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Stolen: Rosanna Beraldine holds a photo of her late daughter Lucia Hazelton.Lucias family keeps her spirit alive with small reminders, including her originalbirth certificate, which was in Beraldines wallet when it was stolen last weekend.Stolen Page 4 Pipeline Page 10

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When four-year-old Lucia Hazelton died,her family continued living their lives asthough their first-born was still with them.

Her mother, Rosanna Beraldine, keptreminders of Lucia with her at all times,including a photo of her daughter as her cell-phone background.

Beraldine even kept Lucias birth certificatein her wallet, alongside her other two daugh-ters birth certificates and her own, as a way tohave Lucia with her everywhere she went.

(She) was with me always, all the time,Beraldine said. It just makes me feel like shes(Lucia) coming with mewherever I go, like sheused to.

In 2008, the family lived in a gated com-munity in Burnaby. On Christmas Eve, Luciawas playing in the snow with the other kidsin the complex when a neighbour backed outof their driveway and struck the four-year-old.The freak accident left a hole in the family andcarrying Lucias birth certificate with her wascomforting to Beraldine. It was a reminder thatone day their family would be whole again,after this life has ended, she said.

But on Sunday afternoon Beraldine and herfamily suffered another heartbreak.

Beraldines wallet in which she kept Luciasbirth certificate was stolen from the BonsorRecreation Centre during a kids swap meet.From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Beraldine managed atable at the swap meet. She kept her purse ona chair under her jacket, and she tucked thechair under her table while she spoke withcustomers.

I was standing there the whole time so I

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A lack of security at facilitieslike Kinder Morgans WestridgeMarine Terminal poses a threat topublic safety, says an SFU securityexpert.

Douglas Ross, of Simon Fraserspolitical science department, saidthe ease with which Greenpeaceactivists occupied the oil terminallast Wednesday illustrates the vul-nerability of Canadian industrialsites.

Ross said corporations areunlikely to spend big bucks onsecurity until after an incidenttakes place.

Security all around, all thetime, is really expensive, saidRoss. Until an incident happens,corporations are unlikely to paywhat is necessary to protect highlysensitive sites such as refineries,pipelines incredibly vulnerable,given (the) vast size and most-ly in remote locations chemicalstorage facilities or transportationequipment.

While local oil facilities, such asthe Chevron refinery and the TransMountain pipeline terminus, havebeen in place for decades, Rosswould like to see these kinds offacilities located away from popu-lated areas.

Pre 9/11, nobody was think-ing about home-grown terroristspotentially getting a hold of trucksloaded with explosives, gasolinebombs or things like that to wreakhavoc in a facility like that. Thats

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A traditional hookah lounge isstuck between a rock and a hardplace namely Fraser Health andthe city while their business isgoing up in smoke.

Hafez Tea House recentlymoved locations and has a busi-ness license pending, but becauseof the citys smoking bylaw requir-ing a smoking room on its premis-es, the family who owns the now-closed hookah lounge appealedto council to change the bylaw atMonday nights meeting.

In 2004, the business had runinto the same issue and was near-ly shut down by Fraser Health,which enforces the citys smokingbylaw, but council was able tomake an exception so the businesscould operate.

Im here today speaking onbehalf of my family, to be grant-ed an exemption from the citybylaw enforced by Fraser HealthAuthority that is holding us backfrom operating our traditional teahouse that has been part of theBurnaby community for about 12years approximately, HoneyehAdibi-Larijani, daughter of the teahouse owner, said to council.

Adibi-Larijani noted the pur-pose of the business is to pro-vide hookah and Persian tea to itspatrons in a traditional setting thatreplicates the Middle East, Turkey,India and Egypt.

The reason why were heretoday is because earlier this year,shortly after our licence wasrenewed by the city, our landlordsold the building we were oper-ating out of and the new ownerrefused to renew our licence thatwas expiring, in order to redevel-op, she said. So after 12 years ofoperating out of that location, wewere forced to relocate.

The tea house found a newlocation near the corner of SperlingAvenue and Hastings Street,Adibi-Larijani said, but historyrepeated itself, and the businessonce again needs an exemptionfrom the smoking bylaw.

We dont have non-smokersthat enter our premises, she said.Theyre entering an establish-ment that is strictly for smoking.If we build a separate smokingroom, our patrons will only berestricted to smoke, and we willnot be permitted to serve water ortea, which is an integral part of the

traditional tea house, and thatswhy we call it a tea house.

Adibi-Larijani said building asmoking room would not onlyisolate customers but come at ahuge cost for her family to build,ventilate and keep heated.

We believe that itwill severely alter theculture aspect of thetea house, as the seat-ing provided consistsof cushioned benches,and our patrons willessentially be staring ata wall rather than eachother, what theyreused to, if a wall isbuilt to separate the room.

Mayor Derek Corrigan saidbusinesses in Burnaby have gonethrough these issues in the past,such as pubs that needed smokingsections, which were later prohib-ited.

