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International retailer JYSK Bed-Bath-Home opens its New Coquitlam flagship store this Thursday at 15 King Edward St. & United Blvd. “We at the Coquitlam store have been working hard to offer our customers a unique shopping experience,” said store Manager Sean Bunnage. “We value excellent customer service, great pricing and enjoy educating our customers with our extensive product knowledge and expertise. This new store offers our colleagues and guests alike, not only a great new layout, but a wealth of merchandise set up as you would like to see it in your own home.“ On Thursday, November 23rd, JYSK Coquitlam at 15 King Edward St. & United Blvd. invites all their customers to come see the new store and the great Grand Opening deals. Thursday to Saturday, the first 200 customers get a Free $25 JYSK Gift Card. Customers are sure to find great bargains on furniture, mattresses, bath and bedding products, drapes, rugs and home décor.

“At JYSK, you don’t have to sacrifice comfort and style for affordability,” says Lynne Williams, the company’s director of advertising. “Because we buy very large volumes around the world, we can offer our customers the lowest prices possible.”

Founded in 1979 by Lars Larsen, JYSK got its start as a bedding retailer when it opened the doors of its flagship store in Aarhus, Denmark. Over the years, the company steadily expanded its product line and its presence internationally to become one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world - now with more than 2,500 stores in 48 countries.

Twenty-one years ago, the company expanded to Canada, opening its first store in Coquitlam, BC in 1996, and today there are 62 stores across the country. “We are excited to be celebrating 21 years in Canada and bringing our Scandinavian influence to the Canadian marketplace,” says Williams, noting that JYSK plans to add another 10 stores in the next two years.

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At JYSK, customers discover a relaxed atmosphere. “Our stores have an intimate feel to them, which is a nice alternative to the big-box experience,” says Williams. Customers can also shop online, then pick up their selections at their local store. “We aim to make the shopping experience as hassle-free as possible, so we try to provide a number of purchasing options for our customers.”

While bedding continues to be a mainstay at JYSK, the retailer wants to be known as the experts in sleeping and living, offering a broad spectrum of furnishing options for all rooms of the home - living room, kitchen, bedroom, dining, home office, bath and increasingly popular, the outdoors.

JYSK’s buying team travel the world to acquire the best deals, and the company’s reputation continues to grow as they pass on the savings to customers. As well, JYSK customizes its products to the unique needs in each country and market.

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Coquitlam Search and Rescue were still on the hunt Tuesday afternoon for a 56-year-old woman who went missing the previous day on Westwood Plateau.

Annette Poitras was last heard from when she called a friend at around 4 p.m. Monday and said she was walking her dogs near her family’s home.

Her vehicle was later found at the top of Plateau Boulevard.

Rescuers said she was not equipped to spend a night outside.

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“We are just throwing everything we have at it given the weather and that she has been out for a day now.”

This missing woman is described as Caucasian with a medium build. She is 4’11” tall, and has blonde hair and blue eyes.

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ing with family members, who Coyle said are extremely distraught, in an attempt to learn more about Poitras’ customary routes and dog-walking routine.

“The husband was in the truck with us for most of the night,” Coyle said. “We were interviewing him about her behaviours. He is quite upset.” see 25 SEARCHERS, page 8

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Annette Poitras (above) of Coquitlam was walking three dogs (those named in the photo at left) when she went missing Monday. Her vehicle was found at the top of Plateau Boulevard.

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Killer OK’d for escorted hospital leaves GARY MCKENNA JANIS CLEUGH

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The mother of three children murdered by their father says she fears for her life after the B.C. Review Board reaf-

firmed a three-year-old decision granting him the possibility of escorted leaves from the Coquitlam institution where he’s incarcerated.

Darcie Clarke, who lives in the Tri-Cities, reacted on her website to the “horrible news”

that her former husband, Allan Schoenborn, will continue to be permitted day passes into the community.

The panel’s decision states Schoenborn is to have no direct or indirect contact with his ex-wife.

Still, she wrote in her statement, which is posted at 4darcie.ca, that she believes he “will move ahead with his threats against me because, as he has said, I am ‘unfinished business.’”

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City News, the B.C. Review Board noted that its decision — released last Friday in the later afternoon — does not change Schoenborn’s custodial order.

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n We’re looking for photos taken in the Tri-Cities and preferably by Tri-Cities residents. n A vertical photo will be chosen for the front (other photos may be used elsewhere).

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Jordan Birch has big plans for his charity, Now That’s Ugly Society.

So does the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

This year, the Port Moodybased organization that hosts the annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Dash and the Now That’s Ugly Sweater Party teamed up with the foundation to take the cause national.

Society co-founder and Anmore resident Jordan Birch said the partnership is a match made in heaven.

“The plan has always been to go outside of B.C.,” he said, “so this is our last year refining the recipe before we replicate it across Canada.”

Next year, his society plans to launch the inaugural Ugly Christmas Sweater Dash in Victoria before branching out to eastern Canada, he said.

The third annual dash at Rocky Point Park in 2016 drew about 400 participants, many of whom sported tacky knits and other holiday costumes as they walked or ran the Shoreline Trail.

Combined with the Now That’s Ugly Sweater Party, held for the past 16 years at Vancouver’s legendary Commodore Ballroom, Birch’s society hauled in thousands of

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But with the Make-A-Wish Foundation — “which does similar work but has a broader scope and an international presence,” Birch said — the proceeds will go into a general account to grant future wishes

for sick children rather than targeted to one specific child.

“We don’t have wishes lined up in advance,” said Stuart Chase, marketing and communications director for Make-AWish in B.C. and Yukon. “But most of the money we raise stays in the Lower Mainland.”

According to its 2016 annual report, the provincial charity brought in $1.8 million last year to pay for 123 wishes (95 of them to B.C. and Yukon children). Across Canada last year, donations and grants bought in $12.6 million for the organization.

For the Ugly dash and party, Make-A-Wish will have inhouse staff to push the two festive events and the ability to handle ticket sales. “It’s all hands on deck in terms of staffing,” Chase said.

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PoMo to glow with Christmas lights MARIO BARTEL

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Port Moody is hoping to become a Christmas wonderland with thousands of colourful lights, illuminated garlands and wreaths strung in trees as well as on lamp posts and light standards on major city streets.

City council recently approved the expenditure of $30,090 for a festive lighting plan that will add thousands of colourful holiday tree lights along St. Johns, Clarke and Murray streets as well as the large evergreen tree in front of the Port Moody Arts Centre. Large illuminated wreaths and garlands with bows will also be hung on light standards and lamp posts on St. Johns from Queens to Moody streets, and on Clarke from Elgin to Kyle. Light standards on Murray, from Moody to the pedestrian crosswalk will be festooned with large illuminated wreaths or snowflakes.

The lights will glow from late November to Jan. 15.

Those are all in addition to the city’s existing holiday lighting and displays at city hall, fire hall #1 and the Queens Street plaza.

But the seasonal centrepiece of the city’s festive feeling will be the new Cheer at the Pier event on Dec. 2, 6 to 8 p.m., when the pier and gazebo at Rocky Point Park will be lit up for the first time. The free event will

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Port Moody Mayor Mike Clay looks like he could use a little help to string the thousands of Christmas lights that will be installed on the pier at Rocky Point Park for the city’s first Cheer at the Pier holiday event to be held on Dec. 2. also feature carollers, rides on a candy cane train, visits with Santa Claus along with an opportunity to write him a letter, as well as hot chocolate, apple cider and sugar cookies. The

lights get turned on at 6:30 p.m.

The city is also encouraging local businesses to get in the holiday spirit by offering a chance to win a free business licence worth $505 to each one

that decorates its store front with seasonal lighting and posts a photo of it on social media with the #PoMoLights hashtag.

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cation, Rosemary Lodge, said the city will pursue sponsorship and grant opportunities to make future lighting displays even bigger.

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As we have in previous years, The Tri-City News in December will publish a list of large light displays in the Tri-Cities for Christmas.

To add your home to The Tri-City News’ list, send your name and address along with details of your display (how many lights, special displays, hours and days of operation plus any charities for which you’re collecting money or food), even a photo, to newsroom@ tricitynews.com.

As well, when we publish the list, the online version of the story will include a map of display locations.

You can get alerts about the list by following us on Twitter @ TriCityNews and look for more information on our Facebook page.

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Lynne Russell always suspected people in Port Moody love to read.

Now, the head of the city’s public library has an idea just how much.

In the 21-day period leading up to Nov. 10, when PMPL closed for an extensive renovation project that will take almost two months, library patrons borrowed 62,886 items of the total collection of just over 100,000 items — almost double the number of loans during the same period last year, Russell said, adding, “We’re pleased the community really likes reading.”

Borrowers will be able to keep most of those items until Jan. 4, two days after the library is scheduled to reopen after much of the 13,000-sq. ft. facility is reconfigured and updated to accommodate more digital work stations and a new digital creation station as well as new wiring, carpeting and paint.

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Lynne Russell, the director of library services at the Port Moody Library, says 62,886 items wee borrowed from PMPL ahead of its closure on Nov. 10 for almost two months of renovations. books staff had to pack away for the renovation, the lending limit was also increased from 50 to 100 items from Oct. 20 until the library’s closure. Russell said she’s sure some borrowers took full advantage.

“People seemed very pleased they could take out this number of books” she said, noting the busiest day was Oct. 21, when 5,174 items were checked out from the library. “I know people did stock up.”

Russell said children’s picture books and early readers were especially popular, as were DVDs of movies and TV series.

Not that borrowers are completely cut off while the library is closed.

Russell said items can still be reserved online for pick-up at the Port Moody recreation complex and they can be dropped off at a 24-hour drop box in front of the library.

“We’re emptying our book drop several times a day,” Russell said. “I think what people are doing is they really wanted enough books to last them, and they’re returning them as they finish.” mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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E-Comm takes over Coq. fire dispatching Call volume, costs behind move to regional service DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

Population growth combined with the need to keep up with technology have resulted in changes to how the Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam fire departments handle emergency services.

In Coquitlam, the city’s fire/rescue services moved to E-Comm emergency communications for its 911 calls while Port Coquitlam fire will start using E-Comm’s radio system in February.

Coquitlam’s switch-over occurred Tuesday without any glitches, said Fire Chief Wade Pierlot, and was necessary to get leading-edge technology, increased staff coverage, better alignment with other regional emergency responders and lower costs.

