The Tri-City News, June 22, 2012

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Hall of a man Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame inducted its latest group of notable sports men and women this week. One of them is Don Cunnings, 81, shown here doing something most 81-year-olds wouldn’t do.

Don Cunnings, the city of Coquitlam’s first head of parks and recreation, balances on a chair in his backyard.

He was inducted into the Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame along with one of his former gymnastics students.

DIANE STRANDBERG THE TRI-CITY NEWS

Izzy is one of two Jack Russell terriers owned by Denise Perrier of Port Coquitlam.

Last week, she was walking them off leash in Minnekhada Park when Izzy was grabbed and mauled by a bear cub.

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Dog + bear = trouble

By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS

A tiny but feisty Jack Russell terrier is back in its owner’s care after surviving a bear attack that left it torn and tattered.

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Coquitlam woman is warning other dog owners to be aware of bears in local parks when they’re walking their pooches.

On June 14, Denise Perrier’s dog Izzy was off leash and scampering ahead on a

trail to the knoll in Minnekhada Regional Park when the small dog turned a corner and was out of sight. Perrier heard growling and assumed a dog fight was in the offing. see POOCHES POOCHES,, page 4

Flood warnings for some locals Testimony wrapped up Thursday in the trial of former SD43 substitute teacher Aleksandr Plehanov on sex charges involving kids.

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Areas outside of dikes could be in danger: cities

By Gary McKenna THE TRI-CITY NEWS

T he city of Por t Coquitlam is advising residents and businesses located within low-lying areas to be prepared for flooding.

On Wednesday, city staff visited 17 properties that are located outside the dike system that are at the most risk

should flooding occur.

Residents are being given flood preparedness materials and being told that if water levels on the Fraser River continue to rise, minor flooding could occur.

The spring surge of the lower Fraser River is expected to peak by Friday morning, and to continue running at high levels through the weekend as forecast rain adds to snow melt.

T h e B . C . R ive r Forecast Centre ex-

pected peak flow volume to be reached Thursday at Mission, with a level of 6.38 m at the Mission gauge by late in the day.

Due to tidal influences, the river is expected to continue to rise through the weekend, with daily peak levels of up to 6.75 m. (Environment Canada said a low-pressure system off the B.C. coast is expected to spread rain to the south coast

by Friday and into the Interior by the weekend.) see STAY ALERT, ALERT, page 16

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Chance encounter led to the hall Don Cunnings has long been making mark on Coquitlam sports

By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS

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ne day several decades ago, a couple of young lads were rolling around in the grass, as boys will often do, when they were interrupted by a brusque young man who had stopped his car outside their Maillardville home.

He waded into the fray, g rabbed them by the collar and said: “That’s not the way you roll. Do it properly.”

For several minutes, the stranger showed them how to roll — his arms clasped around his bent knees. Then he demanded the youths do the same, complete with a final flourish on two feet.

Eight-year-old Neil Godin and his brother, age 10, couldn’t believe it.

“Mom, mom, mom,” they yelled when the man drove away. “This man showed us how to roll.”

It was 1950 and a few days later, the boys showed up in the basement of Notre Dame de Lourdes in Coquitlam not knowing what to expect from teacher Don Cunnings. Soon, Cunnings, a nationally ranked gymnast, had them chair tumbling and for ming human pyramids in what would became Coquitlam’s premier sport in those days before baseball, soccer and lacrosse.

Four years later, Godin and some of his fellow students went on to become national champions, with Godin performing a couple of Canadian firsts, including the first triple-twisting back somersault. In 1959, Godin qualified for the Pan Am Games and was a national team coach.

Cunnings went on to run recreational prog rams at Riverview Hospital and became Coquitlam’s first parks and recreation director,

BELOW LEFT: DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWS; OTHER PHOTOS SUBMITTED

Top row, from left: Don Cunnings as a young teacher at Notre Dame de Lourdes in Maillardville; Cunnings tumbling; some of Cunnings’ students (including Neil Godin), forming a human pyramid using two ladders.

Right and far right, Cunnings and Godin — former teacher and student — today. Coquitlam’s first director of parks and recreation, Cunnings, 81, continues to advise the city on recreation matters. leaving behind a legacy of parks and facilities in the city before retiring in 1993. (A field is named after him in Town Centre Park.)

Today, Godin, a business speaker, trainer and author, credits Cunnings with putting Maillardville on the map with his gymnastic troupe and Cunnings expressed admiration for his former student for his skill and athleticism.

The two were inducted Thursday into Coquitlam’s Sports Hall of Fame.

The honour is a surprising cap to a long and rewarding career, said Cunnings (who continues to advise Coquitlam L e i s u re a n d Pa rk s Services), all the more so because the 81-yearold is being inducted at the same time as Godin.

“My apothegm has always been ‘Don’t follow where the path may lead, go where there is no path and leave a trail.’ I never thought a branch of that trail would lead me to be in the same hall of fame as Godin,” said Cunnings.

C u n n i n g s re c a l l s Godin as an athlete of superior skill and talent who went on to compete with youths much older than himself at UBC in 1954 but who still won the championship.

First at Notre Dame de Lourdes and later at Como Lake high school, Cunnings taught gymnastics routines that were so skilful, the youths were invited to perform at the Pacific National Exhibition and regattas around B.C. At the Cultus Lake regatta, for example, the gymnastics team formed a human pyramid, using only two vertical ladders as supports, on top of a 30-foot diving platform. The summer lake crowd went wild, Godin recalls, noting Cunnings as an amazing teacher who inspired him to achieve goals that he would otherwise never have dreamed of.

“It was absolutely lifechanging,” he said. “It’s hard to imagine what would have happened with my life if Don hadn’t come by.” dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

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A video of Neil Godin’s exploits dating back to 1959 is on YouTube.

Sporting honour roll Besides Don Cunnings and Neil Godin, the Mann Cup-winning Coquitlam Adanacs team from 2001 is also on the honour roll. Other inductees are: • Gail Harvey Moore had established an impressive golfing resume by the age of 15, when she won the first of three straight Canadian junior championship titles. In 1961, Harvey Moore placed second at both the Canadian Ladies Amateur and Canadian Closed championship.

She also represented Canada in a number of international competitions. A near-fatal car crash in 1969 slowed Harvey Moore down but didn’t stop her. She recovered to win both the B.C. and Canadian Amateur women’s titles in 1970.

Harvey Moore — the mother of Tri-City MP James Moore — died of cancer in 1993.

• Norm McLeod was a member of Canada’s first-ever World Cup soccer team, scoring the nation’s first goal in the tournament. As an 18-yearold, he was a member of the national team that toured the Soviet Union in 1960. McLeod, who

played four times for Canada, was also a dominating force on the provincial soccer scene. As a member of the B.C. all-star team, McLeod put the provincial squad on the map — including a vaunted win over touring Tottenham Hotspurs.

He was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005 as well as the B.C. Softball Hall of Fame.

• William Azzi’s name has become synonymous with soccer in B.C. Involved as a coach and volunteer with the old Cape Horn association, Azzi was a founding member of the Metro Ford Soccer Club in 1984. The club, under Azzi’s guidance, became a dominating force on both the youth and senior soccer levels, resulting in 26 provincial and four national championships.

• Lois McNary heard an advertisement in 1983 for a job with the Special Olympics and made it her cause. The Coquitlam native started as a volunteer and helped establish a Special Olympics Coquitlam branch. She has filled numerous roles and postings with Special Olympics BC, currently servicing as vice-president, sports. McNary is also a founding member of the Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame.

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Pooches off leash often provoke bears, says conservation officer She ran to put a stop to it when she saw Izzy running from a small black bear.

The bruin grabbed Izzy in a bear hug and began biting it. “All I could see was her little head peeking out,� Perrier said.

Perrier ran back to her truck with her other Jack Russell, Sneaky, and shut the door in a panic. “I didn’t know what to do. Should I go back and see if my dog’s there in pieces?�

A few minutes later, the little dog came out of the woods, dazed and confused but alive.

Perrier drove Izzy to the Coast Meridian Animal Hospital, where the vet expressed surprise that the dog survived the mauling. “She’s quite nervous now,� said Perrier.

And she said she won’t let her dogs off leash in the woods any

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“If it sees a bear, it will start barking at it... After a while, the bear says, ‘Enough is enough.’�

James Kelly more or will bring bear bells with her, or walk with a large group to avoid startling a bear.

That’s good advice for dog owners, says conservation officer James Kelly. “What happens with dogs off leash — we’ve seen this a few times before — is if it’s off leash, it will run ahead and if it sees a bear, will start barking at it and the bear will start running,� Kelly said. “After a while, the bear says, ‘Enough is enough.’�

And naturally, the dog will run to where it feels safest — to its owner.

That happened l a s t s u m m e r wh e n an Anmore man was charged and swatted by a mother bear protecting its cubs from his offleash dog. “We haven’t seen anything predatory against dogs, We’ve only seen defensive action,� Kelly said.

Per rier, who’s relieved to have her dog home safe, said she should have trusted her instinct and kept the dogs close or avoided the park during bear season, and said she will now be more cautious.

Besides dog owners keeping their pets onleash when walking in parks and wooded areas, people should also keep their garbage locked up, electrify fences around chicken yards and secure other attractants, according to Kelly, who said the number of bear sightings in the TriCities has increased in the last week.

• Call 1-877-952-7277 to report wildlife-human interactions where public safety is at risk.

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Open House Invitation on Centennial House WHEN Thursday, June 28, 2012, 6–8pm WHERE Port Moody Arts Centre, 2425 St. Johns St, Port Moody You are invited to attend an open house to review and comment on the City of Port Moody’s plans, in partnership with the Arts Centre Society, to renovate Centennial House (formerly Appleyard House) for arts, culture and heritage uses. The Centennial House will be relocated from its present location on Clarke Street to 126 Kyle Street in early July.

This project is subject to an Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw amendment to rezone the land from (RS1) One Family Residential to (P1) Public Service. The Arts Centre Society is working with the City of Port Moody to determine appropriate arts, culture and heritage uses for the building, including artists studios, gallery space, program space, gift shop and cafe. The Arts Centre Society proposes to apply for a Heritage Canada Legacy grant for the renovation scheduled to start in April or May, 2013, providing the necessary bylaw amendments are in place. We are seeking public input on both the bylaw amendment application as well as the specific uses proposed for the building.

When: Thursday June 28, 2012 Where: Port Moody Arts Centre, 2425 St. Johns St, Port Moody Time: 6–8pm We’re holding this open house to hear your comments before the application is taken through the City’s formal development process. If you can’t make the meeting, but want more information on this proposal, please contact: Devin Jain, Manager of Cultural Services, City of Port Moody 604.469.4689 or djain@portmoody.ca.

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Grave display too much?

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a roadside memorial with candles lit almost nightly). And he showed The father of a Port the committee a photo Coquitlam woman killed of the grave site, which in an alleged hit-and- he said the park caretakrun accident last year is ers have inferred is exasking Coquitlam city cessive and â&#x20AC;&#x153;unsightly.â&#x20AC;? council to have more Ogilvie countered the compassion for display is wellmourners who maintained want to adorn by the family, the grave sites which shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t of their loved be given a time ones. limit for grievL a s t we e k , ing.

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Vancouver Community At Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting, College student from Mayor Richard Stewart the Philippines, was expressed his sympathy also killed in the colli- to Ogilvie for his loss sion, which happened at and said he would speak Lougheed Highway near with city staff about the the Pitt River Road. issue.

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7:00 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; COUNCIL CHAMBERS 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam READINGS BYLAWS

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 3806 for First Two 2247 & 2253 Wilson Avenue See Also: Report from Smart Growth Committee regarding Development Variance Permit Application Business Improvement Area Amendment First Three Bylaw No. 3805 Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3776 for Final 2188 Pitt River Road Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3795 for Final 2168 Nova Scotia Avenue Fees and Charges Amendment Bylaw No. 3804 Final (Facility Fees)

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Healthy Community Committee Public Art Program Smart Growth Committee Rezoning Application for 2132, 2136 and 2140 Salisbury Avenue Director of Corporate Services Municipal Police Unit Agreement 2011 Statement of Financial Information and Report on Council Remuneration 2011 Annual Report Submission to the UBCM - Proposed 2012 Resolutions

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Plehanov alibi examined Former TOC’s trial is to wrap up on July 3

By Sarah Payne THE TRI-CITY NEWS

The trial of Aleksandr Plehanov, a former substitute teacher accused of sexually assaulting several elementary school students, wrapped up Thursday morning at the end of the prosecution’s case.

Defence lawyer Lisa Jean Helps announced she would not be calling any witnesses in the trial, including her own client.

The trial ended with Helps’ brief cross-examination of Coquitlam RCMP Const. Shelby Mur phy re g arding Plehanov’s possible alibi for the afternoon of June 3, 2010. That’s the day Plehanov is alleged to have been seen outside the home of one of the girls he is accused of assaulting.

In the course of Murphy’s testimony in Port Coquitlam provincial court, Judge David St. Pierre heard that a man signed in under the name Aleksandr Plehanov at the Burnaby food bank at 4550 Kitchener St. some time between noon and 1 p.m. on June 3, 2010, and that the food bank regularly allows people to line up at about 11 or 11:30 a.m.

Aleksandr Plehanov’s lawyer did not call him to testify in his own defence.

Mur phy also testified she had driven two separate routes from the food bank to the location where Plehanov was allegedly seen outside the girl’s home, noting one route took 37 minutes due to construction, while another took 26 minutes.

Earlier in the trial, a neighbour of one of the alleged victims testified she had seen a man, whom she believed to be Plehanov, outside the girl’s home just before 11 a.m. on June 3, 2010.

The neighbour called police and officers arrived at about 11:30 a.m.

They patrolled the area for about an hour but did not locate Plehanov.

On June 8, Plehanov was allegedly spotted in his vehicle in the same area, this time by the distraught mother of an alleged victim. Police arrived about an hour later but didn’t find the suspect, and Burnaby RCMP

arrested him later that night at his home.

Following Helps’ decision to not call any evidence, Crown prosecutor Wendy Van Tongeren Harvey gave a brief outline of the submissions she would be making on July 3, including some regarding legal issues around the reliability of evidence given by children. Those submissions will be followed by closing arguments.

Outside the court, the father of one girls expressed his relief that the trial was over, adding he wasn’t disappointed Plehanov didn’t testify.

“I didn’t expect he’d testify,” the man said.

“There’d be too much risk.”

The father, who can’t be named to protect the identity of his daughter, said she’s doing “all right” but he’s worried about the “other families who didn’t come forward,” with their allegations regarding Plehanov.

He also praised Crown counsel and Coquitlam RCMP Victim Services for their support over the last two years.

“I hope he’s found guilty,” the father said of the man who allegedly assaulted his daughter.

“And I certainly hope he isn’t able to teach anymore and he isn’t able to be with kids in any capacity.”

He wants to see the

school board implement new policies to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Plehanov is facing five charges of sexual interference and five charges of sexual assault involving girls who were aged seven and eight at the time of the alleged incidents, which date back to January 2008. He is also facing a charge of criminal harassment in relation to a June 2010 incident.

Plehanov is alleged to have touched students inappropriately soon after he started teaching in School District 43 in 2007 and, although he was cautioned by fellow teachers and principals, and reported to the BC College of Teachers in 2009, nobody called police.

The touching reportedly included girls sitting on Plehanov’s lap and him touching their shoulders, bottoms, stomachs and lower pelvic area, and is alleged to have continued until the parents of one girl reported the incident to police in March 2010.

Plehanov was arrested about a week later.

The defence has argued Plehanov was an ineffectual teacher who misunderstood the boundaries between teachers and students. Helps also argued much of the girls’ allegations were clouded by conversations with their friends and parents. spayne@tricitynews.com

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SD43 to get carbon offset payouts back

By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS

Cash paid by school districts to the province for carbon offsets will now be returned in the form of grants for energy saving projects — more than $300,000 this year.

In a memo to School District 43, Victoria has outlined a new carbon neutral capital program that will help cashstrapped school districts fund lighting and other upgrades.

Melissa Hyndes, SD43 chair, wasn’t available to comment before press time but the Coquitlam board of education has long been critical of the province’s carbon neutral regulations, which came into effect in 2008 and require districts as well as other government agencies to tally up their carbon emissions, based on energy and paper consumption, and pay $25 per tonne.

Tri-City trustees have

been concerned about thousands of dollars the district has paid to the Pacific Carbon Trust. “ We h ave t o p ay money out of the classroom to subsidize this, yet schools that are entrepreneurial get no offset,” Port Coquitlam Trustee Judy Shirra commented at a board of education meeting in February.

Now, under new rules confirmed in a press release this week, districts will get all the money they pay in offsets or more for energy saving projects.

For SD43, that amounts to $328,650 in 2012/’13.

The district hasn’t decided what to spend the money on but, in the future, districts will be required to submit project requests before getting the funds.

According to the memo from the province, the district has already received $257,454 in compensation for car-

bon offsets while it has paid $555,612 for carbon offsets since 2010.

In addition to establishing a $5-million capital fund for school district energy saving projects, the province has announced two other changes to its carbon neutral program. It will no longer charge an administration fee for public sector agencies to use the SmartTool to calculate carbon offsets and will establish an advisory board to determine what projects the Pacific Carbon Trust will fund. The panel will include representatives from the private and public sectors that purchase offsets from PCT as well as select carbon industry experts.

