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NOT JUST A WALK IN THE PARK

In part one of our four-part series leading up to the Sept. 17 Terry Fox Run, we preview the exhibit Terry Fox: Running to the Heart of Canada: pg. 3

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Andre Isakov, Coquitlam’s park planning and design manager, hangs out in the log climbing structure at his team’s latest creation, a $4.3-million makeover of Rochester Park. For more on the project, which leaned heavily on the advice of students at nearby Maillard middle school, see article on page 15.

EMPLOYMENT

Help wanted: Tri-Cities labour shortage?

JANIS CLEUGH The Tri-CiTy News

It’s been almost five months since Chris Stephani posted the job and he hasn’t been able to hire anyone for the $18- to $20-an-hour position.

Stephani handles maintenance at Wildwood Park, a mobile home park in Coquitlam, and in April advertised for an assistant groundskeeper to cut the grass and do other outside jobs until the fall. “It’s not a hard job to do,” Stephani said, “but

we’ve tried everything — classifieds, word of mouth — nothing happens. And our contractors are in the same boat. They may get somebody but, a week later, they’re gone somewhere else.”

The signs of a possible labour shortage are common in the

Tri-Cities, with Help Wanted postings at many businesses, from hospitality and construction work to high-tech and professional careers with School District 43.

Michael Hind, CEO of the TriCities Chamber of Commerce,

said he has noticed the recent shift in the labour market and attributes it to changing demographics: Simply put, there are not enough people to replace retiring baby boomers. see BUSINESSES, page 5

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TERRY FOX RUN 2017

A national Terry Fox exhibit finally comes home to PoCo Memorabilia and memories are on display at PoCo Heritage Museum First in a series leading up to the annual Terry Fox Run...

JANIS CLEUGH The Tri-CiTy News

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he touring edition of a national exhibit looking at the legacy of Port Coquitlam hero Terry Fox opens today (Wednesday) in his hometown.

The launch of Terry Fox: Running to the Heart of Canada, at PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, coincides with the week 37 years ago when Fox stopped his epic Marathon of Hope to return home and comes two weeks before the annual Terry Fox Run on Sept. 17.

Curated by the Canadian Museum of History and the Terry Fox Centre, the moving display has already appeared in a number of communities at the same time the larger show is travelling across Canada (the latter is at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria until Sept.

29).

That bigger show started its journey two years ago at the Canadian Museum of History, in Gatineau, Que., as the Marathon of Hope marked its 35th year.

While the smaller exhibit doesn’t include artifacts seen in Victoria, it does offer a fresh batch of photos and letters reproduced on giant fabric panels.

The images depict Fox in his early days at 3339 Morrill St. in PoCo; his life on the road; and words and drawings from fellow Canadians before and after his journey, which was cut short in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Sept. 1, 1980, when it was found cancer had spread to his lungs.

There are also pictures of places where his name lives on, from schools and youth centres to a mountain in Valemount and a Coast Guard icebreaker.

As well, on one of the first panels, there is a letter typed

by Fox on Oct. 15, 1979, to an

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Kelly Brown (above) and Steve Smith (below) of PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives gave a tour to The Tri-City News on Saturday of the national touring exhibit Terry Fox: Running to the Heart of Canada, which opens today in The Outlet (behind PoCo city hall). The display is free to the public and includes an activity corner were attendees can write on a postcard to describe the legacy of the hometown hero.

unidentified person or group, that describes his upcoming cross-Canada trip and his desire to raise funds to fight cancer, which took his life two years later.

PoCo Heritage has added local content in a separate part of its McAllister Avenue space.

Its section includes videos and — on loan from the B.C./ Yukon branch of the Terry Fox Foundation, in PoCo — Fox’s Marathon of Hope t-shirt; a replica of his artificial leg; and Terry Fox Run shirts dating back to 1988. There are also two run T-shirts from Mexico

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PoCo Heritage also has envelopes with the Canada Post commemorative stamp of Fox, issued in 1982 and postmarked at the old post office, where the

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museum is now located inside The Outlet (behind PoCo city hall). There are also books about the PoCo athlete from Toronto Star reporter Leslie Scrivener, artist and author Douglas Coupland, Maxine Trottier and Eric Walters.

Meanwhile, PoCo Heritage has set up an interactive corner where attendees can write messages on postcards about how Fox affected their lives; a small red mailbox is set up nearby. Already, about a dozen completed postcards are on the museum walls, filled out by people who attended the city’s Canada 150 celebration on Aug. 26.

“It’s very impactful for people who come in here to put down their thoughts, and it’s an excellent way to honour what he contributed to the world,” said museum co-ordinator Kelly Brown who organized the PoCo Heritage show with volunteer Steve Smith.

Ending Nov. 29, Running to the Heart of Canada will officially launch with a VIP event next week, at which Fox’s sister, Judith, and Alison Ince — Fox’s nurse at Royal Columbian Hospital, where he died — will speak. On that night, PoCo Heritage will stage a fundraiser, with proceeds of the silent auction items going to the Terry

Fox Foundation.

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• Admission to Running to the Heart of Canada is free. PoCo Heritage (150-2248 McAllister Ave.) has extended its hours during the show from Tuesday to Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call 604-927-8403 or visit pocoheritage.org for more information. To donate $5 to the Terry Fox Foundation, text Terry Fox to 45678. Otherwise, visit terryfox.org. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Hind cited a report by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, which, in 2012, called on employers across the country to train more workers to make up for a future labour shortfall.

“I think the issue has been out there for a while now,” Hind told The Tri-City News, “and we’re just starting to see it here now regionally.”

The high cost of living in Metro Vancouver also plays a part in the labour crunch, he said, as people can’t afford to live and play without a good, steady salary.

In turn, business owners and operators are struggling with fewer staff and may be forced to alter schedules to close earlier and open later in the day.

The Vancouver Regional Construction Association is feeling the pinch, too. Its website lists more than 25 jobs open, including some in the Tri-Cities, and predicts there will be 15,000 unfilled construction jobs in B.C. by 2025.

Last Tuesday, WorkBC, which has service offices in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, hosted a hiring fair in PoCo to attract workers to Wesgar Inc., Phoenix Building Maintenance and SilverLine Exterior Solutions.

The next day, it held a hiring fair at the Coquitlam Public Library to draw applicants to 16 firms and organizations in Metro Vancouver.

And last Thursday, BC Corrections had a hiring booth at the Port Coquitlam Farmers Market, hoping to draw interest.

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Help wanted postings are common in the Tri-Cities, which, like most Metro Vancouver cities, is showing signs of a labour crunch.

WorkBC spokesperson Diana Delgado, general manager of Avia Employment Services in Coquitlam, said the Tri-Cities are feeling some growing pains and she attributed this year’s growth, in part, to the arrival of the Evergreen Extension.

Business owners and operators are hiring students and new Canadians — if they can — to fill in their time slots. But this week, as students return to school, employers will need to replenish their rosters and that’s becoming more and more challenging, she said.

“All you have to do is walk into any store around here and there’s a ‘We’re Hiring’ sign,” she told The Tri-City News, noting WorkBC partners with chambers of commerce and immigrant groups to get the word out about employment.

Still, the city of Coquitlam’s

manager of economic development said the Tri-Cities are well-positioned to meet demand compared with municipalities in northern B.C. (Coquitlam’s population is expected to swell from 138,000 residents to 176,000 by 2021 and 224,000 by 2041).

And while some specialized jobs — like those in the information technology sector — may take longer to fill, “we’re pretty well-off overall,” David Munro said. “We have a professional, highly educated base, our city is growing and the job market is competitive.”

