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Burnaby’s lawyer is call-ing the National EnergyBoard’s report on KinderMorgan’s proposal to twintheTrans Mountain pipe-line “500 pages of fluff.”

Greg McDade’s com-ment comes after he and a

handful of other lawyers, allof whom represented inter-venors in the NEB process,reviewed the document toexamine whether the reportmet basic legal standards.

Their conclusion? It didnot.

“From Burnaby’s per-spective, there were all sortsof issues that we put for-

ward as evidence aroundfire risk, safety risk and oilspill risk,” McDade toldthe NOW. “What we foundin the report, is that theydidn’t deal with those issuesat all.They talked aboutthem, but they didn’t getinto the science questions.They didn’t give what you’dexpect a report to do, which

is an analysis of the evi-dence. Instead, they simplydeferred those questions tolater plans.”

On May 19, the NEBrecommended the feder-al government approve thecompany’s plan to twin theTrans Mountain pipeline aslong as 157 conditions weremet.The decision came af-

ter more than two years ofhearings and a host of par-ticipants weighing in.

The national regulatorOK’d the project becauseit’s believes it will increaseaccess for Canadian oil, cre-ate hundreds of long termjobs, develop Indigenouscommunities and generateconsiderable government

revenue.But it’s the Liberal cabi-

net that will give the finalgreen light. A decision is ex-pected by the end of thisyear.

Of the 157 conditions setout by the NEB, McDadeargued practically all

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More than 10 years afterhis sister’s death, a Burnabyman is “relieved, elated andthankful” at the news theCriminal Code is one stepcloser to being amended.

Helen Sonja Francis, alongtime nurse at BurnabyHospital and a single moth-er of two girls, was killedon Feb. 28, 2005, after thecar she was in crashed nearHouston, B.C.The driv-er of the vehicle was herex-boyfriend ChristopherCourtney, who was alleged-ly impaired at the time.Thecourts, however, deemed

the incriminating evidenceinadmissible because thewarrant to obtain a bloodsample was faulty – it wasgranted 13 minutes afterthe Criminal Code’s four-hour deadline. (In order forinvestigators to get a bloodsample, a warrant must beobtained within four hoursafter an accident occurs.)

In Francis’ case, theRCMP officer had been de-layed by a power outage.He was forced to write thewarrant application by handand drive to a nearby hos-pital to fax it to a justice ofthe peace in Burnaby.

Rather than a criminalcharge, Courtney faced two

counts under the MotorVe-hicle Act – driving withoutdue care and attention andexcessive speeding. He wasgiven a 30-day jail sentence,a $2,000 fine and a three-year driving ban, accordingto Francis’ brother GeorgeSojka.

Since that day, Sojka hasadvocated that the warrantdeadline be extended to sixhours.

On Monday, BurnabySouth MP Kennedy Stew-art stood in the Houseof Commons and intro-duced a private member’sbill called Helen’s Law thatwould do exactly that. (Heoriginally tabled a petition

when the Conservativeswere in power, but it neverproceeded.)

Sojka told the NOWhe felt “great” about BillC-276.

“This is what I’ve beenlooking for, but we still got-ta take it one or two stepsfurther. It’s gotta reach aconclusion, or else I justwon’t quit this thing.”

At the time of his sister’sdeath, Sojka recalled feel-ing defeated and deflated,with no recourse for action.

“I don’t even know howto put it into words.You’rejust at a loss, basically, and

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of them were identical tothe 145 draft conditions theNEB released last August,before any evidence was re-ceived from the intervenorsand prior to the hearings.

“Which means all the in-tervenor evidence that wasput in, and all of the oraland written arguments theycalled to hearing was ab-solutely pointless. Exceptfor some minor points,they completely ignored itall,” the city lawyer add-ed. “They could have writ-ten this report before theystarted.”

Over and over, the boardsaid it was “satisfied” withTrans Mountain’s evidenceor found its positions “ac-ceptable,” according to thegroup of lawyers.

McDade said if the hear-ing was fair, some issueswould go one way, somewould go the other.

“The regulator wouldhave a tough choice (tomake).What we found hereis that the regulator duckedall the tough issues and sim-ply acceptedTrans Moun-tain’s approach to thingswas going to be fine,” hesaid, adding the NEB madeits determination of publicinterest solely on the eco-nomic benefits of the proj-ect.

Many of the recom-mendations instructTransMountain to file plans af-ter the project is approvedby the cabinet, which has al-lowed the NEB to sidestepthe contentious environ-mental issues, the lawyersargued.

