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Word that thousands ofhomes in Burnaby will beseeing massive increases intheir property assessmentsfor 2016 has prompted localpoliticians to act.

On Monday, city coun-cil endorsed sending a let-ter to the Ministry of Com-

munity, Sport and CulturalDevelopment requesting theprovince freeze property as-sessments to last year’s lev-els due to the unprecedent-ed rise in property values.

Mayor Derek Corrigansaid the city needed to takeaction immediately since themunicipality is in the pro-cess of setting the tax ratefor 2016.

“I think they (the provin-cial government) have tohear loud and clear from thecitizens that this is a big is-sue, that it has a big impactand they’re not going to ac-cept it,” he told the NOW.

The concern from coun-cil is how the rising homevalues will affect residents,who count on the home-owners grant to help pay

their property taxes.The mayor suggested

a large number of home-owners will be losing theirgrants, which in turn affectsthe affordability of theirhome.

Last week, B.C. Assess-ment sent out 37,000 lettersaround the region notifyinghomeowners they could ex-pect a dramatic increase in

their property assessments,including in Burnaby wherea couple neighbourhoodswere pegged for increases of23 and 27 per cent.

But a city documentshows in greater detail theimpact of the assessment in-creases in Burnaby.

In all, there are 7,180properties with assessmentincreases at, or more than,

20 per cent.The report not-ed of these properties, 7,012have increases in excess of40 per cent.

The vast majority – 6,720– are single family homes,facing an average increase of32 per cent.

In at least one case, ahomeowner will see their

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HOUROFCODE:WestridgeElementarySchoolGrade4 students JoannaHadadi, left, andHayleyBaines try their handat codingduringanHourofCodeevent at EAGames inBurnaby lastweek. PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR

CaptivatedbycodingCity students get to try their hand in Electronic Arts Burnaby [email protected]

Seventy-five Burnaby el-ementary school studentsgot to try their hand at cod-ing in one of the largestvideo game studios in theworld last week.

Students from CascadeHeights,Westridge, StoneyCreek and Lindhurst el-ementary schools were atElectronic Arts (EA) Cana-da’s Burnaby studio Mon-day for Hour of Code, aone-hour event held all overthe world in the secondweek of December to intro-duce students to computerscience and demystify code.

“I really really like it be-cause video games are ba-sically my life,”WestridgeGrade 4 student Hay-ley Baines told the NOWduring the three-hour EAevent.

She said her favou-rite part of the visit to the450,000-square-foot EAcampus near Burnaby Hos-pital was the StarWars:TheForce Awakens-themed cod-ing exercise.

“Because you actuallyget to do coding,” she said,“and I do block coding alot. It’s really fun.”

Baines’s partner and fel-lowWestridge Grade 4 stu-

dent Joanna Hadadi hadn’tdone coding before, but shesaid it was less complicatedthan she thought.

“It’s really really fun,” shesaid. “I can do it.”

This is the first timeEA has hosted an Hour ofCode event.

“We’ve had thousandsand thousands of studentsthrough here, but this is thefirst time we’re doing Hourof Code,” said EA outreachmanagerWendell Harlow.

Until now, mostly highschool students have vis-ited the campus, but Har-low said elementary schools

have shown increasing in-terest.

“We thought, ‘They’retoo young,’ but now that’sthe demographic, that’sthe target age is Grade 2to Grade 6,” Harlow said.“They’re already coding.It’s crazy.”

Getting on board withHour of Code was a globalinitiative for the video-gamemaker, Harlow said, com-ing from its headquarters inRedwood City, Calif.

The Burnaby school dis-trict was more than hap-py to participate, accordingto director of instruction

Garth Errico.“There’s the cachet

there,” he said of the localstudio, which produces EAgiants like NHL and FIFA.

But EA wasn’t the onlyplace Burnaby studentsparticipated in Hour ofCode.

BCIT computing in-structors were scheduledto run events atTaylor Parkand Marlborough elemen-tary schools as well as By-rne Creek Secondary.

Cameron, Capitol Hilland Buckingham elemen-tary schools and Burna-by South Secondary hadtheir own in-house eventsplanned as well, accordingto Errico.

Getting kids into cod-ing is good for opening upfuture career options andmore, he said.

“Actually getting in andworking with a little bit ofprogramming and codingand solving something andseeing that they can designsome sort of a program andmake it run, make it workis good for them,” he said.“It’s good for problem solv-ing and creativity, helpingwith logic. It transfers intoall aspects of their life.”

For more on Hour ofCode, visit code.org.

‘Thisgirldideverythingright’

Burnaby Mounties saya young girl did all theright things after she wasapproached by a pair ofstrangers in a car whilewalking to school last week.

The 10 year-old girl waswalking to school at around8:30 a.m. lastThursdaywhen she was approachedby a man and woman in agrey car in the alley behindthe 5900-block ofWoods-worth Street, according topolice.

The man offered the girla ride, but she refused. Shekept walking to school andthe car did not follow. “Thisgirl did everything right,”said Burnaby RCMP Cpl.Daniela Panesar in a state-ment. “She refused theman’s offer, she stayed awayfrom the car, and she re-ported the incident.”

While police aren’t sure

of the couple’s intentions,RCMP decided to make theincident public as a precau-tionary measure.

“This is a good oppor-tunity for parents to talk totheir kids about being safe,”Panesar said.

The man in the car is de-scribed as dark-skinned, ap-proximately 40 years oldand balding with brown hairon the sides and back of hishead.

The woman is also de-scribed as dark-skinned, ap-proximately 20 years oldwith dark blonde hair.

The vehicle is describedas a grey, four-door sedanwith tinted rear windows

Anyone with informa-tion about this incident orsimilar incidents is asked tocontact Burnaby RCMP at604-294-7922.

– By Jeremy Deutsch

Police chase endsinBurnabyarrests

A stolen vehicle inVan-couver has led to the arrestof three people in Burnabya day later.

According to theVan-couver Police Department,officers came across an al-legedly stolen car at Hast-ings and Kaslo streets at4 a.m.Tuesday morning,when it took off into Burn-aby.

