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NEWS

EMERGING TALENT AT EVERGREEN

BYELECTION

early vote numbers are strong

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Selina Park, 18, of Port Moody’s Heritage Woods secondary, with her painting “Hysteria,” one of dozens of artworks on display at Evergreen Cultural Centre for Emerging Talent 19. The annual exhibit by Grade 12 students in School District 43 opened Sunday and runs until Feb. 22. For more on Emerging Talent, please see page 20.

More than 1,200 voters in the provincial riding of CoquitlamBurke Mountain cast their byelection ballots in the advance polls last weekend.

Of the 38,099 registered voters, 667 residents in the neighbourhoods of Westwood Plateau, Burke Mountain and Coquitlam Town Centre made their marks last Saturday while another 540 voted Sunday.

That’s more than in the riding of Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant, which had 592 voters last Saturday and 400 Sunday out of 40,000 registered voters.

Both ridings are holding byelections as a result of MLAs running in last October’s federal election.

Meanwhile, early voting will restart today (Wednesday) and run until Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at three locations: Evergreen Cultural Centre, and Panorama Heights and Coquitlam River elementary schools.

The byelection will be held next Tuesday, Feb. 2.

TRI-CITY CRIME

Man gunned down on PoCo street SARAH PAYNE The Tri-CiTy News

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is investigating what it describes as a targeted shooting death in Port

Coquitlam over the weekend, the Tri-Cities’ first murder of 2016.

Police were called to the 2100-block of Rindall Avenue, between McLean and Kingsway avenues, shortly after

9 p.m. last Friday, after receiving reports of shots fired.

A man was found on the road suffering from gunshot wounds and taken to Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, where he died a

short time later.

By Saturday evening IHIT had identified the man but are not releasing his name.

“IHIT investigators are working closely with Coquitlam RCMP and Lower

Mainland support units to determine what occurred on Rindall Avenue,” IHIT spokesperson Sgt. Stephanie Ashton said in a press release. “It appears from the evidence found at the scene, and information

obtained to this point, that this was targeted and that at this point there is nothing to indicate the public is at risk as a result of this incident.” see SHOOTINGS, page 5

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BYELECTION: COQUITLAM-BURKE MOUNTAIN

Advocacy for region Wickens’ aim CANDIDATE JODIE WICKENS BC NDP

Twitter: @jbtwickens Email: jodie.wickens@bcndp.ca Website: jodiewickens.bcndp.ca Phone: 604-472-5466

JANIS WARREN The Tri-CiTy News

Jodie Wickens figures she has knocked on nearly every door in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain by now.

And, if she hasn’t, her campaign team has.

Since winning the nomination Dec. 6, Wickens and her army of volunteers have pounded the pavement — rain or shine, day and night — risen early to wave signs at commuters, even spread the word at a Coquitlam Express hockey game with BC NDP Leader John Horgan.

Her supporters include high-profile MLAs from Metro

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BC NDP byelection candidate Jodie Wickens talks to a volunteer at her Lougheed Highway campaign office.

Vancouver and Vancouver Island as well as Tri-City politicians of the same political stripe. Coquitlam Coun.

Chris Wilson, who ran in the

last provincial election for the NDP, is regularly by her side, as is Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA Selina Robinson. She is also backed by Port Coquitlam

MLA Mike Farnworth, Port Coquitlam city councillors Brad West and Glenn Pollock, Coquitlam Coun. Bonita Zarrillo, Port Moody Coun.

Rick Glumac and PoMoCoquitlam MP Fin Donnelly.

Wickens, who has been a NDP member for two years, regularly posts her activities via Twitter as well as a common message she and her team have been heard from voters: People are looking for a change.

On Burke Mountain, she said, they’re unhappy about the lack of schools and public transit. On Westwood Plateau, affordability is the big issue.

And in Coquitlam Town Centre, there’s concern about the impact of the Evergreen Line when it opens early next year.

They’re repeating themes that have big consequences for families and seniors especially, and she points to the BC Liberal government for failing to take action.

“I haven’t heard that Doug [Horne] was a strong advocate

SHARE SOCIETY

‘we have a reason to be here’ share’s new CeO has been a newcomer before

experience in fundraising and leadership.

“At the end of the day, people are people, no matter where you go,” Ceacero says. “People want to feel part of a community.”

DIANE STRANDBERG

IMAGINE 2016

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When Sylvia Ceacero landed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, she had just graduated from high school and didn’t speak a word of English. At the time, the young Spaniard had no idea of what the future in Canada would bring.

Fast forward 33 years and Ceacero now heads Share Family and Community Services, one of the Tri-Cities’ largest social service agencies, providing programs to children, youth, families, seniors and the region’s three food banks.

Ceacero, who hails most recently from Ottawa, where she was the CEO for the 185,000-member National Association of Federal Retirees, is settling in to her new job overseeing programs for 17,000 clients annually and 130 staff and contractors.

The job is a challenge, Ceacero admits, but it’s one for which she is ready.

‘This opportunity captured my imagination. I knew this

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Sylvia Ceacero, CEO for Share Family and Community Services. would be my next job, I had that kind of certainty,” said Ceacero, who first visited Vancouver with her husband in 2010 and fell in love with it.

When the Share post came up following the departure of former CEO Martin Wyant, Ceacero said she thought she would be a good fit, with a range of experi-

ence that is often the hallmark of the immigrant experience. Her first jobs were piecework sewing for Tip Top Tailors, where she learned English, and she later sold encyclopedias to raise funds to go to university. Among her first social service jobs was helping immigrants with employment counselling and she has

Ceacero is also looking forward to the Imagine 2016 fundraiser, set for Saturday, March 5 at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam, where there will be tastings from 10 local restaurants, live and silent auctions, a 50-50 draw and a competition between celebrity chefs, and their mayoral sous chefs, to make a tasty meal from food in a food bank hamper.

The event will raise money for the food bank and other programs, including counselling for struggling families, assistance for newcomers and support for youth battling addiction issues.

Ceacero hopes people will come out to support Share’s work. “We have a reason to be here, not just Share, but as individuals, we have a responsibility to make the world better.”

