Burnaby Now December 31 2014

It’s no surprise thatBurnaby’s top news-maker for 2014 was

Mayor Derek Corrigan.Love him or loathe him,

the five-time mayor ofBritish Columbia’s third-largest city made his wayto the NOW’s front pagemore than a dozen timesthis year in the lead-upto the Burnaby CitizensAssociation’s threepeat atthe November municipalelection.

Throughout 2014,Corrigan made headlinesfor countless reasons:Opposing the KinderMorgan pipeline, opposingthe Metro Vancouver may-ors’ council’s $7.5-billiontransportation improve-ment plan, and for oppos-ing public washroomsat the to-be-renovatedMetrotown SkyTrain sta-tion.

In fact, he opposed alot of other things, too:Port Metro Vancouver’sFraser Surrey Dockscoal expansion; NewWestminster’s draft trans-portation plan; the FairElections Act, otherwiseknown as the Conservative

government’s Bill C-23;a gondola linking SFUto the Production Way-University SkyTrain sta-tion; San Francisco-basedridesharing service Uber.

But don’t go think-ing the 27-year councilmember is a card-carry-ing NIMBYist. Corrigansupported a lot of thingsin 2014, like highrises,including the 53-storeyBrentwood towers andtwo of the five StationSquare skyscrapers.

However, by far,Corrigan was in the newsmost often because of com-ments he made over theproposed Trans Mountainpipeline expansion. It’sonly fitting the controver-sial project is also our topnews story of the year.

“We’ve decided as acity to stand up and fight,and fight we will,” hetold 200-some residentsat a town hall meeting inMarch, vehemently againstthe twinning from the getgo.

In his own words,Corrigan waged waragainst Kinder Morgan,vowing to stand in front

of a bulldozer to pre-vent work on BurnabyMountain while calling forthe energy giant to pick upthe tab on policing costs.

“It’s an inordin-ate expense, and if the(B.C.) Supreme Court

would have enforced ourbylaws, or if the NEB hadrespected our bylaws,there would be no protest-ers on the mountain rightnow, and we wouldn’thave these police resourcesbeing spent,” he told the

NOW last month.That wouldn’t be the

first City of Burnaby billfooted by someone else.

Corrigan’s namepopped up in the NOW’sscoop on current and for-mer city officials spending

nearly $42,000 of taxpayermoney on golf in 2013.The mayor was in the topthree big spenders, rack-ing up $5,717.65 betweenthe Riverway and BurnabyMountain courses.

Our arts editor awards herown Oscars in the city

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These folks made the city abetter place in many ways

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Headline makers and head shakers of 2014New Year’s Eve has arrived – and, for those of us in

the newsroom, what better time to pause, reflect andremember all that’s happened in Burnaby in 2014.

When it comes to news headlines, Burnaby is nevershort of things to write about – from those stories thatare very specifically local to those that garner nationaland even international headlines.

Earlier this month, the Burnaby NOW editorial teamsat down to discuss the top stories of the year. Ourcollection of awards, honours and special mentionsinclude The News Story of the Year, The Newsmaker

of the Year, and several other awards, such as ourCritters Causing Chaos and Grubbiest City awards.

Our choices are obviously subjective. How does onejudge the relative merits of the Kinder Morgan pipe-line expansion protest over the dozens of stories thatcame out of the 2015 civic election? Where do critterstories, like the case of Sienna the bandit cat’s stash of50 gloves, rank?

We don’t pretend these “awards” can possibly touchon everything important that happened this year – butthey do cover many of the highlights.

To see the News Story of the Year, turn to page 3.On page 13 we shine the spotlight on people who

make our city great. Meanwhile, on page 19 sports edi-tor Tom Berridge dishes on the accomplishements ofathletes in Burnaby – certainly not something to bemissed.

A big thank you to all of our newsmakers and thosewho pass on news tips and ideas – we couldn’t do itwithout you!

Go to www.burnabynow.com to check out theawards that didn’t make it into the print edition.

Burnaby’s ‘mother bear’ had a busy yearNEWSMAKER OF THE YEAR: DEREK CORRIGAN

Newsmaker:Residentsmight havea love/haterelationshipwith MayorDerek Corriganbut the 27-year councilmembercontinues tomake headlinesin Burnaby andthroughoutMetroVancouver.

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If there’s one fight that captured ourreaders’ attention this year, it was theKinder Morgan pipeline expansion

and the city’s battle with the company onBurnaby Mountain.

Local opposition to the proposed pipe-line has been fierce, with pipeline oppon-ents raising concerns about oil spills,tanker traffic and climate change.

It’s no secret Mayor Derek Corriganand council are against the pipelineexpansion anywhere in Burnaby, butwhen Kinder Morgan started survey workfor a proposed pipeline route through acity-owned conservation area, Burnabyfired back with stop work orders and finesfor violating a local bylaw that prohibitscutting trees in public parks.

Kinder Morgan then went to theNational Energy Board, which issued anorder directing the city to back off. That’swhen hundreds of residents from Burnabyand beyond descended on the mountain.When Kinder Morgan showed up forwork, protesters drove their contractorsaway, some shouting foul language, andone young chap chained himself to theunderside of a work vehicle.

This time, Kinder Morgan went to theB.C. Supreme Court, asking for an injunc-tion. The company’s lawyers were arguingthat people’s facial expressions constitutedassault, and although there may be legalmerit to that argument, the public foundit absurd. People posted selfies of theirmenacing “Kinder Morgan faces” onsocial media, and the #KMFace Internetmeme went viral.