The provincial governmentthen said they can have smokingrooms, he said, noting legionsand clubs retrofitted their build-ings for them, at a cost. Then the

provincial government decidedthat, in fact, smoking rooms werenot permitted, and so all of themlost the investment that they hadput in.

Corrigan noted the changeshappened within a few years

of each other, andthe businesses didnot have the time tobounce back from it.

(There was) notime for them to beable to regain thatinvestment that theyput in, so this is notsomething that wehavent dealt with

before, which is the regulationsthat are imposed on cities by FraserHealth, he said.

Corrigan noted that he, too, wasconfused over why Port Moodyand Vancouver could makeexemptions for traditional hookahlounges, but Burnaby staffers havetold him Fraser Health will notpermit them.

Lou Pelletier, director of plan-ningandbuilding,saidPortMoody

and Vancouver accommodated teahouses through an amendment intheir smoking bylaws.

We have to level an investiga-tion to look into an amendmentand take that through a correctionprocess, to see if that would beapproved at a correction level,he said, adding that Fraser Healthmay have to approve it.

Burnaby council asked staff tocome back with a report on theissue quickly, to see if the busi-ness can be accommodated with-out getting into trouble with thehealth authority.

Im a little more interestedin how Port Moodys doing it, iftheyre accommodating it, becauseit will be close to us, Corriganadded. Theyre under the localgovernment act, and theyre goingto be dealing with Fraser Health.

However, a Fraser HealthAuthority inspector said its onlyenforcing the Burnaby bylaw andnot its own policy.

Gordon Stewart is the managerof health protection in Burnaby,

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Burnaby hookah lounge in limboHAFEZ TEA HOUSE WANTS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SMOKING SERVICE

In limbo: Burnabys Hafez Tea House owner NasrinJafargholizadeh and her family appealed to city council at itsMonday night meeting, to make an exemption in its smokingbylaw for hookah lounges so it can continue to operate.

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assumed it was the safest place for it(the purse), she said.

As the day went by, the sale gotbusier and busier. The recreation cen-tre had a lineup of customers waitingto check out the different tables.

They let in 200 people at one time,and thats what you want, so it was allgood, she said.

It wasnt until later that night,around 9 p.m. while Beraldine wasat her parents house, that she noticedthe wallet was gone.

Hoping she had just left the wal-let at home or misplaced it, Beraldinescoured her own home and called

Bonsor, hoping someone had turned itin. Unfortunately no one had turned itin, and it wasnt in her house.

Beraldine figures someone musthave taken the wallet from her pursewhile she was distracted.

Im assuming that something hap-pened when I was busy and not look-ing. I was quite shocked that someonewas able to just slip in there and takeit (the wallet), she said.

While Beraldine has no hope ofgetting her money or credit cards back she has already cancelled them andapplied for new ID for her other kidsas well as herself she, and her hus-band Len, are desperate to get Lucias

original birth certificate back.Im hoping that someone or who-

ever has it, if theyve dumped it andsomebody finds it that they just turnit in, Beraldine said. That birth cer-tificate is the most important thing inthat (wallet).

Beraldines wallet is a mix of blackpatent leather and plain leather with asilver plate on the front andNineWestengraved into the plate.

Beraldine is asking anyone whomay have found the wallet to returnit with her daughters birth certificateinside to the Bonsor Recreation Centreor call the Burnaby RCMP at 604-294-7922.

and he said the citys bylaw wasrevised in 1997.

He told the Burnaby NOW that theprovincial rules are based aroundtobacco smoke, whereas the city bylawincludes hookah smoke.

In the Burnaby bylaw, it talksabout smoking anything, he said.

The interpretation comes down towhether or not the business is a privateclub or open to the public. If its opento the public, then it needs a smokingroom, according to Stewart.

Stewart said Hafez Tea House was

evicted from its previous place becausethe building was undergoing a rede-velopment and it was working withFraser Health to get a new spot thatwould comply with Burnabys bylaw.However, a few weeks ago Stewartsaid they found Hafez had openedto the public but had not receivedFraser Healths approval, so it wasshut down.

We found them operating twoweeks ago, and we closed themdown, he added. From my perspec-tive, we were still working with them, then all of a sudden they were open

without our approval. Its a bit of achallenge.

He said the operation has alsochanged as it now has a stage forentertainment, which goes against thestrict guidelines of a smoking room asit only allows for smoking equipmentto be present in the completely sepa-rated room and nothing else.

We had to take some action onthem just so they would go throughthe normal approval process, he said.Weve been working with the city toget this done up until the last coupleof months.

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As I write this, the Americangovernment is being coaxedback into life likea rusted-out 1974Buick, one that willonly keep going ifyou press down on the gas justso, and get your buddies to giveit a push start.

And off it goes in a cloud ofblue smoke to its next inevit-able breakdown. Judging bythe timelines on the debt ceilingthat were being tossed aroundlast Wednesday, that should bearound February.

We should not be too smugabout this state of affairs. Ourown government has nearlycome unglued several timesin our history, as during theKing-Byng affair, and a bookabout our various constitutionalcrises and attempted secessionattempts would be thick enoughto use as a cudgel.

