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Last month was a good one for PeggyWoodruff.

As treasurer of the Burnaby Associationfor South East Side (BASES for short), shegot to cut $10,000 in cheques for programs,supplies and equipment for Edmonds-areaschools.

“We are absolutely thrilled,”Woodruffsaid.

The last time the non-profit – createdin 2010 to support extra programs at Ed-monds, Stride Avenue,Twelfth Avenue,Morley and Byrne Creek Secondary – gaveout money a year ago, it totaled $2,000.

The difference has been the success of

BASES’s main project, its family thrift storeon Kingsway between 14th and 15th ave-nues.

Sales at the store have climbed steadi-ly since it opened in October 2013, but theproject has also inspired a flow of donationsfrom people who’ve bought into the concept.

“People were so excited and they want-ed to be part of this initiative,”Woodruff saidduring a presentation to the Burnaby schoolboard last month.

The $10,000 will go toward things likebasketballs for a girls’ program atTwelfth Av-enue, after-school snacks at Morley, a bike-repair program at Edmonds and a book give-away in June.

The idea behind BASES is to support kidson the southeast side, a low-income area

where many refugees and new immigrantssettle because of low housing costs.

Newcomer parents work hard to makeends meet,Woodruff said, and BASESfounders set out to lend a hand with the kids.

“What we’re trying to do is provide activi-ties at the schools that will keep the kids in asafe place,” she told the NOW, “and also togive these kids opportunities that most Ca-nadian kids have.”

Ultimately, the work benefits the wholecommunity, she said.

“It gives new Canadians opportunities toaccelerate their entry into Canadian society,and it gives those kids a stronger foundationin Canadian society so that they’re less like-ly to get into gangs or get into alternate life-styles that aren’t healthy.”

But the BASES FamilyThrift Store doesmore than raise money to help out refugee

Group’s family thrift store in Burnaby helps raisemore than $10,000 to support local students

GOWNSFORGOOD From left: BASES (BurnabyAssociation for SouthEast Side) Family Thrift Storeassistantmanager JudyBrennanandvolunteersKimberlyMerchant, Kelly FuandJuliaZhaoshowoff promdressesnowonsaleat the store.. PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR

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While homes are selling like hotcakesthroughout the region, Burnaby is facinga bit of a lag when it comes to condos.

In particular, newer condos – thosepurchased by owners and quickly put upfor sale – are facing challenges in a satu-rated market, according to Burnaby list-ing agent Edward Si.

Si, who is with RE/MAX Central,kept tabs on Burnaby’s expired listings –those homes that are taken off the mar-ket before they sell – in March.

“Most of the homes are almost brandnew,” he said of the expired condo list-ings. “Those homes we find aren’t veryeasy to get sold. Owners’ expectationsare too high.”

Part of the issue is the number of newresidential highrises being built in thecity, particularly in Metrotown, Si said.

If a new building has 150 to 200 units,about 20 of those units could go back onthe market right away, he said, addingthe units often have the same floor plan.

“It’s very hard to get a quick sale,”he said. “They’ve got to be very realis-tic about how much to sell their home(for).”

Si specializes in listing condos andsaid many of his clients sell their condosand move into single-family homes inCoquitlam or farther east.

Overall, Burnaby’s real estate markethas been very good for sellers recently,he said.

In February, on average, one out ofevery three homes listed sold, accord-ing to Si.

In particular, homes under $1 milliondid quite well – out of 56 available, 34sold, he said.

“That’s over 50 per cent,” Si said,adding the industry considers thingsshifting into a sellers’ market when morethan 20 to 25 per cent of the homes

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Casalinga Foods has hada successful 20 years inBurnaby, but ownerTrishBell always suspected shewould find even bigger op-portunities in the cabbagepatch.

What she didn’t knowis that the cabbage patchwould lead to an appear-ance on Dragons’ Den anda partnership with famedrestaurateur and entrepre-neurVikramVij.

Bell, who owns the mealdelivery service, began us-ing scraps of cabbage tomake mini cabbage rollsa few years ago. She pro-cured a pressure cannerand tried canning them,and discovered an unex-pected culinary treat.

“Oh my God, they wereincredible,” she said. “Theymelt in your mouth.”

However, she didn’t havetime to consider marketingthem until a BCIT mar-keting graduate, DustinCoelho, contacted her in

2013.Less than a year lat-

er, they were pitching theproduct to CBCTelevi-sion’s Dragons’ Den.

At first, Bell didn’t thinkthe audition had gone well,but when the producers inToronto tried the cabbagerolls, the pair got a spot onthe show.

Their episode aired onJan. 15.Vij, who is one ofthe investors on the pro-gram, decided to part-ner with the pair, formingDTV Food Group.

“He’s all about healthy,fresh...” Bell said, “and soare we.”

Providing an entirehealthy meal was a big fac-tor for Bell, who said therolls contain vegetables,protein and healthy carbo-hydrates.

The trio has decidedto use retort pouches in-stead of canning their porkand butter chicken variet-ies of cabbage rolls, whichmeans they’ll be producingready-made cooked mealsthat have a shelf life of five

years, according to Coelho.When Coelho first ap-

proached Bell, he told herhe had a multi-million dol-lar idea for her.