Tickets for the event can be purchased at eventbrite.ca; for more information, visit sharesociety.ca/imagine/ or call 604540-9161. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

for the community,” Wickens said of the former BC Liberal MLA, adding, “There certainly is a desire and hope that [voters] can have a stronger representation. They believe in me. They trust me. They’re concerned about things. I will keep working really hard every day and I think people see that passion.”

“They certainly feel that they have missed out on that for a long time,” she added.

Her plan is to bring more advocacy to Victoria. On the school front — she ran for a school trustee seat in 2014 — she states, “We need people who will stand up for it and keep putting pressure on it.

The people who are in power need to feel enough pressure.

Education is a priority for me and it would be a priority for the BC NDP. When those things are a priority for you, you make them happen.”

Wickens said her work with the non-profit Autism Support Network has taught her how to make connections. In her role

as executive director, Wickens works with families with autistic children, arranges meetings and helps to prepare them to reach a goal. “When you have a group of people together talking to elected officials about challenges, you have much more power than when you are on your own, by yourself,” she said.

And if elected MLA, she said she plans to continue the fight to have families heard.

Funding is part of the solution but, for autism, it’s complex as no two families have the same needs.

“I feel that, far too often, particularly this government listens only to people at the top and the bureaucrats instead of the families that are going through what I’m going through,” said Wickens, whose nine-year-old son has autism.

“I have a voice to talk about those challenges and bring those challenges to Victoria.” jwarren@tricitynews.com @jwarrenTC

TERRY FOX

Rolly diagnosed with lung cancer The father of Port Coquitlam hero Terry Fox has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

On Tuesday, the family of Rolland ‘Rolly’ Fox issued a statement about the health of the 80-year-old, saying, “He remains in very good spirits, confirmed by the dated and overused humour we are forced to endure. Though initially troubled by the news, Rolly is committed to approaching the challenge now before him by adhering to the traits — optimism and a never-give-up attitude — that he likely passed on to his son Terry.”

Rolly Fox started smoking at the age of 19 but quit 30 years later on a dare from a brother.

“Rolly has been a behind-the-scenes believer of Terry’s mission for 36 years,” the statement continues. “More recently, with the passing of Betty, his wife of 54 years and Terry’s mom, he has been more active visiting Terry

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Rolly Fox speaking at the Terry Fox Hometown Run in Port Coquitlam.

Fox Runs across Canada and personally signing over 14,000 thank-you letters every year.”

The statement notes: “Lung cancer claims the lives of more Canadians than any other form of cancer, though, because of the smoking stigma, it is often neglected as a funding priority for research. The Terry Fox Research Institute... recently completed a panCanadian study to detect lung cancer early.”

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Hot liquids a danger in the home, so teach kids Port Coquitlam Fire and Emergency Services is using Burn Awareness Week as an opportunity to remind parents of the dangers of children being scalded by hot liquids.

Scalds are the most common cause of burns in kids, the department said in a press release, and parents should educate youngsters about dangers at home.

The department said each year in Canada, 9,000 children

visit emergency rooms for burns, half of which resulted from scalds involving hot liquids.

Fire officials said parents can take action by installing antiscald devices on tub faucets and shower heads, and should place hot liquids at the centre of the table or at the back of the counter. Parents should also never hold a child while cooking, drinking a hot liquid or carrying hot foods or liquids, and a kid-free zone should be

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TRI-CITY CRIME

Shootings last year in the same area of PoCo continued from front page

The murder comes after a string of shootings late last year in the same neighbourhood.

Shots rang out from a home in the 2400-block of Kelly Avenue just before 4 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2015; neighbours pointed out the house to police officers, who later questioned the nearly dozen “unco-operative” occupants of the home, which is known to police.

A month later, Coquitlam RCMP were called to an apartment building in the 2300block of Wilson Avenue, near Bury Avenue, again for reports of shots fired at about 10:30 p.m. A man was injured in the Dec. 18 shooting and Major Crimes investigators said it was a targeted incident.

Despite the cluster of crimes, local police say residents are safe.

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Officers investigate after a man was shot last Friday in PoCo. cidents in a matter of a few weeks may cause concern for the public and those who live in the area,” Const. Jamie Phillipson wrote in an email to The Tri-City News. “However, Port Coquitlam is a safe community and these types of violent crimes are actually extremely rare.”

Anyone with information regarding the Rindall Avenue murder investigation is asked to contact the IHIT information line at 1-877-4448 or ihittipline@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477 or www.solvecrime.ca. spayne@tricitynews.com @spayneTC

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TRI-CITY SCHOOLS

French school to be replaced Plans to knock down L’École des Pionniers de Maillardville got the OK from Port Coquitlam this week.

On Monday, council granted a development variance permit to allow School District 93 to demolish the former Port Coquitlam high/Terry Fox secondary school, located at 3550 Wellington St. (SD93 serves the francophone community in the Tri-Cities, Ridge Meadows, Burnaby and New Westminster.)

SD93 wants to replace L’École des Pionniers — which, in its earliest incarnation, was Terry Fox’s alma mater — with a new building to meet seismic standards at a cost of about $25 million; it will be built to meet LEED gold standards.

Meanwhile, some PoCo secondary alumni are planning a last dance at the school on May 21 before it’s torn down.

Details have yet to be confirmed.

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Land Use Committee Notice When: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 7pm • Where: Inlet Theatre, City Hall, 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody, B.C. The City of Port Moody’s Land Use Committee is holding a public meeting to consider the following applications: LOCATION MAP: 2713 - 2725 Clarke Street

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PORT COQUITLAM

More cops and more green spending, too JANIS WARREN The Tri-CiTy News

More money for more Mounties and environmental projects is high on the list for Port Coquitlam’s proposed budget this year.

On Monday, the city’s budget and infrastructure committee voted on a number of one-time enhancements and ongoing costs to be included in the draft 2016 financial plan.

That document is expected to go out for public comment within the next three weeks, before city council makes any firm decisions prior to the May deadline for budget completion.

