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For the third time thisyear, Mounties are inves-tigating a sexual assault inBurnaby.
The recent assault hap-pened in the Heights justbefore 2 a.m.Tuesday
morning. A Burnaby wom-an was walking home froma Hastings Street bus stopwhen an unknown man ap-proached her from behind,placed one hand over hermouth, pulled her towardthe bushes and attemptedto grope her, according toBurnaby RCMP.
The victim screamed andfought to get free, whichcaused the suspect to thenflee northbound on Spring-er Avenue across FrancisStreet, police said.
Mounties noteTuesdaymorning’s incident is thesecond sexual assault in-volving groping in the area
in the last four weeks.While investigators can-
not say definitely if the twoincidents are linked, RCMPCpl. Daniela Panesar saidpolice are asking the publicto remain vigilant, especial-ly when walking alone in thelate evenings in the area.
“These are all person-al assaults.They are defi-nitely a priority for us to
solving and finding the al-leged suspect,” she told theNOW, adding investigatorsare hoping someone mayhave seen something andwill come forward with in-formation.
The alleged suspect is de-scribed as a Caucasian man,taller than five feet eightinches with a medium build.He was wearing dark cloth-
ing, including a dark hood-ed jacket.
Police are asking any-one with information aboutthe incident, or who mayhave witnessed any suspi-cious activity in the area, tocall the Burnaby RCMP’sat 604-294-7922 or callCrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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PROTEST:MelissaMcCannholdsa signprotesting changes tobuspasses forpeoplewithdisabilitiesduringa rally at theMetrotownSkyTrain stationWednesday.PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR
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RCMP investigating sexual assault in the Heights
‘We’llkeeppushingon’Protesters say bus passchanges will hurt peoplewith [email protected]
Changes to low-cost bus passes an-nounced last month will push people withdisabilities further into social isolation, ac-cording to protesters at the Metrotown Sky-Train station in Burnaby yesterday.
“If they don’t have the money to buy themonthly pass, they’re going to become moreisolated and disconnected than they alreadyare,” said Bernice McCann, whose 31-year-old daughter Melissa is on disability. “Sur-vival?We’ll all keep pushing on and we’ll fig-ure it out – not in good ways, but we’ll figureit out, even if it’s dumpsters or whatever –but to lose the social connections with thissmall community … is where the sadness isgoing to really hit.”
McCann and her daughter were at Me-trotown to protest changes to the B.C. BusPass.
People with disabilities currently pay a flat$45 fee for the one-year pass, but starting inSeptember, they will also have to pay a $52monthly fee.
The province announced the changes lastmonth at the same time it announced the
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CUTTINGEDGE From left, PrimeMinister JustinTrudeauwithMichel LabergeofGeneral Fusionwhile touring the facility lastsummer. Trudeaugavekudos to theBurnabycompany inhis openingaddressat theGLOBE2016conference inVancouver. PHOTONOWFILES
CleanenergygetsaboostPrime minister pays tribute to Burnaby company in [email protected]
Canada’s Prime Ministerhighlighted a Burnaby busi-ness while discussing thefuture of clean energy at theGLOBE 2016 conferenceinVancouver.
OnWednesday, JustinTrudeau gave the open-ing address at Globe 2016,an international conferenceon clean technology, andhe gave kudos to Burnaby’sGeneral Fusion.
“He mentioned us asone of the most excitingthings in clean energy inhis talk this morning at theGLOBE conference,” saidMichael Delage, GeneralFusion’s vice-president oftechnology and corporate
strategy. “It’s fantastic. It’swonderful to see the federalgovernment and the primeminister taking the lead onclean tech.”
General Fusion is work-ing on technology to cre-ate a fusion generator that
would produce clean ener-gy with no byproduct otherthan helium.
Trudeau is no stranger toGeneral Fusion. He madea campaign stop at theBurnaby facility last sum-mer with local Liberal can-
didates.Federal Environment
Minister Catherine McK-enna also paid a visit theBurnaby’s General FusiononTuesday.
McKenna was in townfor the Globe conference,andTerry Beech, the Liber-al MP for Burnaby North-Seymour, accompaniedher to the site, along withNorthVancouver MP Jona-thanWilkinson.
The Burnaby compa-ny, which has been featuredin Time magazine and Sci-entific American, has an ex-hibit at the GLOBE 2016conference, a biennial expofeaturing environmental-ly sustainable business andtechnology.
BurnabyMPtakesaimatgenderparity
Burnaby MP KennedyStewart wants to put a priceon sexism in politics.
The self-avowed femi-nist has tabled a new actin the House of Commonsthat would financially penal-ize parties that don’t haveenough female candidates.
“Despite electing a re-cord number of 88 femaleMPs in 2015, women stillhold only 26 per cent of theseats in the House of Com-mons,” Stewart said in apress release. “While morethan enough women comeforward to run for office, thereal problem is that politicalparties do not ensure gen-
der equity in their nomina-tion processes.Without newmeasures, it is unlikely Can-ada will achieve parity un-til 2075.”
Stewart is proposingthat any party that doesn’thave at least 45 per cent fe-male candidates in its rankswould lose 10 per of thepublic subsidies that cov-er election expenses. Underthe current rules, candidatesare eligible for rebates cov-ering up to half of their ex-penses.
The NOW couldn’t reachStewart for further com-ment.
– Jennifer Moreau
RetiredfiretruckfindsanewlifeinNicaraguaIt’s been a project two
years in the making, andlast month Burnaby fire-fighters made good on apromise to deliver a retiredfire truck to firefighters inNicaragua.
The delivery was partof Operation Nicaragua, aprogram developed by a re-tired teacher in Kamloopsthat sends donated items tothe Central American coun-try, including used equip-ment and gear from fire de-partments across B.C.Theequipment is used to outfitvolunteer fire departmentsin Nicaragua that were gut-ted during a revolution 20years ago.
Assistant fire Chief ErikVogel spearheaded Burn-
aby’s involvement in theproject, petitioning the firechief and city council toapprove the donation of atruck no longer in service.His request was approvedin 2014, and in February, itreached its final destination– the City of Leon.
The fire truck isn’t theonly thing the Burnaby FireDepartment has donated toOperation Nicaragua.Thedepartment also sent 2,000feet of hose and old turn-out gear.
“It was great to find (thefirefighters) wearing our olduniforms and turnout gear,”Vogel said in an email to theNOW.
– Cayley Dobie
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It wasn’t quite what theywanted, but a group ofBurnaby artists are encour-aged the city will at leastconsider a request for a fea-
sibility study for a new artgallery.
On Monday, a delega-tion from the Burnaby ArtsCouncil made the pitch tocouncil asking for help inbuilding a new art galleryfor the city.
