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School district must refund feesPart of class-action lawsuit settlement Wanda [email protected]

The Burnaby school district faces having to refund summer school fees from previous years but it’s not yet known how much it’ll be on the hook for, says its school board chair.

The refunds are coming under a settlement reached last month in two class-action lawsuits against B.C. school boards that charged tuition fees for summer school courses that led to academic credit.

The lawsuit had claimed the tuition fees for courses used to graduate were illegal. In 2007, then-education minister Shirley Bond ordered districts to stop charging the fees for such courses and ordered fees for that year be refunded.

Burnaby school board chair Baljinder Narang said by email that the class-action for Burnaby covers only fees charged for academic and remedial courses in the summers of 2005 and 2006. “It doesn’t cover things like summer camps, arts programs or

Kinder Morgan points out upside of expansion, but mayor isn’t buying itWanda [email protected]

Kinder Morgan’s slick new video on YouTube touting the economic benefits of the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion claims the taxes it pays could be a boon for Burnaby taxpayers.

But Burnaby’s mayor and the councillor who heads the city’s finance committee aren’t convinced.

Against tranquil music, the video’s voiceover states that the $5.4-billion project cost and $3 billion in operating costs over 20 years will bring economic benefits including billions in tax revenues.

“Every time a tanker docks at Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, it brings $310,000 in value to the local economy,” it says. At this point, the graphic notes that will mean $126 million a year, which by those figures would translate to 406

tanker ships annually.The project, which runs from

Edmonton to Burnaby, would almost triple the pipeline’s capacity, from the current 300,000 barrels of crude oil a day, to 890,000 barrels a day, to allow for the increased export of oil sands crude to overseas markets.

“It means $2.1 billion in additional federal taxes and $1.7 billion in additional provincial taxes,” of which $1 billion would

be to B.C., according to the figures shown on the video.

It says Kinder Morgan will pay $500 million in additional municipal taxes over 20 years.

“In Burnaby, in one year alone, tax revenues could be used to hire 132 extra firefighters or more than cover the annual garbage collection costs.”

Kinder Morgan spokesperson Lisa Clement said by email that the company’s figures were calculated by an “independent economist.”

Pipeline video touts Burnaby benefits

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Couple honoured

A Burnaby couple has received the highest honour from B.C.’s crime fighters for their work promoting community safety since the early 1980s. David and Mary Gates are this year’s recipients of the Anthony J. Hulme Award of Distinction for their numerous volunteer efforts, including as Block Watch captains since 1982. The Hulme award recognizes a lifetime contribution to crime prevention efforts. The couple were among 22 British Columbians, groups and programs honoured by the Ministry of Justice Community Safety and Crime Prevention Awards, part of Crime Prevention Week Nov. 1-7.

Extreme weather shelters

The provincial government will spend up to $1.5 million this winter across B.C. to provide emergency shelter to people who are homeless when cold, wet weather hits. In Burnaby, Lookout Emergency Aid Society will operate a total of 57 spaces at 7540 Sixth St. and 8611 Armstrong Ave. The latter will open only when the extra space is needed.

It’s part of the more than 1,100 temporary spaces available until March 31 when communities issue extreme weather alerts.

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New book offers a candid look at the life and career of the former Burnaby-Douglas MPMario [email protected]

Flanked by his partner Max Riveron and his friend Libby Davies, a tearful Svend Robinson admitted to a pack of reporters jammed into his Hastings Street constituency office that he stole a large ring from a public auction the previous Good Friday.

He’d turned himself into the RCMP. He wouldn’t be seeking the NDP nomination in the Burnaby-Douglas riding he’d represented for 25 years.

A comeback two years later when he ran against Liberal Hedy Fry in her Vancouver-Centre riding fizzled miserably.

Robinson, one of Canada’s most outspoken and polarizing politicians, fell off the country’s political map.

Now the story of Robinson’s rise, fall and place in Canadian politics is being told in a new biography, Svend Robinson: A Life in Politics, by Ottawa-based author Graeme Truelove.

Truelove, who volunteered in Robinson’s office when he was studying political science at the University of Ottawa, said the time was right to tell Robinson’s story.

“There was a gap in our Canadian political archives,” said Truelove. “As a prominent, effective and unique politician with a dramatic and painful personal life, his full story needed to be told.”

Robinson, now living privately in Switzerland,

was at first hesitant. But he eventually gave Truelove access to his own archives, as well as his family, friends and colleagues.

As Truelove pulled those threads together what emerged was a picture of a fearless, results-oriented politician whose tireless work for the people in Burnaby who elected him time and again gave him the latitude to stand strongly for the national and international principles he believed in.

“He could afford to stick his neck out a little farther than some others,” said Truelove. “His constituents didn’t always agree with him, but they appreciated the work he did in the community, and respected the fact that he took a stand.”

But often those stands were a double-edged sword, said Truelove.

“On the one hand, he became a poster boy for the left flank of the NDP,” said Truelove. “On the other hand, becoming so synonymous with the left made him the target of attacks from opponents in Parliament and in the media.”

Away from the glare of TV lights and media scrums, Robinson’s personal life paid a price. An 18-metre plummet from a cliff while he was hiking on Gabriola Island on New Year’s Eve 1997 left him with a shattered jaw and ankle. Alone and hypothermic below the trail, he almost died.

