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January 10 2014 www.burnabynewsleader.com
A SFU prof is developing a hand-held device to tell athletes if they have a concussion or not. Page a3
New program for gifted students coming To start in fall 2014; info meeting Jan. 15 Wanda Chow
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An RCMP officer releases a vehicle that was caught behind police tape as they investigated a shooting at the Cactus Club restaurant on Kingsway Tuesday afternoon. One victim was transported to hospital. Kingsway from McKay to Sussex was closed for several hours.
Man shot in Metrotown-area restaurant Police say luckily no other bystanders hurt
to hospital after sustaining what fortunate that no innocent appear to be non-life-threatening bystanders were injured.” injuries, said Sgt. Peter Thiessen of Mitchell Lin, 19, was having Wanda Chow the Lower Mainland District lunch with his family in the wchow@burnabynewsleader.com RCMP. restaurant about an hour Burnaby RCMP are investigating Witnesses reported the before the shooting occurred. after a man was shot Tuesday male suspect fled on foot. All After seeing a movie at afternoon shortly before 2 p.m. indications are the shooting Metropolis at Metrotown, while inside the Cactus Club was targeted and it’s not he was watching the scene restaurant in the 4600-block of yet clear whether it is gangof police cars and police ThIESSEn Kingsway. related, Thiessen said. tape blocking off the area The victim, in his early 30s, was “The restaurant had several from the mall parking lot, across shot while4x1.25_book_drive_ad_final.pdf sitting with several other patrons inside at 1:20 the time of the from the Cactus Club. Lin said he 1 12-03-05 PM males and was taken by ambulance shooting,” he said. “It is extremely didn’t notice anything unusual when
he was in the restaurant but said it was scary knowing the incident happened shortly after he left. “It’s crazy, anything can happen so quickly, you can’t imagine. It definitely makes you worried.” Anyone who may have witnessed the shooting or has any information and has not spoken to police is asked to call Burnaby RCMP’s Serious Crime Unit at 604-2947922 or, to remain anonymous, Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. —with file from Mario Bartel
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When it comes to teaching gifted kids, Burnaby school district is not going for the Doogie Howser model of advancing students. Howser, of course, is TV’s teenaged physician, who has to balance his medical work with regular teen angst and issues. While gifted students, or “high ability learners” as the district prefers to call them, are still known to skip grades to prevent them from being bored with school, Burnaby is about to start an alternative model. Starting in the fall, two “multi-age cluster classrooms” will be offered at North Burnaby’s Capitol Hill elementary, one each for grades 4/5 and 6/7. The district anticipates eventually offering the program in a South Burnaby school as well. As a district program, high-ability students from across Burnaby who meet certain criteria will be eligible to apply. There will be 20 to 22 spots in each class. Please see SChOOL BOarD, a3