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With noregretsWhen Robin Esrock spent a yeartravelling the world
in 2005, heembarked on a quest to discoverthe common thread between
people acrossnationalities, genders, races and genera-tions.
He asked 1,732 peoplein 24 countries the samethree questions:
What doyou regret, what are yougrateful for, and whatinspires
you?
In answer to the firstquestion, the most com-mon response he
heardwas: I regret not travel-
ling more.Those were good words to hear for a
man of 29 who had recently left a steadyjob and cashed in his
savings for a round-the-world adventure.
Esrock grew up in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica and moved to
Vancouver in hisearly 20s to pursue a career in the
musicindustry.
He soon found success, but felt therehad to be something more to
life.
Fortunately for him, Esrock is the kindof guy who can see the
silver lining in anydark cloud.
So when he was hit by a car andknocked off his scooter on the
way to workone summer morning, he took the agonyof a broken kneecap
and months of reha-bilitation as a sign.
It was the luckiest break in every wayyou can say that, he said.
These things,
I think they start as a crazy idea. I thoughtwhy dont I go
travelling for a year? Andits like, no I cant do that; Im 29 years
old.Thats something that you do in your early20s.
But by then his knee had healed, he hada $20,000 insurance
settlement in the bank,and had recently left his job.
After a bit of research, Esrock realized
it would be possible to spend the next 12months exploring the
planet if he stuckto his budget and mostly to developingcountries.
It wasnt long before he foundhimself walking into a travel shop to
buy around-the-world ticket.
Leveraging his skills in web develop-ment and writing from his
earlier dayswith the BBC and Reuters, he launched a
website moderngonzo.com to post histravel updates and photos,
and pitched TheVancouver Sun to see if the paper wouldpick up his
articles. As luck would haveit, the newspaper was looking for a
travelwriter at that time and hired him on thespot.
Travelling man: Burnaby resident Robin Esrock, seen here in
Malaysia, began travelling theworld in 2005 after recovering from
an accident. He has asked 1,732 people what they regret andsays the
most common answer was, I regret not travelling more.
For a video ofEsrock scan
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Burnaby ER doctor says hospital short on staff, spaceER doctor
Joanne Rowell-
Wong, head of the emergencydepartment at Burnaby
GeneralHospital, is speaking out abouther concerns with
overcrowding
in the emergency room.Rowell-Wong said the facility
is filled to capacity on a regularbasis, and patients are not
beingseen in a timely manner.
Its quite frequent that wellhave over 20 admitted patients inour
ER and we have 21 stretchers
in those acute areas, she said.So it means that sick people they
have to sit in those chairs andthey have to stay in the
waitingroom.
Along with ER doctors at 18other hospitals around the prov-ince,
Burnaby General ER physi-
cians are joining in a campaign tohighlight the problem on the
B.C.Emergency Care website www.bcemergencycare.com.
In submitted videos on thesite, doctors from other
hospitalsdescribe patients being seen inwaiting areas because of a
lack
of beds; one waiting for up to 10hours with a fractured spine
andanother who had a heart attackbefore he could be assessed by
adoctor.
According to the website,
Photo courtesy of Robin Esrock/burnaby now
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Burnaby mayor Derek Corrigan is tak-ing issue with Housing
Minister RichColemans comments regarding a pieceof B.C. Housing
property for sale in theEdmonds neighbourhood.
In a March 27 article in the NOW, localMLA Raj Chouhan raised
concerns thatB.C. Housing was selling the propertyto balance the
budget instead of build-ing much-needed affordable
housing.Meanwhile, Corrigan characterized thesale as hypocritical,
stating that the prov-ince wants land from the City of Burnabyfor
social housing yet is selling its ownproperty on the open
market.
The province owns the 19,000-square-foot lot at the corner of
18th Avenue andSixth Street, which went up for sale inJanuary. The
property is part of a larger
plot that was split,and B.C. Housingused the other halffor
Liberty Place, anindependent livingfacility that openedin 2008.
In an emailedresponse from B.C.Housing, Colemanstated that the
Cityof Burnaby advisedthat they wouldnot permit anothersocial
housing proj-ect on the property,something Corrigancontests.
That man is sofast and loose with the truth, I think hejust
makes it up as he goes along. I thinkhes in desperation mode
because hes
been caught withhis pants down onthis one, Corrigansaid.
The provinceasked the City ofBurnaby to rezonethe land,
Corrigansaid.
B.C. Housinghad indicated therewas phase one andphase two. We
fullyexpected that theywould apply forphase 2. Instead,they held
that prop-erty for seven yearsand havent done
anything, and now they are selling it onthe open market for $2
million, and RichColeman realizes how hypocritical that
looks, to be asking us for property and atthe same time to be
selling property theyalready hold on the open market. So hestrying
to blame us, Corrigan said. Webelieved phase two meant that they
wouldbe doing a second project, not that theywould be selling the
property.
Weve gone through so many projectswith Coleman and his gang, in
which theytake us down the garden path and thencancel the project
over and over again,he added.
Coleman, on the other hand, main-tained that it was the City of
Burnaby thatdid not want more social housing at theEdmonds
site.
(Corrigan) obviously isnt payingattention to whats going on
around him,Coleman told the NOW. We developed20 units on there for
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Land sale: Its Corrigan versus Coleman
Weve gone through so many projects with Coleman and hisgang, in
which they take us down the garden path and then can-cel the
project over and over again. DEREK CORRIGAN, MAYOR OF BURNABY
Its just the typical thing that comes from this mayor. He
sayshes supportive, but this guys never stepped up to the plate
likeother municipalities have ... RICH COLEMAN, MINISTER OF
HOUSING
Rich ColemanMinister says Corriganisnt paying attention
Derek CorriganBurnaby Mayor lam-bastes Coleman
Jennifer Moreaustaff reporter
City homestruck twice
Burnaby RCMP are investigatinga second home invasion in one
weekat a residence along the 6600-block ofImperial Street.