Among the items up for consideration are: • A total of $1.1 million for seven new Mounties — to be hired over the next two years — for a new Uniformed Crime Reduction Unit (UCRU); • $30,000 for parklets to draw more pedestrians to the downtown core; • $15,000 for a joint bus rapid transit study with TransLink, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows; • $150,000 for a new sustainability manager; • $80,000 for a Renewable City program;

POCO MAYOR GREG MOORE • and $25,000 to update the city’s environmental strategic plan.

Regarding the latter three items, on which the committee deferred voting until it receives more staff input, Mayor Greg Moore said the requests are a result of his time spent last month at the Paris climate change talks (Moore attended the UN conference in his role as Metro Vancouver board chair).

“Paris definitely showed the leadership role that cities have to play,” he told The Tri-City News on Tuesday.

As for adding Mounties, Moore said the request has more to do with the new management at the detachment, which PoCo shares with Coquitlam.

At Monday’s committee meeting, Coun. Darrell Penner commented on the new direction at Coquitlam RCMP, saying the city had been on a hiring hiatus because of the “lack of confidence” council had with former top brass.

Coquitlam RCMP Supt. Sean Maloney was unavailable for comment Tuesday but spokesperson Const. Jamie Phillipson stated in an email: “UCRU is already up and running in Coquitlam so the Coquitlam RCMP would like to see both cities benefit from having a highly visible group of police officers on the streets and interacting with the general public.”

Moore also said UCRU would be able to operate with the four new PoCo officers this year by staggering shifts over five days rather than seven; the unit will be at full strength by mid-2017.

If council approves the phased-in RCMP hiring, it would mean a tax cost of $304,000 for this year, a $538,000 hike for 2017 and a $239,000 increase for 2018.

Meanwhile, the committee will continue its budget deliberations tonight (Wednesday), focusing on capital projects and cost reductions.

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Performance Arts-Based Community Grant: available to performance arts organizations in the Tri-Cities region that encourage and support the development, enhancement, innovation and mentorship of a diverse variety of inclusive performance arts.

Performance Arts Bursary: awarded to two individuals enrolled at a recognized postsecondary institution in a formal performance arts program, anywhere in the world.

Complete guidelines, grant and bursary applications are available at www.pocofoundation.ca

Submission deadline: March 1, 2016

Notice of Intention to Sell City Land 1934-1954 McLean Avenue

A detailed information package is available to all interested parties.

For further information and offer inquires, please contact Dwayne Giesbrecht, Jordan MacNab and Russ MacNab at the contact information below:

Please take Notice that pursuant to Section 26 of the Community Charter, the City proposes to sell the properties located at: Civic Address: 1934, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1950 and 1954 McLean Avenue Legal Address: Lots A-F, District Lot 255, Group 1, New Westminster District Plan, EPP54417 The lands described are not required for municipal purposes, nor are they reserved or dedicated. The City will receive offers on each property separately, with the intention of selling all properties to the successful bidder(s).

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More court time sought in complex Schoenborn case Dates for one of Allan Schoenborn’s upcoming hearings could be changing to allow the judge more time to consider the complexities of whether Bill C-14 violates the killer’s constitutional rights.

Schoenborn is due back in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster April 18 to 23, when lawyers will argue whether the new federal legislation that could deem him a high-risk accused is constitutional.

If it passes, another hearing

is scheduled for May 2 to 20 to determine whether the highrisk designation should, in fact, apply to Schoenborn.

But his lawyer, Rishi Gill, said he believes the judge will likely need more time to reach a decision on the constitutionality of the law before the actual highrisk hearing takes place. He’ll be in court Thursday to ask that the May hearing be delayed so that public resources aren’t wasted preparing for a hearing that may not even happen.

“We think this is a very complicated Charter [of Rights] issue… and this is the first time this issue is before the courts,”

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Schoenborn, who murdered his three children in April 2008 in Merritt, was found not criminally responsible in 2010 and has been at the Forensic Psychiatric Institute since then.

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Port Moody has joined Burnaby, Vancouver and other cities in opposing the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, saying the risks are too great and not enough has been done to assuage concerns about oil spill prevention and cleanup.

PoMo’s concerns were laid out during a National Energy Board hearing last Thursday, during which the city’s lawyer, James Yardley, criticized the lack of evidence to support the $5.4-billion project that would triple the amount of crude shipped on the Trans Mountain pipeline between Edmonton and Burnaby, and increase the number of tankers passing through Burrard Inlet from five to 34 a month.

Yardley, who was backed up by city manager Kevin Ramsay and sustainability manager Margo Davis, said Trans Mountain has failed to establish the project is in the pub-

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The city of Port Moody is concerned that even a small spill from an expanded pipeline could damage its shoreline. lic’s interest and has ignored PoMo’s concerns despite the fact that its shoreline would be affected by even a small spill.

Among the issues raised by Yardley was the lack of consideration of the impact a spill would have on a shoreline that supports two hatcheries, salmon and birds, including species at risk. He also said Trans Mountain has failed to produce baseline studies of the environmental impact of a spill while also ignoring the potential costs to the city for emergency preparedness, response and cleanup.

“There is every reason to believe that there will be oil spills associated with the project,” Yardley said, pointing out that spills have occurred on the existing Trans Mountain pipeline previously, including a 2007 oil spill in Burnaby.

Yardley was also critical of the company for not answering the city’s questions about oil spill prevention and cleanup because it will only claim responsibility for oil moving through the pipeline and on to tankers at its Westridge facility.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT CHANGE TO EXISTING LIQUOR LICENCE - PAPA’S SHISH KABAB Papa’s Shish Kabab, located at #100 - 500 Clarke Road, Coquitlam, has applied to the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch (LCLB) for a permanent change to its Food-Primary Liquor Licence, in order to allow for patron participation entertainment in the form of dine and dance (Friday, Saturday and holiday/special event evenings only). The patron participation entertainment endorsement, if approved, would apply during existing licensed hours, which end at midnight.

