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“There was a time when our peopleweren’t welcome in places like this,” said FirstNations drummer Rupert Richardson insidethe Burnaby Central Secondary’s library lastweek.

It was a bittersweet reminder during a joy-ous celebration.

Richardson and others had gatheredThursday to sign the school district’s secondaboriginal education enhancement agreementand to celebrate that that dark time was gone.

In an emotional ceremony that featureddrumming, a cedar cleansing ceremony andtraditional dancing by former and currentBurnaby students, district officials, ministry ofeducation officials and members of the aborigi-nal community committed to a second five-year agreement to support aboriginal learnersin local public schools.

The work of two years of consultation andcollaborative dialogue, the agreement focus-es on cultural development, social-emotionaldevelopment and academics for the district’s

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ABORIGINAL AGREEMENT

BFC says it has a good plan for new hospital

The Burnaby First Coalition says it has aplan to renew Burnaby Hospital and tacklehomelessness without costing the taxpay-ers a dime.

Daren Hancott, mayoral candidate forBurnaby First, announced the plan at amedia event in front of city hall Thursdaymorning.

“The first issue is we have a home-less problem. The current mayor says wedon’t,” Hancott told the NOW. “I’m sayingthese are our brothers and sisters, and theyneed to be treated, they need to be helped.We’re willing to step up to the plate andmake this an election issue.”

Hancott’s vision involves tearing downthe current Burnaby Hospital, rebuilding

it on the Willingdon Lands, which werejust sold to two First Nations. By redevel-oping the old Burnaby Hospital site, thecity can raise money to cover the costs ofa specialized building for homeless peopleon the Willingdon site. The new hospitalwould include triage and transition bedsfor homeless people.

“It would be a complex shelter, I don’tknowexactlywhatitwouldbelike,”Hancottsaid. Burnaby First is planning to approachthe Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh nations,the two parties that recently bought the plot

of land from the provincial government,after the City of Burnaby was squeezed outof the deal. In all, Burnaby First is propos-ing a $100 million contribution from thecity to help make the plan reality, but theparty says that money would come fromsaving dollars in other areas.

“Our vision is to try to do things withzero per cent tax increase,” Hancott said.

Hancott was under the impression theCity of Burnaby owned the hospital land,

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Student signatory: Burnaby Central Grade 10 student Diana Charlie-Iraheta signs the Burnaby school district’s secondaboriginal education enhancement agreement in a ceremony at her school’s library Thursday. The five-year agreement isdesigned to support aboriginal students in the district culturally, socially and academically. For more photos, go to www.burnabynow.com.

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In a province run by the Liberals, in a coun-try ruled by the Conservatives, there’s theCity of Burnaby, run entirely by the New

Democrats. The Burnaby Citizens Association,a group of card-carrying NDP members, holdevery single municipal seat.

In the centre of it all is Mayor DerekCorrigan, now in his 27th year in office – hestarted as a councillor in 1987 and becamemayor in 2002. He has a tight hold on the city,and he’s sure he can win again.

“I wouldn’t run if I wasn’t confident I couldwin the election,” he says, seated behind hisdesk at city hall.

“(But) we never underestimate our oppo-nents. We never take it for granted that we’reentitled. We go out and work as hard as wecan to try to make sure we’re going to be suc-cessful in the election.”

Corrigan has a reputation for being tough,controversial, outspoken, intelligent and evenintimidating, arrogant and difficult at times.He has a background as a lawyer and workedas a prison guard in Oakalla. He grew up inEast Vancouver, raised by a single mom, whoworked as an usherette in the ‘60s. He couldhave had a lucrative career as a criminal law-yer, but he opted for public service.

“I was blessed with the intelligence andthe ability to go to university and to be suc-cessful, something nobody in my family hadever done,” he says. “I can remember whatmy mom and grandmother told me about giv-ing back, about being someone who looked tothe interests of other people before their owninterests. I’ve always been committed to that.”

The Nov. 15 election marks Corrigan’s fifthrun at the mayoral seat. He says the top issuesare traffic and transportation, density and sup-port for refugees and immigrants.

Traffic, Corrigan says, is a problem akin toholding back the tide, as the Fraser Valley andnortheast sector grows. Corrigan estimates thecity will take on another 100,000 people, whichis why Burnaby is focusing on increasing den-sity around the city’s town centres. Burnabyis also incredibly diverse, with many refugeesand immigrants, and the city needs to provideservices he says are not dealt with by otherorders of government.

Of course, there’s the battle with KinderMorgan. The city has taken a tough stanceagainst the company’s pipeline expansion andhas spent roughly $200,000 in legal fees fromcasino funds, trying to stop the project. It’s anational-level fight that’s highlighted a muchbigger issue: Can the federal government over-ride local municipalities? Corrigan is hoping toresolve that question through the courts.

“This is Phase 1 of a very long war,” hesays, “and we need to accept the fact there’sa legal system that needs to be allowed torespond and make those decisions.”

Corrigan’s complete monopoly on the cityhas come under fire from media and his politi-cal opponents since the BCA has zero opposi-tion in Burnaby.

“I’m not sure what the expectation is. I’mintentionally supposed to lose some seat?” heasks.

“Most councils are unanimous most of thetime,” he says, adding some councillors actu-ally vote against each other. The city also doesa great job consulting the public and has com-mittees that include hundreds of local citizens,he adds.

“We had opposition in previous years, andthey worked themselves off council,” he says.“We are truly a middle-of-the-road council,and that’s why we’ve been so successful. …People say, ‘I like the way they do things.They’ve got a social conscience, but they arefiscally responsible.’ I don’t know why some-one would be critical of a council that’s done areally good job.”

As evidence, Corrigan cites a recent InsightsWest poll, that showed Burnaby and the Tri-Cities tied for the top-ranked municipal gov-ernment in the Lower Mainland,

Top job:MayorDerekCorriganis takinghis fifthrun at themayor’schair inthe Nov.15 election– leading aBCA teamthat sweptevery seatin 2011.

‘WE ARE TRULY A MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD COUNCIL, AND THAT’S WHYWE’VE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL’: DEREK CORRIGAN

A strong hand at the helmJennifer Moreaustaff reporter

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but the city’s planning department hasFraser Health listed as the owner.

Burnaby does not have a perma-nent year-round homeless shelter,and Hancott thinks the city couldsave money by helping the homeless,because RCMP policing costs wouldgo down.

Burnaby First is guessing home-lessness costs $5 million in policingcosts, based on the assumption that10 per cent of local calls to police arerelated to homelessness.

Staff Sgt. Major John Buis said theBurnaby RCMP doesn’t keep track ofhomelessness because it’s not a crime,so he could not estimate how muchpolice resources are spent on the socialproblem.

“We wouldn’t be able to attributeany dollar value to it, and I wouldbe surprised if it was that high,” Buissaid. “It’s not a police issue, but it’sone we get called on.”

RCMP classify calls related tohomelessness in “assistance to generalpublic” category, which includes a

number of scenarios.Mayor Derek Corrigan isn’t totally

opposed to the Burnaby First idea. Infact, he says it was his party that putit forward in the first place, but theprovince rejected it because it was toocostly.

“Coming out with an announce-ment like that, which is a regurgitationof old stories of what we had tried toaccomplish with the provincial gov-ernment years ago, is not any newpolicy,” he said.