The vehicle was dumpedby the driver and two pas-sengers. But they didn’t getfar, as all three were arrest-ed near Ellerslie Avenue

and Beechcliffe Drive.Two of the suspects, a

27-year-old man and one20-year-old woman, werefound nearby hiding in thebushes by a police dog.

A 28-year-old man wasalso arrested.

Police said the car wasoriginally stolen from ahome in Burnaby between6 p.m. on Dec. 13 and 5p.m. on Dec. 14.TheVPDbelieve the vehicle may beassociated to severalVan-couver break-ins.

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A Burnaby father whoran in the last federal elec-tion has drowned while onvacation in Australia, andhis sister is raising moneyonline to help his widowedwife and infant daughter.

ChrisTylor, who ran un-der the Libertarian ban-ner in Burnaby North-Sey-mour, worked for B.C.Hydro and lived in Burn-aby.

Tylor’s sister Dale washoping to raise $20,000through GoFundMe.com,and by press time, the totalwas nearly $20,880.

“He was his own man,”his sister Dale told theNOW, “a nice person andcaring and generous. Heran in that election for theLibertarian party. He re-ally believed in a lot of the

Libertarian ideals. I thinkit takes a special person torun when the battle is souphill and you know you’renot going to win it, but hefelt he wanted to provide avoice and an option for peo-ple who had other beliefsthat were important.”

Tylor drowned this pastweekend, while on vacationin Australia. He went swim-ming in the ocean and wascaught in a rip tide. He leftbehind his wife of four yearsand their baby girl, born inApril.

Dale said the thing thatmade her brother the happi-

est was his family.“(He) and his wife had

a really great love for eachother. She’s very devastated.She’s from Australia origi-nally, and her family is allover there. She doesn’t havea lot of family support inVancouver,” she said.

Dale is hoping the mon-ey will make things easieron her brother’s widow andtheir eight-month-old baby.

“We’ve really been pret-ty amazed at what peoplehave been generous enoughto give, but really at the endof the day, it’s really aboutpeople telling their storiesabout my brother,” Dalesaid. “I think he touchedpeople’s lives but in a qui-eter way. I just feel it’s nicehe’s getting a little recogni-tion.”

To donate to the cause,go to www.gofundme.com/christylor.

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Notthekindof ‘pay it forward’welikeB.C. Assessment mailed

out a record number of ear-ly warnings this week toproperty owners whose as-sessments have risen somuch beyond the average,they want homeowners tohave advance notice.

We don’t know if the ad-vance notice is going tosoften the blow in Burnaby.As our front-page story de-tails, increases in Burnabyare dramatic.

In all, there are 7,180Burnaby properties with as-

sessment increases at, orgreater than, 20 per cent.The report given to citycouncil noted of theseproperties, 7,012 have in-creases in excess of 40 percent.The vast majority –6,720 – are single-fami-ly homes, facing an averageincrease of 32 per cent.

In at least one case, ahomeowner will see theirproperty assessment in-crease by 68 per cent.

One of the problems, asBurnaby city council not-

ed, is that homes that wereonce eligible for the home-owner grant are now be-ing kicked up a notch andare no longer eligible.Themaximum threshold for thehomeowner grant is $1.26million and has been setsince 2006.

Given the dramatic in-creases in real estate pricesin our area, it doesn’t takea mansion to be valued at$1.26 million anymore. Infact, once-average homesare now in that range.

That said, let’s take a stepback and look at this real-istically:Why should peo-ple sitting on $1.3-millionproperties get help from thegovernment?

Millennials and otherswatching the property mar-ket grow farther and far-ther out of their reach likelywon’t be thrilled that theirtax dollars are subsidizingthose who have lucked intowindfalls in the form of ri-diculously valuable prop-erty. And, with homeless-

ness being an ever-growingproblem in Burnaby andthe region at large, it seemseven more ludicrous to ex-pect the government tohelp homeowners facingthe “first-world problem” ofhighly valuable property.

Yes, help needs to beavailable for those who gen-uinely need it.The provincealready offers extra assis-tance for seniors, those withdisabilities and veterans,among others, and we’d liketo see a policy that allows

some form of assistance tocontinue for those in genu-ine need.

Somehow, all levels ofgovernment need to workout ways of handling a realestate market gone bonkers.

But simply handing outtaxpayer dollars to peoplewho are already millionaires(at least on paper) doesn’tmake a whole lot of sense.

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Canweundothedamage?

There was a lot of high-fiving and celebratory hand-shakes when the world’scountries reached that “his-toric” deal last weekend tofight climate change, but theharsh truth is that the am-bitious goals of the deal aregoing to be hard to reach.

Of course, that doesn’tmean it’s not worth trying toachieve them, but the roadto success is going to be avery difficult one to navigatein the years ahead (if theworld can actually agree tostay on that road).

The “Paris agreement”commits countries to keepthe rise in global tempera-tures by the year 2100 tobelow a further 1 C (tem-peratures have already ris-en by 1 C since the indus-trial age began). In practicalterms, to reach that goalwould mean a complete haltto all greenhouse gas emis-sions (from the burning ofany oil, coal and gas) overthe next 50 years, accordingto scientists.

While it may seem no-ble that 195 countries couldactually agree on any-thing – let alone a plan thatmay theoretically “save theworld” – the lofty goalsthey’ve reached consensuson are not necessarily en-trenched in reality.

First of all, the countriesagreed to “voluntarily” actto reach the new target, butthere are no sanctions tobe imposed on any coun-try that throws in the toweland decides that weaning it-self almost completely off ofthe use of oil or gas is sim-ply too problematic a goal to

strive for.Second, while some juris-

dictions – notably right herein B.C., home to a carbontax – are indeed taking stepsto slow down greenhousegas emission levels, the factis that many are not and willnot anytime soon, even withthe Paris agreement.

In the larger scheme ofthings, places like B.C. reallydon’t matter much in reach-ing any kind of world target.We simply aren’t a big play-er on the world stage (wecontribute 0.1 per cent ofthe world’s GGEs), so evenreaching the targets this gov-ernment has set out may bea laudable goal, but it’s stillalmost irrelevant comparedto the bigger problem.

