THE WEDNESDAY
CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2012
TRI-CITY NEWS Riverview: A family story
Youth Arts Fest profiles
SEE LIFE, PAGE A13
SEE ARTS, PAGE A22
JULY 25, 2012 www.tricitynews.com
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Letters/A11 A Good Read/A14 Community Calendar/A21 Sports/A26
PHILIP WARBURTON PHOTOS
Port Coquitlam wildlife enthusiast Philip Warburton photographed this mother bear leaping over a four-foot-high fence on Oliver Road in Coquitlam two weeks ago. He used a long lens to capture the image so as not to disturb the bear family; the mother was joining two of its cubs, which had already jumped the electric fence to get to the blueberry fields. For more on bears, blueberries and fences, see article, page A6.
SHE’S THE TOPS Coquitlam’s Chanell Botsis wins top athletic award at the 2012 BC Summer Games in Surrey. See page A26 OUR OLYMPIANS
For profiles of the six Tri-City athletes competing in the London 2012 Olympics, read Friday’s Tri-City News.
Quiet approach to bells Church will stick to schedule originally given to the city By Gary McKenna THE TRI-CITY NEWS
The frequency and volume of bells at Our Lady of the Assumption Church have been reduced but neighbours in its Port Coquitlam
neighbourhood are skeptical about how long the quiet will last. Nick DiTomaso, a Grant Avenue resident, said the bells have been an annoyance since the Catholic church’s new tower was built last year. He acknowledged that the disruptions had ceased but said he was concerned the changes are only temporary. “The bells have been good
this week,” he said, “but let’s get something on paper.” The city said the church has programmed its bell schedule to meet a 2009 memo it provided staff when seeking a variance to build the bell tower. That schedule includes ringing for mass on Sundays as well as for weddings, funerals and other special occasions, not the hourly ringing between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
that has taken place. If Assumption fails to follow the schedule, Wendy McHaffie, another area resident, said the city needs to enforce its noise bylaws and fine the parish. “Where in the Community Charter... does it state that the city does not have to enforce its bylaws?” she asked. “Why make them?” see SOLUTION SOUGHT SOUGHT,, page A4