“She responded, ‘I havea multi-billion dollar idea.’I thought she was mockingme,” he said, laughing.

But they both decided

Bell’s cabbage roll idea wasa good one.

The cabbage rolls are go-ing into production atVij’sSurrey-based facility thismonth, but locals can try afrozen version at Casalin-ga Foods.

DTV Food Group plansto distribute the cabbagerolls in B.C. to start, hope-fully going nationwide inthe months to come, ac-cording to Coelho.

But the sky’s the limit,because the retort pouchescan be shipped anywhere,he added.

ForVij, it wasn’t just theidea that peaked his in-terest – it was Bell andCoelho.

“Trish and Dustincaught my attention,” hetold the NOW. “They hadthe right answers. She’dbeen cooking for quiteawhile, and he’s the perfectmarketing guy.”

Vij’s goal is to have a lu-crative partnership with thepair, he said.

“My hope is a few yearsdown the road we can say,‘Wow, that was a great ideaand we made money onit,’”Vij said.

Bell and Coelho’s suc-cess story is being featuredon a Dragons’ Den episodetonight (Wednesday, April8) at 8 p.m.

CitystudiesnewchildcaresitesByCorneliaNaylorcnaylor@burnabynow.com

The City of Burnaby isspending $80,000 to lookinto where in the school dis-trict to place up to 12 newchild care centres.

The city and board of ed-ucation signed a Memo-randum of Agreement inDecember that will see thedistrict contribute land forthe facilities, while the citypays for the placement ofmodular buildings to housethem.

The centres will be runby non-profit service pro-

viders governed by operat-ing agreements with the dis-trict.

City and district staff havebegun preliminary planningfor the project, includingchoosing the first three sites,according to a report at lastmonth’s school board meet-ing, but the locations be-ing reviewed have yet to bemade public.

“We have identified threesites for the city,” secre-tary-treasurer Greg Franktold the NOW. “We’re go-ing through a process withthem to look at feasibility.”

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Liquor store proposalsfor Burnaby are now trick-ling in as the B.C. govern-ment’s overhaul of its liquorlaws begins to take effect.

Changes include every-thing from allowing liquorstores to be located insidegrocery stores to reductionsin the distance required be-tween liquor stores fromfive kilometres down to onekilometre.

B.C. liquor stores canalso be open on Sundays.

At Monday night’s coun-cil meeting, Coun. NickVolkow questioned city staffon how the applicationsfor Burnaby liquor storechanges would by handled.

“Are we anticipatingthem coming in one at atime?” he asked.

While the city is expect-ing liquor store rezoningapplications now that theB.C. liquor reforms are un-derway, the city’s director ofplanning and building, LouPelletier, said they couldn’tbe sure what they might beor when they’ll come.

The first to arrive wasa proposal for a B.C. Li-quor Store in the Univer-City neighbourhood, acrossfrom Nester’s Market.

Burnaby city councilpassed a motion Monday

night to advance the rezon-ing application from SFUCommunityTrust to a pub-lic hearing.

The liquor store wouldbe located on University

High Street.The proposedoperating hours are 9:30a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondaythrough Saturday and 10a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

Council also received arezoning application to ex-tend the hours of anoth-er B.C. Liquor Store.Thestore opened last August inKensington Square Mall.

The application from theB.C. Liquor DistributionBranch proposes extendingthe hours to 9:30 a.m. to 9p.m. Monday through Sat-urday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.on Sundays.

Both applications are go-ing to public hearing onApril 28 at 7 p.m. in coun-cil chambers at city hall.

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It was the most-signedpetition Kennedy Stewarthas ever presented in Par-liament.

On March 25, the Burn-aby-Douglas MP tabled apetition calling on the fed-eral government to opposeKinder Morgan’s pipelineexpansion, which wouldrun through Burnaby if ap-proved.

“The signatories note thisexport-only crude oil pipe-line brings massive environ-mental and economic riskbut no real benefits for localresidents.This is without adoubt the No. 1 issue facingBurnaby, and my office hasnever received so many pe-titions before from constitu-ents,” he said in the Houseof Commons. “While Iknow the Conservatives andLiberals both support thenew Kinder Morgan pipe-line, I urge the governmentto take this call to opposethis pipeline very seriously,Mr. Speaker.”

According to Stewart,an estimated 3,000 peo-ple signed the petition, andmost were from Burnaby.

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uents drafted the petition,but his office helped circu-late and promote it. Oncetabled, the Minister of Nat-ural Resources has 45 days

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posing a $5.4 billion expan-sion to theTrans Moun-tain pipeline, the only line

that runs oil from Alberta toB.C.’sWest Coast.The Na-tional Energy Board is re-viewing the proposal and isscheduled to deliver its deci-

sion on Jan. 25, 2016, how-ever, the final say on wheth-er the line will be built lieswith cabinet, which theConservatives now control.

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It also gives them an af-fordable place to shop anda way to gain valuable Ca-nadian work experiencethrough volunteering.

“We see this as one ofthese ventures that is multi-purpose,”Woodruff said.