We should remember that theproblem with the American gov-ernment isnt Americans. Sure,they have a lot of idiots downthere, but no more than anyother country. Their problemsare structural.

The worst problem theAmericans have is the debt ceil-ing, which is entirely stupid andself-imposed.

Like the ability to shut down

the bureaucracy, this is a self-destruct system that Americanpoliticians in days gone by delib-erately installed. And like bigred buttons everywhere, theirleaders can barely stop them-selves from jamming it down

just to see what hap-pens.

Secondly, theres theability to shut down the

government. The United Statesis probably not the only countryin which lawmakers have toapprove wages or they just flat-out dont get paid, but Im notaware of any others.

This means that any timelawmakers get testy (because thepresident, Senate, or House ofRepresentatives can all triggera shutdown) they can take theirball and go home.

I have read some of the rea-sons why the Americans set uptheir government this way, andit seems to have been due to aseries of kludges, one fix piledon another, in a way that createda worse problem than they hadto begin with.

Compare this to Belgium,which in 2010 and 2011 went549 days without a government.Their parliamentary electionsproduced a weird setup inwhich a separatist party wonmore seats than anyone else, andlinguistic and regional differ-ences were tearing the countryapart. (Canadians are among the

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Federal budget promises dont fool anyoneHarpers government cannot force Canadas economy back on track with vague demands for balanced budgets

After being roused from a comfyautumn prorogue, the federal govern-ment handed down the speech from thethrone last week.

Among the governmentpriorities is legislation tomandate balanced budgets atthe federal level in normal economictimes.

Youll forgive us if we greet thepromise with a bit of skepticism.

Never mind that the current govern-ment has only overseen a shrinkingsurplus and five deficit budgets. Never

mind that this governmentalso once created its ownfixed election date law andthen promptly broke it. Never

mind that other parties in other levelsof government, including our own B.C.Liberals, have passed balanced budgetlegislation only to repeatedly violate it

when economic reality got in the way.Such legislation always has more to

do with politics than with fiscal pru-dence. The loopholes yawn large, evenat a first blush. Who defines a nor-mal economic time? Or an event ofeconomic crisis? Most of the last fiveyears could fit into the latter category.

The Conservatives will likely packthe legislation into another omnibusbill, which the opposition parties will

vote against. So well likely see Toryattack ads next spring, spinning a taleabout the Liberals and New Democratsbeing against balanced budgets.

The fact is the government cantlegislate its finances into the black anymore than it can legislate crime away.

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Charge Greenpeace miscreantsDear Editor:

Re: More protests expected, Burnaby NOW, Oct.23.

Mayor Derek Corrigan seems reticent to tell ushow much Kinder Morgan pays in municipal taxesfor city amenities, including policing. Hes quick toinform us that Greenpeace is constituted of somevery committed individuals, but nowhere does hemention criminal damage or damage to privateproperty.

That said, we know full well that if some elderlywoman was handing out pamphlets outside of oneof the citys abortion clinics or one of the hospitalsthat provides them, they would be on her like a

tonne of bricks.How many of the miscreants mentioned have

been charged and how many are now in jail? Justcurious.

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Following the significant quake last Jan. 5 epicen-tered in the waters off of southern Alaska, it must benoted, and noted again, that the hollow assurancesof pipeline safety or similarly such, repeatedly

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brought up by proponents of KinderMorgans proposed oil pipeline project,can never be true pipeline safety, nor any-thing near it.

One need only consider what a majortectonic-plate shift which the Cascadiaregion is overdue to experience of even

just a metre, with the fault zone landshifting in opposing directions, would doto any strength or solidity of, as goodexamples, the proposed Alberta-to-B.C. oilpipelines.

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only people on the planetwho can both sympathizeand understand.) Yet thecountrys bureaucracycontinued to function.Obviously, it wasnt ideal,but it wasnt catastrophic,either.

The Americans finalproblem is one were morefamiliar with gerrymandering. Weve mostlygotten away from it byappointing independ-ent committees of retiredjudges to draw our elec-toral boundaries. In theU.S., the lawmakers drawthem, with blatant parti-

san interest. This meansthey have created a vastnumber of safe Democrator Republican seats, whichmeans that the real choiceis not between two parties,but between the sane wingand crazy wing of eachparty. A lot of congres-sional districts have beenpicking the crazy optionfor some time, increasingdistrust, polarization, andextremism, especially onthe Republican side of theaisle.

Theres a lot to fix, andwed better hope theycan repair at least someof these problems. If they

cant, then eventuallysomeone will push thatbig red button, and thatwill do bad things to theworlds economy. Not justrecession bad, but pot-entially Mad Max, wear-ing hockey padding asarmour, eating dog food,and scouring the waste-land for gasoline bad.

Id like to think theAmericans wont let thathappen, but that big redbutton is looking prettyshiny

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Its getting colder, cobwebs are gettingthicker, black cats are on the prowl, pump-kins are lit and Burnaby Village Museumis ready to become undead.