He suggests if businesses and organizations are having a hard time attracting staff, they should look at offering additional benefits besides a higher wage such as flexible work hours or fitness passes. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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A group of Anmore residents is continuing to press its case against BC Hydro’s plan to provide more power with a new 230 kilovolt (kF) line between Coquitlam and Vancouver, citing health concerns and property impacts.

A petition with 353 signatures protesting the plan and calling for existing and new infrastructure to be placed underground, has been presented to the BC Utilities Commission.

BC Hydro maintains that placing the new lines underground would be technically challenging and expensive, and work is planned for a rightof-way in Anmore that Hydro has used for years.

The petition started by resident Urs Ribary claims BC Hydro information ignores health risks to up to 700 people while the project’s original right of way is outdated. In the petition, he claims: “The fact that BC Hydro is obsessively insisting in their outdated rightof-way through Anmore, which was established nearly 60 years ago and bought for $1, and, only signed by one property owner in Anmore without any council, and, at a time before the moon landing when we had no personal computers, no internet, no cell phones, no WiFi and no modern passenger jet planes, but, going now through one-acre private properties currently worth $3,000,000 each.”

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Smoky skies from wildfires in Washington and Oregon shroud the sun and the views from Castle Park in Port Coquitlam’s Citadel Heights neighbourhood on Tuesday.

THE WEATHER & THE WEEKEND

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7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday evenings

Both Coquitlam RCMP and Port Moody Police reminded drivers to keep to posted speed limits, especially in school zones, while members of Coquitlam Search and Rescue recovered from a latenight search for three hikers.

It was an otherwise quiet Labour Day long-weekend for emergency responders but Coquitlam SAR spokesperson Michael Coyle said three teams of searchers spent about three hours late Sunday and early Monday looking for three men on the Swan Falls Loop near Buntzen Lake.

Coyle said the men didn’t tell anyone where they were going but family members called 911 at around midnight when the hikers didn’t return.

Fortunately, Coyle was able to connect with a friend of the hikers who knew where the men had gone because they had posted photos to their Snapchat stories.

“It was a very strange search,” said Coyle, who had to do some digging at first because police didn’t have the hikers’ names.

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Coyle said the search could have been avoided if the men had left earlier and brought flashlights with them to assist them when it got dark.

“Leaving late in the day is not a good idea,” Coyle said, who noted using flashlights is preferable to using smartphones phones to light the way because phones are a good communication back-up but are useless when batteries are dead.

“If they had a flashlight, I’m sure we wouldn’t have been called,” Coyle told The Tri-City News.

“The days get shorter and people who aren’t used to planning a trip are often caught by darkness,” he

added, predicting that SAR volunteers will have a few more emergency calls before the weather gets colder and wetter and the summer hiking season ends.

Coyle also said it’s best to let someone know when you’re headed out on a hike — relying on Snapchat to communicate isn’t the best way to ensure you’ll be found if something goes awry.

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Organizers of the 24th annual Treefest are optimistic about the future of the former Riverview Hospital grounds but say unless more people care about the property, that future is still in doubt.

To that end, the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society has planned a festival for Sunday to welcome people to the 244-acre, provincial government-owned property, although this year activities will take place on the southwest portion, closest to Colony Farm Road, because filming is taking place in the area of West Lawn and Centre Lawn.

“Hopefully, the weather will not be that hot and people will come,” said Norma Gillespie, a longtime advocate for the property.

Gillespie said she is optimistic Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA Selina Robinson, who was recently appointed minister of municipal affairs and housing — a portfolio that includes BC Housing and Riverview — will be an advocate for keeping the lands public for mental health purposes.

(In April, then NDP-leader John Horgan stated the Riverview lands would be used

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Longtime Riverview preservation advocate Norma Gillespie says she’s looking forward to hearing what Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister — and Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA — Selina Robinson has to say about the future of the Riverview lands. to provide public wellness for people in B.C.) “I know we have a meeting coming up with Selina,” said Gillespie, who added she is interested in hearing what the new NDP government has to say about Riverview. “We feel very hopeful.”

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City of Coquitlam

Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that the City of Coquitlam will be holding a Public Hearing to receive representations from all persons who deem it in their interest to address Council regarding the following proposed bylaws. This meeting will be held on:

Date: Time: Location:

Monday, September 18, 2017 7:00 p.m.

City Hall Council Chambers, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2

Immediately following the adjournment of the Public Hearing, Council will convene a Regular Council Meeting during which it will give consideration to the items on the Public Hearing agenda.

Item 1

Text Amendment to Revise the Recreational and Commercial Vehicle Parking Regulations in Residential Zones

The intent of Bylaw 4741, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 in order to revise the regulations pertaining to recreational and commercial vehicle parking in residential zones.

If approved, the text amendment would facilitate the following revisions: •

Add a definition for Contractor’s Equipment to the Zoning Bylaw;

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Remove the 4,500 kilogram gross vehicle weight limit for recreational vehicles and passenger vehicles parked on any lot;

•

Place the following restrictions on the parking and storing of recreational and commercial vehicles on lots zoned RS-1, RS-2, RS-3, RS-4, RS-5, RS-6, RS-7, RS-8, RS-9, RS-10, RS-11, RTM-1, RT-1, RT-2, RT-3, RM-1 and RMH-1: - Limit a property to two of any combination of recreational vehicles or boat trailers in residential zones unless completely enclosed within a building or underground in a lot zoned RM-1; - Restrict the height of recreational and commercial vehicles parked in residential zones unless completely enclosed within a building or underground in a lot zoned RM-1; - Require visual screening of recreational vehicles or boat trailers parked or stored within an interior or exterior side yard of residential zones; - Permit recreational and commercial vehicles longer than the existing 7.6 metre limit for residentially zoned properties with longer driveways or parking pads, or underground in a lot zoned RM-1; - Restrict the ownership of recreational and commercial vehicles parked in residential zones to an owner or occupant of the property; and

•

Implement several housekeeping amendments to improve the overall clarity and administration of the Bylaw.

Item 2

Addresses: 804 and 810 MacIntosh Street and 811 Kelvin Street

The intent of Bylaw 4785, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject properties at 811 Kelvin Street, 810 MacIntosh Street and a portion of 804 MacIntosh Street, as outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4785, 2017 from RS-1 One-Family Residential to RS-3 One-Family Residential.

If approved, the application would facilitate a seven lot residential subdivision consisting of six RS-3 OneFamily Residential lots and one RS-1 One-Family Residential lot. The RS-3 zone would facilitate the construction of a single-family dwelling, with the potential for a secondary suite, on each of the resulting six lots. The application would not change the present RS-1 zoning of the remaining portion of 804 MacIntosh and the existing dwelling located on that property would be retained.

Item 3

Addresses: 218 Blue Mountain Street and 837 Lougheed Highway

The intent of Bylaw 4789, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject property located at 218 Blue Mountain Street outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4789, 2017 from C-2 General Commercial to C-5 Community Commercial.

If approved, the application would consolidate the subject properties (218 Blue Mountain Street and 837 Lougheed Highway) and facilitate a development which includes eight townhouse units fronting Roderick Avenue and one mixed-use 21-storey tower consisting of 147 residential units, four ground floor commercial units, and office space on the second level.

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Date: Time: Location: Item 4

Monday, September 18, 2017 7:00 p.m.

City Hall Council Chambers, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2

Addresses: Portion of 3512 David Avenue, Portion of 3561 Gislason Avenue, and Portions of 3510 and 3517 Burke Village Promenade

The intent of Bylaw 4773, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone a portion of the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4773, 2017 from A-3 Agricultural and Resource to RT-2 Townhouse Residential and P-5 Special Park.

The intent of Bylaw 4774, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone a portion of the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4774, 2017 from A-3 Agricultural and Resource to RT-2 Townhouse Residential and P-5 Special Park.

