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Seniors’ housing gets OK Derby Manor will offer 121 affordable housing units for seniors Janaya Fuller-Evans

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THEY’VE GOT THE BLUES Lee Fields & the Expressionists rocked Deer Lake Park on Saturday. Fields and his band were one of 12 acts that took to the stage during the day-long festival. To see more photos from the event, visit www.burnabynow.com. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Grey skies for blues fest Thousands of festivalgoers enjoy the vibe at Deer Lake Park for 16th annual Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival Cayley Dobie

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A little rain never hurt anyone, and that old adage proved true on Saturday when thousands of folks descended upon Deer Lake Park for the annual Blues +Roots Festival. Burnaby resident Leslie DeLuca has been attending the festival since it started 16 years ago, except for three or four years where family obligations conflicted with the date. Last year she invited friend and former coworker Dar Bosley – Bosley was impressed enough to come back again this year. “I love it. I loved it last time, I love it this time. I love blues,” she said.

Bosley’s favourite so far? “For me it was Imelda May,” she said. “I want her back.” When asked who they were most excitThis year’s lineup featured everything ed about seeing at this year’s festival, DeLufrom well-known, longtime musicians, inca said it was more about hearing new bands cluding Lee Fields & the Expressionists, to play than pining for one big name, adding up-and-coming acts like Devin she typically buys her tickets Cuddy and Colleen Rennison. for the festival before the lineIt really offered something for If you’re music up is even announced. everyone, DeLuca said. we find out what lover, you’re a the“When “If you’re a music lover, lineup is, … IYouTube blues lover. you’re a blues lover because them, Google them, I listen to blues is at the root,” she addall of them and get my favoued. “You’ve gotta have an open rites from there,” she said. mind, open ears and listen to A couple acts that had aleverybody and anything, and if ready caught the pair’s attenit’s not your cup of tea, cool.” tion included afternoon main stage act Eagle DeLuca’s favourite blues festival memory Rock Gospel and Jesse Roper, who appeared is the year k.d. lang was the headliner; lang with his band on the Garden Stage. was amazing, she said. Continued on page 3

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After years of back and forth between the George Derby Care Society and the City of Burnaby, the funding for Derby Manor has been approved. The society has been working on plans for the development next to the George Derby Centre, with 121 supportive housing units for low- and moderate-income seniors, since at least 2012. At that time, the society intended to build market rate rental housing, but it has since worked with the city and B.C. Housing to create an affordable nonprofit housing plan instead. At the July 20 council meeting, council approved the final allocation of a $1.23 million housing grant for the development from the city’s community benefit bonus housing funds. “It’s very exciting,” Ricky Kwan, George Derby Centre’s executive director, told the NOW. “We’ve been preparing for this project for quite some time.” Kwan took his position 14 months ago, he said, adding the project has gained momentum since then. Now that the funding has been approved, the society will be moving ahead with construction planning and tendering a contract to a developer, he said. Derby Manor, at 7550 Cumberland St., will be home to people 55 and older, who will be able to access meals, housekeeping services and recreational activities on site, according to a city staff report. B.C. Housing is involved in the project via the Community Partnership Initiatives Program and is leasing the land to the society at a nominal rate, the report stated. The building will go up on the eastern portion of the property, next to the 300bed George Derby Centre residential care facility, according to the report. “As council is aware, we passed Continued on page 4

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It’s not just the music that draws people to the Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival every year. The annual festival at Deer Lake Park offers something for everyone, no matter his or her age.While the festival typically attracts

There’s lots of people who’ve come many years.

an older crowd, there’s been a growing contingency of young people and families joining in on the festivities. Burnaby resident Samantha Morrison and her husband were attending the Saturday festival for the first time.The couple won tick-

ets through their six-yearold daughter’s school, and Morrison was initially worried it wouldn’t be kidfriendly, but when she went to pick up the tickets she was told, much to her surprise, kids under 12 get in free. “That was great because it totally changed our plans,” Morrison said. When the NOW caught up with Morrison, her daughter, Juliana, was busy creating and decorating a cardboard guitar at the Blues Family Area, a mustvisit booth for every kid at the festival. While there were fewer kids at the festival this year than in previous years, volunteer-turned-employee Shelayne Mulholland said that just means things are less hectic. Festival regulars are quick to jump in, having often already planned what kind of guitar they want to make, Mulholland added.

Hats off to the blues: Even the very youngest fans were part of the fun at the Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival on Saturday. The festival offers up activities every year to help ensure that the festival remains a family-friendly destination. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Some of the kids this year opted to make and decorate a pair of wings, a bass guitar or a banjo at the crafts table, instead of just a stan-

Rock on: The cloudy, muggy weather on Saturday didn’t seem to bother festivalgoers at Deer Lake Park. Organizers are still waiting for final attendance numbers; they expect to get those numbers sometime this week. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

dard guitar. Juliana, with her painted unicorn face, was sticking with a regular guitar, painted pink, silver and gold, for her first year.

“There’s lots of people who’ve come many years and they’re like, ‘I’ve been planning what shape of a guitar I’m going to make,’”

Mulholland said. The Blues Family Area was open from 1 to 7 p.m.

Feeling good: Ewan Currie of the Saskatoon-based band The Sheepdogs put on a solid show for fans at the blues fest on Saturday. The Canadian boys capped off their show with covers of Neil Young’s Southern Man and The Guess Who’s Share the Land. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Sheepdogs cap a successful day at blues fest Continued from page 1 “He’s a winner,” Bosley said with a smile. After a slow start to the day, the crowds finally started letting loose. By the end of Jesse Roper’s set, a large group had gathered in front of the stage, many dancing and jiving to the music.