Corrigan’s idea was to move thehospital from the Kincaid Street siteto Willingdon and Canada Way inphases, create a teaching hospital inconjunction with BCIT and integrateit with the centre for addictions andmental illness on the Willingdonlands. The province could redevelopthe current hospital site to cover someof the costs, he explained.

“The ministry said there were toomany sunk costs in the existing facil-ity, in equipment that couldn’t bemoved, and they said the idea wasone that was too expensive for them

to be able to move the hospital from itspresent location,” Corrigan said.

The province put the Willingdonlands up for sale in spring, and thecity wanted to buy it and put it asideas a possible future site for a hospital.However, Burnaby was cut out of thedeal when the province approachedFirst Nations for consultation, andthe Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututhbought the property and then broughtthe Aquilini Investment Group intothe deal.

Decades ago, Burnaby gave theKincaid site to the provincial govern-ment with the exclusive condition it beused for a hospital. Corrigan was notsure if the land would fall back intothe city’s hands if the hospital weremoved.

Burnaby Hospital’s aging infra-structure has been an issue for years.The buildings are more than 60 yearsold and have numerous problems.Fraser Health has a 10-year plan toexpand and improve the hospital.

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according to local residents. Thesame poll showed Corrigan’sapproval rating at 67 per cent,second only to Dianne Watts inSurrey.

The city is in good financialshape, with more than $620 mil-lion in reserves and no debt.

And while Corrigan is clearlyreaping the benefits of longtimesupport, he’s not without hisdetractors. Corrigan takes a lot ofheat in the media for Burnaby’slack of a homeless shelter,something folks have troublewrapping their heads around.Corrigan’s position is that emer-gency shelters are for emergen-cies; they are not a solution toa much more complex problemthat includes homeless people

dealing with mental illness andaddictions.

“It’s not a realistic solutionbecause every day, that persongets released back on the streetwith their Safeway cart, runningaround thinking God is trying totalk to them, and the next nightthey either come back or theydon’t,” he says. “What have wedone for that person? Nothing.”

Corrigan points out that citiesonly receive eight cents on the taxdollar, while the other 92 per centgoes to the provincial and federalgovernment, the two levels ofgovernment that are supposedto be dealing with the problem.For Burnaby to take on homeless-ness, the city would have to raiseproperty taxes, he says. Corriganagrees with the redistributing of

wealth, but not from the poor tothe poor.

“While we are struggling withthese issues, the fed-eral government isspending $35 billionon fighter planes.Now what’s wrongwith this picture?”he asks. “We lookafter your parks,your roads, your rec-reation, your sewer.We look after yourbuilding, your police,your fire, your gar-bage. Everything youneed to live in yourcommunity, we dofor eight cents.”

That said, Corrigan does sup-port co-op housing and treatment

centres, like the Burnaby Centrefor Mental Health and Addiction,and he’d like to see Riverview

reopen as a placewhere people couldget proper treatmentand change theirlives.

For Corrigan, poli-tics is a lifelong loveand his way of leav-ing a legacy for futuregenerations.

That’s why thepersonal attacks stillhurt his feelings, hesays, but he takespride in the fact thepublic trusts him after27 years.

“And I wouldn’t ever, everbreach that trust, and they know

that,” he says, with a serioustone. “If you can say that after 27years of being in the public eyeand under a microscope, then Ithink you have lived a worth-while life.”

In the 2011 election, Corrigansecured more than 25,000 votes– that’s five times more thanthe runnerup from TEAM, thenow defunct right-leaning party.Burnaby’s right-leaning politicoshave regrouped and formed theBurnaby First Coalition.

With Corrigan’s track recordand high approval rating, thequestion isn’t will he win, it’swhether the opposition can makea dent in BCA’s absolute major-ity.

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Corrigan: Emergency shelters are not a solution, says mayor

“While we arestruggling withthese issues,the federalgovernment isspending $35billion on fighterplanes.”DEREK CORRIGANmayor

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For the past several years,the energy giant KinderMorgan has benefited in the

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Enbridge took on the role ofvillain right at the beginning ofthe B.C.-Alberta pipeline saga. Itbecame the chief focus of attackfrom various environmentaland First Nations groups, as itwas painted as a major threat tothe environment and the pris-tine shores of Northern BritishColumbia.

The company was ridiculedby many for its seemingly tone-deaf approach to shaping publicopinion in its favour, or curryingmuch support from the variousparties (First Nations, local com-munities, the B.C. governmentetc.) for what was required forany chance of success for itsproposed Northern Gatewaypipeline.

But as Enbridge fades, for nowat least, into the background asthe perception grows that the

Northern Gateway pipeline isunlikely to be built, the focus hasshifted to Kinder Morgan’s pro-posed pipeline into the shores ofBurrard Inlet.

And now it is Kinder Morganthat has taken on the role of vil-lain in the eyes of many, andit can be argued it is outdoingEnbridge when it comes to alien-ating the public.

Up until a few months ago,Kinder Morgan was engaged ineducating the public – throughmany public meetings and pre-sentations – about the merits oftheir project.

Concerned about increasedtanker traffic resulting from thepipeline? Kinder Morgan officialshad a ready, reasonable response.

Worried about oil spills? Hey,said Kinder Morgan, we’ve beenusing the same pipeline and ship-ping oil on tankers for years withnary a problem.

The fact that Kinder Morganhad an established pipeline andtanker operation already in placeseemed to give it a leg up overEnbridge when it came to estab-lishing good public relations.

However, the company’sdeft approach to courting publicsupport has been replaced by aclumsy, ham-handed and con-frontational style that has beencalled bullying tactics by many.

Veteran energy executiveMarc Eliesen (an ex-CEO of B.C.Hydro) quit as an intervenor inthe federal review of the Kinder

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It is also not an editorial telling youwho to vote for. We don’tbelieve in endorsements– although for many newspa-pers it’s part of the electioncampaign process.

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the fray. We also try to make sure thatas many voices and viewpoints as pos-sible appear in these pages, and on ourwebsite. We get heck from all sides inelections – and that, we believe, is a goodthing.

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Golfing not costly to taxpayersDear Editor:

Re: Taxpayers foot the $41,904 bill for VIP golf-ers, Burnaby NOW, Oct. 3.

I had been out of the country, but someone putthe above-mentioned article on my desk.

I called the head golf pro at Riverway. Question:“Has any one of the paying public been deniedplaying golf in Burnaby because of city officials hav-ing playing privileges?” “No, not to my knowledge– We can accommodate a lot of golfers.”

Please, you understand that Burnaby did not payone dollar.

On another note, can you imagine, our mayor,Mr. Derek Corrigan, the chief executive officer of a$408 million corporation (City of Burnaby) show-casing visiting guests and foreign dignitaries to our

fine city by showing them our great golfing facili-ties, then excusing himself, “I must pay the greenfees first, just before teeing off.”

I am certain there is not a city councillor orappointed person in Burnaby that accepts officebecause of free golf or any other benefits.

Yes, there is a little bit of ego; I think people runfor office hoping to be able to contribute a little tomake life more comfortable, secure and healthy tolive in Burnaby.

Why can’t a reporter do a little research to seewhat our elected officials endure and accomplish?Please, some positive reporting, see how much timemayor and councillors spend away from family onbehalf of the city’s business. How about committeework? Etc. Also, our staff works enthusiasticallyand diligently. How about the many volunteers?

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I was proud to be part of our Burnabyteam, elected, appointed and staff.