The law cohort alsoclaimed the NEB accept-edTrans Mountain’s evi-

dence over evidence sub-mitted by the intervenors in84 of the 103 issues (82 percent), without oral cross-ex-amination and often with-out analysis. (Rather thanoral examination, the NEBallowed intervenors to sub-mit information requests,which gave Kinder Morganan opportunity to respondin writing.)

Sarah Kiley, communica-tions officer with the NEB,told the NOW the regulatorstands by its report.

“We understand some

people may be disappoint-ed or not agree with the de-cision, but I think it’s unfairto say that it was anythingother than a very thoroughreview. It was very rigor-ous, it was based in scienceand incorporated multiplereviews and opinions,” shesaid.

“We recognize thatshould something go wrongthat the consequences couldbe very high, we absolutelydid hear that.We also knowthe likelihood of that hap-pening is very low.

“When the National En-ergy Board makes a rec-ommendation on a project,what they have to do is bal-ance both the pros and thecons, the benefits and theburdens and make a deci-sion. And that’s what theydid in this case.”

Kiley said if at any timethe NEB is not satisfiedwith the way the project isbeing carried out in a man-ner that is not safe for peo-ple and the environment,the regulator can take actionby issuing fines, suspendingoperations and shutting itdown all together.

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The Burnaby school dis-trict got an unforeseen $1million boost from the pro-vincial government thisweek, and school boardchair Ron Burton didn’teven take a jab at the B.C.Liberals for the timing ofthe good news announce-ment – less than one yearaway from the next provin-cial election.

“When they do some-thing good, you’ve got togive them credit for it,” Bur-ton told the NOW. “Hope-fully it will continue, thatthey will give those savingsback to us.”

In February 2015, theprovince announced dis-tricts around B.C. wouldhave to trim $54 millionin “administrative savings”from their budgets – $29million for the 2015/16school year and $25 millionfor 2016/17.

OnTuesday, the govern-ment said it had decided toredirect the $25 million for2016/17 back to the districtsinstead.

For Burnaby schools,that will mean an extra

$1,027,783 cash for nextyear.

“It helps. Every increasein funding definitely helps,”secretary-treasurer GregFrank told the NOW.

Letting districts keep themoney will allow them toredirect it to frontline ser-vices, stated a governmentpress release.

“We are giving districtsthe ability to invest in theirindividual priorities,” Edu-cation Minister Mike Berni-er said in the release. “Thisprovides a great opportuni-ty for each district to spendthe money in a way that willbest meet the needs of thestudents of that district.”

Brushing aside cynicismabout the timing of the an-nouncement, Burton saidthe extra million is a posi-tive step.

“We’ve been talking to(the government) as wellas to (B.C. Liberal Burna-by-North MLA) RichardLee, who I’m sure relays ev-erything we say to the gov-ernment,” Burton said, “somaybe they heard us talkingand heard the board say weneed the money, so it’s goodnews. It would be good ifthey’d make it permanent.It’s only committed to theone year, but it’s a step inthe right direction for us.”

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ShouldpetrulesbechangedinB.C.?Our last edition includ-

ed a story about a wom-an fighting to keep her dogwith her in a Burnaby stra-ta unit that allows for onlyone dog (see story at www.burnabynow.com).

In a nutshell, she movedin with a fellow who al-ready had a small dog, andthe strata rules clearly havea one-dog rule. One of thedogs has to go.

Readers were quick torespond saying that sheknew the rules, so where’sthe beef?They’re right, of

course.The rule is clear, and the

strata has the right to en-force the regulation.

No matter that the wom-an and her dog are in abind, that’s not the strata’sresponsibility to figure out.

But the story raises alarger question of the rights,if any, of pet owners in rela-tion to housing.

In Ontario, a law forgedin 1990 forbids landlordsto discriminate against petowners.While it appearsthat landlords still try to

avoid renters with pets, atleast, in that province, thereis a system that can adjudi-cate complaints.

Pet and rental advocatesare hoping B.C. will bringin a similar law. But theprovince has scrupulous-ly avoided any such sugges-tions.

As it stands now, thereare very few landlords inthe Lower Mainland whowelcome pets. Unfortunate-ly, irresponsible pet ownershave made it more difficult,and given that the rental

market is so tight, landlordscan pretty much set theirown rules on pets. And ifyou’re a person on a low in-come, the market choicesare even slimmer.

This is unfortunate.A cat or a dog often pro-

vides important compan-ionship to single folks and/or the elderly.

Research has shown thathaving a pet has health ben-efits that include, but arenot limited to, lower bloodpressure and exercise. Petownership also contradicts

isolation and encouragessocialization.

We are a pet-crazy soci-ety, and yet we have built ahousing situation where youalmost have to own yourown home to have a pet.

