page 5 page 6 page 14 PARENTS TO HAVE SAY ON 2-WEEK BREAK B.C. GAS BOOM IS REAL, ALL RIGHT MINISTER PAT BELL CALLS IT QUITS www.burnabynewsleader.com WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20 2013 SFU living wage policy urged Wanda Chow [email protected]Simon Fraser University is being urged to adopt a living wage policy as a means to reduce child poverty in the families of people who work there. First Call, the B.C. child and youth advocacy coalition, is releasing a report Wednesday that shows 73 per cent of the auxiliary contract workers surveyed at SFU earned less than a living wage, with only half getting any benefits through their employment. The report’s author, Michael McCarthy Flynn, First Call’s living wage campaign organizer, noted that his organization releases an annual child poverty report. The living wage campaign aims to raise awareness of the fact half of children living in poverty in B.C. have parents working in low-wage jobs. The report says the current living wage for Metro Vancouver is $19.14 per hour, a figure that is lowered to take into account any non-mandatory benefits that are paid to employees. Chris Bryan [email protected]A fire destroyed a Burnaby apartment building at 3526 Smith Ave. near Canada Way early Sunday, leaving the residents of all 34 units homeless. Fire crews arrived at about 12:30 a.m. to find a dramatic scene, with fire engulfing a rear portion of the building and multiple tenants hanging out their windows in hopes of rescue, said Rick Weir, acting assistant chief with Burnaby Fire Department. Immediately, ladders were deployed and two more firehalls were called to the scene, he said. Ultimately, there were no serious injuries apart from smoke inhalation, Weir said Monday. Numerous people were taken to hospital for observation. All the residents have been accounted for but numerous pets in the pet-friendly building were killed, he said. “I talked to a fellow, he had three cats and they perished.” “Apparently there was quite a few pets lost in the building but along with how many were lost there was probably more than that many saved. We brought down multiple, multiple large dogs from the third-floor suites, second-floor suites, all throughout the building.” Fire crews were still at the scene late Sunday, where they were hosing off the still-smouldering building while an excavator was dismantling the rear portion. “This is basically a mop-up,” said Weir. “We had a total collapse at the back and it’s continuing to burn.” An acrid stench hung over the neighbourhood as many nearby residents came out to watch. “There were no firefighter injuries, just a whole lot of tired people. They worked extremely hard, they did an unbelievably great job.” By Monday, a structural engineer had deemed the building unsafe, limiting the ability of fire investigators to determine the cause of the blaze, Weir said. Fire destroys apartment building RYAN STELTING/CONTRIBUTED A blaze consumes a building in the 3500-block of Smith Avenue, near Canada Way, early Sunday. Several animals perished in the fire. video-online] burnabynewsleader .com Please see FIRE’S CAUSE, A3 Please see SFU, A4 A local push to ban shark fin from local restaurants has hit a snag as more cities say it’s not their call. See Page A3 Your Future. Our Focus. 604.541.8500 www.muironmoney.com THE MUIR INVESTMENT TEAM Your Retirement Specialists Terms & conditions apply. * Real Chequing Account Financial Services Since 1940 • www.gvccu.com 604-298-3344 BRENTWOOD BRANCH 1801 Willingdon Ave. 604-421-3456 LOUGHEED BRANCH 9608 Cameron St. * / MONTH or less 5 $
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Simon Fraser University is being urged to adopt a living wage policy as a means to reduce child poverty in the families of people who work there.
First Call, the B.C. child and youth advocacy coalition, is releasing a report Wednesday that shows 73 per cent of the auxiliary contract workers surveyed at SFU earned less than a living wage, with only half getting any benefits through their employment.
The report’s author, Michael McCarthy Flynn, First Call’s living wage campaign organizer, noted that his organization releases an annual child poverty report.
The living wage campaign aims to raise awareness of the fact half of children living in poverty in B.C. have parents working in low-wage jobs.
The report says the current living wage for Metro Vancouver is $19.14 per hour, a figure that is lowered to take into account any non-mandatory benefits that are paid to employees.
A fire destroyed a Burnaby apartment building at 3526 Smith Ave. near Canada Way early Sunday, leaving the residents of all 34 units homeless.
Fire crews arrived at about 12:30 a.m. to find a dramatic scene, with fire engulfing a rear portion of the building and multiple tenants hanging out their windows in hopes of rescue, said Rick Weir, acting assistant chief with Burnaby Fire Department.
Immediately, ladders were deployed and two more firehalls were called to the scene, he said.
Ultimately, there were no serious injuries apart from smoke inhalation, Weir said Monday. Numerous people were taken to hospital for observation.
All the residents have been accounted for but numerous pets in the pet-friendly building were killed, he said. “I talked to a fellow, he had three cats and they perished.”
“Apparently there was quite a few
pets lost in the building but along with how many were lost there was probably more than that many saved. We brought down multiple,
multiple large dogs from the third-floor suites, second-floor suites, all throughout the building.”
Fire crews were still at the scene late Sunday, where they were hosing off the still-smouldering building while an excavator was dismantling the rear portion.
“This is basically a mop-up,” said
Weir. “We had a total collapse at the back and it’s continuing to burn.”
An acrid stench hung over the neighbourhood as many nearby residents came out to watch.
“There were no firefighter injuries, just a whole lot of tired people. They worked extremely hard, they did an unbelievably great job.”
By Monday, a structural engineer had deemed the building unsafe, limiting the ability of fire investigators to determine the cause of the blaze, Weir said.
Fire destroys apartment buildingryan Stelting/Contributed
A blaze consumes a building in the 3500-block of Smith Avenue, near Canada Way, early Sunday. Several animals perished in the fire.
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Burnaby RCMP have deemed the fire suspicious, but that simply means the cause has yet to be determined, he noted.
