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Farnworth to discuss NDP leadership run “The public in British Columbia is ready for a change,” West said. “After 10 years of Liberal government, people are ready to see honesty and integrity restored to government, they’re ready to have a government that puts their family and their needs first and we firmly believe that Mike Farnworth is the person to do that.”

West and Pollock began propping up Farnworth via the Facebook campaign shortly after Carole James stepped down as NDP leader in early December. Since that time, the pair say they’ve been inundated with support from across the province.

“For most people, I’m getting the strong feeling that they’re for Mike for the same reasons as me: they

John Kurucz jkurucz@thenownews.com Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth has called a press conference for Thursday afternoon, when it’s expected the NDP house leader will reveal his intentions to run for the party’s leadership.

PoCo Couns. Glenn Pollock and Brad West serve as co-chairs of the Draft Mike Farnworth for BC NDP Leader Facebook campaign, and while neither would confirm Farnworth’s intentions in interviews Tuesday, both spoke at length about the four-term MLA’s leadership qualities.

know him, they know he’s a downto-earth guy, he’s a PoCo guy and he’s got common sense,” Pollock said. If Farnworth declares his intentions to run Thursday, he will be the fifth person as of press time to do so, joining Fraser-Nicola MLA Harry Lali, Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons, Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan and marijuana activist Dana Larsen.

West said Farnworth has the ability to unite the party, as well as experience, a common-sense approach and an “electability factor.”

“Having been a four-term MLA, having been a cabinet minister, having served as house leader and having been a city councillor before

that, there is no doubt that Mike is ready,” West said. “He can step in and lead from Day 1, and I think that’s important, particularly with the possibility of a snap election.”

Farnworth was not available for comment, but his press conference is scheduled for noon Thursday at the Gathering Place in PoCo. On the other side of the political fence, former Port Moody-Westwood MLA and Liberal leadership hopeful Christy Clark announced Tuesday she would institute a statutory holiday in February if elected premier.

Proposed for the third week of February, Family Day is currently celebrated in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

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dolson@thenownews.com With his gregarious smile and loud, gravelly voice, Terry Fox Secondary teacher and coach Carey Lapa was someone who broke down walls and inspired trust in all who knew him.

The 51-year-old died Sunday morning of a heart attack, leaving a huge hole but many great memories at the schools he taught at.

“He was, without exaggeration, one of the most popular teachers at the school,” fellow Fox teacher and football coach Martin McDonnell said Monday. “He was a great person, someone who students and teachers all liked a lot.”

McDonnell and fellow Fox co-coach Tom Kudaba were with Lapa much of Saturday at the B.C. High School Football Association annual general meeting in Burnaby, and made plans to join him Sunday to watch the Green  CONT. ON PAGE 4, see ‘HE WAS.’

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Terry Fox Secondary coach and PE teacher Carey Lapa, who was known throughout the school district, died Sunday of a heart attack.

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new partnership between Metro Vancouver and the B.C. Pharmacy Association aims to protect the health of both residents and the environment.

Announced earlier this month, the campaign is meant to encourage people from throughout the region to bring their unused medications back to local pharmacies for safe disposal.

The free program sees pharmacies collecting the medications before they are turned over to the Post Consumer Pharmaceutical Stewardship Association (PCPSA), an organization that, in turn, disposes of the meds by high-heat incineration.

“It’s a great new year’s resolution to think about something that we can do that really isn’t that hard to do to protect the environment and our personal health and safety,” said Marnie Mitchell, CEO of the B.C. Pharmacy Association.

The program has been rolled Parm Johal, owner out at more than 20 pharmacies across the region, and five Port Coquitlam outlets are taking part.

“In the last few years, pharmacists are really focusing in on this and creating more awareness,” said Parm Johal, owner of PoCo’s Wilson Pharmacy.

“As we become more and more aware of some of the strains on the environment, I think more and more people are asking those types of questions as to what they should be doing with these materials.”

Johal noted that most medications are no longer effective after their expiration date, while others —

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of Wilson Pharmacy in Port Coquitlam, demonstrates the safe disposal of unused medications. tetracycline and acetaminophen, for example — can become harmful after their best-before dates.

“We don’t recommend that you flush them down the toilet either because we don’t know the longterm effects of it, but obviously we do know that it is harming the environment in some ways,” he said.

Mitchell said while the partnership between B.C. pharmacies and Metro Vancouver is new, the program itself is not. The PCPSA began the initiative in the mid-1990s, after city staff in various municipalities began noticing “appreciable amounts” of medi-

cations ending up in landfills.

“There is no ‘away’ when you throw medications away in your garbage or flush them down the toilet,” added PoCo Mayor Greg Moore, chair of Metro Vancouver’s waste management committee, in a press release. “Our hope is that, by working with the region’s pharmacists, we will make it easier for people to safely dispose of these potentially harmful medications.”

For more information on the campaign, see www. medicationsreturn.ca.

Chase stretches from Vancouver to PoCo Five cities, four police forces, two off-duty cops and one stolen Jeep.

It was a busy day for a 28-year-old New Westminster man who was arrested in Port Coquitlam Friday following a pursuit that covered a good chunk of Metro Vancouver.

Just after noon on Jan. 7, an offduty Vancouver police officer reported a 1992 Jeep Cherokee being driven erratically. VPD officers found the vehicle, realized it was stolen and began a short pursuit. They lost the Jeep in Burnaby and called off the chase — only for an off-duty Burnaby Mountie to report the same Jeep being driven dangerously.

The off-duty officer kept the vehicle in sight as it travelled through Burnaby and into Port Moody. An unmarked Port Moody police car took up the trail and followed the Jeep into

over .08 and two counts of wilfully Coquitlam — where it had allegedly resisting or obstructing a peace offibeen stolen earlier that day. cer. Whitelaw is scheduled to appear Marked Coquitlam RCMP cars tried in Port Coquitlam provincial court to stop the Jeep, but the driver eluded officers and made his way to Lougheed tomorrow (Thursday).

••• Highway at Pitt River Road in Port Both a highrise and a single-family Coquitlam before the Jeep broke down. home were targeted durThe driver escaped on ing a rash of break-ins foot but was quickly capMonday in Port Moody. tured — bringing the purJust before 8 a.m., the suit to an end just before complex manager for 2 p.m.

Simone Blais Suter Brook contacted Troy Whitelaw, 28, police about a theft of from New Westminster, surveillance equipment was arrested and remains from the complex. When officers in custody. Police are recommendarrived, they found the equipment had ing charges of possession of stolen been damaged and stolen, likely over property, possession of stolen property the weekend. Damage is estimated at over $5,000, dangerous operation of $150, while the stolen equipment is in a motor vehicle, flight from peace officer, care or control of vehicle while the range of $1,200.

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section attended to gather forensic evidence, and investigators are reviewing surveillance tapes for possible suspects.

That afternoon, police were called to a home on Seaview Drive about another break-in. The owners told police they had been gone between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m., and arrived home to find the house’s rear sliding door pried open. The suspect or suspects rummaged through the workshop, bedrooms, living, laundry and recreation rooms. All told, thieves made off with jewelry, tools, a sound system and jacket.

Port Moody police are asking for the public’s help with both of these break-ins. Anyone with information is asked to call the department at 604461-3456 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS.

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Bay Packers’ playoff game against Philadelphia. When he failed to show up to watch his favourite team, people became a little concerned.

“We were together all day and we socialized afterwards and planned to watch the Green Bay game. That was his team,” McDonnell noted.

Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore remarked during Monday’s council meeting how Lapa had touched many people during his years as a teacher and a friend.

“He was definitely someone who dedicated his life to teaching,” Moore said, explaining how Fox students had grown accustomed to seeing Lapa as a parent figure.

“I’m still in shock,” said Pinetree Secondary teacher Bernie Crump. “I’ve know Carey from his UBC days as he came there after me …

Our paths constantly crossed.

Coaching in the district, he was just a fun guy to be with.”

Terry Fox principal Heather Murphy said a memorial service is planned for Feb. 5 at the school, following a family service in Kamloops.

“His life was kids, football and teaching,” Murphy said.

“We really want to have our service for his mother and

“He was a great person, someone who students and teachers all liked a lot.”

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Terry Fox Teacher and Coach sister to attend because they probably think he was just a teacher. But he was really loved here.”

Lapa was defensive line coach for the Fox seniors the past handful of years, helping guide the team to two AAA B.C. high school football championships, in 2006 and

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2008, and back-to-back junior titles in 2006-07. Last year, when the junior Ravens needed a head coach, Lapa took over those duties.

A phys-ed teacher, Lapa had been at Terry Fox for 16 years, after a handful of years teaching at Centennial.

When he was coaching senior football at Centennial, he lived to beat Terry Fox. After he shifted across the district to PoCo, he was focused on beating Centennial.

Football was a huge part of his life, his friends said.

“He was the kind of guy you wanted to hang with, but he was always about the kids,” Crump noted. “I remember his famous Lapa speeches.

When it came time for him to talk, the kids’ eyes would roll and he’d get right into it.

They knew what was coming, but when he finished they’d just charge out of there.”

A Kamloops native, Lapa made his mark on the sports field, including as a member of the 1982 University of B.C. Thunderbirds football team that rolled undefeated to a Vanier Cup championship.

