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FEBRUARY 7 2014 www.burnabynewsleader.com
Jacques Chapdelaine has been named the new head coach of the SFU Clan football team. See Page A10
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Geetha Raghavan, the owner of Blue Line Sports in Lougheed Town Centre, says she’s confident excitement for the Winter Olympics will build once the Games begin in earnest. But, she says, nothing can match the thrill of 2010, when customers lined up down the concourse after Sidney Crosby’s overtime goal won Canada the gold medal in the men’s hockey final.
Olympics tough sell for local businesses Mario Bartel
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Four years ago Geetha Raghavan could barely keep officially licensed Olympics and Team Canada gear on the shelves of her Blue Line Sports store in Lougheed Town Centre. With this year’s Winter Games starting on Friday in Sochi, Russia, she says the Canada merchandise in her displays is proving a tougher sell. “It’s been slowly going, but it’s not like a rush yet,” says Raghavan, who recalls people were lined up
outside her shop and down the compared to the last Games, just a partying time, says Andrew Wong concourse after Sidney Crosby SkyTrain ride away. of the Mountain Shadow Pub. scored the overtime goal that won a In fact, the 12-hour time And while they’ll show the replay gold medal for Canada in the 2010 difference between Vancouver and broadcasts on the big screens men’s hockey final. Sochi is proving scattered around the pub, “everyone She says her particularly will already know the scores.” customers have been problematic for The Great Bear Pub on Kingsway more focused on the Rolf Ragnvaldson local pubs that were will be opening for breakfast during Super Bowl that was It’ll be on anyway. often packed for all Canada’s first three preliminary But it’s not the same won on Sunday by of Canada’s hockey round games, Feb. 13, 14 and 16. kind of excitement. the nearby Seattle games when they They begin at 9 a.m. and to ramp Seahawks. And with were being played up the excitement the pub will be this year’s Winter Olympics dogged at Rogers Arena. This year most of giving away a Team Canada jersey by controversy and taking place the games4x1.25_small_appliances_ad_final.pdf will be broadcast live in during select games. 1:20 PM 1 12-03-05 so far away, enthusiasm has paled the early morning, not exactly prime Please see OLYMPICS, A9
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The National Energy Board isn’t a multiheaded monster ready to devour all who stand before it. In fact, the board members who will be guiding the 15-month process of reviewing the application by Kinder Morgan to expand its Trans Mountain Pipeline from the oilsands of northern Alberta to the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby are stepping out of the boardroom to encourage the public to get involved in the hearings. The deadline to apply as an intervenor or commenter is Feb. 12. “This is kind of a new world,” said Don Young, one of three board members who will be conducting the review. “Transparency is extremely important to the NEB.” So much so the board members did the media rounds through Metro Vancouver on Tuesday, something they’ve never done before prior to a review process. “It’s kind of taking the mystique away,” said David Hamilton, a part-time board member who lives on Vancouver Island. Please see NEB, A3