The Tri-City News, February 01, 2013

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Construction work on the Evergreen Line extension to SkyTrain begins this month in Port Moody, starting with tunnelling work. For more on the $1.4-billion project, see article on page A6. Also, see editorial on page A10.

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The pastoral landscape and aging buildings of the Riverview Lands make for moody photographs, as in this winter photo shot recently on the 244-acre property managed by Shared Services BC. Through its real estate arm, Integrated Workplace Solutions (IWS), a Heritage Conservation Plan was recently completed to guide the future care and development of the property. It’s available at accommodationandrealestate.gov.bc.ca under Major Property Updates. According to the website, BC Housing is leading the planning process for the Riverview lands, with support from IWS and other relevant ministries and agencies. The planning process will include a public consultation process and local government and other stakeholders will be informed when a timeline is established.

Coq. link to Surrey murder Man hurt in attack 15 months ago is killed this week

By Kevin Diakiw BLACK PRESS

The man killed in Surrey this week was the target of an attempted murder in Coquitlam just over a year ago.

Jaskaran Singh Sandhu’s body was found at 9:30 a.m. on Monday by pedestrians in south Newton. His body was found near a ditch in the 12300-block of Colebrook Road.

Port Moody Police Dept. speaks up on breathalyzer issue: page A4 “Mr. Sandhu was known to police and the victim of a targeted attack,” said Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) Cpl. Adam MacIntosh. “Investigators continue to search for the motive behind his killing, including the possibility of it being gangrelated.”

Sandhu was the target of a brazen daylight shooting in Coquitlam 15

months ago.

In September 2011, Sandhu was standing near the back of his black Nissan Altima in one of the oil change bays at a Mr. Lube when a man approached and began shooting. The suspect fired approximately five shots before jumping into a nearby vehicle and speeding off. see CHARGES, page A7

District 43 takes cautious steps on school calendar

By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS

What should the school year look like?

That’s the question many B.C. school boards are asking parents, teachers and even other school districts in the wake of legislative changes from Victoria that give districts HASS GABLE in this province more freedom in deciding when breaks and professional days should be.

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The man shot at a Coquitlam Mr. Lube in September 2011 was shot and killed earlier this week in Surrey.

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Will you be priced out of Coquitlam?

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Maybe you can now, but perhaps you won’t be able to in 10 years, predicts a new affordable housing discussion paper now being circulated in the city.

Coquitlam’s housing gap — the difference between housing costs and income — is getting so wide that renters and first-time home buyers won’t be able to afford to live here unless some creative approaches are found to make housing more affordable.

Over the next year, the city will be updating its Affordable Housing Strategy and members of the public, stakeholders, municipal neighbours and other governments will be able to weigh in on the solutions. And changes will be needed if the city is to avoid a Class A housing crunch in the next decade.

The picture is gloomy: Thousands of low- and moderate-income renters displaced by the Evergreen Line, high rents and expensive home prices as the city deals with the influx of an anticipated 50,000 new residents.

What’s needed, says the city discussion paper, are some creative solutions to provide affordable housing options for 20,000 new units for incoming residents, as well as 4,000 below-market price units for “higherneed households” that would otherwise spend more than 50% of their income on shelter.

How will the city do it? What role should it play? That’s the discussion under way now and for the next 12 months as the city looks to updating its 2007 Affordable Housing Strategy.

Monday, Coquitlam’s planning department kicked off the discussion by introducing an issues paper and some of the possible solutions.

As it is, Coquitlam is already an expensive place to live. Rents have increased 89% since 1991 and dwelling costs have risen 200% — at the same time, median

AFFORDABLE HOUSING — By DEFINITION “Affordable”is determined by the amount of income an individual or family spends on housing: • for homeowners, no more than 32%; • for renters, no more than 30% — those who spend more than 50% are considered“at risk of homelessness.”

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What the next 10 years will bring in housing costs can’t be predicted but the discussion paper warns of an increasing “housing gap,” with costs vastly outpacing incomes.

Those who don’t already own a home in the city, the discussion paper predicts, will be unable to afford to purchase a townhouse or detached house regardless of their occupation.

It’s a distressing scenario for those who still hold on to the dream of home ownership, and for those renters with low to moderate incomes who need a place to live.

Gone are the days when the city could count on senior governments to build affordable housing.

And the city has to figure out its own role and capabilities for leveraging city land and its growing but still relatively minuscule $1-million Affordable Housing Reserve fund. The discussion paper acknowledges the city can’t go it alone but will have to work with all levels of government as well as private enterprise and non-profit developers to get the job done.

“Given the multijurisdictional nature of housing affordability, diminishing levels of support from senior governments and the projected demand for solutions, across the housing continuum, alternative ap-

proaches need to be investigated,” the report notes.

Over the next year, the city will be looking at affordable housing from every angle with the goal of updating its strategy and providing a regulatory framework for the future.

But some ideas are already working. The expansion of secondary suites has proven one of Coquitlam’s best responses to housing affordability and will continue to make it easier for people to rent and own their own homes, the report states.

Several other suggestions are also offered for consideration, including: • lock-off suites, where a unit in a new building can be compartmentalized, with a separate entrance, bathroom and small kitchen so the homeowner can rent separately; • shared equity models, where financing and equity of a home are shared by two individuals; • freehold townhouses, which avoid strata fees and strata councils; • and innovative purchase plans, such as creative down payment programs between market lenders and non-profits.

Coquitlam will have to look at these, as well as many other new ideas, to ensure it has affordable housing stock for now and years to come.

• For a link to the discussion paper, visit www. coquitlam.ca.

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Construction is booming in Coquitlam, especially with condo units in large towers going up in the Town Centre area (above), which will have the Evergreen Line running through it as of the summer of 2016. But a major question remains: Who can afford to live in these units? The city has looked at a number of options for increasing the inventory of affordable housing, from allowing carriage houses (left) to more secondary suites.

Who will provide housing?

A ‘timely’ issue in Coquitlam A Coquitlam housing advocate is supporting the city’s efforts to rethink the way it promotes affordable housing.

But Sandy Burpee said giving up on the idea of building below-market housing shouldn’t be on the table as the city draws

up its new Affordable Housing Strategy.

According to an issues paper released this week, the city will need 4,000 new units of housing for lowincome people to meet demand and make up for older rental apartments that will likely be torn down to make way for condos along the Evergreen Line.

Burpee, the chair o f t h e Tr i - C i t i e s

Homelessness and Housing Task Group, says developers don’t typically provide that kind of housing without incentives.

“I’m just wondering who is going to provide that housing,” he said.

“It’s a challenging issue for sure.”

But he said he understands that the city wants to look at new ways of providing a wide range of housing,

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“It’s very timely for Coquitlam to look at the whole issue of housing affordability and what role it can play in it,”Burpee said. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

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Fourteen drivers who received immediate roadside prohibitions (IRP) in Port Moody in 2011 will have their prohibitions lifted and their penalties reimbursed.

The move by the Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles (OSMV) comes after an investigation by an independent forensic scientist into the Port Moody Police Department’s use of roadside screening devices through much of 2011. That study found that of the 174 IRP issued, 14 had resulted from invalid devices.

“A mistake was made by the Port Moody Police and we are now working to rectify the situation as quickly as possible,” said Steve Martin, superintendent of Motor Vehicles, noting each file would be reviewed individually and each of the 14 affected drivers would be contacted.

“We will also be working with Port Moody Police on the issue of restitution for drivers,” Martin said.

The OSMV is a division of the Ministry of Justice and is responsible for improving driving behaviour by imposing penalties and referring drivers to appropriate programs, including those for impaired driving.

“Police need to follow the standards and expectations around ASD calibration,” Martin said.

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Vancouver lawyer Paul Doroshenko challenged Port Moody Police’s use of roadside screening devices.

“The ministry’s director of police services has written to police agencies to remind them about their responsibility to ensure they adhere to protocols and standards.

“Moving forward, we can tell you that standardized forms are now in place across B.C., with ongoing police monitoring and feedback to the respective police agencies to ensure accurate, complete documentation.

“Clearly a police processing error was made.

That said, we are not easing off our commitment to remove impaired drivers from our roads.”

The allegations of flawed roadside screening devices were first raised in October 2011 when Vancouver lawyer Paul Doroshenko told The Tri-City News there were issues in the way the devices had been calibrated since the beginning of the year and the results“are not reliable.”

Doroshenko said the PMPD’s officer in charge of calibrating the breathalyzers wasn’t replacing a bottle of solution, designed to simulate the alcohol reading, often enough.

The OSMV requires the solution be replaced

after 16 tests but in Port Moody, Doroshenko said, it was being used for at least 18 tests and possibly for up to 50 tests.

Under stiff drunk driving regulations introduced in 2010, drivers who blew over the .08 blood alcohol limit faced an automatic 90-day driving suspension and fines, and had to install an ignition interlock device on their vehicle for one year. Drivers who blew in the warn range (between .05 and .08) received suspensions of three, seven or 30 days.

The penalties for such IRP came to as much as $4,700 for some drivers.

An outside agency tasked with investigating the complaint found the ASDs had, indeed, been miscalibrated.

The PMPD Disciplinary Authority forwarded the results to the Office of the Po l i c e C o m p l a i n t s Commissioner, which issued its decision on Sept.

11, 2012 stating that “the Discipline Authority’s decision to substantiate the neglect of duty allegation was correct,” and “the verbal reprimand was within the range of acceptable discipline.”

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The PMPD also examined its own policies around the roadside screening devices, removing the officer from his role in calibrating the machines and implementing new procedures to ensure no further incidents occurred.

PoMo Police further asked the forensic scientist to determine whether any of the miscalibrated screening devices could be tied to specific IRP issued from the start of 2011 up until the complaint was received in October of that year.

But Doroshenko said the results of that investigation are “complete garbage” because insufficient records were kept on the number of times each ASD was used before the solution was replaced, and in which order the ASDs were calibrated.

He also expressed frustration with the delays in resolving the issue for affected drivers.

“Lots of people never got their cars back,” Doroshenko said of the drivers he’s spoken to, including one of his clients, who lost her job because she couldn’t drive.

“The last time I talked to her, she was on the verge of losing her home,”he said.

Doroshenko plans to talk to his clients, some of whom want to sue, about the results.

In late 2011, the BC Supreme Court found parts of the new impaired driving laws were unconstitutional. Since then, the provincial government has amended the regs to give accused drunk drivers ways to appeal the roadside tests and to appeal IRP.

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Moody tunnel work first step for Evergreen Line

By Diane Strandberg The Tri-CiTy News

After months of preparatory work, construction is set to begin on the $1.4-billion Evergreen Line this month and the executive project director says it will start in Port Moody.

Amanda Farrell said excavation work will begin in the area of the north portal, east of the Barnet Highway in PoMo, to accommodate a tunnel boring machine which has been ordered and will take a year to build.

The remaining details, such as when and where along the route the guideway foundations will be laid and when the stations will be built, will be spelled out when the contractor EGRT Construction, which is made up of SNC-Lavalin plus eight partners or subsidiaries, has refined its detailed construction schedule.

“There will be ample notice of what’s about to happen,” Farrell promised, adding that communicating with business, commuters and residents will be a top priority — and a job that the province is retaining for itself.

While EGRT will be responsible for sending out alerts, the province is taking the lead in communications throughout the length of the construction project, she said, and some early work has already been done.

For example, three business liaison committees have already been established in areas where construction will run alongside commercial cores. There is one for Coquitlam/Burnaby, another for Port Moody and yet another for the Coquitlam/Pinetree area;

Illustrations of the Evergreen Line Port Moody tunnel portal (left) and Burquitlam Station. all were established in the lead-up to construction and will be ramped up again as work rolls out along the line, she said.

“We’ve done a lot of early work and have tried to build strong relationships with the businesses and we want to maintain that,”she said.

Residents in areas where tunnel drilling will take place will also be contacted when work is about to begin and every effort will be made to reduce noise, Farrell said.

But the only disruption is expected at the tunnel entry (south of Kelsey Avenue) and the exit point, near Short Street in PoMo. Residences, businesses and traffic above the tunnel will not be affected by the construction below, according to Evergreen Line design guidelines.

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With a design-build contract, many aspects of the work will take place at the same time, integrated with municipal work, and while some of the details have to be nailed down, what is already well underway is planning for the tunnel, which runs approximately 2 km in from under Clark Road to Mt. Royal Drive, and then northeast under the Seaview neighbourhood to the exit.

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With work about to start and a major milestone reached with the signing of documents awarding the $889-million contract to design, build and finance the Evergreen Line extension to the EGRT consortium, Farrell expressed confidence in SNCLavalin to do the work.

SNC has been under a cloud following concerns about its dealings in foreign countries but Farrell said it has a strong track record. “They have clearly met the requirements of financial requirements that we had and we knew a lot of the partners involved,” she said. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

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Bus drivers, transit workers reach deal with TransLink Union leaders recommend acceptance of threeyear contract

By Jeff Nagel Black Press

Bus drivers and other unionized staff at Coast Mountain Bus Co. have struck a tentative three-

year deal to secure labour peace on Metro Vancouver’s transit system.

No details on pay increases have been released yet or how much that will add to the financial challenges facing cash-strapped TransLink.

Canadian Auto Workers Local 111 president Don MacLeod described it as a no-con-

Charges related to Coq. shooting continued from front page

Sukhdeep Singh Poony was later charged with attempted murder, possessing a prohibited firearm with ammunition and pointing a firearm in relation to the incident.

He also faces earlier charges of extortion, uttering threats and assault with a weapon from July and September of 2011, as well as several gunrelated charges in connection with an incident in Surrey in March 2012.

He remains in custody, with his next scheduled appearance in B.C. Provincial Court in Port Coquitlam on Feb. 6.

There was speculation at the time of the

Coquitlam shooting on whether it was related to a high-profile gang shooting outside the Delta Grand hotel in Kelowna in August 2011.

Monday’s killing was Surrey’s fifth murder in a month and several of the killings are thought to be related to gang activity.

IHIT is asking anyone who may have information about any of the shootings to call the IHIT tip line at 1-877551-IHIT(4448) or email at ihittipline@rcmp-grc. gc.ca. If you wish to remain anonymous, log onto Crime Stoppers at solvecrime.ca or call 1-800-222-8477. kdiakiw@surreyleader.com – with files from Sarah Payne, The Tri-City News

cessions contract in line with public sector wage guidelines, reached without job action.