The squad, billed by many as the greatest team in Canadian Interuniversity Sport history, was inducted into the UBC Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.

Lapa was not shy about taking on administrative duties for his sport. He served as past-president of the B.C. High School Football Association, and was active with local union duties.

“He cared so much about the sport and the kids,” Crump said. “His kids really revolved around Lapa.”

Lapa was predeceased by his father Andrew and brother Kevin. He is survived by his mother Erna and sister Bonnie.

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PoCo saves for new infrastructure Simone Blais sblais@thenownews.com One per cent of all tax dollars in the City of Port Coquitlam will be put away for the future.

So says Mayor Greg Moore, who gave a breakdown of the year gone by and a look at what’s to come in 2011 during his mayor’s year in review report, delivered at Monday’s council meeting.

Moore said Port Coquitlam has to keep a keen eye on the state of city infrastructure as aging roads and sewers reach the end of their life spans.

“The infrastructure gap, it’s a problem,” Moore said, adding that infrastructure “is expected to reach the end in about 20 years, and that’s going to come with a big price tag. Our city was built and paid for by our parents, and we have to save to replace what we have, or we will be leaving the bill for our children.”

To address the needs of tomorrow, Moore said one

“Our city was built and paid for by our parents, and we have to save to replace what we have.”

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for repair or replacement.

As for his 2011 outlook, Moore said upgrades to Hyde Creek Recreation Centre will be completed, in addition to Broadway Street reconstruction.

He added it is also time to update the city’s master transportation plan, as PoCo makes headway this year on important projects like improving Coast Meridian Road, the Pitt River Road corridor and the first phase of Kingsway Avenue’s multi-use path. A bike lane strategy is also in the works for 2011.

A key component of the last transportation plan drafted was the Coast Meridian Overpass project, which Moore noted as a top highlight from last year.

“You could almost hear a sigh of relief in the community when that opened,” he said, describing it as the largest transportation project in the city’s history and one that is proving to be a critical link for PoCo residents and the region alike.

Other initiatives scheduled

for 2011 include growth in the Dominion Triangle and Fremont Village; a litter cleanup program allowing citizens to adopt parks, streets and trails; implementation of an environmental strategic plan; moving food scraps collection in the multi-family and business realm from pilot project to full-time program; and completing the Pitt River intertidal wetland.

A civic election is also scheduled for November, Moore said, adding that PoCo will again work with other Tri-Cities municipalities to increase voter turnout. An information workshop for prospective candidates is planned.

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Find an Evergreen alternative Re: “Move upsets business owner,” Friday, Jan. 7.

After reading of Steve Tetu’s problems with the eviction by the provincial government, it seems to me the Evergreen Line is more troublesome than I previously thought.

Besides lacking some $400 million plus in funding and having insufficient ridership estimates, officials are not being fair to property owners being evictTo The ed or enduring negative effects to come from the Evergreen Line.

With these problems and the instances of construction being delayed, it makes one expect problems to worsen during construction and into its initial operation.

As far as I know, the promise of rapid transit into the Coquitlam area was made by the Socred government in its final years.

It was a faulty promise made by a faulty government under a faulty party.

The party and that government have long disappeared, and so should its faulty promise of train transit.

However, some officials in municipal and provincial governments have not Editor realized this.

Instead of processing evictions, officials should be seeking cheaper alternatives to the Evergreen Line.

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anada’s new environment minister has a peculiar take on his job. Rather than safeguarding the natural world, he sees it as his role to make its destruction more palatable.

Peter Kent went on national television Thursday to assure Canadians that everything is fine.

He acknowledged that climate change is a reality, but told his audience we’re right on track to solve it.

We’re going to revise regulations for longhaul trucking, for instance. Oh, and our nation’s gas-belching oil sands are really not a problem.

Such words from an environment minister are astonishing. Thirteen years ago, Canada and other nations signed a protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to six per cent below 1990 levels. That was considered a modest and necessary first step on a path to averting disaster.

Since then, our emissions have climbed to 24 per cent above 1990 levels. With skyrocketing energy consumption and unwavering reliance on fossil fuels, we are showing no signs of turning that trend around.

What Canada needs is a clear, comprehensive plan for systemic transformation. But Kent’s comments show he has absolutely no intention of delivering one. Instead, he is focusing his energy on convincing the public and the international community that there’s really nothing wrong. This, in and of itself, is terrifying.

In any area of private industry, someone who so completely neglects the requirements of their job would be fired.

Come election time, the Canadian public should bear this in mind.

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other words, it made it impossible for a state governhe candidates for the leadership of the B.C. ment to raise taxes because the bar was set too high.

Liberal party have offered a smorgasbord of Other states have since passed similar laws and policies, although none of them qualifies as a the result is the financial meltdown we are seeing new “big” idea. today. The people most hurt by this tax revolt are, But one of the promises put forth by one of the naturally, the most vulnerable: the poor, the disabled candidates has the potential of causing serious proband the young. lems if it’s ever repeated.

Tax revolts are tinged with populism, of course, I’m referring to George Abbott’s promise to use but they are the philosophical offspring of rightthe upcoming HST referendum to also determine wing conservativism. Tax measures should be set by the fate of the carbon tax. Setting tax policy via a a government duly elected by the people. referendum is a bad, bad idea.

Of course, Abbott is not proposing If you don’t believe me, check out anything like Proposition 13. But B.C. what’s going on in places like California voters will now have two kicks at the or Arizona. They are just two of many anti-tax can, and that may set a precedstates that have used referendums to ent that may prove seductive to future greatly hamper (or even eliminate) the politicians and governments. abilities of state governments to raise As demands for health care, educataxes to meet rising demands for servition, higher wages and infrastructure ces. continue to climb, more and more As a result, states are finding themView From revenues have to be found — either selves slashing services in such areas as The Ledge through taxes, user-pay models or K-12 education, post-secondary educaspending cuts elsewhere. tion, municipal services and public secKeith Baldrey Many people simply can’t connect the tor wages. dots when it comes to taxes and services. They simStates are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, plistically think that cutting things like the salaries and many have simply refused to pay creditors (i.e. of politicians will provide the money to take care of individuals and companies contracted to do work on the rising demands of society. behalf of government).

So it’s easy for them to simply and enthusiasticThe financial mess south of the border has much ally vote “No” in a referendum to any proposal to to do with the recent recession, of course, but its raise taxes, even while they demand more and more roots extend back to the notorious Proposition 13 things from government. passed by California voters in the 1970s.

One of Abbott’s leadership rivals, Christy Clark, That referendum enshrined in state law a requirehas rightly called him on this idea. To his credit, ment that any new tax had to have the support of Abbott appears to have the most extensive and two-thirds of the electorate in a referendum. In

thoughtful platform of any of the candidates.

But if he ultimately wins the leadership, I hope he confines the tax-by-referendum idea to a one-timeonly occurrence.

••• A lot of observers were quick to write off NDP MLA Harry Lali as a serious leadership candidate, but I think he has the potential to have a significant impact on the race and on the party’s future as well.

While I don’t think he stands a good chance of actually winning the contest, Lali has signalled he’s prepared to play rough and engage in some serious hand-to-hand combat with people.

As a veteran MLA and former cabinet minister, Lali cannot simply be ignored by the party’s hierarchy. In fact, Lali says he wants to take down what he considers to be the “establishment” of the party.

Presumably, he’s referring to people like party president Moe Sihota, provincial secretary Jan O’Brien, B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair and those in the NDP caucus who have been calling the shots for years.

Again, I don’t think he’s going to necessarily be successful in his quest, but if he pushes the theme hard enough things could get very, very ugly indeed within the NDP. Rather than a so-called healing process, the leadership race may end up being an all-out war pitting faction against faction.

And perhaps that’s just what the party needs. A lot of former allies in the party are now bitter enemies, and until they deal with their internal demons, they stand little chance of forming government.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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Garbage pickup inadequate As you are probably aware, Port Coquitlam now collects garbage every two weeks instead of every week. My household has two adults, one child and one small dog. We recycle, compost, separate food scraps into the green bin — you name it.

This past summer was a challenge, what with the leftover potato salad and To The Editor the last few grilled prawns fighting it out in the 35 degree heat. (And, no, Greg Moore, I am not going to freeze my garbage in between pickups.)

However, this letter has been prompted by what just occurred over Christmas. The goofy system that PoCo employs bumps your Monday pickup to Tuesday if there is a stat holiday and then from Tuesday to Wednesday, etc. if there is another stat holiday.

What this meant for us in “Blue Zone 4” was a gap of 19 days between garbage pickups. At Christmas. That time of year where no matter how much you eat, how much you foist on your friends and neighbours and how diligent you are about composting, you are still left with literally heaps of garbage. Solution: take one of your vacation days and head to the Wastech facility and pay to rid yourself of it.

We pay sufficient taxes to have our garbage collected more frequently than every 19 days.

I’d appreciate some feedback on this from residents and City Hall.

Tracy O’Toole Port Coquitlam

a weapon to fulfill agendas. One of the most extreme examples of this was the case of the principal of a New Brunswick school who banned the national anthem because someone found it objectionable.