The first incident happened lastweek,when two suspects forced
their wayinto the home. The same two suspectsreturned with a third
individual earlierthis week, again forcing their way intothe
home.
According to Cpl. Dave Reid of theBurnaby RCMP, police believe
the sus-pects are looking for drugs and havespecifically targeted
the residence.
The individual they were lookingfor basically kicked them out
(and) toldthem to leave, he said.
In both incidents there was a strugglebetween the homeowner and
the sus-pects. The homeowner sustained a fewscratches and was
pepper sprayed, butother than that there were no injuries,Reid
said.
Police believe the homeowner andthe suspects know each other.
The hom-eowner is known to police and Reid saidhe has been
cooperative throughout theinvestigation.
Theres no danger to other people inthe vicinity; this is
targeted, he said.
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For more photosof the model
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Wee wheels: Cindy Twyford, left, and daughter Kaylie Jeffrey
check out the displays atthe 29th annual model car contest and swap
meet, held by the Automotive Model Builders ofVancouver at the
Cameron Recreation Complex on Saturday.
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Burnaby NOW Friday, March 29, 2013 A03
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Burnaby General gets afailing grade for overcrowd-ing and a fair
grade fordoctor shortage.
In the past year, the hos-pital has hired two ER doc-tors and
increased doctorshours by 50 per cent in thepast four years,
accordingto Rowell-Wong, but shesaid these upgrades havenot fully
met patient needs.
The problem is thatweve added all these phy-sician hours, but we
cantwork efficiently if we cantput a person in a bed, shesaid.
Rowell-Wong notedFraser Health is workingwith the hospital to
allevi-ate some of the pressure byfunding upgrade projectsat
Burnaby Hospital, slatedfor completion within threeyears.
Earlier this month thehealth authority announceda $5.5 million
investment inupgrades, including the cre-ation of a supertrack
area
of the ER to separate urgentand non-urgent patients.
While doctors acknowl-edge the benefit of thisplan, the
continuing staffshortage remains a concern,Rowell-Wong
suggested.
Theres absolutely nocommitment to increasestaff, she said. So
wewill more than double ourspace here, but theres abso-lutely no
nursing that willbe increasing no supportstaff that will increase.
Sowe feel that this should bea reflection of the needs interms of
planning.
In a report on the bcemergencycare.com web-site called the B.C.
ERTreatment Plan ER doc-tors in B.C. are calling onthe provincial
governmentto fund an extra $10 millionannually to help
alleviatethis kind of problem in thehealth-care system.
The last time the B.C.government directlyincreased funding to
emer-gency rooms was in 2010.
B.C. Health Minister
Margaret MacDiarmid saidadding extra funding at thispoint is not
feasible, how-ever, without pulling fundsalready allocated to
otherareas in the health-care sys-tem.
The provincial govern-ment recently negotiateda $90 million
physicianmaster agreement with theBritish Columbia
MedicalAssociation, she noted.
What is very difficultfor us is for any physiciangroup to have
money overand above that extra moneyin the agreement, she said.We
have to find it withinour existing budget, so thatmeans stopping
doing oneof those other things, mostlikely. So it has a very
nega-tive impact.
MacDiarmid said she iscommitted to working withER doctors to
deal withtheir concerns but said pro-viding additional fundingis a
very difficult thing for(the government) to do.
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Hospitals: More funding needed
Its official. The Burnabyschool district is joining therest of
the Lower Mainlandand moving to a two-weekspring break, starting in
the2013/14 school year.
School trustees voted toadopt to a two-week breakat the March 26
schoolboard meeting.
Im pleased with thedecision, said districtsuperintendent
KevinKaardal. There are chal-lenges we need to try andaddress with
the supportof the community, some ofthose are child-care issuesand
families that may findchallenges in finding access,
so we need to do somework there, he added.Well work with parks
andrecreation and communitypartners to find support forchild care
or recreationalprograms during that weekthat are accessible to
every-one and affordable.
Kaardal said the moveto adopt a common calen-dar could
potentially savethe district a quarter of amillion dollars, and
newteachers looking for workmay be more interested inthe Burnaby
district, ratherthan opting for other dis-tricts that offer
two-weekspring breaks.
The school days will beextended slightly so thatstudents do not
lose out oninstructional time.
In terms of learning,its not the length of time,Kaardal said,
its the actu-ally engaged time, so weimprove the quality ofteaching
in our district.
Other districts withtwo-week breaks have notexperienced any
negativeimpacts on learning, headded.
Burnabys two-weekspring break starts in2013/14 and is
scheduledfrom March 17 to 28.
Burnaby and New
Westminster were the onlytwo remaining districts inthe Lower
Mainland with aone-week break, and NewWestminsters school trust-ees
also voted in favour atwo-week break at theirMarch 26 school
boardmeeting.
By Jennifer Moreau,staff reporter
A proposal for what could potentially beone of Burnabys tallest
towers standingat 46-storeys was withdrawn at a recentpublic
hearing held in councils chambers.
On March 19, three rezonings were upfor public input, but not
the highrise pro-posed for Gilmore Avenue with a three-storey
townhouse podium facing HalifaxStreet and a two-storey residential
amenitypodium that included a rooftop swimmingpool.
Coun. Colleen Jordan, who attendedthe public hearing, said she
could not com-ment on why the proposed tower waswithdrawn.
Now the proposal is in limbo it willeither go to a future public
hearing withchanges or not go ahead at all.
The sites developer is MilleniumDevelopment, which has developed
10otherhighrises in the city, includingMayfairPlace, Belvedere and
One UniversityCrescent in the SFU community.
The award-winning company alsodesigned and built the Olympic
VillageCommunity in Vancouver, covering 25acres with 21
multi-storey buildings and70,000 square feet of retail space. It
servedas the Athletes Village during the 2010Winter Olympic
Games.
According to a planning and buildingreport from the Feb. 25
council meeting,the site is made up of three lots on Gilmore,which
are currently zoned under the manu-facturing and industrial
district zoning. Adeli and sausage manufacturer, a vacantcar lot
and an auto body repair shop occupythe lots now.