Later in the day, wellknown actor and musician Jim Byrnes and the Sojourners rocked the Westwood Stage, and by 7 p.m. the clouds had started to clear and people were busy getting down to the soulful sound of veteran blues artist Lee Fields & the Expres-

sionists. But it wasn’t until headliners, and Canadian success story,The Sheepdogs hit the main stage that a large group of people finally gathered. Not since Tegan and Sara and Dan Mangan performed at CBC Music Fest

last year has there been so many 20- and 30-somethings at Deer Lake Park. At least a few hundred young people were willing to forego the revelry at Squamish to watch The Sheepdogs perform in Burnaby – and they didn’t leave disappointed.

The boys from Saskatoon kicked things off with hits including TheWay It Is and Feeling Good, throwing in a couple jam sessions in the middle, like blues and roots artists of decades past. The Sheepdogs capped their set shortly before 9:45 p.m. with I Don’t Know, but

after a couple minutes of cheering from the crowd returned for two more songs, described by frontman Ewan Currie as classic Canadian covers – Southern Man by NeilYoung and The Guess Who’s Share the Land – ending the night promptly at 10 p.m.

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Creeks being stabilized Two Burnaby creeks are being fixed up after contractors were selected for the projects. Gray Creek between Clinton and Portland streets is being restored and stabilized, including buttressing of eroded embank-

ments, according to a city staff report. The $905,391 contract for the work went to North Construction Ltd. Cedar Creek is being stabilized, including tree removal and clearing. About 12,000 tonnes of granu-

lar materials will be used as part of the project, according to a city staff report. The $1.25-million contract for the project went to Tybo Contracting Ltd. The funding is included in the city’s 2015-2019 financial plan.

Funding helps housing Continued from page 1 previously the main concept behind the provision of the amenity bonus for this notfor-profit accommodation that’s going ahead on behalf of the George Derby Society,” Coun. Colleen Jordan, chair of the city’s planning and building committee, said at the council meeting. “This is the final tally of the amounts of money, so it is a little bit higher than was originally brought forward through our committee.” The initial estimate for the project a year ago was $1.02 million, but off-site servicing costs increased, adding an additional

$211,000 to the budget. Jordan greeted society representatives who were attending the meeting, adding they have been waiting a while to get the project underway. “They’re very anxious to get their shovels in the ground, I understand,” she said. “So we’re very pleased to have been of assistance with our amenity bonus funds.” Development in Burnaby city centres has allowed the city to contribute to the project, Mayor Derek Corrigan pointed out. “These are the funds that we collect from developers

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Kinder Morgan pulls pipeline advertising Jennifer Moreau

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Kinder Morgan has decided to pull all of its pipeline advertising now that the federal election is officially on. The move came after Burnaby politician Kennedy Stewart sent a letter to the commissioner of Elections Canada, asking that the company be notified to register as a third-party advertiser subject to spending limits. “I’ve already checked with Elections Canada, and they said this is elections advertising and they have to

register, but the commissioner has to confirm this,” Stewart said. Meanwhile, Kinder Morgan told the NOW it will suspend advertising during the election period.When we requested an interview for further details, we received this emailed statement, attributed to Lizette Parsons Bell, a spokesperson for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. “Our advertising has been in market since September 2014 and is part of our information campaign to engage with and provide information to as many British Columbians as possible.

The information doesn’t advocate for any particular party, policy or position, however with the early call of the election this past weekend, we are rescheduling, and the current series of advertising will end this weekend,” the email reads. However, the Canada Elections Act defines thirdparty advertising as “the transmission to the public by any means during an election period of an advertising message that promotes or opposes a registered party or the election of a candidate, including one that takes a position on an issue with which a regis-

tered party or candidate is associated.” In other words, one’s advertisement doesn’t have to side with a politician or party to be considered election advertising.The NOW contacted the commissioner’s office, but no one answered the media line or returned our messages. Stewart’s letter to the commissioner argued that the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion is indeed an election issue, and as an example of the company’s advertising, he attached a Trans Mountain ad that ran in the Aug. 5 edition of the Burnaby NOW.

Still no answers in 2014 death Cayley Dobie

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Nearly one year ago, local police responded to shots fired in a quiet neighbourhood near Robert Burnaby Park.When they arrived, they found a 46-year-old man bleeding – he did not survive his injuries. The shooting happened around 10: 30 p.m. on Aug. 10, 2014, in the area of Second Street and 19th Avenue. Neighbours in the

area called police when they heard gunshots, but by the time Burnaby RCMP arrived, only the victim, Jahanbakhsh Meshkati, remained at the scene. Meshkati, originally believed to be from Alberta, was identified two days after the incident. Investigators with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team took over the case and determined he had, in fact, last been living in the Toronto area before arriving in the

Lower Mainland. A year later, the investigation is ongoing, but police wouldn’t elaborate on what, if anything, they’ve discovered about Meshkati’s shooting death, according to the homicide investigation team. “At this point, I am not able to reveal more information as it could affect the investigation. As always, we ask that the public who have information about this incident contact

police or Crime Stoppers. It is through the assistance of witnesses that we are able to solve these crimes,” Sgt. Stephanie Ashton, spokesperson for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, wrote in an email to the Burnaby NOW. Investigators believe the shooting was targeted. Anyone with information is asked to contact the IHIT tipline at 1-877-5514448 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

But even if Kinder Morgan stops the ads, it’s too late, according to Stewart. “As soon as you’ve spent over $500, you have to immediately register as a third party advertiser, and that’s the law,” he said. “It’s too late; the election period is already on.They are in trouble. In the (Maclean’s leaders’) debate last night, they ran ads right in the middle of the debate. … They’ve violated the election law already.”