Two weeks later he was taking calls from his hospital bed. He returned to work on Parliament Hill in a wheelchair. He hated being confined, said Truelove, he

couldn’t slow down.“He genuinely felt that

the work was important,” said Truelove. “He failed to recognize that he was burning himself out.”

In fact, it wasn’t until Robinson caught himself slipping the expensive bauble into his pocket at a hotel ballroom near the Vancouver Airport that the toll became apparent. At his emotional mea culpa he admitted he had “outstanding legal and health issues” that needed to

be addressed.“I am human, and I have

failed,” he said.But Robinson’s

accomplishments were anything but a failure, said Truelove.

“Long after his name is forgotten, his legacy will live on in our laws, and in our society,” he said.

Robinson was Canada’s first openly-gay parliamentarian. Now a politician’s sexual orientation barely arches eyebrows. He helped craft

the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and he was instrumental in entrenching lesbian, gay and transsexual rights into the legal system.

“His legacy will live on in the more enlightened society that has made possible,” said Truelove.

Svend Robinson: A Life in Politics is published by New Star Books and is available online through Amazon and Chapters/Indigo, and at local bookstores.

MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADER FILESvend Robinson is comforted at a 2004 news conference by his partner Max Riveron and Vancouver-East MP Libby Davies as he announces he won’t be seeking re-election in his Burnaby-Douglas riding after he admitted to shoplifting a piece of jewellry at an auction house.

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A4 NewsLeader Wednesday, November 13, 2013A4 NewsLeader Wednesday, November 13, 2013

A Burnaby natural health products company has announced a voluntary recall of 108 lots of a nutritional shake product after earlier refusing to do so.

Vega, also known as Sequel Naturals Ltd., produces Vega One Nutritional Shake and Sport Performance Protein products.

Health Canada had warned Nov. 1 that the

company’s Vega One Vanilla Chai (437g and 874g formats) and Vega Sport Performance Chocolate were contaminated with chloramphenicol, a prescription drug associated with a rare risk of aplastic anemia, a serious blood disorder that can be fatal.

Other companies that may have used raw materials contaminated

with the drug were also asked to voluntarily recall their affected products and at the time, all had agreed to do so except for Sequel Naturals, Health Canada said in a press release.

On Nov. 6, Vega agreed to the recall despite insisting the products are safe.

“We are taking this step in an abundance of caution,’’ said Vega

president and founder Charles Chang in a statement. “The scientific research shows our products are safe, but we have agreed with government regulators to withdraw these two specific products to alleviate any concern.’’

It appears public reaction may have led to the change of heart.

“We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion this may have caused our loyal customers. You have reminded us that the most important issue is maintaining your trust and confidence in our products,” Chang said. “We have heard you loud and clear, and are working collaboratively with Health Canada to fully resolve this matter.”

The company has not received any complaints about the products and the contamination was

found through its own tests. Chloramphenicol is a naturally occurring antibiotic used to treat eye infections and typhoid fever, the company said. A third-party supplier had informed Vega that an enzyme used in its supplement potentially contained the drug.

Vega has since secured a new supply of enzymes free of chloramphenicol and is no longer distributing any product made with the enzyme blend that contained the drug.

The company stressed that the enzyme made up less than one per cent of the products’ formula and are safe. It has consulted with a

leading scientific expert on chloramphenicol who concluded the products “pose no risk whatsoever for consumers over a lifetime of exposure,” it said.

“In fact, a person would have to consume 100 million servings of the nutritional shake in a single day to meet the equivalent of one therapeutic dose of this antibiotic.”

Vega noted that, “in 2002, Health Canada determined that food made with honey containing certain concentrations of chloramphenicol was safe for human consumption, so we assumed that was still valid.”

Those concentrations were higher than the trace amounts found in its product, it said.

As for why it did not recall the products immediately, Vega said on its website that it was seeking a clarification from Health Canada related to its 2002 decision before making a recall decision.

“Health Canada issued its advisory, without warning, late on a Friday afternoon before meeting with Vega. We have since met with Health Canada and are working collaboratively.”

Anyone who purchased the products can look up the lot codes affected at vegarecall.com and return them for a refund.

Info: 1-866-839-8863 or [email protected].

Shake maker joins recall after all

Charles Chang, Vega president We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion this may have caused our loyal customers. You have reminded us that the most important issue is maintaining your trust and confidence in our products.

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As for how much the settlement will cost the district, Narang said, “It is too early to be able to answer this question. There is a process for individuals to make a claim, for the claim to be verified and confirmed as legitimate, and then paid out. We won’t know what the cost will be until some time next year.

“Once the full details and cost of claims is known, the district will initiate a budget process to identify any budget adjustments

that may be necessary to fund the net cost of claims.”

Details of the claims process will be advertised and mailed to “families of record” within the next month, Narang said.

Tuition fees for summer academic courses were roughly $200 per course back in 2007.

As for whether the provincial government will be chipping in towards the refunds, education ministry spokesman Scott Sutherland said the ministry couldn’t comment under the terms of the court settlement.

“At this time all I can say is I can’t actually speak to whether the government’s making a contribution,” Sutherland said.

“Based on a B.C. Supreme Court decision in 2006, no school-aged students should be paying fees for any course that leads to graduation.”