While the BASES Fam-ilyThrift Store is thriving,Woodruff, BASES presidentSharon Domaas and vol-unteer coordinator LaurieMolstad used their presen-tation to trustees last weekto put out a call for help.

Besides needing a con-stant flow of willing volun-teers and donated items,BASES is also looking for anew, affordable place to setup shop in the neighbour-hood.

The association’s leaseruns up in July, and thestore will then be at themercy of a 90-day “turf-ourclause,” saidWoodruff.

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Her daughter, LindenFord, is only six, but she’sraised thousands for theCanucks Autism Network,which runs sports, recre-ational and social activitiesfor kids with autism yearround. Her main motive:to make other autistic kidshappy.

“She’s my hero,” Normansaid. “She’s leading the way.

She’s supporting kids justlike her.”

Linden, with the help ofher mom, held an art saleon March 27 inVancou-ver, where she auctioned off22 pieces of art and raised$2,065.The North GrowthFoundation matched thefunds, doubling the finaldonation.

Linden paints colourfulimages on canvas featuringstripes, rainbows, patternsand depictions of peopleand houses. Norman saidthe fundraising was all herown idea.

“I’m pretty honoured thatI’m her mom,” Normansaid. “She just reminds methat little things are moreimportant, and money isn’teverything. Giving back issomething that everyonecan do. If a six-year-old cando, can’t everyone do it?”

According to Norman,

there’s a general assumptionthat kids diagnosed with au-tism don’t have feelings, buther daughter’s selflessnessproves otherwise.

“She likes to make kidshappy, that’s just what shelikes to do,” Norman said.

Linden’s efforts alsoearned her status as a Ham-mer’s Hero, a programwhere Canucks defencemanDan Hamhuis recognizeskids who have contributedto their communities.

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Kennedy Stewart’s ideato bring e-petitions to Can-ada is officially reality, af-ter the House of Commonsimplemented the plan onMarch 11.

As soon as the house re-convenes after the next fed-eral election, Canadians willbe able to file petitions online,and a minimum of 500 sig-natures will trigger a responsefrom the relevant minister.

“It’s a done deal,” saidStewart, MP for Burnaby-Douglas.

Stewart has beenpushing for e-pe-titions since 2012.The House ofCommons current-ly accepts paper pe-titions but not on-line versions.

Stewart saidthere will be a web-site, governed bythe speaker of theHouse of Com-mons, where members of thepublic can create online peti-tions.The site will include adrop-down menu so petition-ers can ask an MP to spon-sor the petition, which is a

safeguard to pre-vent frivolous cam-paigns. Stewart saidhe thinks the web-site will create larg-er-than-expectedchange.

“For one thing, itwill make the me-dia and Canadiansknow what peti-tions are out there,because they are all

centralized now on a website.If a petition gets 100,000 sig-natures, or 200,000 signa-tures, it will go to the media,and it will be very, very hardfor a minister not to do some-

thing more than just offer alame response,” he said.

Last summer, Stew-art managed to convince ahandful of backbenchers tosupport his e-petitions bill,

which is why it narrowlypassed by two votes, with-out support from the major-ity of Conservatives.

“I’m really happy. Re-member the prime minister

and the whole cabinet vot-ed against it in the House ofCommons, and I still end-ed up getting something,”he said.

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Burnaby city council approved$250,000 for thedesignof apedestrianoverpass atGriffithsDrive near 14thAvenue. Theoverpasswaspart of a proposedurban trail thatwas eventuallyto haveprovidedaccess from theEdmonds towncentre southresidential area to thenewByrneCreekSecondary School. “It’san area that could really use apedestrianoverpass,” saidCoun.Dan Johnston.Headded that traffic onGriffithswas “prettyintense.” Director of engineering, Craig Sinclair said design fea-tures to get people using thebridgewouldbepart of theplan.

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Maybetimetostoptaxcuts

Several events last weekserved as timely remindersthat, sooner or later, therehas to be a discussion abouttax policy in this countryand in the provinces.

One fiscal year ended,and another one began.And that meant a slew ofvarious fee hikes kicked intoaction, from B.C. Hydrorate increases to B.C. Fer-ry fare hikes to a boost toICBC rates.Throw in theearlier jump in medical ser-vice premiums and higheremployment insurance lev-ies, and you can see that be-ing nickel-and-dimed in in-creasingly higher levels addsup to real dollars.

As for the other half ofthis argument – the servicedelivery side of government– it’s worth noting social as-sistance rates haven’t goneup much for years, and theeducation sector is increas-ingly looking desperate formore funding to preventlayoffs and other cuts.

And last week saw a pro-test rally against somethingthat has been flying belowthe radar for a couple ofyears now: the federal gov-ernment’s unilateral deci-sion to cut in half the an-nual increase it providesprovinces when it came tohealth-care funding.

The federal Conserva-tive government served no-tice several years ago itwould not renew, or extend,the Canada Health Accord,a 10-year agreement thattopped up existing health-care transfers from Ottawa

to provinces by more than$40 billion.

Ottawa has been pro-viding annual increases toprovinces of about six percent. Starting in two years,that will on average be cutin half and will essential-ly match a rise in econom-ic impact.