We are so blessed to live in such agreat community and wonderful country,considering where I came from as a youngchild: That is where the government wouldround up the young fathers in the commu-nity, line them up on a wall and execute(shoot) them. Reason: They believed in aliving God: and thereby leaving a youngmother with four small boys, aged three tonine years.

Yes, I do like informative reporting,but it has to be researched, unbiased andhonest.

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Burnaby First Coalitiondidn’t get fair treatmentDear Editor:

Re: Burnaby teachers’ union throws sup-port behind BCA, Burnaby NOW, Oct. 29.

What is Rae Figursky and a mere hand-ful of BTA leaders trying to do? Make iteasier for teachers to decide who to votefor?

That’s an insult to their intelligence anda deprivation of their democratic right tomake their own choice.

Isn’t one of the major goals of educationto produce free and autonomous thinkers?And isn’t the ministry’s new “transfor-mation in the curriculum” calling for anemphasis on critical thinking skills, whichinvolves suspended judgement and impar-tial investigation of facts before formingconclusions? This does not seem to be anauspicious start to this innovation, whichfocuses on higher order thinking abilities.

BTA’s endorsement of the “entire schoolboard slate” followed a process that castdoubt on the validity of that endorsement.

It seems the decision was made beforethe meeting with candidates and an eventwas perfunctorily planned so it will looklegitimate.

I say this because BTA representativesdid not speak at any length to most of theBurnaby First Coalition candidates. Andon matters on which they did speak, therewas inaccurate reporting. Furthermore, Iand others in our group supported strong-ly advocating for increased governmentfunding, which Ms. Figursky claims wasa key basis for her union’s endorsement ofthe Burnaby Citizens Association.

The BTA arrived at their position ata “mix and mingle” event which lastedonly one and a half hours with hardlyany dialogue on issues in education. BFCtrustee candidates deserved a better recep-tion and a more accurate report of whattranspired at that meeting. BFC candidatesalso noticed that the speaking time oftwo minutes for each speaker was strictlyenforced for its candidates but was not forBCA candidates.

BTA representatives at the meeting seemguilty of recommending to their members adecision arrived at with premeditated biasand partiality. As leaders and representa-tives of our education system, I hope theywill seriously reflect on their action.

BFC stands committed to addressingthe needs of our public schools. It offersresidents an alternative option to a one-party monopoly, which is not healthy forour democracy. It has candidates with awide range of educational qualificationsand experience. Teachers are encouragedto find out more about them before makingan informed decision.

I am sure that teachers in Burnaby willsee through the flawed process used, andallow their own research and conscience tolead them to a voting decision rather thanbe easily influenced by such a haphazarddecision-making process.

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Morgan pipeline, blastingthe National Energy Boardas being “captured” bythe oil industry. He alsoaccused Kinder Morganof refusing to answer allkinds of questions, or ofoffering flippant replies.

As well, Kinder Morganwas not content to simplyfile an injunction againstprotesters trying to stoptheir survey work onBurnaby Mountain. Thecompany (whose enemieslove to refer to it as a“Texas-based oil giant”)went substantially furtherand filed lawsuits againstfour of the protesters(arguing, among otherthings, that facial expres-sions of protesters couldbe viewed as some kind ofassault).

Now, B.C. is no strangerto companies going tocourt to get injunctionsagainst environmentalists(although arguing facial

expressions is a form ofassault is a first). In the1990s, forest companiesseemed to be spend theirentire legal budgets fight-ing protesters duringthe so-called “war of thewoods.”

It was expected that forall that time that KinderMorgan flew under theradar, content to letEnbridge take all the heatand attention, the companywould eventually be theprime target of the envi-ronmental movement. Butlaunching law suits againstindividuals (which includeSimon Fraser Universityprofessors and a citizens’group) would seem tostray beyond the similarrules of combat in theseaffairs, and into the moresensitive and worrisometurf of denying free speechand the right of protest.

I’m not one of thosewho favor shutting downall kinds of resource devel-

opments, whether theyinvolve pipelines or not.Saying “no” to everything– energy projects, portexpansions, mines, trainshipments – seems to beall the rage these days fora determined portion ofB.C.’s population.

But while their anti-development positionsmay well cripple the pro-vincial economy shouldthey ever take hold, thesefolks still have the right tobe heard and to take whatreasonable steps – whichinclude civil disobedience– they think are required toachieve their goals.

Kinder Morgan wasrunning with the ball quiteeffectively for a number ofmonths in this long gameof pipeline politics. Butas it nears the goal line, itappears that it has fumbledthe ball.

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The B.C. Supreme Court willdecide by Nov. 17 whether togrant Kinder Morgan an injunc-tion to stop anti-pipeline protest-ers from interfering with surveywork on Burnaby Mountain.

The pipeline company alsolaunched a multimillion-dollarcivil suit against the five pipe-line opponents, claiming assault,trespassing and intimidation, andprotesters are anxiously waitingfor the Associate Chief JusticeAustin Cullen’s decision.

“It’s in the back of your mind,and you have one eye on that allthe time,” said Stephen Collis, anSFU English professor and one offive protesters named in the suit.“I’m pretty exhausted, emotion-ally, as well as everything else.”

Collis characterized KinderMorgan’s suit as a frivolousattempt to shut down protesters.Fellow protester Lynne Quarmbyagreed.

“It’s obvious that their intent isto intimidate and silence us, and Iwas determined to be strong andto not be silenced and to continueto speak out,” she told the NOW.“But I think it’s also important toacknowledge it’s been an incred-ibly difficult time. It has definitelythrown our lives into chaos.”

Quarmby, Collis, AlanDutton (from Burnaby ResidentsOpposing Kinder MorganExpansion) and two other protest-ers have been singled out as theringleaders, leading the chargeto block Kinder Morgan’s surveywork in the conservation area,but Quarmby says there are manypeople on the mountain, andthere’s no hierarchical structurein place.

Even if Kinder Morgan securesan injunction, people are notgoing to easily walk away fromthe mountain, Quarmby added.

“So, I’m nervous about that,”she said.

The three days of court hear-ings ran until last Friday. KinderMorgan’s lawyer argued in courtthat facial expressions can consti-tute assault, a notion that sparkedan Internet trend that’s gone viral.Pipeline opponents have beenuploading their “Kinder Morganface” photos – frowning, snarlingor making silly facial expressions– on Twitter, with the hashtag#KMface. The meme has beengarnering media attention acrossthe country.

Meanwhile, protesters havemaintained a presence on BurnabyMountain and hosted a weekendof activities, with music and art.

An online fundraising cam-paign has raised more than

$51,000 to help cover the protest-ers’ legal defence, and there aremore fundraisers in the works,Collis said.

One protester was arrested

over the weekend on BurnabyMountain. Local RCMP said hewas picked up for obstructing apolice officer. He has since beenreleased and he could be charged

with obstruction.To see a video of the arrest, or a

collection of Kinder Morgan faces, goto Jennifer Moreau’s blog at www.burnabynow.com.

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856 aboriginal students, who make up 3.4per cent of the total student population.

Marjean Brown, head teacher atParkcrest Elementary School and a 27-year teacher in the district, said educationofficials here have worked hard to create asense of belonging in aboriginal students,and that has paid off for her kids, both ofwhom have gone through the local sys-tem.

