MAN IN MOTION THE WEDNESDAY
âThe hill seems insurmountable but the only way you do it is you put your hands on the wheels and you push hard â one stroke at a time.â Rick Hansen, on Thermal Drive (see page 3) MAY 16, 2012
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MAY DAY & MOMS It was a Motherâs Day breakfast in Lions Park on Sunday but Nathan and Mary-Ann Aldridgeâs young sons, Riley and Tristan, displayed their love for both mom and dad on their shirts. The breakfast was just one of several May Day events in Port Coquitlam. For more May Day photos, please see page 16. STEVE SMITH PHOTO
PoCo pair up on 64 fraud charges Two Port Coquitlam residents are facing 64 counts of credit card fraud after North Vancouver RCMP arrested the pair last week. Tara Maria Zerr, 38, and Jason Scott White, 37, are accused of using stolen credit cards to make numerous purchases at retail outlets across the North Shore. Some of the businesses included Future Shop, Markâs Work Warehouse, Shoppers Drug Mart, Cineplex Odeon and Save-On Foods. The cards were also allegedly used to make ATM withdrawals totalling more than $30,000. see CREDIT CARD CARD,, page 14
Street changes for Evergreen Pinetree, others to be more pedestrian-friendly By Janis Warren THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Big changes are planned for three of Coquitlamâs busiest streets with the coming of the Evergreen Line. Using the Canada Line as a model, Coquitlam
city staff on Monday showed the first of many examples of how North and Clarke roads and Pinetree Way will look when the rapid transit line is built in four years. At Mondayâs councilin-committee meeting, Ian Radnidge, manager of the Evergreen Line project, described how the three main streets that are to carry the elevated portions of the
rapid transit line will be transformed into more pedestrian- and cyclistfriendly zones, and how cars and public transit will flow around the Burquitlam and City Centre stations. The drawings show tree-lined streets with extra on-street parking, landscaping, curb bulges, more lighting and wide sidewalks for pedestrians and cyclists
More Coquitlam news: A new tower (pg. 7) & shark fins (pg. 8) to access Evergreen Line easily. As well, there will be multi-use paths under the guideways and, for drivers, more turning bays and better signals. Radnidge also touched on Coquitlam Centreâs plans for future com-
mercial buildings on its property on the west side of Pinetree (a representative of Morguard Investments, which manages the mall, was not available for comment). see EVERGREEN EVERGREEN,, page 6