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Southgate master plan gets council go-ahead About 10% of former Safeway site for social housing Wanda Chow
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Paul Pincott is closing his Burnaby prop warehouse after supplying weird and eclectic items like a life-size purple elephant to film, TV and theatre productions for 38 years. See STorY on Page A5
It’s time to get out and vote Cast ballots at any voting location in Burnaby Wanda Chow
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Looking to improve on the 23 per cent voter turnout in 2011, Burnaby city hall has made it easier to cast ballots this time around. Election day is Saturday, Nov. 15, and people can vote between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Unlike in the past, this time voters can cast ballots at any of Burnaby’s 35 voting locations. On Nov 15
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Registered voters should bring their voter cards or if they don’t have one, make sure to bring two pieces of identification, including something with your address and signature. To be eligible, people must be 18 years old, Canadian citizens, residents of B.C. for at least six months before election day (as of May 13, 2014) and residents of Burnaby for at least 30 days
beforehand (as of Oct. 15, 2014), and not disqualified from voting by any statute or law. This election, the incumbent Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA) will attempt a hat trick—a third straight sweep of all seats for mayor, council and school board. That would include a fifthstraight term as mayor for Derek Corrigan, who has served on
council since 1987. In the other corner is the Burnaby First Coalition (BFC), an anyonebut-the-BCA group including former candidates of Team Burnaby and Burnaby Parents Voice. The BFC’s mayoral candidate is Daren Hancott, a businessman who earlier this year was trying to secure the federal Conservative nomination for the new riding of Burnaby North-Seymour.
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The master plan for redevelopment of the former Safeway distribution centre site in South Burnaby has received approval in principle from city council. Dubbed “Southgate,” the community is being proposed for the 48-acre site bounded by 11th and 14th avenues and 15th and 18th streets near the New Westminster border, the dairy plant and two city-owned properties at 7701 and 7679 18th St. Council’s approval was only for the concept plan, stressed Coun. Colleen Jordan, chair of Burnaby’s community development committee, in an interview. As with the Brentwood mall redevelopment, each phase of the project will be presented in detail to city council and require rezoning approval. Owner and developer Ledingham McAllister proposes a variety of housing types, including up to 20 towers ranging in height from 19 to 46 storeys. Please see ProjeCT, A4