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debbie robson of leong’s nursery in South Burnaby tidies the annuals as gardening season ramps up. Business at the meadow avenue nursery typically picks up heading into mother’s day and through victoria day, she says.
Cyclist killed in crash with car Brentwood intersection ‘chaotic’: area resident Wanda Chow
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A 62-year-old Burnaby man was killed when he was struck by a car while cycling in the Brentwood area Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened at about 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of Brentwood Drive and Beta Avenue. The cyclist is believed to have been leaving the Brentwood Town
Centre mall parking lot and was eastbound headed toward Brentwood Drive, said Burnaby RCMP Staff Sgt. Major John Buis. It’s possible his view was obstructed by the hill and a lineup of idling traffic. The driver of the car was northbound up the hill on Beta and believed to be heading into the mall site. The cyclist was not believed to be wearing a helmet and it’s possible he failed to stop at a stop sign, Buis said Wednesday.
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He died at the scene. The driver is not from the area, remained at the scene and was cooperating with police, he said. Longtime area resident Terry MacDonald said the road closure from the incident diverted traffic from Beta onto Delta Avenue for hours. He was not shocked to hear about the accident. “I’m not surprised at all. It’s a chaotic area that we’ve tried to address with the city.” The intersection at Beta on the
north side of Lougheed opened in 2002 when the SkyTrain line came in, said MacDonald. It’s a move that was supported by the Brentwood Ratepayers Association to help traffic get from the mall to Lougheed more easily. But Beta was never blocked off to restrict access from the residential streets up the hill to the north, which turned it into a rat-running route for commuters trying to avoid Lougheed and Willingdon, he said. please see steep road, a3
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Kinder Morgan went on the defensive after the company made headlines this week for seeming to suggest that oil spills can have economic benefits. As reported in the NewsLeader in January, the company’s application to the National Energy Board to expand its Trans Mountain pipeline includes oil spill maps. They show that, based on modeling, crude oil could flow through Burnaby neighbourhoods on the way to local waterways in the event of a rupture or spill. But there are positives to such an event, it says in its 15,000-page application. “Spill response and clean-up creates business and employment opportunities for affected communities, regions, and clean-up service providers.” National media splashed the assertion across its headlines. But the statement was taken out of context, says Ian Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Canada. The statement comes from a section in the application that “looks in-depth at the please see spiLLs, a3