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OCT. 17, 2014 www.tricitynews.com
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Boom goes the oil spill clean-up in Burrard Inlet – but it’s only a test
RICHARD LAM PHOTO
A Western Canada Marine Response Corporation boat deploys booms Wednesday morning as part of an exercise — a simulated spill of 120 tonnes of canola oil into Burrard Inlet — at Pacific Coast Terminals in Port Moody. The exercise is a requirement of Transport Canada, which dictates such a test once a year. Transport Canada sets out response times and other requirements. For more on the exercise, see story, page 12.
B.C. to get day for PoCo’s Terry Fox B.C. is getting a Terry Fox Day and students at the Port Coquitlam hometown hero’s namesake school will be the first to hear the news. A ceremony was to be held today (Friday) at Terry Fox secondary at which Port MoodyCoquitlam MLA Linda Reimer was expected to make an announcement about a day in honour of the one-legged runner who attempted to cross Canada to raise funds for cancer research. In September, the province announced that Sept. 14, 2014 was Terry Fox Day. A spokesperson for the B.C. government caucus did not confirm whether the proclamation was to declare Terry Fox Day on Sept. 14 every year or the province would be renaming the August civic holiday, as was done in Manitoba. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com
ELECTION Candidates’ videos, union endorsements and more in the run-up to the Nov. 15 elections See page 3
Complaints prompt PoMo glass pick-up Monthly pick-up will start early in the new year By Sarah Payne THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Port Moody residents will be getting monthly curbside glass pick-up, likely starting early in the new year.
Glass hasn’t been picked up in PoMo since Multi-Material BC (MMBC) took over residential recycling programs across B.C. in May, a move that left it up to Moody residents to bring their glass recyclables to facilities in Coquitlam. (Glass is picked up in separate containers in Coquitlam while Port
Coquitlam residents have long taken their glass to a depot for recycling.) “With the change to glass recycling, the city received dozens of complaints in May and June of 2014,” notes a staff report presented at Tuesday’s PoMo council meeting. see MONTHLY, page 8
MORE ■ Organics ban to start soon: page 8 ■ PM passes OCP after eight years: pages 6 & 7