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Port Coquitlam council gave itself a raise Monday. and now, city staff will take another look at the formula for paying PoCo’s mayor and councillors. at Monday’s council meeting, Mayor Greg Moore’s pay was raised to $91,148 a year (up $2,497) while the six councillors’ stipend was hiked to $35,667 annually (up $1,454). all b.C. municipal politicians receive a third of their pay tax-free.

(In comparison, Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart receives $132,257 plus $725 a month for a vehicle while councillors each earn $57,561 plus $315 a month for mileage. In Port Moody, Mayor Mike Clay gets $85,000 a year while councillors receive $33,000 annually.) at the same meeting, council approved a staff request to review the council remuneration policy that was adopted in 2010. at that time, after years of frozen wages, council controversially awarded a 42% salary increase for councillors and a 27% hike for the mayor. see PAY BASED, page 12

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Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs’ Keegan rittinger carries the ball past a nanaimo Timbermen defender in the A’s regular season opener Sunday at Poirier Sport and leisure Complex; Coquitlam won 10-5. Port Coquitlam Saints, meanwhile, dropped their first two BC Junior A lacrosse league outings to langley (11-9) and Burnaby (10-9). More sports, page 27.

NEPAL EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH

PM man part of nepal team how you can help survivors of earthquake in Nepal: see story page 7

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a Port Moody man is among a large contingent of volunteers from burnaby fire department headed to Nepal to assist in rescue efforts following the massive earthquake Saturday.

The magnitude 7.8 quake, which had reportedly killed more than 4,600 people by Tuesday, destroyed countless buildings, including temples and heritage sites, in and around Kathmandu and triggered an avalanche that killed at least 18 at a Mount Everest base camp.

by late Sunday, PoMo’s George assaf posted on his facebook page that he was headed overseas along with 17 colleagues and members of the Canadian Medical assistance Teams to assist in the search for survivors.

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THE ENVIRONMENT

fingerling festival is your chance to help tiny salmon start their journey Diane stranDberg

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This year’s warm winter quickened the development of salmon smolts at Noons Creek Hatchery and the fish are more than ready to be released into the creek.

“They’re itching and raring to go,” said brian Wormald, president of the Port Moody Ecological Society, which runs the hatchery, located near PoMo rec centre.

This Saturday, May 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., tots and adults alike can help the salmon on their way during the 24th annual fingerling festival. The event will include entertainment by children’s entertainers bobs and Lolo, displays from 60 groups at the recreation centre, games, arts and crafts, and, of course, the salmon release. as many as 10,000 salmon smolts are circling the tanks in the hatchery, eager to be placed in the creek.

Noons Creek Hatchery is entering its 25th year of operation, one of two hatcheries in PoMo, and Wormald said his group has been pleased to be able to support the construction of Mossom Creek Hatchery after a 2013 fire.

This year, the group continues to help Mossom while it works on maintaining its own hatchery.

Wormald said it’s important to host the fingerling festival

don’t forget The Hoy/ Scott Watershed Society in Coquitlam is hosting its annual Salmon Leave Home event on Sunday, May 3. The public is invited to join the society’s volunteers from 11 a.m. through 2 p.m. at the Hoy Creek Hatchery. There will be musical entertainment

by Joyelle brandt and the CKPM fM Morrey Nissan Community Cruiser will be on location. Hoy Creek Hatchery is located in Hoy Creek Linear Park, west of the City Centre aquatic Complex at the corner of Pinetree and Guildford ways. To locate, use google.com and search “Hoy Creek Hatchery.” tulip bulbs at $5 a bag to raise funds for the organization.

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dave Bennie and Brian Wormald, executive members of the Port Moody ecological Society, are preparing for this Saturday’s Fingerling Festival taking place at noons Creek hatchery and the Port Moody recreation complex. The event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., features entertainment, displays, food and an opportunity to release salmon into the creek. each year to raise awareness of the importance of the salmon to the local environment. “our main mission and

mantra for the Port Moody Ecological Society is education and we do a lot of that, a lot of school classes with a school

program that we have, and we also do a lot of outreach,” Wormald said, adding: “This is a huge opportunity to bring

awareness to the locals about the importance of the environment.”

The group will also be selling

• Presenting sponsors of the event include the city of Port Moody, Pacific Coast Terminals and Port Metro vancouver. To find out more visit the group on facebook at www.facebook.com/ PortMoodyEcologicalSociety.

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NEWSPAPER AWARDS

Tri-City News wins award for Mossom project The Tri-City News and reporter diane Strandberg were honoured Saturday for the paper’s efforts to cover and promote the Mossom Creek Hatchery rebuilding project.

The Tri-City News team, which included Strandberg — the lead reporter on the project — as well as editor Richard dal Monte, reporter Gary McKenna and publisher Nigel Lark, was presented with the Ma Murray Community Service award at the 2015 Ma Murray Community Newspaper awards banquet at the River Rock Show Theatre in Richmond. The banquet and awards presentations are hosted annually by the bC and Yukon Community Newspapers association (bCYCNa) and honour the best of journalism and advertising in this province’s community papers.

The Tri-City News’ awards entry had both: a year-long series of feature articles and photographs as well as promotional advertising to help burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society’s (bIMES) efforts to raise about

MOSSOM CREEK HATCHERY PROJECT

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Tri-City news reporter diane Strandberg (above) accepts the 2015 Ma Murray Community Service award for The Tri-City news’ efforts to help with the Mossom Creek hatchery rebuilding project. right, editor richard dal Monte accepts his Silver Quill award, recognizing more then 25 years work in community newspapers. $1.2 million to build a large, modern educational centre and hatchery to replace one destroyed by fire in december 2013. accepting the award on behalf of The Tri-City News, Strandberg used the opportunity to highlight the efforts of a team of volunteers to build a new hatchery, noting The News’ coverage and promotion

were instrumental in bIMES’s campaign.

The award judge wrote: “Wow! The Tri-City News took terrific initiative on this project. They deployed talent, resources and mainly demonstrated genuine concern to mobilize the community. Not only was the effort an amazing way to alert residents about what Mossom Creek Hatchery

was going through today but also celebrated their many years [of] accomplishments.” bIMES’s Tracy Green and Ruth foster (the latter is one of the hatchery’s founders) wrote in support of The News’ awards submission, saying: “after the fire, we were lost. The prospect of rebuilding a hatchery with funds from an inadequate insurance settlement and with

a small handful of volunteers was daunting. When The TriCity News stepped forward in february [2014] offering media coverage that would help secure donations and spread the word about the project, we never dreamed your support would turn into more than a year-long series of excellent features, generous advertising support and a major public awareness campaign in print and digital media.

“Your commitment to seeing us through this process with your superb front-page coverage and numerous social media blasts not only sustained our fundraising efforts but elicited the strong community backing we have enjoyed this past year… We are replacing the old building with a state-of-the-art community

facility worth over $1 million.

That is in large part thanks to The Tri-City News. You have helped us get the grants, the community donations and the local business support that have made this possible.” also at Saturday’s bCYCNa banquet, Tri-City News editor dal Monte was presented a Silver quill award from the Canadian Community Newspaper association in recognition of more than 25 years’ work in community newspapers. dal Monte has worked as a community newspaper reporter and editor for more than 28 years and has won more than 20 provincial, national and international awards both individually, for writing and page design, and as a member of The Tri-City News editorial team.

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Coquitlam firefighters worked with B.C. Conservation officers and Coquitlam Mounties Sunday afternoon after a bear was spotted in busy Town Centre Park as a huge flag football tournament was going on.

The bear climbed a tree and it took all those officials’ efforts — including two tranquilizer darts — to put the bruin to sleep so it could be taken away from the park and, eventually, to a forested area.

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a family of bears and a single sow were encouraged to leave Coquitlam this week with the hope that they go back to the forest and stay there.

Conservation officers relocated one bear after tranquilizing it while it sat in a tree at Town Centre Park in Coquitlam across from the fire hall. and they had to haze another bear family out of a neighbourhood off Wellington Street in Port Coquitlam.

The bear sightings came as more bruins come down from the mountains or climb out of ravines in search of food, which may come in the form of people’s food waste left in unlocked green bins, industrial bins or beside trash carts.

“I expect it to be busy from now until october,” said drake Stephens, the city of Coquitlam’s urban wildlife coordinator, who said the number of bear complaints is about the same as they were last year but is starting to escalate just as the city starts its garbage patrols for the season.

In all three cities, residents or businesses will be fined if they leave their trash unsecured or don’t take care of other wildlife attractants.

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In Coquitlam, bear season officially kicked off Sunday when a scared three-year old female found itself in busy Town Centre Park in Coquitlam, where a flag football tournament was going on. There were reports that the bear even swam in Lafarge Lake but, startled by the crowds attending the children’s’ sports event, climbed a white spruce tree.

It took hours for conservation officers to finally tranquilize the bruin, a female with no cubs and no history in the city.

Tranquilizer darts were used, with the fire department providing the ladder truck so officers could get close, and it took several darts before the bear was finally immobilized.

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habitation, in the forest where water, skunk cabbage and grass are plentiful. also this week, conservation officers were called to deal with a sow and two cubs that had been hanging around neighbourhoods in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam off Wellington Street and in the green belts in that area. There were reports the bears were getting into trash left outside and unlocked, which could result in charges. The bears were chased out of the neighbourhood using rubber bullets and noisy bear bangers, Hunter said.

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School district 43 trustees have their work cut out for them to convince local bC Liberal MLa douglas Horne that the district is underfunded and students here are treated unfairly.

Last Tuesday, after the Sd43 board of education passed a balanced budget that continues to deal with $13.8 million in cuts made last year, board chair Judy Shirra promised to reveal an advocacy plan soon.

She also listed off what she called $30 million in budget reductions since 2013/14. but Horne, the MLa for Coquitlam-burke Mountain, said he didn’t understand how the district came up with that figure, although he said he has a great relationship with the trustees and promises to work to ensure Tri-Cities students get their fair share of funding.

Horne did acknowledge that the district is facing cost pres-

– MlA doug horne sures but said it wasn’t alone.

“There’s cost pressures across government,” he told The TriCity News. “We’re one of the few provinces that have a balanced budget.” and while the district counts the administrative savings it’s required to find ($1.5 million in 2015/’16 and $1.4 million in 2016/’17) as a reduction in funding, Horne said it’s better to put money into the classrooms rather than administrative costs.

He said b.C.’s continuing high graduation and achievement rates are an indication students are performing well and teachers are doing a good job. and he said Sd43’s perpupil funding is not that far out of sync with other Metro

vancouver school districts that don’t have the high transportation costs and other issues faced by smaller, rural districts.

He says Sd43 is also fortunate in that it has a relatively stable student population compared to other districts where student numbers are decline.

“I recognize the issues they are facing,” Horne said. “I will continue to do my best with what I can do. obviously, capital resources, we are continuing to see huge capital flowing in our district.

“We will be working with the funding formula and with the funding protection to make sure the students in Coquitlam get best share they can.” on april 21, the board of ed-

ucation unanimously passed a balanced $316-million budget bylaw that included operating spending, special purpose funds and local capital.

“It’s status quo,” Shirra told The Tri-City News, “We’re not pleased about it.”

She also said she would soon talk with groups about a plan to advocate more funds among the changes planned in the budget are contracting out of cafeteria services for five non-teaching high school cafeterias so staff could go to more high-needs areas, such as clerical and education assistants, if CuPE training and other needs are met. Some savings were found in utilities for next year, with a new way to purchase natural gas, and the province is funding wage increases from recent CuPE and teachers’ settlements. fees foreign students pay to attend schools here are also helping the district cover its costs, with the district anticipating more students from other countries enrolling in Sd43 schools.

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NEPAL EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH

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assaf was in transit as The Tri-City News went to press but burnaby fire Chief doug Mcdonald said the group began the almost 24-hour journey early Monday morning, and was expected to spend four days on the ground in Kathmandu before making the trip back.

“These members have volunteered their own time, they’re paying their own way and what the department is offering them at this time is just equipment and supplies they could take with them to use in the search efforts,” Mcdonald said.

Some of the members come from the burnaby’s technical rescue team and rescue task force, and have been trained in urban search and rescue, but not all, he said.

The group will be tasked with searching for survivors within the rubble, he said. Their equipment will include cameras on wands that will allow for searching in confined spaces, and technical listening equipment to detect faint sounds, such as tapping by people trapped inside collapsed buildings.

The call for volunteers was spearheaded by retired burnaby firefighter Mark Pullen, a member of the bC disaster dogs Society, who was heading to

The federal government will match donations to the Canadian red Cross to help the victims of the earthquake in nepal. As much as $5 million in aid has already been committed and search and rescue teams are on their way. To donate, go to redcross.ca.

GeOrGe ASSAF Nepal with his trained rescue dog, Mcdonald said. The team from burnaby will be joined by two firefighters from Mission, each with their own rescue dogs.

Pullen served in a similar capacity with rescue dogs in New orleans following Hurricane Katrina and in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. The dogs are trained to detect people still alive in the collapsed buildings, as well as those who have died, and be able to indicate the difference to their handlers.