“As we move forward, with [E-Comm’s] superior dispatch, they give us the capability to handle larger events and more extreme events,” he told The TriCity News.

As well, he noted, no dispatchers lost their jobs as a result of the switch; one is training to become a firefighter and three are training to become fire prevention officers and inspectors.

The change was needed,

Pierlot said, because of a surge in call volume with projected increases of 5% to 6% each year owing to more people moving into the area, more accidents on the Port Mann Bridge and Highway 1 — especially near the Brunette interchange — and more people coming into the area on SkyTrain.

“They’re vulnerable people is the best way to say it. They can present medical issues. You also get a traveling public that runs into trouble from time to time,” said Pierlot, who noted the in-house fire dispatchers were handling approximately 10,000 calls a year, with call volume so high on some shifts that additional help was needed from relief firefighters.

Now, fire and medical distress calls will be handled from an office in Vancouver instead of locally but Pierlot said the standardization of emergency services and the use of a geographic information system means the E-Comm dispatchers can handle local calls efficiently.

In February, the Port Coquitlam fire department will start using E-Comm’s radio system because its 30-year old analogue radio system has become outdated and can’t connect with other emergency services, and there are dead spots.

“Our system was just too old,” said Fire Chief Nick Delmonico.

“From an emergency management perspective, the inability to talk to the other emergency

services was a problem.”

Switching to E-Comm radio will cost approximately $150,000 but PoCo will continue to use the 911 dispatch services of Surrey Fire Services. “We see no reason to change it. They provide good service for a good price,” Delmonico said.

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Notice of Intention to Consider Issuance of a Temporary Use Permit When: November 28, 2017 at 7pm • Where: Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody, B.C. Port Moody Council will consider issuing the following Temporary Use Permit: LOCATION MAP - 3001 St.Johns Street

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Purpose: Marcon St. George (GP) Ltd. has applied for a Temporary Use Permit to allow for a temporary sales centre on the property located at 3001 St. Johns Street. The proposed sales centre is related to the proposed multi-family redevelopment of the 3000 block of St. George Street (File 6700-20-140). The sales centre would be located on the subject property for a term of 2 years.

Get in touch!

How do I get more information?

Review the proposed Temporary Use Permit #3080-20-05 and related information at the Planning Division counter on the 2nd floor of City Hall, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, B.C. between 8:30am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, or at portmoody.ca/tup after November 23, 2017.

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How can I provide input?

1. If you believe your property is affected by this permit, comment directly to Council on November 28, 2017.

2. You can also send a submission in writing before 12 noon on November 28, 2017 by emailing clerks@portmoody.ca or faxing 604.469.4550.

Eric Vance, MA, FCMC, FCIP, RPP Acting General Manager of Planning and Development

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How should transit fares be determined? Have a say TransLink seeks input on possible distance charges

Mayor wants city to talk to Burnaby and TransLink about highway

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New options for how transit fares are calculated could benefit Tri-City riders who take short trips.

This week, TransLink launched the third phase of its fare review study and is asking customers to weigh in on two options for how transit could be priced.

One option would see fares priced by kilometre on rapid transit, instead of the current zone system, with a flat fare for buses. Another option would see fares priced by kilometre across the entire transit system.

Neither proposal is likely to affect West Coast Express, which would likely continue to have a premium fare.

The public is also asked to give feedback on ways to expand customer discounts through the fare structure.

Visit www.translink.ca/ farereview to find the survey, explanatory videos and a discussion paper that shows how fares would change with the

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Fares could be priced by kilometre travelled across the public transit system or on rapid transit only under options being considered by TransLink. proposed models and how new technology might be used to calculate fares.

According to a press release, the two preferred fare pricing options were determined through surveys conducted last year and are the result of customers saying they preferred fares based on distance travelled.

“We want to know how customers feel about the options

so we can respond with a transit fare structure that better meets the public’s needs,” stated Geoff Cross, TransLink vice-president of policy and planning.

The survey is available until Dec. 8 and a final recommendation on a new fare structure is expected in 2018.

Meanwhile, a study into how all modes of transportation are priced — including charges

for usage of roads, transit and shared-use modes like bussharing, car-sharing and taxis — is being conducted by the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission. TransLink will share its Phase 3 findings with the commission and then use its input to help make final decision on changes to the fare structure.

The city of Port Moody wants to talk with TransLink and the city of Burnaby about removing the HOV lanes on Barnet Highway from View Street to the Burnaby border.

In a report presented to council at last Tuesday’s meeting, Mayor Mike Clay said Port Moody’s new master transportation plan, adopted in March, recommended the removal of HOV lanes through the city on St. Johns and Clarke streets because they’re under-used but no similar recommendation was extended to the Barnet into Burnaby.

He said it’s time for that to change.

Clay said he receives complaints regularly about the lack of cars using the HOV lanes during morning and afternoon rush hours. He said his own observations show there’s about one car travelling in the HOV lane for every 15 to 20 in the other lanes.

“Many residents have expressed frustration that this adds to their commute time,” Clay said in his report.

While a recommendation to drop the HOV lanes on the Barnet was discussed as the city formulated its new master transportation plan, Clay said it was never adopted as part of the plan because of concerns about the domino effect on HOV lanes in Burnaby and along Clarke Street. That’s why any plan to close the lanes on Barnet must begin with discussions with Burnaby and TransLink, he said.

“If they all come back and say no, at least we’ll get some data and reasoning behind it,” Clay said. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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"Highly invested employees are a benefit to the School District as a whole and those are precisely the people we are losing to early retirement.

This as an injustice and a massive loss. Employees who provided years of service to staff and students are faced with a hard choice. New hires are questioning their career path, and the people we count on and look to for mentorship will be gone."

Broken Promises Coquitlam school support workers deserve better.

In September, School District 43 reported a $13 million surplus.

Yet they’re cutting post-retirement health benefits for workers who retire after 2017. Dedicated workers who support children in our schools should be able to count on health benefits when they’ll need them most.

Call SD #43 at (604) 939-9201 and tell them to reverse the post-retirement health benefit cut.

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The search area is quite treacherous, he added, and search crews from as far away as Mission are combing the mountain. Coyle said the creeks are particularly high because of the rain and a hiker doesn’t have to venture far before encountering steep terrain.

About 25 rescuers were involved in the search yesterday but, by The Tri-City News’ print deadline, had seen no sign of Poitras, a professional dog walker, or the three dogs. Coyle added that one of the animals is said to be quite overweight and the owner of the pet did not believe it could get very far.

“Someone with dogs doesn’t usually go missing like this,” Coyle said, later adding: “She may have got to a certain point where the dog stopped and said ‘I am not going.’ Her husband said she would not leave the dogs.”

Poitras’ last call was to a friend whom she contacted while walking; the conversation lasted about 20 minutes and nothing serious was dis-

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Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Michael McLaughlin speaks to reporters about the search on Westwood Plateau for Annette Poitras. cussed, he said.

Coquitlam RCMP said that anyone with any knowledge of Poitras’ whereabouts is asked to call 911 immediately. But the Mounties noted in a press release that rescuers do not require members of the public to help in the search for the missing woman.

“We are really emphasizing to the public that this is something they need to leave to the

experts,” said Cpl. Michael McLaughlin. “We have a lot of friends and family who have come here asking to help Annette. It is really important to support the family. The family has asked that you pray for them and hope for a good outcome. The best thing you can do is stay at home and leave it to the experts.”

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Development Variance Permit No. DVP00048

7 pm on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Council Chambers Port Coquitlam City Hall

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A public input opportunity is being provided in consideration of an application to vary the City’s Parking and Development Management Bylaw No. 3525.

The applicant wishes to establish a 25 patron lounge accessory to its liquor manufacturing (craft brewery) use at #2150 – 570 Sherling Place. The manufacturing and proposed lounge uses require a total of seven parking stalls but only six spaces are available.

Location:

Street address: #2150 – 570 Sherling Place

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All members of the public will have a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions about the bylaw at the Legal Description: hearing.

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Prior to the public input opportunity, the public is welcome to inspect the application and any related bylaws, reports and plans at:

CITY HALL 2580 Shaughnessy Street Port Coquitlam BC

Development Services, Port Coquitlam City Hall Annex 8:30 am -4:30 pm (except weekends/stat. holidays) until 4:00 pm on November 28, 2017.

Carolyn Deakin, Assistant Corporate Officer 604.927.5212 • corporateoffice@portcoquitlam.ca

Visit the website for details or a larger map.

More info: Development Services, 604.927.5442.

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Port Moody rental building would have 142 units in all MARIO BARTEL The Tri-CiTy News

Port Moody’s first new rental building in more than 30 years is a step closer to getting built.

The project, to be constructed by developer Woodbridge Properties on St. Johns Street just west of Moray, would comprise 142 units in a six-storey building; five of those would be three-bedroom apartments, 72 would be twobedroom-plus-den units up to 928.6 sq. ft., 59 would be one bedroom plus a den, and six would be studio apartments.

It would also be subject to a housing agreement with the city that guarantees the building remains a rental for at least 20 years.

The project requires an amendment to the city’s official community plan as well as a rezoning of the property from mixed use to multi-family residential.

Coun. Zoe Royer said at last Tuesday’s city council meeting that the tradeoff of street-level commercial use at that site is worth the addition of new rental apartments.

“I’m OK with no commercial,” she said. “I think this is what we need.”

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An illustration of an apartment building planned for St. Johns Street in Port Moody, just west of Moray Street. The building would have 142 rental units. expressed concern about a lack of commitment from the developer to include any nonmarket units in the project.

But when she asked whether Woodbridge would be making a financial contribution to the city’s affordable housing reserve fund, Port Moody senior planner Doug Allen said the developer considered the rental project itself “a community amenity.”

At an earlier meeting of council’s committee of the whole that first considered the

project, Woodbridge’s Jamie Howard said the company couldn’t say what the rents would be in the new building.

“The whole point of having a rental market is not to be restricted,” he said.

While the building’s 151 parking spots will be fewer than the 213 required by the city, in his report to council, Allen said the ratio of 1.26 spots per unit was in line with a recent study by Metro Vancouver that suggested 1.28 spots per unit is adequate for residential

project in close proximity to SkyTrain stations.. The site is 600 metres from the Inlet Centre SkyTrain station and 705 metres from the Moody Centre station.