The rental building, located next to Avondale Park and not far from Burnaby Hospital, is a 1961 wood-frame structure, and had no sprinkler system—common for that era.
This was the second fire at the building in three years. In 2009, a 60-year-old woman died and an eight-year-old boy received severe burns when a serious fire occurred there. While it was deemed suspicious, investigators at the time said they found no evidence
the fire had been intentionally set.Residents without a place to stay
as a result of Sunday’s fire are being housed at a local hotel, courtesy of the City of Burnaby’s Emergency Social Services—which automatically provides up to 72 hours of housing in the case of a disaster.
Donations of household items and money to the fire victims are being coordinated by the Salvation Army Metrotown, 6125 Nelson Ave., Burnaby. For information call 604-437-1521. The 26,000-square-foot building was listed for sale at the time of the fire, for $7 million.
~ with files from Wanda Chow
Burnaby council has approved contracting E-Comm to provide dispatch services only for Burnaby RCMP.
A recent story on the issue contained incorrect information that Burnaby Fire Department dispatch was included. This is not the case and the fire department will continue to maintain its own dispatch centre.
Currently, all 911 calls are connected to E-Comm which then transfers them to Burnaby civic employees who dispatch local RCMP services.
When the change is complete, in three to six months, E-Comm will dispatch Burnaby police services directly. It will also handle all non-emergency calls for Burnaby RCMP.
ChrIs Bryan/newsLeaderFire crews were still dousing the building at 3526 Smith Ave. with water on Sunday afternoon, more than 12 hours after the fire broke out.
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Burnaby city staff are recommending against banning the sale of shark fin within city boundaries due to a lack of authority and ability to enforce such a bylaw.
Last June, Anthony Marr and the Vancouver Animal Defence League asked council to join other cities in enacting such a ban. Due to its high cost, shark fin soup is a symbol of wealth and prosperity in the Chinese community, and is often served at wedding banquets and other special occasions.
But they are harvested cruelly, with the fins cut off before the rest of the shark is thrown back in the ocean while still alive.
In a report presented to council on Monday, staff said there are five restaurants and five herbal stores which serve or sell shark fin, making up less than one per cent of
Burnaby’s restaurants and retail stores.
There is currently no city bylaw regulating or prohibiting the sale or possession of any specific product.
In 2012, B.C. cities adopting shark-fin bans included New Westminster, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, City of North Vancouver, Port Moody, White Rock, Abbotsford and Nanaimo. Seven cities in Ontario enacted similar bylaws the year before although last November, Toronto’s bylaw was struck down by the courts as not being within the city’s jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction and the ability to enforce such a ban are among the main concerns cited in the Burnaby report.
While the federal government has banned the practice of shark finning in Canadian waters since 1994, it continues to allow the product to be imported into the
country. The Union of B.C. Municipalities has called on the province to ban the possession, sale and distribution of shark fin, and the federal government to ban its importation.
Last year there were two private members bills introduced in Parliament on the subject—NDP MP Fin Donnelly (New Westminster-Coquitlam-Port Moody) called for a ban on the importation of shark fin and Green MP Elizabeth May (Saanich-
Gulf Islands) wanted to establish labelling laws to verify the imported species and where it was caught.
In B.C., the Community Charter does not allow for city staff to seize products for analysis and verification, which is necessary since the process readying it for consumption makes it “visually unidentifiable,” the Burnaby report said.
The processing and cooking of shark fin can also degrade its DNA,
making it difficult to determine whether a specimen is shark and its particular species through laboratory analysis. DNA analysis also cannot determine whether a specimen is fin or another part of the shark.
“While DNA analysis continues to develop for identifying sharks, it may still lack the consistency needed for regulatory and legal use,” the report said. “A bylaw would likely have some effect as an educational tool although any public expectations for enforcement could not be met.”
The ban proponents had sought a simultaneous ban in Burnaby, Vancouver and Richmond. But recent media reports had Vancouver and Richmond also holding off while they await the results of the court challenge of the Toronto shark-fin ban.
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While SFU is often recognized as a top employer for those it hires directly, those not earning a living wage are generally people hired by a third party to work as cleaners, security staff, food service staff, childcare workers and research assistants.
The workers surveyed comprised 17 research assistants, three cleaners, seven childcare workers and six food service workers. McCarthy Flynn noted it was difficult to find people willing to participate out of fear of recriminations from their employer or being fired.
According to the report, janitor positions are one of the lowest paying at SFU campuses, earning a starting wage of $13.43 per hour, with only Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums covered as a benefit. Research assistants’ hourly wages range from well below minimum wage up to $30. Childcare workers range from $14.62 per hour for a casual worker to $20.39 for a senior early childhood educator.
Of the respondents, 64 per cent were female, which is consistent with research indicating most low-wage work is performed by women, 72 per cent were Canadian citizens and
65 per cent belonged to visible minorities.
Almost 60 per cent of respondents were the sole income earner for their families, and 42 per cent earned less than $14 per hour. And 57 per cent reported having to work unpaid overtime, in some cases up to 12 hours per week.
In one case, a research assistant said the lack of a living wage meant his wife could not get necessary surgery because they couldn’t afford for her to take time off work to recover from the operation.
If SFU adopts such a policy, it would be the first university in Canada to do so.
“We had to pick one to start with and we felt SFU’s history of being a progressive university, of its approaches to social issues, and its commitment to be the university of engagement led us to choose them being probably the university that would be most open to this,” said McCarthy Flynn.
Interestingly, SFU recently passed a fair-trade policy committing it to purchase a proportion of products from producers who are paid a living wage in the developing world.