Specifically, the groupwas asking council to ap-prove, and the city to takethe lead on, a feasibility anddesirability study for theproject.
What the artists got wasa recommendation that
staff look at some of the is-sues brought up by the artscouncil and a report onwhether the city should em-bark on a full study.
The recommendationcame after a 30-minuteback-and-forth betweenmembers of the arts coun-cil and city council over thenew gallery idea.
Some city councillors ap-
peared sympathetic to therequest but also expressed anumber of concerns, most-ly over the cost to operate anew gallery once built.
Mayor Derek Corriganargued cultural amenitieslike a gallery are extremelyexpensive, adding the abilityfor suburban local govern-ments to get major fundingfrom the provincial or feder-
al government for that kindof facility is almost non-ex-istent.
While he encouraged thegroup to consider reach-ing out to the private sectorto form a partnership forfunding the project, he alsoappeared to express dis-appointment that the artscouncil wasn’t more
Artgalleryplanstakeasmall stepforward
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City staff will report back on whether Burnabyshould embark on feasibility study for a new facility
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In the previous assault, onJan. 29, a woman was walk-ing home near Springer andBraelawn Drive at about10:30 p.m., when she wasapproached by a man frombehind. Investigators say thesuspect, unknown to the vic-tim, restrained her arms andgroped her.Then, he alleg-edly hit her and fled south
on Springer before turningeast on Broadway.
The most recent assaultcomes on the heels of a dis-turbing daytime assaultalong the Burnaby Moun-tain UrbanTrail near theLougheedTown Centrearea.The incident happenedFeb. 18 when a woman,walking along a path on thetrail around 12:40 p.m., was
approached by a man andsexually assaulted.
The woman was taken tohospital for treatment.
Police said the incidenthappened off the main trailon a smaller path that con-nects to Government Street.The suspect fled into thebushes toward Lougheedmall.The suspect in thatcase remains at large.
Citynow
Every once in a while,the topic rears its head onwhether cities like Burnabyshould consider dumpingthe RCMP and move to amunicipal police force.
But as Richmond takes aserious look at the issue, itdoesn’t appear the Burna-by Mounties will be ridingoff into the sunset anytimesoon.
Mayor Derek Corrigansaid the city is interested inthe results from Richmond,but there are no plans tofollow suit and consider achange in policing.
He said if the city was notgetting the service it wantedfrom the RCMP, the mu-nicipality would look at analternative, but instead hepraised the local force forproviding excellent serviceto Burnaby.
The mayor said the cityhad briefly looked at achange a few years back butfound transition costs weretoo expensive.
“It’s significantly moreexpensive to go through thetransition, and that’s whatI think makes everybodyvery hesitant about mov-ing over to that model,” hetold the NOW, noting theannual cost for a municipalforce would only be about10 per cent more than using
RCMP.Corrigan said he’s not
convinced the transitioncosts have changed muchin recent years to make theswitch desirable.
Earlier this month, theCity of Richmond under-went consultation with resi-dents pertaining to keepingthe RCMP or establishing anew municipal police force.
The Richmond Newsreported the city’s mayor,Malcolm Brodie, had stat-ed residents would have tocontrast paying more mon-ey for a municipal force
with having a local detach-ment where decisions arebeing made in Ottawa and“very often there’s no con-sultation, no discussion, oreven any considerations at alocal level.”
Corrigan seemed toagree, suggesting the prob-lems with RCMP arise withdecisions in Ottawa, add-ing local decisions in the de-tachment are always of highquality.
Under the currentRCMP contract signed in2012, the city covers 90 per
cent of police costs, withOttawa picking up the other10 per cent.
The city’s 2016 budgethas policing costs pegged at$44.7 million.
The NOW reached out toa few councillors to get theiropinion about the RCMPand the municipal force.
Coun. NickVolkow saidhe agreed with Richmond’smayor about the relation-ship between the munici-palities and Ottawa, addinghe believes Burnaby wouldbe better off with a munici-pal force.
“The reality is all the de-cisions are taken in Ottawa,and very few of any conse-quence are taken here lo-cally, so that’s the issue,”he said, adding that he hasnothing but respect for thefrontline RCMP.
Coun. Sav Dhaliwal saidhe is be interested to seewhat Richmond comesup with but doesn’t feel apressing need to changeforces.
“I personally don’t seeany reasons for us to bepursuing that,” he said. “Wehave a very good policeforce that works with us onissues.”
While Dhaliwal noted thecosts for policing have goneup in Burnaby, he suggest-ed that’s also been the casefor cities with municipal po-lice forces.
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What ‘morechoices’ reallymeansIt was announced in a
press release optimisticallyheadlined, “More support,more choices for peoplewith disabilities.”
That has to be good news,right? How can anyone ar-gue with more support andmore choices? Unless, ofcourse, the “choices” aren’treally choices at all.
Here’s the deal:The B.C.government announced,with understandable fan-fare, that the province willbe investing $170 million
over the next three years soabout 100,000 people ondisability assistance in B.C.will get a rate increase of upto $77 a month starting thisSeptember.
Which is all well and good– unless you’re one of thepeople currently receivinga subsidized B.C. bus passworth some $52 a month.Now you’ll pay out of pock-et for that bus pass, meaningthat your so-called $77 in-crease just got cut to $25.
But, hey, people with dis-
abilities will now have morechoices.
You know, choices like:Should I pay for my ownbus pass, or should I eat?Should I pay for my ownbus pass, or should I makesure the landlord gets therent money this month?
Should I ignore the billsI need to pay to survive,or should I forgo the buspass and forget being ableto get out of my house, domy own shopping, run myown errands, connect with
my friends – you know, that“having a life” kind of stuff.
Great choices, aren’t they?Yes, we will acknowledge
that there is a tiny kernel oflogic at the core of the gov-ernment’s decisiom.Takingaway the buss pass subsidy
and simply increasing ratesacross the board makes thesystem more fair for thosewho live in communitieswhere there aren’t publictransit options – since thosepeople don’t benefit fromthe current system of subsi-dized passes.
But here’s a crazy idea:Why not do both?
Instead of forcing ur-ban residents to accept less,how about just giving moreacross the board?Why notkeep the bus pass subsi-
dy intact and raise the ratestoo?
After all, people with dis-abilities who live in urbanareas – especially MetroVancouver – face extra chal-lenges with the skyrocketingcost of living in those areas.Giving them an “extra” $52in the form of a bus pass isjust a practical acknowledg-ment of that fact.
Plus, it would prove thatthis government actually hasa heart.
Just a thought.
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Top dog retires from service
Whereis thepremiergoing?
News that Premier Chris-ty Clark has spent $500,000on private jets since assum-ing office has – not surpris-ingly – raised a few eye-brows. It’s a story that hasas much to do with thesymbolism as it does withthe dollars.
