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February 19 2014 www.burnabynewsleader.com
local man spent some quality time with John & yoko during their famous 1969 ‘Bed-in’ in Montreal. See Page a3
City OKs grow-op zone Wanda Chow
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taka sugimoto grills okonomiyaki, a kind of Japanese crepe with cabbage, bean sprouts and tongkatsu sauce, at the Japanese treasure hunt market and book sale at the nikkei centre on saturday.
City wants cats fixed before sale Staff proposal calls for fixing of cats or prepaying for procedure Wanda Chow
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Pre-fixed or fixing prepaid? Either way, sterilization of cats will have to be provided for before the animals are sold in Burnaby pet stores under a city proposal. The city staff recommendation, which was to be raised at Monday’s council meeting, comes after Burnaby council adopted its first-
ever set of regulations for pet stores old, the BCSPCA routinely has the in the city last November. procedure performed on cats as Some councillors had suggested young as eight weeks of age. addressing the problem of an The proposal has been designed overpopulation to fit both of feral cats by approaches—the requiring cats be sterilization of cats Kathy Powelson sterilized before would either have being sold in stores. it’s better to have it than to be done before not to have it, absolutely. However, said a the animal is sold But it’s not enough. city staff report, or the procedure while Burnaby pre-purchased to veterinarian hospitals recommended be done at a later date through a sterilization only take place when voucher system. cats are at least five to six months “Business owners would be
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responsible for funding the program and the voucher provided to the consumer would be required to cover 100 per cent of the procedure costs,” the report said. “Pet store operators could look to partner with local veterinarians in an effort to reduce costs and provide customer convenience.” Any pet store failing to provide such vouchers before selling an unsterilized cat would be subject to a $500 fine. please see ‘every SINgLe SHeLTer IS FILLeD WITH CaTS’, a3
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Health Canada may have made some marijuana growoperations legal, but Burnaby city hall doesn’t want them springing up around town and taking them by surprise. Council recently approved changes to the zoning bylaw to require that the latest incarnation of legal grow-ops be restricted to the city’s industrial zones and be reviewed through a rezoning that would trigger a public hearing. The move is in response to Health Canada’s upcoming changes to its rules which currently allow licenced growers of medicinal pot to grow it in their homes for themselves and no more than two licenced consumers. As of March 31, all such licences will expire and the program will end, with producers not being allowed to continue operating unless they get a licence under the new rules. Even then, they must apply for rezoning, giving council final say. The new regulations will require medicinal pot to be produced on a large scale by private companies and allow for an unlimited number of authorized customers, essentially removing them from residential neighbourhoods.