Because health care bud-gets are so massive, a cut ofthis proportion is staggeringin size when it is translatedto actual dollars.

In B.C., for example,the impact is expected tobe close to $5 billion over10 years, or a reduction ofabout a half billion dollars ayear.To put that in perspec-tive, this province’s healthcare budget is forecast to in-crease by roughly $500 mil-lion a year for the next fewyears, so the federal govern-ment’s reduction will even-tually equal the entire annu-al increase to the system.

If B.C. remains commit-ted to injecting this kind ofmoney into the health caresector year in and year out,it means the provincial gov-ernment must find a wholebunch of “new” revenue ev-ery year (or cut programsand services).

The problem is, revenuesare increasingly precious togovernment and new reve-nue streams are seized uponwith glee – with the excep-tion of straight tax increases.

Cutting taxes has beenthe mantra of governmentseverywhere for almost twodecades now, but it may betime to revisit that attitude.

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Discussion needed tobetter serve studentsDear EditorIt seems there aremanyuniversity gradu-

ates looking for employment long after leavingschool. However, schools likeBCIT andKwant-lan collegewhich at one time specialized inthe trades are nowofferingdegreeprograms. Iassume they aredoing so to fill a demand. Arethe colleges and thehigh schools bothmissingthemessage, or is itmerely aproblemof per-ception? Will the youngsters of today choosea trade as a career pathwith orwithout betterequipped shops at schools? Perhaps, but Isubmit there are shades of grey here.Thebest a high school cando is to provide

a variety of education in all its forms, includingwoodworking, automechanics, andmetal-work, in addition to the traditional academiccurriculum. To that end, I agreewith thepremise that schools needwell equippedshops, staffedwith experienced tradespeopleas teachers. School board trustees, pleasetakenote. A discussionwithparents, teachers,school principals and industry seems thenextstep tohelpdeterminewhat is really neededtobetter serve our communities.RalphMcDiarmid,Burnaby

Democracy beinghijackedDear EditorRecently, I got a phone call froma “poll-

ster” stating theywere going to askquestionsabout “possible recall” of a politician inBurn-aby. They asked if I lived in the ridingofMLARichard Lee and I said yes. They asked if Iwassatisfiedwith his representationorwould I beinterested in signing a recall petition againsthim. I said that I thought hewasdoing a goodjoband I felt that recall shouldnot be abusedin thismanner. Theyhunguponme.Richard Lee is a backbencher Liberal and,

as such, is not in adecision-formingpositionwith theparty. Toblamehim for anything thatonemight dislike about the Liberals is untrueandunfair. For theNDP, and its Corrigan-ledBurnaby soulmates, to be trying tohijack ourMLA simply becausehe is the lonenon-NDPcandidate is outrageous. This is an abuseofthe systemanddemocracy, let alone the coststheNDP is trying to foist upon the voters fora recall election anda secondone, if success-ful. The recall folks shouldbeashamedofthemselves andquit beingbullieswith ourdemocracy. If someoneasksme to sign arecall position, I’mgoing to say ‘Hell no,’ andI hope youdo the same. Mr. Leewon the lastelection and is doinghis job. If youdon’t likehim, vote himout next election, but stop thisrecall nonsense, now.Bill Phelps, Burnaby

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HuhA rational deliberationbywho?I think it shouldbe the two sideswhoaredirectly involved in this issue. I seetwohugeobstacles, one is how theComfortWomenwere recruited andtreated towork in thesebrothels. Bothsides have their side of the story andarenotwilling right now toworkout acommon interpretationofwhat reallyhappened.My suspicion is that itwasahugeoperation that thesewomenwere treateddifferently basedonwhenandwhere theywere stationedat. An-other issue is that theComfortWomenissue is directly tied into theongoingfeudbetween JapanandSouthKorearegarding territories claimed, geo-graphical names andhistorical inter-pretationbetween the two countries.As another personhas commented,theComfortWomen statue in the eyesofmany Japanese is a symbol takingtheKorean sideof all Japanese-Koreanissues. InGlendale CAandAlexandriaVA, the statue erected there is seenbymany Japanese as cities takenover byKorean special interest group in theUS.When the statueswereunveiled, therewas aheavy Japanese andKoreanme-dia coverage that overshadowed thelocalmedia, and since then the statuehasbeena “must-seeplace” for Kore-ans and for right-wing Japanese inter-ests demanding the statue tobe takenaway. Basedonwhat is happening inthese twoUScities, I see the statuehasnomerit in helping resolve the issue,only antagonize oneof the communi-ties inBurnaby andput ahugewedgebetween twocommunities.

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He advises condo ownersto spruce up the place be-fore selling, as well as beingrealistic about the price.

Making sure the unit isclean, free of odors, andclear of clutter is importantif you want someone else toconsider living there, he ex-plained.

“When a potential buyercomes along, they can’t getpast the stage of seeing toomuch stuff,” Si said, addingthe average two-bedroomcondo in Burnaby is 800to 1000 sq. ft. “It’s hard forthem to visualize how theywill live there.”

Kelley Law, an agent withRE/MAX All Points Realtyin Coquitlam, said both sin-gle-family homes and con-dos are selling well in theTri-Cities area, particularlyin Port Moody centre.

