In the trenches, in remembrance Recreating life in First World War trenches in the parking lot of the Port Moody Station Museum are, from left, David Beale, Cary Price, Lucas Wald, and Guy Black. The men spent two nights living in the trench, playing cards, reading and participating in guard duty in advance of a Canada Day celebration honouring Canadian military efforts. The trench was named after Augustus McKnight, a Port Moody engineer who enlisted and was shot in battle, and a plaque was dedicated in his name. The plaque will be placed at the Port Moody Arts Centre, formerly city hall, where McKnight worked.
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In the latest instalment of our year-long series on the project to rebuild Mossom Creek Hatchery, which was destroyed by a fire last December, The Tri-City News looks at the release of 3,000 smolts that survived the blaze plus the hatchery’s big fundraising push this month: see page 3
Fun and thrills in PoMo — it’s all about balance
Car levy & sales tax now back on table 2015 referendum is likely but question up in the air By Jeff Nagel BLACk PreSS
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Cyclists doing tricks were just some of the attractions at Golden Spike Days at Rocky Point Park, one of the Tri-Cities’ biggest annual events. Food, entertainment and more drew thousands to the Port Moody Park. For more photos, please see page 4.
For photos of the Tri-Cities’ Canada Day celebrations, check out The Tri-City News on Friday
Metro Vancouver mayors are shifting gears on how to pay for their massive transit investment plan, returning to previously discarded options such as a vehicle levy or a regional sales tax. Mayors’ council chair Richard Walton said those options now appear more likely after the province rejected any reallocation of its existing carbon tax revenue. Although mayors had specified a new regional carbon tax as their backup source when they tabled the plan earlier this month, Walton
now calls that “problematic” because it would largely act as an increase in the gas tax, which has recently become an unreliable source of cash for TransLink. “If you raise the price at the pump, the gross revenue declines and that’s self-defeating,” Walton said after a Thursday meeting of the mayors’ council. “Ultimately it looks like we’re moving back towards discussions concerning the vehicle levy and the sales tax,” he said, adding that will require more discussions with the province this summer. According to plan documents, a regional sales tax of 0.25% to 0.5% would generate $125 million to $250 million a year. see VEHICLE LEVY, page 7