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Her sentiments were echoed by formerBurnaby student Jay Morven, who danceda number of traditional dances with hisbrother, Justin Percival-Morven during thesigning celebration.

Morven was emotional as he recalledhis time in Burnaby schools.

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In a common theme during the cer-emony, Brown said it is also importantto expand First Nations cultural and his-torical education to encompass the greaterstudent population.

“We’re going in the direction of tryingto educate everybody now,” she said.

Finally, Brown was among severalspeakers to note the agreement was cre-ated to meet the needs of students andtherefore not set in stone.

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Hosted by the Burnaby Boardof Trade, the West Coast themedevent held at the Hilton VancouverMetrotown Hotel recognized organi-zations across nine categories.

Paladin Security took home theaccolade for Business of the Year. Thecompany launched in 1976 with onlyfour employees and has since grownto one of the largest security compa-nies in Canada.

Elsewhere, the Down SyndromeResearch Foundation won bothawards in the categories it was nomi-nated for – winning the honours ofFamily Friendly Business and Not-For-Profit Organization of the Year.

“This is a testament to what we doin Burnaby, what we do forthe families we support, withvery frugal management ofexpenses and lots of fundrais-ing,” said executive directorDawn McKenna.

Electronic Arts was therecipient of the Burnaby CommunitySpirit Award, while SFU AncillaryServices received the EnvironmentalSustainability Award.

BCjobs.ca got the nod for entre-preneurial spirit and Still Creek Presswon the Business of the Year Award(up to 50 employees). BusinessPerson of the Year went to Kazuko

Komatsu of Pacific Western Brewing.The Business Innovation Award washanded out to Schneider ElectricCanada.

The evening closed with theinduction of the Hart House into theBurnaby Business Hall of Fame.

The number of nomineesthis year was significantlyhigher than in the past,according to the board’spresident and CEO, some-thing he credits to Burnaby’sblooming business commu-

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nesses who are known globally, busi-nesses who some may not have heardof, and some businesses who maybefly under the radar a little, but aredoing some phenomenal innovativethings,” Paul Holden said.

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Award winners: Ashley Cooper, Paladin Security’spresident and CEO, and Lisa Murrell, AppiaDevelopment’s sales and marketing manager, atthe Business Excellence Awards Gala. Paladin tookBusiness of the Year honours. Below, Josh Kepkay(left) with Pacific Western Brewing accepted theBusiness Person of the Year award on behalf ofKazuko Komatsu. Next to him is Greg Toth, seniorproject director of the Trans Mountain project forKinder Morgan.

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Footlight makes a marvellous returnWhen the curtain opened on the James

Cowan Theatre stage at the Shadbolt Centrelast week, it was a moment of triumph fora longtime Burnaby theatre company.

Not so very long ago, Footlight Theatrewas taking a long, hard look at its futureand wondering if it would even be pos-sible to continue in the ever-challengingworld of community theatre.

The answer, as it turns out, is yes– a resounding, dancing-and-singing-and-reliving-the-glory-days-of-girl-groupskind of yes.

The company is staging The MarvelousWonderettes – the off-Broadway hit byRoger Bean – until Nov. 15.

The musical stars four musical theatretalents from the Vancouver area: KatherineAlpen as Missy, Sabrielle McCurdy-Foreman as Suzy, Carolyn Bergstrand asCindy Lou and Stefania Wheelhouse asBetty Jean.

They’re members of Springfield High

School’s 1958 Songleader Squad, andthey’re called in as a last-minute replace-ment to entertain at the senior prom –which makes up the musical’s first act. Inthe second act they’re back, 10 years later,for their high school reunion.

Along the way, they treat the audienceto familiar tunes from the era – 23 in total– that include such hits as Mr. Sandman,Lipstick on Your Collar, It’s My Party, It’s InHis Kiss and Lollipop.

“A lot of the songs are familiar,” saysSusan Reid, president of the Footlightboard. “The music is unbelievable. Peoplewho see it are like, why is this not beingdone everywhere?”

Reid, chatting to the NOW shortly beforeopening day, was enthusiastic about thequality of production that was shaping upunder the leadership of director WayneNolan and musical director Kate MacColl– both new to the Footlight fold.

Nolan, who recently moved fromOttawa to settle in New West, came toFootlight with an extensive performing anddirecting resume from his time in Ontario,

while MacColl is a performer, director andteacher at the Sarah McLachlan School ofMusic.

“We’re thrilled to have this as theirdebut,” says Reid.

The musical is substantially small-er than the last several productions byFootlight – which have been large-castproductions such as The Wizard of Oz, TheSound of Music and Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat.

Reid says it was important to the boardto continue to stage a high-quality show, sothis time out they chose to focus on some-thing more intimate – and make the returnfrom the large Michael J. Fox Theatre backto the smaller Shadbolt venue.

“We were at Shadbolt for many years,so it’s nice to be back,” she says, addingthe Shadbolt staff have been extremelysupportive.

She’s pleased with the show choice, too,noting it will appeal to a broad audience– from those who know the music throughtheir parents or grandparents, to thosewho grew up to the music themselves.

“I think it’s going to be anybody thatloves the music of the ‘50s and ‘60s,”she says. “It’s music that everybody willknow.”

Moving forward, she says, it’s possibleFootlight will return to the larger produc-tions of the past, though she says it’s likelyto be a mix of smaller and bigger shows.

For the moment, the focus is on mak-ing sure that every detail of this produc-tion – music, sets, costumes, props – is asauthentic to the era and as high-quality asit can possibly be, and offered at a price($25 across the board) that’s affordable toeveryone.

“We’re so happy to still be in Burnaby,”Reid says with a smile. “It should be lotsof fun.”

The Marvelous Wonderettes is onstage for10 performances, with 8 p.m. shows Nov. 6through 8 and Nov. 13 through 15, plus 2 p.m.matinees on Nov. 8, 9 and 15.

Tickets are $25 for all seats, availablethrough tickets.shadboltcentre.com or by phoneat 604-205-3000.

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A B.C. novelist who was afinalist in CBC’s Canada Readscompetition is coming to speak atthe McGill library branch.

The Burnaby Public Library’sNorth Burnaby branch (at 4595Albert St.) is hosting a reading by

Angie Abdou of Fernie.Abdou is coming to read from

her latest novel, Between, whichtells the story of two women in aculture clash: Vero, who’s strug-gling with her marriage; and LiLi,the Filipina nanny she hires.

“Abdou deftly tackles theissue of international nannies bysatirizing contemporary love,marriage and parenthood whenthey get entangled with class,career, labour and desire,” says apress release about the event.

Abdou was a finalist in the2011 Canada Reads competi-tion for her first novel, The BoneCage. She’s also the author ofThe Canterbury Trail and AnythingBoys Can Do.

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A Burnaby actor is taking centre stagein Metro Theatre’s new production.

The romantic comedy Parfumerie runsuntil Nov. 29 at the Vancouver Theatre.

It stars local resident Vincent LeBlanc-Beaudoin as George Horvath, alongsideLauren Dutchak as Amalia Balash.

The play follows George’s story as, justdays before Christmas, his boss fires himafter mistakenly suspecting him to be thelover of his unfaithful wife.

At the same time, George’s own love lifegoes off the rails when he discovers that astranger he has fallen in love with throughsecret correspondence is none other thanAmalia Balash, a co-worker with whom heconstantly feuds.