In addition to those firefighters headed to Nepal, there are dozens of others who are helping back at home by covering their shifts, noted Rob Lamoureux, president of burnaby firefighters association Local 323. all the firefighters’ flights were donated by Cathay Pacific and

Pacific blue Cross donated travel medical insurance to help make the trip happen, Lamoureux said.

“It’s what firefighters do,” he said of the volunteer efforts. “It’s kind of the old sentiment: When everyone’s rushing out, we’re rushing in. It’s just our mentality. We just want them to return safe and hopefully they can help out and save a few lives and make a difference.”

The firefighters will be working with a medical team from CMaT, which will conduct a needs assessment in the area around Kathmandu, to determine emergency health requirements. depending on what it finds it may put out a call for medical volunteers and set up an inflatable field hospital. for more information and to donate, visit www.canadianmedicalteams.org.

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With so many urgent needs, it’s difficult to know how best to support the surviving earthquake victims of Nepal. but a Port Moody-based organization that built a school in Nepal and has contacts there says it’s better to send money to reputable organizations rather than collect donated items or fly off to help because you’ll just get in the way.

“The best thing to do is to go the experts right in the area,” said Megin alvarez, who, with her partner Malcolm Trevena, founded Meaningful volunteer (meaningfulvolunteer.org).

The organization’s goal is to provide targeted, effective support for under-served communities and the group recently built a solar-powered school that teaches literacy and computer education to children and adults in the rural parish of Rithepani in western Nepal. from this experience, the couple has contacts and friends there, as well as memories of visiting in the now quakedevastated country. When they heard of Saturday’s earthquake, they were overwhelmed, alvarez said.

“They’re like family,” she said, a feeling she said many people are experiencing as they watch the news feed of dead

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Megin Alvarez of Port Moody-based Meaningful Volunteer says those who want to help shouldn’t just send goods to nepal. bodies, destroyed buildings, hungry people and families living outside. alvarez said people tend to get emotional in situations like this and want to help. “Right now, they’re asking for prayers,” she said of the Nepalese. but some practical items are also needed, such as temporary housing. To that end, Trevena and alvarez are encouraging people to support a crowdsourced fundraising campaign for a Nepalese group to build tents. as of Tuesday, the group (using life.indiegogo.com/fundraisers/earthquake-nepal-accommodation-medical-camps) had already obtained enough materials for 25 large tents and was heading for the quakestruck rural Gorkha district along with a dozen local volun-

teers and a group of doctors.

Trevena and alvarez say they know the people involved and trust them.

“When you move in this type of world, you meet a lot of corrupt people, unfortunately,” Trevena said. “These are people we know and people our friends know. It tends to be these small organizations that have the biggest impact.

• St. Catherine’s Anglican and Trinity United churches in Port Coquitlam (2211 Prairie Ave.) will host a non-denominational candlelight service for the Nepalese earthquake victims on Sunday, May 3 at 7 p.m. Cash donations will be accepted. Call 604-942-9812 for more information.

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schoenborn hearing is to resume today sarah Payne The Tri-CiTy News

a b.C. Review board hearing for child killer allan Schoenborn was to continue today to determine whether he can leave forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam on escorted day passes.

It will be the third day of proceedings for a hearing that was originally scheduled for half a day.

To date, the board has heard testimony from Schoenborn’s case manager, psychiatrist and anger management therapist. Crown counsel Wendy dawson was expected to introduce evidence today from an expert on risk assessments. dr. anton Schweighofer will testify that there is no

verified test to measure a person’s risk of escape and that, as such, testimony offered by psychiatrist dr.

Marcel Hediger was not based on a particular measurement or expert opinion. dawson stated at Schoenborn’s last hearing date in late february that Hediger had been relying on a violence risk assessment tool known as the HCR-20 but he had not provided a written report of that assessment for the board to consider.

The board had questioned the relevance of Schweighofer’s evidence but dawson said it will shed light on Schoenborn’s risk to the public.

Schoenborn has been at the hospital since 2010, when he was found not criminally responsible for

the murders of his three children — 10-year-old Kaitlynne, eight-year-old Max and five-year-old Cordon — in 2008. He fled the scene and spent about two weeks hiding in the woods before he was caught.

He has consented to remain in the hospital but has again requested escorted day passes.

It will be up to b.C.’s Criminal Justice branch to pursue the high-risk offender designation, part of the Conservative’s new tough-on-crime legislation, once Schoenborn’s hearing has concluded. It would mean Schoenborn would be eligible for passes from the hospital every three years instead of annually.

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former Coquitlam resident and olympic snowboarder Ryan James Wedding is facing new drug trafficking charges after police in Nova Scotia busted an international drug trafficking ring with ties to Colombian and Mexican drug cartels.

The two-year investigation involved numerous national and international police agencies after the RCMP federal Serious and organized Crime unit in the spring of 2013 uncovered eight conspiracies to import cocaine into Canada from countries including antigua, brazil, Colombia, Guyana and the u.S. There were another four investigations into cocaine trafficking and one into trafficking in firearms.

Nova Scotia RCMP released information last week that they had made several arrests connected to the case; 15 people are now facing 45 criminal charges. as well, police seized vehicles, guns, drug paraphernalia, cash and more than 200 kg of cocaine. a warrant has been issued for the arrest of 33-year-old Wedding, who has been living in Montreal. He’s facing two counts each of conspiracy to import cocaine and conspiracy to traffic and trafficking in cocaine.

Wedding was arrested in June 2008 in San diego along with fellow Canadians Michael Krapchan and Hassan Shirani in connection with an fbI investigation into the money laundering and drug distribution ring of Krapchan and

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The suspect in a number of thefts in Coquitlam and Maple Ridge was arrested last week and charged after a lengthy pursuit by several police agencies.

The incident began with a bMW X3 stolen from the garage of a Coquitlam home on the night of april 19 while the owners were asleep. No other items were taken in the break and enter.

Members of the Integrated Municipal Provincial auto Crime Team (IMPaCT) spotted the bMW on april 23 in Coquitlam and followed it through New Westminster, Surrey and burnaby, with assistance from the air and RCMP members from Coquitlam, burnaby, Ridge Meadows and Surrey. officers from the Port Mann freeway Patrol attempted to stop the vehicle in New West but the driver sped away, prompting numerous calls from burnaby residents. The bMW eventually crashed in burnaby and the driver fled the scene before he pulled to the side of the road and ran away, according to police.

The suspect was found nearby hiding in a stairwell, where he was arrested by police and the Lower Mainland Integrated Police dog Service.

Several stolen items were found in the bMW, including mail, jewelry and power tools, believed to be linked to thefts in Coquitlam and Maple Ridge.

Police are continuing their investigation and will be contacting the owners of the stolen property in the coming weeks to arrange for its identification and return. brandon Cumming-Hobson, 23, of no fixed address is facing several charges including possession of stolen property, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, and two counts each of breach of probation and breach of recognizance. additional charges are anticipated.

Elmar akhundov, which later came to include their drug trafficking associates Wedding and Shirani.

Taped conversations revealed Wedding, Shirani and Krapchan were planning to buy 24 kg of cocaine for $100,000 from an undercover operator. after the trio’s arrests, fbI agents searched Wedding’s hotel room and found $100,000 in u.S. cash hidden in a piece of furniture.

Wedding was convicted in december 2009 in California on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine; he was sentenced to six years in prison after agreeing to forfeit about $120,000 discovered by the fbI. In 2002, Wedding placed 24th in the parallel giant slalom competition at the olympics in Salt Lake City. spayne@tricitynews.com @spayneTC

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May 2

Town Hall Meeting Your Views Are Important To Us Participate In Person or Online Setting priorities in the ever-changing municipal environment presents both opportunities and challenges – making it more important than ever that we hear from members of the community regarding the services and changes taking place in our city.

With this in mind, Mayor and Council invite Coquitlam residents to share their ideas and views by providing input at a Town Hall Meeting to be held on:

Date: Saturday, May 2, 2015 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Place: Council Chambers, Coquitlam City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way

How to Participate There is no set agenda at a Town Hall Meeting. These more informal meetings provide community members an opportunity to voice their opinions, suggest new ideas or ask questions of City Council.

In Person All are welcome to attend the Town Hall Meeting in person. Participants attending the meeting at City Hall will be invited to the microphone to ask their question.

Online The meeting will also be broadcast live at coquitlam.ca/webcasts starting at 9:45 a.m. Online participants can submit questions through one of the following channels: Email your questions to townhall@coquitlam.ca Facebook users are encouraged to like our page at facebook.com/cityofcoquitlam. Town Hall questions can be posted to the City’s wall between 9:45 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on May 2.

Those on Twitter can participate by tweeting questions to @cityofcoquitlam #coqthm2015 between 9:45 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on May 2.

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To ensure that everyone has access to the responses provided to questions submitted online, answers will be provided by Council or staff via the live broadcast at coquitlam.ca/webcasts.

Questions submitted online during the Town Hall Meeting will be presented to Council in the order they were submitted. Due to time limitations, we may not be able to address all questions.

More information on the Town Hall Meeting, including our guidelines for creating a respectful conversation, is available at coquitlam.ca/townhall or by contacting the Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3010 or emailing clerks@coquitlam.ca.

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get your oily act together T he recent bunker fuel spill into vancouver’s harbour should serve as a wake-up call to the authorities that are supposed to be making sure our shorelines are safe from environmental catastrophe.

In short, all levels of government, please get your acts together.

Several beaches were fouled by the april 8 spill of bunker fuel and while this incident is not to be compared with Exxon valdez catastrophe, in which more than 11 million gallons of crude oil were leaked, in a microcosm, it was a disaster because of the apparent slow pace of the cleanup and the blame game that followed.

What if there were a much larger spill? Could we count on a more precise and collaborative response?

Now, some of the blame game is because of politics and, for the most

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part, Metro vancouverites are suspicious of oil tankers and don’t want more of them, regardless of how safe their record may be. and perhaps it unfair to link this spill to the current National Energy board process to review Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion plans. but to say that everything was oK and the spill

was handled properly is a bit of a joke. In fact, what we are learning now is that the whole mess could have been cleaned up easily if the problem had been addressed sooner. as well, a more robust communications plan could have saved everyone a great deal of grief. according to Ralph drew, belcarra’s mayor,

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the Coast Guard-led spill response added bureaucracy and delay — a case of too many cooks.

Indeed, it was 13 hours until booms were fully secured around the Mv Marathassa.

We’ve heard many explanations about the delay: The ship that was the source of the oil denied at first it was the problem, the sheen on the water was thought to be unrecoverable, etc.

This kind of uncertainty is what raises doubts. as drew said: “This is like the Coast Guard saying, ‘We won’t send the fire trucks until we see flames.’ Give your head a shake. They need to get out there now.”

Stop telling us everything is fine and get to the root of the problem.

It may be overkill to have an independent report and recommendations but it wouldn’t be a bad idea given the concerns around oil shipments in our harbour.

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‘one of the best,’ eh?

Doesn’t mean much

The editor, Re. “Is TransLink the wastrel its critics claim? Not really” (Referendum Questions, The Tri-City News, April 22).

Where is the proof that TransLink is one of the best systems in the world?

Ranking transit systems is not like choosing Mr. or Miss universe but rather like placing runners in the Sun Run in several categories, thus having several winners. “one of the best” could mean a fairly low ranking. one cannot possibly compare TransLink to the transit systems of huge cities like Tokyo, osaka, Paris, London and New York. one might compare it to rapid transit systems in the first 20 towns ranked most livable in the Mercer Report (not all of them have a rapid transit system as the Mercer report favoured smaller towns).

The common link between these systems is that within a town at the centre of a given metropolitan area, one is al-

the entire referendum Questions series is online at tricitynews.com and each article contains links to the other ones – so get educated a much smaller passenger load than conventional subways.

The Canada Line’s twin units will need a major retrofit. automated LRT are commonly used to link self-contained areas to a town major rapid transit system (Kobe’s Port liner and Rokko liner) or as the main transit system in a metro area with under 1.5 million inhabitants (Lille, Toulouse, Torino).

J-L Brussac, Coquitlam

ways close to one rapid transit line, if not several lines.

The major flaw with rapid transit in the city of vancouver is that there is no rapid transit line west of Cambie and no rapid transit line under the two major arteries (Granville and broadway). This is very unusual in transit planning. another major flaw is the size of the cars on both SkyTrain and the Canada line.

They are light-rail vehicles with

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city regs should take trees and people into account

The editor, I wish to comment on Port Moody’s revision of its tree bylaw and policy.

Trees are dear to me and I can describe each tree I have planted over the years at the homes I owned. I am still upset about my ginkgo that was killed by someone’s carelessness and go back to visit red and pin oaks, crimson and Japanese maples, sycamores, tulip trees, ash and lindens I have planted. Nonetheless, last year, I removed a stately sycamore I had planted in ohio because in planting it too close to another’s home, I had

of nature while sympathetically carving out a place for us. often, the trees that impinge on the human enjoyment of our fjord were poorly chosen cultivars that have gotten out of control. They were not an act of nature to begin with.

I would like to see a policy that repairs such misjudgments and incentivizes pruning as well as wise choices when planting.

