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The high-five.It’s pretty much a universal ges-

ture of accomplishment, especial-ly in sports.

But at Burnaby MountainSecondary, the high-fives goingaround on the hard court mean alittle more.

Sure the high school’s girls AAAbasketball team is winning games,but the high-fives are an easy wayfor the team – which has a make-up fit for the United Nations – tocommunicate.

“I choose this school by basket-ball,” Karen Ito, a guard, recentlytold the NOW.

“I wanted to play basketball andmeet local students.”

The outgoing 17-year-old cameto the school this fall from Japanand is one of four internationalstudents on the team.

The teen joined players fromGermany, China and Italy.

Ito explained she played a lit-

tle ball back home but didn’t havea coach or an organized team toplay for.

In fact, all of the girls have littleexperience playing the game at acompetitive level.

In the case of Eugenia Garaffo,

the 17-year-old Italian has neverplayed the sport in her life.

She fell in love with theVancou-ver area on a trip a few years backand wanted to come to Burnabyon an exchange.

Garaffo figured joining the team

would be a good way to improveher English and make friends.

“It was a big challenge becauseit’s a sport you don’t know,” shesaid, admitting her first game wasterrible.

The international flavour of the

team is really a microcosm of theschool itself.

There are 165 international stu-dents at Burnaby Mountain thisyear, and each year the numberskeep growing.

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A Burnaby monk whohad plans to build a Bud-dhist temple for his follow-ers at a large property onRoyal Oak Avenue has beenordered to vacate the home.

According to ruling inB.C. Supreme Court, ajudge has ordered theViet-namese Unified BuddhistCongregation of B.C. andanyone living in 8708 Roy-al Oak Ave. to cease occu-pancy in the home or anyunpermitted additions and

buildings located on theproperty.

The judge’s orders, whichwere filed on Jan. 22, alsogranted the City of Burnabya permanent injunction re-quiring the owner to submitan application to the city forbuilding permits to either

demolish all structures orremediate the existing hometo meet a number of con-ditions set out by the courtand to meet bylaws.

A Buddhist monknamed LeThuan ownsthe 7.4-hectare propertyand spoke to the Burna-

by NOW in December af-ter the original petition wasfiled by the city.

The monk, originallyfromVietnam, has lived atthe property for 13 years,and intended to build ameditation centre or templeon the site for theVietnam-

ese Unified Buddhist Con-gregation of B.C., which heleads.

Over the years, he builtseveral additions to theproperty, including a templeand two dining halls.

THEYGOTGAME Lefttoright: CatherineZheng,Karen Ito, KarenMoehler andEugeniaGaraffoare international studentsplaying for theBurnabyMountainSecondary’s girls AAAbasketball team.Theplayoffs for the teambegin thisweek. PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR

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Only motor vehicle incident calls fell They don’t exactly stickout if you’re not looking forthem, but Burnaby couldsoon be getting more cellantennas – of the small va-riety.

Last month, city coun-cil approved zoning amend-ments that would allowsmall cell antenna instal-lations on city street lightstandards and traffic lightpoles.

Prior to the changes, an-tennas were only allowed inthe “P2 zoning” or the ad-ministration and assemblydistricts, but were mostlylarge free-standing antennas.

Coun. Sav Dhaliwal,who voted in favour of thechange at a public hearingon the issue, explained thesmall antennas are general-

ly only about one to two feetlong.

“I like the idea of not hav-ing a whole lot of huge, big,unsightly antennas,” he toldthe NOW. “I thought thiswas quite helpful to boththe service provider and theconsumer.”

Dhaliwal noted thechanges come asTelus waslooking to install the smallantennas to improve recep-tion andWi-Fi for custom-ers in Burnaby, adding therewill be conditions put onany applications.

“There will probably besome kind of contract withthe city and public in the us-age of that infrastructure,”he said, also noting anycompany in the future won’thave to go through a public

hearing as was the processin the past.

Dhaliwal said he also ex-pects the city to keep thenumber of the small anten-nas to “a reasonable num-ber.”

At this point, he’s not surehow many antennas thecompany intends to put uparound the city.

The city also madeamendments to ensure allantenna proposals, otherthan the small ones permit-ted under the zoning, likethe larger freestanding ormonopole antennas, requireapproval through the re-zoning process, and only bepermitted if they are includ-ed as part of a comprehen-sive development.

– By Jeremy Deutsch

It turned out, 2015 was abusy year for the Burnabyfirefighters.

According to year-endnumbers provided by thefire chief to city council, thedepartment responded to14,028 calls for service in2015.

That proved to be an in-crease from the 12,887 callsfor service the departmentreceived in 2014.

In pretty much every sta-tistical category, the num-bers were up in 2015.

There were 263 report-ed building fires in Burnabylast year, compared to 251in 2014.

There were 61 vehiclefires in 2015 compared to48 in 2014.

The department dealtwith 840 “other” fires (bush,rubbish) in 2015 comparedto 682 in 2014.