Add that to the burdenbeing placed on pet shel-ters when renters are forcedto choose between keepingtheir companion or givingthem up, and you have a se-rious problem.

Ontario political leadersbelieved that no-pet clauseswere unreasonable and con-

trary to a tenant’s funda-mental right to privacy andthe basic need for shelter.

We’re not sure if that’s anargument that passes mus-ter in B.C., but surely wecan at least start requiringa percentage of newly builtrental accommodations toallow pets.

That seems to be onlyfair to pet owners and theirfurry companions.

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As a victim of a brokensystem, we were rescued bythe George Derby Care fa-cility.

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Unfortunately, my moth-er passed 12 days after arriv-ing at George Derby. It wasa peaceful death, and I wasallowed the time to do whatI needed to do, to contact allfamily members to come beby her side. She knew in herfinal hours that dad wouldbe OK. It was the perfectend to a perfect lifelong lovestory.

It’s easy to look at num-bers and cut costs whenthere is no real human sideto them, but you might feeldifferently if it were yourloved ones.

Everybody, rich or poor,should have the right to diewith dignity.Treat the nurs-es and care aides with therespect they deserve. Givethem job security. Pay themwhat they deserve. Less-en the stress in their lives sothey can make a differencein ours.Sue Rollinson is the daugh-

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A Pemberton youth dragon boat team’s trip to Polandwas put in jeopardy by a car theft in Burnaby. AVolvo sta-tion wagon, parked by the corner of Hastings Street andRosser Avenue, was stolen in June.The owner was upsetabout the theft of the vehicle but also by the loss of 550T-shirts, worth about $1,000, that were inside.The shirtswere supposed to have been sold to raise money for theteam’s trip to the 2003 world championships in Poland.

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How can Burnabybe so ‘heartless’?Dear Editor If homeless shelters are provincialor federal responsibilities, then tellmewhyNewWestminster, Vancouver, North Vancou-ver, Surrey, CoquitlamandRichmondhaveshelters andBurnaby iswithout?The closestwehave to a shelter is Central

Park. The city has themoney tohire twowork-ers anda truck to remove thehomeless fromthepark and to cleanup theparkdaily. Thismoney couldbebetter spent byproviding ashelter instead.Corriganhas stated in thepast that tempo-

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less and cruel? Youhavenoempathy for thesepoor broken souls. Just time for the vulturedevelopers inBurnaby and your visionofdowntownMetrotown.DonnaPolos, Burnaby

Transphobic messageraises some concernDear Editor I amwriting regarding the “SchoolWashrooms-problemsolved!” visual/cartoonin yourMay 20publication. There did notappear tobeany article to goalongwith thisvisual to explain if itwas a comic, or a seriousstatement onpotential predators in our schoolbathrooms.I amconcernedwith the transphobic

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you know something iswrong with our system ifthey go ahead and let thisperson walk because of atime frame,” he said.

Even though his sister’scase has exceeded the sev-en-year statute of limita-tions, Sojka is happy Hel-en’s Law could preventsimilar incidents from hap-pening.

“You’re not going to have(accidents) like this strictlyhappening around cities andaround hospitals.Things are

going to happen outside ur-ban areas.When it comesdown to a person takingsomeone’s life, there’s gottabe something a little moreto it than that.There needsto be accountability.

“It’s too late for my sisterto have justice, but at leastfor others … it’ll give themjustice for their families.”

Sojka added he’s confi-dent, but skeptical the fed-eral Liberals will pass Hel-en’s Law.

“I think they will adoptit because you have to give

justice to those personswhose lives have been writ-ten off.There has to besome sort of consequenceto this.

“It’s going to take a lot ofwork still ahead to convincethis government to push itthrough.We’ll wait and see

what happens. It’s not goingto be an easy mission.”

Sojka went on to thankStewart for his dedicationto his sister’s cause over theyears.

If theTrudeau govern-ment chooses not to incor-porate Helen’s Law intolegislation, Sojka said he’llcontinue to petition thefeds.

“We’re going to carry on.”

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Burnaby’s business lead-ers have a hefty amount ofreading to do following theNational Energy Board’sdecision to recommend ap-proval of Kinder Morgan’splan to twin the existingTrans Mountain pipeline.

In a statement to theNOW, Paul Holden, presi-dent and CEO of the Burn-aby Board ofTrade, said thebusiness association agreedwith the NEB that increas-ing access to Canada’s nat-ural resources was in thecountry’s interest as it wasresponsible resource devel-opment.