I think we have forgotten the definition and principles of democracy that were defined by the ancient Greeks: Every citizen is equal before the law and has equal access to power. I sometimes think the NDP have forgotten that the word “democracy” is part of their political title. Or maybe the word “new” has allowed them to put their own slant on the definition of democracy.

Neil Swanson Coquitlam

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Many residents waited nearly three weeks for garbage pickup after Christmas. and inspiration behind this endorsement?

Martin states it is time for B.C. to have a female premier. Never mind the person who runs the province should be the best qualified, just that it be a woman.

Martin says this is her first foray into the world of public opinion. Given the lack of forethought in her statement, maybe she should have waited a few more years. It goes without saying that gender bias is ugly in so many ways. So why are seemingly innocuous statements like this tolerated?

To suggest that Carole James, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton and other very public female politicians got to where they did just because they were women is absurd. It demeans them and diminishes their accomplishments.

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NDP leadership race, has gone on record stating that he may eliminate the quota system concerning women in the party ranks. The backlash within his party and in the media was immediate and harsh.

This probably explains why the NDP has such a difficult time winning elections. Being the government of the province means you are running the largest and most complex business in B.C. You are responsible for millions of people and billions of dollars. You want the best and brightest, no matter what their gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

Whenever you tilt the table to favour one cross-section of society, you are disenfranchising another cross-section. In my opinion, PC is no longer a tool to correct egregious and intolerant actions and behaviours, but

The shootings in Arizona have generated more heat than light. If you listen closely, you can hear axes grinding away across the country. Here are a few facts amid the hyperbole.

Random stranger killings are relatively rare.

In the U.S., 14 per cent of all homicides are committed by a stranger. In Canada, it’s 18 per cent, and in the U.K., it’s 22 per cent.

This boils down to about 80 people out of 600 murders in Canada, and 2,300 out of 17,000 murders in the U.S. Europe has more stringent rules for obtaining guns than the U.S., but they have even more such incidents.

If there is someone to blame, it is the NDP government that shut down mental hospitals in B.C. and dumped many severely ill patients on the street. This was completely irresponsible. The mentally ill constitute a majority of the homeless in Greater Vancouver.

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City council ratified an agreement with Pattison Outdoor Advertising Monday for another five years of bus shelter maintenance and advertising, in a give-and-take that will see more transit riders covered from the elements, but not necessarily at the busiest stops.

The city previously contracted Jim Pattison Industries (now Pattison Outdoor) to install and maintain bus shelters from 1999 to 2009, and Port Coquitlam staff were instructed to renew the agreement for another five years.

After a business review in 2009, Pattison Outdoor put forward a five-year agreement with an option to renew for five years at council’s discretion.

As part of the agreement, Pattison Outdoor pays the city 25 per cent of advertising revenue, with a guaranteed $130 per month per shelter. Between 21 shelters, the city has received more than $30,000 per year in revenue, which approached a three-year average between 2006 and 2009 of $36,322.

Pattison retains the exclusive right to place third-party advertising on any shelter at bus stops in Port Coquitlam.

“This is a win-win. We get bus shelters in the city and revenue for it,” Coun. Glenn Pollock said, suggesting with a laugh that his transit stop doesn’t yet have a shelter.

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“It’s based more on eyeballs going past the bus stop than those waiting at the bus stop,” Mayor Greg Moore said.

But Coun. Mike Forrest wondered whether advertising exposure is the best criterion to choose bus shelter locations with, as it doesn’t necessarily serve riders.

“It seems to me we’re out of sync,” he said.

“We want people to use buses, but we don’t want to pay to build shelters unless there’s advertising.”

Moore said the city spent its own funds on upgrading 15 bus stops to make them more accessible in 2010. That included improvements like clearing the area or paving a pad for pedestrians to stand on, which could lead to shelters in the future. Fifteen more stops will see upgrades in 2011.

Coun. Sherry Carroll, who also uses transit, said she was surprised to learn a bare-bones shelter could cost as little as $10,000. She suggested the city look into adding to the bus shelter inventory, in addition to the Pattison Outdoor structures to come.

“It’s yet another step in council’s attempt to make it more accessible to use transit,” she said.

Moore said the city could always put in more bus shelters, but there would be a budget consequence.

Council unanimously approved the Pattison agreement.

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“It’s been as high as 705 [inmates] since that Long-standing issues with overcrowding at time and averages anywhere between 600 and Port Coquitlam’s North Fraser Pretrial Centre 650 inmates on any given day.” led to a 30-minute-long hostage-taking scenHe added that the staff-to-inmate ratio is ario last Friday night. also askew, as one staff member is assigned B.C. Government and Service Employees’ for every 60 inmates. The optimal ratio, Union spokesperson Dean Purdy said the inciPurdy said, would see one staffer for every 30 dent occurred in an area of the facility intendinmates. ed for solitary confinement, “We will step up to the though issues around capacity plate, and we have been doing forced the two inmates to be that while dealing with the “It is really playing housed in the same cell. situation — it’s havoc on our morale overcrowding “There were two inmates something we do, that’s our right now.” in a cell and one inmate put job,” he said. “But it is really a homemade weapon to the playing havoc on our morale other inmate’s throat and held right now.”

Dean Purdy it there, and held him hostage A spokesperson from the BCGEU for up to a half hour,” Purdy Ministry of Public Safety and said. “It was because of the Solicitor General said Tuesday good work of one our correcthat the inmate responsible tions officers at the time … who was able to for the attack has been “individually confined,” use his wits and defuse the situation and it all and that an investigation in being conducted worked out in the end, this time.” by both the RCMP and BC Corrections.

Purdy said the victim of the hostage taking As for the issue of overcrowding, the reprewas not seriously injured and suffered some sentative conceded it is a province-wide issue. “superficial wounds.”

“There’s no doubt we have ongoing capacity Coquitlam RCMP Const. Kristina Biro said pressures at all of our correctional centres, she could not comment on the matter, as the and we look forward to relieving some of these incident is still under investigation. pressures through the addition of new jail According to Purdy, however, Friday’s incispace approved as part of our capital plan,” the dent is symptomatic of long-standing issues at spokesperson, who requested anonymity, wrote the pretrial centre, which has grappled with in an e-mail. overcrowding for the past four or five years.

That $185-million capital plan includes 20 “Studies have shown when inmates are additional cells in Prince George, 104 new cells double bunked, living two to a cell that’s at the Alouette Correctional Centre for Women designed for one, it’s known to fuel tension in Maple Ridge and a 180-cell expansion of the and to add to the violence in our corrections Surrey Pretrial Services Centre.

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12 Stage 43 Theatrical Society presents Charley’s Aunt, a Vickie Ayers is on the home stretch of her Variety The British comedy written by Brandon Thomas and directed by Jim Children’s Charity fundraising, looking to raise $5,000 more to Harrison, at the Evergreen Cultural Centre from Jan. 13 to 16 reach her $25,000 total. She will have a booth at the Pinetree and Jan. 19 to 22. Tickets are $20, with discounts Village Save-On-Foods beside the lottery kiosk to available for seniors and students. Info: 604-927accept donations from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every 6555 or www.stage43.org. day except Mondays. Information: 604-939-7419.

Tri-City Christian Women holds its monthly Tri-City Stamp Club hosts a small stamp auction luncheon at noon at the Executive Inn, 405 events@thenownews.com with viewing at 7 p.m. and bidding at 8 p.m. in the North Rd. in Coquitlam. Reservations required.

McGee Room of the Poirier Community Centre, 630 Information: Marie at 604-420-2667.

Poirier St. All welcome. Information: www.stampPlace des Arts hosts an opening reception at 7 club.ca. p.m. for its exhibits of Library, Suzy Stroet’s multiple media Planet Organic hosts chef Charles Crouch for a presentation collection; The Voice of the Sea, Robi Smith’s visitation of the on post-holiday cleanses from 6 to 7 p.m. at 2755 Lougheed oceans in her acrylics exhibition; and Remembering Venice Hwy. in Port Coquitlam. Spaces are limited and registration is by husband and wife Nathania Vishnevsky and Rick Glumac. required. Information: 604-552-2799.

Exhibitions run until Feb. 5 at 1120 Brunette Ave. Terry Fox Library holds a free, drop-in storytime from La Leche League Canada, Coquitlam chapter, meets at 10 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in Port Coquitlam. a.m. at the SHARE office at 2615 Clarke St. in Port Moody.

Storytimes include books, finger plays, songs and flannel board Discussion will be around family and the breast-fed baby. stories. All ages welcome. Info: 604-927-7999.

SHARE alcohol and drug program kicks off its education series with a discussion on use, misuse and abuse from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 2615 Clarke St. in Port Moody. Program is free. Info: 604-936-3900.

Recovery International meets weekly at 7:30 p.m. at the TriCities Mental Health Centre, 2232 Elgin Ave., Port Coquitlam.

The self-help peer-to-peer support group meets to help those struggling with stress, fear, anger, depression, anxiety, panic and nervous symptoms. Information: Phyllis at 604-931-5945.

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Information: www.lllc.ca or 604-520-4623.

Morningside Toastmasters meets from 7:25 to 8:30 p.m. at Burkeview Funeral Home, 1340 Dominion Ave. in Port Coquitlam. New members welcome. Information: Gene at 604230-8030.