We can live together in harmony, the trees and us, but we have to respect one another’s interests.

Paul shaker, Port Moody

created a nuisance that pruning couldn’t solve.

So I recommend, as Port Moody considers tree policy revisions, that it balance the interests of people with the interests of trees.

In our community, that should include the maintenance of views and sight lines from our homes. We should encourage planting of trees widely but not at the cost of the competing aesthetics of our views. Making our homes in this beautiful corner of the world, we should be conscious of designing an environment that preserves the exuberance

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Not JUst ‘ricH’ seNiors to beNeFit The editor, Re. “Fed. budget funds transit and rewards ‘rich’ seniors” (The Tri-City News, April 24).

I would agree that the changes to the Tax-free Savings account contribution limit will not be helpful to

interest rate earnings were much higher and this situation badly needed reforming for all seniors who took lumpsum retirement rather than a pension.

Maggie Fankboner, Coquitlam

those of us struggling under ever-increasing taxation on limited retirement incomes. but I strongly disagree that the RRIf limit changes are directed only at “rich” seniors.

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moves into James park services for kids to be housed in poco school Janis Warren The Tri-CiTy News

Tri-City parents looking for immunizations for their kids, early childhood check-ups and other support can soon visit a Port Coquitlam school for care.

This week, fraser Health announced it will be leasing out space at James Park elementary (1761 Westminster ave.) for its public health unit.

The move comes after fraser Health closed its unit at a city-owned building on Wilson avenue last November due to safety concerns. as a result of the closure, programs and services were temporarily relocated to the public health unit at Newport village in Port Moody.

Starting June 1, child health clinics will be offered at James Park elementary on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon as well as on July 3 and aug. 7; fraser

Health will also be looking at a permanent friday time slot. The best beginnings program will also run out of James Park, by appointment Monday to friday as needed. but adults needing a needle or speech language services will have to travel to the Newport public health unit.

In an email to The TriCity News Tuesday, fraser Health said it has been working for four years on a partnership with School district 43 to lease space within the new learning concept building at James Park elementary.

“Consultation was undertaken in partnership with the Coquitlam school district to identify the needs of the community and set the parameters for the space,” it stated. “one of these requirements is to ensure our public health services are focused on school-aged children.”

Meanwhile, the city of PoCo expects to demolish the 44-year-old building on Wilson avenue by the end of august.

city makes changes on key industrial sites Jeff nagel black press

Port Moody and Metro vancouver have avoided a showdown in court over proposed changes to the regional growth strategy that would have allowed urbanization of former industrial sites.

Metro had gone to court to quash an official community plan change passed last fall by Port Moody without first getting the regional board’s consent to changes to its regional

context statement, as required. at issue was the city’s aim of redesignating the 14.7-hectare Mill and Timber site and 1.3-hectare andrés Wines site from industrial to general urban in the regional growth strategy.

Port Moody has since filed a revised regional context statement that keeps the two sites industrial, and Metro is expected to drop its lawsuit.

Port Moody’s oCP continues to designate various industrial sites, including the Ioco, Petro Canada and Mill and Timber sites, as special study areas, indicating the municipality intends to advance the case for their redevelopment over time.

Metro has agreed to Port Moody’s request for a “frequent transit development area” around the future Moody Centre and Inlet Centre Evergreen Line stations to provide higher density, mixed-use development with building heights ranging from four to 12 storeys. Reduced parking requirements are anticipated to emphasize access by walking, cycling and transit.

Two other changes to the regional growth strategy will go forward as Port Moody requested.

The Metro board is expected to approve a growth strategy amendment to redesignate the Moody Centre and Murray Street boulevard areas from

either industrial or mixed employment to general urban.

The changes, recommended last friday by Metro’s regional planning committee, go to a regional district board vote May 15. opposing any changes to industrial land designations was Port Metro vancouver, which has repeatedly warned of a looming shortage of industrial land for port expansion that in turn increases the pressure to industrialize farmland.

Port CEo Robin Silvester warned in a letter to Metro the changes “may further erode the existing industrial land base.”

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Pay based on other cities’ continued from front page

The decision came after a citizen task force noted PoCo council pay had fallen behind that of other Metro vancouver councils. on Monday, PoCo finance director Karen Grommada told The Tri-City News the policy update is timely given recent changes in the calculation.

Currently, PoCo bases its remuneration on the average of the two municipalities with populations immediately higher and lower than PoCo’s: New Westminster and Maple Ridge (higher) and the city of North vancouver and West vancouver (lower). but with West van’s mayor not getting a transportation allowance, Grommada said PoCo council has decided to freeze the Moore’s transportation stipend at $4,450 a year. as well, she said aligning the council pay packages with those of cities whose populations are comparable opens

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You can comment on any story you read at www.tricitynews.com PoCo up to volatility should one of those communities make sudden or large changes. asked if PoCo would consider the route Coquitlam takes — matching council pay hikes with the city contract for unionized employees, which results in automatic pay increases on Jan. 1 — Grommada said, “It’s one of the options. There’s also the CPI [consumer price index].

There are a variety of options out there.”

No process has been determined yet for how PoCo’s remuneration review will proceed but council asked staff for a report by the end of the year.

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PoCo Heritage Salon

FRIDAY, MAY 1ST May Day Opening Ceremony

7:00 pm Heritage Museum at Leigh Square

Join us for an informal adult evening of fun with snacks and refreshments. RSVP in advance to info@pocoheritage.org.Admission by donation.

PoCo Recreation Complex, 2150 Wilson Ave. Doors open @ 5:30 pm Open Ceremony 7:30 pm

Art Focus May Day Art Show

Enjoy the kick off to the 92nd annual May Day Festival which includes the installation of the Royal Party and traditional May Pole Dancing performed by our local school children and a special performance by the Vancouver International Children’s Festival guest performer.

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A collective of Tri-City artists, display a wide range of original works of art in a variety of media.

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Register your team of four for the 1st annual PoCo Pursuit Race Challenge! Use your brains to solve riddles, use your brawn to overcome obstacles, and work with your team to win the race and some great prizes! Families and all ages welcome. $10 per team Pre-register @ www. experienceit.ca Barcode #6831. FREE BBQ and Open House to follow 3:30-5:30pm.

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May 2015

Growth is Evident in the Tri-Cities

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COQUITLAM | PORT COQUITLAM | PORT MOODY

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or decades, the Tri-Cities has been labeled as a bedroom community—Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody have been seen a quaint suburbs of the urban metropolis of Vancouver. But the perception is far from the reality. And here at the Chamber, we are going to change that perception.

The Tri-Cities is truly a unique hidden gem in the Metro Vancouver region where our residents can truly live, work and play.

We’ve got safe, healthy neighbourhoods. We’ve got a growing entertainment scene and a thriving sports culture.

We’ve also got a flourishing local economy that will only continue to grow. The proof Michael Hind of this growth is in Executive Director the announcements Tri-Cities Chamber made in the last year. of Commerce In Port Moody, Pacific Coast Terminals has expanded their operations to handling food grade canola oil. This export expansion will add $1 billion dollars in exports to the Canadian economy, increasing Canada’s economic trade with Asia. And this is happening right here in Port Moody.

Earlier this month, Port Coquitlam’s own Dynamic Structures, known for building rollercoasters and observatories was awarded a multi-million dollar contract to be the lead contractor in one of the world’s largest astronomical observatories in Hawai’i. This observatory is a joint project between Canada, Japan, China, India and the U.S. This international initiative is being headed right here, in Port Coquitlam.

In Coquitlam, RBC Dominion Securities has opened a new location on Glen Drive and plans to expand their offices with increased staffing and service offering in their Wealth Management department.

In addition, the Chamber is working with NextUse Recycling to solidify a license for its new recycling facility that will bring in 80 new, green jobs in the United Boulevard area. Businesses are moving here and expanding in Coquitlam.

But large businesses aren’t the only businesses doing well. Just last year, the Coquitlam-based mobile gym, Vancouver Tumblebus, was nominated for a small business award by Small Business BC. Branded Athletics, another Coquitlambased business that ships custom branded socks around the world, was also nominated for a Small Business BC award. The

establishment of the technology accelerator group, TriCelerate, in 2014 is also a good sign for small business. Local entrepreneurs Jason Carvahlo and Aly Dhalla have been working to establish TriCelerate so that people with ideas and entrepreneurs can meet, learn from each other, start and grow their businesses. As TriCelerate becomes more established, we can expect to see startups popping up across the Tri-Cities. These are just a few examples of how small, home-based businesses in the Tri-Cities are being recognized for their innovation and entrepreneurship.

These successes in the Tri-Cities don’t even begin to scratch the surface of our growing local

Thursday May 21

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economy and we continue to see our potential grow. To highlight this potential, we are hosting our first annual Economic Summit on May 21st.

The event will feature keynote addresses and three panels from industry leaders and political figures. Some world class organizations represented at the Summit include UrtheCast, Great Canadian Gaming, Overwaitea, Saje, Finger Food Studios among many others.

The future in the Tri-Cities is bright and we, here at the Chamber are determined to show the province, the country and the world, that we are not just a bedroom community. We are a growing economic power house. And we’re here to stay.

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MP Elizabeth May, Leader, Green Party of Canada MP James Moore, Minister of Industry MP Kennedy Stewart, Official Opposition Critic for Science & Technology

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Ryan Benn, President, Alive Publishing Group Wade Larsen, President & COO, UrtheCast Ryan Peterson, CEO, Finger Food Studios Thorsten Wesse, CEO, Automotive Fuel Cell COOP

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Rod Baker, CEO, Great Canadian Gaming Jean-Pierre Leblanc, Co-Founder & Chief Wellness Office, Saje Natural Darrell Jones, CEO, Overwaitea Food Group Dr. Debbie Samson, President, Back in Motion

Sponsorship opportunities available contact Michael Hind, Executive Director for more vinformation at 604.464.2716 or michaelh@tricitieschamber.com.

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With over 20 years of experience working in public practice, a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration – Accounting & Information Technology and a CGA designation, Teresa has the perfect combination of skill and education to serve Tri-Cities clients.

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May 2015

Restaurant of the Month Brew Street Craft and Kitchen

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS Entyre Films Ltd www.thomasbuchan.com 778.847.9078 Port Moody Woodman Holdings Ltd. Coquitlam Paul’s AutoBody Ltd. www.paulsautobody.ca 604.939.5525 Coquitlam iSolve Consulting www.isolveconsulting.ca 604.944.7448 Coquitlam ton jour spa services www.tonjourspa.com 604.807.2027 Port Moody iHome Décor 604.200.7728 Coquitlam P.L.A.Y www.professionalliveartsforyouth.ca 604.612.9713 Maple Ridge Voice Marketing Inc. www.voice-marketing.ca 604.802.4425 Coquitlam QMI Manufacturing Inc www.qmimfg.com 604.944.8650 Coquitlam

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Port Moody’s newest addition opened its doors with a bang on February 19th. Our restaurant of the month, Brew Street Craft and Kitchen has been showing their heart and soul over the past three months. The fresh, modern look will bring you in but the great staff and lively environment will keep you coming back.

May 14 • [Brown Bag Lunch & Learn] Marketing Mastery to Grow Your Business, Multiple Your Profits, Simplify Your Life and Have More Fun If your sales are declining and you do not know how to consistently produce new clients, this lunch and learn is for you! Learn how to define your business, attract customers and sell to existing customers using proven marketing programs and techniques.

Brew Street Craft and Kitchen 3224 St. Johns Street, Port Moody Not only is Brew Street Craft and 604.492.3883 brewstreetcraftkitchen.com Kitchen newest in Port Moody

they are the most convenient. The restaurant offers a complimentary shuttle that runs every Friday and Saturday night from 6:30PM – 2:00AM. In order to ensure you get the most out of your experience, they will pick you up and take you home at the end of the night. Don’t worry about having to stop to get that late night snack on your way home, the kitchen is open 7 days a week until 2:00AM. The kid-friendly restaurant isn’t just a late night stop; they offer

your early morning start on Saturday’s and Sunday’s. Not an early bird? Don’t worry, brunch is served until 2:00PM. The food menu was carefully crafted by Head Chef, Liam Dougall. Fresh and local ingredients are essential to the Brew Street’s delicious options.

With the work week coming to your close, grab your friends and head over to your local restaurant and bar. With over 50 beers on tap, there’s a favourite beer for everyone! The large open patio features a social fire pit, the perfect place to kick back and relax. When the clouds move overhead, shuffle down to the enclosed patio and grab a pool table. The refreshing craft beer and irresistible food at Brew Street Craft and Kitchen will leave your drooling for more.

ENTER TO WIN DINNER FOR TWO to Brew Street Craft and Kitchen with the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce.

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May 13 • 12@12 This invite only event targets a different sector of business every month for a round table discussion. Please email Dana Strong, Director of Membership & Marketing at dana@ tricitieschamber.com for an invitation.

May 21 • Economic Summit This will be an inaugural gathering of worldrenowned business leaders and government officials will bring together some of the best minds in Canadian business in one venue. With three expert panels on government, business and innovation and a keynote delivered by federal Industry Minister, James Moore, this event is set to be the premier business event in the region.