The department dealtwith 303 false alarms lastyear compared to 262 in2014.

Firefighters were calledout 9,272 medical emergen-cies compared to 8,368 in2014.The department han-dled 1,369 public servicecalls compared to 1,133 in2014. The number of peo-ple injured and killed in firesalso rose in 2015, with 15 in-jured and two killed com-pared 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 incidentsdeclined in 2015, to 1,130from 1,294 in 2014.

The report does not pro-vide a dollar amount lost re-lated to fires in the city.

Last year was also theyear a contract dispute be-tween City of Burnaby andfirefighters’ union came to aboil, with dozens of firefight-ers showing up to a coun-cil meeting in September tosend a message they want anew contract.

The department has beenwithout a contract since2011. Arbitration in the dis-pute isn’t expected to hap-pen before June.

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But the way this mot-ley crew of players came to-gether sounds more likesomething that might comeout of a Hollywood studiothen the halls of a local highschool.

It began last year whenschool vice-principal andcoach James Morton waslooking at putting a seniorgirls team together.

The team’s star Jacey Bai-ley, who recently drained 55points in a game en routeto smashing records at theBritannia Invitational, hadbeen with the program sinceGrade 8, but a lack of play-ers before the season threat-ened to nix her final season.

Morton wanted to givethe six-foot phenom an op-portunity to play, so hehung up a signup sheetlooking for players.

What he got was the fourbasketball players fromaround the world, withoutwhom there would be noteam.

Keeping an open mind,

the coach held a few prac-tices to see what he had towork with. He admits therewere challenges in the be-ginning, especially gettingdown the basics of the sportat a team level.

Catherine Zheng didn’teven know the rules.

The Chinese student,who plays guard, said it wasa big learning curve whenshe joined the team, point-ing out she only played a bitof ball in her home countryas a hobby.

“In China, (students)have too much work so theydon’t have to do sports,”Zheng said.

The Grade 11 studentcame to Burnaby last yearto join her sister, who stud-ies at Simon Fraser Univer-sity, and had no idea at thetime she would sign up forthe team.

Since none of the kidswere likely to throw it downlike Lebron, Morton, a fanand student of the game heplayed back in high school,preached hard work, com-

mitment and defence.“These kids were amaz-

ing,” he said, pointing outthe teens embraced all theirobstacles.

“They’ve really boughtinto working together as agroup, and that’s what youwant on any sports team is

that collective unity and sol-idarity they have.They fight,they fight on the court.”

Make no mistake, thesegirls and this team show upto win.Though the seasongot off to a rough start, for-tunes have turned aroundin a big way at the most op-portune time.

The team won six in arow in league play and sitsin the middle of the pack inthe Burnaby-NewWestmin-ster division, with playoffs

set to begin this week.The team has been giv-

ing up just about 30 pointsa game on average.

Morton is only a littlesurprised by the success.

“They’ve done a greatjob; they realize now thework they’ve put in is whythey’re successful,” he said.“They’re teaching each oth-er.”

While the coach is quickto praise the kids, the play-ers send it back to theircoach.

“I played basketball inGermany, but we had a re-ally bad coach,” said KarenMoehler with a chuckle.

The 16-year-old fromGermany credits Mortonfor a big improvement in

her skills, adding she’s nev-er played this much beforecoming to the team.

Moehler found her way toBurnaby after seeing a pre-sentation about the schooldistrict in her native land.She too wanted to improveher English and do sometravelling, so she choseBurnaby Mountain.

“I love sports and I tryto do as much as I can, so Iwas like ‘go for basketball,’”she said.

The players are alsolearning from their star,in Bailey who they say hasbeen a huge support on thecourt.

Though the current fo-cus is on the playoffs and aberth at the provincials in

March, eventually, the teamand the four students willgo their separate ways.

For these girls, their timeup and down the BMSScourt is about the relation-ships and bonds they’veformed in such a short time.

Moehler said she alreadyknows she’s going to visitIto in Japan, while the restall intend to stay in contactin some way and share theirCanadian basketball ex-perience when they returnhome.

As for those high fives,back in Japan, in a no-touchculture, they’re not so com-mon.

Ito’s bringing that tradi-tion home too.

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In all, he spent about$300,000 on additions,raised by the congregationhe estimates to be between300 to 500 people fromaround MetroVancouver.

But the work had runafoul of the city bylaws.

The city claimed in courtdocuments the owner builtnumerous additions to theproperty between 2002 and2014 without any permits.In January 2015, the cityconducted an inspection ofthe property and identifiednumerous health, bylaw andsafety infractions related tothe unpermitted additions.

Following the inspection,documents note the cityshut off the power to theproperty pending the com-pletion and approval of therequired repairs.

The property is located inthe Agricultural Land Re-serve and a temple is notpermitted use. In March,Thuan applied to the Agri-cultural Land Commissionto subdivide the proper-ty for non-farm use, but thecity refused to support theapplication.