“Obviously SFU’s committed to being an ethical institution but if they were willing
to commit to that in the developing world, it would be equally incumbent on them to [show] a similar commitment for workers working actually in their institutions.”
As for the increased costs that would result from such a policy, McCarthy Flynn suggested that it would be a matter of transferring costs off the backs of low-wage families to institutions such as SFU.
Nevertheless, from studies of the impact of such policies elsewhere, “usually an institution has to pay less than one-tenth of one per cent” more, he said. “SFU is a billion-dollar institution, we’re talking a few hundred workers who have to be brought up a few dollars an hour. It’s not a huge ask for them.”
He noted that they’re not asking SFU to change existing contracts but to include legally-binding living wage clauses as they come up for renewal so the university can budget for it over a number of years.
SFU spokesperson Scott McLean confirmed the university has received the report and it is currently being reviewed by its finance department before it responds to First Call.
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Board decision by March 26; would save $250K a yearWanda [email protected]
Burnaby school district is moving ahead with public consultations on the idea of a two-week spring break.
“It’s not a done deal at all,” said school board chair Baljinder Narang.
A two-week spring break would save the district about $250,000 a year, savings which are “fairly modest,” she said.
Then again, the district has projected shortfalls of $6.6 million for 2013-2014 and $7.6 million for $2014-2015 which need to be considered.
The district has had conversations with its parent advisory council and partner groups, and now has an online survey people can use to provide input.
A public forum on the issue will be held Thursday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. at Schou Education Centre, 4041 Canada Way.
Burnaby and New Westminster are the only districts in Metro Vancouver which still have one-week spring breaks.
Despite the cost savings, Narang stressed the main reason the two-week break is being considered is its impact on families.
With many parents and teachers working in different municipalities from where they live or where their children attend school, the different schedules can pose challenges when scheduling family vacations or time off.
“We’re putting it out there to say does it make sense for Burnaby,” she said.
“And there’s pressure from other communities to say, ‘look you need to come into sync with us.’ We’re just looking to see if there’s a will within the community to move in this direction.”
If Burnaby adopted the two-week break, it
would consider making up the time the same way as most other districts have, by adding eight minutes a day to the elementary schedule and nine minutes per day for high school students.
With the education ministry now allowing
districts to set their own calendars, Burnaby will also look into the idea of year-round schooling—eventually.
That concept is “on the
backburner,” Narang said, with the spring break issue its priority right now.
She noted year-round schooling does not have to be district-wide and some schools are more interested in it than others. Meanwhile, Burnaby is watching other districts to see how their experience with it goes.
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Brentwood tower to generate $6.5M community benefit
A proposed highrise project in the Brentwood neighbourhood could generate more than $6.5 million as a community benefit if it receives final rezoning approvals from Burnaby council.
The money would come through provisions that would allow the developer to build bonus density on the site.
Council approved receiving the benefit as cash-in-lieu since the site of the development at the southeast corner of Gilmore Avenue and Halifax Street is purely residential and “is not considered appropriate for an on-site amenity,” according to a staff report.
The proposed project would comprise a highrise residential tower, townhouses fronting onto Halifax and a two-storey strata amenity space fronting Gilmore.
Following city policy, 20 per cent, or $1.3 million, would be deposited in an account dedicated to affordable and special needs housing projects.
The rest will go into the Brentwood Town Centre community benefit account, to be used for future community amenities in that quadrant of the city.
If the project receives all the necessary rezoning approvals, the benefit would bring the account balance up to $13.4 million.
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VICTORIA – Whether Christy Clark’s government survives the May election or not, the natural gas “Prosperity Fund” idea floated in last week’s throne speech is a useful one.
B.C. is poised to join Alberta in the upper rank of energy producing jurisdictions, with an expanding network of natural gas collection, refining and processing into liquid (LNG) for export. Clark’s pre-election throne speech proposed a resource fund similar to Alberta’s Heritage Fund that would be reserved for debt reduction and major projects, rather than spent on programs, which tends to happen under the political pressure of four-year election cycles.
Opposition politicians and media commentators have dismissed this as a pre-election stunt. They note that the LNG industry in B.C. doesn’t exist yet, and may never produce the hundreds of billions of dollars projected over the next 30 years.
I returned for a visit to B.C.’s northeast earlier this month, and I can tell you the gas boom is real. My parents homesteaded
east of Dawson Creek near the Alberta border in 1962, and I recall when our farm was drilled for gas by Gulf Canada 40 years ago.
Many more gas wells have been drilled since then, and country roads have been widened and numbered for industrial traffic. Hydraulic fracturing, already in use when our farm was drilled, has been combined with directional drilling to open up huge new supplies.
A farming community called Montney is the latest hot play, yielding not only shale gas but petroleum liquids, which are valuable for diluting heavy oil among other things.
B.C. has never seen this kind of international investment interest before. Initial projects have been joined by global players such as British Gas, and Mitsubishi, a
key player in Japan’s replacement of its devastated nuclear power program.
Spectra Energy, which operates one of North America’s biggest gas processing plants at Fort Nelson and has another one under construction nearby, has begun work on a third plant near Dawson Creek. Spectra and British Gas have also proposed the latest of several pipelines, to move all this gas to an LNG terminal at Prince Rupert. The Kitimat-Prince Rupert region now has at least five proposed terminals, with investors including Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and state players from China and Korea.
All this is happening as shale gas is developed across the United States as well. As with oil, Canada is a captive of the U.S. market, and the flood of new gas supply has the North American price at rock bottom.
At least B.C. hopes it’s the bottom. Gas royalties passed forest income to the B.C. treasury many years ago, and now as the forest industry struggles to recover, the province faces tumbling revenues from gas.
Why would B.C.’s shale gas be seen as a priority for new global investment in LNG? For one thing, we’re a stable democratic country with a mature industry and competent regulation.