May 26 • KICKSTART @ Asylum Head to the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver to KICKSTART your membership into drive! We’ll recognize new members, strengthen Chamber connections, and network with your local business network.

Find out more about upcoming events and register online at www.tricitieschamber.com.

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Who: Jeff Borden | Certified General Accountant What: Your customized tax specialists Where: Coquitlam, bordencga.com In business, confidence is the key to success.

An expert will give you the confidence that everything is going right from the start. As a business owner, it is important to recognize that it’s impossible to do everything yourself.

Engage in conversation with an expert and you could save more than it costs: prevent Jeff Borden costly mistakes and don’t waste hours of Certified General time researching on your own.

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I help clients from end to end, starting from bookkeeping through business management and analyses, to financial statements and corporate tax preparation, to planning and preparing their personal and family income and taxes.

The best part of being an accountant is helping solve problems.

People drown in the volume of information, laws and regulations around operating a business, finances and taxation. I love being able to apply my knowledge, skills and experience so business owners can get back to business.

Tax season is coming to a close, if you need some last minute help, give me a call!

Who: Lea Latham | Ledgers Professional What: Small business bookkeeping expert Where: Coquitlam, www.coquitlam.ledgers. com Ledgers is a national network of accounting professionals with more than 50 locations across Canada. We offer high quality, affordable accounting, bookkeeping and financial services to small to medium-sized businesses. I Lea Latham am your Coquitlam Ledgers Professional.

Ledgers My career started over 30 years ago while I Coquitlam was doing the bookkeeping for my own family 604.239.0933 business. I decided to make the switch and www.coquitlam. start helping local small businesses. The best ledgers.com part about my job is helping reduce or eliminate unnecessary expenses for my clients. For example, I recently helped a client reduce his credit card processing rates significantly by eliminating several fees he had been charged unnecessarily for over the years.

I always offer the best value to my clients. I don’t just do books; I try to help make running a business smoother. I relieve the headache and expense of having an employee do the bookkeeping, then sending everything to the accountants for year-end and taxes. At Ledgers we do both! Small businesses are my forte. Companies that need help with their bookkeeping but are only looking for a part-time employee can stop looking, I’m right here.

If you’re books are piling up, bring them in and I’ll show you what caught up really looks like!

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BIKE TO WORK WEEK MAY 25 - 31, 2015

Social Media Prizes This spring we’re going to be giving away lots of prizes on social media again so don’t forget to like HUB on facebook and follow us on twitter to stay in the loop!

Who: Parkbench What: Everything Tri-Cities on one easy-tonavigate webpage Where: www.parkbench.com Parkbench isn’t your typical newsstand; the simple online platform creates a search engine for individual neighbourhoods. The site automatically collects all available online from your neighbourhood online and showcases it on a user-friendly webpage.

Local business owners and professionals are invited to use our completely free platform to advertise their products, promoGrant Findlay-Shirras tions and events to their local consumers.

Parkbench Companies that are signed up on Park647.680.9402 www.parkbench.com bench are able to create a profile with all their information. They are able to share company deals, coupons and daily specials with the community.

Parkbench provides information on a variety of topics from estate information, to upcoming events, to an archive of local blog posts. We are your one-stop shop for everything local.

Before launching Parkbench, I was a small business owner and found it very difficult to engage in the immediate community. There was no online space for neighbours and community members to connect, so my partner and I made one. Over the next 5 years I would love to see every neighbourhood across Canada create their very own Parkbench page. Each company involved would be playing a significant part in building stronger neighbourhoods socially, environmentally and economically.

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Investing: What’s in YOUR fee?

t is important that investors have confidence in the profes- experience the peace of mind that comes with knowing that sionals they entrust to manage their investment assets. In the value of the service they receive is aligned with the cost.

2012, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of In a recent Environics Research Group survey, an astounding Canada (IIROC), the national self-regulatory organization that 69% of investors polled said they either didn’t know how oversees all investment dealers in much they pay in annual fees or felt Canada, introduced a series of new they were paying nothing at all. Ironirules designed to enhance and clarify cally, they also said that fees were imthe information that clients receive. portant! 91% of respondents agreed These regulations apply to every inthat a financial professional has an vestment firm in Canada that is a important role in helping keep them member of IIROC and build on the invested and on track towards meetexisting standard of care required to ing their goals.

Tracy Price is the Vice President and Portfolio deal fairly, honestly and in good faith Manager for the Tracy Price Wealth Management Advisors offer different services and with clients.

Team of RBC Dominion Securities in Coquitlam. areas of specialization.

They hold difThe regulatory landscape continues ferent designations and qualifications www.tracyprice.ca 604-257-7478 to evolve at a rapid pace to keep up and thus present different fees. There with the increasing sophistication of isn’t one type of advisor who is right the financial marketplace. It is more important than ever that investors have a better understand- for everyone, but there is an advisor that is right for you. In ing of the services offered, as well as the costs and inherent many ways, it is the same process as choosing a medical or legal professional: risks involved with their investments.

• Who is qualified Establishing trust is essential to the success of a long-term pro• Who understands you fessional wealth management relationship. Transparency of • Who understands your unique needs and goals fees is a key element of the latest regulatory changes. Starting • Whom do you respect in 2016, all clients are required to receive summary information outlining enhanced performance reporting, how much their Professional advice is not a personal opinion. Professional recinvestments cost, and how their advisors are compensated – ommendations are made as a result of in-depth knowledge of factors that can truly impact long term returns. the subject matter, while adhering to specific standards that It is thus incumbent upon investment advisors at all levels to protect client interests. Recommendations have consequences educate their clients so that they understand the value and ex- for the advice-giver and the advice-taker and must reflect inpertise that they are receiving in their fees and what services sight and prudence. That is why they’re subject to regulatory they can expect. Such transparency allows investors to take scrutiny. This relationship requires talent and it demands time, advantage of tax deductibility of fees in many cases, and to care, focus, energy, precision and experience to do it right.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6TH Pancake Breakfast

EVENTS MONDAY, MAY 4TH

bring along any photos, memorabilia and stories to share! info@pocoheritage.org.

Youth Week’s Floor Hockey Tournament (11-18yrs)

Kwayhquitlum Middle School 4:00 - 7:00 pm

Youth vs. RCMP vs. Firefighters! Register your team of 5 players, including goalie, and get ready for a night of floor hockey mania! Prizes available! NOTE: Plastic blades only! $10 per team Pre-register @ www.experienceit.ca Barcode #6566

Carnival Games (all ages)

Minnekhada Middle School 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Enjoy FREE carnival games and activities at Minnekhada Middle School. Prizes and food available. FREE!

Tuesday Comedy Showcase

Terry Fox Studio Theatre Every Tuesday Night 7:30pm

TUESDAY, MAY 5TH Kids Play Zone

Port Coquitlam Recreation Complex 9:30am -1:00pm

Come on down to ride, jump and play in Port Coquitlam’s coolest family attraction. Children 10 and under $6/Drop In.

The Stories Behind the Pictures

Come see the Tri-Cities’ best Improv Company rock their new space at the Terry Fox Studio Theatre! This show will be a mix of your favorite improv games and new never before seen formats that we are working on.There will always be a blend of familiar faces and guest stars thrown into each show.All tickets sold at the door $5 Adults | $2 Students with ID.

Great PoCo Cook-Off

Minnekhada Middle (10-13yrs)

Middle school students test each other’s culinary skills in this 1st annual cook-off challenge.

Students will compete in teams in their middle school to see which little chefs will make it to the final head-to-head challenge. Meals will be judged by special guests. Please contact your child’s school for information on the after school cooking program. FREE!

THURSDAY, MAY 7TH Kids Play Zone

Port Coquitlam Recreation Complex 9:30am - 1:00pm

Come on down to ride, jump and play in Port Coquitlam’s coolest family attraction. Children 10 and under $6/Drop In

FRIDAY, MAY 8TH PoCo Heritage Downtown Walk

Heritage Centre at Leigh Square 6:00pm

The first of the season heritage walks. Join “the guru” Bryan Ness for this informative and casual walk. FREE!

SATURDAY, MAY 9TH Shooting Star Amusement Rides

PoCo Rec Complex - Parking Lot Saturday or Sunday - $25/person 12pm start

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May Day Mile

10am Start at the crosswalk at Shaughnessy Street and Wilson Avenue. (must arrive no later than 9:45am)

Join us in this free, all-ages run along the May Day parade route in celebration of Move for Health Day.This one-mile route takes you through the streets of downtown Port Coquitlam.All ages and fitness levels are welcome in this no-competitive event. Families are encouraged to participate and get active together before viewing the parade. Register

by May 3 for a chance to win one of six $25 Experience It gift cards. Pre-register @ www.experienceit.ca Barcode #6358

PORT COQUITLAM ROTARY MAY DAY PARADE VPD Motorcycle Drill Squad 10:35 am

Get your spot early to enjoy this exciting preparade display with Vancouver Police Motorcycle Drill Team known for amazing formations.

Main Parade Start Time 11:00 am

Rides and games galore - wristbands available each day, Sunday Mother’s Day Special - Mom’s Ride Free with a paying Child.

Come along and join the Heritage Detective team as we look back on 92 years of May Day History. Maybe you can name that May Day Princess 3rd from the left from 1994? Please

A pre-parade tradition in Leigh Square - breakfast for the whole family at a reasonable cost $4, with proceeds going to your local service organizations and scout groups.

This long standing community tradition puts a smile on every face! Enjoy marching bands, floats, and many laughs. Parade route is Shaughnessy to Elgin, Elgin to Mary Hill, Mary Hill to Hawthorne ending on Tyner and road closures go into effect starting at 9am.

2015 EVENTS Como Lake Fishing Derby Sunday, May 24

Teddy Bear Family Concert Saturday, June 13

Grand Parade

Sunday, June 14

Teddy Bear Picnic Sunday, June 14

Lafarge Lake FREE Family Fishing Day Saturday, June 21

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EVENTS Leigh Square Post Parade Block Party Leigh Square – 12 noon- 5:00 pm

Historical Trolley Tours

12:30 - 4:00pm Board at designated stops listed below

Board at designated stops as listed below Join tour guides Bryan Ness and Karon Fuson aboard a Trolley bus to a variety of historical locations in Port Coquitlam.Trolley tour rides are free and passengers can hop on and off at all stops.The first tour will board at 12:30 at stop #1 and will run on the 1/2 hour approximately with the last tour leaving at 3:30pm. FREE

Designated stops will be:

• PoCo Rec Centre / Wilson Centre • Leigh Square (Block Party) • Heritage Center at Leigh Square - come inside and enjoy an ice cream soda while supplies last (by donation) • Shaughnessy Station

Join the family fun in Leigh Square following the parade: • Enjoy concessions, refreshments and free entertainment.

• Shop at the May Day Marketplace • Visit BizAlley • Tour the Emergency Preparedness Fair 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, • FREE children’s games and activities Designated Trolley Tour stop #2

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K & S Dance

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Mayor’s Address

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Little India

2:15pm

Derrival

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Colby and the Catastrophes

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Bird & Lion

4:00pm

Carson Reid

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TC School of Music

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Derrival is a band consisting of five members from Fort Langley British Columbia.Through a serendipitous connection they came together five years ago. Derrival has been on a steady upward trajectory for the past five years releasing fresh content regularly.The pinnacle of their discography “Youth Captured” is a six song EP that was described as “superb” by Discorder magazine. Derrival’s recent successes have seen them sharing the stage with talented acts such as The Zolas, Bestie, and Hey! Ocean as well as landed them a spot in the top 3 of the hotly contested Peak Performance Project. Derrival has since played a handful of festivals including Squamish Valley Music Festival and Rifflandia.

Check them out at: www.derrival.ca.

Colby and The Catastrophe’s music is self described as “surfing a tsunami on an ironing board”.With a mix of rock, blues, punk rock, motown and “what the hell do we play next?”.

Off the cuff then super tight, dirty with clean tones.You will be sure to have a chaotic great time! Check them out at: www.colbymorgan. bandcamp.com.

Since forming in 2012, Little India has headlined many venues around Vancouver and have successfully completed a Western Canadian Tour.

Last August, the band won CFOX Vancouver’s Fox Seeds contest. Previous winners include Nickelback, Daniel Wesley, Matthew Good, Faber Drive and more.The band also won The Shore FMs Best Of BC Contest last year.Their first single “Sleep” from their debut EP “Up All Night” has over 900,000 streams on Spotify to date.The band’s next single will be “Oola” and the video is set to be released late Spring.

Check them out at: www.littleindiaband.com

SUNDAY, MAY 10TH Mother’s Day Picnic in Lions Park 8:30am-3pm

Enjoy a wonderful Mother’s Day Picnic with a pancake breakfast or lunch by the Kinsmen Club in Lions Park.This picnic includes free entertainment, a variety of free children’s activities and some special treats for moms too.

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Kinsmen Club Pancake Breakfast and Lunch

Begin the day by treating mom to a $4 pancake breakfast (8:30am-10:30am) or treat her to lunch (11:00am-2:00pm).