On Nov. 14, the court gave KinderMorgan its injunction, ordering protestersto stay away or risk arrest. Police arrivedon the mountain in larger numbers onNov. 20, sealed off Centennial Wayand set up a no-go zone around KinderMorgan’s work areas. But that didn’t stophundreds from gathering on the mountainfor what would become a 10-day standoff.In all, 126 people crossed the injunctionline, including two 11-year-old girls. Thegirls were not arrested; they were simplydetained and released, but that sparkedanother controversy over whether theirparents should have them cross andadults in general should take their kidsto protests. Even Premier Christy Clark

chimed in, criticizing the parents for let-ting their kids break the law, while herdetractors quickly pointed out how sheran a stop sign with her kid and a reporterin the car.

Other high-profile appearances onBurnaby Mountain included DavidSuzuki, who admonished the RCMP forallegedly pulling his grandson acrosspolice lines so he could be arrested. ManyBurnaby residents were arrested forviolating the injunction, including RuthWalmsley and Peter Cech, father of oneof the 11-year-old girls. Both adults aremembers of Burnaby Residents OpposingKinder Morgan Expansion. SFU professorLynne Quarmby was also arrested.

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of theUnion of B.C. Indian Chiefs also crossedthe injunction line on Nov. 27. Dressed

in a suit, with red face paint, the FirstNations leader stood facing police at theinjunction line in the woods, in the thickof a drumming and singing crowd. Phillipslipped under the police tape, and RCMPrespectfully took him into custody.

Later that day, news broke that aB.C. Supreme Court threw out all civilcontempt charges against the protesters,because Kinder Morgan screwed up theGPS coordinates, which meant no onereally knew where the injunction areaswere. Protesters followed up with morecelebratory gatherings on the mountain.

The Battle on Burnaby Mountainhas all the hallmarks of a classic Davidand Goliath tale, but the central issue iswhether a federally appointed body, likethe NEB, can override a city’s bylaws. It’ssomething the courts have yet to rule on,

and the city is still pursuing legal action todefend its bylaws. The NEB Act alreadyallows companies like Kinder Morgan toconduct survey work and build pipelineson Crown land and private property with-out the landowners’ permission, but neverbefore has a city come up against the NEBthe way Burnaby has, meaning any courtdecisions on the matter will be precedentsetting and could have implications forother municipalities across the country.

The mayor is spot on when he saysthis is just Phase 1 of a very long war. Weare certain Kinder Morgan will dominatethe headlines for 2015 and years to come.If something as simple as survey workled to a 10-day standoff with police andprotesters, one can only imagine what willhappen if Kinder Morgan actually startsbuilding the pipeline.

Prior to that, he caused a mediafirestorm when his distracteddriving ticket from last July wasthrust into the spotlight, aroundthe same time his wife – Burnaby-Deer Lake MLA Kathy Corriganand then-Opposition public safety

critic – was lobbying the provincialgovernment to do more to preventdistracted driving. (Corrigan is dis-puting the ticket and his court dateis set for March 18.)

But scandals aside, Corriganmaintained a strong level of sup-port from Burnaby residents, gar-

nering 68.85 per cent of the mayoralvote and ensuring the BCA its thirdstraight sweep at the polls.

He is the face of Burnaby foranother four years, which meansfour more opportunities to be thecity’s biggest newsmaker – for bet-ter or for worse.

Battle over proposed pipeline expansion heats up

Arrested: Hundreds of people gathered on Burnaby Mountain in late November in opposition to Kinder Morgan’s proposedexpansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. In all, 126 people were arrested for crossing the court injunction line.

As always, there were a few stories and people thatclearly grabbed the headlines and earned the dis-

tinction of being our news story and newsmaker of theyear.

But they weren’t the only ones that stuck in ourminds when we looked back on the year that was.

So the Burnaby NOW editorial staff put their headstogether and came up with this list of other “awards”to bestow upon the moments and the people who madeour jobs – and our lives – just that much more interest-ing in 2014. See more at www.burnabynow.com.

NEWS STORY OF THE YEAR: KINDER MORGAN’S PROPOSED PIPELINE EXPANSION


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The inaugural Critters Causing ChaosAward goes to the beavers that managedto take out a coal train early in the year.

Heavy rains breached a beaverdam on Silver Creek, just parallel toGovernment Street, and the high waterwashed out the tracks. A CP train carry-ing coal, among other things, derailedfrom a CN track on Jan. 11, spilling 82.8cubic metres of coal into Silver Creek, a

small waterway that leads into BurnabyLake. The shores were coated in black,and the endangered Western paintedturtles had to be taken into EnvironmentMinistry custody, while remediationwork took place.

The beavers have appeared to moveon, and CN restored the creek banks. Asfor any long-term damage, we’re stillwaiting for the final report on this one.

Who knew we had so many avid golf-ers at city hall?

The NOW caused quite a ruckus whenit came to light that current and formercity officials charged $41,904 in golf totaxpayers in 2013, as part of Burnaby’scomplimentary pass system.

Every year, the city issues passes tocurrent and former councillors, commis-sioners, school trustees, library boardmembers and other nominees, grant-

ing them free access to numerous cityfacilities, including the Riverway andBurnaby Mountain golf courses.

The news prompted letters of outragefrom residents – and support from onefreeman who benefited from the pass– yet the parks commission recentlyapproved its list of 2015 complimentarypass recipients.

We’ll see if anyone cuts back on theirtee times next year.

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Free golf for city officials

City favourite: The folks at Riverway must feel pretty good about themselves– they’re the golf course preferred by city officials, who accumulated nearly$42,000 in tee times in 2013, as uncovered by the NOW in 2014.


Beavers take out a coal train

When Linda Cappelletti called theNOW complaining about raccoons tear-ing up her lawn, we had no idea theproblem was so widespread. The minutethe story hit the press (or in today’s case,the web) letters to the editor startedflooding in from people across the citycomplaining about the very same thing.