According to the ministry, school district energy saving projects have achieved annual cost savings of more than $12.6 million province-wide while reducing GHGs by over 35,600 tonnes.

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TIME TO PAINT THE TOWN BLUE Ford of Canada is proud to announce the grand reopening of Metro Motors.

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Established in 1965, Metro Motors has been a landmark in the Port Coquitlam community for over 47 years. The family owned-and-operated business knows that it’s their people who make the difference, and give back to the community by sponsoring the Coquitlam Metro Ford Soccer Club, Downtown Port Coquitlam Auto Show, and regularly donates to the local SHARE food bank.

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oodlums involved in the Stanley Cup riot are about to see some justice with 114 accused rioters receiving charges and at least one sentencing. It’s unfortunate that Tri-Cities youth were caught up in the chaos but they will have to take responsibility for their actions and maybe they will learn from them.

Jail sentences are entirely appropriate for individuals with records and those with histories of violence or police run-ins. But restorative justice, employed by groups like CERA (Communities Embracing Restorative Action) in Coquitlam, have the skills to bring victims and perpetrators together for reconciliation.

If asked, CERA could host meetings where accused individuals meet with the people they hurt and come up with a remedy, which could be financial, community service or other action. Some of these youth could explain their actions in public and local students could benefit.

Restorative justice can make the victim feel better and safer while restoring the harm done. And while it only works in some cases, mostly involving young offenders, it’s worth a try.

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Bridging the Pattullo divide (with $800M) AS I SEE IT Chris Bryan

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erhaps you’ve heard of the plans to replace the Pattullo Bridge with a new, six-lane span.

You would be forgiven if you glossed over the details because it no doubt makes sense to replace the old, rotting deathtrap with something that has wide enough lanes that you don’t avoid the centre lane for fear of a headon conclusion.

TransLink wants the new bridge ready for traffic by 2018, and in my little city of New Westminster, this gives us the chills.

We have the good fortune, and misfortune, of living in a city created before the car.

Narrow streets, houses bundled together, snug with schools and businesses right up to the edge of most streets. Walkable, bikeable (for those with hill-climbing thighs) and incredibly well served by transit. We’re told this is a good urban model.

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But the 450,000 cars that travel through here daily are killing our chance to really make our city work and adding two lanes to the Pattullo would actually do us more harm.

And it’s not really going to help other commuters, either. If you’ve taken the Pattullo through my city during rush hour, you’ll understand. Many days, it’s a creeping, inching, exhaust-belching nightmare. For New West folks, the aggravation is different: We’re trying to get through it to get our kids to soccer practice or pick them up from daycare.

The real problem with the Pattullo is that it lands in the heart of our city. (As our city’s chief engineer says, if you were to build a new Pattullo today, would you really put it there?) The Ironworkers Memorial Bridge is six lanes and it’s on Highway 1. The new Pattullo would dump six lanes of traffic onto local roads, McBride Boulevard and Royal Avenue, past an elementary school and two middle schools. If we were a very large city instead of 15 sq. km, one really clogged area wouldn’t be such a big deal.

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On the other hand, I think I understand Surrey’s situation.

A thousand new residents per month?

That city is absolutely booming.

Surrey residents need to get to work in Burnaby, perhaps. They might even have friends in my fair city they would like to visit.

You might have even heard some rumblings that folks in New West were saying the Pattullo should be scrapped altogether, and thought, what are those people smoking?

There was a forum in New Westminster last week packed with Royal City folks echoing the same concerns I’ve outlined here.

Surrey Coun. Barinder Rasode bravely stood up and made the important point that had to be made: Surrey wants the new Pattullo. In fact, she said, it needs it.

People in Surrey cannot cancel their car insurance and make the leap to transit, even part of the time, because transit service south of the Fraser River sucks.

And in New Westminster, we are blind if we believe that Surrey’s situation and

choices are in any way similar to ours.

So I propose a compromise.

Let’s keep the existing bridge but rehabilitate it. Make the lanes wider and safer, as was done in 2001 with the Lions Gate Bridge.

Add ample cycling and pedestrian sidewalks.

Paint it, too, make it look pretty.

TransLink estimates this would cost about $200 million. That’s about $800 million less than the cost to build a new bridge.

Then, I propose we immediately gift that $800 million to Surrey to give it what it desperately needs: Improve transit; fast-track light rail between Surrey City Centre and Guildford; get the rapid bus plans for King George Boulevard and over the new Port Mann back on the table.

With a new Port Mann Bridge doubling capacity by the end of the year, my guess is that if we put our new money into transit south of the Fraser, we’ll soon find ourselves in a situation where everyone wins.

Chris Bryan is editor of the New Westminster NewsLeader, a Black Press sister paper to The Tri-City News.

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FACE TO FACE: Is year-round schooling the way to go in British Columbia?

Shorter holidays, more school days the summer, schools could have a longer spring break or Christmas break.

The traditional school calendar, with its long summer break, is based on an outdated agrarian timetable from a time when children were needed on the family farm to harvest crops. There’s no reason to maintain the same archaic schedule now.

If I were king for the day, I would even go a step further.

At the risk of sounding like a cranky old fart, I think kids these days should spend more time in the classroom and less time in front of their television sets or playing Nintendo Wii and Xbox.

Why not extend the school year beyond the current 193 days to 215 days or more?

Students are in class, for example, 243 days in Japan, 240 days in Germany, 220 days in South Korea and 216 days in Israel.

By the time Japanese teens have completed 12th grade, they would have spent the equivalent of at least two more years in school than their Canadian counterparts.

Sorry, kids, my vote is for more school and a shorter summer holiday.

You’ll thank me when you’re older.

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n sunny spring lunchtimes at Monty middle school, as principal, I would watch swarms of kids playing soccer or basketball outside and otherwise happily running around, making up their own rules, getting along, learning life lessons more beneficial than those offered in afternoon math class.

On such idyllic days, I felt like turning off the school bells and letting them play all afternoon, to let them be kids for as long as possible before trudging back to instruction, compliance and competition.

Because our kids need less adult structured time, not more.

But not according to my drill sergeant colleague and Education Minister George Abbott, who recently tabled legislation to encourage year-round schooling.

Without consulting educators (that’ll show ’em who’s boss) and without spending a nickel, it feigns forward thinking — after all, summer holidays are so agrarian and passé.

Further, it courts allies in the BC Liberals’ fight with teachers, serving as a not-so-subtle reminder of muchenvied two-month teacher vacations.

Simply, it’s good politics.

But good politics and peripheral arguments aside, proponents of year-round schooling ultimately

accept the notion that more time in school will help us keep up with other countries whose children go to school eight days a week, 13 months a year and evenings.

They’re mistaken.

Asian students work hard in school because education is important and teachers are revered in Asian culture, not because they go to school more than we do. It’s the respect Asian cultures have for education that we should emulate, not their hellish school hours.

In international measures, Finland’s students score highest in world (Canada is third). Finnish students enjoy a two-and-a-half month summer vacation and go to school 165 days per year, more than 20 fewer than B.C. students.

Wow, imagine how well Finnish students would do if we gave them more worksheets, FSA exams and made them go to school more!

The academic diligence we hope our children embody won’t come from added time or rigour; it will come from within, gently coaxed out by adults through respectful communication, not more school days.

Summer vacation gives unstructured time for kids to be kids. It should be a happy, developmentally important time — as important as their formal schooling.

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For most parents, a two-month summer vacation means a significant hit to the pocketbook and weeks of unrelenting stress and aggravation.

You’ve got to find affordable child care, you’ve got to find things to keep your children stimulated and you have to make sure your kids don’t forget what they’ve learned in school.

I remember when I was in school, my teacher would spend the first month of each new school year re-teaching us what we forgot over the summer.

Let’s face it, a two-month break is good for teachers but it’s too long for students and parents.

That’s why I applaud the BC Liberals’ introduction of Bill 36, which would allow school boards to decide if they want to eliminate the standard school calendar and allow for a more balanced schedule.

Under the proposed legislation, schools would still have approximately 193 days of in-class instruction but districts would have the option of spreading them out.

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TRI-CITYY LETTERS Put away PoCo â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;wish listâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; The Editor, Re. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shopping list for surplusâ&#x20AC;? (The Tri-City News, June 15).

When I read this headline and the sub-head (â&#x20AC;&#x153;PoCo manages budget surplus in 2011â&#x20AC;?), I thought, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wow, this is great.â&#x20AC;?

Then I read that this money will be used to pay for several projects that likely would not have been able to move forward this year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a wish list â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and my emo-

tions went from happiness to dismay.

Port Coquitlam council is treating this money as if it fell from the sky or was won in a lottery.

This money is a surplus from money collected in taxes last year from PoCo residents.

I foolishly thought when I first read this headline that the surplus would naturally be used to ease the burden of next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taxes. Once again, PoCo council has

demonstrated it has lost touch with the reality of what its constituents are going through in these hard times. The fact is, most of us are struggling to feed, clothe and provide a roof over the heads of our families.

We all have wish lists of things we would like to have. We would all love to have a large amount of money fall from the sky to pay for these things. The reality is that it will not happen

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strung out along the transit corridor will not achieve this goal.

Second, the addition of stations erodes service for users. The time to slow down and stop, station dwell time, and acceleration back to track speed makes the service less attractive.

Third, a new station may make the pro-

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and this means we cannot afford our wishes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the city canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t at this time, either.

We can be sure that when it comes to deliberating next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taxes, PoCo council will say due to rising costs, we will need more money or have to cut services.

In the meantime, councillors will have spent last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surplus of $858,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on a wish list.

Wayne Kilthau, Port Coquitlam

Third station doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make sense

The Editor, Re. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Group promotes 3rd stationâ&#x20AC;? (The TriCity News, June 15).

A third station on the forthcoming Evergreen L i n e t h ro u g h Po r t Moody is undesirable for three reasons: First, Metro Vancouverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regional growth plan advocates focusing population

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A Coquitlam community group that asked city hall for â&#x20AC;&#x153;leadershipâ&#x20AC;? to rebuild a common fence in its area was told this week it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get any help from the public body.

Monday, the councilin-committee advised the Westwood Plateau Community Association (WPCA) it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t intervene as the city would set a precedent if it intrudes on private property ownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rights.

The issue came before council last October when WPCA secretary Tom Cox and member Lockery Munnion lobbied for city assistance to find ways to get about 70 Westwood Plateau residents to pay to rebuild the fence, a common amenity that was built as part of a development agreement between the city and Wesbild.

Over the years, the wooden fence has become run down and the association believes it is devaluing the neighbourhood. To complicate the matter, the fence posts donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t line up with property lines so, if one neighbour wants to tear down and replace his fence, the supporting

posts are in the neighbourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yard.

L a s t m o n t h , C ox met with city planning general manager Jim McIntyre, and a consultant hired by the city, to resolve the issue but was told thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing the city can do from a legal standpoint.

This week, Cox and Munnion pleaded their case again â&#x20AC;&#x201D; before the new city council. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a real difficult situation because private property rights are involved,â&#x20AC;? said Coun.

Mae Reid, who added the project couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be classified as a local improvement (under that program, the city pays 10% for new infrastructure such as curbs, gutters and traffic calming measures while residents pay the balance).

Coun. Terry Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill said the city isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in a position to compel homeowners to join in, and infringing on their rights â&#x20AC;&#x153;could take us to court,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are protecting all of Coquitlam homeowners by not participating in this.â&#x20AC;?

Mayor Richard Stewart added city staff have taken steps to ensure common amenities arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t part of future development agreements.

City of PoMo issues its own report card Want to know what Port Moody was up to last year?

The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2011 annual report, outlining activities and financial results as well as progress on councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2009 strategic plan, is now available for public inspection. The report also outlines the new councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2012 strategic plan.

You can find the report at www.portmoody. ca; click on the link â&#x20AC;&#x153;The 2011 Annual report is now available.â&#x20AC;?

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Baires prelim The young man accused of dang e ro u s d r iv i n g in the death of a Burnaby teen two years ago in Port Moody will be in court for a preliminary hearing next month.

Christopher Baires faces nine charges, including impaired and dangerous driving causing death.

On Sept. 2, 2010, Baires was driving with three friends after a day at White Pine Beach. He is alleged to have tried to pass another car on a blind corner on Bedwell Bay Road when he lost control and hit the trees lining the road.

Melissa Tomac, a 16-year-old Burnaby girl, died later in hospital.

ONLINE INFO ON FLOODING

MEETING

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â&#x20AC;˘ portcoquitlam.ca â&#x20AC;˘ coquitlam.ca â&#x20AC;˘ bcrfc.env.gov.bc.ca â&#x20AC;˘ pep.gov.bc.ca dents in low-lying areas about the possibility of flooding. The city website said staff have been monitoring status reports on the snow pack, river levels and dike conditions.

T h e Kw i k w e t l e m First Nation is also concerned about the rising water levels. A statement on its website said members were moving sandbags to some of the weaker areas of the dike system and around the pump house.

* Immediately Following adjournment of the Council-in-Committee Meeting

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The City has received an application to amend the Citywide OfďŹ cial Community Plan (CWOCP)) relating to the property located at 1440 Dayton Street. The application proposes a redesignation of portions of the subject property from Conventional Townhomes and Environmentally Sensitive Area to Small Village Single Family, Conventional Townhomes and Environmentally Sensitive Area. If approved, the application would accommodate a future residential subdivision containing approximately ďŹ ve one-family residential lots located north of the on-site watercourse and one single townhome unit to be located south of the on-site watercourse.

*A Regular Council Meeting will convene immediately following adjournment of the Public Hearing.

You are now being invited to provide input to Council with respect to the above-noted application.

Watch Live Broadcasts of Coquitlam Council Meetings or Archived Video from Meetings Previously Webcast

The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein up to Monday, July 9, 2012. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways:

The City of Coquitlam offers a video streaming service that makes its Regular Council Meetings, Council-in-Committee Meetings and Public Hearings accessible through its website at www.coquitlam.ca/webbroadcasts.

Agendas for the Regular Council and Council-in-Committee Meetings will be available on the Council Agendas page of the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday prior to the scheduled meetings.

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The lower Fraser dike system is designed for river levels up to 8.89 m but the high water is raising flood risk in areas not protected by dikes. Residents of Barnston Island near Surrey were put on flood alert by local officials Thursday.

Properties along the Pitt and Coquitlam rivers could also see some flooding and water levels are expected to peak today (Friday).

In 2007, the city of PoCo used grants from the provincial government to upgrade many of the dikes in the municipality, raising them to approximately 5.5 m high.

Still, people who walk along the dikes are warned to use extreme caution as water levels are higher than usual and the current is moving fast.

The city of Coquitlam is also warning resi-

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Schedule of Meetings

â&#x20AC;˘ By email to clerks@coquitlam.ca q â&#x20AC;˘ Fax: 604-927-3015 â&#x20AC;˘ Mail: City Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OfďŹ ce, City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 â&#x20AC;˘ In person at City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way at the City Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OfďŹ ce during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays (Telephone: 604-927-3010) Additional information about this application can be obtained from the Planning and Development Department (Telephone: 604-927-3434).

All written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca q .

Should Council grant ďŹ rst reading to the proposed CWOCP amendment, a Public Hearing will be held with notiďŹ cation to be provided in accordance with the Local Government Act.

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Witnesses sought to MVA involving drunk driver Coquitlam RCMP is asking for witnesses to come forward after an impaired driver was involved in a motor vehicle accident last Thursday.

The incident hap-

pened at around 8:40 p.m. on June 14 along Lougheed Highway west of Shaughnessy Street in Port Coquitlam.

Police responded after a 1993 four-door grey Honda Civic travelling

east on Lougheed collided with three vehicles that were stopped at a red light at the intersection.

The driver attempted to run away before being caught by an off-duty Port Moody police officer.

Nobody was injured in the collision and the suspect was arrested, and now faces charges for impaired driving and failing to remain at the scene of an accident as well as driving while

prohibited.

“The driver has a long history of impaired driving and was a prohibited driver at the time of the accident,” Coquitlam RCMP said in a press release.

Police are considering additional charges and are seeking information from anyone who may have witnessed the driver’s actions in the leadup to the collision.

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mation is asked to call Coquitlam RCMP at 604-945-1550. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call 1-800-2228477 or go to www.solvecrime.ca. gmckenna@tricitynews.com

Hey, keep CONSTRUCTION IS OVER! FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE cars out of lake

New asst. super in District 43 A new face will be seen in school board offices at School District 43 with the hiring of Reno Ciolfi as assistant superintendent.

Currently serving as director of instruction in the Burnaby School District, Ciolfi has extensive leadership experience at the school and district levels.

He will take on his post this summer and will fill a vacancy left by Maureen Dockendorf, who has been seconded to the B.C. Ministry of Education as superintendent of reading.

“I am thrilled to join Coquitlam School District as it has a reputation as a leading-edge school district,” Ciolfi said in a press release.

“I look forward to utilizing my skills and experience in being part of a team that will propel the district even further towards its vision of Learning Without Boundaries.” dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

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A rarely heard from section of the Coquitlam RCMP recently teamed up with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources in an unusual investigation.