Countryside Kennels’ Pet Contest 10:00am

Bring your favorite pet and show off with their best trick and don’t forget the pet and owner look-alike contest! Limited to children 10 and under and their pets.

Bike Decorating and Parade

Kids are encouraged to bring their bicycles and take part in the Bike Parade. Bike decorating begins at 11am. Supplies will be provided, and there will be prizes.The bike parade starts at 12 noon.

Crafts with Sylvan Learning

Stop by the craft tent to make your mother a special mother’s day card and picture frame!

Also, pick up your scavenger hunt checklist, and complete the scavenger hunt for a chance to win prizes.

Shooting Star Amusement Rides

PoCo Rec Complex Parking Lot Saturday or Sunday $25/person 12pm start Rides and games galore - wristbands available each day, SundayMother’s Day Special - Mom’s Ride Free with a paying Child.

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• The Tri-City Singles Social Club offers an opportunity for 50+ singles to get together and enjoy fun activities such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, movies and more. Meetings are normally held on the third Friday of each month, excluding December, 7:30 p.m., at the Legion Manor, 2909 Hope St., Port Moody (onstreet parking only). New members are welcome. Info: Darline, 604-466-0017.

• Rotary Club of PoCo Centennial meets Thursdays, 4:15 p.m., Wilson Centre, 2150 Wilson Ave., PoCo; new members welcome. Info: Barrie, barrie@barrieseaton.com or 604-945-6627.

• Fraser Pacific Rose Society meets last Tuesday of each month except August and December, 7 p.m. Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St. Everyone welcome.

• Downtown Coquitlam Toastmasters meet every Wednesday, 7-8:30 p.m.; first Wednesday of each Month at Coquitlam Public Library, City Centre branch, 1169 Pinetree Way, in the Coquitlam founda-

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• Caregiver Support Meeting, 6:30-8 p.m., Maillardville community centre, 1200 Cartier Ave., Coquitlam. All caregivers are welcome to attend. Info: Karen, 778-789-1496.

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• PoCo Heritage and Cultural Society presents Heritage Detectives, 10:30–11:30 a.m., Heritage at Leigh Square, 150–2248 McAllister Ave., PoCo. Come along and join the Heritage Detective team to look back on 92 years of May Day History. Maybe you can name that May Day Princess third from the left from 1994? Bring along any photos or information on the subject to share with the group.

Info: info@pocoheritage.org.

• Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary monthly meeting, 7 p.m., in the ParkLane Room at ERH. New members welcome.

• Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group (PCCN Coquitlam) monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Pinetree community centre, Coquitlam. Speaker will be a specialist discussing how to deal with problems resulting from prostate cancer surgery.

All those involved with prostate problems are urged to come and share their concerns and experiences in a strictly confidential atmosphere. There is no charge (donations are accepted). Info: Norm, 604-936-8703 or Ken, 604-936-2998.

• Burke Mountain Naturalists’ May meeting, 7:30 p.m., in the hall of Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Feature: Vancouver photographer David Reesor will give a photographic tour of nature in Botswana. Admission is free and all are welcome. Info: 604-936-4108 or www.bmn. bc.ca.

• Have you considered becoming a foster family? There are children and youth in the Tri-Cities 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., at 200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. For info or another session date: 604-764-8098.

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tion Room; other Wednesdays in Room B2090, Douglas College, David Lam Campus, 1250 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam.

The Toastmasters program addresses skills including public speaking, listening, evaluating and feedback, as well as leadership skills. Info: 604-936-1427.

• PoCo Lions Club meets first and third Tuesdays of each month, 7 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion 133, 2675 Shaughnessy St., PoCo. New members welcome. Info:: Gord, 604-9415140 or pzcgrg@shaw.ca.

• Circle of Friends is a social group for 50+ fun singles who are looking to meet new friends and participate in social events.

Group meets to plan events at 7 p.m. on the third Friday of each month at the PoCo Royal Canadian Legion, 2675 Shaughnessy St. Info: Nina, 604-941-9032.

• Coquitlam Gogos (Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation) meet third Wednesday of each month, 1 p.m., Parkwood Manor, 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam. Info: Pam, 604-469-0265.

• Rotary Club of Coquitlam Sunrise meets Tuesdays, 7:15 a.m., City Centre Aquatic Complex, 1210 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam. New members welcome. Info: 604-464-7706.

• PoMo Men’s 55-plus Curling League is looking for players who would like to curl regularly or as a spare; league runs Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Info: Tony, 604-461-5901 or Bill, 604464-1051.

• Tri-City Photography Club meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month (except holidays) at 7:30 p.m. at Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., PoMo. The club is a great way to hone your skills and meet other photographers of all levels, and has photography outings throughout the Lower Mainland. Info: www.tricityphoto.ca.

• Coquitlam Lawn Bowling Club is looking for new members. The bowling green and clubhouse are next door to Dogwood Pavilion and rose garden, located at 624 Poirier St. Membership is $90 per year and includes use of practice bowls, exercise, clean air, sunshine and friendship. Info: Dennis or Flo, 604-945-2768.

• Como Lake Quilters meet weekly. Info: Gay, 604-250-7756 or Jo-Ann, 604-939-4869.

• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets first and third Tuesdays of each month, noon-3 p.m. plus second and fourth Mondays, 7-9:45 p.m., Howe Room, Poirier community centre (club doesn’t meet in July and August).

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• PoCo Heritage and Cultural Society presents Rhymes of Times, 10:30–11:30 a.m., Heritage at Leigh Square, 150–2248 McAllister Ave., PoCo. Canadians have observed tea time throughout our history.

What are your traditions around tea time? Feel free to bring along photos or other memorabilia to share. Info: info@pocoheritage.org.

• Caregiver Support Meeting, 10-11:30 a.m., Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam. All caregivers are welcome to attend. Info: Karen, 778-789-1496.

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• Hoy/Scott Watershed Society’s Salmon Leave Home event, 11 a.m-2 p.m., Hoy Creek Hatchery, behind Princess Gate in Coquitlam; everyone is invited to help release smolts into the creek – a great family event with educational activities. Info: on Facebook at “Hoy Scott Creek Watershed Society” and event hashtag is #salmonleavehome.

Besides emailing information on your community events to newsroom@tricitynews.com for The Tri-City News’ printed Community Calendar, you can also add your non-profit Tri-Cities community events — for free, with no registration required — to The Tri-City News’ online calendar. To get started, just go to www.tricitynews.com/calendar/submit.

Terry Fox Library’s Teen Advisory Group (TAG) advises and helps plan and develop teen-oriented programs and services at the Terry Fox Library. TAG members organize programs for teens, volunteer as reading buddies and help with other library events. The meetings are fun and always include snacks.

Volunteer hours are granted for attending monthly meetings and volunteering at library events. Membership is open to all teens and meetings take place on the third Tuesday of the month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. If you’d like to join, attend the next meeting on May 19 or visit the library to pick up an application.

Terry Fox Library is located at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in Port Coquitlam. Call 604-927-7999 for more information.

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• PoCo May Day Salon: Conversations with PoCo’s Most Interesting, 7–9:30 p.m., Heritage at Leigh Square, 150– 2248 McAllister Ave., PoCo. You are invited to meet and mingle with some of PoCo’s most interesting people in an intimate setting at the PoCo museum and archives. Speakers include former councillor Michael Wright, Terry Fox secondary Rock School founder and Music Teacher of the Year winner Steve Sainas and current Leigh Square Artist in Residence actor, writer, designer and producer Jennie Esdale. Admission: $20. Registration is required via www.pocoheritage.org, in person at the customer service desk at the Outlet in Leigh Square, or RSVP by sending an email to fritzr@pocoheritage.org and pay at the door.

• Spring Tea, 2-4 p.m., St. John’s Anglican Church, 2206 St. Johns St., Port Moody (in the church hall downstairs, entered from the back of the church); pie, ice cream and a beverage for $5, plus baking, crafts and plant tables. Parking at the back and the side of the church.

Tickets at the door.

• Harmony Women’s Vocal Ensemble performs Ah! Musica!, a lesson in songs both nostalgic and new, 7 p.m. at Riverside secondary school, 2215 Reeve St., PoCo. The concert will take you through a variety of musical styles and genres, including madrigals, world music, broadway, gospel and pop. Tickets: $20 and available at the door or by emailing harmonyvocalensemble@gmail.com. Info: www. harmonyensemble.ca.

On Sunday, Coquitlam’s Poirier community centre will host a kids’ swap meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is a great place to buy gently used kids’ clothes, books, toys and more.

Admission is free.

For more information about the May 3 event, visit www. coquitlam.ca/poirier.

Poirier community centre is located at 630 Poirier St., across from the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.

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• Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary is partnering with Corsus Body Care (suppliers of the 2015 Academy Awards swag bags) for sale of soaps, lotions and other Corsus products in the ERH lobby in front of the gift shop.

stitch, knitting, crochet and much more; new members and all skill levels welcome. Info: Maureen, 604-942-5457.

• Euchre Club meets at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at Royal Canadian Legion, 2675 Shaughnessy St., PoCo. Info: Bev, 604-942-8911.

• Tri-City Speakers Toastmasters Club meets Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m., Douglas College, David Lam Campus, main building, Room B2050, 1250 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam; you can drop in for an evening to experience the effective communications and honing of leadership skills in a friendly environment. Info: tricityspeakers. toastmastersclubs.org or Sean, 778-995-5230.

• Fear speaking to a group?

Get self-confidence and speaking skills as the Tri-Cities only noon-hour Toastmasters club meets at Coquitlam city hall every Tuesday, noon-1 p.m.

Guests and visitors welcome.

Info: tottcoquitlam.toastmastersclubs.org or Brad, 604-4182393.

• Lincoln Toastmasters meets from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Hyde Creek rec centre, 1379 Laurier Ave., PoCo (Room 3, upstairs).

Improve your self-confidence, communication and leadership skills through public speaking; new members welcome.

Information: http://6399.toastmastersclubs.org.

• Friends of Coquitlam Public Library meet on the second Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the boardroom, Poirier Branch. Info: 604-9374130.

• Morningside Toastmasters meetings are held Thursdays, 7-8:30 a.m., at Burkeview Family Funeral Home, 1340 Dominion Ave., PoCo. Club is looking for new members who are committed to improving their public speaking, leadership and communication skills. Info: lindakozina@gmail.com or www. morningsidetoastmasters.ca.

• Do you want to improve your public speaking skills or practice hosting a meeting in a friendly environment? City of the Arts Toastmaster Club meets Thursdays, 5:30-7 p.m., Port Moody city hall, 100 Newport Dr. Club provides opportunities to practise your communication and leadership skills. Guests and new members welcome.

Info: Andrew at andrew_geider@ hotmail.com or www.cityartstoastmasters.com.

• Dogwood Drama Club meets every Monday and Thursday from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

New members are always welcome for acting roles or backstage crew. Info: Dale, 604939-6172.

• Dogwood Photography Group meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month, 7-9 p.m., at Coquitlam’s Dogwood Pavilion. Club members must be members of Dogwood Pavilion; professionals and novices alike are welcome.

Info: Arcadia, 604-936-2263 or artistarcadi@gmail.com.

• Barnet Lions Club meets first and third Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Coquitlam Grill restaurant, 2635 Barnet Hwy., Coquitlam. New members welcome. Info: 604-644-7194 or www.barnetlions.com.

• New Toastmaster club: Are you interested in having fun while developing communication and leadership skills? Would you like to be able to deliver a powerful toast at a wedding or a memorable speech, or learn to lead a team more effectively?

This is your opportunity to be a charter member of the new RP2 Toastmaster Club. The club will meet Wednesdays 7-9 p.m. at Port Moody rec complex. Info: Gene, 604 230-8030 or genevickers@hotmail.com.

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The 26th Annual Teddy Bear Picnic Parade is coming up on Sunday, June14th. Parade organizers would like to take this opportunity to invite you to participate in this upcoming morning event, that kicks off the opening of the Teddy Bear Picnic.

There are several categories to choose from, so you are bound to find a fit for your organization or business.

Information and application requests for the parade are available by visiting Festival Coquitlam’s website:

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TRI-CITY LIBRARIES

Waiting for another Thrones book?

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ublisher HarperCollins has announced there are no plans to release volume 6 of George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series in 2015 but there are lots of other great fantasy series to keep you occupied until it does come out.

You could take refuge in one of the classics of multi-volume epic fantasies, Robert Jordon’s Wheel of Time series. Starting with The Eye of the World, the first book in the series, we meet Rand al’Thor, a farm boy who is thrust into an epic battle between good and evil when his village is attacked by creatures he believed were merely ancient legends. He and his companions must flee the agents of the dark one and discover their destiny. Jordon’s series is famous for the detailed world he creates and his enormous cast of characters. If you enjoy dense, complex fantasies, this 14-book series (plus a prequel and two companion books) should keep you reading for some time.