Stewart said all Kinder Morgan has to do is register as a third party and follow the rules (which cover advertising spending limits). Stewart has yet to hear back from the commissioner, and he said he suspects whatever the commissioner decides on this issue will have national implications for other companies. Stewart has been the NDP MP for Burnaby Douglas and is now running in Burnaby South.

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New seniors’ home welcome news Time and again, affordable housing – or, more accurately, the lack thereof – has made headlines in this paper. We’ve been among the first to criticize when we feel our leaders (municipally, politically and federally) could have been doing more to help the local housing crisis.Which is why we also want to be among the first to give credit where credit is due. The announcement of

the new Derby Manor is a huge step forward in addressing some of the city’s major housing needs. (See the full story starting on the front page of today’s paper.) The facility will offer 121 supportive housing units for low- and moderate-income seniors.That it’s supportive housing – providing meals, housekeeping services and recreational activities on site – makes it even more desirable for the growing number of seniors in our com-

munity.With seniors being among the most vulnerable populations, it’s good to have affordable quality housing to help ease the way for so many who might otherwise have slipped through the cracks. It hasn’t been an easy road to get here. The George Derby Care Society has been working on plans for the development, next to the existing George Derby Centre, since at least 2012. Plans

were originally intended to include market-rate rental housing, but the society has since worked with the city and B.C. Housing to create an affordable non-profit housing plan instead. The City of Burnaby recently approved the final allocation of a $1.2 million housing grant from the city’s community benefit bonus housing funds. That’s money that has come from development in the city – particularly

high-density development around the city’s town centres. Kudos to the city for ensuring that a portion of those funds are always kept for a housing fund, and for using that fund to assist projects like this one. All that having been said, will this one new project combat the growing housing crisis in Burnaby? Of course not. Advocates and citizens at large need to ensure we keep the pressure on our

leaders at all levels to keep housing issues on the front burner. That there is a federal election campaign on right now gives us all ample opportunity to make sure our new members of Parliament are prepared to help us address these issues. But, meanwhile, let’s stop and congratulate everyone involved in Derby Manor. It’s good to have good news on the housing front for a change.

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The problem with polls

The fact that a number of political opinion polls are completely contradictory to each other seems lost on journalists reporting on many of them. Since it’s unlikely the breathless coverage of polls won’t end during this federal election campaign, here is some advice when consuming those “news” stories: A poll is trying to gauge the opinion of 100 per cent of adults (including those who don’t have an opinion). But remember that 100 per cent of people don’t vote, and voting turnout hovers around 60 per cent nationally. But it gets even trickier than that. People of different ages vote in vastly different numbers. Most older (50+ years) people cast ballots; most young people do not. So if a poll’s sample (how many older people versus how many younger ones) doesn’t reflect true voting patterns, have a huge grain of salt sitting nearby. If pollsters won’t release tables that show voting intentions by age, gender, income and geography, be skeptical of what they claim to have found. Ignore, for the most part, provincial poll results gleaned from a national poll.This is a rule that many journalists don’t know or choose to ignore because it can ruin a good story.The problem with producing provincial “findings” from a national poll is the sample size is so small it is almost worthless to base any detailed analysis on it.The hallowed “margin of error” can

be higher than 10 percentage points, which means a party leading by five points in a provincial sample may actually be losing when the margin of error is factored in. Stay away! Try to ascertain a pollster’s methodology. Is it a telephone poll? If so, is it a computerized one or does it involve an actual human being phoning someone? Or is it an online panel, put together by a pollster who recruits participants? Faced with new challenges in polling, pollsters have changed their methodology by various degrees in recent years.The days of pure randomness based on telephone numbers – the basis of polling for decades – are long gone. None of this is to say that political polling is pointless or not valuable in some way.Top pollsters such as Ipsos-Reid, Insights West, Angus Reid, Ekos and Nanos provide powerful insights into what’s “trending” in public opinion. They have uniformly picked up on what appears to be significant growth in support for the NDP nationally, and a decline in Liberal support, with the Conservatives holding fairly steady. But going much beyond those generalizations – such as making a big fuss when a party’s apparent support goes from 33 per cent to, say, 35 per cent in subsequent polls – is a fool’s errand.Yet too many people continue to do just that. Keith Baldrey is the chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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Opinionnow Diversity prepares students for real world Dear Editor “Diversity is a beautiful thing.” That’s the immaculately handwritten message scrawled several times on the chalkboard atop the Burnaby School District’s eye-catching new “classroom on wheels” float, which made its debut at the recent Pride Parade in Vancouver. But why celebrate diversity? Why talk about it as an advantage? Well, do you want to prepare your children for the real world? Of course, every parent does. The facts are that Burnaby’s public schools accurately reflect the complex global village we live in today and ready young people for the changing and challenging reality of tomorrow. And we continue to open our doors to international students (such as the summer group visiting from Burnaby’s sister city of Zhongshan) to build cross-cultural understanding with friends abroad as well as develop informed and compassionate global citizens here at home. And although our float, booth and banners are done for the summer, the good news is there are still a few weeks left for us all to enjoy the beautiful diversity that Burnaby has in abundance. See you in September! Harman Pandher, vice-chair, Burnaby board of education