The intent of Bylaw 4775, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone a portion of the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4775, 2017 from A-3 Agricultural and Resource to RT-2 Townhouse Residential and P-5 Special Park.

If approved, the RT-2 zone would facilitate the creation of three townhouse sites for future development. The P-5 zone would allow for the protection of an environmentally sensitive area and would complete a trail network running adjacent to Burke Mountain Creek.

Item 5

Addresses: 1435 to 1455 Argyle Street and 3475 to 3530 Highland Drive

The intent of Bylaw 4736, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Citywide Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 to revise the land use designation of the fifteen subject properties located at 1435, 1445 and 1455 Argyle Street and 3475, 3485, 3490, 3495, 3500, 3501, 3505, 3510, 3515, 3520, 3525 and 3530 Highland Drive and outlined in black on the map marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw No. 4736, 2017 from Large Village Single-Family, Large Single-Family, Estate Single-Family, Environmentally Sensitive Area and Neighbourhood Parks and Natural Open Spaces to Small Village Single-Family, Large Village Single-Family, Large Single-Family and Environmentally Sensitive Area.

The intent of Bylaw 4737, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the nine subject properties located at 1435, 1445 and 1455 Argyle Street and 3475, 3485, 3490, 3495, 3501 and 3505 Highland Drive outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4737, 2017 from RS-2 One-Family Suburban Residential, RS-11 Estate Single Family Residential and P-5 Special Park to RS-7 Small Village Single-Family Residential, RS-8 Large Village Single-Family Residential and P-5 Special Park.

If approved, the RS-7 and RS-8 zones would facilitate the subdivision of the nine subject properties proposed to be rezoned into a development comprising 65 single-family lots. The P-5 zone would facilitate the protection of adjacent environmentally sensitive areas to West and East Smiling Creeks.

The remaining six properties, which are proposed to only undergo the OCP amendment, will have the potential for a future subdivision consisting of smaller single-family lots and the protection of adjacent environmentally sensitive areas.

How do I find out more information?

Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff reports, and any relevant background documentation may be inspected from September 5 to 18, 2017 in person at the Planning and Development Department, Coquitlam City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays.

You may also obtain further information with regard to the bylaws mentioned above on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing and by phone at 604-9273430.

How do I provide input?

Verbal submissions may only be made in person at the Public Hearing. The City Clerk’s Office will compile a Speakers List for each item. To have your name added to the Speakers List please call 604-927-3010. Everyone will be permitted to speak at the Public Hearing but those who have registered in advance will be given first opportunity.

Please also be advised that video recordings of Public Hearings are streamed live and archived on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts.

Prior to the Public Hearing written comments may be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office in one of the following ways: Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca; Regular mail: 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2; In person: City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2; Fax: to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015.

To afford Council an opportunity to review your submission, please ensure that you forward it to the City Clerk’s Office prior to noon on the day of the hearing.

Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and on our website at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas.

If you require more information regarding this process please call the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3010.

Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public or interested parties concerning any of the bylaws described above after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

Jay Gilbert, City Clerk

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Hiring teachers helps students, community and the economy G overnment spending on buildings is often rated more highly then money spent on people.

After all, the fact that a new school or highway is an investment is the justification for going into long-term debt.

But what happens when you spend money on jobs?

That’s the question many may be asking as Education Minister Rob Fleming went on record as saying that hiring 3,500 additional teachers across B.C. is going to cost the province $376 million.

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But we say it’s money well spent.

Of course, we all know how we got here. The BC Liberals tore up the teachers’ collective agreement by legislating class size and composition to save money, then fought tooth and nail against the teachers who laboured to get their contract restored.

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the Supreme Court and now Victoria is restoring smaller class sizes, meaning more teachers, and we get to see whether that is money well spent.

We’ll see, for example, if more teachers and smaller classes with more resources for special needs children will improve students’ experiences while making teachers less stressed.

It’s hard to say whether we’ll see an immediate impact in scholastic achievement, as B.C. in general — and School District 43 in particular — are leaders in graduation rates and international testing.

But the immediate outcome is that schools will have more resources and students will be better served than in recent years.

We also know that the $376 million is for the most part going right back into the economy as young teachers will be paying rent, buying and furnishing condos, and paying back student loans — they might even go out for dinner on occasion.

Sure, we need bridges, roads, schools and hospitals.

But when you hire teachers, you make an immediate impact on both kids and economy.

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A few years ago, Tri-City teachers demonstrated while wearing numbers showing their place on a hiring list. Now, School District 43 is adding 181 teachers to comply with a Supreme Court of Canada ruling restoring class size and composition provisions previously stripped from teachers’ contracts by the BC Liberals.

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Supply/demand doesn’t work in ‘skewed’ market The Editor, Re. “Tight supply sends home prices soaring” (Tri-City News, Aug. 25).

It’s assumed throughout the referenced article that since there’s more demand than supply, the fix is to fanatically build more supply, particularly in the form of tall towers around transit hubs.

But the normal laws of supply and demand won’t work in a market skewed by the outsized numbers of investment buyers today attracted to Vancouver’s easy, unregulated housing market. These are alluded to briefly and then passed over as if inconsequential.

You can build all you want, they will buy for investment only and continue to drive up the price, turning the sacred mantra of self-regulating supply and demand on its head.

Massive numbers of every type of home stand observably empty, all while ordinary people can’t find homes they

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People buying condos as an investment hurt the supply of housing in Metro Vancouver, argues the letter writer. can afford.

Mayors and councils cannot build their way out of the affordability crisis until all levels of government step into the so-called “free” market to put up serious roadblocks to investment buying. Without that, building more supply is like

throwing more food into the shark-infested feeding frenzy already going on today.

It is especially frustrating for thousands of renters who see their existing affordable homes in perfectly habitable, dedicated older walk-up complexes callously up-zoned just be-

cause they are near transit, to be replaced in future by unaffordable towers — a contemptible policy, especially favoured in Burnaby and Coquitlam, that serves only to destroy the most affordable housing while we’re in an affordability crisis.

Meantime, despite all this construction, homelessness, tent cities and people living out of cars seem to be on an unstoppable rise.

The housing market should not primarily be an investment vehicle but a place where real people can find real homes that they can actually afford.

The foreign buyers tax, introduced far too late, was not enough to stop investment buyers. Stronger interventions are sorely needed.

But maybe the real problem is that governments are too addicted to balancing budgets on easy development dollars and that’s why they won’t move to protect ordinary people needing affordable homes.

Felix Thijssen, Coquitlam

BACK TO SCHOOL

Parents on hook for safety items after the theft of earthquake kits The Editor, In early July, the parents of children attending École des Pionniers-de-Maillardville received a note from the parent advisory council (PAC) informing them that all the kits and equipment necessary in case of an earthquake that were locked in a container had been taken during a break-in in early June. The value of the stolen merchandise is estimated to be $7,000 to $8,000. Unfortunately, the school insurance does not cover this since the deductible is higher than that amount.

Given the circumstances, the school, B.C.’s Francophone school board and the PAC decided to contribute money in order to replace the missing earthquake kits and necessary equipment to ensure the safety or

our children, teachers and support staff. They also decided to increase this year’s school fees from $5 to $10 per student, which is understandable but unfair to the families at our school with multiple children and/or who cannot afford to spend this extra amount of money.

I don’t blame the school, PAC or school board but the people who stole the goods in our container. I’m assuming that they probably sold everything. How dare they.

They should be ashamed of themselves, taking away safety items paid for by the families, the PAC and the school over the years. We are supposed to help each other as a community, not steal from one another.