In accordance with the Liquor Control and Licensing Act and Regulations, the City of Coquitlam has been asked to provide comments and a recommendation on the application to the LCLB. The City invites residents to provide input to Council with respect to how this liquor licence, if approved, may affect them and their property. The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein prior to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9, 2016:

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Input received will be provided to Council in the form of a report at a Regular Council Meeting. Council will consider the input provided and submit a formal recommendation on the application to the LCLB. Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas.

Additional information concerning this application can be obtained by contacting Marnie Burnham, City Clerk’s Office, at 604-927-3016.

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Many cities opposed the risks and costs of oil spill prevention and cleanup, including doing scientific studies to observe changes in the inlet over time and co-ordinating volunteers.

“Such an entity would be useful in addressing multiple projects, current and future, addressing present and cumulative risks in a much more meaningful way,” Davis said.

PoMo’s response, developed over the last several months, cost $100,000 for research and lawyer’s fees, and was made as the NEB panel considers the project for a

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Cleanup related to any spills from tanker would be the responsibility of third parties.

The company has “inexplicably gone to great lengths in resisting disclosure of such plans,” Yardley told the NEB hearing.

While laying out its concerns, Port Moody also recommended an oversight agency should be established to coordinate oil spill response and cleanup; the agency would be funded by the project proponents and would absorb all

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Demo of burned building ongoing Drivers may want to avoid Shaughnessy Street in Port Coquitlam for the next few days as crews work to demolish a building destroyed by fire last fall.

The city said it would be closing one lane in the 2600block — between McAllister

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Nobody was injured in the blaze but flames tore through four businesses in the busy downtown strip and took hours to get under control.

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final recommendation in May. Port Moody was one of several intervenors in 10 days of oral hearings in Burnaby and its concerns were echoed by other cities that presented at the hearings. For example, a study tabled in evidence estimates Surrey, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Langley Township and Abbotsford will have to shoulder $93 million in additional municipal infrastructure costs over the next 50 years as a result of the pipeline expansion. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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Instead, they need someone who will keep an eye on what’s really going on behind the scenes and scream loudly when things aren’t right.

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lowing mining companies to defer their electricity bills, something that most B.C. families, many of which are also struggling with rising costs, don’t get, while also extending tax credits to that sector.

Meanwhile, how are the lucrative tourism, film and export sectors — all big job generators — faring? What is being done to ensure they can take advantage of the low dollar?

There are many questions that need to be answered as the legislature gets ready for the spring session and voters have a huge responsibility to pick a politician in CoquitlamBurke Mountain who will do the necessary job of holding the government to account.

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ith B.C.’s legislature opening for business on Feb. 9, one week after voters are slated to go to the polls in the Coquitlam-Burke Mountain byelection, the Tri-Cities’ newest MLA will have to be prepared to immediately jump into the fray in Victoria.

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Over the next few weeks, during the throne speech and budget presentation, we can expect the BC Liberals to laud their own accomplishments on cutting red tape, creating more nursing jobs, governing during a stable economy that generated small raises for most unionized provincial employees, and accepting increased migration, including 5,000 more students, whose enrolment in schools will have to be paid for.

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TC LETTERS Public property & mental health keys his ideas that are having a determinative effect on the fate of Riverview. In his most famous essay “The Law,” Bastiat argues that “man is born a property owner” and “property is a divine institution and that its safety and protection are the object of human law.”

Clearly, Bastiat, like the Fraser Institute, is thinking only of private property — not public property — so the 244 acres of Riverview land have to make their own money or, at least, “break even.” (And it is the province that has brought the hospital — once a public institution — to ruin, along with the mentally ill of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.) This is consistent with the Fraser Institute’s case for privatized health care.

Fraser Institute ideology has made its way into

“provincial” thinking. It also explains why the province argues that the absence of a research hospital can be made up for by a number of local facilities that supposedly serve patients better in their respective regions by bringing them closer to their families.

But just because a mentally ill person can now be treated in Prince George does not mean we should eliminate the original public role of Riverview Hospital and the lands, located centrally to the Lower Mainland.

Besides, judging from the Downtown Eastside alone and the problem of concurrent disorders among the mentally ill, B.C. needs hundreds of new beds, if not more, not just a shuffling of a condemned facility from Burnaby.

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The Editor, Re. “Mental health facility, commercial district are in works for Riverview” (The Tri-City News, Dec. 18) and “The future — or the destruction — of Riverview?” (Green Scene, Jan. 8).

Did you know that the fate of Riverview and its grounds rests not with Coquitlam and its council, or with the urgent needs of the mentally ill, or with the film industry, or with fans of the arboretum, or with any heritage society.

No, none of the above.

The answer actually lies with Vancouver’s own Fraser Institute.

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On my morning commute, I pass through three school zones that have a few fourway stops. What was once an anomaly has now become an epidemic of drivers taking the stop signs as mere suggestions rather than obeying them.

The worst offenders are at Rochester elementary in Coquitlam. I’ve seen drivers rolling through these stop signs

even though there are little children standing on the corner waiting to cross. Worse yet, these parents driving have children of their own in the car.

What are they teaching their children? What if it were their child waiting to cross and some dimwit drove through without stopping?

On the flip side, we have parents teaching their children really bad pedestrian behaviours. At the same school, there are parents who drive their children to school. Now,

instead of walking their children to the crosswalk, which is only five to 10 m away, they dart across the road between parked cars. What do these parents think their children are going to do when they are without Mom or Dad? This has got to be the most dangerous practice a parent can teach a child. You read about it all the time, children getting struck down by cars after they have run out on the road from behind a parked car.

Neil Swanson, Coquitlam

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The Editor, A copy of a letter sent to Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart: I haven’t checked the city bylaws recently but I know there was a restriction in place on how many trees a homeowner could remove from their property per calendar year, and I believe it was one per year.

Over the past year, I have witnessed several homes in my immediate area that have been

torn down and replaced with a monster home, the latest being the huge lot that is right beside Porter Street elementary school to the south side. There must have been between 10 to 20 beautiful, mature evergreens on the lot and they are all gone now.

Why does the city restrict established residents yet if a developer gets a hold of the property, suddenly there are no restrictions and every tree

on the lot is mowed down?