The story also broke at aparticularly bad time.
Tough to defend privatejets when you’re clawingback transit passes from thedisabled at the same time.
The private jets are onlypart of the total travel bill atthe premier’s office.
In 2014/15, Clark’s of-fice charged an addition-al $131,742 on 10 regularlyscheduled airlines, includ-ing $99,222 between Har-bour Air and Helijet. Addthe premier’s travel expens-es all up and they came inat $67,538 for 2014/15 or$1,300 per week.
The premier’s counter-spin on all of this basical-ly boils down to: “well, hespent more than me andhim too,” pointing her fin-ger directly at former pre-miers Gordon Campbelland Glen Clark.
Bit of cherry picking go-ing on, though.
In 2002/03, Campbellbilled $77,269 in travel.Thenext year, Campbell was upto $101,673 and the follow-ing year down to $61,939.For 2010/11, his travel camein at $60,598.Clark billed$75,589 for 2011/12.
Without some outsideyardstick to measure travelexpenses against, it’s a bit ofa mug’s game to claim onepremier spent more than
the other.Fortunately such a yard-
stick is available.In 2014/15, Ontario pre-
mier KathleenWynne billed$14,245 in travel and hospi-tality expenses, including atrade mission to China.
Why the difference?In Ontario, the premier,
cabinet ministers, MPPsand senior bureaucratsdon’t have the final say ontheir expenses.That taskfalls to the province’s Integ-rity Commissioner.
They’re also stingy, in agood way. B.C.’s meal perdiem for MLAs is $61, inOntario it’s $40.
Then there’s the tiny mat-ter that Premier Clark rarelytravels alone.
She’s often accompaniedby her press secretary, vid-eographer and occasional-ly B.C. Liberal party staff,as she criss-crosses the prov-ince.
So how are the travelsweepstakes shaping up sofar this year?
For the first nine monthsof 2015/16, Natural GasMinister Rich Coleman hastop honours at $49,756,closely followed by Ener-gy and Mines Minister BillBennett ($49,629), Aborigi-nal Relations Minister JohnRustad ($44,880), Pre-mier Clark ($44,300) andFinance Minister Mike deJong ($40,895).Ontario’sFinance Minister, CharlesSousa, billed $7,745 in2014/15.DermodTravis is the execu-
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disconnected than theyalready are.
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Time for Burnabyto demonstrate ‘bold’financial leadershipDear Editor I have lived inBurnaby for 30years. It has beenagreat community andI amproud to call it home. But it’s time torethinkwhat ourmunicipal government reallyprovides.Wehave all benefited fromhuge realestate gains,whichhas also helped to line thecoffers of BurnabyCityHall.Assessments have eliminated thehome-
owners’ grant formany,whichhasbeenahugewindfall for Burnaby.Can someoneat city hall please let us
taxpayers knowhowmuchextra that hascontributed to thebankat city hall.
Huge resi-dential towerdevelop-ments atBrentwood,SOLOandsoonatLougheedmall areaaswell asDairylandandold Telusproperty atBainbridge.Plus com-mercial andindustrial
development along the Fraser and in LakeCity.Our billon-dollar rainy day contingency
fundwill continue to grow, and that is great,however,whendo theproperty tax increasesstabilize? I havenot seenmy services changeat all in the last 30 years. Sure roads, parks,community centres, etc. are taken care of, butthat is all part of the annual budget expendi-tures.Where are themeaningful budget changes
beingmadeat city hall to help reduce the taxburdenonBurnaby citizens?Howabout awage freeze for allmunicipalworkers?There ismore thanenough in thebank, Your
WorshipCorrigan, time to showus citizenssomebold financial leadership.Victor Evans,Burnaby
What’s going tohappen to Burnaby’sbaby boomers?Dear EditorCan the government tellmewhere Iwill be going after the LougheedTownCentre goes throughwhatMetrotownandBrentwoodhave just beenandare still goingthrough,with highrises galore?I amababyboomer (late 60s) onpension
only. Theway I see it, iswe (babyboomers)are being shovedout and totally forgotten.Will they put us all in homes for pre-nursing
care, ormaybe theywould like to assist usfinancially, in independent living retirementhomes, becausewewill never be able to affordthedollars to rent abrand-newhighrise apart-ment in our area,whichwehave calledourhome formany years and certainly broughtrevenue to the area.Wakeup, Trudeau, theball is in your court.
SandyWiens, Burnaby
Petition campaigntargets pet stores
Traci CoxThenwhynot have theSPCAand thepet stores teamup(with strict guidelines and rules) toprovideunwanteddogs and catsthrough thepet stores. There’smuchmore traffic throughapet store due toconvenience.Once someone showsan interest in thedogor cat then theSPCA steps in, does their checks on thepersonbefore thepet store is allowedto release the animal to said person.Theremust be away for something likethis towork, but I doubt itwouldhap-penbecauseof laziness in enforcingrules, etc. and the lackof any real carefromgovernment.
FredCurtiswith all thedisgustingpuppymills lately i amnot so surethemall stores are abad thing. theyhave to look after their ‘stock’ or loosebusiness... Traci Coxhas a good idea.Somethinghas tobedone toprotectthe animals....its obvious the currentgovernment couldnot care less.....
Reader takes onBurnaby FirstCoalition’s criticisms
frankmesichOther thanobjecting,howdoes theBurnaby First Coali-tion, propose theywouldhandle theissues, that theypoint out as flaws inhowMayor Corriganandhis teamarerunning the city.What policieswouldthey employ thatwould improve the“effective governance”, controlmoniesfromdevelopers andunions to themandall parties, andget theCity and “A”rating. Giveme facts not puffery fromadifferent party.
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Whereare themeaningfulbudgetchangesbeingmadeatcityhall tohelpreduce the taxburden?
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involved in the city’s ArtWalk program.
“The idea to have anart gallery simply so that asmall group of people canhave a place to go isn’t via-ble,” Corrigan said. “It’s gotto be something that is go-ing to have significant en-gagement for the public,and that is where the real is-sue lies.”
The mayor was also criti-cal of the group’s presenta-tion to council, pointing outtheir research on the topicmissed a failed referendumin 1987 on a new art gallery.
Despite the tepid re-sponse from Corrigan, DaveHandelman, a member ofthe arts council, said the de-cision by council representsprogress in the push for anew gallery.
“We came and made thebest possible argument,” hetold theNOW, acknowledg-ing the city’s concerns aboutthe group’s presentationand the need for the artscouncil to address them.
Though council wants tosee the private sector andother government resourc-es at the table first, Handel-man said the arts councilfeels if the city initiates theprocess, there’s a reasonable
chance those groups willcome along.