Turns out the raccoons weren’t toblame – they were only feasting on theEuropean chafer beetles’ tasty grubs bur-ied underground.

Soon enough people were writing andcalling the newsroom to voice their ownfrustrations with the lack of action by the

city.Residents lamented that it wasn’t only

their lawns that were the targets of thehungry little bandits but city properties,including boulevards.

The city eventually responded, sayingit was considering reintroducing a city-wide nematode program, as it had donewhen the chafer beetle problem was atits height in 2004.

The city would offer nematodes forpurchase at a subsidize price, and cityproperties would be treated as well. Theprogram will likely be tabled as part ofthe 2015 budget.

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2014: A Year in Cartoons

Rice says:Clockwise fromtop left, Ricetook aim at theteachers’ disputein January, theOlympics inFebruary, theanti-vaccinemovementin March,the Senate inMay and theradicalization ofCanadian youthin July.

From the local to thenational, there aren’t manyheadlines that elude theeagle eye of cartoonistIngrid Rice.

Rice (shown in a self-por-trait at right) is responsiblefor the cartoons that graceour editorial pages through-out the year.

She began her career in1992, freelancing to TheVancouver Sun, and started

to syndicate her work acrossCanada in 1994.

In celebration of the yearpast, we’ve chosen a few ofour favourite images from2014 to pay tribute to herwork.

She’ll make you laugh.She’ll make you groan.Sometimes she’ll even makeyou cry.

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Feds under fire:Ingrid Ricetook aim atStephen Harper’sgovernment inOctober withthe muzzling ofscientists, and inNovember withthe treatment ofveterans.


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street? Or her neighbours? They weredoing some landscaping work…

She contacted the NOW hoping someexposure would help locate the ownerof the gloves and soon enough, Palmergot a call from her neighbour across thestreet, Louise LeBlanc, who was certainthe gloves belonged to her.

While a little miffed (I mean, whowouldn’t be – the LeBlancs kept buy-ing more gloves for their landscapersevery time another one went missing,that’s a lot of money and certainly alot of gloves), LeBlanc found the situa-tion rather amusing noting that she hadinitially assumed it was a raccoon steal-ing the gloves. She even had video foot-age of what appeared to be a raccoonstruggling to drag a coat across the lawn– turns out it was Sienna all along, what

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Sneaky cat: This Burnaby calico stole more than 50 work gloves from aneighbour’s yard. Her owners eventually discovered she was taking them fromtheir neighbour’s yard.


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Was anybody really surprised that theBurnaby Citizens Association went threefor three?

Perhaps there was some doubt thatBurnaby would be under one-party rulefor the next four years. The incumbentparty had some competition in the coun-cil candidates from the Burnaby FirstCoalition, but the opposition group justwasn’t able to garner enough votes to geta single member on city council.

That said, all but one of the BCA’s

council members ran for re-election, withBCA school trustee James Wang takingthe place of departing councillor RichardChang.

So maybe voters went with the dev-ils they knew, rather than the ones theydidn’t.

Whatever the case, the BCA provedthey have the support of most voters – or,at least, of the 41,000 residents who voted– and dominated the ballot once again.Better luck next time, BFC?

Burnaby seniors got flu shots at fourlocal community centres this winter, butnot before some Olympic-level flip-flop-ping by Fraser Health.

After years of providing the shots atBonsor, Edmonds, Confederation Parkand Cameron, the health authority pulledthe plug on seniors clinics across thehealth region, directing their usual cli-ents to get shots at pharmacies or theirdoctor’s offices instead.

Voices of Burnaby Seniors didn’t likethat one bit, and the local advocacy groupkicked up a fuss that reached the floorof the Legislature in November via NDPleader John Horgan, who grilled HealthMinister Terry Lake on the cancelled clin-ics in Question Period

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But tied for top place have got to bemayoral candidate Sylvia Gung’s pledgeto outlaw public displays of affection andthe rumours of a campaign volunteerspreading tales among the electorate ofthe school district injecting students witha gay serum.

Gung threw down the gauntlet onPDAs early in the race, vowing in herCity of Burnaby campaign profile to banthe “bridal kiss” once she was elected

mayor.Not to be outdone, Burnaby Citizens

Association candidates Harman Pandher(since re-elected and acclaimed schoolboard vice-chair) and school boardnewbie Katrina Chen told local papersthat some local citizens told them thatsomebody claiming to be a Burnaby Firstvolunteer was telling voters the BCA-runschool district was injecting kids with anelixir to make them gay.

The BCA cried fearmongering. TheBFC cried smear campaign. Fans ofenlightened political discourse wept.

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Leading up to the 2014 election,Burnaby First decried the placementof the BCA’s election signage oncity property, which apparently vio-lated the city’s own sign bylaw.

So why are the BFC’s signs stillon boulevards? In neighbouringmunicipalities?

BFC signs are still alongStewardson Way in NewWestminster (as of December 29)– a double whammy for bylaw vio-lations.

When the BCA put signs on cityboulevards – which turned out tobe permitted, with prior consentfrom city council – Burnaby Firstcalled hypocrisy.

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It wouldn’t be Burnabywithout a few more high-rises, now would it?

This year saw theapproval and develop-ment of the two 53-storeyBrentwood towers, as wellas two of the five StationSquare buildings.

Mayor Derek Corrigantouted the creation of 3,000jobs during the secondphase of the Station Squaredevelopment as it joins theMetrotown skyline. Onthe flipside, the ongoingdevelopment throughoutBurnaby brought stories

of residents who may beforced out of the city, likeTisa Nowak and her 200-some neighbours. Theiraffordable lowrise rentalbuilding is set to be torndown in favour of twotowers, one at 26 storeys,the other at 41.