Unless places like China(28 per cent of the world’semissions), the UnitedStates (16 per cent) In-dia (six per cent) and Rus-sia (six per cent) take dras-tic steps to curb their ownGGEs, the accomplish-ments of less populatedcountries may count fornothing.

We can debate, in thisprovince, whether we shouldindeed raise our carbon tax(as the climate leadershipteam advocates) or not, butthe reality is we’re just a lit-tle fish in a very large pond.

That doesn’t mean throw-ing in the towel, of course.But it does mean sheddingsome romantic notions aris-ing from the Paris agree-ment, and recognizing howtough a job keeping temper-atures down is going to be.Keith Baldrey is chief politi-

cal reporter for Global B.C.

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We’re living in an alternateuniverse here, this is

completely out of whack.

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A troublesome beaver made its way into the yard of aresidence near Burnaby Lake and felled a 30-foot weep-ing willow tree with its teeth.To protect their two remain-ing willows, the couple who owned the home taped sheetmetal around them and called on the GVRD to trap thebeavers.They withdrew their request after learning theonly traps approved for use would result in the beaver’sdeath.

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Does Burnaby evencheck dog licences?Dear Editor In regards to thedog licencearticle in theNov. 25paper, I occasionallywalkmymother’s dogwhen she goes awayonvacation.As Iwalkmyneighbourhoodandat an

off-leashpark nearmyhome, I speak tomanypeoplewalking their dogs. I’ve come tonoticethat almost noneof these individuals I speaktohavedog licences. A dog licence appears tobeadog tax only to thosewhomchoose tobea responsible citizen andpay for oneon theirownaccord. DoesBurnaby evenenforcedoglicences?I’mcurious as to howmanydogs theCity of

Burnabyhas licensedandhow that comparesto the surroundingmunicipalities?JoshJackson, via email

Council displacingrefugees in MaywoodDear EditorBurnabywillwelcome500Syrianrefugees, violently displaced from theirhomes and communities bywar, hunger anddesperation.Wewelcome themhere.At the same time, city council’s rezoningof

Maywood rental apartments tomakeway forcondo towers is displacingpeople out of theirhomes and communities by giving the greenlight to demolitions andevictions.Ironically,manyof thosebeing evicted are

refugeeswho foundhousing andnetworksof support in these very sameaffordablethree-storey apartment buildings nowbeingtargeted for destruction. Council iswantonlyviolating its own selectively sacrosanct by-laws,which say that themaximumheight forthesebuildings is three storeys, yet council isapproving towers over 40 storeys. And theseapartments “shouldbeprotected” under theexistingMetrotownCommunity Plan.The legality of council’s actions is dubious.

The rezonings appear to violate the Local Gov-ernment Act,which states changes in densityrequire amendments to community plans.These amendments require broadpubicconsultations.These legally required amendments and

consultationswere agreed toby council backinDecember 2010,when it secretly passedthe “text amendment” to allow formassivedensity increases and the supersize towersinBurnaby’s four towncentres. The consul-tationswere tobegin “immediately”withMetrotown.But planning staff say they are toobusy, and

council is OKwith that.Someof the forces responsible for displac-

ingpeople by the violenceofwar in Syria are atworkhere in the economic formof displacingpeople from theMetrotownneighbourhoodbyrezonings andapartment demolitions.Council is guilty of putting hundreds of

lower-income residents, including refugees,out of their homes, andhundredsmore areslated for displacement in thenewyear.So as new refugees arrive inBurnaby,Mayor

DerekCorriganand council need toheed theprinciple “first donoharm,” follow the law,and stop catering to the interests ofwealthandpower that result in thedisplacement ofrefugeeswhoare alreadyhere.AllianceAgainstDisplacement: JaniceBeec-roft,Charter Lau,HelenWard –BurnabyFirst Coalition2014 candidates; RickErb,ACORNmember;RickMcGowan, founder,MetrotownResidents’ Association.

Heart goes out todrowned father

HurdygurdygurlCANADAWishing thebest for Chris Tylor’s family. Sounds likehewas a goodman. Sorry for his tragicdeath.

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property assessment in-crease by 68 per cent.

Meanwhile, the max-imum threshold for thehomeowners grant is $1.26million and has been setsince 2006.

“The property assess-ment increase across theLower Mainland puts sig-nificant pressure on prop-erty owners to find meansto meet their property taxobligations,” stated the staff

report, which also notedthe tax office has received anumber of calls from “dis-tressed” property owners re-questing the city take action.

The impacts of the largeincreases will vary, but thoseat the high end of the scalecould be paying much morewhen they get their tax billin the spring.

The city has been toldthe average increase in as-sessments for properties inBurnaby is 12 per cent.

The report noted as partof the taxation rate settingprocess, the mill rate per$1,000 of assessed value willbe adjusted to take into ac-count the total increase perclass in assessments. How-ever, the city does not haveany ability to vary rateswithin a class. “Therefore,those properties that haveexperienced a significant in-crease above the average in-crease in assessment willpay higher taxes in compari-

son to the average propertyin 2016,” the report said.

Council didn’t have tolook too far to see an ex-ample.

Coun. NickVolkow re-ceived one of the lettersfrom B.C. Assessment,which showed his house willsee an increase in assessedvalue to $1.31 million from$956,000 the previous year.

He said it’s a similar situa-tion for his neighbours whohave been living in their

homes for years.“We’re living in an alter-

nate universe here, this iscompletely out of whack,”Volkow said.

“This is not anecdotal,this is mine.”

Corrigan said he’s confi-dent the province will act onthe city’s request, suggest-ing the government will re-alize how big the issue hasbecome.

There is precedent for theprovincial government to

freeze assessments.In 2008, then Premier

Gordon Campbell an-nounced that assessmentswould be frozen for 2009 toreflect the fact that housingprices dropped in the lastfew months of the year dueto the sub-prime mortgagecrisis in the U.S.

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‘We’re living in an alternate universe here,’ Volkow

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While local streamkeep-ers continue to keep a closeeye on construction workrelated to Stoney Creekwatershed, City of Burn-aby officials say there’snothing to see.

Last week, the NOW re-ceived emails from stream-keepers in the area ex-pressing concern aboutthe work being carried outalong GaglardiWay.

