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The high-five. It’s pretty much a universal gesture of accomplishment, especially in sports. But at Burnaby Mountain Secondary, the high-fives going around on the hard court mean a little more. Sure the high school’s girls AAA basketball team is winning games, but the high-fives are an easy way for the team – which has a makeup fit for the United Nations – to communicate. “I choose this school by basketball,” Karen Ito, a guard, recently told the NOW. “I wanted to play basketball and meet local students.” The outgoing 17-year-old came to the school this fall from Japan and is one of four international students on the team. The teen joined players from Germany, China and Italy. Ito explained she played a lit-
THEY GOT GAME Left to right: Catherine Zheng, Karen Ito, Karen Moehler and Eugenia Garaffo are international students playing for the Burnaby Mountain Secondary’s girls AAA basketball team. The playoffs for the team begin this week. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR
tle ball back home but didn’t have a coach or an organized team to play for. In fact, all of the girls have little experience playing the game at a competitive level. In the case of Eugenia Garaffo,
the 17-year-old Italian has never played the sport in her life. She fell in love with the Vancouver area on a trip a few years back and wanted to come to Burnaby on an exchange. Garaffo figured joining the team
would be a good way to improve her English and make friends. “It was a big challenge because it’s a sport you don’t know,” she said, admitting her first game was terrible. The international flavour of the
team is really a microcosm of the school itself. There are 165 international students at Burnaby Mountain this year, and each year the numbers keep growing. Continued on page 4
Court says monk has to leave Burnaby property By Jeremy Deutsch
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A Burnaby monk who had plans to build a Buddhist temple for his followers at a large property on Royal Oak Avenue has been ordered to vacate the home.
According to ruling in B.C. Supreme Court, a judge has ordered the Vietnamese Unified Buddhist Congregation of B.C. and anyone living in 8708 Royal Oak Ave. to cease occupancy in the home or any unpermitted additions and
buildings located on the property. The judge’s orders, which were filed on Jan. 22, also granted the City of Burnaby a permanent injunction requiring the owner to submit an application to the city for building permits to either
demolish all structures or remediate the existing home to meet a number of conditions set out by the court and to meet bylaws. A Buddhist monk named Le Thuan owns the 7.4-hectare property and spoke to the Burna-
ese Unified Buddhist Congregation of B.C., which he leads. Over the years, he built several additions to the property, including a temple and two dining halls. Continued on page 4
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More fires in 2015 Only motor vehicle incident calls fell By Jeremy Deutsch
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It turned out, 2015 was a busy year for the Burnaby firefighters. According to year-end numbers provided by the fire chief to city council, the department responded to 14,028 calls for service in 2015. That proved to be an increase from the 12,887 calls for service the department received in 2014. In pretty much every statistical category, the numbers were up in 2015. There were 263 reported building fires in Burnaby last year, compared to 251 in 2014.
There were 61 vehicle fires in 2015 compared to 48 in 2014. The department dealt with 840 “other” fires (bush, rubbish) in 2015 compared to 682 in 2014. The department dealt with 303 false alarms last year compared to 262 in 2014. Firefighters were called out 9,272 medical emergencies compared to 8,368 in 2014.The department handled 1,369 public service calls compared to 1,133 in 2014. The number of people injured and killed in fires also rose in 2015, with 15 injured and two killed compared to 10 injuries in 2014
and no deaths. The deaths were the first in the city in years. Only the number of calls to motor vehicle incidents declined in 2015, to 1,130 from 1,294 in 2014. The report does not provide a dollar amount lost related to fires in the city. Last year was also the year a contract dispute between City of Burnaby and firefighters’ union came to a boil, with dozens of firefighters showing up to a council meeting in September to send a message they want a new contract. The department has been without a contract since 2011. Arbitration in the dispute isn’t expected to happen before June.
Watch out for more small antennas cropping up in city They don’t exactly stick out if you’re not looking for them, but Burnaby could soon be getting more cell antennas – of the small variety. Last month, city council approved zoning amendments that would allow small cell antenna installations on city street light standards and traffic light poles. Prior to the changes, antennas were only allowed in the “P2 zoning” or the administration and assembly districts, but were mostly large free-standing antennas. Coun. Sav Dhaliwal, who voted in favour of the change at a public hearing on the issue, explained the small antennas are general-
ly only about one to two feet long. “I like the idea of not having a whole lot of huge, big, unsightly antennas,” he told the NOW. “I thought this was quite helpful to both the service provider and the consumer.” Dhaliwal noted the changes come as Telus was looking to install the small antennas to improve reception and Wi-Fi for customers in Burnaby, adding there will be conditions put on any applications. “There will probably be some kind of contract with the city and public in the usage of that infrastructure,” he said, also noting any company in the future won’t have to go through a public
hearing as was the process in the past. Dhaliwal said he also expects the city to keep the number of the small antennas to “a reasonable number.” At this point, he’s not sure how many antennas the company intends to put up around the city. The city also made amendments to ensure all antenna proposals, other than the small ones permitted under the zoning, like the larger freestanding or monopole antennas, require approval through the rezoning process, and only be permitted if they are included as part of a comprehensive development. – By Jeremy Deutsch
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Basketball team is writing an underdog story mitment and defence. “These kids were amazing,” he said, pointing out the teens embraced all their obstacles. “They’ve really bought into working together as a group, and that’s what you want on any sports team is
They fight, they fight on the court. that collective unity and solidarity they have.They fight, they fight on the court.” Make no mistake, these girls and this team show up to win.Though the season got off to a rough start, fortunes have turned around in a big way at the most opportune time. The team won six in a row in league play and sits in the middle of the pack in the Burnaby-New Westminster division, with playoffs
set to begin this week. The team has been giving up just about 30 points a game on average. Morton is only a little surprised by the success. “They’ve done a great job; they realize now the work they’ve put in is why they’re successful,” he said. “They’re teaching each other.” While the coach is quick to praise the kids, the players send it back to their coach. “I played basketball in Germany, but we had a really bad coach,” said Karen Moehler with a chuckle. The 16-year-old from Germany credits Morton for a big improvement in
her skills, adding she’s never played this much before coming to the team. Moehler found her way to Burnaby after seeing a presentation about the school district in her native land. She too wanted to improve her English and do some travelling, so she chose Burnaby Mountain. “I love sports and I try to do as much as I can, so I was like ‘go for basketball,’” she said. The players are also learning from their star, in Bailey who they say has been a huge support on the court. Though the current focus is on the playoffs and a berth at the provincials in
March, eventually, the team and the four students will go their separate ways. For these girls, their time up and down the BMSS court is about the relationships and bonds they’ve formed in such a short time. Moehler said she already knows she’s going to visit Ito in Japan, while the rest all intend to stay in contact in some way and share their Canadian basketball experience when they return home. As for those high fives, back in Japan, in a no-touch culture, they’re not so common. Ito’s bringing that tradition home too.