The Rural Policing Unit, along with the ministry, removed 15 abandoned cars and trucks from the north end of Pitt Lake. The vehicles had become environmental hazards as they were badly decomposing and leaking toxic fluids into the lake.

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Burnaby and North Vancouver City will join Coquitlam in signing a controversial new 20-year RCMP contract

despite deep concerns among the holdout cities about the costs that will flow to them.

A few remaining cities— including Port Coquitlam, Richmond and North Vancouver District — are still weighing whether to sign ahead of a provincially imposed June 30 deadline, which has already been extended twice and

won’t be again.

The provincial government has warned it will take responsibility for policing cities that don’t sign by July and charge them full costs, without the 10% federal subsidy that applies to RCMP bills.

“It’s not a flip at all,” North Vancouver City Mayor Darrell Mussatto said of his council’s ex-

pected reversal on June 25, adding cities can still exercise a two-year optout clause in the contract.

His city will take the next year or so to weigh the true costs of the RCMP contract against the potential of switching to an alternate municipal model. see REG’L REG L STUDIES, STUDIES, page 20

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One policing study will be mounted by the North Vancouver municipalities looking at the potential to partner with West Vancouver’s municipal police force or form their own.

“The study might even look at what a regional policing model might look like,” Mussatto said.

Another study will examine much the same issues for Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Richmond and Bur naby, possibly looking at links to the municipal forces in Port Moody, New Westminster and Delta.

R i ch m o n d M ayo r Malcolm Brodie said his council hasn’t yet decided what to do. He said the province has warned cities face significant penalties if they don’t sign but the cities also believe they will be locked in to higher contract costs if they do sign.

“We’re in a very difficult spot where our city loses no matter what,” Brodie said.

Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said this week his council is signing under duress.

Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender, who represented B.C. cities in the contract talks and

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by Corrigan for the outcome, stressed he is not declaring victory over the Burnaby mayor.

“This isn’t about me winning or losing a battle with any other mayor,” Fassbender said, adding it’s a wise decision for holdout councils to sign and then take their time deciding whether to opt out of RCMP service.

“Why would they have their taxpayers pay more for whatever amount of time it would be to simply make a point?”

Fassbender said. “They can make the point by doing a study then making a decision.”

Meanwhile, he said, all cities can work through new contract management committees that have already begun meeting to try to make the new deal work and increase accountability of the Mounties.

All the mayors have repeatedly said they do not take issue with the service provided by RCMP officers in their cities but, rather, with the costs and accountability of the force.

Another major concern are potential costs stemming from the new $1.2-billion RCMP E Division headquarters in Surrey. jnagel@blackpress.ca

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A grant of $50,000 is going to Meadowbrook elementary school to upgrade its equipment.

This is the final phase of the playground funding commitment made by the province last September, bringing the total number of schools benefiting from the two-year program to 227 province-wide. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

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THE THINGS-TO-DO GUIDE: Music, theatre and lots of kilts

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Let’s face it — with bagpipes, whiskey, golf and anything involving Ewan McGregor, the Scottish are just plain awesome. Join the fun and become Scottish, if only for a day, at the BC Highland Games, running Saturday at Percy Perry Stadium (Town Centre Park) in Coquitlam. There will be music (Celtic fare and world-class pipe bands, naturally) and dancing to go along with it, very large men in kilts throwing very heavy objects, as well as a car show and activities just for the kids (and a wee dram of whiskey, just for the big kids). Tickets at the gate are $15/$10/$5. Check www.bchighlandgames.com for more details.

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Communications team (EPCom) hunkers down at Castle Park (2252 Castle Cres., off Citadel Drive) this weekend.

Everyone is welcome from noon to 4 p.m. to try and make radio contact to help the team earn points. EPCom will be at Castle Park from 5 p.m. Friday to noon Sunday as part of the competition. Visit www.epcom.ca for more information.

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New parents and their wee ones can take part in guided moderate-level hikes at Belcarra and Minnekhada Regional Parks Fridays throughout the summer, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Cost is $20/person/series. Register at 604-432-6359.

Teenagers, 19th-century Russian theatre and comedy aren’t necessarily three things you’d normally see together, which makes this Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) show at 1 p.m. worth checking out. See what happens when a group of eight teens take on an adaptation of The Inspector General, a comedy written by Nikolai Gogol in 1842, the culmination of their Next Stage Production course.

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Cheer on participants in the Strides for Strokes event at the Coquitlam Farmers Market (and if you want to participate, be at the Dogwood Pavilion at 624 Poirier St. at 11 a.m. to register). While you’re there, check out the first strawberries and raspberries of the season. The market runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; visit www.makebakegrow.com for more info.

The fifth annual Shift 1-Act Festival is at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody). The line-ups slated for tonight and tomorrow offer a mix of fascinating stories; Saturday’s event also features a pre-show reception and post-show dessert. Tickets are $18/$15, available at 778-300-1852 or at www. shiftarts.ca.

Celebrate the Rocky Point Park institution that is Pajo’s, which has been turning out fish ‘n’ chips for 25 years now.

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• What’s Eating You? Biological Control of Insect Pests in the Home Garden: When people grow plants for food, some of those plants end up being eaten by pests — insects that compete with us for our food crops. The good news is that there are predators that feed on these pests. Biological control provides a sustainable, ecologicallybased alternative to the use of chemical pesticides for pest management. Rob McGregor from the Institute of Urban Ecology at

Douglas College will discuss methods in biological control along with a communitybased program where local gardeners collect information on biological control in the home garden. The session runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. next Thursday, June 28, in the Nancy Bennett Room at the Poirier branch.

Phone 604-937-4155 to register for this free program.

For more information about any of these programs, visit www. library.coquitlam. bc.ca. The City Centre branch is located at 3000 Burlington Dr. and the Poirier branch at 575 Poirier St.

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• Summer Reading Club 2012 for children: Kids can investigate great reading this summer with some books that are Strange… But True.

Sign up and receive a free reading record and bookmark. Kids who complete their reading record will be eligible to receive a special Summer Reading Club medal. The club kicks off Saturday, July 7 at 10:30 a.m. with a performance by Norden the Magician, six-time winner of the children’s magician of the year award. Families will love his wacky antics, amazing tricks and silly jokes — and his rabbit Q-Tip will join in the fun. Free tickets are available for club members beginning June 23.

For more information, visit www.fvrl. bc.ca or the Fraser Valley Regional Library Facebook page. Terry Fox Library is located 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Phone 604-9277999.

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members are welcome to share their insights on selected books with other people and learn about their reactions to the same books. The Night Readers will meet Wednesday, July 25 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in PMPL’s ParkLane Room to discuss Under this Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell. The story is about Teodor Mykolayenko and his family as the try to survive on the Canadian Prairies during the 1930s.

• Golf for a Cause: Enjoy a day on the greens while making your community a better place. PMPL’s Links to Literacy Golf Tournament funds many library services that support literacy for all ages. Join community members and local businesses for 18 holes of golf, great prizes and contests, and a banquet dinner at Meadow Gardens course in Pitt

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You may qualify for the program — to be held on June 26 — if you: • have been in Canada for less than five years and are a permanent resident; • are unemployed or underemployed (working outside of your field or at a lower level); • are eager to learn and motivated to build your career in Canada; • have a clear and reasonable job target; • can speak at an intermediate to advanced level of English; At a session, facilitated by employment counsellors Seann Sinclaire and Alan MacInroy, you can learn about Skills Connect, an initiative by ISSBC that helps ease the transition of skilled immigrants into the Canadian workforce by connecting them with industry-specific skills training, credential evaluation and job search services. The presentation and screening run from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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The Hometown Run in Port Coquitlam is the Tri-Cities’ biggest Terry Fox Run but its smallest — in the village of Anmore — is in need of a leader or it may not, er, run.

Leader needed for Anmore’s Fox Run

The Terry Fox Run in Anmore is still without an organizer for this year’s charity event.

And Donna White of the BC/Yukon Terry Fox Foundation says if a leader isn’t found soon, the run may have to be cancelled.

Last month, the Port Coquitlam-based foun-

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SPCA event Summer has just begun but registration is already open for a big charity event at the end of the season.

You can sign up now for the 2012 Scotiabank and BC SPCA Paws for a Cause walk and, according to an SPCA press release, “become a pawesome supporter” of the group.

Animal lovers across the province are gearing up for the SPCA’s signature event, being held Sept.

9 in 35 communities throughout British Columbia, including Coquitlam.

“We are so grateful to all our supporters... Paws for a Cause is our biggest fundraising event of the year and our branches are reliant on the life-saving funds our participants raise,” said Farrah Rooney, manager of fundraising events for BC SPCA, which this year hopes to raise $1 million for B.C.’s most vulnerable animals. “Participating in Paws for a Cause is a fun way to make a difference in your community. Our events are a true celebration of animals and feature all kinds of activities for the whole family.”

Those interested in getting involved in the Paws for a Cause may join as an individual, as a group or as a corporate team. Registrants are all eligible for local and provincial prizes, and participants who raise $500 in June will receive a free SPCA hoodie.

The Coquitlam walk starts at noon on Sunday, Sept. 9 at Lafarge Lake, in Town Centre Park.

Prospective participants should visit spca.bc.ca/ walk for information on sponsorship opportunities and fundraising ideas, as well as pledge kits, posters and volunteer opportunities.

The BC SPCA is a non-profit organization funded primarily by donations. Its mission is to prevent cruelty and to promote the welfare of animals through a wide range of services, including cruelty investigations, emergency rescue and treatment, sheltering and adoption of homeless and abused animals, humane education, advocacy, farm animal welfare, spay/neuter programs, and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation.

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Application Type: Rezoning from OneFamily Residential (RS1) to Comprehensive Development Zone (CD58) Site Location: 2210 Clarke Street, Port Moody, B.C. The rezoning proposal is to allow a laneway house at the rear of the existing home to support a family member of the home owner who requires rehabilitation, care and medical attention by the homeowner. The laneway house will allow the family member a sense of independence during the long road to recovery. The proposal has been revised to relocate the laneway house to the northeast corner of the property.

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The Law Students’ Legal Advice Program (LSLAP) exists to help those people.

LSLAP is a non-profit organization that offers free legal advice and representation at clinics located throughout the Lower Mainland. It assists more than 4,000 people each year and has operated clinics for more than 40 years.

Volunteer UBC law students, working under the guidance of supervising lawyers, provide legal advice in various areas of law, including criminal law, small claims, residential tenancy, employment law and many more.

LSLAP is British Columbia’s largest legal aid organization and the demand for its services continues to grow. Its clinics are open once again to help people with their legal issues. Individuals seeking legal advice should contact the program and book an appointment by calling 604-822-5791.

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Last year, Better Business Bureau serving Mainland B.C. received 867 complaints against general contractors and home improvement related companies.

This past spring, BBB has received reports of contractors in the Thompson-Okanagan and across the Lower Mainland who have intimidated homeowners and ended up charging too much and doing too little.

“Watch out for red flags from those just looking to make a quick buck,” Lynda Pasacreta, BBB president and CEO, said in a press release.

“Be especially wary of doing business with a contractor who solicits business door-to-door.

This could mean that the contractor is just passing through the area trying to scam innocent consumers.”

BBB advises consumers to use the following checklist when choosing a home contractor: • Don’t give into sales pressure. If a contractor shows up to your door offering services, ask to take their business card or flyer. Do not let a person pressure you into signing up. Let them know you will contact them after consulting with your spouse or partner.

• Be picky and have lots of options. Seek at least three bids from prospective contractors based on the same specifications, materials and labour needed to complete the project.

Homeowners should discuss bids in detail with each contractor and ask questions about variations in pricing.

The lowest-priced contractor may not be the best.

• Make sure they are insured. Consumers should ask whether the company is insured w i t h Wo rk S a f e B C against claims covering workers’ compensation, property damage and personal liability in case of accidents.

Consumers should obtain the name of the insurance carrier and call to verify coverage.

• Get everything in writing. Read and understand the contract before signing. Get all verbal promises in writ-

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In accordance with City policy, you are now being invited to provide input to Council with respect to the above-noted application. The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein up to 5:00 p.m. Friday, June 29, 2012. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways: • Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca • Fax: 604-927-3015 • Mail: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, B.C., V3B 7N2 • In person at City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way at the City Clerk’s Office during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays (Telephone: 604-927-3010).

Input received will be provided to Council in the form of a report at a Regular Council Meeting. Council will consider the input provided and submit a formal recommendation on the application to the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch (LCLB).

Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca.

Additional information concerning this application can be obtained by contacting Kerri Lore, City Clerk’s Office, at 604-927-3016.

For further details and for non-residential sprinkling regulations, please speak to City of Coquitlam staff.

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Kids can vote on new PoMo library card just for them Calling all kids: Port Moody Public Library is launching a new library card just for children and librarians need your help in choosing the best design.

Three designs have been created for the new children’s card and PMPL wants to know which one young people like best.

Children are invited to visit the library

and cast their vote.

The contest is open to children up to 12 years old or anyone who is registered for the Port Moody summer reading club.

The rules are simple:

Visit the library, choose your favourite design and then vote. Each child is allowed to vote once each day for his or her favourite design.

The contest is running all summer, so children

will have plenty of opportunities to vote.

The contest closes on Sept. 1 and the winning design will be announced the following week at the summer reading club medal cer-

emony. The brand new children’s card will be available in time for Port Moody’s 2013 centennial celebrations.

Funding for this project is provided by the Links to Literacy

golf tournament.

Port Moody Public Library is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m.

Mad Science tomorrow Children aged four and older are invited to Coquitlam Public Library’s summer reading club kick-off party tomorrow (Saturday).

Mad Science instructors will conduct entertaining experiments. Club registration takes place at the Poirier branch from 10 to 10:30 a.m., with the show running from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. City Centre registration will take place from 2 to 2:30 p.m., with the show running from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Coquitlam city hall council chambers.

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That is why members of the Coquitlam Amateur Radio Emergency Services Society will be dusting off their equipment this weekend to participate in the annual Field Day Exercise, a 36-hour communication effort that will showcase the talents of local radio operators.

While the event is good practice for a major emergency, Martin Hyde, the club secretary, said it is also an opportunity for operators to come together and connect with people around the world.

“Basically, you contact as many people you possibly can around the clock for 36 hours,” he said.

“This is the radio communication social event of the year.”

During a disaster, such as an earthquake or a major storm, traditional communication lines can be wiped out and signals can be jammed, said Hyde.

Radio signals, however, are still able to be transmitted with ease, allowing emergency officials to contact outside agencies for help. That makes radio operators integral to an emergency response plan, Hyde said.

“It is a simple and robust system,” he said. “I can send text files anywhere this side of Japan, Australia, up and down the eastern seaboard, using 50 watts of radio power.”

During the Field Day Exercise, a point system is put in place, allowing each team to see how it fared against its competition. For example, a team that contacts a group that is operating a radio off of a generator will receive a certain number of points while points are also given for how many politicians and community officials visit the site during the 36-hour period.

Hyde said last year, a combined team from Coquitlam, New Westminster and Burnaby won its class in Canada.

This weekend’s event will take place at the northeast corner of Blue Mountain Park and starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 23, wrapping up 36 hours later.

Members of the public are invited to visit and see the radio operators and their equipment in action.

Stories on Wheels runs from 11 to 11:45 a.m. on July 16. Free tickets will be available for club members beginning July 3.

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book club members, is a street theatre storytelling act for families. Tales are brought to life by a performer. Captivating short stories are presented with music, dramatic action and audience interaction.

Committee and runs the last Wednesday of each month — just drop in and enjoy.

Also: Stories on Wheels, being held next month at Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Library for summer

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Staff at the Coquitlam Ikea store teamed up with Big Brothers last Sunday for its eighth annual spring cleanup. The charity had trucks at both Lower Mainland Ikea stores (the other is in Richmond) to accept clothing and household donations from customers, who in return got a store coupon. In total, the drive collected 16,252 lb. of goods — 9,431 lb. from Coquitlam and 6,821 lb. from Richmond. “At Ikea, we believe that children are the most important people in the world and our long-standing local partnership with Big Brothers provides us with an excellent opportunity to support the children in our community alongside our customers,” Jen Knight, Ikea Coquitlam’s communications manager, said in a news release.

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A number of Coquitlam residents and groups were recognized by the city this month for their environmental stewardship. Rodney Lee, Victoria Wee, Jennifer Allott, the Hoy/Scott Watershed Society and Pinetree secondary’s Alpha Wolves took home 2012 achievement awards at a ceremony. As well, certificates of appreciation went to the Ranch Park elementary and Maillard middle green teams, Hillcrest middle’s Grade 6/7 class, Walton elementary’s Grade 2/3 class, Anne Holt, Cam Aronetz, Theresa Roberts, Louise Allan, Diane Nipius, Pasquale Gnocato and Stefanie Putzhammer.

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A Port Moody secondary school student was presented an award last week by WorkSafeBC for a safety film she made. Sydney DiBenedetto won the top prize in the Grades 8 to 10 category for her

Coquitlam’s Tiffany McFadyen will be the new face of a national clothing campaign for the fall. The development director for Ronald McDonald house, McFadyen will represent LUCY Clothing and Forever Yours Lingerie after entering a model search contest in May to win the role.

video, titled Work Safe BC 2012, which shares a boy’s story about a father who doesn’t make it home from work. To view the movie, go to: worksafebc. com/publications and look under Multimedia.

