VOTESMART PROVINCIAL ELECTION
MAY 14, 2013
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Voters will be hearing plenty from parties and candidates about what’s important in this provincial election. But what do Tri-City citizens think? See page 3
THE FRIDAY
CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2012
APRIL 19, 2013
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CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2012
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SEE FACE TO FACE, PAGE 11
SEE SPORTS, PAGE 42
INSIDE
Things-to-do Guide/20 Tri-City Spotlight/23 Elaine Golds/28 Your History/31
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Grade 4 girls and boys from Tri-City public schools were among those competing Wednesday in the 34th Como Lake Relays, a series of running races in Coquitlam’s Mundy Park. For more sports, see page 42.
Death raises care questions By Sarah Payne THE TRI-CITY NEWS
The case of Arto Howley, the nearly one-year-old boy who died on his first day of daycare, is every parent’s worst nightmare. But it also raises questions about a family’s child care options. In B.C., parents can choose ARTO HOWLEY between licensed daycares (of which there are eight different types, depending on the age of your child), licence-not-required (LNR) and registered LNR daycares. see INSPECTIONS, MONITORING, page 8
SD43 job cuts ‘massive’ Under-funding, mismanagement the keys: Grant By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS
School District 43 will need to cut 142 jobs across all departments in order to balance its budget for next year. Superintendent Tom Grant, aided by assistant secretary treasurer Chris Nicolls, handed out the grim news Tuesday and promised more details
next week, although he admitted the cuts, which amount to about 6% of the district’s staff, will be “massive” and felt at all levels. According to Grant, SD43 must pare $12.5 million from its 2013/’14 budget in order to balance it and that means dozens of teachers, administrators and support workers will be laid off, although retirements will offset some of those losses. (It’s estimated 80 to 90 people will retire.) see ‘DEVASTATING’, page 16
MORE INSIDE ■ Heads will roll: pg. 10 ■ Stress over cuts, say principals: pg. 15 ■ Parents want info and input: pg. 15 ■ How other districts are faring: pg. 16
Board chair says she’s open to a forensic audit By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS
School District 43’s financial troubles have prompted calls for a forensic audit and board chair Melissa Hyndes said she’s open to the idea. Hyndes, who issued a public apology Tuesday about the district’s money woes, told The
Tri-City News a forensic audit may help to restore the public’s confidence. “I think we all [trustees] have the appetite to understand what transpired,” Hyndes said, although she said the district has a good understanding of the mistakes it made. But the longtime Port Moody trustee said it will be up to the board to make the decision about an audit and the issue hasn’t yet been brought up. see 77 HIRED, page 14