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the coach held a few practices to see what he had to work with. He admits there were challenges in the beginning, especially getting down the basics of the sport at a team level. Catherine Zheng didn’t even know the rules. The Chinese student, who plays guard, said it was a big learning curve when she joined the team, pointing out she only played a bit of ball in her home country as a hobby. “In China, (students) have too much work so they don’t have to do sports,” Zheng said. The Grade 11 student came to Burnaby last year to join her sister, who studies at Simon Fraser University, and had no idea at the time she would sign up for the team. Since none of the kids were likely to throw it down like Lebron, Morton, a fan and student of the game he played back in high school, preached hard work, com-
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Continued from page 1 But the way this motley crew of players came together sounds more like something that might come out of a Hollywood studio then the halls of a local high school. It began last year when school vice-principal and coach James Morton was looking at putting a senior girls team together. The team’s star Jacey Bailey, who recently drained 55 points in a game en route to smashing records at the Britannia Invitational, had been with the program since Grade 8, but a lack of players before the season threatened to nix her final season. Morton wanted to give the six-foot phenom an opportunity to play, so he hung up a signup sheet looking for players. What he got was the four basketball players from around the world, without whom there would be no team. Keeping an open mind,
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Temple not a permitted use for agricultural land Continued from page 1 In all, he spent about $300,000 on additions, raised by the congregation he estimates to be between 300 to 500 people from around Metro Vancouver. But the work had run afoul of the city bylaws. The city claimed in court documents the owner built numerous additions to the property between 2002 and 2014 without any permits. In January 2015, the city conducted an inspection of the property and identified numerous health, bylaw and safety infractions related to the unpermitted additions.
Following the inspection, documents note the city shut off the power to the property pending the completion and approval of the required repairs. The property is located in the Agricultural Land Reserve and a temple is not permitted use. In March, Thuan applied to the Agricultural Land Commission to subdivide the property for non-farm use, but the city refused to support the application. The city also said it learned in September Thuan and some monks continued to live in the home and
use one of the buildings as a place of worship despite the “do not occupy” notices, but he insisted he doesn’t live on the property and only tends to the land on a daily basis. The court also ordered the owner, once he gets the building permits, to complete all the necessary construction and demolition and final approval within 120 days. COMMENT ON THIS STORY
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Doctor files lawsuit over fall in parkade Jeremy Deutsch
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A doctor is taking a Burnaby casino and parkade operator to court over a fall two years ago. According to a statement of claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court, David Dixon is suing the Grand Villa Casino, Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd., which operates the casino, and Advanced Parking Systems Inc. related to an alleged fall. The suit stems from an alleged incident on Dec. 15, 2013, where Dixon claims he was returning from the casino to his vehicle in the parkade when he slipped and fell to the ground on a slippery surface, resulting in an injury.
The suit claims Dixon, who is described as a doctor living in West Vancouver, sustained injuries as a result of the fall including a fractured left patella, or knee cap that required surgery, separated quadriceps muscles, sprained ankle and bruising. He’s seeking general damages for pain, suffering, permanent physical disability, loss of earnings, loss of income earning capacity, and costs of future care among others. The suit, which was filed Dec. 8, claims the alleged fall was caused by the negligence of the defendants. Specifically, the casino and parkade operator are accused of failing to ensure the lot was maintained in a safe manner, for failing to
implement a reasonable inspection schedule, and failing to provide a safe pathway for pedestrians to walk to their vehicles when the surface might be slippery. The defendants are also accused of being negligent for failing to apply sand to the parkade floor to prevent slippage, for failing to warn the public the surface might be slippery when wet, failing to monitor weather patterns so a proper decision could be made as to the amount of surface maintenance required, and failing to paint the parking lot surface with a slip resistance substance. None of the parties have filed a response to the lawsuit and none of the allegations have been proven in court.