In 2013, the ministry will be providing about $14.6 million to school districts to help an estimated 48,000 school-aged students take summer learning courses.

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A former Burnaby teacher imposed “unreasonable and unnecessary” rules on what students could bring for lunch and how they should eat them, according to a recent decision by the province.

It was one of a number of instances of “inappropriate force in disciplining and interacting with students” and failing to follow school procedures cited in a decision reprimanding Fiona Elizabeth Walsh, a former kindergarten teacher at Inman elementary.

Walsh, who had been teaching since 1988, was suspended with pay for incidents that started at the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year and lasted until the suspension on Nov. 18, 2011, according to the decision by the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation.

The incidents included Walsh forcibly moving a boy to the “time out chair” which resulted in “bruising and abrasions, consistent with rug burn, on his

arms,” the decision said. She responded to an

unexpected fire alarm at 2:50 p.m. by dismissing her students for the day instead of following the school’s fire drill procedures.

Walsh also routinely started lunch at 11:30 a.m., a half-hour early, and continuing “despite a direction from the principal not to do so, as the practice improperly reduced instructional time.”

When a girl began to cry while watching a presentation of the poem In Flanders Fields during the Remembrance Day assembly, and continued to be upset afterward, “Walsh directed the student to go sit on a chair by herself, assuming the student would ‘work it out.’ ”

As for her lunch rules, they included requiring her students to push their chairs forward so their chests touched the table, and requiring students to completely finish their “main” dish before leaving the table or eating any other parts of their lunch.

“As a result, some students felt coerced into eating more food than they wished,” the decision said.

Parents were directed to include a sandwich or leftovers and not cookies or other such items. “On one occasion, Walsh sent home a note to a

parent affixed to a yogurt drink container that stated ‘This container is garbage. We don’t bring them to school.’ ”

And when leaving at the end of the day, she insisted her students not carry anything in their hands and they had to wear every item of clothing or put it in their backpacks, “and on occasion dismissed students late in order to ensure this requirement was met.”

Parents of two students during this time requested that their children be removed from her class “because of her insensitive and inappropriate interactions.”

The Burnaby school district eventually suspended Walsh without pay for 10 days in April 2012 and afterward placed her as a teacher on call with top priority, but prevented her from being assigned to Inman.

In the 2012-2013 school year, the district transferred her to another elementary school requiring that she teach only Grade 2 or higher.

The reprimand from the provincial regulatory body took effect last month.

Walsh retired in June 2013, confirmed Jodie Wilson, communications manager for Burnaby school district.

Attempts to reach Walsh for comment were unsuccessful.

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VICTORIA – Reaction was swift and scattered after the “framework agreement” on new oil pipelines announced last week by B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford.

First, here’s what it doesn’t mean.

“B.C. blinked,” according to one Toronto commentator, based on the popular notion that B.C. gave up its claim to a share of Alberta’s resource royalties from heavy oil. Clark never made such a claim, so it would be difficult to give it up.

Her often-repeated condition of a “fair share” of revenues from any new oil pipelines is purposely vague, but after repeated protests from Alberta, Clark clarified as far back as last June that provincial royalties are not on the table. There is no constitutional way to make such a demand, a point Redford has made several times.

NDP leader Adrian Dix and the usual chorus of professional protesters claimed that Clark flip-flopped, opposing the Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal before the election and

then embracing it once she was re-elected.

This is also inaccurate. Clark’s five conditions were set out before the May election, demanding approval by a federal environmental review, “world-leading” spill prevention and response capability on land and at sea, meeting legal requirements to consult and share benefits with aboriginal communities, and the undefined “fair share” for B.C.

Clark said numerous times during the campaign that the conditions have not been met, and made pessimistic noises about Northern Gateway, but she very carefully did not campaign against it. The B.C. Liberal platform also endorsed a Kitimat-area oil refinery proposed by this newspaper’s owner, and Clark repeatedly referred to that sort of industrial

expansion as one of the potential “fair share” components for B.C.

The B.C. Liberal government made its opposition to Northern Gateway “as currently proposed” official on May 31, two weeks after the election, in its final submission to the federal review panel. If Clark had wanted to jump on the anti-pipeline bandwagon for political gain, that move could have been made earlier.

NDP environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert said the B.C. government has taken the position that more oil will reach the West Coast, by rail if not by pipeline. I’m not sure if or when that claim was made, but it’s true that rail shipments are already permitted.

Here’s what Redford and Clark agreed on. Redford accepts B.C.’s five conditions, provincial royalties excluded, and Clark endorsed Redford’s proposed “Canadian Energy Strategy,” which B.C. rejected last year.

A draft of the strategy released last summer contains no specifics on how it would facilitate a pipeline project from Alberta to B.C.

It talks about developing Canada’s energy reserves and at the same time somehow reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and promises a final version next spring. Oh, and Quebec refuses to participate.

Ottawa has sole jurisdiction over inter-provincial projects such as Northern Gateway and the proposal by Kinder Morgan Canada to expand the 60-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline to Burnaby and refineries in Washington.

