Fox to be added to Walk of Fame on Saturday
Port Coquitlam hero Terry Fox will be one of eight Canadians inducted into the countryâs Walk of Fame tomorrow. The unveiling Saturday will happen at the corner ofYonge and Queen streets in Toronto before Rolly and Darrell Fox â Terryâs father and brother â and Doug Alward and Bill Vigars.
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Alward was Terryâs best friend at PoCo high school and joined him on his Marathon of Hope in 1980; Vigars was the Canadian Cancer Society representative who promoted Terryâs epic cross-country journey to raise money for cancer research. It will be the first time in more than 30 years
that Darrell Fox, who was also part of the Marathon of Hope, Alward and Vigars have been together, according to the Terry Fox Foundation. The other 2013 Walk of Fame inductees are Bob Ezrin (music producer); Victor Garber (actor); Craig and Marc Kielburger (human
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rights activists); the late Oscar Peterson (musician); Christine Sinclair (soccer captain); and Alan Thicke (actor). The 15th anniversary of the Canadian Walk of Fame awards show will air on Oct. 27 and will feature a star-studded cast, including Mike Myers, Carly Rae Jepsen and Martin Short.
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The Cops for Cancer team, including Coquitlam paramedic Bob Lee (right) and CTV News anchor Mike Killeen (yellow jacket) along with a large contingent of police officers, departed from Scott Creek middle school in Coquitlam Wednesday. The group of 24 riders will spend the next nine days traveling 900 km to raise money to beat childhood cancer. Several Tri-City residents are on the team, including Vancouver Police Department Const. Karma Cosmacini, and Coquitlam RCMP constables Marc Cormier, Michael Murray, Michelle Luca and Olivier Theoret as well as B.C. Sheriffs deputy Raj Dhaliwal. To donate money, go to www.copsforcancerbc.ca.
Farnworth considers run for NDP top job By Gary McKenna and Tom Fletcher THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth said he is considering seeking his partyâs leadership nomination for a second time after current NDP chief Adrian Dix announced Wednesday he will resign. see DIX, page 13
CUPE deal to cost $1M Workers deserve raise after 4 years without: Hyndes By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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A tentative provincewide deal for a two-year contract for CUPE support workers could cost School District 43 just
under $1 million a year. B u t c h a i r Melissa Hyndes says the HYNDES clerks, custodians and special education assistants deserve the raise if the deal is approved. The tentative deal an-
nounced Thursday between the BC Public School Employersâ Association and CUPE BC narrowly averted a strike that could have started as soon as Monday. The agreement provides a 1% increase effective July 1, 2013, 2% on Feb. 1, 2014 and 0.5% on May 1, 2014. The deal â which would begin retroactively on July 1, 2012 â is set to
expire on June 30, 2014. Hyndes said the district has been told it will have to find $984,000 within its budget to cover the wage increases in 2012/â14 â a stretch after $12.1 million in cuts were already made. âI canât say itâs not going to involve more cuts next season, this is not a one-time thing,â Hyndes said. But she said the CUPE
should have received a raise after going four years with no wage hikes. âI firmly believe our employees deserve a wage increase, theyâve earned a wage increase,â she said.âThe government should have funded it, though; it should not be on the backs of school districts.â see CUPE, page 3