If the proposal went through publichearing and had been later
approved bycouncil, it would have been designated fora
high-density, multiple family develop-ment part of the Brentwood
Town Centre
Development Plan.Under the density bonus program, about
$6.5 million would have been given to thecity as a cash-in-lieu
contribution for usetoward a future community amenity if
theproposal was approved.
Jordan pointed out at the Feb. 25 councilmeeting that the
developer had committedto providing two-zone transit passes for
twoyears for residents in up to 51 units, twicethe required secured
bicycle parking and34 electric vehicle plug-in stations, whichwould
have included all necessary wir-ing, electrical transformer and
mechanicalventilation modifications and four electricvehicles for
the future strata corporation.
There was also intent to pursue greenbuilding practices by
achieving a Silver(equivalency) rating under the Leadershipin
Energy and Environmental Design(LEED) program.
AdamNour ofMilleniumDevelopmentsdid not respond to the Burnaby
Nowsrequest for comment by press deadline.
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Proposed 46-storey Gilmore tower in limboOlympic Village
developerwithdraws proposalStefania Secciastaff reporter
Highrise: 1846, 1876 and 1904 GilmoreAve. site of the proposed
tower.
Spring break goes to two weeks
Larry Wright/burnaby now
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The woman at the centre of a civil suitlaunched by the Burnaby
school district isnow facing two criminal counts of fraud.
Jodi Fingarsen, whom the district allegesstole up to $100,000
from school coffers,was charged with two counts of fraud over$5,000
in February.
The Burnaby school district contactedRCMP about the case and
filed a separatecivil claim last June.
Burnaby RCMP spokesperson Cpl.David Reid said police recommended
anumber of charges against Fingarsen. TheCrown approved two, and
one is related toAltus Group, a real estate company.
While the Burnaby school districts civil
claim alleges Fingarsen took $100,000, Reidindicated the amount
was lower.
Theyre looking at an approximationof $60,000, Reid said. More of
an exactnumber should come out in the course ofthe trial.
Reid also said that civil cases tend to fol-low the criminal
trials.
The civil trial looks to see what is hap-peningwith the criminal
case first, he said.A civil trial does not require the (beyonda
reasonable doubt) standard of evidence acriminal trial does.
According to the school districts civilclaim, Fingarsen, a
former bookkeeper atAlpha Secondary, allegedly defraudedthe
district of $100,000 over a period ofthree years, mainly by cashing
fraudulentcheques.
The claim also alleges that Fingarsenfraudulently converted, for
her own useand for her own benefit, various amountsof cash received
from numerous sources asa result of fundraising activities,
donations,student fees and fees for field trips, etc.
The school district also named CIBC andVancity as defendants in
the suit. Vancity
was the drawee bank, and Fingarsen had atleast one personal
account with CIBC. Theclaim alleges CIBC honoured some of
thecheques with a forged endorsement or noendorsement at all.
None of the allegations have been prov-en in court. No one from
Altus Groupwould comment on the case.
Former school bookkeeper chargedwith fraudJennifer Moreaustaff
reporter
$1.4M for 10 city projects
Burnaby council approved $1.4 millionfrom capital reserves to
finance 10 parks,recreation and cultural services projectsfor
2013.
At the March 18 meeting, councilapproved $1,496,320, including
HST, to usefor projects for the Shadbolt Centre for theArts,
Burnaby Village Museum and parksacross the city.
The Shadbolt will receive $100,000to purchase equipment such as
potterywheels, pianos, safety equipment, programtents, stools,
storage carts and print storageunits.
The Burnaby Village Museum is setto get $245,000 for several
projects suchas various exterior and interior buildingupgrades, and
exhibit upgrades as well.
Theres $256,000 slated for the purchaseof mowers, pickup trucks,
a small truck-ster, a food services van and a cargo van to
improve service delivery, according to thestaff report.
Confederation, Westbridge and Centralparks will get a share of
$185,000 to reno-vate their tennis courts.
Suncrest Park and other wading poolsand spray parks have
$175,000 budget-ed for improvements and upgrades forlife cycle
replacement and to meet FraserHealth regulations.
The 25-year-old playground at ForestGrove Park is getting
replaced, and accessi-bility improvements at the site has
$175,000budgeted.
Deer Lake Park will have a boardwalkrenewal, additions, trail
constructionand safety upgrades to the lake trails for$125,000.
Taylor, Montecito and Stride schoolparks will share $75,000 for
resurfacing,fencing and other major repairs for its bas-ketball,
ball hockey and sports courts.
There are sufficient capital reserves forthe projects, according
to the staff report.
Stefania Secciastaff reporter
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Saturday mornings I occa-sionally attend the Frontiersof Modern
Physics lectureseries put on by TRIUMF, theUniversity of British
Columbiaand Simon FraserUniversity.
Its amazing whatyou can learn from aphysics lecture. Its also
inter-esting to see where your mindgoes during those rare
momentswhen youre not completely cap-tivated by the thrill of
scientificdiscovery.
My mind goes to people,starting with those in the room.Why are
we here, I wonder?
One Saturday I counted 39young people in the room, prob-ably
senior high school students.Why werent they sleeping inor working
at part-time jobs orjust hanging out together likewe used to do
when I was inhigh school? Did they all giveup their Saturday
morning forthe love of physics? Or werethey here to study and take
inas much as they can? No doubtweve encouraged them tobelieve that
post-secondary edu-cation is essential to their futuresurvival even
as weve madeit harder than ever to attendwith entrance requirements
andtuition fees raised to the strato-sphere. Then I wondered if
theyknew how much a degree willcost either them or their parentsor
both, or how hard it is gener-ally for young graduates to findgood
jobs today.
Thankfully, before my think-ing went too far down
thisincreasingly negative path, Ithought of the upside.
In my high school physicsclass, only three of 21students were
female,whereas womenmade up nearly half
of the young audience gath-ered. Everyone seemed genu-inely
interested in the lecture,which could serve them well as,according
to futurists, studentswho obtain science-relateddegrees will be
more likelyto find good jobs includ-ing young women, thanks
toimprovements in some areas ofwomens equality over time.
