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Lackof detail clouds planfor $2.96Min anti-gang funding Cornelia Naylor
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The clock is ticking on nearly $3 million in federal funding designed to address gang and gun violence in Burnaby, but exactly what the city is doing with the money is still unclear. Burnaby signed an agreement with Public Safety Canada in November for $2.96 million from the federal Building Safer Communities Fund, first announced last March, according to the city’s general manager of community safety, Dave Critchley. The program is available until March 31, 2026, and there’s a chance some of the money could be left on the table if it’s not used by then, according to Critchley. Critchley first told the Continued on page 3
NEW YEAR: Dancers entertain visitors to Burnaby’s Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Saturday, Jan. 21, at Year of the Rabbit celebrations. The event drew local families and political leaders including Mayor Mike Hurley, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian. PHOTO CHUNG CHOW