More than 4,700 drivers, mechanics, maintenance and SeaBus workers represented by two CAW union locals will be asked to ratify the contract in votes next Tuesday. The previous contract expired last March. The new agree-

ment, if ratified, is to run until March 31, 2015.

Union leaders are recommending acceptance.

Bargaining took place against a backdrop of raging political debate over how to refinance TransLink and the release last year of two audits of TransLink that gave separate prescriptions to improve efficiency.

“There’s no doubt there were pressures on the table from all these audits and recommendations,” MacLeod said.

“It seemed like everybody out there had some opinion on where the bargaining table should move.”

Asked why union leaders didn’t opt to wait for a possible change of government after the

May provincial election, MacLeod said there was momentum towards a deal and it made sense to conclude it.

“That’s not the way we bargain,” he said, adding there’s no guarantee conditions would be more favourable, no matter which party forms the next government.

“If we could get a deal done now, that’s what

we were focused on and we managed to achieve that.”

He said the union looks forward to focusing on how to push for solutions to reduce bus overcrowding, pass-ups and the lack of late-night bus service.

TransLink officials could not be reached for comment. jnagel@blackpress.ca

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31 deadline for calendar planning is too short for making any big changes for next year. “I think they are really thinking it through is my impression rather than change for change’s sake. They are being thoughtful, which is what I appreciate about this,” she said.

Available on the district website (www.sd43.bc.ca), the survey asks people what they think of dates set for pro-D days and other school closures, including spring break, for 2013/’14. But it also asks people what other shcedules could be used, although it doesn’t mention balanced calendar or yearround schooling, which would offer more frequent breaks and a shorter summer break. The deadline for commenting on the survey is Feb. 25. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

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1. The business promotion scheme proposed to be undertaken consists of: a. The strengthening of businesses in the Business Improvement Area by undertaking beautification projects, new marketing strategies and merchandising techniques to promote existing business; and b. The improvement, beautification, maintenance and security of the Business Improvement Area to attract customers and improve community ambiance.

2. The business promotion scheme will be designed to benefit the area shown outlined in heavy black on the attached map identified as “Schedule A”.

3. The estimated cost of the business promotion scheme will be: • 2013 = $121, 000 • 2014 = $124, 630 • 2015 = $128, 369 • 2016 = $132, 220 • 2017 = $136, 187 representing, in aggregate, a total amount not exceeding $642,406 for the term of the proposed bylaw.

4. Land or improvements within the Business Improvement Area shown outlined in heavy black on the attached map identified as “Schedule A” will not be subject to this local service tax unless classified, in whole or in part, as Class 6 (business and other - as defined in the Assessment Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 438/81), with the exception of those Class 6 properties which have been granted a statutory or permissive exemption under sections 220(1) or 224(1) of the Community Charter.

5. 100% of the cost of the business improvement scheme will be borne by the benefiting property owners.

6. The local service tax will be collected as a property value tax which will be calculated on the basis of each individual property’s assessed value in relation to the assessed value of all properties in the local service area multiplied by the rate necessary to raise the required funds as set out in Item 3.

7. The charges will be imposed for a period of 5 years from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2017.

The establishment of the Austin Heights Business Improvement Area is being proceeded with under the Council Initiative plan. Unless within 30 days after the publication of the second notice (on February 6th, 2013) a majority of the owners, representing at least one-half of the total assessed value of the parcels which are liable to be specially charged, petition the Council not to proceed with it, the program may be undertaken.

If you, as an affected property owner in the designated area, support the initiative, you do not have to respond to this notice, however you are invited to do so if you wish. Any opposition to the plan by affected property owners must be made by submitting your opposition in writing to the City Clerk’s Office, City of Coquitlam, at 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 and received no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 8, 2013.

Following the March 8, 2013 deadline, the petitions will be reviewed for sufficiency and validity and presented to Council at a future Council meeting for consideration. Depending on the results of this petition process, Council may choose at that time to proceed with a bylaw establishing a Business Improvement Area in the Austin Heights neighbourhood.

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But School District 43 is taking a cautious approach to setting next year’s school calendar.

While Langley held an open house this week to ask parents what they thought about year-round schooling and New Westminster added several parents to a district committee to discuss 2013/2014 calendar planning, SD43 is seeking public input via a survey on its website.

And that’s just fine with Heidi Hass Gable, chair of the District Parent Advisory Council, who said a thoughtful approach is required before any changes are considered to the school year.

Hass Gable, who discussed the issue with parents at a DPAC meeting Wednesday, said many questions need to be answered before the district considers any changes to the way the school year is structured.

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Coquitlam man is headed to Grammy Awards

By Janis Warren The Tri-CiTy News

When Ian Cameron is at the Grammys this month, the Coquitlam violinist won’t just be hobnobbing with some of the music industry’s bigwigs.

He’ll also be meeting — for the first time — the man responsible for getting him there.

The Feb. 10 awards ceremony, televised around the world, will be the first time Cameron will get a face-to-face encounter with Arun Shenoy, a Singapore-based songwriter who sought out Cameron two years ago to partner on his new record, called Rumbadoodle.

Cameron co-wrote two

Musicians Ian Cameron (left) of Coquitlam and Arun Shenoy. songs — the title track and “The Violin Song” — and played violin on each piece. But throughout the process, Cameron never composed or performed in the same room as Shenoy as all of his work was transferred digitally over

the internet.

“You couldn’t do that 10 or 12 years ago,” Cameron said. “With the introduction of broadband, I’ve been collaborating with a huge variety of artists and producers from all around the world — and all on-

line. We only get to meet by chance sometimes.”

A few weeks ago, C a m e ro n g o t n ew s from Shenoy that Rumbadoodle had been nominated for Best Pop Instrumental at the 55th annual Grammys.

The album is up against four other contenders: 24/7 by Gerald Albright and Norman Brown; Impressions by Chris Botti; Four Hands and a Heart Volume One by Larry Carlton; and Live at the Blue Note Tokyo by Dave Koz. Cameron described Rumbadoodle as a blend of calypso, flamenco and rumba sounds.“I know, it’s a complete bizarre combination but that’s kind of

the nature of how pop culture progresses: You take different influences and mash them up and come up with ‘the unique, new thing.’

“I guess with this album, it hit a nerve because, apparently, getting a Grammy nomination isn’t that easy to achieve.”

Cameron said he’ll be flying to California a few days before the event.

“I think Arun is staying at the same hotel as me so, as soon as I get into town, I’m going to ring his room and get a chance to meet him in person and shake his hand,” he said. “Then, we’re probably going to hang out together and enjoy our nomination.” jwarren@tricitynews.com

The CD cover for “Rumbadoodle,” an album by Arun Shenoy, a Singapore-based songwriter and featuring writing and performances by Coquitlam violinist Ian Cameron.

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he province is taking care to avoid hassles over the building of the Evergreen Line and has struck three business liaison committees to deal with construction concerns.

With building due to begin this month, the project’s executive director, Amanda Farrell, says the committees will be ramped up and communication with commuters and residents will get underway in earnest.

Already, people can get up-to-date traffic information online and with email alerts but rest assured, there will be construction dust, traffic changes and noise.

The issue is not that there will be problems — who doesn’t expect a few broken eggs to make an omelet? — the key is in how they are dealt with and Farrell promises open and transparent communication.

That’s a good way to begin if you want to avoid the courts and other hassles. It appears the province has learned some lessons from the problems associated with Canada Line construction in Vancouver.

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Naked bodies, body image & the future of biz AS I SEE IT Chris Bryan

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oquitlam teacher Ken Ipe has done his students a real service.

As many know, his Social Justice 12 classes took it to the streets to get New Westminster’s Paramount Gentlemen’s Club shut down. The students have a petition calling on city hall to pull the strip club’s licence and were at Sixth and Sixth in the Royal City on a recent Saturday to spread the word.

The students are getting first-hand experience in what’s involved in raising an important issue — and also in taking the flack this often involves.

As their argument goes, the Paramount is a real-life manifestation of one of society’s ills: the objectification of women.

Is objectification dangerous? Does it feed things like violence against women, bolster a multi-billion dollar diet industry, and does it lead to a media culture that inundates women

with images and expectations that are grossly unrealistic and undermine their self esteem?

Well, we could talk about that for a while, couldn’t we?

If you’ve visited the eating disorders clinic at BC Children’s Hospital and seen the (overwhelmingly) pre-teen and teenage girls who are there because they are literally dying, with their organs starting to shut down, it’s enough to make one wonder if the push for the“perfect body”can’t have something to do with it.

But as the supporters of the Paramount say, there are a lot of better targets for people who would like to change the world.

At New West’s one and only strip joint on any given night, there will be about a dozen scantily clad women circulating the room offering a striptease lap dance on one of the sofas. As those who have come to the Paramount’s defence say, these are decentpaying jobs and the women are there by choice. By aiming to shut down the club, the students are trying to take away the dancers’ power and freedom to choose what they’ll do

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with their bodies and time.

A few years ago, the city reThe city, meanwhile, says vamped its zoning to create a there’s nothing it can do — even specific zone (P-8) that allows You can comment on adult entertainment, pawn shops if it wanted to shut the place any story you read at and massage parlours. And down. City hall is not the moralwww.tricitynews.com there’s only one property zoned ity police and can only shut a for these uses today: the city’s business like this if it keeps the public works yard. Hmmm. police busy most nights, creates The Royal City’s Downtown Community so much noise the neighbours are constantly Plan, revised in 2010, describes the aim to complaining or if it is somehow flouting the create a downtown that is“family friendly.” business licence rules.

The city’s liquor seats have been cut in half in By all accounts, the Paramount isn’t causing recent years, there’s a new elementary school any trouble; city hall and the New West police being built downtown, there’s already a new say it’s a model business — no problems whatpark. Businesses like Mugs and Jugs at the old soever.

College Place Hotel have been gently ushered Not all strip joints are the same, though. My along. The Paramount Gentlemen’s Club will guess is some have gangs involved, and that one day follow. in some, the women are treated like cattle.

Meantime, it’s worth noting the gorgeous Objectified, if you will. appearance of that historic theatre’s marquee.

The Paramount’s days are numbered, Now that’s something worth objectifying. though. It may not be soon but, one day, there – Chris Bryan is editor of the NewsLeader in New won’t be any strip joint on Columbia and the Westminster and Burnaby, Black Press sister Fantasy Factory sex shop on Royal Avenue at newspapers of The Tri-City News.

Stewardson Way will similarly be shuttered.

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FACE TO FACE: Are attack ads necessary and right in an election campaign?

‘An appropriate tool’ for parties “I hate attack ads.”

“I’m sick of them.”

“They turn people off politics.”

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hat’s the common refrain coming from a lot of people these days about the negative attack ads targeted at Adrian Dix and the NDP. The ads, paid for by BC Liberal friends and insiders, bluntly remind voters about Adrian Dix’s record as part of the Glen Clark regime of the 1990s:“In 1994, Glen Clark and Adrian Dix demanded uniononly labour for the Island Highway, boosting costs by 37%. Remember the fast ferries? Built for $460 million, sold for under $20 million,”an ominous voice says.

“Dix resigned from the premier’s office after falsifying a document during an official police investigation. Now he wants another chance?”

So what’s wrong with that?

For his part, Dix says that he’s not going to do negative ads and stoop to the same level.

Are you kidding me? Adrian, buddy, you’re missing a tremendous opportunity here especially since there is so much material for you to work with.

From BC Rail, to broken promises to“gifts”to friends and insiders — you could have an attack mini-series

targeting the BC Liberals.

In my opinion, negative ads are an appropriate tool for political parties to use as long as they’re not funded by government revenues and as long as they’re not personal.

Many of you will remember the 1993 Conservative party attack ad highlighting the facial features of Jean Chretien. That was disgusting and uncalled for.

But these BC Liberal ads are, for the most part, truthful and serve as a reminder of what went on in this province in the 1990s.

Besides, if history is any indication, attack ads work.

In the 2011 federal election campaign, the Conservatives did a brilliant job in belittling Michael Ignatieff with ads suggesting that he was“Just visiting.”

(Interestingly, Ignatieff is now back working and living in the United States.)

More recently, in the U.S. election, the Obama camp portrayed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as a scary boogeyman of a candidate.

The alternative view, of course, is that attack ads have played a key role in discouraging people from participating in elections. But you have to give voters a little more credit than that, don’t you?

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“Attack ads... appeal to voters with either a vague knowledge of, or indifference to, politics; voters for whom a repeated slogan is easier to grasp than an actual policy.”

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olitical attack ads work but they’re ugly and unhelpful.

Negative sound bites, purposely misconstrued things dredged up out of a rival’s past, statements taken out of context, exaggerated accusations — they all work because they are easy for a disinterested electorate to digest.

But just because attack ads work doesn’t mean they’re helpful, useful or moral.

I suppose, as my colleague correctly points out, elections may be more likely won by a good mudslinger. But is it better to win at any cost or to maintain one’s political dignity?

Unlike spirited partisan debate and argument, attack ads don’t clarify issues, they cloud them.

Their purpose is simple: They want to anger base supporters into getting out to vote, volunteering and donating money to the cause.They seek to stoke the anger and fear of their partisan supporters, to serve up raw meat to encourage the renewal of the fight against a ginned-up boogeyman.

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Attack ads discourage even a minimal understanding of election issues.

In addition, they breed cynicism about politics. They demean politicians and government, convincing people that politics is not an honourable activity and that government is the enemy.

Alarmingly, in the recent U.S. election, the parties even discovered negative attack ads featuring outright lies about their opponent worked just as well as mere distortions because the average voter hears the slogan but doesn’t get around to unraveling the lie.

In our current provincial election, one leader is trying to maintain his political dignity by not stooping to using attack ads. God knows it must be difficult. I can think of no political leader who has ever faced an opponent whose government’s actions offer so much scope for negative attack ads.

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Reg. cops worth talk The Editor, With the recommendations from the Pickton inquiry, there has been some discussion of regionalizing Metro Vancouver police forces. I fully support these discussions as a Lower Mainland resident and a former Port Moody city councillor.

I once looked out a window to see my van being stolen in Port Moody, 30 seconds from the Coquitlam border. I was able to call in the theft immediately and, fortunately, PoMo Police officers found my van within minutes — in Coquitlam. When I asked them how the inter-force communication works, with a moving crime happening so close to the municipal boundary, they told me that Coquitlam RCMP wouldn’t even be alerted .

While a car theft is not

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Keep up the fight on legal marijuana grow ops The Editor, Re. “PoCo pans grow ops” (The Tri-City News, Jan. 30).