If there is to be some extra revenue for B.C. from oil traffic, it could theoretically take the form of a toll on pipelines. Redford pointed out the problem with that idea in her speech to an energy forum in Vancouver last week. She noted that 42 per cent of B.C. natural gas is piped through Alberta to markets. If B.C. can toll Alberta oil, the same could be done with B.C. gas.

None of B.C.’s five conditions has yet been met. Legally, they don’t have to be, except for the one about accommodating aboriginal title.

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In its continuing drive to modernize liquor laws, the provincial government announced this week it’s exploring the idea that B.C.ers could buy their veggies, milk and booze all under one roof.

Although advocacy groups and the police might shout that this opens the door for easier access to booze for minors and that it might encourage more drinking by adults, previous easing of liquor laws hasn’t promoted the wholesale decay of society.

Naysayers cried doom decades ago when the province allowed the emergence of neighbourhood pubs, and then again when liquor retailing was pried from the government monopoly. In all cases, the heavy hand of regulation and oversight isn’t far off.

In the case of allowing grocery stores to sell alcohol, the idea that it is sweeping progressive change is mostly an illusion.

The government indicates it won’t increase the number of licences to sell beer and wine—it’s about shifting existing liquor retailers into grocery stores, which would use their own staff and registers to regulate sales, and presumably bear the brunt of fines if they sell to minors.

Outlets like Safeway and Wal-Mart have pharmacies, coffee chains and restaurants operating independently within their stores. Hosting a cold beer and wine store wouldn’t be a stretch. And for 221 rural grocery stores across B.C., selling booze and food staples under the same roof isn’t new.

It’s encouraging the government is hinting at other reforms that might bring consistency to liquor laws, but right now we’re still pretty far from rules that make sense. After living for generations under oddball liquor regulations, most people are ready for laws that are consistent, make sense and realistically balance the implications for public health.

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Kinder Morgan currently pays $7 million a year in property taxes to Burnaby and expects that to increase by $6.2 million as a result of the expansion project increasing the value of the pipeline right-of-ways, its Burnaby storage terminal and Westridge Marine Terminal, Clement said.

The firefighter figures are “purely conceptual” to help people understand the economic impact of the pipeline and were calculated using the total $13.2 million in taxes divided by the approximate $100,000 annual salary of a Burnaby firefighter.

While the pipeline is federally regulated, it is not exempt from municipal taxes, Clement said.

“As we expand assets of the pipeline and facilities, the value of the property increase, and thus more tax paid on the new assets.”

In areas where the pipeline will be twinned along the existing right-of-way, “the property tax will almost double in those communities, as the asset doubles,” she said. “In areas where the expanded route may divert from the existing right of way, the property tax may increase even more than double if there is more km or inches of pipe laid.”

About one quarter of all the municipal taxes the company will pay over 20 years will be to Burnaby because of the location of its terminals there, she said.

But Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan, on record as opposing the project, isn’t buying it.

“Our staff have certainly not been looking at any significant tax benefits flowing through to us as a result of any improvements they make,” Corrigan said.

“We haven’t been able to

substantiate that at this point,” added Coun. Dan Johnston, chair of Burnaby’s finance committee, of the company’s tax revenue claims.

Neither he nor Corrigan believed the right-of-ways would be the source of much tax revenue due to it being federally regulated.

“Economists and the BC Assessment Authority might have two different perspectives on how the numbers are put together,” Johnston said.

As for the firefighters, Corrigan said, “They keep talking about firefighters because they know that if they put this bigger operation up there it’s likely our firefighters could be very, very busy. So they pick firefighters as saying, ‘we know we’re a fire hazard, we know we’re dangerous to your community, but I tell you what, here’s our solution, we’ll buy more firefighters for you.’”

He estimated that the actual cost to hire one firefighter is $150,000 once you include salaries, benefits, equipment, uniforms and potentially even fire halls to house them.

At that calculation, the $6 million in new tax revenue

Kinder Morgan claims it would pay would translate into 40 new firefighters.

“They can pay us for garbage but if there’s one spill or minor incident the city could spend way more than that on cleanup costs,” added Johnston.

While the video notes the project will create 4,500 jobs “at the peak of construction,” that won’t likely translate to local, ongoing jobs, Corrigan said.

“The amount of additional workers is limited to maybe a dozen,” he said. “In fact they keep taking workers out and running their facilities remotely … And that’s one of the big problems with safety, is they keep withdrawing workers and doing it technologically.”

As for the video itself, Corrigan was impressed by its production value.

“The one thing you won’t see them do is, even though they’re required to do an environmental assessment, is do any kind of glitzy presentation like that on the environmental implications.

“There won’t be any money spent on that side of the equation.”

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VICTORIA – News reports suggesting the B.C. government is considering dismantling the Agricultural Land Commission are not accurate, the minister in charge of the government’s “core review” says.

A plan outlined in documents leaked to the <I>Globe and Mail</I> this week is “so secret that I don’t even know about it myself,” Energy Minister Bill Bennett said in an interview. “We’re not even considering blowing up the ALC, or bringing it inside government.”

Bennett said agricultural land commissioners will continue to decide on applications to amend the land reserve, established 40 years ago to protect farmland from development.

Bennett refused to comment on the suggestion that the province could be divided into two zones with different processes. But he said he is aware of many cases outside the southwestern part of B.C. where obviously unfarmable land remains locked in the reserve.