This year, things are getting ghoulish atthe local museum, and people can expectsome eerie spectres to randomly make anappearance, according to Nancy Stagg,marketing coordinator for the BurnabyVillage Museum.

Theres lots of details, people see thebig picture, they see the village deco-rated, Stagg told the Burnaby NOW. Ifthey are mindful and observant, theres alot of detail that our staff had fun puttingtogether.

From Oct. 25 to 27, 6 to 9 p.m., themuseum gets a bewitching makeover thepublic can take advantage of with newghostly displays, a new shipment of eye-balls in the optometrists shop, the Voodoocaf and a whack of new products such asgraveyard gravel and snake oil available atthe General Store.

One of the things we do each time is

gather people on Main Street and we have(DJ Count Cadavre) hosting the boneshak-er ball, Stagg said. We gather up peoplewhen the music starts, and we encourageall of the visitors to come and join thedance. It gives a chance each night for par-ents to get their wiggles out.

Stagg also says the decorations willfeature some ethereal illusions as a newstaff member with a design and theatricalbackground used his experience to createcreepy things.

The illusions will be complemented bythe hired entertainers who help liven, orscare, up the streets.

The host this year is Lady Grey, andshe has a special costume made up for her.Our costumes are eerie, delightful, andtheres always a bit of whimsy in them.

About four or five museum staffershave been busy coming up with conceptsand a framework for the Halloween eventsince the beginning of the year.

Tickets are available at the door, butthey can also be bought online at www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca. Tickets includetrick-or-treating for the younger set andunlimited carousel rides for everyone.


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One Burnaby residentsays the proposed changesto the citys tree bylaw aretoo restrictive and the cityshouldnt have control overproperty owners trees.

On Monday night, citycouncil heard from WalterHallam, a 40-year Burnabyresident who says the newtree bylaw, if passed, is astep in the wrong direction.

In June, city staff putforward amendments toBurnabys tree bylaw in aneffort to strengthen it andclose certain loopholes.

I think it goes with-out saying that fewer, andless restrictive, bylaws arepreferable, Hallam said.What is the pressing needor reason for these pro-posed bylaw changes? I askyou. Are we losing treesbecause of disease, moredevelopments and densi-fication such asM e t r o t o w n ,B u r n a b yMountain devel-opments, CentralValley sportsfields, etc., etc.?Or is it because ofthe wanton, andwithout reason, destructionof trees by local homeown-ers?

Hallam noted that if itsthe concern over homeown-ers, then he disagrees withthat.

In my observations, thecanopy cover in Burnabyis no less now than five,10, 20 or 40 years ago, hesaid. To yours and previ-ous councils, great creditis due. Development overthe years has been handledwell.

Hallam said the devel-opment in the four towncentres is responsible forthe decrease in trees andhas not been the homeown-ers fault.

We homeowners trim,take down and plant treesas current needs evolve,he said. We need trees toshow off our landscaping.We trim them to keep themappropriate and lookingnice. We take them downwhen they become dis-eased, not suitable for thelocation or dangerous.

Hallam said with thenew proposed changes, hewould have to unfairly paymore money for each treehe finds a threat to his safe-ty, or if he wants to take itdown for more sunlight.

Government has nobusiness in the front orbackyards of law-abidingresidential homeowners,

he added. Unless you haveoverwhelming evidence ofwanton destruction of thesetrees by homeowners andunbiased proof that we aresomehow ruining the ecolo-gy or aesthetic values of theBurnaby that we all cherish,then please, please vote noto any changes in the cur-rent tree bylaw.

Hallam said he currentlyhas eight significantly largetrees in his backyard, butover the years many treesin his neighbourhood havefallen once almost crush-ing his house. Insurancecovered the $25,000 dam-age that was done.

Coun. Sav Dhaliwal saidhe agreed with Hallam thatthe proposed changes to thebylaw are too restrictive forhomeowners.

I think ifwe look back atthe last couple of decades, Isee a lot more trees, hesaid. I dont see a clearcut-ting going on anywhere. It

isnt a signifi-cant issue, in myopinion.

Coun.ColleenJordan saidthe impetus tochange the treebylaw camewhen many del-

egations came forward overthe years showing the citywas significantly losing itstrees.

I believe about 18months ago, a large delega-tion of people were sayingthat indeed trees weredisappearing from theirneighbourhoods, she said,noting the delegations alsocame with lengthy petitionsasking for stricter changes.In their view, contrary toyours, we were losing asignificant number of trees,especially on residential lotsin residential areas.

The proposed chang-es would strengthen theenforcement program byincreasing the penalty forcutting a protected treewithout a permit from$2,000 to $10,000.

Changes have also beenproposed to the permit feestructure allowing formaximums starting at $500to $3,000, depending on theproperty and whether ornot its under development.

The new bylaw wouldapply to all private lands,both during and outsideof the development peri-od; and city-owned lands,when subject to a develop-ment application.

A public consultationprocess started in the sum-mer, and a followup reportis expected later this fall orin early 2014.

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Green scene:WalterHallam, whohas lived inBurnaby for40 years, saysproposedchanges tothe citystree bylaware a step inthe wrongdirection.