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“It can be discouragingfor the buyers,” Law said.“There’s a little bit of anxi-ety.”

In comparison with Burn-aby, Law said her colleagueswho sell here say detachedhomes sell quickly but con-dos can end up sitting.

According to the Real Es-tate Board of GreaterVan-couver, last month’s salesin the region saw a 53.7 percent increase in comparisonwith March 2014.

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ings ratio was 32.8 per centlast month, the board re-ported in a press release,which is the highest it’sbeen in the region since July2007.

In Burnaby, the estimatedprice of a typical single-fam-ily detached home in theBurnaby South area was thehighest in the city at $1.096

million. North Burnabywasn’t far behind at $1.061million.

This was an 10.9 per centincrease for Burnaby Southand 12.9 increase for Burn-aby North when comparedwith last March.

However, in BurnabyEast, the estimated priceof a typical apartment washighest at $417,800, whichwas a 2.1 per cent dropfrom February. But it wasup 3.3 per cent when com-pared with last March.

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Q:When did you firstbecome politicallyinvolved and why?A: My parents were farmersin northern Saskatchewanstruggling through theDepression years of the1930s while raising eightchildren. My motherbelieved it was not right thatpeople who worked so hardand produced so muchshould live in poverty. Ioften went with my motherto protest meetings.Withall this going on around meI learned a lot about socialjustice as a child. I neverthought we would allow theextreme inequality we areexperiencing today.

Q.What issues have beenmost important to you?A. From my youth andthrough my life, the mostimportant issue for me isto put an end to war andmilitarism and create aworld at peace. In August

1945, during the final stageof the SecondWorldWar,the United States droppedatomic bombs on theJapanese cities of Hiroshimaand Nagasaki.When Ilearned of the testing ofthe atomic bomb in early1940s, I joined othersand we began to studythe effects of these tests. Iparticipated in organizingthe peace marches of the’70s and ’80s that includedmore than 100,000people. It is puzzling anddisappointing to me thatall that positive energydissipated while weaponsof mass destruction havebecome more lethal andwars continue.

Q. Describe the politicalclimate when you firstbecame an activist.Whatwas that like for you?A. It was the dirty ’30sand people were nothappy with the economyat the time, and demandedgovernments take moreresponsibility in relievingpoverty. Protests wereeverywhere. It was at this

time that talk of war was inthe news, Spanish CivilWarand impending war withthe Nazi government inGermany.

Q.Who inspired youmost in your early daysas an activist?Whoinspires you now?A. My inspiration alwayscomes when people gettogether to take a standup against wars, racism,equality such as rights ofwomen and others. I am

inspired today as I see thenative people of Canadastanding up for justice andinviting all of us to jointhem in working for thehealth of the planet.

Q.What are thedifferences betweenfighting for women’srights in the ’70sand fighting for therights of female eldersnow?A. In the ’70s womenorganized to demandequality, removediscriminating laws andcustoms.Women haveachieved much to overcomeinequality, but the effectslinger on and are still felt bythose women today. Olderwomen were active in themovement of Gray Power,which was a response togovernment cuts to manyprograms fought for in thepast. In 1999, older womengot together and establishedan organization,We*Act –Women Elders in Action,to research and remove theeffects of inequality on olderwomen. For lack of interest

We*Act folded in 2012.

Q.What are the mainissues for seniorstoday, and how cancommunities betteraccommodate them?A. Issues for older peopleare much the same – notenough income to keepup with rising prices.Thething that has changed themost is the ability to afford

adequate housing. Olderpeople need communitiesto recognize that growingpoverty needs to be stoppedand a plan in place toaccomplish this.

Q.Why did you co-found BROKE and whatdo you hope to achieveregarding the KinderMorgan pipeline?A. Just as I worked tounderstand and stop war,I have always tried tounderstand the effect onthe environment. I learnedabout the tar sands andextracting bitumen.When Iknew that Kinder Morganwas bringing this stuff intoBurnaby, I wanted to stopit so I got together withknown environmentalistsand we formed BROKE.

Q.What do you findworks as an activist– what are your mosteffective tools whenworking on a campaignor trying to get amessage out?A. Encouraging people toeducate themselves aboutwhat is happening to theenvironment and what canbe done to reverse or stopthe dangers we are creating.

WALKINGTHEWALK ElsieDean in frontofKinderMorgan’smarine terminal inBurnaby. The longtimeBurnaby resident andwinnerof the2014KushiroCup took timeout to share the storyof her social activismefforts. PHOTOLARRYWRIGHT

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Elsie Dean, a longtimeactivist in Burnaby, recentlywon the City of Burnaby’s2014 Outstanding Citizen oftheYear award.“I couldn’t imagine it,” shetold the NOWafter beingnamed for the award. “It’squite an honour.”Dean has lived in Burnabysince 1970 and has beenactive on a political levelsince arriving.She is a foundingmemberof theVoices of BurnabySeniors task force andBROKE – BurnabyResidentsOpposing KinderMorganExpansion, andwas also afoundingmember ofWomenElders in Action –We*Act.Burnaby city councillorswere vocal in their supportof Dean as the city’s KushiroCupwinner, noting her long

history of volunteerism andpolitical involvement in thecity.Coun. Dan Johnstonrecalled seeing electionsignswith Dean’s nameon them back in the 1970sand said Dean has amorecomprehensive resumé thanmost citizenswho’ve beenhonoured.MayorDerek Corrigan, whohas known Dean for 35years, saluted her for being a“very dedicated volunteer.”Deanwill receive her awardonMay 1.Meanwhile, she recently tookthe time to share her story,talking about the origins ofher social activismwith theBurnabyNOW.