My mind returned to thelecture, content with the visionof these
brilliant young scien-tists working to address climatechange, food
security and otherserious issues in our world.
The next time my mind wan-dered, it was to think about thelives
of these young future scien-tists perhaps five, 10 or even 15years
later. A time in their liveswhen many of them may bethinking about
having children.
Alas, the story takes anotherdifficult twist here, as they
nowface the perfect storm of parent-hood in Canada. Since two
earn-ers barely bring home todaywhat one breadwinner did in
the1970s, weve gone from 40-hourwork weeks to closer to 80-hour
denr
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Throw the scripts away and let him speakI do not agree with what
you have to
say, but Ill defend to the death your rightto say it. The quote,
attributed to Voltaire,gets pulled out a lot to back freedom
ofspeech arguments. This time is no excep-tion.
Conservative MP MarkWarawa rose in the House ofCommons this past
week to askthe speaker of the house to rulethat his privileges as
an MP had been vio-lated because his partys leadership wasnot
allowing him to speak on an emotionalissue he feels strongly
about.
The emotional issue is abortion.Warawa is vociferously
anti-abortion,
or anti-choice, depending upon your per-sonal take on the always
controversialsubject.
Prime Minister StephenHarper has publicly said he willnot
re-open the abortion debate.
And he surely doesnt wanthis troops whipping up a con-
troversy that might be used in an anti-Conservative
campaign.
Conservative party leaders likenedgagging Warawa to making sure
that the
team kept to the game plan. There werea lot of analogies to
sitting on the benchand referees.
Its no secret that political par-ties orchestrate debate in the
House ofCommons. While it may not be scriptedword-for-word, the
players all know theirparts and usually stick to them.
Warawa doesnt want to stick to thescript, and he, in our
opinion, is right. Heis accountable to his constituents. If
hethinks hes acting on their behalf and theywant him to ignite the
abortion debate then no party hack should stop him.
Green Party leader Elizabeth May saidWarawas battle is very
important. She isquoted as saying, It cuts to the core ofwhat is
wrong with parliamentary democ-racy.
NDP House Leader Nathan Cullen saidhis party does not vet
statements made byits MPs in the 15 minutes prior to
questionperiod. But we doubt very much if NDPMPs ever stray far
from their scripts.
We say, let Warawa speak. If he cantshut up thats another matter
but, fornow, he should rightly exercise his free-dom of speech.
Scientific mindsof the future
Letter writers are way off baseDear Editor:
A couple of your contributors are way off basein their opinions.
Lets look at the opinion of TrevorRitchie, who suggested the City
of Burnaby fundchild care but admits that child care is a
provincialresponsibility. Can you imagine the joy the Liberalswould
feel at the thought of downloading yet anoth-er of their
responsibilities onto the municipalities, sothey can then dream up
even more bizarre ways towaste taxpayers money? Bottom line is that
childcare is a provincial responsibility, they collect taxesto pay
for it, so insist they properly fund it.
Then we have Michael Taylor who has the nerveto suggest that
Christy Clark and her roving band
of misfits cares about the children of B.C., when thetruth is
all they really care about is hanging ontopower, even if it means
lies, cover-ups and decep-tions to accomplish that.
To suggest she has shown the people of B.C. shebelieves in
balanced budgets is bizarre and asinineconsidering the Liberals
arent even honest enoughto include the massive debt B.C. Hydro
finds itself in.Im referring to the deferred debt the auditor
generalhas indicated should be shown on the provincesbooks as a
liability.
Instead, they continue to pretend that all is rightin B.C., when
the majority of people in B.C. knowperfectly well its anything but
close to being all right,hence the Liberals present standings in
the polls.
Wayne McQueen, Burnaby
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work weeks. The result?Generations raising youngchildren are
squeezedfor time at home. Theyare squeezed for incomebecause the
extra hours ofwork dont make up forthe fact that housing pricesare
nearly double evenwhen many young peoplelive in condos or
tradeyards for time-consum-ing commutes. They aresqueezed for
services likechild care that are essentialfor working parents,
butremain in short supplyand cost more than uni-versity.
These issues are daunt-ing. But there are solu-tions and theyre
notrocket science. They justrequire us to once againcome together
as a nationto respond to changes inour world that are beyondthe
individual control ofgenerations X and Y, alsoreferred to as
GenerationSqueeze.
A generation ago wecreated pensions and pub-
lic health care, workingcollectively and effectivelyto address a
pressing prob-lem of the day: povertyamong seniors. The result?As a
group, seniors nowhave one of the lowestpoverty rates in
Canada.
To this day, Canadiansrightly cherish these andother social
programsthat prioritize older gen-erations. So why is it thatsince
then weve beenunwilling to narrow thegenerational spendinggap by
introducing newsocial programs to addressthe issues that are
criticalfor younger generationstoday?
Multiple internationalreports show, for example,that when it
comes topublic policies for fam-ilies with young children,Canada
lags behind mostdeveloped countries. Ourcountry isnt making
itpossible for most dadsand moms to share 18months at home with
anew baby, find and affordquality child care services
or access other work-lifebalance measures. Ourpoor international
recordreflects in part that ourgovernments spend just$12,000 per
young personeach year, compared toaround $45,000 per retiree.
Thats why Im work-ing to make GenerationSqueeze a priority
inCanada and reaching outto my fellow baby boom-ers for help. I
believe thatmost of us want to protectimportant social programslike
health care and pen-sions, without sacrificingour childrens present
andour grandchildrens future.Working together again,we can achieve
this bettergenerational deal onethat gives all generations
achance.
Find out more at www.gensqueeze.ca and contactme at
[email protected].
Lynell Anderson is thesenior community research-er for
Generation Squeeze.This is one of a series of col-umns running in
the NOW.
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Youth: Facing challenges
New career for ClarkDear Editor:
Re:Premiermixespizza,politics,BurnabyNOW,March 22.