Five charged after drug trafficking investigation A three-month joint investigation into a drug trafficking ring by Burnaby RCMP and New Westminster police has netted charges against five people. New Westminster Police Department’s street crime unit started the investigation back in October 2015. While police couldn’t divulge specific details on the investigation, acting Sgt. Jeff Scott, spokesperson for New Westminster Police Department, confirmed that in December, two search warrants were executed – one at a home in
New West and another at a home in the 4200 block of Grange Street. Investigators seized three imitation firearms, cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, $100,000 in cash, multiple cellphones and three vehicles, according to Burnaby RCMP. Following the searches, four people, all New Westminster residents, were arrested and charged with various drug-related offences, including drug trafficking and possession of a controlled substance. Charged are Gary
Gurinder Singh Dhami, 26; Sukhatj Sing Kang, 22; Kiearah Ayisha Atwell, 21; and Kelvin John Madden, 24. Fifty-three-year-old Miles Dennis Sparks was arrested on Feb. 3. All accused have been released from custody with conditions. Sparks is scheduled to appear in New Westminster provincial court on Feb. 17. Dhami, Kang, Atwell and Madden are expected back in court on March 2. – Cayley Dobie
Warehouse damaged in fire A longtime Burnaby warehouse suffered extensive smoke and water damage last week after a small fire broke out in the building. It was an automatic fire alarm ringing from inside the Serta mattress factory onWinston Street that alerted firefighters of an incident shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 2, assistant fire chief Bryan Kirk told the NOW. When firefighters arrived, there were two employees standing outside, but neither could say why the alarm was going off. “(The firefighters) went
inside, and they realized there was something going on, the whole place was full of smoke, so they upgraded it to a second alarm,” Kirk said. The origin of the fire appeared to be a gluing table inside the warehouse, he added. “Between the mattress, the glue and this wooden table, (there was) enough combustibles – that started the fire,” Kirk said. While there wasn’t significant fire damage inside the warehouse, there was a lot of smoke and water thanks to the sprinkler system, he
said, adding that because of the size of the facility, the fire was upgraded to a twoalarm blaze that required about 28 firefighters. Fire crews were on scene until 10 p.m. trying to clear out the smoke. “The whole place was full of smoke, and it makes it that much more difficult to ventilate that much smoke,” he said. “(Firefighters) were there for a good six hours or so, just because it was work intensive getting rid of all the smoke, not so much fighting a fire.” – Cayley Dobie
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The inevitable seduction of cheap things Uber’s arrival in B.C. is inevitable,Transportation Minister Todd Stone says. The ride-hailing app has sparked controversy in most cities it’s set up in. The City of Burnaby is trying to keep Uber out – but can it? It has already told Uber that it is ineligible for a Burnaby business licence. It simply doesn’t comply with city bylaws, says the city. City staff determined the company’s business mod-
el did not comply with the city’s Cab Regulations Bylaw. That’s for sure.What separates Uber from a typical cab company is that they’re just not that into the rat’s nest of Passenger Safety Board licensing, regulations, insurance, safety inspections, taxes and background checks. Instead, they prefer to cast themselves as a technology company that simply connects people wanting
a ride with people willing to drive their personal vehicle (while keeping most of the money). But consumers love it for its on-demand gratification and user friendliness. Pickup, drop-off and payment are all carried out at the touch of a smartphone screen. It’s especially convenient when one is caught downtown in the rain with most of a bottle of wine sloshing around in one’s tummy.
Uber will creep into our cities, no matter what When it comes to giving the public what they want, it’s hard to deny the appeal. But there is surely more to the story than the dazzle of its convenience. Even though they may be onerous, those regulations are
there for our safety so we shouldn’t be surprised when accidents happen.We’ve yet to see how the province is going to reconcile Uber’s Wild West business model with bureaucracy the taxi industry faces.We also have concerns about Uber’s reportedly low wages and spiking fares. But what Uber and other on-demand services offer could be an important piece in the way we get around our cities.
With TransLink now stuck in a holding pattern with any potential future expansions or major fixes to the current system, people needing to get from Point A to Point B will be hard to keep away from Uber. The reality is that people will find a way to circumvent the rules be it Air BNB or cutting cable lines. And, barring creating entire new policing structures, Uber will creep into our cities, no matter what we do.
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Fossil fuels are our future The decision by Shell Oil to delay going-all-in on its liquefied natural gas project near Kitimat received a lot of attention last week, but an energy report that helps put that decision in context appears to have barely registered on the radar screen. Shell, faced with plummeting profits brought on by the price of oil falling off a cliff, is eliminating 10,000 jobs, deferring spending and delaying investments. The anti-LNG and anti-pipeline groups popped champagne corks in celebration, but a recent report by Canada’s National Energy Board shows that celebration may be very premature and in fact may never have cause to occur at all. The NEB’s report, entitled Canada’s Energy Future, is grounded in sober and scientific analysis and not in romantic notions of getting rid of fossil fuels anytime soon. The NEB has projected Canada’s energy needs and production to the year 2040 and has concluded they will both rise significantly. Oil production (primarily from Alberta’s oil sands) will rise an astounding 56 per cent while natural gas production will increase 22 per cent, with LNG “an important driver” of that growth. The NEB points out it doesn’t matter whether any new oil pipelines are built or not.The demand for the resource remains, and therefore Alberta’s bitumen will move one way or another -- most likely via rail cars,
which are considerably more dangerous than pipelines. It tosses to the curb the rhetoric coming from the environmental movement and from self-congratulating conferences of politicians vowing to take action to significantly curb greenhouse gas emissions. “Fossil fuels remain the primary source of energy in Canada over the projection period,” states the NEB’s analysis, and it notes its use will rise by 22 per cent over today’s consumption levels Renewable energy projects, such as wind and solar, may increase over time but not anywhere near the point of being able to match the energy needs provided by oil and gas, the NEB notes. What does all this mean for a proposed LNG industry in B.C., and pipelines such as Kinder Morgan’s? In all likelihood, they will all occur eventually. Protests and sloganeering can’t match the reality that Canadians, and people everywhere, will be using that oil and gas on an increasing basis and so those natural resources will eventually be extracted and moved to markets and consumers. This may not happen on a timeline that suits the Christy Clark government’s political agenda. But it will happen. It’s just that LNG and the oil sands will follow an economic timeline – one dictated by consumer use and not by politicians’ needs. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.