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A couple who own a Port Coquitlam cycling shop has helped collect more than $104,000 as part of a charity bike ride from Vancouver to Seattle. The two-day Ride to Conquer Cancer, which is being supported by Kelly and Glen Hobbis of Cap’s Westwood Cycle and its team, collected the money for the BC Cancer Foundation. The Cap’s westwoodcycle.ca team has been training four to five times a week since the beginning of the year for the ride, which happened last weekend. To help them reach their goal of $109,000, visit www.conquercancer.ca.

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Coquitlam RCMP Supt. Claude Wilcott inspected 2893 Seaforth Highlander cadets at their yearly review ceremony earlier this month. The 41st annual inspection parade of the 60-member army corps in Port Coquitlam, led by MWO Jasper Kim, 17, happened June 3 at PoCo rec centre. WO Katelyn Magonya was named the best all-round cadet.

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Music, free food and fun for the whole family!

Place des Arts and Mackin Museum invites you also to paint and come participate in a Banner creation project for the Carré Heritage Square site.

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BC Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital and BC Ambulance Service are asking parents to make sure their homes are secure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Falls from windows seem to be increasing in frequency. Last year, we saw about 10 seriously injured children, compared to three to five per year in past years,â&#x20AC;? Dr. Ash Singhal, medical director of BC Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trauma program, said in a press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Falls are more common in younger children between one and six years of age, and seem to occur more frequently in the spring and summer. Many of the injuries can be quite severe, requiring surgery and causing potentially long-term effects for the child.â&#x20AC;?

Falls from windows often occur at a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home, most commonly in the afternoon, when windows are open or not fully secured as the family is home.

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BC Ambulance service superintendent Julien Ponsioen said in the release.

While it might be tempting to leave a window open a crack to let in some fresh air as the weather warms up, remember that young children are innately curious and natural climbers and may not understand the risk of their actions. They can be strong enough to widen an unlocked window enough to fall out of it.

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2012 Heritage Photo Contest Attention local Shutterbugs! Port Coquitlam is surrounded by rivers. When you include the water that frequently falls from the sky, there is literally... â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water, Water, Everywhereâ&#x20AC;?.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Klahanie community garage sale and charity drive, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., The Canoe Club and townhomes, 501 Klahanie Dr., Port Moody; 40 residents participating; tables will be set up in the Canoe Club and maps provided to guide people to participating townhomes. This is also a BBQ fundraiser and food bank drive, so visitors should bring a nonperishable food item.

SUNDAY, JUNE 24

â&#x20AC;˘ Riverview Horticultural Centre Society guided tree tour featuring the fragrant Linden trees on the Riverview Hospital grounds; walk will leave from the upper entrance of the Henry Esson Young Building at 1 p.m. For a site map, visit www.rhcs. org. Info: 604-290-9910. â&#x20AC;˘ Special Olympics BC Coquitlam walk-a-thon, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (rain or shine), Lafarge Lake, Town Centre Park, Coquitlam. Collect pledges and join a walka-thon to raise money to support Special Olympics athletes in the Tri-Cities, or drop by to make a donation. Registration: sobc. coquitlam@gmail.com or 778-355-4646.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27

â&#x20AC;˘ Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club small stamp auction; viewing starts at 7 p.m., auction after 8 p.m. Last meeting until September in McGee Room, community centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam.

Info: www.stampclub.ca or 604-941-9306.

THURSDAY, JUNE 28

â&#x20AC;˘ Block Watch information meeting for New Horizons residents, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:45

JUNE 24: A POLITICAL SUNDAY

â&#x20AC;˘ BC NDP leader Adrian Dix will be guest speaker before Coquitlam-Maillardville Constituency Association AGM, Poirier Sports Complex, 633 Poirier St., Coquitlam; Dix will speak at 1:30 p.m., followed by the AGM at 2:30 p.m. Info: Anne, 604-941-6702. â&#x20AC;˘ Green Party Electoral District Associations for New Westminster-Coquitlam and Port Moody-Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam AGM and BBQ, 1-6 p.m., 2617 Spuraway Ave., Coquitlam.

This is a joint BBQ for the; all Greens and people looking for green solutions are welcome.

Keynote speaker: Adriane Carr, Green Party of Canada deputy leader and Vancouver city councillor. Topics: Kinder Morgan Pipeline: robo-dialling; gutting of environmental laws; Northern Gateway pipelines. Info: Rod, 604-6179828. RSVP: rod.brindamour@greenparty.ca. p.m.), council chambers, Coquitlam city hall, 3000 Guildford Way. Register by June 27 by calling Heather McRitchie, 604-945-1579, or Jonathan Ho, 604-9451576. â&#x20AC;˘ PoCo Heritage and Cultural Society Heritage Evening, 7 p.m., in the Community Archives (in the Outlet building at Leigh Square). Speaker: Bryan Ness on 100 years of James Park schools.

Info: www.pocoheritage. ca; or Brian or Pippa, 604927-8403. â&#x20AC;˘ Zumba fitness fundraiser for teachers travelling to Kenya, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Maillard middle school gym, 1300 Rochester Ave., Coquitlam. Minimum $5 donation or $10/class. All proceeds to teachers travelling to Kenya in August for humanitarian projects at their sister school in Shikokho. â&#x20AC;˘ TOPS BC 1445 open house, 9:30-11 a.m., in the community room at Seaview elementary school, 1215 Cecile Dr.,

Port Moody. Info: Faye, fayebrown@shaw.ca or 604-469-0527.

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â&#x20AC;˘ New Age Seniors bingo every Friday, 1 p.m., Mike Butler Room, Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam; consists of 15 games (5 cents per card). New players welcome. Info: Betty, 604-936-6300. â&#x20AC;˘ New Age Seniors (Branch 108 BCOAPO) meet the first Wednesday of every month, 1 p.m., Centennial Room, Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam.

Info: Catherine, 604-9377537. â&#x20AC;˘ Glen Pine Pavilion seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rec centre slowpitch club is looking for men 55 and older and women 50 and older. It is not necessary to have participated in organized ball in your past life, just

have some knowledge of the game. Age is not a factor as long as you can still make it around the bases.

Practices and games are on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Practices and home games are played at Coquitlam Town Centre field and will start as soon as weather permits. Info: Len, 604-941-0081 or lenraili@shaw.ca. â&#x20AC;˘ Seniors meet every Friday, 12:30-2:30 p.m., to do fun group activities including physical fitness exercises, games, storytelling, local tours and recipe sharing. All women and men 50 or older are welcome at Share Family and Community Servicesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mountain View Family Resource Centre, 699 Robinson St., Coquitlam (corner of Smith Avenue

and Robinson Street). Info: Gina, 604-937-6970. â&#x20AC;˘ Council of Senior Citizens Organizations (COSCO) is an advocacy group devoted to seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concerns. Seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; organizations and others interested in joining, call Ernie, 604-576-9734, or email tsn@shaw.ca. â&#x20AC;˘ Dogwood Songsters meet every Monday, 10 a.m.-noon, Dogwood Pavilion and entertain as seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; homes weekly. If you love to sing, you can join. Info: 604-941-2375. â&#x20AC;˘ The Alzheimer Society of BC has two active support groups in the Tri-Cities. One meets on the second Wednesday of each month, the other meets on the last Wednesday of each month. People who are in-

terested in participating in a caregiver support group should call Dorothy Leclair at 604-298-0780. â&#x20AC;˘ Glen Pine 50Plus group plays bridge Mondays, 12:45-3:30 p.m., Tuesdays, 9:30-11:45 a.m. at Glen Pine Pavilion, 1200 Glen Pine Crt., Coquitlam.

New members welcome.

Info: 604-927-6940. â&#x20AC;˘ The Pinetree 50Plus group is now called Glen Pine 50Plus and has moved to the new Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Court, Coquitlam), where lunch is served weekdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., in the Lemon Tree cafe.

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continued from page 34 • WHO (Women Helping Others), for women who are on their own, meets Mondays, 1-3 p.m., Glen Pine Pavilion, 1200 Glen Pine Crt., Coquitlam (behind city hall). Info: Kay, 604-469-5815.

• Caregiver support group meets second and fourth Friday of each month, Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam, 10 a.m.-noon. Info: 604933-6098.

• Monthly seniors luncheon with Jewish entertainment, Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2680 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Coquitlam. Info: 604-552-7221 or info@burquest.org.

• ABCs of Fraud, a consumer fraud prevention program for seniors, by seniors, gives free onehour presentations to seniors groups of 10 or more. Info: 604-437-1940 or ceas@telus.net.

• Honeycombs, a group of people over 50 who entertain with song, dance and skits, meets Thursdays, 1 p.m., at Wilson Centre, PoCo. Performers plus prop, sound and stage hands needed. Info or show bookings: Frances, 604941-1745.

• PoCo Stroke Recovery Branch would like to welcome new members; meetings are held Mondays, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Wilson Centre, PoCo. There is opportunity for speech maintenance, meeting others that have gone through the similar situation and light exercises or bocce. Info: Deanna, 604-942-2334.

• The Old Age Pensioners Organization is holds its monthly general meeting on the second

are selling bulbs MondaySaturday, 9-11 a.m. Bulbs donated by the city of Port Moody.

• PoCo high/Terry Fox secondary school grad class of 1982 30th reunion will be held Sept. 22 in the Mabbett Room at the PoCo rec centre. Tickets: $30. Info: pocograd82@ gmail.com.

• Tri-City Transitions is hosting Learning to Be the Best I Can Be, an ongoing peer support group for women who have experienced abuse or family conflict. Topics include: the impact of abuse, selfesteem, communication, listening skills and more, including ideas suggested by participants For more information or registration, call 604-941-6311.

• Tri-City Transitions’ free Children Who Witness Abuse Program provides individual and group counselling for children ages 3 through 18 who have lived in a family where they have been witness to physical, emotional, mental or verbal

GREEN GROUPS SOUGHT

• Colony Farm Community Garden Society seeks non-profit groups/teams to engage clients and staff in garden programming for the 2012 growing season. Volunteers are able to offer assistance and consultation, as well as roto-tilling, for beginning groups. Email colonyfarmgroups@yahoo.ca for more information.

Thursday of each month at the Wilson Centre at 1 p.m. Info: Ken Heys, 604942-1440.

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• “Sky” vacation Bible school takes place at Coquitlam Alliance Church week of July 9-13. Two available sessions: 9 a.m.noon for K-Grade 5 or 2-5 p.m. for those age 4

by July 9 with pre-school experience. Register in person Tuesday through Friday at the church, 2601 Spuraway Ave., Coquitlam. Cost is $30/ child and includes daily fun teaching, games, crafts, snacks and a Friday family wrap-up. Info: www.cachurch.ca or 604464-6744, Ext. 123.

• Canadian Parents for French, Tri-Cities Chapter, is hosting a French family summer camp Aug. 31Sept. 2 at Camp Mclean in Langley. Children will play and use their French in an outdoor setting with French-speaking moniteurs while adults connect with other French immersion parents. At day’s end, families can enjoy the forested surroundings and join in songs and games around the campfire. Info: www.cpf.bc.ca/tricities or email tricitiescpf@gmail. com.

• Canadian Parents for French, Tri-Cities Chapter, is looking for moniteurs

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and junior moniteurs for its French family camp to be held Aug. 31-Sept.

2 at Camp Mclean in Langley. Moniteurs must be 19+ and bilingual; 4 are needed and will be paid $250 each. Junior moniteurs must 16-18 years and bilingual; 4 are needed and will be paid $100. Finally, we need a cook for the camp. Food and accommodation are provided. Info: tricitiescpf@gmail.com.

• Tulip and daffodil bulbs are on sale for $5 a bag at the Noons Creek hatchery, off Ioco Road; volunteers from Port Moody Ecological Society

abuse. Through support, education and counselling children will have the opportunity to heal the emotional wounds of relationship violence, build self-esteem and to stop the intergenerational cycle of abuse. Info: 604941-7111.

• The Family Resource Centre at Westwood elementary school, in co-operation with School District 43, is offering multi-sensory literacy tutoring; one-hour sessions at 4 p.m. are available to all children ages 5-8 in the Tri-Cities. Info: ldafrasernorth@gmail.com.

• Registration is ongoing for boys and girls for the 5th Coquitlam Scouting group for the Beaver Colony (K–Grade 2), Cub Pack (Grades 3–5) and Scout Troop (Grades 6–8). This Scouting group meets at Baker Drive elementary school, 885 Baker Dr., Coquitlam. Info: casanna@shaw.ca.

• Girl Guides takes registrations on an ongoing basis for Sparks, Brownies,

Guides, Pathfinders, Rangers and adult women volunteers. Training and mentoring available for new volunteers. Info: www.girlguides.ca or call 1-800-565-8111.

• Kiddies Korner Preschool still has spaces available. Info: 604-9414919 or info@kkp.ca.

• Tri-City Transitions is hosting My Money, My Choices: Financial Education for Women, a free program designed to empower women survivors of domestic violence.

The program focus is to increase women’s economic participation and self-sufficiency through financial education and skill. Info and registration: 604-941-6311

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Parent Support Services of BC runs a Thursday evening circle 6-8 p.m. in Coquitlam. The support circle is an anonymous, confidential self-help group for parents with children 12 years old and under. Info: 604-669-1616 or www.parentsupportbc.ca.

• Breastfeeding or pregnant and wanting to learn more? Looking for information or help? La Leche League Coquitlam groups offer informal, guided discussions and a chance to connect with other nursing mothers. New meeting location: Share Family and Community Services, 2615 Clarke St., PoMo. Meetings held second Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. Women interested in breastfeeding and their children are invited to free monthly LLL meetings. Info: 604-520-4623 or www.lllc.ca.

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continued from page 35 • Baker’s Corner Preschool is a parent-participation pre-school that offers play-based classes for three- and four-year-olds and is located in Baker Drive elementary school, 885 Baker Dr., Coquitlam.

Info: 604-461-5848 or www.bakerscornerpreschool.com.

• Share Family and Community Services hosts free parent and tot drop– in, 9-11:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at Seaview community school, 1215 Cecile Dr., PoMo. This is a free play–based program for children up to five years old and their parents/caregivers. Info: Azar, 604–936-3900.

• Learning Disabilities Association is offering keyboarding for kids program at Miller Park elementary school, tutor training and parent advocacy training.

The association also has lending library of books, videos and other materials at the family resource centre at Westwood elementary school, PoCo. Info: 604-461-1167.

• Parent and Tot Drop-in: open to parents with children from birth to 5 years old; offers safe and nurturing environment; children learn songs,

SUPPORT FOR PARENTS & KIDS

• Share Family and Community Services parent support circle runs Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m., Mountain View elementary school, 740 Smith Ave., Coquitlam. Open to all parents, grandparents and/or caregivers. Participation is free and childminding and snacks are available. Info: 604-937-6970.

• Mountain View Family Resource Centre is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9-11:30 a.m. for parents and caregivers with kids up to 6 years; staff co-ordinate play, circle time and crafts. Mountain View elementary is at 740 Smith Ave., Coquitlam. Info: Arshia, 604-540-9161. stories and eat healthy snacks together; parents are full participants; free; open 9-11 a.m.

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Mountain View elementary school, Coquitlam, and 9-11 a.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays at Seaview elementary school, PoMo. Info: Arshia, 604-937-6971.

• Tri-City Family Place, a drop in centre for children up to five with their caregivers, is open Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

(September to June), 2062 Manning Ave., PoCo. Info: 604-942-4672.

• Pleasantside Play Pals, a non-profit parent-par-

ticipation play group for newborns to pre-schoolers at Old Orchard Hall, PoMo; parents/caregivers invited every Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-11:30 p.m.

• Parents and tots gather to play and learn in a Jewish-themed environment, Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2680 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Coquitlam. Info: 604-5527221 or info@burquest. org.

• Step By Step Child Development Society Family Resource Rooms open for drop-in at the following locations: Old Orchard Hall in Ioco Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30-11 a.m., Harbour View elementary school

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We thank all the members of our committee as well as all of the volunteers.

Monday and Wednesday from 9:30-11 a.m. and at the Blue Mountain Park Scouts’ Hall on Wed from 10-11:30. Call 604-931-1977 for more information or visit the website at www. step-by-step.ca • Millside Family Resource Centre is open Fridays, 9-11 a.m. for parents and caregivers with kids up to 6 years; staff co-ordinate play, circle time and crafts. Millside elementary is at 1432 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam.

Info: Arshia, 604-540-9161.

• Drop-in for parents/ caregivers and children 5 and younger, 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., Wednesdays, Birchland School Family Place, 1331 Fraser St., PoCo. Info: Westcoast Family Resources Society, 604-941-7828.

TO SUBMIT AN ITEM: email: newsroom@tricitynews.com • Como Lake United church children’s choir for kids ages 6 to 10 meets Mondays, 6:30 p.m., 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam.

Info: Elena, 604-468-2733.

