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Glenrobin complex
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95889
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman holding a child inside the Glenrobin Place condominium complex. She is looking up from the atrium of the complex to the other floors above.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1688
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman holding a child inside the Glenrobin Place condominium complex. She is looking up from the atrium of the complex to the other floors above.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a November 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Sherri Holt, and her daughter, Trinity, in a stairwell of the Glen Robin complex, where she had lived until health problems caused by mould from leaky and rotted walls, forced her to walk away from her mortgage."
- Geographic Access
- Halston Court
- Sandlewood Crescent
- Street Address
- 9200 Sandlewood Crescent
- Planning Study Area
- Government Road Area
Images
Habitat for Humanity Government St. project
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95935
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a Habitat for Humanity housing project being built on Government St. Photographs depict volunteers working on the construction of the project and the chair of the board posing with a pick axe.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1705
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a Habitat for Humanity housing project being built on Government St. Photographs depict volunteers working on the construction of the project and the chair of the board posing with a pick axe.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a December 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1705-1: "Len Horton, one of the volunteer workers at the new Habitat for Humanity housing project, being built on Government St., digs a storm drainage trench."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1705-2: "Gloria Levi is the chair of the board of directors of the Habitat for Humanity project, being built on Government St., but she's not afraid to get her hands dirty."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1705-3: "Simon Gould volunteers his time to help construct the Habitat for Humanity project, being built on Government St."
- Geographic Access
- Government Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
Horse therapy at New Vista Seniors' Care Home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97061
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of residents of the New Vista Seniors' Care Home with Cory, a 20-year-old Arabian horse from Mustang Riding Stables, as part of a therapeutic visit. Photographs depict resident Dorothy Beauchamp with Cory and Joe Milankovics; Mary Scardina with Cory; and Cory's unidentifie…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2589
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of residents of the New Vista Seniors' Care Home with Cory, a 20-year-old Arabian horse from Mustang Riding Stables, as part of a therapeutic visit. Photographs depict resident Dorothy Beauchamp with Cory and Joe Milankovics; Mary Scardina with Cory; and Cory's unidentified handlers bringing him to the home as other staff and residents look on.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2589-1: "Dorothy Beauchamp is thrilled as she's helped down from her ride on Cory, a 20 year-old Arabian, by Joe Milankovics, at the New Vista Seniors Care Home. The horse, from Mustang Riding Stables in Maple Ridge, is making its second annual visit to the home, as therapy for some of its residents."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2589-2: "Mary Scardina meets Cory, a 20 year-old Arabian from Mustang Riding Stables in Maple Ridge, at a theraputic visit to the New Vista Seniors Care Home."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2589-3: "Cory, a 20 year-old Arabian from the Mustang Riding Stables in Maple Ridge, arrives for a visit at the New Vista Seniors Care Home."
- Street Address
- 7232 New Vista Place
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
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Lochdale Merchants Association petition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95997
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two members of the Lochdale Merchants Association posing with a petition to acquire more parking for Hastings Street businesses in the Lochdale area. They stand outside a home with Hastings visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1748
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two members of the Lochdale Merchants Association posing with a petition to acquire more parking for Hastings Street businesses in the Lochdale area. They stand outside a home with Hastings visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Organizations
- Buildings - Residential
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Lesley Durrant, of Consign Home, and Frank Astorino, who owns John Fleming Insurance, says the City of Burnaby should be making a greater effort to provide space for parking for businesses along Hastings St., east of the Kensington Plaza, instead of rezoning a single family lot to allow construction of a 12-family townhouse complex, creating even more parking pressures on the neighbourhood. They've formed the Lochdale Merchants Association and collected signatures from other business owners and local residents to support their cause."
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
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Michael Geller at UniverCity site
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96341
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Michael Geller, the President of UniverCity Community Trust. Photographs depict Geller posing on Burnaby Mountain near the construction site and viewing the absorbent felt that is part of the development's sidewalks, and with the architectural model of UniverCity's firs…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2022
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Michael Geller, the President of UniverCity Community Trust. Photographs depict Geller posing on Burnaby Mountain near the construction site and viewing the absorbent felt that is part of the development's sidewalks, and with the architectural model of UniverCity's first phase of development.
- Subjects
- Construction
- Buildings - Residential
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2022-1: "Michael Geller, the President of the UniverCity Community Trust, at Simon Fraser University, surveys construction of the first phase of the townsite that is being built at the top of Burnaby Mountain."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2022-2: "Michael Geller gets a closer look at an architectural model showing the first phase of development at the new UniverCity community, now under construction on Burnaby Mountain."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2022-3: "Michael Geller checks out the absorbent felt which is being integrated into the construction of the sidewalks at the new UniverCity development atop Burnaby Mountain. The felt will help control the runoff into streams lower down the mountain."