Any time a develop-ment of such a magnitudegoes to a public hearing,residents pack councilchambers. It’s an eternalhot-button issue, anddevelopment will cer-tainly be in the running for2015’s top news story.

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Burnaby RCMP are looking for wit-nesses after a Burnaby woman suffereda broken knee when she was hit by a carrecently.

The collision happened just after 10p.m. on Dec. 17. The victim was cross-ing at Beta Avenue and Ridgelawn Drivewhen an oncoming car hit her, accordingto Burnaby Staff Sgt. Rob Marks.

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The vehicle fled the scene before policeand paramedics arrived. No one saw thelicence plate number, and investigatorsdon’t have much information at this timeother than the vehicle was silver and head-ing eastbound on Ridgelawn Drive, Marksadded.

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A Burnaby woman wholost her fit, 43-year-oldhusband to a sudden car-diac arrest six years ago is“thrilled” with a new defi-brillator registry launchedthis month.

The B.C. AED (auto-mated external defibrilla-tor) Registry is a provincialdatabase that will allowemergency dispatchers tohelp callers trying to savesomeone from a heartattack find a nearby AED.

Whether the defibril-lators are in a drugstore,church, school, hockey rinkor individual home, the reg-istry will allow dispatch-ers to locate all registeredAED’s within a 300-metreradius of the incident.

Once Good Samaritansget their hands on the life-saving devices, dispatch-ers can then guide them

through how to use themuntil paramedics arrive.

“That’s huge,” saidDenise Giammaria, direc-tor of the GianfrancoGiammaria MemorialSociety.

Her organization– founded in 2008, afterher husband Gianfrancodied of a sudden cardi-ac arrest during a hock-ey game – has placed 64AEDs in public placesin Burnaby, Vancouver,West Vancouver, NorthVancouver and PittMeadows.

Although Giammariawould like to see a lawmaking AEDs mandatoryin certain kinds of venues,she’s pleased with the newregistry.

“We are thrilled thatthey’ve made these advanc-es,” she told the NOW. “Wejust encourage anyone whodoesn’t have an AED tolook into acquiring one and

those who do have an AEDthat they register it becausethey do save lives.”

Anyone can registeran AED, but registrantsare required to completemonthly maintenancechecks and will receiveemail reminders to changeAED pads and batteries.

B.C. Emergency HealthServices (BCEHS) will alsoprovide postincident sup-port.

There are already 288AEDs in the registry, buthundreds more are stillunregistered, and the Heartand Stroke Foundation isurging anyone who ownsone of the devices to get itonline.

“It only takes a fewminutes to register yourdevice,” stated a Heartand Stroke press release.“Those few minutes cansave a life.”

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Some may accuse the media ofbeing driven by “bad news” andalways looking for the down side

to get a better headline.That might well be true.But here at the NOW, we’re proud

of the fact that we’re also always look-ing for the up side – and for the peoplewho fill the community with the kindof “good news” that we all need moreof in our lives.

At the end of the year, we like totake a look back at some of those peo-ple we’ve encountered throughout theyear – and we salute them with our “IfEveryone Were Like Them, The WorldWould Be a Better Place” award. Hereare our award winners for 2014:

Georgie ColeGeorgie Cole came into our lives in

March, after being named the winnerof the Kushiro Cup as the city’s 2013Citizen of the Year for her five decadesof community service. She’s known asa passionate advocate for families, chil-dren and youth, with a wide range ofcommunity volunteer experience – fromliteracy programs in schools to theEastside Opportunities Society to workwith Deer Lake United Church, EastBurnaby United Church, Block Watch,the Burnaby Barracudas Swim Club andRobert Burnaby Park. And, with all that,this good-natured volunteer was nothingbut gracious about her many accomplish-ments, saying she was simply “humbled”to win. We need more people with thatkind of energy and attitude.

Kate and NaomiThis pair of 11-year-olds may be at

the other end of the age spectrum fromGeorgie Cole, but they share the samepassion for working for what they believein. In this case, the two young studentscame into the limelight in Novemberduring the high-profile protests againstKinder Morgan’s work on BurnabyMountain; in consultation with their fam-ilies, they made the decision to cross theinjunction line – an act that had alreadyseen countless adult protesters arrested.But Kate and Naomi were undaunted.

“I’m 11, and Kinder Morgan is wrong.What they are doing is wrong, they can’tjust go around drilling holes in mountainsjust ‘cause they want oil and money. It’swrong,” said Naomi.

The two were with Kate’s mother, andpolice escorted all three away from thescene. The fact that two girls so youngwere willing to take that step is admir-able: they took the time to consider a ser-ious issue and they took a stand for whatthey believe in. If more people lived withsuch courage of their convictions, the city– no, the country – would undoubtedly bea better place.

Stephen D’SouzaAnyone who’s been in Burnaby for

any length of time knows about BurnabyCommunity Services and the phenomenaljob it does helping people in our city who

need some extra assistance – for all kindsof reasons. D’Souza certainly doesn’t doit alone – there’s a veritable army of help-ers involved in the organization’s efforts– but his calm, capable, kind and 100 percent genuine commitment to his causesis certainly a huge part of the reason forits success. To Stephen and the team: Wesalute you, and thank you – at Christmasand always.

Hippie MikeYou read that right – and if you

don’t recognize the name, then you’reobviously not a skateboarder (don’t

worry, most of us didn’t know it either).Hippie Mike – a.k.a. Mike Faux – rolledinto town with a special event at Bonsorskate park over the summer, part of hisSupertour.