OK, sonowPremierChristyClarkknowshow to properly cover up two
things pizza dough with tomato sauce (well done,I must say) and one
political misstep withanother (so she thinks/tries anyway.)
The difference between the two? If youmess up one pizza, it will
only cost you per-sonally pizza dough and a scoop of toma-to sauce.
When you mess up in directing agovernment with honesty and
prudence, itwill cost all of us taxpayers.
Clark, allegedly, is singling out Burnabyas the decisive factor
in winning the provin-cial election. I have no idea what shes
beensmoking but, in my opinion, she mightwant to seriously think
about perfecting herpizza-making, as I believe theres alwaysdemand
for a good pizza-maker.
Frank Di Cesare, Burnaby
Puzzling out pipeline factsDear Editor:
I was in the supermarket the otherday and someone asked me about
what Ithought about all the pipeline proposalsbeing talked about
recently. The three that
came to mind were the Northern Gateway,the twinning of the
KinderMorgan pipelineand the Northern Trails natural gas pipe-line.
My honest response was that I wasagainst all three.
Howwill we pay for our education andhealthcare? he asked.
The crux of the argument for expandedfracking and tar sands
development is wecannot afford not to do it. Federal and
pro-vincial government, and gas industry, adspoint to the
importance of these revenuesto fund health and education.
In fact, in 2011 oil, gas and mineral rev-enues composed only
5.4 per cent of gov-ernment revenue. Moreover, much of thatmoney
was returned to the industry as anatural resources and economic
develop-ment expense $1.2 billion.
We must also keep in mind that wealready have an operating
pipeline and arefinery. We have more oil than we need,yet we only
refine one-third of it for our-selves. British Columbians consume
only 15per cent of the natural gas we produce.
I think if people were given the factswithout the spin and
without the fear-mon-gering, they would choose to transition toa
greener more local economy sooner. Thefact is, we have choices.
Rick McGowan, Green party candidate forBurnaby-Deer Lake
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B.C., and after we were done that, we said to the city,Were
happy to do another project down there for socialhousing. They are
the ones that told us no. They didnot want another social housing
project on this site, theywanted it to go to market housing, and so
frankly, we aretaking it to the market because thats what the city
askedfor.
Its just the typical thing that comes from this mayor.He says
hes supportive, but this guys never steppedup to the plate like
other municipalities have for thingslike development cost charges
and coming up with anyland at all for municipal benefit, Coleman
said, addingthere was no sense in holding onto a piece of land
B.C.Housing cant use for its mandate, so the province will sellit
and invest the money in another community.
Its a very typical Burnaby issue. The mayor doesntsupport
supportive housing in his community with any-thing except to say
the province should pay for it all.All around him in New
Westminster, Coquitlam,Vancouver, Richmond municipalities are
working withus to buy land, change densities, find abilities to
dealwith some of the social issues in the communities. Yourmayor
happens to believe they should not participate,Coleman said. The
reality is the people of Burnaby arepaying higher property taxes
because of the pressure ofnot dealing with these social issues in
the community,with policing and other agencies in your community.
Youhave, in Burnaby, a very good group of people that like tohave
proper shelter for people so they can take care of themost
disenfranchised in that community where they cantget the support of
the mayor.
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Ishwar L. Maisuria leads adouble life.By day, the Burnaby
resi-dent is a hairdresser at HarmonyHairworks on Sixth Street, and
atnight, he brings films to life.
But these two creative careersare far from being in conflictwith
each other. Just step into hisfamily-owned hair salon and
theevidence of his passion for bothhairstyle and movies is all
overthe place.
The floor is black-and-whitetiled, the chairs are the
classicblack barbershop style, with ablue, red and
white-stripedpole spinning in the corner, andon the walls, there
are vintageframed photos of both Indianand Hollywood movie icons.
Aglass case in the middle of theroom holds a
museum-worthyassortment of old-fashionedcameras and film editing
equip-ment.
While he cuts clients hair,Maisuria talks film.
This place becomes a work-shop for my ideas, he said,noting he
sometimes brings hislaptop in for his clients to see hislatest
editing work and get theirfeedback.
I want to pay tribute to myclients because theyre my num-ber one
fans, he said.
Maisurias parents also workat the shop every day, and arehappy
to display their sonsmovie memorabilia, and now,his own movie
poster, on theirwalls.
We are so proud, saidSavita Lal, Maisurias mother, ofher sons
blossoming career.
Maisurias first feature-lengthfilm, called In The End,
garneredan Award of Merit at the IndieFest in La Jolla, California
lastfall, and has won an Excellencein Filmmaking Award to
bepresented at the CanadianInternational Film Festival inVancouver,
April 5 and 6.
The film was shot in Burnaby,New Westminster, Vancouverand West
Vancouver, and wasedited entirely by Maisuria him-self on his
laptop over the courseof a year.
The plot revolves around aman whose wife leaves him foranother
man, and soon afterhe finds himself working as aphotographer for a
private detec-tive who works for those whosuspect their partners of
beingunfaithful. The plot takes a few
twists and turns and pays hom-age to both Alfred Hitchcocksstyle
of suspense and intrigueand to Canadian filmmakerAtom Egoyans talky
scriptstyle.
When hes not cutting hair,or working on his own movies,Maisuria
says he loves to watchHitchcocks classics on Netflixand seek out
other independentfilms.
Im Canadian, so Imexposed to all this amazing cin-ema here, he
said.
Maisurias interest in bothhairstyling and filmmakingstarted
early.
Born in Labasa, Fiji, he andhis three siblings spent mostof
their early childhood hang-ing around their dads barber-shop. When
he wasnt there,Maisurias parents knew theycould find him at the
cinemaright next door.
My afternoons and eveningswere spent at the movies, and Iloved
it, he said.
The theatre screened every-thing from the Hollywood clas-sics
like Star Wars to popularIndian movies, giving Maisuriaan
invaluable breadth of expo-
sure to the world of film.After the family moved to
Port Hardy, B.C. in 1980 whenhe was 12, Maisuria
discoveredphotography and became theyearbook guy in his first year
ofschool in Canada.