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Parisian flair: Oui Paris owner Theresa Pantano has set up a general store with knick knacks, furniture, clothing and more, tucked away behind the cafe she opened a year agoin the Heights neighbourhood.

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A Special Feature of the Burnaby NOWin partnership with the Heights Merchants Association

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Have a sports lover in the family?

Swing by Stan’s Pizza Joint to watch

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Crave offers up diverse dishes Shopping nookBy Janaya Fuller-EvansOui Paris has a secret – but

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Past the display cases and

the ornate tables and chairs,

behind the patrons happily

chatting in the café at 4092

Hastings St., is the neigh-

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store.

“The combination of the

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works,” owner Theresa

Pantano said. “The women

love it.”

Pantano has a love for all

things Parisian, as well as

quality Italian clothing,

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she’s sharing her love of the

iner things – as well as the

things themselves – with her

customers.

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antiques, some reinished,”

she said. “Everything you

see is for sale.”

Some of the space is dedi-

cated to fashion – leather

jackets and women’s cloth-

ing from Italy, as well as a

rack of consignment clothes.

Another area is illed with

refurbished chairs, sofas

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many of the items Pantano sells are

brought from Paris.

The store opened more than a

month ago, and the café has been

in business for a year now.

“We’ve called it the general store,

because, how do you tie all this

together in one word? It’s a bit dif-

icult,” Pantano said. “It’s a bit of

everything.”

Pantano has a warehouse full of

antique pieces, she said, some of

which she refurbishes, while others

are put out as is.

“I do a lot of before and afters,”

she said, pointing to a stool she

reupholstered and painted. “I’ve

redone one just so you can see the

possibilities.”

Pantano has been working with

furniture for 30 years, she told the

NOW.

“I was an interior decorator for

Ikea,” Pantano said, adding she

studied interior design at BCIT in

the ’80s.

“That’s in my blood, it’s my back-

ground,” she said. “But my passion

is old meets new. Anything old, I

just love.”

Pantano pointed out a few of her

favourite things, including an an-

tique wrought iron daybed, which

she has yet to put out, and a large

French dining table on display in

the store.

“It’s a work of art,” she said.

Every piece of furniture is for sale,

she added, including display tables

and armoires.

In addition to refurbishing furni-

ture herself, Pantano is bringing

in a vintage paint line, Maison

Blanche, so others can take on

projects, as well.

In addition to the larger items,

Pantano has some smaller decor

touches on display as well.

“Someone might be looking for a

gift,” she said of the items.

One area of the store is set aside

for clothing – speciically, a

women’s Italian clothing line

called Ciao Bella.

“It’s beautiful, feminine, soft,”

Pantano said, gesturing to the

spring line. “It’s very casual but

feminine.”

The store also has space for con-

signment clothes in good condi-

tion.

“If I’m not going to wear it, I’m

not going to put it out,” Pantano

said of the clothing.

Overall, Pantano said the space is

meant to be welcoming, particu-

larly for her female customers.

“The women wander back here,”

she said. “ I’m mostly here for the

women.”

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The talk is the last lec-ture in the 2015 President’sDream Colloquium serieson Obedience and Disobe-dience:Taking Action onClimate Change.

The two featured speak-ers are Brigette DePapefrom the Council of Cana-dians and Tamo Campos,founder of Beyond Board-ing. Both were arrested onBurnaby Mountain as partof the protests against Kind-er Morgan’s pipeline surveywork. Campos is the grand-son of well-known scientistDavid Suzuki.

DePape and Campos willtalk for about 15 minuteson their philosophy and ap-proach to climate justiceand how civil disobediencefits into that.

SFU professors StephenCollis and Lynne Quarm-by organized the series, andboth were also arrested onBurnaby Mountain.

Thursday’s event is in theWest Mall Centre 3260.Toreserve a seat, go to tinyurl.com/SFUevent.

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As a consolation prize, I’mgoing to tell you about anupcoming event the grouphasn’t emailed anyone aboutyet. OnWednesday,April29, there will be a workshopon cooking garden greensfrom 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. at the

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Deer Lake Gallery is get-ting set to host a solo paint-ing exhibition byVancouverartist Joy Munt.

World inTransit opensSaturday, April 11 with a re-ception from 2 to 4 p.m.,and it will be on at theBurnaby Arts Council’s gal-lery until May 2.

World inTransit featuresMunt’s “industrial-inspiredsurfaces,” a press releasenotes.

Munt recreates surfacesthat echo the worn surfacesof industrial painted objects,the signs of highway traveland found text.