In an email, streamkeep-er John Preissl suggestedthere have been five “wash-outs” or sinkholes in thearea in the last few weeksrelated to an undergroundstream. He noted the latestone appeared last week.

Preissl believes one par-ticular storm drain, whichruns alongside theTransMountain pipeline on thesouth side of GaglardiWay,is the major issue.

“It seems to be leak-ing up the road a ways,and

the storm drain is what hascaused all of these wash-outs,” he said in an email.

The area around thecreek has been hit by acouple of confirmed issuesin the last five weeks.

During the rehabilitationof a culvert on a StoneyCreek tributary in late Oc-tober, an A.C. Paving em-ployee who was main-taining a filter screen on apump at the constructionsite got his boot suckedinto the inlet hose of the

pump.The boot incident led to

a cascading series of eventsthat eventually forced alarge amount of sedimentinto the creek and put thefish habitat in the waterwayat risk.

Two weeks later, a sink-hole appeared under Pro-ductionWay, closing theroad for a couple weeks.

An investigation deter-mined that heavy rains thatday “overwhelmed” thedrainage system leading to

the sinkhole.However, the city is re-

futing the most recentclaims made by the stream-keepers, and instead saythe work in the area is go-ing according to plans.

James Lota, an assis-tant engineering directorwith the City of Burnaby,said there are rumours ofan underground stream,but he noted geotechnicalcrews have been out to in-vestigate and found noth-ing.

“People are trying to tellus there’s an undergroundstream, and we’re trying totell them there’s nothing,”he told the NOW, addingthere have also been no ad-ditional sinkholes.

As for the work on Ga-glardiWay, Lota said thework is finishing up, andcrews were in the area test-ing the road to make sureit was safe for travel, whichwas planned as part of theproject.

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MYVoiceprogramseekingmalesingersIs there a young male

singer in your house?Chor Leoni is looking for

guys aged 12 to 20 who’dlike to take part in its fifthannual MYVoice program– which brings male sing-ers from across MetroVan-couver together in threeall-male choirs to learn mu-

sic, develop confidence andnurture their interest andcommitment to music andculture.

For local singers, con-ductor CarrieTaylor will beleading rehearsals at Burn-aby Central SecondarySchool onTuesday nightsstarting Jan. 5.

“By removing all coststo participants and requir-ing a relatively short-termcommitment (10 rehears-als plus final concert),MYVoice aims not only tobuild upon the fine worknow being achieved by mu-sic educators throughoutMetroVancouver, but also

to give guys greater accessi-bility to the special joys andrewards of singing togetherin male choirs,” a press re-lease notes.

The program is fund-ed by the RBC Foundationand private donors, so it isoffered completely free ofcharge to participants.

Singers don’t need tohave any prior musical ex-perience to take part in theprogram.

The MYVoice programculminates in performanc-es as part of Chor Leoni’sVanMan Male Choral Sum-mit concert on Saturday,March 12 at the Chan Cen-

tre for the Performing Artsat UBC.

Satellite choirs are alsooffered in NorthVancouverandVancouver.

Registration is nowopen for all the programs.See www.chorleoni.org/MYVoice.

Callingall choralsingers:Carrie TaylorconductstheBurnabyMYVoicegroup,with IngridVerseveldtonpiano, attheVanManMaleChoralSummitlast year.This year’sMYVoiceprogramisnowrecruitingsingers.PHOTOELAINE INNES,CONTRIBUTED

Sing intheseasonattheMcGill librarybranch

“The best way to spreadChristmas cheer is singingloud for all to hear.”

Hey, Buddy the Elf saidit, so it must be true.

Which means that ev-eryone should plan to getthemselves over to the Mc-Gill library branch onTues-day, Dec. 22 for a Christ-mas carol sing-along.

Librarian Lise Kreps willlead the carol sing-along,with David Rogers on key-board.

Lise wrote to let theNOW know about theevent, noting it first startedwhen she and friends andneighbours used to carolaround the streets of Capi-tol Hill.

But, for the past sevenyears, they’ve been gettingtired of getting rained on –

so this year, they’re movingthe fun indoors.

The carol sing runs from7 to 8 p.m. in the librarylobby at 4595 Albert St.Song lyrics will be available,and there’s no need to pre-register and no fee to pay.It’s open to everyone – allages welcome.

Check out bpl.bc.ca/events for more details.

NEWEXHIBITION

Art lovers, don’t forget tocheck out the newest off-siteexhibitions by Burnaby ArtGallery.

The gallery has justopened two new exhibitionsat Burnaby Public Librarybranches.

At the McGill branch(4595 Albert St.), you cancheck out Diana Kemble:Selections from the Bird-song Series, in which theartist has worked to recreatebirdsong in pictorial form ina series of prints.The exhi-

bition can be seen anytimeduring library hours untilMarch 7, 2016.

At the Metrotown li-brary branch (6100Willing-don Ave.), you can checkout Gordon Friesen: Be-yond Kingsway.The exhibi-tion depicts nostalgic scenesofVancouver and area, pluscontemporary portraits andcommentary on the currentstate of the environment “inthe guise of disfigured land-scapes,” a press release ex-plains.The exhibition is onuntil March 6.

Check out www.burnabyartgallery.ca for more on theoff-site exhibitions and oth-er gallery happenings.

FAMILYFILMTIME

If your family loves mov-ies, then be sure to set asidesome time for these filmscreenings at Burnaby Pub-lic Library branches.

The library is offering upholiday screenings of Cin-

derella (the 2015 version)andMinions, as well as Ar-thur Christmas.

You can catch Cinderel-la at the Metrotown branch(6100Willingdon Ave.) onTuesday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m.or the McGill branch (4595Albert St.) onWednesday,Dec. 30 at 3:30 p.m. andagain at 7 p.m.

Minions is showing onTuesday, Dec. 29 at 7 p.m.andWednesday, Dec. 30at 2 p.m., both at the Me-trotown branch, while Ar-thur Christmas shows onWednesday, Dec. 23 at2 p.m. at the Metrotownbranch.

Check out www.bpl.bc.ca/events for all the de-

tails of the screenings.

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Is there a teen reader inyour house? Are you look-ing for some ideas for youngadult fiction?