The city also said itlearned in SeptemberThu-an and some monks contin-ued to live in the home and

use one of the buildings as aplace of worship despite the“do not occupy” notices,but he insisted he doesn’tlive on the property andonly tends to the land on adaily basis.

The court also orderedthe owner, once he gets thebuilding permits, to com-plete all the necessary con-struction and demolitionand final approval within120 days.

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Indispute:BuddhistmonkLeThuanat the

RoyalOakAvenueproperty thathasbeen the

subject of a courtdispute. AB.C.SupremeCourt

judgehasorderedtheVietnameseUnifiedBuddhistCongregationofB.C. andanyone

livingat theproperty to leavethe siteuntil it

conforms to citybylaws.

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According to a statementof claim filed in B.C. Su-preme Court, David Dix-on is suing the GrandVillaCasino, Gateway Casinos& Entertainment Ltd.,which operates the casino,and Advanced Parking Sys-tems Inc. related to an al-leged fall.

The suit stems from analleged incident on Dec. 15,2013, where Dixon claimshe was returning from thecasino to his vehicle in theparkade when he slippedand fell to the ground on aslippery surface, resulting inan injury.

The suit claims Dixon,who is described as a doc-tor living inWestVancou-ver, sustained injuries as aresult of the fall includinga fractured left patella, orknee cap that required sur-gery, separated quadricepsmuscles, sprained ankle andbruising.

He’s seeking generaldamages for pain, suffer-ing, permanent physical dis-ability, loss of earnings, lossof income earning capac-ity, and costs of future careamong others.

The suit, which was filedDec. 8, claims the allegedfall was caused by the negli-gence of the defendants.

Specifically, the casinoand parkade operator areaccused of failing to ensurethe lot was maintained in asafe manner, for failing to

implement a reasonable in-spection schedule, and fail-ing to provide a safe path-way for pedestrians to walkto their vehicles when thesurface might be slippery.

The defendants are alsoaccused of being negligentfor failing to apply sand tothe parkade floor to preventslippage, for failing to warnthe public the surface mightbe slippery when wet, failingto monitor weather patternsso a proper decision couldbe made as to the amountof surface maintenance re-quired, and failing to paintthe parking lot surface witha slip resistance substance.

None of the parties havefiled a response to the law-suit and none of the allega-tions have been proven incourt.

A three-month joint in-vestigation into a drug traf-ficking ring by BurnabyRCMP and NewWestmin-ster police has netted charg-es against five people.

NewWestminster PoliceDepartment’s street crimeunit started the investigationback in October 2015.

While police couldn’t di-vulge specific details onthe investigation, actingSgt. Jeff Scott, spokesper-son for NewWestminsterPolice Department, con-firmed that in December,two search warrants wereexecuted – one at a home in

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– Cayley Dobie

A longtime Burnabywarehouse suffered exten-sive smoke and water dam-age last week after a smallfire broke out in the build-ing.

It was an automatic firealarm ringing from insidethe Serta mattress factoryonWinston Street that alert-ed firefighters of an incidentshortly before 4:30 p.m. onFeb. 2, assistant fire chiefBryan Kirk told the NOW.

When firefighters arrived,there were two employ-ees standing outside, butneither could say why thealarm was going off.

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inside, and they realizedthere was something goingon, the whole place was fullof smoke, so they upgradedit to a second alarm,” Kirksaid.

The origin of the fire ap-peared to be a gluing tableinside the warehouse, headded.

“Between the mattress,the glue and this woodentable, (there was) enoughcombustibles – that startedthe fire,” Kirk said.

While there wasn’t signifi-cant fire damage inside thewarehouse, there was a lotof smoke and water thanksto the sprinkler system, he

said, adding that because ofthe size of the facility, thefire was upgraded to a two-alarm blaze that requiredabout 28 firefighters. Firecrews were on scene until10 p.m. trying to clear outthe smoke.

“The whole place was fullof smoke, and it makes itthat much more difficult toventilate that much smoke,”he said. “(Firefighters) werethere for a good six hoursor so, just because it waswork intensive getting rid ofall the smoke, not so muchfighting a fire.”

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TheinevitableseductionofcheapthingsUber’s arrival in B.C. is

inevitable,TransportationMinisterTodd Stone says.

The ride-hailing app hassparked controversy in mostcities it’s set up in.

The City of Burnaby istrying to keep Uber out –but can it?

It has already told Uberthat it is ineligible for aBurnaby business licence. Itsimply doesn’t comply withcity bylaws, says the city.

City staff determined thecompany’s business mod-

el did not comply with thecity’s Cab Regulations By-law.

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But consumers love itfor its on-demand gratifica-tion and user friendliness.Pickup, drop-off and pay-ment are all carried out atthe touch of a smartphonescreen.

It’s especially convenientwhen one is caught down-town in the rain with mostof a bottle of wine slosh-ing around in one’s tummy.

When it comes to giving thepublic what they want, it’shard to deny the appeal.