Tree bylaw justdoesnt cut it,resident says




the dilemma, he said.Governments are also

unlikely to spend the kindof money it would take toensure Canadas infrastruc-ture is secure, according toRoss.

So unless theres a tre-mendous amount of localagitation, I dont thinkyoure going to see any-thing, he said. I thinkits highly unlikely. I guesswell just have to cross ourfingers and hope for thebest.

On Wednesday, Oct.16, Greenpeace succeededin sending in a team of 16activists to chain themselvesto the Westridge MarineTerminals front gates andpumping equipment with-out any interference fromfacility security.

As a result of the inci-dent, Kinder Morgan haslaunched a review of itssecurity measures, whichshould be complete in acouple of weeks.

Many Burnaby residentshave expressed concernsover security at the termi-

nal.Alan Dutton of BROKE

said while he has securityconcerns about the entireKinder Morgan pipelinesystem, his main concern isnatural disasters.

We know that the WestCoast is due for a majorseismic event, yet KinderMorgan is planning to dra-matically expand a tankfarm on the side of BurnabyMountain not systematical-ly studied for risk of seismicevent, said Dutton.

It makes no sense what-soever to expand a tankfarm on the side of a moun-tain in a seismically activearea or to try to push bigoil tankers through Second

Narrows, or building a newpipeline through residen-tial areas near schools andlicensed daycares. Its a badidea from start to finish.

Meanwhile, the RCMPinvestigation into theGreenpeace seizure of theterminal is ongoing and itstoo early to say if chargeswill be laid against the 16activists.

RCMP spokespersonSgt. Peter Thiessen said ateam of investigators is stillgoing over the evidence tosee whether charges shouldbe recommended to Crowncounsel. As of Thursday,none of the activists havebeen charged, according toGreenpeace.

ForBurnabymomCorinaKuban, music educationis an important part of herchildrens development.

Kubanhasthreekids, twoof which attend BurnabysSuncrest elementary, wherestudents have regular musicclasses.

They love it. They doa lot of musical games. Ithink its a nice break fromthe more sit-in-your-deskacademic work, and I reallyfeel they are learning a lot,Kuban says. Studies haveshown that it does help thebrain to develop.

But according to a newreport, released Friday(today) by the B.C. MusicEducators Association (oneof many specialist asso-ciations affiliated with theB.C. Teachers Federation)British Columbias childrenare not getting their rec-ommended dose of qualitymusical instruction.

Suncrest music teach-er Pam Hetrick was partof a group that authoredthe report, Speaking Outfor Elementary MusicEducation, which wasbased on surveys sent toevery school district in theprovince.

The authors were try-ing to figure out whethermusic was being offered inelementary schools, and ifthe teachers were properlytrained in the subject.

According to Hetrick,they received a 93 per centresponse rate, and two sig-nificant findings emerged.

There is a need forcontinued advocacy in thisarea. It isnt getting taughtin all schools, and the otherkey thing that emerged is aneed for quality elementarymusic education, she toldthe NOW.

According to the reportsfindings, music is nottaught in all B.C. schools,or in some cases, its taughtby people who lack propertraining.

Part of the problem,according to Hetrick, isthat music instruction forelementary students used tobe offered in universities,but about 10 years ago, theTeacher Regulation Branch(formerly known as the B.C.College of Teachers) decid-ed that elementary musicwas not a teachable subjectfor certification.

The result, as youcan imagine, is universi-ties dont have elementarymusic teaching courses.Theres no way for a teacherto be certified in that subjectbecause it doesnt exist, yetthere are still (music teach-ing) jobs, so its not a goodsituation, Hetrick said.

Hetrick would like tosee the Teacher RegulationBranch consider music ateachable subject for theelementary school level,more government fundingfor properly trained musicteachers, and proper spacein schools for music teach-ers to do their jobs.

Clearly, we are not serv-ing our children if we arenot doing this, if we donthave this for them. Theresno end of research on howimportant it is to havemusicfor children, she said.

Burnaby, however, isan exception to the rule.According to Hetrick, musicis taught in every local ele-mentary school, thanks to aprevious administrator whoensured well-trained musicteachers were hired for eachschool.

While Kuban is happyher children are learningabout music in Burnaby,she finds B.C.s lack of con-sistent, quality musical edu-cation problematic.

I think its a real loss forour culture. I feel there arefairly few things that uniteus as Canadians, and I thinkmusic could help unite us,Kuban said.

The report, SpeakingOut for Elementary MusicEducation, will be releasedtoday at the B.C. TeachersFederation developmentconference for its 32 provin-cial specialists associations.

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City students take onneighbourhood trashIn a case beyond keeping their rooms

clean, a large group of Burnaby highschool students rallied to take out the trashat a local SkyTrain station.

On Sunday, Royal Oak station hadmany students filling garbage bags to thebrim in an effort to clean up their localstreets, according to Diane Gillis, presidentof the Kingsway Imperial NeighbourhoodAssociation. The students spent aboutthree hours cleaning up the area.

