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February 5 2014 www.burnabynewsleader.com the wild dogs were let loose last saturday for a little soccer action at byrne Creek oval. See Page a15
City wants voice at pipeline hearings Mario bartel
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Jenna Christianson-barker is the operations manager at Joe’s table café, which is being recognized by Community living bC for its efforts to make people with developmental disabilities feel included.
Inclusive café eyes international growth Joe’s Table plans to open 100 cafés in 10 years Wanda Chow
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Peter Chung knows his late son Joseph would be pleased. Joe’s Table coffee shop opened in Burnaby’s Metrotown area last year as a way to provide job opportunities for people with developmental disabilities. Originally, it was conceived as a way to give Joseph, who was autistic and had epilepsy, a place where he could work and utilize his strengths
as a people person. Peter had The café is at 5021 Kingsway, at imagined him as a greeter. Marlborough Avenue, in the same But at age 32, Joseph died in a building as several private career swimming accident colleges all run by in 2012 before seeing the Eminata Group, the project become a of which Peter reality. Chung is founder Peter Chung i believe Joseph is doing this, and executive Through their it’s not really me. i’m just grief, Peter and chairman. a helping hand on the side. his wife Stephanie Joe’s Table forged ahead, now employs intent on helping other families nine people of whom five have dealing with the same challenges of developmental disabilities. finding meaningful work for their One of the keys to the successful developmentally disabled adult integration of the disabled staff children. members is their duties are tailored
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to their strengths, said Jenna Christianson-Barker, Joe’s Table’s director of operations. Some serve customers directly, preparing coffees and food, while others focus on cleaning, stocking or other food prep work. Of the five employees with disabilities, there has been a 100-percent retention rate, something quite unusual for a coffee shop, she said, adding that would be a definite economic benefit of hiring people with developmental challenges. please see CaFé, a3
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The City of Burnaby has applied for intervenor status in the public hearings being conducted by the National Energy Board into Kinder Morgan’s application to increase the capacity of its Trans Mountain Pipeline. The proposed $5.4 billion expansion of the pipeline would triple the capacity of diluted bitumen traveling from the Alberta oilsands to the Westridge Marine Terminal in North Burnaby to 890,000 barrels per day from the 300,000 barrels that flow through the current pipeline. Kinder Morgan would also double the number of storage tanks at its Burnaby Mountain Terminal to 26 from 13 and build three new loading docks and a utility dock at Westridge. Those numbers have Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan concerned. “Our city would be severely impacted by the construction of the new pipelines, then would be perpetually and permanently vulnerable to potential spills on Burnaby land, near Burnaby homes and in Burrard Inlet,” said Corrigan. please see CITy TO HOLD PIPeLINe WOrkSHOPS, a4