NOW overly biased towards NDP Dear Editor It seems to me that it would be obvious to even the most disinterested reader, that the Burnaby NOW newspaper (and especially the latest edition) is in the pocket of the New Democratic Party, nationally, provincially and municipally. For those of us who see this bias, we can only fight back by informing those who advertise in their pages, that we will no longer give our custom to their product/services! I cannot count the number of times I have found my mail box stuffed with the maunderings of Kennedy Stewart, or found the local newspaper spelling out the drama of Peter Julian, and the two Corrigans. It seems to me to be obvious that the taxpayer is paying for the postal services being used by these very irritating individuals! The NOW’s bias is absolutely stupefying, prodigious and labyrinthian and reliably, idiotic! Larry Bennett, Burnaby

Writer wrong on property tax issue Dear Editor Letter writer Chiyo Buston incorrectly argues that ‘only property owners pay property taxes.’ The hidden assumption of this is that because renters don’t pay property taxes, they don’t deserve the same consideration of municipal government as property owners. The fact is that property taxes are hidden in rental charges. If the city raises property taxes, no owner will absorb this added cost and will simply pass it on to the renter in the form of higher rental fees. That said, all citizens are worthy of equal consideration by governments no matter how much taxes they pay, that is a fundamental cornerstone of democracy. Murray Martin, Burnaby

Kinder Morgan consultant on NEB JohnCHunter So who would you guys appoint to the NEB - potato farmers and fishermen? It takes decades to learn the energy industry and you can only learn it deeply by being in it. Given his background, the new appointee will not be allowed to sit on Kinder Morgan cases. LouK•What’s new here? Another stacked appointment to a biased NEB. Who would have ever guessed this type of thing happens.

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Truthtimenow And they’ll get away with it and what else is new. Kim Hunter Harper appointed a Kinder Morgan minion to the National Energy Board. Perhaps Kinder Morgan pipe-threats are now a partisan conflict of interest? ConservativeDebt These corporate types at Kinder Morgan are absolutely tone deaf. They won’t be building much of anything if they don’t start thinking. PS Here is a little joke; Q. If you are the CEO how can you tell which Executive VP is the smartest? A. He’s the one who is quickest to agree with you!!! LouK Thanks Kennedy! These ads were becoming tiresome to view. We can now have a 12 week respite from Kinder Morgan propaganda. Thank goodness for PVR’s and Kennedy Stewart.

Pythons found on Burnaby Mountain WRA Wildlife Rescue Association of BC Thanks to the city workers for dropping by today to confirm that these are definitely not native snakes. Hopefully they are all rounded up safely soon and can be sent to good long term care facilites. Brendan MacIver Ball pythons are harmless. Even if it did bite someone they arent poisonous

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City parks staff are asking the public to keep their eyes peeled for a ball python spotted on Burnaby Mountain, and the NOW has learned it’s likely one of many. Staff came across the snake Monday, close to Horizons Restaurant, but when they returned to retrieve the reptile, it had slithered off into the bush. Dave Ellenwood, the city’s parks director, said staff spotted a three-foot snake on Burnaby Mountain and took a photo of it to the Wildlife Rescue Association headquarters at Burnaby Lake, where animal experts confirmed it was not an indigenous species. “They wanted to see if it was a native species, so the Wildlife Rescue gave our staff a Tupperware container and asked them if they could retrieve it. By the time our crew got back up, the staff said it had moved off into the bush, so we’ve got park patrol up there advising people,” he told the

NOW. Ellenwood said the snake is too small to be considered dangerous. It’s not venomous, and natural predators, like coyotes, may “make short work of it,” he added.

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“But if we find it we will capture it and take it to Wildlife Rescue,” he said. It’s not clear how the snake got on the mountain, but Ellenwood suspected it was likely a dumped pet. Ellenwood said people dump a variety of pets, including snakes, lizards and chinchillas. “It’s irresponsible, and some people really believe they are doing a good thing by releasing it into a habitat area, but they are not suit-

ed to survive there,” he said. “The bottom line for us is: if you can’t manage an exotic pet, don’t (get) one in the first place.” The Wildlife Rescue Association’sYolanda Brooks said her organization only deals with native species, not exotic pets. People should call the SPCA if they come across an abandoned pet, including snakes.The SPCA would hold them and try to locate an owner, and if the snake is allowed to be kept as a pet, they would pass the reptiles off to a specialized rescue group for rehoming. Val Lofvendahl, founder of Reptile Rescue Adoptions and Education Society in Richmond, said the snake was likely a ball python, also known as a royal python, and it’s not the first case she’s heard about on Burnaby Mountain. Lofvendahl received two reports of snakes (likely ball pythons) in early July on Burnaby Mountain, and when she went to the mountain to investigate, she found babies as well. One was half-dead, Continued on page 10

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A Burnaby high school student says research he helped conduct on garter-snake eyes this summer could lay the groundwork for the creation of bionic contact lenses someday. Andrew Xia, a Grade 11 student at Burnaby South Secondary, spent most of July at the University of Saskatchewan in SHAD, a summer program hosted at 12 Canadian universities and aimed at giving exceptional high school students more high-level exposure to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). “In high school science classes, I never really feel challenged,” Xia told the NOW. “It’s like, they give you the content, you learn it, you regurgitate it and it’s done. Here at Shad, I think they opened my eyes up to higher levels of science. I feel like I’m mentally stimulated and I’m presented with challenges to solve.” Xia was one of 10 students at SHAD Saskatchewan’s 48-student program given an opportunity to conduct research using the Canadian Light Source Synchrotron, a huge, doughnut-shaped ring that accelerates a stream of electrons and manipulates them

to create a beam of light billions of times brighter than the sun. The rare light can then be used by researchers to observe structures and chemical reactions at a molecular level. Xia and his team decided to study the scales on the eyes of garter snakes. “Snakes have special spectacle scales,” he said,

There might be a possibility to improve human eyesight

“and we decided to conduct experiments on that because there’s not a whole lot of research done into spectacle scales.” Snakes have three layers of scales covering their bodies, Xia explained, but no one has yet conclusively demonstrated that their eyes include the middle layer of scales found on the rest of their bodies. “We believe that there are special characteristics of the snake-skin eyelids that make it transparent while having those three layers, and there could be correlations be-

Seeing differently: Burnaby South Grade 11 student Andrew Xia and fellow SHAD Monica Ghebrial, a Grade 11 student from Brandon, Man., analyze the results of their beamline scan of garter-snake eye skin at the Canadian Light Source Synchrotron in Saskatoon. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

tween that and the human eye,” Xia said. “There might be a possibility to have it improve human eyesight, but we’re not very sure yet.” Regardless of the outcome, Xia said his experience at SHAD has been “life changing” and may influence his future career path.