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Too much consultation can be a bad thing Dear Editor Let’s be realistic here - the pipeline review process is broken. It’s not broken due to a lack of consultation, it’s broken because there is precisely too much consultation allowed. As a result, those who oppose the pipeline will always claim there was inadequate consultation despite having had several opportunities to meet face to face with Kinder-Morgan and the NEB, as well as write in and obtain a response. For those who oppose, it doesn’t matter if a pipeline is the safest way to transport oil, their erroneous belief that the voices of thousands of ill-informed people constitutes a “social licence” to object to anything and everything. I am glad people speak up and do exhibit social licence – it results in the most rigorous of engineering and scientific research and testing to ensure there will be no environmental damage. But when that social licence begins to extend to just protest after protest because these people simply don’t want a pipeline, then it becomes counter-productive. The cold harsh reality is pipelines have criss-crossed this country for decades, and one in particular has pumped oil through this community for more than 60 years without any catastrophic environmental disaster that the protesters seem to think will happen. An oil company does not want to have oil gushing out of its pipeline any more than the locals do – it behooves them to make sure the pipeline doesn’t break as well. Canada needs these pipelines. These pipelines already exist. By all means contribute constructively to ensuring that the pipelines will be the safest for all concerned, but stop being counterproductive. Unless you live in a cave, weave your clothes from local grasses and eat locally grown vegetable you pick yourself, you need oil to sustain your lifestyle. So stop being hypocritical. Sally Gillies, by email
Low-income families paying the price again Dear Editor The province is giving up twothirds of its land at Cedar Place, which by all rights should be used to help meet the growing need for future affordable housing. It will move the 90 low-income families from spacious homes with individual backyards and surrounding green space into a five-storey apartment building on less than one-fifth of the space. Everyone likes new, but these renters are giving up a lot, particularly space and privacy. Contrary to what Mr. Corrigan and Mr. Coleman want you to believe, there is not one additional unit of affordable family housing. Burnaby is ranked worst in Canada by the Canadian Rental Housing Index for housing affordability and accessibility. Once again, low-income families that rent are getting shafted and displaced, and voters continue to allow this to happen. No one seems to have any trouble with the fact that the developer Ledingham- McAllister donated $69,900 to the B.C. Liberals prior to the last provincial election or $10,000 to the mayor and his party during the municipal election. Rick McGowan, Burnaby
DENTURE WEARERS! COME IN AND RECEIVE Residents join forces to A COMPLIMENTARY save forest lands CONSULTATION AND DENTURE Jon Reay ONLY if it ensures the protection of the historic Burnaby CARE PACKAGE FREE! Lake interurban rail right-of-way that
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Burnaby Mountain Updates Traditional gathering place of the Kwantlen people as well. Peter Dickinson-Starkey Will the Interurban line be duly noted and perhaps a plaque placed nearby ?
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Peter Dickinson-Starkey I feel for the local young folks who will never be able to live in their own areas, but are forced out into distant locations and the daily commute into Burnaby and metro. Let excessively wealthy new immigrants live outside Metro,outside established populated regions. Traci Cox Totally and utterly ridiculous!!!! My husband has lived on the same property his entire life and has no intentions of selling! Now his homeowner grant is gone because of this outrageous greed and inflated property values. Just because off-shore money keeps pouring in, buying up properties, tearing down older houses and building these monstrosities that just don’t fit in with the old established neighbourhoods! Why do people born and raised in these areas have to be punished and forced (in some cases) to give up their hard earned homes and properties?!?! Greedy, greedy, greedy!
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richmondite01 Does Mr. Wang know about the Property Tax Deferral Progam? As a retiree, he can defer his taxes at a minimal interest rate until he sells the property. The Program is designed exactly for someone in his situation. Kisai Oh whatever. If you don’t want a high tax bill, sell your house and move somewhere else. Do so before everyone else does. We’re reaching a point where real estate prices have to normalize or risk the bubble popping and all these 1+ million dollar homes losing 80% of their value overnight. So everyone who over-leveraged will end up with nothing. truthtimenow Tough Bananas - It’s not a housing market - it’s money laundering. Not changing anytime soon since the gov makes too much money when citizenship is for sale. Time to leave B.C. JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON TWITTER
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Man died after a wall collapsed at a Burnaby construction site in 2012
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It’s been more than four years since a Calgary man was killed at a Burnaby worksite, but there’s still no indication whether any of the parties involved will be facing criminal charges. In 2014,WorkSafeBC released its investigation report into the fatality, which happened on Oct. 11, 2012, when a retaining wall collapsed on two construction workers who were laying pipe in a trench. One of the workers,Thomas Richer, was seriously injured, and the other worker, Jeff Caron, was killed. WorkSafeBC’s investigation determined that both the City of Burnaby and the contractor the workers worked for, J. Cote & Sons Excavating Ltd., were responsible for the accident that killed Caron and injured Richer. With the report complete, WorkSafeBC decided to for-
On the scene: Workers were at a Burnaby site after an accident that led to the death of 28-year-old Jeff Caron, originally from Calgary. PHOTO NOW FILES
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It was recently announced the minimum down payment rules for insured mortgages in Canada are changing on home purchases after February 15th. If you plan to purchase a JENNY WUN PREC home under $500,000, the minimum down Associate Broker payment does not affect you. However, if you are planning to buy a home over $500,000, this can increase the amount of down payment by one-third or more. To calculate your minimum down payment, it’s 5% on the first $500,000 and 10% on the remaining portion over $500,000. For example, if you bought an $800,000 home, the calculation is as follows: (0.05 x $500,000) + (0.10 x $300,000) = $55,000 is the new minimum down payment. To compete in this market, you must have your financing in place. Have your A-game ready and work with my team of professionals.