Secondly, the shipping advantage of the Kitimat and Prince Rupert ports to the Pacific Rim has finally been recognized internationally, as coal, forest products, grain and container traffic has climbed in recent years.
B.C. has another advantage that appears to be increasingly important.
The shale gas deposits are deep, under a kilometre or more of solid rock, and most are in remote, sparsely inhabited locations.
That adds cost to the pipeline system, but it has a benefit. At the beginning of the year I predicted that the international protest movement that dishonestly targets Alberta oil would soon turn to demonizing natural gas.
That pseudo-scientific attack has begun, right here in B.C. I’ll have more on that in a subsequent column.
B.C. gas boom is real, all right
Things are clearly getting desperate for Lower Mainland mayors if they are seriously proposing a sales tax to help pay for public transportation in the region.
The proposed TransLink sales tax would add up to 0.5 per cent on to taxes already charged for goods and services sold in Metro Vancouver.
At five cents on every $10 spent, such a tax would be modest — so much so that most consumers likely wouldn’t notice it — yet it will generate $250 million in new revenue.
The fact is, cost-efficient public transportation benefits everyone. It facilitates trade, eases automobile traffic, reduces the need for costly freeways and, unlike roads, it is a user-pay system.
In that light, the proposed tax makes a lot of sense. It’s an investment in our economy.
But any new tax is politically poisonous, especially a sales tax. Just ask Gordon Campbell or Brian Mulroney. So for Lower Mainland mayors to float this idea, you can be sure of one thing: They are out of ideas.
Of the 12 current projects listed on Transport Canada’s website as receiving federal money, seven are for projects located in Toronto, totalling more than $1.6 billion.
For all of B.C., the feds are contributing just $500 million, the bulk of that going to construction of the Evergreen Line from Burnaby to Coquitlam. No word on how a Surrey SkyTrain expansion will be funded.
Metro Vancouver is not getting its fair share of federal transportation funding. We may have half the population of Toronto but we’re getting one-third the funding and our need is arguably greater.
Before more taxes, it’s time for all levels of government to take responsibility for public transportation in the Lower Mainland.
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Re: Is a regional force in Burnaby’s interest? (Column, NewsLeader, Feb. 15)
Without a doubt the most underappreciated aspect of policing is report writing.
I know it doesn’t sound very exciting and is never shown on any of the popular police dramas on TV, but it is the basis of all criminal investigations. We are fortunate in B.C. to have one computerized report writing system for the entire province, PRIME (Police Reports Information Management Environment).
Every single RCMP detachment and municipal police force is working within this one system. What this means is that all police officers in the province can communicate with each other, share information, and read each others reports at the click of a mouse.
All reports and records are maintained in one provincial data base. No other province in Canada has such a system.
In Ontario the OPP have one system, Toronto Metro has another and all of the other regional and small forces have their own.
This makes communication and information sharing between the various Ontario forces difficult and time consuming.
PRIME first entered service in 2001 with the Vancouver and Port Moody police departments, and the Richmond RCMP detachment. After a few years the entire province was on board.
During the Oppal inquiry no mention was made of PRIME. It is with 20-20 hindsight, and perhaps even some naivety, to think that if PRIME had been operational in the 1990s, Pickton may have been apprehended sooner.
Along with PRIME, E-COMM, IHIT, the Integrated Gang Task Force and all the other integrated units in the province, the major aspects of policing are managed at a provincial level.
This still leaves control of policing at the grassroots in the hands of the municipalities. One might say it is the best of both worlds.
Larry MelnykBurnaby
Shelter without ServiceS iS uSeleSS
It was interesting and telling that almost all of Page 3 of the Feb. 1 NewsLeader contained an article about a mentally ill man who a fellow tenant was concerned about (“Problem tenant has residents on edge”), that he gets the help he needs and whether he will “be out on the street and become another statistic for society to deal with.”
Then much of page 6 and 7 of the same paper is based on a conversation the editor had with our Mayor, Derek Corrigan, regarding a permanent homeless shelter in Burnaby. On more than one occasion, I have asked our mayor about his position relating to housing for the homeless. I have been relieved that he is a believer in those who are homeless receiving the care that is needed to treat those suffering with mental illness and/or addiction issues, which are significant contributors to homelessness.
And I agree that merely housing a person overnight and sending them out in the morning to the “candy man”/drug dealer or to fend for themselves for the day, whether wet and cold or dry and blazing hot, and cope with whatever challenges they may have is grossly unfair to those individuals in need of mental health support, addiction services or support that will help them move to becoming active, successful members of our community.
By successful I mean able to function and succeed and develop self esteem and pride in their actions and abilities. Merely housing those who are suffering challenges not addressed makes as much sense as covering a weeping wound with a bandage but not treating the underlying infection.
Sheltering folks for the night might make some folks feel like they are doing something good but does not address the underlying problems.
One just has to visit the Downtown Eastside. The significant human tragedy is easy to see, and a clear indication that a great number of people are not receiving the resources required for them
to lead healthy lives (i.e. at the very least, mental health and addiction services).
Provision of these services is a provincial responsibility. Any municipality declining to take on these responsibilities is being responsible to their citizens.
Diane GillisBurnaby
A deSperAte moveIt’s nice to have a holiday in
February.However, have you wondered
why the premier of B.C. chose the weekend it did for Family Day, when it would make more sense to have it next weekend like the other provinces do? Many people here that had to work that weekend because it does not coordinate with businesses in Ontario.
The real reason Christy Clark chose the date she did is because of the large block of Chinese voters celebrating the Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year is great for Metro Vancouver and I wish good fortune and happiness to my fellow Canadian and Chinese friends.