But there is surely moreto the story than the daz-zle of its convenience. Eventhough they may be oner-ous, those regulations are

there for our safety so weshouldn’t be surprised whenaccidents happen.We’ve yetto see how the province isgoing to reconcile Uber’sWildWest business mod-el with bureaucracy the taxiindustry faces.We also haveconcerns about Uber’s re-portedly low wages andspiking fares.

But what Uber and oth-er on-demand services offercould be an important piecein the way we get aroundour cities.

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The decision by Shell Oilto delay going-all-in on itsliquefied natural gas projectnear Kitimat received a lotof attention last week, but anenergy report that helps putthat decision in context ap-pears to have barely regis-tered on the radar screen.

Shell, faced with plum-meting profits brought onby the price of oil falling offa cliff, is eliminating 10,000jobs, deferring spending anddelaying investments.

The anti-LNG and an-ti-pipeline groups poppedchampagne corks in celebra-tion, but a recent report byCanada’s National EnergyBoard shows that celebra-tion may be very prematureand in fact may never havecause to occur at all.

The NEB’s report, enti-tled Canada’s Energy Future,is grounded in sober andscientific analysis and notin romantic notions of get-ting rid of fossil fuels any-time soon.

The NEB has projectedCanada’s energy needs andproduction to the year 2040and has concluded they willboth rise significantly. Oilproduction (primarily fromAlberta’s oil sands) will risean astounding 56 per centwhile natural gas productionwill increase 22 per cent,with LNG “an importantdriver” of that growth.

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It tosses to the curb therhetoric coming from theenvironmental movementand from self-congratulatingconferences of politiciansvowing to take action to sig-nificantly curb greenhousegas emissions.

“Fossil fuels remain theprimary source of energy inCanada over the projectionperiod,” states the NEB’sanalysis, and it notes its usewill rise by 22 per cent overtoday’s consumption levels

Renewable energy proj-ects, such as wind and solar,may increase over time butnot anywhere near the pointof being able to match theenergy needs provided by oiland gas, the NEB notes.

What does all this meanfor a proposed LNG indus-try in B.C., and pipelinessuch as Kinder Morgan’s?In all likelihood, they will alloccur eventually.

Protests and sloganeeringcan’t match the reality thatCanadians, and people ev-erywhere, will be using thatoil and gas on an increas-ing basis and so those natu-ral resources will eventuallybe extracted and moved tomarkets and consumers.

This may not happen on atimeline that suits the Chris-ty Clark government’s po-litical agenda. But it willhappen. It’s just that LNGand the oil sands will fol-low an economic timeline– one dictated by consum-er use and not by politicians’needs.Keith Baldrey is chief politi-

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Burnaby Mayor Bill Lewarne promised he had tak-en steps to crack down on gay men meeting up for sexin Central Park after a local woman complained in a let-ter to the editor about feeling unsafe in the park becauseof “homosexuals lurking in the woods.” In his own let-ter, Lewarne said he had sent a memo to police and thedirector of recreation and cultural services as soon as hewas told of “homosexual acts” in the park.

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Too much consultationcan be a bad thingDear Editor Let’s be realistic here - thepipe-line reviewprocess is broken. It’s not brokendue to a lackof consultation, it’s brokenbecause there is precisely toomuch consulta-tion allowed.As a result, thosewhooppose thepipeline

will always claim therewas inadequate con-sultationdespite havinghad several opportu-nities tomeet face to facewithKinder-Morganand theNEB, aswell aswrite in andobtain aresponse.For thosewhooppose, it doesn’tmatter if a

pipeline is the safestway to transport oil, theirerroneousbelief that the voices of thousandsof ill-informedpeople constitutes a “sociallicence” to object to anything andeverything.I amgladpeople speakupanddoexhibitsocial licence – it results in themost rigorousof engineering and scientific research and test-ing to ensure therewill be noenvironmentaldamage. Butwhen that social licencebeginsto extend to just protest after protest becausethesepeople simply don’twant apipeline,then it becomes counter-productive.The cold harsh reality is pipelines have

criss-crossed this country for decades, andone inparticular has pumpedoil through thiscommunity formore than60 yearswithoutany catastrophic environmental disaster thattheprotesters seem to thinkwill happen. Anoil companydoesnotwant to haveoil gushingout of its pipeline anymore than the locals do– it behooves them tomake sure thepipelinedoesn’t break aswell.Canadaneeds thesepipelines. Thesepipe-

lines already exist. By allmeans contributeconstructively to ensuring that thepipelineswill be the safest for all concerned, but stopbeing counterproductive. Unless you live in acave,weave your clothes from local grassesandeat locally grownvegetable youpickyourself, youneedoil to sustain your lifestyle.So stopbeinghypocritical.SallyGillies, by email