Part of the problem has been a lack of funding to the commission, Bennett said. The current budget adds $4 million to the commission’s budget over three years.

“It’s not all their fault, it’s the way the legislation is written, it’s the way their policies have developed,” Bennett said. “All of those things add up to a lot of questionable decisions being made, and certainly not in areas where they have good agricultural land like Richmond and south Vancouver Island and the Fraser Valley and the Okanagan.”

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VICTORIA – With BC Hydro struggling to control electricity rate increases and cutting back on private power acquisition, a company known mostly for wind projects is reviving a proposal to connect the Vancouver Island and Washington electricity grids.

Sea Breeze Power Corp. wants to build a 50 km transmission cable under the Strait of Juan de Fuca to connect substations near Port Angeles and Victoria. To finance the project, it’s looking for a 10-year deal to assemble surplus U.S. power and sell it to BC Hydro at a flat rate of $69 per megawatt hour.

Sea Breeze CEO Paul Manson said the power purchase would finance the construction of the cable and deliver a steady source of electricity to B.C. at lower cost than new sources built in the province. It would also improve

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First proposed in 2006, the project has received environmental permits from both sides of the border. It was rejected by the B.C. Utilities Commission, which approved upgrading the existing power line from the B.C. mainland to Vancouver Island instead.

Sea Breeze developed a wind project at Cape Scott on northern Vancouver Island, and has plans and permits for other wind sites on the B.C. coast and the Peace River region. Manson said the Juan de Fuca cable would stabilize wind power supply on the B.C. coast, where wind speeds peak in winter, with inland Washington sites where it’s windiest in summer.

Manson said U.S. policy led to major wind development that leaves the the Pacific Northwest with an excess of power in spring, meaning the

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The cable would also give B.C. more capacity to buy cheap overnight coal and nuclear power from the U.S., which BC Hydro already does with its main connecting line along Interstate 5, he said.

Energy Minister Bill Bennett said the Juan de Fuca cable is one of many proposals that came forward as BC Hydro developed its integrated resource plan.

That plan estimates that with conservation and efficiency improvements in B.C., the province will need more electricity supplies within eight years.

The company has not yet demonstrated that it can assemble the firm electricity it proposes to sell, and the project has “a pretty steep slope to climb,” Bennett said.

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Grandmothers for GrandmothersThe Burnaby Gogos is a group of local women who work to help fundraise for grandmothers in Africa. The grandmothers are under great strain due to the devastating effects of AIDS and their orphaned grandchildren. Brighten up the winter days with one of these colourful totes and also the lives of an African grandmother! The Swags and Bags event on Sunday, December 1 at the Deer Lake United Church.

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Marlene Larsen and Sharon Woloschuk admire the handiwork on some of the tote bags the Burnaby branch of the Grandmothers for Grandmothers will be selling at their Swags and Bags event at Deer Lake United Church on Dec. 1

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Marlene Larsen spends three hours every morning working on sewing projects.

She’s not being thrifty, creating her own clothes. But her skill with needle and thread will help improve the lives of women just like herself.

In Africa.Larsen is a member of the

Burnaby Gogos, a group of women working to ease the strain of grandmothers in Africa who are called upon to become caregivers again when their grandchildren have been orphaned by the ravages of AIDS.

For the past year, Larsen has been sewing 500 colourful tote bags that will be sold at the group’s Swags and Bags event on Sunday, Dec. 1 at the Deer

Lake United Church. That also happens to be

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of the bags, holiday door swags, fair-trade crafts from Africa and other gift items go to the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, an initiative of the Stephen Lewis Foundation to help those women left to care for their grandchildren after their grown children succumbed to the AIDS epidemic that has swept though much of Africa.

The money is used to help pay for the kids’ school fees, uniforms, food and other necessities.

It’s a plight Sharon Woloschuk saw first hand when she visited Africa 10 years ago. Her memories of elderly women coping with the renewed challenges of parenting young children stayed with her, so she

joined the Burnaby Gogos—even though she’s not yet a grandmother herself.

“It made an impression,” said Woloschuk of her visit to Africa.

“I really wanted to be part of it.”

The group collects loose change at its monthly meetings as well as donating funds raised from their special events. The tote bags, made of fabrics sourced from as far away as Australia, are its signature fundraiser.

“It makes a difference,” says Woloschuk of her group’s contribution. “But there’s still a long way to go.”

The Swags and Bags event begins at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 1. Deer Lake United Church is located at 5135 Sperling Ave. For more information contact [email protected].

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Though there are no guarantees that men and women who prioritize retirement planning will not outlive their finances, those who do arrange their priorities in such a manner are far more likely to enjoy a comfortable retirement without worrying about their finances.

Certain steps can put you in the best shape possible:

Assess your resources

An honest assessment of your assets will help determine a retirement lifestyle you can afford. Assets can include any property you own, investments, savings, and retirement accounts.

Your property may be your biggest financial asset, but unless you plan to sell that property or take out a reverse mortgage, then you won’t be able to rely on that property to fund your lifestyle. Remember to factor in any taxes when assessing your retirement resources.

MAke A list of your Monthly expenses

Once you have assessed your resources, make a list of your monthly bills. Mortgage payments, healthcare costs, taxes, and food are among the essentials, while additional expenses like travel and entertainment will need to be factored in as well.