Whether right or wrong, Clark’s decision was a desperate move by the premier to garner votes.
Cody TaboisBurnaby
Abolish the senAteRe: Harper proving NDP’s case (NewsLeader, Feb. 13)
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been pressing ahead with legislation to implement a nine-year, non-renewable term limit on senators.
A term appointment would ensure a snappy turnover of Senate seats. These vacancies would allow a PM to fill them with people of the right political stripe. The proposal for term appointments of senators is a blatant ploy by the Prime Minister’s Office to gain full control over the Senate.
So rather than bear the cost of a neutered Senate, we should simply abolish the upper chamber.
At least we have the option of voting out the scoundrels in the House of Commons.
Derek WilsonPort Moody
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Librarians’ Choice: Historical: Burnaby l ibrarians present fast-paced reviews of enjoyable, thought-provoking historical novels, and we will talk about engrossing non-fiction books as well. Free but space is limited. When: Thursday, Feb. 21, 7
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Garage sale: Sponsored by AOTS Men’s Club. Proceeds to charity. When: Saturday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Where: South Burnaby United Church, 7591 Gray Ave., Burnaby.
Diamond Ball: South B u r n a b y N e i g h -bourhood House’s ninth annual fundraiser this year takes the theme of “under sea fantasy” and features dinner, entertainment by Michael Bublé tribute artist Adam Lucas, dancing to the Rainshadow band, silent and live auctions. When: Saturday, Feb. 23, cocktails 6:30 p.m., dinner 7:30 p.m. Where:Burnaby Firefighters’ Club banquet hall, 6515 Bonsor Ave. Tickets: $100 at 604-431-0400.
N o r d i c A r t & Photography Show & Sale: Over 20 artists, photographers and designers of Nordic heritage or theme. F r e e a d m i s s i o n . When: Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 23 and 24, 11 a.m to 4 p.m. (Opening reception 11:30 a.m. Feb. 23) Where: Scandinavian Community Centre, 6 5 4 0 T h o m a s S t r e e t , B u r n a by. Info & RSVP: www.scandinaviancentre.o r g , i n f o @scandinaviancentre.org or 604-294-2777.
Wo r l d U m b re l l a Dance Rehearsal: Ever dreamed of taking your place in public in an amazing happening with hundreds of other dancers? Shiamak Davar Dance Team lead this pop- ‐up event which takes place at the grand setting of the Vancouver Art Gallery Plaza on April 13 and bounces to a Bollywood beat with live taiko drumming by Tetsu Taiko, all part of the Cherry Blossom Festival. The team will lead a rehearsal in Burnaby. When: Friday,
March 1, 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Where: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, Special Events Hall, Burnaby. Info: vcbf.ca.
Call Mr. Robeson: Vancouver and the Afro-American actor, singer and freedom fighter, Paul Robeson, have had a long relationship. At the height of his career in the thirties and forties, Robeson performed in theatres here. When he was blacklisted in his native United States and had his passport confiscated to prevent h i m p e r f o r m i n g internationally, he gave the famous Peace Arch Concert in 1952, singing from the back of a truck just inside the U.S. to an audience seated in Canada. British-Nigerian actor Tayo Aluko brings his award winning one man show back to the Lower Mainland for a single performance. When: Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. Where: Laura C Muir Theatre, Douglas College, 700 Royal Ave., New Westminster. Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/309138.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 NewsLeader A9Wednesday, February 20, 2013 NewsLeader A9
Complaints continue of ‘cash grab’ by health authoritiesJeff NagelBlack Press
NDP leader Adrian Dix is promising to examine whether the policy of charging patients and visitors to park at Lower Mainland hospitals is appropriate.
But he’s not guaranteeing an NDP government would handle the pay parking issue any differently and says the province can’t simply give up the money that’s generated.
“I take it seriously and I’m going to review it,” Dix told Black Press in an interview.
“But you have to find the revenue. It’s not very much, but you still have to find it.”
The Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health authorities took in $19 million from parking fees in 2011 – less than one per cent of their combined budgets.
“If you’re going to say no to that revenue then you have to find other revenues,” Dix said.
“It’s not as easy as saying ‘I’d like people to park for free.’”
The cost of paying to park at hospitals has been a growing source of complaints in recent years from people who argue the fees are unfair.
“It’s a cash grab,” charges Peter Kirsebom, an 82-year-old South Surrey senior who says he was going to start a petition the last time he got worked up about the issue.
“In Delta, you don’t pay anything,” he said, referring to that municipality’s bylaw banning pay parking at the hospital.
He said his appointments at the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre often run half an hour late, forcing him to shell out for two hours instead of one.
“That’s eight bucks – it’s too much.”
Maple Ridge’s mayor recently vowed, after similar local complaints, to explore whether his municipality could follow Delta’s footsteps and either ban pay parking or persuade Fraser Health to drop the fees.
Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid told CTV last month it was difficult for health authorities to absorb parking costs and the current system was unlikely to change.
The Canadian Medical Association Journal in 2011 argued pay parking amounts to an unfair user fee that can disrupt patient care.
It said parking charges should be waived at least for patients as they add avoidable stress and may cause some to abruptly end
a consultation to feed a meter and avoid fines.
Dix said there are arguments for dropping the fees or altering the structure, but added rural B.C. residents “face more dramatic issues” because of the centralization of
hospital services in more distant centres.
Fraser Health spokesman Roy Thorpe-Dorward said about a third of the parking fee revenue collected goes to providing parking services – paving, lighting, security and management fees to a pay parking firm like Impark.
The remaining two-thirds
goes into general health system funding.
Thorpe-Dorward said there are no plans to change the system, nor has the health authority given up on extending pay parking to the ‘free’ hospitals in Delta and Mission.