Drop by the Cameron li-brary branch onThursday,Dec. 17 for Book Banter.

The session, which runsfrom 5 to 6 p.m., will fea-ture librarians offering upfast-paced reviews of rec-ommended books for teens.It’s geared to teens in grades8 through 12, but anyoneinterested in reading teenbooks is welcome.

It’s free, but space is lim-ited, so register at www.bpl.bc.ca/events.The Camer-on library branch is at 9523Cameron St., inside theCameron Recreation Cen-tre.Do you have an item for

Lively City? Send arts andentertainment ideas to Julie,[email protected].

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Picturea song:Art lovers cancheckoutanew installationatBurnabyArtGallery’sMcGill branch,withworkbyDianaKemble. SelectionsfromtheBirdsongSeries areondisplayat the libraryuntilMarch7.PHOTOCOURTESYBURNABYARTGALLERY



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A don’t-miss-it holidayclassic is returning to thestage again this Christmas– and Burnaby dancers arepart of the excitement.

Nine young dancers fromBurnaby are part of the castfor the Alberta Ballet pro-duction of The Nutcracker atthe Queen ElizabethThe-atre. It’s being brought tothe stage by Ballet B.C. forfour performances, Dec. 29to 31.

This production of theNutcracker is set in turn-of-

the-20th-century Imperi-al Russia, with sets and cos-tumes to match the lavishextravagance of the era.

More than 80 studentdancers from around theLower Mainland are in thecast in a variety of roles, in-cluding party guests, mice,soldiers and more.

Among the Burnabydancers are Ashley Blair andEmma Hall as party girls,with Alyssa Sasis as a par-ty boy. Sharleen Sasis playsa palace boy, and Chelsea

Fong appears as a soldier.Rounding out the Burn-aby connection are Mi-kayla Harries as a rat, withMeighan Stoney, EmmaSartori and Cynthia Hsiaoas mice.

Music will be played liveby theVancouver symphonyOrchestra.

It’s on Dec. 29 and 30 at7:30 p.m., and Dec. 30 and31 at 2 p.m.Tickets run $35to $110 and can be pur-chased online through www.ticketmaster.ca.

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City hall employees willsoon be getting a new in-centive to leave the car athome in favour of publictransit.

The city has revamped anemployee transit incentiveprogram, effective January2016, in an effort to meetmunicipality’s environmen-tal goals.

The city is offering em-ployees a 25 per cent dis-count onTransLink’smonthly FareCard.

“The program is to en-courage staff to use publictransportation to reduce ve-hicle emissions, impacts onthe environment and to freeup needed parking space atcity hall,” said the city’s di-rector of finance Denise Jor-genson.

She suggested that someemployees are already usingtransit on their own, but shealso expects city staff to takeadvantage of the program.

A monthly FareCard for

one zone costs $91, while athree-zone card is $170.

The city has put aside$38,000 in the 2016 budgetfor the program.

According to a staff re-port, the city’s new transitincentive program includesthe following guidelines:! Full-time and part-timestaff who work a minimumof three shifts per weekwould be eligible to partici-pate in the program.!A 25 per cent incentivewould only be applicable tothe purchase of a monthlyFareCard.! Staff would agree not totransfer the monthly Fare-Card to a third party foruse. Previously,TransLinkissued a photo identifica-tion card to be used in con-junction with the 12-monthtransit pass.This effectivelyrestricted the use of the passto the card holder. An IDcard is no longer provided.! Proof of purchase of amonthly FareCard by theemployee would be pro-vided to human resources;

only one pass would be dis-counted for each month.

The municipality adopteda similar incentive programback in 1991 to encouragestaff to use public transit toreduce the impact on theenvironment from vehicleemissions and to promotetransit use for commutingto work.

In 2005, the city’s incen-tive program joinedTrans-Link’s employer incentiveprogram, which provid-ed an additional 15 percent discount to employees,bringing the total discountto 40 per cent for thosewho agreed to purchase a12-month transit pass.

The 12-month passes areno longer available.

Jorgenson noted the pro-gram was easier to admin-ister with the 12-monthpasses.

The program will headto council for approval laterthis month.

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There’s a reason Burna-byVillage Museum remainsone of the favourite Christ-mas destinations for familiesfrom Burnaby and beyond:it’s worth a visit, plain andsimple.

The museum is alldecked out for the holi-days with period décor andabundant lights, and there’s

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You can bake in the farm-house, make crafts, vis-it with Father Christmas,watch the blacksmith atwork or take a spin on theheritage carousel. Or yourfamily can take part in a

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Rememberingthosewe’ve lost

The holidays can be dif-ficult for people who havelost loved ones.

That’s why the Burna-by chapter of the Compas-sionate Friends of Cana-da is holding a candlelightmemorial thisThursday at7 p.m.

Compassionate Friends isa support group for parentswhose children have died,and the group meets regu-larly at the Burnaby Hos-pice Society at 4535 King-sway on the fifth floor.

“We do this to honor ourchildren, siblings, grandchil-

dren – that their light mayalways shine,” wrote GraceGauthier, chapter coordi-nator, in an email to theNOW.

Thursday’s event will in-clude a candlelight memori-al, refreshments and social-izing afterwards.

To attend, RSVP byemailing [email protected] or call 778-222-0446.

For more information onthe Compassionate Friendsof Canada, visit www.tcfcanada.net.

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Burnaby’s St. Michael’sCentre needs some renova-tions to help brighten theliving quarters for seniorsand people in hospice care.

TheTapestry Foundationfor Health Care is leading acampaign to raise $250,000to cover the costs of reno-vations at the 128-bed 24-hour, complex care centrein Burnaby.

“I think it would have avery positive impact,” saidBlake Armstrong, the op-erational site leader for St.Michael’s Centre. “I thinkit lifts people’s spirits. Itmakes people more positive.It’s a more enjoyable expe-rience, just talking about

the kitchen, it brings fami-lies together with their lovedones. It makes a huge differ-ence for the residents andtheir families.”

St. Michael’s is a non-profit facility with 16 hos-pice beds and 128 com-plex care beds for seniorswho need around-the-clockcare. Most of the residentsare women in their 80s.Therenovations would includeimprovements to lounge ar-eas and a kitchen, where vis-iting families and residentsprepare meals together.