• ADHD parent support group meets 7-9 p.m., first Tuesday of each month, family resource centre, Coronation Park elementary school, 135 Balmoral Dr., PoMo. • Christian Service Brigade and Senior Girls Alive at Westwood Community Church, 1294 Johnson St., Coquitlam, invite youth 11-18 to join them on Wednesday nights 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for Battalion program. Info: Ronnie Tan, 604-908-1847.

• Autism Tri-Cities information and support group for adults with relatives with autism spectrum

disorder. Info: Clair, 604939-5157.

• Coquitlam Play Centre parent participation play group meets, 9:15 a.m.

Mondays and Thursdays at Place Maillardville, 1200 Cartier Ave., Coquitlam.

Info: 604-936-2303.

• PoCoMo Mothers of Multiples club meets the third Thursday of the month. Info: Brenda, 604937-5534.

• Simon Fraser Society for Community Living hosts Family Support, Education and Networking Group, for families with children with developmental or physical disabilities throughout the school year. For more information, please contact the Family and Individual Support Program at 604-525-9494.

• Parents Together is a

mutual help group for parents experiencing conflict with their teen(s), meets in PoCo. Info: 604-325-0556.

• Learning Disabilities Association meets the third Thursday of each month at the family resource centre at Westwood elementary school, PoCo, 7-9 p.m.

• Tough Love support group meets Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., Stoney Creek community centre (in Burnaby) For parents with children in trouble or experiencing difficulties.

Info: Cathy, 604-464-2437.

• The Ark Child Services, a non-profit counselling agency specializing in supporting families going through separation and divorce, has an office in the Tri-Cities. Info: Lee Cassels, 604-461-2124.

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Still time to plant veggies IN THE GARDEN Brian Minter

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nce again, with cold spring weather persisting into June, it has been a year of challenges for our food gardens.

The good news is there’s still lots of time to get our veggies and fruits planted.

Remember, the whole idea of food gardening is to enjoy the wholesomeness and wonderful flavour of your favourite fruits and vegetables, grown as organically as possible. Even if all you have is a container on a particularly sunny balcony, you can still enjoy some great flavour.

Here are a few tips to make your gardens more successful: • For most veggies and fruits, by waiting for warm weather, our plants will grow and produce food faster.

• Raised beds or containers have warmer soil by about 8 C for faster root growth.

• For container gardens, the larger the container, the better for growing and maintenance, and they don’t have to be expensive.

• Use only quality soils and add organic matter to enrich them.

Container soils must be used in containers — do not use topsoil in containers.

• For most things, planting seeds will still work, but fresh quality transplants can save you up to three weeks of time. Many growers are producing larger plants for a major head start.

• Choose the plant varieties that perform the best in your area and remember there are early, mid and late varieties for longer harvest periods.

• There are some wonderful new varieties of plants like ‘Simply Salad’ blended lettuce, ‘Cute Stuff ’ red peppers and Japanese burpless cucumbers.

• Heat lovers, like tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, melons, sweet potatoes and basil will perform better the closer we get to consistent night temperatures of 10°C. Plant them where you get sunlight between 11: a.m. and 3: p.m.

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• Do your watering in the morning as much as possible to allow your plants to utilize the moisture during the daylight growing process.

At night plants transpire moisture away. Keep the foliage of your plants dry at night to minimize disease problems.

• If you choose to grow organically, organic soils and fertilizers are more readily available now than ever before.

• If you are very time challenged, as most folks are today, slow release nutrients that feed continually for up to four months are available.

• Once we get into warmer summer weather, disease and insects tend to be less of an issue but daily checking of all plants is the best way to control any problems. Today there are effective organic solutions to control pests and disease.

I want to assure everyone that there is lots of time left to enjoy growing your own food garden. Many great gardeners are already enjoying the harvest of their cool crops that were planted some time ago. The bottom line is don’t miss out on the opportunity to enjoy a wonderful food garden this year – remember those wonderful flavours!

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Vancouver’s Chinatown bustles with history

town feel to the big city Vancouver’s Chinatown is full of culture, history and community spirit.

It’s a great place to live, but as one of the most historical areas of Vancouver, Chinatown comes with several guidelines for developers.

“How do you build in a part of the city with so much history?” says Brian Low, director of Panther Constructors.

Panther is currently building The Flats on Georgia, a nine-storey, 28-unit condominium building in Chinatown.

Some of the guidelines they ran into were height restrictions and the number of windows allowed on the building, Low says. They also had to ensure that the architecture of the project would fit

in with the surrounding buildings. After much consultation with the city, they were able to accomplish this feat.

But it was the friendly atmosphere that most attracted Panther to the area.

“It’s a small town inside a big city,” Low says.

As a National Historic Site, Chinatown is always bustling with visitors and residents. It’s the second largest Chinatown in North America.

The market holds vendors of all stripes, selling everything from local vegetables to fine seafood. A movie theatre and several banks have also set up shop, so Low’s idea of a small town in a big city is certainly not far off.

luxurious, with custom-designed vanities and porcelain tile floors. The quartz countertops are modern and cool, while the oversized shower stalls with semi-frameless glass doors (in most of the two-bedroom homes) are an elegant addition to the bathroom.

The deep soaker tub is perfect for relaxing after a long day.

The neighbourhood itself is a great selling feature for Verve.

“Central City is all new with lots more to come,” says Chaput. With a campus of Simon Fraser University, the Central City mall, the City Centre

Library, Surrey City Hall (currently under construction), a performing arts centre and the Civic Plaza, Surrey’s City Centre is rapidly becoming a major urban gathering place. Verve is just minutes from SkyTrain, so you will be easily connected to everywhere in the Lower Mainland. There are several schools in the area as well, so Verve is great for families of all ages.

The amenities in the building include a yoga studio, furnished guest suite and a gym. There will also be a children’s play area, a large meeting room, a fireside lounge with a flatscreen TV, games rooms with a pool table, games area and kitchen/bar that opens onto a private patio, and a party room with a full kitchen, bar and private patio as well.

Porte will hold a grand opening on June 23, and Chaput is already anticipating a great response.

“With mortgage payments around $750 per month, you can own for less than renting,” she says, adding that the homes are “super affordable. ... This is a great opportunity to get in the market.”

Homes at Verve start at $154,900.

Sales begin on June 23 at noon, so get there early. The presentation centre and display homes are located at 10119 Whalley Boulevard, between 100 and 102 Avenue. They are open daily from 12 to 5 p.m. except for Fridays. For more information, visit www.porte.ca/ verve or call 604-588-3783.

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City style comes to Surrey with the opening of Porte Development’s Verve.

Located on Fraser Highway at 139th Avenue, the location is ideal. It’s a sixminute walk to the SkyTrain station, yet set in a quiet corner of Surrey. With a great location, beautiful homes and a fantastic price point, Verve is truly a project for design lovers.

“You get more for your money,” says Jeanette Chaput, director of sales and marketing for Porte. “More square footage and a really quality product.”

The homes range from 541-squarefoot junior one-bedrooms to 986-square-foot two-bedroom and den condos. In addition, there is a small collection of three-bedroom townhomes that are almost 1,400 square feet. Verve will have three buildings, each with only 66 homes.

This will make it a more intimate neighbourhood.

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With mortgage payments around $750 per month, you can own for less than renting,” says Jeanette Chaput, director of sales and marketing for Porte Development.

Outside the architecture is contemporary and dynamic. Each building has a complementary but unique colour palette to give it its own style. A paved stone driveway leads onto the tree-lined interior streets between the buildings, and a pedestrian walkway makes its way to trails and parks. Each home comes with a spacious garden patio or balcony, and there is plenty of space for parking. In fact, all homes come with a parking stall and most two-bedroom homes come with a tandem stall for two cars.

The nine-foot ceilings (11 feet on the top floor) lend an incredible sense of space to your home, and the two colour schemes (designed by award-winning designers BYU Interior Design) are both so beautiful that it is hard to choose between them.

The kitchens at Verve have a special detail in each one. These touches range from pantries to built-in workstations and wine racks.

The chic cabinetry feature high-gloss

upper cupboards and warm wood lowers, complemented by polished quartz countertops and ENERGY STAR stainless-steel appliances. Undercabinet valance lighting illuminates all of your tasks, while the laminate flooring throughout the main living areas continues into your kitchen.

The bathrooms are deluxe and

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The homes at Verve feature nine-foot ceilings and plenty of living space (top). With polished quartz countertops and stainless-steel appliances (above), the kitchens are perfect for fulfilling your every culinary desire. Homes start at $154,900.

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Adjacent to King George Skytrain Station, Holland Park, 130 shops in Central City Mall as well as SFU campus, the 700-unit Park Place project is the most desirable brand new address in the heart of booming Surrey City Centre. Our closing out sales event on June 23rd will offer you the best and last chance to own a luxuriously appointed home from this renowned community.

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Popular cukes come in many varieties IN THE GARDEN Brian Minter

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an you imagine a salad without cucumbers? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you love a cool crisp cucumber sandwich on a hot day, or fresh cucumbers in vinegar? And what would a grilled cheese sandwich or hamburger be without pickles?

Well, cucumbers are just about the most popular vegetable in the home garden (remember: tomatoes are fruits). Cucumbers have been around for awhile too. They have been cultivated both in India and China for about 3,000 years. Columbus is generally given credit for introducing them to North America. Thank you Christopher! Now, of course, there is some dispute as to whether he actually made it here, but we are, nonetheless, fortunate to have these wonderful vegetables, and now, finally, is the time they should be planted. I know this because all the folks who planted cucumbers earlier are now going back to garden shops to replace their first and second crops which have already died due to the cold and disease.

Cucumbers are warm weather plants and should only be set out when night temperatures are constantly around 10 C. Cold, wet ground is no place for cucumbers.

For best results, they should be planted in hills or raised beds with excellent drainage. I always dig plenty of manure down deep, about twelve inches below the ground, to give those roots some place to go that is damp and rich in humus when the weather gets hot. Bitter-free

cucumbers can only be grown if the plants have access to moisture, especially during the fruitbearing cycle.

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Centennial athlete darts to Spartans Nathan George takes to TWU track

By Larry Pruner THE TRI-CITY NEWS

N

athan George tore up the track at the B.C. high school provincial championships earlier this month in Burnaby. Now, he’s bolting clear to Langley –– and perhaps beyond, one day.

The Centennial Centaurs’ sprint phenom scampered to top spot in the boys’ 200 metres, which he also won in 2011, and the 400m before agreeing to join the Trinity Western Spartans university track and field team on scholarship starting next fall.

The sleek, five-foot-11 George is currently the top ranked junior-aged athlete in B.C. in both the 200m and 400m, with personal bests of 21.80 and 47.89 seconds respectively, and is ranked fourth in Canada in the 400m and fifth in the 200m.

Over the years competing with the Coquitlam Cheetahs, George has been a dominant sprinter and, in the process, has won numerous awards, including the club’s Sprint award in 2011, Most Valuable Player in 2010, Outstanding Male Juvenile in 2010 and Most Improved Senior Male in 2009.

To boot, George also had the chance to represent Canada in 2011 at the IAAF World Youth Championships, where he competed in the 400m.

Now, TWU is his main primary focus.

“I chose Trinity Western because I felt the people there not only valued me as an athlete, but they also valued me as a student they would like to see succeed,” said George, who plans to study human kinetics with a focus on sport and leisure management. “I feel that going to a smaller campus will help my transition from high school to university and will provide me with more personal support.

I’ve heard nothing but good things about coach Laurier [Primeau] and Trinity Western’s track program.

“It’s a developing program and I’m excited to take part in contributing to its success.”

Next fall, the Spartans will enter their third year back competing in the CIS after a six-year hiatus and Primeau believes George will give the team a huge boost out of the blocks.

“Nathan is one of the most talented high school athletes in the country,” Primeau gushed. “Adding this quality of athlete to our roster can’t be overstated. He is a truly gifted individual.”

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Defending champion Brittany Lincicome is among five former CN Canadian Women’s Open golfers who’ve previously won the title and are slated to again compete in the tournament when it comes to Coquitlam’s Vancouver Golf Club from Aug. 20-26. Currently the world’s No. 13-ranked player, Lincicome is expected to be joined by No. 4 Suzann Pettersen, No. 8 Christie Kerr, No. 38 Michelle Wie and No. 45 Katherine Hull in the field of 156 competitors. Also competing will be Coquitlam’s own Jisoo Keel, a Canadian national junior team member who’s earned exemption.

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Centennial Centaurs’ sprint star Nathan George has committed to attend Trinity Western University next fall.

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Determination and attitude d often f make difference in fishing and in life TIGHT LINES Jeff Weltz

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Bill took his regular fly off, replaced it with a large black one and made a cast… got one!

I heard him yell somewhere in the dark. I rowed back and he was all excited and laughing. He said, “You see, it’s never too late.”

–– from The Anglers Coast, by author Russell Chatham.

I remember Art Williams telling us back in the days of A.L. Williams: “You can take two athletes with equal skill and ability and pit them against each other in a competition. One will win the other will lose. The difference is determination.”

Over the years I have seen that truth proven time and time again.

Anyone who goes fishing wants to catch fish. It would not be

Stay ready for bite to come A silver dusk was settling, and I was weary from a long and fishless afternoon.

I’d have been glad to quit right then.

Bill stood eagerly in the stern of his boat, making the same long, and graceful casts he had in the first light of dawn.

If anything, he was more intense than earlier. Toward evening he becomes impatient.

We fished until it was absolutely pitch dark. the salmon started to roll, but caught nothing.

I reeled in and started

fishing if the intent was not to catch fish.

Sometimes it happens easily, other times it can be down right tough.

Last weekend after fishing a competition, I had an epiphany. Four hours of poor conditions without a touch had seen my expectations drop to nil.

My optimistic colleague in the front of my boat decided to try something different.

Three hours later, my friend had five fish in the boat, while I had none.

The bite was short in duration and, being unprepared, I had missed it.

I threw in the towel too easily, while my friend always has that never-quit attitude.

In fishing, like anything else, attitude is everything.

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With sun in the forecast, our Lower Mainland lake fishing looks good this weekend so try to get out and enjoy.

For wet (sinking) fly trout fishing try Chironomid, Bloodworm, Red Spratley, Coachman, Zulu, American Coachman, Professor, Wooly Bugger, Micro Leach, Dragonfly Nymph, Sixpack, Doc Spratley, Pumpkinhead, or Baggy Shrimp.

For dry (floating) fly trout fishing try Tom Thumb, Irresistible, Royal Coachman, Renegade, Elk hair Caddis, Black Gnat, Griffith Gnat or Lady McConnel.

Fishing on our Interior lakes is good.

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PoCo tennis team first in Miele loop Port Coquitlam Tennis Club aced the competition at Sunday’s Miele Men’s League wrap-up tournament, hosted by Tennis BC. PoCo’s B1 team took the title, which qualified it for the Miele provincial team championships Aug. 3-5 in North Vancouver.

It also means the 12-man unit will move up to the eight-team Greater Vancouver A league next season, the highest club division in the province.

PoCo beat out Vancouver’s Jericho White squad, netting 27.13 points compared with the latter’s 25.15.

Steve Deakin and Stephan Witijono of PoCo won the Doubles 1 division crown, posting a convincing 6-2, 6-1 sweep.

Don Rintoul paired with PoCo team captain Markus Gaertner to place first in doubles 3 with a 7-6, 7-5 triumph.

In doubles 2, PoCo’s Orlando Bokor and Daniel Gorsic split their first two sets 7-5 and 6-7 before falling 6-10 in a tie-breaker.

In singles, Byron Kidd of PoCo also split two sets –– 2-6 and 7-6 –– before getting bounced in a tie-breaker 8-10.

The four final matches left PoCo and Jericho each with 2-2 records, but PoCo won out after having posted more set victories (6-4).

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have selected to continue on,” Kudaba said in a press release. “In addition to all of the players listed the Team BC staff also has a shortlist of players who have been evaluated but for conflicts, including illness and injury, were not able to participate in our May camp. These players, as with all players, will be monitored through their respective [fall] seasons to see if they should be considered for our final team.”

Listed players will receive further communication in the future on what the next step is in the process, which will include another camp later in the year where another round of cuts will follow.

“Unfortunately, we will have to cut down further to a roster of 34 and the best players will be chosen to compete wearing the Team BC jersey in San Antonio, Texas,” Kudaba said.

The current roster includes nine defensive backs, eight defensive linemen, seven linebackers, eight offensive linemen, five quarterbacks, six running backs and nine receivers.

Six Tri-City high school football players survived the latest round of cuts following last month’s BC Under18 squad’s Victoria Day long weekend camp.

The Team BC roster has been trimmed down to 52 players, with five of those stemming from the Terry Fox Ravens heralded B.C. AAA program and another, receiver Nathan Lund, coming from the reputable Centennial Centaurs, it was announced Tuesday.

Ravens still eligible to make the unit’s final 34-man roster that will compete next January against fellow U-18 American teams in San Antonio, Tex., include defensive linemen Brad Lyons and Kyle Sagmoen, offensive lineman Michael Beck, quarterback Trevor Casey and receiver Adrial Sellers.

The squad’s head coach for the third straight year is Ravens’ co-head coach Tom Kudaba.