From there, his educationin photography at MalaspinaCollege in
Nanaimo led him tostudy film at Vancouver FilmSchool, and later to
get a Masterof Arts degree at Simon FraserUniversity.
For all his training, however,Maisuria believes the best way
toget into filmmaking is to simplyget a camera, find some
friendswho can act, and give it a go.
Not that its an easy road, henoted.
I dont think anybody whosnot passionate about it shouldeven try
it, he suggested. Its alot of hard work.
For his next film, Maisuriasaid he plans to do a
NapoleonDynamite-style comedy abouthim and his First Nations
bestfriend as kids in Port Hardy.
For more information aboutMaisurias film, In The End,
visitwww.intheendmovie.com or call604-644-8365.
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In the limelight: Ishwar L. Maisuria likes to discuss his
scripts, films and ideas for future productions withhis clients,
who range from kids to seniors, at his family-owned hair salon,
Harmony Hairworks. Above,Maisuria with a poster for his film, In
The End, produced last year. Below, Maisuria styling a young
clientshair.
Hairdresser by day, filmmaker by night
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If youre looking forsomething fun to do withthe kids this Easter
longweekend, the B.C. Societyof Model Engineers is run-ning
miniature train ridesthrough ConfederationPark till Monday.
The society is celebrat-ing its 20th anniversary atthe
Confederation site, andthe train rides start todayand run every
weekenduntil Thanksgiving.
Youre never too oldto play with trains, saidlongtime society
memberIan MacGregor. And bythe way, we build all these
things. Its real engineer-ing, but one-eighth of thefull
size.
The B.C. Society ofModel Engineersformed in 1929and is one of
theoldest model engi-neering societiesin North America,MacGregor
said.Members spendtheir time volun-teering to give trainrides,
working on steamengine replicas and main-taining the tracks.
The society has been inthe city for more than 35
years and was originallybased at Burnaby VillageMuseum but moved
toConfederation Park 20
years ago.Werebuilt this
site, literally. Wetransformed (it),we got mountainsand tunnels,
andweve got bridges.Its close to twomiles of track,MacGregor
said.
The Confederation Parktrain station opens Friday,March 29, to
Monday,April 1, from 11 a.m. to5 p.m. The train rides are
$2.50 for a 12- to 15-minuteride. Children under threeride for
free. The station isat 120 North WillingdonAve.
Best deal in town,MacGregor said.
AccordingtoMacGregor,the society gave 52,000rides last year.
People loveit, MacGregor said, andsome parents and grand-parents
who rode the trainas children bring the kidsand grandkids.
Its a huge amount offun, MacGregor said.
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Whats up for Easter weekendPeter Cottontail is hoppingon down
the bunny trailinto Burnaby this weekendand there are plenty of fun
eventsplanned for his arrival. But Easterevents for the kids arent
the onlythings happening thereis lots going on in the city.
Were continuingwith our popular feature our staffs Top 5
(OrMore) Things To Do ThisWeekend. Heres our listfor the holiday
weekend.
1Get decoratingUkrainian eggswith the UkrainianCommunity Society
atLougheed Town Centrethis weekend.
This beautiful art formwill be showcased in theshopping centre
nearLondon Drugs.
Tools and supplies will also be onsale at the event, and the
society isalso running workshops on how tomake your own Ukrainian
eggs.
2Get brunching at The RiverwayClubhouse or EBO Restaurantand
Lounge. The Clubhouse is offer-ing an Easter brunch buffet from
10a.m. to 3 p.m. for $35 per person.Reservations are
recommended.
EBO Restaurant has brunch seat-ings at 10:30 and 11 a.m., and 1
and1:30 p.m. The cost is $39.95 per per-
son, with six to 12-year-olds at halfprice, and children up to
five yearsold eat free.
3Get hunting for eggs and for aglimpse of the Easter Bunny
inBurnaby. The Easter Bunny is mak-
ing an appearance atLougheed Town Centreon Saturday, with
meetand greet times between11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Mossop the Bunnyis at Brentwood TownCentre on
Saturday,auditioning to beBrentwoods EasterBunny at the BunnysGot
Talent show at 11a.m., with crafts to fol-low.
There is also aBunny Hop Skate at BillCopeland Sports Centrefrom
12:30 to 3 p.m. on
Saturday, as well.For those on the hunt for eggs,
theres an Easter egg hunt for thekids at CG Brown pool on
Sundaybetween noon and 1:30 p.m.
4Get watching ONE, a multi-disci-plinary take on the Greek myth
ofOrpheus and Eurydice.
The production, put on by GhostRiver Theatre, focuses on
Philistine,a librarian who searches for the loveof her life,
George, an astronomerwho was lost at sea.
The show was created by JasonCarnew and is directed by Eric
Rose.
There are performances onFriday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at
theShadbolt Centre for the Arts. Fortickets, go to
tickets.shadboltcentre.com
5Get buying chocolate at localshops such as Charlies
ChocolateFactory, located at 3746 CanadaWay.
Another option is ChezChristophe Chocolaterie Patisserie,which
opened recently in theHeights at 4712 Hastings St.Chocolatier
Christophe Bonzonhas been preparing his deliciouschocolate egg
sculptures for theholiday. Go to the Chez ChristopheChocolaterie
Patisserie page onFacebook for more information.
And there are always plenty oftoys and treats at other local
busi-ness and the citys three shoppingcentres Lougheed and
Brentwoodtown centres and Metropolis atMetrotown.
Email your Top 5 ideas to calendar@
burnabynow.com or to [email protected]. You can also
checkout our full arts and events calendarlistings on our websites
homepage atwww.burnabynow.com.
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A14 Friday, March 29, 2013 Burnaby NOW
Burnaby actors shine in Oklahoma!
The musical of music-als is set to hit thestage April 11
atMassey Theatre, and sev-eral Burnaby actors will bejoining the
cast of RoyalCity Musical Theatresspring production ofOklahoma!