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Connor Stefanison Occupation PHOTOGRAPHER Why is he in the news?
Burnaby’s Connor Stefanison has been snapping photos since he was a teenager, and the now-24-year-old is gaining international recognition for his work. Stefanison recently won the Rising Star Portfolio Award in the 2015 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards, a category open to photographers, aged 18 to 25, from around the world. Stefanison’s
What inspired you to start taking photos? My interest in photography first came from mountain biking. I used to mountain bike every day, and my friends and I would always take photos of each other riding. Soon after, I joined a camera club with my friend and his dad. The club had many nature photographers and I soon switched to nature photography. Before this I spent much of my time in the outdoors, so I already knew of so many great places to photograph wildlife and landscapes. How old were you when you started? I’m now 24 years old, and I started photography in 2008 at the age of 17. When did you win your first award? I won various small camera club awards in the first
work is currently on display at the London Natural History Museum until April 10. Closer to home, the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria is also showcasing Stefanison’s work, along with all the winners from the international contest, until April 4. The NOW caught up with Stefanison to chat about his work and evergrowing accolades. – Jennifer Moreau
year or two that I started, but my first notable public award was in 2011. It was an honourable mention in the Canadian Geographic CanadianWildlife Photography of theYear contest. How many awards have you won so far? So far I’ve won seven awards, with the twoWildlife Photographer of theYear
SNAPSHOT Burnaby’s Connor Stefanison started taking photos as a teenager and is now earning international accolades. His series of mountain goat photographs (see below) won him the 2015 Fritz Polking Junior Prize. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
to reach photo destinations are actually just dealing with clouds of mosquitos in certain places of Canada, and driving inVancouver’s rush hour traffic.
I’ve been charged by several muskox and a grizzly bear.
awards being the biggest. I usually only enter three or four contests every year. You do a lot of stunning nature photography, can you tell us some extremes you’ve gone to get the perfect shot? It’s tough to think of
one main event. I’ve been charged by several muskox and a grizzly bear. I’ve
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Do you have any advice for budding photographers? My main three pieces of advice for beginner wildlife photographers is to shoot locally, worry about composition more than equipment, and to shoot for yourself rather than your audience. If you enjoy photography enough, you’ll find yourself shooting a lot and thus, improving your skills. To view Stefanison’s work, see www.connorstefanison.com, facebook.com/connorstefanison photography, or instagram. com/connorstefanison.
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Be your doctor’s valentine Cultivating a good relationship is important for your health care DavidicusWong editorial@burnabynow.com
During the month of Valentine’s Day, many of us think about our most significant relationships. Young couples think about grand and romantic ways they’ll express their passion; married couples think about the money they’ll save by dining at home. But the relationships that are more often taken for granted are those you share with your physicians, and of course, the most significant of these is your relationship with your family doctor – a long-term relationship that’s important not only for your heart, but every other organ of your body and your wellbeing as a whole. It is my relationships with individual patients that originally drew me to family practice. The practice of medicine can become cold and clinical without the emphasis on the human connection. Nothing can match the potential depth and breadth of the patient-family doctor relationship.
As physicians, we must earn our patients’ confidence
As physicians, we must earn our patients’ confidence – to trust us to keep private their medical history, their deepest secrets and their greatest values and to have the faith that we will be their advocates and do our best for them. In exchange, we are privileged with the sharing of our patients’ personal stories – the good and bad things they may have done, the great and awful things they have lived through and how they make sense of it all. Over the years, we become a part of our patients’ stories. Sometimes, life can be overwhelming and each of us could lose our sense of control. When we feel helpless, we feel anxious.When we feel
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hopeless, we feel depressed. When needed, physicians can help shape patients’ stories with more positive, empowering perspectives. Though patients may present a number of problems, I encourage them to verbalize and visualize their goals. One of the greatest gifts I can give to patients who see themselves as hapless victims of bad luck, relationships and health is the transforming perspective that they can be agents of positive change in their own lives. Though we may not have chosen the canvas of our lives nor the colours on our palette, we can choose how we see this life and what we will create with it. On Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m., I’ll be speaking at the Metrotown branch of the Burnaby Public Library on The Patient-Doctor Relationship: Making the Most of Every Medical visit. I’ll offer some tips on improving communication and working together to achieve your personal goals. I’ll cover the key information you should know about medications and other treatments and the key screening tests we need at different stages of our lives. For more information, phone the Metrotown branch at 604-436-5400 or register online at www.bpl. bc.ca/events. DavidicusWong is a family physician and his Healthwise columns appear regularly in this paper. For more on achieving your positive potential in health, see his website at www.davidicuswong. wordpress.com.