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
New Vista Society Care Centre new exercise room
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96116
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a rehab assistant at New Vista Society Care Centre helping a senior man to exercise with bike pedals.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1819
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a rehab assistant at New Vista Society Care Centre helping a senior man to exercise with bike pedals.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Maria Phillips, a rehab assistant at Burnaby's New Vista Society Care Centre, helps Joseph O'Connell with his exercises on a mobile active bike. The Centre opened a new exercise room on Friday, to launch its "Strong Seniors-Well Seniors" program."
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
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Prospective buyers at Strathmore development
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96811
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of prospective buyers outside the sales centre for the Strathmore, a new townhouse and apartment development on Cameron Street across from Lougheed Town Centre. A crowd is gathering on the lawn and on chairs, and a sign advertising the development is in the foreground.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2369
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of prospective buyers outside the sales centre for the Strathmore, a new townhouse and apartment development on Cameron Street across from Lougheed Town Centre. A crowd is gathering on the lawn and on chairs, and a sign advertising the development is in the foreground.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Prospective home buyers wait for their turn to enter the sales centre at the Strathmore, a new townhouse and apartment development to be built on Cameron St., across from Lougheed Town Centre. Anxious buyers in the red hot real estate market started lining up on Wednesday to get first crack at the new units."
- Geographic Access
- Cameron Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
Randy Gauthier and trailer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96531
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Randy Gauthier posing in the camping trailer he built to live in. The trailer is pulled by Gauthier's bicycle.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2155
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Randy Gauthier posing in the camping trailer he built to live in. The trailer is pulled by Gauthier's bicycle.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "When Randy Gauthier ran into some financial hardship, he decided to cut his living expenses by moving into his bicycle. He spent a month building the minature [sic] camping trailer, using wood, plastic, and lots of blue duct tape. He says the trailer weighs about 100 pounds, can sleep two, has shelving, a little radio, knick-knacks, a portable propane stove for cooking, and even plants and shrubbery to make wherever he sets up feel more like home."
Images
Rosewood Street fire
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97009
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the aftermath of a fire at a four-plex on Rosewood Street. Photographs depict a fire investigator logging damaged furniture and resident Barat Safdary outside of the home, as investigators work in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2541
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the aftermath of a fire at a four-plex on Rosewood Street. Photographs depict a fire investigator logging damaged furniture and resident Barat Safdary outside of the home, as investigators work in the background.
- Subjects
- Natural Phenomena - Fires
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Buildings - Residential - Condominiums
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2541-1: "Burnaby fire investigator logs damaged furniture outside a Rosewood Ave. four-plex that was heavily damaged by fire, and where a woman was critically injured."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2541-2: "Barat Safdary describes how he awoke his five children after discovering his four-plex was on fire early Wednesday morning. A woman in the lower suite below his was critically injured."
- Geographic Access
- Rosewood Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Images
Burnaby Cactus and Succulent Club annual show
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96835
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Irene Nibler, a member of the Burnaby Cactus and Succulent Club, admiring an aoneum, or "Black Rose," on display at the Club's annual show and sale at Royal Square Mall in New Westminster.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2393
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Irene Nibler, a member of the Burnaby Cactus and Succulent Club, admiring an aoneum, or "Black Rose," on display at the Club's annual show and sale at Royal Square Mall in New Westminster.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Irene Nibler, of the Burnaby Cactus and Succulent Club, gets a close-up look at an Aoneum, or "Black Rose," one of the exotic plants grown by the club's 21 members, and on display at their annual show and sale at the Royal Square Mall over the weekend."
Images
Burnaby Heights Merchants Association daffodils
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96708
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Monique Koningstein, the program coordinator of the Burnaby Heights Merchants Association, holding a bouquet of daffodils and standing on Hastings Street. Some businesses, including the Dollar Mart, and neighbourhood flags for "The Heights" on the streetlights are visible in the backg…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2313
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Monique Koningstein, the program coordinator of the Burnaby Heights Merchants Association, holding a bouquet of daffodils and standing on Hastings Street. Some businesses, including the Dollar Mart, and neighbourhood flags for "The Heights" on the streetlights are visible in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Monique Koningstein, the program co-ordinator of the Burnaby Heights Merchants Association, enjoys a burst of Spring. Merchants in the Heights shopping district handed out daffodils to their customers on Saturday as a way to celebrate the season and to support the Cancer Foundation."