“We’re trying to create,as best we can, a homelikeenvironment for the peo-ple who live here, and foodis something people tendto gravitate to,” Armstrongsaid.

The plan is to make thekitchen more accessible sopeople in wheelchairs canuse the counters.

TheTapestry Foundation

for Health Care raises mon-ey for places run by Provi-dence Health Care. So far,the foundation has raised$170,000 for the centre.To

donate, go to www.tapestryfoundation.ca or call 604-806-9480.

As part of the founda-tion’s Angel Campaign, the

names of people who do-nate in December will befeatured on a tree at thecentre.

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Tea time:BlakeArmstrongchatswithMargaret Sunvaleat St.Michael’s Centre inBurnaby. Armstrong, theoperational site leader, is lookingforward tomaking thekitchen facilities at thehospicemorehomeyandprovidingabetter facility for residents and families andvisitors topreparemeals in. PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER

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The countdown toChristmas is on, but there’sstill activities to take part in,even after Santa has goneback to the North Pole.

There are a couple ofweeks left to take in the sitesof the first annual ArtWalkin the Heights.

View artwork createdby Confederation Park El-ementary students at par-ticipating merchants in thefirst student ArtWalk, as theschool celebrates 10 yearsof their EducationThroughthe Arts program.

The artwork will stay ondisplay through the holidayseason with the last day onJan. 3.

Participating merchantsinclude Plush Floral Stu-dio, Glenburn Soda,ValleyBakery,Vancity (E. Hast-ings branch), Cedar Chi-ropractic & Physiotherapy,Stan’s Pizza joint, Artspace,Caffe Divano and BurnabyHeights Integrative Health-

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A Burnaby business islending a helping hand toSyrian refugees coming toCanada.

Xenon Pharmaceuti-cals Inc. has announced itwill provide a donation of$3,500 to MOSAIC andplans to work with the non-profit organization to pro-vide employment for skilledrefugees. In a press release,the Burnaby-based bio-technology company saidthe efforts will help providemuch-needed support tothe Syrian refugees who areon their way to B.C.

Employees of Xenonwere able to raise a por-tion of the funds, the rest ofwhich was topped up by thecompany.

In addition to its dona-tion, Xenon said it intendsto play a more long-term

role in the support of refu-gees.The business will workdirectly with MOSAIC toidentify and get in touchwith newcomers who havescience, medical or labora-tory degrees or experience.The goal is to offer employ-ment opportunities to refu-gees who have the necessarytraining and skills to workat the bio-pharmaceuticalcompany.

“We would be privilegedto provide support to fami-lies in need through gainfulemployment,” said Xenonpresident and CEO, SimonPimstone in a statement. “Ibelieve this would be an ide-al way to help families bestintegrate into the local com-munity.We would love tosee other lifesciences andhealthcare companies joinus in this initiative.”

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Keeping with the feel-good vibe, the BurnabyDisc Golf Club has madea $350 donation to the Or-phanedWildlife (OWL) Re-

habilitation Society.The group raised the

money at a recent tourna-ment held in Burnaby.

The club raised the do-nation in an effort to makeamends for an unfortunateincident involving a bald ea-gle in November.

The bird was found onNov. 13 in Robert Burna-by Park tangled in wire at-tached to the disc golf bas-ket, also called a tonal.

The eagle was eventually

released back into the wildby OWL, and the disc golfgroup took responsibilityfor putting up the wires andapologized.

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Christmas cactus likewarm but not hot places.They don’t object to occa-sional bright light, but longspells of strong sunshinemake them sick.

Though the Christmascactus is from South Amer-ica, it’s not a true cactus. It’sa rainforest plant (epiphyte)used to growing on treesand rocks in humid air andpartial shade.Their foodcomes from debris fallingfrom trees, and their liquidcomes from rain and miston the foliage.

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Question:I need to move a hellebore.

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The best time to movehellebores is right after theflowers die back.That’s usu-ally in the spring. But that’sonly good if we have nor-mal rainfall in the spring. Ifnext year’s summer droughtstarts early, will you be ableto keep it watered often?

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Question:I have a houseplant,which

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Split leaf philodendronsdon’t usually split much un-til they’re mature.

But also the right lightlevel is important. If thelight is too dim, they maynot split. But direct, hot sunburns the leaves.The idealwindow would have brightlight, but your philodendronshould not feel the sun onitself.

If all you have is south orwest windows, you couldposition your philodendronfarther into the room awayfrom the window.The alter-native may be choosing theleast dim window you haveand waiting for it to mature.

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Looking to take in someimpressive basketball ac-tion? Stop by BurnabySouth Secondary this weekfor the annual RodThom-son senior boys basketballtournament.

The action gets started onWednesday, Dec. 16 (today)with Burnaby South tak-ing on Byrne Creek in theopening game.Tip-off is at2:30 p.m. Next, KitsilanoSecondary takes on Fleet-wood Park at 4:15 p.m. fol-lowed by Panorama Ridgevs. Lord Byng at 6 p.m., andChurchill Secondary faces

Sentinel at 7:45 p.m.Catch all the playoff ac-

tion onThursday. Dec. 17and Friday, Dec. 18.Thechampionship game takesplace on Friday at 7:45 p.m.

Admission to the games is$5 for adults and $2 for stu-dents under 17 years.Therewill be a concession open atthe event. For the completeschedule, visit tinyurl.com/rodthomson.

MORECOURTACTION

If one basketball tourna-ment isn’t enough, hop overto NewWestminster Sec-ondary for the annual BobGair Classic – a basketballtournament for junior and

senior boys and girls.The competition, in hon-

our of Gair, a retired NewWestminster Secondaryteacher and coach whopassed away in 2014, getsstarted onWednesday (to-day) and features a numberof Burnaby teams, includingboth St.Thomas More andByrne Creek girls’ teams.

Championship games areplayed in the evening onFriday, Dec. 17. All gamesare played in the Masseygym, accessed at EighthStreet and Eighth Avenue.

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Local teen Max Roess-

ig, swimming for Burnaby’sDynamo Swim Club, tookhome a gold medal in the50-metre backstroke at theHaney Holiday LMR swimmeet in Maple Ridge lastweekend.