Suzanne L’Heureux, Port Coquitlam

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Kids help breathe new life into Rochester MARIO BARTEL

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A moribund park of overgrown, weedy fields, a decommissioned swimming pool and mattresses strewn in the ravine is alive again with the squeals of delighted children and the chatter of their attentive parents.

Coquitlam’s Rochester Park, on the city’s south slope, has been reborn as a neighbourhood gathering place. It’s also the latest addition to the city’s growing inventory of cool parks featuring innovative equipment and play structures

to expand the imaginations and test the physical abilities of visiting kids.

Rusting monkey bars, wooden swings and a sandbox just don’t cut it anymore.

Andre Isakov is the head of the team of three planners and two designers responsible for the $4.3-million makeover of the 10-acre park and said Rochester was “under-utilized but had fantastic bone structure.”

Those bones include a creek that runs through a wooded ravine, three terraced fields that cascade down the hillside and expansive views across the Fraser River to Surrey and beyond. It also has a ready supply of users from Maillard middle school right next door. But they weren’t using the park to its full potential.

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Isakov said the students were key contributors to helping his team chart a new path for Rochester Park as a “neighbourhood-enhanced” park that will not only serve people who live immediately nearby but also draw families into the community.

Isakov and his team consulted with the community, city council, officials from School District 43 and Maillard middle as well as the kids to determine how to reinvigorate the park, overcome the challenges and exploit the advantages of its topography, and reimagine its role in its neighbourhood.

“They know what they like, they know what their peers like,” said Isakov of the feedback provided by the kids.

What they like, it turns out, is to be challenged, a chance to feel a little fear while testing their physical capabilities.

They also want to explore and learn about their environment.

To achieve that, Isakov’s team had to navigate the tricky tightrope of just letting imaginations run wild while dealing with budgetary constraints and safety concerns. They also

wanted their latest creation to be unique.

“We had to make sure we’re not duplicating what’s already in our park inventory,” Isakov said. “We needed to go beyond picking pieces out of a catalogue.”

Rochester Park’s upper playground features a small skater area with concrete berms and steel rails to test young boarders, a pair of dish swings, a zip line, a smaller, sandy “nesting” area around a small roller slide for toddlers, and a larger sandy play area that is encircled by a climbing structure of interlaced wooden logs and nylon netting that gets progressively larger as it winds its way around.

The play areas are buffered by grassed sitting areas and gardens bursting with blackeyed susans and daisies.

It’s all about creating opportunities to engage visitors of all ages and abilities, Isakov said.

“They touch on fundamentals like touching grass and dirt, learning about movement,” he said. “Hopefully that sparks some interest in a child and they want to learn beyond their physical skills.”

The middle terrace, which should be open by next week, is comprised of two sports

fields, a climbing wall and a giant tube slide. The park’s lower level has a water play feature modelled after a flowing river, a new washroom facility as well as a picnic shelter and a lawn for lounging. The terraces are connected by a stairs as well as a natural ravine that has been cleaned of debris dumped in it over the years, its creek now daylighted.

Isakov, whose team was also behind the innovative designs of Queenston and Como Lake playgrounds, said parks have gone past being just passive green space. A well-designed park becomes an inclusive hub for the whole community, where kids and their families can socialize and forge new friendships while testing their newfound abilities.

“I think we’re moving towards accepting we can’t bubble wrap the children all the time,” Isakov said. “It’s better to excite the kids. Overall, the experience is more positive for the community.”

• The official opening of Rochester Park will be celebrated Sept. 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. The park is located at 1390 Rochester Ave. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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Haenam Korean Restaurant, 535 Clarke Road, Coquitlam, has applied to the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch (LCLB) for a permanent change to its Food Primary Licence, specifically to increase the hours of liquor service. The proposed hours of liquor service are 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays (current hours of liquor service are 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily).

In accordance with the Liquor Control and Licensing Act and Regulations, the City of Coquitlam has been asked to provide comments and a recommendation on the application to the LCLB.

Input received will be provided to Council in the form of a report at a Regular Council Meeting.

Council will consider the input provided and submit a formal recommendation on the application to the LCLB.

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The City invites the public to provide input to Council with respect to how the change to this licence, if approved, may affect them and their property. The City of Coquitlam will be receiving input on this application until Friday, September 15, 2017. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways: • Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca • Fax: 604-927-3015 • Mail: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, B.C., V3B 7N2 • In person at City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way at the City Clerk’s Office during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays (Telephone: 604-927-3010).

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here are at least two sides to every war.

But an effort to bring a German perspective to the Port Moody Station Museum’s First World War trench project may prove too expensive.

When Markus Fahrner, the museum’s director, learned of a collection of wartime sketches by renowned German typographer Rudolf Koch, he set out to see if he could bring it to Port Moody.

“It felt really right to get some art from the other side,” Fahrner said. “It creates a bigger picture of the war.”

Koch created more than 20 typefaces as well as designed and illustrated books. He was 39 years old when he enlisted in the German infantry in August 1915 and was sent to Serbia, France and, finally, the Russian front in the fall of 1917.

When Koch put down his rifle, he picked up his sketchbook and produced almost 200 drawings of life in the German trenches, portraits of his fellow soldiers and studies of the natural surroundings around the battlefields. He didn’t record war’s horror, like many other battlefield artists, because, he once wrote, he had to be a sol-

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Markus Fahrner, the director of the Port Moody Station Museum, looks through some of the research information he has compiled about German typographer and First World War artist Rudolf Koch. Fahrner is hoping to bring an exhibit of Koch’s sketches to the museum in conjunction with its trench project but he’s running into financial obstacles to get the exhibit shipped to Canada. dier rather than just an observer.

Fahrner, a graphic artist himself, contacted the director of the Klingspor Museum, a former type foundry in Offenbach, Germany, that is now a showcase for the art of book production and typog-

raphy, about the possibility of exhibiting 40 to 50 of Koch’s drawings in conjunction with the PoMo museum’s trench project. The drawings had never left the country before.

Contracts were signed and Fahrner began the detailed

process of researching Koch and his art to give the exhibit some context.

Fahrner said showing the war’s other side humanizes the experience.

“Not everything is black and white and that’s what this

shows you,” Fahrner said. “It becomes a universal struggle.”

But when it came time to arrange transport of the drawings to Port Moody, he encountered a struggle of his own.

The first shipper he’d contracted pulled out because of

the value of the drawings, even though Fahrner said they’re insured. Subsequent enquiries led him to another courier that offered to take the assignment for €5,000 (about $7,400 Cdn.) one way — that’s too dear for the small community museum’s limited budget.

Enquiries to the German embassy got Fahrner sympathy but no funding.

The director of the Klingspor Museum, Stefan Soltek, offered to bring the sketches himself but he would have to compensated for his airfare.

With the Koch exhibit scheduled to become part of the trench project beginning later this month and running through December, Fahrner is at loose ends to get it here in time.

“We’re under pressure now,” he said.

If transport can’t be arranged, Fahrner said he may delay the exhibit until next year to give the museum more time to find an economical solution.

“Rather than rushing things, it makes more sense to slow down and rethink,” Fahrner said.

But he remains committed because he believes Koch’s drawings convey an important lesson about war.

“Looking from so far from history, there’s no point in taking sides,” Fahrner said. “We have to start looking at minute details, study all sides.”

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TC CALENDAR THURSDAY, SEPT. 7 • Canadian Council of the Blind Dogwood Chapter weekly meeting, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam). Info: whitecane@shaw.ca.

MONDAY, SEPT. 11 • Caregivers Conversation with B.C. authors Janet Dunnett and Karen Tyrell, 1-4 p.m., Club Bel Âge, Place Maillardville, 1200 Cartier Ave., Coquitlam.