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
Burnaby Rhododendron and Garden Society fundraiser
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96734
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Barbara Kulla holding up the stem of a common wallflower plant at the Burnaby Rhododendron and Garden Society's plant sale fundraiser at Lougheed Mall. The mall and unidentified shoppers are visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2339
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Barbara Kulla holding up the stem of a common wallflower plant at the Burnaby Rhododendron and Garden Society's plant sale fundraiser at Lougheed Mall. The mall and unidentified shoppers are visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Plants - Flowers
- Events - Fundraising
- Names
- Lougheed Town Centre
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Barbara Kulla, checks out a Cheiranthus, or common wallflower, at the Burnaby Rhododendron and Garden Society's first plant sale fundraiser, at Lougheed Mall."
- Geographic Access
- Austin Road
- Street Address
- 9855 Austin Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
Burnaby Rhododendron Festival
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96650
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jeanne Mitchell, an organizer with the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival, observing a rhododendron bloom.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2272
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jeanne Mitchell, an organizer with the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival, observing a rhododendron bloom.
- Subjects
- Plants - Flowers
- Events - Festivals
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Jeanne Mitchell, one of the original organizers of Burnaby's Rhododendron Festival, checks out this year's crop of blossoms, which have burst forth just in time for Sunday's showcase."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Park
- Deer Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Daffodils at Kensington Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96417
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of City of Burnaby Parks employee Andrew O'Keeffe tending to a bed of daffodils in bloom at Kensington Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2087
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of City of Burnaby Parks employee Andrew O'Keeffe tending to a bed of daffodils in bloom at Kensington Park.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Civic Workers
- Plants - Flowers
- Geographic Features - Gardens
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Andrew O'Keeffe, of the Burnaby Parks and Recreation Department, tends to some of the 2500 daffodils in the gardens of Kensington Park, along Hastings St."
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Kensington Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
Interview with Barry Jones by Kathy Bossort December 9, 2015 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory666
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1967-2015
- Length
- 0:09:36
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Barry Jones’ talking about the rhododendron garden planted in 1967 on Centennial Way for Canada’s Centennial and the gardens current neglect. He talks about management of the conservation area and the Pavilion area, the trails on the mountain, and the people w…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Barry Jones’ talking about the rhododendron garden planted in 1967 on Centennial Way for Canada’s Centennial and the gardens current neglect. He talks about management of the conservation area and the Pavilion area, the trails on the mountain, and the people who use the trails.
- Date Range
- 1967-2015
- Length
- 0:09:36
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- December 9, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Barry Jones conducted by Kathy Bossort. Barry Jones was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Barry Jones talking about his home and the conservation area on Burnaby Mountain, and about the negotiations that resulted in the agreement between Simon Fraser University and the City of Burnaby in 1995. He talks about the building of Burnaby Mountain Parkway and its link to the 1995 agreement, and about his experiences with Trans Mountain tank farm and pipeline. He also talks about his education and career as teacher, school board trustee and politician.
- Biographical Notes
- Barry Jones was born 1940 in Princeton, BC. His father moved the family to a home on Georgia Street in North Burnaby in 1944 where Barry grew up. He attended UBC majoring in mathematics and chemistry, and unable to find work in his field, taught two years in northern BC. He liked teaching and returned to school, enrolling in education at the newly opened Simon Fraser University in 1965. He taught one year at Moscrop Secondary School in Burnaby and finished his 25 year teaching career in Coquitlam. Barry served ten years as a Burnaby School board trustee, and then ten years as North Burnaby MLA (NDP) beginning in 1986, serving five years in Official Opposition and five years in government under then-premier Mike Harcourt. During his time in government, Barry Jones successfully lobbied for freedom of information legislation. He also played a role in resolving the dispute between SFU and Burnaby over control and ownership of land on Burnaby Mountain and in creating the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area in 1995. He continues to live on Burnaby Mountain in a home he bought in 1971.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 1:06:23
- Interviewee Name
- Jones, J. Barry
- Interview Location
- City of Burnaby City Hall law libary
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with Barry Jones
Track three of interview with Barry Jones
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-015/MSS196-015_Track_3.mp3Interview with Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen by Kathy Bossort October 9, 2015 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory568
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1995-2015
- Length
- 0:16:07
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen describing the ways in which people benefit from the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. They talk about the impact mountain biking has on the environment and on other park users, and on the problem of invasive plant species.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen describing the ways in which people benefit from the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. They talk about the impact mountain biking has on the environment and on other park users, and on the problem of invasive plant species.
- Date Range
- 1995-2015
- Length
- 0:16:07
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 9, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen conducted by Kathy Bossort. Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen were two of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about the history and activities of the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society of which Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen were founding members, and the environmental and recreational value of the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Karen Morcke also talks about walking the trails on Burnaby Mountain from 1968 to present and her involvement in other environmental groups.