The teen also made it tothe finals in all six of theother events he compet-ed in, including two fourth-place finishes in the 50mfreestyle and 200m back-stroke, two fifth-place fin-ishes in the 100m freestyleand 100m backstroke, and a10th-place finish in the 50mbutterfly.

Teammates Kai Mader, 9,Anthony Zang, 11, and Da-vid Zhang also earned med-

als at the meet.They placedthird in the 50m backstroke,200m medley and 50mbreaststroke, respectively.

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The Burnaby HolidayBantam Hockey tourna-ment has a new name andimage. Revamped as the PatQuinn Classic, the Bantamand PeeWee AAA and Elitetournament runs from Dec.27 to 30 and features a Ca-nucks Alumni Game at BillCopeland Arena on Dec.29. (Dan Olson wrote a fea-ture on the tournament’s re-vival for the NOW’s Dec. 11sports issue.)

In celebration of the me-

morial tournament,Tour-ism Burnaby has given theNOW a four-pack of tick-ets to the Canucks’ alum-ni game PLUS a $150 giftcertificate to Earls to give toone lucky reader.To enter,visit our Facebook page atfacebook.com/burnabynow.

We’re asking everyone toanswer the following skill-testing question: Namethree NHL players (currentand retired OK) who haveplayed in the Pat QuinnClassic, back when it wasthe Burnaby Holiday Ban-tam Hockey tournament.

*Hint:You’ll find quitea few names mentioned inOlson’s sports feature.

BurnabygirlsputvisitingPoCoonice

Burnaby-NewWestmin-ster’s u12 ringette teamproved they belong in thetop tier of their division onSaturday after beating PoCoRidge Meadows 11-3 onhome ice.

Saturday’s game markedthe midway point of the sea-son, and head coach Mur-ray Dore, has seen a notice-able improvement in thegirls’ play.

“They’re a u12 team sofor ringette this is sort oftheir early developmentalyears,” Dore told the NOW.

“We’ve been really en-couraged by their play thisyear.”

Dore said he’s particu-larly impressed with thegirls’ skating and transition-ing skills, which is especial-ly important in ringette withrules that limit how manyplayers can be in each zone

at a time.Out of the 15 girls on the

team this year, 12 of themwill be moving to u14 nextseason, which means tough-er competition and morestrategic play, Dore said.

The Rebels’ head coachis confident, however, thatafter this season, the girlswon’t have any trouble inthe older division.The girlshave been showing promisewhen it comes to some ofthe finer points of ringette,

especially knowing whereeach other are on the ice,he said.

“(Ringette) is more basedon basketball, where like inbasketball you have to passover centre. Same thingwith ringette, you have to …pass the ring over the bluelines,” Dore said.

The Rebels have graspedthis concept well, he added.

With the first half of theseason behind them, theRebels have secured theirspot in the u12 ‘A’ confer-ence.The second half of theseason begins after the newyear, and already, Dore islooking ahead to ensure thegirls keep advancing.

“We’re holding our own,”he said. “We’re having fun,and they’re learning andprogressing.”

– Cayley Dobie

Watchout:Above,Rebels assistant captainSarahOkamuracarries the ringdown iceduring their gameagainstPoCoRidgeMeadowsonSaturday. Below,AnnikaTse, inblackandyellow, reaches for the ring. TheBurnaby-NewWestminster u12girls controlled thematch-up formuchof thegame, eventuallybeating thevisitors 11-3. PHOTOSJENNIFERGAUTHIER

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It’s been said there are nosmall parts, only small ac-tors, and the same couldbe said of one of the city’syoungest hockey team.

BurnabyWinter Club’snovice C3 team faced offagainst Richmond on homeice on Saturday.

The local team domi-nated the game, outscor-ing their opponents by morethan 10 points, and secureda shutout win, accordingto head coach Robert Gin-netti, who spent Saturday’sgame observing the kidsfrom the stands.

“They’re a lot of fun tocoach, and you can tellthey’re really interested inlearning how to play,” hetold the NOW.

The fledgling team ofeight year olds has alreadyimpressed their coach withtheir “excellent” skatingand stick handling – a skillthey’ve only just begun tolearn thanks to assistantcoach James Sullivan, Gin-netti said.

“They’re starting to passa lot now, too, which youdon’t see too much fromHockey 4 kids,” he said.

The novice team has losta few games, but overallGinnetti is pleased with histeam.

“They’re young kids, andthey work hard.They try tograsp everything, and some-times they don’t do whatyou say, but it’s just funny towatch them play,” he said.

Ginnetti is also pleasedwith the teamwork and co-operation he’s seen from theplayers. Many of the goals

scored in Saturday’s gamewere the product of severalpasses, he said.

“There were a lot of playsfor goals, which is really niceto see,” he added.


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MEAT PRODUCEJohnston Whole HamsFresh JD Farms Grade A Turkeys

6.98 1.37kg/3lb bag3.49lb/7.69kg 1.98lb/4.37kg

Organic Broccoli fromAgrofresco, Mexico

Organic CaliforniaSatsuma MandarinOranges fromJohansen Ranch

5.49

1 dozen • product of Canada

Maple Hill Organic Free Range Large Eggs

5.99

Earth’s ChoiceOrganic Apple Cider

1.89L+deposit +eco fee

23%SAVE

The Admiral Pub & Grill is wellknown for its friendliness, ambience,staff and cozy atmosphere, butcustomers also keep coming backfor its fresh and delicious cuisine.

Whether it’s the daily specials –Mondays you can enjoy a tastytraditional turkey dinner withall the trimmings for only $7; allday Tuesdays is $7 Fish ‘n Chips;Wednesdays popular roast beefdinners with all the dressings at$6 or Thursdays half price pastalovers’dinners – everyone leaveshappy and satisfied.

Last fall they introduced a HappyAppy Hour Monday to Fridayfrom 3-6pm. They also serve up adelicious breakfast everyday(except Thursdays) until 2:30 pm.

“It truly is warm and inviting hereand we have a large loyal clientele,”says Rolf Ragnvaldsen, bar manager.