In its request, the artscouncil said it supports thelocation in the Metrotownarea at the Burnaby CivicSquare near the ArtWalk, asit provides critical elementsthat are missing in the DeerLake Park area.The groupargued the civic square lo-cation offers easy access topublic transit with a Sky-Train station nearby, a largeand growing population,proximity to the popularmain branch of the BurnabyPublic Library, and it wouldbe strategically located in acentral business area.
At Monday’s meeting, thegroup repeated that it was
open to ideas from the cityon the project, including lo-cation.
While the issue of a newgallery has been around fordecades, it was recently re-ignited by the arts council.The group has been work-ing on the issue for abouta year now, holding a pub-lic forum in early Novemberthat drew a full house.
The arts council hasmade a number of argu-ments for a new art gallery,among them the fact thatthe current gallery, locatedin Ceperley House at DeerLake, is too small to holdthe city’s vast art collectionof more than 5,000 pieces.
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Crowdedquarters?TheBurnabyArtsCouncil is lobbying the city tobuildanewart gallery, arguing theexistinggallery atCeperleyHouse(above) is too small.PHOTONOWFILES
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monthly disability assistancerate would be raised by “upto $77 a month” to $983.
For those who opt to keeptheir B.C. Bus Pass, howev-er, that increase will amountto only $25 per month be-cause they will have to paythe new $52 monthly fee.
“What’s going on here isa big sham,” said Ed Hark-ness, another protester atMetrotown. “As a low-in-come senior, I get the buspass.Why can’t low-incomedisability people get the buspass as it was? … Essential-ly they’re giving these peo-ple extra money, so they call
it, and then they’re clawingmost of it back.”
The province, howev-er, said the changes createmore fairness, especially forpeople with disabilities livingin small communities with-out public transportation.
About 45,000 people ondisability assistance don’tcurrently get any kind oftransportation subsidy be-cause they live in placeswithout public transit, ac-cording to a Ministry of So-cial Development and SocialInnovation press release.
Those people will now getthe full $77 per month in-crease.
“While I understand thatpeople hoped to see a larg-er increase in rates, thesechanges do ensure every-one receiving disability as-sistance will benefit,” saidMinister of Social Devel-opment and Social Innova-tion Michelle Stilwell in anemailed statement.
An online petition (see itat tinyurl.com/buspasspetition) calling on the prov-ince to raise the monthlydisability assistance rate to$1,200 by October and toeliminate the $52 month-ly bus-pass fee has garneredmore than 12,500 signaturesin about two weeks.
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‘They’re clawing it back’
A Burnaby-based non-profit society has a little ex-tra money in its coffersthanks to a provincial grantaimed at enhancing publicsafety.
Royal Lifesaving SocietyCanada – B.C. &Yukon wasone of dozens of non-prof-it groups that received mon-ey during the most recent
round of community gam-ing grants. Over the pastyear, more than $5.7 mil-lion has been allocated tovarious organizations dedi-cated to public safety work,noted a press release fromthe Ministry of Community,Sport and Cultural Devel-opment.
The lifesaving society re-
ceived $20,000 from theprovince for its training pro-grams, including first aidand lifeguarding, and otherpublic safety initiatives.
For more information onthe lifesaving society, visitwww.lifesaving.bc.ca.
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My group is for socializ-ing, because we are seniors,you know.We have a fam-ily, we have sons, grandsons,but this new generation,they want to go out them-selves, you know, so we stayhome alone, and we wantto socialize.We talk aboutmany issues.
Can you tell me aboutyourself?Who are you?
I am from Peru. SouthAmerica, Peru, and I was asoccer player. I organizedsoccer clubs, and I was in-
volved in the political partyin Peru.
I was very active. My jobwas newspaper reporter, butin Spanish.
Why did you come toCanada?
I came to Canada be-cause Peru is always diffi-cult to live.Too much vio-
lence, too much fighting,too much robbery.
Here is quiet, and thekids can go to school free.… Right now, I do lots ofvolunteering – in Burna-by Neighbourhood Houseand MOSAIC – because Iwant to give back everythingCanada gave me.
Is this a common is-sue that seniors are iso-lated when they come toCanada?
Most seniors are Asian,Chinese.They come insponsored by the family. …Almost everybody is edu-cated people. Someone wasteacher, someone was en-gineer, but in their country,you know?
What do you like about
this new group?I like everybody because,
we were in the English con-versation class.We knoweach other around two orthree years.
Mona was the volunteerand teach us English.Thatway we make friendship.
We started talking: ‘Whatdid you do Saturday? Noth-ing.’The family, they don’tget involved very much withthe seniors sometimes.
Does the group helpwith loneliness?
Yes, that way we want to
make it a club.We can go tothe park, we can do a pot-luck or something. Summeris coming, we can go some-where.There are many plac-es close to here we can go.
Want to join the club?Email [email protected].
CAMARADERIE LidioBaldeonandMonaDonovanofMona’sClub, agroupof immigrant seniors thatmeetonceamonth in theMetrotown foodcourt. PHOTOSJENNIFERGAUTHIER
Thefamily,theydon’t getinvolvedverymuchwiththeseniorssometimes.
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LidioBaldeon
Lidio Baldeon, 73, ispresident ofMona’s Club,a newgroup for immigrantseniors that meetsmonthlyin the food court atMetrotown.The club is named after thegroup’s ESL teacher, Mona
Donovan. They gather tokeep themselves companyand practise English.They also hope to organizemore events and celebrateeach other’s birthdays.
–JenniferMoreau
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Friendship:Baldeon (at right)saysmanyof thegroup’smembershavechildren,but their kids arebusywith theirown families, andthe seniorswanttogetout andsocialize.
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Kimonomodelswanted
Have you always wantedto be a model?
The Nikkei Centre islooking for volunteers for anupcoming kimono fashionshow – women need not ap-ply.The centre already hasenough females and is onlylooking for men, seniors andchildren at this point.
The event features live ki-mono dressing demonstra-tions, kimonos for differentseasons, Asian bridal attireand Japanese food.
The show is on Sunday,April 3, from 1 to 6 p.m.,and the centre is at 6688Southoaks Cres.
To volunteer as a mod-el, go to centre.nikkeiplace.org/kimono-model and fillout an application form. Fortickets, call 604-777-7000.
ORALSTORYTELLINGFEATURES LOCALS
The McGill librarybranch is hosting anotherinstalment of the oral sto-rytelling series on SundayMarch 20.
The monthly all-agesevent features stories, fairytales and personal anec-dotes from local residents.This month’s theme is Glo-rious Green, which is a riffon St. Patrick’s Day, so ex-pect some Celtic-themedtales.
Admission is free, butregister by calling 604-299-8955.
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See www.bpl.bc.ca/eventsfor more information.
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The Canadian CancerSociety is hosting a preven-tion workshop in Manda-rin onTuesday, March 15,from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at theMcGill library branch, 4595Albert St.