- Biographical Notes
- Diane Hansen was born in Winnipeg in 1941, trained as a nurse in Toronto, and moved with her husband Ingolf Hansen to the Westridge Area in Burnaby in 1971, where Diane lived until 2010. Diane has one daughter Kristin. Karen Morcke was born in Germany in 1940, immigrating to Canada in 1968 to attend SFU. After completing her Masters degree in 1970 Karen was hired by SFU as a language instructor from which she retired in 1995. She has one son Erik and has lived almost continuously in North Burnaby since 1968. Both Diane Hansen and Karen Morcke have been active volunteers in local environmental groups and were founding members of the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which formed about 1989 to lobby for a conservation area that integrated SFU land below the campus ring road with City of Burnaby parkland on Burnaby Mountain. Diane has also been active in wild bird rescue groups. Karen walked the trails on Burnaby Mountain to and from work, and began lobbying for protection of green space on Burnaby Mountain in the 1970s.
- Total Tracks
- 6
- Total Length
- 1:10:35
- Interviewee Name
- Morcke, Karen
- Hansen, H. Diane
- Interview Location
- Karen Morcke's home in Burnaby
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track six of interview with Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen
Track six of interview with Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-003/MSS196-003_Track_6.mp3Interview with Rick Sporns by Kathy Bossort October 30, 2015 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory604
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1990-2015
- Length
- 0:12:58
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Rick Sporn’s description of the inspiration for and design of the Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden located in the Pavilion area on Burnaby Mountain. He talks about people involved in the 1991/92 City of Burnaby Centennial legacy project, including Mark …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Rick Sporn’s description of the inspiration for and design of the Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden located in the Pavilion area on Burnaby Mountain. He talks about people involved in the 1991/92 City of Burnaby Centennial legacy project, including Mark Stockdale and Doug Hosgood who suggested the project and selected and provided advise about the roses, and Bill Bissett, the City’s horticultural foreman.
- Date Range
- 1990-2015
- Length
- 0:12:58
- Names
- Kamui Mintara
- Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden
- Stockdale, Mark
- Hosgood, Doug
- Bissett, Bill
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 30, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Rick Sporns conducted by Kathy Bossort. Rick Sporns was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Rick Sporn’s description of the history and design of Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden and the significance of the Centennial Pavilion area in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Rick Sporns also talks about his career with the City of Burnaby’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, management of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area, and the value of natural areas to Burnaby.
- Biographical Notes
- Richard Sporns was born in 1957 in Daly Municipality, Manitoba, to Ulrich and Charlotte Sporns. The family moved to the Burquitlam Area of Burnaby in about 1965. Rick Sporns obtained his BSc degree in biology at SFU and a degree in landscape architecture at UBC. In 1985 he began his career in the City of Burnaby’s Park, Recreation and Cultural Services department where he currently is Assistant Manager - Parks Design. Rick was responsible for designing Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden, a legacy project proposed by Mark Stockdale to commemorate Burnaby’s 1992 Centennial. The rose garden opened to the public July 18, 1992.
- Total Tracks
- 6
- Total Length
- 1:01:40
- Interviewee Name
- Sporns, Richard "Rick"
- Interview Location
- City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services meeting room
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Rick Sporns
Track two of interview with Rick Sporns
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-008/MSS196-008_Track_2.mp3Rhododendron Festival
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96749
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Burnaby's annual Rhododendron Festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict an unidentified person in a raincoat admiring the blossoms of a pink rhododendron and Xiurong Fan taking a close-up photograph of another rhododendron.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2348
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Burnaby's annual Rhododendron Festival at Deer Lake Park. Photographs depict an unidentified person in a raincoat admiring the blossoms of a pink rhododendron and Xiurong Fan taking a close-up photograph of another rhododendron.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2348-1: "Cool temperatures and intermittent showers aren't enough to keep rhododendron lovers from admiring their favorite flower at Burnaby's annual Rhododendron Festival, at Deer Lake Park on Sunday.
- Caption from metadata for 535-2348-2: "Xiurong Fan moves in for a closeup of some of the rhododendron blooms at Burnaby's annual Rhododendron Festival, at Deer Lake Park on Sunday."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Park
- Deer Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Teresa Chan at Mandeville Gardens
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97323
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Teresa Chan smelling a rose at the "Revelry of Roses" display at Mandeville Gardens.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2714
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Teresa Chan smelling a rose at the "Revelry of Roses" display at Mandeville Gardens.
- Subjects
- Plants - Flowers
- Gardens
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an August 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Teresa Chan stops to smell the "April" roses at the "Revelry of Roses" display of cut blossoms at Mandeville Gardens."
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
75 years, 1926-2001, Royal Oak Community Church : committed to Christ & community
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5444
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971 ROC
- Place of Publication
- [Burnaby, B.C.]
- Publisher
- Royal Oak Community Church
- Publication Date
- 2001
- Physical Description
- [7] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Church anniversaries
- Church buildings
- Church history
- Notes
- Formerly, Alta Vista Baptist Chruch--p. [1].