However, in a report re-leased last year, the board oftrade identified four key ar-eas of concern it had withKinder Morgan’s proposedpipeline project, includingemergency preparedness, fi-nancial benefits, routing andliability.

Holden reiterated theseconcerns in his recent state-

ment, adding the boardof trade will now reviewthe NEB’s 533-page re-port and the 157 conditionsthat must be met by KinderMorgan if the project wereto be approved by the feder-al government.

“We will review the 157conditions attached to theproject to ensure adequate

attention has been paid tothe issues we raised and willmonitor the approval pro-cess as it continues to seehow Kinder Morgan plansto address both the NEB’sconditions and our ownconcerns,” Holden said.

The board of trade hasnot spoken for or againstthe proposed twinning of

Kinder Morgan’sTransMountain pipeline.

It’s now up to the Liber-al cabinet to decide whetheror not the proposal to twinthe existingTrans Moun-tain pipeline from Alberta toBurnaby will move ahead.The government’s decisionis expected sometime in De-cember.

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Seeking justice forother familiesA Burnaby man could

be facing drug traffickingcharges after an incident atMetrotown SkyTrain sta-tion last week.

Transit Police were pa-trolling the station around2:30 p.m. on May 22, whenthey spotted a man who isknown to police, allegedlyselling drugs.

The officers arrested thesuspect and a search of hisbelongings revealed 30 in-dividual bags of marijuana,

ready for sale, according toa media release fromTran-sit Police.

Investigators are recom-mending he be chargedwith possession for the pur-pose of trafficking, the re-lease added.

The suspect, who is an18-year-old Burnaby res-ident, has been issued apromise to appear in court.His court date is scheduledfor July 18.

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The community had beenreally good to me over theyears, and I thought to giveback, this was one way ofstarting it. I basically joinedthe South Burnaby Men’sClub as it was known atthat time. … I coached andmanaged a number of boys’and girls’ soccer and base-ball teams.

Eventually I became thepresident of the club andwas instrumental in mov-ing the club’s focus forwardto be inclusive of women,so we changed the constitu-tions and bylaws, so we re-named the club the SouthBurnaby Metro Club.

Most of your volun-teering is related tosports.What is it about

sports that made youwant to volunteer?

Well, I’ve been active insport pretty well all my life.Ever since I was in elemen-tary school I’ve joined soc-cer teams and baseballteams. I just love the peoplethat you meet and the com-petition.

I think of coaches andpeople that have helped inthe past to make it fun formyself as well as the partici-pation.

When we moved toVan-couver after the internment,my father passed away ofcancer when I was at theage of four, so coaches werelike my second fathers.Theywere the father image Ilooked up to.

I definitely wanted to giveback to kids, not only kidsfrom single families, butkids that were looking for anoutlet for some of the ener-gy they needed to burn off.

Is there one club or or-ganization that stands

out as a favourite?It’s really hard to say, but

I think the South BurnabyMetro Club is where I thinkworking with kids was veryimportant for my focus andmy objectives.

Again, I enjoyed every-thing that I’ve done in myvolunteer efforts and I justhope I made a difference.There are so many peoplethat volunteer, and someof them aren’t glamour-ous jobs… I think those arethe people that kind of getmissed. I share this awardwith all of them, it takes ef-fort from everybody tomake a difference.

What did you thinkwhen you were namedBurnaby’s Citizen of theYear?

I was humbled by the rec-

ognition and I didn’t havewords to describe my feel-ings.

I guess it’s somethingyou don’t expect becauseyou’re doing the volunteerwork because you love todo it.

Part of my problem is Icouldn’t say no. I was veryappreciative of the nomina-tion as well as the supportfor the nomination. It wasvery gratifying and very ap-preciative of it.

Do you have advice forsomeone who is thinkingabout volunteering?

The advice would be,there’s no job that’s toosmall.There’s organizationsthat are always looking forvolunteers.

People don’t think theyhave the time to do it, but if

you look at your timetable,you can squeeze in time.Just look for opportunitiesto volunteer your time be-cause there’s so many thingsto do and unfortunately youget a core group of peopleand they’re the ones that getinvolved all the time and ev-eryone else, they want tovolunteer but they’re notquite sure they can affordthe time.

But take small steps ini-tially and it’s very reward-ing in terms of the friend-ships that you establish andthe skills you obtain fromother people. It’s somethingpeople should be doing andwe don’t have enough vol-unteers.

Do you intend to slowdown the amount of vol-unteering?

I said that two years ago.The time that I thought I’dslow down was when I wasraising a PADS dog, andone thing led to another.What you find is, busy peo-ple always seem to find thetime.

I’m very appreciative Ihad support from my fam-ily, especially my wife.Thetime you spend away is thetime that chores don’t getdone around the house.… She’s become quite thehandy person.