The energy was just fabulous, the will-ingness. I think it was an array of ages,Gillis told the Burnaby NOW. It wasamazing, the enthusiasm. They were justright into it.

Gillis said the student group had invit-ed her out to participate in the cleanupbecause her community group organizesone every year.

I joined them for the cleanup and wasso impressed by their enthusiasm andhard work, which really has benefited thecommunity, she said. Working along-side this group not only put a polish onthe neighbourhood, it also put a shine onour future.

Unidentifiable broken parts of things,cans and containers were among the trashcollected, but there was also some drugparaphernalia picked up, Gillis said.

Therewas less (drugs) than in previousyears, though, Gillis noted. I also called

the Transit Police and Burnaby RCMP totell them about the Moscrop group whoinitiated this tremendous cleanup and ifthey wanted to stop by, and they bothstopped by.

The Grade 11 student who led the clean-up, Aishwi Roshan, said it was a comingtogether from Moscrop Secondarys envi-ronmental club and Leo club, and BurnabySouths Interact volunteer team.

The group of 60 high school students ofall ages filled more than 20 trash bags withfood containers, wrappers, potato chipbags and, in one case, a whole rug, from1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 20.

I thought a community cleanup wasthe easiest way to get the communityinvolved for the environmental effort,Roshan told the NOW.

Roshan was involved in the new envi-ronmental mural on Beresford Street andwanted to do a community cleanup.

We felt we needed to take a collectiveeffort, she said. When we think of theenvironment, we think its a huge project that would cost so much money to savethe world. We think about it as somethingabstract and far away, and well neverreach the long-term goal. I wanted to makeit clear that there are small steps we cantake in reaching this goal, its not some-thing so far away. We can reach it in a fewyears if we do it collectively and reach outto our community.

Roshan said she hopes to do a cleanupevery season.

Cleaning up: Burnaby South and Moscrop high school students took to thestreets on Sunday, tidying the area around Royal Oak SkyTrain station.

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General Fusion invitedto global energy meet

A Burnaby-based company that wouldchange how the world gets power sent arepresentative to speak at a world energyconference last week.

General Fusion was invited to speakas a discussion leader at the 22nd WorldEnergy Congress held in Daegu, SouthKorea from Oct. 13 to 17, which is recog-nized as the globes leading global energymarket conference.

To be invited to the World EnergyCongress, alongside the leaders of the larg-est international fusion projects, demon-strates the growing level of interest aroundthe globe in General Fusions magnetizedtarget fusion technology and its supe-rior potential for commercialization, saidDoug Richardson, General Fusions CEOand chief technology officer, in a mediarelease.

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Although General Fusion was estab-lished in 2002 with the intention of pro-ducing a generator to create a clean, safeand abundant energy source, it was underfire two years ago when a University ofBritish Columbia nuclear theorist cameforward to say what the company wasdoing was potentially quite dangerousand risking peoples lives.

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You say you want an evolu-tion?Well, you know, you shouldgo see Baba Brinkmans show atThe Cultch.

The erudite Burnaby-bredBrinkman is bringing his awardwinning off-Broadway hit show,The Rap Guide to Evolution, to theHistoric Theatre at The CultchOct. 29 to Nov. 10.

With pieces like Im an Africanand Darwins Acid, this is sciencewith an insightful edge. And itsprobably the only scientificallypeer-reviewed rap show everybit of the science has been fact-checked.

Thats hardly surprisingbecause the show started afteran exchange between Brinkmanand biologist Dr. Mark Pallen,author of The Rough Guide toEvolution. Pallen was among anumber of biologists who saw aperformance of Brinkmans RapCanterbury Tales several yearsago. Impressed as they were withwhat the rapper had done, theydared him to do more.

They said, well, Chaucersfine, but what about Darwin? Ithought it was a neat idea so Isaid, sign me up! Brinkman toldthe Burnaby NOW in an interviewfrom New York, where he nowlives.

The result is a show that wonthe Scotsman Fringe First Awardfor Best New Theatre Writingat the 2009 Edinburgh FringeFestival and enjoyed a sold outrun off-Broadway. The Cultchproduction is the first time thefull theatric show has beenperformed at a major venue in

Canada.Brinkman has toured his evo-

lutionary guide extensively andis just embarking on a tour ofNew Zealand.

He says he gets some of hisbiggest kicks performing Im anAfrican! for a wide variety ofaudiences. The rap tune is basedon DNA mapping that shows allhumans are descended from anAfrican Eve.

He says strange and magicalthings happen when he asks theaudience to sing along.

A lot of the time, whitecrowds start off very timid, buta catharsis happens, and they getinto it, and then youve got allthese guys pumping their fistsin the air and getting into it andscreaming, Im an African! hesaid.

Sometimes, someone will

walk in late and stand at the backand see 200 people shouting Iman African! and theyll have thislook on their face like, Whatthe hell is going on here? I lovethat.

Brinkman says the show itselfis constantly evolving, based onthe feedback from the scientists,the audience and reactions he getswhen he tries different things.

You wouldnt expect anything

less from an artist who compareshimself to a single-celled organ-ism.