FRIDAY, JAN. 14

Crossroads Hospice Society kicks off a new year of coffeehouse music with a performance by Dark Willow at 7:30 p.m. at the Gathering Place, 1100-2253 Leigh Sq. in Port Coquitlam.

Admission is $5, and supports Crossroads Inlet Centre Hospice.

Information: Bill at wrmarshall@shaw.ca.

Place Maillardville kicks off Baby’s First Year, a free drop-in program for moms, dads and grandparents with babies from newborns to 12 months old. Program runs from 1:45 to 3:15 p.m. The discussion will focus on baby literacy with Gail Felton.

Information: 604-933-6166.

Central Coquitlam Pensioners Branch 108 weekly social bingo at 1 p.m. in the Mike Butler Room at Dogwood Pavilion.

There are 15 games, and pots range from $5 to $25. New players welcome. Information: Catherine at 604-937-7537.

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Mackin House Museum hosts its historical book club at 2 p.m., when members will discuss Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth. All welcome. The museum is located at 1116 Brunette Ave. in Coquitlam. Information: 604-516-6151.

Alderson Elementary hosts family drop-in sports from 10:25 to 11:10 a.m., as part of a program funded by the City of Coquitlam. Activities geared to preschoolers and guardians, and

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British comedy comes to Evergreen

he Stage 43 Theatrical Society will take to Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre for a series of performances of the British comedy Charley’s Aunt beginning on Thursday, Jan. 13.

Set in 19th-century England, the plot follows the exploits of Jack and Charley, two Oxford undergraduates who are looking to propose to their girlfriends but lack the savoir faire to do so.

The two rely on Charley’s millionaire aunt to serve as a chaperone for their exploits, but when she cancels her trip at the last minute, Jack and Charley are forced to rely on a cross-dressing friend to play matchmaker.

Written by Brandon Thomas and John directed by Jim Harrison, the show runs from Jan. 13 to 16, and again from Jan. 19 to 22.

Tickets cost $20 for adults and $18 for seniors and students, and can be purchased by logging on to www.stage43.org or calling 604927-6555.

Getting underway at 7:30 p.m., the Jan. 15 performance will feature Abraham Wong on violin, and pianists Evgenia Rabinovich and Bogdan Dulu performing on a prestigious Fazioli piano.

Tickets for all eight performances cost $50, and are available by calling 604-936-2525.

Local makes Vagabond debut

Coquitlam actor James Rha will make his stage debut with the Vagabond Players starting Jan. 20, when the troupe takes its production of Norman, Is That You? to New Westminster’s Bernie Legge Theatre.

The group’s first production of 2011 starts with the breakdown of Kurucz the marriage between Norman’s parents, Ben and Beatrice Chambers. After Beatrice leaves him, Ben decides to go to New York City to visit his son.

Once in the Big Apple, Ben meets Garson and finds out that Norman is gay, leading Ben to try everything within his power to “straighten out” his son. Once Beatrice shows up, things Crossroads fundraiser Friday only get more complicated.

Cast as Garson, Rha is joined on the cast by Consisting of Ellen Van der Hoeven and Isabel Mendenhall, Pat McDermott, Alexandra David Donaldson, the musical duo known as Wilson and Harry Pering.

Dark Willow will perform on Friday, Jan. 14 at Norman, Is That You? runs Thursdays Port Coquitlam’s Gathering Place. through Saturdays between Jan. 20 and Feb Known for their penchant for melody and 12. Show times are 8 p.m., with 2 p.m. Sunday harmony, Dark Willow will play the first matinées also offered.

Crossroads Hospice Society fundraiser of the Tickets range in price between $5 and $15, year. and are available by e-mailing reservations@ Tickets cost $5 at the door, and an open mic vagabondplayers.ca or calling 604-521-0412. session will run from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. before the main act performs at 9 p.m.

Arts in Brief

Artists looking to display their works at Coquitlam’s Place des Arts in 2012 have until Friday, Jan. 14 to submit their proposals for consideration.

The centre’s proposal call is open to artists of all skill sets and mediums: sculpting, painting, drawing, prints, photography and more.

An exhibition proposal package can be downloaded from the centre’s website at www. placedesarts.ca, while those looking for more information are asked to call Katrina Driver at 604-664-1636.

Concert series starts Saturday

The first of eight fundraising concerts to raise money for World Youth Day is set for Saturday, Jan. 15 at Coquitlam’s Our Lady of Fatima church.

Billed as the Joan West Memorial Concert Series, the eight shows are meant to help raise money for youth who will be attending a nineday pilgrimage to Spain as part of World Youth Day in June.

Faculty concert Jan. 22

It will be a case of east meets west at Place des Arts’ upcoming faculty concert on Jan. 22.

The show will feature five performers with roots ranging from the southern U.S. to eastern Europe, as the show We Heart Music takes to the stage in Coquitlam at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 22.

The quintet will feature Anna Levy (piano, Bulgaria), Johanna Hauser (clarinet, U.S.), Roger Mangas (viola, U.S.), Karina Slupski (violin, Poland) and Aleksandra Dziobek (cello, Poland).

Over the course of the evening, the group will perform works by Krommer, Sumera, Rachmaninoff, Brahms and Milhaud as trios and quartets.

Tickets for the show range in price between $11 and $13.50 plus HST, and are available by calling 604-636-1636.

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Those interested in submitting their shots are asked to send a CD with up to three high-resolution photographs to Leigh Square Community Arts Village, 1100-2253 Leigh Square, Port Coquitlam, BC, V3C 3B8, Attn: Arts & Culture Coordinator. CDs should be labelled with the sender’s full name, postal address, phone number and e-mail address.

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ales, unlike it’s rather staid neighbour, England, is a land of whimsy.

It is early spring in Llangollen, North Wales, and hedgerows like dark eyebrows run along the edges of fields where mother sheep fuss over their newly arrived lambs. Our mini-bus drops our group off at Plas Newydd, a Tudor-style house with a façade resembling rows of black and white dominoes.

This was once the home of Lady Eleanor Butler and the Hon. Sarah Ponsonby — both born to minor nobility in Ireland — who, in order to avoid being forced into marriage, eloped to Wales and set up house here in 1780.

Today this would hardly raise an eyebrow, but back then what would the strait-laced society of the late 18th century have made of the Ladies of Llangollen, as they came to be called?

Lady Eleanor was a prolific correspondent and diarist, and Plas Newydd became the haunt of literati such as Byron, Shelley and Wordsworth, whose “Sonnet Composed at Plas Newydd” was penned in their garden.

There were other notables among their visitors, including European royalty, the Duke of Wellington and Josiah Wedgwood. To supplement their slender income (their outraged families had refused to extend any financial help), at the queen’s request, King George III granted them a pension.

Plas Newydd has an intricate wood-carved entrance and bas-relief panels decorate the walls along the interior stairway. Overall, the rooms are small and rather dark, but in my imagination I see Miss Sarah as she tidies up the coverlet of their double bed, while Lady Eleanor writes in her journal by the window, exchanging perhaps a fond look and a smile

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The very lengthy name of this store says it all: Wales is a land of whimsy. with her dear companion.

Their relationship spanned more than 50 years until they passed away, Eleanor in 1829, Sarah two years later. The ladies rest side-byside in St. Collen’s Churchyard in Llangollen, and Plas Newydd is now a museum run by the Denbighshire County Council.

In contrast to this tranquil country estate is a wacky but undeniably popular resort (a rarebit of Welsh drollery?) in Snowdonia on the northwest coast of Wales. Portmeirion is the brain child of a self-styled architect, Sir Clough

Williams-Ellis, who, undaunted by his failure to complete a degree in architecture, went on to create a fantastical world of buildings, statues and gardens. Dubbed “zany” and “campy” by visitors, one wonders whether Sir Clough was either a dotty eccentric or had a prankish sense of humour. Or perhaps both.

Robin Llywelyn, Clough’s grandson and managing director of Portmeirion, leads our group through a cobalt-blue painted archway and talks with great solemnity about the history of Portmeirion, but most of us aren’t lis-

tening. We are peering at our surroundings: a Dali-esque world of buildings in the wildest of hues — turquoise, burnt umbre, purple, pink, mauve, terra cotta, ink blue and bright yellow.

The structures run the gamut of architectural styles from Jacobean to art deco. An Italian piazza lies below us and, on a hill to one side, a stone bell tower that looks as though it was once featured in the movie Vertigo.

For the next half hour, we walk through the village, bemused. Portmeirion is the nearest thing I can imagine to a funky collection of DeMille-style Hollywood sets. Here an Athenian portico with pillared colonnades, there a mullioned-windowed Stratford-on-Avon cottage and just across the way a Spanish hacienda with a terracotta tile roof. In between, just for variety, are Ionic columns topped by bronze Burmese dancers, marble angels and a stone Hercules hefting the globe.

The group gathers for tea at what is probably the only elegant building on the property, the hotel, with its airy tea room and tastefully appointed restaurant.

Discovering Welsh rare bits doesn’t just apply to places. It’s about their unique signage, too. In the village of Llangollen, I stop short before a sign that looks like a spill of Scrabble tiles: “Ysiopfachgardiauwrthybontdrosyrafondd yfrdwyynllangollen.” It means “The little shop that sells cards by the bridge that crosses the river Dee in Llangollen.”