He had planned to pursue law and politics after high school, but science is now vying for consideration as well thanks to SHAD. “I’m keeping my path open right now,” he said. Xia was one of 12 Burnaby students in grades 10, 11 and 12 who participated in SHAD from July 5 to 31.

Other local “Shads” were Dani Fookes, Jonathan Han, Michelle Ji, Clara Kim, Charlotte Buttle,Theo Ko, Matthew Cao, Frank Liu, Harleen Julka and Terry Zhang. The program may sound like hard academic work, but Xia said he had a good time in Saskatchewan.

“There’s lectures and workshops, but there’s also a lot of fun activities,” he said. “It’s like summer camp.” For more information on the program, which was founded at the University of Waterloo in 1980, visit www.shad.ca.

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Send your taste buds travelling in your own backyard with the help of Tourism Burnaby’s Passport to Food. The local challenge, which runs until Sept. 30, encourages residents to try at least 10 different restaurants in the city. Passports are being sent to 40,000 homes in Burnaby, according to Tourism

Burnaby’s executive director, Nancy Small, and can also be printed from the Tourism Burnaby website. For each food and beverage purchase of $10 or more, residents will get their passports stamped at participating restaurants. Those who collect 10 stamps from 10 different restaurants can enter to win a “staycation” grand prize, according to the website. The 16 participating restaurants include Anton’s Pasta Bar, Club Ilia Eat-

ery and Lounge, Great Bear Pub, Hart House Restaurant and Trattoria Burnaby. For more information, go to www.tourismburnaby. com/passporttofood. HIGH TEA SUSHI WITH BURNABY’S MAYOR For those looking to rub elbows with the city’s political elite, the Burnaby Board of Trade is holding a special high tea event in honour of the 50 year anniversary of Burnaby’s sister city relationship with Kushiro,

Japan. The high tea is being held on Wednesday, Aug. 19 at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Mayor Derek Corrigan will be on hand to make a presentation on the sister city relationship. Tickets are $20.To register, call 604-412-0100, email admin@bbot.ca or go to bbot.ca. FINE DINING ON THE WATER

If you’re looking for a swanky dining opportunity outdoors, consider Deer Lake Park on Aug. 27. Tourism Burnaby is organizing the inaugural Small Plates on the Lake event at the park, with chefs from Hart House Restaurant, Reflect Social Dining and Lounge, and ebo Restaurant offering a variety of small plates. The event also includes a live jazz band, according to Tourism Burnaby’s website. Tickets are $55 each.

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Snakes dying outside Continued from page 8 and Lofvendahl said she even tried to give it mouthto-mouth resuscitation to no avail. A second baby snake was found already dead. One of the two live snakes reported to Lofvendahl was taken in and adopted by the person who found it. Lofvendahl suspects a breeder is dumping the pythons. “This is someone who deliberately bred them and dumped them, I don’t know why,” Lofvendahl said. Lofvendahl said the

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A lifetime of service together for local couple Burnaby residents reflect on their life together while working for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cayley Dobie

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For the past 65 years, Royal Canadian Mounted Police have been serving the community of Burnaby, and for about 57 of those years Les and Violet Holmes have been married. The pair met in the late ’50s. She was originally from Kelowna but had moved to the Lower Mainland to work as a psychiatric nurse at Riverview hospital. He was an RCMP cadet, fresh out of Depot in Regina, Sask. Originally from Ontario, he found himself stationed in Burnaby after he finished his Mountie training. Les was living at Fairmont Barracks in Vancouver and Violet was living in the nurses’ residence at Riverview.The pair met in 1957 when their friends attempted to fix them up. “One of my classmates

met his troopmate, and one night she was going out with him and said he had a friend and did I want to come on a blind date?”Violet said. Violet and Les had another chance encounter a while later when Violet was driving in her old Zephyr along Lougheed Highway with a couple of nurse friends. “We were stopped by a RCMP motorcycle cop, and of course it was Les. It wasn’t like it was for speeding or anything, I thought it was because he could,” she laughed. “And it was fun, of course, everyone got a kick out of it. They started dating shortly after, and the rest, as they say, is history. Soon after they met, Les was put on Doukhobor patrol for a handful of months before he was transferred to the Nakusp detachment in the West Kootenays. “So it was a long distance

for a while,”Violet said. “We didn’t realize how serious we were about each other until that happened,” she added. The pair recalled one particularly funny (and harrowing) memory, when Violet and some nursing friends drove to Nakusp in the winter to see Les. Violet had told Les that because of the snow they were going to skip the Monashee Pass and go through the United States instead. But their plans changed when the border was closed so the women were forced to brave the road through the Monashees. Les and some fellow officers, meanwhile, were escorting a few prisoners on a transfer. During the trip, the bus happened upon a group of women whose car was stuck in the snow. “And then the bus driver Continued on page 14

A stunning pair: Les and Violet Holmes pose for a photo in the late 1950s before leaving for a New Year’s Eve party at the Fairmont Barracks in Vancouver. It was the first formal event they attended together as a couple. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

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She was known as the matriarch of the Burnaby RCMP detachment. Delores Jackson, or Mrs. J as she was referred to, spent more than 30 years working for the local Mounties. Her tenure with the department is something she looks back on with fondness, she told the NOW. “You get to know the people. So many of them, they still keep in touch with me,” she said. “It was a wonderful part of my life, really.” At 33 years old, with three teenagers at home, Jackson found herself working as a secretary for the Burnaby RCMP. Her husband had decided to go back to school to become a United Church minister, which meant Jackson had to get a job.

