“What will happen to the artifacts that languish in basements and garages throughout the city? Where will they go as people downsize, move homes or leave the community? We need a plan to collect and display these artifacts and tell the Coquitlam story.” See column on page A10
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Mossom rebuild on a roll
Music, dance and BBQ
SEE PAGE A3
SEE THINGS-TO-DO GUIDE, PAGE A15
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Play time for bears
A board ban? Not so fast: mayor
A pair of bears had fun playing — and cooling off — last weekend in a pond between the Coquitlam River and Shaughnessy Street (between David and Lincoln avenues), where they were spotted by a local with a camera.
By Sarah Payne THE TRI-CITY NEWS
A plan to ban skateboarding and l o n g b o a rd i n g o n Coquitlam streets and sidewalks will go back to the drawing board after public backlash. The proposed bylaw changes were part of a number of amendments to the city’s traffic and streets bylaw considered at a council meeting earlier this month. It was intended as a proactive move to improve pedestrian and traffic safety but was seen by some as a heavyhanded reaction to a relatively minor issue. “You don’t just outlaw something,” said Jeff Cole, vice-president of the Vancouver Skateboard Coalition. “You work with the youth, you work with the skate shops and you come up with a reasonable solution.” “At a time when
BALI K. SOHI PHOTOS
see BOARD, page A12
Big houses bad neighbours? PoMo to look at ideas for older neighbourhoods By Sarah Payne THE TRI-CITY NEWS
As petite bungalows come down along Port Moody’s Ioco Road
corridor and much larger homes go up, Pleasantside residents are finding that one of the most feared sightings in their neighbourhood isn’t the local wildlife — it’s a “For Sale” sign. People who have treasured their views of Burrard Inlet for decades are now looking at tall,
expansive walls. Sunny gardens home to flowers and vegetable patches are now shrouded in shade. One after the other, Pleasantside residents and, to a lesser extent, those from Glenayre as well, spoke at a town hall meeting Tuesday evening at PoMo city hall, plead-
ing with council and staff to change the building bylaws — as quickly as possible — to prevent any more “monster” homes from going up. “It’s a very emotional issue,” said Tara McIntosh, a Jacobs Road resident who helped initiate the “Good Neighbour Bylaw”group.
Fighting back tears, she described the tremendous stress families are going through as they watch homes built in front of theirs, most often without any consultation with or regard for the neighbours around them. see ‘GRADE’, page A9
Port Coquitlam woman identified as victim of Tuesday killing: page A3