“We still have a goal over the long term of introducing pay parking at those sites to offset the costs,” he said.
“But it’s not something we’re pushing or pursuing.”
He said health authorities have numerous programs where patients and others may get discounted monthly parking passes and in some cases complimentary parking.
Renal dialysis patients, for example, get free parking permits. Fines issued to patients whose time on the meter ran out because their appointment ran too long can be reversed on compassionate grounds, he added.
Part of the rationale for pay parking is that it encourages stall rotation, so some spaces are available when people need them and they aren’t hogged by users from surrounding businesses.
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Make some noise against bullying!Help put a stop to bullying. Wear the shirt. Be the difference.
It started in September 2007, when two teens at a Nova Scotia high school stood up for a younger student. David Shepherd and Travis Price, both in Grade 12, heard about a Grade 9 student at their school who had been bul-lied and threatened for wearing a pink polo shirt on his first day of school. They decided they should do something about it and bought 50 pink shirts and tank tops to wear to school the next day. They also went online to round up support for their anti-bullying cause, which they dubbed a “sea of pink.”
It worked. The next day, dozens of students were outfitted with the discount shirts, but even better, hundreds of students showed up wearing their own pink clothes, some from head to toe.The bullies were reportedly never heard from again.This year, Feb. 27 is Pink Shirt Day in B.C. and other parts of Canada, an annual anti-bullying event that started after the now-famous 2007 “sea of pink” campaign.The need for awareness and ac-tion against bullying remains as strong as ever say those involved in the pink event, including lo-cal radio station CKNW, Black Press, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Vancouver, and London Drugs, where people can buy the official pink shirts for 2013.“Awareness of what bullying is and understanding that it hurts is im-portant,” says Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Vancouver president and CEO Carolyn Tuckwell.“It isn’t just a rite of passage. It doesn’t have to happen. And it’s relevant to everyone, whether in school, after school or in the workplace.”According to www.bullyingcanada.ca, as many as 25 per cent of chil-dren in Grades 4 to 6 have been bullied and approximately one in 10 children have bullied others,
while a 2004 study published in the Medical Journal of Pediatrics found that about one in seven Canadian children aged 11 to 16 are victims of bullying.
It is important to recognize what bullying is, and that it happens in many forms – verbally, socially, physically and online (cyber bully-ing), says Tuckwell.“By wearing pink, people show they’re making that commitment, to not let bullying happen,” she says.Tuckwell and others emphasize that the pink shirt is secondary to raising awareness about bullying and getting people involved.B.C. is no stranger to tragedy related to bullying. From Surrey’s 14-year-old Hamed Nastoh, who jumped off the Patullo Bridge and killed himself after leaving a note behind blaming the constant bullying he endured at school, to Mission’s Dawn-Marie Wesley, 14, who committed suicide by hanging
herself after relentless bully-ing, to Port Coquitlam’s Amanda Todd, 15, who killed herself after posting a video on YouTube talking about her experiences with cyber bullying, there are countless told and untold stories that remain horrific.The provincial government has taken steps to address bullying in recent years, including a Ministry of Education resource brochure for parents in 14 languages that can be found online at www.bced.gov.bc.ca/sco.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 NewsLeader A13Wednesday, February 20, 2013 NewsLeader A13
MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADERThe condo towers of Station Hill in Burnaby’s Edmonds area reflect the setting winter sun.
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This month, police across the province are targeting people who use cellphones while driving as part of its campaign against distracted driving.
Preliminary statistics for 2012 found that among motor vehicle accidents, 30 per cent of fatalities and 37 per cent of serious injuries involved distracted driving, according to B.C. RCMP.
“Holding a cell phone in your hand on speaker phone is an offence under the Motor Vehicle Act of using an electronic device while driving and could result in a fine of $167,” said Cpl. Robert McDonald of BC RCMP Traffic Services, in a press release. “This also applies to leaving the cell phone on your console and typing while stopped in traffic.”
Since January 2010, when legislation was brought in banning the use of handheld devices while driving, police in B.C. have issued more than 105,972 violation tickets.
Drivers under the graduated license program (L and N drivers) are not allowed to use even hands-free devices.
Similarly, offences that could trigger a fine for driving without due care and attention include speeding, unsafe lane changes, following too closely and failing to obey a traffic control device. The fine is $368.
Burnaby company in the running for Ovation Award
A Burnaby company is a finalist in three categories of the fourth annual Ovation Awards, a program of the Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association which honours excellence in the design and construction of new homes and renovations.
TQ Construction Ltd. of Burnaby is a finalist for best kitchen renovation $100,000 and over, best bathroom renovation under $35,000 and RenoMark renovator of the year–large volume.
The company also has five entries in the People’s Choice Award, where the public gets to vote for their favourite project. Info: www.ovationawards.ca.
The winners will be announced at a gala on April 20.
Projects to take aim at energy efficiency
Burnaby council has approved $2.61 million for improvements to replace aging infrastructure and improve energy efficiency.
Projects will take place at city hall, Eileen Dailly, Bonsor and Cameron recreation centres, Anderson House, libraries, fire halls and other civic facilities. Work will include replacement of boilers, roofs, pumps, fire panels, air conditioners and plumbing fixtures as well as exterior painting.
Of the approved funding, $400,000 will come from gaming reserves and be earmarked for energy efficiency improvements which help reduce operating costs in the long run. Any energy conservation grants it receives from Fortis BC or BC Hydro will reduce the city’s costs.
In 2012, such grants helped Burnaby city hall pay for a new boiler at Bonsor and lighting upgrades at 16 city facilities.
