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Ban violent vid games?
Port Moody is history
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Letters/A12 Elaine Golds/A20 Tri-City Spotlight/A24 Sports/A38
PoCo seeks corporate sponsors & ad revenue
Perfection in Port Coquitlam
City looking for cash other than property taxes By Gary McKenna
POMO $$$ PMPD has to cut $155,000: see page A3
THE TRI-CITY NEWS
The city of Port Coquitlam is considering selling advertising and corporate sponsorships to help increase revenue but don’t expect to see any major civic facilities given new corporate names any time soon, if at all. Parks and large recreation complexes will likely be off limits, according to Mayor Greg Moore, who noted that many facilities are named after people who contributed to the community. But he said the city is
interested in increasing revenues through, for example, naming a field at Gates Park — itself named for a late longtime city councillor, Mike Gates, who was a local lacrosse star in his youth — or selling advertisements along the boards of the hockey rink at the Port Coquitlam rec complex. “We know that property tax is under a lot of strain,” he said. “We have to look at other sources of revenue.” see POCO TO HIRE, page A6
Premier criticized for opposing tolls By Jeff Nagel BLACK PRESS
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Jeremy Chatt is the first youth bowler in five years to score a perfect game in B.C., which he did last weekend at PoCo Bowl when he threw 12 consecutive strikes for a 450 score. For more on Chatt’s perfect game, please see Sports, page A38.
Premier Christy Clark’s vow to block new road or bridge tolls is being dismissed as unproductive — and perhaps irrelevant — by TransLink’s board chair. Nancy Olewiler said Clark’s statement in Langley on March 24 rejecting universal road pricing or tolling may pose a barrier to solving TransLink’s long-term funding challenge and expanding the transit system in MetroVancouver. “We’re going to wait
TRANSLINK Gas tax issues for TransLink: see page A16 and see whether that kind of statement becomes policy or not,” Olewiler said in a Black Press interview. “We have a current premier who has made an announcement. But that isn’t too helpful in terms of deciding how to move forward.” see TOLL REFORM, page A17