If you go:

• Check out www.visitwales.com for general tourist information, and www.rarebits.co.uk for places to stay.

• Visit www.llangollen.com/plas.html to learn more about Plas Newydd and Llangollen, and www.portmeirion-village.com to learn about Portmeirion.

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Express tinker with eye on playoff spot

Opposing general managers were eager to take some veterans off the Coquitlam Express’ hands at Monday’s B.C. Hockey League trading deadline, but they went away empty-handed.

In the end, Express general manager Darcy Rota and head coach Jon Calvano listened to team captain Garrick Perry and heard one strong message.

“Our goal from the start of the season was to make the playoffs, and Garrick came to us before Christmas and said that this is where he wanted to be and he wanted the chance to lead us into the playoffs,” said Rota.

Perry was also a player most teams came calling for, but the 20-year-old forward with a scholarship to the University of Alaska-Fairbainks was adamant about finishing what he started.

“There were zero offers that we were interested in,” Rota said. “Perry was adamant that he wanted to stay, and when you move your captain what does that say to your other players?”

They already had to begin last week’s three-game road trip without him, as he was serving a two-game suspension for a high hit on Jan. 2.

The Express were stopped 5-2 on Friday by division-leading Powell River, suffered a heartbreaking 5-4 overtime loss to Cowichan Valley, the team they are battling for the last playoff spot, and then squandered a 3-0 lead in what turned into a disappointing 6-5 setback in Nanaimo on Sunday.

Despite those losses, the club is still just two points back of Cowichan with 17 games left. That the Island team traded the league’s top scorer, Mike Hammond, to Salmon Arm on Monday could add an interesting element into the chase for the final playoff berth.

Coquitlam led in both Cowichan and Nanaimo but were unable to stave off the home team’s rally. On Sunday, markers by Malcolm McKinney, Massimo Lamacchia and Mitch Pacey before the game was six minutes old provided a great start, but Nanaimo rallied to tie it before the period ended.

Early in the third and down by two, the Express charged back to tie it on tallies by McKinney and Destry Straight.

But just 26 seconds after Straight’s powerplay goal, Nanaimo’s Myles Fitzgerald beat newcomer Billy McGladrey for what proved to be the game winner.

It was a similar story a day earlier in Duncan, when Alex Petan scored twice to tie it with 49 seconds left in regulation. But Cowichan cashed in on a goalmouth scramble in overtime to take the two points, and handing Coquitlam its league-worst ninth overtime defeat.  CONT. ON PAGE 21, see LOSSES LEAVE...

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Ravens clipped in Beagle bronze test Stories by Dan Olson sports@thenownews.com Without one of their key starters, the Terry Fox Ravens was the better team for three of the four quarters.

Unfortunately, the other quarter belonged to the Burnaby South Rebels.

The Ravens put up a valiant effort on Saturday before falling 69-60 to the thenNo. 1-ranked Rebels in the bronze medal game of the Fox Legal Beagle Invitational boys basketball tournament in PoCo. As the dust settled from the tourney, the provincial poll would get a heavy duty shakeup.

Fox’s loss to the Rebels came on the heels of Friday night’s rough 81-62 defeat at the hands of Richmond’s R.C. Palmer in the semifinal, a team that prior to the tourney was ranked second overall in B.C., just one spot ahead of Fox. For both teams it was the second game of the day, but for the Ravens, it looked like the third.

“I’m not big on excuses, we just didn’t come out to play,” Fox head coach Rich Chambers said. “It was the second game for them, too, and Palmer just physically kicked the crap out of us.”

It certainly didn’t start out that way, as the Ravens stormed out to a 20-3 lead.

Momentum shifted quickly and Palmer, who went on to beat Kelowna in the final 70-63 and earn the No. 1 spot in today’s B.C. poll.

Despite a pair of losses to close out the tourney, the host Ravens are expected to hold on to a top-five spot, behind Burnaby South and Kelowna.

A mild concussion to starting guard Bret Macdonald was a big blow to Fox, and their case wasn’t helped by an off-day from the other veterans. Ryan Sclater delivered 23 points for the Ravens against Palmer, while Scott Hind chipped in 13, including seven in the opening quarter.

The Ravens opened the series with an easy 79-43 trouncing of Gleneagle on Friday morning before a packed gym.

Against Burnaby South, a two-point game at halftime quickly turned Burnaby’s way on a 15-point run to start the third quarter.

Down 13 points entering the fourth frame, the home team cut the deficit to four on Emeka Adindu’s bucket with 3:48 left in the game. But foul trouble and a need to press put the Rebels on the line, accounting for their final seven points.

Sclater finished with 14 points, while Hind chipped in 12 and Matt Trimble contributed 10.

The Gleneagle Talons followed a similar path, winning their first game before dropping the next two. They opened with a clean 54-41 victory over White Rock Christian, as Alex Klocek netted 14 points, and Jeffri Agiba added nine.

In their loss to Fox, the Talons got 19 points from Turell Scott.

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PUSH OFF: Gleneagle Talons’ Alex Klocek, left, takes an elbow on the chin from White Rock Christian player during the first day of action at the Terry Fox Legal Beagle Invitational. The Talons won the game 59-41.

Top girls teams collide this week at Centennial’s Top-10 The big teams of AAA senior girls basketball are coming to Coquitlam this week to raise their games at the Centennial Top-10 Shootout.

Four of the top-six ranked teams will be battling for bragging rights, including No. 1-rated Brookswood and third-seeded W.J. Mouat. Eight of the top-10 teams are in attendance, with four also listed on the latest ranking as honourable mentions.

Action tips off Thursday, 9:30 a.m. in Centennial’s blue gym when Mouat plays Fleetwood Park, while at 10 a.m. in the red gym No. 10 ranked Maple Ridge plays Carson Graham.

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Thomas takes over for Bellies Alfie Lau sports@thenownews.com From hall of fame to behind the bench.

The New Westminster Salmonbellies announced Tuesday that Ken Thomas will be their new head coach for the upcoming 2011 season, succeeding Bob Salt.

Thomas was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame last year and had served as the assistant general manager with the Salmonbellies last season.

The Port Moody native played 13 years in the Western Lacrosse Association, ending his career by coming out of retirement to join the Coquitlam Adanacs on their fateful run to the 2001 Mann Cup championship.

Helping Thomas will be assistants Troy Poelzer and Chris Gill.

The trio will have some tough shoes to fill, as Salt guided the Salmonbellies to three league titles in the last four seasons.

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LOGJAM: Coquitlam bantam A Chiefs’ Cameron Davitt, right, fends off a Burnaby Eagles’ opponent during their round-robin game at the Burnaby Minor Hockey Bantam International Hockey Tournament last month. Coquitlam finished with a 1-2-1 record, including a 4-4 tie with Burnaby and an 8-1 victory over North Delta.

Losses leave Coquitlam chasing last playoff spot  CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1.

“We had three glorious chances (Sunday) in the last minute to tie it up,” said Calvano. “It kind of came down to defensive letdowns and bad breaks, but we’ve got to do a better job of protecting a lead.”

While they didn’t make any major deals at the trading deadline, the team did make a couple of depth moves.

They dealt 19-year-old backup netminder Luke Hernandez, who hadn’t started a game in more than a month, to Fresno of the North American Hockey League for hulking defenceman Cody Castro. The six-foot-three blueliner, a native of Pasadena, Calif., played the previous two seasons with Lethbridge and Tri-City of the Western Hockey League.

Rota then signed 17-year-old McGladrey, a six-foot-four netminder who was playing for the Osoyoos junior B club.

In another move, Coquitlam released Pacey and inked Edmonton native Tyler Griffith of the U.S. major midget tier I Russell Stover team. The 18year-old forward brings offensive upside, and like Castro and McGladrey, has the potential to contribute past this season. “[Griffith] is an offensive player, he was being sought after by other junior clubs — he was a Canadian playing in the U.S.,” noted Rota. “If you

ask Cody, he’d tell you he’d like to get back to the (WHL) next year and I told him we can use his talents this year.”

Coquitlam visits Langley tonight and doesn’t hit the ice

again until Jan. 19. But that doesn’t mean down-time for Calvano and Rota. The two will head east to scout tier 1 hockey tournaments in Michigan and Illinois, respectively.

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“It’s just about keeping ahead of the competition. Recruiting is a work in progress but we’ll have our eyes around looking for the best available 1992s and ‘93 imports,” Calvano said.

franchise proved to be Salt’s undoing, and the new coaching staff knows what the only acceptable outcome is another Mann Cup championship.

“It was the toughest decision our organization has had to make,” president and general manager Dan Richardson said last November. “There was a feeling within the organization if we were going to make a change, this was the year to make it.”

In his seven-year tenure as head coach, Salt built up an 88-35-4 win/loss record during league play and a 35-15 record in the post season, including a 24-1 run in the last three seasons.

The closest the ’Bellies came to winning the Mann Cup was last year’s final in New Westminster, when the ’Bellies led Game 7 by a score of 7-6 with 16 seconds left to go, but eventually lost the cup in a fourth consecutive overtime loss in the seven-game playoff.

Thomas’ coaching experience includes serving as an assistant coach to Salt.

Salt accepted the blame for the team’s Mann Cup record, noting that five of those 12 losses came in overtime.