The 44-member castincludes locals SandraHead as Aunt
Eller,Brendan Cuff as WillParker and Angela Kingas a dancer, and
the dancecaptain of the show.
From the well-knownOh, What a BeautifulMorning, to the
classicOklahoma!, audiences canexpect to hear their favour-ite
numbers in this pro-duction of the musical thatcelebrates its 70th
anniver-sary this year.
Preview shows will beheld April 11 and 12, andthe show runs
April 13 to27, with showtimes at 8p.m., and 2 p.m. matineson
Saturdays and Sundays.
Tickets range from $20to $40, with special ratesfor seniors and
students,available at www. masseytheatre.com or by call-ing
604-521-5050.
Family Round Up Dayis Sunday, April 14, witha 2 p.m. show with
specialprices buy two adulttickets and get two childor senior
tickets free.
The Massey Theatre islocated at 735 Eighth Ave.in New
Westminster.
For more informationvisit www.royalcitymusicaltheatre.com.
SFU student winsA Simon Fraser
University graduate
student has taken thetop prize for deliver-ing an engaging,
albeitshort, presentation on hisunusual research project.
Mike Henrey, a studentin the engineering depart-ment, was a
participant inthe recent Three-minuteThesis (3MT) competitionfinals
at SFUs Burnabycampus, in which gradu-ate students had just
threeminutes to wow judgesand the public with theirsubjects.
Henrey took home$1,500 for the judged ele-ment and $500 for
peopleschoice award for a shortshowcase of his researchon testing
simulated geckoadhesives in outer space.
He said his win wasdue to his ability to tell agood story about
his work.
I put a lot of effort intotrying to sell the robot,he said in a
press release.I framed it as a problemwith an interesting solu-tion
that I thought wouldcaptivate people.
In the presentation,Henrey explained how thesix-legged robot he
builtuses a simulated geckoadhesive to attach itselfto a satellites
exterior. Healso explained his testingof the adhesive in a
space-like environment at theEuropean Space Agency inthe
Netherlands last sum-mer.
Henreys research paperwill appear in an upcom-ing issue of the
Journalof Aerospace Science andTechnology. He and sixother top
presenters fromthis competition at otherB.C. universities will
showoff their research-recap-ping abilities once againat the 3MT,
B.C. winnersshowcase next month.
The free public eventwill be held at theUniversity of
BritishColumbia, from 3:30 to 5p.m. on April 3.
Art all over townSpring has sprung and
art is popping up in galler-ies from Deer Lake Park toBurnaby
Mountain.
At the Deer LakeGallery, Rite of Spring ison display from April
5 to27, showing the intersec-tion between Stravinskysballet and the
domesticritual of spring clean-ing through a varietyof media. The
gallery islocated at 6584 Deer LakeAve. and is open Tuesdayto
Sunday from noon to 4
p.m. For information, call604-298-7322 or visit
www.burnabyartscouncil.org.
At the Burnaby ArtGallery, Arts Alive runsfrom April 19 to May
19,showcasing a selection ofstudent paintings, draw-ings and
sculptures fromseveral Burnaby schools.An opening receptionwill be
held on April 18from 5 to 7 p.m., free forall ages. The gallery
islocated at 6344 Deer LakeAve. and is open Tuesdayto Friday, from
10 a.m. to4:30 p.m. and Saturdays
and Sundays from noon to5 p.m. Admission is free.
On Lunch B.A.G. Day,April 26, from noon to 1p.m., the gallery is
offeringa tour and lunch for $12,which includes dessert, teaand
coffee. To register orfor more information, call604-297-4422 or
visit www.burnabyartgallery.ca.
At the Simon FraserUniversity art gallery onBurnaby Mountain,
anexhibition called WildNew Territories is on dis-play until April
13. Thisgroup exhibit features the
works of international andlocal artists and exploresthe
connection betweenculture and nature andhow these relate to
theuncertainty of a changingenvironment.
The gallery is locatedin Academic Quadrangle3004 at 8888
UniversityDr. on Burnaby Mountain.Hours are noon to 5 p.m.,from
Tuesday to Saturday.For more information,phone 778-782-4266 or
visitwww.sfu.ca/artgallery.
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At the time, it wasnt like I wanted tobe a travel writer, or I
wanted to write abook, he said. I (was just) going to writemy story
for a year because this was theyear. After this, no excuses, youve
got tocome back, youve got to grow up, get aresponsible job and
then, you know, moveon with your life.
But right from the first article, Esrockswriting resonated with
Lower Mainlandreaders and he generated a huge follow-ing online.
The paper soon requested hiscolumn become a weekly, rather than
amonthly gig, and he realized hed foundhis calling.
Thats effectively how I became atravel writer, he said.
Esrock was soon freelancing for news-papers and magazines around
the world.
His biggest break came when hepitched an idea for a TV show and
severalnetworks picked it up.
World Travels is a behind the bylinetravel writer series that
follows Esrockand his fellow Canadian travel writer,Julia Dimon, on
their adventures. They co-produced, wrote and starred in the
show,which spanned 40 episodes and took themto 36 countries in
three years. Today, itsseen in more than 100 countries in 21
lan-guages.
During his travels, Esrock swam withsharks and crocodiles,
hang-glided, sky-dived, visited the Ferrari and
Lamborghinifactories in Italy to test-drive their cars,and
bungy-jumped off the worlds tallesttower in Macau, China.
Hes stayed in some of the worlds bestresorts and dined on a wide
variety ofcuisines.
To date, hes been to 107 countries onsix continents.
For all the excitement and satisfactionof knowing hes sucked the
marrow out oflife, however, Esrock says being a travelwriter is
definitely not all fun and games.
Youre not going to get rich, and itsnot going to be a holiday,
he said. Andyoure going to work really hard to keepall your friends
because nobodys going toknow when youre gone. Youre going tomeet
people and have these intense, shortbursts of relationships, and
youll prob-ably never see them again. So its not foreverybody.