Family is important to getthat support behind you.Without their support, vol-unteer work becomes veryonerous.

GIVINGBACK GeorgeKawaguchiwas recentlynamedBurnaby’sCitizenof theYear for 2015. PHOTOCONTRIBUTED

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If there is a person inBurnabywho personifies theword volunteer, it would beGeorge Kawaguchi.For decades the Burnabyresident and father has beendonating his time and skillsto a number of organizationsin the community.Kawaguchi startedvolunteeringwith SouthBurnabyMetro Club in the1970s as coach and managerfor boys soccer and baseballteams. Most recently,he’s been training servicedogs that help peoplewithdisabilities through the

Pacific Assistance DogsSociety. And in betweenthere have been a host orevents and organizationshe helped out, like the 1997Burnaby SummerGames,that’s too long to list.For all his hardwork,Kawaguchi was recentlygiven the Kushiro CupAward as Burnaby’s 2015Outstanding Citizen oftheYear. TheNOW caughtupwith him shortly afterreceiving the award to talkabout all things volunteer.

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The piece was a win-ner in the recentVancou-ver Chamber ChoirYoungComposers Competition.Edette Gagne, theVival-

di Chamber Choir’s artisticdirector and conductor, saysJoshua’s piece is “brilliant.”

“It speaks beautifully ofnature.You can close youreyes and hear the rippling ofthe creeks, the breeze rus-tling through the trees, thedancing of the grass. It’s alovely expression of the na-ture around us,” Gagne saidin a press release.

Joshua has been affiliat-ed with theVivaldi choir in

the past – in 2010, he wasone of a group of six youngB.C. Boys’ Choir singerswho participated in a con-cert with theVivaldi Cham-ber Choir. Joshua is current-ly taking a year away fromsinging with the B.C. Boys’Choir’s touring choir to fo-cus on his Grade 11 studies.

In the meantime, Joshua’swork is sharing a programwith some fine company –including Bach’s Lobet denHerrn and Morten Lau-ridsen’s Chasons des Roses,among others.

TheVivaldi choir, by theway, was founded in Burn-aby by Rita Radzikowskisome 28 years ago. It’s nowVancouver-based but drawssingers from around the re-gion, and its accompanist,BarryYamanouchi, isfrom right here in Burnaby.

St. Helen’s Church is at4405West Eighth Ave.,Van-couver.Tickets for the con-cert are $22 and $18, avail-able at the door or online atwww.vivaldichoir.org. Formore, call 604-221-0665.

CHORALANNIVERSARYThey marked 40 years of

music-making in style.The Confederation Se-

nior Choir, an ensemble ofsingers from Confederation40th anniversary celebra-tion concert on May 25 atthe seniors’ centre – and theevent was a smashing suc-cess.

Choir member Mag-gie Ford emailed to let usknow the concert was a “tri-umph,” with more than 120people turning out for anhour-long concert of “goodold songs,” followed by aseven-song sing-along. Lo-cal politicos Pietro Calen-dino, Sav Dhaliwal,AnneKang and Richard Lee allturned out for the occasion.

“In total, 29 choral, so-los and duets were sung toa very enthusiastic audi-ence,” Ford wrote. “Onelady wanted to buy a CD(none recorded yet). Onegentleman was moved totears from the memories thechoir re-created. Even theyoung children listened andwere very well behaved.Thechoir members were ex-hausted but exalted.”

Congratulations to all thesingers – and here’s wishing

you all many more years ofsong together.

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Here’s a reminder for allyou arty families out there– the Burnaby Art Gallerywelcomes people of all agesto drop in for its next In the

BAG Family Sunday onJune 12.

Families can drop in,check out the ongoingHope Chests exhibition byMichiko Suzuki, and thenget into the studio to maketheir own collage portraits.

It’s free and runs from1 to 4 p.m. Registration is

encouraged to save a spot.Check out www.burnabyartgallery.ca or call 604-297-4422.Send Lively City ideas to

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Voicesunited:TheVivaldi ChamberChoir hasa concert onSaturday, June4, andoneof the featuredpiecesis by youngBurnabycomposer JoshuaYang.PHOTOCONTRIBUTED

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For a satisfying story, live-ly music and dance, youcan’t do better than the ArtsClubTheatre’s productionof Billy Elliot, running tillJuly 10 at the StanleyThe-atre.

There’s lots of local talentshining in it, too.

New Burnaby residentKirk Smith, with a long re-sume of appearing in localand Canadian productions,is likable as the bumblingboxing coach, who is sure-footed in the dance num-bers.