Low-income familiespaying the price againDear EditorTheprovince is givingup two-thirds of its landat Cedar Place,whichbyall rights shouldbeused tohelpmeet thegrowingneed for future affordable housing.Itwillmove the 90 low-income families fromspacious homeswith individual backyardsand surrounding green space into a five-storeyapartment buildingon less thanone-fifthofthe space. Everyone likes new, but these rent-ers are givingupa lot, particularly space andprivacy. Contrary towhatMr. CorriganandMr.Colemanwant you tobelieve, there is not oneadditional unit of affordable family housing.Burnaby is rankedworst in Canadaby the

CanadianRental Housing Index for housingaffordability andaccessibility.Once again, low-income families that rent

are getting shaftedanddisplaced, and voterscontinue to allow this to happen.Nooneseems tohave any troublewith the fact thatthedeveloper Ledingham-McAllister donated$69,900 to theB.C. Liberals prior to the lastprovincial electionor $10,000 to themayorandhis party during themunicipal election.RickMcGowan,Burnaby

Residents join forces tosave forest lands

JonReayONLY if it ensures theprotectionof thehistoric BurnabyLake interurban rail right-of-way thatcuts through it... that still crosses theoriginal 1800s steel bandedwoodenculverts.

BurnabyMountainUpdates Tradi-tional gatheringplaceof theKwantlenpeople aswell.

PeterDickinson-StarkeyWill theInterurban linebeduly notedandperhaps aplaqueplacednearby ?

Homeowners takefight to propertyassessment office

PeterDickinson-Starkey I feel forthe local young folkswhowill never beable to live in their ownareas, but areforcedout intodistant locations andthedaily commute intoBurnaby andmetro. Let excessivelywealthy newimmigrants live outsideMetro,outsideestablishedpopulated regions.

Traci Cox Totally andutterly ridicu-lous!!!!Myhusbandhas livedon thesameproperty his entire life andhasno intentions of selling!Nowhishomeowner grant is gonebecauseof this outrageous greedand inflatedproperty values. Just becauseoff-shoremoney keepspouring in, buyingupproperties, tearingdownolder housesandbuilding thesemonstrosities thatjust don’t fit inwith theold establishedneighbourhoods!Whydopeople bornand raised in these areas have tobepunishedand forced (in somecases) togive up their hard earnedhomesandproperties?!?! Greedy, greedy, greedy!

richmondite01DoesMr.Wangknowabout theProperty TaxDeferral Pro-gam?As a retiree, he candefer his taxesat aminimal interest rate until he sellstheproperty. TheProgram is designedexactly for someone in his situation.

KisaiOhwhatever. If youdon’twantahigh tax bill, sell your house andmove somewhere else. Do sobeforeeveryone else does.We’re reaching apointwhere real estate prices have tonormalize or risk thebubble poppingandall these 1+milliondollar homeslosing 80%of their valueovernight. Soeveryonewhoover-leveragedwill endupwith nothing.

truthtimenowToughBananas - It’snot a housingmarket - it’smoney laun-dering. Not changing anytime soonsince the govmakes toomuchmoneywhen citizenship is for sale. Time toleaveB.C.

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In 2014,WorkSafeBC re-leased its investigation re-port into the fatality, whichhappened on Oct. 11, 2012,when a retaining wall col-lapsed on two constructionworkers who were layingpipe in a trench. One of theworkers,Thomas Richer,was seriously injured, andthe other worker, Jeff Caron,was killed.

WorkSafeBC’s investiga-tion determined that boththe City of Burnaby andthe contractor the workersworked for, J. Cote & SonsExcavating Ltd., were re-sponsible for the accidentthat killed Caron and in-jured Richer.

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Onthe scene:Workerswereat aBurnaby site after anaccident that led to thedeathof 28-year-old JeffCaron, originally fromCalgary.PHOTONOWFILES

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My interest in photogra-phy first came from moun-tain biking. I used to moun-tain bike every day, andmy friends and I would al-ways take photos of eachother riding. Soon after, Ijoined a camera club withmy friend and his dad.The club had many naturephotographers and I soonswitched to nature photog-raphy. Before this I spentmuch of my time in the out-doors, so I already knew ofso many great places to pho-tograph wildlife and land-scapes.

How old were youwhen you started?

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year or two that I started,but my first notable publicaward was in 2011. It wasan honourable mention intheCanadian Geograph-icCanadianWildlife Pho-tography of theYear contest.

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awards being the biggest. Iusually only enter three orfour contests every year.

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It’s tough to think of

one main event. I’ve beencharged by several musk-ox and a grizzly bear. I’ve

spent hours in -20 weath-er with extreme winds, andweeks sweating non-stop in

the rainforests of Panama.Some of the toughest con-ditions I’ve had to endure

to reach photo destinationsare actually just dealing withclouds of mosquitos in cer-tain places of Canada, anddriving inVancouver’s rushhour traffic.

Do you have any ad-vice for budding photog-raphers?