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VICTORIA – Jobs Minister Pat Bell says he will remain in Premier Christy Clark’s cabinet until the May 14 provincial election, but he has withdrawn his candidacy to run for re-election due to a heart condition. Bell has been a key cabinet minister for Premier Christy Clark, as he was previously under Gordon Campbell. He is continuing his duties as minister of jobs, tourism and skills training, a portfolio created by Clark as the centrepiece of her job strategy.
Speaking to reporters in his legislature office Monday, Bell downplayed his departure.
“Sometimes when you’re in politics, you automatically think you have become smarter over a period of time,” Bell said. “I think there’s some evidence
that points to the opposite. So renewal is not a bad thing.”
Bell was nominated to run for a fourth term in Prince George-Mackenzie, a seat he has held since the B.C. Liberal landslide of 2001. He declined to identify candidates to seek the party nomination, but said he hopes to see a competition for the job.
Bell’s doctor discovered an aneurysm last fall in one of the arteries connecting to his heart. The condition is typically a
bulge in the blood vessel that indicates weakness of the wall. If it bursts it is fatal.
Bell said Monday his condition is being closely monitored, and he may need surgery if the aneurysm grows. For now he is continuing his work and exercise schedule as usual, and plans to campaign for the next B.C. Liberal candidate in his constituency.
He said his condition is likely inherited, and not related to the stress of his job. As forests minister he led numerous trade missions to Asia to develop markets for B.C. lumber, and has continued a similar pace in his current role.
Bell’s first full cabinet post was agriculture and lands, where he led the effort to establish a coastal land use agreement now known as the Great Bear Rainforest.
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The Burnaby Mountain Lions claimed the Burnaby/New Westminster senior boys high school basketball banner by downing the Byrne Creek Bulldogs 85-72 at Byrne Creek on Friday.
In the third-place game, the Burnaby South Rebels defeated the New Westminster Hyacks 89-76 to advance to the Lower Mainland tournament along with the Lions and Bulldogs, who had finished first in the BNW league regular season.
In the opening round, Byrne Creek will take on the Killarney Cougars while South will face another southeast Vancouver school, the David Thompson
Trojans with the winner advancing to play Burnaby Mountain on Thursday.
Five teams from the 12-team tourney will advance to the provincial championships in Langley March 12-16.
• In senior girls play, Burnaby Mountain will have a tough road to take to reach their provincial championship.
Killarney downed the Lions 64-59 in the opening round of the Lower Mainland AAA qualifying tournament known as the Crehan Cup on Saturday.
The loss relegated the Lions to the consolation side on Tuesday to face the loser of a Monday matchup between the
Steveston-Richmond Sharks and the Kitsilano Blue Demons. A defeat would eliminate Mountain from obtaining a berth in the provincial championship in Langley March 6-9.
The Burnaby/New Westminster zone’s top team, the Burnaby South Rebels were to face the Eric Hamber Griffins from Vancouver in their opening round game on Monday.
Last Friday at Byrne Creek secondary, the Carson Graham Eagles of North Van downed the Byrne Creek Bulldogs 63-59 in a wild card entry game into the Lower Mainland tourney.
Burnaby’s Mariya Chekanovych had a huge weekend helping a Simon Fraser University relay team set a school record as well as setting an individual conference record at the Pacific Collegiate Swimming Conference championship in La Mirada, Calif.
Her time of 1:01.85 in the 100-yard breaststroke also was the fastest in the NCAA this
year beating out the second-place finisher from Fresno Pacific by more than a second. Later in the meet Chekanovych won the 200 breaststroke.
She also was part of the winning 200-yard medley relay team that set a school record of 1:44.51, and the 400-yard medley team that won in 3:46.13 as well as
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Height: 5’6”Weight: 162 poundsCurrent Fitness Level: I get regular but moderate exerciseCurrent Diet: I don’t over — eat but my food choices are not very goodFundraising goal: $750 donation to the Canadian Cancer Society
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TAKE NOTICE THAT the City Council proposes to adopt Bylaw No. 13175 cited as “Burnaby Highway Closure Bylaw No. 1, 2013” pursuant to Section 40 of the Community Charter. The purpose of the proposed bylaw is to close a 4.0m portion of unconstructed Seventeenth Avenue road allowance adjacent to 6084 Marine Drive (all that portion of road in District Lot 155A, Group 1, New Westminster District, dedicated by Plan 1425 containing 170.5m²) shown outlined on Reference Plan prepared by Robert G. Flynn, B.C.L.S.
It is proposed to place this bylaw before City Council for consideration of Final Adoption at the regular Council Meeting scheduled for 2013 March 18.
The proposed Bylaw and Plan may be inspected at the Office of the City Clerk, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, British Columbia, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. and Thursdays between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed bylaw is provided an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting the bylaw to Burnaby City Council by submitting a letter addressed to: Mayor and Council, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C. V5G 1M2. All submissions must be received by the City Clerk no later than Noon, Wednesday, 2013 March 13.
Maryann ManuelACTING CITY CLERKBurnaby City Hall4949 Canada WayBurnaby, BC V5G 1M2
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OUTST NDING
Burnaby Elks Lodge 497 presented a $3,500 cheque to the B.C. Family Hearing Resource Society (BCFHRS) at its annual general meeting recently. The donation will go toward programs for children with deafness or hearing loss in British Columbia. Pictured (R to L): Reg Seguin, president of Burnaby Elks 497, members J. Wally Govett, Doreen Peniuk and secretary-treasurer Gerry Pelletier presenting a cheque to BCFHRS fund development officer Lisa Rosales.
Fire fighters from Burnaby have contributed $100,000 to fund one of eight accommodation units at the new $13.1-million Burn Fund Centre to be built by the B.C. Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund at 3891 Main St. in Vancouver. They’re joined by locals from Cranbrook, Delta, Kamloops, Kelowna, North Vancouver District, Richmond and Surrey for total contributions of $675,000.