When considering monthly expenses, keep in mind that some of those expenses, including mortgage payments and commuting costs, will likely disappear, while others, including healthcare costs, are likely to increase significantly.

coMpAre lifestyle you wAnt to live versus one you cAn Afford to live

Considering your finances several years before you retire affords you the opportunity to make changes if you determine the retirement you can afford does not exactly match up with the retirement you want to live.

After you have figured out what you can afford, compare that lifestyle to the one you hope to live.

If they are one and the same, then you did a great job planning for retirement.

If they are slightly or significantly different, then look for ways to close that gap. If necessary, consult with a financial planner, who might be able to help turn your dream retirement into a reality.

Closing the gap between your dream retirement and the one you can afford to live may require you to work an extra year or two, so be prepared to make that decision if need be.

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While conventional wisdom long suggested retirees should completely eliminate risk from their portfolios, today’s retirees are living longer than ever before, so you likely can’t afford to follow the advice of yesteryear.

As retirement draws closer, men and women must start making important financial decisions to ensure their nest eggs can support the lifestyles they want to live throughout their golden years.

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On the other hand, winter can be a challenging time of year to get out and about. Freezing rain, icy surfaces and piles of hard-packed snow pose a hazard for the innocent pedestrian.

A few simple measures can make it safer to walk outdoors in the winter. Removing snow and ice, putting sand or salt on areas where people walk, and wearing the right footwear all make a big difference.

Just one bad fall on ice can have long-term consequences.

These include: chronic pain in the affected area; a disabling injury that may mean loss of independence; or fear of another fall, which discourages a healthy, active lifestyle.

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The Canada Safety Council offers seniors some practical suggestions to stay active in winter. As winter approaches, outfit yourself for safe walking:

Choose a good pair of winter boots. For warmth and stability look for these features:

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Use a cane to help with balance. Have it fitted to the right height for you. When your cane is held upside down, the end should be at wrist level. Speak to your doctor, pharmacist or local public health department about how to use your cane properly.

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Wear a hip protector (a lightweight belt or pant with shields to guard the hips). It can help protect the hips against fractures and give added confidence.

Help other road users see you by wearing bright colors or adding reflective material to clothing.

Prevent heat loss by wearing a warm hat, scarf, and mittens or gloves. Dressing in layers may also keep you warmer.

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Contact your local home support agency or other community services for help with snow removal, transportation and grocery bus services.

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Facing an icy surface can be a paralyzing experience.

First, slow down and think about your next move. Keeping your body as loose as possible, spread your feet to more than a foot apart to provide a base of support. This will help stabilize you as you walk.

Next, keep your knees loose and don’t let them lock. If you

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Metro Vancouver politicians are divided over how to redraw a formula for allocating the huge costs of new sewage treatment projects across the region.

The new projects – the replacement of first the Lions Gate and then the Iona sewage treatment plants at a combined cost of perhaps $1.6 billion – will dramatically drive up Metro sewage fees, particularly for North Shore residents if there’s no change to the allocation system that’s been in place since 1994.

So haggling has been underway for months to revise the cost-sharing formula to spread a bit more of the pain onto other parts of the region.

A tie vote Thursday of the Metro zero waste committee defeated a staff recommendation to proceed with the option most generous to the North Shore – that 70 per cent of capital costs of all future projects be shared across the region, while the rest falls

on the benefitting area.That would still be a huge hit

on the North Shore, pushing annual sewage fees for the typical household up from $267 now to $678 by 2030, but still less than the $834 estimated hit per home by 2030 under the status quo formula.

For cities like Surrey, Coquitlam and Burnaby in Metro’s Fraser sewerage area that use the Annacis Island treatment plant, the recommended change would have pushed costs from $182 to $323 per home by 2030, based on estimates of future projects to be cost-shared, compared to $300 in 2030 under the existing formula.

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It would see North Shore homes paying $715 by 2030, while Fraser-area homes would pay $319.

Homes in most of Richmond that are in the Lulu Island sewerage area would pay $471 by 2030 (up from $247 now) and the Vancouver sewerage area, which includes Vancouver, Sea Island and western fringes of Burnaby, would pay $495 (up from $197 now).

Nobody is predicting which way the vote will go on the issue when it gets to the full Metro board on Nov. 15.

“It’s going to be a battle at the board I think,” Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said.

“The issue has been controversial from the building. The North Shore and Vancouver clearly have an economic interest that’s served by a change. And there’s others who see adverse economic consequences and are not prepared to agree.”

Surrey councillors have been particularly resistant, saying their city sought a fairer formula to share the load years ago when Annacis was upgraded but were rebuffed by North Shore and Vancouver politicians who didn’t want their cities to pay more at that time for a plant they don’t use.

The bite to households could still be less than Metro estimates.

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Burnaby Hospice Society: Provides professional and volunteer-based grief support programs free-of-charge for Burnaby residents who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Ongoing weekly Walking Group for Grief, and the fall Adult Bereavement Support Group. Info: 604-520-5087 or [email protected].