Mayor Greg Moore of Port Coquitlam says his hands are tied and there is nothing the city can

I H I T, t h e a serious regional incrime, I fail tegrated hoto believe You can comment on micide unit, that not inany story you read at interviewed forming www.tricitynews.com on radio this police in past week the vicinity and he sidemakes sense.

I also wonder how open stepped the question the communication of whether things would channel even is — I know be better if all the cities were forced to participate in when calling 911, not only do I need to state the kind IHIT. All he would do was of emergency but also the point to the increased cooperation he’d seen between municipality so I can be forces since the heinous put through to the right dispatch. These delays would crimes of Robert Pickton.

Let’s have the debate and be very stressful in an urgent situation. What hap- let’s not let it be clouded by loud voices that may be mopens if you are near a municipal boundary and don’t tivated by workforce seniority or municipal turf issues even know what city you are in? And if you’re near that might exist in a unified the many municipal bound- force. Let’s have our discussion be transparent and aries in our region, are the closest officers being focused on effective and efalerted or just the ones ficient public safety. within that municipality?

Cynthia van Ginkel, I heard an officer with Burnaby

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I disagree, it is a business so they need a cityissued business licence to operate.

The homeowners of this property are the real risk takers as they may find when they are ready to sell that potential buyers will be scared off when it is disclosed that the house

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B.C. will usher in a new statutory holiday in the dead of winter with the addition of Family Day on Monday, Feb. 11.

And while it’s being billed as a chance for workers to take an extra day off and enjoy a long weekend with loved ones in the three long months between New Year’s Day and Easter, tourism operators see it as a major potential payday.

Local ski hills and f a m i l y - f r i e n d l y at tractions such as the Vancouver Aquarium are banking on a big boost in business.

“We are confident that this decision will drive significant benefits for the tourism industry, the provincial economy and the people of British Columbia,” said David Lynn, president and CEO of Canada’s West Ski Areas Association.

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Ski areas such as Cypress Mountain are counting on a big day on B.C.’s first Family Day, on Monday, Feb. 11. the decision on exactly what date should become B.C.’s new midwinter holiday.

Premier Christy Clark pledged last year B.C. would create a Family Day, joining Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Nova Scotia with similar statutory holidays in February.

More than 3,000 residents voted in online consultations on whether the day should fall on the second or third Monday in February of each year.

The second Monday got support from nearly two-thirds of respondents.

It also won the backing of most tourism operators because it’s a different weekend from

February holidays in other western provinces and President’s Day in the U.S. They argued placing B.C.’s Family Day out-ofstep with other jurisdictions gives them a better chance to capitalize on two high-traffic weekends in February, rather than have local and outof-province vacationers jammed together at the same overcrowded attractions on a single common holiday.

The minority who wanted to align with other provinces and states on the third Monday said it would allow families and friends across provincial borders to get together on the same weekend.

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gued the third Monday would align better with student breaks and others were concerned Feb. 11 falls too close to Valentine’s Day. The idea wasn’t universally embraced.

Independent MLAs voted against Family Day in the B.C. legislature, calling it a politically motivated feel-good stunt by the new premier that adds unnecessary costs to businesses.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business estimated Family Day will cost the average small business an extra $1,100 to either pay employees to stay home or overtime to come to work.

And that’s on top of new transition costs to go back to the Provincial Sales Tax, following previous costs of switching to the Harmonized Sales Tax, as well as a series of increases to the minimum wage.

The provincial government itself will shell out an estimated $28 million in higher payroll costs due to the new holiday.

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“Historically, nurse practitioners have been positioned as gap fillers,” Graham said.

“This generation going forward wants to do more – not just fill gaps, not replace physicians, but to find their own unique place in health care.”

Fun din g f o r n ew nurse practitioners in Fraser Health is allocated for the Tri-Cities ( f ra i l e l d e r l y w i t h chronic conditions) and Burnaby (focus: refugees and new immigrants) among others.

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The last quarter of the year yielded $1.7 million for Coquitlam as host city to the United Boulevard gaming venue. The previous three quarters brought in $5.7 million, making the year-end total $7.5 million — slightly up from 2011.

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B.C. Nurse Practitioner Association president Rosemary Graham said graduating nurse practitioners have been frustrated by the lack of opportunity, but added she’s hopeful the profession will gradually prove their value and build a case for more funding.

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The province in October became the second in Canada to let nurse practitioners admit and discharge patients from hospitals, while working with doctors and other health-care providers.

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adequately prepared to grams — not just trades Andrew Petter Helpsyoung students strong communication inuniversity both train• enough peo-develop butskills at the and ple to fill those roles.

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An 25,000 horizons tech training programs The council predicts Expands cultural and helps prepare students for the • estimated new jobs will be cre- in the north, Interior, and 18,800 jobs could go unglobal economy. ated by 2020 requiring Kootenays that can then filled by 2020 because advanced technology feed into second-year too few residents have or technical education, programs at larger insti- the needed training, forcaccording to the report tutions like BCIT. ing B.C. to import skilled from the Applied Science “This is a critical pri- workers.

Te c h n o l o g i s t s a n d ority given the extent of “It’s a myth that toTechnicians of B.C. job creation and huge morrow’s jobs don’t That means about a capital projects expected require university edu17% jump from the cur- in northern regions over cation,” SFU president If you considering INVITATION rentAN 150,000 positions in TO the PARENTS: next decade,” the re- are Andrew Petter said. “To those fields.FRENCH IMMERSION port said. in September, stay mainLATE 2012competitive, you are invited The report province’s tainprogram. our quality of life to attend an makes information The meeting to learnstratabout the 44 Meetings recommendations, egy will take place at:to export liquefied and lead in research including a call for the natural gas is alone ex- and innovation, we need provincial government to pected to account for more graduates at all draw up a science, techpost-secondary educaBANTING MIDDLE SCHOOL $48 billion in investment nology, engineering and 1,400 new jobsCoquitlam in the tion levels.”

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Uncertainty over smart meters Confusion swirls over reversal on mandatory smart meters

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A sudden switch in messaging by the government that previously mandatory wireless smart meters are now optional is under attack from the NDP, who call it a muddled ploy to neutralize the contentious issue ahead of the provincial election.

NDP energy critic John Horgan is accusing the B.C. Liberals of punting the problem of converting the remaining 85,000 holdouts until after the May 14 vote to avoid inflaming political opposition during the campaign.

“They want to reduce the amount of frustration they find in communities right across B.C.,” Horgan said. “If they had a plan, that would be one thing. But they don’t.”

He said the move has only confused the public, adding MLA offices have been “swamped by concerned citizens who want answers.”

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BC Hydro officials this week indicated they’d only install the wireless smart meters if households consent. week indicated they’d only install the wireless smart meters if households consent. Energy Minister Rich Coleman first signalled that in an op-ed column and Liberal MLAs in South Surrey-White Rock and Kamloops have since echoed him.

But it’s still unclear whether a permanent opt-out from smart meters is on offer for objectors who had always been told they’d eventually have to accept the devices.

“We think it’s important to take some extra time to work with customers who still have concerns with getting a new meter,” BC Hydro spokesman Greg Alexis said in an emailed statement.

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will not install a new meter for these customers unless we have their permission.”

For months, wireless meter opponents have posted notices and in some cases built cages or other structures around their old analog meters to keep Hydro contractors from converting them.

But those who didn’t take such steps and now have a smart meter won’t be allowed to switch back.

“We can’t remove a smart meter once it has been installed because they are now standard operating equipment like utility poles and power lines. Also, the old meters are being recycled and are no longer available,” Alexis said.

He repeated the

Crown corporation’s position that as Hydro reps speak to concerned customers individually, many eventually agree to take smart meters.

Neither Coleman nor Hydro officials had agreed to Black Press requests for interviews to clarify the policy as of Thursday morning.

“We have a minister who seems to have gone to ground and refuses to answer questions as to whether there is an optout program,” Horgan said.

“I didn’t think you could get worse than the deployment of the HST as a policy but we might be close with this one.”

Another area of uncertainty is what proportion of smart meters are required in a given area for BC Hydro’s smart grid to function effectively.

More than 1.74 million smart meters have so far been installed provincewide, pointing to a penetration rate of at least 93 per cent, with a combination of holdouts and accepting customers still to go.

Horgan said an NDP g ove r n m e n t wo u l d ask the B.C. Utilities Commission to advise on how best to deal with households who refuse the change.

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ECC play goes Into the Wild elementary (3150 Cedar Dr., PoCo) is hosting a Crazy Caribbean Carnival from noon to 4 p.m.

Everyone is welcome for games, prizes, food, prizes and a silent auction. Tickets are $6 at the door; email cedardrivepac@gmail.com.

Compiled by Sarah Payne he weekend has finally arrived, and with it a chance to celebrate the lunar new year, soak up the sunny vibes of the Caribbean and check out some great live theatre and string music. So what are you waiting for?

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Teens can check into the Terry Fox Library (2470 Mary Hill Rd.) this weekend for the start of a monthly movie trilogy running the first Saturday of each month. Playing this afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. is Batman Begins (PG), followed by The Dark Knight (March 2) and The Dark Night Rises (April 6). Register by calling 604-927-7999.

TODAY: Friday, Feb. 1 TOP TALENT

Get a glimpse at the Tri-Cities’ outstanding young art talent at the Emerging Talent XVI show, featuring works by Grade 12 students from throughout School District 43. This year about 40 students — who are set to continue their art studies at prestigious schools here and abroad — are participating in the show in a variety of media, at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) until Feb. 18.

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The Port Moody Panthers take on the Mission City Outlaws in a regular season game tonight at the Port Moody Arena (300 Ioco Rd.). Mission stands just above the Panthers in the Pacific Junior Hockey League, with PoMo coming off Thursday’s game against the North Van Wolf Pack. The puck drops at 7:45 p.m.

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Looking to lighten up your weekend? Then check out Henry & Alice: Into the Wild, playing until Saturday night at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way). This Arts Club Theatre Company On Tour presentation catches up with the middle-aged couple as they examine their relationship amidst the trials and tribulations of camping. Shows are at 4 and 8 p.m.Visit www.evergreenculturalcentre. ca or call 604-927-6555 for tickets.

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Be one of the first to get your hands on the Port Moody Heritage Society’s beautiful new book, Tracks in Time: Port Moody’s First 100 Years. A celebratory public book launch is at the Galleria (100 Newport Dr., PoMo) from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., where the book is available for purchase for $40. For more information, call 604-939-1648 or email info@portmoodymuseum.org.

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Celebrate the Chinese NewYear — it’s the Year of the Snake — at Henderson Place Mall (1163 Pinetree Way). From noon to 5 p.m. there will be live performances, exhibits, a lucky draw every hour and loads of activities for kids like balloon twisting, a bouncy castle and colouring. Admission is free.

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The action takes place during a lavish birthday party in an unnamed South American country.

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• From Memoir to Novel (registration required): On Feb. 9 from 2 to 4 p.m., the Federation of BC Writers of the Tri-Cities hosts its inaugural meeting. Meet the members and enjoy a workshop with author Ben Nuttall-Smith, who will lead participants in hands-on writing exercises.

• Spelling Bee: While registration is full for contestants, you can still enjoy watching this event, which takes place Feb. 9. Drop in to the Inlet Theatre at 2 p.m. to support enthusiastic and talented School District 43 Grade 4 and 5 students who will amaze with their spelling skills.

For more information, visit library.portmoody. ca or call 604-469-4577.

Port Moody Public Library is located at 100 Newport Dr., in the city hall complex.

Library for an entertaining night of world cinema. Librarians will be playing award-winning films from around the globe, so bring your friends and sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

Friends of the Library will sell refreshments at the intermission. February’s film is Bacheha-Ye Aseman (Children of Heaven), a 1997 Iranian film directed by Majid Majidi. Synopsis: When Ali loses his sister Zahra’s school shoes, the children dream up a plan to stay out of trouble: They’ll share his shoes and keep it a secret. But if they’re going to cover their tracks, the kids must carefully watch their step on what turns into a funny and heartwarming adventure.The next film night is Wednesday, Feb. 13, 6 to 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

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.

TERRY FoX

CoQuITlAM

• World Film Night: Head to the Terry Fox

• Book a Librarian:

Would you like a tour of Coquitlam Public Library? Or would you like to learn how to: use the library catalogue; set up and use an email account; use CPL job search resources; do research in the library; use CPL automotive databases in the library and at home? check out PressDisplay to read international newspapers at home; borrow eBooks and audiobooks? Find out how at the library by booking a one-onone appointment with a librarian to learn about any of the above, or to research a topic of your own choice. To book an appointment, contact Jay Peters at 604-937-4144 (press 3) or email jpeters@library. coquitlam.ca. When emailing, please indicate at least two times you are available and whether you would like to have the session at Poirier or City Centre Branch.

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.

SAVE BIG!

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Want to be in royal party?

Do your children want to take a lead role in Port Coquitlam’s 90th annual May Day celebrations?

If so, they had better act quickly.

The City of Port Coquitlam is accepting applications for the traditional May Day Royal Party until Monday, Feb. 4.

Selected through a random draw, the May Day Royal Party consists of Flower Girls from Grades 1 and 2, and Princesses and Lancers (similar to a knight) from Grades 4 and 5. Royal Party duties include partici-

pating in: • hip hop dance practices each Friday beginning Feb. 15 — Flower Girls from 4 to 4:40 p.m. and Princesses/Lancers from 4:40 to 5:30 p.m. — at the PoCo rec complex (except spring break and Good Friday); • May Day selection tea April 9; • dress rehearsal May 3, 8 to 11 a.m.; • May Day banquet and opening ceremonies May 3, 5:30 to 9 p.m.; • May Day parade with the city float, followed by the May Day Luncheon, May 11,

10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; • Mother’s Day picnic (optional) May 12, 8:30 a.m. to noon.

This year’s May Queen and Ambassador will b e ra n d o m l y s e lected from among the Princesses and Lancers at the selection tea on April 9.

This year’s festival runs from May 3 to 12.

For more information or to apply online, visit www.portcoquitlam.ca/mayday.

Printed applications are also available at city hall and PoCo recreation facilities. The application deadline is Feb. 4.

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

It’s Amica’s sweetest event, ever!

You and your friends are invited to enjoy an afternoon drizzling with decadent chocolate delights.

Indulge in an array of homemade chocolate sensations baked specially by our Chef de Cuisine.

Come with a friend.

It’s FREE! RSVP Today ~ Call 604.552.5552 or register online at www.amica.ca

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Books Plus runs in The Tri-City News each Friday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries: Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam.