Kudaba tallies twice for Canada Port Coquitlam’s Con Kudaba scored two times to help Canada’s men’s water polo team hammer Argentina 13-4 in the first match of the UANA Cup tournament in Victoria on Monday.

The three-country event serves as a qualifying tourney for the FINA world aquatic championships in China in July, with the top two earning an automatic berth. He was chosen the game’s second star.

The tourney continues today.

• Megan Pinske scored 14 points to help the Western Washington Vikings defeat Western Oregon University 83-67 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference basketball action.

The former national team member had entered her senior year after averaging 7.6 points per game as a junior.

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Well Managed Building.

office: 604 524-8174 cell: 604 813-8789 2232 McAllister Port Coquitlam 2 BR & 3 BR

Apartments avail Feb 1 * Newly reno’d, quiet secure bldg, walk to all amenities. * Near WC Express. * Rent incls heat, hot water, fridge, stove, priv balcony & window coverings * Laundry & Storage ea floor * No pets ✔ Wheel Chair Access

604 - 941 - 7721

MOVE-IN BONUS 544 SYDNEY PLACE COQUITLAM

COQ • Austin Heights Clean Apts to rent. Sorry no pets.

604-936-5755 COQ HOWIE Ave, 1 BR, 700+sf, quiet bldg, sec’d prkg, does not include cable/hydro. $725 incls hot water. N/P. 604-941-2313

VILLA MARGARETA 320-9th St, New West

Bach & 1 BR Available.

All Suites Have Balconies.

Undergrd Parking Available.

Refs Required. Small Pet Ok.

CALL 604 715-7764 BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

NEW WEST

St Andrews Street 2 BR Apt, Large balcony, updated, nr transit & amens.

Available Feb 1. Small pet ok with pet deposit.

Call 604-540-9300 CANTERBURY COURT

Large bright 1 BRS @ $765.

Newly renovated Incl heat, hot water 1016 Howie Ave. nr Austin Raymar Realty. 778-828-6345 LARGE 2BDR,2BTHR suite, Dishwasher, washer & dryer, alarm system on suite. Underg parking.$1000.00 util included. #105-1175 Heffley Crescent, Coq (close to Coq Center) NEW WEST, 1 BR Penthouse, Amazing VIEW, priv deck $980.

1 BR $765. Reno’d, Incls ht/htwtr, deluxe cbl. NS/NP. 604-521-4180

COTTONWOOD PLAZA 555 Cottonwood Ave, Coq

Large units some with 2nd bathroom or den.

On bus routes, close to S.F.U. & Lougheed Mall.

office: 604 936-1225

JUNIPER COURT 415 Westview St, Coq

Close to Lougheed Mall, all Transportation Connections, Schools & S.F.U.

office: 604 939-8905 cell: 604 916-0261 KING ALBERT COURT 1300 King Albert, Coq Close to Transportation, Schools & S.F.U.

office: 604 937-7343 cell: 778 848-5993

EL PRESIDENTE

220 - 7th St, New West 1 BR, $700. Rent includes heat & hot water, reno’d suites with big patios. By shops, banks, Skytrain & college.

U/grd parking available.

Call 604-519-1382 Managed by Colliers International

GARDEN VILLA 1010 6th Ave, New West

1 BR & 2 BR Available.

Beautiful atrium with fountain.

By shops, college & transit.

Pets negotiable. Ref required.

CALL 604 715-7764 BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

Fifth Ave, New West 2 BR $935 & 1 BR $785. Lrg, bright, well maint bldg. Rent includes heat, hot water & cable. N/P. Central New West.

CALL 604 519-1095

Apt/Condos

NEW WESTMINSTER, One Bedroom, $730/mo Includes heat, h/w, cable & parking. Near schools, shops, bus & Skytrain. Available February 1st.

Cats okay! Deposit required.

SKYLINE TOWERS 102-120 Agnes St, N.West

Hi-Rise Apartment with River View & Indoor Pool.

1 BR & 2 BR Available.

Rent includes heat & hot water. Remodelled Building and Common area. Gated undergrd parking available.

References required.

CALL 604 525-2122 BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

BONSOR APTS Renovated high rise, concrete building. Penthouse, 1 BR & 2 BR available. Very close to Metrotown, Skytrain & Bonsor swimming pool. Rent includes heat, hot water. Refs req’d.

or Bayside Property Services Office: 604-432-7774

6540

Houses - Rent

ANMORE, 2 BR Rancher, reno’d, 1900sf, lev acreage, 5 appls, 2 bath, f/p, garg, patio. Mins PoMo/ Coq Ctr, Buntzen, 778-688-6622 COQ, 6 BR hse, $2700, 4 BR hse, $1800 + 70% utils. 2 BR ste $1000 + 30% utils. 778-896-6114

Call 604-521-2884

PORT MOODY Sub-Penthouse, NEW, Water view! 3 BR + solarium, 1100sf, 2 bath, all ss appls, sec prkg, Gym, Pool + Aria Club.

N/S. $1700. Now. 604-889-8750

COQ, Blue Mtn/ Como Lake. 3 BR, upper flr. 1.5 baths, big deck, 6 appl. $1,490/mo + 2/3 utils. Ns/ np. Near schools. 604-939-6077

New Westminster

814 Royal Avenue

Newer 2 BR Condo, 6 appls, N/S, pet possible. Avail now or Feb 1. Lease and excellent refs a must. $1250.

Al Dodimead ACD Realty (604) 521-0311 view this & other properties @ www.acdrealty.com

NEW WEST Main & Upper hse, Near 22nd Skytrn Station. 3 BR, 2 bath, new reno’d. Cat OK. NS. $1300. Av Feb 1. 604-522-9086 POCO 3 BR mn flr, kitchen, dining & liv rm, small fam rm, $1450, Immed. Gord 604-329-9600

New Westminster

909 - 12th Street

Bright 2 BR ste. New carpets.

Fridge, stove & W/D in building.

Avail now or Feb 1. $950. Ns/np.

Lease & excellent refs a must.

Al Dodimead ACD Realty (604) 521-0311

Professionally Managed

by Colliers International

Contact Natalie 778-230-9037

6508

view this & other properties @ www.acdrealty.com

ROTARY TOWER 25 Clute St, New West

Age 55 or over. Beautiful view.

Bach high rise apt.

Close to trans & shopping.

Rent incl all utils. Refs req.

Contact Ana Cell: 778-859-0798 Bayside Property Services Ltd.

ROYAL CRESCENT ESTATES

22588 Royal Crescent Ave, Maple Ridge Large units. Close to Golden Ears Bridge. Great view of River

office: 604 463-0857 cell: 604 375-1768

6540

Houses - Rent

3 Bdrm Homes! Rent TO OWN! Poor Credit Ok, Low Down.

Call Karyn 604-857-3597

POCO, Mary Hill. Spac 3 BR upper flr, f/p, priv w/d, big deck, f/yard. Ns/np. $1,375/mo + 2⁄3 util.

In CDS. Nr West Coast Express + schools. Immed. 604-945-4835 STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN ● No Qualification - Low Down ● COQUITLAM - 218 Allard St. 2 bdrm HANDY MAN SPECIAL!!!

HOUSE, bsmt/2 sheds....$888/M NEW WEST- 1722-6th Av 2 bdrm HOUSE w/1 suite 2 f/p,Long term finance, new roof, RT-1..$1,288/M SURREY- 6297 134 St. Solid 5 bdrm HOUSE w/2 bdrm suite on 1/4 acre lot with views... $1,688/M CHILLIWACK - 9557 Williams, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town..... $888/M Call Kristen (604)786-4663 www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca

6450

Miscellaneous Rentals

GATED PARKING AVAILABLE New Westminster CALL 604 723-8215 BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

Time to Get Your Own Place?

Find your answer in the Classifieds – in print and online!

Family Living

● Spacious apartments ● Heat, h/w, prkg, indoor pool ● Ball court, daycare avail. ● Near Skytrain, shopping & kids park. Sorry no pets.

604 939-0944

FOR RENT

1-BEDROOM A PT. Move in tomorrow. Affo rdable monthly rent.

from

820

$

RENTALS 604-931-3273 rentals@capreit.net www.caprent.com

6595-20

Coq./Poco/ Port Moody

POCO, Own BR, $425 incls utils, W/D, share home. NS/NP. Avail Now. 778-216-1727 ROOMMATE NEEDED to share 1800 sqft Townhouse in Port Moody, w/d, laminate floors, $595 incls utils, cable & internet, parking, indoor pool, nr SFU & Lougheed Mall. Suits professional working person or student. References Required. Avail Now. Call 778-846-5275 T/HOME IN Port Coq. to share with 1 mature male over 30, $500 incl cable & net. ns, np, no drugs, refs, Jan. 15, 604-941-9021

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BDRM ste in Maple Ridge, avail Feb 1, $775 +25% utils, incl basic cable, sep kitchen/dining, small den, great neighborhood, cat ok, no dogs, N/S. Tamarack Lane area. Call 604-467-4905 BBY 2 BR g/l in new house, $750 incls heat/hydro. NS/NP. Nr Canada Way/Imperial. Suits 1 or 2 Jan 15/ Feb 1. 604-521-6658 BBY BRENTWOOD, Brand New 1 BR bsmt, nr skytrain & Mall, $800 incls utils, no w/d, n/s, n/p, Avail Now, Refs. 604-307-9450 BBY CDA WAY area, 2 BR mn flr, h/w flrs, appls, enste w/d, dbl gara n/p, $1200. Feb 1. 604-522-5951

BBY, Central. Lrg 3 BR, 2 baths, f/p, priv w/d, c/port. Exc cond. $1350 + ½ util. Small pet ok. N/s.