My main three pieces ofadvice for beginner wildlifephotographers is to shootlocally, worry about compo-sition more than equipment,and to shoot for yourselfrather than your audience.If you enjoy photographyenough, you’ll find yourselfshooting a lot and thus, im-proving your skills.To view Stefanison’s work,

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work is currently on displayat the London NaturalHistoryMuseum untilApril 10. Closer to home,the Royal B.C. Museum inVictoria is also showcasingStefanison’s work, alongwith all thewinners from theinternational contest, untilApril 4. TheNOW caughtupwith Stefanison to chatabout his work and ever-growing accolades.

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Young couples thinkabout grand and roman-tic ways they’ll expresstheir passion; married cou-ples think about the mon-ey they’ll save by dining athome.

But the relationships thatare more often taken forgranted are those you sharewith your physicians, and ofcourse, the most significantof these is your relationshipwith your family doctor – along-term relationship that’simportant not only for yourheart, but every other organof your body and your well-being as a whole.

It is my relationships withindividual patients thatoriginally drew me to familypractice.

The practice of medicinecan become cold and clini-cal without the emphasison the human connection.Nothing can match the po-tential depth and breadthof the patient-family doctorrelationship.

As physicians, we mustearn our patients’ confi-dence – to trust us to keepprivate their medical histo-ry, their deepest secrets andtheir greatest values and tohave the faith that we willbe their advocates and doour best for them.

In exchange, we are priv-ileged with the sharing ofour patients’ personal sto-ries – the good and badthings they may have done,the great and awful thingsthey have lived through andhow they make sense of itall.

Over the years, we be-come a part of our patients’stories.

Sometimes, life can beoverwhelming and each ofus could lose our sense ofcontrol.

When we feel helpless, wefeel anxious.When we feel

hopeless, we feel depressed.When needed, physicians

can help shape patients’stories with more positive,empowering perspectives.Though patients may pres-ent a number of problems, Iencourage them to verbalizeand visualize their goals.

One of the greatest giftsI can give to patients whosee themselves as haplessvictims of bad luck, rela-tionships and health is thetransforming perspectivethat they can be agents ofpositive change in their ownlives.

Though we may not havechosen the canvas of ourlives nor the colours on ourpalette, we can choose howwe see this life and what wewill create with it.

OnTuesday, Feb. 16 at 7p.m., I’ll be speaking at theMetrotown branch of theBurnaby Public Library onThe Patient-Doctor Rela-tionship: Making the Mostof Every Medical visit.

I’ll offer some tips on im-proving communicationand working together toachieve your personal goals.

I’ll cover the key infor-mation you should knowabout medications and oth-er treatments and the keyscreening tests we need atdifferent stages of our lives.

For more information,phone the Metrotownbranch at 604-436-5400 orregister online at www.bpl.bc.ca/events.DavidicusWong is a fam-

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Burnaby’s CharlfordHouse is $10,000 richer asthe runner-up in a PacificBlue Cross fundraising con-test.

The contest pitted vari-ous charities against eachother, to see which coulddrum up enough votes forthe top prize – $50,000,which went toWest Koote-nay CommunityTEETHClinic Society.

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The Burnaby Neighbour-hood House is still lookingfor a new home.

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Curious about winterbirds at Burnaby Lake? Lo-cal birding expert GeorgeClulow is leading a na-ture walk on Friday, Feb. 19from 9 a.m. to noon as partof the city’s parks explora-tion program.

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Opera fans, take note:One of the most belovedoperas of all time is comingto the Shadbolt Centre forthe Arts this month.

Burnaby Lyric Opera isbringing Giacomo Puccini’sLa Bohème to the stage Feb.20 to 27.

Stage director Rich-ard Berg and music direc-tor Angus Kellett will leada cast of young and emerg-ing talent in the timeless tale

of love and heartbreak thatfeatures some of Puccini’smost memorable music.

The story, for those whoaren’t already familiar withit, centres around the poorseamstress Mimi and herpoet lover Rodolfo, who livein a Parisian garrett amidsta group of bohemian friendsincluding the painter Mar-cello and his lover, Musetta.

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Live music fans, don’tforget that the ShadboltCentre has plenty on offerfor you.

Take note of a couple ofupcoming regular events.

The next Jazz Jam, whichgives players of all skill levelsand chance to get togetherand make music, is set forTuesday, Feb. 16 from 6 to8 p.m.

For those who’d ratherjust listen, the next concertin the A Little Lunch Mu-sic series is set forThurs-day, Feb. 25, featuring theCeltic music of Blackthornin a free concert (with anoptional featured buffet for$12 at Encores Café).

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On twoThursdays,March 3 and March 10,Hawkes will offer a FashionPhotography and FeminismWorkshop.The workshop,inspired by the lecture anddiscussion, gives students achance to design and pro-duce a fashion shoot. It’sset to run from 7 to 10 p.m.and costs $92 for two ses-sions.

Check out www.shadboltcentre.com for more – youcan find this listing, andmany others, in the winterarts guide.