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A20 Friday, February 1, 2013, Tri-City News

BC’ s Best Selection of Used NOW OF NEW TRUCKS event

Tri-City News Friday, February 1, 2013, A21

LARGEST INVENTORY

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TRI-CITY SPOTLIGHT: Awards from the queen and the city of Port Moody PM awaRdS

The city of Port Moody last week singled out five people — and a community group — for their contributions to the City of the Arts.

• Susan Ius and Richard Dixon, a retired drama teacher from Gleneagle secondary school, won the arts award for their work in the city’s firstYouth Arts Festival last year; • Rod MacVicar, a director of the Reed Point Marine Education Centre and the Pacific Wildlife Foundation, took the environmental nod; • Fred Soofi, owner of Pasta Polo, earned the heritage award for his work with the Judd and Alexander residences; • the Port Moody Arts Centre (PMAC) at 2425 St. John’s St. is the winner of the Peter Hulbert Accessibility Award for providing a hub that disabled people can use; • and Jamie Constable clinched the sports achievement award for his work with Port Moody lacrosse.

Meanwhile, PMAC also got another bonus this month: it won a $3,066 grant from the Port Moody Foundation; the group also handed over $6,831 to the Port Moody Public Library — money earned last year from their respective endowments held by the foundation.

FOR THE QUEEN

A total of 31 Tri-City residents were presented with Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medals last Friday at the Vancouver Golf Club on Austin Avenue in Coquitlam.

The accolades, which mark the 60th anniversary of the queen’s ascension to the throne, are given to people who have served the country and made outstanding contributions to the community.

The recipients were: Leo Bruneau, Sue Haberger, Lelainia Lloyd, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Miranda Anderson, Gordon Clay, Ruth Foster, David Spence,

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Don Gillespie, Norma Gillespie, Bev Moulds, Ted Wingrove, Al Boire, Mary Brown, Cathy Burpee, John Cafe, John Cashore, Dave Driscoll, Donnie Forester, Gordon Fulton, Elaine Golds, Russ Hellard, Peter Howard, John Menenghello, Robert Siddons, Bob Sutherland, Natalie Thomas, Liz Thunstrom, Anna Tremere, Tom Warwick and Kathy Wood.

The medals were presented on Jan. 25 by New Westminster-Coquitlam MP Fin Donnelly, Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth, CoquitlamMaillardville MLA Diane Thorne and Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Joe Trasolini.

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Bluesmoke jazzed up a dark, dreary winter night last week to play at the Port Moody Arts Centre for its first annual Chase Away the January Blues event. PMAC society spokesperson Jillian Hull said more than 70 people turned up at the Jan. 23 party to exchange unused Christmas presents, taste treats from professional chef Deji Oduwole and hear the sounds from the young blues band, who entertained in the lobby.

Maillardville’s Music Festival Join us under the big tents

Rain or Shine!

March 1,2,3 Mars Mackin Park, Coquitlam QuÉbecois, Celtic, World & Folk Music Dance  Storytelling  Kids Tent Shows Traditional Food & more!

Offering BC businesses a $2,800 hiring incentive to hire eligible youth aged 15-29 plus $1,000 toward training activities.

Please send Spotlight press releases and photos to jwarren@tricitynews. com.

Employers and Youth

Find The TriCity News at www.tricitynews.com, www.twitter. com/tricitynews and on Facebook

check out your eligibility at

www.getyouthworking.ca 1-877-866-3100

www.festivaldubois.ca We acknowledge the financial assistance of the Province of British Columbia.

INVITE EM’ FOR DINNER

FAMILY DAY PRICING Midnight to Midnight Monday February 11 only

Travel period: Feb 16th - April 30th.

Selected flights and day of week New bookings only.

Bravo restrictions apply.

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Looking for work?

Avia Employment Services will present an information session Feb. 6, 2 to 3 p.m. at Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Library about the free services available to eligible job seekers in their employment centres.

Avia’s specialist will talk about WorkBC and the services available to clients. If you are eligible to work in B.C., you may attend this session and learn how your local employment service centre can help you find the job you’re looking for.

For more information, visit the library or call 604-927-7999.

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To celebrate British Columbia’s first-ever Family Day holiday, C o q u i t l a m Pa r k s , Recreation and Culture is offering several events and activities for the whole family: • Family Fit and Frolic Run on Monday, Feb. 11 is a 5 km walk or fun run for participants of all ages. Registration begins at 9:15 a.m. rain or shine; the walk begins at 10 a.m. at Spirit Square, 3003 Burlington Dr. (across from city hall) and ends at Glen Pine Pavilion, 1200 Glen Pine Crt. with light refreshments and fun activities.

Registration is required.

Admission is $5 for participants older than six years of age and family dogs, on leash, are welcome to the walk/run activity only.

• If you are a fan of winter activities, try the Family Day Skate at Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex from 10 to 11:15 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission and rentals are free.

• You can also head over to the pool at Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex to take advantage of the Family Day Swim. Attend with your family to receive the special family rate admission.

For more information, visit coquitlam.ca or call 604-927-4386.

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From Thursday’s Opening Gala to Sunday’s Wrap Party come celebrate the best Canadian films of the year!

6 outstanding features, 6 great shorts, guest film makers and more!

All films just $7 ea. (with your annual $5 membership)

Check pmfilm.ca for updates

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

SATURDAY, FEB. 2

• Crazy Caribbean Carnival, noon-4 p.m., Cedar Drive elementary school, 3150 Cedar Dr., PoCo; games, prizes, concession, 50/50 draw, raffle baskets and silent auction – community event open to all. Game tickets $6 at the door. Info: cedardrivepac@ gmail.com.

SUNDAY, FEB. 3

• Launch of the Port Moody Heritage Society book “Tracks in Time: Port Moody’s First 100 Years,” 3:30-4:30 p.m., PoMo city hall galleria, 100 Newport Dr. Info: 604-939-1648 or info@portmoodymuseum. org.

MONDAY, FEB. 4

• Hang Tough Arthritis Community Group meets, 1-3 p.m., Parkwood Manor, 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam. Ifigenia Fasogiannis of Service Canada will speak about services available to seniors and people with disabilities. All persons with arthritis and/or their supporters are welcome. Info: 604-937-0320.

TUESDAY, FEB. 5

• Coquitlam Prostate Cancer Support and Awareness Group monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Pinetree Community Centre, Coquitlam. All those involved with prostate problems are urged to attend and share their concerns and experiences in a strictly confidential atmosphere. There is no charge (donations are accepted).

Info: Norm, 604-936-8703 or Ken, 604-936-2998.

SCHOOL FOR TODDLERS

The city of Coquitlam is offering an opportunity for pre-schoolers between the ages two-and-a-half and five years old to sign up for classes covering everything from art to cooking.

All of the programs start the week of Feb. 18.

They include Creative Crafts and Games, which takes place between 1 and 2:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays; Ooey Gooey Art and Play, which takes place between 9:30 and 11 a.m. on Tuesdays; Little Bakers, which takes place on Wednesday from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m.; and Little Tykes Paint and Play, which takes place on Thursdays from 9:30 to 11 a.m. For more information call 604-927-4386.

604-927-6940 or any city of Coquitlam facility and quote barcode 424991.

Info: Linda,604-464-2517.

Better at Home is a provincial program funded by the Ministry of Health and administered by United Way of the Lower Mainland.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13 • Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club hosts a stamp auction – everyone welcome; viewing starts at 7 p.m., auction after 8 p.m., McGee Room, community centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: www. stampclub.ca or 604-9419306.

FRIDAY, FEB. 15 • Circle of Friends 50+ Singles Social Club, a fun group for 50+ singles looking for friendship and social events, meets, 7 p.m., at PoCo Legion, 2675 Shaughnessy St., to plan its calendar of events. Info: Nina, 604-941-9032.

• Hyde Creek Watershed Society monthly meeting, 7:15 p.m., Hyde Creek Education Centre and Hatchery, 3636 Coast Meridian Rd., PoCo; guests welcome. Info: 604-4613474 or www.hydecreek. org.

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• Burke Mountain Naturalists’ monthly meeting, 7:30 p.m., in the hall of Como Lake United Church, Coquitlam.

Speaker: Johanna Thompson, an educator with the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC, who will present a video and slideshow on “A Day in the Life of Wildlife Rescue.” Free and all are welcome. Info: 604-936-4108 or 604-4613864, or www.bmn.bc.ca.

• Better at Home community meeting, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (lunch included), Glen Pine Pavilion, 1200 Glen Pine Crt., Coquitlam.

The purpose of the meeting is to bring seniors and other stakeholders together to learn more about the Better at Home Community Development Process findings and to select a host organization for the program in the Tri-Cities. Registration is required; call Glen Pine at

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27 • The Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club will host a stamp game in the McGee Room of the Poirier Community Centre (630 Poirier St.) and visitors are welcome to participate.

The event begins at 7 p.m. with an hour-long swap and shop before the game begins at 8 p.m. There will be prizes. For more information go to www.stampclub. ca or call 604-941-9306.

• Circle of Friends is a social group for 50+ fun singles who are looking to meet new friends and participate in social events.

Group meets at 7 p.m. on the third Friday of each month at the PoCo Royal Canadian Legion, 2675 Shaughnessy St. Info: Nina, 604-941-9032.

• Euchre Club meets at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at Royal Canadian Legion, 2675 Shaughnessy St., PoCo. Info: Bev, 604-9428911.

• Tri-City Speakers Toastmasters Club meets Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m., Douglas College, David Lam Campus, main building, Room B2050, 1250 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam; you can drop in for an evening to experience the effective communications and honing of leadership skills in a friendly environment. Info: tricityspeakers. toastmastersclubs.org or Sean, 778-995-5230.

• Tri-City Singles Social Club offers an opportunity for 40+ singles to get together and enjoy a variety of fun activities such as dining, theatre, travel, bowling and more.

Meetings are normally held on the third Friday of each month at the Royal Canadian Legion, 2513 Clarke St., Port Moody.

New members are welcome. Info: Louise, 604941-8897 or Darline, 604466-0017, or tricityclub@ gmail.com. see page A25

The Water Utility will be performing uni-directional water main cleaning in the shaded area shown on the map below from January 30, 2013 to February 13, 2013 inclusive.

MONDAY, FEB. 11

TUESDAY, FEB. 12

• Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the closed doors of a Freemasons lodge room?

The Freemasons of District 28 (Port Coquitlam and Maple Ridge) are giving people an opportunity to find out at an open house at the DeWolf Lodge Hall (2660 Shaughnessy St.) between 6:30 and 7 p.m.

This is event is a chance for the public to learn more about the fraternal order and its secrets.

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• Al-Anon Family Group Circle of Hope open meeting, 1 p.m., Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam (Room 203). Topic: hope for today; speakers, fellowship, refreshments. Info: 604-688-1716.

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This procedure will cause pressure fluctuations, some discolouration and sediment in the water reaching your home or business. These conditions should be of short duration. If your water appears discoloured, run a cold water tap until the water clears.

For more information, call Engineering & Public Works Customer Service 604-927-3500, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week or visit our website at www. coquitlam.ca.

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Serving You Better The Tri Cities Intermunicipal Business Licence (IMBL) is a partnership between the Cities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody and the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training. The IMBL allows mobile businesses based in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam or Port Moody to obtain an add-on licence and operate legally in the other two Tri Cities’ municipalities.

A mobile business is a business that has a location, shop, office, or home-base in either Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam or Port Moody and delivers its services by moving from client to client throughout the Tri Cities at the request of clients.

A mobile business includes contractors of all types, such as building contractors, trades people, mobile mechanics, landscaping services, janitorial services, pest control services, etc. Also included are other mobile service providers such as photographers, pet groomers, hairdressers, massage therapists, etc.

A business that is eligible for an IMBL still must obtain a regular business licence (principal business licence) from the municipality in which they are located. A mobile business may obtain one additional Intermunicipal Business Licence to operate in the other participating municipalities.

Certain categories of business are not eligible and these business types require a separate business licence for each municipality in which they operate.

The cost of an IMBL is $165.00 annually. Licence fees are not pro-rated and are valid for the same term as the standard business licence issued from the principal municipality.

Contact the business licence division for more information.

myCoquitlam myCoquitlam is an online service that allows you to access information about your City of Coquitlam accounts for Utility Taxes, Property Taxes and Dog Licences. This online eService is secure, easy to use and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Sign up to receive future bills by email View current and past bills View account payment history Track utility consumption history Access information about Property Tax, Utility Tax and Dog Licence accounts.

Getting Started: To get started, you will need your access codes which can be found on your Property Tax Bill, Utility Bill and Dog Licence Renewal. Visit the City website at coquitlam.ca/myCoquitlam. All information is protected by private access codes.

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Community Calendar

• Fear speaking to a group? Get self-confidence and speaking skills as the Tri-Cities only noonhour Toastmasters club meets at Coquitlam city hall every Tuesday, noon-1 p.m. Guests and visitors welcome. Info: tottcoquitlam.toastmastersclubs.org or Brad, 604418-2393.

• Lincoln Toastmasters meets from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Hyde Creek rec centre, 1379 Laurier Ave., PoCo (Room 3, upstairs).

Improve your self-confidence, communication and leadership skills through public speaking; new members welcome.

Information: http://6399. toastmastersclubs.org.

• Friends of Coquitlam Public Library meet on the second Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the boardroom, Poirier Branch. Info: 604-9374130.

• PoMo Men’s 55-plus Curling League is looking for players who would like to curl regularly or as a spare; league runs Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon.

Info: Phil, 604-468-2801 or Tony, 604-461-5901.

• Morningside Toastmasters meetings are held Thursdays, 7-8:30 a.m., at Burkeview Family Funeral Home, 1340 Dominion Ave., PoCo. Club is looking for new members who are committed to improving their public speaking, leadership and communication skills. Info: linda-

kozina@gmail.com or www. morningsidetoastmasters. ca.

• Do you want to improve your public speaking skills or practice hosting a meeting in a friendly environment? City of the Arts Toastmaster Club meets Thursdays, 5:30-7 p.m., Port Moody city hall, 100 Newport Dr. Club provides opportunities to practise your communication and leadership skills.

Guests and new members welcome. Info: Andrew at andrew_geider@hotmail. com or www.cityartstoastmasters.com.

• Dogwood Drama Club meets every Monday and Thursday from 1 to 3:30 p.m. New members are always welcome for acting roles or backstage crew.

Info: Dale, 604-939-6172.