Burnaby Parkinson’s Support Group: If you are a person with Parkinson’s or a caregiver interested in sharing ideas, coping strategies, information and resources, and good conversation you are warmly welcomed to this support group of the Parkinson Society British Columbia. When: Second Monday of each month, 1 to 3 p.m. Where: C o n f e d e r a t i o n Pa r k Community Centre, 4585 Albert Street, Burnaby. Info: Robbin Jeffereys, 604-662-3240 or [email protected].

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Alzheimer support group meets third Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m. Where: New Westminster. Info: 604-298-0782.

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from 10 a.m. - 12 noon at the Burnaby General Hospital, 3935 Kincaid St., second Floor Education Room ‘A’. At these meetings we try to create awareness, provide support and educate about Prostate Cancer. Info: Ian, 604-421-8813 or [email protected].

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Burnaby Family Place offers parent and child drop-in Mondays through Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for parents with children aged 0-5 years. Meet other parents, and learn about community events, etc. Info, Kelly Gardner at 604-299-5112. Burnaby Family Place is at 410 Clare Ave.

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Officials say new Highway 1 lanes will cut congestion, justify $3 priceJeff NagelBlack Press

The Port Mann Bridge still won’t have all 10 lanes open when the toll that most drivers pay doubles to $3 per crossing in a few weeks.

Eighty per cent of motorists who use the bridge signed up early enough after it opened in December

of 2012 that they’ve been paying $1.50 per crossing thanks to a year-long 50 per cent discount.

That runs out next month but the bridge will still have only eight lanes open to traffic until next summer.

Transportation Investment Corp. spokesman Max Logan said that’s how long it’s expected to take to dismantle the old Port Mann Bridge and complete work to connect the final two outer lanes to the

bridge approaches.Charging full tolls

on schedule is justified, he said, because all the extra lanes of the Highway 1 improvement project other than the bridge itself will be open in December through Coquitlam and Burnaby.

Since that’s where the bottleneck is, Logan said, drivers should notice a huge difference in congestion relief in return for the higher price of using the

bridge.“Drivers sail over

the bridge right now,” Logan said. “Where they start to slow down is where they enter Coquitlam. So it’s really about being able to provide the full travel time savings.”

Logan wasn’t able to give an exact date for when the discount will expire and the $3 tolls kick in.

He said that will

only happen when additional lanes through to the Cassiar Tunnel fully open, adding that’s still expected to be sometime in early December.

The agreement covering the bridge operations allows tolls to be raised for inflation each year, but Logan said the first such increase that won’t happen before

December of 2014.When all the bridge

lanes are open next year they will also include dedicated local connection lanes that allow drivers to go between Coquitlam and Surrey without merging with general Highway 1 traffic.

“It will cut down on weaving and lane changing on the bridge,” Logan added.

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of the old bridge is proceeding as planned, and crews will begin to dismantle the large iconic orange arch over the next couple of months.

Logan said engineers have also redesigned the system of brushes and scrapers that are winched up and down the cables in the event of snow and ice build-up to prevent any repeat of last winter’s notorious incident of ice bombs falling onto cars.

The sweeper system isn’t yet reinstalled, but Logan said it will be in place within a couple of weeks before any risk of snow.

ICBC spokesman Adam Grossman said 350 claims were received for vehicle damage from the Dec. 19 falling ice episode and $400,000 was paid out.

The cable-clearing system has been paid for by the bridge’s builder, at no cost to taxpayers.

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Although the Port Mann Bridge isn’t expected to reach its full 10-lane capacity until next summer, the Transportation Investment Corp. says the bridge isn’t where the traffic bottlenecks, so there shouldn’t be a negative impact.

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Some Metro cities still eyeing split from MountiesJeff NagelBlack Press

A new review of policing in B.C. ordered by the province may prod Metro Vancouver’s patchwork of police forces to work together in new ways but observers don’t expect a switch to a full regional police force.

A regional force was one of the top recommendations handed down nearly a year ago by the Missing Women Inquiry, which probed how serial killer Robert Pickton eluded capture for so long.

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton said the multi-phase review by government will look at new service delivery models.

“Any change, whether it is regional delivery of specialized policing functions or further integration, has to meet the needs of both communities and taxpayers, and our goal is to retain and support community-based policing,” Anton said in a statement.

She said the reivew will also draw up funding options to finance police costs after work to better define the responsibilities of various levels of government.

Several mayors, including Delta’s Lois Jackson, remain firmly against regional policing on the grounds they may lose community policing control and the ability to deliver no-call-too-small service to their residents.

The two-year review is to be done by the ministry in close consultation with local cities and with some assistance from the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police.

SFU criminologist Rob Gordon said it doesn’t look independent enough to come up with the right solution, even if it’s one that upsets some cities and police forces.

“It’s going to be a self-serving apology for the status quo,” Gordon predicted. “Police chiefs and mayors all have a great deal at stake. It could very well be a waste of time and money.”

Gordon said a separate study is expected to report back soon

on the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), which is one of the regional integrated police teams that doesn’t have full municipal cooperation.

Vancouver, Delta and West Vancouver all run their own homicide squads rather than participate in IHIT, out of concerns over both costs and control.

Gordon said he fears the IHIT report will result in more “bandaiding” of the existing structure, instead of taking a needed step back to look at how to redesign the entire “totally inefficient” policing system in Metro Vancouver as well as Greater Victoria.

According to a provincial report, there has been improved cooperation between police forces over the years through greater use of integrated police teams and several police-related reforms are being taken in response to Justice Wally Oppal’s inquiry.