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Recovery home scores $10,000 in contest Jennifer Moreau
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Burnaby’s Charlford House is $10,000 richer as the runner-up in a Pacific Blue Cross fundraising contest. The contest pitted various charities against each other, to see which could drum up enough votes for the top prize – $50,000, which went to West Kootenay Community TEETH Clinic Society. Charlford House is a recovery home for women dealing with drug and alcohol addiction. STORYTELLING CIRCLE Burnaby’s Oral Storytell-
Shred it for charity Imagine your sensitive documents sitting in a recycling depot somewhere, intact for anyone to read. Not a reassuring picture. That’s why you may want to attend the shred-athon on this weekend at Burnaby’s Lochdale Community school. The event runs Saturday, Feb. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 6990 Aubrey St. Attendance is by donation, and all proceeds go to the school and Charlford House, a Burnaby-based home for women recovering from drug or alcohol addiction. Urban Impact is providing shredding services, and there will be refreshments available while your personal information is forever obliterated in the shredder. – Jennifer Moreau
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ing Circle picks up again at the McGill library branch this month. The next session on Feb. 28 features local residents sharing their tales of “finding freedom.” Admission is free, but preregister to attend by calling 604-299-8955. NEW DIGS SOUGHT The Burnaby Neighbourhood House is still looking for a new home.
The non-profit community group has two locations, and the north office on Hastings must move sometime in spring, as the building will be torn down and turned into townhouses. If anyone knows of a free or cheap place, preferably in the Heights, with at least 1,000 to 1,500 square feet and a storefront, contact executive director Antonia Beck at 604-431-0400.
BIRD MAN Curious about winter birds at Burnaby Lake? Local birding expert George Clulow is leading a nature walk on Friday, Feb. 19 from 9 a.m. to noon as part of the city’s parks exploration program. To register, go to Burnaby.ca/webreg, and use barcode 381294.The cost is $5 per person. BOATING COURSES
Burnaby Power and Sail Squadron is hosting another round of spring boating courses. These classes are for anyone operating a motorized pleasure craft or a VHF maritime radio.The first session on basic boating starts Feb. 16. For details and costs, go to burnabysquadron.com JAPANESE FLEA MARKET Mark your calendar for
the Nikkei Centre’s 10th annual flea market and Japanese book sale on Feb. 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The sale features secondhand items, a kids’ zone, and Japanese books, comics and magazines.The centre is at 6688 Southoaks Cres., and admission is free. Do you have an item for Here & Now? Send ideas to Jennifer, jmoreau@burnaby now.com, or find her on Twitter, @JenniferMoreau.
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Business now Board of trade wants a new date for Family Day The Burnaby Board of Trade is calling on the province to align B.C.’s Family Day holiday, which currently falls on the second Monday of February, with the holidays of neighbouring provinces which fall on the third Monday, to better facilitate trade and business. In a letter to Jobs Minister Shirley Bond, BBOT’s president and CEO Paul Holden noted having a holiday separate from six oth-
er provinces – and the whole of the U.S. – has been shown to have negative impacts on the operations of businesses across B.C. “For companies which conduct business in other parts of Canada or in the United States, this misalignment of holidays creates a barrier to commerce and trade,” Holden said in the letter. “When offices in B.C. are closed for Family Day but firms are operat-
ing in all neighbouring jurisdictions, local businesses are unable to service their interprovincial or American customers.Then, come the third Monday in February, the employees of those local businesses may be largely sitting idle, unable to reach those same clients who are then closed due to their holidays.” –Jeremy Deutsch
Helping hands: Susan Rae (left), the coordinator of the Burnaby Film Office, presents a $5,000 cheque to Carolyn Tuckwell, the president and CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Coast B.C. on behalf of Warner Brothers. The entertainment company awarded the City of Burnaby a $5,000 donation to give to a charity of its choice as a way to thank the community for being accepting of all the filming in the city. PHOTO
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There can never be too many burger joints in Burnaby. So you can add another to the list with the opening of a Big Smoke Burger location at Simon Fraser University, 8901 University High St. The burger chain, with restaurants in Ontario and countries around the world, will be opening the doors of the Burnaby location on Feb. 15. It’s the second location in the Lower Mainland. “Following the opening of our first Vancouver location (500 West Broadway) we are happy to announce that we will be opening at Simon
Fraser University’s Burnaby campus,” said Haley Grewal, a franchisee, in a statement. “We’re thrilled about having a campus presence.” Big Smoke Burger was founded in 2007 in Toronto. BE YOUR OWN BOSS Always wanted to own your own business? Well, there’s an upcoming event that might help you achieve your dream. FranNet 2016 is coming to Burnaby on Feb. 17 at the Delta Burnaby Hotel and Conference Centre. FranNet, a company set up to help entrepreneurs find franchise opportunities, will host two workshops in Burnaby that are open to the public. According to the event’s website, there will be an opportunity to meet 12 fran-
chisors looking for local franchisees and to learn from a senior RBC small business banking specialist about financing and banking options. “The event is designed to take you on a step-by-step journey through small business ownership and how franchising is the perfect vehicle,” the website said. For questions or more information contact Grant Bullington at 604-609-6165 or email at gbullington@ frannet.com. Do you have an item for Movers & Shakers? Send ideas from Burnaby’s business scene – including new business openings and business award winners – to Jeremy Deutsch, jdeutsch@burnabynow.com. You can also find him on Twitter, @jerburnabynow.