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INDEX IN BRIEF FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS . . . . . . . . . 1-8 COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS . . . . 9-57 TRAVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-76 CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-98 EMPLOYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102-198 BUSINESS SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . 203-387 PETS & LIVESTOCK . . . . . . . . . . . 453-483 MERCHANDISE FOR SALE . . . . . . 503-587 REAL ESTATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603-696 RENTALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-757 AUTOMOTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804-862 MARINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903-920

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✫ Infant & Toddlers ✫ Preschool ✫ Group Daycare ✫ Day Camp ✫ Before & After School Care 604 - 936 - 7005 1563 Regan Ave, Coquitlam 900 Sharp St, Coquitlam www.parklandplayers.com

COMING EVENTS

Retro Design/Antiques Fair. Jun 24th,10am-3pm.3250 Commercial Dr. Info:604-980-3159. Adm. $5.

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Montessori Centre Now accepting registration for September 2012

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We offer the following programs: • F/T day care (7am - 6 pm) • Full day Kindergarten (7am 6 pm) • Before and after Kindercare servicing Glenayre Elementary (limited spaces) • AM Preschool programme (limited spaces) • Music programme For more information on our programmes please visit us at www.glenayremontessori.com We are conveniently located on the school grounds of Glenayre Elementary.

Contact us at 604-937-0084

HIGH VOLTAGE ADVERTISING 17 Newspapers - One Call

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SALES REPRESENTATIVE The successful candidate will be required to develop a deepening relationship with our existing clients and develop new business within the commercial and residential marketplace with a face to face cold calling mandate.

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Full Time Position Classified Business Centre Black Press is one of Canada’s largest independent media companies. We publish over 100 award–winning newspapers, host over 75 websites and create value for communities across British Columbia. We have a passion for growth and are courageous innovators.

Black Press Classified Business Centre has a full time Classified Outbound Sales Representative position available immediately.

Are you interested in: • 5 day work week ( Mon-Fri) • No weekends or holidays • Great earning potential • Opportunity for advancement You will work as an integral part of the dynamic classified sales team to achieve both departmental & personal goals. Your main focus will be to develop new classified business as well as building on an existing client base. You will have a professional manner, a passion for serving people and the desire to “WOW” customers. You will understand the basic elements of classified advertising and have a proven track record in sales.

To apply, please send a covering letter with your resume to Lisa Farquharson, Classified Manager, lisa@bcclassifi lisaf@bcclassified.com ed.comorormail mailyour yourresume resumewith with covering covering letter letter to to Black Black Press Press Classifi Classified ed Business Business Centre, 5460152nd 152ndStreet, Street,Surrey, Surrey,B.C. B.C.V3S V3S Centre, #309 #100,-5460 5J9.

5J9. Closing Closing date date is is July July 2, 2, 2012.

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Submit your resume to:

ASTRO GUARD ALARMS 2nd floor, 2225 Coquitlam Ave., Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3B 1J6 Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Classified Sales Representative

You must be bondable, have a vehicle and be a self starter.

SONIC ENCLOSURES

Black Press Digital Digital Ad Trafficker/ Affiliate Coordinator Black Press Digital has an immediate opportunity based out of our Surrey headquarters at 5460 – 152 Street. The position is full-time temporary (paternity leave), reporting to the Director of Online Content.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing field in our online division. You will liaise with all our titles in B.C. and Alberta, aiding them in digital ad trafficking for their websites. You will take a lead position managing Affiliate Marketing opportunities for Black Press Digital.

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bcclassified.com reserves the right to revise, edit, classify or reject any advertisment and to retain any answers directed to the bcclassified.com Box Reply Service and to repay the customer the sum paid for the advertisment and box rental.

COPYRIGHT

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COQUITLAM Sandbox Daycare.

Mariner Way/Dewdney Trunk. F/T, P/T. Any hrs. days, eves. wknds.

1st Aid, lunches. Lrg yd. Lots of TLC. Joan 778-285-4016.

It is agreed by any Display or Classified Advertiser requesting space that the liability of the paper in the event of failure to publish an advertisement shall be limited to the amount paid by the advertiser for that portion of the advertising space occupied by the incorrect item only, and that there shall be no liability in any event beyond the amount paid for such advertisement. The publisher shall not be liable for slight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement.

Advertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids the publication of any advertisement which discriminates against any person because of race, religion, sex, color, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, or age, unless the condition is justified by a bona fide requirement for the work involved.

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bcclassified.com cannot be responsible for errors after the first day of publication of any advertisement. Notice of errors on the first day should immediately be called to the attention of the Classified Department to be corrected for the following edition.

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Admin Fee & membership total $963.20 extra

Responsibilities include: • managing digital advertising campaigns and their assets throughout their lifecycle including delivery, optimization and post campaign analysis; • providing regular site and campaign performance stats and traffic analysis reports; • coordinating digital inventory across all British Columbia, Alberta web properties; • liaising with Black Press National Sales with statistical analysis to support sales pitches; • liaising with development teams on digital product development; • managing User Groups and Google Analytics reports for all Black Press titles in B.C. and Alberta, and liaise with managers to familiarize them with GA for their title; • managing all facets of the Affiliate Marketing program for Black Press online, including; - Analyzing account performance to identify areas for improvement; - Analyzing traffic, payouts, commissions, and costs to maximize profit; - Recruiting new affiliates; maintain valued existing accounts; - Report revenue breakdown to stakeholders and forward revenue collection You qualify for this job if you are: • fluid in major ad serving platforms (DFA, DFP, OAS, Mediaplex, etc) • conversant in HTML, CSS, Adobe Creative Suite, JavaScript; • nimble in working with Google Analytics, and able to help entry level users better understand; • personable and detail-focused; • able to communicate complex information effectively to a broad audience; • comfortable and self-motivated to succeed in a fastpaced environment; • able to multi-task efficiently and still deliver high quality results Please submit a cover letter and resume to webeditor@ blackpress.ca before 5 p.m. Friday, June 29.

We appreciate all applications, however only those shortlisted will be contacted for an interview. www.blackpress.ca

Sonic Enclosures in sunny Delta needs you!

We are recruiting for a • Production Manager • Quality Coordinator • Purchasing Assistant • Cost Estimator • Electrical Technologist • AutoCAD Technician For details please refer to www.sonicenclosures.com/careers

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Abbotsford Parts Representative Applications are now being accepted for an experienced inside heavy duty parts representative.

Must have industry and job knowledge, as well as excellent communication and customer service skills. Qualified persons need only apply by resume to: Peterbilt Pacific Inc. 1001 Coutts Way, Abbotsford B.C. V2S 7M2

www.tricitynews.com

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DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

ATLAS POWER SWEEP DRIVERS power sweeping, power scrubbing and pressure washing.

Must be hard working with a good attitude. Burnaby based. Must be available to work nights and weekends. Good driving record required. Experience beneficial, but will train.

Email: jobs@atlasg.net or fax 604-294-5988 COMPANY DRIVER & O/O req’d for Gillson Trucking. Full Time.

42¢/mile. Run U.S. LMO available.

Phone 604-853-2227.

DRIVER. Class 1 Drivers wanted.

Offering top pay. Close to home.

Home most weekends. Family comes first! 1 year flat deck exp. & border crossing a must. Fax resume & driver abstract to 604-853-4179.

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DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING DRIVERS WANTED:

Terrific career opportunity outstanding growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects. No Experience Needed!! Extensive paid travel, meal allowance, 4 wks. vacation & benefits pkg.

Skills Needed - Ability to travel 3 months at a time Valid License with air brake endorsement. High School Diploma or GED. Apply at www.sperryrail.com under careers, keyword Driver DO NOT FILL IN CITY or STATE

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HELP WANTED

Call Erica 604 777 2195

SCHOOL BUS DRIVER for SEPTEMBER APPLY NOW!

6068 1-17 Parkdale Pl 1-18 Parkglen Pl 1-19 Parkwood Pl

Free training classes are filling up. Spaces will be limited. This steady secure part-time job is the perfect income supplement for retirees, stayat-home moms or the self-employed.

8461 787-802 Banting St 743-825 Como Lake Ave(odd) 740-760 Covina Crt 790-798 Dalip Crt 741-800 Egmont Ave 738-780 Ellice Ave 800-810 Fowler Crt 808-838 Raynor St (even) 804-926 Robinson St

Make a difference in a child’s life!

Call now! 604-255-3555 We are an equal opportunity employer.

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8420 901-951 Austin Ave 506-534 Blue Mountain St (even) 922-948 Dennison Ave 500-600 Joyce St 501-530 Mentmore St 508-522 Roxham St

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6013 3300-3364 Henry St 3301-3378 Viewmount Dr 3353-3373 Viewmount Pl

EDUCATION

6055 1002-1015 Alpine Pl 1102-1119 Barberry Pl 3-17 Campion Crt 1302-1323 Campion Lane 1202-1224 Cypress Pl 1402-1414 Dogwood Pl 1502-1509 Fernwood Pl 1602-1622 Hemlock Pl 999-1124 Noons Creek Dr

INTERESTED IN PSYCHOLOGY?

BECOME A PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLOR Earn Your Diploma in 1 Year $1000 Tuition Allowance for qualified on-campus applicants Online programs also available CALL TODAY for information Chelsea Stowers Graduate 2008

(250)717-0412

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KELOWNA COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING 130

HELP WANTED

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HELP WANTED

Advertising Sales Representative

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FARM WORKERS

AUJLAS’ FARMS LTD FARM LABOURERS required 5 or 6 Days/Week 40 or 50 Hours/Week $10.25/Hour Horticultural work such as: Planting, pruning, spacing and harvesting the crop.

Employment starts early July’12 Submit your application to: 604-465-8153 or by Fax:604-465-9340 or by mail:12554 Woolridge Rd., Pitt Meadows, B.C. V3Y 1Z1

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The award-winning Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News has an immediate opening for a full time Advertising Sales Representative.

The successful candidate will be required to meet sales targets by deepening relationships with existing clients and developing new business with an aggressive face-to-face cold calling mandate.

The ability to work independently in an extremely fast paced environment while adhering to deadlines is a must. Candidates considered for the position will be results oriented, strong communicators, and be willing to learn and adapt in an ever changing business environment. A vehicle and a valid driver’s license is required.

We offer a great working environment with a competitive base salary and commission plan along with a strong benefit package.

Black Press has over 170 community newspapers across Canada and the United States and for the proven candidate the opportunities are endless.

Please submit your resume with a cover letter by 5:00 pm Sunday, June 24, 2012, to: Carly Ferguson, Advertising & Creative Services Manager Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News 22328 - 119th Avenue Maple Ridge, BC V2X 2Z3 or by email: admanager@mapleridgenews.com Thank you to all who apply, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

THE NEWS Serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows since 1978

www.blackpress.com

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work?

PLEA Community Services is looking for qualified applicants who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or on weekends for respite.

Training, support and remuneration are provided.

Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door.

Make it yours.

Call 604-708-2628 www.plea.bc.ca

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HELP WANTED

$100-$400 CASH DAILY for Landscaping Work!

Competitive, Energetic, Honesty a MUST!

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ADULT CARRIER

With reliable car required to deliver The TriCity News door-to-door to households in the Tri-City area Wednesday & Friday.

Call 604-472-3040 PERMANENT P/T GARDEN HELPER. Please call (604)464-7407

8118 333-359 Decaire St (odd) 356-376 Duncan St 1566-1778 Hammond Ave 378-399 Laurtian Cres 1551-1768 Thomas Ave 9262 1104-1189 Alderwood Ave 3910-3969 Ambleside Close 1103-1188 Lynwood Ave 4013-4098 Wedgwood St 8779 2535-2574 Fuchsia Pl 1316-1342 Honeysuckle Lane 2532-2560 Jasmine Crt 8314 373-375 Clayton St 559-622 Edgar Ave 347-390 Guilby St 559-619 Lougheed Hwy (odd) 560-621 Shaw Ave 8623 2922-2941 Burton Crt 954-990 Crystal Crt 2898-2928 Dewdney Trunk(even) 2921-2940 Heckbert Pl 957-972 Laurel Crt 900-968 Sharpe St (even)

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WAREHOUSE

8643 1711-1915 Charland Ave 1568-1793 Dansey Ave 425-435 Decaire St (odd) 429-477 Laurentian Cres 6093 2-99 Ashwood Dr 2-62 Firview Pl (even) Other routes not listed may be avail. Please call to enquire.

If you live on or near one these routes and you are interested in delivering the papers please call Circulation

@ 604-472-3042 and quote the route number.

LIGHTING STORE Enthusiastic personable staff req’d for our Coquitlam location. Exp. in interior design/decor an asset. Retail exp. is needed. Bring resume to Vancouver Lighting Store, 1369 United Blvd. or call Laurie 604-528-8085 for appt.

PORT COQUITLAM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION contracting for a

RECEIVER needed to visually inspect and post stock receipts against open PO’s in an ERP system. Responsibilities include maintaining accurate stock receiving records, part quality and proper identification of incoming materials in a fast paced manufacturing environment. Reply to: hr@cwsindustries.com Visit: www.cwsindustries.com

ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

Strong creative writing, presentation, speaking, & exp. with newsletters, brochures & social media required.

Submit your resume & cover letter stating your expected remuneration July 1st, 2012 to:

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Specialists in • Acupressure • Reflexology

778-708-7733

101-1125 Nicola Avenue Port Coq. (behind COSTCO)

604-468-8889 candymassage.blogspot.com/

175 CATERING/PARTY RENTALS

Specializing in Private Events!

We Come To You! Doing It All, From Set-Up - Clean-Up.

• Home Dinner Parties • Meetings • Funerals • Weddings • B-B-Ques • Birthdays • Anniversaries Unique Taste, Unique Menus...

Gourmet, Customized Menus Tailored To Your Function...

Kristy 604.488.9161 threescocatering@shaw.ca

604-460-8058 #7 - 20306 Dewdney Trunk, M. Ridge Corner Max Gas Station

HOME CARE/SUPPORT

604-944-7868

MIND BODY SPIRIT

#40-20631 Fraser Hwy. Langley

No phone calls please

Quadriplegic looking for experienced reliable part-time caregiver for personal & general care. Afternoons, 2-3 days per week.

Must have valid drivers license.

Email resume & refs to: gerryd107@hotmail.com call after 1 p.m.

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CALLIDALE SPA 171

jobs@pocobia.com SERVICE EVALUATOR No Associated Fees Greater Vancouver area opportunities!

Safeway Inc. is a Fortune 100 company and one of the largest food and drug retailers in North America based on sales.

The company operates 1,678 stores in the United States and western Canada.

We are seeking responsible, motivated and computer literate individuals to provide feedback specific to store conditions and service levels.

Hourly rate paid for driving, observation, and report times.

Reimbursement for mileage based on the distance associated with assignments.

For additional information and to submit an online application visit: https://qualityshopper.org

Radiance Day Spa Tel:604-936-6828 K-435 North Road Coquitlam

PERSONAL SERVICES

Communication/ Marketing position

A+Spa 604-942-8688 near Safeway - Sunwood Square

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

DEBT CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM Helping CANADIANS repay debts, reduce or eliminate interest regardless of your credit!

Qualify Now To Be Debt Free 1-877-220-3328 Licensed, Government Approved, BBB Accredited.

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

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HOME CARE

Resp. reliable companion avail to help elderly, shopping, Dr. appts. prepare meals. 604-945-4699

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Home Restaurant

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

Maple Ridge

W FT & PT Line cook Some experience needed.

Generous wage and benefits

Apply to home5@homerestaurants.ca Or 21667 Lougheed Hwy.

SHOP from HOME! Check out bcclassified.com

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

F/T BAKER

ALLISON TRANSMISSION MECHANICS

F/T BAKER ~ $13/hr + ben. Bake mixed dough, frost baked goods, ensure that the quality of products meets established standards, follow traditional European recipes and procedures, supervise and train staff.

Knowledge of European recipes and gluten free products an asset. Send resume by mail: #902-115 Schoolhouse St., Coquitlam, BC V3K 4X8. Fax: 604-521-5512 or Email: glutenullcoquitlam@yahoo.ca

Req. for ABC Transmissions Ltd. Positions available in the Surrey location. Applicants with previous manual transmission & gear exp. will be considered.

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

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QUALITY Control Inspector needed, familiar with machining, welding and assembly processes in a heavy equipment, manufacturing environment. Responsibilities to include incoming and in-process product inspections and participation in troubleshooting teams.

Reply to: hr@cwsindustries.com Visit: www.cwsindustries.com

8454 836-946 Como Lake Ave (even) 835-929 Grover Ave 728-740 Hailey St (even) 834-925 Regan Ave 9266 1326-1368 Chelsea Ave 1308-1392 Halifax Ave 1217-1289 Lincoln Dr (odd) 3815-3876 Toronto St 1321-1388 Windsor Ave

PERSONAL SERVICES

INVENTORY Control & Warehouse person needed to kit parts and maintain accurate stock control in a fast paced manufacturing environment. Applicants should have previous stock control experience, using ERP stock control systems generated pick lists from Engineering BOM’s. Reply to: hr@cwsindustries.com Visit www.cwsindustries.com

An Alberta Construction Company is hiring dozer, excavator and labour/rock truck operators.

Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfield road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-7235051.

6078 631-800 Alderside Rd 646 Bentley Rd 642-740 Ioco Rd

If you want to be a

HELP WANTED

All Unemployed Start Now!

