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OctOber 25 2013 www.burnabynewsleader.com
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City told not to be Big Brother Resident says homeowners should have say about trees Wanda chow
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Dan evans and Jack brown take advantage of beautiful fall weather to catch up at Deer lake park.
Fireworks bylaw, but no consequences Use of fireworks subject to rules in bylaw, but no fines; McDonell to raise issue at city hall Wanda chow
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When a South Burnaby resident answered a knock at his door last Saturday, what he saw was the last thing he expected. A neighbour was alerting him that his 10-foot-plus-high cedar hedge was on fire. “I used a hose to try to extinguish
the fire, but the fire is fast and we was youths playing with fireworks. can’t control it, so I called 911,” said “I heard the sound of fireworks the resident, Mr. Hsu, who but we think maybe they’re declined to give his first name. far from my house. I never “I’m shocked because the fire think they’re just outside my was very, very big and very door.” fast.” The fire, which started He lives in a duplex at the about 7:30 p.m. on Oct. corner of Burns Street and 19, was visible from a few McDONeLL blocks away, said Diane Gilley Avenue. On Tuesday, the blackened, Gillis, president of the see-through, skeletal remains of Kingsway-Imperial Neighbourhood branches were all that was left of a Association. large section of the hedge. “We could see [the flames] The cause of the blaze, he said, shooting up in the air.”
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Gillis said she called a friend who owns a home across the street from the burning hedge to let them know and they called her back to say it was caused by kids playing with fireworks. “It could have been much worse if it had been a building,” she said. It’s the third such incident in the last few years within a few blocks of her own house and with Halloween around the corner it has Gillis concerned and hoping for rain. please see POLIce, A3
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A Burnaby man says he loves trees and has several in his backyard but should be allowed to cut them down if he ever wants to without interference from city hall. Walter Hallam appeared at Monday’s council meeting to oppose proposed changes to Burnaby’s tree bylaw. “I think it goes without saying that fewer and less restrictive bylaws are preferable,” Hallam said. Homeowners normally trim trees on their properties and remove them when they’re diseased, dangerous or not in a suitable location, he said. “Why does Big Brother, in the name of Burnaby city council, have to involve itself in this normal and innocent way of living our lives?” Currently, the tree bylaw only applies to single-family and duplex properties in the process of being redeveloped. Under the proposed revised bylaw it would apply to all private land. please see Key, A3