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Entertainment now Through the lens: Visitors check out the Burnaby Photographic Society’s print display at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Saturday, Feb. 6. The print display ran in conjunction with the society’s 20th annual showcase, held Saturday night at the Shadbolt’s James Cowan Theatre. The showcase features a variety of slide shows set to music, all featuring the work of society members – travel photos, landscapes, wildlife photography and more. The Burnaby Photographic Society was founded in 1970 and continues to meet regularly at the Shadbolt Centre, gathering amateur photography enthusiasts and a few professionals to share skills and techniques. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
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Opera fans, take note: One of the most beloved operas of all time is coming to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts this month. Burnaby Lyric Opera is bringing Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème to the stage Feb. 20 to 27. Stage director Richard Berg and music director Angus Kellett will lead a cast of young and emerging talent in the timeless tale
of love and heartbreak that features some of Puccini’s most memorable music. The story, for those who aren’t already familiar with it, centres around the poor seamstress Mimi and her poet lover Rodolfo, who live in a Parisian garrett amidst a group of bohemian friends including the painter Marcello and his lover, Musetta. “There is constant flirtatious behaviour and jealousy amid an underlying atmosphere of foreboding,” a synopsis notes. (Spoiler alert: Mimi dies.) The show is onstage Feb.
20, 25 and 27 at 8 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Feb. 22 and 24. Tickets are $35 regular, $30 for students/seniors or $15 for matinees. Check out www.burnaby lyricopera.org for more, or buy tickets through tickets. shadboltcentre.com or 604205-3000. MUSIC AT THE ’BOLT Live music fans, don’t forget that the Shadbolt Centre has plenty on offer for you. Take note of a couple of upcoming regular events.
The next Jazz Jam, which gives players of all skill levels and chance to get together and make music, is set for Tuesday, Feb. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. For those who’d rather just listen, the next concert in the A Little Lunch Music series is set for Thursday, Feb. 25, featuring the Celtic music of Blackthorn in a free concert (with an optional featured buffet for $12 at Encores Café). Check out www.shadbolt centre.com for more details of these and other events. Continued on page 18
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Entertainmentnow Of fashion and feminism Continued from page 17 FASHION AND FEMINISM Are you interested in fashion, photography and feminism? The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is offering a couple of upcoming events that may interest you. On Sunday, Feb. 28, the centre is offering a free art talk in Fashion Photography and Feminism, led by fine art photographer Kiku Hawkes. It runs from 1 to 3 p.m. On two Thursdays, March 3 and March 10, Hawkes will offer a Fashion Photography and Feminism Workshop.The workshop, inspired by the lecture and discussion, gives students a chance to design and produce a fashion shoot. It’s set to run from 7 to 10 p.m. and costs $92 for two sessions. Check out www.shadbolt centre.com for more – you can find this listing, and many others, in the winter arts guide. SLOW DOWN, YOU MOVE TOO FAST If you’ve been looking for
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Communitynow COMMUNITY CALENDAR THURSDAY, FEB. 11 Edmonds Health Watch program, 9:45 to 11:30 a.m. in the Arts Room at Edmonds Community Centre, 7433 Edmonds St. Drop-in blood pressure, massage, light exercises, etc. Christine Li will be speaking at 10:45 a.m. on “Arthritis: Symptoms and available treatments.” Info at 604297-4901. SATURDAY, FEB. 13, Knit2gether, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tommy Douglas library, 7311 Kingsway. Come knit, crochet and stitch with friendly, helpful people. A limited supply of yarn and needles are available for beginners to try. Everyone is welcome – all ages, all skill levels. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17 Have you considered becoming a foster family? There are children and youth in Burnaby and New Westminster who require skilled, caring foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session from
10 a.m. to noon, at 200–906 Roderick Ave. in Coquitlam. For further information or another session date, call the North Fraser Recruitment Team at 604764-8098. THURSDAY, FEB. 18 Tips for Successful Interviews, Bob Prittie Metrotown, 1 to 3:30 p.m. Learn tips on interview preparation and readiness, understanding employers’ motives behind each interview question, closing the interview and creating a lasting good impression, professional followup. Free admission. Registration: 604-436-5400.
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ONGOING Knitting club for seniors, hosted by MOSAIC, on Tuesdays, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. until March 29, at 5902 Kingsway. Info: Jennifer, 604-438-8214.
Korean calligraphy class for seniors, hosted by MOSAIC, Tuesdays, from 10 a.m. to noon, until Feb. 23, at the Brentwood Community Resource Centre, 2055 Rosser Ave. Info: Darae, 604-254-9626.
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Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. needs volunteers for the outreach, animal care, the helpline and transportation. Visit the website and follow
the volunteer link, www. wildliferescue.ca. Free peer support group, with MOSAIC LGBTQ newcomers,, meet new people, make friends and participate in fun activities, every second Monday of the month, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., 5902 Kingsway. Info: Darae, 604-254-9626. Do you have a non-profit listing to share? Send events to calendar@burnabynow. com three weeks in advance.