• Dogwood Photography Group meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month, 7-9 p.m., at Coquitlam’s Dogwood Pavilion. Club members must be members of Dogwood Pavilion; professionals and novices alike are welcome. Info: Arcadia, 604-936-2263 or artistarcadi@gmail.com.

• Barnet Lions Club meets first and third Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Coquitlam Grill restaurant, 2635 Barnet Hwy., Coquitlam. New members welcome. Info: 604-644-7194 or www. barnetlions.com.

• Tri-City Photography Club meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month (except holidays) at 7:30 p.m. at Port

Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., PoMo. The club is a great way to hone your skills and meet other photographers of all levels. Group also has photography outings throughout the Lower Mainland. Info: Grant, 604-671-8458.

• Learn to square dance with the Ocean Waves Tuesdays, 7:309:30 p.m., Kyle Centre, 123 Kyle St., Port Moody.

Info: Penney, 604-4631477 or www.oceanwaves. squaredance.bc.ca • New Toastmaster club: Are you interested in having fun while developing communication and leadership skills? Would you like to be able to deliver a powerful toast at a wedding or a memorable speech, or learn to lead a team more effectively?

This is your opportunity to be a charter member of the new RP2 Toastmaster Club. The club will meet Wednesdays 7-9 p.m. at Port Moody rec complex.

Info: Gene, 604 230-8030 or genevickers@hotmail. com.

• Dogwood and Glen Pine Seniors’ Softball Association seeks players for a new, competitive co-ed team, ages 50+; this team plays in the daytime. Info: Rick, 604937-5446.

• Apex Netball Club is held Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Hillcrest middle school, 2161 Regan Ave., Coquitlam for women and girls of all ages. Beginners welcome. Info: Wendy, 604-552-3219.

• Do you want to improve your ability to speak? Check out Rocky Point Toastmasters in Port Moody. Meetings are held Mondays, 7-9:15 p.m. (guests please show up 15 minutes early) at PoMo city hall. Info: rockypoint. freetoasthost.net.

• Pocomo Hiking Club invites people to join Saturday hikes starting at 9:30 a.m. from the Rocky Point Park parking lot.

Info: Maurina, pocomohiking@hotmail.com.

• Grab a friend or come out to meet some new ones with the Recreation Unlimited Volleyball Club, an adult group of recreational level players who play at Hillcrest middle school gym every Wednesday, 8-10 p.m.

Fun is the focus, so even if you haven’t played in years you will be welcome.

Info: Gary, 604-469-6389.

• Singles over-45 walking group meets Saturdays, 9:15 a.m. at Pitt Meadows rec centre for walks in Tri-Cities and Ridge Meadows areas.

Info: Graham, 604-464 1839.

• Super Strikers Youth Cricket Club plays at Mackin Park in Coquitlam; all levels welcome, including handball cricket for U16 and U14 and kanga (softball) cricket for U10.

Info: 604-461-2522 or kittybridgens@yahoo.ca.

• Coquitlam Lawn Bowling Club is looking for new members. The bowling green and clubhouse are next door to Dogwood Pavilion and rose garden,

located at 624 Poirier St. Membership is $90 per year and includes use of practice bowls, exercise, clean air, sunshine and friendship. Info: 604-9316711. Leave your name and phone number and an instructor will contact you with lesson dates and times. Games are scheduled on a drop-in basis.

• Port Coquitlam Elks Lodge 49 meets first and third Thursdays at 8 p.m. it Elks Hall, 2272 Leigh Sq. Elks are looking for new members. Group provides community service

to young people and seniors in the Tri-Cities and beyond. Info: Ed, 604-9450880 or 604-942-1345.

• Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition, TriCities Committee, meets the first Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Port Moody city hall. If you ride your bike in the Tri-Cities, meet and work with other cyclists to help improve cycling facilities in the area.

New participants always welcome. Info: John, 604469-0361 or jseinen@ shaw.ca.

• Coquitlam Needlearts

Guild meets first and third Tuesdays of each month, noon-3 p.m. plus first and third Thursdays, 7-9:30 p.m., Howe Room, Poirier community centre.

Members do needlework, embroidery, needlepoint, cross-stitch, knitting, crochet and much more; new members welcome. Info: Maureen, 604-942-5457.

• Happy Wanderers Walking Club welcomes all singles 45 and older for walks in the Tri-Cities and Ridge Meadows; meet every Saturday at 9:15 a.m. Call 604-463-8874.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT CHANGE TO EXISTING LIQUOR LICENCE WOODY’S ON BRUNETTE Woody’s on Brunette, located at 935 Brunette Avenue, Coquitlam, has applied to the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch (LCLB) for a permanent change to its Liquor Primary Licence, specifically to increase the hours of liquor service. The proposed hours of liquor service are 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday and from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. Friday through Sunday.

In accordance with the Liquor Control and Licensing Act and Regulations, the City of Coquitlam has been asked to provide comments and a recommendation on the application to the LCLB.

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The City invites residents to provide input to Council with respect to how this change to the liquor licence, if approved, may affect them and their property. The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein up to Friday, February 22, 2013. 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 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.

Kerri Lore Deputy City Clerk

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Healthy Lifestyles

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Bring your emotional eating out of the closet D

o you have a ‘sweet tooth’ that you indulge?

Are you an overeater?

Do you drown your sorrows with a bucket of ice cream?

Let’s talk about emotional eating. It is something so many people do yet it is not talked about much. Invariably, whenever I bring up the subject in a conversation, someone always says,“That’s me!”

Emotional eating is a general term that applies to a range of behaviours.

On one end of the spectrum, there are those with severe, life-threatening eating disorders such as anorexia or morbid obesity.

For most of us, though, who are not at these extremes, emotional eating is usually more insidious and invisible. It can mean reaching for comfort food when we are stressed or anxious; self-soothing with food when we feel hurt, lonely or sad; or swallowing down our anger or guilt by stuffing ourselves with too much food.

Emotional eating interferes with our ability to be our best and healthy self. How common is the following example? We are committed to sticking to a new healthy eating plan, and/or an exercise schedule, with a goal of losing weight and feeling good. We are into our new regime, starting to see results and feeling great. And then, we find ourselves emotionally triggered by something that happens or just wanting to give up. We start feeling uncomfortable — maybe anxious, angry, hurt, guilty, lonely

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or bored, etc. If we are accustomed to using food as a comfort, that is what we will reach for — and it won’t be for vegetables.

We will grab for those comfort foods; i.e., sweets such as ice cream, chocolate, cake, cookies, muffins; or salty treats such as potato chips and other junk foods.

How will we feel after?

Guilty, remorseful, bad about self, weak, a failure — which is exactly opposite of how we are striving to feel with our new healthy regime.

We are actually giving mixed messages to our body, our mind and our spirit. It is not the emotions that are harmful but the messages we give ourselves. Our minds are powerful, and our thoughts and beliefs that we hold are continuously forming our experience of our daily life.The negative thoughts about self that surface from emotional eating usually sound something like this:“I blew it. I’m weak.

I‘m a failure. I’ll never make it.”

If we keep up this pattern of emotionally coping

by using food, along with these inherent negative messages, we will never allow ourselves to have the success we desire. Our negative self-statements cancel out our exuberant ones, like“Yes, I can do this.”

We all have to eat and food is everywhere. Eating sweets or chips between meals is so often condoned by others. Well-meaning people want us to eat a second helping. We meet a friend daily for coffee and a muffin. We keep treats on hand (or even hide them) for when we“need” them, not to mention that the nearest grocery store is never very far away. (Also, there is sugar in almost everything these days and sugar is very addictive).

Food addiction is not like other substance addictions in that we cannot keep food out of our home or environment. We must face it at least three times a day.

If you are wondering if you are an emotional eater, ask yourself these questions: • How would I feel if I stopped eating (fill in the

blank)?

• How would it be if I stopped eating before I am full?

You can do an experiment to see if you can stop the behaviour. If you cannot stop, then you are likely eating for emotional reasons.

Like any other addiction, the first step is to admit this to yourself. If you cannot reign in these health- and success-sabotaging habits on your own, then find a person or people that can help you. Start by finding a place where you can open up and talk about your experience.

There is a way out of the pattern of emotional eating. This way out includes facing and feeling our emotions that we are afraid of — emotions that we would rather ignore and eat a sweet instead.

Our fear of feeling is always much worse than the feeling itself. In truth, when we allow ourselves to feel our emotions, to move through them rather that stuff them, they dissipate and we feel freer and unburdened.

Whatever your health and fitness goals, know that you can achieve them.

With the willingness to address your emotions instead of trying to swallow or stuff them down, you gain back the power to free yourself up to be your best and healthy self.

– Susan Kinross is a registered professional counsellor in Port Moody, 604813-2180 or Port Moody Naturopathic Health and Wellness at 604-949-0077, www.portmoodynaturopathic.com.

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ParkLane’s waterfront River District wins international award

Setting a Gold standard ParkLane Homes is celebrating River District’s Gold win for Best Presentation Centre at The Nationals, an awards program presented by the National Association of Home Builders.

The awards are the largest of their kind in North America and include submissions from North and South America and Asia.

“We are proud to accept The Nationals’ Best Presentation Centre Gold Award for River District Centre,” says ParkLane’s Chief Operating Officer Ben Taddei. “This unique and innovative Centre is transforming River District into an animated and vibrant place with a real sense of community

only two years into construction.”

River District is located on southeast Vancouver’s waterfront. Once completed, it will cover 130 acres and include 7,000 homes, shops, restaurants, schools, daycares and parks.

The River District Centre holds the presentation centre, Romer’s Burger Bar and a community centre.

“River District is a unique project, not just to the immediate community, but to all of Vancouver,” says Taddei.

“To receive international accolades puts both River District and Vancouver in the spotlight.”

For more information, visit riverdistrict.ca or call 604-431-5594.

surrounding area is just a few minutes away. Education is available at Douglas College’s David Lam campus and at the elementary and secondary schools in the neighbourhood. When it’s some outdoor exercise you’re in the mood for, Town Centre Park and Lafarge Lake are right outside, perfect for a run or cycle, and if golf is more your speed, Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club is a few minutes away as well. The Evergreen Cultural Centre features travelling art exhibits, plays and other

cultural activities, for those nights when you are in the mood for a bit of culture.

The homes at Tamarack are movein ready, which is a great feature for potential buyers.

“You can walk through a home that you can actually purchase,” Liljedahl says.

Homes at Tamarack start at $279,900. For more information, visit www.polyhomes.com/community/ tamarack or call 604-552-3003.

Move-in ready homes in Coquitlam

Finding a perfect view at Polygon’s Tamarack

By Kerry Vital

Polygon Homes is building on its reputation for quality homes with Tamarack, its newest condominum development in Coquitlam’s Dayanee Springs community. With amazing features, a convenient location and plenty of amenities, it’s easy to imagine calling Tamarack home.

“It is literally almost impossible to choose my favourite part,” says sales manager Theresa Liljedahl says. “There are so many perfect things about it.”

One of those perfect things is the amazing natural views from every home. Depending on where you are in the building, your new home will either look out at Mount Baker or at Coquitlam’s Burke Mountain.

“The views are fantastic,” Liljedahl says. Each home features an outdoor balcony or patio, with some groundlevel homes including a private yard.

Even when the weather outside isn’t so great, the huge windows in your home will let the natural light pour in.

Inside, polished granite countertops and flat-panel laminate cabinetry in the kitchen is complemented by the stainless-steel appliances and warm wood laminate flooring, which continues into the other living areas.

A full-height pantry is offered in some homes, which adds more storage space to a kitchen that is already wonderful.

A breakfast bar perfect for a quick bite in the morning or gathering around during a dinner party is also an integral part of most of the homes.

The luxury continues in the spa-like bathrooms, with their gorgeous marble or quartz countertops and laminate cabinetry. Most homes include double sinks, which are a masterstroke of convenience for couples, and a deep soaker tub in the ensuite. A ceramic tile tub and shower surround with mosaic glass tile accents is clean and elegant, while the full-width vanity mirror is complemented by soothing lighting that will never put you in a bad light.

The two-bedroom homes are spacious and inviting, with thoughtfully designed floorplans that are great for couples, young families and roommates.

“Polygon can design a layout that is very attractive,” Lilejedahl says.

“They’ve perfected the plans to give you the most usable space.”

Tamarack is the final phase in Polygon’s Dayanee Springs community, and homeowners will be able to take

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It is literally almost impossible to choose my favourite part,” says Tamarack sales manager Theresa Liljedahl. advantage of everything that is already in place, including the gorgeous Timbers Club. The club includes an outdoor pool, whirlpool spa and kids club, a furnished terrace with a large barbecue, a fully equipped fitness studio and a great room that is perfect for entertaining with its stone-clad fireplace, lounge seating and billiard table. It also holds a pet spa area, screening room and many other things.

“We’ve had weddings there, bridal showers, everything,” says Liljehdahl.

“You don’t have to entertain at home if you have a group of people over.”

If you want to venture off the property, shopping and dining at Coquitlam Centre mall and its

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Chic granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances are just two of the beautiful features in the kitchens at Polygon’s Tamarack, top, while expansive patios and balconies overlooking Burke Mountain and Mount Baker and plenty of green space combine for gorgeous views from every home, above.

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Brighten winter gardens with helleborus iN THe GARDeN Brian Minter Breadth of varieties add colour to gardens during the year’s darkest months

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big missing piece in modern gardens is the amazing perennial family of winter and spring blooming helleborus.

Never in their long history has there been the breadth and depth of varieties, colours and flower forms to lift and brighten our gardens.

Beginning in December, with the most well known variety, helleborus niger (better known as the Christmas rose) and ending in May with the huge family of helleborus orientalis (or lenten rose), they provide five months of continuous colour. In our own gardens we have truly come to rely more and more on these wonderful plants for early colour.

The new gold collection of helleborus, introduced from the Heuger family in Holland, has opened the door for January to March colour as we’ve never had before. These hellebores offer myriads of blooms over an extended period of time and their flowers face upwards so you can see and enjoy them in the dark of winter.

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There are many varieties of helleborus to brighten up the garden in the winter time. large pure white blooms that appear slightly turned, facing upwards. As the blooms mature, they turn an attractive green. The foliage is a very attractive rich dark green.

Helleborus niger pink prost provides a nice variation with its burgundy and white buds that burst open to a lovely soft pink which darkens with age. As the blooms open in sequence, beautiful shading, from white to pink and red, takes place. Even if it never bloomed, its scented deep green leaves, unique vein display and marbled sheen rivals any evergreen perennial.