The original Hungarian play was the

inspiration for well-known movies suchas The Shop Around the Corner and You’veGot Mail – but director Christopher Kingpromises that it remains an inviting story.

“In Parfumerie we find one love that isfresh, like a new perfume that you can’tquite place, and one love that fades whenwe smell too often the familiar,” he saidin a press release. “I know you will finda fresh new story that’s more than just aromantic comedy.”

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Burnaby Hospice Society, in partnership with OceanView Funeral Home, invite you to remember yourloved ones by helping us light a Christmas tree atour 10th annual Tree of Lights Celebration.

“In Memoriam” cards are now available bydonation (suggested amount $5.00) at OceanView Funeral Home, 4000 Imperial Street,604.435.6688, OR at Burnaby Hospice Society,6855 Kingsway, 604.520.5087.

Every card can be personalized with the name ofyour loved one and will be laminated to be hungon the tree. Cards will be displayed on the treefrom December 1st to December 31st.

All proceeds from this event will benefit theBurnaby Hospice Society to support theircritical work of providing compassionate careto individuals and families during the end-of-lifejourney.

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Listening may be one of the greatest gifts

we can give. Many of us may think we are

good listeners, but are we really? Are we

just waiting to nod our heads or trying to

figure out how we are going to respond?

What if someone gave you the gift of their

full attention?

Since our inception in 1986, Burnaby

Hospice Society volunteers have provided

a compassionate listening ear to those

going through the end-of-life journey. Our

trained volunteers are flexible, caring

people who have chosen to be visitors

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friends.

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or their loved one may want to say.

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as they end their life journey.

Listening from the heart affects not

only the speaker, who is heard sincerely

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the listeners themselves who do the

listening. As the Turkish proverb states,

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listening is gold”.

The holidays are a joyous time for most, but for those who are grieving,the usually festive time of year can be a painful reminder that their loved one is

no longer around.

The holiday season can be especially difficult for those who arebereaved. Those who have experienced a loss may feel especially

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If you or someone you know is facing grief this holidayseason, here are some basic suggestions that may

be of help:

Plan ahead. Try to keep holiday plansand celebrations simple. Set realisticexpectations for yourself and be flexiblein changing your plans if needed. Askyourself what are your greatestconcerns, and then plan ahead on howto help yourself through them.

Accept and express your emotions. Theholiday season can sometimes act asan emotional trigger; exacerbating

the normal feelings of grief. Give yourself permission to feel whatever you feeland accept that your feelings may be unpredictable.

Allow positive emotions. While this can be an especially difficult time, there maybe still opportunities for you to have moments of joy. This does not mean thatyou have betrayed or forgotten about your loved one so allow yourself thesemoments if they come.

Think about your traditions. Personal and family traditions can change after aloved one dies. Be open to looking at your traditions and don’t be afraid to beginnew ones or discard old ones that no longer feel right to you.

Honour your loved one. Find ways to acknowledge your deceased one’simportance in your life.

Take care of yourself. Be kind to yourself and take care of yourself physically tomaintain your energy levels and boost your emotional state. Turn to other forsupport when you need it but do not feel like you are obligated to be social - setlimits for yourself with others if something does not feel right for you.

Grieving the loss of a loved one is a natural part of healing. Let Burnaby HospiceSociety support you on your grieving journey. All our services are providedwithout charge. For more information on our services or to request support,please contact us at [email protected] or 604.520.5087.

To help us provide critical, compassionatework with the dying, the lonely, and thefamilies and individuals struggling with lossthis season, you can:

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Every year the Burnaby Hospice Societyserves over 900 families through ourHospice Palliative Care and BereavementPrograms that are offered at no cost.We’re here to help make a difficult lifepassage both manageable and meaningfulfor people facing death, as well as for theirfamilies and friends.

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For 14 weeks, NOW healthreporter Cornelia Naylor hasbeen assigned to undertake a“Fortius challenge,” settingfitness and performance goalsand experiencing first-handthe many ways Burnaby’sFortius Sport & Health canhelp.

As a rehab project, theteam will zero in on a lin-gering shoulder injury, butNaylor will also get a chanceto sample everything elseFortius has to offer, from mas-sage therapy to diet adviceand from vision testing to ascientific analysis of her run-ning gait.

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No rehab storywould be completewithout at least

one fall off the wagon, so Idecided not to lie to Fortiusphysiotherapist MikeFoster about not doingthe shoulder exercises heassigned during our firstvisit.

It’s just as well, sincelying would apparently

have been futile anyway.“I can tell when people

aren’t doing them,” Fostersays.

“How can you tell?”“How’s your shoulder

feeling?”“About the same.”“That’s how I can tell.”Touché.He’s having none of my

busy-week excuses either.“Time-wise it’s tough,”

he says. “Nobody has evercome in and said to me,‘Hey, Mike, I have an houra day that I don’t do any-thing. Give me a bunch ofexercises to do.’ You haveto find a way to work itinto the routine.”

So there it is: You canlead a middle-aged recre-ational athlete to water, butyou can’t make her drink.

Fortius has the state-of-the-art equipment andtherapeutic know-how tohelp fix much more com-plex injuries than mine, butwithout buy-in from cli-ents, there’s only so muchthey can do.

After running throughmy neglected exerciseswith Foster, I slink outof physio chastened andready to do better.

Massage with therapistErin Reid is next.

This isn’t your spa mas-sage with dimmed lights

and aromatherapy candles.The setting is decidedly

clinical, and after askinghow things are feeling,Reid – who has alreadyconsulted with Foster aboutmy case – zeroes right in onmy achy shoulder.

After applying somemassage lotion (she’s foundgel works better for thehairier male clients), Reidtells me the goal of therubbing and poking is toincrease range of motionand pliability by breakingup scarred-down muscletissue.

It’s an anatomy lessontoo.

When she hits one spoton my shoulder joint, I feelit at the base of my skull.

Reid explains thatit’s my trapezius, whichattaches above the shoulderand fans out in a sidewaystriangle from my skull tomidway down my spine.

Its job is to move myshoulder blade and supportmy arm.

Reid suspects it mightbe sore because of my too-loose shoulder joint.

“It’s working harder tokeep things in control,” shesays.

By the end of theappointment, Reid wants tofeel my shoulder joint glid-ing instead of “hinging.”

She checks for improvedmuscle flexibility withsome gentle pinching.

“You’re looking for pli-ability,” she says. “Can Ipick it up? Is it too much?”

After handling my

shoulder from every pos-sible angle for about 40minutes, she’s satisfiedwith the result.

“Things are actuallymoving in there now.”

Next stop, walk/run

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Remember that guy orgirl in high school who wasawesome at neck rubs?

Well, Fortius Sport& Health massage thera-pist Erin Reid was thatgirl, and over the last 10years, the Surrey native hasmade a career of it, get-ting her hands on just aboutevery kind of body, fromB.C. Lions linebackers toParalympic swimmers toCirque du Soleil acrobats.

When her best friend inhigh school first suggested

she put her magical handsto work as a “masseuse,”though, she wasn’t sure.

News stories at the timelinking massage parlours toprostitution and other crimepainted an unsavoury pic-ture of the profession.

She went into psychol-ogy at Kwantlen PolytechUniversity instead, but aftera year decided she neededsomething more hands-onand active.

“I just didn’t want to sitat a desk and drone away,”she said.

