THE WEDNESDAY
JULY 24, 2013
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The book on Burke
Youth arts festival fun
SEE LIFE, PAGE 14
SEE ARTS, PAGE 16
Rocking out in Port Coquitlam’s Lions Park
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Tom Fletcher/10 Letters/11 Community Calendar/15 Sports/19
Trash reg fines bear necessity Cities increasing enforcement due to bear activity By Gary McKenna THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Tri-City bylaw officials are stepping up enforcement of garbage regulations after an increase in bear activity across the region last month. Drake Stephens, Coquitlam’s urban wildlife co-ordinator, told The Tri-City News night patrols will be taking place this week in order to ensure residents are not bringing their garbage bins to the curb too early. Garbage, recycling and green waste bins are major animal attractants, he said, and cans should
SEE A BEAR?
• All bear sightings should be reported to the Provincial Conservation Officer service’s 24-hour tollfree hotline at 1-877952-8277.
not be set out before 5:30 a.m. on collection day. He is also reminding residents to use their green bins, which get picked up earlier than garbage and recycling, for all food and compost scraps. “A lot of people aren’t aware that it is being mandated that all organics have to be in the green can or organic bin,”he said. see TRASH FINES, page 6
Two men die in local lakes By Gary McKenna and Monisha Martins BLACK PRESS
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Guitarist Joseph Martin (foreground) joins Bend Sinister bandmates Dan Moxon and Matt Rhode in entertaining the crowd on hand for Port Coquitlam’s Music in the Park series Sunday at Lions Park. For fun events happening this coming weekend, read The Tri-City News’ Things-to-do Guide on Friday.
Authorities are urging swimmers to be cautious in area lakes and rivers after two young men drowned in separate incidents in the last week. The first occurred at Alouette Lake last Thursday when a 2 1 - ye a r- o l d Po r t Coquitlam man drowned shortly before 4 p.m. He and his friends were in the public swimming area when he disappeared under the water. Emergency officials
said they did not know how long the man was submerged; it’s believed he was under for at least 20 minutes. He was pulled from the lake by friends and brought to shore. Nurses on the beach administered CPR before emergency personnel arrived. The man has been identified as Jacob Rutzen Gibbs. He is described in his obituary as a devout Canucks fan who loved the outdoors, road hockey, the Grouse Grind and Vanilla Coke. see CPR PERFORMED, page 7