Another new jewel is H. Merlin, a rather compact soft pink bloomer with beautiful mottled silver and green foliage.

The orientalis family is so huge and diverse it’s difficult to classify many of the varieties, but the Lady series is quite interesting with its distinctive cupped flowers. White lady is very unique with its very dark markings on pure white blooms.Yellow lady is creamy yellow with dark red markings and both the red lady and the blue lady have good solid colours of red and bluish dark purple.

Today there are many hybridized crosses which are truly spectacular. From the deep blacks, slate blues, deep yellows to the apricots and the bi-colour picotees, there are some real head turners. Try to purchase them in bloom to see their true colours — picture tags seldom do them justice.

The double flowering varieties, which were quite rare and expensive, have now become far more available and far less costly.

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CONTACT Larry Pruner email: sports@tricitynews.com phone: 604-472-3035 • fax: 604-944-0703

Hockey season is in full swing at the Poirier Sports and Recreation Complex where the Coquitlam Chiefs took on Richmond during an midget ‘A1’ minor league match on Sunday afternoon.

Sr. A’s look to junior club in upcoming draft Good crop of talen coming up from Jr. program

By Gary McKenna The Tri-CiTy News

Wh e n d ra f t i n g a player for the Western Lacrosse Association, size, speed and ability to put the ball in the net

are important factors that general managers must consider when making their decisions.

But statistics don’t necessarily tell the whole story.

Coquitlam Adanacs’ general manager Randy Delmonico told The TriCity News that other variables, like whether a player is planning on

being in town for most of the WLA season, must also be considered.

With pro-field lacrosse leagues back east, the National Lacrosse League and many players seeking post-secondary education, there are plenty of other opportunities that can divide an athlete’s attention.

That is why is why researching a prospect is paramount, and will go along way toward a successful draft.

“You have to kind of figures out what these guys are going to be doing in the future,” he said. “Who is going to be playing pro-field?”

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Ravens’ female wrestlers shine at Burnaby tourney Terry Fox Ravens wrestler Stephanie Del Rosario took home a gold medal at the Wildcat Invitational Tournament hosted by Burnaby Central secondary last week.

Fox’s female wrestlers were dominant in the event, taking all of the team’s medals, including a silvers from Kelsey Watmough, Kassandra Richard

and Brooke Wheeler.

“For the first time that I can ever remember, we had more female athletes attending than male,” said Jorge Knizek, a coach with the team. “And our results on the day showed how well our girls team is currently doing.”

On the boys’ side, Brett Boyce had a promising start but

faltered in his semifinal match and took a knock on the shoulder, which led to his withdrawal from the tournament.

Max Vanzuylekom and Nathan Dalton finished the tourney in sixth place.

The club will be back home for the Raven’s Invitational at Terry Fox secondary on Feb. 8.

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This past weekend, the Under 18 Metro-Ford Blaze defeated North Delta Celtic—in a Cup match—by an emphatic 4-1 score. Despite the fact that the Blaze was missing several key players, the entire team played extremely well and fully deserved the victory. However, special mention should be made of the brilliant performance of midfielder DEO KUMAR DIYALI who contributed immensely to the victory. Not only did Deo score 2 excellent goals, but he also worked tirelessly in his midfield position as he attacked and defended relentlessly. For his superlative effort this past weekend, DEO KUMAR DIYALI has has been named Coquitlam Metro-Ford Male Player of the Week!

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Coquitlam Sr. Adanacs general manager Randy Delmonico said he expects players chosen in the first two rounds of next week’s Western Lacrosse Association draft to make the roster for the upcoming season.

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“You are not going see to those guys… you don’t see the college guys until half way through the season. That is where all your research comes in. Who is going to be doing what.”

Fo r t h a t r e a s o n , Delmonico said he has his eyes on home grown talent. Players like Matthew Dinsdale and Ben McIntosh of the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs will be available and would fit with the general manager’s plan to draft local players.

“We have some high quality kids coming out of Coquitlam,” he said, without singling out any names. “We would love to populate our roster with Coquitlam kids.”

Coquitlam has three picks in the first two rounds and Delmonico expects anyone chosen in the early stages to make the roster for the upcoming season.

The general manager has worked out his projections and is fairly confident that he knows where the players will land. It is in the later rounds where things could get a little more unwieldy.

“It is not the first two rounds that we are concerned about,” he said.

“It is after that that you may pickup somebody that nobody else expected to make your lineup.”

Delmonico points to the success of last year’s draft, when the A’s had several players chosen in the fourth and fifth round that eventually made the team.

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Brianna Helen Kinnear June 30, 1986 - February 3, 2009 My Daughter ~ My Sister My Friend

I carry your heart with me, I carry it in my heart.

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Each day is a constant reminder of how much we miss you and how much our lives have changed without you.

We try to let your memories put happiness into our days but they just make us realize we will never have new ones with you and this brings a heartacheness that will never go away.

If heaven wasn’t so far away We’d pack up your puppy and come for the day We’d laugh and we’d sing And we’d dance in the rain.

Loving and Missing you Forever, Mommy, Daddy, Scott and your puppy Ferdinand

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JACK, Elizabeth Jane (Standish) December 30, 1960 to November 26, 2012 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Liz who died suddenly due to complications from cancer at the age of 51. She has joined her father, Thomas Standish, who passed away in December of 2010. She was the wife and best friend of Alan Jack.

She also leaves behind her daughter, Melissa (Sherman) and her sons, Elijah and Ryan (Amanda) and granddaughter Sydney, her mother Jean Standish, sisters Bernardine and Jennifer (Rob), and her brother Michael (Laura). Also missing her are her nieces, nephew, and in-laws, her good friends Julie and Liz, and her co-workers at St. Paul’s Hospital. A Celebration of Life was held in early December. Liz was much loved and will be forever missed.

PEACE

Born on March 19, 1924 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Died at home January 22, 2013 in Port Coquitlam. Predeceased by his sister Jean RichardsBond, brother William (Bill) and grandson Michael JohnstoneBreen. Survived by his wife & “honey darling sweetheart” Violet, daughters Shirley (Gil) Berkson, Barbara (Glenn) Grimmer and Janice (Graham) Rannie, grandchildren Tyler and Cassandra Berkson, Walter (Alycia) and Alex JohnstoneBreen, and Isaac Grimmer.

He is also survived by his sister Evelyn (Rod) Hourston, brother Robert, and sister Irene Bennett and many nieces and nephews. After centuries of Johnstones in Aberdeenshire, and with the migration of many Scots, George came to Canada with his family as a four year old on the SS Athenia. The family settled in Vancouver, and George worked as a merchant seaman as a teen, followed by service in WWII. He worked many years in logging camps in BC, and had his own water taxi company to transport forest workers. After an industrial accident left him with one arm, he went back to the logging camps and was the only forest worker with one arm in BC at the time. When work in the forests became too much for him, he worked for the Coquitlam School District #43 until his retirement.

George liked a challenge and learned to fly planes with his one arm, eventually owning his own Cessna and Lake Amphibian planes. Well into his retirement, he enjoyed his “toys”, operating his own excavator, Caterpillar and tractors on the farm upon Burke Mountain, and travelling in his motorhome. He favourite place was a well-equipped garage where he could fix or fabricate anything. Most of the furniture in Dad and Mom’s home were his own creations. George was strong in his convictions, firm, fair and wise. He was compassionate to animals and humans alike, and was not without a hearty sense of humour.

George was an active member in the Army, Navy Air & Force Veterans Unit 26 (South Vancouver) and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 133 (Port Coquitlam). No service will be held by his request, but there will be a gathering of family and friends in the spring. In lieu of flowers, donations to the BC SPCA or the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be greatly appreciated.

First Memorial Burkeview Chapel 604-944-4128

MARTIN, Mary (Helen) Aileen (nee McCaig) February 21, 1930 January 24, 2013 Mary Helen Aileen was born in Admiral Sask. She grew up on the family farm north of Scotsguard, and attended Austinville School, which was a one room country school. One year of her schooling was spent in Erin Ont. living with her Grandma Short while her Uncle’s Jack and George were away fighting in WW2.

She married Jim Martin in Scotsguard, on November 8, 1951. The family moved from Shaunavon Sask to Williams Lake BC in 1960 and then to the lower mainland in 1966.

She is predeceased by her husband Jim, 3 brothers, Douglas, Marvin and Allen, and 1 grandson, Danny.

She was a proud mother of 3 girls & 3 boys, Mary, Donald, Karen (Gary), Jeff (Lynne), Randy (Marlis) & Nancy (Greg).

She is survived by many grandchildren and many great grandchildren, also 4 brothers, Lee (Lynn), Ken (Charles), Vern, Keith (Pat) and 1 sister, Linda. A celebration of her life will be held on Monday, February 4, 2013 at 1:00pm at Garden Hill Funeral Chapel, 11765 - 224th St, Maple Ridge.

Rest in peace Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma, Sister, Aunt & Friend.

Expressions of sympathy can be made at www.gardenhill.ca

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The 4th annual WCOWMA-BC Convention & Trade Show will be held at the Ramada Convention Centre (36035 North Parallel Rd) in Abbotsford on February 7-9, 2013.

Workshops, open forum discussions, networking opportunities and door prizes. Trade show admission is complimentary. Don’t miss the only wastewater trade show and convention in BC. Info at www.wcowma-bc.com.

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PATIENTS OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS Do you receive, or have you received, health care from a BC Nurse Practitioner? Researchers from UVic’s School of Nursing want to learn how you feel about care provided by nurse practitioners.

PART TIME SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS NEEDED IN VANCOUVER, COQUITLAM AND SURREY UNR Class 4 or Class 2 preferred, but we will train the right applicant.

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Expedia CruiseShipCenters is Canada’s #1 cruise & travel specialist Become a Mobile Agent, Home Based or In-Center Consultant with us.

Some of our successful consultants are: Retired or Soon-to-be-Retired Empty Nesters Sales Professionals Former or Current Travel Agents Other Home Based Business Consultants Turn your passion for travel into a career selling dream vacations We are looking for full time and part time Consultants. We are holding a discovery night on Wednesday February 6 @ 7:00 PM RSVP 604.464.7417 or djamieson@cruiseshipcenters.com

Coquitlam is home to over 128,000 people and is fast becoming a vibrant, regional urban centre. We are committed to carefully managing the City’s future while continuing to deliver the highest level of service to the community through leadership, sustainability and innovation.

Coquitlam Parks, Recreation and Culture is seeking enthusiastic and experienced:

RECREATION INSTRUCTORS (Winter & Spring Casual, On-Call)

Recreation Instructors Needed – Preschool-age programs (daytime on weekdays), afterschool programs, dance, hip hop, tumbling, and cake decorating.

We are looking for enthusiastic recreation instructors for all ages and for multiple recreation programs. The successful candidates will be team players with excellent communication and people skills. Prior instructing or coaching experience is essential. Level 1 gymnastic coaching certification required for tumbling instructor position. Completion of the High Five training would be an asset. Shifts are varied throughout the winter and spring and programs run out of different facilities in the City.

All interested applicants, please submit your resume with a cover letter indicating reference #TCN2013-1000201 by 5:00 pm, February 8, 2013 to:

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STEEL FABRICATOR & WELDER Industrial Equipment Manufacturing Ltd. designs and manufactures bulk materials handling equipment typically used in mining, forestry and oil sands.

The business has been in operation since 1955 and is located in the Port Kells area of Surrey. IEM has an attractive remuneration package including an employee ownership program.

Steel Fabricator The successful candidate will have at least 5 years experience as a steel fabricator.

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EXP CLASS 1 TEAM DRIVERS Earn up to $6500/mo. Send resumes mj@synergytruckingltd.com Fax:604-598-3497 TEAM DRIVERS required for regular USA runs. Must have 2 years mountain and highway experience and a clean drivers abstract. $22.50 per hour. Fax resume to Nasho Trucking Inc. at 604-558-3213.

TEAM DRIVERS Wanted Team Drivers required for regular USA runs. Must have 2 years mountain and highway experience and a clean drivers abstract. $22.50 per hour. Fax resume to Blue Trans Logistics at 604-558-3213.

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Journeyman HD mechanic required for oilfield construction company. Duties will include servicing, maintenance and overhaul of our equipment. The job will be predominately shop work , but with a portion of your time spent in the field. A mechanics truck will be supplied for you. The job is based in Edson, Alberta.

Call Lloyd at 780-723-5051.

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HELP WANTED

Wild and Crazy, Can’t Be Lazy

LIVE IN CAREGIVER F/T for one 5 year old child, Port Coq. Must have Grade 12, 1 yr exp, N/S. $10.25/hr, 40 hrs/week. Cora (604)552-5569

$440/wk, up to $800/wk

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109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

WE require an experienced Crane Truck driver with a clean driving record. A mechanical aptitude is also a must for this role. Our progressive company offers a great extended medical and dental package, uniforms and all necessary safety gear to ensure employee safety. The ideal candidate possesses SMITH Driver training but we may be willing to train the right individual. Possession of H2S Alive, WHMIS, TDG, First Aid would be an asset. A road test and capabilities evaluation will be a component of our interview process. Apply with your up-to-date resume and current NSC drivers abstract at hr@amixgroup.ca

DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Must like loud Music & Travel Outgoing ppl only and avail immediately call today,start tomorrow!

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

EDUCATION

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. NO Simulators. In-the-seat training.

Real world tasks.

Weekly start dates. Job board!

Funding options.

SIGN UP ONLINE! iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853

FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

Advertising Sales Representative By joining the number one community newspaper serving Surrey/North Delta, you can realize your full potential while contributing to one of the fastest growing communities in Canada. The team environment at The Leader will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence.

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

EDLEUN is seeking enthusiastic Infant/Toddler certified staff for our child care centres. We offer competitive compensation including benefits, paid sick time and a discount on child care combined with ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities.

Email your resume to: hr@edleun.com

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The Surrey Leader has an opening for an experienced Advertising Sales Representative.

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

Coquitlam is home to over 128,000 people and is fast becoming a vibrant, regional urban centre. We are committed to carefully managing the City’s future while continuing to deliver the highest level of service to the community through leadership, sustainability and innovation.

Coquitlam Parks, Recreation and Culture is recruiting for:

Auxiliary Recreation Leaders 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 caregiving@plea.bc.ca www.plea.bc.ca

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HELP WANTED

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

In this interesting and challenging front line position, you will assist in the planning, supervision and delivery of specified social, cultural and recreational programs and activities in our city.