David Adams, famil-iar to many local theatrego-ers from lead roles in RoyalCity MusicalTheatre pro-ductions, is the head unionleader, leading the stirringsongs in the miners’ chorus.

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The Alpha grad was theonly Burnaby student cho-sen from GreaterVancou-ver to compete at the fair,which included excursionsin Montreal and a keynoteaddress by Canadian astro-naut Chris Hadfield.

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Following close on theheels of its two-year anni-versary, Dageraad Brewingcelebrated another successthis weekend at the Canadi-an Brewing Awards.

Burnaby brewery Dager-aad Brewing brought homegold for its Belgian-stylepale ale, fondly named, theBurnabarian.The beer beatout competing brews fromGladstone Brewing Co. onVancouver Island and NewLimburg Brewing Companyin Ontario.

Ben Coli, owner andfounder of Dageraad, knewthe Burnabarian had placedamong the top three in theBelgian-style abbey ale/paleale category, but he wasn’tsure what prize it had won.

“You know, you hear thebronze, and it’s not us, andyou hear the silver, and it’snot us, … and then sudden-ly there’s the gold, and wewere just over the moon,”he told the NOW on Mon-day.

The Burnabarian is oneof three flagship Dageraadbeers crafted by Coli. Hesaid the name “Burnabar-ian” is a word he made upwhen he was trying to fig-ure out what to call Burna-by residents.

“I’m quite excited to winfor this particular beer be-cause it’s not really like agreat big, in-your-face beer,it’s a more subtle beer witha lot of nuanced complexi-ty to it, and often times youkind of assume that the re-ally strong, flavourful beersare going to overpower thesmall ones,” he said. “I’mreally proud of this beer.”

The 2016 CanadianBrewing Award winnerswere announced on Satur-day, as part of the 14th an-nual brewing awards andconference, held inVancou-ver from May 26 to 28.

Burnaby brewery Steam-works Brewing Co. alsobrought home an award onSaturday, winning bronzefor its Black Angel IPA.

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A Burnaby safety equip-ment supplier is doing itspart to support firefight-ers fighting the wildfires innorthern Alberta.

Pickering Safety, locatedat unit B2-5279 Still CreekAve., packed up seven boxesfull of supplies to be sent tofirefighters in Alberta.Theboxes contained everythingfrom underwear and socksto safety goggles and dispos-able respirators and masks.

“To all the firefighters inAlberta.We would like tothank you for all your hardwork and efforts in fightingthis terrible fire in NorthernAlberta.Your efforts are notgoing unrecognized,” read anote on one of the boxes.

Pat Pickering, who co-owns the store with her hus-band Kirk, said when an oldneighbour contacted herabout donating supplies, shecouldn’t say no.

“We have a lot of em-pathy to the situation upthere,” she told the NOW.“Our son is a Burnabyfirefighter, and we know

what these guys have to gothrough, and apparentlythey haven’t got much, andwe felt it was our obligationto help out.”

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someone needed to lend ahand to the first responderswho are on the ground.

“(My son) could be inthat position, and I wouldwant somebody to helphim,” she added.

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resident Leslie McKellar,Pickering’s former neigh-bour.

The four shipping con-tainers, full of goods for fire-fighters and residents, wereexpected to be on the roadthis week.

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Onthe line:Burnaby’s AmandaYan, at left,moved toToronto to train for a spoton theCanadianParalympicwomen’swheelchair basketball team.With the teamroster announcement thisweek, she is nowoneof 12heading toRio thissummer. PHOTOWHEELCHAIRBASKETBALLCANADA

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Disappointment doesn’t always fuelsuccess. But it often is one of the roadmarkers along the parade route.

When Burnaby’s AmandaYan fellshort of making the national wom-en’s wheelchair basketball team forthe Parapan Am Games last year, shedidn’t throw in the towel but insteadupped the ante.

And today, she’s packing and readyto roll onto the floor and representCanada at the 2016 Rio Paralympicsthis September after being among 12selected for the games.

The goal of representing Cana-da has been front and centre for theBurnaby Central alum for a handfulof years, not long afterrediscovering the joy ofcompetition and sportingchallenge that seemedlost following a 2008snowboarding accident.

“I have loved the sportsince I tried it for thefirst time at GF StrongRehab Centre,”Yan re-called. “I grew up watch-ing the Olympics onTV every twoyears, I always admired the athletesand I never would have thought aParalympic games were in the cardsfor me.

“As soon as my coaches told me Ihad to the potential to go far in thesport and make it to Rio, I knew I hadto take on this endeavour and give itmy best.This was an experience of alifetime; a small handful of people arefortunate enough to get a taste of thisrare opportunity, and I was not aboutto give that up.”