Dunnett will read from her book “The Dwindling: A Daughter’s Caregiving Journey to the Edge of Life,” which tells the story of her 10-year journey as a caregiver for both parents. Tyrell, a dementia expert and author of “Cracking the Dementia Code,” will share tips for self-care while you take care of others. Q&A to follow, share your own story, or just listen in. Refreshments provided. Free admission but you must RSVP: Lisa, 604-9336169.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 12 • Burke Mountain Naturalists’ September, 7:30 p.m., in the hall of Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. A slideshow on recent fossil discoveries in the Burgess shale will be presented

by SFU biologist Joan Sharp.

Free admission and all are welcome. Info: 604-461-3864 or www.bmn.bc.ca.

• Registration for 2017/’18 training year with 808 Coquitlam Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron, for kids 12-18 years, 7-8 p.m., Maillard middle school, 1300 Rochester Ave., Coquitlam. Info and forms: 808cadets.com.

• Glenayre Scottish Country Dance Club registration for all returning members, 7 p.m., Burquest Jewish Community Centre (2860 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Coquitlam). Info: Sue, 604476-1946 or sue_cpr@hotmail. com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13 • Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club meets at 7 PM at Burke Mountain fire hall meeting room, 3501 David Ave., Coquitlam.

Bring your stamps to buy, sell,

SEPT. 8: SONGS OF CANADA • Crossroads Hospice Coffeehouse presents Canada 150: Songs of Canada, The Gathering Place, 1100-2253 Leigh Sq., PoCo; doors open at 7 p.m. An open mic opener to the season. Nine sets plus the usual cookies and coffee. Admission: $5 at the door. Info: 604-945-0606, info@crossroadshospice. org or www.crossroadshospicesociety.com/coffee. trade. Info: www.stampclub.ca or 604-941-9306. Visitors of all ages welcome.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 14 • Coquitlam Foundation AGM, Coquitlam Public Library, City Centre branch (1169 Pinetree Way); reception at 6:30 p.m., meeting will start at 7 p.m.

The public is invited to this free event. RSVP: email info@ coquitlamfoundation if you plan to attend.

Scottish dancing, no experience or partner required; wear soft shoes. Info: Sue, 604-476-1946 or sue_cpr@hotmail.com.

• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-3pm., Como Lake United Church (535 Marmont St), Coquitlam. Info 604 9370836 (annual subscription due at this meeting).

SATURDAY, SEPT. 16 • Vancity Shredathon, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Shaughnessy Station branch (7100-2850 Shaughnessy St., PoCo). Bring your confidential documents and watch them get shredded on-site, and learn about the environment and how you can make an impact. Any donation for $25 and over is eligible for a tax receipt.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 17 • Shoreline Writers’ Society meets, 1 p.m., Port Moody Arts Centre, 2425 St. Johns St. New writers welcome. Info: Helmi, 604-462-8942.

• Vision loss information exchange, 1-3:30 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam). Info: whitecane@ shaw.ca or Pat, 604-931-6835.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 19 • Dogwood Garden Club hosts talk on roses by world-renowned cultivator Brad Jalbert, whose presentation will feature new highly resistant no-spray roses, 7 p.m., Centennial Room, Dogwood Pavilion, Coquitlam.

• Glenayre Scottish Country Dance Club registration for any new members, 7 p.m., Burquest Jewish Community Centre (2860 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Coquitlam).

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REFUEL YOUR BODY Looking for a place to eat after your event? Turn to page 37 in Coquitlam’s Travel and Experience Guide, available at any City facility, or read it online at coquitlam.ca/explore.

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Back to school is about classes and supplies, new clothes and new friends, but, for parents and children alike, it’s also about developing new skills and building on past experiences.

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On the road again Some tips from the RCMP to make the school year one to remember — and PEDESTRIANS & CYCLISTS not for the wrong reasons: • Use crosswalks whenever pos-

hand-held electronic communication device, including sending or receiving text messages or e-mail.

DRIVERS

• Slow down. Unless the sign says otherwise, the speed limit in school zones is 30 km/h between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. A vehicle travelling 30 km/h on clear roads needs 18 m to come to a complete stop; more if the road conditions or weather conditions are poor.

• Expect the unexpected. Watch for children walking on medians, roadways and curbs, and be cautious when approaching intersections. Until about eight years of age, it’s difficult for children to assess whether a vehicle is moving or not.

• Err on the side of caution. Think twice before passing a stopped car, they may be yielding for a pedestrian that you can’t see.

• Leave your phone alone. It’s illegal for drivers to hold, operate, communicate or watch the screen of a

sible. When walking or cycling with your kids to and from school, choose a route that has the fewest street crossings, and where possible, choose intersections with a pedestrian crossing light or a marked crosswalk.

• See eye to eye. Always look left and right and then left again before crossing a street, and make eye contact with drivers so you know they’ve seen you.

• Don’t text and walk. Stay unplugged and leave gadgets in backpacks when walking or cycling to and from school so you can see, hear and respond safely to what’s going on around you.

• Be seen. When walking and biking, wear high-visibility clothing or use high visibility accessories.

• Talk to the hand. Use hand signals when riding a bike and always wear a properly fitted, CSA-approved bike helmet when riding — it’s the law.

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Some more tips from the RCMP on how parents can help their children stay safe at all times PERSONAL SAFETY

• What’s my address? Make sure younger children know their home address and the phone number of at least one parent or guardian.

• Password, please. Create a secret password with your child and tell them not to go anywhere with someone who doesn’t know the password.

• Check in. If you’re not home when your child gets back from school, have them check in with you wherever you are.

• Safety in numbers. If you’re not walking your child to school, set them up with a buddy.

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

• Don’t over-share. Don’t share personal or private information online. You never know where it will end up.

• Think before you post. Friends come and go but texts and tweets are forever.

• See something, say something. If you see something that doesn’t seem right or makes you uncomfortable, tell a teacher, parent or another trusted adult.

• Don’t go alone. Talk to your parents or a trusted adult before arranging an in-person meeting with someone you’ve met only online.

If you do set up a meeting, do it in a public place and don’t go alone.

• Be a good digital citizen. If you see an embarrassing or insulting message, image or video posted, don’t pass it on. You have a responsibility to not hurt or mistreat others by what you create and share. Have a conversation about what your rights and responsibilities are online.

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Please join us in the launch of another exciting school year and to find out how your child can become a “Mathlete” in just a few short months! Meet our new Centre Director and her group to explore how we work while enjoying stimulating math games and experiencing all Mathnasium has to offer.

Everyone is Welcome!

Would you like to “Math” with your child? The answer is always “Yes”.

As parents, we are eager to help our children do well in school. However, the question is whether we are providing them with the correct tools necessary for success in their math classes. Unfortunately, in many cases, the answer is “no”. If we “Math” with our child often, frustration is avoided, confidence is boosted and they never develop reasons to dislike math. Children do not innately hate math; they hate being confused, frustrated, and embarrassed by math. For us at Mathnasium, we take pride in teaching your child to not only avoid disliking math, but to actually enjoy it. In the coming school year, whether the goal is to catch up, keep up or get ahead, Mathnasium can provide you with the tools vital for success.

Our new Director of Mathnasium Tri-Cities, Dr. Anoma Mudalige, is passionate about the center’s mission to help students who struggle with Math, as well as challenge those who exhibit strong mathematical ability. Fostering growth, achievement and exceptional mathematic success is Mathnasium’s ultimate objective.

Why Mathnasium?

Using our unique and individualized assessment process, we determine exactly where each student’s mathematical strengths and weaknesses lie, what they currently know, what they still need to learn and if they have any gaps in that knowledge. Often, even exceptional students present gaps in their knowledge of math, however, our job at Mathnasium is to find and fill those gaps in knowledge, so greater success is achieved.