In addition, Allen said the developer would provide a Compass transit card preloaded with $100 to every unit at a total cost of more than $14,000.

The project goes to a public hearing on Nov. 28. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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Byron was a groundskeeper and is now a custodian at the maintenance yard.

Post-retirement benefits are extremely important to him: "As we get older, we need medical services more. If you have to come up with your own sort of plan when you retire, you'll end up paying a lot more out of your pension than you can afford on health care."

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Dr. Paul Chedraoui Dr. Dana Behan Dr. Lina Ng Dr. Angela Lai IV Sedation

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Broken Promises Coquitlam school support workers deserve better.

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In September, School District 43 reported a $13 million surplus.

Yet they’re cutting post-retirement health benefits for workers who retire after 2017. Dedicated workers who support children in our schools should be able to count on health benefits when they’ll need them most.

Dr. Nariman Amiri Certified Specialist in Prosthodontics (Cosmetic, Reconstructive Dentistry & Implants)

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION

SEX OFFENDER LEAVES CITY OF POCO A Port Coquitlam city worker convicted last month of a sex assault that happened 25 years ago will leave his civic job.

On Monday, David Murray formally advised PoCo city managers he will retire at the end of January.

The 16-year employee is leaving on his own free will, PoCo’s chief administrative officer, John Leeburn, told The Tri-City News. Previously, the city sought legal advice about Murray’s employment status after a PoCo provincial court judge convicted him on Oct. 25.

The assault took place in 1992 and involved a 14-year-old girl who worked for Murray at the time.

Murray, who has been on paid leave since Oct. 2 and has strong ties in the Tri-Cities and Ridge-Meadows sporting communities, took a temporary leave from his job last December but returned to work in February of this year. Then, he was assigned to a variety of non-public-facing duties at the works yard, a city spokesperson said.

Leeburn said Murray will not collect severance and has a number of vacation days he accumulated during his service “which he will use prior to retiring,” he said.

Murray was also on Pitt Meadows city council at the time of his conviction; he quit his seat last month after mounting public pressure (the resignation is effective Jan. 2).

A date for his sentencing will be fixed on Jan. 10. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

pointed her finger at politicians and the B.C. Review Board for allowing the escorted day leaves.

“Let me ask you: Would you want a triple child killer to spend time with you or your family in the community? If you answered ‘yes,’ you are lying. If you answered ‘no,’ then what are you doing to fix our broken legal and mental health systems?”

She also criticized Dr.

Johann Brink of the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, at whose discretion Schoenborn’s leaves would occur.

“This is the same man who wanted to give Allan full release in 2011 after just one year in custody,” Clarke wrote.

She added: “Allan’s own doctors do not believe he will be ready for years — if ever — to have such leave.” gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

The City has received an application to amend the Citywide Official Community Plan (CWOCP) relating to the property located at 3553 Victoria Drive, as shown on the attached map.

The application proposes a redesignation of a portion of the subject property located under the BC Hydro Right-of-Way, from Open Space to Townhousing Residential. If approved, the application would permit the land area that falls within the BC Hydro Right-of-Way to be used for a public walkway and semipublic landscaped area on both sides under the RT-2 zoning designation.

You are now being invited to provide input to Council with respect to the above-noted application.

The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein up to Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways: • By email to clerks@coquitlam.ca • Fax: 604-927-3015 • Mail: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, 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 Friday, November 10, 2017 to Wednesday, November 29, 2017 excluding statutory holidays To obtain more information on this application you may: • Visit the Planning and Development Department at 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays • Calling Darlene Cheveldeaw, Planning and Development Department, at 604-927-3435; or • Emailing Darlene Cheveldeaw, Planning and Development Department, at dcheveldeaw@coquitlam.ca.

All 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 (at the Planning and Development counter) and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas.

Should Council grant first reading to the proposed CWOCP amendment, a Public Hearing will be held with notification to be provided in accordance with the Local Government Act.

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The statement also said that in the three years that he has been given the possibility of community access, he has yet to be granted a trip into the community.

Carol Swan, a spokesperson with B.C. Mental Health and Substance Use Services, which oversees the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital where Schoenborn resides, said privacy legislation does not allow here to comment on a specific patient. Instead, she referred The Tri-City News to an online Frequently Asked Questions page on the agency’s website.

While Swan would not directly refer to Schoenborn’s case, she said the facility does not warn police or city officials when patients go out on community leaves.

“There are a number of very successful staff-supported community outings that happen every year,” she said. “We couldn’t report to the RCMP for everyone.”

In 2008, Schoenborn was found not criminally responsible for the stabbing death of his and Clarke’s daughter, Kaitlynne, 10, and the smothering deaths of her younger brothers, Max and Cordon, in their family home in Merritt.

Schoenborn told investigators that he was experiencing psychosis at the time.

In her statement, Clarke

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CANADA 150

Hardworking merchants honoured with 150 pin JANIS CLEUGH

I BRING INITIATIVE “Anyone can achieve anything they want in any stage of their life and we shall strive to help others in the community and use the available resources to improve ourselves.Today, I call Canada my second home and my goal is to make Canada an even better place.”

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To celebrate Canada 150, the country’s 338 members of parliament were each assigned 20 limited edition pins to award to constituents.

Last week, Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam Liberal MP Ron McKinnon presented his first two accolades to an immigrant couple who haven’t taken a day off work since opening their PoCo grocery store in 1994.

McKinnon handed the sesquicentennial pins and certificates to George and Connie Lam, natives of China and Macao respectively, who keep G&A Market on Cedar Drive open for at least 12 hours a day, seven days a week.

“I feel very happy. Thank you to everybody who supports us,” George Lam said, adding the certificates will be hung near the entrance.

Although the MPs were given no direction on how and when to award the pins, McKinnon said he wanted to pass them on to unsung community leaders.

“They represent the quiet and unassuming people in our society,” McKinnon said of the Lams. “They are always here

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Connie and George Lam received Canada 150 pins and certificates from Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam MP Ron McKinnon last week. The pair opened G&A Market at 2912 Cedar Dr. in PoCo in 1994. and, without them, we would be lost. They are strong and steadfast in their service.”

McKinnon’s presentation to the Lams was based on nominations his office received over the summer. He adjudicated the applications along with Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart and PoCo Mayor Greg Moore, giving preference to nominees who had demonstrated one of the four pillars of the Canada 150 celebrations: diversity and

inclusion; national reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians; environmental stewardship; and youth matters.

“There are people’s names that always come up,” McKinnon said. “They deserve recognition, for sure, but there are others, too, who are always left out. They are the foundations of our community.”

McKinnon’s remaining pins — each made with 100-year-old copper from the West Block of

City of Coquitlam

NOTICE OF INTENTION City of Coquitlam Highway Dedication Cancellation Bylaw No. 4802, 2017 TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Section 40 and Section 94 of the Community Charter, the City of Coquitlam Council intends to adopt “City of Coquitlam Highway Dedication Cancellation Bylaw No. 4802, 2017” at the Regular Council Meeting to be held on November 27, 2017.

The intent of the Bylaw is to close and remove the dedication of 0.88 hectares of undeveloped road adjacent to City-owned lands located at 1315 Riley Street, and 3504 and 3512 David Avenue, as well as 0.80 hectares of undeveloped road adjacent to City-owned lands located in the 1300 block of Marigold Street in Northeast Coquitlam. The resulting parcels created by the road cancellation are proposed to be consolidated with adjacent City-owned lands at a future date.

Should you have any concerns or comments you wish to convey to Council, please submit them in writing no later than Friday, November 24, 2017 to the City Clerk’s Office in one of the following ways: •

By email to clerks@coquitlam.ca;

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In person at the City Clerk’s office which is located on the second floor of City Hall at 3000 Guildford Way;

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By fax at 604-927-3015.

A copy of Bylaw No. 4802, 2017 may be inspected at the City Hall (Planning and Development Department) and any inquiries relating to the proposal should be made to the Development Planning Section (604-927-3984), 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays.

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Parliament Hill — will be distributed over the next couple of months, he said. The winners will be notified by Dec. 31.

A spokesperson for Port Moody-Coquitlam NDP MP Fin Donnelly said a few of his Canada 150 pins were distributed to veterans at the Coquitlam Remembrance Day service on Nov. 11; two pins also went to RCMP officers at a new citizens reception, Roberta Webster said. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

As an Education Assistant, Roberta provides academic support and fosters inclusion, emotional well being and social interaction for the students she works with. She ensures the safety of vulnerable and fragile students while helping them build relationships with peers and teachers.

Roberta has been with SD 43 for almost 17 years and will work another five years.

Broken Promises Coquitlam school support workers deserve better.

In September, School District 43 reported a $13 million surplus.

Yet they’re cutting post-retirement health benefits for workers who retire after 2017. Dedicated workers who support children in our schools should be able to count on health benefits when they’ll need them most.

Call SD #43 at (604) 939-9201 and tell them to reverse the post-retirement health benefit cut.

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What’s Riverview’s future?

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riday’s groundbreaking for the 105-bed Centre for Mental Health and Addictions on the Riverview Hospital grounds is good news for those who want to see the 244-acre Coquitlam property retained for mental health and wellness uses.

But the lack of any concrete next steps on the future of the provincial land serves to create anxiety and disappointment at a time when we need some good news in how we should be addressing B.C.’s mental health and overdose crises.

Riverview is an ideal location for some services in this area and so it was a disappointment that no new beds were promised, other than an additional 11 over current CMHA beds at the old Burnaby site.

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Perhaps, the press announcement for the NDP government gathering should have been more clear about the limited objective of the event — a photo op groundbreaking for a project announced almost two years ago by the BC Liberal government — so as not to get people’s hopes up.

Granted the NDP government has only been in place for a few months — not enough time for a fully developed plan to be finalized and announced — but what we would like to see is some indication of what is being done with the BC Housing Renewing Riverview vision, which received only muted support, if not outright condemnation, when it was announced under the BC Liberals in 2015.

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place is one calling for a breakeven financial mandate for re-developing the site. This would mean market housing would be required, although how much still has to be determined.

Another issue that needs to be resolved are claims by the Kwikwetlem First Nation, which maintains it has title to the land because of historic habitations during high water and in times of war. The KFN has economic claims to the land and the public should know what stage these negotiations are in.