Recreation Leaders work daytime, evening and weekend shifts in the supervision and delivery of recreation programs in community centres, youth services, volunteer services, sport services and recreation inclusion. The work also involves: promoting interest and encouraging participation in program activities, and assisting in directing the work of instructors and volunteers.

Preferred candidates will have a passion for active lifestyles, good communication skills, experience supervising volunteers or staff and have a combination of a two year program in Recreation at a recognized Community College, along with relevant work experience demonstrating a sound knowledge of community recreation objectives and the fundamentals of program leadership and recreation instruction. Current First Aid/CPR Certification, ability to work some days, evenings and weekends and a valid BC Driver’s License is required. A criminal record search will be required for final candidates.

Hourly wage starts at $22.12. If you are keen to advance your career in a progressive municipal environment, please forward your resume with a covering letter and reference #TCN2013-100953 by 5:00 p.m. February 8th, 2013 to: City of Coquitlam - Human Resources Division 3000 Guildford Way Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 Fax: 604-927-3075 careers@coquitlam.ca

The City of Coquitlam is an Equal Opportunity Employer We thank all applicants for their interests; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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HELP WANTED Carriers Needed

The following routes are now available to deliver the NEWS in the Tri-City area: 8164 2202-2296 Sorrento Dr 303-312 Sorrento Pl 9025 910-983 Fort Fraser Rise 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

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

Carpenter req’d. Sal $24.00/hr. F/T, Pmt. 1+ yrs. exp. Duties; Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and sketches. Calculate specifications & requirements. Measure, cut, shape, assemble and join moldings & wood materials. Fit and install windows, doors, and stairs. Build foundations and walls. Repair and renovate residences and wooden structures.

Operate power tools. Lang: English.

Spanish will be an asset. Contact Johnny from Garcia Construction in Coquitlam, BC. Location: Lower Mainland, BC. Apply w/ resume to: garcia_const@yahoo.ca or fax: 604-394-8768

6072 146-286 April Rd 2-27 Crawford Bay 2-38 Darney Bay 183 Roe Dr 8418 800-922 Austin Ave (even) 416-450 Blue Mountain St (even) 908-928 Charland Ave 903-918 Dansey Ave 406-450 Joyce St 6042 201-261 Angela Dr (odd) 198-200 Mount Royal Dr (even) 1000-1181 Tuxedo Dr 1-9 Tuxedo Pl 8206 1010 Alderson Ave 1001-1043 Brunette Ave (odd) 1025-1059 James Ave 205-236 Lebleu St 200 Marmont Ave 205-214 Nelson St 6097 1-18 Laurel Pl 1-49 Wildwood Dr 9167 3809-3849 Azalea Pl 3806-3847 Broom Pl 3801-3896 Clematis Cres 1713-1807 Heather Ave (odd) 8307 622-770 Austin Ave (even) 435-449 Guilby St (odd) 408-449 Selman St 624-763 Sydney Ave 9726 2927-2930 Alvis Crt 1330-1372 Corbin Pl 2917-2979 Delahaye Dr 2934-2936 Lancia Pl 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.

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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

NOW HIRING Evening Shifts for East Port Coquitlam locations.

Email resume to: subway_careers@shaw.ca

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MEDICAL/DENTAL RNs: INTERESTED IN PRIVATE PRACTICE?

BioClin Health Care is hiring casual RNs for our private infusion and injection clinic opening soon in Pitt Meadows. RNs must have exceptional I.V. skills and critical care experience. Starting RN salary: $38/hr.

Fax resume to Shaazmeen: 1-866-276-2589, or email: careers@bioclin.ca.

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOFERS

Required for Maple Ridge roofing co. Previous experience is an asset, not necessary - willing to train. Wages Commensurate with Experience.

Fax resume 604.462.9859 or e-mail - hiroofingltd@shaw.ca or Call: Sue 604.880.9210

SHORE MECHANIC – F/T Heavy Duty Mechanic Certificate or equivalent w/5 yrs exp. www.westcoast tug.ca/shore-mechanic

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

Wanted for

SURREY

Fast Paced, dynamic shops

DUTIES INCLUDE: • Maintenance & Repairs • Diagnostics Of Trucks, Trailers, Forklifts & Hydraulics • Reporting • Inventory Control

QUALIFICATIONS: • Strong Command Of The English Language • 3rd or 4th yr. Apprentices • Certified Journeymen • Driver’s Licence • Self-Starter WE OFFER:

ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

Please contact Mike e-mail: mike@megacranes.com or fax 604.599.5250

Arpac provides Competitive Wages, Extended Health Benefits, RRSP Plan, Rewards Program, Monthly BBQs, and Much More!

Career-minded individuals looking to join our team can send their resume to: hr@arpac.ca or via fax to: 604-940-4082 WE require a ticketed, experienced Heavy Duty Mechanic for our busy Surrey shop. Experience in Hydraulics, electrical troubleshooting as well as heavy industrial equipment repair is required. Welding and Manitowoc crane experience would be an asset. Self motivated and a strong sense of safety awareness is also required. Our progressive company offers a very competitive wage and benefits package and all necessary safety gear to ensure employee safety. Email resume to hr@amixgroup.ca

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ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

203

ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

172 ASTROLOGY/PSYCHICS

SPIRITUAL PHYSIC HEALER Specializing in Palm, Tarot Cards, Crystal Ball Readings. Reunites loved ones Solve all problems of life.

One visit will amaze you!

Call today for a better tomorrow. *NEW YEAR’S SPECIAL* 3 Readings for $45.

604-653-5928

Personal Tax Returns & full-cycle accounting services for your small business in the Tri-cities area.

Your office or ours all industries welcome professional & accurate. More than 20 years exp! www.solutionaccounting.ca

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SOLUTION ACCOUNTING SERVICES (604) 612-9278

BENEFIT PACKAGE!

• Industry Leading Remuneration Packages • Full Benefits • Pension Plan

Please e-mail resumes:

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Mega Cranes Ltd. an industry leader is seeking an energetic, aggressive self starter for a full time position. Required immediately. Must have inspectors ticket and Red seal. Will have hydraulic experience and must be able to read electrical and hydraulic schematics.

Millwright/Welder

COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT MECHANICS

PERSONAL SERVICES

Heavy Duty Diesel Mechanic

Needed for leading material handling company. The successful candidate will have strong mechanical/welding skills and able to work independently. Must have knowledge of the Lower Mainland.

8504 1189-1221 Brisbane Ave 804-826 Gatensbury St (even) 1205-1221 Lamerton Ave 801-836 Longlac St 9858 2900-2988 Cliffrose Cres 1493-1499 Johnson St (odd) 1400-1410 Planetree Crt 2962-2997 Robson Dr 2940-2962 Waterford Pl

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

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

175 CATERING/PARTY RENTALS MAJOR Appliance Repairs to All Makes JIM PUGH Owner/Technician

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

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Advertise where clients look when they want to travel...

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HELP WANTED

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HELP WANTED

Graphic Designer The award-winning Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News has an immediate opening for a full time Graphic Designer.

The successful applicant will be creative, organized and work effectively under tight deadlines, interacting with advertising clients, sales representatives and the creative team. Speed, accuracy and attention to detail is a requirement.

A comprehensive working knowledge is required of CS6 on Mac OS X for both print and on-line advertising. Preference will be given to those with technical skills.

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

If you’d like to be part of a successful team, please send a resume, cover letter and portfolio showcasing your talent by email to:

THE NEWS Serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows since 1978

www.blackpress.com

GARDENING Prompt Delivery Available

Seven Days a Week

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

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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

45 Years in the drywall trade. All size jobs boarding, taping, spraying.

Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060

ALWAYS GUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs, 20 yrs exp. Rain or shine.7dys/wk.Simon 604-230-0627

FRANKS Drywall *Boarding*Taping *Spraying no job too sm. Seniors rts Free ests. 604-939-7029, 809-1945 JMYK CONTRACTING LTD. Specializing in steel stud framing, drywall, taping, texture, t-bar, firerating, painting + general reno’s.

WCB, Insured. Jay 604-722-6197

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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.

JOBS: Whether you’re looking to find or fill a position, this is where your search begins.

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HANDYPERSONS

RELIABLE. 20 yrs. Exp. Refs.

Laminate Floor Installation/Base Boards & Trim Specials. Pls. Call Richard 604-365-1477

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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

(#102055) Bonded

3755 Bracewell Court, Pt Coq.

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

AUTOS: To buy or sell your car, truck, RV, van, 4x4 or trailer - this category has it all. You’ll also find automotive supplies and classic cars for sale, or you can list the vehicle you’re seeking.

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Specializing in Renos New Const, (Comm./Res.) Free Estimates 778.885.7074 Trent Reisinger

C & C Electrical Mechanical • ELECTRICAL • FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • HVAC GAS FITTING *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

Kristy 604.488.9161

604-475-7077

FINANCIAL SERVICES

• MONEY TODAY! • Instant Approvals • No Credit Checks • Privacy Assured

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263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE FYNE SHYNE CLEANING. Reliable and fast. 15 yrs experience.

Competitive prices. 604-790-4469

BAJ EXCAVATING DEMO, Sewer, storm, drainage, remove concrete & blacktop, old house drainage.

604-779-7816.

MAIDS R’ US

Rick’s Bobcat Service. Leveling, Back Filling, Trucking Reas.

Rates.778-355-2978, 604-290-2978

AROUND GUARANTEED!

PEDRO’S Contracting & Drainage.

Landscaping, Water Lines & Cement work. Call 604-468-2919.

BEST CLEANERS

Residential & Commercial

Weekly, Bi-Monthly - Best Rates!

Since 1985 604-808-0212 EUROPEAN LADY will clean your house or office. 15 Years exp. Ref’s avail. Free Est. 604-468-0421

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CONCRETE & PLACING

HERFORT CONCRETE

NO JOB TOO SMALL Serving Lower Mainland 25 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: 604-657-2375 / 604-462-8620

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

203

ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

PERSONAL & SMALL BUSINESS RETURNS ~ 30+ years experience Call David 604 - 939 - 5539

246

COUNTERTOPS

*30 years *Licensed *Insured

CLEANING SERVICES

threescocatering@shaw.ca or Visit us at: www. threescompanycatering.ca

Borrow Against Your Vehicle!

604-949-1900 QUALITY RENOVATIONS • Kitchens • Bathrooms www.metrovanhome.ca

Unique Taste, Unique Menus...

Gourmet, Customized Menus Tailored To Your Function...

269

FENCING

ASHDOWN CONTRACTING custom cedar fencing/decks Quality you can afford 604-970-4732

275

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

LARIC FURNITURE REFINISHING Specialists in:

PLACING & Finishing * Forming * Site Prep, old concrete removal * Excavation & Reinforcing * Re-Re Specialists 34 Years Exp. Free Estimates.

- ANTIQUES, HOME & OFFICE FURNITURE - RESTORATION & REPAIRS Free Estimates, Pick-up & Delivery

Ph: 604-469-2331

Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

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COUNTERTOPS

Custom Countertops

Carly Ferguson, Advertising & Creative Services Manager Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News admanager@mapleridgenews.com Closing date: February 1, 2013 Thank you to all who apply, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

No phone calls please.

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30 Years+ Experience

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

DRYWALL

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ARCO DRYWALL LTD. Boarding, Taping, Painting.

Free estimate. Ryan 778-892-9590

mechanics@supersave.ca

or Fax: (1)604.534.3811

CONCRETE & PLACING

UNIQUE CONCRETE DESIGN

Ph: 604-941-3277

CONTACT US FOR A FREE CONSULTATION AND ESTIMATE

604-945-7273

AT SUNBURST STONE, WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE BEST SERVICE, HIGHEST QUALITY AND WIDEST SELECTION.

1835 Mclean Avenue, Port Coquitlam O T: 604-945-7273 E: info@sunburststone.com O sunburststone.com O F: 604-945-7270

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

www.tricitynews.com

GARDENING

Home Renovations and New Construction Kitchens, Bathrooms, Flooring, Drywall, Garages, Decks & more * 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE* INSURED ~ WCB

Dean 604-834-3076 HOME IMPROVEMENTS Carpentry, painting, drywall, tiles Quality work - reasonable price Martin 778-355-5840

RENO & REPAIR NO JOB TOO SMALL! 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

Gary 604-690-7JNL (7565) “Family Owned & Operated in the Tri-Cities” DIAMOND CUT CERAMIC TILE ceramic tiles, marble, slate, natural stone & laminate floors. Bath renos.

604.725.4617 diamond_cut@live.ca A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, fencing, reroofing. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

HOOT & OWL Roof & Drywall Repairs CARPENTRY & TILE WORK

Reno’s/Additions/Kitchens Snow / Salting Rubbish Removal NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL

Email: hoot&owl@telus.net

Gary 604-339-5430

MARK’S LAWN CARE Mowing lawns, hedge trimming, garbage removal and small handyman repairs. Free Est. 604-308-8073 15% SENIORS DISCOUNT lawn cuts, aerating, leaf cleanup, pruning, hedge trimming, trees, 23 yrs. exp. Free est. Brad 778-552-3900

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Accurite Renovations “Tri-Cities leader in basement renovations”

Designing and renovating basement suites, kitchens, bathrooms, additions and house make-overs CALL FOR A FREE IN-HOME CONSULTATION AND WRITTEN QUOTE! We take pride in our quality and service.. . and it shows!

P: 604.710.8485 www.accurite.ca

www.tricitynews.com

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HOME REPAIRS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 338

PLUMBING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 372

SUNDECKS

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 560

FULL PLUMBING SERVICES

317

REAL ESTATE

• Hvac Gas Fitting • Electrical *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

If I can’t do it It can’t be done Call Robert 604-941-1618 OR 604-844-4222 INTERIORS: Baths (renos/ repairs) specializing in drywall, doors, flooring, tiling, plumbing, painting, miscellaneous, etc.

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

C & C Electrical Mechanical

604-475-7077 ✔ ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDS Call Niko Plumbing Ltd. 24/7.

Res/Com, plugged drains. h/w tanks. ★15 yrs exp. 604-837-6640

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

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TREE SERVICES

Your Tree Service For Honest Prices & Quality Work

Meadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1311

Call Scott at 604-618-0333 Certified Arborist

MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVING Local & Long Distance

HOMES WANTED

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

GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds $59.00 Per Ton

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials.