Once our assessment is complete, we design a customized learning plan for each student in order to best teach the concepts they need to comprehend and master fundamental math skills. Our instructors are highly trained in the Mathnasium method to provide individualized teaching in a group setting that provides a friendly and comfortable environment and fosters personalized success. We encourage open learning amongst our students and offer supportive mentorship so they feel confident and free to ask questions. We teach math in a way that makes sense to our students, boosting their interest and enjoyment through the learning of the higher math concepts.

The Mathnasium Method uses a unique combination of mental, verbal, visual, tactile and written techniques to help students genuinely understand math. The method has been developed throughout more than 40 years of practical, hands-on experience with thousands of

students at all different levels of math comprehension. Mathnasium embraces real-time teaching which focuses on teaching students what they need to know while they are present at the center, rather than sending them home with additional piles of homework. Mathnasium students can receive help with their homework at the center whenever they require and can also prepare for standardized tests such as the SAT. The Tri-Cities Mathnasium, located in the Aberdeen Shopping Center, is re-opening under new management in August, and is dedicated to helping students in Grade 2 through 12 better understand the underlying concepts of mathematics and improve their overall mathematical ability.

Dr. Anoma Mudalige, the new and innovative Director of Tri-Cities Mathnasium, obtained her PhD in Chemical Sciences, and Post-Doctoral Diploma from the Royal Institute of Technology in Japan. After a career in research spanning more than 6 years, she joined the Open University of Sri Lanka after discovering her true passion was teaching. Though she specialized in Chemistry, Mathematics was her favorite childhood subject: she was passionate about solving any math problem she encountered. Subsequent to obtaining the highest grade in mathematics during her undergraduate studies, she opted to teach Math for Chemical Sciences to undergraduates at her university as a way to continue her mathematical pursuits. She strongly believes that a solid math foundation is essential in order to be successful at future mathematical education, as well as in everyday life – mathematical concepts exist everywhere.

After migrating to Canada with her family in 2007, she began her career as a researcher at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby. With three boys and a travelling husband, she understood the importance of focusing her time on raising healthy kids and so left full-time teaching to parent her children full-time. But she never ceased in her passion for teaching, counseling and helping others. Later on, volunteering for The Share Community Services as a facilitator awoke her teaching passion once again, and resulted in the addition of a further two diplomas; one as a Provincial Instructor and another as a Career Practitioner. These diplomas have opened doors for her as a Career Counselor for skilled immigrants, helping them to settle successfully in Canada. All the while, she never gave up her teaching career and continuously worked as a tutor in Math and Chemistry throughout the tri-cities community.

Dr. Mudalige is deeply devoted to teaching and helping others in their quest for learning. She knows that Mathnasium offers a way of teaching that will make sense to your child and provide them with lasting results and is excited to bring the Mathnasium Method to all students within the Tri-Cities community. For more information visit www.mathnasium.ca/tri-cities.

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Variety of volunteer opportunities • Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland is looking for volunteer tutors for Study Buddy program, which gives young girls the educational support they need by matching them in a one-to-one tutoring relationship. To be a Study Buddy volunteer, you must be female, age 19 or older, have a high school diploma, some postsecondary education, and some experience helping others learn. Study Buddies spend one hour a week tutoring a Little Sister for a minimum of six months. Info: 604-873-4525 Ext. 300 or info@bigsisters. bc.ca.

• Big Brothers’ In-School Mentoring Program matches men and women over the age of 18 with boys and girls from local elementary schools for one hour a week. Info: 604-876-2447, Ext. 236 or www.bigbrothersvancouver.com.

• Big Brothers Program matches men over the age of 18 with boys 7-14 who have limited-to-no contact with a positive male role model. Big Brothers spend 2-4 hours a week. Info: 604-876-2447, Ext. 236 or www.bigbrothersvancouver.com.

• KidStart needs volunteer mentors to provide caring and supportive relationships. You must be 21 years or older, prepared to accept a young person unconditionally and able to spend three

hours a week or more. Mentors are carefully screened and supported, and there are regular training sessions and ongoing support provided by staff. Info: www. kidstart.ca.

• BC Angel Dresses is in need of Volunteers in the Tri-Cities. BCAD is a non-profit group of volunteers who collect donated wedding, bridesmaid and grad dresses; volunteer seamstresses transform them into Angel Dresses that are then shipped to hospitals across the province and offered to grieving families at no charge. Group needs dress collectors and seamstresses. Info: www. bcangeldresses.ca.

• Hyde Creek Watershed Society is looking for volunteers to assist with programs and operations; society is made up of volunteers of all ages who donate time that will fit their schedules. A few hours during the month would benefit this group. If you have an interest in helping with hatchery tours, building operations or event planning, email hydecreek.info@ gmail.com. Info: www.hydecreek.org.

• Volunteers wanted for Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary Weekend Coffee Program in the main lobby at ERH; openings for both Saturday and Sunday shifts.

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Coquitlam’s Sue Cowan with a Mundy Park painting and her pochade box that artists use when they paint out in the open. Her forest paintings will be on display until Oct. 25 at Silk Art Gallery (2419 Clarke St., Port Moody). The opening reception is Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m.

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Tall trees & Mundy paths Cowan goes big in latest exhibition DIANE STRANDBERG Tri-CiTy News

For anyone who loves Mundy Park, a visit to Silk Gallery in Port Moody in the coming weeks will be like a walk in the Coquitlam park thanks to a new exhibit by artist Sue Cowan.

The Coquitlam artist will be revealing several new large oil canvasses depicting the cedars and firs of Mundy Park — and anyone taking in Cowan’s perspective on the city’s natural treasure will no doubt come away restored and refreshed.

Called A Walk in the Forest, the exhibit should really be

called The Secret Lives of Trees, as Cowan has imbued the trees with personality and a sense of community that she admits to being anthropomorphic. “I like to think well, how do they relate to each other?

The branches and roots are intertwined. What relationship do they have with each other?”

The exhibit started with a conversation with Zoe Royer, the gallery manager and owner during a visit to Cowan’s home.

Cowan has had a long artistic career, teaches at Place des Arts and was awarded senior signature status by the Federation of Canadian Artists.

She loves to immerse herself in nature and is a fixture at Mundy Park, but she had only a few small paintings of the forest in her home.

“Zoe challenged me to paint larger,” Cowan said, and so began a winter and spring of capturing the life of Mundy Park on five foot canvasses stretched on wooden frames.

There were the usual challenges of dealing with a cold spring to sketch or paint smaller studies but finding space in her home to paint large canvasses was an unexpected challenge: Cowan had to move from small studio to front hallway, then the garage.

Her husband’s response?

“He was probably relieved to see me get out of the hallway.”

It was a pleasure to visit with Cowan for an early preview of the exhibit. Not only does Cowan have an obvious love for Mundy Park but her efforts to capture the essence of the

400-acre nature preserve are a wonder to see.

She has a small book where she sketches out her vision in pencil and another where sketches are done in watercolour. Her pochade box, used to carry supplies and doubles as an easel for outdoor painting, is stained with oils.

A Walk in the Forest offers a unique way to view Mundy Park, explore nature while keeping one’s feet dry and reminding us about the interconnectedness of living things.

• The opening reception for A Walk in the Forest is Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Silk Art Gallery (2419 Clarke St., Port Moody).

Cowan will do a live painting demo on Sept. 30 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the gallery. Visit silkgallery.ca. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

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45 years on Place des Arts has been a part of Ginger Lovell’s life since the Coquitlam arts centre opened.