Finally, we would like to know where Riverview fits into the broader need for mental health and addiction services in B.C. At Friday’s groundbreaking, Judy Darcy, who is responsible for mental health

and addictions, said her ministry is trying to come up with a comprehensive plan for the entire province and acknowledged Riverview occupies an important place in that plan but she wasn’t more specific.

Understandably, she is likely still working on what the vision for looks like for mental health and addictions in all of B.C. and this will take some time to work out.

So lacking any concrete information, the public will continue to speculate. For now, it would be enough for the province to say the Renewing Riverview vision is on the back burner until a full comprehensive plan is in place while also providing some clarity as to what is being considered for the property.

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PORT COQUITLAM

Councillors, managers make enough already The Editor, Re. “ Benefits boost possible for PoCo council, mgmt.” (The Tri-City News, Nov. 15).

Eleven thousand dollars for additional benefits for Port Coquitlam councillors and managers is a lot of money — just ask someone in the real world trying to scratch out a living. At minimum wage, you would have to work six months full-time to earn that much (and probably with no health benefits).

Good on councillors Brad West and Mike Forrest for standing up for Port Coquitlam taxpayers.

One of the problems with ongoing incumbency is that politicians start to believe that they are entitled — “I am entitled to my entitlements,” as one politician once put it.

Apart from sitting on their backsides every two weeks at council meetings, what do they do? What is it that Coun. Laura Dupont does that make this

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more than a part-time job?

And the suggestion that we should pay more for benefits for excluded staff when at least one of them is making more money than the premier and 47 of them are earning more than a $100,000 a year just shows you how out of touch with real life these people are.

Surely, PoCo councillors and management are paid enough to cover their own health care benefits. Seniors

on fixed incomes have to pay for them, why shouldn’t they?

Peter Manning, Port Coquitlam

‘SLAP IN THE FACE’

The Editor, Wow, some city councillors think Port Coquitlam residents should pay more tax so members of council and city managers can have more massages and benefits. They are completely out of touch

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with reality for most of their citizens. I haven’t had a raise in three years, let alone a perk like massages.

City managers make between $150,000 and $200,000 a year and someone like me who makes $45,000 has to pay more tax for their extra benefits. Talk about a slap in the face.

Kudos to councillors Brad West and Mike Forrest for opposing this outrageous move.

Apparently, they are the only two who understand what life is like for most people. I know how I will be voting next year.

Linda Fry, Port Coquitlam

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The Fraser Mills site on Coquitlam’s Fraser River waterfront is slated to have some 4,000 homes build by Beedie Living.

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Don’t repeat Burke mistakes at Fraser Mills development The Editor, Re. “Schools for Tri-City waterfront dev’t.?” (The Tri-City News, Nov. 15).

I cannot imagine why Beedie Living is planning a development of 4,000 homes with no schools. Perhaps none of the new home buyers plan to have kids?

How do they expect children to cross United Boulevard, the

overpass over the freeway and Lougheed Highway by bus to Maillardville?

We should not allow the same mistakes that are facing the parents living on Burke Mountain. Please attend Beedie’s waterfront village open house planned for Thursday, Nov. 23 between 5 and 7 p.m. at 10 King Edward St., Coquitlam.

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School District 43 invites you to attend information sessions on proposed catchment area changes for regular programs and Smiling Creek Elementary, and location updates for Programs of Choice. Each of the following information sessions will include a presentation followed by an opportunity to provide written feedback.

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017 5:30 – 7:00 pm – Regular Program Catchment Areas (Eagle Mountain, other small changes) 7:30 – 9:00 pm – Programs of Choice Location Updates (Glen Early French Immersion, Banting Late French Immersion, and Pitt River Late French Immersion).

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Construction is ongoing at the $3-million Blakeburn Lagoons Park in Port Coquitlam, which is slated to open to the public next spring.

PoCo has denied a School District 43 request for extra fencing at a cost of $25,000. and supervision of students.

Concerns arose in September when parents noticed chainlink fencing coming down that had been up to prevent public access to the decommissioned and contaminated sanitary lagoons site.

The school’s principal, Pam Becker, also expressed concerns, noting that the school has 62 kindergarten children aged four and five, and 39 special needs students, some of whom have “significant needs and can pose a flight risk.”

Several meetings were held

to discuss options but with this city decision, any new fencing would be the school district’s responsibility.

Open next spring, the new park is being cleaned up and replanted to create a 27.2-acre natural park and is an extension of the existing Blakeburn Park, next to Blakeburn elementary.

Cost of the project is $3 million.

There is now blue construction fencing up to separate the school and park from the construction site.

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Port Coquitlam’s new Blakeburn Lagoons Park will not have extra fencing to separate it from Blakeburn elementary school despite parent fears the area could be a danger to kids.

Last Tuesday, the city’s budget and infrastructure committee decided against spending $25,000 to add 100 m of chainlink fence along the school and city property line and another 65 m of short wood fence to indicate a no-go zone for students, citing concerns there is no budget for it and money would have to come from general capital reserve.

Instead, a four-foot fence, inside the park trail next to the lagoon, already in the plans, is expected to discourage children and other members of the public from entering the lagoon area while vegetation will also create “a second obstacle” for students or members of the public who try to gain access to the water, a city report notes.

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Workers, including Joseph Sandli and Diego Benavente of Raybern Erectors, were taking down the lacrosse box and at Minnekhada middle school in Port Coquitlam last week and storing the pieces for future use. The box has to come down to make way for Minnekhada’s replacement.

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Port Coquitlam Minor Lacrosse is attempting to take lemons and make lemonade after learning that the Minnekhada middle school lacrosse box has to be removed to make way for a new school.

PCML president Josh Wahl said the organization will use the opportunity to push for a covered lacrosse box somewhere in PoCo even as it plans for challenges in scheduling games for the next box lacrosse season, beginning next April.

“If we’re talking about relocating a box, I would like to see what the cost would be and the location would be for a covered box,” said Wahl, who remembers playing at the Minnekhada box, one of three in the city, when he played in the 1980s.

Still, he’s also disappointed the box will be lost.

“We use it quite a bit,” Wahl

said last Wednesday, the day workers were dismantling the box for storage.

School District 43 has admitted it should be responsible for relocating for the box but had not budgeted this expense, estimated at between $150,000 to $200,000, as part of the $33-million construction project.

Concerned about losing a valuable asset, the city’s budget and infrastructure committee decided last Tuesday to ask staff for an analysis of alternate locations and make recommendations so the cost could be considered as part of the city’s 2018/’19 capital plan deliberations.

Now that the project is back in the city’s court, Wahl hopes he can convince council that the box should be covered as other cities, such as Port Moody, have a covered box that PoCo teams use for February tryouts. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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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, November 27, 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.

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 November 14 to November 27 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 604-927-3430.

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.

Item 1

Address: 1042 Quadling Avenue

The intent of Bylaw 4804, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4804, 2017 from RS-1 OneFamily Residential to RT-1 Two-Family Residential.

If approved, the RT-1 zone would facilitate the subdivision of the existing property into two single family lots and the development of a single-family dwelling, with the potential for a secondary suite, on each of the resulting lots.

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

Item 2

Address: 1408 Haversley Avenue

The intent of Bylaw 4793, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4793, 2017 from RS-1 OneFamily Residential to RT-1 Two-Family Residential.

If approved, the RT-1 zone would facilitate the subdivision of the existing property into two single family lots and the development of a single-family dwelling, with the potential for a secondary suite, on each of the resulting lots.

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Monday, November 27, 2017 7:00 p.m.

City Hall Council Chambers, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 Addresses: 1110 King Albert Avenue and 535 Marmont Street

The intent of Bylaw 4784, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4784, 2017 from P-2 Special Institutional to CD-2 Comprehensive Development Zone-2.

If approved, the CD-2 Zone would facilitate the development of two apartment buildings, which are proposed to be four and five storeys in height, and will include a church and approximately 75 below-market rental apartment units.

Item 4

Text Amendment to Facilitate the Implementation of the Housing Affordability Strategy

The intent of Bylaw 4818, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Citywide Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 in order to revise its land use policies as they pertain to the implementation of the Housing Affordability Strategy (HAS).

If approved the bylaw amendments would: • Provide incentives to develop purpose-built rental units; • Establish specific forms of purpose-built housing as priority unit types; • On a case-by-case basis, consider allowing reductions in the amount of Common Amenity Area required as an incentive to provide purpose-built rental units; • Consider reducing or waiving the Affordable Housing Reserve Fund contribution required to achieve density bonuses in Apartment Residential and Commercial zones; and • Consider reducing or waiving the financial contribution towards amenities required to achieve density bonuses in Apartment Residential and Commercial zones; The intent of Bylaw 4808, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 in order to create new definitions and regulations designed to encourage housing solutions under the HAS. If approved the bylaw amendments would: • Add definitions of the following housing types:

• Replace “Affordable Housing and Special Needs Housing” with “Strategic Housing” in Section 510 and elsewhere as it appears in the zoning bylaw; • Add incentives to encourage the construction of Adaptable Units by exempting 2.0m2 from floor area calculations for each unit, applicable up to 20% of units; • Add additional provisions in order to encourage three-plus bedroom rental units; • Introduce the minimum unit size of a micro-unit as 29m2; • Add regulations pertaining to the use of Lock-off Units; • Add clarity to the regulations of Policy 1.2.4 Extra Density Incentive and require that 20% of the units within the additional 1.0 FAR to be composed of “priority units”.

• Provide additional clarity to Policy 1.2.7 Affordable Housing Reserve Fund Contribution; • Provide additional clarity to Policy 1.2.8 Amenities Fund Contribution; • Adjust parking regulations for developments both within the Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder Station areas and outside of transit-oriented areas; and • Implement several housekeeping amendments to improve the overall clarity and administration of the Bylaw.

- Accessible Residential; - Adaptable Unit; - Below-market Rental; - Lock-off Units; - Non-market Housing; - Priority Unit Types; - Purpose-Built Rental; - Strategic Housing; - Third Party Housing Partner; and - Three Bedroom Rental Unit.

Copies of the bylaws and supporting staff report are available for viewing on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing.

Any person wishing further information or clarification with regard to the proposed amendments should contact Andrew Merrill, Manager Community Planning, at 604-927-3416.

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Construction of the $101-million Centre for Mental Health and Addictions at Riverview is the first step on the road to creating a campus of care at the former provincial hospital site and providing more services for British Columbians, Premier John Horgan said Friday.

