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Burnaby’s Luca Piccolo, who has cystic fibrosis, will be this year’s ambassador for BC Children’s Hospital. Story Page A3
Bby man stabbed in Vancouver, Surrey man charged
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Jarvis and Bev Wice, of Salmon Arm, show off the medals they earned in table tennis and track at the closing ceremonies for the 2012 BC Seniors Games, held at Michael J. Fox Theatre on Saturday. More than 3,700 athletes aged 55 and over competed for four days in 26 events at 28 different venues around Burnaby. For more photos, go to pages 12 and 13 as well as online at www.burnabynewsleader.com.
Seniors Games a sensational hit Organizers get ‘great feedback’ from participants Wanda Chow
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It will be another month or two before organizers of the BC Seniors Games in Burnaby have final financial numbers, but on Monday it appeared to have been a hit with participants, according to Games chair Darlene Gering. “We had great feedback from the participants, they thought the Games were superb, very well organized and run ... they had a lot of fun,” Gering said. At the volunteer appreciation event on Sunday,
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many thanked organizers for the opportunity and expressed a willingness to sign up to help for a future event. “From our opening ceremonies to all the 26 different events, everything went very smoothly,” said Gering. Organizers have documented its operations and processes and will present it to the BC Seniors Games Society as a legacy for possible use by future organizing committees. The annual event is in Kamloops next year and in Langley in 2014. Gering said it was “so inspiring” to see seniors being so active noting she watched an 85-year-old cyclist ride up Burnaby Mountain and “they were
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just having a great time.” In all, there were about 3,700 participants. Of those, 800 hailed from the Lower Mainland, and another 1,000 live in the Fraser Valley, Gering said. The rest would have come from the rest of British Columbia, and stayed with friends and family or at local hotels. Matthew Coyne, executive director of Tourism Burnaby, said all of Burnaby’s hotels were booked solid during the event. In fact, his office tried to help a couple from Dawson Creek after they encountered a mixup with their hotel reservation. Please see GAMES, A8
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A 20-year-old Surrey man has been charged after a Burnaby man was stabbed in Vancouver early Saturday morning, say Vancouver Police. At about 1 a.m. Aug. 25, police responded to reports of a man being stabbed after a verbal altercation between two men escalated into a physical fight outside the Anza Club at West Eighth Avenue and Ontario Street. Police found the suspect in the 100-block of East Broadway and arrested him without incident. The victim, a 32-year-old Burnaby man, was taken to hospital with a stab wound to the stomach. He is expected to make a full recovery. Gbassay MagonaKallon, 20, of Surrey is charged with assault with a weapon and aggravated assault. He is not previously known to police and was released from custody on a recognizance. His next court appearance is on Sept. 4 at 11:30 a.m.