Im like an amoeba, just put-ting out feelers, sensing whatsout there, seeing the options andreacting to the feedback, hesaid.

Folkswhowant to enjoy a littleBrinksmanship at the Cultch cancall 604-251-1363 or buy ticketsonline at www.thecultch.com.

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Two Canadian mys-tery authors areteaming up for anevening of readings anddiscussion at the McGillbranch of Burnaby PublicLibrary.

Its happening onThursday, Nov. 7 from

7 to 8 p.m. at the library,4595 Albert St.

The evening bringstogetherMiriam Clavirand Glynis Whiting.

A press release notesthat Clavirs first novel,Insinuendo: Murder inthe Museum, is set in theMuseum of Anthropologyat the University of BritishColumbia. In her first jobas an artifacts conservator,Berry Cates investigatesa visiting experts deathin her lab and finds thepolice investigation point-ing her way.

Whitings first novel,

A Nose for Death, featureschemist and food designerDr. Joan Nosey Parker,who returns to her home-town for a high schoolreunion. When a formerclassmate is found stabbedto death in his motel room,Joan tops the list of sus-pects and her celebratedability to identify scentswill either clear her nameor lead to her own death.

The discussion nightis free, but books will beavailable to purchase (cashonly). You must registerin advance since space islimited.

Call 604-299-8955 or seewww.bpl.bc.ca/events/mcgill, or stop by thelibrary to register in per-son.

Wall CandyArt lovers, dont for-

get to visit the ShadboltCentre for the Arts thisweekend.

The Burnaby ArtistsGuild is presenting WallCandy, an exhibition andsale of original art, fromOct. 25 to 27.

It opens Friday nightfrom 7 to 10 p.m., andthe exhibition continues

Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6p.m. and Sunday from 10a.m. to 5 p.m.

The show includeswork by featured artistViolet Cullen and mem-bers of the artists guild.

It will include artworkin a variety of mediumsand styles, as well asfridge magnets, originalgreeting cards, on-the-spotportraits and a raffle of anoriginal framed painting.

For more details, checkout www.burnabyartistsguild.com or just swingby the Shadbolt Centre, at6450 Deer Lake Ave., to

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Art of inclusionAlso for art lovers, a

Burnaby-based associa-tion is holding the ninthannual Inclusion Art Showon Oct. 29 at VancouversHeritage Hall.

The community livingorganization posAbilitiesholds the show to cel-ebrate the work of B.C.artists with developmentaldisabilities.

It gives people theopportunity to see whatkind of art we can do,

Rap Guide to Evolution: Baba Brinkman is bringing his critically acclaimed rap show to The Cultch for aseries of performances running Oct. 29 to Nov. 10. The Burnaby-bred Brinkman first made headlines for hisRap Canterbury Tales and has since followed up with the Rap Guide to Evolution.

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photographer KenMcLean said in a pressrelease.

To know that some-body else can appreciatemy work too feels reallygood, added painter andpotter Amy Chan.

The show includesmore than 500 piecesof art created by about200 artists in a variety ofmedia pottery, painting,photography, glasswork,jewelry, textiles and hand-drawn greeting cards.

This years work ischanneling the spirit of the60s with a Feelin Groovytheme.

Its happening onTuesday, Oct. 29 from 4:30to 8:30 p.m. at VancouverHeritage Hall, 3102 MainSt.

For more informa-tion about posAbilities,check out their website atwww.posAbilities.ca. Thegroups offices are at 240-4664 Lougheed Hwy. inBurnaby.

Rehearsals setRegular readers may

remember recent men-tions of Kevin TakahideLee, the Burnaby residentwho has started up a choirto help people practiseEnglish language skills.

The choir is open toeveryone aged 13 andup, with special focus onthose who want to practiseEnglish be they newcom-ers, longtime residentsfrom various cultural com-munities, seniors or any-one else.

The multicultural,multigenerational choiris meeting at the NikkeiNational Museum andCultural Centre.

At last writing, rehears-al time hadnt been firmedup, but it now has itsSaturdays from 3:45 to 4:45p.m. in Room 210 at theNikkei Centre.

For more, check outLees website at www.miusc.ca (yes, thatsmiusc its music with atwist, as Lee says).

Space for musicYou could say Emm

Gryners a bit of a spacecadet. But the Canadiansinger/songwriter whobecame a YouTube sen-sation this year thanksto her collaborationwith Commander ChrisHadfield will be firmlyrooted to the ground at theShadbolt Centre for theArts Nov. 1.

The thrice-Juno-nomi-nated Gryner beings herout-of-the-world show tothe Shadbolt for one nightonly. Her Canadiana folk-roots trio, Trent Severn,became the first band toget a phone call from spacewhen Hadfield dialed infrom the InternationalSpace Station during oneof their shows.

In May, Gryner collabo-rated with Hadfield on hiscover of David BowiesSpace Oddity, which waspartially recorded onthe orbiting station. Thevideo has been viewed onYouTube nearly 18 milliontimes.