Horgan was in Coquitlam along with CoquitlamMaillardville MLA Selina Robinson, the minister of municipal affairs and housing, and Judy Darcy, minister of mental health and addictions, to assist at a groundbreaking for the 105-bed facility that will replace a 60-year old building in Burnaby.

Slated for completion in late 2019, the centre will feature individual rooms, common areas with high ceilings, large windows to let in natural light, private areas for families, artwork by First Nations artists and views of the Riverview lands.

It was announced almost two years ago by the previous BC Liberal government and was recently given development approval by the city of Coquitlam.

Horgan said an effort to “scale up” the building to add more beds would have delayed construction. (Only 11 new beds have been added to the project) “It was our view collectively that we should proceed with this facility then build on that here at this site as well as across the province,” Horgan said.

Robinson and Horgan also re-confirmed their election commitment to keep Riverview in the public domain as a facility for health and wellness, including protection of the arboretum. But keeping some of the older buildings for services is not guaranteed, Horgan said, because of asbestos and other

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“We want to make sure we’re building purpose built — that’s the patient care component that I believe overrides the notion of maintaining historic buildings,” Horgan said.

Several members of the Kwikwetlem First Nation led off the event with a song and a prayer.

Andrea Aleck, KFN’s chief officer of special projects, said it’s important to include the Kwikwetlem as the government works toward reconciliation and pointed out that construction of the project had to be stopped at one point because proper archeological measures weren’t taken.

In June, a 30-day coolingoff period was implemented for contractor Ellis Don Construction and Building Services while the archeological oversight issues were dealt with said a spokesperson with the Provincial Health Services Authority.

In 2016, the Kwikwetlem filed an aboriginal title claim for territory that includes Riverview. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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Pete Le Voguer, who led a group of residents asking city council at last Tuesday’s meeting for improved safety measures at the intersection of Cecile and Angela drives, said he’s “extremely happy” their concerns will be investigated by staff with an eye to making the four-way stop safer for families that live in the area.

Le Voguer and other residents told council drivers hurrying to drop their kids off or pick them up at Seaview elementary, or just heading for the busy Clarke Road commuter route, routinely speed through the neighbourhood and ignore stop signs. Some shared personal stories of close calls as they crossed through marked crosswalks.

Coun. Rob Vagramov said some of the improved safety measures that could be investigated by staff include new signs to replace fading ones, blinking lights to catch the attention of drivers, user-operated flashing beacons, better

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Joss and Oscar Widjaya and Pete Le Voguer told Port Moody council last week that the lives of their kids as well as those of other families in Port Moody’s Seaview neighbourhood are imperilled by drivers speeding along Cecile and Angela drives. lighting and trimmed hedges to improve visibility as well as speed bumps or rumble strips to slow traffic.

Jeff Moi, the city’s general manager of engineering and operations, said safety improvements like curb bulges are being considered as part of the planning process for water main replacement work along Cecile Drive that is underway.

Mayor Mike Clay suggested that the ongoing project may be the reason crosswalks and signs have been allowed to fade as they’re about to be re-

placed or upgraded anyway.

Coun. Diana Dilworth said some “easy fixes” should be implemented quickly until the water main project is completed.

Le Voguer is confident that will happen.

“Hopefully in the coming weeks we’ll see the installation of new bright and shiny stop signs and improved street lights,” he said. “There is a definite sense of accomplishment in the community today.”

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Tech can be used to increase empathy, understanding MARIO BARTEL

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sing virtual reality to solve real problems might seem the stuff of science fiction movies but a Coquitlam PhD candidate is trying to make it happen.

Denise Quesnel, a graduate student at Simon Fraser University’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology, is studying how VR can create transformative experiences to spark personal change or even societal shifts.

Quesnel is convinced VR technology has way more potential than its current common application as an entertainment medium. She said using the technology to immerse users in unfamiliar environments can create a sense of awe that has the power to change how that person views the world or a personal crisis.

Her assertion comes from first-hand experience.

A lifelong sufferer of juvenile arthritis, Quesnel said she struggled with feelings of isolation because her disability was largely invisible to everyone around her and she couldn’t properly convey to them the challenges the disease presented.

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But a chance encounter with a virtual reality installation by Canadian artist Char Davies showed her a new way.

“It was so moving, I thought, what if you could communicate in these immersive environments?” Quesnel said of her visit to a piece that allowed her to breathe in tandem with a tree. “It was kind of an ‘a-ha!’ moment to use this for positive ways.”

That led Quesnel, who’d worked in the film and special effects industry for more than 10 years, to launch VR Village, a forum that gathers virtual reality projects from around the world, some of which are demonstrated at an annual conference of computer graphics and interactive technology professionals and enthusiasts.

Quesnel’s research at SFU hopes to harness VR’s wow factor for change, especially as the technology becomes cheaper and more widely accessible.

Working with stressed students nearing end-of-term exams, Quesnel used Google Earth to offer them a virtual trip to anywhere they wanted to go. While a few travelled to exotic, remote locations or renowned monuments, many opted for a virtual visit to their hometown, along the streets where they grew up, in the parks where they played.

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That kind of personal shift can be broadened to a societal level by using VR to create empathy for problems such as mental illness and poverty.

“We tend not to look beyond the surface of people,” Quesnel said. “We look at them and we have no idea what is going on.”

Virtual reality, especially when it’s enhanced with emerging technologies that can engage other senses like smell and touch, can put people in the shoes of those who are suffering and help them empathize with their challenges.

“To understand them, you need to experience it firsthand,” Quesnel said. “Once you adjust your mental model, you’re never the same.”

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Purpose: The City of Port Moody has developed a new plan for the Moody Centre Station Transit-Oriented Development Area. An Official Community Plan (OCP) Amendment is required to implement the Plan, including an updated land use designation, policies and development permit area design guidelines.

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How do I get more information?

Review application #6530-20-07 and related information at the Planning Division counter on the 2nd floor of City Hall, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, B.C. between 8:30am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, or at portmoody.ca/publichearing after November 23, 2017.

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1. If you believe your property is affected by this OCP Amendment, comment directly to Council on November 28, 2017.

2. You can also send a submission in writing before 12 noon on November 28, 2017 by emailing clerks@portmoody.ca or faxing 604.469.4550.

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our library has many interesting books about Canada. As our nation’s 150th year comes to a close, why not celebrate by reading about us and reflecting on our identity? Let’s take some time to rejoice in our diverse landscapes, stories and symbols.

The following books are just a small sampling of the library’s books on Canada, including photography, travel, memoir and children’s books.

Take a look at what your library has to offer.

Canada’s landscapes inspire photography. The Colour of Canada by Roy MacGregor has gorgeous, full-colour photographs of Canada. These photos highlight iconic and stunning views from across the nation, including Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia, Green Gables in Prince Edward Island and Drumheller in Alberta.

Looking for inspiration for your next vacation? The Great Western Canada Bucket List by Robin Esrock features several amazing destinations and adventures in B.C. and Alberta.

Do mountain-biking, heli-skiing, diving, hiking or surfing appeal to you? Or maybe you prefer a more laid-back vacation by land, sea or rail. However you prefer to spend your vacation, this gem of a book has some

excellent suggestions.

Canada by Mike Myers explores what it means to be Canadian. Proud to have grown up in Canada and now living in the United States, the Austin Powers actor writes with humour about our cultural differences with our southern neighbours. Myers shares his thoughts and jokes in his nostalgic memoir, sprinkling iconic illustrations throughout that anyone who has grown up in Canada will identify with.

Ingenious by David Johnston and Tom Jenkins is superbly illustrated and highlights brilliant Canadian innovations that have made the world a better place.

Peanut butter, the lightbulb, the canoe and the lifejacket are all Canadian creations, and the authors explore what circumstances and incidents sparked these and other brilliant innovations.

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of Canada by Roy MacGregor looks at the history of canoe travel, including early explorers and modern day enthusiasts.

Canoe Country is a celebration of a quintessentially Canadian mode of transportation and pure enjoyment. This series of stories illustrates how important the canoe was in shaping our history.

C is for Canada by Mike Ulmer is a wonderful picture book that showcases our landscape, animals, pastimes and culture. Rhyming text and bright pictures introduce your little one to a wide variety of what makes Canada such a unique country.

Let’s celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. It will be time well spent.

So check out some Canadian books at your library.

A Good Read is a column by TriCity librarians that is published on Wednesdays. Katie Oke works at Coquitlam Public Library.

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Spend carefully and wisely Black Friday, Cyber Monday: BBB Plenty will start their Christmas shopping Friday

One of the busiest shopping weekends of the year is coming up.

Black Friday falls on Nov. 24, followed quickly by Cyber Monday. Canadians from coast to coast will be trying to cut the best deals possible in the run-up to Christmas Day, with the average Canuck spending around $1,500 over the holidays, according to a press release from the Better Business Bureau for mainland B.C. “This is a time to be wary about how and where you spend your money,” said BBB’s Evan Kelly. “Shop around. Just because a store says it’s the best deal all year doesn’t mean it is.

“You may even want to ask yourself if you really need the item. Be careful of the impulse buy.”

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• Monitor social media feeds for good deals but be wary of click-bait ads. If the product is too cheap, it’s too good to be true.

• Make sure you understand return/refund policies. If it’s not posted, ask. This information should be available online as well. Some deeply discounted or discontinued items could be final sale only.

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TRI-CITIES BUSINESS

City of Coquitlam

Finalist list for TC Chamber’s annual awards

The City has received an application to amend the Citywide Official Community Plan (CWOCP) relating to the property located at 3497, 3500 and 3501 Harper Road, and 3531 Hickstead Avenue, as shown on the attached map.

BUSINESS OF THE YEAR (30+ EMPLOYEES) • Canadian Tire (Coquitlam) • Canstar Restorations • Westwood Honda

If approved, the land use designation boundary changes would facilitate a proposed single-family and townhouse development, with the protection of environmentally sensitive areas. Additionally, the relocation of a site designated for park is proposed, which would facilitate the expansion of Harper Park to the east. This proposed park relocation would also result in locating parkland adjacent to the environmentally sensitive areas surrounding East Smiling Creek.

The Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce has announced the nominees for its 2017 Business Excellence Awards and is now turning to the public to pick the winners.

Tri-City residents can pick their favourites in each of the seven categories in an online vote, which can be found by following the links at tricitieschamber.com.