Hippie Mike is an ambassador for hissport, with his emphasis on opening it upto competitors of all ability levels, bothboys and girls. But it’s not just about thesport for him – it’s about offering oppor-tunities to build confidence in youngpeople, and it’s also about educating kidsabout charitable cause. For each of hisevents, he requires either two food itemsor a $5 donation to a local food bank to

enter the contest. A dreadlocked ambassa-dor of good citizenship? Yup, we’ve gottavote for Hippie Mike.

Burnaby North’s “SmallSteps” group

Burnaby North’s “Small Steps”group: This group of teens is a shiningexample of what we should all meanwhen we talk about “kids today” – in thebest possible way. Small Steps was startedin 2011 by Burnaby North student SydneyJuzenas as a club that would focus on

City full of inspiring men, women, kidsTHE ‘IF EVERYONE WERE LIKE THEM, THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE’ AWARD

Our future:Kim Fink-Jensenspeaks into amicrophonewith herdaughter Kateand NaomiCech. The 11-year-old girlscrossed intothe injunctionzone duringthe protestson BurnabyMountain lastmonth.

Cool dudes: Above, Stephen D’Souza is theexecutive director of Burnaby Community Servicesand one of the NOW’s do-gooders. Left, HippieMike, a.k.a Mike Faux, is on our list for his workencouraging girls and boys to grab a skateboardand get moving.


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hands-on activities rather thanfundraising to help those in need,and the students are continuingto work in a variety of capacitiesin the community. Their mainactivity has been helping in thekitchen in the Salvation Army’sCariboo Hill temple, and they’vealso been active on its kettle cam-paign. They organize their effortsprimarily through a Facebookgroup some 180 members strong– members can donate as muchor as little time as they like. And,together, they’re making a hugedifference in the community.Congratulations, Small Steps stu-dents, for proving just what “kidstoday” are made of.

What do you think? Who were thecommunity heroes of 2014? Drop usa line to let us know what you think.Email [email protected] ortweet us, @BurnabyNOW_news.

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The SFU Childcare Society is planning toopen a new “living-building” modular withmore child-care spaces, thanks to $500,000 infunding from the provincial government.

The SFU Childcare Society, which oper-ates 15 child-care programs on BurnabyMountain, secured funding from the gov-ernment’s B.C. Early Years Strategy.

The new spaces are part of the govern-ment’s plan to provide 2,000 new child-care spots in B.C. by 2016. Currently, thereare roughly 107,000 government-supportedchild-care spaces in B.C.

Pat Frouws, the society’s executive direc-tor, was pleased with the $500,000-grant,and she’s hoping it’s a sign there’s more tocome.

“We haven’t had any money in child carefor years, no capital grants for years,” Frouwssaid. “So this is a good sign, but there’s beena drought for a while. … Hopefully that’ssign there’s more for building a system, asystem that will keep things stable.”

Frouws would like to see the provin-cial government fund operating costs forchild-care centres, so they can keep the feesreasonable for parents. Frouws said a familycan expect to pay $1,000 a month in child-care fees for children three and under.

SFU Community Trust is also providingfunding for the project, and Frouws is intalks with the Burnaby school district, asshe’s hoping to have the modular on theUniversity Highlands Elementary schoolgrounds. The living building concept meansthe modular would be constructed to rigor-

ous environmental standards. Frouws esti-mated the modular would provide 24 to 48child-care spaces for families connected tothe elementary school or UniverCity devel-opment.

“We’re hoping to relocate on the schoolgrounds. By doing that, we’ll be able to offermore spaces there,” she said.

Frouws’ society is also calling for a $10-a-day child-care program in B.C., to makechild care affordable for families.

Burnaby North MLA Richard Lee laudedthe funding announcement in a governmentpress release.

“Good child-care services help familiesmaintain a healthy and well-balanced life,”said Lee. “Through this funding, families inBurnaby can have more choices and supportin taking care of their children.”

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SECTION COORDINATOR Julie MacLellan, 604-444-3020 • [email protected]

With the end of the year upon us,it seems only fitting that I takesome time to look back at the

year that was and highlight some of theamazing stories and people that came tomy attention this year.

Some of thosestories were goodnews – like thearrival of a newtheatre companyto stage musicalsat the MichaelJ. Fox Theatre.Others were causefor sadness, such

as the loss of the Clef Society after 65years of operation.

So, without further ado, I present myyear-end “awards” for the movers andshakers on the arts scene in 2014.

BEST NEW EVENT OF THEYEAR

Looking back over the year in the arts,there’s one new event that really standsout: Living Room Art in the Heights. TheOct. 18 event brought together a group ofartists of all kinds – dancers, storytellers,musicians, visual artists, photographers,filmmaker – to stage an evening of artisticdisplays and performances in a privatehome in Burnaby Heights. It was a bril-liant idea, and it came to Burnaby thanksto the vision of Yunuen Perez Vertti– a newcomer to the city who came toBurnaby from Houston, Texas a year ago.It was a brilliant celebration of art andcommunity, and we hope to see manymore similar events in the future.

BEST NEW ARRIVALHere’s to another fresh face that

arrived in Burnaby this year: AlignEntertainment. Though the company isbased in Coquitlam, it’s chosen our veryown Michael J. Fox Theatre as the homefor its large-scale musicals – and wecouldn’t be happier to have them. Alignkicked off what looks to be a success-ful existence with a well-received run ofShrek: The Musical in February. And it’salready selling tickets for its next show:The Addams Family, which runs at theMichael J. Fox Theatre in February 2015.If its first outing is any example, it’ll bea high-quality show with something toappeal to every member of the family,from the very young on up. Yahoo!

