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Person of interest in hit-and-run questioned by police By Gary McKenna THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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Orthopedic surgeons Dr. Bob McCormack, left, and Dr. Dory Boyer of Port Moody’s Eagle Ridge Hospital will be heading to Sochi Jan. 29 where they will look after the health needs of Canadian athletes at the Olympic Winter Games. Both are experienced sports physicians working in multi-sport games: Dr. Boyer has worked at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and the World University Games this past summer in Russia, and Dr. McCormack has worked at several Olympic Games and will be the chief medical health officer at these Games. For details, SEE PAGE 9.
No arrests have been made but police have impounded a vehicle and spoken with a person of interest in last week’s deadly hit-and-run collision in Coquitlam. The incident, which occurred along Austin Avenue between Schoolhouse and Decaire Street shortly before 2 p.m. on Thursday, left an 88-yearold woman dead. Initially, the victim was taken to Royal Columbian Hospital in critical condition, however within an hour police announced that she had succumbed to her injuries. A neighbour told CTV News he tried to administer CPR to the woman before emergency crews arrived. Trevor Stewart said he heard a scream and looked over to see a car backing up in the home’s driveway before hearing another scream. see COQUITLAM, page 6
Belkorp wants garbage-sorting plant in Coq. Firm says technology would undercut incineration By Jeff Nagel BLACK PRESS
The firm that runs the Cache Creek landfill wants to build a $30-million highly mechanized plant in Coquitlam to pull recyclables from garbage before it’s dumped or incinerated. And on Monday night,
Coquitlam city council said it would back its proposal, voting to send a letter to Metro Vancouver to call for action. Coquitlam city manager Peter Steblin said the new plant would maximize recycling and reuse of material and help meet Metro’s waste diversion targets at no extra cost to residents. The plant would be built on 16 acres of industrial land Belkorp owns on United
Boulevard. It would create 80 new green jobs and use technology increasingly in use in California. But Belkorp Environmental Services is squaring off against Metro, saying it will only build the plant if the regional district backs down on imposing restrictions on how material recovery facilities operate. Its announcement is the latest shot by private industry across the bow of Metro’s strategy
to burn more garbage in waste-to-energy plants instead of dumping it in landfills. Belkorp vice-president Russ Black said the proposed plant could process 260,000 tonnes of garbage per year — more than a quarter of Metro’s waste stream. He estimates residual garbage in the region — even after intensive efforts to recycle — still consists of 36% recyclable material, much of it paper and plastics. Belkorp and other pro-
ponents of material recovery facilities (MRFs) say advancing technology to sort garbage holds much promise to pull out more usable material. Black said Metro’s bylaw 280, passed in October but is still awaiting provincial government approval, restricts MRFs too tightly and must be rejected by the province or revised by the regional board for Belkorp’s plant to go ahead. see COMPANY, page 7
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Conceptual design of Belkorp Environmental Services’ proposed NextUse material recovery facility in Coquitlam.