The winners will be announced at the annual chamber gala Jan. 28 at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver Theatre.

The finalists are: BUSINESS OF THE YEAR (ONE TO 10 EMPLOYEES) • A3 Creative Solutions • Shawn Lam Video • Strawberries and Sunshine Healing Centre • Strive Health and Performance • Vivio Flower Gallery BUSINESS OF THE YEAR (11 TO 30 EMPLOYEES) • Community Fire Prevention • The Giggle Dam Dinner Theatre • Moody Ales

YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR • Angela Calla, The Angela Calla Mortgage Team, Dominion Lending Centres • Justine Levin, Golbey Law • Kris Schjelderup, Innovative Fitness BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR • Jamie Cuthbert, Rocky Point Kayak • Ryan Peterson, Finger Foods Studios • Vivien Symington, Club Aviva Recreation COMMUNITY SPIRIT AWARD • Coast Therapy • Coquitlam Florist • Sharon Perry Inc., Charter Professional Accountant NOT-FOR-PROFIT OF THE YEAR • ACCESS Youth Outreach Services • Coquitlam Firefighters Charitable Society • New View Society

NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION The application proposes a redesignation of the land use for this area from a combination of Large Single Family, Compact Low Density Residential, Estate Single-Family, Development Reserve, Environmentally Sensitive Area and Neighbourhood Parks and Natural Open Spaces to a combination of Large Single Family, Compact Low Density Residential, Conventional Townhome, Environmentally Sensitive Area and Neighbourhood Parks and Natural Open Spaces.

You are now being invited to provide input to Council with respect to the above-noted application.

The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein up to Friday, December 1, 2017. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways: •

By email to clerks@coquitlam.ca

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Fax: 604-927-3015

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Mail: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2

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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 Wednesday, November 15, 2017 to Friday, December 1, 2017 excluding statutory holidays

To obtain more information on this application you may: •

Visit the Planning and Development Department at 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays

•

Calling Jonathan Jackson, Planning and Development Department, at 604-927-3428; or

•

Emailing Jonathan Jackson, Planning and Development Department, at jjackson@coquitlam.ca.

All 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 (at the Planning and Development counter) and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas.

Should Council grant first reading to the proposed CWOCP amendment, a Public Hearing will be held with notification to be provided in accordance with the Local Government Act.

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Notice of Intention to Dispose of Land or Improvement

From "Compact Low Density Residential" to "Environmentally Sensitive Area" 3531

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Notice is provided pursuant to Section 26(3) and 94 of the Community Charter that the City of Coquitlam intends to dispose of City owned properties having civic addresses of 602 Rochester Avenue and 373 Clayton Street, Coquitlam BC to Allaire Headwater (Rochester) Residences Limited Partnership, for consideration in the amount of $3,325,000, plus applicable taxes and closing expenses. The parcels to be disposed of are legally known and described as:

HICKSTEAD AVE

Application No.: 17 136173 OC

From "Development Reserve" to"Neighbourhood Parks and Natural Open Spaces" From "Environmentally Sensitive Area" to"Neighbourhood Parks and Natural Open Spaces" From "Large Single Family" to"Neighbourhood Parks and Natural Open Spaces"

Proposed Environmentally Sensitive Area From "Compact Low Density Residential" to"Environmentally Sensitive Area" From "Development Reserve" to"Environmentally Sensitive Area" From "Estate Single Family" to"Environmentally Sensitive Area" From "Large Single Family" to"Environmentally Sensitive Area" From "Neighbourhood Parks and Natural Open Spaces" to"Environmentally Sensitive Area"

NOT TO SCALE

Proposed Conventional Townhouse

From "Development Reserve" to"Conventional Townhouse" From "Large Single Family" to"Conventional Townhouse" From "Neighbourhood Parks and Natural Open Spaces" to"Conventional Townhouse"

Proposed Large Single Family From "Neighbourhood Parks and Natural Open Spaces" to"Large Single Family"

Proposed Compact Low Density Residential

From "Development Reserve" to"Compact Low Density Residential" 17 136173_OC_475_YS

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TC CALENDAR THURSDAY, NOV. 23 • Coquitlam Closet Used Clothing Sale and Food for Families Fresh Food Bank, 3-5 p.m., 1932 Cameron Ave., PoCo. Fill a bag of used clothing from our selection of men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing for only $3 per bag. Food for Families, which provides fresh produce and dairy monthly.

• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, 7-9:30 p.m., Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Info: 604 9370836.

SATURDAY, NOV. 25 • Trinity United and St. Catherine’s Anglican churches’

email: newsroom@tricitynews.com phone: 604-472-3030 www.tricitynews.com/community/events-calendar

NOV. 25: CHRISTMAS IN LEIGH SQUARE • Christmas in Leigh Square Santa Photos, noon-4 p.m., The Outlet Building, Leigh Square, PoCo. PoCo Heritage will be providing free Santa photos prior to the lighting of Leigh Square. joint Christmas bazaar, 10 a..-2 p.m., 2211 Prairie Ave., PoCo; bake table, gourmet table, luncheon, silent auction and more.

• Christmas in Leigh Square Santa Photos, noon-4 p.m., The Outlet Building, Leigh Square, PoCo. PoCo Heritage will be providing free Santa photos prior to the lighting of Leigh Square.

• Christmas bazaar, 9:30

a.m.-2:30 p.m., Coquitlam Presbyterian Church, 948 Como Lake Ave., Coquitlam; silent auction, white elephant sale, bake table, crafts, kids’ corner; lunch available 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Info: 604-939-6136 or wwwhiscpc. org.

• Christmas Tree Festival begins (runs through Dec. 31), PoCo Heritage Museum and

Archives. Check out Christmas trees at the museum and at partner locations, and participate in scavenger hunt.

• Sri Lankan Friendship Association of BC hosts Christmas dinner dance, Executive Plaza Hotel, Coquitlam. Tickets: $75 per person. Info: www.slfabc.com.

MONDAY, NOV. 27 • MPRA District 25/TriCities meeting, 11 a.m., ABC Country Restaurant, 300-100 Schoolhouse St., Coquitlam.

•Tri-City Photography Club meets, 7:30 pm.., in the drama room at Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St.

Presenter: Rick Hulbert will discuss photography in Cuba with “Urban Heritage Travel Photography: Old Havana, Cuba.” Guests always welcome.

Info: www.tricityphotoclub.ca.

SATURDAY, DEC. 2 • Tri-City Wordsmiths meeting, 2-4:30 p.m., Terry Fox Library, 2470 Mary Hill Rd., PoCo. Presentation: “Express Yourself: Blog your Back Story, Publish your Past, Navigate Newsprint” by Ursula MaxwellLewis, travel journalist, photographer, videographer and blogger, who will explore non-fiction, features, family history, and a hint of travel and photography.

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TUESDAY, DEC. 5 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-3 p.m., Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-9370836.

• Have you considered becoming a foster family? There are children and youth in the TriCities who require skilled, caring foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. Info: call North Fraser Recruitment Team, 604-764-8098.

PARENTS, KIDS • Baker’s Corner Pre-school is a parent-participation pre-school that offers play-based classes for three- and four-year-olds and is located in Baker Drive elementary school, 885 Baker Dr., Coquitlam.

Info: 604-461-5848 or www.bakerscornerpreschool.com.

• Share Family and Community Services hosts free

• Step By Step Child Development Society Family Resource Rooms open for drop-in at the following locations: Old Orchard Hall in Ioco Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30-11 a.m., Harbour View elementary school Monday and Wednesday from 9:30-11 a.m. Call 604-931-1977 for more information or visit the website at www.step-by-step.ca. parent and tot drop–in, 9-11:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at Seaview community school, 1215 Cecile Dr., PoMo. This is a free play–based program for children up to five years old and their parents/caregivers. Info: Azar, 604–936-3900.

• Parent and Tot Drop-in: open to parents with children from birth to 5 years old; offers safe and nurturing environment; children learn songs, stories and eat healthy snacks together; parents are full participants; free; open 9-11 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Mountain View elementary school, Coquitlam, and 9-11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Seaview elemen-

tary school, PoMo. Info: Arshia, 604-937-6971.

• Tri-City Family Place, a drop in centre for children up to five with their caregivers, is open Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (September to June), 2062 Manning Ave., PoCo. Info: 604-942-4672.

• Share Family and Community Services parent support circle runs Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m., Mountain View elementary school, 740 Smith Ave., Coquitlam. Open to all parents, grandparents and/or caregivers.

Participation is free and childminding and snacks are available. Info: 604-937-6970.

• Pleasantside Play Pals, a

younger, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Wednesdays, Birchland School Family Place, 1331 Fraser St., PoCo. Info: Westcoast Family Resources Society, 604-9417828.

• Christian Service Brigade and Senior Girls Alive at Westwood Community Church, 1294 Johnson St., Coquitlam, invite youth 11-18 to join them on Wednesday nights 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for Battalion program. Info: Ronnie Tan, 604-908-1847.

• Autism Tri-Cities information and support group for adults with relatives with autism spectrum disorder. Info: Clair, 604939-5157.

• PoCoMo Mothers of Multiples club meets the third Thursday of the month. Info: Brenda, 604-937-5534.

• Simon Fraser Society for Community Living hosts Family Support, Education and Networking Group, for families with children with developmental or physical disabilities throughout the school year. For more information, please contact the Family and Individual Support Program at 604-525-9494.

non-profit parent-participation play group for newborns to pre-schoolers at Old Orchard Hall, PoMo; parents/caregivers invited every Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-11:30 p.m.

• Parents and tots gather to play and learn in a Jewishthemed environment, Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2680 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Coquitlam.

Info: 604-552-7221 or info@ burquest.org.

• Millside Family Resource Centre is open Fridays, 9-11 a.m. for parents and caregivers with kids up to 6 years; staff co-ordinate play, circle time and crafts. Millside elementary is at 1432 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam.

Info: Arshia, 604-540-9161.

• Mountain View Family Resource Centre is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9-11:30 a.m. for parents and caregivers with kids up to 6 years; staff co-ordinate play, circle time and crafts.

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• Learning Disabilities Association meets the third Thursday of each month at the family resource centre at Westwood elementary school, PoCo, 7-9 p.m.

