THE WEDNESDAY
CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2012
TRI-CITY NEWS Riverview: In the garden
Music Connection
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Mabel and CK Chan lost their son, Leo, to a rare strain of meningitis last winter. The couple is currently working to raise awareness about the importance of getting young people inoculated for all strains of the disease and is lobbying the provincial government to make changes to its immunization program. For story, see page 13.
ROAD TRAGEDY AFFECTS MANY Ryan Miller pleads guilty to driving without due care and attention in Highway 1crash that killed two children and left another paralyzed. Story page 6.
Coq. pot proclamation Council puts stop to compassion club, members appeal By Janis Warren THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Some 140 members of a compassion club that opened two months ago in Maillardville will have to go elsewhere to buy medical marijuana. This week, Coquitlam city council outlawed the
Coquitlam Natural Path Society (CNPS) from operating its unlicensed dispensary on Brunette Avenue. As well, city council unanimously voted to ban medical marijuana growers from residential areas — unless they are producing small amounts for themselves. Now, third-party growers will have to harvest in one of five south Coquitlam industrial sites, by Highway 1, as selected by city managers. T he move came late
Monday after an emotional public hearing that saw seven speakers oppose the zoning bylaw change and three people supporting it. Coun. Linda Reimer said the city had also received a number of letters and emails from “concerned citizens” wanting pot ops gone. “ S h a m e . Yo u g u y s are dinosaurs,” shouted Coquitlam’s Mark Klokeid, president of iMedikate Dispensary Society in Vancouver and a CNPS di-
rector, while walking out of council chambers following council’s decision. Later, CNPS spokesperson Christopher MacLeod told The Tri-City News he, too, was disappointed with council. He is more than $10,000 out of pocket after setting up the business that provided specific marijuana strains to patients with ailments such as cancer, digestion disorders and arthritis, which he has. see VENEER,, page 4