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november 27 2013 www.burnabynewsleader.com
here’s why should ditch those plans to head south for black friday. see Pages b10-11
A good and bad fish story Snakehead was not feared northern variety Wanda Chow
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burnaby central forward Parker ellis is consoled by a teammate after they lost the b.c. aaa boys soccer provincials championship game 2-1 in overtime to the sutherland sabres. central’s coach recently received a kidney transplant, and ellis had wanted to win the championship for him. See Story on Pages A10-11.
Fake dentist to serve prison sentence Surrendered to Toronto police last week Wanda Chow
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A Metro Vancouver man wanted for practising dentistry without qualifications has had his day in court and has started serving his three-month prison sentence. After months of being on the lam, Tung Sheng (David) Wu, 62, turned himself in to Toronto police
on Nov. 16 and was returned to the Dental Surgeons of B.C. (CDSBC). Lower Mainland where he Despite a 2003 court order appeared in B.C. Supreme banning him from practising Court Nov. 22. dentistry, Wu was found to After a brief adjournment be operating a makeshift to find Wu an interpreter, illegal dental office in a the court hearing went rented Burnaby house on ahead and he was taken to Southwood Street. Wu North Fraser Pretrial Centre A tip from the public where he was to be assigned prompted an investigation to a correctional facility to serve by the CDSBC, including a raid on his sentence, said Anita Wilks, the office in May, and warnings to spokesperson for the College of more than 450 clients to get tested
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for blood-borne diseases after it was found that Wu had been working in dirty conditions without adequate infection control systems. He was sentenced in absentia in October to three months in jail for contempt of court for defying the 2003 ban on practising. He was also ordered to pay the CDSBC’s costs of investigating and prosecuting the case, which have already reached more than $140,000. Please see FAke DenTIST, A3
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After more than a year of studying the invasive snakehead fish found in a pond in Burnaby’s Central Park, several researchers have concluded it was not a northern snakehead, the type that has caused so much trouble in areas of the U.S. Actually, it’s more of a good news-bad newsgood news conclusion. The good news is it was not a northern variety, which in its native Asia is known to thrive in colder temperatures. Instead, it’s a blotched snakehead, which is typically from southern climes and used to warmer waters. The bad news is the blotched snakehead hasn’t been well studied, and it still could have been a threat to the local environment. “They have been introduced in Japan, further north than their native ranges and have become established there so we’re not ruling it out,” said Simon Fraser University biologist David Scott, the lead author of the study. Please see onLy SnAkeheAD, A3