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Corsets out, Egyptian motifs in JANIS CLEUGH The Tri-CiTy News

Cloche hats, silk georgette evening wear and handbeaded handbags are among the dozens of women’s garments and accessories on show at Coquitlam’s Mackin House this fall and winter.

Following up on the Coquitlam Heritage Society’s display A Man’s World: 1900’20, Rising Hemlines: An Exploration of 1920s Fashion takes the viewer on a journey of women’s wear after the First World War and through the Roaring 20s.

Curated by Jasmine Moore — and using pieces from Vancouver fashion historian Ivan Sayers as well as Claus Jahnke — the exhibit guides guests through three time periods and modern era looks.

Moore starts her tour in the living room at Mackin House, an Edwardian home built during the Fraser Mills heyday, that highlights the three silhouettes: the youthful, high-waisted appeal to the war hero, from 1917 to ‘21; the middecade, when hems dropped and the figure disappeared; and the “flapper” period, from ‘26-30.

Moore has 25 figures to showcase Sayers’ dresses and intimates and, to add context, posters and a display screen to describe what was happening in the world — politically, culturally, etc. — at the time.

In short, the war was over and women felt liberated, which was reflected in the fashion.

Historically, too, it was an important decade with women starting to gain the right to vote in the U.S., Canada and Britain and, overseas, with the discovery of King Tut’s Tomb in 1922.

That latter find translated to Egyptian motifs in clothing, with bead work resembling the Sphinx and pyramids and new colours like Mummy’s brown and Nile green (a 20’s Singer sewing machine in the exhibit also has an Egyptian image).

Still, there’s more than just

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In a kitchen corner, Moore and Sayers present three outfits of what women at work donned — including a pair of overalls, pinched at the waist with buttons that Sayers uncovered in his native Summerland, and cotton garments (typically with a gingham pattern) topped with aprons.

But the biggest contrast for how women dressed can be seen in “grandma’s room,” where Moore offers examples of what grandmother would have worn in her 30s, for instance, compared with her daughter and granddaughter’s get-up, at the same age.

The clothing becomes more loose — and, in some cases, disappears (especially with the corset) — with each generation. “The fashion was always

changing and adapting to the day,” Moore said.

With the emancipation also came the need for sports wear, which Moore presents in the form of a raw silk tennis dress, a kid’s black wool knit swimsuit — that parents could rent from the city of Vancouver — and a bicycling costume.

Moore, who met Sayers in 2010 while working for the city of Surrey as a collections, exhibition and curatorial assistant, said she tried to make the exhibit relevant to Coquitlam residents.

During the 20’s, nearby Fraser Mills sawmill would have been at its height and the women raised their families in Maillardville, walking to stores or social events along muddy streets.

Moore also included in the display interactive games, allowing visitors to create fashion statements on magnet dolls and a game to guess 1920s slang.

• Rising Hemlines: An Exploration of 1920s Fashion at Mackin House (1116 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) ends March 3. Admission is by donation.

Mackin House is open Tuesday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 604-516-6151 or visit coquitlamheritage.ca.

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Burnell back with WWII novel Canada 150 choir JANIS CLEUGH

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Coquitlam author David E. Burnell has a knack for writing juicy war stories.

And his latest offering — at 369 pages — doesn’t hold back, leading the reader on a thrilling journey to the middle of the Mediterranean Sea during the Siege of Malta in 1941.

Burnell, who released Jerry Brent’s War during Remembrance Day week this month, centres his narrative on Jeremy Brent, a 19-yearold pilot who joins the RAF Squadron 105 right out of school.

He is assigned to fly a Bristol Blenheim and attack the Axis ships supplying Rommel’s campaign in North Africa.

But with the bombing comes massive blows: Brent escapes with his life while his squadron all but disappears.

And with the devastating losses comes survivor’s guilt.

“Nobody ever talks or writes about the mental suffering they went through,” Burnell said during an interview at his home last week.

Burnell used the internet to conduct most of the research for his fictional book; however, he and his wife also travelled to Malta to confirm the details.

There, they toured four museums dedicated to WWII and the 1940-’42 siege, and spoke

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Jerry Brent’s War completes the war story trilogy for Coquitlam scribe David E. Burnell. It was released during Remembrance Day week. with a curator who dubbed the Blenheims “flying coffins.”

In fact, the losses were so great for the RAF that sergeants were promoted to squadron leaders in a matter of weeks, he told the Burnells.

Like with past tales, Burnell also sought the help of Coquitlam resident Maureen V. Patz — aka Spitfire Mo, a Canadian representative of the Spitfire Society — to review his words. And her assistance led to write-ups in the fall 2017

edition of the Spitfire Society Journal, a British publication.

Jerry Brent’s War may complete Burnell’s trilogy — following A Nightingale Sang and In Moonlight’s Shadow — but he’s already preparing the manuscript for his next book, also a war novel about an RAF pilot. “It seems to be a genre that I like,” he said. “There’s so much material and it’s fun to make up stories around them.”

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took Burnell two years to pen and another year to edit.

For the latter process, he used fellow members of the New West Writers Group, friends and family, as well as a software editing program called Grammarly.

Now, Burnell is selling the finished product online via amazon.ca and his website (burnelldavide.wordpress. com); he’ll also be at Christmas craft fairs in the Tri-Cities.

A number of Tri-City youth in the BC Boys and Girls choirs will mark Canada 150 in North Vancouver on Sunday.

The Sing 150! Choir includes grades 5 and 6 students from Coquitlam — Alexis Sidhu, Angelina Bou Chehine, Gabriella Chen, Giorgia Martini, Glygly Pathlinghug, Julian Que, Laurel Phillips-Linhart, Niya Wilding, Sofia Dristas and Tiffany Jang — as well as, from Port Coquitlam, Cassandra Feltrin, Janet Liu, Mason Mattu and Sophia Stefani.

The concert concludes a nine-week music education program for the Sing 150 choir under the direction of Edette Gagné and Fiona Blackburn.

For tickets to the Nov. 26 production at the Centennial Theatre (2300 Longsdale Ave., North Vancouver), call 604-9843383 or visit tickets.centennialtheatre.com.

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A Port Moody author will launch her eighth publication on Sunday.

Yvonne Harris will release Redemption: A Story of the Oregon Trail and the Fraser River Gold Rush

(Dragon Hill), a historical fiction she’s worked on for a decade.

The longtime Yukon resident will sign copies of the book on Nov. 26 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Pasta Polo Restaurant (2754 Barnet Hwy., Coquitlam).

Refreshments will be served to guests.

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Holiday movies and stage plays to get you into the Christmas spirit will roll at Cineplex theatres in Coquitlam starting this week.

John Hughes’ Home Alone will be screened on Saturday at 11 a.m. while, on Sunday at 12:30 p.m., is Holiday Inn: The New Irving Berlin Musical based on the Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby flick.

Elf, starring Will Ferrell, is on Dec. 2 at 11 a.m. and the 1947 classic Miracle On 34th Street is at 12:55 p.m. (repeating on Dec. 13 at 7 p.m.).

The Polar Express 3D stops in on Dec. 9 at 11 a.m.

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Bob Costello goes for Nancy Golabiweski’s jugular — while Anna Caltagirone grabs her stick — in the comedy/mystery Tea and Arsenic, the fall production by the Dogwood Drama Club. Directed by Sue Davey, the play about crazy residents in a boarding house, runs at the Coquitlam seniors centre on Sunday at 1:30 p.m., Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 30 at 1:30 p.m. Tickets at $5 can be purchased by drama club members or at the Dogwood Designs Gift Ship (1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam). Call 604927-6098 or visit coquitlam.ca/dogwood.

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City costs too high to host Highland Games: chair JANIS CLEUGH The Tri-CiTy News

The chair of one of Coquitlam’s biggest festivals says his non-profit group may have to find a new home if the city doesn’t come up with more cash.

On Monday, Mike Chisholm of the BC Highland Games and Scottish Festival made a plea to the city’s council-in-committee saying his society has its eye on Surrey or SFU if Coquitlam can’t offer more financial support.

Chisholm’s pitch comes in the middle of city council’s annual budget deliberations — and a week after Coquitlam won a national award for Town Centre Park as the best public space in Canada; in its press release, the municipality credited the Scottish festival for drawing visitors to the space.

Chisholm said the Games, which typically draw 10,000 guests from around the Pacific Northwest (60% of them TriCity residents) for the competitions and entertainment, will have to downsize in 2018 if more funding isn’t found.

The current site at Percy Perry Stadium is too expensive and restrictive with the artificial turf field, he said.

And the group’s recent Spirit of Coquitlam gaming grants of $10,100 for this year and $11,795 for 2018 won’t cover the shortfalls, especially as the city mandates a business licence at $500 and strict waste/ recycling collection at a cost of $3,500. Combined with the city’s $3,300 stadium rental fee, this year’s Games didn’t break even, he said.

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Coquitlam resident Mike Chisholm at Percy Perry Stadium in June.

Chisholm said his group would like to move next year’s Games to the park plaza area, where Kaleidoscope and the Canada Day celebrations were held; however, the site is a nonstarter if there’s no room for heavy events.

He’s now looking at space in the Holland Park neighbourhood of Surrey and at the SFU campus on Burnaby Mountain, both of which have hotels nearby.

Chisholm said he’d like to see council re-examine how it awards grants.

Coun. Brent Asmundson said council wants community groups to become more self-sufficient but he was open to the idea of bridge funding given the society’s financial losses since 2015, when a downpour kept crowds away.

Eric Kalnins, Coquitlam’s tourism manager, said losing the Games would have a significant impact to economic spinoffs. “We are doing our best to partner with the organizers

and we will support them trying to move forward.”

Still, after the committee meeting, Coquitlam’s general manager of parks, recreation and culture services told The Tri-City News that council has provided Spirit grants to the society for the past eight years and there’s pressure from other community organizations also asking for handouts.

“We have tried to give them quite a bit and supported them on site,” Raul Allueva said, noting the funding formula for Spirit grants has changed. “We would like to support them more if they work with us and fine-tune their ask.”

This year’s fest was marketed as “the Games at the End of the Train” with the opening of the Evergreen Extension, which has its terminus at the park. The Games have called Coquitlam home for the past 20 years. Previously, it was staged at Hastings Park and at the Malkin Bowl, in Stanley Park in Vancouver.

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“Terry Fox toughness” — and a little luck — got the Terry Fox Ravens into Saturday’s BC Secondary Schools Football Association semi-finals (7:30 p.m. at BC Place).