The following routes are now available do deliver the NEWS in the Tri-City area:

DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

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F/T employment on our promotions team.

Great hours, great pay, great atmosphere.

We want 6 new people by next week!

Call today start tomorrow.

No Experience required.

Carriers Needed

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

Union Shop ~ Full Benefits Forward Resume to Steve Palm: Fax: 604-888-4749 E-mail: sep@cullendiesel.com EXCO INDUSTRIES in 100 Mile B.C. is seeking experienced Steel Fabricators and Welders. We are a well established company offering competitive wages and benefit package. Submit resumes by email to jamie.larson@ainsworth.ca

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PROFESSIONALS/ MANAGEMENT

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

POCO Appliance Mart 942-4999 Service to all Makes of Appliances & Refrigeration. Work Guaranteed

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DIRECTOR OF CHILD AND YOUTH SERVICES

The Ridge Meadows Association for Community Living is a non-profit organization providing services and support to children and adults with developmental disabilities, children at risk of developmental disability or delay, and their families.

The Association requires a Director of Child and Youth Services to lead us in coordinating and implementing a comprehensive range of children’s programs. A bachelor level degree in child and youth care, early childhood education, or a related social service discipline, along with a demonstrated working knowledge of early intervention, child and youth, and family support programs is necessary. Applicants must possess strong management skills and be committed to the delivery of community-based, family-centred services. A background that includes successful work within the aboriginal community is an asset.

The ideal candidate will have at least five years successful achievement in a senior management capacity in a social service agency. This is a continuing position with a competitive salary and full range of benefits.

Qualified applicants interested in this position are invited to submit a resume by June 22, 2012 to: Chief Executive Officer 11641 - 224th Street, Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 6A1 Facsimile: 604.467.8767 Email: info@rmacl.org We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

www.tricitynews.com HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 206

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

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ELECTRICAL

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 281

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

GARDENING

287

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

300

LANDSCAPING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS Northstar Painting Ltd.- The Residential Specialists. BIG jobs, Small jobs - We do it all! Interior and Exterior Projects. Master Painters at Students Rates. WCB Safe, Reliable, Efficient & Quality Paint. 778.245.9069

MLG ENTERPRISES All Aspects Landscaping & Garden Solutions

MAJOR Appliance Repairs to All Makes JIM PUGH Owner/Technician 30 Years+ Experience

Ph: 604-941-3277

3755 Bracewell Court, Pt Coq.

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CARPET CLEANING

Action Carpet & Furn. Cleaning Special pkg $79. Call 604-945-5801

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Clean to Perfection Reliable / Honest ICBC & Veteran’s Claims Lic’d / Ins. ~ Windows Free Gift Certificates

AT SKY VIEW ROOFING LTD

778.885.7074 Trent Reisinger

A YOUNG BROS ROOFING LTD.

Lic. & Ins. Exc. Refs. 15% Discount google our site 604-317-4729

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

PRO ✶ ACC PAINTING LTD ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

CLEARSITE Drain Tile ~ Stumps Concrete Removal Site Prep ~ Land Clearing Bobcat Work & Excavator

604-813-6949

Renovations/Repairs/Building Emergency services available!

S Bathrooms S Basements S Suites S Decks / Sheds S Plumbing S Flooring / Tiles S Electrical S Interior Designing

Decor Concrete Stamping

Free Estimate 604-807-3464

Gary 604-690-7JNL (7565) “Family Owned & Operated in the Tri-Cities”

or

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PEDRO’S GENERAL CONTRACTING & DRAINAGE. ✶ Pipelining, backfilling, landscaping, water lines & more. ✶ Hardworking, reliable & reasonable rates. 604-468-2919.

604 575 5555

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ARTISTICO CONCRETE All cement work, forming & prep.

WCB insured. 30 yrs exp, refs. Free est, Joe 604-908-6143, 931-1684 DALL’ANTONIA CONCRETE Seniors disc. Friendly, family bus., 40+ yrs. 604-240-3408/604-299-7125

HERFORT CONCRETE

1-A1 BRAR CEDAR FENCING, chain link & landscaping. Block retaining wall. Reasonable rates.

Harry 604-719-1212, 604-306-1714

NO JOB TOO SMALL Serving Lower Mainland 23 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish *Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed Aggregate *Stamped Concrete. *Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement -Excellent Ref’s -WCB Insured

LEO: Mobile #657-2375, 462-8620

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FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

POLMAR HARDWOOD FLOORS New floor inst. & finishing. Refin.

Repairs, Staining. Free Est.. Mario 604-671-8501 or 604-468-4117.

278 FURNITURE REFINISHING PLACING & Finishing * Forming * Site Prep, old concrete removal * Excavation & Reinforcing * Re-Re Specialists 32 Years Exp. Free Estimates.

Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

Seven Days a Week

LARIC FURNITURE REFINISHING Specialists in: - ANTIQUES, HOME & OFFICE FURNITURE - RESTORATION & REPAIRS

If I can’t do it It can’t be done

Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd. ✶ Bark Mulch ✶ Lawn & Garden Soil ✶ Drain Grave Lava Rock ✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

(604)465-1311

ALL CITY FENCING All types of fencing, decks & sheds.

Free estimates ~ 778-240-0975

meadowslandscapesupply.com

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS GUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs Free Est, 20 yrs exp, Rain or shine.

7 days/week. Simon 604-230-0627

M.T. GUTTERS 5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffit

FPatios FPool Decks FSidewalks FDriveways FForming FFinishing FRe & Re All Your Concrete Needs 30yrs exp. Quality workmanship Fully Insured

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Retaining Walls New Lawns Plant Installation Complete Landscape Installation ◆ Renovation Services.

Call Tim 604-612-5388

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

604 - 961 - 8595

Danny 604 - 307 - 7722

UNIQUE CONCRETE DESIGN F All types of concrete work F F Re & Re F Forming F Site prep FDriveways FExposed FStamped F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured

778-231-9675, 778-231-9147 FREE ESTIMATES

WESTWOOD CONCRETE WE SERVICE ALL AREAS • Stamped Concrete • Forming • Patios, Pools & Decks • Removal / Repairs • Custom Design • Bobcat & Mini Excavator Free Estimates 604-813-6949

Ph: 604-469-2331 281

DRYWALL

ALL PHASES DRYWALL • Taping • Texture • Spraying 30 yrs. Tidy Workplace. Free Est. No job too small.Eric 778-898-9806 FRANKS Drywall *Boarding*Taping *Spraying no job too sm. Seniors rts Free ests. 604-939-7029, 809-1945 JMYK CONTRACTING Specializing in steel stud framing, drywall, taping, texture, t-bar, firerating, painting + general renovations. WCB, Insured. Jay 604-7226197 Mike 778-996-2296.

Taping, Spraying & Patching No job too big or small 30 yrs exp Del 604-505-3826

260

ELECTRICAL

DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded.

24 hr service. We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! 30 yrs exp. Free est. 604-460-8867.

LICENSED. Local. Low cost. Home theater, Big/small jobs. Renov. & panel change expert. 604-374-0062

ANDY’S LANDSCAPE Majored, 20yr exp. www.andyslandscape.ca 778-895-6202

GARDENING

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT lawn cuts, aerating, power-raking, pruning, hedge trimming, trees, 23 yrs. exp. Free est. Brad 778-552-3900

AVA MINA GARDENING & MAINTENANCE Grass cutting & Ground Maint.

Lawn Mowing & Install New Turf Spring / Leaf Clean-up Aeration & Power Raking General Gardening, Barkmulch, Soil & Ground Levelling.

604-518-0060 ava-mina03@yahoo.com

NO Wood byproducts used

When QUALITY Matters all soils are tested for Optimum growing requirements.

17607 Ford Road Pitt Meadows

HOME IMPROVEMENTS Carpentry, painting, drywall, tiles Quality work - reasonable price Martin 778-355-5840

PICK-UP ...... or .... DELIVERY

604-465-3189

COQUITLAM LANDSCAPING ★ YARD MAINTENANCE ★

Ed’s ROTOTILLING & LANDSCAPING

S Lawn Cutting Contracts S Hedge Trimming ~ Tree Pruning S Lawn Cuts ~ Weeding

Fully Insured

GREEN & CLEAN * Spring Clean Up * Lawns & Gardens * Hedges Trimmed / Pruning * Power Washing & Windows * Gutter Cleaning Call Dwight 604-721-1747 Happy Place Garden & Home Services.

Gardening, Pruning, Landscaping, Trimming and Handy Home Services.

604-615-4356 MARK’S LAWN CARE Mowing lawns, hedge trimming, garbage removal and small handyman repairs. Free Est. 604-308-8073 My Friend Gardening Lawn Maintenance, Pruning, Sprinkler Landscaping. Free Est. Call your friend 604-916-7275 NOW! is the time to KILL Chaffer Beetles in lawn. Best Prices - Lawn Cutting. Tree Services - Installations.778-885-6488 Leave message

SPRING YARD MAINT. *Retaining Walls *Interlocking *Fencing *Drainage *Decking *New Lawns *Hedges 17 Years exp. - Work Guaranteed Cel:604-836-6519, 778-285-6510

West Coast Masonry

D Free estimates D Insured Licensed D References Residential D Pressure Washing

Brick Block, Stone, Culture Stone, Retaining Walls, Repointing, Repair, Rebuilding Chimneys.

Free Estimates.

No Job Too Small.

Fully insured with WCB. westcoastmasonry@shaw.ca Call Steve (778)895-4966

*Rototilling *Levelling *Gardens *Loader Work *Brush Cutter

Home Renovations and New Construction

~ Free Estimates ~

Kitchens, Bathrooms, Flooring, Drywall, Garages, Decks & more * 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE* INSURED ~ WCB

604-941-2263 / 604-725-7246

Moon Construction Building Services. Your Specialists in; • Concrete Forming • Framing • Siding 604.218.3064

Locally owned and operated.

All work guaranteed.

FREE ESTIMATES

www.RENORITE.com Save & more. 604-451-0225, 778-317-1256

dollars!

Bath,

Kitchen,

TRICITY Pro Painter - Refs.

WCB. Call Dragan 604-805-8120 www.montenegropainting.com

Meadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1311

STAN’S PAINTING

MOVING & STORAGE

Comm. & Res. BBB, WCB. Kitchen Reno’s & Cabinets

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable.

Rates. Different From the Rest.

604-721-4555.

Seniors Discount Book by end of June - 10% off. 25 yrs exp.

Guarantee on work. Refs.

(604)773-7811 or 604-432-1857

ABE MOVING - $35/Hr. Per Person *Reliable Careful Movers. *Rubbish Removal. *24 Hours. 604-999-6020

AFFORDABLE MOVING Local & Long Distance

$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

338

PLUMBING

Roofing Experts. 778-230-5717 Repairs/Re-Roof/New Roofs. All work Gtd. Free Est. Call Frank.

356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

★ ★CALL NOW★ ★ LOW COST RUBBISH REMOVAL

★ Disposal ★ Renovations Debris ★ Construction ★ Drywall Pickup ★ Demolition ★ 7 days/week ★ Free Estimates ★

Isaac 604-727-5232

RECYCLE-IT!

JUNK REMOVAL Recycled Earth Friendly • Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses & More!

On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

604.587.5865

www.recycleitcanada.ca FREE! Scrap Metal Removal...FREE!!! *Appliances *BBQs *Exercise Equip *Cars/Trucks/Trailers *Hotwater Tanks *Furnaces * Restaurant Equipment All FREE pickup!

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005

778-233-4949

STARGATE Plumbing & Heating.

Cert. insured. High Quality New Build/Reno/Services. 604-512-4021

#1 DUMP YOUR JUNK No job too small.On time every time 604-939-0808 D 604-649-4339

604-537-4140

T & K Haulaway

FLEETWOOD WASTE Bin Rentals 10-30 Yards.

Call Ken at 604-294-1393

Quick & Reliable Movers

From $48/per

RECYCLE YOUR JUNK! Rubbish Removal, Caring for the Earth. Professional Quality Service at Great Rates. 604-787-8782

604-524-2177 www.ezgomovers.com SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials.

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

329 PAINTING & DECORATING A-TECH Services 604-230-3539 Running this ad for 8yrs

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

“JUST A GREAT JOB!”

Robert J. O’Brien

604-728-5643

Steve 778-848-0036 your

ABOVE THE REST “ Int. & Ext., Unbeatable Prices, Professional Crew. Free Est. Written Guarantee. No Hassle, Quick Work, Insured, WCB. Call (778)997-9582

GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds $59.00 Per Ton

www.pearllandscapes.com

TRIPLE M RENO’S & PAINTING Low Prices, High Quality.

Meeting your needs. 604-805-8548

“

SBroken Concrete RocksS $22.00 Per Metric Ton SMud Dirt Sod ClayS $22.00 Per metric Ton

NO Headaches NO Surprises NO Excuses Full Landscape Construction for 33 Years.

Scott 604-891-9967

MISC SERVICES

Dean 604-834-3076 Kitchen & Bathrooms Specialists, complete renos, tub to counter, from floor to wall, proud BBB Member. Refs. 30 yrs. exp. John @ 604779-4029. www.bcbwreno.ca

Serving Tri City 32 Yrs. Call 24 Hrs/7 Days paylesspainting.multiply.com

✶Dump Site Now Open✶

320

GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, Asphalt Shingles, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters. $80. 604-240-5362

# 1 PAY-LESS Painting Ext./Int. SPRING Special LOOK for our YARD SIGNS

317

All kinds of re-roofing & repairs.

Free est. Reasonable rates.

(604)961-7505, 278-0375

604-328-6387

311 MASONRY & BRICKWORK

EZ GO MOVERS D Garden Blend Soil D Lawn Blend Soil D Custom Blends avail.

D Composted Mushroom Manure

A Dream Landscaping. Lawn mowing, hedge trimming, pruning, bark mulch, top soil, turf, yard cleanup. Res/Com. 604-724-4987.

All Work Guaranteed.

Call John 778-867-8785

257

LANDSCAPING

Alpine Landscaping

28 YEARS EXPERIENCE FULLY INSURED

287

Call Robert 604-941-1618 OR 604-844-4222 INTERIORS: Baths (renos/ repairs) specializing in drywall, doors, flooring, tiling, plumbing, painting, miscellaneous, etc.

VERSTILE! EXPERIENCED IN OVER 30 LINES OF WORK! * Quality work * Prompt Service * Fair prices For positive results Call Robert SERVICE CALLS WELCOME

300

Professional Installation

Free Estimates, Pick-up & Delivery

STAMPED CONCRETE

HOME REPAIRS

Prompt Delivery Available

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

FENCING

Landscaping

EXCEL ROOFING LTD. All kinds of roofing work. New roof, reroof, repairs. Free est. (778)878-2617.

FIVE STAR ROOFING

Interior/Exterior.

FREE Estimates.

Quality job.

Fully insured - WCB Please call Sonly.

NICK’S

NO JOB TOO SMALL!

Specializing in stamped, exposed aggregate, broom finish site prep, re and re and forming.

Custom overlays and staining.

269

778 - 896 - 4858

Complete ReRoofing Ltd + gutters, shingles, cedar, flat roof, 20 yr exp.

Sr’s disc. WCB, BBB, 604-725-0106

SL PAINTING

RENO & REPAIR

10% Discount

Re-roofing & Repairs Specialist asphalt, shingle, cedar, flat Guarnt’d ~ WCB

Ph: 604-942-4383

604-466-8401

CONCRETE & PLACING

- Est. 1989 F WCB, Insured, Licensed F Free Estimates F Many References F All Types of Painting

www.proaccpainting.com

.Jim’s Mowing Spring Services Same day services

Free Estimates

.

242

A EAST WEST ROOFING & SIDING CO. Roofs & re-roofs. BBB & WCB. 10% Discount, Insured.

Call 604-812-9721, 604-783-6437

(#102055) Bonded

778-840-2421 BEST CLEANERS AROUND GUARANTEED! Since 1985.

Residential & Commercial Weekly, Bi-Monthly - Best Rates!

MAIDS R’ US 604-808-0212

Improvements,

Specializing in Renos New Const, (Comm./Res.) Free Estimates

CLEANING SERVICES

~~ A GIFT OF TIME ~~

OF Home (604)501-9290

Suites

MILANO PAINTING & RENOS. Int./Ext. Prof. Painters. Free Est. Bonded & Insured. 604-551-6510

bradsjunkremoval.com .Enterprise Plumbing, Heaitng, Gasfitting

360 PLUMBING & HEATING. Gas, plumbing, heating, reno’s, repairs.

20 years exp., reliable & courteous.

Lic’d. Bonded. Jack 778-835-4416

Haul Anything...

But Dead Bodies!!

604.

220.JUNK(5865)

NEED Plumbing/Heating/Gas? dansyourman.ca (604)418-6941 Free estimates. Fully insured

Serving The Lower Mainland Since 1988

A LICENSED/ HONEST PLUMBER & GAS FITTER with 31 years exp.

Very neat work Refs. Reas. rates.

Free est. 24 hrs.Don: 604-220-4956

EXTRA

CHEAP

#1 IN RATES AND SERVICE. Licensed, insured. Clogged Drains.

No job too small. 604-805-2488.