The event is free, but pre-register by calling 604-299-8955.
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TheTransplantTrot iscoming up in early April,and this year’s event is onceagain taking place in Burn-aby.
TheTransplantTrot is afive-kilometre walk or run toraise money for the Canadi-anTransplant Association.The event takes place onSunday, April 10, from 9:30a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Burna-by Lake Regional Park.
The goal is to increaseawareness about the needfor donors, while celebratingthose who’ve had a trans-plant. Sign up at www.transplanttrot.ca/vancouver.
And while you’re at it,consider signing up as anorgan donor if you haven’talready. All you need is yourCare Card number, and youcan register online at https://register.transplant.bc.ca.Have some interesting com-
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Family funforthefinalgreydaysofwinter
Spring is nearly here,honest. But even if it doesn’tquite feel like it yet, there’splenty happening aroundtown to keep kids and par-ents busy.
Here are a few high-lights over the next coupleof weeks:
HEALTHYKIDSDo you have under-fives
in the house?Parents with preschool-
ers are invited to attend afree Healthy Kids PreschoolFair at Cameron RecreationComplex (9523 CameronSt.) onTuesday, March 8.
The fair runs from 9:30a.m. to noon and givesfamilies a chance to visit ahealth nurse, play on the in-door playground and takepart in activities and crafts.
Admission is free.
EASTER EGGHUNTEaster’s coming – and
you’re invited to join inthe fun at the ninth annu-
al Community Easter EggHunt, a “FUNdraiser” forthe Hillview Parent Partici-pation Preschool.
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,families can take part in eggdecorating, face painting,refreshments and a varietyof activities for kids up toage 10. Rumour has it theremay even be a visit from theEaster Bunny in person.
The preschool is at8-4340 Carson St. (nearthe foot of Boxer Street andMackay Avenue). [email protected] tosign up, or call 604-431-0119 for details.
ARTANDORIGAMILove art?Why not try
making it as a family?Burnaby Art Gallery is of-
fering the next session in itsfree In the BAG drop-in se-ries on Sunday, March 13.Families can check out theongoing New Acquisitionsexhibition and then get intothe studio to make theirown art project.
You don’t need to regis-ter; just drop in to the gal-lery at 6344 Deer Lake Ave.between 1 and 4 p.m.You
can call 604-297-4422 orsee www.burnabyartgallery.ca for more information.
The following weekend,you can try out origami in aspecial family session at Ed-monds Community Cen-tre. It’s designed for agessix and up, and all sup-plies are included. It costs$13.70 per adult and $6 perchild. Check out the LeisureGuide at www.tinyurl.com/BBYLeisureGuide2016 forall the details or call the Ed-monds centre at 604-297-4838 (course code number383594).
SEEDSANDSPROUTSThere’s nothing like con-
necting with nature – andyou don’t have to leave thecity to do it.
Burnaby Lake Region-al Park is a favourite fam-ily draw all year round, andthe park also hosts specialevents throughout the year.
Coming up onTuesday,March 15, families with kidsaged three and up are in-vited to take part in a Seedsand Sprouts session, run-ning from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
You can drop in anytime
to the Nature House (4519Avalon Ave.) to learn aboutseeds and how they spreadand sprout – and to planta seed for your own springgarden.
Call 604-432-6359 for in-formation.
HAPPYST. PATRICK’S DAYJust for one day, every-
one’s Irish – and the BillCopeland Arena is gettingin on the fun with a St. Pat-rick’s Day skate.
Don your favourite greenduds and turn out to thearena (3676 KensingtonAve.) between 11 a.m. and2 p.m. onThursday, March17 for a family skating ses-sion complete with ice skat-
ing, face painting, crafts andgames on and off the ice.Regular admission rates ap-ply.
See www.burnaby.ca un-der Events for details.Do you have an item for
FamilyTies? Send family- andparenting-related ideas to Ju-lie, [email protected].
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Hoppyday:Kids takeoff runningduringHillviewPreschool’s Easter EggHunt last year. Theannualfundraiser is comingupagainMarch12. PHOTONOWFILES
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And as for your rear seat passengers, they’d betterbe miniature marble figurines as space is very tight.However, the hatchback trunk is actually acceptablefor such a little car.
When the 500 first debuted, it had a set of retro-looking analogue gauges and a very aftermarketapproach to navigation. Now you get a sharp displayup front that changes when you hit the sport button,and a small version of Fiat/Chrysler’s Uconnect
system. This was easy topair via bluetooth, andrevel in the easy joy ofthe fact that retro meansyou still get an actual pairof knobs for tuning andvolume control.
Performance:There are three engineoptions available for theFiat 500 in the NorthAmerican market: theferociously turbochargedAbarth 1.4L, the less-manic-but-still-zippyturbo 1.4, and the basicnaturally-aspirated 1.4Lfour-cylinder engine.Here, it makes 101hp at6500rpm and 98lb-ft at4000rpm.
It’s like a city car plucked from the streetsof Rome - except without the dents
Fiat 5001957 Edition
That is not what you’d call a lotof power. Why, that’s only justenough Dalmatians to make acoat.
Filtered through a five-speedmanual transmission, thedriver must work relatively
vigorously to keep the Fiat onthe boil. If you’ve a drop of Italian
blood in your veins, this is probablyhow you’d drive the car anyway,
flogging that little four-banger as thecar scampered around city traffic like a
hyperactive pinball.
However, the 500’s very upright seating position andhigh centre of gravity aren’t conducive to high-speedantics, and while the handling is acceptable, it’scertainly no hot hatch.
It’s actually a shame you can’t get this 1957 trimpackage with the zippier 1.4L turbo engine,considering how close the ticket price on this little caris getting to $30K. That extra dose of torque wouldmake an automatic version of this car just the ticketfor urban drivers who want style and substance.
In the meantime, the 500 rides slightly choppily onits big 16” alloys, but remains composed as a cruiser.Slow down to a Mediterranean pace, pop open asunroof, and save the con brio motoring until afteryou’ve had your eighth espresso.
Features:The retro-design package for the Fiat 500 costs$2,000 and is comprised of a full leather interior,those 16” alloys, and white exterior and retro accents.If you don’t need the retro look, the Lounge haspretty much everything you need from USB chargingports to automatic climate control and a centraltouchscreen.
GPS is a reasonable $450 add-on, and well worth it. Aspare tire is an extra cost.
Fuel economy is acceptable for a small car, withofficial ratings of 7.6L/100kms city and 5.9L/100kmson the highway. You can do better elsewhere, butgiven current fuel prices, the Fiat 500 qualifies as apennies-per-kilometre proposition.
