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Average spenders TC city halls are not Metro’s big spenders: study By Sarah Payne THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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Pat Dennett, volunteer project manager for the Mossom Creek Hatchery rebuild, stands with his granddaughter, Lola Langtree, 8, in what will be the incubation room for salmon. On Friday, the province announced a grant of $35,000 that will be matched by Imperial Oil to help outfit the building.
Cash means Mossom is full steam ahead $70k will help outfit new hatchery
MOSSOM CREEK HATCHERY PROJECT
By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS
It was a great day for fish. That was the comment of Rod MacVicar, co-founder of Mossom Creek hatchery, who huddled under a tarp for a press conference Friday along with other
volunteers to celebrate a $35,000 provincial grant to help with the rebuild project. “The co-operation between local, federal and provincial politicians has been crucial,”
MacVicar said as rain bucketed around him. The money from the Ministry of Environment will be matched by $35,000 from Imperial Oil for a
total of $70,000 to help cover the cost of outfitting the building with flooring, furniture and other materials. “It’s a big step,” said volunteer project manager Pat Dennett, noting that the plan is to get a roof on the building by Christmas and acquire furnishings, floor coverings and other materials that will stand up to generations of students and others eager to learn
about the salmon and help with the hatchery. MacVicar noted that it’s important to teach young people about the environment and “we do this through the salmon,” adding that the creek is deserving of provincial support because it is home to tailed frogs, which are listed as a species of concern by the province. see TOTAL COST, page A8
Coquitlam and Port Moody spent nearly the same amount per person in 2012 while Port Coquitlam lagged far behind them in a study of Metro Vancouver municipalities released yesterday by the Fraser Institute. Th e s t u dy f o u n d Coquitlam ranked fifth in population among the 17 Metro cities studied and seventh in perperson spending ($1,393 — up nearly 50% from
the $933/person spent in 2002). PoMo, 14th in population, was the ninth biggest spender ($1,345 — up 18% from the $1,145/person spent in 2002) while PoCo’s population put it in 11th place for population and 15th for spending ($1,163 — up 30% from the $892 in 2002). None of the Tri-Cities was ranked closely in per-person spending with other cities with a similar population size. And Port Moody, with its city police force, was also much lower in per capita spending compared with other cities that have their own forces. see WEST VAN, page A5
Candidate videos live at tricitynews.com If you want to hear directly from candidates in the Nov. 15 council and school board elections, you need only to go to tricitynews.com. The Tri-City News and Tri-Cities Community TV partnered to create candidate videos to help voters in Port Moody, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody prepare to cast their ballots next month. You can find those videos and their answers at tricitynews.com/municipalelection (click on Election Candidates). see CANDIDATES, page A3