She went down to the unemployment office, and a woman at that office booked Jackson an interview with Sgt. Click of the Burnaby RCMP. “He was very nice, and he said, ‘Now, there’s a lot of swearing going on in here, and if you can’t take it, you better not take the job.’Well, I took it,” she laughed. Jackson became the new secretary for the traffic section, a post she held until her retirement in 1995. “I could have been the secretary to the officer in charge, … but I preferred to stay in traffic, it was my niche,” she said. She started her career working at the old detachment office at Kingsway and Edmonds Street, eventually moving with the rest of the Burnaby RCMP members to their new headquarters on Deer Lake Avenue. At the time, it was the

largest detachment in the country (it’s now secondlargest behind the Surrey RCMP). “The older members would call me the matriarch of Burnaby detachment,” she said. ‘Mrs. J’ was like a mother to many of the officers in the detachment. She kept track of many of the officers that came and went. Over the years, she began working on a unique project of her own: a scrapbook. The large, laminated scrapbook includes 1,250 photos of Burnaby RCMP members Jackson worked with over the decades. (Some of the officers are more recognizable than others, including current Staff Sgt. Maj. John Buis.) The 86-year-old is constantly updating the scrapbook – which resembles a family album more than anything – with family pho-

Congratulations to the Burnaby RCMP on 65 years of dedicated policing services: education and prevention, emergency response and enforcement.

An institution: Delores Jackson, fondly known by most Burnaby RCMP officers as Mrs. J, worked at the Burnaby RCMP detachment for 32 years. During her employment, she collected hundreds of photos of the members she worked with and made them into a scrapbook (pictured). PHOTO CAYLEY DOBIE

tos, birth announcements and death notices. While she had never dreamed of working for the RCMP, Jackson said it was

quite an exciting and interesting job. “I didn’t see murders or anything like that, but it was interesting,” she said.

One time, she and her colleagues were headed towards the lunch room at the Kingsway detachment Continued on page 14

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In celebration of the Burnaby RCMP’s 65th anniversary, their neighbours over at the Burnaby Village Museum are inviting guests to get in the spirit of the Red Serge. Throughout August, visitors to the Burnaby Village Museum can meet with members of the Burnaby RCMP.The officers will be

on site from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday to take photos and meet with museum visitors. And for those visitors who can’t make it out on a Tuesday, there is a Burnaby RCMP anniversary photo stop at the site where guests can “choose their moustache style” and snap a pic with the Mountie cut-outs.

Visitors are encouraged to post their photos online and tag them with the hashtag #burnabyvillagercmp. For more information, visit www.burnabyvillagemu seum.ca.The museum is located at 6501 Deer Lake Ave., and admission is free. – Cayley Dobie

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Musical ride: From left, Const. Aaron Cheng, Sgt. Jolaine Percival and Const. Sam Bowen took a spin on the Burnaby Village Museum’s carousel in June for a special photo shoot in celebration of the Burnaby detachment’s 65th anniversary. The officers donned their Red Serge and Stetsons for a fun day at the museum. For more photos, see www.burnabynow.com. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED, LEANNE SCHERP

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A lifelong career comes to a close Continued from page 12 office, and as they passed by the women’s cellblock, one of the inmates tossed a bucket of urine at them – luckily, none of them were hit. Jackson also witnessed many changes in the detachment over the years. “The first big change was the electric typewriter, and

none of us had worked on an electric typewriter, and so we had to take a course over at the city hall,” she said. “And then, of course, computers came, so we’d type everything, but it appeared on a screen to your right, and you printed it off. That was all new.” Other changes she witnessed included new officers in charge, and the dif-

ferent quirks they often brought with them. One officer in charge in particular was very adamant everyone wore their caps at all times, she recalled. In 1993, Jackson retired from her position with the Burnaby RCMP. About 180 people attended her retirement dinner at the Executive Inn on Lougheed Highway.

“It was something else,” she said with a smile. Twenty-two years later, Jackson still keeps in touch with many of the members she worked with.When asked if she would do it all over again given the chance, Jackson was quick to respond. “Oh yes. Like I said, it was just a wonderful, loving part of my life,” she said.

Three provinces later, they’re still together Continued from page 11 says, ‘That’s your girlfriend right there,’ and I said, ‘It can’t be because they’re going down through the States,’” Les laughed. Shortly after his time in Nakusp, the couple was married. “(Les) came back to Burnaby and we really put down roots, first in an apartment, then we bought a little house,”Violet said. The couple had two kids. Les spent about 12 years working at the Burnaby

RCMP detachment, and so did Violet. After they were married,Violet stopped working at Riverview and instead, would sometimes pick up shifts as a matron for the Burnaby RCMP. A matron’s main duty was to be present when women were arrested and booked into the cellblock, to ensure police were respectful and that no wrongdoing was committed.The matron was also responsible for supervising the women’s cellblock, which Violet said

could be quite boring. “I usually read or wrote letters, and occasionally they (the prisoners) would be noisy, but most of the time not,” she added. Matrons were also sometimes required to accompany officers on raids or arrests, just in case any women were present. (This was all before the RCMP started allowing women to become officers themselves.) Violet’s contribution to the RCMP didn’t end there, In the 1990s, she designed

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the Mounties’ official tartan. Les’ career continued as well. He began climbing the ranks of the RCMP. He was the first Mountie trained to conduct polygraph tests. After a few years in Toronto with O Division (prior to the creation of the Ontario Provincial Police), the couple returned to B.C. where Les was assigned to drug enforcement with E Division. His final posting before retirement was as the assistant commissioner of the RCMP’s Alberta division.