But it was for him, and it did scratchthat restless itch Esrock
had felt for solong. Had he not taken the risk of launch-ing
himself into the world, not knowingwhere hed be after a year, or
what hewould learn about himself and the world,Esrock says he knows
he, too, would havefelt the heavy regret of not travelling
more.
I think I would have been someonevery disappointed with life, he
said. Iwas one of those kids who was alwayslike, Theres got to be
more.
After living out of a backpack for fiveyears, Esrock eventually
met his wife backin Vancouver, and the couple now has ahome in
Burnaby and a baby on the way.
He may have more reason to stay putat least for a little while
now, but he sayshes got no plans to quit his rambling waysanytime
soon, even with a baby in tow.
Ive become addicted to scenerychanging, he said. This is my safe
spacehere, but I get bored out of my mind inVancouver. Things need
to change. Eventhe forests, I find, can get quite claustro-phobic.
Its just great to go into the Rockiesand then go into the prairies.
The prairies
are amazing.Esrocks next adventure will take him
and his family this summer on a road tripacross Canada, to
promote his first book The Great Canadian Bucket List a
compila-tion of 115 of the best adventure activitiesthat can only
be found in this country.
The book will hit bookshelves at air-ports and major bookstores
in October.
And after that? Well, hell cross thatbridge when he gets to
it.
This whole life is all about not stress-ing too much about
tomorrow worryingabout where your next paycheck is com-ing from, he
said. It just happens, right?Things just happen.
For more about Robin Esrock, visitwww.robinesrock.com.
Writing: Led to World Travels TV show, with 40 episodes in 36
countriescontinued from page 1
New friends: Burnaby man Robin Esrock gets up close and personal
with a wisenew friend in Prague while travelling the world.
Photo courtesy of Robin Esrock/burnaby now
Rastaman: Robin Esrock found himself in Jamaica during his
extensive globe-trotting just one of the 36 countries hes
visited.
Photo courtesy of Robin Esrock/burnaby now
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in a structured and organizedactivity, neither of which
isnecessarily bad, but they dontallow for a personal connec-tion
with nature certainlynot a connection that wouldlead to the
building of the cha-pel in the woods on the edgeof the lake.
Think about how your kids canconnect with nature. Ironicallythey
are probably aware ofmany natural phenomena suchas climate change,
ooding ordrought, farmed versus wildsalmon or the concerns aboutthe
low bird count this year.
But while they care aboutthese things, its primarily
aca-demic.
Our kids need to get some dirtunder their nails, to feel the
earth, to experience nature ina natural way and to
challengethemselves at the park, in thebush or even in their own
backyards.
It has been interesting towatch the National HockeyLeague
outdoor winter classicin past years. This was a regu-lar hockey
game but it wasplayed outdoors, in winter.Wow! The joy was in
watchingthe players.
They became excited kids;they recalled their days ofplaying on
the local outdoorrink or pond when they weregrowing up. Sidney
Crosby, aNova Scotia native and an NHLstar who played in the
gamesaid: Growing up, I playeda lot outside. When you see70,000
people jammed into astadium to watch hockey, itsa good sign. The
atmosphereand environment, I dont thinkyou can beat that. And
duringthe game all the commenta-tors started reminiscing abouttheir
childhood experiences.
OK, we dont have outdoorskating on the LowerMainland,but the
point is that any activi-ty that we experience in natureis
different. Swimming in poolsis nice but getting into a lake,
river or the ocean is completelydifferent. Its more real.
Wereconnected with the natural en-vironment for swimming.
Give your kids the gift of na-ture. Start with your yard
orneighbourhood. Let them ex-plore in their own way. Maybeyour
child will choose to squaton the lawn and watch a pa-rade of ants
returning home.Or youll see her roll around,feeling the grass all
over herbody. Or hell nd a tree toclimb.
Then go to the local park andlet them decide what to do.Expand
to the beach, to largerparks and nature centres.
Its not difcult. Just nd plac-es that are outdoors, dress
thekids in clothing that can getdirty and will keep them warmand
reasonably dry and letthem go.
We live surrounded by nature.Lets send our kids out to play.
Kathy Lynn is a parentingspeaker, broadcaster, col-umnist and
author of WhosIn Charge Anyway? and ButNobody Told Me Id Ever
Haveto Leave Home. For infor-mation, visit her website
atwww.ParentingToday.ca.
Introduce your kids tothe great outdoors
outside play
Iwas a skinny teenager,all angles and bones. Iweighed about 98
poundssoaking wet.
One summer I was a juniorcamp counsellor and took ona special
project. Along withinterested campers I identieda plateau in the
bush, lookingout over the lake. A perfectspot, I gured, to sit and
con-template nature. A perfectspot for a chapel.
Now I need to add that I wasnot only a skinny little thing;I was
not very strong and
tended to bemarginally clum-sy. But I knew what I wantedand over
the weeks built thechapel using at-sided logsas seats. Every spare
momentwas spent digging, haulingand organizing the space. Idont
think I was totally cleanfor weeks.
Itwas oneofmymost amazingaccomplishments. One eve-ning, I led
the parade of all thecampers and staff to our newchapel. It was
dusk and we setcandles on sticks and let themoat out over the lake.
It was amagical moment.
And I wonder, would it havehappened today? Would I, askinny
urban teenager be con-nected enough to nature towant to do all that
work in or-der to simply sit and look outover the lake? Would I
chooseto engage in grubby and hard
work just for a dream?
I was a city kid and today I ama thoroughly urban woman.But when
I tote up my ac-complishments to date, this isalways on the list.
So how didit happen or, more important-ly, why is it so unlikely
that itwould happen again?
And the answer is simple.I played outdoors. Even if Ichose to
simply sit and readI would do it resting my backagainst the broad
and sup-portive trunk of the big mapletree in our yard. I dug in
thesand, swung high over theraspberry canes, climbed treesand raced
up and down theblock with the other kids.
Today, I would be sitting infront of the computer or hang-ing
out at the mall. If I wereoutside I would be engaged
About Kidsall
By Kathy LynnParenting Expert
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