I read the local papers and know you try to give the impression of being environmentally friendly, and there’s no doubt you are aware of the skyrocketing levels of CO2 in our atmosphere. How about showing a little leadership, and putting an end to the destruction of the forested land in our community.

Robert Horton, Coquitlam

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The Chamber’s “Brown Bag Lunch n Learn” workshop series provides hands-on knowledge and advice Michael Hind in weekly and bi-weekly seminars, CEO by Chamber members for Chamber Tri-Cities Chamber members. of Commerce This year, the Chamber’s Economic Development Committee is launching a new quarterly education series. The first event, “Master Your Business Cycle”, will feature top local business leaders, all experts in the phases of business from starting to growing to selling.

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Based on the overwhelming success and positive feedback from the 300+ attendees of last year’s inaugural “Economic Summit” at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver, the Chamber is also pleased to be bringing this event back - even better this spring.

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When he’s not serving valued clients from the office in Port Coquitlam, Jim is likely to be found in the community. Recently recognized by the CGA for his more than 25 years of service, Jim has enjoyed helping Tri-Cities clients since 1981.

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Who: Serenity Homeopathic Clinic What: Your balanced approach to health Where: Port Moody, www.serenityhomeopathic.com Lucy De Pieri’s interest in homeopathy started in 1994, when she visited a homeopath for the first time.

She began researching as much as possible and in 2003, she started formal homeopathic training at the Vancouver Homeopathic Academy. Before completing her homeopathic training, she received her PhD in Natural Sciences, a Masters in Biological Computation and a BSc in Applied Biology.

Lucy has been a Board member of the BC Homeopathic Society since 2005. First introducing the society’s internet newsgroup, she has since become the editor of their e-publication, secretary of the board and has been actively involved in a number of homeopathic studies.

Serenity Homeopathic Clinic continues to grow by reputation. Over the past 8 years, Lucy has helped men, women and families in the Tri-Cities with ailments including allergies, migraines, depression, anxieties, fears, grief, morning sickness, teething, behavioural disorders and more.

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Who: Flaunt your Frenchness What: The celebration of francophone culture Where: Coquitlam, www.flauntyourfrenchness. com Flaunt your Frenchness invites you to celebrate all that is French in you! Whether it’s love for the culture and traditions, the various linguistic expressions, the culinary trends, the artistic treasures and references or many other features.

The region of Greater Vancouver has a lot to offer between its restaurants, activities and excursions, which is why Flaunt your Frenchness partners with many businesses and events, such as BC Uncorked, bakeries, and artists living in the province. This initiative is accessible anywhere, anytime as there is no end to experiencing the joy of Francophone cultures.

Every week, the campaign sends a short newsletter in which everybody can find inspiration. The campaign was launched a few months ago to take amazing proportions and Flaunt your Frenchness is now looking forward to Tri-Cities businesses coming on board to join the fun!

For those who have not yet experienced a typical French-Canadian affair, attending the Festival du Bois in Coquitlam might be the perfect first step.

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When was the last time you had an eye exam? A comprehensive eye exam can detect cataracts, macular degeneration and glaucoma. In addition, an eye exam can reveal diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. So an eye exam is much more than just getting a pair of glasses to see well.

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Single vision lenses have only one power, meaning you can only see well at one distance. You will be prescribed a specific power of lens, either to help you see distance for activities like driving, or to see near for activities like reading.

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he Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce continues to expand educational opportunities for members. Most recently, we have partnered with Toastmasters International to charter a local club exclusive to Chamber members. From a humble beginning in late 2015, the club has already grown to 20+ members with new guests joining the club each week.

Chamber Toastmasters members have the unique opportunity to develop public speaking, communication and leadership skills in a fun and supportive environment while building strong relationships with their Chamber peers. By regularly giving speeches, gaining feedback, leading teams and guiding others to achieve their goals, members gain practical skills and develop confidence that serves them in all aspects of their lives.

Krystian Laszkiewicz, President of Chamber Toastmasters, invites all Chamber members to drop in and check out a meeting. “Once you’ve attended, you’ll be hooked”, he says. “The group is dynamic, fun and committed to bringing out the highest potential in each of us.”

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Progressive lenses have power that changes from distance to near progressively. There are infinite numbers of focal points so you can see well at all distances. The 2 distinguishing factors that affect the quality and price of progressive lenses are:

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1) the amount of distortion in the periphery 2) the ability to customize the lenses to your lifestyle There will always be some degree of distortion on the side; however, by minimizing the amount of distortion and customizing to your specific visual needs, you will enjoy a larger and more usable viewing area. In turn, it is much easier to get used to the lenses for the first time wearer and more comfortable for the seasoned wearer.

Tri-Cities Type of Coatings Anti-reflective coating decreases the amount of reflection off your lenses. This feature is especially important for night driving and computer work when your vision can be degraded from the light reflections. In addition, anti-reflection lenses reduce the outward glare of your glasses in light, which can be important for camera appearances and public speaking.

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With the Canadian dollar so low, Metro Vancouver can expect to see tourists pouring into the region this year.

There are five major attractions that could bring in big bucks for the Tri-Cities — and organizers say they need the public’s help to make these events a success and have guests return to the community for years to come. They are: • Coquitlam 125: It’s the city’s 125th anniversary in 2016 and there are plenty of events to mark the municipal milestone. People with skills

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• U19 World Field Lacrosse: Colombia will be one of 10 teams on the fields at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park for the U19 Men’s Lacrosse World Championships from July 7 to 16. Junior players are competing for the U19 Lacrosse International Crown and two youth invitational tournaments are happening at the same time: U19 Girls from July 9 to 11 and U15 Boys from July 13 to 15.

Volunteers are needed for security, chaperoning, communications and ticket sales, among other things. Visit 2016worldlax.com or email volunteer@2016worldlax.com.

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• Port Moody Ribfest: Last year’s first-ever Ribfest drew some 40,000 to Rocky Point Park in Port Moody to feast on ribs, pulled pork and local craft brews. The Rotary Club of Port Moody, with sponsorship from Thrifty Foods, plans an encore presentation from July 22 to 24 and volunteers are needed to lend a hand (all the better if you have Serving It Right and Food Safe certifications).