Mistborn: The Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson is the first book in his Mistborn series. Sanderson, who was picked to complete the Wheel of Time series after Jordan’s untimely death, is another writer known for his ability to build complex imaginary worlds. In this series, the normal fantasy genre conventions are given a twist: The hero has lost the classic battle against the forces of darkness and the dark Lord has been ruling for the last thousand years. Tired of waiting for the next great hero, a gang of thieves decides to take matters into its own hands and overthrow the ruler and god of the final Empire. vin, a young orphan girl who grew up on the streets, is the central character of the original trilogy. She is recruited by the gang to bring them luck and subsequently discovers she has the magical abilities of the Mistborn.

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coUrage to pareNt The Tri-City Transitions Society is accepting names for an upcoming group for parents.

The Courage to Parent is a free three-week group designed for parents to share experiences and learn more about their unique parenting concerns, in a safe and supportive environment. It’s designed for families that have been affected by family violence and with children ages 13 to 18 years. It runs June 11, 18 and 25, 6 to 7:30 p.m., at 200-2540 Shaughnessy St., Port Coquitlam. for more information, call 604-941-7111, Ext. 106.

R. Scott Bakker’s Prince of Nothing trilogy also subverts the standard fantasy clichés.

Rather than the usual gallant and passionate hero, anasûrimbor Kellhus, the main protagonist, is a passionless and esthetic monastic warrior who has the power to manipulate the hearts and minds of ordinary men. In book one, The Darkness that Comes Before, Kellhus is summoned from his secret monastery by

dreams sent by his father. He sets out across the continent of Eärwa to the city of Shimeh, where a holy war is brewing. bakker’s writing is dense and he throws his readers into the complex religions, history and politics of the world he has created with a bare minimum of exposition. It is a rewarding book — if you are up to the challenge.

If you are looking for something with all the battles and

betrayals of Game of Thrones and don’t mind missing the magic, you could take a chance on Bernard Cornwell’s historical Saxon Stories set in britain at the end of the ninth century. In The Last Kingdom (the first title in the series), the Northumbrian warrior uhtred looks back on his early life and tells how his adoption by the invading danes led to his life being bound to the Saxon King alfred’s dream of uniting the

four English kingdoms. The eighth title in the Saxon Stories was released late last year, and Cornwell has suggested the ninth will be published in January 2016. begin your own quest at your local library to find these and other fantastic books.

A Good Read is a column by TriCity librarians that is published on Wednesdays. Michael DeKoven is deputy director of Port Moody Public Library.

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May 2015

Your regional calendar of artful events. See artsconnect.tv for complete event listings.

Leigh Square Community Arts Village

The best way for you to support ArtsConnect’s services is to takeout a membership in ArtsConnect, your Tri-Cities regional arts council.

For more details about membership benefits, see artsconnect.tv & where you can check out our partnership with Tri-Cities Community TV – Community TV programming for you.

Please note events to be published for our June issue need to be submitted to us by the first week of May. Send your information to info@artsconnect.tv or call 604-931-8255.

Need an advertising boost on this page? Call Melanie at 604-472-3025.

Striation & Segmentation - Karen Holland & Alice Rich. May 19 - July 9.

Opening reception May 16, 2PM. Karen & Alice address abstraction of place with different technical approaches to painting, image & space. Both artists deconstruct the natural world, inspired by an emotional response that mirrors the surrounding environmental experience.

2253 Leigh Square, Port Coquitlam, portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare, 604-927-8400.

Place des Arts

Exhibitions on till June 6. Mezzanine Gallery - Joy Kirkwood, Artist in Residence, Tag, You’re It! Leonore Peyton Salon - Amy Thompson, Waters of Widgeon Creek, Acrylic on canvas. Atrium Gallery - Ann Willsie, Last Night I Dreamed, Oil. 1120 Brunette Ave., 604-664-1636.

Coquitlam, placedesarts.ca.

Port Moody Arts Centre

LITERARY/VISUAL ART Tri-City Wordsmiths

Is a recently established group for writers of all levels living in the Tri-Cities. We are dedicated to education & networking.

Meetings consist of speakers, readers & instructors relating to writing. Meetings held 1ST Saturday of every 2ND month, (February, April, June, August, October, December) Free! June 6, 2-4:30PM, has Jan Westendorp, of Kato Design & Photo, presenting Books By Design. Infopandorabee1@gmail.com Terry Fox Library, 2470 Mary Hill Road, Port Coquitlam.

Art Focus Artists’ Association

The 21ST Annual Art Focus Spring Show & Sale will be held on May 2, 11AM-5PM & May 3, 11AM-4PM, at The Outlet in Leigh Square Place.

Art Focus meets 3 Wednesdays/ month, 7PM at The Outlet. Open to accomplished & emerging artists. Demos are by professional artists on the 4TH Wed of the month, are free & open to the public. BC artist Eileen Fong will be presenting her work, blending the influences of the East with the West. Her demo is held at The Outlet, Leigh Square Arts Village, Port Coquitlam, on May 28, 7-9PM. 1100 - 2253 Leigh Square Place, Port Coquitlam, myartclub.com/art.focus, call Sheila 604-939-5642, like us on Facebook.

Art Workshops

2 Day Painting workshops by Tammy Pilon at Colours Art Supply Store, Friday mornings 10AM-12:30PM. May 8 & 15, May 22 & 29. Info email Tammy at tpilon@shaw.ca or call Colours Art & Framing 604-552-3729, 2567 Lougheed Hwy, Port Coquitlam.

Evergreen Cultural Centre Art Gallery

Look This Way, until May 10. Selected works from the Artists for Kids Collection, the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art. 1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, evergreenculturalcentre.ca, 604-927-6555.

Samantha Williams Chapelsky, The Nature of Silk on till May 14. This exhibition has more than 40 pieces of hand painted silk artwork. Each of the pieces has been created on Habutia Silk, which is traditionally woven in Japan.

Canadian Pacific Gallery, Suncor Gallery.

2425 St. Johns Street, Port Moody, pomoarts.ca, 604-931-2008.

Art Camps Coming

Summer Fun! Registration for the summer art camps is approaching!

Visit your local venue for programs & what’s new. placedesarts.ca, portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare, evergreenculturalcentre.ca, pomoarts.ca.

FILM/MUSIC/THEATRE Monday Nights Jazz Jam

Jazz Jam sessions every Monday until end of June @ The Gallery Bistro, Free!

It’s the place to be monday evenings if you love to play or listen to live jazz.

Doors at 7PM & downbeat is at 7:30PM. The music goes until 9:30PM. Gallery Bistro, 2411 Clarke Street, Port Moody. gallerybistroportmoody.com.

Terry Fox Theatre

Tuesday Comedy Showcase, presented

by Terry Fox Theatre, every tuesday night 7:30PM. Tix $5 Adults, $2 Students with ID, sold at the door. Bugsy Malone Jr & The music Man Jr. April 30 - May 2, 7PM, May 3, 2PM. Tix $20, 604-777-2211.

Aristocats Kids & The Music Man Jr. May 7 - 10, 7PM, May 10, 2PM. Tix $20, 604-777-2211. Terry Fox Ravens Football Team Fundraiser with the Blues Brothers Too & Double Overtime Band. May 22, 7PM, May 10, 2PM. Tix $25, 1-800-838-3006. Terry Fox Theatre, 1260 Riverwood Gate, Port Coquitlam, 604-945-9981, terryfoxtheatre.org.

Music for the Hearts

May 2, 6-9:30PM. Join us for a night of fine music, food & beverage, raffle prizes & more to help Eagle Ridge Hospital in providing better healthcare! All the proceeds will be donated to Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation. Tix $15, at the door or call Pedram Laghaei at 604-765-9626.

Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation erhf.ca. Inlet Theatre, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody.

Summer Programs

Film Night - The Spectacular Now

Presented by the Port Moody Film May 8, 7:30PM. A hard-partying high school senior’s philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl." Drama | USA | Rated R | 95 minutes | Awards: 11 wins & 28 nominations. $5 at the door. pmfilm.ca. Inlet Theatre, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody.

Evergreen Cultural Centre

The Comic Strippers; A Male Stripper Improv Show. May 16, 8PM. The Comic Strippers return for another night of hysterical mayhem. They are a fictitious male stripper troupe. They sing, they “dance”, they try to be sexy…it just comes out funny. Tix Adult $35, Senior $30, Student $15. A show for all genders. Ages 19+.

Warning: No nudity, just extreme hilarity!

1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, evergreenculturalcentre.ca, 604-927-6555.

SPECIAL EVENTS Don’t forget PoCo’s May Day Festival.

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Creative Cafe

Minnekhada Park Association presents Creative Cafe, 1ST Sunday of every month at Minnekhada Lodge, 1-4PM, admission by donation. minnekhada.ca.

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Presented by the Port Moody Public Library, May 2, 9:30AM - 2PM. Learn more about writing & publishing in today’s market. Ask the experts at our panel discussion, then stay for a workshop to help you fine-tune your manuscript, or decide what publishing option makes sense for you. Free. Call the library at 604-469-4577 to reserve your spot.

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Presented by The Port Coquitlam Heritage & Cultural Society, May 23, 7PM. Unmentionables, is a unique evening of fashion featuring fashion historian Ivan Sayers. He is a mesmerizing speaker & his anecdotes explain how historical events influenced fashions. The event is a partnership with shared profits going to the Canadian Cancer Society, BC & Yukon Division, the Terry Fox Theatre & PoCo Heritage. Tix $20 pocoheritage.org.

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freak flags fly for shrek Janis Warren The Tri-CiTy News

Mounting a musical around a giant green ogre has taken a small army to work out the details.

Since last September, there have been seamstresses stitching up costumes for the cast, stagecraft crews building and painting the sets and parents and staff recruited to lend a hand.

Still, the Musical Theatre 11/12 students at Gleneagle secondary have already seen the pay off — even before Shrek opens next week.

The three matinees for the Coquitlam high school’s most elaborate production to date are now sold out, with more than 300 youth from feeder schools signed up to see the loveable ogre, his bride and their crazy animal friends.

“We’ve never had this kind of response before,” drama teacher and director ashley freeborn said. and with the show resonating in School district 43, the talent — in front of and behind the curtain — is ready to deliver a smash hit.

Gleneagle’s Shrek is choreographed by Gleneagle alumnus Lyndsey britten, a professional triple threat who was in last year’s Theatre under the Stars production of Shrek at the Malkin bowl (and recently wrapped up My Fair Lady with the Royal City Musical Theatre).

It also stars many leads from last year’s successful run of Footloose including Julia Ewonus (Princess fiona), Max Hall (donkey), alex van Geyn (Lord farquaad) and Cassidy Stahr (dragon).

Still, the spotlight will be on a Grade 11 student who hasn’t appeared as often in the forefront in Gleneagle spring shows. devon findley won the role of Shrek — and it’s a part he’s relishing despite his face being covered in green wax and pros-

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devon Findley and Julia ewonus play Shrek and Princess Fiona while, above right, Max hall and Cassidy Stahr are donkey and dragon in the Gleneagle secondary production of Shrek The Musical.

The show runs at the Coquitlam high school from May 7 to 9 and May 13 to 15. thetics.

“He’s such a different character to portray… he’s forced into being a hero,” findley said.

Shrek the Musical follows the narrative of the first Shrek movie, produced in 2001 by dreamWorks and starring

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Mike Myers, Cameron diaz and antonio banderas.

In february 2014, the musical appeared for the first

time in Western Canada, at the Michael J. fox Theatre in burnaby — a show that garnered the fledgling align Entertainment company an ovation award in January and included Gleneagle’s Stahr in the children’s choir. freeborn said her students picked Shrek “not only because it’s absolutely hilarious but it also embodies themes that we strive for at the school, which are friendship and diversity.” “as we sing in the show, Let Your Freak Flag Fly,” she said. freeborn said she strives to give her young thespians a mix each year, alternating between

adult and PG-themed plays: Last year’s Footloose spoke of teen angst while its Thoroughly Modern Millie was a treat for the older crowd in 2013.

With Shrek, “the humour is subtle. The kids will understand one level but there’s another layer that the adults will get so it’s a great family show.”

• Tickets for Shrek the Musical are $15/$8 (no charge for kids under five), with performances from May 7 to 9 and May 13 to 15 at Gleneagle secondary (1195 Lansdowne dr.).

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ART FOCUS SPRING SHOW Port Moody watercolour artist Teesa Christie — pictured with her Snoopy the Saw-whet Owl — will have four or five pieces for sale at the Art Focus Artist Association’s 21st annual spring show, an event that coincides with the city’s May day festivities. dozens of original works will be available in The Outlet at leigh Square Arts Village (behind PoCo city hall) on May 2 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and May 3 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A bonus to this year’s exhibit will be live art demonstrations from heather Volpe, Alexine law and Margaret Shorter. “There are a lot of wonderful artists in this group,” said Christie, who has taken part in every display since she joined Art Focus three years ago. “They are great teachers and very generous with their time in helping emerging artists like me.”

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sD43 students get mindful on stigma Janis Warren The Tri-CiTy News

There’s a powerful piece about anxiety, where a man is holding on for dear life at a Port Coquitlam bus stop but a rider only passes him a water bottle — without looking his way.

There are other artworks highlighting the plight of homelessness and even a few focusing on racism and the inner struggles that teens face on a daily basis in the community.

