THE WEDNESDAY
CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2012
TRI-CITY NEWS
APRIL 23, 2014 www.tricitynews.com
CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2012
Witches on trial at Best
Play ball (and rugby)
SEE ARTS, PAGE 20
SEE SPORTS, PAGE 23
INSIDE
Tom Fletcher/10 Letters/11 A Good Read/17 Community Calendar/19
Young & old are pitching in for hatchery
LEFT: GARY MCKENNA; ABOVE: DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Left, Griffin Andersen, 12, put together a tribute to the Mossom Creek Hatchery on his laptop. The final product was played at a Moody middle school assembly that kicked off a fundraising drive to help rebuild the 30-year-old hatchery. Above, retired architect Ron Simpson (centre) and teacher Ruth Foster show kids a 3D map of the Mossom Creek watershed.
MOSSOM CREEK HATCHERY PROJECT
Thieves took mementoes of dead woman By Gary McKenna THE TRI-CITY NEWS
For an insurance company, the value of the goods stolen from Klint Rodgers’ home earlier this month is estimated at more than $160,000. For the Rodgers family, some of the items are too valuable for a number. Among these is the jewelry they inherited from his wife’s sister, who passed away unexpectedly last year at the
young age of 39. Years worth of family photos stashed on laptops and hard drives were also taken, not to mention his wife’s custom wedding ring. There are also intangibles, he said, like a sense of security in their home. His wife and daughter stayed with other family for the first few days after the break-in, fearing the thieves may return. see GRIEVING, page 7
‘This is truly a day we’ve been waiting for,’ Carol Todd said of the arrest of a man in connection with exploitation of her daughter, Amanda. See page 16
For the latest in The Tri-City News’ year-long series of articles in support of the Mossom Creek Hatchery rebuilding project, please see page 3
Admins to supervise as job action begins Phase one of the BCTF’s job action beginning today By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS
The first phase of B.C. public school teachers’ job action will see principals, vice-principals and other School District 43 managers heading out to supervise recess. Superintendent Tom Grant confirmed that
TOM GRANT recess will continue for elementary schools despite BC Teachers’
Federation work-to-rule action that begins today (Wednesday) but there may be some restrictions to areas where kids can play to ensure safety. While teachers will help out in an emergency, recess will now be supervised by managers from the Coquitlam school board office and high school administrators, possibly affecting work at schools and the board office. “We’re going to try and do all sorts of things:
Reduce the area that kids can play in so we can keep our eyes on them for safety as much as possible. And our teachers’ union and teachers have made it known if there is every an emergency they’ll be there to help out,”Grant said. Parents and students mostly won’t notice the changes, which affect supervision and communication between teachers and administrators. see REPORTS, page 6