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More than 2,000 volunteers are needed to put on the 29th annual games for the seniors, who will compete in more than two dozen activities — from archery to whist — at Tri-City sites as well as at the Swan-e-set Bay Resort and Country Club in Pitt Meadows.

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Girls’ coding club kicks off on Saturday at CPL The world of computers is getting more interesting each day and Tri-City girls are invited to take part with a new coding club starting this weekend.

On Saturday, Jan. 30, Coquitlam Public Library and the local branch of Soroptimist

International are partnering on the project. Girls aged eight to 18 years will learn how to code from BCIT instructors Colleen Penrowley and Rana Al-Sammarraie.

Coding is, simply put, typing commands that make computers do what you want them to

do. In addition to honing their coding skills each meeting, older teens will be invited to mentor younger students.

The club will meet every Saturday through March 5 in the computer lab at the City Centre Branch. Meetings run from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

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The club is free to join but registration is required. To register, parents should contact librarian Chris Miller at cmiller@coqlibrary.ca or 604554-7339 and provide the child or teen’s name and age, as well as a phone number and email address.

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4) Or, voters can be vouched for by another registered voter in the electoral district who has identification.

You can vote if you are: • a resident of the Coquitlam-Burke Mountain electoral district • 18 years of age or older, or will be 18 on General Voting Day (Tuesday, February 2, 2016) • a Canadian citizen, and • a resident of British Columbia for the past six months

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Vote by Mail Vote by Mail packages are available at the district electoral office or on the Elections BC website at elections.bc.ca until 4 p.m. (Pacific time) Tuesday, February 2, 2016. All voting packages must be received by the District Electoral Officer by 8 p.m. (Pacific time) Tuesday, February 2, 2016.

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So why, then, is so much of our produce flavourless? Schatzker answers this question in an easyto-read and entertaining way.

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LEFT: Olivia Zeng, a Grade 12 student at Gleneagle secondary in Coquitlam, with her oil painting Harvest Dance, a tribute to her mother who was a Chinese village dancer. ABOVE, Jason Kim, a Grade 12 Port Moody secondary student, with his Charaxes Aeternus (Eternal Butterflies) sculptures about a Chinese folk tale.

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There are no babies’ faces.

No scenes of conflict. And only one image of rock ‘n roll.

Instead of doom and gloom, this year’s Emerging Talent 19 — the annual showcase of Grade 12 art in School District 43 — takes on a more positive tone than in years past.

The juried display that opened Sunday afternoon holds pictures of animals and people — often zeroing in on their eyes — as well as cultural references and other colourful, friendly themes.

Evergreen Cultural Centre visual arts manager Gregory Elgstrand, who worked with intern curator Dionne Mok of Riverside secondary school for the project, said he’s surprised by the submissions.

“There is a sense of optimism and personal reflection this time around,” he said.

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Michael Kim, a Grade 12 student at Gleneagle secondary, with Etc., a comment on the lack of gender identifications available for YouTube channel loading.

Jerry Pietrasko, Keith Levang and Kelly Selden — on behalf of SD43’s Local Art Teachers Association — is Olivia Zeng.

Despite the contrasting media and subject matter, the 17-year-old Gleneagle secondary student has her two

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harvest (a nod to her mother) and Voltaire, a charcoal and graphite drawing of the French thinker based on a sculpture.

Like her peers, it’s the first time Zeng has shown her work in an art gallery.

And she said the opportunity gives her confidence to exhibit more especially as she builds her portfolio to apply for Emily Carr University of Art + Design, after taking a gap year after graduation.

Michael Kim, also 17, plans the same post-secondary path.

The Gleneagle student has three pieces in the show that take on such current topics such as gender orientation.

His painting Etc. was inspired after he tried to create a YouTube channel but saw there were only two ways you could identify yourself.

His Braver Than I Am, an acrylic and pencil work, focuses on his best friend proposing with a diamond ring in a public venue, with smartphones capturing the intimate

and happy moment.

For Jason Kim, 18, a Port Coquitlam resident who’s completing his IB certificate at Port Moody secondary, he presents a Chinese folk story by way of sculpture. Like Michael Kim, he delves into gender issues and the consequences of a forbidden romance.

Selina Park, also 18, of Port Moody’s Heritage Woods secondary, also presents a modern dilemma — that of digital connection. Her Hysteria is an acrylic self-portrait of her panic when a smartphone battery runs low on power. Her face is ripped with emotional colour.

“It shows how we are so obsessed about our electronic devices these days,” said Park, who plans to apply to postsecondary art schools in the U.S. and Canada. “It’s comical.”

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Riverside secondary grad David Lees plays Danceny in next month’s production of Les Liaison Dangereuses at Capilano University.

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After two years of “edgy” performances that catered to older audiences, Centennial secondary’s musical theatre department is back with a more family-friendly show.

Next month, the Coquitlam secondary school opens Shrek: The Musical, a production the grade 9 to 12 class has been working on nearly every day since last September.

Drama teacher Lisa Boddez is directing the 33 cast members while music instructor Carole Baker is conducting a pit of 14 musicians. Together, they’ve rehearsed, made the sets, rented and sourced out costumes and found props to present the piece.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” Boddez said, “and we have a very talented group this year.”

Starring in the lead role — complete with a Scottish brogue — is Aaron Pardi, a Grade 11 student who was cast as Robbie Hart in last season The Wedding Singer. Boddez said she picked Pardi because “he’s the perfect Shrek. He does an ogre really well.”

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A musical based on a British film nearly 50 years old will be mounted by a Coquitlam theatre company next month.

Align Entertainment will present Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby — its third production to follow The Addams Family last year.

Since it formed, Align — under the direction of Tri-City residents Patti Volk (producer), Melissa Turpin (choreographer) and Brent Hughes (music director) as well as Chad Matchette (director) of Coquitlam’s Lindbjerg Academy of the Performing Arts — has been applauded for its innovative work.