These are the stigmas or hidden challenges that students at archbishop Carney, CabE, dr. Charles best, Gleneagle, Pinetree, Port Moody, Riverside and Terry

fox secondary schools — plus Seycove in burnaby — wanted to expose in the first-ever Mindfulness in May art and writing exhibit.

Curator and visual artist diane Moran, a PoCo resident who is a board member of the friends of Leigh Square Society, which is sponsoring the april 30 to May 14 display along with the bC Schizophrenic Society, said the response to the call-out was “phenomenal.”

“We have clay, paper mache, paintings, drawings, sculptures and poems that show what it’s like to be judged for a physical, mental, emotional or social stigma,” she said.

Moran wanted to tie the youth exhibition with three

designated weeks happening across Canada next month: National Mental Health awareness Week, Youth arts Week and Youth Week. and, with the city of Port Coquitlam’s permission, Moran hopes Mindfulness in May will become an annual show. “We really want to marry these three national events into one exhibition.”

Meanwhile, friends of Leigh Square will host an opening reception on Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m. where cash prizes will be handed out to students with the best artworks. and, on May 4, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Gathering Place at Leigh Square, a free talk will be held about how to end mental health stigma.

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Toils and Trains by Johanna Jucutan, a Grade 9 student at Archbishop Carney regional secondary school in Port Coquitlam.

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Peter Jorgensen, Katie Murphy and eva Tavares in rodgers and hammerstein: Out of a dream. The musical revue will play out at the evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam from May 5 to 9.

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as a performer, director and artistic producer, Peter Jorgensen had always admired the collaborative work of Richard Rodgers and oscar Hammerstein. after all, they were the artists who unlocked each others’ talent to write such ground-breaking musicals as Oklahoma!, Carousel, The Sound of Music, South Pacific and The King and I. So it was no surprise that Jorgensen created a musical revue dedicated to them — a show that premiered last year and is now touring the Lower Mainland that, next week, stops in Coquitlam.

“I wanted to create a tribute to two artists who really created contemporary musical theatre,” said Jorgensen, who heads up Patrick Street Productions with Katey Wright.

Jorgensen said both men had found success before their partnership in the 1940s. for

two decades, Rodgers wrote with Lorenz Hart and made musicals likes Babes in Arms and The Boys from Syracuse; Hammerstein had joined forces with composer Jerome Kern on Show Boat and Sweet Adeline, among others. but with Hart’s personal problems eclipsing his professional life, Rodgers hooked up with Hammerstein and the team soon transformed the musical theatre stage, winning 34 Tony awards, 15 academy awards, two Grammy awards and a Pulitzer Prize.

Their first success was Oklahoma!, an adaptation of the play Green Grow the Lilacs. as they wrote, “it was clear to both of them right away that they had the exact same interests in what musical theatre could do and that was to create a more unified, integrated piece that could tell a story,” Jorgensen said. “We can take that for granted today when we think about musical theatre but it was kind of revolutionary back then.”

Oklahoma! expressed its narrative through song, music and dance — “something that hadn’t been done to that much perfection before,” he said.

Their songs — Oh, What a Beautiful Morning, If I Loved You, Younger than Springtime, for example — now hold a prominent place in the american songbook. Carousel is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year while the movie version of The Sound of Music last month marked 50 years since it opened.

Jorgensen said it’s not unusual for his audience watching Out of a Dream to sing along with the actors. “and many of them know all the words,” he said.

• Rodgers and Hammerstein: Out of a Dream runs May 5 to 9 at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) at 8 p.m. with a 4 p.m. matinee on Saturday. for tickets at $39/$30/$15, call 604927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

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bobs and lolo are back

Children’s entertainers bobs and Lolo will return to Port Moody for the 24th annual fingerling festival this weekend.

The perky singers will be part of the Port Moody Ecological Society’s celebration on Saturday to help release thousands of young chum salmon from the Noons Creek hatchery and into the Pacific ocean. The May 2 exhibition runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Port Moody recreation complex (300 Ioco Rd.). visit noonscreek.org.

a total of 101 images showing PoCo Pride were sent in for the banner contest, with a dozen residents picked to have their work featured on the flags.

They are alex Roque, benjamin Louie, darcy Jago, douglas Hood, Eran Roubini, Jacob Helmhold, James Putman, Jesika Kula, June Park, Koreen Garofalo, Rhea Hayes and Steve Kazemir. a reception for the winners was held yesterday at Leigh Square Community arts village.

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New street banners will fly over Port Coquitlam in time for the May day celebrations in the city.

Port Moody arts Centre launches its summer program next month to offer classes and workshops for Tri-City resi-

dents of all ages.

Kids aged 10 and up can learn how to make beeswax lip balm and salve with bianca Laity on May 31 while children aged five and up can join Jane appleby for a family art series that includes drawing, watercolours, poly clay, pastels and acrylics. dan Severance will lead a clay course on bird houses and feeders and Nazil Kara will teach henna for beginners.

Meanwhile, certified cicerone Kate McKinney will talk about the art of craft beer; participants will also get a private group tour of Port Moody’s Yellow dog brewing.

To sign up for these and other courses, call 604-9312008 or visit pomoarts.ca.

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Johanna Macdonald plays Bobbie Sue, Anne Scott is Coco Purvis, nancy Golabiewski portrays Selma and Bob Costello is det. nick noir in death by Chocolate, a production by Coquitlam’s dogwood drama Club. directed by Sue davey, the comedy-mystery by Craig Sodaro runs May 3 at 1:30 p.m., May 5 at 7:30 p.m. and May 7 at 1:30 p.m. at dogwood Pavilion (624 Poirier St.). Tickets at $5 are available by calling 604-927-6098.

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Coquitlam Minor Football Association hosted a big event on Sunday, a flag football tournament featuring teams from all over the region competing in U10 to U19 on the many fields at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park.

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Coquitlam’s larochelle tops field at Pagoda ridge a Coquitlam golfer took top junior honours at a golf tournament in Langley. at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour stop at Pagoda Ridge Golf Club, Shayne LaRochelle, 19, prevailed in Junior boys 17-19 competition for his second win this season, with rounds of 72 and 70 for a two-round total of 142 after a battle to the finish with Charles Thompson, 17, of delta (73, 71: 144).

“The course was in excellent condition,” LaRochelle said. “I focused on each shot one at a time and it feels good to win.”

There was one other local in his category and 19-yearold Mitchell anderson of Coquitlam carded rounds of 84

and 83 to finish 11th.

The Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour is run by PGa of Canada Professionals and bills itself as “the Road to College Golf in Canada.” other golf news:

ClAn Seeded Third Coquitlam’s Kevin vigna and his Sfu golf teammates will compete in the NCaa division II’s South Central/ West Regional tournament beginning Monday, May 4, at vallejo, Calif. and they’ll do so as the No. 3 seed in their region after winning the Great Northwest athletic Conference championship last week.

vigna and co. will play in the three-day, 54-hole regional at the Hiddenbrooke Golf Club at Cal State East bay. a total of 108 student-athletes from the West and South Central regions will compete for an opportunity to advance to the NCaa II National Championships May 18 to 22 at the Rock barn Golf and Spa in Conover, N.C. five squads from the 20team regional and the top two individuals not on a qualifying team will advance to the nationals.

The Clan team broke several conference records and earned its first-ever GNaC Championship title last

Tuesday at the Coeur d’alene Resort Golf Course, finishing with the top four golfers individually and outshooting the rest of the field by 37 strokes — that stroke differential was the highest in GNaC history.

The same four — vigna, bret Thompson of Winnipeg, Chris Crisologo of Richmond and captain John Mlikotic of Kelowna — will compete in the regional tournament, said Sfu head coach John buchanan.

Thompson, vigna and Mlikotic helped the Clan place sixth at the 2014 regionals in its first appearance at the tournament. Sfu went on to finish 17th nationally.

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER

blue devils take perfect record to Valley finals The name says it all. dr. Charles best secondary school’s senior girls’ soccer team topped its division with a perfect 7-0-0 record against Tri-City competition.

The blue devils gave their competition a devil of a time, out-scoring opponents 29-2.

With the final league standings in, Heritage Woods secondary of Port Moody placed second with a 5-2-0 record, ahead of Port Coquitlam’s Terry fox Ravens, who won three and lost four. Those two teams tangled last week, with the Kodiaks prevailing 3-0. all three advance to the fraser valley playoffs while fourth-place Centennial Centaurs (2-3-2) downed fraser Heights secondary 1-0 on Monday to earn a back-door spot. a seeding meeting will be held this week and the teams begin valleys competition on Monday, May 4.

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GLENEAGLE HOSTS RUGBY ACTION

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Coquitlam’s Gleneagle secondary school hosted a pair of rugby matches last Thursday. The Talons girls’ side took on lord Tweedsmuir while the boys battled Clayton heights.

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ravens ready for talon showdown With five weeks gone in the high school rugby season and four weeks to go, playoffs loom large for Terry fox secondary school’s Junior and Senior boys’ rugby teams.

The Seniors have romped through the TriCities with a 5-0 record.

Led by captain Harry Carter and backliner brycen Mayoh, the Ravens have run over dr. Charles best blue devils (45-10), Centennial Centaurs (450) and Heritage Woods Kodiaks (22-17), and, last Thursday, the Port Moody blues (38-0).

Stand-off Sean Stewart has been a scoring machine for the Ravens but other strong performances have been turned in by Jericho Mendez, Pedro vasquez, Isaiah Stevens and Taylor Poitras. fox is getting set for its

regular season-ending clash with its Tri-City rivals, the Gleneagle Talons, who are also undefeated in fraser valley Tier I League play.

Reviving an old tradition, the Ravens and Talons will meet in a friday evening encounter, 6 p.m. kick-off at Eagle Ridge field. The winner will win the fraser valley aaa Tier I West division and put themselves in the driver’s seat for a berth in the bC Provincial Tournament.

In Junior play, the 3-2 Ravens finished second in the upper fraser valley Tier I League behind scoring leaders Kyle Pickard, the captain, and Jeremie Kankalongo. The Junior Ravens have racked up wins over R.E. Mountain of Langley), abbotsford secondary and W.J. Mouat.

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competition, losing to the Junior National champion (a university aged competitor) in the semi-finals.

McCrae has enjoyed a great deal of success in high school wrestling, reaching four provincial finals — earning three gold medals and one silver — as well as winning a bronze in her Grade 10 year at the nationals in Saskatoon and a silver a year later in Guelph.

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Hughessecurity@hotmail.com

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

GPRC, Fairview Campus requires Heavy Equipment Technician Instructors to commence August 15, 2015.

Visit our website at www.gprc.ab.ca/careers for more information!

PERSONAL SERVICES 175 CATERING/PARTY RENTALS

8790 1266-1299 Creekstone Terr 1266-1319 Hollybrook St 3336-3361 Leston Ave 3347-3361 Mason Ave (odd) 1280-1311 Sadie Cres

PRODUCTION STAFF

HIGH CASH PRODUCING Vending Machines. $1.00 Vend = .70 Profit.

All on Location In Your Area. Selling Due to Illness. Call 1-866-6686629 For Details.

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8759 1221 Coast Meridian Rd 3380-3455 Darwin Ave 1225-1248 Holtby St 1239 Soball St 3403-3465 Victoria Dr (odd) 3388-3476 Wilkie Ave

NEW AD

Excavator & Backhoe Operator Training. Be employable in 4-6wks. Call 604-546-7600. www.rayway.ca

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

8631 3002-3035 Ashbrook Pl 2951-2975 Como Lake Ave (odd) 802-814 Greene St (even) 820-856 Irvine St (even) 3001-3028 Maplebrook Pl 2988-2998 Marcellin PL

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS required between 2 am - 5:30 am. Must have reliable vehicle. Great P/T income.

604-313-2709, kayadist@shaw.ca

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AUJLAS’ FARMS LTD

FARM LABOURERS required 5 or 6 Days/Week 40 or 50 Hours/Week $10.49/Hour Horticultural work such as: Planting, pruning, spacing and harvesting the crop.

Employment starts early June /15 Submit your application to: Phone: 604-465-8153 or by Fax:604-465-9340 or by mail:12554 Woolridge Rd., Pitt Meadows, B.C. V3Y 1Z1

DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

Van Kam’s group of companies req. Highway linehaul owner operators based in our Surrey terminal for runs throughout BC and Alberta.

Applicants must have winter and mountain driving experience/training.

We offer above average rates and an excellent employee benefits package.

To join our team of professional drivers, email a detailed resume, current driver’s abstract and details of your truck to: careers@vankam.com or Call 604-968-5488 or Fax: 604-587-9889

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

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HIGHWAY OWNER OPERATORS $3500 SIGNING BONUS

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

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DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION

Advertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids the publication of any advertisement which discriminates against any person because of race, religion, sex, color, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, or age, unless the condition is justified by a bona fide requirement for the work involved.

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We Come To You! Doing It All, From Set-Up - Clean-Up.

• Home Dinner Parties • Meetings • Funerals • Weddings • B-B-Ques • Birthdays • Anniversaries

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INCOME TAX. TAJ DAMJI 604-781-0315. Pickup delivery in Tri City Free. Singles $45 Couples $80. No limit on number of slips.

