doesnt end well.You have all the
proof
you need to take the orig-inal guys to small claimscourt and get
all of yourmoney back -- includingyour legal fees.You have photos
and,
presumably, you can getwritten opinions from twoothers
professional shopsthat state clearly that thework was never
done.But before you go to
court, speak to the owner ofthe original shop. Heres myguess as
to what happened:Your car got assigned toone of the mechanics
at
the shop, and he tried toget your wheel bearing off,but he
couldnt. As we nowknow, it was rusted to beatthe band. In fact,
thesecars are known for difcultwheel bearings -- $1,300probably is
what it will costyou, because most of therear suspension on that
sideof the car will have to be re-placed.The bearing probably
had some play in it, whichis the rst sign it was goingbad. But
it probably wasntmaking noise yet, or youdhave heard it. So maybe
themechanic said to himself,
Whos gonna know?After scraping the skin
off his knuckles for a whileand getting more and moreticked off,
he wiped the areaclean, put the wheel backon, threw the new
wheelbearing in his tool box andtold the boss the car wasdone.So
its possible he de-
ceived the owner of theshop, too.After all, maybethis guy is
making $15 anhour, doesnt plan to staythere for the long term
andhes not concerned aboutthe shops reputation.So Id present the
shop
owner with the overwhelm-ing evidence you have thatthe mechanic
absolutelydid not do the job the shopcharged you for, and re-mind
him that you very wellcould have died becauseof the deception.Then
askhim if hed rather refundyour money and give you aheartfelt
apology, or see youin small claims court -- andall overYelp.Lets
hope he does the
right thing.And Im gladyoure still with us, Pam.Got a question
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LadyLionsroar intoB.C.sMountain basketball girls earn rst-ever
berth into AAA hoop
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The Lion queens roaredat the Lower MainlandAAA high school girls
bas-ketball championships.Unheralded and un-
ranked, Burnaby Mountaindid what many would haveconsidered the
impossible,earning the schools rst-ever appearance at the B.C.high
school AAA champi-onship following an upset92-85 overtime victory
overthe provincial honourablemention Argyle Pipers
onSaturday.Trailing by as many as a
dozen points in the secondquarter to the North
Shorechamps,Mountain seniorguard Alix Gabriel postedback-to-back
three-pointersto bring the No. 9 seed towithin ve points.Twin
sister Brooke Ga-
briel canned a long three tostart the third quarter, andAlix
drained the fourth ofher game-high ve treys toput the Lions back on
eventerms with seven minutesleft to play in the period. Itwas a
dogght the rest ofthe way.After a rather unexcep-
tional rst half by Moun-tain, few would have ex-pected what was
to come,despite the Lions near-up-set over the sameArgyleteam in
the quarter-nalearlier in the tournament.We worked so hard, but
this is earned, said Alix,who scored 22 points andadded six
rebounds andfour steals in the history-making nal. Winningsome big
games gave us
some condence.We won itbig with heart. ... Im so ex-cited, I
cant wait.
Neither, it appeared,could Grade 11 guard Jac-ey Bailey.
The Lower Mainlandtournament MVP wasnothing short of
sensation-
al in the consolation nal,taking charge in the secondhalf and
leading the Lionsto victory with a game-top-ping 38 points and 19
re-bounds.Bailey scored 29 points
in the second half, includ-ing 19 in the nal quarterand a
backbreaking three inovertime that gave the Li-ons a 10-point lead
withless than two minutes leftin the added fth period.Im really
happy. I dont
think its actually set in thatwere going to the provin-cials,
Bailey said after thegame.But the outcome was
never a sure thing in regu-lation time.Tied at 50s after the
third quarter,Alix hit abaseline jumper to give theLions a brief
lead.Argyle star Sophie
Swant, who left the game inthe third quarter, with whatappeared
to be a turnedankle, returned midwaythrough the fourth quarterand
helped the Pipers re-gain the lead.Argyle subMaxineYee
also hit a timely three-pointer that put the NorthShore school
up by vepoints with a minute-and-a-half left on the clock.With 53
seconds to go,
Alix replied with a three ofher own, and Bailey gaveMountain a
two-point leadwith less than 20 secondsleft on an end-to-end
buck-et.But Swant sent the game
into OT, calmly draining apair of free throws. Swant
MVP:BurnabyMountainguardJaceyBaileywasnamed theMVPat
theLowerMainlandAAAhigh school girls basketball championships.
PHOTOLARRYWRIGHT
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The St.Thomas MoreKnights marched into theB.C. high school AA
girlsbasketball championshipsafter a banner-winning ef-fort at the
Lower Mainlandchampionships.Leilani Carney was
named the MVP and STMteammates Zion Corrales-Nelson and Nikko
Sahagunwere both named all-starsfollowing a 56-33 victoryover
Little Flower Academyin the Mainland champion-ship nal at STM on
Sat-urday.As a team we really
wanted this. Its somethingwe wanted from the begin-ning of the
season, said Sa-hagun, who had 11 pointsfor the Knights in the
nalgame.From the opening tip-off,
STM came out with jump,building a 15-4 rst-quar-ter lead before
giving someof that momentum back tothe Angels, who made someground
with a strong sec-ond-quarter rally.But in the second half,
STM showed little quarter,holding the No. 5-rankedVancouver
independent tosingle-digits in both quar-ters, while also
dominatingat the offensive end.
I know my team has apowerful defence, and weused it today. Im
reallyproud of my team, said Sa-hagun.Corrales-Nelson led all
scorers with 14 points, sixrebounds and ve steals,while Carney
chipped inwith 11 points and four ofthe teams 23 total
thefts.Jessica Hanson had a
team-best 11 points for Lit-tle Flower.STM also controlled
the
backboards in the nal,hauling down 41 rebounds,including 19 off
the offen-sive glass.Nadine Stewart had a
game-high eight boards for
the Knights.Xenia Dumont came out
in the third quarter withthree quick buckets, whileCarney and
Sahagun nailedback-to-back threes to dou-ble the score to 38-19
late inthe frame.The Knights then opened
the nal quarter with acomeback-killing 11-2 start.In the
seminal, STM
survived a scare fromVan-couver rival Notre Dame,coming back
from six pointsdown in the nal four min-utes of play with a
game-changing 14-4 run to ad-vance to the championship
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GoodKnight:Leilani Carneywasnamed theLowerMainlandAAMVPfor
theSTMbasketball champions. PHOTOLARRYWRIGHTContinuedonpage19
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Ylya Malek booted EDCFC Burnaby into the nal