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a local woman has suffered a serious dog attack while on the job at a local pet store. See page A3
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lou beaubien, a longtime volunteer with the burnaby amateur radio Club, is this year’s winner of the Kushiro Cup as burnaby’s citizen of the year.
Lou Beaubien is citizen of the year Longtime radio buff helped set up emergency radio station Wanda chow
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Lou Beaubien always likes to give credit where it’s due. The Burnaby resident loves to tell the story of how, while attending a function in the 1980s at by thenpremier Bill Bennett, Beaubien’s mother stood up and announced she had a gift for the premier’s wife, Audrey. She presented Audrey with
dogwood flowers sewn from cloth, bringing the premier’s wife to tears, saying out of all the functions she’d attended, no one had ever before made such a gesture. “I never forgot that story,” said Beaubien, who noted that when he manages staff or volunteers he always makes sure to give credit to people for their ideas and efforts. Now it’s Beaubien’s turn. The 79-year-old Brentwood-area resident has been named the winner of the Kushiro Cup for Burnaby’s 2012 outstanding citizen of the year. Along with his efforts on behalf
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of the Knights of Columbus Council 5423, whose members nominated him, Beaubien’s community work includes much to do with radios and electronics. He’s been a member of the Burnaby Amateur Radio Club since 1977, he helped with radio equipment and antenna work in the planning of both the old Eastburn and new Edmonds community centres, he’s active with Burnaby Radio and Communications Emergency Services. And he was instrumental in establishing an amateur radio station at the
Burnaby Red Cross for emergencies. During last year’s BC Seniors Games he served as chair of the courtesy car division, which provided rides for participants between their hotels and event venues. Beaubien oversaw more than 100 volunteers giving rides in 40 vehicles and he’s quick to point out how it ran so smoothly thanks to the commercial radio system provided by local sponsor Glentel. His love of radios goes way back, to the days before there was television. please see ‘vEry prouD’, A4
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With the writ being dropped Tuesday for the May 14 provincial election, it’s game time. For Burnaby voters, politicians and pundits, the scorecard is pretty plain: the New Democrats or the affiliated Burnaby Citizens’ Association currently hold every available Burnaby seat on city council, school board and in Parliament. The question is, can the NDP sweep Burnaby in the provincial legislature? Currently, the city’s four seats are evenly split, interestingly along north-south lines. NDP’s Kathy Corrigan holds Burnaby-Deer Lake while Raj Chouhan has Burnaby-Edmonds. In the north, the BC Liberals’ Richard Lee (Burnaby North) and Harry Bloy (BurnabyLougheed) have held their seats since the Liberal landslide victory of 2001. After years as a backbencher, Bloy’s current term ended with a six-month stint as social development minister and his resignation from cabinet following a controversial leaking of a Province reporter’s email to the subject of his investigation. please see pipElinE, A3