Brian Cochrane (left), business manager of The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 115, and local president Wayne Mills (right) present a cheque for $18,000 to Michael McKnight, president and CEO of United Way of the Lower Mainland.
Just before Christmas last year, the Burnaby Winter Club Atom A2 Bruins collected over 400 items of non-perishable food to donate to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society.
Kathy Corrigan, MLA for Burnaby-Deer Lake, recently presented the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medals to constituents Letitia Chu, Anne Kang, George McLean and Tony Speiss (pictured with Corrigan). They were recognized for their significant contributions and achievements in making Burnaby better.
Byrne Creek secondary senior boys basketball coach Wayne Best (left) and principal David Rawnsley (right) were joined recently by Dave Poon Tip of Balloholics as Victory Sports Camps/aka Balloholics presented a cheque to the school for $3,000 toward the senior boys program. Over the last four years Balloholics has given more than $8,000 to Byrne Creek athletics.
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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
7 OBITUARIES
QUINN, Norma Grace(nee Campbell)
June 28, 1918 -February 10, 2013
Norma was born in Wolseley, Sask and passed away peace-fully at the age of 94 in Burna-by Gen. Hosp., with family at her side. Predeceased by her husband Ed in 2000, & 5 sib-lings. She is survived by her loving children, Ken (Deb), Jim (Marlene), Linda (Joe) and Fred; grandchildren Dereck (Laura), Jeff (Cass), Ryan & Miranda, great grandchildren Shelbie, Caige & Nick, sister Greta & many nieces & neph-ews. Norma raised her family in Powell River & has lived in New West since 1985. No ser-vice by request.
Mom, we love & miss you.
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Van Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.Thank you for your interest however only those of interest to us will be contacted.
125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE
Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home
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151 PROFESSIONALS/MANAGEMENT
DIRECTOR OF Public Works & Engineering, Competition #13-05 for the City of Quesnel. Please refer to our website at www.quesnel.ca for more in-formation on municipal servic-es and a full job description. City of Quesnel, 410 Kinchant Street, Quesnel BC V2J 7J5 Fax (250) 992-2206 or Email: [email protected]
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160 TRADES, TECHNICAL
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188 LEGAL SERVICES
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
236 CLEANING SERVICES
EUROPEAN LADY will clean your house or offi ce. 15 Years exp. Ref’s avail. Free Est. 604-468-0421
242 CONCRETE & PLACING
PLACING & Finishing * Forming* Site Prep, old concrete removal
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257 DRYWALL
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258 EAVESTROUGH
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PETS
468 LIVESTOCK
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477 PETS
BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS, pure bred at Diesel Kennel, 3 male, $1500. each. Call (604)869-5073
BORDER COLLIE X, born Dec 5th, ranch raised, getting lots of atten. $350. Carol 604-316-4668 or email: [email protected]
Boxer pups, ckc reg, vet ch. 2m, 1 fl ashy fawn, 1 brindle, born Jan 23, rep. breeder1-604-794-3786, l/m
CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
PETS
477 PETS
German Shepherd pups, ckc reg, vet check, 1st shots, own both par-ents, gd tempered, farm & family raised in country, make a good guard dog and family pet. $1000. 604-796-3026, no sunday calls
ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso) P/B blues, ready to go, 1st shots,
tails/dew claws done. Ultimate family guardian $800
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560 MISC. FOR SALE
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Call (604) 931-2670
New West. Crown Manor 430 – 9th Street.
1 bdrm apart, on site laundry, 1 parking spot.
Close to shops, all amens, great loc. Heat
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NEW WESTMINSTER
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Call 604-540-6732
NEW WESTMINSTER: West Coast Apt. 520-11th St. Large 1 bdrm w/ small storage room. Incl h/w & heat. By Transit. Cats ok. $735 - $750/mo. 604-540-2028.
NEW WEST: reno’d 1 Bdrm with loft, deck nr skytrain, NP/NS refs. Mar 1. $800. Rave 604-946-7194
PORT COQUITLAM newly reno’d 2 bdrm corner ste in quiet bldg. On-site card lndry. Cls to amens, WCE, bus. $960 heat/htwr incl. Avail now. Cat neg. Ph: (604)942-4740
PORT MOODY180o Views of Mountains & Water
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746 ROOMS FOR RENT
POCO - furnished bdrm. shr’d kit. & living area. Quiet house. No Smoke $400/mo. incls. lndry. 604.941.2959
RENTALS
750 SUITES, LOWER
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NEW WEST - 1 Bdrm bsmt suite - ns/np, no drugs. $700/mo incl utils.Avail March 1st. (604)522-4470.
751 SUITES, UPPER
PORT COQUITLAM 3 bdrm totally reno’d ste, 2 bath, NP/NS. Sh ldry. $1600/mo. Mar 1. 604-250-7040
752 TOWNHOUSES
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PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available. 19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938
TRANSPORTATION
810 AUTO FINANCING
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821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS
2008 VW GOLF City, 5 spd manu-al, silver, 85,000k. a/c, p/w, $6250/fi rm (604)538-9257
830 MOTORCYCLES
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NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT Wendeb Properties, 108-1025 St Andrews, New Westminster, BC, V3M 1W4. Bikes currently stored at 1025 St Andrews St, New West will be sold on or after 30 days of this notice unless registered owner Na-than Basic takes possession, estab-lishes a right to possession or makes application to the court to establish the right.
A20 NewsLeader Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Meet Tina PalazzoBurnaby Kin’s Green Fighter
March 9, 20132pm to 4pmat Brentwood Town CentreTina will be completing her � rst in-store challenge by collecting pledges for the Canadian Cancer Society, and distributing samples and free balloons!
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Sweet, Juicy & Extra Large
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