Its inaugural show, Shrek: The Musical, took the 2015 Ovation Award for Outstanding Community Production Large Theatre while, this Sunday, it’s nominated in the same category for Addams.

Turpin, who has choreographed all three productions, said Align feels like a family.

“There’s a very positive energy,” the Coquitlam resident said, “and it’s great to be part of something where everybody is working toward the same goal with the same amount of effort.”

Chitty was announced as the 2016 production at the opening night of Addams last year and, since then, Turpin has been busy researching the Englishstyle steps for the 35 or so cast members.

Auditions were held last June and, over the summer, she, Matchette and Hughes

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The stars of Chitty include young Jaime MacLean of Port Moody as Jemima (in red hat). brainstormed on the vision. By November, when rehearsals got underway, many more details had to be ironed out with the actors, sets and costumes.

A dance teacher at Lindbjerg, Turpin also had to factor in the number of props used for the Chitty routines such as bamboo sticks and sweets (for the song Toot Sweets). But, for the most part, she tried to stay true to the sentiment of the beloved family favourite.

The choreography is a way to move the storyline along, she said. “I look at, What is the song trying to convey? Why is the number where it is? And what’s happening at that point in time? I want to have fun but I also want the audience to understand there’s a purpose to the dancing.”

Her husband, Mark Turpin, is also on stage as the evil Baron Bomburst, a kind of comedic villain in the fictional town of Vulgaria. “He’s really a child at heart: Selfish and self-

centred and very immature,” he said.

(Mark Turpin also played the bad boy the last time he performed. In 2013, he portrayed Jud Fry in Royal City Musical Theatre’s Oklahoma.)

A drama and English teacher at Delview secondary in Delta, Mark Turpin said he also enjoys being part of the rich theatre Align offers. Chitty isn’t seen regularly on the west coast of Canada and, when it is shown, it’s typically without the flying car.

For Align’s musical, however, they’ve made it happen.

Audiences will also love the score, he said. When the film came out in 1968 with Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious, the songs instantly became part of the musical theatre catalogue.

“The Sherman Brothers also wrote the Mary Poppins’ tunes so they’re very memorable,” Turpin said, adding, “People will be tapping their toes and singing along.”

Also in the cast are Tri-City residents Joanna Kovats, Aaron Stewart, Connor Briggs, Ryan Purdy, Joe Porter, Jaime MacLean, Alexa Graf, Jillian Perkins, Julia MacLean, Dawson Vogt and Gracen Dickey. As well, Port Moody’s Philomena Sondergaard is stage manager.

• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang runs Feb. 5 to 20 at the Michael J. Fox Theatre (7373 MacPherson Ave., Burnaby).

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Last week, the Port Moody Arts Centre named Amy Duval, a third-year BFA student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and Alana Reyce, a fourth-year visual arts student at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, as the recipients of the Kwi Am Choi Scholarship.

The family of Choi, who died while on a Grouse Mountain hiking trip in 2006, endowed PMAC with funds to create the scholarship for emerging artists between the ages of 15 and 30.

Meanwhile, the Kwi Am Choi 10-year memorial retrospective opens April 28 at PMAC and will include work from Duval and Reyce.

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A children’s show that’s up for an Ovation Award on Sunday will tell its tale in Coquitlam on the same day.

The Axis Theatre Company brings Hamelin: A New Fable to the Evergreen Cultural Centre stage on Jan. 31 at 2 p.m.

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Hamelin is nominated for an Ovation in the category of Outstanding New Work.

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Meanwhile, Port Coquitlam’s Clare Wyatt — who’s nominated for an Ovation for outstanding music direction for Dogfight (Awkward Stage Productions) — is the music director for Go, Dog. Go! The Carousel Theatre for Young People will bring the classic children’s book by P.D. Eastman alive next month at The Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. The family show includes Coquitlam actor Sereana Malani and goes into preview Feb. 27.

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Memoir writer JJ Lee will be the guest speaker at the next Tri-City Wordsmiths’ meeting in Port Coquitlam.

Lee — whose The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit earned him a 2011 GovernorGeneral’s Literary Award nomination — will be at the Terry Fox Library (2470 Mary Hill Rd.) on Feb. 6 from 2 to 4:30 p.m.

To register for the free talk, call the library at 604927-7999. For more on Wordsmiths, email pandorabee1@gmail.com.

Meanwhile, Tri-City writers looking for a platform — and to hear from their local peers — have until Saturday to be part of a new series in Port Moody.

Writers in Our Midst curators Marilyn Meden and Carol Hamshaw are calling for scribes to step forward for the literary event, tentatively scheduled for Feb. 18 at the Gallery Bistro.

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The Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils kept their winning streak alive last week, posting back-toback wins in AAA high school girls’ basketball.

Best took down Coquitlam rivals the Centennial Centaurs 58-38 on Tuesday and followed up with another victory on Friday, this time a 59-50 win over the Gleneagle Talons.

Earlier in the week, the Blue Devils also defeated Heritage Woods in a 57-52 game.

The Blue Devils’ early successes have beaten expectations, with the lower-ranked team currently sitting ahead of the 2-1 Riverside Rapids in the West Division standings.

Riverside, which will play its fourth game of the season on Thursday when they host the Centennial Centaurs, is also off to a strong start, while the Heritage Woods Kodiaks find themselves in the middle of the pack.

The Kodiaks posted their second win of the year after defeating the Talons 58-50 last Thursday, bouncing back from the loss against Best earlier in the week.

Meanwhile, the Gleneagle Talons are currently fourth in the West Division standings with a 2-5 record, while the Centennial Centaurs are in last place with a 1-3 record.

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Team Scott third Shannon Aleksic hollers to her teammates during the finals of the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts B.C. Women’s Curling Championships at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex in Coquitlam last Sunday. Team Scott, which is led by six-time B.C. champion skip Kelly Scott, fell to Team Thompson 11-3 in the finals.

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Team Thompson has walked away with the B.C.’s curling crown after besting the competition at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian Women’s Championship in Coquitlam last weekend.