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Canada’s national winter sport bondsthem and unites them. So does the fact thateach player is visually impaired or complete-ly blind. But their ability and desire to playis stronger than the shadows and darknessthat each faces individually.

“What would the word be – I guess it’sfreeing,” said NewWestminster’s SteveVan-dermey of when he overcame his initialfears eight years ago to return to the ice andstrap on the pads.

As a member of theVancouver Eclipse,which hit the ice every Friday morning atMoody Park Arena,Vandermey found asense of camaraderie, a familiar comfortzone in a game that each could embrace.

Every year, a number of the players trekeast for an international tournament whichis played on the site of the legendary MapleLeaf Gardens, where a rink fills one of therenovated upper floors.

This year, 15 players from the Eclipse willbe making the journey next month, and tohelp cover costs the team is holding a fun-draiser this Saturday (Feb. 13), starting at7 p.m. at the Paddlewheeler Pub on Quay-side Drive, to help raise the approximately$15,000 cost of the trip.

Some subtle changes make the sport ac-cessible for the visually impaired – a larger,metal puck filled with bearings that makesa noise as it slides across the ice, and netsmeasuring six-feet wide by three-feet high.A sighted player and referee help move thepuck along when it comes to a halt.

Faceoffs begin with the referee shakingthe puck at centre ice. Once the game starts,the action is quick with the pace like a lotof beer league hockey played in rinks acrossthe continent.

“I’m one of those adult hockey playerswho didn’t learn to skate backwards like mykids did,” said Burnaby’s Brian Cowie. “Ididn’t play hockey while growing up, but Iguess it’s that cliché of being Canadian, youwant to play hockey.”

Using the international athletic standardfor impaired vision, Cowie’s vision is ratedas B2 – with some peripheral vision but justabove five per cent sight – and qualifies himto ply the open ice at forward.

Vandermey, who uses a guide dog in hiseveryday life, is completely blind in one eyeand can make out light with his other, is aB1 athlete, with little to no vision – whichputs him in goal.

“Being among the players with low vision,I’m trying to anticipate what’s going to hap-pen,” saidVandermey. “You’re listening forsounds and the ‘dingle’ of the puck.

“My challenge is the same as every otherbeer league goalie, of keeping the puck outof the net.”

Although he didn’t play minor hockeygrowing up in east Richmond, a street overfrom Queensborough,Vandermey tried thesport as a 15-year-old and chose the net ashis spot.

“I played a lot of beer league hockey andas a goalie was always in demand.”

In his mid-30s he began losing his eye-sight due to diabetes and has a prosthet-ic eye now. As the darkness set in, strappingon the pads was just a memory.That is untilhe heard about the Eclipse.

“You almost feel your life has stopped, oryou’re trapped inside your home,” saidVan-dermey. “Like most people, I heard about

(hockey for the blind) and couldn’t imagineit. It seemed scary... I didn’t know what toexpect and it took me two years to get meout to try it. I’m glad I found it.”

The visually impaired and legally blindcome to the rink to experience that popu-lar boundary of 80-feet by 200-feet and en-joy all that comes with it. Camaraderie is ahuge part, but for guys like Cowie, there isthe competition as well.

“It’s been a lot of fun, but I’m a pret-ty competitive guy so there’s that elementof competing,” said Cowie, who discoveredthe Eclipse after hearing aTV news itemnearly 20 years ago. “I just love the feel youget from skating on the ice.”

Defencemen and forwards have limit-ed vision but are able to see shapes and thepuck, and avoid some of the collisions thatcome 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 vi-sion so I can make the puck disappear if Iturn a little bit.”

Although goals are scored in a shorternet, the puck still comes flying.Vandermeysays the eventual stingers and scrapes arejust part of the job.

“It’s the ones that come off the cage thatreally hurts,” he said. “It comes back off thepost pretty hard.”

If anything, the puck appears to take theworst of it, dented and creased from hittingthe post.The club goes through about 20pucks a year, each costing $40.

Still, even while others design a modernpuck that beeps, it’s hard to perfect on thesimple, tin-can like puck, said Cowie.

“It is kind of archaic and rudimentary butnothing works as good as this one.”

Sportsnow Sport to report?ContactDan Olson at 604.444.3022 or [email protected]

Stacking thepads:Vancouver EclipsenetminderSteveVandermeyputsup the stop sign toaTeamBlueopponentduring theEclipse’sweeklyhockeygameatMoodyPark. Agroupof legallyblindhockeyplayershavebeen taking to the ice formore than20years to share their passion for the sport. Anumberof theplayers arealso signedup toparticipateat theNationalBlindHockey championships inTorontonextmonth. PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR

SteelersscrapeouttwinwinsasplayoffsnearThe Grandview Steelers are

glad to find a warmer, more for-giving February on the calendar.

After a rough 3-7-1 run throughJanuary, the Pacific Junior BHockey League club launched thelast few weeks of the season with astrong showing, winning twice.