“Like the painted hull ofthe ship that has been wornaway through years of globaltravel and saltwater erosion,Munt’s paintings bear thewear of painting itself,” therelease notes. “Munt sandsdown, grates against andcarves out of her works her

love for process, texture, ab-straction, colour and formalcomposition.”

Munt’s emphasis is on ar-tistic process, using layering,sanding and scraping backto create her work and leav-ing the effects of her toolsand gestures engrained intothe surfaces of her paintings.

“Mirroring the process-es of abstraction itself, Muntabstracts through the mate-rial subtraction of pigment

through sanding,” the re-lease notes. “The paintingsaren’t only illusionary im-ages but also objects that arecut into and pushed to theirlimits.”

Deer Lake Gallery is at6584 Deer Lake Ave. It’sopenTuesdays to Saturdaysfrom noon to 4 p.m. Admis-sion is free. See www.burnabyartscouncil.org, [email protected] or call 604-298-7322.

Industrial inspiration:WorkbyJoyMunt is ondisplay inWorld inTransit, openingSaturday, April 11. PHOTOCONTRIBUTED

Artexploresaworld intransitNew show by Joy Munt opens Saturday at Deer Lake Gallery

Japanese and Scandinavian entertainment will be a high-light of the upcoming Celebrate Spring festival at the Nik-kei National Museum and Cultural Centre.

The day-long festival is set for Saturday, April 18, with avariety of family-friendly events running from 11 a.m. to 4p.m. to showcase Japanese activities and traditions.

There will be kimono dressings, tea ceremonies and kids’crafts, plus a chance to shop for your own Japanese kimo-nos, accessories, jewelry and more – or enjoy a Bento lunch,tea and sweets.

New this year, the festival is partnering with Scandina-vian organizations to celebrate cultural diversity – so, if yougo, you can enjoy Satsuki-kai with classical Japanese dance,Ryukyu Dance andTaiko with Okinawan dance and music,plus Scandinavian folk dancers and drums.

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Simon Fraser University Clanstudent athletes Erin Chambersand Lindsey Butterworth were co-winners of the Clan’s female ath-lete of the year.

Chambers, a senior forward onthe women’s basketball team, andButterworth, a senior middle dis-tance runner in the track and field,were selected from among four fi-nalists for the award at the HiltonVancouver Metrotown Friday atthe annual Clan Athletic AwardsBanquet.

Chambers finished third inNCAA scoring, averaging 23points per game and was selectedthe Great Northwest player of theyear after leading the Clan to a 15-13 record. She scored 41 pointsagainst St. Martin’s University, thethird-highest total in SFU history.Chambers was a first team all-re-gion and an All-American honour-able mention.

Butterworth completed a bril-liant 2015 season and indoor ca-reer, winning the women’s 800-metre title in the NCAA nationalmeet and anchoring SFU’s sec-ond-place distance medley re-lay team that set a Great North-west conference record, earningher All-American first team hon-ours. She had the season-best timein NCAA Division II in both the800 (2:06.56) and mile (4:44.80),and was named the conference’soutstanding indoor performer thisyear.

Butterworth also received theLorne Davies Senior Award, givento a graduating senior who excelsin competition, in the classroomand in the community.

The award is named in honourof the Clan’s founding athletic di-rector who passed away in Feb-ruary.

Butterworth, who carries a 3.0grade point average, served as alearning coach for Clan athletics,worked with event staff at Clanhome games and was a youth

coach at SFU summer camps.The other two female final-

ists for athlete of the year werecross country/track and field run-ner, Rebecca Bassett, and wrestlerBailley Halvorson.

Bassett, a sophomore fromNanaimo, competed in the mileand 3,000 metres, earning second-

and third-place finishes, respec-tively, in the events at the 2015conference indoor championships.She also ran on the second-placeDMR relay and was a first andsecondTeam All-American at na-tionals.

Bassett helped both the cross-country and indoor track teams to

seventh-place finishes at nationals,their highest placing ever.

Halvorson, a graduate studentfromThunder Bay, Ont., regis-tered a 30-3 record on the matthis season and won a bronzemedal at the national champion-ships, earning All-American hon-ours for a third time.

Femaleathletesof theyear:Middledistance runner LindseyButterworth, left, andbasketball’s ErinChamberswerenamedco-winnersof theClan’s femaleathleteof theyearawardatSimonFraserUniversity’s annual awardsbanquet at theHiltonVancouverMetrotown lastweek. FILEPHOTOS

SoccerstarnamedtopClanmaleathleteNCAA conference andWest Region player of the year also turned pro with theWhitecaps FC2 this [email protected]

Jovan Blagojevic was namedthe male athlete of the year at theSimon Fraser University awardsbanquet at the HiltonVancouverMetrotown on April 1.

The currentWhitecaps FC2striker also recieved the LorneDavies Senior Award.

Blagojevic completed a superbsenior season with the Clan in2014, and was unanimously se-lected as the Great NorthwestAthletic Conference’s andWestRegion’s player of the year, andwas named to the 2014 men’ssoccer All-America second team.