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There is a stereotype that older people can’t keep up with change. Family members will laugh at the blinking display of the unset DVD player (or for the even less adaptable,VCR). And the older we get, the more quickly time passes and trends change. But there is wisdom in aging.With time, we see that change is constant and inescapable – in politics, technology, economics and fashion.We learn to be cautious about taking anything for granted because everything changes. With the insight of change, the wisest give up pinning their happiness to that which doesn’t last: material things, the hottest fashion, the latest Apple product, wealth, popularity and youth. But for most of us, change is a source of suffering. As we age, many lament the loss of vigour, the out-

ward signs of aging, illness, and separation from loved ones.We have expectations and when these are thwarted, we grieve their loss.We may feel powerless and in despair. But if we see life as it is, we will recognize that change is inevitable. Instead we live with the unexamined expectations

If we see life as it is, we will recognize change is inevitable.

that our careers will run smoothly, our relationships won’t change, jobs won’t end, we and those we love will live forever: we won’t age, suffer accidents, become ill or die. We all know better.Yet we approach each day ignoring reality, taking for granted the beautiful gifts we hold for a moment, acting unkindly to those who may not

be here tomorrow, and letting pass by even the smallest opportunities to make a positive difference in our fragile world. An empowering psychological principle is the locus of control. Some in the midst of change feel helpless (and thus anxious) then hopeless (and ultimately depressed).They do not feel a sense of control in a sea of change. But if in a changing world, we recognize the ways we can exert control – where our intentions and actions can make a positive difference, we feel empowered. If you had a limited amount of cash that had to be spent today, what would you choose to do with it? If you had just one more day to spend with someone you loved, what would you say and what would you do? If you had just this day to make a positive difference in the world, what would you do today? Would you spend another moment holding onto the past, complaining, watching

TV, doing meaningless work or shopping? I bet you won’t. Tsongkhapa wrote eloquently of the preciousness of a human life. “The human body at peace with itself is more precious than the rarest gem. Cherish your body. It is yours this one time only. The human form is won

with great difficulty. It is easy to lose. All worldly things are brief like lightning in the sky.This life you must know as the tiny splash of a raindrop, a thing of beauty that disappears even as it comes into being. Therefore set your aspiration and make use of every day and night to achieve it.” In upcoming columns, I’ll

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7 p.m., at 4464 Hastings St. Hot dog, chips and drink for only $2. MONDAY, AUG. 24 Free talk on tenants’ rights, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Bob Prittie Metrotown library branch, 6100 Willingdon Ave. The Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre will speak about the rights and obligations tenants have under the law. Topics include tenant rights and protection, security deposits, repairs, evictions and illegal entry. Registration is required. Call 604-436-5400 to attend. ONGOING Learn how to use a computer. Access the Internet, send email and upload your photos

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Bronze for Burnaby sprinter Burnaby Central athlete wins three track medals at Legion youth national meet

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Nathan Mah of Burnaby picked up three bronze medals at the Legion national youth track and field championships in SteThérèse, Que. The Burnaby Central Secondary student finished in third place in the under-18 boys’ 100 metres in a fast time of 11.02 seconds. Mah’s time was just two one-hundredths of a second behind runner-up Khamal Stewart-Baynes of Ontario and less than three-tenths of a second shy of race winner Chuba Hubbard of Edmonton, who took the gold in a winning time of 10.73. Mah also helped Team B.C. to a bronze in the 4x100m relay in an overall time of 42.90, two-tenths of a second behind Flying Angels Academy and almost one second back of race winner Team Ontario at the three-day meet. Mah’s third medal came in the 4x400m relay, where he ran the anchor leg in a sprint to the finish with second-place Team Alberta in a time of 3:23.55. Ontario won the race in a time of 3:19.84. Burnaby South’s Diego Medrano took home a silver medal for Team B.C. in the u-16 boys’ 200m hurdles, finishing just two onehundredths of a second behind Liam Foudy of Ontario in a three-men photo finish with Saskatchewan’s Payne Wylie. Medrano also placed sixth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.91. Foudy

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Three for one: Burnaby’s Nathan Mah won three bronze medals at the Legion national youth track and field championships in Quebec last weekend. PHOTO COURTESY WILSON WONG/UBC ATHLETICS

and Wylie placed second and fourth, respectively. Aaron Marcynuk of Alberta won the race with a Legion championship record time of 13.48. The New West Spartans club sprinter placed sixth in the 4x100m relay for B.C. New Westminster’s Nina Schultz leaped 1.72 metres in the u-18 girls’ high jump to claim a silver medal behind Quebec’s Mikel-

la Lefebvre-Oatis, who took the event at 1.78m. Schultz also ran the anchor leg for Team B.C.’s 4x400m relay that placed fifth overall in a time of 3:56.90. The B.C. girls, including Glynis Sim, Alyssa Mousseau and Madison Heisterman, were one of seven teams to better the national Legion record of 4:06.08 set in 2010 by Ontario.