341

RUBBISH REMOVAL Almost for free!

PRESSURE WASHING

Aqua Works Power Washing Residential/Commercial. Hot / Cold Honest, Reliable, Professional Service. Lic. & Ins. 1-604-989-2412

POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

Call Ian 604-724-6373

Smart Cleaning Pressure Washing & Window Cleaning.

(778)997-5757, (604)587-5991 WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

Always! deliver Top soil, bark mulch, sand & gravel. 7days/wk.

Simon 604-230-0627 will spread

372

SUNDECKS

Spring Cleaning Special

604. 862. 9797

2 HUNGRY PAINTERS JUST SIMPLY BETTER Int./Ext. + Power Washing. 75 years exp. combined 604-467-2532

TOPLINE PRESSURE WASHING Siding, gutters, & tile roofs. We use SOAP. WCB insured 604.861.6060

AFFORDABLE INT/EXT painting.

30 yrs exp. Refs. Free est. Keith 604-433-2279 or 604-777-1223.

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

Aluminum patio cover, NO HST Summer Sale. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

A62 Friday, June 22, 2012, Tri-City News

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GARAGE SALES

551

GARAGE SALES

Port Coquitlam N.Side

Coquitlam

Multi Family Sale Sat June 23rd, 9am - 4pm MILLCREEK MOBILE HOME PARK - 145 King Edward St. Rain or Shine Maple Ridge

The Olde Farmhouse Vintage Market Albion Fairgrounds Sat June 23rd Indoors ~ 32 Vendors 9am ~ 4pm Shabby Chic ~ Antiques Primitives www.theoldefarmhouse.ca

HUGE GARAGE RENO SALE Hsehld goods, home electronics building supplies & lots & lots of great toys Rain or shine Mostly indoors

1642 - Greenmount Ave Sat & Sun ~ 9am-3pm PORT MOODY

2nd Annual Klahanie Community Garage Sale & Charity Drive Sat. June 23, 9am-1pm.

501 Klahanie Dr. (Canoe Club) 40 residents participating.

You’re bound to find a bargain.

Also a BBQ fundraiser and Food Bank drive.

Be sure to bring a non-perishable food item.

Rain or shine

FOR SALE BY OWNER

COQUITLAM beautiful 1 bdrm grnd corner unit tastefully reno’d with priv landscaped patio, quiet sec bldg. Nr Blue Mtn Park, Vanc golf course & Lougheeed Mall. $164,500. Pets & rental OK. 604-619-3444

626

HOUSES FOR SALE

SULLIVAN STATION & next to Owl Park this open plan 3500 sq ft custom house is on a cul-de-sac and features 8 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, dark wood floors through out, custom yard with deck & patio. See MLS F1211723 or email Thuy Ngo at thuyngo@remax.net.

627

HOMES WANTED

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

COQUITLAM

Sherwood Apt 727 North Rd 1 & 2 bdrms on quiet street.

15 Mins to SFU 5 Mins to shops & transp

Call 604-830-9781

COQUITLAM/ POCO/PT. MOODY

736

HOMES FOR RENT

TRANSPORTATION 806

TRANSPORTATION

ANTIQUES/CLASSICS

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

POCO Larkin Ave. 5 bdrm, 2 ba, 1 kitch, near school, mall, new reno, N/P, N/S. $1600/mo. 604-728-2882

734

MODULAR HOMES

JUNE SPECIAL Brand New 16’ Wide Modular Homes. From $69,900.00 mark@eaglehomes.ca 2007 Honda Civic DXG 5 speed standard, 2 dr., grey, 135K, p/w, p/l, a/c, am/fm/cd, no acc. $10,000 604-793-3819 6-9pm

www.aptrentals.net

Derek Manor 2048 Manning Ave. Port Coq ~ 604-941-5452 or 604-944-7889 FREE PREMIUM CABLE $80 Value

WE BUY HOUSES! Older House • Damaged House Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms!

CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

651

RENTALS

741

OFFICE/RETAIL

COQUITLAM OFFICE SPACE WESTWOOD CORP. CENTRE Various sizes of office space available CALL 604-944-2963

838

743 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 1989 FORD E250 Van Amera camper van, fridge, stove, furn. bathrm. Only 142,000 km. New front brakes. Everything works. $5500 obo: (604)520-6512

S Impeccably clean S Heat S Hot Water S Parking

1 bdrm $790/mo - No pets Port Coquitlam

DROP BY TO BUY Garage sale Sat. June 23rd 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

1215 Confederation Dr.

Port Moody GARAGE SALE Sat. & Sun. June 23 & 24 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. #23, 101 Parkside Drive (Treetops) Lots of quality items; chair & foot stool, decorative headboard & bedspread, antique furn. dishes, crystal, work-out items & ladies clothing.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 372

SUNDECKS

PETS 477

PETS

Bernese Mountain puppies 3 males, born March 12/12 604-869-5073 Vinyl, Wood and Trex decks, Aluminum and Glass awnings, Wood,Aluminum & Glass Railings D FULLY INSURED D 100% Waterproof Up to 10 year warranty

CALL 604-937-0203

Woodland Decks WDesign & Renovations WCedar Decks WFences WWooden Retaining walls Home Renovations Call Patrick for a free est.

604-351-6245 374

TREE SERVICES A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv.

Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping.

Insured, WCB Free Est Arborist Reports

Andrew 604-618-8585 $ Best Rates $

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977 FLUFFY WHITE Maltese pups, 8 weeks old. Family raised. $750 firm.

Call 604-597-4760.

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com Shepherd/Lab X pups, 4 males, 2 females, enjoy kids. $200/each.

(604)316-2757 WHIPPET PUPPIES, born May 10, reg’d, housebroken, $750. Please call: (403)210-0884, (403)999-9041 (Calgary)

Avail July 1 - Ref’s req’d MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrms $775/$875 GREAT LOCATION

506

APPLIANCES

POCO Appliance Mart 942-4999 Rebuilt*Washer*Dryer*Fridge*Stove Up to 1 Yr Warranty. Trade-in Avail.

FERTILIZERS

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $160 or Well Rotted 10 yards - $180. 604-856-8877

542

StumpMaster Tree Stump Removal

D Stump & Root Grinding

Call Dan @ 604.805.0425

ISA Certified Arborist or Visit: www.stump-master.com for a FREE ONLINE ESTIMATE

FRUIT & VEGETABLES

STRAWBERRIES Greenvale Farms Now Open!!

Take 264 St exit off Hwy #1 & follow yellow signs

(6030 248 Street) OPEN Mon. Sat. 8am - 7pm Sun. 8am - 6pm 604-856-3626 / 604-855-9351

2284 Welcher St Port Coquitlam ($699,000) Holding Property Investment.

May be sold in conjunction with 2274 Welcher Ave., Port Coquitlam. Property is located in area that is designated for Multi-Family development. Both sites contain a single family home could be rented for income. For details about development possibilities, the size and the price of the whole project please call: Nahid Aghamolla Realtor & Property Mgr, Royal LePage City Centre (604)767-8603.

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.ca

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

BURNABY

1 Bdrm Apts starting at $850 2 Bdrm Apts starting at $1100 Heat and hot water included.

Dishwasher, fridge, stove, balcony, shared laundry. Avail Immed.

Close to amen, schools and mall.

Call 604-421-1235 www.aptrentals.net Coquitlam 2bdrm 2bath nr Coq Ctr Douglas Coll, aquatic ctr strg prkg NS/NP July1 $1295 604-941-3259

Coquitlam Centre “Raphael Towers” 1 Bdrm & den apt. $950 2 bdrm. apt. $1225 *IN-SUITE W/D *GARBURATOR *ONSITE MANAGER *BEHIND COQ. CTR. MALL

548 • Tree & Stump Removal • Certified Arborists • 20 yrs exp. • 60’ Bucket Truck • Crown Reduction • Spiral Pruning • Land Clearing • Selective Logging ~ Fully Insured • Best Rates ~

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778 www.treeworksonline.ca treeworkes@yahoo.ca 10% OFF with this AD

MATTRESSES starting at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

LOOKING FOR WORK?

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560 Your Tree Service For Honest Prices & Quality Work Call Scott at 604-618-0333 Certifi ed Arborist Free Estimates * Fully Insured We’re your #1 source for Classified Advertising bcclassified.com 604-575-5555

FURNITURE

MISC. FOR SALE

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

COQUITLAM, Howie reno’d 1 Bdrm condo, 700 sq.ft., quiet bldg, secure prkg. Not incl cable/hydro. $800 incl hot water. n/s, n/p. 604-941-2313.

Medallion Court Apt / Townhomes 515-525 Foster Avenue 2 Bedroom suite available immediately (heat and hot water included). Pet allowed.

TOWNHOMES 3 Bedroom townhouse available immediately (heat and hot water included) with laundry hook up.

Pet allowed.

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

The Scrapper

* Renovated Suites * INCLUDES: HEAT, HOT WATER & HYDRO Near Shopping & Amenities.

604-463-7450 604-463-2236 12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certified Crime Free Buildings

Maple Ridge 22450-121st Street 2 Bedroom Apt $840/mo

Contact: Costina 778-847-3153

Coquitlam Silver Springs WW Platuea 2 bdrm condo cls Douglas College schls ament. strg prkg NS/NP July1 $1350 604-941-3259.

SUITES, LOWER

COQUITLAM CENTRE. Bright 2 bdrm new paint, carpet. Shrd. W/D. N/S, N/P. Avail. now. $900/mo. incl. utils. Refs. 604-945-5314

Call 604-451-6075 to view.

Metro Vancouver Housing Corp.

WEST MAPLE RIDGE 2 BDRM in new home. Shows perfect. Prime loc. Own lndry. Priv patio. Incl util, internet, sec, HD tv, strg. $1050.

N/S. N/P. 604-671-9476

MAPLE Ridge dntwn Urbano complex, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, inste w/d, f/p, deck, 2 u/g prkg Nr amen NS/NP $1100+util Ref. Immed 604-512-8725

PORT COQUITLAM 1 bdrm. suite, grnd. lvl., large & bright. N/P N/S. Sep. entry. Avail now. $750/mo. incl. utils.,cable & int. 604-323-3580

S Incl heat/hot wtr, wndw cvrngs S Close to bus stop S Walk to shpng/medical/WCE S Across from park w/Mtn views S Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

604-464-3550 PORT COQUITLAM: 2 Bdrm apts. $780 & $800/mo. Quiet family complex. No pets. Call 604-464-0034.

PORT MOODY. Ideal Apartment.

1/bdrm. Avail May 1. Secure parking, storage. Res manager. No pets. 778-355-1808, 604-469-9100, PORT MOODY

PERFECT LOCATION In the City of the Arts!

On-site Manager Quiet, clean, well-maintained, updated, adult oriented one bdrm suites. Close to all amenities, and WC Express. Gated parking. Call for appointment to view. SORRY, NO PETS.

Call 604-724-6967 WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

734

MODULAR HOMES

JUNE SPECIAL Brand New 16’ Wide Modular Homes. From $69,900.00 mark@eaglehomes.ca

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.

We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

810

AUTO FINANCING

PORT COQUITLAM, 2/bdrm grnd level ste. Full bath. Sep entry. Cls to all amenities. $800/mo incl utils, cable, lndry. NS/NP (604)945-5911 PORT COQUITLAM, Langan Ave, large 1 bdrm, nr prk, schl, bus, shrd lndry, $700 incl utils,cable. NS/NP. Avail. Jul. 1st. Call (778)708-3930.

Metal Recycling Ltd.

Port Coquitlam- N. 2 Bdrm g/l shrd lndry. Nr amens/bus. N/P. Looking for resp tenant. Now. Carport. $900 incl utils. (604)944-1426.

WESTWOOD Plateau. Bright 3 bdrm 1200 sqft. W/D. N/S, N/P. $1100/m. incl. utils. 604-719-2719.

Avail. now.

• Cars & Trucks • Scrap Metals • Batteries • Machinery • Lead

Scotty 604-313-1887

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200 TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

1-800-910-6402

www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557

PORT COQUITLAM

1 Bdrm suite $765 1 Bdrm & den suite $835 2 Bdrm corner suite $900

Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal

COQUITLAM WW Plateau. Bright grnd level 2 bdrm. Lndry incl. $850.

N/S, N/P. Avail now. 604-808-2964.

PORT COQUITLAM 1 bdrm + den, sep entry, W/D incl, NS/NP. $700 + utils. Avail July 16. 604-218-6421

PORT COQUITLAM, 2043 sq ft.

Ground floor, dance/fitness area.

Facing onto city park. 1 blk from Lougheed/Shaughnessy intersection. 604-464-3550.

COQUITLAM, Newer bright, 2 bdrm, very close to SkyTrain & shop. ctr. Inste lndry, prk & strge.

July 1. $1290. N/P. 604-773-7398.

750

COQUITLAM bright clean spac. 1 bdrm + den. Laundry, N/S, no dogs Now $650mo. (604)937-3534

Attractive modern unit, in a safe, all ages community in beautiful Maple Ridge. Amenities include community gardens, playground, amenity rooms, on site laundry facilities & secure parking in a certified Crime Free Multi Housing complex. Pet friendly (some exceptions apply). The tenant and other occupants must demonstrate they meet eligibility criteria related to income, number of occupants, and other similar criteria. Please note that fully subsidized, or Rent Geared to Income (RGI) units are filled via a waiting list called The BC Housing Central Registry (www.bchousing.org/applicants).

No RGI subsidy available at this time.

3 Bedroom townhouse available now (heat and hot water included) with laundry hook up.

Pet allowed.

REAL ESTATE

STEEL BUILDING - HUGE CLEARANCE SALE! 20X24 $4,658. 25X28 $5,295. 30X40 $7,790. 32X54 $10,600. 40X58 $14,895. 47X78 $19,838. One end wall included.

Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

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Clean, very quiet, large,

Call 604-944-2963

COQUITLAM

Tree removal done RIGHT!

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

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TOWNHOUSES

COQUITLAM CENTRE AREA

TOWNHOUSES 2 & 3 Bdrm Units Available *Near schools *5 Appliances *Decorative Fireplaces

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Auto Loans or We Will Pay You $1000

All Makes, All Models.

New & Used Inventory.

*No Pets *Avail Immediately ~also apartments available~

1-888-229-0744 or apply at:

Call 604-942-2012

Must be employed w/ $1800/mo. income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

www.coquitlampropertyrentals.com PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available.

19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938 PORT COQUITLAM; 2 bdrm townhouse, $850, quiet family complex, no pets, call 604-464-0034.

PORT COQUITLAM

MERIDIAN VILLAGE 3156 Coast Meridian Road 2 & 3 bedroom Townhouses available RENTS between $970 - $1176 A safe, all ages community in POCO, spacious grounds in a park like setting, close to schools and parks with shopping near by.

Great for families - Day Care and After School Care facilities right on site! On site laundry facilities in the apartment building. Pet friendly (some exceptions apply).

The tenant and other occupants must demonstrate they meet eligibility criteria related to income, number of occupants, and other similar criteria. Please note that fully subsidized, or Rent Geared to Income (RGI) units are filled via a waiting list called The BC Housing Central Registry (www.bchousing.org/applicants).

No RGI subsidy available at this time. Call 604-451-6075 to view. http://www.metrovancouver. org/services/housing

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CARS - DOMESTIC

2001 CHEV CAVALIER, 5spd manual, 4dr, low kms, new aircare, $2000 firm. 604-538-4883 2002 BUICK CENTURY - loaded, low kms. Certified. Like new. $3900/obo. 778-565-4334 2011 Ford Focus Sedan SES, auto, 17” alum wheels, loaded, Sirius Sat. Too much to list. Lady Driven & Loved! Moving out of country...

Call for more info: 604-812-4462

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MOTORCYCLES

1989 GL 1500 HONDA Goldwing 6 cylinder, 1 owner, touring motorcycle, wineberry color. Always kept in garage when not in use. $7200.

Ph: 604-852-9529

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TRUCKS & VANS

2003 CHEV SUBURBAN Z71, black, rebuilt trans. w/warranty, used eng., new B.J. & brakes. Inspected. $8900 obo (604)826-0519

2003 GMC 2500 HD, 4x4, extended cab, SLE, red, 140,000km. New tires, exc. cond. $10,500 obo (604)799-0198

2007 FORD F150 XLT 4 X 4, only 73 km, newer tires & brakes, 6 seater. Dark blue, excellent cond. $18,900. Phone 604-858-2949

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UTILITY TRAILERS

MOTORCYCLE / UTILITY CARRIER/TRAILER, fits 1-3 bikes, w/ gear box & ramp, hardly used $1175 trades? 778-888-6805.

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BOATS

ALUMINUM BOAT WANTED, 10’, 12’ or 14’, with or without motor or trailer, will pay cash, 604-319-5720 NEED A LAWYER MONEY! Selling my 23’ Bitz Day Cruiser w/tandem axle trailer, 454 BB Chev Turbo 400, Coal V Drive w/22% overdrive, frest paint. Too much to list. $5,500.

604-820-1323

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RECREATIONAL/SALE

2003 21’ WILDWOOD 5th wheel, light weight, a/c, awning, slide-out beaut cond. $12,450/obo. Free storage till May/2012. 604-287-1127

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