The rink, which features skip Karla Thompson, a high school teacher from Kamloops, defeated Team Scott in the finals, wrapping up a week at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex that saw the team go 5-2.

Team Scott, which is led by six-time B.C. champion skip Kelly Scott, was higher in the standings going into the finals, finishing up with a 6-1 record.

“We worked hard all year and it has paid off,” said Thompson.

She was joined in the winner’s circle with teammates Kristen Recksiedler, third, Tracey Lavery, second, and Trysta Vandale, the only TriCity athlete competing in the competition, at lead. The club is coached by Jeff Richard.

Team Thompson started the tournament off with a strong start, besting Team Russett 8-5 in the opening draw last Tuesday. They followed up with a 9-6 win over Team Gushulak and a 9-7 win over Team Knezevic the next day and kept the winning streak

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However, they were able to stay in contention following an 11-10 victory over Team Scott on Saturday, which set the stage for the final showdown with Team Scott on Sunday.

Thompson has been around the game for several years.

She went to the nationals with Team Alison MacInnes in 2008 and will now represent B.C. at in Grand Prairie next month, a pre-qualifying round with the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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Cents set sights on B.C. curling championships The Centennial secondary girls curling team is off to the B.C. High School Championships after winning their zone play downs at the Golden Ears Winter Club last week.

The team, which is made up of Grade 11 skip Heather Drexel, Grade 12 third Yuxin Zhang, Grade 12 second Catera Park ands Lea Maier (Grade 11 and Susan Jun (Grade 12) defeated Tri-City rivals Riverside secondary in the finals.

On their way to the championship match, the club managed to get past teams from Sardis, Thomas Haney and Westview to win the banner. The team will now prepare for the B.C. championship in Delta in March.

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The Centennial Centaurs defeated the Gleneagle Talons 70-38 in AAAA high school basketball last Friday. The Cents are currently tied with Port Moody for first place in the Fraser Valley North Division after starting the season with a 2-0 record, while the Talons are in last place with an 0-2 record.

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Sciatica, Stenosis and Herniated Discs May Be to Blame for Pain and Numbness in Legs LOCAL CLINIC OFFERS FREE CONSULTATION TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM BACK AND NECK PAIN Did you know that over 30 million North Americans suffer from back and neck pain every day? Whether spine and back problems result from an auto accident, injury, or have crept up over time, sciatica and herniated discs are often misunderstood and improperly treated. They can result in pain and numbness anywhere in the body.

Whiplash Neck Pain

This pain affects everything that you do, from work to play, and ultimately your quality of life. You might not even be able to sleep at night without pain. If you suffer from debilitating pain, we are here to tell you that there is hope. We have the technology and decades of experience to help you find relief from disc problems and sciatica. The Spinal Decompression Institute focuses on treating all disc and spine-related conditions with advanced non-surgical treatments. We are so confident that we can help you find relief that we are offering a complimentary consultation to the first 25 callers.

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Spinal Decompression Allows Back Pain to Heal... Without Drugs or Surgery Decompression relieves pressure that builds up on the discs and nerves. The task of relieving pain comes about as a result of drawing the leaking gel of a herniated disc back into place. Decompression achieves this by creating negative pressure within the disc, referred to as negative intradiscal pressure. This creates essentially a vacuum to draw the bulging and herniated disc material back into the disc space and relieves pressure. This process of non-surgical decompression allows the body to heal itself naturally and is only one of many treatment options available at the Spinal Decompression Institute.

Class IV Therapeutic Laser The Spinal Decompression Institute employs a variety of high-tech solutions along with decades of experience to help alleviate your particular pain. Along with spinal decompression, our Class IV Therapeutic Laser Therapy is an outpatient, non-surgical procedure which is often used in sports medicine to accelerate the healing process. This pain-free, non-surgical approach works by stimulating the body’s natural healing processes, providing pain relief and reducing injury and damage. This leading-edge technology has shown results in returning patients to work, sports and competitive activities, as well as everyday life. Laser therapy is just one of the treatment options that Spinal Decompression Institute offers as a non-invasive option for those facing surgery.

Non-surgical Spinal Treatment at Spinal Decompression Institute

Surgery

Risk

No known side effects

Complications, poor outcome, high risk

Pain

Completely pain free

Can be severe for months

Days/weeks

Months/years

Recovery

Who is a Candidate for Spinal Decompression?

With 7 out of 10 people experiencing low back and neck pain at some point in their lives and those types of pain being the most common reasons for patient visits to primary care physicians as well as hospitalization, there is no doubt that back and neck pain exists in epidemic proportions today. Many spinal conditions can be treated, including pain due to bulging and herniated discs, degenerated discs, sciatica, low back pain, neck pain and much more. If you have chronic or severe back pain, you may be a candidate for spinal decompression treatment. At the Spinal Decompression Institute, we will evaluate your condition and only recommend treatment if it’s right for you.

Bulged Disc Herniated Disc Sciatica Pinched Nerves Stenosis

If your pain is the result of a motor vehicle accident, we will work with ICBC or an attorney on your behalf.

No Risk, Free Consultation If you suffer from sciatica, or severe back or neck pain, you may find relief! If you are serious about getting your life back and eliminating your back and neck pain, we are serious about showing you how technology and experience may help. Due to demand, we are extending this offer for a FREE consultation to the first 25 callers with no obligation. These spaces fill up quickly, so call today to book your appointment. CALL TODAY!

Why the Spinal Decompression Institute?

The staff at the Spinal Decompression Institute has over 40 years of combined experience in treating patients suffering from back and neck problems. We offer a variety of treatment options for those dealing with back pain. We have helped thousands of people to live pain free!

Live Pain Free

BEFORE

We will personally evaluate your condition and determine if our program will help you. It’s that simple! There are no strings attached and you have no obligation.

AFTER

In the before picture you can see the herniated disc (black) protruding into the spinal column (white, center of MRI). After decompression treatment, the MRI shows the herniated disc is no longer bulging into the spinal cord.

SPACE IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 25 CALLERS! Call Today to Schedule Your FREE Consultation!

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