Green Light:Styling ages well; compact size for easy city driving;lots of fun features
Stop Sign:Performance very mild; interior cheapness evident;price tag shoots up quickly
The Checkered Flag:A fun little retro machine that provides a little sizzleon the surface
today’sdriveYour journey starts here.
What’s sweeter than la dolce vita? Why,a double gelato scoop of retro-nostalgiaof course. Say hello to the latest flavourof cutesy fun from Italy, the 1957 editionFiat 500.
The original 500, the cinquecento, was firstreleased in 1957, bringing transportation
to the masses. Well, at least if the masses weren’t toomassive – the original tiny little people’s car wasn’t justas cute as a bug, but about as big as one too.
The new 500 is a bit like that car, exceptphotocopied at about 150%. It’s been around fornearly a decade now, and has developed a followingall its own. Underneath, it’s got the practicalunderpinnings of the somewhat prosaic Fiat Panda,yet with lashings of style inside and out.
Consider it a smaller, less-expensive version of theMini. However, coming up to ten years old, does the500 still feel fresh enough?
Design:One of the nice things about retro-design done rightis that it tends to age well. There are numerousexceptions, of course (see: Chrysler PT Cruiser), butlike the original New Beetle, the Fiat 500 still looksgood. It has a happy little face, the docked tail of alapdog, and the short, scooty little wheelbase of acity car plucked from the streets of Rome - exceptwithout the dents.
This one being a 1957 edition, there are someexterior extras to go with your stylish little Italianclutch. The badges, for instance, are like those foundon the original car, and there are a number of paint
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Question:I planted a redbud and
a pink dogwood two yearsago, but they don’t seem to begrowing at all. I planted thetrees in large,deep holes withpeat moss and bonemeal. I
left the burlap sacks on,whichmay have been a mistake.The redbud had a few flow-
ers last spring and not manyleaves.Some limb offshootswere dried out and dead.Thedogwood bloomed nicely, butthe leaves seemed mottled andlifeless all summer.I did water them a fair
amount last summer.Whatcan I do to ensure better prop-
agation of both trees?RonTuckey, Burnaby
Answer:Leaving the burlap
on could account for 90per cent of the problem.Some people will tell youit doesn’t matter, but bur-lap doesn’t rot that fast, es-pecially if the soil is well-drained.The long, hot
summers we’ve had woulddeter rotting even more.
It’s very likely that thetree roots were wrappedaround in a circle within theburlap and, if they grew atall, would have been con-tinuing to circle within theburlap instead of reachingout. I am wondering whyyou called the holes “deep.”If the trees were deeper inyour holes than the soil lineson the trunk, they would
have been too deep. Rootsneed oxygen, which is whymany tree roots are within afew inches of the surface.
I hate to recommend lift-ing them again and re-planting them because thiswill be another shock to thetrees, which already aren’tdoing well. But really, Ron,it’s the only way.
Whydidmyredbudanddogwoodnotflower?Anne MarrisonGREEN SCENE
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The long,hotsummerswe’vehadwoulddeter
rotting
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The Burnaby Neighbour-hood House Diamond Balldrew a full house and raised$40,000 for local programs.
The annual fundraisertook place Saturday, Feb.27 at the firefighters ban-quet hall.
“It was an awesomeevent, and what was real-ly great is the business sup-port we had there, and the
attendance from mayor andcouncil and school trustees,and all of our MLAs, andthe MPs were there,” saidAntonia Beck, executive di-rector of the neighbourhoodhouse. “That means a lotto me.”
Tickets were sold out.Money raised will go to-wards NeighbourhoodHouse programs.
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Jungle Fever is taking overthe Heights.
Hosted by the HeightsMerchants Association,this year’s annual Hats OffDay parade and street par-ty theme is a wild one – Jun-gle Fever.
“Merchants shine withvarious giveaways, prizes,entertainment and food asthey take their ‘hats off’ to
their community,” noted apress release.
Non-profit groups arealso invited to join in theday’s festivities and provideinformation to the public onprograms and activities inthe community zone.
The 32nd annual HatsOff Day takes place onHastings Street betweenGamma Avenue and
Boundary Road on Satur-day, June 4 from 9:30 a.m.to 4 p.m.
Anyone wanting to partic-ipate in the parade must ap-ply by April 29. Non-profitgroups interested in a boothin the community zone haveuntil May 1 to apply. Appli-cations can be found onlineat www.hatsoffday.com.
– Cayley Dobie
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Workers at HiltonVan-couver Metrotown ral-lied outside the local ho-tel to draw attention to an18-month stalemate be-tween Unite Here Local 40and hotel management.
More than 200 peopleturned out for the event onFeb. 23, which was orga-nized by Unite Here Lo-cal 40, the union that rep-
resents workers at HiltonVancouver Metrotown.Theunion organized the eventhoping it would pressuremanagement to settle theworkers’ contract, accordingto a press release.
HiltonVancouver Me-trotown is the only upscaleunionized hotel covered byLocal 40 that still has anoutstanding contract.Work-ers at the hotel have beenwithout a contract for 18months, according to the re-lease. Following the rally,
the union and hotel man-agement agreed to go tomediation.
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Movers & Shakers? Sendnews from the business scene toCayley, [email protected].
Having their say:Unionmembersandsupporters ralliedoutsideHiltonVancouverMetrotown lastmonth todrawattention to the factthatworkers at thehotel havebeenwithout a contract for 18months.PHOTOCONTRIBUTED
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QuestionI have a pink and a purple
calla lily overwintering in thegarage,and some sprouts arestarting to show on them.Both
clumps are about five or sixinches across.Should I dividethem into smaller pieces?I’d like to give them an ear-
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It began with the under-standable nerves, which gaveway to memory. And fromthere, the St.Thomas MoreKnights were in control.
Wednesday’s opening 68-41 win over Okanagan-Mis-sion at the B.C. AA seniorgirls basketball tournamentwas more than just the firstbig step towards a hoped-fordate in Saturday’s champion-ship final.
For Gabriella Laguerta,the Langley-played gameprovided more space andmore floor time in what hasbeen an incredible journey.
The 17-year-old continuesto demonstrate talent and re-silience after what were twolost seasons due to a pair ofknee reconstructions. Andas she holds back any tearsupon reflecting on what she’sovercome, Laguerta says thenext few days represents allshe has worked towards.
“I missed two full sea-sons.That is what’s kind ofnerve wracking, because thisis my first B.C. tournament(playing), but also my last,”Laguerta told the NOW. “Ifeel a ton of pressure to playwell but I also just want togo out there and finish thegame.”
Nothing can replicate thefeeling of playing and con-tributing alongside your bestfriends. A year ago, she was herecheering, worrying and consol-ing these same teammates after aheartwrenching 82-77 semifinalloss to eventual B.C. championImmaculata.
A year later, the team is unifiedin focusing on this weekend, thenext game and each moment.
