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2 MPs, new boundaries for Tri-City Port Moody, PoCo kept intact with latest changes By Janis Warren THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Tri-City voters will send two MPs to Ottawa in the next federal election — not three, as previously proposed by an independent panel tasked to redraw the electoral maps. This week, the B.C. Fe d e ra l E l e c t o ra l Boundaries Commission tabled its final report in the House of Commons, calling for two new ridings set to become official this fall. The two new ridings will, in general, split the city of Coquitlam in half:
Small kid, big talent
• north of Highway 7A (Barnet/Lougheed) plus the city of Port Coquitlam will make up the riding of CoquitlamPort Coquitlam; • south of Highway 7A plus the city of Port Moody and the villages of Anmore and Belcarra will be in Port MoodyCoquitlam. Minus the north-side Port Moody and villages components, CoquitlamPort Coquitlam will be essentially the same as the current riding of Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, represented by Conservative MP James Moore. But NDP MP Fin Donnelly will see a big change. see NO 3-WAY SPLIT, page 8
Civic election reform for ’14 Province to hold back spending limits until 2017 By Jeff Nagel BLACK PRESS
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Seven-year-old Tyson Venegas of Port Moody won first prize and $5,000 in the PNE Star Showdown, making him the youngest person ever to win the annual talent competition. Port Moody’s Ben Fremantle, a ballet dancer, took second place. For more on the local talents, see page 3.
A ban on anonymous contributions in municipal elections is among the reforms the provincial government is pledging to have in place the next time voters go to the polls to elect city councils and school boards in November 2014. Details on the changes
are to be spelled out in a white paper next month. B u t C o m m u n i t y, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Coralee Oakes said additional changes will also require disclosure and registration of thirdparty advertisers in local government elections. Sponsorship information will also be mandatory on all election advertising, and campaign finance disclosures will have to be filed within 90 days, instead of 120 days. see CHANGES, page 6