But when she wasn’t on the 2015roster for theToronto Parapan AmGames, it was gut-check time. Disap-pointment was soon replaced by deter-mination, as she chose to make a dras-tic change to get back on track.

“It was heartbreaking year for me. Iknew if I wanted to reach my goal ofplaying in the Rio Paralympics, I hadto make a change. A big one at that.”

In September 2015, she moved toToronto to train at theWheelchairBasketball Canada National Academyalongside the nation’s best male andfemale wheelchair athletes.

Yan, who has taken every challengebefore her with the mindset of an ath-lete, emerged and reclaimed a spoton the national team. She is one of10 national team members who car-ried Canada to gold at the 2014 worldchampionships, and that experience is

a binding force.“I believe this gives us an up-

per hand advantage in Rio.We havetrained and competed with each oth-er for several years now, and we knowhow to play to each player’s strengths,”saidYan. “Our coach would alwayssay, ‘We caught lightning in a bottle.’(The) world championships was anextremely difficult and gratifying feat.We poured truckloads of hard work,blood, sweat and tears on and off thecourt.

“We did it once, and we know whatit takes to do it again to earn our spoton that golden podium.”

Sports has always been a huge factorin her life, as a kid playing road hockeywith the neighbours to skating figureeights at the local rink. At school,Yan

was into basketball, soc-cer and volleyball, whereher 5-foot-4 size was anasset at libero.

While her life was al-tered forever by the 2008snowboarding accident,which left her paralyzedfrom the waist down,with the help and sup-port of many she put

herself on a path with a familiar pur-pose – playing sports at an elite level.

“To wear the red and white coloursand represent Canada is truly a tre-mendous honour,” she said. “I feelvery fortunate to have had the oppor-tunities open to me through amazingprograms by non-profit organizationsB.C.Wheelchair Basketball and B.C.Wheelchair Sports.These are the orga-nizations that helped me discover thesport and inevitably get me to whereI am today. ... I’m living proof of theexample that shows how importantgrassroots sports really are.”

At theWheelchair Basketball na-tional academy,Yan endured and em-braced the rigors of training. Alwaysframed by the end goal of the Para-lympics, she emerged better preparedfor the tough challenges ahead.

“I grew a few extra layers of skin, lit-erally and figuratively – my hands feellike leather now, and I have a tough-er exterior.While training 20 hourson court each week, some weeks weremore grueling than others. …

“I’m extremely competitive likemany of my teammates. It’s quite en-tertaining to watch a group of nation-al team players play any board or cardgame.”

Wheelchair basketball is her cen-tral focus, butYan has excelled in othersports in recent years.

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It all came down to the pointgap.

Burnaby’s Josipa Kafadarproved ready for anything threeweeks ago in her pursuit of anational taekwondo title, andnow the 15-year-old black beltis going to theWorld JuniorTaekwondo championships,which are being hosted in herhometown later this year.

“When I realized what hadhappened, for a moment I wasspeechless,” said Kafadar. “Icouldn’t believe I had reachedmy goal of a junior champion-ship (title).”

In the final, Kafadar squaredoff against the defending cham-pion and emerged with a clean7-0 decision.

“I thought during the matchI stayed pretty calm and felt likeI had good control,” she said. “Ihad never faced her before butI had watched her and kind ofknew what to expect.”

Prior to the final, the 5-foot-8 Alpha Secondary studenthad registered three victoriesby point-gap, where a 12-pointlead before the start of thethird round or during the thirdround ends the match.

It has been a terrific year sofar for Kafadar, who attend-ed both the U.S. and Canadian

Open events.The 2015 Cana-dian Open champion, the northBurnaby native gained valuableexperience in facing the PanAm junior champion, to whomshe lost to in overtime.

“Because this is my first ju-nior year I felt these were bigachievements for me,” she said.

Kafadar took up the sportat the age of four with the en-couragement of her father, andstarted on the competitive sidea year later.

“I won my first competitionand saw how much fun it is…I always want to make my dadproud.”

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What was slated to be aspecial day turned into a re-markable event for NewWestminster Salmonbelliesassistant coach Russ Heard.

The 52-year-old was pre-paring to celebrate his sonRyan’s 15th birthday andarranged for him to join thesquad inVictoria against theShamrocks last Friday whena player shortage put him inanother spotlight.

Heard ended up dress-ing for the Bellies and re-corded an assist in his 400thWestern Lacrosse Associa-tion game – six years afterhe played his 399th game –in a contest whereVictoriapulled out a 11-9 win in theprovincial capital.