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

If you would consider selling your property of 3 Acres or more and want maximum value, send the details to: randyd@portraithomes.ca

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

Free Estimates * Fully Insured

.Enterprise Plumbing, Heating, Gasfitting

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES • DIFFICULTY SELLING ? • Difficulty Making Payments?

No Equity? Expired Listing? Penalty?

We Take Over Payments! No Fees! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663

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RECREATIONAL

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

604-537-4140

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

ABBA MOVERS & DEL Res/comm 1-4 ton truck, 1 man $35/hr, 2 men from $45. Honest, bsmt clean up.

25yrs Exp. 24hrs/7days 604-506-7576

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable.

Rates. Different From the Rest.

604-721-4555.

Starting $40/hr.

LICENSED & INSURED ✶ Local & Long Distance ✶ ✶ Seniors Discount ✶

604-787-8061 329 PAINTING & DECORATING PRO ✶ ACC PAINTING LTD ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

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

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

★ ★CALL NOW★ ★ LOW COST RUBBISH REMOVAL

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

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

Ph: 604-942-4383

RECYCLE-IT!

www.pro-accpainting.com HUNGRY PAINTERS ceiling, walls, trim, power washing Int/Ext Spray, Brush & Roll 604-467-2532

www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley 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.

AFFORDABLE INT/EXT painting.

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

Isaac 604-727-5232

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 bradsjunkremoval.com

Hauling Anything..

But Dead Bodies!!

20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE We Load or You Load !

604.220.JUNK(5865) Serving Metro Vancouver Since 1988

NO Headaches NO Surprises NO Excuses “JUST A GREAT JOB!”

Robert J. O’Brien

604-728-5643

PETS RENTALS 477

PETS

BEAGLE PUPS, tri colored, good looking, healthy, vet check $700.

(604)796-3026. No Sunday calls

BEST RATE MOVING EXPERIENCED MOVERS W/ AFFORDABLE RATES

COQUITLAM, nr Coq Ctr $825/mo.

2 bdr, new kit, 1 bath, shrd lndry & utils, NS/NP. Feb 1st.604-218-8164

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

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

604-572-3733 T & K Haulaway

EXTRA

CHEAP RUBBISH REMOVAL Almost for free!

(778)997-5757, (604)587-5991

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APARTMENT/CONDO #1 IN RENTALS (Since 1990)

BORDER COLLIE X, born Dec 5th, ranch raised, getting lots of atten. $350. Carol 604-316-4668 or email: carol@blackdiamondranch.ca 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 German Shepherd pups, ckc reg, vet check, 1st shots, own both parents, gd tempered, farm & family raised in country, make a good guard dog and family pet. $1000.

604-796-3026, no sunday calls ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso) P/B blue, 9 wks, 1st shots, tails/dew claws done $800 (604)308-5665 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 Purebred Golden Retriever/Yellow Lab puppies.1st shots, vet checked.

Ready. $625. 604-850-5477.

Professional Property Management Services P.Meadows - Solaris Towers BRAND NEW UNITS AVAIL *1Bd+den. *2Bd+den. *3Bdrm.

CALL FOR DETAILS

S Impeccably clean S Heat S Hot Water S Parking 1 bdrm ~ Avail Now $790/mo

No pets ~ Ref’s req’d.

LGE 2 bdrm, upper flr, sep. ent, newly painted, on bus routes, close to schools & park, no pets, ref, $750 plus util., 604-802-4039 PORT COQUITLAM; 1 & 2 Bdrm apts, $715 & $815, quiet complex, no pets, call 604-464-0034

YORKIE X POMERANIAN. Two females, all shots, vet checked, dewormed. $500. 604-504-5438.

Sandy 604 945 5864 sandy@terramanagement.ca

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

Coquitlam Centre “Raphael Towers”

506

APPLIANCES

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

509

AUCTIONS

Antique & Collectible Auction Monday Feb. 4th - 7:00pm.

Viewing Sunday 1pm - 5pm Consignments Welcome CENTRAL AUCTION #313 - 20560 - Langley By Pass (#10 Hwy) 604-534-8322 www.centralauction.com

✓ 533

CHECK CLASSIFIEDS bcclassified.com 604-575-5555

FERTILIZERS

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

548

FURNITURE

MATTRESSES starting at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331 *NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET* Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell $200 ~ 604-484-0379

2 Bdrm apt $1240 1 Bdrm + den $960 *IN-SUITE W/D *GARBURATOR *ONSITE MANAGER *BEHIND COQ. CTR. MALL

Call 604-944-2963 COQUITLAM: Clean, quiet apt blk.

Suites to rent. Sorry no pets. Family owned & operated for 40 yrs.

(604)936-5755.

COQUITLAM

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.

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

Pet allowed.

Contact: Mihaela 604-600-4213

PORT COQUITLAM. 1 bdrm suite.

Full size bathrm. Private ent. Nr transit. $600/mo. incl hydro. N/S. N/P. Avail now. Call 604-802-2112.

751

SUITES, UPPER

1 Bdrm & den $835 2 Bdrm corner suite $895

DREAMING of a new career?

Look in bcclassified.com’s

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

Class 109 Career Opportunities!

Why not make your dream a reality?

752

COQUITLAM: 2 Bdrm townhouse, $965, quiet family complex, no pets call 604-942-2277.

PORT MOODY: 2 Bdrm, 2 bath + den. $1500. NS/NP. Avail March 1.

604-464-1484 or 778-772-9815.

COQUITLAM CENTRE AREA

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.

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CHILLIWACK WAREHOUSE 6,600sf. or 5,400sf. @ $4.50sf.

12,000sf. @ $4.25sf.

3 phase & single phase power.

3 bay doors 12 x 12. (604)941-2959 PORT COQUITLAM, 1500 - 3000 sq ft. Ground floor commercial area.

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

711

TOWNHOUSES *No Pets *Avail Immediately Move in Bonus - up to $500

~also apartments available~

Call 604-942-2012 www.coquitlampropertyrentals.ca Coquitlam/Port Coquitlam/ Maple Ridge

If your combined monthly family income is between $2600.00 – $5500.00 you may be qualified for market rent.

M Ridge, clean, bright, 3 BR rancher, gas fp, covered deck, workshop, near hosp, fr, st, w/d, NP/NS, Refs, $1400 + utils. 604-841-2122 POCO: Brand new 2 bdrm coach home 1000 sq.ft. $950/mo incl lndry & hydro. NP/NS. (604)719-8667

741

746

ROOMS FOR RENT

Port Coquitlam - Maryhill furnished 1 bdrm. shr’d kitchen / bath / living.

Quiet Non-Smoking ONLY House. $450/mo. incls. lndry. 604.941.2959

750

SUITES, LOWER

COQ. Nr Superstore. Large br. gr. lvl 2-bdrm ste. W/D. Patio under balcony. N/s, n/p. $1050 incl. utils.

Mar 1. (604)524-0218, (778)7729655.

COQUITLAM. BRAND NEW bright 2 bdrm, 1000 s/f, 7 appls. Nr all amenities/bus stop. $1050 incl utils, cable, net, sec syst. 604-908-1843.

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

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

Metro Vancouver Housing Co-operation.

Coquitlam

WESTWOOD HOUSING CO-OP Accepting applications for 2, 3, 4 & 5 bdrm townhome waitlist. $1032-$1612/mo Share purchase $2000.

Subsidy avail. Participation req’d.

Email for application to:

westwoodcoop@telus.net or pick up outside common room at: #30-1330 Pinetree Way, Coq. Units come avail every 2- 3 months.

• Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.

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

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

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

912

PORT COQUITLAM; 2 Bdrm T/H, $870/mo. Quiet family complex, no pets. Call 604-464-0034.

ALUMINUM BOAT WANTED, 10’, 12’ or 14’, with or without motor or trailer, will pay cash, 604-319-5720

PORT MOODY: 3 Bdrm townhouse, 3 baths, 5 appl. $1500/mo inc utils. Avail. now. 604-463-6497 or 250-328-4649

OFFICE/RETAIL

POCO: Retail & Office, Exc. location on Shaughnessy St. Now avail. Bill (604)836-2494

The Scrapper

For further info call 604-451-6075 to view

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

COQUITLAM: 3 bdrm, bth, elec. f/p, kitch up. Den, half bth, w/d, storage, carport down. Clean SXS Duplex, ns, n/p. $1630/mo: 604-931-3781

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

If your income is lower than these ranges call BC Housing 604-433-2218

Do you want to live in the security of a family community?

HOMES FOR RENT

845

RENTS between $880.00 – $1395.00

BURNABY

736

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

2004 VW Passat 4 dr. 5 speed sun roof power windows 4 cyl 126,000 kms c/w extra set of winter tires on rims. $9,700. Contact by e-mail garnetschneider@shaw.ca

2 Bedroom Apartments And 2/3 bedroom Townhouses available Attractive modern units, in a safe, all ages community. Amenities include, playground, on site laundry facilities & secure parking in a certified Crime Free Multi Housing complex. Close to schools and parks with shopping near by.

Pet friendly (some exceptions apply).

CARS - DOMESTIC

1999 MERCURY SABLE. 7 pass wagon, fully loaded, 167,000 KM, 1 owner, very gd cond. No rust. $1900. 604-790-5479.

*Near schools *5 Appliances *Decorative Fireplaces

WHATTLEKAINUM HOUSING CO-OP ORIENTATION

NO SUBSIDIES AVAILABLE Orientation: Sunday, February 3rd 1:30 p.m. at 51A-8740 Forest Grove Dr. Phone 604-420-2442

818

2 & 3 Bdrm Units Available

CO-OP RENTALS

Woodland surroundings, on Forest Grove Drive. Good location, close to schools, SFU and Lougheed Mall. No subsidies available. $10 application fee. Maximum housing charges; 2 bdrms $899/mo. 3 bdrms. $1009/mo. & 4 bdrms. $1112/mo. Shares $2500.

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

TOWNHOUSES

604-464-3550

Call 604-464-7548

Large 2 br located in a Central Coq Co-op. $810/mo. No subsidy.

Close to transit, schools, and shopping.

PORT COQUITLAM 1 bdrm grnd lvl Avail now. N/P, smoke outside ok. $800 incl utils/cable. 604-690-0564

PORT COQUITLAM

www.profile-properties.com

Bright 2 bdrm apt.

AUTO FINANCING

COQ. WW Plateau, 1,200sqf, Gdn Lvl. Luxury suite, 2Bdrs, 1Bth, 7pcs Appl. New wool carpet, int/cbl/utl. incl. 5 mins to Coq. Ctr, Schools, Transit, NP.NS. 778-389-6833

Port Moody, 4/bdrms + den upper level. 2900 sq ft. 2.5 baths, 5/appli.

Fenced backyard, garage. $2190/mo + 2/3 util.. N/P, N/S. Avail now. Call 778-999-4473

Visit our website for other rental properties: 2 BEDROOM Ground level suite for rent, close to everything, Coquitlam town center, Douglas College, Eagleridge Hospital, SFU, very Private backyard excellent for family with kids, Private laundry, new apl, Utilitis inc, 2558 Raven Court Coquitlam, available immediately. 604552-1151

810

PO.CO. North Side near Coopers New renovation 2 BD suite New Kitchen and Full bathroom. Shared Laundry. $975 includes utils Cat OK David - 778-968-8889

Call 604-724-6967 GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, Asphalt Shingles, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters. $80. 604-240-5362

TRANSPORTATION

SUITES, LOWER

Port Coq ~ 604-941-5452 or 604-944-7889 FREE PREMIUM CABLE $80 Value

PERFECT LOCATION In the City of the Arts!

On-site Manager 1993 MODULAR ON 3+ACRES, 3 BDRM/2BATH ON BEAUTIFUL CANIM LAKE WATERFRONT WITH DETACHED SHOP w/GUEST SUITE, $399,900. www.DarrelWarman.ca

750

Derek Manor 2048 Manning Ave.

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

RENTALS

COQUITLAM CENTRE 1100sf 2 bdrm 2 bath, laundry, NS/NP. $980/mo. +1/3 util 604-771-9628

PORT MOODY

Canuck Roofing All Roof Repairs Any job big or small. Free Est. *WCB *Insured *BBB 778-772-1969

GET the BEST for your MOVING From $40/hr Licensed & Insured Senior Discount 778-773-3737

APARTMENT/CONDO

DEVELOPMENT LAND WANTED

There will be no pressure and no obligation, but let’s discuss possibilities.

MISC SERVICES

706

ACREAGE

603

✶Dump Site Now Open✶

320

MISC. FOR SALE

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

Leaks, Carpentry, Electrical, Plumbing, Tiling, Painting, Caulking, Property Maintenance & Management. Jerry 604-720-0290

RENTALS

TRANSPORTATION 809

AUTO ACCESSORIES/ PARTS

FORD F-150 stock side mirrors.

Brand new, black with silver trim. $600 for the set. 604-328-2837 (Maple Ridge) TIRE CHAINS - Heavy duty V-Bar cam chains for one ton dually p/u truck. Fits 16 inch dually wheels. $160. 604-328-2837 ( Maple Ridge)

810

AUTO FINANCING

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

MARINE BOATS

A40 Friday, February 1, 2013, Tri-City News

www.tricitynews.com

It’s The GREAT FEBRUARY

PRE-OWNED SELLDOWN

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13,995

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’11 SUZUKI SX4

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14,998

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’09 FORD ESCAPE XLT 4X4, SPORT PKG, GREAT BUY STK#MLT512

19,995

$

’10 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT

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14,998

$

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’07 FORD FOCUS ZX5 NICE CAR STK#13F02766A

8,995

$

2007 NISSAN MURANO AWD, GREAT BUY STK#13EX8864A

12,995

$

’12 FORD FLEX LTD. AWD WITH NAVIGATION STK#PFT1933

32,995

$

2007 FORD EXPEDITION LIMITED, AWD, LOADED STK#13EX6783A

25,995

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’10 KIA SOUL

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LOW KMS, NICE CAR, GREAT PRICE STK#PLT4753A

’06 INFINITY G35 COUPE

’07 MAZDA 3 GT

14,995

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14,995

9,995

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9,988

JLX-L STK#PFT1932

20,995

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26,995

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23,995

$

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2008 CHEVROLET HHR LT 2011 FORD F-150 SuperCrew LARIAT 2011 GMC SIERRA 1500 SL POWER GROUP, AUTOMATIC STK#MLT505A

12,998

$

4WD, ECOBOOST, NAVIGATION STK#MLT513

41,998

$

THE ALL NEW Dlr# 5231 Metro Motors Ltd.

’08 HYUNDAI TIBURON

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22,998

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