The Burnaby elementary school teacher took up classes there after her first son was born in 1972, joining a women’s art group under the direction of Leonore Peyton. It was composed mainly of stay-at-home moms who wanted to learn such techniques as fabric arts, copper enamelling and painting.

Lovell had always admired the latter form but had put it aside to pursue her career.

At Place des Arts, though, “I found time to reconnect with my interest in art and it was a wonderful place to explore creative ideas and express them.”

Now, 45 years later, the Coquitlam resident continues to enjoy her passion and regularly teaches the skills she learned at Place des Arts to her grandsons.

This month, Lovell will display her talents in a new exhibition titled Inspiration 45 — a visual arts show that kicks off the Maillardville venue’s milestone year.

Lovell, who will have a watercolour painting called Sanctuary (from Hornby Island) and an acrylic piece of the Pitt River, will

showcase her work in the Mezzanine Gallery alongside 15 other longtime artists such as Jane Appleby, who’s currently on the PdA faculty; Barb Krell, a student of faculty member Laurie Thompson; and Krista Mullally, a past PdA student and graduate of the Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

Lovell said she wanted to be part of Inspiration 45 to give back to the institution.

The high-quality instruction she received over the years “shaped my work as an artist…. It’s very inspiring to be able to look back over those 45 years and see all the connections with the arts community and how fellow artists and children have benefitted.”

Meanwhile, also opening on Friday is an industrial design and metalwork collection, titled Illuminated Comp, by Ross Hayduk in the Atrium Gallery. And in the Leonore Peyton Salon is Infoe-Diction, a mixed media series by Barbara Pearson.

• The opening reception on Sept. 8 starts at 7 p.m. at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam). Admission is free and the artists will attend. The shows run until Oct. 7. Visit placedesarts.ca.

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Flip through the season brochure for the Evergreen Cultural Centre and you’ll likely find at least a dozen shows you’ll want to reach into your pocket for.

The Coquitlam venue, which is kicking off its 21st year on Sept. 15 with an art exhibition launch and dance party, will highlight a variety of acts from September to June — including some big names on the Canadian arts scene.

TD Bank is backing a new Evergreen music series that starts Oct. 22 with the DoubleDouble Duo — aka Kornel Wolak (clarinet/piano) and Michael Bridge (accordion/ piano) — and ends April 15, 2018, with The Good News According to Quartom, an a cappella quartet.

Also part of the TD series are Juno-award winners, the Good Lovelies, Port Moody pianist Martin Mayer and Sean McCann, a founding member of Great Big Sea. David Mann, Evergreen’s performing arts manager and recipient of a BC Touring Council award, said the arts facility is pleased to welcome the TD Bank partnership (the venue also has secured sponsorship again from Westminster Savings credit union for its family days arts programs and discounted performance series).

“The 11 concerts really offer a range of music styles,” Mann said of the TD music program.

Evergreen’s presentations are divided into six categories this season — theatre, indie, music, family, variety and Musical Mornings — some of which have reduced ticket prices. Also new are the sampler packs for the music and variety series, where guests can save up to 30% for a single ticket if purchased as a pack-

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ABOVE: Port Moody pianist and composer Martin Mayer will play two pieces at the Sept.

15 season launch to promote his February “homecoming show” at the Evergreen Cultural Centre. He will perform an original work, Whistler, and Raul di Blasio’s Corazon de Nino. LEFT: Coquitlam singer-songwriter Etienne Siew, a fan favourite at Music on the Grill, will also be at the season opener at Evergreen.

ETIENNE SIEW age. “The discount grows with the number of shows people buy together,” Mann said, adding, “It’s a nice way to encourage visitors to try out new things.”

The upcoming shows will be highlighted at the season launch on Sept. 15, in which Mayer will tickle the ivories to promote his Feb. 17 “homecoming show,” with two pieces: an original called Whistler and Raul di Blasio’s Corazon de Nino. Mayer has been on the concert circuit in China and Taiwan since 2001 and returned to Canada three years ago (he plans to tour Asia next year). His Evergreen gig next Friday will be the first time he’s performed in Canada since 2003 and “I’m finally now able to bring the show home.”

Meanwhile, the eightpiece band Dock Side Drive

— whom Mann recruited in April while at the BC Touring Council’s Pacific Contact conference — will perform swing tunes from the likes of Ray Charles, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin.

And, yes, the dance floor will be open, Mann said.

Band manager and founder Heather Burns (vocals/piano) said the Evergreen date will close the summer for the Victoria-based group “so we’re looking to have a lot of fun,” she said. “It’s been a busy year of performing.”

• Tickets for Evergreen Cultural Centre’s 21st season launch are $20 by calling the box office at 604-927-6555 or visiting evergreenculturalcentre. ca. The opening for the new art display Colour Burst will run from 6 to 8 p.m. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Pack up your pooch for an outdoor painting party at Place des Arts on Sunday.

The Coquitlam venue hosts its first event in the pARTy@ PdA series — for adults only — on Sept. 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with PAWcasso.

Masters and their dogs can join artist Ruth Hoyem and use non-toxic paints to create a duo work of art.

Participating pets must have current vaccinations and be leashed. The cost to register at $26 per person (or two for $42) includes refreshments. Call 604-664-1636 or visit brownpapertickets.com.

Meanwhile, sign up for the five other night pARTies: • Festive Felting, Dec. 8; • Night of the Arts, Feb. 2, 2018; • Pottery, Pizza & Pinot, March 2, 2018; • Dance & Dine: Foxtrot, April 27, 2018; • and Blooms & Bubbly (floral arranging), May 11, 2018.

Vancouver Fringe Fest starts today, features locals JANIS CLEUGH

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The annual Vancouver Fringe Festival is full of comedy, drama and mostly quirky plays.

And this year’s 11-day run, which kicks off today (Wednesday), includes some elements that Tri-City audiences may want to watch for.

Festival newcomers and Pinetree graduates Megan Kuzeja and Chad Kamer cowrote It Figures, a show about a young married couple, in which they will also star.

Their characters, Liz and Chris, a pharmacist and her unemployed husband, are two years into their wedded bliss and start to question their relationship.

It Figures is at the Carousel Theatre on Granville Island tomorrow to Sept. 17.

Also launching Thursday is Wyspa, co-written and directed by Coquitlam native Julia Siedlanowska. The show centres on a group of youth stranded on an urchin-infested island; it runs at Ron Basford Park on Granville Island until Sept. 16.

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ABOVE: Megan Kuzeja and Chad Kamer in It Figures. BELOW, a scene from Wyspa, co-written and directed by Coquitlam native Julia Siedlanowska.

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The show, written by Cathy Collis and Simon Roberts, is based on obituary notices.

“We’re writing from some of our own weirdly comic experiences of loss and exploring that ‘how do we get to be remembered?’ question that comes up in the face of one’s own mortality,” the pair said in a news release.

LaRochelle, who has also appeared in Stage 43 and Vagabond Players’ productions, is on stage with Rich Archer, Dave Campbell, Tracy Jennissen, Ray Soden and newcomer Marnie Mahannah.

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Authors Janet Dunnett and Karen Tryell will talk to caregivers and speak about their literary works to a Coquitlam crowd next week.

Dunnett wrote The Dwindling: A Daughter’s Caregiving Journey to the Edge of Life, an autobiography about caregiving to her parents over a decade, while Tryell — a well-known dementia expert and writer of Cracking the Dementia Code — will share tips for self-care during caregiving. The free event takes place on Sept. 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Club Bel Âge in Place Maillardville (1200 Cartier Ave., Coquitlam).

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Young thespians — aged eight to 17 — are invited to be part of The Young Actors Project, which has recently been using its YouTube channel as a digital platform to tell stories, and develop and promote local talent. For example, YAP student Laine Taylor, 15, uploaded her short flick The Girl Without A Phone, which now has more than 30 million views.