Add in the fact that whilechecking whether or not hecould play, Heard was toldhe had been elected into theCanadian Lacrosse Hall ofFame, making it a Friday toremember.

“I told them I’d only play

every eight to 10 years,”joked Heard, who starred asa member of the BurnabyLakers and Coquitlam Ad-anacs from 1985 to 2000.

Coming off a tough lossin their home opener a daybefore, NewWest manage-ment was grasping to findenough players for the triptoVictoria, and jokinglyHeard volunteered.

“We were just jokingaround and Steve (Good-win, NewWest head coach)said ‘Don’t you need onemore for 400?’

“I tried to come up witha good excuse, but each onekind of got shot down.”

Still active in masters la-crosse, Heard was physi-cally prepared to play, buthe thought he was ineligi-ble because he had signed acard with the North Shoresenior B team. But a quickcall resulted in his gettingthe league’s approval.

His wife, Debbie, whoworks in the B.C. LacrosseAssociation office, noted hisname was up for possible

induction into the CanadianLacrosse Hall of Fame.

“There’s a five-year rulethat you need to be inactivefor so I thought maybe thatwould stop it,” said Heard.A call to hall of fame com-mittee member Dave Ev-ans confirmed that he couldplay, seeing as the vote hadalready been held withHeard getting voted in.

Heard didn’t look out ofplace. He had three shotson net and drew an assist onBrandon Goodwin’s goal in

the third period.He laughs how one fan

shouted “Let the youngguys play!”

Heard said that once thegame started, his focus wason the team’s gameplan andforgoing an old instinct torecreate some of his famoussolo scoring drives.

“I wasn’t just a player,I’m also a coach, so I want-ed to be sure to move theball around, do some set-picks and create space formy linemates,” said the one-time Burnaby head coach.

While his previous one-off game was in 2010 for theLangleyThunder, Heardsaid he won’t emulate Gor-die Howe, or try to extendhis playing career to cover afifth decade.

“It’s not something weplanned,” he said. “Whenit comes to Gordie Howecomparisons I say weshould dress Steve Good-win because he has two sonson the team.

“He may not have Gor-die’s scoring touch, but hekind of has the elbows.”

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Yan’s ready for RioIn 2012 she won a na-

tional title in women’s shot-put and placed second inwomen’s wheelchair tennis,both singles and doubles, atthe national championships.

With the team named,all that’s left is the detailedpreparation.While othersmay sweat the small stuff,Yan says it’s her nature to bepoised for the journey wellahead of time.

“I’m the super-prepared-has-everything-in-her-back-pack-ready-to-fight-the-next-zombie-apocalypsetype of player. My team-mates sometimes play thegame, ‘Do you have?’ andthey would take turns ask-ing, ‘Do you have…’ Moreoften than not, I usuallyhave it.”

As someone who wearsher emotions on her sleeveand who has openly writtenabout her journey strugglingthrough the recesses of de-pression following her acci-dent,Yan will approach Rioas an open book. Her thrillat being in the game will bethere for all to see.

“I really don’t have thegreatest game face. I wantto exude intimidation andfear into the eyes of my op-ponents, but what I think Igive off is more like the sub-tle look of, ‘Wheeeeeeeee –this is fun! Do you want tobe my friend?’

“This is why I don’t playpoker. I wouldn’t be ableto bluff my way out of any-thing.”

The Rio ParalympicGames run Sept. 7 to 18.

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LakersdouseLangleyDane Stevens’ fourth goal of the night proved to be the

difference, as the Burnaby Lakers edged the LangleyThun-der 9-8Wednesday inWestern Lacrosse Association action.

Racking up four goals and four assists in the win was EliMcLaughlin, while linemate Scott Jones tallied a goal andfive assists.

The Lakers host NewWestminster onTuesday, 7:45 p.m.,at the Copeland Sports Centre.

both the cadet and junior levels, Kafadartrains at both Burnaby’s MetroTaekwondoStudio and Surrey’sWoo KimTaekwondo.

Her coach, Metro master Jason Ruiter,said credit goes to Kafadar’s supporters.

“She has surrounded herself with goodrole models, good coaching (and) teachers,and most importantly, she has the supportof parents that push her enough and helpkeep her balanced between her sporting life

in martial arts and her studies,” he said.With November’s world juniors now ce-

mented in her schedule, Kafadar said it willall come down to training.

“I prepare as I do for the nationals justmore intensely, more days of the week…Potentially I’d like to go on to competeat the junior Olympics and the Olympicssomeday.

“This is a stepping stone for me to getwhere I want to be.”

Kafadar to compete at jr. WorldsContinued frompage24


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