Laguerta appreciates that deter-mination like few others.
“All we want to do is try andbring home a championship,” shesaid. “I feel like it was somethingwe could have done last year andwe felt like it was kind of takenaway from us.This year we wantto bring it home.
“(Last year’s semifinal) wastough, we were all heartbrokenand crying at the end. Now weknow what we have to do to getwhat we deserve.”
If that game is now convertedto motivation, consider Laguerta’sown timeline, where the one-timeCanadian under-16 candidate andTeam B.C. force saw the gamecome to a halt, not once but twice.
“It was at nationals in 2013 –August 6, I remember the exactdate,” she recalled. “I was com-ing off a really good game, my firstgame (forTeam B.C.).We wereplaying Ontario and I was real-ly ready to try and be part of the
team that beat them, then it hap-pened on almost like the secondplay. I was devastated.”
Her left knee required ACL sur-gery, and the rehabbing, trainingand comeback was virtually com-pleted when the knee gave wayagain, in the first practice after re-ceiving the doctor’s green light. Itput everything up in the air.
It required a second surgery,and starting from Square One.
Muscle memory has a remark-able way of reclaiming what wasbefore, thanks to the team of sur-geons and therapists, as well asfamily and friends.
The mind’s memory doesn’theal quite as quickly.
“The confidence part is pret-ty tough, especially having doneit a second time. It’s always in theback of your mind even if youfeel confident.You kind of get outthere and realize, I feel good and
I’ve done everything I could. I’mready to play.”
Her first game back with theKnights came last Decemberin a tournament – she recalls ablow-out loss and feeling rusty.For someone who had led the St.Thomas More junior girls to asecond-place finish at the 2013provincials, it was just the firststeps in a long marathon.
“I know I wasn’t going to getit back in the first game, the firsttournament. I think it took me acouple (of games) to feel back…It felt really good. I wanted somuch to help this year,” she said.
STM coach JoeThierman saidLaguerta’s impact continues togrow with each contest.
“She has come back like gang-busters and you wouldn’t knowshe’s been out for two years butshe’s got way more upside andcan even be better as she getsmore and more confidence andplaying time,” saidThierman.
“She had done all the prop-er steps, all the proper rehab andthen did all the things necessary.She’s a very smart person, veryconfident person so she was ableto overcome any fear and get backon the floor right away. It’s a greatstory and hopefully we can fin-ish it.”
For now, Laguerta is eager tocontribute to the team’s run and
believes this lineup – which in-cludes a few teammates who shefirst encountered as a scrawnyGrade 5er learning the rudimen-tary steps of the game – can go allthe way.
“We’re so close. I think we allplayed since Grade 8, and evensome of us were together in ele-mentary on a little house league,”she said. “When we graduate itwill be pretty emotional but we allhave one goal and we’re going totry and get it.”
KNIGHT NOTES: STM over-whelmed Okanagan-Mission witha stealth like first quarter defence,and led 34-9 early in the secondquarter.
“We had a very good first quar-ter, we were very aggressive andintercepted the ball a number oftimes.We got in for some goodshots,” saidThierman. “Our de-fence in the first half was excel-lent…The second (half) we tookit a little off, conserved some en-ergy and slowed things down a lit-tle bit.”
Zion Coarrales-Nelson ledall shooters and was named theteam’s player of the game.TheKnights played No. 5-seededVernon onThursday (past theNOW’s deadline), with a win cat-apulting them into the semifinal at4:15 p.m. on Friday. All games areat Langley’s LEC.
LaguertaembracesherBCmomentKnights’ guard overcomes knee injuries to help her team make its run at provincials
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ResilientKnight:St. ThomasMoreguardGabrielle Laguerta, centre, looks for anopeningduring theSTMChancellor tournament. TheGrade12 is focusedonhelping the teamwrapup theAAsenior girls seasonwithabig finishat theB.C. basketball championshipsat theLangleyEventsCentre thisweekend. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER
Brinkacpins ‘CatsBCgold
There’s no doubting that Burn-aby CentralWildcats wrestler SaraBrinkac is tenacious.
She’s now also a champion.The Grade 11 athlete capped the
high school season on Saturday bybesting Elphinstone’s Scout Stipecin the senior girls 60-kilogram final.
“Sara just dominated, she domi-nated her weight class and was ex-tremely focused. She won her fi-nal so quickly,” recalled Centralcoach Gianni Buono. “It was overin like 40 seconds, she pinned her. Icouldn’t believe how quickly it wasover.”
The Grade 11 Brinkac adjustedwell after moving up from the 56kgclass, where she failed to place ayear ago. Buono said her focus andpreparation set the framework for aweekend where no opponent couldscore a point against her.
“It’s just tenacity. Sara is tena-cious and such a hard working. Shenever gives up. She’s a real deter-mined athlete – I remember whenshe went into the ring telling her tohave fun; she answered back ‘I havefun when I win.’”
Burnaby Central’s Sylvia Lyplaced sixth in 54kg, while An-sel Hait stood fourth overall in theboys 90kg division.
“(Hait) is in a real tough weightclass and I think he performed re-ally well,” noted Buono. “(Ly) didvery well and will benefit from thisexperience.”
They were part of a strong Burn-aby mat effort, as St.Thomas Moreended up as the overall aggregateteam champions, while racking upits third straight girls title.
The Knights won the girls titleby a margin of 16 points, and were12-points better than Pinetree forthe combined boys-girls title.
Coming home with silver medalswere sisters Caileen and Ciara Cor-bett and Amanda Silveri, and onthe boys side Joel Calica.
Caileen Corbett, a Grade 11 inthe 43kg division, picked up silverafter losing to Karah Bulaqui of St.Thomas Aquinas.
Ciara, in her final high schoolwrestling championships, securedsilver in 51kg – her third straight.
Silveri, meanwhile, dominatedthe heavyweight division until thefinal, where Dover Bay’s KayleeCyr pulled out the victory.
Gabriella Bellini, in 60kg, andVanessa Lloyd, in 57kg, postedfourth-place finishes, while GabiChavez (47kg), Dominika Malu-dzinski (75kg) and Clara Scaglione(43kg) each placed fifth.
Calica would place second in theboys 48kg class, finishing second toReimer’s RavdeepToor.
Tate Friesen (41kg) and SamSteele (78kg) posted sixth-place re-sults in their weight classes. Burn-aby South’s Alex Fediaev finishedfifth in boys 66kg.
Youkindofgetoutthereandrealize,I feel goodandI’vedoneeverything I
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There’s confidence, and then there’s Mar-tin Bogajev. The second year Capilano Univer-sity Blues guard has never met a shot he didn’twant to take.
“It’s always green,” Bogajev said before a re-cent game, discussing what the shot-selectiontraffic light in his brain looks like. “No matterwhat. Even if I miss like seven in a row, the nextone is going in.”