BEST FAMILY AFFAIRThey’re just plain irresistible, onstage

and off. I give this year’s Best FamilyAffair nod to the father-daughter teamof Steve and Aubrey Maddock, whoappeared together in the Royal CityMusical Theatre Company’s productionof Annie in April. Steve starred as OliverWarbucks, and Aubrey brought her sing-ing and dancing skills to the forefront asthe orphan Kate.

They’re both powerhouse performerson stage – and off stage, they’re just darnnice people. I have a feeling we’ll be hear-

ing more from both of them in the nearfuture.

BEST LIVE MUSICBOOSTER

All musicians know that it can betough finding places to perform – but,thanks to Burnaby’s Jeff Neufeld, it gota little bit easier in 2014. Neufeld wasa driving force behind a couple of newlocal performing series this past year.First, he organized a series of new openmike nights at the Blenz in Uptown NewWestminster, offering a platform for bothexperienced and emerging artists to sharetheir work with an audience. Then heworked with Lindy and Jim McQueen tostage Music in the Park, a free outdoor

musical performance series in Edmonds.Seeing a musician who’s willing to sharehis own talents and help to boost othersjust makes us believe in the goodness ofthe world. Thanks, Jeff.

SAD FAREWELL OF THEYEAR

This solemn nod goes to the ClefSociety of Burnaby, which gave its officialfarewell performance on Nov. 16 aftermore than 65 years of operation. Thenon-profit society – which was incorpor-ated on Feb. 8, 1949 – was formed toadvance music in Burnaby by fostering anappreciation of music, promoting musicalinstruction and encouraging outstandingmusical talent, especially in young musi-

cians. It held a regular monthly recitalseries at the Shadbolt Centre for the Artsand also hosted an annual scholarshipmusical festival and concerto competi-tion that attracted some of the best youngmusical talent in the region.

This past September, it went publicwith its need for more volunteers to keepthe group running, noting that the exist-ing board members had served for manyyears and new blood was needed to keepthings running. But, with only two newvolunteers stepping forward, it wasn’tenough – and the society had to dissolve.Our thoughts are with everyone whotried so hard to make it work – and ourgratitude for your 65 years of effort willbe eternal.

Another charismatic year for local art sceneWHO CAPTURED OUR BURNABY ARTS EDITOR’S EYES AND EARS IN 2014?

Best booster: Jeff Neufeld earns our Best Live Music Booster nod for his efforts to promote live music in Burnaby andNew Westminster

Highs and lows: Above, Ken Broadway performsduring the Clef Society’s final recital in November.Left, Ranae Miller as Princess Fiona, Will Hopkinsas Shrek and Caleb Di Pomponio as Donkey in Shrekthe Musical, presented by Align Entertainment at theMichael J. Fox Theatre.


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COMEBACK OF THE YEARHere’s one that started out in a

similar fashion but had a much happierending. At the beginning of the year,the Footlight Theatre Society was strug-gling. It has a history stretching backsome 48 years – it began life as BurnabyCivic Opera in 1966, then morphed intoHeritage Musical Theatre in the 1970sbefore producing its first show as theFootlight Theatre Company in 1989.Footlight made its name over the yearsfor producing annual, splashy produc-tions of Broadway favourites – TheWizard of Oz, Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat, The Sound ofMusic, to name but a few – featuringlarge casts, with a focus on young com-munity talent. But Footlight ran upagainst a wall in 2013 when its boardwas faced with some tough decisions:given the unexpected departure of someboard members, and the financial cli-mate of the times, could Footlight man-age to stage its annual fall production?In the end, the show was a no-go, butthe board opted to stage a fundraiserinstead. At the beginning of 2014, theorganization regrouped – it expandedthe professional base of its board andrethought its approach, working formonths on plans for a fall produc-tion. It all culminated in The MarvelousWonderettes at the Shadbolt Centre inNovember.

Welcome back, Footlight – we’re gladyou haven’t left us!

PEOPLE WHO MADE MESMILE

There’s no one “award” category thatseemed to encompass these folks, so I’lljust put them together in the categoryof People Who Made Me Smile. Theyall did – just by sharing their enthusi-asm and their passion for their artisticendeavours. There was Ken Overbey,who starred as Donkey in the TheatreUnder the Stars production of Shrek: theMusical. There was Marcus Takizawa, aviola player who brought his talents onthe underappreciated instrument (the“middle child” of the string world, as hecalls it) to the Bard on the Beach stage.There was Lauri Lyster, who sat downfor a candid chat about her trailblazingcareer as a drummer. And there was atrio of emerging opera singers – PamelaMorgan, Irina Kim and Julia Fox – whoshared their delight in being onstage inOpera Mariposa’s Suor Angelica. Thankyou all. It’s people like you who makemy job a delight!

To all of the above-mentioned folks,and to everyone out there creating artof all kinds in our city: I salute you. Youare all helping to make our city a betterplace to live, and your efforts are notgoing unnoticed.

Who were your favourite movers andshakers on the arts scene in 2014? Whatwas the best local production you saw?Who should we watch for in the comingyear? Send your comments and ideas toJulie, [email protected], or findher on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.

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Kip Fulbeck: part asian, 100%hapa, a photography exhibi-tion exploring the questionof multiracial identity, at theNikkei National Museumand Cultural Centre, 6688Southoaks Cres., www.nikkeiplace.org, 604-777-7000.

TO FRIDAY, JANUARY 16Cover Story: Album ArtReimagined, a group exhibi-tion presented by the ArtsCouncil of New Westminsterin the Community Art Spaceat Anvil Centre, 777 ColumbiaSt. Info: www.anvilcentre.caor call 604-527-4640.

TO SUNDAY, JANUARY 18All is Unmentionable, Up inthe Air, an exhibition of workby Eli Bornowsky at BurnabyArt Gallery, 6344 Deer LakeAve. Open Tuesday to Friday,10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturdayand Sunday noon to 5 p.m.By donation (suggesteddonation $5). Info: 604-297-4422 or www.burnabyartgallery.ca.