ACCOUNTING & INCOME TAX SERVICES 40 years of experience providing Accounting & Income Tax services for individuals and corporations including bookkeeping services. Located in Port Moody and serving Tri-cities, Pitt Meadow, and Maple Ridge. Ron Shumka, CPA, CA www.ronshumka.ca (604)9491970 ra_shumka@yahoo.ca

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

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EDUCATION

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

POCO Appliance Mart 942-4999 Service to all Makes of Appliances & Refrigeration. Work Guaranteed

Kristy 604.488.9161

threescocatering@shaw.ca or Visit us at: www. threescompanycatering.ca

ACCOUNTING / TAX /BOOKKEEPING

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

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CONCRETE & PLACING

HERFORT CONCRETE

NO JOB TOO SMALL Serving Lower Mainland 25Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish *Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed Aggregate *Stamped Concrete. *Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement EXCELLENT REF’S -WCB Insured

Leo: 604-657-2375 / 604-462-8620

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EDUCATION

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CONCRETE & PLACING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 281

GARDENING

www.tricitynews.com HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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UNIQUE CONCRETE

ITS BBQ TIME Are you tired of filling your Tanks? We do natural gas lines for BBQs. 778-861-4206

F All types of concrete work F F Re & Re F Forming F Site prep FDriveways FExposed FStamped F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured

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DESIGN

778-231-9675, 778-231-9147

• Basement Suites • Kitchens • Baths • Remodels • Additions • Flooring • Painting • Drywall • Much More Since 1972 Dan 778-837-0771

DRYWALL

CASCADE DRYWALL. Res / Comm Drywall, taping, text. ceilings, t-bar. steel stud. Call Rob 604-218-2396.

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15% SENIORS DISCOUNT A+ Rating with BB Bureau

ELECTRICAL

•Lawn Cuts/Trim •Aerating •Leaf Cleanup •Power Rake •Hedge & Shrub Trimming •Pruning Trees •23 yrs. exp.

•Insured •Free Estimates

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE PEDRO’S Contracting & Drainage.

Landscaping, Water Lines & Cement work. Call 604-468-2919.

CLEAN UP S Hedge Trim S Lawn Cuts S Tree Pruning Yard Maintenance Insured S Guaranteed John 778-867-8785

POLMAR HARDWOOD FLOORS New floor inst. & finishing. Refin.

Repairs, Staining. Free Est. Mario 604-671-8501 or 604-468-4117.

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7 Days / Week

Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd. ✶ Bark Mulch ✶ Lawn & Garden Soil ✶ Drain Gravel ✶ Lava Rock ✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, fencing, reroofing. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

Full Service Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service.

Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area.

1-800-573-2928 Saving time, money & steps Before you go anyplace else,take a walk through the Classifieds for the best bargains round.

Class 109 Career Opportunities!

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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS GUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

Shopping made easy.

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.ROBERT’S HANDYMAN SERVICE 604-941-1618 or 604-844-4222.

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GREENPRO LANDSCAPING Lawn cuts, pruning, full yard maint & installation. Fencing. Fast & dependable Since ‘06. 604-537-5536

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ELECTRICAL

LANDSCAPING

ELECTRICAL

GENERATORS

(604)465-1311

1,000 Watts to 12,000 Watts

meadowslandscapesupply.com WE BUILD YOUR Veggie Garden! we design, build, and plant. You can enjoy the bounty! ALSO: weeding, leaf and yard cleanup.

778-953-1987, epicbackyards.net epicbackyards@gmail.com

www.jnlreno.com Shane 604-690-7565 “Family Owned & Operated in the Tri-Cities”

Why not make your dream a reality?

Prompt Delivery Available

HOME REPAIRS

NO JOB TOO SMALL!

DREAMING of a new career?

Look in bcclassified.com’s

GARDENING

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Renovations/Repairs/Building S Bathrooms S Basements S Suites S Decks / Sheds S Plumbing S Flooring / Tiles S Electrical

Brad 778-552-3900

FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

604-728-3009

info@jkbconstruction.com www.jkbconstruction.com

RENO & REPAIR

.Jim’s Mowing. 310-JIMS (5467).

Low Cost. Same Day. Licensed.

Res/Com. Small job expert. Renos Panel changes ~ 604-374-0062

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Residential & Commercial “Award Winning Renovations” 32 Years of Experience

SPECIALIZING IN

CONTRACTORS

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Repair, Replace, Remodel...

AFFORDABLE Home Reno’s Suites, Kitchens, Baths, Flooring, Landscape. Call Roberto for a free quote 604-961-5156

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FREE ESTIMATES

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Find them here!

In the classifieds.

Class 203-387 Business Services

www.tricitynews.com HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 300

LANDSCAPING

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 320

MOVING & STORAGE

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 329 PAINTING & DECORATING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

NO Headaches NO Surprises NO Excuses

$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

Robert J. O’Brien

604-537-4140

MIRACLE MOVING Licensed - Bonded - Fully Equip.

Residential Commercial, 1-3 Men BIG OR SMALL MOVES Start $45/hr ~ All size trucks Free estimate/Senior Discount www.miraclemoving.ca

.Highland Turf

Ed’s ROTOTILLING & LANDSCAPING

*Rototilling *Levelling *Gardens *Loader Work *Brush Cutter *Plowing

604 - 720 - 2009

- Est. 1989 F WCB, Insured, Licensed F Free Estimates F Many References F All Types of Painting B.J. (Brad) Curtis B.A.

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

~ Free Estimates ~

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

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SUNDECKS

REAL ESTATE

Ph: 604-942-4383

640

www.pro-accpainting.com

REACH ALL

NORTHSTARS PAINTING www.northstars-painting.com Master Painters at Students Rates.

Best Value In Town, Book Now For Super Savings. 778.245.9069

604-941-2263 / 604-725-7246

MISC. FOR SALE

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800566-6899 Ext:400OT.

PRO ✶ ACC PAINTING LTD

~We accept Visa & Mastercard~

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604-728-5643

ABE MOVING - $35/Hr. Per Person *Reliable Careful Movers. *Rubbish Removal. *24 Hours. 604-999-6020

GARAGE SALES

GARAGE SALE. 1435 Summit Drive, Coquitlam. SAT MAY 2 @ 9AM

“JUST A GREAT JOB!”

LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

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FREE stuff, baby and kid stuff, water toys, patio furniture, garage door opener and more! Sat. May 2nd at 9:00 a.m. 1301 Daimler Street, Coquitlam.

AFFORDABLE MOVING www.affordablemoversbc.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

RECREATIONAL

PITT LAKE CABIN $675K Water access only. Please enquire at: 778.997.2697 or home: 604.942.0697

advertise across the

lower mainland in the 17 best-read community papers!

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D Garden Blend Soil D Lawn Blend Soil D Custom Blends avail.

D Composted Mushroom Manure

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NO Wood byproducts used

all soils are tested for Optimum growing requirements.

17607 Ford Road Pitt Meadows

PICK-UP ...... or .... DELIVERY

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MISC SERVICES

✶Dump Site Now Open✶ SBroken Concrete RocksS $25.00 Per Metric Ton SMud - Dirt - Sod - ClayS $25.00 Per Metric Ton GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds $59.00 Per Ton

Meadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1311

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MOVING & STORAGE

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING

Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates.

Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

706

PLUMBING

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Call Aman: 778-895-2005

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When QUALITY Matters

AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

Pay-Less Pro Painting Spring EXT/INT SPECIAL

D Free estimates D Insured Licensed D References Residential D Pressure Washing

Serving Tri City 35 Yrs. Call 24 Hrs/7 Days

No subsidy Cls to transit, schools & shops Dasl ~ 604 945 5864 dasl@terramanagement.ca

POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring.

Family owned & operated for 40 yrs.

.give and take tree service 778.872.8406

(604)936-5755

Derek Manor

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

RUBBISH REMOVAL

SmithConstruction.ca

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MARINE 912

BOATS

STORAGE

Pitt Meadows Marina Moorage Rental Year or Semi-annual Outdoor Storage Available Starting At $30/month for Boats, RV’s, Cars, Trucks & Trailers

Launch Ramp with 3 lines and ample parking for tracks and trailers

Onsite Manager

604.465.7713

TRY A CLASSIFIED AD

PETS 477

PETS

BOXER PUPS, family raised, dewclaws, tails, vaccinated, health cert exc quality. $1800. 604-341-1445 CHIHUAHUAS, 7 weeks, 2 brown 1 black, $600 each. Call (604)7690088

(35)Years of Success in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland

(3)Year Warrantee & Guarantee

GERMAN Shepherd pups. Working line. Black & black/tan. 7 weeks old. $750. 604-820-4230, 604-302-7602 MULTI POO miniature black brown & tan 4-6 lbs hypo allerg, exc family pet, vet cert $1600. 604-341-1445.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 506

APPLIANCES

POCO Appliance Mart 942-4999 Rebuilt*Washer*Dryer*Fridge*Stove Up to 1 Yr Warranty. Trade-in Avail.

Good Apartment Sizes Heat SH/W S Parking 1 Bedroom Available $810/mo. No Pets

Ref’s & Credit check req’d

Polo Club Apartments 19071 Ford Rd. Pitt Meadows Clean, Quiet Well Managed Bldg.

3 Blocks to W.C. Express W 1 & 2 Bdrm Suites W 3 Appliances W Secured Garage Parking W Adult Oriented W Ref’s Req’d & Absolutely No Pets

604.465.7221 PORT COQUITLAM; 2 Bdrm apt $845 Quiet family complex, no pets.

604-464-0034.

.wwwone4yacht.com 604-669-2248

14179 Reichenback Rd

Impeccably Clean!

German Shepherd pups, vet check, 1st shots, own both parents, gd tempered, farm & family raised in country, good guard dog/family pet. born feb 11. $750; 604-796-3026, no sunday calls

604-939-6929

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

604.488.9161

ABC TREE MEN Pruning, Shaping, Tree Removal & Stump Grinding. 604-521-7594 604-817-8899

JUNK / RUBBISH REMOVAL Almost for free! (778)997-5757

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Like New Townhouse. Only 3 years old. Immaculate Deluxe, 2 bdrm. + Rec. Room/Office + 2 Full Bath T/House. Flr. to ceiling storage + storage rm. in garage.

6 s/s appli. d/w, w/d, Garburator.

Crown Mouldings, 9ft. ceilings, H/W laminate flooring and slate tile. Gas F/P & Alarm. 1 car garage parking. Covered patio lower & outdoor patio upper.

Amenities room incls. full gym, outdoor hot tub & pool. Walk to Morgan Heights shopping.

NO Smoking inside & NO Pets! $2050/mo. or negotiable Available NOW!

604-941-5452; 604-944-7889

EXTRA CHEAP

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Short Term or Long term!

Hotel Living

2048 Manning Ave. Port Coquitlam

Roofing Experts. 778-230-5717 Repairs/Re-Roof/New Roofs. All work Gtd. Free Est. Call Frank.

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HOMES FOR RENT

Fully Furnished & Equipped or Unfurnished Based on Your Needs.

Sorry no pets.

604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley

2 coats any colour

845 The Scrapper

SOUTH SURREY EXECUTIVE

Clean, quiet apt blk.

Suites to rent.

Call Ian 604-724-6373

www.paintspecial.com Running this ad for 10yrs

736

Coquitlam:

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL PORT COQUITLAM 775-3000sqft.

Ground floor commercial space.

Office / retail / service type business. Facing onto city park. 2 blks from Lougheed/ Shaughnessy intersection. Call 604-464-3550.

Central Coquitlam Co-op

PRESSURE WASHING

paylesspropainting.com Scott 604-891-9967

APARTMENT/CONDO

TRANSPORTATION

2 Bedroom Apartments BRIGHT & LARGE

POWER WASHING since 1982.

WCB/Liability insurance. Call Simon for prompt service. 604-230-0627

LOOK for our YARD SIGNS

RENTALS

TREE SERVICES

RENTALS

BigSteelBox Corp

at 880 Lougheed Hwy, Port Coquitlam, BC Canada claims a Warehouse Lien against Metropolitan Community College, BC for arrears of container rent amounting to $4335.61 plus any additional costs of storage that accrue.

If not paid in full, the contents of household belongings and recreation equipment will be sold at public auction.

IN THE MATTER OF THE WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACT

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SUITES, LOWER

PORT MOODY. New lrg 1 bdrm.

Priv yd, f/ bath, shrd w/d. Nr Newport Village $1050 inc utils/net/cble. np/ns Avail now 604-644-1962.

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TOWNHOUSES

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1108/mo - $1211/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available.

19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938

Meridian RV Mfg. Sales & Service Centre, 1690 Coast Meridian Road, Port Coquitlam BC

claims a warehouseman’s lien against Mr. Meran A. Higgins of 574 Carlen Place, Port Moody BC, for non payment in the amount of $5,019.00 for storage of a 1995 Firan Raven Motorhome as of April 27th, 2015.

This is to notify you that this item will be sold on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 5:00pm at our address listed above.

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