Quebec won the 1,600m relay in a new national meet record of 3:51.32. Royal City Track Club’s Jenevieve Patry-Smith placed in the top 10 in four separate u-16 events. Patry-Smith finished just off the podium in the girls’ discus, placing fourth with a throw of 33.60m – less than half a metre shy of third-place Emma Bauer of Lethbridge, Alta.

The New West field athlete was in fifth place in both javelin and hammer throw. She threw the spear 37.19m and the three-kilogram hammer 35.47m. She also placed ninth in the shot put. St.Thomas More Collegiate’s Shiloh Corrales-Nelson, representing the Burnaby Striders, was 11th in the u-16 girls’ shot with a heave of 10.63m.

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Patrick Walker won one of three wild cards to this year’s Odlum Brown VanOpen tennis championships. The Burnaby Tennis Club member won the Road to the Odlum Brown VanOpen men’s singles title, following a three-set win over last year’s champion Kyryll Kryvchun of the North Shore Winter Club on Saturday. Walker lost the opening set 7-5, but took the second set 7-6, before outpointing

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Kryvchun 10-3 in the final tiebreaker. Both Walker and Kryvchun received wild cards to the qualifying round of the VanOpen along with thirdplace finisher Paul Ratchford of the Jericho Tennis Club, who got by Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club member Alexander Day 6-2, 7-5. Walker defeated Day in a 10-3 tiebreaker in the semifinals played earlier Saturday after winning the opening set 6-3. Day stormed back with a 6-1 win to force the third-set tiebreak. In the quarter-finals,

Walker posted a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Robert Fung of the Arbutus Club, while Kryvchun beat Derek Lau of Shaughnessy Country Club in straight sets 6-0, 6-0 on Friday. The Burnaby club player opened the Road to the Odlum Brown VanOpen with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Daniel Budd of Hollyburn Country Club. The Odlum Brown VanOpen begins this Saturday, Aug. 15 at the Hollyburn club in West Vancouver. Admission for Saturday and Sunday matches is free.

On the Road: Burnaby Tennis Club’s Patrick Walker won the men’s singles at the Road to the Odlum Brown VanOpen on Saturday. PHOTO COURTESY ODLUM BROWN VANOPEN

Burnaby South Secondary’s Vince Sunga helped lead British Columbia to a fifth-place finish at the 15-and-under National basketball championships in Halifax. The 5-7 guard from New Westminster led B.C. with 14 points, including a pair of three-pointers, to a 5445 victory over Alberta in a consolation placement game at Saint Mary’s University on Saturday. Sunga also had a team-high 4 assists, three rebounds and a steal in the matchup. Sunga scored in double figures in five of B.C.’s six games at the nationals, including a 77-70 win over Nova Scotia that put the West Coast boys into the final game against Alberta. Against the Maritimers, Sunga scored 13 points, including four treys and four helpers. Sunga’s only single-digit outing was in B.C.’s 83-56 loss to eventual finalist Quebec in the championship playoff round on Aug. 6. B.C. finished second in Pool 3, opening nationals with a 78-44 win over Newfoundland on Aug. 3. In the game, Sunga shot 54.5 per cent from the floor, while sharing the team lead with 13 points with Port Coquitlam’s Michael Wilkinson. New Westminster Secondary point guard Ramadan Ali registered four goals and four assists in the win. B.C.’s only other loss at the nationals was a 75-62 defeat to Saskatchewan in pool play. Sunga potted 10 points against Saskatchewan. In the playoffs, Sunga shot 80 per cent from the floor, including three-ofthree three-pointers in an 86-54 win over Prince Edward Island. Sunga also had a personal-best six assists and three steals against the Islanders. Sunga was third in B.C. team scoring, averaging 11.3 points and four assists per game. He also made more than 80 per cent of his free throws and 41.7 per cent Continued on page 20

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B.C. minor lax medals at nats

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Real good and free : Kayla Liu of the Burnaby Mountain Mantas club got in some freestyle practice for the Simon Fraser regional summer swim meet at Spani Pool in Coquitlam last month. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

B.C. 17s misses the bronze medal

Continued from page 19 from three-point land at the nationals. Ontario won the gold medal at the nationals, downing Quebec 67-61 in

the finals. New Brunswick got by Saskatchewan to claim the bronze medal 71-59. In the 17-and-under national boys’

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B.C.’s peewee lacrosse team claimed the silver medal at the Warrior Lacrosse Championship of Canada. The provincial boys, including Tyler Schweitzer of New Westminster, lost 11-2 to Ontario in the goldmedal final at Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby, Ont. on Saturday. B.C. knocked off Alberta 5-2 in the semifinal played on Friday, to avenge its only other loss at the national competition. A day earlier, B.C. was defeated 6-2 by the Wild Rose provincial team on the final day of preliminaryround action. The West Coast squad also lost to the eventual champions from Ontario on the opening day of the competition 9-3. B.C. fashioned a 6-3 record at the nationals, including an 8-7 victory over

a First Nations squad on Aug. 4. The midget boys from B.C. settled for a bronze medal following a narrow 6-5 victory over steadily improving Nova Scotia at the nationals in Whitby. Earlier in the competition, the two teams drew 7-7 in the preliminary round on Aug. 5. B.C. was upended 11-5 by First Nations in the semifinal on Aug. 7.The B.C. team also lost to First Nations 10-7 and Ontario 7-1 in round-robin play on Aug. 4. The B.C. boys also had to work hard to get past Alberta 10-7 in pool play. Ontario won the midget gold medal following a 9-3 victory over First Nations in the championship final. Last month, B.C.’s bantam boys’ and girls’ teams both won silver medals at the Canadian nationals,while the provincial junior and midget girls were both crowned champions.

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