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Ruby Gosselin, 7, and her brother Luka, 9, scrum down as their dad, Mike, prepares to pitch in the ball. Mike Gosselin is a coach and volunteer with the rugby club’s Minis program for kids, which will be hosting a special Try Rugby event on Sept. 17 at Maple Creek middle school in Port Coquitlam

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It takes a rugby player to make a rugby player.

United Rugby Club wants to break that template by hosting its first Try Rugby event Sept.

17, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Maple Creek middle school in Port Coquitlam to introduce the

sport to new generation of kids, and their parents.

Paul Henery, the director of United’s mini-rugby program for kids, said the majority of young players take to the pitch because they’ve spent numerous Saturdays on the sidelines as their mom or dad knocks heads in the scrum. Try Rugby is a chance to reach a broader audience whose curiosity about the sport may have been piqued by the party atmosphere of the annual Rugby Sevens tournament at BC Place or the international success of

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“It’s a challenge to grow beyond the kids of rugby parents,” Henery said.

But if it’s to break free of its core of aficionados, it needs to.

So the club has made its kids programs as family-friendly as possible.

All kids practices and games, for all age groups, are held at the same time, on the same day. That makes it conducive for siblings to join as the whole family can enjoy the activity without schlepping back and forth across town all day.

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Younger kids start playing flag rugby on a smaller pitch.

Contact is introduced at the Grade 4 level and by the end of that season the kids have been taught how to properly execute a tackle.

Henery said it can be tough to ease parents’ concerns about hitting and tackling.

“Parents get queasy but the contact is really like just walking into other kids,” Henery said.

Scores aren’t officially kept for kids’ games. Rather, Henery said, it’s more important to

introduce them to rugby’s unique culture of respect and sportsmanship.

“No matter how you feel about the other team, after the game you shake hands, have juice and a hot dog,” Henery said. “It takes the pressure off to win.”

The Try Rugby event will expose kids to various elements of the game through stations that have been developed by the BC Rugby Union. They’ll learn a little about rugby skills like agility, running and passing.

“They get to try a bit of this and a bit of that and have fun,” Henery said. “That’s how we grew up with the game.”

Mike Gosselin, a coach and volunteer with United’s minis program, said rugby doesn’t just reward the best athletes on the pitch.

“Anyone can score a try. You can be the slowest kid on the pitch as long as you follow the team and you’re in the right place at the right time,” said Gosselin, who’s two children play minis rugby. “It’s a huge confidence booster for a kid.”

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Mates stick together A pair of Tri-Cities’ soccer prospects is already mapping out their future in the sport.

Andrew Peat, of Port Coquitlam, and Trevor Zanatta, of Coquitlam, signed commitments to play for the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades in 2018, after the Coquitlam Metro-Ford teammates complete Grade 12.

Peat, a forward, has played for the B.C. provincial team program since 2014 and he was Team B.C.’s top scorer at the recent Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg, Man., where he scored five goals in

six matches.

Cascades’ head coach Tom Lowndes said he’s thrilled to land the 6’3” Terry Fox secondary student.

“He’s a massive recruit and he’s had a lot of other offers,” Lowndes said. “He’s a natural goal-scorer — pace, leftfooted, strong, dynamic.”

Zanatta is the captain of his Metro-Ford club team and he played on the provincial side in 2015 and 2016.

“Trevor is a dynamic central midfielder,” Lowndes said of Zanatta. “Physically, he’s mature and ready to come and

compete for minutes right off the bat.”

Both players said the opportunity to remain teammates as they moved forward in their soccer careers was enticing.

“With my buddy signing, it’s a perfect fit for me,” Peat said.

“It’s local, and the commute is easy,” Zanatta said. “I felt it was the best choice for me.”

Both Peat and Zanatta will be headed to New Brunswick in October to help their MetroFord squad play for a national championship. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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Polisi brothers score 3 for SFU Clan in season opener Coquitlam’s Polisi brothers, Matteo and Marcello, combined for three goals to lead the Simon University Clan men’s soccer team to an 8-0 win over the University of Mary Marauders in their seasonopening match last Thursday at Terry Fox Field in Burnaby.

Matteo Polisi opened the scoring three minutes in on the Clan’s first shot of the match, when he deposited a cross from Jeff Cadman into the bottom left of the Marauders’ net.

He scored his second goal of the match in the 77th minute

to make it 6-0, and he also got an assist on the Clan’s eighth goal, by Rahid Raheim, just before time expired.

Marcello Polisi scored in the 60th minute on a thundering shot from 30 yards out to the bottom left corner of the net.

Coquitlam’s Michael North and Adam Jones also scored

for the Clan, who led 3-0 after the first half.

North, an Archbishop Carney grad, scored in the 25th minute on a shot from the left flank about 25 yards out that fooled Marauders’ keeper Ludvig Rhodin.

Jones opened the secondhalf scoring barrage when he took a short pass from Riley Pang and found the net from about 10 yards out.

Jones also added an assist when senior Magnus Kritensen deposited the Clan’s seventh goal off his corner kick.

The Clan, who are ranked 13th, are on their way to Billings, Mont., for the Montana State University Billings’ Rimrock Classic tournament.

They play California State University-San Bernadino on Friday and Cal Poly Pomona on Sunday.

Their next home game at Terry Fox Field on Burnaby Mountain is Sept. 15, 7 p.m., against Slippery Rock University.

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Open kitchen with slider to the lovely fenced in west facing rear yard with a big patio. Hardwood throughout the main floor, upper hall and one bedroom. Decadent master complete with gas fireplace, walk-in closet and big ensuite with separate soaker tub. Third bedroom has door to the main bathroom and looks towards Golden Ears mountain. Quality constructed with concrete tile roof and superior sound proofing (concrete wall). Bonus five and a half foot crawl space. Super convenientlocation,closetoallamenitiesandschools.ActFast,Won’tLast!

Solid character home situated on a lovely property.

This unique 2,400 square foot charmer has four bedrooms and a flex room that could be a fifth bedroom. Cozy living room with wood burning fireplace.

Huge family room has gas fireplace. Well cared for and updates include flooring, roof, furnace, hot water tank, washer and dryer. Newer entertainers kitchen with beautiful granite counters, apron sink, stainless steel appliances, two wall ovens, built in dishwasher, gas range and spacious eating area with a door that leads to the side veranda. Rear yard is a private oasis with a gazebo, shed, secret garden, grape vines, lush foliage and huge patio that looks over a farm field towards the mountains. Bonus four foot crawl space. Enjoy nature and conveniently close to all amenities.

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HARTMAN, Beverley (Bev) Passed away peacefully on Monday August 28, 2017 at Eagle Ridge Hospital at the age of 90 years. Bev will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered by her daughters Sue (Bob) Hay and Dawn (Ray) Dove; grandchildren Tracey, Pam, Nick, Patrick, Chris, Shawn, and Shelley; great grandchildren Dylan, Junon, Zeon, Shiena, Preston, and Tilly; brother Bruce (Betty) Lewis; loving partner Clare Scatchard; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and close friends.

Bev was born November 10, 1926 in New Westminster, British Columbia to Emily (nee Kennedy) and Lloyd Lewis. In 1950 she married Arthur (Art) Hartman, who became her faithful husband for 51 years. Art passed away in 2001.

Bev trained and worked as a Registered Nurse until the birth of her first child, at which time she became a full time homemaker and mother. Later, she was a volunteer for 40 years in the Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. Bev was an amazing woman who gave of herself tirelessly and generously, and made a mark on the lives of all who knew her. She was a shining example of wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend.

To walk in her footsteps will be both a challenge and a blessing.

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