The Coquitlam native regis-tered 18 goals in 18 games, in-cluding a conference-leading sev-en game-winning goals. He was

seventh in NCAA in goal scor-ing. Blagojevic’s 18 goals were the11th best single-season goal-scor-ing total in Clan history.

Following the season,Blagojevic was selected in thethird round of the MLS Draft byVancouverWhitecaps FC. He iscurrently playing forWFC2.

Blagojevic also received theLorne Davies Senior Award, giv-en to a graduating senior who ex-cels in competition, in the class-room and in the community.

The award is named in honourof the Clan’s founding athletic di-rector, who passed away in Feb-ruary.

Blagojevic carried a 3.0 grade-point average and volunteered asa youth coach and in hospitals.He has aspirations of becoming adoctor once his professional soc-cer career is over.

Blagojevic was selected from astrong shortlist of six finalists forSFU male athlete of the year.

Jordan Herdman, a sophomoreon the football team, set GreatNorthwest single-game and sea-son records for tackles, break-ing the conference season recordby 37.

The native ofWinnipeg fin-ished second in the NCAA intackles, was the conference de-fensive player of year and an All-American honourable mention.

Oliver Jorgensen, a sophomorefrom Abbotsford, became the firstSFU athlete to qualify for threedifferent national championshipsin the same year – outdoor track,indoor track, and cross-country.Jorgensen was a Great North-west champion in the 3,000-me-tre steeplechase and achieved aworld junior standard.

Clan basketball player SangoNiang finished 13th in NCAAscoring, averaging 22.6 point pergame, and scored 46 points atCentralWashington – one pointmore than JayTriano scored inhis best game at SFU – and onepoint short of the university re-cord.

The native of Paris, Francescored 20-plus points in a game14 times and was voted to the all-conference second team.

Freshman AdrianVanderHelmwas SFU’s first All-American inswimming, finishing second inthe 100-yard freestyle and eighthin the 200 freestyle at the recentnational championships.

The Barrie, Ont., native setfour SFU all-time championshiprecords and five dual meet re-cords during the season. Maleathleteof theyear:JovanBlagojevic

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Spring swim:KristianDukic, 8, swims thebreaststroke legof theboys’ 100-metre individualmedleyat theDynamoSwimClub’s Spring Invitationalmeet atBonsorPool onSaturday. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

StealthtakentoChurchTheVancouver Stealth dropped a two-

game set to the Edmonton Rush in NLLpro lacrosse last weekend.

Burnaby Lakers summer league star Rob-ert Church led the Rush, tying a franchiserecord with nine points, including five goals,in a 17-10 road win over the Langley-basedStealth.

With the team’s ninth win of the season,

Edmonton clinched a playoff berth and cur-rently claim top spot in theWest Divisionover 8-6 Colorado Mammoth.

On Friday, the Rush edged the Stealth15-14 at home.

Corey Small led the Stealth with threegoals and two assists. Newly acquired Lo-gan Schuss also had a five-point outing, in-cluding a pair of counters.

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Womenonwheels:Terminal CityRollergirls arebackinNewWestminsterfor aninthexcitingseasonof flattrack roller derby,beginning thisSaturdayat theRoyalCityCurlingClub.PHOTOCOURTESYBOBAYERS

RollergirlsreturnforaninthseasonSpecialtotheNOWeditorial@burnabynow.com

TheTerminal City Roll-ergirls are back in town thisweek to bring fans more ac-tion-packed, full-contactwomen’s roller derby.

Sports fans of all ages willfind fun and excitement inthe ninth season of wom-en’s roller derby at the Roy-al City Curling Club.

Two preseason double-headers kick off at the flattrack curling site on Satur-day, April 11.

The Riot Girls are tak-ing on theTournament CityDeadlies from Kamloopsin the first of two bouts ofthe evening.The excitementcontinues with the Fast-er Pussycats showing theirclaws to the NWO Roller-girls from Chilliwack.

The following Saturday,Public Frenemy faces offagainst the Penticton Pistol-eras, and the Bad Reputa-tions will challenge anotherguest team.

The April 25 sea-son opener will feature agrudge match between lastyear’s champion the RiotGirls and runner-up Fast-er Pussycats. Spectatorscan also watch theTerminalCity All-Stars and a special

North American appear-ance by the No. 6 Europe-an-ranked Helsinki RollerDerby All-Stars.

“Regardless of wherethese teams are ranked, thiswill be an incredible oppor-tunity to see internation-al derby at its highest level,”said All-Stars head coachMack “The Mouth” in apress release.

All bouts are at the Roy-al City Curling Club, locat-ed at 75 East Sixth Ave. inNewWestminster. Doorsopen at 5 p.m. and the firstwhistle is at 6.Tickets are$10, kids six to 12 $5; allevents are family friendly,and children under five getin for free.

Cash and credit cards areaccepted at the door or on-line at terminalcityrollergirls.com.

Starting on April 25, fuelup for all the fun with on-location food trucks; adultscan also cheer on the actionfrom an onsite beer garden.

TheTerminal City Rol-lergirls isVancouver’s firstfemale roller derby league.Created in 2006,TerminalCity is a member-ownedand operated, non-prof-it organization consistingof close to 100 skaters, of-ficials, volunteers, generoussponsors and fans.


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