Near BCIT, SFU, BGH, Skytrain & bus. Avail now. 604-298-6874

BBY, EAST. 2 BR, 1010 sqft, g/lvl, radiant ht, cls to schools & bus, Avail Immed. 604-521-1008, 604-789-6318 BBY Gov’t Rd area, 2 BR glvl ste, $900 incl util/cbl, ns/np, avail Now, nr skytn/SFU, 604 420-6451

MONTECITO TOWERS 99-7360 Halifax St, Bby Bach, 1 BR & 2 BR

604 420-5636 www.montecitotowers.com

Go to http://classified.van.net or call 604-444-3000.

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

COQ 1 BR g/l, avail now. $750 incls utls, cble, net, W/D. Suits 1.

Como Lake/Blue Mtn. NS/NP. 604-240-3641 or 604-729-4709 COQ, CENTRAL. 1 BR & Den gr lev ste, sh’d W/D, own entry, prkg. $650 + sh’d utls. N/S, no dogs.

Avail Jan 15. 604 937-3534 COQ Lrg 1 BR + Office, sh’d W/D. Nr SFU. $850 incls utils/cbl/net NS. Av now or Feb 778-232-6359

COQ WESTWOOD Plateau. 1 BR, g/l, sh’d W/D. $750 incl hydro/ cbl. Ns/np. Now. 604-889-6175

N. WEST, Queensborough, 3 BR, main flr, 1 bath, $1100/mo + utils, available immed, own parking.

604-722-5550 or 604-671-8389 NEW WEST, BRAND NEW 1 BR ste. Avail now. $700 incls utls & hspd net. NS/NP. 604-763-4715 NEW WEST Newly updated Lrg 1 BR or 2 BR, 2 baths bsmt, furn, 1blk from JI, nr SFU, 1200 sqft.

Avail Now. ns/np, 604-516-6346 NEW WEST, Queensborough. 2 BR, Priv ent. Shared w/d. N/S, N/P, Nr bus & Skytrain. $725 incls hydro/heat. Avail Now. Call 604-307-9350, leave message

POCO. Big 1 BR. 1,000 sf. Patio.

Absolutely ns/np. $700/mo incl hydro. Avail now. 604-942-0436 POCO. Reno’d 3 BR upper flr, 2 baths, storage. $1290/mo + 60% util, immed. Ns/Np. 604-375-8757

POCO, Southside. 2 BR, upper floor, full bath, sh’d W/D. NS/NP. Av now. $825+ util. 604-941-7794

6605

Townhouses Rent

POCO 2 BDRM T/H $775/mo & $815/mo. Quiet-family complex, No Pets! Avail Now. Call 604-464-0034

RIVERS INLET BBY, METROTOWN. 1 BR, g/lvl, Alarm. Near skytrn. NS/NP. Refs. $850 incl util. Now. 604-430-1358

BBY, MIDDLEGATE. 1 BR suite. $650/mo incl hydro/cable. Ns/np, no w/d. Feb 1st. 604-522-6773 BBY N. 1 BR nice bsmt ste. $625 incls utls. Avail now. Strictly NS/ NP. Nr Alpha sec. . 604-291-2976

BBY, N. 2 BR upper lvl, mtn & city view, lrg deck, n/p, $830 + utils.

Priv w/d. Also: Bach suite, $680 incl utils. Immed. 604-951-8632 BBY N, Brentwood, 2 BR ste, hrdwd flrs, sh’d W/D. NS/NP. $820 + utls. Feb 1. 778-998-6685 BBY N., near SFU/transit. 1 BR Furn’d ste. NS/NP. Avail now. $800 incls utls. 604-299-0923

Townhouses

(Coquitlam Centre area)

• 2 BR Townhouse • 3 BR Townhouse 1.5 bath, 2 levels, 5 appls, decorative fireplace, carport.

Sorry no pets.

Call 604-942-2012 WOODLAND PARK

TOWNHOMES Professionally managed family townhome complex on 28 acres located in beautiful Port Moody.

Spacious 2 BR & 3 BR units, 5 appls, inste W/D, walk out bsmt, 1 parking.

Cat friendly.

Contact 604-939-0221 woodland@rentmidwest.com

6620

Warehouse/ Commercial

BBY 3191 Thunderbird Cres, W/H with office, 2000 sf, 2 units to choose from, Large O/H door, New building, avail Feb/Mar, 604 929-9493 www.westrockproperty.com

BBY, S. 2 BR, upper flr. 1.5 baths.

Near BCIT/Metrotown. Covered deck. Sh’d w/d. Ns/np. $1100/mo + util. Immed. 604-433-2688

BBY, SPERLING. Big 1 BR, g/lvl, f/bath, sh’d w/d. $850/mo incl hydro. Ns/np. Immed. Near bus.

604-671-1179 or 604-434-9789

Bach, Jr. 1, 1 & 2 Bdrms

Heat/Water incl., parking avail. On cul-de-sac.

Tennis courts, close to Lougheed Mall, bus/Skytrain.

Shared Accommodation

BBY - nr Patterson skytrain stn, 1 BR, own W/D. $850 incls heat.

NS/NP. Feb 1. 604-710-4440

WHITGIFT GARDENS 1 BR, (80% adult bldg), $750.

2 BR fr $925. 3 BR fr $1100.

6595

COQ 3121 Pattulo, 2 BR bsmt, full bath, own w/d, all appls. $1050 incls utils. Pets ok. 2 mins to Coq Centre. Avail Feb 1st.

778-688-2594

7010

Personals

DATING SERVICE. Long-Term/ Short-Term Relationships, FREE CALLS. 1-877-297-9883.

Exchange voice messages, voice mailboxes. 1-888-534-6984. Live adult casual conversations-1on1, 1-866-311-9640, Meet on chatlines. Local Single Ladies.

1-877-804-5381. (18+).

The NOW COQUITLAM, PORT COQUITLAM, PORT MOODY, ANMORE AND BELCARRA

HOME SERVICES

8010

Alarm/Security

ALARM 604-463-7919 Systems Ltd.

8055

Cleaning

★★★★A GIFT OF TIME ★★★★ Clean to perfection, Honest, Lic & Insured, Free Window Cleaning, Call 778-840-2421 ENERGETIC LADY will clean your home. Honest & reliable.

Call 778-233-5859 (Coquitlam) Maids 'R' US Exc. Home Cleaning! Great Prices! 20 yrs Exp, Ref's, Res/Comm 604 808-0212

8073

Drainage

Flooring/ Refinishing

8105

8075

Drywall

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

J.A. CONSTRUCTION

Specializing in drywall & textured ceiling repairs, drywall finishing, stucco repairs, painting. Fully insured.

604-916-7729 JEFF

•Drywall •Framing •T-Bar •Doors & Trim. Professional work.

Cypress Hills Cont. 604-722-6431

8080

Electrical

#1167 LIC Bonded. BBB, lrg & sm jobs, expert trouble shooter, WCB, low rates, 24/7. 617-1774.

ABACUS ELECTRIC.ca Lic Elect Contr 97222. 40 years exp. 1 stop!

Reas. rates! BBB. 778-988-9493.

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

8087

Excavating

ABSOLUTE BOBCAT & EXCAVATION LTD.

• All Bobcat & Mini-X Services • Small Hauls Available • SNOW REMOVAL • Fast Reliable Service

Call Ryan: 604-329-7792

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

Century Hardwood Floors ★Hardwood flr refinishing ★Repairs ★ Staining ★ Free Estimate. Contact 604-376-7224

Lawn & Garden

8220

To place your ad call

604-444-3000 Plumbing

8295

8307

Snow Removal

K & E’S 24 HOUR SNOW PLOWING & SALTING Artistry of Hardwood Floors

Refinish, sanding, install, dustless Prof & Quality work 604-219-6944

GET ER’ DONE Flooring & Trim

Laminate & Hardwood

604-841-1855 604-466-9733

8115

Furniture Repairs/ Refinishing

LARIC FURNITURE REFINISHING

Specialists In: ANTIQUES, HOME & OFFICE FURNITURE RESTORATION & REPAIRS Free Est., Pick-up & Delivery

604-469-2331

DRAIN TILES & WATER LINES Without Digging a Trench 604-294-5300

8160

A Gardener & A Gentleman Lawn, garden, tree svcs. Pruning, yard clean-up, rubbish. 319-5302

8185

Moving & Storage

AFFORDABLE MOVING 1 to 3 Men

1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 Ton $ From

45

We accept Visa, Mastercard & Interac Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance

FREE ESTIMATES Seniors Discount

604-537-4140 www.affordablemoversbc.com

MONTY J’S MOVING Ask us about our

8120

Glass Mirrors

ECLIPSE GLASS

www.eclipseglass.ca

Frameless Shower Mirrors Handrails Free Estimates

604-710-2779

info@eclipseglass.ca

8125

Gutters

PRESSURE WASHING, Gutter Cleaning and Repairs Call George • 778-859-7793

8155

Landscaping

★ OPERA LANDSCAPING ★ Retaining walls, irrigation, paving, patios, fences, etc. 778-688-2444

8160

Lawn & Garden

Winter Services Same Day Service, Fully Insured

SNOW REMOVAL

• Yard Clean-Ups • Pruning • Gutters • Landscaping

• Xmas Lights • Hedges • Rubbish Removal • Odd Jobs

Winter Specials!

www.MontyJsMoving.com

Call 604-710-5253

Abe Moving & Delivery & Rubbish Removal. Available 24 hours. Call Abe at: 604-999-6020 A MOVING EXPERIENCE WITH L & D ENTERPRISES !!!