TO SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8Cory Collins: Re-Mappings,an exhibition at the McGillbranch of Burnaby PublicLibrary, 4595 Albert St., partof the Burnaby Art Gallery’soutreach exhibitions, fea-turing the work of theNewfoundland-based artist,writer and behaviour thera-

pist. Info: www.burnabyartgallery.ca.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14Artist and curator’s talkand tour, with artist EliBornowsky and assistantcurator Jennifer Cane,at Burnaby Art Gallery,in conjunction with thegallery’s ongoing All isUnmentionable, Up in the Airexhibition, 7 to 9 p.m. at thegallery, 6344 Deer Lake Ave.Free, no registration required.Info: www.burnabyartgallery.ca, 604-297-4422.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 20Mandarin language tour, atBurnaby Art Gallery, with gal-lery guide Dong Yue Su lead-ing an exploration of the cur-rent Eli Bornowsky exhibition,6344 Deer Lake Ave., noonto 1 p.m. No registrationrequired. Suggested donation$5. Info: www.burnabyartgallery.ca, 604-297-4422.

ONGOINGSponsors sought, to helpNew Westminster SecondarySchool cover the costs ofits major musical produc-tion, Footloose, in February.Businesses and individualswelcome. Email [email protected] or see www.nwssmusic.com for more details.

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Songwriter open mikenights, every Sunday from 7to 9 p.m. at the Heritage Grillbackroom, 447 Columbia St.,New West. Write it, bring it,sing it – share your own workor just turn out to listen andsupport local talent. Info: 778-714-1772.

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Burnaby International FolkDancers, meet every Tuesdaynight from 7 to 9:30 p.m.at Charles Rummel Centre,3630 Lozells, Burnaby. Learnfolk dances from aroundthe world in a friendly clubenvironment. New dancestaught every night; all levels,welcome, no partner needed,drop-ins welcome. Info: 604-436-9475.

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20 Fifth netball title 20 More 2014 moments 20 It was a quite a year

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Record x-country accomplishment deserving of top team

Amar Dhesi was awarded a juniorworld championship gold medalafter defending freestyle championGeno Petriashvili of Georgia wasdisqualified following a failed drugtest.

Dhesi, who lost to Petriashvili atthe FILA junior world champion-ships in Zagreb, Croatia in August,was subsequently awarded the goldmedal.

The Burnaby Central high schoolgrad and pre-season All-Americanat Oregon State University becameone of just a handful of Canadianwrestlers to have been named aworld champion and the first inmen’s freestyle since Gia Sissaouri

in 2001.“This news results in Canada

winning its first male juniorworld wrestling in 25 years,” saidWrestling Canada Lutte executivedirector Tamara Medwidsky in apress release.

The world championship titlefollowed Dhesi’s gold-medal per-formance at the 2014 Junior PanAmerican championship in Torontoin June. Dhesi was also a runner-upat the Canada Cup.

The good news comes follow-ing a recent knee injury to Dhesi inNovember in an exhibition matchthat forced the Canadian to sit outhis sophomore season at OregonState as a redshirt.

As a starting freshman at State,Dhesi finished 2014 with a 27-10

record, placing second at the RenoTournament of Champions andholding a top-20 national rankingfor most of the season.

Dhesi also placed runner-upat the Pac-12 conference champi-onships – his first runner-up title– earning an automatic entry into thenationals, where he was seeded 16thand won two of his four bouts.

Dhesi had won three consecutivematches leading up to the worldchampionship final, including acome-from-behind 7-6 decision inthe final minute against Americanrival Adam Coon of Michigan in thesemifinal.

Coon was Dhesi’s opponent inthe final at the USA junior nationalsin 2013, becoming the only Canadianto win the tournament in 20 years.

Heavy favourite: Amar Dhesi is the Burnaby NOW’s athlete of the year for 2014.

Photo courtesy of Dave Nishitami/Oregon State University

Year turns gold for 2014 athlete

It was all about teamwork for Simon Fraser University in cross-country in 2014.Clan runners finished seventh overall for a second consecutive season at the NCAA

Division II women’s cross-country national championships.The Great Northwest conference and West Region champion Clan women finished

ahead of all regional competitors for a third straight meet this season, edging five-timedefending conference champion Alaska Anchorage for seventh place with an overallteam time of 1:51.39.9 at Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky in December.

“We can’t be disappointed finishing seventh because we were the No. 1 team in theregion,” said SFU head coach and West Region coach of the year Brit Townsend.

Grad student Jennifer Johnson and sophomore Rebecca Bassett both earned All-American status, finishing 24th and 35th, respectively, over the 5.78-kilometre distance.

The unseeded SFU men’s team finished in 20th place overall. Oliver Jorgensen led themen’s Clan, placing 75th overall in a time of 32:18.20 in the 9.65km race.

“Our guys … set a goal to make nationals this year, were unranked coming in, andthen ran tough and strong to surprise everyone,” Townsend added.

Earlier in the month, the SFU women won their first-ever Great Northwest conferencetitle in the tightest-ever finish in conference cross-country history. Bassett and Johnsonplaced second and fifth, respectively.

Weeks later, SFU placed first in the women’s division at the West regional qualifyingmeet in Billings, Montana, while the men qualified for the nats for the first time.

It was truly amemorable 2014

in BurnabyThe St. Thomas More

Knights won their first-everAAA high school banner inbasketball in March.

The No. 2-rankedKnights defeated hon-ourable mention CharlesHayes Rainmakers 53-38in the B.C. boys’ champi-onship final in Langley –STM’s first provincial titlein 38 years.