A little research revealedmassage therapy was a legit

career, with solid medi-cal underpinnings, andshe was soon enrolled atthe West Coast College ofMassage Therapy.

Since graduating in2004, rubbing people theright way has taken her tointernational sporting com-petition all over the world,including world para-swimming competitions inBrazil and Germany, andthe Beijing Paralympics as atherapist with the Canadianpara-equestrian team.

This summer she was atthe Commonwealth Gamesin Glasgow, Scotland.

After years of workingon so many different kindsof bodies, Reid has learnedhow to use her own body tofull advantage too.

“You learn to use yourbody smartly, workingwith people that are big,”she said. “With a 50-poundleg, you learn very quicklynot to use your arms; youuse your body, put their legon your shoulder if you’regoing to stretch them out.For bigger, workhousemuscles, like hamstrings,quads, glute muscles, youmight use forearms orelbows.”

All that handling of mus-cles, connective tissues andjoints over the years hasalso inspired a somewhatmacabre item on Reid’sbucket list – the full dissec-tion of a human body.

“Because you deal withthe muscles and fibres allday long, from legs all theway up, it’s just knowingthat, OK, I really am onthat point,” she explained.“The book told me it washere, but it’s actually down.I think it’s a good remind-

er. Instead of going backinto your books and doingreview, you can actuallysee it on a body.”

Reid joined the Fortiusteam just before the sportsmedicine centre opened inMay 2013.

She had worked with itsdirector of clinical opera-tions Randy Goodman inhost medical at the 2010Vancouver Olympic Winter

Games along with Fortiuslead physiotherapist RickCelebrini and legendarysport doctor Jack Taunton.

Coming to work atFortius, which was built onthe same collaborative, inte-grated model used at theGames, has been “amaz-ing,” said Reid.

Unlike other clinics she’sworked at, where therapiststended to guard their cli-

entele jealously, Reid saidFortius is a place where shecan collaborate with otherprofessionals and improveher practice.

“It’s nice not to feel likea lone soldier,” she said.“Everybody sees the bigpicture here.”

For more informationabout the Fortius team, visitwww.fortiussport.com.

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Healing hands: Erin Reid is a massage therapist atFortius Sport & Health.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12The Burnaby HistoricalSociety, meeting on FirstWorld War, the war to end

all wars, 7:30 p.m. Guestspeaker is Radovan Putnikwho, with the aid of maps,will discuss the lead-up to theassassination of ArchdukeFerdinand of Austria at theLatinski Bridge in Sarajevo.Meet at the Burnaby VillageMuseum, Carousel Pavilion,located at 6501 Deer LakeAve. All welcome.

Guest speaker Angie Abdou,reading from her latest novelBetween, an intriguing por-trait of two women in cultureclash. McGill library branch,4595 Albert St., 7:00 to 8:30p.m. Free, but seating is lim-ited. Info: 604-299-8955.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13Speaker Patrick Hill: Sowhere do you go at night?A Pacific sailing adventure,7 to 8:30 p.m. McGill librarybranch, 4595 Albert St. Hilland his wife built their own42-foot sailboat and sailedwith their kids to Tahiti,Polynesia, Hawaii and up toAlaska on a 14-month voy-age of over 15,000 miles.Register online at www.bpl.

bc.ca/events or by calling 604299-8955.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15Fair Haven United ChurchHomes, Christmas craft sale,1:30 to 3 p.m., 7557 SussexAve. Baked goods, Christmascrafts, tea, raffle prizes.

Maywood CommunitySchool, flea market, 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., 4567 Imperial St.Admission: 50 cents. Doorprizes and concession.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23Scandinavian Craft Fair,11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at theScandinavian CommunityCentre, 6540 Thomas St.,more than 30 vendors sell-ing arts and crafts, bakedgoods, and Christmasgoodies. Refreshments andScandinavian specialties willalso be available. Free admis-sion.

SATURDAY, NOV. 29St. Helen’s Bazaar, in parishhall, 3871 Pandora St. 10 a.m.

to 8 p.m. Come and enjoyfresh homemade baking,lunch and dinner (pasta/sau-sages/chicken), crafts, Lucky7, games for kids, silent auc-tion, raffle and more.

Gordon Church’s MistletoeMarket, 7457 Edmonds St.,11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Silentauction, home baking, craftsand games. Lunch is $6 foradults and $3 for children sixto 12.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30St. Helen’s Bazaar, in parishhall, 3871 Pandora St. 9:30a.m. to 1 p.m. Come andenjoy fresh homemade bak-ing, breakfast, crafts, Lucky 7,games for kids, silent auction,raffle and much more.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6Christmas market andcraft sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Willingdon CommunityCentre, 1491 Carleton Ave.Shop the holiday-themedmarket for decorations, gifts,crafts and more. Info: 604-297-4526.

ONGOINGComputer course, for begin-ners at Confederation Centre,4585 Albert St. Classes onWednesdays and Fridaysfrom 10 a.m. to noon. ContactEric: 604-299-3335.

Burnaby and NewWestminster Newcomers’Friendship Club, welcomeswomen new to the area, aswell as longtime residents.Dinner meetings on secondWednesday of each month,plus various events includingbook club, craft group, socialSaturdays. Info: [email protected],call 604-492-4638, or visitwww.burnabynewwestminsternewcomers.com.

Monday evening dances, for55+, Confederation SeniorsCentre, 4585 Albert St., 6:30to 9 p.m. $5 for members, $6for guests. With music by G7and refreshments. Info: 604-294-1936.

Thrift Shop Sale, everyThursday until Dec. 11, SouthBurnaby United Church, 10a.m. until 2 p.m. There will

be clothing, household items,collectibles, books, toys andmore. Donations are wel-come.

Burnaby Cactus andSucculent Society, meetsonce a month at Bonsor. Newmembers welcome. For moreinformation, call Pat at 604-921-7042.

Practise dancing skills, at theweekly social dances at theEdmonds Community Centrefor 55 plus. $1 for membersand $2 for non-members.On Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m.,Sundays from 5:30 to 7:30p.m. and Mondays from 1 to3 p.m. For more information,call 604-297-4838.

Knitting, crocheting, sew-ing and other craft activi-ties group will meet at theEdmonds Community Centrefor 55-plus every Friday from1 to 3 p.m. Beginners wel-come. For more information,call 604-297-4838.

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Unlucky third for Spartan womenThe wheels came off the gold-

medal train for Trinity WesternUniversity’s women’s soccerteam.

The defending two-timeCanadian Interuniversity Sportsnational champs were denied arecord sixth Glady Bean trophyfollowing a 5-0 loss to host andfirst-time national finalist LavalRouge et Or in the championshipfinal in Quebec City on Sunday.

With history to be written byone of the final combatants, itwas Laval, becoming the firstteam from Quebec to win theCIS national title, that penned itsname into the record book.

The Spartans appeared to bewell on their way to a historicthreepeat at the CIS nationals,blanking the Ottawa Gee-Gees 3-0in the semifinals.

Krista Gommeringer scoredtwo times, including the game-winner from TWU player of thegame Seina Kashima of Burnaby,as the Langley team broke opena scoreless matchup with threeunanswered goals in a five-min-ute span of the second half.

Trinity Western opened thechampionship tournament,downing the Ontario Institute ofTechnology 4-1 in the quarter-finals.

Kashima, who was named aCIS tournament all-star foward,assisted on the game-winning goalby Jennifer Di Nunzio in the 33rdminute of play, earning her first oftwo player of the game honoursfor the Spartans.

