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Burnaby Now, March 16, 2012
School district gets funds to help kids in need
Xtra Vancouver, December 29, 2011
Burnaby School Trustees named Newsmaker of 2011
Burnaby Now: December 7, 2011
Burnaby School Board re-elects Hayes as Chair
Burnaby mayor greets council with inaugural address
Burnaby Newsleader, December 6, 2011
Sustainability a metaphor for Burnaby: Mayor
Burnaby mayor delivers inaugural address highlighting sustainability
Burnaby Newsleader, November 23, 2011
BCA's repeat sweep unprecedented: Smith
The Province, November 19, 2011
Corrigan and his slate sweeps Burnaby again
Vancouver Sun, November 19, 2011
Burnaby mayor wipes out opposition
November 21, 2011, Burnaby, BC – Elected to all council and school trustee seats in Burnaby for the second time in a row, including the Mayor's seat, the Burnaby Citizens Association would like to thank all the good people who participated in Saturday's civic election.
Mayor Derek Corrigan, who was re-elected to serve a fourth term, was applauded at the BCA victory party on Saturday evening as he thanked Burnaby voters for “having a great deal of faith in our government”.
Hundreds of supporters, volunteers, family members and friends gathered at the Alan Emmott Centre on Southoaks in Burnaby early in the evening to watch the election results on a large screen via the the internet. The BCA campaign supporters, volunteers and staff were in full swing all day to pull the vote and after the polls closed, it became clear their efforts were all worthwhile.
BCA president Gord Larkin took the microphone just after 9 pm to announce the election results and invited Mayor Corrigan to take the podium. After a very moving speech, interrupted by frequent applause, Corrigan invited his fellow BCA incumbent councillors to join with him – Pietro Calendino, Dan Johnston, Anne Kang, Colleen Jordan, Richard Chang, Sav Dhaliwal, Paul McDonell and Nick Volkow.
Corrigan congratulated Larry Hayes and the school trustees as Hayes took the podium, thanked Burnaby voters, the campaign team and volunteers and introduced the four incumbent trustees – Ron Burton, Gary Wong, James Wang and Baljinder Narang – who were re-elected and welcomed Meiling Chia and Harman Pandher as the newest trustees.
The Burnaby Citizens Association would like to thank the hundreds of volunteers and supporters who helped out with the campaign to keep Burnaby strong and a great place to live, work, learn, play and do business!
For official voting results, click here.
Burnaby Citizens Association candidates were elected to all council and school board seats for the second time in a row on November 19, 2011. Shown here shortly after the election results were announced are, from left, Councillor Dan Johnston, Mayor Derek Corrigan, Councillor Anne Kang, Councillor Paul McDonell, Councillor Pietro Calendino, Councillor Nick Volkow, School Trustee Gary Wong, School Trustee Ron Burton, School Trustee Baljinder Narang, School Trustee James Wang, School Trustee Larry Hayes, School Trustee Meiling Chia, Councillor Richard Chang, School Trustee Harman Pandher and Councillor Sav Dhaliwal. Missing from the photo is re-elected Councillor Colleen Jordan.
Burnaby Citizens Association thanks the good people of Burnaby for showing confidence in civic leadership
Save the Dates!
The Annual Mayors Golf Tournament will take place on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at Riverside Golf Course.
The Annual Mayors Dinner will take place on Thursday, October 25, 2012.
Details for both events will be following soon.
Burnaby Citizens Association presents George & Trudy Doering with Honourary Membership at 2012 AGM
May 7, 2012 - Dozens of Burnaby Citizens Association members attended the Bonsor Recreation Centre yesterday for the organization’s Annual General Meeting where they voted to award Honourary Memberships to George and Trudy Doering of Burnaby in recognition of their volunteer efforts and contributions to BCA’s success over the years.
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan spoke very highly of the Doerings, describing their long time involvement with the municipal civic organization over many decades and awarded them with a framed certificate commemorating the occasion. BCA Secretary Leslie Roosa presented the Doerings with gifts of appreciation on behalf of the membership as the Doerings were applauded with a standing ovation.
Under the organization’s bylaws, members can move a special resolution at a general meeting to award Honourary Membership in recognition of a member’s outstanding service to the BCA and the community.
Mr. & Mrs. Doering have been members of the BCA since the early 1970s, and Trudy is known for her significant, almost essential, contributions of delicious, homemade “Trudy Cakes” to election campaigns and special gatherings of the BCA. George said, “Maybe I wouldn't be involved for so long but Trudy always made me take the cakes to the events!”
Members at the AGM acclaimed the organization’s Executive Committee of Table Officers and elected Members-at-Large, returning incumbent Gord Larkin as president. “This will be my last year as president and I look forward to helping the BCA plan for succession,” said Larkin.
Also acclaimed as Table Officers were incumbents Lee Loftus as Vice President, Leslie Roosa as Secretary, Glen Porter as Treasurer and Noreen Boudreau as Membership Secretary. Fifteen members-at-large were also elected to serve.
The meeting featured reports from Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan on behalf of Council and School Board Chair Larry Hayes who reported on issues facing the School Trustees. Burnaby MLAs Kathy Corrigan and Raj Chouhan and MP Peter Julian each brought greetings and reported on affairs in the Provincial Legislature in Victoria and in the House of Commons in Ottawa respectively.
BCA President Larkin thanked all the volunteers and campaign team, as well as the candidates, for their participation and commitment to the Burnaby Citizens Association in last year’s successful municipal election that saw BCA candidates sweep all Council and School Board seats for the second time in a row.