STM was led by tourna-ment MVP Reese Morris,who had a game-high 16points and 12 rebounds.

“It’s the best moment ofmy life. The best basketballmoment I’ve ever had,”said Morris.

Ice dance bronzeZhaoKai Pang of

Burnaby and ice dancepartner Madeline Edwardswon the bronze medal atthe world junior figureskating championships inSofia, Bulgaria in March.

Pang and Edwardsrecorded personal-bestscores in both the shortand free programs to finishwith a career-high 139.65points.

“It was a really emotion-al free dance. We didn’tleave anything out,” saidPang.

Three bannersSt. Thomas More swept

the B.C. high school wres-tling championships, win-ning three separate provin-cial banners in March.

The Knights won itsfirst-ever aggregate title

with 142 total points,almost doubling overallrunner-up W.J. Mouat atthe meet.

STM also won its firstboys’ aggregate, while thegirls’ took top spot afterfinishing the year before insecond place.

“The beauty of it all waseven though we had a lotof great performances, wecould have had more,” saidSTM wrestling coach DougCorbett.

Tops in collegeBurnaby badminton

player RuiLin Huang wasnamed the collegiate ath-lete of the year at the SportB.C. athlete of the year ban-quet in March.

Huang, who posted acareer record of 207-1 whileat Douglas College, wonthe award after a first col-legiate nomination in 2012.

“I was so surprised.Last time, I had so manydoubts,” said Huang.

Seventh titleThe Northwest Giants

won a seventh consecutiveB.C. major midget hockeyleague title in March.

The Giants edged therunner-up OkanaganRockets by a single pointafter the second-place clubtied a game in its final sea-son series against a fifth-place club.

“We had a little help. Itwas pretty shocking whenwe heard the news,” saidhead coach Clint Thornton.


Program first: SFU coach Brit Townsend was named the NCAA Division II WestRegion’s women’s cross-country coach of the year in November.

Tom Berridgesports editor



Fighting back: The Northwest Giants fought back in their final B.C. majormidget game in 2014 against the Okanagan Rockets. The third-place Giantswill head to Calgary over the Christmas holidays to try their luck at the Mac’smidget tournament, a major competition it won in 2009.

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YEAR END

B.C. won a fifth con-secutive Canadian netballnational championshiptitle at the Fortius centre inBurnaby in May.

B.C. defeated Ontario48-34 following a pivotal15-4 third quarter.

“The difference waswe stuck to our B.C.game,” said 10-year goaldefense veteran ShawnetteCockburn.

The long runSt.ThomasMoresprinter

Zion Corrales-Nelson wontwo bronze medals run-ning for the Philippines atthe Youth Olympic Gamesin Bangkok, Thailand inMay.

With her results,Corrales-Nelson becamethe second Filipino womanto qualify for the worldjunior championships.

“I tried to treat it likea meet back home,” shesaid.

WilliamsportBurnaby twins Emma

and Evan March helpedthe South Vancouver base-ball team win the CanadianLittle League champion-ships and earn a berthat the 75th Little LeagueWorld Series.

Bowls pair

Burnaby lawn bowlerJames MacGowan sharedin a national pairs bowlstitle at the Canadian cham-pionships in Winnipeg inAugust.

“It was one of thoselast bowl, nerve-wrack-ing pressure shots,” saidMacGowan

Kind of a dragA local paddler shared

a pair of gold medals at theninth international DragonBoat Federation club crewworld championships inItaly in September.

Paige Misfeldt helpedthe crew win the women’sand mixed 200 metresraces.

Mountain medalMountain United

FC won its first medalat the Canadian SoccerAssociation club champi-onships in October.

The under-17 boys wona bronze medal in a penaltyshootout over Alberta.

Two out of threeThe Burnaby Lake

Rugby Club sent threeteams to the provincialchampionships in May,coming home with a sev-enth premier women’s titleand a second banner inDivision 1.

MORE 2014 MOMENTS 2014 wasquite a

yearThe Burnaby Velodrome

played host to CyclingCanada’s junior andunder-17 cadet nationaltrack championships inNovember.

Up-and-comer MaggieColes-Lyster was a stand-out for the B.C. team, win-ning the u-17 women’soverall omnium.

Podium debutRace car driver Remo

Ruscitti won threeInternational MotorsportsAssociation races in July,including his first two ridesin Prototypes Lights.

“It was awesome andI can’t thank everybodyenough,” said Ruscitti.

Giro di BurnabyLuke Keough led an all-

United Healthcare podi-um sweep at the Giro diBurnaby in July.

Erica Allar made herGiro debut, outracing B.C.Superweek leader and four-time Canadian criteriumchampion Leah Kirchmannin a sprint down HastingsStreet.

– Tom Berridge

The North Burnaby Boxing Club won four WBCtitle belts at the Canadian amateur national champi-onships in October. Leo Sammarelli, Robert Couzens,Adam Querido and Rosalia Calla won titles.

Boxing beltsfor NBBC

Field gold was a 2014 highlightKevin Crowley turned in one of the

most inspiring sporting performances of2014.

Crowley was the hero of Canadianlacrosse at the International LacrosseFederation world championships.

The national team midfielder wasnamed player of the game in the fieldlacrosse championship final, scoring fiveof Canada’s opening six goals, includ-ing the eventual game-winner in an 8-5victory over perennial champion UnitedStates at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park inCommerce City, Colorado in July.

“(Today) world champions soundspretty good,” said Crowley. “In 2010, … Iwas a late addition. But this time, I madesure I was prepared for it. All my prepara-tion was for this gold-medal game.”

Player of the game: Kevin Crowleycelebrates Canada’s third world title.


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