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You’ll never guess what this trailer at Deer Lake is all about. See Page A3
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Former Safeway dairy plant sold Despite being part of concept plan for Southgate development Wanda Chow
wchow@burnabynewsleader.com
The Giro di Burnaby set the streets of The Heights ablaze with action last Thursday night. See Story on page A17
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Hospital’s bad review out of date: doctor Wanda Chow
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A damning review of Burnaby Hospital by the Ministry of Health is already outdated, says the hospital’s former medical coordinator. The provincially ordered review of the Fraser Health Authority, released last week, found Burnaby had the second-worst rate of nursing-sensitive adverse events –
such as infections, bed sores and structure of the hospital and how fractures in hospital – in Canada for out of date it is. But the statistics … two straight years. show the tremendous improvement Dr. David Jones served as the that’s happened over the last couple head of medical staff at of years.” Burnaby Hospital from 2008 The seven-month review to June 2014. He said the of Fraser Health was statistics the province used, ordered largely in response from 2010 to 2012, are “quite to its inability to avoid out of date.” successive budget overruns. The performance of It determined that hospital JONES the hospital has improved emergency rooms are significantly since then, Jones overused by non-urgent cases stressed. which would be better seen by “We haven’t reached perfection by family doctors or at community any means. Some of it relates to the care facilities. Health Minister
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Agropur Cooperative has purchased the former Safeway dairy plant in South Burnaby as part of a $356-million transaction that also includes two plants in Edmonton and one in Winnipeg. How this could affect the proposed Southgate development next door on the former Safeway distribution centre lands is not yet known. Agropur said in a press release that the sale includes licensing of the Lucerne trademark for the production and distribution of milk and cream and long-term supply agreements. “We are very excited about this transaction,” said Serge Riendeau, president of Quebecbased Agropur, in the release. “The dairy industry, both Canadian and worldwide, is very competitive. This transaction will confirm our leadership position in the Canadian milk industry, for the greater benefit of all Please see JORDAN, A16