Fast & Dependable Special Rates Seniors Disc. Call 604-464-5872

ABBA MOVERS bsmt clean 1-4 ton Lic, ins’d from $35/hr, 2 men $45 day honest 26 yrs est 506-7576.

AMI MOVING ★ 3-5 ton cube.

Starting at $39/hour. Local & long distances. 24/7 ★ 604-617-8620

8195

Painting/ Wallpaper

A Name You Can Trust

STARBRUSH PAINTING

Trim/Prune hedges, rubbish removal, yard clean-up. Free Est, reasonable rates. 604-710-9670

Planning on RENOVATING? Check out the specialists in our Home Service Directory of the Classifieds and get started on your project today!

To advertise your Home Service Business call Classifieds 604-444-3000

Renovations & Home Improvement

FERREIRA HOME IMPROVEMENTS Additions ★ Renovations Concrete Forming ★ Decks Garages ★ Bathrooms Ceramic Tile ★ Drywall Hardwood Flooring ''Satisfaction Guaranteed''

NORM, 604-466-9733 Cell: 604-841-1855

Bedwell Property Services Additions & Renovations Residential or Commercial Since 1988 Fully insured and licensed Please call Jerome Penner

604-808-6874

or bedwellprop@aol.com

JENCO

CONSTRUCTION

Small Jobs Are Welcome!

We do Kitchens & Baths Winter special: 15% off Custom Cabinets www.jenco-online.info

604-562-5934

A1 CONTRACTING. Bsmt, bath, kitchen cabinets, tiling, painting & decks. Dhillon, 604-782-1936 Complete Bathroom Reno’s Suites, Kitchens,Tiling, Skylights, Windows, Doors, 604 521-1567 THOMAS DIAMOND Quality Renos, Repairs, Decks, Stairs etc. Precise, Reliable, Prof, Insured. Free Est. 604-710-7941. thomasdiamond1@hotmail.com

8250

Roofing

• Free Estimates • Seniors Disc.

• High Quality, Low Cost • WCB

25% Off with this ad

Call 604-518-0974 MILANO Painting 604-551-6510 Int/Ext. Good Prices. Free Est. Written Guar. Prof & Insured.

Paving/Seal Coating

ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick, drains, foundations, walls, membranes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187

BOOK A JOB AT

www.jimsmowing.ca

PACIFIC ACE PLUMBING INC. •Repairs •Installation •Insured Free Est. Call • 778-836-8835

AAA ADVANCE MOVING Experts in all kinds of Moving, Storage & Packing. Different from the Rest. 604-861-8885

8205 310-JIMS (5467)

PLUMBERS

Water Lines (without digging) Sewer Lines (without digging) Install. Drain tiles. 604-294-5300

8240

8220

A27

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

A North West Roofing Specialist in Re-Roofing & Repair, Free Est payment plan avail, WCB, Liability Insured Jag 778-892-1530 CHOICE Roofing 604-807-7312 Specializing in New, Re-roofing & Repairs. Quality assured.

JJ ROOFING, Repair specialist, Reroof, New Roof. Seniors disc.

WCB, fully ins. 604-726-6345

Plumbing

**HOME PHONE RECONNECT** Call 1-866-287-1348. Prepaid Long Distance Specials! Feature Package Specials! Referral Program! Don’t be without a home phone! Call to Connect!

1-866-287-1348

Commercial & Residential Fully Insured trucke2k@hotmail.com

604-937-6633 604-349-5533

Telephone Services

A FREE TELEPHONE SERVICE - Get Your First Month Free. Bad Credit, Don’t Sweat It. No Deposits. No Credit Checks. Call Freedom Phone Lines Today Toll-Free 1-866-884-7464

8315

8315

Tree Services

$ BEST RATES $

Tree Services

ABC TREE MEN. Dangerous tree removal, pruning, stump grinding.

604-521-7594, 604-817-8899 Treeworks 15 yrs exp. Tree/ Stump Removal, Prun’in & Trim’in & View Work 291-7778, 787-5915 www.treeworksonline.ca

8335

GET RESULTS! Post a classified in a few easy clicks. Choose your province or all across Canada.

Best value. Pay a fraction of the cost compared to booking individual areas. www.communityclassifieds.ca or 1-866-669-9222.

8307

Telephone Services

Window Cleaning

BOB’S WINDOW Gets that Clean, Clear Shine No Drops, No Drips, No Streaks Right into the corners! Serving you for over 20 yrs. Also do Gutters 604 588-6938

Dangerous tree removal, pruning, topping, hedge trimming & stump grinding.

Fully insured & WCB

Jerry 604-618-8585 Andrew 604-618-8585

A-1 TRI CRAFT TREE SERVICES (EST. 1986)

AUTOMOTIVE

9105

Auto Miscellaneous

9145

Cash for junk cars! $100 to $1000 Ask about our $500 Credit!

Visit our website @ www.surreyscrap.com Free tow, no wheels, no papers no problem! Hassle free friendly service. 2 hr service in most areas.

604 628 9044

9125

Domestic

1998 EAGLE TALON ESI, 170k, 2.0 L, excellent condition, 5 spd, no accidents, silver exterior, grey interior. $3900. 604-763-3223

9135

604-790-3900 OUR SERVIC 2H

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Sports & Imports

604-761-7175 #1 FREE Scrap Vehicle Removal Ask about $500 Credit!!! $$ PAID for Some 604.683.2200 AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $100 cash paid for full sized vehicles. 604-518-3673

*FREE SCRAP CAR PICK UP* Pay $ for some complete cars. No wheels no problem. 209-2026 ★ FREE TOWING ★ up to $300 CASH Today!

Parts & Accessories

4 AUDI RIMS. Spec size is 235/45R17. Will fit 225/45R17 or 255/45R17. FIT FOLLOWING VEHICLES: All A3, A5, A6, A8 or TT models. All S4 models to 2008. S6 models 2007-2009. S8 models 2007-2009. A4 - ONLY 2WD. 4 Alloy Rims & 20 Stainless Lug Nuts = $2867 retail.

Mint condition $795 OBO 604-220-2269

CASH FOR ALL VEHICLES

1990 HYUNDAI Excel hatchback.

4 spd. 137,000 km. Aircare 2011. $475 obo. 604-881-1157

FAST & EASY APPLICATION CALL ROBERT at 1-888-510-8084 OR E-MAIL robert@peacearchtoyota.com *Small down payment may be required, working full time for at least 4 months and earning $1,400 or more per month DL#30377

Scrap Car Removal

SCRAP CAR & TRUCK REMOVAL

9160

EVERYONE GETS APPROVED* WE HAVE A MASSIVE INVENTORY CAR’S TRUCK’S VAN’S SUV’S

PEACE ARCH TOYOTA

9145

THE SCRAPPER

$0 DOWN & we make your 1st payment at auto credit fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599. www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309

AUTO LOANS 100% APPROVAL GUARANTEED!!!

Scrap Car Removal

604-728-1965 John FREE SCRAP car & truck removal. Top $$ paid for all. No wheels - no problem. 604-761-7175

STEVE TOWING SERVICES Scrap Car Removal. We Pay $$ for all cars. Call 778-316-7960

2000 BMW 323i, white, pristine condition, lady driven, loaded, 149k, $8500. 778-294-0407

2005 KIA Rio $4750 obo. 4 dr 5 spd, stnd, new clutch, timing belt, pwr steering belt, new used motor with 3 mth warranty. Int & ext gd cond. Winter tires 1 yr old Call between 3 - 6 pm 604-795-5508

9522

RV’s/Trailers

2004 PROWLER Regal 30 feet, fifth wheel. All equipped. Spotless cond. $17,900. 604-230-2728

#1 IN RATES & SERVICE Licenced local plumber. Plug Drains, Reno’s 1-877-861-2423 Roofing Experts 778-230-5717 Repairs/Re-Roof/New Roofs. All work Gtd. Free Est. Call Frank 10% Off with this Ad! For all your plumbing, heating & reno needs.

Lic Gas Fitter, Aman. 778-895-2005

8255

Rubbish Removal

38/HR! Clogged drains, drips, garbs, sinks, reno’s, toilets, installs, Lic/Ins. 778-888-9184

Abe Moving & Delivery & Rubbish Removal. Available 24 hours. Call Abe at: 604-999-6020

LOCAL PLUMBER - Licensed, insured,GASFITTING, renos, Repairs. VISA 604-469-8405

WILL HAUL out garages and bsmts, for little or no $ if saleable items are included. 604-936-8583

8250

Roofing

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