Not bad, but youwouldnt expect less froman artist who has released10 carefully crafted albumsand earned the envy ofno less a star than Bono.The U2 lead singer citedGryners sing AlmightyLove as one of the six songsfrom the past 20 years that

he wished hed written.Ticket information is

available at shadboltcentre.com or by calling 604-205-3044.

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Winter readsIf the approach of win-

ter has you thinking aboutcurling up with a goodbook, the Burnaby PublicLibrary can help.

The McGill branch inNorth Burnaby is hold-ing a Librarians Choice:Winter Reads event onSaturday, Nov. 16 from 2to 3:30 p.m.

Librarians will presenttheir fast-paced reviewsof fiction and non-fictionbooks for winter reading.

Its free, but space islimited. Register online atwww.bpl.bc.ca/events/mcgill, call 604-299-8955,or pop in to the library at4595 Albert St. to registerin person.

Everyone is welcome,and refreshments will beserved.

Do you have an item forLively City? Send emails toJulie, [email protected], or find her onTwitter, @juliemaclellan.

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Making waves: Canadian singer-songwriter EmmGryner is coming to the Shadbolt Centre for the Artson Nov. 1.

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A Burnaby filmmaker is launching hisnew feature-length comedy at the AustinFilm Festival this week.

Ace Dixon is having the world premiereofMop King at the 20th Austin Film Festival,running Oct. 24 to 31.

Dixon, a graduate of Simon FraserUniversitys film program, decided to makea film when he injured his back.

Laying on his bedwith a herniated disc,with a recovery time of over a year, Acedecided to create a feature-length film, heexplains on indiegogo.com, where hes run-ning a fundraising campaign to help withpromotion and travel costs.

He got Felix Oltean a cinematographerhe knew from film school on board, andMop Kingwas born. The film is about a free-lance maid who still lives with his parents.When his parents vacation to Maui, he runsinto a drifter girl who changes the maidbusiness forever.

Its an irreverent comedy full of outra-geous characters and provides insight intothe self-made maid, the indiegogo write-

up explains.The film was shot in Burnaby and the

Greater Vancouver area using local cast andcrew members.

We made the film on scraps, and fromthe help of a cast and crew that contributedin a family-like manner, the filmmakersexplain on indiegogo. Screening at theAustin Film Festival is a great opportunityto gain exposure for the film and build anaudience. We hope to gain some contactsthat can make Mop King accessible to awider audience and be available on severalplatforms.

But, they note, Were the little guysamong big players. The 2013 lineup isimpressive, with Mop King being screenedalongside the films of the Coen Brothers,Alexander Payne, Steve McQueen andJames Franco. We need your help to get toAustin and to get noticed.

To find out more about the fundraisingcampaign, search for Mop King at indiego-go.com. You can also find out more aboutthe film at www.mopkingmovie.com.

Burnaby filmmaker launches movie in Austin


On screen: A scene fromMop King, the new feature film by Burnabys Ace Dixon,which is premiering at the Austin Film Festival this week. Dixon is a graduate ofSimon Fraser Universitys film program.

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Its time to scare upsome fun in the city thisweekend. Were con-tinuing with our popularfeature our staffs Top 5(Or More) Things To DoThis Weekend. Heres ourTop 5 list for Oct. 25 to 27.

1Get all dressed upwith somewhere togo theBurnabyAssociation forCommunityInclusionis holdingits annualHalloweencostume partyon Friday from5 to 9 p.m.There will befree pizza,drinks, danc-ing and treats.The party takesplace at theScandinavian Centre at6540 Thomas St.

2Get spooked atBonsors Big Boo onFriday. Therell be ahaunted house, costumeprize draw, creepy crafts,ghostly games and treats.The event takes place atthe Bonsor RecreationComplex at 6550 BonsorAve. in the gym. The costis $1 per person. Childrenmust be accompanied byan adult. Or if you prefer

getting wet, check out theHalloween Howl at theCG Brown Pool at 3702Kensington Ave., also onFriday night. Bring yourswimsuit. The cost is also$1 per person.

3Get hauntingly his-toric at the BurnabyVillage Museum allweekend long.The kids cantrick or treat, andthere is plenty forthe whole familyto see, from newghostly displays,new eyeballs inthe optometristsoffice and anew pastry chefat the bakery.The ButchersBlock will offerup tasty treats,and DJ CountCadaver will

host the Bone Shaker Ball.Tickets can be bought atthe door or in advance.For more information orto buy tickets, go to www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca.

4Get celebrating 50years in the Heightswith Adele-Rae Florist,which is holding an openhouse at its new locationon Friday and Saturday.The open house runs from10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridayand 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on

Saturday. The shop is nowlocated at 4714 HastingsSt.

5Get cheesy at thegourmet cheesemakingworkshop this Saturday.The gouda news is, youcan help B.C. kids whileyou do. Participants canmake six different cheesesat the workshop, whichruns from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.at 3550 Wayburne Dr. Theworkshop is a fundraiserfor Shriners Cares for Kids,Shriners of B.C.-Yukon.To register, go to www.thecheesemakingworkshop.com.

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