THE WEDNESDAY
CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2012
TRI-CITY NEWS
Mayors gear up to unveil plans for transit
CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2012
Refugees at home here
Carney takes on the Cat
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Tom Fletcher/10 Letters/11 A Good Read/17 Sports/23
What’s buzzing in Burquitlam?
Moore prefers tax referendum in Nov. By Jeff Nagel BLACK PRESS
Metro Vancouver mayors say their blueprint for new rapid transit lines and other transportation upgrades — as well as proposed new taxes to go to a referendum — will be made public next month. The almost finalized document, still under wraps after weeks of closed-door meetings, will go to a final vote of the TransLink mayors’ council in late May or early June before being sent to Transportation Minister Todd Stone, who challenged the mayors to come up with their vision of what’s needed. “A lot of folks thought perhaps we couldn’t do it,” said TransLink mayors’ council chair Richard Walton. see $ NEEDED, page 8
May Day It’s the biggest party of the year in Port Coquitlam and thousands turned out for May Day’s big event, the annual parade. See photos on page 16
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Brian Christensen, who has more than 20 years of experience with mason bees, tends to the creatures’ homes at Burquitlam Community Gardens in Coquitlam. Christensen, a Burnaby resident, recently took over duties from longtime beekeeper Ted Gaylie. The park is located at Ebert Avenue and Whiting Way. For more photos and information, see page 3.
Thief steals from mom’s fundraising campaign Mom training for fundraising run By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS
A Port Moody mom is not letting a thief stop her from trying to do the most she can for her four-year-old daughter. Today, Andrea Lyons will get up at 4 a.m. to run 10 km just like she does every day to prepare for the June 22
Scotia Bank half marathon Charity Challenge to raise funds for the BC Neurofibromatosis Foundation. She has a reason: Her daughter Dani was recently diagnosed with the debilitating disease, known as NF1, which can cause tumours to grow along nerves, affecting mobility and vision, and causing other issues. SUBMITTED PHOTO
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Andrea Lyons with daughter Dani, who has neurofibromatosis.