In the championship final, theSouth Burnaby product missed achance to tie the score 1-1, whenLaval keeper Marie-Joelle Vandalrobbed her on a rebound off anAlessandra Oliverio shot on goalin the 39th minute.

TWU juniors Lindsey Puliceand Isabella Di trocchio, bothof Burnaby, were denied athird straight CIS title with the

Spartans.Canada West conference run-

ner-up University of the FraserValley was also denied a medal,losing the bronze-medal final 2-1to Ottawa on a goal by SophieCurtis in the final minute of thematch.

Fraser Valley’s goalkeeperKayla Klim of Burnaby was namedthe team’s player of the game,making eight saves in the match,

including two huge reaction stopson Ottawa’s Pilar Khoury.

Khoury finally beat Klim on apenalty shot in the 71st minute totie the game 1-1.

Later in stoppage time, theGee-Gees got a break off a mistakeby the Fraser Valley backline andCurtis took full advantage, gettingto the loose ball first and beatingKlim to the short side.

In the semifinals, Laval defeated

Fraser Valley 3-0 to earn a spot inits first-ever national final.

Klim earned her first teamplayer of the game honour witha game-high eight saves in theFraser Valley goal.

In the quarter-finals, FraserValley eked out a 2-1 victory overMemorial University in overtimewith Klim holding the fort withtwo of her six saves coming ongreat efforts in the extra time.

Seniorsshine

on theirnight

Simon Fraser Universityseniors, including MadelineHait of Burnaby, are gradu-ating with honours.

The varsity women’svolleyball seniors ensuredthe program of its first .500NCAA Division II seasonfollowing back-to-backwins over Western Oregonand Saint Martin’s univer-sities in Great Northwestconference play last week.

Hait took a set fromfellow senior BrooklynnGould-Bradbury and deliv-ered a match-winningkill in a five-set win overWestern Oregon at homeon Nov. 6.

On Saturday, seniorKelsey Robinson andDevon May had 10 killsapiece to give the Clan a 3-0win over Saint Martin’s onSeniors’ Night at home.

“There are always lotsof emotions with it beingSeniors’ Night but the teamstuck to the game planand executed well on abig night,” said Clan headcoach Gina Schmidt in aschool press release.

The two wins improvedSFU’s overall record to 16-8 and 10-6 in conferenceplay.

AgainstWesternOregon,SFU took the opening twosets 25-22 and 26-24, butwere taken to a tiebreakafter dropping the thirdand fourth sets 25-22 and25-20.

SFU took the tiebreaker15-12, making good on 10kills on 11 attempts to earnthe win.

Robinson led all hitterswith 20 kills, while Haithad 14 and fellow seniorAmanda Renkema added11. May chipped in with adozen Ks.

“Western Oregon …came to play and made ita very competitive match,”said Schmidt in the release.“I told them to enjoy thesemoments together as thisteam, and they did justthat.”

The Clan will close outits regular season in Alaska,stopping in Anchorageon Thursday before fin-ishing up in Fairbanks onSaturday.

Tom Berridgesports editor

Clan expecting ticket into Div. II nationals

Simon Fraser Universitywill find out if it has doneenough to earn a berthinto the upcoming NCAADivision II national men’ssoccer championships.

The varsity Clan elimi-nated Western Washingtonfrom the NCAA post sea-son, defeating the Vikings2-0 on Jovan Blagojevic’sGreat Northwest confer-ence-leading 18th goal ofthe season on Saturday.

After a scoreless firsthalf, Blagojevic scored thewinner four minutes intothe restart.

Clan midfielder RyanDhillon scored SFU’s sec-ond goal of the game unas-sisted in the 67th minute.

The win was SFU’ssixth in a row and 10th inits last dozen games. TheClan improved its third-place conference record to9-3-2 and 11-4-2 overall.

The Clan was rankedsixth overall in last week’sWest Region poll. The

top six teams in the westearn invites to the 24-teamNCAA Div. II nationalchampionship tourna-ment.

“We should feel veryconfident we are in thetournament and wherev-er we have to go we willembrace that challenge,”said SFU head coachAlan Koch in a Clan pressrelease. “We can’t say with100 per cent certainty thatwe are in but it’s highlylikley we are in. We weretold if we win, we are in.”

The final selection wasmade late Monday (afterNOW holiday deadlines).

“A short while ago,nobody believed in thisgroup. We dropped out ofthe national poll for thefirst time in a few yearsand we were close to .500.We talked as a team andsaid, ‘Let’s not be thatteam.’ It’s been many,many years since an SFUteam dropped below .500.From that point on youcould feel the confidencegrow and here we are with

smiles on our faces.”Regional No. 2-ranked

Seattle Pacific earned itsfirst Great Northwest con-ference title since 2006, fin-ishing first overall with a12-1-1 record.

Conference runner-up Northwest Nazarene,which last week handedSeattle Pacific its only lossof the season, finished witha 13-3-1 overall record.

Both Seattle Pacificand Northwest Nazareneshould also earn a trip tothe nationals.



A standout:Burnaby’s SeinaKashima wasnamed the TrinityWestern UniversitySpartans playerof the game in theteam’s quarter- andsemifinal matchesat the CanadianInteruniversitySports nationalwomen’s soccerchampionships inQuebec City. TheTWU forward wasalso named to thetournament’s all-star team.

File photo/burnaby now



All hands on deck: Delcan Cheng, left, and Eric Cao, right, crowd a Lakersball carrier in South Burnaby Metro Club’s u-11 basketball on Saturday.

Jennfer Gauthier/burnaby now

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER

Alpha stoppedin stoppage time

The Alpha Aztecs hadtheir B.C. high school AAplayoff run ended in stop-page time.

The Burnaby/NewWestminster championslost 1-0 to defending B.C.high school AA cham-pion St. Thomas Aquinasat Sutherland Turf lastThursday.

After a scoreless 90 min-utes in the provincial zonequalifying boys’ soccermatchup with STA, a time-ly throw-in by the NorthVancouver league runner-up and a defensive break-down in the Aztec backlineprovided a breakaway goalthat proved the differencein the match.

“(STA) are the defend-ing champions. They are avery good, skillful team,”said Alpha head coachAntoni Salov. “It was backand forth in the midfield.”

Andreas Alzes hadAlpha’s best chance toscore, just missing a solidstrike to the far post in thefirst half. Marcello Caporalealso had a shot on goal wellsaved.

With a team of mostlyGrade 11 players, Salovhopes 2015 will be theAztecs year.

“The opportunity for usnext year is way up there,”he said.

The B.C. AA provincialsoccer championships willbe held at Burnaby LakeSports Complex-West Nov.17 to 19.



Burnaby’s EvelynCalado lost on a fourth-round technical knockoutto Ontario fighter TaveenaKum in the women’s 48-kilogram light flyweightdivision final at BoxingCanada’s Elite nation-al championships inMississauga, Ont. on Nov.1. B.C. boxers brought backtwo national titles. KennyLally at 56kg and SassanHaghigat-Joo at 69kg bothwon unanimous decisionsin their finals.

Top 2 tacklerSimon Fraser University

linebacker Jordan Herdmanrecorded 19 tackles in theClan’s 21-6 loss to first-place Azusa Pacific inGreat Northwest confer-ence football last Saturday.Herdman has 148 tacklesthis season, second to onlyNCAA Division II lead-er Jared Koster of NewMexico Highlands, whotops all tacklers in collegefootball.

