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Members of the C o l o ny Fa r m Pa r k Association say they were shocked to learn that grassy fields on the west side of the regional park could be a construction site for the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Jane Thomsing, a CFPA director, said her group is worried Kinder Morgan’s proposal to assemble the pipeline at Colony Farm Regional Park before placing it in a tunnel under the Fraser River could disturb wildlife and have long-term impacts. “It’s for the public to enjoy, it’s not for a big oil corporation and certainly it’s not for a construction site for big oil,” Thomsing said of the former farm that used to supply produce, milk and meat to Riverview Hospital.
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Members of the Colony Farm Park Association gathered at Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam on Monday to protest a proposal that’s part of plans for Kinder Morgan’s twinned pipeline to have workers weld together pieces of pipe that would then be placed under the Fraser River to connect Surrey and Coquitlam.
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Coquitlam’s mayor says a promotional video for a prominent developer that features him is Design Theatre Design Theatre just part of doing busifeaturing Award featuring ness in the community. Winning Designer Marlena Stocker Yesterday, Mayor RonnieStewart Vanstone of Benjamin Moore Richard deappearing Tri-City Paint & Decorating Ltd. fended his appearance all 3 days! on a video for Bosa Properties’ Uptown development in Burquitlam, saying his
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aim is to get Bosa and “other high-quality developers and builders” to invest in the city. “I think it’s one of the roles as a mayor,” Stewart told The Tri-City News.“This is a company I have a lot of respect for... and my role is make sure companies are welcome and to encourage economic development sponsored by in Coquitlam.” In the one minute, 35-second video, which was uploaded last week to Bosa’s YouTube channel, Stewart speaks about the revitaliza-
tion happening in west Coquitlam, especially with the Evergreen Line construction. He states in the video: “I’m really excited by the beginnings of the transformation of Burquitlam and the fact that Bosa Properties is playing such a key role in that transformation.” With the rapid transit line, due to open in the summer of 2016, Stewart states Coquitlam will become an urban centre in Metro Vancouver and be Interiors & Renovations Inc. connected to other cities. Richard Stewart, on ap-
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Beedie Living cleared a major hurdle this week in its bid to bring new life to the biggest intersection in one of Coquitlam’s oldest neighbourhoods. After a three-hour public hearing Monday, city council voted 7-2 — at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday — to give second and third rezoning readings for produced by the company’s plan to build a 26-storey tower at Clarke Road and Como Lake Avenue.
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