IF YOU GO OUT IN THE WOODS TODAY... This year has seen less bear action than 2011, Coquitlam’s Bear Aware co-ordinator says, but that doesn’t mean you can relax when it comes to garbage, fruit trees and other bear attractants. For information on bruins in 2012 and some safety tips, please see stories on page 12.
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Treefest on Saturday
Two vye to be Dorothy
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Terry Fox Runs will take place in four Tri-City communities on Sunday and, at the Coquitlam event, participants will hear from a mountain bike racer who battled back from a cancer diagnosis little more than a year ago to compete this year. See story on page 3; also, editorial on page 10
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A police officer and police dog were among those on the scene of what is being called a targeted shooting of a Port Moody man Saturday morning in the Glenayre subdivision.
Third murder prompts fears Rally draws 60 to PoMo city hall; cops say reports suspicious activity
THE KILLINGS
• May 30: Bin Toor, linked to the Dhak-Duhre gang, shot down outside PoMo rec complex.
By Sarah Payne
• June 25: Randy Naicker (left), 34, a founder of Independent Soldiers gang, shot and killed in Queens Street plaza.
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Terry Fox Hometown Run organizer Dave Teixeira and Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore get ready to raise the Terry Fox flag outside city hall Tuesday morning.
Port Moody Police drove home their “no call too small” motto at an impromptu town hall meeting Monday night held in response to the city’s third homicide since June. What was originally planned as a rally by a Facebook group called Port Moody Families Against Violence turned into a panel discussion that included members of the PoMo and Vancouver police departments, who emphasized the need to report suspicious behaviour. “A lot of people are hesitant to call us be-
• Sept. 8: Joseph Markel, 32, tied to Dhak-Duhre gang, shot outside his parents’ Glenayre home. cause maybe it’s the middle of the night,” said PMPD Deputy Chief Const. Chris Rattenbury. “Please, don’t worry about bothering us. If you see anything suspicious, the sooner we can get there, the better.” The meeting drew about 60 people, many of them families with young children, who ex-
pressed concerns about the safety of their community after the trio of murders in just over three months. In late May, Bin Toor, a 35-year-old man with connections to the Dhak-Duhre gang, was gunned down outside the PoMo rec centre. see RESIDENTS, page 7