His coach confirmed that Bogajev’s light, atleast in his own mind, glows green at all times.
“What makes Martin the best shooter in theleague is his mindset,” first year Blues headcoach Cassidy Kannemeyer said. “Whether Ithink Martin’s shot selection is great or belowaverage or whatever, Martin doesn’t care whatI think.”
It’s true, Bogajev doesn’t care what his coachthinks about his shot selection. And it’s alsotrue that Bogajev is, without a doubt, the bestshooter in the PacWest league.
True to his sharpshooter reputation, Boga-jev was the league’s top scorer, averaging 21.8points per game. He’s first in the league inthree-pointers made and also first in the leaguein three-point percentage at Steph Currie-like40-plus per cent. He’s also first in the league infree throw percentage.
OnTuesday, he was named to the circuit’sfirst all-star team as the team prepared for yes-terday’s PacWest quarterfinal against DouglasCollege (past the NOW’s deadline).
There are two parts to his shooting prow-ess, said Kannemeyer.The first is his technical
form, which the coach called “simple and re-peatable.”
“Martin gets his feet set better than anyone inthe league and drives up through his toes so healways has his lower body behind his shot,” hesaid. “Really what his arms do is they just followthe lower body. …When he shoots it his shotis so straight and his form is always the same –they all look like they’re going in.The ones thatmiss are close misses.”
The second, and most important, part of thepackage is his confidence: It’s unwavering.
“Martin believes in his mind that every shotthat he takes is going to go in. A great shooterhas to think like that,” said Kannemeyer.
Growing up in Burnaby, Bogajev was drawnto the game and the feeling of shooting bigshots.
“When I was little I always wanted to shootthrees,” he said. “I used to shoot from my hip.That was always my thing. I just camped outthere.”
His skills earned him a prominent place onthe Burnaby South Rebels, a senior squad thatwas tagged for greatness and led by JermaineHaley, who is now a redshirt at NCAA Div. 1school New Mexico State. But the results forthe Rebels never quite caught up to the excite-ment, something that Bogajev partially blameson chemistry issues.
“There were a lot of egos.We should havedone better than we did.”
Kannemeyer believes those days at BurnabySouth helped shape Bogajev into the competi-tor he is today.
“Everything was always against them. (Burn-aby South) were almost like the villains of B.C.
high school basketball.They had so much talentso everybody was rooting against them.That’swhat makes Martin such a great competitor inthis league. He’s been through those fires.”
That experience and drive has helped theBlues stay competitive in a year where the club’sroster is deep in first- and second-year players.
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Hang time:BurnabynativeMartinBogajev led thePacWestmen’s college circuit in shootingpercentage,and is abigpart of their playoff push thisweekend.PHOTOPAULMCGRATH/NORTHSHORENEWS
ConfidenceonthecourtChowliftsSteelerspastDelta
Timothy Chow scored with1:21 left in the third period,completing the comeback as theGrandview Steelers bested theDelta Icehawks 3-2 in Game 1of the Pacific Junior B HockeyLeague semifinal onWednesday.
Grandview trailed 2-0 aftertwo periods, where they wereoutshot 23-20 but couldn’t beatJacob Latrace.
They peppered him with 15shots in the third, tying the gameon powerplay goals by BraedenGurney and BrandonVolpe.
Delta had opened the scoringmidway through the first period,then doubled its lead 7:10 intothe second frame on a powerplaytally by Jordan Deyrmenjian.
Although they held an edge inshots over the first 40 minutes,the Icehawks couldn’t containGrandview’s comeback effort, asthey regained their form over thefinal 20 minutes. Cole MacInnesstopped 31 shots in the win.
Game 2 in the best-of-sevenseries goes Sunday, 4 p.m. at theBurnabyWinter Club.The seriescontinuesTuesday and March12 in Delta.
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WESBURNYOUTH SOCCER CLUBYOUTH SOCCER CLUB
AgeGroup
U11 (Born in 2006) Tuesday March 1, 2016 March 8, 2016 Burnaby LakeWest Field 3 6-8 pm
U12 (Born in 2005) Sunday February 28, 2016 March 28, 2016 Burnaby LakeWest Field 3 6:30-8 pm
U13 (Born in 2004) Saturday February 27, 2016 March 9, 2016 Cariboo Turf 8-9:30 pm
U14 (Born in 2003) Wednesday March 2, 2016 March 9, 2016 Cariboo Turf Field 6-8 pm
U15 (Born in 2002) Thursday March 3, 2016 March 10, 2016 Burnaby Central 6-8 pm
U16 (Born in 2001) Thursday March 3, 2016 March 10, 2016 Burnaby Central 6-8 pm
U17 (Born in 2000) Monday February 29, 2016 March 7, 2016 Burnaby LakeWest Field 4 6-8 pm
U18 (Born in 1999) TBA TBA TBA After Spring Break
(2016-17 season)Day Tryout 1 Tryout 2 Field Time
Dates for Invitational tryout (third session) are TBA andwill happen after Spring Break.
TBADates - Please checkwww.wesburnsoccer.comfor further details.
Individualswanting to coach soccer for the 2016/17 season please email [email protected] Pre-register for tryouts online atwesburnsoccer.com, Field signupwill also be available.
WESBURN YOUTHSOCCER CLUB
2016/17 Tryout Schdule2016/17 Tryout SchduleDay Location AGE
GroupSession
1Session
2Session
3Start End
Mon. Byrne U11 7-Mar 14-Mar 21-Mar 6:00pm 7:30pm
Mon. Byrne U12 7-Mar 14-Mar 21-Mar 7:30pm 9:00pm
Tues. Byrne U15 8-Mar 15-Mar 22-Mar 8:00pm 9:00pm
Tues. Byrne U17 8-Mar 15-Mar 22-Mar 9:00pm 10:00pm
Wed. Byrne U14 9-Mar 16-Mar 23-Mar 6:00pm 7:30pm
Wed. Byrne U18 9-Mar 16-Mar 23-Mar 7:30pm 9:00pm
Fri. Byrne U13 11-Mar 6:00pm 7:30pm
Thurs. Byrne U13 17-Mar 24-Mar 6:00pm 7:30pm
Fri. Byrne U16 11-Mar 7:30pm 9:00pm
Thurs. Byrne U16 17-Mar 24-Mar 7:30pm 9:00pm
Player evaluation sessions will be held on the dates and times above
at the Byrne Creek Sec. School.
Players will need to attend these sessions for potential Gold and Silver
team placements.
Parents should pre-register their player at www.sbmcsoccer.net
Parents can also attend one of the in-person registration sessions
on March 3, 8, and 10 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm at the SBMC Clubhouse
located on the south end of the Bonsor Recreation Centre.
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