“We are focused on providing ourcustomers with more appetizers andcomfort food that people really like,”says Rolf.

In addition, the Admiral Pub &Grill serve up some great liveentertainment.

“We have a huge following everysecond Thursday of the monthfor our classic rock jam night andweekends we showcase somefabulous live bands.”

The bar is warmly decorated withrich wood millwork throughout, twowood-burning brick fireplaces, cozyseating, five 60+ inch televisionsand a large projection screen forsports enthusiasts to watch all yourplayoff hockey games. The pub alsohas a great selection of local andinternational wines, beer and spirits.

On Thursday, December 31, theAdmiral Pub & Grill is holdingtheir annual New Years Eve party.Customers can enjoy a special menuand no cover charge while ringing inthe new year with the Big City Soulband until 2:00 am.

Come on by and see for yourselfwhy the Admiral Pub & Grill hasbeen voted Burnaby’s Best Pubby readers of the Burnaby Now.

Rolf and his staff looks forward towelcoming everyone to AdmiralPub & Grill, located at 4125 HastingsStreet, Burnaby. The bar and grillseats 250 and is open seven days aweek for lunch and dinner, from11 am to midnight.

For more information about themenu, daily specials, free liveentertainment or special events, visitwww.admiralpub.ca or call604-298-7158.

B U R N A B YdineoutADMIRAL PUB & GRILL

Enjoy an upgradedqualitymenu at

reasonable prices!

Selectedmenu items starting at$5.95 all day!

Buyoneentree&GETONEENTREEFREEwiththepurchaseofabeverage!

Entreemustbeequalor lesser value.Bring incoupon to redeemdeal!

Appiesfrom

$5.95

Drinksfrom

$3.95

OLIVERTWIST PUBLIC HOUSESteaks • Chops • Tapas7557 Edmonds St, Burnaby • 604-524-1119olivertwistpub.ca

restaurant . bistro & lounge . events

7600 Halifax St, Burnabylocated on Burnaby Mountain Golf Course

BURNABY MOUNTAIN clubhouse

604-297-4953 | [email protected]

LOUGHEED & GILMORE4129 Lougheed Hwy.604-299-4423

KENSINGTON SQUARE6500 Hastings Street604-299-2214

KINGSWAY BURNABY5550 Kingsway604-434-6668

NEW WESTMINSTER610 - 6th Street604-522-4800

MARINE & BYRNE7519 Market Crossing604-431-5100

NORTH RD & LOUGHEED4075 North Road604-421-4620

Your $10 holiday gift is here!Celebrate the season in good taste! Purchase $50 worth of White Spot GiftCards and receive two $5 White Spot bonus Gift Certificates valid for theNew Year*. It’s our gift to you! Visit us in restaurant today or purchase online atwhitespot.ca and have them mailed to you.

*While quantities last. Two $5 White Spot Gift Certificates valid from January 2nd to March 31st, 2016. Maximum of two certificates may be redeemed per person, per visit.

NOCOVERCHARGE

LUNCH SPECIALSOUP &SANDWICHEVERY DAY 11AM - 3PM• DINE IN ONLY• NO COUPON REQUIRED

50% offPASTAALL DAY THURSDAY• DINE IN ONLY• NO COUPON REQUIRED

BURNABY’S BEST PUB & BEST PUB FOOD!4125 Hastings St.(at Gilmore) Burnaby

604.298.7158www.admiralpub.ca

$599

LIVE MUSIC

CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY AND NEW YEARS DAY.

THURSDAYDEC 31

NEW YEARS EVE PARTY!

BIG CITY SOUL

NEIL ATKINSON

SATURDAYDEC 26

SATURDAYJAN 2

SATURDAYDEC 19

FRIDAYDEC 18

SO TIGHT BAND

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LITTLE BILLY’S STEAKHOUSERESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED6785 EAST HASTINGS, BURNABY, BC604.294.4460 • WWW.LITTLEBILLYS.COM

SET MENU FORLARGE PARTIES AVAILABLE

OPEN UNTIL 2 AMFOR LARGE PARTIES

CUSTOMIZED CATERINGAVAILABLE!

WE’REOPEN

TUES-FRIFOR

LUNCH

CHECKOURMONTHLYSPECIALSON

WEBSITE!

LITTLE BILLY’S STEAK HOUSE1975 - 2015

THE BEST NIGHT OUT IN TOWN SINCE 1975

Celebrating 40Years!40 YEARS AGO IN OCTOBER 1975 FOUR BROTHERS,BILL t, HARRY, PAUL AND MIKE PASKALIDIS BEGANTHEIR DREAM AND OPENED A RESTAURANT &

NAMED IT LITTLE BILLY’S AFTER THE 1st BORN SON.

FEATURING: • AUTHENTIC GREEKFOOD • SEAFOOD • STEAK

• PASTA • PIZZA• ORIGINAL GERMAN FOOD &

BEER • KIDS MENU

LITTLE BILLY’SSTEAKHOUSE

1975 - 2015THE BEST NIGHT OUT INTOWN SINCE 1975

Join us onBoxing Day &

New Years Day startingat 4pm for Dinner.

WISHING YOUAND

YOUR FAMILYA MERRY

CHRISTMAS ANDA VERY HAPPY

NEW YEAR

110 – 3790 Canada Way, BurnabyHours: Mon.-Fri. 11:30am-10pm • Sat. & Sun. 12:30-10pm

Take-out to 9:30pm • Delivery 5-9pm (delivery charges will apply)

JANUARY SPECIAL$26.99 per couple

(Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun)

Must mention or present ad.Reservation recommended*

1 appetizer, 2 main entree,served with naan or rice,

1 dessert (Ras Malai, Kulfi or Gulab Jamun),2 glasses of House Wine ($29.99)

Call for Reservations604.430.1600www.agratandoori.ca

Monday to Wednesday11:30a.m. to 2:30p.m.Valid up to January 31st, 2015

20%off Take OutMin $40 before tax

Offer valid for the Month of January

Regular LUNCH SPECIALMonday to Friday

$2 OffLunch Special Buffet

WISHING YOU AND YOUR FAMILYA WONDERFUL HOLIDAY AND

A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

burnaby now december 16 2015

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