Most of Oppal’s 65 recommendations haven’t led to provincial action, or are counted as still in progress.

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The rising costs of RCMP service remain a big issue for Metro cities.Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie said his city is still considering

pulling out of the RCMP and launching its own municipal force. Richmond would contract with a neighouring city for specialized services, such as murder investigations.

“Our assumption has been that there was so much opposition to a regional model that it probably wasn’t going to happen,” he said. “Whether that now changes, we have to wait and see.”

Burnaby, Port Coquitlam and North Vancouver have also studied potential alternatives to the RCMP over the past 18 months, since a controversial new 20-year RCMP contract kicked in with higher officer costs.

Brodie said one “huge issue” is the costs cities are being expected to pay to cover the newly opened $1-billion RCMP ‘E’ Division headquarters at Green Timbers in Surrey.

RCMP-policed cities have been told to budget $1,200 for each officer in their detachment, he said, and $20,000 for every local officer who serves on an integrated team.

Brodie said it adds up to a sudden jump of several hundred thousand dollars in annual RCMP costs for larger cities like Richmond, Burnaby and Surrey.

“When you’ve got 20 members on an integrated team, that’s a lot of money.”

The mayors also want to know why they have to pay anything for the new base in Surrey when Ottawa apparently isn’t yet moving to sell off the old ‘E’ Division headquarters on Heather Street in Vancouver.

“The federal government decides that they need a huge massive new building in Surrey, which we didn’t ask for,” Brodie said.

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Minibus Trip: Cooking Lesson at Wild Rice: Join us at Wild Rice at New Westminster Quay for an afternoon cooking lesson. Chef Todd - assisted by you for one of the dishes - will create a three-course meal consisting of handmade wontons, pulled pork steam buns, and sweet and sour pork with a broccoli

and cashew salad and dessert. When: Thursday, Nov. 14, 1:40 to 4:50 p.m. Where: Leave from Edmonds Community Centre, 7433 Edmonds St., Burnaby. Cost: $64.51 Edmonds seniors centre members, $80.63 non-members. Info: 604-297-4838.

Burnaby Writers ’ Society: Special writers’ workshop Speaks from the Heart, presented by Crystal Favel (a.k.a. DJ Kwe of the Cree & Métis Nation). When: Thursday, Nov. 14, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Where: Studio 104, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby. Cost: $10 (free to BWS members). Register: [email protected] or 778-398-0321.

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Financial Literacy Workshop: Conducted in Farsi. Hosted by MOSAIC, a multilingual non-profit organization which supports new i m m i g r a n t s a n d refugees to Canada. Free. When: Thursday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Where: New Westminster Public Library, 716–6th Avenue, New Westminster. Register: 604 438 8214 ext. 120.

Setting a Budget and Building Your Credit Rating: Hosted by MOSAIC, a multilingual non-profit organization which supports new i m m i g r a n t s a n d refugees to Canada. Free. When: Thursday, Nov. 14, 2 to 4 p.m. W h e re : M O S A I C Burnaby Centre for Immigrants , 5902

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Knit2gether: Special guest Nov. 16 is Burnaby resident Aruna Neela, winner of the Debbie Bliss International Baby Blanket contest (she is featured in the Fall/Winter 2013 issue of Debbie Bliss Knitting Design) .Come and enjoy a couple of hours of knitting, crochet, stitch and chat with likeminded people. We are an informal, f r i e n d l y g r o u p , everyone is welcome - all ages and all skill levels. Bring your yarn, needles, scissors, and supplies and get started. (A limited number of needles and yarn is available for those who want to give it a try). Free. Please bring cookies to share. Tea will be p rov i d e d . W h e n : Monthly Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Nov. 16, Dec. 14. Where: Tommy Douglas Library, 7311 Kingsway, Burnaby.

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2013 Adrian Oliver Memorial Run: A run in honour of Const. Adrian Oliver, a Surrey RCMP officer who was killed in a car crash in the line of duty. Proceeds from the run and barbecue will fund a park bench in his memory that will be unveiled at the event, with the remainder donated to Honour House Society. When: Sunday, Nov. 17, run starts 2 p.m. (registration at 1:30 p.m.), barbecue 3 p.m. Where: Deer Lake Park, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby. Cost: Run and barbecue $20, barbecue only $10. Register: http://bit.ly/1c5UuQw

Family Justice Services and the Family Law Act: Learn about Family Justice Services and the new Family Law Act. A presentation for separated or divorced parents or anyone who wants to know more about parenting arrangements after parents’ separation. Family Justice Services are free of charge to parents and other fami ly members . Session is free but registration required. When: Monday, Nov. 18, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Where: Bob Prittie Metrotown branch library, 6100 Willingdon Ave., Burnaby. Info: 604-436-5400 or www.bpl.bc.ca/events.

T h e C h a n g i n g C o n s u m e r : T h e Burnaby Board of Trade presents a free seminar on how best to position yourself and your business to take advantage of the changing patterns of media consumption in Canada today. Attendees to this session will also gain free access to the follow-up sessions of our Digital Skills Series. When: Friday, Nov. 18, 8 to 9:30 a.m. Where: Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby. Register: 604-412-0100.

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160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

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