The Steelers knocked off ShawConference-leading NorthVan-couver 3-2 in overtime on Satur-day, then followed that by edgingRidge Meadows 2-1 on Sunday.

Timothy Chow supplied the he-roics in NorthVancouver, cash-

ing in a powerplay marker at 4:55of the first extra period. It wasChow’s third point of the game.

Less than a day later, Jake Hol-land lifted a huge monkey off hisback when he deposited his firstgoal with Grandview, late in thethird period, to defeat his formerRidge Meadows teammates.

The club will close out the reg-ular season with games Friday inRidge Meadows and Sunday, 4p.m. at the BurnabyWinter Clubagainst third-place Richmond.Grandview now holds a four-

point lead on Richmond for sec-ond place.

SFU’S HOMERONTREYODYSSEY

From three-point land, ElisaHomer was golden.

The Simon Fraser Universityguard put the ball on a fabulousjourney lastThursday, en route toleading her team to a pair of vic-tories as well as Homer the GreatNorthwest Athletic Conference’swomen’s basketball Player of theWeek honours.

A sophomore, Homer caged a

GNAC single-game record with12 three-pointers in the Clan’s87-65 triumph over NorthwestNazarene, smashing the previousmark of nine.The 12 treys cappeda 40-point scoring barrage forHomer, tying her for the fourth-best single game GNAC result.

SOCCERCANADAPREZTORUN

Victor Montagliani isn’t afraidof a big job.

The Burnaby native threw hishat in the ring officially Mondayfor the president of CONCACAF,

the governing body that over-sees soccer in North and CentralAmerica and the Caribbean.

The past three presidents havefallen under scrutiny in the ongo-ing corruption scandal at FIFA.

“If football is deserving of thedevotion of such a large swath ofthe world’s population, then itneeds to be governed in a prin-cipled and professional way that,above all else, protects the integ-rity of the game,” wrote Monta-gliani, current president of the Ca-nadian Soccer Association.



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fighters get a new contract, and that’s only

if the city and union can agree on an arbi-

trator.It’s been nearly four months since the

City of Burnaby and the International Asso-

ciation of Firefighters Local 323, which rep-

resents 281 firefighters in Burnaby, met for

mediation, and since then there has been

minimal movement towards a new contract.

In fact, both parties are still trying to

agree on an arbitrator.

“It’s kind of hard to decide when they

keep throwing back the same name to us.

We’ve offered four and they offered three,

and then we said no to the three and then

they offered one of the three back again to

us,” said Rob Lamoureux, president of Lo-

cal 323.Lamoureux said the union’s top choice is

well-known arbitratorVince Ready, who re-

cently negotiated a deal for firefighters in

Prince George, but because he’s so in-de-

mand, it’s unlikely he would be available be-

fore the new year.Lambert Chu, deputy city manager and

liaison for the Burnaby Fire Department, is

hoping, however, to get the process moving

as soon as possible.“We’re trying to find an arbitrator that

has a fairly open schedule to allow us to get

a quick appointment so that the case can be

heard,” Chu said.At this point, however, Lamoureux said

he and the firefighters are willing to wait for

the right arbitrator, especially since they’ve

been waiting more than three years for a

new contract.“We’ve waited so long we want to make

sure we get the right arbitrator,” Lamou-

reux said. “I don’t want to take our chances

and roll the dice with anybody. Another six

months, it’s no big deal now, we’re already

three years in.”The NOW asked Chu if anyone on coun-

cil or the mayor was trying to drag this pro-

cess out, considering how long it’s taken so

far, but he was adamant that council and

the mayor aren’t involved in the negotia-

tions.“This is done right at the staff level.This

contract negotiation is carried out through

the city manager’s office and a representa-

tive from the fire union, and we basically

keep our council informed of the progress,

but the council isn’t involved in any negoti-

ation,” Chu said.Lamoureux doesn’t buy that.

“I would disagree. I can’t believe that,”

he said. “I can’t believe that this is being …

controlled by the city manager’s office.

“You look at common sense and you look

at what’s gone on in the whole region.We’re

at 22 locals – two arbitrated and 20

Burnaby and firefighters’union are in mediation in

effort to get a new collective agreement

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DrivetorecallLeeisscuttledByTerezaVerencaeditorial@burnabynow.comThe recall campaign to oust Burna-

by North MLA Richard Lee has end-

ed because organizers couldn’t get

enough signatures.Burnaby teacher Jennifer Heighton

told the NOW B.C. Citizens for Recall

was unable to meet the threshold by

the June 15 deadline - 40 per cent of

registered voters within a 60 day peri-

od (about 16,500 signatures).“That’s a huge number to get in 60

days, especially when you’re a grass-

roots group and there’s challenges like

you can’t go into apartment buildings

or condos,” she said. “A lot of times

people weren’t home.”Heighton added voter apathy was

another road block.“A lot of them said, ‘I don’t vote, so

I’m not going to sign,’” she said. “This

Organizers saythreshold too high

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