Fourth shutoutBurnaby Winter Club

product Kimberly Newellmade a season-high40 saves in goal to pacePrinceton University var-sity women’s hockey teamto a scoreless tie withthe Rochester Institute ofTechnology on Nov. 8.

SPORTS BRIEFS

Senior’s season ends in lossBurnaby midfielder Jessica Marano played her final

career game for Simon Fraser University in last week’s 3-0 loss to nationally ranked Western Washington in GreatNorthwest conference women’s soccer at home.

The 2-16-0 Clan ended its season with a 10th consecu-tive loss.

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● is debt-free and financiallystrong, with robust financialreserves that allow the city toavoid costly borrowing andkeep taxes low;

● is focusing its high-densitydevelopment in vibrant,pedestrian-friendly towncentres, close to transit hubs,and is preservingsingle-familyneighbourhoods andour abundant parklands;

● is a diverse andwelcomingcommunity – in Burnabyhomesmore than 100 languagesare spoken;

● offers exceptional elementary,secondary and post-secondaryeducationalopportunities;

● has protected morethan 25% of its landas parks and green space;

● is a safe city – crime ratescontinue to drop; and

● attracts and supportsleading-edgebusinesses.

YourBurnaby Citizens

Associationcandidates are

proud that underBCA leadership,

Burnaby…

Left to right, your Burnaby Citizens Association candidates for Burnaby City Council:Nick Volkow, Pietro Calendino, Dan Johnston, Mayor Derek Corrigan, Sav Dhaliwal,Paul McDonell, Colleen Jordan, James Wang, and Anne Kang.

Outstanding financial management by your Burnaby CitizensAssociation council has enabled the city to work with residents,businesses and non-profit organizations to plan and developthe many recreational facilities, parks, child care facilities,seniors centres and affordable housing options that we allnow enjoy.

Your Board of Education has ensured that Burnaby schoolsoffer exceptional educational opportunities and that all Burnabystudents have access to welcoming, inclusive public schools.

We are proud of our city’s achievements and look forward toworking with you to keep Burnaby great.

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Mayor Derek Corrigan

OnNovember 15 Re-elect

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and School TrusteesAuthorized by Timo Sokkanen, financial agent, 604 764 8701.

CALENDINO, Pietro

DHALIWAL, Sav

JOHNSTON, Dan

JORDAN, Colleen

KANG, Anne

McDONELL, Paul

VOLKOW, Nick

WANG, James

BURTON, Ron

CHEN, Katrina

CHIA, Meiling

HAYES, Larry

NARANG, Baljinder

PANDHER, Harman

WONG, Gary

For School Trustee

For City Council

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Meet your Burnaby Citizens AssociationSchool Trustee candidates

Burnaby Citizens Association school trustees engage with teachers,administrators, parents and generous community partners to enableeach student to choose a uniquely suitable educational path. Thetrustees’ focus on expanding opportunities for students ensures thatBurnaby has a voice that is heard at all provincial and regionaleducation decision-making tables.

…working to ensure that every Burnaby student continues toreceive an excellent education in a welcoming environment.

Ron has been a Burnaby resident for over 30years and he attended SFU. A school trusteesince 1987, he has demonstrated a strong abilityto build consensus on every trustee committee.Ron is a Michael J. Fox Theatre board memberand a founding member of the BC Public SectorEmployers’ Association.

Katrina is commissioner for Parks, Recreation &Culture. She has a BA from SFU and a UBCImmigration Certificate. She is a bilingualTaiwanese Canadian emcee and an executivemember of the Global Federation of ChineseBusiness Women Association of B.C. and theGreater Taiwanese Canadian Association.

Meiling is a former business owner and serveson the local PAC. She is a member of the Youth& Community Services and School Building &Grounds committees, and is a director of theGlobal Federation of Chinese Business Women.She is fluent in English, Cantonese, Taiwaneseand Mandarin.

Larry is chair of the Youth & Community ServicesCommittee and is the representative to theSchool Trustees Association. He is a pastcommissioner for Burnaby Parks & Recreation,and an honorary life member of the BurnabyMinor Hockey Association. He was also electedto the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame.

Baljinder holds anMHE from Dalhousie Universityand is an occupational therapist, a communityvolunteer, chair of the Board of Education, anda member of the Management and Policycommittees. She is president of the SikhResearch Institute Canada. Her three childrenall graduated from Burnaby South Secondary.

Harman was raised in Burnaby, attended SecondStreet School and graduated from Cariboo HillSecondary. He earned a BA and a BEd fromUBC. He is an elementary public school teacher,chair of the Education Committee, a memberof the New Vista Society board and the proudparent of a public school student.

Drop into our campaign office: 7645 Royal Oak Ave.Call us at: 604.437.0303For more information visit:burnabycitizens.ca

Ron Burton Katrina Chen Meiling Chia

LarryHayes BaljinderNarang Harman Pandher


Gary has lived in Burnaby for 25 years. Hischildren graduated from Burnaby publicschools. He is a member of the Policy, Manage-ment, Community Relations and Financecommittees and was governor of LangaraCollege. He volunteers for Burnaby PublicLibrary and Burnaby Family Life.

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Exceptional financialmanagement and community-ledplanning havemadeBurnaby great…

To date, these include:

● 146 child care spaces;

● housing grants tosupport affordableand/or special-needshousing – most recently,$1 million toward theGeorge Derby affordablerental project;

● enhancements to sevencity parks;

● construction of theTommy Douglas Libraryand the Bonsor 55+Centre and renovationsto existing facilities;

● the construction ofthe Holdom and Brent-wood resource centresand two new centres inMetrotown; and,

● environmental andurban designimprovements to trails,parks and streets.

and there’s muchmore tocome…

The city’s innovative Community BenefitBonus Policy enables us to provide a widevariety of valuable community amenities atno capital cost to taxpayers.

For more information on council candidates, go to

New child carefacilitiesUp to 12 new facilitieswith 600 spaces willbe added on school-grounds throughoutBurnaby over the nextthree years.

1 Brentwood● a new Brentwood

community centre

● a new public park forpedestrians and cyclistsalongside WillingdonAvenue, betweenHastings andBrentwood

2● a new Metrotown

performance andevents centre – acentral place forpeople to gather andcelebrate

3 Lougheed● a new recreation

centre – includinga pool – and a newCameron Library

4 Edmonds● a new southeast

Burnaby ice arena

The Survey Says…A September 24 to October 5online study by Insights West asked2,138 Metro Vancouver residents in19 municipalities for their thoughtson various aspects of the region’smunicipal governments. Burnaby’smunicipal government tied for firstin the categories of…

● Best overall

● Making city hall work in atransparent and unbiased fashion

● Listening to the community

● Dealing with transportation

● Handling city finances

● Being transparent

And Burnaby was first in…

● Managing development andgrowth

● Protecting the environment

● Being respectful

● Being collaborative

Fraser Institute reportsBurnaby has “best overallfinancial position”A Fraser Institute report comparingmunicipal government finances,highlights the fact that Burnaby,with its assets of $2,914 per person,has the best Overall FinancialPosition of 17 Metro Vancouvermunicipalities (defined as “thedifference between the govern-ment’s gross liabilities and financialassets”). October 2014

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