Ravens’ head coach Martin McDonnell is hoping the same formula will propel his charges past the undefeated St. Thomas More Knights and a chance to defend their BC Subway Bowl championship.

That the Ravens are still in the mix to get that chance is a testimony to their toughness and pride, McDonnell said after his squad defeated Seaquam 28-21 in last Saturday’s quarterfinal at BC Place.

“They get to keep playing,” he said, despite a lineup built largely on Grade 11 and Junior Varsity players stepping into roles sooner than expected because of graduations from last year’s championship team and a seemingly endless series of injuries.

They also get a chance to avenge a 15-8 loss earlier in the season to the Knights, when the Ravens were ranked atop the provincial polls and STM was still looking for recognition despite a defence that hadn’t allowed a single score up to that point.

Since then the teams have been on seemingly opposite trajectories. Terry Fox lost a key game to Lord Tweedsmuir and slipped as far as seventh in the rankings heading into the post season while the Knights kept on winning and only a powerful New Westminster Hyacks team has kept them

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Terry Fox Ravens’ running back Liam Cumarasamy coughs up the ball but not before crossing the plane of the goal line to score the two-point conversion and seal the team’s 28-21 comeback win against the Seaquam Seahawks in their BC Secondary Schools Football Association AAA quarter-final game, Saturday at BC Place. The Ravens will play St. Thomas More in the semi-final, Saturday, 7:30 at BC Place. from claiming the top spot in the poll.

But, McDonnell said, appearances can be deceiving because the two teams are very much alike. Neither has a bonafide go-too superstar and both have had to overcome injuries to blue-chippers.

The Ravens lost quarterback Jevaun Jacobsen and running back Jaden Severy, as well as

6’2” lineman Adam Tennet, at various stages late in the season, and all three are still hobbled to some extent.

The Knights have been without their star running back Tyler Eckert for three games because of an illness.

They also lost their longtime coach, Bernie Kully, who passed away from esophageal cancer on Sept. 30.

The emotion of Kully’s passing has been a driving force behind the Knights’ success, McDonnell said. His Ravens just want to prove they belong.

“I think a lot of people were discounting us,” McDonnell said. “Some of the kids were disappointed by that, and now they’re saying, hey, we’re still playing. They really want to be in the final again.”

The Ravens took another step toward that goal with their comeback win over Seaquam.

Three times Terry Fox held the lead before a touchdown run by Seaquam’s Jalen Philpot late in the third quarter, followed by a successful kick for the convert, put the Seahawks in front for the first time in the game, 21-20.

The fourth quarter resembled a game of hot potato more than football, as each team squandered scoring drives because of penalties or turnovers.

But with just under two minutes left on the clock and Seaquam poised to punt the ball from midfield, deep into Ravens’ territory to protect their narrow advantage, the snap to kicker Xavier Cole sailed past him. Oscar Nunez scooped the bouncing ball up for the Ravens and ran it into the end zone. Liam Cumarasamy then drove the ball into the end zone again for the two-point conversion to give Terry Fox its win.

“The football gods smiled on us a bit,” McDonnell said of the game’s late turnover of events.

“But you’ve still got to scoop it up and score.”

And his players will have to maintain that belief in themselves against the Knights, McDonnell said.

“They know it takes toughness to get this far,” he said.

“There’s going to have to be a total team effort to keep going.”

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Terry Fox have placed three players on the BCSSFA all-star teams, and quarterback Jevaun Jacobsen is being recognized as the province’s top Grade 11 player. Offensive lineman Matthew Baddege is the Ravens’ sole representative on the offensive team, while defensive lineman Michael Evans and linebacker Mason Reeves are on the defensive team.

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The Coquitlam Express will be in Prince George this weekend to play a pair of games against the Spruce Kings at Rolling Mix Concrete Arena.

The way the Express are sinking in the BC Hockey League standings, they may already feel like they’re wearing cement skates.

Coquitlam’s losing streak extended to 11 games last weekend with a pair of losses on home ice, 5-1 to the Wenatchee Wild on Friday and 4-2 to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs on Sunday. The Express are stuck at eight points and last place in the Mainland Division, 21 behind their nearest competitor, which happens to be Prince George.

Coquitlam’s ineffectiveness on the power play cost them against the Bulldogs.

The Express managed to score only once on six of their man advantage situations, including a stretch of more than a minute in the first period when Alberni Valley had two players in the penalty box.

The Express power play finally broke through on their fourth attempt late in the first frame when Josh Linell tipped a pass from Eric Linell past Bulldogs’ goalie John Hawthorne to tie the game at 1-1.

Neither team scored again until Alberni Valley’s Keaton

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Archbishop Carney forward Dawson Brown battles a Notre Dame defender for control of the ball in the second half of their second round match in pool play at the BC Secondary Schools Soccer Commission AA provincial finals, Monday at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex. Carney won the match 3-1 and also beat Windsor 2-1 in its first match of the day. The tournament concludes today (Wednesday). The AAA provincial finals begin Thursday, also at Burnaby Lake. Dr. Charles Best secondary, which finished second in the Fraser Valley championships, will play Kitsilano, Mount Baker and Sentinal in pool play. That tournament concludes on Saturday.

Mastrodonato wristed a shot past Coquitlam keeper Brock Hamm almost ten minutes into the third period.

Doug Scott was able to put the Express back on even terms less than two minutes later with his first BCHL goal.

But the Bulldogs were able to get the win in their jaws with goals by Ryan Steele and Jackson Doucet less than two minutes apart, capitalizing on a 17-shot barrage they unleashed in the period at the

Express net.

The game took a bit of an ugly turn with 12 second left to play when Coquitlam’s William Lawrence was assessed a minor and misconduct for a blow to the head. Doug Scott and Alberni Valley’s Paul Selleck and Tyson Slater were also given misconduct penalties for the skirmish that followed.

Hamm stopped 37 of the 41 shots he faced in the Coquitlam net while the Express fired 28 shots a Hawthorne.

But that’s still twice as many as they were able to get against Wenatchee Wild keeper Austin Park as Coquitlam’s offense managed only a season-low 14 shots in their 5-1 loss. Haydn Delorme’s third goal of the season, on a power play in the second period, was the only bright spot for the Express, who trailed 2-0 after the first and 3-1 going into the third.

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The move was put in place by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), which is the federal agency in charge of maintaining the stability of the Canadian banking system, and is intended to prevent consumers taking on too much mortgage debt.

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Those buyers will have to undergo the same “stress test” that was introduced a year ago for buyers who have less than 20% down.

The new policy is said by mortgage professionals to reduce Canadians’ home-purchasing power by around 20%, as the higher interest rate will reduce the maximum mortgage that buyers will be able to borrow.

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Attached Detached BC intends to follow OSFI’s lead in implementing a “stress test,” Frank Chong, acting superintendent of financial institutions at FICOM, confirmed that there were no plans to do so. He issued the following statement to REW: “FICOM has reviewed the new requirements from the federal bank regulator (OSFI) regarding requirements for residential mortgage qualification.

These changes come into effect in January 2018 for federally regulated financial institutions but will not apply to provincially regulated institutions like credit unions now regulated by FICOM. Because some borrowers will not be able to qualify for mortgages with banks, they may migrate to credit unions or private lenders where qualifying is less stringent. FICOM has a residential mortgage guideline in place for credit unions and regularly reviews that directive to determine if credit unions are managing risks effectively. In the coming months, we will be consulting with credit unions and monitoring developments in residential mortgage lending to protect the

interests of consumers and credit union members.

“We will continue to assess the situation, but no changes are contemplated in provincial requirements at this time.”

Not necessarily better Alisa Aragon, mortgage expert at Bridgestone Financing Pros with DLC Mountain View Ltd., confirmed that credit unions do not qualify applicants at the higher rate, but offered a warning to buyers before they rush out to apply for credit union mortgages.

“Credit unions could be an alternative to other lenders if you don’t qualify with the stress test, but in certain cases the rates might be higher at credit unions, or the income ratios might be tighter. While you might qualify at a credit union, our job as mortgage experts is to get the best mortgage with the best rates and terms, whether that is at a credit union, banks, monoline lender or private lender.”

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The first Canadian JYSK store was opened in 1996 in Co− quitlam, BC. Today there are 60 JYSK stores in Canada, in− cluding locations in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia.

Here at JYSK, one of the world’s fastest growing retailers, it can be a smile, remembering a name, or maybe even just a wave at the end of the day. Perhaps it’s an unwavering de− sire to know about every product found within our walls and on our shelves. But whatever it is for you, we want to em− power you to feel confident in unleashing it. Because at JYSK, we know that the difference in our associates is what makes the difference for our customers. − Are you passionate about keeping your home up to date with the latest and greatest home fashions? − Are you competitive by nature and driven by sales targets and goals? − Is your enthusiasm and passion for success contagious? − Do you genuinely have fun helping customers find exactly what they need and want?

What’s the job?

Sales Associates provide fast and friendly service by actively seeking out customers to assess their needs and provide assistance. Sales Associates have an emphasis on depart− ment and product knowledge, provide information on prod− uct features and are familiar with related items in order to sell an entire project. Associates in this position know how to find, inquire, respect, solve and thank every customer in their department and know how to provide basic service in adja− cent departments. Sales Associates are focused on cus− tomer service and finding and solving customer needs.

APPLY NOW www.jyskcareers.ca Job #632961 or http://bit.ly/2i1xUEh JYSK is committed to bring "Quality−for−Less" to millions of customers every day.

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Further, the publishers do not accept liability for any loss of damage caused by an error or inaccuracy in the printing of an advertisement beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by the portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. Any corrections of changes will be made in the next available issue. The Tri-CityNews will be responsible for only one incorrect insertion with liability limited to that portion of the advertisement affected by the error. Request for adjustments or corrections on charges must be made within 30 days of the ad’s expiration.

For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

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PATIOS

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MOVING

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DOWN

1. Measures engine speed (abbr.)

2. Wings 3. Founded a phone company 4. Upon 5. Superhigh frequency 6. Colorless liquid 7. Hostelries 8. __ fi (slang) 9. One who accompanies 10. Where rockers play 11. “__ the Man” Musial 12. Waxy cover on some birds’ beaks 13. Software that monitors for malicious activity (abbr.)

16. Becomes less intense

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39. One who rampages 42. Backbones

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