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They come from across the Lower Mainland, bringing their passion for hockey onto the Moody Park ice once a week. Canada’s national winter sport bonds them and unites them. So does the fact that each player is visually impaired or completely blind. But their ability and desire to play is stronger than the shadows and darkness that each faces individually. “What would the word be – I guess it’s freeing,” said New Westminster’s Steve Vandermey of when he overcame his initial fears eight years ago to return to the ice and strap on the pads. As a member of the Vancouver Eclipse, which hit the ice every Friday morning at Moody Park Arena,Vandermey found a sense of camaraderie, a familiar comfort zone in a game that each could embrace. Every year, a number of the players trek east for an international tournament which is played on the site of the legendary Maple Leaf Gardens, where a rink fills one of the renovated upper floors. This year, 15 players from the Eclipse will be making the journey next month, and to help cover costs the team is holding a fundraiser this Saturday (Feb. 13), starting at 7 p.m. at the Paddlewheeler Pub on Quayside Drive, to help raise the approximately $15,000 cost of the trip. Some subtle changes make the sport accessible for the visually impaired – a larger, metal puck filled with bearings that makes a noise as it slides across the ice, and nets measuring six-feet wide by three-feet high. A sighted player and referee help move the puck along when it comes to a halt. Faceoffs begin with the referee shaking the puck at centre ice. Once the game starts, the action is quick with the pace like a lot of beer league hockey played in rinks across the continent. “I’m one of those adult hockey players who didn’t learn to skate backwards like my kids did,” said Burnaby’s Brian Cowie. “I didn’t play hockey while growing up, but I guess it’s that cliché of being Canadian, you want to play hockey.” Using the international athletic standard for impaired vision, Cowie’s vision is rated as B2 – with some peripheral vision but just above five per cent sight – and qualifies him to ply the open ice at forward. Vandermey, who uses a guide dog in his everyday life, is completely blind in one eye and can make out light with his other, is a B1 athlete, with little to no vision – which puts him in goal.
Stacking the pads: Vancouver Eclipse netminder Steve Vandermey puts up the stop sign to a Team Blue opponent during the Eclipse’s weekly hockey game at Moody Park. A group of legally blind hockey players have been taking to the ice for more than 20 years to share their passion for the sport. A number of the players are also signed up to participate at the National Blind Hockey championships in Toronto next month. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR
“Being among the players with low vision, I’m trying to anticipate what’s going to happen,” said Vandermey. “You’re listening for sounds and the ‘dingle’ of the puck. “My challenge is the same as every other beer league goalie, of keeping the puck out of the net.” Although he didn’t play minor hockey growing up in east Richmond, a street over from Queensborough,Vandermey tried the sport as a 15-year-old and chose the net as his spot. “I played a lot of beer league hockey and as a goalie was always in demand.” In his mid-30s he began losing his eyesight due to diabetes and has a prosthetic eye now. As the darkness set in, strapping on the pads was just a memory.That is until he heard about the Eclipse. “You almost feel your life has stopped, or you’re trapped inside your home,” said Vandermey. “Like most people, I heard about
(hockey for the blind) and couldn’t imagine it. It seemed scary... I didn’t know what to expect and it took me two years to get me out to try it. I’m glad I found it.” The visually impaired and legally blind come to the rink to experience that popular boundary of 80-feet by 200-feet and enjoy all that comes with it. Camaraderie is a huge part, but for guys like Cowie, there is the competition as well. “It’s been a lot of fun, but I’m a pretty competitive guy so there’s that element of competing,” said Cowie, who discovered the Eclipse after hearing a TV news item nearly 20 years ago. “I just love the feel you get from skating on the ice.” Defencemen and forwards have limited vision but are able to see shapes and the puck, and avoid some of the collisions that come with playing a game at a fast pace. “I’m not bad at avoiding those collisions,” said Cowie, who has competed in three
Paralympic Games as a cyclist. “My peripheral vision is considered good for someone at (B2), while others have less. My vision has blind spots in the central vision so I can make the puck disappear if I turn a little bit.” Although goals are scored in a shorter net, the puck still comes flying.Vandermey says the eventual stingers and scrapes are just part of the job. “It’s the ones that come off the cage that really hurts,” he said. “It comes back off the post pretty hard.” If anything, the puck appears to take the worst of it, dented and creased from hitting the post.The club goes through about 20 pucks a year, each costing $40. Still, even while others design a modern puck that beeps, it’s hard to perfect on the simple, tin-can like puck, said Cowie. “It is kind of archaic and rudimentary but nothing works as good as this one.”
Steelers scrape out twin wins as playoffs near
The Grandview Steelers are glad to find a warmer, more forgiving February on the calendar. After a rough 3-7-1 run through January, the Pacific Junior B Hockey League club launched the last few weeks of the season with a strong showing, winning twice. The Steelers knocked off Shaw Conference-leading North Vancouver 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, then followed that by edging Ridge Meadows 2-1 on Sunday. Timothy Chow supplied the heroics in North Vancouver, cash-
ing in a powerplay marker at 4:55 of the first extra period. It was Chow’s third point of the game. Less than a day later, Jake Holland lifted a huge monkey off his back when he deposited his first goal with Grandview, late in the third period, to defeat his former Ridge Meadows teammates. The club will close out the regular season with games Friday in Ridge Meadows and Sunday, 4 p.m. at the Burnaby Winter Club against third-place Richmond. Grandview now holds a four-
point lead on Richmond for second place.
SFU’S HOMER ON TREY ODYSSEY From three-point land, Elisa Homer was golden. The Simon Fraser University guard put the ball on a fabulous journey last Thursday, en route to leading her team to a pair of victories as well as Homer the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s women’s basketball Player of the Week honours. A sophomore, Homer caged a
GNAC single-game record with 12 three-pointers in the Clan’s 87-65 triumph over Northwest Nazarene, smashing the previous mark of nine.The 12 treys capped a 40-point scoring barrage for Homer, tying her for the fourthbest single game GNAC result.
SOCCER CANADA PREZ TO RUN Victor Montagliani isn’t afraid of a big job. The Burnaby native threw his hat in the ring officially Monday for the president of CONCACAF,
the governing body that oversees soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean. The past three presidents have fallen under scrutiny in the ongoing corruption scandal at FIFA. “If football is deserving of the devotion of such a large swath of the world’s population, then it needs to be governed in a principled and professional way that, above all else, protects the integrity of the game,” wrote Montagliani, current president of the Canadian Soccer Association.
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